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.