FREELAND TRIBUNE. VOL. X. NO. 79. RAILROAD TIMETABLES LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD. February 20, 1898. ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENGER TRAINS. LEAVE FREELAND. 7 40 a m for Sandy Run, White Haven, Wilkes- liar re, Pittston and Scruuton. 8 45 a in for Wentherly, Mauch Chunk. Al lentown, Bethlehem, Eiston, Philadel phia and New York. 9 35 a in for Hu/.lcton, Muhunoy City, Shen andoah, Alt. funnel, Slmmokiii uud Potts v die. 1 1 54 a m for Sandy Run, White Haven. Wilkes-liurre, .Scranton uud all points West. 2 30 P in for Hazleton, Mahnnoy City, Shen andoah, Mt. Carmel, Shumokiu uud Pottsville. 6 34 P m for Sandy Run, White Haven, Wilkes-Barre and Scranton. 7 25 P m for Hazleton, Muhunoy City, Shen andoah, Mt. Carmel, Shamokin and Pottsville. ARRIVE AT FREELAND. 7 40 a in from Pottsville, Shamokin, Mt. Carmel, Shenandoah, Muhunoy City and Hu/.letou. 9 25 a m from New York, Philadelphia, Enston, Bethlehem, Allontowu uud Munch Chunk. 9 35 a in from Scruuton, Wilkes-Barre and White Haven. 11 54 a ni from Pottsville, Shamokin, Mt. Carmel, Shenandoah, Muhunoy City and HaZleton. 230 p m from scranton, Wilkes-Bur re and White Haven. 0 34 P ni from New York, Philadelphia, Eiiston, Bethlehem, Alleutown, Potts ville, Shamokin, Mt. Carmel, Shenan doah, Muhunoy City and Hazleton. 7 25 p ni from Scruuton, Wilkes-Barre and White Haven. For further information inquire of Ticket Agents. Bob LIN 11. WILBUR, General Superintendent. CHAS. S. LEE. Gcn'l Pass. Agent, Pbila., Pa. A. W. NONNEMACHER, Ass't G. P. A., Philadelphia, Pn. HP HE DELAWARE, SUSQUEHANNA ANL X SCHUYLKILL RAILROAD. Time tuble in effect April 18,1897. Trains leave Drifton for Jeddo, Eokley, Hazle Brook, Stockton, Beaver Meadow Road, Roan and Hazleton Junction at 5 80, ttUt) am, daily except Sunday; and 7 03 a in, 2 38 p m, Sunday. Trains leave Drifton for Hurwood.Cranberry. Tomhicken and Deringer at 5 30. (J 00 a m, daily except Sunday; aud i 03 a m, 238 p m, Sun- Trains leave Drifton for Oneida Junction, Harwood Road, Humboldt Road, Oneida and Shepptuu at ti 00 a m, daily except Sun day; and 7 03 a ni, 2 38 p m, Sunday. Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Harwood, Cranberry, Tomhicken and' Deringer at 835 a m, daily except Sunday; uud 8 53 a m, 4 22 p m, Sunday. Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Oneida Junction, Harwood Road, Humboldt Road, Oneida and Sheppton at 0 32, II 10 a in, 4 41 p m, daily except Sunday; and 7 37 aw, 3 11 p in, Sunday. Trains leave Deringer for Tomhicken, Cran berry, Harwood, Hazleton Junction aud Roan at 2 25, 5 40 p m, daily except Sunday; and 9 37 a m, 5 07 p in, Sunday. Trams leave Sheppton for Oneida, Humboldt Road, Hurwood Road, Oneida Junction, Hazle ton Junction and Roan at 7 11 a in, 12 40, 5 22 p m, daily except Sunday; aud 8 11 u in, 3 44 p m, Sunday. Trains leave Sheppton for Beaver Meadow itoud, Stockton, Hazle Brook, Eckley, Jeddo and Drifton at 5 22 p 111, daily, except Suuday; and 8 11am, 3 44 p m, Sunday. Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Beaver Meudow Roud, Stockton, llazle Brook, Eckley, Jeddo and Drifton at 5 45, 820 pm, daily, •except Sunday; and 10 10 a m, 5 40 p in. Sunday. All trains connect ut Hazleton Junction with electric curs for Hazleton, Jeanesville, Audon ried and other points on the Traction Com pany's line. Trains leaving Drifton at ft 90, 0 00 a m make connection at Deringer witli I*. R. R. trains for Wilkesbarre, Sunbury, llarrisburg and points west. For the accommodation of passengers ut way stations between Hazleton Junctiou and Der inger, u train will leave the former point at 350 p in, daily, except Sunday, arriving at .Deringer at ft 00 p m. LUTHER C. SMITH, Superintendent. MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENTS. rix) WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.-Take _L notice, that tho uudersigned has pur chased all the scock and fixtures of John bus lick. of Freeland, Pennsylvania, including all horses, wagons, harness, bottling appli ances, stock, furniture and other personal property in and übout the premises, and all persons arc hereby notitied not to interfere with the same in any manner without the con sent of the uudersigned. 11. W. Jacobs. March 23. 1898. NOTICE.— A meeting of the stockholders of the Citizens' Bank of Freeland will be lielil at the banking house of said bunk on Wednesday, April 0, 1898, from 10to 11 o'clock a. ui. u> elect directors to serve the ensuing year. B. K. Davis, Cashier. Freeland, Pa., February 23,1898. They Have Made Up. From the Scranton Republican. It was rumored lust night that John M. Garroan, chairman of the state Demo cratic committee, and John T. Lena ban, of Wilkesbarre. had met In Hotel Jermyn, smoked cigars from tho same box and made tip their differences. It is also said that they went a step fur ther and exchanged confidences with the result that they agreed that at the coming state convention Mr. Lcnahan would nominate ex-Marshal Walker, of Erie, us chairman and that Mr. Uartnan would second tho motion. The trio was in this city yesterday and registered at the Jermyn, so there is probably more truth than poetry in the rumour. An Appeal to Patriotism. The publishers of the Philadelphia j'remt announce that with every copy of next Sunday's Press will bo given Jree a line picture of the cruiser Philadelphia. Tills picture will bo a companion to the battleship Maine, which was given away by the Press and will be an appeal to patriotism. It will be larger than the Maine picture, printed in eleven colors, and will be well worth framing. Next Sunday's Press will he fifty pages with an eight page comic sections in colors, so altogether the oiler is remarkable. The publishers announce that the supply of Philadelphia pictures is limited, su that it is well for everybody to placo their orders at once. Two Millions a Year. When people boy, try and buy again, it means they're satisfied. The people of tho United States ure now buying Casearets Candy Cathartic at the rate of two million boxes a year and it will be three million be fore New Year's. It means merit proved, that Casearets are the most delightful bowel regulator for everybody the year round. All druggists, lOe, 260, uOe a box, euru guaranteed. CASTOniA. „Watch the date on your paper. A POLYGOT COMMUNITY. THIS IS THE TITLE OF AN ARTICLE IN THE APRIL CENTURY. A Writer In the Above Magazine Given HIH Version of How KngliHli-Speaklng Miner* Were Driven Out of the Anthra cite Coal Field—Gross Exaggerations. The Century for April has a group o' papers on the coal region of Pennsyl vania. Henry Edward Rood, who for merly worked in Hazleton and is a son in-law of (100. 11. Troutman, Esq., write* of "A Polygot Community." Below i* given his view of the anthracite region in general and this section in particular. That the pictures ho presonts are based on truth might be conceded, but the ex aggerations in many paragraphs are toe gross to be endorsed as a whole. lie says "When anthracite came into general use, the original miners quickly estab lished themselves in their adopted home and ceased to speak regretfully of child hood associations in Wales or in Eng land. They had an abundance of work here, and wages that would seem a fortune in the old country. In those days a Pennsylvania miner deemed it an unlucky month if he and his two brawn} sons failed to earn S2OO or more. The\ were not always paid at regular inter vals before and during the civil war, for money was not plentiful in this region Hut they were credited fully on the books of the company, and tbey were permitted, if not encouraged, to pur chase goods at THE COMPANY STORK, where could be obtained food, clothing, toys, furniture, in fact, about all the necessaries and comforts and luxuries the miner had learned to use. Prices were high, but wages corresponded, and work was steady. "Hut after the terrible struggle be tween North and South came a period of depression in business. Selling prices dropped lower and lower, and wages felt the result. Hut the average miner did not understand this. He saw thai the operator of the colliery took wife and children to New York and Philadel phia as often as in previous years, and that the superintendent wore clothing as costly as ever. He forgot that while he had been spending his wages every month, and often exceeding his account at the company store, the operator and other officials had been saving a por tion, if not tho greater portion, of their earnings. "Tho miners grow discontented, and talked the matter over. As the panic drew near, they had more idle hours than ever, and the complaints reached the ears of smooth-tongued rascals who "organized" them into A HAND BEADY TO RKBIRT any further "oppression," as the busi ness changes wore termed. And right at Lliis point let it be said that the old timo professional agitators referred to were wholly different from tho responsi ble, intelligent men who have perform ed such good service during recent years by organizing and directing trades unions like those which embrace print ers and tho locomotive engineers and lire men. "If the anthracite miners of Pennsyl vania had been wisely led and firmly controlled in the early seventies, the Keystone State would now bo spared many black chapters in her history. Hut such happiness was not foreordain ed. Owing to some degro to the trou blesome times, and in a greater degree to a group of beings more devilish than human, there sprang into active control of a portion of the commonwealth the most brutal, vindictive, terrible conspir acy that ever a civilized community had been cursed with in recent times—tiie Molly Maguires; and it required the genius of Franklin H. Oowen, of tiie Reading Railroad, and in the marvelous courage of Jamos McParlane, a Pinker ton detective, to break it up, and hang its leader spirits, not singly but in groups of ton. "Then within a few years, came the 'long strike' in the Lehigli region, whon the OLD HANDS RKFUSKI) TO WORK under any consideration. Week after week and month after month dragged by. Tho collieries remained idle; the men, women and children almost starv ed. Fortunes were lost In Hooded mines and in burning breakers. And at last one of the greatest of the operators sent abroad to Austria-Hungary and brought thenco to his mining patch in Penn sylvania tho first of the 'foreigners,' who have long ago succeeded, by their very presence, in driving out all of tho English-speaking miners who could work elsewhere and who had the means to remove their families. "It is an old story now, how the first of the Slovaks, Polacks, Italians and Siciallans who came hero were compar- CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. Tho fte- FREELAND, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 81, IS9B. ativoly intelligent, and learned readily, In the course of a few years, the work of mining coal. And wo all know that year by year the immigrants of such na tionalities decreased in THE SCALE OF CIVILIZATION until those who hayn come to the an thracite field during the first half of the present decade are, as a rule, much more dangerous to the body politic than the excluded Chinese; for not only are they eager to work for wages on which an English-speaking family would starve, but they are superstitious and murderous, and do not hesitate to use dynamite if they desire to blow up the home of one whom they particularly hate. Also, unlike the average China man, each of these foreigner-miiners in sists on voting as soon as possible. "The first purchase made by Slovak or Polaek is a revolver, by Italian or Si cialian a stiletto; then the new coiner buys a silver watch; and after that is se cured lie begins to save money. If tin Slovak or Polack is particularly thrifty, he postpones purchasing a revolver for several months, and carries in one pock et a round, hard stone, largo enough to crusli a man's skull, and in another a piece or Iron filched from the colliery scrap-heap. The Italian or Sicialian too poor or too penurious to afford a stil etto buys, begs or steals a long file, and sits down in his shanty or by the road side, with two or three stoues, and grinds it to a keen edge and a needle like point. Then he fastens the blunt end in a corn-cob, and has READY FOR USE A WEAPON of no mean possibilities. Once armed, however, and provided with a watch, tho foreigner manages to live at a total expense of about 3d a month —and this may be regarded as a liberal estimate in most instances. The remainder of his wages is saved towards the purchase of a vineyard or a farm in the old country, whither almost ail expect to return and spend their days. "More than one-half the total number of immigrants Into the United States are coming from Austra-llungary. Italy. Poland and Russia. Official statistics are not available, yet careful investiga tion leads to the belief that perhaps fifty or sixty per cent of tho arrivals from the countries mentioned have had no regular occupation, whilo possibly thirty per cent may have been servants or laborers. Five years ago Rev. Mr. Maujerie, himself an Italian, in com pany with the writer made a tour of observation through the Lehigh region of Pennsylvania and stated that in iiis opinion the Italians working there were about three centuries behind Americans in their standards of living—that is. in their ideas as to food, clothing, shelter, wages, work and general intelligence. Since that time there has been no im provement in the class of immigrants arriving at our ports." No More Change* on the Valley. For the present, says tho Philadelphia Preen , there are to be no more changes in the train service of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, except that when the new spring time-tables are gotten up, the service will he adapted to suit public, as owing to the withdrawal of a number of trains a few months ago there was some disarrangement made, which is, however, to he remedied. The removal of the general traffic manager, general freight agent and general passenger agent's offices, from t his city to New York, will soon he made. In all probability tho general traffic Agent will take his department over on April 30, but owing to tho offices which tho general passenger agent is going to occupy not being vacated until May 1, this department will not get into its new quarters until about tho middle of May. The passenger earnings of the company are showing a steady increase, which is gratifying to the officers of the company, in view of the recent curtailment in operating and transportation expenses. Catarrh Cannot bo Cured with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach tiie seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts direct ly on the blood ami mucous surfaces. Hal I'B Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years, and is a regular prescription. It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with tho best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two in gredients is what produces such wonder ful results in curing catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, price 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the host. Beauty IN Blood Deep. Clean blood means u clean skin. No beauty without It. Cnscareta Candy Cathar tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by stirring up the lazy liver and driving all im purities from thi body. Begin today to banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads, and that sickly bilious complexion by taking Casearets— beauty for 10 cents. All drug gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 'ilk-. Curd of Thanks. Upper Lehigh, March 28, 1898. Mrs. David I). Williams wishes to ex press her thankfulness to tho Prudential Insurance Company for its promptness in the paying of tho policy held by tho deceased. BRIEF ITEMS. John Gallagher, of East Mauch Chunk, employed as a boatman on tho Lehigh canal for many years, fell from the deck of his boat down into the hold and in jured himself so badly that he died on the boat while on his way homo. Tho Hrotherhood of Railway Train men will ask the crews employed on the Jersey Central Railroad, who are working regularly, to share their work ing time with the crews about to he suspended indefinitely, owing to lack of work. The Lehigh Valley Company intend erecting a car wheel shop at Puckerton, on the site of the large storehouse, which was destroyed by fire some time ago. The structure will be 40x40 feet and will add nearly fifty men to the force. The yard is also to bo enlarged. Mrs. Susan L. Rowman, aged 80 years, relict of tho late coal operator, David Bowman, died at the residence of hot daughter. Mrs. Phaen Hermany, in Mahanoy City on Monday. Mrs. Row man was a sister of coal operator La fayette, Lentz, of Mauch Chunk. Bloomsbnrg comes to the front with the first snake story of tiie season. Veris Ritter, Warren Turner and Roy Beagle, ten-year-old boys of that place, killed sixty-two snakes on Saturday. Among the reptiles were garter snakes, rattlers, and five black snakes, varying in length from six inches to two feet each. For the Support of Orphans. The amounts contributed by the Catholic churche# of Scranton diocese to tiie support of St. Patrick's orphanage. Scranton, in 1897, have been made pub lic by Rev. Peter Christ, the treasurer. .St. Mary's church, Wilkesbarre, leads tho Luzerne county list, with $227; St. Ann's, Freeland, and St. Mary's, Avoca. are second, with sllO each. St. John's, Freeland, contributed $28.75; St. Ga briel's, Hazleton, $90.10, and St. Pat rick's, White Haven, $44. Miners Must Be Protected. Judge F. W. Gunster, of Lackawanna county, on Monday handed down his opinion in the Richmond mine injunction case, deciding in favor of Mine Inspec tor Roderick, by making the temporary injunction permanent. Inspector Rod erick claimed that the Elk Hill Coal Company violated tho mine law by not having proper and safe appliances for escape and closed the mine. The com pany protested, with the above result. All Tnslcii Suited. Employment Agent —Tli' top o' th' inorniu' t' ye, Biddy Maloney. Oi'vc found n place fur ye. Go tothestrute uud number ye foind on this card. Domestic—Sliure, it's u noice neigh borhood. Oi'll go. Agent—Wait a minute, Biddy. Take ofF that French cap. It's not a French maid, but an American girl they wants. —N. Y. Weekly. Hitting Him Dnclc. Grocer—You butchers have a soft snap. You weigh the bones with the meat and charge meat prices. Butcher—l don't see as you have any call to talk. When you sell Swiss cheese, don't you weigh the holes and charge cheese prices for them? —Boston Tran script. Not Whnt Ho Expected. Prof. Knowall—Miss Vernon, what would you say if I were to tell you that vanity is but the looking-glass that re flects imaginary virtues and conceals real faults? Miss Vernon (simply)—l should say you ought to know.—Brooklyn Life. Two Gent*. First Hotel Waiter —That ere young squirt nt table C is a gent all through, lie guv me half a dollar. Second Hotel Waiter—lie ain't half the gent as that ere ole bald-headed fat porker nt table R. Lie guv me a dol lar.—N. Y. Weekly. She Told (lie Trnth. She—She said she couldn't sing the other night because she had a frog in her throat. He—Well, I heard her sing one even ing and it sounded then as if she had one in her throat, all right.—Yonkers Statesman. More to the Purpone. "Proud beauty." said Jie, his black eyes flashing ebon lightning, "I will yet bring you to the dust." "Why not bring the dust to me?" she asked. And he started for the Klondike.— Indianapolis Journal. Storage. Oh, lock me in your heart, my dear- Sweet fate—who would not choose it- Then keep the key without a fear— 'Twould please me should you lose It. Detroit Free Press. Clanlng Backwards. Miss Thirtysniith (meaningly)—An Italian proverb says that "honest men marry soon," and Jack Swift (solemnly)—l cannot con ceal it any longer—l live in deadly fear of being at any moment arrested for embezzlement! —Puck. One Lesson Learned. "Next time," said the man who gives advice, "you will know better than to bet on u game of chance." "It was not n game of chance," an swered the mnn who had lost his coin. "That element had been eliminated by , the other fellows."—N. Y. World. Death of Mis* Annio Roach. Miss Annio Roach, an estimableyoung lady of Sheatown, who resided with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Roach, died at the family residence early Mon day morning from lung trouble. The deceased was horn in Ruck Mountain about 20 years ago. Fourteen years ago she moved with tho family to Alden, where up to a Tew years ago they re sided. They moved from Alden to Shea town. Miss Roach had been a teacher in tiie schools of Newport township for tho past, seven years aud had been re elected to teach for another term when she was prostrated by the illness which resulted in her death. The deceased was an estimable young woman and had a large circle of friends who will sin cerely regret to learn of her dcaih. —Nt imdealer. Miss Roach resided at Highland for several years and had many friends in this vicinity. She yvas a neice of Mrs. Edward Mcllugh, of South lleberton. and frequently visited Freeland. The funeral took place this morning, and was attended by several lower end people. Mining Operation* at Liter vale. Work on the big stripping at Ebervale is progressing very fast, according to the Hazleton Sentinel, t'he excavation has been started from a point immediately behind tho old breaker and is now about forty feet in deptii. The coal seams have been pierced, also the old breasts .which were driven up by the miners in Ebervale mine years before tho place filled iip with water. Cave-ins have occurred in different placos, caused by the rock above tho face of the breasts giving way. T'liey are now hoisting about 200 cars of coal per day from the slope, most of which is stripping coal. The company expects to take 600 cars per day from this mine as soon as the summer opens up. It is the intention of the company to strip tiie surface all tho way down to the Ilarleigli tract. Tho work of ro opening the old canal along the ridge is in progress. This will divert much of the water flowing into the mine and carry it to tho creek, which empties into the Nescopeck. Apportionment of Licen*e Money. R. I*. Robinson, county treasurer, has completed tho apportionment of the money received for liquor licenses, and the amount due tho state, county, cities, boroughs aud townships. The total amount received was $292,475 and of this amount $lO4, lot) goes to tho cities, boroughs and townships, $45,275 to the county and tho balance to the state. Tho apportionment is as follows for the cities, boroughs and townsips in this end of the county. Rutlor 8 GOO Rlack Creek 600 Conyngham 1*0 Foster 180 Freelaud 7,320 Hazle 1,800 Hazleton 20,000 West Hazleton 2,520 White Haven 1.080 Freeland is 9ixth in the list of amounts, Wilkesbarre, Hazleton, Pittston, Nanti coke and Plymouth getting nioro than this borough. More Trouble In Hanks Township. Sheriff Rresliu, of Carbon county, last week served subpoenas on the members of Ranks township school board to ap pear in a suit of equity at Mauch Chunk, the board of Reaver Meadow borough having sued them for their share of the state appropriation, which thoy claim is due them, and over which there has been some contention for some time. All members of tho board were summoned to appear. The Reaver Meadow board had to close their schools a month ago on account of a shortage in funds. Sev eral attempts were made to have tho two boards meet and settle the matter between themselves. Ranks township board received all the money for appropriation last year and tills was to be divided, but on some account this lias not been done and this is the suit instituted as a means to bring the matter to a settlement. Dcuth of Mrs. Kes Williams. Mrs. Reese Williams, who had been critically ill for several weeks, died at 9 o'clock on Tuesday evening at her residence on South Washington street. Her death was caused by cancer. The deceased had been a resident of Drifton and Freeland upwards of twenty-five years and was a well-known and respect ed resident of the North Side. She is survived by a husband and three sons, Thomas, of Scranton, and Owen and William, of Freeland. Another son, Robert, met a sad death in a drowning accident at Laury's Island last, summer. The funeral will take place this after noon at 2 o'clock. Interment will be made in Freeland cemetery. A fishing party composed of (ieorge Seiwell, Titos. Davis, Joseph Satch and Arthur Davis left on Saturday morning for the Honey Hole. They returned the following day with two wee catfish. CASTOHIA. The fae- BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS. PARAGRAPHS GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OF THE REGION. Synopsis of Local and Miscellaneous Oc currences That Can He Head Quickly. What the Folk* of This and Other Town* are Doing. Do not let the April fool joker play tricks on you tomorrow. Misses Katie Winters and Lizzie Sip pie entered Rlootnsburg normal school on Monday. March is making its exit today with as much dignity as it can summon. The month, as a whole, was very satisfactory. Ilazleton's new brewery will manufac ture its first beer on Thursday, and by April 1 the plant will be in full running order. A strong company of local actors is rehearsing "A Noble Outcast." a stirring drama. It will bp presented on April 1(1 at the Grand. A. Oswald sells three bars of grand ma's butter milk soap for tho small sum of sc. The Lehigh Valley has increased the wages of passenger conductors from $2.75 to 3.25 a day, baggage-masters to $2.30 a day, and brakomon to $1.90 a day. John Conahan.of town, who fractured a leg at Milnesville some weeks ago and was treated at Hazleton hospital, was discharged from that institution on Monday. Jamos Dwyer, a popular young attor ney who has been located at Hazleton during the past year, will remove to tho county seat soon. He has a first-class patronage there. William Ronemtis. aged 07 years, a farmer of East Penn township, Carbon county, died Tuesday night after a lingering illness. Ho was the father of seventeen childron, and all but one of the number survive. Tho bakery of E. M. Geritz and tho bottling plant of Harry Lazorek were sold at sheriff's sale yesterday. Tho bakery was bought for Mrs. Barbara Liom, of Wilkesbarre, and the bottling goods for the Arnold brewery. While at work in No. 5 colliery, Jeddo, William Doggett. chief of police of the borough, dislocated his right shoulder by falling off a car. He was taken to his home on North Washington street and will be laid up for sometime. Ladies, don't fail to see those fancy 25c skirts at A. Oswald's. Ho sells lots of them and they are dandles. Amy Reinhard, aged 16 years, of Pottsville, made an attempt to commit suicide on Monday by drinking a quan tity of carbolic acid. She brooded over a love disappointment for soveral days. The girl lies in a very precarious condi tion. While playing near a fire at Lehighton tho clothing of six-vear old Gertrude Struthers became ignited and before the llarnea could be subdued she was so badly burned about the limbs and body that she diod from the result of her injuries. On Tuesday afternoon James Grimes met with an accident at Pond Creek by which he lost two fingers on his left hand. He was examining a cap used for discharging dualin powder. He picked it witii a nail and an explosion followed. The funeral of the late Frank Me- Dormott, who died on Monday, took place from the residence of his son-in law, William Shive, yesterday morning. The remains were followed to St. Ann's church, w lie re a requiem mass was read, by a large concourse of relatives and friends. St. John's Reformed church, J. R. Kerschner, pastor. German service next Sunday morning. Preparatory services and the holy communion services begin at 10 a. ui. English services in the evening. Adult baptism will ho ad ministered. English communion on Easter morning. All are welcome. Hazleton flax mill had a narrow escape from destruction by fire on Tuesday night. A large amount of flax was destroyed, but the building escaped. The slow work of the firemen is severely criticized, tho Standard saying "it was nearly tlireo quarters of an hour after the alarm was sounded before a drop of water from tho fire hydrants was thrown on the flames." PLEASURE CALENDAR. April 11. —Easter Monday hall of St. Patrick's cornet band at Yannos' opera hotiso. Tickets, 50 cents. April 16. —"A Noble Outcast," by Free land dramatic company ut Grand opera house. April 25.—First annual ball of Local Union No. 311, United Mine Workers, of Upper Lehigh, at Yannes' opera house. Admission. 50 cents. April 29.—Rail of Freeland members of Order of Railway Conductors at Yan nes'opera house. Admission, 50 cents. Kducate Your llowle* With Casoaret*. Cuiuly Cathartic, cure constipation forever. 10c. If C. C. C. fail, druggists refund money. CASTOniA. The fu- /7 8,. Ki.no PER YEAR £4IAS. OHION STKOH, Attorney ar.d Counselor at Law and Notary Public. Office: Rooms 1 and:?,ltirkbeckßrick,Frceland TOIIN M. CAKIi, Attorney-at-Law. All legal busiite.-s promptly attended. Post office Building* ... Frceland. M< LA I < i 11 LIN, Attorney-at-Law. Legal Basinet* of Any Description. Dlrkbeck Brick, ... Frcelainl. JAMES 35. DWYEIi,' Attorney-at-Law. Boom 10, Schwartz's Building, East Broad street, - - llazleton, Pa. jV/r RS. S. E. HAYES, Fire Insurance Agent. Washington Street. . None but Helot hie Companies Itejrresented, D. ROIIREACH, General Hardware. Builders' supplies of every kind always in stock. Wall paper, paints and tinware. Bicy cles and repairs of i ll sorts. x-outli Centre street. O DKPIEURO. Restaurant. Fresh Ale Always on Tap. Beer, Porter, and Finest Dualities ot Whisky, Wine, Etc. Excellent Cigars. Ridge Street. - - - Frceland. Dr. N. MALEyT" BHNTCK&W* Second Floor, Birkbeck Brick. OVEU BIKKBECK'S STOIIE. LIBOR WINTER, Restaurant and Oyster Saloon, No. 113 Front Street, Freclaud. The finest liouors and cigars served at the counter. Families supplied with oysters. GEORGE FISHER, dealer in FRESH BEEF, PORK, VEAL, MUTTON, BOLOGNA, SMOKED MEATS, ETC., ETC. Call at No. ♦ Walnut street, Frceland, or wait lor the delivery wagons. VERY LOWEST PRICES. Condy 0. Boyle, dealer in Liquor, Wine, Beer, Porter, Etc. The finest brands of Domestic and Imported Whiskcj op sale in one of the handsomest sa loons in town. Fresh Rochester and Shenan doah Beer and Ycungling's Porter on tap. B8 Centre street. T. CAMPBELL, dealer in IH\v Yoodw, Hr . .-ci*lew, liootw and H ho e w. Also PURE WINES J? LIQUORS FOR FAMILY AND MEDICINAL I>U EPOSES. Centre end Main streets, Freehold. Dry Goods, Groceries and Provisions. !A! j mm j V BROTHERHODO HATS e 0 Q A celebrated brand of XX Hour always in stoek. Roll Butter and Eggs a Specialty. AMANDUS OSWALD, N. W. Cor. Centre'ind Front Sis., Frceland,