Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-24
ROUND THE REGION.

| girls employed at the different mills met
yesterday, but refused the superinten-
dents offer on the grounds that it was
verbal, but not written. They pro-
pose to grant an s to 12 per cent in
crease, a half holiday on Saturday and
benches in the workroom to sit upon.
A written agreement will undoubtedly
be drawn up, and as Mother" Jones is
in favor OF the promised concessions it
will be accepted.
The Irish societies of Wikesbarre and
vicinity are preparing to receive Maude
Come and Major Mcbride, who are now
making a tour of America in the interest
Of Home Rule for Ireland. They are
expected to arrive at the county seat
May IL, and will make addresses in the
armory there. A reception will be tend
cred the visitors.
Yon will waste time If you try to cure
indigestion or dyspepsia by starving
yourself. That only makes it worse when
you do eat heartily. You always need
| plenty of good food properly digested.
kodol Dyspepsia Cure is the result of
years of scientific research for something
that would digest not only some elements
of food but every kind. And it is the
one remedy that will do it. Growers
City drug store.
Richard d. Hunsicker, aged 30 years,
a carpenter, died at Allentown yester-
day after hiccoughing for five days.
Hunsicker had been suffering from
| typhoid fever, but was on a fair way to
recovery when the hiccoughng began.
His wife is also critically i'll with fever.
While playing "deaf and dumb" with
several companions at Middleport,
Schuylkill county, eight-year-od Annie
Poitus lost the power of speech. Ply
sicians yesterday succeeded in restoring
Annie's vocal powers, although she is
very weak.
Last winter | was confined to my bed
with "a very bad cold on the lungs.
Nothing gave me relief Finally my
wife bought bottle of One Minute
| Congh Cure that effected a speedy cure
| cannot speak too highly of that ex-
celent remedy."-Mr. r. X. Houseman,
Manatawney, Pa. Growers City drug
store.
DR.. Harry L. Falk, who was shot by
Samuel Salisbury at Wilkesbarre recent
ly, is in precarious condition and may
not only lose his arm where the bullet
shattered the bone, but may have a hard
struggle to recover. Salisbury was re-
arrested yesterday.
The strike at the Baltimore colliery,
Wilkesbarre, ended yesterday, the brea-
ker boys being ordered back to work by
the United Mine Workers. The men
said the boys had no right to strike and
throw all the miners out of work, and
that the grievance committee would at
tend to the settlement of the trouble.
Il had piles so bad | could get no
rest nor find cure until | tried De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve. After using
it once, | forgot l ever had anything
like piles. e. c. Boice, Somers Point,
n. Y. Look out for limitations. Be
sure you ask for DeWitt's. Growers
ClJy uFus sJOTe.
Thirty-fve suits for divorce are on
the list for trial at the coming term of
court in Lackawanna county. This
breaks the record. The argument list
for February contained twenty-six
divorce cases.
A large black bear, said to be the
biggest ever seen in the lower end of
Luzerne county, has made its appear
ance in the vicinity of St. Johns, in
Butler valley.
Spring coughs are specially danger
GUS and unless cured at once, serious
results often follow. One Minute Cough
Cure acts like magic. 1t is not COM
mon mixture butts a high grade remedy.
Growers City drug store.
Thomas j. Joyce, editor of the Maha-
noy City Daily American, is about to
start Sunday paper. The paper is ex-
pected to make its first appearance In
May.
A mule which Timothy Lyons, a
driver, was whipping in the Pennsyl-
vania mines at Pittston rebelled. 1t
kicked out Lyons teeth and injured
him severely about the body. His con
dition is serions.
Those famous little pills, DeWitt's
Little Early Risers, will remove all i'm
purities from your system, cleanse your
bowels, make them regular. Growers
City drug store.
The Mauch Chunk Water Power Com
pany, capital $1,000, has been granted a
state charter.
National Organizer Fred Dlcher, of
the Mine Workers, succeeded in organ
izing the Scranton newsboys and boot
blacks last evening.
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