Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-02-12
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.
PARAGRAPHS GATHERED FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE REGION.

What the Felix's of This and Other
Towns Are Doing.
Miss Mary Johnson, of Upper Lrhigh,
has been presented with piano by her
parents.
Division 10, Daughters OF Erin, will
conduct hop at Yannes' opera house
Saturday evening.
Bernard McFadden. OF town, has been
elected captain of the Villanova base
ball club for 1900.
Andrew Kopshaw, Pole, was in
stanty killed in Harwood mines on Fri
day by fall of coal.
The paper trust has killed the Edu-
cational Meas published at Allentown
for thirteen years past.
The members OF the Fearnots Athletic
Association are making preparations for
their ball at Cross Creek hall on Friday
evening.
George Kniess, aged IS years, died at
Laurytown almshouse on Thursday and
was buried on Saturday by Undertaken
McNulty.
A large quantity OF lumber for the
new borough building has arrived and
has been placed on the lots at Centre
and Walnut streets.
Owing to the inability to dispose of all
the articles on Saturday evening, the
fair OF the Citizens Hose Company will
not close until Wednesday evening.
John Roner, of Drifton, one of the
star athletes at Villanova college. has
taken up high jumping and reports say
that he will become a wonder in this
line.
st. AIMS band is engaging number
of artists in this and the neighboring
regions to take part in an entertain
ment to be given on the evening of
March II.
The funeral of the late Bridget Nc
Groarty took place on Saturday morn
ing. A very large number of people
attended, many of them accompanying
the remains to Laurytown cemetery.
"What Happened to Reilly" is the
o'Np VI PicSC WhISil wa SlNtu d
fair-sized audience here Friday evening.
The company contains several first-cass
people and better show was expected.
John Dougherty, aged 81 years, of
Philadelphia, passenger on a Lehigh
Valley Railroad train bound for Buffalo,
fell off the train as he was passing
between cars at Plainsville on Thursday
and was instantly Killed.
1t is reported that a new afternoon
daily paper will make its appearance at
Hazeton this week. George Maue is
one of the interested parties, and the
plant owned by the Sunday Truth, when
it was published, will be used.
A bill granting a monthly pension of
SIG to Agnes Ryder, the young daughter
of Thomas P. Ryder. Wilkesbarre
newspaper man who died at Chicka-
maugua during the late war, has been
introduced in congress by Congressman
Davenport.
Daniel j. Reese and Amelia M. Davis,
both OF Pittston, were granted mar
riage license on Friday. The man is 81
years old and the woman SIS years, and
she stated in answer to the usual ques-
tions that this is to be her fourth matri-
monial venture.
A census of the English-speaking
Roman Catholics of st. AIMS parish
will be taken this week. A census OF
the Polish, Slavonian, Italian and
Greek Catholics will also be taken in
the near future. This is done in COM
pliance with orders from Bishop Hoban.
A portion of S. L. Browns big whole
sale store at Wlkesbarre collapsed
Thursday night under the weight of 500
barrels OF flour. Three stories were
wrecked, and the damage will be several
thousand dollars. 1t occurred after
business hours, and no one was in the
building.
At tho close OF the year the county
supported ia prisoners in the Eastern
pentitentiary and the cost of their
maintenance during the year was
S6,21l.3s. The prisoners earned by
working S1,676. 36, and there was given
discharged prisoners clothing to the
valne OF $2o.50, leaving balance of
S5.56l.52 for the county to pay.
Owing to lack Of time to try the case
and also to the fact that all of this week
will be occupied with license court,
Judge Lynch on Friday discharged the
jurors in the case of Joseph Stevenson
vs. Ebervale Coal Company and others
and the case was continued The cost of
sending the jury to Nescopeck and the
pay of its members amounts to $500.
PLEASURE CALENDAR.