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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-12-11
JEDDO NEWS.

The prospects Of work at the mines
here are much brighter since the rail-
road strike is over. The miners lost
nearly as much time as the strikers, but
there was no complaint on their part
and their sympathy was with the EN-.
ployes to the end.
John McHugh, who has been i'll for
the past two weeks, is slowly improving.
Miss Mary Dever, of Freeland, and
Miss Kate O'Donnell, of Hazleton, were
visiting at this place last week.
Night school will commence in the
public school at this place this evening.
This is an opportunity that our young
men should avail themselves of.
The new breaker at No. Oakdale is
rapidly reaching completion.
Frank McHugh had his leg fractured
by being caught between cars at No. l
Oakdale on Wednesday.
There is some talk of getting up a
sleighing party at the earliest oppor-
tunity
Miss Kate Quigley, who spent several
days here with her parents last week,
has returned to Philadelphia.
Miss Cassie Furey, teacher of the pri-
mary school, was i'll few days last
week, but has fully recovered and re-
sumed her duties again.
Peter McHugh, one of our popular
young men, is now engaged in the
saloon business at Freeland. The place
was formerly occupied by D. ]. Ferry.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-12-11
RAILWAY EQUIPMENT.

THE number of freight cars per L.,
600, 900 tons of freight in this country
for the year ending June 80, 1892, was
1,627.
TIE total number of locomotives on
June 80, 1899, was 33,138. OF these
s,S4s were passenger locomo tives, H.
$50 locomotives were assigned to the
freight service, 1855 were switch loco,
motives, and 2,374 were unclassified
and leased.
THE average number of locomotives
per 100 miles of line for the year end
ing June 80, 1903, was 20; the average
number of passenger cars per 100 miles
of line was IS; the average number of
cars used in the freight service per 100
miles of line was 70S.
THE total number of cars reported by
carriers as their property on June 30,
1892, was 1915 ,002. OF these 966, ,90s were
in the freight service, &c. ,9O1 were as
signed to the company's service, and
35,97S were assigned to fast freight line
service. In addition to the above cars
owned, the companies report lao, 1880
cars leased.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-12-11
Swan Out to Die.
cemetery

Thomas Ballent was drowned in the
Susquehanna river at Plymouth on Sat-
urday morning under most peculiar cir
cumstances. Early last summer his
physician prescribed daily cold baths.
Not having bathing facilities at his
boarding house he performed his ablu-
tions in the river. As winter came on
he kept up his daily baths in the river,
even since its surface became ice cover
ed. Saturday morning he went to an
open space in the ice about 100 feet
from shore, and undressing completely
plunged in.
After swimming around for few
minutes he attempted to climb out, but
the ice was too weak and gave away at
the edges as fast as he would put his
weight upon it. There were probably
100 people on the river bank, but no one
dared go to his assistance and he
drowned.
Ballent was formerly resident of
Freeland, and while here was a book
agent.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-12-11
SOME WORLDS WONDERS.

THE most ancient catacombs are
those of Egypt, over 1000 years old.
THE finest collection of antiquities
in the world is in the British museum.
The largest bell In the world is in
the Kremlin at Moscow, 432, 900 pounds.
THE largest university is Oxford; it
has twenty-one colleges and five halls.
THE largest American city park is
Fairmount, at Philadelphia, 2,740 acres.
THE tallest stone tower is the Wash
ington monument at Washington, 555
feet.
THE greatest inland sea is the Cas-
plan, which is roo miles long by 27O in
width.
The best whispering gallery is in
the dome of st. Paul's cathedral in
London.
THE largest ship was the Great East
ern, GOO feet long, 11S feet broad; a.
600 tons.
THE most disastrous flood was that
of Holland, 1880; 100000 persons
drowned.
THE oldest known pottery is that of
Egypt; some of it dates from nearly
1000 B. G.
THE oldest written history is that
contained in the books said to be writ
ten by Moses.
THE largest tunnel is that under the
st. Gothard pass. 1t is nine and one
half miles.
THE oldest natural weapon is the
club; the oldest manufactured weapon
Is the sword
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-12-11
DRlFTON ITEMS.

Two valuable mules were accidently
killed in No. l slope last week. The
driver was discharged.
Miss Susan Gallagher, of Stockton,
spent few days here among friends
and relatives last week.
On Friday evening select party will
be given by the Good Fellows of the
hotel, at the Cottage hall, Freeland.
Patrick Dougherty, of Plymouth, spent
several days here last week among old
acquaintences.
Mrs. John O'Donnel was on the sick
list last week.
Edward Brennan, who for number
OF years was resident of this place,
moved his family and household effects
to Jeddo, where he has received employ
ment.
Thomas Carr spent few hours at
Hazleton on Thursday.
Edward Brogan visited friends at
Wilkes-Barre and Pittston last week.
John Gallagher has accepted position
as engineer at No. Jeddo. Jack is not
like one can't do it.
Township politics are very quiet,
though there is an under-current visible.
Edward White, of Highland, spent
few hours here on Saturday.
John Curran is lying dangerously ill at
his residence here.
The skaters are patiently awaiting
the arrival Of Jack Frost, that they may
continue amusing themselves on the
ice pond.
John Dougherty removed his family
from this place to Audenried last week.
Preparations are being made to get the
Christmas tree in order for the children.
On Saturday the tickets will be dis
tributed among the little ones.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-12-11

The friends of Edward B. Leisenring,
of Mauch Chunk, are making vigorous
effort to have him nominated by the Re-
publicans and elected congressman-at-
large, successor to General William B.
Lilly, deceased. Mr.. Leisenring is a
retired coal operator and at present. is
president of the Lehigh Coal and Navi-
CATION Company. His popularity in this
section and extensive influence in Bucks,
Montgomery Carbon, Berks and Lehigh
Counties, it is believed, will have great
weight in deciding the contest.
The most prominent opponent to Mr..
Leisenring now in the field is ex-Con-
gresham James Biery, of Allentown.
Several Philadelphians are candidates
for the vacancy, but it is believed the
office will 60 to this part of the state.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-12-11
BUSINESS BRIEFS.


You can get SOC. muffs at McDonald's.
Buy $40 worth of goods at Chestnut's
and you get handsome doll free.
Try Fackler's homemade bread and
rolls-baked fresh every morning.
Parties supplied with ice cream, cakes,
etc., by Laubach at reasonable rates.
Boys and girls.-Ask at "The Mill"
for "Santa Claus Flour Mill Puzzle. :"
The latest.
Orange Blossom" is painless cure
for all diseases peculiar to women. Sold
fresh by Amandus Oswald.
Have you seen Chestnut's great doll
exhibition2 Finest assortment in the
region, and you can have your choice of
the lot by purchasing $40 worth of any
goods in the store. Call early and pro-
cure fine So doll free. This offer is
good only until the holidays.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-12-11
An Old Mans Sudden Death.

About 6 o'clock on Friday evening
Charles Helferty, of Hazleton, while
viewing the men at work at the Crystal
Ridge burning slope, ventured too near
the mouth of the mine. He slipped and
fell down the slope, but was not missed
for three hours. A search was began,
and he was finally found where he fell.
Life was extinct.
The deceased was 53 years of age and
resided in Halle township for many
years. He was the father of John Hell.
ferty, who is well-known here as the
collector of the Standard. The funeral
took place yesterday.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-12-11
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.
LOCAL JOTTlNGS GATHERED FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.

Little Ones of Interest About People
You Know and Things You Wish to
Hear About-what the Folks of This
Vicinity Are Doing.
Two weeks from today is Christmas.
There are 116 prisoners in the county
Jail.
Several severe cases of grip are re-
ported in town.
All the collieries operated by Coke
Bros. & Co. are idle today.
Silver Brook is suffering from scourge
of scarlet fever and diptheria.
Prof. Pat Furey was committed to the
Carbon county Jail last week under the
vagraDcy act.
Andrew Hudak put fine new butcher
sleigh on the streets last week. 1t was
built at the shops of M. Halpin.
General Lilly has divided his wealth
among thirteen heirs, and all his public
books and documents 60 to a Mauch
Chunk library.
John E. Thomas, of Halle Brook, and
Miss Lily Akers, of Lehigh Tannery,
were married by Squire Buckley at this
place on Thursday evening.
The German voters of Nanticoke have
organized political club to aid them in
securing representation on the borough
tickets at the next election,
Mary Sweeney, little eight-year-old
girl of Plymouth, while hanging behind
a wagon on Friday, had her left leg
caught and fractured by a hind wheel.
G. H. Phillips, book-keeper for the
Clear Spring Coal Company at West
Pittston, has been appointed deputy
county controller by Controller-elect
Reese.
The saloon of D. j. Ferry, at South
and Centre streets, has been sold to
Peter McHugh, of Jeddo. The new
proprietor took charge on Saturday
evening.
William Carter, of this place, district
deputy grand master of the 1. O. O. F.,
installed the officers of the Sarah Bennett
Lodge, Daughters of Rebekah, at Wilkes
Barre on Friday evening.
Harry Lewis, the well-known runner,
has returned from Colorado, and is now
located at Nuremberg, Schuylkill county,
where he is training to take part in a
race at Mahanoy City on Christmas.
Those merchants who expect to catch
the cream of the holiday trade should
commence to advertise now, before the
usual out of town run sets in. There is
no reason why Freeland people should
go elsewhere to do their buying. Adyer-
tise in the TRIBUNE and thereby capture
the home trade.
Receptions were held at St. AIMS
church on Friday afternoon by the
Angels Sodality, the Infants Sodality ard
the Children of Mary, and large num-
Der of new members were received into
each of the three societies. The semi
annual reception of the daughters of
Mary will be held in a few weeks.
Carl Witzwicky was employed in the
Hartford colliery at Ashley and after
being repeatedly notified by the mine
foreman not to carry naked lamp in
the mines, on account of the gas, he pre-
sisted in doing SO. Superintendent
Samuel Morgan on Friday had him ar
rested and Burgess Fenner fined him
$4 and costs for his neglect.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-12-11
Deserved a Larger House.

"The Burglar" deserved larger
audience than was present at the opera
house on Thursday evening. 1t is a
good, strong play, and every character
was in the hands of competent actor.
The company, as whole, was one OF
the best that appeared here for some
time. Messrs. Moore and Clayton and
Misses Macauley and Buckley and little
Lottie Briscoe received much applause
The play was "cut" in some parts here,
but it was very we'll received.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-12-11
Borough School Report.

The report of the fourth month of the
borough school is:
Enrolment .............,.... ..............,.249
Average attendance. ..........................l9
Per cent. attendance .................. 81
The following pupils made 100 per
cent. in attendance:
Stella Osho, Mamie Lindsay, Rhea
Olsho, Nettie Johnson, Annie Sachs,
Katie Winter, Mary A. Powell, Clara
s. Reed, Marple A. Meyer and James
Lindsay.
Jennie Vanhorn, Lizzie Sachs, Ida
Donop, Agnes Bechtloff, John Lindsay,
Harry Vanhorn, Walter Davis, James
Boyle, John Goeppert, Ernest Meyer,
Henry Bechtloff and George Yannes.
Jennie Heller, Matte Lindsay, Nette
Shelhamer, Louisa Bohlin, Katie Goep-
pert, Gertie Walp, Millie Barthold,
Flossie Gallagher, Robert Bell, John
Page, Milton Heller, Edward Boyle,
John Boczkowski, Clarence Geritz,
James Jenkins, Alwyn Jones, Salvador
DePierro, Patrick Donlin and John Bell.
Mabel johnson, Ada Kocher, Annie
Bechtloff, Mary Donop, Mary Halpin,
Mary Philips, May Jones, Alfous Bocz-
kowski Charles Bell, Earle Coke, John
Sachs, Edward Bell, Michael Halpin
and Willie Yannes.
II. L. Edmunds,
NJ. Zimmerman, ro.,
Tillie Lindsay, ieaci'ers'
Lulu Schmidt,
You can get sc. hose at McDonald's.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-12-11
Story of the Reformation.

The story of the "German Reforma-
ton" will be told by Mrs. II. E. Monroe,
with the aid of eighty-five stereoptlcan
views, at the Grand opera house, Hazle-
ton, on Thursday and Friday evenings,
December IA and 10, under the auspices
of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran church.
The leading events OF Luther's life
will be represented by 100 young people
in sixteenth century costumes. The
lecture, music and dramatic representa-
tions will be pleasing. and edifying.
You are cordially invited to attend.
Diagram for seats at keiser's book
store open on and after tomorrow.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-12-11
DEATHS.

HILGENDoRF.-At Upper Lehigh, De-
cember 6, Annie, daughter of julius
and Bertha Hilgendorf, aged IA days.
Inferred on Friday at Upper Lehigh
cemetery Albert.
MoYER.-At South Heberton, December
7, Calvin Elliott, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Eden Meyer, aged years, 8 months
and 8 days. Inferred yesterday in
Vine street cemetery, Hazleton. Bach
man.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-12-11
WHY She Went.

During the wedding ceremony at a
fashionable church in Harlem, Birdie
McGinnis. one of the bridesmaids,
wept bitterly. After the ceremony
Dudely Canesucker, who was present,
said to Birdie:
what were you crying about, Miss
Birdie? You were not the bride"
II know it," replied Birdie with a
lump In her throat. That's what
broke me all up."-Texas Siftings.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-12-11
Want Coke for President.

1t is stated that the Packers are urging
Eckley B. Coke to accept the presidency
of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company.
The selection, it is thought, would meet
the approval of the stockholders. Mr..
Coke understands the coal situation thor
oughly, and with him at the helm
there might be such thing as putting
the road on firm financial footing.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-12-11
Mine Fire Extinguished.

The fire at Crystal Ridge slope, Halle
ton, has been extinguished. Several
months will be required to repair the
the damage, and the loss will amount TO
many thousands of dollars.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-12-11
FROM SUBURBAN POINTS.
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE OF
NElGHBORlNG TOWNS.

Correspondents Report Scarcity of
News This Morning, but the "Tribune"
Reporters In Drifton and Jeddo Have
Gathered n Few Interesting Notes.
Special and regular correspondence
from the surrounding towns is solicited
by the TRIBUNE. Communications or
items intended for publication must be
accompanied by the name of the writer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-12-11

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.'
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria-
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoris.
When she had Children, sho gave them Castoria,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-12-11

See McDonald's $2.9S plush rockers.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-12-11

You can get sc. hose at McDonald's.
The Southern herald., 1893-08-18
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

-Rustomjee Pestomjee Jehangir is
che mellihuous name of an East Indian
who has written a pamphlet advocat-
ing the use of opium as cure for vari-
GUS ills which flesh is heir to. lie
should be engaged as press agent for a
poor theatrical show.
Edgar Scott, of Philadelphia, son
of the late Thomas Scott, will visit
Sweden and Norway this summer in
his yacht. On reaching the age Of
twenty-one in August last he came in
to an income of 81 900, 900, and this will
be doubled when he is twenty-five.
Thomas Allen, of Tyler county, W..
Va, may be said to have earned his
title as veteran. He served under We'll
lington in the wars with Napoleon, un-
der Gen. Scott in the Mexican war, and
at the age of seventy-two enlisted for
service in the late civil war. He is now
one hundred and three years old.
1t is said that Mrs. Leland Stan
ford has ono OF the most remarkable
collections of jewels in the world.
They are valued at s2,OOO,OOO, and in
clude set of pink, set of blue, a set
yellow, and set of white diamonds.
Some Of these gems were owned by the
Empress Eugenie and by Queen Isabella
of Spain.
Mrs. Mary Ann Rice, who lately
died in California, was the wife of the
late John B. Rice, twice mayor of Chi
cago and long resident of that city.
Mrs. Rice was member of the famous
Warren family of Philadelphia, being
a sister of William Warren and cou-
sin Of Joseph Jefferson. She was promi-
nent in all charitable works.
Mr.. Dobbins writes to the Pitts
burgh Dispatch that the very objec.
tionable bit Of slang, "the wind blew
through his whiskers, is not Ameri.
can at all. In fact it was first used by
an Englishman, one Dan Chaucer, who
wrote the Canterbury Tales" In the
tale Of "The Shipman" occurs this re-
markable line: with many tempest
had his beard been shake"
| Hillary Hopkins, colored man, re-
siding in Suburba, Tex, is anxious to
find his two brothers, Ike and Harry
Bolden, the sons of Fanny Bolden, who
were raised near Decatur, Ala. At a
slave sale on Judge Hammond's farm,
near Huntsville, Ala, they were sold in
different lots, and became separated.
Ike and Harry were taken by their
owner, w. Gray Bolden, to Texas, and
have not been heard from since.
The late Nelson Sargent,of Denver,
had the distinction Of starting the first
stage coach out Of that city when it
was a struggling little frontier village.
Another distinction he had was that of
literally sinking 81, ,OOO, 900 in Chicago
land in 1873, the property proving to
be swamp land Of the least desirable
kind. During his later years his vener-
able figure was known to everybody in
Denver, even to the newly-arriyed
''tendertoot,"
The Southern herald., 1893-08-18

The use of kerosene is considered a
valuable aid in housc-cleaning by
those who have tried it. For cleaning
woodwork, dissolve a little soap in a
quart Of hot water and add few
spoonfuls of kerosene to the mixture
which is boiling. As soon as cool
enough wash all the woodwork or
painted articles and it will be found to
easily remove dirt and grease and it
makes paint look fresh and new. We
never could see that it injured or de-
stroyed the paint as some methods OF
cleaning do. 1t is also nice for clean
ing window-glass and many other
things. We always find it best to boil
it up with the soap and hot water. un-
less little kerosene is applied with a
cloth on offending spots or particularly
soiled portions Mildred Thorne, in
Western Rural.
The Southern herald., 1893-08-18

The Rro1sstants Of the world hual-
Der about ls1. .ao0.o0a
The Baptists of this country raised
Z 81, ,1oo 9oa for missions this year.
-E1-Att' v-Gen- Miller, Of Indiana
has been elected q trustcc o. Hamilton
college BY the alumni
OF twanty-six graduates uf the Ag-
ricultural College Of Manhattan, Kan,
six only intend to become farmers
-NothiH9 50 clearly discovers q splF-
itual man IS his treatment Of an erring
brother, wishing TO uphold rather than
10 upbraid hlm- st Augustine.
Our friends should take the plain
ness Of enemies in accusing. and still
mingle il with the tenderness and good
affections Of friendS-Ieremy Taylor.
bishop Kahn, Of Wheeling, W. Va,
who has been appointed eoadjutor Of
Archbishop KenriclS. will take up his
permanent residence in st Louis next
fal
Death is the justification Of all the
ways of the Christian, the last end Of
all his sacrifices, the touch Of the Great
Master which completes the picture
Nine. Swetehine.
During the last year the Presby-
terian board Of foreign missions re
eeived the largest amount Of money
ever given TO it in one year, ti,Ol4,5o4,
an increase Of sS2, ,21l over last year.
Among the graduates Of Wellesley
this year are such names as Nellie and
Carrie and Minnie and Mamie. 1t
would seem as if a college degree ought
10 dispense with these diminutives, but
it doesn't apparently.
Al fter 1S95-96 the Harvard law
school will admit no student to its reg
ular course who has not obtained the
degree Of bachelor of arts or its equiva-
lent from one of a long list of carefully
chosen universities and colleges
The first physics to recover our
souls are not cordials, but corrosives.
With Mary Magdalene, we must wash
Christ's feet with our 'tears Of sor-
row, before we may anoint his head
with the "oil Of gladnesS. brown
ing.
Rev. Father Edward h. Knowles,
Of Worcester, Mass, has received a
long letter from Pere Hyacinthe and
Nine. Loyson which is so explicit as to
prove the utter falsity of the reports of
Pere lIyacinthes return to the Roman
church.
Old Princeton sent out 1856 MEM
bers of the class of '93 at its 146th an
nual commencement ltwas announced
in connection with the exercises that
new building to be known as the Ca
sino, is to be built in Bayard avenue,
It will be devoted to social gather
ings.
The statement in a late issue by
which the building of 1, 700 churches in
Arkansas during ten years was cred
tied to one body, the Cumberland Pres
byteran church, was incorrect. What
Gov. Fishbacl said was that all the de-
nominations together had accomplished
that.
The general assembly Of the Pres
byterian church Of Canada finds that
heresy is obtaining foothold in the
colleges and seminaries connected
with the church. The assembly has
taken the matter in hand and appoint
ed a committed to consider how the re-
lations of these colleges to it can be
amended SO as to give it greater in
1uence in the appointment of their
professor.
The Southern herald., 1893-08-18
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

THE growth Of girls is greatest In
their fifteenth year, and that Of boys
In the seventeenth.
TIE bones and body Of the human
body are capable Of over one thousand
different movementa
WE have sixty divisions on the dials
Of our clocks and watches because the
old Greek astronomer, Hipparchus,
who lived In the second century before
Christ, used the Babylonian system Of
dividing time, and that system being
sexsgesimal
PBoF. Z. Z. BARNARD, the diseoverer
of Jupiter's hfth satellite, has received
the degree Of doctor Of sciences from
Vanderbilt university. He was a stu
dent in.that institution before going to
the Lick observatory, but did not com
plete his course.
TIE two most widely accepted ex.
plantations Of the maintenance Of solar
heat are (1) that 1t is due to the en-
ergy developed by meteoric matter
falling on the sun, and (9) that 1t Is
produced and kept up by slow contrHc'
tions Of the suns bulk.
The Southern herald., 1893-08-18

-canIs see your falAar for 8 few no
nents before 2 60, Kiss Hsndrieks7-
be asked u want g speak 70 him
anon a matter OF Importance
Certainly. Mr.. sampson, replied the
FiFl witha blush
Alter Ar. sampson had taizcn hit de-
parture, with a happy smile on bis
face. Miss Hendricks found her way to
her fathers shoulder, and. stealing one
Arm about his neck, whispered
"What did be want PapaF
'He Is agent Tor patent gas burn
er, said the old man. -and I've agreed
70 give il a trial "-B1stou Globe.