The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-06
CITY NOTES.

The Hotel Jermyn Walters Social
club held a bali in Music hall Monday
evening.
John Zang is a candidate for the Re
publican nomination Of common cOun~
ciman in the Eleventh ward.
on an order of Judge Gunstcr John
Mullen, an insane prisoner at the Coun-
ty jail, was removed to the Hillside
Home.
There will be a regular meeting of
the board of health at their rooms in
the municipal building Thursday, Jan
uary l.
An increased pension has been grant
ed William a. Schmidt, of Scranton,
and widows pension to Bridget Fury,
of Jermyn.
Thomas Brown, veteran of Com
pany A, Eighty-third regiment, Penn
sylVania volunteers, was yesterday
granted license to peddle.
r. c. Mayberry, of Railroad avenue,
has announced himself IA candidate for
the Democratic nomination for alder
man in the Eighteenth ward.
The will of Thomas c. Thomas, late
of Scranton, was yesterday admitted
to probate and letters testamentary
granted to the widow, Jane Thomas.
The Rosson Midgets Speciality COM
pany entertained a large audience at
the Frothingham last night. The work
of the Midgets was warmly appre-
ciated.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Bap-
tist church of Clark's Green will meet
at he home of Mrs. n. $. Davis Thurs
day, January 7. Supper will be served
from to p. m.
Charles Welles, representing f. j.
Fitzsimmons, yesterday purchased the
Sunday News at sheriffs sale for ST.
1863. There was lively bidding between
the attorneys of the two Fitzsim-
mOnSeS.
The Delaware and Hudson compay
paid yesterday at the Dickson and
Grassy Island shafts. The Delaware
Lackawanna and Western company
pay today at the Storrs mine and ma
chine shops.
Joseph McAndrew, the boy who was
arrested for begging in front of the
Academy of Music Monday night, was
fined 81 yesterday. Abraham Lincoln,
Vagrant, was committed to the coun-
ty jail for thirty days.
Thomas ]. Hughes and Margaret A.
Evans, of Scranton; Michael Brennan
and Bridget Healey, of Jermyn; Har-
vey II. Pheegar, of Sunbury, and Bes-
sic NJ. Hartzell of Berwick; John Bar
rett and Catherine Il. Quinn, of Scran-
ton, We're granted marriage licenses
yesterday.
The opinion in the Smith disbar-
ment case was written by Justice
Dean. 1t affirmed the decision of the
lower court and dismissed the appeal
as set forth in yesterdays Tribune.
but it also contains a provision which
Will cause the verdict of disbarment to
be removed after June /, 1896, which
Will be two years from the date of his
disbarment.
Floyd NJ. Parshall, a novelty adver-
tising man and quite well known in
Scranton, died recently in Philadelphia.
His wife was a Scrantonian, Miss Mary
KatzWinkle. He and Mrs. Parshall re-
sided here last summer with Mr.. and
Mrs. q. A. Katzwinkle, who attended
his funeral in Philadelphia. The re-
mains were taken to Chessning, Mich,
for interment.
Emma Spencer, by her next friend,
Reuben n. LaBar ana through Attor-
ney $. B, Price, yesterday filed an
amendment to the proceedings against
her husband, Andrew ID. Spencer, ask
iUg absolute divorce instead Of separa-
ION and alimony as was first petitioned
for. In her declaration she states that
tHey We're married in Trenton. n. j.
nd lived together until April of last
Year, when he deserted her after
cbusng her.