Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-10-01

High Church and Catholic Cathedral
q skatlng-rink entertainment, at whic
one OF the novelties will be race be
tween native boys who never put lo
skates before, rendering of Passiol
music in Music Hall, the Jubilee Singers
concert and many theatrical perform
ances."
WHILE on his way home from Wash
ington a few days ago. Pension Exam
iner Samuel b. Bracket lost his lowe
set of false teeth in u peculiar manner
says Biddeford (Me.) newspaper. Mr.
Bracket has an individual tendency tC
push his teeth out with his tongue wher
he is asleep. He fell asleep as the trair
was nearing Bridgewater, and, as usual
dropped his teeth. A knavish fellow
came along and was seen by the passen.
gers to pick up something, which latei
on proved to be the missing teeth. He
soon got off, and when Mr.. Bracket
awoke the sad news was broken to him
as gently as possible.
A REMARKABLE instance of n dog s
sagacity has just been reported from In.
diana, A large English setter was
making point" at fish that was
chasing minnows in the shallow water OF
lake near small boat pier. A by
stander told the dog to "hie in" and in
he jumped; his head went down in the
water and he threw large fish high III
the air. 1t fell into the water, when he
caught it again and brought it to shore
1t was bass and tipped the beam at two
and half pounds.
A NEW YORK jeweler has hit upon q
good plan for preventing robberies in his
store. tits an electric arrangement fol
closing and locking the street
door, which is operated by push
button behind the counter. 1t will alsc
unlock the door. Now, if well-dressed
people who pose as customers seize
trays full of valuables and attempt to
dash out of the store, they can be de-
tanned. Or if suspicious person enters
the door can be closed until danger is
passed.
THERE is on exhibition in show win
dow in Butte, Montana, very large
moose horn grated into the base of a
tree. 1t has been in that position for
years, as the tree has grown around it so
as to get such grip on it that cutting
the wood away is the only means of sep
arating the two. 1t is evident that al
some remote period the monarch of the
woods was caught in tree and in try.
ing to extricate himself the horn was
broken off.
The Yuma (Cal.) Sentinel says that al
the mouth of the Colorado River and the
upper end of the Gulf of California are
to be found sea bass that weigh from 25C
to 750 pounds each, CLAIMS as large as al
ordinary dinner plate, millions of sar.
dimes and smelt, oysters small but de.
licious, millions of soft-shell crabs and
other shellfish, myriads of wild geese
brant, ducks, cranes and other sea fow
and birds.
A HUMBLE member of the Franciscan
Order, who had attained the age of lis
years, died the other day at the monas-
terry, in Italy, where he had passed his
life as cook to the inmates. The Pope
who had great affection for Frere Og.
non, as he called him, never failed tc
make enquiries after him, nor to send
kindly messages during his illness.
j. S. PARKER, of Lincoln Creek,
Wash, killed fourteen bears-eleven
full grown and three cubs-in one week s
hunting near his home two weeks ago
He bagged five the first day that he was
out. Bears are exceedingly plentiful in
that section of the State, and another
hunter killed twelve bears there month
or so ago. Mr.. Parker holds the record
The marvellous records of this yeai
of phenomenal crops may yet have to be
revised for surprising additions. Mr.
John b. Leahy, of New London, Conn,
has an apple tree in his garden which is
blossoming for the second time this
year. 1t has borne large crop, and is
now covered with buds, and has some
blossoms in full bloom.
JOE WARREN, an employee of the
ccrealine mills in Columbus, Ohio, had
one of his hands caught in the machinery
and cut off, some weeks ago. One day
recently q Quakertown (Pa.) farmer
found "a mans hand in n newly purchased
bag of feed that proved to be part of 6
consignment just at hand from Mich
igan.
A QUEER sight to be seen almost any
day upon the streets of Danville, Ind, il
that of Johnny Craig, the largest man il
the world, wheeling along his six months
old baby in an ordinary baby carriage
Craig now weighs S23 pounds, while
young Master Craig, Jr., is not above tn,
average six months old child.
The Denver News says that iona,
Carpenter, of that city, is nearly 15(
years old. He was born in Virginia. anc
the family Bible gives the date of hi
birth as 1852. He is said to be in goot
health.