The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-02
NORTH SCRANTON.

Miss Maggie Jones, of Green street,
left yesterday for Nanticoke.
Mrs. j. X. Peck, of Belmont Ter
race, returned yesterday from Troy,
~. Y.
Mrs. William Cowles, of North Main
avenue, left yesterday for Windsor. N.
Y, to attend the funeral of a relative.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. b. Reese. of North
Main avenue, are entertaining Mrs.
Hennebright, of Jermyn.
Rev. w. G. Watkins will preach to-
morrow in the North Main Avenue
Baptist church. Text for the morning
sermon, For He Had Vow." Com
munlon will be administered after the
morning sermon. Evening subject,
THE Recovery of Conscience from
Under the Rubbish of Years." Miss
Mabel Weiss will sing in the evening
service. The Rev. Mr.. Watkins will
also sing, as appropriate to the theme.
THE Sinner and the Song"
The pulpit of the Welsh Baptist
church of Wayne avenue will be occu-
pied by the Rev. w. F. Davis tomor-
row. The morning services will bS
conducted in the Welsh language; and
in the evening an English sermon will
be delivered on the subject, "Piety in
Spite of Poverty" Bible school at 2
p. m.
The remains Of Mrs. Joanna Harris,
a former resident of this place, arrived
yesterday morning from Miles, Ohio,
where she died on Wednesday at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Francis
Williams, after a prolonged illness.
Mrs. Harris was 65 years of age and
| resided in this place for a number of
years. About four years ago she left
| for the west to take up her residence
with her daughter, Mrs. Williams. She
was a most congenial companion and
| won the universal esteem of her neigh
| bors. She is survived by a family of
| Eve grown up children, all of whom
are married. The funeral will take
place this afternoon at 4 o'clock from
the home of her daughter. Mrs. Will
| liam Andrews, on Brick avenue. The
Rev. r. $. Jones, d. D., pastor of the
| Welsh Congregational church, will Of
| fciate.
Miss Viola Pugh, who has been visit
ing Miss Jessie Smith, of Throop street,
left yesterday for her home at Balti-
more, Md.
At the conclusion of the entertain
| church Thursday evening, Miss Fanny
! Crosby. the blind poetess, was present.
ed with two of her hymns, namely,
| blessed Assurance" and "Redemp-
tion" handsomely printed in the Welsh
| language. The donor of the gift was
| the Rev. w. F. Davis. Miss Crosby
replied to this show OF remembrance
and thoughtfulness on the part of Mr..
| Davis, by personally complimenting
and thanking the reverend gentleman.
William Snaith of Charles street, is
| the owner of a large number of Ant
werp homing pigeons, and of late he
has missed several of his pets. He de-
cided to ferret out the reason for their
disappearance and learned that Thomas
Walsh, of Mary street, had been shoot
| ing some of them. He procured four
| of the pigeons and on the strength of
| this, Walshs arrest was made. Al
| the hearing before Alderman Fidler
| last evening Mr. Snaith produced the
| dead pigeon as evidence and designat-
ed 800 as the value of them Walsh
| waived a hearing and entered bail in
the sum of $500 for his appearance at
| court.
A young daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred Pierce, of Hill street. is suffer-
| ing from a severe attack Of bronchitis.