Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-08-15
NOTES FROM OTHER TOWNS.

Thomas 7. Evans of Forty Fort COM
mitted suicide Thursday morning. Sick
ness and dependency was the cause.
Edward J. Campbell and J. F.
Senter have been elected delegates to
the Democratic State convention for the
Sixth Luzerne District.
Jas. +. German, plumber residing
at the county seat, has been arrested on
the charge of embezzling $1,000 from his
employer, M. ]. Walsh.
The editor of an exchange asserts
that the only way to stop the sale of
liquor is to give it away. He's about as
near right as editors generally get.
james McLarkey was buried by a
cave-in at the Hammond colliery, Gil
rardville, yesterday afternoon. Three
other. men narrowly escaped the same
fate.
WIN. G. Root of Catasauqua brought
suit for $4,000 damages on Monday
against Robert Gibson and Robert Fulton
for defaming the character of his
daughter.
Albert Farrel of Wilkes-Barre, who
skipped with $500 belonging to the Sons
of st. George, has been located in
England. Efforts will probably be made
to eXtradite him.
The pamphlet laws of the last session
of the legislature, for the use of Justices
of the Peace, have been received at the
Prothonotary' office and are ready for
distribution when called for.
William Gehring, Jr., brakeman
of Upper Mauch Chunk, was killed at
Penn Haven Junction early Friday
morning by an engine running into
"A man in a neighboring county, who
predicted a dry summer this year, was
drowned recently in flood caused by
the heavy rains. Such is the fate of
they who dare to interfere with nature.
Herman Webb and Herman New
mayer, residents of Wilkes-Barre, jump
ed from a Lehigh Valley train at Chain
Dam Sunday morning. Webb was in
stantly killed and Newmayer was fatally
injured.
The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania,
of the Order of the Sons of St. George,
began its annual session in Wilkes-Barre
on Tuesday, and was attended by about
100 delegates, mainly from this county,
iIettiSlp L lttSDuiB.
AT the Malinkrodt Convent, Wilkes
Barre, the Mothers House of the Sisters
of Christian Charity, thirty-one young
women took the white veil and twenty
five novices made their profession on
Tuesday. Bishop O'Hara of Scranton
ofiiciated.
An outcome of the typhoid fever at
Wilkes-Barre is the organization of
rival water company-the Springbrook
which was formed on Monday with
$600,0 900 capital. They propose to bring
the water about twenty miles from the
mountains.
Peter Selitzki, Pole living at
Georgetown, suburb of Wilkes Barre,
on Monday evening. William Sholow-
ski, his brother-in-la with whom he
had quarreled, was arrested on suspicion
of having inflicted the fatal wound
Charles Adams, Pole of Mahanoy
City, was arrested ON Monday on infor-
nation connecting him with the murder
of Patrick Lafferty last November.
Lafferty's body was found in the Maha-
noy creek, but there was no evidence at
the time as to how he met his death.
DR.. w. II. Bradley, at one time
proprietor of the Wilkes-Barre Record,
and until recently manager of the
Philadelphia Weekly Press, has been
arrested and placed under $4,000 bail
on the charge of embezzling the funds
of the Press Company. A futher hearing
will take place September 2. Bradley,
who is well known in this section of the
state, had full charge of the weekly issue
of the Press, and is supposed to have
obtained the money by making false
returns of mailing and travelling ex-
penses.
"A circular has just been issued by
the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
prescribing the style of uniform to be
worn by passenger train and station en-
ployes. Hereafter conductors coats will
be double breasted cutaway design in
stead of frock, and the buttons will be of
gilt instead of silver. Baggage masters
and brakemen's coats will button to the
neck, will have rolling collars on which
will be the letters, in gilt, 'L. V. r.
r." surrounded by a narrow border,
which on conductors coats will be gilt,
on others silver.