Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-30
PICKED UP BY THE WAY.
THINGS SEEN AND HEARD IN THE
TOWN AND VICINITY.

TOWN AND VICINITY.
Matters of Local Nature Commented
Upon and Placed Before the Readers o
the Tribune" in Large Letters-Som,
Paragraphs May Interest You.
A growing practice of young
men and boys who attend the
plays at the opera house is to
run out after every act. 1t may
be all right to go out and have
a drink, but not one half of the
crowd that rushes for the door
when the curtain drops has any
other object in view than to i'm
press upon the people who re-
main the idea that they are get
ting dry and must quench their
thirst. They stand outside on
the sidewalk and wait patiently
for the curtain to rise again,
then in they come and disturb
the whole audience, thinking
people will take them for rising
young bloods. Just notice and
you will see the same parties
make a practice of it at every
show.
There is a,quiet rumor going
the ronnds that causes me to
believe some of the salOonists
of town will find "breakers
ahead unless Sunday business
is done more on the q. t. for the
future. | am told that certain
parties hold, considerable evi-
dence in hand already, and
should they decide to give it to
the proper authorities they
would likely hear from the
court on the subject. l do not
say the allegations are true, but
it is claimed, nevertheless, that
several of the proprietors of sa-
looms are becoming entirely too,
careless on the first day of the
week, and if the lightning
strikes them they can put it
down as a result of their own
failure to take the necessary
precautions to avoid detection.
1t is not an unusual thing to
give the saloon men a scare OF
some kind about election time,
but l think the persons who claim
to hold the evidence at present
are not in it for political effect,
and, if it does not blow over, the
chances are that a few establish
ments may have to shut up
shop. Now if any of the peo-
| pie in this business do sell on
Sunday it will pay them to keep
their eyes wide open hereafter
and not forget this tip if they
care to keep out Of trouble.
Since | have referred to this
matter 1t may not be out OF
place to mention something
! which came to my attention last
week. Ed. Mulligan, a liquor
! dealer of Philadelphia, who is
. known throughout the coal
fields, came to town a few days
ago to drum up trade and col
, lect his bills. Ed. always has q
smile upon his handsome coun.
tenance, but when he left Free
land on Thursday his smile was
one of extraordinary proper
tions. Among his customer
S here is a Hungarian in tn
|, Points, who does q thrivin
r business in the wet goods lin
y among his fellow w-countryme
y of these parts.
r. Some sixteen days before MI
is Mulligan came here he shipped
= to the saloon man a consignment
/, of $4,000 worth of whiskey
: One would think this ought t.
supply all of the sixty three
saloons in town for a month a
i least. but when the agent arriv
v ed he found the consignment
sold out completely. The bill O.
$4,000 was paid, cash down, anC
another large order placed witt
. the liquor man. That was why
= Ed. smiled a very big smile
!. and he could not be convinced
Il that we have had hard time
= around Freeland.
Just think! Scarcely NOR
u than one week until electio
:, n day, and the voters still mail
. tain a disinterestedness that is q
+ insolvable as it is mysterious