Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-12-12
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS
PARAGRAPHS GATHERED FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE REGION.

and Other Towns Are Doing.
The best creamery butter is kept at
Campbell s. store.
Quite number of weddings will take
place after Christmas.
The store windows of town are COM
mencing to have holiday appearance.
Don't suffer with indigestion. Use
Baxter's Mandrake Bitters. Sold by DIR.
Schilcher.
Prof. Neno left town this morning but
his medicines are on sale at the drug
stores here.
Rev. M. J. Fallihee, pastor of st.
AIMS Catholic church, is lying very sick
at his residence.
Washburne's celebrated flour is the
finest in the world. You can buy it at
B. F. Davis store.
The banquet and ball of the Legion of
of Honor will take place at the opera
house this eveeing.
The Citizens Hose Company has ap-
pointed committee to secure date for
ball during the winter.
A shooting match will be held at John
Schnee's All Nations hotel on the Goth
inst. Everybody is invited.
The first masquerade ball held by the
Slavonians of Freeland will take place
at the opera house on January 6.
Camp 147, P. 0. S. of A., will open its
fair at the opera house on Wednesday
evening 1t will continue for ten days.
Wide-awake candidates will place
their announcements in the TRIBUNE if
they want the public to know they're
out.
The teachers permanent certificate
committee of Luzerne county will hold
its examination on Saturday, beginning
promptly at A. M.
E. A. Jacoby and Miss Maggie Ben
ner, both of Whitehall, Lehig b county,
were married here by Rev. H. A. |.
Benner, of Freeland, ON Thursday.
All kinds of sulphered jewelry, very
pretty designs, at r. E. Meyers store.
Also nice line of musical instruments.
Complete stock of watches, clocks, etc.
John Brandau, of Hazleton, Lehigh
Valley brakeman, was crushed while
coupling cars near White Haven on
Thursday night and died the next day.
The annual New Years Eve ball of
the Pioneer Corps will be held this year
on the 3Oth inst. The members are
preparing for the usual large crowd that
attends their balls.
James Kelly, of Mahanoy Plane,
claims to be the champion checker
player in Shuylkill county. He chal-
lenges any man in Carbon or Luzerne to
play series of games.
The reason why Arnica & Oil Lini-
ment is so popular with the ladies is
because it not only is very healing and
soothing but its odor is not at all often
sive. Sold by DR.. Schilcher
Old records bearing upon the disputed
boundary of Lackawanna and Susque-
hanna countless submitted to Lackawan-
ma county commissioners, indicate that
Forest City lies in Susquehanna county.
Division 10, A. 0. H., of Hazleton,
and the St. Gabriels cornet band, of the
same place, will attend the parade in
connection with Bishop O'Hara's jubilee
celebration at Scranton on December %.
"Quick sales and small profits" is
Philip Gertzs business motto. He has
always the largest and best assorted
stock of Watches clocks, rings and Jewell
ry of all kinds. Sulphered jewelry a
speciality.
Colonel james Gilbert, of Scranton,
and Miss Emma Mossman, of Sauk Cen
ter, Minn., were married at the former
place on Saturday. Gilbert is nearly
eight feet tall and the young lady is but
a few inches shorter.
The Reading railroad system, as now
organized, has 1894 miles of road, S0,-
600 acres of land, about $500, 1000, 900 in
bona tide capital, and 100000 men in its
employ, over five times the standing
army of the United States.
Rev. A. J. Kuehn, of New Jersey, has
accepted the position of assistant to Rev.
j. 2. Buxton, of st. James Episcopal
church, Drifton, and will have chare of
the chapels at Freeland and Eckley.
He will reside on Ridge street, below
Luzerne.
Hon. James Collins, who has been
living in Bristol, Pa, for some time past,
returned on Friday to take charge of the
bottling establishment of Fred Horlach-
er, on Ridge street. Mr.. Collins entered
upon the duties of his new position this
morning.
A special assessment of fifteen mills
has been authorized by the court to be
levied for the payment of the marshal
indebtedness of Foster township road
taxes. Tax Collector Givens will this
week give notice of the time when it
will be collected.
The postmaster at the Delaware Wa
ter Gap has posted the following in his
Office: CAN illusions to or discussions
concerning the future postmastership at
Delaware Water Gap are strictly forbid
den in this office; the subject is not be
mentioned in any manner whatever"
Lansford has sold its electric light
plant to the Lehigh Coal & Navigation
Company for $4,000 and then made
contract whereby that company will
furnish twenty-seven arc lights at 500
each per annum. The contract is for
six years. In that time the borough
will have paid over Sic, 900 to the COM
f1,. lfr.ht H., l.