The Scranton tribune. (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, April 23, 1901, Page 2, Image 2
ter i '')"- ,i . -vrtx-n r-"'Vs$ .sfv?" jr-fr j VV yr-, j THE SOJLMNTON TRIBUNE-TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1901. 3 0iilG6: BURKE BUILDING WATER ORDINANCE MAKES BOW PASSED TWO HEADINGS IN COMMON COUNCIL LAST NIGHT SELECT MET ALSO. Ih the Councils Last Evening Both Branches The Ordinance Provid ing for a Municipal Water Plant to Cost $140,000 Pnfesed FUst and Second Heading in Common Coun cil. . ' The select council mot In special Mis sion .it "7 10 o'clock, with President Fletcher, Thompson, Ban ell and Davis on bund. 'J'lit' ordinance providing for the annual uppi epilation for the flsc.il eUr from April 1, 1801, to April 7, IPO-', carrying $11,000, was passed on thlid lending:. The oidlnance piovidtn for the levy nr tuxes tor the romlns year ul.io pulsed thlid leadlnp;. The pole ta: uidlnuiice, taxing nil poles und ivtii'aMn the public sti cuts if (Jniboiulale, and the bill ptu-vidlin- lor an Incieaso In the salailcs of the local police force passed llifat reading. At 7.:iD o'clock select council adjoin ncd. , Common council was called to older at S.li". with Piosldont Collins, Nealon, Whitllclri. Altiiphy, W. Mnstois, Stone, 13 vans, J. JIusteis and Punllano pies ent. The (list business to come up was a tcsolutlon ftoni t-doct cotindl Klvlni pei mission to the Catboiidnle Gas com pany to erect six stieet lamps In vuil oiis .sections of the city. On motion of Mr. Ncnlou the icsolutlon was con ciincd In. A icsolutlon, nl.so fiom se lect, in iCK.iitl to extending the plat lorms in each council chamber, was t uncuried In by motion of Mr. Stone, t'liniiiuan Collin", bow ever, thought It hhotild go to the building committee, and It was sent theie. A lesolutlon from select council ill legal d to lighting the sheets of the i ity for one year or more provoked a little discussion. Mr. Nealon called at tention to the ambiguity of the reso lution in stating "lor one year or nioie." The icsolutlon finally parsed, it being decided that the exact tot in could bo fixed when the contiaet was let. A lesolutlon by Mr. Fietdioi, oi .select, that the joint building commit tees of councils confer in legaid to a suitable dto tor the Cainegle llbiaiy building was eoncuiied In. The .same ionise was taken on a icsolutlon dl tecting the city tieasmer to refund taxes paid by Frank Mollinaio, he be ing a minor. The water question then lame up. It was intioduced by Mr. Nealon, ol the Thlid waul, and is entitled "an oidi nance pioviding tor the Issuing of bonds of the rity of Catboiidnle in the sum of $145,000 lor the put pose of pij Ing for the election and ronsttuctlon ol a public municipal water plant to be owned and operated by the s.iid city of Caibondnle, together with the put -i base ol land and such water lights as may be necess.ny theieto, and piovid ing for the ledemption theieof." After leiltlug the f.tct.s of the sub mission of the question to the voteis of the city and an Ineiease in the in debtedness of the city being oted for by the vote ot 1,670 otes to a.'S against, the oitlinauec is dhided lino eight .sec tions. ' Section I authorises the issue of ne gotiable bonds to the amount of $145, OuO, the bonds to be of the denomina tion of Sl.fnO, with inteiest coupons at tached. The bonds .shall be tuimbeied lioni 1 to 113 inclusive and shall be ' signed by the mayor, seal ot city al IKcd and duly attested by the eilv Idk. The date ot the bonds shall be luh t, litiil, j,hnll i,c. ledeemable as In iclnnller hpecllicd and shall boar In teiest at tin' late of lour per tent , fiee fiom nil taxes, which the city assumes lo pay. The Juiciest coupons shall be executed by the engtaved or lltho giaphed sltinatute ot the niuvoi. and shall be payable semi-annually on the 111. st dnj.s ot .lanuaiy and .Inly, at the ollice of tin eily ticisuiui- ot the dtj of Catboiidnle. Sieetloti L Said bonds shall be te deemable in tle uiiiot of thelt niiinheih, as follows. U: No's, I to :',-, Inelusive, .Inly 1st, lOOii. No's jii to .".0, iiKluslve, July 1st, nm. No's, :,j to 100, inclusive, July 1st, 1UIC. No's. 101 to It!"., inelusive, Inly 1st, in.il. Section It. Said bonds shall bu Issued in ticeoidnnt") with the piovlsions of lite net ot Aptll L'Olli, 1S7I, the pio Msions of the act of May :.!ul, 1SSH. and the soveutl supplements nnd amendments of said acts. Section 1. Said bonds si. all bo desig nated and known at, "Municipal Water Plant liniids" nnd shall be prepared lor issue by I he city clerk, and duly j.dgned and .sealed as piovldoil In seo ' ti in i ot this otdlnance. 1" riu turn 5. The ilty cleik diall ud .viIim toi bids upon suhi bonds to the ""amount of Jin.OOO.flU. at four per et nt. ICwblch bonds shall bo sold to the hlgh ...est and lios bhldor by notion of t. "(ouncllsof the city ot Uaibonilalo. Tim Consumption Cure (.a . k i :"bcurqs coighs and colds at Zcik. We don't mean that it rpHeves you for a little while it cures, It has been doing ; this for half a century. It has "saVed hundreds of thousands of lives, It will save yours if you give it a chance. ' "I luo receiuM so much Icncfit from It, that I aUa) teiuirtinenU Shiloh's for cousin, thruat, hronchiilard lun trnuhl.M Cil Afa. YANUbKCAK, VictforJ, N. V, fililloh'u Oaiikiimptlon Ciirji Uolil by all dmgxUtS ut "St, OOc, 81.00 it bottle. A iirlntml gllruntl).) i:ira Willi tncry bottlti. ryiiunieunt sutlollPtl go to ur ilrues' iul uct uur niuiiiy baclt, 't'rltt for illLttntd boolt oa cuntuiosnon. Sen! kiuutot twycu. b. C. Wel!J. Co., I eUoy,N.V. Catbondale Department. f prrtteil.1: of Mild sale in be paid by the pin chaser to the cit.v tteasiirer us pi ovlded by law. Section ti. The money (hat niay be unlhed from the sale of said bonds shall bo and Is lieiebv nppiopi luted for lite payment of the oosl ol the public municipal water plant enumerated above in this oidlnance. Any mil plus of the piocecds at Islng ft out Iho sale of snld bonds which mny 1 cumin af ter lite said municipal water plant hits la on fully paid tor, shall be paid into the (linking fund ptovlded lot tho 10 tlempllon of said bonds. Section 7. I'or tho pin pose of paying the principal and Inteiest of said bonds there Is hereby levied tor the enr 11101. mi all ptoperty taxahlo for city purposes, a tax ot two mills on the dollar or valuation, and every year theteafter theie shall be levied Tot such puipo-u a tax suiltclent to pay the Inteiest on said bonds, nnd the pilucipal thei f of an the, pntne becomes due and payable as enumerated above in tills oidlnnnce. Section 8. The Hinds leulled fiom the sale of the said bonds shall be paid Into the city tieasiliy, and, the city tteasurer, the mayor of the city and the city controller shall cause the said funds to be Immediately plated at inteiest In the banks or tills city or of the city of Hcinnlon to be desig nated bv them, placing and keeping Hum time to lime an equal jiinoinit of said funds In each of tho banks so designated. This oidlnance was leferred to tit' finance committee with instructions to leport l'oilbwith. The committee reported fnvoiably and Us lepott was adopted. The bill was then sent lor wad to first and second leadings. Select council file No. 1, pioviding for l he annual appt epilation, was 10 fetied t finance committee. The same couise was taken on select council llle No. '2, 1 1 milling for tho ley of (axes. Mr. Nealon intioduced a losoltitlou pi o Idlng that the city engineer bo empoweied at once to suiey and piu paie a nuip ot the city of (,'at biuulale, in older that spei illcations may be ,'tepaied for the puiposu ol purling in a municipal water plant, and tho city engineer is liMeby empoweied to employ tho necessary help in oidei to reUonn said woik. Tho author of this moved its Immediate adoption. Mr. btone said thai while ho was in favor of lite municipal water plant lie ad lsed caution and thought it was too gieat a matter to be acted upon hast ily. Mr. Nealon letoiled that the tiouble was that the councils had been going too slow in the matter all along. The woik should be begun at unic, as oted lor by 1,600 tapajeis. The icsolutlon was then adopted unanl lrousU. The bond or Cilv Cloik Moon was u.id, leeched and this council ail jc in tied. THE LIGHT THAT TAILED. The First Congiegayonnl Chuich Il luminated by Coal Oil Lamps Sun day Night. Just as the lte. .M. C. JJllolt stepped into the pulpit; just as Oiganlst Nay lor pulled out (be stops in the oigan to begirt the include; just as the chinch bell In the Cougiegational chuicii tolled lor the thlid time on j Sunday night, the luso in the elect! lo light lKtuies binned out in that edi tb e and the tougiegation was lett In daikness. calls on the i lecti ic light lompany pioving useless, usheis hus tled aiound the nelgbboihood and piocuied enough keiosene l.imps to il luminate the ihuieii lcebly und Hie sei vices piocei ded. I.ate cotneis see ing the r hill til in daikness, tinned away and went to other places ot wot ship. Oiganlst Naylor kept the (ongiega tion Horn glowing icstlcss by pliijlng until l he lamps weie In ought, a polled of Iiom twenty to touty-lic minutes Tho speilal musical piogtainnio tlial had been pu-pated, had to be oinltleil. FEW APPEALS. County Commissioners Did Not Find Many Complnints from tho Tax payeis. Count. I'ouiini.-sloneis Penman, Mouis and Dm kin, iith iliclr del ks, weie in town i.stetilay to luur ap peals Hum tile county assessments. Tin so coininlsloneih oicupled tho coi.neil ehambeis In the city building. i3acb one took two winds and with Ha w.nrt assc-sois, heaiil complaiiits it the lnxiaeis. Theie weie ioiii paiatlveiy few appeals, ns in uio.st tases, despite Its being the ttiennial iihessincnt ,eai the llguies aie simi lar lo those ot last env and In ,t nuiuber ot lasts mulct hilly icdiued A number ot tho laiger laxpayuis weie piesent, however, and endeavoi cd to get their assessments l educed. In some or these mses the leniou stiauces weit has-d on Ueiieal ei lors madi! In ictuining tho'ilguios to the cunuui.-'Hiuni'is, Yesteuiay the lieiiilng.s weie ghen to "Jaiboiidalu city lapayeis. Today petltloni.is Horn Cuiboiidalc tuwushlp, Fell township, Vaiidllng, Jeiinyu boi uugh and MuMleld, will bo heaul. MeBtint; Tonight. Ancient Oiilu uf lllbeinlaiis, Dlvls inn No, J I St, Vincent do l'aul. lXuighteis eif Itcticl.ali, Jiieiclia IocIec No. luD. iniptoved Older or lUd .Men, l.ack.i wanna tilbe, No, 'i' Knights of Honor, Local iinluu, No. Ibll, Daimhleis of ril finorge. Removed to Wilkes-Banc. Tho lamlly of ilionms 1'attis ie. moved yesteiday tioni tjils titj to Wllkes-Uai io. Mr. 1'eteis was fanner, ly employed In the Del.iwnio and Hud son blacksmith .shop on Ninth Muln stieet, but for .some time pust has been w oi king In VI)kcs-Uaue. Gone to Confeiencs. Tho Itev, I'. Klulnger, pastor of tho liist Lutheiun 13vungellcai chuicii (St. Paul's), depailud yesteuiay artei noon tor Luhlghtou, Pa., to attend tho unnual conlVtoneu of tho stale sjuoil. At tho Opera House. TiuilKht llencilt toiitert for hospital. Toinoiunv night "A Poor Itelatlon." Filday night "tlnclo Tom's Cubln." Born. To Mr. and Mis. Andiew Hanson, of Seventh avenue, a ion. 'Phone : NEW, 266 OLD, 0423 THC CLEBQY AND TIIEJ PRESS Tho Necessity of Co-Oporation How Thoy Cnn Help Each Other. l.asl evening Leader had a very tlnniy und nppiopilale aiilcie on the need of the cti-opciatlou ot the olelgy nnd the proas. Wo tepilnt It, as fol lows: "It has often been retnaikcd that mun. of lite clctgy arc lemlss In not using the picas to a gieater extent In ptomtilgatlng the tenets of their faith nnd movements In the icliglous world. We have known ministers who arfectcd to belittle the tiforls of newspapers to luiptme the moinl condition of society: but It Is well known that the piess gencially is doing a gieat woik In up lifting men Irani thu ways of sin nnd druiniliition: Indeed, they aie willing to do much moro If they can have the help of the clergy. "In these days owuvbody reads Iho papers add they naturally look for complete intelligence in legard to all movements which iulliienco public sen timent and boar upon tho welfare of the community. Il would be a dull wotld weie it not lor the constant stream ol news happenings detailed in the public, pi ess. Many minds aie stlned by what they lead and hem ot tho niaicii of incuts In this tapid age, and no small piopoition ot rcud cis and he.uoi.s lake a deep Inteiest In the piumotion of religious It nth and l he moral advancement of the human lace. "A minister who was interviewed on Ibis subject letently spoke stiongly as to the iniluoiice ot the press in dissem inating icllgioiis intelligence. He said: 'Many cleigyineu sin in lemainlng asleep lo tho oppoi tunilies ofteicd them lor spi calling tho pilnclples of iighteousness through the public press. We aie to publish the glad tidings, and II we can only leach hundieds by the olte wc may leaih thousands by the louinal. AW cannot go out to the blgw.ns and hedges, but the newspa peis i a n. and tliej win take our mes sages lor us If thc ate woithy. Tho devil has the ear of the world. We should be awake to get tor God as huge an audience as we i.in. He will hold us accountable it we lemaiu asleep and keep the people slumbei lug.' " Theatiical Gossip. On Wednesday night of this week we aie to hae another ol Sol. Smith Hudson's successes at tho ciiand Opera Ilou-e, with a star unknown to Car bondale, but who pioniises well. Fiank Kcen.in, it is announced, follows Mr. Kussell's lonieptions and icndilion ol "A Poor Relation," and in that he shows good seiioe. n is ,t mistake not to follow the pi dents and advice ol n master in the ail. This evening will be given the gland conceit tor the benellt of tho Hiueigen iy hospital, at tho Uiand. The per I oimois me all "stuis." They aie: Mine. Flavie Van Den llende, Rclglum 'lelllsl; Mons. Flavicu Vandeiveken, lielgiuin violinist; lUjss Ciar.i SiniP son Bi.uly. .sopiano soloist, of Sci an ion; i 'hailos Dousani, pianist, of Sii.inton. and Allied AVooler. tenor. of Sci.mton. Theie will bo no ic- seived .seals. On Filday night another "Uncle Tem'e. Cabin" compiny will make Its now lo a t'aibondalo audience, mak ing the thin! visit this season of op ponents oi the time or "befo' de war." iiie Stetson luinpany Is well and la viii ably known thiougli tilth section, and 11 is moics than likely that tho pnpul.nlty of Minks and Little llv.i tnd the test will lu.se none, of their picstine. On Thuislay evenliig, Mav , "The Cliiistian" will be seen heie. Leib ler ,V Co. have two companies on tho load piesenling this play, and tho one that will come to Caiboudale is an lioiiuied as the licst one. The i a"t which will be seen on the local stage Is: Hon. John Sloini, Lionel Adams; Lend Stuini, Jetteison Lloyd; Horatio Diake. Kiedeiltk Conger; Lend Ttob eil li e, Haiold HarlKoll; Paison Ouavle, r:odeiiok Miiynard: Biother Paul, r.dmund Hlton; Ciloiy Quale, l.llla Vane. Rummage Sale Begins Fridny. The .vouny: L.idy Workeis of the M. 13. thuich will open tin ii- iiiininugi: sale mi Vilday alteiuoou In the O'Con ntil bulldlim, Pink pl.iee. They can use any ai tides of clothing, erockeiy, bin dw aie, tuinltu'c, etc., which ou are tluough with, and they will lie glad lo call tor them If woid Is left at the stote or with any of the ladies. An Offer fiom Scrnnton. It Is said tint Miss Kutheiine L P.ue, lu.stuietor in Latin in tho Ceu tial High school, has loeelved a very flutteilng oifer lo Income asaociated with the faculty of the Sciantou High school It Is luither said that Miss Pace is the best Lullu scholar In this set Hon. Reception at tho Paisonage. The Ladles' Aid aoiioty ot iho Tli.st M. 13. liiuuii will hold a reception at the paisonage on Vilday utteinoon mini '! to ti o'clock, at which time, tho hubsciipijoiis to the dollar offoting will bf leeched, In&vuanco Agents Smoke. The local agents mnncclul with the Metiopolitan LUo Insur.iiH'o company held a smoker last ovunlng In tho com pany's olllces In thu Uuiko building In honor of thu vjjt of Supoilntendent A. h. Avtiy, of .Soiuntoii. A Now Barber Shop. John .1. Cos bus opened a neat and wdl.jl'ted baiber Minn In thu ieinod cied bullililig iccunlly uietipleil by Michael Honuett, on South Muln street, and which w.w binned nut about two months ago. Tor Throwing- Stonej. Mai tin Ciippen, tho detective for the Duhiw.uu and Hudaon company, was In town lust night to pinsecuto foui .voting men of this tlty mid Jer nvu, ehaiged wltu thiowiug .stune.i at llio lallioad'H piojieitj, Tho tjuaitette THIS WLL INTEREST WITHERS MolhT laj' sweet l'o,Ui'i lo, tlilldrcn. sic. vilill ii'.ul lit Slot lu i i.rj), lor jcju a ner,u in Iho ehillrcnV Home In New uk, ( im. . MiMineKi, Itai btuiiudi, 'litlhhu I)N,uIij li cue Jli'l uyulattf )li 11 wo' enj ilq Uo Uuuiit' 'll.cj m i' Hi plusjut ly llio Ijttojinl'lijunlij,, us llllik, tliiltliiu like1 tlitin Oici lu.Ouil le,ll iiitiilult uf cun ri 'I lav utter full, s.jl.l ,v all UiiiKKlKta, J". U lo.ti.t sjiii,iu nti'l' Ailtlrcii lltu h. Oluislcil, In i Hoi, , ,. were given a hearing before Alderman tfunert. Mr. Crlppcn read the law, but, as tho young men were penitent, they wtro discharged with a reprimand on payment of costs. C, It. V, Passes Resolutions. At the meeting of tho Central Labor union on Sunday afternoon tho follow ing icsolutlon wrui pnescd, to ho pre sented to each of tho couticllmeti. It l as follows: "To tho select nnd common council? of tho city of Caibniulnle. "Greeting: Humor having reached this union thnt sonic of tho membeis ot your honoiabto bodies havo In view the obstruction of nv municipal wat er oidlnance, either by negative vole, amendments, or absence fiom tliani bei s, "Now, therefoie, the Carboiidale Cell 1 1 ul Labor union, at Us meeting on this date, has doomed It ni'ccssary lo remind you ot tin. tiomeudotis mnjnil ty lit favor of municipal water at a recent election In this city, and, fut-thc-r. "The members of the ppvpi.iI labor oiganlzatlons, an cltlaons and taxpay ers, demand that you crtrty out the will of the people at (ho said election, and this, too.. without further delnv. "Respectfully submitted by tho Cen tral Labor union of the tlty ot Car boiidale. April 21, 1001. Frank Keenan, In "A Poor Relation" The play which" Sol Smith Russell made famous, und which, without doubt, has been the greatest success of that famous actoi's career, Is to be Iho Hi act Ion nt tho Grand Wednesday .cnlng. liie production will be given by a ipiaint comedian. Prank Keenan, sup I oi toil by ono of the best companies that has yet appeared in this charm ing play. They aie under the direc tion or t'rcil G. Herger, who bah for yeais been, and still Is, Sol Smith P.iis sell's manager. Well Attended Missions The men's mission .it5t. Rosuvhuu-h yesleiday was especially well attend ed. At tho fi o'clock mass the pi lest in charge, itov. Kalher Miller, com plimented the worshippers and paid a high tribute to Caiboudale as a relig ious center. Tho edifice was filled to the doors. Th S o'clock mass also produced a laige crowd of men. Last night the crowded chuicii showed that the male contingent of tho parish had the icllglous pilnciple deep in their hearts. Rehearsing Actively. The paits for the juvenile play, "The Mystic Midgets," whieb Is lo bo given in Tilnily Piotestanl Uplscopa! chuich on May 17 and IS, have all been as signed and the little ones aie learning their p.uls and leheaislng actively on Monday evening and Wednesday and Satutdny- afternoons. Theie will be thiee lepiesentatlons of the play, Kilday evening and Satin day matinee and oveniiiK. Odd Fellows in Scianton. A numher of the Odd Fcllowe, of this tity jowne'od to Scianton last even ing on the 7 o'clock train to attend the special session ot the grand eutamp nient held theie jesterday. The pur pose of the gathering was lo conler the past official degiee, ..nil tho giand encampment degree. Tho latter meet ing was held last, evening and only pasl chief palilalias weie e'ltltled to admission. A Foimcr Resident in Tiouble. .M. W. Grogan, of Olyphant, tormeily of Carbondale. was fined $J"i and costh lor keepinga slot machine in his place. He was also fined $a." lor obsti lie ting a legal process, In addition to being i ailed upon to pav tho costs in each case. He made the fatal mistake of being disiespectful to the ofllcer of the law who called for his machine. The Bishop Expected. 111. Rev. L'thelbeit Talbot, bishop ot the I'plscopal diocese of Central Penn sjlvanla, is expected hcie late in May to adminster the lite ot conf.liiiia.tlon at Tilnity chuich. Much Better. Ml., Went li Wills, of South Church stieet, who has been confined in Winer guncy hospital tor tome time, is great ly improved and it Is thought she will bo able to go home In a .short time. Scarlet Fever. A i use of scaiiet fever has been le ported to tho bonid of health In tho family of Thomas Kllleen, on Brook lyn stieet, and alo one In the lamlly of L. Sloan, on Waj. tie stieet. Collar Bone Bioken. S.uah, the I-' ear-old daughter of Mr. and Mis. J. G. Nicholson, of Prumniond avenue, felt fiom a porch und sustained a fiaeturo of the collar bone. The Passing Thioiig. P. R. Rev an was in. town yestoiday. Mis. M. A. M.veis. of Porter avenue. Is in Now York cltv on business. Fietl Swingle and Chailes Humpluey spent Sunday evening In Olyphant. Mis. C, If. Hionson Is confined to her home, on Canaan &tieot, by Mines?. Mis. C. II. Hlller. of Seoleyvllle, spent Sunday with friends In this city. Mr. and Mrs. Sumuel Tcmby, of Jer in.vn, spent Sunday with filends heie. John McDonald, or Wilkes-Uane, bpent Sunday with Caibondalo filends, Jitmcb McICenna and Edward Sulli van, of Wllkes-Barre, bpent Sunday In town. Mrs. Ralph Rlalr, of this cit, was tho gurst of filends In Thompson last w eek. P. T. Reilly, of Scianton, und Kranly Rvines, ot Wilkes-Cauc, spent Sunday in low ii, Mli.s May T.oftus, of Moutiose, Is the guest of Mlis Agnes Culcmuu, of tho v.oht Hide. )''icti H. Woodwoith, who sl weeks USD left heie for hU homo In Oiegon, has uiurned, A. o, Huubons', of Hronkljn street, hits uiuiiieil, aftor a shoit visit with i iiluMves in Honesdnle. Geoigo llux, of Scianlon, a former K'Uldoiit heie, bpent Sunday nt Iho homo of Walter Wills. Miss Jennie Tlghe, of New York city, Is homo to spend tho summer with her pjiviits, on Scott stieet. Pied Llebsrmnii, formerly connected wllh tho Caiboudale Telephone com pany. Is now lu Wllllamspoit, doing clcetilc.il woik. Mls.s Anna Povle, of Wllkes-Uarre, and Miss Anna Doyle, uf Wayiuait, aio visiting Mis. John Hildgott, on South Main sheet. Thomas Caw ley, of Carbondale. was a caller at the home of Thomas Craig, on South Main Mtcet, yesterday.--F'lttston Gazette. Alaster Refoid C. Williams, after spending the past ten days with his grandparents, Mr. and Mis. U. IL Lee, has returned to his home In Set anion, Mr. und Mr. T. A. Grace nlo guests nt the homo of Mlihnel Coleman, on Vino street. Mrs. C. V. Mltcholl. of Ketikit col lege, N. Y., is a guest at the Uaptlst parsonage, on Lincoln avenue. She w III make an extended visit with her daughter, Mrs. IL .1. Whaleii, JERMYN ANDJHAYFIELD. An alarming lepoit was chculnled ciound town last evening of an exten sive mine cave at Muyfleld. The ie pott slated that ono man hud boon killed and several houses had dlsnp pouted and part of tho i.tllroad. Then' was but little foundation lor I he ie poi't, oxcept that a largo tlssille ex tending for a considerable distitnce was discovered close to the rulliond Hacks. Trains woio delayed for a while and throughout tho evening all trains moved .slowly whert passing over a. short section of tho road. Miss Reiiha Rarrott, of Lakeside, is the guest of her brother, Ptofcssor II. N. Ranett, of Second street. Doiolhy, the little daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. William Ceigun, who has been ciltleally III for several weeks, died on Sunday afternoon. The fune ral will take plave this afternoon. In terment will be made In Calv.it y cem etery, Mnyfleld. The home ot Mr. and Mis. William Brown, of Main stieet, was bilghteneil yesterday by the arrival ot a twelve pound sou. Miss Mamie Mci.otighlln, of Avoen, Is spending u few d:is with Jerinyn and Mnyiield friends. Hogarth's band aie gelling up on evcellent ptogrammo for their concert on May 1 for the bonellt of Mi. Heniy Mayne. Among thf attractions uffcirit will bo a dooi prize of a battel of flour. At the last meeting of the Keg limit of the Delaware and Hudson collleiy thu lollowlng oflicers weie elected: liesldent, George l'"ndeicd; vice-pies-Ident, Samuel Waters; financial ccie tary. Rattley Mullen, Sr.; ieoidlng f.ecietaiy. John Cm ley; visiting com mittee, James Sliaikey and Alexander Bruce: tiustce. Michael Mtildoop. The Kcilpse Sfjcial club will conduct .1 social In Kntei prise ball on April "0. Miss Kate Reunion, of Scranlon, ttlll tuinisb the music. Miss Llzie Muilalley. of Scianton, who has been visiting fi lends heie, has i etui ncd home. Mrs. Hendrlr'k, of Hoboken. N. J., Is tho guest of her son, T. A. Hendiick, ot Second stieet. OLYPHANT. The membeis of the Picsbj teuaii chinch will conduct a itimniage sale In tho vacant stoic or S. J. Matthew-., on Delaware stieet, tor tluce days, comriienclng Thursday. Miss Kate Dodson's pupils of the Columbus school will give an enlet l.ilnment in Lloyd's hall this evening for the bonellt of the Pihuitive Metho dist chuich. An excellent piogianime lids been in ranged. Admission, in and 1." cents. Mrs. John J. Jones and ciiildien, ot Nanticoke, are visiting Mr. and Mis. T. I'. Jones, of Lackawanna stieii. Tommy She.ner with his excellent company will play a letuin engage ment at the Father Mnthew Opei.i House for tin ee nights, commencing next Monday evening. Mr. Kheuior Is ono of the most popular actois witli the tbeatcr-goeis at this place and he will undoubtedly be gieeted wlili ciowcled houses on his letuin visit. Miss Mary A. O'Rojle visited friends at Jermjn on Sunday. Tho report that a jouiig son of George shylnk, a Hungarian mei chant on tho Flats, had been diowned, caused gieat excitement in that vicinity last evening and hundieds of people flocked along tho liver bank. As Mr. Shylak is out of town, nothing definite could bo learned, but it is gencially thought that the stoiy Is a hoax. The No. 2 colliery of the Delawaio and Hudson company was idle yester day on account of lepairs being made. James thady, of Scotch stieet, Is seiiously ill, James Grady, son of Mis. Ann Grady, died after an Illness of a few hout.s last evening at 7 o'clock, aged 2S years. Ho Is survived by his moth er, two bintheis and four slstets. Fuiici.il announcement latei. TAYLOR. Aichbald Mine Workeis' union, No. 3613, United Mine Workeis of Ameil oii, will meet In special fossIou this evening in the Odd Fellows' hall, on North Main sheet, when all tho slate picker.', door tendets and diiveis will lio organized. National Committeeman Tied Dllclier and other dlstiltt oigan Izers will be piesent to addiess the meeting. Announeenient lin.s been made of the coming marriage of Miss Kll.i Rurns, an estimable young lady, and Mr. J. P. Doyle, a pt eminent young mail ot Wilkes-Haiyie, to be soleninl."d next month. Tlie following fiom this place at tended the biithday paity of Eddie Prlcu In West Sciantou .vesteiday: Mrs. Joseph Connolly and t'hitdtou, Sadie, Louisa and Walter. Mis. rten Jamln Williams and children, Maud and May, nnd Misses Myitle and Mil dred Connolly. David Willlunih, of Washington stieet, who was seiiously iiijtued in the Pync mine last vvpek, Is impi liv ing, Llveiyman T. J. Davis pin dinted a new team of black limses at TunU hannock last week. Wvery inembT of Williams divi sion, No. til, Sons ot Temperance, aio urgently icquested lo bo piesent at this evening's session to welcome tho grand patilaich and gtand secniary and other lepiesentatlves of the Grand division fiom Philadelphia. The pies. once of sister divisions is also io fiuested. i Tho inembt'is of the Taylor Hods base ball team will meet hi the Pile J llbiaiy hall on I'llday evuiing at 7 :;) o'doik tor Iho putpciso of ie-oreaiiU-Jug lor the season, .Mr. and Mrs. John 13. Davit, of Wllltps-U.ii i e. have been the guesis of lelatlves In town for tho past few du)s, Lackawanna lodge, No, IU, Anicii can Ptotestant association, will moot In Impoitant business session this evening, when matteis pci tabling to the turning fair will bo discussed. Miss Maggie Hood has ictuiiiod fiom her visit to littston Lily lodge, No. 019, 1. t). O P., will meet this evening Mis. Reese W. Reese has re tin ncd fiuiii a visit with htt daughter, Mis. William Jones, In Caiboudale Wdwin Smllh, of Gteen Rldgo. was a business caller In town yesieulu Rev. D. C. Kdwuids, pastel ot the Welsh Baptist ilitiuh ollliiatcd lu AVIIke.s-ltaiie on tho Sabbath. Itev. Dr, 11. II. Haiiis occupied tho for- A Cold facts. The principal reasons why you ought to buy a Leon aid Clcanable Refrigerator are that it keeps things cold .nd pure, it uses little ice, and it can be taken apart to be cleaned. Our refrigerators arc built to with stand the roughness of the average iceman. They will last longer, keep food purer, use less ice and give bet ter satisfaction than any other icfrigerator on earth, FOOTE & FULLER CO., J&S. inei'.s charge on Sunday evening and ilellveied an cluiiueiit sjinion In !3ng lish. Aichbald "ollloiy resumed operations ye-steiday alter an Idleness of lour dais lor i epulis. PECKV1LLE. Air. and .Mis. II. 15. Hilggs, ot Cai boudale, visited at the home ol Mi. and Mis. S. II. i:iif,gs, esleiday. Mr. and Mis. lr. V. Mace. Ji., of Utlca, N, " lelmned home yesteuiay alter spending a lew das with thu lormei's pan ills, Ml. and Mis. II. V M.ne, ol Main stieet. United Mine vv'otkeis of Amcili.i, Local No. 117, will meet in tegular ses sion this evening at Mutt Haven hall. Cans Nos. 10J and 1JJ ot the Seiantun Tiactlon conipany aie supplied with flat wheels, and as they go bumping and thumping along our thoioughtates the noise is almost deafening. As the cars i tin until midnight, il makes them a nuisance that should not be tolei -ated. Mr. 13 Davis, nl Ashlev, has opened up a boot and shoe icp.ili .shop in the G. A. R. building. -Mr. Davis will move his family heie in the near lutiue. All niemb-'is ot tho WINon File com pany aie icquested to be piesent at the tegular meeting this evening. Miss Itcba Slmpkins, or Haw ley, Is ponding a lew days with ti lends in town. JESSUP. The I uncial of Thomas Pcanlon, who war killed on the Moosio Mountain uiilioad, look place fiom his late homo .vesteiday. The funeial va latgelv attended by his Hi-'inls hoin up and down the valley. Mi. Sennlon was bom in this town thlity je.iiH ago, and made his home heie most of the time Mnce. He Is silivived by his wile and one child, who aie at piesent in Ni w Jeisoy. The Iiileiment was made in the Aiehb.ild nnlluille eemelei v. ("aids aie out announcing the double marriage of Messrs. Mit had Fagaii and James Loflus, .md Misses Miime Lot tus and Annie Lynott. The Rllte Social dill) will conduit a social in Hillings' ball Satuulay cm n lug. Don't lot get the "Shamioik and Ilu'i'," which will be pioduced at l he St. .lames hall this evening. A sodal will follow the play. Geneial admis sion. IT, cents. ELM HURST. Spriiil tu tlio sl1Mi(,ii Tillnmo. Rlnihuisl. Apt II L"i. Mks. Hyion Buckingham attended n legular meeting of Hie O. 13. S. at Scianton last evening Miss Maiv Selilnneiliiig was the guest ot Supeilntendent and .Mis. J C Taylor, at their home in Sciantou, on Satuid.iy and Suud.iv. Theie was a goo I .ittciidain e nl the King's Daughters soi la I at the home ot .Mr. Hymn KiicI'IiikIiihu, on Thins day evening and m nhe inldltlon io the .Sunday school llbiaiy mud was icaliKcd. Mr. Isa ic Depew, or "I'lielo Isaac," as ho wat lamllluib i ailed, died at the home ot his daughtei, Mis, Alo Catteison, em Thutsday iiioining, at the llpe old ,iju ,u !ij, Funeial sei vlceh oa In Id at the Moscow Metho dist Hpiscopal i Inn t h on Sundu.v, .Mi, and Mit. J. .1. Hiickinghuiu and tliiuchtei, Hiliiu, Mr. and Mis. tl D. I!obliisoit. Mr. liovd Uubiu-ou and Ah. Wnltoi Stanton, of Suauloii. and Ml. W 11. RoblllbOH. nt I'ieetvllle, woie gmsth nt uiatlvcs licit) on Sun daj, .Mr i If. "Whitney Is conillicd to (ho house with an attin k ot measles, Dr. Kuedler intends lilni. Miss Graio Statilou and Mis.i Ucs-io j Ruiklngham. on Suiul.t evening, vv" o elecltd delegates to t . Chi Istian 13i. deavor ronvenllon. in be held it iho Penii Avenue K.ipiirt fiiuieli on Tbutda afteinooii and tveninis. Mioses J3dna Dunning and Anna Kipp and Mi-s'si. Wullucn Page, HI nior Williams, 1'iaiik and 'Jimmus W'upl v il take the coiilial e cnwiiii i tion bo eighth guide pupiib at M -cov. on .saliuiluj m-xt. Mi. ami Mi.- Chailes Puiikluit .nil Mil, lUir nltsls at the home o' ,i Chuiles Cm lit on Wuilnebil.it'. Master Will Ji 'i Johns tiiteitaincd i uumbiii of his lllil.i tileinds ut a blitii day paity ycsitiiUi), tiiu 1 mull D'cU'dv. Tho Rest Cold Cine l. one .vou tan take without im imi" tlun to buslnebS. Out that ilois nut ei lee l Hie heat! in healing like thu ton tinned use of quinine. One taut lines speidily nnd, leaves you t .iiug tush and deal -headed. Suth a oiu Is Kinase's Cold CUie. Pike, Wc, Sold by all cIiu,RMs. ' OLD FORGE. Air and Alls. Thomas l Aloiaii, son, ' Announcement 1 he intrinsic merit of the lecent Pianofortes by the Mason & Ham lin Co. has called forth the follow ing lemaikable expressions from men who stand pic-eminent today in the musical lite of the woild. "The Mason .v. Hamlin Piano is, I believe, an insliumcnt of the very lit hL l.ink.V MOIIII, MOskOsUKI. Composei, 11 ii I, 'Iritlicr. "I believe the Maaon JL Hamlin Piano.-, to. be of the very first rank." MtlllUi: NiKlst i IIh1 iico tiuetl iuiit of ntitIt il t.i U in U I lopp toiln. "It Is unsui passed." ' i:miij pair. t'niiilinliir I'lillliiiinuinu Oulir-lm, Sew York tilt. A stock ot these supeib instru ments may be seen at the waie looms of J. POWELL &CIfc 1,'Si-ir, U';isiiii-(iii Ave. H n n t r. . n K . r.v.KKK. r. it x ar TRV .1 .' 5 ," ,J ? I .1 A . X r a a a u ti b i a a ar ar OBoGksBesf Union Hade Tobacco ar x ar ar ar ar ar A' ti K A Good Smoke or Chew. A Tiial Solicited. Satisfaction Guniantced. t: a 5' ar ar ar ar si ar ar v V n MANUFACTURED BY The Clock Tobacco Co, l314-'16-48 Wyoming Ave. Scianton, Tr. j. 4. 4 ! " I ! ! 42 . v I . n Said the bait to the fish. Or next thing you know you'll garnish a dish. I came from the store of Florew & Brooks, And I'm daugerotts. n EY S HOIS 2 1 Washington Ave. VERITA THE UP-TO-DATE LITTLE LIVER PILL rvssEsxssra cures JBilJousnoas. JConstipation, s oyapopsia, Sick-Meau - acho and Live.' Complaint. SUCiflR COrtTEl). Sold by all drugclsts urrciii. oy uail. Nerilta.McdkiCo.,Cblcst3 bolj by MtfiJiNh i. 'fhoiuu, l)iu;.bts, !W) Latkaujnn.i .uiiiuc, htuiitou. IV AIKIut'l. and daiiRlitor -Mai In, of Old 1'oiKo, bpent jhe Mttei p.nt ol lasi w 'Ck lu Wllkes-llario on account of the death of a ftleiul. 11 afhHaiJrSid w&mm lOO t!UL j 25 CTS.