Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-26
NOTES FROM OTHER TOWNS.

Snow fell in Schuylkill County last
Thursday morning.
A Hungarian cemetery was conse-
Grated at Plymouth ON Sunday
The Luzerne County fair is being
held at the Wyoming fair grounds this
week.
The Luzerne County Sunday School
Association will meet at Hazleton Octo-
Der 80 and 80.
Mrs. Ario Pardee, Jr., of Hazleton,
died at Chelton Hills, Montgomery
County, on Monday.
Bishop O'Hara blessed and laid the
corner stone of st. Johns Roman Catho-
lie Church at Pittston on Sunday.
The Scranton Times was sold on Sat
urday, and is now published by COM
pany, with j. c. Coon as chief editor.
Hugh Roberts and Anthony Mar
chetty, employed at the Alaska colliery,
Mount Carmel, were killed on Friday by
a fall of rock
Mrs. Anthony Reilly of Hazleton,
aged % years, died at Hazleton on Sun
day after a long illness. The funeral
Iooh pace yoSIeTudy.
William Schab of East Mauch Chunk
fell from telegraph pole at Park Place,
Schuylkill County, on Saturday, and
injured his spine so badly that he is
likely to die.
Monroe County is holding its fair at
Stroudsburg this week and the enterpris-
ing Times is publishing daily while the
fair continues. The Times is model
newspaper and its typographical appear
ance is unsurpassed.
DIR. w. H. Bradley, formerly of
Wilkes-Barre, and until recently bust
ness manager of the state edition of the
lteehIy Press, waived hearing on Mon
day before Magistrate Lennon, Phila.,
on the charge of embezzing money,
which he had drawn for alleged ex-
penses. He was held under 1000 bail
for trial.
John Wolinski, Polander aged 1e,
was drawing water from well 10 feet
deep at Miners Mills on Sunday, when
the windlass hit him in the back of the
neck and knocked him down the well.
A man was lowered to him and he was
hauled to the surface. Half an hour
later he was drinking "polinky" with
his friends.
On Sunday morning the body of
jeremiah Probst of Catawissa was found
in the tail race of mill at LuZerne
borough. The water was barely foot
deep and it is believed that on Saturday
night, while in an intoxicated condition.
he fell in and was unable to help him
self out. He had been seen soliciting
aid around the town during Saturday.
At the Welsh Ministerial Convention
of the United States, in session in
Wilkes-Barre last week, the following
members We're appointed to comprise the
new board Rev Robert Lewis, of New
York; Rev. w. l.. Morgan, Pennsyl-
vania; Rev. T. G. Davis, Ohio; Rev. j.
r. Jones, Wisconsin; Rev. Joseph Rob-
erts,, Minnesota, and Rev. Richard
Hughes, Missouri.
In recent issue of the Wilkes-Barre
rem and Pencil there appeared an article
entitled Life in Washington" and cred
tied to Congressman i. S. Osborne.
The article and supposed author was the
subject of much criticism throughout the
country, until Mr.. Osborne came out
with a letter denying any knowledge of
it. Pen and Pencil is a sensational sheet
published by d. l.. Hart.
VIM. Watkins, chief of police Of
Parsons, was killed at the D. & II. depot
last week by freight train. He was
drunk at the time. Yesterday afternoon
his widow filed claim for $4,000
damages against John Schumacher, a
wealthy saloon keeper, for selling liquor
to deceased while he was visibly affected
by intoxicants. This is the first case of
the kind to be filed in the courts of this
county, and test will be made of it.