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HIE SCRANTON TllIBUNJiJ-MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1899.
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HAPPENINGS OF
NORTH SCRANTON
FUNERAL OF THE LATE JOSEPH
WILLIAMS.
Services at the Homo of His Par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas T. "Wil
liams, on Church avenue Funer
als of John Duffy and Owen Moran.
Christmas Services In Two of the
Churches "Passion Slave" to Be
Produced Today at the Auditorium
by Amateurs.
The funeral of Joseph Williams, who
quietly passed away last Thursday
evening, was held yesterday afternoon
at 2.30 o'clock from the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas T. Wil
liams, of Church avenue. The servi
ces were conducted bv the Hev. Mr.
Clymcr pastor of the North Main
Avenue Christian church, of which
the decensed was a member. Inter
ment was made In Forest Hill ceme
tery. The pall-bearers were T. B.
Hlrtley, P. 13. Blrtley, J. H. Hlrtley,
W. B. Blrtley and J. F. Perry and Wil
liam Perry, of Kingston.
Mr. Williams was piobably one of
the best known young men of this sec
tion, his cheerful disposition gaining
for him a host of friends who mourn
with profound sorrow his ncath. He
was 27 years of ago and a barber by
trade. He Is survived by a widow and
one child, father and mother and two
listers, Mrs. I. V. Wescott, of this
section, and ..irs. William Balldon. of
Wllkes-Barre. Undertaker Jones had
the funeral In charge.
OTHER FUNERALS.
Yesterday afternoon the funeral of
John Duffy took place from his late
home on Keyser avenue. The remains
were conveyed to the Holy Kosary
church, where services were conducted
by the Itev. J. J. O'Toole. A number
of veterans of the late war attended
In a body and nccorded a military
burial. Interment was made In the
Cathedral cemetery alongside his
brother Patrick, who was burled last
Thursday.
The funeral of Owen Moran was
held yesterday afternoon from his
home on Oak street. Sei vices for the
repose of the soul were conducted In
the Holy Rosary church. Interment
vas made In the Cathedral cemetery.
The funerai services of the late Mrs.
Katherlne Horan wore held Saturday
morning from the home on Stanton
street. Interment was made In Ca
thedral cemetery.
CHRISTMAS SERVICES.
Last evenlntr all the churches In
this section conducted special Christ
mas services. At the Providence
Methodist Episcopal church solos were
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delightfully rendered by Mrs. J. H.
Cousins and John T. Evans. The
choir was In charge of Prof. Uaydcn
Cousins. Miss Bello Green presided
at the organ nnd Mr. Wlllard Benja
min was violinist.
Tho choir of the Providence Presby
terian church, under tho leadership of
Prof. C. 1'. Whlttemore, had charges
of tho services. Mrs. W. C. McDonald
was organist and Miss Clara Long violinist.
"PASSION SLAVE."
This evening the Crystal Literary
and Dramatic club will produce "Pas
sion Slave," a famous play written by
Hartley Campbell, In the Auditorium.
New scenery has been secured pur
posely for this production.
The following Is tho cast of charact
ers: Manuel Do Foe, P. J. Dougher
ty; Ferdinand Shepley, P. J. Caffrey;
Cleneral Blsca, J. J. Moran; Major j
Shortslecve, P. J. McOulrc; Butter
worth Gollghtly, D. J. Evans; Walter
Husco, Charles ir. Moran; warden
and policeman, Patrick Foley; Mamie i
Hrlscoe, Helen Duggan; Pattl. Nellie j
Kelly; Clotilda Dc John, Katherlne
lienry.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Mrs. J. N. Kennedy, of Thompson
street. Is visiting friends In Greenfield.
Fred Mayo, of Henwood's drug store, I
is spending his Christmas vacation In
Plttston with his parents.
Ralph Merta, of Northumberlari I,
was the guest of Church avenue rela
tives yesterday.
M. J. Costello, of Holy Crss college,
Is spending his vacation with his par
ents on West Market street.
Mrs. II. S. Saunders, of North Main
avenue, and Miss Blanche Hallstead,
of Oak street, are visiting friends In
Philadelphia.
Miss Jennie Reading, of Williams
port, Is the guest of her parents, Rev.
and Mrs. S. G. Reading, of Chur-n
avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. Arch Johnston are th".
guests of relatives at Unlondale.
William T. Powell, of Elizabeth, N.
J., Is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Howell
Powell, of Spring street.
Miss Florence Greene, of Albany, N.
V., Is the guest of her grandmother,
Mrs. Alfred Greene, of West Market
street.
Domlnick Gerrlty. of Dayton, O., Is
visiting relatives In this section.
Harry Jones, general supervisor cf
the Colliery Engineer company In the
New England states, Is spending lis
Christmas vacation with his parents, j
Mr. and Mrs. L. II. Jones.
L. II. Jones, who for many yens
past has acted flreboss for the Dela
ware, Lackawanna and Western com
pany, has sent In his resignation, to
take effect Jan. 1. Hereafter he will
pursue n retired life.
Harold Gillespie, of New York city.
Is the guest of his mother on North
Main avenue.
MLss Maud Williams, of Atlanta, Ga..
is spending Christmas with her par
ents on School street.
David W. Williams, of Plymouth,
Is the guest of relatives on Oak street.
Thomas White, of St. Bonaventure
college, Is the guest of his parents on
William street.
Death of Thomas C. Mullally.
Wilkos-Uarrc, Dec. 21 Thomas C. Mul
lallv, a well known Dnmocr.itlc politician
ami ournu'iiht, died today of dl.ihcUs,
aged W.
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This Week Till 9.30
EVENTS OP DAY IN
WEST SCRANTON
CHRISTMAS EXERCISES IN VAR
IOUS CHURCHES.
Special Music Rondered by tho Choirs
and Appropriate Sermons Deliv
ered by tho Pastors Exciting
Runaway on Main Avenuo Num
erous Events Scheduled for Today.
Prize Drawing at Clarke Bros.
Funerals of Four Children Small
Paragraphs of General Interest.
Special Christmas services were held
in all the West Scrnnton churches yes
terday, and although the attendance at
the morning services was marred some
what by the Inclement weather, much
Interest was manifested in the varied
programmes presented.
At the Simpson Methodist 'Episcopal
church, both morning nnd evening,
Chorister W. W. Jones offered an ex
ceptionally well-prepared service. Tho
choir sang several anthems, and tho
Simpson male quartette rendered "A
Savior's Born," with fine effect. The
soloists were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Abrams, Miss Jessie Polhamus, David
Abraham. Helen Thomus, Anna Jones,
Harry Wrlgley, Miss Eva Kittle and
William Long. William Betterly. vio
linist, nnd Walter Davis, organist, as
sisted materially In the service. Rev.
J. B. Sweet, the pastor, made remarks
appropriate to tho occasion.
THE DAPTSIT CHURCHES.
Tho congregations of the Flist Eng
lish and Welsh Baptist churches held
union services at 6 o'clock last even- wagon, Injuring one of them, throw
ing In the First Welsh Baptist church. ' lng the driver out on the pavement
Tho united choirs of both churches a d damaging the vehicle. McCabe
rendered the snered cantata, "Light of
Life," under the direction of Chorister
William Evans, which was a splendid
rendition of the work. The solo parts
were sustained by Thomas G. Will
iams, E. E. Lord, John Evans, Miss
Via Jones, Mrs. Thomas James and
Mrs. Arthur Banning. A single and
double quartette rendered the Inter
mediate parts of the composition. Tho
rendition was suprb and was listened
to by a large audience.
The regular quartette at the Wash
burn Stieet 'Presbyterian church was
Increased to a double quartette for th"
serlvces yesterday, which were under
tho direction of Prof. C. B. Derman.
The programme rendered was In keep
ing with the spirit of the day and con
sisted of responsive readings, anthems.
Scripture lessons, etc. Rev. J. P. Mof
fat, D. D., preached Christmas ser
mons In the morning and evening.
The choir of the Hampton Street
Methodist Episcopal church rendered
several anthems at both services yes
terday, and the pastor, Rev. James
l!e"nlnger, spoke In the morning on
"Tho Message of the Angels." Ills
evening subject was "Christmas Spirit,"
In which the Importance of the ob
servance was outlined.
JACKSON STREET CHURCH.
Prof. Lewis Davis, who d'rects the
choir of the Jackson Street Baptist
church, arranged a ,tv suitable p-o-gramme
for the morning and evenln?
services yesterday. In addition to the
anthems sung by the choir, Edwin
Bowen, the tenor soloist, sang two
numbers. Misses Lane and Lewis
sang a duet, "Glory to God," with much
effectiveness. Rev. do Gruchy preached
a typical Christmas sermon In the
morning and mt.de a short address In
the evening.
Rev. A. L. Ramer, of St. Mark's
Lutheran church delivered two excel
lent sermons yesterday on "Beholding
God's Glory" and "The Prophecy of
Zacharlas." Special music wis rend
ered by the cholv under the direction
of Mrs. Smead Cross and Miss Martha
Evans. The offertory solo, "Glory to
God," was sung last evening by Joseph
Phelps.
Chorister Wllllim Phillips, of the
Plymou h Congregational church, con
ducted the musical exercises at both
services yes'erdny, which consisted of
an'V'ins, choruses and solos bv mem
bers of the choir. Rev. Boyle spoke In
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Rirth of Phii.U" nnd In the evening on
"The Divinity of Christ." Large con
gregations were In attendance.
Celebrations of Holy Eucharist werr
held at 7.30 and 10.30 a. m. In St. David's
I'.plicopal church, and the regular
Christmas music was rendered "by thj
choir under the direction of Prof. Sllai
Rosser. A midnight celebration of
Holy Eucharist was also held.
OTHER SERVICES.
Special music under the direction of
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Sampson was
sung at the Sumner Avenue Presby
terian church lust evening, and Philip
II. Warren rendered a solo. Rev. L, R
Foster, the pastor, was In charge of
the service.
A Christmas gospel meeting was held
nt the Young Women's Christian asso
ciation rooms yesterday afternoon,
which was led by Miss Mary E. Will
lams. Appropriate music was rend
ered. The choir of St. Patrick's church sans?
De Harbe's mass at the 10.30 o'clock
services yesterday, under the direction
of the organist, Miss Mary Johnson.
The church orchestra also assisted In
the rendition.
Special services were held by the
members of the Salvation army at the
headquarters on -Price street. Adju
tant James Vates was In charge.
CHRISTMAS DAY EVENTS.
A Christmas cantata will be given
by the Sabbath school pupils of the
Plymouth Congregational church this
evening, under the direction of Mln
Edna Evans. Thomas II. Roberts and
Evan II. Davis.
The Sunday school of the Simpson
Methodist Episcopal church will give
the cantuta, "Johnny Doubted," In tho
church this evening.
Richard Phillips, of 19H Washburn
street, and Miss Catherine Hawkins,
of South Everett avenue, will be mar
ried today at tho bride-elect's home.
Harry Moore, of South Rebecca ave
nue, nnd Miss Martha Nichols, of La
fayette street, will be married at 3
o'clock this afternoon by Rev. Thomas
de Gruchy, of the Jackson Street Bap
tist church. The ceremony will be per
formed In the presence of many In-
THERE IS A CLASS OF PEOPLE
Who nrc Injuird by the use of coffee.
Recently there haw been placed In all
the crocery rtores a new preparation
railed ORAIN-O, made of puro grains,
that takes the place of coffee. Tho most
delicate stomach receives It without din.
tress, and but few can toll It from coffee.
It does not cent over U as much. Chil
dren may drink It with sreat benefit.
15 cts. and 25 cts. per package. Try It.
Aik for QRAIN-O.
vitcd guests at the young lady's home.
Nathan Evans, the South Main ave
nue grocer, and Miss Jennlo Lawrence,
of North Hyde Park avenue, will be
married at 9 o'clock this morning at
the home of the bride-elect's mother.
The members of tho local branch of
the Salvation nrmy will serve a Christ
mas dinner today to tho poor nnd needy
of this city. The event will occur nt
the barracks on Price street nt 2
o'clock. Covers will bo laid for over
600 people.
The Sunday school members of the
Hampton Street Methodist Episcopal
church will hold their Christmas exor
cises this evening In the form of a can
tata. The choir will render special
music.
Chilstmas exercises will bo .held In
the Sumner Avenue Presbyterian
church this evening under the direc
tion of Mr. nnd Mrs. Clarence Sampson-
An eisteddfod will bo conducted thU
afternoon and evening In. the Bellevue
Calvlnlstlc Methodist church.
Matin service will be held at 7 o'clock
this morning In St. Mark's Lutheran
church and this evening the Christmas
festival of the Sunday school will com
mence at 7 o'clock.
St. Patrick's church fair will be opsji
this afternoon and evening. In the
afternoon tho children will be enter
tained and In tho evening a special
Christmas programme will be given.
AN EXCITING RUNAWAY.
A team of horses owned by Under
taker M. F. Wymbs, nnd driven by Jo
seph McCabe, ran away yesterday
morning anl caused great excitement
on Main avenue. The team started
near Clarke Brothers' stores and ran
down below Jackson street, suddenly
turning and starting towards the
stable.
The horses encountered an Iron post
near the station house, and up3et the
was stunned by the fall, but escaped
with slight injuries. The horsen were
captured before any further damage
was done.
CLARKE BROS.' DRAWING.
Tho ge .eroslty of Clarke Bros., the
well-known merchants, may be fully
appreciated when It Is known that to
morrow they will glw away.frce.twelve
grand Christmas prices to the children
who are fortunate enough to hold the
winning coupons. During the past
week every child who visited the store
In company with their parents received
a cnnef on the prizes.
Tho drawing will be conlucted by dis
interested parties and the girl prizes
to be given nway are as follows: First
prize, large doll dressed In pink; sec
ond prize, lnrge doll dressed In blue;
third prize, large doll dressed In yel
low; fourth prize, rubber-tired doll car
riage; fifth prize, doll's go-cart; sixth
prize, large toy piano. The boys'
prizes are as follows: First, patent
swing hobby horse; second, large silver
drum; third, new patent sl"d; fourth,
targe sleigh: fifth, complete set of tools
In chest; sixth, white enamel top
dresser.
The custom of giving away ChiUt
mas presents to the children was In
augurated several years ago by Clarice
Bros., and Is conducted with much
pleasure and enjoyment.
FOUR CHILDREN BURIED.
Elsie, the 4-yt.ai-old child of Mr. and
Mrs. John M. Harris, of 36fi Evans
court, and Ruth, the 2-ycar-old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Greame,
of 32S North Rebecca avenue, were
burled prlvate'y In the Washburn
street cemetery Saturday afternoon,
owing to the contagious disease whl "i
caused death.
Two Interments were made In the
Cathedral cemetery yesterday after
noon. Both were children. One was
James, tho Infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
' Inniafl Crnnn Ml T.-..... t. . m.
wu.i..-. wum-, ut tit r uui ircillll street,
and the other Veronica, the young
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony
Tlghe, of Price street.
NOTES AND PERSONALS.
Samuel McKeever. of Wheeling, West
Virginia, Is vli.ltlng his mother, Jlrs.
Charles Connolly, of Jackson street.
Jlr. and Mrs. Stewart Ciesecker, of
Ap.ldelTIV RfrAt nre flnlartnlnlnr. !.
! former's father. August Blesecker, of
Mt. Pocono.
Mrs. William Wright, of Maryland,
Is visiting her mother. Mrs. J. M. Will
iams, of North Main avenue.
Clarence Davis, of North Sumner
nvenue, a student at Rloomsburg State
, Normal school. Is spenllng the holiday
vacation at his home,
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Jenkins, of Al
bany, N. Y are the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Evan J. Davis, of South Main
avenue.
Mrs. Austin Duffy and son Gerald, of
Blnghamton, nre visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Patrick Gallagher, of Jackson street.
James Jeremiah, Jr., of Lafayette
street, is home from Bloomsburg State
Normal school for the Christmas vaca
tion.
Prof. T. Reeve Jones, the wcM
known pianist, hns accepted a respon
sible position with Guernsey Bros.
The Infant department of the Simp
son Methodist Episcopal church Sab-
1 bath school had their Christmas exer
! clses Saturday afternoon. Each scholar
I received a box of candy and a present.
I The West Side Athletic club will con
I duct its sixth annual ball at Mears'
I hall this nfternoon nnd evening.
Miss Esther Davles. of South Main
avenue, Is home from Mansfield Stato
Normal school for the holidays.
Roy and Grimth, sons of Mr. and
Mrs. Elward Miles, of iPrlco street, are
recovering from illness.
Thomas Larkln, of Niagara univer
sity. Is visiting his relatives on West
Lackawanna avenue.
Enjoyable Christmas tree exercises
were held In the Welsh Calvlnlstlc
Methodist church on South Main ave
nue Saturday evening. The Bellevue
church people also entertained the chil
dren. The members of the Young Women's
Christian association enjoyed a Christ
mas social Saturday evening at the
rooms, corner of South Main avenue
and Scranton street. An Interesting
programme was rendered.
Tho friends of the Rev. Mr. and Mrs.
Hughes, of 115 Lincoln avenue, will be
pleased to learn that their youngest
daughter Is rapidly recovering from a
serious attack of diphtheria, from
which she has been suffering for more
than a week.
Tho annual Christmas tree festival
at the Continental mission school was
held Saturday evening, when presents
were distributed among the children.
Tho children of the First Welsh Con
m "gatlonal Sunday school were simi
larly entertained Saturday evening. '
Joseph D. Lewis, of West Locust
street, has returned from a visit with
relatives In Plymouth.
James Jeremiah, sr., of Lafayette
street, was taken suddenly III while at
church yesterday and had to be as
sisted to his home,
GATHERED IN
SOUTH SCRANTON
CHRISTMAS OBSERVANCE AT ST
PAUL'S CHURCH.
Sunday School Exercises Conductod
Last Night Funeral of Daniel
Maurcr Held Yesterday and Large
ly Attended Honry Weaver Run
Down by a Horse Twonty-flfth
Wedding Anniversary Celebrated,
Other News Notes and Personal
Mention.
Special Christmas services were con
ducted last evening In St. Paul's Evan
gelical church by the Sunday school.
Hev. Dallhorn, pastor of the church,
pteached an appropriate Christmas ser
mon and the programme was rendered
under the direction of the organist,
Elward Kroll. The church was well
llllcd and a general spirit of Christmas
good-cheer prevailed. The following Is
the programme rendered:
Organ, selection Prof. Kroll
Addicss Rev. Ballhorn
Singing Congregation
Prayer Rev. Ballhorn
Duet,
Katie Leuthold and Lilly von Bergen.
Bible text, Luke, 2:1-14,
Sunday School and Rev, Ballhorn
Recitations
n.VeIhnachts-Glocken..AIex. Naegell
b Von Welhnnchten,
Lizzie Oefterlng, Hulda Gruender, Min
nie Renner. Bertha Gruender
c. Die Ahmung Chi 1st Vol?.
d. Advent Einest Glnrner
e. Ktlppe Maggie Hoffman
f. Jesuskind,
Sophie Gosslcr, Gertrude Luft, Louisa
Leyh.
Singing Congregation
Recitations
n. Der Kinder Lob,
Tina Klein, Tina Daubertshaeuser
b. (IS) Willie Renner
c (78),. Five Girls
d Th-eo. Widrper
e. (G7) Carrie Lebahn
Singing,
Sunday School and Congregation
Recitations
a. Wuensche,
George Kramer, Paull Llermann, John
Uenke, Harry Llermann.
b. (30) Karl Renner
' ("5) Four Children
d. (1) Mary Kramer
e Annie Hetzei-otb
Selection Sunday School and Choir
Recitations
a. Stllle Nncht Fred Jagpl
b. Gottes Sohn,
Willie Paulus. Fred Fischer, Otto
Fetzer.
c. Welhnachts Glocken,
Martha Daubertshaeusei
d. Wlehuachts-Morgen,
Walter Braun
e. Welhnachten Lena Schlld
f. Lena Jaggl, Pauline Schmltz.Katle
Sanies. Llzzln Pnfrv
Duet.. Annie Schuler and Lena Lauber
Address Rev, Ballhorn
Singing.
The Lord's Prayer Rev. Ballhorn
Selection Church Choir
Benediction Rev. Ballhorn
Distribution of gifts.
FUNERAL OF DANIEL MAURER.
From his late home. 310" Willow
street, the funeral of Daniel Mnuror
took place storday afternoon and
was one of the largest attended ever
seen in this pirt of the city, um-r-ous
friends and acquaintances of the
deceased came to pay the last sad re
spects to one they loved and esteemed.
At 2 o'clock Rev. William A. Nordt.
pastor of the Hickory Street Presby
terian church, of which the deceased
was a member, preached the funeral
sermon and spoke briery orithe de
parted. At the conclusion of .the ser
vice tho funeral procession moved to
the Plttston avenue cemetery, where
the remains were laid to rest.
RUN DOWN BY A HORSE.
Henry Weaver, of the Sandetson hill
section, had a narrow escape from
ser!ou3 Injuiy yesterday morning. He
was walking along Cedur avenue when
tho wind blew his hat from his head
and cairied It out Into the street,
and In front of a pcsslng wagon. In
attempting to recover his headgear,
Mr. Wfnvr was thrown to tho ground
by the horse and trampled upon.
The accident happened In front of
Alderman I.entes' ollleo, and Into that
offlco Mr. Weaver was taken, where
Dr. Kolh examined him, but found
him uninjured, except for a few slight
bruises.
A PLEASANT EVENT.
Twenty-nvo years ago last Saturdey
Mr. and Mrs. Adam Vockroth, of
Plttston avenue, became man and
wife, and the event was celebrated
In fitting style on Saturday evening.
The couple and 106 Invited guests
gathered at Zuleger's hall, corner of
Plttston avenue ami ,1 ,-' street, and
proceeded to enjoy themselves until
the early morning hours.
Games nnd dancing were Indulged In
during the evening. At 10 o'clock th
supper march took place and supper
was served In the large dining room,
whuch was most beautifully decorated.
The numerous tables were laden down
with the delicacies of the season.
Prof. Carl Saft presided nt tho piano
and rendered excellent music for ths
march and for dancing.
Before the guests retired each re
ceived a souvenir badge as a remem
brance of the happy event.
TOLD IN nRIEF.
The Welcome dancing class will
conduct a social at Snover's hall thl3
afternoon and evening.
George Fruehan, n etudent at tho
University of Pennsylvania, Is spending
the holidays nt the home of his par
ents on Hickory street.
Georse Vockroth. of New York city,
Is visiting nt the home of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Adam Vockroth, on
Plttston avenue.
Miss Anna Graebner. of Prospect
avenue, left on Saturday afljrnoon
for Philadelphia, Pa., to spend the
holidays at the home of Miss Edith
Cooper.
Pea Coal $1.25 a Ton Delivered
to South Side, central city and central
Hyde Park. Address orders to C. D.
Shaikey, 19H Cedar ave. Thone 6683.
GREEN RIDGE.
Tho Sabbath school of Anbury Metho
dist Episcopal chutch will hold their
Chrlxtmuu tno xci cites this nenlng.
Norman Parke t.s tpci.dlng his i.trlst
mas vacutlon with his parents ut AdaniH
avenue and Green Illdge btreet.
Tho Sabbain school connected with the
Capoufce mission of Green Itlilgo Presby
terian church will enjoy tlnir Christmas
tree celebration Wcdnehday evening, Dec.
27.
Miss Klorenco Green, of Albany, N. Y.,
Is spending a few days with Green IUdKo
and Providence friends.
At the morning cervlce nt Green Hldge
Presbyterian church yesterday, the fol-
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Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
December 25, 20 and 27,
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Night, Gorgeous Christmas Tree and
Orieutal Dances.
lowing ani-ouricemeiits appeared on tho
order of exercises for tho day, found In
each pew. The holiday entertainment for
thu children and young people of tho
Sunday school, will bo riven In tho chapel
on Saturday evening, Dec. 30, at 7 o'clock.
This entertainment Is freo to all the
teachers and scholars of the school. Their
friends who como with them will bo wel
come on tho payment of tho f.mall admis
sion fee of 25 cents. Tho entertainment
will bo novel, InteieMIng nnd of a high
order of merit. The trustees have an
nounced that nil persons who desire to re
tain tho pews which they Imvo been oc
cupying the past year at tho same rental
for tho year to come, are privileged to
do so: and In case of no nitlco otherwlsi.
It will be understood that such Is thu
wish of the present occupant Thoso
who wish to chango their seats should
appl at once to A. C. Puller or any
member of the board nt trustees. Seats
available for rentul can ho stcured on
tho evening of the congregational meet,
lng. Tho congregational meeting Is to bo
held on Monday evening, Jan. 8, at 7.30.
In the chapel. At this meeting will be
read valuable reports of tho work of tho
year past. 1'very member of tho church
and congregation should bo piesent. A
year ago wo had a most enjoyablo meet
lng; tho coming ono should bo every
way better. Tluaitrh the ieport. shall
only outllno tho excellent work and pn
grcs of the scvcial departments of th
church for tho year 1SD9, they cannot fall
to bo highly Interesting and Inspiring."
The Thliteenth ward Itepubllcan pri
maries will he held Saturday afternoon,
Jan. 6, between tho hours of 1 und 7,
at the different polling places.
The funeral of Mrs. C. P. Slack was
held from the Green Hldgo Ilaptlsl
church nt 2 p. m. yesterday, the Itev.
Mr. Lee officiating, nsclsted by Itevs.
Ford and Moore. Despite tho very In
clement weather the services were large.
ly attended. The pallbenrers weie: A. 13.
I Klefcr, I). T. Jayne, John S, Addvmnn
holidays.
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and Retail.
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Marches at Special Prices jf
AMUSEMENTS.
f YCEUA1 THEATRE
"-" UUKUUNDHR & REIS. Lcsssm.
M. K. LONG, Mnnajer.
Christmas Mntlnce and Night. "One for
All und All for One." Tho Heallza-
tlon of Komance.
MR. JAMES O'NEILL.
In l.l.'blet' & Co.'s stupendously stun-
nlnr spectacular and (-cenlc production of
Sjdr.ev Grundy's version of Alexander
Dum.iB' btoiy.
The "Musketeers"
As plnved for one year In London und
New York by Becrbohm Tree and James
O'Neill Ten tale-telllng tableaux th.-ob-blng
with tn rilling adventures. An army
on h'cige. Tonh upon tons of t-cenery.
Largest dramatic uranlzatlon en tour.
Piiipc-Kvenlng. $15ft, $1. 75, 09, 23c.
Matirec. $1, 75, 50, 25c.
One Night only, Tuesday, Dec. 23.
MR, DAVID HIGGINS.
and
MISS GEORGIA WALDRON.
Supported by a powerful company of
players In the lomantl Southern Play,
Produced ui'der the personal direction
of the author. Mr. lllgglns.
Prlces-Jl.00, 75. 50, i'je.
CONCERT
By tho
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
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Lyceum Theatre Wednesday cit-nlng,
December 27.
TICKETS, $1.00, 75c AND 60c
On sale ut L. P. Powell & Co Wash
Ington avenue; Sandcn-on's Drug store,
corner Wut-blngton und Spruce. Hotel
Jermyn: Koemple's Drug store, Well
ington und Linden.
Concert 8 o'cloik.
Thursday Night, December 28th.
Tho American Comedienne,
Fanny Rico,
And her own company in tho
latest farcical play,
fl Wonderful Woman
Clever, clean and wholesome.
Prices $1.00, 75c, 50c, 85c.
J. L Hobbs. A. II. Lldstono and W. II,
i'ruvciiun. Tho flower bearers were: J.
M. Atherton, 8. 13. Addyman, Nelson
Mnucn, and J. F. llangl. Interment was
made nt Forest Hill cemetery.
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