Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-08-29
NOTES FROM OTHER TOWNS.

b. f. Laycock has been appointed
postmaster at Wyoming, this county.
-Luzerne has seven persons in the
county Jail awaiting trial for murder.
"A new Welsh Congregational church
was dedicated at Edwardsville on Sun
day.
A state convention of county COM
missioners will be held at Allentown on
September %.
Lorenzo D. Kase has been appointed
an internal revenue storekeeper and
guager in this district.
Typhoid fever is still prevalent at
Wilkes-Barre. An average of one death
per day occurs from the disease.
The Jersey Central has decided to
rebuild the car shops at Ashley, which
were destroyed by fire some time ago.
Timothy Harkins of Coalport fell
from one of the Glen Onoko swings
Monday afternoon and was fatally hurt.
The Democratic state convention
will be held at Harrisburg on Wednes-
day next. A candidate for treasurer is
the only nomination to be made.
Owing to the excessive amount of
work three of the recently appointed
mail clerks on the Lehigh Valley between
Hazleton and Easton have sent in their
designations.
Eddie McTague, a ten-year-old boy
living at the Tannery, was struck by a
passenger train on the Central road Fri
day morning and sustained injuries that
may prove fatal.
"A boiler in the nail factory of God
charles & Co. at Towanda exploded
Tuesday afternoon, killing five men and
iniuring six others. Two of the injured
will probably die.
Mrs. John Aston of Taylorville,
Lackawanns County, and her baby died
on Monday from injuries received by an
explosion of kerosene, with which her
husband was trying to light the fire.
The Prohibition county convention
will meet at Wilkes-Barre on Monday,
September 8, when full ticket will be
nominated. Geo. S. Rippard is the
county chairman and S. NJ. Bard secre-
tary.
An eisteddfod will be held at Sha-
mokin on Monday. The programme in
cludes prize singing, recitations, poetry,
prose and other literary exercises
There is also band competition for a
prize of $50.
The Heine-Bund Singing Society of
New York visited the Hazleton Men-
nerchor this week. Over one hundred
members participated in the trip and
they were pleasantly entertained by the
Hazleton brethren.
Prof. VIM. B. Powell of Edwards
vile died of consumption last Thursday
night, aged 25 years. He was professor
of elocution at Wyoming Seminary and
coal inspector for Conyngham, Stickney
x Co. His illness was of short duration.
The Pittston correspondent of the
Wilkes Barre Neaosdealer says that So, 900
per month is paid into the Louisiana lot
terry by Pittstonans, and adds, "No won
der we have no improvements in the
town. All the surplus money goes
South"
VIM. S. Mclean, who has been
mentioned in connection with the Demo-
cratic nomination of judge, is not can
didate and would not accept the nomina-
ton under any circumstances. His
claim is that he cannot afford to sacrifice
his practice for judicial position.
The Acme hosiery factory at Schuyl-
kill Haven will remove to Minersville,
owing to a scarcity of girls at the former
place. 1t was intended to remove to
Hazleton, but the offer of better induce
ments caused the proprietors to make the
change. Seventy girls are employed.
Simpson & Watkins, coal operators
near Carbondale, have filed with the
Interstate Commerce Commission q
complaint against the New York, Lake
Erie and Western Railroad Company,
charging unjust discrimination against
the complainants in freight rates and
shipping facilities.
The Polish priest of Plymouth, Rev.
Father Warageris, has been removed
from his church and stands suspended
by Bishop O'Hara. The priest was re-
moved owing to debt on the church,
which he refused to pay. The church
is under charge of Rev. Father Donohue
of ST. Nincents, who will have charge
until pastor is appointed.
The dwelling of Samuel Tregar at
Gilberton was entered by a burglar
Thursday night. Tregar was awakened
by the mans movements, and, seizing a
gun, followed him. The burglar turned
and fired four shots, without effect, when
Tregar fired, lodging load of shot in
the burglars body. He was captured
and taken to the Pottsville Jail.
"A singular accident happened to a
little fellow named Foote in Wilkes
Barre ON Monday. While playing he
filled the pockets of his trousers with
several pieces of lime. One Of his COM
panions afterwards turned garden hose
upon him, causing the lime to slake in
his pockets. Before he could realize
what the trouble was the lime had
severely burned the upper part of his
legs.
80 o.