Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-09-11
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What the Folks of This and Other
Towns Are Doing.

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A number of Mormon elders are seek
ing converts and propagating their
doctrines throughout the northern end
of Columbia county.
The condition of Bishop Moore, of the
st. Augustine diocese, Florida, who was
stricken with paralysis at Wilkesbarre,
remains unchanged and he is merely
holding his own.
Thirty years ago last Wednesday the
| Avondale mine disaster occurred in
| Plymouth. In this disaster 1Os men
and boys were suffocated, leaving over
200 widows and orphans.
| The production of anthracite coal I'm
August, according to the official esti-
mate, was 4,257, 900 tons, against 3,7S3,-
600 tons in August, 1898, 4,OS6, 900 in
1897 and 3,949, 900 in 1896.
John Redpath and George Sweet have
laid flagstone sidewalks in front of their
properties on the Hill and st. Lukes
Lutheran congregation has done the
same on Washington street.
An agreement Ire been reached in
conference between the Lackawanna
officials and the joint committee of
conductors and trainmen. The fire.
mems committee at once entered upon
their conference.
Arthur Brill, of Hazleton, has been
notified that his share of the prize money
for participating in the battle of Manila
Bay, May l, 1898, will amount to
81, ,400.56. Mr.. Brill served on the
Olympia with Admiral Dewey.
An agent of the Board of Under
writers toured the town the latter part
of last week and revised the maps
used by the insurance companies. A
readjustment of rates is one of the
probabilities of the near future.
John Menovsky, of Plymouth, a we'll
known young attorney, was vciously as
saulted Thursday night by his father.
The latter entered the sons room,
armed with an axe, and assaulted his
son. The fathers mind is unbalanced
Stricken with paralysis on Monday,
Peter Dershuck, aged 70 years, found
or of the Hazleton VolbsblaH, the irst
paper established in that city, and
father of w. G. Dershuck, proprietor of
the Hazleton Plain Speaker, died Thurs
day afternoon.
The dedication of Wlkesbarre's
Spanish cannon will take place this
evening. Previous to the exercises,
there will be a parade, participated in
by city officials, Grand Army men, the
city firemen, and the city battalion of
the Ninth regiment.
Robert Wall, aged As years, employed
at stone quarry at White Haven, was
found dead along the Lehigh Valley
tracks near that town Friday morning.
The supposition is that he was struck
by train during the night while walk
ing home on the tracks.
Early Friday morning the ground in
the vicinity of Parsonage and Lambert
| streets, Pittston, settled foot or more
and several houses were badly damaged
The affected spot covered about an acre
and is over the workings of the Ravine
| shaft of the Newton Coal Company.
The state convention of the Peoples
party met in Philadelphia on Thursday
and nominated the following ticket: S.
L. Lane, of Susquehanna county, for
supreme court; d. O. Coughln, of Lu-
zerne county, for superior court, and
Andrew Story, of Crawford county, for
state treasurer.
At the Miners hospital on Thursday
the first joint of the left thumb of Ber-
nard Carr, of Eckley, was amputated.
Mr.. Carr's thumb was bruised while at
work three weeks ago, but no serious
results were expected. The wound,
however, became dangerous last week
and amputattion was necessary.
The health authorities of Nanticoke
are perplexed by the belief that they
have leper and they are anxiously
awaiting developments to ascertain
whether or not the man suspected really
has the loathsome disease The man
is Syrian and he has been resident
of Nanticoke about seven months. He
is about 40 years old.
1t is not Complimentary to Lansford
school board that they ignored the best
applicant for the principalship because
they thought he was Catholic. 1t now
turns out that he is not a Catholic, but
the news came too late to saye McGinnis.
Our directors ought to be above such
bigotry, Theology is not taught in the
public schools. Record.
Judge Archibald, who presided over
the hearing of the taxpayers appeal
from the auditors returns of 1896, has
filed his opinion in which he surcharges
Bradford county commissioners of that
year with $37, 1851. This amount is
made up from excessive assessments
and payments on illegal and unauthor-
lied contracts on the new court house.