Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-12-23
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.
PARAGRAPHS GATHERED FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE REGION.
Synopsis of Local and Miscellaneous Oc-
currences That Can Bel Read Quickly.
What the Folks of This and Other
Towns are Doing.

as clerk in the grocery store of II. P.
Malloy.
On every page of the TRIBUNE today
will be found appropriate reading for
Christmas.
Freeand's delegation of normal school
and college students is home to spend
the holidays.
Ladies', don't forget to see the dress
goods at A. Oswalds.
The public and parochal schools of
this vicinity have closed until the first
Monday after New Years Day.
Andrew Hudock took charge of the
saloon of ii. M. Brislin this morning and
will conduct the business for the future.
A case of diphtherla has been reported
to the Board of Health as existing in the
residence OF James X. Boyle, Centre
street.
The roof of the new opera house has
been completed, and the contractors,
Friedrich & Knelly, are pushing the in
terror work
John j. McGill, of Highland, has been
registered as a law student and will
study in the Office of G. l.. Halsey,
Wlliesbarre.
Borough Assessor John f. Gallagher
has received his books and blanks for
the assessment of s96 and will begin his
duties at once.
Rev. E. A. O'Rielly, of st. AIMS
church, was presented with handsome
gold-headed cane by the Daughters of
Mary Sodality last evening.
Thomas Birkbeck, Jr., has received
four-foot alligator from his uncle, Joseph
Birkbeck, of Wilkesbarre, who was pre-
sented with it by Florida friend.
Neal M. Sweeney, of Plymouth, coun-
ty delegate of the A. O. H., Board of
Erin, paid an official visit to Division G.
of this place. on Thursday evening.
The very latest in New York and
Philadelphia dress goods can be seen at
A. Oswalds. Can and inspect them.
Mrs. John Lyman, wife of the we'll
known Lehigh Valley conductor of Haz-
Teton, died at Danville asylum on Satur-
day. She had been an inmate there for
five years.
The Travlers' Athletic Association
has issued four-page announcement of
the entertainment tomorrow evening.
1t was literally patronized by the bust
ness people.
Ezra Bollinger, of town. a well-known
ID. 5. & S. brakeman, was married on
Saturday evening to Miss Lizzie Shve,
of Mauch Chunk, at the latter place.
They will reside on Chestnut st rect
The fight at Lakeside on Thursday
evening between "Scaldy Bill" of Will
Transport, and John Boner, of Summit
Hill, ended in draw, after having
battled with each other for thirty-seven
rounds.
The WilkesBarre Telephone prints
description of the latest discovery of
Prof. Coles, of Kingston, the vibrameter,
a machine to record and measure every
flash of lightning and every vibration of
thunder.
The Tigers Athletic Club proposes to
open the New Year with one of the best
balls ever held in the opera house. The
clubs reputation is sufficient to assure
the ball-goers that the affair will be
successful one.
A forty-page book has been received
from the Lehigh Valley Railroad. 1t
contains a lot of valuable information
for passengers, and the timetables are
arranged in better style than those of
any road in the state.
The Freeland Water Company has
made a proposition to the borough
school board to furnish water to the
Coxe Memorial School for $4S per year
or to place meter in the building and
charge at the rate of 9 cents per gallon.
The publishers of the Slasoaic Truth
have placed a fast Hoe press in their
office and after January the paper will
be increased to eight pages. The Truth
is forging ahead rapidly and now cir
culates in nearly every state in the union.
Hoods calendar for 1896 is out and it
is greatly admired Many pronounce
it ''the haudsomest yet" 1t consists of
the head of beautiful young woman
in an oval panel with stylish gold frame
The background and pad are printed in
harmonious brown tints.
Holiday shoppers will find the TRT-
BUNE's advertising columns the best guide
to the stores of progressive merchants.
The publisher believes that the TRI-
BUNE's advertisers are reliable people to
do business WITH and can therefore re-
commend thom to the readers.
The pupils of the Coke Memorial
School organized last week what will be
known as the Longfellow Literary So
ciety, and elected the following officers:
President, Miss Maggie Miller; vice
president, Daniel Timony; secretary,
Mary Davis; directors, John Gatfney,
Peter Timony, Jr., and Morris Ferry, Jr.