Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-07-31
FROM ALL QUARTERS.

Mr.. Harris, the composer of the song
"After the Ball." will, it is said, realize
over 100000 from its sales.
A tract of 40 acres of land was sold
last week in Norwegian township,
Schuylkill county, for $2,571 per acre.
By decision of the courts on Friday
the Worlds fair directors were COM
PEELED to open the exposition yesterday.
General Master Workmen Powderly
has branded as fake the story that he
was about to resign as general master
workman of the Knights of Labor.
Warren Fenstemacher, a young man
belonging to respectable Berwick fam
lily, has been arrested on the charge of
being the author of several incendiary
fires that have occurred lately in that
town.
William Muller, Minersville teams
ter. jumped from his wagon in time to
save himself from going down cavein
on the road. The ground opened under
the horses feet and both animals went
down sixty feet and were killed instant
ly.
Many lawyers of Luzerne, Lackawan-
ma, Columbia, Carbon and Schuylkill
counties have signed petition to the
delegates to the Republican state con-
vention asking them to support Judge
Archibald, of Scr ,nton, for supreme
court justice
A flash of lightning set off an electric
battery that was connected with four
charges of dynamite in mass of rocks
on new branch of the Lehigh Valley
near Centrailia. Charles Taft, foreman
of the construction gang, was killed by
the explosion.
The electric railway company has
stopped work on the Gettysburg battle
field and discharged the construction
corps. This move is presumed to be
owing to the notification of the United
States commission that the railroad must
vacate the battlefield at once.
The Allentown school board has ap-
proved the plans for high school build
ing to cost $4,000. The booksellers of
the city, in the matter of free text
books, asked to be protected; to the ex-
tent at least Of being relieved of the
stock of books they now have on hand.
Charles Lewis, of Braddocx, was sud
denly attacked with heart failure on the
street and fell to the pavement uncon-
scious. The young man, who is only IS
years old, stated to his physician that
his trouble was caused by excessive
cigarette smoking. He is in precarous
condition.
During their encampment of eight
days the members of the national
guard received the following pay per
day from the state: Colonel, SIS; lieu
tenant colonel, $l2; major, $l2; captain,
So; first lieutenant, $3.92; second lieu
tenant, $3.3S; first sergeant, 50; sergeant,
So; corporal, $l.75; private, $3.50.
A number of men employed on the
Reading at Easton and vicinity have re-
ceived notices to pay liquor bills within
ten days or resign their positions. Sew
eral of the bills amount to $40 or $50.
1t is said the bills were handed in by a
well-know business firm of Easton, who
are creditors of the saloon keeper.
According to a new Wilkes-Barre di-
rectory, the county seat has 1000 popu-
lation; Ashley, 3,011; Edwardsville, q
327; Kingston, 2,426, Miners Mills, 1,668;
Dorranceton, $50; Forty Fort, 1914; Lu-
zerne, 2,006; Parsons, 2,204. An area
of twenty square miles, with Wilkes
Barre as the centre, has population of
about 10000.
The penison suspensions up to date
number nearly 5000, and if the same
average is kept up in the entire $4,000
pensions granted under the law of 1890
the total will be something like 5000
Only those cases showing clearly some
irregularity or doubt of the right of the
pensioner to receive the amount he has
been getting are suspended.
Mrs. Welsh, of Palo Alto, heard a
scream from her infant child, whom she
had left asleep in an adjoining room.
She hurried to the child and was horri
fled to see snake attacking it. Several
men who were at work nearby killed
the reptile. 1t had buried its fangs
several times in the child's face, arms
and shoulders, but it will recover.