Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-29
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.

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The special convention of District Z,
U. M. w. of A., adjourned this after
noon, having completed the business
for which it was held. During the con-
vention the delegates ordered that 5000
be donated to the widow Of Patrick
Burke, a miner who was killed at
Hazleton on Monday. Burke was evict-
ed from his home at Haze Brook dur
ing the strike.
Foxy Grandpa" and his company of
artists gave a finished performance at
the Grand opera house Monday evening,
The piece was one of the most enter
tanning ever seen at the local house and
the audience thoroughly enjoyed the
play. The patronage accorded the pro-
duction was not what it should have
been.
Jesse Wolfe, the Butler valley young
man who was placed under $1,000 bail
on Monday, charged with shooting Mrs.
John Sipple and attempting to assault
her daughter, was taken to the
county jail yesterday by Constable
Welsh. His friends failed in their at
tempt to secure bail for him.
James NJ Gallagher and family re-
moved today from Walnut street to the
Brown building, corner of Walnut and
Centre streets, and the Williams family,
who occupied the Brown building, re-
moved to the house vacated by the
Gallagher family.
Garden seeds can be had at VIM. Birk-
beck's for and cents a package.
The Crescent basket ball team will
play the second of series of three
games with Plymouth club on Friday
evening. The contest will come off at
Plymouth.
Mail from New York, Philadelphia
and other Eastern points is now re-
ceived here on the 95s a. m. train.
This is slight improvement in the
service.
Neal Delasandos and Miss Mary
Glotta, both of town, were married this
morning at st. Anthony's church by
Rev. Longo.
A young daughter of Mr., and Mrs.
Edward Sweeney fell last evening and
fractured her arm at her home in
Oakdale
"Minnesotas Best" flour is sold by A.
Oswald. There is none better made.
A ball will be held at Krell's hall to-
morrow evening by the Slavonian
Young Men of Freeand.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Mitsladles, of
New York city, are the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. A. Goeppert.
Misses Nette and Prudence Sinyard,
OF Summit Hill, are visiting Upper Le-
high relatives.
The Pittston Eagles will meet the
Crescents at Krells hall this evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Shelly, of Pitts
burg, are visiting Freeand relatives.
The moldsrs employed at Jeanesvile
Iron Works have been granted an in
crease of 10 per cent in their wages.
The minimum rate will hereafter be
s2.75 day.
Beautiful wall paper, &c per double roll
up, at VIM. Birkbeck's. Stock is large.
Rats scampered across the stage of
Hazleton opera house while a perform
auce was in progress Monday evening,
and the feminine contingent of the
theatrical company was badly scared.
Andrew Carnegie has offered st. Johns
Lutheran church, Tamaqua, 5000 to-
ward remodeling the church's organ.
This is the fourth church in that bor-
ough that received assistance from Mr.
Carnegie.
James Brennan, of Centrala, welded
"a five-link small copper chain and yes
terday at foundry had the chain
attached to derrick and lifted an l, 500
pound steam pipe cast. A single link
of Brennan's chain also stood the test
of $50 pounds.
Rev. Father McEnroe, OF st. Mary S
Catholic church, Beaver Meadow, in an
address to his congregation, denounced
the practice of people attending we'd
dings unlimited Hereafter indiscrimi-
nate attendance at weddings in his
church will be prohibited.