Beds $15 to $50.
GRAF & CO.
Fe and Undertaking. Cor. of Broad SL. and Park Ave.. Waverly.
Guy Perkins is in Schenectady.
Major Gore was able to be down
town today,
H. C. Russell of Nichols visited
Leslie Sairs over Sunday.
{ F.E Luckey and wife returned
from New York Saturday
Mrs. Jessie Haas is ill with diph-
| theria at her home on South Main
Clarence Springer is the new de-
livery clerk at Guiles & Arnold's
grocery. ia
Mrs. George B. Richards went
to New Era this morning to visit
her parents.
Our school teachers are all ia at-
tendance at the institute at Towan
da this week.
Miss Mary A. Conklin went to
Wysox today where she will be
the guest of friends.
Miss Gertrude Spellman is ats
tending the teachers’ institute at
Towanda this week.
Howard Cole and mother, Mrs.
W. H. Shaw, came to Athens from
West Troy ye:terday.
*“All the news that's fit to print’
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6 1908.
Miss Clara Dailey has been
visiting at the Lateer’s and return-
ed to Mill City today.
NEW HEAD OF GERMAN NAVY, Fred Hosmer spent Sunday with
his family in Athens, returning to
Towanda this morning,
Prince Henry of Prussia, Brother of
Kaiser, Made Commander.
* Berlin—Prince Henry of Prussia.
Who has been made commander-in-
Miss Flora Lung of East Ath-
ens, is in Towanda in attendance
will be
called for if they will report their
desires to Rev. voa Tobel during
the week.
Subdued
Athens— Jerome White died at
his home, 108 South Elmira street, |
at 10:07 this forenoon, aged 86 |
years. He was bora in Liberty, |
Sullivan county, N.Y, but came to
Athens township with his parents
when only five years old, settling
oa Suthff Hill, where his earlier
years were spent. He was a car
penter and millwright by trade and
was an active, industrious man up
to a short time ago, when he was
obliged to give up all work. His
wife died April 7, 1904, after they
had enjoyed a prosperous married
life of 55 years. Two sons survive
him, J. Alanson White of Athens
and Fred J. White of Chicago
Also a brother, Russel White, of
Athens, and a sister, Mrs, Cynthia
Aldred, of Spencer, are still living.
The funeral will take place from
his late residence Wednesday at 2
P. m, Rev. F. L: Allen of the Bap-
tist church (of which Mr. White
was a member) officiating. Burial
at Tioga Point cemetery,
SECOND ATTEMPT A SUCCESS
At a little after 12 o'clock last
night fire brcke out in the J, 1}
Elsbree house formerly occupied
by the Italian family, 234 Chestnut
street, and it burned to the ground.
This is the same house that was set
on fire a few weeks ago and was
saved from destruction. But this
time they made a thorough job of
it, and it is a mass of smouldering
ruins this morniog. The fire oc
curred at midnight, and it seemed
a long time before the firemen
could be aroused. The lower fire
bell rang first and No. 1 company
responded, but after laying all of
the hose they had it did not reach
the fire. No. 3 came later and ex.
tended the line and the surround.
ing houses were saved. There was
no living in the house _and of
Preparations are all made for the
harvest supper at the Presbyterian
church next Friday evening.
£2
Miss Clara Bull went to Lake
Wesauking this morning to spend
a week with her grandmother Lent.
The Misses Bessie and Ethel
Rikert and Grace Mason went to
Towanda this morning to attead
the teacher's institute.
Mrs. W. S. Reynolds of Powell,
who has bzen visiting Mrs Sher-
man Dubois, Ferry street, over
Sunday, returned home this morn-
ing. . a :
Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Wilson of
Elmira, have been visiting at the
heme of H. E Walker, and this
morning went to Monroeton where
they will stay for a few days.
+ PRINCE HENRY OF PRUSSIA.
{{Recently Appointed Commander in
Chief of the German Army.)
~ chief of all the German squadrons In
~ aetive service, is a sallor prince of the
e empire and the only surviving brother
tof Kalser Wilhelm. He was born
August 14, 1862, in Potsdam. and while
but a mere boy learned the rough and
. Practical work of a sailor. It is said
‘that through merit alone he has been
advanced to the various naval srades
In disposition Prince Henrr is pleas
ant and jovial; he has a great dislike
of sourt etiquetioc and possesses a pe
charm of manner which he dis
played to advantage while in Chicago
“during bis visit to the United States a
- few years ago. He fz 3 brotherin-law
of the czar, a nephew of the king of
England, and one of his sisters is the
: wife of the crown prince of Greece
Prince Henry 1s a great favorite with
~ the kaizser, whose life he in
1874.
Monster California Vineyard
. Bunny Slope, Cal, enjoys the dis
* thietion of being the largest vineyard
In the world. It is situated amidst
the most beautiful scenery of that fa
yored land, two miles from San Ga
“hriel. Of a total of 1,900 acres 725
mre devoted to Era vines, the re
mainder being distribnted AONE Ore
Ace, lemon and clive ¢
Loe
Dr. R, A Torrey, the noted
evangelist, will hold meetings in
the West Presbyterian church at
Binghamton Tucsday and Wedaes-
day of this week. We give this
notice as there are persons in this
vicinity that desired to hear him.
ve A rousing Emery meeting was
held at East Smithfield Saturday
night. The meeting was presided
over by O. B. Sumner, a lifelong
Republican, and speeches were
made by Hon. RS. Edmiston and
others. The farmers came from
far and near and great enthusiasm
prevailed
E. F. Loomis took a ride with a
friend Saturday and went to Keeler
Hollow for a hunt. He captured
his game, a fine lot of squirrels, but
failed to make connection with the
conveyance in which he was to re-
turn home and so had five miles to
“hoof it” through the mud. He
enjoyed his game supper yes-
terday all the more for the self
denial and trial it cost him.
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Money of the World.
© The total stock of goney, in gold,
silver and uncovered paper, In the
whole world amounts, in round fig-
, to $13.000000808. In the United
the dotal stock of money
ats to about $2.008 000.000
~~ Cheap Asseveration.
May | drop dead ¥ I don't speak the
. replied the
magistrate, wearily. “It all those
wishes were carried out we should have
‘the Moor strewn with corpses.”
— Next Sunday morning Oct. 14,
there will be an old folks’ service
held in th: Presbyterian church,
and they request all old people of
their congregation and all others
who desire to attend, Carriages
wi! be furnished and wilf call for
: Rare Gift.
“She Is very sharp in her retorts”
“But that Is such an unwomaniy ae-
: make a tart reply there is one
. - ke a ple speak tor itselt.”— |
—
course the fire is the work of an
incendiary. There was no insur-
ance. i
Athens—About 7 o'clock last
evening as H, F, Johnson and wife
were on North street on their way
to church they heard someone
moaning. On going into the yard
of Daniel Vanloan they found that
Mrs. Vanloan had fallen trom the
steps to the sidewalk and was un-
able to get up. She was carried
into the house and a physician
summoned. Her hip was broken
at the joint and she was otherwise
severely injured. Dr. Holcomb
attended to her injuries and today
she is resting quite comfortably,
Exposure Brings on Rheumatism
Painful in its mildest form, uickly
n ing an agony or torture if neg.
lected. When you feel the ret oi
in the muscles, the firstslight stiffness
in the joints take Bloodine. It acts im-
mediately on the Blood aod Nerves, and
will positively cure Rheumatism, how-
ever severa, by C, M. Driggs, Sayre,
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Cheap Rates West
The Erie Railroad Is again orig
very low rates to the Pacifio Coast an
other western points. Inquire of Erie
Ticket Agents or write J. H. Webster,
Div. Pass, Agt., Elmira, N.Y. 99-00t30
—— ss
Best grade Lehigh Valley and Bernice
coal, well screened, prompt delivery;
hard and soft wood. Both phones at
yard and office at Raymond & Haupt's,
D. Clarey Coal Co,
McMahan's
We have a large con-
signment of ladies and
children’s coats and furs,
These are bought by a
larger department store
and we can give you city
prices for yu limited time.
D. E. McMANAN,
an interurban car en route from this
City to Geneva created a panic among
nine prisoners in the rompartment un-
der escort of Chief of Police James
Younger and officers from this city
and was followed by a battle with the
prisoners who endeavored en
cape
to
Harry Thorne. one of the prisoners,
narrowly escaped death by the reptile,
The python was one of a collection
of snakes in three cases being shipped
to Jolet, where fair is in
progress
a4 street
Shortly after the car started from
Elgin Officer Higgins was disturbed
by a movement of the lid of a box
on which he was seated Rising to
discover the cause of the trouble he
Was amazed at the appearance of the
head of an enormous snake gradual
ly forcing its way from the interior
of the case
The snake was observed by some
of the prisoners at the same time and
a general rush was made for the car
door. Here the other police officers.
headed by Chief Younger, held the
men at bay.
A few minutes later the snake
Stretched its length of 14 feet on the
floor of the car
clasped Harry Thorne within {ts
coils. The giant reptile tightened on
the unfortunate man and was slowly
crushing him when the awner of the
snake appeared in the compartment,
Finally
by Tamer.
atiracted from another portion of the
car by the commotion
With the assistance of several men
the snake was forced to uncoll ang
Was finally urged back into its prison.
| The Giant
i
Reptile Wrapped
Around Thorne's Body.
Itself
In the meantime the prisoners,
| frightened and realizing in the excite.
i ment that they would have an oppor-
i tunity to get away, made strenuous
| but futile efforts to escape.
“Brave’’
Newark, N. J.—Five miles out from
this city, in the little town of Nutley,
a4 grove of deep, overhanging elms
marks the !ntersection of Grant and
Passale avenues
sight for blocks around
takes you off into the backwoods. Few
signs of civilization are visible from
Grant and Passale avenues
Looking down through the avenue
of overhanging elms In the direction
of the Methodist church. one can see
where the elms end and the firs be
gin, low, stunted fir trees with fantas
tic shapes and outstretched
. ~each- oul -remds- to
clutch the timid passer by after dusk
It Is an ideal lurking place for a
ghost !
So, at least, thought Elsie Symonds,
daughter of George Symonds, the
civil engineer, and her brother Royal,
Royal is 15. There is only a year or
50 difference betwen his age and his
sister's, and this, combined with the
They Filed from the Terrible Appar
ition,
necessity of living in the suburbs
somewhat off the beaten path, made
excellent chums of them, always
eager for the excitement which rare
ly came to Nutley, and always ready
to Invent a new amusement when
things got fearfully slow
Returning the Intersection of
Grant and Passaic avenues: it did
not take Miss Elsle and Brother Roy-
al very long to notice this as an ideal
lurking place for a ghost and to de
cide that the spot was worth devel
oplog. Their home Is not far away
from there It 1s the nearest house
to the corner, in fact, so the children
had every opportunity to carry out
their plans without much fear of de-
tection
First It was only a simple little
ghost story they told. Royal supply-
ing the curdles, about a wild, flap
ping specter that moaned and
shrieked, somewhere down near the
stunted firs
That was several weeks ago. No
body else had seen the ghost, and the
story didn’t make the slightest impres-
sion, even In Nutley, at first
A few nights later two young men
belonging to that race which above
all others feeds upon superstition, came
I. L. BENJAMIN,
Palater, Decorator and Paperhanger.
Flowbolam work dos prompty str
to
5
| across the
| path In the fleld leading
{ from the
backwoals, passed through
the gateway and thence down through
| the Erove of ove rhanging
ward the stunted firs
An’ so Ah Bays
elms to
one of them was
Mist" Small ‘Ah
Why yo' carries dat rab
She cain't do yon no good,
nor Kee p off no hoodoo Ah
done come to de exclusion dere ain't
uo such thing as a’ —hoo—
00—00— Lordy!
The two young men had fled in ter
ror. Not three feet from where they
bad stopped. turned tall and vanished
stood un ghost. It was medium height,
very shapely, and dressed in white
Fhe draped arms flapped somewhat
mechanically as the ghost turned
from side to side to the accompani
ment of most curdling croaks
Presently the ghosl RIew tired of
flapping its arms The two Negroes
were miles away, maybe, and prom
#Ull going Silence reigned
again in the vicinity of the stunted
fir
But it wasn't for very long
Hog gayly as he strode
Qae of Nutley's
unmarried men
Somewhere in the dark shadow of
the fir something seemed to whisper
to something else that it was Mr. So
and-So on his way to call on Miss
Sew-and-Sew
Yes,” the two somethings in the
shade seemed to say in unison, "let's
see what happens to him."
The ghost arms flapped excitedly,
and Mr. Scand So stopped whistling
and sank down. Then he sat up
and yelled once—twice Then he, too
vanished in the wake of the, presum
ably, still running colored men
Silence was restored once more in
| the vicinity of the firs and overhang
ing elms Half a mille away Miss
| Sew-and-Sew sat alone in the best
| parlor and expected company that
| failed to show up
| saying
caln't gee
i Lit foot
{ nohow,
Ah savs,
no way
ably
Whist
along, came
most prominent young
After two evenings of this sort of
thing, Nutley knew all about the Pas
| ale avenue ghost believed,
{others didn't. Among the latter was
[ chet Knabb, of the Nutley police de
| partment
| On the third evening
Brandreth, sexton of the
| chureh, was walking home from pray-
ler meeting when the specter os
sayed to scare him. Sexton Brand
{reth is a good man. He sidesetpped,
{let go with a right swing and bangel
the ghost In the eye. Down It went
| for the count, a tangled mass of white
linen, bed-sheets ovesspreading one
lof those nice plump wire dummies
{on which the dessmakers fit gowns
| for display. Then Sexton Brandreth,
{alter adressing a few words of ad-
vice in the direction of the stunted
firs went home
And that was the end of the Nut
ley ghost. Caught with the goods on
them, as they made their way home
that night, the two Symonds con-
spirators laughed at the joke they
had "had at the expense of some of
the most prominent young people In
the town It ts even sale to assert
that If she only would, Miss Elsie
could give a list of young men who
are mortally afrald of ghosts, no mat-
ter how brave they look In daylight
Hut she won't tell. Neither will the
victims
R. H. DRISLANE,
Contractor and Builder
Plans snd Estimates Furnished
210 Miller 8.
goog
Some
Thomas
Methodist
appearance of
y y under the eyes? Too
frequent desire to pass urine? If so
Ww ' Kidoey Pills will cure you.
Semple Free. iy mal he od by
Cleveland, 0. Bold by CM. Drigge,
Very Low Rates
Colonist tickets are now on sale via
Erie Railroad to the Pacific Coast and
other western points. These rates are
extremely low, and will be in effect un-
til Oct. 30th. All people desiring to get
to the far west should take advant
these rates. Call on Rrie Ticket
Agents, or J. H. Webster, Div. Pass. Agt.,
Elmira, N. Y.
Sterling, Dockash,
Happy Thought
and Lehigh Stoves
and Ranges
From $10 to $75.
We repair stoves
and furnaces.
BOLICH BROS.,
HARDWARE
It Eats Up Rust.
6-5-4 will make an old,
rusty Stove, or Stove
Pipe, look like new, be-
cause it eats up rust,
When you get ready to
set up your Stoves, this
Fall, givethemalla coat
of 6-5-4; itis applied like
paint, will not rub off
and shines itself. Italso
pL EE TT
SINE LUSTA
E111 ST
If your dealer hasn't it, Bolich Bros. have
Carpet Cleaning
H. A. Perry's carpet cleaner is
now in operation at the Wilson
Laundry on Waverly street, Waver-
ly, N.Y. Prompt service, reason-
able rates, all work guaranteed. Both
‘phones,
CEMENT SIDEWALKS
When you want a cement side-
walk laid in a first-class, durable
manner, call on Simeon Davis, You
tical experience.
all kinds. Simeon Davis, Olive St.,
Sayre,
ALEX D. STEVENS,
INSURANGE AND REAL ESTATE.
Loans Negotia Insurance Writ
lected, Taxes Paid.
ROCHE y, ELMER BLOCK
BOCKHARYT BT. SAYRE.
Subscribe for The Record.
LENIGN AND SCRANTON
COAL
At the Lowsst Possible Prices.
Afternoon and Evening.
JOE W. SPEARS’
“First Aid for the Melancholy"
THE IRISH PAWNBROKERS,
With the Original Team
Murphy 8& Murphy
—
Prices—Matinee, 15 and 325. Evening,
25, 35 and be,
Waverly.
LAWS & WINLAGK,
Attorneys and Counselors
at Law.
A GENERAL LAW BUSINESS
TRANSACTED.
LAWS’ BUILDING, 119 DESMOND ST,
Valley Phone 180-A. Sayre,
DR. A. &. REES, M.D,
100 Lake 56. West Sayre.
EE
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ner where The Valley Rec-
ord does not circulate
Administrator's Notice.
Letters of administration on the es-
tate of John H. Mills, deceased, Iste of
Boro. of Sayre. Pa., having been granted
the undersigned, notice is hereby given
that all persons indebted to said estate
are roquested to make immediate herd
ment, and all persons having elai
against it must present them duly an-
thenticated for settlement.
L. B. DENISON,
Sayre, Aung. 27, 1008. Administrator,
Nope taken for
less than 25 cents. Situations wanted,
free to paid-in-advance subscribers,
For Sale.
A house and lot with three acres of
land and a fruit orchard, three
miles from Atéens. Will be sold cheap.
Apply to Mary J. Wanzer. 128-3w
For sale cheap for cash or on easy
terms, or exchange for Sayre improved
realty, 70 acre Sheshoquia-valley farm,
Burton Macafes, Washington, Do 4
-m
A In of 178 acres in Oturton Jowu-
ship for sale or exchange for v lage
roperty in Athens or Sayre. Good
nildings and fruit on the P
Apply or address C. A. Heavener, R. PF.
D. No. 24, Athens, Pa. 123-1m*
New 6-room house, all conveniences,
$1900; six minutes walk from postoffice,
Inquire A. J. Green, 525 Stevenson
Bayre, 111-¢
A portion of or Old Bats:
stead property yre, re
M. Thompson, 209 dng Ba;
Pa. » 1038m
Several houses and lots for sale in doe
sirable locations in town, Terms to
suit purchasers. Inquire of W, GQ.
Behrier, Maynard Block, Athens, 30 f
ee —
Wanted,
2 housskeeper that ania sa Shela
the country. Address Box Sa,
Pa. 1208
A competent girl for general honse-
work; no laundry work. A ly imme-
diately at 304 Chemung St. Waverl a
1
First class dressmaking at reasonable
prices. Apply at 814 Desmond Bt. 118
A girl for general housework. En- 4
quire 503 Lincoln street. 8
For Rent
Ba: Foul, office rooms in the Wheeloug
Two offices for rent in the &
Page block. Te
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House for rent, Elm street, Wa:
near Main street car line, Deanrnle
house for amall family, Immediate pos
session, $12.60 per month, mires
Chemung s Green Houses, 414 Che-
mung street, Waverly, N. Y* 119
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