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1890
Memorial Hall (G. A. R. ) dedicated. (April 9)

.The three public school districts of the city consolidated into one, under the control of a board of six directors. (July)

Destructive cyclone strikes Wilkes-Barre. (August 19)

1891
New Y. M. C. A. building opened. (December 30)

1892
Columbus Day celebration. (October 21)

1893
Greatest ice freshet in the Susquehanna since 1865. (March 10)

Fortieth annual conclave of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of Pennsylvania convenes in Wilkes-Barre. (May 23)

1895
New Board of Trade organized. (September)

First woman attorney admitted to the Bar of Luzerne County. (October 14)

1897
Nesbitt Theater opened. (October 29)

New club-house of Wilkes-Barre Wheelmen opened. (November 25)

First service held in the new edifice of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church. (December 25)

1898
Mercy Hospital opened to patients. (March 7)

Ninth Regiment, N. G. P., leaves for Mt. Gretna, Pennsylvania, in response to the call for volunteers for the Spanish-American War. (April 27)

Wilkes-Barre becomes a "city of the Third Class." (September 22)

1899
First horseless carriage runs in Wilkes-Barre. (April)