Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-06-26
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.
PARAGRAPHS GATHERED FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE REGION.
Synopsis Of Local and Miscellaneous Oc-
currences That Can BE Read Quickly.
What the Folks of This and Other
Towns Are Doing.

crusher has been discontinued enough
stone having been crushed to do the
streets this summer.
County Superintendent Hopper is ex-
amining large class Of applicants for
school teachers certificates in the Dan
lei Coke building today.
The members Of the Slavonian, Polish,
Lithuanian and Trolese societies OF
town have accepted invitations from
the firemen to parade on July 4.
Ten carpenters from Drifton began
work this morning on the Public park
platform, and James Griffiths and his
men are erecting the stands and seats
for the borough.
For and 10 cent glassware 60 to A..
| Oswalds.
| The sickly children in the mining
villages owned by Coke Bros. & Co. will
be given trip to Atlantic City this
summer at the expense of Mrs. Eckley
B. Coke, of Drifton.
Supper or dinner can be had on the
| Fourth in the basement OF the English
| Baptist church for 25 cents, or both for
40 cents. The affair will be under the
auspices of the Ladies' Aid Society of
| the church.
A bonfire in the upper part of Drift
ton caused the watchmen at No.
| colliery to think that house was burn
| ing and the large fire whistle was sound
ed. The alarm caused great excitement
in Drifton and Freeand.
John Shigo, Of town, was reelected last
Roman Catholic Union of Pennsylvania
in the convention at Pittston. A. HUI
daky, also of town, was elected one OF
the auditors of the organization.
Jeddo Progressive Clubs building has
been refitted throughout with new fur
niture and carpets. This is one of the
most substantial social and literary
organizations in the region and its prog
ress is pleasing to its many friends.
Ignatz Kosmela, the miner entombed
in the Plymouth mine, was rescued at
noon on Thursday, after being imprison-
ed for seventy-six and half hours. He
was in good physical condition, having
not suffered from want of food or drink.
The second rendition OF the program
of exercises by the pupils of ST. AIMS
parochial school was attended on Fri
day evening by an audience nearly as
large as was present the first evening.
Ths program was successfully carried
| out
Albert Smith, OF Jeddo, q car runner,
| waslinjured in No. 5 colliery on Friday.
He was caught between u car and a
prop and severly squeezed about the
breist and shoulder. He was taken to
the Miners hospital and his condition is
dangerous.
Preparations for the Fourth of July
parade are still being made by the
Citizens Hose Company. The demon
str,tion should be large one, as the
day is one upon which every organiza-
tion in town should lend It's assistance
to make success.
| Nlius H. oio iouiu6, Picoiuoho J"ubo vi
the Schuylkill courts, has resigned
while he had yet to serve nearly two
and a half years of his third term. His
resignation is to take effect August 5.
Judge Pershing has not been in good
health since 1892. He was the Demo-
cratic candidate for governor in 1875.
On and after July l., 1899, Highland
coal will be sold to non-employes of G.
b. Markle & Co. at $50 per two-horse
wagon load about $500 pounds). Or
ders are taken at the Office of L. A.
Buckley, j. p.
The report of Geo 7. Brown, ESQ.,,
appointed examiner in the petition of
trustees of Assembly 6127 to convey
land to Freeland borough on certain
conditions, was filed in court on Friday
and approved nisi. The report OF the
examiner, which contains considera BILE
Fred Pascoe was found hanging to a
tree in Edwardsville Friday morning
Life was extinct and a physician who
made an examination said the man had
been dead for several hours. Pascoe's
friends claimed that he had great deal
OF money, which he was spending quite
freely, and the chances were that he
had been robbed and then strung up to
tho tree.
Six full days were worked at Markle's
collieries last week, and an effort will
be made to repeat the program this
week. The miners are protesting vigor-
ously against the killing pace that they
are compelled to maintain when the
breakers work steady. The iron ma
chinery cannot stand the tremendous
strain to break records, neither can
human beings.