rvfTj x -yw- ', rrf" -w ..- THE SCRANTON TRTBUNE- FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1900. CONNOLLY & WALLACE SCRANTONS SHOPPING CENTER. THE UNDERWEAR SALE Continues with assortments intact, It is because our goods are thorough and the lowest priced that sales have passed all previous records. Good Muslins, Cambrics and Nainsooks, conscientious sewing, careful finishing, generous sizes and elegant trimmings, allied to real economy, have com manded a patronage unprecedented in the history of local retailing. Corset Covers, 10c to $2.50. Night Gowns,48c to $6. Petticoats, 48c to $3.50. Drawers, 10c to $1.75 - The 1900 Spring Cottons. All these airy, winsome cottons are fresh, blight, new. The styles are many, the prices are peculiaily Connolly & Wallaces. We wish to emphasize the following features of the stock: Excellence of weaves, effectiveness of designs, beauty of colotings, economy or prices. Novelties in limited quantities for those who value exclusiveness, and the low cost kinds in wonderful variety for the popular demand. DilllitieS Of choicest finish, sheer but substantial light, medium and daik grounds, printed with all the dainty figures that you associate f Ol n with beauty '2r' Scotch Ginghams Prduc.tsf of painstaking and skillful Glasgow mill men who sprang from a race of gingham makeis, wide range of cordedv styles, in all the strong, blight Cr colors j Fine Domestic Ginghams convention- al checks, stripes, plaids and corded effects. The same spinning and dyeing that have given the Scotch fabrics C- such grand reputation , lOS The January Clearing Sale. During the next few days we offer a multitude of the greatest price inducements ever made to effect a rapid clear ance of the balance of our Fall and Winter stocks, our anx iety to dispose of which promptly, regartless of cost or value,' is evident by the gieat reduction in prices in every depart ment in the store. A Clearing Sale of Ladies' Jackets. Giving the greatest opportunity of the season to get the latest and most fashionable styles at prices averaging little more than half their real value. Prices of entire stock now range from $2.50 to $15.00 each. Former prices were $8 to $30. A Big Mark-down Sale of Ladies' Plush and Golf Capes. Entire stock now from $5 to $15. Former prices were from 10 to $2 j. Bargains in the Fur Department. Choice from the $4 and $5 Neck Pieces at $2.50 and $3.00. Search among the better grades of Collarettes and Boas at our Special Clearing Sale prices you'll save about a third fiom the regular prices. A good piece of fur is alwavs a good investment. The fur season isjat its height. The White Sale Of Housekeeping Linens, Sheets and Pillow Cases, All Sorts of New Spring White Goods, Long Cloths, Nainsooks, India Linons and Victoria Lawns, Piques, Embroideries and Washable Laces, Etc, is at tracting the attention of careful and critical buyers. Points in Our Favor The latest designs and effects, the best workmanship on the finest materials, exclusive patterns and the low est prices. Ask to see the following specials and- then look through the regular stock as well : White Goods Department. REAR OF STORE LEFT. Imperial Long Cloth, yard f An Piece of 12 yards $1.50 T"w 45-36 Pillow Cases, of fine smooth cambric, f f p finest muslin, each , Ill 70-inch Bleached Damask, of heavy weight A c and pure flax, yard -rOC 72-inch Bleached Damask, of extra good qual- A&sr ity and fine finish UOC 6o-inch Silver Bleached Damask, very heavy cAr and firm, made for hard service jj 100 dozens of good Huckaback Towels, in Cr hemmed ends and hemstitched borders '' OR 91.70 DOZEN, CONNOLLY & WALLACE, 1 27 and 129 Washington Avenue. WHITNEY' WRIWIV I BUDGET OF NEWS A WISE CAT IN A SUSQUEHAN NA HO.HE. News of Inteiest in the Rnihoad Cir cles Novel Combat Between a Cow and a G.indei Evidence That the Republicans of Wayne Aie in Hai mony Moimon Converts Another Rush for the Klondike. Spccl il to tho Scranton Tribune. buseiuehaima. Jan. 18. Theie wcio thioe cats In a Susquehanna home urn1., as tho ladj of thu house conclude! that one was Milllclciu, an edict of death was patsod on the old tat and htr kitten. The question of the man ner of death was settled and chloio form puichasod. Some dajs pisse.1 befoie tho executlonei could muster coinage to execute the sentence, an! finally the lad put some laudanum In the cats' milk, thinking to pioduic a stupor thit would make tho ehloio fonnlng moio easy. The old cat tasted the milk, cast her eyes suspiciously about htr and ie fused tn tat. The kitten rushed to the dish, but was Iolently knocked awav by the old cat, who took a connr of fi. mat and coveied otr the dish to hide It fiom the kitten and pi event hei from taking the "medicine." Tno lad tould not believe It possible that the att was intentional and uiieooied the dish. The cat again knocked the klt tcn fiom It, and c-oveioel It moio caie fully than before. The lepetlttnn of the protective not was too much for the lady, and the cat and her kitten Mete allowed to live. IN RAILROAD CIRCLES. The File has haivesttd 1,-560 tons, or 18 carloads, of lie fiom the Delawaie river at Xairowsbuig, X. V. It is expected that coal and fi eight trains will this week be uin over the FBLL YOUR AN Headlight Water White Oil gives the brightest and best light that pure oil can give, Keadlieh, Wator White Oil comes from the best re fineries In the world. Use tt exclusively and you'll have less charred wicks, less unpleasant smell, lest smol.e on the chimney. Costs less than many i ferior oils. Your dealer has it. ATLANTIC REFINING CO. Delaw.uo and Hudson's new steam road, on the Iloncsdalc side of the mountain. It Is piobable that a sumnioi hoU will be built at Taivlew. the Dt law. lie and Hudson's beautiful mountain ic soit. This will mean additional eiowds it the famous icboit. It is epectPd that addition il Im piovcmonts will next Mmnnei be made to .TcfftiMin paik, the Erie's new hum mer u sort noir Huinvvood, on the Jef ferson bianch. It can be made a eiy attractive spot. A laige i oiler .snow plow for the Cui oiado Midland lallrcnd and two loco motives for thu Big Tour lallioid ji used wtst on the File on Tuesday. The plow was built In I'ateison, the locomotives In Piuvldence, Rhode Inl and. a novel combat. A combat between a tow and a gan der took plate at Stanucca on Wed nesday The tow- made a violent at- tack on the gander, when, with much dellbtiatlon and coolness, the bird. a the tow lushed at him, caught a stiong hold with his beak on the hair and hide between the horns and Hap ped his wings futlouhlv. The aston ished c-ow was glad to shake her an t igonlst off, but nfter letrcatlng a few feet and looking at the pioud neck and Inslgnlllc mt foini of the haughty blid again dashed at the gander. The gandei was. If possible, a llttlo moie deliberate this time In taking ms hold, and, with swift and strong wln,rs, showeied his tlows on the head and eyes of his foe. Tho cow had cvldsnt ly miscalculated the piowess of her diminutive enemy and after conslde--able effort shook the pugnacious bird off and beat a letieat, with many a shake of htr head. THE N'KWS RECORD. Hllas Hoinbrook, of Cascade Valley, aped 89 jears. Is cutting several new teeth. Some of the farmeis complain that the Five States Pioduecis' assoclatln-i dots nothing except pan icsolutlons which do not iase tho pi he of milk. I On Satin day evening mxt, before the Tloa County Athletic club, In Waver ly, X. Y.. Tim Hui ley. of Susquehanna, and "Lou" Beckwlth, of Cleveland, Ohio, will give a twcnt -round glove contest. Susquehanna spoits will be much in evidence. Tho Kev stone Conceit trio will ap pear In Hogan opera house on Wed nesday evening next, In the Epworth league couise. The soprano of the tilo If Miss Sadie Estelle Kalsei. The other members aie Miss Elizabeth Paiker, lcndoi, and Miss Nellie (!. Al bright, pianist. It Is rumoied that Wllkes-Ilarre cipl tallsts will make additional Investments In Susquehanna county. They know a good thing when they see It. Jl'ST BETWEEN US. There are some men who can't take homo a beefstenk without believing they aie taking their wives a present. A Scranton newspaper, In recently noting the successful caiecr of nn aged man who had just died, made the statt ling fctatement that "lie was born with out a dollar in hU pocket." Recent advcrtl&emont In a Blngham ton newspaper: "For saleA bulldog. Will cat anything. Very fond of chil dren." And those New Year resolutions, how are they, poor things? Position Is everything. When a wo man wants to turn (i man's head she gets on tho right side of him. A I'ort Jet vis man found a dynamite c-aitrldgc lust week and wondered what It was. His fiiends are now wondeilns where he Is. The twentieth ctntuiy begins (who shied the bllck?) Notice In a Susquehanna county newsnapei: "A number of deaths un avoidably postponed." FLOTSAM AND JETSAM. And now they aie about to bote for oil in Wavno county. It's an inclement so ioii wlu n they aie not piospec ting foi i-ometliing over there The ie aie evidences th.it the Repub licans of Wavne county aie about to haimonlze. Isn't It about time.' The Moimons clilm they have a number of conveits In Caibondale. This Is the woist thing said about the Pioneer City In a jear. It Is said that a number of Susque hanna county people will In tho eaily sniing seek the fiozen fastnesses of the Klondike country. I'p to date, but one mm fiom this section has come home fiom Al iska with an thing alu nble. except experience. Female stcnogiaphers come high. A 'former Susquehanna county phjsielan has Just given up a wife, and a Jj.0,000 I per vear practice, to secure one. I An Aiarat man, unable to Unci any- I one willing to listen to his opinions1 I concerning the beginning of the twen- ' I tleth centuiy, wiote an aitlele and real I It to his goat. The goat has beci.me Insane. Whitney. Clothing and lrv gojds . Tobacco and piles Clotkeij- and Ilmlw.tio Tools and utensils Is nn supplies See d- Eltttilc lb lit suppllts ... Paints, oils, etc Cat lie Hi nt of addition il laud . Pi eight and txpiess JIlscclI mt oils D.fi'5 70 218 20 61. 11 71 !S Ij7 ii0 7! 40 ln I Si, lil 41 2-i b) f no no (. r.i 21". .11 Shoe-, and Leather l'ii.ll Total for Mippllcs $ -'.Til CI MR?. .111 .IS ANNUAL RERORT OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE POOR Of Scranton Poor Distiict, For the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1800 Hiowlng the receipts, disbursement-, nr counts, of bccreuiiy, trcisuitr. lax collectors-, tapirinteiideiu and resident pn Milan, produce of thu firm and an In venloiy of tho real and per ma! property of tho district as lequlred b the Act of Ahsimblv Incorporating thu dlslilct, ap proved April 'Jth, hoi. ACCOUNTS OF THE SECRETARY. Tin re was dlsbuitcd upon cliiluih ngaiiiht the district, duly up pioved by the bond, for which nnohors nre on llle. tho blllll of i b1.0l7 I") Thcso accounts are tub-dlvldcd as fol lows: SALARIES AND SERVICES Salaries of Bliectors for 1805 2.410 W -iilcilea of Auditors ioi l1s J7j UO Suliirlcs of Ottlccrs, Attendant, etc for IS -s 2,2o0 03 Salailts if eitlleeis, Attendants, etc., for Ui'J 14 31S09 Total for Salaries and Serviced i Yi.iA 12 OUTDOOR RELIEF. Groceries, piovlalors, etc ) 11.876 f I Medicines 1.5J4 4 l'linernl expettcs l.iNA W Traiibportatlon CM JO I'upI lJtl Milk J7 17 Nursing 3 uO 1 od-lng and meals for trar s'ents H 2J St. Jnrepli'a rounilllnB IIouui.... 2M, S7 Bt Patilik'n Orphin Arjlum ... OS 00 I'lwyn Home 121 00 Slate Hospital for In km no 11 23 Polk lVeble Minded Homo 200 U0 l'cniiHlvnnla Institution for Hllnd 16 00 Illorklpy Almhhouso 2167 Rush Township Poor District .. 21 77 Orders of Relief, Ailldavlts, etc.. 3C 73 IMPROVEMENTS AND REP Jtnnw $ Retaining walls and conduits.... l'owtr 110110, light and licit plmt 12)Sf,2 Epileptic building 2 M .11 Engineer's house 111 l lit i mi r farm Ui : I Laundry M 01 Dakciv U 11 ott igo on IJcemei firm 1,(p7.' 41 Shed 4'. M I'hupel 'il 00 Filites 1,111.27 Cold Moi.if.0 .-,,142 Iloues and cattle 'Ji'i :a Water lino and lire hdr.ints .... 1!7' 01 Wagons HI. is Iliac ksmlthlng 12140 Hnruess, etc J! CO Administration biiilillng 2u7 M In me depirtment 471 i9 Male bul'dlilg 170 03 Ptmalo building 121 41 Oeneial repalls 721 77 Lev n and entrance 1,U'1 II ColUctors otllce, City Hall 42 00 Total for Impiovements and Repairs $ lt.571 40 PRINTING AND STATIONERY. Publishing annua! report $ 4D0 00 Advertising proposals 21 '.1 liooks and blanks Sit, 23 Stationery and office Mippllcs.... 123 S Totul for Printing ai d Station er $ 077 I'S ri-RNITt'RE AND FIXTURES. Ch ilr. stools and settees $ 131 "7 licds and bedding .",i.O 'i3 Caipets, mats, etc 1.71 SI Chapel fixtures 22 11 Tspewrlttr uiu! cabinet 1Ui) Pile taes 2J 0) Range 70 JO Sewing mathtno 12 oi Total for I'utniture and Fix tures $ 1,207 M MISCELLANEOUS. Interest on Wan ints for lS.... 1,100 M I.ntcttst on Wuriants tor lt.iu.... c2 .10 Telephone rental 1M1 73 Tax duplicate 471 l.S l.ooKs ami paters nt jiome .... ;- w Cleaning olllce. City Hall 0 ls Supeilnlendcnt's and lesldent plivlilans i xpencs j2 2) Tiavellug Npcuses n 57 Poi-tage and lib grams tl Zi Ueiordlng detiU 4 00 hlfe deposit vault 5 00 Mut-lcul Instruments 1J5 00 Sttreopticou Hlldts ,i Jl Rent lieemtr farm :.wi Directors' convention l.l.O Marts and i-iuicy Mi 10 Simes mill to. 22.10 IwkiI cxpinses 1 21 AtulvM of water 110 00 Insuiuiuu 1 tul bJ Total for Outdoor Relief t 1C.1SJ U ' SUPPLIES. flrocerles, provisions, etc I S,is CO Meat and IWh 4,421 SS Flour 1.CIG 10 Feed, Meal, t te 1.9S) 5.1 Coal and oil 8,621 ts Dru--s and medUliics 1,015 10 Cr. Hv cash paid E. JL Vciimi, ticamer ...$ 77166 lly exonerations and abutments 2R14 07 I!i commissions 1,777 41 $ ,104 OS Wade M. Finn, collector. lfcOS. In ac count with Scranton Poor District. Dr. To balance due Jan 1. IS'iO 1 23,82' 00 Ci. Hv cash paid John Von Herri n, treasuitr f 5 000 00 Hv ea-h Pthl K. M. Vcinu, treasurer .... 5 MO 00 i 10,000 00 Total for Mlscelll.ncous S 1,741 SS ACCOUNTS OF COLLECTORS. Arja Williams, collector, P93, in ac count with Hcrunton Poor District. Dr. To balance due Jan. 1, 1633 $ 0,112 51 Cr. Hv ensh mid E. M. Vcrno. treasmer ....$ 530 SS R exonerations and abatements 227)11 Hy commissions 3.til2 01 6,112 51 Wndo M, Ilnn. collector, 106, In ac count with Scranton Poor District. Dr. To balance duo Jan 1, 1S33 6,132 26 Cr. By exonerations and abitements $ 2 7GS03 lly commlsluns 3SM 21 t 6,432 20 Wudo M. Finn, collector. 1S37, In ac count with Scranton Poor District. Dr. To bslonco duo Jan. 1, ISJO $ 7,404 OS H-ilnnco duo f 13.S22 M Subtet to exonerations, abitements and conini!si)iis. Di. Edward Farr, collector, lsD3, In account with Scranton Poor District. 1o amount of duplicate, ls) ....$ S3.516 4S Cr. lly cash paid 1. M. Vernoy, trc.iMiicr 61,000 00 Bihinco duo Jan. 1. 1900 24,510 4s Subject to exonerations, abatements and commissions. TREASURER'S ACCOUNTS. Dr. John Von Hergen, Treasurer. i9S, In ac count with Scranton Pooi District. To cash on hand Jan. 1, 1S33, per Auditors report $ 16,033 IS To cash fiom Wade M. Finn, collector, IMS 6,000 00 Cr. By warrants paid and nudlttd 19,046 80 Hv cah paid K. M. Vernoy, treasurer 2.949 38 $21.990 18 E. M. Vernoy, treasurer. 1S0D, ln ac count with Soianton Poor District. Dr. John Von Hergen, treasurer ...$ Arji Williams, collector, 1S03.. Wade M. Finn, collector, IW .. Wade JL Finn, collector, lt-93 . Edward Fan. collector, 1J9 .. G. W. Beemt r, superintendent, bo ird of Inmate, etc Stnto Auditor General Pittstnn Poor DItrlct C. J. Gillespie, ecrctury Artesian well 4.C0O 1)0 Reervolr 3.70)00 Ico house 2,0ti0 10 Hake houso 2 500 00 Laundry 4,000 00 Electric light, heat and power buildings 10000 00 Carpenter and blacksmith hop.. 2,100 00 Conservator 330 no Recreation jure! 7.000 Cm Retaining w illrf and conduits ... 3 100 00 Chapel 10000 CO Epileptic (old male) 5,000 00 Bains and lie house on He Pint r farm room Dwilllng on Heemir farm l.Joo 00 Two acres land and dwelling next Betmer farm fflO 00 Engineer's hou-o l,r00 00 Total of Real Estate $"01,010 00 Total of Pt 1011.1! Pioperty ... 7S921M Total value of property of Dis trict t379,974 SO 2,910 :.i 230 :s 771 Hi E.OOO 10 61,000 00 9.100 C7 20.1S 1 ' 1 S3 23 3u0 Cr, By warrants cashed .. S 93,339 93 71,643 3S Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1900 ..$ 27,710 31 . WARRANT ACCOUNT. Warrants outstanding Jan. 1, lbU3 $ C300 59 Warrants Is ued in 1S33 S3.0I7 93 Total $ 91,0.8 .'8 Wariniits cahcd in IS'iS 90,096 7j Warrants outstanding Jan. 1, 1900 $ 4,911 SO INVENTORY OF PERSON EHTY OF SCRANTON DISTRICT. Administration building , Irmne building Male building (p.iupei) Epileptic (old male) building Feinalo building (paupei) .... Chapel Octagonal barn Shed Piggery New barn Engineer's bouo Carpeutir ho Blacksmith shop Power and heat plant Bakery Lauudiy Morgue Stono Shed Cold stnrare building Conservators- Heemcr or Vosburg faim ... Paint shop Directors room, Scranton ... AL PROP- POOR 1 8 8.11 11 1 1.J21 21 5,181 12 931 32 G6M23 7C0 00 5,84s do 1,177 00 314 00 2,8H 50 93 00 613 15 21.7 00 20,313 50 300 33 1,832 40 600 912 00 300 80 2(0 00. 573(0 10 00 l,2tS 50 REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT GEORGE W. DEEMER, FOR THE YEAR ENDED DEC. 31, 1890. The average number of Inmates nt Hill hide Home during tho jeir was 418 52-:.G5, and tho per capita cost of maintaining pauenis at tno Jiome, manning 10011. e lothlng. light, he-it, medicine, alnrles of Suptrlntendent, Resident Physician, At tindants, etc, exiluedvo of farm pro ducts, was $1 'd'i per wttk. The total of tho board of Inmates, sane nnd Insane. Is cquil ti tho boaul of om person for II" 172 divs: besides thN. therj was takia at tho Mtpcrlntciidt ut's and emploves' table, dm lag the eai a nutn bei of meals tqual to the bo ird of onn peron for 14,1.00 tltvs, nnd bv workmen cmploed on improvtmtnts and repalis meals equal to the board of one person for 300 divs. making the total number of d.ijs of bo ird at the Home 178.172 Number of inmutes In the Home Dec. 31 189S 442 Admitted during the eir. sane, 111: In. sine, 110; born. 11: total. 2M DWchaigod during the enr. san. 140; lnane, 1.": died, ane, 31: Insane, 37: to tal discharged and died, 281. liemnlnlnir in the Homo Dee. 31. 1S99, 411 classified lis follows: Sine. 181; In sane, 2h0 The above tlgurcs Include epi leptics, 23: idiotic, 5; children, 7. Valuo of produce raised on the fnrui3 during the enr. IS'n. $0 5 hit; cssb re ceived for bo ml of patients was S.iOOi. cr.h received for beef hides sold, $J0 36; total $ MOO 13 Census showing population at the Homo at the end of each month: Janiiarv, 412; Februir, 412; March. 417. Apill. 441; Jlay, 411: June. 423: July. 421: August. 421: S P tcmber. .2; October, 4:0; Novembci, 4; Detember. 411 Respectfully submitted. GEOHOE W. HEEMEB, Supt. LIST OF PRODUCE RAISED ON THE TARJIS DURING YEAR 1SW. Total of Personal Property ...$78,92180 INVENTORY OF REAL ESTATE. Old fnrm. 156 acres $ 22,00)00 Becmer farm, 140 acres 11,200 W Main building 30,000 00 Feinalo building 37,700 00 Administration building 30,000 00 Iusano hospital (male, und female departments) 90.00)00 Octagonal barn 7,O)0 00 New barn, plggerv and shed .... 8,300 00 Apples, Rl'i bushels Btctc, 153', bushels String beans, lO'ij bu-hels ..... Buckwheat. 3s7 bushels , Cabbage, 7127 lit ads , CarrotH, 1071. bushels Celery, li..' heads Eiibllace. 170 tons Milk, 73110 quarts Onions. 91'i bushels Coin, Pop, 11 bushels Oats. 1,381 bmhels Oat Straw, 13 tons Green peas, 70 bushils Potatoes, 2,601 2-3 bushels Sweet corn, WW's dozen Berries, 1418 quarts Lettuce. .2,059 hunches Beef, 3 570 pounds Veal, 1.1 SS pounds Lamb, 3,121 pounds Poultry, ojs pounds Eggs, 779 do.en Onions, bunched, l.uSl bunches Haj, 554 tons Pork, 115 pounds Parnlps, 23 bushils Ilidlshes, 1.391 bunches Rhubarb, 32 bunt las Smmslus. 212 doztll I Turnips, 171 bushels Cucumbers, 24 550 Tomatoes. 1Vi bushels Plums, 9 bushels . Crab apples, 2 bushels l'urrmkhiK. 18 dozen Mangtl Wuizels, 2S0 bushels .. Rule Bagas, 175 bushels ...$ 2150 70 :s 1 0 (,0 22s 01 .'70 : 7 lot 4i. 21 10 I.S ) 0) Mile 8 t1 21 r. 50 487 95 190 00 91 57 1,42'1 10 51 51 123 '17 H2 91 288 72 HU 80 304 00 117 :-i 124 25 S3 05 Slii 21 C'I5 1 0 13 78 li I .11 1 10 110 88 77 M 43 10 Ml 12 9 00 1 50 52 0) 110 01) 70 00 Total 13,538 31 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE RESI DENT PHYSICIAN OF HILL SIDE HOME. To tho President and Directors of the Stianton Poor District. Gentlemen: I mist itspn tfully sub mit for xour consideration my uunual re port for the jt ir 1ms On Jan. 1, 1855, there wero In the nujlum males, 120j lu malts, 119, total. 211. Admitted during the j ear, 71 males and 48 females: total. 111. The civil condition of those admitted was: JI irrled, 37 malts, 27 females; to tal, CI. SliiRle. 20 males, 13 females; to tal, o' Widowed, 8 male, 8 females; to tal. Hi Discharged and tiled, males, 71: femilos, ."3; total 101; leaving ln the nsjlum. Die. 31, 1S99 120 males, 111 females; total, 2oO. 'Iheie has been an average Increase of 22; patients In tho asjlum over that of tho pi tv Ions eai. Of thoso dlschirgcd, 53 wero restored; 10 Impioved, nnd 4 unimproved. Thero was one of thos discharged as Improvid and one as unlinproved ran away whllo ut work. 'lln percentage of those re stored on the admissions being nearly 43. Theie were 7,8.11 prescriptions filled dur ing the jear, ns follows: Sine males, 3,0-.0; fern ties, 1,111: total, 4,337. Insane, malts, i,t,bO. females, 1,830; total, 3,511, at a cost 01 si uij iu Reptcttullv submitted, A. STRANG, JI. V. During the pist vcar the frame build ing formerly used as tho old men's homo was removed from It lorme 1 loe-attou tn a rcmoto part of the primml". rt modeled, and titled up foi tlu r ire and tieatment of the Epileptic and Idiotic pitlents ex cluslvtb, of which caseH the district hai a large numbtr. a largo part of tho work thereon 1" Ing performed b tho Inmates) of the Institution. The new Iron fence around tho grounds, which was commenced In 18js, his been completed anil 1 considered one of tho best Impiov tint nth mudo at the Institu tion, not only as 11 protection to the Pi mates but pi eventing tho escape of tho patients The facilities for ccmb-itting against tiro from without tho buildings has al was been meagre and unsatisfactory. Ibis Ins been much Improved by the eon t ruction of a water line and the erection of Are h drains at various places about the grounds, which together with tha necessary lioso and a small torco pump, jet to be procured, will leave the Insti tution will provided for In ease of llre. Tho moving of Lams, sheds and other outbuildings from In front of the Insano Hospital, tho ch inglng of lend, grading of the laigo lawn, building of itt-ilnlnir walls, conduits and the new shed, tho larger portion of which improvements were cnmmerceel In IsCS. hivo been com pitted during tho past t.u. The necessity of 11 si Itablo building on tho Heetner faim hns been preivlelcd for bv the erection of a neat cottage thereon, Tho herel 01 tattle me healthy and in Food condition, havlna; been thoroughly 1 Mimlneil bv a specialist and a certlli cate from tho state icterinury to that effect on llle. Respectfully submitted, REESE a. BROOKS, President. FREDERICK PULLER. THOMAS SMOTTON. W. A. PAINE P. J MURPHY. 1. J. DICKERT. Directors of tho Scranton Poor District. Attest :-C. J. GILLESPIE. See letarv. Scranton, Pa Jan. 1st, jooo. mMm, For Good Shoes and Rubbers. W. N. BROOKS.
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