Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-04-27
AROUND THE REGION.

heard number of applications for par
don and refused them all.
The contract for Carbon's new court
house has been awarded to Herman
Riebe, of Lansford for $S1 $50.
The Neaosdealer wants the yard of the
court house to be adorned with the
statue of miner. A good suggestion
that is.
DIX more attorneys were given diplo-
mas this week and admitted to the Lu-
zerne county bar, which is already over
crowded.
The coroner's jury investigating the
death of the man implicated in the
Harleigh riot will take testimony at
Hazleton this evening.
Colonel B. F. Stark, of Wilkes Barre,
prominent Republican and Mason,
was buried on Tuesday. Pneumonia
was the cause of his death.
While Andrew Yednos, of Honey
Brook, was milking his COW, thieves en-
tered his house and carried away
trunkful of Yedno's clothes and $40O in
cash.
An orange seed which slipped down
the throat of the 13-month- old child of
Charles E. Lambert, of Willamsport,
caused death. The seed entered the
child's lung.
Edward O'Connor and William Smith,
who pleaded guilty of robbing the Beach
Haven postoffice last January. were
sentenced by Judge Lynch to pay fine
of $500 and go to the penitentary for
five years.
A Pennsylvania Railroad engineer dis
obeyed orders on Monday and crashed
into Lehigh Valley train a Tamanend.
Both crews jumped and escaped with
slight injuries. Twenty coal cars were
wrecked.
The German Catholic Union of East
ern Pennsylvania met in convention at
Pottsville. Delegates were in atten-
dence from several towns. 1t was de-
cided to hold reunion at Lakeside Park
on Labor Day.
Nanticoke was 100 years old on Satur-
day and the Ne,os celebrated the event
by issuing an edition filled with inter-
esting history of the town. Nanticoke
has now over 1900 population and is
increasing in greatness very rapidly.
District Assembly 16, X. of L., held its
quarterly convention at Ashley on Mon
day Fifty delegates were present, and
addresses were made by General Master
Workman Powderly and other promi-
nent members of the order.
Centralia was the scene of another
serious conflagration Monday evening.
Five buildings on Railroad street, owned
by John Elliott, William Miller, Charles
Price and Michael Zake, were totally
destroyed, causing loss of $4, 500. Two
thirds of this loss is covered by insur-
ance.
Mahanoy City has a sensation in the
disappearance of John A. Latham, one
of its most prominent citizens. He was
40 years of age, married, and was mana
ger of the water, gas and electric light
companies and secretary of several saw
ing funds and engaged in the insurance
and real estate business.
The governor returned without his
approval house bill providing for the
expenses of school directors in attending
the triennial convention to elect the
county superintendent. In giving his
reasons for vetoing the bill the governor
said that this duty has always been per-
formed without compensation.
The governor has vetoed the bill
requiring the instruction and practice of
physical culture in the public schools of
cities of the first and second class. In
so doing the governor expressed his un-
Willingness to approve measure which
carried with it the penalty of forfeiture
of the school appropriation for failure to
comply with its provisions.
The election committee of the house,
in the contest of Frank Okell, Republi-
can, against John P. Quinnan, Democrat,
for the seat of the second Lackawanna
county district, recommended the seating
of Mr.. Okell, the committee finding that
he received majority of twenty-five of
the legal votes cast at the last election.
There will be minority report presented.