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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1896
Page
8
Advertisements for Mets job work and ablication items left at Kannon & Co on North Main Street will receive prompt attention. The office is open from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. for inquiries and orders.
Estimates committee completed work at the municipal building with full attendance. The mayor’s salary sparked debate, settled at 3200 with further discussion planned when the report is presented to the common council. The panel proposed 2000 for street repairs and grading, replacing previous repair-only plans, and will present a detailed 1536 estimates list including sewer and water improvements and street work.
At the home of Mr. and Mrs. Pred Thomas on Betth Officed street a massherade birthday jairy was tendered Miss Magie Thomas Tuesday Wheht. The gathering was composed of friends with games, music, and a display of tasteful costumes. The guests presented Miss Thomas with a handsome gold watch.
Francia Hughes, a contractor at the Northwest colliery, suffered a serious hand injury when a wedge preparation went wrong and a sharp axe severed parts of two fingers. John Niland, also at Northwest, was struck by falling rock while following his vocation, injuring his foot.
A sequence of brief items from local residents and institutions. Mentions Misa Dom Ludwig birthday greetings on South Terrace street and Alderman B S Jones ill at home. Welsh Calvinisti church festival prep for St Patrick day. Delaware and Hudson Canal company paid employees on gravity. Junior Epworth league offers chorister W D Evans a complimentary concert. Book demand for Trilby at Carbondale library. Robert Mitchell visiting Wilkes-Barre relatives. James Hunt from California visiting South Church street. Mr and Mrs L Coggins returning from a visit to Wilkes-Barre. W G Hughes visiting from Providence. Mrs Courtright visiting brother W G Cates on Lincoln avenue returns home. Mrs Juames Huddy confined to Belmont street home. John Connell from Niagara University in town for Daniel OConnell funeral.
Community notes cover a local return from Cripple Creek Colorado and a fall injuries case in Forest City. Appeals reach Scranton Superior Court in a rape case involving John Fitzpatrick. WCTU gathering, tax lists, ward proposals for Montrose, and regional church and school events are listed alongside social notices and local obituaries.
The council met briefly with nominations for president listing Corranbach Halhoran Chinen Curran and others. Minutes note a majority rule for absentees and a secretary and treasurer elected, plus adjournment to call of chair. Also reports cover marriage notice, a neighborhood play at Father Matthew Opera House, travel, and a runaway horse incident on Hudson Street.
The Peckville Methodist Ladies Aid to hold a birthday party in the church on Wednesday March 25. The program includes readers, chorus readings, Miss Hie Curtis, Mrs H Barnes vocal solo, recitations, duets, and a choir. Coffee and cake will be served. a sale will be held.
Paymister H B Snyder of the Delaware and Hudson Canal department sheltered employees Wednesday. James Finnerty returns home from Philadelphia College of Dentistry. Heavy snow Wednesday afternoon and night slowed traffic. J Brady visited Wayne county customers Tuesday. J M Ingall in Chicago this week. No crew yet located for Honesdale robbers. Rev Mr Atkinson of Calvary Church New York will officiate at Grace Church Friday evening and preach Sunday services.
The tri county convention of undertakers met in the Y M C A lecture room with H C Miller presiding and T P Letchworth as secretary. Delegates from Scranton Wilkes Barre Kingston Plymouth Dushore and more attended morning sessions while notices of Mrs Carrie Dilley wife of Benjamin F Dilley dying at 4 this morning after a long illness were reported.
The Jefferson Literary and Dramatic club will stage Two Orphans for St. Vincent de Paul at the Grand and B D W. Atwood to solicit ads for the official program. J Walsh recommends Arnold to Wilkes Barre businessmen for participation. The Patriotic Order Sons of America districts 1 2 3 and 5 plan a reunion and show in the Young Men’s Christian Association hall Friday evening March 3. State President Clarence F P Huth of Shamokin will speak. A fine program is being arranged and the event promises interest.
Richard Toskeski of Glen Lyon was riding toward Moronaguna when his horse bolted at 7 this morning. The carriage collided with a tree, fracturing his skull and causing his death. Authorities reported the accident as serious and ongoing at press time.
A letter from Mire Rabetts reports a dog bite case and notes the Pasteur Institute reduced treatment fees from 150 to 15 dollars, with 60 dollars collected.
Mayor Nichols issues a proclamation ordering all dogs in the city leashed for the next sixty days. Coroner Mehover investigates the case of Water Barnes who died in Pittston. Charles A. Dann of the New York Sun comments on a monument plan, and the public school event at Franklin Street benefits a free kindergarten.
An English prospectus touts attracting foreign investment over six years, listing more than 118,000,009 for seven months of price offerings payable to the London and Universal Bureau of Investors. It promises introductions to promoters and names several directors with a note on casting light on a prior Castoria reference.
At a Pittston select council meeting an unusual situation arose with many bills not properly referred to committees. City Clerk Jota Phanneesy could not supply committee details, Mayor Maloney appointed David P Sehelly as city mercantile appraiser, and a veto blocked a measure to copy past minutes. A concurrent resolution was approved to hire someone to transcribe pre January 12 1896 minutes before April first.
Rev. Colborn of Lynchburg Virginia died yesterday morning at 42 after contracting pneumonia. He traveled from Lynchburg to preach in a local church and was missionary secretary of the Methodist Protestant church. He leaves a wife and three children. His body will be sent home today.
The column lists visits by Mr and Mrs Frank Beldin and others from Pryde Park and Delaware Water Gap, notes a Ladies' Aid social at the Methodist Episcopal church, mentions Edith Datesman visiting Scranton, and reports a Sunday school list and attendees with a wedding reception details.
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