1895 WB Record Almanac, Local Summary for 1894 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 It is not to be published to any other web site, mailing list, group, etc.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. Local News Summary of 1894 January 1st. Oratorio Society renders “Messiah” in Memorial Church; many attend. YMCA open house; St. Mary’s German Catholic church dedicated at Pittston; Firemen’s reception and feast. 2nd Conference of Lutheran Ministerium meets here; “Schubach’s hotel at Fairview destroyed by fire: B.I.A. Christmas entertainment; fifty men discharged on D.L.&W for not paying bills; reception to Rev. Dr. Webb of Central church. 3rd Medical Society annual banquet; Martin Cavanaugh killed at Fairview. 4th Wyoming burglars captured in Scranton. 5th Suspension on Valley on account of dull coal trade. 6th Close of St. Mary’s fair; Yale annual banquet. 8th Discovery made that Forty Fort is no borough, charter not being filed; Shackford Opera Co. comes to grief; barn and eleven cows burned near White Haven; John Stanthrope weds Miss Helen Mary Gunning; John Ziviski killed by train at Avoca. 9th Skin grafting at the hospital from arms of nurses to leg of a boy; society of Good Fellows, Assembly 19, banquet; Washington Waterman murdered at Tunkhannock. 10th Grievance committee consults with Superintendent Wilbur; Patrick Price killed in Pittston mine; William Holt fatally shot at Smithville; Dr. M. A. Carroll of Plymouth weds Miss Agnes Flynn of Duryea. 11th Fire in No. 11 Lance colliery soon extinguished; freight and coal train come together at South Wilkes- Barre crossover; largest cow in the country slaughtered by butcher Falk; RECORD interview chairman Rice as to result of conference with L. V. officials. 12th Grip causes J. Miner Woodworth, near Shickshinny, to suicide; Rockafellow taken to jail; much colder weather. 14th. John P. Quinn, the ex-gambler, opens a crusade in Wilkes-Barre; Eagle hotel robbed at Pittston. 15th Hugh Gallagher killed by train at White Haven; foreman of car inspectors John Miner badly injured; Rockafellow released on bail by Supreme Court. 15th Coalville Masonic Lodge of Ashley banquets; Farland Banjo concert; Murderer Wilburne captured in the West. 17th Miss Nellie Parrish weds David Breeman; W. J. Marvel supplies 300 poor families free of charge; Eastern League meeting; Royal Arcanum banquet; Columbia Club reception. 18th An Arabian woman killed on the electric road. 19th Hollister & Bowman’s store burned at Avoca; Memorial church choir anniversary; John Huron badly injured on railroad; Thomas Devanney killed on Ashley plane. 21st YMCA anniversary exercises in seventeen churches. 22nd Fire in No. 11 mine, Plymouth; Elk’s charity mock trial. 23rd Henry Watterson lectures at Y.M.C.A; first passenger train over W.B.&E; Lieut. Bell elected captain Co. D; John C. Haddock lectures at Luzerne. 24th Leon Levy married to Miss Eva Goldsmith of Scranton; Miss Luna James weds F. D. Cornell of Eaton; Miss Mattie Weller of Pittston sues Meyer Schlosser for $25,000 breach of promise; Patrick J. Burke weds Miss Annie Morgan. 25th John C. Wilburne who murdered John Johnson at Hanover in jail; day of prayer for colleges; Caledonians celebrate Burps anniversary. 26th Burglars at Mayock’s store in Miner’s Mills; George Nowak’s back broken in mines at Grand Tunnel; public meeting Humane Association; Crystal Spring Water Co. to build new reservoir. 27th Andrew Novats fatally injured in the Avondale; fire boss James Pascoe badly burned at the Maltby; J. Thompson killed by runaway logs at Noxen. 28th Kripplein Christi bell and tower dedication; Grand Lodge B’nai B’rith meets in Wilkes-Barre; Rocco organ grinder arrested charged with abducting Eddie Brotherton. 29th Masquerade Centennial Social Club; H. B. Plumb’s two houses in Warrior Run destroyed by incendiarism; D. A. 16 convention in Wilkes-Barre. 30th Richard Jones weds Miss Martha Winters; Dr. O’Malley fractures his leg; Concordia humorous evening. 31st Elk’s annual banquet, S. Higgins appointed superintendent of motive power on Valley road. February 1st Walker steam coupier tested at Nanticoke; first hop of Boston Store clerks. 2nd Reception to Re. Carl Zinsmeister; John Pasco of Sugar Notch attempts to poison a family and then tries to commit suicide; Vincenzo Sisto, murder sentenced to 16 years and 6 months; Samuel J. Hall suicides at Waverly, Pa. 3rd Abe Burgunder succeeds David L. Boone as treasurer at the Grand; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Richards of Edwardsville lose fourth child by death in two weeks. 4th Mr. and Mrs. Jacob H. Miller celebrate silver wedding with Saengerbund. 5th Puglist Jim Hall appears in Music Hall; Supt. Morgans grants L&WB grievances; Jolly Ten masque ball. 6th Unknown man killed on Valley at Mill Creek; Frank Bonner weds Miss Winifred Quinn. 7th Court house clock connected with Washington time; Rocco the Italian held under $3000 bail. 8th John Schneider killed by horse falling on him near Plymouth; revival meetings in Central Church closed; Christian Kenter burned to death in a wreck on Valley; much sickness at Edwardsville caused by filth. 9th August Schaeffer fatally injured at Nanticoke; Griffin’s photograph gallery burned, move to make a new baseball park. 10th Annual meeting Historical society; Samuel Choshousti killed by car at Mill Creek. 11th Jennie Tyler dies at Kunkle of abortion; last of the seven children of Morris Williams dead; Joseph Sipple of Noxen narrowly escapes death by asphyxiation; third district C. T. A. U. convention at Pittston; Washing Camp P.O.S. of A listens to sermon by Rev. Dr. Mills, Langcliffe; breaker on fire and store robbed. 12th Funeral of Dr. Boyle, Michael Mayock’s store and dwelling burned at Miner’s Mills; blizzard weather. 13th Patrons of Industry banquet; thirteen men entombed in the Gaylord mine at Plymouth; chemist Dean pronounces Crystal Spring water unwholesome; sportsmen reorganize. 14th A hundred men digging for the entombed miners; incendiary fire at Forty Fort. 15th Ashley Presbyterian church celebrates its semi-centennial, meeting Homoepathic Medical Society for northeastern Pennsylvania; Joseph Patter takes eight grains of morphine. 18th Exciting day at the Dodson mine; RECORD prints history of old Lodge 61; F. and A.M.; Emanuel Feurth of Philadelphia lectures before Y.M.H.A. 19th Water in the Gaylord hinders the rescuers; Masonic Lodge No. 61 celebrates one hundredth anniversary; Welsh Baptist Association of northeastern Pennsylvania in session at Plymouth. 20th Exciting municipal election; Y.W.C.A anniversary. 21st Lafayette alumni banquet; Eastern League schedule announce. 22nd Wilkes-Barre court house clock describe; electric route to Plainsville opened; Curlers celebrate. 23rd Princeton alumni banquet; John Yochijin 3 years dies from burns. 24th Dr. Frank Farrell injured by electric car. 25th Two children of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Higgins of Maltby die of diphtheria; Rev. Dr. Hodge celebrates twenty-fifth pastoral anniversary. 26th Five burglaries in this vicinity; Postmaster Williams of Plainsville and a burglar exchange shots; 137th session Wyoming Ministerial Association 28th William Polsue, car inspector, killed at Coxton; factional trouble at Nanticoke Polish Catholic church; Miner & Co. and Hillard mills to be consolidated; George W. Rimer suffers another paralytic stroke. March 1st True Ivorites and Cambro-Americans celebrate St. David’s day; liquor license decisions handed down; Frank Lewis Weds Miss Minnie Cooper of Scranton. 2nd Frederick Bello killed on Central at Espy Run; Tableaux in Reformed church. 3rd Moosic powder mill explodes; boiler explodes in Renshaw’s livery at Plymouth. 4th Lithuanians commemorate massacre of their countrymen in Russia. 5th Home of Robert Hutchins at Wyoming destroyed by fire; electric cars collide at Ashley; Max Wolpow wedded in New York to Miss Sarah Dennison. 6th Ladies’ Ariel quartet and Judge Green in Y.M.C.A course. 7th Press club reorganized; fire in the Hillman mine; D&H air shaft at Plymouth burned. 8th Edward Fox, William H. Lennox and Arthur Dotter killed by boiler explosion on Valley road near White Haven; William’s hotel and several other houses burned at Mill Creek; lower flats road under water. 9th Woman arrested at Nanticoke charged with witchcraft; John Doron of Malby knocks out John Dougherty of Plains in nine rounds. 10th Five deaths of pneumonia following measles in three families, all relatives; Bonner goes to Baltimore. 11th Hugh Nolan injured on the railroad; August Klein ordained at Kripplein Christi church. 12th Smallpox patient from Mocanaqua refused admission at Retreat; rumored resignation of Rev. Dr. Frear; gas from the mine coming from cracks on Madison and Beaumont streets; two fire alarms from box five for separate fires within five minutes; body of Peter McLaughlin recovered at the Gaylord, the first found entombed since Feb. 13. 13th Josiah Jenkins and Thomas Joyce injured near Edwardsville by wagon colliding with engine; case of “Big Joe” who was imprisoned in Jeanesville mine for nineteen days called in court; O.M. Sunday School convention; Andre Devins killed on the railroad in Wilkes-Barre. 14th Body of Michael Welsh recovered at the Gaylord; Miss Henrietta More lectures in First M.E; M.M. Gallagher and James Kelly fall thirty feet from tressling at Hanover. Y.M.C.A athletic tournament in Armory; Spotted fever at Plains; two more glanders cases, one horse shot; body of Thomas J. Jones recovered at the Gaylord; case of “Big Joe” for damages for imprisonment in Jeanesville mine nonsuited. 16th Convention of Wilkes Barre district YMCA at Berwick; Bishop Fowler lectures; Dr. Henry Coppee of Lehigh University lectures; suit against Rockafellow bondsmen on. 17th Another outbreak of glanders; Rowland Thomas found murdered at Plains; Mrs. Michael Ford badly burned and her grandson, John Mangan burned to death in house at Inkerman; nearly 3000 in AOH parade; big eisteddfod of Young Cambrian Aid society; Puckey Bros. store burglarized; Nathan Jones killed on railroad at Williamstown. 18th John Dolphin fatally shot and his brother-in-law seriously stabbed in Pittston speakeasy; “First Presbyterian church dedication; George Urquhart, Jr. attacked by Joe Anheiser with a hatchet; Andrew Boiher murdered at Smithville; S.J. Strauss lectures in Scranton. 19th Purim entertainment of children; Adam Slovitch’s skull fractured in Pittston fight; difficult surgical operation performed upon Major Conyngham. 20th Annora Coal Co. store and office burned down at Laflin; Silver Cross Circle King’s Daughters bazaar; Peter Gildea’s skull fractured by stone while walking along street. 21st Three Italians poisoned, two fatally, by eating tainted fish; Nanticoke 9, Co. A Team 0, basket ball; dead body of a man found in river at Nanticoke. 22nd John Schandow kills child of Philip Hendershot, shoots Mike Bochock, shoots his wife through her leg and himself shot through the jaw at Midvale; case of the city decided against Rockafellow bondsmen; Republican county committee meeting; Edmund Buckalew weds Miss Mary M. Bott. 23rd James Calvery shot through the neck at Avoca; body of James Kingdom recovered at the Gaylord. 24th Christian Minear of Forty Fort killed by falling from Wilkes-Barre & Eastern trestling; body of Thomas Cole found in the Gaylord. 25th Easter generally celebrated in the churches; seventy-fifth anniversary of the Kingston Presbyterian church. 26th Letter carries and printers dance; John R. Willis of near Fairview accidentally shoots himself dead; annual Linonia play at Music Hall. 27th Educational class commencement at YMCA; last of Cinderella dancing classes; reception at St. Mary’s convent; John Schugar, Shickshinny small pox patient dead. 28th Remains of Thomas Leyshon found at the Gaylord; Co. A and Nanticoke team athletics in the Armory; Coroner’s jury says Thomas McDonald died of an “overdose of opium” at Pittston gold cure institute. 29th RECORD describes Seminary gymnasium. 30th Lehigh alumni banquet at Scranton; body of Thomas Merriman recovered at the Gaylord: Scranton and Wilkes-Barre musicians in First Presbyterian church concert; Lafayette glee banjo and mandolin club in YMCA,; Wesleyan glee club in Nelson hall, Kingston. 31st Antonio Sobina murdered at Hazelton. April 1st Seangerbund and Condordia Easter Damen Abend; body of Joseph Olds discovered at the Gaylord. 2nd Bodies of John Hammel and John Morris found at the Gaylord; new city council reorganizes. 3rd Lewis Young of Hazelton nearly suffocated by gas in the Grand Central. 4th Body of Daniel W. Morgan found in the Gaylord; Bachelor’s ball in Loomis hall; Schumann Ladies Quartet in YMCA; Manager Shannon comes to town. 5th RECORD has interview with Count Szvimiz. 6th RECORD prints article on suffering of miners; Rutledge Bros. distribute free bread at Plymouth; last Presbyterian church supper; grand jury hears witnesses with reference to new court house; last of the thirteen bodies taken from the Gaylord, that of Thomas Picton. 7th St. Stephen’s Industrial School commencement; grand jury recommends new court house; police catch Wanamie and Alden post office robbers. 8th Twentieth anniversary of Memorial church; last of the Gaylord victim buried; Chinese hold peculiar services over their dead in City cemetery; Rev. Dr. Tuttle preaches in First M.E. church. 9th Republican district conventions; boiler explosion at the Harry E. mine and exciting escape of the men; Charles W. Antrim of Wyoming weds Miss Flora Sturdevant of Luzerne. 10th Wyoming M.E. conference begins at Scranton; Wilkes-Barre opens preliminary base ball season at Brooklyn; Anthony C. Campbell weds Miss Ella Walsh; City mission annual meeting; Mayor’s message to council; eleven cases of small pox discovered at Lee. 11th E. W. Denniger of Hazleton charges cruelty against Luzerne prison management; William J. Jones and Miss Bessie May Shockency, Hugh Lawson and Miss Mary M. Ilines wedded; another case of small pox at Lee; John Wolf has both eyes blown out by blast; Gaylor inquest begun; one foot of snow falls. 12th Small pox spreading at Lee and one case at Glen Lyon. 13th Dead body of Mrs. Mary Walsh found in her house at Pittston. 14th Another small pox case at Lee; prison commissioners investigate the Denninger charges. 15th Quarterly CTAU Convention at Kingston. 16th Close of M. E. conference at Scranton; Michael Cooney killed by Central train at Ashley; body of unknown man found on trace at Duryea. 17th Mr. and Mrs. James Waddell give reception. 18th Elwood H. Frey weds Miss Annie Bergman; Mrs. Welgoss baby burned to death at Hanover and the mother badly burned; Gaylord inquest jury renders verdict. 19th Contractor P. J. Crane killed at Duryea by falling from church; brakeman Frank Kennerler of White Haven killed; many Masons gather at Dallas to attend opening of new rooms; YMHA closes its dancing season. 20th Prof. C. T. Mason of Washington lectures for the benefit of the Academy gymnasium; W. F. M. S. Wyoming district, Presbytery of Lackawanna, meets at Luzerne Borough; Mr. and Mrs. W. Windsor and daughter die in Virginia; Schumann concert; Samuel Kidney attempts suicide. 21st Samuel Young and John Finus fatally hurt by being knocked under a Pennsylvania train at South Wilkes- Barre; John Mulaski killed by train at Retreat. 22nd Five cases of small pox at Shickshinny; child of Thomas Davis of Plymouth poisoned by medicine; electric cars collide at Plymouth. 23rd Mrs. Michael Conahan drugged and robbed of $800; prison commissioners exonerate warden Jones and watchman, Fallon; Sons of St. George banquets; Judges recommend a new court house. 24th Druggist Sam Jones dies of yellow fever in South America; William Coherty injured in the Black Diamond; Thomas M. Morgan of Nanticoke suicides; small pox breaks out at Dorranceton; RECORD prints sketches of Wilkes-Barre base ball players. 25th Wilburne convicted of manslaughter; Peter Meyers and Miss Maggie Burns, A. D. Campbell and Miss Kate Lydon, Thomas H. Worth and Miss Anna Kropp, John J. Keighron and Miss Mary McVeigh, Michael Judge and Miss Mahon, Henry J. Beck and Miss Lena N. Jacobs wedded; William Hedinger mangled by an engine; thirty-two cows and horses burned at Wyoming in Mr. Murdock’s barns. 26th Reformed church missionary convention; Durward Sely concert; Jacob A. Hlefrich and Miss Ada Reiss wedded. 27th Extensive arrangements for Moody meetings; Concordia spring concert; Rueben Hess badly hurt in Ashley shops. 28th Last of the Winchester lectures; John Smith, Sr. of Parsons has skull fractured. 29th Rev. Dr. Webb preaches sermon to Odd Fellows Salvation Army meetings in Music Hall. 30th Third anniversary Daughters of the American Revolution; Rocco abduction trial on. May 1st Consumers Gas Co. starts duplicate set; city sells $80,000 in bonds. 2nd Lehigh Valley engine No. 328 explodes at Mud Run fatally injuring Patrick McHale and James Reedy; Pringle estate fire at Hunlock; John Sullivan of Kingston township dies of sunstroke. 3rd Polanders celebrate the granting of their constitution; Anthony Duffy and Con Conahan of Plains badly hurt by runaway car; Oppenheim orchestra concert and dance; five more small pox cases at Lee. 4th Lecture of Jacob N. Riis of New York; Rocco acquitted of abduction; funeral of W. W. Loomis. 5th Wilburn gets 7 years. 6th Heavy wind and electrical storm does damage to houses and Wyoming breakers; Mrs. L. W. Desmond tries to murder Henry Leroy at the Valley depot; consecration of St. Peter’s at Plymouth; Bishop Rulison at St. Stephen’s seventy-fifth anniversary of Luzerne County Bible Society in First Presbyterian Church. 7th Home for Homeless Home and Humane Society reports Thomas J. Morgan killed at Williamstown; Baptist church conference. 8th Medical society urges council to consider pure water supply; Carl Schmitt’s musicale. 9th Fire in Morgan’s hardware store; High school oratorical contest G.A.R grand officers visit Wilkes- Barre. 10th Knights Templar attend services in St. Stephen’s; City Attorney McLean files opinion on court house site. 11th Oratorio Judas Maccabens with Ben Davies Watkins Mills; Miss Reynolds and Sadie Kaiser as soloists; Mary Matterson drowned in Mill Cree. 12th Wyoming Seminary athletic field opened; Melin’s carpenter shop and Seitzinger screen works burned. 13th Union Moody mass meeting in the Armory. 14th Funeral of Gen. McCartney and bar association meeting; spring session of Scranton Archdeaconary in St. Clement’s church 15th Medical Society and council committee have discussion on water: YMCA reception to ladies; Benjamin Hall of Norwich, Conn. weds Mrs. Mary V. Bowman of Berwick in St. Stephen’s. 16th C.T.A.U. of Scranton diocese in session in Wilkes-Barre; Samuel F. Wadhams wedded in Duluth; Joseph Headler entertains Wilkes-Barre and Scranton officials on the mountain; contractor Banta injured at Forty Fort; James Mulherin fatally injured on the track. 17th Close of the C.T.A.U. convention; stubborn forest fires all about; Pennsylvania State Library Association meets in Wilkes-Barre; Frank Gardner weds Miss Emily Jones. 18th Santa Faronna murdered at Honey Brook; Ambrose Baldwin, old Luzerne county settler dies in Kansas; F.C. Johnson reads paper on Early Moravian Missions before the Historical society; Great Sachem Harrison Nesbitt welcomed home from Grand Lodge; Dan Hart’s Daughter of Dixie scores big success. 19th Seminary 13, H.H. Academy 6; Dr. Rothrock lectures on “Forestry”; Peter Stroh killed on railroad at Pittston; section foreman John Reilly fatally injured on the Wilkes-Barre & Eastern; strike and trouble at the Keystone. 20th Moody begins meetings in the Armory; very stormy weather; steamer Mayflower sinks; motorman Bryan Berry has leg broken in three places. 21st Considerable damage by the flood; Dennis Connor of Keystone has his skull fractured by Central train; John and Ellen Prusekowski drowned at Nanticoke; river over the flats; Knights Templar go to Pittsburgh; Valley passenger train wrecked at Penn Haven Junction. 22nd Mrs. Williams of Pittston fatally burned; Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Herb celebrate twentieth wedding anniversary. 23rd New York Retail Coal Exchange visits us; Barnum Bailey circus; Richard Hoolihan of Plymouth lost in a mine for 24 hours; city engineer Ingham breaks his arm. 24th Members of the New York Retail Coal Exchange imprisoned in South; Wilkes-Barre No. 5 by explosion of a boiler-exciting experience; Heptasophs meet in Wilkes-Barre; RECORD prints sketch of Moody’s educational of Jolly Ten and Engine Co. No. 1 go to Lehighton; son of Joseph Jedrzijewski drowned at Brookside; Emeline Bailey of Wilkes-Barre and Frank Lilly of Wyoming wedded. 25th Pennsylvania Coal Co. reservoir breaks at Avoca; John Moran dangerously injured by base ball bat; Mexican war veterans entertained here. 26th John Shen, formerly of Plymouth, killed on electric road at Carbondale. 27th Thousands of men and women attend the Moody meetings; son of George Boland of Alden fatally shot by another boy; Rev. Thomas R. Rea celebrates his first mass at Sugar Notch; reception of Sodality at St. Mary’s; Rev. Dr. Frear preaches to Conyngham Post. 28th Ira D. Sankey at the revival meetings; Major Whittle returns from Chicago; Col. Keck’s resignation from Ninth Regiment; High school graduates form alumni association; three miners badly burned at the Mt. Lookout. 30th Cambro-American eisteddfod at Pittston; evangelistic services for soldiers in the Armory; memorial day, raining and disagreeable. 31st Ashley High school commencement; child of J.H. Hessler eats 16 strychnine pills. June 1st Ashley, West, Pittston and Edwardsville school commencement. 2nd Seminary 12, Stroudsburg 17. 3rd Last evangelistic meeting in the Armory; Joseph Kern breaks leg; Children’s Day at Zion Reformed church. 4th Board of School Government reorganizes and introduces manual training; evangelistic meetings begun in a tent on the Heights; Bloomsburg 7, Seminary 7; anniversary and presentation to Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Parke at West Pittston; wreck in Rockport tunnel; two men horribly mangled at Forty Fort colliery. 5th West End Wheelmen move into their elegant new home; Austin Tonkin and Croughan Kirk nuptials; Wyoming district Epworth League convention in Central M.E. church; Mrs. Stephen Holesh killed by train at Pittston Junction; confirmation of John McDonald as Kingston postmaster. 6th Ayars, Hillman, Chamberlin, Patrick, Powell, Baur, Reister, Chissler, Robinson, Wills, Irwin, Tigley, Klaman, Houser, Gilbert, Reese, Burdick, Dymond, Rieswick, King, Geissler, Kneas, Dalton, Shovlin weddings.; Charles Magee of Massachusetts killed on Valley at Pittston Junction; Board of Erin, A. O. H. county convention at Pittston; Butcher W. S. Ryman Killed at Hazle street crossing of C.R.R.; Parsons schools close; Seminary 7, Wilkes-Barre YMCA 5, Frank Rice of Ashley dies four days after his wedding. 7th Miss Mary A. Elithorn of West Pittston wedded to Howrad A. Perrin of Philadelphia; Williams,Schartzer, Raudenbush, Doron nuptials. 8th George Mattison killed on Central near Avoca, police telegraph system put in operation; Inmate Wentzel of Pittston escapes from Danville; Chanellor Day of Syracuse at Seminary. 9th Hines has Van Scoy confirmed as Kingston postmaster; Stanley Sobieski of Plymouth and John Melesky of Sugar Notch children killed by cars. 10th Children’s Day observed in many churches; Wyoming 5, Scranton YMCA 10; Rev C. I. Juskin resigns; Dr. Montezuma, an Apache Indian speaks in St. Stephen’s; Charles Eustofson killed by falling from telegraph pole; Charles Miller, 19 years, suicides at Askam. 11th Miss Ellen Vahey of Pittston suicides; Congregational ministers meet at Plains. 12th Frank LeGrand drowned at Hanover Park; son of James McEnaney poisoned by tartar emetic; W. J. Harvey elected president of City Council. 13th Hospital nurses commencement; schools closing exercises; class day exercises of High school graduates; declamation contests of Academy; Landmark Lodge celebrates 25th anniversary. 14th Commencement of Wilkes-Barre Female Institute; grammar grades closing and graduates class day; Forty Fort Alumni Association has banquet; fireman’s banquet; Robert Hubbell of Kingston and Miss Minnie Stewart of Berwick wedded, also Willis H. Miller and Miss Hattie M. Pettebone; Howard Stucker of Parsons badly injured in runaway; case of small pox at Glen Lyon. 15th Prize speaking at Seminary; St. Mary’s Academy and schools close; Wilkes-Barre High school commencement in Grand Opera House; Oscar Solomon, E&W.V. brakeman, killed at Avoca; Presbytery of Lackawanna at Avoca. 16th Michael Gallagher drowned while bathing; Harry Hillman Academy commencement; Seminary field day sports. 17th Rev. George P. Eckman preaches baccalaureate and Rev. E. B. Olmstead semi-centennial sermon at the Seminary; George Casper has leg broken in a runaway. 18th Class day and musical soiree at the Seminary; Hugh Williams struck by train and killed; Stephen Metsing drops dead in mine; Academy seniors give a dance; Michael J. Swinburne weds Miss Kate Deery. 19th Races at West Side Park begin; John Glance badly hurt in Ashley shops; decennial reunions, commencement and alumni dinner at the Seminary; Linonia society banquet. 20th Mine foremen’s examinations begin; closing of Mrs. Hanson’s kindergarten; semi-centennial at the Seminary; Fr. William Reddy of Oneitia Conference dies at the Seminary; Scliutzen Vergin prize shooting; Perkins, Flick, Eldridge, Patterson, Connor, Dougher, Lyons, Lally, Kewley, Biege, Brown, Jackson weddings. 21st Mallinckrodt commencement and art exhibit, evangelistic meetings begin in Kingston; Adolph Deibel and Majors Gruver nuptials. 22nd Last tent meeting in Wilkes-Barre; Engineer J. M. Gagman drops dead at Pittston Junction; Charles Culpa killed by train at Ashley; child of David Gibbons smothered to death at Edwardsville; Ninth Regiment election. 23rd James Kelley killed by a train on mountain cut off; A.O.H.B. of E. county convention at Ashley; Annie Schelinsky suicides at the jail; Wilkes-Barre YMCA 13; Scranton 16. 24th Rev. Dr. Frear preaches his farewell sermon in Baptist church; Francis Harton killed by train at Newtown; league of the Sacred Heart reception at St. Mary’s. 25th Mrs. Martin Moran of Parsons injured in runaway; Mr. and Mrs. Dugan’s daughter of Plains dies of sunstroke; Thomas John drowned in the river. 26th Martin Kirby of Pittston cut to pieces on the railroad; Druggist Manners badly hurt in a runaway; D.W. Dodson of Hartford and Miss Margaretta Camp wedded. 27th Newark Coal Exchange visits us; W.B. & E. and D&H trains collide at Miner’s Mills; R. B. Brundage appointed deputy internal revenue collector; body of Thomas John recovered in the river. 28th Grover Crary nuptials at Shickshinny; George Wich dies at the jail. 29th Republican club organized; W. F. M..S., Wyoming district meets at Plains. 30th Steward Whirley murders William Taylor on Canal street. July 1st “Dad” Conaghan knocks out “Strong Boy” Jones at Parsons. 2nd State Wheelman’s meet begun; James Mellon drowned at Freeland; school teachers appointed. 3rd Anniversary of Wyoming monument 116th; state meet bicycle races at West Side Park. 4th Parade of societies, floats, fantastic division and trades display; A.O.H. picnic and games at Hanover Park; four houses burned at Georgetown; 2000 at Oratorio’s picnic and concert at Harvey’s Lake; Sons of Revolution have exercises; John Griffin killed by electric car at Plainsville. 5th Miller H. Cook found in Alexandria, Virginia; John Buchola falls and breaks his neck at Nanticoke. 6th West Side Gas Co. ready to start; man named Schultz killed in freight wreck near White Haven. 7th Three men killed and two fatally injured by fall of coal in No. 4 at Nanticoke; YMCA 6, Millers 13. 8th Rev. W.J. Day announces his resignation at Plymouth; gospel tent destroyed by incendiarism at Miner’s Mills. 9th Railroad men uneasy over the western strike; Miller H. Cook returns from the South; Thomas Brennan has skull fractured by jumping from a street car. 10th Fenner’s appointment as Justice of Ashley confirmed; council passes water ordinance; Thomas Linn of Mill Creek has foot cut off by train. 11th Mrs. Margaret Lazarus dead at Pittston: aged 83; Wormser, Goltman nuptials at Nanticoke, Roberta Reese at Kingston. 12th Supreme Court decides against Rockafellow and he is taken to jail; Supree Cout decides against controllers; Mrs. Amelia Leger dies in Philadelphia; Mrs. William Dickover burned to death in Brooklyn. 13th All day tent meetings at Ashley; Controller Reese vacates his office. 14th John Stetz murdered and robbed near Hazleton; an Italian fires into a crowd at a Hazleton dance; firemen’s annual inspection. 15th Rev. Dr. A. Griffin preaches in this city and Ashley; C.T.A.U. quarterly convention at Pittston; large funeral of Charles S. Gabel; St. Mary’s choir outing at Harvey’s Lake. 16th Supt. Coughlin recommends synthetic system of reading for first three grades; Praetorius family reunion; Rev. C. I. Junkin’s resignation not accepted; concert and festival of Dr. Mason Glee Club. 17th Eight men blown to pieces by dynamite at No. 3 Stockton mine; Gertrude Blackman dies in California; sale of seated land; Andrew Morefaski killed by Jersey Central train at Smithville. 18th Memorial church choir concert at Mountain park; Dr. Parry lectures on music; Patrick Farrell killed by train at Avoca; Peter Gelkoskie killed by train at Pittston; Alice Chesworth of Wyoming dies of lockjaw. 19th Polander fatally stabbed in a fight at Franklin; destructive forest fires near Lopez; hottest day of the season - 96degrees. 20th Bullet duel with postoffice robbers at Luzerne Borough; Landlord Eley retires from Plymouth; Eley House; John Toole almost murdered at Duryea; Frank McDonnell of Soranton has both legs cut off at Duryea by train; Henry Johnston drowned in the river at Pittston. 21st Stephen Barrier drowned at Falls; Wilkes-Barre YMCA8, Scranton 0. 22nd Tent meeting at Dorranceton a great success. 23rd George Mahle arrested by wholesale houses; Jacob Houser arrested and charged with serious immorality. 24th Nine people get into a small boat in the river at Plymouth and three of them (Lithuanians) drowned; robbers steal $800 worth of goods from store of J.A. Weiltin, Plymouth; Mrs. Emily Wright has hip bone fractured at Bear Lake. 25th Five houses burned on Whiskey Hill; F. V. Rockafellow taken to the penitentary; officers discover that meat of cows burned in a wreck is sold. 26th Col. A. G. Mason and Foreman William Wilson killed and Prof Burrell and Robert S. Mercur injured by carriage breaking in old Exeter shaft at West Pittston; St. Aloysias to Farview; Isaac Murrin takes charge of Frantz House in Plymouth; curling club games at Hanover Park; Frank Hartland and Joseph Flaherty burned by fire in Oliver’s powder mill. 27th Falling Springs Water Co. to supply Wilkes-Barre with water; Edward T. Hovensteine of Luzerne Borough dies of lockjaw; Peter Bolinski drowned at Pittston; Alfred W. Green weds Miss Gertrude Hand. 28th Caledonian sports at Lake Ariel; Thomas O. Jones sunstruck; Ringlers circus; Sherman Macknight and Miss Ella Johnson wedded at Buffalo; thermometer 97 degrees. 29th Parrish street school house struck by lightning. 30th John Lucas of Port Griffith robbed of $800. 31st Four Miner’s Mills boys arrested charge with burning gospel tent; gospel tent removed to Nanticoke. August 1st Wyoming Camp Ground Assembly begins; civil engineer David R. Williams drowned; Scranton joins the Eastern League. 2nd Car of gasoline takes fire at Pittston and several burned; Henry Bergold shot in the leg by a tramp. 4th “Prof.”Lamont and a one-legged man jump from the bridge into the rive; Carl Hoffman of Dorranceton suicides with paris green. 5th Michael Boro found dead in Rutler’s Grove. 6th Republican district conventions; Turnverein games and sports; Mrs. Belona found dead in her house in Ashley. 7th Republican county conventions; Joseph Madison of West Pittston killed on railroad. 8th American Protestant Association; U.S. Grand Lodge in session in Wilkes-Barre; Sadie Kaiser benefit concert; five county C.E. rally at Farview 10th Regiment off for Gettysburg camp; body of Patrick Murray found in the river at Nanticoke. 11th Capt. Crawford camp opened at Gettysburg; Huntington veterans have a reunion; Bacon’s music store on fire. 12th Eastern League meeting. 13th West Side Park to be sold on executions; James Bailey killed by train from Mountain Park; conductor James Sheridan badly hurt on Central. 14th Maneto Tribe sports at Suburban Park. 15th Secomb-Lugg, Barnett-Siglin and Dunn-Thomas nuptials; Foresters day celebrated. 16th Allentown joins the Eastern League; Charles B. Williams badly burned in Nanticoke mine; workman on new Plymouth bridge strike; No. 2 Hose Co. picnic at Hanover Park; Scheckler-Miller nuptials. 17th Rhys H. Richard welcomed home; unknown man killed by D&H train at Pittston. 18th James Gibbons at Wyoming and Welch at Maltby killed by same D.L.& W train; Patrick Keating’s body cut in two on railroad at Pittston; son of Stanly Survinski killed by wagon at Nanticoke. 19th Rev. W. H. Swift of Honesdale in Memorial church pulpit; Will Deitrick hurt in runaway; regiment returns from Gettysburg; Jolly Ten off for camp. 20th Reunion of battery M at W. H. Shaver’s home in Kingston. 21st Owen D. Jones and company perform “Richard the Third”; Pennsylvania singing societies meet here; close of Wyoming camp meeting; death of Rev. L. H. Geshwind at Reading; Alexander Pope murderously assaulted near Laurel Run; child of Joseph Laggan of Port Bowkley killed on electric road. 22nd Mrs. Charles Melan suicides with laudanum; Leam Shields, James Rhoads, Nagle-Wallace nuptials; Wilson H. Michael dies while visiting in Allentown; Hartford colliery boys also go out on strike; evangelistic meetings close at Nanticoke; Old Fuller breaker to resume; Mrs. Patrick Reap of Pittston seriously hurt by train 23rd Mrs. Reidy of Wyoming 104 years old; spotted fever breaks out at Pringle Hill; Prohibition candidates at Harvey’s Lake; Slavonian society convention; Immanuel Synod in Kripplein Christi church; two Slavs on Darling street fatally stab each other. 24th Thomas Evans badly hurt in Empire; Mrs. Joseph Miller badly hurt by beating. 25th Mrs. Frank Gardner (Miss Emily A. Jones) dies at Dayton, Ohio; Caledonian sports at Hanover Park; Anthony Gibbons killed on D&H. 26th Forty hours devotion in St. Mary’s; St. Cassimer’s church reopend in Pittston. 27th Loomis Urquhart drowned in Seneca Lake; Dan Hart nominated by Democrats for representative. 28th Democratic County Convention death of William MdDermott, aged 97; Heptasophs at Glen Onoko. 29th Reception at St. Mary’s convent. 30th Major Conyngham brought home from Glen Summit; Parsons station again robbed. 31st Commissioners select court house site on South Main street; reduction of ten per cent at the Hazard works; Major Conyngham submits to a second operation. September 1st Coxey at Mountain Park; great water scarcity in county districts; George K. Davis injured in bicycle accident; body of Anthony Bernick found on street car tarck at Port Bowkley. 3rd Four men overcome by smoke in the Keystone; Rev. W. L. Evans ordained at Plymouth Pilgrim church; Hunboldt breaker burned near Hazleton; Wrenwood Indians entertained by Miss Laycock. 4th No rain for several weeks; Dickover Lazarus wedding in Pittston; Hugh Thomas of Buttonwood killed by Pennsylvania train; Newport colliery passes into possession of L & W.B. 5th Oplinger-Geidner nuptials; St. Stephen’s Sunday School picnic. 6th Frank Gorman killed in Valley wreck; death of Major Conyngham; Prohibition mass meeting; rain for first time in three weeks. 7th Prohibition rally at Mountain Park. 8th Alanson Ide dies at hospital of runaway injuries; funeral of Major Conyngham; Asher Davenport killed on D.L. & W. 9th Calvary church opened. 10th Moody at Pittston; opening of city teachers institute; William Halverson of Pittston attacked and almost murdered; Levi Arnold of Nanticoke, aged 70 years accused of rape; Hilman Academy alumni association organized; foreman Bryden killed at Pittston. 11th William J. Reese formerly of Edwardsville, killed in West Virginia. 12th Reidy, Beaney, Luft, Aregood, manning, Flanagan, Dr. William Bache and Constine Kline nuptials; Henry Eck has a leg taken off on railroad; Memorial church choir excursion to Farview; annual races of Plymouth horsemen. 13th Creditable firemen’s demonstration, first in Wilkes-Barre; new D & H breaker at Plymouth; Orron Groats badly injured in elevator at Houpt lumber yard; Louis Long welcomed home from Europe. 14th Jr. O.U.A.M. societies present flag to North street school; John Warman of Plymouth township killed by gunning accident. 15th Claude Smyth disappears from home of Dr. Spayd. 17th North Street school building described; opening of the school year members of Co. F, who attended camp at Gettysburg, stricken with typhoid. 18th Mack-Scanlan nuptials; several houses robbed; John Scupion killed on railroad at Avoc. 19th Eddinger-Smith wedding; burglaries continue. 20th Jon Muschevel murdered and robbed on Carey avenue; E.B. Leisenring dies in Europe; Augustus C. Laning and Miss Eva May Cole wedded; Charles Dugan killed on rail at Coxton. 23rd Corner stone of Christ Lutheran church laid; tracking the murders of Arabian peddlers; Sunday School addition to Memorial church dedicated. 24th RECORD publishes ex-banker Rockafellow’s first statement; Lackawanna Presbytery in Memorial church; Hazard works ships monster wire rope to New York; special officer Sauerwine shoots Charles Linn in the thigh at Valley depot. 25th Prof. and Mrs. Coles of Kingston celebrate twenty-first wedding anniversary; Lutheran Sunday School convention in St. John’s Church; McCoolick murder trial on; Pittston councilmanic bribery charges being investigated; brakemen Peter Rinker cut to pieces on W.B. & E. 26th Hunter-Rockey, Wirth-Morgan, Benson-Galvin, Evans-Lewis, Sweitzer-Davenport nuptials; Schutzer-Verein annual shoot. 27th County W.C.T.U. convention at Forty-Fort; Paul Brobyn nuptials; Presbytery adjourns; Andrew Durst dies at Drums after being in bed for twenty-five years; McCoolick convicted of murder in second degree; brakeman William Connors dies of injuries. 28th Stephen Politska murdered on the mountain near Miner’s Mills; two more members of Co. F die of typhoid contracted at Gettysburg; Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Brong of Solomon’s Gap celebrate 25th wedding anniversary; Luzerne County Veteran’s Association first meeting at Shickshinny; West End wheelmen road races; Winnie Lenahon killed by electric car at Sugar Notch. 29th McCoolick gets 18 years in penitentiary. 30th Jewish New Year begins; memorial services in First M.E. Sunday School; military funerals of Frank Adams and Henry Blaine. October 1st Wilkes-Barre 18, Welsh Hill 6; Edward Van Horn’s skull fractured by wagon. 2nd Dallas fair opened. 3rd Water flooding the Hallstead mine at Duryea; free kindergarten opened; Shickshinny electric light plant started; W.F.M.S. of Philadelphia branch begins its sessions; Seminary 26, Bloomsburg 6; Schimplf- Dirner nuptials. 4th Wilkes-Barre 8, Boston 4; Weitzenkorn’s open new store; brakeman Josiah Hauntz killed on Central while going to see his dead mother; John Thomas of Ashley and Patrick Reap of Pittston lose a leg and an arm respectively. 5th Close of Dallas Fair; lower end stations burglarized; RECORD reviews our public Schools; Wilkes-Barre 0, Boston 1. 6th Seminary 0, Bucknell 34. 7th Rev. G. C. Carter, new pastor at Zion A.M.E. church; Harvest Home at Westminister and St. Clement churches. 8th Gon. Galusha A. Grow at Pittston; Charles Rinesmith, patient at Sanitarium tries suicide; Michael Polantza suicides at Alden by shooting; Governor Pattison and staff in town. 9th Alexander and Will Patterson badly hurt by falling from a scaffold; R.B. Brundage’s appointment as deputy Internal Revenue Collector confirmed; William Dirko killed in Scranton; Warren Arnold killed on railroad near Shickshinny; Charles C. Gamble of Luzerne Borough and Susanna Bennett of Scranton (both blind) married; Alles-Brown wedding. 10th Hon. Golusha A. Grow in Nanticoke; Father Mathew parade at Pittston; Dr. Woodward, son of Judge Woodward, wedded at Philadelphia; robbers “hold up” the night clerk at the post office; Dewey-Thomas wedding at West Pittston, Overpeck-Lathrop at same place, Carpenter-Millham at Wilkes-Barre, Dowing-Lawler at Parsons, Naugle-Bryant at Plymouth. 11th Dubsites sucede from Bowmanites in Evangelical church; Rev. Dr. Parry returns from the West; five houses burned at Moffet’s Hill; Demonstration in Shickshinny over electricity. 12th J. C. King bitten by rattlesnake at Pittston; Dr. Edward W. Arner of near Fairview killed on Central at Penobscot; Peter Ginter dismissed from revenue office; Michael Sobeski murdered; John Jenkins fatally shot Maggie Moore and Lizzie Lefoski also shot at Maltby; Shadrack & Collins store burglarized and several at Plymouth; Henry Kempa of Nanticoke fatally injured by gun. 13th Edward Moore of Pittston assaulted and robbed in New York; presentation of flag to Ashley school; Wilkes-Barre 4, Bucknell 0; Wilkes-Barre High School 6, Carbondale 8. 14th Funeral of ex-Mayor McKune at Scranton; William Patterson dies from injuries by falling from a building; Alden M.E. church on fire. 15th Death of Harrison Williamson old stage drive; Hazleton Hungarian tries to burn a house with woman and three children; Ella White of Plainsville dies of injuries sustained by cow attacking her; Harry Dickerson, dead in New Jersey; Mike Rostick shot through the abdomen at Miner’s Mills. 16th Rev. E. Hazard Snowden dies at the age of 95 years; RECORD describes new Home for Homeless Women; Mr. and Mrs. W.L. Kishbaugh’s daughter fatally burned; Women’s Relief Corps convention. 17th Langfeld-Newhouse wedding; Jr., O.U.A.M. reception to State Vice Councillor Johnson; Rev. Anna Shaw in YMCA; Seminary 48, Lafayetter Scrub 0; John Hlovatz killed on Valley at Avoca; Home for Homeless Women reception; John Dibbock attempts suicide. 18th Butler-Stoeckel wedding; catcher Warner sold to Boston; Register’s office in court house robbed. 19th Kingston 4, Wilkes-Barre High School 0; Howard, son of James Lyons drowned at Edwardsville; Odd Fellows encampment instituted. 20th YMCA field day; John Shern of Ashley killed on Valley. 21st Rev. Dr. A.J. Parry preaches here for his last time. C.T.A.U convention at Parsons. 22nd Luzerne County Institute; Nelson Hoffman of Wyoming burglarized of over $300. 23rd Uno Animo banquet at Plymouth; Hastings and party along the D&H; Ninth Regiment off for Philadelphia. 24th Taylor-Driesbach, Renny-Davis, Richard-Dierolf, Eeck-Tulp, McCleery-Ricker nuptials; five houses burned at Miner’s Mills; Epworth League sub-district convention at Nanticoke; Union C. E. rally at Memorial; Jacob Johnson drowned at Harvey’s Lake; great Hastings reception. 25th East Market street Chinamen raided; Wyoming Valley Sanitarium anniversary; Bogert-Sturdevant wedding; Jester and Dacey fight’ Frederick Miller, 6 years, dies from stone blow; Bloomsburg, Mansfield and Stroudsburg alumni meet. 26th County institute closes; ex-prisoners of war meet at Scranton; William Amos has leg cut off. 27th Wilkes-Barre 12, Scranton 6. 28th Thirteen Chinamen raided for playing fan tan; C.T.A.U. convention at White Haven; three killed and eight injured by murderous dynamite plot on the mountain. 29th Cleric entertained at Stephen’s. 30th Several burned by blazing oil at Dorranceton; Concordia opening concert; Stefan Stasch suicides with Gas; William Weissheit robbed of $80; another of the victims of dynamite explosion on mountain dies. 31st Annual donation day at Home for Friendless; Landmesser-Hughes, Shiffer-Rhoades, Thomas-Jones, Harkins- Reiley, Hintrleiter-Terry nuptials; Williams comes out in favor of Leisenring; Scots observe Halloween. November 1st Candidate Singerly, Govenor Pattison and others in town. 2nd Inspection of Retreat poor house. 3rd Family of Mrs. Westield poisoned by coal gas; body of Walter Jones recovered at Hanover mine. 4th Rabbi Kalish of Richmond lectures in YMHA Hall; Bryan Markey has back broken by a fall. 5th John Zeigler of Harvey’s Lake assaulted and robbed on Fell street. 6th Cold day for election. 7th Rev. Dr. Jones gives a reception twentieth pastoral anniversary; Mike Kosork jailed charged with the murder of John Kosek; E.A. Niven elected secretary of the Board of Trade. 8th McMahon-Weiss nuptials; Homer B. Sprague lectures on Shakespere. 9th Joseph Warne falls dead at Luzerne Borough. 10th Mrs. Mary Tomko killed on Central; Charles Roth has foot cut off,; Hazleton Hun. Tries to hang his wife, then stabs her; safe robbers at Miner’s Mills and Parsons; Academy 26, School of Lackawanna 0. 11th Brakeman William Carpenter killed on Valley; confirmation reunion in St. John’s. 12th Juka, the would be wife murderer, captured; George Martin of Pittston shoots his mother. 13th Catherine Meshonstro acquitted of murder; Mayor vetos water resolution; Mrs.Susanna Jones of Ashley and Rev. Dr. F. K. Levan die suddenly; Lither League anniversary in St. John’s. 14th Services over remains of Rev. Dr. Levan; marriage dramas in Grand Opera House; Theophilus Richards and Annie Lewis wedded at Scranton; basket ball league formed. 15th Sons of Benjamin first anniversary; William Heidenreich killed at Carbondale; No. 3 D&H breaker destroyed by fire at Plymouth. 16th Annual Sunday School convention in Nanticoke, diseased mutton sold; Isaac Livingston run over and hurt. 17th Professor Krebs resigns from Grand Opera House orchestra. 18th Evangelist Schiverea and Weedon begin campaign for meant; several highway robberies; Andrew Zurok suicides in jail; twenty-fifth anniversary of Plains Presbyterian church. 19th Lee Meixella has leg cut off on rail; station at Wyoming robbed; Owen O. Jones of Buttonwood suicides; Mrs. Richard Motor dies of her burns; Maude Powell quartet gives a great concert; Liedertafel reunion; Rev. J. Whittaker of Easton lectures in St. John’s church; fourteen houses destroyed at Mudtown. 20th Valentine Owens of Edwardsville badly beaten by toughs; two Polanders killed by Valley train at Hickory Run; John Reddington of Smithville killed on Valley cutoff; clerks reception and dance; Owen D. Jones wedded to Miss Josephine Richrds; Madam Korany lecture; men’s mass meeting in court house. 21st Pitts-Hance wedding. C.B.A. donation day. 22nd homer Sprague lectures on Prison Life; Bragdon-Cononer wedding; safe cracked in Schwartz & Bros. Plymouth store, $2000 loss; Mrs. Joseph Sembler of Pittston drinks poison by mistake and dies. 23rd Dennis Murphy and Frank Gangloff badly hurt in the Woodward; Schumann quartet concert. 24th Whirley gets 15 years in the penitentiary; Symphony concert in Grand; fire in the Woodward mines; Wilkes-Barre 12, Bethlehem 0; Academy 26, Crescents 0; Triangular Lake cottages burglarized. 25th Body of baby found on river bank. 26th Laundrymen establish cash basis; Veno attacked by a lion at Wonderland. 27th Dorranceton firemen’s fair begun; Patrick Kearney of Pittston mangled on the rail; Lucius Rodgers drowned at Plymouth. 28th Bowman convicted of murder in first degree; milk train on Valley collides at Coxton. 29th Thanksgiving observed with union services in First M. E. and services in other churches; Plymouth local eisteddfod; Wyoming Valley singers capture prizes at Allentown eisteddfod. 30th Morgan Reese of Nanticoke lost in a mine; Tri County C.E. convention at Carbondale. December 1st James Flynn badly hurt by electric car. 2nd William Mahoney killed on Valley at Coxton; Metzgar Bowman’s accomplice in Arabian murder seen in town; Elk’s memorial services. 3rd Police investigation; breaker of Laflin Coal Co. destroyed; formal opening of Boston Store; three men burned at the Dorrance. 4th John Martinakie desperately wounded with poker at Georgetown; eight company houses burned near Mill Creek; McDongall-Cooper nuptials at West Pittston. 5th Major Brod head weds Miss Mary J. VanTassell of Berwick. 8th Sever hazing at the Seminary; chicken thieves abroad. 10th Rev. F.F. Fry of Bethlehem lectures in St. John’s; Professor Dean submits analysis of waters. 12th John Martin of Avoca killed on rail; Kline-Lloyd wedding at Avoca; Curry-Hurst nuptials. 13th Concordia smoker; Fred M. Shoemaker dies in Arkansas. 14th Adelphia Society open session; Catharine Meighan meets death in house of ill repute. 15th Thomas Syco killed on rail at Duryea. 16th Gambling den on the Heights raided. 18th Farmers insitnte at Dallas; Mrs. Lord of Huntsville burned to death; Lodge 61 Banquets and installation; Sabbath observance convention; midnight express on the Valley wrecked. 19th Bishop Andrew’s at reopening of Parsons M.E. church. 20th Homopathic Medical Society meets here; J.O. Mathers killed near Luzerne by falling from his wagon; Stoek-Ricketts wedding. 21st Dense fog all day; William Watres found dead at Avoca. 23rd Bishop Rulison Consecrate Calvary Episcopal church; Thomas Brown of Pittston shot in Wilkes-Barre by policeman Gallagher. 24th Light snowfall; Judges Rice and Lynch file opinion against purchasing site for new court house. 26th Heavy snowfall in the evening and all night. 27th Electric cars tied up by heavy snowfall; death of Rev. Dr. Frear; Green-Levison nuptials, YMCA gives dinner to newsboys, bootblacks and messenger boys. This ends the RECORD for the year 1894 Contributed by Patty Matthews and Pat HIllon