Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-08-20
NOTES FROM OTHER TOWNS.

-Lehighton AdC0cate says COW in
that town drinks beer.
There are 81 prisoners in the county
jail, 53 OF whom are awaiting trial.
-Tallie Morgan's People, State Prohi-
bition organ, published at Scranton, has
suspended.
DR.. Edward r. Mayer, one of
Wilkes Barre's oldest physicians, died
on Sunday.
Unnecessary cruelty to the patients
is charged against the Danville Asylum
management.
The dilapidated wooden structure
across the Susquehanna at Wilkes-Barre
is to be replaced by an iron bridge.
-Kelmer's piano factory was badly
damaged by fire Monday evening, and
will be idle for some time to make
repairs.
Andrew Putzkowitch, of Morea,
Schuylkill County, investigated the mys-
teries of a dynamite stick, and is now
minus one hand.
Bad whiskey made Hungarians so
happy at Good Spring Colliery baby's
christening, near Pottsville, that several
OF them pounded each other almost to
death.
-Luzerne County is now represented
on the Worlds Fair Commission, Cover
nor Pattison having appointed Morgan
b. Williams, vice Charles S. Wolfe, de-
ceased.
The Knights of Pythias are in ses-
sion at Harrisburg. Governor Pattison
called the conclave to order on Tuesday.
They have Asa lodges and A, ,S6l mem
bers in this State.
-Shamokin was selected as the next
meeting place for the State P. 0. S. of A.
Preparations are under way for the con-
vention of the National Camp at Phila-
delphia next week.
Fred Grant was arrested at Halle
ton on Saturday, charged with burglar
izing j. NJ. Hadesty's store at Tamaqua.
He didn't like his quarters, smashed a
lock and took French leave on Monday.
After spending $50 days and nights
in rocking chair, while suffering from
gangrene, the result of cutting his toe
while shaving off corn, Henry Ritter,
of Emaus, Lehigh County, died last
week.
"A community of Bellamy followers
will start near Reading. They will fol-
low out the plan of Looking Backward"
as nearly as possible, and will soon find
that theoretical illusions differ much in
anticipation and realization.
Anthony Dougherty, married man,
with three children, had his head
severed from his body at Centralia, He
was on his way home with some goods
from the store, and was crossing the Le-
high Valley Railroad when a freight
came along.
"A movement has been started by
the Welsh people of the Wyoming and
Lackawanna valleys, looking to the erec-
ton of monument to the memory of
Gwilym Gwent, the famous composer.
A committee has been appointed, which
has just issued an appeal to the Welsh
people of the world for funds.
p. F. Caffrey, of Sugar Notch, Secre-
tary of the Legislative Committee of the
Knights of Labor, has issued statement
in criticism of the majority report of
Messrs. Butler and Wright, which he
refused to sign. He charges the report
with being unfair, inaccurate, incomplete
and partisan, and gives his own version
of events made up from his daily notes
and the official records.
The State Federation of Labor, in
session at Lancaster, adopted resolutions
favoring per capita tax on foreign labor
and endorsing the constitutional revision
movement. 1t was decided to present
five names to the Republican and Demo-
cratic Conventions for selection as dele
gates-at-large to the constitutional con-
vention. The Press was also denounced d
for employing non-union hands.