FREELAND TRIBUNE. VOL. VI. No. G9. FROM SUBURBAN POINTS. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE OF NEIGHBORING TOWNS. Politics in Poster Township Discussed by One of Its Citizens—Letter* from Higli litnd and Upper Lehigh. Giving; the News of These Towns. Special and regular correspondence from the surrounding towns is solicited by the TRIBUNE. Communications or items intended for publication must be accompanied by the name of the writer. WHY I AM A BOLTER. The Eekley correspondence of Tues day's Standard contained the following: "Some of the Democratic candidates for township honors canvassed the town on Saturday and Sunday and report that Mr. McUee, who was defeated at the —recent Democratic convention, was open ly bolting the ticket," and adds, "the friends of Mr. MeGeg lit'.'., regret I'.'.YS Retain "i'lTu 'Tmpe"that better judgment will prevail." Mr. Editor, in days gone by bolting the ticket meant treason to the party i and political death, but thanks to the evolution of politics and the develop ment of modern methods, the paity bolter of yesterday is the party hero of today. If bolting is a crime he who aids or abets the bolter is equally guilty. If bolting is wrong in 1891 it was equally wrong in 1893 and in 1889. I have denounced bolting in 1889 when my successful competitor was bolt in Hassle township. I have denounced bolting in 1893 when Mr. Ruinn and Mr. Gallagher, nominees for supervisor and _ school director, respectively, were bolt ing ill Foster township. I have de nounced buffers and everything in con nection therewith in the columns of the TRIBUNE in February, 1893, but my party has ruled otherwise. The recent Democratic convention lias ! legalized and placed the seal of itH up- j pruval on bolting by dealing out the loaves and fislies to the bolters of the | recent past. Yes, Mr. Editor, witli due deference to the wishes of my Eekley "frien Is," the year of our Lord, 1894, finds tne a prostrate penitent lit the foot of the Democratic cross retracting my heresy. I Bolting is right. The Democratic party in convention assembled has said sot Yes, dear "friends," you huve evidently been taking a nap oil the Rip Van Winkle plan and you awoke (Democratic back-numbers) in sisting on the conditions and rejected theories of the dismal past. Bolting is not only justifiable but commendable. This may seem a very strange and un called for assertion to many of your readers, but in all seriousness it is true. Why am I upbraided for bolti ig? "What is this indefinite something we call a party that assumes to control my will and reason, yes, my soul? Is the j citizen the creature of tbo party? Who are tbo men who assume to mould Democratic thought and control Demo cratic action in Foster township today? They are the men who, Judas-like, be-' stow the kiss of Democratic fellowship and stealthily stub their victim in the dark when their selfish interests do main! it. They are mon who, in the language of the ancients, "are in it for what's in it," who know nothing of Demo-' g'ratio principles and care less. But I am deviating somewhat from the question. lam accused of bolting ! Now what are the facts and logical deduc- J tions? In the lust analysis we find that one of two things must be true. First. Bolting lias been approved of by the party in convention assembled. | Second. If bolting is not an article ill | the Democratic creed then the delegates j to the recent convention have misrepre sented their constituents. In either case bolting is justifiable. Next. GEO. MCGEE. HIGHLAND DOTS. About the only people in this com munity who are enjoying life in the old fashioned style are the Hungarians. The slack time has no effect upon the christenings or weddings now any more than in years gone by. On Sunday a christening took place here and quite a number of friends from other towns were in attendance. All sorts of drink, I both mild and crazy, were in abundance, ! but judging from the noise made, it is safe to say the mild drink was a dead loss. Miss Amanda Keller, of Jeddo, spent Sunday at this place visiting her parents and other friends. - Ge'orgo Harvey has recovered from his recent illness and is" able to about again. It lias been many years since the political candidates of the township have entered into a canvass with as much vigor as they are doing this year. As far as this place is concerned It has been a door to door canvass, and there are not | many voters in town but have declared their intentions for whom they will vote. Still, this is no guarantee that they will fulfill their promises, fts the system of voting now allows a man to vote as he pleases, regardless of promises. Miss Annie Connell, of Beaver Mea dow, spent a few days at the residence of Thomas J. Boyle last week. The collieries at this place worked eighteen hours last week. If this is to continue the people here will have a hard time to pay bills, or even to live decently. A shooting match which is to take place at South Heberton on the 22d inst., is attracting the attention of our sportsmen. They will be there in full force. Several of our residents were at Wilkes-Barre on Tuesday attending to business. A young son of Thomas J. Boyle met with a serious accident yesterday. In some w.iiy the little fellow got hold of a can of hot tea, which he capsizerf, ing his body very severely from his breast to his feet. Remedies were at onee applied to relieve the sufferings of the boy, and he is now in a favorable way to recover. UPPER LEHIGH NOTES. Several new sets of boxing gloves are ordered by parties in town to enable them to become proficient in the manly art. We wonder if the agreement to "drop it" is only temporary. Miss Rose Ferry, who has been seri ously ill for several weeks past, is now recovering. Many invitations have been issued to the young ladies of this place to assist at j the Mayberry band fair, which will open at Freeland opera house on Mon day evening. Patrick Conaghan, of Jersey City, N. J., came to town yesterday on a visit to his relatives. William Roberts left here on Saturday j and will take up his residence at Slating- ; ton, where ho has secured employment. John Golick buired an infant child yesterday in the Greek cemetery at j Freeeland. • There is some talk of getting up a l sleighing party to go to Ed. Henry's, in Conynghain valley. S. S. Hoover and wife made a visit to Philadelphia this week. The employes of this place will be paid on Saturday. No assistance will be required to lug it home on this occasion. Daniel Ferry, of Ilarwood, removed his family and household effects to No. 4 on Monday. It is becoming quite a pastime of some people of this place to shoot off revolvers on the streets at night, The town can do very well without such business, and j if it is continued, at a future time the j residents will know who is doing it by keeping an eye on this column. Wyoming Historical Society. The Wyoming Historical and Geologi cal Society held its first annual meeting in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. The election of officers resulted in the choice of the following persons: President, Sheldon Reynolds; vice presidents, Rev. Henry L. Jones, D. D., Judge Stanley Woodward, Calvin Par sons and Eekley B. Coxe; trustees, H. H. Harvey, Eward Welles, C. A. Miner, S. \J. Brown, Richard Sharp, Jr.; treas urer, Andrew 11. McCiintock; recording secretary, Sidney R. Miner, correspond ing secretary, Rev. H. E. Hayden; librarian, J. Ridgway Wright. Kail road Thieves on the Pen nay. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company again has trouble with freight car thieves near Sunbury. It seems that the losses have all occurred on the Sunbury, Haz leton and Wilkes-Barre branch and according to the reports the total value of missing goods is close to $20,000. Not the slightest trace has yet been found to the thieves, although detectives have been detailed on the case. JOURNALISTIC. J. 11. Andrews & Co., the new pub lishers of the News, of Wyoming, this county, have brightened up that paper and improved its appearance. There is some talk of another after noon paper being started in Hazleton. Editor Malloy, of the Lansford Record, i appears to have the inside track for the I deputy collectorship of Carbon county under Collector Herring. DEATHS. SeIIREINKR.—At South Heberton, Feb ruary 14, Walter, son of George and Elizabeth Schreiner, aged 2 years, 1 month and 14 days. Funeral on Sun day at 10 a. m. services at.St. John's Reformed church by Rev. 11. A. I. Benner. Interment at Hughesville cemetery. Bachman. FREELAND, PA CLOSED IN BY A FALL. THIRTEEN MINERS ENTOMBED IN A PLYMOUTH COLLIERY. While Men Were at Work Under a Weak Roof a Terrible Fall of Rock and Coal Occurs—Thirty Acres Affected by the IllKaeter - The Men l'rohahly Head. Thirteen men nnd possibly more aro entombed in the workings of the Gay lord shaft at Plymouth, and the hope of their rescue is so small as to be most discouraging. Experienced miners say they will never come to the surface dead or alive, as their opinion is that their bodies are buried so deeply that they will never be found. But others more sanguine anticipate that the active measures taken by the company will re sult in their fescue alive. The names of the men entombed are: Foreman Thomas Picton, married, large family. Thomas Jones, married, three cliil dfiS/X. Richard Dayis, marrfer, two children. John Morris, married, five children. James Kingdon, married, two children. Thomas Merriman, married, two chil dren. Thomrs Cole, married, three children. Joseph Olds, married, two children. Daniel Morgan, widower. John Hammer, married, nine chil dren. Peter S. McLaughlin, married, six children. Michael Walsh, married, two children. Thomas Leyshon, single. The cause of the catastrophe was a cavein and the victims are all residents of Plymouth. The mine had a bad cavein about two years ago, and has since had occasional spells of working. On Monday this settling was most pro nounced, and at 5 o'clock on Monday night a gang of miners, the men now confined, were set at work in the main gangway at timbering. ALL PROBABLY KILLED. Everything was going on nicely inside until 2 o'clock Tuesday morning when the residents of the locality about the breaker were awakened by a shaking and trembling of the ground and rocking of their houses. They knew immedi ately that some great disaster had occur red, and all the miners hurried t# the shaft to find that an immense cavein had occurred, affecting a large portion of the workings of the colliery and im prisoning all the men working inside at the time. The fall covered thegangway in which the timber gang were working, and no doubt killed every man of them at once. There was, however, one way in which the men may have escaped in stant destruction. Opening from the gangway where they were at the time of the cavein are a number of cross head ings leading to an old gangway, which runs along the boundary line of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company's property, and this gangway is supported by a solid wall of coal on the Delaware & Hudson side. If the-men had a few moments' warning, which is quite possi ble, because of the crackling Bound always given out before a cavein occurs, they are possibly in these workings waiting for help. This help is coming to them so fast as the work can be pushed. The distance to this old gangway from the foot of the shaft is about nine hun dred feet through closed up passages which must be reopened and retimbered before they can be traversed. Gangs of men as large as can be accommodated in the tunnels are working with feverish haste. DANGER INCREASING!. ■ At 7 o'clock on Tuesday night reports were sent up from the rescuing gangs that the squeeze showed signs of con tinuing, and that chunks of rock from the roof is falling about them in all di rections. The mules were taken from inside and a careful watch was kept of the air courses. The fans to supply air to the workers inside are being run to their fullest capacity to furnish air and to keep the open spaces clear of gas, which the immense fall liberated in large quantities. The Delaware and Hudson Company has volunteered to cut through from their No. 1 mine a few hundred feet dis tant on the east, and the Parrish Coal Company also stands ready to cut through the pillars from their workings on the westerly side. It is probable that the workings of the Gaylord shaft are completely wrecked and rendered useless. NO HOPE TODAY, The rescuers have been working hard to reach the men, but it seems like a fruitless task, as the miners best ac quainted with the workings declare the men are buried beneath the debris, perhaps forever. There was nothing new reported this morning, except that the squeeze is increasing, thereby raak | ing the rescue very dangerous work. , THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1894. STABBED HIS RIVAL. JoalouHy CKUHCH a Young Pole to Cut the Throat of a Countryman. Elick Cashoe, a young miner of Georgetown, near Wilkes-Barre, is lying at the point of death with a fractured skull and an ugly gash across his throat and all because lie was successful in win ing the affections of Anna Kilcavage, a pretty Polish girl of Whiskey Hill. For him she threw over John Barrish, an other young miner, who had been a most ardent suitor for her hand. Barrish, when he heard of Cashoe's success, swore that he would have re venge upon his rival, and he kept his word. On Monday night Cashoe re ceived a note asking him to meet a num ber of friends at Barrish's boarding house and spend the night with them in celebrating pay-day. Suspecting noth ing Cashoe went out at once. Half way down the road he was met by Barrish and his brother, Mike, they greeting him with "Good night, lilick." He responded, and just as he passed lie was felled to 'lie ground hv a terrific blow from a fence picket in "lie iia■ of Joint Bin One of thi dn knife across his thi >al infi gash. Cashoe lay for .tame tin u llio ground before he was discovered by passers-by and carried home. As lie | regained consciousness for a short, ' time and told who his would-be inur- j derers were, they were arrested and j committed to jail by Squire Morrisey to await the result of their victim's in juries. A Valuable Relic. From tho Philadelphia Times. William D. Fry of Drifton, son of General Fry, the alderman, of Allen town, claims to have a relic second to none in this country except the Declara tion of Indepandence. Next to the De claration is the Liberty Bed, but Mr. Fry has a ring that was made out of the iron that fell from the crack of the bell. Mr. Fry's ancestors at one time lived in Independence Hall and were the custodians of the historic structure. He lias an affidavit establishing a perfect chain of authenticity as to the ring. It is the only relic from the bell itself known to be in existence. Mr. Fry is a relative of Mrs. Nelson Wiener, who gave him a piece of wood from the beam 011 which the Liberty Bell rested in the old Zion's Reformed church in Allen town. lie Illew Out the Gits. Jacob Siepler, an old farmer from Dal las, is lying at the point of death from asphyxiation. Mr. Seipler went to Wilkes-Barre on Saturday to visit his friend, Nathan Dottcr. He retired at 11 o'clock on Saturday evening. Mr. Dotter accompanied him to his room in order to explain to him about turning out the gas. The next morning Mr. Seipler did not answer to his friend's call and Mr. Dotter, smelling gas, hurst open the door and found the jet had been left open all niglit. The man was unconscious, and his life was nearly ex tinct. Physicians were surainonod and have been working over him since, and there are but small hopes of his recovery. FtiHion Tickets Illegal. The politicians of Butler township, Schuylkill county, were knocked out on Monday when Judges Bechtel and Weid raan handed down an opinion declaring the nominations filed by a set of Repub licans upon which the Democrats were named as nominees void. In its opinion the court states that aside from the violation of party rules the nominations were illegal from the fact that only two of the five districts of the township were represented at the meeting the conferrees, when they nomi nated the entire township ticket. Candidate for Poor Director. Cornelius Gildea, the candidate for poor director, called upon several of the voters of this section on Tuesday, and received many assurances of support and aid. Mr. Gildea has traveled the poor district pretty thoroughly and considers his chances of election very favorable. He is a lirßt-class man for the position, and besides receiving thevotoof hisown party he will get considerable help from his Republican friends. Three of a Family Injured. By the explosion of a coal oil lamp she was trimming one evening last week, the dress of Mrs. Neal Ferry, of New Silver Brook, caught fire and she was seriously burned. Her husband was badly hurt in extinguishing the (lames, and while her son, An thony, was going for a physician he fell over a wire and sprained his ankle so badly I hat he had to be taken to Ilaxleton hospital. PLEASURE CALENDAR. February 19 to March 3.—Fair of May i berry band, at Freeland opera house. ; March l(i. —Annual ball of St. Patrick's Beneficial Society, at Freeland opera I house. Admission, 60 cento. I BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS. LOCAL JOTTINGS GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. Little Ones of Interest About l'uop!e You Know and Tilings You Wish to Hear About—What the Follcs oT This Vicinity Are Doing. The borough school children enjoyed a sleigh-ride yesterday to Matt Seiger's, at Haaleton. The grocery and dry goods store of Michael Mayock at Miners Mills was burned out on Monday night, causing a loss of $13,000. Among the fourth-class postmasters appointed on Tuesday was Itumago at Iluntsville, this county, in place of S. L>. Hunt, removed. The D. S. & S. Company has ordered 1,000 hopper-bottom gondola coal cars. They will be equipped with the West inghouse air-brakes. John Morris, of Silver Brook, died at that place on Tuesday, aged 63 years. .. .0 ..i. ' 1 ntnfV.ckley. | He is survived by a wife, throe sons and one daughter. | Grand (hooting match on the '-'2 d inst. 1 I at Harmony Hall, South Hebertnn, and I j dancing in the eveiiu.,,. A „ ,1 time ; guaranteed to all who attend. Music by I DePierro's orchestra. Philip McKennan, of Ashley, a som- : nambulist, walked out of the second-j story window of his house early lion day morning, falling to the sidewalk and j injuring himself so badly that he will not recover. Andrew Leshko, who was convicted j some time ago at Wilkes-Barre for as snulting(n fellow-boarder at No. 2 Drif ton, last September, was on Monday ' sentenced to pay a fine of $lO and coßts, $43.81 in all. The gas that comes out of the Pelte bone mine, near Kingston, is utilized for generating steam, instead of coal. The boilers are supplied by a six-inch ] bore hole from the mine, let in by a ! three-inch pipe. At a fair for the benefit of the Catholic church of Avoca, above Wilkes-Barre, ' the sum of $3,445.30 was turned in by | three young ladies who contested for a diamond pin. The pin was worth $25. i Hard times don't seem to affect Avoca. j More Than a Centenarian. The oldest person living in this county today is, without a doubt, a lady by the name of I'errin, a resident of Mt. Zion, near the Wyoming camp ground. She is 102 years old and is able to be around the house and attend to some of the minor duties. She goes to the table and eats a hearty meal three timesaday, the j samo as when she was eighty years younger. Scarlet Fever in Schuylkill. Scarlet fever is raging to an alarming j extent at St. Clair, Schuylkill county. Last week a number of children were ' stricken and a number of new cases are reported. The local board of health is doing all in its power to allay the disease. In pursuance to a resolution adopted at a special meeting the words "Conta- j gious Disease" have bean printed in large letters on red placards and hung on all houses in which the fever is raging. A Pool Game for $ 1,000. A game of continuous pool for SSOO a j side took place at the American Athletic Club, Scrauton, on Monday, between j Jerome Keogh, of Scranton, and Grant Eby, of Ilarrisburg, the former winning | by a score of 200 to 08. Eby broke the balls in the first frame, but left tliem easy and did not secure any of them. He played in hard luck while Keogh was careful and took no chances. The ] latter was 37 to his opponent's 0 at the onil of the third frame. Keogh con tinued to increase his lead, but Eby gained lots of applauso by some of his fancy shots. Beginning the tenth frame Eby began to regain his stroke and Keogh fell off a hit. The fourteenth and fifteenth frames threw Eby back, Keogh securing the thirty balls. From this point Ehy had no chanco, Keogh making eleven breaks and leaving the white ball so safe that Eby could make nothing. The latter took a chance in the twentieth frame and broke the spheres up on a combina tion, but he missed and Keogh, taking advantage of the open balls, ran twelve and the game. .Subscribe for the Tbibunk. GEORGE FISHER, dealer in FRESH BEEP, PORK, VEAL, MUTTON, BOLOGNA, SMOKED MEATS, ETC., ETC. Call at No. <• Walnut street. Freehold, or wait l'or the delivery wagons. VERY LOWEST PRICES. ON — Overcoats, Men's Suits, Boys' Suits, Children's Suits, | Gents' Furnishing Goods. , We are sacrificing our Winter t Goods 50 per cent, below cost. WHY? We don't want to car ry over a single garment. We need room for our Spring and Summer Goods. ~ Come to Us Now T">Y Qowiyniu*! Fine Tailoring Our Specialty. .ii m cumins, i JACOBS 4 BARASCH, 37 CENTRE STREET, Freeland, Pa. j FACTORY, - - FREELAND. GREAT BARGAINS IN Dry Goods, Groceries, Provisions, | Notions t Rag Carpet, Boots and 81ioen, Flour and Feed, Wood and Tin and Qvecnsioare, i WiUowware, Tobacco, Table and Floor Cigars, Oil Cloth, Etc., Etc. A celebrated brand of XX llour always In stock. Fresh Roll Butter and ! Fresh Eggs a Specialty. | My motto Is small profits and quick sales. 1 always have fresh goods and am turning my ! stock every month. Therefore every article is ! guaranteed. AMANDUS OSWALD, j Northwest Corner TiWnlnnrl I Centre and Front Streets, T l l CC11I1( I. j DePIERItQ - BROS. i=cafe.=! CORNER OF CENTRE AND FRONT STREETS, Freeland, Pa. j Finest Whiskies in Stock. Gibson. Dougherty, Kaufer Club, Hosentiluth's Velvet, of which we have I Exclusive Sale in Town. Muram's Kxtra Dry Champagne, Hcnnessy llrandy. Blackberry. Gins, Wines, Clarets, Cordials, Etc. ' Imported and Domestic Cigars. GYSTEIIS IN EVERY STYLE, IJam and Schweitzer Cheese Sandwiches, Sardines, Etc. MEALS - AT - ALL - HOURS. Ballontlne nnd Haxleton beer on tap. Baths, Hot or Cold, 25 Cents. lUOa,r<3. Timo "-'rices ! I will Si ll you holiday woods this year at • i very low prlees. My stock Is complete in Wnfehes. Clocks, Ulna's, Sllvi rware and Musieul Instruments | of all kinds. FREE ENGRAVING ON ALL GOODS PURCHASED OF ME. PIULIP GERITZ, j Carrier Front and Centre Streets. i LjX)IM>. Between Freeland and Drifton, P I'elirrairy 7, a small luitrulo robe, owner . I can ntsover same at the TKIIU NK office. $1.50 PEK YEAR. JOHN D. HAYES, Attorney-at-Law and Notary Public. 'Cgal business of all kinds promptly attended Room 3, 2d Floor, Birkbeck Brick. JVf. MAI,PIN, Manufacturer of Carriages. Buggies, Wagons, &c. Cor. Walnut and Pine Streets, Freeland. £HAS. ORION STROH, Attorney and Counselor at Law, AND Justice of the Peace. I Ofllcp liooma No. 31 Centre Street, Fieelonil. JOHN M. CARR, Attorney-at-Law. 15 S. Franklin street, Wilkes-Bairo, Pa. All Legal Business Promptly Attended To. ] F. O'NEILL, ATT ( RMEY- AT -L A V\l Alex. Shcllach, Bottler of BEER, - PORTER, - WINE, and all kinds of L / (J UOR S. Cor. Wa.-h : :-n and Walnut streetf,. Freeland. WASHieUP.M &. IURNBACHJ Builders of Light and Heavy Wagons. REPAiSIND OF EViRY BcSGfiiPTIOB. FIMINT S ri:!:KT. sr. Alt PINK, fheeland. Keipcr's Steam Marble Works. COR. LACItEI, nntl JUNE STREETS. Monuments, Headstones, selling at cost for next thirty days. Iron and < | Fences, Sawed Building Stones, Window : ;t • >;, Door Sills, Mantels, Grates, Coping, * uraolery Supplies. Bill LIB KEIBEII, BliOß., Hazleton. COTTAGE HOTEL. Washington and Main Streets. FRED. II A AS, Br op. Flrfjt-claas accomodation for permanent and transient gin tGood table. Pair rates. Bar finely stocked. Stable attached. LIBOR WINTER, ffifl SMI & Mill SALOON. No. 13 Front Street, Freeland. The finest liquor nnd cigars on solo. Fresh beer always on tap. WM. WEHRMANN, German - Wale/maker. Centre Street, Five Points, Freeland. WATCHES AND CLOCKS FOR SALE. Repairing of every description promptly at tended to and guaranteed. Gold and silver plating. CONDY 0. BOYLE, dealer in Liquors, Wine, Beer, Etc. The finest brands of domestic and imported whiskey cm sale at his new At and handsome saloon. Fresh Roches- tor and Ballentine beer and Veung- ling's porter on tap. Centre - Street, - Fiye - Points. d. Goeppert, proprietor of the Washington House, 11 Walnut Street, above Centre. The best of whiskies, wines, gin eigars, etc. Call in when in that part of the town. Fresh Beer and Porter on Tap. G. B. Payson, D. D. S., DK NT-IST. FREELAND, 1A. Located permanently in Birkbeck's building, mom i. second floor. Special attention paid to nil brunches of dentistry. Painless Extraction. All work guaranteed. Office hours: 8 to 12 \. M.; Itoft P. M.; 7 to 9 P. M. FRANCIS BRENNAN Restaurant. 1.11 South Centre Street, Freeland. (Near the L. V. It. It. depot.) f ' IK) IC EST— LIQUOR, BEER, ALE, PORTER BEST GIGANS AND ~ ON TAP - I EMFERA.A 'CE DRINK.
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