Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-12-24
BREVITlES.

employed by the Drifton companie, were
made happy on Saturday afternoon and
evening by receiving useful Christmas
gifts from Mrs. Eckley B. Coke. The
tree at Drifton was one of tho prettiest
ever erected there and the presents
consisted of wearing apparel, toys, can
dies and fruits.
One of the large boilers at No. 4 slope,
Upper Lehigh, exploded at noon on Sat
urday. The force of the explosion wa.
downward, which broke the boiler in
half. A number of workmen were In
the vicinity, but all escaped injury.
The damage to the foundation and sur
roundings was Immediately repaired.
Toys Of all kinds at Merkt's
p. j. Furey has again fallen from the
path Of virtue and on Saturday was
before Burgess Boyle on the charge of
drunkenness. He was sentenced to
serve thirty days in the county prison
and was taken by Chief Filler to Wilkes
barre this morning.
The Tribune wishes all its readers,
friends and patrons merry Christmas
and many of them.
Christmas candy at Helpers.
Marksmen should attend the big
shooting contest tomorrow at the rooms
OF the South Heberton Sporting Club on
Birkbeck street The prizes are tur-
keys, geese, ducks, etc.
John Mclaughlin, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Condy Mclaughlin, of Adams
street, is seriously i'll in BROOKLYN.
where he has resided for some wears
past. His sister, Miss Annie, went to
Brooklyn on Saturday.
Toys of all kinds at Merkt's.
Services will be held tomorrow even
ing at the Fern street P. M. church. A
Christmas tree for the Sunday school
pupils will be one of the features
Clayton M, the year-od son Of Mr.
and Mrs. Milton Zeistloft, of South
street, died Friday evening and was
buried yesterday at Freeland cemetery.
Christmas tree ornaments at Helpers.
Rev. w. w. Hartman delivered an ad
dress on Friday afternoon at an enter
tainment given under the auspices of
the Jeddo Literary Society.
A young child of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Jones was severely burned Friday
afternoon. The little one PLAYED too
near the kitchen stove in its home on
Walnut street and its clothes caught fire.
Several Of the teachers of the borough
schools were rendered Christmas gift.
on Friday by their pupils. Among the
presents given were handsome nm
brella to Principal Houck and rocker
to Vice Principal Haulon,
Every 25-cent purchase at Laubachs
gives you a chance on a handsome doll.
Freeland postoffice will be open to-
morrow from $50 to 1890 a. NJ. and
from $40 to 7.3o p. m.
Mrs. M. M. E. May will see her friends
for few days at the Central hotel.
One of the latest makes of engraving
machines has been added to ,Jewelor
Butterwick's equipment.
Gentlemen, for hats and caps go to A.
Oswald. He has nice variety.
Handsomely painted banners placed
conspicously throughout town and the
surroundings call attention to the
Tigers ball on New Years eve.
Rev. E. C. Murphy will preach his
farewell sermon at the English Baptist
church next Sunday.
The merchants who advertise in the
tribune are not complaining of poor
holiday business.
Candy, nuts, fruits of every descrip.
tion, etc. at Merkt's
Councilman Harry S. Keck is ready to
resume work after weeks idleness due
to throat trouble.
1t Is reported that after the first of
the year the Upper Lehigh Coal Com
pany will enter the ranks of the mining
corporations paying semi-monthly.
Mrs. j. Schmidt, of Washington
street, attended the funeral of her
mother, who died in York last week.
DeWitt's Little Early Risers are
dainty little pills, but they never fail to
cleanse the liver, remove Instructions
and invigorate the system. Growers
City drug store.
Hon. John Leisenring is rapidly re-
covering from his illness and enjoyed
drive to Freeland on Saturday.
The man who snares the news for
the Freeland Tribune has most deli
cate perception of the eternal freshness
and newsiness OF events The Tribune
prints nothing but pure wheat, the news
man having discarded all the chaff.-I
Lansford Public Eye.
When you need a soothing and heal |
ing anti-septic application for any pur-
pose, use the original DeWitt's Witch |
40 F..
piles and skin diseases. 1t heals sores
without leaving scar. Beware of |
counterfeits Growers City drug store. |
"The Span of Life"
1T will be seen next Thursday evening |
at the Grand opera house and will be |
presented by the strongest company of
metropolitan actors ever before engaged |
in melodrama in this country, and will |