Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-13
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What tho Folks of This and Other
Towns are Doing.


John ]. McBrierty has resigned as
North Side correspondent of the Halle
ton Sentinel.
Several heavy business failures have
taken place in Allentown during the
past few weeks.
Rev. j. P. Buxton, of Drifton, is at
tending convention Of Protestant
Episcopal ministers at Reading.
The net receipts of the banquet held
on December 90 by the young ladies of
St. AIMS parish amounted to $40.
Bernard McFadden and Matt Bro6-
erick, the popular base ballsts, are
making preparations to attend Villa
Nova college.
Mahanoy City will vote at the Feb
ruary election on proposition to in
crease the boroughs Indebtedness $sO,-
900, the funds to be used for street paw
ing.
Notwithstanding the fact that liquor
licenses in the borough cost $50 extra
this year, it is stated that the list of
applicants will contain all who hold
licenses at present.
G. d. Rohrbach who intends to occupy
Chestnuts' building after February
l, will enter the hardware business on a
larger scale when he takes possession of
his new quarters.
A double dwelling block at Harwood
was burned to the ground Monday night.
A child was rescued from the flames
with much difficulty by John McHugh,
Hazleton grocer.
Thomas j. Boyle, of Highland, is at
Columbus, Ohio, as one of the represen-
tatives of Anthracite district, No. /, in
the national convention of the United
Mineworkers of America.
Dancing school will open at Yannes'
opera house on Saturday evening, and
If successful it will be continued every
Saturday evening during the winter
months. Music will be furnished by St.
Patrick's band.
Services on Sunday next at st. Paul's
P. NJ. church will be as follows: Sacre-
ment Of the Lords supper at 10. 80 a. IN.
preaching by Captain Branston at D..
IN. Rev. S Cooper, the pastor, cordially
invites all to attend.
dress goods cannot be surpassed, either
in quality or price.
John Henstice, OF Miners Mills, who
was walking on the track between Penn
Haven Junction and Weatherly Tues
day afternoon, was struck by passenger
train and instantly killed. He stepped
out of the way of one train into that of
another.
Owing to remonstrancefrom the Cross
Creek Coal Company, represented by D..
J. Mccarthy, Esq, the Carbon court has
refused liquor licenses to Mrs. Mary
McGinty and James McGll, who asked
for the privilege to sell near Old Buck
Mountain.
A meeting of the directors of the bor-
ough fire department, consisting of the
six counclmen and three trustees of the
Citizens Hose Company, will meet this
evening to take action upon complaints
made concerning the condition OF the
fire apparatus.
M. e. Fritzinger, of town, the we'll
known pigeon shooter, left this week for
Pittsburg. He was employed on the d..
S. & S., but thinks railroading in the
West pays better than here. If he fails
to improve his condition in Pittsburg he
will 60 to Denver.
The Wyoming Valley Knitting Mill, in
West Pittston, which has been idle for
The past dozen years or more, was this
week sold to three mill operators of
Paterson, n. j. Machinery will be
shipped at once and the plant will re-
sumo operations as soon as possible.
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