VENINO
VOL. X.-NO. 36.
SHENANDOAH, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1895.
ONE CENT
One Will Tell fsjje 0fejj6i of
DRY GOODS.
This week a big selection of Dress
Goods in wool or cotton mixed,
worth 50c, now for 35c.
INITIAL HANDKERCHIEFS.
From 25o to 12c; from 15c to 8c.
RED TABLE CLOTHS
From
116-18 N. Main St.
Lot of Spoons mi Cutlery,
Soiled
Sold at
lama to GIRif K, OUNCAN & WAIDLEY.
SPECIAL
SALES
. Will soon
F, J, PORTZ 4 SON'S
NO. 21 NORTH MAIN STREET, SHENANDOAH, PA.
New Carpets.
Our first invoico of now Carpets ib now in atock.
Wo have new Spring Styles in
Axminster, Moquette,
i
Velvet, Tapestry, Body Brussels,
'it..-
Ingrain and
Aho a lino of Now ELOOR OIL
?We Offer To-day
One Car Heavy Rich WINTER WHEAT MIDDLINGS.
One Car No. 1 TIMOTHY HAY oxtra quality, and clean.
One Car CHOICE WHITE OATS.
800 BushelB NEW YELLOW CORN. ' ,
' 60 BarrelB Choice Fnll-roll
at $8.00
JDJmsre
In furniture that will make the thin
pocket book smllo nil over with glad
ness. See what a small amount of
money will accomplish just now i
Ladles' Rockers $1.00 up.
Bedsteads 1.90 up.
Cupboards 3.00 up.
Extension Tables 150 up.
Cradles ........ 1.25 up.
Cbambor Suits, 8 pieces- 10.00 up.
Parlor Suits, 5 pieces 25.00 up.
Come nnd see and bo convinced that
this is the cheapest place In thestate
to buy your furniture.
Williams & Son
No. 13 S. Main St.
Oaf (Hearing pule,
Better value nowhere.
CHILDREN'S CAPS-AU Wool.
Reduced now to 20 cts.
CHILDREN'S COATS. .
Some left yet at $1.50,
ALL CALICOS.
This week at 4 cts.
2 to 1.50; from $1.75 to $1.25.
by water,
HALF PRICE.
8 South Main Street.
start at
Rag Carpets.
All at REDUCED PRICES.
CLOTH and LINOLEUMS,
Now Spring Patterns.
er WINTER WHEAT FLOUR,
por barroWility is all right.
7-
biter's.
TOPICS OF
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Pungent Paragraphs Grouped by the
Attentive Reporters.
A MIXTURE OF THEMES!
All Have a Local Bearing: and Cannot
Fail to Afford Some Interest to the
Readers of the "Herald."
Mr. T. J. Broughall, one of the Board
of Health members, spent yesterday in
attendance at the eighth annual state
sanitary convention of Pennsylvania, at
HarrUburg. As Mr. Broughall is one of
the most active members on the local
board and takes a deep interest in sani
tary affairs he - will no doubt return
with a fund of information for the en
lightenment of his colleagues on the
board, who will await his return as chil-
dren look for the return of their mother
from a shopping tour.
The quo warranto suit of Thomas Tosh
against Sheriff Scott, we are assured, is
not dead, bnt sleeping. Mr. Tosh stated
yesterday that he did not know any more
of the case at present than that District
Attorney Ryan still holds the papers and
is undecided as to whether he has au
thorlty to issue the quo warranto.
In speaking of the venerable and un
fortunate John Schelfly yesterday, Dr.
Hamilton Bald he believed the patient
will rally, but it is doubtful that he will
ever be able to walk again. The fracture
of the hip is of a peculiar kind that sel
dom mends well even in cases where the
victims are of tender years.
It has been suggested that if the Bor
ough Council could arrange in some way
to make tramps who seek lodging in the
lockup work a couple, of hours as a re
muneration for the trouble and expense
of keeping them it would have the effect
of keeping them shy of the town. The
suggestion is not a new one and has been
frequently discussed, but it is not prac
ticable. Surface indications of the demoralized
condition of the coal trade are growing
mora numerous dally. Mine employes
who would have scoffed at the idea of
being reduced to an average of four or
five hours work a day a year ago now
think the day good whose declining sun
sets with this number of hours to their
account. It Is not alone the poor miner
that are being oppressed, but all classes
of mechanics employed at the collieries.
The only employes who are not Interfered
with as far as restricting time is concerned
is the foremau and pumpman, and it is
impossible to do without their services at
any time of the day or night. The coming
month is, however, looked upon with
brighter prospects. Though it is a short
one, and nnless predictions vary, a larger
amount of coal will bo mined than for the
month about to expire.
A swindler is operating in neighboring
counties. He goes about from door to
door, and after finding a case and ascer
taining the ailment, he claims to be an
eye specialist from some noted Institution,
sent there especially by the victim's
family physician, who he mentions by
name. lie finally persuades his victim to
either purchase worthless glasses at a
fabulout price, or else perform a pretended
operation upon the eye for the trouble
complained of. He is always sure to col
lect a good sum of money In advance,
and that is the last of the case.
V
By the time the winter closes there will
be a grand army of cripples made so
through "coasting." Rarely we pick tip
an exchange newspaper, but It has in it
an article giving a detailed account of nc
cldents from this cause. In every town
the police should make arrangements to
make this exhlleratlng sport harmless.
Most frequently accident arises from the
coasters crossing rail or wagon roads,
where often they run Into passing cars or
vehicles, often to the killing or maiming
of many of the former. Then some boys
have a reckless habit of carelessly or pur
posely running Into a rival coaster, which
often results in broken limbs or other
wounds from the collision. In our town
there Is a great deal of coasting done and
lu some localities It is dangerous. The
authorities should have the police to use
supervision over this coasting amusement
and regulate it so that no accidents can
occur.
In conversation with an old, successful
crocer. the other day, he said i "Yes, it
pays to be frank, manly and honest.
don't think it pays to be in the least de
gree deceitful. I want my customers to
trust me. 1 want every clerk In my store
to do as he would be done by. If a patron
calls for n certain brand of goods usually
kept by me, nnd I happen to be out of it,
he is told so frankly. I don't try to sell
him something that he doesn't want, If
I chance to have a poor quality of canned
croods in stock no matter what brand i
will not Bell them at any price ; they are
returned to the seller or thrown aside as
worthless. Other goods are treated In the
fiame wav. Of two evils. It is cheapest
and beat to stand the loss myself, rather
I than run the almost certain risk of losing
J the confidence nnd patronaga of my cus
tomers. A tricky merchant never prospers.
If my butter Is not up to grade, I say so;
but one exercises care and judgment
in uuying uutier, or nnytmng else, lc win
be up to the mark and wont need apolo
Sizing for. When I order goods by mail
my jobber knows that I want what I order,
not what he chooses to send me, My one
aim Is to keep and to extend my trade. I
don't want to loso old customers for the
sake of attracting new ones. 1 try to hold
my trade, and I find that the easiest and
cheapest way Is to be worthy of it." l
every young grocer in the land could rend
tblsfold man's words and would follow
his experienced couusel,how much smaller
the percentage of failures would be.
Have you seen the walking stick
brellas in Brumm's Show Window t
urn
1 31
A HOOK BROKE.
Two Loaded Cars Precipitated Down a
Slope.
There was an accident in a slope of the
West Shenandoah colliery yesterday that
resulted in considerable damage to prop
erty, but fortunately did not cause injury
to any person.
I1 (to cars loaded with coal were being
hoisted up the slope and the first car was
just landing at the top when the hook
that held the car to the hoisting
rope" broke. In a twinkle the course
of both cars was reversed and they went
plunging down the slope at a terrific
speed, knocking out most of the pulleys
and several pieces of timber. The cars
went clean down to the bottom of the
slope and played havoa there when they
landed, but no person was Injured. For
tunately no men were 6a the cars when
they were being hoisted.
The damage done to several parts of
the slope by the cars caused a suspenrion
of work at the colliery. Several men had
narrow escapes from injury and in one or
two Instances the escapes were almost
miraculous. The repairs were made in
time for the colliery to resume operations
this morning.
McElhenny's Popular Cafe.
Lovers of good and richly flavored
oysters should not fall to visit the above
resort. Mr. McElhenny has been receiv
ing dally the finest oysters ever shipped
to '.lit Shenandoah market, and Invites
you to call on him and satisfy yourself
that the above are facts. Every attention
paid to dining parlors on second floor.
Lady attendant.
Sleighing: and Dining;.
A party of ladles of t"wn who enjoyed
a sleigh ride to Brandonvllle yesterday,
and dined at that place with Mrs. Rich,
was composed of Mrs. Robbins, Mrs.
Glenn, Mrs. Wilde, Mrs. Jocoby, Mrs.
Shoemaker, Mrs. Beddall, Mrs. Fowler,
Mrs. Klstler, Mrs. Price and Mrs. Weld
man, and Misses Maggie Jacoby and
Ruby Yost.
Obituary.
David Shields died at his home on West
Oak street, yesterday, in his 61st year.
He was attacked by la grippe about a
week ago. His wife and two sons and
three daughters, adults, survive him,
The funeral will take place at 2 p. m. on
Friday.
Great free lunch at McElhenny's Satur
day night.
Horse and Sleigh Upset.
The runner of a sleigh occupied by e
man named Wagner, of Mahanoy City,
became fastened in an electric railway
rail on North Main street this morning,
and as the sletah was upset It threw the
horse down, but both the occupant of the
sleigh and the horse escaped injury.
Died.
SHIELDS. On the 80th inst., at Shenan
doah, Pa., David Shields, aged 01 years
and 6 months. Funeral will take place
on Saturday, February 2d, at 2 o'clock
p. m., from the family residence, 43a West
Oak street. Interment In the Odd Fellows'
cemetery. Relatives and friends respect
fully invited to attend. l-31-2t
Collieries Suspend.
All the colllerlos of the P, & R. C. & I.
Co, will suspend operations to-night until
next Monday morning. They worked
four three-quarter days this week, a alight
improvement on the working schedules
of the preceding two weeks.
You will never find Brennan's cigars
In dive saloons. They are for fine trade
only hotels, cafes and drug stores.
A Harmless Dump.
Louis Goldln, Levi Refowlch, Harris
Sett and Hiram Rublnsky formed a sleigh
lnir nartv to Pottsville yeiterday. On the
outward journey the horse ran away,
dumping the party over an embankment,
but fortunately noue were Injured.
Head Badly Cut.
Anthony BuBawltcz, a resident of North
Bowers street, had his head and face
badly lacerated this morning by a foil of
coat In the Ellengowan colliery. Ho was
removed to his home.
Peddler Arrested.
A. Freedman, of Scranton, was ar
rested in town to day by Special Ofllcer
Joseph Mandour on a charge of peddling
without a license. He sold playing csrds.
After a hearing he was ommltted to the
Pottsville jail In default of 1200 ball.
A nice present a box of Brennan's
Havana cigars, tl.25 per box.
M'DONALD
WAS THE BEST
He Had Connelly Beaten Early in
the Game.
IT WAS DECLARED A DRAW.
With the Wllkes-Barrc Man's Experience
the Mt. Carmel Man Would Have Won
In the Second Hound.
Shenandoah was the rendezvous of
"sports" from all parts of the anthracite
region last night. There were tough
sports, flashy sports, hard-up sports and
sports of various other degrees. Many
ctme to town ostensibly to attend the
King benefit ball and Incidentally to
attend "der scrap what was a dandy."
The latter arrangement was a boxing con
test between Darby McDonald, of Mt,
Carmel, and "Reddy" Connelly, of
Wilkes-Barre. It was supposed to be a
twelve-round encounter with four-ounce
gloves, but it ended In a draw In the
fourth round.
The fight was originally fixed for
GIrardvillt last Tuesday night, but the
Chief Burgess of that place Interfered
and the management transfertd it to this
place.
When he tournament was opened
about 250 people occupied seats in the
theatre. Pottsville, Hazleton, GIrard
ville, Ashland and Mt. Carmel were well
represented in the gathering. The ttar
event was preceded by a three-round
"friendly go" between Murphy and Orp,
of Glrardville. The second exercise was
a four-round contest for points between
Golden, of town, and Seymour, of Ash
land. W. W. Lewis, of Mahanoy City,
held the watch and Pat. Cleary, of the
same place, was refej-ee, .JTjyfljst round
was muw. xue men uuvuivs. y3e ume 10
sizing up" each other. Golden eventu
ally became the aggressor and succeeded
In landing a few light blows. In the
second round matters warmed up, Golden
forced the lighting. It was give and take
for a while, but Golden had the best of it.
In the thirdlround Seymour rushed Golden
to the ropes. The latter retaliated, send
ing Seymour to the floor with a stiff left
hand swing. Both men seemed weak
and took the balance of their time
In sparring for wind. In the fourth
round Seymour rushed Golden and hit
him at will, drawing first blood, and
sending him to the floor in Goldln's cor
ner. The latter took time to get up and
Seymour rushed him to the ropes and
with a hard right, knocked Goldln over
them. Golden recovered himself and, the
men sparred lightly, Seymour apparently
uo't wishing to deliver a knock-out blow.
Referee Cleary decided the fight a draw.
Referee Cleary stepped to the front of
the stage after a brief intermission and
announced the star event.of the evening.
He requested perfect order, as the Chief
of Police had given notice that he would
prevent the contest if any demonstration
was created. UrltUtus, of Mahanoy City,
held the watch. McDonald was the flrBt
to appear and Connelly appeared about
ten minutes later. O'Brien and Kirk, of
Pottsville, looked after Connelly, and Tim
Hurst, of Ashland, and James McIIale, of
Philadelphia, took care of McDonald. At
10:25 time was called and the men came
together like a clash, McDonald playing
for Connelly's eye, which he had injured
at the start. The men clinched repeatedly
and McDonald, being the stronger, would
rush Connelly against the ropes,- bucking
his head into Connelly's stomach and
neck. The end of the round found Con
nelly very groggy, while McDonald was
uninjured. The second round was even.
McDonald rushed Connelly and
sent him o the floor. He took
full time to rise and then,
by a slip, aided by a light blow
from Connelly's mlt, McDonald went
down. He jumped up Immediately
and a light exchange followed. The
third round was all for McDonald. The
men rushed at each other and clinched
repeatedly. Each time McDonald made
use of his bucking ability, McDonald
sent Connelly to the floor three times in
this round and blood was pouring from
the latter's month and nose. He was
very limp and dropped Into his chair.
When he came up in the fourth round
Connelly was a beaten man. McDonald
rushed and sent him to the floor again.
Connelly's friends claimed a foul. The
referee would not allow it. Connelly's
friends took him out of the ring and the
referee declared the flgbt a draw.
Go to Ashland.
A. trip tp Ashland is; a delightful one
for sleighing parties and splendid accom
mpdations can be found there at E.
Schmicker'a. Muatc always In attendance
at the dancing hall. Good stabling.
1-23 tf
Painful Injury.
Miss Emma Bollch, one of the clerks In
the post office, sustained a painful injury
this morning. In closing thudoor of the
office safe Miss Bollch allowed the index
finger of her right hand to be caught.
The finger turned black from the squeeze
and will be very sore for several .days.
Oysters and clams In all styles at No. 11
West Centre street. Milk supplied to
families.
1-29-tf M. J. Be&let, Prop,
lest and Fines!
Jn the County.
18 kr. plain Wedding Ring? ,
Band and Fancy Rings, Dia
monds, Sterling Silver and
Platedware, Jewelry, Clocks
and Optical Goods sold lower
than ever.
OLDHRHAN'S
Jewelry i; Store,
Cor. Main and Lloyd Sts.
Repairing done prompt and
in
faultless manner.
PERSONAL.
Frank A. Everett, of Brandonvllle, was
a town visitor to day.
Oscar Betteridge transacted business at
the county seat to-day.
Miss Minnie Champion has returned
from a visit to Hazleton.
NeleoiTDavlsr-Dt-SauttL. White street, is
confined to his home with illness, v.-
John Delany went down to Pottsville
this morning to attend the license court.
Henry Gilbert, of West Coal street, who
has been laid up with la grippe the past
four weeks, 1b about again.
Farmer Daniel Nelswender and family
enjoyed a sleigh ride to town last evening
behind his bay team of trotters.
Mrs. Katd Fairley, of Hazleton, who
was the guest of relatives in town, left
for Shamokln yesterduy to spend a few
days.
John Velth, of Pottsville, spent to-day
visiting collieries' in this district in com
pany with District Superintendent
Bradigan.
O. E. Foster, of the Foster-Mllburn
Co., Buffalo, N. Y., was a visitor to town
to-day, making arrangements to adver
tise and distribute Doan's kidney pills.
Emma, daughter of Mr. andMra.
William Fox, ofTamaqua, was married
at that place in Tuesday afternoon to
Mr. Samuel Wagner. Rev. A. M. Wood,
of Mahanoy City, officiated at the cere
mony. The bride is a niece of II. C.
Boyer, of this paper.
Dabb has removed his gallery to Hoff
man's old stand, West Centre street.
Mr. Hollopeter's Dilemma.
Before entering the license court nt
Pottsville yesterday S. G. M. Hollopeter,
Esq., of town, placed his overcoat, over
shoes and hat in charge of Prothonotary
D'egan and they were placed in a safe.
After the adjournment of court Mr.
Hollopeter called for the things and
learned, to his dismay, that the safe was
locked and the Prothonotary .had gone
home. Commissioner Clerk Phil. Con
nell went to the rescue and loaned Mr.
Hollopeter an overcoat and hat. The
lawyer grumbllngly traveled to Shenan
doah and threw Mrs. Hollopeter into con
vulsions of laughter by the striking
resemblance of his appearance to that of
"MarkB" in "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
Immense free
lunch at McElhenny's
Saturday night.
Reprieved Again.
Anthony Rlzzutto, the convicted
Italian murderer confined In the Potts
ville jail, and who was tq have been
executed on December 14th last, but was
reprieved by Governor Pattlson until
February 6th, pending efforts on the part
of friends to show that the doomed man
is insane, has been again reprieved.
Governor Hastings has postponed the day
of execution until A pnl 18th, next.
Our Butter Story.
Juno prints or rolls..,, 25o
Sept. creamery tub oholce 28o
Dairy rolls fresh 80o
Finest crcamory , 84o
You got just what you ask for.
Wo have a good thing in
Got a lot of nice onos. Best over wo
had. Rich, full cream and elogant flavor.
Not the cheapest, but tho best.
rafts
, 122 North JarUin Street
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