1889 Wilkes-Barre Record Almanac, Local Summary for 1888 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 It is not to be published to any other web site, mailing list, group, etc.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 5 Luther W. Chase Married Augusta Dana Coolbaugh 5 3 Men killed and 8 injured in explosion on LVRR 8 William P. Howells Funeral, Killed in Murray Shaft 11 Death of Frederick Mercur, aged 51 11 Married, Conovor-Bishop 11 Death of Burton Courtright, aged 74 13 Death of Lucretia Hughes, aged 70 13 Death of Dr. F. Fleschut, aged70 13 Death of Jacob Gressmann, Killed by D.L.&W. Locomotive 14 Death of Daniel Small, Killed by L.V.,Locomotive 14 Death of Neal Conway, Clog Dancer 16 Death of P. W. Bennett, aged 67 16 Death of George N. Bacon, Died in Harrisburg 17 Albert Clark, 10th Wedding Anniversary 17 Death of Father of John I. Labagh 19 Clark - Teasdale, Married 23 Schappert - Hawkins Wedding 23 Death of Miss Barbrett Weil 24 Colored People celebrate anniversary of Emancipation Proclamation 26 Lewis LeGrand breaks thigh 27 Death of Zeb C. Stevens 28 Henry Carl's child fatally burned 31 Temperance Evangelist Francis Murphy at Plymouth February 1 Owen Hughes frozen to death 1 Joseph Cook lectures on, "Does Death End All?" 1 Rev. A. Griffin celebrates 30th wedding Anniversary 3 Owen Thomas, Parsons, fatally burned by gas 6 Death of George Brader 7 M.S. Morgan's skull fatally fractured 10 Dupont Powder Mill at Wapwallopen explodes, killing 4 men 10 16 below zero in Wilkes-Barre, 30 below in Dallas 12 Root - Hall Marriage 14 Erastus Patterson, L&S Car Inspector, killed by train 15 May Taylor fatally scalded at Oliver's Mills 16 Death of Mrs. Christine Schmidt, aged 84 18 Death of Philip Butzbach 18 Death of Mrs. C. J. Girton 24 License Court Finished, 720 Granted, 113 Refused 26 A Purim Betrothal, Sol Goldsmith to Miss Celia Langfeld March 1 Mary VanHorn fatally burned at Mocanaqua 1 Death of Mrs. A.S. Phillips 2 Death of Peter Miller 3 Miss Mary Conroy, Judge Rice's housemaid, drops dead 4 Death of William H. Bennett, an 143rd Veteran 4 Death of H.A. Zimmerman of Priceburg 7 Death of Anna Minerva Bennett 10 Death of Rev. William Case of Kingston, aged 71 10 Luzerne Co. has 185 patients in State Hospital for the Insane 10 Death of Emporer William of Germany announced 13 Death of Mrs. M.A. Hunt 13 Rosenthal - Dubowsky Wedding 14 Bockwith - Leach Wedding 15 Richards - Brahl Wedding 15 Death of T. Frank Walter 15 Death of Mrs. Rosenthal 16 William Bryant found dead in snow drift 16 Death of Mrs. A.B. Weil, aged 38 17 Death of Moses Drumheller, aged 64 20 Death of Payne Pettebone 20 Death of Mrs. E.P. Cosgrave 22 Death of Philander Beattys at Waymart, aged 90 23 Death of Miss Agnes Generals 24 Death of Peter Andes 26 Death of James Farrell, aged 55 28 Ryan - Dickover Wedding 30 Death of Mrs. George W. Haines April 2 Death of Mrs. Ellen Hutchison 8 Death of Mrs. Mary F. Farnham, aged 80 10 Death of Adam Price, aged 41 10 Death of Denny Mack 14 Death of Elisha Harris near Carverton, aged 90 17 Carr - Williams Wedding 19 Death of Dr. T.D. Worden 19 Roth - Jordan Wedding 20 Death of Mrs. Maria Sturdevant, aged 80 20 Death of C.B. Price 21 Death of Mrs. Wesley Johnson 25 Death of James Hoover, aged 70 25 Hodgdon - Coolbaugh Wedding 25 Death of S.A. Hubbard May 1 Kingston Miners Strike 10 Death of Miss Julia Oppenheim 12 Charles Williams' back croken 12 Eric Ericson killed at West Side Park 14 Death of "Daddy" Carr 15 Thomas Rowan falls 950' down a shaft 16 Reunion of 52nd PV Veterans 21 Mr. D.G. and Mrs. Sleigh, of Kingston, celebrate their Golden Wedding 26 Death of Mrs. Regina Marks, aged 72 28 Hoar - Dillon prize fight at Lee Park 28 Death of Miss Ellen Ulp, aged 70 30 Infant child of Jabez Philips breaks its neck 31 Abraham Ruhs, aged 10, decapitated June 2 Death of E.B. Stark 5 Mulligan - Morris Wedding 6 Woodward - Hillard Wedding 8 Death of Michael McNertney, aged 45 13 Death of Mrs. Caroline Rhoades, aged 65 14 Rev. J.T. Matthews installed14 Dilley - Morgan Wedding 17 Modesta Zorda drowned 20 Annie McGrath run over by electric car 20 Death of Mrs. Catherine Deitrick, aged 88 21 Davis - Shoemaker Wedding 22 Broom factory started 24 Lightning strikes Puritan Congregational Church during services 25 Bridget Brogan dies at her sister's wedding July 2 Edward Paetzel falls down stairs and breaks his neck 3 Memorial Services at Wyoming Monument 4 Death of Mrs. Oliver Pettebone 8 Death of Matthias Harpersburger, aged 76 19 The Grant Woodward Breaker opens in kingston 20 Fatal crash on the L&S near the summit 21 Shooting affray on Pringle Hill, Kingston 24 Thomas Kane found dead on L&S tracks near Penobscot 25 Record publishes description of Cutlery Factory 25 Mrs. Dunnigan's peculiar death 26 Record prints description of new Broom Factory 27 Death of Dr. J.S. Smith, aged 82 28 Sudden death of Albert Krothe 31 Osterhout Free Library described in Record August 2 Record prints full statement of Nanticoke Relief Fund 3 Dr. Higgins put under $500 bail by the coroner for refusing to testify in Dunnigan case. 3 Death of Mrs. Elizabeth Bogert, aged 76 4 J.W. Thomas, a miner, falls 900' down a shaft 9 Two Watkins boys drown in Toby's Creek 12 William Collier's residence, Pittston, shattered by dynamite 13 Death of Archie, son of Mrs. Ruth Murray 14 Col. James E. Gay's sudden death 15 Death of Henry Schappert, aged 57 16 Charles McNama killed by falling from wagon 18 Mrs. Mary Bryden fatally injured by falling into a trench 22 Death of Mrs. Mary Dietrick, aged 68 22 The Ossified Man exhibit in Wilkes-Barre 22 S.W. Beemer of Taylorville and Jennie D. Thomas of Scranton, marry themselves by declaring their intentions. 23 Manashewitz - Fisher Wedding 24 Thomas Hart shoots Thomas Manley at Five Points 26 Daniel F. Groff, aged 50 28 Goldsmith - Langfeld Wedding 28 143rd Reg't PV survivors meet at Luzerne Borough 29 J.M. Nicholson of Kingston celebrates his 60th birthday 29 L&V Engine explodes, killing the breakman September 5 Douglas - Elicott Wedding 6 E.K. Morse of Wilkes-Barre, weds a Carbondale Girl 7 Axle Works written up in Record 10 Death of J.H. Swoyer, aged 56 15 Sudden death of Rallo E. Smith 18 Teller - Long Wedding 18 Death of William Smith, of Plymouth, aged 85 22 Constable Gallagher shoots and fatally wounds Thomas Ryan October 3 Comerford - Geatings wedding in Plymouth 5 Nearly 2,500 citizens naturalized during the week 5 Unknown man killed near East Market Street 7 Lynch - Lenahan Wedding 8 John McCarty accidentally kille William Hutchinson, a companion, in West Pittston 10 Awful disaster at Mud Run; 55 persons killed outright 10 Fell - Bertels wedding 11 Mrs. Morry arrives from Wales and finds her husband dead 12 Death of Rev. D.C. Olmstead at Nanticoke, aged 62 12 Death of H.H. Derr, aged 49 13 Funerals of Mud Run victims at Scranton and Pleasant Valley; the dead number 63 16 Farewell to D.W. Evans 17 Rippard - Reichard wedding 17 Death of Samuel Raub of Luzerne Borough, aged 64 19 Paymaster McClure and Bodyguard Flannagan murdered near Miner's Mills; Murderers net $12,000 24 Hungarian Gypsy Band at Music Hall 25 Death of Mrs. Eliza Goodwin of Kingston, aged 61 November 2 Charles M. Brown killed by cars 7 Brown - Kesler wedding 8 Pittston Branck of the LLRV completed 9 Weslh Congregational Church at Edwardsville burned 11 Death of Mrs. George A. Wells, aged 51 14 Parrish - Beck Wedding 14 Two children roasted to death at Plymouth 15 Death of Henry Ausbacher, aged 69 21 Jacob Enty killed by a train 22 Death of James James, father of Clerk of Courts James, at Hazleton 23 Cave-in near Parsons 23 Case of Smallpox in Kingston 28 Kushke - Phillips Wedding, Plymouth December 3 Isaac Roberts weds Miss Cora Roth 3 Freight trains collide on the Central RR near Solomon's Gap; 2 men killed, one fatally hurt 5 Joseph D. Stephens sentenced to one year's imprisonment 6 George Grant Waller, formerly a lawyer of Luzerne Co., dies in Brooklyn, aged 67 6 Charles Mathews (colored), killed by a train 8 Death of Mrs. Elizabeth Gannon, aged 59 9 Electric cars commence running on Plains extension 11 Duncan C. Ross defeats Capt. J.C. Daly in a wrestling bout 12 Child of J.M. Wilson, aged 3, scalded to death 12 Co. I 9th Reg't. mustered in at Plymouth 13 City Clerk Frank Dietrick weds Miss Sue Miall 13 Death of Thomas Lazarus of Buttonwood, aged 71 15 Frank W. Larned weds Miss Estell L. Neuer 18 Sudden death of W.L. Overton, aged 52 19 Alfred Smith weds Miss Ruth Murray 19 Samuel H. Sturdevant, Jr. weds Miss Carrie L. Rogers, of Huntsville 21 Death of Andrew Weir of Plymouth, aged 68 24 Charles Thomas, aged 7, killed at Miner's Mills trying to jump on Electric Car 24 Smallpox in Nanticoke 25 Death of Charles A. Belin, aged 73 28 Funeral of Mrs. C.E. Hawley, daughter of Col. H.B. Wright 29 Ex-prothonotary, A.P. Barber buried Contributed by Patty Matthews and Pat Hillon