The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-07
court HOUSE SHAKE-UP
Ten Recently Elected County Officers
Assume Their New Duties Today.
NEW CLERKS AND DEPUTIES
Sheriff ClcmOns Makes Largest Number I
OF Appointments-Three Officers Sue.
coed dThcmsclvcs-Schadt and Man.
ion the Democrat OfficchOldcrs

The ten recently elected county off,
GERS will assume the positions for which
they were chosen at noon today, at
which hour will terminate the county
fiscal year 1894. The list is as follows:
Judge-R W. Archibald.
Sheriff-Frank II. Clemons.
Treasurer-Charles Fl. Schadt.
Prothonotary-Clar Il. Pryor
District Attorney-John X. Jones.
Clerk of the Courts-John H. Thomas.
Register of Wills-William H. Hopkins.
Recorder of Deeds-Charles Huester.
Jury Commissioners--T. j. Matthews
and John j. Manion.
Three on the list will succeed them
selves, Judge Archibald, Mr.. Pryor and
Mr. Thomas; one has previously been
elected to the office he will again oc-
cupy, Mr. Hopkins. while to Mr.. Schadt
belongs the distinction of being the
only Democrat among the number, ex-
cepting one of the jury commissioners
who was elected according to the law
which provides that one Democrat and
one Republican shall be selected for
that trust. The going out of the old of
fcers will witness many changes in
clerks and deputies. Judge Archibald,
who succeeds himself. has already
spent ten years on the bench.
MIR. Clcmons' Appointments.
The going in of the new sheriff, Mr..
Clemons, will result in a greater num-
ber of new appointments than in all
the other offices combined. John ].
Fahey, the retiring Democrat, has been
twelve years identified with the
shrievalty, having been for nine years
deputy previous to his election. Mr..
Clemons has selected the following as
sistants: Frank Ryan, who has been
identified with the sherlff's office nine
years, chief deputy; Jacob d. Ferber,
office deputy; Thomas Jay. Jermyn,
warden; Thomas j. Price, West Side,
Scranton, assistant warden: keepers,
w. ID. Green, Thirteenth ward; John W.
Reese, Taylor; w. $. Ward, Second
ward; John Melvin and Charles Ham,
South Side. According to a recent rec
ommendation of the grand jury a ma
tron will be appointed to assume con-
trol over the female prisoners. AS
sistant Warden Price will reside at the
jail.
Treasurer Schadt, the only Democrat
elected, will succeed d. W. Powell who
finishes a one-term service and was
previously the chief clerk for ten years
in the county commissioners office.
John Schadt. a brother Of the new
treasurer, will be the deputy.
Pryor Succeeds Himself.
In succeeding himself as prothono-
tary Mr.. Pryor will retain Chief Clerk
Myron Kasson and Assistants John f.
Cummings and John Edwards.
John II. Thomas will begin a third
term as clerk of the courts and will
retain Thomas p. Daniels as chief
clerk and Emil Bonn.
Register of Wills Hopkins will sue
ceed Henry r. Koehler. who in turn
succeeded Mr.. Hopkins three years ago.
James Hopkins will be the deputy reg
ister
Charles Heuster, Of the South Side,
will succeed James j. Healey as re-
corder of deeds, and will have as his as
sistants Elmer Daniels, of Taylorville,
deputy, and Miss Hattie Taylor, chief
clerk
John r. Jones succeeds John p. Kelly
in the district attorneyship and will
have as his assistant John NJ. Harris,
while Thomas Lyshon will become
county detective vice John Shea.
r. j. Matthews, Republican, of Spring
Brook, and John j. Manion, Democrat,
of Carbondale, in assuming the duties
of jury commissioners, witness the re-
trial of John r. Howe, of Scranton, and
+. G.. Ward, of Moosic.