The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-10

| E<N oiis Will IcINt Ioi oaA
Saturday to visit his brother, and in q
few days he will leave for the West,
in search of relatives. who have wan
dered far away from their native home.
At the meeting of Rushbrook lodge,
| No. $50, this evening, they VIII CONFER
| the initiatory degree upon a candidate.
| Mr.. and Mrs. David Mendelshon and
sons Isaac and Benjamin. attended a
| wedding at Wilkes-Barre Tuesday
! evening.
| The Hillside Coal and Iron company
will pay their employees today.
Mrs. Peter McCarty and her daughter
Magdalene, left yesterday to attend the
wedding of her cousin at Wilkes Barre.
Mrs. James Merrell. of Mayfield. was
visiting friends in Scranton Monday
! and Tuesday of this week.
Miss Jennie Williams is visiting
/ friends in Carbondale.
! Messrs. John Lewis and Thomas
Jones. of Mayfield, called upon some
| friends in Carbondale on Tuesday
evening and spent very pleasant
evening. Sc entertained were they that
| they forgot the street car service was
not in oDeration all night and conse-
| quently their forgetfulness cost them
! long walk and no doubt can tell the
number of ties there are from May
! field to Carbondale.
I NT. w llll'tI1 l.IinpTe, WIZ lpT SotiiS
years has resided in this place, has
| view.
| Miss Lula Shaw. of Mrs. Harris's mil
linery store. is visiting her parents at
! Mt. Pleasant.
| Miss Wolff, of Clark's Summit. circu-
| lated among friends in town yesterday.
| Fred Van Sickle is excavating a eel
lar for the erection of house on Scott
road
Andrew Whitlock is building himself
a house on Cemetery street.
| Mr.. George Bennett, of Forest City,
| spent Tuesday in town.
William ii. Tennis is making further
! improvements to his property on South
/ Main street, by 4 coat of paint on the
| fence.
| The services Of Miss Luda Shaw have
| been secured by the Methodist Episco-
/ pal church choir as soprano. Her vo-
! cal ability is spoken very highly Of. and
the members of the church are well
pleased in the further improvement of
| the choir.
! Katie Wilson. daughter of John Will
son, died yesterday of convulsions
/ She was l years. I months old. The
! funeral will be held Friday afternoon
at their residence on Third street.
Several members of the Ladies' Aux
/ iliary of st. James Episcopal church
/ are training about seventy-tive chill
dren for their debut on Dec. Is in "The
Coming of Lii Hung Chang. The fol-
! lowing is the programme: The Grand
Chinese march, given with true Chi
nese gestures and costumes; song by
Yum Yum Petisng and Peep Boo, from
: the Mikado: entrance of policeman
with sedan chair: entrance of LII Hung
! Chang, welcomed by Chinese from
/ Chinatown; the presentation of the
! American and Chinese flag by the
| babies Of Chinatown; song by Reuben
| and Cynthia, in Quaker costume;
Mother Goose drama: entrance of gyp-
sizes with songs, fortune telling, and
steals Airline; tableau,, Gypsy Camp
! Life" worshipping the rising sun: liv
| ing pictures. Topsy. Miss Ophelia and
| Evan. introducing Angelo; Cupid and
| Diana, with songs from Little Ty-
coon" and "Erminie;" sailors, with
march choruses and fantastic gestures;
plating the May Pole.
DR.. Davis is improving his property
! by a stone walk.
william Warner and Thomas Gill
man spent Sunday as guests of Samuel
| Warner.
Erie and Delaware and Hudson pay
today.
&. ID. Winters, our popular merchant,
| has secured as assistants during the
holiday season the Misses Josie Gill;
gan. Libbie Henwood and Sarah Jen
| kins.
The Crystal Fire company have re-
ceived an invitation from the Eagle
Hose company Of Priceburg to attend
trade carnival, which opens on Dec.
| 18th.
James Meehan and Thomas McGov-
ern called on friends in Olyphant last
evening.
The Misses Lille Jenkins and Edith
NOeste and j. Relley and Il. Mellow
spent last evening with Miss Annie Ell
lis, of CarbOndale.
The grand social of Crystal Frecom-
pany No. | gives promise of being the
eve.t of the season. 1t will be held on
New Years eve. Invitations have been
issued and all arrangements are near
ing completion. The boys promise to
excel all former efforts in this line. and
that Is a guarantee of an enjoyable
evening with the fire laddies.
Mrs. Evans takes this means Of ex-
tending thanks to- her many friends
for their kindness in her recent afIiic-
tion.
Rev. f. Gendall and c. l.. Bell spent
yesterday In Scranton,