Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-08-01
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.
PARAGRAPHS GATHERED FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE REGION.

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.
The borough council will meet this
evening
Hazleton is overrun with burglars and
sneak thieves.
One more month until the gay oyster
Will sport its shape again.
Carbon Republicans will name their
ticket to-day at Mauch Chunk.
For resisting policeman at fire a
Wilkes-Barre man was fined $50.
After to-day Pullman coaches will take
the place of chair cars on the Lehigh
Valley.
w. P. James ex-clerk of courts, is
after the Republican nomination for
sheriff.
Commandery No. 6, Knights of Malta
of Drifton, will meet hereafter in Yam
nes hall.
A common cold should not he neglect
ed. Downs Elixir will cure it. Sold
by DR.. Schilcher.
John Mann, who attempted to take
his life at Hazleton on Tuesnay, died on
Thursday from his wounds.
s. c. Koons has opened a plumbing
establishment and tinware store at Clark
Summit, Lackawanna county.
Operator Houser, who was held res
ponsible for the collision on the d. s. &
5. last week, has been discharged.
A. w. Washburn will be a candidate
for delegate to the Democratic county
convention from Freeland borough.
The license of Joseph Schochner, of
South Heberton, who died recently, has
been transferred to Adam Showers.
William Slattery, employed on the
d. S. & s., had his knee-cap injured on
Saturday while stepping off train.
J. w. Metcalf, of Forty Fort, is six
feet six inches in height, and claims to
be the tallest man in Luzerne county
Arnica & Oil Lin!ment is very healing
and soothing, and does wonders when
applied to old sores. Sold by DIR. Schil-
cher.
To tell good eggs, put them in water.
If the large end turns up they are not
fresh. This is said to be an infallible
rule.
On Saturday, September s. st. Johns
Slovenian Society and the Slavonian
band will attend a church dedication at
Mt. Carmel.
The item going round the newspapers
that clprpvmpn rapl1Ira6 hu lom fn
publish notice of marriages in at least
one paper is untrue. Such thing is not
necessary.
The contract for building the new hos
pital at Pittston has been awarded to
William O'Malley, of Wilkes-Barre.
Price, $l9,293.
Ed. Falls, of Audenried, will open a
book and stationery store at Freeland,
where he intends to locate permanently.
-Lehight0n Press.
While the Philadelphia regiments
were away from that city the tobacco
dealers sales of cigarettes decreased
over 2000 packs day.
Hugh Shovlin, operator at the Lehigh
Valley depot, resigned his position to
accept another with the d. S. & s. COM
pany at Oneida. He will take charge
on Wednesday.
The Foster school directors and teach
ers met on Saturday evening, and the
latter were supplied with the keys and
roll-books of their schools. The nine
months term commenced this morning.
Citizens and merchants of Shenandoah
are agitating the company store question
and small stores kept by the sons of
bosses and uperintendents about the
Reading Company's mines. 1t is said
the Reading Company will investigate
the matter.
In Thursdays issue it was stated that
Prof. Rhys Herbert and Master Morgan
DeFoy would contest in the eistcddfod
at Lakeside Park on August Is. Mr..
Herbert desires us to state that he is not
to contest, but will play a piano accom-
paniment for Master DeFoy in the cor
net solo contest.
The motto of the proprietors of DR.
Henry Baxter's Mandrake Bitters is,
+. "the greatest good to the greatest num-
ber," and so sell large bottle of valu-
able remedy for the small price of
% cents, and warrant every bottle to
give satisfaction or money refunded.
Sold by DIR. Schilcher.
Announcement of Coming Events.
Picnic of Parishioners of Eckley
Catholic Church Eckley Grove An