The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-06-11
PITTSTON.

| FROM the opening OF tu6 polls NJ
o'clock until the close the contendine
factions fought desperately, pariicu-
larly the supporters of Hon. j. L.
Flannery. In the First, Fifth. Seventh,
Ninth and Eleventh the contest was
particularly bitter and in some in
stances lessons in physical culture were
resorted TO. AS foretold in these col
umns few weeks ago Mr.. Flannery
carried majority OF the wards in the
borough und sufficient in the outlying
districts to give him first hold on the
nomination, In the borough the fol
lowing Flannery delegases were
elected; First ward, Charles Curry;
Fifth ward, Patrick Pender; Second
district. Sixth ward, Anthony Ken
nedy; Seventh ward. George f. Buss
Eighth ward John McGrath; Ninth
ward, Thomas Corcoran; Eleventh
ward, John Mullin; in Pittston town =
ship, 3; jenkins township, 1 Avoca
borough. 4; Lafp, 1; Miners Mills,
1; Plains, /; Bear Creek, 2
From the foregoing it will be seen
that Flannery has carried II out of 36
districts This is considered all the
more remarkable as the whole field
was against him. The convention will
assemble in Burke's at Port Griffith at
10 o'clock this morning and q lively
time is looked for. Flannery, it is safe
to say, will capture the nomination on
first ballot. thereby receiving a compli-
ment seldom accorded candidate; n
nomination for three consecutive
terms.
Two youths named Walter Carpenter
and John johnson had narrow es-
cape from instant death Friday even.
ing. The lads reside on the West Side
and during the day broke open store
house owned by Lymington & Perrin
in which was stored all their appar-
atus for the blasting of rock therin and
among the contents was box of dyna.
mite cartridges. They repaired to the
foot of the mountain the Forest Castle
brewery and proceeded to make an ex.
amination. They placed the cartridge
on a stone and struck it with a ham
mer, The report was heard for some
distance. As the smoke cleared away,
loud cries of pain were heard, and
these caused some of the neighbOrs to
hasten to the spot Ga the ground
with his face covered with blood, and
his clothes torn in pieces lay the Car
Denter boy. johnson was also on the
ground, but it was seen that his inju
ries were not Of serious nature. They
carried the boys to house and at
tended to their injuries. Carpenter
was unconscious. His face is badly
burned and torn. one Of his eyes is al.
most blown out Of the socket. 1t is
thought that he cannot recover john.
son was burned about the legs and
face.
Policeman William Ksarney, who
conducts store ut the corner of Mill
aud Searle streets is suffering from
blood poisoning In company with
another policeman on Friday he took
Paul Wenlzell of this place. to
Danville. Wentzell has been tenn.
porarily unbalanced for some time and
of late became so violent that it was
necessary TO remove him to the asylum
The officers with their. charge mad no
sooner reached their destination when
Wentzell, without notice, instantly
broke away and started for the river.
Kearney. the more athletic of the two.
succeeded in overtaking him when
the crazy man, with the ferocity
of tiger at bay attacked him. He
dealt Kearney kick in the abdomen
Kearney becoming weak, let go his
hold. Before having done so Wentzell
sank his teeth in his right arm, Be-
coming free he ran to the river and
jumping into boat. escaped by taking
TO the woods on the opposite shore.
Kearney was removed to his home and
physician summoned. Inflammation
has set in as q result Of the bite and
fears are entertained that he will lose
his arm.
Right Rev. Monsignor Patrick ].
Toner, missionary apostolic and hon
orary chaplain to his Holiness Pope
Leo XIII, preached an eloquent and
instructive sermon at the late mass in
St. Johns beautiful new church at
Pittston on Charity as the greatest of
theological virtues The right rever-
end speaker took his text from the
18th chapter of st. Paul's first Epistle
to the CORN thians. And now there
remain faith, hope and charity, these
three, but the greatest of these is
charity" Monsignor Toner said these
are three virtues that regard God as
their immediate and primary object,
and are named theological because
they tend directly to the honor and
glory and worship of God. All other
virtues are merely human virtues, but
these three are essentially divine. All
other virtues may be performed, and
practiced by a pagan, Many Of the
ancient pagan philosophers practiced
all the natural In an eminent degree
but it is only Christian who believes
in the sacred deposit of divinely
revealed truth, as defined and
explained by m infallible authority,
namely, the church of God upon earth,
who can perform or practice these
three, faith, hope, charity, but the
greatest of these is charity. Faith
without charity is dead as the body is
dead without the soul. Hope without
it is merely presumption. Hope is the
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cation, as the council OF Trent teaches
us, and without faith there can be nc
supernatural virtue or supernatural
reward; but charity 10 greater than
faith, yeS, than faith. that miracle
working virtue without which an in
spired apostle declares that it is impos-
sible to please God. Charity is greater
than hope, which is the anchor OF oui
souls and holds us safely on the stormy
ocean of life from drifting into
the gulf Of despair on tn,
one hand, or that of pre-
sumption on the other. All oul
natural good actions must be stamped
with the impress Of divine faith il
order TO rise from the natural to the
supernatural order. We might explain
this more fully by the following illus
t-ation: A piece of coin may be oI
much value in itself, but if 1t has no
on itself the impress of the sovereign
of the state IL is Of no value in the com
mon intercourse of trade So in like
manner our natural good actions MAJ