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This Is the Place
CTo Buy Your jewelry s
v Nothing" in Town to Compare WilliX
112 the Quality that We are Giving* J
/ You lor the Low Price Asked. N
Cf Quality and moderate prices makes a force that
3 irresistibly draws into our store the best
{ ot this section. Many years here in business, always )
} with a full line of goods above suspicion; chosen C
(witli a care and judgment commensurate with its 1
\ desirability and adaptability to refine laste, makes \
{ our store a safe place to invest. 112
p Repair work done on short notice and gtiajran- q
\teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated. X
S RETTENBURY, f >
Sous HO RE, FA. The Jeweler
COL HARDWA^E^
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No Place Like this Place
For Reliable
STOVES and RANGES,
COAL OR WOO D
HEATERS;
ONE OF WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS.
House Furnishing Goods, Toois of Every
Description, Guns and Ammunition.
Bargains that bring the buyer back.
Come and test the truth of our talk.
A lot of second hand stoves and ranges for sale cheap.
We can sell you in stove? anything from a fine Jewel Base j
Burner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove.
Mot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and
General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting.
The Shopbeli Dry Good Co.,
313 Pine Street,
WILL! AMS PORT, PA.
Nev Dress Goods
For Spring.
ARE ON DISPLAY.
Kxcell them ? Impossible! Equal tlunr? Try! Wei
a . proud ( 112 our selection —eager t r you to see them —I
confident o! your approval.
Foi with a jrreat cure we have picked and cho.-en and purchased. and know
tlia' ilier «ii' not to lie found tnore worthy and ln-autit'ul representatives ol the new
est and best in Spring I'ress (louds.
Novelty atnl e.xclu-iveness arc-the feature.- of ilie rarest combinations of weaves
collor- 1 anil etleet evei manufactured are included. Certainl) the display is the -it
perior ot any in this section,and you need jro im further in your search tor modish
fabrics < I the moment. Make vour seleetion- earl) when the fabrics, the weaves,
the color combinations and the prices are sure to delight you.
Wide Material for Tailored Suit
We are showin;: an exceptionly larj."' collection of."D to.V. inch fabric- lor
■ lackel Suits in the new'stripe-, i iiccka and lane) mike I material-, some excellent
value- at s| iNiaud $1 -•"» a yard.
Plain and Fancy Panamas.
Panamas are now ; reep«jnized as one ot the very best materials made tor ,-er\ ice,
and then ihey are stylish. We have them in all the plain colors and fancy mixed
and over plaid checks.
ALL WOOL BATISTE MIXED SUITING.
lii ah the new dark and evening shades. We !m . n-tdv to show von the mos,
I'lieie i- no belter fabric made lor ine.\ , , . . , •
, ,i . ,!■ ii i complete me ol lancv mixed suitings and
pen.-ne dressv wear than this all wool 1
batiste for plain labries you will find anywhere lor
50c 50c
Subscribe for the Newsltem
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I' M P." * '
ui a Dollar Cauescd Death.
j W a quarter of a dollar lightly.'
; wedged in his esiqihagus, tlie tube
leading from the mouth to thestom- |
, ach, little Leo Roberts died at tlit* j
hospital at Havre Saturday.
A week previous the baby but!
j two years of ago, was playingon the i
floor at the parents' homo at .Mild
nil, fa. Tin- mother knew the child !
! was playing with the money and I
] suddenly she heard him make a
j peculiar noise. She rushed to his j
jsi.le, and missing the i|tiarter, |
! realized he had swallowed it. lie'
was taken to the hospital, hut before !
In- arrival the \ ray machine lm»i j
| been thrown out of commission hy I
j the insulation burning the |
] primary and secondary coils. This I
j made it impossible to take a radio- j
j graph picture of the cliilds body and !
j ascertain the exact location of the j
silver coin. < >ll the following day)
jtiie little boy was taken to Klmira j
| and examined by Dr. Westlake '
: With the use ot the X-ray machine j
I the physician decided that the quar
ter was located in the right lurig. i
j Then lie was taken back to Say re j
and 1 »r. 11. < Mt. after an exaiiiin
i ition, disagreed with the diagnosis |
jof l»r. Westlake. Dr. (Mt decided j :
J that the quarter was too large to
I enter the lungs. <>n the following |
day 1 >r. ott operated. He first pass- j
ed an instrument into the esophagus
hut from what has since been ascer- i
tained it i< known that they .simply j 1
slipped past the coin, for it was !
tightly wedged into the tit lie with j !
one edge turned straight up toward | 1
the mouth. Xe\t 1 »r. <M t opened the | 1
cliilds stomach lint the coin was not j
there. Since that time the cfiild had j '
grown weaker, refused to take food, j
his lungs seemed to fill as though he j (
had pneumonia, and at four o'clock | 1
Saturday morning he died from ex \ 1
haution. A postmortem examination '
was made and the quarter was found J
tightly wedged in the esophagus jus!"| '
beneath the upper end of the breast J I
hone.
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Jurors lor May Termol Covrt. i
utto Halir, John Collins, Ldward 1
t'asenian, Henry Donahue, William I
Pairchilds, Ldwin (Sleekier, Charles i i
Hein/.e, Kdward Huffmaster, Irvin| (
llottenstein, Samuel llerst, Thomas | I
Jordan, Lyman Jackson. C. A John I
son, Henry M. Aellogg K/.ra Kceney | I
Lawrence Lowry, Henry McCarrell, j'
Nathan |Poters, (Jeorge \V. Potter.!'
D. W. I'ealer, William Power, Ly- i
man It. Speaker, Joseph Sick, Lewis ' I
Yonkin. j i
John Armstrong, Adam Bauiuunk !
Klmer Rigger, James Brenehly, |
Monroe P.ennett, John W. brown, |
Cliarh - Bishop, Thomas Crimmius,
John Cahill, Charles Carpenter,
William Collins, James Cunesnian,
Smith Drake, K. (Dunn. 1. N.
[John Parley, James Gainer,
Walter 11 ti fl':i m , t.eorge Ilartzig,
A'err W. Holmes, Itobert Ibatg,
A'imbel I lorn, t Seori;e Karge, (ieorge
! lviess. Albert Karge, Dennis Keefe,
Adam Kahl:ic, A. 1! Kilmer, Law
iit nee Lowry, 1!. K. L: llier, Will
imi Lowe, Dean Moiynenv, Hc-nry
It. Miuiir, .Mi Kin Mullen, Richard
May. .1. i). Mclntire. lames Met fee. j
l.lolni O'Neill, W illi no Narmeter, j
Prank Scliaad, Ira Shaffer, ' Willis
| Snider, jaciib Snyder, Pathaniel
Tompkins, lii'iiry Voglit, Jackson
j Williams, Colnier Wei-brod, Lew is
j y.aner
Senator Godcharles has introduced j
a bill at Ilarrishurg to repeal the I
| law of |st;7, which ri quires merch- \
ants to pay a tax of a dollar and a |
half lo the enmity treasurer of each •
county in which they are doing bus-!
iincss. The different Merchants'!
Association* of this State have been |
'endeavoring to have this law repeal- :
|ed for some time. If successful it j
twill not go into effect until 1900 j
That Pre-ident Roosevelt is strong- !
ei than ever with the voters of the j
fitter his recent controversey with!
with P.. 11. 1 larriman; that he is de- I
sired by a majority of the states us
the Republican candidate in inns,
and that there is danger of a Demo- ,
cratie triumph it any other candidate
than Mr. R iosevelt is chosen is the
consensus of opinion received in a
canvass of all of the states in the :
countrv outside of the south.
News Item.
PA. THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1907.
Givcrhor Signed 2-ccnt Fare Bill.
(Soveruor Stuart has signed the
Dunsmore bill fixing two cents as
, the maximum rate of fare on all
| steam railroads in the State. The
; new law goes into effect on Septeni
; ber 30 next.
In signing the bill, the Governor
ignored the written request of Presi
j dent MeCreti, of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, to disapprove it. lie dis
posed of the matter one day in ad
vance of the expiration of the ten
dav tiiii" limit for signing or vetoing
bills or permitting them to become
1 law without his signature.
In approving the measure the
Governor issued no statement giving
- his reasons,J apparently regarding
J I his as unnecessary in view of the
fact that the legislation was pledged
by the platforms of ail political part
| ies. Nor did he make public the
! letters received from President
i .McCrea.
The fact that the railroads made
no request for a final hearing before
the Governor was accepted as
indication that they had no hope of
obtaining a veto. There ,is high au
thority for the statement that coun
sel for one of' the largest, railroads
affected advised against such a hear
ing and advanced the argument that
it would he "useless and a mere
waste of time and energy."
The supposition here is that the
Pennsylvania Railroad will attack
the constitutionality ot the new law,
and that other roads will remain in
aetixe in the matter until the decis
ion on the first test case is handed
down by the court.it
was intimated by a well known cor
poration lawyer that the Pennsyl- !
vania would resist the law in the
courts on the point that it was not
affected because of its charter right
to charge a rite of three and one-half
cents per mile.
The two-cent law does not become
operative until September 30. It ;
provides that no railroad company i
shall demand or receive more than !
two cents fare per mile. The mini- j
mum fare charged by a company i
need not less than five cents.
Railroad companies are given the
right to collect an additional ten
cents on cash fares collected on trains
provided a rebate check is given the
passenger. This is the custom at
present on the Pennsylvania and one j
or two other roads. A provision in j
the law makes it optional .with rail
road companies whether partly used :
tickets shall be redeemed. Nothing
is said in the act regarding the re
demption of pickets purchased but
not used.
Violation of the act is [made pun j
ishahle by a fine on the offending
company of no' less than SI,OOO.
l itis is made to apply to each and
every offense. Suit shall
in the county in which an illegal
charge f.f re is made.
As explained the law applies t<>
all railroads in the State. There is
pending a measure exempting short
lines. Hy short lines the bill in
question refers to companies with
forty miles of trackage or less not
wwned or controlled by larger roads.
It is not improbable a new bill will |
be introduced to amend the bill sign
ed to-day to exempt such short lina
roads.
This will be done to put before
the courts the question whether the
Legislature may discriminate be
tween one road and another. Few
persons Relieve the Legislature
! may do this, but the amendment
! probably will be offered as a eon
! cession to the smaller roads.
I _
.Jonn Millard of Laquin, recent
ly was arrested by detective Guy
! (J. Hollon of Towanda. on the
j charge of forgery. A letter oon
i t.'lining a cheek for 850 was given
to Millard to take to the postoHlee
but instead of depositing the letter
at the ollice he opened it and took
I theic l'roin the check and forged
the name of the payee to the check.
Klias Sa vcreool. a contractor of La
quin. who had issued the check
swore out a warrant for the arrest
1 of Millard whom Constable Hollon
found at Monroeton. He was tak
-1 en to the To.vanda jail and locked
i up.
I
$25 Prise For Keeping Tidy Premises.
In order that the citizens of
Hughesville may have a special
stimulus to beautify the surround
ings of their properties Burgess
Townsend will give #25 iu gold for
the three most tidly kept premises
in town, divided in three prizes, one
J of #ls, and two of #5 each.
A committee of three ladies will
; be selected, who will keep a super
vision on the homes of those persons
who have entered the contest for
the prizes.
The Avis Advance says that 10.
Hertram Sylvia, engineer at the
Avis Cut Glass company's plant has
discovered a secret compound that
lias almost the same effect on coal
and ashes sis that discovered by John
PI more, of Altoona. Mr. Sylvia has
been working on the thing for about
II years, but was not able to perfect
it until about two weeks ago. He
has kept his secret quiet until he
could secure the time to give it a
thorough test.
Mr. Sylvia has been using the
preparation in the glass company,s
furnace and with about one-fifth of
a ton of coal and four-fifths of a ton
he can produce about five time the
amount of heat that a ton of coal
will produce. About 10 cents of the
compound will be all that is necess
ary to use for each toil of coal con
sumed. During the time the prepar
ation was used not a particle of smoke
issued from the big stack at the glass
works.
The amount of refuse from the
fire-box since Mr. Sylvia has been
trying his secret could be loaded in
an ordinary toy express wagon.
One feature about the preparation
which cannot be found in the Klinore
compound is that the firebox, flues
and stack are cleaned out to perfect
ion and shine like a silver dollar,
every particle of soot being con
sumed.
When asked what he was going to
do with his secret Mr. Sylvia said
he intended to have a factory built
and manufacture the article in Avis.
The largest all-steal freight car
ever built has been received by the
Lehigh Valley. The car was con
structed at Sayre. It is 100 feet long,
three times the length of an ordinary
car, and has four trucks, with .'l2
wheels, while the ordinary ear has
two trucks jmd eight wheels. The
monster car weighs about 250,000
pounds, nearly seven times as much
as the ordinary car. Ten thousand
rivets were required in building it.
John William Wood, Sr., invent
or of an improvement on car-facing
springs now in use on cars by all the
principal railways iu the country,
has just been retired at Altoona by
the Pennsylvania, because of ill
health, at the age of 60 years. Wood,
who was one of the most expert
machinists iu the service of the
Pennsylvania, invented over 100
tools and improvements on tools and
machinery, many of which have
been patented by the Pennsylvania
and [Hit in exclusive use in then
shops over the system. For three
years during the civil war, Wood
held the position of foreman of gun
boat repairs at League Island navy
yard. David P. Funk, another vet
eran employe of the Pennsylvania,
was also retired, having reached the
age limit, 70 years. Funk served
through the greater part of the civil
war. He was captured by the Con
federates and was almost within
sight of Lilihy prison, where he had
1 been doomed to imprisonment, when
he was retaken by the Union soldiers.
The bill introduced by Representa
tive Kiess of Lycoming and which
is now a law, providing a bounty of
j 75 cents for the killing of hawks,
| has led to a universal inquiry from
farmers and hunters as to the man-
I ner of collecting the bounty. When
a hawk is shot it must be produced
; before a justice anil the bounty i*
given to the man who killed and
j brought the hawk to the office.
1 After the justice has the sum he is
reimbursed by the county at the
' offlice of the county treasurer.
Mrs. James Tliall, of Cherry
township, died April 7 [at the "age
of 54 years. She leaves a husband,
two sons 'and one daughter. The
remains were iutered at Dushore
I Tuesday.
75C PER YEAP
BERNICE ITEMS.
Patrick White is a Wilkes-Barre
visitor this week.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Roberts or
Say re are calling on friends at this
place.
James Mellody was a Scran ton
visitor last week.
John Pendergarb was a Say re
visitor last week.
The woman in black is all the
rage at tins place and she is keeping
our streets in a normal condition as
far as the young people arc concern
ed for you will not see one around
after dark if we could only get some
one to take the old men in charge
there would be less mid.night oil
burnt and more happy woman and
we would have also a model vill
age.
The death of David Hymen son of
Mr. and Mrs. Hymen, age 15 years
and 8 months has cast a gloom over
our town, less than two weeks ago
he was enjoying himself along with
the rest ot his school mates lie wis
only sick a few days, last Wedncs
day Or. Hermann of Onshore was
called in consultation along with
Or. J. L. Brennan of this place and
they decided to send him to Wilkes-
Barre to undergo an operation. Ho
was taken on the morning train on
Thursday and was operated on that
day, the operation was successful
but he passed away on Friday morn
ing and was buried at Wilkes-Barrc
on Sunday. His parents brothers
and sisters have the sympathy of the
whole community in their bereave
ment.
As Buster was returning from a
surprise party on Thursday evening
he meet the woman in black at the
Bernice store but he did not putin
time talking to her so he cannot tell
whether she is tall or short or what
she is tor the distance between the
Bernice store and ('. E Jackson's
drug store v.:!! r.i'v.T be cover, d in
less time than it took him that night.
Since that night you cannot }><'t the
young man out after dark.
The following people met at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Deffen
bach of Mildred and tendered a sur
prise to their oldest son Louis; Misses
Bessie and Nellie Gallagher; Lucy
Hannon, Alice White, Bart
low, Nora Connors, Margaret Wat
son, Winnifred Deffenbach; jMesseiv
Tom and Frank Ramsay, Kugene
ana Clarance McLaughlin, Thomas
Walters, Fred Weaver, Robert Wat
son, < Jeorge Spence, William White,
Allen Anile, and Julius Meyer.
Another candidate from Bernice
C. K. Jackson for Prothonotary.
Sheriff Buck of Laporte wes serv
ing Juror notices here on Tuesday.
William P. Shoemaker of Laporte
was a business man at this place
Thursday.
The following were Onshore visit
ors last week; 0. Sehoonovcr; L. J.
Lowery; Allen Ande; Robert Wat
son; Patrick Hannon; William Col-
Ions; C. I"L Jackson ami 11. I'. Mc-
Laughlin.
MVNCY VALLEY.
Misses Murl and Vearl Jillson,
and Mr. Joseph Watts of Muncy
Valley visited the formert grand-*
mother Mrs. Margaret Mapes at La
porte over Sunday.
Miss Ruth Stroup is spending
some time at Mrs. Margaret Mapse's.
Miss Anna J learn of Onshore is
spending a few days with friends at
this place.
Misses Mabel Moran and Anna
Ilearn, and Mr. Joseph Watts were
callers at Miss Anna Karge's school
at Mt. V°rnon on Friday.
Mr. J. P. Miller was a Williams
port caller Saturday.
Born—To Mr. and Mrs. Finery
Smiter, April 7, a son.
Miss Klla Mapes of Laporte is
spending the Jweek with her sister
Mrs. L. F. Jillson.
Mrs. Oscar Stroup |*pcnt Wednes
day with her auut at Tivola.
Governer Stnurt has approved
the bill providing for the payment
i of $2 a day for two days and mile
age at the rate of three cents a mile
of school directors who attend the
annual county association of school
directors in Pennsylvania.