Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-02-06
BRIEF ITEMS.

A marriage license has been granted
to Fedora Naglovsky, and Anna Skrap,
both of White Haven.
Attorney John D. HAYES attended
the funeral of Mrs. Anthony Brown at
Hazleton this morning.
At Pottsville last week, Austin
Harvey was granted liquor license for
his house at Nelson City.
Joseph Hinkle, Jr., of Upper Lehigh,
a cousin of Timber Metz, is on visit to
the latter.-Ashley Observer.
Owing to some defects in the ma
chinery at No. / breaker Drifton, work
was suspended yesterday afternoon, and
last night.
The Democatic nominating conven-
tion for Freeland borough will be held
at the opera house on Saturday evening,
Feb. s, at 7.30.
james Furey and sister Cassie of
Jcddo, left for New York on Tuesday
morning to attend the funeral of their
aunt. Mrs. Ellen Munday.
The Freeland Citizens Bank will
shortly be ready for business, contracts
A'oNih6 DccIl lOT OllCt
furniture and stationery.
Peter Shovlin and John Cunningham
of Sandy Run, removed their families
and household effects to Silver Brook
Schuylkill County, last week.
The restaurant at the corner of Pine
and Walnut Streets is offered for rent
from April /, 1890. Apply to Mrs.
Hannah McCole. on the premises.
The Union Insurance Co. of San
Francisco was organized in 1865 with a
cash capital of $750,000, fully paid in
gold. Their agent here is w. A. Grimes.
The question of widening Centre
Street, from Front to Walnut streets, will
come up before the court of common
pleas next Monday when action will be
taken on it.
Owing to the absence of a quorum,
the members of council failed to transact
any business last Monday evening. The
next meeting will be at the call of the
president.
-Ex- Councilman John Haggerty, who
sometime ago removed to South Bethle-
hem, was visitor to town over Sunday.
Mr.. Haggerty has lately recovered from
q long spell of sickness.
Let every Democrat of the borough
attend the nominating convention at the
opera house on Saturday evening and
assist to nominate good men for the
various offices to be filed.
Over 400 invitations have been sent
out by the young Men of the Drifton
Shops for their social hop to be held at
H. E1I,,
receiving invitations should attend as it
promises to be one of the largest of this
kind ever held in Freeland.
John M. Powell 1st, is being urged
by many of his friends to allow his name
to go before the Republican nominating
convention as chief burgess, and it is
now understood that he will be a candi-
date, in the event of the present incum-
bent declining denomination.
AT citizens caucus of the 9TH ward
of Wilkes-Barre on Friday evening John
p. Mcdonald was nominated for Alder
man. Mr. Mcdonald served for num-
Der of years as justice of the peace here
and if he should be elected the people
of the 5th ward will not regret their
choice.
The receipts and expenditures of the
Citizens Hose Companys ball at the
opera house on the 10th of last month
were as follows: From the sale of
tickets, $92 so; from refreshments, SOL
15; total $l53.65; expenditures, Sl36.1s;
net receipts, $l7.47.
We are in receipt of a letter from
VIM. Jones of Telluride, Colorado,
(known in the West as ''Strong boy
Jones'' renewing his challenge to fight
VIM. Dougherty, of Freeland, or will
fight Louis Jester, of Wilkes-Barre, for
purse of three hundred dollars. Mr..
Dougherty is not now resident of this
part of the country. His other chal-
lenge is respectfully referred to Mr..
Jester.