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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
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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.