Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-02-21
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.

What the Folks of This and Othe,
| Towns are Doing.
Hart, the English tailor, will spend
this week in New York city, selecting
his stock of spring cloths.
Wednesday next will be the beginning
of Lent, and the day will be appro-
| priataly observed in several of the local
| churches.
DR.. w. H. Corrigan, of Hazleton.
started for Klondille on Friday night.
" IL. Nitsche, of the same place, will 60
there in few weeks.
The vote of Wintermuth and Thomas
for poor auditor is so close that the
result will not be known until the Off
cial count is completed on Tuesday.
The members of the borough council
will meet in special session Wednesday
evening at o'clock for the purpose OF
examining the accounts of Tax Collector
Bachman.
At a district meeting of the United
Mine Workers, held at Hazleton on Sat
urday, it was decided to raise funds to
assist in the prosecution of Sheriff Mar
tin and his deputies.
In Lausanne township, Carbon county.
last week, Patrick Dougherty was elect
ed school director and Harvey Minnick
assessor. Both men were residents of
Freeland until recently.
The body of Joseph Michael, formerly
of Jeddo, was found dead near Summit
Hill on Thursday. How the man came
to his death is not known. The remains
we're inferred in Laurytown cemetery.
A fox chase at j. f. Christmans hotel
in East Butler will attract large crowd
of sportsmen to that place on Friday.
A number of entries are expected. The
chase will be followed by dance in the
evening.
A. Oswald sells coffee at Sc, 1Oc. l3c.
25c, 30c and 25c per pound.
Among the killed or drowned on the
oattleship Maine, which blew up at
Havana on Tuesday night, was John A.
Kay, of Hazleton. He was a brother of
one of the deputies on trial for the Lattl-
mer murders.
1t is authoritively stated that one of
the results of the election in Foster will
be the abolishment of the position of
uperintendent of the township schools
Joseph Gabrio of Hazleton. holds this
position at present.
The Judges of the election districts in
the LuZerne section of the poor distric,
have been notified not to 90 to
Laurytown as usual with the returns
but to take them to Poor Director
Schwartz, who will pay the usual fees
etc. In this way judges will save time
and money.
The four-year-old daughter of Michael
Fabuer was burned to death at Halle
Brook on Wednesday during the absence
of her mother. The child played with
the fire in the kitchen stove, and when
the mother returned she found her little
one burned to crisp.
Francis A. Beamish, aged "a news
paper man, was found dead in his room
at Pttsburg Friday merning. The gas
was turned on full TIE friends of the
dead man think that he turned off the
gas and then accidently turned it on
again. He was son of the late ex-
Mayor Beamish, of Scranton.
In the March number of McClIye's
Herbert L. Hamblen will relate the
story of his own experiences as freight
engineer. That the story will abound
in interesting and strange adventure
we may safely infer from the account he
has already given of his experiences as a
fireman and brakemen The paper
Will be illustrated with drawings from
life.
Freeland will send large delegation
to Butler valley tomorrow evening to
attend the first grand ball of the Actors
Association. The ball will be in Dinke-
lacher's new hall, which will be for
mally opened on this occasion. In
addition, a number OF frst-class enter.
tainers have been engaged to furnish
amusement to the guests
Daniel Mulhearn. of Lansford died
at his home in that town Yesterday.
The deceased was brother of ex-Treas-
urer James L. Mulhearn, of Carbon
county, and was well known to many
people living here. Councilmen Patrick
Meehan and Alex MuIhern will leave
tomorrow to attend the funeral. which
takes place at Lansford at a. III. on
Wednesday.