Eiiiiiiiiuniinnn nnmnmnnnnnTiiiiiiiiiMiJa I A Bxlh&sa Mar For Family Trade A'o paper can take the flai e of j the Jlerald. It is read daily g by every member of the jamily 3 Advertisers aArectate this, 3 Knows the home fafcr comes first, with home layers. The llcratii lrings trade that can not be reached in another way, lIllllllllllllllllNlllllllllllllllliiiiiiiiiiilillllllllllllllS Lt-'iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiniuiimi u VOL. XI.-NO. m. SHENANDOAH, PA., SATITEDAY ONE CENT. , FEUItUABY 15, 1896. At Great Bargains in QRGANSI We have several organs as exchange for PIANOS Which we offer very cheap. One $90.00 :Organ for $59.00. One $75.00 Organ for $45.00. J. P. Williams 8c Son, S. Main St. Goods for Spring Wear mrm!WW!mw?wmt?wm?w?tmwmmmmmm Are now arriving and the new designs in silk, wool and cotton fabrics present a very attractive appearance. Our large stock of WASH SILKS FOR WAISTS, ETC., is worthy of your inspection the prices you will find far below their real value, 2s, 30 and 35c per yard. We handle Butterick's paper patterns. P. J. GAUGHAN, - 2t N. Main St. MID-WINTER - Ladies' Coats deduced from $10.00 to $7.50 ' " 9.50 to 7.00 " " 7.00 to 5.00 " " 0.50 to 4.50 " " 0.00 to 4.00 " " 5.00 to 3.00 Just a few sizes left. Blankets, Comforts, Shawls and other winter goods at similar reduction. At I I PRIPF'C; North Main St., O - vJ - I rxlwc j Shenandoah, Pa. A LONG FELT IT North Jardln St., RAM O NAT'S New Resta urant. UTT T flE EA Dt: . All the delicacies of tlio season, oysters and clams', hi every style, DILL, Ur rAIE i line tluars and wJtilrlnkSy Culllng's, GOc per hundred. Primes, $1.25 per hundred. . . . . .Meals, served, at all hours and at short notice. . . . , S. A. RAMONAT, Prop. 119 E. Centre St Ahove.L-, Vj-p.jR. Station. REMOVAL To close out before Carpets and Floor Oil Cloths Will be sold at.'a reduction of prics. r " For Sale SFoday. Two Cars Choice No. 1 Timothy .Hay. One Car Dry Yellow Corn. Two Cars White Oats. At KEITFZR'S. good as new taken in : - BARGAINS. Hisses' JacketsV Reduced from J9.00, $7.50. $0.50, $5.00,' To $7.00, ,$0.00, $5.00, $-1.00 $3.50, $2.00. Children's Long Coats reduced from , $10.00. $0.00, $8.00, $7.00, $0.50, $5.00, $-1.50, $4.00.. To $7.50, $7.00, $0.00, $5.00 $4.50, $3.75, $3.50, $3.00. WANT! Burial Vaults Made of sawed stono or slate and aro perfectly water nroof. Thews vaults are as cheap as a walled grave aud even cheaper, and aro far superior in neatness and durability. Wooden cases aro unnecessary when theso vaults aro used. They aro carried in stock for immediate delivery. Special sines made to order at a day's nutlro. .Manufactured hy M. H. MASTER, SHENANDOAH, PA. removing, stock of 20 Per Cent, from regular II FIGHT NEXT MONDAY.! At Least So the Prize Fight Manager Declares. MAHER'S EYESIGHT RETURNING His Backer Declares He Will be Ready for the Conteit While Moxlcans are Watch ing American Pugilists They Will In dulge In a Sunday Bull Fight. El Paso, Tox Fob. 15. Instead of be ing in n whirl of excitement yesterday over tlio great prize fight El Paso was quieter thun at any tlnio during tho last two days. Thcro was a sorely disappointed crowd of sports hanging nround tho street corners, nnd somo of them, not fortified for tho financial strain of 11 long stay in El Paso, wore forced to tako tho back track for homo. These, howover, woro few In number, and tho majority nru hanging- on with Implicit faith In Stuart's abil ity to pull off tho fight as ho has agreed to. Thero Is no question that tho fight will tako plnce. but whether It will bo 011 Mon day or not Is un open question. If Mahcr's eyes do not recover with suf ficient rapidity to enablo him to get Into tho ring' on ne5t Monday Eltzslinnions may decline to wait any longer. Fitzslm mons Is a sorely disappointed man over tho turn things aro taking, aud Is a little inclined to find fault with Manor for not taking sufficient precautions during his training. Ho la confldont of his ability to beat Muher In two rounds, or four nt tho outside, and tho obstacles that havo been placed In his way huve tended to discour ago him somewhat. Fitz rodo over Into El Puso yesterday afternoon on his wheel, and although Muher went to Las Cruces In tho morning tho Texus rungers at once struck Fitz Simmons' trail to prevent him from en gaging in a fist fight with a man forty odd miles away. The constant dogging of his every movement by tho rangers has added another feature to tho disgust which Fitz entertnlns of the general situotlon. Thero is no doubt that ho Is very anxious to fight, provided ho does not runup against a Jail, und particularly u Mexican jail. Dr. White, who has been utteudlng Ma her, said after his patient had departed for Las Cruces that he had grave fears as to Maher's ubllity to beln the ring on Mon day. "He may bo able to do It," tho doc tor said, "but It Is doubtful. It Is likely to be n week, nnd he may,not come round by that time. Thero lsno telling with any certainty when ho will be ublo to see clearly." Tills morning, howover, Qulnii, the backer of Muher, telephoned from Lns Cruces that Peter's eyes wero 25 por cent, better, und that ho would surely bo able to bo in tho ring Monday. In tho mean time concessions have been secured for a big bull fight in Juarez tomorrow. Uovernor Ahumuda was on tho alert yesterday to prevent any fight In his baili wick. Ho had his men out watching eagerly for any signs of men crossing tho river In largo numbers. Even tho Mexican collector of tho port of Juarez, Manuel Bauchc, ono of tho most genial and pleas ant of men, sat at his desk in tho custom hduso with a tremendous big revolver be fore him, and in tho court of tho federal building stood sovornl horses ready for him nnd his employes to mount nnd ride to the battleground. In coming over to tho theater on this sldo Thursday night Fltzslmmons was stopped by tho Moxlcan officials, and again In returning. Fltzslmmons ox plained he had 110 intention of fighting in his full dress gurb, and that Muher was not In condition 10 fight. Ho was held un til It wus found that Maher was blind, and then released, but a guard was posted about his .house. The situation has worked down to a simple, proposition of having the light be fore tho klnetoscope. It Is practically Stuart's only ohnnco to win out, and tho only hopo that the klnetoscope pcoplobavo for tho recovery of tho $17,000 they havo ulready put Into tho scheme. Tho klneto scope, of course, Is tho strongest thing In favor of tho fight coming off, and un effort will certainly be made to get tho men into tho ring as soon as Mnher Is In condition to fight. Tho location of the fight Is still tho same deep, Impenetrable secret. It may be four miles from El Puso aud It may bo a hundred. Nobody save Stuart knows tho direction or the distance. Thomas F. O'Hourke, tho backor of Joe Wnlcott, will havo his man weighed In to day, and claim tho forfeit of Dan Stuart If tho fight botwoon his man and Bright Eyes is not brought off. Tho fight Is scheduled for today, and O'Hourke will Insist upon having his $250 If no chunce Is given for tho men to got Into tho ring. Thoro Is no likelihood that this fight will tako place. It cannot bo pulled off with out giving tho authorities a tip as to whore btunrc inteuus to wing oil tho big battle, and ho will tako no chances on having that fight stopped. Cheering fur Oulmn Immrgents. PHILADELPHIA, Fob. 15. Captain "W.W. Ker. counsel for tho Cuban royolutlouists hero, announces that by a decision of tho the treasury department olllclals It Is not an Infraction of tho laws to ship arms and ammunition to Cuba, so long as tho ship ments aro not accompanied by bodies of armed men, thus bringing It within tho designation of an "urined expedition." The steamer Commodore, of tho Hurt Steam- Bhlp company, of tills city, Is now lying nt Wlimlugton, N. C, laden with urms or the Cuban revolutionists, and Captain Hughes, of the Lauradn, is going to tako her and tho arms to Cuba, calling at Charleston. The treasury olllclals have Instructed the collector at Wilmington to glvotho Commodoraher clearance-papers. Nothing VflU bp done to lnterfora with tho vessel'? movements, so loug as she does not tako mora thun tho usual compliment of mon. A I'VUa j.ini: Of white duck and striped coats In 23 differ- cut stylos. Perfect fit and prico guaranteea At MAX LEVIT'S, 15 East Centre street , Vanilla and chocolate tec cream at Little' TERRIBLE TALE OF SUFFERIHd. A Iloat Drift Aahore with rive Corpses and Six Nearly Dead Men. UAlUtAHELE, Flu., Feb. IB. A boat con taining five corpses aud six mon barely ullvo has drifted ushoro on Dog Island. When discovered by two llsherraon tho survivors wero lying unconscious on tho decomposed corpses of their companions. Tho survivors woro revived, aud Gilbert Holmes, who wus tho strongest, related a story of awful suffering. Last week tho olevon left Koy West on a smack to fish on the west coast. When two duys out tho smack was wrecked, tho men escaping In a boat without food, water or clothing. Threo days nfter tho wreck Frank Mason died, nnd soon after Max Thornton, Al fred Stafford, Joo West and Nathan Adams succumbed. Tho survivors woro too woak to throw their dead comrades Into tho sea, nnd tho corpses remained In tho boat. For tho last two days Holmos was the only ono of tho living conscious, and ho doesnot remember all that happened, Tho scene ut tho boat was horrible. The liv ing und tho dead, without a rag of clothes, wero tumbled together. Tho corpBes teemed to bo gnawed In places, and tho fishermen suggested that In desperation the survivors tried to sustain life on the llesh of their dead companions. Tho six survivors aro Josa Rodrlques, Sam Williams, Henry Johnson, John Blackburn, Arthur Mooro nnd Gllbort Holmos, who nro being cared for on Dog Island. Several of them seem to have been rendered Idiotic by their sufferings. ronHllillltle uf X Hay Photography. Buffalo, Feb. 15. According to u Buf fulo scientist a Crookes tube or uny sub stitute for It Is not essential to cathode or X ray photography. Dr. Elmer G.Starr, an oculist of considerable reputation as a man of science, has been experimenting extensively with Profossor Roentgen's now discovery, and now declares that It is not necessary to have a vacuum for tho production of tho X rays, but that they may bo produced In tho open atmosphere. tChecrliifr to Mluo Workers. PlTTSliUliO, Feb. 15. A call has been Is sued to tho railroad coal operators of the Pittsburg district for a meeting on Tues day, Fob. 18, to adopt a plan to make rutes uniform In the district and maintain the same. If successful It will mean steady wages for tho Pittsburg miners nt tho re cent advance, and better wages in tho mining states of tho west At linen's lllalto Cafe. Hot tamales, free, to all patrons to-night. Bargains in woolen underwear, MAX LEVIT'S, 15 East Ccutro street. Arter the Hull. Pierre Shortall, Joe Keiscr and Charles Wandless were before Justice Williams lust night, charged by Chief of l'olico J'osh with fighting at tho masquerade hall in Bobbins' opera house ou Thursday night. Wundless is a resident of Gimrdvillo. Rich was held in $300 bail for trial at court. l'ollce Casus. Mike Blotchock, John Kcrrinski and a Hungarian whoso name could not bo learned wero arrested last night by Policemen Walaltis, Hand and Kcrwiu fu. drunkenness and fighting ou tho street's. Illotchock and Kerrinski paid lines and costs to Chief Burgess Burns this morning aud the ether man is serving 18 hours in the lockup. At James Cioodiiiau A: Co's. Fresh eggs 17 cents per dozen. Best pound-print creamery butter 23 ce nts. Country dairy round prints 20 cents. Good tub butter, 10 lb tubs, IS cents. Also a choice lino of dressed turkeys, ducks, chickens and geese. Fruits and vegetables of every description to-day. It Obituary. Michael Halton died nt his homo in Lost Creek yesterday nfter a lingering Illness Ho was 35 years of ago and unmarried. The funeral will take place ou Monday moraine and Intoriucnt will he made at Uirardville, -i;cktii:s. Pull1 Ties, Imperials, Four-in hands, Bows and Shields, Tho prettiest Hue ever displayed in this region. Comoat once and select your own style. At MAX LEVIT'S. Numerous Weddings. There were eleht Polish and Lithuaulan weddings in town to-day. Carriages and sleighs wero crowded In front of tho churches on Jardln street most of the morning and afternoon. As Lent begins next Wednesday bcthrothed i-ouplos nro hastening to tho altar. Hot tamales at Ureen's to-night. AdwilWcil Letters. Letters addrossed to tho following named peonlo remain uncalled for at tho local post office : Adam U. Miller, licerge Potts, Miss Emily Steelo, William Knell. William" Timkclt, Mrs. Maggio Evans. Discharged. Thomas O'Brien and Henry Salinski wero given a heariug beforo Justice May, at Mah anoy City, last night on u charge of stealing a horse aud sleigh from a man at St. Nicholas yesterday morning, but wero discharged upon showing that they took a sleigh rido with the owuer's consent. It was a case of practical juke with the costs on tho joker. Kendrlck House l'ree Lunch. Excellent bot lunch to-night. . Tuken to the Lockup. Hiram Neiswendcr fell on a Main street pavement this morning and cut his faco Uaaiy. Ho was taken to the lockup for re pairs by Chief of Police Tosh. tiii: i.ati:st Spring styles of stiff hats have arrived at MAX LEVIT'S, 15 East Centre street, A Lecture. Jtev. T. 1 Stevenson, D. D., of Philadel phia, will lecturo in the Welsh Baptist church at 8 o'clock on Monday oveulug, on "Marriage and Divorce Laws of Our Country." No admission fee will bo charged and all churches will unite In attendance. AVatsou House free Lunch, sour kroutaud pork tu night III Very Successful Muslcale In Delano Last Evening. LARGE AND SELECT GATHERING. Many Residents of This Town In Attendance-Mr. and Mrs. T. II. Hutchison Give a Eurchre F arty A Bril liant Leay Year Party. Leap year and euchre parties and other evening pastimes arc multiplying as well as tho weddings as tho Lenten season ap proaches, and the society editors find them selves called upon tu hustle and bustle to keep up with the events. Last evening quite a number of icpresentativo people of town attended a, muslcale at St. James' Protestant Episcopal church, at Delano.nnd spent a very pleasant evening. Among tliein wero Misses Maine Wasloy, Jeanetto Bovan, Helen Price, Anna Dcngler and Sallie Was loy, Mr. J. J. Price, Mrs. W. X. Ehrhart, Mrs. J. S. Kiitlcr and Mrs. Kehlor, Mr. and Mrs. George Wasloy and Mr. and Mrs. Milton Ilillman. ' They returned to town via special train provided through the courtesy of the railway olllclals for their especial benefit. Tho entertainment was a most enjoyable one. Among those who participated in it were Misses McMulicn, Dclanu; Hoflccker, Wcatherly; Wasley, Shenandoah; Ileynolds, Mahanoy City j Baudall, Tamaqua ; Price, Shenandoah ; Lizzie Burnett, Delano; Pier man, Mahanoy City ; Be van and Kchlcr, Shenandoah; Leopold, i Tunianua; Packer, Delano; John llahdallj.ijf, 'Tauiau.ua; Mr. Reynolds and Prdf. Join's, '.Mahanoy City ; Mr. and Mrs. Itandall, Tuiuauua; and tho Hanjo Club, of Delano. The event was quits a society gathering and tho receipts will greatly swell the church fund. From an trtistic point It was ono of the most success ful musicales ever held in Delano. Tho Ferguson House was the scene of a pleasant gathering last evening, tho occasion being a euchre party given hy Mr. and Mrs. T. II. Hutchison to a select number of friends, among them Dr. and Mrs. D. W. Straub, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Huntzinger, Mr. and Mrs. E. II. Hunter, Mr. and Mrs. II. IE. Sovern, Mr. and Mrs.C. M. Bordner, Mr. nnd Mrs. Wliltelock, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Brewer, Mr. and Mrs. Uenj. Bcddall, of Win. Penn, and Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Morgan. An elegant eight-courso supper was sdrved and the entertainment generally of tho guests was of a royal character. nothervery fashionablo and successful event was a leap year party in Bobbins' opera house. It was attended by seveitty-fiTo couples and several hours passed off very eiijoyamy. htlo It was notafulldrcssaflair, many of the dresses displayed upon tho dancing Hour woro elaborate. Dancing com menced at nine o'clock and supper was served at midnight. The music was of an ex ceptionally good quality, notwithstanding the orchestra was an Impromptu one. It comprised Messrs. James 1!. Itiley, violinist; John W. Curtin, comctist, and V. J. Port, pianist. Tho orchostra was under the latter gentleman's direction and at once jumped into popularity. Tho selections comprised all tho latest operatic and popular music of the day and were rendeied with excellent efi'ect. Tho orchestra's success was so pro nounced Mr. Portz has been uigcd to make it a permanent figure in the local mus ical world. Vanilla and chocolate ice cream at Little's. Wood's Slieimiidouli College. NOTES. Porty-threo charter member scholarships transferred this week, and as many inero spoken for. Students wishing to become charter members should apply at once to Prof. Thomas Martin, organizcr.I-'crgusou Hotel. Applications for book-keepers and short hand writers already received. ' Xlncty per cent, of all tho good positions in thu Lackawanna Valley aro filled by Wood's graduates. Mr. Pergusou is very busy getting the building ready for tho opening about April 1st. Tho Shenandoah Collcgo Journal is now out. fjend for one. Prof. S; I. Wj)od sicnt 'Saturday in town and is delighted over tho largo number of students already received.' Over 0000 copies 10c. inusio to select from at llrumm's. 2-11-tf Sleighing l'urty. Tho following young folks comprised a sleighing party to Itingtown yostorday In one of Xeiswenter's turnouts: flertrudo Nets wenter, Edna Weidman, Sallie Kcipcr, Uuth Baird, Eva Brewer, Lottio Llewellyn, Hannah Brecker and I'lorcnco Harslcy, and ltoy Weidman, Harry Eisenhower, 1). Lewis, William Eisenhart and Harry Ncisweuter. They wero quartered at Hart's hostelry, whore several hours were pleasantly spent in various amusements. Hot tamales nt Breen's tu-ulght. rutting- In a Xew Front. Workmen nro now engaged lu making extensive improvements at ltefowich's clothing store, Tho entire front, will bo torn out and ono of the largest aud handsomest glass fronts in tho county will tako its nlucc. Tho Interior will also undergo a change, new and handsome fixtures w)ll bo put lu, and when the Improvements aro ull completed Mr. Eefowich will have one of tho finest store rooms In the county, lie will mako a specialty of children's suits nnd novelties. In quality, variety and prlco ho acknowledges no competitor, and the. people of Shenandoah will be enabled to make as good n selection as in any or the largo cities. The Itefuwlch bnlldiug, when tall tho Im provements arb completed, will bo an orna. ment to the town, 2-15-tf I. ,i , n Eplleptlci Fit. Hobcrt Jones.'of West Oak street, fell lu an epileptic fit in front of the Pergusou House at noon to-day. He recovered under the attendance of Dr. Itoberts. Turtle Soup will Ic served to all free lunth patrons of l the leudrii'k House to-night ( omc one true ull uiarediah nci dish awu ti yen THE BUSY STORE 11G and 118 North Main Street. MAX SCHMIDT, - . Proprietor SHORT . . ENDS. Of every piece that leaves our store, bought by you, you carry away a great deal more value than you left money for it. Kvery full piece sold out leaves a short end. These short ends we are sacrificing now at prices below cost of manufacture. They must go Summer Goods will soon be in, they are gradually crowding the shelving. OUT THEY MUST GO. We have no room to keep them nor do we feel to carry any over till next winter. Embroidery Just in, the very newest, at reg ular prices, but we have a lot from last year worth 8, 10 U ' and 12)4 cents a yard which we offer to you for Uw Laces. A very fine assortment put on our remnant counter. High A priced goods. A fine linen at fC Short Ends. Great sale of short end of Satin , China Silk, Trimming Silk. Brocaded Furniture Coverinp; For draping chairs, lounges, &c, &c, per yard 45c Agate Ware. Great offer this week. Tea Kettles. We give you an excellent T five-quart tea kettle for A larger one seven quarts holding 85c A fine copper bottom kettle 35c 116 anJ 118 North Main Street. Nickle Plated Tea Kettles! ' Lim-il with wlilte Knainul. i T '. Prire very misonMile. Nickle Plated Tea Kettless " " " Pots3 g: " tonee rojsj d- (Plated t)ii ltruss nnd CopperM - g Prices tlx? I.mv"t. "Old Time" Tinware war- 2 ranted to outlast Agate wnreJjS jjr at half the price of Agate ware. S A L-irvJE OF 5 t: . . . r g- uutcner Knives at 10, 15 and 20 Cts. 2 I GIRVIN'S I 8 S. Main St. 2 STILL DROPPING, - DROPPING, DROPPING. Cents more Chopped off the price of eggs. 18 Cents Now. Only Fresh Ones. Graf's, ', 122 North Jardln Street, Shenandoah.
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