Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-02
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.
PARAGRAPHS GATHERED FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE REGION,

Towns Are Doing.
The October meeting of the borough
council will be held tonight and that of
the school board Wednesday evening.
The Hazleton Hat Manufacturing
Company was. granted a state charter
on Thursday. Its capital stock is
$15, 900.
G. b. Markle & Co. are preparing to
open a large stripping between High
land and Drifton. a fine bed of coal is
located there.
All the anthracite coal companies have
announced an advance of 25 cents per
ton in the price of coal at all points
to take effect Immediately.
Jos. Neuburger is offering S25 reward
for the capture of the parties who
mutilated and destroyed his sign boards
along the roads outside of town.
John Bellezza's lines of fall footwear
have arrived. Call and see them.
The officers of Mt. Horeb Lodge, No.
267, l. o. o. F., will be installed on
Thursday evening and those of Drfton
Lodge, No 695, on the evening of Octo-
Der II.
The members of Maj. C. b. Coke Post
have everything ready to make good
showing in the annual parade of the
Lehigh Valley Grand Army Association
at Slatington on Saturday.
j. w. Everitt, treasurer of the bor-
ough school board, has received the
state appropriation for the current year,
amounting to $4,7s3.44. The bondhold-
ers will be paid their interest on We'd
nesday evening.
Ii. b. Price and family have removed
from Upper Lehigh to Philadelphia.
He is postmaster and secretary and
treasurer of the different Upper Lehigh
corporations and firms and will continue
as such, directing the business from his
new place Of residence.
Friday, October 20, has been chosen
by the state authorities as Arbor
Day, and preparation for its observance
are being made by school children in
various districts. Freeland teachers,
pupils and directors made good start
last spring, but the work should be
followed up to insure success.
A. Oswald sells Arbuckle's, Dils-
worth's, Lion and Levering's coffee at
10 cents pound.
The annual entertainment of the
Christian Endeavor Society of st. Johns
Reformed chnrch has been postponed
from Thanksgiving evening to New
Years evening. This was made neces-
sary on account of the Franklin and
Marshal college glee clubs inability to
come here on the former date.
At st. AIMS church on Wednesday
Thomas Sweeney, of West Walnut
street, and Miss Rose Hoffmeier, of
Drifton, were married by Rev. M. j.
Fallihee. Miss Lizzie Holfmeier, the
brides sister, was bridesmaid, and
Frank McBrearty, Of Philadelphia, was
groomsman. They have taken up their
residence on the Hill.
The Bon-Ton Stock Company will
open week engagement at the opera
house this evening. The play tonight
will be "The Black Flag" tomorrow
evening, "The Census-Taker;" Wednes-
day evening, "Moths of Society,""
dramatization of Ouida's famous novel.
"Moths." matinee will be given
Wednesday afternoon.
Rev. f. p McNally, of Wilkesbarre,
and Rev. M. f. Lynott, of Jermyn, were
the guests of Rev. M. j. Fallihee yester-
day. On Tuesday Fathers McNally
and Lynott, with Rev. Phillips, of
Hazleton; Rev. Nelly, of Scranton, and
Rey. CofTey, of Carbondale, celebrated
at Hazleton the twentyfourth anniver-
sary of their ordination.
A. Oswald sells Deicatesse Baking
Powder at sc per pound can. Every
can is guaranteed as to its purity. Give
it a trial.
Charles Varguson, the young man of
Pittston, who was convicted of man
slaughter in shooting and killing Will
liam Pulyer at that place on July 10
last, has been sentenced by Judge
bl MN w Puy q vi 1GIuO, COSlS anu
be imprisoned in the Eastern peniten-
tiary to separate and solitary confne-
ment at labor for ten years.
The nine-month-old son of John
Rarlch, of Hopeville, about six weeks
ago began to lose flesh, owing to its
inability to swallow food. The child's
condition puzzled physicians. A criti-
cal examination of the child's throat
revealed the fact that a safety pin had
lodged in the upper part. 1t was
removed and the child is now recover
ing.
David MacFarlane, of Jeanesville, for
many years superintendent of the Le-
high Valley collieries at Jeanesville,
will today assume the superintendency
Of the works of the Wyoming and Pond
Creek Coal Company, at Pond Creek.
The selection is good one, for few men
are better versed in mining affairs than