Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-02-22
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.
PARAGRAPHS GATHERED FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE REGION.
Synopsis of Local and Miscellaneous Oc-
currences That Can BE Read Quickly.
What the Folks of This and Other
Towns are Doing.

Syhopsis VI nh1hCelluHeOuS oc-
currences That Can BE Read Quickly.
What the Folks of This and Other
Towns are Doing.
The borough council will meet tonight
to go over the accounts of Tax Collector
Malloy.
Miss Ellen Boyle, of Ridge street, will
enter st. Roses convent at Carbondale
tomorrow.
Anthony Shovlin, who has been en-
ployed at Sugar Notch for some time,
has returned to town.
The Traction Company, it is said, will
soon ask the privilege of extending its
tracks further north on Centre street.
The judges of election of the poor dis
trict will meet tomorrow at Laurytown
and count the vote cast for director and
auditor.
Four persons from Hazleton were bap-
tized on Thursday evening at the En-
glsh Baptist church by Rev. C. A.
Spauding.
Freeland will be represented this
evening at the Hazleton charity ball
given under the auspices of st. Gabriel's
Ladies' Aid Society.
Squire Harry Gilmore, of Butler town
ship, who has served as justice of the
peace for twenty years, was rejected for
five more last Tuesday.
Samuel Beilik, foreman of the .Skdponic
Truth office, was married on Thursday
at Ramey, this state, to Miss Annie
Hodobay. They will reside here.
This evening Martha Washington
tea party will be given in the basement
of st. Paul's P. NJ. church on Fern
street. Tickets are % cents each.
Heirs at Plymouth of the late Peter
Snyder have sued the Delaware and
Hudson Coal Company for $250,000 on a
claim to coal lands which he owned
For the alleged theft of 81 ZOO woi tn
of jewelry and $500 cash from James
Shippowitz, at West Hazeton, Henry
Ayers was arrested on Friday in New
York.
The Slavonlan band and society at
tended the funeral on Friday of John
Washer, of Walnut street, who was
killed by a fall of coal in Upper Lehigh
mines on Tuesday.
''The Boy Tramp" drew well at the
Grand on Saturday evening The Neu-
villes have made great success of this
play and it continues to hold its own
wherever it appears.
Thomas Snyder, of Butler valley, died
on Friday at the age of "a years. He
was the father of Daniel Snyder, OF
Main street. Several people attended
the funeral at Hughesville yesterday.
The attendance at the Sunday even
ing entertainments at the Grand opera
house continues to increase. The audi
ence last night was the largest yet, and
the programme rendered gave satisfac-
tion.
The talk of the Reading extending
its line to Hazetoh from the present
terminus at Roma Junction is again be-
ing revived and many whose opinions
bear weight attach credence to the
story.
The Freeland friends of Thomas Ro-
gan, formerly of town, will be pleased
to learn that on Tuesday he was elected
tax collector of Republican Lansford on
the Democratic ticket. He received 447
votes to 343 for his opponent
The counting of the vote at Wilkes
barre took up the greater part of last
week. BY taking the result for the can
didates for the principal Office in each
borough, township and city, the total
shows Democratic majority of 2,7sO
The collieries hereabouts are having
idle time in abundance. Markle's mines
will work tomorrow, which will be the
first since last Tuesday, and the only
day to be worked for the remainder of
the month. Sandy Run has also closed
for the month.
fall of coal in No. colliery, Upper
Lehigh, on Thursday afternoon, knock
ed Patrick O'Brien, wellknown miner
of that town, from a high platform.
When picked up it was found that his
right leg was broken below the knee.
The break is a bad one, and will keep
him idle for some time.