Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-11-20
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1898.
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.
LOCAL JoTTlNGS GATHERED FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.

Little Ones of Interest About People
You Know and Things You Wish to
Hear About-What the Folks of This
Vicinity A Ire Doing.
A three months term of night school
will commence in the borough school on
Monday, December 4.
Edward Quinn, of Highland, will be a
candidate for supervisor at the Foster
township Democratic convention.
-Four days week are not to the liking
of the miners around here, as it means
less money for the holidays next month.
The Plymouth Star has changed hands.
Miss Katie Barthe, who has published
it since her fathers death, has sold it cut
to Messrs S. c. Ward and F. M. Ives.
A. X. Burger has contracted with
William johnson to build house on
Walnut street near the end of the bor-
ough line. The cellar walls are nearly
completed.
Misses Kate Duffy, of Upper Lehigh,
and Celia Gallagher, of Freeland, will
enter the convent of the Immaculate
Heart at Carbondale, Pa, on Friday,
December s.
Rev. j. J. Kuntz, who has accepted
the charge of pastor of st. Luke's Lu-
theran church, preached his farewell
sermon yesterday at st. Johns church,
Conyngham.
A fight occurred in the Polish saloon
at Centre and Main streets on Saturday
evening. The police marched the two
ringleaders off to the lookup, where they
each paid Burgess Gallagher So fine.
Tomorrow evening the Slavonians will
hold their annual masquerade ball at the
opera house. These balls are usually
well attended, and the parties in charge
intend to make the coming one the best
yet held.
The taking of testimony in the case
of the Union Street Railway Company
VS.. the Hazleton and North Side Com
pany' will take place at Wilkes. Barre
today before ]. d. Coons, ESQ.,, the
master and examiner.
The official vote of the late election in
Pennsylvania has been counted and
gives Jackson, Republican candidate for
state treasurer, 1876, 1856 plurality, and
Fell, Republican candidate for Judge of
the supreme court, 133,5S1 plurality.
The ball of the Eckley Social Club
was well patronized on Friday evening.
The grand march was led by Mark
Campbell, who was master of cere-
monies, and Miss Mary Carr. The pro-
ceeds have been given to charitable
purposes.
The trial Of Joseph Broskowski, who
is charged with the killing of Joseph
Sofranko at Freeland last June, is set
down for tomorrow. j. D. Hayes and
John L. Lenahan are the attorneys for
the defendant, and L. H. Bennett, will
assist the district attorney in the prose-
cution.
Jacob Eckroth, of Upper Lehigh,
while out hunting on Friday, shot and
killed large red fox on the railroad be-
tween that place and the water tank.
He brought it to Freeland on Saturday
and received from Squire Buckley the
premium of one dollar, which the county
pays for the scalp.
A proposition has been made by the
Libbey Glass Works, of Ohio, to trans
fer their building in which glass was
manufactured at the Worlds fair to
Wilkes-Barre, and utilize the material
on the mountain nearby for the manu-
facture of glass, if certain amount of
stock is subscribed.
An application has been made to have
viewers appointed to divide the South
Eckley) district of Foster township by
placing poll at Halle Brook. The
voters of the latter place are now taken
to Eckley in teams to vote, and even
then it is hard to get all out on election
day. Foster will have ten districts if
Halle Brook is given a poll.