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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1895
Page
8
George Moon, a clerk at the Delaware and Hudson locomotive shops, was thrown from a skittish horse at the Dundaff street crossing in Carbondale. His head injured, he was treated at a hotel then at Dr Lowery’s office before returning to work. The horse has frightened at the crossing before.
Matthew Delaney of Dundaff Street died Sunday afternoon from paresis at 45. He had been healthy until a brief illness, worked in Carbondale, then ran a Dundaff Street store for five years. Survived by a wife and two sisters Mrs John Boland and Mrs Dominick McGowan. Funeral at St Rose Church with requiem mass. Attendees include Catholic Mutual Benevolent Association and Ancient Order of Hibernians.
Sunday night at St Rose church the Angel’s Sodality welcomed over a hundred girls and seventeen boys as members. Flames erupted from altar flowers, and two youths named John Moran and Joseph O’Rourke grabbed the burning towers and hurled them outside, saving possible injury and greater damage.
At a council meeting after the eighth avenue bridge collapse, Engineer Frick completed plans for a new bridge. It would be 63 feet long, 48 feet wide with a 30 foot roadway and two 9 foot sidewalks, all iron with a pave or macadam floor, able to bear 10 ton loads, costing about $5.00.
Local voters in the Sixth ward form a new Republican club following strong showing by the Lackawanna Republican club last year. J Z Delevan circulates a formation agreement with seventy six signers as workers prepare for spring elections. The effort signals a fierce campaign effort to boost Republican candidates.
The performance began with a powerful start but within a minute the buggy dashboard was demolished. The horse then finished the run but caught a foot in the harness and fell. The harness was cut free and the trip declared off.
Workers at the Delaware and Hudson shops at Mul street labored through Saturday and Sunday to repair and seal old gravity boilers for water tightness. Two boilers were loaded on flat cars and filled with water before being sent to Peckville and nearby areas where drought reduced local water supply, risking engine shutdown on the gravity road.
Yesterday morning J B Slocum of Clifford met a bad accident while driving to this city. A plank near a bridge over a creek at Briggs school house collapsed and one of his colts fell through. The colt was freed but badly injured. Greenfield supervisors may be asked to pay for damages.
Miss Jennie Kelly of Binghamton visits her sister Mrs K P Mc Coy. Julia Sharlock to marry Robert A Bryson of Salem Avenue on Wednesday Nov 6 by Rev Charles Lee. Many friends in the city extend best wishes. Frank Morgan of Spring Street visits Scranton. Horace D Fox of Niagara Falls guests son F M Fox. William Miller couple leave Crystal Lake cottage. James Monk of Belmont Street ill with typhoid fever. Mrs Harriet Herring and Miss Olivia Harring attend funeral of Mrs L C Carte in Kingston. Misses Katie Mahon Kingston and Agnes Ford Wilkes-Barre guests of Mrs John Judge. Clara Doyle to be bridesmaid for Miss Mary Ryan of Honesdale and M J Hawley of Hawley. Ryan is daughter of Mr and Mrs Philip Ryan of Carbondale. T V Powderty Jr leaves for Buffalo to attend Commercial Travelers’ union convention. Mrs Mary O’Grady attends Mrs Campbell funeral. P F McCann of Coogan Brothers’ Clothing House leaves for two weeks in Buffalo and Niagara Falls. Rev J At Hussile of Bentley Creek calls on friends. Mrs Albert Richmond of Bridgeport Conn, former local resident, visits. Mrs J Moran of Woodlawn Avenue convalesces. George Giles ill at Terrace Street home. A W Burilek and wife visiting in Philadelphia. Mrs F W Mills confined to Lincoln Avenue home by sickness. Miss Cora Ellis of Waymart guest of Mr and Mrs John J Simpson of River Street. Miss Matearet Walker and nephew Harry Brady leave for Bridgeport Conn to make permanent home.
Distressing kidney and bladder diseases relieved in six hours by the New South American Kidney Cure. The remedy is prompt in easing pain in the bladder, kidneys, back, and urinary passages for both men and women. It relieves urinary retention and pain almost immediately. Sold by C M Harris, druggist, 125 Penn Avenue, Scranton, Pa.
Mr and Mrs Thomas Cornish and others hosted guests this past Sunday including Mr and Mrs William Dougherty of Carbondale and Mr and Mrs Elijah Swingle of Dunmore. Local families and visitors were mentioned with gatherings, trips to Wind Gap and Scranton, and an oyster supper to be held at Mrs Frank Pickering's residence next Friday evening.
John Edwards adds a large bay window to his Church Street home while Bernard Robinson takes over the Kelley House on Maple Street and a new house breaks ground on Lowh Male Street. The late daughter of Mr and Mrs Amisa Follister is laid to rest, J W Cote returns from a firemen’s parade with the Lawrence band, Cheerful Workers plan a Delaware Water Gap excursion on Oct 13 with fares 1.50 adults 74 cents under 19, tickets from Mrs D J Decker Spring Garden Street. A Sunday evening address by Miss Dombineey of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union drew a large crowd.
The Filleton office of the Scranton Tribune at No. 6 William Street in Pittston handles advertisement orders and publication items with prompt attention. Office hours are from 9 am to 10 pm, daily.
Mrs Ienosvies arrives with her infant to join Polomier, learns he was murdered and buried, tears and grief unfold. She had not learned of the death until entering a countrywoman’s house. Simonouvies had sent funds to bring wife and child that day. The woman and child are in care of kind friends.
Mire Dela Mitchell sails to Atlantic City for a few weeks amid local health news. Various residents attend events, business trips, and social gatherings in Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, and nearby towns, while minor mishaps and planned developments are reported.
Trev. Father Lynott of St. Mary's convalescent after illness. Methodist church birthday party on Thanksgiving Day. Electric Social club invites for full dress social on Tuesday Oct 16. Grant Bell from Wyoming seminary visited. Mrs. Gardner visiting friends in Nicholson. Dr A J Baker of Duryea made a visit. New cross walks praised. A child of Falwin Stevens died. funeral Wednesday. Chaplain McCabe to lecture on Oct 2 at Methodist Episcopal church. reserved seats on sale. Mrs. Carter ill with pneumonia. Mrs J Blake of Bethany visiting. Richard Stevenson improving residence with paint. Funeral of Patrick Reddy of Mayfield killed in Erle mines. interment in new cemetery on Oct 12. Eastern Star jewels singers to perform in Jermyn. Father Mathew parade Oct 10 preparations complete. stands erected in Elm Grove. procession route listed. Mike Halko from Forrest City visiting. beer bee incident with bride of sll weeks offered for 25 cents. seller faces warrant. Temperance band open air concert Wednesday in Editor Roundy’s yard. Miss Timlin dressmaking and millinery near post office. Hon JC Jadwin transferred to North Carolina. Guerdon Pellet of Philadelphia visiting Uncle BE Ward enbergh. Ground broken for enlargement of Honesdale Electric Light, Heat and Power. Sharpstein of Carbondale and Adiam Metzger Jr. spent Sunday in town.
Hon. John Kubbach was admitted to the Wayne county bar yesterday. An injunction restrains Nellie D. Kenner's guardians from collecting estate securities until court approval. Will provisions leave Nellie 5000 at 21 and 5000 yearly thereafter. A hearing set for October 17. Other items include a strikeout petition against the Erie railroad, Frank Kelley pleading guilty to shoe theft, and J R McDonough starting as drug clerk. Lt Rolfar Jadwin visiting.
An advertisement proclaims a female physician in charge at the Chicago Medical and Surgical Institute, 412 Spruce Street Scranton Pa. She claims specialties in female ailments blood poisoning rheumatism chronic nervous disorders tumors cancer crippled newborns and epileptic conditions and offers free examination and advice to all under twenty five with three months free medicine.
Rev and Mrs T Munger face conflict with his brother E P Munger on ce avenir Mire Teed and Mise Heyl from Philadelphia return after summer in Montrose. A barn near Mr Jones’s residence was destroyed by fire after a lantern exploded. Mrs Wagner of Philadelphia visits D F Lathrop’s then heads home. Agnes Scott and Grace visit Great Bend with Miss Lines. Warps swarm Ft Paul s Episcopal Church during views, and Mr Carpenter of Lackawanna and Montrose RR plans a wagon journey to Carbondale.
The Electric Star band hosts an oyster supper at the church parish hall on Thursday evening October 10 with good music and warm invitation to all. The Railroad Young Men's Christian Association of Scranton plans a concert on Wednesday October 16 at the Methodist Episcopal church for the benefit of the church with full invitation extended. Mrs Datesman hosts brief family visit from Mr and Mrs Saxe and Misses Carrie and Magele Labur of Scranton from Sunday.
Glenburn D Griffiths of Plymouth returns home after visiting friends. William Smith of Parsons spends Sunday with his mother. Arden Wolfe left for Exeter College Massachusetts. Mr Hoste and family of New York have moved into the new residence of Mr Parsons.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a universal remedy for teething pain wind colic and diarrhea. It claims success for millions of mothers over many years and urges purchase from druggists worldwide. The copy warns against imitation and highlights a price of twenty five cents.
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