The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-08
JERMYN AND MAYFIELD.

Mrs. Harriet Russell, whose serious
illness of pneumonia was several times
alluded to last week, died at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. John Maynard,
of South Main street, at half past ten
o'clock on Friday evening. The de-
ceased was we'll known in the vicinity,
having been a resident of this borough
for the past twenty-eight years. she
was faithful member of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church and was held
in great esteem by all who knew Ler.
She was born in Cornwall, England,
seventy-eight years ago and had there
fore reached a ripe old age. She is
survived by three daughters, Mrs.
Nichol, of Cemetery street: Mrs.
Thomas Champion, of West Nayiield,
and Mrs. John Maynard, of South Main
street. The funeral was held yes:cr-
day afternoon. After a brief service
at the house the remains We're taken
to the Methodist Episcopal church,
among the large cortege being the
members of Pride of Jermyn Lodge,
No. 5, Daughters Of st. George, of
which she had cen a member for manV
years. At the church services were
conducted by the pastor assisted bv
"
preached an impressive sermon in
which he alluded to the sanity char
acter of the deceased woman, and adj
Yised those present to emulate her ex-
ample. There were some handsome
floral gifts, among them pillow with
the inscription Grandma" and Il
wreath from the lodge. The pail
bearers were: John Mason, William
TT,
uel Moon and Edward Noon, jr. The
flower We're: Mrs. Oliver and
Tom Mann. Among those from out Of
town who attended the obsequies wer.:
Mr.. and Mrs. William Evans, Mr. aud
Mrs S. Moon, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Moon, Edward Moon. ST., Edward
Moon, jr., John Moon, Samuel Moon,
Mr.. and Mrs. Elbrecht, Mrs. Coogan,
Mrs. Holgate, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. New
ton, Mrs. Mitchell, Miss Edith Moon,
Mrs. job Hawkin and daughter, Edith,
of Carbondale; Mrc. Fowler, of Win
ton; Mrs, Cathbertson, of Green Ridge.
A two-story, single dwelling house
occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. James Ey-
ans, on Fourth street, was totally de-
stroyed by fire on Saturday night. At
a few minutes after 10 o'clock Mrs.
Evans lit wood fire in the stove 20
heat some water and while waiting
went out to the garden fence to coa-
verse with neighbor About ten min
utes later she returned to the house
and was astonished to find the in
terior full of smoke. she ran inside
and attempted to secure a picture bat
so dense was the smoke that she was
unable to get out. Her cries brought
| assistance and she was rescued
through the window. The Crystal Fire
company responded to the alarm and
had just got a stream OF water run
ming when their hose burst. By the
time they had replaced it all hops ~
saving the building was past and the
flames had caught the shingles On
| Sherwoods house adjoining, whose
! threatened destruction was averted by
the tlr.men. The property was only
! recently sold and was owned by Mr..
I Williams, of Olyphant,
| At 5.l6 yesterday morning another
fire alarm was sounded by the Della
! ware and Hudson breaker whistle The
| Four-Cent store, recently opened on
| North Main street, being the scene
of the conhasration. When the Crys-
tails reached there dense volumes of
! Shl0h0 was isbulIlB trOlll lne DullOluS,
and was proceeding from the floor in
front Of the stove, which was all
ablaze for several square feet. The
! flames were quickly subdued, but the
stock, which is fully covered by insur-
ance, is considerably damaged by
smoke and water. The origin of the
fire Is a mystery as there was no fire
in the stove and the proprietor locked
up the store at 10 o'clock Saturday
night, at which time everything was
thought TO be safe.
Jermyn is running Mayfeld pretty
hard for the fire record. While the
latter lately established the record for
the greatest number of fires in the
shortest time, We believe Jermyn has
GOT even by the record Of two fires In
one night.
Miss Florence Mains, of Main street,
entertained a large party OF her COM
panions in honor of her birthday Sat-
urday evening.