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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1895
Page
8
The Tribune offers a five dollar reward after tracing irregular deliveries to stolen papers. They seek information leading to conviction of anyone caught stealing Tribune issues from subscribers.
City notes report a sacred band concert at Laurel Hill par k at 4 PM Sunday. Teachers and city school employees are being paid today with some paid yesterday. A marriage license was granted to John G Imledoff and Maggie Manning. Flag Day was not widely observed. Mrs James H Kilpatrick remains in critical condition after a beating. William Youngs named manager of Fernhall at Crystal Lake. Mrs Mary Fanning jailed fifteen days for abusing her family and intoxication. Law graduates R J Burke and J H Bonner open a practice at Is ipruce street. Thirty six high school diplomas signed by Principal J C Lange and board officials. Secretary Eugene D Fellows signed the notice.
The Erie and Wyoming Valley railroad will transport William Mister’s relatives and friends to his funeral at Wimmera Summit on Sunday June 1 at 12 noon. A local warning notes sidewalks and a Teeter company bid to lay walkways. St Luke’s guild seeks year end contributions. Laton Oakford and Rev Rogers Invad solicit gifts before year end. Mears and Hagen announce a new line of shirt waists.
Edmund Bart received a letter from Bezek's condemned father promising funds to aid his son on the eve of execution. Bart hastily sent a cablegram urging immediate remittance while asserting Mrs Kinmer's deposition will be presented to the pardons board. It alleges her testimony against Berek was perjured and Maury died while attempting self destruction.
Armac Musteski of 457 Willow Street South Side narrowly escaped death yesterday morning at the old rolling mill. While helping workers unload pie irons he was dragged by a bar thirty feet into the heap, suffering a broken leg and scalp wounds. He was treated at Moses Taylor hospital and later returned home.
Four men were drinking in Railroad Alley last night. Two were detained by Patrolmen Moir and Walsh, while two escaped. A prisoner carried 1.75 dollars with a counterfeit half dollar noted. detectives must verify the rest of the money. Suspects Edwin Daley and Spike Richards reside with Jack Neat on the West Side.
Attorney Clinton Rogers Woodruff of Philadelphia secretary of the National Municipal League announces a Scranton lecture next fall. The league plans summer growth and broader influence. Washington avenue kindergarten closed for summer with field trip to Nay Aug park and refreshments by the hostesses.
Mrs Ellen Muldowney of 028 Wyoming Avenue and her niece Mary Roche 18 live in adjoining halves of a double house. Their unfriendly conduct led to Miss Roche being arrested as a common scold. A warrant was sworn before Alderman Wright and at a 7:30 PM hearing the defendant posted bail to appear at court.
Takeo Horsford acid phosphate praised by Dr T H Andrews from Jefferson Medical College for dyspepsia. The Scranton Business College reports over 100 students present despite heat with four securing jobs in a week. Office equipment like No 2 Smith Premier urged for purchase. Local ads promote Lohmann and Robinson beers, Epworth League topic cards, and Turnquist selling the Bonaparte belt and posters printing services.
Protracted legal battle between the Beranton Traction company and Mayor Connell over a Franklin avenue pavement and a proposed extra track stalls street railway work. Judge Gunster denied a preliminary injunction, with court review pending on rights to lay and maintain a People's Street Railway line amid charter and municipal disputes.
Thieves stole three bicycles on Thursday while their owners, H H Lively William B E Quinlan and Frank Hummier, were away. Lively lost a Liberty ramshorn handlebars model with number 14181 at the Commonwealth building. Quinlan’s Spaulding model B, number 31543 vanished from Washington avenue and Linden street corner. Hummier’s Hartford bicycle, number 184747, disappeared from the hallway near the Lackawanna Trust and Safe Deposit building. Police notified and notices sent to bicycle dealers.
On Lackawanna avenue Joseph Quinn and miner James Murphy clashed over who was the stronger man. The crowd watched as a tug of war escalated and Murphy struck bystander Sweeney after a remark. Patrolmen Duggan Block and Hawks responded to the disturbance.
At yesterday morning’s hearing Murphy paid $10 for his sport of the evening previous. Quinn had no money and was jailed for thirty days.
Police toured city railroad yards early yesterday and detained eight vagrants. Frank Backus of Nowhere found in a box car on Wyoming avenue and sentenced to thirty days. Three Johns—Rodgers, Connell, and Murphy—received ten days each. Delaney, Leonard, and Lynch were discharged after promising to leave. Litts in the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western yard was released. Threat of a chain gang looms if vagrancy continues.
A tour by health officials and local leaders inspected Hewitt and Son’s desiccating plant in Taylor. The redesigned system uses a hermetically sealed cylinder and a water scrubber to neutralize vapors, with two 60 horsepower engines. If effective, the Taylor board may discontinue the court proceeding.
The Scranton Cash Store cuts grocery prices starting today and throughout the month. A partial list including flour sugar potatoes butter and cheese appears in the Truth ad pages over the next days. A drunk on Lackawanna Avenue was jailed by Patrolman Day after causing disturbance. He claimed to be Kane but admitted the name Anthony Doyle at a hearing and was ordered to spend thirty days in jail.
A 19th century guidance stresses lactated food as safer for infants in heat. It claims lactated food stabilizes stomach irritability, aids weak nursings, and helps sleepless, fretful babies by providing a nutritious, inexpensive diet aligned with physician usage.
Last Saturday Constable J W Clark attempted to arrest Patrick and Michael Duffy at a Bridge street resort. A row ensued with Michael brandishing an axe while Clark flashed a writ. Clark later swore out warrants for both Duffys but withdrew the charge after reconsideration. Patrick became surety and Michael was held in half for court.
The One Hundred and Forty third Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers holds its annual reunion at Shickshinney on August 28. Captain P. DeLacy, longtime president, will receive a gavel made from the flag staff carried by Color Sergeant Crippen who fell at Gettysburg. DeLacy travels Monday to arrange details.
Attorney W. E H. Stanton filed to secure Louis Scarzo’s release from county jail where he is held awaiting trial for wrecking a Carbondale house with dynamite. The defense alleges illegal confinement without warrant. The rule to show cause returns Monday morning at 10.00.
July 12 events include Elm Park Methodist outing to Lake Ariel with 1000 rail seats for scholars and guests. excursion committee lists W A May and others. Banquet for Commercial Travelers' Bus Association at Anthracite hotel Carbondale this evening. assembling at Delaware and Hudson depot at 6. Mattie Munson leads Young Women’s meeting at YWCA hall 205 Washington Ave tomorrow at 4 45 with topic A Friend Worth Knowing. Also liquor sale case bail set at 200 for Santovitch Strange and Naruska. security posted by James Cummings. Belt pin sale at Turnquist 26 Washington Ave. Advertisement for mild aroma cigars Popular Punch at 2000 Washington Ave.
Remains of J W Sheerer of Cedar Rapids Iowa arrived in the city yesterday and were taken to Raub's undertaking establishment for a funeral at 10 o'clock this morning. Interment will be in Dunmore cemetery. He formerly resided here and worked as an engineer.
Coroner Kelley impanels a jury to view the remains after Samuel Decker, an Erie and Wyoming brakeman, was killed when a freight train alighted in front of a passenger train north of Nay Aug tunnel on the Delaware Lackawanna and Western line. An aldermanic inquest also yielded a verdict that Decker jumped off a coal train in front of the passenger train. Includes brief notices of a divorce petition by Amelia Underhill from Arthur Underhill and local shop advertisements.
An itinerary describes a July 3 departure from Scranton Pa on train No 3 under the Delaware Lackawanna and Western route with a connection at Buffalo on a Nickel Plate special. It lists departure from Buffalo at 8 00 p m and arrival in Chicago at 12 noon the next day and Denver at 6 20 p m July 4. Contact names and offices are given for travel inquiries including Mr George W Phillips Scranton Pa and Mr M L Smith D L W RR and F J Moore Nickel Plate Buffalo N Y.
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