Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-05-09
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.

Towns are DOING.
The United Mine Workers will hold a
public meeting at Eckley tomorrow
evening.
Patrick Friel, who was resident of
Ebervale for several years, died in Chi
cago on Friday.
Fire is raging in the Hoyt mine shaft,
at Pittston, having spread from gas
ignited by laborer.
Daniel Snyder, who has been working
at Silver Brook for some time, removed
his family to that place on Friday.
The annual commencement exercises
of the Mining and Mechanical Institute
will be held at the Grand opera house on
June 3.
Thomas Dunn, Jr., has been appoint
ed postmaster at Weatherly. The con-
test for the Office was bitterly wagcd by
the applicants.
Stephen Page will represent Garfield
Commandery, No. 6, at the annual state
convention of the Knights of Malta at
York this week.
II. G. Deppe left this morning for Mid
valley, whore he has secured employ
ment under Contractor Daniel Levan,
who is erecting a large breaker at that
place.
Arrangements are being perfected by
the committee for the seventh annual
picnic of the Luzerne county grangers
to be held at Harvey's Lake on Satur-
day, June IS.
The Wikesbarre and Northern Rail-
road, between Wilkesbarre and Harvey's
Lake, will be hereafter operated by
electricity. 1t is claimed that electricity
is cheaper than steam.
The Lehigh Valley train due here at
7.25 p. m. colided with an empty engine
at Newport, near Wilkesbarre, Saturday
evening. Two engines were wrecked
and the passengers were severely shaken
up.
The latest in the hot judicial fight now
on in the Montour-Columbi district is
that James Scarlett, the wel-known
criminal attorney, of Danvile, has an
nounced his name as candidate for the
judgeship.
Patrick O'Donnell and James Quinn,
of Highland, and Chief of Police William
Doggett, of town, have completed ar
rangements to 90 to Anaconda, Mon
tana, where they expect to secure work.
They leave today.
Maj. c. b. Coke Post, q. A. r., is
pushing ahead its arrangements for
monster celebration of Memorial Day.
The old veterans should have the sup
port of every society and citizen in
making the day memorable one.
Ladies, don't fail to see those fancy
25c skirts at A. Oswald's. He sells lots
OF them and they are dandies.
If the cineograph exhibition to be
given tonight at the opera house is all
that is claimed for it and the moving
pictures have their war paint on, Free
land patriots who attend the show will
give the scenes rousing reception.
Warden Boland, of the county jail, at
Wilkesbarre, with the aid of City Super
intendent of Schools Coughlin, has open
ed school within the prison walls for
the inmates. They are being taught
reading, writing and spelling. The edu-
Gated prisoners act as teachers.
SchuylkiIl county grand jury has ig-
nored the charge against Joseph Weir,
of Audenried, who was arrested by Peter
Rruno who accusad him of rocoivir =,
money for jobs from Italians. Weir is
one of the foremen in the employ of the
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Company.
The case of f. B. Fogle, a salesman
for j. X. Heimelreich & Co., of Allen
town, against Daniel Kline, of Freeland,
charging the latter with embezzlement,
was tried in court on Thursday and II
verdict of not guilty was rendered. The
case grew out of the sale of a carload of
hay.
The second production of "The Noble
Outcast" was greeted by another large
audience at the Grand opera house on
Friday evening. The company repeat
ed its success of April 16. The only
change in the cast was the substitution
of John Smith for j. j. johnson, who
has left town. The specialties were
again very good.
The public meeting held at Yannes'
opera house on Friday evening under
the auspices of the United Mine Work ers
was not attended as well as it might
have been if no other attractions were
in town that night. Messrs. Evans and
Duffy delivered ringing addresses, how
ever, and were well received by the
workers who attended the meeting.