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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-05
TAYLOR NEWS.
A Pleasant Days outing--Board Of
Health Meets-Other News of In
terest.

a reception was rendered Miss Maud
Davis, daughter of Druggist and Mrs.
Joseph Davis, in honor of her twelfth
birthday. The outing was held in
Pfaffs grove yesterday afternoon, The
day was all that could be expected
and was most pleasantly spent by the
invited guests. Games and other
amusements were INDUCED in during
the day and refreshments were served.
Those who enjoyed the outing were:
Mrs. William Coombs and son, Roy,
Mrs. Cobleigh, Mrs. John Il. Evans
and daughter, Margaret, Mrs. Daniel
Clement and son, Willard, of Hyde
Park. Mrs. Joseph Davis, Mrs. John
Watkins, Misses Susie Harris, Lillian
Iowels, Lizzie Davis, Maggie NJ.
Davis. Emma Stahli, Lizzie Davis,
France Watkins, Leah Evans, Ada
Hatten, Blanche Davis, Maud Davis.
and Masters Harry Watkins, Chester
Reese, Arthur Davis, Spencer. Leslie
and Everett Reese, Willie Davis and
Miss Annie Clements and William j.
Thomas, of Hyde Park.
Our borough fathers will meet in the
council chambers this evening.
Misses Sarah and Cassie Grlfiiths,
of North Taylor, who have been spend
ing few weeks with relatives in
Spring Brook, have returned home.
John Howells, of the Fourth ward,
wishes to let his friends know that
he is a candidate for delegate to the
Third legislative district convention.
At a meeting of the board of health
which was held on Wednesday evening,
it was decided to send a committee to
investigate the reservoir at Spring
Brook concerning the recent charges.
Misses Emma Cooper and Ida Sper-
ber will leave today for a sojourn at
Atlantic CITY.
Gwlym Davis, of Wilkes Barre, was
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward d.
Davis, of Middle street, on Wednes-
| day.
Mrs. Daniel Clement, of Hyde Park
was the guest of Mrs. Joseph Davis,
| of Union street, yesterday.
Joseph Davis ard II. j. Daniels are
| on a fishing expedition.
Miss Laura Samuels, of MahonoS
| City, is visiting her cousin, Miss
Gladys Samuels, of Main street.
The invircible commandery, No 22
| Knights of Malta, will meet this even
| ing in Reeses hall.
Miss Mary j. Davis, of Avoca, was
| the guest of Miss Lizzie Davis. of Main
| street, yesterday.
Miss Jennie Whiteford, of Main
| street, is sojourning at Atlantic City
Miss Hattie Mckenzie has returned
home from Benton after visiting
| friends in that place.
Tie Rosebuds journeyed to Hyd,
Park on Tuesday and were defeated
| by the Anthracites of that place in al
interesting game by a score of .
| to 16.
The Reds will journey to Old Forge
| tomorrow afternoon to try conclusions
with the Association team Cf tina
| place. Hayes is slated to pitch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson, of Green
| wood,-Werc The guests of friends il
this place yesterday
Miss Mollie Gilgallon. Of the Arch
bald, is visiting her sister, Mrs
Michael Mcdonnell. of Main street.
Messrs. Oliver and Richard Williams
of this place, spent Wednesday a
Lake Winola.
The committee of the Mrs. Llewelyl
Evans benefit will meet tomorrow
evening.
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appreciated as much by the publishers
as by the public was evident from the
generous remittance he received for 1t.
Mr.. Foote has also written a story for
the Rosary Magazine, which will ap-
pear in an early number. Mr.. Foote's
name is already familiar to the readers
of The Tribune as the writer of the
prize story, 1.-THE Last of the Druids,"
which appeared in its columns two
years ago. 1t is gratifying to know
that Mr.. Foote'S remarkable talent is
being appreciated
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LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

A wedding that is of more than usual
interest in this city was that of Ger
rit P Rogers to Miss Carrie Helms,
which occurred at noon yesterday. The
ceremony was performed at precisely
IL o'clock in St. Luke's lurch, Scran-
ton. Rev. NJ. b. Nash offiCiated. There
were about three hundred invitations
sent out and the ceremony was wit
messed by a large number of friends.
After the nuptial knot was tied Mr..
and Mrs. Rogers left for an extended
wedding trip that will embrace New
York, Boston. Newport and other
points of interest. They will be gone
about three weeks. On their return
they will take UP their residence at
No. 20 Sixth avenue. They will be at
home to their friends on Sept. /.
z william Lotus. of Company E, is
home on a furlough. He looks exceed
ingly well in soldiers clothes.
F. r. Derby and Henry Scharlock
are on a fishing tour in Wayne county
today.
Miss Helen Passmore is camping
with party at Ivy Lodge, Lake
Winola.
Miss Lizzie Moyles, of Spring street,
late saleswoman in the New York
store, will enter DR.. Thompson's pri-
yate hospital in Scranton to become a
trained nurse.
Miss Maggie Cannon has returned
from Honesdale.
Misses Aggie Flynn and Bridget Fee
have gone to Cleveland, o., where they
will spend two months.
B. L. Singer has returned from Long
Branch.
j. d. Purtell has received gratifying
news from his brother, Thomas Pur-
tell, of New York city. He recently
took the examination for life certificate
as teacher in the metropolis and was
one of twenty who passed out of a
class of one thousand. Mr.. Purtell al
once received an appointment with a
salary of $1,000 per annum attached.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
union convention for Lackawanna
county will be held in this city or
Sept. 13 and viii continue only one
day. Mrs. Pierce Butler will give the
address of welcome and Mrs. Rhodes
will respond. Mrs. Clara Hoffman
who is so well and favorably known
and who has done such good work ir
this county, will give the address in
the evening, subject, Now and Then.
Mrs. Albert NJ. Keen. whose husband
was drowned in Keen's pond, July 4
has just received 81, 900 insurance from
the Waymart council of Heptasophs
Misses Grayce Briggs, Helyn Alex
ander, Emily Ford and Messrs. Gurdor
Pendleton and William Warrington
chaperoned by Mrs C. r. Mum, spen
Wednesday afternoon at Fern Hall
Crystal Lake,
Mrs. w. w. Watt and daughter, lisa
belle, have returned from Crystal Lake
r. w. Daley and daughters are Wis
iting at Brooklyn, Pa.
Mrs. ]. w. Aitken. of Garfield ave
nue., who has been i'll for three weeks
is able to sit up.
Mr. and Mrs. John Won Beck, O
South Main street, are sojourning a
Atlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Scott, Mrs. Mar
Manville and Miss I3irdsall are a
Pigeon Cove, L. |.
party composed of ten young per
sons left yesterday morning for a tw
weeks outing at Elk Lake. Those wh
comprised the party were the follow
ing: Mrs. Dougher and son, Johr
Misses r. McHugh. Mary ScanloI
Frank Flannery, Annie r. McHugh, 7
F. McHugh, p. f. Connor and p. j. Nc
Hugh
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STIFF DRINKERS, PUKITANs.
Their Distrust of Water and Predil-
ection for Medford Rum.

From the Independent.
Our Puritan ancestors hardly imag-
ined that water was either a healthful
or a sufficient beverage, if we may
judge from some paragraphs in their
letters and diaries. Governor Brad
ford bitterly complains of the hard
ship of having to drink water as no
beer or wine was to be had. In 1929 an
appeal was sent to the Home company
for ministers" patent under scale"
that their legal status as colonists
might be clear and stable: and also
they want "vyne plantes," wheat, rye.
barley, and also hop rootes." When
the answer to this appeal was sent by
a ship that was provisioned for three
months, it carried ''forty-fve turns of
beere," "two casks of Malega and Ca
narie," twenty gallons of aqua vitoe
(brandy), and' for cooking, drinking
and all only six tuns of water? The
Rev. Mr. Higgnson, the first minister,
in writing back a glowing account of
the attractions of the country, said his
health had been benefited by the fine
air; and he added:
Whereas my stomach could only di-
gest and did require such drinks as
and doe oftentimes drinke New Eng
land water verie we'll"
One Wood wrote in the New Eng
lands Prospect that the country was
well watered, and with a water unlike
that to be found in England:
mot so sharpe, of a fatty substance
| and of more jetty color. 1t is thought
| that there can be no better water in
| h. dar 4 10 10
| good Beere, as some have done. Those
that drink,it be as healthful, fresh and
| luctis as they that drink beere.
Those hop roots must have flour
ished, for as early as 1881 the people of
the colony had passed law for put
| ting drunkards in the stocks, and
Greenhouses multiplied, and an "ale
quart of beere" could be bought for a
penny. The manufacture of Other
drinks developed rapidly. Fifty years
later, Judge Sewall names ale, beer
mead, metheglin, cider, wine, sillabub
claret, sack canary, punch, sack pos,
set, and black cherry brandy. Every
body drank cider which was produced
on every farm in aboudance Besides
these there was "beveridge" and
"swizzle" made from molasses anC
water, and many kinds of beer; but
the grand and universal drink was
rum. Ships took corn, pork and lum.
ber to the West Indies and brough
back raw sugar and molasses, which
once here, were speedily converted into
rum. There was a distillery in ever,
inland town. while those on the coast
had scores of them. The Significant
name "killdivil" was universally givel
to IT. and it was shipped to the African
coast in exchange for slaves. Fla
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Returning leave Point Pleasant lilo a.
m, Spring Lake 11.52 a. M, Belmar 1l.57
a. m, As5ury Park and Ocean Grove r. 2O5
noon. Long Branch 1924 p. m. Arrive
Scranton $40 p. m.
This will be kept up for the entire sea.
sen especially for the accommodation of
families, as it will enable passengers to
secure and retain comfortable seats the
entire journey.
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EIGHT TREES SACRIFICED.

Eight beautiful trees of Memorial
park have been sacrificed to pernicious
insects which Park Commissioner Alex
ander says the gardener has fought
faithfully for six years. Fortunately
the trees affected beyond redemption
were not the handsome naples, the
dense foliage of which remains TO re-
fresh the appearance of the little
beauty spot.
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LOCATED IN THIS CITY.

Miss Grayce Briggs has taken rooms
with Mrs. ]. C. Shepherd, on Salem
avenue, and will make this city her
permanent residing place. She is one
of the trained nurses who graduated
at the Carbondale hospital. Subse-
quently she took a course at Phila-
delphia maternity hospital. Her charm
ing personality makes her welcome
acquisition to Carbondale's profess
sional and social circles.
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CARBONDALE.

1.-THE Carbondale correspondence Of The
Tribune has been placed in the hands Oh
Mr.. c. r. Mum, Salem avenue ana
Church street, to whom news items may
be addressed. All complaints as 10 II
regular delivery, etc, should be made 10
Roberts a REYNOLDS, news agents1
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The New Servants Methods.

Boston Transcript.
Mrs. Homes-Have you anybody you
can refer me to?
Menial-Oh, yes; have come prepared
to exchange references with you.-Boston
Transcript.
Cañon City record., 1898-07-07
JOKE ON THE OFFICER.
The Thief Catcher unsuspecttnKly
Gives His Suit To a WaEe-
Thief to Clean

There is a good story told on a
prominent official of Allegheny. says
the Pittsburgh Dispatch. lie denies it,
but its truth is vouched for by another
well-known official. Some DAYS ago,
the story goes, the former official hap
pcned 10 be going into his residence
on one of the prominent thorough
fares when he saw man hurrying
across the street with several pieces of
mems wearing apparel on his arm. The
man was walking in the direction of a
wagon nearby that belonged to a clean
ing and dyeing establishment. Il struck
the official that he would have one of
his spring suits cleaned, and he hailed
the man, thinking he was in charge of
the wagon. However. the fellow proved
TO be a thief and had just robbed a hall
rack in a neighboring boarding-house.
When the official cried out to him:
Say, mister, | have suit l wish you
would have cleaned" the thief took in
the situation and saw that he had been
taken for the driver Of the wagon. He
coolly went over ana got the officials
suit. The thief was well out of sight
before the real driver of the wagon re-
turned and the truth became known.
Cañon City record., 1898-07-07
AUSTRIA'S DEcADENcE.
There Is No Place IN the tranquil
Empire for Great Men. Says
Mark Twain.

must take passing notice of another
point in the governments measures for
maintaining tranquility, says Mark
Twain, in Harper's Magazine. Every
body says II does not like to see any in
dividual attain to commanding infiu-
cnce in the country, since a man can
become a disturber and an inoonveni-
ence. "We have as much talent as the
other nations" says the citizen, re-
signedly, and without bitterness, 'but
for the sake of the general good of the
country we are discouraged from maxi
ing 1t oyer-conspicuous; and not only
discouraged. but tactfully and skillful-
ly prevented from doing it, II we show
too much persistence, Consequently
we have no renowned meni in centuries
we have seldom produced one-that is.
seldom allowed one TO produce himself.
We can say to-day what no other nation
of first Importance in the family OF
Christian civilization can say; That
there exists no Austrian who has made
an enduring name for himself which is
familiar all around the globe"
Cañon City record., 1898-07-07
A suo,. Long journey.

The inhabitants of the lonely isle of
st. kilda were astonished no; long ago
at the appearance of a great blood-red
conical object floating on the wild At
iantic hillows to the westward of the
isle. With much difficulty the derelict
was brought to shore. and. as the St.
kildaus had never before seen such a
queerlooking thing and could make no
guess as TO its purpose or place in the
scale of created things. they INDUCED in
wild visions of its valuable nature. But,
when the factor came across on his
yearly visit from the neighboring but
distant island of Great Britain. he iden-
titled it as a great iron buoy, which, it
subsequently appeared, had broken
away from its moorings in New York
harbor and drifted in the gulf stream
across the Atlantic. II had taken two
years in the passage.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Cañon City record., 1898-07-07
QUEER INSURANCE CASE.
The House wa. Set on Fire by the
Bathtub, and the Bathtub
by = PouItice-

Fire insurance companies have TO
deal with many queer cases. said
travelling agent Of one OF the Hartford
CConu.) companies TO Washington
Post man. Il have just been told tn
story of case ihas came under tb'
notice OF our company not - long
ago. and which was certainly oae Of
The siraugest fires in history. Thr
Story is perfectly true and is vouebed
for by men of integrity. Il was in .
western city and Tie house was sci o.
fire by baihtub and the bathiub va
set on fire by pouiiice. The ownti
was suffering from bad cold. i, see ms
aud acting under the dorior's order
his wife prepared poui,ieg for h.
chest. When she started 10 apply it'd
was found to be TOO strong 100 hoi
having been heated in ihe- oxen. -.
The wife took the pouiih-e 10 the Bsihs
room TO cool. She placed j; on the
tub. which was very aue affair. be
ing lined with eeiiuloid instead Of ihe
customary enamel. Well. the heat Of
the plaster set the infiammabie celin-
ioid on fire aud the bathiub was soon
a mass OF flames. The room caught and
the house was partially destroyed. foi
all Of which the company had TO pay
Everyone knows how celluloid burns
and so the company did not contest the
case
Cañon City record., 1898-07-07
A PROPHETIC NAME.
TIE Carfous Prediction Made In the
Naming of Lake PontchartrafD
Has Been FuIGIIed.

The name of Lake Pontchartrain bears
in it curious prediction, as il were. of
what should be witnessed on it at the
present day, almost exactly 200 year
after Iberyille named it, says the New
Orleans Picayune. Count tPontchartrain
and Count de Maurepas were two min
listers of Louis XIV, under whose aus
pices Iberville and Bienville sailed frpsu
La Rochelle. in France. in 1868. to es-
tablish the first colony in Louisiana.
and Iberville, in honor of these patrons
of his enterprise, named Lakes Manre-
pas and Pontchartrain. Pontchartrain
is a combination of three distinfi
French words, viz: Pont, meaning
'bridge," char, meaning car" and
train. meaning strain" The prediction
in the name lies in the fact that at pres
ent, in q single glance. one may see Oh
Lake Pontcbarrrain. where the North
eastern railroad crosses il. ..pon;"
(bridge). Char" (c1r), and '.frair
GRAIN. thus Interpreting the prediction
name OF Lake Pontehartrain into Lake
with a bridge. ear and train of cars.
Equally noteworthy is ii that the word
Pontchartrain. as here elucidated. con
tains very clear prediction of the dis
coyery of steam power. the invention
OF the steam engine. and the uIilizatiLn
OF the locomotive and the steam rail
road train as means of trans porting
freight and passengers in the day ofeu.
Iightenment of the nineteenth century
Ia fact in the single word Pontchar-
train. as given by lberville to the Lon
isinna interior lake near New Orleans.
was involved prediction. unconscious
ly proclaimed by IberviIle, of "a vision
OF the future and the world that was Il
be-" The world is crowded with Hora
tios of the Hamlet variety, whose dim
philosophy fails utterly 10 grasp the
innumerable number Of things that arr
in the heavens and upon the earth
Cañon City record., 1898-07-07
Fatal Collision at Sea.

SPECIAL TO the Record
HALIFAX, July 6.-The Allan line
steamship Grecian entered the har-
Dor this morning with the British bark
Cromartryshire in tow. At 5 o'clock
on the morning of July 4th the Brit
ish ship came into collision with the
French liner La Bourgne sixty miles
off the south coast of Sable Island.
The La Bourgne had six hundred pas
sengers on board, many of whom, to-
gether with large part of the crew,
were drowned. Less than two hun
dred people we're saved, including
only one woman. The La Bourgne
left New York last Saturday for
Havre, France, and sank almost i'm
mediately after the collision, which
occurred in a dense fog. The cap
tain of the Grecian reports that of
the saved one hundred and seventy
were passengers and thirty, crew.
All of the officers of the Inflated ship
except three engineers and the pur-
ser were drowned. Miss Matte Hi
cock, of Denver, was among the pas
sengers Of the sunken steamer.
Cañon City record., 1898-07-07
Big Scandal May Develop.

Special To The Hecord
WASHINGTON, July 6.-The Eastern
papers TEEN with the achievement of
Commodore Schley, who is given all the
credit for the destruction of Admiral
Cervera's feet, while no mention is
made of him in the official dispatches.
Both Simpsons and Watson's dis
patches have been conspicuous by the
total omission of Schley's name in any
connection. 1t is well-known fact
that both Sampson and Watson were
absent during the great naval battle
which resulted in the capture of Ad-
miral Cervera and the real work was
done by Commodore Schley. The be-
lief prevails in the naval department
that the commander ordered Schley's
name omitted from the dispatches as
a matter of official discipline. Schley's
name has not been mentioned in the
official reports for three weeks, and
since the destruction of the Spanish
fleet becomes serious matter an
investigation is almost certain to fol-
low. The resolution introduced in
congress thanking Schley win undoubt-
edly bring out the real reason for the
omission of his name and big scan
dal may be developed.
Cañon City record., 1898-07-07
Official Bulletin.

special 10 the Record.
WASHINGTON, July 6.-The follow
ing dispatch to the war department
has been bulletined: Captains Al
ger and Sewall and Mr.. Corbin are
well. am feeling better and had
hoped to be up this morning but as
everything is quiet will remain still.
General Wheeler is feeble but re-
mains with bis command. General
Young leaves for Key West today.
General Hawkins is slightly wounded
in the foot, but all others are WE'LL
'tSHAFTER.-
Cañon City record., 1898-07-07
Among the Wounded.

Special to the Record.
WASHINGTON, July 6.-The follow
ing dispatch from Miss Clara Barton
was received at the White House this
morning: "Siboney, July 4.-Kanna
and Egan reached here yesterday.
Five more came to us today in wagon
and on foot. Eight hundred wounded
have reached here from the field since
Friday morning. The surgeons and
litter squads have worked night and
day day. Hospital accommodations are
inadequate and many wounded are
compelled to lie on the water-soaked
ground. The Texas is feeding refu-
gees and soldiers at Siboney. The
Texas will go to Guantanamo tomor-
row. CLARA BARTON"
Cañon City record., 1898-07-07
Big storm AZ santiago.

special TO the Record.
WASHINGTON, July 6.-ln special
dispatch to the war department today
General Greeley says that a terrific
storm is raging at Santiago. The
storm is so violent that probably the
flee will not lombard the city today.
Cañon City record., 1898-07-07
fiobson Said to Se III.
Special TO the Record

Special 10 the Record
New YORK, July GA cable dis
patch from Kingston says that refu-
gees arriving there this morning re-
port that Hobson and several other
men are sick with climatic fever, and
have been since Saturday. However,
the prisoners are being well cared for
by the Spanish and English physicians
in attendance.
Cañon City record., 1898-07-07
Attempts cervera's Feat.

Special to the Record.
KEY WEST, July 6.-lt is reported
here that the Spanish warship Al
phonso XII attempted to run the
blockade out of Havana and was cap
tured by an American cruiser. Two
more ships are expected today from
Santiago with seriously wounded sol
diers.
Cañon City record., 1898-07-07
Colon In Good Shape.

Special TO the Record.
NORFOLK. July 5.-The wrecking
company has been ordered to proceed
to Santiago Immediately and raise
the sunken Spanish vessels. 1t is
stated that the Cristobal Colon is in
good condition.
Cañon City record., 1898-07-07
M.... fnr sr,llrx vr-.-l..

The highest masts of sailing vessels
are from i6o to $50 feet high. and spread
from 6o,eoo to 100000 square teet Of
canyas.-Chicago Times-Hcrald.
Cañon City record., 1898-07-07
WIN Exchange ftobson.

special TO the Record.
WASHINGTON. July 6.-The war de-
partment has posted the following
bulletin: Camp near Santiago. Am
just in receipt of a letter from Cen
eral Toral agreeing to exchange Hob
son and men here Yesterday he re-
fused the proposition to exchange
'1SHAFTER."
Cañon City record., 1898-07-07
Peiayo Out Of Fix.

Special to the Record.
PORT SAID, July 6, via Ismalla--
The machinery of the battleship Pc
layo being badly out of order. the big
battleship was compelled to stop here
early this morning. Ismalla is half
way between the Mediterranean and
Rcd seas.
Cañon City record., 1898-07-07
shoes Tn Japan.

Japan. with over 40,ooo.ooo inhab-
itants, has only one leather shoe fac
tory. Nearly all the natives still wear
sandals of straw or vocabulary Ar
gus.
Cañon City record., 1898-07-07
Bomhardmeut Reported.

spctisl 10 tfe HEcoru.
WASHINGTON, July ct is reported
here that the bombardment of Santi-
ligo was begun at noon and the city
surrendered shortly afterward. The
report is unconfrmed and not credited
in official quarters
Cañon City record., 1898-07-07

Book buyers should remember that
Whipple is selling all late standard
and miscellaneous books at ten per
csnt lss than pablishsr5 peiosa 4.
Cañon City record., 1898-07-07
spain WIN Demand peace.

Special to the Record.
LONDON, July 6.-The Madrid cor
respondent of the Daily Telegraph was
this morning informed that peace will
b damanaad today.
Cañon City record., 1898-07-07
Beauty In a laund,y

is something you wouldn't expect 10
lind every day, but you will find it here
ON every shirt, cellar and cum that
passes through our hands. None but
the most expert help engaged, and
when YOUR shirt front, collar or cum is
turned out and sent home. it Is work
Of art in color, polish, stiffness and con
dition. satisfaction is guaranteed to
everyone entrusting us with their laan-
dry work
The Canon Steam Laundry
IL LANTz. Prsp.
Cañon City record., 1898-07-07

Feltcr has a nice lot Of picnic and
lunch goods.