Scranton Tribune-Republican, Wednesday, July 10, 1889 Elsewhere - Naturalists and others are becoming considerably alarmed over the prospect of the early extermination of the kangaroo. City and county - Andrew NYE, an inmate of the Hillside Home, died yesterday afternoon of sunstroke, age 83. A five-year-old daughter of James W. VAIL, of Court street, fell from a porch on Monday evening and broke her arm. Dr. Tiffany reduced the fracture. Albert H. POWERS, aged 81 years, died yesterday afternoon. He was the father of L. D. and A. D. Powers, of Cedar avenue. His remains will be taken to Phoenixville for interment. Robert ROBERTS, contractor, of Bellvue Heights, and four of his employees will leave in a few days for Seattle, Washington Territory, where they have a large number of contracts to fulfill. Mr. S. WERTHEIMER, formerly of Scranton, now of Philadelphia, is visiting Mr. SImon Rice. Miss Della EVANS, and niece, Miss Irene KANN, are visiting Mrs. Owen JAMES in Philadelphia. Miss Sallie FAUST, of West Pittston, who has been visiting Miss Sallie SEWARD, on Mill street the past week, returned home yesterday. Mr. Charles J. POWELL left yesterday afternoon for Penn Yan [NY], where he and his wife and family, who are already there, will remain a month. Mr. Thomas ROBERTS, a student at the Yale Theological Seminary, is i the city, the guest of his brother, Rev. Peter ROBERTS, of Jackson street. A large umber of persons in this city will regret to hear that Rev. J. E. PRICE of the Adams Avenue Methodist Episcopal church has accepted a call to the St. James church, corner of Madison avenue and One Hundred Twenty-Sixth street, New York. He will commence his new labors on the first of November. Dr. Price came to the Adams Avenue M. E. Church from Elizabeth, NJ in April, 1886. [Condensed] There will very shortly be called a meeting of all the members of the Board of Control to proceed to No. 1 school, corner of Washington avenue and Vine St, and consider plans which have for some time been under way to remodel and rebuild the structure. Saturday afternoon and evening, Mrs. K. E. BLACKINGTON gave a piano recital and party to her class of younger pupils at her residence, 123 South Main street, Hyde Park. ..... Among those present were the Misses Maud POWERS, Mary Jane DAVIS, Annie MORGAN, Mamie ROSAL, Helen MOTT, Carrie PRICE, and Master Ray MORGAN and others. [condensed] Freight Car Thieves Monday night in Carbondale a car containing flour for the Weston Mill Company was broken open and a quantity of the breadstuff stolen. The "Carbondale Leader" says: Officer MUNN traced the stolen property to a house of Pike street occupied by a woman named VAN HORN. On the way he met Anthony McDERMOTT, a chap well known to the police. Tony's garments were sprinkled with flour, and as the officer knew that the chap was not in the milling business he concluded to arrest on suspicion. Having lodged McDermott in the cooler he called Officer MORAN to his assistance and proceeded to the home of the Widow VAN HORN. In the door and upon the steps traces of the flour could be seen and the room looked as it had been hastily swept. The widow denied all knowledge of the affair, but the officer was convinced that she was not telling the truth so he invited her to walk up to the alderman's office. McDermott was taken from the jail and made some admissions which served to fasten the crime upon him and another well known "bum". The alderman made out commitment papers and McDermott will spend the summer months at the county jail. His companion in crime will be taken in this evening and the town will be rid of two of its constitutionally tired citizens. The woman was allowed to go, after the Squire warned her that the business in which she was engaged was unlawful, and if she continued to harbor such characters she must expect to suffer with them the penalty for violating the law. West Side - Miss Lizzie EDWARDS, of West Bangor, having completed a six months' study in piano-forte under the instruction of Prof. PROTHERHOE, returned home yesterday morning. Mr. Daniel DAVIS, of Indiana, who has been visiting Postmaster D. M. JONES, has returned home. French stained glass for the new rear windows of the Welsh Baptist church on South Main avenue, are being placed in their proper positions. They are the gift of Mrs. Benjamin HUGHES, whose name in full is cut therefore in neat and conspicuous letters. They are ten in number and will cost $200. At the time of the recital to be held there this evening by Prof. TAFT, of Brooklyn, NY, they will be erected and can be seen for the first time. Miss Ruth HATTIN, of Kingston, who was visiting Miss Sadie DAVIS on Eynon street for a few days, returned home yesterday afternoon. Amasa - Mrs. P. A. CLARK, of Iowa, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Thomas RULAND, of this place. Mr. John MULLINEX and Miss Mamie CATOR were united in marriage on the 3rd of July. Mrs. Andrew BRAJIE is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Ruth CORDNER. MARRIED - SMITH - MADDOX In Columbia, NJ, July 4, 1889, by Rev. Anizi L. Smith, Mr. Allen F. Smith to Miss Myrtle Bell Maddox, both of Dunmore, PA. GRONER - KUNZMAN In Columbia, NJ, July 6, 1889, by Rev. Anizi L. Smith, Mr. William C. Gronzer, of Johnsonville, PA, to Miss Louisa Kunzman, of Newark, NJ. DIED - POWERS - In Scranton, July 9, 1889, Albert H. Powers, aged 81 years. Funeral services at the residence of his son, L. D> Powers, 474 Cedar avenue, at 10:30 Wednesday morning. Remains will be taken on the 12:10 D&H train for interment at Phoenixville, PA, on Thursday. Luzerne County - Wilkes-Barre Paul WALES, late of Pittston, is the new operator at the Postal Telegraph office. Charley BAUER, of the "Leader" composing rooms, has ripe peaches in his garden. This is for the benefit of the small boy who exists near Charley's home. Marriage licenses were granted to Hugh KENNEDY, of Luzerne, and Anna FLEMMING, of Plymouth; M. DURKIN, of Parsons, and Nora TIMLIN, of Plainsville. Applications for teacher's positions in the First District were received from Matthew BECK, Stella GALLAGHER, John A. KINNY, Ida C. LUBRECK and Lou W. POTTER. Miss PERKINS application for increase of salary was also referred. T. J. McCONNON, principal, reported receipts of the commencement exercises $65.52. P. E. FLOOD, agent for the Cleveland School Furniture company, was present with a sample desk. [condensed] OUR NATIVE TREES As the class gets further into the subject it seems that the moment on touches Botany it responds with a lot of hard names. It's no wonder the average reporter gets sun dem for sundew or any other remarkable twist. For over an hour yesterday morning the Professor wrote undistinguishable names on the blackboard, and then picking up an ordinary buttercup asked the class to analyze it, remembering all the long names he had been giving them. The class, however, hunted the rascal down triumphantly through series, class orders, genera, tribes, and species, coming out with the plant as a tall buttercup, Ranunculus Aeris, named by Linneaus himself. At the evening meeting in the Board of Trade rooms, Prof. DUDLEY took up the subject of Native trees of the Valley, illustrating by charts the different divisions unto which trees are separated. It did seem odd to find that the apple, plum and cherry all belonged to the rose family, that the pepperidge is first cousin to the dogwood. The sassafras is a laurel, and the laurel is a heath. The cucumber and the tulip are distinct trees, although closely allied. Sections of the wood about 1/100 of an inch thick were shown. They showed the grain of the wood very clearly and distinctly. They are being made by R. B. HOUGH, a son of a former Commissioner of Forestry, and are of greta beauty and use. One of the trees that should be found in this locality, on the river bottoms, is the box elder, or ash-leaved maple, and any one knowing of its whereabouts is requested to notify the REPUBLICAN, so that it may be discovered forthwith. It is known in Wayne county, but not so far in Lackawanna, and it isn't proposed to let little Wayne get ahead of us on the subject of trees. But, geologically, Wayne county is closely allied to [New] York state, and consequently the flora of that county is different from that of the carboniferous age of Lackawanna. Rock areas are of great importance in the distribution of plants, and this valley produces some trees not generally found in New York. As an instance of glacial action, the hickory was mentioned, found generally in eastern America and eastern Asia, and nowhere else, the trees being forced by the glaciers into localities favorable to their growth. The great plains have as much effect in the distribution of species as mountain chains. The water birch is a characteristic tree of the Lackawanna valley, being very abundant here. The scrub pine is about its northern limit in the lower part of the valley, while the tamarack is near its southern limit about Lehigh pond. The future of the forests in this vicinity is not pleasant to contemplate, since they will soon disappear, and yet the mountains are unfit for little else than the raising of trees. With the disappearance of the woods, the water supply will diminish and the mountains will become more and more barren. It is a question which every city will do well to contemplate, since its water supply concerns every citizen. The Professor's remark that every city should also have a park in which to plant and care for the native trees of its vicinity, was greeted with an applause that shows how dear this subject is to all. The class leaves this morning via the Erie and Wyoming Railroad at 8:45 instead of 7:25 as heretofore announced. At Maplewood the party will lunch with Mr. William CONNELL, leaving there at 1:16 for Moore's Lake. The train will stop at Paupack where teams will meet the party to convey the ladies to the lake. The train reaching there at 7:53 will stop at the same place to take the party up on its return. Thursday class exercises at the school of the Lackawanna at 9 o'clock. Friday the class goes to Bald Mount. Friday evening Prof. Dudley will lecture on insectiverous plants at the Board of Trade rooms at 8 o'clock.