Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-02-20
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.
PARAGRAPHS GATHERED FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE REGION.

Towns are Doing.
II. p. Malloy is slowly recovering from
two months attack of pneumonia.
A ID. S. & S. switchman at Roam had
both hands frozen while on duty Sunday
night.
Rev. j. G.. Gerberich, of Weatherly,
lectured in st. Lukes Lutheran church
last evening.
Mrs. Reese Lloyd is lying seriously i'll
at her home on North Ridge street. She
was very low last evening.
An interesting article on the life of
the late Rev. Theophius Jones, of
Wilkesbarre, will be found on the fourth
page today.
Eggs sold by A. Oswald are guaranteed
to be fresh.
The Drifton shops began working six
hours day on Monday, and have barely
enough work to keep the hands employ
ed at even that.
John Schmauch, well known young
men of Hazleton, who went to the West
% ~" yVHio "6p' dltu du lllIlldu, LII, OIl
Tuesday. He will be buried at Hazleton.
The Lehgh Valley Company has
purchased three collieries from Reilly &
Co., in the vicinity of Ashland and is
preparing to extend its operations in that
region.
Saturday evening will close the fair
of the Military Rank of the Knights of
Mystic Chain at the Cottage hall Do
not fail to attend during the next three
evenings.
Monday last was the coolest day in the
state for several years. In Freeland re-
liable thermometers reached IS degrees
below zero, but others showed a lower
temperature.
Sweet roll butter, always fresh, at
Oswald's grocery store. Try it.
The Cross Creek Coal Company will
investigate the reported unsafe condi-
tion of the No. 4 slope Beaver Meadow,
an account of which appeared in Mon
days TRIBUNE.
The TRIBUNE endeayors to be always
up to date, and the anniversary of
Washngtons birth, which occurs on
Saturday next, is given considerable
space in this issue.
The Lehigh Valley Company is equip
ping all its stations with complete surgi-
cal outfits, so that in case of accident
there need be no delay in affording relief
to injured persons.
Burgess Mclaughlin spent Monday
evening at Nanticoke and attended a,
ball there. The committee awarded him
handsome cake as the most accom-
plished waltzer at the ball.
The chairs are being placed in the
Young Mems opera house today. The
rest of the work required to put the
house in condition for Sundays events
will be pushed night and day.
Jos. p. Mcdonald offers some very de-
sirable bargains in ladies' and gents
footwear. He is closing out his entire
line. Prices are no consideration.
John Bonor, aged G3 years, who for
several years resided on the South Side
and was known to many in this vicinity,
died at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Ralph Sweeney, at Oneida last Sunday.
George NJ. Hufford, traffic clerk of the
D. S. &. S., will accompany j. b. White
upon his removal to the New York office
of the company. These changes are to
take place during the latter part of next
month.
A delegation of the Citizens Hose Com
pany will attend the ball of the White
Haven Fire Company tomorrow evening.
They will leave the hose house at
o'clock by team. All intending to go
are requested to be on hand at that hour.
James Shearon and Miss Annie O'Don-
nell both of Eckley, were married by
Rev. Thos. Brehony in Eckley Catholic
church on Tuesday. They are now on a
wedding trip to Philadelphia, and will
take up their residence at Eckley upon
their return.
Several Hungarian boarders in a
house at Maltby, near Wilkesbarre, in
which a supposed case of small pox exists,
.eluded the watchman employed by the
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and escaped. The watchman gave the
alarm and an effort to capture them
failed.
If you desire an excellent pair of shoes
at less than the cost of manufacture,
call Immediately at j. p. McDonald's.
He is closing out everything in that line.
County Treasurer Reed received from
all sources the past year the sum of
$33S, ,153, and the amount paid out was
1895, 792. The sheriffs office cost Sc, 792,
treasurer's Office S7,05O, traverse jurors
$6,760, district attorneys Office S7,423,
clerk of the courts Sl1,22 and the
county prison $27, 1858.
The Fashion" is the ladies favorite
| shoe. The price quality and fit is right.