THE SCRANTON TRIBUNJS-TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1890.
NORTON'S
Fobruary SpccinlHes,
All tho Monthly ForlocHcnls,
for Feb'y nro aow hoio,
alo nil tho Fashion Books for spring
Pockot Dinrios for 1800,
pood variety yet.
Ait Calondnra for 1800,
nt cut prlcos.
VALENTINES
An ologant nssottment of
now and attractive love goms,
for nil ages and conditions.
Blank Account Books,
all dcsiiablo sizes and styles,
iOin vest pocket Memorandums,
to Bank Lodgers.
Mercantile Stationery, nil sorts,
Ofllco nnd Desk Requisites,
.ill worth having.
Ladies' Stationery,
nil desirable styles.
Engraving and Printing to order.
Games of Amusement
for winter evenings,
the standard sorts and new things.
All the new and Standard Books
in various bindings
at popular prices.
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ACKAWANNA
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AUNDRY
;o8 Penn Avjnue. A. K. WARflAN.
PERSONALS.
Mis Tow iimhuI Foore unit Miss I-illiiu
l'oore nro spending tho winter In l'lorlila.
IIukIi Jennings was In the city yester
il.iv biiunil for Itliuca to toath the Cornell
1mm hull to.im.
JIlHbes Julia Moian and l.lzzlc Mullen
lime itturned home ftom u vMt with
li It mis In Pittston.
MI-m Lizzie IZrbe, of Southlngtou, Conn ,
N the guest of her elstci- Mn, I 1).
Liulnk, of Sunset avenue.
)lri AValter Pannett anil iliitightcr,
Heatilee, nf Cleveland1. O vns a visitor
at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Mor
gan, of North Main avenue on Saturday.
MKs Amanda Haycock, of T.ilor ae.
i ui, for several e.irs with II. 11. litldle.
man, tho bookman, has accepted a pol
iton with the Colliery Hnglneer company.
Many Sciantonl ins aro reglMcicd at the
Hotel Albert, New York eitv, among
them being J. T. Wcliuicls, O. S. Ackeilj,
c C I'trbu, V. i: Arnold uml Levis J.
Jin ls.s.
iiief Hlckt'v, ot tho city fun dep.ut
nu nt Is herloiihly ill at hl rehldtnce en
I'lttston avenue He took told at li t
Saturday's dm and Is threatened with
pneumonia.
Mlssei M.iry Long and Mm timet jseliim
lnelpfening nnd Richard Klminather
nnd C.ul Wngner drovo to Klnihurst Sun
day tor a slclghrldo Itetuiiilng they
nearly had mi iiccldcnt at tho Speedway
bs cetting of tho beaten tiaek Into tho
drifts.
Hugh V Slum, ot Wllkes-n.uio. Ins
reblgnert his posliion as manager at tlm
Nesbitt theater i.ml Oraiid Opeia houst
to tako effect ns soon us epedh nt. Mr.
Slnrp began his work about the.itei.s as
a doorkeeper In old Music hall nven
ifeti veins" ago
DISASTROUS COLLISION.
Two Men Seriously Burned by Es
caping Steam and Watoi.
riiemau Thomas McIInle, of lou
nrldlth. and JJraKcman a. Walker, of
Pittston, wtie seilously scnMecl in a
head-on colllbioii which olmiukI ruily
last night at Kulrvlevv, on the I.ehlgii
Valley lallrond Hoth men nio In a
rltlcal condition, but Fireman Alcllalu
is the most serious Injured of the tvo
Engineer Luke Muiphv was aln Kllglit
ly brulbed by being tin own fioin his
cab
The collision ociurted ius the two en
gines wcte uolug some hw Itching at
Falrview and was the lesult of the
blinding Bnowfctorm m eventing either
nglneer feeing tho othoi's engine In
ime to aveit the accident. A holo was
ammed In I he boiler of one engine and
ihe tscuplng steam and hot water
Bcaldod the men. Xo other damagu
than above mentioned was done to elth
c engine.
Engine No CS', in iimrgu of Kngi
nter I-uke Murphy wus running iutu a
ultch with a car, nnd upon tho en
tine were th" two injuied men. Just
s they lounded it nhnip ourve, thoy
dashed Into engine No 402. in charge
of Conductor W. Huff, pulling up alonp;
the switch. Neither locomotive was
moving vety fast or more trouble
kouUX have occulted. Hut tor the boll
r of engine No. C.9 being imnctured
in ono would have been hurt. Super
ntendent Mitchell had the Injured men
-emoved to their homo3 and every nf
tcntlon given them,
3moko Tho Popular Punch Cigar, 10c.
The Wilkes-Carre llecord can bo had
In Scranton at the r.euu stand of lien
man Bros, 401 Spruce and 603 Lilian
cvect: Mac, Lackawanna avenue.
A Card.
We. the undersigned, do hereby agree
to refund the money en a co-cent bottle
jf Greened Wurrunurt Hyiup of Tar tt It
falls lu cure yuu- cough or cold. Wu ulao
fuaruntco a 20-tent bottle to prove aatls
actory or money refunded. J. U. Uonu &
Hon. Dunmore, Pa. John P. Donahue,
Scranton, Pa,
BICYCLE TEAM WON.
First Three Games with a Lead of
3S5 Points.
Two teams icpreentlng tlie S ronton
nieycle and tho Kxeclslor clubs i1ucd
tlneo garnet at ten pins last nlKht on
the Bicycle club's alley, and the for
mer won bv 323 iiolnts, total scores
only being counted. The return series
of three gumes will be played o'n tho
Uxcclslor club's alley next Friday
night. The game were interesting
throughout und Koine high scores wete
made by lmllvldunl plnyeis on both
sltUs.
The total scores for each game soio
a follou'ii: First game, Hlcycto club,
S7S; Kvcelslors, TBI; second game, HI
cycle club, S07; KxcoMors, 797: third
gnnio, Illcyclo club, S97; Kxcelsloro,
COO; grand total, Bicycle club, 2,582;
lSxcelelors, 2,237.
The highest Individual sroies were
made by K. O. 'vVordoti. of the Hlcycle
club, 101, and a. Html, of tho nvcel
slois, lSH. Iiainoy Connolly was offi
cial lofeiee, and F. Llecrs tilhclal
poorer.
Tho teams of each tlub was cotn-pil-eil
ns follow. Blcyclo tlub, K. O.
WoKlrn, 1 Van "Wormer, W. II. llopcr,
Dr. Wardfll, C A. Godfrey and H. A.
I'mricr, l:xcollors, C. 'Worrnspr, II.
I ungfpld. Ti. Vulirmnn. M. Simmons,
O. H.ii ns and W. Krotosky.
FATHER FINNEN DEAD.
Vicar-Genoral of tho Scranton Dio-
ceso Passes Away at the Paro
chial Residence at Pittston.
Sketch of His Life.
Very ltev. John Fltitien, vicar gen
eral of the Scranton dlocc-c, died nt
1.40 o'clock this morning at the paro
chial residence on William stteet, Pitts
ton. For some weeks Father Finnen has
been verv 111 and several times It was
thought that death was near, but cnie
fill attendance, careful nuibing nnd a
strong constitution stretched out the
span of life.
In November, accompanied by ltev.
Father Quitman, lie left for St. Agnes
hospital, Philadelphia, where ho under
went treatment for .stomach trouble. Tt
was t'leto found that his disease was
bevotul medical lellef and the Ilev.
Father was nd vised to return to his
patochlal home In Pittston. Since that
date ho has been nttended by Dr. llnr
rett, of Pittston, and Dr. Leet.of Scran
ton. Kidney trouble also set In and as
sisted in weakening him.
Father Finnen was born In Shurles,
County Tlppernry, Ireland, June 21th,
lS.'S. He was rented in his birth place,
wheie ho received a common school
educntlon. He nftewards emigrated
to this country and entered St. Jo
seph's Jesuit college of Philadelphia
where he tem.nlned until ho had fin
ished the classical couise When about
to begin the study of philosophy, ho
decided to become a secular priest and
entered St. Charles IJorromeo Diocesan
college of Philadelphia. He finished
the prescribed course In philosophy
nnd theology In five years and was oi
dnlncd Sept. 10. 1S5S, bv Hlshop Neu
mnn for the diocese- of FhlladelphiH,
which then embraced the uioceso of
Scranton and Hntrlsbuig.
His fltflt assignment was ns assist
ant to Father O'Shaughnessy, of Pitts
ton. When he had spent a J car In this
mission he was called to Philadelphia
and wab appointed assistant at St.
Patrick's parish church. He had
setved only one year thero when ill
health compelled Father Prendergast,
who had (succeeded Father O'Shaugh
nessy at Pittston, to relinquish his
pnstoiul duties and he died Nov. J,
1SC1.
Father Finnen was immediately put
In charge of the Pittston mission,
which position he has since held.
Among Father Flnnen's ently college
companions was Archbishop P.vnn, of
Philadelphia.
During Father Flnnen's administra
tion the wotk he did Ins been wonder
ful and far i caching In Its nature. At
the close of 1SG3 he putchascd a double
brick dwelling, adjoining the church
fiom Wesley Hurons of Wilmington,
Del. fur n hchool and dwelling tor
Sisters, who would have chat go of the
Instruction of the cblltlien. The build
ing was enlarged and lemodelcu and on
September, mil, via- opened as a select
school fur girls and boys up to 11 years.
The 'M-ii'is placed in charge were of
the Older of the Immaculate Heait
and were sK In number. In 1RGT he had
added a large tacristv to the church
and had a spue, erected. On the 23d of
July, 1807, ho purchased a lot on the
corner of William and Clmtcli ttrects
for the election of a new p?toinl resi
dence and o Aug. in, isct, a rlcce of
giound, which equaled the Catholic
chinch lot. In 1SC9-1ST0, a new pastoial
house was erected and an addition put
to St. John's In the shape of u wing.
Dining theso j ears Pleasant Vnlley,
lvlng three miles liom Pittston, vvif)
gtadtially growing and the Catholics
beenmo so numerous that a chuich be
came a necessity. On tho 2fith of Julv,
1ST4. the i hup'h was dedicated, which
Is now In u piospnious condition.
The school accommodation being now
Inadequate to accommodate the. at
tendance, the worthy pastor laboied
zealously for a larger and moio sub
stantial building, and as a tesult of his
untlilng elfotts, the hit go parochial
school, which adjoins the partoial i evi
dence, vvns completed ami opened on
Monday, Sept. C. 1SS0.
The Catholics of Upper Pittston now
desliing a church, old st. Mary's, on
Chapel sticet, not being in use for
many years, tho untlilng f.ither began
the labor of soliciting subbirlptions and
on tho fith of May 1SS3, tho church was
blessed.
The erection of the magnificent neiv
chinch of St. John tho Evangelist and
tonvent In I'lttston nio his crowning
wink. The church Is of stone anil Is
one of tho most Imposing in tho 3tato.
1 1 cusi over tmu.uvi'. xne new convent
has Just been elected at a cost of J10,
000. This Is somo of Father Flnnen's
groatm nnd moat enduring vvoik.
Tin: hOLDIHIt HOYS who had
taken Hood's Saisaparllla aro bald to
have btood the long mnrchos much
better than their companions. This
medicine gives strength and endur
ance HOOD'S PILLS cure nil liver Ills.
Mailed for 2." cents by C. I. Hood &
Co., Lowell, Mass.
Smoke The Pocono Cigar, 5c.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
Has been used for over FIFTY YUAHS
bv MILLIONS of MOTHHllH for their
CHILDUI3N WIIILI5 TKUTHINU with
PHKKKCT SUCCESS. It SOOTHES tho
CHILD, SOFTENS the OITMS. Al -A
all PAINs CUHES WIND COLIC, nrd
lb tho best lemedy fm DIARHHOEA.
Sold by Druggists In uvery part of tho
world. Bo suro and ask for "Mrs. Wins,
low's Soothing Syrup," and take no other
kind. Twenty-nve cents a bottle.
STORM DEVELOPS
INTO A BLIZZARD
COMPARES WITH THE RECORD
BREAKER OF 1888.
Trafllc Tied Up and Businc33 at a
Standstill Lackawanna Was tho
Only Road Running Trains Lato
Last Night Stroet Car Traffic Was
Entirely Susponded from 4 O'clock
On Two Foot of Snow Falls and
tho Wind Blows n Furious Oalo.
Hundreds of Shovelcrs on Pocono.
For tho last eleven years the bliz
zard of '88 has been tho local "night o
the big wind," but from this out 11 will
have to bo content to shure Its dltftlnc
tlon of being an epoch maker In the
storm history of Scranton and vicinity.
The Htorm that has been with us,
with varying scveilty, sinco last Wed
nesday, developed yesterday In u fu
rious blizzard. Snow began to fall
heavily during the early hours of tho
morning nnd with it came a tctrltlc
wind. When daylight came cvciythlng
was covered with a foot of snow and
In exposed places there vveie diltts
four and llvo feet high.
It continued nil day long and at 2
o'clock this morning was still un
abated. At noon, according to meas
urements by Weatherman II. L". Paine,
fifteen lnchc3 of enow had fallen. Hy
6 o'clock p. m. It had reached a depth
of tvventy-ono inches. An the night
progressed the fall of snow decreased
somewhat but the wind continued Its
fttrv. At midnight there wasn't a
wheel moving on any railway serving
thlo city, with the exception of the
Delaware, Lacawanna and Western
nnd on that road all except first chib3
tiulns were abandoned and thwu wete
running wny behind schedule time.
The thetmometer reglstcted about S
degtees above zero during tho day anri
also up to midnight, varying but little
at any time. Business was practically
at a standstill, ns nobody, scarcely,
came out who didn't have to. In many
of the stores a good pottlon of the fe
male help, particularly those living In
tho subuibs, weto unable to get to town
nnd In not a few Instances those who
did come found it next to Impossible to
get home.
SCHOOLS CLOSKD.
Public schools Ncs. 1C, 23, 7 and 17
had no sessions nnd In the others tho
teachers wisely dismissed the pupils
early, when tho Increasing Intensity of
tho storm mado Itself apparent.
Places of amusement were vety -llm-ly
attended and not a few events sched
uled for last evening vveie postponed.
As told In another column, the state
convention of master plumbers, which
was to begin hero today was Indefinite
ly postponed on account of the dele
gates being snowbound en route. Only
one member of select council and live
members ot the school boat d reached
city hall for the sessions scheduled for
those bodies last night
By wny of precaution Chief Hickev
placed extra hoiscs at various of tho
fire depattmnt houses, it being almost
an impossibility for one team to draw
a heavy piece of appaiatus even on a
level.
The collieries were nearly ull, If not
nil, compelled to shut down owing to
tho Inability to get caia. Housekeepers
who allowed their coal bins to become
empty, had to borrow from the neigh
bors ns a rule, as It was very Ul'Ilcult
to have an order filled
RAILROADS BLOCK KD.
It wn neurlv 3 o'clock p. in when
the first train got through fiom New
York over tho Delawate, Lackawanna
nnd Western, It was the milk ttalti,
due at 10 o'clock n. m. Two other milk
trains followed soon afterwards, nnd
then came the moinlng exptess, five
hours) lute. Train No. C, which should
have arrived at .1.35 p. m., did not reach
hero until 10 30 p. m Other trains fiom
New York were lepotted from various
points along tho line as being from
throe to five hours lato. Trains from
Buffalo were making almost schedule
time as far ns this city. They shared
tho fate of the west-bound tt.ilns, how
ever, after Hipv left here. The Mortis
and Fssex division wat eiuite as badly
blocked. It was teported, us the louto
over tho Pocono.
General Manager Hullstead and
Superintendent Ontrett Uogart spent
all day and the greater patt of the
night lu the dispatchers ofilce direct
ing the battle against the elements,
.-'even hundied men with shovels were
sent nlonr the southern division In
charge of Trainmaster Oeorgo M. Hall
stead to help the ynow plough, but they
weto called In nt nightfall, when It was
seen that their clients wete of liule or
no avail.
The wind on the mountain was blow
ing at the i ate of ftntj-llvo miles an
hour and as fast a the snow would be
shoveled oft the tr.Kk It would be blown
buck again.
All except llist-ibiss tiains were
abandoned. Other tiains that hud been
stalled along tho toad were gotten into
tho nearest switches and desetted, the
crews making their way home as best
thoy could with the engine and caboose.
A big fone of men will bo on hand at
fi o'clock this morning1 to tako advant
age of a possible abatement of the
w Ind.
on thi: d & h
The Delawate and Hudson (uiunany
keptitspassengertrulns moving as best
It could duilng the morning and af
ternoon, but when night camo with Its
Do you value your health?
If you do. buy
PURE POOD
PRODUCTS
Our canned goods aud en
tire stock have been examin
ed by ageuts appointed by
the commonwealth, Their
verdict was, "no purer goods
sold in the state."
Buy Pure Food.
Oui canned goods are the
finest vegetables naturally
prepared, and are better than
stale market vegetables. All
goods reduced for February.
E. G. COURSEN
PHONE, SS42,
accompanying Increase In the velocity
of the wind tho fight was given up In
despair and the roatl entirely aban
doned The last ttaln to leave for tho
south was at B 10 p. m The last train
up the valley started at 9 15 p. m.,
These made their destinations only
with the gtcutiHt difficulty.
The Boston express due hole at 10.38
p. tn., wus at Jeffctson Junction al
11.30 p. in It was not expected that
this train would be gotten through un
til this morning. The Honesdnlo
blanch was open during tho morning
but became helplessly blocked later in
tho day.
Tho Jersey Central was blocked early
In the day and like the Delawate and
Hudson abandoned all offotts to open
the toad when It was seen how futllo
the task would be.
Tho Lehigh Valley was completely
tied up last night. Tho Black Diamond
express, south bound, was held up at
Wllkcs-Barrc and tho hundred or moro
passcngeiw were furnished with cn
teituinment ut Hotel Sterling at tho
tailroad company's expense The north
bound Black Diamond was held at
Huston.
An express train that attempted to
cross the Wllkeri-Barte mountain was
stalled at Olen Summit. A gang of la
borers was sent up last night to fihovel
It out.
TIIH STBHF.T RAILWAY
The Sci anion Railway company made
hetoic efforts to open its linos, but af
ter burning out about half Its cat a
gave it up as a. hopeless task. At -1
o'clock In the aftjrnoon General Man
ager .Silllman sent the ciews home with
instructions to bo prepared for it call
at any time the storm abated. One of
the big sweepers was kpt going to
clear tho tracks in the piotectod paits
of tho central city.
Weatherman Paine said jestetday
nftcrnoon that this Is the hcivlcst fall
of snow since the bll77ard of 1SSS, and I
the Indications weio then that It would
continue and break all ptevious rec
ot ds.
The coldest weather we have experi
enced was on Thursday morning when
It lolstoicd 1f, degtees below zeio, ac
cording to M Palne's spirit thermom
eter with which he makes tho olllclal
weather findings.
KNIGHTS OF THE CAMERA.
Wilt Meet in Third Annual Sossion
Today in Wilkes-Barrc.
The third annual session of the Pho
tographers' association of iPennsjlva-
f nla will be convened at Wllkes-Barro
j today. The sessions will be held In the
I Simon Long building and the conven
j tlon will last until Feb. 17. Judging
i ftom leports, the attendance of dele
I gates will he tho largest In the history
j of tho association.
Two particular features of tho con
vention will be the exhibit of special
wotk done In the photographic line dur
ing the past ear. Color-photogtaphy
will play a ptominent part In this e-
J ht'ill The other teature Is the sou
venir programme which will bo Issued
I by the association.
Wilson'3 Photographic. Magazine, a
I standard periodical devoted to photog-
inphy, sajs of the above In its Feb
ruary Issue: "Tho souvenir booklet
Issmed by tho association Is not only
iutet estlug, but unusually attractive in
its Illustrations. It Is the work large
ly of the eneigetlc secretarv, Mr.
Charles It. Griffin, or Scranton, Pa. He
deserves praise for the thought he has
given It."
WORRIED LEGISLATORS.
Wore Anxious to Leavo Hero for
Harrisburg Yesterday.
A forlorn and unhappy paity ot rtate
I leglslatois were anxiously Inquiring at
the Delawate and Hudson station on
1 Lackawanna nvenue yesterday, as ta
) the probable movement of trains south.
They very, very much des-ited to leach
Wilkes-Bane In time to catch the 318 j sured for $12,000 In companies lepie-
Pennsvlvanla Halt, to Harrlsburg in u.(1 b c a Pomnd.
order to be ptesent at the sessions ves-
tculny I STORY OF THE FIIIF.
When It was discovered that they I Pattolman Thomas Low ry discovered
could not possibly make satisfactory th4 1Uc as ,1Q was comlnff Wil8h.
i connections, their anxiety gtow upace. I . . .
However, they left hcie about 3.30 Bton avenue toward Linden stieet at
o'clock and might possibly have reach- ' 2.03 o'clock. Noticing a relkctcd glare
ed Hairisbutg In time lo attend tho Ion the com t bouse windows he glanced
evening sossion. Fach was propeily ,n townrtl tlic ,,vejv nilll E;uv 1Ilimes
1 palrec', but the palling expiree' at the- . . . ,, .. ,.,,.,,
I convening of the evening PesMon and I ,ust blcaUI through the last window
It was a toss up what might happen ' tho third story at the end adjoln
I should therp bo a quorum theie. For- ' lng the becond story of the Llbcity
tunately nothing die! happen. j naU buiidln
I Those who comprise the party were I , ",', . . . , ,
I Speaker Farr, Representatives Scheuer, I He Immediately turned In a, still
j Timlin and Mackey. Senator Vmighan lalaim Ininglng the Phoenix Chemical
( and Assistant Attorney General Fleltz. and CisstuI Hos-e companies to the
i """" ' scene
, REAL ESTATE IS MOVING. j By this time the (lie had bioken
Another Elegant Homo Purchased
by a Philadelphia!!.
by a Philadelpl:
Negotiations have Just been closed
with Charles Schlager, through W. T.
llackett'H Heal F.stato ngencv. for the
jsale of the lesldonce known us tho "Mc-
uuuun propciiy on ctav avenue.
andMissMaijG. Cot r. of Philadelphia.
Whose engagement was announced lust
I Satuiiluy, become the possessois ot
this beautiful lesldence.
, Miss Coir, daughter of Milllonalto
Cnrr is ono of the most talented young
ladles of Philadelphia, nnd wo' cou
I gratulato ouielves as well uh Mtor-
ney Smith that sho Is ?oon to become
1 a Si tantonlan.
MEN ARE IMPROVING.
Engineeis Who Weio Burned in
Dodgo Minos Explosion.
Horuce John, Joseph Hvans and
Henry Smith, the three Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western mining cn
glneeis. who wete neveiely burned last
Thuisday In the Dodge mines, In the
same gas explosion which caused tlm
death of Flteboss John L. Dnvlx, ure
steadily Improving.
They ute still at the Moses Taj lor
hospital, but Smith und Evans will be
able to go homo within a few tlas.
John, who was moiu severely burned
than tho other two, will not be able to
get out for a week or more.
To tho Public.
I with to serve notice to my patrons
that I am still In tho laundry business
and propose to continue In It, repot ts
to tho contrary notwithstanding. All
my customers' goods were saved from
the fire and have been delivered. Un
til I can make other arrangements I
am having my work done by contiact.
at the Lackawanna Laundry.
John J. Kelly.
Proprietor West Side Laundry.
Gibbons & Co., Coal nt Retail.
Delivered to any part of the city at
the lowest pi Ices. Telephono 6112.
Valentines.
Unique and dainty novelties, fiddle
man tho Bookman.
CUSICK'S LIVERY
DESTROYED BY FIRE
COSTLY BLAZE DUE CHIEFLY
TO FROZEN HYDRANT8.
A $17,500 Building with Many
Thousand Dollars' Worth of Con
tonta Dostroyed by an Eaily Morn
ing Blaze Wkon tho Fircmon
Roachod tho Scene tho Flames
Were Too Much for tho Chomicals
nnd, as Wator Could Not Bo Secur
ed, tho Fire Naturally Had Its
Own Way.
Cuslck's livery and undertaking es
tablishment In tho rear ot Washington
avenue facing coutt house square, was
totally destroyed by fire this morning.
Tho flames broke, out In tho hay on
tho third lloor and had gained consid
erable headway before tho fltemen ar
rived, Inasmuch us It had been burn
ing and spreading for some time before
they were discovered.
When the- firemen arrived they bad
only the tiny chemical stream to com
bat the fierce flames with. Every hy
drant In the vicinity was frozen. Be
fore one could be thawed out tho firu
was) beyond control. When tho seconH
stream was ready tho building wiib
virtually a total loss.
The horses were all rescued and much
of tho contents wag saved.
A pecond alarm was sent In by Act
ing Chief McManus, und soon several
linos of liorfe were luld, but not ono
drop of water could be obtained, every
plug In tho immediate vlctnltv being
clogged with Ice.
Meanwhile, willing hands begun get
ting out tho hoiscs, which were In their
stalls In the basement, nnd otheis ran
the heat sos, catrlages, cutters, wagons,
' etc., out. Harness, blankets and smaller
articles, were taken Into tho Scranton
Street Railway company's, barn, near
by. The horses, to tho number of seventy-five,
were turned adrift and ran
In everv direction through tho central
city.
Fully halt an hour elapsed befote the
fit st stream ot water was turned on
the llames. It was secuted from the
hydrant at the coiner of Washington
avenue and Spruce street.
At 3 o'clock no second stream had
been secured. There wn also a lack
of hose, duo to tho fact that much of
the supply of tho central city com
panies wan rendered unserviceable at
the West Lackawanna avenue fire of
Saturday morning.
Just what was destroyed could not
be learned. There were somp single
carilagcs and le'ths on the second
floor that could not be taket down
owing to the elevator being lendered
useless by the fire.
Thete was a loft filled with hay and
a bin containing two car loads of oats.
The oilgln of tho flic is not known.
At 3.15 o'clock a. m the llames were
still raging but the stromj probabili
ties were that they would not spread to
the adjoining buildings.
The building nnd contents wete lu-
tltioitgh the next window und It could
j Men thlU th(J wh0,0 t,ld floor ut
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this end was a mass of flame. Much ot
the hay and feed Is stoted on this Moor.
' Cublck's llveiy is a three-story nu.l
basement brick sttuctme, fuclng on
j Forest couit, but in the iear of 217-.'23
I VU,bl,Inglon avemie- an1 owneu h
Mib. Mary Cuslck, of Lackawanna ave
nue. The building'." length runs pntal
lel with tho court and it Is l0 feet long
and u0 feet wide, tho main enttancj
being f i om Washington avenue, Just
about the centre of tho building. It
was to the iighi and above this en
tuiute that the file stalled.
Manila Clgais.
Pi urn tho St. Louis ItcDUbllc
CUuis dealers who havo luiga surplus
j gtuiUs ot Cuban mid other tobaccos on
jiauu u-u nei'iuuK uu c u on jiuiiun. u .i
toitrce of t'.ia Amu lean tobacco supply la
tliu ntar future. Manila clsat mo chcup,
the beat ot them can be biui;ht at tlm ra
ti vo stands for 5 tcntt each, mil a vety
tuod .-moke, can bo had til the pricu of
tho despised tvvo-for. The old cone-shaped
Manila clsur or churoot, which vvus si p
posed to glvo ths best Miiukuig when Ut
at tho thin end. U rapidly t;olng out of
fashion ami modem tthuuui uio taking !U
place. The Amertcan-i m Manila aro
taking kindly tn tho tobacco in the toim
of both clgurs und cigaiettes, and it Is
predict imI that us soon ati the Manila
ilcais are introduced in the mites they
will beccino tho rage. It is quite liltcly
that steps muy bo taken lo saevent the
exportation of the bad luulltles uf to
bacco which lu timet! past havo given a
bail reputation in this ceur.trv to the
Mitilla product. There arc eight laige
cl.t.ir and clsaretto factories In Manlli,
which employ from j0 to 2,300 op-rattves
.Mcli. Ilcvond theso hour.es, which con
fiiin themnelvcr mainly to the hlgiirr
grades of tho marKel. theie uro ncaily
lit i. 'nailer factories
Mrs. Scranton's Tea.
Mis. Itobert M. Scranton plcatuntly
entertained ut a tea vesterday after
noon at "Dulow Mlnde." Among those
,t? b"1 ?" remedy fot
Cough SyrupfBhSsjtesss?
without fall I Doctors recoanacod it. Ilice JJ c.
who asulstcd during tho afternoon were
Mrs. F. K. Piatt, Mrs. A. 11. Storrs,
Mrs. Walter Oaston, of Wllkes-Bnrre:
Mls Simpson, Miss Anderson, Mlsa
Wlnton and the-Misses Marjotlo liaft
and Janet Storrs.
STORM PREVENTED MEETINGS
No Quorum at Soloct Council and
Bonid of Control.
The special hesslon ot select council
and the tegular meeting of the bouiil
of school conltol, scheduled for last
night, were prevented by the ubsence
of a quotum. Chairman Chittenden
was the only cltv futhcr to bruve tho
iitnrtn. President Francois, Messrs.
Casey, Davis, Leonard und Boclte were
tho only contiolleis to put In un ap
pearance. The board of conttol adjourned to
meet tomortnw night.
HAS COME TO GRIEF.
Sam Martin, tho Advanco Showman,
Is Now in the Penitentiary.
The, smooth Individual calling him
self Sntn Martin, who represented that
ho was tho ndvnnco agent of the Buf
falo Bill Wild West show when in this
city a few weeks ago, has been ur-
restcd In Cincinnati, O., and sentoncocl
to spend thirty days In tho peniten
tiary. In Cincinnati he was known nu Harry
J. Lo Vcno nnd ho was convicted for
petit Inrceny.
Solid Through Veolibuled Tiains.
consisting of Standard Pullman nnd
Wagner Buffet Sleeping cars, and lux
urious vestlbuletl day coaches, lighted
by gas and heated by (steam, are tun
every day between New York and Chl
clgo via tho Lackawanna and Nickel
Plate roads, making the most comfort
able and cheapest toute from New
York, Scranton, Blnghnmton and Hi
mlra, to Cleveland, Fott Wayne, Chi
cago and the west. The dining cars
and meal (stations on tho Nickel Plate
road are opeiated by the company, and
serve the best of meals at reasonable
prices. The through day coaches are
In charge of colored porters, whose ser
vices are free to both first and second
class passengers. Kates via this mute
are lower than via other llnce.
For Information, call on any ticket
agent on the D., L. & W. it. It., or ad
dress F. J. Moore, genet al agent. Nick
el Plato road, 291 N. Main St , Buffalo,
N. Y.
F. L. Ctano offers all cloth Jackets
at half-price.
Finest wines and clgais at Lane's,
320 Spruce street.
Smoke The Pocono .1c. Cigar.
DIED.
FAUHKLL -in Ashley, Feb II, lKfl, lien
ry rarrell, CI years of age, at his resi
dence, Cook street. Funeral announced
later.
NDALON. In Scranton. Feb. 11. ISO1',
Nora Nealon, Infant daughter of Mr
nnd Mrs. Michael Nealon, of 513 Cedar
nvenue, aged ono and one-half months.
WASHINGTON.-In Scranton, Feb. 13,
IMO, Buth Margaret Washington, daugh
ter of James Washington, of 121 Souih
Washington avenue, aged ono jcar and
seven months.
Beautiful
$400 Pianos
Given Away
FREE
We are going to
give to our custom
ers free of charge
2 magnificent pianos.
This is the most
royal gift ever given
by any store in the
state. Call at our
store and see them.
A MOST
COMPLETE LINE OF
Fancy Suspenders,
Dress and Driving Gloves,
Bath and Night Robes,
Umbrellas, Mackintoshes,
Etc., Etc,
PRICES
ALWAYS RIGHT
CONRAD, Lackawnna Avj,
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TELEPHONE 622
141 to 149 Meridiai Strait, Ssmloi, ?i
BURNING AND 1 IRRIGATING OILS.
PAINT DEPARTnENT.--Pure White Lead, Colors
and Varnishes.
in 8i.,
20 Lackawaaii A. a, Scranton Pi.
Wholesale und Ketull
DRUGGISTS,
ATLANTIC WHITE LEAD.
FRENCH ZINC,
Pcady nixed Tinted Paints,
Convenient, Keouomtcal, Durable
Varnish Stains,
rrocluclncl'crfoctlinltntloiiorfSxpsailTt
Wood
Raynolds Wood Finish,
Especially Ooiigned for liiitau Work
JViarblo Floor Finish.
Durnblo and Uriel Quloltly
Paint Varnish and Kal
sominc Brushes.
PtlR. LINSEED OIL AND TURPEWII
BUY
NATIONS'
PRIDE
CONDENSED
Matuif.tctiiieii by
Ask jour grocer for It.
Hot House Cucumbers,
Hot House Tomatoes,
Green Beans, Lettocs,
Cauliflower, Egg Plant, Salsify,
Strictly Fresh Eggs,
Creamery Butter,
Grapes, Oranges and Fruits
Pierce's Market
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We refer to our
1 $2.50 and $3.00
HATS
H which we hive reduced to 2
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P.11I01 Suits.
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