Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-07-31
STATE NEWS.

Strawberry, Vanilla and Chocolate
Ice cream at Jacobs every day.
-Ex-Attorney General H. w. Palmer,
of Wilkes-Barre, who went to London
recently with Col. r. Bruce Ricketts,, is
reported to be very i'll in that city.
John Morrow and Emil Huber, aged
respectively 10 and 13 years, were
| drowned while bathing in the Susque-
hanna river at West Pittston on Tuesday.
An accumulation of gas in mould at
the Pennsylvania Steel Works, at Harris
burg, caused an explosion of hot metal
on Tuesday, and five men were seriously
burned.
"A movement is being talked about
in Summit Hill to erect monument to
Philip Ginter, who first discovered an
thracite coal near that place almost a
century ago.
Sixteen young ladies received the
white veil and twenty-five took the
final VOWS and the black veil at the NAL
inkrodt Germany Convent at Wilkes
Barre on Thursday morning last
"A Hungarian boy. John Klossen, was
running behind train of cars at Scran-
ton last week, when the engine stopped
and gave push backward throwing the
boy down under the cars and cutting
him entirely through the body.
An interesting alley ball match of Al
points for purse of $400 was played at
Mountain Park on Monday afternoon be-
tween Thomas Dullard, of Wilkes Barre,
and John Walsh, of Miners Mills.
Walch won the contest by 1S points.
The refusal of so puddlers, employed
at the Reading Rolling Mill, to go to work,
because the firm declined to sign the
scale of the Amalgamated Association,
necessitated the shutting down of the
works and threw 200 men out of employ
ment.
An extensive cave-in occurred at No.
IA colliery of the Pennsylvania Coal
Company at Wilkes Barre on Sunday,
which affected about fifty acres and did
considerable damage. As the mine is
almost full of water on account of the
recent fire in the slope there was nobody
underground.
"A foot race for $500 side will take
place at Shenandoah, on Monday, August
1lth, between Martin Fahey, local
sprinter, and "Kid" Murray, profes-
sional runner, recently from England.
hotel of John A. Williams, Hazleton,
last week. The distance to be 100 yards.
The Wilkes Barre Lace Factory has
called for meeting of its stockholders
to be held on September % to vote on
increasing its capital stock to 81 ,000, 900.
Lace manufacturing must evidently be
beneficial to Wilkes Barre, as the capital
stock of the firm when the factory was
started-about five years ago-amounted
to only $4,000.
1t is reported that the Italian accom-
plices of "Red Nose Nike" have been
punished for their participation in the
Mcclure Flanagan murder. The Italian
government has sent one of them to
prison for life, and the other one gets 90
years in prison. They were committed
on evidence furnished by District At
torney Darte, of this country.
Gus. Cook and Jacob Wilson, two
young men of Nanticoke, while disput-
ing their running powers recently decid-
ed to settle the affair by running a race
from Wilkes-Barre to Nanticoke and
times around the public square at the
latter place, making in all IL miles. The
race came off on Thursday evening last
and was won by Cook, he having beaten
his opponent one lap around the square
in l hour and 5S minutes.
While number of Hungarians were
returning to their homes at Plymuoth
early on Sunday morning, after spend
ing the previous night drinking in the
different saloons of the place, a dispute
arose between some of the party which
resulted in free-for-all fight. During
the progress of the melee, one of the
number, John Orkie, was terribly beaten
about the head, and after the crowd had
been dispersed was found in the street
with his skull crushed.
AN Exchange tells of young man
who was practicing on sliding trombone,
at home, when the thought struck him
that he would like to see how he would
look playing in the band. So he stood
up in front of the mirror and began.
The first slide he made, the end of the
trombone went through the mirror
smashing the glass into many pieces
The young mans ardor was completely
cooled, and he is now willing to wait and
let some one else judge how he looks as
he goes marching on.