FREELAND TRIBUNE. V OL. VIII. NO. 46, BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS. PARAGRAPHS GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OF THE REGION. _ Synopsis of Local and Miscellaneous Oc currences That Can lie Read Quickly. What the Folks of This and Other Towns are Doing. Ladies, don't forgot to see the dress goods at A. Oswald's. Two thousand names have been placed in the Luzerne county jury wheel for 1806. J. P. Carey has placed a handsome pool table in the rear of his barber shop on South Centre street. The Lehigh Valley Railroad employes between Frecland and Tomhieken will be paid next Wednesday. John P. O'Donnell and Miss Mary Mcllugh, botli of Eckley, will be mar ried today at that place by Rev. Thos. Brohony. There was no meeting of the borough council on Monday evening, a quorum not being present. A meeting will be held tonight. Wilson P. ltachman and Miss Cella J. Lippincott, both of Upper Lehigh, were ag ran ted a marriage license at Wilkcs " barro on Tuesday. Henry Marks and Anthony Ilemsath, of Foster township, and W. B. Simpson, of Hazle township, have been drawn as grand jurors for January 6. The report of Mine Inspector Roderick November shows that there were Tffeo fatal and twelve non-fatal acci dents in this district last month. There are 510 males and 620 females, a total of 1,130 patients, in the insane asylum at Danville. The state has pro vided accommodations for less than soo. Jonathan Roberts, of South Ileberton, and Mrs. John Harvey, of town, were married here on Tuesday evening. They have taken up their residence at South Heberton. A case of diphtheria on Washington street, above Luzerne, has been reported to the board of health. The usual pre cautionary card has been placed upon the dwelling. William Williamson has been given the contract to do the plumbing at the .it iflew opera house, and George A. Kilcy, of Hazleton, will put in the electric light wires and fixtures. The annual reception of the Young Ladies' Sodality, of St. Ann's church, will be held at 7 o'clock on Sunday evening, when a number of new members will be received into the society. A fair was opened last evening in the basement of St. John's Hungarian church, Ridge and Luzerne streets. There are a number of fancy and useful articles to be disposed of. Rev. J. T. Griffith, pastor of the Eng lish Baptist church, read a paper at a i ministers' conference in Duryoa on Monday. The subject was: "The Im portance of an Undoubted Faith." Governor Hastings lias respited Wil liam Ponn Bowman, under sentence of deatli in Luzerne county, from .January 14 to February 13, in order to allow the case to go before the board of pardons. ! Confirmation services will take place St. Ann's church at 9 a. m. next Sun - day. Rt. Rev. Bishop O'Hara, of Scan ton. will officiate, and'several hundred boys and girls will receive the sacra ment. . The coroner's jury empanelled to inquire into the cause and manner of the death of two men who were killed at Milnesvllle last week, rendered a i verdict of accidental death, due to a slide | of rock. A'big meeting of the railroad brother | hoods will be held at llazleton next Sun day,,and many prominent officers will attend. A secret session will bo held in ? the morning, and a public mooting in the afternoon. John E. Brennan and company played ( "Tim, the Tinker," af the opera house ; on Monday evening to a fair-sized I audience. The specialties were the best part of the play, and the songs and dances took well. At a mooting of the Hazleton Sentinel Printing Company on Monday. .John Mc- Carthy was removed from tlio board of directors and the presidency. The S'JKtinel states ho has no further eonuoe f tion with the paper. I Camp 117, P. O. S. of A., of Freeland, will attend St. Paul's P. M. church on I Sunday at 2.30 p. m., when ft special sermon will be preached by the pastor, Rev. S. Cooper, on "Our Duty to Our Country and Our God." Subpoenas have been served by Con i stable Quigley upon the ex-supervisors, | ex-treasurers and ex-tax collectors of I Foster township since 1889. to appear at ;• the office of G. L. iialsey, Esq., Wilkes- I barro, tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. Some live in Plymouth and other parts •of the county. The Union Club is the latest social or ganization in town. It was formed on Monday evening and the officers are Dr. I N. Maley president, Dr. G. D. Morton I secretary and treasurer, and 11. L. I Blaksloe chairman of finance committee, j A room in the Birkbeck brick has been ! rented as headquarters of the club. I School Hoard Meeting. The borough school board met in reg ular session last evening with the fol lowing members present: Messrs. Ferry, McCarthy, Welsh and Rute. After ap proving of the minutes of tiie last two regular and special meetings, the follow ing bills were received and ordered paid: Cross Creek Coal Company, coal, $24; prothonotary's foes, 75 cents; D. O'Don nell. hauling coal, $7: Freeland Lumber Company, supplies, $3.32; Mrs.Gallagher, cleaning outhouses, $3; J. D. Myers, placing blackboards in C'oxe Memorial School and repairing, $12.45. Teacher Schmidt, of the Birvanton school stated that his classes were short of books and requested the board to furnish him with a snfiicient quantity to meet the demands of the school. Secretary Ferry was instructed to at | tend to the matter. President McCarthy called attention to the laxity of parents and organiza tions in following the course of the public schools by personal observation, and devoted some time to explaining how, if the parents would co-operate with tho teachers, it could be made to result mutually advantageous. The board agreed to notify tho bonds men of ex-Tax Collector Frank Fair child, who is still in debt to the district for unpaid taxes, that unless the account was settled iininetfiately, legal action would ho brought against them to recover the amount due. In the matter of taxes, the account of Collector Brown, of Foster township, came up for discus sion and the secretary was instructed to investigate its standing with the district. Treasurer Welsh reported having a balance on hand of $1,063.77. Follow ing are the amounts received from pupils who reside outside the borough: Edith Kuiitz. South Ileberton. $3.75; Mamie Brown, South Ileberton, $3.75; John Mc- Garry. Foundryville. $3.75; # Maggle Mil ler. Upper Lehigh, $2.50; Pearl Mowroy, Upper Lehigh, $2. Director Rute was ordered to hire Mr. Filby, at a wage rate of 123J cents an hour, to keep the sidewalks around the j school building free of snow. Messrs. Welsh, Rute and Ferry were appointed a committee to purchaso 75 feet of one-inch hose for tho Washington street and Coxe Memorial buildings. Refused Pay for Services. From the Wilkosbarre Record. In the orphans'court on Tuesday Wil liam Powell. Jr., by motion of his attor- j ney, Georgo I*. Loomis, was discharged as executor of his father's and mother's j estates, who died within a month of j each other. Though William Powell, i Sr., started in life as a plain miner and : in his latter years was a mine superin tendent, at a fair salary, under the Lois- j curings at Upper Lehigh, yet through I careful investments in stocks and bonds, j from what little he could save from his 1 wages, his personal property, which his son William, Jr., as executor, divided among eight heirs, was $328,322. Mr. Powell's commissions as executor amounted to over $15,000, yet he would j nor take one dollar commission, llis j expense account as executor was over $1,400. and this claim also he absolutely refused to present in his account or at the audit, paying every item from his own pocket. Judge Darte in passing on the audit remarked that he knew of no other case on record but where tho expense ac count at least was claimed and paid. And ho said further that "tho executor is commended for the ability exercised in the discharge of his trust and the promptness and economy with which these estates have been settled." The Military Entertainment. The following programme will be ren dered at tlio Freeland Rifles' military entertainment in tho opera house on Saturday evening: PAKT I. Tut too Company Bugler Entrance of tho Rifles. Selection May berry Band Opening address Chas. Orion Stroll, Esq. Vocal solo Miss Aletta Hess Piano duett...F. Triburskio, Master E. Eckert Selection Hazleton Gleo Club Vocal solo Miss Bessie Iless Heliographlng and Held work Captain Halberstad, N. G. P. Piano duett Miss Olsho, Master Eckert Recitation Miss Maine Edmunds Vocal duett The Misses Hess Selection Hazleton Gloe Club "The Freeland Rifles" (by Prof. Mayberry) Mayberry Band PART 11. Squad drill Rifles Saber drill Officers Tableau "A Soldier's Farewell" , Camp scene at night Company Introducing numerous comic doings by the boys during real camp life. Tableau "Johnnie Cames Marching Home" Pantomime, "Eve Before Waterloo, or the Gaieties of a Ball Room to the Bloody Bat tlefield." 1. Poem. 2. The Ball. 3. After the Buttle. Columbia Mayberry Band I.lndertmin Heats Hreliiii. A live bird shooting match took place on Tuesday at Butler for SSO a side. The contestants were J. B. Linderrnan, of Butler, and Joo Brehm, of Upper Lehigh. Nino birds were shot at by each and Linderrnan won. Much money changed hands. The score was: Linderrnan 1 1 1 1 1 l l l i—o Brehm I 1 1 0 0 0 1 l o—s Wo are sole agents for tho "Fashion" shoe. No other dealer in town has this line. Our price $2. guaranteed to be worth $3. At the Wear Well. FREELAND, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1895. SEALING DOTTLES. Air-Tight Film Deposited on the Head by Electricity. In n recent number of La Nature A. M. Villon describes a novel method of sealing champagne bottles. The loss and deterioration of champagne due to the escape of gas has long made some process of perfect air-tight sealing de-' METHOD OF SEALING BOTTLES. pirable. M. Villon accomplishes this by covering the cork and a part of the neck with a thin layer of copper elec trically deposited. For this purpose the neck of the bottle is covered with a conducting substance such as black lead, zinc or copper powder, and plunged in n galvanic bath, as shown in the accompanying illustration. This bath has a cover of parnffine wood, A B, with conical holes, which are lined with copper rings. All these rings are connected among themselves, and with Ihe negative pole of the dynamo; while a copper sheet in the bath is connected THE RACK FOR SEALING. to the positive pool. The bottles are simply inserted in the boles, neck down, and when a layer of 2-10 to 3-10 of a millimeter lias been deposited the cur rent is stopped. The deposit may be gilt, silvered or given any desired shade in speeial baths. The process, of course, can be employed to seal bottles for mineral waters, preserves and a variety of products. Removing Dirt from Machinery. In some Industries it is most difficult to keep the large quantity of machinery used in good order. An easy met hod of removing sticky deposits of grease and dirt from machinery is widely em ployed in England. To 1,000 parts, by weight, of water, put about 10 or 15 parts of caustic soda and 100 parts of ordinary soda. This mixture is boiled, and the parts of the machinery to be cleansed are placed on it, or given a v" cssing of it. This treatment quickly loosens all grease,%oil and dirt, after which the metal is thoroughty washed iind dried. The action of the lye is, of course, to form with the grease soaps soluble in water; and to prevent the lubricating oil, etc., hardening upon the purls of the machinery when in use a third part of kerosene is added, Cause - for JoyT" "But, papa," pleaded the impassioned uiaiden, "he is the only man 1 love." "That's right," replied the brutal old man, "1 am glad that a duughter of mine does not love more than one man at a time."—Household Words. A Horn .Strategist. Tommy—When I'm a man I'm going to be a soldier. Mother—What! And be killed by the enemy ? Tommy—Oh, well, then I guess I'll be the enemy.—Yale Record. Why lie Disappeared. Soaque—That's a beautiful rug De Tank lias in his dining-room. Banks—l never noticed it. Soaque—No? Every time I dine there I go under the table to study it.—N. V. World. Prescription ly a Rival. Florence—l should like to do some thing that would make liim miserable lor life. Mabel—Then why don't you marry him?— Vogue. Ralfour Going to He Married. Rt.-llon. A. J. Balfour, first lord of the treasury, it is reported, is to bo married before tho end of this year. f l he name of tho lady who is to become lxis wife is not made known. Drove tho First Engine. The driver of the first railway engine In England, "The Rocker," lias just (lied at the age of 84. Judging from tho number of tickets disposed of. the entertainment of the Freeland llifles on Saturday evening will be attended by an audience that will fill tho opera bouse. If you own a horse buy a good warm blanket for it. Geo. Wise has hundreds for sale at his Freeland and Joddo stores. Prices will be found right. The programme for the Rillos' cntcr- I tainment contains the names of several proniiment people, and the affair will be wort h your time and ;i ntention. The very latest in Now York and Philadelphia dress goods can be seen at A. Oswald's. Can and inspect them. Contesting Dunn's Election. Since the recent election, when P. M. Dunn, of Minersvllle, Democrat, defeat ed T. H. B. Lyon, of Mahanov City. Republican, for orphans' court judge of ScliuylkilPeounty by a small majority of seventy-six votes, there been numer ous rumors of a contest and the Repub licans are already preparing papers in which say they can prove thai fraud was used in securing Dunn's elec tion and that Lyon is really the people's choice. Mr. Dunn himself exploded a bomb amoung the laywers at court on Monday by filing an affidavit to the effect that from information received he oelieves C. E. Burger. who is Mr, Lyon's attorney in the proposed contest, with •cveral other persons last Friday night entered the prothonotary's vault at the •ourt house where the election returns ire kept, and that these papers were •moved from the vault for several hours, ieither the prothonotary nor any ol lis deputies being present. \V. F. Miepard, the Democratic county chair nan, who presented the paper bofort Judge 0. P. Bcchtel, asked for a rub upon Attorney Berger and Prothonotan James Bean to answer on Monday next to tho charges set forth in tho affidavit. Mr. Dunn will take hisseaton the first Monday in January next and will keep ii unless the contest is decided against, him. Tho entire affair is a the leading question of debate in political circles in the county, and no little apprehension jis felt byjjoth parties as to its final out come. Blackmail Mine Murder. The bullet which ended tho. life of Andrew \ ieslov in tho Blackmail mine, near the county seat, has been found at last, and it proves conclusively that a murder was committed. Chief of Police Griggs, Coroner-elect McKeeand County Detective Eckert went to the cemetery, took up the coffin and opened it.' The remains were in an advanced stage of decomposition, but Dr. McKee succeed ed in finding the bullet and also remov ed the top of the skull which shows the hole. It will be remembered that Yies ley was found dead in tlio mines with < loose coal, which miners declare did not I fall from the roof, piled on top of him. j His wife and a man who worked next to him, Anthony Jenmiitz, were arrested I when a bullet hole was found in-Yles-j ley's head. Judge Bennett recently dis charged tho pair at the suggestion of District Attorney Fell, who could not i get any evidence against them. They went off to get married when they were ! rearrested by orders of Wilkesbarre's 1 mayor. At another hearing tlio woman ! was again discharged and her partner j was held. Tho finding of the bullet is considered an important piece of evi dence against Jemmitz. Mike John Accused of Perjury. Mike John, tho Arabian who barely escaped death when his companion was murdered by the two boys, Bowman and ■ Metzger, was arrested for perjury on complaint of Mrs. Metzger, mother of George Metzger. She claims that Mike j John said at the trial that her son rob- ; bed the dead man, and that as ho was i under oath Ills testimony was false. He ; committed perjury at each trial. Mike John testified that lie was struck over the heart by a bullet, which his razor stopped, and that he was afraid they would shoot again, so lie feigned death; that when ho was lying there Metzger 1 and Bowman came audnbeut over his companion and robbed him of his pocket book. In contradiction of this John . Georgo, one of the Arabian witnesses ' for the defense, said at Metzger's trial: "Mike John told me that the two boys shot liis friend and then ran away: that he fell across the dead man and took his pocket book out of his pocket." When Baby was sick, we gave hor Castoria. When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria. When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria. When she had Children, she gave them Castoria POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. TjX)B POOB DIBECTOB - A. S. MONROE, of Hazleton. Subject to the decision of the Republican nominating convention. LpCK POOR DIRECTOR— THOS. Nr. POWELL, of Hazleton. Subject to tho decision of the Republican I nominating convention. POOR DIRECTOR FRANK P. MALLOY, of Freeland. Subject to the decision of the Democratic ; nominating convention. POOR DIRECTOR - SIMON BUBE, of Hazleton. Subject to the decision of the Democratic nominating convent ion. p>R JCST.CE OF THE PEACE JOHN B. QUIGLEY, j of Freeland. Subject to the decision of the Democratic nominating convention. HEALTH BOARD MEETS. OFFICERS ORDERED TO TAKE LEGAL STEPS AGAINST OFFENDERS. Seven Cages of Diphtheria, Including One Death, Reported for November—Sandy Run uud Eckley Are Said to Ho in a Had Sanitary Condition. A regular meeting of the board of health was hold last Friday evening at Dr. Sehilcher's office, with the following present: President Dr. F. Schilcher, Secretary Dr. Geo. D. Morton, Dr. H. M. Nealo, I). J. McCarthy, Hugh Malloy and Health Officer James J. Ward. Af ter the minutes of the last meeting were read and approved, the committee on council reported that they had waited on tho borough council to ask their as sistance in preventing diphtheria from becoming epidemic in this community, especially regarding the quarantining of houses containing eases of this disease, and had been notified that the borough would furnish an officer for tills purpose whenever necessary. Health Officer Ward reported that cases of diphtheria had been reported to him since the last meeting, viz., one in the family of John Kester on Ridge street, above Front, two in the family of Harry Ledger, Coxe addition, and four cases in the family of John ivrupa on Carbon street, below Washington; that one of the latter, an infant, had died and been properly and speedily in terred. and that ail necessary precau tions had been or were being taken in regard to the others. He also reported that J. B. ponop, James K. Boyle and Rev. Joseph Mazo tas had paid no attention to tho notices served on them to abate existing nui sances: that the borough authorities had failed to fulfill their promise to grade the gutter in front of Mrs. Stahl's prop erty on Centre street, below Luzerne, so as to abolish the filthy ditch existing there, and that Fred Haas, John Zoist loffc and Patrick Ward, on Washington street, and i. Rofowich, William Ebcrts, M. E. Grovorand Mrs. Quinn, on Centre | ! street, had violated the law by failing to j put in traps when they connected their i properties with the main sewer, j The health officer was notified to serve ' j peremptory notices on Messrs. Donop j j and Boyle and Rev. Mazotas, and if the | nuisances existing on their properties ' | were not abated within live days after j l he serving of such notices, to coin j mence. law proceedings against them, j He was also instructed to consult the i borough solicitor in regard to compel 1- ! iug the council to fulfill their promise ! regarding the Stall I property. Secretary Morton reported that com plaint had been made to President Schil cher by Drs. Wright and Cloud of the j bad sanitary condition of Eckley and Sandy Run and the prevalence of diph theria and scarlet fever in these places. As tho health of the towns named had some in 11 nonce on that of Freeland, the physicians there had been supplied j with the necessary notices and copies of : the recent act of assembly bearing on ! contagious disoases. At the suggestion of tlio president, he had written to the secretary of tho state board of health, stating the condition of affairs there and suggesting that Drs. Wright and Cloud be given sufficient au thority by the state to enable them to | more successfully combat these danger- i ous diseases and improve the existing sanitary condition. The state secretary had replied, thanking him and promis ing to confer with tho county medical inspector and seo what could be done in the matter. There being no further business, the hoard adjourned. DEATHS. McGill.—At Jeddo, December 4, Pat rick, son of Patrick and Cassio McGill, aged 9 years and 5 months. Funeral tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. In terment at St. Ann's cemetery. Brislin. For Sale. I A grocery and liquor store, city of | Hazleton; doing a good business; line | location. lor further information apply j at this office. W'// 'a AT THE LEADING JEWELER'S. WM. GLOVER, Jr. West Broad Street, Huzleton. Thirty complete Tea Sets, j j Prices, -t-piece sets, $7 to $30.! EASY PAYMENTS, $1 PEU WEEK.' OWING I!) THE MILD WEATHER PREVAiLINS —recently our stock of Overcoats is larger than we like to carry at this time of the year. We'll not wait like others to of fer the bargains after the New Year. We'll rather sell them at cost than keep them over. Storm Ococits at $2.75 Beaver Ocoats at $6.25 Some extra, fine Chinchil la Ocoats, which you mast see to apprecia te. GLOVES, CAPS, UNDERWEAR —all these did not have the expected sale for the same reason. A lot of fine Fur Caps, some worth as high as $2.75, to be put 011 our 00c counter; they'd make a fine Xmas gift for the old gent. Caps from 10 c, to $1.25 Gloves from 26e to $1.50 Underwear, 20c to $1.25 Our 90c Derby is already known and, appreciated. OISIAO'S Clothing and Hat Store, 57 Centre Street, Freeland. GREAT BARGAINS IN Dry Goods, Groceries and Provisions. Notions, Carpet, Boots and Shoes, Flour and Feed, Tobacco, Cigars, Tin and Queensware, Wood and Willoioioare, Table and Floor Oil Cloth, Etc. A celebrated brand of XX flour always in stock. Roll Butter and Eggs a Specialty. My motto is small profits and quick sales. I always have fresh tfoods and am turning my stock every month. Every article is guaranteed. AMANDUS OSWALD, N. IF. Cor. Centre and Front Sts., Freeland. HIRAM HAWK, (.Successor to F. llorUxcher.) 83 Centre street, Freeland. All kinds of bread, choice cakes and pastry daily. Novelty and fancy cakes bak ed to order on short notice. Balls and Picnics Supplied tcith ICE CIIFAM, CONFECTIONERY, Etc CONDY 0. BOYLE dealer in Liquors, Wine, Beer, Etc, The finest brands of domestic and imported whiskey on sale ut his new m and handsome saloon. Fresh Roches- rib ter and Ballentinc beer and Young ling's porter on tap. Centre - Street, - Five - Points. COTTAGE HOTEL Washington and Mala Streets. FRED. HAAS, Prop. The best aecommodntion for permanent and traiißicntguests. Good table. I air rates. Bar finely stocked. Stable attached. Have you seen the we are making to order for $14.48 which are worth fully $22. A nobby fit and good trimmings guaranteed, i HFHI 1 two doors above Wear Well I Shoe House, Freeland. $1.50 PER YEAR j QHAS. OKION STIIOH, Attorney and Counselor at Law and Notary Public. CHllem li.inin-nn,l I, Mirkbeek brick. Freeland. j OUN 11. CAlia, Aiforney-at-Law. All legal business pnacptij atfcndoA. Posfcraca ITuihlinj, - - FrooJand. HALPIX, Monnufacturer of Carriages, Buggies, Wagons, Ac. Walnut and Pine Streets, Freelan■ stable attache d. LIBOR WINTER, BEST^-CrE^nMT OYSTER SALOON. No. 1.5 I'i'out Street, Freeland. 'llM* llnest lit)ii