Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-10
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.


Good Friday is being observed both as
legal holiday and ho, day by many
Freeland people. Services were held in
many Of the local churches and several
business places are clio ed. The collier
les about town and the mills are work
ing, but with reduced forces, as many
employees laid off to obs rye the day.
An entertainment under the auspices
of Jeddo Progressive Club will be held
on Sunday evening at the Grand opera
house. This club has the reputation Of
being composed of as bright a lot of
young men as can be found in the re-
glon, and whatever they undertake to
do will be performed thoroughly.
The annual Easter Monday evening
ball conducted by the mem bers of ST.
AIMS Parish band will be held at
Krell's hall next Monday evening. The
committee in charge is making prepara-
tions to entertain large number of
people on this occasion.
"Minnesota's Best" flour is sold by A..
Oswald. There is none better made.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Birkbeck and
daughters arrived home last evening
from Florida, where they spent the
winter. Their sojourn in the Land of
Flowers was pleasant episode in their
lives and all were greatly benefited by
the change.
Hazleton Board OF Health has passed
an anti-spitting ordinance, and violators
of the new law will be subject to fine
varying from SO to $50 for each offense.
The ordinance applies only to public con.
veyances.
st. AIMS band will render sacred
concert at the Sisters of Mercy convent
on Sunday afternoon. This is an an.
nua compliment rendered to the Sisters
by the band and is very much appre.
ciated.
Garden seeds can be had at VIM. Birk.
beck's for 3 and cents package.
Joseph Heller has been appointed by
the court as burgess Of Conyngham tc
succeed Burgess Peters, who has re-
signed and will remove to Lehigt
county.
A few more packages of government
seeds remain at this office and can be
obtained free by persons desiring tc
make use of them.
Governor Pennypacker yesterday
afternoon signed the Snyder bill fixing
the minimum salary of school teachers
at S35 per month.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Koons left last
evening TO spent two days in Philadel-
pha and Easter Sunday at Atlantic
City.
Preparations are being made by Div
sion 10, A. o. H., for the holding OF 9
social session on the evening of April 81
Latest wall paper at VIM. Birkbeck's
Work on Halle Brook breaker /:
progressing rapidly and the new struc
ture will be ready by next fall.
George Honicker, aged 12 years, was
shot at Shamokin between the nose anC
eye by Emmett Whaen, another boyi
who pointed gun at him, not knowing
it was loaded.
Don't miss seeing the North Enc
Stars, the champions Of the Wyoming
and Lackawanna coal fields. Tomor
row evening.
Charles Hanna, whose term for burg
larry would have expired in eight days
died at the county jail yesterday. He
was resident of Guelph, Canada, and
was sentenced year ago.
The nineteen men men who have
been in Jail for several weeks charged
with the murder of Joseph Smith, non
union worker at Plymouth, were releas
ed on Wednesday, the grand jury fail
ing to find a true bill against them.
Michael Torlinski, of Nanticoke, 9
Pole, made the average in the competi
tive examination for the appointment
to Annapolis, and If he passes the ply
steal examination he will be appointed
by Congressman Palmer, of this district
CASToHIA.