The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-18
Tales OF TWO PITTsTONS
News Of Interest to Readers Up and
Down the Valley.
HOME TALENT ENTERTAINMENT
Local Thespians Cover Themselves with
GlOry-Coming Concerts of the Scran'
ton Lyric CIub-Great Social Event.
Potter Griffith Injured.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.

Pittston, April 1.-THE entertain
ment given at Music hall last evening
for the benefit of the Leek Cornet band
was a success. "The Millionaire
Tramp" a comedy-drama in four acts,
was rendered by a company of home
talent. A large audience was in at
tendance. The characters were very
we'll taken, especially those or The
Tramp, by Frank Ferguson; the villain,
by II. b. Sweisport, and the tramp's
daughter, by Miss Ionia Robinson. The
cast was as follows: Jerry, the outcast.
Robert Graham, Gerald Weston, The
Millionaire Tramp, Frank Ferguson;
James Blackburn, a villain, II. b.
Sweisfort: Jack Worthington, Ed
Burke; Colonel Lee, w. G. Williams;
Mrs. Lee, Ethel Courtright; Sadie,
Mamie Pagan; France Lee, the tramp's
daughter, Ionia Robinson. Between
acts three and four Messrs. Melton and
Heston, the home variety team. intro
duced their celebrated singing and
dancing specially.
Lyric Glee Club Concert.
The Lyric Glee club of Scranton I'M
der direction of T. ]. Davies Mus. Bac.
with Miss Florence Richmond as ac-
companist, will make their first ap-
pearance at Music Hall on tomorrow,
Thursday evening, in the concert for
benefit of the hospital fund. The man
ayers have decided that the concert
shall be repeated on Friday evening.
The following programme has been ar
ranged:
Part Song, Now the Sun Has Mount
ed High. h".......................M .Macfarren
Lyric Glee Club.
Solo, my Little Woman. .Osgood
Richard Thomas.
Albion, Duet,
Messrs. Edwin Bowen, John W. Jones
Part Song-ta) Junlata. .....GelDel
(b) Ave Maria. Phelps
Queen of the Earth. ..Pinsutti
w. ID. Evans.
Piano Duet, Miss Florence Richmond, Miss
Anna German.
Part Song, "Davy Jones" ............M .Molloy
Lyric Glee Club.
PART II.
sailors SutttrT Al
Edwin Bowen.
Part Song, "Annie Laurie" "........... .Geibel
Lyric Glee Club.
Excelsior ........................... .Balfe
w. d. Evans, John T. Watkins.
Part Song, Robin Adair'. Bach
Lyric Glee Club.
Solo, "Hybrias the Creton". Elliot
John w. Jones.
fishermen ........................... .Galussi
Tom Beynon, P. H. Warren.
Part Song, ION the Sea-. Buck
Lyric Glee Club.
Greatest of the Season.
The greatest and last social event for
the season of the West Side Social club
was held at Eagle hall last evening.
About fifty couples were present and a
very pleasant evening was enjoyed.
The usual extensive programme of
dances had been prepared. Professor
johnson, of Scranton, furnished the
music. The following from out of town
were present: E. Enterline. Mr.. Enter
line, Mr.. Nesbitt, r. Kelly. T. Graham,
Miss NJ. Kelley, Miss Dinsmore, and
Miss Lille Mack, all of Wilkes-Barre;
F. Flanagan, of Kingston; j. Tonkins,
DR.. Wardell, Ed Jones, Walter Davis,
Alex. Schriver. of Scranton; Miss Min
ME Sanders, Miss Nell Sanders, Miss
Ida Doty. ofDunmore; Miss Jessie Dale,
of Daleville; Miss Lille Phillips, of
Forty-Fort, and Miss Jennie Drake, of
Lackawanna.
Other Items Of Interest.
John ]. Monday, aged 10 years, son Of
William Monday, of Hughestown, died
suddenly this morning at 10 o'clock.
The funeral will take place from the
family residence in Hughestown, Fri
day morning at 9 o'clock. Interment at
Market street cemetery.
The death of Miss Jessie Harrison,
daughter of Mathew Harrison, of 1876
Vine street, occurred this morning at
II. o'clock, from the effects of burns re-
ceived by her clothes catching on fire
from a mining lamp some time ago.
She was IL years and months old. The
funeral will take place from the family
residence Friday afternoon at 23O
o'clock Interment at Market street
cemetery.
Rev. David Macdonald goes to his
charge tomorrow at Port Crane, N. Y.
Mr. Macdonald is the son of James i.
Macdonald, of Scotch Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hollenback, of
Greenwood, are visiting friends in this
city.
Stanley Crooks was out today for the
first time in several weeks, having been
confined to his home with illness.
Andrew Schelberger, nephew of John