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Business
College.
Our one year scholarship for (80.00 Is an
Investment that can not be beaten. By
securing it before our opening on Sep
tember 1st, by a payment of f 10.00 it will
only cost (75.00.
We are constantly receiving calls for
our students to till positions, business
men want our students as they are prop
erly trained ior any nlllee position.
NOW is thn time to enroll.
C. W. SMITH, President, Warren, Pa.
LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS.
NEW ADVE11T1SIOIKNTM.
rammers. Ad.
Hopkins. Locals.
Harvey Fritz. Ad.
Penna. Ky. Header.
Win. li. James, Ad.
J.J. Landers. Local.
The McCuen Co. Ad.
Robinson & Son. Ad.
Oil City TrUBt Co. Ad.
Krankiin Trust Co. Ad.
Smart it Sllberberjr. Ad.
Clarion Normal. Header.
Kdinborn Normal. Local.
Nickel Plate Ky. Reader.
Orove City College. Local.
F. W. I)evoe Co. Header.
Lock Haven Normal. Locals.
Warren Business College. Ad.
Monarch Clothing Co. Ad. and Local,
Oil market closed at f 1.78.
You can get it at Hopkins' store, tf
Oil and gas leases, best form, for sale
at this office. tf
Underwear, hosiery and the like, for
the warm days yet to come, at about cost.
Hopkins. H
Robert Moody had bia nose badly
crushed by the toppling over a lumber
pile at Nebraska, Monday afternoon,
Vast improvements to be made this
fall at Monarch Clothing Store, Oil City.
Their clearance sale is a sale for clearance
for fair. 1'
The Osgood family reuulon takes
place this year at the home ol W. F.
Jones, at Newtown Mills, Saturday, Sep
t"mljer fith.
Colt for sale, aged 3 years, and will
weigh about 12-iO. Color bay. Call on
Henry Kamau, Cropp Hill, or address
Tionesta, Pa. It
Wanted. Competent cook and sec
ond girl. References' required. Best of
wages paid. Apply P. O. Box No. 483,
Oil City, Pa. It
Oxfords are worn till late In the fail
usually. Our stock goes at great reduc
tions in price, and we have a flue assort
ment. Hopkins. It
Asplmlt Roofing Paint, guaranteed.
Red Rope Roofing, also good for siding.
Best for the money. Consult J. J. Lan
ders, Tionesta, Pa. H
If you could get a good straw hat at
less than cost it would pay you to buy now
and carry it over till next season. Hop
kins is selling them dirt cheap. It
Students at Kdinboro Normal are
surrounded by Influences conducive to
study. Fall term opens September 8th,
IMS. John F. Blgler, Principal. It
Iu the opinion of the Bolivar Breeze,
when they begin to pitch quoits on the
main street of a country town, it is about
time to order the shroud and send for the
sexton. A-hem!
Following Is the list of letters lying
uncalled for In the Tionesta, Pa., post
office for weekending Aug. 19, 1908: Miss
EttaScholton (card.)
D. 8. Knox, P. M.
Mrs. Joseph Carroll died at hor home
near Pleasantvllle on Wednesday last
after an illness of several months, aged 75
years. She was a sister of Mrs. J. W.
Morrow whom she had visited frequently
while the family resided in Tionesta.
We're not going to carry ovorasingle
summer garment If low prices will sell
them. Now's your chance to slock up.
It will pay you well when the next sea
boii co dies round If you don't wear them
out this year. Hopkins. H
. iuti Borough
Unit hi oi.. .,!' iu mu the five per cent,
taxes must be paid before September 1st.
Remember the date.
All this month and far into the next
you'll find hot weather garments to be
most comfortable and Indisponsible. We
are still much stocked upon these goods
and you can have tbem for just about
what they cost us. Hopkins. It
The boro cou noil has let a contract to
Messrs Beck A Ott for the paving of that
portion of May street extending from
Elm street east (o the corner of the public
square, the expense of same to be borne
by the owners of property abutting
thereon.
Grove City College ha adopted the
four terms system for each year. The
Fall term of twelve weeks will begin
September the 22d. Send for catalogue
and literature relating to this innovation
in Pennsylvania college work. Address
the President, Isaae C. Ketler. It
The Stars lost a thirteen Inning ball
game to the Dunkirk Defenders last Sat
urday at Fredonla, N. Y., by a score of
3 to 2. The Buffalo Express says that the
feature of the gome was Weaver's lar
ceny of the bases. He stole nine during
the game and died at third four times.
Cyril Daniels, while working in the
woods for his father near Oldtown flats,
out a gash five Inches In length on the in
side of his light leg above the ankle,
Monday afternoon. The wound, which
is an ugly one and will lay tbeyoung man
up for soma time, was dressed by Dr.
Bovard.
Delva Foster, daughter ol Win. Al
baugh, of Hickory township, died Au
gust 10th, 1003, aged 31 years, 5 months
and 20 days. Services were conducted
by Rev. W. 10. Davis, on Church Hill,
August 13th, where now rests the body
of the departed. Hersuu went down In
her youth.
Leslie Deshner, of May burg, whose
severe Injury in getting his auklecrushed
by a log rolling upon It at the Bear Creek
switch of the 8. & T. railroad was notod
two weeks ago, was taken to the Oil City
hospital for treatment, and late reports
from him were to the effect that be is im
proving rapidly.
Warren Business College promises to
be a very popular Institution. They
claim to have the assurance of more posi
tions than they can All for two years.
Constant demands have been made of
the.n for the last few weeks. The suc
cessful experience of the management In
the past gives the assurance of proper
training for any office position.
Hon. C. A. Randall, of Tionesta has
been named by Governor Stuart as oneof
the representatives from Pennsylvania to
the Farmer's National Congress which
meets at Madison, Wis. Other members
of the commission from this section are
W. A. Crawford of Venango; W. B. Pow
ell of Crawford; S. H. Miller and W. C.
Black, Mercer; Archie Billings, Edluboro.
The Lock Haven State Normal School
is one of the half dozen great Normal
Schools. It baa graduated over two
thousand teachers. It was never so pros
perous as at tbe presont time. It is the
ideal secondary school in central Penn
sylvania. A few rooms are yet available
for the Fall term which begins September
7th. Address tbe Principal for a cata
logue. It
Rev. Dr. Charnock, formerly a Pres
byterian minister of Pleasantvllle and
Bradford aud who has preached in Tio
nesta, but is now a candidate for holy
orders In the Episcopal church, is speak
ing on the Kmanuel movement of Boston,
The Emauuel movement is of interna
tional interest and, according to reports,
Is curing thousands of meutal, moral and
nervous disorders by its treatment.
Harvey Johnson was severely in
jured while playing "catch" with a base
ball last Thursday, Ted Clark was
throwing some "hot ones" and the ball
struck the ground and bounded striking
Harvey ou the face, mashing bis nose.
He went to Pittsburg to have his injuries
treated and avoid possible disfigurement.
He was getting along all right at last
accounts and is expected home today or
tomorrow.
The 6th annual exposition of the Jef
ferson County Agricultural and Driving
Park association will be held In Brook
ville Sept. 15, 16, 17 and 18, and bids fair
to outrank all former efforts of this flour
ishing association, which Is saying a good
deal. The 70-page premium list from the
job rooms of the Brookville Republican
is a gem of the printer's art, and will be
sent free to any one desiring a copy upon
postal card request.
Tbe county commissioners of Alle
gheny county have placed a contract for
the purchase of 300,000 gallons of oil to be
used to spriukle the roads of that county.
By experiment they seem to have proven
that oil is not only good for laying the
dust but It serves as a binder for tbe top
covering of the roads giving tbem some
thing of an aspbaltum surface. It might
be profitable for other couuties to use oil
on some of their roads.
More graduates of the Lock Haven
State Normal Sjhool are teaching in the
valley of tbe west branch of the Susque
hanna aud in the central part of the state
than from all other schools combined.
It is in a highly prosperous condition.
The great scarcity of teachers assures
splendid advantages to its graduates. An
early application for rooms will be neces
sary for those who expect to enter for the
Fall term beginning September 7th.
Write for its handsome catalogue. It
While going over a timber tract in
Harmony township Monday Q.G.Gaston
experienced tbe fright of bis life when he
all but tread upon a big rattler which
was buckled for a "strike," aud not a
drop of "snake bite" within five miles.
'Tis said tbe yell that escaped tbe terrified
Gaston when he saw the hissing devil
could be heard in the next township.
And then Sharp Maxwell dispatched the
buzzer with a switch. Mr. M. killed
another one before the party reached
home.
Postmasters are in receipt of a notice
from the Postofllce Department announc
ing that a mutilated stamp will no longer
carry a letter through the mails. By the
terms of the new order a defaned stamp is
worthless. Should the corner be torn off,
no matter how small, or the stamp be
mutilated In auy way, it cannot longer be
used. All letters bearing such stamps
will be held at the Postofllce two weeks,
for recovery, and at the end of that time,
if not claimed, will be sout to tbe dead
letter ollice.
Hardware merchant Sigworth attend
ed the monthly meeting of the North
western association of master plumbers
held at the Exchange Hotel, Franklin on
Thursday last.
Rev. aud Mrs. H. A. Bailey aud
children are visiting friends at their for
mer borne near Callensburg, and In con
sequenoe there will be no preaching In
the Presbyterian church next Sabbath.
Mr. Bailey's guest, Rev. Mr. Nelson,
went with them yesterday.
Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Dunn entertained
the following guests at their home during
tbe past week: Mr. C. E. McCauley,
Montpeller, Ind.; Mrs. E. N. Brook
houser and babies, Oil City; Miss Frsnces
Wilcox, Miss Tern pa Alexander, Coop
erstown; Mrs. John Titus and Mrs. John
Marley, Barnes.
A psrty of twenty-five young ladies
and gentlemen gave Lee Thomson a very
pleasant surprise at the home of his
mother, Mrs. Mary Thomson, on Satur
day evening. Tbe occasion was a cele
bration of Lee's seventeenth birthday
anniversary, which fell on Sunday. A
number of handsome gifts were left as
souvenirs of the occasion and refresh
ments were served by the young ladies
at tbe close of the festivities.
We are beginning to look with pleas
ant anticipations to our annual W, C. T.
U. convention in the M. K. church at
Kellettvllle, Monday and Tuesday, Sept.
1st and 2d. We are very fortunate in
having Mrs. Cora E. Seberry, a former
National Secretary, with us to address us.
Miss Edna Wallace Neil!, a soloist of
Bradford, and Miss Geuavleve Graff
Doutt, an elocutionist of Tionesta, will
also entertain us by their singing and
readings during the convention. Rev. H.
A. Bailey, of the Tionesta Presbyterian
church, will deliver an address.
Cor. Skc'Y.
--Will somebody please return to Bill
Smith of the Punxy Spirit his old briar
pipe. He's lost it, so be says, and is lost
without it. It's a crooked affair, and very
strenuous, and the editor thinks anybody
would recognize it on sight. Tbe world
has peerless leaders, matchless statesmen,
and the like, but we could not endure to
think of a pipeliss editor. So we hope
the man who has found Br'er Smith's
juicy old briar will hasten to return it.
We trust our friends of tbe "profesb"
will come to ths rescue and forward to
tbe Spirit office anything o.'tbe kind they
may have about, not necessarily for pub
lication but as a guarantee of good faith
and Identification.
A dispatch from Harrlsburg states
that the fund of (50,000 appropriated by
the legislature of 1907 for the payment of
bounties on scalps of noxious animals
was exhausted last week, when 10 per
cent, was paid on bills aggregating (22,000
sent in by forty-three counties. It is
hoped the next legislature will provide a
more adequate fund for this laudable
purpose, to tho end that these predatory
animals may be exterminated. It would
go farther toward the preservation of the
game supply than all other protective
laws put together. The Commissioners
of Forest county give uotice tbat no more
scalp bounties will be paid in this county
until a further appropriation is made.
State Zoologist Surface is inundated
by letters from all parts of the state tell
ing him of the ravages of potato bugs,
some agricultural districts of Pennsyl
vania having been disturbed by a regular
plague of tbe voracious insects. "There
is a veritable scourge of potato bugs in
Pennsylvania this year," said Pr. Sur
face, "and I am surprised at the reports I
am receiving. There are more of the
beetles about than I have ever known
and unless timely action la taken there
will be considerable loss, as tbe acreage
of potatoes is greater than usual I his year.
There is good money in the potato crop
in the general market and in the young
orchard potatoes are valuable for the
trees. The abundance of the bugs this
year is a good example of the way they
come and go, appearing at unexpected
times and after they had all been reported
dead. Thia illustrates tbe common law
tbat insects are held down by natural
enemies. The people of this state will
either have to adopt tbe half dozen meth
ods of destroying the bugs or see tbat
birds which live off them are allowed to
Increase."
Constable J. B. Eden of Tionesta
township was called to the vicinity of
Hunter Station last Saturday to take
charge of a man who was acting in a
peculiar manner and who was thought to
be demented. On arriving there be
found tbe man in the river up to his neck
and threshing about bis bead with bis
coat. The man was young and stated
tbat his home was In Brooklyn and that
he was a medical student; that the reason
for his strange actions was that he had
poisoned himself in some manner by an
acid used In photography. The constable
brought the man to town where be pro
cured some food and medicine to relieve
his condition. It developed that be came
here Thursday from Oil City, registered
at the Central House as "Clair Plnckney,
New Jersey," and bad probably started
to walk back to Oil City, lie bad lost his
satchel and the constable found it under
a log near where the man bad been
tramping about all day Friday aud Sat
urday. As be appeared to be harmless
and had money to pay bis way, be was
allowed to go, saying tbat be was going
to the Oil City hospital.
Must be Vaccinated.
The Tionesta Borough schools will open
for tbe term on Monday, September 7th.
It Is tbe Intention to enforce the vaccina
tion law and therefore children who
have not been successfully vaccinated
will be excluded from the schools until a
proper certificate is presented. By order
of tbe Board.
W. G. Wyman, President.
J. R. Clark, Secretary.
K Fine Prospect.
The Clarion State Normal School has
just purchased, at a cost of (8,000.00 a plot
of ten acres which is to be fitted up fur an
atbletio aud recreation grouud. Plans
are also under way for the erection of a
new $00,000.00 dormitory. These facts
indicate the healthy condition of the
school. It stands for thorough scholar
ship and aims to help the students make
the most of themselves. A penny postal
card addressed to the principal, J.George
Becht, Clarion, Pa. will bring you tbe
beautifully illustrated catalogue. It
Operation for Piles will not be neces
sary if you use Man.an Pile Remedy,
guaranteed. Price 50c. Sold by J. K,
Morgan,
PERSONAL.
Jonathan Albaugh was down from
Hickory Monday.
Dr. Karl E. Wenk was down from
Kane over Sunday.
Mrs. J. W. Jamiesoo visited Warren
friends over tbe Sabbath.
Miss Marian Wltmer of Oil City is
visiting Mrs. Geo. W. Uoleman this
week.
Mrs. L. M. Montgomery of Pittsburg
Is paying a visit to her daughter, Mrs. II.
E. Kelly.
Mrs. Geo. W. Holeman spent Sunday
in Oil City with ber daughter, Mrs. Mer
lon Mealy,
Sam Haslet came home Sunday fiom
Fredonla, N. Y for a week's visit with
his patents.
"Ted" Hood was up from McKeee
port on a visit of a few days with friends
the past week.
Miss Nettie Clark came home from
New York City Tuesday afternoon for
short vacation.
Mrs. J. G. Jamieson bas gone on a
week's visit with Miss Vernie Berger, at
Rimersburg, Pa.
Mrs. Mary Gleulng, of Clarksburg,
W. Va., bas returned to Tionesta to re
main for some time.
Mrs. J. J. Landers visited ber par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. William White, in
Tltusville, over Sunday.
Mrs. L. A. Buzard has gone to Shef
field to spend a part of her northern visit
with Mrs. R, T. Buzard.
Mrs. W. U. Rodgers and young son,
of Cincinnati, are guests of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Kelly.
Mrs. Thomas Parks and son Thomas,
of Oil City, are visiting the former's
mother, Mrs. Anna Hassey.
Mrs. Charles Black and Miss Mary
Bates of Tltusville are guests at the borne
of their aunt, Mrs. A. B. Kelly.
Mr. and Mrs. Gaston are entertaining
Rey. and Mrs. W. P. Hollister and two
children, of East Palestine, Ohio,
Misses Kiltie and Bessie Hepler went
to Rixford, Pa., Friday morning, for a
week's visit with their aunt, Mrs. Samuel
Turner.
A marriage license was issued bere
Monday to Peter J. Klabbatz of Eagle
Rock and Clara Belle Wood of East
Hickory.
-Sheriff and Mrs. A. W.Stroup attend
ed tbe Stroup family reunion in Rock
land township, Venango county last
Saturday,
Mrs. Howard MacDougall leaves for
Mercer today where she will attend the
annual reunion of the MacDougall family
tomorrow.
Miss Marguerite Blum went to Oil
City Sunday for a week's visit, after
which she goes to Conneaut Lake for a
short visit.
-Howard Thomson is moving from
Oil City to Bradford, having the short
run from Bradford to Riverside as a fire
man for the P. R. R.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Adams and tbeir
nephew, Harold Alleu, departed for Sin
clairville, N. Y., yesterday morning, for
a week's visit with friends,
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Gaston and young
son Roland, of Meadvllle, were guests at
the home of the former's brother, G. G,
Gaston, a few days of last week.
Miss Alice McCrea of Reno, and sis
ter, Mrs. James Lane, of Orangeville,
Ohio, came up Friday morning and spent
tbe day with Miss Mame Fitzgerald.
Mrs. T. D.Collins of Nebraska, Miss
C. P. Zuendel of Star, and Mr. J. N.
Dunn of Tionesta, are Forest couuty
people sojourning for a short time at tbe
Ridgway Sanitarium, Hydetown, Pa.
Miss Margaret Hassey of Pittsburg,
Miss Helen Delaney of Chicago, Miss
Grace Hanrahan of Brookville, and Miss
Emma Greer of Oil City, were welcome
guesisof Mrs. Anna Hassey last Friday.
Harry Corbett, of Clarion, Pa., and
Pedro Uiribarne, of Esperanza, Cuba,
were guests of Curtis Proper on Tuesday
and Wednesday of last week. The latter
Is a student at the Clarion Normal School.
James M. Vanderlin and sister, Miss
Lizzie Vanderlin, and Miss May Gilles
pie, of Glade Mills, Butler county, visited
at tbe borne of tbe former's grandfather,
U. M. Zabniser, a few days of the past
week,
-Mr. aud Mrs. Clyde E. Whitehlll, of
Muncie, Ind., on tbeir way home from a
visit to Niagara Falls, Chautauqua and
other eastern pleasure resorts, were
guests of tbe editor's family over the
Sabbath.
H. M. Zabniser attended the Jackson
Harvest Home picnic last Friday. He
says it was tbe largest gathering ever
assembled on a similar occasion, and be
had the pleasure of meeting a host of old
Mercer county friends.
J. F. Proper and son Curtis went to
Chautauqua Monday with their automo
bile and will remain for a week or two.
Mrs. L. J. Hopkins and Mrs. Wm.
Smearbaugh accompanied tbem, return
ing the same evening.
Bishop Warne of India was a guest
of T. D. Collins, at Nebraska, Tuesday
and Wednesday. It is expected tbat tbe
bishop w ill be present at tbe laying of tbe
corner stone of the new M. E. church in
Tionesta next Wednesday.
Chas. F. Thomson, of Bradner, Ohio,
paid a brief visit to friends in this section
tbe first of the week, having been called
hither by the death of bis sister-in-law,
Mrs. L. A. Barber, whose funeral was
held at Pleasantvllle Friday.
Rev, and Mrs. Wm. Richards and
daughter, Miss Ethel Richards, of May
burg, passed through town Monday In a
handsome Oldsmobile touring car, re
cently purchased. Tbey were on tbeir
way borne from a short sojourn at Hyde
town. Miss Blanche Pease returned last
Wednesday from a month's visit in Mar
lon, Indiana, being accompanied by Mrs.
Ralph E. Haines, who is visiting ber
mother, Mrs. Mary L. Thomson. Tbey
came via Pittsburg, where they visited
friends for a few days.
Miss Helen Richardson, of Drift
wood, Pa., who was the guest of Miss
Maude Canfleld at Camp Tionesta, re
turned to her home last Wednesday.
Miss Richardson was a general favorite
at the camp and by ber charming person
ality made many friends, who will wel
come her on the occasion of ber next visit
here.
CRUSHED TO DEaTII BY CARS.
Herbert Stoughton Instantly Killed in
Small Railroad Wreck.
Herbert J. Stoughton a former East
Hickory resident, but of late residing at
Tlona, Warren county, was Instantly
killed in a small wreck on the P. R. R.at
Tidioute, shortly after one o'clock Mon
day afternoon. Indications are tbat the
unfortunate man had bidden himself from
observation by tbe train crew on part of
tbe steel frame work of an oil tank car.
Tbe train of which this car was a part,
was southbound, Tbe crew stopped at
Tidioute to set In some ears on what is
known as the Confer oil awitcb, and Ibis
particular car left tbe rails and "buckled."
When tbe crew started to Investigate tbe
damage it had sustained, the dead body of
Stoughton was found wedged between
the end of the broken car and the rear of
tbe car ahead of it. His bead and upper
portion of his body were squeezed almost
flat, Tbe body was turned over to Un
dertaker J. P. Sage, and the coroner noti
fied, but it was decided tbat no inquest
would be necessary.
Mr, Stoughton was born and reared at
East Hickory, his father being tbe late
John E. Stoughton, and he was aged
about H8 years. He is survived by bis
wife, oue brother, B. V. Stoughton of
East Hickory, and onesister, Mrs, Henry
Kemble of Oklahoma. The funeral will
be held today, the Interment taking place
in tbe cemetery at East Hickory, bis for
mer home.
The Local Oil Field.
G. H. Lowe A Co. 's No. 6 on the Rob
inson tract, in the McKee field, was fin
ished and shot last Thursday and will
make a good producer. Tbey are at
work on another well.
At West Hickory, Morrow it Carson's
No. 11 on tbe A, J. Slggins farm was fin
ished the litter part of the week and was
showing up for a good well.
Tbe Carnahau Bros, started the second
well for Lowe & Co., on tbe Kirk lot,
Warrant 5191, Hickory township, last
Friday, but were delayed Monday by
having tbe tools fast in the bole. The
well is located north of the first venture,
which was dry.
T. D. Collins drilled in bis second big
gasser last Thursday on bis lands near
Mayburg, and the well is reported to be
good for 6,000,000 feet a day. The devel
opments In tbat vicinity are astonlshiug
and the owners will doubtless reap a rich
reward,
Sutley Bros, finished and shot their
well on the Hollister farm, at the mouth
of Sowers run, about a mile up tbe river,
Tuesday, and it is showing up for a small
producer. The pay streak was found In
the second sand at about 600 feet.
The well on the Geist and Anderson
lands near Brookston, Howe township,
in which a number of Tionesta parties
are interested, was fiuisbed and shot
Monday and from present indications It
is thought the well will make a good
paying producer. The well was drilled
to a depth of 1857 fret and was shot in
both the stray and Cooper sands, of
which there was something over sixty
feet.
Proper Bros, have a fishing job in tbeir
well on tbe Clapp lands, Tionesta town
ship, the tools being fsst in the hole.
Mike Holka Pays Death reunify.
Mike Holka, the Austrian who shot
Policeman Meehan of Franklin last No
vember, was banged for tbat crime in the
Franklin jail yesterday forenoon, after
every known effort to save Lis life bad
been exhausted by bis attorneys.
Monday night the doomed man slept
well and yesterday morning ate a good
breakfast and dressed himself with care.
A few minutes after 9 o'clock Hev. Fath
er Donobue of Franklin, and Rev. Father
Wienker of Punxsutawney entered tbe
cell. Tbe hour was spent in devotion un
til the hangman came to prepare the man
for the scaffold.
When the hangman entered tbe cell he
strapped Holka's bands behind IiIb back,
and tbe man then walked with a firm
step between tbe priests to the scaffold.
Just as be started up the steps of the
scaffold Sheriff Williams reached out and
shook hands ith Holka.
Holka then mounted the steps of the
scaffold with a firm step, the black cap
was adUBted and the noose put In place.
When all was ready the trap was sprung,
and at 10:03 Holka swung luto eternity.
His neck was dislocated, and 15 minutes
later tbe heart ceased to beat, and lie was
pronounced dead. The body was then
cut down and taken to the Catholic cem
etery and interred.
Tbe hangman was a stranger secured
by Sheriff Williams, and bis indentity
is unknown. The scaffold was one se
cured from Erie county, and was the
same one on which Frank Major of Craw
ford county Bwung to eternity,
fames Strail of Oil City, who murdered
bis wife, occupied a cell but a fow steps
away from Ibe scaffold, and he witnessed
tbe execution, staring with protruding
eyes at the proceedings. When the trap
was sprung be gave vent to an audible
groan and staggered back to bis cut. It
was torture for him.
Many persons left Franklin yesterday
so as not to be In town at tbe time of the
banging, and the affair bad a depressing
effect on the community.
Hollka maintained bis Innocence to the
last, and Monday gave forth the follow
ing; "I am ready to go. I would rather
be banged than be shut up for life, or
even for twenty years. But when they
bang me they will hang an Innocent
man."
Sheriff Stroup of Tionesta witnessed
the hanging.
The Father of Snakes. -
An Endeavor correspondent states that
a monster rattlesnake, five feet, eight
inches in length, which carried twenty
three rattles, was killed by two young
men of tbat place, Sunday, The lads
had taken tbeir berry palls and started
for the woods and when they discovered
the monster lying beside their pathway,
8am got scanx! and fired his pail at it,
Ell followed suit, stunning the reptile
and allowing the boys to dud a club with
which to dispatch it. Each of tbe boys
expect to have a bell and a band for his
bat made from the snake's akin. The
rattles are on exhibition at the handle
factory.
Bees Laxative Cough Syrup for
young and old is prompt relief fur coughs,
croup, hoarseness, whooping cough.
Gently laxative. Guaranteed. Sold by
J. R. Morgan.
COW
EASE
Is a preparation to prevcut
The Fly-pest on
Horses end
Cows.
Contains nothing injurious.
Cows give more milk and Horses
do mora work if not worried by flies
Spray or sprinkle iQ the stable or
on tbe animal.
$1 per gallon.
Bovard's Pharmacy.
Hopkins' Store.
Now for the mid-summer round-up.
Hot Weather
Goods
at a Reduced Price, Just When
You Want Them.
July is our month for cleaning up on summer goods.
Straw Hats, Ladies' Oxfords, Wash Goods, Summer Dress
Goods, Underwear, &c, will all go at a
Liberal Reduction
Until the end of July. Come early and often and see what a
bargain you get.
L. J. HOPKINS.
m-'' V a.ii DL
THE C0NKLIN WAGON
With Judd axle will carry fully 25 per cent, more than a wagon with a
common axle; is lighter, better, strongor, neater and the best wagon on the
market. Write, telephone, or come aud see us it in need of a wagon. We
can save you money.
Just Received, a Car Load of Slate
and Plaster.
We have everything you need to build or farm with.
Genuine Charcoal Galvanized Iron Spouting is hard to gat, but we
have it and every piece is stamped. Mo
Call and see us.
Tionesta Hardware.
Odds and Ends
Jlt'ii' Fancy Nulls
Young Jlen" Fancy Stills,
At sharp reductions from early season's plainly marked prices. Odds and
Euds in a store as a usual thing don't mean poor or unsaleable goods by any
means, because as a rule the season's best sellers have largest stock of Odda
and Ends. A 40 size in this suit and a li" size in that suit is not desirable
merchandise from a clothing man's view, hut if a 35 or a 40 is your size,
isn't this suit as good to you as if there were eight or ton more of tho same
kind, especially when you can save from $3 to 85 on it? If you need a suit
thiB ad ought to interest you as the goods we od'er are the very best in their
several Hues.
$7 00 will buy any
8 75 will buy any
1 1.75 will buy auy
' 12.75 will buy any
14 85 wilt buv any
16.50 will buy any
1H 75 will buy any
HALF PRICE.
Belling price all sizes at preseut from
fWT-Z. PR
41 &43SlNCA ST,
HAMMERS
The Best
Ever.
Our Presidential
Watch Fobs.
WILLI A 31 II. TAW
or
WILLIAM J. II It Y AX.
Gray finish - 15c each
Gold finish 35o each
Mail orders promptly filled.
IIARVGV FRITZ,
The Leading Jeweler,
82 SENECA St.. OIL CITY, PA.
guess work.
of the $10 00 Suits.
of the 12 00 Suits.
of tho 15.00 Suits.
of the 1H.00 Suits.
of the 20 00 Suits.
of the 22 00 Suits.
of the 25.00 Suits.
Children's Wash Suits while they last
closed at exactly half their former
21 to 10.
ICE: CLOTHIER
OIL CITY. PA