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"VOL. VIII.-NO. 3 09.
SHENANDOAH. PA.. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 10. 1893.
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Leads the Procession
Our furniture leads the pro
cession in style, quality and
price. We can mention what
we can offer you, but you must
see the articles yourself to'un
derstand what a, golden oppor
tunity it is. We offer an en
tirely new stock of Parlor suits
at $25.00 and upwards.
J. P. Williams & Son
. .It Eeenis absurd to think that. .
-Children's Hats and Caps,
Worth 50c, 75c, 90c, $1.00 and $1.25 will be sold -at the
extremely low price of 25 Cents, but they must leave the
store. Also Ladies' AVaists for 85c, 65c and 75c reduced
from 50c, 95c and 1.25. Sun Bonnets at 19c.
j Max Schmidt, j
116-118 North Main' Street, - Shenandoah, Pa. t
IITII M Will
HTTYTfl w a widower, and after the death of Mi.
Ivl YTi Valawage the tn became boarders In the
houso where tlie'tlrenilrui accident happeued,
It Did TerribJftAVork at Lost
Creek Nq. 2.
A BOLT KIM A MOURNER
Willi .lom'ph Vnlnnnge Ik Wrilni? flvrr
tlio Dentil r 1IU nithur l1icInrmJeuW
lentli to Iltm-Tho Lightning Aim
Wrecked ll House.
Now to make Hoom for
all
Goods !
I have concluded to sell off all the Russet Shoes
I have at a Big Reduction.
Children's Shoes, formerly $1.00, now 65 cents.
Children's Shoes, formerly $1.25. now 75 cents.
All kinds of Women's Russet and'
Oxford Shoes at and below cost.
14 South Main Struct,
JBig Inducements to Buyersaa
-AT THE-
People's
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Ladies' Black Oxford Tien, patent tip, 65c, elsewhere $1.00.
Ladies' Euteet Oxford Ties 7Cc, formerly $1,25.
Cbllds' Black Oxford Tlee 50c, cheap at 7fic.
Ladles' Foxed Gaiters...- 90o, reduced from S1.25.
Men's. Tennis Shoes only 40c.
121 North Main Street,
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Kow Fall Styles
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.Velvet, Tapestry-
Body Brussels.
AND
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HEW RAG CARPET!
Hew Oilcloths '
Liaoletixxis I
HATH followe In the
wake of the -visitation
of llghtningaad thun
der yesterday afternoon
and aused a must
strange accident to bo
recorded. Jseph 'V-al
awago lost his life
through the oflccts at a
lieJt of lluhtulnir. nd
at tho titno lie met his awful fato ho mis
sitting near the corpse of his latter. i
This dreadful affair occurred m a home at
Lost Crook No. 2, owned by Martin' Conuell
and oooiipiei by tho family of John Peter-
cliouis and several boarders. Tho victim, of
the bolt of lightning -and hit father .woro
among the hoarders.
t'xsaveri Valawage, the ftrthcr, wat in
jttred hy a ipremature explosion in Pwltcr
No. 5 colliery on Wednesday last, and was
takoa to tho Minors' Hospital, where ho
died Thursday morning. Tho remains woro
removed to tho boardlug house at Lost Greek
No. 2 on the eveniugof that flay and ropasod
iu an ice bos which ranted upon two stools in
the front room when tho storm arose yostcr
day.
Joseph, tho son. wes slttinc-on a bennk in
a room adjoining that in which the ccrpso
was when ithe stone was raging. Ho was
conversing vith a friend namod Sliiou
Wisnosky. Tho bench on which Joseph was
sitting was dose to tho chimney, which was
at me nortutast corner of tfco apartratnt,
All at onco-tbaro was a tremendous rmt. n
report afroraa battervof cannon. nml nlrn-ief
simultaneously tho honso quivered on its
iounaauons ana 1110 noar above tho two raon
seemed to be giving war under a.massnf r-k
which at the timo it was thought had falltu
upon tlio ikouse.
The next inttunt Joseph Vawago ley
acna iu srmt of the bench tinon nrhU, 1,
I Jiad been sitting. His companion was iu a
icap in a corner of tho room soreuning. for
"TO"- ut u. reporter last uglit tlit
he thought when the turrfUn event flr nnnn
bo was In some rodjiot furnaco.
People of the neighborhood rushed to the'
Sfloiio of death, being attracted by Wienosky's
screams. Tlio latter had regained his feet In
tba.mcantinio and stood in tho centre of tho
rosm dazed; in fact, ho had tlb appearanco
very .much like that of a mad man, and the.
neieuuors Hesitated about entering tho room.
When Wisnosky'g spell passed ho fell In a
heap upon the floor and tho neighbors wont
to his assistance. Ho was uuablo tn Rtuml
and an examination showed that his loft
ankle was badly sprained and tho leg ap
peared to bo paralyzed. Joseph Valawage
lay cold in death. Tho neighbors at first
thought ha was only stunned, but upon
turning him over upou his back they saw
that tho lightning had given him a death
stroke. The trousors had been Rtrinnfy! frnm
the body and a shoe that was held to ono of
the feet looked as if it had been chopped by
an as.
When a reporter visited tho housn nf .loot!.
Jast night ho found two Ico Ikmcs in the front
room. Ono contained the body of tho father
ana tne otticr that of tho son. Thv ra
sldo by tjde and seated around a tablo near
me boxes wero tho mourners. Tho building
showed tho terrihlo effects of tho lightning
Half or more of tho weather boards on tho
east side of the house had been stripped off.
Tho garret window casini? lud l.oen m
from tho fastenings and tho ceiling of tho
aparimont nan ueeu ripped off. Tho chim
ney, which was beside the window, was al
most completely wrecked. Ail the bricks
that bad projected above the roof lay ia the
yaw ana tne chimney radkod so badly from
the garret to the room in which Joseph
v Biuwuge mei nis death It must be torn down
and rebuilt. Tho ceilings and walls of tho
rooms on tho lowor stories wero badly torn
and bulged and presented an appearance
generally 10 tnose or a houso which has
suffered from tho caving In of a mine work.
mgs.
The bolt of lighting which killed Joseph
Valawage passed down the chimney, struck
the unfortunate man on the lower part of the
body, passed down his left leg, darted across
the room, knocked over the bench upon
wnicn anmony wisnosky was sitting, passed
through the wall, ripped off the wainscoting
of a room In the adjoining houso occupied by
Simon Shinkosky, stunned two men who
were sitting at the opposite sldo nf t)iA vneim
smashed five beer glast that were on a side
board and patted down into the eallar.
A bolt aUo entered the room In whleh the
remains of Onavexi Valawage ly. ft ripped
the ceiling md walls and cot a picture from a
frame as olean as if done v ith a sharp ku.n
ThFliturf bungabme ih( iiwi-l ,1 tlie
I'ox hut the box wh tint torn i. d.
Joseph Valawage, the victim of the light .1
nlug, was eighteen yeais of age. His father '
OBB'9 OBSERVATIONS.
Wltnt lit) Seed mill Itruts During I ll
TmvelH.
Shennmtoah has had so very little wet
weather this summer that no visible proof of
tho statement that "white stockings are
coming iu style analn" could be had. The
fashion papers havo insisted right along that
white In hosiery nts to lio tho tiling. Now,
ll&tlflQIv whnn ft. fit Itlnn luinor unnnllnriM llinl
suoh and such n tbtag is to bo tho stylo, the
cemnion man soon sees lor nimsoit wnotuer
it is or not! htlfc lnMzinir rain, in tlin twm nf
"whlto stockings, there ws notolling whetbar
alicimudoah women woro in style. Tho rain
of this week, howfvor, gavo proof that at
least a number of Shenandoah ladles aro in
stylo. Tho stjflo hi!t a pretty ono on a wet
day that's so of aKcroat maiiv gtvlna but
tlio style's the thingi and Shenandoah women
aro slyllsli
A butcher on Senth Main stroot, who Is full
of jokes, told me an amusing story rocently
about tho embarrassment of a uowlv-mado
brido. Tho latier'i hatband is emnlovod at
the Cambridge coljlery, and prides himself
upon having a helsiato that no merchant or
uuKKftivr can get uciicr oi in a uargaiu
Tho aforesaid bntoifer recently stopped at.thc
1'OsldenCO of tho fladv who bun rarvMiflc
assumeil the roll of "mistress of tho house"
on his usual round! with bis meat wagon.
She was very Hrtch rattled whon sho an.
t'KUHONAI.,
Wlllism C. Itiohards is on the sick list.
Dr. John Huberts, of lkltlmoie, Is In town,
the gurit of his parents.
Steplien Llndenrauth and Harry Jenkins
spent last evening In GHrardvlllo.
Mrs. Faust and shier, or I.lewellyu, aro
visiting their brother -iu law, William C.
Richards.
Miss Lena Ogdf n, of Ospe May, N. J., is
the guest of Mies KUa M. McfJinniss, of
South White street.
Ttv. unit fn Wm ArnMallv. nf North
umberlanil, who wero vWtlng friends here,
left for Qlrardvlllo yosteriay.
Martin V. Delaney, who was In tho under
taking business in town far sevoral vtwrs. and
lives lu Homestead, is visiting his old timo
friends bore.
Ollio Masen and Matt. Holdorman, cngl
noersontho Lehigh Valley railroad, have
returned tholr positions after a ton day
trln to tho World's Fair.
Kev. J. Proudo returned homo last evening
from his trip to Wisconsin, and will occupy
tho pulpit nf tho' P. M. church to morrow
morning and ovoninir.
Misses Mahala Falrohild andTillle Housor
left for Philadelphia this morning. It is tho
mioniion or tho latlor to enter into a now
position offered to her at Camden, N. J.
A fffil'S II
tV Meeting' Held by the Localu..
Board of HsMlth.
DOING 'EFFECTIVE .WORK.
Tho llmllli Olllcer IimMlcted to Keep n
Survelllitneo Ovor Pnttents A OiiMileno
Slote Orentos n Iltiizo im Centre Mrent,
Hut Does T.lttle DainaRe.
USE DANA'S SAltSAPAEILLA, its
"THE KIND TIIATOUUES."
A New Mjnill 'hiu.
On Tlmrsday aeulng tko gentlemon rep
resentlncr thn twn rKnl trMinv lino. n ui.A..
I.u inkblCi. V.. BIIU nil " aiuou w UUCU'
proaehed the wagto, because it was to be the andoah, met at tho Mansfcm House, and en.
very first meal. She and her husband had delivered to renoh a settlement. Thcro woro
Jast returned from their wedding trip. No Pfeoot: A. P. Btakeslto, P. J. Ferguson,
wonder she was rattled. She knew what ehe Pt. J. F. Ballay and D. D. Phillips. Tho
wanted it was veal and she hail asked for two f"ner gentlemen representing tho
It a hundred times whon her mothor kadtent 1IazIlon lino, which hsa been making a show
hor for it, but she oouldh't think what that
word was when tho butcher politely said.
'What (sit I can do for you to day, madamo?"
of working, between bore and Hill's. Anil tlin
latter two tho Mahanoy City and Shenan-
aoan line. After disoutelnL' iba slhmtlm. t
Trobably it was tho "madamo" that rattled 1 60me lea&h, it was deoideil that tho Haileton
her. but rattled she was. "f wnnt anmn
some, somo " nad sho looked holploss over
the contents of the wagon trying to find
what sho wanted. But sho couldn't, and
llnallv. blllfihtnir llfUtTifT-fltnW aUn catA 'T
wrntapound of young cow's meat." Her lwhig named gentlemen being interested iu
jni5oana now praises nor tor otner good tnits
company sltoald buy out Cat-t. Bailey and his
friend, at a price satiefactorv to lhim. Wn
aro informed a syndicato was then formod to
take up tho charter rights and complete tho
lino between Aero and Shenandoah, tlio fol
besides her great purchasing ability.
A number of sConandoah people, particu.
larly those who originally came from somo
country in Europe, or whoso parents did, aro
tnopurcbaso: A. P. Blaksloo, Delano; P.J.
rerguson, Shenandoah, and several
men from town wIiaso names may bo niado
known later on. This would appear to lie a
homo outcrpriso, and our people will nat
urally bocomo more interested in its success.
should tho new owneodre TiaLrhnlingtwbeuX nLnoy
will CHrlflllllg hftA..nMUttll.4imatfW 1 TlQnn 1- .
UUfiy n0 I v.. v.uw.a w "'""U. Xil
firtuno, r"r'rilllr Pfl rTJ-rr"a','"t cither
... r. - . wui,., v w no UJ'ClltieU
by the present owners. ildhanoy City Tribune.
aiuiiy. ur WIIUBU parents UlU. arQ I """"J iiiLv-jcDan iu iia SIICCO&S.
receiving neatly written type-writor letters Tno roa,l graded from Shenandoah to
rnlin A Rrm lu.ttalnl.ii. In l.A XT I JsntRfin'R. I f fldlril1ll,. l.n
- ivtM.wuu6 hj uu laiYjuia U4 xictv I - wl. uu vvu.ii;luii
York. I was shown ono of thnso Intfnra and In running order this your, or mv hv
yesterday, and am Informed that they are ail Christinas. Contractor Kerns can put if largo
written iu tho same strain, Tho letter in orce of mtn at work, and push it forward,
question stated that relatives in Gernianv are
fighting in court over a fabulous firtunp.
"You ara entitled . to ,a .ls-.lMirt WWIs"
eetato,". writes theto attorneys, "and if yo
will send us a rctalnerif $5, wo will at onco
forward your papers, claiming an oaual share.
Vfa havo no doubt that the courts will sun
tho justice of your claim, and you may, fall
Jieir to many thousands." And so tho de
luded victim sends his monev: then com
another request, and still another. Onco tho
victim gets into tho grasp of these sharks,
they bleed him until he has nothinir loft, flf
coarso tho fortune is a myth, but pcoplonever
seem to learn by oxporienco. Fortunatolv
the gentleman iu question sent no retainer.
A young lady who doesn't llvo a hundred
miles from Main street, was caught in tho
shower ono day this week. Sho woro u now
whito straw hat of tho kind that women
call sailor hats, but which look no more liko
sailor hats than they do liko sailors, Sho
didn't want to have it snoilrd bv tb n rnln en
sho threw her handkerchief over tho hat,
thinking it would protect tho hat till she
roached sheltor. When sho reached linrttn
she took tho hat off, but left tho handker.
chief spread over it. A oounlo of b
after she tried to remove tho handkerchief
from tho hat, but it wouldn't bo removed.
Tho gluo from tho straw had benn lust
enough dampened to get soft. When It dried.
the white cloth was stuck fast to tho hat. nml
the young lady who didu't want to get her
uat wet, naa to soak it in water all night to
get tho handkerchief off,
The "deadly parallel" is being used bv a
county sent ovening taper mueh to the dairl.
ment of its oontemiwrary. Some peojJo
with a few editors included-hve a great
louuness lor originality, until their sins find
them out. This "exclusive" business will
not go" with an enlightened mibllo. Nni-
does an "affidavit" necessarily meau a truth.
ful story. It all df peuds uron-whohe narm. t
attaehed to the "aflldavit."
Gucttllng and his dog at Kendrick's.
Points.
A nico rain It was.
Fall hats aro appearing.
Grapes plenty and cheap.
Tho poach season Is on tho' wane.
Barefootod boys aro still seen about the
street.
Not long now till Jack Frost will bo nn.
pearlng.
Tho doublo postal cards aro not seen to any
oxtont.
.there will soon bo talk about coming
com waves.
Common sweet oil imnrove, the
oi russet slioes.
Tho full moon this mouth will bo the
harvest moon on tho Soth.
Tho stove-dealers will soon bo busy putting
up stoves and boaters.
llouseivivos aro fpending most of thoir
time these days in cannins fruit.
Sportsmen say that quail signs are soaroe
anil tnat tboro is a poor outlook for tho sea-
son, which opens November 1st.
HE Bonrd of Health held
lt regular weekly meet
log yesterday and toak
action on tho ernes of
siokueM which had
bcon repotted to Socro
tary Smnlmi since tlio
last meeting. Tlie
vAnArt. At tip, Kpretiirv
showed that there are quite a number of con.
tigious cases of dUenees In toWn. Thoy
number eleven, six of typhoid fever, one or
diphtheric croup, two of measles and two of
soarlatiua.
Tho committee on nuisances, freported
hiving called the attention of theJHealth
Officers to a number of nuisances .and thty
wero attended to.
On motion, Health Officer Miles wat in
struoted to visit all patient suffering from,
measles and take steps to prevent spread of
tho disease.
Arnica & Oil Liniment it equally good for,
nan and boast. SO anCUcsnW per, wtltt.
Tent eutlnl Snbbiith,
To morrow Is tho Hobrow Penitential Sab.
bath, and, according to a custom prevailing
thorughout tlio world, all tho Itabbis and
ministers will prea3h, oxhoiting thelrhearers
and all Israelites to preparo to repent of their
sins on tho comine trront IW r a .
which occurs this year on Tuesday ovening
and all day Wednesday, noxt. Special pro
pitiatory services mark tli dot-, u..
a, 1 Vil. Ull,
Now 1 ear and the Day of Atonement, and
orumary amusements are not indulged in by
observant Israelites.
USE DANA'S 8ABSAPABILLA, its
"THEJiIND THAT OUEES."
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Car No. 37, of the olectrie. jMw v . H,rf:r:
CBE DANA'S 8ABBAPABILLA, m
" THE KIND THAT CUBES".
Dime Hull Sotni.
The strong State League team from All.n
town will meet the home olub in the next
game at the Trotting park.
I he home team left town at noon tnUv
for Pottsville to.oross bata with the olub of
that place. The players who went down and
the positions assigned them for the game
were given as fallows: Bradley, p; Mestitt,
c; Heller, lb; Fox, 8b; Toman, se; Kd.
Henry, 3u; F. G. Ward, If; Fulmer, of;
Martin, rf ; betley, lOlli man. Heller and
Ward were recently with the Uarrieburgs
and Fox comes from Pottstown.
i ..i -2. ji . ana ox oomes trom Pottstown. The three
visTt trs rzam r::: ba
collections of circulars.! iSsIh
i 1. . . ' tiiuttlliic In Town,
sample, and all sorts of advertfsing matter Guettling.with his World's Fair rig, arrived
ghu out by the people who have exhibitions ln town teia&y aftorDOOUi
at tho Fair. Ono young lady returned last i. .u ., , .
. ... . . , "Jurucu asi quite a stir among tho youthful portion of
week with her trunk half filled 'with matter , tt, Juu'ulu' jwuon or
f .1.1. n a ii a ,7 wuu matter our population. His companions, the wheel-
of this kind, and sho and a friend who hud . . ' .
whi,l, onn b,l mn 1.Y . ! M e great exposition, arrived with him
amusing game, akin lo stamp costing, and GUe"IiUg 'U t0WU fr 8 M
Died.
BBNDBB. At Potlirill, on Thursday,
September 11th, J. Owrfe Ba4r, lu
the 85th year of bit age. Funeral will take
pbee fram hit Ut retktate, Pottsville, on
Monday, at 30 p. m. Friends aitd relatives
ratpeotAiUy invited to attend.
Iavwy stable keepers thaaM alwHjs keaat
those who lvo taktu part ln It say that it is
very eotouing. Q8g
Slitnuuilunli Votsrf.
Thefollung it a list of tfiV noaliled
voters in the various wtrdi of t4wn.
bowu by the returns of the regiif ) Tint
w.ird, .,),!, vH'ond, 4.i:i third, o'?8; tour:h,
I l.tillli l,JO.
nano yesterday afternoon and disabled.
ibo lightning arrester with wi,ti. i
was provided prevented tho holt
much damago. Only tho motor man and
conductor wore on tho ear at the tlnifrand
noituer was Injured.
.Ilusio lu Abundance.
There was plenty mmlc In town to-day, at
noon. The Bubb A Bennett Company ad.
vortisod its show, which ii at Glrardvl11 l,v.
giving a concort on Main street; tho Citizen's
bandof Girardvillo paraded the strung fn
over an hour to advortlse ite pionlo, and the
irackvillo band played several salMtlnna 1,.
fore starting to drive to Now Loudon. .
See Guottling at Kendrick's this ovening,
Gasolene CttU'es Trouble.
Tho flro companies wero sunnnnnnd to
Smith's fruit store on West Centre street at
about 8 o'olock last evening, bnttlieirserviees
were not required. Some gssolene leaking
from a stove caught fire. 'Ihe Harm wor
extinguisbtd before they did 'any damage,
Thomat Williams had his eyebrows singed
while trying to put out the fire.
For Mutum Protection,
The morehants of Mt. Carmel. Lonnst n
and Shamokin will shonly hold a meeting at
the former place for the purpose of devitinga
plan whereby an accurate record of the ftnn.
actions of those who make It a nmi( &ji
to meet their store bills will be kept, and all
uit.ru.mu i nueresteii be In a pneitiofi to know
wuo roe aennquents are.
USE DANAJg SABSAPAKlLXiA, !T
"THE KIND THAT CURKS."
A lleilleHltiiii.
Kev. Bobert O'Boyle will attend the d-ll.
cation of the new Refonmd churaH at
Numldla, Columbia couuty, to morrow and
will preach the dedleation sermon . Kap T
W. Beineoke, of Lauoatter, will oeeu&y ttw
iwlpit of the Triulty Kefonaed ehureh
to morrow morning and evening.
Dcspernte r'lstiler.
A man named Iiattigan ermtul nuta.
able exoltement on South Main ur
night by fighting with a Hungarian and
subsequently defying and righting the peliee.
He fought like a tiger and tim
of five men were required to oboe biai In the
lOCKUp.
Obltunrr.
Molile, rbor-vmr-old AmuMitmr t nL..i.. '
Gibiou, dlwl thit BXirutua: horn an ntwt
pneumonia.
WwM's Fair fmk t Kendrlck't.
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Lane's Fumlly Jlwllolim aioi m tbailowels
kava day. Most people need to use (t
CENTS por yrd for Oilolullt
that talle ou Itrbt, OUhn far
. 35e, 46o, and udmmU. All
amdim at iirattv iiuis r..i . i
1 "-'"f ' i usn nr mr
Aruioa A Oil Liniment in the Hahla, robing gains. C. II. l'rlolcn's Cltrnct
like it for horses. ( lw Store, 10 South Jardln 8trt.
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