President Judge—Hon. Alfred Hand
Additional Law Judge—R. W. Archbald
Sheriff—W. J. Lewis
Prothonotary—Thomas H. Dale
Treasurer—Joseph B. Van Bergen
Recorder—E. D. Jenkins
District Attorney—Henry M. Edwards
Clerk of the Courts—W. G. Daniels
Register—E. A. Atherton
County Commissioners—H. F. Halstead, William Franz, William Burk
County Auditors—John Morris, H. F. Wardell, Edward Coleman
County Surveyor—J. L. Lawrence
County Superintendent of Schools—N. S. Davis
County Solicitor—L. A. Watres
Coroner—G. Edgar Dean, M. D.
Jury Commissioners—W. W. Wallace, W. F. Loftus

Thomas Hart, David C. Hughes, G. J. Duhigg, M. J. Mahon, W. H. Keim, Charles Neuls, J. R. Richards, Walter B. Christmas, John Flanaghan. President, G. J. Duhigg. Clerk, M. T. Lavelle.

• President—F. A. Beamish
• Secretary—Lawrence Duhigg
• Sanitary Policeman—J. J. Dever
• Health Officer—John O’Malley, M. D.

Samuel T. Jones, Lewis Pughe, H. B. Rockwell, Daniel Williams, P. J. Murphy, Enos Flynn, John Stewart. President, Samuel T. Jones. Secretary, E. J. Lynett. Treasurer, E. J. Dimmick. Superintendent Hillside Farm, George W. Beemer. Resident Physician Hillside Farm, H. Lackey, M. D. Outdoor Physician, W. W. Ives.

Twelve companies. Chief Engineer, E. Zizelman; District Engineers, W. A. Mulley, William Davis, H. R. Madison, Fred. Miller, T. A. Duhigg, C. W. Rehner.

• President—J. A. Price
• Vice-President—L. N. Kramer
• Treasurer—A. W. Dickson
• Secretary—R. W. Luce
• Trustees—William Connell, William H. Perkins, G. A. Fuller

• St. Peters’ Cathedral—Wyoming avenue and Linden street, Rt. Rev. William O’Hara, Bishop of the Diocese of Scranton, pastor; Rev. R. W. McAndrew, rector; Rev. T. F. Coffey, Rev. M. H. Dunn, Rev. M. J. Millane, assistants.
• St. Mary’s—Rev. Moses Whittey, V. G., pastor; Rev. Thomas Kernan, assistant.
• St. Patrick’s—Rev. J. B. Whelan, pastor; Rev. W. A. Nealon, assistant.
• St. Mary’s (German)—Rev. Peter Christ, pastor; Rev. Father Behle, assistant.
• St. John’s (German)—Rev. Frederick Fricker, pastor.
• Polish Catholic—Rev. Snigurski, pastor.

• First—Rev. Owen James, pastor.
• First German—Rev. J. H. Meyers, pastor.
• First Welsh—Rev. J. W. Williams, D. D., pastor.
• Jackson street—Rev. N. C. Naylor, pastor.
• Penn avenue—Rev. David Spencer, D. D., pastor.
• Providence Welsh—Rev. J. E. Davis, pastor.

• Adams avenue—Rev. L. C. Muller, pastor.
• German—Rev. Jacob Kolb, pastor; Rev. Diedrick Pape, assistant.
• Green Ridge—Rev. H. H. Dresser, pastor.
• Hyde Park—Rev. G. M. Colville, pastor.
• Park Place—Rev. J. A. Faulkner, pastor.
• African—Rev. W. H. Pride, pastor.
• Providence—Rev. A. J. Van Cleft, pastor.
• South Hampton street-Rev. G. O. Lewis, pastor.

• St. Luke’s—Rev. H. C. Swentzel, rector.
• St. David’s Church of the Good Shepherd—Rev. Charles Breck, D. D., rector.

• Holy Trinity—Rev. M. L. Zweizig, pastor.
• St. Peter’s—Rev. Eugene Weisskopiff, pastor.
• Zion—Rev. P. F. Zitzelman, pastor.

• Bellevue Welsh—Rev. J. T. Morris, pastor.
• First Welsh—Rev. R. F. Jones, pastor.

• Providence—No pastor at present.

CONGREGATIONAL
• Plymouth—Rev. Jonathan Edwards pastor.
• Providence Welsh—Rev. Reese S. Jones, pastor.

• Green Ridge—Rev. Truman Finn, pastor.

PRIMITIVE METHODIST
• First—Rev. H. G. Russel, pastor.


JEWISH

• Anshe Chesed—S. Freudenthal, Rabbi.


REFORMED EPISCOPAL

• Grace Church—Rev. G. A. Reddles, pastor.

Location—1425 Jackson street. President, Rt. Rev. William O’Hara; Vice-President, Rev. D. O’Haran; Treasurer, Very Rev. Moses Whitty; Secretary, D. W. Connolly.

Location, 412 Franklin avenue. President, C. W. Roesler; Treasurer, E. C. Fuller; Secretary, D. N. Green, superintendent, H. D. Gardner, M. D.

Hospital Directors—G. W. Roesler, D. N. Green, J. C. Platt, James Ruthven, Rev. Father Coffey, Thomas Phillips, Nicholas Washburn, Hon. Alfred Hand.

Executive Committee—C. [sic] W. Roesler, Hon. A. Hand, James Ruthven, N. Washburn, D. N. Green.

Medical Board—W. W. Ives, W. K. Dolan, L. M. Gates, A. Strang, L. H. Gibbs, L. L. Rea, A. J. Connell, H. V. Logan, J. W. Gibbs, C. L. Frey, G. E. Dean, T. F. Heebner.

Location, 725 Adams avenue. President, Mrs. James Blair; Vice-President, Mrs. George L. Dickson; Chief Manager, Mrs. Thomas Moore; Recording Secretary, Mrs. W. D. Kennedy; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. G. P. Matthews; Treasurer, Mrs. D. Langstaff; Matron, Mrs. Owens.

Managers—Mrs. A. E. Hunt, Mrs. J. R. Fordham, Mrs. C. B. Scott, Mrs. C. D. Simpson, Mrs. W. W. Winton, Mrs. E. S. Moffitt, Mrs. B. F. Fillmore, Mrs. W. H. Perkins, Mrs. R. W. Luce, Mrs. J. L. Stelle, Mrs. J. Genter, Mrs. H. A. Loveland, Mrs. S. N. Stetler, Mrs. James P. Dickson, Mrs. L. B. Powell, Mrs. T. H. Dale, Mrs. O. P. Clark, Mrs. Joseph Ober, Mrs. S. A. Brightman, Mrs. E. G. Judd, Mrs. William Von Storch, Mrs. H. A. Masser, Mrs. A. Chamberlain, Mrs. A. Hendricks.

Rooms, 432 Lackawanna avenue. President, William Connell; Treasurer, William L. Connell; Secretary, T. T. Horney; Librarian, J. J. Van Nort.

Rooms, 26 Lackawanna avenue. Arthur Lucas, Secretary.

The Democratic County Convention was held in the Court House September 3, John F. Connolly, permanent chairman. The following nominations were made:

The Republican County Convention was held in the Court House August 18, John T. Howe, permanent chairman. The following ticket was nominated:

William J. Burke, Chairman
Wendell Maclay, Secretary
P. J. Ruane, Treasurer
P. F. Tierney, John Gibbons, J. D. Stocker, M. E. McDonald, Richars J. Gallagher, M. A. Dockerty, William P. McTighe, John F. Connolly, Daniel Campbell, John Rosen, B. J. Neville, Captain William Burke, Issac Swartz, B. F. Evans, Patrick Mulherrin

T. Frank Penman, Chairman
Everett Warren, Secretary
George Mitchell, jr., Assistant Secretary
William F. Keisel, Treasurer
George Farber, L. A. Watres, J. T. Williams, N. C. Mackey Reese G. Brooks, G. M. Watson, C. W. Rhodes, Charles Neuls, James Young, J. H. Thomas, James J. Williams, H. W. Northrup, David C. Phillips, Andrew D. Lord, L. C. Bortree

F. L. Hitchcock, Colonel
E. H. Ripple, Lieutenant-Colonel
H. A. Coursen, Major
E. J. Dimmick, First Lieutenant and Adjutant
J. H. Albro, First Lieutenant and Second Major
H. V. Logan, M. D. Surgeon
A. J. Connell, C. L. Frey, Assistant M. D. Surgeons
Rev. S. C. Logan, Chaplain

Everett Warren, Sergeant: Major
A. P. Bedford, Quartermaster-Sergeant
Wm. Morton, Commissary Sergeant
Edward Evans, Hospital Steward
John Hays, Principal Musician
James Carey, Drum Major

• Company A—Captain, L. A. Watros (sic); First Lieutenant, C. C. Mattes; Second Lieutenant, M. J. Andrews
• Company B—Captain, William Kellow; First Lieutenant, Herman R. Madison; Second Lieutenant, Thomas J. Williams
• Company C—Captain, James Moir; First Lieutenant, W. B. Henwood; Second Lieutenant, Chas. W. Gunster
• Company D—Captain, George B. Thompson; First Lieutenant, William A. May; Second Lieutenant, William A. Wilcox
• Company E (Honesdale)—Captain, Henry Wilson; First Lieutenant, George H. Whitney; Second Lieutenant, L. D. Spragle
• Company F (Stroudsburg)—Captain, R. L. Burnett; First Lieutenant, Moses E. Miller; Second Lieutenant, John B. Williams
• Company G (Factoryville)—Captain, Edson E. Smith; First Lieutenant, A. D. Gardner; Second Lieutenant, Frank E. Proper
• Company H—Captain, John B. Fish; First Lieutenant, W. B. Rockwell; Second Lieutenant, Chas. S. Weston

Company I—Captain, William H. Burke; First Lieutenant, Joseph H. Duggan; Second Lieutenant, Henry T. Loftus

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