FREELAND TRIBUNE. VOL. IV. No. 23. LUZERNE COUNTY LAW. Its Effect is Not Felt by Two Lower End Criminals. A HUNGARIAN ACCUSED OF MAN SLAUGHTER AND AN ITALIAN OF MURDER SET FREE. Adam Petrick, a Hungarian, who stabbed to death James Cortese, an Italian, was tried on the charge of man slaughter at Wilkes-Barre on Thursday and Friday. This is the case which grew out of the affray between the ac cused, his brother and two Italians while they were on the road from Hazle ton to Hollywood on July 4. Cortese had taken a watch from Andrew Petrick and when the latter asked him to return it he drew a stilletto and stabbed him in the side. Adam Petrick then picked up a stone and struck Cortese, knocking him to the ground, after which he left him to attend to his brother's wounds. Petrick alleges thatthe unknown Italian, who was a companion of Cortese, then took the stiletto from the wounded man's side and killed him with his own weapon. This story is thought to be im probable but is given credence by the fact that the man disappeared after the tragedy and has not been seen in this section since. However it served its purpose on Petrick's behalf for the jury evidently believed the story and re turned a verdict of not guilty. After this case was finished Joseph DeComale WUH tried for murder. He is the man who was suspected of murder ing Katie fiorgano, a little Italian girl of I.attimer, last July, and then fled to Philadelphia, where he was captured. Since he has been in jail he has not been content at any time, believing from the day he was arrested that he was doomed to be hanged. This so preyed upon his mind that it unbalanced his reason and when he was taken before the court he could give no rational answer to any questions put to him. Evidence was given as to how the girl had been found dead, and DeComale, having left the town in haste on the day the crime was committed, was suspected of being the murderer. Frank DePierro, of town, was interpreter in the case and asked the prisoner whether he was guilty or not, when he angrily retorted, "I don't know." No evidence was given to sub stantiate the charge for which he was held and the jury rendered a verdict of auquital. DeComale is insane, beyond a doubt. After he had been given his freedom he walked through the court house yard and the streets of Wilkes-Barre for Beveral hours and was finally sent to the city prison on account of vagrancy. Accidents in the Miner*. Several persons were killed in the mines in different parts of the region during the past week. John Pala, a Polander, was killed in the Nottingham, at Plymouth, by a fall of coal. He was drilling a blast hole, with the drill at an angle of forty-five degrees, when a large piece of coal fell on his head, fracturing his skull. He leaves a wife and child. At the Wyoming mine, at Plains, John Poland and H. Sanders were seriously burned by an explosion. Poland died from the result of his injuries and San ders is lying in a critical state. At the No. 9 colliery, at Sugar Notch, Victor Meiskel, a Polish miner, aged about 35 years, and his laborer, Jos. Marchoski, were buried beneath a heavy fall of coal. When they were extricated Marchoski was dead, his chest was crush ed in and his ribs broken, lie had been instantly killed. Meiskel bad a leg broken and an arm crushed, besides sustaining several bruises on the head and body. John Iteaddy and a Polish laborer were killed and William Hopkins was mortally injured by a fall of top rock in Packer Colliery, at Shenandoah. Six persons were severely burned by an explosion at the Silverbrook colliery on Tuesday. John Sluteh and Mike Goedish, Hungarians, were the worst injured and were taken to the Hazleton Hospital. The former had both hands blown off while the latter had his eyes almost torn away and was otherwise .bruised and injured. The other four men were Polanders. How to ('Hrry a Gun. The Fvreat and Stream recently pub lished a complete set of rules for carry ing a gun, and as the season of the year has come when the "unloaded" gun is killing more people than an epidemic, it j iB to be hoped that these rules will be j well considered and applied, especially j by boys: Empty or loaded, never point a gun toward yourself or any other person. When a-field, carry your gun at the | half-cock. If in cover, let your hand shield the hammers from whipping twigs. When riding from one shooting-grouud to another, or whenever you have your gun in any conveyance, remove the cart ridges, if a breech-loader, it being so \ easy to replace them. If a muzzle loader, remove the caps, brush off the nipples, and place a wad on nipple, let- j ting down the hammers on wads—simply removing caps sometimes leaves a little fulminate on the nipple, and a blow on the hammer when down discharges it. Never draw a gun toward you by the barrel. More care is necessary in the use of a | gun in a boat than elsewhere; the limited space, confined action nd uncertain mo tion making it dangerous at the best. If possible, no more than two persons should occupy a boat. Hammerless guns are a constant danger to persons boating. Always clean your gun thoroughly as soon as you return from a day's sport, no matter how tired you feel; the conse ■quence of its always being ready for ser vice is ample return for the few minutes' irksome labor. Alone on the I'ratrle. The day was in that transitory state •when twilight lingers in the lap of dny and darkness struggles for the ascen dency. The sun hung in a great red ball of lurid flame betwixt heaven and earth; there was a feeling of profound quiet which seemed to settle on all things unimate and inanimate. The birds, the insects, the very trees and sprouting plants were for the moment hushed as if in expectancy of some unforeseen, some inexplicable something which seemed to ! pervade the verv atmosphere. A bull fr°g gurgled softly as he fell back into , the limpid water. Suddenly over the brow of a distant hill, there appeared a solitary man, seated astride a great bay horse; he cast one long sweeping glance I around him and then went back over the brow of the hill again. And that same night over seven hundred people were turned away unable to gain admis j sion to the Opera House where "She ; Couldn't Marry Three" was being played to the most delighted audience of the season. Murdered for Monny. At Ironton, a few miles north of Allen town, on Friday morning, was committed one of the foulest crimes that has e\er stained the records of Lehigh County. Wm. Keck, a lazy, good-for-nothing fellow, was on intimate terms with Mr. and Mrs. William Nipsch, an aged couple, and, on the pretense that he was going on a hunting trip, he took his gun and went to the home of his old*friends. They gave him dinner and after that he left the house. He returned about 3 o'clock, and, having his gun loaded, he aimed it at Mrs. Nipsch and shot her dead. He then shot old man Nipsch and fatally wounded him. Keek had thought that the old couple had a large sum of money stowed away in their home and this tempted him to commit the crime. After searching the house, however, he secured only six dollars for his bloody work. The murderer has been arrested and is in jail at Allentown. i Mine Inspectors Appointed. Governor Pattison yesterday appointed | Edward Roderick to be Inspector of the lirst anthracite mine district and Patrick Blewitt Inspector of the second district. These were the appointments which Seuator Mines protested against at Har risburg last week. The Governor stated that) he was compelled to issue the com missions and that if anv v objections were raised they would have to be fought out in the courts. A Great Artiste. Hassenforder Safe Co., the energetic managers, have spared neither expense or labor in presenting their latest and greatest success, "She Couldn't Marry Three." The company includes Miss Lillian Kennedy who is proclaimed by the New York papers "The most ver satile actress who ever visited this country." Few actresses at her age are endowed with such transcendent talent; i in the whole range of the draina she stiines resplendent, exciting tears or laughter at will, and with an ease and absence of effort that disarms criticism. She sings a ballad or comic song, dances a graceful skirt dance or break down, and all she does is imbued with the spirit of an innate artiste, a thorough musician; endowed with youth and un common beauty, she seems destined at no distant day to reach the very pinnacle of dramatic eminence. GATHERED AT RANDOM. The White House at Washington was partially damaged by a territic wind storm on Monday afternoon. Willie Kutzler. aged 10 years, is in jail at Allentown for kicking to death ; Emma Hallinan, 9 years old. Wm. J. Florence, one of the oldest and most popular comedians on the American stage, died at Philadelphia last week. The selection of a design for Pennsyl vania's building at the World's Fair w ill he made known at a meeting of the Board of Managers on December 10. Ballot boxes and booths were examin ed at liarrisburg by the committee ap- j pointed to select these articles to carry j on an election under the Baker ballot: bill. A despatch from Pittsburg says that j the iron and steel manufacturers of the i United States will make a general assault on the Amalgamated Association in the spring. An epidemic of diphtheria and scarlet I fever has broken out at Harding, near Pittston. It has been necessary to close the schools. The disease is prevalent in its worst form. Leaving one daughter, Mary, totally deaf, dumb and blind, and two other daughters and a son deaf and dumb. Mrs. Anna, wife of Rudolph Stetler, died at Pottstown, of heart disease. Patrick Joyce, James Rafferty and Patrick McGann, of Ashland, received a terrible heating on Tuesday evening by six burly tramps because they refused to turn over their watches and money at the. demands of the latter. Believing his legs had been crushed to 1 splinters between cars that squeezed j 1 tiiem, John Stroudburg, of Altoona, couldn't move the limbs until surgeons at the operating table told him the bones were unbroken. Then John jumped j and ran. The large guns manufactured for the 1 American Navy at the Government works in South Bethlehem will hereafter be tested in that place. A heavy armor plate will be fastened to the side of a mountain a short distance outside of town and the guns fired against it. Do not suppose that because it is rec ommended for animals that Arnica & Oil Liniment is an offensive preparation. It will not stain clothing or the fairest skin. Downs' Elixir will cure any cough or cold, no matter of how long standing. For sale at Schilcher's drug store. At Scranton, Leo Jennings, aged 11 years, was playing about a large boiler which had been propped up, when another little lad removed some of the props, and the boiler rolled over, young Jennings landing underneath it. His skull was fractured and lie died in half an hour. Thieves broke into the office of Croll & Acker, at Trexlertown, Lehigh Coun ty, Tuesday night, carried out a thousand pound safe, loaded it on a railroad hand truck, and took it to an old abandoned ; ore mine about a mile away. There the safe was hammered open, and about $25 I in cash secured. A suit is now being tried in the Shamokin Courts against the Reading Iron Company for $200,(100 damages brought bv Barbara Haley in 1885. Six other cases were also commenced against the company in the same year and if Mrs. Haley is sue essful it will be equiva lent to a verdict in favor of all the other | plaintiffs. The damages asked for will j aggregate $140,000. FREELAND, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1891. ' DRAMA BY AMATEURS. An Interesting Play to be Re vived on Monday Evening. I "THK CONFEDERATE SPY," WHICH MADE A HIT LAST SEASON, TO BE REPRODUCED. The Freeland Dramatic Association, which produced very successfully the war drama entitled "The Confederate 1 Spy" last season, has been engaged to ! reproduce this interesting play at the Opera House on Monday evening. The plav is a very good one, depicting scenes and incidents of war times in an in structive an entertaining manner, and at the same time does not require an exten sive amount of dramatic skill to bring the various characters to a sense of rea lization. The company has been re hearsing the play for some time past, and as the cast, with one or two excep tions, is composed of the same persons who took part in last year's production, they can be relied upon to give a good entertainment. The drama will be given uuder the supervision of Major C. B. Coxe Post, G. A. R., and for their bene lit. The committee of the Post lias been constantly at work for the past few months providing everything necessary for the successful carrying out of the play, and they state that they have ob tained very appropriate costumes. They have also engaged the services of Prof. P. C. Nichols, who will give impersona tions of the cornet, clarinet, banjo and other musical instruments. The admis sion will be: Gallery, 15 cents; rear part of ground floor, 25 cents; reserved seats, 30 cents. Below we give the cast of characters and a synopsis of the scenes by acts: George Waterman Win. Moses a young unionist. Philip Bradley .Silas Woodring a daring coufederato spy under Lee. Fred. Ainsley Patrick McGuire a rebel aid-de-camp from Jackson's lines. Major General Ranks John Welch United States Army. Colonel Willard Waller Moses United States Army. Officer Mulgarry P. McGuire one of the finest when out of danger. Clay Calvin Cnnnius a gemman of color who knows whar the chickens roost. Sockery Schneidlebcckcr James W. Jones the drafted Dutchman. . Mrs. Waterman Miss Annie Koons mother of George und widow of the late Captain Waterman, Maud Rradley Miss Adeline Jones a southern belle and sister of spy. Norali McLcggin Miss Maria Timney down on the "Haythen Chinazers." SYNOPSIS OF PLAY. ACT I.—Pleasure grounds near the home of the Watermans. The inter view. Maud's devotion to her Southern home. A mother's tears. Colonel Wil lard and his company. Sockery and his troubles. Drafted. George enlists. Off for the war. ACT II. —Camp by moonlight. The j blind planter. A letter from home. "The very ring." Sockery and his hams. Tableau: "The soldier's dream." Long roll. Fall in. Who shtole dose hams? | The Spy and rebel, Ainsley. Sockery in a bad lix. The tables turned. The Spy crfptured and condemned to die. Ains ley's escape. Sockery and his pooty gun. ACT lll.—Home of Maud Bradley. Sockery on guard. Maud and George. The Spy's anger. Friends. The plan of escape. Good-by. Dot deat soldier. Taken prisoners. "I'll give you just one minute." Maud's heroism. Surrender. | Glory mit der Shtars und Shtripes. ACT IV. —The secret out. George in danger. "M- God general, would you shoot me?" Banks wounded. A noble act. "Drop that sword." ACT v.—llome again. Norah on the Chinese question. Mulgarry gets a black eye. The fatal telegram. News from the war. "My God! my boy is wound ed." On track of the Spy. The deaf old man. "Great Heavens, what am I?" Discovered. Maud'salarm. Sock ery. A sister's devotion. Hopeless and helpless. The reprieve. Happy de nouement. What the CoopcrKburg •'Sentinel" Says. I The FREELAND TRIBUNE is a live, pro j gressive paper. It is high in tone, varie- I gated in contents, and abreast with the spirit of the times. We welcome it to ! our sanctum. Wonderful Realism. Every atom of scenery used in the production of "She Couldn't Marry Three," is specially built for the play. There are over three tons of it; it is worth going miles to see. One of the ! most notable scenes in the play is a picture of the Cornish Coast, witli praeti- I cal revolving light-house and moonlight ] on the ocean; also, the view of Carboy's ' Abbey with crumbling walls and cling ing ivy, a scene so beautiful as to balile description. In the last act of the play is shown an exact representation of Dingley Tunnel, one of the most stupen dous and natural railroad scenes ever produced. Every ono of these novel effects are guaranteed by Manager Hassenforder, and will be seen here in the production : of "She Couldn't Marry Three." Announcement of Coming Events. Dramatic entertainment, under the auspices of Major C. B. Coxe Post, No. 147, G. A. It., Opera House, November 30. Fair and festival of the Welsh Baptist Church, Freeland ltink, December 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 20. Ball of St. Ann's Pioneer Corns Opera House, New Year's Eve, December 31. Shot Hit* Wife and Brother. Richard Cooch, his wife and his brother have lived together for a num ber of years at Pottsville, but of late their friendliness with each other has become strained and quarrels among i them were frequent. According to Richard's story of the trouble Thomas Cooch had become too intimate with the former's wife, and the two several times beat the old crippled husband very cru elly. Old man Cooch tired of his rough treatment, aB he said it had gone on for some time, and on Saturday evening he purchased a revolver. Monday morning ■ when the three persons were seated at I the breakfast table Thomas Cooch order- Ed his brother to leave his house. The j latter retired from the table and taking ; his revolver in hand he shot Thomas in the head and then put a bullet in his wife's arm. He has been arrested. The < wounded man is a retired powder manu facturer and is 87 years old. The would- j he murderer is 80. Neither of the vic tims have died. Minert* on Strike. | A dispute arose between the miners and operators of the West Side colliery, ; !at Jermyn, Lackawanna County, last i week from an attempt to reduce the ! men's wages, and the result is a strike, j The men were receiving eighty centa a j | car until a month ago, when they were I ; informed that the company could only i I afford to pay seventy-five cents, and j i they submitted to the drop. Now they i are told that they will receive only sixty- j five cents. As the cars average twenty | nine hundred pounds this would bring j the men's wages below the figure given , at other collieries ami the men naturally object to the reduction. The Salaries Arranged. The County Commissioners met Satur day moning to discuss the question of sal- , arias to be paid the clerks of the various | offices in which the change from the fee ! to the salary system takes place. For the Clerk of the Court's office i there will be three clerks, a chief to re ceive $1,500 a year, a deputy to get SOOO a year, and a court clerk to be paid sls a j week when Quarter Sessions Court is in session. In the Prothonotary's office there will | be a chief clerk at SISOO a year, a deputy I at S9OO, an assistant at S7BO and a court I clerk at $250 a year. The District Attorney's assistant will ; receive SI,OOO a year and his clerk SOOO. ; Recorder McGinty asked for an exten sion of time in which he can consult a I lawyer. He is opposed t<> the salary system, and objects to the Cmmissioners fixing the salaries of his clerks.—News dealer. Another Agent Injured. Last evening's Sentinel contained this: George H. Armstrong representing the coffee and spice firm of Henry Frey & Co., Philadelphia, met with a painful accident last evening, lie was driving j from Drifton to Jeddo. Near the Jeddo Church a telegraph wire had been broken J and it was stretched across the road to ' another pole. It was not tied up high enough. The horse was going at a fair rate of speed and the carriage top ran against the wire, throwing the horse and carriage down an embankment. Mr. Armstrong had his right ankle sprained and was otherwise bruised. The car riage was broken. Seized by the Slierlll*. Work was begun 011 Monday in the Pat terson Coal Company's mine at Mount Carmel. The operation is the largest in the lower anthracite region, and when working full-handed will employ 12U0 miners and ship 50,000 tons monthly. A seven-mile railroad connecting the new works with the Philadelphia and Head ing system was completed on Saturday. But tlie colliery is not working now. ' Yesterday the Sheriff of Northumber land County levied on all the property of the company and it will be sold to pay the wages of the employes. Swept by Flame.. A destructive fire visited Dunmore, Lackawanna County, 011 Tuesday morn ing. Seven buildings succumbed to the tiames, and others wore badly damaged. The district swept by the flames is on the corners in the very heart of the town. The fire started in the Neptune Fhiginc House. It is supposed to he of incen diary origin. The buildings burned were j the Neptune Engine House, residence of ! John Stanton and double building owned by Stanton, Dunmore Pioneer office, ' John Hawley's hotel and residence, anil the residence of Joshua Warfel. Sev eral other buildings were badly damaged, and tiie loss is $511,000. Tlie Valley Company Making Contracts. The Anthracite coal trade has not changed in any material feature during tlie past week. While there have not been many new large contracts in the market, yet most of the newly mined coal, tlie output of which continues in excess of a million tons per week, is being distributed broadcast and largely absorbed for consumption. The observ ance of tlie Thanksgiving holiday will restrict tlie production of coul somewhat this week. The question of an advance in prices is not likely to arise, as all . hands are now endeavoring to maintain the present quotations without restrict- , ing tlie output of coal, and it is found no easy task to do so. The Lehigh Valley Coal Company is reported to have had agents at work in the upper anthracite fields for some time past negotiating with individual operators and mine owners for the purchase of the entire output of their - collieries. We are informed that these negotiations have resulted in securing for the Lehigh Valley Railroad the total tonnage of live collieries in tlie Wyom ing Valley, which haye agreed to Bell to tlie Lehigh Valley Coal Company all the , coal produced by them at $2 per ton for tlie prepared sizes, $1 per ton for pea j and 50 cents for buckwheat coal at the , mines. The Lehigh Valley, it is said, j also guarantees to market a certain (mini-1 , muni) quantity of coal per annum for each of the collieries with which the con- j tracts have been made. The total amount of anthracite coal sent to market for the week ending 1 November 14, as reported by the several carrying companies, was 1,038,013 tons, compared with 888,648 tons in the corres- 1 ponding week last year, an increase of I 149,465 tons. The total amount of an-' thracite mined thus far in tlie year 1891 ' was 34,783,817 tons, compared with 31,- 116,027 tons for tlie same period last year, an increase of 3,617,290 ton n.—Ledger, Subscribe for the "Tribune." ; | 1 I i A TEAMSTER KILLED. Accident on the Railroad Cross ing at Stockton. NO GATES NOR WATCHMAN WERE THERE TO STOP THEM FROM CROSSING THE TRACK. ! Cornelius Bellas, was killed at the ! | Stockton railroad crossing Tuesday morn j ing;, and W. Quinlivan, of Detroit, j Michigan, probably fatally injured. J Mr. Quinlivan, who was in this section I in the interest of D. M. Ferry & Co.'s ! seed house, went to Stockton to transact i business. Cornelius Bellas was in charge 1 | of the horse sent out by Kunkle Brothers ! | to take Quinlivan to Stockton, Jeddo, j ; Drifton and other points on the North ! side. i The first section of passenger train No. ! 19 had just passed up the road before j j Quinlivan stepped into the buggy with j ! Bellas to start for Jeddo. They started t ! and when crossing the railroad tracks at l the Stockton station were struck by the second section of passenger train No. 10. 1 Bellas was thrown a distance <>f about i 75 feet and landed alongside of the rail- j | read tracks. Ilis skull was fractured j i and one leg broken. Death was install- j ! taneous and he apparently suffered no j pain, as in death his face bore the good natured smile which graced it in life. Quinlivan was hurled into the canal 1 alongside the railroad track, landing on a log. Ilis jaw was broken and his skull fractured, besides receiving severe inter- ! I nal injuries. i Mr. D. I). Dodge, who was one of the j first to assist Quinlivan from the water j says that gentleman had barely left the i store when he heard the train go thun- ! dering by. He looked out and saw the horse dashing out the road and then , realized what had happened. He rush- I ed down and got the injured man to the ; station and made him as comfortable as 1 | possible, while others took care of the I body of Bellas. He accompanied Quin- j livan to the hospital, where a small niece of bone was taken from over his j left eye. His condition may not he as serious as it first appeared, hut that could not be determined upon yesterday. ; His friends in Detroit were promptly notified of the accident. The train was running at a terrific ! speed and could not be stopped until No. 8 Stockton was reached. It then hacked up and the body of Bellas was placed in ' one car and Quinlivan in another. After Quinlivan was placed in the car he re gained consciousness and the first thing lie asked was about Bellas. He was not informed that Bellas was dead, fearing > the truth would have an ill effect upon him. He was trken to the Hospital. The remains of Bellas were taken to Phil. Boyle's undertaking establishment where they were held until taken charge of. Deputy Coroner Buckley was notified and an inquest is being held. The jury j viewed the scene of the accident yester- j day and adjourned to meet next Thurs- I day wheu the crew of the train will he ' subntcned to he present. This is the third death caused at this j crossing within the past three years, while on one occasion a mule team was ! killed and the driver severely iujured. Besides the crossing remaining nnguard ed the view of approaching traius is at j all times obstructed by freight cars lining i both sides of the main track.— Standard. ! Coul Shipments Hegun. Coxi' Brothers & Co. yesterday began I tlie shipment of coal over the Reading j system in accordance with tlie contract j effected with them a short time ago. The product of the Oneida colliery is ! being shipped over the lines of the'Le- ! high Valley Railroad from a point about j a mile south of Ilazlcton to tlie Silver i Brook colliery, at which point connec tion is made with tlie Philadelphia and : Reading. Threads of Thought for Thanksgiving. Offer thanks, and give thank offerings. Be grateful for life, if for nothing else. I Be like the harvest of the year, good and generous. Kind wishes are good, but good deeds are better. Our deeds seal our words in the record of our lives. Let words and deeds be tlie signal lights of your faith. Give now to the living. You cannot send your gifts beyond tlie grave. The little acts of kindness count high in the book of remembrance. Heaven's twin angels, Love and Pity, whisper in our hearts: "Remember others." If you have not gifts of gold to bestow, donate gems of kind words. A Grout Success. There are many remarkable successes , on the road this season, hut none exceed the popularity enjoyed by the latest New York success, "She Couldn't Marry Three." Press and public accord it an ovation wherever presented. The scenic effects arc superb, the story an intense and interesting one, unlike the many un reasonable and unnatural plays with which the public are surfeited. It is full of hearty laughter, bright and catchy music, the most sensational climaxes. The company is one of the strongest on the road, the scenery the most magni ficent ever built, and as the curtain rises on each act, prolonged applause attest the public appreciation of each beautiful stage picture. The great scenic artists, Messrs. Daniel Crimmins and Herbert Speck feel justly proud of their work on this production. Drunkenness, or tlie Liquor Hnhit, Posi tively Cured l>> administering l>r. liaiiieH' Golden Specific. It is manufactured as powder, which can be given in u glass of beer, a cup of coffee or ten, or in food, without the knowledge of the pa tient. It is absolutely harmless, and will effect a permanent ami speedy cure, whether the pa tient is a moderate drinker or an alcoholic wreck. It lias been given in thousands of eases ! and in every instance a perfect cure has fol lowed. It never Fails. The system once Im pregnated with the s|>eeittc, It becomes an utter j impossibility for the liquor uppetlto to exist. | Cures guaranteed. 4H page book of particulars free. Address GOLDEN SPECIFIC CO., IXfi Race St., | Cincinnati, o. A Cold. It was only a common cold. John had had j many a worse cold and got over it. This would wear of us the others had done; so it was neg- j looted and neglected until a steady pain came in the chest, and a slight, but not very dis- I tressing cough became constant. Rut John didn't mind the pain he ignored it and went on with his work as though pain meant noth ing. Alter a time he began to grow thin and weak, and an attack of dysentery compelled , him to cull in a physician. The physician dls ' covered his condition, and by this time infiltra tion was well advanced in the right lung. Now the tight for lil'e became serious, and it all came from a common cold thut treated at first con hi have been eusilv cured. The physician, being . an e.\|>erieneed practitioner, recommended Downs' Elixir, and John used it faithfully and pulled through. Hut how much better it would have been had John bought a bottle of the Elixir at once, and taken a dose on going to bed and waked up the next morning Clear as a whistle j In view of the fact thut the season of coughs | and colds is now ut hand, we call the attention i of our readers to the advertisement of Downs' Elixir, which will be found in another column. CATCH ON! Call and see what our leading jeweler has on hand for the j holidays. WATCHES. The largest line ever brought to this region. Gold, silver and nickel watches of ull sizes and j to suit every need. Fine solid gold ladies' ' watch, $35.00. 20-yr. gold tilled watches from SIO.OO up. CHAINS. I fiver S.'JUO worth of ladies and gents' watch I chains just arrived. They must be seen to be appreciated, j JEWELRY. j The most extensive line of plated and solid gold jewelry ever brought to this town. Pearls, turquoise, rubies and diamonds, j CLOCKS. j Clocks of almost every fashionable and artls | tic pattern. An attractive assortment of fine enamel parlor clocks from SO.OO up. Handsome I 8-dtiy clocks made up in the different hard woods at stagnation prices. OPTICAL. A large assortment of spectacles and eye I glasses in steel, nickel and gold. Eyes exumin- J ed and glasses iittcd free of charge. I MUSICAL. New musical instruments and sheet music. All the latest pieces. Drop in while on your way up or down town, and get a few thoughts for the holidays. No trouble to show goods and you will hear of prices that may surprise you. Raymond E. Meyer, THE LEADING JEWELER. SO Centre Street, Freeland. COTTAGEHOTEL, Cor. of Main and Washington Streets, MATT SIEGER. Prop. | Having leased the above hotel and furnished I it in the best style, 1 uiu prepared to cater to the wants of the traveling public. 0T GOOD STABLING ATTACHED. LIBOR WINTER, RESTAURANT AND OYSTER SALOON, No. 13 Front Street, Freeland. I The finest Liquors and Cigars served at - 1 the counter. Cool Heer always on tap. Vi Att ?Tid<i ti.Ailtfs FOR 0} c> 1 p k ,! ' ■ *" EH W r ' ''} And Hardware of Every Description. REPAIRING DONE ON SHORT NOTICE. We are prepared to do roofing and spouting in the most improved manner and at reasonable rates. We have the , choicest line of miners' goods in Freeland. Our mining oil, selling at 20, 25 and 30 cents per gallon, cannot be surpasssed. i Samples sent to anyone on application. Fine Stock of (finis and Ammunition. | B\RKBE.GK'S, | CENTRE STREET, EREELAND, PA. ♦SI .00 PER YEAR. IJOHN D. HAYES, Attorney-at-Law and Notary Public. Legal business of all kinds promptly attended. Room 3, 2d Floor, Birkbeck Brick. M. HALPINi Manufacturer of Carriages. Buggies. Wagons, &c. Cor. Walnut and Pine Streets, Freeland. ORION STROH, Attorney and Counselor at Law, AND Justice of the Peace. Office ltooms No. 31 Centre Street, Freeland. DANIEL J. KENNEDY, DEALER IN FINE CIGARS AND TOBAC- C O, T E MI'ERANCE DRINK, CONFEC TIONERY, ETC. Centre Street, Freeland, Pa. G. A. HOLT, Plumber and — ■— Steam Fitter. I have just received an excellent stock of X^A.IMIZF'S, Stoves and Tinware. Estimates given on contract rooting and spouting. Repairing Promptly Attended to. Centre Street, Freeland, Pa. JOHN SCHNEE, CARPET WEAVER, SOUTH IIEBERTON. All kinds of carpet, double and single, manufactured at short notice and at lowest rates FRANCIS BRENNAN, ®RESTAURANT® 1">1 South Centre Street, Freeeland. (Near the L. V. K. It. Depot.) The bar is stocked with the choicest brands of Liquors, Beer, Porter, Ale, and j TEMPERANCE DRINK. The tincßt kind of CIGARS KEPT IN STOCK.
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