Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-11-03
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.
PARAGRAPHS GATHERED FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE REGION.

ones ol ABOUT feOple
You Know and Things You Wish to
Hear About-what the Folks of This
and Other Towns Are Doing.
The diagram for Underground" is
now open at Christy's store.
J. C. Berner was in Bethlehem attend
ing to business on Tuesday.
Borough night school will open on
Monday evening" November IA.
The basement saloon of the Central
hotel was reopened on Tuesday evening.
Misses Annie Timney and Katie Nee
han returned on Tuesday to Phila-
delphia
The winter time table of the Reading
Railroad will go into effect Sunday, No
vember 13.
Washburne's celebrated flour is the
finest in the world. You can buy it at
B. F. Davis store.
Mr.. and Mrs. julius Barasch were
serenaded on Monday evening by the
P. o. S. of A. band.
J. D. Birmingham, of the Wilkes
Barre Record, was looking up business in
InlS SecIion yesterday.
Constable Isaac Phillips, who killed
Squire O'Donnel at Silver Brook recent
ly, is out on $2500 bail.
The borough election officers will put
the voting machinery in position at the
council room on Monday evening.
John Pippert, aged SO years, a we'll
known young man of Hazleton, died
yesterday and will be buried ON Sunday.
In the county Jail thirty-six persons
are waiting for trial and thirty seven
serving sentence. Three of them are
women.
Every available engine on the Reading
road was pressed into service on Sun
day to clear up the coal and freight
blockade.
The repair men ON the L. V. r. R.,
Hazleton division, We're put on nine
hours day for the winter. 1t went in
to effect on the 1st inst.
A Reformed Church congregation with
thirty three members has been organized
at Eckley, and will hold services in the
Presbyterian church there.
All kinds of sulphered iewelry, very
pretty designs, at R. E. Meyers store.
Also a nice line of musical instruments
Complete stock of watches, clocks, etc.
At meeting of the state board of
pardons yesterday favorable action was
taken upon the case of Charles Fox, of
this county, who is in prison for bur-
glary.
Dan L. Hart's play, Underground, ;"
will be at the opera house on Monday
evening. Seats are now on sale at
Christy's store. A synopsis of the piece
is given on the fourth page.
A lantern was overturned and exploded
in the stable at the rear of Dushecks s
bottling works on Tuesday evening. A
lot of hay ignited, but was extinguished
before any serious damage resulted.
Those who attended the ball of the
st. Patrick's cornet band on Monday
evening had an enjoyable time. The
grand march was led by James Quinn,
of Highland, and Miss Hannah McGill,
of Jeddo.
"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 jewel
ry of all kinds. Sulphered jewelry a
speciality.
The Schuylkill Coal Exchange, in cal
culating the wages of miners and labor
ers of the Schuylkill region for last hall
of October and first half of November
has fixed the rate at per cent. above
the $50 basis, an advance of 2 per cent
over last months wages.
At tthe Citizens Hose Compay's meeting
last evening the name of Robert Dunlap
was placed in nomination for chief of
the fire department. B. F. Davis was
, nominated at the last meeting, and on
| make selection from these two.
e The Elmira Bridge Company has un-
Y dertaken large and difficult job by con-
tracing to rebuild the Reading Railroad
bridge over the Lehigh river at White
Haven. The work is to be completed in
three months and to be done so as not
to interfere with the running of trains.
d. Foster, AL Darte and John NJ.
Carr, of Wilkes Barre, were in town yes.
: terday afternoon booming the former S
u canvass for congress. One of the party
:, carried suspicious looking valse the
y sight of which caused a Five Points
l. Mugwump to wonder if it contained
y enough Doodle for this town.
d One of the features of the campaign is
3. the large amount of mail matter received
y by the voters of all parties. Democrats
e Republicans and Prohibitionsts should
make frequent calls at the postoffice
o from now until election day, or they
: will miss a number of valuable commu