Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-02
HIGHLAND DOTS.

Frank Winters, of Hazleton, brake
man on engine lis, Geo. Craver engi
neer, met with a serious accident al
Highland junction yesterday about II
o'clock. They were pushing some empty
coal cars into the Highland siding al
No. l breaker and he was on the front
car tightening a brake when the chain
broke and ne fell to the track. Three
of the cars passed oyer his legs, badly
crushing them. He was placed on the
engine, and Engineer Craver asked for a
clear road to Hazleton. This was grant
ed and he was taken to the hospital
where it is thought one of the limbs will
have to be amputated.
Steve Shandock, the boss at the strip
ping here, had a narrow escape from
death yesterday about IL o'lock. He
had prepared a blast and after lighting
the squib ran to a place of safety. AS
the shot did not go off, in what he
thought was a sufficient length of time,
he went back to see what was the trou-
BILE. When within three feet of it, the
explosion took place, piling the coal all
around him, but as the coal is of a brit
tie nature he fortunately escaped with a
few slight cuts on the face and hands.
John McGeady spent Tuesday at
Laurytown.
Edward Fisher spent day last week
among Milnesville friends.
Joseph Bachers is all smiles for several
days past. It's baby girl.
William Haller, of Cranberry, called
on friends here on Saturday.
Mrs. Daniel Hugo is suffering from a
severe attack of rheumatism.
William Mcdonald, of Hazleton, was
doing business here last week.
Michael Kane was on visit among
Honey Brook friends last week.
Richard Carter, of Jeddo, spent Sun
day among his numerous friends at this
place.
John White attended the funeral of
Michael Dougherty at Miinesville on
Sunday.
Broken time was the order of things
at the colieries on account of the storm
last week.
John Mcnamara had a leg severely
squeezed between two cars in No. 2
slope on Monday.
An infant child of Mr.. and Mrs Harry
Cournow died here on Friday and was
buried at Freeland cemetery on Monday.
A child of Patrick McNels, about one
year old, fell on the floor while playing
on Monday and had its arm broken in
two places.
James Boyle removed his family to
Silver Brook on Monday. While taking
the furniture to Freeland to load it in
car, it capsized twice, owing to the
heavy snow drifts.
A Hungarian received some ugly
wounds ON the head and face while at
work in No. 2 slope on Monday. He
failed to get to place of safety and the
flying coal from blast struck him.
Our former friend, the Honorable
William Henry Hines, is ''as deaf as a
post and as blind as bat' to the wants
and necessities of his constituents since
the eighth of last November The en-
peror of China takes as much interest in
Luzerne county affairs as our present
congressman, who seems to imagine he
was elected solely because he is Billy
Hines. The people of Highland, as
your readers are aware, have been ask
ing for a postoflice of some kind for sew
eral months, but their pleadings have
been in vain.
We don't care if it would be the tenth
class we would be put in, just so long as
we get some guarantee that mail matter
will come here once or twice week.
But perhaps it is like the internal rev.
enue collectorship-Billy refuses to have
anything to do with it unless he is given
authority to select the postmaster, mail
carrier and the. boy who would sweep
the office every morning. Well, we
have done without postoffice for nearly
thirty years, although facilities were
never so bad as now, but we can wait for
two years more, when a certain little big
man with a sickly smile will come among
us and beg of us to give him one delegate
from Highland.