The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-07
PITTSTON NEWS
A Slick Forger Finds Victims in This
City---The Curriers' Preparing for
the International Contest---other
Late Local News About the City.


For some weeks the curling clubs of
this place and Avoca have been busily
engaged in making the necessary pre-
parations for the International match
which must be played here, owing to
the curriers' of LuZerne and Lackawan-
ma winning the championship medal
last year at the annual contest which
took place in New York city. The
contestants who Will come here this
winter to try and capture the trophy
will be the most expert and keenest
curriers' in the New York and Jersey
City clubs. AS soon as the ice has
been found in proper condition the New
York clubs will be notified and the con-
test will be watched with must inter-
est by all those who are acquainted
with the warm game.
1t has just been discovered that a
very slick young man has succeeded in
the most clever manner of mulcting
from three of our merchants the sum
of $3.50 each. Here was one of his
schemes, and it was successful without
a hitch. He went into the hardware
store of S. p. Fern and purchased some
trifiing article, presented check for
the above amount Gt being made pay
able to John B. Harvey and signed by
w. G.. Foster), and receiving cash for
the dierence between the face amount
of the check and his purchase. At
the drug store Of G. c. Click and the
hardware store of the Ash estate he
practiced the same game and was sue
cessful II was not known by the
above firms tl.at the checks were for
geries until t.-ey We're taken to the
Miners bank for deposit. When this
was discovered the smart young man
had a couple of days to make himself
scarce and he has been invisible since.
1.-THE Man % Wars Man. was very
creditably presented last evening by
the Shea Mchuliffe company to a good
sized and pleased audience. There will
be a matinee this afternoon, and the
last performance of the engagement in
the evening.
The funeral of the late Edward Gal
lagher will take place this morning at
$50 o'clock, with high mass at st.
Johns church.
At the close of the afternoon session
at the high school yesterday, the fol-
lowing scholars We're declared the sue
cessful pupils, and the following was
their percentages: Senior class-Miss
Edna Morris. 97la Miss Esther Ryan,
9J. Junior class-Miss Nina Robinson.
80 Ii; Miss Elizabeth Jones, Sc 81.
The above are the interesting pupils of
Miss Spencer. the assistant principal.
Major Russ, Councilman Corcoran
and Chairman Patsy Junction Joyce
We're a trio who tested the sleighng
between this and the Electric city yes
terday.
Company 7. of the West Side are
making every preparation to attend
the inauguration, and have just receiv-
ed the last of their equipments. The
members of the old volunteer company
are seemingly not very well pleased at
not receiving an invitation to attend,
but they should understand that they
are no longer members of any military
organization since they We're mustered
out, and are now only we'll regulated
every day citizens. The boys on the
West Side have received very little en-
couragement since they became men,
| bers of the new volunteer service, and
the invitation to be present at Harris
burg on the occasion of the inaugura-
tion, will do much towards making
them one of the crack companies of
| the Seventh regiment.
Frank Brundage went up to Scranton
| last evening on a business mission.
There We're two interesting games OF
| basket ball in Phoenix hall last even
| ing between the local Y. NJ. C. A. and
| Wyoming seminary clubs, and the con-
| test, which was often of the most ex-
citing order was watched with much
| interest by a large audience. At the
| conclusion of the games the honors
| were even. but the visitors We're very
| pleasantly entertained by the loca
boys before their departure for Kings
| ton.
Luzerne lodge, I. o. o. F., went down
| to Edwardsville last evening on a spe-
| cial trolley car and on their arrival
| We're received by the members of Hill.
| side lodge, OF the above place. AT the
conclusion of an interesting business
session, the visitors were handsomely
| entertained by their Edwardsvillt
| brethren.
The funeral of the late Margaret Da-
Wis will take place this afternoon from
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Evar
| Evans. at Plainsville. The services viii
take place in the Congregatio tional church
| in this city, and interment will be made
| in the PittStOn cemetery