Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-04-14
STATE NEWS.

The grand jury has recommended the
enlargement of the old one or the build
ing of new court house for Luzerne
County.
Pat Gilmore's famous band of New
York will give a concert for the benefit
of the Ninth Regiment on Tuesday eve
ming at Wilkes-Barre.
The Hazleton Opera House has been
leased for next season by John Cough
and Hugh Dever, two well known bust
ness men of that place.
William Hess, of Butler, was taken to
the county Jail on Monday, charged with
an assault upon the daughter of James
Shive, proprietor of the Tunnel Hotel,
Butler.
The county prison has sc inmates. Of
this number % males are serveing sem
tence, SO awaiting trial, under sentence
of death; females serving sentence and
8 awaiting trial.
Hazleton ls city now, yet reports tell
she has not the facilities for caring for
few delegates to firemen's convention.
A case of boy in mems trousers
PottsriHe Journal.
A big ice factory is being erected at
Weissport. The company building it
expects to have it in running order by
June. The plant will have capacity of
forty tons of ice per day,
Hazleton's macaroni factory is now al
most ready for business. The enterprise
will employ about fifteen men and as
many more girls. The building, machin-
cry, ETC., costs about SIS, 900.
Mrs. Thoma Evans, of Georgetown,
near Wilkes-Barre, cut her throat with
table knife OH Monday. She will prob
ably die. A quarrel with her husband
was the cause of the rash act.
Lansfords second annual eisteddfod
will be held at the Opera House in that
place tomorrow. The prizes offered are
large and it is expected that number
of choirs and individuals will compete.
The large Mosier breaker near Pittston
was totally destroyed by fire. The
breaker was condemned by the mine in
spector and had been abandoned for
some months. The loss is about 5000.
Plymouth's postmaster has returned
from Washington with news to the effect
that free delivery for Plymouth has been
refused. The reason given is that the
postoffice revenue is now fully appropri-
ated.
The Hazleton Liberty Cornet Band,
which was the only band present at
Lees surrender to Grant, at Appamatox,
April 8, 1865, celebrated the memorable
event on Saturday evening. Charles
Altmiller is now the only active member
of the band who was there.
M;,boal C,,r,, ouol En n..l
Griffith, committed suicide last week by
blowing himself to pieces by exploding
three sticks of dynamite. He had been
recently released from Jail after three
months sentence for threatening to kill
: various members of his family.
Shickshinny has a new weekly paper
the Democrat. 1t has started out we'll
and, as its name implies, will be an ex
ponent of Democratic principles. We
wish its editor, Deemer Beidleman, al
possible success in his efforts to spread
the doctrine of absolute free trade.
The proprietors of the silk mill Al
Weatherly seem inclined to build 6
: branch mill probably at Hazleton
Weatherly is unable to supply the
required number of hands to run the
mill there, and many reside in surround
ing districts and go and come by rail to
work.
The Scranton jury in the suit for dam.
ages growing out of the Mud Run disaster
arrived at a verdict. Michael Walsh who
asked the jury to award him $50, 900 will
have to content himself with $3.50. The
Lehigh Valley Company is satisfied with
the verdict, but Walsh will make an eff.
fort to get new trial.
Frederick Phillips, of Stroudsburg, has
been sufferer of great pain in the stom-
ach for years. The doctors told him
that he had indigestion. Phillips
thought that there was an animal in his
stomach. The other day he took dose
of medicine and a lizard, full-grown and
five inches in length, was elected.
J. M. Stauffer and R. j. Wear, OF
Beaver Meadow, have leased the Penrose
estate, which extends from Spring
Mountain, east of Beaver Meadow, to
near the Lumber Yard, for the purpose
of cutting and saving timber. The tract
consists of one thousand acres, and a
new mill will be built at Halle Creek
Bridge.