The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-28

Mrs. John Llewellyn, who was lost
in the Moosic mountains since last
Monday, where she went in company
with others from this place on a berry,
ing expedition to Bear lake and vicinity,
has been discovered, or at least she
kept up her wandering until coming to
a farm house on the outskirts OF
Stroudsburg, having tramped through
swamps and underbush for nearly forty
miles. When she reached the house
she was in a very exhausted condition
and the clothing was nearly all torn
from her body, but was soon replaced
by her rescuers and her condition made
as comfortable as possible. The friends
were notified and she was brought
home via the Wilkes Barre and East
ern railroad.
We Just caught the edge of the
storm yesterday afternoon, but 1t was
Just enough to drop the thermometer
ten degrees.
Miss Esther Mcdonald, of Luzerne
borough, and a niece of Mine Inspec-
tor Mcdonald, while riding a wheel on
South Main street became bewildered
at the approach of a trolley car and
ran into it. Only the alertness of the
motorman saved her from being
ground under the wheels. She es-
capped with several severe bruises.
While r. NJ. Hughes and wife were
driving on the West Side yesterday and
when passing Ellis flower garden the
horse stumbled and both were thrown
out, but luckily with fortunate results
for them. The shaft of the carriage
was broken.
T. S. Voorhees,, of Scranton, was
among the business arrivals yester-
day and registered at the Sinclair
House.
Burgess c. II. Cutler, of the West
Side, has just purchased team of
Morgan mares that are undoubtedly
the most stylish pair that has been
seen on our streets in a long time.
The West Side Bicycle club held
smoker last evening and they furnish
ed the most pleasant kind of a time
to the guests who were fortunate to
be present. The Tribune man was
one of this number and these young
men cannot have occasions of this kind
too often, as they are good entertain
ers. The Touhill family was present
ST. Johns Lutheran choir will give
a concert in Phoenix hall on next Tues
day evening.
Clarence Weathers, son of Patrolman
Weathers, had one of his arms badly
injured yesterday while at work on the
culm dump of the Butler colliery.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Mary
Fox took place yesterday afternoon
from the home on Parsonage street
and was attended by a large gather
ing of friends. The interment was
made in the Pittston cemetery.
ID L - go ,te ,,ttx
will attend to the duties of Bishop Ho-
ban during the latters absence in Eu-
rcSo.
The funeral of the late Patrick Keat-
ing will take place this morning with
solemn high mass or requiem at st.
Johns church,
Millard, the 7-months-old child of
John Fisher, died on Wednesday even
ing at the home of the grandparents
on the Tunkhannock road and the fun
eral will occur this afternoon, with
interment in the West Pittston ceme-
terry.
The Pittston Reds viii go up to
Tunkhannock tomorrow and play the
best nine in Wyoming county.
Ray Bosworth and Herman Smaltz
while in bathing yesterday had their
pockets relieved of what change they
contained their clothing knotted and
shoes filled with sand and gravel. The
perpetrators are known and will be
prosecuted
Michael Kehoe, an employe at the
Riverside foundry, had one of his eyes
painfully injured yesterday while at
work on an emery wheel.
The greatest excursion to go out from
this city this season will be the Henry
Grattans. which goes to Lake Ariel on
Aug. "a.
Robert Bartlett, a young man whose
home Is on North Main street, was
thrown from a Lehigh Valley freight
train which he boarded at the foot of
Parsonage street at o'clock last night
and sustained a cash in his scalp and
1t is feared a cOncussion of the brain.
The common and select councils met
in joint session last evening and
awarded the contract for the paving
of Broad street with vitrifed brick
and also the laying of sewers on sew
eral of the outlying streets. There
was some very close bidding by sew
eral contractors and the successful
ones got the plums and the jobs by
very close margins. President Joyce,
of the select council, occupied the
chair.