Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-03-07
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Synopsis of Local and Miscellaneous oc-
currences That Can BE Read Quickly.
What the Folks of This and Other
Towns are Doing.
The Order of Railway Conductors will
hold a ball at Iannes opera house on
| April 90
Squire John G.. Davis has moved his
court from Alvinton to Browns building
North Centre street.
William Brogan, Of Washington street.
an aged man, was taken to Laurvtown
aImshouse on Thursday.
Extensive preparations are being made
by the members of Division 10. A. 0. H..
for their ball on March II.
Governor Hastings has issued proc
lamation designating April and ~ to be
observed as Arbor days in PENNSYLVANIA
Foster township auditors began work
today on the accounts of the officials.
The sessions are being held at Goeppert's
| hotel.
Letters of administration upon the
estate of the late w. d. Cowen have
been granted to John NJ. Powell, Of
| Frceland.
That sc bar of family soap at A. Os-
walds weighs one and one-quartcr
pounds.
Since the new management has taken
charge of the Neaoslealer, that paper has
been improved in many respects and the
price reduced to l cent.
Abe Stroh has been granted monthly
| pension of Sc, dating from December 20,
1896, Abe saw some hard service in the
rebellion and deserves to be remembered
by Uncle Sam.
Mrs. Jennie Wenner has been APP
pointed administrators of the estate Of
her late husband, William 4 Wenner.
1t is valued at 81 900, and heirs are the
administrators and her daughter Halle.
Over sixty Freeland people attended a
celebration of Robert Emmet's birthday.
at Beaver Meadow, Friday evening.
Miss Nellie Mclaughlin, of town. sang
at the Entertainment which preceded the
ball.
Kellar the magician, entertained a
very large audience here on SATURDAY
evening. His tricks and wonderful worl,
were applauded from beginning to end.
1t was the best exhibition of the kind
ever given in Freeland.
Sub-district No. 6, United Mine Work
ers, has grown so rapidly that it became
necessary to divide it, which was done
at Hazleton on Saturday. The new
district will be known as No. :, and to
it will be attached all North Side locals.
Ladies, don't fail to see those fancy
25c skirts at A. OSwald's. He sells lots
OF them and they are dandies.
The following amounts have been con
tributed to the fund of the Lattimcr
Prosecuting Committee by the Mine
Workers of this section; Freeland Local
No. 395, Sl4; Highland, No. 5OG, ST. 80:
Upper Lehish, No. 3l4, So; Eckley, No
622' $50; Eckley Slavsh, No aO5, $40
Frceland council will reorganize this
evening. The new members are Harry
| kcck, Daniel Kline. A. Rudewick. W .
| II. Butz, NJ. Schwabe and Frank De-
Pierro. The retiring members are Dr.
+. w. Rutter and =. c. Miller. The
! old members are Patrick Meehan, NJ
Zemany, Thomas L. Davis and Alex
| Mulhearn.
Theodore Andrews, who had come to
be regarded as enjoying charmed life.
died at llazleton Friday night OF heart
failure. After coming out of the war of
the rebellion, he was employed on the
Reading Railway twenty-five years, dur
ing which time he was hurt in fifteen
accidents. He was Scared on almost
every portion of his body.
The county commissioners are seri-
ously considering the propriety of levyiug
assessments upon the actual valuation Of
| property in the future, instead of upon
one-third, one-fourth or one-iifth of the
value as heretofore. BY the new ar
rangement the number of mills would be
correspondingly less and the amount
realized would be just the same
| BIRTHS