Trading Stamps, The Only Drug Store In Town That Pre sents You With Trad ing Stamps. Shenandoah Drug Store, 3 South Main St., Shenandoah. Telephono Connection. Holiday Specials. In dolls and tree ornament we claim to sell cheaper than any one else. Tree ornaments are fully 25 to 40 per cent, cheaper than ever before. See the large glass ana tinsel ornaments we ofler at 1 , 2, 3, 4 and 5 cents. They never were so cheap before, and that the people know it is evident by the way we are selling them. We quote a few prices of some of Our other lines. WWWW DOLLS. -fs- Beautiful dressed doll, at 23c, 48c, 73c, 98c, $1.50. 14-inch fine kid body doll. 23c. 1 6 -inch fine kid body sleeping doll at 37 cents. Negro, Filipino, Esquimaux dolls, etc., etc. Dorr't Fail to See Our Line of Iron and ti 1 toys, 10 cents up. Books of all kinds. Games and blocks, 5 cents up. Fine chinaware. Tin dishes. Medallions, (a beautiful line). Toilet cases, 75 cents up. Manicure sets. Gold pens. Fountain pens, $1.00 up. Celluloid novelties. BALD SPOTS wwww Don't Fail to Ask For HOOKS & BROWN. EXAMINED The garments from our tailor ing department, and you will al ways find them right. They have the attrac tive look that makes men of good judgment pause to scrutinize your clothes, and that makes them the satisfac tory kind to you. Overcoats. Suits. Trousers. Portz Bros., 24 North Main Street. Good Enough for the Rich And Cheap for the Poor If you are looking for a Christmas gift in WATCHES, CHAINS, OR RINGS And have your purse at interest as well as your desires you can find them in our selection. We can give you prices and show you gifts that will interest you. If you have eye troubles, we will examine and tell you just what is needed FREE. 'Then, if you like, will supply you. Thos. Buchanan, Jeweler and Optician, No. 11 8 SoutliMain Street. Holiday Preparations. Prunes, California Peaches, Citron, Lemon Peel. Orange Peel, All Kinds of Nuts. Floe bonelesi White Codflib at 7c per pound. Mackerel, 60 and up. E3. A. Friedman, 213 W. Centre St. , T door below Mull'i dairy. 1 W i t h -out help, a bald spot never grows smaller. 1 1 keeps s p re a d ing, until at last your Friends say, " How bald he is getting." Not easy to cure an old baldness, but easy to stop the first thinning, easy to check the first falling out. Used in time, bald ness is made e with It stops falling, f promotes growth, and takes out all dandruff. It always restores color to faded or gray hair, all the dark, rich color of early life. You may depend upon it every time. It brings health to the hair. $1.00 a bottle. All Druggist,. " I have used our Hair Vigor and am greatly pleased with it. 1 have only used one bottle of it, and yet my hair has stopped falling out and u! starteu to growojram niceiy.' AW3 M&ir vigor March 8, 1899. Lius Witt. a nova, a. uaK. Write tho Doctor, If you do not obtain all the benefit you expected from the use ol the Vicor, write the Doctor about It. Addrpss, Dr. J, C. A YliR, Lowell, Mass. All Acrolmtlc lltirse. A horse belonging to Charles New ran away this afternoon and took an eastwardly direc tion alone Oak street. Upon reaching the trolley bridge spanning the Lehigh Valley railroad the horse, undaunted, started to pass over it and got half way across when its legs went down Wetwoen tho sills. The animal remained with Its body sustained by the sills and its legs dangling in the air for about a quarter of an hour, when it was released from its position with the aid of planks. Death Warrant Read. This morning, about 10 o'clock, Sheriff Toole visited tho county jail, and in the presence of the prison authorities alone, read to Thomas Brennan the death warrant, calling for bis execution on January 18th. The condemned man bore up under the or deal with remarkable self-possession. Tho Sheriff eluded the newspaper representa tives, and no one but the prison authorities were present. Editor Wilson Goes to Heading. Robert J. Wilson, late of the defunct Pottsville Tribune, has accepted the position of geneial manager of the Heading Review the paper that "Jack" McCarty was supposed to have purchased. Mr. Wilson will have full charge of the paper and leaves in a few days for Reading, Kobbery at Grler City. The residence and saloon of Frank Bell, at Qrier City, was entered Ia6t night by three burglars, and tbey secured a suit of clothes and a $40 overcout. Mr. Bell heard the noise and arose from bed and confronted the men, and the latter then took a hasty departure, lie has an idea who the men are, and this morning went to Mahanoy City and engaged a private detective. Ior Itutuif nir u riiiclv-t Slioii, Chicago, Dec. 8. Mrs. Marion La Touchen was yesterday bound over to the criminal court on two warrants charging her with keeping a bucket shop at 167 Dearborn street. AH the witnesses In the case are women. Ask your grocer lor the "Royal Patent" Hour, and take no other brand. It is tho beS flonr rnnAo BANK ELE' TION The annual meeting ot the stockholdt rs of the Merchant' National Ilanlc of Shenandoah, Pa., will be held at the banking house on Tu sday, J nuary 9th, 1900, between the hours of 2 and 4pm, for the purpose of electing thirteen 13 directors to servo me ensuing year. 12-B-St-oaw E. !. IICNTEit, Cashier. Christmas is Comings Why don't you come to the largest furniture store in town to buy your holiday gifts. Be wide awake and go to the place that gives you the biggest values for your money, the largest and the most appreciative selection. Feas your eyes on a stock that is sure to please you. See our beautiful line of Tables, Parlor, Dressing, Extension, Centre. Solid Leather, Kogany' Rockers Halachl dreen, iwtHU Bird-Bye Haple Inlaid with pearl or plain upholstered, silk plush, silk Damask, Corduroy. Do not fail to see our Pictures and Mirrors, Couches, Easels, Curtains, Tapestry Covers, Screens It is well worth your time to corne and see our stock. Every body knows that the prices we ask for any article of furniture is never beyond reason. Look at our win dow display. A CARLOAD OF ROCKERS. Wait for them and then buy early and secure tint choice. Don't wait until the last day. DAVISON'S DEPARTflENT STORES, No. 1 19-121-123 North Main St. PITHY POINTS. II I'penli.gs TlirniiKliout the Country lllirnnlcloil for Hasty t'ernsal. A number of gypsies have camped noar Pottsville. Tho Schuylkill Classls mot In t'otlsvillo this afternoon. All tho P. & IS. C. A I. collieries In this dis trict woro Idle to-day. Arl wall paper at Curd In 'a for 5 and 0 cents per roll, C!omo aud seo them. tf Col J J Cake was elected commander of Gowen Post, O. A. R of Pottsville. The P & II. railroad employes nt Mahanoy Plane and vicinity will be Mid on tho 21st Inst. Tho cliirter of Washington Camp, No. 1"5, P O. 8. of A., of Qirardvillo, was recorded yostorday. For shooting at his pigeons, a Schuylkill county farmer shot Harry Becker, a Potts villn boy, in the nrm. Tho clothing storo of Loulr Flnhutg, at Malmnny City, was robbed of between $200 and $:)00 worth of gnods. Buchanan, tho Jeweler, Is making a spci lalty ol special values ou watches, rings at.d chains for Christmas gift? this season. An unknown tramp, found dying along tho Heading railway, near Bloomsburg, mumbled before ho died: "My booty did Pour Director Walboru reports that the Almsljoute tetervoir Is dry, tho Inmatos re lying now upon springs for their supply of water Win Griffiths, of GIrnrilvllle, has secured employment at the Tamaqua Manufacturing Co.'s works, where ho will learn the trade of machinist. A second degree murder verdint waa fan ml at Unioutown against Walter Washington for the murder of his room mate, Bonjamln Johns, at Bradford. M. Melletand M. Malonn. nftnitu urn fin. ancially lutorested in the new electric road to run between Pottsville and Tamaqua, and say it will be built. A slimier will ho iHvi-n tn Dm nHlnora of ibo 8th Kcgt , N. O. P., to-morrow night, at Mah anoy City. , The two-year-old son of Joseph Kelshaw, of Mahanoy City, fell from a chair last night and fractured one of its arms. John F. Potter yesterday got a verdict for $1500 at Bellefonto against tho Union Central Life Insurance Compmy, of Cincinnati, O., upou a policy on the life of his son George, who was found murdered about six years ago. York Springs is without religious service, the Methodist Episcopal, Lutheran, Presby terian and Episcopal pulpits being vacaut through resignation aud death. Seventy-five breaker boys struck at the Taylor mine, near Scrauton, against working ten hours for seven hours' pay. They forced tho niino to close, making 400 men idle. - Mario Lamour, supported by Frederic Mur phy, in "A Wise Woman," to-morrow night at Fergus jn's theatre. Reserve your scat in time. You'll find it necessary. Letters Granted. Letters testamentary were granted to Dan iel Kramer on the estate of Philippena Kra mer, late of Middleport, deceased. Lettors of administration woro granted to Emily L. Davis on the estate of Ellas Davis, late of New Castle township, deceased. Letters of administration were granted to I) II, Griffiths ou the estate f Reese Hughes, late of Kahn township, deceased. It saved Bis Leg. P. A. Danforth, of LaGrange. Ga., suffered intenecly for six months with a frightful running sore on his leg, but writes that Ilucklen's Arnica Salve wholly cured it in ten days. For Blcers, Wounds, Burns, Boils, Pain or Piles it's the best salve in the world. Cure guaranteed. Only 25c. Sold by A. Wasley, druggist. Married. Horatio N. Daniel), of Sayre, Pa., a brother of C. & I. Policeman James Danlell, of town, and Miss Louise Lyford, of Waverly, N. Y., wore married on Wednesday, last, at the res idence of the bride's parents in Waverly. Eczema, scald neaa, nives, itcniness of the skin of any sort instantly relieved, perman ently cured. Doan's Ointment. At any drug storo. Jrov over .10 ncartr Dr, RICIITEU'S woria-Kenowncd "Anchor" Pain Expeller lias proven to be the Best there Is for Rheumatism, Gout, Neuralgia,te. Rheumatic Complaints.? uniy zoo. ana ouc. nt an druggists or through F. A?, Richter & Go. 215 Pearl Street, New York. Band (VARIOUS GIRARDVILLE. Thomas Toole spent yesterday at Phlladcl P la. Mr. and. Mrs James McFaddcn and Miss Sadie McIIalo attended tho fuueral of their uncle at Bloomsburg to-day. C. B. WiUncr-Esq., of Suubury, and Nicholas Hcblicit, Eq , of Pottsville, trans acted business in town to-day. Miss Mary Bowes was an Ashland visitor to-day. Pat. Igo, of Shenandoah, attended tho rabbit supper at Cooper's cafo last evening. Thomas Qorrrau has annnuuevd himself as a candidate for Justice of the Peace at the next Spring election. Councilman Bulter attended to business at SliHinnkir. yesterday. All tiie collieries in this district were idle to-day. Tho pigeon match between John Bulter and Will Moll, both of this town, takes place at Ashland to-day. Thomas Haley, station agent at Quakako, Is visiting his parents ou Mahanoy avenue. PERSONAL MENTION. Dr. A C. Morgan, of Philadelphia, is In town visiting bis father, Hon. John W. Morgan, who is ill at his home ou South White street. B, J. Yost, of Lakeside, was a business vis itor to town to day. William Geise, of Paxinos, shook hands with friends here to-day. Miss Alice Schwab, of Glrardvilie, was seen lu town last evening. NOTICE. NOTICE. Owing to a mild season and'having a tremendous stock of WINTER SUITS and OVERCOATS, we wish to announce the fact that we have reduced our prices as follows : You can now get a O $ 8.00 OVERCOAT for $ 5.00 Q X $10.00 0YERC0AT for - $ 7.00 X X $12.00 OVERCOAT for $ 9.00 X A $15.00 OVERCOAT for - - $11.00 X O $18.00 OVERCOAT for - - $12 50 jS You can get them in any style or color you wish ; and you can buy a good All-Wool Suit at a price correspondingly low. Women love a clear, healthy comploxion. Pure blood makes it, Bjrdock Blood Bitters mako pure blood. Deeds Itecorded. From August Schwalm to Henry E. Schwalm, premises in Rush township; from Henry E. Swalm et ux to Elizabeth Schwalm, premises in Tamaqua; from Gideon Shoe maker et al to Nathan Miller, premises in West Penn township; from Reuben Zerhe et ux to F. P. Sbollenberger, premises in Pine grove township. if Yon Want Bargain In Overcoats and Suits, go to Harry Lovlt's. CliHlige ot Fire Itosses. John B, Reese, of Lost Creek, has assumed the position of fire boss at the Primrose col liery, Mahanoy City, succeeding Frank Kelly, who has become fire bosH at Elmwood col liery. The lloom In Vii(Tcn. North Adams, Mass., Dec. 8. Notices have been posted In nearly all the cot ton mills In this section announcing an advance of 10 per cent in wages, to take effect Dec. 11. About 3,500 hands are affected by the new schedule. Mammoth Clothing House, 9 and 11 S. Main St., I Goldin, Proprietor. At llaiincr'ti. Choice beef, lamb, pork and mutton, plckeled pig's feet, tougues aud tripe, sau sages. All Kinds of fresh and smoked meats; eggs and butter. Chorry and Chestnut streets. tf Buy Koynl Patont Flour. It Is the .best la tho market. Ladies' and Misses' Garments The great success of our coat department has been brought about by giving the best values for the least money. This season we offer the nicest and most complete line of garments. Coats in all colors, Tans, Modes, Blues, Black, lined with skinner satin, mercarized satin, and silk. Also a fine selec tion of misses' and children's coats, neatly trimmed in braid and bias strips. A special line of Plush, Cloth, As trakhan and Oolf Capes Collarettes made of Posum, Wool, Seal and Beaver Fur. A nice assortment of single and double plain and plaid Scotch wool shawls. Come and s;e them. R. F. GILL, NORTH MAIN STREET AND ???mmmr?mwtwmm?wwm?wm?mr!W?wmwmm ii Ar d GLAD CHRISTMAS l CONWAY'S NOVELTY STORE. Everything Pertaining to the Household and Toy Line will be found at our store, X West Centre St., Shenandoah, Pa. e Saturday, Dec. 9. With a full line of Tinware Agateware, Glassware and Toys. Don't forget the name and number as a penny saved is a penny earned. Come one, come all, and bring the little ones as it will please them and be profitable to you. It will pay you to give us a call as you can buy at one-half. Our Bargains for Saturday, Monday and Tuesday. Best Cedar Tubs, worth 6oc, our price 30c, Best Cedar Bucket, electric welded, worth 25c, our price :oc. Dish Pans, worth 25c, our price 12c. White Cups and Saucers, worth 20c, our price 6c. White Dinner Plates, worth 10c., our price 5c. Large Meat Platter, worth 30c., our price ioc. Clothes Pins, 5c. per 100. Beautiful Cut Glass Dishes, worth 26c, our price 10c. Come and see our Toys, we have Dolls, Games and Express Wagons, Fancy China and Books. SPECIAL FOR SATURDAY ONLY. Floor Oil Cloth, 15 Cents a Yard. DON'T FORGET NAME AND NUMBER. Conway's Novelty Store, 7 WEST CENTRE ST. 1 Holiday Gifts.fSH& Good old Santa Claus is getting ready to hold his annual festival and scatter his rewards amongst the boys and girls, and even the young men and maidens as well as the older folks. We have made our store into a veritable Alladin's cavern well stocked with every variety of Dolls, Go-carts, Toys, Games, Animals, Picture Books, Etc. Dolls. Hundreds of dressed and un dressed beauties. See our special 23c one. Go-carts. A splendid assortment, all sizes, from 25c up. Toy Instruments. Pianos, all sizes, Trumpets, Drums, Accordeons, Metal aphones, from 5c up. Magic Lanterns, Steam Engines, Mechanical Toys; of the latter we have an immense assortment. Iron Toys. Engines, Hook and Ladders, Patrol Wagons, Drays, Cook Stoves, etc., ioc to $2.00. Animals. Horses, Sheep, Donkeys, Goats, etc., ioc to $3.00. Interesting Games, A big variety, from ioc to $1.00. Fancy Goods. Plush or Celluloid gifts. Suitable for all ages. Fancy China. A stock which cannot be ex celled in this county. CH AS. G1RVIN, 3 South Main St., Shenandoah. :-: POSITIVELY! :-: Goats and Gapes at Half Price I Plush and Astrakhan Capes, from $1.49 and upward. Collarettes, gi.65 and up ; elsewhere not less than $3.00. Children's Reefers, $1. 25; elsewhere $3.50. See our large assortment of trimmed and unfrimmed millinery and trimmings. Would not any of these artfcles make a cheap, appreciative and serviceable Christmas gift ? Consider this and come to our store and be convinced. NEW YORK BARGAIN STORE, S23 SOUTH (VIAIIM STREET. G AUG HAN'S Rich Values now Avail able to our Patrons. One lot of Ladies' and Misses' fine Ker sey Jackets, in black, castor and royal blue, lined with romaine silk, worth $10, our price $7.50. Another lot extra quality Kersey, in blaek, tan, cartor & royal, lined through out with best grade lancy taffeta silk, value $12.50, our price $10.00. Children's Long Coats, size 2 to 6 yrs, in fine all-wool cloth, cardinal, blue and green, collar and cape trimmed with fine braid, value $3.00, our price S2.25. A better quality cloth, extra heavy, in car dinal, electric blue, navy and green, value $4.75. our price $3,75. Ladies' Plaid Winter Waists, made from best quality English Flannelette, real value 65 cents our price 50 cents. Others made from eood ounlitv nil . " J 1 v-AVfu.! liucu, VU1UC BI.DQ, our price Ji.a5. A better grade cloth, extra heavv. tucked. hMi and lined, value S2.25, our price $1.75. Mohair Waists, $2.00 to $2 25, real value $2.50 and $3.00. We have received nnntlipr rne t. ,.,i,u n t . . . , , , t vnuic, uii-wuui, nome-maae Blankets, value $4.50, our price lor this lot $3.35. P. J. GAUGHAN. WE CLIP THE WINGS Of extravagant prices. Nowhere in this town will yoit find greater values at smaller prices. Quality tells-the price sells Our line of toys is more complete than ever and embraces so many new and novel things that it would be hard to enumerate all. We desire to call your special attention to our handsome line of DOLLS Never has a more beautiful line been displayed by any one HORSES, TOOL CHESTS, OUNS J'v"ftulw. UlbnES, CHAIRS, And a thousand other things that delight the hearts of the little ones This is the store mother ke. .i, r..i -n , .. . .. . ul.lc?' i..j tr sue iccis sausnea mat an trash is ,i fidSd gU?gC rf3 t0 the ,owest notch and early buyers will find real bargains. We ask you to visit our store and inspect our eoods. knowinc that vmi will v i 1 l , . n icuumr customer alter vour hrr V'JJ toy - SheSdoah! F. J. PORTZ, 21 N. Main St.
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