TILE SORANTON TRIBUNE-FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY JS, 1S!)7.
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CITY NOTES.
Supper will be strvtil this evening lis
the I lilies of the Second Iiesb trlan
chinch,
Th montlilv meeting of the managers of
the Home foi the rileudless will he held
tit the home this morning at 0 30 o'clock
The Hi st annual ball of Hilcltlnvcis'
union, Xo 18,' will be held In .Music Hall
tonight, llulc will be furnished b l'to
fes,sot Johnston
'this afternoon "l'ilnce of l.lais" will bo
the bill, and tonight "I'ogg's reir" will
be plajid it the Aeadtim of MUblc b
the Wuitu Comeilv eompanj.
A miner nimed tlatelj was Injuied while
nt woik In the W'oodwaid shift at Kings
ton esterdaj He was taken to the Moses
Tavlor hospital, where he was lound to
hae sustained a seeiel sprained back.
The Delawate, Lackawanna and West
em lallioad paid jesteidaj at the ma
chlm shops and it the Slot is mine. The
Deluwnieaml Hudson Canal company paid
esteida at the Dlekon shatt at I'tovi
detice and at the C3iass lsl.intleollli.iv at
Olvphant The musons emploed bj the
company weie also paid jistcidaj.
The Literal and Debating elide of St.
John's societv of IMne Hiook will hold an
euteitalnment next Thurbdai night In
their hall, on Cnpouse aenue There will
be 11 debate on the subjeet, "Unsolved,
That debating- Is the best mems to Im
prove joung men inentallv " The af
firmative of tho subject will be maintained
bv Thonns Culkln, John Jovce and rrimlc
HovvWv, and tho negative bj Ucinaid .1.
Kelle, John Gibbons and John Dempsej.
At the Scranton Tuin Vereln masquer
nde ball held Holiday evening the joung
ladles and the actlv e Tin 111 is will g'v e two
beautiful dances The first will be the
riowei Dance and will be given by the
following oung ladles "VINses Mai
Poichei, nmina MeAitlitir, Kosa Blattu,
Lena HoblnsoK, Jennie Noth, Hnima Plt
tack, "Ulna "W'elcliei, Miss Schnell Freda
Vockioth, Annie and nmma Graeber and
Miss Hdlertlngei The othei bv eight ac
tive Turners ealled the Afilean War
Dance The danceis will be Kdwaid ihs
ele, Victoi Noth, Joseph M( Donald, Will
iam and lleniv Vockioth, 'lheodoie Helb,
A Hennc and Chitles Motaska.
lie Clumped His Name.
Vllllam Itlle enteied the White IIoue
hotel Wedncsdav night and had an ai,;u
ment with tho bittendei He went out,
but soon letuined with paving stones in
his poeket Then he leiuwed his aie.u
ment and when he piodueed his persuad
ers ho was anestid Yisttulay he tile 1 to
make Mavot liallev bellive his 11 imp w.is
Trank Kellv, and lot that and tho chnt,e
agulnst him on the docket went up to the
count Jail foi twenty days.
Upper Jnu bono lliol.cn.
A. 17. Horn, a prominent mei chant of
Dupont, near Durvea, was taken to the
Lackawanna hospital jesteidaj sulfeilng
fiom a biokin uppei Jaw. Mr Horn, to
getliei with his In othei, were driving In a
caiilago on Wednesday, when the hoie
became f lightened and In the collision uf
tho wagon with some object he was
thrown out. it Is believed one of the holi
es' hoolsstiuck HoinvlnllIctlng tho wound
which is a veij painful one.
Intemperate 111 llei Old Aye.
A ciowd of cuilous people was utti acted
about an oil and decupit woman of about
SI jeais, who suppoited herself agilnst a
tree at the cointr of Spiuee stieet an 1
Wvomlng avenue, last night at C o'clock
She gave her name as Millei and said she
reslihd In 1'rovldence. She was bullv en
tangled as to nil wheiabouts, due to im
blblng of ivhlskej too freelv. Two patiol
men escoited her to her lodgings.
ill Ilitvo to I'sp Stii-Kors.
There will bo no Dcmociatlo ticket on
the olltclal ballot In the Twentieth waid
nor In the Tlist dlstilct of the SKth waid,
owing to the fact that two dlffeient caii
cusses weie held In these localities and
two Deinociatlc certificates letuined. 'J lie
Piohlbltoln party of Hansom will not be
represented on the ballot because It failed
to file its certificate in time
lirol.u Uncle Sum's l.inu,
Joseph Alpeit was iccelved at tho eoun
tv Jail yesteiday, wheio ho will uwalt trill
In tho United Stutes dlstilct couit, vvhleh
meets In this city In Maieh, Alpert was
ariesttd In Utlea, N V., but the ollev-o
for which ho will be tried was committed
In Nantlcoke, Liucine count Ho is
chaiged with using the United States
malls to defraud.
Tnl.en to W ill.es-Hurro.
William Watson, alias Wilkinson, was
taken to Wllkes-Hane jesterdaj b Dek
Seigeant Itiugwav. He was 111 rested pi
this city on msplclon of being Implicate 1
In attempt to burrflailze Hiovvn's Lie
Hive, on Lackuwunna uvenue H'j Is
wanted at Wllkes-Harre to answer scvenl
chaig s of buiglaij
liiitprlaiiuid llur Pricnds.
Mis. Chailes Schlager entertained n
1 mber of fi lends In her home, at the cor
, er of Cluy uvenue and Jfulbeiry stieei.
j-.-t evening Sdo will agiiln entertain
t s evening,
!io Oriuinnl Auti-Sueai , Hutton
Holes
! your collars when laundiled, at the'
1 Kawanna, svs renn ave,
in
-tObel)
VERDICT FOR THE BOY.
Inturcstlii Suit Tried In the Susiiue
liiinnii Ootitilv Courts.
A ety Intel estlnp case to mine
ovvnem ami operutois wits tileel In
ftluntlose tills Week, The cuset wni
John I'. Smith nKnlnst the Hillside Coal
and It 011 r,onimny. The plnlntllf vvua
Injuied while titling on the front litnnii
pi of the eleutilu motor In No. 2 shaft
at roiust City. Ills leg was very badly
crushed nnd had to he amputated tvv Ice
hefole ho vvns able to boeuie any re
lease f 10m pain Incident to the In jui y.
The boy wns thltteen jtais and Ilvo
months old the day of the accident.
Noveniliei 21, 1811. Suit wns Instituted
liy L 1'. Wodcman, cbu , and C. Smith
for the hoy and $20,000 tlunuiKe'S vwio
claimed The ease occupied the atten
tion of the Susquehanna court for four
dajs For plalntlft appealed Wedpman,
Smith nnd A. H. JtcCollum; for de
fendant companj, Mnjot llveiett Wai
len and CI. It. Little, estl
The plaintllf lolled on defendant's
violation of the mine law In lilting a
Ijjiv midei 14 yeais of aio and a falluie
to piopoily Instiuet him as to his duties
and the dangeis ot his woik.
The defendants claimed they had dls-ehai-;ed
their full dutv when they hlied
a competent mine foiemnn and asked
foi ulndltiK instiuctlons. This the court
lefused. The Jurj went out at C o'clock
Wednesduj and at 3 jesteiday attet
110011, u turned with a vol diet for the
boy of $1,000.
WJiuthei a now tilal will he asked for
and by which paitv Is yet uncertain,
KISSES ARE PLENTIFUL.
As Coiiinmcd with ISold Wntchosls
the Judgment ol 'Ilouiit't Joe."
Mis. Ll?7le Stodell, of Oak street,
has been held In $&00 by Alderman
Hobeits foi stealing a watch from Jo
seph Jnckovltz, alias "Uouiiuet Joe,"
who wus anested last Sunday on sus
picion of havliiK stolen Mis. Thomas
Healev's pocketbook containing a
check for $1'10 and $2& In cash.
He alleges that while he was In jail
Mis Stodell, who Is his boaidliiK mls
tiess, enteied his loom and lHnlolnoit
the watch. He bald he Knew it was
she who took It, because he oveiheaid
hei admit It. At the heating- It was
elicited that Mis. Stodell, one time,
tried to buy the watch, and that when
she was accused of taking it and
thieatencd with prosecution, hei hus
band told hei to "kiss Joe a couple of
times and he will give you the watch "
His unswei to that pioposltlon was
th it gold watches weie seaieer than
kisses
MR. REPLOGLE WAS DISCHARGED.
Altciuutds Again Arrested at the In
stmucol illr. rrotlmiglimii.
Attorney D P Iteplogle was dls
chaiged f 10111 custodv vesteiday on
the habeas coipus pioceedlngs begun
the da before Judge Gunstei held
that Mi. Keplogle could not be held
lot the leason that the chaigo on
which he was anested was fiaud and
embe77lenent while the commitment
chaiged laiceny by bailee
Last evening Mi. Keplogle was again
anested at the Instance of Ml rioth
Inghnm on chaiges of fiaud, embezzle
ment and laioeny by bailee The wai
imit was issued by Aldeiman Millai
and Mi. Keplogle went befoie Aldei
man Wilglit and enteied ball, waiving
a healing
"I ha e not broken the law In any
way," said Mi. Keplogle last night,
"and I am simply being hounded be
cause I date collect ceitain judgments
aggiegatlng ?S50 fiom Mi. riothlng
ham." LAID AT REST.
runciiil of the Late lMrs. Mai Dull)
Vesterdu) Aloruiug.
The j'uneial of the late Mis Maiy
Dulfy, of Jackson stieet, occuned jes
toiday moinlng fiom St. Patilek's
chinch, wheie a hiuh mass of lequlem
was celebiated bv Kev. r. P. McNally,
who also ineathed an eloquent funei.U
hei 111011 on the text "Bles'-ed aie they
who die In the Loid, theli good vvoiks
shall follow them and their end is
peace" The chuieh was well filled with
the lelatlves, filends and nelghbois of
the deceased.
At tiro conclusion of the sei vices the
lemalns weie taken to Plttston, wheie
they weie lntened in the Maiket stieet
eemeteiy. The pall-beaieis weie si
nephews of the deceased', the Mcssis
Ledon and Duffy.
TRACTION COMPANY EARN1NQS.
Showing lor December nnd the Last
Hall ol IHUtt.
The follow ins statement shows the
earnings ot the Scianton Ti action com
pany foi the month of December, lSliC,
and for the six months ended Decem
bei Jl, 189C:
December. 1S9G ib93
Gloss ?3J C7 J'MSO Inc.?3J07
Op exp pjSftS ll.oai Inc. .',774
Net $15,S3S 915,1-15 Inc. $W3
I'oi the sK months
Gloss $191,025 $10S oJfl Inc $.'3,OJ5
Op. exp 10.',"J0 W.'JU Inc. J1.417
Net Jb9,.'Jl ?S7,!i5u Inc $1 (,78
Net earnings, as above fiU.Jul
rixed chaiges, Including taxes .. o7,17u
Surplus f'l.loi
LOST HER CAPE.
Clever mid Successful 'I heft 111 the
Jam at the Acudomv Vrsteidii).
While attending the matinee perfoim
anee of the Walte Comedy company at
the Academy of Music jesteiday after
noon, Mis Saiah Hedfoid, of 80'J Linden
btieet, hud a valuable cape stolen.
Owing to the c low tied condition of
the house some pel son succeeded In get
ting the cape fiom undei hei aim and
putting a much worn gaiment In Its
place. Mis. Uedfoul did not discover
the theft until she was leaving the
liquse aftei the peifonnance.
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HONI3V DHW SUGAIt COKN.
A small, tendei, sweet kernel!,
pilceiedueed He per can, $1,20 per
dozen; ?.' SO pel case
1: G COUHSH.V,
Wholesale and Uetall.
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Tim (.rantost llvent ol the Season,
Lledeikinnz masqueiado Thuisday
evening, Feb IS, 1S97 Tickets at
Kelchett's, 300 Lack'a. nve.
All liatternmakeis ale leouested to
meet the undeislgned at Hulbert's
hall, Wyoming avenue, on Satuiday
evening next, Feb. 0, 1897, at 8 o'clock,
when they will hear something to theli
advantage. Philip J. Thomas. i
Great bai gains In half switches at
Konecny's, hair dresser, 317 Laeka. ave.
' i Still Collnri.
It tfll olPt lm.lnii linlnd FPlin T nnl n
,b. puu UUktUll UUICD, Alio uutnu'
wanna Laundiy, 303 Penn ave,
SPITTING EVIL
IS CONSIDERED
Board of Health Devoted Seme Time to
It Yesterday.
FAVORS THE SOUTH SIDE SEWER
ltcsolutlott l'nsscd Requesting Mn) or
Ilnlloy to Sign It--Ventilation of
School llulldlngs Crltieled--lloard
of Control Asked to I'ut 1111 levator
in the High School llulldiiig--Ail-niinl
llcport oT the 1'ood Inspector
Listened to by the Hoard.
The monthly meeting ot tho boat el ot
health was held jesteulay afternoon In
the bo.ud's rooms In city hall. After
the reading of the minutes General
Managei Sllllman of the Sctanton Tiac
tlon company, appeared before the
boaul In legaid to the lequest of the
boaul made at the last meeting, le
questlng the Scianton Traction cmn
panv to put catds In their cais, pio
hlblttng cxpectoiatlon on the lloois of
the bailie. He stated that he would be
lileahed to confoim vlth the leciuest cf
the boaid but said that the company s
only penalty, for those spitting on the
llooi was the ejection of the passmM'l.
"This," he said, "would be lnsutliclent
GnNKRAL MANAGRR SILLIMAN.
penalty to enfoice the mle and sug
gested that the police foice be asked to
co-opeiate with' the stieet ear eonduc
tois in bilnglng the piomlscuous e
liectoiatois to Justice "
Pioposillons foi the lepalr of the
gaibage ciematoiy weie lecelved fiom
Messis. Kngan, Iteagan and Damn
The jiroposltlon vailed fiom $17'" 'to
$l,2Sn Action was defeired until the
next meeting A special nv,at ig will
be held Monday night, at S o'clock, In
the boaids 100ms to take definite ac
tion. Tim SPITTING IIABtT
The matter of spitting In cats wns
again bi ought up and mum discussion
followed icgaidlng the best metho 1
wheieby toenfotee the law. The her lth
ofllcei and secietaiy weie Instiueted to
have n lesolution prepaied fot action
by the boaid at the next meeting.
Mr. Zelglei Intioduced a leMolution,
v.hlch lead as follows "That the
boaid of health deem the constiuctlon
ol the sew 01 In the Seventeenth dls
tilct an uigent necessity for the abate
ment and lemoval of a laige uumbci
ot nuisances now existing In said dls
tilct, which aie piejudlclal to the
health' of that community, and that his
honoi, the 11111501, be hetewitli lequest-
ed to sign the oidlnance lecentlv
passed foi tho constiuctlon of the
same "
Thesecretaiy Infonned the boaul that
foi bevei nl times Undertaker Joidan
has failed to foi waid lepoits of deaths
In this, city, to the secietaiy, which is a
seilous Infi action ot the lnw. The
health olllcei and secietaiv weie in
stiueted to make Investigations and
1 epoi t at the next meeting of the boai d.
The boaid's food Inspector, T. N. Cul
Ion, oifeied 1.1s lepoit foi last month
as follows. Number of meat and fish
inspections, fil2; number of milk in
spections, 22'), number of pounds of
poultiv seized and destiojed, 2Sr; niim
bei of liounds of bob veal destiojed,
3"0, num. bet of pounds of flh seized
and destioyed, CO
KHPOKT Or SHCKHTAKY.
The sccietaij's lepoit was lead and
showed the moitality foi Jamiui v to
have been 140 The moitalltv foi the
.same months of phst veais has been
as fololws. 1S91, 1C7; 1SU1, 1.5J; ISO", US;
1&90, 1 Jl. Dining the month theie weie
CO , male and C5 female bliths Theie
weie 97 eases of contagious diseases
lepoited; 42 of dlphthula, JS ol meas
els 11 of seal let fevei, 1 of t phold and
1 of whooping cough. Out of these
cases 7 deaths occuned.
Midical Olllcei Allen gave an infor
mal lepoit of the convention of the
Stale Associated liuaids of Charities
held last month In llanlsbuig which he
attended, lie also 1 epoi ted on the un
sanltaiv condition of some of the
schools in tills city and eiltleized their
ventilation and heating "The boaid of
contiol," he said, 'should be4 compelled
to put an clevatoi la the High school
building, whose long (lights ot steps
hhalth orncint ALLEN'
completp exhausted the girls In as
cending." The method of gaibage col
lection was also given consideration
and the inadequacy of the pi 1 sent
method of collection was dwelt upon.
A motion was passed Instiuctlng the
secretaiy to Imrncdlutelv notify all
school authoiltles of the city to confoim
with tho law which specifies that all
bchools, secluilan 01 not, be compelled
to keep a vaccination recoid, and debai
non-vucclnated chlldien fiom attend
ing. A motion was adopted which vrovlded
that the boaid of conttol be again ap
piulsed of tho health boaid's lesolu
tion adoptid some time ago to the
eifect that an elevatoi be placed In the
High school.
The annual lepoit of the milk and
food Inspectoi was lead and showed
k jMa
that duilng the year 1S9G G.1DG meat and
llsli markets had been visited, 2,09 milk
Inspections had been made, 1.R1C pound1)
of fish weit seized and destioyed ft 0111
Sept. 1 to Dec. Jl, 250 pounds of beef
Wete destroyed, 219 pounds of diessed
poult! y and lOO pounds ot bob veal
W'oio seized and destioyed. Quantities
cf ojsteis, ft ult and vegetables were
alo seized The lepoit estimates that
the amount of milk consumed In this
city dining the year was about 7,600,000
gallons, un avetage of 70 quails per
capita.
The committee appointed to consult
with Piofcssor Wells of tho High school,
lepoited. Mr. Walls' pioposltlon was
for chemical anal j sis and theio was
some discussion as to whether the boai d
lequlred mlcioscoplcal or chemical an
alysis. The pioposltlon was orileied
placed on file, and the boaid adjourned.
BRAKEMAN A1USSLEMAN KILLED.
I'cll Between tho Cms and Wus Klin
Over nt Tob) lunula.
William J. Musselman, a Dclawnre,
Lackawanna and Western liiakenian,
was tnstantlv killed jesterdaj at Toliy
hanna by falling between the ais and
being 11111 ovei.
He was emplojej on coal tialn No. 4S,
of which Henjamln Honnett Is conduct
01. They weie going south and weie
about to enter the switch just below
Tob) lianna tank .it r, o'clock 11. in. to al
low the Incoming milk tialn to iiass,
vvlun the accident occuned. The 1111
foituiuite man lost his balance or miss
ed his footing, It Is piesumed, while
walking ovei the tuin and fell bet.veen
tho cars and undei the wheels.
Foui cais and the cab.ooso passed
over his body cutting it In twain and
sevei nig both ai nu He was dead w hen
his fellow lialnmen leached his side.
The lemalns weie biougbt to this city
ut 8 40 last evening and aftei being
diessed at Kaub's undet taking estab
lishment weie lemoved to his home at
S:& Meridian stieet.
The deceased was 32 years of age
and Is Hiiivivojl bv a wife and one child,
lie was a member of the Hiotheihood
of allwa Ti .tinmen, ltailioad lodge,
KnUhts of Pythias, and Camp 17u, I'at
ilollc Older Sons of Ameiica.
HEARD A JURYA1AN SAY THINGS
Iiut Did Not Come Up to Che His
Testinionv lien Wanted.
Anotbei healing of the application
for a new tilal In tho ejectment case
of Matthias Sowka against Marcella
Snjder, will take place today befoie
Aldeiman O. H Wilglit, who was ap
pointed commlsslonei In tho case.
The giound foi a new tilal Is an al
legation that Jul men In the case weie
out di Inking with the defendant dining
the noon recc-ts and that one of them
was heaid to sa that he'd bo blamed
If he was coming to Scianton to do jui
duty foi only V a da .
At the Hist hearing of tho case, Jan
27 Inst, the principal witness, Moiris
Spiegel, who, It is avened, oveiheaid
the juiyman's assettlon, did not pie
sent himself. Yesteidav Judge Stan
ton secuied an attachment foi him
and pioposes to have him on hand this
time.
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SCRANTON'S NEW PITCHER,
Charles Morse is n Promising '1 wirier
ol the South I'uvv Order.
The accompanying plctuie is that of
Chailes Morse, of Aulluin, Muss, w ho
is one of the new men signed bj Man-
PITCHUIt CHAKLHS MOUSE
ager Gilllln for next season's Scianton
base ball club.
Mi. Moise Is an ambitious oung
man And made a veiy good showing
In the New England league last season
He Is a south paw tvv ii lei and Is said
to have a gieat stock of choice curves
and shoots in his lepertolie.
SECOND ANNUAL ENTERTAINMENT.
Given l.nst Night Undei Auspices of
.Miss Amanda Nichols' Class.
In the lectin e 100m of the Penn Ave
nue Baptist chui'cli last evening was
given a veiy pleasing enteitalnment
under the, nusnlces of Miss Amanda
Nichols' class of oung men of the
Sabbath school. It was the stcond an
nual enteitalnment thus given and the
piocetds will be devoted to the chali
fund.
In the pi ogi amine weie Included a
selection by the Impel fals, a duet bv
Hddle and Edith Dnv Is, a v lolin solo
b William Allen, a leeltatlon 1 Ef
fle Hiownin, a coinet solo by William
Stanton and a vocal solo by Mi. Cioft
Miss Giace Williams dellveied a iecl
tatlon and the Philomel quaitette 1 eli
de! ed a selection The Misses BilJl
and Naiiowniau gave a piano duet,
which was followed b a vocal duet b
L'ddle and Edith Davis.
REMAINS BROUGHT HOME.
runeinl oi'.lliss Kntio V. liiowu Mill
TnUr Place Toduv.
The lemalns of the late Kittle V
Blown, who died Tuesday while on a
visit at MasMllon, O, nnlved heie
esterday moinlug and weie taken to
the home of hei slstei, Mis. James A
Mellon, on Noith Seventh stieet, wheie
they weie viewed yesteida and last
evening by a laige tluong of sonow
lng fi lends
This motning at S 53 o'clock tho le
malns will be taken ovei the Delawaie
and Hudson load to Hone lale foi In
tel ment In the family lot at that
place.
Snjs Ills Pocket ItooU Mas Stolen.
Kato Williams, who lives in Temple
eouit, was uircsted )estetda on a wui
rant swoin out befoio Alderman Howe by
J W Smothers, who alhges that the
Williams womun and a girl who lived with
liet stole his pocket-book containing $0 75
The will be given a hearing this uftti
noon at J o'clock,
Tho Oiigintil Antl-Su-cnr Hutton
Holes
In our collais when laundrled at the
Lackawanna, 30S Penn ave,
JAMES GANNON'S
TESTIMONY HEARD
Taken from the County Jnillo the Office
of Commissioner M. A. AlcGlnley.
APPEARS AS RESOLUTE AS EVER
Sn)sIIul)id Not Ask lor or Consent
to lime n Conditional or .Moulded
Verdict Taken--Supposed That
disc Was !o lie Tried 11s a Common
Law Action in Kjeetiiient--Teitl-luoii)
ol' Ills Sister.
James Gannon, who hns been In the
county jail for two yeais and eight
months because he lefused to sign a
deed as dltected by couit, left his pils
011 cell cstcidti and was taken to the
law olllce of Attoine M A Mcalnle,
on Washington avenue, wheie his
deposition was taken The litigation
which finally resulted In landing Gan
non In jail has bet 11 In piogiess for
over two dec-ndes In one foim 01 an
other. In 1SS7 the suit which Is dliectlv 10
sponslble foi Gnnnon's Incaic oration,
wns begun In tho form of an action In
ejectment and was tiled befoie Jlnlge
lland, who assisted the Jui In mould
ing n conditional v millet which gave
Gannon's sister possession ol the land
but dltected hei to pi him the nmolint
of mono he hid paid on the lot with
Interest. A conditional veidlet Is pet
inisslble In equitable ejictment pio
ceedlngs, but not In common law
ejectment suits, wheie the veidlet
must lie either foi the plaintiff ot de
fendant A new tilal was asked foi 1 Gan
non's uttoines, Messis Burns and
Sciagg, and one of the grounds spt ti
lled was that the trial judge eired In
moulding a veidlet A new tilal was
lelused, the moiie due Gannon was
tendei ed, he lefubed to sign a deed
ti.insfenlng the piopeit as dltected
by the couit. and In June, 1!91, he was)
compiltted to jail foi contempt and
he has been theie ever since
ErFOIlTS TO GET HIM OUT.
Kecently Attoine Rkhaid Busteed
began ptocecdlngs with a view to hav
ing Gannon leleased. lie seemed a
lull- to show cause win a new tilal
should not be granted, and Attorney
M A McOiille was appointed a com
mlsslonei to take testlmoii, the Intui
tion being to show the couit that the
pleadings in the case and the Intention
of the plaintiff was to have the case
tried as a common law action In eject
ment Insliad of which It was tiled as
an equitable action In ejectment The
111 st batch of testlmoii wns heaid
esU.'tda by Connnlsionei McGInley
In his olllce and one of the witnesses
eani!ned was Gannon He was lep
lesented by Attoinev Hlcliaid Busteed
and Attoines Pitcher and Wells ap
pealed foi the defendants In the eject
ment suit.
Gannon did not look as If his long
Incaieeratlon had affected his health
to any great extent. He Is still a laigo
fiamed, lobust looking man apparentl
about CO eais of age, anil seemed
quite as lesolute as ever Ills an
swers to the questions put to hlin
would Indicate that his intellect is still
sharp and keen He said he nev er
asked for 01 consented to have a con
ditional 01 moulded veidlet taken. He
undei stood the action was to be tried
as a common law ejectment suit.
HIS SISTER TESTITIES
Gannon's sistei, Mis Maigaiet
Toid, testified that he heaid her
niothei suv that the deed of the land
In dispute should be given to James,
for he had helped to pa foi the lot.
Thomas Gannon testified to the vvoith
of the lot and the length of time the
Impiovements have been on It
No othei testlmoii will be offeied
on the pait of Gannon It is not cei
tain that an will be offeied on the
pait of the defense. Comniisslonei
McGinle will Hie his testlmoii with
the couit and It will then be consldeied
b the judges
Naj Aiip: Parle Colliery, Camuaii
ic Stokes, Coal Operators
Egg, Stou and Chestnut.
AT MINES, $2.00,
DELIVERED, $2.50.
TELEPHONE, 3712.
Collier), Gibson St, Tenth -wmil
Olllce, 136 Wjominy dNCiute. Stiict
attention given to oideis bj mail.
BEST SETS BF TEETH. $8,
Including tho pilnlcss oxti acting of
teeth b un cutiicl now pioci.3a
S. C. SNYDER, D. D. S
321 Spruce bt 1 Opp. Hotel Jernij n
H. H. 1,
Rill). REDUCED. REDUCED.
ROfn
BSack Fur Rugs $1.75, former
price $2.25.
Javanese Rugs, 26x54 inches, to
close $1.00, worth $1.50.
9x12 ft. Japanese Rugs, $6.50.
3x3 ft. Japanese Rugs, 60c.
Brussels ilitre Rugs Half Price.
Smyrna Rugs
30x60 inch $1.50. Mat size 50c.
S
(LARGE
NEW KIND OF LICENSE.
Tnlilrriiilt pplles lor Authority to
,1(111 Minis Out ol NciiHon.
Dr. Alexander, a local taxldeimlst,
vesteulnv, through I'lothouotiuy 1'iy
or, Hindi' application to the state de
paitmeiit for a license to kill blids out
of sea' on, vvhleh Is piovldetl foi by a
special act or the tcglslatute.
This Is the fit st time that such a li
cense has been petitioned for In this
county.
Tailor mado fall suits and overcoats,
latest styles, John Hoss, 307 Spiuca
Btreet.
2G0 XX Vhlto Envelopes for 17c. nt 3c.
Store, MJ I.ack'a. nve.
Men in Ileiiliug and I'liimliiiig.
P. F. &. II. T. How ley, 231 Womlng ave.
Mill Collars
with soft button holes, The Lacka
wanna Laundry 308 Penn nve.
DIKE).
ri'LI.nit In Scranton, Pi , at her late
icsIUmipc Chinch avenue, Tob. I, 1M7
Mis Pullv Ann Pullci, wife ol Pi uuols
Puller, ngiil S. yens Piuietul prlvule,
Satin dn, Peb C, at J iO p in
For Saturday and Monday,
Scllng nt such prices Is n great loss, but
the friends vvu nuik) innl the trade vc do
cumpmsates us for the loss.
Kaliirtlii) and -Momla) Specials.
Ten doen Tiluuncil Sillora, nil tlio
loadliu stlus nnd sliapcs. louulur O7o
prico.Sl nnd SI S Special hnle Price L I b
Ten dozen 1 in nti'l Vino Wdol Piesi
t-h ipi t, luiinii of thorn sold for 51 60 1 -
bpiclnlhnlo Price IG
13 Trimmoil Hits midoof good nm
toil its mid trimmod st llsli. bpe. J"1 OC
clnl bale Price ,. ....tpliZO
-0 'lilinmod lints, mado up to Boll for
SKIO Sr.00 nnd $U 00 breclal bale M "JC
Price vH0
Larl Purchasers Secure the Margins.
A. R. sawyer, ,,;,?,;
Ave
UP-TO-DATE GOODS
UP-TO-DATE PRicES
ON OUR
Extra Strong Wira Polato Masher
Fancy Flue Stopper,
4-Quart Milk Pans.
3-Qiiart Pudding Pans.
Crick-Loaf Bread Pans.
RetinnerJ Soup Ladles.
1 6-Inch Basting Spoon.
Japanned Fire Siiovols.
StoYe-Covor Lifter.
Bird-Cage Gups.
Bird Snail.
Bird Gravel.
Betinned Sk.mmer.
And one thousand other
Useful Articles.
Sohmar Piano Stands at the Head
AND J. OULRNbnV Stanils ut the (lead
in tlio Music tuck You can alwnjs get ft
hotter b.iiRalu at his linutiful warorooras
than nt any otlioi platu in tlio city.
Call nud sen foi youiself befoio bujint',
205 Washington Avenue,
SCRANTON, PA.
J. V. OUERNSEY, Prop.
Elli SPECIAL PRICES
flnr nnni
Htril Dt Ml
51 llll. UlJ I 11
ISIflTIflMC 406 Lackawanna Ave.
Ml SUM, Opp. Wyoming Hous3,
WINDOW.)
W. W, BERRY.
JliWJiLM
423 Lackawanna Avenue
Watches,
Clocks, Jewelry,
Sterling Silver
And Cut Glass.
Great Reductions in All
These Goods.
Watches and Clocks Re
paired on short notice.
Retiring
From Business
Our entiie stock of
CLOTHING, HATS AND
In both out stoics, 412 SpiHICC St.,
and '205 Lackawanna Au,
wll bu closed out at
PRID2S EXTRAORDINARILY LOW
to facilitate a speedy wind-up
of our bttbiiicbs.
STERLING
SILVER . . .
Is :i new addition to our stock
at Itotcom Prices. Opened an
other new line o
White China
For Decorating
Prices and styles talk, as wc
are selling lots of it.
METROPOLITAN
A HALL
C J. WEICHEL,
Mcars Uldg, Cor. Wash, and Sprue: St.
THE
Builders' Hardware,
Gas, Plumbing and
Electric Fixtures,
Eleotrio Light Wiriag.
STEAM AND
HOT WATER HEATING
434 LACKAWANNA AVE,
A. E. ROGERS'
Jewelry Store,
213 LACKAWANNA A EN J:
DIAMONDS, JEWELRY,
CLOCKS, WATCHES.
Look at our $10 Gold Watches,
Warranted 15 Years.
213 Lackawanna Avenua.
III u CQNNELL CO.,
ill I 1
13 Ijji" i3BiSW! "'
BI
HATS
AT
Dunn's