Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-09-19
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.
Mine Superintendent James +. Rod
erick has opened an Office in the HaZleton
Machinery Company's building.
Mathew Campbell, of Ebcrvale. has
contracted with Lewis Lcntz to build an
addition to the formers property at Lu-
zernc and Centre streets.
The Republican county committee
on Monday elected Alyan Marklc, Of
llazleton, to succeed the late Daniel
Coke as member of that body.
Eckley B. Coke, Jr., has been decided
upon as president by the board O. trade
committee. and the position will be of
fered to him at the next meeting.
Garret Pagan, an inmate of the state
hospital at Wcrncrsvllc, died on Mon
day, aged As years. For eighteen years
he had been resident of Lattimer. He
will be buried at Hazleton today.
The school board of Frailcy township.
Schuylkill county. could not agree upon
teachers, and by order of the court on
Tuesday their Offices were declared va
cant and new board was appointed.
The excursion train to be run from
Wiikcsbarrc on Sunday to the ball ga,
here will arrive at Drifton at about II
o'clock. 1t will come over the jersey
Central road. The train returns at :
p. m.
Adam Lubinski, of Georgetown. has
been prosecuted by the LrIzernc County
sportSmcn's Club for shooting quail
and rabbit out of season. He was
fined Sl5 and costs by Wilkcsbarrc
alderman.
The Jewish year of j655 ended at sun
set yesterday and then began the year of
$3.50, which, according to the Jewish era.
is from the creation of the world. The |
Hebrew residents of town are observing
their New Years Day today.
Owing to the services of the forty |
hours devotion at st. AIMS church dur |
ing the forcpart of next week, the ball |
which Division 10, A. O. H., was to
hold on Monday evening has been post
poned until Friday evening, the a7th
inst
A trolley party arrived here on Tues
day evening from IIazleton. 1t was the
largest that has yet come to town. |
Dancing in the Cottage hall was enioyed |
until II o'clock, when the guests par
took of banquet. There were 1Gi |
people at the tables.
Samuel Lehman, of Wilkcsbarrc, who |
shot his wife several months ago and |
who pleaded guilty on Saturday to felo-
nlouS wounding, was sentenced ON Tues
day by Judge Lynch and given the full |
penalty seven years in the pcntentiarv
at separate and solitary confinement
There is nothing new in the murGe.
case at Lattimcr. The victim has no |
friends to hunt down the aSsaSSins. and |
the county authorities have no money to
spend for such work in this end of the
county. County Detective Eckcrt has |
not even visited the scene of the crime.
Late on Saturday party of Poles was
mot at Edwardsville by Constables Judge
and Wolfe. The Poles were ordered to
move on, and not complying quickl,
enough to suit the officers volley was
fired in the midst. Two men were fa-
tally wounded. The constablcs are in
Jail.
James Griffith has been engaged to
erect the new building for the Citi-
zcnS' bank, next to the postollice. The
first story will be brownstonc and the
second and third hard-presscd French
brick, The foundation and vaults have
been finished, When completed it will
hn Of il,n finn ~ L.