THE SCRANTON TJRIBUJS'ifi-THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1899. They Gall My Darling Jane Is sung on the BIG PHONOGRAPH at Perry Bros, Price of Song 25c Phonograph Records 50c Perry Brothers 20r WjomillK Ave. AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY Depends largely upon the supplies. The right kind .it KEMP'S, 1CH Wyoming Avenue DR. H. B. WARE, SPECIALIST. Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Will leturn Sept. 1. Williams Bullillntr, Opp I'ostolllce HUNTINGTON'S BAKERY F 120 Spruce Street, Masonic leuiplc --t-f T --f1- I CITY NOTES I PAi.vriMiM mi:i:j'im; rim. win bo ll pt1 l.l lullll M "lull 1)1 till p.lllltclb I" inn low tviilii, al Hull ii-u,i I inciting lui t donations m.ci:ivi:u-iiK Homo 1 1 tin Pile nelli ss acknowledges with t,ratliudo cash m lollows. JJntie. Nous club $lo, 11 fill ml, jjn 'IO HIMIIIAMTON flu annual exeui (inn to Hlnglinmtoii, N . for thi' bim M if tin. Homo fni the 1'ilr mlkss w.ll lt 1111 on 'J ImiMl.tx, Sept. II SIKI ( K WITH A hl"O.N"i; Knil A ill. of Mli. 1 sin it, wtiM stunk on tin In .id Willi I llllge stollo tlllbwil ll some un known pi 1 von, on 'luo-div 1 voting .mil M -ditches won imulicil Id 1 Imu the i unit will vititivi: 'ioda -Jiihn ni7- luiiiv of Mliiooku who una seiloush I 1111.1l In Plttsb ii" ii shoit linn ago In falling troni .1 pilot, is m iffolil, I to In iIIm lintgul fnun tin hoipiliil I'll tl nnil will 11111M1 lioim hiturd.iv CHANGES AT HONESDALE. Delawaie and Hudson Suiveyois Now at Woik Theie. 'lluio will soon In. tuithet changes made nt Honosdalo b ilu Del.ivvnii' nml Hudson cnniijiuv Tin- suivoois liai. tiavoiMd with tholi inslitimcnts tip bottom ot tin luiml basin ami Jil.mloil tin It stakes Onlois have been II lvtd hole to ii'bnlld what Is known us .o J steam shovel. Imt what use It Is to In. put to no 0110 know Tin supposition, liowevt'l. Is that it will be mlllcd In loading dirt fiom tho bmks hue into mis foi the puipine o! tilling up tin canal The gtado 11s made b the suiveois will ilai'P the lulltoaii hod ttntli 1 the basin bildgo That stiuotine will have to ho ial-od seven foit to penult tho t.n to pass undi 1 it Tin giado of tho tallioid, It In said, opposite .Ninth snoot, will be about eighteen iiu lies lowot than tho btieet -W.ij 111' Independent. THEIR ANNUAL REUNION. Tho 132nd Pennsylvania Volunteeis to Meet in Philadelphia. The annual leunloii of the One Hun. tlinl and Thlit j .second Voluntooi togl moitul association will he hold this iat In I'hlladelphla Pa during tho national omauipment The business meeting will ho held In Itooin H, Odd Fellows' "temple, Uto.nl and Choity htroi ts, Thuiselu morning at ! o'clock. Tin comrades will spend a week of enjoyment in tho Quakei city mooting ni.inj old toimades In tholr ttavels Most all of the menthols In this city and vicinity go down .Monday, Sept , nt 10 o'clock In the morning. SATURDAY THE LAST DAY. Candidates Must Register and Pay Assessments Before That, oatutil.ij is tho lust (lav on which Mtidldates foi the Republican noinlna llons for luunty commissioner and sounty audltoi can reglstit with .1. E UNIQN1)LABED in Washing Paint don't scrub it and wear off the sur face. Use Gold Dust Washing Powder according to direc tions printed on every package and you will be pleased with the results and . surprised at the saving in labor. Hend for free teokl.t-"Ooldei XuWi for Houitwork " THE N. K. PAIRBANK COMPANV Cblcip St. Loll NiwTork Bulo, Wntklns, secretary of tho county com mittee. lTp to date nine candidates for commissioner and seven for auditor have registered. Saturday Is also the last day for can didates to tiny their assessment. The inks provide that If the assessment 1b not paid In time tho candidate's name cannot bo placed on the ofilclal ballot, WEDDED HALF A CENTURY. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Rroadhead, sr., Celcbrato Golden Wedding. The home of Mi. nnd Mrs Samuel Iirodhead was the srene of Joous festivities on Tuesday, the occasion being thn celebration of their golden wedding. They were married nt Say. losburg, Pa., by Itev Mahlon Slst on Aug. 2"), 1819 Kleven children blessed tholr union, of which nine nto still living All ot the chltdt en, seven of the giand children and one gloat giand child weie piesent. Uajinond !. Porter, ot Wateibury, Conn , one of the gland children wus tillable to attend. ' The children are Charles W of Montrose, W. James, of V.U Inhe. Mis Anna R. Targo, of Wntotbtirj, Conn , Iliv. J. Hrwln. of Forest City: Samuel, Ji., Wealth, Margaret. I.uthei 11. ind J. Ma. of this pi toe At noon a bountiful lepast was seived, after wlihh Photogiapher Kemp, of Scranton, took n plef'ilo of Mr. and Mrs. lliodhoail and fhelr nine children. Mr. Iirodhead Is a eteran of the Civil wnt and was a member of Company T3. One Hundred nnd l'lghtv-llfth regiment, New Yoik vol unti 01 3 Mr. Iirodhead was born at Heuu mont, I.tireine county, on June 22, 1S26. Mis liiodhoad was bom at Sandt'a I'delv, X01 tlminpton eount. on Mireh :., IS 10 Hot maiden name was Ming-net Tldd. This was the flist reunion of the fam ll.v In seven veal 9. After a delightful div most of the children and giand ililldtrn 1 etui nod to their homes FOR HIGHWAY ROBBERY. Accused of Robbing and Assaulting an Aged Man. Panic k .Ionian, or Oak Hill was ar lalgneil last evening befoie Alilt 1 111.111 Millat on chairis of aggiavatul as sault and battel v mid highway 10b buj piefeiied bv Pattkk O'l'onnoi, an aged lesident of Moos Tho lattoi, who is CJ je.irs of age. sajs that on the night of Aug 17 Joi dan met him on a load neai a coal liieakoi and biutallv assmlted him, knocking him down and kicking him on the shouldois and libs He also stvs that .Ionian took funu htm his pin so containing ! r.. O'Connor was unable to help himself mid 1 1 whole he fell till morning The iildoimun commit led Jordan to tho iiiiiut jail without ball to awult the action of the giand Jui John Gibbons who was ihngod with being an iuie.oi vmis illsrhaiged COMPANY B NON-COKS. They Weie Announced Last Night by Captain Kambeck. Companv It met last night In Its looms In the .1111101 and 1 lie ted Lieu tenant W C Scott as tieas'i-. mil P'lvato Alfnd Atkinson as sciietaiv ( aiu.ilu John V Kainbeik also load the mines of tin- 11011-1 oinuiisslonoil rlllt pis appolntc d bv him TIiov nit . J' III siiKeailt. I' V lilosi 1 kel , sec on I seigtant Win ion Cow ell, thlnl sei grant. C 1) Smith fouith ser gi ant. H P Ktllow ipiai tel maste r scigeatit. W H Cutlei, eorpoials, A T Henv, A P ltldgownv. Pi .ink Mil lott, Joseph A OH.iin John T Coak liv, Chuiles Cow ell, John Lick and J'atllck J Welsh All of the above hi t old iiiin-ioinmlssiom d uilleeu of tin iiimpniiv NEARING A SETTLEMENT. Master Plumbeis and Men Have An othei Confeience. Tin maslii plumbeis and the Join ne men hold anotln 1 confeuino last evening In the looms of tin Mulldeis' ec lianuo Hoth sides weie vuv letlcont at the ((inclusion ot the session and It Is vol prob ible that another liieotlnK will et be icquiiod bofoie mat tel s ate iluall ai'Justed It is now known that the onlv bone of contention between the two sides Is the eight hout de mand Hvei tiling else has been satis factoill aiianged A Reunion. A vii.v iiloasant levelling was pi nt Aug .') at tin home of Jaiuos Jopllng, at Inkoiman, Pa It was thesevnt llist hit thda.v of Mi Jopllng Ills cons and daiightcis, with tholr ehildien. niimbeilng thlitv-llve decided to sur pilse him It Is noi.lles to iv tint It was a success Af'-' sutiei- w,ib seivicl, Mi fiooige .loilll''. 111 behalf of the gin sts, pi 1 sent d Mr Ji pPng vxlth a pair of gold gl isrs, wishing that he may be able to weal them foi many eais The following were pies cnt Mis. Thomas Jopllng, George, Wilful tl and Charles, of Mooslt . Mi Geoige Jopllng, Olive, Halt, Howard and George, of Plilnsvllle Mi and Mis Will Hold and Glace Held, of Soianton. Mi and Mrs Thomas Walkei. Jennie i:thel. James, Mabi 1, and Myrtle, of Inkoiman, Mi and M t. Jnmes Jopllng and Claude and IMiui, of Potkvllle. Mr and Mis Will Uooke. Uillth and James, of Peckvllle, Jit. and Mrs J. It, Studley and Hthol Stud ley, of Gieon Hldgo. Mr and Mrs P. A. Wilson and Karl Wilson of Moosl- POLICE COURT NOTES Mi Meade paid a thn of i", In police court ihteidav morning for being drunk 'lhe following tilo were given twnilv di each on elmigcs of (lrunkenm ss and at'iciiu. John Cuirdls, James Hrown aid Michael White nmmmimmKmmmm fad w&SB&jBr DIFFERENCES ARE FINALLADJUSTED PRESIDENT TRUESDALE QUICK LY EFFECTS A SETTLEMENT. Difficulty Over tho Matter of the Length of tho Working Day Is Overcome and tho Complete Sched ule Is nt Last Framed The Con ferenco Adjourns nnd tho Commit tee Separates Terms of the Agree ment Aio Not to Bo Made Public as Yet. After ten days of argument, the con foi onto on the new schedule of rules for the government of the Lackawan na engineers came to n close at noon .vcstcidav. with both parties asset ting that 11 satisfactory agieement had been learned. The fi amlug of the new .schedule was completed last week, except In the matter of the length of the work ing das. The men wanted It lived 'at 10 bonis, hut the (ompanv could not make It loss than twelve, Mi Rus sell declaied .N'elthei pait would make a eoncohslon and the engineers withdrew to talk the matter ovi among themselves (itand Chief Aithur was sent for, and after a consultation with him nti othoi attempt was made to natli a settlement with Mr Russell It proved unsuccessful, and as a last slip befoi e tinning the case over to Giand Chief Arthur, the engineers ap pealed to Piesldent Tiuesdale Ho met them estoida.v morning nt 1010 o'clock and at 114" an agioemont was leached Its terms weie not made known and will not bo ofllelilly an nounced until the conferences with the conductots tialnmeti and lliem"ti are ((included, both paities to tho con fer! nee having agieed to this The onlv Impoitnnt featuio of the schedule olllc lull announced was tint eight and 0111 -third miles an hour would be lllowed foi switching and such like hilts on the inn It Is gen erally tindeistood that the rate pot mile is to be tin 00 and one-hall cents for engine eis of llist-dass tialns and foil 1 tents foi englneeis of the slow it tialns Superintendent Russell claims that the englneot" now have a schedule which lomoaies favoiablv with that on an toad In the eounti, and In this he Is eonoborated bv Giand Chief Al thin Ch, ill man Swallow and Secre tin v Davidson ot the onglniets' 1 om tnltteo, also sa that the englneeis' con dition Is In tleii'd to a l.uge elegiee by the now schedule and that hetcaftil the men will bo liettei and mote eqult ablv paid At fi id oeleuk the englneeis waited on General Supei intondent Russell and llM'd 1111 the papois to the agieement The then ad tout ned flnall and left foi thell lespt'ctlVe hollies President Tiuesdale wont back to New Yoik on the 3 10 i in tialn and Giand Chief Aithui loft tor his homo In Cleveland at "CO p in The' 1 undue tois' and ti.ilnmen's joint committee lonsultod among themselves at A. 0 I" W hall In the mottling and nt o e loe k lesumed their eonfeieme with Geiioial Superintendent Russell ami his associates, the division supei -Intendents and heads of the dlffeient operating departments They were In session until 5 o'e 'en k and will recon vene this mottling at 'l o'clock The lepoit that ev ei thing Is moving smoothlv CONTRIBUTION CONDITIONAL. Letter Carrieis' Fund Was Decieased S300 Yesteiday. The letttl ( all lei s' convention fund is $:oo smallei this morning than it was vesteid.i morning, which llnin c lul shtlnkage Is due to tho mavoi's and councils' position legarding the la Ing of the tiaiks of tlie Sc i.intem R.iilwav compaii on At thin avenue Geneinl Manager Sllllmati. of the companv cotiti United a check foi $100 to the fund on July 2 He gave th (heck to Majni W S Mlll.u. eh.ilim.in of the fluaiue committee, with tho pio viio that It could bo wlthdiawn In case the company was not allowed ' i go on with Its woik on the Aithur avenue loop to Nay Aug paik As the work has been stopped n this looji bv emlei of the nuvoi nnd as the lallwav company will not io able to have the line 1 mining In Uni te) avail Itself of the Incieaseel leveuue that would come from bettet ficllltl s foi handling the eiowds that will Jnu' nev to the park next week. Mr SIUI man called sesterdny at Majoi Mil lars olllee and rocimsted tho iptuin of the (heck, which locjuest was tom plled with Tho affali ttiioucihoiit was a pute business ttansictlon RECEIVED A HURRIED ( ALL. Murphy Left Last Night for Phila delphia. Mcutciiunt Thomas P Murphy, who has been appointed second lieutenant In the rent -seventh leglment I'nlted States volunteeis, lecclvce! 01 dots os teiday to icport In Philadelphia' at once and left last night at 10 0". He will act n lenultlng olllcot in tho Auh stieot leciultlng station foi ton davs aftei which ho expects to Join his command On account of the unexpected i I,liii)pna.ut Muiphy must iforogo a faiewell reception that was to be ten di'iod to him this evening by the Knights of Columbus. RETAIL MERCHANTS ORGANIZE Torm Themselves Into a Mutual Pro tective Association. A numbei of the letall merchants of the city held a meeting last even ing In Raub's Hall on Wyoming nve nuo and oiganlzed an association to be known hb tho Scranton Retail Pio toctlvo association The following olllcers weie elected Piesldent J K. Smith, first Ice-pres. Ident William Parell. second vice, piesldent, C. G Rosar. lerotdlug see jetar J W Rlttenhouso, assistant recording secretin, S K Sponcei , treasurer, Herman Young, dliectois, Charles Oias, S R Jones " O001 go Coons, J W. Warnke and Philip Roll. GOOD SINGING ASSURED. Convention Glee Club Will Furnish Excellent Music. The people of this city hardlv rnl. Isse tho rate mulcal treat that Is In store for thorn during .the letter enr ileis' convention. Tho Scianttn Cllos club oignnlzed for the pmposu of fur nishing vocal music during tho von vpntlon, Kid one of Its final rehoar- nals last evening In tho high school auditorium. The club Is under the leadership 'of John T Wntklns and under his nblo direction has made gicat progress. The encmble effect, especially In Prothe fc'n "Crusaders," which will bo ion dertd. Is oul 'tlnlng In ItsVtne and volume. TIREMEN'S CONVENTION. Norrlstown Depaitment Will Send a Strong Delegation, men's convention nre progressing smoothly and the general commutes in charge of 11 ft is are worklnc dlll gentlj for the sut cess of the undertak ing Chairman lllckey jesterday re ceived a letter from Chief Hoy, of the Monlstown lire department, whl-h Is as follows Noiilstcwn, Pa. Aug ."I 'icl Mr P .1 lllrkej. Dear Prlend Cnn oii place the lire department of Norrlstown In one division of the purade 111 oiir qltv to lie held there In October There will bo foiu (oinptiilPfciiiid fiuii biitiils, nanirlv Nor rls, HiiniatiP. Piilriiiiiunt and Hancock We would like to parade In a body as tho Norrlstown lire department nil to gether 1 will have four of 111 assistants with me, nml 1 think the dlsplav we will makr will snrprNi some ore An roily icplv will grntlv oblige Yours, etc., Petri V Ileij Chief RE-ARRANGING DISTRICTS. To Equalize the Attendance at School Buildings. Cit Supei Intondent of Schools Howell with Contiollers rrancols Jen nings and Jayne, tho soeelal commit tee unpointed to teadjust the bound ailes of the different school building districts entotod upon tholi work yes teidav Thev expect to have It com pleted bofoie the end of the present w eek Thev hope to so to-nirange the dls ttkts that the overclouding of some schools and vacant 100ms in otheis will be a thing of tho past nnd that some of tho annexes will be done away with CENSURED THE MINER. Coronet's Juiy in the Morelli Case Says the Minei Should Not Have Allowed Laborer to Fire Blast. In tlie ease of t'balo Morelli tho labore 1 who was killed In filing a blast at the Meadow Hiook colllei last week, the e oronei s Juiv last night n turind a xeiillct ii'nsuilng AIeiiolU' mlnei foi having petmltted him to flo the bHst In violation of the piovlslons of the mine law Inspectoi Pivthoich. who otJend tho liicniest, was unable to attend, owlig to Illness, but ho had thiee witnesses on hand who gave Coionet Robeits and the Jut a thoiough Insight to tho e use Hv David A Davis, the Inside fon -man It was established tint the mllni emploves tho laboici without consult ing tin mine opeiateir, and thai a copv of tho mine laws are kept posted at the colllei, though they aio pilnted onlv in Hnglish and not a few Illinois aio Incapable ot leading them He also said that the custom of n mlnei pn mittlng his lalioiot to e lunge and tiro bHsts Is not 'it all uncommon, although the company has mdeis ugalnst It. Nicholas Malitestl, who was Men elll's mlnei, admit ted that he allowed Moielll to Hie tho shot, but consideiecl him In oveiy wav eompetent to do this woik, as ho had boon a, foieman in a quail ill Ital and a mine Jaboiot foi a numbei ot tais Malitestl said Unit ho hlinsell ehinged the hole ami Hied the squib and was intending to the the shot, but Morelli asked i)oi mission to do it, and that lie might have some piaetlce In this woik tho petmlssion was gianted Malitestl went home nnd left his laboiei busied In pi opai Ing to Hi u the shot Tho laborei had ndt onl lliod shots bofoie. but had dillled and chat god holes as well and Malitestl on this account hud no misgivings as to his ablllt to-do so with safet Nothing could be teamed as to the exact maiiiiei in which the accident occurred, but ftom the te stlinoii of John r Shaughncss the 1 omiMiiy hind who found his dead bodv an 1 Coioner Robeits' desciiption of the In Juiles it was ptoven beond question that It was a blast that caused death Joseph 1 assesso. who was piesent as a spectator, was peimitted to testify as to Malltesti's good (haiacter and the filendlliipss that existed between MnlltPhtl and the deceased A clause In the mine laws that might be Intoi pi eted to mi an that a mlno'' can use his own dlsoetlon In the mat ter of peimlttlng tin oxpoilenoed helper to Hie a shot, caused the jui to hesi tate foi a time ovei the icnsuilng lause In Its eidlit, but when it was found thit the law explicitly states li one place that the charging and Hi ing of holes Is tho duti of tho mlnei, the following verdict wns framed and sub set Ibed o "We, the iindeislgned juiois. sitting at tho Inquest In the death of t'balo Morrelll. 1 l.iboier employed In the Meadow Hiook inln, agieo to the fol lowing vei dlcf "The said Morello came to his death bv being stiuck by 11 Ing coal fiom a blast which he himself fired. We cen sure tho miner, the person In chaige of tho place, for permitting the hiboioi to Hie tho blast whole the law speci fies such woik to bo a part of the' nilnct's dutv " The Jurors wore David W Rlthaids, HenJamln Moigan, Miles Delmer, James Malison. William M Jones, John Radoi AT WEST SIDE PARK. Open Air Concert to Be Given By Lawrence Band Tonight. The Lawrence Hand will render the following programme at a conrpit to be given this evening at ? o'clock at West Side Park on Noith Main avenue: Clinnd Ameilcan Pantasla Theo Hemllx (Tone Pictures of tho North and South 1 Selection, "A Night In Giniiaila".KrcuUer Ov 11 lure, "Mosaic" . . Rollliihon Serenade, "1'he Old Church Organ" Cluiuibi rs W'alU, "Wedding of tho Winds . Hall Tvao step, "A Warm Reception" Anthonj Medley m irch, "Scranton to Harris Ijurg' .. . w. C Ott tiinrd onl b I.awicncu bond) Try the "Joy Makei" clgai Cc Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. I Ins been used feu over PITTY YI2AKS bv MILLIONS of MOTHIinS for their t'llll.nitRN WHILi: TlJKTlllNCI WITH pi:hpi:ct sticcr.ss it soothks tio CHILD HOPTHNH thn GU.VIS, ALLAS nil PAIN: Cimns WIND COLIC, and Is tho best remeelv for DIARKHODA Bold by Druggists In every purt of the world He sure and ask for "Mis Wins low's Soothing 8rup," and tako no other kind. Twentj'.flvo cents u buttle. PROPOSE TO ANNUL PAVING CONTRACT PROVIDENCE PEOPLE TIRED OF WAITING FOR COMPANY. Common Councilman M. V. Morris Waits on City Solicitor Vosburg nnd Asks Him to Figure Out a Feaslblo Way of Taking the Job Out of tho Hands of the Dilatory Phlladclphiaus nnd Giving It to tho Next Best Bidder, M. H. Dale, of This City. A movement Is on foot to take the contract fot paving Ninth Main ave nue and Providence load away fiom the dllntoty Glrard Construction com pati and give It to the next best bid der. M. H. Dale Common Councilman Monls V 5Ior ris, with the consent of the other North I'nd councllmeti and the approval of the piopotty holdeis Is heading the movement He Intel viewed the city officials es teicH and finding them elthei favor abl disposed or Indifferent to the pioposltlon. wnlted on City Solicitor Vosburg and asked him to figure out a legal way of can lug out the pro ject Mi Vosburg Is satisfied that It (tin be done, but hesltntos to give1 an opin ion as to the piopet wa of pioceed Ing until ho litis given the matter some study. A suggestion to the effect tint the lesolutloii nvvaidlug tho conttact could be repealed by a cement lent reso lution was thought by Mi. Vosbtlru to be feasible Ho would not sav It was though, until he looked Into the mat tet fuitlioi CACSi; OP MOVHMHNT The falluie of the Gliard compan to niuke any move tow aids cairlng out their (ontiael dining the four months slnro It wns signed, and the Inability (it the cltv olllc I, lis to get unv sitls f.utoiy answers to quotlcs as to what the compan proposed doing, led to the piesent movement. What piQClpllatrd It was the action of the Scianton Railway company in beginning extensive and costlv tempoi- niy tepaiis on Its North Main avenue Hacks A gang of 100 men were put to woik vestctda morning at tho Wood stieot Intersection la Ing wooden ties for a double Hack to the squaie The Hollev compan has waited a year al most fur tlie pavement to be laid ln lontlliiir to set its lails In concrete nene1.1l M.inagei Sllllman, vvlio has had numeious Intei views with the Ciii.ii il people legarding the commenc Ing "of the paving woik, has evident! become coin lined that It Isn't to be undei taken tills eai and not wishing to put mi with the dilapidated North Main iventie tniek foi imolliei sir months, lesohid upon lmpiovlng them temporal llv When the paving Is be gun, if It ovei is begun these tracks will have to bo dug up, the wooden ties lemovod. eleepei excavations made anil steel eloss ties on a c one 1 etc base put In Hit li place It Is safe to sa that the nolle company would not go to this gioat expense If It was not as suicd tint the pivlng operations were a dim and distant line cm taint Mi Dale whose bid of $1 'is pr siniaie v.ud is only one cent higher than the fill aid bid, stated last even ing tint he Is willing to tako the con tiact and stait on the woik tlie minute p.ipets 1110 executed mr dai.ks stati;mi:nt ' T would piefer that the Giiaid com pni should do the woik, as the pto pose to liti Hull lnlck fiom m cum pinv sibl Mi Dab', "but In view of the fait til it the Giiaid compan Is in danger of losing tho conttact I am anxious to got it so that 111 compinv shall not lose the sale- of the In It k Theie may bo some pro bono publico In my motive but I am not making any p'otonslons In that diiectlon If tho Noith Hud people, want mo to take the eontiact I stand leady to aceommo date them " The conttact with the Giiaid com panv was signed May 29. 1S91 Tt (.ills foi the completion of the woik by Ma 21 1000 At cot ding to expeit eilculatlons the woik cannot be done In loss than foui months Only a small portion of It could bo completed this eai, as Clt Engineer Phillips will not allow any concrete to bo laid In fiosty weathei, and it would be scuoely possible Judging fiom the wav tho w Intei s aie lengthening out In this region, to do much more than a mouth's woik next spilng piior to tho expliation of the coiitinct. Hut. this aside the companv has not com menced woik vet and gives no assur ince that it will commence this veat, nil of whi'h meins that the Noith Unci will have.anotliPi veai's oxpetl piko with the mud canal on Main ave nue and Providence loael which, they claim. Is dopieclatlng their propetty and Injuilng their health, and vvhlih they do not propose to put up with If theie Is any way of avoiding it. The legislation looking to a change ot con tiattors will bo Intioduced in councils one week fiom tonight. Wise Saws and Modem Instances. L'gptlan Pioverbs fiom Culro Sphinx The said "A camel ascended a mln ant' Ho sild "Hero Is the camel and there Is the minaret, let us see" Cseil ns a letorl to a man who talks of an Impossibility A moMiuito slept on a trie In the morning she Mild lo the tier: "Take cire, I nm gulng to flv " Applied to 0110 who thinks his most trivial action is of im portance to others Thev told the moiii-o, to take a guinea and walk on tho mustaches of tho cat Ho said "Tho pay Is goo 1. but tho path Is troubli'some " Tho reply to u man to whom a proposition Is made In volving too much ilsk mouse fell from the roof Sail the. rat. "Mu God guard thte." Replied tho mouse' "Keep th distance and ple-isa God I nm In excellent condition " Quoted by one In misfortune who distrusts falso svmpnlhv Ills fare cuts off the east from tho house Nearly ever famll In Kjviit mnkis Its own bread; tluiifoie vonst Is a necessity and the hick of It would b n calnmlt The proverli Is quoted In speaking of a man of forbidding nppenr ance In n town where ou nn not known vou mnv walk and swing nur tleevrs The sleeves of an RgMitltui townsman's guimeiit tiMinll extend some Inches bo som! tlie hand, und being swung the rive tho wearer a swaggering appear ance (ooorMynufioKJTiO! BEEGHAM 1 V f PILLS Improve the eeneral health, 10cents&25centi . fi mriZ'wrtJi Motels, Restaurants and g Boarding-House Keepers s g Conventions of Letter Carriers and Firemen Biff a crowds rush. Ate vou prepjred for it ? 2r 5 We carry largest line of Vitrified China, GIjsscs and j Silverware in the city. Our prices are right. jC "Make hay while the sun shines." Buy now. Eg CWmaTVt&W ., Millar & Peck, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm THE POPULAR HOUSE Dockash Stoves and Ranges Economy of fuel is one of the important points to consider in buying a Rauge. It's poor economy to save a dollar or two on a Range and lose five U or six dollars every year on Dockash Ranges save Only place to see a complete FOOTE & FULLER C(X, Hears Building, 140-142 Washington Ave. 3 S ASK YOUR GROCER FOR Ceylon Tea nCFRCSHING. DFLICIOU3 Rnlil only in I rail l'ntkfl., 50c, 60c, and 70c por pound Why the Band Won't Come. Commission! 1 Utnci.il John P Weber of tlie Pan-Ann rltim exposition V lilt h Will open its gitis to the wen Id lit Huf falo on the Hist day of Ma In the sear Pol Impressed upon William lllcnn Cur tls, tlie sperial South American commis sioner, th it ono of the features which tho man.igrmi nt was anxious to secure was a Peruvluu baud, which to the countries of South Anicilra was as famous ns Is tho bund of John Philip Kuusi to the music lovers ot this eountr "H10 men nnd women of tho United States would mouth eniov listening to tho phi j Ing u f the national alls of the South Amerknn (ountrles bv that fa mous organU itlon ' said the commis sioner gem ml to .Ml Otitis a short timo hefoio thnt Riutleiiini started toi tliu south "Sicuro ttum and let me heai from ou " And Mr Curtis started for tniawav Lima, in Peru to gi t thai baud A il.iN o- so ago tho coiiinilsitloiier general n -eelved tho letter which ho hid been c x pertlng day b dnv It wus a lonir letter but the facts ro guiillng the baud might be 'bulled' into the following stnttllng ellspitclr "Impossible to git hand it was In the tlihk of tho most ntrnt n volution It Is nil dead ' G. A. R. National Encampment, Phil adelphia, Pa. Special Train Via "Lacknwnnna Railroad." Special exclusion tickets will he sold at all D . L & W stations at the one way fure fot the lotind tilp $1 82, good going Sept 2, 3, 4 and f leturnlng un til Sept 1.'. except b depositing ticket with Joint Agent ut Philadelphia be twoen Sept G and 9, and on payment of fee of fifty rents, 1 etui 11 limit may be extended to Sept. 30, Inclusive. A spe cial train, thiough to Philadelphia, will leave tho D I .x W. station at Stran ton, 10 a. 111 1 Sept, 4. 13a Wyoming Ave. 15 "Walk In and took around " 2" - FURNISHING STORE. your coal bill. 25 per cent, in iuel, line. A Great Blow! CONRAD Expects the other kind about Aug. 26 when the Hawes and Miller Hats will be on sale. 305 Lackawanna Avenue Steam and Hot Water Heating Kstimates cheerfully furnished on ISIectrical and Heating Work. Most complete line of Gas and Electric Fixtures in the city. Repair work given prompt atten tion. Chas. B. Scott 119 Franklin Avenue. SUMMER RESORTS. PENNSYLVANIA. Elmwood Hall Elmhurst, Pa. (Formerly Hotel Brainiest,) Open AM the Year. Tills hotel has bean ro modeled and relUUi throughout und will open Iti doors June 1 1, Kor rates, etc, call ou or uJJrcis DR. W. H.H. BULL ELMHURST, PA, THE WIINJOLA, An Ideal Health Kcsort, Hoautl- fully Situated with l'till Late View. Absolutely free from malaria and mrs. qultoes, boating, fishing, dancing, tennis, orchebtn, etc , pure I.lthla water spring; plenty of old shade, pine grovo of largo trees surround hotel, excellent table; lates reasonable, capacity of Iiojsj, 21, Illustrated booklet and referenced en ap plication. C, E. FREAR. LAkTwINOLA, PA FERN HALL, Crystal Lake-Refined Family Resort Staso leaves Curboudulo for Peru Hull a; II 'Id p in stilus lenvea Kern Hall for (J i boniluloiit 8 Jtll it in relophoue C'ouuoj ttou "Fern Hall, ' puy Htittlon C. E. JOHNSON, Manager. I'emortlce Addret, Duudall I'a WITo PATENT Good Idsas T may be secured by our aid Address, THE PATENT RECORD, Baltimore, Md. TRIBUNE WANT ADS. BRING QUICK RETURNS. Ik. HllBHHJH(EHHRIHJiEi; mm 1 .. A
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