Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-02
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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.
The pension of Samuel Sewell. of
Freeland, has been increased from ST. to
SO per month.
Foster township school teachers will
hold their monthly institute at Wood
side on March II.
The Citizens Hose Company will meet
on Saturday evening to decide upon the
style of uniform to purchase.
Luzerne county next November will
elect judge, treasurer, register of
wills and three commissioners.
A bill making prize fighting a lawful
sport has been introduced in the legis-
lature by Senator Vaughn, of Lacka-
wanna county.
David Blose blew out his brains with
revolver at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Nelson Cauley, at st. Johns, Butler
valley, on Sunday. He was rs years of
age.
Ex-Sherif Charles w. Lentz, of Car
bon county, attempted suicide on Tues
day night by swallowing poison His
life was saved by pumping the dose out
of his stomach.
Mary McGill, of Jeddo, silk mill en-
ploye, was caught by her dress in
revolving shaft while at work on Mon
day. She escaped bodily injury, but
her clothes were badly torn.
Services at ST. Johns Reformed
church next Sunday will be as follows:
Morning service in German; evening
service in English. Service at Eckley
at 2.30 p. III. Rev. j. B. Kerschner
pastor.
A. Oswald has Just received il carload
of Lehigh county potatoes. They are
excellent stock. II in need of any give
him call.
All but three of the election Judges of
the Middle Coal Field Poor District met
at Laurytown on Tuesday The official
returns show majority of 400 for Lieb
for director and 1 ,lS3 for Rosenstock for
auditor.
In conformity with the general re-
duction of interest rates throughout the
country, the interest allowed on money
hereafter deposited with the Citizens
bank will be per cent, instead of 3, the
amount heretofore paid.
John Conway, John Harman, James
McShea and Francis Dougherty, the
Yorktown young men who borrowed"
mules to ride to Freeland on SATURDAY.
evening, were fined $40 each and costs
by Squire, Robinson, of Audenried, on
Monday.
The body of Private o, A. Michaels,
of Company C, Thirteenth Penn'a
Volunteers, passed up the Lehgh Valley
Railroad yesterday, en- route to Scran-
ton, where he resided. The soldier
died on Sunday in camp at Augusta,
Georgia.
An exciting contest is being waged
for the appointment of Jail warden of
this county. The applicants are Thomas
Dullard, Green Mulherin. Deputy War
den Ritterspaugh, Wilkesbarre Rudolph
Hitchler, Nanticoke, and Patrick Finn
Miners Mills
The Lehigh Valley Railroads foundry
at Weatherly has been closed and nearly
100 men have been suspended for an
indefinite period. The work hereafter
will be done at Buffalo. Weatherly has
received some hard blows from the Le-
high Valley lately.
Since March George Fisher is doing
a strictly cash business at his meat mar
ket on Walnut street. Prices are now
| to cents per pound less than before.
An excellent quality of meat is carried
and your patronage is solicited.
John Sabol, a prominent Hungarian
resident of Eckley, died on Tuesday of
heart failure. He is survived by six
little children, his wife having died some
months ago. The funeral took place
this morning. The remains were in
tered in the Greek Catholic cemetery
The committee of the Schuylkill
Coal Exchange has fixed the rate of
wages to be paid miners in that region
for the last half of February and the
first half Of March at per cent below
the So. 80 basis. This is the same rate
which was paid last month. An advance
of several per cent at least is expected
for next month.
A Pennsylvania Railroad train mar
rowly escaped destruction on Monday.
A cavern below Cranberry was discover
ed short while before heavily-aden
passenger train from Hazleton was due
to pass the point. The train was flag
ged by John Milath, who used his red
undershirt to signal the engineer. A
terrible loss of life would have resulted
but for the Hungarian's thoughtfulness.
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