The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-07
CITY NOTES.

The teachers committee of the board of
control will meet tonight.
The Woman's Keeley league will meet
this evening at 7.30 o'clock.
The Hebrew Ladies' Relief society will
meet this afternoon at go o'clock.
Prayer meeting will be held this even
ing in the Second Presbyterian church All
are cordially invited to attend.
Frank Rafferty,, of Covington township,
collected 81 bounty on a wild cat from the
county commissioners yesterday.
on Wednesday evening, Jan. 20, about
fifteen members of local communicates of
Knights Templars will go TO Wilkes
Barre.
An original pension has been granted
Seneca Race, of Green Grove, and
widows pension to Carolina Rosen, of
this city.
Work on the chemical laboratory at the
Scranton high school has progressed SO
far that Professor Wells announces that
1t will be opened next week.
Lackawanna lodge, No. 80, Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen will hold their
Eleventh annual ball in Music Hall
Wednesday evening, Jan. l3,
The well-known Everett House, New
York city, on Union Square, now doing a
large and profitable trade, has no con-
nection with the Hotel Everett in Wash
ington Market, recently closed.
At last nights special prayer meeting
service of the First Presbyterian church,
Rev. DR.. James Mcleod gave a brief ad-
dress preparatory to the holy communion
which VIII be administered on Sunday.
The Delaware and Hudson company paid
yesterday at the Olyphant and Eddy Creek
mines at Olyphant. Today the Delaware
Lackawanna and Western company will
pay its employees on the Southern division
and at the stations.
A. n. Gallagher, a teamster employed
by f. p Price, is recovering from an acci-
dent that narrowly missed destroying the
sight of one eye. While hanging a har-
ness he slipped from a bench and a wire
hook pierced his eyelid and eyebrow.
Attorney w. j. Hand yesterday made
application for charter for the Rich
mondale Accidental association of Rich
mondale, an organization for the relief of
members who may become disabled by
accident. The trustees are David Morris,
Morgan Davis and James Redmond.
Thomas Murray, of Peckville, formerly
OF Minooka, sued the Scranton Traction
company yesterday for $500, through his
attorneys, NJ. j, Donahoe and |. II. Burns.
In January, 1896, he was driving along
Pittston avenue, near Palm street in his
butcher wagon, car struck the rear Of
the wagon, demolishing it and injuring
horse and driver,
Evangelist j, Shelhorne, who held a sue
cessful revival at Green Ridge two years
ago Is in Scranton for a few days Mr..
Shelhorn, as some readers of The Trib-
une remember, was shot al three times in
Arizona and reported dead last February,
He Is holding successful meeting at
present In Moscow for DR. David. He be-
gins at Honesdale, Pa, Jan. II.
John =. Jones, a bartender in a Penn
avenue hotel, was arrested yesterday
afternoon on the charge of jumping a
board bill. Mrs, Jane Canouse, of Pitts
ton, was the complainant and the war
rant was issued by Alderman Lotus, Of
the same place, The matter was satisfac-
torily arranged between the two parties
and Jones was given his liberty.
Al regular meeting of the Horse
Shoers' National Protective association of
this city held Tuesday night the following
officers We're elected for the coming year:
President, A, j. Schnell first vce-presi-
cent, Nj. I. Keller; second vice-president,
William ii. Gordon; secretary, Robert r.
Could; treasurer, Marwood Jordan; trus-
tees, w. A. st. John, George W. Dunn and
" J, Nealous.
The number lS has not been a fatal one
I" Charles h. Hopkins the Record press
han, contrary to the general superstition.