The Poor Board [condensed] The Scranton Poor Board held a meeting yesterday afternoon, at which all members were present, including Mr. WILLIAMS, the new appointee. All had been sworn in by Mr. E. S. LYNETT, Notary Public, during the afternoon. Previous to reorganization all the business was disposed of. Mary McDONOUGH, 21st ward, an old lady living alone, was given $2 a month for the present. Bridget FORD, Bellvue, asked that her husband who has been ill for a long time be admitted to the Hillside Home. Granted. Mrs. Kate McGEEVER, Dunmore, who has eight children unprovided for, was granted $6 per month for the present. Her husband is in county jail for selling liquor without a license. Ann EVANS, a widow of Eynon street, asked that her 26-year-old son be compelled to support her. Mrs. Goldtha KINGSBURY, a widow, wanted the Board to send her and her two children to Chicago where she thinks she can earn her living. She has lived in Scranton but six weeks and has been in America nine months. The case was dismissed. Mrs. Fannie DOUGHERTY, of the West Side, wanted to have her allowance of $4 per week increased. The board agreed to pay her rent for a couple of months instead. Mrs. Needa PRIM, Stone avenue, whose husband is working in Pittsburg, wanted to be sent to that place. Her husband earns very small wages and is not able to pay the fare of his wife and children. ...It was decided to pay any costs over the $10 contributed by the husband. Mrs. John EAGEN, 10th ward, whose husband at the Hillside Home, asked the board to contribute toward her support. The Board decided to receive her at the home. Mrs. W. B. DUGGAN appeared on behalf of the three COLLERAN children who were left sadly destitute when their parents were both sent to the county jail for engaging in a drunken disturbance. The children are now at St. Patrick's Orphanage but that institution does not care to take charge of them unless they are indentured. The board decided to pay $4 each month for each child until their parents are liberated. The same order was made for the children of Thomas BOLT who are also at the orphanage while their father is in jail for the next two months. Mrs. Mary Ann JONES, Filmore avenue, had her allowance renewed. Mrs. Ann McGUIRE, Luzerne street, with two children, has been deserted by her husband. Case referred. Mrs. Mary RILEY, widow, wanted the Board to care for her four-year-old child. Two dollars a month will be allowed her if she sends her child to the Orphanage. Mrs. Adam FRANZ's husband is at the Poor Farm. He has stock in a Building Association. She wants to get the stock in her own name. The matter was referred. Mrs. John W. PRICE, Bromley avenue, has been receiving an allowance for the keep of a child of John FOWLER, which she wants continued. Referred. Christopher SCHADT of Price street, who is nearly blind, appeared with his wife. They have several children. The Board decided to pay his rent for two months. Mrs. Owen OWENS, Ninth street, asked for continuance of her allowance. Referred. Mrs. Mary PRICE of the West Side, whose husband fails to contribute to her support, told a pitiful tale of privation. The case was referred. Peter SNYDER, Dunmore, appeared in the interest of 12 year old Daniel SCHLOSS whose grandfather of the same name can support him, but will not. Schloss lives in the 17th ward, and if the story is true, bears a double relation to the child, and is a brute with few redeeming qualities. The boy's mother, while at the Poor Farm, married a man in Providence. Many of the details of Mr. Snyder's story are totally unfit for publication. The case was referred to the attorney. Mrs. Mary DAVIS, of the West Side, wanted to be sent back to the old country. The matter was deferred. Mr. H. GIBBONS moved that the Board levy a four mill tax for the year 1889; a five mill tax was decided upon. The report of Supt. Fowler shows 21 admissions, 8 discharges, and 1 death during the month. Remaining at the almshouse are 128 persons (84 men, 44 women). Admitted to the insane department 1, discharged 1, 2 deaths, 82 patients treated and 308 prescriptions issued. Luzerne County - Agnes May [Linn], infant daughter of Charles B. LINN, of South street, died on Thursday. Mrs. BAUER, the wife of Policeman Bauer, is suffering from the effects of a sprained ankle. Officer John KINNEY of the police force has been suspended for being too patriotic on the Fourth. Mrs. S. J. MULLER, of New York, is visiting her brother, Mr. Lawrence MYERS, of Franklin street. Solomon THOMAS of Kingston paid $4.50 for fighting, at the mayor's morning session. John JONES defeated George GERMAN in a foot race at West Side Park. Fifty dollars was the prize. A slight blaze occurred in Adam GRIER's house, Kidder street, yesterday afternoon. Little damage was done. G. J. CLARK, law student with District Attorney DARTE, bicycles to and from his home in Luzerne and this city. The most unsophisticated man before the mayor yesterday was Joseph TOBISH of Kingston. He got drunk on cigars. George W. LAYCOCK, formerly foreman of The Record composing rooms, has accepted a similar position with Mr. C. B. Snyder at Yonkers, NY. A woman riding on the Kingston street car had an earing blown from her ear by an exploding firecracker on Thursday night. There were two kinds of powder on her cheek after the happening. The engagement of Charles A. GIFFORD, of Newark, and Miss Helen, daughter of Col. CONYNGHAM, is announced. Miss Conyngham is traveling in Europe with her aunt, and Mr. Gifford is a member of the party. Editor George W. COOLBAUGH, of the Wilkes-Barre Telegram, has the distinction of celebrating his birthday along with the nation, and on Thursday was the recipient of an elaborate and handsome smoking set. a present from Mr. Henry STARK, of Plains. One of the worst gang of tramps the season has afforded was gathered from near the red bridge of the D&H on Thursday. A woman was in the crowd who was said by the Mayor to be in terrible condition, having scarcely enough clothing to cover her. A man named COREY of this city, and another named John McNEVITT are said to have fought seventeen rounds on the river bank yesterday morning in defense of their honor. [condensed] Pittston - Company H gave an exhibition drill, followed by the silent manual of arms, the lightening drill and the bayonet exercise, all of which evoked storms of applause. This was part of a successful fund-raiser at Oregon grove for St. John's Congregational church. [rewritten and condensed.] Mr. Leopold OlSZEWSKI and Miss Hulda NORTHNAGLE, of Scranton, were married at the residence of Mr. Albert Olszewski, West Pittston, by Rev. G. A. Struntz, on the 3rd last. Mr. George KILLIAN and Miss Maria STEVENS, both of West Pittston, were married on the 3rd inst. The furniture for the new Butler Hill school building is being placed into position. The "Glen Mary" steamer from Plymouth plied the Susquehanna on the Fourth and reached the port of Pittston in the afternoon.