Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-14
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.

loWns are DO1nE.
Sons were born last week to Mr. and
Mrs. Oswald Brobst and Mrs. and Mrs.
William Ripple.
Freeland clerks easily defeated Drift
ton clerks at the Tigers park Saturday
afternoon by score of 20 to 8.
The Feast of the Assumption will be
celebrated in several of the churches
tomorrow. Masses will be read at st.
AIMS church at T and n. m.
The executive committee of the Ma
tional Slavonian Union will meet at
Rev. Carl Iouser's residence today to
make arrangements for the building of
the orphans home at the IIoneyhole
Tomorrow evening st. Patrick's band
will run an excursion to Halle park.
The cars will leave here at Tie o'clock
and returning will leave the park at lilo
The fare for the round trip is % cents
The All-Cuban club of Havana failed
to show up at Mauch Chunk on Satur-
day, consequently the game scheduled
for Freeland was not played. 1t is
expected that these clubs will cross
bats here on the Goth inst.
Denis Boyle, an ex-supervisor of
Halle township, died on Thursday at
the age of 80 years. He was the father
of Hugh Boyle, j. p, of IIazleton, and
Bernard Boyle, who recently removed
from Jeddo to Philadelphia.
Harry Gould, of Freeland, and Miss
Olive Fowler, of Scranton, were married
at the residence of tho groom's father
Thomas Gould, on Saturday evening by
Rev. w. G. Hall, of st. Paul's church
The young couple will reside at Halle
ton.
The postoflce department is contem-
plating the introduction of new form
of postal money order. 1t will be made
to conform to the size of an ordinary
bank check, and the marginal figures
heretofore printed on the order will not
be used.
Nathan Yost, of Conyngham, suffer
ing with cancer of the stomach, went to
a Philadelphia hospital for treatment
last week, but was advised BY the hospi-
tai physician to return home, whore
treatment would be as elfectua as
elsewhere.
Judge GnnSter, of Scranton, has de-
clared unconstitutional the law reQuir-
ing the citizens of borough to have
paid a borough tax within year to
entitle him to the right to vote. 1t is
sufficient that II state or county tax
shall have been paid within two years.
Herman 1linkle, of Wcathery, and
Jacob Krasley, of Allentown, will tour
the country in gospel wagon and en-
deayor to convert people to religion.
The wagon was publicly dedicated in an
imposing ceremony at Allentown. 1t
weighs about two tons and bears the
inscription, ''God is Love"
The house recently vacated by John
Cannon and bought by William McHugh
is undergoing extensive alterations.
The first floor is being entirely remodel
ed and lowered to the sidewalk level
The building will be occupied by Mrs.
r. Thompson's millinery store after the
improvements are completed
Next Saturday evening the trolley OK
cursion and outing of the Tigers Athletic
Club will take place at Halle park
Special cars will be run from all towns
on the Lehigh Traction Companys line
The park will be under control of the
club during the evening Tickets are
finding ready sale throughout the
region.
Thomas O'Donnell, who returned
from Klondike to McAdoo last week,
reports that the last seen of Jeweler
w. V. Nitsche, of IIazleton, who start
ed for Alaska two years ago, was at
Copper river, where he was suffering
from terrible attack of Scurvy and all
hopes of saving his life had been aban-
doned.
Preparations on an elaborate scale
are being made by the Hebrews of the
country to celebrate their coming hol-
days. The first event will be New
Years, and will be commemorated on
September 5 and 6. According to the
Jewish calendar this will be the year
5000. The Day of Atonement will occur
on September IA.
A reunion of the sold Ebervale Fam
lilies" will be held next month at Eber-
vale. All who lived in the town in its
early days are invited to attend. A
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make arrangements. On this committee
are the following from this section:
George Sweet, John Redpath, Freeland;
e. j. Sweeney, Scott Young, Drifton,
and Frank McGill, Eckley.
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