Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-09-18
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synopsis OF Local ana MISCELLANEOUS DC
currences That Can Be Read Quickly.
What the Folks of This and Other
Towns Are Doing.
OIn another column Butcher George
Fisher offers his entire establishment
for sale or rent.
The date of the supper and social at
the English Baptist church is Saturday
evening next, the 23d inst. Tickets are
25 cents each.
Hazleton firemen will hold parade
and demonstration on Wednesday. The
Citizens band of town has been engaged
to furnish music.
Picncs will be held on Saturday even
ing at the Public park by the Citizens
Hose Company and at Drfton park by
st. Patrick's band.
Attorneys Mclaughlin and Brown sat
at Hazeton Saturday afternoon as arbi
traitors of case in which residents of
that city were interested.
Harvey Young and Miss Retta Shell
hamer, both of Butler township, were
married on Saturday by Rev. j. B.
Kerschner, of town, at the home of the
brides parents.
Ben Davey, Jr., of Wilkesbarre, has
been chosen as architect for the Mining
and Mechanical Istitute building, to be
erected on North Centre street. The
directors expect to to be ready in a few
weeks to award the contract.
Freeand school teachers met on Tues
day evening and selected the first and
third Tuesday evenings OF each month
as the time for holding semi-monthly
institutes. Prof. w. l.. Houck is chair
man and Miss Anna Sensenbach is sec
retary.
The reunion of old Ebervale families
at that place on Saturday was grand
success People were present from all
parts of the country. Jos. j. McGinty,
of Wilkesbarre, was the orator of the
day. Many Freeland people attended
the reunion.
A. Oswald sells Delicatesse Baking
Powder at sc per pound can. Every
can is guaranteed as to its purity. Give
it trial.
Thomas Joyce, formerly editor of
Mahanoy City BIacb Diamond, completed
his term of Imprisonment in the Eastern
penitentiary on Saturday. He was con-
victed of perjury which grew out of a
libel suit in which ex-senator John j.
Coyle was prosecutor.
John Harvey, of Lattimer, has de-
clined the Prohibition nomination for
commissioner, and the county COM
mittee has named Thomas Kerr, of
Plymouth, instead. Mr.. Kerr served
two terms as burgess of his town and is
popular man in that section of the
county.
Nearly all the Catholic temperance
societies of the lower end and u number
of other organizations have accepted the
invitation of the Young Mems Corps to
participate in the demonstration here
on October 10. The parade will be fol-
lowed by picnic, and in the evening a
ball will be held.
The services of Forty Hours Devotion
began yesterday at St. AIMS church.
Rev. F. Mack preached an eloquent ser
mon last evening. Tonight a Domini-
can priest will preach at 7.3O o'clock.
Among the priests whe took part last
evening We're Revs. Fallihee, Mack and
O'Hara, of st. AIMS; Rev. Bergrath
White Haven; Rev. Malloy, Audenrled;
Rev. Dever, Beaver Meadow, and Rev.
Burke, Hazleton.
Mrs. James Gaughan, of Hazleton,
died after brief illness at her home
yesterday. She was a daughter of Mrs.
Riley, of North Centre street, and be-
sides her husband and mother is sur
vived by two sisters, Mrs. s. L. Hayes
and Miss Mary REILLY, Freeland, and
three brothers, Peter, r. p. and Eu-
gene. She was aged 81 years, 1 month
and 5 days. The funeral will take