Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-08-15
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.
PARAGRAPHS GATHERED FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE REGION.
synopsis of Local and Miscellaneous Oc-
currences That Can he Read Quickly.
What the Folks of This and Other
Towns Are Doing.

currences That Can lie Read Quickly.
what the Folks of This and Other
Towns Are Doing.
A. Oswald sells three bars of grand
mas butter milk soap for the small sum
of SC.
John Haley, an old resident of South
Centre street, is dangerously Ill. lie is
not expected to survive long.
The Lehigh Valley railroad is already
advertising half-rate tickets to Freeland
on &. A. r. Day September 10.
Ladies, don't fail to see those fancy
csc skirts at A. Oswald's. He sells lots
of them and they are dandies.
The grand lodge OF the Knights of
Pythias will hold its annual convention
in Lebanon, beginning tomorrow.
st. Patrick's cornet band will attend
the picnic of st. Gabriel's parochial
school at Halle park this evening.
The Holiness Christian Association
baptized several new memb bers by INNER
sion in the sand spring at Minesvilc
yesterday.
The members of the Bankers Associ-
alton for Luzerne and adjoining coun-
ties held their semi-annual meeting at
the Glen Summit hotel on Thursday.
The council of the Daughters of
Liberty, of town, held basket picnic
in conjunction with the Audcnried and
llazlcton councils at Halle park on
Saturday.
The Fearnots Athletic Association, of
Drifton, will conduct a picnic in the
ball park on Saturday evening next.
st. Patrick's cornet band will furnish
dancing music.
The people in surrounding towns who
have potato gardens fear that the few
stalks that withstood the excessive heat
of last month will be killed by the cold
of the late few nights.
Rev. J. b. Kerschner, pastor of st.
Johns Reformed church, will hold me-
mortal services for Freddie, son of Mr.
and Mrs. George Sippel, who died July
0. All relatives and friends are invited
to attend. Services at 10. 80 a. IN. Eng
''N' SSi NiNbo bv i.oo II.
Judge Woodward was left beauest
of $4,000 by the will of the late Ex-Mayor
Sntro, of San Francisco, Cal The
bcquest is thought to have come to the
judge through his father, who was once
u member of congress and assisted
Mr.. Sutro in passing a tunnel bill
After being cautioned by fellow-la-
borcrs against using naked lamp at
the Vulcan coliery, Mahanoy City, on
Friday, Mike Silisky struck match aud
fired aquantity of gas. Martin Meyer,
Matthew Weiklew and Silisky wore
roasted badly in the explosion which
followed.
The annual temperance reunion will
be held at Mountain Park on Tueday,
August 80. The speakers will be DR.. S.
G. Swallow, candidate for governor:
VIM. r. Irwin, of Williamport; f. D.
Nichols, Esq, candidate for leuten-
ant governor, and Mrs. Annabel M.
llolvey, of West Pittston.
A little picnic at Nesquohoning had a
sad ending Thursday afternoon, when
Jennie Williams, of Scran-
ton, who was visiting relatives there,
met death by drowning. The girl at
tempted to cross Nesquehoning creek
on log and lost her balance. She
fell into the stream and was drowned |
before her companions could summon
aid.
Ffteen-year-old William Reeses search |
for coal lead him beneath train of |
cars at the coal storage yard at Maha- |
noy City on Friday. The train moved
and crushed both the lads legs
and one hand. The mother, an agonized |
witness of the accident, rushed for
ward and snatched him from beneath |
the moving wheels as he was about to |
be mangled by a second car.
Pale Crown Export Stock Lager.