Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-14
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.

Towns Are Doing.
"Strong Boy" Jones, formerly of town,
is now located in Butte City, Montana.
Luzcrne county next year will elect =
judge, treasurer, register and three
commissioners.
The first ball of the Citizens band
takes place at Yannes' opera house on
Monday evening.
George Seward has disposed OF his
barber shop, in tho Central hotel base
ment, to John Thomas.
The report Of the Citizens bank, pub
lished today, shows that institution to
be in healthy financial condition.
Subscribers who fail to receive their
papers at the regular time are requested
to inform the publishers OF the fact.
The remains OF the late Philip Dickson
were followed to St. AIMS cemetery by
large number of friends yesterday.
While hunting rabbits on Friday,
I Hugh Malloy, Sr., fell over large rock
and sustained serious internal injuries
A. Oswald sells three bars of grand
mas butter milk soap for the small sum
of sc.
Owen F. Edwards, of Halle Brook,
and Miss Mary L. Hughes, of Sandy
Run, were married on Saturday by Rev
J. w. Bischoff
The Cross Creek Coal Company's
annual census of Drifton has been com
peted. The town has ,050 residents, .
decrease of So since 1897.
James Brennan, Of Long Island city
N. Y, who is handling throttle on the
Long Island Railroad, is here on short
visit to his parents in Coke addition.
E. J. Fry, of Tamaqua, is dead. Mr..
Fry was bank president and had in
vestments in many industries in the
town. He was one of the best known
men in that locality.
Condy o. Boyle, Freeland; Hugh Gal
lagher, Joseph Lindsay, Foster; William
Boyle and Peter Zeleck, Halle, have
been drawn to serve on the grand jury
which will meet on January 3.
Dancing school at Yannes' opera house
Saturday evening by st. Patrick's band.
Admission, gents % cents.
A railroad siding has been placed near
the turnpike crossing on the Upper Le-
high branch of the Jersey Central Rail
road, for the accommodation of Freeland
merchants who receive freight via that
road.
For tearing down an American flag
from the front Of a Jewish synagogue,
Thomas Forkin and Thomas Jones have
been indicted by the Lackawanna coun-
ty grand jury, under the state law for
bidding desecretion of the flag.
William Sheridan, a Lehigh Valley
telegrapher whose home was in White
Haven, had leg cut off while attempt
ing to board an engine. The unfortu-
nate young man was brother-n-Iaw to
j. p. McAndrews, legislator-olect. He
died yesterday.
Mrs. Irving A. Stearns, OF Wilkes
barre, wife OF President Stearns, of the
d. S. & S. Railroad, was taken serious
ly i'll at the Waldorf hotel in New York
city. She was attacked by fanting
spell in the dining room. Hor condition
is still considered serious.
Mrs. John Edmunds, former resi-
dent of Drifton, where she kept the
boarding house for number OF years,
succumbed to the inevitable yesterday
at Wilkesbarre, where she removed re-
Gently. Deceased was well known on
the North Sidc.-P lain Speaker.
The winter schedule OF the Lehigh
Valley Railroad went into effect yester-
day. Freeland lost one train by the
new arrangement, the sac p. m. train
having been taken off. The company
concluded this extra service was not
given sufficient patronage by our people.
John D. Davis, who resided at Eckley
for many years past, died at his home
in that town on Friday, victim to
miners asthma. He was supervisor Of
Foster township for one year. The
funeral took place yesterday afternoon,
interment being made in Eckley ceme-
terry. He was So years of age.
The official count Of Luzernc county
vote is still going on at Wilkesbarre.
The Fourth district vote has been
counted and the following figures are
the pluralities OF tho candidates who
carried the district: Stone, 152; Daven-
port, so; Harvey, 1904, Holcomb, ISL;
Lloyd, 742; Mckee, 449; Ruttsr, So;
Snyder, 40.
August Mahrer and Valentine Wag-
ner, car inspectors, were killed in tho
Central Railroad yards at Mauch Chunk
on Friday. The victims were seated in
their shanty. In making flying switch
a trip Of cars was thrown on a siding
and crashed into the shanty, wrecking
the building and killing both men. Both
were married men and had families.