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-
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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.
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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.
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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
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Jacob 8
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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
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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
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: Postmaster Holbrook, of
i Brewerton, N.
office while attending to his duties,
One the stockinet of the
| Hartford Carpet works Thompson-
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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
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the reports of distus
The trial
i conciuded
freer Mintarter 1 Yes %
PTOI ad BeT 3 WE ueny
Wt
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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
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| 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
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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