Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-12-04

| EOwns Arc Doing.
Drifton foot ball team journeyed to
Lansford on Thursday and met defeat
by a score of 81 to 0.
The new wing to be added to the
county prison for the accommodation of
women will contain five large cells and
hallway.
The sale Of the Yannes and Dusheck
properties did not take place on Satur-
day, as advertised, the sheriff postpon-
ing all but few sales.
Rev. j. B. Kerschner and family were
presented on Thursday with a large
turkey by DR.. S. S. Hess. The bird was
trophy won by the doctors skill as "a
marksman.
Charles Stegmaier, the founder of the
well known brewing company of Wilkes
barre, is building handsome home in
California, where he intends passing six
months of each year.
Judge Halsey and Jury Commissioners
James Moore and John j. BRAZIL have
completed the work of filling the jury
wheel for the coming year. There were
1000 names put in the wheel.
The handsome new church erected
by the German Catholics of Hazleton
was dedicated with impressive cere-
monies on Thursday by Bishop Hoban,
of Scranton, assisted by several priests.
Frank Howard Lowe, OF Avoca, has
petitioned the court for decree chang
ing his name from Frank Howard Lowe
to Frank Howard. The petitioner
states that for fifteen years and upward
he has been known as Frank Howard.
Several months ago there appeared in
Strondsburg paper an advertisement
for wife. Since then the advertiser
has received letters from more than
1000 women, each of whom is willing
to marry him. Owing to the great num-
Der he cannot make selection.
Gentlemen, for hats and caps go to A.
0swalds. He has nice variety.
The ball of the Press Club on Friday
evening OF next week is the next big
attraction in the line of amusements at
Yannes' opera house. The members
expect to make their first ball a success
and their tickets are meeting with
prompt sales wherever presented
The prospects are for remarkable
brisk holiday trade this year. Now is a
good time for our enterprising merchants
to plant their holiday announcements in
the columns of the TRIBUNE In doing
so, you can talk twice every week to
the buyers of the North Side towns.
Postmaster General Smith has issued
an order establishing domestic rates of
postage between the United States, the
Philippine Islands and Guam, and pre-
scribing the various rates to apply on
the mails between the recent territorial
acquisitions. A two-cent stamp is suf-
ficient.
The middle section of the Middle Coal
Field Poor District will fill no offices at
the next election, the director coming
from the lower and the auditor from the
upper section. James McCready, of
Lansford, is the retiring director, and
George Lubrecht, of Hazleton, is the
retiring auditor.
Handsome photographs of the Frank
lin and Marshall College Glee and
Mandolin Clubs, of Lancaster, are dis
played in the show windows of the
business places of town. These clubs
will assist in the musical entertainment
to be given by the Christian Endeavor
Society of St. Johns Reformed church
on New Years evening.
Commencing this evening a bus will
be run to and from Eckley every even
ing when there is an attraction at the
Grand opera house. 1t will leave Eckley
at 710 p. m, and will leave McMena-
minis store ten minutes after the show
is over. Eckley has large number of
opera-goers and the bus will prove quite
an accommodation to them/
Maloney's Irish Visitors entertained
large audience here on Thanksgiving
evening. Some of the specialties were
good, On Friday and Saturday evenings
and Saturday afternoon fair-sized audi
ences saw the Passion Play reproduced
by the projectoscope. The pictures
gave general satisfaction, but are rather
hard on people whose eyes are weak.
Dogs entered the cattle yard of M.
Schwabe early yesterday morning and
killed nine sheep. Sixteen others were
bitten, making a total loss of twenty
five sheep. Mr.. Schwabe has taken
steps to recover the value of the sheep
from the county. Last night Mr.
Schwabe watched the yard and large
dog entered. As soon as he attacked the
sheep Mr.. Schwabe shot the dog and is
now looking for its owner. u