Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-16
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.
LOCAL JOTTlNGS GATHERED FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.

Little Ones of Interest About PeopI.
You Know and Things You Wish tc
Hear About-what the Folks of Thi,
| Vicinity Are Doing.
Try Fackler's homemade bread and
rolls-baked fresh every morning.
Parties supplied with ice cream, cakes,
ETC., by Laubach at reasonable rates.
The telephone exchange at Wilkes.
Barre was completely destroyed by fire
on Friday night.
Next Monday evening the second an
nual ball of Division 10, A. O. H., will
be held at the opera house.
The almshouse and hospital at Laury-
town were unroofed by FRIDAYS storm.
The damage is estimated at 5000.
Messrs, Reed, Reese, Norton and
Smith, Republican county candidates,
made tour of the town on Saturday.
An explosion of gas at Wyoming, this
county, on Friday, severely burned
Charles Nuss, David Jones and u. V.
Evans.
Miss Susie Headley, of Warrior Run,
this county, was killed on Friday at
jackson, Michigan, while going to the
Worlds fair.
John j. Burke, for two years city
editor of Nanticoke Neaos, has accepted
similar position with the Plain Speaker
of Hazleton
An entertainment under the auspices
of the Tige.s Athletic Club will be held
at the opera house on Saturday evening.
November IS.
j. w. Macready and company will
play here FIVE nights next week instead
of three, as previously announced. See
ad. in adjoining column.
Union Thanksgiving services will be
held at ST. Johns Reformed church this
year. Rev. Edmund White, of Trinity
M. E. church, will officiate.
Several feet of track on the D. S. & S.
was washed out on Saturday near Gran
berry, and the passenger and coal trains
were delayed several hours.
The Democratic county candidates
Will spend this week in this end of the
county, commencing today at Hazleton.
Thursday evening a meeting will be
held here.
An Italian was found dead near the
Milnesville store last evening. No
marks of violence were found on him,
it is supposed death was caused by
alcoholism.
The storm on Friday night blew down
the steps and large porch of Donop's
hall the Democratic flagpole at Centre
and Walnut streets and several out
buildings through town.
The state convention of the Christian
Endeavor societies adjourned at Read
ing after electing officers. An effort to
pledge the convention to the support of
the Prohibition party failed.
The Tamaqua, Hazleton and Northern
Railroad, branch of the Reading sys-
TEN, has been abandoned. 1t was built
two years ago at a great expense to
connect the Reading with the d. S. & S.
The Wilkes-Barre and Eastern Rail
road has been completed between
Stroudsburg and Wilkes-Barre. 1t is
sixty-seven and half miles long and |
cost $7,000,000, exclusive of the equip
ment.
Costumes is the cause of the intoler-
able 'bad breath" of multitudes. DR.. |
Henry Baxter's Mandrake Bitters re-
move the cause and prevent the evil
and cost only 25 cents. Sold by DR..
Schilcher.
Fire which originated in the boiler
house destroyed the large new breaker
at New Boston, Schuylkill county, on
Friday night, causing loss of about |
L.
work at another colliery.
The Lehighton 1doocate, established
in 1872 by II. V. Mortimer, Sr, has
changed hands. In the future it will be
issued by the Advocate Publishing Com
pany, composed of the sons of Mr.. |
Mortimer, who will live retired at his