The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-01
Tales OF TWO PITTSTONS
d News Of Interest to Readers Up and
Down the Valley.
A FULL PLEDGED cIfY TO-DAY
New City Councils viii Assume the
Reins of Government - List Of
New Members-Judgo
Rice's Boom.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.

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Rice's Boom.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Pittston, March Sl.-On THURSDAY
last at the instigatlon OF Prothonotary
George w. Llewellyn petition was
circulated among the many friends or
Judge Rice desiring him to become
candidate for a position on the bench
of the proposed Superior court. The
petition was signed by $50 of the most
prominent men of Luzerne and Lacka-
wanna counties. Among the signers
are ex-Attorney General IL. w. Palmer,
Judge Alfred Darte, General 10. 5. Os-
borne, county chairman and eX-Sheri1
r. 2. Robinson, of Luzerene county;
Alexander Farnham, District Attorney
Fell, ex-County Chairman Luther {.
Darte, Warden James NJ. Boland, OF
the Luzerne county jail; j. Butler
Woodward, Judge Stanley Woodward,
eX-District Attorney John NJ. Garman.
Theodore Hart, of the Pittston Gazette,
and large number of leading lawyers
and prominent business men and poll
ticians of Wilkes-Barre and Pittston.
Prothonotary Llewellyn presented the
petition to Judge Rice at his home Fri
day evening. The appointment will be
made by the governor. Should Judge
Rice receive the appointment to the
Superior court it will be necessary to
appoint another judge to the Luzerne
bench. In such an event Judge Wood
ward will become the president judge.
1t is not definitely known which coun-
A,r II r..
Judge Rice Accepts.
Yesterday afternoon Judge Rice re-
turned the petition to Prothonotary
Llewellyn with the following letter of
acceptance:
Wilkes-Barre, March 80 1895.
Gentlemen: l gratefully appreciate the
good will shown in your communication
of March 2S. Replying directly to your in
quiry, would say, that If the bill pending
In the legislature becomes a law, l would
esteem 1t very great honor to be chosen
as member of the appellate court. Sim
cerely thanking you for the offer of your
efforts to bring about that result, and for
this expression of your confidence, re-
main yours very truly, Chas. l.. Rice,
TO +. w. Wheaton, Esq, and others.
Tomorrow the mental strain of the
oSPAi ohlS LII tlit StN tlil
to be made by the new city councils
viii be relieved. For chairman of Sc
lect council George b. Reap and John
j. kearney are candidates. P. +. Joyce
and George F. Buss aspire to the chair
of common council One of the most
important appointments to be made
will be that of city clerk, the aspirants
for which are j. E. Dempsey. present
borough secretary; Joseph O'Boyle and
j. j. McEIale. Much care should be ex-
ercised in selecting a person for the
position of city clerk, as the duties
imposed upon that office are of the most
intricate nature, and will require a man
of thorough business ability to care for
the numerous books of the new city
In the appointment of chief of police
the name Of Joseph Lotus should not
be overlooked. Mr. Lotus has acted
in the capacity of chief of borough
police for the past year and has proved
himself to be alert and efficient in the
performance of his duties. Borough
Constable Edward Small should also
be remembered for the proficient man
ner in which he has disposed of the
duties imposed upon him.
The most unique and applicable sign
recently brought before the notice of
the public is the one hung by C. S.
Kurschel last week in front of ]. ].
Mangan's dry goods house, on North
Main street. The sign embodies the
motto held forth by Mr. Mangan for
many years: 1.-THE Dollar Store" 1t
has a large fac simile of a silver dollar
date 1895, with the name of the mer-
chant, j. ]. Mangan, of a neat script
pattern, in gold leaf, on a panel be-
side it.
NJ. ]. Mullen was spending Sunday
with friends at Towanda.
Upon motion of Hon. w. w. Watson,
of Scranton, H. c. Smythe, of this city,
was, on last Monday, admitted to prac-
tice in the United States circuit court
and also in the several courts of Lack
awanna county.
Owing to the complaints of the
numerous readers of The Tribune as
to the lack of our Pittston letter in the
past two issues we wish to offer an ex
PLANTATION. We had somewhat lost our
grip on the pen and was compelled to
submit to the hand of the demon grip
for a few days. We hope in future to
be able to attend to our duties without
further interruption. We also wish to
s;rank the NewsLDealer's representa-
tive for the courtesy shown by him on
Wednesday night in sending to The
Tribune a report Of the explosion and
fire which occurred on South Main
street.
Council Meeting.
oto1 Nd 10 of ho
ough council was held at the town hall
last evening. The following council
men We're present: Mangan, Donnelly,
Clifford, Kennedy, Hennigan. Kearney,
Tigue, Maloney and Lynott also Bor-
ough Attorney Bohan and Borough
Treasurer Langan. Reap and Knowles
were unable to be present on account
of illness. The minutes of previous
meetings were read by Borough Secre-
tary j. e. Dempsey and were approved.
Communication was read from J. A.
Touhill regarding the repairs of the
Niagara fire engine. No action was
taken by the council on account of ac-
tion brought by Mr.. Touhill against
the borough. The following were ex-
onerated from borough taxes Mary
Nealon. Mill street; Katie r. Stahl and
John Sheridan estate Eleventh ward.
A permit was granted Superintendent
Thomas, of the Pittston Gas company,
to dig trench on Cron street. The
resolution adopted at previous meet
ing of the council awarding contract of
city lighting to Citizens Electric IL
Illuminating company was read by sec
retary with veto and objections of
Burgess Maloney. On motion of Dom
nelly the veto was received and fled
In report of fire committee, Chairman
Donnelly recommended that the pres
ent fire alarm system be adopted. as it
is now giving better satisfaction to