Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-09
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.
PARAGRAPHS GATHERED FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE REGION.
Synopsis of Local and Miscellaneous Oe-
currences That Can BE Read Quickly.
What the Folks of This and Other
Towns are Doing.

What the Folks of This and Other
Towns are Doing.
This morning the collieries of the
Cross Creek Coal Company began work
ing eight hours.
The employees of the Lehigh Valley
Railroad, from Freeland to Tomhicken.
will be paid on Wednesday.
A number of young men of Hazleton
intend to organize a troop of cavalry
and apply for admission in the National
Guard of the state.
Daniel Snyder has purchased the Park
View hotel property, on Front street,
from Rudolph Ludwig, and will occupy
the premises later on.
A force of sixteen clerks are making
the official count of Luzerne county's
vote. They have so far finished only
the first and second districts.
A. Oswald sells mems and boys winter
caps at 10c.
A little Hungarian girl at Silver Brook
was fatally burned on Saturday morning
by her clothes taking fire from a stove.
She was horribly charred up.
The rabbit season opened a week ago
today. Hunters report that game is not
very numerous, and many a bag is car
ried home empty by the sportsmen.
Powell, the acknowledged leader of
magicians of the present day, will mys-
tify and amuse Freeland people at the
Grand opera house on Monday evening.
Peter Riley, engineer at the Wealth
erly silk mill, who is well-known here,
is suffering from a severe attack of
typhoid fever and his condition is seri-
Gus.
Business men report having seen more
gold since election day than during the
six months previous. Those who were
boarding the yellow metal have recover
ed from their timidity.
A large audience greeted George H.
Adams and his Sporting Craze" COM
pany at the opera house Thursday even
ing. The show gave complete satisfac-
tion. and unstinted applause was given
the performers.
Burglars entered the store of Sippel
Carroll at Hazeton on Saturday night
and stole large amount of shoes, hats
and gents furnishing goods. The resi-
dence of John Fowler in that city was
also robbed the same night.
The Bass overall Companys factory
is now running full handed, and enough
orders are on hand to keep the employees
busy for some time. The goods have
made hit wherever introduced, and
the future OF the plant is very promiS-
ing.
The boiler house at No, 2 Highland
was discovered on fire on Friday even
ing. The building, which was recently
erected, was entirely destroyed. The
origin is unknown, but it is supposed to
have been caused by the heat from the
boilers.
Candidates for borough and township
offices are feeling their way carefully
The Republican majority in Freeland
has brought out several candidates in
that party, and quite series of contests
are expected for the nominations in the
borough.
Many people have been wondering
why the local Republicans did not cele-
brate the big victory. In every town in
the country the Republicans made merry
over the result, but here the party held
only small impromptu parade on cleo
tion night.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
is altering many of its locomotives to
burn bituminous instead of anthracite
coal These will be used for freight and
branch line passenger traffic. Patrons
of the road are objecting vigorously to
the change.
The members of the Jeddo Progressive
Club will hold their sixth annual ball on
the evening of the 25th inst, which is
Thanksgiving Eve. The Jeddo boys
have record of holding very successful
balls, and the coming affair will be as
good as any held in the past,
Shaft No. at South Wikesbarre is
on fire and the mine will be flooded.
The fire is not yet very extensive, but
the flooding is necessary to reach the
affected portion of the mine. On Sat
urday the mules were taken out of the
mine and water is now pouring in.