BRIEF ITEMS.
The corner-stone of a new Greek Cath
olic Church was laid at Lansford on
Sunday.
Ashland's P. O. S. of A. Hall will be
dedicated by the state officers of the
order on Memorial Day.
A. P. Blakeslee has been appointed
real estate agent of the Reading svstem,
ami will have headquarters at Maucb
Chunk.
Luzerne Prohibitionists will be the
first party in the field in this county.
They will nominate a ticket next Wed
nesday.
Minersville will be one hundred years
old next March, and the anniversary
will be celebrated. It has been a bor
ough Bince 1831.
Archbishop Ryan will make a tour of
the Schuylkill region next week to
administer the rites of confirmation in
several churches there.
At a Schuylkill colliery the wages for
two weeks of thirty-seven men were
computed and they averaged $2.43 each.
Great is the power of McLeod.
Patrick Herron, a well-known resident
of Hazleton, died on Sunday evening,
aged 48 years. He had a number of
relatives throughout the region.
The Reading's free advertising bureau
is again in operation, but the column and
half-column puffs of the combination
are not being used so extensive as for
merly.
The eleventh semi-annual convention
of the Luzerne, Lackawanna and Wy
oming Tri-County Christian Endeavor
Union will be held at Wilkes-Barre on
May 20.
A few months ago Rlatington had four
railroads, the Central, Lehigh Valley,
Reading and the Pennsylvania, Pough
keepsie A Boston. It now has but one
—the great and only Reading.
A council of the Junior American Me
chanics will be instituted at White Haven
next Wednesday evening. The Patri
otic True Americans and Red Men will
also have branches there shortly.
The Reading Railroad has issued a
new book of rules which contains among
other things an order prohibiting all pas
senger trainmen from smoking or other
uise using tobacco while on duty.
Scranton has one of the most active
boards of trade in the country. Scarcelv
a week passes but some new industry is
induced to locate there. The salary of
the secretary alone is SIBOO per year.
Over 4000 Knights of the Golden Eagle
from all parts of Pennsylvania partici
pated in the parade at Chambersburg
yesterday at the opening of the Grand
Castle, which will be in session four
days.
The scale of Scranton's striking car
penters, plasterers, hod carriers and stone
masons has been signed by twenty con
tractors and others have said that they
will do so if the strike contnnues another
week.
The Irish-American Military Union is
preparing for its annual encampment,
commencing August 13, at Scranton.
Over 2000 men, including organizations
from all over the country, will be in
camp.
The Minersville Free Frees started
upon its ninth year last week, and from
all appearances its future will be as suc
cessful as the past. Editor Steele is an
active worker for the interests of his
town, and his efforts should be appre
ciated by its people.
John Parker, until recently editor of
the Mahanoy City Ilecord, died on Fri
day. For the past twenty years he was
a prominent figure in the labor circles of I
Schuylkill County, and is known to many j
of the old residents about here as a lead
er in the famous W. B. A.
President McLeod yesterday ordered
into effect a 10 per cent, reduction in
freight tolls on anthracite coal and coke
to all manufacturing industries on the
lines of the Reading, Lehigh Valley and
the New Jersey Central Railroad systems
in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Martin Scanlon, a hotel keeper of
Scranton, met death under mysterious
circumstances. Mrs. Scanlon ha s been
arrested, it having been claimed that she
struck her husband on the head with a
hammer, thereby causing his death.
No marks of violence were found on the
body.
Henry Higgins, charged with the
Kester murder, was acquitted on Thurs- j
day, the evidence being insufficient to;
convict. Joseph Eveland and James
Gallagher, who were awaiting trial on
the same charge, were also discharged, '
as nothing but the same testimony would I
be produced against them.
In every town where Forepaugh exhib
its the agent leaves an order for 5i tons
of hay 2 tons of straw, 220 bushels of
oats, 220 pounds of beef for the carniv
orous animals 300 pounds of beef, pork
and veal for the cooking tent, 300 pounds
of fish, 780 loaves of bread, ami great
(inanities of milk, fire wood, etc.
Weatlierly people claim to have the
cheapest electric light in the State. A j
16-candle power lamp costs only 20 cents I
per month, and the whole town is lighted j
for less than S6OO per year. The borough |
owns the plant, and that is the secret of |
its cheap illumination, even if such a I
policy is socialism on a small scale.
Some farmers in Berks County, who !
refused 90 to 80 cents a bushel for their !
potatoes last fall, in expectation of ob- j
tabling still higher prices, are now sell- I
ing them at 16 to 19 cents, while others
are giving them away if parties are only j
willing to take them. In other cases
farmers are hauling them on their fields
to rot.
On and after Sunday, according to the
Weatlierly llerald , the signals ÜBed on i
the main line of the Reading will go in-1
to effect on this division. The only
change is in the whistle signals. When
running slowly three whistles instead of |
four sends out the flagman, and four in- j
stead of five whistles calls him in. Four j
short whistles denotes that the train has 1
parted.
Electric roads have been put to use in |
Schuylkill for a purpose hiterto unheard
of. Last week a child died at Lost Creek
and the funeral was conveyed to Girard
ville in the cars, the first one being I
neatly draped in mourning and contain
ed the coffin. The friends, numbering !
378, occupied the four following cars. ;
Tho company is preparing to make a
specialty of this business.
UPPER LEHICIH NOTES.
The monthly pay system will begin
again after the 14th. The Freeland
merchants is the cause of all this,
because they have attended to the wants
of the people here so faithfully that the
company store of this place, with its
grab-all system, has not been reaping
the enormus profits that it did hereto
fore. Wonder if the Freeland merchants
would help to right the wrong they did
us. L. A. 335, K. of L., has not been
heard from on this question yet, but as
there are a lot of old reprobates here
who pretend to be glad of it, since the
company said so, it will be pretty hard
for the Knights to do anything.
Patrick Duffy, of White Haven, spent
Sunday here with his parents.
Miss Annie McHugh, of Lattimer, who
has been visiting friends here, returned
home on Monday.
George McGee and wife, attended the
funeral of Patrick Herron at Hazleton,
on Monday.
The base ball season is at hand and
some of our boys are making a desperate
' attempt to get ill condition. At present
our boys say they are open for anything
in lower Luzerne.
The Soapies will picnic at Freeland on
May 20. Quite a number of young men
from here belong to that association.
A few of our young men attended a
select party at Lattimer a few evenings
ago. They lingered there until an early
hour and had the best of patience, but
"She never came back."
Ii is said that John Lesser, better
known as "German," is going to take
charge of the dancing school of this
place.
On Monday evening there was quite
a commotion here among onr people, and
a number thought something terrible
had happened. It was only some of the
base ball boys who had taken the bell
out of the school house and went up and
down the street ringing for the president
or vice president to come anil call the
meeting to order.
It may be news for the members of the
game clnb to know that the laws in re
gard to fishing are at this early part of
the season openly violated at the Honey
hole. These men who use nets there
would do well to take warning. You
may be able to watch the fish warden,
perhaps the game club, but you can't
watch everybody. MiKr.
URIFTON ITEMS,
Mrs. John Gallagher, of this place,
who has been so dangerously ill the past
few weeks, is slowly recovering.
Mrs. Catherine Phillips, of Mahanoy
City, is visiting Mrs. Harry Joneß.
Thomas Davis, of llirvanton, had a
finger smashed here last week by being
caught between a sprague and the wheel
of a car.
A great number of people from here
will attend the circus in Hazleton to-day.
All the works will be idle so that every
one may have a chance to go.
The last few evenings many young
boys of this place go fishing at the pona
near the depot. They have a habit of
wading through the shallow part of it,
and the next thing the town will be
startled with the same old case of "didn't
know it was so deep,"
The Fearnots Base Ball Club is making
preparations for a picnic on June 18.
When this is over clubs from the sur
rounding towns will have to bunch their
hits or go under when they face the
Fearnots.
It is with pleasure our young men
gather on the corners these fine even
ings to discuss all the important trans
actions of the day. Opinions of every
kind, and on every subject that is of
interest, are freely expressed and in
language that would make Bob Ingersol
so ashamed of himself that he would
abandon atheism forever.
When the D. S. & S. was getting con
structed last fall great things were prom
ised, and to mention the name applause
could be heard on every side. Now it is
considered about as big a fraud as the
Reading deal.
Four days a week is the average time
worked here this last two months, and
it looks as if it will continue for some
time yet. How some of the people with
large famlies are going to get along is
not quite clear. He is a lucky man that
earns more than $1.25 a day here and
four days a week at this rate divided
I among eight or ten is very small to make
i the best of it.
JEDItO NEWS.
William Smith, a driver boy on the
stripping, had his foot badly injured by
being run over with a car.
John Carrigan, of Mauch Chunk, cir
culated among friends here on Sunday.
Peter Gallagher, of Beaver Meadow,
gave friends here a pleasant call on
Sunday.
Miss Annie Brislin, of Ilazleton, spent
Sunday with her parents here.
Unles there are some unusual efforts
made base ball will not be in it here this
summer.
Many of the boys from here are going
i to the circus this evening.
In about two months No. 5 is expected
to commence work. No doubt there are
old miners around Feeland and the dif
ferent towns who remember the kind of
work that is to be had in this vein.
A number of young men are seen per
ambulating around here every Sunday
; evening from Freeland. They appear to
be honorable, gentlemanly and all that
sort of thing, but the people of this place
will not go to sleep while there are stran
gers hovering around in the dark outside.
I WESTON TOPICS.
Nealy Paul, formerly of Hazleton, now
| proprietor of Wallace's Hotel, will have
j his grand opening on Saturday night.
j Cyrus Shearer, of Butler, paid a visit
j to his friends here yesterday.
i Ed. Kramsey, of Nelson City, who
was stabbed by some Huns two weeks
tt K°i enjoyed a game of ball here on Sun
j day. He can play as well as ever.
The Weston boys would like to meet
j the Upper Lehigh Club for a game here.
Answer through the TRIBUNK. JIM.
| Advertise in the TRIBUNK.
BASE BALL.
The base ball season will open here
on Sunday next, Wilkes-Barre being
the opponents of the home club. Al
though the park is not yet in the condi
tion it will be when completed, it was not
thought advisable to delay the opening
game any longer, and at 3 o'clock the
strong team from the county seat will
commence the season. The rivalry be
tween the visitors and the home clnb
j continued at fever heat all through last
summer, and it may be taken for grant
ed that it has not abated any during the
winter months. The battery for Free
land is Anderson and Brady, and Wilkes-
Barre will have Freeman and Zeller.
It is unneccessary to say anything of
either battery—both are well known in
this section as ball players well worthy
to be pitted against one another. Usual
admission.
Lansford has an association compos
ed of many of the prominent men of the
town, and is preparing to organize a first
class club. Over SBOO was raised last
week and work has commenced upon the
park fence. The grounds are 350x400
feet.
Jeanesville defeated Mahanoy City
on Saturday by a score of 15 to 8, and
the Ilazleton Y. M. C. A. were beaten .
at Pottsville, 12 to 7.
The difficulty of procuring employ
ment for well-known players who wish
to wear a Freeland uniform this season
is Manager Hanlon's greatest obstacle in
placing before the public such an aggre
gation of base ball talent as has seldom
been signed by any amateur club in the
state. Applications continue to pour in
from evewhere, but the field of employ
ment being limited here it is impossible
to secure for the men the situations they
wish.
"Ledger*." Coal Report.
The anthracite coal trade iB quiet and
without any new feature worthy of es
pecial mention. The general condition
of the trade is in excellent shape. The
demand for coal is rather good for this
season of the year, and prices every
where are fully maintained at the new
circular figures. The markets are ab- !
sorbing all the newly mined coal, and I
the output is increasing There is uni- !
versal confidence in the stability of the
new prices, and shopping for coal is a I
thing of the past. Heretofore, in sea
sons of dullness or only moderate ac- j
tivity of the anthracite trade, it was the !
custom of dealers and large consumers
to go from one corporation or wholesale
[ dealer's ollice to another seeking coal j
from the lowest seller. Now dealers and
consumers are simply sending in their !
orders for coal without questioning the ■
prices. At present the buying of coal |
is only for immediate requirements, and
the production is regulated to a large ex
tent by the necessities of manufactures.
The total amount of anthracite c oal
sent to market for the week ending
April 3U, ns reported by the several car
rying companies, was 783,980 tons, coin
pared with 780,101 tons in the corres
ponding week last year, an increase of
3879 tons. The total amount of anthra
cite mined thus far in the year of 1892
was 12,044,410 tons, compared with 11,-
081,067 tons for the same period in 1891,
an increase of 962,743 tons.
KnitflitH of Malta.
The Supreme Commandery of the
Knights of Malta of America held its
annual convention at Allentown and
elected these officers: Supreme Com
mander, Sir E. G. Jones, M. 11., Pater
son, N. J.; Right Eminent Grand Gene
ralissimo, Sir Richard C. Ettinger, Allen
town; Right Eminent Grand Captain
General, Sir I.ouis E. Stilz, Philadelphia;
Right Eminent Grand Prelate, Sir
Charles McClintock, of Philadelphia;
Right Eminent Grand Treasurer, Sir
Richard Stewart, Philadelphia; Right
Eminent Grand Recorder, Sir 11. I). Mil
ler, Philadelphia; Right Eminent Grand
Senior Warden, Sir E. K. Jeanes, of
Allentown; Right Eminent Grand
Warden, Aaron Tovey, Danville; Right
Eminent Grand Sentinel, Sir Harrison
C. Sellers, Philadelphia; Right Eminent
Register, Sir Isaac Wortman, Philadel
phia; Right Eminent Junior Warden,
A. Raxter, Hoboken, N. J.; Sword Bear
er, W. J. Trotter, Paterson, N. J.; Stand
ard Bearer, J. W. Kerr, Pittsburg; First
Guard, J. P. Sloat, Lancaster, and Sec
ond Guard, Win. F. Smith, Burlington,
N. J. Harrisburg was chosen as the
| next meeting place.
Improved Order of Red Men.
The official count for Great Chiefs and
Great Representatives of the I. O. It.
M., of Pennsylvania, has jußt been com
pleted, with the following result: Great
Sachem, John Fry, Norristown, 3282
votes; Great Senior Sagamore, David
Conn, Philadelphia, 2314; Great Junior
Sagamore, Harrison Nesbitt, Larksville,
2375; Great Prophet, William C. Conley,
Philadelphia, 2299; Great Chief of
Records, Thomas K. Donnalley, Phila
delphia, 2289; Great Keeper of Wampum,
George W. Kreomer, Philadelphia, 2372;
Representatsves to G. C. of U. S. (four
to be voted for), George M. D. Bellows,
Philadelphia, 958; Samuel C. Andress,
Philadelphia, 846; George S. Graighead,
Philadelphia, 1134; Henry Greenwood,
Chester, 665; Richard E. Tongue, Phila
delphia, 127; Harry A. Bleyler, Phila
delphia, 377; Clement 11. Smith, Phila
delphia, 1169; A. B. Naylor, Tacony, 238;
James Maloney, Philadelphia, 449;
Thomas A* Boyer, Reading, 511; E. T.
Beans, Telford, 188; Robert P. Morton,
Philadelphia, 465; William 1.. Zane, Eas
ton, 1138; Stephen B. Lego, Harrisburg,
301; Wm. G. Hollis, Philadelphia, 571;
John E. Poore, Philadelphia, 77.
A Hint to Delinquent.
An editor works 365 days per year to
get out fifty-two issues of a paper; that's
labor. Once in while somebody pays
him a year's subscription; that's capital.
And once in while some deadbeat takes
the paper for a year or two and vanishes
without paying for it; that'B anarchy.
But later on justice will overtake the
last named creature, for there is a place
where he will get his just deßerts; that's
h —l.
Whon Baby was sick, we gave her Caatoria.'
When she was & Child, she cried for Caatoria.
When ahe became Miss, she clung to Caatoria.
When she bad Children, she gave them Caatoria.
FREELAI LADIES!
soiling to-day her new
that ever came to this town.
Y W TBE Sllilpilil SHAPE
. ' ()ur handsome stock is open
THE NEW YORK." for inspection at any time.
Mrs. B. Grimes, Milliner and Dressmaker,
CENTRE STREET, BELOW FRONT.
WHATIoWEAR!
WHERE TO GET IT!
Two important questions that trouble young men, old
men, big boys and little boys. We will answer your
queries most satisfactorily. We have ready-made
clothing to suit men and boys—all styles and all sizes,
and everything is just from the manufacturer—as new
as new can be. Our stock of gents' furnishing goods—
including collars, cuffs and a handsome line of neck
wear—is certainly worth examining. Then we have
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, GAPS, ETC.,
in such great varieties that no man need leave our es
tablishment without a perfect fit. We can rig a man
out from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet
in such fine style that his friends will be astonished,
and the man will also be astonished at the low cost of
anything and everything he will buy of
JOHN SMITH, BIRKBECK P B R R E'r c L K AN D .
Have You Seen It?
Our elegant stock of
ins ii SIIB.
Which we are selling at prices as low as
i any dealer in the town. A full assortment
of everything in the business. Bioeial ut-
I tention given to ladies 1 footwear. No rent
to pay or family to support. Therefore we
! invite you to
Examine Our Goods
and Get Our Prices.
I We are also well supplied with HATS and
I CAPS for men and buys. The latest styles
at modcrute prices. When you need any of
j the above goods eall on
WM. EBERT,
55 Centre Street, Freeliuul.
PENSIONS
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Dependent widows and parents now dependent
1 whose sons died from effects of army service
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PERSONALITIES.
James Hanlon, of Ban<ly Run, has ac
cepted a positon as foreman over the
track-layers at Patterson, Schuylkill
County.
Dr. Latham, of Weatherly, made a
professional visit to this place on Mon
day.
Wm. Shaffer, of Philadelphia, is visit
ing his parents here. He intends to re
move to Terra Haute, Indiana.
George McLaughlin has accented a
position with J. C. Berner's Ready Pay
Store.
Thomas Birkbeck is at Wild wood, N.
J., looking over his property there.
Wm. Mulheran, of the Philadelphia
police force, is spending the week in
town. He will return to the city to
morrow.
Miss Julia McTague, of the Scranton
Diocmm Record, was here in the interest
of that paper on Tuesday.
Barney Brennan, of Wilkes-Barre, is
spending a few days here this week.
James J. Ward made a business trip
to New York on Tuesday.
Mrs. Wm. T. Williams, nee Miss Mag
gie Walters, will remove on Monday to
Slatington, where her husband is em
ployed. The young couple received a
number of presents since their marriage
a few weeks ago.
Rev. J. H. Schmidt has been in at-1
tendence at the Lutheran Conference at
Wilkes-Barre this week.
1 J. p. MCDONALD,
SOUTH AND CENTRE STREETS.
Our big stores are filled and piled high
up from cellar to lol't with
BRAND NEW GOODS
FOR
SPRING AND SUMMER.
We cannot pretend to name all the
handsome things we have to offer you. I
j Here are spring und 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
Hue, and the low prices we sell our goods
at will certainly astonish you.
Your special attention is called to
# the stock of
; FURNITURE-
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* Our waroroom is filled
with the choicest styles of ,
j t parlor and bedroom suits,
1 and everything else in the j
t furniture business.
I About everything that you need is here, and
at rock-bottom prices, too. We sell strictly for i
cash, und have no high rents to pay, therefore i
our prices are far below any others. Call In, :
' | examine our large stock and be convinced that
we can give you satisfaction In every respect.
J. P. McDonald.
WM. WEHRMANN,
German Practical Watchmaker.
i
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Jewelry repaired on short
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repaired.
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The American Eagle on Top.
Prices fire Lower Than Ever Before.
Our aim is to lead. and. never •
follow.
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in. tlie past.
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And Hardware of Every Description.
REPAIRING DONE ON SHORT NOTICE.
i 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.
Samples sent to anyone on application.
Fishing Tackle and
Sporting Goods. 1
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CENTRE STREET, FREELAND PA.,