Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-09
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.

License court begins at Wilkesbarre
on Monday next Freeland applicants
will be heard the first day.
The marriage OF Charles keenan,, of
Upper Lehigh, and Miss Sarah Wackley,
of Highland, takes place at st. AIMS
church this afternoon.
Jersey Central Railroad employees
claim their grievances are not given
proper attention by the officials and IA
general tie-up of the system is proba Bile.
The dance which the Jeddo clerks
intended to conduct at Drfton this
evening has been postponed until the
l4th inst, owing to the death of Harry
Mock.
Rev. j. J. Kuntz attended the Eebru-
airy meeting of the Lutheran Pastoral
Association at Hazleton on Monday
The next meeting will be held here on
March &.
A bill appropriating S225, 900 for a
| public building in Wilkesbarre passed
congress this week and will become a
law If the president atiixes his signature
| to the measure.
The Taylor Minstrels, q Hazleton
troupe, will give an entertainment at
the Grand opera house on the 18th inst
for the benefit of the Mining and
Mechanical Institute
The two young sons of Neil Paul, of
| Hazleton, gave a boxing exhibition in
Philadelphia Saturday evening and are
booked to appear before several athletic
clubs'in that city in the near future.
Thomas McBrerty. of Walnut street.
was hurt in No. 2coliery. Highland. on
Tuesday. He was taken to the miners
hospital, where it was found that his in
iuries were serious, but not dangerous.
st. Johns Reformed church, Rev. j.
b. kerschner, pastor. Divine services
next Sunday at 1890 a. m. German,
and at 7 p. m, English. AT Eckley at
go p. m, English service, All are
kindly invited.
The funeral of Bishop O'Hara. who
died Friday night, took place in Scran-
ton this morning. The remains, resting
on catafalque, were lying in state all
day yesterday at St. Patrick's cathedral.
Archbishop Ryan, of Philadelphia.
preached the funeral sermon.
Miss Grace Coyle, the Harlegh school
teacher, who was refused school
through corporation influence because
of her testimony against the dep
| ntes in the Lattimer trial, has passed
an examination in Bayonne City, N. j.,
and will be appointed as a teacher in
that city.
Judge Craig, of Carbon county. yester-
day decided that the nomination certi-
hcate OF John Rosenstock, Republican
candidate for poor auditor, is valid.
The jndge places poor district nomna-
tions in the same class with boroughs
and townships, in regard to the time
allowed for filing papers
The Junior Christian Endeavor Society
of ST. Johns Reformed church will hold
social in the Sunday school room of
the church Saturday afternoon and
evening. Refreshments will be served
at low price. An enjoyable time is
expected for the children. Parents and
children are cordially invited.
Manager II. A. Butler, of the Carbon
Iron and Steel Company, announces
that the larger Bessemer furnaces of
the company, located at Parryville. six
miles sonth Of Mauch Chunk, will be
put in operation at once. The furnaces
have been out of blast since 1896. The
plant gives employment to $50 men.
| Quite a number Of lower Luzerne bows
are with the regular army in the Philip
pines, and their friends were anxious
for their safety until tho names of the
victims of the late battle were announc-
ed Most of them belong to the Eigh-
teenth infantry and this regiment is
stationed at lloilo, some distance from
Manila.
Hugh Malloy and Julius Dusheck kill
ed large catamount near Mt. Yeager on
Monday. The animal attacked the dogs
OF the hunters when brought to bay and
desperate struggle ensued. The hunt
ers arrived on the scene in time to take
hand in the fight and save their dogs.
The catamount is one of the largest ever
brought to town.
Andrew Rakosky, of Halle Brook,
was arrested yesterday on warrant
sworn out before Squire Buckley by
John Barran, of Eckley, charging him
with obtaining money by false pretense,
alleging that he was detective and
showing a badge of the Indiana Detec-
tive Agency. The hearing will take
place on Saturday.
Amos Stroh, brother to Abraham
! Stroh and an uncle of Chas. Orion Stroh
Esq, of town, one OF Mauch Chunks
Oldest citizens, died on Tuesday morning
in his seventy-eighth year. He settled
in Mauch Chunk in 1921, and lived