STATE NEWS The annual convention of the Scranton Diocesan Catholic Total Abstinence Union will be held at Hazleton, com mencing May 18. While workmen were repairing a Pennsylvania Railroad car at Altoona fifteen railroad bonds of SSOO each were discovered in the closet. Ex-Alderman G. S. Groff, of Wilkes- Barre, was struck by a Lehigh Valley train while crossing the track and killed. He was 86 years old and very deaf. Thomas Neverla, an outside foreman at Oneida, threw himself in front of a 1). S. & S. train near that place yester day morning. Hiß bead was cut off his body. Electric street cars will running between Wilkes-Barre and Nanticoke before next August. The road now ex tends in that direction as far as Plymouth. Tony Farrell, the young Irish come dian, will add Sam W. Boyd's song, "Mollie of the Noch Na Kay," to his collection and will sing it in the play, "My Colleen." John Hendrick, formerly of Tamaqua, and a member of the Schuylkill County bar many years ago, ami who has been long a resident of the West, died in his old Tamaqua home. Charles Solomon Elliot, of Philadelpia, pleaded guilty yesterday to burglary and was sentenced to forty years impris onment, which is the heaviest sentence ever given in that city. Charles Kuhn, a Lehigh Valley Kail road brakeman, was fatally shot on Sat urday morning as his train was passing a point near Mt. Carmel, hy Lewis Steely. The latter was arrested. Paul Warronko, of Nanticoke, has commenced Buit for $2(1,000 damages against the Reading Railroad. He was severly injured by being thrown from a train by one of the conductors. The Republicans of Lackawanna County held theirconvention and elected delegates to the national convention. When a resolution came up instructing the delegates to vote for Harrison it was voted down. On Sunday a cow belonging to Jacob Lower, of Gettysburg, gave birth to a calf with two distinct heads joined near the ear. It has four eyes and three ears. The other parts of the head are perfectly formed. Elizabeth Fox, who owns a lot in Ply mouth Township, claims that the D. L. A W. Coal Company took the coal from under her lot without her consent, and the surface caved in doing considerable damage. She has begun suit for $5,000. F. P. Spiese, of Tamaqua, State Presi dent of the P. O. S. of A., is a candidate for the Democratic legislative nomination in the Third Schuylkill District. The nomination is equivalent to election, as the district is overwhelmingly Demo cratic. A charter was granted at Ilarrisburg yesterday to the Tomhicken, Milnesville and Eastern Railroad Company, capital $150,000. It will be eight miles long from a point near Tomhicken to Milnes ville. The president is A. S. Vanwickel, of Hazleton. John P. McCarthy, William Elliot, Thomas Thomas and' Patrick Byrnes, charged with being implicated in the killing of James Hayden, at Catasauqua on April 16, had a hearing yesterday. All but Byrnes were held for trial at the June term of court. A committee from the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, representing all the employes of the Delaware, Lackawanna anil Western system, waited upon General Manager Halstead, at Scranton, and presented a list of grievances. Among other things, they ask an advance in wages. Since the supreme court has refused a new trial for William E. Keck, the con demned Lehigh County murderer of Nibsch and his wife, his council will ap pear before the board of pardons next June and will make applica-ion to have the death sentence commuted to im prisonment for life. Lehighton will vote on May 27 for nnd against a $0,900 indebtedness for the purpose of erecting a fire house, which will be furnished with rooms for council meetings, etc. The election will be held under the new law, and as it is the first in this part of the State it will be watched with interest. The Jersey Central passenger and freight depots at Wilkes-Barre are to be I abandoned, and all trains will arrive at | the Lehigh Valley station. This will | throw off a number of employes, and the same programme will be continued every place where there are two or more stations owned by the Reading. In the test case over the Hazleton liquor licenses the supreme court has de cided that $l5O is all that can be collect ed this year from the saloon-keepers. The decision places Hazleton in the unique position of running a city govern- i ment on a borough basis and it will pro bably retard many of the intended im provements. Miners' Ilodie* Found. The last of the bodies of the entomb ed miners, who met their death at the Lytle Colliery, near Minersville, on Wednesday of last week, were recover ed Tuesday afternoon. Seven of the Italians who were drowned in the tun nel were recovered, with that of John 11. i Zerbe, who was one of those in the car when the fatal rush of water came. Contractor Sadilla and two of his com panions were found near the bottom of the Blope. Giuseppe Tapero, one of the Italians, was found at the bottom of the slope. His countrymen say that he was an expert swimmer. He evidently de pended on his skill in that direction to save his life, and must have made his way through the body of water from the face of the tunnel to the bottom of the slope, where he succumbed. The first news that the bodies had been found reached Minersville at a late hour anil a wild rush was made for the mines. The scene at the mouth of the slope as the bodies were brought to the surface was a pitiable one. The crowd was so dense that the rescuing party were hard ly able to clear the way to the bathhouse, where the bodies were prepared for buriul. The bodies will he interred to day. Subscribe for the TmpuxK. PERSONAL. Miss Sarah Ferry, of Audenried, was among friends here for a few days this week. County Commissioner Smith,of Wilkes- Barre, spent a few hours in town on Monday. John O'Neil, who has been clerking for J. P. McDonald, returned to his home in Wilkes-Barre. Miss Annie Lockman and Miss Mary Kelly, of Hazleton, spent a few hours here on Sunday. Wm. Watkins, Jr., is home on a vaca tion from the Kingston Seminary. Dr. W. V. Nichols, of Clinton, N. J., is spending the week in town on a fishing excursion. The Doctor is an expertand will probably deplete the streams here abouts before leaving. Thomas Slattery was among old-time friends and acquaintances in Mauch Chunk on Sunday. Patrick Carey is about and doing some hard work to secure the nomination for the legislature on the Democratic ticket. A number of people from here attend ed the funeral of Hugh Boyle, of Tres kow, yesterday, Mrs. Neal Gallagher, of Mauch Chunk, was among the many visitors here this week. The family of George Wagner was tendered a pleasant farewell on Thurs day evening by a number of people of town. George Wise, of Jeddo, is enjoying a short vacation from his Btudies at the Jefferson College, Philadelphia. A farewell party was given at Jeddo last evening to Miss Mary Dugan, who left for Philadelphia to-day. A. Stall I, H. Miller and C. D. Rorli bach were on a fishing excursion to White Haven yesterday. The catch was poor. Gilbert Smith is now agent for the bottling establishment of John Duslieck. Matthew McGcttrick lias accepted an agency from P. F. Sweeney, of Ilazle ton, dealer in picture frames, etc. ' Jonah Evans and his sister, Miss Bes sie Evans, of Freeland, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Davis over Sun day. Mr. Evans is a prosperous and en terprising butcher in that "land so free." —Lansford lteeord. DKIFTON ITEMS. Miss Mary Knies and Andrew Palak, of Muncy, were united in wedlock last Saturday. A grand wedding was held in the evening, which was largely at tended by relatives and friends. The Slavonian Band of Freeland tendered a serenade in the evening. Daniel Coxe returned home on Mon day from a six months' stay in St. Agus tine, Florida. It is rumored that four days' work is the limit this week. Work is kept going night and day at the "squeeze," and will continue so un til the workß are reopened. Mrs. E. B. Coxe is visiting at Jenkin town. P. Applicants for Citizenship. At Reading the other day nearly a doz en foreigners appeared for naturalization. I Four were granted their papers. When Judge End iicli asked the fifth who made I the laws of the United States, he replied I "Harrison," and in reply to the question as to who made the laws of this State, he replied "Pattison." The next applicant, ! who has been in this country since 1863, said that President Harrison made the laws but he didn't know who was gover j nor and had never heard of the legißla | ture or congress, saying that he "didn't I bother himself about such things." The | applications of both these men were re fused, and the others left without apply i ing for their papers. A Stabbing Affray at Sheppton. Slieppton, Schuylkill County, was the scene of a stabbing affray at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon. Four Hungarians went to Timony's bottling establishment and purchased a box of beer. They took the beer into the woods and drank it- The four men then returned to the bottling establishment and started in to demolish the contents of the place. Edward Crampshie, who conducts the business for Timony, with his assistant, John Broderick, grappled with the men, one of whom drew a large knife and made three successful lunges at Cramp shie. The knife penetrated his shoulder and arm and just escaped his heart. Crampshie fell, weak from the loss of blood. The Hungarians believing him dead at once took to the woods, starting in the direction of Hazleton. Cramp shie's wounds were dressed and he will soon recover unless blood poisoning sets in. The physician says had the one wound in Crampshie's side gone an incli higher it would have struck the heart and the result would have been fatal. The 11 uns escaped.— Standard. Knight* of the Golden Kngle. The election committee of the Grand Castle of Pennsylvania, lias concluded its labors with the following result: For Grand Chief, Harry P. Reinieke, Phila., received 2,569 votes. For Grand Vice Chief, F. A. Harris, Tyrone, received 2,550 votes. For Grand High Priest, Harry J. Whitzell, Phila., received 1,717 votes. Alfred G. Kynett, Oxford, received 856 votes. For Grand Master of Records, J. D. Barnes, Phila., received 2530 votes. For Grand Keeper of Exchecquer, Chas. A. Bickel, l'hila., received 726 votes. H. L. Boas, Reading, received 893 votes. A. R. Tomlinson, Phila., \ received 904 votes. | For Grand Sir Herald, C. B. Wood I Phila., received 656 votes. L. H.Tobin j Phila., received 628 votes. John c! I McKinney, Phila., received 054 votes! IG. B. Wetzel, Ashland, received 428 I votes. J. S. Yocum, Manheim, received 223 votes. Ftor Grand Trustee, Jos. N. Rucli, l'hila,, received 370 votes. Fred. Eble, , l'hila., received 98 votes. Jacob Clouds, i Phila., received 681 votes. J. D. Poole, j l'hila., received 190 votes. Wm. A. | Weigel, Itoyersford, received 707 votes, j Wesley Halderman, Danboro, received j 521 votes. i For Representative to the Supreme I Castle, I). Casselberry, Phila., received I 2499 votes. ■ BASE BALL. There will be a meeting of the Free land Base Ball Association on May 1, at 3.30 P. M., at the usual place. By order of the president. John J. McNelis. A State League consisting of Harris burg, York, Lebanon, Heading, Altoona, Tyrone, Allentown and Norristown is being organized. The two last-named are very poor base ball towns and could scarcely play out the season. The Fear Nots of Drifton are open for a match with any club in lower Luzerne. They would like to hear from the Tigers. Jeanesville received its first spanking this year at Catasauqua last Saturday, when they were defeated, 11 to 5. Gormley pitched for the home club, and 16 Jeanesville men struck out. Ander son and Keys threw for Jeanesville. Frank Higgins, of last year's Wilkes- Barre Club, is making quite a record as first baseman for the Pennsylvania University Club, of Philadelphia. Frank Beems to be showing the city folks some of the tricks of the profession that he learned in Freeland. Convulsion* on the Street. Miss Polly Wallace, of Upper Lehigh, who had been visiting at Ashland, re turned home on Tuesday, and while coming from the station she fell into convulsions at Ridge and Walnut Streets. She suffered great agony for awhile, and the ladies of that vicinity did what was possible to make her comfortable, and had her removed to the residence of her brother, William, at Birvanton, where she slowly recovered. Modern Cloud ('ompeliern. A curious and interesting experiment was tried early one morning at the Jar dine d'Acclimitation. Some ingenious person has hit upon a Bclieme for mak ing artificial clouds for the warming of fields and preventing damage to crops. A number of stoves had been placed ten yards apart around the spot selected, and when they were lighted a thick black smoke was produced. Unfortu nately for the success of the experiment, there was too much wind, and the "clouds" wero dispersed immediately, the smoke being blown toward the in closure occupied by the seals, who did not seem at all to appreciate it. It is said that some experiments car ried on in the Gironde were far more successful, and that the system will be largely used there to protect the vines. It is said that a vineyard could be made two or three degrees wanner. Several officers attended the experiments yester day to see whether the process could be utilized for military purposes.—Galig nani Messenger. He Knew All Abont It. The British legation building in Wash ington is draped in mourning for the late Duke of Clarence, but everybody doesn't seem to know it. Last week when a visiting delegation was there, two dele gates, whether they were from Chicago or not it is not necessary to state, were showing each other the town. As they passed along Connecticut avenue one of them said: "That big brick over there with the portico-chere in front of it is the English legation." "Is that so," said the other, taking it in carefully as tourists do. "It's got mourning on it, I see." "Yes," explained the first one with an air of superior knowledge, "that's for Justice Bradley, who died recently."— Detroit Free Press. Growing a New Hoof. A singular condition has developed in the buffalo herd at the Philadelphia Zoo. Late in last year the hoof and mouth disease affected the cattle of Europe [ very seriously, and there were slight visitations of it in this country. One of these was at the Philadelphia Zoo among the buffalo. Eight of the herd were isolated. Since then the symptoms of this disease have disappeared from all but one of those isolated. This one, however, has lost a hoof, and is now hard at work raising anew one,hobbling around on three legs. This is the only case on record in America of a buffalo [ losing a hoof and growing a new one in captivity.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Scared Tourists. The recent earthquake gave a good many eastern tourists at Los Angeles "a bad half hour." One guest at a leading hotel rushed panic stricken into the bar room, clad in a night shirt, over which he had buttoned his vest, a pair of boots, and carrying an umbrella under his arm. He would have rushed out into the street but for the clerk.—San Francisco Call. A Group of Wealthy Men. A group of men who meet almost daily at lunch in the cafe of the Chicago club includes Marshall Field, Potter Palmer and L. Z. Leiter, who began life as clerks in dry goods stores, and are now worth from $5,000,000 to $10,000,000 apiece.—Chicago Letter. Spring; In Walla Walla. In the Walla Walla valley, Wash., spring is as far advanced as in western Oregon. Crocuses and hyacinths are in bloom, lilacs are in bud and cherry and peach trees will soon be in full blossom. The winter was a mild nnd short one in that favored locality. When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.' When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria. When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria. When she bad Children, she gare thein Castoria. Subscribe for the "Tribune." tolii! Readj Pay. Flour $2.45 j Chop SI.OO Bran 50c | Ham lie per lb Cal. ham 8c " " Shoulder 7ic " " English wall nuts 10c " " Mixed nuts 10c " " Hazle nuts 12Jc " " Chestnuts 10c " qt Hickory nuts 8c " " Pea nuts 5c " " Buckwheat flour, 25 lbs for 60c 1 quart peas 5c 1 quart beans 8c 1 pound barley 5c 1 can sardines 5c 2 dozen boxes matches 25c 1 piece sand soap 5c 4 pounds currants 25c 300 clothes pins 25c 3 pounds good raisins 25c 4 pounds raisins 25c 1 pound coffee 20 and 23c 1 pound good tea 25c 5 pounds soda biscuits 25c 5 sticks stove polish 25c 3 pounds mixed cakes 25c 3 pounds coffee cakes 25c 5 pounds best sugar 25c 6 pounds rown sugar 23c 5 pounds lima beans 25c 3 rounds bologna 24c Scans lime 25c 3 boxes axle grease 25c 3 dozen pickles 25c 2 quarts baking molasses 25c 2 quarts best syrup 25c 3 quarts cheap syrup 25c 3 pounds corn starch 25c 3 pounds bird seed 25c 6 pounds oat meal 25c 6 pounds oat flakes 25c 1 pound hops 25c 2 packages ivorine (with spoon in).. .25c Muffs for 40c up to any price you want; all have been reduc ed to cost. All wool blankets have been | reduced to wholesale price. Ladies' and children's coats for half price. Drop in and get some of those bargains. J. C. BERNER. Washington House, 11 Walnut Street, above Centre. A. Goepperl, Prop. The best of Whiskies, Wines, Gin and Cigars. Good stabling attached. ARNOLD & KRELL'S Beer and Porter Always on Tap. Where to Find Him! Patrick Carey has removed from the Ameri can hotel to John McShea's block, 95 and 97 Centre Street., where he can be found with a full line of Medical Wines, Gin, Ilrundies, Hum, Old llye and Borl>on 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. SIX DIFFERENT KINDS OF BEEH ON TAP. 1 > CURE THAT |j Cold ;!, |ll AND STOP THAT |) ii Cough, jj uN. H. Downs' Elixir jj i! WILL DO IT. 1 ' II | | Price, 25c., 50c., and SI.OO per bottle.l | | | Warranted. Bold everywhere. | | I , nriisr, jomisoN ) LOSS, Propi., Buiiigtm, vt. 11 Sold at Schilcher's Drug Store. j. p. MCDONALD, 1 SOUTH AND CENTRE STREETS. Our big stores are filled and piled high up from cellar to loft with BRAND NEW GOODS FOR SPRING AND SUMMER. j We cannot pretend to name all the ! handsome things we have to offer you. j j Here are spring and summer Dress Goods AND A MAGNIFICENT LINE OF OTHER DRY GOODS. BOOTS and SHOES. In this department we have everything that could be asked for in the footwear line, and the low prices we sell our goods at will certainly astonish jou. Your special attention is called to the stock of FURNITURE- We arc offering for sale. ± Our wareroom is filled ■W with the choicest styles of ± parlor and bedroom suits, and everything else in the furniture business. About everything that you need Is here, and at rock-bottom prices, too. We sell strictly for cusli, and have no high rents to pay, therefore our prices are far below any others. Call in, examine our lurge stock and be convinced that we can give you satisfaction In every respect. J. P. McDonald. C. O. M. 22 so hvl_ It has been in use for more than twenty yours; over fifty thousand putients have been treated, i and over one thousand physicians have used it, and recommend it—a very significant fact. It is agreeable to inhale. There is no nause ous taste, nor after-taste, nor sickening smell. Send for our book 011 Compound Oxygen, its j history, nature and results; a book of pages j sent free. It contains numerous testimonials from chronic patients and those given over by physicians. You will also find it an interesting book. Any substance made elsewhere, or by any others than Drs. Starkey & Palen, 15549 Arch Street, and called Compound Oxygen, is spuri ous. Drs. STARKEY & PALEN, 15*9 Arc It St., Philadelphia, Pa. ISO Sutter St., San Francisco, Cal. Please mention this paper. DANIEL J. KENNEDY, DF.AI.KK IN FINE CIGARS AND TOBAC CO, TEMPERANCE DRINK, CONFEC TIO NERY, ETC. Centre Street, Freeland, Pa. PENSIONS THE DISABILITY BILL IS A LAW. Soldiers Disabled Since the War arc Entitled Dei>endent widows and parents now dependent whoso sons died from effects of army service arc included. If you wisli your claim speedily and successfully prosecuted, JAMES TANNER, Late Cora, of Pensions, Washington, I. C. WM. WEIIRMANN, German Practical Watchmaker. Front Street, Freeland, near Opera House. The cheapest and best repair ing store in town. All watch repairing guaranteed for one years. New watches for sale. Jewelry repaired 011 short notice. Give ine a call. All kinds of watches and clocks repaired. ENGLISH, SWISS ANI> AMERICAN WATCHES. Complicated and fine work on watches a specialty. HORSEMEN ALB KNOW THAT Wise's Harness Store Is still here and doing busi ness on the same old principle j of good goods and low prices. Two or three dollars for a s/ K Horse Blanket will save double its cost. Your lorse will eat less to keep warm and be rorth fifty dollars more. HORSE : GOODS. Blankets, Buffalo Robes, Har ness, and in fact every thing needed by Horsemen. [ Good workmanship and low j prices is my motto. GEO. WISE, Jeddo, and No. 35 Centre St. RIM 0V ED ! J. Neuburger lias removed his large stock 111 IBS if p. #. s. I A. iLlll, six buildings above his old stand. ozpzEnsriztsTGi- Saturday, April 30. The P. O. S. of A. Band will dis pense music. \ WATCH FOR BARGAINS. Everybody invited to attend. J. NEUBURGER, 13.I 3 . O. S. of _A.. B-u.ilclin.g-, Next IDoor to DePierro Bros. Hotel, Preeland. BUY THE^BABY^ Geo. Chestnut, 91 Centre Street, Freeland. !■•< i: 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 ,10 cents per gallon, cannot be surpasssed. Samples sent to anyone on application. ■Fisliing Tackle and Sporting Goods. B\RKBECK'S, CENTRE STREET, FREELAND, PA.
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