Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-10
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.
PARAGRAPHS GATHERED FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE REGION.

currenCe5 Ihat Can lie Read Quickly.
What the Folks of This and Other
Towns are Doing.
Tho foundation work of the silk mill
is being pushed forward rapidly.
The huckleberry season is about over,
and shipments to the large cities have
ceased.
The Electric Light Company has just
finished placing two more large boilers
in position.
The Lchigh Valley Railroad employees
at Freeland will be paid their July wages
Oh Wednesday.
Miss Carrie Bilger, of town, has been
appointed Us Il teacher in the West uaz-
Teton public schools.
The extension of the sewer to the
Washington street school building is be-
ing made this week.
DIR. William McCoombs, of Hazleton.
intends to resign as deputy coroner and
remove to Phiadolphia
Foster township roads have been
much improved lately by the placing of
neat sign boards ut all crossings.
William Russell and Miss Annie
Krcutzbcrger, both of Ecklcy, were mar
ried Oh Thursday by Rev. H. A. L. Ben
ner.
j. d. Myers has been awarded tho
contract to furnish the new school in
Halle township with desks and furni-
ture.
llunting's circus Will exhibit at Free
land on the afternoon and evening of
the 21st inst. The advertising car is
now here.
George Windish, the wife murderer
who was sentenced to be hanged at
WilkcSbarre next month, died in prison
yesterday.
The pastoral residence adjoining SITS
Johns Reformed church is nearly com
plctcd. 1t will be one of the ncatcst
cottages in town.
Mrs. Hugh McGeohan had severe at
tack Of cramps at her residence on Ridge
street on Thursday, and for time her
condition was serious.
A picnic will be held at Halle park
next Saturday the proceeds of which
will be donated to the Sisters of Mercy
of JIazlcton and Frecland.
James Gallagher, aged 81 years, of
Jcanesvlle, died on Friday at the miners
hospital from injuries received in the
mines three weeks previous.
Mrs. S. f. Hayes has made contract
with Lewis Lentz to build two single
dwelling houses, 2sXi2 feet each, on
North Centre street, above Chestnut.
At Lehman, this county, John Pelham,
il farmer, was pitching hay in a field on
Friday when he was overcome by the
heat and died short time afterward.
Stegmaer & Son, the well-known
brewers, have presented st. Nicholas
German Catholic church, of Wilkesbarre,
with Ginning tower clock costing
$1,000.
The barber shop of John H. Thomas
has been purchased by his assistant,
Joseph Fenstermachcr, and the eX-
proprietor will remove to Cumberland,
Maryland.
Two weeks from tomorrow the Demo
cratic county convention will be held at
Wilkcsbarre. The delegate elections
will be held on Saturday evening,
August &c.
On Saturday evening of next week
there will be total eclipse of the moon.
1t will commence at Hoy o'clock Satur
day night and last until 4.4S O'Clock
Sunday morning.
The Ladies' Aid Society has subscribe
cd $lSO.5O toward the Park M. e.
church for the purpose of paying the eX-
pcnse incurred in having the interior of
the edillcc frescoed
In the county prison there are 127
prisoners. OF these 6S are awaiting trial,
50 serving sentence, awaiting SEN
tcncc, and awaiting execution. Among
them are 10 females.
County Treasurer Reed on Friday
paid Controller Lloyd his salary from
the date of his appointment by Cover
nor Hastings to August /. The amount
of the check was 81, 3,913.9S.
Each succeeding day is increasing the
attendance at Mountain Grove, and on
Saturday there was upon the grounds
one of the largest gatherings that has
been there for many years.
Controller Lloyd is advertising for
proposals to build stone bridges across
Pond creek and Sandy run, in Foster
township. For the former $500 has
been appropriated and 5000 for the
latter.
The BLACK Diamond" express train
on the Lchigh Valley was run from
Pttston to Wikesbarre in six and one
half minutes on Wednesday. This is
the fastest time ever made on any rail
road in this county
The recent order of Bishop O'Hara, to
have collection taken in each Catholic
church of the Scranton diocese for the
families OF the Twin shaft disaster, is
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