The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-09

holder with personal notice, but under
new law this is discretionary with
court when the district is unusually large.
There will be an interesting entertain
ment of music and readings this evening
In the lecture room of the Penn Avenue
Baptist church under the auspices of
class u of the Bible school. There Will
also be given repetition of the beauti-
full "March of the Shepherdess' by six
teen young ladies in costume, which was
50 delightfully."- given two weeks ago
Light refreshments will be served after
the entertainment.
one week ago Miles Clarke took possess
sion of the West Side laundry and held
it until yesterday, when John j. Kelley
had him taken out by means of an instru-
ment of the law. Kelley owed Clarke
sum of money, and thus Clarke came into
possession of the washery. Kelley swore
out warrant before Alderman Mllar
charging Clarke with forcble entry and
retainer, and Clarke was held in $500
bail for a further hearing next Friday af-
ternoon.
John Grihiths and his sister, Anna Grif-
fiths and Oscar Him and sister, Edith
Him, of PeCkville, came to the clerk of
the courts office yesterday in company
with their mothers and after half an
hours writing by Clerk Mirsh, John and
rage license. closely followed by oscar
and Anna bearing similar document.
The mothers followed after telling each
other how pleased they We're at the ap-
preaching double wedding.
Isaac b. Felts brought another suit in
trespass against the Delaware, LaCka-
wanna and Western Railroad company
yesterday through his attorneys. a, Rick
etts, +. Merritteld and John f. lcragg.
mi. t.
mining coal from the plaintiffs lai with
out his permission. Each month when
the company tenders the royalty, Mr.
Felts refuses it and institutes a suit for
damages. The company claims authority
to mine the Goa! on the strength of a
lease. Mr.. Felts alleges that the lease
| was made with another party who shares
an undivided interest in the land, but
who is in no way his partner.
Among the remarkable illustrations of
| the power of heredity is the fact that
Miss Proctor, the daughter of the ia
nous astronomer. has inherited her ia
| ther's ability to search into the mysteries
| of the unknown worlds, and also his
| skill in bringing these mysteries to the
! public in a manner at once so simple
| ana pleasing as to make all who hear
! her desire to become astronomers on their
| own account. In Miss PrOctor's lecture
tomorrow night at the Young Mems
Christian association the stereopticon will
| be used in illustration, and it is safe to
| say that her hearers will find new beau
| ty and meaning in the shining stars after
hearing the lecture than they have ever
dreamed of before.
Tbo tbreotanod clash between tho limit
al S+otas ,ro,,errnnnt and tho common.
u,eolt% Of psnnsvivania ae renresentad
Ty me- sbariff of tbis rorntv has hear
bonnilv avartad Inst ueak II win ha
remembered Jesse e. Austin tried to have
his tenant, f. L. Van Fleet dispossessed
| When the sheriff proceeded to serve the
writ, however he found that Van Fleet
was the postmaster of the village anC
that the postottice was on the premises
from which the writ would oust him
The sheriff declined to serve the process
upon hearing this and court granted q
stay until yesterday. At the hearing /
developed that the Judgment under whict
the writ was obtained contained some
Irregularities and it was ordered stricken
from the records.
Tho ,,aati,g or +ba po,,+is+ ,,i,is+ar
vestarday r,o7rino in tho pan, hroru,
Rantist cbnrcb was davoted 70 a dienue
sion of ,.plans of Sarmons' ;, Rav A u
Rrowe road a evnonsis of on orioinoi ser
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