The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-13
CHANGES At court House
Old Officers Mill Retire and New
Ones Assume Their DEies.
MANY NEWFACES WILL BE SEEN
In Several of the Offices New Force of
Assistants VIII Take the Place of
Those Who Arc Now
Doing Duty.

About Jan. there will be many
changes in the personnel of the servants
of the people who attend to public busi-
ness in the court house. Five of the
present office holders will move out to
make way for the successful candidates
at the November election.
District Attorney Kelly will relinquish
his suite of offices on the second floor of
the building and District Attorney -elect
John r. Jones will take possession of
them. Attorney James O'Neill, who has
been Mr.. Kelly's assistant, will also bid
adieu to the district attorneys Office.
Attorney John NJ Harris is to succeed
him. Mr.. Jones proposes to have sec
ond assistant, but has not as yet di-
vulged who he will be-
The business of the district attorneys
office has increased to such an extent
during the last few years that two as
sistants are necessary to keep abreast
of the flood of cases that find their way
there.
John j. Fahey steps out of the sher-
iffS Office and Frank II. Clemons takes
his place. All of Mr.. Fahey's deputies
go with him except, possibly, Frank
Ryan, who has been chief deputy in the
Office for years. He is thoroughly
versed in all the complicated details Of
the business connected with the Office
and may be retained at least until such
time as Mr. Clemons has become per-
fectly familiar with all the details of
his duties as high sheriff of Lacka-
wanna county.
1t speaks well for the care with
which Sheriff Fahey has conduct
ed his Office that not a single
trespass suit has been brought
against him during his term. Such ac-
tions are the outgrowth of illegal sales
and levies and are the bugbears of sher-
iffs, for the best Of officials will at times
make mistakes, especially when half a
dozen persons claim ownership to the
goods to be levied on.
Force Under the Sheriff.
Sheriff Fahey has three office depu
ties, besides one or two in the country
districts, and has a force of seven meI
at the county Jail. 1t is probable tha
Sheriff-elect Clemons will have a siml
lar force. Since his election he has re
ceivedhundredso Of applications for posi-
tions. There is every reason to believ,
that j. d. Ferber. the courteous doc
tender at the Academy of Music, will b.
one of the office deputies. He woult
make an excellent official.
The name of Il. +. Robathan Is ais,
mentioned in connection with deputy
ship. John Phillips, of the West Side
is mentioned for the position of wardei
of the Jail.
: Prothonotary C. T.. Pryor will continu
to do business at the old stand for thre
years more, and will retain his presen
official assistants. They are Myrol
Kasson, John f. Cummings and Joh
Edwards. Clerk of the Courts Joh
II. Thomas will also continue in oflic
for three more years and Thomas l
Daniels and Emil Bonn, than whor
there are no more obiging officials i
the court house, will remain in tn
positions they now so acceptably fill.
Hopkins VIII Return.
Henry r. Koehler leaves the office O
; register of wills and William Hopkin
returns to it after an absence of thre
years. His brother, James Hopkins
will be his deputy. Recorder of Deed
, Healeyhas a force of seven clerks unde
him. He will be succeeded by Charlie
Heuster, of the South Side, who de
feated Mr.. Healey in November. Mis-
Hattie Taylor, who has been chief cler
in the. office for a number of years, wi
be retained under Mr.. Heuster. Their
will be number of changes in the re
mainder of the force.
Charles H. Schadt, whose election a
county treasurer is being contested
will have deputy, but who he will b
, is as yet kept from the public.
! THE MOST remarkable cures of scrof
-, ula on record have been accomplished b