FREELAND TRME.
Published Every Thursday Afternoon
-BY
TIIOS. A. BUCKLEY,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
TERMS, - - SI.OO PER YEAR.
Address nil Communications to
FREELAND TRIBUNE,
FREELAND, PA.
Office, Blrkbcck Brick, :kl lloor, Centre Street.
Entered at the Freeland Postoffice as Second
Class Matter.
FREELAND, DECEMBER 1!), 188!).
THE latest news from the new re
public of Brazil tends to confirm the
fears of many who did not believe
that the new government was inaugu
rated as bloodless as reported. In
the interior there were several con
flicts between the monarchist and re- j
publican factions and many deaths!;
resulted. However, it was a wonder- j
ful change and the cost very little.
MICH is tolerated in the way of
eulogiuin in obituarities, and the
writers are not expected to infringe
the venerable injunction to "speak no
evil of the dead," but it is stretching
forbearance very far and bespeaking
for the subject more than the largest
reverence can tolerate to try to believe
even a little of what some journals
have said this week of Franklin B.
Gowen. The least said of him the
more respected will be his memory.
THE editorial staff of the Philn.
En&ning Telegraph presents some
very curious and diverse views to its
readers when airing that journal's
opinions of the tariff. How many
writers constitute the staff we do not
know, hut is a certain fact that one of
those "wicked" free traders is sand- |
wiched in somewhere among the lot. ]
He frequently gets off his guard, and
forgetting that he is writing for a
hide bound protectionist organ, pro
ceeds to treat the Telegraph readers
to some good sound Democratic doc
trine.
FRANKLIN B. GOWEN, whose despotic
power was for many years felt
throughout the whole anthracite coal
regions, resorted to the lowly method
of self murder in departing from this
life. No one seems to know the cause
of this cowardly act, his relations,
public anil private, being such that
few men possess, yet there must have
been, as his motive, some unknown
fear to live longer. It is sad to think
that there are men who would rather
meet their God with the sin of mur
der on their souls than face the world
with some, perhaps insignificant,
trouble that might lower them in its
eyes. Gowen is gone, but thousands
yet remain to suffer the effect of the
despicable systems which he inaugu
rated in the coal regions of Pennsyl
vania.
Teacher**' Institute.
The Luzerne County Teachers' Insti
tute opened its annual session at Wilkes-
Barre Monday morning, to continue
during this week. There are no less
than 70U teachers in attendance. The
session was opened by Rev. Dr. Phillips,
who offered a fervent nrayer, in which
reference was touchingiy made to the
great loss sustained by the teachers in
the death of Dr. Uigbee, who had, in
life, attended the Institute nearly every
year. Dr. W. G. Weaver followed, and I
made the annual address of welcome, j
In the evening Russel 11. Conwell
delivered a lecture on "The Jolly Earth- j
quake." The sessions have been very
instructive and entertaining and the I
lectures well attended in the evenings. '
The following institute notes are from
the Newsdealer :
Prof. J. B. Laubach, the popular and |
handsome principal of Freeland schools,
is supplying his friends with the Inxti- i
tute. lie reports business lively.
John M. Carr and Charles Kennedy
have been nominated for membership !
on the permanent certificate committee.
Charles F. Mcllugh, a teacher of con- j
siderable prominence in this county for I
several years, was recently admitted to
the bar. Charley is now a member of
the firm of Strauss & Halsey.
John M. Carr of Drifton is a popular
candidate for the permanent certificate
committee.
Mrs. Mary Coyle of Ilazle township j
carries a note book and takes down all
the good points for future use.
John S. McGroarty takes a deep inter
est in the institute this year. In fact, he
is completely wrapped up in one partic- '
ular portion of it.
Charles Kennedy has smiles only for
the ladies who control a large number of
votes.
Many of the female teachers from the ;
rural districts sigh for the return of
Thomas \\ . Hart to the profession. His
sweet smile and guileless innocence has
left a void which no other attraction call
iill.
Ihe oft-expressed wish of certain
prominent teachers that. Supt. C'oughlin
should bo appointed to till the vacancy
caused by the death of State Supt.
Higbce, may not be as disinterested as
many imagine. Mr. Coughlin's promo
tion would also create a vacancy vou
know.
Weekly Coal Report.
The anthracite coal trade is very dull,
there being little new demand from any
quarter. Last week there was a partial
restriction of production in the upper
Lehigh and Wyoming regions, and a
number of the collieries of the Pennsyl- '
vannia Coal Company, the Lehigh and
Wilkes-Barre Coal Company, the Dela
ware and Hudson Company and other
corporations and individual operators
were shut down for two or three days.'
This curtailment is said to have resulted
in a scarcity of some branyg of ( . on j
for which there is a growing demand,' i
owing to the increasing consumption of
the steam sizes. The Eastern, Western
and Southern trade is very quiet and the
local business is reported extremely dull.
The total amount of anthracite coal
sent to market for the week ending
December 7, as reported by the several
cirrying companies, was 070,005 tons,
compaied with 704,877 tons in the corres
ponding week last year, a decrease of
28,872 tons. The total amount of an
thracite mined thus far in the year 1880
was 33,278,014 tons, compared with 36,-
280,487 tons for the same period last year,
a decrease of 3,001,873 tons.— Ledger.
Labor in England and America.
Republican organs, when endeavoring
to point out the beneficial results of a j
high tariff, are wont to quote the wages
of the laborers in the United States and I
England as a basis of comparison. It is
true that the earnings of workingmen in
America are greater than those of the
same class in Free Trade England, but
the difference in the cost of living is
always omitted. The difference in the
price of the necessaries of life ranges
j between one-half and one-third lower
across the water, and another very im
portant item that should always be con
sidered is the unequal amounts produced
by the people of both countries. The
Pittsburg Labor Tribune , commenting on
the declaration of the President of the
Pennsylvania Steel Company in favor of
free ore, says that if Pennsylvania iron
masters could get their ore as cheaply as
their British competitors obtain it the
cost of Bessemer pig production would
be about the same in this state as in
England. The labor difference in the
cost, the Tribune also states, is only two
cents per ton—the product per man in
America being 2 3-10 tons as against one
ton per man in England. From this it '
may be seen that, allowing the American 1
mechanic one-half as much more wages 1
as his fellow-craftsman in England, he
produces almost two and one-half times
the amount for the same money. Tak
ing into consideration the cost of food in
America the English laborers, as far as
their finances are concerned, are un-
I doubtedly better off than those in Penn
| sylvania. The mere fact that the latter
receives more money per day does not
entitle them to be classed as being better
paid. The cost of living, how they live
and the amounts produced are items of
more importance than the daily pittance
received when making a comparison.
Wluit May llapi><>n hi '9*4.
That both of the leading political par-
I ties of to-day are burdened with a class
who try to control them from purely
selfish motives no one will deny. The
main strength of each party is composed
of persons whose aims and objects
should be alike, and who should work
in harmony and together. The Demo
cratic party, in principles and as a gen
eral rule in actions, is the party for the
people, yet it is now in danger of being
presented with a leader in 1895 who
would positively drag its honorable
name down to the level of his own. '
Governor Hill of New York, whose am
bition to be president of the United
States is so well known, has his hench
men at work throughout the country
working up his claims in every known
manner. That lie is a Democrat because
it is profitable to him to he such was
shown so often by his monopolistic
| views and his utter disregard of the
I party's pledges during his terms as
governor. It could be regarded as
nothing less than a national calamity
for Hill to secure the nomination, never
theless his campaign is already started
and is being furthened through the
agency of a "literary bureau." It is
rather early to prophecy about 1892, but
if Hill should be nominated what a
splendid opportunity it would be to
gather the honest and well-meaning
men of each party into a new party,
which would know what it wanted and
would not be afraid to ask for it.
A Comiiimi<la)>lo Movement.
I Appearances indicate tliatFreelanders
are to be given an opportunity to hear j
I some of the most prominent lecturers of
j the day during this winter. Next Mon
; day evening Mrs. Belva Lockwood will
I appear, under the auspices of Camp 147,
j P. O. S. of A., taking as her subject,
' "Marriage Not a Failure." On Saturday
evening, January 18, the famous silver- |
tongued orator, Daniel Dougherty of 1
New York, will speak under the auspices j
of the Young Men's T. A. 15. Society.
Lectures delivered by such eminent !
people cannot help but be instructive j
to the people who will attend, and the j
above-named organizations are to be j
commended for taking this step which
will help to improve and educate the
minds of their members and the public. i
Should those be given the encourage- .
ment they deserve it is probable that:
several other equally distinguished per- i
sonages will appear in the near future.
Can't Disguise Its Malevolent Spirit.
The final remarks of the Progrew last
week concerning the late contest was in
every manner characteristic of its recent
utterances. Its chagrin at the outcome
of the controversy is so ill-concealed
that it manifests itself in every sentence, j
Those unavailing mutterings of a dis- |
tempered organ are too ridiculous to
receive any further notice.
Tlx; Purchase of Cuba.
Senator Call of Florida thinks the
people of the United States have not;
quite enough territory, and he therefore j
proposes to draw the government into a
real estate speculation in the Island of i
Cuba. To this end he has introduced a j
resolution in the senate to authorize the
president to open negotiations with the
Spanish Government. Spain is to be j
asked to name the figure in hard cash !
; for which she would relinquish all claim I
j to Cuba and consent to the establishment !
of the island as a free and independent!
Republic.
Spain has on so many occasions shown
her reluctance to part with the richest j
gem in her territorial crown that propo- !
ski oils of this kind are impertinent and
offensive. The Spaniards are poor, but
proud. Rut, even though they should
be willing to accept a good round sum
('uba, it is a question whether the island
would not he a dear purchase to the
people of this country at any price.
This country has already quite enough
alien and heterogeneous elements of
population to test to the utmost the
assimilative capacity of its political insti- j
tut ions. To drag in Cuba, with its
million and a half of Spaniards and
i enfranchised blacks, most of whom are
densely ignorant of our form of govern
ment, would needlessly increase the
j strain.
! If Spain should give up Cuba she
would no longer have any interest in
retainining Porto Rico ; and that island
would have to be thrown in with the
bargain. In such a case upward of two
millions and a quarter of Spaniards and
negroes, utterly unfamiliar with free
institutions, would be endowed with
American citizenship. The difficulties
of the "negro problem," which now
cause so much embarrassment to some of
our politicians, would be only increased
by the introduction into the body politic
of a mass of aliens more than half of
whom are blacks.
When the Island of Cuba shall become
free, whether with or without the con
sent of Spain, her natural place will be
in the Union of the Central American
Republics. In such an alliance Cuba
would be united with people of the same
race, social customs and methods of poli
tical thought and action. But no ter
ritorial or other material advantage
through the acquisition of Cuba could
compensate this country for the political
evils that would flow from its annexa
tion. Even Secretary Blaine's desire to
avert threatened invasions of yellow
fever is not sufficient argument for the
purchase of the island. Its endemic;
moral and political diseases are more to
be dreaded than the epidemics which
may be occasionally wafted from its
shores.— Pliila. Record.
The StateHinen of the Future.
In an article on the present and future
political econominists, and the difference
in their ideas and views the Memphis
Appeal states that the old school of
political economy is rapidly passing
away and a new class is coming into
prominence led by such men as Thomas
G. Shearman, Henry George, Herbert
Spencer and others, in all degrees of
radicalism. The old school economists,
many of whom still exist, had one and
only one panacea for all ills. Their
system of political, domestic or social
economy was, merely, economy. Save.
Spend less than you make. Stint your
self. Be content if you only have a rock
for a pillow and the canopy of heaven
for a roof. Save. Don't growl and
grumble ; don't chafe and fret and fume.
Save. No matter how scant your store.
Save.
There are certain would-be statesmen
still in existence whose knowledge of!
economic problems is bounded on the
north and on the south, on the east and
on the west, and all around about by
thisone monosyllable. Save. They will
get up before a lot of farmers who wear
hickory shirts and jean pants, and whose
wives and daughters wear gingham and
cotton stripes, and in florid sentences tell
them how to grow rich by saving. To
them the brute force of grasping all that
is in sight, and the animal instinct of
holding and hoarding it, is the nine qua
non, and all things else are merely
matters of unimportant detail.
They think that, no matter what else
happens, if people save, they will be
come wealthy and consequently happy,
if they save.
National wealth depends upon the
productive capacity of the nation, and
the productive capacity of the nation is
regulated and fixed by the productive
capacity of each individual, or integral
| part of that nation. It does not result
from what is saved, but from what is
produced. The true economist teaches
people not to sit down contentedly, as
does a Mexican peon with a sack of meal
and a goat and endeavor to save it, but
rather how to increase their producing
capacity.
Ample production or overproduction
does not necessarily bring plenty and
happiness to all people. Unless states
men in fact, as well as in name, are
chosen to enact laws for the distribution
of wealth, or rather laws to prevent a
congestion of wealth and its monopoli
zation by a few, the more wealth there
is produced the more poverty will there
be, relatively.
Wealth attracts wealth, and the richer
a man becomes the greater will be his
income, and tins income must be fur
nished by the labor of the poor who are
becoming poorer in the same ratio. The
facts obtainable and presented from time
to time by clever thinkers, and publish
ed broadcast, are arousing people from
that impotent lethargy which prevailed
so long. Unless conditions are changed
the time must come when a very few
will control all wealth. Unless condi
tions change the time must come when
the cormorant shall be met by the com
mune. These are not fairy tales, hut
facts susceptible of a mathematical de
monstration.
"A Yankee in King Arthur's Court."
It is four years since the world has
had an original book from Mark Twain;
his "Library of Humor," though re
markably well received, was a compila
tion, and the publishers of his works arc
constantly being asked if they have not
a new original work by him. Both
authors and publishers generally think
that their latest publication is the best ;
but, keeping tbis prejudice in view, they
feel safe in saying that this book is the
best Mark Twain has ever produced. It
is bubbling over with bright and entirely
original humor; its satire, though keen,
is wholesome, and its pathos true and
impressive. The work was written with
an object—to show that true nobility is
inherent, not inherited ; that birth con
fers no rights not sustained by nature.
This object iH made agreeably manifest
on every page. The book answers the
Godly slurs that have been cast at us for
generations by the titled gentry of Kng
land. It is a gird at nobility and royalty,
and makes most irreverent fun of these
"sacred" things. It is not a loosely
connected number of incidents and
essays, but a fascinating story, compart,
complete, and continuous; growing in
interest from the first page to the last.
It is a book that every man, woman and
child in this country should read and be
proud of. It is thoroughly clean, whole
some, humorous, instructive, and patri
otic. Any further information can be
had by addressing the publishers, whose
ad. appears elsewhere.
Correspondence From the Capital.
WASHINGTON, December 17, 1889.
The commonest pastime in Washing
ton for a fortnight after a new Congress
assembles is to sit in the House galleries
and study the new physiognomy and
anatomy below. The senate is never
new, for changes are so few and so small
in proportion to the whole number of
senators that the new faces are soon
identified and analyzed. But the house
is one-third new every two years. Half
a dozen of the members who took fresh
seats at this session have been in con
gress before. Among them were Gen.
Banks, who was speaker years ago; 11.
L. Morey, to whom Gen. Garfield did or
did not write a certain letter once upon
a time; Hoswell P. Flower and M. H.
Bunnell of sand-hauling fame. But lis
of the new men were taking their initial
experience in congressional life.
New faces have not changed the
Democratic side of the chamber as much
as the other. Mr. Reed found that he
must go diligently at work to get ac
quainted with his own forces. The
speaker's eye was likely to recognize
more men from the minority than the
majority. The South has replaced 27 of
its 97 members with new men. New
England has retired over half of her
representatives in the fiftieth congress.
Four of the nine Pacific coast delegation
are new to the house. Forty-two of the
118 Western members are strangers, and
thirty-two of the seyenty representa
tives from the middle states are novices
in the "American House of Commons."
One can hear and learn a good deal of
what's going on in the political circles at
the capital in the lobby of a hotel. And
much information is thus gleaned that
couldn't otherwise be obtained by the
correspondents. The other evening
while strolling through the lobby of the
Ebbitt House 1 heard a gentleman re
mark that of all of the cabinet officers
Blaine was the most exclusive. That
was a singular remark to make, and yet
it was very significant. An investigation
next day disclosed the fact that the
assertion made about the Plumed
Knight's exclusiveness was true. Con
gressmen having business at the State
Department say that it's almost impos
sible to secure an audience with its pres
ent autocratic head. Frequently the
members call at the Department two
and three times and wait sometimes an
j hour before they are ushered into the
august presence of Harrison's Premier.
It is beginning to be very well under
stood that the magnetic statesman is not
the approachable man he is alleged to
be, and the fact that he denies himself
to people having business with the head
of the State Department is not calculated
to impress one with the democracy of
the Administration in that Department.
* *
The great subject that congress will
have to wrestle with at the present ses
sion is the World's Fair project. In the
public buildings here, the machinery of
the government which is in operation
every day, in the National Museum col
lections, and the official and historical
archives of the government, Washington
has already a World's Fair, hardly less
interesting to Americans and foreigners
alike than anything that could be
brought together in metropolitan cities.
Washington's weakness lies altogether
in the direction of transportation facil
ities. Let the railroad companies
answer this question satisfactorily, and
' I have no doubt Washington will carry
the? Exposition with a rush. I have
1 unlimited faith in the capacity of the
Washington boarding houses. Half a
million people can be accomodated in
them fully as long as they will want to
stay.
The president's message was a very
interesting document, and nobody read
it with more interest than the distin
guished secretary of state. Three years
ago Maine gave it as his opinion that
"trusts are private affairs with which
neither President Cleveland nor any
private person has any right to inter
fere." We all accented this as sound
political economic doctrine. But the
president sets down on this theory with
a thousand horse-power force in his
message, lie says that trusts, "when
organized to crush out all healthy com
petition, are dangerous conspiracies
against the public good and should be
made the subject of prohibitory and
even penal legislation." Well, well!
Here is a wide divergence of opinion
between two great statesmen to be sure !
And to think that the president, for
whose election certain trusts "put up"
the much-needed "fat" in 1888, talking
like this! Truly did the great Bard of
Avon remark, "How sharper than a
serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless
child!" R.
NEW OIIDINANCK.
An ordinance for the widening of Cen
tre Street in the borough of Freeland.
Be it ordaiMed and enaet<Ml by the bur WHS mid
town council ot the borough of Freeland,
and it is hereby ordained and enacted by the
That Centre Street, from Front Street to Wal
nut StreeJ,said borough be widened, laid out
and opened to a total width of thirty CM)) feet,
exclusive of sidewalks, which shall be six (♦>)
feet wide on each side of said street.
T. A. BUCKLEY, WILLIAM JOHNSON,
Secretary. President.
Passed finally in council on third read
ing, on the 7th day of October, 1889.
N OTICE is hereby given that an application
will lie made to the Governor of Pennsyl
vania, on Wednesday, the 22d day of January,
A. I)., MX), under the Act,of 13th May, 1870, and
its supplements, for the Charter of an intended
eorporution to be called the "Citizens' Bank of
Freeland, Pa.," which is to be located in the
Borough of Freeland, County of Luzerne, State
of Pennsylvania, its object being to carry on a
general banking business according to the laws
of Pennsylvania, and its capital stoek to be
Fifty Thousand Dollars, and for that purpose
to have and enjoy all the righto, benefits and
privileges conferred by said Act of Assembly
and its supplements.
JOHN D. HAYEK, Solicitor.
Freeland, Pa., October 14,1889.
VfOTICE TO TAX PAY KUS.-The taxpayers |
AN of the borough of Freeland are hereby
notified that an addition of 5 per cent, will be
added to ail taxes remaining unpaid on and
after December 28, 1889.
BKHNAKD MCLAUOHI.IN, Collector.
Freeland, November 12, 1881).
WANTED! FIVE THOUSAND PEOPLE!
Five thousand people are wanted to come and see our stock
and prices of ladies' and children's coats. We have all the
latest styles and our prices will surprise you. We have just
opened three cases of blankets, which are going from 75c up to
£7.o<) 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 llemp 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 in/
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. TBIEIRItTimiR-
Musical Festival!
TO 1K HELD AT
Freeland, March I, '9O.
VOCAL.
1. For choirs not less than GO in
number, "Arise All Ye Na
tions," (Lloyd) $250 00
2. For choirs of same number,
"We Never Will Bow Down,"
(Handel) 100 00
3. For choir of children not under
thirty in number, and not over
10 years of age, tenor and bass
to assist them, "He Knows,"
(Gospel Ilymns) 25 00
4. hor party of male voices, not
under twenty in number,
"Monk's March," (Parry) 25 00
5. Quartette, "Good Night, Gen
tle Folks," (Will L. Thompson) 800
0. Trio,"The Magic Wove Scarf,"
(Dittston Edition) G 00
7. Duett, "The Two Bards,"
(Price) 4 00
8. Bass solo, "The People That
Walketh in Darkness," (Mes
siah) 3 00
9. Baritone solo, "The Noble Boy
of Truth," (Parry) 3 00
10. Soprano solo, "But Thou
Didst Not Leave His Soul in
Hell," (Messiah) 3 00
11. For girls under 1G years of
age, "1 Love Iler Still," (M. 11.
Rosenfeld) 2 00
12. Tenor solo, "The Missing
Song," (I). Emlyn Evans) 3 00
INSTRUMENTAL.
To the band (brass or reed, and
not less than 20 in number)
that will best render a piece of
music of their own selection.. .$ 50 00
Cornet solo, "Delecta," (by Hi
Henry, published by A. Squire,
Cincinnati, O.) $ 5 00
RECITATIONS.
1. For men only, "The Falls of
Ladore," $ 300
2. For girls, "The Ship on Fire,"
(Oxford Junior Speaker) 3 00
3. For boys and girls, "The
Frenchman's Lesson," (Oxford
.1 unior Speaker) 4 oo
CONDITIONS.
1. No prizes shall be awarded without
sufficient merit.
2. All names of competitors to be in the
hands of the corresponding secretary
on or before February 5, 1889.
3. Competitors can use piano or organ or
sing without any.
4. All competitors can use Welsh or
English.
PRESIDENTS. —Hon. Eckley B. Coxe,
Drifton ; Alvin Markle, Esq., llazle
ton ; General D. H. Hastings, Belle
fonte; Josiah Williams, Esq., Lansford.
CONDUCTORS. —T. J. Edwards, T. Mor
gan (Llyfnwy).
ADJUDICATOR. —Prof. J. W. Parson Price,
New York ; accompanist, Prof. I). E.
Miles.
LEMUEL MORGAN,
Corresponding Secretary,
Box 82, Freeland, Pa.
A. RUDEWICK,
GENERAL STORE.
SOUTH HEBERTON, PA.
Clothing. Groceries. Etc., Etc.
Agent fur the sale of
PASSAGE TICKETS
From all the principal points in Europe
to all points in the Lnited States.
Agent for the transmission of
MONEY
To nil parts of Europe. Checks, Drafts,
and Letters of Exchange on Foreign
Banks cashed at reasonable rates.
IF YOU ARE DRY, AND WANT
1 the worth of your money, just give
HPa/tricls: Oa,re;y
a call, lie keeps the best beer and the
largest schooner.
Fine Rye Whiskey, Old Wines, Porter, Ale,
Cigars and AGARIC, the Great
Nerve Tonic.
Centre Street, below South, Freehold.
J. J. POWERS
has 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, ami attends to his business personally.
Ladies' outside garments cut and fitted to
measure in the latest style.
PATENTS
Caveat* and Re-issues secured, Tra<lc-Marks
registered, and all other patent causes in the
Patent Oltico and before the Courts promptly
and carefully prosecuted.
Upon receipt, of model or sketch of invention,
I make caretul examination, and advise as to
patentability free of charge.
With my olHces directly across from the Patent
Office, ami being in personal attendance there,
it Is apparent that 1 have superior facilities for
making prompt preliminary searches, for the
more vigorous ami successful prosecution of
applications for patent, and for attending to all
business entrusted to my care, in the shortest
possible time.
FKKS MOJJEUATK, ami exclusive attention
given to patent business. Information, advice
and special references sent on request.
J. K. LITTELL,
Solicllwand Attorney in Patent Causes,
Washington, I). ('„ j
(Mention tils paper) Opposite U.S.Putent Office.
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.
ClcttLirLg- :
The following extraordinary bargains are offered and must
go before January 20 : Men's overcoats, $3.00, reduced from $6-
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.
Ery Goods Department:
In this department we offer such astonishing low prices that
it will be to your financial loss if you don't call on us before pur
chasing elsewhere. Good canton flannel 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 #I.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. Muffs of every description from 40 cents up Chil
dren's muffs and collars, SI.OO per set.
-A-n. 33:x:tra,ord.iia.a,ry 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 20th
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
purses, but simply a gift to all those that feel disposed to'pat
ronizeus. Don't miss the opportunity. Give us a call, inspect
our goods and compare our prices with others.
JOSEPH NEUBERGER,
Leading Clothier and
Dry Goods Merchant.
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Biggest Inducement Ever Offered in Fr'ecland !
Read Carefully and Be Convinced!
Silver Cases, Elgin or Illinois Movement $ 5 50 and up
Silver Cases, Elgin, Waltham or Springflehl Movement 10 no and up
Ladies' 14 Karat Killed Cases. Elgin or Springfield Movement 18 00 and up
Ladies' 14 Karat Solid Gold Cases, Elgin or Springfield Movement.. 27 00 and up
Gents Janies Ross 14 2-10 Karat Filled Cases, Elgin or Springfield.. 40 00 and up
Also a large stock of P. S. Bartlett and Paitlard non-magnetic movements.
Also a complete stock of solid gold and band rings from $1.50 and up. Call and
inspect goods before purchasing elsewhere. Largest stock and lowest prices at
E. IMI. GEEITZ'S, Xjea,d.iixg: Jeweler,
Opposite Birkbeck Brick, Centre Street, Freeland, Penn'a.
BOOTS AND SPIOES.
A Large Stock of Boots, Shoes, Gaiters, Slippers, Etc. Also
HATS. CAPS and GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS of All Kinds.
A Special Line Suitable for This Season.
GOOD MATERIAL! LOW PRICES!
HUGH 3yC^.X J X J O"ST,
Corner Centre ami Walnut Sts., Freeland.
SCHOENER & BIRKBECK, 35Ce^.e,
"VvHaolesale aixd. D3etail.
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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 fire arms.
$25 guns are selling at S2O, s2(> guns are going at sls and sls
guns can be had for $lO. Ammunition also reduced.
HOLIDAY GOODS ON HAND.
Job Printing Done at the Tribune Office,