The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-19
PITTSTON NEWS
Interesting Liquor Case-An Old
Resident Passes Away-Personal
Notes.

NeSlueuJ IdSseS away ei SOhoi
Notes.
Last night very interesting case
was heard before Mayor Harding when
Martin Howley, who was arrested on
Saturday night together with several
who happened on the premises at the
| time. were gathered in the council
room to have the usual hearing upon
the charge upon the part of Howley in
| keeping a tippling house. Howley
pleaded mot guilty." and after the
evidence of OGcers Lotus, Sommer-
| Vile, Connell. Evans and Neathers.
who visited the place, Howley was
| fined $50 and to stand committed until
such time as the fine was paid. How
| ley refused TO lquidate, and after a
commitment had been made out he
went down to the county hotel accom-
| panied by an officer. There is much
| that might be said in regard to this
| case. and from what has been already
| commenced there bids fair to be long
continued struggle between the mayor
and those he is satisfied are paying no
| heed to the laws of the commonwealth
| and those of the city In particular.
| Howley has caused to have arrested
| the mayor and the officers in q suit of
| trespass, claiming that the officers
| have assumed duties to which they
| have not yet fulfilled the necessary
| requirements to make them so, and
| this was fully explained by Attorney
| Bohan when he asked LOTUS when he
| was appointed chief of police, if
| he had yet filed the necessary bond,
I to all of which he pleaded ignorance.
1t would seem from the evidence pro-
duccd last night in this particular case
that the manner of appointment of Of
ficers has been taken advantage of by
those who have been brought before
his honor.
Yesterday cards of invitation were
| issued for the wedding of Miss Maize
George, of this city, and William Nc
| Cauley. of Exeter, to take place on
next Wednesday, the 26th, at p. IN.
The ceremony will be performed at St.
Johns church and reception will fol-
low at the residence of her sister, Mrs
j. j. Dryden, jr., on Landon street
| The young couple are among the most
popular in this vicinity and the occa-
sion will be one of the most prominent
social affairs that has occurred in the
city thus far this season.
| Il. NJ. Sinclair, one of our oldest resi-
dents, passed peacefully away yester-
day morning al his late home on wy
oming avenue, West Pittston, after a
long illness. The deceased while in
health was one of our most active and
progressive business men, and for
many years, was the proprietor of the
Sinclair house, which at that time was
the leading hotel in this city. He is
survived by wife and one son. Harry.
The funeral will take place tomorrow
afternoon with interment i'll the West
Pittston cemetery.
| William Drury, whose home is on the
corner of Charles and Kennedy streets,
was a very much surprised man yes
terday morning when he dwoke and
found that his pantaloons We're miss
ing and not only that but $125 and a
diamond ring which We're in the pocll-
cts. 1t did not take long to ascertain
that during the night a sneak thief
entered q window of his room after
scaling the porch and successfully
made off with the much valued portion
of Rilly's garments. The matter has
been placed in the hands of detective
and in the meantime the successor to
the absent garment will be hung on the
bed post with the pockets turned in
|
intruder not to awaken the owner at
, his peril.
Our colored people and their invited
Z guests held a genuine cake walk at the
Armory hall last evening and there
were quite a sprinitling of the white
trash" present when this most import
ant event took place. The cake was
Z Won by Scranton couple, Mr.. Brooks
: and Miss Vaughn, and they were very
much deserving of the prize. The
Darktown brigade was present, but
their behavior had better not be mem
toned.
by actual count yesterday there were
seventy-three boys ranging i'm years
' from 10 to 10 collected on Water street,
the Niagara quarters and the stairway
| of Music hall, and everyone of these
$ boys are supposed by their parents to
e be at school Now that we have pc
licemen night and day it would be in
order to arrest a few of these hoodlums
r and lock them up, and perhaps it will
I result in clearing the streets of those
who for months have been a first-class
nuisance.
James CorcOran has his excellent
| outfit ready and tomorrow will go into
l the wilds of Wayne and Sullivan coun-
ties and of course will return with
; that which is always the reward of
!. every successful hunter.
l Joseph Lott the gentlemanly clerk
l at the Bechtold hotel, has returned
l from his short visit to Wyoming coun-
~, where he succeeded in buying up
the entire chestnut crop.
e There is boiling contest on at the
Water street Joint, but the club scheme
5 which is threatened to cope with the
. present attitude of the mayor must col
lapse, and it will.
5 Last night the entire police force was
= in the city hall when they should have
been on duty. Fly the way, there has
s not one of the appointed officers yet
filed bond, and until such has been
e done they are virtually not officers.
, The wind yesterday afternoon demol-
e ished valuable show case in front of
o 7. r.. Staley's store, corner of Main
a and Water street. The damage
S amounted to S25.
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