SHENANDOAH, PA., MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1895.
ONE CENT
VOL. X.--NO 69.
In furniture that will make the thin
pocket book smile all over with glad
ness. See what a small amount of
money will accomplish just now :
Ladles' Rockers 11.00 up.
Bedsteads 1.60 up.
Cupboards.". 3.90 up.
Extension Tables 4.60 up.
Cradles 1.23 up.
Chamber Suits, 8 pieces 16.00 up.
Parlor Suits, 5 pieces 25.00 up.
Come and see and be convinced that
this Is the cheapest place In the state
to buy your furniture.
Williams & Son
No. 13 S. Main St.
Rev. William Powick Takes Leave
of the Methodist Episcopal
Congregation.
THE CHURCH WAS CROWDED
KIND WORDS FROM THE PASTOR ON
HIS RELATIONS WITH THE CHARGE
HAD A MARKED EFFECT.
A Big Clothing Merchant
nr sii.n.n.in.i. moo in tlio otv fnr t.hrn wpfiliH mirchasinir snritic stock
I bought great barnalns In the finest styles. By chance I bought at
Sheriff's Rale for $3,000 Clothing wortn 5,uuu.
Thsse Bargains Must be Sold
Tn mnkfiroom forthe 58 cases of SPRING CLOTHIN'G which are to come.
The clothintf lust received packs my store and there is no room left for
more goods. I must and will sell these BARGAINS before the 17th qf
March, ns my Spring Rtock comes in March. Come all, come everybody.
Come early to get your bargains. This sale will just suit you for these
hard times.
Wo Offer Refused,
They must be sold at any price to make room for more goods,
the great bargains. Remember the place.
Don't miss
Great Mammoth Clothing House,
L. GOLDIN, Prop 9 and 11 South Main Street.
Glass
ware
A beautful andvery useful line
At the cut price of
5c, 10c and 15c per Piece,
NO. 21 K0F.TH MAIN STREET, SHENANDOAH, PA.
We will give a sheet of Music
for the mere asking. .
FRKE to any purchaser of goods from our store
Your Nearest Friend
Is Your Underwear
Good muslin underwear at bargain prices. Night gowns
elegantly trimmed for 48c ; Ladies' Chemise, trimmed with
deep embroidery and linen lace, only 29c; Drawers, Corset
Covers and White Skirts at equally low prices.
Men's White Shirts
First-class in every, particular this week at35c: Men's fine
Neglige shirts, made of fast color linen chevjot, all new pat
terns, only 39c. .
L J. Wilkinson, 29 South Mam St.
Fresh. Butter
"We received to-day a fine lot of
Strictly Fresh Bradford . County
Dairy Butter, in addition to 6ur
regular supply of Gilt-edge Cream
ery, which we receive fresh from
tko creamery every other day.
STRICTLY tURE LARD.'
Wo soil no compound or second
quahtyjLard.
New York State CHEESE.
Full cream, rich and fine. .
BEST MINCE MEAT We sel
the beat only ; no second quality
Also another
Purse of One Hundred Dollars Given
the Clergyman and He Donates
Fifty Dollars to the Parson
age Fund.
Rev. William Powick last evening
preached his farewell sermon in the
Methodist Episcopal church, on East Oak
street, after a service of four years. The
event attracted onoof the largest gather
ings ever seen in the church and it was
quite evident that the congregation was
deeply affected by the pastor's leave
taking.
After the sermon Rev. Powick thanked
the congregation for its uniform kindness
and co-operation and remarked that not
an unkind word had ever passed between
them. Mr. Powick said a sense of duty
had led him to take part in things very
JiiKSII ROASTK1) COFFEE Fine O. G. Java.
lot of our Fimvy Biondod Offee, at 80c.
NE)V NORWAY MACKEREL White and fat.
New Stock French Prunes, 81ts 25c,
New Seedlofp RaiBiii8.5 Ibp. 26c.
LEMONS, "2 dozen tor 25c. New Cleaned Currants, 8 lbs.. 256
CAIIFOBNLA and VALENCIA ORANGES Not quite equal to
v Floiidus, but. the beet in the market, 25c a dozen.
California WA1 NT3TS Very tone quality, 2 pounds for 25o.
NEW PICKLES Natural color, largo size, crisp, Bound 8 doz. 25c
SWEET PICKLES by the quart.
Fresh Tea Biscuit, Baited, 8 lbs. 25c. Fresh Ginger-Snaps, 4 lbs. 25c
Fresh Dandy Oyster Crackers, 5 pounds ior 25c
New Fishing Creek Buckwheat Flour. Fresh Ground Rye Flour.
No Complaiht--Everyb'tidy Satisfied Our High-grade Family Flour
at $8.00 per bbl. Bakes well, makes light, white and sweet bread.
Spkoul Bargains Standard Tomatoes, new Sugar Corn, Marrow
fat Peas and String Beans, 4 cans for 25c.
Table Oil Cloth ydB wide, beBt quality, new pattern,2ydB. 25c
REV. WILLIAM rOWICK.
uncongenial to his taste, but even those
he had felt it his duty to antagonize had
always treated him with the utmost
kindness. The church and the community
expect a minister of the gospel to preach
not what they want to hear, but what they
ought to hear. This, he said, he had tried
to do. He was responsible to God for his
conduce and his doctrine, and bis utmost
aim had been to interpret the thoughts of
God concerning the duty of man. Mr,
Powick said it was probable that his
work here was done, bnt not certain: if
bo, he would bear many pleasant recol
lections of his pastorate here, one of
which would be concerning a special
purse of $100, which was handed to him
a few days ago, and included a check for
$50 from a gentleman who is not a mem'
ber of the church. This contribution,
the pastor said, enabled him to do him
self the pleasure of contributing an
equal Bum towards the liquidation of the
parsonage debt.
Rev. Powick became pastor of the
church four years ago, succeeding Rev.
Eli Pickersgill. During his pastorate he
preached 408 sermons, made 1,788 pastoral
visits, conducted 60 funerals, solemnized
43 marriages, baptized 103 persons and re
pelved 221 members into the church,
When he became pastor of the church
there were 820 members enrolled, The
membership is now 438.
To-morrow morning Rev. Powick will
leave for Wilmington, Del., to pay a brief
visit to relatives. On Wednesday morn
lng he will be in attendance at the Phila
delphia Methodist Episcopal conference,
which opens at Germantown, Pa., onttiat
day. It is a foregone conclusion that Rev.
Powick will be assigned to the Ebenezer
Methodist Episcopal church at Manayunk.
The clergyman's family will not accom
pany him on his trip, The following is a
synopsis of Rev. Powlck's farewoll ser
mon as preached to the large congrega
tion last evening;
' Rev. 20-12 : "And I saw the dead, small
andyrea., stand before God; and the
Ex ra size and O.ualitv.2 lbsSSo' opened, which is the book of life; and the
New MuecatelRaiBinB, 5 lbB. 25ode1atd1 were Jpd out. of the things
log to their works."
The truth of the text is the moral
balance wheel of society, Men may
ridicule it, but there it stands. They may
shrink from its dreadful revelations, but
they must face them eventually. Sin
may lift ita saucy bead now and rebels
may bid defiance to the law of God, but
there is a day of reckoning coming. "It
is a righteous thing with God to recom
pense them that trouble his
people." We are .now writing the reo
ords of the great day in the conduct
of our daily life. There wilt bo opened
the book of opportunity. We shall not
be Judged by the same standard as Moses
and Dayid. They never heard the sermon
on the mount, They lived under the law,
not the gospel. The larger liberty of the
gospel brings with it a larger responsi
bility. Its liberty is not a liberty to sin
but a proffered liberty from sin. "Where
much is given much shall be required,"
Here is a child born and reared In a
christian home, taught the way ot God
from his youth, saturated with gospel
truth, breathing an atmosphere of piety ;
but :bere is a child bom in a miniature
hell upon earth, sucking the appetite for
strong drink from Its mother's heart,
its atmosphere freighted with the
sulphurous fumes of the bottomless
pit, taught to swear and to
steal hardly born, but "dammed
into the world." Think you that loth will
be judged alike f Nay, verily. Thoy wll'
be judged according to their oppi itu ilty
But the gracious provisions of fin 'luir
grace are included in their oppo tu itty
They may waste or despise their o ipor-
tunlty of being "born again" by the
oomunicatlon of divine life, but th s Is
their fault and not God's. We are nc
countable for the opportunities we waste
no less than for those we use ; not only
for what he know and do, but also for
what we might know and do. Then there
will be opened the book of conduct. We
shall be confronted with our thoughts.
words and deeds. "As a man thinkelh in
h'is heart so is he." The thought of
evil Is sin. We may conceal our
sinful plans and evil desires and
purposes from man, but not from God.
We may even deceive ourselves but we
cannot deceive our God. We have the
written word of God before us ai
guide, and it will not do to plead the
example or counsels of others not
of teachers, preachers and priests "to the
law and to the testimony," for JesuB said
the words that I sneak unto you the
same shall judge you at the last day."
Then there will be the book of con
science. Men often seem to have no con
science now, but they have. It may be
seared morally petrified, but It will at
the lust day accuse them and justify the
judgment of a righteous God. A drown
ing man sees in an instant a panorama of
his lite in the instant preceding death or
rescue. Long lorgotten sins are galvan
ized Into new life and they stare him In
the face. We forget the events of yester
day because time enough has not elapsed
to imprint them on the memory, but the
scenes of the long ago become more vivid
with the lapse of years. So methinks at
the judgment
"Each fainter trace that memory holds
Bo dimly uf departed years,
In one road glance the soul upholds,
And all that wus at once appears."
But there w.HLbe another book opened
and that is the "book of life" the reg
ister of the eternal city the list of those
whose citizenship even now is in heaven
those who through faith in Jesus have
washed their robes and made them white
in the blood of the Lamb. Some years
ago I landed In Liverpool at midnight
Several vessels had previously landed and
the hotels were filled. We were denied
accommodations and were turning to the
street when a man stepped up and handed
his card as he asked for a room. The
clerk turned to the register and called a
porter, who showed him to his room
without a word. He had sent his name
on' in advance. So must we do if we
would occupy one of the "many man
slons" of our Father's house.
ii ma i time
People Thronged About the Street
Corners and Watched the
Variations.
OTHER ECLIPSES COMING !
THE PEOPLE OF SHENANDOAH WILL
SEE ANOTHER ONE LIKE THAT OF
LAST NIGHT IN SEPTEMBER.
Are you a sufferer from that terrible
plague, Itching Piles P Doan's Ointment.
will bring you instant relief and perman
entcure. Get it from your dealer.
Married.
Louis Hafner and Miss Lizzie Bartseh
were married last evening by Rev. John
Gruhler, of the German Lutheran church
at the pastor's residence, on West Cherry
street. Miss Annie Bartsch, sister of the
bride, was the bridesmaid, and Harry
Hafner, brother of the groom, the grooms
man.
When you want good roofing, plumb
ing, gas fitting, or general tiusmithlng
done call on E F. Gallaaher, 18 West
Centre street. Dealer in stoves. 8-4-tf
-At Edtev's.
A New Song.
"The Bear Ridge Explosion" is the
latest song out. It Is a sentimental com.
position on the recent disaster at th
West Bear Ridge, colliery, near Mahanoy
City, where five men lost their lives and
six were terribly burned. The song has
been composed by Daniel McGrath and
Is very touching.
Obituary.
Mrs. Barbara Ann Shields, wife
James Shields, the East Centre street
hotelkeeper and liveryman, died yester
day, aged 88 years, 7 mouths and 10 days.
The deceased left three children, Robert,
Annie and George. The funeral will take
place tomorrow, to prooeed to Tamaqua
on the 12:32 P. & R. train.
An Eclipse in the Local Letter Carrier
Force Mr. Boyer Retired and His
Place Filled by a Democratic
Appointee.
lest and finest
Jn the Utility.
18 kr. plain Wedding Rings,
Band and Fancy Rings, Dia
monds, Sterling Silver and
Platedware, Jewelry, Clocks
and Optical Goods sold lower
than ever.
Bock beer made its appearance on Sat
urday and many people attributed the
strange appearance and conduct of the
moon last night to that event, but the
astronomers assure us that, while the
moon was full and out of sight in many
respects, winding up its antics with a
very flushed face, an eclipse, and not
bock beer, was the cause.
The whole country was interested In the
eclipse, but at no place did It arouse more
attention than in Shenandoah. As even
ing drew near the Bole topic of conversa
tion was the eclipse. The moon rose clear
and beautiful and crowds gathered at
street corners to patiently wait for the
change. Some waited for over two hours
without a murmur. The first shadow
stole over the moon's face shortly after 8
o'clock and the crowds pouring from the
churches swelled the throngs prevlsiously
assembled to watch the changes to fol
low. With each passing minute the
shadow deepened and at six minutes of
nine the shadow showed Itself on the
eastern edge of the moon. At eight
minutes of ten the entire surface of the
moon was hidden as by a dense cloud.
HUMAN'
Jewelry w Store
Cor. Main and Lloyd Sts.
Repairing done prompt and
faultless manner.
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The situation remained thus until 27
minutes after 11 o'clock, when the veil
slipped nway as gradually as it came, and
at 12:25 o'clock the moon was freed from
the shadow which the earth cast upon
ber. The eclipse was a total one and the
picture, presented during the process was
beautiful.
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This eclipse was visible only In the
United States and was one of five to take
place this year. On March 25th there will
be a partial eclipse of the sun, invisible
tn the United States, except the northeast
corner of Maine, where the eclipse will
end at sunrise. A partial eclipse ot the
sun will also take place on August 20th
and will be invisible in America. It will
only be visible in Russia and Siberia
Another total eclipse of the moon will
take place on September 3rd and 4th and
will be visible in the United States.
Timely Topics.
We are to have a Democratic dally.
How about Shenandoah going into tha
new county f
We hope the Board ot Health will act
promptly against the use of the public
streets and alleys for barnyard purpjses.
It is suspected that most of the sun-
Nine-tenths of the people of town favor
the passage of Senator Coyle's bill pro
viding for the election of Supervisor,
Treasurer, Clerk and Solicitor,
posed butter sold in town is nothing less
than bntterlne and oleomargarine.
What's the odds, if the people know what
they are using and get it cheap enough r
The bulk of butter used Is not' fit to be.
eaten.
Skin and blood diseases, causing all
sorts of dire disasters to human happiness,
are easily and quickly cured by Burdock
Blood Bitters, from a common pimple to
the worst scrofulous sore.
Not a Benefit.
Editor Hekald : Please publish the
following statement In regard to the
entertainment given for the benefit of
Samuel Thomas. There is a report
through the town that the entertainment
was a grand success. This must be con
tradicted. As regards the playing, every
thing was well done and there was no
fault to find, but as to the paying part it
was a failure. Below is a statement o I
the receipts and expenditures: Money
taken in at the door, $18 40 ? tickets sold
by the club, $15; tickets sold outside.
$20.05 ; total, $53.45. Hall rent, $35 ; print
lug,bllls, etc., $10.25; money held by the
club for services, $11.75 ; total, $57, leaving
Mr. Thomas $3.55 in debt.
Samuel Thomas.
MR. BOYER OFF.
of
His Father Killed.
E, F. Sherman, one of the clerks at the
Pennsylvania railroad station, was sum
moned to his home at Sfrumantown,
Columbia county, this morning, on ac
count ot his father having been killed on
a railroad. No particulars ot the accident
have been learned.
Died.
Shields. At Shenandoah, Pa., on the
10th instant, Mrs. Barbara A., wife of
James Shields, aged 38 years, 7 mouths
and 10 days. Funeral on Tuesday, to
proceed to Tamaqua by the 12:33 Reading
train, where iuterment will be made.
Friends and relatives Invited to attend.
Burled at Denver.
Solomon Pavinskl, the member ot
General Harrison Lodge No. 251, Knights
ot Pythias, ot town, who died at Cripple
Creek, Col., on Thursday last, was burled
at Denver, Col., yesterday. ,
First Removal Made in the Local Letter
Carrier Force.
The first change to be made In the local
letter carrier force by removal since the
system has been in operation was made on
Saturday last, John R. Boyer being the
victim. The removal was made on
charges made by Postmaster Mellet about
three weeks ago, and Mr. Boyer received
the decision fronvheadquartere at Wash'
iugton 6n Saturday.
Owing to the many different reports in
circulation as to the cause of the removal
It is deemed but just to Mr. Boyer to give
the facts. Posttnat-ter Mellet made com
plaint to headquarters that the carrier
worked more than eight hours a day,
which is prohibited by the department;
that ho loitered on his trips, and that he
wns dissatisfied with the new schedule
thepostmas'terhad prepared. The charges
were put in writing by the department
at Washington and a copy was forwarded
to Mr. Boyer with notice that he would
have an opportunity to be heard. Mr,
Boyer prepared an answer in writing
stating that his trfps had been increased
and his time for making them shortened
under the new schedule, 'and' that delays
In arrivals of mails and extra heavy malls
had caused him to consume more time
than was allowed ; that on oc
caslons it was Impossible tor him
to make his trips within the
limits. These charges were forwarded to
headquarters ana nothing more was
heard ot the matter until Mr. Boyer re
celved the decision ot the department cn
Saturday. The carrier' went off duty
after finishing his work Saturday night,
Henry Rellly has been appointed as his
successor and went on duty this morning
There are many common liniments sold
but there is only one great pain cure for
all forms of Sprains, Cuts, Bruises and all
bodily pain. Its name Is Red Flag Oil.
Costs 25 cents. Sold at Gruhler Bros.
Drug Store.
Signing Players.
Manager William S. Brennan, of tha
local state league base ball club, Is mak
ing good progress towards getting his
quota of players for the coming season
signed. On Saturday he received signed
contracts from Willard Holland, Pitcher
Tim Nevins,of Columbus, O., and Pitcher
Severs, of Portsmouth, O. All these
players were In last year's Southern league
and have good records. Holland has
been signed as captain and to play third
base. He is not a stranger to the base
ball patrons of this town. He was cap
tain of the Shenandoah club when it
played in the Pennsylvania Central
League and was quite a favorite.
A Star Lunch.
Tomorrow night there will be served at
the Scheifly Houe the best free lunch
ever put over a bar In this town. It wil I
be a genuine surprise.
You'll be Surprised
To learn how cheap EGGS
are at our place. Lower
than ever. Cost less than
meat, Remember, we sell
none but fresh eggs.
We have a great variety
Butter.
of
Grafts
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122 North Jartlin Street
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