Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-05-31
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.
PARAGRAPHS GATHERED FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE REGION.
synopsis of Local and miscellaneous Oc-
currsnc-s That Can Bs Read Quickly.
What tho Felix's Of This and Other
Towns Are Doing.

What tho Felix's of This and Other
Towns Are Doing.
Tho bicycle side path law has been
declared unconstitutional by Dauphin
county court.
Tho Fearnots Athletic Association
held an enjoyable ball at Yannes' opera
house Tuesday evening.
AT Jeanesville yesterday the Good
Wills, of town, defeated Coleraine ball
club by score of 6 to /.
An improved switchboard has been
placed in the Freeland exchange of the
Bell Telephone Company.
Mrs. James O'Donnell, OF Eckley, gave
birth to twin boys this week. Both
children are In good health.
Councilman Charles Morschbacher,
agent for Pottsville brewery, has a new
delivery wagon on the road.
The game OF ball which Champion
Jeffries will umpire here has been post
poned to date which will be announced
later.
The pupils of st. AIMS parochial
school are rehearsing for the annual
entertainment which will be given next
month.
Try Helpers ice cream soda.
The brick work of the Salmon Iron
Company's plant is finished and the in
terror work is being rapidly pushed
forward.
Next weeks jurors from this vicinity
will be Albert Goeppert, Freeland;
Edward Murrin, Foster, and William
Kulp and NJ. j. McHush, Halle.
Work upon the well OF the Freeland
Brewing Company was started this
week. It's expected that large flow
OF water will be obtained in week or
two.
The body Of man was found in the
river at Plymouth Tuesday night and
buried next day without being identified.
1t had evidently been in the water some
months.
Several hundred people witnessed an
interesting performance at Main and
Centre streets yesterday afternoon,
given on tight rope and trapeze by
Prof. Charles Fox, of Hazleton.
The closing exercises OF tho Mining
and Mechanical Institute will be held
tomorrow evening at the Grand opera
house. The speaker of the evening will
be Joseph M. Huston, OF Philadelphia.
The trouble at the Buttonwood mine,
Wilkcsbarre, has ended. The strikers
returned to work and tho mine is now
running with fun force OF men. The
strikers accepted the terms of the COM
pany.
Mrs. Frank Wilson, the largest wo-
man in Easton, and probably in the
state, Is dead. She weighed 500 pounds.
1t required the combined efforts of eleven
mon to carry the corpse down stairs.
Mrs. Wilson was 35 years of age.
At the Public park yesterday after
noon and evening the Tigers Athletic
Club entertained large number OF
people at their annual picnic. The
grounds last evening were well lighted
and presented an animated appearance.
An Allegheny county judge has de-
cded that tho law classifying townships
is constitutional. Judges in this and
Northumberland counties held contrary
opinions. A decision from the supreme
court is now necessary to settle the
question.
The departure Of miners from the an
| thr apite tn tho hifuminnuc cnol foId
shows no signs OF decreasing. Almost
every train bound westward carries
away numbers of men who are tired of
conditions as they exist in the anthra-
cite field.
Gentlemen, for hats and caps 90 to A.
Oswalds. He has nice VARIETY.
The funeral of the late Miss Mary
Mulhearn was one of the largest ever
accorded young girl in Freeland.
AT st. AIMS church an eloquent sermon
was preached by Rev. f. j. Mack.
Many out-of-town relatives and friends
were present to pay their last respects
to the deceased.
The counting Of tho people OF the
! " uloOu bb'oGS WIZ bOnlUGTOW
and must be completed by June Is.
Various estimates, ranging from 5000 to
5000, are being placed upon Freelands
population. In 1880 the official figures
were 624, and in 1890 the enumerators
found 1,730 people here.
The Tamaqua Courier demands the
enactment of laws which will suppress
such vain attempts to present "Uncle
Toms Cabin" as given by the aggrega-
tion now touring the coal region under
a tent The show was at Tamaqua last
Thursday and must have been awful,
to judge from the press comments.
Memorial Day was observed in Free
land in the manner arranged by Maj.
c. b. Coke Post and published in Mon
days issue. The day was general
holiday in town and vicinity, and bar
ring the threatening weather was all