Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-11-18
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.
PARAGRAPHS GATHERED FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE REGION.
Synopsis of Local and Miscellaneous Oc-
ourrences That Can Be Read Quickly.
What tho Folks of This and Other
Towns are Doing.

Eckley, fell at his home on Saturday and
fractured his right leg.
A new schedule went into effect on
the Lehigh Valley road yesterday.
The changes in this section are not
important.
Andrew McGeehan, Of town, who at
present is in the South, was welded last
week to young lady named Miss Name
King, at Roanoke, Virginia.
Hazleton has refused the offer of the
Bethlehem Silk Mill Company to locate
in that city. The proposition, our
neighbor claim, was too one-sided.
The study of music has been intro
duced in the Lehighton public schools,
and singing lessons are given regularly
each week on Thursday and Friday.
Peter Mackin, of Pleasant Hill, has
purchased the grocery and liquor store
of the late Anthony Campbell at Halle
ton. He will continue the business
there.
The Jeddo Progressive Club will be
true to its name, as it always is, on
Thanksgiving Eve, and the sixth annual
ball on that evening promises to be the
best that has yet been given by the club.
Another attempt will be made on
Wednesday evening to get together
quorum of the board of trade. The
members should attend this meeting,
and decide upon the future line of action.
We are sole agents for the "Fashion"
shoe. No other dealer in town has this
line. Our price So, guaranteed to be
worth SO. At the Wear Well.
A. w. Britain, clerk at the Citizens
bank, and Mrs. Sadie Bigler, both of town,
were married bv Rev. H. A. 1. Benner
at the residence of w. II. Vanhorn on
Friday evening. They will reside on
Washington street.
An advertisement is of little value un-
less it is placed in a paper that is read by
the people. But TRIBUNE advertisers
have no reason to complain on this score.
The people read the TRIBUNE. Hence
it is valuable as an advertising medium.
A wreck occurred on Friday morning
on the Highland branch of the Lehigh
Valley at Linesville. A freight train
that leaves Hazleton about a. IN. jump
ed the track and six cars loaded with
freight were smashed. No one was
hurt.
Hugh Jennings and John McGraw,
two of Baltimore clubs players, entered
st. Bonaventure college, Allegheny City,
on Saturday. They were rendered a
rousing reception by the students and
faculty. Both are taking classical
course.
Edward Brantmire, aged Is years, a
son of John Brantmire of Sandy Run,
had his arm broken in two places and
received other injuries at Sandy Run on
Saturday afternoon by falling under
locie upon which he was employed as
patcher.
John R. Fell, son-in-law of the late
Anthony j. Drexel, died in Philadelphia
on Friday night. His father was one of
the founders of the coal firm of Pardee
& Co., of Hazleton, and Mr.. Fell sue
ceeded his father as a member in the
company.
If you own a horse buy good warm
blanket for it. Geo. Wise has hundreds
for sale at his Freeland and Jeddo
stores. Prices will be found right.
BY the caving in of well at Mt.
Pleasant Saturday one man was killed
and two others seriously injured. Their
names are Adam Kellock, killed; Howard
Pewter, injured internally and badly
bruised; John Lafnko, legs and head
crushed. Pewter can hardly recover.
Prof. James T. Weart, who lectured
here last July on "Matrimony," was
arrested on Saturday at Bnghamton,
N. Y. In addition to lecturing he col
lected debts due a Philadelphia medical
firm and failed to make a settlement.
1t was on this charge that he was
arrested.
A most daring outrage was committed
at noon on SATURDAY. when Patrick
Shields, peddler of Beaver Meadow,
was held up on the road near No. 2
Beaver Meadow by three masked men.
Shields is past 05 years and the robbers
beat him until he became unconscious.
They relieved him of $50.
Under law passed by the last legs
lature persons desiring to do business as
undertakers in any city must take out
license and those now in the business
must register with state board, which
the law creates. This applies to all
undertakers who follow their profession
in any city, without regard to the place
of their own residence.
On the second page today there is an
advertisement that will certainly be
good news to hundreds of families in
this vicinity. Read it carefully, then
profit by the information.