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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-08-07
LOST FORTUNE AND COURAGE.
How Miner Killed Himself and Loved
Ones Too Soon.


Some strange things happen In min
ing camps. The number who have
worked and delved In following pros.
pect until their money or their pa
tience became exhausted are many.
And it not infrequently happens, says
the Auburn (Cal.) Herald, that such
parties live to learn that they have
abandoned their claims when a few
more days work, or possibly q few
more strokes of the pick, would have
revealed the lead which they had
worked to find. A story was told by
an old miner few days ago Of an east
ern college professor who came out
here in the early days and started to
prospect on some of the quartz lead
around Grass Valley. When he arrived
here he had seventy thousand dollars
and he bought up quite number of
claims md spent his money freely in
prospecting them. He worked with
buoyant heart, confident that his labor
and Investments would be remuner-
ated. He had charming wife and
four bright children. One thousand
after another of his money was sunk
into the ground until finally his last
dollar was gone, and from outward ap-
pearances he was no nearer getting it
back than he was when he started.
He became respondent and while la
boring under fit of mental depression
he prepared draught of deadly poison,
gave drink to his wife and to each Of
his children, and then after waiting
long enough to satisfy himself that
they were past recovery he partook of
the poison and laid down to die with
those he loved. Before their bodies
were cold they were found by man
from one of the mines who had come
to inform him that large vein of rich
rock had just been uncovered. He and
his had passed beyond the cares of this
world and had no further use for
earthly treasure, but the lead that was
struck the day of his death turned out
rich one and yielded gold enough in
subsequent years to have made him in.
dependently rich.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-08-07
COAL IN WEST VIRGINIA.
Many Miles of Valuable Land Owned by
Ignorant Half-Naked People.

A geologist who has been making q
study of Wyoming, Raleigh and Logan
counties in West Virginia, says that
the coal deposits average five feet in
thickness over an area of more than
one thousand square miles. He saw
out-croppings of coal rising to height
of twenty-five feet and extending for
miles along the sides of the mountains
On Thatcher's creek In Logan county
he measured vein of coal twenty.
seven feet in thickness All this land
Is now in the hands of capitalists
"Mile after mile of it," as he says,
"has been owned since the first settle.
ment of the region by families, the
male members of which could hardly
muster enough clothes to wad q gun,
whose wives went barefooted winter
and summer, and whose children never
saw either the inside of schoolhouse
or of church. Travelling five or six
miles along Trap Hill valley without
seeing any signs of civilization,
reached q log house, where found a
family named Ross. The husband was
absent hunting, but the wife and sew
eral bright-eyed children greeted me,
furnished dinner and directed me on
my way. The wife told me she had
never seen a larger town than Logan
Courthouse with its two dozen houses,
and the children had never seen a
school book"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-08-07
READING RAILROAD SYSTEM.
.,- LEHIGH VALLEY
ysssfSssssS DIVISION.
Anthracite coal used eXclu-
sively, insuring cleanliness and
comfort.

ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENGER TRAINS.
MAY ID, 1898.
LEAVE FREELAND.
Cos, S47, $40, O41 a m, 12 %, 32, 2 27, 3 As,
i55, 0 81, Z L. s AZ m, for Drifton, Jeddo. Lum-
er Yard, Stockton and HaZleton.
sos m, 81, 8 As, 55 p m, for Mauch Chunk,
Allentown, Bethlehem, Phila., Easton and New
York.
94Oam for Bethlehem, Easton and Phila.
726, 10 So a IN, IL l6 4 "a m, (via Highland
lranchl for White Haven, Glen Summit, Wilkes
ARE, Pittston and L. and b. Junction.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
ii 40 m and 3 45 p IN for Drifton, Jeddo, Lum-
er Yard and Hazleton.
345 pm for Delano. Mahanoy City, Shenan-
oah, New York and Philadelphia.
ARRIVE AT FREELAND.
$50, 100, 726, 91s, 10 So m, l2 lG, 49, 13,
ta, IS and 81 p m, from Hazleton Stockton
Lumber Yard, Jeddo and Drifton.
~, Is, 10 81 m, 13, 4 "a, IS p III from
Delano, Mahanoy City and Shenandoah via
New Boston Branch)
10, 8 So and 81 p m from New York, Easton,
Philadelphia, Bethlehem, Allentown and Mauch
Chunk.
is and 10 So m, Is, 8 IS and s 81 p m from
BIS 10 Al am, q, 5S p m from White Haven,
Glen Summit Wilkes Barre, Pittston and l.. and
b. Junction (via Highland Branch).
SUNDAY TRAINS.
II 81 m and 3 81 p m, from Hazleton, Lum-
ber Yard, Jeddo and Drifton.
II 81 a m from Delano, Hazleton, Philadelphia
and Easton.
33l m from Delano and Mahanoy region
For further information inquire of Ticket
Agents.
c. G. HANCOCK, Gen. Pass. Agt.
Philadelphia, Pa.
A. W. NoNNEMACHER, Asst G. PA.
South Bethlehem, Pa.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-08-07

COUGHING LEADS TO CONSUMPTION.
Kemp's Balsam stops the cough at once.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-08-07

tain, about five miles from Agnas Cal
lentas, which Is in the Catalina noun
tains, about sixteen miles from rail-
road.
The barrel is one of those peculiar
rock formations and is about 200 feet
high, and the top of 1t is at least 1900
feet above the valley. 1t can be seen
for miles before the traveller gets to
it, and its appearance is most deceiv-
ing. 1t requires no effort of the imag-
ination to see the large utensil of Bac-
chus perched on its peak with a glass
under faucet as If ready to be filed.
A large fissure in certain spot forms
a bunghole. 1t does not look like bar
rel unless seen from the plain; on all
other sides it is simply rugged rock.
1t Is soft granite formation of vol
canic origin, and is crumbling to pieces
all the time. 1t Is so soft that half q
dozen men with picks could knock 1t to
pieces in few days. But 1t has had
its present form for centuries, and will
no doubt keep it until all who can now
see 1t have passed away.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-08-07
NATURES HANOlWORK.

A Wonderful Cask of Rock In the Noun
tains of Arizona.
For many years Heidelberg universi-
ty has had the honor of owning the
largest barrel, or ''tun," as they call
it, in the world. They have had the
honor, although it does not really be-
long to them, for Arizona has barrel
that makes theirs fade into insignifi-
cance.
The one at Heidelberg will not hold
liquid, neither will the one in Arizona.
In this they are the same, but are diff
ferent in many other ways.
Arizonas barrel is the work of ma
ture, and it is on a high peak Of noun
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-08-07
EREELAND TRIBUNE.
PUBLISHED EVERY
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By keeping the figures in advance of the pres
ent date subscribers will save both themselves
and the publisher much trouble and annoy
ance.
Subscribers who allow themselves to fall in
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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-08-07

opals are so sensitive that exposure
to moisture or heat, or even sudden
atmospheric change, sometimes ruins
them.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-08-07
No Go.

Why didn't you invite Cholly to stay
for lunch?"
1--WE haven't bit of baby food in the
house. e.''-Truth.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-25
ODDITIES OF AMERICAN JOUR
NALISM
As Set Forth'by a Literary Gentleman
in La Belle France.
FrOm the Chioago Tlmes.


The common saying that one has to go
abroad 10 hear the best of the home news
is admirably exemplifed in a recent num-
Der of the Annales Politiques ct Litter
aires. Michel Defines devoted a column
to the setting forth of an astonishing
feature of American journalism. French
newspapers, he says, do not mind mis-
print very much. A coquille that does
not absolutely tear the earth up and
threaten TO bring the roof down on the
compositors' heads is left for the reader
to correct At the very worst the cor
rection would be limited to a simple err
ratum. Far different is it in America
The editor, proofreader, compositors at
tack each other in the columns of
their paper when a misprint occurs.
"This is what happens constantly in
America, - Mr.. Defines says, land the nu-
merous Parisians who are going to Chi
cago will have occasion to find il out as |
have just done.n And then he goes on to
relate the appalling case that ne refers to-
An American editor Apologies for his
misprint, laying the blame on his proof
reader, and adding the remark that if that
careless person would occupy himself a
little less with the pretty girls who work
in the press room and tiirt with the proofs
a little more such blunders would not
udppStls IL GulS paragraph bne proof
reader appends note TO explain that his
eyesight is not very good and that he
needs new spectacles, which he has been
meaning to buy out of the $40 % which the
editor has owed him since last December.
Besides, the best reader in the
wo rid would be of no use in an Office
VIII ere the compositors throw every day
NOR e type at each others heads than
they set. Then the compositors take
their innings, assailing the reader of
proof with many unkind and discourte-
Gus remarks, of which the least offensive
is the oldest settler has never seen him
sober All this, Michel Defines informs
US, is only the plain unvanished truth
about American newspaper ways. II is
a simple, unexaggerated record of events
which has just found dams on recent nu-
nero de y Arizona Kicker" and which
he swallows whole without one gasp of
incredulity,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-25
EVENTS IN THREE STATES.
Matters and Things That Make Up
The Daily HumdTum,

SNAKE Ensconsed in Cabbage-A
soourge Of Mosquitoes-Wit an TX
ception or Two, Camilla Has Some
Of the characteristics Of Heaven.
Smuggling in FIorids-Too Much
Alum in Filte5ing River Water-A
Negro who Fired at a Man and Hit
Four Others.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-25
ALBANY DIVISION,

CONNECTIONS at SAVANNAH Alhanv Arnori
gus gus ana montgomery with the various diverg-
ing lines and at Abbeville with the AhbeviifHe
ana Waycross railroad -+4O
Passengers will he allowed N ri5o -, -,
freight trains OF s.. A. & NJ railway 0-i ''I
G. b. WILBURN
=, General Passenger Agent
D. NJ OAhOL1N, Agent, Savannah Ga
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-25
The Morrison House.

GENTRALLY located on line OF street cars
~ oners pleasant south rooms with excel,
lent board at moderate prices Sewerage ana
ventilation perfect. The sanitary condition
OF the house Is OF the best. Corner Broughton
and Drayton streets. Savannah. ca.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-25

g sOUTH Down q GOING
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-25

every week brings additional corrobOration
This week Mr.. j. G.. Geer sent US "a sample Of
second growth tobacco, that is, the second
crop Of leaves on the original stalks. These
leaves are large aud as soft and smooth as
satin many OF them without single perfora.
ton, either by worm or otherwise. and 1t is
hard 70 conceive OF a better quality Of wrap
per tobacco Everyone knows that tof acco
is az staple as COttOn-a cash crop-with a
ready market for all that we can produce;
therefore with these evidences before us. who
can DOUBT that II is only necessary to grow il
to make money. I he samples referred TO are
on exhibition in the Spring olice. and can be
seen by any who desire to look at them.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-25

A good deal has been said lately about
the determination of the 5uffaloes, and it
has been represented that they had well
nigh disappeared from the face of the
earth. A gentleman of Winnipeg, Can
ada, who has just been on,a business trip
into the northern wilderness of that coun-
try, says that there are great nun bers of
them still alive there. They are wood
buffalo, but il is said that they are, to all
appearance, the same as the animals once
50 numerous on our western plains 1t is
said that more than POO of them Were
killed by the Indians il the Slave lake
district this season. They are slaughtered
for their hides. The question where did
these wood buffalo so suddenly come from
now naturally suggests itself. The Indi-
ans and traders had long ago given up
hope of ever seeing any again The the
ory-and plausible one il is-which is
advanced by the traders is that the rem.
nant OF the large herds that once roamed
through the prairies and forests of the far
northwest found a feeding ground Sc
cluded from the customary haunts of the
Indians and safe from the Winchesters of
the hunters, ana rapidly repleted their
decimated numbers. Last winter the
weather was unusually severe, and in adj
clifton TO The heavy cold snow storms pre-
vailed, and thus the animals were dri en-
southwark IN search Of food. and wan
dered into the track Of the Indians. who
only too eagerly rushed among them and
slaughtered them right and left.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-25

Connecton made by trains 81 and ~
Win MIN richmond and Danville vestibule trains
and Asheville. ~" "iiii''h
trains arrive and depart from Central rail.
road passenger station. ''-A
E. FORD, Superintendent
L. NJ. FLEMING, JF. GRAY
Gen. Pass. Agent Trav. Pass. Act
City Ticket Once, No. 8 Bull street.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-25

The Alexandra Potion was one of the
best equipped of the gunbOats of the Hay
tian navy, and cost S25O,000.
The Potion was 27S feet long. She was
arrnored, and carried fifteen guns. None
of my informants could remember the
name of her cOInmandpr
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RAlLROADs.


wAYCROSS SHORT LISE-TINIEC CARD.
CHEDtE OF THROUGH TRAINS FLORIDA GEORG
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-25

Brown-I've got a story that's too rich to
keep.
Jones-Throw it away then.-Truth.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-25
WEDDINGs.

Wedding invitations and cards printed @
engraved 90 the shortest notice and IN the
latest styles. ne carry an extensive and well
selected stock OF fne papers envelopes and
cards especially for such orders Samples
sent on application.
MORNING NEWS PRINTING HOUSE
Savannah, Ca.
New-York tribune., 1893-12-09
IN JAIL FOR HER PROTHERS DEBTS.

Miss Della Cunningham. midde-ased. living al
Thirty-ninth-st and Ninth-ave., was arrested yes
terday by Deputy Sheriff Wagering on an order
issued by Judge Bookstaver. In the Court OF com
mon p,eas. and was locked UP in Ludlow Street
Jail Misc cunninghs ans brother. Henry Cunning
ham. used 10 be in the liquor business and David
81 Koehicr the brewer. secured a judgment against
him for S1l 60 which returned uneattshed ON
November last Judge Giegerich granted a third
pfrty order" for Dslia's examination regarding her
brothers. property before referee The Woman
contempt OF court fined s25l 90. the amount Of the
Judgment against her brother and ~ COSTS an, ana
committed to jail until she paid the full sum.
Deputy sheriff Walgering said yesterday that , no
ha1 great dIficulty in making the woman under
ststd the meaning OF the original order OF tho
court She thought II strange that there was u
law I'm this country that would put heE III Ja' io'
her hrothers debt.
New-York tribune., 1893-12-09
! L. SMITH NOT YET FOUND

Creditors Of the firm are still looking for John L..
Smith and John j. Korb who compose the firm OF
l. l.. Smith x CO.. at No. 326 Grcenwch-st. J. L..
Smith a co. had been in the commission business
for eight years. and they dealt principally in sca-
food and vegetables. On Wednesday Mr. Smith.
after borrowing considerable money from his frcnGS
In the neghboghood. disappeared. Mr.. KOrb. 1t IS
believed has also vanished. Before going away.
Mr. Smith made an assignment Of the firms prop
{ nv 10 l.. T.. Bunker. Of the firm Of Bunker II
Reed. trucSuen Mr. Smith owed Bunker sl.Jo
as Dersonal debts and 500 FOR trucking.
fl is believed that The Bank Of Huntington. l.. L..
ir which Mr.. Smith was depositor, has lost over
Sgt, ON an oyerdrawn account. II Is not known just
how much the firms Liabilities amount to, but IL
is not thought that they Will exceed $3.50. There
are practically no assets. and ;he books are so
complicated that no statement can be made public
al present.
New-York tribune., 1893-12-09
LECTURE or WILLIAM HAMILTON GIBSON

William Hamilton Gibson showed a keen and
sympathetic love Of nature and happy faculty
for describing what he had In his explorations
afeld in the lecture which he delivered In Hard
man Hail. at Fifth-ave. and Nineteenth-st, yester-
day afternoon. His subject was The strange
Manners OF Flowers In the Reception OF Their
Insect Guests. and the Deep Significance Thereof.
The lecture was OF a course on THE Mysteries
OF Flowers" Most flowers. Mr.. Gibson said' went
10 sleep at night but there were which only
opened after sunset. The evening primrose was a
notable example OF these contrasts to the sleeping
beauties with which the wds were full he ex,
plnned by the help OF an ingenious mechanical
device the wonderful method OF cross fertilization
accomplished through the agency OF the insects
attracted TO this plant by the nectar II contains
Different species were fsrtilized he said; by dt
depended upon the night flying moths The dlf-
ferlnR methods OF fertiliZing the mountain laurel,
the andromeda and the aristoloch!a were also
described In an Interesting way. Mr.. Gibson an
nounoed that he would speak at his next lecture.
70 be given next Friday at si5 p. m. on certain certain
anomalies among flowers. Holders Of season tickets
who were unable to get seats at the hrst Lecture re-
viii have an opportunity 70 hear II repeated IN
the parlors OF Mrs. Henry Draper next Wednes-
day afternoon. No tickets Will be SOLD AZ the
New-York tribune., 1893-12-09
cuapyS OF ALrANOyTE SPRINGS.

Altamonte Springs. Fla. Dec tSpeciaD'-Ata-
monte Springs Is delightful spot, and situated IN
the very heart of the highlands OF Florida thirteen
miles from Sanford. the South Florida Rail-
road and 1873 miles south OF Jacksonville. 1t Is only
n few miles from Winter Park and Orlando The
SnrInqs Is ninety feet above the st. Johns River,
in extensive pine and orange groves, and Is one or
the healthiest resorts i'm the State One feature OF
Altamonte Springs, the absence of which is sucn a
drawback TO many other resorts. Is the unlimited
supply OF pure water ,,.- s,.A .vor,
There are also two clearwater lakes whlSn anond
the best OF fishing. Qua!lhuntns Is good, az anu ~
thousands of birds are, yearly bagged steam IN
launch has been placed on Lake Orienta ana Is
constantly In use; The beautiful walks ana drives
remind one OF Lakewood. y. j.. with the advantage
of The eyer-.leghtful Florida climate, the average
temnera tllre during the winter being % degrees
1rhe Springs boasts of excellent MOTEL con-
necied with which number of hrst-class iur.
nished cottages, of which was occupied LAST
,xinter by Mrs. L. :. Grant and her family. Inc
house is called the Altamonte. and accommodates
i5O people 1t contains every convenience ana M
provement H. w. Priest. OF White Mountain
fame is the proprietor. and the house is already
omen for the season. Altamonte contains trees Oh
ali the semtropical fruits. and the orange groves
surrounding the resort number hundreds OIL ayr
IL is certainly pretty outlook from the notes ens
over the lakes and through the groves. ana o"e
which cannot but be appreciated by the tourist
New-York tribune., 1893-12-09
SIZE ELOPED WITH AN ACTOR
NOW HER HUSBAND WANTS HIS CHILDREN AND
AN ELLIS ISLAND DETECTIVE is
SEARCHING FOR THEM.

For the last few days Detective Groden or tho
Ellis Island immigration Bureau. has been working
on an interesting case. When the Majestic arrived
here on her frat trip In November she had among
her steerage passengers a man and woman known
as Mr and Mrs. a. Neunan. They had two
children with them. boy seven years old and
g,rl six years old. The woman was thfrty-s!x and
the man thirty years old He said he was an
actor coming with his family 10 this country 10
better his fortunes. The family was scantily sup
piled with money. They all seemed 10 DO OF a
different class from the majority OF stserage pns-
sengers the woman especially showing in svsry
way that she had been accustomed 20 other sur
roundings The Neumans went 20 No. "a Wash
ington-s.., where they stayed FOR two DAYS. ana
then wen, TO No. IS East Fourth-s'.. where they
remained two weeks
When they removed 70 East Fourth q. the woman
went 70 the pastor OF st. Brdsids Catholic Church.
in Tompkin's SQUIRE and told him that ~ q
10 place the :wo children temporarily in some be,
nsvolent Institution. The pastor placed the children
in a. Catholic institution In East Tsn'h.si and TWO
Rscently the Ellis Island authorities received a
ham, Essex. England. saying that It had been
learned thet a man giving the name OF Neuman.
and accompanied BY a woman and two Children
was IN Ncw::York The real name OF the man, no
his wife but was the daughter OF c wealthy reS
den, OF Essex. was married. and had cloped with
Jarnea who was an actor. taking her children with
Tho names Of the children. instead OF be,ne
Charles and Ada. they werc given in the ships
list were Lancelot and Elaine.
and husband were anxious 70 get the children
so far the detective had not been able 10 get any
trace Of the fugives. They left their lodgings
in East Fourth-st. and where they are at present
known.
New-York tribune., 1893-12-09
sx.cosHrssroyER BRENNAN rxoyERArED.

Messrs. Wnhle and Owen. Commissioners OF
Accounts sent their report TO the Mayor yesterday
Of their investigation OF the charge that the Street
Cleaning Department he'd been paying exorbitant
prices for horses IT alleged that between
March and July 10. 1893. ex-Conmissioner Brennan
had bought ove- go horses. paying for them $3.50
each. when the same grade OF animals might have
been purchased for Ni2 20, involving a loss TO the
city Of $500 The Commissioners examined Mr..
Brennan ana William Fiss and John b Doerr. OF
the firm Of horse dealers who made the sales TO
the city; Noses @. Byers, j. q. West and John
Mcclure, horae dealers; George Y Nhitsop, the
Controllers horse examiner: Michael Kennedy. the
Street Cleaning Depas asmenf's stable superintendent;
F.pnk Fox the department purchasing agent and
several other horse deaerD and veterinary surgeons.
They sum UP their conclusions by saying that the
prices paid by the department were fair and
reasonable. and that the charge OF extrava8ance
vas without foundation"