Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-05-21
BRIEF ITEMS.

were married by Rev. T.. d. Miller on
Saturday.
Quite number of people are very
low with pneumonia and other diseases
arising from the grip.
Anyone can now retail tobacco and
cigars without license. The law re-
quiring it expired on the 1st inst.
Rev. J. J. Farrell, of Frendsville,
Susquehanna County, was among his
former parishioners here this week.
Three of the principal improvements
Freeland should have this summer are
sidewalks, sewerage and street tsprinkling.
A Young Ladies' Sodality was form
ed at st. AIMS Church Sunday afternoon.
They will hold a reception on the 31st
inst.
"A carload of nails received this week
at Birkbeck's hardware store. Builders
and others supplied at rock bottom
prices.
Patrick Gillespie, of Upper Lehigh,
has obtained employment in Manayunk,
and will remove his family there
shortly.
Arrangements are being made to
celebrate the first anniversary of the
flag-raisng at st. AIMS Parochial School
on July 4.
All the borough schools close to-
morrow, with the exception of Teacher
Laubach's room, which will continue
open for few days longer.
FOR SALE.-Two fresh cows and
calf, Alderney stock. Apply to John
Cannon, North Pine Street, rear of
Washburn's wheelright shop.
One dollar per year is the price of
the TRIBUNE. No one can afford to be
without the local news of the town when
it costs only two cents each week.
Attorney Hayes will petition the
court on Saturday to appoint seven
viewers for the purpose of deciding upon
the proposed extension of Pine Street.
"A truck store has been opened by
Matthew McGettrick in McGroarty's
building, Five Points. Everything in
season will be sold at the lowest prices.
All members of the Citizens Hose
Company are requested to meet next
Wednesday evening The company is
getting new equipments for Memorial
Day.
The Borough Auditors will meet in
the school building, on Washington
Street, Friday evening, May 20, to audit
the accounts of the secretary and treas
urer of the school board.
Confirmation services were held on
Monday at the Hazleton German Catholic
Church by Bishop O'Hara. Rev. NJ. j.
Fallihee and Rev. Thos. Brehony were
among the priests assisting.
The first annual picnic of Division
No. 90, A. o. H., of Eckley, will be held
at the picnic grounds in rear of the COM
pany store, Eckley, on Saturday, June
10. Depierro's Orchestra has been en-
gagged
Mrs Levi II. Steinberger left Free
land on Tuesday for Wildwood Beach, n.
j., where she has rented the cottage late
ly built by Thomas Birkbeck, and will
open it as boarding house during the
summer.
Several of the Italians working for
Contractor Howley on the new railroad
near the Lumber Yard are on strike. A
general dissatisfaction exists over wages,
grub, ETC., and the men are very demon
strative.
A Polander named Frank Krayew-
ski, working as laborer at No. 5 Upper
Lehigh, had one of his legs badly
bruised Yesterday afternoon while re-
turning from work. He jumped from
the car he was riding on while the train
was in motion.
The rain interfered considerably
with the picnic of the Soapies Base Ball
Association last evening, but large
crowd attended and enjoyed themselves
until late hour. The st. Patrick's and
p. O. S. of A. Bands and Depierro's
Orchestra enlivened the grounds with
choice music
John Dougherty, of Drifton, aged 90
years, was sent to the Poor House on
Tuesday. Dougherty possesses all his
mental faculties, but is weak physically.
He came to America from Ireland in
1850, and relates some interesting his
torical facts about the anthracite coal
region. n.-Stdnddrd.
Patrick Harkns, of Sandy Run, was
arrested by High Constable Rinker Tues
day afternoonwhile 1ourishing a revolver
on Centre Street. He was placed in the
lookup to sober up and then given
hearing before Burgess Powell. Being
unable to pay the fine Patrick was re-
manded to the 'cooler" for 4S hours.
oOAt DTOS. N 20. HTe having surveys
made for the driving of tunnel to drain
their Green Mountain collieries The
tunnel when completed will tap all the
collieres of the company from Green
Mountain to Mt. Pleasant, and will be
over two miles long. 1t is likely that it
will empty into the Black Creek, though
several routes are being surveyed.
bicycling has suddenly bounded into
popularity as a favorite pastime this
spring. There is scarcely any other ex-
ercise so healthy and lnvigorating as
that enjoyed by the knights of the wheel
Birkbeck' s carry large line of the best
machines at reasonable prices, and have
sold nearly dozen this week. Buy one
and save your enormous doctor bills.
Coke Bros & Co. yesterday made
80 years contract with the Reading
Railroad to allow that road to carry all
their coal The Reading will connect
with the d. S. & s., and this will mean
an annual increase of 100000 tons in
the Reading shipments The Lehigh
Valley Railroad was desected by Coke
Bros because it failed to obey the orders
of the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion.