The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-04
nEFORE BREAKFAST. S

ury of the Home for the Fricndless.
nor of the unseltish efforts of the large
number of our Scranton artists who
have given of their time and talents
to make the concert on the 18th OF
, February a success. See to it that the
Lyceum theatre is packed that even
ing with cheerful SiVcrs. The boxes in
the hands of Mr.. II. p, Simpson are
selling readily. Tickets can be secured
from any of the managers.
Rev. Foster T.. Gift. pastor Of the
Grace Lutheran church. and Miss Car
rie W. Swensel We're married Wednes-
! day morning at the home of Miss
Swengels parents, Rev. aud Mrs. J. G.
NJ. Swengel, of Willamstown. Pa. The
BTlde's father performed the ceremony.
Rev. and Mrs Gift will he "at home"
Monday evening at 642 Washington
avenue from s to II o'clock
The preparations that are being made
for the annual masquerade of the
Scranton Liederkranz, which will he
held next Monday night i'm Music Hall,
indicate that it will be the most elab-
crate in the history of the organiza-
ton. Great pains are being taken ia
( prevent objectionable persons from get
=. q possession Of any Of the cards of
admission. The music for the bah will
be furnished by Bauer
c. Luther the Wyoming avenue Jew
eler, has photograph Of the city taken
IN the early flfties, which he prizes
very highly. The photographer when
taking the picture stood on the West
fnni ,,.l,
l Seventh street. The picture shows the
old Catholic church which stood at the
correr of Franklin avenue ana Spruce
street The only other building i'm that
immediate vicinity was occupied by
Zeidlers bakery on the site of the store
now occupied by j. l.. Harding. The
only bridge over the Lackawanna river
spanned that stream short distance
below the present West Lackawanna
ave re structure and was erected by
. the Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern Railroad company. All Ground the
!. heart of Scranton are acres and acres
of farm land furnishing striking con-
traSt with the conditions that exist TO-
day. The picture is most interestine
and valuable as a relic and as a demon
stration of the wonderful progress
Scranton has made in less than half
a century.
Selden Munger, of Montrose. spent a
few hours in the city yesterday. He
was en- route for Bloomsbury. where
he had some legal business to transact
Mr.. Munger was for a time a member
of the press gang" of Scranton and
his ready Den did much to enliven tho
columns of several of the Scranton
dailies. He decided that journalism did
not hold the promise of much of a
future for an ambitious young man and
returned to his home in Montrose and
Settled down to the study of law. He
will be admitted to the bar of Sus.
quehanna county within few months
Signcr Del Puente and Madame
Campbell, both Of Philadelphia, have
been engaged to sing at next Thurs.
day nights concert i'm Young Mems
|, Christian association hall for the bene.
III OF the Florence Crittenton mission
bose Scranton druggists who have
es which viii weigh anything as
as tenth Of grain. think them
es fortunate A scale so fine Is fine
Iugh fora pharmacy but not for the
High school laboratory. That institu.
ion has scales which are affected h,
1-1O0Oth part of grain. The most
minute speck Of dust scraped from the
point Of "A lead pencil win affect tbe
High schools delicate piece of weigh.
ing mechanism A microscope that
magnifies go times is another highly.