'J HE SCRANTON Till BUM-TUESDAY MORNING, MAT1CIT 23, ISO' 3 NORTON'S New Wall Decorations for comlni; Season arc now ai rl lug frequently. ' We invite the attention of persons desiring choice coveting for their walls to see our excellent assortment of Decorative Novelties, which lie cheei fully shown to nil callers without incurring any obligation to order. All grades of stock, exclusive patterns, artistic, up-to-date coloiings at popular prices. M. NORTON, 322 Lackawanna Ac. HI The Finest e53 BGCKWflEflT FLOOR j5 We Ever Had in the Mill. We Wholesale It. J-S3 ?.S'S52eS 5S5SSS.SS 5$cis ? s5S5S2 DR. W. B. HENW00D, DENTIST 3'6 LftCKAWAlHrU AVE. PERSONAL. Mill oi .lames G Hiillr Is In New Yolk cit. M Norton Is sniffling an attack ot pneumonia. Attorney A. A. Wishing was 111 Phila delphia jestenlny. lajoi V. S. Millar his gone to llnr lUbuig, wheie he will Inspect the Llghth I element. Alis n c. Jessup, of Montrose, 'o tuinid home es.leida aftti a Islt with lelatUes in this city. Otto R, Wagcnhuist, tho well-known tnheislty ot l'ennsi Hnnla athlete, was u Siianton Isltor yesteiday. Mi and Mis. J. ndwurd lteynolds, of lUnghamlon, N. Y., aie the guests ol Ijj and Mis. Capwell, of Wjonilng ae liue. II .7. Anderson, vice-president of the I.ickawaiina Tmst and Safe Deposit hank, has letuined fiom axlsit to ft lends In New Yoik cil. ripoign Henedlct, jr., a law student nt IHi klnsan college, C'aillsle, i etui tied es teidn after a short visit with his pat ents, in jcoith Set anion. f'hnrles Hoin was called home Satuxlnv fiom his studies at Dickinson Law hchool h the -eilQiis Illness of his mother, Ml J. OeoigeS Uoin, of Mulheiry stieet. The m Ullage of Geoige Cnrr to Miss Lillian C llammi tt will take .place at hlifh noon toda at the home of the hi Me ckel s patents, Mi. and Mis. Aithur Ilammett, of Tailor aenue. J R lieoteni, formeily geneial man age! of the ekctilc car Hues of this city, jesteiday assumed the management of the New Yoik and Queens Count Trac tion company of Long Island City. Miss May Simpson, of CJulncy aenuc, has returned fiom a two weeks' lsit with fi lends at Huston, She Is ac companied home by Miss Mav .Mlljar, of I'aston, who will spend a blunt time heie. Hdwaul Ilulbeit, of this city, a student at l'rlnccton, has the distinction of hav ing just been lanked as Hist In the fieshman class In the sclentllle depait ment. He Is a son of Mi. and Mis N. A. Ilulbeit, of Jefteison netiue. A Suitable Wvililing. Invitations should bo pi luted or on guned in the most careful and aitls tte manner. Nothing Is ciitlclsed so shniply by one's fi lends as an invita tion which H not neat nnd elegnni. nepend on ui to do the best kind of work ut the most iensonnble pi Ices. The Scinnton Tribune job piintlnu' de pal tment. This Is the Inst week of the auction Pale at Davldow Iiios. -.- o- You Have trouble finding shoes for your girls ? Let us offer you a sug gestion. We put on sale today ioo pairs of Misses' Shoes worth $1.75, at a price to quickly move them. $1.00 Pair. SCHANK & SPENCER. 410 Spnise SI. - Do BOARD OP CONTROL WILL ISSUE BONDS It Wn3 So Decided at Last Night's Reg ular Atcctlng. THE AMOUNT WILL BE 8120,000 Tiixniijcts Aic (SUi'ii Asstirnni'i) Tluit This Will Not Occur Asnin--Clty Controller lnstiiiott'il Not to Coun tuislan NnrranH If Thou; Is N Cnsli to .Meet It in tlio fund on Which It Is Uiuvn--HI Ilonow .Money to I'nj This Month's Salaries. The school bonul will Issue bonds to tilt- uiiioiint of $120,0UU to inula- up tlio ilcllcleiK les which weie unuiiieiati'd by Hit,- finance, committee at tin- uieIoiis meeting. This action was- ilcU-i iiilni-il upon Inxt night by tlio bonul In leiiit lur session. Ah all eutllust uf Us In tention "to not do It again" it also minuted n "tllngeiit .set of lilies i:ov e tiling futuie expenditures. Appeiid i'it aie the lesolutluiw us submitted by the finance uiminlttee: itefcohid, Tliut the llnance committee In conjunction with the attorney ol the lio.inl lie and Is heuOjj Insti lii'teil to inc lude u lesolutloll fill the pillioc ot Is suing homls to the amount ot $12i).iil to tovi-i dilUlnules In the building' and ,. ,,.,,. ,1 vi lux il iineniints. tllllt H hell we luljonin It hi lonext rilda night lot thN Iiiiiuose ami also 101 me uuns iuiuii u. gene nil liesliKss. In view of the sti nlned conclltloii of qui Illianees at the pjeselit time, the boald will be obliged to maintain a sttlct mi lieu nee to (cononis In its calculations lot the ensuing iai Tin llnance committee delie making n icpiiit to coet tin tax ley lor the nct eat which lepoit should be adopted not lain than the last meeting In Apiil; and ns a huge amount pf woik it lemalns to be done b the commlttie upon the 11 poits to hi submitted to them b tin se eial lummlttees ot'the bond, the llniinoe committee would tlieieloie ofler the lol lowim; ice ommeuclatioii: IJSTIMATUS ASKIHl That e u h committee of the board be llistnicted to make? an estimate ol the expenditures foi the ensuing jeai In their i e slice the depui tments h ghlng In detail the ipe ndltiiiis leepilicd foi each bulhl lim, said mioits to bo ptesenled and lead at the next meeting of the boald We would uk that each building be taken up sepuiately, and to Include the ltims ot ttaeluib, lepalis anil malnle liinii, supplies, text books, etc., and that each Item be spec ltlcalU set tot tit, and tin estimate d lost placid theieon. We fin ther lecommend that the esti mate furnished b each committee to the lln.iuet committee and appiovcd by the boald sh ill not be exieedeel; that the city conttollei be dli ecu (I not lo coiinteislsn an onlui when the nppiopil.itlou does not wan ml the e.xiiendltuie. Another u solution nppioved empow eis the finance committee to hoi tow money to pay the sahules foi the cui lent month, which amount to uer $10,000. CAT'Sn OF nnpiciHxcv. Jlr. Welsh wanted to know just what dellclenchs weuj lefened to. lie hald he hnd seen a newbpnper uitlele nt the time. Mr. Cat. sou tetlied fiom the chnlunanshlp, which' stated that the "loyal 'leen" hud mil the bchoul bonul Into debt lie tailed' to find any flu mes on the omul's iccoids to Mlb stantlute an such htatement. It wns explained to Mi Welsh that theie was n delklencv of i.';o,0(10 in the geneial sellout fund ot the punious eni and that by leason of having to make this good and nlso by leason of e.xpentlltuios In other funds in excess of the upptopiiatlon the boaids lliuls Itself on the veu;e of InsoUeney and neaily live school months to punide for. Two communications weie received fiom Siipeilntendent Howell, one coni plalnlni? ol violations of the nile which einpoweis the supeilntendeiit alone to make tiansfeis and piomotlons of pu pils and thu other advising; that each pupil In the gi annual guttle bo .sup plied with ti dlctionaiy and each giam mar made mom with n gazette and encyclopedia, the- put pose being to stimulate Independent woik and en couiage pupils to continue tluough the guide and enter the high school. Iloth weie letened to the teaeheis commit tee. On the recommendation of the text book comiiimlttee a lesolutloti wns passed punldlim that all leciulsltlons foi liooks must heieafter be countei slgned by the bupei intendent. The iiionthl pay loll wus udopted. A1ISS LESTER'S C0A1PANY. Henna a Wuck'a KiiiHigcniL'iit at the 1 Kniiiiimiiiiii. That spilRhtly and engaglnff comedi enne, Minnie Lester, began ft week's engagement at the Fiothlngham jes. teulay afteinoon by pioducliiij "Tic Little Counteifeitei" befoie un iiudi eiue that taxed the capacity of the house. It was the same stoiy last night, when "The Silver Ledge," a coined -ciianin, was jnesenti el. Miss Lester has suiioundeil hei.sclf well a veiy competent company, us wns demonstiated by the excellent manner In which "The Little Counter feiter' and "The Siher Ledge" weie pioduced yesteidny. The lecelved a caieful and highly satlslactoiy inter pietatlou. IJuiing the pi ori ess of the diama specialties weie Intioduceel by Miss Lester. Miss Floience Oliaul, a eiv pleasing slngei ; Willlnm Galley, an expeit baton twlller; H. L. Moiey mid Joseph L. Hoe, comedlaiis, and a little mite of humanity, Miss lsabelle Lnfey, who s.iutr and danced anil instantly captivated the audience. She lb u mai el of eleeiness for one so young. The waits between the ucts ale en livened by xltiiHcope views and .selec tions by Miss Lestei's celebiated .solo oichestin. The vltabcope plctuieb, specialties and oichestin bisections aie chunged dally. This afteinoon the company will be seen in "A nangeious Filend" and tonight in the "Creole Spy." At the matinees a unlfoim pilco of 10 cents Is chaiged to all paits of the house. BASEBALL PLANS FOR '97. Scrantou Ahsocintiou Directors Were; in Session Vcbttirdii). A meetltur of the dlioctois of the Scianton Huse Hall association was held yesteiday afteinoon In the otllce of T. H. Hiooks. It was one of the legular peilodlcal sessions, und no new business of Impottance was ttansacted. Whatever is blowing In tlie plans and affalis of the association for the uppioathing season Is In the hands of Manager Oilflln. The dltectors aie giving him no advice, nor ate they In tel fei lug In his piellnilnuty woik, which is peifectly satisfactory to them. Muuuger Oiillln will bo heie lu about a week and on April 10 the .playeis will lepoit for in notice, No extensive changes ate to be made at Athletic park this seabon. The Ula- lnond and nut Hold will he put In fltst elass condition as soon us tlio weather pci mils. John II. llrooks will have chat so of the management of the Kiotinds ns lie hud Inst season. The olllceis of the association have not changed. At the nnntiul mooting In December W, O. I'nik was elected incident, .lames Shepherd vlce-preslr dnt, T. It. Utooks sceictniy-tienstitOr. The othet dltectois ate II. P. Simpson and John JI. Urooks. READS BETWEEN THE LINES. Judge Aii'hbuld Takes No Stock in a llcprchuiit.ililc's Practice. In an opinion containing some very pointed utterances Judge Aichhald yeateulay elect eed that James Wool sey should pay Ills wife, Alice, $100 counsel fees atiil $V a month alimony dtlilng the pendency ol the divot ce inoceedlngs which he has biollght niralnst her. When the case came up for aigument evidence wns hi ought foi waul to show that on the veiy day that the subpoena wus seted Mis Woolsey went to Haln bildge, N, Y., In company with a man nnmed Williams and that they legls teted ut a hotel as man anil wife. Jtidire Aichbnld said: "It Is easy In lead between the lines that this was u detectle tiap Into which this unfoi lunate woman weakly lell, and If It be title. It Is useless to tnge It upon us heie. With no show of Justice can the llbellant shield hlm sell behind that which he has thus biought about. The lespoliel ent has ineiely ilelded to the teniptu- tlons held out to her ). the llbellants own connivance, and -we cannot be ex pected to i any the loiisouuences eiy fail" SPENCER WAS DUPED. That is the View Expressed by the New York World in a Long Review of the Case. The New Yoik Woild in an extend ed ai tie lo pi luted in Sunday's issue tluows new light, on the IMiuenK Con tiact couipany, and the prosecution at Wllkes-liaiie, which lesultcd In the eoinktluii ot Ambiose L Spencei and Thomas Aubiey on a i bulge of swind ling. The Woild ut title beems to have been wiitlen by one who posbesses a complete 'knowledge of the Internal opel.itlons ot tile l'hoenix (ompuil and of the wel' known pilnclpals In the tiial at Wilkes-Uane. The following dipping In lelelence to Ml. Slieneei Will be of Intel est. Altei leUewiim; Mi. Speiiiei'h bustnebs cateei tlie Woild sas: lie was legauled as a man of excellent lepute In social and business eludes. Oil" ol Spent ci s biibluibs fi lends was a ill. Day, who died last eai, and wiose lden lit hits not been made cleai. Da had as a second lilend Ciiistax A. J. illlluli. ol Ampi'ie, N J . who was the contioll- Ing sjililt lu the Southwestern J'aclllc Coiibtiuc Hon eompnn, a coipoiatlou will) headciu.it te f In this elt. Ua had been engaged In the lion busi ness and became Indebted to Spent el. He went to illllait and sought asMstuneo In making a settlement. Millalr piomptly gae Dai notes ot the Southwestern l'a clllc Construction compan, whleh he la tut n gae Silencer, who aciepled them In hettlemcnt. These notes iroed wottli less and Spencer was contiontcd with a los of $10,(100 In his ellotts to reti loo his loss Spen cei had conferences with Da ami Mil lull, the upshot of them being the foi illa tion of the l'hoenix Contiact comp.ui, a New Jeisey cot potation of date lis'lo, whose puipose was the bu Ing and sell ing or ai tides ot commerce. Thomas Alible), who lb said to time been Speli cti's conlUicntl.il man, was made becie- tarv and tieasuiei. Mlllali was made manager of the New York otllce. Millalr, so It lb said, induced Spencer to lend his ciedlt to the new organiza tion, upon : i presentations that it was one way of iecoetlng the losses he sus tained tluough the notes ot the South western 1'acitlc company, anil In consll eiation of this extension of ciedlt Spcn- cet was to recele 50 per cent ot the com pam's pioflts. Aubiey, It was ag-Jcd, should bo In chaige of tho compan' Set anion otllce. In puisuance of the agreement with illllait, Silencer deposited SJ.OOil to the ciedlt, of tho new company In the Trad er's National bank, of Sctanton, and pe". mitted his name to be used as a lofer ence In the coaimetclal agencies. The World unhesitatingly makes the statement that the whole exposuio Is "anothei chapter to the opeiations of the Valentine McLaughlin gang," This gang was pun ed In the couits to be one of the most Infamous In the hlstlty ot New Yoik uiimlnal opein tions. CONDITION OF HANDLEY ESTATE. i;ccutors itlnKc a Periodical Ac count to Court. Tho second of the peilodlcal accounts which the oiphnns coutt jorjulies of executors was yesteiday filed with Cleik Thomas by II. V. I'.ilmei, Lem uel Amei man and John T. Hiehaids, the Hundley eecutois. Couit gave It condltiuuul conlli motion. The Minimal y of the account shows the following Items: Amount of Inven toty und aopialsemcnt of peisonal es tnte not counted on Felnuniy IS, 1SH0, $131,T"S B'J, to amount leeched for Merchants nud Mechanics' bank stock above the amount nppialsed, $UC0, making a total of $l,'G,l!HS:iD, less $IS,09 for sale of fiunltuie at -IliS Lackawan na avenue less than the appiaiseiiient, or $i;i.14S.:!0. Theie Is also chaiged cnsli and notes on hand Febiuaiy IS, 1VJ0, f 10,0111 90, goveinment bonds, $50,000 and piemluius of $10,2.17.00, or $C0,JJ7.B0, a giand total of 5J0C.-IS0.7-1. On the other side of tho ledgei aie lound an Item of $l,r..rS foi the execu tois' expenses In Iieland; $JS for a ttip to I'lltsbiug made by Mr. I'almer and JlL',000 as compensation for the executors admluistiution of the estate. The balance in hand Is j.sn.Oy'J.fJO. The sum of VU.M2.U) Is set aside by the exeeutois to moot the collateral Inheiltunce tax. Moscow, Pa., Feb. 2S, 1S97. My uncle had an nbs-cessi on one of his limbs, which beenme a l mining soie. After taking Hood's Saisupaillla for five mouths he wus completely cuied and Is now sound and well. Mis Oeoige Mil let. Hood's Pills cute nil llvei Ills. WILL REMOVE HE STAR PAINT SHOP TO 331 OHAS, WAuilliK Home una blcrii'V'alnter Willi Tlntlnit und i'lipui lliitieini;, 1:m1. mute s fltci'ifiillv I'm nlHhi'd. vuluiitlne'M Iti-udy -Mixed l'aliits,oiiuof tlio bt In mu. Ice I. VnriiUluii, Kiiumeln, llnila', ttc, for tick'. 331 Adams Avenue, acrunton. W HUMS ME MEDAL OF HONOR LEGION WILL COME That Much Decided Ycslcrday by the Lccnl Ucncrnl Committee. ARRANOEAIENTS ASSUA1E SHAPE Committee Hits .11 ml en I'luliiuiuary Outline of Programme nnd Will Communicate With Ccncial .lilies, President of the Jicgion--.luuu H, !l and 1(1 the l)ates--Tiip to Jleu Summit and n Hotel Jcimu l!au ilttet Among the reunites. This city will not withdraw Its invi tation, extended tin ouch Minor Ual ley, to the Modal of llouoi legion to hold Its iinnunl niectlng in this city dm Ing tin eo days in June. That much and a gienl ileal mole was decided at a meeting held In the mnot'fl ollke in the city hall esteidny afteinoon. At the meeting weie Colonel II M. Holes, piesldent of the geneial com mittee; Colonel I'. H. Hippie, chalinian of the eommltteo cm llnance and tieas ui er of the geneial committee; A J. Column, jr., chalimnn of the commit tee of ariaiigemeiits; V. I' Atheitoit, who wns chosen secietiuv Vice iiajor W. S. Mlllai, whose lime, It was leal nod, will be occupied dining the next few w colts In National diaid In spections; Captain I'. Delacey, of this city, one of the comparatively few men who possess one of tho much-pi Ized medals for btaveiy on the field of bat tle: Joseph A Sctanton, He. Ui. Jo sr.ih K. Dixon nnd il. J. Kell. The Hi st action taken nftet discuss ing the eiuestlons of niiigements and lliiuhee wus to decide dellnltoly to en- teitulu tlie legion and Its distinguished "meinbeis Heeietaiv Atheiton was dl iccted to so notify Clenetal Nelson A. Miles, commander of the United States at my and pusldent of the legion. He had iccentl seitt heie a lette. of In nuliy on the ntattei and uiged a (pilck lesponse In older that he might until y thc Legion's me'iiibeis, whose places of lesldence me scatteied thioUGhout the couutiy After one slight amendment the le poit of Chaliman Colboin, of t.he ai laiigoiueiits committee, wns adonted. Aecoullug to Its piovlslons the Lesion will be given a tec option Tuesday eve ning, June S. at tlie Young Men's Chiis tlaii assoe Intloii building or the bonul of tiude looms tin Wednebcluy iiioin lng the Le (don's business session will be held and will be followed by a tilp to Clou Summit. That night theie will bo u banquet at the Hotel .lei in n Tlnnsday will be devoted to sight-seeing about the elt and a caulage tlip over Klmhuist boulevaul. It was estimated that $l.r,00 would defiay all exoenses I'lesldent Holes voliinteeied a subset Hdlon of $100 In oitler, as he teniaiked, to encouiage the llnance committee In i espouse to a tuggcstlon that Colonel Hippie sug gest the mimes of a numboi of poisons to be added to the finance committee, and that I'l evident Holes make what ever ehanges necosbaiy In the other commit teeb, the lattel lequested ill. Scialitiin. Colonel Hippie, Sir, Colboin, Societal y Atheiton and Captain Delate- to meet him Saturday afteinoon at 1 o'lloek hi the bonul of tiade looms to oonsidei the matter. The meeting adjoin nod to meet again next Monday alteinnon at -1 o'clock In the boaul of tiade looms. MlSTAKfi RATHER THAN FRAUD. Keport of Auditor Toriuy in thu I'it- gihboiis (use. City Solicitor James II Torrey, au ditor appointed to dlsti Unite tlie funds ailslng fiom the sheiltf's sale of the effects of Fiancls FItzglbbons.w ho kept a. cloak stole In the Huir block, le poited yesteiday that no one except the Rochester Comnioicial bank, the execution ct editor, was entitled to any of the funds. The employes' claims nie not legal he decides because they did not make their claims in proper foi in The kmd loul's claim for lent for n full year on the mounds of foifeltute was also de nied. The landloid, Chailes A. Huir, alleged that Fitzglbbons moved out n large (iiuntity of his goods just be foie he tailed and that this moving of the goods was u violation of the ltase, the piescilbod penalty for which was the foileltuie of the lent for the whole year. Mr. Toney found that Mr. Fitzglb bons was In the habit of shipping- goods lioin his Scianton stoic to his Roches ter stole nnd vice versa, and that the shipments fiom Rochestei exceeded the shipment:) fiom Scianton. The fact that the shipment in question vvm made to Syracuse Instead of Hoe hoste r was said by Mr. Tone to have been TplF HT""" A I OOOOOOOO Pine ashortment of Clicnoy Bios.' Silks ana (Jifnaellnth, entliuly new ileBlRns; ieat vaiioty ut' Hli.ules. Sillts In lJlack and White, C.roy and White, Checks, Suites, anil now Soioll and Shell dcbluns. All fiesh fiom the loom and vuiy facaieo Shoit lengths, Ught-flpuiea China Silk; jq legular pi lee, aae., to close, at I ) Flguied Plnlda and Stilpes; legtilar pi lee ,w 75c, lednced to 'f(0 Hest Taffetas, Ulack Fiuuied, Da tit and Light Cheeks, Stripes and Flguied, tegular $1.00 on and $1 25 Silks, to close, at OOU a mistake rather than an attempt at fiaud accotdlUB lo his judgment, fur the coods weie later on to-shipped to ltochester. The sale of the stoic netted Jl.dSI.SS. The ciints of the audit weie $U7.SI. This leaves $t,r,s".0l for the lloclicster bank. The judgment wns for $.'i,000. Cotitt nppioved the lepoit. SUPItEAlE COURT AFEIKAUTI0N5. Slv l.uckaw iinna Veulicts Which It Hel'uscd to Disturb. In the supieme coutt findings hand ed down yesteidny were doeiees af llrmlng the findings In six Laekaw an na cases. The most linpoitnnt case was that of the common wealth ex. lei, Jnmes 1'. SIcAndiew nnd olhcts against Har ty Fletcher and otlni, which will piobably be mine leadlly lecognled under the do.stgnntloii of the bother between the McAndiew nnd Hairett factions on thu Wlntou school bonul The nintler was Immslit befoie Judge Aichbnld In the shntie of (iio vvui lanto proceedings nnd lie found for the McAndiew boald, for whom James 11. Toiiey nnd lion. T. V. 1'owdeily nppeuied Hon. C. I'. O'Slalle, of Willi en & Knapp, lepiosentod the Hat lett boaul. The point at Issue was whether Eugene Taylor, of the SIc Andiew faction, or Hat! Fletcher, of the Haiiett lactlon, was untitled to lepiesent the Flist waul The va c.uie was for the tin ee- ear teini, but by some nilsundei standing Fletcher had "lui two yeais" in luted aftei his name on the ballot, llei lecelved tho gi eater number of votes, but Tavlnr contested his sent on the gioiind that Fletcher was elected to an otllce that did not exist, namely, school contioller "foi tlllee oais." Four of the boaul espoused the cause of Fletcher and the other foul took sides with Tuvltir Knell having ns It contended a nutjoiity of the mem beishlp of the boaul pmceeded to eftect an oiganJiMtion. as a result of hav ing two bchool boaids In full opeintlon tlieic wa.s tioiible galoie and to ullevu the (listless the pintles ngieed, when public sentiment in god them, to sub mit their dispute to coutt. Judge Atchbald decided that Tayloi's contention wus light anil also deeieed that neither .side hud eftected a lejrnl oigunlzutloti. Hoth these llndinrrs nie ntllimed bv the supieme com t The npiOlnnts aie dliec'ted to pay the costs. The other tlnee cases weie O'Connor against the Scinnton Ti action com pany, appellant; lleilln lion Hildge compan, upiiellant, against the Hontn Plate filass compan: James O Dlm mick and others, appellants, against the Dolnwaio, Lackawanna and We-st-ein Hullioad lompiui; Juggeis ngulnst the People's Stieet Hallway company: Sliinii uguinst Ciilllths and otheis. - - - WILL OF THE LATE JAMES BLAIR. Its I'lowsious ill I.ikolj Ito Made Know u Todti). The will of the late James HIall, It Is expected, will be submitted for piobate totla, following the custom which ob tains lu this county of making known the conteutb of a will the day after the fuueiul Much Intel est attaches to tho value of the estate, and to the disposition which the decedent diiected should be made of it The will was diawn by City Solicitor James II. Tone about ten yeais ago. Since then two codi cils have boon milled to It. This latter fae t leads to the belief that Mime ot the wealth will go to oth eis than the dliect heirs and (Ills Reg ister ot Wills Hopkins with pleasant anticipation's, as the legistor gets tuO out of oveiy $1,000 that goes to any one except the wife ot chlldion. UNHAPPY FARMER'S WIFE. .llrs. Heoel Wants a Divorco from Ilei Alleged Cruel II ushaiid. Blanche lsabelle Heed, of Glenbutn, tluough Attorney V. Talor, yestei day made application 'o couit for a dlvoico fiom lier husband, John Mai tln Reed, whose i esldence Is in New ton township Ciuel tieatnient Is the gi omul alleged. They weie- mauled In Factotyville Oct. 2S, 1&S7, and lived together at vn tlotis places In tho count! y noith of the mountain until Feb. IS, 1S90, when she was compelled to wlthdiavv fiom his companionship. When dlzzv or diowsy take HnECH AM'.S PILLS. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. Tlafae- 7 Wv Tr fj' "S W ffK v T i-Ad II $ rL -rfi.-.td? A M. JH fi' A. N OOOOOOOOO Highland Checks, veiy stylish, for sepat ate waists and sklits ', Kiench Flannels, soi tment of colois. for stieet wenr; great vat let y tango from COc. to )1W. We earned icputatlon of keeping goods to be found in the city. REMEA1BER our M. & H. Kid Gloves at $1.00 nre the most flexi ble, dm alio gloves on the niaiket and they lit. 415, 417 Lackawanna TO QUASH THE MANDAMUS. Tiacllon Company Attacks tin; Bor ough ol'Throop Writ. The Scinnton Ti action company, tlnoiigh Attorneys Hornce H, llaijd and 1. II. Hut ns, yesteidny moved to quash the iiinndamus puyeedlngs biought by tho Horotigh of Tlnoop to compel the company to comply with ceitaln piovlslons ot Its ftnnclilso such ns lllllnii In between the tiaeks, mov ing the Hacks to the center of the stieet and planking the tiaeks at load ciossings. The crounds upon which the com pany asks to have the wilt quashed aie: (1) because the petition does not set foi th a. "demniid or iofual to poi foim tho act or duty whoso pcrfoini nnce Is soimht, ns requited by act of assembly": (2) the petition does not sot foi Hi the petltloneis "Intel est in the result;"' (3) the petition does not set foith that the "petitioner Is without other adequate and specific leniody nt law;" (I) the petition does not allege any coutt act l elation between tho boi ollgh and this lospoiident to icunply with the demands ot the lelutoi, und the petition does not show that theie is any geneiul oullnunco or lobulation io(iililng peifoiniuneo by this lcspoud ont of the inatlets complained of in the petition. Couit llxod Slondav, Slaich 21), at !) a. in., us the time lor homing aigu luents In the case. Law uis. Another volume of the Lackawanna Legal News has Just been coinnleted The best way lo piesoivo this mass of valuable matter Is to have it bound tip In law book foi m. The Tilbuue enn do It foi ou. Telephone 1012, und our lepiesentutlve will cull. We also do all kinds of magazine binding The Centuiy, Haipei's, Scilbuoi's, Llppln cott's, Atlantic, SIcCluio's, Slunsel's, Lndles' Homo Jouinal, U; fact, we bind nil kinds of magazines und peilodlcals and supply missing nuinbois Don't send ou book binding out of town. The Tilbuue Hook Hlndeiy can do It better und just us cheap. Telephone 1042. To Cure u Cold in One l)nv. Take laxative TJromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money If It fuels to cure. 25 cents. Any Lady Can flake Lamp Shades. The making of Crepe Paper Lamp Shades ami fancy ai tides is veiy simple and tlie woik is most fasci nating. We place on sale today a thousand rolls of Dennison's Im poited and Domestic Ciepe Paper. Some new effects in liguied and shaded. Our west window shows some of the designs. Special prices for today 10c a Roll. 15c a Roll. 25c a "Roll. The newest shapes of Shade Frames to go with them. Gener ally sold at twenty-cents. Today 10c. Instruction Hundred page Books book ivinR com plete directions and patterns for malting Lamp Shades ami flowers for trimming same. Pi ice today 5c. The Rexford Co., 303 Lackawanna Avenue. El - 25c. to 95c. Dk U I suitable for waists; fine as- 1 nt of oolois; pi Ices have thu well- the most stylish Avenue, Scranton, IK NOTICE. You will do welbto look our Hue before making pur chases. We carry the Largest and Best Selected TOCI OF MflELWMlE in the cit', and at prices lower than you can buy good goods elsewhere. Kverything in GLASSWARE, DISHES, BRUSHES, TRAYS, ETC. PRJ1 Mil y im MILLAR & PECK, i:l AVjosnlns Avenue. Walk in and look around. SILVERSTONE, The Eye Specialist ho i:ainlties the i;,es . ipo ut 'illtl I.uekii- wuiitm eiiue, urn l,i)ih;h ulle 1 lclc- ctUlllu, HI, Villi Villl 1 list, Move to 215 Lackawanna Avenua, AiulUiiup a laugu space in I El SHOE Wheie lie will lime the llnct (iptlenl Olllcu intlietin. Ills 1'IIU I s foi spy, lucles, H (ilii-nos, Vitlllelnl l.xcs, MimullylliK (ilnsos and Opel, i (, lasses will bu us alwu.vs, VI.llY LOW. steel 1 laines fiom i!.-,i'. to SI. 00. Aluminum, 7'ic. to isl.T.-i. I Hied, S'j.oo. Sllvei, s'.'.ira. (loltl 1 lames, s!l.r,o. Atitia Ct still l.ensis, rale. I'ebblu (dussis, hi. 00 to (iLUIO. Weieplueo old leasus und solder liaincs on slioil not Ice. THIELE School of Music, 5:0 Spines St. Mrs. Katharine Thiele, Voice Ttaiiilny, Solo Slugiiij Ernest ThieIc,N Violin, lMaiui, 'Cello ensemble, liotlt teachers at celebrated. Scliarwcnki Conservator', New York. Also other competent teachers engaged. Mr. Thielj is the successor to the lati HERR KOPFF. THE music pow HOOKS I AND 2, COM'LTH B'L'D'G, SCRANTON, PA. MINING AND BLASTING MADE AT MOOSIC ANT) ItUSH DALC WOIIK& LAFLIN & RAND POWDER CO'S ORANGE GUN POWDER Electric Bntterlea, nioctilonxnlilon, for ess plodhig blast:), Snfety Tiise, and Repauno Chemical Co, MK1M CM'I.OSIVUS. Why lot j our homn and liuslne9') ba elestrov cd throuifb htton,' drink or moipblne when 1 011 ran bo cured la four weeks at the IToflley Institute), 7W Mudison av nuo Scriaton, Pa. rticCura VVtll Bcjr InvcitlcBtloc. 'SssEto, efiO ijEjEi Iftlsn SPECIAL. Jl. & II. Coisets, Fieneh Model, best for fn tho money JUU J. H. Coisets, perfect llttlng. durable; q never sold at less than 51.00 OO Flexlbono Coisets, best corset sold; made to fit any foim; peeull.uly adapted to atout people; give giace and style. 1'ilces from J1.C0 to $3 00. Child) onb' Cotton Hose, sizes from r. to"; i 1? double knees, heels and toes, worth 2!ie 1 v; liojs' EStra Heavy, double knees and j- "oles; fast black -J" Men's HiisP, extra heavy, black or tan 10l? Men's Ulack Hoso, spliced heels and toes; H- fast eoloi; woith 20c J Men's Fine Ulack Hose, double heels ana q toes, woith 23c 10 Ladles' Ulack Hose, Hennsdorf Dye; j spliced heels nnd toes; woith 20c 1 jO Ladles,' Ulack Hose, Ileimsdoif Dye; elou- y ble soles; woith 25e A 1 U Ladles' Fine Hose, legular pi ice COc.; d, thief palis for l? Pa, , . t
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