Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-08-06
UPPER LEHIGH.

The Sandy Run base ball team was
outplayed by the local nine in an old
fashioned game on Saturday. The
home team piled up 81 runs, while giving
the visitors only 10. During the game
John j. McGill was knocked out by
pitched ball and some time passed before
he recovered. The professor allowed it
was the hardest ball he ever came in
contact with.
Mrs. Elizabeth Miller removed her
family from South Heberton last week.
A little girl arrived this morning at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew
Prsnichky.
Mrs. Otto Lesser is visiting her sister,
Annie, at Point Pleasant.
Mrs. Thomas Krommes and family,
Mrs. Griff Jones and family and Mrs.
George Wilmot, Jr., and family, spent
yesterday at Long Pond.
Mrs. James Courtright, of Sandy
Run, is visiting Mrs. James Hawkins.
Misses Rachael Davis and Kate
Thomas, OF Wilkesbarre, are visiting
Mrs. David Thomas.
Miss Hattie Weightman, of Allen
town, is visiting relatives in town.
The funeral of the late Matilda Draw
helm took place from her home on Main
street yesterday afternoon. Religious
services were conducted at the house by
Rev. j. j. Kuntz, Of Freeland. The
funeral was largely attended by friends
and relatives of the deceased. Inter
ment was made in the cemetery here.
Master b. Hughes, the son of Mrs. L.
j. Hughes, who was injured in the drags
last Friday, is improving rapidly. He
was badly lacerated about the right hip
and knee and his face also received
several deep gashes. Twenty stitches
were required to mend the wounds.
The boy owes his life to the foresight of
the company in placing danger signal
in the breaker, by which the machinery
can be stopped in a few seconds. As
soon as the boy was seen in his perilous
position the danger signal was given and
in about three seconds thereafter the
lad was saved from horrible fate.
John Penlow, of Wilkesbarre, visited
the Hughes family yesterday.
A cart horse belonging to Dick & Co.
slipped and fell on Saturday and injur-
ed one of his fore legs.
Mrs. George COLLECT and family, of
Wilkesbarre, are visiting Mrs. Robert
Hnkle.
Miss Deborah Gibbon, of Wilkesbarre,
is visiting Mrs. Thomas Parry.
Charles Henry Williams and John
Owens, of Wilkesbarre, rode to town on
their bicycles yesterday and visited at
the home of Mrs. T. j. Hughes.
Thomas Challenger spent yesterday at
Scranton.
Michael Cunningham, of Mauch
Chunk, spent yesterday with his brother
Daniel Cunningham.
Mrs. William Hauze, who has been III
for some time, is well again.
Miss Alice Reilly gave farewell
party on Friday evening in honor of
her guests, Misses Florence and Linn
Whiteman, OF Scranton. The young
people spent pleasant evening in
music and games Of various kinds.
Those present were: Kate Challenger
Lulu Krommes, Mary Lesser, Florence
and Linn Whiteman, OF town; Annie
and Millie Bonoma, Loretta Hayes, of
Freeland; Phoebe Reilly, Alice Martin
of Hazleton Prudence Sinyard, of Sum
nit Hill and Lulu Krommes, of Butler
valley.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. A, Crocker enjoyed a
drive to Mountain Top yesterday.
Miss Phoebe REILLY, of Germantown
is home on vacation.
Albert Leisenring and Mahlon KEN
merer left this morning for Cementon
and Mauch Chunk.
Nora, the two-year-old daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Ferry, fell from
baby carriage on Saturday and frac-
tured an arm. At this writing the
child is doing nicely.
Miss Gertie Moon, OF Philadelphia,
Mr.. and Miss Hall, Of Milnesville, Miss
Sadie and James Paul, of Freeland,
visited Mrs. Harry August yesterday.