Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-06-29
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.

farewell reception was rendered the
High school class OF 1903 on Friday
evening at the school building by the
teachers and the incoming senior class.
There were about fifty people present,
including the class OF 1902 and other ex-
members of the school. An entertain
ing musical and literary program was
rendered, followed by banquet.
At st. Mary's church, Wilkesbarre,
on Saturday next, Edward j. Gaffney,
of town, and three other young men of
Scranton diocese will be ordained to the
Catholic priesthood by Bishop M. j.
Hoban The former will read his first
mass at st. AIMS church at 10. 80 a. m.
next Sunday.
A shooting match for $500 side, with
the privilege of increasing the stake to
$500 side, has bean arranged between
Henry Krause, of town, and Brodbeck,
of Morea. The contest will take place
at Mahanoy City ON August Is and each
man will shoot at seventeen birds.
Rev M. j. Fleming is at Honesdale
today attending the funeral of Rev
Francis Canavan, who died at Wilkes
barre last week from blood poisoning.
Rev. Canavan, three years ago, was
stationed at Eckley for few months.
A Rudewick sells Patent -four at 81. 90
per sack and Pottsvile hams at 13Tc.
The petition of the supervisors of
Butler township to levy special tax of
IS mills in Butler township in order to
| liquidate an Indebtedness of $3.50 has
been granted by the court.
William McGinty, a we'll known min
er OF Ebervale, was overcome by black
damp in the mine at that place on Sat-
urday and had to be carried to his home,
where he revived.
The remains of an infant child OF Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Fernau arrived here
Friday afternoon from Brooklyn and
were inferred at Freeland cemetery.
Tomorrow is the last day to pay the
revenue license. On and after July 1
there is a penalty of SO per cent on the
amount of tax due.
Screen windows and screen doors are
selling at lowest prices at Birkbeck's.
Hugh, young son of Mr.. and Mrs. H.
A. Shovlin, South Washington street,
fell from tree on Saturday and broke
an arm.
The bond of Tax Collector Edward
Dickinson, of Foster township, has been
filed in court. 1t is in the sum OF
$685. 900.
Rev. Carl Houser, of town, will lay
the cornerstone OF new Slavsh Luth-
eran church at Hazleton next Sunday.
"Minnesota's Best" flour is sold by A..
Oswald. There is none better made.
The Diamond Fire Company, of
Hazleton, received 1925 as its share of
the carnival company's receipts in that
city last week. The firemen were given
Is per cent of the gross receipts.
Joseph Shelhamer, aged a5 years, who
served in the Philippine war, died at
the Miners hospital on Saturday from
the effects of an operation performed
| for the removal of an abscess. He was
buried at Hazleton this afternoon.
A black bear, waiting at the Wilkes
barre express office for shipment to
Pttston, grew so hungry yesterday that
he tried to dine off the legs of Express
men Major and Morgan, and kept them
busy getting out of the way. He was
recaptured after struggle in which
the expressmen had their hands full
All kinds of ice cream at Merkt's.