Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-09-20
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.
PARAGRAPHS GATHERED FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE REGION.

to Stroudsburg normal school to resume
his studies.
Archbishop Ryan, of Philadelphia,
confirmed 200 children at Audenried
this morning.
A Hungarian miner was killed
instantly by fall of rock at one of the
Audenried collieries on Monday.
The collieries that receive their supply
of cars from the Lehigh Valley Railroad
will not work any more this week,
j. D. Myers left on Tuesday to visit
his son George, who is lying dangerous
ly ill at st. Nicholas, Schuylkill county.
1t is reported that the Lehigh Valley
Railroad has made a reduction of So per
month in the pay of all station employees
on its road.
Thomas Thimiets, of Jeddo, was re-
moved to Laurytown hospital on Tues
day. He is almost blind from an affec-
tion of the eyes.
Macready's Company will open here
on Monday evening. Twenty-one play
ers, including the band and orchestra,
are carried this season.
Applications We're made to the court
yesterday by Borough Solicitor Stroh to
have Freeland divided into election dis
tricts and also into wards.
Electricians are busily engaged in
wiring the opera house and placing
the incandescent lights in position.
About seventy lights are being put in.
The Wilkes-Barre Times has decided
to discard hand composition, and in
few weeks type-setting machines will
take the place of the compositors on
that paper.
The Diamond Water Company of
Hazleton has been restrained by an in
junction from shutting off the supply of
water it had contracted to furnish to the
Traction Company.
Several North Side people attended
the production of the "Chimes of Nor
mandy" at Hazleton on Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings The piece was
we'll rendered by local company.
The Prohibitionists of the fourth dis
trict were to meet at Hazleton last Tues
day evening to nominate legislative
candidate, but sufficient number failed
to attend and the convention was post
poned.
The Democratic committee Of the
third legislative district met at Ply
mouth on Saturday and nominated J.
Frank Turner for the legislature. The
candidated nominated by the conven-
ton had declined.
The marriage of Michael Boyle, a rail-
road foreman in the employ of Contrac-
tor King, to a Tresckow blonde, is the
next nuptial event of importance on the
South Side. Mr.. Boyle's home is at
Freeand.-Standard.
Hugh Dever aud William Gallagher
returned from their trip to Ireland and
report very pleasant journey. Miss
Mary Dever, who accompanied them
over, remained in Philadelphia to visit
relatives after her return.
The services of the forty hours deyo-
tion at st. AIMS church closed yester-
day morning. 1t was one of the most
successful ever held at that church, and
the services were attended by large
numbers each day and evening.
The advance agent of Macready's Com
pany will give free magic lantern ex-
hibition at the Central hotel this even
ing also on Saturday evening. If the
weather is favorable tomorrow evening
exhibitions will be given at Jeddo and
Drifton.
Several of the members of Company
F, of the ninth regiment, are i'll with
typhoid fever at their homes near
Wilkes-Barre. The disease is supposed
to have been contracted by drinking i'm.
pure water during the encampment at
Gettysburg One death has occurred in
the company.
Reserved seat tickets for Macready's
plays, at Freeland opera house next
week, can be procured at Christy's store.
The company this season is receiving
considerable praise from the press of
the towns where it appeared. Several
well-known favorites are now travelling
with Mr.. Macready.
A delegation of about thirty members
of Silver Wave Lodge, No 242, Of Free
land, attended an anniversary celebra-
ton of the Hazleton Knights of Pythias
last evening. An interesting programme
was carried out, after which the visitors
were rendered a banquet by the Halle