Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-01
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.
PARAGRAPHS GATHERED FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE REGION.

Synopsis of Local and Miscellaneous Oc-
currenoes That Can Be Read Quickly.
What the Folks of This and Other
Towns Are Doing.
Open trolley cars have made their APP
pearance on the local line.
The May meeting of the borough
council will be held this evening.
Rev. Levi Bird, of Elmhurst, Lacka-
wanna county, is visiting his father,
George Bird, of Brvanton.
Mrs. p. f. McNulty was called to
Sugar Notch on Thursday evening by
the serious illness of her father.
Adam Lesser, of Upper Lehigh,
entered upon the duties of his position
as mine foreman at Jeddo this morning.
The members of the railroad brother
hoods are preparing to celebrate their
annual Memorial Day at Mauch Chunk
next June.
j. d. Myers left yesterday for Rock
Glen, where he will be engaged for
few weeks in remodeling and enlarging
a large building.
Councilman Gilbert Smith has been
appointed by the Cross Creek Coal Com
pany to take charge of the public road
repairs in Foster township.
BY an order of court the cost of the
| proceedings to oust Halle township
school directors must be paid BY the
school district of the township.
Tyn of Tho IL,
opened the ball season here yesterday
with a game at Woodside field. The
score was: Cuban Stars, 20; Puzzlers.
Hugh Jennings, the famous short
stop, is not playing ball at present. He
is under the care of a physician who
will endeavCr to take the glass out of
his arm.
DePierro'S orchestra rendered music
at the thirty third birthday anniversary
of Ii. w. Jacobs, which was celebrated
at his home in Hazleton on Thursday
evening.
Three delegates to the state convention
at Harrisburg on June IA will be chosen
by the Democrats of the Fourth legis-
lative district at Hazleton tomorrow
afternoon.
The case of DR., Toome, of Jeddo, who
is charged with not being properly
registered, is set down for trial this
week, also the case of NJ Zemany. who
is accused of arson.
William E. Eberts' property at the
corner OF Ridge and South streets has
been purchased by Albert Shve, of
Drfton. The latter will move his
family to their new home this week.
Lewis Mcbride, Schuylllil county
youth, is under $500 bail to appear at
court and answer the charge of placing
tackS on the turnpike at Port Carbon.
The arrest was made by the bicyclists OF
that section.
The Jersey Central Railroad Company
has decided to issue new stock to the
amount OF 20 per cent of the present
capital stock, at par to stockholders of
record May 10. The proceeds will be
used to retire $4, ,444 900 bonds.
Arbor Day was observed by the teach
ers and pupils of the borough schools on
Friday afternoon. Thirty-eight maple
trees were placed in the plot surround
ing the Daniel Coke school and num-
Der of the same kind around the Eckley
B. Coke school.
Poor Director William S. Lieb is max
ing personal investigation of the con
diton of those people in the Luzerne
district who receive relief from the poor
district. He intends that only those
who deserve help shall receive store
orders or other assistance.
At Packerton last week 600 car re-
pairers in the Lehigh Valley Railroad
shops were suspended indefinitely.
These men always had steady work re-
pairing coal cars, but as these cars are
being disposed of and their places taken
by the new big steel cars little repair
work will hereafter be required.
The act of May 4, 1898, empowering
municipalities to impose maximum tax
OF $1,000 on Inherent merchants, has
been declared unconstitutional by Judge |
Gunster in an opinion in the case of |
Scranton city against Morris Wormer,
oil New York, man who conducted a |
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