Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-05-01
STATE NEWS.

The President has signed the bill in
regard to a public building at Scranton.
-Ex-Sheriff John Painter, of Mauch
Chunk, one of its oldest and most promi-
nent residents, died on Sunday afternoon
from pneumonia, after three weeks
illness.
-Buckmountain colliery, at Buck
mountain, Schuylkill county, and the
Middle Lehigh colliery, at New Boston,
suspended operations on Tuesday for an
indefinite period.
C. A. Dills, of Duryea, and B. F.
Fern, of Hyde Park, will run a one
hundred yard foot race for a purse of
S4OO, at the Scranton Driving Park, ON
Saturday. June 7.
"A furnace at the Edgar Thomas
Steel Works, at Braddock, exploded on
Tuesday and seriously burned four Hun
garians. One of them, Jacob Khroni, is
thought to be fatally injured.
Stephen Yost, of Conyngham, has
been appointed census enumerator for
the Sixth Legislative District of Luzerne
county. This district includes White
Haven, Denison and East Foster.
lloilid5 W ildlCH anu WdIu NlOIIlS,
two burglars who were arrested near
White Haven some time ago for the
breaking in of clothing store at that
place, were sentenced to SIC, 900 fine and
two years in penitentiary.
The Unicorn Silk Mill, in Catasauoua,
was partially destroyed by fire last week
During the progress of the fire there was
an explosion of vitriol and other acids,
which caused the walls to fall. Four
men We're killed and many injured
four fatally.
Mr.. John G.. Sperling, a charitably
inclined doctor of Wilkes Barre, has of.
fered his services free of charge to the
worthy poor Of that city, providing they
bring certificate from the nearest mag
istrate or pastor of their church stating
their inability to pay.
The delegates elected at the conven-
ton of the First Legislative District,
which was held at Wilkes-Barre last
week, were requested to support Robert
Bruce Ricketts, for Governor, Eckley b.
Coke for Congress and +. V. Rockafellow
for County Treasurer.
The South Wilkes-Barre shaft is still
filled with water and will remain so for
some time to come. The officials of the
company have made up their minds that
they will not attempt to reopen the mine
until all possibility of the fire being still
alive is gone. They will therefore allow
the water to remain undisturbed for three
weeks or a month before making any
effort to remove it.
The murder trial of George W. Moss,
which was to have taken place at Wilkes
Barre on Tuesday, was continued until
the June term. The continuance was
secured on motion made by the de-
fendants counsel, they being unable to
properly prepare the case on account of
the refusal of the two most important
witnesses to give any information con-
corning the tragedy to the said counsel.
An old lady named Bridget Gibbons,
aged 20 years, of Scranton, was killed
near Pleasant Valley on Sunday morn
ing. She started to attend church SER
vice and was walking along the tracts of
the Jersey Central Railroad until she
reached a bridge, which spans the L. V.
Railroad, when she saw a train bearing
down upon her. Becoming confused, and
not being able to cross the remaining
portion, and realizing the terrible conse-
quence of her position, she dropped
through the bridge and in her de-
scent struck the cab of an engine that
was passing on the tracks beneath