Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-03
DoINGS OF THE WEEK.
SpiciIy Collected and Arranged
for FancifuI Readers.
PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE AND
PLACES THAT WILL BE OF
INTEREST TO YOU.

Don't suffer with indigestion, use Bax-
ter's Mandrake Bitters.
Two Wilkes-Barre dogs killed one
hundred and fifty chickens the other
night.
VIM. Eberts and wife left on the 8 So
A. NJ. train to-day for brief stay at
Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Lanterns of all styles, with white and
colored globes, are selling for SO cents
| each at Birkbeck's.
Gold paper from IL cents to 81 90 per
double roll at Bachman's, next door to
Central Hotel, Freeland.
5000 rolls of wall paper from cents a
| double roll upwards at Bachman's, Cen
tire Street, Freeland.
st. AIMS Dramatic Company will
present "The Danger Signal" at Hosack
Hall, Audenried, this evening.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
is considering the extension of their line
from Bethlehem to Philadelphia.
Charles H. Dengler, of Pottsvile, has
been appointed national bank examiner
of the eastern district of Pennsylvania.
Mrs. John A. Hague died at Plymouth
Saturday morning. Mr.. and Mrs. Hague
had lived in this section for number of
years.
p. j. McGovern has moved his family
from Sandy Run to Mount Carmel, and
expects to make that place his future
home.
A notice is published in another column
by Attorneys Stroh and Halsey, solici-
tors for charter for Washington Camp
Hall Association.
Joseph Kuhns, residing at Hazleton,
fell down 30-foot manway at No. 5
colliery, Stockton Tuesday morning. He
was taken to the hospital.
Christopher Heydrick, of Franklin,
Nenango County, will be Justice Clark's
successor in the State Supreme Court, by
appointment of the Governor.
The reason why Arnica & Oil Liniment
is so popular with the ladies is because it
not only is very healing and soothing but
its odor is not at all offensive.
Mrs. Ellen O'Donnell, wife of Bernard
O'Donnell, died at Honey Brook on
Tuesday. The deceased was sister-in-
law of John II. O'Donnell of Drifton.
Commencing to-day suppers will be
given in the Opera House each evening
for the balance of this week. st. Johns
Reformed Church will receive the pro-
ceeds.
The foot ball season in Wilkes-Barre
was ended last week by game between
the Lehigh and Lafayette University
teams. The former won by score of
16 to 2.
Joseph Pugh, Evan Price and Thomas
Williams We're badly burned by an ex-
plosion of gas in No. colliery of the
Kingston Coal Company at Edwardsville
Monday evening.
II. G. Deppe went to Albrightsville,
there he will. in company with his
brother, go to North Carolina to settle up
their fathers estate.
Station Agent McHugh and James J.
Malloy took to the woods last Saturday
and the result of the days hunt was one
fox and about twenty rabbits The fox
was shot in the swamp below Pond
Creek.
Thirteen Croatian laborers, under con-
tract to work in the mines of Pennsylva-
mia and Ohio, arrived at New York on
the steamer Rhynland last Saturday.
They were sent back by the same steam
er Monday afternoon.
There's no mistaking the fact that the
holiday season is not far off. Large ship
ments of goods, suitable for gifts, are ar
irving in town daily and some are already
conspicuously displayed in various bust
ness establishments
Rice, Meyers, Holdsworth and Martin,
the four participants in the so hour bicv-
Gle race at Wilkes-Barre ended their
work Saturday evening. Rice won, max
ing 447 miles, which was 90 ahead of
Meyers. Holdsworth came in third.
Rev. J. Gillard Williamson, of the
Hazleton Presbyterian Church, preach |
ed sermon before several societies of |
the Jr. y. u. A. M. and the p. o. s. of
A; ON Thanksgiving Day. He contend
ed that America should be for Americans.
The inquest on the body of Cornelius
Bellas, who was killed at Stockton
Tuesday last will be resumed to day.
The crew of the train which struck
the unfortunate man, as also Mr.. Quin-
livan the gentleman who was injured at
the same time, are expected to be pres
ent.
1t is reported that Thomas Major, an
old engineer on the Lehigh Valley Rail
road, and who was implicated in the
Mud Run disaster, was severely injured
a few days agoi in wreck at Seattle. He
was running on the Columbus and Puget
Sound Road. He had both legs broken
and was badly scalded.
Patrick Dugan, who, until few
months ago lived at Drifton and was one
of the oldest residents of that place, died
at the residence of Mrs. Malloy in the
Coke Addition on Monday. The funer-
al took place yesterday under the super
vision of st. Patrick's Beneficial Society,
of which he was member.
A Lehighton individual tells story
about Franklin township hen that laid
an egg with a five cent piece in it on
Monday; this was followed on Tuesday
with an egg containing a dime, and on
Wednesday by an egg containing quar-
ter. If the hen had not died it might
be laying gold dollars by this time.
Hugh Jennings was in town for few
days this week on his way home from
New York, where he had been to see
Manager Wright, who wants him to play
ball with his club next season. Hugh
signed with Louisville at $4,000 for next
wear, but he will receive S3b00 from Nau |