HOOK! lOWIM. HOOKS & BROWN, SPECIAL, HOLIDAY BULLETIN. Only two weeks yet to shop. Why not buy early and secure the choicest offering1 Our stock is rapidly going mid this is the reason, ' the goods are right and the price is always right. WE QUOTE A FEW PRICES : QAIVICS. Tree Ornamtnu. Now in the M o to got the best you cverwtw. Glow balls a and 3 for 5c. Tinsel ornaments, 6 for sc ami up. j Tinsel, 6 yards for jc. j DOLLS. Our o8c Dressed Doll Is a surprise. We nave some as low as 25c. KM Body Dolls, ate, 48c, 98c. Patent Head " 18 inches long, 19c. SOOKS. If ynu Tut iwortmii t. ! ier I where you out get It The lt value poMrtldc for the money. Toy books hi colors, je up. Linen books, 5c up. Children's story book, ioc up. Select Notes on the S. R. Lessons for 1898 are now ready at our special ' ' price of :.oo. Catholic Prayer books from 65c to $1.00. Should be 75c to $1.25. The bettor die old (ifie rttul nil the new ones. Pillow Dex, 5C. Old Maid, Authors, etc., sc. Errand Boy, Telegraph Hoy, Itleycle Race, etc, ajc. The Famous India Game, asc. Chevy Chase, ft. 00 everywhere. Here onlv 84c. IRON TOYS. Nickle Engine mid three cars, 33c up. Hook and Ladder Trucks at 44c lo 98c. Fire Engines, Wagons, Sulkies, Mechani cal Toys in endless variety. Special Drive in Magic Boxes. This Week Only 43c. Itabv Coaches, 23c, 48c, 95c. Drums, 23c, 48c, 98c. Blackboards, 48c, 98c. Hohhv Horses, $1.00 size at 8!. Medallions, 50c.lJl.oo, $1.25, ft.50.l3.00. Work Boxes, $ too up. Dressing Cases, 73c up. Jewel boxes, 25c up. Visit owr ator. Examine our good. Sompari our prica and we are convinced you will do your shopping hr. -HOOKS & BROWN. x-riAS. Carpet Sweepers. Uauquet Lamps, .p. to $3 Shades. Fancy Glass " . " Silk " White Celluloid Handled Knives, Forks Black Rubber 1847 Roger Bros. Silver " " 1847 " '" Ai Teasroous St.sodoz. i3t7 " " Ai Tablespoons, 53 doz SWALM'S HARDWARE STORE. I HONWAY'S 1 -3 CONWAY'S I FAMOUS 5 UNO 108 STORE flO. f 1 Horth Main Street. Next Door to Gill's Dry Goods Store. x- Only eleven more shopping days and then Christmas. If .jr you want to buy Toys at Factor' 1'riccs, buy fhcm-of-tis. JC; "Why? Because we arc cheaper than any other store in 2P3 town. Wc are ucver umlcold if we know it. 7, 3 1 We Quot a Pew Prices A Dressed Doll, Bisque Head, worth $1.50 ; our price 58c. -.Games from Sc up as high as you want to go. - . Iron Toys from 10c up as high ns you want to go. ' . Baby Coaches, 23c, 48c and gSc. Drums, Tool Chests, etc., 23c up. Writing Desks from 60c up. Blackboards from 23c up. Tree Ornaments, the largest stock in town to select from. We have them ic up. Wash sets and Kitchen Sets, from 23c up. NOTICE.. We have added to our Toy Department, on the second floor, a full line cf Pictures, Vases, Bisque Images at cut prices. Dort"1 Forge.-yae Name and Number. CONWAY'S Famous 5 & 1 0c Store No. r, 3 3 3 lo2 North Main Next Door to Gill's Dry Goods Store. Street. rUTHY POINTS. tappetilng. Throughout the Country tihronlnlnd for Unity IVnunt, Kreeland talks of bnyltiir n chemical Are engine. The Berks comity criminal court docket commm 31" cams. Lota at Marlon Height, near Jit. Carmel, are reported as railing rapidly. Wanted. girl for general housework. Apply at 80 North Main street. Inside Foreman Kline, of Sllverereek col liery, lias tendered bis resignation. Mrs. Elmer Johnson, of St. Clair, ling given birth to twins. Both have since died. The Ijansford-Tiuiisniift electric railway will linvo tlielr ears equipped with air brakes. un.iu.l.nh..i..n.in - t.. -,.1. ti. of Fllckvllle, Northampton county, dropped dead. A hoe weiehlnz 1012 Hounds was slaimh terwl at Bareville, Berks county, by William McCarthy. Dr. J. B. Shaw was appointed a member of the Board of Pension Examining Surecons at Stroudsburg. At Media Peter Bland was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for assaulting Ottlcor Alonao Hoopes. Patrick Malonoy died yesterday at Plains, n-ar wilkeeimrre, oi u hroKcn nocn, uiu ic suit of boing stiuck by A ear. The operators of tho Sandy Bun colliery will, beginning January 1, conduct their company Btoro ou the cash liasis. Philadelphia parties linvo written to Mt. Carmcl's Board of Trade for a proposition tD establish a silk mill at that place. D.irlng tho month of Novcmbor tho Richards colliery at Mt. Carmel, mined and shipped nearly 48,uuu tons oi coal. Mt Carmel Masons celebrated the inttalla tlon of their officers last Thursday ovening with a banquet at tho Valley House. Mr. Michael Gleun and Mim Ncllio Duffy both of St. Chilr, were quietly married by Hev. J. J. O Conner the other evening. The Alaska and North Ashlaud colllory employees got orders Saturday not to go to work to-day owing to a scarcity of cars. 1'roceediuBS have been commenced for freeing live miles of tho DoiiBlassville and Yellow House turnpike, in Berks county. The Welsh double quartetto who appeared in Mahanoy City in October, appeared iu Lausford last Wednesday to a crowded house. Claudo Leouard has sued Herman Aukam & Company, of Lebanon, for $10,000 damages for injuries received while in tho firm's Ecrvlcc. Th'o State Board of Publio Charities has rtcommuuded the erectiuu of a hospital in Schuylkill county for tl ecaroof the county's iudlgent insane. Work has been started on tho steel tower to bo elected at the Gilbertun water shaft Tho tower will bo muety ftet high anil it will require about six weeks to erect it. William Lewis, of Wakefield. Bucks county, disappeared Friday with two heifers that lie Imil neon engaged to mivo to the home of a farmer who hart bought tliein. Don't leave vour Christmas buying until tho lust day. You can do much bettor una have a larger selection of goods lo chooso from by making your purchases betimes. Lausford is objeUiug to the high premiums charged by insurance companies, but as these "Utocnitlo concerns do as they pleaso the objections will not have much cucctupon ates. Letters of administration wero granted to Lmma M. C'ooney on the cstato of Wm. T. Cooncy, late of l'ottsville, deceabed. Also to Frank E. Jieuseman on ttio estato ot Lliarles Bcr.som.tu, late of Yorkvillc, deceased A special passenger train passed through White H.iveu ou tho Lehigh Valley Railroad on Saturday at noon with 250 insane peoplo ou board who wcro being removed noin Ward's Island, New York, to tho lnsuuo asylum near Ithaca. For earache, put a couplo ef drops of Thomas' Kclcctric Oil on a bit of cotton and pl.ico it in tho oar. Tho pain will stop in a few moments. Simple enough, isn't it ? AVoinen as Commercial Agems. Women are entering almost every avoca tion of life, and the latest iinnouncemeut is ns "commercial tourists." Mrs. Richmond, Misses Leua Becker, Annie Qorp, Marao D.ividson and Ida Hadesty, all of Mahanoy City, represent a largo Hour establishment and aio at prcsont making a house to houso canvass at Jit. Carmel. They are said to bo meeting with much success. They canvassed Shenandoah successfully a few weeks ago. Dr. Wood's Norway Fine Syrup seems sent as a special providence to little folks. Fleas- ant to take, perfectly harmless, absolutely sure to givo instant relief iu all casos of cold or lung trouble. Against the Saloonkeepers. The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Com pany again nodded the Hotel Keepers ot Lansford that after January 1, 1808, tho company would take legal steps to possess it self of all properties on which liquor is being sold in violation of the clauso in tho titlo deed preventing its sale. All the old hotel keepers of Lansford havo applied to have their licenses renewed and there aro tbreo now ones. Put an end to misery. Doan's Ointment will cure the worst case of Itching Piles there over was. and do it almost instantly. Years of suffering relioved in a single night. Got Doan's Ointment from your dealer. Buy Keystonetlour. Be sure that tho name I.E88IQ & Baf.b, Ashland, Pa., is printed on ever wick. County Controller B. It. Severn, who ii lie red from an attack of la grippe the past week, was able to visit l'ottsville to-day. Mr. and Mrs. William Boyd, of Maha noy City, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Benj. Richards In town yesterday. Justice and Mr. W. II. shoemaker visited friends at l'ottsville to-day. C. E. Tltman is reported to be suffering from a slight attaok of pneumonia at his home in Philadelphia. Mrs. Edward J. Holland, of East Apple alley, gave birth-tea set) this morning. Sirs. Crane, and ' son, Roliert, of Lost Creek, were visitors to the Herald olllce this morning. Robert is the hustling carrier of the IIhralu in and about lost Creek. Mrs. T. Bums, Miss May Coughlln, and Messrs. Harry, Patrick and James Dowllng, all of Philadelphia, were Sunday visitors at the Dowllng homestead, on Wot Cherry street. William Helms, of Mahanoy City, spent yesterday in town. Col. D. 1. Browu, and family, of Lost Creek, left this morning for California. They will spend several months thore. tm m If yon 'cel out of "repair," have headache and constipated bowels, take Dr. Bull's Pills j these will euro and build you up again. Take only the genuine, Dr. John W. Bull's I ills. lie Is a Murk. Farmer Keller, of Brush Valley, coTplalns that one of his employes has duped him by selling Iaro quantities of truck and instead of turning over to his employer threo- fourths of the receipts placed it in his pocket and disappeared. Farmer Keller was brought Into notoriety about nine years ago when two slick swindlers sold him a gold brick for 1000. They escaped to a Western part of the country with their ill-gotten wealth and suc ceeded in eluding the clutches of the law However, one was captured and was beinj. brought to Pennsylvania ou the charge H when ho managed to buy oil" his cantor h before, croftslnrr llift Ktfltn line ni-ar Til,inr ? Several years later Sir. Keller, who luid a groat many shares in a Mt. Carmel f.nini; and loan association, lost heavily through ita I failure Noxt he endorsed a not for a fanner living in his' vicinity. The not r.r not paid and the good hearted od man ha i1 to pay ouitnc amount, losing seveml prop. pi ties as a lesult. Later the aged farmer narried a girl of twenty years of ag and created quite a stir when he became a proud father at tho age of 73 years. The employe who has decamped is a brother of Uk young wife. New Colliery. The money expended by the P. &T, I, & I. Co. at tho North Franklin collier at Trovorton is equal to the expense of opening up a new operation. The work done hsi been of such an extent that it is practii ally now, and will ship a large quantity of coal to market when it is all completed and ready for business, as it is oxpected to be in March next. This is one of tho oldest col lieries iu the region, but bad been tempor arily abandoned. Tho demand for tho Sha mokiu free burning white ash coal has been so much greater ban for the harder anthracite of this section of lato that tho authorities havo found it necessary to reopen it in oidor to supply tho demand, and they are doing it with all tho facilities now known to the skilled olllccrs of tho company. nro not distinguished by nny mark or sign from coughs that fail to be fatal. Any cough, neglected, may sap the strength and undermine tho health until recovery is impossible. All coughs load to lung trouble, if not stopped. Ager's Cticrru Pectoral Cures coughs "My wife was suffering from a dreadful cough. We did not expect that she would long survive, but Mr. R. V. Royal, deputy surveyor, happened to be stopping with us over night, and having a bottle of Ayes Cherry Peotoral with him, induced my wife to try this rtmedy. The result was so beneficial that she kept on taking It till she was cured." R. S. HUMPHRIES, Saussy, Ga. "My little daughter was taken with a dis tressing cough, which for three years defied all the remedies I tried. At length, on the urgent recommendation of a friend, I began to give her Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. After utfng one bottle I found to my great sur prise that she was improving. Three bottles completely cured her." J. A. GRAY, Trav. Salesman Wrought Iron Range Co., St. Louis, Mo. lifflir "1 WIRE SCREENS, Mnauiacturer Ml Of III is put up in half- rrW HO pnts tLo bottlc3 at half FACTORY 231-240 NORTH HAIHRICK ST., DC1IRBN pnAMKS, KCnBKK scnBnw iiooks, FIRE ESCAPES, WISUOW (lUintHI, BTAtltB OUAUDS, tbkb auAnfis, IRON FENCES.- RESIDENCE : 220 NORTH WEST STREET, SHENANDOAH, REM IMA.. save ten per cent, by Parties Intending Ho get fences In the spring, can RUPTURE CURED; SPOONT'S, A Specialist on Rupture from Willianuport, will visit Shenandoah Every Thursday AT THE Ferguson House, from 9 a. m. till 1:30 p. m. sHIIIIIIIIIIHH! LsiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiliHHiiinnasiBLaHtiiiiiiiiiiliiiBiliiLiiiiiHn. mm iikHOHBinnniiisB Rupture permanently and quickly Cured or no pay. Written guarantee to absolutely cure all kinds of Rupture without operation or detention from business. Absolutely no Danger. . . Examination Free. loo persons cured in Sunbury, Shamokin, Mt Carmel and vicinity who can be referred tu. C'hjrpcs and terms moderate and within rcii li of all. 108 & H2 East Centre Street. HOLIDAY FURNITURE. - FREE EYE EXAMINATION ! Do you have headache, or feel drowsy after reading a short time, or when reading do the letters or -words run together? If you have any of tle symptoms your eyes need atten tion. All cases of astigmatism and muscular b' ler.ry carefully corrected and every pair of -la (niaranteed to be satisfactory. Examination Made at the Our Store. House or at Peace Disturbers, A crowd of about twenty Lithuanians who bad been attending a christening at the western end of Coal street caused excitement last night by ilriug sliots from revolvers, shouting and upsetting tho peace of tho neighborhood gcucnilly. They kept up tho shooting fur about half an hour. Ths police hurried tothescouo, but only caught one of tho offenders. Tho rest escaped to Urowuvlllo and indulged in moro shooting. fortunately nobody was struck by auy of shots. Tho man arrested is iu the lockun. 'Salvation Oil cured mo of a shoulder lameness and pain in back, contracted play ing ball last season. I tried sevoral olhor remedies and all failed. Chas. Jloars, 132 Water St., Cleveland, O." tilrartl College Anniversary. Tho fiftieth auuivorsary of tho opening of tho Olrard College, .Philadelphia, will bo celobrated on January 1st, lhOS, iu an ap propriate manner. Tho date of the celebra tion may be changed to suit the convenience of President McKinley, who has signified bis intention of being present. A number of Schuylkill couutians will leave Nrw York on February 5th, 1S08, to accompany a party of touriits to the Holy Laud, among them beiug L'li S. Reinbold, ltev. I. M. Gable aud Charles D. Kaier. of Mahanoy City. The pilgrims aro expected to return April nth. Tho cost of the tour will be from B50 upwards, according to lo cation aud grado of tho berth on tho North German Lloyd steamer "Allor." Northumberland Court, Tho Grand Jury at Sunbury acted upon 72 bills of indictment last week aud found 50 true bills aud 22 not true bills. Tho most serious casos wero from the coal region por tion of the county. Never Fails for Coughs and Colds. That's what Pan-Tina is, 25c. At Gruhlor Ilro3., drug store. I'orty Hours Devotion. I lie celebration of tho Forty Hours of Devotion is in progress at St. Cassimer's Polish Roman Catholic church, Rev. J. A. Leuarkiowlcz, rector, otllciating. Services wero held last evening and wero of an im pressive character. Tho ediflco was crowded to the doors with worshippers. Deeds Jtecorded, From Henry Williams and wifo to Thomas Williams, promises iu Girardvillo. From E. J. Dailey and wife to Patrick McGeehan and wifo, premises in McAdoo. Youthful MimlM-iT's Coiii'i-msIoh. Amite City, La., Dec. 13. Another assassination, Hie second in a week, haa been placed to the record for Tanglpoca parish. Last .evening. In the full glare of the hotel lights, S. D. Mul len was shot to death. He was stand ing on the hotel gallery and the as sassin shot hi in from behind. There were two shots fiivd, one of which penetrated the brain. The assassin es caped, but bloodhounds will take up the trail. Mullen was an entire stranger here. Soma people think that the man had enemies at his home, who followed him here and murdered him. Others are of the opinion that the man was a detective and had come here for the purpose of working up a case. MISCELLANEOUS. .OITNI). A Mlvcr watch. Owner can have same by Droving ir Dertv and uaviuir for arfvcitltjemeut. Apply to Vm. Morgnn, 411 wesi unupm-rry nuoy. u F Fort SALE. Cheap. A larRe. second-hand heater. In first-class condition. Anwlv at imo. 'M iNortu Jnnun street. i:m;mi FOR SALK.The popular Ashland opera cafe, with tcvjnnasium attached, known nf Ilruck'B sportlnc resort throughout Mahanoy valley, MnstbeHold at once. Reason (or eel ling, party engaging In other IrtielneHM. Iteason There's a Thousand things we can't mention. The IlERAin isn't big enough to make a slight mention of our marvelous stock , but come and see us. Shen andoah s best store can't afford to do things by halves. We have uougni tne best ot the season's offerings and most cordially ask you to come and see the great stock of seasonable goods, whether you wast to buy or not. Sensible Gifts, No trash in this vast stock of honest goods. Nothing but dependable .stock, that you won't be uhamed to offer as a gift to any one. able price to right party. Apply at HtsiULn otllce, or Ueo. Bruekrs Cafe, Asbland. 11-80-lw N TOTICK TO STOCKHOLDERS. Notice is hereby civen that there will bo a meethur of stockholders of the 4 Shenandoah Street Railway Company" on the Beoond Monday of January, A. P., 1808, at 11 o'clock a. in., at tin olllce of the company, in the ltoroit;li of Shen undouh, at J. W. Johnaon'e oftioe, No, 22 North Main dtrett, for the purpose of electing olllce ra, ml opt in a- by-laws, and do and jwrform such other corporate acts a may be deemed ad- VWim. 11. If. ItKKThCJILEH, ll-ao-2 Secretary THOMAS BUCHANAN, OPTICIAN, No. 7 South Main Street. Can be bought from us this year 35 per cent, cheaper than during any other season. This is our holiday induce ment. Fine Cane Seat Dining Room Chairs, . . . 75c Square Extension Table Handsomely decorated, $2.(5 Bed Room Suits in Eight Pieces . . . $15.00 ONE CARLOAD OF Plush Rockers For Christmas Gifts, 1.00 up. to KAIER'S Opcrs House, J. U. QUIRK, Mgr. MAHANOY CITY PA. .15. Original, Famous Scenic and Dramatic Production of . . . CARPETS AND OIL CLOTHS At Factory Prices. Call on us. No trouble show goods. SPOONT'S, 108 & 112 East Centre Street. HOLIDAY GOODS In this store are now receiving the attention of our many patrons. Every department of this leading Dry Goods house has its special attraction for those seeking good values. We have stocked our shelves and counter with all choice things and having bought in large quantities for cash, we are enabled to give you prices that none of our competitors throughout the county can touch. "FAUST. With its wonderful Electnc aud Calcium effects THE MARVELOUS "BROCKEN" SCENE With Gouuino Flashes of LiglitniiiR and tho Magic Rain of Fire. Produced horo in its entirety. Production entirely now this season. Prices : 25, 35, 50 and 75 Cents. Chart ot Snyder's Drug Store. We have just received another large lot of Ladies', Misses' and Children's Coats wkich will be sold 25 per cent, less than their real value. Also a lot of Ladies' Fur and Plush Capes at manufacturer's prices, These garments will not PriH Hpr I, last long and we would advise you rriuay, lcc iLn.4to come earl and make r REALIZED AT WILKINSON'S. PRICES THE LOWEST. We aim to sell better goods for less money than any other store in the county. Because we have the largest atore twice the stock of all our rivals and imitator. This gives ub a purchasing power no one cau equal. Our big Day-Light Store is full of gregt values that are low prices to you. CLOAKS AND WRAPS. Far a dozen years we have held the lead for low price6 for Cloaks aud Wraps, Coats and Jackets, for young or old. Our stock is large and fully up-to-date in style and prices. DRESS GOODS. A remarkable stock in richness of weaves, in newness of styles, in lowness of prices. All these combine to make this the leading store for Dress Goods Bargains. TAKE YOUR PICK. Is it a Handkerchief, a Silk Umbrella, Gloves, Neckwear, Slurt, Hosiery, underwear, .tune aniens ior tauie use, or Stamped Linens for Embroidery, Lace Curtains, a New Dress, Cloak, Wrap, a Nice Celluloid or Porcelain Hand Painted box of Collars, Cuffs, or Sundries. We claim to sell better goods (or less money than any other store. L. J. WILKINSON MAIN and LLOYD STS., .... SHENANDOAH, PA. Fresh Oysters Received Dally, 60c TO $1.00 PER HUNDRED. One Lot of Fresh Fish, all kinds. TO ARRIVE FOR FRIDAY. Holiday Decorations. ilixd Nuts, 2 Pounds for 25 Cents. COSLETT, 36 S. Main St. LEON W. WASHBURN'S DOUBLE Minstrel Enterprise. 2 Big SrioAs I n One 2 O'HAM'S LIVERY ! BOARDING AND SALES STABLES. Undertaking in - - - - all its Branches, Open Day and Night. Cor. White Mansion and Lloyd (House Streets, Stables, Shenandoah. J MAHANOY CITY, ONE COMPLETE WHITE COMPANY. ONE COMPLETE COLOKHI) COMPANY. Two entirely nfiwrate anl ilUtlnct romponlee, emunMing THE WORLD'S GREATEST ARRAY OF MINSTREL TALENT. The finest equipped Mluatrel Company travel' Iiik In addition to the most complete Min tttrel Show In the World, we present THE BIOSCOPE. The mot wonderful projecting machine the world haa ever known. Wonderfully realistic and fwtonUlilngly natural. Aitlinntttu pictures, the newewt no veil lot, projected ou onnvos, life- size nnu uie-iiKQ. He sure to hear and see the latest popular New York Kad The Stereopticon - Illustrated - Songs, .Av you hear the word of the ontf, Hfe-&Ie picture apier, illustrating them before the audience. Lookout : for : the : Noon : Day : Parade. Prices, - - 25, 35 and 50 Cents, Chart at Snyder's Drug Sloro. rly ana make your purchase. Compare our goods -and prices with those of other houses and you will be astonished to see what a saving it will be to you to purchase from us. BUTTERICK PATTERNS. In using Dutterick Patterns you run no risk of ruining your gar ment, but instead are assured a correct and fashionable fit. We keep a large stock of patterns al ways on hand and are prepared to fill orders without delay. (A Ha la one of poia. gUe.lt. Handsome Complexion tne greatest charm, a woman can I Pouoxi's Couruuiow I'owdku P. J. GAUGHAN, No. 87 North Main St. 11I58T LINE OF GROCERIES, FLOUR, FEED, HAY and STUAW. Floor and Table Oil Cloths. ER FflT PY w w.
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