Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-08
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.
PARAGRAPHS GATHERED FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE REGION.
Synopsis of Local and Miscellaneous Oc-
currcnces That Can Be Read Quickly.
What the Folks of This and Other
Towns are Doing.


There are 10 prisoners in the county
Jail. Eight of them are females.
The overall factory is nearing com
pletion. Work will commence in it on
or before July 1.
Supt. John Wagner, of Drifton, repre-
sented the q. A. r. post of town at
Chambersburg last week.
The closing exercises of the pupils of
st. AIMS parochal schools will be held
at the Grand opera house on the goth
inst
Thursday next will be payday on the
Lehigh Valley Railroad. On Saturday
the employees at Drifton and Eckley will
be paid.
Peter Mccarthy, an employe of Drift
ton shops, had his left eye injured last
week by being struck with a rivet while
at work.
John Ward, ''patcher' on a locie at
Drifton, had two fingers crushed while
coupling cars on Thursday. Amputa-
tion will not be necessary.
The Altar Society of st. AIMS parish
has placed beautiful altar in st. AIMS
church. 1t adds greatly to the appear
ance of the interior of the building
The foundry owned by Conrad HofT-
man, at White Haven, was destroyed by
fire on Friday. The building was new
one, and the loss is placed at 2,20o.
DIR. Depue, dentist who located in
IIazlcton about six months ago, died in
that city early on Saturday morning
from the effects of an overdose of NOR
phine
Horse racing will be feature at the
lIazleton Driving Park on July 3 and 4.
Over $500 in prizes will be offered and
several speedy trottcrs are expected to
be entered.
little son of George Fisher, of Wal
nut street, fell into the water at the
Honeyhole dam yesterday. The child
was rescued, but its escape from drown
ing was a narrow one.
John Grula, who was superintendent
of the grocery store of st. Mary'S Co.
operative Association until that estaL-
lishmcnt was closed by the court, has ac-
cepted position with Gillespie & Curry.
The picnic held on Saturday evening
by the Tigers Athletic Club was the
first of the season. 1t was attended by
several hundred people, and the open
air amusemcnts were enjoyed immensely
until Il p. III.
Work upon the sewer manholes, which
will drain the surface water off the
streets, has been commenced. Several
people think the plan is unwise, claim
ing that the sewers will become choked
in few months.
c. ID. Kaier, of Mahanoy City, offered
u prize of S25 to the one who would give
his new brew of beer Il name the latter
to be selected by three judges. There
were 3,170 guesscs, and the name Sc
lected is Anthracite.
Tho Mahanoy City school board has
decided to publish the names of all per-
sons who were eXoncratcd from paying
taxes. 1t is said that other towns have
found this to be an effective remedy in
reducing the list of generations.
The Audcnred Coal Company, of
Philadelphia, was granted "A charter last
week. The incorporators are William
u. McTurk, William Il. Tyler, William
Ebert, Jr., Henry E. Strathmarr and j.
G. Genther. Capital stock, $50, 900.
/ Owing to other attractions, the meet
ing of the bicyclists on Friday evening
was not attended by all the wheelmen
Another meeting will be held tonight at
the Central hotel, and the club will be
successfully launched. All are invited
The Sons of Temperance of Jeanes-
vile have reconsidered their action of
refusing the use of their hall to the
Catholic temperance societies for the
district convention. The meeting will
be held there. The objection raised was
that the hall was wanted for Sunday.
The Moss Jolity Company played to Il
fair audience at the Grand opera house
on Friday evening. The musical spe-
cialties were lirst-class, also the comedy
sketches introduced. The company
contains several members of the Moss
family, a troupe which played in Donop's
hall some years ago.
The county treasurer will hold a
public sale at Wilkesbarre on Tuesday
when the seated and unseated lands,
upon which taxes have not been paid for
two years, will be disposed of. Several
of the properties and lots advertised
have been taken off the list by the
owners making settlement.
The real estate of st. Mary's Co~opera-
tive Association was sold on Saturday
by G. f. McHugh, Esq. The property
consists of large building, barn, out
buildings and two lots. 1t was pur.
chased by Attorney John r. Sharpless,
of Hazleton, acting for George Malinkey
The price paid was $9,225