Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-02
LOCAL NOTES
WRITTEN UP
Short Items Of Interest to
All Readers.
Happenings of the Past
Two Days in and Around
Freeland Recorded With
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The time for holding the examina-
ton for provisional teachers certif-
Gates for Freeland, West HazIeton and
Foster has been postponed by Superin-
tendent Hopper from June II to June
10. superintendent Gabrio, of Halle
township, will hold his examination the
same day.
A farewell party will be rendered Prof.
C. M. Crawford, principal Of the M. & NJ.
Institute, at the Y. NJ. C. A. rooms this
evening. Mr.. Crawford is about to
return to Lehigh university to resume
his position as instructor in that institu-
| tion.
Rev. w. w. Hartman, former pastor
of the Park NJ. E. church, filled the
pulpit In the above edice yesterday,
and was warmly welcomed by his former
congregation. Rev. Hartman is located
at st. Mary's, Elk county.
Frank Mckinley, OF North Centre
street, who until yesterday was en-
| ployed as pump runner at No. . High
land, will leave tomorrow for Weir City,
Kansas, to spend a month with his
grandfather.
Rev. Carl Houser, NJ. Zemany, Gustav
Schneider, Thomas Larinkey, Michael
Kleitz and Michael Lucas departed to-
day for Braddock to attend the national
convention of the Slavonlan Lutheran
Union.
A young daughter OF Andrew Polka,
of South Centre street, accidentally ran
the point OF fork into her little broth
ers eye this morning. The child was
taken to the Miners hospital for treat
ment.
Edward McCole, of South Ridge street,
will leave this week for Washington, D..
c., TO attend the commencement exer-
clses at the Catholic university, where
his brother, Thomas A, will graduate
this week.
Rev. j. B. Kerschner, A. Oswald and
Conrad Sauers left today for Straw berry
Ridge, Columbia county, to represent
Freeland and Eckley churches in the
Wyoming cassis of the Reformed
Church.
Miss Mary Heron, of Coal Dale, and
Peter Quinn, of Philadelphia, who were
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Edward O'Don.
nell, Main street, the past few days, re-
turned to their homes yesterday.
Peter, young son or Mr.. and Mrs
Francis Gillespie, fell down flight OF
steps at his home in Coke addition yes
terday. The boy sustained a severe
cash in his head as a result OF the fall.
At St AIMS church yesterday the
bans of marriage were announced be-
tween Martin Broderick and Miss Kate
Muhearn, two popular young people of
town.
S. DePierro, leader OF DePierro's
orchestra, left this morning for Buffalo
to attend the national convention OF the
Musicians Union.
Ice cream at Merkt's.
The borough school board will meet
this evening to settle accounts with the
tax collector and close up the business
of the current year.
The engagement OF Denis Ferry, Jr..
of Upper Lehigh, and Miss Name
Burns, of Hazleton, has been an
nounced.
p. j. O'Donnell, of Brooklyn, and
School Director w. j. Purcell, who is
temporarily employed in that city, are
in town.
Christ Branch, of the Hill, employed
as carpenter at Drifton, fell from a
scaffold on Saturday and fractured two
ribs.
The closing exercises of the NJ. & NJ.
Institute will be held on Wednesday
evening at the Grand opera house.
R. j. Dever, of Carlisle law school, is
spending his vacation at his home on
Johnson street.
Prof. John e. Williams Is home on a
short vacation from Bucknell university
The June meeting of the borough
council will be held this evening.
Miss Edith Kuntz is home from
Bloomsbury state normal school.
John Shafer left this morning to at
tend the G. A. K. reunion at Gettysburg.