FREELAND TRIBUNE.
VOL. 11. No. 4.
BRIEF ITEMS.
—Watermelons have made their ap-1
pcarance in town.
—Labor Day—September 2—is the I
next legal holiday.
—Sidewalks are slowly making their
appearance in some parts of town.
—Don't swear at the pesky flies or
mosouitoes, for they won't understand a !
word of it.
—Steps will he taken shortly to:
organize a council of the Junior Order
United American Mechanics here.
—The St. Patrick's Beneficial Society I
will meet next Sunday at 9 a. m. at the ]
usual place. A full attendance is re
quested.
—An exchange truly savs that a fac
tory employing a hundred hands is far j
more valuable to a town than a score of
millionaires.
—Fishermen should remember that ;
the trout season closed On Monday. The i
penalty for catching the speckled beau- j
tics now is from $5 to $59.
—The Young Men's T. A. B. Society 1
are untiring in their efforts to make their
excursion to Glen Onoko on the 27th
inst. a great success. No one should j
miss this splendid opportunity to take a
day off.
—The lull prohibiting the killing of
any song bird, passed at the recent ses
sion of the legislature, has been signed i
by the governor. The penalty is a fine
from sl9 to $59, or five to thirty days
imprisonment.
—The congregation of St. Peter and
St . Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Slavonic
Church on Washington Street has se
cured a pastor in the person of Rev.
Ludwig Novensky, who arrived lately
from Hungary.
—All Pennsylvania soldiers who parti
cipated in the battle of Gettysburg will
be furnished free transportation thereto
on September 11 and 12, and all who re
ceive transportation will he required to
parade. It is expected that a number
of monuments will be dedicated on this
occasion.
—At a meeting of the borough school j
board last week the following teachers |
were appointed : .1. B. Laubach, princi
pal; Misses Susie Gallagher, Tilbe Liiul- 1
say and Lulu Schmidt. School will open
on Tuesday, September 5, as the first
Monday in that month is a legal holiday
—Labor Day. A nine months term was
decided upon.
Fatal Accident at. Drifton.
An accident occurred at No. 1 Drifton
on Tuesday evening by which Patrick
Dougherty lost his life. Mr. Dougherty
was employed as a miner in the low j
coal, and had started to open a breast off
one of the gangways. He had drilled
some holes preparitory to firing them
when be was informed that it would be :
necessary for him to go on the night
shift. He fired a hole and went home
to prepare for the night work. After re
turning to the place in the evening he
fired another shot, and some loose boany
and clod that was hanging over the
gangway fell on him, causing such pain
ful injuries that he died the next morn
ing at two o'clock. The deceased had
been working at Drifton many years and
was considered a careful and steady
workman. The funeral will take place ;
to-morrow afternoon at half past two j
o'clock. Interment at St. Ann's ceme
tery.
He Foolcil the Railroad Company. j
A now illustration of the average intel- j
ligence of Hungarians who come to this j
country was offered the other night by
an incident at Bloomsbury, N. J. The j
Lehigh Valley agent noticed a Hun
walking on the track and accosted him. I
AVhon asked where he was going anil j
what his business was lie produced a i
card which stated his destination to he !
Scranton. Ile also showed at icket good
from New York to Scranton, issued on
Friday. The man managed to explain
that he was under the impression that
the ticket entitled him to walk on the
tracks between the two cities. The
agent detained him until the night ex
press came along, put liiin on it and sent
him to Scranton. The Hun had walked
seventy-four miles with the ticket in his
pc >cket.
Picnic at Fall-child'* drove.
The picnic held by the residents of Pond
Creek at the P. O. S. of A. grounds at Fair
child's grove on Saturday was a very enjoyable
affair. Iloth young and old participated in the
Kports, especially when dancing was in pi-og
ress. We noticed the pleasant countenance of
our friend, Joseph Evans, who acted as promp
ter. Mr. Evans is a Jolly fellow and made lots
of fun for the boys and girls. Among those
who took part in the dancing we also noticed
the graceful forms of Miss Herthu Komerer,
Miss Lottie Ilemsath, Mr. and Mrs. Furey, Mr.
and Mrs. Conner, Mrs. P. Unanst and Mrs.
O'Donnell.
We are indebted to Mr. Geo. W. Kcmeror,
manager ot the Pond Creek store, and family
for the superb way in which they prepared the
refreshments, etc., for the comfort of all; also
to Mr. Samuel Moyor and wife for their kind j
assistance. Among the visitors present were ;
tlie Rev. Mrs. ilemsath and family of Bethle
hem, Mr. Masling and family of Newark, N. J.
and Mrs. Clander of Freemansburg, Pa. Our
sincere thanks are duo Mr. M. Kemerer, oper
ator of the Pond Creek colliery, wlio kindly de
frayed the entire expense of the picnic. It.
DEATHS.
B IRKIIECK. —At Drifton, on the 14th
linst., Thomas Birkbeck, aged smonths.
Interment at Freeland cemetery
YVieMlay afternoon. MeNulty, under
taker.
DOUGHERTY. —At Drifton, on the 17th
inst., Patrick Dougherty, aged 45years.
Interment will take place at St. Ann's
cemetery Friday afternoon at 2.39
o'clock. Brislin, undertaker.
FISHER. —At Highland, on the loth inst.,
infant son of John Fisher, aged 10
days. Interment at St. Ann's ceme
tery Tuesday afternoon. MeNulty,
undertaker.
WATERS. —At Freeland, on the 15th inst.,
Teresa, daughter of Manusand Bridget
% Waters, aged 11 months and 5 days.
Tnfenncnt at St. Ann's cemetery yes
terday afternoon. Brislin, undertaker.
DENNION. —At Freeland, on the 13th
> inst., John, son of John and Margaret
Dennion, aged 5 months and 2 days.
Interment at St. Ann's cemetery Sun
day afternoon. MeNulty, undertaker.
Council Meeting.
Council met in special session on Fri
day evening with all the members pre
sent. The secretary presented the ad
justed valuation of tin- borough for 1889,
and a motion was made to place the tax
levy the same as last year—ls mills on
the dollar.
Wiut AVilliamson, tax collector for
1888, presented a further list of exonera
tions amounting to $11.03 and was given
credit for the same. A list was also pre
sented showing that taxes to the amount
of $22.87 were returned to the county
commissioners for collection. Mr. AVil
liamson's indebtedness to the borough at
present is $92.87.
Hugh Malloy appeared before council
and requested that lie be reimbursed for
the tearing away of the porch in front of
his Centre Street property. lie stated
that several members of council bad
promised to give him $25 additional
when the matter would come before
council. A motion to give Mr. Malloy
$25 towards defraying the expense of re
moving the porch was made and lost, the
vote being one for, three against and one
member not voting. The council then
adjourned to meet on August 5.
Hull I'liiying Prohibited.
Under instructions from Burgess Davis
High Constable Robert M. Rinkerarmed
himself with a roll of notices on Monday
evening and struck terror to the hearts
of thesmall hoys—and many large ones—
by posting them in several parts of the
borough. The notices were designed to
cull the attention of the public to the 7th
section, Bth chapter, of the borough ordi
nances, which reads as follows: "Any
person who shall, within the limits of
the borough, wantonly or maliciously
throw any metal, stone, brick, bullet or
other missile, etc., etc. ; shall, for every
such offence, forfeit and pay a line of
not less than one nor more than ten dol
lars, in addition to any damage lie inay
occasion." This ordinance will here?
after he strictly enforced and in conse
quence all persons are forbidden to play
or practice playing hall on the public
streets.
A Serious Accident.
At Drifton on Thursday afternoon
while Matthew McGettrick, a young
man employed as a team driver for
Coxe Bros. & Co., was hauling a load of
shingles some of the bundles Degati slip
ping off the wagon and in endeavoring
to hold them the young man fell off and
dropped in front of the hind wheel,
which passed directly over his body.
The company's ambulance immediately
conveyed him to his home on Front
Street, where Dr. Neale gave him prompt
attention. Besides severe internal in
juries two ribs were found to he broken.
He is now recovering as rapidly as possi
ble. After the accident the wagon and
load, consisting of fifty-two bundles of
shingles, were weighed and amounted to
5888 pounds. How he escaped from
instant death under such a pressure
seems miraculous.
Four Minor* Imprisoned.
About one o'clock Saturday afternoon
a gangway of the Ilazle mines at llazlc
ton caved in, closing Joseph Ferry, John
Ifeiscr, Thomas Kerry and Nick Lor
chicn inside. Work was immediately
commenced to drive a hole from the
Laurel Hill colliery to the imprisoned
men. This would have occupied twenty
four or thirty hours, when it was found
they eould he rescued through an air
hole. AVith the assistance of ropes anil
considerable labor the miners were taken
out at half past six that afternoon. They
were almost suffocated and could not
have survived if they were compelled to
wait until they would have been reached
from Laurel (lill.
A Circular to the C. T. A. C. Societies.
A circular has been sent out by J.
Yaugban, president of the Scranton ('.
T. A. Union, to the societies connected
with that body, requesting all who are
in favor of preserving the union and that
desire the present board to act to notify
liirn as soon as possible. This action is
taken on account of the large number of
societies which have written him for in
formation, and when all are heard from
their wishes will be made known. So
cieties which receive these circluurs
should meet at once, take action on it
and return the answer without delay.
Weekly Roll of Honor.
The roll of honor for the week ending
July 12 is as follows: Mazie V. Miller,
Annie Carey, Verua A'. Miller, Maggie
Lloyd. (irete Keislich, Maggie S. Branch,
John F. llartranft, Fred Noons, Davie
Carey, Albert W. Seiple, Willie O. Ros
ter, Justus Drumtra, Willie Marx and
Willie Drasher.
11. L. EDMUNDS, teacher.
Down Tliey Go Again.
Ila/.leton made their appearance here
on Sunday with probably as strong a
team as was ever seen in the Freeland
park. Of course it was the amateurs the
Home club intended to play, yet the ap
pearance of four of the Middle States
League players did not trouble them the
least. The amateurs retained but live of
their players, and accompanied by the
battery, lirst baseman and third baseman
of the League team, asserted that noth
ing less than a shut out. would satisfy
them. The confidence displayed by
both sides was remarkable and foretold
a great game. Never was Hazleton
more determined to win a game, and
dozens of equipages wore driven over
the hill by their friends to see Freeland
getting laid out. But the unexpected
often happens and this was the case on
Sunday. The club that came here to do
the shut out act crawled out of the smal
lest hole ever seen on a bull field, and
the League battery's reputation was
saved only by Freeland's errors. The
game was of tire sort that is calculated
i to make base ball cranks feel happy.
Botli sides were goose-egged for the first
few innings, then the home club made a
run, which was tied by the visitors in
the eighth and remained so until the end
of the ninth. The excitement was in
tense as the tenth opened, and it in
creased when Freeland hatted out two
runs, increasing their score to three,
llazlcton added another in their half
and the game ended with the score 3-2
in favor of the Browns. Both batteries
worked fine. Welsh, who was supported
by Simmons, pitched one of the best
| games of the season. The fly catches by
Mctieelinn of Hazleton and McGeady of
Freeland were noticeable features.
FREELAND, PA., THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1889.
[NOTES FROM OTHER TOWNS.
—Lansford is to have a new opera
| house. -It will be completed by October
I —The Ninth Regiment, N. U. P., com
posed of companies from this county,
i are in camp at Tunkhannock.
I —The State Teachers' Association,
| which met at Altoona last week, decided
to hold its next convention at Mauch I
Chunk.
—The next annual encampment of
the Pennsylvania Division, Sons of Vet
erans, will meet at Wilkes-Banc between
I May 1 and 15, 1890.
[ —A number of the motor men and
conductors on the street railways of I
Scranton struck on Tuesday against a
reduction of 15 cents per day.
—The Lehigh and AVilkes-Barre Coal
Company this morning suspended oper
ations for the balance of the week.
Nearly GOOO employes are idle.
—Typhoid fever is yet prevalent in
AVilkes-Harre. Quite a number of deaths
have already occurred. The origin of
the disease is attributed to the impure j
water.
—A couple of chaps are traveling
through this county selling colored water 1
which they claim will remove corns and
freckles. Look out for them and don't 1
get swindled.
—That death-trap of the Wyoming I
valley—the Nottingham colliery at Ply
mouth—claimed another victim on Tues
day when James Jackson was killed by
a fall of rock.
—Joseph E. and James Farrell,
brothers, were lodged in jail at Wilkes- ,
Barre on Tuesday, charged with robbing j
the mails. Joseph was postmaster at
Starucca, Wayne County.
—The miners of the Woodward col
liery, Kingston, who went on strike two ;
weeks ago for excessive dockage, are at
work again. The difficulty was over-1
come by transfering the men to another
vein where the coal is much cleaner.
—Mayor Kenney of Reading will be a
candidate for State" President of the P. O.
S. of A. before the state convention which
meets at Pottsville, Tuesday, August 13.
The Luzerne delegates to the convention
are said to be friendly to Mayor Kenney.
—The grand jury of Carbon recom
mended that a new court house be erec
ted, and Lehighton and Weatherly are
now coming forward with their claims
for the county seat. It is not likely,
however, that Mauch Chunk will let go
its grip.
—The trustees of the Bloomshurg Nor
mal School are making preparations to
build a new wing to the dormitory. The
extension will provide space for the in
dustrial department and on the upper
stories supply a number of rooms for
hoarding pupils.
—The will of the late John Turner of
Hazleton, who died on July 4, was ad
mitted to probate on Monday. lie
leaves all his estate, which is valued at
$50,000, to his wife while she lives, and
at her death it is to be divided among j
their seven children.
—A Hungarian was found dead at the
Yorktown culm hank Sunday morning
with a revolver by his side. An inquest
was held and the jury rendered a ver
dict of suicide. Many believe that a
murder was committed, and the revolver
placed there to mislead the officers. i
—A passenger train carrying miners to
their homes at Shamokin, was wrecked
last evening by being run into by two
freight cars which had become detached
at some colliery and dashed down a hea
vy grade. Two men—John Roush and
Aaron Stripe—were killed, and 18 men !
and two women were injured, most of
them severely.
—Friday was the twenty-first anniver- j
sary of the consecration of Rt. Rev. ;
Wm. o'llara as bishop. In recognition
of the event the Catholic clergymen of
Scranton and vicinity called upon him
and tendered their congratulations. The j
bishop maintains vigorous health and
continues to do a great deal of hard work.
—Scranton Truth.
—Fifty men struck at the Dickson
Manufacturing Company's boiler works i
in Scranton on Tuesday, because the
firm refused to restore the 19 per cent,
reduction made some time ago. When
the reduction took place the men were
told it was only temporary and would he !
returned when business revived. The j
works are now overcrowded with orders, I
but wages remain the same, hence the '
strike.
—Judge Rice has received only sixty-1
four applications for appointment on the I
Miners' Examining Board for the third i
district, which includes AVilkes-Barre ,
and vicinity. From those sixty-four the (
nine whom the judge considers the best
qualified will be selected, lie states the j
appointments will be made before the 1
end of the month. The fourth district j
examiners are to be appointed about the ,
same time.
PERSONALITIES.
D. J. Gallagher of AVilkes-Barre spent
Sunday among his friends here.
Mrs. Wm. Williamson is taking in the i
sights of Philadelphia this week.
John Boyle, who is employed in Phila- j
delphia, is spending a few weeks at
home.
Mrs. Thos. J. Snook of Plymouth, a
former resident of Drifton, is visiting j
relatives in town.
AA'ill Kciner of llazlcton, employed as |
a watchmaker by Philip (Jeritz, has re- '
signed his position.
Frank McGettrick of Carbondale re
turned to that place on Monday after a
short visit to his parents here.
M. J. Boyle resigned his position as
driver for the Adams Express Co. on
Saturday. Michael Kehoe now handles
the reins.
Rev. Thos. Brehony of Eckley was at,
Archbald, Lackawanna County, on !
Thursday, attending the funeral of the
late Rev. P. F. Roche.
Hon. James Collins accepted a position
as salesman for the bottling establish
ment of John Yannes and entered upon
his duties Monday morning.
The Nanticoke school hoard last week
appointed Miss Ida Lubrechtof Freeland
as a teacher in that borough. Miss
j Lubrecht taught here for the past few
I years and many regret her departure.
Luzerne's Rotten Politics.
i Soon we slia.ll have the season of polit
ical conventions again. There will he
gatherings of the clans at our neighbor
ing city of Wilkes-Barre, and aspirants
for county offices will be named for the
thoughtful consideration of our citizens.
Then the newspapers will sing the praises
| of their respective party selections, and
vigorously damn the good namesandthe
reputations of the candidates of the
I opposing factions. Meanwhile the honest
voter will stand dazed between the devil
and the deep sea, "scarcely knowing in
which direction to turn in order that he
may serve the country's interests the
, best.
| Luzerne County politics, as a rule, are
a vile and rotten institution. The way
I of the man who wants to exercise his
franchised privelege of seeking a public
i office lias come to be so hard, that a good
, man is appalled, and a poor man falls a
j hopeless wreck in the race. Delegates
I are bought ami sold like cattle in the
mart, and honor and decency are bar
tered in barefaced sliamefulness. To
, secure an office you must buy it, and
; stoop to such degredation as will turn the
i fruits thereof to ashes,
j At the next county convention to be
; held in Wilkes-llarre, sights may be wit
nessed pitiful to behold. Almost every
j man will have his price, ranging from a
drink of whiskey to a month's wages.
I Men who are thought to be decent
i enough citizens at home will be found
| hungering for the dirty dollar of the
j briber, selling their honor and their
j manhood for a bit of silver. Heaven
! keep the mothers who have reared such
j sons. Alas for the county whose hopes
j are builded on such rotten timbers! For
J the man, who sells his good name for
such trifling and filthy gain, dishonors
i the mother who bore him; and selling
i his honor, he would sell his country and
his God the same,
i In Heaven's name let there be a stop
to such proceedings. Relegate the bribe
; taker to the rear. Give us clean politics
for once, and make every man who asks
an office ask it on his own merits. Open
the way for the poor man as well as for
; the man of means, and don't suck the
1 blood from his veins when he presents
himself to you for an honorable ambition
to lift himself higher. The reason no
poor man can get an office in Luzerne
I County is because other poor men won't
give it to him unless he buys it from
I them, something, which, of course, he is
unable to do. Money in politics has I
become an abominable nuisance. Out
upon it, and out upon the low-lived
beggar who sells his manhood for a mess
of pottage.—Nanticoke Sun.
Will Not Go to Pari*.
General Master Workman Powderlv
of the Knights of Labor who was unani
mously elected by the General Assemblv
; at Indianapolis last November to repre
sent the Order at the Paris Exposition,
j has about decided not to go abroad.
] Two reasons may be assigned for this
resolution. One is that the finances of
the Order have not been in a very flour
ishing condition recently, and the Gen
eral Master Workman docs not want to
saddle 011 the Order any more expense !
than is absolutely necessary, and the j
other is that Mr. Powderly's health is
not sufficiently good to justify him in J
making the trip, especially in view of i
the fact that his physician has warned i
him against taking a sea voyage. Until
recently, the officers of the Order have
been making extraordinary efforts to
raise it out of the rut into which it fell
about the time of the last convention,
and they are now hopeful of presenting
a very promising report to the next con
vention. A decided revival of interest
has taken hold of the members of the
' Order, and for this reason, if for no
■ other, Mr. Powderly does not want to
! let the opportunity of steady and effec
tive work slip by going abroad 011 what
must necessarily be an expensive tour.
Ilow to Keep tlio >1 osquitovH Away.
The Scientific American offers this
remedy for the banishment of the tanti
lizing mosquito. It is worth a trial at
this time of the year. Take a small
quantity of a two per cent, carbolic acid
i solution and sprinkle sheets, covers,
| pillows and holsters on both sides, the
edges of bed curtains and the wall next
Ito the hed. The face and neck may also
be slightly wetted with the solution.
Not a single gnat, mosquito or Ilea, it is
j said, will come near.
A Cow Ildcoineß Kiirag<'<l.
' A singular accident accurred at
, Fiddler's Green, the name given a small
village below Plymouth. A two-year-old j
j child of John Delano's was sitting in the !
I roadway a short distance from the house
I when a cow came down the road. It
I did not seem to take any notice of the
child until it was quite near. Then the
little jjrirl began to cry and the cow
I becoming suddenly enraged rushed upon
i her, lowered her head and tossed her in
; the air. One horn entered the child's
, mouth anil tore the cheek completely
i open. Neighbors rushed to her assis
tance, drove the cow away and carried
j the little child to her home. Medical
i aid was summoned and the wound sowed j
up and all possible help afforded. The j
I little girl is seriously hurt.
Tin? K. of 1.. Executive Board.
j The National Executive Board of the ;
| Knights of Labor met in Chicago yester- j
day. The Board is composed of General i
Master Workman Powderly, Scranton, ;
Pa.; A. W. Wright Toronto, Out.; J. J. |
Holland, Jacksonville, Fla.; John Devlin, i
Detroit; John Costello, Pittsburg, and
; Secretary and Treasurer John W. Haves, ;
; Philadelphia. Chicago was selected as '
the meeting place because of its con-1
vonience to delegates from the State
Assemblies of the West, who will wait
upon the Board during its to weeks' |
session there. The Executive has de
cided to abandon its system of fixed j
headquarters in Philadelphia, and will
meet in different places hereafter. ;
i Atlanta, Ga., was chosen as the next
I annual meeting place of the General j
Assembly, and the second Tuesday in
November as the date. The Board also |
j decided to notify the district assemblies :
j throughout the country to instruct their
delegates on the eight-hour question, so
I that it may be intelligently voted on and
! discussed at the next meeting. The 1
■ General Assembly will, in November, 1
j declare for or against the eight-hour !
movement.
George Rice was ground to pieces by
the machinery in a paper-mill at liiegels- j
ville on Monday night.
BASE BALL.
—Freeland has nine won and four lost.
—Freeland and Lehighton play at the
park Saturday afternoon.
—The "colored gentlemen of Trenton"
defeated Ila/.leton on Tuesday. Score,
8-9.
—The Ifazleton amateurs and profes
sionals played Saturday afternoon. The
i score was I*7-1 in favor of the professors.
I —J. Carr's work in left field was missed
on Sunday. Hazleton would have been
presented with a shut out had "Rats"
been there.
—Hazleton's Indian battery—White
Eyes and Graves —were among the spec
tators at the park on Sunday and attrac
ted much attention.
—The Tigers and Drifton met at the
park Sunday morning and played an in
teresting game of ten innings, Drifton
winning by a score of 10-9.
—The longest game of the season was
played at Canton, Ohio, on Friday, when
it took the home team eighteen innings
to defeat Springfield. Score, 5-3.
—Chris Fulmer, who lias been catch -
j ing for Baltimore for the past three
years, has been released, owing to a
i weak arm preventing him from throw
| ing. He is now at his home in Tamaqua,
! but expects to sign with some other club
i shortly.
—The Ileruld says Weatherly has more
base ball cranks to the square inch than
any town in the U. S., yet there has not
been a single game played there this sea
son. Judging from that we are inclined
to believe the said cranks must be living
in the cemeteries.
—The Lone Stars of Catasauqua have
signed a pitcher named McKeever, who
made a record by striking out fourteen
Lehighton batters recently. We hope
Manager Davis will bring him along
when they play here next month, and
we think that one Star at least will not
shine so brilliantly after that game.
—One of the Hazleton papers on Mon
day worked off the old umpire chestnut,
claiming Mr. McNelis gave the borne
club everything their own way. It. is
not necessary to deny such statements
when they are made by that journal, as
it has raised the cry of "rotten umpire"
after every game played here during the
1 >ast 1 hree years. Why not acknowledge
a fair defeat when it is given, or bring
forth a more original excuse?
—The Young America club of Hazle
ton and the Gimlers of Highland played
on the latter's ground Sunday afternoon.
The game at certain times resembled
base hall, but it was often impossible to
tell what the clubs were doing. When
each side came to the bat they remained
there until they were tired running
bases, and then they took the field again.
The Young Americas carried off the
honors (?) of the day by the remarkable !
score of 35-34.
Weekly Coal Report.
The midsummer dullness usual at this
period of the year is the prevailing
feature in the anthracite coal trade.
There is noted a slight increase in activity
in the Eastern trade, the demand for
coal from that quarter having improved
during the past week, and some new
orders have been received by shippers
for broken and stove sizes. Fancy red
ash coals are in good demand, but the
supply is short at present. The Western
anthracite business is still somewhat
backward, but it is improving, and
several large buyers have recently placed
their orders for coal for July and August
delivery. The tardiness of both dealers
in and consumers of anthracite in plac
ing their orders for fall and winter sup
plies of anthracite this year indicates
that the trade will have a very active
but short season after it gets a fair start.
Notwithstanding the present quiet con
| dition of the coal business, the output of
I anthracite continues large and the mar-
I kets continue to absorb all the newly
mined coal in some manner or other.
The lino anil city anthracite trade con
tinues extremely dull, which is due to
two causes. One is that farmers are now
busily engaged in harvesing their crops,
and the other that several large indivi
dual mining and shipping Arms during
May sold large quantities of anthracite
in blocks of 1000 tons, to be delivered in
May, June and July at cut prices, and
until these orders have been filled and
are out of the way they will interfere
with the local trade.
The improved condition of the iron
industries and the recent advances in the
prices of both pig and manufactured iron
together with the excellent outlook,
have attracted the attention of the an
thracite companies, who within the past
year have made large concessions in the
price of furnace sixes of coal on account
of the poor condition and low prices for
iron which then prevailed. The present
price of Lehigh and Wyoming lump and
steamboat coal, the sixes used bv iron
furnaces, is $2.05@2.10 per ton at the
breaker, and, besides getting their coal
at this low figure, the iron makers are
conceded alow rate of tolls. The Schuyl
kill Valley furnaces pay only $1.85 per
ton, and the shippers think that price is
entirely too low and are talking of
advancing the price to about $2 or 2 10
on August 1.
The total amount of anthracite coal
sent to market for the week ending
July (!, as reported by the several
carrying companies, was 940,992 tons
compared with tiB4,B!Hi tons in the corres
ponding week last year, a decrease of
43,9112 tons. The total amount of an
thracite mined thus far in the year 1889
was 15,999,491 tons, compared with l(i -
842,71 1 tons for the same period last year
a decrease of 882,22:1 tons.— Ledger. '
TT°" s , A 'T" 'l second-hand buggy, tlior
1' "Uglily overhauled and repaired, in tlrst
rlass condition. Will tic sold ala bargain as I
have no furthur use for it. Apply to (iso \V 1
KKM Kit en, L'ond Crook colliery, Zehncr I'.' (I' I
Luzerne County, Pa.
I JASTKA v.- There came to tile promises of the I
lit undersigned a rod cow, with white spots I
under the stomach, and a young calf. Tile !
owner can have the same by calling on inc and j
paying for tins advertisement.
liAititY MOCK, Jcddo, Pa. I
—
-vnmCKTO TIIEBPASSEHS.—On and after
iAi this date, April iff, all persons found tres
passing upon the Birkbeck farm at South Hcb
crton will he prosecuted according to law. Scv- I
oral parties are in the habit of travelling across 1
the Holds to and from their work. They are i
known and if seen crossing again wilt be prose. '
ruled. WILI.IAM JOHNSON, trustco for the
Birkbeck Estate,
Advertise i the TntpVKS,
JJX>K RECORDER,
jTcsepla J". n^cGrint3r,
Of Ha/.le Township.
! Subject to the decision of the
j Democratic County Convention.
Tax Collector's Notice.
Notice is hereby given to the tax
payers of Foster Township that the du
plicates of State, County, School, Bor
ough, Poor and Road Taxes having been
issued and delivered to me, your atten
tion is called to Section 7, Act of June
25, 1885, as follows :
SECTIOH 7. Where any duplicate or taxes
assessed is issued and delivered to tin- collector
of tuxes, it shall l>e the duty of said collector to
give public notice us soon thereafter as conve
niently can be done, by at least ten written or
printed notices to be posted in as many public
pluees in different parts of the township or bor
ough, tliut saul duplicate lias been issued and
delivered to him ; and all persons, who shall
within sixty days from the date of said notice
make payment of any taxes charged against
them in said duplicate, except road taxes, shall
be entitled to u reduction of live per centum
from the amount thereof; and all persons, who
shall fail to make payment of any taxes charg
ed against them in said duplicate, except road
taxes, for six months after notice given as
aforesaid, shall be charged live per cent, uddi
iionul on the tuxes charged against them, which
shall be added thereto by said collector of taxes
and collected by him.
In compliance with the requirements
of said Act, I will be at my residence on
Adam Street, Freeland, on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday of each of the last
two weeks of the said sixty days, viz:
August 22, 23, 24, 2 ( J, 30, 31, between the
hours of two ami six o'clock in the after
noon. THOH. ELLIOTT, Collector.
Date, June 20, 1389.
LA)It SALE.- The property situated on the
-JL I east side ol Centre Street, between South
and Main, Freeland. The house is in a good
business location and will be sold cheap. A|>-
ply to Mrs. Ann lJuinn on the premises.
rpo WHOM IT MAY (ONCERN.-Ali per
-L sons are hercbj' notified not to trust my
wife, IsalK'lia Dodson, or any of her children,
as I will not be responsible for any debts con
tracted by them after this date.
DAVID DODSON.
Drifton, Pa., June 24, 1880.
VIOTIOE is hereby given to the taxpayers of
i_> the borough of Freeland that the dupli
cates of state, county, school, borough, poor
and road taxes have been issued and delivered
to me. in compliance with the requirements of
the tax act, I will lie at my residence on Ridge
Street, Freeland, on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday of the last two weeks of the said sixty
days, viz: September 5, 0, 7, 12, 13, 14, between
the hours of two and six o'clock in the after
noon. DKKNARD MCLAUGHLIN, Collector.
Freeland, July 13, 1889.
rpo WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.-This is to
L certify that a partnership lias been entered
into between Charles Sehoener, of Freeland,
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, and Joseph
Rirkbcck,ot Foster Township, County and State
aforesaid, for the purpose ot carrying on the
business of dealers in hardware, stoves, mining
supplies, oil. glass, tinware, rooting, spouting
etc., under the name, style and firm of Sehoener
& Rirkbeek, at Freeland, Luzerne County, Pa.,
from June 17, 1889. CHARLES SCIIOENER,
JOSEPH HIRKDECK.
All parties having claims against the said
Charles Sehoener, up to June li, 1889, must lie
presented to him for payment, and all parties
owing the said Charles Sciioener will pleuse
make payment to him.
CHARLES SCIIOENER.
EXAMINE OUR PRICES:
Jirick, per set, (50 cents; put in free of charge.
Crates, f> cents per lb,
Stove pipe and elbows, 18 cents each.
Wash boilers, 75 cents to SI.OO.
Home-made cans and bottles, 12J cents each;
by oue-hulf dozen, 10 cents each.
50-1 b lard cans, 50 cents.
Washboilers bottomed at 35, 40 and 50 cents.
Conductor pipes and gutter, 0 to 10 cents per
foot.
Rooting from 4 to ft cents per square foot,
blasting tubes, 2 cents per foot. Wire for
tubes, made to order, 5 cents each.
Miner's Friend cook stoves, No. 8, SIB.OO.
Pluto range, $22.00.
Apollo range, $20.00; and other ranges l'roin
SB.OO to SIB.OO.
AT F. P. MALOY'S,
9 Front Street, Freeland.
M. J. Mo RAN, Manager.
ARMOUR'S
Chicago Dressed Beef I
RECEIVED FRESH DAILY.
This Beef is from rigidly insiiected cattle, j
slaughtered in the most cleanly nianner, and is j
the chcupest and best animal food to lie pro- i
cured. Wholesale only.
Freeland Beef Co.,
FREELAND, PA.
JOHN SCHNEE,
GARRET WEAVER,
SOUTH lIEBKRTON.
All kinds of carpet, double
and single, manufactured at
short notice and at the lowest \
rates.
' GO TO
Fisher Bros.
Livery Stable
FOR
FIRST-CLASS TURNOUTS
At Short -Notice, for Weddings, I'arties ami
Justus Troell,
THE OLDEST
UNDERTAKER
In the region, has removed Ids business estab
lishment to
No. 12 Front Street, Freeland.
Undertaking in all its branches
will receive prompt attention.
SI.OO PER YEAR.
JOHN I). HAYES,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW and
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Legal business of all kinds promptly attended.
Hoom 3, 2d Floor, Birkbeck Brick.
jyj IIA I,BIN,
Manufacturer of
Carriages. Buggies, Wagons, &c.
Cor. Walnut and Pino Streets, Freeland.
£MIAS. ORION STROII,
Attorney and Counselor at Law.
Oflice Rooms over Schooner's Hani ware Store.
Q F. TURNBACK,
Justice of the Peace.
Office over Schooner's Hardware Store.
All Kinds of Legal Business will ho
Promptly Attended.
jyTORRIS FERRY,
—PURE—
WHISKY, WINE, RUM, GIN, &C
Fresh Lager Beer Always on Tap.
Corner South and Washington Sts., Freeland.
XaiXTOXI ELLIOTT,
South Hebcrton, wholesale dealer in
Pure Wines and Liquors
Also Agent for Bemer & Engel's Premium
Lager and Taunhuenser Beer. Porter, XX ami
XXX Stock and Draft Ales, Etc. I sell by the
quart or gallon the best quality of
Beer, Porter and Ale.
McNulty Bros.,
■MEIS till EMEUS.
Centre Street, Coxe Addition.
tSTThe finest liearses in the.region.
Prices reasonable and satisfaction guar
anteed.
J. P. MCDONALD,
-Dealer in-
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS,
FLOUK, FEED, HATS, CAPS,
BOOTS AND SHOES.
A very hundsomc stock of
FURNITURE
Always on hand.
S. W. Corner Centre and South Sts., Freeland.
I TF YOU ARE DRY, AND WANT
| A the worth of your money, just give
3Pa,tric3s: Carey
j a call. He keeps the hest heer and the
largest schooner.
; Nine 11 ye Whiskey, Old Wines, Porter, Ale,
Cigars and AGARIC, the Ureal
Nerve Tonic.
Centre Street, below South, Freeland. '
Weddings, Parties and Funerals
Furnished with
First-Class Turnouts
at short notice, at
HOFFMEIR & O'DONNKUIi'S
LIVERY STABLE
Centre Street, below South. - - - Freeland.
H. M. BRISLIN.
UNDERTAKER
AND
EMBALMER.
Also dealer In
FUKNTITU BE
of every description.
I Centre Street, above Luzerne, Freeland.