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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18t".
WATCHES!
Ladlen' Solid Gold.
Ladles' Gold Filled.
Gents' Solid Gold.
Gents' Gold Filled.
Girls' Solid Silver Cliatelain.
Girls' Gold Enamelled Cliat
elain. Hoys' Silver.
Hoys' Nickle.
Large variety. Trices that
defy competition at
C. F. HOFFMAN'S
The Jeweler.
Your
Figure
In your peculiarity, urnl peeulinr
ttics miiht ho recognized. Wo
study tho figures of our customers
and we lit thorn with absolute ex
actness. Our figures also III
our cnstomei1 pocket-books to a
nicety. There In a etylo about
our 'Suits and Overcoats that
make them as fashion's own.
What's more, tho latest BtyloB
were never shown in better goods.
These Suits and Overcoats go to
show that wo aro the
only clothiers
In tho town, and wtiat Is more,
our (foods are not mada in sweat
shops, but are all hand made, but
ton holes are hand made, and
there is nothing tho matter with
tho following: prices:
Suits or Overcoats for 94.00, 5.0, fl.OO,
7.00, 8.00, 9.00, 10.00 and up to 915.00.
Hoys' Suits from 93.00. to 10.00. Child's
Suits for $1.00 to 5.00. Mothers, soo
the fine line of Reefers for your boys.
BELL, the dottier.
ft Little ol Everything,
"A olilol'a smontf yo taking notes.
And faith he'll print 'cm."
"The Lost Mine."
"East Lynn" Deo. 2.1th.
I will meet you at Boll's.
Baby pin sets at Hoffman's.
One week from Saturday is Christmas.
Snyder St Johns, fashionablo tailors.
Just fifteen days yet to frame good
resolutions.
Milllrens store is overflowing with
holiday goods.
"The Lost MIno" at tho opera house
next Tuesday evening.
To save money and got tho latest in
shoos buy at Johnston's.
After to-day it will be unlawful to kill
pheasants, rabbits or squirrels.
"East Lynn" Christmas evening at
the opera house by home talont.
If you want to buy a substantial
Christmas present, visit Milllren's.
Think of it! Three tons of pure
sweetness In candy at Robinson & Mun
dorff's.
Your children want to see the fun
take them to the opera house Christmas
afternoon.
And they all with one accord said:
Best place to buy candy Is at Robinson
& Mundorfl's.
What do you think of "Love, Court
, ship and Marriage" after hearing Mil
ler last night?
The Ideal Society of rooms Nob. 11
and 12 held a soola) In the Nolan block
Saturday evening.
J. E. Welsh & Co. keep a fine line of
ladles,' gentlemen's and children's shoes
cons tan tly Id stock.
We buy for cash and sell (or cash,
can save you money on every pair of
shoes at Robinson's.
Two bouses for rent one on Hill
street and one on Flftb street. Inquire
of Miss Eleanor Reed.
Don't forget Goodors' make a special
ty of watch repairing and all work
guaranteed to give satisfaction.
Chain bracelets and hat pins, the most
fashionable things In Jewelry, a nloe lot
of them at Eoffman, the Jeweler's.
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The Jefferson County Bur Association
held their first banquet lust night In
Brookville.
Did It ever occur to you that the
place to buy sterling silver novelties Is
atC F. Hoffman's.
Listen! You will hear them say to
each other: Go to Iloblnson & Mun
dor's for your candy.
The J. S. Morrow dry goods and
grocery store will be continued. Mrs.
Morrow will manage the store.
Cuff buttons, stick pins, lace pins Ac.
Every thing now and tholatestln jowel-
ery. No old goods. At Gooders'.
About six thousand pounds of candy,
bought til feet from factory for Christ
mas trade at Iloblnson & Mundot'ff's.
The Unique Nonpareil Soelnl Club
will bold a select ball In their club
room on Friday evening, December
4th.
A good plaee to take your children
on Christmas afternoon to enjoy n two
hours laugh Is the Reynolds opera
house.
Tickets for "Tho Lost Mine." which
will appear lit the opera house Tuesday
evening, Dee. 21st, are onsaleatHtoko's
drug store.
Don't miss seeing Miss Klla Seeley's
display of painted articles at Hamblet
Sc Swurtz storo on Thtirsduy, Friday
and Saturday.
Don't forget that "KastLynno" Christ
inas night and tho Comedy Cotnpuny
Christmas ufternoon aro for tho benefit
of the Wotuutns' Relief Corps.
(ilrls If you do not know what to buy
your Im'iiux for a Christmas present, go
to Hoffman, the jeweler, and you will
have no trouble to select something.
Tho plasterers are now working on
tho Froehlleh fc Henry Bros.' new brick
building. Tho Fitzgerald Wall Plaster
and the new process lime are being
used.
Tile special meetings which were In
progress in tho Presbyterian church
two weeks, closed Sunday evening.
Seven or eight persons joined the
church.
Communion services will be held In
the Presbyterian church next Sunday
at tho morning service. Preparatory
services will be held In tho church this
evening,
This week we issuo n supplement to
The Star to aecotnnuxlato tho mer
chants who want to advertise holiday
goods. Wo will bo compelled to Issuo
a supplement noxt week also.
The pupils of the public schools of
this borough will give an entertainment
In Assembly hall next Friday evening
at 8.00, consisting of songs, recitations,
drills, etc. Admission 10 cents. It
will boa good entertainment.
The Allegheny Valley Railway will
sell excursion tickets on December 24th,
25th and .'list. 18S7, and on Jan. 1st,
181)8, good for return trip until January
4th, 18118. Inclusive. These excursion
tickets will not allow stop off "en route."
It Is not necessary for you to run and
got all out of breath to got them first as
tho stock Is largo enough to lust, but
whon you huppon to pass just step In
and see the lurge assortment of ladlos'
long guard chains, tho price will sur
prise you, at Hoffman's.
i
The hymn books for the Schlverea
meetings have arrived, and as Mr. Schl
verea Is desirous of having the popplo
well acquainted with them when ho ar
rives, all who can assist In the chorus
choir aro asked to meet Friday evening
at 8.30 at the Baptist church.
Miss Alraeda Johnston, teacher of the
Dean primary school, died last Satur
day and was buried Monday afternoon.
As wo have not all tho fucts at hand
that we desire, and have a rush of work
this week, we will not publish an obltu
ary for the deceased until next weok.
Charles Moore, of Selgle, who was
crushed to death by two logs rolling over
him at Clark, Keisor & Ktpp's saw mill
at Cortex, this county, the first of last
week, was to have been married next
Wednesday to Miss Letha McKee, of
Carrier, Pa., niece of Mrs. Ed. Moore,
of Rathmel.
Charles Burge keeps a lot of plgoons
in his father's barn In West Reynolds
vllle and one evening last week some
sneak thief entered the barn, carrying
a lantern, and roado a raid on the pigeons.
Neighbors saw the light in the barn,
but thought some of the Burge family
were in the barn.
Dr. R. V. Spackman, of DuBols, who
Is well known In Reynoldsvllle, having
been a practicing physician and pro
prietor of a drug store in this place some
years ago, was married last Thursday
morning to Mrs. Emma Boyd In DuBols.
Tbey went to Philadelphia on the morn
ing train on a wedding trip. The doc
tor Is sixty years old.
The engineer corps that Is surveying
for the new railroad between Reynolds
vllle and Punxsutawney, after a weeks'
stay here, bare finished their work near
town and have changed their boarding
place from Hotel Imperial to a farm
bouse a few miles out of town. When
we ean Snd out something mora definite
about the new road than what was pub
lished la Tub Star last week, our read
ers will get it.
New Coal Mine.
Thn Jefferson ft Clearfield Coal & Iron
Co., that already have large works near
Rnynoldsvlllo, are now opening a new
mine at Khthmul.
New Engine.
The Reynoldsvllle & Falls Creek Rail
way Is gottlng a now englno, No. 4,
which will arrive here to-day direct
from tho shops at Dunkirk, N. Y.
License Issued.
A marriage license has boon issued to
Chas. Weir, the S. Brady street meat
market man, and Miss Anna II. Mur
ray, of Reynoldsvllle. DuBols Exprem.
Citizens' Meeting.
A meeting of tho citizens of Reynolds-
vlllo will bo held in tho room over
Milllrens' storo In the Reynolds block
at eight o'clock thlsevcning. This will
bo an Important meeting, ono which
every live citizen should attend. Tho
rosult of present actions will decide
matters of vital importance as to the
future of Reynoldsvllle.
Can't Act as Agents.
An Italian, who was agent over about
Brockwnyvlllo for W. I. Hays' whole
sale liquor house of DuHols, was tried
before Judge Reed yesterday for selling
without license and was convicted. The
Judge Imposed a lino of 91,000 and sen
tenced the Italian to three mouths In
county Jnll. The Ike had tho necessary
papers showing that ho wns Hays' au
thorized agent, but tho Judgo ruled
that it was not legal. There are other
peoplo In the same business. Better be
careful.
It was a Good Lecture.
Jehu DoWitt Miller, who was booked
to lecture In Assembly hall last Friday
ovcnlngi failed to materialize that
night. Thursday night Mr. Miller
lectured In Hellefontaine, Ohio, and his
train was an hour late before ho got out
of- the Buckeye State and ho missed
connections, hence, failed to urrlve In
Reynoldsvllle at the time advertised.
Tho people were disappointed Friday,
but they were not disappointed In the
lecture last night, for it was highly en
joyed, and Mr. Miller is all that is
claimed for him as an orator, philoso
pher, scholar and humorist. His sub
ject was, "Lovo, Courtship and Mar-
riage." His audience lustnightwus well
placsed with tho lecture. It was a bad
night to bo out, yet there was a largo
audience present.
New Telephone Subscribers.
Tho Summerville Telephone Co. has
already recolved orders for telephones
for tho following pluces:
Solomon Shutter, lumber office; Hotel
MeConnell; Ab. Reynolds' and C.
Mitchell's office; Frank's Tavern; Dr.
J. II. Murray's olllco; Hughes St Dinger,
furniture dealers; Hotel Imperial;
Moore St Dickinson, grocers; Prlester
Bros., furniture dealers; G. Macro, gro
cor, F. S. Hoffman, butcher; W. T.
Cox St Son, grocers; Reynoldsvllle
Hardware Co.; M. M. Davis' law office;
John M. Huys' Justlco of tho Peace,
office; Hotel Belnap; Reynoldsvllle
Woolen Co., Thos. Tapper, liveryman;
Horpol Bros., machinists; C. M. Mc
Donald's law office; J. J. Sutter's resi
dence; J. V. Young's resldonco.
X no urst 'phono put In by the now
company wus put in Hotel MeConnell
yosterduy morning.
Death of William Doney.
Willium Doney, a baeholor, aged 53
years and 11 months, died at tho homo
of his sister, Mi's. Jerry Mowery, in
Plnecrook township, at 5.00 P. M., lost
Monday from heart trouble. Ho had
been ailing for several weeks, but was
confined, to his bed only a few days,
The deceased hod lived in Jefferson
county a half century. Ho was a quiet,
unassuming gentleman. Ho was the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Gorson Doney, both
of whom preceded him Into that "borne
from whence no traveller o'er returns."
Wllllnra Doney was a boneflolul member
of the Dcemer's Cross Roads Jr. O. U
A. M. Council. Funeral services will
be hold In the M. E. church at Emurick
vllleat 10.30 a.m., to-morrow, conducted
by Rev. Mills, pastor of the church.
The Jr. O. U. A. M., of which he was a
member, will attend the funoral. The
deceased had been a member of the
Lutheran church for many years.
Teachers' Institute.
The forty-second annual session of the
Jefferson County Teachers Institute
will be held in the Court House lu
Brookville December 28th to 31st. The
instructors for this Institute are: Dr.
Arnold Tompkins, of Chicago, principal
of the Department of Pedagogy in the
Illinois University; Dr. A. E. Wlnshlp,
of Boston, editor of the "Journal of
Education" and "The American Pri
mary Teacher;" Dr. N. C. Schaeffer,
of Harrlsburg, State Superintendent of
Publlo Instruction; Dr. D. J. Waller,
Jr., of Indiana, Pa., Ex-State Super
intendent and principal Indiana State
Normal School; Dr. A. J. Davis, of
Clarion. orlnclDal of Clarion State
Normal School; Prof. T. L. Gibson, of
Ebensburg, Pa., muslo; Miss Jennie
Jenks, of Brookville, pianist. Evening
sessions: Dr. Arnold Tompkins, of
Chloago( KunlU-Damlan Concert Com
pany; John Temple Graves, of Georgia,
John B. DeMotte. of Brvn Mawr, Pa.
Prof. Teltrlolf has made speolal efforts
to have this Institute be the most
interesting and profitable one ever held
in jeneraon county.
"The Lost Mine."
Tho management has secured, after
a great deal of preliminary arrange
ments, II. A. Templcton's company,
presenting tho great comedy drama
success, "The Lost Mino," which will be
presented hero on the 21st In all Its
plendnr, and the original cast and
scenic equipments. The play Is well
known from its great success of last
season and Is to be presented hore in
the same careful manner that has char
acterized its Instantaneous success.
The comedy in Itself Is ono that apK-als
largely to lovers of wholesome amuse
ment. Thn interest Is Intense, tho
characters are so truthful and tho com
edy so funny that each and every tear
Is followed by asmllo. Fourtoen distinct
and truthful types of America are Intro
duced, together with pleasing SmcIuI-
ties. Several well known players are
onrollod in tho east, J. F. Wilson, C. K.
Klrkman, II. A. Templelon, O. P. Rain-
cy, H. A. Young, Chas. D. Boyd, MIhs
ieorgla McC'aulley, Donna Stewart and
Blanche Powell. A perfect performance
Is assured nnd tho peoplo's Jierfect
prices will avail. The salo of seats is
now in progress at H. Alex Stoke's drug
storo.
Afternoon of Anguish.
Wednesday of last week .1. A. Welsh,
the shoo merchant, unintentionally
caused his "better half" an afternoon of
anguish. Mr. Welsh, who Is a lover of
the chase, started out hunting alono
Wednesday morning and told his wifo
ho would not stay out longer than 11:00
A. M. Dinner time arrived and Mr.
Welsh had not returned, and during all
thnt long, long ufternoon Mrs. Welsh
watched and waited for tho return of
her husband, dreading every moment
thut some one would come to tell her
that something awful had befallen him.
When tho black pall of night began to
settle upon the earth and still ho camo
not, sho could not stand tho terrible
suspenso longer nnd men, with lan
terns, wero sent out in different
directions to look for, what his wifo
had then concluded, his dead body.
Near seven o'clock Mr. Welsh walked
in homo with about a half dozen rab
bits over his shoulders. He had gono
out In tho morning for few hours hunt
and had met Frank McGlnnls, tho In
surance agent, In tho woods and they
continued to hunt all day.
Local Institute.
A local Institute will bo held in the
Preseottvlllo school house next Satur
day, December 18th, of which tho fol
lowing is a program:
Morning session, 11.00. Devotional
exercises; address of welcome, L. P.
McClenry; response, Miss Mury Mulr;
"How to Provont Tardiness," Miss
NottloCoax; "Language," Miss Orpha
Boer; "Physiology," J. II. Wagner.
Afternoon session, 1.30. "How Shall
We Secure the Co-ojierntlon of tho
Parents?" Milton L. Dempsey; Bunny,
Miss Edith Kuntz; address, Prof. G. W.
Lenkord; "Bost Incentlvo to Study,"
Homer Brumbaugh; Discussion, "Teach
lng Writing," Henry Foultz. Program
will bo Interspersed with muslo.
All teachers, directors and patrons,
especially thoso of Winslow township,
are cordially Invited to bo present and
take part in tho discussions. Tho pro
gram committee is J. C. Morris, W. J.
Sncll and Miss Minnie Smoltzer.
We Have a Few of Them.
Boys, and girls, and young )eople
genorally, and some who are oldor,
ought to understand that It Is Ill-man
nered, rudo, and entirely out of placo,
to misbehave in any publlo meeting,
No well-behaved person will do bo.
Churches are built, furnished, and kept
open for worship and instruction, and
not for places of amusement. Persons
who do not go to church to hear atten
tivoly, and to be have decorously, bad
bettor stay away. Brookvlllo Jeffermn-
inn Democrat. We Indorse tho above.
There are a fow uncourtoous people in
Reynoldsvllle, and if they knew how
disgusting such acts ure to sensible peo
plo they would never act unbecoming In
a religious meeting again.
Dr. McCoy will be at Hotel McCon
nell, Reynoldsvllle, Saturday afternoon,
Ueo. lHtn.
It will pay any lady to go out of her
way to see the china in the windows at
Hoffman, the jeweler s.
We defy competition on 918.00 suits,
Btrictly all-wool Hamblet & Swartz.
Pretty slippers for gift-givers. Our
stock la complete and prices to suit all
at Robinson's.
Mothers, see the fine line of reefers
for your boys at Boll.s.
If you want value for your money go
to Johnston's for shoes.
Arbuckle cotfoe lOo. at Robinson St
Mundorff's.
Clocks oheaper than ever at Gooder'a,
the jewelor.
We've got the largest stock of candy
in the county and can give you speolal
price. Robinson & Mundorfp.
See Boll's flno all-wool suits for 93.00.
Subscribe for Thk Stab and get all
the local, county and general news.
See tho fine assortment of watches at
Gooders', the jeweler.
Speolal prices on candy to Sunday
schools and teachers at Robinson i
Mundorff's.
Robinson's 92.00 shoes for ladles have
no equal. A new lot of them just re
ceived. .
Anti-Saloon League Meeting.
A meeting was hold In thn Mothodlst
episcopal church last Wednesday evon-
ing in the interest of tho Pennsylvania
Anil-Saloon IiCiigue. A largo congre
gation attended. Rev. B.C. Dinwiddle,
of Harrlsburg, State Superintendent of
the Leaguo, and Rev. W. L. Klley, D.D.,
of Cuba, N. Y., Field Secretary, wero
present. Rev. Howard II. Russell,
LL. D., of Columbus, Ohio, National
Superintendent of tho American Anti-
Saloon lienguo, was advortlsed to be
here to deliver an address, but ho fulled
to get hero and Rev. Dinwiddle was tho
speaker of tho evening.
Rev. Riley, who was at ono time a
Methodist preacher, a member of tho
Erie Conforonoo, stood on tho foundation
of the M. E. church in tills plaee and
made an address on tho morning the
corner stone was laid in 1870.
Dr. Russell arrived in Reynoldsvllle
Saturday evening. Ho spoke In tho
Presbyterian church Sunday at 11.00
A. M., and In Centennial hall Sunday
evening. Those who heard Dr. Russell
say he Is an orator.
An Anti-Saloon League will be organ
ized in this placo. The league Is Inter
denominational and timni-pttrtisan. An
aim Is made to have an organization In
every church, a municipal organization
In every town, n county organization
and state organization, all of which are
uuxiliurles to thu American or National
organization.
Class Reunion.
Last Saturday evening was tho occa
sion of a merry gathering of C. B.
Clark's classmates at his homo on Main
street. Thn guests of tho evening were
received by C. B. and Miss F.flle Clark.
A pleasant lime was sient in revlowing
tho cherished memories of bygone
schooldays, Interspersed with games
and muslo. A lap collation was served.
With tho refreshments, were distribut
ed souvenirs in tho shaiie of a tastefully
arranged booklet containing u poem
written for the occasion by the host,
which wo publish below. All expressed
themselves us having a very happy
evening.
While wulkimi Ihrauyh my mil ire town,
A lter ileum of roaming, up awl down,
I note with pain that all in rhanyrtl
1 hardly know the pluce tuj'rin.
Hid I my all t I upoke too font.
()ne unit endurm Time' withering blunt.
1'he mhoollioune irherf my youth wan npenl,
Ah! there I'll mtrtly Jlnd csmtent.
The old playipimnil injusl the name.
In fancy I'm a boy aijain.
lint nilence reign; all gone are then
Who, yearn aijo, came here to play.
The well-worn ntipK, the broken pane.
And oaken. floor villi many a Main,
And my old denk liehind the door
Uecalls briijht memorun of yore.
The darkened jwmi and nilcnt luilln
Too ttronghj to my mind recalln
'The fact that they who gathered here
Are widely ncattered, far and near.
Mood bye, old KcheKilhouse, faithful friend,
You'll noon lie yone from the tight of men.
Nobly you're Ht'otHl, through nun and squall,
The Lat Mohican of them all.
Public School Entertainment.
Tho public schools will give their
holiday entertainment on next Friday
evening In Assembly ball, beginning at
8.00 o'clock. Admission 10 cents to all
alike. Following is the program:
FAHT I.
Overture Orchestra
Kuelliitlim Dollle Sutter
V.W...1 n.,.. I Kittle Schuirrnw
I Altheii Hutler
llei'ltiitlun ChrUtlno Brown
ii....t t F.lvle Cnlomnn
t Krunklo Klnir
Motion Sons- Seven Girls, KoomU
Kccltut Ion Muud Mrl'horsnn
FAHT II.
Selection Onlnst ra
Itecltutlon .Airnes Htone
Motion Bong. ..fourteen Girls, liooms 7 unrt 8
Vociil Solo CJolcU King
Marching Drill. Eighteen (ilrls, Rooms II and 12
Flux Drill... Twenty-four boys. Rooms 7 and S
Indian Huntress Drill, Eighteen Girls, Room III
Selection Orcliest m
Speaking of Holiday Attractions,
You will find the prottlcst and most
complete assortment, consisting of plain
and fancy toys, fruits and candles, at
Bohren's old reliable bakery and con
fectionery, arranged In a manner to
pleaso the most fastidious, and at prices
to suit everybody. Give us a call.
Barbers Want a Half Holiday.
We will keep our barbershops open
until 12 o'clock Friday night before
Christmas, and until noon Christmas
day, but will not keep open Christmas
afternoon or evening.
Barbers op Reynoi.dsville,
Gloss and Lenox soap, 8 cakes 25c., at
ltobinson at Mundorn s.
Your watoh repaired and guaranteed
to give satisfaction at Uooders .
For neat fitting suit go to Snyder St
Johns, fashionable tailors
Extra good 92.00 work shoes at J. E.
Welsh st (Jo s.
It Is well worth your attention to see
Milllrens stock of holiday goods.
Knives and forks at a special price at
Honman, tne jeweler s.
Fine shoes for ladles,' geut's, misses,
and children at Johnston's
Arbuckle's and Lion coffee only 10c
at HoDinsoo Mundorn s.
Bell is selling an all-wool blue or
black Kersey overcoat lor ao.oo.
Watch and clock repairing a specialty
at uoouers'
Baby shoes 20 to 35 cents per pair at
j, weisn vo s.
Call and see Bell's fine line of over
coats. V
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
Glimpses of the People who are Passing
To and Fro.
Mrs. J. H. Morrow was In BrookvMn
Monday.
Frank Campbell was In Johnsonburg
last week.
S. B. Rumsny and wife were In Pitts
burg this week.
Mrs. (ieorge Williams Is visiting In
Emlenton this week.
Clarence Henry was at Riohmond,
Indiana Co., Pa., this week.
Mrs. W. W. Barclay, of Big Run, vis
ited In Reynoldsvlllo Saturday.
Mrs. J. O. Miller, of DuBols, spont
Sunday with her sister, Mrs. J. K. Johns
ton, In this place.
County Commissioner W. C. Murray
and wife, of Brookville, wore In Reyn
oldsvlllo Saturday. ,
Andy Denny, of Driftwood, a passon-
gor engineer on tho A. V. R'y, was In
this place Monday. .
Miss Mary Cooper gave a tea party to
eighteen or twenty of her lady friorids
Inst Wednesday evening.
Miss Cora Milllron has been elected
toucher of tho Deun school, to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Miss
Almeda Johnston.
A. M. Applopatc, an englnoor on the'
Reynoldsvlllo Falls Creek Railway,
took engine No. 2 to the shops at Dun
kirk, N. Y., last Saturday.
Miss Edith Seehrlst will teach the
Bollinger school for ono month, while
Miss Iris Johnston is quarantined, and
mny possibly finish the term. Miss
Seehrlst takes charge of tho school next
Monday.
Joseph Pent, was called to Sandy
township, Clearfield county, last week
by the serious Illness of his father, An
drew Pontz, who has almost reached
the four score and ten mtlo post in life's
journey.
Duvid Bollinger was at Windber, tho
new coal town near Johnstown, last
week. Tho Berwind White Coal Co.
are Interested and ns there are two or
three towns culled Berwind, the "wind"
is put before the "bcr" In naming this
new town.
Errold Sutter and J. D. Brown, who
went to Washington state last month,
struck jobs as soon as they arrived at
Tacoma. Brown went to work on a
saw mill at 93.20 per day, and Sutter
went to work in a blacksmith shop
Ironing sleds for tho Klondike. The
man he is working for has a contract
of muking 5,000 one ton sleds for the
Klondike.
Want Compensation.
Tho DuBols Courier, of yesterday
morning, Is authority for the statement
that parties at Falls Creek, who lost
their cows last summer from a disease
claimed to have been contracted from
drinking the water of the creok,
hicb receives the refuse from
the tannery, will ask the tan
nery company to pay for the cows.
There were twenty-nine cattle died at
Falls Creek. The opinion seems to pre
vail at Falls Creek that the animals
died from anthrax, the germs having
been brought from China In Imported
hides, and in the process of tanning the
germs escaped Into the stream, thereby
communicated to animals.
Pool Tables Knocked Out.
When Court convened Monday after
noon Judge Gordon notified all attor
neys who handled liquor license appli
cations that ho would consider good
ground for refusal of license the fact that
any hotel keeper run a pool or billiard
table in his house or in close proximity
thereto. He said there was no Act of
Assembly touching on the question but
he would assume the responsibility him
self and all hotel keepers now running
pool or billiard tables could govern
themselves accordingly. Clearfield Re
publican.
Holiday Excursion Rates.
Imbued with the spirit of the season
and in recognition of the large passen
ger business during tho Christmas holi
days, In accordance with its customary
liberality, the Buffalo, Rochester St
Pittsburg Ry. will make a Christmas
present to each of Its patrons purchas
ing round trip tickets on dates named,
of two thirds the one way fare, by mak
ing the low rate of a fare and one third
for the round trip between all stations
on its line. Tickets to be sold, Dec.
24th, 2oth and 31st, 1807 and Jan. 1st,
1898, limited fer return passage to Jan.
3rd, 1898.
All goods sold at Gooders' are en
graved free of charge. Any style let
ters you wish.
Johnston carries the finest line of
ladles shoes In town.
Will be here this week, brlo-a-brac,
at Hoffman's.
First quality bams only lOo. per lb. at
Robinson St Mundorff's.
Bell ean show you the finest Una of
98, 99, and 910 suits In the county. No
chestnuts.
- Holiday goods are coming in now.
Come and see them at Gooders', the
jeweier.
Evervbodv cnlnir to Rnhlnann Jk Mun.
dorff's for candy.
See Bell's 92.00 overcoats. 1
Fine comb honey 14c at Robinson &
Mundorff's.
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