Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-10-08
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.
PARAGRAPHS GATHERED FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE REGION.

What the Folks of This and Other
Towns Are Doing.
A mass meeting in the interest of the
Democratic ticket will be held on Satur-
day evening at the opera house.
The Mayberry band serenaded James
Crawford and wife at their new resi-
dence on Adams on Friday evening.
The Jersey Central has completed the
work of filling in the trestling on the
Upper Lehigh branch near White
Haven.
Peter Mackin, of Pleasant Hill, who
for several years resided here, will be
married on the 26th inst. to Miss Mary
Frank, of the same town.
John L. Sullivan and his "True Ameri-
can" Company passed through town on
Friday morning, enroute from Wilkes
Barre to Pottsville.
Antonio Rizzuto, an Italian who MUIR
dered -countryman at Pleasant
Hill last summer, has been sentenced
to be hanged at Pottsville on December 4.
District Attorney John M. Garman
will accompany the Democratic state
candidates, on a weeks trip through the
state, commencing on Monday, October
%.
The National Interlocking Switch
Company, of Easton, is placing switches
and signals at Eckley and Stockton,
where narrow-guage roads cross the D.
S. & S.
''Our Irish Visitors" was played at
Nanticoke on Thursday evening. The
Ne'cs says it was equal to anything ever
seen there, and pronounces it irst-class
production.
Carbondale is to have a new paper,
the Duly Anttracae. B. j. Mooney,
formerly of Hazleton, and until recently
editor of the Scranton Times, will have
charge of it.
Delegations from Camps 80 and 81, p
o. s. of A, made fraternal call upon
the members of Camp 147, of Freeland,
on Friday evening They were tender
ed a cordial welcome.
James Bonner, of Washington street,
who was hurt in Jeddo recently, is i'm
proving rapidly. D. ]. Boyle, of Wal
nut street, who was injured in Upper
Lehigh, is also moving about again.
The borough council of Plymouth has
passed an ordinance compelling the
Traction Company to pay tax of $50
year for every car run through Plymouth
and 90 cents tax upon every electric wire
pole within the borough limits.
John J. Welsh proposes to open
dancing school on the second floor of the
opera house building in few weeks,
providing sufficient number of pupils
can be secured. Arrangements are now
being made to engage II first-class in
structor.
The Presbyterian church on Front
street was dedicated yesterday by Rev.
T.. Ferrier, d. D., of Easton, and Rev.
j. w. Bischoff, of Upper Lehigh. Ser
vices were held in the morning, after
noon and evening, and all were well
attended.
The Prohibitionists of Sandy Run
held an enthusiastic mass meeting on
\ Thursday evening Rev NJ. C. Smith,
of Sheldon, Illinois, was the speaker of
the evening, and he fervently espoused
the cause. Another meeting will be
held in few weeks
John Leisenring, Republican candi-
date for congress, has returned from
Europe, where he went four weeks ago
to take charge of his brother, Edward
Leisenring. The remains of the latter
will arrive at New York this week and
will be buried at Mauch Chunk.
Clarence F. Huth, of Shamokin, state
president of the p O. S. of A., has ap-
pointed the following districts presidents
for this region: Luzerne district No 4,
II. l. Edmunds, Freeland; Luzerne. Car
bon district, John 7. Bergman, Latti-
mer; Schuylkill district, No. 7. A. w.
Ward, Silver Brook
Eugene Moore and his talented COM
pany gave very satisfactory presenta-
ton of The Burglar" at the opera
house on Thursday evening. The play
was enjoyed by the audience, especially
the acting of Messrs. Moore and Russell
and little Gertie Carlisle. The attend
ance should have been larger.
The Maennerchor Singing Society, of
Hazleton, egan the celebration of its
twenty-tfth anniversary on Saturday.
1t will end this evening. Several sing
ing societies from New York Lehghton
and other towns are present. A large
delegation of the German Social Club
attended the exercises last evening.
Empty candy buckets neat and useful,
l0c each at Laubach's Call at once.