Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-07
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.

currences That Can he Read Quickly.
Towns Are Doing.
The monthly meeting of the borough
council will be held this evening
Edgar Schmidt has been appointed as
teacher of school in Montgomery
county.
Tho wages of all stripping laborers
under Markle & Co. have been increased
from $l.25 to the rate paid inside labor
ers, 81 &C day.
FoundryvIle residents have been or
dered by Markle & Co. to vacate their
dwellings Immediately, as the ground is
about ready to cave.
William Jones had one of his feet Sc
verely injured by Il fall of coal iu No. A
colliery, Oakdale, Thursday afternoon
No bones were broken.
The 800 striking miners at Exeter
and Duryea had a conference with the
company officials Friday afternoon, but
could come to no agreement.
The residence of Condy O. Boyle has
been improved by having blinds added
to the upper windows of the front and
by liberal use of the painters brush.
Condy Furey, who was beaten and
robbed on Highland road last week, is
slowly recovering from his injury His
assailants have not yet been apprehend-
ed.
John j. Wagner, aged Al years, died
Friday night from pneumonia at Halle
ton. He was a Lehgh Valley Railroad
engineer and was prominent in Brother
hood circles.
Oscar E., a son Of Harry and Mary
Cook, died last evening at their home in
Butler valley, aged 1 year, 3 months
and II days. The interment will take
place on Wednesday.
A. Oswald sells Delicatesse Baking
Powder at sc per pound can. Every
can is guaranteed as TO its purity. Give
it trial.
st. Patrick's cornet band will run a
trolley party to Halle park on the 18th
of this month. Cars will leave Free
land at 712 and Halle park at lilo
p. m. Tickets, % cents.
A deal has been consummated where
by the Hazleton Gas Company passes
into the hands of the United Consoli-
dated Gas Company, Of Williamsport
All the stock was purchased at $40
above par.
Tho trolley excursion of st. Johns
Reformed Sunday school to Halle park
on Wednesday will be well attended, if
fair weather prevails. The number of
tickets already sold is in the neighbor-
hood of 800 and more will likely be dis
posed of before Wednesday. The cars
leave Freeland at S Il. III.
The breaking out of yellow fever in
the National Soldiers Homo at Hamp-
ton, Va, caused much anxiety for the
safety of the inmates. The fever is
now said to be under control. Among
those in the home at present from this
section are Patrick Il. Maneis, of Oak
dale, and Albert Buchanan, of Upper
Lehigh.
1t is said that ex-Burgess Charles T..
Webster, of South Bethlehem, who until
recently was chief engineer of the Le-
high Valley Railroad will ill the same
position on the Peoples Anthracite Rail-
road, the proposed new coal road from
this region to New England lengthy
description of which was published in
the TRIBUNE on July 10.
The following North Side gentlemen
attended the organization of council
Of knights of Columbus at Hazleton yes
terday: John M. Carr, Esq, j. S. Nc
Donald, James j. Sweeney, j. J. McGill
and John j. Brislin. A banquet was
held at Hazle park in the afternoon.
Four hundred members of the order
from the Wyoming region were present
In another column the manager of
the Grand opera house requests parties
who intend to engage the building for
lectures, concerts, entertainments and
local plays to apply for dates without
delay. In short while all the choice
dates will be secured by travelling com
panies, hence an early application is
necessary on the part of societies and
others of town.
The Cross Creek Coal Company donat-
ed 500 toward the burial of Charles
Eiseman and Morris Slaugh, who met
death in the Derringer mines last week
by the gas explosion. The company will
also render assistance to the widows for
the maintenance of their families
Further than this they will give employ
ment to any member of the family as
long as they wish.-Platn Speaker.