The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-21
CITY NOTES.

Pay your gas bills today and save the
discount.
The banks of the city will be closed or
Tuesday, Washington's birthday.
On charge of having deserted his wife
Otto Schwinberger of Hampton street
was held in $500 bail by Alderman MlllaI
Saturday.
The boys who are at the head of 1.-The
American Eagle" have decided to turn
over one-third of the subscriptions re-
ceived by that paper to the Young Men
Christian association.
A new time table for passenger and
freight trains has been issued by the
Delaware and Hudson Canal company. Ii
went into effect yesterday.
An entertainment will be given this
evening by the children of st. Lulke's
Episcopal church in the parish rooms in
the board of trade building.
At this mornings Baptist pastors con-
ference, Rev. Mr.. Watkins will read a pa
per on Varieties of Character and Gifts
Among New Testament Believers"
Adam Peuser and family wish to thank
their many friends for the beautiful floral
offerings and for the kind sympathy and
assistance in their recent bereavement.
The funeral of Mrs. John Quigley. of
52S Locust street, will be held this morn
ing. AT o'clock the remains will be
taken to st. Johns Catholic church,
where mass will be celebrated.
The third anniversary of the Macca-
bees order is to be celebrated by the
scranton knights March 22. Supreme ma
tonal officers and great camp officers of
the state are expected to be present.
The st. Johns Total Abstinence and
Benevolent society, of Pine Brook, will
conduct its twelfth annual entertainment
and social this evening. An excellent pro-
grar'me has been arranged for the event.
The ladies' auxiliary committee will give
an entertainment at the Railroad Depart
ment Young Mems Christian association
Monday evening, Feb. q, at O'clock
Members and their families are cordially
invited.
Ezra Fern accepts the challenge of h.
NJ Snyder to skate for the championship
Tof Pennsylvania and names Friday even
! Ing. February 25, as the date. Scranton
rink, Finley's hall as the place and one
mile as the distance.
The Scranton Gun club will conduct a
tournament at Spencer range. Dunmore,
tomorrow. Shooting will begin promptly
at o'clock and there will be twelve
events. The range can be reached from
the central city by either the Dunmore
Suburban, Drinker street or No. branch
lines.
Last weeks exchanges through the
Scranton clearing house were reported as
follows by Manager II. j. Anderson: Feb.
I'd, $l72OS3.44; Feb. To- a holiday; Feb. Ii,
$2S, ,3i93O; Feb. II, $1S6, 233 %; Feb. Is, S2O3-
SS3%O; Feb. l9, s99,917.95 total S943, ,967. SO.
ThNcearings for the corresponding week
1897 Tive days., were SSSS0.36.
Tina Italian Society Giuseppe Mazzni
will hbld its twelfth annual ball in Music
hall this evening. Dancing will begin at
S O'Clock frlrd ,masqueraders will be al
lowed the floor The ball committee con-
sists of the following: q. Costa, presi-
dent; V. Sartor, G! Morosini, vice presi-
dents; n. Sangiuliano, treasurer; j. Gag
giano, secretary.
The social that was TO have been held
by the Washington Memorial association
on the 22d inst. has been indefinitely post
Colonel II. ~. Adams, of the national
poned i'm order to secure the presence OF
committee, who will lie present at the
meeting to be held, the date of which Will
be announced in time. Colonel Adams
will present every feature of the project
suggested by Washington more than a
hundred years ago.
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but genuine cocoa-Suchard's At the