Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-19
NOTES FROM OTHER TOWNS.


ed in Wilkes-Barre this week.
John Sawakinus, Pole, was killed
by passenger train at Plymouth yester-
day.
The construction of the miners hos
pital at Hazleton is being pushed for
ward.
The tenth annual convention of the
Welsh Presbyterian Churches is in ses-
sion at Wilkes-Barre.
The Allentown band will receive $50
per day for furnishing music at the Le-
high County fair next week.
DIR. Henry Kunkle registered in the
prothonotary's Office this week, making
the 371st physician in Luzerne County.
The D. & H. collieries at Plymouth,
which were affected by the recent seri-
GUS cave-in, will resume work in few
days.
-Luzerne County fair will be held at
the Wyoming fair grounds on Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of
next week.
John McCole of Kingston went to
sleep on street car track Monday even
ing. A car came along and cut off the
toes of his left foot. He woke up and
rode home.
The new palatial restaurant of Bar
ney Brennan at Wilkes-B Barre was opened
last week. 1t is known as the Palace of
Mirrors and the fitting up of the interior
is unequalled in the state.
Three Tamaqua saloon keepers, Con-
rad Ihaid, Isabold Haber and Joseph
Adams, were sentenced to pay fine of
$50 and serve twenty days in Jail for vio-
lating the high license law.
While several boys were playing
with a dynamite cartridge at Wilkes
Barre on Sunday it exploded and seri-
ously injured the right hand and leg of
fourteen-year-old boy named Jennings.
The residents of the borough of Luz
erne are agitated over proposal to
change the name of the town. The d.
L. & w. Company call the place Bennett
and the two names cause considerable
trouble.
The Spring Brook Water Company
attempted to lay their pipes through
Pittston without permission from the
borough council and the contractor was
arrested and fined $40. The privilege to
lay the pipes was then granted upon the
water company agreeing to furnish free
fire plugs to the borough.
Representatives of six X. of L. as
semblies, two moulders' unions, q tailors'
union and brakemen's lodge from
Pittston and vicinity metsSunday after
noon and formed the Central Labor
Union of Pittston, the object of which
is to have the various labor organizations
of that section work in harmony and
unison.
"A few days ago Andrew Valrasack,
Hungarian, was passing field that is
leased by man named Filkins near
Miners Mills, and pulled off an ear of
corn. Filkins heard of it, had him ar
rested and he was taken before Squire
George Davis, who fined him $3.50 and
$3.50 costs, total of $25 for one ear of
corn.
VIM. Watkins, chief of police of
Parsons, was watching several suspicious
characters Monday night. Becoming
tired towards morning he sat down on
the edge of the depot platform and fell
asleep. A fast freight came along at a.
M, the engine of which struck him and
threw him on the track. The whole
train passed over his body. He was an
efficient officer and leaves wife and
eight children.
The fourth annual convention of
the Miners and Mine Laborers' National
Trade Assembly, No. 1856, Knights of
Labor, is being held at Wilkes-Barre.
Delegates from eleven states, represent
ing $4,000 members, are present. Mas
ter Workman John B. Rae read his
annual report yesterday, showing the
assembly to be in a fourishing condi-
ton. G. M. w. Powderly addressed
the body this morning.