Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-09-14
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.
LOCAL JOTTlNGS GATHERED FROM
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ables, call at JOS Neuburger's.
Mrs. Edward Maurie, aged twenty
years, died at Drums on Tuesday.
7. j. Maloney, of Black Creek, has
transferred his liquor license to Austin
Harvey.
You can enjoy yourself by attending
the Eckley Social Clubs picnic tomorrow
evening.
Henry Nagle, of Washington street,
broke an arm by falling off a bicycle on
Sunday.
The Scranton choral union was well
coined home by nearly 10000 people on
Monday night.
The Eckley Social Club promises a
good time to all who attend their picnic
on Friday evening.
The Welsh choir that won the prize at
the Worlds fair will give concert at
Wilkes-Barre tonight.
Allentown has given up the base ball
ghost in the state league, and will not
play the series of games.
The police of Hazleton were at their
old game Monday night. They arrested
six COWS on Wyoming street.
John McGill, of Scranton, formerly of
this section, buried an infant child in st.
AIMS cemetery on Monday.
Within the last week no less than four
attempts at burglary have been made in
Hazleton, without any arrests.
A. B. Coke, M. j. Bevans, Jas. Nor
gan and Geo. Denning have been drawn
as common pleas jurors for October.
1t is probable that Hazleton will have
a new citizens band in the near future.
Prof. Schmauch will likely be the leader.
The Public park will be enlivened by
the Mayberry band on Saturday even
ing, it being the event of their first
picnic.
The Mite society, of the Presbyterian
church, will hold sociable at the resi-
dence of Mrs. ]. II. Lindsay tomorrow
evening.
The Lehigh Valley railroad company
will start its own pay car out from Eas-
ton today, for the first time since the
combine.
Hugh O'Donnell brakeman on the
D. S. q S. Lattimer branch, had his
hand squeezed while coupling cars on
Monday.
The thirteenth regiment of Scranton,
won the shooting contest with the
seventh and twenty-third New York
regiments.
The Tigers will play the Stars at
Jeanesville on Saturday, and on Sun
day will have game here with the
Stockton club.
Augustus Gross, of Ritterville, didn't
care about living after his wife had died,
and ate a pint of paris green and than
hanged himself to end his life.
Rev. John Davies, of Wilkes Barre,
will preach in the Welsh Baptist church,
on Fern street, on Sunday, at 2 o'clock,
in Welsh, and o'clock, in English.
Some malicious persons placed railroad
spikes on the electric car track at York
town on Sunday evening, but they were
fortunately discovered in time to prevent
an accident.
A runaway electric car in Mauch
Chunk on Tuesday crashed into another
car that was standing on the track and
fatally injured the conductor and a
passenger.
The slave to tobacco or opium need no
longer despise himself for his weakness
Hills chloride of gold tablets will break
his chains and make him free man.
All druggists sell them.
Charles Galster, twenty-three years of
age, of Nanticoke, was killed in the
Hockenkosh shaft on Tuesday, by
piece of rock slipping out of the side,
while he was standing at the bottom.
Layton Ruff, II years of age, who is
imprisoned in the Monroe county Jail,
tried to start fire by igniting some bed
clothes in his cell. He thought to es-
cape during the excitement that would
ensue.
After barricading the doors, and refus-
ing to allow him to enter, the trustees of
the German Presbyterian church, of
Scranton, demanded Pastor Brucker's re-
signation, because he had preached a
prohibition sermon.
Mrs. Patrick MCGOWAN, of Ashley, |
while returning home from neighbours
house on Monday evening, was struck
on the head with a stone by drunken
man named Shearn, and her skull was
fractured.