Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-27
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 Are Doing

what the folks OF This and Other
Towns Arc Doing.
The Jewish feast of the Passover be-
gan on Saturday and will continue eight
days.
law suit over dog by two farmers
from Catawissa valley cost the taxpayers
of Schuylkill county Sill.
Charles Boczkowski will take charge
OF the saloon now occupied by William
Lamb, South Heberton, on Saturday.
Villanova college ball team will play
the Phillies on April IA. Barney Nc
Fadden will pitch for the college boys.
Christopher Burns, of Freeland, and
Miss Katie Sharp, of Highland will be
married at st. AIMS church on April 6.
Preparations for an elaborate cele-
bration of Easter Sunday are being
made by several of the congregations of
town.
special sermon was delivered at St.
AIMS church last evening by Rev. +. p.
Mack and drew a large number of the
congregation.
The county commissioners have been
going over the plans for the new court
house and will soon be ready to an
nounce their decision.
A bill approprating $4,000 to the
Mining and Mechanical Institute has
been introduced in the legislature by
Representative Snyder.
The legislative committee on appro-
prations has made a favorable report
on the bill which gives $4,000 to the
Miners hospital at Hazleton.
Scranton's milk trust is about to
collapse. The dealers whom the trust
bought out have re-engaged in business
under other names and are driving the
trust into bankruptcy.
An ordinance to increase the bonded
debt of Wilkesbarre by 500, 900, for the
construction of sewers and for street
and fire purposes, has been passed
finally by the city councils.
County Treasurer Robinson denies
that he intends to hold the license
money from boroughs and townships
"h&' Aouptc"pCt l. Hc HiOUty Will Ut
paid to the districts in April, as in
former years.
Bloomsburg's hooffurniture factory
has been gobbled up by the American
School Furniture Company, New
Jersey trust with capital of 81 500, 900
The twelve leading factories of the
country are in the new trust.
The bond of Salvatore DePerro,
treasurer of the borough of Freeland,
was filed in court on Thursday in the
sum of $4,000. Peter Magagna, b. f.
Davis, Owen Fowler, John Burton and
John Williams are sureties on the bond
A. Oswald has Just received carload
OF Lehigh county potatoes. They ara
excellent stock. If in need of any give
him call.
George Riehl and James Bowen, two
young men of Hazleton, have been sent
to the county jail in default of $500 bail
each. They are charged with the
larceny of valuable trunk from Mrs.
Ackermans boarding house in that city
The White Haven Journal on Satur-
day stated there was no truth in the
item going the rounds of the press that
it has become Democratic newspaper.
For this Democracy may well feel
thankful, as narrowgauge newspapers
discredit any case they espouse.
The last meeting of the present Board
of Directors of the Middle Coal Field Poor
District will be held tomorrow, when
Director Schwartz will retire. The new
board will organize on Saturday, when
Director Lieb will take his seat and
officers Of the board and almshouse
officials will be elected.
Lower end municipalities will receive
the following amounts, less the county
treasurers charges. as their share of
the license money: Freeland, S6,s40;
Foster, $50; Halle, S2,640; Hazleton,
$4,000; West Hazleton, l,4OO; White
Haven, 81 200; Butler, 5000; Sugarloaf,
$3.50; Black Creek, S720.
The engagement of Central Engineer
Lawrence Mckinley, of town, and Miss
Mary Burns, of Jeddo, is announced
The bride-elect is sister to the wife of
John Kerrigan, Of East Mauch Chunk,
and is at present her guest. The we'd
ding will take place shortly after Easter.
-Mduch Chunk Democrat
A large audience enjoyed the perform
ance given at the Grand opera house.
on Thursday evening by the Champion
Cake Walkers and Minstrels. The show
is good one and worthy of patronage.
The company has been in hard luck
lately and while here experienced much
trouble in pacfying creditors from other
towns.
Abram Thomas, of Nanticoke, aged
80, engaged room at the Bristol house,
Wilkesbarre, Thursday night. Next
morning strong odor of gas was found
coming from his room. The door was
opened aud Thomas was found dead in