The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-10-14
BREVITIES AND PERSONALS.

St. James Church Ladies' guild VIII
open fair and festival in the Sunday
school rooms next Friday evening to
continue three evenings.
The Mechanics Hose company have
organized facing team to go to Johns
town next year.
Passenger trains on the Austin
branch of the Lehigh Valley railroad
have been discontinued.
Burglars attempted to loot the Sus-
quehanna avenue station of the Della
ware, Lackawanna and Western rail-
road Saturday evening but were dis
covered before gaining entrance and
made their escape.
An interesting game Of hand ball
was played here Saturday afternoon
between Peter O'Boyle and Ed. Gilroy
and p. F. Joyce and NJ. w. Donnelly.
Three innings We're played. O'Boyle
and Gilroy taking the first and Joyce
and Donnelly the second and third. A
return game will be played at Upper
Pittston next Wednesday afternoon.
DR.. c. j. Barrett, having recovered
from his recent attack of Illness. on
Friday last gave his testimony. the re-
suit of the autopsy he held several
weeks ago on the body of Ignoz Sim
onosvicz, the Polander who was mur-
dered at Upper Pittston last month.
before the coroner's jury. which met at
Alderman Jordan's office, up town. The
doctor said there was evidence of the
man having been shot in the body and
head. and of his skull having been
badly fractured by some blunt instru-
ment. The jury accordingly rendered
a verdict that the deceased was mur-
dered by parties unknown.
John Pelkonis. one of the four
Polanders arrested on the charge of
numbering Ignoz lSimonosvicz, and COM
mitted to the county Jail by Alderman
LOTUS. was brought before Judge
Woodward Saturday afternoon on a
writ of habeas corpus. Lawyer Thorn
ton represented Pelkonis The Judge,
after hearing the evidence offered, re-
manded the prisoner to Jail to await
the action of the grand jury.
At meeting of the school board
Friday evening the contract for build
ing an addition to the Upper Pitts
ton school was awarded to G. X. Will
son, of this place. his bid being $1,000.
The other bids were: William O'Mal-
ley. s6.50O, which was the lowest. but
as Mr. O'Malley had not stated any,
thing about the stock" his bid was
thrown out; A. s. Phillips, 1852; Henry
Smell, S,44S: Michael Lynch. $S,O65.
John Dessoye was awarded the con-
eio,e i'i s"ppiyih6 Vic SCHOOlS Will
coal this term.
John Small, single. % years old, and
Joseph Gerrity, 21. were burned by an
explosion of gas at Hoyt shaft Satur-
day. Smalrs condition, at last report,
was very critical
George Fl. Smith. formerly proprietor
OF the Smithville brick yard here. but
who has been in the insurance busi-
ness at Pottsville. for some time, on
Saturday morning committed suicide
by hanging. He was brother of AL
bert Smith. Of the West Side, and a
nephew of Captain George Smith. He
was A. years old, and leaves a wife and
four children.
Rev. Courtnay Fem and family, who
have been In the country the past three
months for medical treatment, sailed
Saturday from San Francisco, on their
return to China.
The delegates to the Primitive Meth
oddst conference. now In session here,
on Saturday afternoon paid a visit to
No. shaft. and were piloted through
the workings by Benjamin Harding.