Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-08-01
NOTES FROM OTHER TOWNS.

Typhoid fexer shows no signs of
abating in Wilkes-Barre.
County Detective Levers is at Hazle
ton, investigating the Magraw scalding
case.
The Republican county convention
will be held at Wilkes-Barre on Tuesday,
August 27.
The large store room in the new
Osterhout block, Wilkes-Barre, will rent
for $4,000 per annum.
The annual excursion of Topographic
cal Union No. 1877 of Wilkes-Barre to
Glen Onoko will be held on Tuesday.
More than one-half of the marriage
licenses issued in this county are taken
out by parties with unpronounceable
names.
Make dry, solid cellar floors before
the winter comes by using improved
cements. Only so cents sack, deliver
ed by Kline Bros.
The Neacsdedler states that Barney
Brennan of Wilkes-Barre is furnishing
his palatial restaurant in manner that
promises to eclipse all rivals.
Editor George Maue, of the Halle
ton Sentinel, has been elected as
delegate from the fourth representative
disti let to the Republican state conven-
ton.
Scotch Hill, near Plains, was the
scene of an extensive cave-in Saturday
morning. More than twenty acres of
the surface went down, damaging sew
eral buildings.
Sam B. Price, of the Upper Lehigh
Coal Company, who resides at Mauch
Chunk, is being urged to accept the
Democratic nomination of Associate
Judge of Carbon County.
Michael Merkle of Minersville, one
of the pioneer coal operators of Schuyl-
kill County, was instantly killed Thurs
day afternoon by the accidental discharge
of a rifle which he was cleaning.
AT Hazleton Sunday morning Rev.
VIM. p. O'Donnell celebrated his first
mass. Large numbers from here were
present and st. Gabriel's church was
unable to accommodate all who wished
to enter
The Census Bureau has completed
the division of this state for the census
to be taken i'll 1890. Luzerne is in the
the fifth district, with Monroe, Carbon,
Lackawanna, Pike, Susquehanna and
Wyoming
DR.. J. l.. Miner, a prominent member
of the Luzerne County Medical Society,
died at Wilkes-Barre Saturday. His
life was insured for $50, 900, in addition
to a large amount in mutual and bene-
fetal societies.
While engine No. 1885, of the G. r.
r. of N. j., was standing on q siding at
Rockport on Monday afternoon waiting
for passenger train to pass, the boiler
exploded, severly scalding the engineer,
fireman and conductor.
Politics in upper Luzerne are getting
exciting. Campaign clubs are forming
and candidates are announcing them
selves in rapid succession. Pittston alone
has eight citizens who want to be the
Democratic nominee for Sheriff.
Editor Rauch, of the Mauch Chunk
Democrat is about to begin history of
his personal experience in public affairs,
during a period of fifty years, in polit-
ical, journalistic and expert handwriting.
When completed it will undoubtedly
prove very interesting work.
More projections The employees of
the Fishback rolling mill at Pottsvlle
struck on Monday for an increase of
wages. A reduction was made in April,
which the men accepted under promise
of an advance when business became
brisker. Business is now good, but the
advance didn't come.
According to an act passed by the
last legislature the commissioners of each
county are authorized to furnish all the
necessary stationery of the county Off
cials, except the sheriff. Formerly, the
county officers had to provide their own
stationery, and this new act will be
saving of several hundred dollars to
them, and an additional burden to the
county.
Squire John German, one of the
prominent citizens of Hazleton, died
suddenly last week, in the 63rd year of
his age. He is the father of John A.
German, Esq, well known as an active
Democratic politician, now holding
position in the Indian Department at
Washington. The funeral took place
Sunday afternoon, quite a number from
this place attending.
The dates for the holding of the
various fairs of this and surrounding
counties are as follows: Luzerne, at
Wyoming, Sept. 26-27 Carbon, at Le-
highton, October IA; Lackawanna, at
Scranton, Sept. 1913; Monroe, at
Stroudsburg, Sept. 4-2S; Schuylkill, at
Orwigsburg, October IA Columbia, at
Bloomsbury, October 9-12, also at Ber-
wick, Sept. Al; Montour, at Danville,
Sept. 24-27; Lehigh, at Allentown, Sept.
1927.