Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-01-20

currences That-Can Bel Read Quickly
What the Folks of This and Other
Towns are Doing.
Freeland Company, No. 90, Knights oil
Mystic Chain, will hold fair at Cottage
hall next month, from the 14th to
the 22d.
| Rev. j. j. Kuntz, pastor of St. Lukes
Lutheran church, lectured at Hazleton
on Thursday evening. His subject was:
THAT Boy"
Borough Surveyor P. NJ. Boyle has
| removed from Hazleton to Sugar Notch.
where he has taken the superntendency
of a large colliery.
The two-weeks' old child of Mr.. and
Mrs. Peter Carr died on Thursday at
| their residence on Adams street. 1t was
buried in st. AIMS cemetery on Satur-
| day.
While cleaning revolver on Thurs
day evening Charles Rickert accidently
discharged the weapon. The bullet en-
tered his left hand, inflictlng painful
| wound.
Subscribers residing In towns whore
money orders cannot be conveniently
secured may remit the amount of their
subscriptions in two-cent postage
stamps.
Hazlctonians have organized stock
company for manufacture of regalias
The capital stock is S25, 600 and the
projectors believe it will be a paying in
vcstmcnt.
Calvin Waldron, Wesley Drashcr and
George Schwabe, who left here with
several others few weeks ago to engage
in mining in the Indian territory, have
returned home.
Vincent Daily, a well-known base ball
player, who played first base for Lancas-
ter club in the game here against the
Tigers on July 2s, had his hand cut off
in saw mill at Hornersville, n. Y, re-
Gently.
Sandy Slattery, one of the Lehigh
Valley Company's employees here, is suf-
fering from severe attack of quinsv.
His tonsil was cut on Friday by the phy-
sician in attendance, and his condition
is improving since.
Deputy Treasurer Kline, of Schuylkill
county, has compiled table showing
the amount of money due the county from
tax collectors, on dog tax, county tax,
funded debt and state tax, on January l
las The total is $232, 259.T0.
Hazleton frcmen have engaged
special train on the Lehigh Valley Rail-
road to convey them to and from the
ball tonight They will be met at the
station by the st. Patrick's cornet band
and escorted to the opera house.
Mike Chika, Sandy Run Hunga-
rian' claims he was attacked by an un-
known man on Highland road about e
o'clock last evening. His arm was cut
in several places and he was badly done
up otherwise. Chika sworc out war
rant for his assailant.
Tho pupils literary society OF the
Washington street public school will
give an entertainment AZ the opera
house on the evening Of Washington's
Dlrtnday, feoruary ~. The society Is
establishing library and the proceeds
will be applied to that purpose.
Deputy Revenue Collector r. b.
Brundage has ordered the seizure of
thirty-four empty whiskey barrels at
Luzerne Borough, having all stamps and
marks INCREASED. Mr.. Brundage had a
Mauch Chunk ciUor manufacture ro
Gently arrested, charged with using old
boxes.
The annual report OF the Lchigh Val
ley Railroad for 1895, which was made
public last week, shows very gratifying
gain in the business Of the company,
due to the return of business prosperity
and the steady improvement in the
facilities OF the road. The earnings in
crease $l,233 500 as compared with 1894.