The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-01
Suburban News
In General
PROVIDENCE.

Glass No. n of the Court street Meth
odist Episcopal church viii give a liter
AIRY and musical entertainment in church
Friday evening, Following is the pro
grammc:
/. Piano solo ,...........,Mlss Angcs Ross
.. Recitation, "A Boys Mother"
Joseph Paff
3. Contralto solo ..,,..,.Miss Mary Davis
4. March ......s..............k Kindergarten
3. Recitation, "Our Kenneth.
Robert Feateaby
G. Kindergarten song Grant Lamberton
{. Recitation, Not SO Easy
- Merle Terwilliger
s. KINDERGARTEN song 80 Ronald CLARK
3. Recta tom Angels Bladder"
'.f Albert Low
10. Bass solo ....,u..."....s...M Mr.. Pilllnss
II. Recitation, "The Cricket BalL"
George Unwin
10. Kindergarten song ..Chauncey Miller
Dwight Ban
"A. Recitation, "They Cried out for
Fear" .....,.,............Ed Eddie Gibbons
10. Kindergarten song ....,,. Mabel Bun
16 Recitation The Way to BE Happy
Arthur Griffin
H. Boat song ................. Kindergarten
49, Recitation, sing a Song of Snow
time" Frank Twining
49, Soprano solo ....... Miss Clara Sanders
20. Recitation, The Puzzled Dutch
man. .......,.......,.,.,..,...Br Bruce Ross
81. THE Shocmaker's Sor ,"
kindergarten
/ Admission 10 cents. Ice cream and
cake will be served after the entertain
I ment.
The fourth quarterly conference of
/ Providence Methodist Episcopal church
was held on Tuesday night, Rev. j. q.
Eckman, ID. D., was present and occu-
! pied the chair. The work OF the past
1 year was reviewed and plans made for
( the future. The review showed the past
year had been prosperous in all lines of
/ church work. over sixty had been re-
ceived into the church and $500 on the
church debt had been provided for. OF
this amount the Ladies' Aid society con-
| trlbuted SO This society had also pro-
vided furniture for the parsonage. The
| benevolences are in advance of last year.
The missionary cause will receive $40
more than last year. The presiding elder
was requested by unanimous rising vote
! to return the pastor, Rev. William Ed
! gar, for another year.
Dr. W. w. Jenkins will tomorrow move
his family and household effects to Peck
! Vile, where he expects to permanently
reside. During his residence here the doc"
tor has made hosts of friends who Will
very much reglet his departure.
An entertainment worthy of public at
tentiOn and patronage is that to be held
April in st. Mary's hall under the aus
pices of st. Joseph's Young Mems Liter
airy and Benevolent society for the behe-
fit of the widow and orphans of the late
Thomas Flood. j. j. Salmon, who has
charge of the entertainment, has al.
ranged to secure the appearance of excel
lent talent for the occasion.
The funeral of George w. Wilder oc-
CURED yesterday afternoon from his late
home, at Weston Place. The hous" was
thronged with sorrowing friends of the
deceased, by whom he was hell in high
, esteem. Rev. George T.. Guild, pastor OF
the Presbyterian church, delivered II
short funeral sermon in which he re-
ferred to the deceased as a citizen OF
sterling qualities who endeared himHett
| to those he came in contact with Thc
pall-bearers were selected from the dit-
ferent organizations of which he was
a member; they were: o. +. Miller, Da-
vid Christmas, William Lewis, Lewis
Huff, r. S. Morgans ana Nelson LaRcse.
. Floral bearers, b. b. Atherton ani' ID.
| D. Griffin, of Ezra Griffin post The re-
mains were conveyed to Dunmore Ccme-
terry for intcrment, whore A. B. stevens,
commander of Ezra Griffin post, Grand
Army of the Republic, read the simple
burial ritual of the Grand Army Of the
! Republic. after which salute of thret
yolleys were fired over the grave of theil
, departed Comrade,
large number of people of this part
of the city attended the funeral yestorda%
of Mrs. Evan Reese, formerly of this
place. but later of Plymouth The fn-
hClal services We're conducted at thl
home Of her sister, Mrs ID. NJ. Thomas
on the West SIDE.
Mrs. Marshall Is seriously i'll at her
home, on Wayne avenue.
John II. Evans, of Brick avenue, who
, has been suffering for some time whf
> his eyes. left yesterday for Philadelphia
. where he will enter an hospital for treat
ment.
: The infant child of Mr.. ana Mrs. Loui,
/ Shaffer is seriously ill.,
Mrs. Thomas r. Williams, Of Wayne
avenue, is ~. -.
, The funeral of Hubert Naughton yes
a terday afternoon was largely attended bS
q friends Of the deceased. Funeral ser
!, vices were conducted at the Holy Ros
AIRY church. Burial was made in Hyd,
, Park Catholic cemetery.
q John Brady is quite III at his home. OF
: | Keyser avenue.
:. Rev Charles Prosser pastor OF The
: ! Primitive Methodist church of East Mar
I ket street, returned yesterday from Nor
q ris Run, where he has been visiting rea
tives.
While engaged In making. necessary i'm
j., DroVements about the house Tuesday
: John Markey, an aged man residing OF
n West Market street, sustained a fractur'
| of the leg. The member having bee'
!, fractured previously makes II very dis
>, tressing to the old gentleman and the in
"a jury is made more serious by the fac
, that Mr.. Markey is wen advanced il
K years.