1887 WILKES-BARRE RECORD ALMANAC, LOCAL SUMMARY FOR 1886 The following information is posted for the sole purpose of family research within the Yahoo Group, The Court House Gang. It is not to be published to any other web site, mailing list, group, etc. without prior written permission and guidelines from the group owner, to ensure that proper credit is given to the group and all of our volunteers that helped with this project. January 2d. funeral of Thomas Blake 3d Death of W.K. Phillips 5th Mine accidents for 1885,115 fatal,196 serious,172 slight 7th Marriage in Chicago of Miss Hannah S. McNeish to Henry E. Fisk 9th Death of Rev. Father Dunn, of Plains 12th Wedding of Cooas and Miss Hannah Long 20th Death of Mrs. Frances Knight Wilson of Berwick 20th Death of Mrs. Elizabeth Beaumont Collings of Scranton 21st Death of a daughter of F.M.Nichols, Esq. 22d Daniel Whiteman dies 23d Death of S.L. Browns mother, aged 85 25th Death of W.H. Tennant 26th Death of Mrs. Christian Walter 28th Marriage of Miss Jane Leavenworth to James W. McCulloch 29th Death of Carl, son of Mr and Mrs. C.P. Hunt February 1st Death of Richard J Williams, a former contractor of Wilkes-Barre 3d Death of 2 nephews of the Misses Doran 4th Death of Miss Mary Coates, aged 83 6th Death of Mrs. C.F. Edgar 7th Sudden Death of Mayor Brodrick 8th Special session of council takes action regarding Mayor Brodricks death 9th Death of druggist Thomas J Good 11th Remains of John Barton found mangled on the LVRR track 15th Body of John Clune found in the river 17th Body of Jerome Harrington of Auburn,found in Susquehanna River, Supposed to have been murdered 18th Death of Captain Dana, aged 64 20th Albeet Lewis retires from firm of Mercur, Phillips and Lewis 23d Miss Charlotte Jeremy married to W.S. Jones of Emporia, Kansas 28th Death of SisterPoneratius of St. Marys Catholic Convent March 2d Mrs Harriet Gertrude Watres("Stella of Lackawanna") dead 4th Wedding of Captain Henry Armbruster and Miss Frances M. Becker 8th Henry Van Scoy nominated postmaster at Kingston 10th Edward J Mylotte arrested for forgery 11th James McManus waylaid and almost beaten to death 12th Death of Hon.H.B. Beardslee 13th LVRR Engineer Thomas Moore killed on the road 19th George B. Pringle of Kingston, instantly killed by lightning 22d Jacob Schmitt attempts suicide 23d Wedding of Issac S. Long and Miss Ella Williams 26th Death of Mrs John P. Puckey 26th Suicide of Col. J. C. Kintner 30th Death of Mrs. George W. Westfield 30th Wedding of Harry D. Marcy and Miss May P. Rhone APRIL 1st Thomas Kane, a boatman at Schickshinny, shoots his wife 2d Mosees Griffith, of Port Bowkley, drowned 3d Death of Calvin J. Smith, a crippled veteran, who sold lead pencils from a dog-wagon 4th Constable Buckley, of Pittston Township, suicides 12th Mrs. T.P. Ryder dies of blood poisoning 14th Death of Philip Keller of Plymouth 22d Samuel Hodgdon thrown from his buggy at Port Blanchard 23d Mrs. S.M. Bard's death 25th George S. Chamberlain falls and sustains injuries 27th G.I. Washburne's assailants acquitted 27th Abraham Selinski, a Pole, beats his wife nearly to death 30th Rev Henry Brownscombe's Death MAY 2d Hugh Connor, of Plymouth, fireman on the steamer"Wilkes-Barre" dies at his post 4th Mrs S.W. Sutliff of Nanticoke, dies 6th Anthony Oberst, of Lake Township, adjudged insane 7th Matthias Mott, a pauper drowned 8th Crystal wedding of Mr. and Mrs. C.F. Sutherland 9th Daniel Piefer, of Nanticoke, suicides 10th Peter Seibel taken to Danville insane asylum 11th Death of Mrs. Adam Behee 12th Wedding of J.H. Williams and Miss Rachael Williams 13th Mrs. P.C. Sheridan dies 13th Two women claim to be wives abd heirs to the late Moses Griffiths 15th 20th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. H.H. Derr 18th Death of Mrs. John Bryden at Plymouth 19th Mrs. Andrew Raub's 95th birthday 20th Death of Earl Barnes 21st Eddie Guinney and John Higgins drowned in Hilliards Brickyard Pool 21st Death of Rev Alexander B. Jack of Hazleton 22d Peter Seibel dies at Danville of tumor of the brain 25th Death of Henry Cohen of Pittston 27th G. Warren Knelly goes home to die 31st Death of Edwin Wright, age 32, a former Wilkes-Barrean, oldest printer in Ohio 31st Samuel A Lewis dies. JUNE 2d Wedding at Stoddartsville of Clarence B. Marter and Miss Lillian E. Stull 3d Peter J. Hoagland dead at Newark 3d Assessor B.Frank Londer dead 3d Marriage of Miss Stacie T. Morgan to B. Ogden Loxley of Philadelphia 4th Body of Lizzie Howells found in the river at Northumberland 5th Frank Gerstinger falls dead 9th Wedding of County Commissioner T.W. Haines and Miss Bessie Gilchrist 10th John J Dougher and Miss Rose O'Malley married 13th Stanley Jacobs and Thomas Dolan drowned at North Mountain 15th Moses Marks and Miss Fannie Lowenstein wedded 15th John S. Thomas of Plymouth buried 16th Herbert S. Graham arrested for impersonating a revenue officer 18th Jacob Sharps of Kingston dies 22d Joseph Richards killed in Murray shaft 22d Marriage of Miss sallie T. Bowman to Robert Chisholm of Buffalo 23d Sudden death of Daniel Richards 24th Evan D. Evans killed at Empire 25th Rev. J.P. Harsen pronounced dangerously ill 28th Death of Mrs Ransom Monroe at Hunlock 30th Wedding of Walter B. Posten and Miss Lizzie G. Roberts JULY 1st Edward Bayloss of Nanticoke shoots his wife 2d Death of Will C. Lacoe 3d Mr. and Mrs D.H. Frantz celebrate their silver wedding 4th Death of G. Warren Knelly 6th Death of David E. Davis in Kingston 7th Death of George W. Collamer 8th Sudden death of Henry Camp at Forty Fort 9th Death from cancer of Daniel Frace of Nanticoke 11th Adam Carps of Lehigh Street hangs himself 20th A.F. Butzbach in jail 24th Michael Flanagan found dead on Hazle Street 26th Andrew Jordan assauled and knocked insensible at his home on Canal Street 26th Chief of Police Garvey, of Nanticoke arrested, charged with inciting a riot 28th Evan C. Davis arrested for embezzle of Knights of Pythias' funds 29th Mrs. William Roberts dies of cancer 30th Joseph Fisher of Freeland hangs himself 31st Mrs. Elizabeth Riley falls off the embankment at west end of the bridge 31st Col. Andrew Ruf dies at Scranton AUGUST 2d LVRR conductor Pleman B. Carey, formerly of Wilkes Barre, expires suddenly in Jersey City 7th Elihu Williams skull fracturred in a runaway on his way to Harveys Lake 9th Anthony Nealon killed on the Asley planes 12th Elihu Williams skull trephined successfully 12th Mrs Thomas W. Robinson breaks an arm in falling down stairs 12th Death of Tipstaff Thomas W. Robinson, aged 83 14th Death of Llewellyn Jones 14th Katie Derr, daughter of H.H. Derr dies 17th Wedding of Miss Louise Price to George Geiselman 18th Mrs Andrew Raub of Dallas, dead, aged 95 years 19th Mr. and Mrs. Edward Polsue's crystal wedding celebrated. 19th Death of Leo W. Stewart, of Schickshinny age 65 21st Death of ex-sheriff James W. Rhoads, age 64 25th Thomas Brink, of Shickshinny, fined for selling whisky on the sly at Patterson Grove Camp. 26th Death of William Neuer, aged 75 29th Superintendent Coughlin's father dead 30th J.K. Fellows of Nanticoke dead SEPTEMBER 5TH Death of Mrs. W.J. Harvey at Bear Creek 8th Miss Jessie Tyrrell wedded to E.C. Roal at Kingston 10th James Conlon of Miner's Mills killed by fall of top rock 13th Simon Jacobs hangs himself 15th Lawrence Stark found dead 18th Herbert S. Graham, of Nanticoke, convicted and sentenced for impersonating a revenue officer. 23d Mrs. Isabella Moore dies of blood poisoning at Miner's Mills 24th J.C. Coon not guilty of libeling Cecil Banks 24th Death of Rev. Abel Barker of Wyoming aged 75 25th Rev J.P. Harsen dies at Kingston aged 42 years October 5th Miss Ella Trethaway married to George R. Sailer 5th Wedding of James Rhoads and Miss Cora Bachman 8th Mrs. Brezenski brutally murdered at Jeddo 10th Death of George Thomas, veteran 11th Miss Sallie Porter dies at White Haven 14th Emanuel C. Cole dies at Ashley 16th Residence of Andrew Weir, of Plymouth, destroyed by fire 20th Wedding of Harry G. Shupp and Lillian Sturdevant 26th John Weaver dies 27th Miss Annie M. Norris married to C.W. Shuff of Philadelphia 28th Wedding of R.A. Spalding and Mrs Alice E. Crissy 29th Death of Mrs. Jesse T. Morgan 30th Engineer Wm. Moses shoots himself dead 30th Death of Mrs. Geo. W. Leach Jr. NOVEMBER 3d James S. Roberts commitd suicide 4th Miss Lucy Barber married to E. Oscar Kemmerer of Allentown 5th Golden wedding of Mr andMrs. J.R. Jones of Edwardsville 5th Frank B. Loch, a veteran, dies 6th The body of Timothy Gallagher found in the river 6th Survivors of the 143d Regiment P.V. hold annual reunion at Luzerne Borough 7th Funeral of Zebulon B. Stevens 10th W.H. Woodin of Berwick dead 11th Death of Rev. Dr. A.A. Hodge 12th L.D, Sturdevant dead at Mehoopany 13th Wm. M. Hughes shoots an assailant dead in self defense 16th John Wroth, cashier of First National Bank, dead 17th Death of Mrs. Frances E. Hubbell, of paralysis, in Elizabeth, N.J. 18th Robert C. Johnson killed at Parsons 23d Death of Roberet McD. Shoemaker 24th Col. Robert Ralston Snowden dead in Memphis 27th Thomas M. Boals insane 27th Death of little Tom Burrowes 29th Adam Driesbach dies 29th James Dewitts 16th year as Tipstaff ended 30th Death of Mrs S.E. Atherton, Martin Coryell and of Wm. Christman DECEMBER 1st Three Hungarians killed by train at Pittston 1st Georg H.Flanagan appointed cashier at Wyoming National Bank 2d Death of Mrs. John M. Dickover, aged 58 2d Samuel C. Dodson dead, aged 88 years 3d John N. Fenwick dies in hospital from effect of Forty Fort accident 4th Death of Mrs. Harriet F. Coffin at residence of her son-in-law, Rev. Henry L. Jones 9th Mrs. Elisba A. Coray expires of Pnuemonia at the house of the late Mrs. Atherton 9th Maxwell Chapman marries Miss Kate Ryon at Tioga 10th Mrs. Nealon of Ashley killed by the cars 10th Wm. M. Hughes who shot Clem Wills acquitted without trial at Bloomsburg 13th Robert Bouzeinsk, a child, fatally shot at Pittston 13th W.E. Colburn, loses his daughter Sadie, aged 16 years 13th Death of Isabella Grier, mother of Mrs E.R. Mayer, at Philadelphia 13th Death of M.D. Whiston of Wyoming 15th Wedding of Chas. F.Liem and Miss Sue Ferter 15th Peter Swartz dies 15th Myron B. Garney and Miss Jennie Boughtin married at Kingston 16th Mayor Sutton arrests citizens for fast sleigh riding 19th Death of Jacob Bertels, age 79 19th Wm. Severn found dead 20th Miss matilda Meyrick suicides at Edwardsville 20th Death of Sarah Gore Wood, age 81 21st Death of David Weber, age 85 22d David D. Morris found drowned at Nanticoke 23d Tax Receiver Gilchrists silver wedding 23d John Kinney killed on L&SRR 24th Landlord Zeigler's little step-son drowned in the Susquehanna 26th Cashier Adfolph Voigt dies 26th Frank Cooley supposed to be killed 27th Coroners jury holds Andrew Weidaw responsible for murder of Thomas Blake, Edwardsville 28th Wedding of W.F. Porter and Miss Allie G. Levan, White Haven Contributed by Patty Matthews and Pat Hillon