Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-06-22
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What the Folks of This and Other
Towns Are Doing.

open this year on August 2.
Viewers have reported favorably to
court on the building of bridge over
Millhopper creek in Foster township.
The Zemany Jenkins arson trial was
commenced at Wilkesbarre yesterday
and is still occupying the attention of
the court.
The woods are swarmed with huckle-
berry pickers. The berries sell at 10
cents a quart, but this price will soon
be lowered.
Frank Dougherty, a driver at No .
collery, Highland, had his left arm
severely bruised and cut by having it
caught between the roof of n gangway
and the frame of a car on Tuesday.
Favorable responses to the invitations
of the Citizens Hose Company to parade
on July 4 have been received from sever
al organization by the committee and
the demonstration is an assured success.
This morning while John Wagner and
James Levan were viewing the location
of the dancing platform in the Public
park, their horse became unmanageable
and ran against tree, breaking u shaft.
James Boyle, sonof James X Boyle.
employed as driver in the Highland
tunnel, was seriously injured while at
work in the above place on Tuesday
evening. He will be laid up for several
weeks.
Council will meet tonight to settle
with the tax collector. The question of
the park platform will also be taken up
and an agreement containing some
severe sections will be presented for
consideration.
Roger j. O'Donnell, of Freeland, was
one of a party of six new attorneys who
were on Monday admitted to practice in
the courts Of this county. For the pres
ent he will occupy room in Attorney
Stroh's office.
Martin, an infant son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lawrence Boos, died at their home on
Front street on Tuesday. The child
was aged months and days. The in
terment was made yesterday in Free
land cemetery.
A thunder and hail storm passed over
this region ON Tuesday afternoon. No
damage was done here, but at Hazleton
houses were struck by lightning and
an Audenried Hungarian woman was
injured by a bolt.
The threatened tie-up of the building
trades in Scranton is on. The Building
Trades Council has ordered all building
unions to quit work. Nearly $500 men
laid down their tools, making 1900 that
are now out on strike.
The school directors of Banks town
ship, who were charged with being
guilty of numerous irregularities in Of
flee, were acquitted in Carbon county
court, the prosecutors having failed to
make out case against them.
The borough surveyor is engaged in
running lines for sewer north on
Washington street from Main and north
on Birkb street from the silk mill.
He will also give grades for bitches and
curb on johnson street from Pine to
Birk beck.
The TRIBUNE is indebted to the Phia-
delphia Record for the use of the cuts
which appear today in the article
on the fourth page describing the
| filtered water fountain which has been
erected In Philadelphia by Miss Rebecca
Coke, of Drifton.
ff a n
purchased from Alexander Buckner a
| fine team of black horses and also a fine
sorrel horse. Mr.. and Mrs. Coke were
driven about town yesterday afternoon
behind the team of blacks by Mr.. Buck
ner.-Plain Speaker.
Stewart MacFarlane, Jr., formerly of
Drifton, was married on June Is to Miss
Sadie Ellis, at the latter's home in Tot
tenville, Staten Island. After brief
honeymoon spent in the East, the young
couple will leave for Los Angeles, CAL,
where the groom will open law Office.
Borough Surveyor Rutter yesterday
staked out the ground for the dancing
platform in the Public park. The site
is in the middle of the park, east of the
former platform. Its size will be 45X5O
feet. Only six small trees will have to
be removed. The lumber has been or
dered.
Chas. Haas, executor of the estate of
the late Frederick Haas, has been
authorized by the orphans court to sell
at public sale on July 26 all the real
estate of the deceased, consisting of the
Cottage hotel building and two and one
half story frame dwellings on Washing
ton street.
Two extra cars have been ordered by
the Good Wills Athletic Association for
the trolley excursion to Halle park
Saturday evening, making total OF
four cars which will leave here under
the associations control. Tickets are
still selling rapidly and more cars will
likely be required.