Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-02-09
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.
PARAGRAPHS GATHERED FROM ALI
PARTS OF THE REGION.

Little ones OF Interest ABOUT bReOple
You Know and Things You Wish to
Hear About-what the Folks of This
and other Towns Are Doing.
Swiss and limburger cheese at Os-
wald's. 1t is the genuine imported
article.
The Young Mems Slavonian band will
hold ball at the Cottage hall on Tues
day evening.
B. F. Davis sells the renowned Wash
burne brand of flour. 1t excels every
thing in the market Try it.
Edward Faas will remove his cigar
and stationery store to Schwabe's block,
opposite the postotiice, about April l.
An empty car went down one of the
Ebervale slopes on Monday and killed
one Hungarian and injured two others.
James Moore and Miss Ann Gallagher,
both of Freeland, were married at st.
AIMS church by Rev. M, J. Fallihee on
Monday.
The state board of charities, in its
report to the legislature, recommends an
appropriation of 1900 to Hazleton
hospital.
A double dwelling at Stockton, occu-
pied by several Hungarians, was burned
on Monday. The origin of the fire is
unknown.
Walter Moses and Miss Tabitha Jones
were married on Tuesday evening by
Rev. G. A. Spaulding, and left yesterday
on their wedding tour.
The bill forbidding the sale or manu-
facture of cigarettes in the state passed
the lower house of the legislature almost
unanimously on Tuesday.
DIR. A. T. A. Hanna, of Pottsville, will
preach en- Friday evening in Bethel
Baptist church. The pastor, Rev. c. A.
Spaulding, invites all to hear him.
Miss Gerda Olsho, graduate of the
Richmond, Va, Musical Conservatory,
will give instructions on piano or organ.
Terms, popular. Apply 70 Centre street.
Don't tail to procure ticket for the
variety entertainment at the opera house
members of the st. Patrick's cornet
band.
County Detective Whalen has landed
in Wilkes-B Barre Jail Thomas Brown,
who was captured at Niagara Falls for
numbering Rufus Robinson at Ebervale
recently.
A meeting of the Union Street Railway
Company was held at Scranton on Tues
day afternoon, and much important
business was transacted. Another meet
ing will be held this afternoon.
The prospects of fight being arranged
between Billy Jones, of Freeland, and
Lewis Landmesser, Of West Hazleton,
are unfavorable at present. IL is stated
that the latter has withdrawn from the
business entirely.
F. V. Rockafellow & Co., of Wilkes
Barre, failed yesterday. The amounts
of deposits gone exceeds $500, 900, includ-
ing SOL 900 of the city's money and the
savings of many miners, farmers and
business men. The assets are unknown.
Foster at one time was the banner
township of the county for producing
asprants for the supervisorship but it
must hand over the laurels this year to
Plains township, where sixteen candi-
dates are looking for the job of bossine
the roads.
All the company hands, runners
drivers and door tenders at the Cleai
Spring colliery, in Pittston, went on {
strike on Tuesday. They say that they
were not paid for extra time worked
They also ask for the adjustment of the
hour system of paying.
The men employed by the Hazletor
and North Side Railway Company are
still working, but owing to the hard
ground very little progress is being made.
Ties have been placed in position for a
distance of about thirty feet, and the
first length of rails was laid this morn
ing.
David B. Green, associate judge of
Schuylkill county courts, died on Mon
day evening. He was stricken with
paralysis at o'clock in the morning and
remained unconscious till his death
He was the only Republican of the three
judges of the county, and had reputa-
ton of being severe on applicants for
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