The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-10-09
BREVITIES AND PERSONALS.

James and Matthew Flynn. of Dur
yea left Monday night on business
trip to Buffalo. They will be gone two
weeks. They have made some heavy
investments In real estate at Buffalo
and Niagara Falls.
w. l.. MoDougall. the jeweler, left
Yesterday on hunting tour In the
vicinity of Bear Lake.
Yesterday the two large rollers OF the
Barber Asphalt company were placed
on board fiat cars and forwarded to
Wilkes Barre. This looks as though
there will be no more paving done here
this year.
The doctors attending Robert Poole.
who was shot nearly month ago, To-
Gated one of the bullets in his back.
near the surface, and yesterday they
extracted it with but little pain 20 the
patient. lMr. Poole continues to i'm
prove steadily, and. it Is expected, he
VIII be able to resume work in sew
eral weeks time.
DR.. c. J. Barrett continues to improve
slowly but surely, much to the gratifica-
tion Of his numerous friends.
Mine Inspector Mcdonald is on a
business visit to Schuylkill.
James A. Dewey, of Wanamie, Prohi-
bitionist candidate for. recorder of
deeds paid a visit to town yesterday.
phia. will give three free lectures, for
men only, on anatomy and physiology,
at the Young Mems Christian associa-
tion rooms, next Thursday, Friday and
Saturday evenings.
The second of the evangellstic SER
vices being held in the Broad Street
Presbyterian church, under the aus
pices of the pastor, Rev. s. Ross Nc
Clements. this week, was largely at
tended last evening. Rev. F. Van
Krug, of the Kingston Presbyterian
church, preached very eloquent SER
mon. The music rendered was q feat
ure worthy of especial mention.
Gertrude Laycock, daughter Of Col
onel ]. II. Laycock. of Wyoming. last
week drove into ditch in West Pitts
ton borough and sustained painful in
juries. 1t was said last evening that
her father. the colonel. will bring an
action for $4,000 damages against the
borough.
Poor Director Lewis Jordan yester-
day afternoon found a poor, demented
Polish lad, Z years old, In his lot on
Montgomery street. The boy's father,
Joseph Grabowski. placed the lad there,
and at last accounts the police had not
apprehended Joseph
Mss Heath, of Scranton, will give the
first of series Of art lectures at the
home of Miss Lacoe, on the West Side,
next Tuesday evening.
The Wake Robin club. the elite So
cial set OF the West Side, on Monday
evening resumed their nocturnal chirp-
ings after the summer vacation. The
first meeting was held at the home Of
Miss Lacoe. and most of the members
were on hand. The club has finisned
Its dissertations OF French history and
now takes up the study OF 1.-THE Eliza
bethian Age In England" The first
topic Of this interesting subject. ''The
House of Tudor" was discussed by J..
Frank Harris, Miss Lacoe and Miss
Dorr. The remainder of the programme
was made up of vocal and Instrumental
muse by Lauren Wolfe, j. L. Peck,
Miss Lance and an interesting paper,
Current Topics" by s. NJ. Parke.
Eugene Smith. the Scranton druggist,
was In town yesterday.
A number of young men of the East
Side have organized n bicycle club. F..
NJ. Afford Is secretary. and any person
desiring to become a member should
communicate with him.
The civil case of j. T.. Patterson vs..
John Touhill is being heard at Wilkes
Barre this week, and yesterday the
jury visited this place to view the prem
ises in dispute.