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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-02-11
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.
PARAGRAPHS GATHERED FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE REGION.
Synopsis of Local and Miscellaneous Oc-
currences That Can he Read Quickly.
What the Folks of This and Other
Towns are Doing.

| synopsis OF Local ana mtscellaneOus Dc
currences That Can BE Read Quickly.
What the Folks of This and Other
Towns are Doing.
The engagement of Miss Birdie Gross,
of town, to Harry Cristall, of Buffalo,
has been announced.
Foster township politicians are hard
bright for the election of the entire
Democratic ticket.
DIR. jenkins, of Sheppton, reports thir-
ty-seven cases of diptheria at Sheppton
and Oneida. Antitoxine is being used
with great success.
A delegation from the Knights OF NAL
ta attended the celebration of the elev-
enth anniversary of one of Hazleton's
Communicates last night.
Miss Nellie O'Donnell, of Drifton, was
struck by boys sled in Upper Lehigh
and knocked down. She sustained a
serious cut on the head by the fall
Rev. j. III. Schmidt attended the
monthly meeting of the Lutheran Pas
toral Association of the Upper Lehigh
Valley, which was held at Lehighton on
Monday.
The young ladies connected with st.
Paul's P. M. church will give Martha
Washington tea party on the evening of
February % in the church basement on
Fern street.
The Lehigh Valley Company yesterday
shipped new ''lokie" to the Upper Le-
high colleries. The "lokie" was turned
out of the Hazleton shops and is a beau
tiful specimen of Standard.
A. Oswald has just returned from
Philadelphia with full new line of dry
goods and notions. You will do well by
giving him call
The annual financial statement of the
poor district is published today on the
fourth page. The figures presented
show that the Office of poor director is
an important one and should be filled by
trusty men.
Rev. ]. T. Griffith delivered an ad-
dress last evening at district conven-
ton of the Baptist Young Peoples
Union Of the Reading Association, held
at Girardvile. He spoke upon Self
Watchfulness in Three-Fold Aspect"
Gertie Brown, of South Heberton,
who was committed to jail last week on
a charge preferred by Mrs. c. L. Hoov-
er, of Sandy Run, was given habeas
corpus hearing on Tuesday and released
on her own recognizance to appear when
wanted.
The entertainment which was to have
been given by the young people and
children of the English Baptist church
last Saturday evening was postponed on
account of the inclement weather. The
programme will be rendered ON Satur-
day evening next
Joseph Lowenthal, manager of 1.
Refowich's Freeland store, will accept
position as travelling saleman for
Brooklyn jewelry firm on April 1. The
storeroom will then be leased to G. S.
Hart, of Philadelphia, who will have it
completely remodeled and artistically
painted before the re-opening.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-02-11

On Sunday morning William Davis.
ia therin-law of John Herriott, outside
foreman at the Red Ash colliery, near
Wilkesbarre, decamped, takil G with
him $50 of Mr.. Herrott's money. Davis
was employed in the Red Ash mine as a
company hand and had been boarding
with his daughter, Mrs. Herriott. In
the household he was classed as one of
the family. Saturday being pay day at
the mine, Mr.. Herriott drew his salary
for January, $50 of which he placed in a
sideboard drawer. Sunday morning he
paid a visit to his brother, half mile
away. While gone, his father-in-law,
taking advantage of his absence, put on
two suits of clothes and disappeared,
taking with him his own pay for the
month and the $50 belonging to Mr..
Herriott.
On discovering the loss, Mrs. Herriott
sent word to her husband. He returned
at once and made thorough search of
the vicinity. He followed Davis some
distance, but failed to capture him.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-02-11
Mine Employees of This Region.

1t may be OF interest to many to know
that 17,054 men and boys are employed
in and around the collieries of the fifth
anthracite district, as follows: Lehigh
Valley Coal Company, 3,204; Coke Bros.
& Co., 1,s42; Lehigh Coal and Naviga.
tion Company, 2,229; A. S. VanWickle,
400; G. b. Markle & Co., 1884; A. Par.
dee & Co., 1,102; Calvin Pardee, 1915
Upper Lehigh Coal Company, ego; LIE,
high and Wikesbarre Coal Company
5s3; C. M. Dodson & Co., $40; M. s.
Kemmerer & Co., 446; j. S. Wentz & Co.
800; Evans Mining Company, POS; Eber
vale washery, 1853.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-02-11
Patents Granted.

Reported by c. A. Snow & Co., Wash
ington, d. G.
G. b. Barron, Easton, railway and
railway-switch.
C. S. Labotish, Williamsport, indicat-
ing device for bicycles.
f. Thomas, Scranton, pad for horses
feet
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-02-11
PLEASURE CALENDAR.

February 13.-"The Hidden Treasures, y
four-act drama, by the Junior Drama
tic Company, at Yannes' opera house.
February 4.-Entertainment under the
auspices of the Young Mems C. T. A.
b. Corps at Grand opera house. Ad-
mission, 10 and Is cents.
February 22.-Martha Washington tea
party in the basement of st. Paul's p.
NJ. church. Tickets, 25 cents.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-02-11

The following citizens of this vicinity
have been drawn to serve as jurymen:
March 15.-A. w. Britain, A. A.
Bachman, c. d. Rohrbach, John Shell
hamer, Freeland; f. Landmesser, But
ler.
April ia. P. Goedecke, Jeddo.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-02-11
Arc You
Looking for
Bargains ?
OF course you are.

OF course you are.
So is everyone else. Every
one wants bargains nowadays,
because everyone needs bar
gains, in order that they may
be enabled to purchase as much
as they have in the past.
Therefore we want to talk
with you.
We have decided to close
out our business in Freeland
on April /, and with that end
in view we are selling off our
stock as quickly as it can be
carried away. 1t is uncertain
whether we shall have all our
stock removed by that date,
such is the enormous quantity
of goods we have on hand, but
we shall endeavor to accom-
plish as much as possible in
that direction.
Our stock consists of
Clcthing and
Gents Furnishings
Of every kind.
We are offering bargains in
every department. By bar
gains we mean quarters and
halves sliced off our former low
prices. On many goods we
will allow you to name the
price. We will not refuse any
thing offered. We must get
rid of our stock, and in order
to do so we are compelled to
allow the greatest possible con-
cessions to buyers.
Come and investigate.
|. RefoWiCh,
81 Centre street, Freeland.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-02-11
Children Cry for
Pitchers Castoria.

Suits and overcoats and gents furnish
ings of all kinds reduced, Geo. Sippel.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-02-11
Children Cry for
Pitchers CastOrias

Working mitens, 15c. At Sippel's.
New-York tribune., 1897-01-17
A. %. MATTHEWS g. SONS,
Fulton St., CaIatin PI. and Livingston St.. Brooklyn
MEDAL FOR DIR. BRUSH.
THE SENATOR RECEIVES RECOGNITION
FOR HIS GALLANTRY IN THE WAR.
AN INCIDENT OF BRAVERY AT AsIIEPOO RIVER
IN WHICH FOUR HUNDRED MEN WERE RES

An INCIDENT OF BRAVERY AT AsIIEPoo RIVER
IN WHICH FOUR HUNDRED MEN WERE RES
Cr-ED FROM A STRANDED BOAT.
..The Brooklyn Daily Times received special
dispatch from Washington yesterday saying that
Senator George w Brush. OF Brooklyn. had re-
ceIved a medal OF honor for distinguished galantry
nt Ashepoo RIVER :. G., whore. on May a. lso4
he rescued n large number OF Union soldiers
from a stranded steamer while under a heavy
fire OF rebel artillery. General Doe. Assistant Sec
reiary OF War informed Congressman Hurley OF
the award yesterday.
Few persons In Brooklyn know Of the Incident
I'm which DR. Brush gained the renown for bravery
which led TO the award OF the medal. AT the time
of the incident Or. Brush was only twenty years
old and held the rank OF second lieutenant lie
had been sent to perform some service for some
of his comrades leaving the remainder OF the
regiment on a steamer on the Ashepoo. While
ashore the boat on which he had left the men be-
came siran nded oyster bed In the middle OF
the stream and the enemy directed n heavy IRE
uDor IT, The young lieutenant saw the danger
I'm which his comr ides were placed, ana Gaming ioi
four volunteer oarsmen. he made his way 10 the
boat I'm spite of the storm of shot and shell ana
finally succeeded In ferrying most OF the men 10
the opposite bank OF the river. whence they couiI
retire TO place of safety. In this way ne siHtu w.,
nearly 400 lives. An hour after this heroic dseu. 1T,
Brush was standing on the deck OF a guhpoat, 10
which hi, troops had been transferred alter inatch
ing through the marshy lands 10 polnt luitnett
down the river when Colonel Montgomery grasped
him by the hand and said: "lieuteilant you na,e
done nobly You shall have the hrst vacant cap
taincy in the regiment
New-York tribune., 1897-01-17

being patronized being made saints Of before their
time, aud while II is intended that the institution
proposed shall be strictly temperance one and that
moral niueaces sha.! he brought TO bear. In an un-
obtrusive way. yet il IL. I'm my opinion necessary
that the secular side OF the question must be the
primary attraction. Now. while think IL VIII ne
generally admitted that strictly temperance policy
is the best for the proposed institution IL Is not
intended turn cold shoulder 10 the unfortunate.
and no time Of day nigh, will sailor under the
influence OF liquor bc denied shelter and care In the
Rest. As sleeping place where Jack can be
neither druggcd nor robbed. and would he called In
the morning and started with cup OF good coffee
his way his ship. c.can. sober. and on time,
think the Rest would be decidedly popuar-in fact
| nave this assurance from the sailors themselves.
gymnasium. all of which think cannot fail to attract
ciatedj;hat the modern man-of-vars man is a much
improved over his prototype of fifty years ago.
Every commanding officer here will toll YOU o' the
increased respTctabity and good behavior and in
tel.igence Of the men under their command and OF
the great decrease in drunkenness in the sailors of
new fleet II is pleasure to bear witness TO
these facts. ard Il is also provide
place where r"spe, table. self-respectng sailor
can go and enjoy his leisure
resolution adopted proposing the fol-
lowing as trustees: The Mayor of New-York.
the Mayor of Brooklyn. the president OF the
American Seaman's Friend Society. the Com
mandant Of the New-York Navy Yard. the
Captain of the New-York Navy Yard. the pres
dent OF the Chamber of Commerce and the
commodore of the New-York Yacht Club.
New-York tribune., 1897-01-17
GATHERED ABOUT 7HE TO"N.

The Rev Charles r. Williams. the new pastor OF
the Sixth Avenue BAPTIST Church, will be publicly
recognized at service held AT the church on lhufs
day evening The Rev. Or. John liumpstone oil me
Emmanuel church. will preside ana mere @ ,, W, ~,
chmrches Tho Rev. Dr. Byron A. Woods, OF Phila-
dephia will be one OF the speakers.
About 1900 has been raised for making enlarge
ments Of the chapel OF St. AIMS church, on the
Heights r. Fulton Cutting and Mr. Low havs AYE
agreed to pay half the expense II the parish VIII
raise the other half
Samuel Parkhll was arrested on bench war
rant yesterday the complaint OF Emma Kan
doph Of No 425 Siate-s on charge OF abduc,ion. n
Parkhil Is held In $40 bonds. and will be tried by
Justice Walsh.
Ex-Park Commissioner Frank squier has re-
ccived from Frederick MacMonnies within ie"
aovs 4 letter reporting upon his work on H. quad
riga which will uimount the Memorial Ar'h NJ ''e
Plaza entrance to Prospect Park The sculptor
saws that TWO OF the horses completed Ia bronze
the two Victories being cast IN bronze the th''o
horse = completed cay and * being cast !" pas
ter and the fourth horse is nearly nisnsr W. v'{ y
The central figure the last one TO be cons'ructea Is m
nearly completed in clay. Each OF the "o'H's III
the group has b, IN modelled separa'cN'
PckereI-ns in the large reservoirs OF 'he
Brooklyn Ci.y Waterworks has in the last week
been A favorlte pastime OF number OF sportsmeh'
The largest catch reported for one afternoon was
thirty-s seven The largest hsh IN the Iot Weisheu
"a pounds and the combined weight VI ''o "
the fish was l3is pounds
The Rev Dr. NJ NJ q. Dana is recovering from the
effects Of severe operation performed on thursday
for the removal OF a tumor. The operation was per
formed by Dr Lewis. or the ho'hoe'p''''0 ''''p'''
assisted by Or. Hopper
The special revival services being held AT the La
faye;te Avenu. Presbyterian Church are attracting
lsrg. audiences one OF the largest meetings YET
held was on Friday evening. when the ma IN auditorium
of the church packed 10 overnowlns Al o 'ocN
this afternoon the Sunday schools OF the Tour
churches Joining in the movement VIII nave a spr'is
meeting at the Baptist Temple Inere WI nr ,u aur
dresses by Dr Chapman, and the pastors or the fou'
Churches and singing by Professor and Mrs. Lowe
Robert H. Sedgwick and James J.. Conne-l promi-
nenf Thirtv-nrst Ward Republicans. called upon
Mayor Wurster yesterday morning and LETT with him
a petition asking for the appointment OF Anson
Soulrts as an assessor to succeed Michsel j. Nc
New-York tribune., 1897-01-17

Grath The petition had the names OF twenty-nine Of
the thirty-two members OF the ward committee
O. Warlng Stebbins. organist Of Emmanuel Bap-
tist Church at ST. james Place aud Lafayette-aVe''
will give "A series OF six organ recGls on Thursday
afternoons beginning this week. At each recital
there will he singing by some well-knOwn sololst.
The recitals VIII begin at O'Clock.
An executive session OF Group OF the New-York
State Bankers Association will take place OIL the
night OF Wednesday, January %, at the MontauH
club The president OF the group Walter +.
Frew president OF the Queens county BANK VIII
preside at the session. which will be purely o. a
business nature.
The Rev Sylvester Malone has sent to Mrs Mary
T. cralele president OF the Brooklyn Public Library
Association letter expressing sympathy with IN"
library movement and telling OF his regret at MS IN
ability to attend the meeting held IN the Academy OF
Music on Thursday evening. Father Malone IN ms
letter spoke of tho library once estab!lsrd III me
Eastern District He said that ne hoped WIN me
muul0 ,ent assistance OF member or nis consr'Sa-
on 10 ne able to establish library Ike the Oh one
New-York tribune., 1897-01-17
EXTENDING GOOD WORK.
TROLLEY AEN TO HAVE FINE QUARTERS
AT RIDGEWOOD.
THE HEIGHTS COMPANY PLANNING FOR ANoTnE

THE HEIGHTS COMPANY PLANNING FOR ANOTHER
READING ROOM. TO HAVE A GYMNASIUM.
WITH ALI. ACCESSORIES. FOR TIE
BENEFIT OF ITS EMPLOYEES
The officers OF the brooklyn Heights Railroad Com
pany considering plans for TIE erection OF build
ing q; RidgewoOd 10 be used clubhouse for the
road employees. The SUCCESS Of the plan suggested
by President Clinton !. Rossiter for opening reading
rooms near the depots has been great that the
managers Of the soad have determined 10 enlarge
upon their original plans and they vii. begin 10y open
ing the RiigeUood rooms. IL has required only a
brief Trial 10 show The good results of the kindness
shown ~ The employers 20 their employee. When
President Rossiier first made his suggestion he
harshly criticised in some quarters theorst. but
his theories tested by practice. have proved their
own correctness.
The Ridgewool headquarters for the employees will
be more e.abOrately fitted out than those already
opened big roadinS-room well supplied with
newspapers magazines ard books, will ne It's chief
feature and in addition there WI, be weli-cqpped
gymnasium. with lockers and all the apparatus COM
New-York tribune., 1897-01-17
THE ISSt f. DISREG4 RDED.
SKIRTS OF NORMAL. LENGTH AND CORSETS
IN EVIDENCE AT THE HEALTH
Culture CLUB

II the Health Culture Club Of Brooklyn that was
Incorporated on January g. and now numbers more
than q hundred members and whose principal OBJ
iect is 10 cut off three inches from the bottom Of
vomen's skirts in any ana all kinds of weather.
and from five to six inches in stormy times, to say
nothing of other improvements in costume in the
way Of no corseis continues to advance at the rate
n j. going now for the next TWO hundred years
there viii not even then be the least danger that
some unsophisticated counryman. young or DID,
who might chance 10 he walking the streets OF
Brooklyn would have to modes'ly turn his head
through fear of seeing fancy hosiery
II was a terribly stormy day. showing heavily
but the room the st. George Hotel was fuli OF
women. and only one OF ihcm, ana she was ie-
porter mad even the three inches of fair weather
ampu,ation cut of her "skIr'icoats all round
about" There was all the external evidence NAT
any woman ever saw that all those frock waists
were supplemented by the prescribed and pro
scribed corsets Some excused themselves upon the
ground that they had invitations TO dinner ana
consequently were in dinner dress.
in spite OF these things. which might be dis
courasemcnt to Il timd one, their president. Mrs
t. Christine Lumsdcn. says that she will get
them there after while You cant expect 10 DO
such a lot in a few months.
Mrs Lumsden first announced to the members
that she had intended TO talk 10 thtm about How
to Treat children Nhen Tcethins, but lhat she
had succeeded IN getting programme Tor thtu, thtu,,
that they could hear nor AT any time She then
I'M reduced TO them Mrs. iiamn, who told them
,uirSS, among OINtfS 'H'l one YOUNG
woman who had promenaded Fifth-ave had kindly
submitted the street gIcanlngs OF her skirts TO
bactereologist. who captured therefrom seven dif-
fercnt kinds of contagious disease microbes. She
also gave her hearers something 10 shake In their
boots about. for size said that legislator out In
Kansas c0ntempIatcs introducing bill In the
iesisIatIre making II misdemeanor to ride bi-
rxele in Kansas. II that law should prove cpl
dcnic and reach 10 Brooklyn the Health culture
Mps Emile Neldllnger talked to the club on the
1i,Jine lines of opposition She told them, and Illus
rated her talk. all about how 20 si down. how 10
except The. one thing that would have been of in
,@rcsi 10 Brooklyn womon--how TO sit down grace
(ullv nrn the troev-car gives enc OF those sudden
Jerks lust n minute TOO soon
Miss Rousseau danced the m!nuet. Then Mrs.
N.idltrzer talked more. and the Cecilian
ouarfet sang The next meeting will be at the
house Of Mrs. DR. Cune
New-York tribune., 1897-01-17
~ MEMORY or MRS. STOWE.
coLoRED PEOPLE OF THE GREATER NETWORK
TO HOLD SERVICES ~ BROOKLYN.


The coore, people Of the Greater New-foik are
arranging 20 hold services in Brooklyn IN meino'!
OF Mrs Harriet Be4cnor Stove. on the programme
of EXERCISES for the occasion are tle names OF SOM
~ rho host known men and wom'n OF ~, coorcd
race.
The Fleet Street African Method - Episcopal Zion
Church has been selected a. he place for hodils
the services which will take plac" next ednesddy
evening The exercises are 10 Dc held under tE'
ausnices Of the Society Of the Sons and Daughters
of North Carolina Of which VIII. Guitar is preai-
don't other societies and organizations w.ll also
assist.
ton Of the Harriet Beecher stowe Memornl COM
mittee which Includes the following persons
Charles Miller. Charles Leonard Robert Waddcii
u a Fulton and l.. d. Kennedy. The programme
is as follows Overture by the fuiton orchesra' or
which ID H. Meza Is director chant, "Tfy VIII BE
Done q, by the Everett Musical Association. Scrip
,ursl reading by the Rev. G.. W. Oh'ey. pastor OF
IN. Fleet Street African Methodist Episcopal Zion
Church. Invocation by the Re- II. Accov'. OF tie
African Methodist Episcopal Zion thurcn or Eew
ark \ J. anthem. 'Iiear Our Prayer by tn
congrsgation Introductory remarks by ID. h. Fui-
ION. poem by Miss NJ r. Lyons, assistant princip..
NJ p,blic School No. ca violin SOLO. by iofessCI
Bernade Meza
The first address OF the evening VIII be delivered
\, the Rev DR. William H. Lawton upon the sub
,ect Harriet Bcecher Stowe. the Inspired Writ
or Nearer Aiy God TO Thee will be sung BY
the Everett Musical Association, and DIR. Narina
II Morton Will tell OF The Reception of Mrs.
stowe's Great Work" Joseph Allen viii play
clarinet solo. and The Effect OF the Work upon
New-York tribune., 1897-01-17
Great Values in
Mems Unlaundered Shirts.

Mems rnlaundered Dress Shirts open back.
sizes II to Is made of the celebrated Lang
don & Berkley muslin with guaranteed three
ply. pure Irish linen. se;-in bosoms. reinforced
front and back. feed seams throughout, dou-
bic stitched yokes. continuous facings in back
and sleeves--hand made button hole in neck
band-neck band made with collar button
protector and tape To hold necktie in place
at Observation-Disclosures :scc. each
Mems Unlaundered Dress Shirts. open back and
front sizes II to liz. made of the celebrated
Largdon Utica Nonpareil Muslin with guar
anteed three ply pure Irish linen POsoms. re-
inforced fronts, felled seams throughout. con-
tinuous facings in back and sleeves. neck band
made with collar button protector and tape
TO hold necktie in place. at .......,44c. each
Nan front
New-York tribune., 1897-01-17
GIVE THE YOCNG NEN 4 CHANCE.

FrOn The Camden TcIegram.
The Newark Advertiser plantiyely suggests
mat Essex and Hudson counties ought 10 have q
weight In the legislative session at Trenton COM
mensurate with their wealth and population. bu,
their influence falls far short OF that measure
Even wealth and population do not always carry
weight In legislative bodies. There was a tma
when Essex was power IN the New jersey Legis-
lature. but AT that time IL sent brany representa-
tives to the iouse of Assembly like A. y Hubbel
j. q. Gobe. Elston Marsh. J. W. condit Lewis G.
Grover. Beach NanderpOol William Whitehead
Silas Merchant. Charles l.. g Clifford. Frederick
T'esc' George 4. Halsey. A. y. condt and so on
down the list while Hudson met Essex with repre-
sentatiyes OF equal ability in such members as Dud-
icy ;. Gregory. Robert Gilchrst. Theodore r. RAN
dolph, augustus j. Hardenburgh. John Van Worst
A W. Duryee Leon Albeit. Alexander r. McI;iil
Edward =. Mcdonald and men OF their callbre.
Win them the absorbing question not 10 make
John Smith Thomas Brown an assistant door.
Keeper but 10 advance the interests OF the State at
large ana their own immediate commuAitv.
New-York tribune., 1897-01-17
Fine Furs
Sacrificed to Close.

If low prices will tempt Won to buy
we shouldn't have one of these fine
Fur Garments left by Monday night.
Our determination to close out our
stock Of them before the season ends
prompts us TO sacrifice not only profit,
but part Of the cost, too. The quantity
is limited-thcre are but one or two,
or at most, three pieces Of kind
Best Sealskn Capes with collar and square top
cape OF the very finest real chnchilla-were
SZloU. reduced to....................S15 y 5000
Sealskin Cape. plain. full sweep. reduced from
f">.oo 10 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. "a 400
Sealskin Cape. 30 inches long fancy brocaded
SIX lining-was S1IJoo. reduced to. - 300
Best Persian Lamb Capes, with fine chlnchia
collar and combinations. reduced from $500
10 SOD.OO
Best Persian Lamb Cape, with chnchilla collar
and revers front and back reduced from
Eastern Mink Capes-correct shapes-ned with
fine hrocaded silk-:, inches long. 40 inches
sweep
Were ........... $4,000 $4,000 e. $4,000
Reduced to-. SI0j.OO. 125.OO. $500
Electric Seal Jackets of best grades. thoroughly
good and stylish sizes 36 to A. were S4995:
reduced 10 ........,.............,... S'tD.SS
a