The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-05
.JERM n.

Dempster, the evangelist. who. under
the garb of an eX-Catholic, has been
holding meetings at the Primitive
Methodist church for the past week,
made sudden move out of town We'd
nesday.
Mrs. Frank Baker, of Cemetery
street, is sick with the grip.
Dean, the puglist, who recently
fought at Carbondale While fooling
with friend on the East Side the
other night disabled himself by frac-
turing one of the bones of his left leg.
Mrs. David McChrOne is seriously i'll
at her home on South Main street.
The funeral OF the infant child of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Little took place
yesterday. Interment was made in
Calvary cemetery. Mayfield.
Mr.. John +. Kelly, of South Main
street. had one of his fingers amputated
on Tuesday. He has been suffering for
some time owing to a severe cut he re-
ceiVed with a hatchet while at work.
The doctors tried every means to save
the member. but it was found neces-
sary at last to amputate it.
Mr.. Andrew Meehan. who has been
very i'll for the past few weeks. is re-
covering rapidly and it is to be hoped
he will in a short time be able to attend
to his duties.
Mrs. Andrew Neehan, of Mayfield.
moved into her Main street residence
on Wednesday.
Messrs. Frank Steele and Charles l..
Bell are in New York city purchasing
goods for their proposed store. Mr..
Bell has given up the idea of going to
Alaska and instead will embark in the
mercantile business.
The Jermyn council is not the only
one which has experienced difficulty IN
the election of a chairman. Olyphant
borough council has taken fourteen
ballots and it still remain to 6, and
the members are worked up somewhat
over the affair. In Jessup they have
ten councilmen, and they also are in
deadlock. Jermyn council meets again
tonight, and in all probability they
will elect the different officers without
any trouble, or at least it is hoped there
will not be any difficulty. The council
works in harmony and has always done
SO, and il can be depended that the
members will not break the rule now.
The Misses Mace and Barber, of
Peckville, spent Wednesday afternoon
the guest of Miss Josephine Davis. of
The Carbondale and Jermyn Whist
players met in Jermyn Wednesday
evening which resulted in the down
fall of the visitors. Dr. Davis and
Clarence Blakeslee viii soon pass from
the amateur to the professional class.
Professor Davis, of Archibald, gave
another X-ray exhibition in the school
| house last evening.
Rev. Lynott. of Dunmore, Nlll Off
| ciate as pastor of Sacred Heart parish
! during the illness of the regular pastor.
New cases of measles reported to the
! board of health are: A child of Mr.
and Mrs. John Jay. a child of Mr.. Jo-
| seph MOrCOm a child of Mr.. and Mrs.
| sydney Minnck, child of Mr. and
! Mrs. Charles f. Baker, child of Mrs,
Thomas Davis, child of Mr.. and Mrs
Conner Grifiths.
Baptsmul services We're held yester-
day afternoon in St. James Episcopal
church.
Bishop Rulison, of the Central IIpis-
copal diocese of Pennsylvania, win in
a shore time confirm large class OF
candidates in this town.
Yesterday afternoon Michael Con-
yock, while driving n vicious mule al
the Eye Brow mines near Edgerton
was kicked in the face by the animal
DR.. Shields was called and found that
no bone were broken, but his face was
badly bruised and cut by the shoe.