FREELAND TRIBUNE. VOL. XII. NO 51. A WATCH ! x Just the article to encourage a 1 oy' J): or girl to be good. Buys' Watches? if! from $2 to SB. Girls' Watches from} j|! 33.75 to sl6. I RAILROAD TIMETABLES LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD. November 10, 189 J. ARRANGEMENT or I'ASSKNOKH TRAINS. LRAVE FHBKLANO. 6 12 a m for Woatherly, Munch Chunk, Allentown, JJe'hlehom, Kuston, l'bila dclphiu mid New York. 7 40 a in for Sandy Run, White Haven, Wilkes-Burro, Pittstnn and Scrauton. 8 18 a ni for Hazleton, Woatherly, Muucli Chunk. Allent wn, Bethlehem, Boston, Philadelphia und New York. 9 30 a in for liuzlcton, Muhunoy City, Sbeu andoah, Alt. Curmel, Shumokin and Potts villo. 1 1 45 a in tor Sandy Hun, White Ilavcn, Wilkes-Barre, So ran to u aud all points West. 1 30 pm for Weatherly, Mauoh Chunk, Al lentown, Bethlehem, Kastun, Philadel phia und New York. 4 42 P m for Hazloton, Mahanoy City, Shen andoah, Mt. Curincl, Shumokin and PottSvillo, Wcatherly, Munch Chunk, Allentown, Bethlehem, Huston, Phila delphia aud New York. 6 34 P m for Sandy Run, White Haven, Wilkes-Burrc, Seruntop aud all points West. 7 29 p ni for Hazleton, Mahanoy City, Shen undouh, Mt. Carmel und Shumokin. ARRIVE AT FRHBLAND. 7 40 a m from Weatherly, Potts villo. Ash laud, Sheuuudoub, Mahanoy City and Hazleton. 9 17 a m from Philadelphia, Easton, Bethle hem, Allentown, Mauoh Chunk, Weath erly, Hazleton. Mahanoy City, Shonan deah, .Mt. Curmel and Shatnokin. 9 30 a in from Sorauton, Wilkes-Barre und White Haven. 1 1 45 a in from PottsviUo, Shamoklu, Mt. Uuruicl, Shenandoah, Mahanoy City aud Huzleton. 12 55p m Iroin New York, Philadelphia, Huston, Bethlehem, Allentown, Aluiich Chunk and Weatherly. 4 42 p in from somnton, Wilkes-Barre and white Haven. 6 34 p ni from Now York, Philadelphia, Huston, Bethlehem, Allentown, Potts villc, Shumokin, Mt. Curmel, Shenan doah, Mahanoy City and Huzleton. 7 29 p ni from Scrauton, Wilkes-Barre and White Haven. For further iniormation inquire of Tiokct Agents Rv/LLIN 11. WiLBTTK, General Superintendent, 2(1 Cortiandt >treet, New York City. CHAB. S. LHH. General Passenger Agent, 2(1 Cortiandt Street. New York City. J. T. KEITH. Division Superintendent, Huzleton, Pu. 'J HIE DELAWARE, SUSQUEHANNA ANI JL SCHUYLKILL RAILROAD. Time table in effect Anrii 18, 1897. Trains leave Drifton tor Jeddo, Eokloy, Hazle Brook. Stockton. Beaver Meadow Road, Roan und iiazleton Junction at 5 JO, ti 00 a tu, daily except Sunday; and 703a m, 2:18 p ni, Sunday. Trains leave Drifton for Harwood, Cranberry, Toml'ickcu and Deringcr at 6 30. 6 (JO a m, daily except Sunday; and i 03 a in, 23b p in, Sun day. Trains leave Drifton for Oneida Junotion, Mui wood Road, Humboldt Road, Oneida and Sbeppton at (1 0U a m, daily except Sun day , und 7 03 a m, 2 38 p m, Sunday. Trains leave Hazleton J unction for Harwood, Cranberry, Tomhicken and Derinyer at 635 a m, dully except Sunday; and 8 53 a m, 4 22 p in, Sunday. Trains leave Hazleton Junctiou for Oneida Junction, Harwood Road, Humboldt Road, Oneida and Shoppton at tt ;i2 v ll 10 a in, 441 p in, duily except. Sunday; and <37 a ra, 311 p m, Sunday. Trains leave Deriiurer for Tomhlck n, Cran- ! berry, Harwood, Hazleton Junction aud 'loan at 2 26, SMI p ni, daily except Sunday; ana 37 a m, 5 07 p m. Sunday. Trains leave Sheppton for Oneida, Humboldt Road, Harwood Road, Oiioida Junctiou, Huzle ton Junction a :d Roan at 7 11 am, 1240, 522 p ni, daily except Sunday; und 8 11 a m, 3 44 p m, Sunday. Trains leave Sheppton for Beaver Meadow Road, Stockton, Ilazm Brook, Hckiey, Jeddo and Drifton at 5 22 p in, daily, except Suuday; and 8 11 u m, 3 41 p m, Minduy. Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Beaver Meadow Read, Stockton, Hazle Brook, Bckley, Jeddo and Drifton at 5 45, 626 p m, daily, except Sunday; and 10 10 a ra, 5 10 p m, Suuday. All trains connect a' Hazleton Junction with electric cars for Hazleton, Jeunoevillo, Auden rled and other point i on the Traction Com pany's hue. Trains leaving DriiLon at 5 30, 600 a ni make connection at Dcringer with P. R. R. truius for Wilkesbarre, Sunbury, Ilarrisburg and points west. For the accommodation of passengorsat way stations between Hazleton Junction and Dcr inger. u tram will I save the former point at. 350 p m. dally, except Sunday, arriving at Deringcr at 5 00 p m. LUTHER C. SMITH. Superintendent. MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENTS I . OtISALU.-Tlirci- Freclawl Silk Mill Com- J ' puny 6 per cent fold bonds; pur value SSO . each. For price appiy at Tribune olHec. LJX>K SALE.—Two percent bonds of Froe _T land Overall Mi ftg Compuuy; par value SSO each. Apply at t.iis office. ♦•Gem*" Make a Dig Hit The largest, cr< wds ever seen in a New Brunswick theatre are patronizing Mayo & Champlin'n "Goius" this week. Monday aud Tuesday nights seating rapacity was reached and on Wednes day night and la.-t night "Standing Room Only" was displayed early. This company is by far tho strongest drama tic organization that has ever appeared in tins city and deserves the success that has attended them here. Mr. Charles K. Cl amplin. tho star, is a finished actor and is as initch at home in c rnedy as in strong, romantic roles. His support is of the sort seldom seen outside of metropolitan theatres and embraces the clever emotional actress. Miss Layura Wood, also Miss Emma Warren, Miss Pauline Seymour, Edgar C. Mayo, .James S. Garsido, Uny Leslie Lewis. Richard Eastman, Ray White, R. Blodgetf Errickson, Tommy MaSkell and a number of others. The musical features are of the first class and are tinder the direction of the well known Professor J. W. Davidson. The plays presented are entirely new including Mr. ( hamoiin's original plays and a number of well known successos. Tile 'specialt es Introduced deserve es pecial mention. Manager George Wood has struck the keynote of popular favor and any city securing the company is to be congratu lated. — New Brunswick, N. J., 'limes. Grand opera house every evening this week. Prices, 10, 20 and 30 cents. $8 12 from FreHund to Nlugura Falls and return, via,Lehigh Valley Railroad. Tickets will he on sale December 30 nnd 31. good to return to and including train Ne. 8 of January 2. 1000. and will be honored on any train, except tho Black Diamond express. Consult Lehigh Valley ticket agents for further particulars. Silver Butter Dish J- or Cake Basket Beautiful new designs that we are \ selling for $3. Made to wear for years. A ny engraving you desire is done neat '(.) iy without charge. BRIEF HEMS OF NEWS. PARAGRAPHS GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OF THE REGION. Synopnl* of Local nnd MlucellaneoiiM Oc currence* That Can lie Head Quickly. What the Folks of Thin aud Other Town* Are Doing. The TRIBUNE wishes all its readers and patrons A Merry Christmas. The White Haven Relief Association distributed 800 among tho poor of Upper Lehigh last week. Street Commissioner Benfiard Dinn purchased tho Woodring hotel in Butler valley last week. The prico paid was 81,800. Christmas entertainments wore given by the pupils of several Foster town ship schools on Thursday and Friday evenings. Employes of the United States Express Company report heavier business this year than at any similar period for some years past. Markle &Co.'s colliories paid on Satur day and Its effects were pleasantly felt when the business people of town emptied their tills that night. The attendance at tho Young Men's Corps fair increases nightly. The com mitteoAn charge has arranged to have something to amuse tho people every evening. Tho Board of Pardons has refusod to commute the life sentence of William Penn Bowman, who was convicted of murdering an Arabian peddler near Wilkesbarre. The Coxe ladles of Drifton last week sent to the Laurytown asylum a large number of gifts which will be distribut ed today among tho patients. Tho in mates consequently will spend a merry Christmas. • Rev. Father Fitzmaurice, of St. Gabriel's parish, liazleton, on Thurs day celebrated the forty-fourth anni versary of Ills ordination into the priesthood. Rev. Fitzmaurice is one of the oldest priests In tho anthracite region. "Tho Gunner's Mate," which has been secured at a heavy cost to play here 011 January 6, is a drama which everybody should see, Tho scenery alone is said by competent critics to bo the most magnificent on the road this season. St. John's Reformed Sunday school will hold its Christinas entertainment this evening at 7.15 o'clock. The can tata entitled "Santa Claus' Triumph" will be rendered by the school. A pleasant evening is in store for all who attend. Ail are kindly invited. A shooting match will be held on Saturday for turkeys and a fine lot of Chester pigs r t the hotel of James P. Christman, East llutler. All shooters will use a rillo and the same kind of ammunition, which will be furnished them on the ground. A free supper will follow. It is stated that next week active recruiting of loldiers for service with the Boer aru y 111 South Africa will cominonce In Schuylkill county. An agent of tho Doers passed through tho region Friday and will return to the county tliis week and engage men who will bo shipped to the Transvaal as laborers. The concert to be given on New Year's evening under tho auspices of the Christian Endeavor Society at the Grand opera house will give tho people of town an opportunity to hear the famous Boston Concert Company, in addition to tho best local talent. Tickets for tho concert are meeting with a ready sale everywhere. A Wilkesbarrean tells of a visit to ex- Representative Grinor in the Eastern penitentiary, wltoro the foriuor political loader is serving sentence for tho mur der of his step-daughter. Mr. Grinor occupies a cell with two other convicts. He seems contented, and lias trained two rats to follow liirn about with af fectionate concern. Mrs. James Brogan, of Brooklyn, N Y„ died 011 Friday morning at this lioino of her sister, Mrs. James Fisher, whom she was visiting in Qakdale. Mrs. llrogan was only a Tew days ill. Tho deceased was also a sister of Mrs. Thomas Cnsgrovo, of Freeland. She was aged 38 years. The remains woro interred yesterday at St. Ann's ceme tery. llobbtsry at MoAdoo. On Saturday night the biilltling owned by Patrick Glvcns, at McAdoo, and oc cupied as a general store by tho Man hattan Grocery Company, was broken Into and goods to tho value of 8100 woro stolen. The thievos gained an entraiico by prying open tho door. Tho store was not occupied during the night, the proprietors going to their homes in Ha zleton after closing each evening. No clue has yet been found to tho parties. FREELAND, PA., MONDAY, DECEMBER *25, 1899. I Sensible Christmas Gifts | | Select Something Useful as Well as Ornmantal | JF Our stock Is complete and surely we can please W M you. Wo extend credit to responsible parties. Jj | Wm. Glover, Jr., West Broad St., Hazleton. | lie Jilted Mr*. Km inn Kelly. Becauso ho refused to keep his promise to wed Mrs. Emma Kelly, Edward Arm strong, of Wilkesbarre, is occupying a coll in the county jail. Armstrong is a middle-aged man and ho and Mrs. Kelly saw each other frequently and fi nally, as she avers, ho became her "stiddy," and called on her on the usual evenings allotted to beans. On or about May 15 last, she alleges, Armstrong pro posed marriage and she demurely said "yes." Since then she has waited long for him, and oven requested him to ful fill his promise, but he refused. His refusal naturally excited her an ger. and also her curiosity. In. some way, It is alleged, she discovered that Armstrong was paying attention to anbther young lady and intended to marry her. Determined to prevent any such event, Mrs. Kelly consulted a lawyer, who advised Armstrong's arrest. Mrs. Kelly swore out a warrant for Armstrong's arrest charging him with breach of promise, and asking 85,000 damages. Armstrong was arrested, and not being able to secure bail, was sent to the county prison. Matrlinnuial Mutters. Thomas V. Kllngerrnan and Miss Amelia Jones, botli of Freeland, were married on Saturday evening at 8 o'clock at the home of the groom by Rev. ,T. B. Kerschner. Miss Madeline Palmer, daughter of ex-Attorney General Paltuer, and Pro fessor Charles M. Bakewoll, of Bryn Mawr college, were married on Thurs day at Wilkosbarre. , Anthony Kennedy, of Drifton, and Miss Bid Boyle, of Jeddo, two popular young people, will wed on Wednesday. The engagement of Charles J. Galla gher, of Jeddo, to Miss Celia McDevitt, of Hazleton, has been announced. William Blackwell, of Hazleton, and Miss Dora Bredbenner, of Freeland, wiil bo married next March. Conrad Hoch and Mrs. Mesina Shea man, both of town, were married on Friday evening. Btu<lntß at Home. Among the students who are spending the holidays at home are: Misses Bessie Owens, Aquilla John son, Stroudsburg normal school. P. X. O'Donnell, Pennsylvania university, Philadelphia. Daniel and Peter Tlmony, William Lawlor, Holy Cross college, Worcester, Mass. Joseph Wagner, Richard Cunning ham, Louis Ortner, Frank Roborts, Lehigh university, Bethlehem. Daniel Boyle, Sacred Heart academy, West Chester, N. Y. George Shlgo, Thomas Campbell, John Bouor, Matthew Brodorick, Bern ard McFadden, Villanova. Miss Clair McDonald, St. Cecilia's academy, Scran ton. Miss Nellie Campbell, Philadelphia. Victor Oswald, Franklin and Mar shal college, Lancaster. Stanley and Win field S. Oberronder, Kingston seminary. Didn't Know It Wan I.oaded. Because a number of raon in a barber shop at Mt. Curmel expressed fear of a revolver which ho was handling, Petor McManahan, to prove that the weapon was harmless, pressed tho muzzle against his face and pulled tho trigger. Twice ho safely repeated the experi ment, convincing tho spectators that the revolver was unloaded. Then he playfully turned tho weapon toward Michael Coyle and snapped tho trigger. This time there was a report, and, amid tho horrified cries of his friends, Coyle fell to the floor with a bullet In his head. A physician was summoned, and soon as he had dressed the wound McManahan gave himself up to the authorities. At the hearing witnesses testified that the shooting was accidental, whereupon McManahan was released. Coyle is in a critical condition. Meeting of Council, Council met on Friday evening and decided to have two more sets of plans for the borough building prepared for the use of contractors who desire to submit bids. The fire committee reported the fol lowing figures for tho installation of an electric fire system; United States Fire, Police and Telegraph Company, 81,850; Wink & Ilaag, 81,300.75; Kiley & Co., 81,360; Game well Company, 81,500. Council will meet Thursday evening to consider the proposals. Councilman Smith called attention to tho needs of Widow Hughes' family, in which the children are sick with scarlet fever and without tho means to procure tho necessities of life. Tho sanitary committee was given charge of the matter. Gentlemen, for hats and caps go to A. Oswald's, lie has a nice variety. MINES AND RAILROADS. J. S. Myers, of Gordonville, Schuyl kill county, who on December 31 Is to be placed on the retired list of the Pennsylvania Railroad, has had the remarkable career of being a section hand on nearly tho same portion of track on that road during fifty years' time. He entered the service in 1850, wheu the state owned the road. The recent decision of the supreme court that mine foremen are state olli cors and that mine owners cannot be held responsible for anything that goes wrong under their supervision is a barrier against the success of all future damage suits against mine owners, re gardloss of how negligent or law-defy ing tbey become. David McFarland, former superin tendent at Jeanesviile and at present superintendent for the Pond Creek Coal Company, has been tendered the posi tion of goneral inside superintendent, of tho Lehigh and Wilkesbarre collieries on the South Side. Mr. McFarland has the matter under consideration. The Lehigh Valley Coal Company lias posted a notice at its central office in Hazleton to the effect that for the month of December the miners at their colliories in this division will be paid at the rate of 0 per cent below the 85 basis. This is an increase of 2 per cent over the present rate paid. Employes on the Delaware, Lacka wanna and Western road have orders to prohibit the playing of any "gambl ing game" by passengers In the cars. Card sharks made a practice of riding on the road and fleecing the innocent. Since the minors won their striko at Nanticoko and Glen Lyon the member ship of the United Mine Workers in that section has tremendously increas ed. The initiation fee there is 85. Hyde Park and Hampton collieries, of the D. L. & W., at Scranton, are idle because the drivers are on strike. The men receive only eight hours' pay for ten hours' work. Congressman Connell has eight non union men employed at his Duryea collieries. Over 1,030 men aro on strike for their discharge. The ruuior that tho Lehigh Valley Coal Company would pay its miners semi-monthly after New Year's is un true. PERSONALITIES. Dr. 11. M. Neale attended the ban quet given by tho Clover Club Thursday evening at Philadelphia to Sir Henry Irving. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Pooler, of Phila delphia, are visiting thclatter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. 11. R. Davis. Miss Annlo Goepport, of Brooklyn, N. Y., is spending the holidays with her parents on Walnut street. B. J. Keonan, of Uppor Lehigh, Is spending Christinas with Summit Hill relatives. Misses Rubina Mackey and Grace Palmer aro visiting county seat friends. Mrs. William Williamson is visiting friends in tho Wyoming valley. Peter Magagna attended to business in New York last week. Prof. W. L. Ilouck is spending the holidays at Borwlck. Preparing fur Their Hall. Tliedecorating of Yannes' opera house for the eleventh annual ball of tho Tigers Athlotlc Club has been com menced, and the work will be continued every day and evening until finished. Electricians will start tomorrow placing wires for tho arcs and additional small lights, and from tho plans drawn for the decorations and illumination it Is safe to say that the hall on Friday evening will present a more handsome appearance than at any time in Its history. The members aro determined to make this ball tho most successful they evor con ducted, and they have never yet failed to accomplish whatever they decided to do. Strange Disease ltaging. The physicians In the northern end of Columbia county are greatly puzzled over a strange malady which has be come prevalent in Madison township, and which has proven fatal in a few cases after a very brief Illness. Tho disease Is a peculiar one, the victims being stricken suddenly with a high fever, and burning thirst, and aro com pelled to tako to their bods at once on account of weakness. Tho physicians aro divided In opinion as to the nature of the malady, some acknowledging that tboy do not understand it, while others claim it is spotted fover. A shooting match for turkeys, gocsn, chickens, ducks, etc., will take place at Krouse's hotel, South Heborton, on Christinas afternoon. All sportsmen are invited to compete for the prizes. i; Beautiful Eight-Day f- Black Enameled Clock?' J- In the above goods we have several x j! very pretty lines which we are offering 1? ! at prices ranging from £4 to sll. Man-jfj jl tel Clocks of every variety.' m Defectives Want the Reward. Another effort Is being made by Detec tives Quigley and O'Brien to collect a reward for the solving of the Wllkes barre mountain murder mystery. Sever al years ago a Hungarian boarding house on the mountain was blown up with dynamite, and of the fifty-nine inmates four were killed and many injured. The murderers rifled the trunks of the men during the confusion and got a few dollars and some clothes. Several months afterwards Frank Shaf fer, Nelse Miller, and his wife, and J. Miller and his wife, all colored, were arrested by O'Brien and Quigley. Shaffer confessed and got twenty years. Nelse Miller was convicted of murder iu the first degree, but died in prison, and the cases against the others were dropped. O'Brien and Quigley sued the county for the reward offered by the county commissioners, and Referee John S. McGroarty awarded them 30,000. The court refused to approve the award. Shortly afterward McGroarty left for Montana, where ho has lived the last five years. The detectives have applied for another hearing, and Referee Mc- Groarty. who has just arrived, will hear evidence again next week. Not for CongreHH. From the Nanticoko News. Some of the alleged friends of District Attorney Colonel T. R. Martin are en- j deavorlng to induce him to say that he ' will bo a candidate fQr congressman in 1900. Many prominent Republicans are among the number too. But to all en treaties the colonel says: "1 have all 1 can do to try and get the trial list clear ed aud old cases of many years' stand ing disposed of and cannot talk politics." Now the scheme of these alleged Democrats and Republicans is quite plain. They have learned that the majority of Democrats are not going to be hoodooed next year and none but Simon pure Democrats will bo nominated. They have also learned that without any knowledge or consent on his own part, Colonel Martin is slated for the Democratic nomination forjudge. Two unpleasant facts stare the county seat politicians in the face. One is that if Colonel Martin enters the contest for the nomination, Judge Woodward's; goose is cooked. The other, that when Martin is nominated all tho Ferris's in America cannot defeat him. Stage Love-Makiug Wan Real. That tho disciples of Thespis aro adepts at lovo-making is shown in tho Bon Ton Theatrical Company, which played here In October. The love-mak ing indulged in by the company is not all stage play, but to a great extent genuine. Cupid apparently has been working to good effect on tho tender susceptibilities of the members of the company. Last summer Mr. Lcyburne was mar ried to Miss Etnna Bunting, a petite and pretty young lady of Wellsboro, Ohio. Shortly after the company wont on the road, James Durkin, tho leading man, and Miss Jeanne Ashbaugh, tho in genue, pledged their troth. The matri monial fever next affected John Dunn, who bowed before Hymen's altar with Miss Bessie Ashbaugh, a beautiful and attractive brunette and tho leading lady of the company. On Wednesday last tho Bon Tons celebrated another nuptial event, when Frank B. Shalters, the manager, and Mrs. Blanche Clever were united in marriage at Norristown. Luzerne'* Hero of the Mtilne. From the Wllkesbarre Kecord. The body ot William Cosgrove, a vic tim of tho Maine disaster, left Havana on Thursday morning on tho battleship Texas and it Is expected to arrive at Washington today or tomorrow. Do ceased was a nephew of E. P. Cosgrovo, of this city, and tho body will bo brought to tills city for burial In tho old Darling street cemetery In tho fam ily plot. Young Cosgrove was 27 years old and resided in this city with his uncle until about three yoars ago, when he enlisted In tho United States navy and was assigned to tho battle ship Maine, which was blown up in Havana harbor. Deceased leaves ono sister, Ella, of Brooklyn, N. Y. The body on arrival will be taken to Undertaker Mooney's morgue, whore It will bo preparod for burial, and will then bo taken to St. Mary's church, where services will be held. The time will bo announced later. New Year's I>ay Sport. At Krouse's hotel. South Hoberton, on New Year's Day, William Fox and tieorge Urchin will shoot a live bird match for #SO a side. Much Interest Is being taken In this contest by tho sportsmen of the region, as both men have good roputatlons as shooters. Tho match will begin at 0 a. m. In the evening a big masquerade ball and cake walk will be hold at the hotel, to which all lovers of sport are Invited. Good music will be there and no lack of fun. The admission to the ball has been placed at the low liguresof 15 cents. I SPOONS I (• Tea and Table Spoons made by "Rogers & Bros. Prices $2 per half- iff 1 dozen to $4 per half-dozen. Large as jlsortments and latest styles. in A CHRISTMAS WARNING EX-MINERS ADVISED TO KEEP AWAY FROM THE COAL FIELDS. Free Advertising Wlilcli I. lining r.iven Coal Compnnie. Uy Gullible News paper* Is Misleading—There Are Miner. Enough to Fill All (lie Faying Positions. From tho Tummiun Register. The coal companies are receiving a great deal of free advertising from the press, to tho detriment of a few unfor tunate beings. Not long ago a loading journal in the coal region declared in an alleged interview with a prominent coal operator, that his company was in need of 3,000 hands, and that the men were not to take the place of strikers, but that the shortage was but the result of the present Increased traffic in the coal trade. Other coal compan ies and operators gave out similar in formation, less startling only in point of numbers said to bo needed. It is surprising to note that such pre sumably respectable journals, after deprecating continually for months the condition of the anthracite miner, would permit any of their space to be devoted to such rot which is designed only for tho benefit of the coal corporations. It is a fact that there has been an increase in the coal traffic and that tho collieries are somewhat shorthanded. But thoso positions which are vacant, and which have caused the operators, etc., to make these striking announce ments, would not net subsistence for even a mean Hungarian or Pole. Thoy are jobs at which a hand will find em ployment amounting probably to a day or two a weok. There is today not a good position in or about the anthracite mines for which an efficient employe cannot bo procured to fill. The object of the coal operators in making these statements seems to have been to secure a sufficient amount of labor on hand to cope with any contin gencies. It is unfortunate that those statements have been made, inasmuch as many miners who left this region during its greatest depression, might on the strength of their faith in these publications, be induced to return, and strangers will also bo load to locate liore; whereas conditions do not warrant the return of the former resident, and there is plenty of labor on hand to meet all present demands. VVe would not advise any miner who has left the coal region and found em ployment at which he Is even only able to eke out a living, to return to his foimier occupation, at least in the anthracite region. The present in creased traffic in the coal business is no doubt duo greatly to tlio prosperity which seems to have struck every branch of business in the country— with the exception of anthracite coal mining, llut it is also true that much of It is duo to the restrictive production during thn summer to raise tho prico this winter. Whether or not the spurt taken shall be permanent will be deter mined in a short while. For tho pres ent there is enough labor on hand to mine and prepare tho production of tho mines of all the companies. GRAND OPERA HOUSE. Free land Opera House Co., Lessees. WEEK OF DEC. 25. Big Holiday Attraction. GEMS Repertoire Company Change of Bill Nightly. Popular Prices, 10,20 and 30c. Scats now on sule at McMonamln's store. HANDSOME Calendars for 1900 can be had at Mrs. J. Mathers' Emporium. Our Hand-Painted Designs Are Worthy of Your Inspection. Nothing Prettier Was Ever Shown in Freeland. Holiday Novelties in Abundance. Should You Want Something to Please an Artistic Friend We Can Show You a Variety of Beautiful and Useful Articles. Millinery and Dressmaking Headquarters. Centre Street. $1.50 PER YEAR. Complete Line of Holiday G00d5.... Now on Display. Our showing of neckwear, sus penders, mufflers, handkerchiefs, umbrellas, gloves, etc., is, we be lieve, the best in town and repre sents the very newest ideas. We are doing a large business, simply because at this time, as at other times during the year, we adhere strictly to popular prices and we feel like doing our share toward making the holiday season of our customers as pleasant as we can. We are holding a special sale of Suits and Overcoats and Boys' Knee Pants Suits. We shall be pleased to serve you at this season and you need not look any further than Right Here for the best in the market. Phila, One-Price Clothing House, 8. SENIE, PKOP. Birkbeck Brick, Freeland. £MIAS. ORION STROH, Attorney and Counselor at Law and Notary Public. Ofllcc: Rooms 1 and 2, Birkbeck Brick, Freeland JOHN M. CARR, Attorney-at-Law. All legal business promptly attended. Postofflco Building, ... Freeland. MCLAUGHLIN, Attorney-at-Law. Legal Business of Any Description. Brcnnnn'a Building-, So. Centre St. Freeland. R. J. O'DONNELL, Attorney-at-Law. Legal Business Promptly Attended. Campbell Building. ... Freeland. 'JPHOS. A. BUCKLEY, Justice of the Peace. All business given prompt attention. Tribune Building. . Main Street. N. MALEY, DENTIST. OVER BIRKBECK'S STORE, Second Floor, ■ . Birkbeck Brick. S. E. IIAYES, Fire Insurance Agent. Washington Street. None but Reliable Companies Represented. S. S. HESS, DENTIST. 37 South Centre Street. Second Floor Front. - Rcfowich Building. ~LIBOR~WINTER, Eating House and Oyster Saloon. No. 13 Front Street, Freeland. Temperance drinks, eitfars, etc. Familea supplied with oysters direct from the shore BUTTERWICn | JEWELRY STORE. I Newest designs in if Watches, Jewelry >; and Silverware. You don't have to pay for some- JI body else's watch here. We fj have no agents' fees to pay. We sell for cash and guarantee to sell 25 to 40 per cent if cheaper than any installment if jewelry store in the county. if Don't forget to take a look at our show windows. BUTTERWICK,! Corner of Front and Centre Streets. |j
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