The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-02
CITY NOTES

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REELECTED SOLICITOR.-Attor
James J. O'Malley has been reelected
solicitor for the Winton school board.
MEETING TODAY.-The managers of
the Home for the F'riendless will hold "A
regular meeting this morning at $50 at
the Home.
ACTING CHIEF.-Captain Edwards
will be acting chief of police in the alb
sence of Chief Gurrell, who is Oh his
annual vacation.
PRICE RAISED.-'The Scranton Dairy
company and nearly all of the other milk
dealers of the city have raised the price
OF milk from to I cents.
FUNERAL THIS MORNING.-The fu-
neral of the late Sylvester Detrick, OF
Company +, will occur this morning at 10
O'Clock from his late home, corner Jack
son and Chestnut streets. All members
and eX-members of Company +, ana Cf
the regiment are requested to attend in
uniform.
PAY DAYS.-The Delaware, Lackawan-
ma and Western company paid yesterday
at the Archibald, Hyde Park and Con-
tinental mines. Today the Diamond,
Manville and Hallstead mines will he
paid. The Delaware and Hudson COM
pany paid the superintendents, agents
and clerks at Scranton and Carbondale
yesterday.
LICENSES GRANTED-Marriag "
censes were yesterday granted to Louisa
Renda and Gusepna Palermo of Lack
| awanna; Anthony Munlcy and Bridget 7.
Brown, both of Carbondale; John James
Dorsey, of Wilkes-Barre. and Julia
Coyne, of Minooka; Joseph Such and
Bennecia Sagaska, of Minooka; Martin
Markiewicz and Anna Mostavska, Of
Scranton.
TRAVER AGAIN.-C. w. Traver, the
| liquor traffic reform agent, appeared be-
| fore Alderman Kasson yesterday as pros
| ecutor against Mrs. BetSey Harrington,
| of Marvin street. Providence. She was
charged with selling without license. The
| defendant was already under bail on the
| same charge, II. II. c. Maloney being
prosecutor in that case. Yesterday she
was held in $500 bail.
| SENT SEA BASS HOME.-John j.
| Neary, who is spending his vacation at
| Atlantic City, sent his business partner,
| John Jennings, of Neary & jennings If
| Wyoming avenue, barrel of fresh sea
| bass yesterday. With a party of friends
Mr.. Neary spent two days fishing twenty
miles out from land His share he shipped
home. Mr.. Jennings distributed the fish
to his friends yesterday.
| PURE FOOD AGENT.--R. NJ. SINNERS
| special agent of the pure food bureau Of
| the state department of agriculture, is
| in the city for the purpose of preparing
| for the grand jury cases against seven
coil han F,,sI
| costs and settle the cases brought by
| Agent SINNERS against them before AL.
derman Mllar several months ago. Out
of twenty defendants, all but seven paid
| the costs, promised rot to sell adulter>
ated or spurious goods and escaped pros
ecution.
TRIO OF DEFENDhNTS.-A queer
trio were arraigned before Alderman Mil
lar yesterday and charged with assault
and battery. They were Mrs. Mary Nor
an, OF Scranton street, and her young
brother and sister, aged respectively -
and 13 years. Mrs. Bridget Mcnamara, a
neghbor and sister-in-law of the Oldest
defendant, was prose cutor. Alderman Mil
lar discharged the boy and Girl and held
Mrs. Moran in bail to appear at court
SIGNED BY MAYOR.-Among 'he
measures signed by Mayor Bailey yes
terday were the following ordinances and
resolutions Directing the city engineer
to ascertain the cost of am asphalt re-
pair plant to be used by the city, and If
the same could be successfully operated
by the street department. changing the
name of Price place to Amelia avenue
establishing the grade of Delaware street
between Wyoming aud Washington ave-
nues; providing for a sewer i'm Schulz
court, Harrison avenue, Stipp court, etc
| FALSE ALARM.-Unless there is q
change i'm the method of making gas at
DR. Hill's Albany Dental parlors the cs-
| tablishment will be tabooed by the fire
department. The district companies yes
tcrday made their fourth response to q
false fire alarm caused by the queer
antics of chemicals used at DIR. IInps
place of business. Someone on Wyominr
avenue saw dense volume of smok,
Issuing from the windows Of the denta
parlors, over the First National bank
and into the alley at the foot of the ave,
nue.. He supposed fire was in pro
gress and at 1,j5 O'Clock turned in aI
alarm from BOX %, on the Dime bang
corner. The companies. as usual, foupt
that the snudge came from some heated
nitrate of ammonia.
POLICEMEN SHOOTING.-It havini
been found that sixty feet would be al
} impractical distance for the revolyc
match between the Wilkes-Barro anC
, Scranton police teams, the conditions
nave been changed so that the shooting
will be at thirty feet. In practice at siXt.
> feet yesterday only four out Of l50 shot
> hit the target. A telephone message iron
Sergeant Kline, of the Wikes-Barre no
lice showed that the practice of the blue
coats of that city at the same distance
was not any better out of the SAM
number of shots by fourteen marksmel
| only four shots found the target IN
Scranton team has not been selected. /
will consist of four men from amonl