VOL. IX.--NO. 263.
SHENANDOAH, PA. TUESDAY OCTOBER 23, 1894
ONE CENT
JJiis beautiful ROCKER, upholstered In
One silk plush, OxLly $2.20.
We have constantly several girls working knitting Caps, Clouds or
Shawls, as desired, and therefore claim superiority on our goods above
any city make. Our Caps are mnde perfect fitting to the head, closing In
at the neck. All onr knit goods are made of the best yarn obtainable and
will stand the criticism of onr best knitters. Examine them.
116-18 N. Main St.
Fancy
China
C2ias. tS-ixroin,
Intuit! ti II1TII, Mm I W1IDLET. 8 South Main Street.
i i iv i aim ii uu kwiiw i l i
Caused tho manufacturers to unload 200 pairs dfft ffh, P"
ladies' fino vico kid hand-welted Button Boots at u S S
cut of $1 a pair, former price $8.25; wo sell them at pt&am
This is an exceedingly low prico. Great Bargains aro oflored by
Joseph Ball,
14 South Main Street,
Full
...Stock.
A full stock of CHOICE GROCERIES in all lines. "Wo have
" just received our first lot of
NEW 'MINCE MEAT.
For tho season. Remembor, wo
ATMORE'S BEST, Wo soil no
New California Evaporated !Truits.
New Peaches, Apricots and Nectarines, very fine, 2 lbs. for 25o.
New CANNED GOODS New Corn, Tomatoes, Beans and Peas.
New California Peaches, Pears Apricots and Plums, low, prices.
Wo have this week a full Bupply of FANCY CREAMERY BUT.
TER. It is getting scarce, but wo will have plenty this wook.
Next weok wo will recoivo our first invoice of
New Norway Bloater Mackerel !
The quality will bo very fine.
Now Fishing Crook BUCKWHEAT FLOUR.
a
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l. VVHIICltTIS OC OOfl.
Shenandoah, Pa.
soil nothing but tho Old Reliable
low priced mince meat.
AT 33CUITKR'S.
BRUMM AND
ROBINSON.
The Two Brilliant Lights Will be
Here To-morrow.
LAST NIGHT'S MEETING !
Hon. M. p. Fowler Makes a Strong
Appeal For Earnest Work A Com
mittee's Encouragement.
If the majority of the Republicans of
town could have crowded Into the ofllce
of S. G. M. Hollopeter, Esq., In the Rob
bins' building, last night, and heard the
address that Hon. M. P. Fowler mado to
the meeting held there to make arrange
ments for the Republican demonstration
to he held here ori Wednesday evening,
they would have been worked up to an en
thusiasm which Is born of that earnest
ness that always assures victory.
Mr. B. J. Yost addressed the meeting
on the necessity of having funds to con
duct the campaign and these could nnly
be seoured through the liberality of men
who took an honest Interest lu the cam
paign. And Incidentally Mr. Yost re
marked that there had been considerable
talk about people who handled funds for
campaigns In years gone by; they had
been subjected to unwarranted suspicion,
as any one who would give the subject
serious consideration could very soon find
out that the county committee, or
the stnto committee, does not shovel
dollars Into the town by the thous
ands for use by men who manage
the campaign; on the contrary, Mr. Yost
said, he had never known of more than
seventy -Ave dollurs haviag been placed In
the hands of the local Republican execu
tive committee, and that amount was
set aside for distribution among the men
employed for work about the polls in
this town and the Unions, and by the
time the distributions were made It was
pretty hard to find a margin; In fact, the
men who handled the money had been
frequently obliged to go down into their
own pockets.
Mr. Fowler then Jumped to his feet and
In .tho strongest terms at his command
nppealed to those within hearing to pull
off their coats and get to work in behalf
of the whole Republican party, and espec
ially for Hon. Charles N. Brumm, the Re
publican candidate for Congress. It Is
highly essential that Mr. Brumm should
win In this light, Mr. Fowler said, as the
people who live in the coal regions cannot
afford to return or eleot to Congress men
who so far forget the Interests of their
constituents as to put coal produced in
Nova Scotia on tho free list.
After concluding his remarks Mr.
Fowler stepped forward to the secretary's
desk and planked down Ave dollars to
start a subscription list to meet cam
palgn expenses, nnd then volunteered to
act as a committee of one to secure music
for the parade on Wednesday evening.
Mr. T. R, Edwards added Ave more dol
lars to tho list and then others stepped
forward. Messrs. H. E. Dengler, Ed
ward Roberts, B. J. Yost and William T.
Trezlae were then appointed a committee
to canvass the town, which they did im
mediately after the meeting adjourned,
and this morning the committee reported
that the responses were of a most sntts
factory character.
All arrangements are now concluded for
thejdemonstratlon to-morrow night. The
street display Is not counted upon' as a
feature, but the meeting in the opera
housojwill be a stunner. For some weeks
past there has been a growing demand
from both Democratic and Republican
ranks for Hon. Charles N. Brumm. There
Is an undisguised impatience. People of
all classes are anxious to hear his views
on the bill passed by the Democratic
Congress, especially in connection with
Its bearing upon free coal, and the demand
will be met, as Mr. Brumm will bo a
speaker at the meeting to-morrow night,
and those who want to hear what bearing
the nefarious bill has upon the coal inter
estsof this country should not fall to
hear him.
Hon. John B. Robinson, one of the most
able and active Republicans of the state,
a man who has warm friends all over
the state and especially In Shenandoah,
will also address the meeting and none
should fall to hear him discuss and ex
plain the Issues of the day. Messrs.
Brumm and Robinson will make the
meeting a memorable one.
Buy Keystone flour. Be sure that the
aame Lessio & Baku, Ashland, Pa,, la
printed on every sack. tf '
Mrs. Mlnogue Injured,
Mrs. Mlnogue, of Ashland, the vener
able mother of ex-County Solloltor James
F. Mlnogue, was seriously injured yester
day by being knockod down on one pt the
Ashland pavements by a huge mastiff
which was fighting with another dog.
Mrs. Mlnogue was unconscious for some
time, but she sustained no fractures. She
sustained internal Injuries and n she is
in ber 74th year It Is doubtful that she
will recover.
Funeral.
The fnneral of Widow Calvin took piece
this morning from her late residence, on
East Centre street. High mass was cele
brated in the Annunciation church and
the remains were Interred at Pottsvllle.
DECISION SUSTAINED.
The Supreme Court lias Again Decided
Against Mr. Severn.
The Supremo Court of Pennsylvania
convened at F ttsburg yesterday, and
among the deculous handed down wan
ono confirming 1 10 decision of the Schuyl
kill couuty co irt sustaining the quo
warranto proceeulngs to oust Mr. Severn
from tho offlce of Controller of Schuylkill
county, on thogfound that the Act of the
Legislature creating the office was un
constitutional. The opinion In the oase
is brief and substantially says that there
was no error in the Judgment of tho court
below. i i
Mr. Severn wai seen by n IlEliltAD re
porter to-day, bijt he had llttlo to say.
He said the decision was not a surprise
nnd ho was not prepared to say whether
or not any further steps In court would he
taken; that the case was entirely in the
hands of his lawyers, and ho would be
guided by their Judgment.
Information has been recelvod from a
Pottsvllle source Jhat ono of Mr. Severn's
lawyers, W. D. Seltzer, Esq., contemplates
asking for a ro-nrgument before the
Supreme Court. A bill providing for the
election of a Controller is being prepared
for presentation to the next Legislature.
FIRE AT SMOKY HOLLOW.
A Double Block Destroyed With the
Household Effects.
A house located at Smoky Hollow, near
Lost Creek, was destroyed by fire yester
day afternoon. The bucket brigade pre-
vented the flames from communicating
with the neighboring houses. The build
lng destroyed was occupied by two famil
ies and they lost all their household ef
fects. It Is thought n spark from a Lehigh
cngne set the root of the building on fire.
Fine Culinary Display.
George M. Schooner, tne affable pro
prietor of the White House, on North
Main street, has long been recognized as
one of the leading caterers of the county,
and since he has secured charge of the
abovo place has greatly added to that
reputation. The two front windows of
this house last evening attracted the
attention of hundreds of paBsers-by, and
many compliments were passed upon the
une culinary display. It consisted of pies,
puddings, meats of nil kinds, fish, oysters
and fruits, nrranged in nn artistle manner.
The display is not only attractive to the
eye, but will also prove agreeable to the
palate, as frequenters to this popular
house will attest. Mr. Schoener'a eating
house is not surpassed by any outside of
the large cities, and he has an excellent
trade.
Mrs. Evans Surprised.
The home of Mrs. William Goodrich, on
West Cherry street, was thesceneof a very
pleasant affair last evening, the occasion
being a surprise party tendered to Mrs.
Charles Evans, who is about to move to
Mt. Carmel. After the presentation of a
handsome rocking chair to Mrs. EvnnH n
supper was served, and among those who
partooK ol it were Mrs. George Pllllnger,
Mrs. S. JCennard, Mrs. John Bunn, Mrs.
William Smith, Mrs. John HUdebraudt,
Mrs. Walters, Mrs. Charles Hornberger,
Mrs. Peter Hornbaugh, Mrs. George Davis,
Mrs. David Price, Mrs. Robert Flshburn,
Mrs. William naves. Mrs. William finml.
rich, Mrs. Charles Evans, Misses A. Pll
llnger and JS. Kennard, and Messrs. W. J.
Pllllnger, B. Barton, A. Hayes, William
Goodrich and B. Mlllor.
Mrs. Brldgeman, R, C. M., teaches
violin (specialty) cello and piano. Corner
of Jardln and Lloyd streets. 9-3-tf
A Cool" Thief.
An unknown man walking up Main
street at about half past five o'clock last
evening stopped In front of Kehler's dry
goods store, and picked up a roll of dres3
goods that was displayed. After ap
parently examining It for a moment or
two the man placed the roll under his
arm and with most deliberate step walked
around the corner and out East Lloyd
street. People who witnessed the act
were so dazzled by the audacity of the
man that the idea of intercepting him
never entered their minds. A young
man who was among the first to
recover his presence of mind ran into the
store and told the proprietor what had
happened. Mr. Kehler started on a sprint
around the corner, but It was useless, the
man nnd roll were out of sight and have
not been seen since.
Some Cold Weather Bargains.
Special values offered this week In
ladles' and children's coats, shawls, blan
kets, underwear, flannels and woolen dress
goods. Onr prices are always lower than
you expect to pay and our assortments In
the various departments were never so
complete as now.
L. J. Wilkinson,
29 South Main street,
10-15-tf Shenandoah, Pa,
Serenades.
The Lithuanian Band gave serenades
at the Brewer and Wlllmau residences, on
North Jardln street, last evening. Prof.
Zeitz conducted the band and the rendi
tions were of a superior order. The sere
nades attracted a number of people who
applauded the band liberally.
Democrats, Attention t
Democrats of Shenandoah and vicinity
will please attend the meeting at Mellet's
hall, at 7:30 o'clock, on Wednesday even
lng, October 24th, 1894.
10-S3-2t Standiko Committed.
FOOD FOR
REFLECTION
What Enterprise Could do For
Shenandoah and Vicinity.
SCRANTON SHOWS THE WAY
An Active Board of Trade the Secret of
Success Culm Banks and Elec
tric Power Stations.
Hardly a day passes that one or more of
our townsmen return from a trip to
Scrunton and detail to their friends the
wonderful progress which that city Is
making. It Is certainly a great city and
Is destined to become still greater. It hos
within its limits a progressive people who
speak and act through a model Board of
Trade which exhausts every avenue
through which any possible benefit to the
olty can bo derived. Shenandoah had a
Board of Trade once, but tho timber in It
didn't appear to be the kind of which tho
Scranton board was composed, hence it
did not succeed.
One of tho things which Scrnnton
counts upon ns n great mainstay for the
future Is In the culm banks, nnd as Shen
nndonh has an nlmost Innumerable num
ber of these banks within its borders it
may be of Interest to dwell briefly upon
the use to which tbeso banks could be put
nnd show how this section of tho region
could ba brought closer to the Scranton
standard with proper judgment, energy
and enterprise. For the data upon which
this article Is based wo are in Borne meas
ure indobted to the courtesy of Mr. Rufus
J. Foster, one of the editors of tho Col
liery Engineer, and a member of the
Scranton Board of Trade.
The Scranton organization has in con
templation a step towards making Itself
an electrlcat supply station for New York,
Brooklyn, Jersey City nnd other cities
nnd to carry out Its project Intends to fall
back upon the numerous culm banks In
the vicinity of the city. Great attention
has been given to tho problem with the
result that It has been found Scranton
can compete with and excel the great
scheme to utilize the power of the
Niagara Falls.
The statistics show the cost of anthra
cite fuel per horse-power per year for steam
purposes In Scranton ns taken from the
books of several manufacturing concerns
In that city. For six months concerns
with Improved plants, employing 8,700
horse-power, need 391 tons of fuel per day
of 24 hours; during tho same tlmo con
cerns with unimproved plants, employing
7.SC2 horse power, need ISO tons of fuel per
day of 24 hours. We thereforo find that
844 tons of fuel produced 10,122 horse
power each day. This fuel costs 25 cents
per ton delivered at ''o'lers, or a total of
$211 per day for the 10.12J horse-power, or
1.31 cents per horse-power per day, and for
300 working days tho total cost of fuel per
horse-power per year to those concerns
was $3.03.
In a circular entitled "Buffalo nnd
Niagara Power" It Is stited that "Niagara
will furnish power for a day of 24 hours
for an average of $15 a year per horse
power."
This Is no doubt cheap as compared
with tho present cost to concerns In
Buffalo who use anthracite or bituminous
coal for fuel, but compare it with tho cost
of anthracite culm. To develop 10,122
horse power at $15 per year, as quoted by
the Niagara company, would be $241,830.
In Scranton It actually cost $03,350.40.
Add to this the cost of firing, Interest on
plant, repairs, etc, which In round num
bers la $2 per horse power per year, and
wo have an nctual cost of $95,003.40, 6r a
net saving over Niagara of $140,220.54.
What great possibilities have been
brought within reach of Scranton nnd
jevery other town of tho anthracite re
gion. Just here comes In the consideration
of electrla railways. Everybody should
encourage them. Tho power houses will
become tho home consumers of the culm
banks. The more power houses tho more
homo consumption, nnd In tlmo the supply
of culm will be so largo that there will bo
none to spare to the manufacturers at dis
tant points, and the market for the regu lar
sizes of anthracite coal will be revived.
The coal which the miners will send out
of the shafts and slopes will always be
in demand. Of course, some will question
whether the owners of the banks will sell
the culm. To this it can be said that if a
demand can be created at home and the
owners can command prices which will
pay them better than to go over the culm
and assort the various smaller sizes of
coal for distant markets there will be
little difficulty lu getting the owners to
part with the article As to prices, the
home consumers could soon meet the
owners. Tho culm would bo taken from
the banks and burned In the grates
of the power houses, making a
saving of hauling from the banks
to tho washertes, the operation of these
plants and the toll on the product to the
distant markets. In addition to these tho
owners would receive so much a ton for
the waste which even the washerles throw
out. Electric power plants can be made
the life of this region, and every project
towards establlsnlng an electrlo railway.
wherever It may be in the region, should
be encouraged. The more railways, the
greater number of power houses and the
greater the consumption of culm. Let
every town have a Board of Trade and
every town Its electric railway.
PERSONAL.
James Klees, of Rending, wa a town
visitor to-day.
Henry L. Jones spent to-day visiting
friends nt Port Treverton.
C. J. Qulnn spont todny at Manch
Chunk on a business mission.
"Tone" Garner, of Ashland, spent this
morning In town ou business.
Hon. John T. Shoener, of Orwlgsburg,
was a town visitor yesterday.
Mrs. William James went to Phllndel.
phia this morning to visit friends.
D. R. Lewis was among our town peo
ple who spent to-day at the county seat.
Mrs. T. J. James took a trip over tho
Lakeside Hallway to Mahanoy City to
day. Patrick Curley, of St. Clair, spent last
evening here as tho guest of his parents,
on East Lloyd street.
Hon. D. D. Phillips, of Gordon, was in
town yesterday, looking after the Inter
ests of the Lakeside Railway.
William Garner, late of Hazleton, has
moved his family to town and leased tho
Needhnm house, on South Jnrdlu street.
William T. Evans, the local superin
tendent for tho Homo Friendly Society, of
Baltimore, Mi., went to New London this
morning to p(Jy n death claim.
Miss Vlrglo Graf nnd Mamo Kinney, two
of Ashland's prominent school teachers,
spent last evening in town, being tho guest
of Miss SauTe Reese, of East Centrestrect.
J . J. Monaghnn nnd Charles Radzlewlcz,
inspector and Interpreter nt the lmmigia
tion headquarters at Philadelphia, have
returned to town to spend n few dnjs
with their families.
Mrs. Daniel Deo, of Lost Creek, wife of
ono of tho accommodating motor men for
the Schuylkill Traction Company, left
this morning to visit friends at Philadel
phia and New York.
P. M. Bevnn, of the Arm of Bevan &
Austen, Pottsvllla, transacted business iu
town to-dny. Mr. Bevan numbered tho
houses iu town when the free delivery
system went Into effect.
John R. Miller, of South Bethlehem,
was In town yesterday attending tho
funernl of S. D. Hess. Mr. Miller and S.
W. Yost, cashier of the First National
Bank, aro the only surviving active
charter members of Camp 112, P. O.
S. of A.
Whew!
Hot sausage and buckwheat cakes free
to-night ntMcElhenny's popular cafe. You
Bhould hnve seen tho crowd eat sour krout
at the cafe last evening.
Jewish Jubilee.
The Jewish peoplo of town last evening
assembled In the synagogue on "West Oak
street nnd celebrated Slmchas Thora, or
tho anniversary of the receipt by Moses
of the laws of God. The ceremony In
cluded mnrches through the aisles of tho
church, n leader carrying a thora and
followed by members of the congregation
bearing lighted caudles. After tho cere
mony tho congregation adjourned to
Refowlch's hall, where refreshments were
served.
Shop Hands (o Race.
William Wagner and John Purcell,
employes at the shops in Delano, will run
a 100 yard foot raco to-morrow afternoon,
for $20 a side, nt the Delano park. Jerry
Ryan, the popular Lehigh Vnlley engineer,
Is backing Purcell and J. B. Anthony has
put, up the shokels for Wagner. Consider
able Interest is manifested In the nffalr
and many of tho shop hands and rail
roaders have staked a pile on It.
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Married.
MIssMattlo Day, lately of the coffee
house, nnd William Morris were joined lu
wedlock Saturday evening nt the residence
of the bride's parents, on West Coal street,
by Rev. John Bath, pastor of the Primi
tive Methodist church. Miss Lizzie
Caton was the bridesmaid and George
Day, brother of the bride, tho grooms
man. Fall Of Coal.
Andrew Muscnwlcz, a Polo, reeld!ugou
"the rocks," had his legs badly cutaml
bruised by n fall of coal In a breast of
the Knickerbocker colliery this morning.
He was removed to his home In nn ambu
lance Obituary.
The ft fteen-y ear-old son of ex-Policeman
John Beyrand died on Snuday evening,
from typhoid fever. The funeral will
take place to-morrow, at 0 a. m.
Rupture.
Cure guaranteed. No nnprntlnn Tn
qulro at the Shenandoah drug store, No
a nouin Alain street. 9-13-tf
Look Out I
For packed eggs. Lots
of them on the market.
We never sell any. Wont
touch 'em. Only fresh
ones at our store.
122 North Jardln St.