FREELAND TRIBUNE.!' Published Every Thursday Afternoon |ll -BY TIIOS. A. BUCKLEY, ] EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS, - - SI.OO PER TEAIi. Address all Communications to FREELAND TRIBUNE, FREELAND, PA. j 1 Olllce, Birkbeck Briclt, 3d floor, Centre Street. Entered at the Freeland Postojfi.ee as Second Class Matter. FREELAND, PA., JUNE 4, 1801. j '— " i THE Doylestown Democrat strikes right out from the shoulder and says j that the "pension bureau, from the ■ best evidence the public can get, is j rotten from top to bottom, and unless some steps be taken to correct its abuses, and that right soon, they will be laid bare by the next Congress. The pension system is rapidly be coming a stench in the public nostrils. Profuse waste and profligacy always ! lead to extravagance." ALTHOUGH contradictory reports are ( ! always current regarding Secretary Blaine's health, it is doubtful if he i could stand the strain of a Presideu- • tial campaign. This is regretted by j 1 Democrats more than Republicans, as the former recognize in the Plumed j ' Knight a foeman who would add in | , terest and enthusiasm to the contest. , The only other available candidate of i the Grand Old Party is Benjamin H., ' j and it will be child's play for the i : Democrats to knock Grandfather's . Hat out of the world of politics. :l As usual, the Legislature was ex j. ceedingly industrious in its last days, f passing a great number of bills that i I: were neglected for months. It is j pretty hard on the Governor to have jo so much work piled upon him in a \ 1 few hours, but it is reasonably certain s that if there has been any careless or | • crooked work done in this hurried fash t ion it will be corrected by the Executive j veto. It is a great comfort to know | t that there is this sure check back of ! i a Legislature trying to crowd a I month's work into "21 hours. — Luih/i r.! i PAUPERISM has steadily increased in ' the United States during the last j thirty years, and so has "protection." Pauperism has steadily decreased in | Great Britain for the last thirty years, j : although labor in that country is un-1 I protected. There were 50 paupers j 1 to the 1000 in Great Britain in 1801. i v There are only '2O to the 1000 now. j, It is possible that the increase of pnu- 1 t perism in the United States, under 1 1 the protective policy, and its decrease in Great Britain, under the free trade policy, have nothing to do with tariffs; j but it will be admitted on every hand ■ that the facts are puzzling.— Record. ' WHEN Philadelphia's new city treas- I urer stepped into his office on Mon day he found the money drawers empty, every cent having been swept away by rotten banks and the gang j of Republican plunderers who have been robbing the State and city for years. Thousands of workingmen j had orders for small amounts, but they would have had to wait perhaps for weeks if it were not for their gen ' erous-hearted friend,Wm.M. Singerly, of the Record , who advanced the city treasurer $50,000 to pay the laborers' claims, with orders to draw upon him 1 until every workingman is paid the ] money due him. That is a sample ofj Philadelphia Republicanism and Phila delphia Democracy. THE new registration law, which | goes into effect at once, will do a little in the way of correcting certain elec tion evils, especially in the large citii s 1 where "repeaters" do their voting I early and often. The new act re { quires that the assessor, instead of J using old lists, shall make an entirely j new registration, based upon visits from house to house, and that he j shall set down not only the name and I occupation of the voter, place of resi- j dence, name of employer and name of J person with whom he is boarding, if any, but also the address of known residents of the election division who have furnished information as to the qualification of the voter. The names j are to be arranged by streets, so that | the persons assessed from a particu I j lar house may be readily found on the j i list. The assessors' and registers' [ I lists in some places have heretofore |' been very bad, and laid the founda- j ! tion for election frauds. The Company Slure 1.,,,,. This bill was passed finally in the last j i hours of the Legislature, but so far it 11 has been impossible to procure a copy of ; < the law as passed. It is thought that ! i some alterations Were made in the 11 Senate. Representative .Icffrey is unable I to state whether or not the bill was amended by the Senate, as ho left Harrisburg immediatelv after adjourn- i inent. Several letters asking for infor mation on this subject Were sent to the I capital, but no definite knowledge as to i its present bearing could he ascertained. .Tames L. Knapp, Harrisburg correspon-1 dent of the Philadelphia U'ri.rtl. fur-! nisiies the TRIBUNE with the provisions I of the bill as introduced by Representa tive Karrell and passed by the House. Unless changed in the Senate it is a very good measure. It prohibits mining and manufacturing corporations or their offi cers or stockholders from engaging in ; business for the.sale of goods or merchan dise other than that mined or manu-! factured by the company. Upon the | the complaint of two citizens the Attor ney General is directed to bring proceed ings against any corporation disobeying ; the law, and if found guilty such cor-1 poration will forfeit its chatter. it is! likely, however, that a loophole was left by the Senate, and the Tumi NI: will try to obtain a more complete account of the Jaw next week. Subscribe for the TRIBUNE. NOTES EROM OTHER TOWNS. —One hundred tailors in Pittston are are on strike for an increase of wages. —Slavonic societies from everywhere held a large parade at Ilazleton on Sat urday. —Klliott P. Kisner is favorably men tioned as a delegate to the constitutional convention. —General Hastings will act as chair man of the Welsh eisteddfod at Moun tain Park on June 20. —Luzerne County has 07 prisoners in the county jail and 103 inmates in the Danville Insane Asylum. —Terrence McC iee, thirteen years old, was drowned while bathing in the Sus quehanna near Xanticoke. —The Weatherly Herald has begun its twelfth year with brilliant prospects ahead for the town and paper. —One Pole was killed and another in jured by a fall of coal at the Green Mountain colliery on Tuesday. —Edward Rodgers, of Wilkes-Barre, and Miss Mary A. McCloskey of Beaver Meadow, were married on Tuesday. —The Clan-na-Gael of Luzerne and Lackawanna Counties will hold a union picnic at Mountain Park on June 27. —Democratic candidates for county ! offices are bobbing up and placing tliem- I selves in the hands of their friends. —Editor Maloy, of the Lansford Re | cord, issued an eight-page paper on Sat urday, filled with appropriate Memorial Day reading. —The Register of Wills is doing a rushing marriage license business since the Ist inst. June brides in Luzerne promise to he as numerous as butterflies. —P. F. CatYrey, of Ashley, chairman of the Knights of Labor Legislative Committee, was appointed yesterday to the clerkship in the Executive depart ment at Harrisburg. —John Armstead, claiming to be a United States officer, compelled nine Xanticoke saloon-keepers to pay him SSO each or go to jail. He was discovered and is now in "Limbo" himself. —"Big Joe" and Basil Franco, two of the Jeanesville survivors who went star ring as freaks, have sued Haydon & Co. for $25,000 damages. Their prospects of not getting it are very good. —Wallace's eircus showed at Ilazleton on Monday and at Pittston on Tuesday. The papers of our neighboring town seemed scarcely able to praise it high enough, while the Pittston scribes say it is composed of scores of gamblers, fakirs and all-around toughs. —Sam Small's lecture on "Is Civiliza tion a Failure?" leads the Nmsdealer to remark that it is in a great many res pects —as for instance a man who steals bread for a starving family getting six months in jail, while a cashier or bank president who steals millions gets off with a couple of years. A la Philadelphia "Press." Sub-Editor of American Paper—Say, Mr. Hooperup, there's a report of a terri ble eviction case. A woman, who was defending her home against the evictors, was fatally shot. Editor—You don't say so; write a good strong article on it, showing what an in fernal system of despotism exists in Ire land, in contrast with the glorious liberty of our American institutions. You don't know how to put it. Sub-Editor—Yes, but this wasn't in Ireland, you know. It was in Pennsyl vania. But I suppose I'd better con demn it pretty strongly all the same. I Editor—You idiot ; what are you think ing of ? No; if you say anything about it, denounce the lawlessness of the foreign element who think they can come here and have everything their own way.— I Mice. EC KITE Y NOTES. j P. J. Tolan spent Memorial Day with | his parents at Wilkes-Barre. Misses Annie O'Donnell and Bridget llaggerty spent a few days with friends at Freeland last week. Michael P. Campbell, ex-President of St. Mary's T. A. B. Society, spent Sun | day here. I John Wagner, who has been ill for ! the past month, is getting better, i The Terrors and Silver Brooks crossed ; bats last Sunday afternoon. Six innings ! were played when the game was stopped | on account of rain, the score standing C ito 10 in favor of Silver Brook. The j features of the gawe were Ward's home ' run hit and O'Donnell's great fly catch ing i" h'ft field. I The cornet band of thisplace held a j picnic hereon Saturday evening. Danc ing was kept up until a late hour, when I all returned to their homes well pleased I with the evening's enjoyment. The I music was furnished by Messrs. Mc i Groarty Kelly's Orchestra. SNOW BOY. Coal Prices Advanced. j The anthracite coal trade has assumed j its normal condition for this season of I the year. The demand for coal is light and prices are less firm than they were, while the output of coal is being increas ed. There was a spirit of activity noted early last week, but this was due to pur chases in anticipation of an increase in prices on June 1. Reports from Western lake distributing ports indicate an im proving tendency in the anthracite trade there. The stocks of coal throughout the West and Xorthwestare reported to he well depleted, and there is noted con siderable Inquiry for coal for shipment during this and next month. Tlie re ports from Buffalo confirm the above, and shipments of anthracite from that port are active and increasing. The Xew England trade is quiet and without noteworthy change. In Philadelphia and vicinity there is little new business doing, and several of the larger anthra cite companies as well as individual oper ators are said to be cutting prices materi ally. The General Sales Agents of the Anthracite Companies met at New York •ni last Thursday and agreed to advance the prices 15 cents per ton. It was also agreed to make the output of anthracite for the month of June 3,250,000 tons. The total amount of anthracite coal sent to market for the week ending May 23, as reported by the several carrying companies, was 764,790 tons, compared with 643,513 tons in the corres ponding week last year, an increase of 121,283 tons. The total amount of an thracite mined thus far in the year 1891 was 13,303,458 tons, compared with 11,- 264,483 tons for the same period last year, an increase of 2,128,975t0ns. — Ledger. Drunkenness, or the Liquor Habit, Posi tively Cured ly uduiiiisteriiig Dr. Haines' Golden Specific. It is manufactured us powder, which can be iriven in a glass of beer, it cupof coffee or tea, or in food, without the knowledge of the pa tient. It is absolutely harmless, and will effect a pcmiuncnt. and speedy cure, whether the pa tient Is n moderate th inker or an alcoholic wreck, it has been given In thousands of eases and in every instance a perfect cure has tol lowed. never i nils. The system once Im | prog I luted with the spceillc, it becomes an utter ! I impossibility for the liquor appetite to exist. Cures guaranteed. 48 page book of particulars free. Address (lOM)EN SPECIFIC CO., IK.-, Race St.. Cincinnati, O. It would require superhuman com prehension for any one to form an idea I of how much money was spent by the i hist Republican Congress. The actual J . appropriations come near s6l for every I hour of the 1890 years A. I>. which had 1 expired before the footings of the ex pense of two years of Radicalism in the I'nited States were made up. If you j J are a Republican, multiply 1890 by 365, the product by 24, and divide this latter product into $1,<108,000,000 so that you , can get for yourself some idea of what Republicanism means when it is ex pressed in figures.— Catasaiujua Hecord. . THE Ashley Observer has a humorist | for an editor, but that does not prevent ' him from dropping chunks of logic 1 among his jokes. Last week he fell into j - an inquisitive mood over fools, and said to his readers: If the people put a saddle on their backs ami invito the j monopolist to get on and ride and ho ' ( does not do it, he is a fool. If the : monopolist puts a saddle on the people's back and then attempts to get on and ride, and the people do not kick, they j are fools. Which fool are you? TTOlt SERVICE.—A Jersey bred Hull. For , , J ' particulars apply to JOHN Sen NEK, South Heberton. rpwo LOTS FOR SALE, SITUATED O.N j , JL Washington Street, Five Points, Freeland. ' For terms apply to PATIHCK MCFAIIDKN, Eekley, Pa. ] TiR SALE.— One lot 43feet, 9 inches front by > I" 150 feet deep, containing one large double l block of buildings and out-houses 28x32 feet, j also one house on rear of lot 14x24 feet and - stable 14x14 feet, all in good condition and fenced, situated on lower Main street, near the Cottage Hotel. The property of Frank Mc- Shea, a good title guaranteed. For further par ticulars and terms apply to T. A. lift K LEY, Freeland. Pa. Birkbeck Hrick Washington House, 11 Walnut Street, above Centre. oi. Goeppert, 'Prop. The best of Whiskies, Wines, Gin and Cigars. , Good stabling uttaehed. ARNOLD & KItELL'S Deer and Porter Always on Tap. DANIEL J. KENNEDY, DEALER IN FINE CIGARS AND TOBAC CO, TEMPERANCE DRINK, CONFEC TIONARY, ETC. Centre Street, Freeland, Pa. COTTAGE HOTEL, Cor. of Main and Washington Streets, PKEELA-ND, IELA-. MATT SIEGER. Proprietor. Having leased the above hotel and furnished ! it in the best style, 1 am prepared to cater to the wants of the traveling public. |2#" GOOD STABLING ATTACHED. Wm. Wehrmann, WATCHMAKER,; Moran's Block Front St., Freeland. Cleaning 8 Day Clocks, 50 cts. [ " Alarm " 25 " ■ " Watches, 50 " Main Springs, 40 Cts, to SI.OO Jewelry repaired at short notice. All Watch i Repairing guaranteed for one year. Where to Find Him! Patrick Carey has removed from the Ameri [ can hotel to .John MeShoa's block, !." and 1)7 Centre Street, when; he can be found with a full line of Medical Wines, (Jin, Brandies, Hum, Old Hyo and Borbon Whiskey. Any person who is dry and wants a cold, fresh, large schooner of beer will be satisfied by calling at Carey's. Good Accommodation For All. I SIX DIFFERENT KINDS OF lIEEH ON TAP. | PENS I (>NS THE DISABILITY HILL IS A LAW. j Soldiers Disabled Since the War are KutitUd i Dependent widows and parents now dependent ; whose sons died from effects of army service are included. If you wish your claim speedily and successfully prosecuted, JAMES TANNER, Lute Com. of Pensions, Washington, I>. C. I CITIZENS' BANK OF FEE ELAND. 15 Front Street. CJapital, - $50,000. OFFICERS. JOSEPH BIRKIIECK, President. 11. C. KOONS, Vice President. B. it. DAVIS, ('ashler. JOHN SMITH, Secretary. DIRECTORS. Joseph Birkl>eck, H. ('. Koons, Thomas Birk iieck, Charles Dusheek, John Wagner, John M. ; Powell, 2d, William Kemp, Anthony Hudewlok, Mathias Sehwalie, Al. Shive, John Smith. W Three per cent, interest paid on saving deposits. Open daily from ! a. m. to 4 p. m. Saturday evenings from 0 to 8. I FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF IBID TOWNSHIP SCHOOL HIST. For the year ending Juno 1, 1891, Jacob Fox, collector of school taxes, in account with Foster Township. DR. To amount of duplicate $12,090 05 | " " " supplemental tax 113 00 I To amount of dog tax 175 00 ! $12,378 65 CR. Amount of rebate ments on $6060 paid within GO days at 5 per cent $ 300 00 Com. abatements... 102 02 Abatements for er rors in of assess ment 35 45 Dog taxes refunded 5 00 Seated land taxes returned to com missioners 545 48 Unseated land taxes returned to com missioners 179 48 Exon'tions of school tax 085 72 Paid treasurer in first 00 days 6000 00 Paid treasurer after GO days 4041 30 Amount due front collector less com mission 483 35 A. P. Welch, treasurer, in account with j Foster Township. DR. Received from ex-treasurer.. 8 <194 87 State appropriation 2512 91 Election rent for 1889 5 00 From county commissioners.. 251 64 Tuition from Rutler two G 00 From county commissioners, election rent 42 00 Received from Jacob Fox, tax collector 10,041 30 $13,553 72 CR. To amount of teach ers' salaries $9279 00 To amount of fuel and contingencies 811 93 Paid teachers for at tending county in stitute 200 00 Cleaning schools... 186 00 Repairing schools