Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-03-25
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.
PARAGRAPHS GATHERED FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE REGION.
Synopsis of Local and Miscellaneous Oc-
currences That Can BE Read Quickly.
What the Folks of This and Other
Towns are Doing.

Don't do thing until you see peek S
Bad Boy"
The financial report of the borough
appears on the fourth page today.
S12 for a nice spring suit to order at
Refowich's. Perfect fit guaranteed.
Prices remain 25, 35 and so cents,
during the Peck engagement. Now get
your seats.
A handsome outfit of maps from Rand,
McNally & Co. has been placed in the
borough schools.
Machemeck Tribe, Red Men, of Free
land, will visit the Hazleton lodge of
that order this evening.
The Jr. o. U. A. M. drum corps made
its first appearance on Monday evening
and serenaded several residents.
The annual Easter Monday ball of the
the opera house on the evening of
April Is.
John Williams, of Mill Creek, has
been placed under 5000 bail for taking
part in rooster fight in the upper part
of the county.
John j. Slattery, of Tuscarora, who
was prominently identified with Schuyl-
kill county politics for thirty years, died
last week, aged &C years.
Times are never so hard but that some
one has seen it worse, and comedies are
never so funny but what Peck can come
in strong at the finish.
All the arrangements have been COM
pleted for the joint excursion of the
Tigers Athletic Club and the Halle
Club to Glen Onoko on June %.
The Hazleton and North Side Railway
Company has accepted the ordinance
granting it permission to extend its
track and run cars through Freeland
borough.
John Smoulter, of Nanticoke, was re-
elected chairman of the Democratic
committee on Saturday. He accepted
the position until the opening of the
next campaign.
A Hungarian OF Highland was held
up by number of tramps on the road
leading from town to that place at $50
O'Clock this morning, and relieved of SIS
| and a quart of whisky.
Mrs. Jeffrey, of Ridge street, mother
of Representative Jeffrey, had the index
finger of her light hand broken and
badly lacerated by window sash fall
| ing upon it on Saturday.
An infant child of Daniel w. Rich
ards, of Buck Mountain, Schuylkill
county, was buried at Freeland ceme-
terry Oh Saturday. Mr.. Richards was
formerly resident of town.
Freeland Council No. 34s, Jr. o. q.
A. NJ, will attend services at the Eng
lish Baptist church on Sunday, April Z,
at 2.30 p. m., when the pastor will
| preach sermon on ''The Four Anchors
of State"
The overcoat given out in mistake at
the ball last Monday evening, notice of
which was published on Thursday, was
returned on Friday evening, and both
parties have received their own. A
little ad did it.
Have you read Refowich's spring an
| nouncement in today's issue? This re-
liable clothing establishment can be
depended upon to carry out eve.y prom
Use made to its patrons. See the ad in
another column.
The mercantile appraisement was
given out last week by the county COM
missioners, Dullard choosing the Wilkes
Barre Leader, Norton the Pittston Ga
sette and Smith the Freeand Progress.
1t is worth about $500 to each paper.
Isaac A. Harvey, of Ebensburg; Jere-
miah Snyder, of Allentown, and D. T..
A. Wheelock, of Warren, have been ap-
pointed commissioners to survey the
proposed new county of Grow to be
erected out of q portion of Luzerne
county.
w. G. Miller, who for the past year
has been travelling with several theatri-
cal companies, is home on visit to his
parents. He is accompanied by j. H.
Gordon, another actor. With the aid of
local talent they expect to produce a
| play mere next month.
"Policeman's Luck is the title of n
comedy which will be produced by the
Juvenile Dramatic Company at the
opera house on Saturday evening This
is the third season for the boys to APP
pear on the stage. All their previous
plays have been rendered successfully.
Gaze on this array of TALENT Louis
Wesley, Lynn Welcher, Fred. Wenzel,
Sol. Aiken, Aft. Hampton, Clayton
White, Louis Brauniess, the Misses
Fanny Temple, Dot Karrol, Gladys
Atkinson, frankie st. John and Edith
Moray. No stronger company has ever
stepped on the Freeland stage.
A new time table went into effect on
the Lehigh Valley Railroad this morn.
ing. The only change on the Freeland
branch is an additional train leaving
here at 916 a. m, connecting with a