The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-03
MOVING DAY In
THE COURT HOUSE
New County Officials VIII BE Sworn In
at High Noon.
WHO THE ASSISTANTS WILL BE
Virtually Complete Roster of the New
Administrative Force at the County
Temple of Justice--sherif Pryor
viii Make Numerous Changes as
viii Also Recorder Warnke--CIeri-
cal Force in Some Of the Offices will
BE Only Slightly Changed.

Today will witness sweeping change
about in the administrative force of
the court house. In every office eX-
cepting that of district attorney, where
there was a reelection, and in the
auditors and surveyors offices, some
disturbance will occur.
Prothonotary c. e. Pryor will move
over into the sheriff's office, succeed
ing Sheriff Frank II. Clemons, who
will resume the personal supervision
of his many and extensive business in
terests. Mr. Pryor will continue eX-
Chief of Police w. Il. Simpson as war
den at the Jail, and the keepers will be
John Melvin re-appointeD, George
b. Thompson, William a. Phillips,
president of the West Side Re
publican league; Jacob Weissman,
of the South Side; John ]. Arm
strong, of Priceburg, and George E.
Pryor, son of the sheriff and at
present a clerk in the prothonotary'
office. The retiring keepers are T. J.
Price, Charles Hamm, John Reese,
Henry +. Ferber and w. S. Ward.
Mrs NJ. Hurd, of the South Side, will
be appointed matron to succeed Mrs.
Cora NJ. Johnson. An effort will he
made this morning to have court APP
prove of the appointment of two ma
irons, one for day and the other night.
In case this is done, Mrs. Johnson will
be retained Deputies +. E. Ryan, j.
ID. Ferber and Robert c.. Colborn will
be retained.
j. f. Cummings, one of Mr.. Pryors
deputies in the prothonotary's office,
was to go into the sheriffs office, but
| the incoming prothonotary was desir-
Gus that he should continue his SER
vices in the prothonotary' office, where
he is exceedingly valuable, and it was
| accordingly arranged that he should
! stay where he is.
PROTHONOTARY'S OFFICE.
The only change in the prothono-
| tary's office at present will be in it's
chief. Deputy Myron G.. Kasson will
! remain until the office of Ninth ward
alderman is ready for him. and with
him and Mr.. Cummings, Mr.. Copeland
intends to carry on the affairs of the
office, giving all his own time to the
work, and thereby filing in the place
of the third clerk.
NJ. j. Kelly will succeed c. II. Schadt
as treasurer, and John A. Schadt will
be succeeded as deputy by p. II. Coyne.
| Of Cedar avenue, bookkeeper for
| South Side brewing company. John
A. Schadt will be associated with his
brother in the insurance business.
William Koch, jr., will go into the
| register of Wills office with Henry r.
Koeher as his deputy, succeeding w.
S. Hopkins and Deputy James II. Hop
| kins. The latter is undecided as yet as
to what line of employment he will
take up. He may go into the whole
! sale nrO1npp hnSinpc-
cupation, or move to Colorad) to take
| personal charge of some business in
terests he has there.
In the recorder of deeds office where
there is a big working force and where
a Democrat Fred w. Warnke, sue
ceeds a Republican. Charles Heuster.
there will be quite a general change.
| Mrs. Hattie Taylor, who for a number
of years has been chief clerk and who
is virtually Indispensable to the office,
will be retained, as will also Miss Mar
garet Lynett, sister of Editor +. J.
Lynett, of the Times Miss Agnes
Crossin, ,sister-in-law Of Joseph O'Brien;
Miss Margaret Van Camp, now in the
employ of j. d. Williams & Bro, and
a sister-in-law of Mr.. Warnke, and
Anthony Irwin, of Dunmore, formerly
in the office under Mr.. Healey and
during the early part of Mr.. Heuster's s
term, will succeed Miss Rose Wormser,
George Heusner and Elmer Daniels.
William Heuster, son of the retiring
recorder. is also to go, but who his sue
cessor will be could not be learned.
IN THE CLERKS OFFICE.
The retiring of Clerk of the Courts
John H. Thomas, the succession of
Thomas p. Daniels and the promotion
of Emil Bonn to chief deputy will be
the programme in the clerks office
With the present two clerks, Charles
Mirtz and Miss Annie Aitken, Mr. Dam
iels believes he will have sufficient
force to cope with the business of the
office.
District Attorney John r. Jones will
continue w. Gaylord Thomas as his
deputy and Thomas j. Leyshon as
county detective.
AS is required by law, the county
commissioners will hold an annual
meeting at high noon for reorganiza.
ton. S. w. Roberts will take a turn
at the presidency, succeeding Giles
Roberts. John Demuth, the minority
commissioner, will be continued as sec.
retary No contemplated changes have
been announced.
|, The apartments of the register, re.
corder and county surveyor will be
changed today, as described in Satur.
days issue. The surveyor goes into g
, room in the tower, the register take.
the surveyors room and the recorder