Evening
Herald.
VOL. IX.-NO. 301.
SHENANDOAH, PA., Tin USDAY, DECEMBER G, 1894
ONE CENT
if '
Glaeapes? Than Ever,
Btocatelle Parlor
Couch.es, $4.7S-
Now Christmas is at
We have the goods, cotno and see
nankins.
A large variety In colors ot pin
manufacture.
Embroidered all silk handkerchiefs at 10 cents.
A better quality at 15 cents.
All embroidered with drawn work, 25 cents.
Gents' large Initial silk handkerchiefs at 3$c., Inst year's price 75c.
Buttermilk soap, 1 box, 3 pieces, 13 cents.
116-18 N. Main St.
The Last Milestone
How
The Brightest,
The Cleanest
The Newest,
The Prettiest,
has. $sri$rwii,
Successor to GERV1N. DUNCAN & WAIDUY,
500 Ladies' Fine Shoes,
Formerly sold for $1.75, now go at $1,20.
"Wo have them in nil Btvles and Bhrtpoi Plain Opera Button.
Opem Tipped Buttoned, Philadelphia Too Tipped Buttoned, Bluch
ers Opera and Philadelphia too.
Wo arc soiling Ladies Fine Ovor-gaitera at 25c a pair.
14 South Main Street,
It Does Not
To buy, sell or uso inferior goods
honest goods may sometimes
aro never cneap. Wo aim to sou good goods at prices as low as
aro consistent with good duality and honest woicht and meas
ure. A trial of some of our leading articles will prove the
truth of this. In the COFFEE lino wo claim that our choice
Plain Roasted Cofleo at 80c iB
any package cofleo at a lower
best grades only, caretully roasted and blended, bo as to produce
a strong, rich, n-io flavored drink. Our Roasted Java is tho best
Old Government Java. Our
fine te s only, not a singlo cheap inferior tea in it. Our 00 cent
Black Tea is a choice nrticie. Our Ceylon, English Breakfast
and Japan Tens at 50c aro good
sell you a fair quality tea at
Our Creamery Butter is tho finest
is tho best wo can buy. Our Lard is guarauteed pure. Our Now
Orleans Baking Molnsaos is tho boat new crop. open kottlogoods.
Not a mixture of cheaper kinds of molasses. Our Table Syrups
at o, b, 10 and 152c wo boliovo
For the Holiday Season
e offer a full line of foreign and domestic fruits at verv low nrlces. Now Citron
and Lemon Peel, 3 lbs. for 36c. Fine largo blue Raisins, 4 lbs. for 2oc. Best Ondara
Layer Raisins, 4 lbs. for S5o. Now seedless Sultana Raisins, 3 lbs. for 35o. New
Cleaned heedless Halslns, very fine, 13c.
Currants, 0 lbs. lor 3Sc, as long as they last.
New I reuch and California PRUNES. 3 lbs. for 35o. Also some of the largest
and finest in the inBrket nt higher prices. We have now California Evaporated Pears,
Poaches, Apricots, Silver Prunes, White Nectarines, Pitted Plums, Pitted Cherries
anu urieu iiiatKuerries, a pounug tor 36c
In CANNED GOODS we have tho finest goods paoked as well as standard goods
at lower prices, in jomaioen we nave extra quality In extra weight oans, 8 lor ase.
Standard grade, 3 for 35c. Whole Tomatoes for frying, 15c. In CORN, ail grades
common goods at 4 forafie. Cholco quality, 3 for 35c, up to the finest Northern Grown
Sucrar Corn, our "Pride of Shenandoah" lirnml nta tnr w la nrr-nllml lnr nnniv
Marrowfat Poas,'3 cans for 35c. KarlyJune Peas. 3 cans for 35o. Extra Sifted
Early June Peat, very line, 15c. String Beans, 4 cans for 35o. Houieinber we sail no
soaks at any price.
New FLORIDA ORANGES from St. John Itlvor, large and fine, 35c a dozen:
New Mixed Nuts, 3 pounds for 25 cents.
Tomato Catsup, a very good article,
mgner prices.
Suits, 125,00
the Door.
them. Towels, tnblo linen and
cushions, rvo city mnKe, an own
of 1894.
About Your Christmas Presents ?
The Latest Ideas,
The Lowest Prices,
8 South Main Street
Shenandoah, Pa.
Pay
Whilo the prices of straight
seem high, poor goods at low prices
cheapor, quality considorcd, than
price. It is a combination of the
50c Blended Tea is a mixture of
teas and wortn tno money. Uan
25c a poun 1.
in tho market. Our Minco Meat
to bo straight sugar goods.
New Cleanod Currants, 3 lbs. for 35c. Good
4 bottles for 35c. Also tho finest goods nt
At Keller's.
WILL ERECT
THE BUILDING.
Tlic School Board Decides to Use Its
New Site.
A MEETING LAST NIGHT!
Large Attendance at the Evening Schools
Necessitate the Election of Additional
Teachers Superintendent's Report.
A regular meeting of the School Board
was held last evening with the following
directors in attendance : Messrs. Conry,
Hanna, Deylft, Burke, Ogden, Muldoon,
Morgau, Hooks, Manley, Baugh, Stanton,
Lynch and Trezise.
Superintendent Whltakor made his
monthly report, giving the following
statistics : Term enrollment Boys, 1247 ;
girls, 1451 ; total 2C9S. Monthly enroll
ment Boys, 1133 ; girls, 1350; total, 24S3.
Average dally attendance Boys, 971;
girl?, 1127, total, 2009. Percentage of at
tendanceBoys, 90; girls, 87;totnl, S9.
Number present every session, W0. Visits
by citizens, 278: by directors, 73. The
construction of the new school build'
ing at the corner of Cherry and
Jardin streets was strongly urged.
Superintendent Whltaker also submitted
a written report on tho seven evening
schools In which he showed that the en
rolment is 417 and the average attendance
300. The schools are overcrowded and he
added "This overcrowding entails more
work on the teachers than is possible for
them to do In the short two-hour sessions,
and renders tho government of the schools
very defective. Under such conditions
tho schools must fall to accomplish any
good. From pa9t experience, we must ex
pect a falling off in the attendance, If the
schools nre permitted to drift on under
these unfavorable circumstances. To my
mind It is more than likely that this fall
lng off In attendance Is due to the fact
that pupils feel that they receive no bene
fit from the schools. There is an urgent
necessity that something should be done
to Improve these schools, or cli. tbey will
inevitably wind up as almoit totnl fail
ures, Just as In tho past. Hence, I make
the following recommendations: 1. That
two or three additional teachers be elected
to continue while the attendance will war
rant, one to be dropped whenever the av
erage attendance of a school falls below
twenty. 2. Thnt the sessions shall be
lengthened to two and a half hours. 3.
That the teaches be required to report the
attendance of each pupil weekly to his
parents on blanks or cards to be procured
for tho purpose."
The flnnnce committee reported thnt
with payments expected from the tax
collector this week the balance In the
treasury will amount to ?3,700.43.
The library committee reported having
added 105 new volumes to the public
library. The patronage Is constantly
increasing.
The recommendations on the evening
schools were then taken up by the board
and It was decided that the sessions be ex
tended to 3 hours and that two nddl-
tional teachers be elected.
Tho resignation of Miss Ireno Shane,
now Mrs. C. H. Lewis, from the corps ol
day school teachers was accepted and Miss
Hannah Scanlan was elected as her suc
cessor.
Ballots were then taken for night school
teacher. Miss Anna B. Bierman was
elected to succeed Miss Scanlan and Mises
Ida Lewis and M. Jessie Glover were
elected as additional teachers. It was
understood that the services of tho ad
dlttonal teachers will be retained only so
long as the attendance at the schools
warrant it.
The advisability of proceeding with the
erection of the new school building was
discussed. Some members wero Inclined
to lavor n postponement until more
money could be placed In the treasury, or
the prospects of better receipt became
brighter. Others maintained that a post
ponement might throw the completion of
the building Into next fall and that the
money that would be saved In ront now
being paid for the church basements
would pay the Interest on money the
board might be obliged to borrow to com
plete the building. A vote was taken
and it was decided that tho building and
repair committee proceed to ndvertlse
tor iilds for the erection of the new build
ing.
A representative of the Smead-Wllls
heating and ventilating system was in
attendance and with the aid of n model
he explained the operation of the system
which is already In use in the South West,
street school building. The board adopted
the system for the new building.
A request from Louis YodkoU for per
mission to use one of the school rooms
for a Polish and Lithuanian evening
school was granted on condition that the
applicant pay the janitor seven dollars
month nnd be responsible for the condl
tion of the room.
Obituary.
Mrs. J, II. Dietrlck, a former resident
of this place, died at Houtzdalo, Clear
field county, this week. The deceased
was the wife of J. II, Dietrlck, one-time
foreman of the Herald and one of the
founders of the Sunday News. She was
also a sister of ex-Councllman T. H
VanDusen.
LOCALS IN BRIEF.
Interesting Tracings From the Pencils
of Reporters.
The Catholic clergy of town has opened
a war on balls.
The Borough Council will hold a
regular meeting to-night.
All tho P. & 11. collieries shut down
to-night for the balance of the week.
The pavement lu front of the Itnnyon
property on North Main street thnt was
the source of eo much complaint hns been
repaired.
The Herald plant has been partly
moved to the new quarters on Market
street. The transfer will bo completed by
Saturday night.
Tho funeral of the late Mrs. Flook took
Dlace vesterdav afternoon from the fam-
llypesldenco on North Spruce street. The
attendance was large.
Work has been commenced on tho
foundation walls of tho buildings to bo
erected by J. J. Frnney on East Contro
street, opposlto the Lehigh Valley depot.
G. E. Tltman has commenced ranking
Improvements on his property nt tho cor
ner of Main and Centre streets. Tho sec
ond floor Is being fitted up for offices. S.
GM. Hollopeter, Esq,, and MIno Inspec
tor Stein have leased offices In tho build
ing.
n order to reduce stock before January
we reduce prices of linoleums all
grades from 05 cents up for two yards
13 0 ltv
PERSONAL.
on. Ellas Davis, of Broad Mountain,
Was in town this morning.
llton Runyon, of Hughesvllle, Lycom
ing county, spent yesterday In town.
bliss Mnttle Jones, of Lost Creek, was
guest of town friends last evening.
Mrs. U. ll. Lewis, ot Port Unroon, was
In town yesterday, the guest of relatives.
William Seager, of South White street,
li doing jury duty at Pottsvllle this
week.
VMliscs Mnizo Stauffer aud Martha and
Lizzie Jefferson visited friends In Delano
yesterday.
JDr. J. C. Biddle, of tho Miners' Hos
pltnl nt Fountain Springs, was a town
visitor last evening.
f Conductor Heed, one of the Lehigh
Valley passenger conductors, was pre
sented with a daughter yesterday.
Ex-Policeman James Tempest, who has
been suffering from rheumatism for the
past year, left yesterday for Philadelphia
where he will take a course of treatment,
John A. Grant, of town, says he hns not
been notified of his appointment to suc
ceed Fred. Zerby ns chief of the Lehigh
Valley Coal Company's engineering corps
at Lost Creek. He Is filling tho position
temporarily.
Oysters I
If you want good oysters go to H. Mehl's,
105 East Centre street, next door to Devers'
barber shop. Tho best selected oysters la
the town. Private parlors for ladles.
9-15-tk sat
Mr. Lang's Statement.
Philip Lang, who was reported a few
days ago as having disappeared with the
door receipts ot the Carpenters' Social
Club ball, called at the Herald office to
day and nsked that the report be corrected,
Ho iys he did not have all the receipts
and from the money ho did get ho paid
the orchestra and gave nnother member
of tho club money to pay another bill
Ho also says he did not rnu awoy ; that
the next day after tho ball ho was at work
and that was the reason he was not found
Election of Officers.
Shenandoah Lodge, No. 511, P. & A. M.
held nn election of officers last night with
the following result : Rav. T. H. Edwards,
Worshipful Master; John L. Hassler,
Senior Warden ; Dr. J. C. Biddle, Junior
Warden; W. J. Morgan, Secretary
James Champion, Treasurer; Alexander
Kiuoaid, John W. Morgan and II. W
Stout, Trustees; Horace E. Dangler,
Representative to the Grand Lodge.
Best violin strings, Holdermau's.
Mrs. Bridgemnn, R. C. M tenches
violin (specialty) cello and piano. Corner
of Jardin and Lloyd streets. 9-3-tf
Best violin strings, at Holdermnn's.
The Shenandoah League.
A regular meeting of tho Shenandoah
Republican League will be held in its
qunrters In the Refowlch building on
South Mnln street this evening, at
o'clock, and will b addressed on the
sliver question by .Mr. James R. Lewii
who will make blackboard demoustra
tlona In connection with his talk.
Died.
ORMBV.-On the 3d Inst., nt Philadel
phia, Pa., Joseph Ormsby. Funeral will
take plaoa on Friday, 7th Inst., at 9 a. m
from the residence of John Fallon, 800
tiast Ueatre street, Shenandoah, Pa. High
mass at the Annunoiation ohurch and In
terment In the Annunoiation cemetery,
Relative and friends respectfully Invited
to attend, ia 4-3t
New Cloaks at Wilkinson's.
We received to-day n large stock of new
coats and wraps, all the choicest styles,
aud we invite our patrons to come and
see this season's latest and best offerings
in lames', misses' and children's garments.
Prlcos are unusually low.
L. J, Wilkinson,
39 South Mnln street,
11-19-tf Shenandoah, Pa.
HE TOOK
STRYCHNINE.
Suicide of a Port Carbon Man at
Mahanoy City.
NO CAUSE IS ASSIGNED !
A Physician Succeeded In Restoring the
Victim to Consciousness, Rut Was
Unable to Ward Off Death.
Hpeolal to the Herald.
Mahanov Citv, Dec. 0. Early last
evening a young man was found lying
unconscious on a track near the Philadel
phia- & Heading Railroad depot. Some
of the people who gathered at tho scene
dent! fled tho man as Charles Knlttle, a
resident ot Port Carbon. It was at first
thought the man had been struck by n
train, but nn examination by Dr. Bowman
showed strychnine poisoning.
Tho victim was carried into tho depot
nnd nftcr working several hours Dr.
Bowman succeeded In restoring con
sciousness. Knlttle recovered sufficiently
to bo nblo to talk and admitted having
swallowed strychnino with suicidal
intent, but refused to glvo tho cause. At
midnight ho expired. His parents were
nt his bedside, having nrrived here at
eight o'clock in response to a telephone
message
The parents wero unable to account for
tho act, or oven tho young man's presence
In Mahanoy City, and the general opin
ion Is that tho victim was suffering from
temporary aberration of the mind. Yes
terday nfternoon ho applied nt Stein's
drug Btoro for some strychnlue, saying he
wished to uso it to poison a dog, but his
demeanor was such that the drug was re
fused him. Tho body was removed to
Port Carbon to-day.
Dropped Her Teeth.
A lady residing on West Cherry street
met with n very embarrassing mishap a
few days ago while riding ou an electric
car from Wm. Penn to town. She be
came 111 and ns she put her head out the
car window to get fresh air her false
teeth fell out. The car was passing over
tho high trestle at Kohinoor dirt bank at
the time and the teeth fell to the high
way beneath the trestle. No effort was
made to get them, but they have since
beon returned to the owner. They were
found in good condition a day or two nt
ter by a lady and gentleman of town who
walked over the highwny.
Bargains in Winter Wear.
A clearance sale of children's coats.
Special bargains ir ladies' garments.
Gents' natural wool underwear reduced
from Jl to 05 cents. Ingrain enrpets re
duced 80 per cent.
P. J. MOJJAGHAN,
11-17-tf 30 South Main St., Shennndoah,
At the Theatre.
Lizzie May Ulmer, supported by Mr.
Maurice Drew and his excellent company
will open n week's engagement at Fergu
son's theatre next Monday evening In the
Western comedy drnnin, "Colorado."
This play Is full of startllug situations
and exjitlng climaxes. There has beeu
distributed In our town In nil the houses
a special ladles' ticket which entitles any
lady to a reserved seat free, If Itlsaccom
panied by one regulnr paid reserved seat
ticket. Seats are on snlo at Kirlln's drug
store nnd tho prices nre 10, 20 and 30 cents.
He Was Killed.
The remninsof Joseph Ormsby arrived
from Philadelphia last night and are
testing nt the residence of his brother-in-
law, John Fallon, on EastCentro street.
The funeral will take place at nine o'clock
to-morrow morning. Ormsby was em
ployed ns a brakeman in the Philadelphia
& Reading Railroad Company's yard at
Philadelphia. Last Tuesday morning ho
was squeezed to death between cars while
engaged In making a coupling. The body
was not mutilated.
Republican City Committee.
A meeting of the City Committee of
the Republican party of Shenandoah,
Pa., will be held in the rooms of the
Shenandoah Republican League, Hcfo-
wloh'a building, on Friday, December 7,
1884, at 7 o'clock p. m., for tho purpose of
making arrangements to carry Into effect
the resolution adopted In January, 1801,
relative to the new rules applying touom
In itlons. II. C. Boykr, Chairman
A. 11. LAMB, Secretary. 12 5 3t
Tour of Inspection.
E P. Wilbur.of South MaHilnliam
identof the Lehigh Valley Railroad: A
P. lilakslee, superintendent ot the ooal
branches ; A. .Mitchell, superintendent of
the Wyouilug ; James I. Ill .kla.
lntenueut ol the LUard Creek branch
Geome Brill, trainmaster: .Inlm VnMni
len, Charles Blnkslee and other officials
ol tne oompany made a tour of inspection
of the Hues yesterday Irom Mauoh Chunk
to Alt. Uaruiel and return.
Rupture.
Cure guarauteed. No operation,
quire nt the Shenandoah drug store,
N
8 Sooth Mai street. 9-13-tf
Fresh oysters opened every day at the
wnite House. Oysters In all styles pre
pared ai'snort notice, n 20 tf
flolidaij JnnouqGBiiienti
n
We desire to call your atten
tion to our most beautiful col
lection of novelties in gold and
sterling silver, diamonds and
other precious stones, clocks,
bronzes, jewelery, silver tabic
ware, etc., all bought of the
best and most reliable houses
in this country.
All goods carefully selected, of
unsurpassed boauty, most attrac
tive.graceful anduniquo in appear
ance, with the newest ideas of a
rich, exclusive character confined
in Shenandoah entirely to this
houso.
Our stock is beyond doubt tlr
best selected aud most magnifi
cent in this county. The cele
brated B. & H. Banquet Lamp
and gold finished Onyx Table
a specialty.
It will be to your interest to
give us a call. Prices the low
est at
A. HOLDEMAN'S,
Cor. Main and Lloyd Sts.
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MAHANOY CITY.
MAIIANOT CITY, Dec. 6, 1894.
Mrs. John J. Rattigan Is visiting friends
at Port Carbon.
"A Jay Circus," produced nt Kaier's
opera house last night, proved a first class
attraction.
James Walsh, asslitant Inside foremnn
at the Schuylkill colliery, has moved his
fnmlly from Mlddieport to this place.
A young Insurance agent of Shenan
doah had a very unpleasant experience
the other night. While visiting the fair
sex at Glrardville he forgot about tho
last car on the eleotrlc railway. Ha
boarded n Lehigh Valley freight train,
Intending to alight at Shenandoah, but
the velocity of the train was so great when
it passed through the town that he was
afraid to jum a off anil remained on the
car until it renohed Delano. The nightwai
very cold and the young man was badlj
froien when he reached the latter place
The depot attendant sympathized with
the victim and after thawing nim ont
sit him home on nn early morning train.
Candy 1 Candy I Candy l
The finest assortment In town at lowest
prices. Fresh candy made every hour at
10 cents per pound. Give it atrial and
you wlll.oome again. S. Rosasco, 3i West
Centre street.
Gold Dust
Is Wanteds
By everybody. So is "Gold
Dust" Flour. A fancy blend
ed flour at an ordinary price.
We have cheaper flour, viz.:
"Keystone," "White Rose"
and the celebrated "Pride of
Lehigh. " And they are good
ones, too.
Graf's
122 Nortli Jar J In Si.
. ft,',-,. ik.