Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-11-17
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.
PARAGRAPHS GATHERED FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE REGION.

Little Ones of Interest About People
You Know and Things You Wish to
Hear About-what the Folks of This
and Other Towns Are Doing.
Hazleton hospital has twenty-five in
mates.
The diagram for "The Merry Cobbler"
will be open this evening at 6 o'clock.
After the rain of this week we should
hear no more about the dry spell in this
region.
A notion dealer in Hazleton was fined
$l5 by Mayor Gavitt for selling goods on
Sunday.
Washburne's celebrated flour is the
finest in the world. You can buy it at
B. F. Davis store.
The silver wedding of Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. j. Eckert will be celebrated at the
Cottage hotel hall this evening.
James M. Conaghan, of Upper Lehigh,
has accepted the position formerly held
by Bernard Armstrong at st. AIMS
church.
A marriage license has been granted
to George G. Kreisberger, of White
Haven, and Miss Laura r. Karschner,
of Eckley.
Schuylkill county's grand jury has
found true bill against Constable
Philips, who shot Squire O'Donnell at
Pleasant Hill recently.
The curtain at the opera house tonight
will rise at o'clock exactly. This
announcement comes from the manager
of the company and can be put down as
official.
"Quick sales and small profits" is
Philip Gertiz's 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.
Wilkes-Barre Democrats have collected
nearly $1,000 for grand demonstration
in honor of the victory on election day,
and committee will 60 to New York to
procure Burke Cochran, Tammany's
great orator.
On Friday and Saturday evenings a
"fagot" or savory duck supper will be
given by the ladies of Bethel Baptist
church in the basement of the church
building. An invitation is extended to
all. Admission, 5 cents; supper, 10
cents.
The cases of John Walker and Manus
Scott of South Heberton, were tried at
Wilkes-Barre yesterday. M. Schwabe
charged them with assisting Joe Jamison
in stealing 4 keg of beer from his butcher
shop several months ago. Both were
acquitted.
Moses Heilman's Touring mills at Le-
highton, a dwelling, barb and two large
ice houses were burned Sunday evening.
Loss, 10000. The mill, dwelling and
barn were the property of the Lehigh
Valley Company; the ice houses belong
ed to Joseph Obert and Mr.. Heilman.
While coupling coal cars near Eckley
on Monday, William Slattery, ID. S. q
S. brakeman, was caught between two
across the breast and back. He was
taken to the residence of his mother in
the Points, and is suffering severely from
internal injuries, although no bones are
broken.
Thanksgiving Eve will be observed
here by the Jeddo Progressive Club,
who will hold their third annual ball at
the opera house that evening. The re-
cord made in past years by the Jeddo
folks is a sufficient guarantee that the
coming ball will rank among the best of
the season.
Night school opened in the borough
building with II. l.. Edmunds as teach
er, on Monday evening with eighteen
pupils. The school board, in it's desire
to give all an opportunity to attend, will
permit any person, male or female, to
be present at the evening session. Par
ties over the school age need not remain
away on that account.
The Woodring & Moses Dramatic
Company is working hard to have every
thing in readiness for their new play
which will be produced in the opera
house on Decemper 8. "The Mourners'
Return" is the title, and it consists of
four acts, each of which has many inter-
esting features. The manager has en-
gagged VIM. Miller, of the Points, to fur
nish large amount of special scenery
which will be necessary in producing