The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-06-11
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

Street Commissioner Rowland d.
Thomas is making extensive improve
ments at his home on North Hyde
Park avenue. The family will spend
the summer at Moscow.
James Jeremiah Sr.. OF Lafayette
street. formerly janitor of the Tribune
building has been appointed sexton OF
of the Simpson Methodist Episcopal
church.
Miss Ethel McDermott and Miss
Sadie Marsh, of Oneonta, \. T.. are
visiting the formers parents. Rev. and
Mrs. II. G. McDermott. of North Hyde
Park avenue.
Rev. II. G.. McDermott, of Simpson
Methodist Episcopal church. will spend
portion of this week at Syracuse
university. to which institution he Is
an official visitor from the Wyoming
conference. His prayer meeting on
Wednesday evening will he led by Rev.
J. II. Austin.
The wedding of Harry r. Thoma.
and Miss Jennie NJ. Woolbaugh. OF
Lafayette street, will take place at the
Simpson Methodist Episcopal church.
Wednesday morning. June 49, at 9
o'clock.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary so
riety of the Simpson NJ. T.. church
held their regular meeting last even
ing in the lecture room of the church.
The Chi-Upsilon society met in the
Washburn street Presbyterian church
last evening and transacted regular
business.
Mrs. John :. Loomis, OF North Lin
coin avenue. entertained the members
of the West Side Charity club last
evening.
The chairman and secretary of the
First Legislative district committee
will meet at 10 o'clock this morning
and pass upon the names of Evan j.
Davis and Thomas Gillespie as dele
gates to the Republican state conven-
ton.
Patrick Dunn, Il workman employed
on Larkn's new house on North Main
avenue. fell from n scaffold while at
work yesterday morning, and sus-
tanned severe injuries. He was taken
to the Lackawanna hospital. Dunn
WAS rendered unconscious by the fall,
and his hip was fractured.
Both of the Polhamuses who were
killed in the Delaware. Lackawanna
and Western wreck at Vestal, We're
former residents of West Scranton,
and We're well known here. Engineer
John Lonergan. who had such a mar
row escape, is related to Richard Lon
crgan, the Chestnut street merchant
Henry Polhamus. the nagman. who
was injured, was also known here.
Martin May. a lad residing at 232l
Jackson street, was struck in the face
with a hammer yesterday, and severe
lN- ir1tt A nf.,,. IL, Inn
n platform in that locality let the
hammer slip from his hand and 1t
struck the boy. DR.. Brennan put
eight stitches in the boys face.
G. p, Powderly. formerly with the
Economy Furniture company, has as
sumed charge of the advertising de-
partment at Clarke Bros stores.
Special services will be held Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday evenings In
the Washburr Street Presbyterian
church. The Ladies' Home and For
eign Missionary society will meet
Thursday afternoon at the home of
Mrs Reynolds, corner of Hyde Park
avenue and Price street.
Announcement has been made of
the coming marriage of w. j. Hoskins.
of Taylor, and Miss Florence b. Metz,
of West Scranton.
Thomas Thomas, of North Sumner
avenue, tripped over rope at Buffalo
Bits show recently and fractured his
arm. The fracture was reduced at the
West Side hospital
George Easterle and family have
taken possession of their new home
on North Sumner avenue.
st. Leo's Battalion will run their
annual excursion to Mountain Park
next Saturday, and returning the
train will leave the park at midnight.
Trains will leave here at $50 "a. M,
p. m. and I 2. M.