Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, December 02, 1897, Image 1

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    VOL. X. NO. 45.
J. C. BERNER'S
ANNOUNCEMENT of
HOLIDAY GOODS.
Toy Books, sc, 10c, 15,20 c, 25c to 75c.
Dolls, 5c to $ 1.
Fancy Baskets, 10c to 250.
Chinaware, the loveliest assortment
you ever saw—barrels full of it.
Perfumery, 5c to 50c.
Lamps, Cut Glass, etc.
Silverware, Rodgers' guaranteed
goods.
Tea Sets, decorated. $3.75.
Dry Goods and Notions.
Baby's and Children's Coats.
Hats, Caps, Boots and Shoes.
Men's and Boys' Gloves and Mitts.
Furniture.
Carpets and Oil Cloths.
Beddings, Feathers, Pillows, etc.
Fancy Rockers for Christmas Presents.
Wall Paper and Stationery.
Window Shades.
Stair Buttons.
Stair and Extension Brass Rods.
Boys' Suits, a few left, only 75c.
Knee Pants, 19c.
Overalls.
Men's and Boys' Shirts.
Tinware and Glassware.
A Thousand and One Other Things.
Fresh Eggs, 25c a dozen.
Butter, 10 lb tubs, 25c a pound. It is
sweet and good property.
Cheese and Lard, only the best grades.
Flour, Feed, Hay, Straw, etc.
Have you seen the Silver
ware we are giving away with
baking powder. It's guaran
teed for ten years. Every
body is talking about it. Step
Ladders and Clothes Horses
also given away Free.
Our store is full of goods.
Customers crowd it all day
long. We are as busy as bees
making people happy. Little
money is needed when you
buy here.
Our Grocery and Provision
Department is moving all the
time. Can scarcely get the
goods out of the boxes and
bundles fast enough.
All goods delivered free.
YOU US TRULY,
J. C. BERNER.
PRODUCTS OF GENIUS.
Bicycle pedal# arc being fitted with
magnetized plates to attract plates on
.the shoes of the rider and hold his feet in
place, thus doing away with toe-clips,
which are the cause of many accidents
to racing men.
Fowls can be carved more easily by a
new device, consisting of n elamp which
fastens on the edge of a platter to hold
u spring arm having a screw elamp at
Bs other end to press against the breast
bone and hold the bird on the dish.
A new wrench, which locks the jaw
unto the nut, has a lever lying parallel
with the handle wlnich can be raised or
lowered "to set the jaw, with a toothed
projection which fits In a recess in the
handle to hold the lever after the jaw
is set.
To fasten the mouths of paper bags
a ji?\v device is formed of a strip of
pliable metal of a length sufficient to
allow of the ends being folded over to
j old tb* strip in place after it has been
pressed together to clamp the edges of
the bag mouth.
Gloves can be readily fitted to the
jiand by a new device, which has a
Resilient measuring tape arranged in
1(W?p form, with the ends loose, to slide
tin -am indicator, and a measuring plate,
rbpoa which the fingers lie when the
band is fitted in the loop.
An adjustable curtain fixture, which
vill he'd curtain poles of different
lengths, has a plate screwed to the win
dow or door frame, with notches cut in
its surface to receive a sliding clamp
und prevent it from slipping backward
and releasing the pole.
Nails are not needed to fasten a new
li arses hoe to the hoof, the shoe being
divided into two sections pivotally con
nected. with the upper side of the sec
tions extending over the hoof to hold
the shoe in place and having a remov
able plate across the front end of the
shoe to cover the elamp which holds the
two sections of the shoe together.
Not Able to Say.
UrigV* —What kind of a fellow is
Willowsaip?
Griggs—l don't know. I've only seen
him when he was with his wife.—Puck.
Tlie New .Women.
"'Darling Jack, your muffins are just
lovely, and this cup of coffee beats the
coffee thn>t papa used to make all to
pieces."—Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Only Sufferer.
"Yes, she makes her own hats.'
-It's a good thing she has to wear
them."—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Parn(toxical. I>ut Eosy.
•"Now I'll get on and be oil." fcfud the
bicycle learner to himself, as he pre
pared to mount his wheel.—-Puck.
He Wasn't One.
He—Could you learn to love a man?
She —Bring on your man. —N. Y.
Truth.
for the Tujjiu.mc.
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.
PARAGRAPHS GATHERED FROM ALL.
PARTS OF THE REGION.
SynopnU of Local and Miscellaneous Oc
currences That Can Ho Head Ouiekly.
What the Folks of This and Other
Towns are Going.
The Slavonian band screnadod sovsral
of their countrymen on Ttmsday night.
Garfield Commandery, Knights of
Malta, attended an entertainment at
Hazleton on Tuesday evening.
John E. Mcllugh lias changed his real
estate office from North Centre street to
the third floor of Birkbcck's brick.
Do you want to sell furniture? Consult
Neil Ward, purchas'g agt., Washington st.
The Anthracite Telephone Company
is arranging to establish an exchange in
Freeland. This will avoid the incon
venience, of calling up Hazleton to make
connections.
Attorney Carr and wife have the sym
pathy of their many friends in the death
of their young son, which occurred at 1
o'clock this morning frotn diphtheria.
The funeral will be private.
Frank A. Toth, the Slavonian editor
of Hazleton, who was arrested on a
charge of llhel by Rev. Carl Housor on
Monday, entered bail before Alderman
Gorman for his appearance In court.
Owing to extensive repairs being made
to the machinery in the Tiubunk office,
the building was without heat and power
two days this week. As a result this
issue does not contain its usual amount
of local news.
The Hatton Glee Club, which gave In
dications of becoming the leading or
ganization of the kind in this end of the
county, has disbanded. A reorganiza
tion is spoken of by many of the mem
bers, and it is hoped another club will
be formed.
A charter was Issued on Monday by
the state department at Ilarrlsburg to
the Chambersburg Engineering Com
pany to manufacture Iron and steel.
On the list of directors appear the names
of John Leiscnring and H. B. Price, of
Upper Lehigh.
Prothonotary-elect Dasch filed his
bond yesterday. The bond is signed by
himself, Thomas M. Powell, Mary A.
Sheppard, Mathlas Schwabe, Condv
O. Boyle and John M. Powell, in the
sum of $40,000. The bond was approved
by Judge Woodward and Judge Lynch.
A meeting of the young ladies of St.
Ann's parish was held on Tuesday overl
ing at the Grand opera house hall and
they decided to hold a banquet and hop
on the evening of the 28th inst. The
proceeds will bo given towards tho
liquidation of the debt on the opera
house building.
While tho family of Thomas Webber,
of Boavor Meadow, were at church on
Sunday, a thief entered their home and
stole SSO. Mrs. Webber is treasurer of
the Lucy Hayes Section, Cadets of Tem
perance, and the greater part of the
money stolen was the proceeds of a
benefit entertainment for tho society.
Jacob Lewis, of Hazleton, encountered
a catamount whilo hunting at the
Honeyhole. Lewis lirod both shots from
his gun at the animal as it sprang to
ward hi in. The shots wero not fatal
and in the desperate struggle which en
sued Lewis was terribly torn and bitten
before the wildcat was choked to death.
Patents Granted.
Reported by C. A. Snow Co., Wash
ington, D. C.
C. W. Cramer, Scranton, measuring
and dispensing apparatus.
J. F. Cress, Mahanoy City, adjustable
bevel.
J. J. Ilaldeman, Shamokin, pipe
wrench.
L. P. Knoll, Montrose, stove-door.
F. J. Pribyl, Hazleton, fountain-pen.
DICTATES OF FASHION.
Beige tkdors and all shades of drab
have caught the popular fancy at litst.
Paris is tired of the optspread skirt
and already there is looming in the
distance'the clinging, dragging pattern
of picturesque and untidy memory.
Velvet flovvfers are in favor at the
present moment and dahlias and chrys
anthemums are cleverly copied and
make beautiful decorations for ball
gowns.
The new blouse, with short basques
drawn in round the waist, with a hand
some belt of gold or silver galon set
with caboclions or else belts of gold*
smith's work set on velvet, with beauti
ful buckles or clasps, is made in velvet
plush or mirror velvet, richly trimmed
or in woolen material broche with two
colors.
Parisian blouses show the minute
fucking which seemingly cannot be
done outside the French capital. One
handsome blouse made for royalty is
of red surah, with rows of tucks and
plain pieces between in lengthwise
lines. Others are made with tucked
spaces across and some have a deep
folded pjeoe.over the belt which maj* be
stylish, but is not becoming.
Read - the - Tribune.
FREELAND, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1897.
I)oor* Closed on Sardou Compaoy.
The week's engagement of the Emma
Sanrdon Company was cut short last
night, and the aggregation will play
here no more. The admission fee was
returned lust evening to the few wht.
were at the Grand and the contract with
the company was cancelled by the man
agement.
On Monday night "The Girl from New
York" appeared before a full house, tin
freetickets presented to the ladies swelled
the crowd materially; on Tuesday night
"An Angel from Klondike" was tin
victim of their acting, and last evening
they were preparing to murder "A Far
tory Waif" when the manager interposed
and saved the alleged actors from com
mitting another crime.
The management of the opera house
deserve commendation for their action
in the matter. The. contract should
have been conceded Monday evening,
but they gave the troupe a chance t<
redeem itself. Failing in this the mana
ger and directors ousted them last night
before the curtain rose.
Tho Firemen's Fair.
The members of the Citizens' liosc
Company are making entensive prepara
tions for their fair, which will bo open
ed at Valines' opera house next Thurs
day evening. A team will go through
town on Monday and collect the various
articles which have been donated by
the business people and residents. Any
person who has not yet been called upon
by the committee and desires to contri
bute any article may givo it to the com
mittee on Monday or send It to the com
pany's rooms any evening before the fair
opens.
Among the features of the fair will be
ward tables. Each ward of the borough
will have a seperate table, containing
the articles donated by the residents of
the ward, and ladies from each ward
will have charge of the table representing
their section of town.
An Ungrateful lli'KCur.
The faith of Rev. Claude G. Langford,
pastor of the First Baptist church at
l'ittston. in the sincerity of beggars, was
rudely shaken on Sunday. After the
morning service a seedy-looking indivi
dual made his appearance at the church,
and, calling the pastor aside, told the
latter a pitiful story of hardship and
sufiering. Mr. Langford's pity was
aroused and he took the fellow home
and gave him dinner.
Some time later he discovered that his
overcoat and a gold watch belonging to
Mrs. Langford had disappeared. The
matter Was reported to the police au
thorities of Pittston, but Mr. Langford's
guest has not yet be found.
No Tampering; Willi the Jury Wheel.
Judge Lynch made an important order j
on Tuesday, when he relieved-Sheriff;
Martin of those duties devolving upon
the sheriff of the county relating to the
locking up of the wheel containing the
names of the jurors for the incoming
year, the custody of the key, and the
summoning and returning of jurors from
the courts of quarter sessjons or oyer
and terminer, and that such duties be
performed by the coroner of the county.
This step was taken because of the
indictments against Sheriff Martin grow
ing out of the Lattimor shooting.
At l.uw Over Dog-
On Monday morning last Joseph Reif
nosky, of Eckley, had a warrant issued,
charging William McLaln, of Heaver
Meadow, formerly of Freeland. with
stealing a uuhting dog. At the trial
last night before Squire Buckley it was
proven that McLaln did not steal the
dog but it was traded off by him for
another dog last June, Hu proved
where he got the dog, and the party who
gave it to him also proved where he
got it.
The justice gave the dog to the right
ful owner and discharged McLain.
Flume* Subdued After Kurd Work.
After twenty-four hours' hard work a
stubborn fire in the Buttonwood shaft,
Wilkesbarre, was extinguished on Tues
day night. Early Monday evening some
miners, so it is thought, Ignited a gas
feeder, which in turn set lire to the
woodwork of the mine. The flumes
reached a tool box filled with powder.
A terrible explosion followed. William
Kitchen, a minor, was badly burned. A
largo force of men was set to work to
fight the fire, and finally succeeded in
conquering it.
A Hoy Itndly Injured.
From the Huzloton Standard.
Robert, the seventeon-year-old son of
Griffith Pritchard,' conductor on the
trolley line, sustained serious injury on
Tuesday. He is employed at Ebervale
and was engaged in hauling rails when
one of them dropped off, striking young
Pritchard on the right leg and fractur
ing it. He also sustained a severe cut
on the foot which required ton stftchns
to close it up. Ho is undergoing treat
ment at the hospital.
A pretty line of fall dress goods can
be seen at Oswald's. Latest patterns
and lowest prices.
CABTOIIIA.
3*
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.
OirrctnrH Twke Twenly-Twn KollotA ami
Fail to Kind an ANHintitnt Teacher.
Free I and school board met last even
ing with all members present, except
Director Johnson. E. A. Oborrender
and John Cunningham, a committee
from the Mining and Mechanical Insti
tute, were present arid spoke upon hav
ing the school board obtain control of
the Knights of Labor ground at the cor
ner of Centre and Walnut streets. Af
ter discussing the matter Messrs. Ferry
and Sweeney were appointed to confer
with tho Institute directors.*
Secretary Sweeney reported having
spoken to the assessor in regard to the
number of pupils he had on his book.
I'he assessor claimed that the Jeddn
•ompany would not furnish him a list of
tho citizens of town employed there.
The matter will he looked after.
These bills were paid: Mrs. S. E.
Hayes, insurance, $42.19; Sower & Co.
books, $10.56; Hines & Noble, books.
$34.56; E. H. Butler <& Co., books, $43.68;
Gillespie it Curry, brooms, $1.20; Cross
Creek Coal Co., coal, $75; Ginn & Co.,
books, $18.50; 11. G. Deppe, repairs.
$6.62; RaudrulF it Davey, architects,
$202.71.
An order is to be issued to the Hudson
Furniture Co., less deductions for labor,
the balance being upwards of $550, to
draw 4 per cent interest from October
and if not accoptablo to make interest
6 per cent. An order fors9ooin favor of
the Iluramelstown Brownstone Com
pany was also ordered drawn, the same
to bear 4 per cent interest.
Director Sweeney called attention to
the waste of coal in the Daniel Coxe
school, the furnaco taking about nine
tons of coal por month. Messrs. Schaub
and Ferry were appointed to investigate
the waste.
The janitress' salary was increased to j
S2O per month.
It was decided to elect an assistant
primary teacher and the following
names were presented: Misses Katie
Winters, Mary McGill and Annie Gilles
pie. The first ballot was:
Miss Winters—Ferry, Schaub.
Miss McGill—Timony, Sweeney.
Miss Gillespie—McCarthy.
Three more ballots where taken with
out change. On the fifth and sixth
Schaub voted for Miss Gillespie. On the
next lie returned to Miss Winters, and
the voting continued tho same as the
first until tho twenty-second ballot had
been taken.
Voting will be resumed tonight.
*[Tho intention, it appears, is to have
the board procure the condemnation of
tho land for school purposes, then give
tho Institute permission to erect a build
ing thereon. A proposition has already
been made to the trustees of the lots by
tho Institute and the same has been fa
vorably considered, and the matter is in
legal hands at present. A number of
technical points required straightening
before any definite action could be taken
on the proposition, but good progress
has been made and the land will soon be
in a position in which tho trustees can
dispose of it. The best interests of the
community and tho rights of those
whoso money paid for the land are
among tjie features which the trustees
demand shall be protected in case the
ground changes hands, and the ques
tion of how to do this best was given to
an attorney to embody in tho conditions
covering the proposed transfer of title.
What effect the new move of the Insti
tute will have upon these negotiations
cannot be stated at present, Tho im
pression prevailing to some extent, that
the deed require? the land to become
school property under certain conditions,
is incorrect. Tho deed contains no re
strictions of any kind. Ed. |
DEATHS.
Carr. —At Freeland, December 2, of
diphtheria, John, son of Mr. and Mrs.
John M. Carr, aged 1 year and 3
mouths. Interred today at St. Ann's
cemetery. Hreslin.
Druuitra.—At Freeland, December 2.
Christina Margretta. wife of William
Druintra, aged 61 years, 11 months
and 14 days. Funeral on Sunday af
ternoon at 1 o'clock. Services at St.
John's Reformed church by Ilev. J. If.
Kerschner. Interment at Freeland
cemetery.
Wilson.—At South Ifeberton, Novem
yember 29, Mabel, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Wilson, aged 't years.
Interred yesterday at Freeland ceme
tery.
JSi'W Filling for War Ships,
There is again talk in French naval
circles of adopting a caoutchouc Ailing
between the intcrskiin and outer shell
of warships. Cellulose and corn pith
seem to be out of favor at present. It.
is thought that even if the more elastic
substance should Impenetrated by shot
or shell the rent would close, and onl,\
a small quantity of water be admitted.
Cherokee Form of Mnrrlflee.
The Cherokee form of marriage it;
perhaps the simplest and most cxpretv
j*ive of any. The man and woman
merely join hands over a running
-t.ream. emblematic of tihe wish that
their future lives, hopes and aspirations
>hould How on in the some channel.
$1.50 a year is ail the Tkiui nis costs.
Nearly Smothered to Death.
Robert Major, a thirtctm-ynar-old
Avoca boy. had an experience 011 Mon
day that lie will not readily forget. He
is an employe in tho Central breaker of
the Pennsylvania Coal Company, and
was sent into the pea coal pocket to
shovel coal. While busfly engaged at
his work a car was run under the
pocket, the gate opened, and the coal
drawn therefrom. In a moment Rob
felt himself slowly lint surely being
drawn under as if he were in the toils
of quicksand.
Realizing that he was likely to be
smothered he gave a loud cry, and then
knew no more until some minutes after
being drawn through the open gate.
Ills cries were beard by the men who
wore drawing the coal, and they, sur
mising what was tho trouble, opened
wide the gate and let the coal (the car
being full) fall upon the track.
Soon the boy's legs appeared and they
were quickly seized by the willing hands
and the boy pulled through the open
gate and restored to consciousness. Ho
had been under the coal throe and ono
lialf minutes and his injuries consisted
of a bad cut over tho eye and a bruised
chest.
SIOO Reward, SIOO.
The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to core in all its stages and that is
catarrh. Hall's catarrh cure is the onlv
positive care now known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a constitu
tional disease requires a constitntional
treatment. Hall's Catarrh Care is taken
internally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation of
the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nntnre in doing its work.
I lie proprietors have so ninth faith in
ds curative powers, that they oiler one
hundred dollars for any case that it fails
to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Add ress,
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0.
SkTSold by druggists, 75c.
Hall's Family Pills arc the host.
l'ernoiially Conducted Excursion..
The Lehigh Valley Railroad has in
augurated a through car service to Cali
fornia and Colorado points, leaving
Philadelphia and points in Pennsylvania
and New York state every Wednesday.
The route of this tourist car lias been
selected through the most picturesque 1
region In America, including such beauty !
spots as Niagara Falls, tho St. Clulr tun
nel, over tho Great Rock Island route,
through the Royal Gorge, the Grand
Cannon, over the Rocky Mountains to
Sail; Lake city, along tho shores to the
principal cities of sunny California—
Sacrumouta, San Francisco, Los Angeles
and San Diego. For particulars as to
time of train, rates, etc., inquire of
ticket agents or address Chas. S. Lee,
general passenger agent, Lehigh Valley
Railroad, Philadelphia.
Congress Next Week.
In view of flic many questions of vital
importance which are certain to come
before tho forthcoming session of con
gress. those persons who desire to he
well informed concerning national affairs
will lie interested in the news that the
Philadelphia Prow lias made arrange
ments to publish more complete reports
from Washington than have ever been
furnished by any daily paper heretofore.
The Pre:a maintains regularly at Wash
ington a special bureau in charge of one
or tho best known writers on national
affairs. As congress will meet next
week it will be well to begin reading the
Prm Washington reports at once.
Two Mi I lion* a Year.
When people buy, try und buy again, it
menus they're satisfied. The people of the
United States lire now buying Cnsonrets
Cnndy Cathartic at the ratu of two million
boxes a year anil it will he three million be
fore New Year's, It means merit proved,
that f 'asearets are the most delight ft 11 bowel
regulator for everybody the year round. All
druggists, lUc, $Bo iiOc u box, cure guaranteed.
Great Music Oiler.
Send us the names and addresses of
three or more performers on the piano
or organ, together with 10 cents In sil
ver or postage, and wo will mail you six
teen pages full sheet music, consisting
of popular songs, waltzs, marches, etc.,
arranged for the piano and organ. Ad
dress Popular Music Co., Indianapolis.
lleuiity Im Blood Di-cp.
Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. L'ascarcts Candy Cut hur
tle clean your blood und keep it clean, by
stir ring up tin? lu/.y liver and driving all im
purities from the body. Begin today to
banish pimples, boils, blotches, bluekhcads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets—beauty tor 1Q cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaruntecd, 10c, 25c, 50c.
OABTOHIA.
3. |
California Tourist excursions.
Via tho Lehigh Valley Railroad.
A palace tourist, car will leave Philadel
phia on train No. I every Wednesday, !
running through tho most picturesque
region of America, to Colorado and Cali
fornia. See Lehigh Valley ticket agent
for particulars.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The fa:- /y
3.,
ANTHONY HOPE HAWKINS
Some Personal Chat About the
Noted English Author.
1 A a Drltluli Politician lie Hun u
1) I*in it I Failure, Hut rn iiii Ou
tcrtalniiiK Writer lie Hun
Hut Few Equals.
Anthony Hope, as ho calls himself on
I his title pages, or Mj\ A. 11. Hawkins,
as the doorplnte outside his domicile
(it No. 10 Buckingham street, London,
has it, or AnJtihony 11. Hawkins, as the
inside doorplate styles him, is now on
his first visit to America. He began re
cently to regale a New York public
i with readings from the "Dolly Dia
! Jogues," "The Prisoner of Zenda," "A
i Man of Mark," "Phroso," "The Heart
| of Princess Osra" and other of his writ-
I ings. The Tribune says he "left a most
I favorable impression on the audience,"
I "by his straightforward, dignified and
I unassuming manner." The Times says
| the audience was "large and apprecia
j tive," the novelist's voice "exceeding
: ly agreeable" wiUh a charm which grew
upon the hearer, and the delivery en
tirely without gestures. And the Even
ing Post praises him for "delightfully
distinct" enunciation, grace and lack of
ufTectation.
.Tuat before Mr. Hawkins left London
the Westminster Gazette sent out a man
1o find out about his proposed tour
and' to "write him up." Mr. Hope is de
j scribed as "keen, close-shaven, alert, a
: man of the world, ready for all comers."
j The following particulars are given
j concerning his life and his platform
j experience:
! "To begin with, our author, like Mr.
j Gladstone, Mr. Asquith, and many un
j other man of distinction in the art of
facing the crowd, won his spurs early
as a spokesman at the famous Oxford
Union Debating society, where he
served his turn as president,
"Mr. Hope had already begun to pub
lish stories when the country found it
self plunged into the exceptional po
litical excitement of the general el-ec-
ANTHONY HOPE.
(Famous English Author Now Visiting
This Country.)
Hon of 1892, and neither such literary
hopes as ho may have begun to cherish
nor the still unsolved problem of his
chances of distinction at the bur were
enough to keep him from plunging into
the political conflict, lie became the
liberal candidate for the Wycombe di
vision of Buckinghamshire, the scene of
Benjamin Disraeli's electoral contests
during the greater part of his career.
A liberal victory was a thing almost
unheard of in Bucks for GO years, and
a tory had been sitting for the division
for nearly a septennial period, with a
majority of more than 1,000 at his
back; but Mr. Hope, seemingly remem
bering nothing but the exhilarating ex
periences and animating hopes of the
days of the Oxford Union Debatingso
ciety, pitted himself against Lord Cur
zon, the outgoing tory member; and to
see him before the electors in the hot
work of political exposition and com
bat you would have thought that this
man's one ambition in life was to make
n great career in the house of commons,
and to find a place by and by in the
front ranks of statesmanship. At the
end of a fierce contest he found him
self bent,cm by the conservative lord,
by a majority of more than 1,000, the
only consolation in point of figures be
ing that the noble lord's majority was
something less than that by which he
had gained the scat at the previous
general election.
"Then the young author quietly with
drew from the political arena. Two
years later he had abandoned the bar
and given himself over wholly, for the
time at any rate, to the profession of
letters. He had jumped a league into j
fame us the author of' The Prisoner of
Zenda;* everybody was talking of the
fascinating novelty of 'The Dolly Dia
logues,' and other samples, with
the fresh dew upon them, of
his light handiwork, appearing
in the pages of periodical K?-
cra'turc; and it may be taken as a
token of how far he has gone, iu ab
juring the allurements generally of the
political or the platform career, that in
going across the water he does not pro
pose lecturing, or exposition, or rhet
oric of any kind, but simply to enact j
scenes from lit* works of fiction,"
PLEASURE CALENDAR.
December lti-30.—Fair of the Citizens' |
1 lose Company at Van lies' opera house.
December :it. Ninth annual ball of tin- I
'I Igors Athletic Club at Valines' opera
huuso. Admission, 50 cents. '
$1.50 PER YEAR
£MIAS. ORION STROH,
Attorney and Counselor at Law
and
Notary Public.
j Office: Kooms3and 4, Bfrkbeck Brick, Freeland.
JOHN M. C'ARR,
Attorney-at-Law.
All legul business promptly attended.
Postoffiee Building, - - - Freeland.
JAMES E. DWYER,
Attorney-at-Law.
Boom 10, Schwartz's Building,
East Broad street, - - Hazleton, Pa.
A/TRS. S. E. HAYES,
Fire Insurance Agent.
Washington Street.
None but Reliable Companies Represented,
£ D. ROHRBACII, "
General Hardware.
Builders' supplies of every kind always in
stock. \\ all paper, puints and tinware. Bicy
cles and repairs of nil sorts.
South Centre street.
J3 DePIERRO.
Restaurant.
Fresh Ale Always on Tup.
Beer, Porter, and Finest Qualities of
lusky, \\ ine, Etc. Excellent Cigars.
ltidge Street, - - - Freeland. ,
LIBOR WINTER,
Restaurant and Oyster Saloon.
No. 13 Front Street, Freeland.
The finest liquors and cigars served at the
counter. Families supplied with oysters.
CENTRAL • HOTEL
LEADING HOTEL IN FREELAND.
M. 11. UUN SICKER, Prop.
Kates, $2 per day. Bar stocaed with fine
whiskey, wine, beer and cigars. Sale and ex
change stable attached.
Dr. N. MALEyT"
dehmot;
Second Floor, Birkbeck Brick.
OVER BIRKBECK'S STORE.
GEORGE FISHERT"
dealer iu
FRESH BEEF, PORK, VEAL,
MUTTON, BOLOGNA,
SMOKED MEATS,
ETC., ETC.
Call at No. fi Walnut street, Freeland,
or wait lor the delivery wagons.
VERY LOWEST PRICES.
Condy 0. Boyle,
dealer in
Liquor, Wine, Beer,
Porter, Etc.
'!>' finest brands of Domestic and Imported
>\ niskey on sale in one of the handsomest sa
loons in town. Fresh Rochester and Shenan
doah Beer and \ eungling's Porter on tap.
U8 Centre street.
T. CAMPBELL,
dealer in
Dry I* o oris,
Orop c pics,
BoOtl aiiit
Shoos.,
Also
PURS WINES | LIQUORS •
FOR FAMILY
AND MEDICINAL PURPOSES.
Centre and Main streets, Freeland.
Dry Goods, Groceries
and Provisions.
S' c
0
A celebrated brand of XX Hour
always in stock.
Roll Butter and Eggs a Specialty.
AMANDUS OSWALD,
N. ]V. Car. Centre and Front Ste.,Freeland.