- GRAF nw & CO. ‘MURRELLE, Publisher. : W. T. CAREY, Editor. very afternoon except Sun- Murrelle’s Printing Offioo, Sayre, $3.00 per year; 25 cents rates reasonable, and made Act of Congress of March F, the news that’s fit to print” FEDNESDAY OCTOBER 3 1906, Old English Election Costs, “buriesque “bill of costs for a late [ election in the west,” printed In [he Flying Post for 1715, contains some ery significant items concerning old- English election expenses “For of the word ‘Church’ £40" is J; “For demolishing two houses, 200 1s another. Others were: “For Fet encouragement to the rioters, ¥ "For a dozen of perjury men, s™ “Por breaking windows, £20," 8 gang of aldermen abusers, £40," BF & set of notorious lyars, £50." ; Political Leader's Sons. In recent years no political leader New York state has had a son with taster for politics. Senator Platt's shows neither aptitude nor Incli- ition for the game. Boss Tweed [t mo son, and Boss Murphy died ‘childiess, while Murphy, the present wer of Tammany, is In the same g Richard Croker had three but none of them cared for pol- . Richard, the omly remaining Bas not voled In years. First Russian, . Rurfk the Rodsen, or Oarsman, a S84 rover, Ianded In 862 on p Russian shore of the Baltic with p brothers, Sineus and Trawer. He jugated the country from Noy- od to the Volga, and his followers ere called the Rodsen, or Russians, odsen, In the Scandinavian tongue of the period, meaning oarsmen. Hk died ia 879. The Russian war- . Rurik, It will be remenibered, L down off Sakhalin last summer. Free Free mk A. C, Trainor, Colchester, Conn., that = free sample bottls of I her when she was all ine is a body bulider The greatest sys Sick K n idneys are itivel C, Cheap Rates West The Brie Railroad Is again offeri Flow ralés to the Pacific Coast a western points. Inquire of Rrie pleet Agents or write J. H. Webster, iv. Pass. Agt., Eloira, N. Y. 90-0ct30 Piles! Piles! Piles! Lik: Indian Pile Ointment New York and Return popular aatumn excursion, 4th, via Lehigh Valley Railroad. sold O tober 4th with final re- alt of October 13th, good Th ed FR gra Ii ATHENS. Dr. W. G. Simpson returned home today. | Miss Emily Maurice returned to | Bryn Mawr yesterday. | Rev. W. H. Sawtelle of Ulster | was in Alhens yesterday. | Mr. and Mrs. Fred Haverly went | to Dushore today for a short stay. Milo Merrill went to Ghent yes- terday to remain until Friday might. = Mrs. W, N. Waldron of Smith- field was in Athens yesterday on business, ° W. H. Dennis, Jr, went on a hunting trip over the Susquehanna river today. Mrs. 1. Blish is moving her household goods to South Wilbur avenue, Sayre, Pearl Hemingway lost one of his horses last evening. [tis a se- vere loss to him, Jee Morely of New York was visiting his father, John Morely in Athens yesterday, Photographer Hay of the firm of Ott & Hay, Towanda, was in Athens yesterday. Arunah Ladd and his daughter, Mrs. Jane Weed, returned to New Albany last evening. Will Newman and Oscar Werd- man went to Homets Ferry ona fishirg trip this morning. Mr. and Mrs. H. B- Welles re- turned home last evening from a week's visit with friends in Sunbury A. E Bressler and G:o. Herrick were hunting in the vicinity of Vawter yesterday and bagged a lot of game. Elbert Parks and wife, with their daughter, Ina, of Herricksville, were guests of Mr, and Mrs, R | McKean, yesterday. Clarence Springer has accepted a position in Guiles & Arnold's grocery and will commence his duties there Monday, The Waverly high school and Athens teams will have a game of football on the Athens grounds Friday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Mrs. Harvey Mapes and son, Bruce, went to Terrytown this morning, where they will visit the former's mother, Mrs. Mary Strong. Mrs. |. M. Clark went to Elmira yesterday, where she will perma- nently reside. Mr. Clark is work- ing on the new school building in Owego. The school board held their reg- ular monthly meeting on Monday evening. All members were pres- ent and the usual routine business was transacted. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Waters re- turned to Athens yesterday from a three weeks’ sojourn in Burling- early friends and relatives, The St. Cecilia music club will meet at the home of Mrs, George W. Heverly, Miller street, this evening. A fine program of music and reading will be presented. —— a SH — Rural Amity lodge, No. 70 held a supper at their hall last evening, which was greatly enjoyed by the members. Two candidates were instructed in the third degree, The reliable piano tuner, C. S. Sturdevant, of Wilkes-Barre will be here Monday, October 1. Leave vice is, don't rave and tear your hair but be firm and dignified and stick to your principles. The postoffice department have sent three large steel combination package and letter safes to this place which are to be placed one at the postoffice, one at the corner of South Main and Herrick streets, and the other at the corner by the McMahon grocery, comer of Pine and North Main streets. These will be a great accommodation to the citizens of this village as they can be reached at any time of day or night. = So November 1900, will be the forticth anniversary of the organi. zation of the Grand Army of the Republic and it is proposed to cele- brate the event in all the posts in the United States with patriotic exercises. A monument to the founder of the order, Dr. Stephens son, will be erected in Washington and will be dedicated with appro- priate ceremonies. The services of dedication may unavoidably be postponed to a later day, but it will stand as a perpetual memorial of this illustrious man, +3 - She Had the Knobs. Miss Bunyon—I've got to get myself a palr of shoes and I'm determined to have a real nobby pair. Miss Pert—Why, my dear, I'm sure any pair of you would wear would have » A I nd wear Led- ger. A Free Lance. Bepedick—Not married, eh? you're fond of a girl, though Bachelor—Oh, yes, indeed “Who is she?” “Her name is Legion." —Pllladel- phia Ledger. I'll bet Picture Postcards at Jerusalem, Last season more than half a mil ljon picture postcards were sold to tourists at Jerusalem. They are made in Germany and Switzerland at two to twelve dollars a thousand. King Seldom Appears, The king of the Belgians makes only one appearance at public worship in the course of the year. That is on the day he commemorates his acces sion to the throne Crooked Palm. The cocoanut palm has one pecullar- {ty —it never stands upright. A Malayan saying has it that: “He who bath beheld un a straight cocoanut palm will surely live forever.” “Cut It Out.” “Well, doctor, your treatise is ready to go to press. What are you going to do about an appendix?’ “Cut it out.” — Milwaukee Wisconsin Moon's Shadow The moon's shadow, which falls on the earth during an eclipse of the sun, !s usually about 50 wmlles in di- ameter. McMahan's We have a large con- signment of ladies and children’s coats and fars. These are bought by a larger department store and we can give you city prices for a limited time. lL 0. O. F. Block, —(3%mes ss meek) Wears Longer, (6 times a3 long) Drigs Quicker ’ {iu 10 misutes) Than Any Enamel. N uid Fle] LEN Vv DET) Thrown In Over Antics of Oreature Who Inhabits Nests, Baldwin, LL. I —That a wild man lurks in the woods hard by this vil- lage there can be no possible doubt. Constable Stephen Petit led a posse into the Baunts of the creature, but was able to find only a few deserled nests in the trees where the unwel- come visilor had lodged. Residents are in a state bordering on terror. They bar and bolt their doors at night and two or three of the inhabitants have set spring guns on their front purches Because Lhe creature has been seen perched like a wild turkey the story has gained circulation that he has wings. Miss Bempronia Jenkins, prin- cipal of the Freeport high school, has called him Dracula, after the principal character In one of Bram Stoker's nov- elg, and the watchword of all Nassau is “Dracula alive or dead.” Dracula bas been wandering near the pumping station, which Is used to PERCHED LIKE A TREETOP. supply a portion of Brooklyn. He has also appeared at dawn to Mr. Simp- kin, who was gathering the products of his Plymouth Rocks The wild man seized the rubber dating stamp with which Mr. Simpkin was about to im- print an egg, and with a fiendish cry tore across the raflroad track and dis- appeared In a clump of blackberry bushes, Young persons who are accustomed to visit the kissing bridge at twilight now shun it, for the unpleasant experi- ence of a Freeport couple there has alarmed the community, They were leaning against the rail when the wild man approached and lald a heavy hand on the youth's shoulder, and then laughing in his face suddenly swung himself Into the branches of a weeping willow which was on the overhanging bank of the stream Miss Conway, who lives cutlside of the main portion of this village, de- clares that the other afternoon she saw a tall man emerge from the woods. His clothing, which was torn and thread- bare, was black. His hair was in- tensely black, and he also wore a black mustache His eyes had a wild and restless ex- pression, and she noted also that his feet, which were Incased in patent leather shoes, seemed small and that he apparently had little or no toes. The wild man looked about him in every direction, and, catching sight of an automobile, gave vent fo ribald laughter and receded into the under- brush Wild men have been seen from time to time In this vicinity, for several sanatoriums for the weak-minded are within a radius of ten miles, but this is the first one who goes to roost Rude platforms of branches on which he had been In the habit of sleeping are in evidence. GIRL FIXED HOUR OF DEATH Writes Her Obituary with Strange Ex- actness Two Months Before End Comes. Newcastle, Pa.—MIiss Nannie Kyle, a handsome young woman of Spring: field township, handed a sealed eon velope to Willlam Johnston, an un- dertaker of Newcastle, two months ago, with instructions that it be not opened until after her death, The undertaker laughingly took the envelope, and declared that, judg- ing from appearances, he would keep it a long time, as Miss Kyle, who was 27 years old, was the picture of good health. He placed the envelope in his safe and forgot about It. Johnston was called to the Kyle res idence the other day and found Miss Kyle dead. She had died of stomach trouble Wnen the undertaker re turned to his office he opened the en- velope and found that it contained the announcement of the girl's death, giving the day and hour correctly, the cause of her death, and her biography. Ear Nipped Off by a Horse. New Rochelle, N. Y.—Harry 8. Green, a dairyman, had his left ear Litten off by his pet horse. Green grabbed the chewed ear In his hand- kerchief and, boarding a trolley car, hurried to the home of Dr. Emberson, where It was grafted In place. There is hope of the dismembered ear grow- ing In place. Green was horseback viding when the accident occurred. The animal stumbled and threw Green over his head, rendering him nncon- scious. The horse attempted to assist him to his feet and in doing so nipped off sas ear. by. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, we sold piano O in the minutest NONE" If in doubt, ask For the benefit of the man, a music book. one year's tuning, cne cent of expenss to you. ment. Established 1860. price is only Desmond Street, Sayre. LOOMIS OPERA HOUSE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, Afternoon and Evening. The Great New England Play “Joshua Simpkins” Big Fun and Musical Show. Special Scenery and Me- chanical Effects. See the Great Saw-Mill Scene. Hear the Joshua Simpkins Orchestra. Best of Singing and Danc-| ing Specialties, | Watch for the BURLESOUE BAND PARADE. Prices—Matinee, 16 and 25. Evening, | 25, 35 and Se, Advance gple Thursday at Western Un- en office, Waverly. LAWS & WINLACK, Attorneys and Counselors at Law. A GENERAL LAW BUSINESS TRANSACTED. LAWS' BUILDING, 119 DESMOND, ST, DR. A. 6. REES, M.D. 100 Lake 8b. West Sayre, OFFIUR HOURS: 8 to 11:00 a. m., 2 to 4:80, 7:00 bo 8:00, i i ude i. L. TOWNER, N.D. Specialties. Sterling, Dockash, Happy Thought and Lehigh Stoves and Ranges From $10 to $75. We repair stoves and furnaces. BOLICH BROS., HARDWARE CEMENT SIDEWALKS When want a cement side- walk laid in a first-class, durable manner, call on Simeon Davis. You will get Lhe benefit of years of prac- tical experience. Mason work of all kinds. Simeon Davis, Olive St., LENIGN AND SCRANTON COAL At the Lowest Possible Prices. Orders cus be ef 20 Went Sayre Drug I. L. BENJAMIN, Paister, Decorator and Paperhanger. Loerie wr sl ————— 0s Ratss :—Wanted, Lost, Found, Bale, ete, } cent a word each for first three times, | cont a word each Insertion thereafter, None taken for less than 35 cents. Gituations wanted, free to paid-in-advance subsoribers, For Sale. A nice Gem Dockash parlor stove for sale cheap, wood or coal. 131 Lockhart street, 122-8* A house and lot with three acres of land and a oud fruit orchard, three wiles from Athens, Will be sold cheap. Apply to Mary J. Wanzer, 128.3w 2 fia y 178 acres in Overton town- ship for gale or exchange for village operty in Athens or Bayre. Good nildings and fruit on the premises, Apply or address C, A. Heavener, R. F. D. No, 24, Athens, Pa. 125-1m* New 6-room house, all conveniences, 1900; six minutes walk from nquire A.J. Green, 625 Stevenson Bt. Bayre. 111-f A fio of tne 014 Hote: 8 property in yre. E. M Thompson, 200 Spring Good house In Waverly, all modern im- Several houses and lots for sale in de- sirable locations in town. Terms to suit purchasers. Inquire of W. OQ, Schrier, Maynard Block, Athens, 30 ¢ Wanted, A competant girl for gemeral house- work ; no laundry work. Apply imme- diately at 8304 Chemung Bt., au 1 A practical nurse wants t by the day or week. Tacaire 100 Oren Cross or 313 Chemung street. 113-60 Girl wanted for general housework. Enquire at the Osborne House, 128-wl Two bright Boys betwee 156 and 30 0 i ae. a. First class dressmaking at reasonable prices. Apply at 314 Desmond Bt. A girl for general housework, gis] tus street. For Rent hie oftice rooms in the heal ght Two offices for rent in the Page block. House for Elm Main hin = oa a A ——— —— TH - an —_———————— i —— *
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