The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-11-21
JERMYN AND MAYFIELD.

A special meeting of the Mayfield
school board was held Tuesday even
ing for the purpose of taking final ac-
ton OIL the compulsory education act.
and for any special business which
may be brought up. Immediately after
the convened session was called to or
der the compulsory education law was
discussed in all it's details. and after
considerable animated discussions were
indulged in by the board of controllers.
il was at length enforced by the bor-
ough's constituents. TO further this
enforcement, John Culey, who also
acts in the capacity Of secretary Of
the board of controllers. was unani-
mously appointed truant officer. with
II salary of 81 per day for each day
served. During the course of the
meeting Treasurer Patrick Brady re-
ported having received $2,400 from Tax
Collector Quinn. This sum includes
5000 taxes for the year ending 1900, and
50, 100 for the present year.
Principal y. II. Krise was present at
the session. and reported that 6S pu-
pills were under enrolment for night
school. OF this number there are two
pupils in attendance. whose parents
These, he said. very seldom attended
and were present only on several oc-
cusions. The expressed sentiments of
several members of the board were to-
ward eiecting the pupils. whose place
of residence while thought To be in the
southern portion of Carbondale. can
not be fully ascertained. He also re-
ported that of the GS pupils under en-
l,,,fs in,
lar attendance at night school sessions.
making an average monthly attenu-
;lnce of about from 81 to 81 pupils.
Embodied in his report was Il request
to grant the Literary society which Is
an attach" or the school, PERMISSION
to hold in rtainment in the AS
sembly hall, ~ :, suitable location lof
an entertainment could not be pro-
cured in Maytield borough. The sit
uation in which the board was thus
placed was an awkward one, and al
though every member was opposed TO
the affair taking place outside the
confines of the Mayfield board theY
reluctantly under the unusual circum-
stances, submitted to an approval OF
the principal request.
Miss Gladys Waters of Fourth street
| is the owner Of Il unique new teSta-
ment which her fathe" brought her
from Europe Il year ago. IL is ohiS
,hroe-ouarters of an inch i'll length,
6ve-,ights of an inch in width and q
quarter OF an inch thick IL IS per
| rectiy printed and by the aid OF
| magnifying glass can be read. IL Is
| u,ite a curiosity and is of course
| highly priced by the owner.
| Mrs. w. C.. Nicholson entertained
| number of friends on Tuesday evening
ut her home on Main street i'll hono'
| of her guest Miss Olive Frazer. oi
HufYalo. n. Y. The evening was de-
| lightfully passed and refreshments
we're served. Those present were: MI
and Mrs, G.. 4. f5attenberg. Misses
C;ortie Davis. Mary Swick. Jennie hat
tenberg, Jessie Winter. Emily Ricn
emma Roberts, Josephine Davis, Editn
MAYNARD. Hattie Scutt, Olive Frazer
Iohn sampson and son Lack. OF Arch
bald: Martin Gill, OF scranton, fIahH
| Winter John and Harry Griniths
Louise Nicholson and Mabel Allen
Ed. Rossar, Il miner in the Delaware
and Hudson colliery. had his hand
painfully injured while ut work yester'
day. ,,, ,aa,
| Miss Margaret Quinn. who has beef
I'm New York city purchasing Soous
for j. -. Stocker and son, returned
home yesterday.
| The case of Gallagher vs.. the borough
| of Jermyn. which has been III cour'
for the past two days. was placed II
the hands of the jury late yesterday az
| terOOOn,