FREELAND IH1BU!
Published Every Thursday Afternoon
-or—
TIIOS. A. BUCKLEY,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
TERMS, - - SI.OO PER YEAR.
Address all Communications to
FREELAND TRIBUNE,
FREELAND, PA.
Office, Birkbeck Brick, 3d floor. Centre Street.
Entered at the Freeland Postoffice as Second
Clans Mailer.
FREELAND, DK< EMBER 12, 1SS).
EX-REPRESENTATIVE CAI.LAGHAN still
persists iu making a fool of himself
in trying to harass Grand Master
Workman Powderly. We were under
the impression that Callaghan was
only affected by the changes of the
moon, but are now beginning to think
that his malady is perpetual. — Plain
Speaker.
THE Wilkes-Barre Newsdealer got
in a "beat" on the New York and
Phila. dailies yesterday by publishing
the name of every person killed in the
Johnstown accident of the preceding
night, while its more pretentious con
temporaries gave only a meagre ac
count. The country journals get
there with both feet nowadays.
THE Union League of Philadelphia,
a Republican club of nearly 1400
members, has adopted unanimously
the Australian system of balloting at
its annual election of officers Yet
certain members of this club, who
were senators and representatives in
the last legislature, refused to accord
the same privilege to the voters of
the state.
THERE is apparently a vast differ
ence of opinion between Harrison and I
Blaine on the subject of trusts.
Blaine said they were "private affairs
with which the president of the United |
States has no concern." Harrison i
describes them as "dangerous con-1
spiracies against the public good,"
and proposes that they be made "the I
subject of penal legislation."
NEW YORK is getting to he very
modest, the legislature committee of
the World's Fair having determined
not to attempt personal lobbying at
Washington, but to wait until a com
mittee has been appointed before pre
senting its claims. That is the digni
fied course to pursue, but dignity
does not count for much when any
thing is wanted from congress.
IT took a little over two columns in
the Phila. Times last Saturday to give
Eckley B. Coxe a boost for the guber
natorial nomination next year. With
Coxe at the head of the ticket, Scott
trying to elect a legislature which
will make of him a U. S. Senator,
Capt. McClelland chairman of the
state committee, and a few more coal
operators or moneyed men sprinkled
about the state looking for offices,
with this aualamoiis combination on
its back it is hardly possible that the
Democratic party of Pennsylvania
will survive to tnke part in the next
presidential election. The party had
better dump tho disagreeable load
now before they are comfortably
seated.
THE sensational announcement in
the New York Iferald on Saturday of
tho projected establishment in this
country of a bank with one hundred
million dollars of capital, under the
patronage of tho Pope, was a most
mischievous piece of work. It is easy
to till the minds of credulous secta
rians with unfounded apprehensions,
but hard to counteract such errors
when once implanted in fruitful
ground. The prompt and peremp
tory disavowal of the story by high
dignitaries of the Catholic Church
was at once forthcoming; yet it would
have been just as easy for tho Ilerald
to have secured this contradiction
before publishing such a statement,
which was afterwards retracted.
Wanamaker's proposition to have
the postage reduced on fourth-class j
mail matter is meeting with strenuous
opposition from country merchants.
This would include small packages,
by which the mails would be enabled
to do a cheap express business, and
the country merchants, who have given
the matter attention, charge Wana
maker with wanting to make this ;
postal reduction in tho interest of his
Philadelphia dry goods store, which
would greatly enlarge its country
trade if Uncle Sam should consent to
carry his goods through the mails at
nominal rates. Such a scheme as this
is characteristic of Wnnamaker who
seems much inclined to run his branch
of the government, in away that will
most benefit his private business.
THIS year will be known in history
as the year of great floods and ter
rible fires. It deserves to be so dis
tinguished. Not only lias this conti
nent suffered from these devasting
agents but nearly every country on
the globe has experienced a series of
disasters alike destructive to life and
property. The superstitious will
doubtless attribute these Jprevalent
calamities to the influence of malefic
stars; the ultra-religious to the visita
tion of divine Providence, while the
scientists may endeavor to connect
them with atmospheric and metcoro-1
logical conditions as yet obscure and
not fully understood. Whatever the
controlling agencies may have been,
let us hope that no other such period
of flame and flood may occur for many
decades to come.
—Ladies' gold watches for sl2 at W
J. Getz's jewelery store.
No Penal Colony Wanted.
The project of establishing a penal col
ony for this country in Alaska, says the
Philadelphia Telegram , seems to have
been revived and it is said will be
brought to the attention of congress this
winter. The attempt was made several
years ago to untilize Alaska in this way
by a bill introduced by Senator John R.
McPherson, and it is this measure which
is to be rehabitilitated and put 011 its
passage.
It is rather early to oppose a measure
not yet presented to congress; but it is
not too soon to warm everyone of the
grave objections to the poisoning of any
colony or any territory subject to this
nation by the plan of populating it with
the criminal classes. The example of
Australia should certainly defer any
government irom following a similar
course. That vast continent by reason
of its almost entirely unsettled condition
at the time and its great distance from
England, utterly precluding any possi
bility of return except by consent or
collusion of the authorities, offered an
indeal opportunity for a penal establish
ment; yet its use in that way greatly 1
checked the growth of this great colony
and became such a serious matter to the
reputable colonists and settlers that they
refused, almost by force of arms, to
permit any more convict ships to land
and compeled the home government to
send them elsewhere. This is the way
the business impressed the early settlers
in Australia, a locality which was almost
an ideal spot for a convict station. What,
I is it to be imagined, will be said of
Alaska, a territory which must in time in
vite miners, prospectors and business
men to take advantage of its great natural
resources? To poison the life of this ter
ritory in its inception would certainly be
I a mistake, to put it mildly as possible.
I Certainly those who desire territorial
soil and opportunities for legitimate pur
poses ought to have first show at Alaska.
••All's Well That Ends Well."
Last week the TRIBUNE opened the
way to a return to the starting point of
the controversy with the Progretm. The
latter's response, though still of the
dodging and perverting order, was far
more civil than any of its previous
answers, proving that a little plain talk
' ing had its desired effect. But passing j
from the manner to the substance of the |
article we find it contains absolutely |
nothing worthy of note outside a few I
snarling personalities, which are beneath j
11s to give them any further considera-!
lion. This, we presume, will end what
our contemporary has termed "a little
newspaper nonsense," and we trust that
: when the next occasion requires a criti
cism of any of its articles, it will be able
to distinguish such comment as it is
given, and not be deluded into grasping
everything as a personal attack. The
friendly advice given by the Ilazlcton
( journals intimates as much, and that our
neighbor will profit by their counsel is
I our earnest wish.
••United States of Canada."
The desire for independence is grow
-1 ing 011 the Canadian border. Sol White,
the great exponent of annexation, inde-
pendence or any other move that would
enable Canada to cut loose from the
mother country, announces himself as a
candidate for the mayoralty on a strictly
. "dissolution" platform and a strong
party is rallying to his support.
In the window of a prominent store
in Windsor, Ontarior, is a flag that is
causing comment. It is of dark blue
with a red square in the upper left-hand
corner. On this red square is a white ]
beaver, while the blue field is dotted [
with seven stars, to represent the seven I
states of the "United States of Canada"
—Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, Nova Sco- \
tia, British Columbia, New Brunswick ,
and Prince Edward Island. The beaver
represents the Northwest territories. [
Some say the flag is treasonable. Such
a flag would have caused a riot ten years
ago, and its toleration now shows the j
growth of popular feeling.
A DlKgnicefiil Ailininlhtrntton.
All the junketing and grabbing and I
official stealing of former days do not I
compare in the degree of disgrace with i
the shameless antics of the Harrison
administration. The bold proclamation
of an auction sale of cabinet offices, the
practical deal with Malione and the
cowardly denial of it after it failed; the
Tanner business and the nepotism; the
mockery of the civil service prayer of
Harrison and the slaughter by Lord
High ExecutionerClarkson, the "Tristan
L'Hermite" of the day, all make up a
short eight months' chapter of disgrace
that 110 other four years of Republican j
rule can equal, though every one of their
administrations have been noted for
fraud.— Cambria Freeman.
Drifting Into Two Clauses.
If the good right arms of tho Pension
Commissioner and his lnsty aids shall
hold out, the treasury surplus will very
soon cease to be a burning question.
During November last 14,189 pension
certificates were issued, which beats the
j record of oflictal activity in this direc
| tion. In the corresponding month of
; last year 10,587 certificates were issued;
j in November, 1887, 8052, and in Novem
: her, 1880, 7805. Within three years tho
monthly rate of issuance of pension cer
tificates has been doubled; and the
swarm of invading pensioners has hard
ly begun as yet to settle down upon the
public treasury. There is no halting in
the liberality of our statesmen; no lnck
of industry in the active disbursing
agents of the immense pension fund,
which already amounts to about one
third of the entire expenses of the
National Government, The measure of
pension largesse, it appears, is the capa
city of the treasury to meet the multi
: tudinous and steadily increasing drafts
made upon it ill the name of patriotism
for the purpose of plunder. It is scarce
j ly to be wondered at that the govern-
I meat should be ready to rush into any
scheme of expenditure, however extra
vagant, in order to use up the surplus.
The public money subserves its least
useful purpose when set as a lure and
incitement to robbery and perjury.
Better an empty fisc than the threatened j
divsion of the people into the two classes
of pension-payers and pension-receivers.
—Phila. Record.
The CircuH IK Postponed.
There must be lots of fun running a
newspaper in a town where there is an
opposition sheet. Just look at the cat
and-dog time of the Wilkes-Barre dailies!
And now the Freeland editors have
taken off their coats for a protracted
! combat. The band has begun to play,
and the circus is about to begin ! Get
down in front, everybody ! — White Haven
Journal.
SLAVERY was abolished in the South
25 years ago but a good sized relic of
the curse still remains in Pennsyl
vania. Quay's slaves are numbered
by the thousands. From his throne
in Washington he gives it out who
shall he governor of the state and
forthwith his slaves proceed to obey
him.— Newsdei tier.
A CLEAR CASE OF CONSPIRACY.
Showing a Man'. Conine., and a Woman'.
Weakne.H at a Fire,
"Mrs. Bowser, it is possible that this
house may take lire some time," ob
served Mr. Bowser, as he laid aside his \
paper the other evening.
"Yes."
"If it takes fire while I am home all
I expect of you is to take the child and
get outdoors. I shall peril my life to
subdue the conflagration, and if I find j
it cannot be done X shall save all the
valuables."
"Perhaps I could help you."
"And perhaps you couldn't. You'd
do more damage than good if you tried
to. I want you to remember and get
right out and stay out."
"I have been told that I had great
presence of mind, Mr. Bowser."
"Yes, and you may have been told
that you were the Empress of Russia.
Presence of mind! There isn't a
woman on earth who'd have presence
of mind enough in ease of afire to save
her own shoes! All 1 want of you is to
follow my directions."
It was singular that the test should
come so soon. In lighting the gas in
the hail upstairs Mr. Bowsor must
have dropped the match upon a rug
lying near. Wo wero hardly in bed 1
I before I smelled smoke, but when I
mentioned the fact Mr. Bowser
j growled:
I "Nonsense! The cook probably
threw some eggshells into the range
when she was clearing up her supper
dishes. Your nose is always smelling
lire, orjburglars, or sewer-gas, aud it is
always wrong."
He went to sleep and I continued to
suiff that odor. Ten minutes after
Mr. Bowser had uttered his first snore
a thick cloud of smoke poured into our
i bedroom all of a sudden, aud at the
i samo moment the darkness was lighted
:upby a flickering flame. The house
was certainly on tire, and I shook Mr.
; Bowser and informed him of the fact,
j "W—what is it?" he gnsped as he
sat up in bud.
| "The house is on fire! Can't you
see the smoke and the blaze?"
I was out on the floor and dressing
me when ho rolled out of bed, sprang
to the door, aud shouted at the lop of
his voice:
"Murder! Police! Fire! We are all
on fire up here!"
"Well, slip on vour clothes and see
if you can't put it out. It must bo in
! the back hall."
"Fire! Fire! Fire!" he yelled as he
sought to pull 011 his "pants. "Our
house is on tire! Wo shall be burned
alive!"
Iu spite of the peril of the situation
I had to laugh at Mr. bowser's antics.
He tirst got the left log in the right leg
of the pants. Then 110 fell over in
getting out of them, got up and drew
theni on hind side before, and ho was
sprawled out 011 the bed and kicking
them oIT when I was all dressed and
ready to leave the room. I was deter
mined to seo where the tire was before
I took the baby and went down-stairs.
The smoke was thick, but the tongue
of llume guided me down the hall, and
I found the rug and baseboard and a
door-casing ablaze.
"Fire! Fire! Fire!" yelled Mr. Bowser
at this moment, as lie dashed into the
hall.
"Come and help ino put it out!" I
called to him, but he was already on
his way downstairs to tho telephone.
Covering my mouth and nose as
well as I could I felt my way to tho
lavatory. There was nothing but a
tumbler at hand, but after I bad tilled
it several times and dashed its con
tents along tho base I saw that I had
the best of the blaze. After opening a
window to let the smoke drive out 1
brought some more water and extin
guished the last of the tire. Meau
while I could not help but hear Mr.
Bowser. He rushed to the telephone
and rang it continuously for twonty
seconds, and then yelled:
"Hello, central! Hello, central!
Fire! Fire! Fire! My houso is on tire!
Send tip the police and throe engines
right away!"
He couldn't wait for an answer, but
took three or four circuits around the
sitting-room, made a dash into the
parlor and out by the front hall, all
the timo yelling "Fire!" at the top of
his voice, ami then it occurred to him
to go to the lire alarm box down on
the corner. Out 110 rushed, barefooted
and bareheaded, and after trying to
halt a minute to ptjll tho box oil tho
post he ran to the residence where tho
key was kept. His shouts and yells
had aroused everybody within half a
mile, and tho possessor of the koy
threw up his window anil called:
"Is that you, Bowser?"
"Yes, it's uic! My house is on lire!"
"Sure? I didn't see any light over
there."
"It's on Ore from cellar to garret,and
I expect my wife and child have per
ished in the flames!"
"That's awful! Here's the key."
Mr, Bowser not only turned in one
alarm, but he kept on sending them in
until the lirst steamer arrived, and the
driver of it orderod him away from the
box and called him a blank fool. B'ive
engines came rushing up, and I had
got the smoke out of the hall and was
down-stairs when a dozon firemen
dashed up the steps to light tho con
flagration. I showed them up-stairs
to investigate. Mr. Bowser went with
them. After they got through laugh
in" they turned on klr. Bowser. They
called him by 150 different titles, be
sides advising him to go and sandpa
per and soak his head. They sneered
at his excuses and laughed at his ex-
pianationß, and as they retired one of
them remarked:
"It's a good tldng for you, old bow
legs, that you have got a guardian!"
When they had gone and wo were
! left to ourselves Mr. Bowser looked
i important and observed:
! "Well, I made mighty short work of
that blaze.''
"You! What did you do?" I asked.
"What did I doP Mrs. Bowser, do
you intend to claim any credit for ex
tinguishing that blaze?"
"I do. But for me tlie house would
have "one. Mr. Bowser, you were so
rattled that you acted like a crazy
man."
"What! You put out the lire! I
rattled! Mrs. Bowser, this is too
much. I see through the conspiracy.
On several occasions you havd drivou
me to the limit. This is beyond the
limit. 1 shall see my lawyer in the
morning."
But when morning came he forgot
all about it. He was too busy bring
ing the neighbors iu to show what a
narrow escape he had had. and how
his presence of mind saved the house.
—Detroit Free Press.
CHARLES A. DANA'S HOBBIES.
▲ Washington Correspondent Who Prob
bly Knew What They Wore.
A tradition of Washington uewspa- j
per row iu connection with prize-lights
concerns no less distinguised an editor
than Charles A. Dana, of New York, j
Two things in which Mr.Dana isespec
ially interested are pugilism and
dueling. They amount almost to a
mania with him. Of a hundred arti
cles submitted to him on subjects
ranging from mushroom culture to
amending the constitution of the re
public, the one whic > he would select
for his most attentive reading would
be an account of the latest "scrapping
contest" between two middle-weights ;
out in ludiaua. At one time, says the
Washington correspondent to the
Hardford Post , the Suti had a well
known journalist as its Washington
correspondent, who made its uews
columus noteworthy by admirable re
ports of the prceediugs of congress
and serious work of the executive de
partments. His letters and dispatches
were extensively copied, and adver
tised the paper in a very profitable j
way. One day this correspondent ap
plied for leave of absence and was i
granted it, a man from the local force
of the home office being sent over to
take his place. The youngster was a
green hand at the class of work done
in Washington. He had seen almost
nothing of legislation in any of its
phases, and the routine and personnel
of the executive departments was
wholly unkuown to him. Rather im
portant events were on the carpet at
that time, and he was painfully con
scious of his incapacity to do them
justice. While he was thus blunder
ing along, news reached him that a
duel was among the things of the near
future in R chmond, Va., where two
leading politicians had passed lately
from words to blows iu ono of tlieir
disputes. A bright idea seized him,
and he dropped everything and bent
his steps toward Virginia's capital. A
fair supply of brass stood him in good
stead, and he found his way to the
principals in the affair, and managed
to get enough material from them for
a column of spicy interview in the
next days's Sun. Next morning, soon
after daybreak, the parlies met in a
wood a short distince from the city
aud exchanged shots. The corres
i pondent had not beon invited to the
entertainment, but he was there all
the same, having dogged the footsteps
of everybody concerned and sat up all
night to be sure and miss nothing, lie
perched on a fence at a short distance,
noted every word and look, every mo
tion of hand and eve of the duelists,
their seconds aud their surgeon. Tuat
afternoon ho manged to get another
interview with each principal, and the
next morning's Sun contained not only
the exclusive account occurrence,
but one so admirably circumstantial
that, when Mr. Dana read it in print,
he sent for his managing editor.
"Who did this Richmond duelP"
"Mr. Blank."
"What is ho doing down therof"
I though he was a local reporter."
"lie was sent to Washington to take
the place of Mr. Dash, who has gone
off for his vacation. lam sorry Blank
should have neglected his duties just
at this busy time aud gone dowu to j
Richmond without permission, but I
suppose "
"Nolect his duties?" roared Mr.
Dana. "Raise his salary sls a week
and tell Dim his place is permanent.
That's the kind of a man we waut iu
! Washington. He did right in assum
ing the responsibility. It takes a born
journalist to mako a choice between a
stupid batch of government news aud
a first-class duel story like that."
The Source of Knowledge.
Book-buyer—"Got any second-band |
j books to sell?" Maiue farmer—"Got j
a brand-new unabridged dictionary !
( which the neighbors gave us at a sur
! prise party last winter we'll sell cheap,
j It's a mighty useful book, but as our
j niece is coming from Boston to live
with us we won't need it any longer."
—Omaha World* Herald.
NEW ORDINANCE*
An ordinance for the widening of Cen
tre Street in the borough of Freeland.
He it ordained and enacted by the burgess and
town council of the borough of Freeland,
and it is hereby ordained and enacted by the
That Centre Street, from Front Street to Wal
nut Street in said borough be widened, laid out
and opened to a total width of thirty (:J) feet,
exclusive of sidewalks, which shall be six (ts) !
feet wide on each side of said street.
T. A. DUCK LEY, WILLIAM JOHNSON, J
Secretary. President. !
Passed finally in council on third read
ing, on the 7th day of October, 1889.
"VJOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.—The taxpayers i
1 > of the borough of Freeland ure hereby j
notified that an addition of 5 per cent, will bo
added to ull taxes remaining unpaid on ami
! after December as, itvu,
j BERNARD MCLAUGHLIN, Collector, i
Freeland, November 12,1889.
CpOB B ALB, A borne and i<>t situated on
;J? Didgo 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.
ARMOUR'S
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This Beef is from rigidly inspected cattle, J
slaughtered iu the most cleanly manner, and is j
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FRBBLAND, PA. I
O-IFB^NSRID
Musical Festival!
TO UK II KM) AT
Free/and, Jan. 1, /889.
VOCAL.
1. For choirs not less than GO in
number, "Arise All Ye Na
tions," (Lloyd) $250 00
2. For choirs of same number,
"We Never Will Bow Down,"
(Handel) 100 00
3. For choir of children not under
thirty in number, and not over
1G years of age, tenor and bass
to assist them, "He Knows,"
(Gospel Hymns) 25 00
4. For party of male voices, not
under twenty in number,
"Monk's March," (Parry) 25 00
5. Quartette, "Good Night, Gen
tle Folks," (Will L. Thompson) 800
6. Trio,"The Magic Wove Scarf,"
(Dittston Edition) 0 00
7. Duett, "The Two Bards,"
(Price) 4 00
8. Bass solo, "The People That
Walketh in Darkness," (Mes
siah) 3 00
9. Baritone solo, "The Noble Boy
of Truth," (Parry) 3 00
10. Soprano solo, "But Thou
Didst Not Leave His Soul in
Hell," (Messiah) 3 00
11. For girls under 1G years of
age, "I Love Her Still," (M. H.
Itosenfeld) 2 00
12. Tenor solo, "The Missing
Song," (1). Emlyn Evans) 3 00
INSTRUMENTAL.
Comet solo, "Delecta," (by Hi
Henry, published by A. Squire,
Cincinnati, O.) $ 5 00
RECITATIONS.
1. For men only, "The Falls of
Lad ore," $ 300
2. For girls, "The Ship on Fire,"
(Oxford Junior Speaker) 3 00
3. For hoys and girls, "The
Frenchman's Lesson," (Oxford
Junior Speaker) 4 00
CONDITIONS.
1. No prizes shall be awarded without
suflicient merit.
2. All names of competitors to be in the
hands of the corresponding secretary
on or before December 10, 1889.
3. Competitors can use piano or organ or
sing without any.
4. All competitors can use Welsh or
English.
PRESIDENTS.— Hon. Eckley B. Coxc,
Drifton; Alvin Markle, Esq., llazle
ton ; General D. 11. Hastings, Belle
fonte; Josiali Williams, Esq., Lansford.
CONDUCTORS. —T. J. Edwards, T. Mor
gan (Llyfnwy).
ADJUDICATOR. —Prof. J. W. Parson Price,
New York ; accompanist, Prof. I). E.
! Miles.
A. RUDEWIGK,
GENERAL STORE.
SOUTH HEBERTON, I'A.
Clothing, Groceries, Etc., Etc.
Agent for the sale of
PASSAGE TICKETS
; From all the principal points in Europe
to all points in the United States.
Agent for the transmission of
MONEY
To all parts of Europe. Cheeks, Drafts,
and Letters of Exchange on Foreign
Banks cashed at reasonable rates.
B. F. DAVIS,
Dealer in
Flour, Feed, Grain,
HAY, STRAW, MALT, &c„
Dost Quality of
Glover & Timothy
SEED.
Zcmnny's Block, 15 East Main Street, Freoland.
TF YOU ARE DRY, AND WANT
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3=a.tricl3: Oaxey
a call. He keeps the best beer and the
largest schooner.
Fine liye Whiskey, Old Wines, Porter, Ale,
Cigars and AGAItIC, the Great
Nerve Tonic.
Centre Street, below South, Freeland.
J. .L POWERS
bus opened a
MERCHANT TAILOR'S and
GENTS' FURNISHING
ESTABLISHMENT
at 110 Centre Street, Freeland, and Is not In
partnership with any other establishment but
his own, and at lends to Ids business personally.
Ladies' outside garments cut and Jilted to
measure in the latest style.
PATENTS
I Caveats and Re-Issues secured, Trade-Marks
registered, and all other patent causes in the
latent Otlice and before the Courts promptly
and carefully prosecuted.
Upon receipt of model or sketch of invention,
I make careful examination, and advise us to
patentability free of charge.
\\ ith my offices directly across from the Patent
Office, and being in personal attendance there,
it is apparent that I have superior facilities for
making prompt preliminary searches, for the
more vigorous and successful prosecution of
applications for patent, and for attending to all
business entrusted to my core, in the shortest
possible time.
FEES MODERATE, and exclusive attention
lliven tit patent business. Information, advice
and special references sent on request.
J, K. UTTKIL
Solicitor and Attorney in Patent Causes,
Washington, I). C.,
(Mention this paper ) Opposite U.S.Patent Office.
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below Freeland Opera Houso.
JOSEPH MERGER'S BRICK STORE.
BARGAINS FLYING RIGHT and LEFT
Goods are being sold at less than cost
of production. Don't miss this opportunity.
Be wise and convince yourself by calling at
once and inspect our immense stock, such
as has never been exhibited in this vicinity.
Olotlxixxg- Department :
The following extraordinary bargains are offered and must
go before January 20 : Men's overcoats, $3.00, reduced from $0;
boys' overcoats, $1.50, reduced from $3.00; boys' knee pants, 25
cents, cannot be matched for 50 cents elsewhere. Men's under
shirts and drawers, 40 cents, reduced from 65 cents- second
grade, 25 cents each. Men's storm overcoats, elegant goods, well
made, SB.OO, reduced from $14.00; men's black corkscrew suits,
$5.00, reduced from $9.00. A full line of liannel shirts, hats and
caps at slaughtering prices.
Dry OicccLs Department:
In this department we offer such astonishing low prices that
it will be to your linancial loss if you don't call on us before pur
chasing elsewhere. Good canton ffannel 6 cents a yard, yard
wide unbleached muslin 5 cents a yard, double width dress goods
12i cents per yard, 40 inch wide Henrietta cloth 50 cents per yd,
table linen 25 cents per yard, heavy plaid flannel for miner's wear
25 cents per yard. Blankets from SI.OO per pair upwards.
CLOAKS and COATS—Ladies' fine plush coats reduced
from $25 to sls, better qualities at proportionately low prices.
Children's cloaks with capes at the remarkably low price of
$1.50 each. Muff's of every description from 40 cents up. Chil
dren's muffs and collars, SI.OO per set.
-A-n. E3ctra.crd.ixxa.r3r Offer:
In addition to all this we offer the following : To every pur
chaser to and for every amount exceeding $5.00 we will present
one chance on an
ELEGANT DRESSING CABINET
(of which the actual cost is $50.00), from this date to the 20tli
1 day of January, 1890 Between the hours of 7 and 9p.m. on
: that date this elegant cabinet will be given away, publicly, at
| my store, according to rules and arrangements conforming to the
ideas of a committee selected by the majority of ticket-holders
then present.
From prices mentioned in our partial price list above given
! you will easily perceive that this is not a scheme to draw on your
j purses, but simply a gift to all those that feel disposed to pat
j ronize us. Don't miss the opportunity. Give us a call, inspect
our goods and compare our price's with others.
JOSEPH NEUBERGER,
Leading Clothier and
Dry Goods Merchant.
IB n JRCE3]HjIj_A_IISriD 3 ZPZEHSmST.^.
WANTED! FIVE THOUSAND PEOPLE!
.
Five thousand people are wanted to come and see our stock
land prices of ladies' and children's coats. We have all the
I latest styles and our prices will surprise you. We have just
opened three cases of blankets, which are going from 75c up to
$7.00 per pair. Dry goods: We have our cloths in now; come
and get samples and compare the prices with Hazleton. A full
line of hats and caps. Muffs for ladies and children. Carpets
and oil cloths : We have Hemp for 18c, Ray for 30c and Brussels
for 55c and up. Furniture and beddings: Have a good bedstead,
only $2.50; a royal plush lounge, $6.00; mattresses, $2.75 up, and
a good spring for $1.25. Notions, etc., of every description.
We can make you comfortable in underwear: Children's, 15c up;
men s, 50c up; all-wool scarlet, 75c; get a pair before they all go.
Gloves, mitts and thousands of other articles. Wall paper and
stationery, also window shades; we have everything in that line.
We suppose everybody has seen our latest prices in groceries so
all we will say is to invite you to come and give us a trial. Save
money by trading with the cheapest man in town.
Yours truly,
J. C. BERNER.
REMEMBER
PHILIP GKRITZ,
Practical WATCHMAKER & JEWELER.
15 Front Street (Next Door to First National Rank), Freeland.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
A Large Stock of Boots, Shoes, Gaiters, Slippers, Etc. Also
HATS. CAPS and GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS of All Kinds.
We Invite You to Call and Inspect Our New Store.
GOOD MATERIAL! LOW PRICES!
HTXGHEI MAT,T.nw,
Corner Centre and Walnut Sts., Freeland.
SCHOENER & BIRKBECK, 3S r.~
"Wlxolesale axxd. DSeta.il.
All kinds of plumbing and spouting done at short notice in
the most approved style. We carry the largest stock of goods in
Freeland and extend an invitation to the public to inspect them.
A sweeping reduction has been made in all our tire arms.
$25 guns are selling at $26, S2O guns are going at sls and sls
guns can be had for $lO. Ammunition also reduced.
HOLIDAY GOODS ON HAND.