Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-06-12
FROM ALL QUARTERS.

George Fox, driver boy at Plymouth,
was instantly killed by being run over
by the car ON which he was riding.
Patrick Boner, who had his foot taken
off on the D. S. & S. some time ago, has
been discharged from the miners
hospital.
Anthony Coll, of Mauch Chunk, has
leased the Rockport quarry, and will
furnish the stone to be in building Car
bon's new court house.
Congressman Hines and Judge Lynch
were at Washington last week pushing
T. F. Commits claims for appointment
as internal revenue collector.
The Prohibitionists nominated III. T.
Ames, of Williamsport, for judge of the
supreme court and J. S. Kent, of Swarth-
more, Delaware county, for state treas
urer.
Rev. Bernard ]. Dever, of Beaver
Meadow, who was recently ordained a
priest, has been appointed pastor Of
Summit Hill church by Archbishop
Ryan.
An unknown Hungarian fell down a
cavein at Audenried yesterday after
noon, and when taken out by four of his
countrymen was left insensible by the
roadside.
George Pierson, aged IS, of Jeanesvlle,
who was visiting friends in Wilkes
Barre, was drowned in the river while
bathing. He was buried at Hazleton
yesterday.
James Lake, aged 81, committed sui
eide at Wyoming, this county, by shoot
ing himself. He was an excessive
smoker of cigarettes and has been suffer-
ing from temporary insanity.
Factory Inspector Watchorn made
these new appointments of deputies:
Thomas F. Owen, Pittston; John o. Keefe
and Daniel Donohue, Philadelphia; Mrs
Coombs, Westmoreland; Mrs. Annie
Leisenring, Allentown.
Governor Pattson has approved the
bill appropriating $50, 900 to the Wilkes
Barre hospital. This will enable the
trustees to enlarge and improve the
building for the proper care and treat
ment of the large number of patients.
William II. Osborne, son of Gen. E.
S. Osborne, of Wilkes-Barre, was mar
ried Thursday night at Fort Custer,
Montana, to Miss Sarah, daughter of
Major Marvel, of that post. The groom
is first lieutenant in the First U. S.
cavalry.
The old fire in No. 6 mines, Summit
Hill, has made preceptible gains during
the past few days. Drillers are making
openings from the surface through which
culm and water will be run into the
mines. 1t has proven the most effective
method adopted to handle mine fires.
Two men, Lawther and zolaner, mem
bers of the notorious Kline gang, have
been arrested for the robbery of Daniel
Brennan's saloon at Shenandoah last
week. Five hundred dollars were re-
covered at the house where Lawtner
boarded. The two were committed to
Jail.
1t is about settled that Read & Lovatt,
the proprietors of the Weatherly silk
mill, will erect another mill at Hazleton
The firm has now the largest mill of its
kind in the state and gives employment
to 500 persons. They would gladly build
in Weatherly if it were possible to Sc
cure the hands.
Mrs. Maggie McEntee. of Lehighton,
became separated from her husband in
crowd at New York on Sunday. They
were on their way to Scotland and she
had 81 900 with her when she disappear
ed. The police and Mr.. McEntee
searched the city and found her on Sat
urday with only $500 in her possession.
Peter Frank, believed to be insane,
recently created sensation at Scranton
by an attempt to kill Max Long, alleging
that Long, comparatively young man,
had ruined him twenty-five years before.
Early friday morning Frank made an
attempt upon his own life by firing three
bullets into his head.
The office of controller is a new one
for counties of more that 100 900 popula-
ton, Luzerne's politicians, however, are
after it, and the candidates so far
announced are T. w. Hart and Tom
English on the Democratic side and
County Solicitor Joe Moore, Harry
Evans and Jim Norris for the Republi-
cans.
AT the last session of Mahanoy City's
council, representatives Of three new
electric railways attended. ]. ]. Coyle
represented the Beaver Meadow, Halle
ton, Mahanoy City & Shenandoah Rail-
way; Henry Wilhelm, the Mahanoy &
Shenandoah Railway; j. II. Pomeroy,
the Lakeside Electric Railway. They
asked for rights of way to cross the
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