1893 WB Record Almanac, Local Summary for 1892 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 It is not to be published to any other web site, mailing list, group, etc.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. Wilkes-Barre Record Almanacs 1892 A Picture of 1892--The stream of Politics and Religion, The Hum of Business, The Whirl of Social Life, The Vagaries of the Weather, The Harvest of Death, The Jar of Litigation, and Hundreds of other Topics as Photographed in the Files of the Wilkes-Barre Record. JANUARY 1. Reception in new Y.M.C.A. building; Painters Ball; flag raising on Catholic Schools; St. Aloysius Reception. 3. Miss Jane Welch before the Daughters of the American Revolution; Nanticoke Annual Eisteddfod. 4. New officers take their places in the Court House; Hezekiah Parsons dies at Parsons; Recital by Dr. Mason’s pupils. 6. Austrian Juvenile Band at the Armory; Fanny Leibson and Joseph Leibson married; Council and the Water Companies at loggerheads; Annual banquet Medical Society; Luzerne County farmers institute. 7. Good sleighing in town; Julia and Mary Howard twin sisters die together; Henry Gibbons gored to death by a bull at Mill Creek; epidemic of diphtheria. 8. Nanticoke school dedicated by State Supt. Waller. 9. Peter Christian shot dead at Slocum at target shooting; Mrs. E.H. Snowden of Forty Fort dies of pneumonia. 10. River closed for first time; Dr. Hakes lectures on Columbus at Loomis Hall; Thomas Malis Scranton explosion, dies. 11. Royal Arcanum installation and banquet; James McGrary killed at the _ackman. 12 or 13. Organizing for Denver Pilgrim. 14. Philip Schier banquets the Concordia; Horse Breeders Association elects officers. 15. Bar Association honor the memory of A.T. McClintock; Pleasant Ridge Land Co. arrests John Dambroski for libel. 16. Democratic city primaries; Funeral of A.T. McClintock. 17. Evangelist McIntosh concludes two weeks’ services at the Central M.E. Church; Italian stabbed in an East Market street dive; Michael Luther killed with a club by a Hungarian. 18. Death of col. Dorrance; Scranton Archdeaconry opened in St. Stephen’s; Thomas Flannery of Pittston killed by train. 19. Mrs. Joseph Kishbaugh a former Wilkes-Barre lady, dies at 83, at Eaton; Elwood Frey nominated for mayor by Democrats; Diphtheria takes many children. 20. Movement to erect a monument over Gwilyn Gwent’s grave; John U. Paine and Miss Ella C. Rutter, Philip Schier and Miss Rose Abrahams, married; thermometer down to zero. 21. Deputy Sheriff Robert E. Donaughey missinf for a time. 22. Two children of Patrick McGrath die of diphtheria; World’s Fair ladies getting down to work; Dr. Taylor Lectures on the eye in Y.M.C.A. 23. Thomas Cassedy’s appointment as oil inspector created surprise; Ovide Musin concert. 24. Kripplein Christi church dedicated; Polish woman fatally scalded at Brookside. 25. 133rd anniversary of Burna celebrated by Caledonians; Rabbi Joseph lectures before Methodist preachers; Two children of Albert Hall die of diphtheria. 26. Damrosch orchestra in Music Hall; Iron Hall celebrates fourth anniversary; George P. Loomis retires from Mayoralty race; Moses Cohen killed on Central road. 27. Second daughter of Wm. J. Eva dies of diphtheria; Hanover township school destroyed by fire; third child of Patrick McGrath dies of diphtheria. 28. Engineer Deitrick killed in collision at New Boston Junction; Lehigh Valley medical society meets at Wilkes-Barre. 29. Elks third anniversary; Mr. Thompson killed on D & H at Miner’s Mill; Edwardsville Eisteddfod. 30. Hon. Eckley B. Coxe declines appointment as prison commissioner. 31. Rev. Dr. Boyle preaches on the way out of poverty; Bishop O’Hara at St. Mary’s. FEBRUARY 1. Edward Inman Turner oldest member of Luzerne bar, dies at his home in Plymouth; James Keogan brakeman dies from injuries; 89 miles in 98 minutes on L.V.R.R. by Henry Wharen; Germania Military Rank, first anniversary. 2. Fireman elected by council. 3.Harriet Rutledge killed by gas in South main street boarding house; Coal men meet and talk about World’s Fair; Hop of Music Hall ushers; Karl Schimpff recital; Norman Marshall of Wilkes-Barre weds Miss Minnie Marshall of Danville; Wyoming Valley Lace Co. organized; Luzerne Bar endorse Justice Paxson for Supreme Justice. 4. Michael Farley killed at the Pettebone and Michael McOne at the Old Forge. 5. Hon. George R. Wendling’s eloquent address in “Saul of Tarsus;” Peter Eacke killed by machinery in the Waddell; the big sewer finally inspected; Wilkes-Barre Gun Factory begins work. 6. Labuda convicted of merder in second degree; Henry A. Clapp in “Twelfth Night;” Mrs. Hannah court right Abbott celebrates 94th birthday anniversary; Joseph Keifer drowned at White Haven. 7.Wife and children of Wm. H. Shaffer escape from fire and wander naked in the snow; Concordia family gathering; F.V. Rockafellow declines Jail Commissionership. 8. Telephone Co. and West Side Railway Co., have a wrangle; Concordia Damen Chor entertains. 9. LouisenVoesie killed on Ashley planes; Anthracite and People’s Bank building described; Centennial Social Club masquerade. 10. Harold Crocker and Miss Grace Watt, Arthur J. Rosengrant and Miss Ella Jevons, E.G. Breisford and Miss Lou Arnold, married; B. Burgunder appointed Prison Commissioner; second child of John Rowe dies of diphtheria. 11. Historical Society annual meeting; George Stout of Wapwallopen out in two by a saw; Harry Brandow of Wilkes-Barre and Miss Charlene Holcomb of Pittston married. 12. Rev. Dr. Boyle lectures on “William the Silent” before Y.M.H.A.; Landasser appointed postmaster; Railroad Men anxious about the deal; Court-martial for disobedient members of the Ninth. 13. Charles O. Miller, a married man, arrested while about to marry Miss Lulu Renard; death warrant read to Edward McMillan; Henry Colt Wilson formerly of Wilkes-Bare, dies in Ohio; “Romeo and Juliet” analyzed by Henry Clapp. 14. Services for collegians in First Presbyterian church; sportsman organize. 15. Child of Mrs. Fred Snyder kidnapped on South Main street; Iabuda gets 11 years and 3 months; Gwent Eisteddfod program selected; Lawerence Monahan killed at Avoca. 16. F.M. Nichols elected Mayor; Prof. Devine’s closing lecture in University Extension course; Miss Annie Pably of Allentown dies at residence of Rev. Dr. Fres_. 17. Deputy sheriff Donaughey turns up; boys entertained at Dr. Guthrie’s residence for Hospital benefit; appointment of T.W. Hains as Prison Warden creates constarnation among Democrats; trading post and fair of Daughters of Pocahontas; Joseph Weaver dies at the poor house. 18. Concordia bal masqne; Homeopathic Medical Society of N.E.Pa. in session in this city; Pennsylvania Metallic Cornice Co., assigns; Sheldon Reynolds elected president of Wyoming Bank, vacancy of Col. Dorrance. 19. John B. Williams and Miss Sarah Howells married; Machinists dance in Landmesser’s. 20. Henry Clapp’s closing lecture “King Lear.” 21. Rev. Dr. Boyle speaks on “The Providential Republic;” Nicholas Scoville’s store burned at Parsons. 22. James Miller of Plymouth shoots himself in the head; Wyoming extension on electric line opened; St. Conrad Society hall dedicated; George A. Wells and Mrs. Harriet Simpson married in Washington; Parsons Eisteddfod; Avoca Eisteddfod. 23. Saengerbund Mask Ball; Dr. Whitney begins a temperance campaign; Miss Eliza Irene Loop dies at Rochester, coming from old Wyoming family. 24. Fire at Oliver’s Mills powder works; Wilkes-Barre helps Russian sufferers; two men injured on the new bridge; John R. Lee and Miss Ellen Hutchison married; Frank Eaton dies while drunk; License Court ended; Mrs. P. Klein drops dead hearing of the death of a relative; DeWitt’s jewelry store and Jonas Long’s annex damaged by fire 25. Lehigh Valley and Supt. Orr’s men at war over strip land; John Clayton, Valley brakeman, both legs cut off; “The Mauprats” in Music Hall; Rev. N.F. Stahl called to the pastorate of Memorial church; Reading negotiating for output of individual operators. 26. Harvey’s Lake and Lopez railroad meet, workmen come together; Y.M.C.A. members reception. 27. Death of Laura Grimes in Philadelphia; Hillman Academy dancing class fial session; Mr. and Mrs. J.G. Martin give a dance for their daughter. 28. Brakeman James Williams killed at Fairview. MARCH 1. St. Aloysius Society election; travel blockaded by heaviest snow fall of the year; Ivorites celebrate St. David’s day; Edwardsville Eisteddfod. 2. Breeders arrange for full stakes; Thomas W. Davis killed in Brownsville, Pa. 3. Many rumors about Wilkes-Barre & Eastern railroad; scarlet fever at the Seminary. 4. Dr. Guthrie speaks on Y.M.C.A. on “what is necessary in accident cases before a doctor arrives;” David Evans of Wilkes-Barre almost suffocated by gas in Plymouth hotel; license rehearings excite much interest; W.O.T.U. county convention; Isaac P. Hand elected chairman Republican county committee in place of L.B. Landmesser, resigned. 5. The new depot in prospect on the west bank of the river. 7. Sportsmen elect officers; Benevino and Villella, Red Nose Mike’s pal to be tried in Italy; Patrick Cannon assaults T.P. Ryder. 8. Record prints description of the new Wilkes-Barre & Eastern railroad; Charles Wall hanged at Tunkhannock; two miner’s horribly burned at the Avondale; Daniel Acker and Miss Cora Leymaster married Mrs. David Morgan, of Plymouth commits suicide in a fit of anger. 9. Six men roasted in the rock tunnel at Alden; Van Keuren Tyler and Ridall McCleary, weddings. 10. Parent of entombed miner at Nanticoke wants $30,000 damages; Shadrach & Collins succeed A.R. Devers clothiers; Philip Gahn killed by an engine at Pittston; Record prints complete description of new opera house; Lafayette Alumni Association banquet. 11. “Esther the beautiful Queen” in Memorial Hall; William Zirphelt declared insane in U.S. Court; third victim of the Alden explosion dead. 12. Judge Woodward decides that the Susquehanna Coal Co. is not responsible for the death of entombed miners; John Malloy of Jones street drops dead; investigation of the Court House painting contract. 13. An Italian badly slashed with a razor at Brodricks. 14. Judge Lynch refuses to sign bond of Warden hains. 15. Corpse of a woman found in the marsh at Wyoming Annual Purlm Ball; Eugene Caffrey killed in Mill Creek slope; Grand Lodge L.K. of A. in session in Wilkes-Barre. 16. McMillan’s attorneys try to save him; Children’s Purlm car rival at Loomis Hall 17. Great Canbro-American Eisteddfod. 18. New yarn mill to be constructed at the Lace Works. 19. Dennis Murphy suspended over the Woodward shaft until released; Mrs. George W. Fisher, the first woman to cross the new bridge; nurse McHenry of Danville asylum discharged in trial for murder of A. Butzbach at Wilkes-Barre. 20. Annual mission exercising at first M.E. Church. 21. Destructive fire in Oliver’s powder mill; Hiram Stocker dies at Tunkhannock. 22.Hillrean Academy oratorical contest; Annual Conference Epwath League in First E.M. Church; two men injured by dynamite explosion in John Schmidt’s quarry. 23. Wilkes-Barre Masonic lodges entertain Binghamton brethren; Jennie Walsh found dead on Washington street; Wyoming conference of M.E. Church opens in first M.E. Church. 25. Wickersham day in the schools; Wilkes-Barre Choral Society honors its leader and accompanist; George S. Bennett describes his Alaskan trip in Y.M.C.A. 26. Empire breaker on fire. 27. Ballington Booth and wife of the Salvation Army address large audiences in Music Hall. 28. Wilkes-Barre and sojourning Knights Templar have a banquet; Republican District Conventions electing delegates to state convention. 29. Secretary Crouse of the Siengerbund disappears with the society funds; Methodist Conference appointments announced; G.W. Shenk and W.J. Scott E\elected to represent Luzerne at National Republican Convention. 30. Farewell surprise for Rev. and Mrs. O.P. Wright of Central M.E. church; William P. Weiss and Miss Lillian Long wedding; Startling testimony in defense of Edward McMillan APRIL 1. John Lorah killed in the mines; Dr. H.N. Young talks on the teeth in Y.M.C.A. 2. A Record man interviews president McLeod; Closing exercises St. Stephen’s Industrial School; golden wedding of Mr. And Mrs. Charles Morgan; McMillan respited for 60 days. 3. Wm. Penn Miner founder of the Record, dies at home in Miner’s Mills. 4. Mayor Nichols refuse to swear in Chief Myers and the Sergeants; new City Council organizes. 5. Supt. Mitchell promoted. 6. Funeral of William P. Miner; Beruvino and Villella convicted in Italy for the mountain murders; Wilkes-Barreans come to the releif of starving Russia. 7. No. 1. Engine house dedicated; work starts at the mines; Michael Curry of Port Griffith suicides with dynamite; E.L. Mulligan’s funeral. 8. Second annual convention Y.M.C.A., of Wilkes-Barre district at Kingston; Paradise breaker at Pittston destroyed by fire; George Henderson killed by fall of coal. 9. Wesleyan Glee Club concert. 10. Thirty-two additions to St. John’s Luthern church. 11. Stanton colliery resumes work after a long idleness; ten barrels of flour for Russia from Conyngham Post; A Georgetown woman slashes her throat attempting suicide. 12. A Record man interviews Robert G. Ingersoll; annual city Mission meeting; Ingersoll lectures in Music Hall; Reception of Central Church’s new pastor. 13. Mine car wrecked at Sugar Notch; five speakeasies raided in the tenth ward; eight men killed at an explosion at Moosic powder mill. 15. Death of Dr. Guthrie’s son Kirlin; Daniel Howell and Miss Jennie Price married; Members Y.M.C.A. reception. 16. Talk of a strike on the Reading lines. 17. Elaborate Easter services in the churches; murder of two foreigners near Hazleton. 18. School Board decided to erect a new building on Carey avenue; first electric car runs to Plymouth. 19. Concerts by Gilmore’s band in the Armory; Concordia election; Stephen Conroy and Miss Agnes Franks, married. 20. Wilkes-Barreans contract typhoid fever on Florida; Doctors discuss diphtheria; body of Jacob Marks who was murdered by peddlers found gnawed by rats near Tunkhannock; William Auman and Miss Ona Flack, married. 21. Edward Watt and Miss Dora Hawkins, married; John Brodack kicked to death in a Plymouth Saloon; William Beacham appointed superintendent at the Woodward; fourteenth annual meeting W.F.M.S. of Lackawanna Presbytery in first Presbyterian church; Minersville Coal Co. sued for $12,511.67 by Keystone Contracting Co. ; Squire Groff killed on L.V. railroad. 23. Richard Thomas and his sister-in-law die at Forty Fort. 24. Supreme Court sustains Judge Rice in Hazleton liquor decision; Business men’s carnival in Music Hall; D.L. & W. trainmen demand more wages. 26. The celebrated Smurl case on for trial; Stewart Memorial church dedicated at Rendham; Hungarian murderer captured in a Sugar Notch mine; Capt. French of Co. I, resigns. 27. Concordia celebrates its Eisteddfod victory; Charles H. Ringsdorf and Miss Annie M. Stevens, married; Lehigh University men banquet; Fredrick M. Chase and Miss Ellen Stark married. 28. Smurl convicted in court; Richard Griffiths in Nanticoke killed on the railroad. 29. Linonia Society drama; asphalt for Market street decided on; the alleged confession of the Kester murderers creates a sensation; Hungarian on the West Side attempts to poison his boarding house-keeper and family. 30. Railroad men’s wages increased on the D.L. & W. MAY 1. Sclavish christing on the Heights results in ugly wounds. 2. Sheldon Reynolds elected presideny of the Wilkes-Barre Water Co. 3. Kester murder case on in court; Jester-McCarthy fight a fizzle. 4. Florence Gress will not marry Smurl. 5. James Killiom dies in a Pittston physician’s office; Higgins acquitted of the Kester murder; funeral of Mrs. Hannah C. Abbott. 6. Deputy Sheriff Robinson serves a capias on a resident of Franklin Township 101 year old. 7. D.L. & W. will open their extensive coal lands at Hanover; Smurl sentenced to two years on the penitentiary; Col. E.B. Beaumont placed on the retired list, U.S. Army. 8.A.A. Stagg, the Yale athlete, speaks in Y.M.C.A. hall. 9. Lutheran Conference opens at St. Paul’s church. 10. Royal Arcanum convention in Wilkes-Barre; son of Thomas Burton killed by cars at Larksville. 11. Concordia concert in Music Hall; Religious revival in Plymouth; Judge Harding writes for the Record on the Reading combine; Mystic Shrine Nobles journey, Phila. To Wilkes-Barre; William C. Mack and Miss Kate Anzman married. 12. John Boettcher of Grant street suicides. 13. Florence Gross dead; Wyoming Historical Society quarterly meeting; fakirs following show scooper; Forepaugh’s Circus exhibited. 14. Daniel Pugh killed in Maltby mines. 15. Rev. G.W. Sandt preaches second anniversary sermon. 17. Fredrick Kropp and Miss Adelia Nesbitt married; first open air band concert of the season; Council taxes vehicles. 19. Lizzie Evans gets verdict of $2,500 for the loss of a leg. 20. Christian Endeavor annual tri-county convention meets in Wilkes-Barre. 21. Prohibition county convention in session; Rev. Holden gets a $15,500 verdict for loss of a leg; very cold rain. 22. Market street bridge opened for electric railway travel. 23. Welsh Baptist conference closes; School board investigates bribery charges against janitor Holleran. 24. Memorial church elects Rev. Thorton A. Mills of Providence R.I., as pastor. 25. Board of Pardon refuses to interfere with McMillard’s sentence of death; Daniel L. Hart arrested for Libel (criminal) by W.L. Paine. 26. McMilan interviewed and still protests innocence; Bishop O’Hara confirms 265 children at St. Nicholas; Wilkes-Barre and Scranton play first game resulting in a victory for Scranton; Wyoming District Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society meets at Wyoming; Rev. H.L. Jones preaches Ascension Day sermon to Knights Templar; A.O.H. convention at Nanticoke. 27. Last Y.M.C.A. reception for the season; Roger Flynn crushed to death in the mine. 28. Miss Trescott passes preliminary examination as law student, first female in Luzerne County; Miss Elizabeth Nicely elected organist at the Westminster. 29. Rev. W.H. Reeser preaches annual memorial sermon to the Veterans. 30. Fifth anniversary of Wilkes-Barre council, Jr. O.U.A.M.; singers of Wyoming Valley meet and decide to form a World’s Fair choir. 31. Explosion in West End Coal Co’s mine at Mocanaqua in which two were killed and several fatally injured; Iron Hall’s second anniversary banquet; Feast of Weeks observed on Hebrew Temple. JUNE 1. Work of tearing down the Beaumont homestead begun; Harry E. Kulp married; third Mocanaqua explosion victim dead; eight confirmed in Hebrew Temple. 2. Hattie are good and Robert Law, married; Seminary defeats Academy 7 to 4; Marion Edith Wells and Clark Wright Evans, married; John A. Davis of Edwardsville killed in the mines. 3. River th___ ____ to flood flats and farm gardens; ___rewell to Father Nagle P revious __ this trip to Europe; closing exercises Kingston schools; Willie Langley cut in two on railroad at Glen Lyon. 4. Wallace Deitrick, another Mocanaqua victim dies; S.D. Harrison loses another child with diphtheria; William Hughes, 14 years, shot in the abdomen accidentally. 5. Children’s Day in Sheridan street P.M. church. 6. School board reorganizes and elects S.J. Strauss president; Levi Gregory’s son drowned at Meshoppen; Edward McMillan hanged; Rochester Retail Coal Exchange comes to town. 7. Consumers’ Gas Co. granted right to lay mains; Daniel Hart’s play “Between Men “ a success; Willie Hughes dies from gun wound on abdomen. 8. S.J. Strauss and Miss Minnie Weiss, married at Honesdale: J.M. Gaynor and Miss Selia Logue, Isaac Kreider and Miss Mary A. Gallagher, married; reception to new pastor of Welsh Baptist church. 9. Corner stone of Fourth M.E. Church laid; Daniel Hart again arrested for $50,000 by W.L. Paine; lightning strikes Woodward breaker and residence of Mrs. Charles W. Evans on the West Side; the two gas companies have hot contest in the Mayor’s office. 10. Renomination of Harrison announced in Wilkes-Barre; Mayor signs Consumers Gas ordinance; Editor Sam Boyd assaulted by Edward Barrett of Pittston. 11. “Between Men” has another large audience; Mother of ex-treasurer Turnbach suicide at her home at Rock Glen; Pittsburg ball club transferred to Wilkes-Barre; first Harrison and Reid club organized at Kingston. 12. Children’s Day quite generally observed; Michael Martey found dead on Central track, murder suspected; thermometer 100 degrees in the shade. 13. School board allows all of class of 192 to graduate; Simon Brown killed at Lee in the mines; Captain Flannery nominated by Democrats in fifth district for Legislature. 14. Workman on the Wilkes-Barre and Eastern dies of sunstroke; Mayor’s first veto of council ordinance; Rev. William _. Kearley and Miss Cora E. Post, married; A.O.H. state convention begins; Oratorio Society gives “The Season” in Music Hall. 15. Two thousand A.O.H. men in line; Scranton beats Wilkes-Barre 12 to 6; George Laycock breaks an arm by bicycle accident. 16. Alonzo Moore and Edith J. Allen, married; Isacher Dando hurt on the railroad; Female Seminary connencement; Abe Whipple killed at Lock Haven; A.O.H. convention adjourns; Mr. And Mrs. William Ridall celebrate the 64th anniversary of their marriage. 17. David Tennant drowned at Plymouth; School Master’s club organized; daughter of Orlando Addison killed by lightning near Shickshinny; Academy commencement exercises. 18. John B. Scanlon killed in the Murray. 19. John Washington murdered by George Fisher near Ashley and Fisher mutilates his wife; Powell shiner suicides in jail; Peter Quillan of Edwardsville comes near being lynched; Children’s Day at First M.E., Central M.E. and Grove street churches; John McGuire drowned at Sebastapol. 20. Seminary athlete sports; Isadore Smith drowned in the river; the Suburban formally transferred to the Traction Co. 21. Mallin_krodt commencement; Linonia Society’s banquet; Surbaban employes organize races at West side Park. 22. Mary Ann Williams of Mill Creek attempts suicide; son of squire Walker drowned at Shickshinny; school closing exercises; West End Bicycle Club entertains L.A.W.; Harry Deitrick and Miss Mary Hampton, married at Williamsport. 23. John Poleski found hanged to a tree near Pittston; Class day in high school; County A.O.H. convention meets in Hazleton; Warren J. Tyler and Miss Cora Long, married in New York. 24. High school graduating exercises; Rev. Sr. Mills accepts pastorate of Memorial Church. 25. Formal opening of Glen Summit Season. 26. Baccalaureate sermon at Wyoming Seminary; Foreign Mission centenary at Baptist church; Children’s Day at Fourth M.E. 27. Sixth Legislative Democratic convention. 28. Mrs. Alfred Darte dies at Kingston; Thomas Conlon falls 111 feet and lives; Altogether wins 2:29 race at Scranton; Class Day at Seminary; Wilkes-Barre plays first game on home grounds, beats Reading 2 to 1; Jersey Coal Exchange in town. 29. Thomas H. Tourey and Kate Hayes, married; Wilkes-Barre 1, Reading 4; Mrs. Stutzbach convicted of libel; Professor Baird and Miss Sallie Detrick, married; small pox discovered at Mill Creek. 30. Wilkes-Barre 14, Wilkes-Barre amateurs _.; Michael Shuppo shot dead for stealing cherries. JULY 1. Cleveland ratification meeting Hospital Training School. 2. Commemorative exercises at Wyoming Monument; President McLeod visits Wilkes-Barre and tendered a reception by the Westmoreland Club. 3. Zion A.M.E. Church dedicated; murder at a Lattimer christening. 4. Danville 10, Wilkes-Barre 3, Wilkes-Barre 13, Danville 0; cannon used by Gen. Sullivan fired at Forty Fort; W.V. Ingram loses his son Farmer. 5. Wilkes-Barre 8, Reading 1; Council decides to asphalt Market St. 6. Rev. S.C. Meckel of Plymouth resigns; John Williams, frank McCafferty and Thomas W. Jones killed in South Wilkes-Barre mines by fall of coal; reception to Memorial’s pastor; Harry Mason and Miss Edith Mae Smith, married. 7. J.W. raine and Miss Annie G. Reilley, married; Record prints mine formen’s question that leaked out; John Dugan severely injured on railroad at South Wilkes-Barre; Wilkes-Barre 7, Allentown 1; the small pox patient at Mill Creek dead. 8. Wilkes-Barre 5, Allentown 4; funeral of John L. Williams and John Jones. 10. Rev. W.H. Reese preaches to Jr. O.U.A.M.; Saetigerbund entertains Newark guests; Memorial Church new pastor takes charge; the Ninth Regiment ordered to Homestead. 12. Senator Hines discovers that McGinty has filed no naturalization papers. 13. Pennsylvania lumbermen in annual convention; explosion on No. 1 shaft Edwardsville, Nathan Lamereaux killed; explosion in the Hartford at Ashley; explosion on Smith’s shaft Canal street. 14. Wilkes-Barre 12, Danville 4; the old Armory on fire; Dr. Edward Sweeney appointed resident physician at the Hospital. 15. Miss James breaks a leg at Mountain Park; Wilkes-Barre 7, Danville 1; Wilkes-Barre 6, Danville 1. 16. Magnificent aurora borealis seen in the sky, lasting for two hours; T.A. Murphy and wife arrested for brutal treatment of Mr. Murphy’s mother; John Cobal falls down a Glen Lyon shaft and killed; Wilkes-Barre 16, Danville 6. 17. Rev. T.C. Edwards arrives from Europe and preaches at Edwardsville; Scranton admitted to the State League. 18. Wilkes-Barre plays its first game with Scranton and is beaton 9 to 7; Reading railroad tries to prevent W-B & E, from operating in North Wilkes-Barre; another case of small pox at Mill Creel; the school board makes initial move for free text books. 19. Wilkes-Barre 31, Scranton 3; Concordia midsummer night festival . 20. Jesse Sylvius and Miss Puss Carpenter, married in Binghamton; Wilkes-Barre wins in Scranton 10 to 2; Charter for an opposition street railway in Nanticoke. 21. Wilkes-Barre 16, Jeanesville 6 the results of an exhibition game at Jeanesville. 22. Barnum breaker burned at Pittston; Wilkes-Barre defeats Jeansville 7 to 1; Supreme court reverses Judge Rice in Pettebone et. al. vs. Smith, defining coal Jesses. 23. Richard Heier drowned in the river while bathing. 24. Third district quarterly convention on O.T.A.U. in Avoca. 25. Wilkes-Barre 7, Altoona 3; Polander drowned at Glen Lyon while bathing; Teachers elected for the schools; Edward Keen tries to shoot his boarding house keeper. 26. Wilkes-Barre 7, Altoona 4; second small pox patient dies in the post house; two young ladies take the white veil At Mountain House Convent; thermometer97; explosion at Plymouth and four men burned. 27. Number of houses struck by lightning; Alexander Eagelson kills his wife and shoots himself; Saengerbund wins second prize at Reading; Thomas Jameson dies at the Hospital; wife of chief of police Myers dead. 28. Jonas Long firm decides to put up handsome building; Oscar Miller drops dead from South Wilkes-Barre breaker; the Regiment returns from Homestead. 30. Case of small pox discovered at Laflin; Wilkes-Barre Y.M.C.A. 7, Scranton 8. 31. Great Railroad mass meeting in the Armory. AUGUST 1. The People’s bank in its new home; Johnstown 2, Wilkes-Barre 1; murdered Mrs. Eagleson’s baby dead; Denver tourists off. 2. Council adopts plans for new City building. 3. Prof. Howland’s wife dies in Nebraska; Wilkes-Bare15, Johnstown 4; Edward Harris of Wyoming accidently shot dead Fairview; Luzerne county Medical society meeting at Glen Summit. 4. Maggie Boyle and Thomas Stafford, married; Harry Brehm drowned in the river; Albert Lewis welcomed home from Glen Summit hotel; Howard Kimas drowned at Pittston. 5. Mine foremen’s examination will of coal operator Flynn probated. 6. George Davis dies from horses kick. 7. Rev. W.H. Swift of Honesdale preaches in Memorial church; Italians attack young men in Pittston with knives; Rev. T.C. Edwards preaches his farewell sermon. 10. Destructive thunderstorms visits Wilkes-Barre; eighteen young ladies take the final vows and thirty-two the white veil at Mallinckrodt convent; Fire in south Wilkes-Barre shaft. 12. Engineer Theodore Horrigan killed in the Coxton yard. 13. Two Wilkes-Barre hurt in Denver excursion wreck; Thomas McCreary of Luzerne Borough fatally injured by electric car. 14. Y.P.S.C.E. og grove street Evangelical church, fourth anniversary. 15. Case of small pox at Inkerman; Christopher Rohere attempts suicide; Assembly begun at Camp Ground; the switchman’s strike threatens to extend to Wilkes-Barre; California Masonic pilgrims return; Luzerne County wins the Alley Ball match from Lackawanna. 16. Miss Claire Hill of Wilkes-Barre and Alfred Mahon of Pittston, John L. Morris and Miss Sarah Williams, Peter Conrad and Miss Maggie Kinney, married; Denver excursionists return. 17. Carl Schmitt and Miss Mary Coddington, married; Judge Morss dies near Carbondale; Lieutenant Robert E. Whitney and Miss Ella Marshall, wed. 18. Robert Conley dies in ambulance at Hospital; John D. Morgan killed in No. 2, Nanticoke; J.H. Gibson appointed general superintendent of Traction Co. 19. Eva Parks sets herself on fire and dies at hospital; Sosn of St. George annual sports; Sidney Lines of Ashley crushed to death. 21. Railroad men very much excited and a general strike expected. 23. John Homell killed by train near Wyoming; Patrick Ruano killed by top coal; County commissioners decide to recover costs from responsible bondsmen; Phillip Stauffer and Miss Stella Gates, married. 24. M.C. Andreas married in New York; temperance sermon at Mountain Park. 25. Coxton men who refuse to handle Valley freight discharged; Oscar Heyer leaves his family for good. 26. Rachel B. wins race at Athens. 27. Democratic delegate election; typhoid fever epidemic feared; Thomas Clinton looses his life in wreck on the mountain; brutal prize fight at Freeland; Hungarian brutally murdered and robbed at Tresckow. 28. John Kossock suicides at Sugar Notch; sister DeSales dies. 29. Capt. W.H. Brodhead nominated for Legislature; Judge Lynch’s son dies; new Newtown school dedicated. 30. Wilson Wilson of Kingston brakeman killed, Democratic County convention. 31. Sixty-one deaths during August; close of Wyoming Camp Meeting; Patrick Conway of Parsons killed by train. SEPTEMBER 1. Elijah Baird chloroformed and robbed; John Reagan, brakeman, killed at Nanticoke; Hon. H.B. Payne found dead in bed; O.I. Bergold and Miss Francis L. Stackhouse, wedding. 3. Funeral of Hon. H.B. Payne; diphtheria at Harvey’s Lake; Republican Primaries. 5. First city teacher’s institute begins; great Labor day picnic; Solomon Hirsch nominated for Legislature; boat regatta at Plymouth. 6. Council sustains Mayor’s T rail veto; Republican County convention. 7. Sullivan--Corbett fight causes great excitement; inside foreman Thomas Coxe killed; Harry Carkhuff and Annie Sengfelder, and Harry Finburg and Miss Fannie Salsburg, married. 8. James L. Lenahan elected chairman Democratic committee; two of Rev. H.G. Harned’s daughter’s fatally Burned in Kingston by gasoline stove explosion; Hungarian murdered at Lattimer. 10. Opening of the Grand Opera House with “The Grey Mare.” 11. Rev. Dr. Tuttle preaches in First M.E. church; twin shaft in Pittston burns down. 13. Two boys smothered in a well at Plymouth. 14. Chritian Endeavor societies organize. 15. Extensive preparations for Columbus day; Mayor Nichols issues a cholera proclamation. 16. George H. Leavenworth and Miss Agnes Shaughnessy arrested in Jersey City. 17. Miss Lena Harned, another victim of the Kingston fire, dead; serious L.V.R.R., wreck on the mountian. 18. Forty hours devotion begins at St. Mary’s; First trip over Towansa branch of Harvey’s Lake road. 19. Candidate Sutliff withdraws as nominee for recorder; Roger McGarry elected chairman Democratic city committee. 20. Concordia opens its amusement season; Morgan Jones of Mill Creek dies at the age of 92. 21. Policeman Jones has a tough experience with a burglar; Jewish New Year services; Woman’s foreign Missionary society in Plymouth. 22. Baptist Jubilee concluded; Joseph Bellas, who broke jail, captured at Wanamie; John Griebel and Miss Annie Bergold, wedding; Mrs. Ellen McCue dies on train near Kingston. 23. John McGuire has leg cut off at C.R.R.; typhoid fever prevailing at Parsons. 24. A.B. Brown convicted of conspiracy. 25. Memorial services for the dead in first M.E. 26. Court orders new wlwction districts; body of an unidentified man found in the river; Presbytery of Lackawanna meets in West Pittston. 27. Phili Boyle nominated for ecorder; Thomas Gallagher of Pittston killed on the railroad. 28. Dallas fair opens; Bonham acquitted. 29. John Shigo of Freeland accidentally shot in abdomen and killed; Convention Non-partisan W.C.T.U.; death of Stanley W. Neuer in California. 30. Judge Woodward allows double track on south Main street; Lieut. Col. Stark resigns from Ninth Regt. OCTOBER 1. Jury in the Weathers case disagree. 2. Concordia’s first Sunday evening concert of the season; Plymouth Presbyterian church rededicated; Rev. Dr. W.C.Roberts at Memorial church. 3. D. Russell of Wilkes-Barre weds Miss Elsie Parsons of Kingston. 4. Will Fregans and Miss Maude Wasser wed. H.H. Welles Jr., married in New Jersey. 5. Dr. J.S. Hill and Miss Millie Hoover; Cyrus S. Weiss and Miss Mary James; William G. Griebel and Miss Catharine B__bach; James McCord and Miss Melissa S. Edwards; Fredrick J. Glasby and Miss Sarah Stull, married. 6. Bishop O’Hara issues letter to the clergy relating to Columbus day; D & H connecting with the Wilkes-Barre and Eastern. 7. Eldred Turner killed on the railroad near Berwick; Alexander Bell killed at Avoca. 8. Frank Soirtski killed and two injured by fall of rock, Nanticoke; Y.M.C.A. field day; robbery at Maltby. 9. St. Clement’s harvest; home services and fifth anniversary of Rector C.L. Sleight. 10. Father Matthew parade at Kingston; murderous assault at a Plymouth Hungarian wedding. 11. William E. Herbert weds Miss Ida Ferrell; Two men badly burned by explosion at Woodward; Ladies Auxiliary B. of L.E. first anniversary; an effort to pardon Smurl; Mathew Walsh killed on railroad. 12. Fred P. Reichers of Miners Mills weds Miss Lizzie S. Deitz; Howard Snyder killed at Penobscot. 13. Champion Corbett in Wilkes-Barre; Congregational association meetinf in Plymouth; J. Frank Lee dies in New York; annual reunion Co. _ 143rd Regiment. 14. John Corton if Mill Creek found dead in bed; State College 40, Seminary 0, football. 15. Mrs. Michael Trebellack of Brodrick, strangled to death by a tumor; two young men shot from ambush at Parsons. 16. Columbus day services in the churches; Rev. T.C. Edwards cables from Wales he will come to Edwardsville. 17. Esther Nagle’s return from Europe; Republican League organized. 18. Prohibition rally at Memorial Hall; installation of Rev. Thornton A. Mills, Ph. D. as pastor of Memorial church; engineer Patrick Lavelle killed at Sayre. 19. Fireman’s Fair in Plymouth; Mrs. Anna Fassett suicides by drowning. 20. W.J. Paralee drops dead in Scranton; John Conners killed on the new railroad; RECORD shows what the McKinley bill has done for Luzerne Lace industry. 21. Great Columbus day celebration in Wilkes-Barre; Lieutenant Newton’s wife dead. 22. Mrs. Hummell’s relatives begin a contest of the will; football---Harry Hillman Academy, 0, School of the Lackwanna, 0; Wilkes-Barre, 26, Bloomsburg,0. 23. Second quarterly convention of C.T.A.U.; Father Doyle speaks in St. Mary’s. 24. Orlando Porter Hart, the veteran showman dead; forest fires endanger villages; first light snow fall; Charles Roberts killed in Luzerne Borough mine; contractor Enoch L. Jones killed in the Hollenback. 25. John Brooks weds Miss Theresa Sharpe; Thomas Yaple dies in chair in Plymouth. 26. Ushers social in Loomis hall; Wilkes-Barre Christian Endeavor convention; Bishop Thoburn speaks at Kingston; Patrick Reap smothered to death in Pittston; Homestead strikers committee soliciting aid. 27. Harry H. Richards weds Miss Lou Fredrick; Judge Wells’ Lady Lightfoot sold. 29. Annual athletic contests Harry Hillman Academy; Wyoming Seminary beaten by Pennington 10 to 6; funeral of Wesley Johnson; Section boss Daniel McLaughlin killed. 30. Reformation Sunday observed in the Lutheran churches; St. Stephen’s Sunday school anniversary. 31. Halloween celebrated by Calesonian and other societies; Charles Voigt, the emblezzer, arrested in Elmira; Supt. Armstrong resigns. NOVEMBER 1. Atlantic Oil Refinery representatives meet. 2. Dr. Warfield’s first University Extension address. 3. William Evans killed in mine; Major Price elected Lieut. Col. Of the Ninth and Lieut. Dougherty elected Major. 4. Clerks reception at Y.M.C.A. 5. Swedish Sextet entertained by Bellman Broeder; Patrick Kane’s child burned to death at Parsons. 6. Conformation at St. Mary’s. 7. Ex-Mayor McKune elected secretary of the Board of Trade; John Wall’s ante mortem statement. 8. F.P. VanCampen weds Miss Alice rusty; George Barton killed on the track at Avondale. NOVEMBER 9 THRU DECEMBER 31 MISSING Typed by Pat Dundore, April 2003