Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-01-19
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.
PARAGRAPHS GATHERED FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE REGION.

LittiS ones Oh interest About People
You Know and Things You Wish to
Hear About-what the Folks of This
and Other Towns Are Doing.
Miss Ellen Scott returned yesterday
to Philadelphia, where she will reside
for the future.
Tickets for the firemen's ball on the
9th inst. are selling rapidly, and large
ball is assured.
Foster Prohibitionists will nominate a
township ticket on Saturday evening at
South Heberton.
w: II. Butts has accepted the position
OF division operator on the d. S. & S.
He will be stationed at Drifton.
A sleighing party of thirty couples
from Freeland and Driftou will 90 to
White Haven tomorrow evening
Every Democrat in the borough should
attend the nominating convention at
Donop's hall on Saturday evening.
The TRIBUNE office has all the facili-
ties for printing the ballots to be used at
the borough and towship elections next
month.
Considerable correspondence that did
not reach this office until this morning
had to be omitted today, owing to lack
of space.
Rev, A. Beimuller, pastor of st. Luke's
church, attended a meeting of the Lu-
theran Pastoral Association at Lehigh-
ton on Tuesday.
lax Collector Givens has been appon-
ted by the court 10 collect the special tax
of Foster township. 1t must be collect
ed within thirty days.
Two Polish miners at No. 5 Stockton
were closed in by cavein on Tuesday
After fifteen hours hard work they were
rescued and found uniniured.
Ex-Sheriff Jacob Raudenbush, of Car
bon county, died at his residence in Le-
highton on Saturday. He was the father
of Charles Raudenbush, of Washington
street.
With the thermometer at zero and
cold winds blowing, seven persons were
baptized by a Dunkard minister in a
pool in Mannheim township, Lancaster
county.
Halle township Democrats will hold
their delegate elections on Saturday
evening, January 2S, and the convention
at Halle mines schoolhouse on Tuesday,
January 81.
Reserved seats for the wonderful
| monograph concert will be on sale at
Faas' store Saturday morning, January
q. Procure yours early. New cylin-
ders will be used
1t is regarded as certain in political
circles that +. V. Rockafellow, the
Wilkes-Barre banker, will receive the
appointment of internal revenue collec-
tor in this district.
After April the Hazleton House will
be in charge of Matt Seiger, of Freeland,
the present landlord of the Cottage
hotel He will be succeeded by Owen
Meyer, of White Haven.
The funeral of Sister Mary Clare, who
died at st. AIMS convent on Sunday,
was attended by number from here on
Tuesday at Hazleton. Father O'Reilly,
of st. AIMS church, read the requiem
mass.
Mrs. Ludwig Brandmaier died at her
residence near Pond Creek on Monday,
She was the mother of Mrs. John Smith,
of this place, and was &c years of age.
| The funeral takes place at White Haven
this afternoon.
Correspondence from Fast Foster,
signed Foster Township Voters" com
planning about the condition of the roads
there, should be accompanied by the
writers names. communications are
published unless this is done.
Two dwelling blocks owned by Coke
Bros: d Co. at Gowen were destroyed
by hre on Monday. One was vacant
and the other was occupied by several
Hungarians, who lost considerable
money and clothing in the flames.