The Valley Record W. T. CAREY, Editor. Published every afternoon except Sundays at 203 West Lockhart street, $3.00 per year: 25¢ Advertising rates reasonable, and made known on application. Entered as second-class matter May 1905, at the postoflice at Sayre, under the Act of Congress of 3, 1879. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1907 WATER) Frank E ‘Wood, Representative, News and advertising matter may loft at Gregg's Racket Store, Wav- . W Towner has returned to Wav- erly after a trip to Buffalo Greggs Racket store will be open Wednesday evening ~ Valentines—our usual Greggs Racket store, George Newman of Owego, was calling on Waverly friends yester- large line. “The Lyric Glee Club will go to John Tobin of Addison, was the .H. C. Wald of Elmira, Is visiting ‘The ladies’ auxiliary of the P. O 8. of A. served dinner today in the W.C.T. U. hall. So J. F. Shoemaker and E D. Sebring Were In Owego yesterday on business before the surrogate’s court There was an attendance of 291 at the Methodist Sunday school last Sun- day. This 1s about 40 over the aver- The Misses Mack entertained a number of friends at a card party at thelr home In South Waverly evening. last A party of Waverly young men went 8 Dushore, Pa. last evening to attend a dance. They returned home {his forenoon. The weather was supposed to be coldest of the year this morning, t Judge Shoemaker states the low- if temperature was 6 below zero .poon foday the temperature stood at 2 degrees helow that is due at morning. No 7 | early hour this morning went ‘through after No. 26 should have .. While the train that is due :30 In the morning went through od home from Port Byron N Y, Jere he spent the past ten days Mr Waverly—He is a very attractive young man and his place of business ts on upper Broad street. Last even- ing while sitting therein, a girl. a member of the “Arrival of Kitty” com- pany, came past, and being attracted by the pleasing appearance of the oc- cupant of the room she stopped. Then seeing no reason to feel discouraged she approached the door started to open it. at the same time striking her knee against the pane of glass that was in the door. The glass could pot withstand the rude assault, even from a charming member of the “Ar- rival of Kitly’ company gave away and was entirely demolished The young man did nol exactly ap- prove of this informal method of en- tering the room and explained that fact The girl insisted that she was pot more than hall responsible for but insisted that the man irresistable at- traction had caused her to act as she did. and that he should therefore stand a portion of the damage He of felt sufficiently flattered, agreed to such a division of respon- sibility, and on that basis the matter settled while the girl hastened away to participate in the perform- the company at the the hasty eatry himself by his course was ance of opera house IMBIBING AGRICULTURIST WENT TO SLEEP IN SNOW, Was Locked Up By Chief of Police But Was Discharge This Morning. Waverly—Yesterday an agricultur- ist who resides in the rural districts in the vicinity of Waverly wandered into Waverly partook of large quantities of the liquid that is calcu- lated to place a man in a position where his bump of location leads him astray astray for he found a nice soft snow bank, and proceeded to lie down and He hag been in that position for some time sleeping the sleep that speedily brought him into the pres- ence of that justice who takes care of the plece of the community, for chief of Brooks came along raising him from his spowy pillow carried him to the town hall where he was locked up until this morning He given a hear ing and allowed to depart for his own fireside and He seemed to have been led snooze police soon and was LITTLE INTEREST IN TOWN ELECTIGN. Small Vote Being Polled Today—Ab- sence of Any Contest and In. clement Weather Respon. sible, voters of the not come out Waverly—The did town in any great num- bers to exercise thelr right of suf- frage in the town election today There was practically no contest {it being generally conceded that the Re- publicans would elect officer with the possible “result of one jus- tice of the peace. G H. Grafft, one of the Democratic nominees for jus- tice polled a good sized Many Republicans working for him, dnd it thought by some that he will be elec’ d. Inasmuch as there is on- ly the one polling place In the town and the weather was very cold many stayed away who would have come ut had It not necessitated so long a every vote were ” “What Happened Jones.” From Investigating Wreck. Frank M Baker, Raliroad Commis- stoner of the State of New York, was in Sayre yesterday afternoon for the purpose of making an Inquiry into the Freeland —Dan Cupid had an excit- ing race belwween Coaldale and Mauch Chunk, when Annie Smith hastening to join her lover, was over- taken by telegraph and returned to her father, Michael Smith. Miss Smith, who is 17 years of age and the handsomest girl in the min- ing village, wanted alterably opposed learning that his daughter had planned an elopement, Smith Satur- day rushed to the central station and appealed to the officials to catch his daughter, who had left thirty minutes eariter on a trolley car. He declared that she had with her $200 in cash and that she intended to join Bobena, with whom she Intended to elope The half hour start gave a test of speed to a messenger boy at Mauch Chunk, who was charged with the delivery of a telegram The father was almost frantic with anxiety until this evening, when Con- stable Julius Kohler arrived in Coal- dale accompanied by the girl Kohler received The telegram in time to meel the Coaldale trolley on the outskirts of town and before the trysting place reached Miss Smith had the $200 with her and returned it to the father Was BLEW OUT ALTAR CANDLES, Insane Man Creates Commotion In Church at Corry. Corry, Pa—There was great excite ment at St Thomas’ Catholic Church during 8 o'clock mass Sunday morn- ing. when an insane man walked down theaisle, entered the gates to the sanctuary and began to blow out the candles Father Tracey kept on saying mass and the feilow then stood alongside of him and began to wave his hands in the air and calling out “Ladies and gentlemen~ and began an incoherent ramble Some of the congregation slipped out and called a policeman and the fellow was locked up He gave his name as Jim Crane, 26 years old, and resides a few miles from here on a farmi. He 1s held pending an inves- tigation as to sanity BAN ON THAW ARGUMENTS. Discussions of Murder Trial Atlantic City—In order to OWS prevent which in some Instances have followed discussions of the Thaw murder trial, proprietors of many saloons along Atlantic Avenue have posted notices in the barrooms that such discussions will be followed by ejectment of those who take part Printed notices placing a ban on such discussions have been placed alongside of notices which prohibit religious and political discussions The notice reads: “Patrons are re- quested to avoid referring to the Thaw trial in the barroom. Those who violate this rule will be promptly ejected” SLOT MACHINES ROUTED. 7.000 From Schuykill County. Pottsville—The crusade pf the Schuylkill Law and Order Soclety has resiited in over 7000 nickle-in-the- slot gambling machines being driven out of this county. The borough Council of Minersville, has just order- ed some fifty of these machines out of that town It Is estimated that there were sev- eral hundred thousand dollars tled ap In the gambling machines, which took even the money of children on their way to Sunday school VICTIM OF HIS PROPHECY. Dies From the Cold. Reading—The blizzard of the past week proved to be the undoing of “Teddy,” a groundhog belonging to Charles F. Eckert of this city. Mr. Eckert had the animal confined In his back yard. A large box was used as his quarters during the bad weather On groundhog day the members of Mr. Eckert's family watched to see whether the beast would make his appearance It did so shadow Since that time the groundhog was not seen until today, when upon investigation it was found lifeless and when it" saw ite box BURNED RY MOLTEN CINDER. fo New’ York. Harrisburg—A resolution is pend- [lng in the Senate at Harrisburg that | may contain the germ of a much- ineeded reform in Pegnsyivania It is ia modest request from Senator Tus- Un, acting for the Prison society, for ‘a commission to investigate the pres- ent condition of the penal and re |formatory Institutions of the State land to suggest legisiation thereon iTo this end a moderate sum Is asked to defray the cost of such an inquiry as is intended On the surface this resolution Is perfectly harmless. may be productive of much ‘good and ought to be passed. but this is the very least that can be ‘sald for it If the proper appoint- ments should be made to the commis- sion, It would present arf opportunity to bring Pennsylvania abreast the times in the matter of modern peno- logy, to remove the reproach that is at present attached to its name in the field of social philan- thropy, and to accomplish a great good for the State and its people It will not be disputed that the State is behind the times in the man- agement of its jails, prisons and peni- tentiaries, and In the direction of de- veloping the reformatory and deter- rent instead of the purely punitive ‘aspects of legal discipline. Many of the county fails are not worthy of the jtate or of the age in which we live a are backward in applying the in- termediate sentence, the parole and the probation systems which have been so beneficial in other States. The lack of a suitable reformatory for women has long been felt, and the ‘absence of any responsible State board of control has another weak point in the prison system of Pennsylvania The appointment of such a commis- sion as is suggested in Mr Tustin's resolution would afford an opportun- ity to ascertain actual conditions here and In other states, and for the dis- passionate discussion of these Import- ant problems of prison management It is far better that reforms should be brought about in this deliberate and thoughtful! than under the pressure of public scandal apd excite- ment, and it is hoped that the legisia- tors will see the matter in this light and provide for the inquiry science and been way SAW HIS WIFE KILLED. Woman Driving te Meet Hushand Run Dewn by Train. Danville—Mrs. William Bell of {Toby Run Hollow almost in- |stantly killed Saturday evening when the sleigh in which she was riding |was struck by a Lackawanna passen- |ger train at the hospital crossing Mrs Bell was driving to Danville to meet her husband, who works at that place, and although the engineer saw her and blew the whistle, =he neither saw nor heard the train until too late ithe engine striking the horse and sleigh squarely, killing the horse in- stantly and throwing the woman a distance of fifty feet The husband was sufficiently near ithe crossing to witness the accident ‘and reached his wife's side just as ishe expired was Quits Lehigh Valley Service. Allentown—Michael J Lennon, for- merly of Allentown, and a native of Hokendaqua, has resigned from the {Lehigh Valley Railroad after a ser {ce of forty years. He was located iat various times at Allentown, Cata |saqua, Packerton, Buffalo and Lizard {Creek Junction and for a number of years was superintendent of Pler No {2, North river, New York city He will go with the ew York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, and will be located at Providence, R. 1 Mr. Lennon served ag a member of the Legislature from Lehigh in 1893 and 1897 county Needle in Woman's Stomach Wilkes-Barre—After being in her body for several years a broken nee !die one and a half inches loug has been taken from the stomach of Mrs A. J. Harter, near here | She believes that the needle entered her arm several years ago and that unknown to her the broken section iremained in the flesh. A few days {ago she began to suffer severe pains lin the lower portion of the abdomen and the physicians [er {formed an operation and found the {needle It was badly corroded an [had stuck in the wall of the stomach of Nescopeck yesterday | Bonnets for Brittany Babies The baby bonnets of Hrittany are | marvels of art. Some are trimmed | with gold lace and pearls, and on the | side often Is a little sachet or cockade | wherein the devout mother places a sentative citizens of Chester sat in the Chester Opera House 4 to € o'clock Saturday afternoon and lis- tened to forceful expressions of views on the local option bill being consid- ered by the Legislature, the principal speakers being State Treasurer Berry and SE Nicholson, State superinten- dent of the Anti-Saloon League Mr. Derry sald in part: — I am not here to argue the saloon question. [ am arguing for the re- establishment of home rule. We have been drifting and turning this and that over to the Government It is all a msitake. We should bring back the rights into the hands of the peo- pie. This and other questions con- cern individual liberty. Do not vote what the other fellow thinks, but vote what you think yourself. You have a right to instruct your legislators. | have the profoundest faith in the cleaniiness and justice of the citizen- ship of Pennsylvania Say what you want at the polis There is no rum hole in Chester or any other city that is not a pestilence. Local option is exactly what we want The people should have the right to decide the liquor question - Mr. Berry said he thought the bill would Pass the Legislature COLLEGE FOR SCRANTON! Clty May Get a Share of the Great Rockefeller Gift. Scranton—That Scranton will event- ually be the seat of a college or university seems now to be an ac- cepted facet Despatches yesterday are to the effect that a slice of the $32,000 009 to be given to the General Education Board of John D. Rocke- feller, will come to this section Mr. Frederick T. Gates, the secre- tary of the board, andounced semi- officially that Scranton would receive heeded attention The following despatch came last night: — On of the localities which the board's secretaries say is sadly io need of a college is Scranton, Pa, in that city and within a radius of twen- ty-five miles there are, it was sald, 750.000 persons. The absence of an institution of higher learning is re- flected in the fact that there are only about one-fourth as many men going to college from that district as aver- age from other districts where there institutions - This city is considered an ideal site technical school are jor a THIS BILL WOULD REDUCE COURT FEES. Representative Sprowls Against Petty Sults “Going Up.” A bill introduced into the state leg- last week by Representative Sprowls, and referred to the commit- tee on judiciary general, wiil If pass- ed have a wide effect in local courts of justice throughout the state. The bill is framed with the purpose in view of lessening the number of pet- ty cases sent by justices of the peace into the higher courts which has had the effect. not only in Bradford coun- ty, but all over the state, of congest- iug the business of county court, and delaying the consideration of more important suits Local justices of the peace have re- copies of the Sprowls bill which reads as follows That from and after the passage of this act, all actions before justices of the peace and aldermen in this Com- monwealth arising from contract either express or implied and for tres- trover and conversion and ren’ the sum demanded shall not $25 judgment In such cases shall be final and conclusive and no appeal can be taken therefrom to the court islature ceived pass where exceed of common pleas Al ace or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby re- pealed Section 2 Can't Catch Fish By Hand. Judge Trexler of Lehigh, has refus- ed to allow an appeal in the case of 0 J. Smoyer, Edward Neward, Amos Arudt, Charles Funk and William Smoyer, from the summary convle- tion before Aldermen Fray for viola- ting fish laws. The first named his dam and many “suckers and pike were taken out. The court declared the miller had the right to raw off the water of his dam, but he had no right to take the game fish that he found in the dam. “It i€ true that the Ash might have died If the dam had been entirely drained, but the same fate awa'led them in the hands of the defendants sald the The cat is designed for the preservation of fish and If the drain- ng of mill dams and the taking of game fish from the same by hand Is not in violation of the act, I fear that the cleaned court a cent. a cent all prices. A Sure Cure for Piles Mr F. S Randall of No. so East Mala St, Lavoy, N. Y_, writes Hioodise Ointment hae Ong oy ougianmg Migr con 8 positive guanalee Bloodine Ointment. jt aut busting talve lo The Nerid. Tt will pos] SOLD BY C. M. DRIGGS, SAYRE. CENTRAL TRAIN WRECKED. locomotive Explodes Near Chester, Mass, Damaging Houscs Far Of. CHESTER, Mass, Feb 14 « Three trainmen were lbjured, one probably fatally, by the explosion of the boller of a locomotive dragging a heavy freight train on the Boston and Al bany division of the New York Central railroad near here J. Murphy of Albany, N. Y of the train, was injured and fearfully scalded. Harry Robarge of Springfield, fireman, was badly scalded, and E. Hutchinson of Albany was scalded, cut and bruised The cause of the explosion has not yet been determined. It is supposed to be due either to low water ln the boller or to defective construction While the train was proceeding up a heavy grade a quarter of a mile east of the Chester station there was a tre mendonus sudden shock, and the great boiler was rent asunder, Windowsz In houses within a radius of a quarter of a mile were broken by the concussion, while huge pieces of steel weighing 500 pounds were thrown as many feet Eugineer Murphy was crushed under the wreckage of his locomotive and wis scalded by the escaping steam Harry Robarge, the fireman, was making his first run when the accident happened. He also was badly scalded as was Head Brakeman Hutchinson All of the Injured were taken to the hospital at Springfield, where It was said that all would probably recover with the exception of Engineer Mur. pliy. who is believed to be fatally hurt ., engineer internally TROOPS AFTER REVOLUTIONIST, Rebel General Who Landed In Vene- sucla Liable te Be Shot, CARACAS, Feb 1 It 1s reported that government forces fromm Bolivar and Maturin are hotly pursulng Gen eral Parades, who Is reported to bave landed at Pedernales and started to ward Bolivar with only twenty He undoubtedly will be crushed Preparations for this uprising have been In progress for weeks, General Parades salled from New York in De cember to Trinidad, but owing to the British colonial government's alertuess men nied Anal decree against warlike move. ments ou the Island be wax compelled to go to French Guiana with his firty or sixty followers Parades Ix credited by friends with baving 83,000 rifles, two steamers and plenty of funds to start the revolution. To spur him on he has the memory of three years spent in prison by Cas tro's order. He served lu the army under President Andrade and as com mander at Puerto Cabello resisted Cas- tro, "even after the latter's trinmph was certain His imprisonment fol lowed. Since belug st free he has spent most of his time in Trinidad” Girls Tried by Court Martial, MOSCOW, Feb, * The election here was a struggle between the Coustity- Williams' Kidney Pills. Have you neglected your Kidneys? Have your overworked your nervous system and caused trouble with your Kidoeys and Bladder? Have you pains in the loin, side, back, grolns and Bladder? Have you a flabby ap- der the eyes? Too frequent desire to pass urine? If so, Willlams' Kidoey Sample Free By mall, Sold by Druggista 50e. O. Sold by C. M. Driggs. druggist ee —— ~W. P. Smeaton, UPHOLSTERING Repairing and Refinishing. ELIZABETH ST. Waverly, . . N.Y. Chas. H. Larnard, CONTRACTOR, CARPENTER AND BUILDER. Plans drawn and estimates given, ilardwood and Stair Work a specialty. All Work Promptly Attended to, Shop and Residence, 58 Lincoln Street, Waverly, Bell ‘phone EE SE SS L.EBAKER CARPENTER AND BUILDER. ML ——— 17 Pleasant SL. Waverly, N. Y, Rates: —Wanted, Lost, Found, For Sal etc, 3% cent a word each in- sertion for the first three times, 3 cent a word each Insertion there after. None taken for less than 25 In advance subscribers. WANTED, A good gir] for general housework. Mrs. PaulE. Maynard, Pa. Wanted —A competent girl for gén- eral housework. Mrs. C. F. Spencer, J27 Chemung street, Waverly 234-8 Housekeeper, widow or unmarried age. Will make a good home for right party or pay good wages. Ad- dress “X.” Record office, Sayre, Pa. Wanted—Experienced table girls at the Wilbur House. 3t Girl Wanted for general housework. Inquire 109 Packer avenue, Sayre, Pa 209-1 LOST. Lost—Gold watch. turned to 405 South Elmer avenue, in rear 233-6t* EE FOR SALE. At Waverly, N. Y., bullding lol, con- venient to car line, large enough for double house or 2 single houses. For particulars, Apply at 126 Chemung street, Waverly, N. Y. 22¢-Im Several houses and lots for sale in esirable locations In town. Terms to sult purchasers. Inquire of W. G. Schrier, Maynard Block, Athens 39-1 EE FOR RENT, A Suite of rooms at No. 5 Linco. street, Waverly. Call at premises. 228-6* No. 4268 South Wilbur, at once, Mod ern conveniences, gas and gas range. $15.00 per month. Enquire C. C. West. 217-f Reward if re- UE Lehigh Valley wreck which oc- church at Port Byron and oe- [curred to train No. 157 near Spencer the pulpit at that church for [on Friday. Mr. Baker was accom- panied by an assistant and the evi- dence of several witnesses was taken Several local Lehigh officials also tes- tified. Mr Baker did not divulge his findings was formerly pastor of the Workman Fell Asleep and Car of Hot |. of consecrated wafer Boys’ caps Ashes Was Dumped on Him. | are ornamented with tassels aad pow Norristown, Pa—John Popick, of | Pons. Swedeland, died at the Norristown Pree! Pree! Hospital after being horribly burned | ACT Col % by molten cinder at Swodes Furnace Conn., writes that a free sample bot- at Swedesland Saturday. {tle of Bloodine helped her when she He was employed at the furance, and was all run down. Bloodine Is a growing tired sat down on the warm | builder and system tonic of won- cinder at the bottom of the dump to |derful merit, and If you have not tried rest. He fell asleep and was nearly (It, you should today. burned alive under = load of red hot tional Democrats and Soclalists, and the probability is that nelther party secured an absolute wajority. Strong forces of police were massed In the vi cinity of the polls, and nll agitation | was suppressed. Another search for | Good for Medicine. bombs at the Moscow Female univer | sity has resulted In unfitled | $1.50 to $3.00 per gallon. ones belng found. Elght girl students arrested in connection with the threat | Imported Macaroni Se to 10¢ per pound, of the terrorists to execute the death JOMN PECKALLY, sentences Imposed upon Count Igoa: Elisabeth Street, Waverly. provements. Inquire at this office 147-1 IMPORTED OLIVE OIL. in some cases mill dams will be kept remarkably clean and have frequent emtyings. [| um of the opinion that catching fish by hand is a violation of the act’ William's Carbolic Salve With Arnica and Witeh Hasel The best Salve Io the world for Cuts, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Tet- ter, Chapped Hands and aM skin several Pinkerton detectives are trying to locate the gang of safe crackers who have been working In Luzerne and tleff, Géheral Pavlolt, General vou der Laoanits and Governor Alexandroveky have, it Is sald tried Ly drum.
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