Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-31
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.

uploiilItu appraiser OF turDOu
county.
+. Wisler was on Friday appointed post
master at Lehgh Tannery, to succeed D. G.
McLand, resigned.
Thursdays storm delayed traffic throughout
the region. The trolley cars We're unable to
reach Freeland that day.
Organizers of the United Mine Workers are
said to be preparing the way for branches Of
the union on the South Side.
After today II. E. Myers will be general
manager and superintendent of the Freeland
Electric Light, Heat and Power Company.
G. Il. Wells, steward at Laurytown aims
house, will soon resign. He will enter bust
ness at Weatherly with ex-Poor Director G.
w. Miller.
Myron Zimmerman, of Freeand, and Miss
Maggie Fairchild, of Pond Creek, We're mar
ricd ON Christmas by Rev. }. W. Bischoff, of
Upper Lehigh.
The residents and business people of South
Centre street are complaining of the manner
in which the Traction Company piled the
snow along that street
Morris Ferry, Jr,, who fell on the ice on
Christmas and sustained severe INJURIES is
very ill at his parents home, corner of South
and Washington streets
The st Patrick's band attended the fair at
Ecllley on Tuesday, accompanied by several
hundred people. The fair is attracting much
attention and promises to be a great success.
At the Central hotel at 10 o'clock this even
ing, the numerous friends of Charles Dusheclt
will assemble to assist him in making the
ffteth anniversary of his birth u notable
event.
j. w. Macready, who 1t will be remembered
played here week in September, ran away
from his company, together with the manager,
Harry Linson, and left them stranded at Har-
risburg.
Oriental Court, No. li9, Jr., o. U. A. NJ,
of Freeland, will take part in "A masqued par
ade ut Hazleton tomorrow afternoon. The
members propose to make an attractive ap-
pearance.
Freeland is not the only town which suffers
sometimes from lack of light. The engines
of Hazletons electric light plant broke down
last night and the city was in total darkness
after IL o'clock.
Thomas II. Cahill, who was manager last
season of Scranton's Eastern league ball club,
died in that city last week of consumption,
y
lar men in the base ball business
Christopher McGraw, son of Thomas Nc
Graw, of Beach Haven, has been appointed Il
messenger in the government printing office
at Washington. The place is worth $40 per
month, with chance of promotion.
Rev. DR.. George Frear, formerly pastor of
the First Baptist church of Wilkes Barre who
resigned some months ago owing to i'll health,
died on Thursday of kidney troubles, aged Gi
years He was veteran of the late war
Charles Il. Bone, of Scranton, who has been
employed by the Electric Light Company
as chief electrician since the plant started, has
resigned to accept the superintendency of II
plant at Dickson City, Lackawanna county.
John McCarroll, aged 20 years, the oldest
engineer in the employ of the Lehigh Valley
Railroad Company dropped dead at Delano
on Friday. He had been in the employ of the
company as an engineer for over forty years.
The new parsonage of the Memorial Presby-
terian church, of Wilkes Barre, was burned
down on Thursday. Loss, S65OJ. The fire
started in the cellar and owing to the heavy
snow the liremen were long time getting Il
stream on.
Daniel Hartig, night operator mt the Lehigh
valley station, has been appointed day opera
tor to succeed w. L. Fetterman, who resigned
to accept the position of travelling operator
for the ID. =. IS. james Winters, of Hazleton,
succeeds Mr.. Hartig.
At II special meeting of the Citizens Hose
Company ON Wednesday evening it was de-
cded that all members should meet ut the
hose house ut 2 p. IN. tomorrow, when the first
of n series of drills with the hose, hooks, lad
ders, etc, will be held.
The Sisters of Mercy at st. AIMS church
were presented with $50 by committee repre-
senting Division 6, A. o. H., on Christmas. A
committee from Division 10, A. o. H., also
presented the Sisters with the annual donation
of $50 from the latter society
Tomorrow the members of the Tyrolese So
ciety will give their annual entertainment at
the opera house. The opera, "Di Giovanni"
will he presented. These people take interest
in rendering their plays properly. The prices
of admission are Is cents for children and 25
cents for adults.
The act of the legislature of May %, 1893,
making the election term of chief burgess
three years instead of one will be inquired
into, it being the opinion of the Republican
leaders in Pottstown that 1t does not reach the
special and peculiar charter under which that
borough is working.
At the State Music Teachers convention, in
session at Harrisburg last week, President
hurZenknabe made an eloquent plea to the
convention to do all 1t could to have bill pas
sed compelling the teaching of music in the
public schools, and legislative committee
was appointed with Mr.. Kurzenknabe as
chairman.
Very pretty display cards have been distri-
buted throughout the town by the members
of the Tigers Athletic Club, to advertise their
ball on the 2lst of next month. They are done
up in the clubs colors, blue and white, and at
| tached to each is Il calendar for January, with
the date of the ball in prominent figures. The
| Tigers usually lead in introducing new and
original advertising schemes.
The opponents of the present management of
the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company are
making strenuous efforts to overthrow the
| Wilbur people ut the election next month.
This would be the best thing that could hap
pen che Lehigh Valley, but the administration