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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1898
Page
7
The Carbondale correspondence of The Tribune is placed in the hands of Mr C B R Munn at Salem avenue and Church street for news items. Complaints about irregular deliveries should be made to Roberts and Reynolds, news agents.
The Blair and Kennedy paving bid at about 6 090 yards was 31 cents lower per yard than the prior bid, saving property owners roughly 2000. A prior bid from Coon and Lindsay was 17 cents higher per yard, over a thousand dollars extra. A Philadelphia firm offered to save the city 1000 on a fire alarm system, promising rapid gains for the city fathers.
Harry R. Williams of Drummond avenue and Miss Margaret Forrest of Pike street were married at the parish residence in Carbondale on Wednesday evening. The couple, noted in local social circles, will tour to New York and Albany after a reception at their new Birkett street home.
Mr and Mrs James Stott return from Pigeon Cove Connecticut coast. Mrs William Mills of Tanke Ariel visits sister Mrs Herbert Polly of Park Street. Miss Frances Abbott visits Binghamton friends HG. Likely and Warry Williams sightseeing in the Metropolis. Dr Avery and John Woollers Jr return from New York naval parade. Miss Marie Ruddy entertains cousin Miss Annie Gavin Jermyn. Miss Jennie Smith of Scranton guests Miss Hattie Jackson Wyoming Street. Camp Shafirr party to spend two weeks at Newton Lake Camp Shafirr includes P F Coogan John McCann Margery Powderly Maggie Farry Mary Cogan Emma Coogan Mary Powderly James Coogan.
Thursday afternoon a wedding joined Mr Richard Rowe and Miss Jennie Deeble of West Avoca with Rev Thomas Wilson performing. Attendants included Miss Maggie Deeble and Joseph Taylor as groomsman. The ceremony featured blue silk and white roses with pink rose bridesmaid attire. Democratic primaries set for next Saturday with candidates Doran Connaboy and Barrett.
A resident of Olyphant Fourth ward HenryWilName announces candidacy as delegate to the upcoming Republican county convention. The Baptist Young People union of Susquehanna street church plans a meeting next Tuesday with hymns speeches recitations solos and duets led by local members. Council bid openings for paving Lackawanna street show a single bid from Alacrity Company Philadelphia at $2.12 5 per square yard for vitrified brick paving.
Bids for curb work include 49 cents per foot lineal for 4x24 straight curb and 60 cents if set in concrete with 10 cents per foot for resetting curb. Several bids for the sewer were received and referred to tonight’s meeting. The borough’s public schools will reopen September 12. Mrs. Jane Ann Mutton of Susquehanna Street Olyphant died yesterday at 36 survived by husband and four children funeral Sunday at Progepet cemetery would be interred there.
A wind and thunder storm struck Taylor on Wednesday afternoon causing damage such as a flag at Holden colliery being torn loose and a Main Street electric wire cut. The issue notes local visits, school reopenings, hospitalities, a postponed auction for a late Andrew Freidle family watch, and various social calls, with town figures and residents mentioned including M Mulherin Hyde Park, Miss Janet Inglis, and Mrs. Thomas Edwards.
Miss Mary Roberts, in hospital for some time, suffered a relapse. Henry Hometright left yesterday for a week at Harveys Lake. Mr Richard Mocking returned home from Philadelphia last evening. A group of young people picnicked at Lake Chapman with Miss Mildred Johnson Josephine Davis Gertrude Davies Laura Hill Margaret Osborne Friga Osborne Lacey Wheeler Mary Swick Mesere Frank Winter Claude Stocker Hiram Johnson and Henry Maxwell. Ladies from Jermyn spent the day at Farview.
Isabella Batten nine months old of Providence died at her grandparents home on Lincoln street Thursday morning. Funeral services will be Saturday afternoon at that home with interment in Priceburg cemetery. Mrs Cousins of Providence visited town. Mrs David Chapman and children joined a Riverside Park excursion in Lanesborough on Wednesday.
The Porto Rico campaign exposes two royalist powers Captain General Macias and Governor General Munoz. A Basque regiment recruit from the 1850s is described as a strikingly handsome soldier whose true talents lag behind his fine physique.
A Basque recruit rises from guard detail at the palace to captain general of Madrid. His swift promotions, praised by Queen Isabella II, draw attention across European courts, inspiring Offenbach to model a character in La Grande Duchess de Gerolstein. Concha and Munoz are noted officials in the extended narrative.
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