Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-05-07
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.
PARAGRAPHS GATHERED FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE REGION.


What the Folks of This and Other
Towns Are Doing.
A marriage license has been granted
to William Beverage and Miss Lillian
Anthony, both of Sandy Run.
Miss B. NJ. Dugan, of Philadelphia, is
visiting friends in town, prior to her re-
moval to York Harbor, Maine.
Edward Reilly and Patrick O'Brien,
two well-known residents of Upper Le-
high, are lying very ill at their homes in
that town.
Work upon the new hospital at Laury-
town will be started shortly, the poor
directors having accepted the plans of
the building.
Up to Saturday evening the Lehigh
Traction Company had carried 900 900
passengers. The road has been in
operation only ten months.
Miss Minnie Harnett, of Shenandoah,
who taught school at Highland some
years ago, is in town to attend the
| funeral of John d. Hayes.
John Hudok, who tried to commit
suicide in the Points last week, is re-
covering rapidly at the Hazleton hospi-
tai and will soon be able to try it again.
Edwin Miller, of Freeland, and Miss
Mary Murphy, of Laurytown, were
married by Rev. II. A. l. Benner at st.
Johns Reformed church on Thurs
day.
Eckley B. Coke, of Halle, and VIM.
Hayes and Charles Lilly, of Foster, have
been drawn to serve as common pleas
jurors during the week commencing
June 4.
The business men and merchants of
town have decided to suspend all bust
ness tomorrow between and 10 o'clock
a. m. on account of the funeral of John
d. Hayes, Esq.
The Young Mems T. A. B. Society will
run an excursion to that popular resort,
Glen Onoko, on Saturday, June 90.
Fares and train arrangements will be
announced later.
w, IL. Norsteg, assistant superinten-
dent OF the Prudential Insurance Com
pany, attended banquet of the com
pany's agents at Mauch Chunk on
Thursday evening.
A severe thunder storm passed over
the region yesterday afternoon. A Hun
garian woman at Ebervale was struck
by lightning on the head and foot, but
was not seriously injured.
Boyle & McMonigal have opened a
place near the old station for the manu-
facture of concrete, and they are pre-
pared to lay pavements, garden walks,
yards, ETC., at reasonable prices.
Burgess Patrick Mclaughlin left this
morning for New York city, where he
will represent Division 6, of Freeland,
in the annual convention of the A. O,
H., B. of E., which will be held there
this week.
An Austrian of Oneida, who was in
jured at that place about three weeks
ago and was sent to Philadelphia hos
pital by Coke Bros. & Co., died there
last week. He was inferred at st. AIMS
cemetery on Friday.
A new style of slot machines were
placed in several of the saloons of town
last week. These machines have been
abolished in a number of cities and
boroughs in this state, the authorities
CHASING them as gambling devices.
The condition of James L. Lenahan,
the Wilkes-Barre attorney, who has
been in New York hospital for many
weeks past has so far improved as to en-
able him to leave the hospital. He ex-
poets to arrive home on June l, entirely
cured.
Citizens of Wilkes-Barre have a scheme
on foot looking to the annexation of all
nearby towns within radius of five
miles. If successful the county seat
would have population of over $50 900.
and would be the third largest city in
the state.
The will of the late Faon Santee, of
Butler township, was probated on Fri
day. lie leaves to his daughters Mary
Sacks, Ann Caroline Klinger, Eliza She
over, Harriet Malcolm and Laura
Cunius, and to his sons, Richard and
Solomon, each 5000.
The pigeon shooting match between
Heron, of Milnesville, and German, of
Mahanoy City, took place at the Noun
tain Scenery Hotel on Saturday and was
won by German, he hitting three birds
out of six, while Heron succeeded in
killing but one.-PlaiR Speaker.
The dead body of Hungarian was
found on the Ebervale mountain about
o'clock on Saturday afternoon. A bull
let wound in the back of the head and
another in the left breast gives theaffair
color of murder. The man had been
dead about three days when found.