Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-20
LOCAL NOTES
WRITTEN UP
Short Items Of Interest to
All Readers.
Happenings of the Past
Two Days in and Around
FreeIand Recorded With
out Waste of Words.

The members of Freeland Council,
No 34s, Jr. o. U. A. NJ, enjoyed their
annual banquet at the P. O. S. OF A..
hall last evening The affair was well
attended and was enjoyed by the mem
bers. Addresses were delivered by A..
ii. Myers, Wilkesbarre, and John H..
Bigelow, Esq, Hazleton.
Treasurer Timony, OF the borough
school board, has received the districts
appropriation from the state treasurer
The amount is S5,050.22, OF which
81, $50 81 is the regular and S219.41
special appropriation. The treasurer
this morning began paying off the out
standing orders.
f. M. Everett, cashier OF the First
National bank, has purchased the Van
dusky property, Front street near Pine,
from Alvan Msrkle. The building will
be remodeled and all modern conven-
fences added, after which 1t will be
occupied by Mr.. Everett and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Brennan, Chest
nut street, and Hugh M. Breslin, South
Centre street, will attend the funeral
tomorrow of Patrick Sharpe, OF Lans-
ford, who was killed by deputy Mon
day night Mr.. Sharp was we'll known
to many people of this vicinity.
George S. Grebey, Freeand, and Miss
Mary Griffith, Hazleton, were married
Saturday evening by Rev. ]. j. Kuntz
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Yoch, Freeland. They will make their
home In Hazleton.
Tax Collector Malloy reports that col
lections this year are far behind those of
previous years. Very few people have
yet taken advantage of the rebate offer
ed to those who pay during the first
sixty days.
Rev. Carl Houser, pastor OF st. Peter
and Paul's Slavonic Lutheran church, is
touring the soft coal field OF western
Pennsylvania soliciting funds for the
erection Of church In Hazoton.
A. Oswald has the agency for the cele-
brated Elysian's extracts and perfumery.
The finest good made. Try them.
John j. Mccarthy, of Drifton, has
accepted position at Hazleton as agent
for the Prudential Insurance Company
and will remove to that city in the near
future.
Patrick Flood and Miss Sarah Nc
Carthy, of Hazleton, were married to-
day. The bride is a daughter OF D. j.
Mccarthy, Esq, formerly Of Freeand
Miss Ida Donop, Ridge street, has re-
signed her position in the overall
factory, and has gone to New York to
spend several months with friends.
Leonard Boczkowski, Chestnut street,
has accepted position in cigar factory
conducted by his uncle at Boston, and
left for that city yesterday.
A young fox, captured by John
Sweeney near Eckley last week, has
been shipped to New York city by Game
Warden Hugh Malloy.
DIR. and Mrs. Ellis have returned from
their wedding trip and have taken up
their residence on South Centre street.
The contents of the store OF A. G.
Airey, Centre street, were disposed OF
yesterday at constable's SALE
Ice cream-all tlavors-at Merkts.
Miss Nellie McGarvey, Of Philadel-
phia, is visiting her sister, Mrs. j. ].
German, North Ridge street.
DIR. Thomas j. Birkbeck OF Lebanon,
is the guest of his parents, Mr.. ard
Mrs. Thomas Birkbeck.
Miss Maggie O'Donnell, OF Philadel-
phia, is visiting her mother on South
Ridge street.
Miss Bid Gaffney, of Philadelphia, is
her parents on South Centre
street.
William Lawlor has returned from
six weeks vacation spent in Maine.
Peter Magagna attended to business
In New York city this week.
Miss Rose Burke, Walnut street, is
visiting Wilkesbarre relatives.
Nine hod carries at Berwick had a |
narrow escape from death yesterday. |
The men were being raised on a lift to
The top OF the building when the rope
broke, precipitating them to the ground,
l distance of forty feet. John Burgess
sustained broken leg and serious inter-
lal injuries while the others escaped |