Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-07-27
PICKED UP BY THE WAY.
THINGS SEEN AND HEARD IN THE
TOWN AND VICINITY.

Matters of IA Local Nature Commented
Upon and Placed Before the Readers of
the "Tribune" in Large Letters-Some
Paragraphs May Interest You.
The increased attendance at
the opera house each evening
during the three nights the
Boston Opera Company played
here should be proof enough to
induce some of our local capi-
talists to get the idea into their
heads that an opera house in
Freeland would be a paying
investment. l mean, of course,
a real opera house, one in
which the average kind of a
play can be properly presented
and in which the audience will
feel more comfortable and see
more of the players than can
be done in the present build
ing. To remodel the structure
at Front and Washington
streets and bring it up to
the requirements of Freeland
would necessitate the outlay of
a very large amount of money
by Mr.. Yannes. 1t is not prob
able that this will be done,
although l understand he in
tends making a change in the
seating arrangements of the
house. Every little helps and
the opera chairs ought to give
better satisfaction than the
straight-back boards, but the
inclined floor, enlarged stage,
remodeled gallery and other
changes proposed last sping
have been postponed until
some time in the dim future.
Manager Welsh informs me
that he has a number of very
fine attractions booked for the
season of 1S93-94, and he pro-
poses to bring here the very
best talent on the road, or
rather as much of the very best
as will condescend to honor
the town with a visit. 1t is no
easy matter to get good COM
panies here, unless the advance
agent or some of the players
have been here some previous
season. Managers usually look
up the population statistics of
town when asked to play,
and, of course, Freeland natur-
ally makes a profound impress
sion upon them when they see it
credited with 1,730 inhabitants.
This is the borough's popula-
ton, according to the census
of 1890, but the fact that the
borough has less than one
third of the people of the town
within it's limits is not known
to the managers and conse-
quently they give Freeland
credit for about 1900 people
when it has almost 5000, to say
nothing of the surroundings.
However, Manager Welsh is
booking some very good draw
ing cards and is doing what he
can to avoid being caught by
any of the "snide" shows that
are after him for dates.
A walk through some parts
of the town might convince
the board of health that every
body is not obeying as obedi-
emily as they can, the recent or
dinance passed by the council.
The violations are not many,
neither are they of such a
character as to be termed dan
gerous, yet the time may come
when a too fragrant violation
might be reported and an effort
to enforce the provisions of the
ordinance would be met with
the question, "Why not make
everybody live up to it?" 1 do
not anticipate any trouble in
the matter, and mention it only
because the board of health,
after doing such good work as
it has this summer, ought not
lay itself open to any charge.
however small, of neglecting
to enforce impartially every
section of the health ordinance.
The Halle Brook Hungarian
who is living at the county's
expense up in Wilkes-Barre
since Monday for the part he
took in the carving affair last
Sunday was one of the coolest
fellows | have ever met. The
placing of him under arrest
did not disturb his serenity in
the least, and without a tremol
he told a little knot of Hunga
rians how the trouble began
and how he did up his victim