Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-13
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.
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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.

Towns are Doing.
West Hazleton school directors are
deadlockcd over the appointment of
several teachers.
The date of opening Foster township
schools has been changed from Monday
next to the 31st inst.
The postol1ce building, which is own
ed by A. Goeppert, will be enlarged by
raising the roof three feet.
John Barna, of Lattimer, and Ilona
Lnkac, OF Upper Lehigh, will be mar
ricd at lIazleton on Saturday,
Hunting's railroad circus will exhibit
here on Friday of next week. Watch
for the advertisement on Monday.
The Mayberry band serenaded Thomas
Oberrender and wife at their Ridge
street residence on Tuesday evening.
The Tigers ball club play at Mauch
Chunk on Saturday afternoon. The
game ought to be an interesting one.
Adam Sachs three-story building at
Centre and Fronts streets has had its
appearance improved by the painters.
Mrs. Lydia Shelhamer, aged SO years,
died at Eckley on Saturday, and was
buried on Monday in Conyngham valley.
The Plymouth Board Of Health re-
ported thrty-four new cases of typhoid
for July, but the epidemic is now de-
crcasing.
James j. Sweeney, of Summit Hill,
has presented Candidate Bryan with a
handsome watch charm made of anthra-
cite coal.
Old newspapers for sale.
Tax Collector Hugh Malloy is gather
ing in the taxes as rapidly as possible.
On Monday he paid 500 to Treasurer
Ferry, of the school board
The members of the Loretta Camp
ing Club were rendered scrcnadc last
evening by the st. Patrick's cornet band
The music drew hundreds of people to
the Public park.
Street Commissioner Moore is pushing
the work on the man-hole at Centre and
Main streets, and expects to make much
better time in completing it than was
made at Centre and South streets.
Andrew Brennan and Thomas Gala
Cher, of Frecland, will play a game of
alley ball on Saturday at Hazlcton
against John Welsh and Thomas Duffy,
of the latter city, for purse of $50.
NJ G. Gallagher and j. Il. Danaker,
of White Haven, are preparing arrange
ments to run another bicycle race.
Each has now won one race, and the
third will decide who is the better rider.
Thomas j. Murphy, postmaster Of
Ashley, died on Sunday of intermittent
fever, at the age of ~ years. He leaves
wife and six children. The deceased
was one of the leading Democrats in
that part of the county.
The members of the Sunday school of
the English Baptist church will hold their
annual picnic at Biryanton on Saturday,
August 30. This event is usually Il very
pleasant one, and the children look for
ward to it with pleasure.
Foster township school board is dead
locked on the question of purchasing
eight tulluriamS at Il cost of Si7. 80 each.
The teachers recommend the purchase,
but some Of the directors desire to
economic during this term.
The third annual state convention Of
the American Protective Association is
in session at Willamsport this week.
Between 300 and 400 delegates are there.
Reading and Scranton are in the field
for the state meeting of next year.
r. 4 G.. corsets are sold at Oswald's.
The largest coal train that ever ran
east over the Lehigh Valley Railroad
passed through Bethlehem the othe,
morning The train was made of 24C
loaded four-wheeled coal cars drawn by
one of the big new Baldwin locomotives.
The postal department has made an
explanation regarding its order against
allowing railroad or trolley cars to carry
letters. The order as now construed
allows newspaper correspondence to be
carried without being enclosed in stamp
ed envelopes.
The Good Templars of Upper Lehigf
will give an entertainment on Saturday
evening at the English Baptist church
Freeland, entitled "a Temperance
Drama to be followed by an ice cream
and cake social in the basement. Ad
mission to entertainment, 10 cents.
A collection was taken up in towr
this week by Officer Mollick to procure
funds to pay the funeral expenses of tht
Hungarian who was killed by lightning
at Upper Lehigh last week. The de
ceased had no money at the time of his
death, and was not Il member of any o.
the societies.
At Drifton ball park on Saturday
evening of next week picnic will be
held by the Progressive Club of thai
town. Picnics have not be quite sc
numerous this season as in previous
years. and the young men in charge O