Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-31
ROUND THE REGION.

Because OF an accident similar to the
recent one on the Brooklyn bridge the
Wikesbarre South street bridge Is
closed to traffic. One OF thu suspension
rods fastened to the heavy cables pull
ed out and caused the bridge to sag con-
sideraby. Repairs are now being made
and the bridge will likely be opened
again. Intense heat is supposed to have
weakened the iron and steel work.
Samuel Lamont and George Butt, tin
smiths, while working upon high scat
fold at Pottsville, received injuries
which may prove fatal. They were
near the roof, when Butt was overcome
by the heat, which registered over 100
degrees in the shade. In falling he be-
came entaDgled in the scaffold, with
the result that he caused the structure
to collapse, both men falling three
stories.
At a meeting In Wilkesbarre the choir
which won the chief prize at the Atlantic
SipJ CioeCoulOu ldSb uCIu q Httb-
ing and decided to contest for the chief
prize at the Buffalo eisteddfod on Sep
tember 10. The selections are: "We
Never VIII Bow Down, "and HE Leadeth
Me-" The choir will number 1875 and
meeting will be held shortly to elect a
leader and officers.
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve should be
promptly applied to cuts, burns and
scalds. 1t soothes and quickly heels the
injured part. There are worthless
counterfeits, be sure to get DeWitt's.
Growers City Drug store.
Following rigid investigation which
has been in progress since Sunday last,
Hazleton police yesterday arrested Daniel
Shock on suspicion Of knowing some-
thing concerning the mysterious fires
which thrice destroyed portions Of c. II.
Knely's planning mill. Shock is practI
cally stranger in Hazleton, having ar
rived in town about month ago, from
Mauch Chunk.
The school board of Frailey township,
Schuylkill county, which has been dead
locked over the election of a secretary
since the first Monday In June, was
ousted yesterday by Judge Mari. Six
new men were appointed instead.
Yesterday the new wage scale on
the Reading Railway Company's Sha-
mokin division was made public. The
new scale gives general advance to
men in the train service and dates from
July 1.
In Pottsville yesterday the court ap-
pointed 7. f. Downing, OF Glen ID over,
as a substitute mine inspector OF the
Eighth district, In place of John Mcguire,
of Pottsville, who is sick.
The carpenters and fire bosses OF the
Woodward colliery, owned by the Del
aware, Lackawanna and Western Com
pany, have not as yet been reinstated.
They refused to enter the fire room dur
ing the recent firemen's strike.
Those famous little pills, DeWitt's
Little Early Risers, compel your liver
and bowels to do their duty, thus giving
you pure rich blood to recuperate your
body. Are easy to take. Never gripe.
Growers City drug store.
William Kirwin, the Wilkesbarre
non-union machinst who was arrested on
the charge of flourishing loaded revol-
yer, was given hearing before the may
or and in default OF $500 bail for his
appearance in court was com mitted to
jail.
An order has boen issued to the young
women OF Hazleton Catholic parish by
Father Hussie that tabboos night dane
ing. Father Hussie, who is the sue
cessor to Father Phillips, is very string
ent, and asserts that under no con-
sideratlon must young women remain
longer at any dance than $50 O'Clock.
The new order is imperative.