Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-02-05
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.
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PARTS OF THE REGION.
sysor,is of I.'Sai s.d Mfscsllansous Oc-
eurrsses. That Tan Fs Read Quickly.
what the Folks ~f This and Other
Towns Are Doing.

what the Folks ~f This and Other
Towns Are Doing.
An addition has been added to the
store OF Mrs. d. P. Jones.
Milton Koons has accepted a position
as clerk in Berner's store.
The February session Of the borough
council will be held this evening.
Attorney John NJ. Carr will make a
business trip to PIttsburg this week.
Rev. Bernard j. O'Donnell, OF Bryn
Mawr, visited his parents on North
Ridge street yesterday.
William Ashman and Miss Emma
Klingerman, both of town, were united
in marriage Saturday evening.
Moses Refowich, = prominent mer-
chant OF town, will be united In mar
rlage to q young lady of Mahanoy City
next June.
Stephen, an infant son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Lazorek, was buried In St.
Mary's Greek Catholic cemetery by
Undertaken McNulty on Saturday morn
ing.
Henry Dauber, aged ~ years, COM
mtted suicide by hanging at Weathery
on Thursday. Dependency through
failure to obtain work is supposed to
have been the cause.
The fair OF the Citizens Hose Com
pany will be open on Wednesday and
Saturday evenings OF this week. The
regular meeting of the company will be
held tomorrow evening.
Local politics are quiet so far, but the
campaign is expected to open in earnest
in very short while. In the meantime
the candidates are strengthening their
forces wherever possible.
II the ground hog came out OF his
hole on Friday, as the superstitious
claims he does every year on February
Q, he saw his shadow, and six more
weeks OF cold weather are due.
Editor j. w. Maloy, of the Lansford
Record, is the Democratic candidate for
burgess of that town. In Saturdays S
issue Mr.. Maloy prints his platform and
1t is one of the best ever announced by 4
candidate for local office.
Mrs. Catherine Fish, a former resi-
dent OF Fresland, died at White Haven
on Thursday, aged 81 years. She is
survived by two daughters. The funer-
al took place Saturday afternoon and
was attended by several people of town.
Richard Williams, OF the Atlantic Re-
iining Company, OF Wilkesbarre, drop
ped dead, at his home on Friday, aged
So years. He was a brother OF General
Superintendent Morris Williams, Of the
Snsquehanna Coal Company, and Attor-
ney A. l.. Williams.
Two men have been arrested at Mon
treal, Canada, who, it Is asserted, have
confessed that they attempted to kill
Police Officers Patrick Kays and II. L..
Snyder in Scranton on July l last
The names OF the men under arrest are
August Morel and Antonio Robert.
Two men were buried In No. COL
liery, Oakdale, at An early hour this
morning by a cavern. Up to the time
of going to press the TRIBUNE could not
learn whether the mon are dead or
alive, nor could the company tell who
they are. 1t Is supposed they are COM
pany men.
The mystery surrounding tho disap-
pearance OF Charles Tying from Santiago
de Cuba, last May, has been solyed. He
was not killed and robbed by Cuban
bandits, as was supposed, but, to the
surprise Of his friends here, it is assert
ed that he is now In Mexico. His homo
is in Wilkesbarre.
Senator Goebel, the governor Of Ken
tncky, who was shot down by hired
assassin on Tuesday, was born In Sullivan
county, not far from Harvey's Lake.
He was fearless Pennsylvania and a
man OF brilliant attainments. He was
at one time the law partner Of John G..
Carlisle.
The Wilkesbarre conference OF the
Evangelical Lutheran church has ac-
cepted the invitation of ST. Luke's
church, OF town, to hold its next session
here. The conference is composed of
thirty.six ministers, and the session,
which will be held in May, will last
three days.
j. Sterling Koons died on Wednesday
night at his home in Harveyville, in the
Second legislative district. He was
aged SO years and was one OF the
staunchest Democrats In the county
Last fall he was one OF the party's
candidates for county commissioner,
but was defeated through treachery in
the Fifth district.