Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-03-26
AROUND THE REGION.
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Brief Review of the Most Important
News of the Anthracite Coal Field for
the Past Four Days-AI Towns Furn-
ish Something for This Column.
ELEPHANTS council took seven more
ballots Friday night without breaking
the deadlock which has been on since
March s. Seventy-six ballots all told
have been taken.
William Henry, aged IA years, of
Tamaqua, while riding on freight
train, fell under the wheels and had
both legs cut off. He died from his in
juries two hours later.
Weatherly will hold special election
on April to vote on the question of
issuing $4 500 worth of bonds for the
purpose of enlarging and increasing the
capacity of the borough electric light
plant.
Pittston has a new silk mill, which
began opera tions last week. One hun
dred hands, mostly girls, will be en-
ployed in the course of ten days. When
run to its full capacity the mill will en-
ploy 200 hands.
large piece of ice fell down the
shaft of the Nottingham colliery at Ply
mouth and struck Thomas Z. Jones on
the head, killing him instantly. The
ice fell without warning and without
touching any of the shaft timbers.
The capital stock of the new bank to
be established in Shckshinny is S25, 900,
one-half of which has been subscribed
by bloomsbury parties. Shickshinny
business men are subscribing quite
literally to make up the other half.
Lackawanna county grand jury will
investigate the charges of corruption in
connection with tho $4,000 soldiers
monument. The rumors have been so
so persistent in regard to the way the
money was spent that the investigation
is demanded.
The members of Alexanders band, of
Wilkesbarre, on Tuesday evening were
mustered into the Ninth regiment and
the band will henceforth be the Nnth's
regular musical adjunct. The men were
enlisted the same as other members of
the regiment.
Alter performance at the Shamokin
opera house Thursday night, Edwin b.
Bailey and Miss Grace Lockwood, both
connected with travelling theatrical
companies, were married on the stage
by Rev. James w. Gilland of the
Presbyterian church.
The body of NJ. G. McHenry, of Ben
ton, Columbia county, has arrived from
the Philippines and the funeral took
place on Friday. He was member of
Company IL, Fourteenth infantry, and is
supposed to have committed suicide on
account of homesickness, never before
having been from home to any extent.
The March number of the Little Blue
Book, complete pocket railroad guide
to Pennsylvania, is out, revised and en-
larged. Every business or travelling
man should have it. Send 81 for one
year, or 10 cents for single copy. Re-
vised and issued once month Ad-
dress Little Blue Book, Milton, Pa.
The publication of the poems of the
late Thomas p. Ryder, the Wilkesbarre
newspaper man who died at Chicka-
mauga during the Spanish war, was not
very successful financially. Only 146
books were sold, and the proceeds, after
paying expenses, were but S17.4O.
About 900 books remain on hand, and
an effort will be made to sell them.
Several burglaries were perpetrated
in Schuylkill county last week. The
grocery store of ID. G. Smith, at Potts
vile, was entered and large sum of
money and goods stolen. The burglars,
because they did not find as much cash
as they expected, burned the ledger
containing the book accounts. The
Reading Railway depots at New Phila-
delphia and Gilberton were looted of
tickets and other vauables.