The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-23
SOUTH SIDE NEWS.
o Romance Printed as Their
M0rriagc Notice.

Jacob Sobns and Miss Louisa Kraft,
an tstinaDie young couple, whose
tastes led them, with the full knowl-
edge and consent of their parents, to go
to Wilkes-Barre and get married have
been the recipients of much more no.
tice, n very at that. than
usually falls to the lot of the average
couple. The following is taken from
Fridays Wilkes-Barre Times and 1t
was copied as bona fide yesterday in
a Scranton paper:
ward, performed an interesting mar
rage ceremony last evening. The con-
tracing parties We're Jacob s. Sohns,
grandson of Samuel Sloan, president of
n Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern railroad, and Miss Louisa Kraft.
niece of John Jermyn. the prominent
coal operator and millionaire.
Bride and groom are both from Scran-
ton. The bride wore exquisite flowers
and carried a bouquet which were fur
nished by Florist Marvin, of this city.
The following persons witnessed the
ceremony: Hon. W. ii. Hines, Charles
Shovlin. i. II. Mccormack. S. S. Her.
ring and Robert F.. Conahan. The last
m placed the ring on the brides
finger. Joseph Weitzenkorn presented
tiiC III IL IttuuSoIIlt Ds1lT vi XIII
gloves. After the ceremony the happy
couple vas driven to the Lehigh Valley
station by c.. r. Buckalew, in one of
Posten & Palmer's coaches, from
whence they took a train for Atlanta,
Ga. The announcement of this mar
riage will create quite n furore among
the society people in Scranton and this
city. The groom occupies n responsible
position on the Delaware. Lackawanna
and Western railroad under Superin-
tendent Hallstead."
The relationship mentioned in the
above extract has existence only in the
min of some who played a prac-
teal joke on the Wilkes Barre Times
reporter. Mr.. Sohns has a position up
holstering car seats in the Delaware.
Lackawnna and Western shops.
His Hand Was Crushed.
Patrick Ruane. of Cedar avenue was
injured yesterday afternoon in the Del
aware. Lackawanna and Western cou-
ping cars; his right hand was crushed
between the bumpers and mangled so
seriously that the opinion of the sur
geon at the Moses Taylor hospital
where he was brought. is that amputa-
ton cannot be avoided. Mr.. Ruane is
a young man well known on the South
Side and his misfortune will be a source
of much regret. He was employed as
brakeman. His hand was dressed last
evening and h surgeons VIII perform
amputation only when all efforts to
save the member fails.
shorter Paragraphs of News.
A driver employed in Cusick's liv-
cry stable was sent to this part of the
city yesterday morning to bring some
persons to a funeral and he lost his
bearings. He drove around the Orch
ard grounds and finally landed In n deep
ditch. The coach was upset and the
horses fell with their hoofs up in the ar.
1T was no easy task to get the animals
and rig out of the hole. The driver was
not injured.
There will be a meeting Of the Cen
fury Hose company tomorrow after
noon for the purpose of %perfecting ar
rangements for the annual ball on
Thanksgiving night.
District Engineer Louis Schwass Is
able to be around after u few days in
disposition.
Mrs. Patrick Kelley, late of Orchard
street, was laid at rest yesterday MORN
ing in Hyde Park Catholic cemetery.
The funeral was held at 8 o'clock. A
high mass of requiem was celebrated
st. Peters cathedral by Rev. Thomas
+. Carmody. The remains were attend
ed to the grave by a large gathering
of people who knew the deceased as a
woman of noble and Christian attrib-
utes.
The announcement is made that Pat
risk McGuinness, of Crown avenue, n
brakeman at the North works. and
Miss Mary A. Monahan, of Stone ave-
nue., were married quietly a few days
ago..
Street Commissioners Kinsley has
the road machine at work on Cedar
avenue. neal Elm street. Birch street
from the Ringgold House to Pittston
ayenue. needs remaining very badly.