Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-07-27
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 Arc Doing.

What the Folks of This and Other
Towns Arc Doing.
The school term of the Mining and
Mechanical Institute will open on Sep
tember 4.
Mrs. Vincent Spire, an aged lady of
Eckley, was buried in Freeland cemc-
terry on Tuesday afternoon.
Michael Shane, of Eckley, was taken
to Laurytown asylum yesterday, suffer
ing from temporary insanity.
The members of the Legion of Honor
Of town will have their annual outing
at the Honey Hole on August 10.
A. Oswald sells Arbuckle's, Dils-
worth's, Lion and Levering's coffee at
10 cents pound.
Black Creek township school board
has appointed Miss Annie Lindsay, of
town, as teacher at Roberts school.
The camp meeting services of the
Holiness Christian Association in the
Public park are well attended every
evening.
Division Al, A. o. H., has changed
its meeting nights from the first and
third Fridays to the second and fourth
Tuesdays of each month.
Harry Wackley, Of Highland, was
seriously injured in No. 2 colliery at
that place on Monday by being squeezed
between q car and prop.
While on a hunting trip on Tuesday
near the Honey Hole, Joseph Birkbeck
and Hugh Malloy shot crane which
measured eight feet across the wings.
The Nanticoke Ne,os plant was sold
on Tuesday to Attorney Thomas d.
Shea for SIG and the debts. The paper
will be resurrected with Thomas Gallery
as editor.
John Walter, of Freeland, had the
first joint of the index finger of the left
hand taken off yesterday at No. 5 col
liery, Jeddo, by having it caught in a
car wheel.
The bond of DR.. f. w. Rutter, as
treasurer of Freeland borough for 1898,
was satisfied yesterday in the prothono-
tary's office, no appeal having been taken
from the report of the auditors.
A. Oswald sells Delicatesse Baking
Powder at sc per pound can. Every
can is guaranteed as to its purity. Give
il trial.
The picnic of the Fearnots Athletic
Association at Drifton ball park will be
the only attraction on the North Side
on Saturday evening. The members
invite the sporting fraternity of the
region to give them q call.
The New York National Building and
Loan Association, of New York city,
passed into the hands Of receivers this
week, according to New York news
papers. Several people of this vicinity
are shareholders in the association.
ID. j. Mccarthy has been elected
delegate to the state convention of the
American Legion of Honor, which will
be held next month in Philadelphia
He will represent Union Council, No
800, of town. E. A. Oberrender was
chosen alternate.
A team belonging to Albert Drasher,
Butler valley milk-man, took fright
at the approach OF a trolley car this
morning, on Centre street between
South and Luzerne, upscttng the wagon.
Beyond the loss of the milk no other
damage was sustained.
A shoemakers' war Is on in Freeand.
III. Mower, who recently opened the
the Black Diamond Shoe Repairing
House, cut the price for heels and soles
to 80 cents a pair. His competitors
dropped to As cents, and today he ad-
vertises 40 cents. In the meantime the
public is hustling its old shoes to the
-dtferent shops and taking advantage
of tho liubt