The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-29
SMALLPOX AT PITTST0N.
Efforts Of Board of Health Against
the Disease Are ccessful-other
Pittston Topics.

Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Pittston, Jan. 2S.--Conversation In
Pittston these days centers on the
smallpox epidemic. Nothing else is
heard in the home. store or shop from
morning to night There is nothing new
to report in the situation. West Pitts
ton has had no new cases for more
than q week. and the officials OF the
Garden Village point with pride to the
fact that the disease has not spread
from the two houses where IL first
broke out. Official vigilance has not
been relaxed, however. Four houses on
the West Side are now quarantined, be-
cause one or more of the inmates are
said to have been in contact with the
disease. These are the homes of DR..
Atherton, who Is attending SMALLPOX
patients and who visited his home, con-
trary to rules, and those of John w.
Breese, John Gravel and j. ]. Howell,
members of whose families were in the
house of John Kohnkie, on the East
Side, a few hours before the same was
quarantined for smallpox. The latest
move on the part of the West Pittston
board of health is to declare q quaran-
tine on the people of Pittston from
crossing the bridges to the west side
without permits. 1t is expected that
this regulation will 70 into effect on
Thursday. Already Wilkes-Barre has
established Il quarantine against the
people of the two Pitttstons. No new
cases have been reported in Pittston
city since Sunday. The total number
of cases in the city limits now is twen-
ty-two. with eleven in the neighborns
boroughs and townships.
An important real estate transfer was
consummated today, when the Phoenix
hall block, on South Main street, was
sold by the Pittston Cooperative asso-
citation to ]. 3. Kirby, the well-known
carpet and furniture dealer. 1t is Mr..
Kirby's intention to transform the OLD
three-story brick building into Il mod
ern building, and to build q forty-foot
addition to the rear. This will give him
one of the largest business establish
ments in the cty,>the dimensions being
50X130 feet. We understand that the
price paid for the property was $l1,500,
which is $500 less than the capital
stock of the cooperative association.
The Phoenix hall block was erected
some thirtyfive years ago, and was at
that time one OF the finest business
blocks in the city. OF late years. how
, ever, owing to the fact that business
had moved up the street and the build
lng was not improved, it had been Il
osing investment, and the owners of
took were glad to get rid of the prop
,rty, even at loss.
Michael Joyce goes to Cherry Hill for
long term. A couple of months ago.
Michael was the plaintiff in Il larceny
suit against Maud Garden that was
heard in Alderman Barrett's office.
During the progress of the trial he sud
denly. drew.-a revolver and shot the
woman in the neck the wound, for
.unately, proving not very serious.
Joyce was arrested on charges of feloni-
Gus woundins and carrying concealed
Weapons and when called for trial in
court this morning pleaded guilty.
Judge Halsey Immediately sentenced
him to undergo an imprisonment of two
years and six months in the Eastern
penitentiary.
Oscar j. SChmaltz, Il Well-knoWn
young man, becomes bookkeeper in +.
Fl. Bankers real estate office on Feb
ruary /. He succeeds John Benfield,
who joins the clerical force of the First
National bank.