The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-03
CITY NOTES.


The city officers received their May SAL
laries yesterday.
The ladies' of the Green Ridge Presby-
terian church will serve supper this eV-
ening from to o'clock.
The first "crack shot match of
this season will be shot this afternoon at
4 O'Clock on the Thirteenth regiments
range at Dickson. .
Mrs. Charles Zang has purchased the
Kapmeyer interest in the bottlirg firm Of
Zang & Kapmeyer. Charles II. Iang VIII
conduct the business.
The Ladies' Aid of the Green Ridge
Presby terian church will serve supper
on Thursday evening, June 8, in the
church parlors, from to s. Price %
cents.
The ring contest between Miss kduif-
man and Miss Names for the benefit OF
the Ladies' Aid society of the Grace Luth-
eran church resulted in favor of Miss
Kaufman, she having collected $40.
Another $1,000 damage suit against the
city of Carbondale and its street car COM
panies came from Brooklyn street yester-
day. Mrs. Ellen Sullivan is the plaintiff
and her attorneys are Cawley Shean
and l. H. Burns
Mary Ryan, who is charged with BIAS
phemng the deceased wife of Michael
Caffrey, of Broadway, and pouring water
on his children, was sent to the county
Jail yesterday sy Alderman Howe in de-
fault of $500 bail.
Thomas Pomphrey, who died at, the
Lackawanna hospital on Monday was
buried Tuesday, in Forest Hill cemetery.
Rev DR.. Charles L. Robinson conducted
the funeral service, The deceased was
manager of Athertons store at Olyphant.
The Delaware and Hudson company
paid yesterday at the Leggett's creek and
Marvine shafts, Providence. The Della
ware, Lackawanna and Western COM
pany will pay today at the Sloan and
Hampton mines.
Rev. G.. L. Alrich will conduct union
Bible class for the study of the Sunday
school lesson this evening at 7.45 in Grace
Reformed Episcopal church. Topic. "Sins
of One Tongue" james III, lib All SUM-
day school teachers are cordially well
come.
A man whose name is unknown was ar
rested by Patrolman Schmidt yesterday
afternoon at the request OF Mrs. W. F
O'Boyle, of Washington avenue. The
fellow was drunk and warned Mrs
O'Boyle that he would break into hei
house last night.
A plan has been formulated by tho
street commissioner ana the councilmel
of the Twenty-first ward for repairing
North Main avenue from the ravine nortl
of the Trpp Homestead to the top of th'
hill above the Delaware, Lackawann'
and Western tracks.
number of Rebecca avenue propert!
owners consulted with Street Commits
sioner Dunning yesterday concerning tn
construction of pipe drain that is Il
take the water from a marshy spot be
tween Swetland and Lafayette streets
Work on it will soon be begun.
r. Ross Holloway, representing tn
firm of Charles T. Holloway & Son, fur
nishers of 1ireman's goods, of Baltimore
was in the city yesterday consulting wit
members of the New Chemical and Hos
company. Agent Haloway offers to tax
a representation of the company to Balt
more to exhibit the Chemical apparatu
of the firm.
Marriage licenses were yesterday grant
ed 20 James Thomas McNeal and Priscill
NJ. Norris, of Scranton; Rudolph /
Kirchner and Daisy NJ. Washburn, {
Scranton; Henry Grossman and Paulin
Bawer, of Taylor; Anton Anscovitch an
Julia Kowelefska, of Archibald; John !
Holleran, of Scranton, and Rose Steige
wald, of Allenville, Wayne county; Al
gustus H. Henneforth, Of jefferson tow
ship, and Mae Edith O'Dell, of Scranton
The chief of police yesterday certiny
10 the city treasurer that there are IS
poles in the city owned by the followir
companies: Illuminating Heat and Pow
er company. 3Sl; Suburban Electric Ligl
company, 3ii; Scranton Electric Ligl
company, 2,2S2 Telephone company, 1,2g
Western Union Telegraph company, II
Erie and Wyoming Valley Railroad cor
pany l; Ontario and Western Railros
company, 5; American Long Distance Te
ephone company, AZ.
The central city division of the fire j
partment attended school yesterday.
II. Hail. an age 1t for. p 'ebatent tre e
tinguisher sconcefp sof. New York .cit
gave two public eXhibitpnss and in a
dition, Chief Hickey Experimental la
evening with the new nozzle with Shame
twin attachment which Is being tested
the Crystal company. Agent Halls fiji
test was i'm point of the Delaware. Lack
wanna and Western station at s o clio
p m. yesterday, He had box eight fe
high filled with wood and afterwa
smeared with grease and saturated wi
kerosene oil. The heap was then ignit
and when the blaze was at its height t
extinguisher did its work and did 1t We
A great crowd witnessed the test. In I
evening another test was made in fro
of the Phoenix house, on Lackawan
avenue,