FREELAND TRIBUNE. VOL. 11. No. 22. BRIEF ITEMS. —Edward McNelis and wife of Tliroop are in town to-day, attending the funeral of a relative. —II. Steiner, aged about (10 years, a resident of Centre Street, died on Tues day after a short illness. —Candidates wishing to let the public know they're out should insert their an nouncements in the TRIBUNE. —St. Gabriel's Cornet Band of Hazle ton attended the ball of the Lattimer Cornet Band here last evening. —William Wallace, working at No. 7 Upper Lehigh, had both legs broken by a fall of coal Monday morning. —John Miller of Drifton announces himself as a Democratic candidate for the nomination of tax collector of Foster township. —The Union Insurance Co. of San Francisco was organized in 1865 with a cash capital of *750,000, fully paid in gold. Their agent here is W. A. Grimes. —Miss Maggie Boyle of Freeland re turned from Pottsville on Saturday even ing after a pleasant visit to her friend, Miss Maggie O'Neill, formerly of this place. —Next Wednesday evening the third annual ball of the Jeddo K. of L. will be held at the opera house. Depierro's orchestra will furnish the music and the managers state it will be one of the prin cipal events of the season. Don't miss it. —The car shops of the new Pennsyl vania, Poughkeepsie and Boston Rail road will be located at Slatington. Free land merchants should bestir themselves and capture the shops of the P. L. & E. when that road gets its line through this place. —Austin Harvey and Silvester Longo have let contracts for the building of two large business houses at Nelson City, Schuylkill County. Mr. Ilarvey expects to have his building ready by January 1, as the lumber is already on the ground. —Wm. Gallagher, employed at No. 1 Drifton, was seriously injured by a heavy fall of rock on Thursday night. It re quired the services of several men to lift the rock off the injured man. He was removed to his home in Drifton and is now in a fair way to recover. —At Wilkes-Barre on Morftlay the case of Nicholas Cabbage and Frank Davie, charged with felonious wounding by Andrew Elliott, was tried and the defendants were found not guilty. Nicholas was also tried on the charge of mayhem and a similar verdict was re turned. —All members of tho Freeland Citi zens' Hose Co. wishing to participate in the parade and ball of the Slatington Fire Department on Thanksgiving Day will report.at the Hose Co.'s room on Monday evening. Members attending this meeting will be accorded free trans portation to Slatington. —The librarry and reading room of the Young Men's T. A. B. Society in Zemany's building will be formally opened on Saturday evening. A very choice selection of books is being placed in the hall, besides all the local papers and several city dailies and periodicals. Pool, checkers, chess, bagatelle and numerous other games are aTso provided for the enjoyment of the members. DEATHS. BOLT. —At Freeland, November 10, George, son of George and Miriam Solt, aged 5 years and 16 days. Inter red at Pottsville yesterday. CARR. —At Freeland, November 19, Mrs. Mary Carr, aged 67 years. Funeral this afternoon at 2.30 o'clock from the residence of her son-in-law, Archie Philips, Chestnut Street. Interment at St. Ann's. Brislin, undertaker. Groat Coal Vein Discovered. Jacob L. Lawrence of Mineraville, and Geo. L. Brown of Frackville, who oper ate a coal colliery under the firm name of Lawrence & Brown at Mahanoy Plane, have made a great utrike of a new mam moth vein of coal, which is the sensation of tho Schuylkill regions. The vein is believed to he 200 feet thick, containing millions of tons, and is the greatest acci dental "find" of pure coal ever known. The vein was struck while making a drift nearly 1400 feet under ground. Many believe that the mammoth vein basin, for which the operators have been hunting for many years, has at last been found. Rev. Mills at St. JameH' Chapel. On Sunday afternoon the Itev. Wm. Wirt Mills of Reading officiated nt St. James' Chapel, Freeland, conducting the Sunday School service.- He announced that a service will be held in the chapel next Sunday evening at 7 o'clock, at which time there will also lie preaching. He officiated at St. James' Church," Drif ton, Sunday morning and evening, in the absence of the rector, Rev. James I'. Buxton. Mr. Mills is well known as a successful newspaper man, having been editor of the Bethlehem Daily Timer, which, under his management, became one of the largest and most influential daily papers in tho interior of the state. He left the newspaper business a year ago to enter upon his chosen work as a clergyman of the Episcopal Church. A Brakeman I.OM>H 11 Leg. John Mooney of Hazleton, engaged as a brakeman 011" the Lehigh Valley's local freight shifter, met with a serious acci dent Saturday morning. He left his home about five o'clock to go to work, and at the Cedar Street crossing he at tempted to board engine No. 185 in charge of Engineer Pettit. The step was icy and the young man missed his footing, falling on the rail. The wheels passed over his left leg between the knee und ankle, crushing it into a shape less mass, while the toes and heel of the right foot were also cut. The unfortu nate man was removed to his home and from there to St. Luke's Hospital. Upon his arrival at the hospital the physicians in charge said amputation of the leg was necessary. The operation was thorefore performed and the injured member taken off near the knee. Late advices from Bethlehem say the young man is doing as well as may be expected under the circumstances.— Standard. A Pay With the Examiners. Saturday, November 14, was the last day on which applications for certificates of service could be made in the Northern section of the Fourth Inspection District of Luzerne County. A representative of the TRIBUNE visited the Woodside school house, where the board was in session. The board is composed of James Har kins, Drifton; Thomas Smith, Milnes ville, and Theopholis Gibbon, Drifton. Quite a number of miners took advan tage of the opportunity to present them selves and receive certificates, while a number yet remain who have not done so and they will be compelled to undergo an examination the same as now appli cants. The number of certificates of service issued by the board up to and including November 9 is 1375. The number of those who made application under the Taw to be examined as to competency was 03; of this number 25 failed and 38 received certificates. The TRIBUNE'S representative was present during the process of examina tion, and can say that is was conducted in a fair and impartial manner. The questions were of such nature that any man with ordinary common sense could have answered them, yet there was not one passed a successful examination on Saturday. The answers given to the questions put to applicants were very amusing, as for instance the question of Mr. Ilarkins to a person whom he had every reason to know was born in Ireland. "You were born in Ireland, were you not?" "Yes, but I'm not a Far Down," was the answer. It is needless to state that this brought down the house, only to be followed shortly after by another somewhat simi lar. Mr. Gibbon had a son of Poland under examination and asked: "Ate you a citizen?" "No," came tho answer, "me a Demo crat." Incidents of this kind are frequently met by the examiners and from the general answers given it would seem that there are quite a number possessing certificates of service, who, if they had to undergo an examination, would utterly fail. That the law is a benefit to miner and employer is acknowledged by all who have closely watched its workings, as it compels the employer to engage only those who possess the necessary qnalificaiions to enable them to take care of themselves, thereby avoiding unnecessary suits for damages, and pro tecting the miner from the danger of working with inexperienced men. The fact of the law being defective in certain respects is no reason why it should bo condemned, and it is the duty of every miner in this district to live up to and help fulfill the requirements of the law. Surveying Our New Itailroud. The engineer corps of the Pennsyl vania, Lehigh & Eastern Railroad Com pany has been in this vicinity the past week, following up the survery lines run by the old Lehigh & Eastern, which be gin at Tomhicken and pass between this place and Highland. It is not likely that the old lines will be used by the new company as they were originally surveyed, but will be modified anil changed, as may seem best. Hon. Charles Fairchild, the secretary of the treasury under President Cleveland, is now president of a New York Trust Co. that is negotiating the *5,000,000 five per cent, bonus to be issued for the building of the new railroad. The mortgage is being recorded in Luzerne, Monroe, Car bon and Pike Counties, through which the road will run. S. W. Newberger, tlie secretary of the P. L. & E., said last week that the road would be built at once, and that arrange ments were being made for letting tlie contracts in ten mile sections, to secure its early completion. The activity mani fested by tlie new company indicates that something will he done, for if there was no intention to build the road the old charter would not have been reviv ed, nor would the re-surveys he under taken. Luzerne's Muriler Trials. William Sulgofsky was acquitted at Wilkes-Barre on Friday on the charge of killing Peter Silitzky. Tho evidence, which was circumstantial, was over whelmingly against him. Mark King of Hazleton, who was con victed of manslaughter on September 24 for killing his wife, was brought into court for sentence on Monday. Judge Woodward sentenced him to pay a fine of *SOO and to undergo an imprisonment in the Eastern Penitentiary for six years and four mouths. The case of George W. Moss of Wilkes- Barre, charged with the murder of his wife, was called and the desendant took his seat at the tabic. He had no counsel and the court appointed George W. Shonk and James L. Lenahan to look after his case. They asked for time for preparation and after a brief consultation with the district attorney, the case was laid over until January term. Edward and Mary Glynn of Pittston, who have been in jail in Wilkes-Barre for four months, awaiting trial on a charge of poisoning Glynn's mother and also Mrs. Glynn's mother to secure insur ance money, were discharged from cus tody on Saturday, as District Attorney Parte concluded that there was not suffi cient evidence against them to warrant their being placed on trial. The dis charge from custody, however, docs not constitute an acquital. The proceedings through which they secured their liberty are not in the nature of a verdict by a jury. It was simply an acknowledgment upon the part of the commonwealth that there does not exist at present sufficient evidence to secure a conviction. If, at any time in the future, tlie missing links in the chain of testimony can be found, the Glynns can be arraigned again and tried for the atrocious crime which now stands unproven. It remains to he seen whether tlie district attorney, with the resources at his command, can supply the evidence needed in this case, fasten tlie crime upon the proper parties and bring them to Bpeedy justice. ® Marrluge LicenneH. Marriage licenses were issued from the office of tlie Register of Wills during the past week for the marriage of the following persons: John Kringe of Highland to Magdalena Damm of Freeland. John Pribula of Upper Lehigh to Susannah Luckack of Upper Lehigh. Michael Hrasliko of Freeland to Mary Lapudko of Freeland. FREELAND, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1889. THE KNIGHTS OF LAIIOR. Tin? Convention at. Atlanta AccompliHliing Much Work—Probable Alliances With the Farmers—Changes in the Con stitution and Platform—Several Questions of National Inter est Discussed and Acted Upon by the Delegates —Educational, Pol itical, Etc., Etc. The Knights are holding a very im portant session nt Atlanta, (in., and when they adjourn it is expected they will have placed the Order in a better position than it has ever yet held in the eyes of the public. The secretary treasurer's report shows that at present there are 213,000 members in good stand ing, and, instead of being bnnkrupt as j many of its enemies claim, they have *13,000 in the treasury and own real estate valued at *OO,OOO. The reports of the hundreds of district assemblies also show their treasuries to be in a healthy condition. The work done by the con vention since our last issue is given in the following, which is condensed from j the columns of the Atlanta Comtitution : THURSDAY. The committee on law reported, and some very important changes in the con stitution were suggested. The most im portant change made was to allow the transfer of a local assembly to any other district assembly or to the General Assembly without the consent of either the district, national trade or state assembly as heretofore required. It was proposed to amend the fourth plank of the platform and a discussion arose which lasted until adjournment. In the afternoon the convention was visited by a delegation from the Women's Chris tian Temperance Union. FRIDAY. The committee on land resumed its report immediately after the convention was called to order, and continued until the hour arrived when Col. L. F. Living ston, President of the Farmers' Alliance, was to be received. When the commit-; tee appointed to escort the representa- j tives of the farmers to the hall returned they had with them besides Col. Living ston several other important personages who are interested in the welfare of j agriculturists. The Colonel was received with great applause and spoke of a prob able alliance of the two powerful organi zations. lie stated that other work had prevented his studying the details and methods of the Knights, but he was positive that when the Alliance meets at St. Louis next month the confederation would be formed. Mr. Powderly replied in a fervant I speech, thanking God that the day was almost here when the mechanic and the farmer should stand together and work for the same objects. The enthusiasm was great and every mention of com bining brought forth much applause. SATURDAY. The convention went into a committee of the whole in order to give every dele gate a chance to suggest such improve ments as ho deemed necessary for the general welfarer Five minutes was the time allotted to each speaker. As every man had some special scheme for the general good, the subjects for discussion were many. The subject of the greatest interest discussed was the continuance of the educational fund. It has been found that the educational lectures, which were inaugurated by Mr. Powderly, have given the Order greater influence and power than any other scheme. The fund to carry on the work was raised last year by voluntary contributions of 15 cents. The money donated has been expended, and suggestions were in order as to the best means of obtaining funds to continue the work. A feeling was manifested by several of the speakers that the educational fund—no matter how raised—should not be expended in lectures. It was sug-' Bested that great good might be done by distributing leaflet and pamphlet litera ture among the members of the Order. It was also thought that the circulation of the Journal of United, Labor should be energettically pushed. The official organ had many warm supporters in the con- j vention who claimed it to be a powerful educational medium. MONDAY. The convention went into committee of the whole on the land question. The following resolution was adopted as the fourth plank of the declaration of prin ciples of the Knights: That laud, including all the natural sources of wealth, Is the heritage of all the people end should not lie subject to sjiccuhltivc traffic. Occupancy and use shall bo the only title to the itosscssiou of land. Taxes upon lands should be levied upon its full value for use, exclusive of Improvements, and should be suf ficient to make for tho community ull the un earned increment. After the committee had risen anil the Assembly had adopted the resolution, Mr. Powderly and A. W. Wright, of the J Executive Board, were appointed a com- j mittee to attend the National Farmers' j Alliance Convention at St. Louis. At the afternoon session the Knights passed a resolution urging that a census j be taken showing the proportion of peo ple owning homes and farms; how many ! of these are free from debt, and what percentage is covered by mortgage. Local assemblies everywhere were or dered to pass a similar resolution and forward to Secretary Noble. Under the topic of legislation the question of the Order taking part in political elections came up and all the leading men present took part in the discussion which fol lowed. After long consideration the following recommendation of the Gen eral Executive Board was endorsed : That tho General Exocuttvo Board bo given power to tuke tho report of tho Committee on Legislation, examine It in detail anil publish to the Order from time to time such information as will be of benefit to them in voting for the different candidates for legislative honors, and also to recommend to the Order such action as they may deem wise. A C. T. A. Society was organized by Delegate Kehoe Sunday evening. The branch starts out with 47 members. At the meeting addresses were made by A. M. Dewey, ex-editor of tho Journal of United Labor , Mrs. Barry and Delegate Maiden of Massachusetts. TUESDAY. This session was devoted to the con sideration of the eight-hour question, and as a result the recommendation of Grand Master Workman Powdorly was virtually adopted; that where practicable the members should ■ for a reduc tion of the hours o nine and one-half per da j in per week for the yearco min 1 rch3o, 1890, and a reduction "f ,ut j,.. , hour daily each succeedii mil t eeight-hour point has beeiu thing in this I is to be construed to prevent any national I trade, district or local assembly from taking any action to further reduce the hours. ATLANTA, Ga., November 20.—The work of the convention is progressing rapidly and to-night will probably end j this session. The case of 1). A. 87 (in | debtedness caused by strike of 'B7-88) ; was reported favorably and comes before ' the G. A. to-day. Indications point to success. " J. I). M. Waiting For That Letter. Postmaster-General Wanamaker is rather i more considerate of the feelings of Democratic hold-over postmasters than his Democratic predecessors were for the feelings of Repub lican officials.— Prowess. | From the Congressional Record of Feb j ruary 22, 188!), we take the following j statistics in reference to Pennsylvania : postmasters : | There are in the state of Pennsylvania 101 presidential postoffices, not one of which on the 4th of March, 1885, was held by a Democrat. During the four years of the Cleveland admin istration the appointments made on commis sions expired have been 103; on resignations, 22; removals , U; deaths, 3; offices becoming presi dential, 37; and other offices in which no change has been made were 3. These figures speak louder than any thing that could be said to refute the assertion that the Democratic postmaster general pursued any dishonorable meth od in dealing with Republican post masters. The fact that Wanamaker's predecessors allowed 103 Republican postmasters to retain their positions until their commissions expired should be sufficient to prevent Republican organs from inviting comparison with the "clean sweep" policy of Harrison and Wanamaker. Postmaster Generals I Vilas and Dickinson upheld the pledges I made by the Democratic party in con ! nection with civil service reform and | conducted the business of the govern | ment on business principles. How different is it under this adminis tration? No sooner was the result of last fall's election known until no less ( than thirteen applicants (some of whom were for many years on the fence and their most intimate friends were unable to tell to what party they belonged) were scouring Freeland and surrounding towns wjth petitions that prayed for the appointment of the applicant to the postmastership of this place, although they well knew that the present incum | bent's four-year-commission had been signed only a few months previous. The | contest has now narrowed down to two 1 or three, and because Friend Fowler is tired waiting for the letter that will never come, he sets about to misrepre sent the administration in the manner indicated above. Antlirucite Culm a Cheap Fuel. The hoard of trade of Scranton, says i Saward't Coal Trade Journal, has been doing great service by calling attention to the value of anthracite culm as a steam producing fuel. The matter was referred to the transportation committee of that body, and after giving the results of several tests with fuel the committee says: To get at the real value compare the cost of each fuel to do the same amount of work: 20,Q88 cubic feet of gas at 10 cents per 1000 feet $2 GO 8181 lbs. of bituminous coal at $1.60 per ton 2 10 3100 lbs. of coking bituminous at $1.50 per ton 2 12 3178 lbs. of anthrucitc at $2.50 per ton 350 j 4300 lbs. of pea at $1 per ton 1 04 ! 4273 lbs. of buckwheat at 75 cents per ton.. 144 f j 4702 lbs. of cuhn at 10 cents per ton 22 , If to thene figures be added the cost of ; handling the coal and ashes we shall have the entire cost. 1. Anthracite, prepared sizes $4 75 2. Coking bituminous 3 37 3. Free burning bituminous 3 35 *• Pea 3 23 6. buckwheat 2 73 1 0. Gas 2 61 7. Culm 1 51 No I.onger a Lumber Town. I White Haven is no longer a lumber town. The mill of A. F. Peters & Son is beinij torn down;C. L. & A. S. Keek's mill is being dismantled; and the mill of A. Lewis A Co., limited, will cease opera ! tions in a few days, and be removed to Lopez, Sullivan "County. The Lehigh I river is empty of logs, and the surround ing landß are barren of timber. After a few more days no present inhabitant of White Haven will ever again see a saw mill in operation within the borough limits. A few years ago the lumber in terests were the principal industry of j our town, and were the chief causes of our existence. But as the timber supply | became exhausted, and the number of mills gradually grew less, the people | turned their attention to other pursuits, I and lumbering became a minor factor. —Journal. Krecting Large Coal Bins, ] The Philadelphia and Reading Rail road Company has begun work on tinge | coal-storing bins between the Mount ; Carmel and Exceisior Collieries, in Schuylkill county, which will accoin modatel,ooo,oootonsofcoal. 'Theobject of the company in erecting these huge receptacles is to enable it to lay by coal in dull seasons instead of shutting down the mines, as is now necessary. When the work is completed, and the coal i storage plant at Port Richmond is also ! I finished, it will be possible for the 1 company to give steady employment to its miners, and the output from week to i week will no longer have to ho closely regulated by the state of demand. Unclnhnetl Letters. The following is a list of unclaimed | letters remaining in the Freeland Post , | office, November 20, 1889: ; I Coyle, Wm. F. | Dillon, Anna ' j Dibboso, Guiseppe Vincenzo , Harrison, John Kennedy, Miss Nellie McShea, Frank Modeno, Lionardo Peek, Mrs. G. , ! Svjantek, John EI Welcshso, Machk (j Wilson, B. G. > I Persons calling for any of the above r letters should say AdverUned. WM. F. BOYLE, P. M. ' —Dorrance B. Headley, a well known r contractor of Wilkes-Barre, died last s week, aged 55 years. STATE NEWS. —Miner Metz, screen boss on a breaker at Ashley, slipped into the rollers and had both legs taken off. —Patrick Gillespie, a married man aged 45, employed as a miner at Plains, was killed by a premature explosion late Friday niglit. —The anniversary of the Manchester martyrs—Allen, Larkin and O'Brien— will be celebrated in several places throughout the state next Monday even ing. —The store of R. H. Johnson, dealer in dry goods, in Wilkes-Barre, was closed Monday evening by the sheriff. The liabilities are reported at *20,000; assets unknown. —Rev. Edward McNelis, formerly of Philadelphia, died near Baltimore on Tuesday. He was well known in this section and was an uncle of County Au ditor J. J. Brislin. —Edward Smith, alias Kilpatrick, was arrested Monday night at Bethlehem. He is wanted in Scranton for larceny, at Wilkes-Barre for highway robbery, and at Allentown for assault. -Ex-District Attorney John Mc- Galiren was married at Philadelphia this morning to Miss Mary McYail of that city. Deputy Treasurer John S. McGroarty was best man. —Andrew Papsko of Humboldt shot his Hungarian hoarder, llenrv Matto, in tlie leg last Saturday night. They quar reled over beer. The case was settled by Papsko paying his victim *SO. —On Wednesday night of last week the Hungarians of Milnesville became involved in a drunken fight, which re sulted in the killing of Michael Jogone by Andro Bosick. The murderer imme diately fled and has not been captured. —The official count of the votes cast for state treasurer at the late election has been completed and shows the fol lowing figures: Boyer, 341,244; Bigler, 280,318; Johnson, 22,401; Boyer's plural ity, 60,926. Luzerne's vote was: Bigier; 11,641; Boyer, 11,219; Johnson, 1093; Bigler's plurality, 422. —Two serious accidents occurred nt Mauoh Chunk on Tuesday. Fred Ilcn kle, a brakeman on the Lehigh Valley, j was seriously injured by falling head foremost from a coal dump. Andrew Hann was found dead at the coal schutes | of the Central Railroad. While unload ing a car he had fallen through a schute | and his neck was broken. —Margaret tlie wife of Patrick Cannon of Wilkes-Barre, indulged in a spree last week, during which she procured a bottle of whisky anil with it wandered away into tlie mountains back of the city. Her absence was not discovered nntil Saturday morning, when search was made and she was found lying frozen to death in the woods. —The Junior Order United American Mechanics of Wilkes-Barre are prepar ing to hold a grand demonstration on July 3 and 4of next year. All members of that order, also tlie P. O. S. of A. and Senior American Mechanics will he in vited to participate. In this county alone it is claimed that the membership of these orders number about 15,000. —Bishop O'Hara visited Plymouth on Tuesday to adjust the church difficulty between the I'olandersand Lithuanians. He divided the parish according to na tionality, and decided that tlie Polanders should pay the Lithuanians *2OOO for their interest in the church edifice. The Polanders decline to accede to the ar rangement, and say they will carry their grievance to Cardinal Gibbons. —The secretary of the Lansford or eastern section of tlie seventh district of mine examiners reports that up to No vember 12 that board lias registered 1078 miners as follows: United States, 446; Ireland, 229; England, 126; Wales, 188; Germany, 42; Scotland, 16; France, 6; Poland, 9; Austria, 3; Hungary, 2; Prus sia, 1; New Foundland, 2. The oldest miner in that section was 05 years of age and had worked underground for 57 years. —A fire occurred on Tuesday in the west side of No. 9 mine at Sugar Notch, which is operated by tho Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Company. The smoke spread through the entire workings, and the miners and laborers, numbering 400, were called out. The fire was finally gotten under control. Considerable ex citement exists in and about the colliery among tlie miners, who believe that the fire was the result of a conspiracy in tended to place a recently appointed foreman in a false position. The loss is not very great. Ilavo used your Ideal Tooth Powder for quite a while, and consider it second to none for purity and pleasantness. Tlicro is no better; I take pleasure in recom mending its virtues to all my friends, and so long as you manufacture such a delightful powder as tho Ideal, you shall have the benefit of all I can do for you. DR. G. B. SWEENY, Pittsburg, Pa. We can thoroughly recommend Ideal Tooth Powder to our readers. We find it highly endorsed by the Dental profes sion, as being free from all injurious material; no grit, cleansing the teeth per fectly, imparting a pleasant, refreshing condition to tho mouth. Has received four medals, tho highest each time. Wo advise our readers to read the advertise ment elsewhere in this issue, and givo it a trial. Weekly Coal Report. The anthracite coal trade season of 1889 is drawing to a close. Navigation by sailing vessels on the lakes between Buffalo and Western ports lias practically ceased for this year, and it is likely that the steam colliers plying between those ports will also he compelled by ice to cegse operations soon. On Friday the advance of 50 cents pertonon the all-rail rate of tolls on anthracite to the West was put in force, and this caused the can cellation of nearly all the unfilled orders for coal for Western shipment. The Eastern markets are now pretty well supplied with coal, and hereafter all the orders from that quarter will be placed only as the coal may be required. The production of anthracite in the month of October exceeded by nearly three-quarters of a million tons tho pre viously estimated requlrments of tlie market (3,000,000 tons), and the accumu lated stock of coal at tidewater shipping points was also drawn upon to the extent of 172,000 tons, thus reducing the total stock at tide on October 31 to 704,000 tons, compared with 359,133 tons on the corresponding date of last year. The j consumption of anthracite by the iron J furnaces is large and increasing, the de- j main! for furnace sizes necessitating a greater output of the smaller sizes of coal | than would otherwise he required. The recent rumors that the Reading Coal and Iron Company intends curtail- 1 ing expenses by reducing the wages of ] its employes is positively denied by the | managers of that company. While the company is only working about four-1 fifths of the total number of its active collieries at present, the productive capa-1 city of its mines has been greatly en larged during the past year by the intro duction of improved machinery and more economical methods of mining coal; and when coal is needed the Reading Com-1 pany can materially increase its produc tion, and that, too, at less cost than heretofore. The total amount of anthracite coal sent to market for the week ending November 9, as reported by the several carrying companies, was 763,963 tons, compared with 948,001 tons in thecorres- j ponding week last year, a decrease of 184,038 tons. The total amount of ail- j thracite mined thus far in the year 1889 was 30,338,760 tons, compared with 33,- ■ 164,644 tons for the same period last year, a decrease of 2,825,884 tons.— Ledger. Important Announcement. The undersigned informs his custom ers anil others that in future lie will sell rye whiskey at the price of common \ whiskey, so those buying may as well drink rye when it costs no more. Now this is doing what has not been done by anyone else since June, 1864. T. CAMPBELL. POPPING TIL 10 QUESTION. When in the course of human events, a young man makes up his mind to ask the very important question, he finds great difficulty in coming to the point. As we are not at all bashful we boldly say: Will you not answer yes to us, as wo ask you to go to your druggist or dealer in toilet articles, and purchase a bottle of Vail Brothers' Ideal Tooth Powder, the best made. As an inducement for you to try it, we give you a handsome engrav ing with two 25 cent bottles, 20 x 24, no advertising on it. There is a ticket around the neck of each bottle. POLITICAL ANNOUNCBMENT. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the nomination of tax collector of Foster town ship, subject to the decision of the Foster town ship Democrat ie nominatiuK convention. JOHN MILLKK. Drifton, November SO, 1880. VTOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.— The taxpayers 1/N of the borough of Freeland are hereby notified that an addition of 5 per cent, will be added to all taxes remaining unpaid on and after December 28,1880. LTKHNAUD MCLAUGHLIN, Collector. Freeland, November IS, 188 U. rpAX NOTICE.—The taxpayers of Foster X township arc hereby notified that an addi tion of 5 per cent, will be added to all taxes of 1880 remaining unpaid on and after December I 2, 1880. THOMAS ELLIOTT, Collector. Foster Township, October 24, 1880. TTOli SALE.—A house and lot situated on Jj Ridge Street, between Walnut and Chest nut. Fine fruit trees and everything in first class condition. Will be sold at a bargain. Apply to T. A. BUCKLEY. JOHN SCHNEE, CARPET WEAVER, SOUTH HEBERTON. All kinds of carpet, double and single, manufactured at s'uort notice and at tlie lowest j rates. EXAMINE OUR PRICES : Brick, per set, 00 cents; put in free of charge. Grates, 5 cents per lb. Stove pipe and elbows, 18 cents each. Wushboilers, 75 cents to SI.OO. Home-made cans and bottles, 121 cents each; by one-half dozen, 10 cents each. 50-lb lard cans, 50 cents. Wushboilers bottomed at 115, 40 and 50 cents. Conductor pipes and gutter, 0 to 10 cents per foot. Hoofing from 4 to 0 cents per square foot. Blasting tubes, 2 cents per toot. Wire for tubes, made to order, 5 cents each. Miner's Friend cook stoves, No. 8, SIB.OO. Plato range, $22.00. Apollo range, $20.00; and other ranges from SB.OO to SIB.OO. AT F. P. MALOY'S, 9 Front Street, Freeland. M. J. MORAN, Manager. ARMOUR'S Chicago Dressed Beef RECEIVED FRESH DAILY. This Beef is from rigidly insi>ccted cattle, slaughtered in the most cleanly manner, and is the cheapest and best uniinul foes! to be pro cured. Wholesale only. Freeland Beef Co., Fit EEL AND, PA. GO TO Fisher Bros. Livery Stable FOIt FIRST-CLASS TURNOUTS At Short Notice, for Weddings, Parties and Funerals. Front Street, two squares below Freeland Opera House. Subscribe for tlie "Tribune." SI.OO PER YEAR. JOHN D. HAYES, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW and NOTARY PUBLIC. j Legal business of all kinds promptly attended. Kooin 3, 2d Floor, Birkbeck Brick. M. HALMN ' Manufacturer of Carriages, Buggies, Wagons, &c. Cor. Walnut and Pine Streets, Freeland. £MIAS. ORION STROH, Attorney and Counselor at Law. | Office Rooms over Schooner's Hardware Store. | Q F. TURNBACH, Justice of the Peace. Office over Schooner's Hardware Store. All Kinds of Legal Business will be I Promptly Attended. jyTORRIS FERRY, —PURE— WHISKY, WINE, RUM, GIN, &C Fresh Lager Beer Always on Tap. Corner South and Washington Sts., Freeland. D. LORENZ, Practical -E~u.tcti.er. BEEP, PORK, VEAL, LAMB, MUTTON, PUDDING, SAUSAGE, &c. No. 135 Centre Street. Freeland. (Near Lehigh Valley Depot.) McNulty Bros., MS 11 111, Centre Street, Coxe Addition. J®"The finest hearses in the region. Prices reasonable and satisfaction guar anteed. I J. p. Mcdonald, —Dealer in— DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, FLOUR, FEED, HATS, CAPS, BOOTS AND SHOES. A very handsome stock of FURNITURE Always on hand. S. W. Coruor Centre and South Sts., Freeland. TF YOU ARE DRY, AND WANT A the worth of your money, just give Carey a call. He keeps the best beer and the largest schooner. Fine Rye Whiskey, Old Wines, Porter, Ale, Cigars and AGARIC, the Great Nome Tonic. Centre Street, below South, Freeland. Weddings, Parties and Funerals Furnished with First-Class Turnouts at short notice, at HOFFMEIR & O'DONNKLL'S I livelry Stable Centre Street, below South. ..." Freeland. H. M. BRISLIN. UNDERTAKE I; AND EMBALML... Also dealer in FURNITURE of every description. Centre Street, above Luzerne, Freeland.
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