THE SCBANTN TBIBUNE TUESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 18, 1896.
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Norrman & Moore
FIRE INSURANCE,
120 Wyoming Ave.
"Husband, this air is stuffy mid bnd:
I'll ifet a divorce if thoro'soue to be had.
Air that's pure, and a house that's briirhf,
Can only b found with The Suburban Light.'
SUBURBAN ELECTRIC LIGHT
COMPANY.
The (tr pr test luxury iu a modern homo
(next to a good bath room) is the Incanden
ent Electric Llxht. No dwelling Is complete
or "up-todato" without both. No business
place without the latter.
Our system, using the alternating current,
la absolutely safe iroru fire.
Lackawanna
THE,
aundry.
08 Pcnn Ave.
A. B. WARMAN.
Great
-Buildinj
le.
II
3 Sc. kind,
40c, kind,
BOc, kind,
65c. kind,
78o. kind,
85c, kind,
$1.00 kind,
91.1S kind.
now SBc,
now 2Bc.
now 40c,
now 53c,
now 63c,
now 721c.
now 75c,
now $1. 5.
These Good consist of Ingrains and
Brussels. This is a genuiue Mark
Down Sale.
WILLIAMS f 1'lllLTY
Carpets, Draperies and Wail Papir.
12J WYOMINU AVE.
Second I.rcisliitivtt District.
The ttcimblkaii voters of Hie SvpoiiJ
li'glslntlvf dlBtrlut will meet In eonven
tlon In the arbitration room, court house,
Rcraiiton, 1., on Tuesday, Auir. IS, at 2
o'clock p. m., for the purpose of nominat
ing a candidute.
W. S. M ILL, A It, Chairman.
C. 8. SKA.MAXS, Si-cretnry. t
cijy spies.
James Flynn began a suit against the
I'nlted States Casualty company to re
cover 'Sa on a policy that he curried with
the company.
Spruks Itros. Saturday bought W. W.
ltrownlng's double house, Washington
avenue, through M. 11. Holgate's agency;
consideration, JIj.ikm.
It was August Dieslng, jr., and not Ed
ward Dleslng, who was arrested for Jump
ing on a Delaware, ,ackawunna and West
ern train last Friday.
The' regular meeting of tho board of
managers of the Florence mission will be
held at the Home, 107 Spruce street, this
morning nt H o'clock.
The Albright Avenue mlfnion prayer
meeting will be held nt the home of Dan
iel Lee, 1116 Gardner avenue, tonight. The
leader will bi John I.nrnrd.
Albert I.lplck was received nt the coun
ty Jail last night on a committment from
Alderman .Mlllett to await trial on tho
charge of assaulting one .Mike Jurkovitz.
There were forty-one deaths during the
past week two being from typhoid und
one from diphtheria. One new cuse of
typhoid, one of scarlet fever and one of
diphtheria were reported.
A horse owned by I". J. M.ihon, of Thir l
trect, was badly burned Saturday at the
asphalt plant on South Washington ave
nue by a quantity of boiling tar falling on
it. The horse Is still nllve, but it Is feared
that It will have to be killed.
A slight error of tho types In Chief
Hlt'key's new lire alarm manual places
box MS on jjrkk street Instead of Hreek
street. This and two other small errors
were made by the printer, but they do not
alter tho schedule on the large cards.
George (lebe, vice president of the Time
nnd Weather Tillar company, is in tho
city. He wants to erect a pole outside
of the postal Telegraph ulllce In tho Hotel
Jerniyn from which at precisely noon each
day a ball will drop. This will be set in
motion from the navul observatory at
Washington.
The Christian Endeavor society of the
Calvary Reformed church desires to give
the Christian Kndeuvorers of the city and
their friends an opportunity to take cream
with the president. Rev. W. Stubblebiae,
before he leaves for North Carolina and
will hold a lawn festival this evening In
the grove, corner of Monroe avenue and
Gibson street.
The Rev. J. M. Jlnrkwick, n missionary
from China, will give a lecture on "What
I Saw and Heard in China," in St. David's
Sunday school room on Tuesday evening,
Aug. 18. Tho lecture will be under the
direction, nnd for the benefit of the Wo
men's guild. Admission 15 cents. Ice
cream and cake will be served for the,
email sum of 10 cents.
Tomorrow morning Esra Uriflln "post.
Grand Army of the Republic, will run a
basket excursion to Honesdale to raise
money to replenish the treasury of the
widow's and orphans' fund. The ladies of
the Honesdale Improvement society will
provide chairs and tables for the visit
ors in Riverside park and the post will
furnish coffee free of charge.
Marriage licenses were granted yester
day by Clerk of the Courts John H.
Thomas to Nicola Ololilanc nnd Gluseppa
Cllibetri, Avoca; Warren Wheeler and
Haggle Decker, Spring Brook; Oeorge
Forkel, of Scranton, and Annie Bucking
ham, Mayfleld; Andro Klceran and Annie
Plskuna, Rendham; Edward Aplanalp and
Alary Jane Haddock, Scranton. .
The following, which appeared In Sat
urday's Tribune; was an Injustice to John
Riley: "John Riley was brought before
Alderman Bailey yesterday on complaint
cf his wire for threatening to kick the life
out of her. After a hearing of the case
Riley paid the costs and tlx complaint was
withdrawn." The facts are a follows:
"Pure and SureA
IMKDNG DRAWER,
On Aug. 11 Mrs. Mary E. Hughes appeared
befoo Alderman liailey and swore out a
warrant for the arrest of John Riley, an
unmarried man and a nephew of the John
Riley mentioned in the above article, tor
threatening to kick the life out of Michael
Hughes. When brought before tho al
derman the case was settled by the plain
tiff withdrawing' the complaint and the
defendant paying1 the costs.
There was a hearing yesterday before
the judges In the Schmittheifer habeas
corpus case. Last Friday Miss Frances
Schmittheifer was committed to Jail by
Alderman Ruddy, or the Twentieth ward,
on a. charge of having stolen two gold
ring, the property of Mrs. Martha Hug.
In her petition for a writ of habeas cor
pus Miss Schmittheifer said she was
guiltless of the charge made against her.
Nevertheless she was remanded to tho
custody of the sheriff after the hearing
and will have to furnish ball to answer the
churge at court or remain In Jail.
BOARDS OF EXAMINERS.
Three ol Them Were Appointed Vcs
lerduy by the Court.
James E. Morrison, of Carbondale.
and Joseph T. Roberts, of Jerniyn, prac
tical miners, nnd A. P. Patton of Oly
phant, a mine nuperintondont, were ap
pointed by the court yesterday as a
board of examiners for the examination
or candidates for certificates as qt ali
tled mine foremen und assistant I line
foremen In the first district, the upp' lit
ment to date from the January t if m,
ISM, and to continue for one year.
In theaecotid district John R. Jones, of
Ilellevue, and Patrick H. Sammon, of
Moosie, practical miners and James
Young; of Dunmore were appointed from
the same time and for the same term.
Peter Flannelly, or Carbondale;
Vaughn Richards, . or Priceburg and
Martin Miller or Scranton. three min
ers In active practice and John F. Sny
der, of Scranton and Andrew Allen, of
Dunmore, mining; engineers, were
named as a board of examiners for the
examination of candidates for the ofllce
of mine Inspector for the counties of
Susquehanna, Wayne and Lackawanna.
These men will serve for one year, the
terms to date from January of this year.
DEATH OF MRS LAURA S. OAY.
Pnicd Suddenly Axvny at Home of
Her Son nt Seneca Falls.
A dispatch announcing; the death of
Mrs. Laura S. Gay was received In this
city by her family yesterday morning1.
Mrs. Gay died very suddenly at Senaca
Falls. New York, at the home of her son
Albert S. (lay, of heart failure at the
age of SO years.
Mrs. Gay Is survived by her daugh
ters, Mrs. A. E. Hunt, Mrs. Frederick
Fuller, Mrs. A. V. Rlair. Miss Jessie M.
(lay. nnd Miss Sophia B. Gay, all of this
city; Miss Fliroiioe Gay, of Uoston and
Albert S. Gay of Seneca Falls.
The funeral service will be held on
Wednesday morning at Seneca Falls,
New York.
TO GET THE NECESSARY.
Firemen Will Itnn an I'xcnrsion to
I.nke Ariel, Labor Day.
A meeting of the executive committee
'.f the Laokawnntm County Firemen's
Association wan held last night In Chief
Mickey's ofllce and for the purpose or
discussing ways and means for raising;
a fund with which to do campaign
work In the fig-lit for the 1897 convetlon
of the State Firemen's Association.
After several ideas had been discussed
It was decided to adopt the sggestlon of
Chief Mickey that an excursion be run
to Lake Ariel on Labor Day, Monday,
September 7.
TWO MILL-HANDS BURNED. ,
Kv Police UIKrrr Henry Canavan and
James Mc-N'iclioN the Victims.
Two men were yesterday injured by
explosion nt he lower steel mill.
Henry Canavan. the ex-pollco officer,
was burned about the back and hands
by the bursting of a steam pipe. Jas.
MeNichols, aged 30, a single man llv
itiK on Hampton street, received burns
also on the hack and hands by an ex
plosion of gas.
Both men were conveyed to t"lie Moses
Taylor Hospital, where It was given out
that neither was seriously injured.
SCRANTON BUSINESS COLLEGE.
Special Oiler.
The demnnd for those who can do
both book-keeping1 and stenographic
word has been preatcr than the supply.
In order to be able to supply this d?
mnnd in the future, Buck, Whitn-.ore,
& Co., seek to induce many ladles and
gentlemen to take both courses by offer
ing, until Sept. luth, a combined scholar
ship for complete business course.
complete stenographic course and ac
cailemic course, for the price of one
scholarship, fifty dollars.
Cnsh Values.
Tho Northern Mutual Life Insurance
company, of Milwaukee, Wis., will In
the future state positively in all annual
dividend paying policies, the cash and
loan value after the policy has been
In force five years. The contract will
also give tables of extended Insurance
in case of lapse.
The above new feature with the priv
ilege of changing the name of bene
ficiary ir the insured so desires will
make the Northwestern's policy the
most liberal ever Issued by any lire
insurance company.
The aboe in relation to loan and
paid-up policies nnd extended Insur
ance will also apply to all annual di
vidend policies now Issued after being
in force five years from July, 1S!C.
W. J. WELSH, Gen'l. Agt.,
Mears' Building, Scranton, Pa,
. Poor Tax, 189(1.
The above mentioned taxes having
been placed in my hands for collection,
all persons are notified to pay them at
once and save costs. Office in the
municipal building.
. WADE M. FINN, Collector.
Two handsome large upright second
hand Sohmer pianos, a bargain. Were
carefully selected and warranted in
good condition. Address, Miss Harden
bergh, 633 Madison avenue.
Hotel Warwick.
Ocean end of South Carolina avenje,
Atlantic City, N. J. Fin lawn and good
View of tho ocean.
Oanltl Coleman, Prop.
heaping spoonfuls.
ACCUSED FIRE-BUGS
ESCAPE BY A FLUKE
Commonwealth's Representatives Were
a Little Light on Law.
FAILED TO ESTABLISH A CASE
No Evidence Was Ode red as to Who
Owned the House or Whether or Xot
It Was Insured, All of Which Win
Fatal to Cause of Commonwealth.
Chief Hlckey failed to make out a
prima facie case agalst Mrs. A. J.
Thomas and her sons, Fred and Jesse,
charged with setting fire to their house
at 1141 West Court street, Sunday
morning last and Alderman Howe be
before whom they were arraigned was
forced to discharge them from custody,
although, as he Ktated, ho was not en
tirely satisfied or their Innocence.
There was a mass or evidence throw
ing suspicion on the accused but as con
tended by their attorney. John P. Kelly,
and admitted by the alderman. It was
not sufficient to warrant their being
held for court.
What directed suspicion against them
was the finding of a quantity of
kindling wood and kerosene-soaked
feed bags piled on the floor of the
kitchen where the lire broke out. An
other point against th.-ni was that
Mrs. Thomas was fully dressed even to
cape and bonnet when the neighbors
arrived on the scene, although the fire
occurred between 3.30 and 4 o'clock In
the morning. Mr. Kelly In cross exam
ination brought out the fact that the
Thomases themselves gave the alarm of
fire which brought the neighbors to the
scene and that when they arrived the
Thomases were busily engaged in sav
ing their household goods.
NO MOTIVE SHOWN.
The prosecution failed to show any
motive for the crime, not even intro
ducing evidence to show whether or not
there was aw Insurance concerned or
whether the house was owned or rent
ed by the Thomases. He also contended
that there was nothing to show that
the Thomases knew anything of the feed
bags or kindling wood and until they
could be directly connected with them
In some way the presumption was that
they were not aware of their presence
In the kitchen.
Lieutenant Spellman testified that he
arrived on the scene at about 4 o'clock
and found the flames had been pretty
well extinguished by the use of a gar
den hose in the hands of some or the
neighbors. He began looking around
for the occupants of tho house, but
they avoided him. One young man
whom he accosted said: "Don't take
me. I live In the front part of the
house." Later on he succeeded In find
ing Mrs. Thomas and one of her boys,
and when questioned concerning the
kerosene and feed bags could not ac
count for their presence In the kitchen
or tell anything of the origin of the
fire. The son suid he went to bed at 11
o'clock nnd was awakened by the
smoke. There were about a dozen bags
scattered about the floor and a quanti
ty of kindling wood. In the opinion of
the lieutenant there were two separate
und distinc t fires in the kitchen, one In
the center of the floor and another In a
corner.
SATURATED WITH OIL .
Valentine Birtlcy, permanent man of
the Liberty Hose company, testified
that 'the feed bags were saturated with
kerosene and that a cup half filled
with kerosene was found on a table in
the center of the room. Mrs. Thomas'
was fully dressed and had on a cape
and bonnet when the fire company ar
rived. Apparently two fires had been
kindled, one near the stove and another
In the center of the room, which latter
blaze burned Its way to a corner of
the room along what seemed to be an
oil-soaked path on the floor. Feed bags,
some of them almost totally dstroyed
were found scattered about the floor.
One which had been touched by the lire
was taken possession of and Introduced
in evidence. It was thoroughly soaked
with kerosene nil.
John Van Bergen, a neighbor, said he
was awakened by his daughter, who
rushed Ito his room nnd said 'that she
had heard a cry or fire and that smoke
was issuing from Thomas' house. He
hurried out ad saw the Thomas hoys
removing trunks from the side door. He
with several other neighbors connected
up a number of piece of garden hose
and had the flames extinguished before
the arrival or the firemen. He sent his
son to box 72 to give the alarm and
when after a number of minutes had
passed and the alarm had not been
sounded he despatched his two daugh
ter to the next box. No. 73. from where
the alarm was sent In. It was after
wards learned that there was some
thlngthematterwith box 72, but no evi
dence was Introduced to show that it
had been tampered with.
Assistant Chief John Timlin gave tes
timony as to the finding of the oll
soaked bags and kindling wood strewn
on the floor. To u question by Mr. Kelly
he stated that there was a fire In the
kitchen range.
THOMAS WAS RELUCTANT.
Anson Lowry. another neighbor, tes
tified that the Thomas at first refused
to go through the house and unbolt the
kitchen door to -permit them to enter
with the hose, but afterwards reluct
antly did so. One of the Thomas boys
assisted them In flghtiner the fire by
throwing a couple of buckets or water
on the blaze.
When the prosecution at this Junc
ture announced that It had no further
evidence to offer Mr. Kelly said he did
not think it. necessary to offer any tes
timony on the part of the defense and
further did. not even propose to make
any argument. The prosecution had
failed to make out a case, he paid, and
he would ask the alderman to discharge
the accused. The alderman without
much hesitancy dismissed the case,
saying that while he was not wholly
satisfied of the Innocence of the ac
cused he believed the prosecution had
failed to show prima facie evidence of
the ,gullt of the accused.
Tho principal point of evidence In
such cases, the motive, had been en
tlrely lost sight of by the prosecution.
BOARD WILL CELEBRATE.
To Have a Jubilation When New High
School Is Opened.
At last night's meeting of the high and
training school committee, plans were
discussed for a grand celebration In
connection with the opening of the
new high school. It la the purpose to
have present every surviving ex-school
controller as a guest of the present
board on this auspicious occasion. There
will be speech-making of course, pos
sibly exhibitions by the pupils and some
substantial kind of entertainment as a
grand finale. Nothing definite has as yet
been decided upon further than that it
Is to be a grand affair befitting the
event.
A number of routine matters were
also disposed of at the meeting. Ono
or them was the Interpreting or one of
the rules for entrance to the high school,
recently promulgated by the board. The
rule in question provides that any grad
uate or the high school, under 21 years
of age, ce.n by applying to the board,
secure permission to take up special
work In the new school.
A number or high school graduates
are now taking the business course
at Williams' college under the tutorship
or Miss Kathryn Haggerty, who Is to
have charge of this department of the
high school nnd It Is their wish to be
allowed to finish their course under
her teaching. Under the provisions
of the rule quoted these students are
entitled to admission to the high school.
APPLICATIONS FOR DIVORCES.
Separations Wanted by Mrs. Swallow
and .Mrs. Scholield.
Mrs. Lizzie J. Swallow began pro
ceedings yesterday to secure a divorce
from Isanc W. Swallow. They were
married May in, 18S2. at La Grange,
Wyoming county, and for eight years
have resided In Scranton. Mrs. Swal
low now resides at 307 North Bromley
avenue, and in her libel, which was
filed by Attorney Milton W. Lowry, she
sets forth that her husband rendered
her condition so Intolerable by his cruel
treatment that she was compelled to
withdraw from-his home on the elev
enth day of this month.
Mrs. Diana Sohoflold Is another In
jured wife who began proceedings yes
terday to secure a divorce from Al
fred Schofield. They were married In
thlB city on November 25, 1890, and
lived together until January, 1894. The
divorce Is asked on the statutory
ground, Annie Kushton being named as
corespondent. There Is also an allega
tion In Mrs. Schoeflld'8 libel, filed by
Attorney Uallentlne". that her husband
treated her in a cruel manner.
FARMERS WILL PICNIC.
At Lily Lake Wednesday and nt
Mndisonvillc Thursday.
The Harvest Home picnics of the
farmers cf Lackawanna county will be
held this week at Lily Lake, near Wav
erly, on Wednesday and at Madison
vllle on Thursday.
Major Levi Wells, state dairy and
food commissioner. Is expected to de
liver the principal address. There will
be opportunity for general discussion
of topics in which farmers are inter
ested, and music and recitations by
the young people will be Interspersed.
These meetings are under the man
agement of the County Agricultural so
ciety and the State Board of Agricul
ture. One object Is to Interest the
farmers In the rather more solid work
of the Farmers' Institutes held during
the winter season In various parts of
the county.
DAISY STOLE DIAMONDS.
She Wat About to Come to This City
W hen Arrested.
Itlnghamton. N. Y., Aug. 17. Daisy
Miller, a fashionably attired young
womnn of about 25 years, was arrested
this afternoon at the Delaware, Lacka
wanna and Western, as she was about
to take a train for Scranton, Pa., where
she claims she resides. During the
morning she visited several Jewelry
stores in this city and stole diamonds
to the amount of several hundred dol
lars. When senrehPd at police headquart
ers she had In her possession diamond
ear rings, a gold brooch.a diamond ring
valued nt $150 and a pair of diamond
cuff buttons. At one of the stores she
visited she was detected In the act of
dropping an unset diamond valued at
1S5 into her parasol.
Mile. Braun has vacated her rooms
over Finley's and will re-open her dress
making establishment on her return
from Paris, about the middle of Septem
ber, at D10 and 612 Spruce street.
Special attention and private dining
rooms for dinner parties at Lohmann's,
Spruce street. Service and cuisine un
excelled In this city.
DIED.
DALEY. In 8cranton, Aug. 17. ISM. J. H.
Daley, of lyrJ I'lttston avenue. Funeral
from the residence Wednesday morning
at 9 o'clock. Interment at Moscow.
GAY. At Seneca Falls. N. Y.. Sunday,
Aug. 10, 1&K6, Mrs. Laura 8. Gay. Fu
neral service Wednesday, Aug. 19, at
Seneca Falls.
M'GURRTN Tn Scranton, Monday. Aug.
17, Thomas McQurrln aged 1 year and 1
months. Funeral from parents' resi
dence. 217 Irving avenue, Wrdnesday at
2.30 p. m. Interment In Hyde 1'nrk
Catholic emetery.
WHITE. In Scranton, Aug. Ifi. 189fi, Anna
'White, wife of Patrick White, of 424
Chestnut street, aged 32 years. She is
survived by one sister, Mrs. 5. W. Sing
er, of Park Place. . Funeral notice later.
AN
CARPETS
The fire in our basement on July 27th, damaged some Soo j-ards of Straw Matting.
They were only slightly damaged by water, and one would scarcely notice the difference.
Others, and some of the Carpets stored there, were somewhat smoked and will ba sold at
less than ONE-HALF their value.
Think of Hattings at 5c and ioc Per Yard.
Think of Carpets at 20c Per Yard.
To give the public a chance to buy from our entire stock at reduced prices, we have
marked down the price on everything. Draperies as well as Carpets.
(LARGE '
SHALL THERE BE A
NEW ASSESSMENT
It Is an Alt-Important Question Now in
Municipal Circles.
IT COMES I'P TOMORROW NIGHT
Tax Committee of Select Council Will
Pass I'pon the Matter and Make a
Recommendation Thursday Night.
What the New Assessment Means to
the City and Why It Is Considered
Necessary at This Time.
Whether or not a new city assess
ment shall be made next year depends
in a great degree on the action of the
tax committee of select council, which
meets tomorrow night to pass upon the
resolution advising the board of re
vision nnd appeals to order such an
n?sessmi nt.
The board Is in favor of making the
assessment and may do so even in case
councils should advise otherwise. They
would prefer however, to have council
sanction the move and at their Instance
the resolution in question was laid be
fore councils in order to test their senti
ments. The resolution reads as fol
lows: Whereas, The necessity of a new city
assessment for 1897 Is under discussion,
and
Wheras, The board of revision and ap
peuls might desire some expression of the
sense of council on the matter, be It
Reolved. That the board of revision anj
appeals bo advised to order a new city as
sessment in 1W7, for the purpose of equal
izing assessments and placing lands unj
improvements on the same busts.
The resolution was Introduced In
common council by Mr. Regan, of the
Sixth, who Is a member of the board or
revision nnd nppeals; It passed that
body and Is now In the hands or the
tax committee or select council, which
committee will take the matter Into
consideration tomorrow night and
mnke some recommendation regarding
It at next Thursday night's meeting.
IT IS IMPORTANT.
This proposeil new assessment
means much to the city or Scranton.
It it is not mad the city will again ex
perience tho difficulty encountered last
spring, when the estimates committee
had the hardest kind of time finding
money for mere necessities and had to
let everything that had the semblance
of luxury go by the board. The cause
of this was that the city assessors
failed to raise sufficient revenue. Pro
perties of certain descriptions were not
assessed at the value they should have
been and land was generally assessed
too low. By dint or hard scraping, as
mentioned before, tho estimates com
mittee managed to supply the wants
or the different departments.
Next year with its Increased expendi
tures it may be utterly Impossible even
with the greatest economy to make
ends meet, with the present valuation
as the basis of assessment. To obviate
this Impending difficulty and for the
even more pressing purpose of giving
the tax payers a more equitable as
sessment the board or revision and ap
peals conceived the Idea of making a
new general assessment next year In
stead ot waiting for the regular bien
nial assessment year, which Is 1899.
The present valuation of this city Is
a little over 820,000,000. Thirteen and
alx-tenths mills is the highest levy the
law allows and the extreme rate Is now
levied. The only way to raise the much
needed additlonalrevenue In to Increase
the valuation. To do this the board
proposes to raise the assessments
which are now flagrantly low and to
place land and Improvements on the
same basis. The law directs that pro
perty shall be assessed at the price it
would bring at a forced sale. In this
city It has been for ypars and still Is
the custom to assess land at two-thirds
or Its value and Improvements at onp
half. It Is the intention or the board
to do away with the old system by rat
ing land and Improvements on tho
same basis of valuation. The rate will
be determined by the result of the ns-
antrs
or
I
There's not a woman In reach of Scran
ton but what'll be tickled at the chances
we're offering on first class millinery.
Over one hundred chances to economize on
Trimmed Hats, ns they have got to go
whether or no. Regular price from 12.00
to S10.UQ: sale price from 1.1c. to
Desirable plinnrs In I'ntrlmmed Hats
for early fall wear. Sale price 19c 2.1c,
2:)c. and ,VJe.; regular price from ai)e. tol:'.2.i.
Ribbons All Silk Taffeta In fine quality.
No. 80 at 25c. a yard. We doubt If you
can duplicate It elsewhere at 4'c.
Don't think lots of money Is necessary
as a little goes a long ways. Try it.
A. R. SAWYER,
133 Wyoming Avenue.
IncJucllnij the pinle extracting of
teeth by an entirely now proc
S. C. SNYDER, D. D. S.,
M Same St., Opp. Hotel Jermyn.
OPPORTUNITY TO
1 WATKII
iHOW WINDOW.)
sessment and the apparent needs of
the city.
FIVE MILLIONS MORE.
The board feels that a valuation of
125.000.000 is none too small for this city
and believes it can be raised to that
figure without Inflicting hardship on any
taxpayer or set or taxpayers. With this
valuation and the present rate of levy
the sum of $225,000 could be raised for
general purposes and the sinking fund
which would with the revenues from
liquor licenses and other sources give
amply sufficient funds ror supplying all
the needs of the munclpality.
It would not then be necessary to
close the public library early because
of limited fund for lights, the parks
might commence to assume the ap
pearance of parks, streets could be kept
In proper reimlr, there would be no
necessity of discharging much needed
help at city hall, a paid fire department
and a police torce commensurate With
the needs of the city, would be among
the possibilities and the city would not
have to pay Interest on Judgments for
damages, because of a depleted Judge
ments and Incidentals fund.
Tho King of Pills Is Beecham's.
BEECH A MS.
July Month
WE WISH TO
Close Out
OUR
SILVER PLATED WARE
ll 1-3 oil le Regular M
All our Silver is Quudruple
Plate at this Price. You Ret It as
cheap as the single plate goods
you sec everywhere.
W. W. BERRY,
423 Lackawanna Aveniu,
Clarke Bros. Celebra
ted Berkshire Su
gar Cured Hams,
per pound, .
Strictly Fancy Elgin
Creamery Batter,
per pound, .
20 Lbs, Granulated
Sngar, . .
Strictly Fresh Eggs,
18c
$1.00
per dozen, . 12c
Choicest Light and
Very Lean Bacon,
per pound, . 5c
These goods are warranted
to be the finest sold in the
city of Scranton.
POWELL'S
flusic Store.
PIANO SPECIALTIES:
Chicken ng
(The Standard ol the World.)
Ivers & Pond
(With Patent Soft-Stop,)
McPhail
(.With Compensating Rods.)
Morris & Hyde
(With Transposing Keyboard.)
And other excellent
makes. Prices and terms
on application.
BUY
iiiii
CHEAP,
406
'3
ANOTHER RARE OPPORTUNITY.
mm
91
At Remarkably Low Prices.
LADIES' CAPES.
Ladies' Cloth Capes, formerly
$2.50, Sale Price, 98o.
Ladies' Velvet Capes, formerly
$5.01), Sale Price, $2.89
Ladies' Silk Capes, formerly
o.uu, - bale Price, $2.98
LADIES' SUITS.
Ladles' Outing Suits, lined with
silk, full skirt, formcrlv
$11. RO, sale Price, $8.98
Ladies' Blazer Suits, in all
wool mixed goods, formerly
$10.00. Sale Price, $5.98
Ladies' Ulnck All Wool Serge
Suits, formerly $12.00,
Sale Price, $7.00
Fine Milan Braid Sailors,
worth $1.40, Sale Price, 39a
LADIES' SHIRT WAISTS.
Which were sold at $1.19, 98c
and 75c., Sale Price, 39c.
Ladies' Fine Dimity Shirt
Waists. formerly $2.60,
$1.75 and $1.45.
Sale Price, $1.19
INFANTS' COATS.
Infants' Long and Short Coats,
silk and cashmere, formerly
$3.50, Sule Price, $1.19
Infants' Caps, formerly 35c,
Sule Price, 10c
Now is the time to have you"
furs repaired by the only practl
cal furrier in the city.
J. BOLZ,
138 Wyoming Avsnus.
High
Grade
PIK
Shai,
Emerson,
Calcolm Lots.
Clongb ft Varies,
Carpenter,
Waterloo
And Lower Grades a)
Very Low Prices.
J. LAWRENCE STELLE,
203 SPRUCE STREET.
We keep in stock every Color, Qual'
ity, and width of Shading, with
Fringes and Laces to match.
We have SHADES two yards long,
mounted on spring rollers at
18 cents each.
We have anything else your taste or
means may require, and the BEST
VALUE for jour money always.
Samples and Estimates Submittal
P. M'GREH GO,
128 WYOMING AVENUE.
CRYSTAL PALACE
CUT GLASS
Ofth.flnut qnallty and rlchiwt patternist
little pries. We make it s point to haraonr
ctutnmrrs talk (or n and make our business
kmw little hut atead, as wo nr. riibt In
price'., quality and sty lft acd It wi II make you
nappy if 7on come and buy.
231 Penn Are. Cpp. Baptist Church.
Middle of the Block.
ID1JHK
HATS
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Bonn's