Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-25
LOCAL NOTES
WRITTEN UP
Short Items Of Interest to
All Readers.
Happenings of the Past
Two Days in and Around
Freeland Recorded With
out Waste of Words.

Rev. Bernard j. O'Donnell, o. S. A.,
who is stationed in Havana, Cuba, as
vice president of the Augustine college
in that city, arrived here this morning
to spend his vacation with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick O'Donnell, North
Ridge street.
David p. Jones was on Monday ap-
pointed guardian of his son, William p.
Jones. This was necessary owing to
the son inheriting part of the property
Of the late William p. Jones.
The Balaklava Social Club went into
camp yesterday afternoon near Bear
Creek. They are supplied with a week S
rations and expect to spend a pleasant
week In the woods.
Charles Mitke and Jeremiah McGin-
ley, Of Freeland, and William Hindson.
of Sandy Run, will graduate at East
Stroudsburg normal school tomorrow
John McGinty and Laurence Nc
Ginley, of Jeddo, sailed today for Ire
land, where they will spend the simmer.
CALVIN Albert, of town, who graduated
last week at Cornell university, has ac-
cepted position in New York city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Broderick and
Mr.. and Mrs. Denis Ferry have re-
turned from their wedding tours.
Hugh O'Donnell, Jr., of Walnut street,
is visiting friends in Allentown.
Miss Mary E. Boyle, of Highland, left
yesterday for New York city.
Mrs. S. Senie is spending the week
with Wilkesbarre relatives.
Miss Bid McGeehan, of Ridge street,
is visiting in Philadelphia.
Miss Geneva Bachman is visiting Le-
high county friends.
Oliver Miller left yesterday morning
on visit to Windbur, near Pittsburg
Mrs. Anna Connell, wife OF Congress
man William Connell, died Yesterday
at her home in Scranton after an i'll
ness OF two months.
Negotiations have been concluded
whereby the Postal Telegraph Company
will secure the $500 telegraph offices
and all the lines owned by the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad now operated by the
Western Union. The Postal will take
possession January |.
c. Ii. and G.. H. Wolfe, of Bethlehem:
M. M. Wheeler. of Scranton, and A. H.
Allen and o. Ii. johnson, of Philadel-
pha, are at Shenandoah for the purpose
of forming combination among the
electric light plants of Shenandoah
Mahanoy City, Girardville, Ashland and
Frackville.
Announcement has been made by j. c.
Hayden that the Jeanesyille Iron
Works, one of the largest industries in
the region, will not be removed. New
shops are to be built and the force of
employees materially increased. The
site for the new buildings is just across
the southern line of Hazleton.
An unknown man, evidently miner,
was fatally injured on the Lehigh Val
ley Railroad at Fairvew yesterday,
while riding on freight train. 1t is
supposed he was leaving the region to
get work in some other place. He fell
under the wheels and was so badly in
jured that he died soon after being
taken to Wilkesbarre hospital. He has
not been identified.
Judge Voris Auten, of Northumber-
land county, who is sitting on the Luz
zerne county bench this week, heard yes
terday the news that his half brother,
lsiah Auten, who had been missing for
fifteen years, had died on June IL in
hospital in Kansas City. Isaiah went
west twenty-five years ago and the fami-
ly heard from him for ten years. Then
no further word came.