FREER AND TRIBUNE. VOL. VI. No. 91. FROM SUBURBAN POINTS. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE OF NEIGHBORING TOWNS. The Xewfl of EcLley ami Highland—The Iteliuhle CorreHpondent Mary Ann TellM of an Unusual Case of Ilorso Stealing. Notes and Personals From Highland. Special and regular correspondence from the surrounding towns is solicited by the TRIBUNE. Communications or items intended for publication must be accompanied by the name of the writer. ECKLEY CLIPPINGS. A peculiar case of horse stealing oc curred here a few days ago. Two young men came to town with a horse and carriage, and after arriving here they tied the animal to a post, but bad not been long away from it when three young girls came up, loosened the horse, got in the carriage and drove away towards the valley. The owner of the rig immediately gave chase and caught up to them on top of the hill. The young man did not relish the act at all, and to the girls' chugrin made them step out of the rig and walk back to town. Dr. Wiser left town on Tuesday for a stay in Philadelphia, previous to locating in Massachusetts. The doctor will lie greatly missed by our people, and carries with him the best wishes of all who know him. He will he succeeded by Dr. A. S. McKnight, of Freeland. It lookß as if Eckley will be to the front tliis summer with picnics. The grove here has been secured for May 19 by the Shamrock Drum Corps, and for June 16 by Division 20, A. 0. H. Edward Murrin is doing jury duty this week. John McDermott, of Mt. Cartnel, was here on a visit Tuesday. George Keller, superintendent of Hazte Brook store, was here on business on Tuesday. M. I'. Campbell, of Shamokin, former ly of Scale Siding, spent Sunday here. Patrick Quinn, and wife, of Highland, spent Sunday with the Murrin family. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick O'Donnell, of Highland, were here on Sunday. Justice of the Peace Carr will open i his otlice here today. Mr. Carr | has already been called upon to settle the disputes of some of our law-breaking people. Misses Mary Carr and Bridget O'Donnell were at Jeddo on Sunday with friends. The appearanco of town is being greatly improved by the painting of the houses a nice red. WOT. O'Donnell, of llazlc Brook, is improving bis business place. The Buck Mountain tunnel is being pushed rapidly, and is now in a consider able distance. Dan Craig and Barney Gallagher spent Sunday witn Carbon county fair sex. Locie No. 11 is now stationed here permanently for doing Bervice about the breaker. Maky Ann. HIGHLAND DOTS. The gardens are nearly all planted here anil the Beasou of rest will begin anew. The brush Ares still continue to burn on the mountains near this place. Richard Carter has accepted a position on a steam shovel at Lattiiner stripping, and will muke his residence at Hazleton. Miss Sophia Hart is slowly recovering from her recent attack of rheumatism. There is an inclination on the part of our boys to organize a base.ball club. Several of our residents attended the funeral of Mrs. Potter at Laurytowu on Tuesday. Mrs. Theo. Wackley, Mrs. Patrick Qninn and Miss Katie Sharp visited friends at Milnesville on Monday. The public school term will end here on Monday. The usual closing exer cises will be held by the pupils and teachers. The members of the Literary Club have abandoned their room for the sum mer. It is said that preparations will soon be made for the annual picnic. UPPER LEHIGH NOTES. J. C. Powell, of this place, who has been employed as telegraph operator in H. Bodmer's brokerage office in Wilkes- Barre, has gone to Hazleton, where he and Mr. Bodmer will open and office. DumagcM Acninitt u Doctor. The arbitrators in the case of McNulty vs. Dr. Dively, of Pittston, have award ed the plaintiff $5,400 damages. The suit was brought against the doctor for malpractice. It was claimed that a son of McNulty fell from a tree and dis located his arm. Dr. Divley set the arm without reducing the dislocation and a permanent injury was the result. Knights of the Golden Eagle, i lie annual session of the grand castle of Pennsylvania will be held at Easton, commencing next Tuesday. It will probably continue three days. A grand parade will be held during the after noon, followed with a ball in the even ing. On May 9 the grand castle degree team will exemplify the ritualistic work of the three degrees, using the new and elaborate costumes. On Tuesday even ing May 8, the grand temple, Ladies of the Golden Eagle, will be instituted. It is expected that Supreme Chief C. W. Mitchell, of Hamilton, 0., will officiate, assisted by supreme castle officers. The parade on the afternoon of May 8 will be in charge of Chief Marshal District Grand Chief E. I'. Horn, whose chief of staff will be Past Chief John W. Cloud. The first division will be composed of the military branch of the order, Major General W. E. Steinbacb commanding, and preceded by Lieutenant General Louis E. Stilz and statf. The second division will be composed of castles of the order, under command of Harrison Arnor, first assistant mar shal. The parade will be reviewed by Lieu tenant General Stilz, Major General W. E. Steinbach and Grand Chief F. A. Harris and their staffs while passing through Centre Square the second time. The Coxe-\ alley Hearings. After many delays there was another hearing in Philadelphia on Monday in the celebrated case of the inter-state commerce commission (Coxe Bros. & Co.) vs. the Lehigh Valley Railroad Co. be fore Mr. Brown, the master. Vice Presi dent Garrett, under cross-examination, declared that there exists injurious com petition in regard to coal-carrying rates. He admitted that interest was being paid on the bonded indebtedness, but claimed that this is owing to the decreas ed cost of operating owing to enforced economics. A permanent depression in the rate of wages would better the con dition of the company's affairs, but the tendency is upward, and it is not possi ble to maintain the present conditions of economy. The falling off in the coal tonnage for the first four months of this year, Mr. Garret testified, had been 3,000,000 tons. It was not likely that the loss would con tinue in the same ratio. Should it, how ever, do so, it meant absolute disaster to the company. Scare at the Jail. From the Witkes-llarro Newsdealer. There was great alarm at the jail on Saturday night, and for a time the olli cials wero at their wits' end. It was a small pox scare. A Polander from Whiskey Hill, who had been sent up by J Squire Ford, was put in a cell, and j while the constable was in the office the J prisoner was taken sick. The watchman j who went to his cell found his face all broken out with pimples and at once j gave the alarm. Warden Jones thought i it looked like small pox, anil Dr. Kirwin was at once sent for. When the doctor arrived he found the case looked suspicious and decided to diagnose it thoroughly. For that pur pose lie had the man taken to Dr. Howell's office, and there they examin ed him, and Anally concluded it was a case of chicken pox and that there was 110 symptoms of small pox. The man was sent back to jail where he is now. Tl.e License Refused. When the Luzerne county court hand ed down its decision on the liquor li cense cases some weeks ago, the applica tipn of Herman Gross, of Newport town ship, as a wholesaler, was denied. The petition was endorsed by the name's of twenty-Ave citizens of the township and seven of them swore before the court regarding the necessity of the place. The court, however, refused the license and Gross took the case before the supreme court, which has handed down a decision con Arming the judg ment of the lower court. General McCartney's Illness. General McCartney, the well-known att irney, of Wilkes-Barre, was taken seri ously ill on Monday afternoon in court. He was attorney in a case that was on trial, and while examining a witness fell hack in his chair and sank into uncon sciousness. He was carried into the bar office, where he regained consciousness. The lirst impression was that the general had been stricken with apoplexy or heart disease, but the doctors diagnosed it as a severe attack of virtigo caused by indigestion. His condition now is much better. JOURNALISTIC. The plant of the I'Uiin Speaker Publish ing Company, of Hazleton, was sold by the sheriff on Monday. C. F. Bohan, Esq., of Pittston, purchased it for James L. Morris, who is now sole proprietor and editor. Several improvements have been made and more are promised by the new manager. FREELAND, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1894. FAILED TO KILL. John Hudock's Attempt to Commit Sui cide Was Not Successful. John Iludock, a well-known Hungari an, tried to kill himself yesterday morn ing in a second-story bedroom in the hotel of John Rasay, in the Points. The attempt was made shortly after 8 o'clock, ami although he sent a bullet from a re volver into his abdomen, it failed to do all he intended it should. The shot was heard by several parties who were in the saloon underneath the room where the act was done, and upon investigation Iludock was found lying on the floor, bleeding profusely from the hole the bullet had made in his body. Drs. McDonald and Gallagher were called upon, and after fixing him up in good shape he was taken to Ha/.leton hospital, where the surgeons examined the wound. The bullet had passed through the body and lodged in the spine, from which place it was removed during the afternoon, and since then John has been resting easily and may recover. 11 is relatives cannot assign any cause for the rash act, and it is presumed that he was suffering from temporary insani ty, brought on by overindulgence in drink. 1* our some time past he has resided at Oneida, where he held a position under Coxe Bros. & Co., but he had lately made arrangements to return to this place with his wife and seven children. MINES AND RAILROADS. The net earnings of the Jersey Central for March were $263,205, a decrease of $230,837, compared with March, 1893. Lehigh Valley passenger engine 537 blew out a cylinder head between the Lumber Yard and Stockton on Tuesday. Over 45 per cent, of the Pennsy's shares are owned by foreign investors. The road pays 7 per cent, dividends to the stockholders. It is stated that operations will soon be resumed by the Cross Creek Coal Company at its Tomhicken colliery, which has been idle for three months. The Reading lias decided to equip its system between Philadelphia and Jenkintown with llall automatic signals. It is said, as fast as it can bo arranged ■ I for, tiie whole road will be equipped j with this system of signalling. John S. Elliott, who has for several years been associated with the Pennsyl- j vania, Poughkeepsie and Boston, en tered the service of the Lehigh Valley, | and will have charge of the advertising j and passenger rate department under General Passenger Agent CharlesS. Lee. | The Lehigh Valley has issued notices I that the pay of coal brakemen on freight { trains between tidewater and Mauch Chunk has been made uniform. The j rate is a $1.70a day. This is a reduction of 10 cents a day for freight train brake men and an increase of 5 cents day for I the middle brakemen of coal trains. There is trouble among the slate pick ers at "V orktown. On Monday several went on strike, and yesterday ten more joined their ranks. Superintendent Hayes yesterday notiAed the parents of the boys that unless they compel them to return to work they will have to move out of the company houses .—Standard. The Lehigh Valley has made a general reduction on anthracite tolls from the mines to Perth Amboy and various other points. The reduction amounts to 20 cents a ton and applies only to prepared sizes of coal, the rate on pea coal after May 10 will only be 10 cents less than on the prepared sizes, instead of 30 cents less as it is now. BASE BALL POINTS. The reports that there will bo a game here on Sunday between the Tigers and Hazleton Athletics are without founda tion. The Hazleton club will play its first home league game tomorrow afternoon. The Scranton club will be their oppo nents, and the game will be called at 3.30 o'clock. Within a week Wilkes-Barre heat Philadelphia, Scranton beat Wilkes- Barre, and yesterday Hazleton trounced Scranton, 9 to 8, in the Arst game of the state league season. Steam Joint Blew Out. William Gross, an engineer at No. 1 Drifton, was severely scalded by steam about the breast and face on Tuesday white repairing a steam pipe. He was making a joint and when nearly finished it blew out. The steam, besides scald ing him, knocked him down and the fall injured his hip and back. He was taken to his home on Ridge street, below Luzerne, where he is resting comfort ably now. Deeln ltecor .• 'aiiprton and Walnut Streets, Frceland. WASHBUbH tURNBACH, Builders of Light and Heavy Wagons. RtPAIFiNu OF EVrRY CISCRIPTIOR. FRONT STREET. NEAIt PINE. FREELAND. COTTAGE HOTEL. Washington and Main Streets. FRED. lIAAS, Prop. First-class neeomndatlon for permanent and transient guests. Uood tublo. Fair rutes. Eur ttuely stocked. Stable attached. 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