The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-03
JERMYN AND MAYFIELD.
Injured While Stealing a Ride-Su-
perintendent Gebhardt Held the
Lucky Ticket Sidewalk Case
Heard by the Arbitrators Yester-
day-Personal News.

day-Personal News.
Emmett Barrett, a son Of Martin Bar
rett, of Third street, was painfully
bruised and cut yesterday while at
tempting to ride on the side of culm
car up the plane at the culm dump of
the Delaware and Hudson. rhs boy
is not employed there and was simply
stealing a ride. He was struck by some
timbers that lay quite close to the
track and was hurled from the swift
moving cars. lie was taken to his
home and attended by DR.. I. $. Graves
who found it necessary To put several
stitches in a cut in the boys fore
head. He also complained of much
pain around the body caused by being
squeezed between the tinibers and car
before he was thrown off.
The $40 drawn by the ticket 29i at
the firemen's social and which has
been awarded claimant since October
20, was yesterday claimed and paid
over to Superintendent Gus Gebhardt,
who had not been aware he held the
lucky ticket until yesterday.
The suit of the borough versus ]. d.
StOcker to recover the cost of laying
the sidewalk in front of the latter's
property on Bacon and Second streets,
was heard by the arbltrators appointed
by court yesterday and it is expected
a decision viii be rendered today. 1t is
unders TODD the case vii be appealed in
case the borough loses.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burton Parks, of Third
street entertained a number of their
friends on Halloween. The pleasant
affair had been looked forward to by
the favored ones for several days and
it was one of the most brilliant social
affairs of the season! The rooms were
prettily decorated with chrysap
themums, potted flowers. ferns and
smilax with pleasing effect. a feature
of the evenings amusement was a pic
torial guessing contest. The hostess
had cut a number of pictures from ad-
vertisements and, numbering them, had
pinned them against the walls AMI
doors of several of the rooms. Each
guest was provided with pencil and
paper, and the contest was to write the
names of the article the cuts repre-
sented. 1t was supposed by those pres
ent that the ladies would come out
easy winners of the contest. The papers
tee and it was found that Frank Win
ter had written the most correct list
He was subsequently presented with a
prize. During the evening two we'll
known "gypsles" presented themselves
and entertained the guests for some
time. At IL o'clock refreshments were
served after which number of games
were INDUCED in and continued until
the wee sma' hours. Both the host and
hostess proved excellent entertainers
and everyone apparently had spent a
most enjoyable evening. Those pres
ent were Mr.. and Mrs. c. +. Baker
Prof. and Mrs. Rogers, Mr.. and Mrs
George Stone. Mr.. and Mrs. II. ID.
Swick, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Towns
end, Mr.. and Mrs J. j. Miller, Mr. and
Mrs. George Walters, Mr.. and Mrs. W
l.. Houghton, Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred
Gritfiths, Mrs. II. A. Willman, Mrs
Bray, Mrs. Badger, Mrs. j. NJ. Graves,
Mrs. Hemelright, Mrs. William Bell,
Mrs. s. ID. Davis and the Misses Bertha,
Ella and Carrie Coon, DAME Rymer,
Gertie Davies, Cora Davis, Emily Rich,
Carrie Murray, Lucy and Eva Wheeler,
Grace and Gertie Vail, Alice Hawkins,
Jessie Winter, Mary Swick, Bertha
Bell, Emma Moon, Dora Tennis Julia
Gill, Bess Freas, Margaret Osborne,
and Helen and Carrie Battenberg, Cora
Miller and Attorney Battenberg, of
Archbald Miss Belle Biesecker of Bald
Mount; Miss Margaret Gould, of Scran-
ton, and Frank Winter, Walter Moon
Grant Bell, George Nicholson, John
and Harry Grifiths, Arthur Winter
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Parks, George Ditmore, Mr.. Nice and
Lewis Pizer.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Meth
odist Episcopal church will hald an
entertainment and an oyster and chick
en- pie supper on Thanksgiving night
in the basement of the church.
Alfred w. Walkey and Anthony Null
hearn have enrolled themselves as stu
dents of the Scranton Business col
lege.
A child of Mr.. and Mrs. David Men
delson, of Mayield, is seriously i'll of
cholera infantum.
Alfred Helmes, of Yatesville, has
been in town the past few days visit
ing friends.
Edward Netherton, of Forty Fort,
was a visitor here yesterday.
Mrs. w. S. Badger and son, Pres
ton, of Cemetery street, are visiting
Hancock, n. Y, friends.
Mrs, John Mellow, of Bason street.
is in New York.
Miss Vera Day, of Cemetery street.
is spending a few days with Wilkes
Barre friends.
Two children, Libbie and Willie, of
Mr.. and Mrs. p. II. Quinn, of May
field are i'll of scarlet fever
The Delaware and Hudson colliery
worked about twenty days last month.
The regular monthly mnntinrr Of Tho