THE CENTRE REPORTK | Sms. Supplement. A PENNSYLVANIA PROJECT. The Great Road to Have Direct Connecs tion with All the Coal Fields. McKeesport, Pa., Nov, 27,~The pur- chase of nearly $250,000 of MoKecsport roperty is looked upon as a step toward the consummation of a much talked of enterprise—the extension of the Penn- sylvania railroad system to the coal fields of the Youghiogheny and Monon- ahela. The big purchase was stated to aave been so as to give the McKeesport and Bellevernon railroad an inlet and gutlet at McKeesport, and by it the Pennsylvania railroad will secure en- trance to the heart of the city and will locate a union depot near the foot of Market street. The McKeesport and Bellevernon peo- fle are working together; surveys have heen made and a bridee is to be Lilt at Riverton to connect the McKeesport and Bellevernon branch with the Pittsburg, Virginia and Charleston. At Bessemer the branch will cross to reach the main line of the Pennsylvania, thus giving a direct outlet for traffic between McKees- Fou NL W8 BREVITIES. Dr. Richard Volkm surgeon of Halle, die aged BY years, Jacob H, Halderman, ex» minister to Sweden, died at Harrisburg, in his 60th year, Dr, Talmage had a Thanksgiving lunch at the pyramids in Egypt. An unknown old man about 80 years of age, died on the train at Albany while on his way from Montreal to New York. Prederick Winslow, Jr., surrendered himself to the police at Buffalo, saying he had embezzled money from his em- loyer, Selman Hess, of Philadelphia, fe had walked from Niagara Falls and had nothing to eat for two days. Martin Farquhar Tupper, the poet, is dead. He is best known as the author of the “‘Proverbial Philosophy.” He was 79 years old, The entire dam at Sawyers woolen mill at Dover, N. H., broke out. The | loss is $17,000, The little steamer Queen City, that | runs between Providence and Tiverton, it. 1., blew out a boiler while off Pris. tol harbor and anchoring to prevent drifting ashore, rode out the gate and went to Providence for repairs. n, the famous at that place, port, Pittsburg and all parts of the coal and coke regions. Work will soon be- gin, Pon Argyl Gets the Shops. PEN ARaGYL, Pa., Nov.80 .—The Penn- sylvania, Poughkeepsie and Boston gailroad shops will be located here, the blace being the most central between N York and Harrisburg, The com- pany was undecided for a long time, joshen, N. XY., Deckertown, N.J.. and Siatington, Pa., being after the works Pen Argyl secured the prize through’ W. W. Gibbs, of Philadelphia, aided by prominent citizens here, at Bangor and at Easton, all of whom contributed lib- erally towards the project. By locat- img the shops here the company will get 20,000 in cash and six acres of land ree. Wor the erection of the buildings will soon be commenced. MNiwy RK on Died on His Wedding Tour. PRILADULIPHIA, 30, ~Rodmoy M. Curtis, of Binghamton, N, Y., died and- genly in Fairmount park. Accompanied g¥ his wife, to whom he was married on Vednesday, Mr. Curtis entered the Thirty-fifth street’ entrance for a drive through picasure ground. He was taken ill shortly after entering the park and fol! Mrs. Cur- tis notiticd Park Guard Showaker of her husband's illness and he led the horse towards the goard box. Dr. H. G. Hill. of No. 3418 Baring street. who was in the neighborhood, was summoned, but before he reached the spot Mr. Curtis was dead. we SOV, are) rward in the cab. An Office with No Officer. KuTtzrows, Pa, Dec. 2.—J. F. Zim- fnerman, of this place, a hold over liquor gauger of the Cleveland adminis. tration and stationed at the distillery of dam Stine, two miles north of here, or the past six months, severed his connection with Uncle Sam. No suc. tessor has yet been appointed to take his place and it is likely that will be at Stine's distillery for several 8ays on account of this. Faneral of Jacah 8, Dec. 2. Hald Haldeman. The funeral of man, ex-minister to Sweden, took j from the Bolton hotel and was largely attended. The pall bearers were John Hoffer, W. K. Alricks, John Ziegler, J. J. Dull, James McCormick and Lyman D. Gilbert. An impressive address was delivered by Rev. George B. Stewart, of the Market Square Presbyterian church. i! the late 3 SHURA Jacob 8 is lace Death Caused by a Bank Failure. Firrssurg, Dec. 2, —Death and dire misfortune are following close in the wake of the fallure of the Lawrence Rk, Henry Glaser, one of the bank's erman depositors, died suddenly of heart failure at his home. He was the roprietor of a little shoe store near ain street and had nearly all his ready hital tied up in the Lawrence bank, is amounted to something over §3,000, A FPenvaylvania Baseball Leagne. WILKESBARRE, Pa., Dec. 2.-—The pros- acts for a state baseball league are very vorable. The following cities are ex- ted to place teams in the field: cranton, Wilkesbarre, Allentown, ton, Harrisburg, Williamsport and Lancaster. Representatives of the above named cities will meet in Harris- burg today, when a temporary organi. zation will be formed, Misa Drexel’s Sisterhood. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 3.—8i acres of ground have been pure at An- dalusia by Miss Kate Drexel, now known in the Catholic church as Sister Kather- ine, as the site for a convent. After having passed through her novitiate in the order of the Sisters of Mercy, a Pittsburg, Sister Katherine will found & sisterhood forawork among the colored and Indian races. The Pennsylvania's Earniogs PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 20.--The state Tent of tha. busifiees of all lines of She nsylvania road com t o Pittsburg and Erie for October, 1599, as com with the same month in 1 shows an increase in gross earnings 11,614, an increase in expenses ,004, an inorease in net earnings of * A Rallway Station Hebbed. Liesrort, Pa, Dec. 2.—The station of the Pennsylvania railroad in was entered by burglars, who of- Dine Opn wera around, but onl f rich 3 Money soured. ' was lor, Gen. J. P. and Cel, J, P, uments of Suffocnted by a Cat. Gettysburg Monuments Accepted GEFEYaIOn, Pa. 2.—Col. John icholson, of the state t , approved re tho -eigh inety-ninth and Due Hud od ad Fourth cavalry, West Cnrsten, Nov, eg oon! 4d found dead with’ the fam i The pan-American congress ro } sonsideration of the pariismentar to be adopted {or the I The Pennsvivania railroad is having § 800 box cars built by an Ohio car com- | pany, The hanging of | Guelph, Unt, badly bungled i the man's neck i contortions i death were 11 i To the employes of the ! railroad who suffered valley floods last summer has distributed $10,000, Modestus WwW. i. Harvey, wile murder if i al Was ’ } . ¥ Te “ Pennsylvani v the Cone maugh ! the company i i : Postmaster Holbrook, of i Brewerton, N. office while attending to his duties, One the stockinet of the | Hartford Carpet works Thompson- i of milly at ‘ a ETE LARGEST LINE —: OF — ODS IN -- a * ‘A | Jeats Previous Record ! LADIES’ FINE COATS ! { fire. The loss is estimated at £50,000, | Itis rumored that the { railroad is going to build a line from Morris- i# on the proposed line. The Pennsylvania has already the shortest | ne between New York and Chicago, { and if the new spur is built it will still further reduce the d i Miss Arta L. celebrated **Buflalo { to Horton S i parents ia North Platte, | distance of thirty<two miles { town, Pa., stance, Cody, daughter of the Bill” was married a Ads Cis the reports of distus The trial i conciuded freer Mintarter 1 Yes % PTOI ad BeT 3 WE ueny Wt fs mnee in Hayt of buried nt long Branch | The coroner's jury found that the vessel Was nnsenwortis sid that the wreck I was due to that fact, captain s inismanagement manic were Iceman Charles HH i was olected ! mgressional district in New York « ity | to fill the vacancy caused by the ele tO cong reg res | Ninety Different Styles Ladies’ Long and Short Jackets, Ladies Black Beaver and Berlin Weave Short Jacxets, Perfect Fitting—at ), 4 00, 4 50,500, 600, 8 00 and 10 00, Ladies’ Short Jackets, Broadcloth, Beavers, Directoires, Tailor-made, Bound { and Unbound—§4 25, 4 50, 5 00, 6 00, 7 50, 8 00 and 10 ¢0. Ladies’ Long Coats, Striped and Plain Goods—{from $2 50 to 815. Ladies’ Seal Plush Jackets—from 88 to §25. An immense line, 1 Ladies’ Beal Plush Coats, 40 inches long--from $10 50 to $38, Sixty different # yles of Children’s and Misses’ Coats for all ages and sizes Good, Nice, Heavy Conte with Capes—from §1 to $3. Our pext line cf Handsome Coats Striped, Plaids and Embroidered Beavers | from $2 50 to §7. Our next better line of Children’s and Misses’ Coats, Directoires, Gretchens i aud New Markets - from 83 to $12. $3 CLOTHING! CLOTHING ! i of register, islands, He sent a message to the king pata we, Nice, Secretary Windom mssued an reducing the number of national {| depomitaries and the amount of pul moneys kept therewith, The secretary of the treasury has re ceived resignation of Jowph A, Neill as examiner of national banks in Pennsylvania, to take effect Dec, 1. The issue of standard silver dollars from the mints dunng the week ended 30 was $507,617. The isste during i the corresponding period of last year i was 20498.416. The shipments of frae- tional silver coin during November amounted to $754,808, Attorney General Miller appointed Fremont Wood assistant United States district attorney for Idaho. Judge Thurman's daughter, Mrs Cowles, who was granted a divorce {| from her husband a week ago, was mar- ried to a young clerk, Thomas G. Gif- ford, whom she had known but three months. The jury in the Navassa case find George 8. Key guilty of murder in the first degree; Moses Williams, alias Da: kota, not guilty, and not agreed as to the other sixteen prisoners. The verdict does not release the other sixteen for trial on other indictments. The name of the Dismal Swamp canal has been changed to Norfolk and North Carolina cana order wie the FON ee : LOY. ——— THE MARKETS Prices on the Stock, Prodeasce and Petre. leunm Exchanges. Pritaperrnia, Dec. 2-The market was active. Pennsylvania was unchanged. Read. ing declined, 2nd the bonds were dull. Lee high Valley declined. Lehigh Na vanced 34 to G20, closing ot 59g Northern Pacific stocks were strong. the year to date an increase of 38,118 tons, Following were the closing bids: Lehigh Valley. . an New Yong, Dec. 2.-State and western flour rather sasy, quiet: low extras, $2.58 i city mills, $4204.40; city mills patents, Wheat-No. 2 red trifle better, falrly ao tive in switching December to May: Docems ber, BAG 11-16¢.; Jan o 84 D10884 15.160.; February, #6. May, ® 15-10080g0.1 June, Corn—~No. 2 dull; 3 lower; easy: mixed western, Onte- No. 2 dull and easy; state, 28085.; Beat rl and qalet; plate, $7759.25; extra An Immense Line of Boys’ and Children’s Suits, A lot of Children’s Suite, an extreme bargain for 81 50—actual value, §3. Another lot of Children’s Suits—at $200, 250, and 83 00. The Best Goods ' we have ever had for the money. i Another lot of the same—at $3 00,8 50,4 00 and $4 50, The finest kind of { Cheviots, Cassimeres and Corkscrews. A line af Boys’ Soits in Good Heavy Union Cassimere—at §2 50, 300, 4 00 and 85 00, A line of Boys’ Suits in Heavy Winter Cassimere—at $4 00, 500, 6 00, 8 00,9 00 and $10 00. One hundred different varieties of Men's Ordinary Suits—at $4 00, 4 50, 5 00, 600 aod §7 00, One hondred different varieties of Men's Dress Suits in Heavy Cassimer at §6 00, 7 00, 800, 900, 10 00 to $15 00. Corkscrews, Broad Wales—at $6 50, 7 50, 8 00, 9 00, | 15 00 and $18 00. Men's Heavy Overcoats—from $2 75 to $8 00. Men's Dress Overcoats from $4 50 to $20 00, s 350 700 10 00, 12 00, 14 00, LADIES’ DRESS GOODS ! Thirty-three inch Striped Clotho—at 18¢ to 25c per yard. Thirty-eight ioch Fine French All Wool Striped Cloth—at 50¢. Thirtysix inch All Wool Plain Cloths, 18 different shades—at 35c, Fifty-four inch All Wool Plain Fine Cloths, 20 different shades—at 50c. Fine French Broadcloth, 54 inches wide, ~at 0c. Rich Silk Plosh, all the new shades—at ble. Better grades of Silk Plushes—at 60c, 65¢, 75¢ and §1. An immense line of Henriettas, Black and all the new shades, 36 to 48 inches wide, All Wool—from 38¢ to 95, Lower grades of Henriettas—from 18¢ to 37e, Single width Dress Goods of all kinds, Plaids and Striped —from Se to 25¢. Heavy Canton Flannels—from bc up Heavy Gray Flaonels—from 12}¢ to 40¢. All Wool Red Fiasonels, from the cheapest, at 15¢, to the Very Best—at 40¢ 50c. Ginghams—from the cheapest at 4jc. to the Very Best at 8c, 4.00 and £5.00. Ladies’ Dongolas-—at $1.25, 1.50 to $2.50, Ladies’ Fine Kid Tala 1 oe $2.00 to $4 50, $ BLANKET — From 75¢ to $8.00 per pair—IN WHITE OR GREY, Come and verify yourself of the TRUTH of
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