Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, Mon, Mar 24, 1890 NARRIAGE LICENSES GRANTED: E GATKNECHT, Wilkes-Barre AGNES MILLER, Wilkes-Barre WILL WICKHAM, Fairmount ROSE HOSLER, Harveyville JOHN KENNY, Wilkes-Barre ANN MUNDAY, Wilkes-Barre J S REAH, Wilkes-Barre LIZZIE ZIMMERMAN, Wilkes-Barre PARDIE BESHE, Plymouth MAME FISHER, Plymouth ANTONY GAINORD, Wilkes-Barre MARY CONREY, Wilkes-Barre O F TURNBACH, Freeland KATE ANDREAS, Wilkes-Barre R T WILLIAMS, Nanticoke SARAH E ANDERSON, Nanticoke WM. BITTENBENDER, Butler DELIA HOUSEKURCT, Butler GEO. HUGHES, Wilkes-Barre LIZZIE BAKER, Wilkes-Barre COURT OF COMMON PLEAS: Divorce actions: RICHARD LEAKEY vs CAROLINE LEAKEY, divorce decreed UADA ROBINSON vs ARTHUR ROBINSON, divorce decreed BIRTHS: The wife of P H KERSTETTER, of the Pennsylvania coal offices, presented him with a lovely girl baby yesterday >From Plymouth: JAMES DOOLEY was made happy yesterday by the arrival of a young son and heir in the family DEATH: >From Pleasant Hill: STEPHEN LINES buried his only child on Saturday >From Pleasant Hill: Diphtheria and scarlet fever has been playing havoc among the little ones of this community. MART ROBERTS, of Lake, buried four of his family in as many days, and B MOSS has buried two of his children. FUNERAL: >From Plymouth: The funeral of Mrs JOHN B ALDEN took place yesterday afternoon and was very largely attended BRIEFS: >From Plymouth: JOHN P SHEA and EDWARD PURCELL left here today for Chicago where they intend to make their future home, and prepare a reception for their Plymouth friends who go to the World's Fair. The formal announcement of the completion of the long distance telephone system connecting Wilkes-Barre with New York, Philadelphia, Portland Maine, Buffalo, Providence, Boston and intermediate cities was made yesterday and the newspapermen were invited to the first test. The first long distance line was put up in 1886 between New York and Philadelphia. Within a short time, Chicago and New York can talk comfortably over a thousand miles of wire. Ed, Phoenix