The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-06
CITY NOTES.

The estimates committee of councils will
meet Tuesday night.
John Moran, of this city was received at
the Moses Taylor hospital yesterday. He
is suffering from alb urned knee.
The Hyde Park Volunteers under Cap
tain John will conduct the Saturday night
meeting at the Rescue mission.
Merrill Scott, of Spring Brook, collect
ed - bounty from the county commission
ers yesterday for wildcat which he killed
Jan. 27.
The clerks in the employ of the Lacka-
wanna Store association will give COM
plimentary entertainment and social in
Excelsior hall Tuesday evening
The funeral of Walter Garden will take
place this afternoon at $50 from the resi-
dence of Martin Moran, 2l27 Price street.
1nterment will be made in HYDE Park
catholic cemetery.
The Gospel meeting Sunday at S45 D. IN.
in the South Side Young Women's Chris
tian association rooms 1921 Cedar avenue,
will be led by Miss Carrie Mursch. Come
and bring some one with you.
Railroad lodge, No 422, knights of Pyth-
las, will meet at 1890 o'clock Sunday
afternoon at their quarters over Hulberts
for the purpose of attending the funeral
of the late William Mussleman.
Harry Yewens will succeed Major Mon
trose Barnard as chief engineer OF the
Hillside Coal and Iron company. Mr.
Barnard goes to Blossburg to take charge
of the company's coal mines at that place
The bond of Peter D. Mahon, treasurer
of st. Paul's Total Abstinent and Benevo-
lent society of Green Ridge, was yesterday
filed in Pfothonotary Pryors office. NJ. f.
Wymbs and Ellen McDonough are sureties
in the sum of 81 600
Michael Murray and Maggie ManEan, of
LCCkaWaQna township. lanes pf
Forest City, and Mamie Barnie, of Scran-
ton; Patrick Healey and Winifred Mahon
OF Lackawanna township, We're granted
marriage licenses yesterday.
The Delaware and Hudson paid yester-
day at the Eddy Creek and Olyphant
mines at Olyphant. The Delaware. Lack
aWanna and Western railroad will pay
station employees and those employed on
the Southern division today.
a quantity of colored paper became ig-
nited in Price e. Roe's store on Washing
ton avenue, yesterday afternoon and was
promptly thrown out on the street which
action prevented the fire from being COM
municated to the stock surrounding it,
Two 5000 slander suits were yesterday
instituted against George Smith by At
torney G.. w. Beale, acting for Ellen and
Effie Buckon. He is accused of malign-
ing their characters in a most foul man.
ner. All the parties are Polanders and live
in this city.
Samuel Lesh, who was committed to the
county Jail several days ago by Alderman
Howe on the charge of stealing timber
from the Scranton Gas and Water com.
pany, was released from the jail yester.
day on bail furnished in the sum of $3O(
by James A. Reilly, of Nay Aug avenue
Abe Posner, Charles Zinke and Charles
1sadore We're arraigned before Alderman
hlllar yesterday morning on the charge
of having stolen the overcoats of Thomas
II. Jordan, of the West Side from the
Academy of Music, The evidence of theil
guilt was not very convincing and they
We're discharged.
Mrs. Sarah Bedford, whose cape it wa.
thought was stolen from her at the Acad
emy of Music Thursday afternoon, recov
cred it last evening. The party who hat
the cape it being taken by mistake OF
seeing the article referring to the carmen
in yesterday mornings Tribune, imme
diately notified Mrs Bedford, to whom tn,
cape was promptly returned.
The will of jeremiah Ryan, late O
Scranton, was yesterday admitted to pro
bate and letters testamentary granted t.
Hugh Culkin. He beQueaths s. to his step
son, John Clark, and divides the remain
der of his estate among his children. il
the estate of Mary a. O'Malley, late O
Scranton, letters testamentary were yes
rerday granted to her brother, p. j
Ruane.
a black plush cape and young maj
named John Swift were seen together yes
terday afternoon and both were taken T.
the station house, for it was susDecte
that Swift had stolen the cape He sal
ne found it close to the Delaware an
Hudson tracks under the Linden stree
bridge and as his story afterward prove
true, he was released. The cape is still a
The station house and can be obtained b.
the owner.
The ladies of the Second Presbyteria
church gave a supper last evening tina
lasted from to 8 o'clock The refresh
ments were served in the basement of tn
church. Mrs. G. w. Kirkpatrick wa
chairman of the committee having tn
supper in charge. At the conclusion q
the serving of refreshments, highly cred
liable programme was rendered on tn
sraphaphone in charge of Mr. Tewkes
bury, Nearly $50 were present The mex
of the series of three suppers for the sea
son will be given during the latter par
of March.
Mrs. Emma Jones' of 35lA Lackawann
avenue, was the complainant i'm a cas-
that iigured in police court yesterday. Sh
charges Henry Martin, John Richards an
Joseph sullivan with brutally assaultin
her and wrecking her furniture. The
were arrested and given hearing yestel
day before Mayor Bailey. Miss Jennl
Collins testified that the prisoners wet
drunk and that one of them struck Mr.
Jones, whose injuries according to he
physician, were so severe that she wa