Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, April 02, 1894, Image 1
FREELAND TRIBU N E. VOL. VI. No. 82. FROM SUBURBAN POINTS. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE OF NEIGHBORING TOWNS. Hevurul Interesting Items of News from Our Sainly ltim Correspondent—A Few from Drifton on the People's Doings In Tliat l'lace. 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. SANDY RUN HAPPENINGS. The young people of town held a sur prise party last week at the residence of Thomas Kennedy. Dancing was in dulged in until a late hour, when re freshments were served, after which they adjourned, all vowing that they never spent a more pleasant evening. Among those noticed on the tloor were: Miss Annie lioyle, of Beaver Brook; Miss Rose Gallagher, of Wilburton; Miss Lizzie Cairns, of Winton, and Messrs. William Baskin and John Campbell, of fcouth lleberton. Edward Gar is has resigned his posi- j tion as driver for the Millhopper Pack ing Company to accept the superinten dency of the butchering business of that ' company. Ed will go to Buffalo and purchase his stock. The Hungarians are taking up their beds and leaving here daily. Eight of them left for Cleveland, Ohio, on Satur day. Andrew Polka, of this place, will take charge of the restaurant of John Ferry, of the Points, Freeland. Geo. W. Kocher removed his house hold effects to Texas last week. Our young men would like to see the electric road here so they could get to Freeland more frequently. Miss Hattie Price will return to Ilackettstown university, where she will take up her studies, on Wednesday next. Miss Bridget Shuvlin is visiting her .sister, Mrs. Carlin, of Hazleton. Miss Madge Gallagher, of Drifton, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Thos. Kennedy. Miss Annie Boyle, of Beaver Brook, spent the last week plying her needle and thread at the residence of Samuel Pettlt. Miss Lizzie Cairns, of Winton, is visit ing at the home of her aunt, Mrs. John Singer. Frank Ilinson has returned home from Marshwood. Where are all the base ball players? There is enough tirat-class material here to organize a good team. Get a move on hoys. Neil Gallaghei is confined to his bed with a severe attack of inflamatary rheumatism. The colliery here worked five days last week. Miss Katie Connors has returned to Philadelphia, where she intends to spend the summer. Walter Leisenring is spending a few weeks in Virginia on a fishing tour. Work has commenced at the new stripping. Joseph Serricks, Jr., returned to Stroudsburg normal school on Tuesday after spelling a week here. The Highland boys can be Been on our streets every Saturday and Sunday i evenings. What seems to he the at traction? ARBUTUS. I DRIFTON ITEMS. A very pretty wedding took place at St. James' P. E. church on Wednesday, the parties being Walter Beers and Miss Annie Kessel, both of this place. The marriage ceremony was performed hv ltev. J. P. Buxton. James Crawford, of Freeland, was the groomsman, and Miss Sophia Hart, of Highland, the brides maid. The young couple began life together with the beat wishes of all their friends. The 1). S. & S. employes worked about half time last month. Base ball is receiving quite an amount of discussion among the lovers of the game here, though the work of putting the club in shape for the coming season did not commence yet. William Gillespie says he killed a large snake in the rear of his residence on Friday and claims first blood for the season. The school students, who spent a por tion of last week here with their par ents, returned again to resume their studies. John J. McCarthy, of this place, pur chased two fine building lots last week at Thirteenth and Locust streets, Dia mond addition, Hazleton. The dullnes of the coal trade has no visible effect upon the shops at this place. The employes are all making full time and some are working extra hours. The new addition to the boiler shop is almost completed. Mrs. Samuel Davis made a business trip to Ilazleton last week. Engine No. 7, D. S. & S., is in the shop for repairs. Misses Polly Stewart and Maggie Mnl downey, of White Haven, spent a few days here with friends last week. James Harvey, of Eckley, was in town a few hours yesterday. Miss Kate Gallagher, of Stockton, is visiting friends here. Christ Koster, of the civil engineer corps, had his hand badly cut last week with an axe. It took seven stitches to sew up the wound. Edward Harris, of Nanticoke, began work here last week. He was one of the early residents of this place, hut has been in the Wyoming region for a number of years. Chas. E. Coxe and Miss Louisa T. White, of this place, will be married to morrow by Rev. J. P. Buxton. Commencing with this month the lake trade will open, ami shipments of coal to Buffalo and points further west will he resumed by the company here. It is believed that this may give the miners a few more days work each month. A Baby Starved to Death. A pitiful case of starvation was brought to the attention of the authori ties in Wilkes-Barre on Friday by the j death of the three-year-old daughter of! Emanuel Darby, a lace weaver. Darby came to this country from Nottingham, England, seven years ago with the lace industry, and worked until last July, when the weavers went out on strike. He has been idle about nine menths, and has been unable to obtain any other work. His family of six small children, the oldest being a hoy of twelve year.s, ! have been reduced to starvation. On Friday morning the little three-! year-old daughter expired, and when the neighbors came in to offer their sym pathy the terrible truth that the family was starving confronted them. The father disheartened with the hitter ' struggle of life, sat in a corner of the room and the mother in pitieous tones told the neighbors that they had not a I cent in the house to buy her child neces- : sities or even a bite of food to eat. The neighbors contributed enough money to buy a good dinner for the fam ily and took steps to give the child a decent burial. Law* Agulnnt the Poor. An important suit was settled on Fri-; day in the Schuylkill courts. Susan Lewis and Margaret Ward brought suit against the Lehigh Valley Coal Com- : pany to recover SB,OUO damages each for j the deaths of their husbands, James Lewis and Thomas Ward, who lost their lives by an explosion of gas in the Fe gen Ridge colliery at Newtown. The gas escaped from an abandoned working and the suit was based upon the negli gence of the company in not affording the men sufficient prot- ction from dan ger. The court held that the evidence showed the accident to be due to the negligence of an employee and that, un der the law the company could not he held liable for the accident. Judge Rice directed the jury to bring in a ver dict in favor of the defendant, which they did without leaving the box. l*rirtoerK I>lscliirtfMl. Peter Gallagher, of tfckley, and Mich ael O'Ponnell, of Jeddo, were arrested on Saturday and taken before Squire Buckley, charged with lighting 011 the passenger train between Freeland and Jeddo on March 17. The testimony of the witnesses went to show that Galla gher was only trying to part several men who were quarreling. O'Donnell was not identified as having taken any part in the disturbance. The justice, after hearing the testi mony, discharged the defendants. War rants are out for two others who will be arrested later on the same charge. Hazleton Ilae Kail Club. The players who will represent Hazle ton iu the State league this season have nearly all been signed by Manager Hanlon. The following are already secured: J. Ely and Jordan, p; Moore ami Land, c and rf; Clark, lb;Conroy, 2b; Henry, 3b; Rothermel, ss; H. Ely, If; Moran, cf. They will report on the 15th. The suits ill be blue-gray, with bright trimmings, and the name Hazleton in large black letters will he on the breast of each shirt. Appointed Fish Warden. Patrick Murrin, of Freeland, has been appointed fish warden for Luzerne coun ty. Mr. Murrin w ill make a determined effort to enforce the fish laws of the state, and will prosecute any person whorn he discovers flailing in a manner 1 that is not approved by law. FREEHAND, PA., MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1894. WASHINGTON LETTER. Washington, March 30, 1894. President Cleveland, after hearing everything that could be said on every side of the question, and after deeper study than he has given to any single measure passed by this congress, has finally disposed of the Bland bill for the coinage of the seigniorage. His disposi tion of the bill is necessarily unsatis factory to many prominent and influen tial members of the party. That could uot have been avoided. It would have been precisely the same, only it would have been a different set of Democrats who would have been disappointed, had bis action been reversed. The situation was not unlike that which preceded Mr. Cleveland's celebrated tariff reform message, and he acted just as he did then, taking the course he believed to be right and proper, believing that time will, as it did with the tariff, bring the dissatisfied Democrats around to his way of thinking. Some Democrats in con gress are allowing their disappointment to run away with their discretion, and are saying things that they will regret when they see their words used by Re publicans against the Democratic party. Representative Sayers, of Texas, be lieves with his great Democratic prede cessor at tlie head of the house commit tee on appropriations, the late Samuel J. Randall, that the Bystem of perma nent or continuing appropriations is all wrong and should he done away with, | leaving alt appropriations to be made annually, and his hill providing for the change will probably be favorably re ported to the house at an early day, and he believes it will pass. The late Sam uel J. Randall introduced a similar hill in the forty-seventh congress, and it pas sed the house, hut not the senate. The amount of these continuing appropria tions, over which congress can, under the present system, exercise no detailed supervision, is 8130,000,000 a year. Some of these continuing appropriations are nearly a century old and are sense less and in some cases wasteful. Chair man Sayers' hill is thoroughly Demo cratic and ought to become a law. It will save money and reform a had sys tem. Probably no more representative gathering of prominent Democrats ever assembled in Washington than that which attended the liousewarining of the Democratic congressional campain committee, held in their new head quarters tliis week. The committej which received the guests was composed of Senator Faulkner, chairman of the congressional committee; Hon. W. F. Harrity, chairman of the national com mittee; Hon. Chauncey F. Back, presi-1 dent of the National Asssociation of 1 Democratic Clubs, and Mr. Lawrence Gardner, secretary of the congressional ' committee. The committee is now ready for business, and a quorum of the executive committee will he at head quarters daily until the close of the con gressional campaign. Senator Morgan believes that his Nicaragua canal hill will become a law and that the" canal will be'well under way before the close of the fifty-third congress. The bill is :.ow being consid ered by the sena'e committee 011 foreign relations. It provides for the guarantee ing of the bonds of the canal company to the extent of 1100,000,000 and gives this government practically the control of the canal, both while it is being built and after it is in operation. i he opposition to the new treaty with China, this week favorably reported without amendment by the senate com mittee on foreign relations, has been greatly exaggerated. No Democrat so far as known has any serious objections to the treaty, except several from the Pacific coast, and they say that with slight modification the treaty would he acceptable to them. The unexpected resignation of Sixth Auditor Brawley, of the treasury depart ment, to take effect upon the appoint ment of his successor, has made a lot of gossip. The position is an important one, and Mr. Brawley has held it less than a year. The announcement last evening that Governor Northen, of Georgia, had ap pointed Speaker Crisp to the vacancy in the senate made by the recent death of Senator Colquitt was a surprise, not only to Mr. Crisp's most intimate friends, hut to that gentlemen himself. The appoint ment is for the unexpired term, less than a year, and the speaker's name had not been mentioned formally to the governor, although it was known that he would probably be a candidate next year for the full term. Mr. Crisp is being congratulated by everybody today. g [Upon the urgent request of many Democrats Mr. Crisp ha declined the senatorship. To elect a speaker now would involve the party in a struggle.] HICUH' April Prophecies. Weather Prophet Hicks, as all know, was away off in his March predictions, and lie confesses that the month was not as severe as lie believed it would be. His forecasts for April may he surer. Briefly stated they are as follows: The month will open warm with showers. There will he storm periods beginning with very warm and ending in very cold weather. One of these periods is from the sth to the 9th. During the last pe riod severe disturbances may he ex pected. On the 12th and 13th heavy showers, with hail, thunder and lightning, with very cold weather succeeding. The 17th to 21st will constitute tlie next regular period. Tlie showery conditions, usual ly existing all through April, will take oil new power and organize into storms of great extent and energy at this period, as well as all tlie dates of central distur bances. Very cool nights, with frost generally, may he expected between the storms of this perioil and the reactionary changes and storm due centrally on tlie 24th and 25th. Another cold dasli—severe enough to bring frost in the north—will follow storms about these dates. The month will end witli a growing warm wave and with storms advancing from western ex tremes of the country. Tlie Actor Club's Hall. The hall given by the Actor Club on Friday evening surpassed the expecta tions of all, botli in attendance and the success with which tlie uffair was car ried out. It was a great night for the unemployed, who are organized in Free land under tlie name of the Actor Club, and the very large crowd present enjoy ed themselves in dancing and otherwise until morning. Of music there was no scarcity, the dancing part of it being furnished by DePierro's, while the St. I Patrick's and Mayberry bands rendered several fine selections. During tlie in termission tlie audience was entertained by a troupe of traveling colored gentle men with instrumental and vocal music. 'Tlie grand march was a fine affair, and was led by Master of Ceremonies Bernard McFadden and Miss C'assie Boyle. The hall throughout was well conducted, and the managers request us to tender their thanks to both bands for their presence, , to the parties who furnished the sup plies for tlie ball, to the proprietor of tlie opeia house for favors rendered, and to tlio public for its liberal patronage. A Large Breaker Burned. Tli e breaker at Purk Place, operated by Lentz, Lilly & Co , located two miles above Mahanoy City, was destroyed by fire early Friday morning. The origin ' of the fire is a mystery, hut it is thought I to have been caused by an overheated stove. Tlie loss is estimated at $150,000, partly covered by insurance. At2o'clock i tlie watchman discovered the fire raging i in the breaker above the engine house. ' lie immediately gave tlie alarm, but by ( the time assistance arrived the (lames ( were beyond control, and soon envelop- , ed tlie mammoth structure. The breaker was one of the largest in tho coal region, and was fitted up ten years ago at an expense of $150,000. The plant gave employment to 700 men and boys, most of whom reside at Park Place and Mahanoy City. It was situ ated on the lines of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, and all its coal shipments were made over that road. The mine in ISO 2 produced 284,000 tons of coal. Reappointed Commissioners' Clerk. P. F. Lawlor, of Nesquelioning, clerk of Carbon county commissioners, was last week re-elected to that position. The hoard of commissioners is Republi can, but Mr. Lawlor's services were so valuable that it was thought better to overlook party affiliations than to give the position to a new man. Mr. Law lor's friends, of whom there are several in Freeland, will he pleased to hear of his re-election. The Eighth itody Found. At 9 o'clock Friday morning the eighth body was discovered in the debris of the Gaylord mine, and at 1! o'clock that afternoon it was gotten out and identified as that of Thomas Merriman. The body was mutilated, and decom posed and recognition was only possible through the contents of the pockets in the clothing. There are five bodies yet to be recovered from the workings. I.ft Many Friends llellilld. From tho Qiiakcrtown, Fa., Times. (In Monday morning Dr. N. Maley left Quakertown for Freeland, Luzerne county. He came hure three years ago, having just graduated from college, and succeeded in building up a successful dental practice. The Doctor is an ex emplary man and has a host of friends among the best people of Quakertown. His only motive for leaving the town is because attractive inducements have been offered him and the opportunities for success are greater in a larger town. Both personally and professionally we commend the Doctor to the patronage I and personal consideration of the citi- I Zens of Freeland. BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS. LOCAL JOTTINGS GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. Little Ones of Interest About People You Know anil Tilings You Wish to Hear About—What the Folks of This Vicinity Are Doing. L. E. Nesbitt has lit'en appointed post master at Laflin, this county. The regular monthly meeting of the borough council will he held this even ing. St. Ann's T. A. B. Pioneer Corps will hold their annual hall on the 29th of next month. The coal sales agents have decided that the output of anthracite this month must not exceed 2,000,000 tons. It is expected that the contest for the Ilazleton postoflice will he decided at Washington this week, possibly today. James Gallagher, the base hall player who fell down a Scranton shaft last week, died from the injuries received. The trestling on the Upper Lehigh branch of the Central Railroad, between White Haven and Pond Creek Junction, is to be filled in. Work upon it will commence this week. Anthony Tahcna, who was shot by Mike Rossa during a quarrel at Ilazle ton last Wednesday evening, died at the miners' hospital on Friday. Rossn has not yet been captured. There was a brilliant display of aurora ! boreal is on Friday evening, commencing [ soon after sundown. Crowds of people gazed at the heavens while the phe nomenon was in progress. James McGinty and family, who re moved to Wilkes-Barre some years ago, have returned again to their old home at McGinty, Carbon county, better known as Old Buck Mountain. Samuel B. Storm, of Monroe county, brother'of ex-Congressman John 15. Storm, was on Friday appointed by Col lector I lerring as ganger for Lackawanna and Luzerne counties. lie succeeds Charles D. Wells, of Wilkes-Barre. The rate of wages tp be paid miners of the Schuylkill region for the last half of March and the first half of April has been fixed by the Schuylkill Coal Ex change at one per cent, below tbc $2.50 basis. The rate last month was two per cent, below the basis. The largest audience that has been in the opera house for some time witnessed the production of "fin His Track" by the Juvyiile Dramatic Company 011 Saturday evening. The boys played their parts well, and some showed a great deal of talent. Quite a large sum was netted. James Boner, of the Points, a driver in No. 2 Highland, had the top of a linger 011 his right hand taken oil on Thursday. He was assisting to put a car on the track and the finger was caught between the wheel and the rail, cutting a piece off as clean as if done with a knife. Some changes took place among the proprietors of saloons on Saturday. Daniel Snyder, of Stockton, took posses sion of the Keystone House, of which Hon. Win. li. Jeffrey was proprietor, and Hugh Dennion, of Ridge street, suc ceeds Peter McHugli in the saloon at; Centre and South streets. A Special Train. Oil the 22d inst. a special train will leave Freeland for Matiob Chunk to car ry the delegates, and others who may wish to go, to the quarterly district con vention of the C. T. A. U., which will lio held at Maucli Chunk on that date. The train will leave here about II a. 111., and returning will leave Maucli Chunk at 10 p. m. PERSONALITIES. Hugh P. Boyle and wife, of Phila delphia, are visiting at the residence of the former's parents oil Ridge street. Miss Sarah McGinty of llazleton, and Miss Rose Duffy, of Harleigh, spent several hours in town yesterday. Matt Seiger and family, of the llazle ton House, Hazleton, called 011 several of their friends here yesterday. Subscribe for the TRIBUNE. LXlIt RKNT. -Two rooms 011 Ccntro si reel: I I- nne location. Applj at PRIBUKI office* j I <)NT.—On March Id, between Freeland an<! I J .feddo, a pocket book. Finder will be re wanlod by returninK it to the Tiu HUNK office. L/MJU SALE. A tfood pound horse, suitable F lor am purpose, will be sold cheap lor cash. Apply to Henry Wilson, South llcberton. IJVfK KENT. V large hall on first floor, suit I I able lor society nicotines, storage room or tor any purpose that a large building is noeded. I Apply to (leoiyc -M;tlink.\. I-t i n street. N OTICE.—Notii" is hereby given, that the partnership lately subsisting between William D. Kline ami Daniel Kline, of lree laial, l\i.. uiuler the llnil name or Kline Broth ers. was this day dissolved by mutual consent All debts owing to the said partnership are to be reeeived by said Daniel Kline, and all demands on the said partnership are to be presented to hi in for payment. William I). Kline, Daniel Kline. Frcelaml, Fa., March 111, 18VH. ; Spring Goods 1 We have just received a very large consignment of PIECE GOODS for suitings ! and trouserings. Nobbiest patterns. , If you contemplate get ting a spring suit made give us a call and we will take I pleasure in showing you these goods. I Prices that can't be beat, here nor elsewhere. Perfect lit and workman | ship guaranteed. Suits to Order. - SI 200 Up Pantaloons to Order. 4-.00 Up Fine Tailoring Our Specialty. Jacobs & Barasch, 37 Centre Street. I Factory, ... Freeland. GREAT BARGAINS IN I Dry Goods, Groceries, Provisions, Notions, Hag Carpet, Hoots and Shoes, Flour and Feed, Wood and Tin and Queeiwoare, Willow ware, Tobacco, Table and Floor Cigars, Oil Cloth, Etc., Etc. A celebrated brand of XX Hour always in stock. Fresh Roll Batter .ml Fresh Eggs a Specialty. My motto Is small profits and quick sales. I always have l'resh goods and am turning my stock every month. Therefore every article is guaranteed. AMANDUS OSWALD, N ° RT CMURETMD Front Streets, Freeland. DePIEEEO - BEOS. CAF K. CORNER OF CENTRE AND FRONT STREETS, Freeland, Pa. Finest II 'hiskies in Stock. Gibson, Dougherty, Kaufer Club, Uoscnbluth's Velvet, of which we huve ICxclusive Sale in Town. Muin iu'h Extra Dry Champagne, Honneswy Brandy, Blackberry, Gins, Wines, Clarets, Cordials, Etc. Imported and Domestic Cigars. OYSTERS IN EVERY STYLE. 11am and Schweitzer Cheese Sandwiches, Sardines, Etc. MEALS - AT - ALL - HOURS. Bullontino and llazleton beer on tap. Baths, Hot or Cold, 25 Cents. Dr. H. W. MONROE, Beutist. Located permanently in Pirkbeck brick, second floor , rooms 1, 1 and over Smith'* shoe store, Freeland, 1\(. ([faa and ether administered for the pain- \ less extraction of /nth. Z'eeth Jilted and ar tificial teeth inserted. Reasonable prices and ALL WO It K OCA RANTEED. d. Goeppert, proprietor of the Washington House, 11 Walnut Street, above Centre. The best, ol whiskies, wines, gin cigars, etc. Cull in when in that part of the town. Fresh Beer and Porter on Tap. FRANCIS l>Kli.\ NAN Restaurant. 151 South Centre street, Prechtnd. (Near the h. V. It. It. depot.) GIIOICKS T— LIQUOR, BEER, ALE, PORTER BEST CIGARS AND —ON TAP. j TK UPER.dNCE DRINK. $1.50 PEK YEAR JOHN D. HAYES, Attorney-at-Law and Notary Public. bcgal business of all kinds pr< t> ly attended Room 3, 3d Floor, Blrkbcd Brick. jyj HALPIN, Manufacturer of Carriages, Buggies, Wagons. &c. Cor. \\ alnut aud Piue Streets, Freeland. QHAS. ORION 6TROH, Attorney and Counselor at Law, AND Justice of the Peace. Office Rooms No. 31 Centre Street, Freeland. JOHN M. CARR, Attorney-at-Law. 15 S. Franklin street, Wilkes-Barrc, Pa. All Legal Business Promptly Attended To. J F. O'NEILL, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. 10# I'I'M.TC SQUAUB, - WILKKS-BAItRB. Alex. Shcllack, Bottler 1 PEER, - PORTER, - WINE, and all kinds of L I Q U O li S. 1 * Cor. Washington and Walnut streets, Freeland. WASHBURN & TURNBAfIfI, Builders of Light and Heavy Wagons. R£PAl!lfia OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. FItONT BTHEF.T, NEAIt FINE. FIiEELAND. COTTAGE HOTEL. Washington and Main Streets. FRED. HAAS, Prop. Firat-elnps accomodation for nermnnent and transient guests. Good table. I'uir rutoe. Bar linely stocked. Stable attached. LIBOR, WINTER, ISTAIMT Si BISKS SAW. No. 13 Front Street, Frccland. The finest liquor and cigars on sale. Fresh beer always on tap. ; Hit. N. MALEY, I> E ■> TIS T. Located permttnoutly in Blrktmok'. buildlmr, room t. second lloor. Special iiMcutiuu puid to all branches of dentistry. Itooms occupied by the Into l>r. Payson. Painless Extraction. AAd7i o to~to a 9P 0 S Mhourß! 8 to 13 WM. WEHRMAN. German Watchmaker. CENTRE STREET, FREELAND. (Baker Horlacher's Block.) Repairing of every description promptly at tended to and guaranteed. CONDY 0. BOYLE dealer lu Liquors, Wine, Beer, Etc, The hncst brands of domestic and I imported whiskey on sale at his new and handsome saloon. Fresh Roches tor and Ballentiue lit er and Veung- w ling; s porter on tap. I Centre - Street, - Hive - Points. Philip Gcrilz, Corner Front and Centre Streets. I am the oldest jeweler in town. I have had the largest practical experience in repairing and will guarantee you thorough work. I have always in stock the largest assortment ol Watches, Clocks, Silverwero, I'lufed ware. Rings, Diamonds and Musical Instruments. I will do ENGRAVING FREE OF on uny article purchased from mo.