Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-02-13
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.
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PARTS OF THE REGION.
Synopsis of Local and Miscellaneous Oo-
currences That Can BE Read Quickly.
What the Folks of This and Other
Towns are Doing.

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The Citizens Hose Company decided
to attend the ball of White Haven fire.
men on the 21st inst.
Part of the pupils of St. AIMS paro-
chial school enjoyed a sleigh ride to
Beaver Meadow yesterday.
Hugh Malloy shot large catamount
at the head of the Nescopeck creek, in
Denison township, on Monday.
Strictly fresh eggs at Oswalds store.
A delegation of the Daughters of Lib
erty, of Freeland, will attend the insti-
tuition of new council at Nescopeck to-
night.
Voters OF the South ward should not
forget to mark the terms of years after
the names of the candidates for council,
when voting next Tuesday.
Several people of town attended the
funeral yesterday of John E. Ferry, a
well known young man of Hazleton, who
died there on Sunday.
part OF No. mines at Drifton began
to squeeze on Tuesday, and the men,
about forty, employed in the affected
part are idle in consequence.
West Hazleton Council, Jr. o. U. A.
NJ, paid visit on Tuesday evening to
Freeland Council, and enjoyed the hos
pitality of the latter until late hour.
Eggs sold by A, Oswald are guaranteed
to be fresh.
License court will be held next week
at Wilkesbarre. There are forty-four
applicants against whom remonstrances
have been filed, all from the upper end.
The Plymouth Tribune, after a hard
struggle for existence covering a period
of two and one-half years, threw up the
sponge on Saturday and retired from the
field
Miss Lizzie b. Sharp, of New Jersey,
will begin revival services in st. Paul's
P. M. church on Wednesday next, and
continue for several weeks. The pub
lie is requested to attend.
Politics in the borough are quiet this
week. In the North ward both parties
are working and the result is in doubt,
but outside of that the Democrats will
win with many votes to spare.
Fresh fish every Thursday and Friday
at McNelis' meat market.
j. II. Shellhammer, of Freeland. and
Miss May Singley, of this city, were
married yesterday morning at the Eng
lish Lutheran parsonage by Rev. DR..
Wagner They will reside in Freeand.
Speaker.
A camp of the Patriotic Order of True
Americans was instituted at Sandy Run
on Saturday evening. 1t starts out with
membership of twenty-one A large
delegation from Camp 80, of Freeland,
was present.
The reasons for a new trial in the case
of George Wndisch, who was convicted
of the murder of his wife, were argued
before Judge Woodward Monday morn
ing. The court took the papers and
reserved decision.
Sweet roll butter, always fresh, at
Oswald's grocery store. Try it.
The Knights of the Mystic Chain will
open their fair at the Cottage hall to-
morrow evening, and the committee in
charge invites everybody to attend.
Music will be furnished by the bands of
town every evening.
A Chester county man was arrested
this week for swearing. He was fined
81 cents per oath, as the law calls for,
and tho hill amnuntod 70 90 ot Nh
borough treasury should not be empty if
that law was enforced here.
The Hazleton Plain Speaker has com
pleted its fifteenth year, and it exhibits
more signs of prosperity today than at
any previous time in its history. The
paper has had many ups and downs in
its career, but it appears to be on n
sound basis now.
You can rely upon goods bought at
the Wear Well Shoe House. Try them.
The Young Mems opera house will be
opened on the afternoon of the 23d inst.
with district temperance convention,
which will be followed in the evening
by an entertainment. Reserved seats
for the latter will be on sale at Wood
rings on the Goth inst.
Samuel Woodruff and Miss Hoyt, the
former 72 years old and the latter Il,
were united in marriage at the latter's
home at Laceyville, this county. As
neither bride nor groom is possessed of
much of this worlds goods, the match is
said to be purely love affair.
The Fashion is the ladies' favoritc
shoe. The price, quality and fit is right.
Can be had only at the Wear Well, the
great shoe house, at $2 the pair.
The North Side candidates on the
Halle township Democratic ticket will
receive big vote at their homes. The
candidates are John Mohan, of Jeddo,
for supervisor, and John Brennan, OF
Drifton, for treasurer Both men are
deserving of the offices they seek.