Evening VOL. IX.--NO. 310. SHENANDOAH, PA., MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1894. ONE CENT 9 ' A. IP. " Clieapes? Brocatclle Parlor Oouclies, S4.7S- Santa Olaus at Schmidt's. Hundsomo presents for young and old. J Plain, Embroldorud and Hemstitched bed sheets and pillow cases, r 50c, 65c and $ i 25 f Towels, two rows drawn work at 35c. Double-headed rests, all silk, 75c. Beautiful pin cushions, all enibrolderd silk handkerchiefs, xoc. ' Gents initial sill at 38 . Handsome umbrellas with natural wood handles, 73c. Table liuuus and napkins. 110-18 N. Main St. SANTA CLAUS :-: Will be at our store Saturday and Monday, Dec. lii aid 17th to receive letters from all good children. . . . Bring Your Letters Early. . . Successor h mil DUNCAN & WAIDLEY. We a full line of Men's, Women's and Children's slippers for the holidays. Prices from 35 cents up. Eemember that wo carry a fall line of the snag proof duck boots. Rubbers of all style j at the lowest prices. Joseph Ball, 14 South Main Street, Shenandoah, Pa. It Does Not To buy, sell or upo inferior goods. While the prices of straight, honest goods may sometimes seem high, poor goods at low prices are nover cheap. Wo aim to sell good goods at prices as low as lire consistent with good quality and honest woight and meas ure. A trial of some of our leading articles will pro'vo tho Truth of this. In tho COFFEE lino wo claim that our choice Plain Roastod Colleo at 30c is cheaper, quality considered, than any package cofleo at a lower price. It is a combination of the best grades only, carefully roasted and blended, so as to produce a strong, rich, tiro flavored drink. Our Roasted Java is tho beat Old Government Java. Our 50c Blended Tea is a mixture of fine tcs only, not a singlo cheap inferior tea in it. Our 60 cent Black Tea is a choice article. Our Coylon, English Breakfast and Japan Teas at 60c aro good teas and worth tho money. Can sell you a fair quality tea at 25c a pouu 1. Our Creamery Buttor is tho finest in tho market. Our Minco Meat is the best wo can buy. Our Lard is guaranteed pure. Our Now Orleans Baking Molasse3 is tho best new crop, open kottlogoods. Not a mixture ot cheaper kinds of molasses. Our Table Syrups at 6, 8, 10 and 12c wo believe to bo straight sugar goods. For the Holiday Season We offer a full line of foreign nnil domestio fruits at very low prices. Now Citron and Lemon Feel, 3 lbs. for 25c. Fine lorge blue Raisins, 4 lbs. for 25c. Best Oiuluni Layer Raisins, 4 lbs. for 25c. New seedless Sultana Raisins, 2 lbs. for 25c. New Cleaned Seedless Iialslns, very fine, 15c. New Cleaned Currants, 3 lbs. for 25c. Good Currants, 0 lbs. for 25c, as long as they last. New French and California PRUNES. 8 lbs. for 25c. Also some of the largest and finest In the market at higher prices. We have new Collfornlo Evaporated Pear. Peaches, Apricots, Silver Prunes, White Nectarines, Pitted Plums, Pitted Cherrler and Dried Blackberries, 3 pounds for 25c. In CANNED GOODS we have the finest goods packed as well as standard goods at lower prices. In Tomatoes we have extra quality In extra weight cans, 2 for 25c. Standard grade, 8 for 25c. Whole Tomatoes for frying, 15o. In COHN, all grades common goods nt 4 for25e. Choice quality, 3 for 25o, up to the lluest Northern Grown Sugar Corn, our "Pride of Shenandoah" brand, at 8 for 25o, is excelled by none. Marrowfat Peas, 3 cans for 25o. Early June Peas, 2 cans for 25o. Extra Sifted Early June Peat, very fine, 15o. String Beans, 4 cans for 25o. Hemembor wo sell no "Boaks" at any price. New FLORIDA ORANGES from St. John River, large and fine, 25c a dozen. New Mixed Nuts, 3 pounds for 25 cents. Tomato Catsup, a very good article, 4 bottles for 25c, Also the finest goods at higher prices. Than, 23vei Suits, $251(1 8 South Main Street Pay 23i SUNDAY AT THE CHURCHES. Rev. William Powlck Talks on the Almshouse Affairs. INVESTIGATION REQUIRED. Interesting Discourse on the Subject -The Primitive Methodist Church Re opened Yesterday Three Services. The Methodist Episcopal church was crowded last night, every seat bulug occu pied. The large attendance was due to some extent to tho announcement by Hev. William Powlck, the pastor, that he would preach a sermon on the attmhouse horrors as unearthed by the Schuylkill County Ministerial Association, and hu did. Rev. Powlck took the text for the ser mon from John 8 11 : "Jesus said uuto her neither do I condemn thee: go and sin no more." Alo Matt. 23 33: ' Ye serpants, ye generation of vipers, hov can ye escape the damnation of hell i" During his discourse Rev. Powlck said : The attitude of Jesus towards sinner.-, was determined by the attitude of ulnners towards Him. Tenderness to the peni tent and severity to the perverse. A minister never more resembles his Master than when he denounces wrong doing. This Is why the mlalster4 have taken note ot the almshouse horrors which have stirred the public during the week. This is why they have demanded an investigation and cannot be In timidated by threats of prosecution, They have not acted hastily. Tne meet ing last week was not the first that was held. Some of the newspapers, while conceding the purity of their motives, assume that they have bojn made politi cal cats-paws, but their Intelligence, as well as their characters, are a sufficient guarantee that they would not act as they have until carefully examining the evidence and feeling asiured that to justify their course they have not.acted maliciously. They have no one to serve, to fear, nor to punish. They have beea assured of the excellence of the christian woman who Is matron of the Insti tution and profoundly sympathize with her In the sorrows of the situa tion, but they nevertheless would be false to their trust did they not Insist upou an Investigation of the charges, which do not nffect her personally. Nor would they have it understood that these charges affect all the Inmates of the Institution. In the very nature of the case they can affect but few. Some of the papers have fearlessly and properly published some of the charges, and suspended Judgment pending iuves tlgatlon. Some cowardly sheets, whica can usually be relied upon to take the wrong side, have made the vlleness of the case an excuse for evading the real issue, and attacking the motives of the ac cuser). The legal maxim that a man must be assumed to be innocent till proved guilty applies no less forcibly to witnesses whom they accuse of perjury. Our newspapers should remember this, and In defending public servants avoid accusing their accusers. Public interest has clustered about only one charge out of several. It Is not for me to defend nor Impeach the witnesses, but baring ex amined the evidence I am prepared to say thnt such a chnrge could be substantial d only hy a witness who is thoroughly de praved. But to rule out such testimony on the ground of depravity would forever preclude conviction in any sush case. Even a depraved woman may tell the truth. But what about the other charges ? If any dependence Is to be placed upon the testimony of reputable witnesses there are other things connected with the management of the almshouse that show It to he rotten. It is not for me to locate the responsibility. It is for this purpose that an Investigation U demanded. There Is the charge of extravagence, which Is the most Infamous charge of all. I would not refer to It, but for Its bearing upon the morals and discipline of the In stitution, The amount appropriated for Inside relief last year was about 23,000. Over ten per cent, of this amount was ex pended for whiskey and tobacco, about $0 for each Inmate; but more than half of it was consumed In the office. Another charge concerns the birth of children in tho insane department. An other Is the exhibition in all their native nudenesi of uncommonly deformities ot Insane or Jdlotlo lnm (tea for the sport of the public servants and their friends, while engaged in their drunken orgies and the payment of the exhibitor In copious draughts of whiskey. All these things, and more besides, have been openly charged to be true, and an investigation into their truth is Impera tively demanded. And any newspaper tliut can mlulfy their seriousness and re-ftti-e to Join In the demand for a searching aud Impartial investigation ot their truth Is o public traitor. I know we are asked "how do you know thut there Is not some political scheme back of the whole move ment t" Why should we care t The ques Hon Is not concerning the motives of the accusers, but the truth ot their aocuso tlon. It satan is d'riided agatust himself why should -y man care t Should we not rather rejoice oud help to widen the breach ? U is evident from the admis sions of Its stoutest defenders that there is something wrong. They say It U not a model institution, and excuse the Irregu larities bp the quotation of similar ones in other institutions. But we have n right to a model Institution, or to know the reason why we huve not. It Is a shame and everlasting disgrace to our civilization when Justice Is demanded to be put off with an explanation ot Injustice, or when purity Is demanded to be offered an apology for Impurity. We are told that the Auditors ought to have made thee charges sooner. Perhaps so. Hut better late than never. Beddes a burnt child dreads tho lire. Some time since, so I am reliably Informed, an official was convicted in our courts for tome alias house villainy, but l.e has not yet been sentenced. There must be nn enlightened public sentiment behind such prosecu tions to avoid a miscarriage of Jus tice. Hence the wisdom of their course. If the charges can be disproved none will rejoice more than the ministers. They would rather prove that u fow witnesses have borne false testlmouy than to have it demonstrated that our county poor have been subjected to such vile atrocities as are alleged. Are you aware that W. V. Otto's fruit cuke Is the best In town f 27 South Malu street. THE P. M. CHURCH. Re-Opening of the Repaired and Im proved Edifice Yesterday. The congregation ot the Primitive Methodist church was in high glee yes terday, the occasion being the re-opening of their church, which had been closed for several weeks on account of extensive alterations and repalrB. The previous Identity of the church's Interior has been entirely changed. The walls and ceilings have been much beautified by the skillful brush ot Thomas II. Snyder. The prevailing color Is terra cotta. Tlie centre piece ot tho ceiling is a work of art. The old pews have been replaced by handsome seats arranged in semi circles and many Improvements have been made about the pulpit. On the whole the church It as cosy and pretty as any In tho county. The cost of the Improvements was close upon $1,000. Three services were held yester day und about four hundred dollars was raised by contributions and pledges. The first service was held In the morning, Rev. John Bath, the nastor. nreacblni? the ser mon. Rev. VlUIam Powlck corjuucTelT the service In the afternoon and Rev. T. M. Bateman in the evening. To-night there will be n meeting in the church that will be addressed by a number ol visiting clergymen and the pastor will have nn Important announcement to make to the congregation. If you want good cakes and pastry during the holidays use Kelter's "Pastry" Flour. 12-13-lw Two Stray Children. Two little girls were found wandering aimlessly about the streets Sunday night. Upon being questioned by the Chief of Police they gave the name of Whitehead and their ages as 14 and 10 years respec tlvely. They say their parents are dead and they ran away from friends In Weatherly. They are In custody pending the result of inquiries by telegraph. The finest Chocolates 30 cents a pound at W. V. Otto's, 27 South Main street. No Sale. The Orphans' Court snle of the proper ties on East Lloyd street and the corner ot Main and Lloyd streets, belonging to the estate of the late John B. Reber, was of no effect on Saturday, the prices not reaching the figures required by the exec utors. A. II. Roads, the agent, will now sell the properties privately. A Chance lo Save Money. 150 barrels choice winter wheat roller flour, $3 per barrel. Quality guaranteed. 12-14-lw At Keiteu's. Will Not be There. William Gibson, formerly of town and now ot PottBvIlle, repudiates the an nouncement that he Is to spar James McIIale in this town, lie also says he Is willing to meet McIIale at 140 pounds for from $100 to 1500 a side. McElhenny's Cafe To-night. To-ntght you are Invited to visit McEl henny's and partake of an elegant dish of sour krout, free. You are Invited be cause you are wanted. He will have sufficient for everybody. Do not be back ward iu calling. The only place In town to purchase your Christmas confectionery Is at W. V. Otto's, 27 South Mnin street. Change of Date. On account ot the 25th Inst, being Christmas Day, Camp No. 112, P. O. S. of A., will hold Its election of officers to morrow night, one week earlier than usual. Colliery Interest Sold. Griffith D. Jones, of Slatlngton, has sold his one-third Interest In the Cambridge Coal Company to James Bell, of Browns ville, for $1,000. The transfer was made through Justice Shoemaker. For Sale On Track To-day. One car No. I timothy hay. One car choice white oats. One car Hue middlings. ; 1214-3t AT KElTEIt'S. AMOUR AS AN ACTOR. Makes a Flying: Trip With the Drew Company A HERO IN A MINOR ROLE. He Can Choke Villains and Rescue Per secuted Maidens on the Siage But He Is Not In Amour's Class. The management of Maurice Drew's players, who concluded a week's engage ment at Ferguson's theatre on Saturday night, did not leave a very favorable Im pression upou Manager T. II. Hutchinson, of the Ferguson House, when the time ar rived for the company to take Its depart ure yesterday. The company remained ns guests of the hotel during tho week. Yesterday otter noon the manager called on Mr. Hntchln son for the bill and went upstairs to get the money. Meanwhile tne members of the troupe went to the Lehigh Valley de pot, their trunks being taken down at the same time. The manager hurriedly en tered the office ot the hotel a few min utes later and threw down the hotel bill with a number of greenbacks of small denominations upou the desk. He did not wait for n receipt, but hurried after the troupe to the depot. Mr. Hutch inson counted the small bills and found the total eleven dollars short of the re quired amount. In company with Detec tive Amour the landlord hurried to the depot. The company was already on the train and as the detective aud Mr. Hutchinson boved In sight they hailed them with shoutsof "Tn-tallutchy," etc. Amour jumped on the train as it pulled oui from the station. He was unable to learn who the manager of the compnuy was, Hutchinson having remained behind, but he found out who handled the rail road tickets oud pounced upon him ns the manager. This individual proved to be Mr. Drew. The detective explained tho shortage, but Mr. Drew only scoffed at him. "Ta-ta, me boy," said he, "Wo are bound or New York. The trunks are checked and I have the railroad tickets." Other members of the company joined in deriding the detective who was growing hot. He said to Drew, "I don't want the trunks, or the tickets. I want that eleven-dollar balance." Drew seemed to be enjoying hlmsdf immensely and continued jollying the detective. Amour Is n powerful man. Finding per suasion of no avail he said, "If I can't get the money I'll take you," aud with a good strong pull he lifted the actor from tho seat aud almost over the back of it. The train had reached Mahanoy City by this time and the actor, finding that he was doomed to part company with his fellow thesplans If he did not pay the money, handed the detective the eleven dollars. As Amour took the bills he raised his hat and Bald, nddressing the members of the company: "In behalf of Mr. Hutchinson, allow me to say 'ta-ta.' The detective then alighted from the train amid the laughter of the vanquished, but still jolly, thesplans. Candy ! Candy ! 1 Candy 1 1 1 Tho cheap est In town. At W. V. Otto's, 27 South Main street. A Cock Fight. A number of sports of this town and other places conducted a cock fight ou the top lloor of the old Frauey bulldlug at the corner of Malu and Poplar street Saturday night. The affair was conducted with so much sectecy (?) that even the police failed to hear ot It. At least, If they did learn anything about it, they took no steps to interfere. Cock fights In a dance ball on the Main street ot the town 1b something of which few towns with a paid police force can boast. We Received To-day : Fresh creamery butter. Choice dairy butter. Florida oranges, 20 and 25 cents a dozen 12-14 3t AT KEITEll'8. Notice to Stockholders. To the stockholders of the Citizens' Building nnd Loan Association: Next week being Chrlstn will bold their regi on Saturday even 1894. All moneys i regular meeting, u cember 18th, 1804, o'clock p. m. By oi Attest : C. W. Df Offered The building at tb Malu and Oak street office Is located, with furniture, Is offered t and must be sold bet Bids must be matlec Jackson Boulevard, I Holiday I A special Bale of ( the next two weeks. I mufflers, muffs and t ot ladles' and inlsset reduced prices. I 12-12-tf 30 South Mo flolidfiij innouqcBigenf . We desire to call your atten tion to our most beautiful col lection of novelties in gold and sterling1 silver, diamonds and other precious stones, clocks, bronzes, jewelery, silver table vviwt. etc., all bought of the best and most reliable houses in this countiy All goods carefully selected, of unsurpassed beauty, nt?t attrac tive.graceful and unique in appear ance, with the newest ideas of ? rich, exclusive character confined in Shenandoah entirely to this house. Our stock is beyond doubt the best selected and 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. HGLDEBSAN'S, Cor. Main and Lloyd Sts. Would Make a Handsome Gift.. liepp's World's Fair Photographs. IKCLOIHalv?7.50. Jr. Cost more than $1.50 to print it. No work on this subject so complete. Nover sold before for los than $3.00. See them and bo surprised. On sale at F.Ji Portz& Son 21 North Mam Street The leading house In tho county for goods at prices which stagger you. Don't for get that we give away loour customers absolutely FREE on January 15, 1895. Caught on a Run. Joseph Slocura, a bad looking fel.ow who claimed to hall from Buck Moun tain, was arrested on a run at about 9:30 o'clock Saturday night. Jntic- Toomey saw Slocum leaving Hymen Fogel's store, on East Centre street, acting in a sus picious manner. Slocum seemed to be secreting something under his coat. Constable Glblin went after the man and he ran, but was captured after a run as far as the Union street school building. A suit of undern ear stolen from Fogel's store was found under bis coat. Aa Slocum was unable to furnish 1300 ball he was taken down to the Pottsville jail this morning. Remnants of Brussel and Moquotto carpets, iy, to 2 yards long, for muts and rugs. 12-14-lw At Keiter's. Sued for Libel. Wellington Hartman, steward of the county almshouse, has sued J. H. Zerbey , of tho Republican; O. Shuniwoy, of tho Chronicle, Pottsville, and T. J. Joyce, of the Dally Amerirv" &
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