Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-29


What the Folks of This and Other
Towns Are Doing.
The annual ball of the Fearnots will
be held this evening at Cross Creek hall
Music by DePierros orchestra.
Frank S. Kuntz. a son of Rev. j. j.
Kuntz, of Freeland, has been appointed
proctor of Muhlenberg college, Allen
town.
Joseph Gallagher, one of Drfton's
popular pedagogues, has registered as a
law student in the office of John M.
Carr, Esq.
The Knights Templar of Pennsyl-
vania, the military branch of the Ma
sonic order, will meet next May in
Wilkesbarre.
Principal Hanlon, of the borough
schools, will commence this morning to
examine the pupils in the different
rooms preparatory to the closing.
Foster township auditors will meet
tonight to begin the audit of the school
accounts of the township. The sessions
will be held at DePierro Bros. cafe.
Rev. w. G. Hall held his first services
yesterday in st. Pauls p. NJ. church,
Fern street. He succeeds Rev. S. Pen
glase, who has removed to Parsons.
The bans of marriage of Daniel McCole
and Miss Annie Brislin, both of town,
were announced in st. AIMS church
yesterday. They will be married next
month.
The announcement of the marriage
ton opera house, to Miss Mary Gal
lagher, Of that city, is denied by Mr..
Lander.
Patrick Brice, former resident of
town and brother-inlaw of Bernard
Boyle, Of Walnut street, was seriously
injured by fall of coal in Oneida mines
on Thursday.
The Weatherly Herald on Saturday
began its twentieth year. 1t is one of
Carbon countys brightest and newsiest
newspapers, and Editor Faust's success
is fully deserved.
For 5 and 10 cent glassware 60 to A.
Oswald's.
The Citizens Hose Company's mem
bers will wear their new uniforms for
the first time tomorrow. The uniforms
are all Freeland-made and come from
Refowichs establishment.
Tomorrow afternoon and evening
the Mecca of the sporting fraternity
will be Drifton ball park, where the
Drfton Football! Club will hold picnic.
st. AIMS band will furnish the dancing
music.
An Ohio judge has decided that the
forgery of check is not completed
unless a revenue stamp is attached.
As many people accept unstamped
checks the forger is given wide field
of operations without danger of prose-
cution.
The residents of McGinty Told Buck
Mountain) are trying again to induce
the postof1ice department to reopen the
office which was closed there few
years ago, Mail matter is now received
and forwarded by way of Eckley, Rock
port or Weatherly.
All the ID. S. & S. employees who run
over the Lehigh Valley tracks must stand
an examination before the latter COM
pany's examining board. During the
past week a number OF the crews have
been at Easton, where the examination
is being conducte
Adalne, the six-year-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Magagna, was
severely burned on Thursday evening
by her clothes catching fire from burn
ing rubbish. Mrs. Magagna was also
burned about the hands while extin-
gushing the flames.
The name of the new daily paper
shortly to be started in Pottsvile, of
which R. j. Wilson, formerly editor and
proprietor of the Mt. Carmel Ne,cs, will
be editor, will be the Tribune. John
Mccarthy will be on the staff and the
first issue will be out about the first of
next month.
There will, in all probability, be
meeting of the anthracite coal sales
agents on Wednesday next, in New
York, and while it is stated that the
meeting has been called only for an
interchange of views it is believed that
it will have some bearing on prices for
next month.
The recent repairs made to the Free
land bicycle path has improved it great
ly, and the wheelmen are now consider
ing its extension to Pond Crack. AS
the number of wheels owned in town is
daily increasing there ought not be
much trouble in securing the funds
necessary for the purpose.
PLEASURE CALENDAR.