Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-07-18
NOTES FROM OTHER TOWNS,

-Lansford is to have a new opera
house. 1T will be completed by October
10.
The Ninth Regiment, n G. P, COM
posed of companies from this county,
are in camp at Tunkhannock.
The State Teachers Association,
which met at Altoona last week, decided
to hold its next convention at Mauch
Chunk.
The next annual encampment of
the Pennsylvania Division, Sons of Vet
Grams, will meet at Wilkes Barre between
May l and Is, 1890.
"A number of the motor men and
conductors on the street railways of
Scranton struck on Tuesday against q
reduction of 10 cents per day.
The Lehigh and Wilkes-Bame Coal
Company this morning suspended oper
ations for the balance of the week.
Nearly 5000 employees are idle.
Typhoid fever is yet prevalent in
Wilkes-Barre. Quite number of deaths
have already occurred. The origin of
the disease is attributed to the impure
water.
"A couple of chaps are travelling
which they claim will remove corns and
freckles. Look out for them and don't
get swindled.
That death-trap of the Wyoming
valley-the Nottingham colliery at Ply
mouth-claimed another victim on Tues
day when James Jackson was killed by
a fall of rock.
Joseph +. and James Farrell,
brothers, were lodged in jail at Wilkes
Barre on Tuesday, charged with robbing
the mails. Joseph was postmaster at
Starucca, Wayne County.
The miners of the Woodward col
liery, Kingston, who went on strike two
weeks ago for excessive dockage, are at
work again. The difficulty was over
come by transferring the men to another
vein where the coal is much cleaner.
Mayor Kenney of Reading will be a
candidate for State President of the P. O.
). of a. before the state convention which
meets at Pottsville, Tuesday, August 13.
The LuZerne delegates to the convention
are said to be friendly to Mayor Kenney.
The grand jury of Carbon recon-
mended that n new court house be cree
ted, and Lehighton and Weatherly are
now coming forward with their claims
for the county seat 1t is not likely,
however, that Mauch Chunk will let 90
its grip.
The trustees of the Bloomsbury Nor
NAL School are making preparations to
build a new wing to the dormitory. The
extension will provide space for the in
dustrial department and on the upper
stories supply number of rooms for
boarding pupils.
The will of the late John Turner of
Hazleton, who died on July 4, was adj
mitted to probate on Monday. He
leaves all his estate, which is valued at
SOC, 900, to his wife while she lives, and
at her death it is to be divided among
their seven children.
"A Hungarian was found dead at the
Yorktown culm bank Sunday morning
with revolver by his side. An inquest
was held and the jury rendered ver-
dict of suicide. Many believe that a
murder was committed, and the revolver
placed there to mislead the officers.
"A passenger train carrying miners to
their homes at Shamokin, was wrecked
last evening by being run into by two
freight cars which had become detached
at some colliery and dashed down a hea-
Wy grade. Two men-John Roush and
Aaron Stripe-were killed, and Is men
and two women were injured, most Of
them severely.
Friday was the twenty-frst anniver-
sary of the consecration of Rt. Rev.
VIM. O'Hara as bishop. In recognition
of the event the Catholic clergymen of
Scranton and vicinity called upon him
and rendered their congratulations. The
bishop maintains vigorous health and
continues to do great deal of hard work.
Scranton Truth.
Fifty men struck at the Dickson
Nj Manufacturing Company's boiler works
in Scranton on Tuesday, because the
firm refused to restore the 10 per cent.
reduction made some time ago. When
the reduction took place the men were
told it was only temporary and would be
returned when business revived. The
works are now overcrowded with orders,
but wages remain the same, hence the
strike.
Judge Rice has received only sixty
four applications for appointment on the
Miners Examining Board for the third
district, which includes Wilkes-Barre
and vicinity. From those sixty-four the
nine whom the judge considers the best
qualified will be selected. He states the
appointments will be made before the
end of the month. The fourth district
examiners are to be appointed about the
same time.