Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-10-24
STATE NEWS.


-Ihe Hazleton borough school board
has passed resolution prohibiting the
use of the school rooms for election
purposes.
William III. Bartholomew was con.
victed of murder in the first degree il
Easton, on Tuesday, for the killing o.
Aaron w. billiard.
Peter Baronovski was hanged a
Pottsville yesterday morning for the
murder of Mrs. Puttavitch and Agnes
Katch in May. 1888.
Andrew Harscher, miner, was
killed by a fall of coal Tuesday in Mount
Pleasant, and his laborer, John Ignatz,
was seriously injured.
Judge Rice has ordered that there be
100 names placed in the jury wheel in
1890. This will be the largest number
ever put in the wheel in this county.
Michael McPhillips was killed YES
terday at Hazleton by being struck by
the crank on fly-wheel of an engine,
and Adolph Jakh was killed by fall of
top rock in mine.
The Debating Society of Fredericks-
burg, Berks County, has come to the
conclusion that "a cross and clean woman
does not make better wife than dirty
and good-natured one."
Sheriff Robinson Of Lackawanna
County offered TO wager f55 at Plymouth
on Tuesday that Stegmaler and MCGintv
would have nor iJss tEGG 500 maiori'v
lie could not get any takers for the
bet.
Edward P. Darling, a prominent
attorney, died at his home in Wilkes
Barre, on Saturday. He was executor
and trustee of many large estates and
was connected with several banking
institutions.
The position of mail agent between
Hazleton and Easton must be ANYTHING
but sinecure. Since the Democratic
incumbent was removed some months
ago there has been three different ap-
pointments and as many designations.
IL. Z. Brown of Rohrersburg tackled the
job last week.
As Thomas Brennan, aged II years
who lives at Sturmerville, near Wilkes
Barre, was returning home from a store
Saturday night, several Hungarians who
were passing opened fire upon him. A
bullet entered his abdomen, and he now
lies at the point of death. The Huns
were arrested.
-Ottavio Javani, an Italian boarding
master, was found dead near his home
at Mount Carmel, Monday morning.
On Sunday he quarrelled with John
Mercana, one of his boarders, of whom
he was jealous. AS both Mercana and
Javani's wife have disappeared, foul
play is suspected
The Polish Alliance of Wilkes-Barre
composed of the prominent Polish cit
izens of that city, passed resolution last
week to keep out of politics as a society.
This was done to check the annual
movement of the Republicans, who have
heretofore used certain influences to
capture the vote of the Poles of this
county.
The Lehigh Valley is said to be
pleased with their new style of dirt
burning engines. Three have been in
use now for some time about Mahanoy
City and Delano as ''shifters' and whilst
not speedy they pull big loads. Two
more are under construction at Delano
and it is likely that all freight locomo-
tives in the future will be of that class.
While q train of cars was being
pulled up at the Ashley planes on Tues
day the man whose duty it was to give
the signal to stop forgot to do so, and
the force with which they came against
the second plane broke the rope, and
they started down at terrific rate,
crashing into truck on which were
three men-W. H. Adams, John Roat
and Hugh Ferguson. Adams and Roat
were badly injured.
"A test was made on the Jersey Cen
tral on Monday of the Kirwan Electrical
Station Indicator between Wilkes-Barre
and New York. The experiment was a
decided success, and all through trains
between Scranton and New York will
be equipped with the new apparatus by
next Monday. The system was invent
ed by DIR. Kirwin of Wilkes-Barre, and
consists of an endless canvass upon
which the names of the stations are
printed. The name of each station ap-
pears in full view of the passengers be-
fore the train reaches the place.
The United Labor League of Phila-
delphia, which embraces over 10000
working people, passed resolution
Tuesday evening asking all organized
labor in Pennsylvania to vote and work
against Henry K. Boyer, the Republican
candidate for state treasurer, on the
ground that he had voted against the
Australian ballot measure, which was
introduced and defeated at the last ses-
sion of the legislature. This action was
taken upon the report of Secretary Bar
rett that letter had been written ex-
Speaker Boyer asking for his reasons for
SO voting, and that, although sufficient
time had elapsed for reply, none had
yet been received.
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