The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-16
CITY NOTES.

Bernard Manley, of Cedar avenue, had
foot crushed at the South Mill on
Thursday.
NJ. L. Jackson, in Jail on a surety charge,
was released yesterday on $500 bail fur
nished by NJ. e. Jackson,
j. Myles Gibbons, son of DIR. Richard H.
Gibbons, has been elected manager of the
University of Pennsylvania hockey team
In the estate of Isabella f. Fordham
late of Scranton, letters of administr tration
We're granted to the daughter, Mary f.
kays.
The postponed annual meeting of the
Home for the Friendless will be held Tues
day at p. m. at the Young Women's
Christian association.
The Scranton Turner'S and the South
Scranton Basket Ball teams will play at
Turner hall Monday evening. a social
will be given after the game. Ladies will
be admitted free.
Thirty-three citizens of Moosic yester-
day filed in court a petition to have the
polling place of the West district of Lack
.awanna township moved to the house of
the Moosic Hose company.
Tramps broke into the Delaware and
Hudson depot at Jermyn Thursday night
and stole number of tickets which they
stamped before leaving the office. The
ticket numbers are known.
Assessors returns to the county COM
missioners We're made yesterday by Hen
ry Beck, Archibald; w. II. Stevens North
Abingdon; Edward Graves, Jermyn, First
ward, and John a. Woodbridge, Dalton.
Seventeenth ward Republicans will eau
Gus in Alderman Howe's Office this even
ing between and 3 o'clock. The candi-
dates for common council are the present
incumbent, Luther Keller, and w. $.
Dehl.
The current number of the Industrial
School News contains half-tone portraits
of the members of the Pennsylvania Com
mission of the Soldiers Orphans Schools,
among them being an excellent likeness
of Colonel e. II. Ripple.
The members of the board of managers
for the Home of the Friendless and the
Young Women's Christian association are
asked to meet at the home of Mrs. Frank
Watts, All Quincy avenue, this morning at
o'clock to attend the funeral of Mrs. j.
L. Stelle.
The Winton school board case will come
up again today, when an effort will he
made by Warren * Knapp attorneys for
the McAndrew board to have Judge Arch
bald grant a rehearing. Should the eX-
ceptions be dismissed the case will, it is
likely be appealed to the Supreme court
Manager Frank Giett, of the Nanticoke
Basket Ball team, and Nelson Teets, man.
ager of the Scranton Turner team, made
arrangements Thursday evening after the
Scranton-Nanticoke game for the Turner
and Nanticoke teams to play. The game
will be played in this city on THURSDAY
evening, Jan. 2S, at Turner hall.
Abbott Bucto, of Lloyd street Provi.
dence, was arrested yesterday afternoon
at O'Clock on warrant sworn out before
Alderman Millar at the instance of Dom.
inic Strigar. The charge against Bucto Is
the larceny of bottles He was given a
hearing by Alderman Millar last evening
and was released on $500 bail to appear
at court.
Dr. l. Y. Reed. father of Mrs. ]. d
Clarke of Madison avenue, died yester.
day morning al Leesburg, Pa. Dr. Reed
was formerly a resident of this city and
married a daughter of the well-knowr
Trueman Knott, a poineer resident of thi,
city. Death was preceded by a\three.
weeks seige of sickness. Mrs. Clarke left
yesterday for Leesburg.
A public installation of officers will be
held by George Fell post Grand Army OF
the Republic, of Waverly, this Afternoon
In conjunction with Ladies' circle, No. 81
In the evening Hon. n. c. Mackey vii
present a memorial volume to the pos
which Will receive it through Rev. A. b
Brown. II, T.. Paine. of this city, viii
make a presentation address.
John johnson is langulshing in the