The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-04
CITY NOTES


MUSICAL. CULTURE SOCIETY
There will be a meeting of the Musical
Culture society this evening in the rooms
over Finn & Phillips music store.
WELSH RELEASED. - John Welsh.
charged with desertion, was yesterday
released from the county jail by entering
bail in the sum of $500. His own recog-
nizance was taken.
BOARDS ANNUAL MEETING.-The
annual meeting of the board of health
will be held tonight. Reports for the
year will be made by the officers and the
board will organize for 1899.
PROGRESSIVE EUCHRE PARTY
In the Knights of Columbus rooms on
Wyoming avenue tomorrow night prog
ressive euchre party will be given for the
benefit of the building of the new Green
Ridge convent.
SCHOOL FURNITURE Proposals to
furnish 800 sir gle desks and " rear seats
will be cor sdered by the building COM
mittee of the board of control this even
ing. This furniture is wanted for the
new No building.
MEETING TONIGHT.-There will be
a meeting in the Nay Aug Engine COM
pany house tonight of the committee
that has i'm charge the arrangements for
the next state convention of firemen,
which is TO be held in this city.
TIE SPEAKER TONIGHT. - This
evening at 7.45 the Rev. Horace Peckcver,
OF the Puritan Congregational church.
will preach in tho Calvary Reformed
church, corner Monroe avenue and Glib
sen street Services every night this
week.
SEXTETTE OF TRAMPS.-six tramps
who were arrested Monday afternoon at
the South Steel mill by squad of police
men, were arraigned before Mayor Bal
ley yesterday morning and released after
they had promised to leave the city
within an hour.
LICENSES TO WEI. David II. Elliot,
Boston, Mass, and Mabel Florence Nor
gan, WintOn; Hcdlcy Mason and Mar
gagct Walton, of this city, and George
Jones, jr.. and Elizabeth Barker. also
of this city, were granted marriage IL
CCnScS yesterday.
COAL COMPANIES PAY EMPLOYEES
The Delaware and Hudson Coal COM
pany paid yesterday at LeGgctts Creek,
Marvine shaft and the farm hands at
Providence. The Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western company paid at the Conti-
mental and Hyde Park mines.
HELD UNDER BAH" 49, Proprietor
NoonP. Colored. of Center street res
.taurant. was held in $500 bail by Alder
man Howe yesterday on a charge of as
sault preferred by another colored man
named Nc CDanicls. Tho latter alleged
that Noone hit him on the head with a
meat clcavor.
CONGREGATION IN SESSION.-The
annual meeting; Of the congregation Of
the Penn Avenue Baptist church was
held last night. No business other than
the reading and approval of the min
utes of the year 1898 was transacted, when
an adjournment was made till tonight
Rev. Robert +. /, Pierce, the pastor. was
moderator.
BOTH BRANCHES OF COUNCILS
Each branch Of councils will meet to-
morrow night. The select branch in reg
ular and the common council In special
session. The call for a meeting of the
commoners designates the consideration
of the bond ordinance on third reading as
the cause of special session. Select
council has quite volume of the usual
kind Of business to transact.
NAMIOTKO RELEASED.-The grand
a charge of assault and battery preferred
against Constantine Namiotko by his
wife. She did not desire to prosecute the
case. Immediately after the action of
the grand jury Judge Archibald directed
that Namiotko be discharged from Jail,
he having been confined since the time of
his arrest.
PEDESTRIANS IN DANGER.-A mass
of ice attached to a water pipe leading
from tho roof to the sidewalk in front
of the Palace saloon on Lackawanna
avenue occasioned quite a little alarm
yesterday until 1t was removed by order
of the street commissioner 1t was in
danger of falling and the lives of scores
of pedestrians were threatened until IL
was chopped down. Street Commissioner
O'Boyle haa ropes stretched across the
sidewalk while the frozen mass was be-
ing removed.
TO BOX TWENTY ROUNDS.-On Jan,
16 Tim Hurley, of Susquehanna, Pa, and
Doc Payne, of Baltimore, Md, will box
twenty rounds az 100 pounds at Music
hall before the American Sporting club.
The final agreements for the contest
have been signed and the required de-
posits made. Hurley has defeated nearly
fifty men within the past two years and
Payne is the sparring partner of Kid
Mccoy The latter is so much interested
In the coming match that he has prom
ised to be ir Payne's corner on the night
of the contest.