Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, December 16, 1897, Image 4

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    FREELAND TRIBUNE J
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FREELAND, PA.. DEC-EMBER 10.1897. j
FREEI.ANO'S BUSINKSS HOUSES.
On the first page of the TIUBUNK to- |
day will be found the first instalment of j
a selected list of the leading business |
houses of town. These, with the others
which will appear on Monday, are pre- I
sentcd to our regular readers and to
the many hundreds who will receive
sample copies of the two issues, with
the intention of impressing upon the
public the fact that Froeland's mer
chants and professional people are pre
pared and are capable of supplying all
the needs of all the buyers on the North j
Side. There is nothing In the ordin- |
ary lines of daily life which cannot be
obtained in this town, and a perusal of
today's and next Monday's issues of the 1
TIUBUXK will establish the truthfulness j
of this statement beyond a doubt. The
people whose announcements are thus
brought to your notice are reliable and
worthy of support. They ask for the
trade and business of the purchasing
public of the community, and on behalf
of these advertisers the TRIBUNE gives
its assurance to the. buyers that their
wants and needs will receive better at
tention and more consideration than it
their trade goes elsewhere.
RAILROAD TIMETABLES
LEU K;11 VALLEY RAILROAD.
November 14, 1897.
ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENGER TRAINS.
LEAVE FREELAND.
6 05. 8 45. 9 55 a in, 1 40, 2 34, 3 15, 5 25, 7 07 p m.
for Drifton, Jeddo, Foundry, Hnzle Brook and
Lumber Yard.
0 05, 8 45, 9 35 a in, 1 40.315, (5 25 p m, Black Dia
mond) for Weathcrly, Muuch ( hunk. Allen
town, Eoston. Philadelphia and New York.
7 07 p in for Weathcrly, Mauch chunk, Allen
town, Euston and intermediate stations.
935 a in, 2 34, 525 and 707 p in, for lla/.le
ton, Delano, Mahanoy City, Shenandoah, Ash
land, Mt. Carmel, Shamokin and Pottaville.
7 28, 10 51, 11 54 n in, .' 22 p ui, for Sandy Run,
White Haven and VVilkesbarre.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
8:38, 1051 am for Sandy Run, White Haven
and Wilkesbarro.
10 43 a in and 138 pra for Jeddo, Foundry,
Ilazle Brook, Stockton and Hazleton.
10 43 a m for llazleton, Delano, Mahanoy
City, Shenandoah. Mt. Carmel, Shainokm and
Pottaville.
1 38 p m for WVutherly. Mauch Chunk, Allen
town, Euston, Philadelphia and New York.
ARRIVE AT FREELAND.
5 50, 7 28, 9 20, 10 51, 11 54 a in, 12 58, 2 20, 3 51,
622 and 001 p m, lrom Lumber Yard, ilazle
Book. Foundry, Jeddo and Drifton.
7 28, 9 20, 10 51, 11 54 am, 12 58, 2 20, 3 51, 522
p in, from Hazleton.
9 20, 10 51 a in, 12 58, 0 01, p m, f rom Phila
delphia, New York, Easton, Allentowu, Mauch
Chunk and Wealh rly.
9:35 am, 2 34, 707 pm, from Wilkesbarro,
White Haven and Sandy Run.
7 28, 9 20, 10 51 a in, 2 20, 5 22 p m, from Delano,
Mahanoy City. Shenandoah, Ashland, Mt. Car
mel, Shumokin and Pottaville.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
8 38, 10 51 am and 12 55 pm, from Hazleton,
Stockton, Lumber Yard, Hazle Brook, Foun
dry, Jeddo and Drifton.
10 51 a in, 12 55 pm, from Philadelphia, New
York. Euaton, Allentowu, and Mauch Chunk,
10 51 a in, from Pottaville, Shumokin, Mt.
Carmel Ashland, Shenandoah, Mahanoy City
and Delano.
10 i 3 a m, from Wilkesbarre, W bite Haven
and Sandy Run.
For further information inquire of Ticket
Agents.
CHAS. S. LEE, Gen'l Pass. Agent,
Pkilu., Pa.
ROLLIN 11. WILBUR. General Superintendent.
A. W. NONNEMACIIEK, Asa't G. P. A.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
'TPIIE DELAWARE, SUSQUEHANNA ANL
X SCHUYLKILL RAILROAD.
Time table in effect April 18, 1897.
Trains leave Drifton for Jeddo, Eckley, Hazle
Brook, Stockton, Reaver Meadow Road, Roan
and Hazleton Junction at 5 3u. 600 a in, daily
except Sunday; and 7 03 a in. 2 38 p in, Sunduy.
Trains leave Drifton for Garwood,Cranberry,
Toinhicken and Deringer at 5 30, 6 00 a in, daily
except Sunday; and 7 03 a in, 238 p m, Sun
rains leave Drifton for Oneida Junction,
llarwood Road, Humboldt Road, Oneida and
Sheppton at 600 a ni, daily except Sun
day: and 7 053 a m, 2 38 p in, Sunday.
Trains leave Hazleton Junction lor Garwood,
Cranberry, Toinhicken and Deringer at 635 a
in, daily except Sunday; and 8 53 a m, 4 22 p m,
Sunday.
Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Oneida
Junction, Garwood Road, Humboldt Road,'
Oneida and Sheppton at 6 32, 11 10 am, 4 41 pm,
daily except Sunday; and 7 37 a in, 3 11 pin. j
Sunday.
Trains leave Deringer for Toinhicken, Cran
berry, Garwood, Hazleton Junction and Roan 1
at 2 25, 5 40 p m, daily except Sunday; and 9 37
a m, 5 07 p m, Sunday.
Trains leave Sheppton for Oneida, Humboldt
Road, Garwood Road, Oneida Junction, Hazle- 1
ton Junction and Roan at 7 11 am, 12 40, 522
p m, daily except Sunday; and 8 11 a in, 3 44
p m, Sunday.
Trains leave Sheppton for Ik-aver Meadow
Road, Stockton, Ilazle Brook, Eckley, Jeddo
and Drifton at 5 22 p m, daily, except Suuday;
and 8 11 a m, 3 44 p in, Sunday.
Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Beaver
Meadow Komi, Stockton, Ilazle Brook. Eckley,
Jeddo and Drifton at 5 45, 626 pm, daily,
except Sunday; and 10 10 a in, 5 40 p in, Sunday. 1
All trains connect at Iluzleton Junction with j
electric cars for Hazleton, Jennesville, Auden- j
ried and other points 011 the Traction Com- ;
pany's line.
Trains leaving Drifton at 5 30, 6 00am make j
connection at Deringer with J*. R. R. trains for j
Wilkesbarre, Sunbury, llarrisburg and points I
west.
For the accommodation ot passengers at way
stations between Hazleton Junction and Der
inger, a train will leave the former point at
350 p in, dully, except Sunday, arriving at
Deringer at 5 no pro.
LUTHER ('. SMITH, Superintendent.
G. HORACK,
Baker $ Confectioner.
Wholesale and Retail.
CENTRE STEEET, FREELAND.
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.
PARAGRAPHS GATHERED FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE REGION.
Synopsis of Local and MiscellaneouK Oc
currences That Can He Head Quickly.
What the Folks of This and Other
Towns are Doing.
A number of extra copies of the Tw
in* XK are being sent out today.
St. Ann's parochial schools will close
on the 24th inst. and reopen 011 January j
3.
Harry Bcisel, of Ha/.leton. and Miss j
Lizzie Williams, of Drifton, will wed in
the near future.
Joseph A. Fanner was appointed post
i master yesterday at Weissport, Carbon
j county, by the president,
t Tax Collector A. A. Hachman removed
j today to his new residence at the corner
j of North and Centre streets.
! The assistant assessors of town are in ;
Wilkesbarre today making their returns
; to the county commissioners.
Washburn's Ministrols gave a good ,
i performance before a large audience at
| the Grand on Tuesday evening.
Deputy Prothonotary Salin yesterday
completed his twenty-fourth year as a
clerk In the prothonotary '3 office.
Attorney John M. Carr and Peter
Timony left this morning to attend the
funeral of John Moore at Plymouth.
Mike Plagchak, of Drifton, had the
first joint of the middle finger on his I
left hand taken ofT yesterday by a piece j
of iron at Drifton shops,
j Weatherly has the biggest postofiice I
j light in its history on at the present
time, and the contestants are tnreaten- I
ing each other with arrest.
High Constable John Moiik and An
drew Polka spent the forepart of the
| week at Mil may, N. J., where they each
purchased two building lots.
Rev J. 11. Schmidt and Rev. J. J.
Kuntz represented Freeland on Monday !
at the meeting of the Lutheran Pastoral j
Association at Mauch Chunk.
The story published that Joe Rice, I
the Wilkesbarre bicycle racer, is to be
married to Miss May Flynn. of that city,
is denied by the young lady's mother.
L. D. Honeywell, of Dallas, has been
appointed mercantile appraiser by the
county commissioners for the coining
j year. There were several applicants for
the. position.
County Detective Eckert is trying to ;
interest capitalists in a project to estab
lish sugar beat works in Wilkesbarre. j
Eckert is said to be a past master in the 1
art of beating.
A route has been surveyed by the
Scuy I kill Traction Company from Maha- i
noy City to Sheppton and Oneida, and it !
is stated the trolley line will be extended
to the latter towns next spring.
Ilk Pell was instantly killed Monday
afternoon while walking on the railroad
track near Heaver Meadow. A Lehigh ,
Valley passenger train struck him. 1
His head was crushed into a shapeless
mass.
Captain Branston is attracting large !
numbers to St. Paul's P. M. church !
every evening. Do not fail to hear him
on Sunday at 10.30 a. m. and 7 p. in., j
also each evening next week at 7.30
o'clock.
Sub-divisfon 6, of the United Mine '
Workers, comprising all the United Mine j
Workers' organizations in the Lehigh
district, has donated S2OO to the llarwood :
widows whose husbands were killed at
Lattimer.
Four of the thirty-nine strikers shot
at Lattimor by Sheriff Martin's deputies
last September are still in Hazleton
hospital. It is not likely that any of
these will be able to attend the trial,
which is set down for January,
j Mrs. Rose Boyle died on Monday at
the home of her husband. Hon. P. F.
Boyle, in Ila/.leton, aged 40 years. She
had many friends and relatives 011 the :
North Side. Besides her husband she
is survived by throe sons and four 1
daughters.
Several Saloon-keepers in town are '
silently debating whether it is worth '
applying for license in 1898. Business I
has not been very good this year, and |
the extra levy of SSO, making the county j
1 license cost S2OO, acts as a damper on :
future prospects.
The Pittsburg Trust Company, having '
been appointed receiver of the Natalie
Anthracite Coal Company, has filed a j
bond for SIOO,OOO and takes possession
of the company's affairs. The company '
owns considerable coal works near Mt. j
Carmel, but has been in debt for some
i time.
| The committee of council to which the ;
j Gas Company's ordinauco was referred
at the last meeting of the borough law
makers met on Tuesday evening in Solic
itor Carr's office and agreed to add sev
eral important provisions before the
company's request for the right of way
is granted.
I Mary Pluturner and Grace llymoek.
, two young girls, made a daring escape
| from the Wilkesbarre lock-up Tuesday
j night. They were charged with dis-
I orderly conduct and were lodged iu a |
! room upstairs. They cut a pain of glass j
! <uit of a window and leaped from the
second story to the ground below, mak
| ing their escape.
The streets of Freeland were in a
horrible condition lately, ft was mud
everywhere. But Freeland was not the
only town suffering from mud. .By
actual count the newspapers of twenty- '
two boroughs in Luzerne, Carbon and
Schuylkill counties bad mud articles
within the past week and nineteen edi
tors swear their town has the worst
streets in the state. '
Babbit Season Over.
The rabbit season ended yesterday.
, The heavy rains of the past few days
disappointed many hunters who had ex
pected to have one good day's hunt
i before the season closed. The Freeland
men, however, have no reason to com
plain. They have had one of the best
seasons for some years and the stock of
game brought home on the average tour
was quite large. The hunters are also
well pleased with the fact that no seri-
I ous accidents occurred in the woods.
; There were many narrow escapes, but
the sportsmen managed to avoid harm
; ing one another by reckless shooting.
' One of the mishaps of the season oc
! currod yesterday in Sandy valley. The
large creek iu the swamp near Pond
Creek was swollen by the rains, and in
crossing the stream after a rabbit. Julius
Dusheck, of town, slipped from the log
which serves as a bridge and fell into
the water. Burdened with a dozen or
more rabbits and a heavy suit of hunt
ing clothes and boots, the young man was
swept along by the rushing waters and
for awhile it looked as if he would be
drowned. With a desperate effort ho
finally regained liis footing and waded
out of the creek thoroughly soaked.
.Julius was around again last night and
appeared none the worse after his chill
ing bath.
I'ollce May Have Fees.
Judge Schuyler, presiding specially in
Luzerne common pleas court, handed
down an important decision on Tuesday,
i The decision was based on an act pro
| liibiting policemen of this state from
charging, accepting any fee, or other
j compensation in addition to their salary,
except as public rewards and mileage
for traveling expenses.
I Under the act County Controller Lloyd
refused to pay any witness fee to police
men during attendance ut court, serv
ing subpoenas, etc.. and in order to
the law Policeman .John W. Jones,
i of Wilkesbarre, brought a suit against
| the controller to compel him to pay.
j Judge Schuyler decides that a police
| man, while acting as a witness, doos so,
I not iu his official capacity, but as a pri
vate citizen, and is therefore entitled to
witness fees and compensation for other
duties apart from his regular work as
policeman. Judge Schuyler also finds
that policemen are not entitled to pay
for serving mayor's subpoenas or taking
prisoners to the county jail.
Relented u Reprimand.
Samuel Philips, of Luzerne, is in dan
ger of death from a fractured skull,
caused by a stone thrown, it is alleged,
|by a Jack Eagan Monday night. Mr.
Philips' son had some trouble with Eagan
and Mr. Philips met Eagan and was re
primanding him for his conduct, when,
it is alleged, Eagan became very angry
and picking up a stone, burled it ut
Phillips. It struck him on the side of
the head and'ho fell to the ground un
, conscious. Eagan is about 20 years old.
Mr. Phillips is about 45 years old and is
a tiro boss at Payne & Co.'s East Boston
! mine. His condition is serious.
A Strange A miction.
j From the Hazleton Standurd.
| David Davis, a prominent young man
' of McAdoo, and one of the leading mem
: hers of the Baptist Young People's
Union, was stricken with a strange
affliction while leading a meeting of
j that progressive organization on Monday
night at the Isaacs' residence in Honey
i Brook. He was reading from the holy
book when all of a sudden the sight of
bis right eye grew dim and all the letters
appeared alike. lie returned home and
is under the care of a physician who
hopes to overcome the affliction in short
time.
Rciiio\eil to McAdoo.
A. M. Worley has opened an establish
ment in McAdoo, where he will manu
facture and repair harness and conduct
a saddlery in all its brandies. Mr.
Worley has worked at the business over
twenty years, and during the greater
portion of this time he was foremen of
Wise's shops. Mr. Worley removed his
family today to McAdoo, and henceforth
J will be one of that burg's solid business
| men.
\\'lo 11 y Co in (ill infii til py.
j Miss Ac!drop—l've been looking for
you, Mr. Smith. I understand tbut you ;
told Mr. Gander ihat 1 was the mosi |
waspish woman you knew. What do !
| you mean, sir?
Smith—My dear lady, 1 was only nl 1
lading to your waist.—Ally Sloper. j
Euay to Find tint.
1 "I often wonder what she thinks of !
i me!" said the young married man.
1 "It is easy to find out." said the eider- j
I ly married man. "Just sit down on her i
hat. and she will tell you what she j
thinks of you in less than a minute."—
Tit-Bits.
rickinv the Winner.
Poplelgli—You remember Kitty
Brashington, whom Judkinsand I were
courting when you left for EuropeV
Well, old fellow, J was the lucky man.
Mopleigh—Congratulate you, old
boy. When were they married?—Up
to-Date.
A l'"n in 11 in r Scene.
Grandpa—Don't get seared. Willie:
the tiger is about to bo feds that's what
makes him jump up and roarso.
Willie (easily)— Ob. ! ain't afraid of
him, grandpa; papa's the same wa.v
when his meals ain't ready.—Tit-Bits.
William Gallagher, of Washington
st,root, lias accepted a position with the
j Freeland Steam I.anndry.
Doyou wanttosell furniture? Consult
Neil Ward, purchas'gugt.,WuiU'sgallory.
CASTOniA.
Tie he- /7
Firemen's Fair Tonight.
At Yannes' opera house the fair of
the Citizens' Hose Company will be
opened this evening. For several days
past the firemen have been arranging
the numerous articles, and the result of
their work lias transformed the spacious
hall into a bower of beauty. Many
valuable and handsome articles, both
ornamental and useful, are ready to be
exhibited. The people of town have re
sponded with good will and cheerful
ness to the request of the solicitors, and
the donations have surpassed all expec
tations.
Visitors to the fair on the opening
night will be entertained by St. Patrick's
cornet band. On Friday evening the
Keystone Company, of McAdoo, will be
present and enliven the hall with their
presence. On Saturday evening the
Mayberry band will supply the music
and the Ilazleton East End Company will
attend in a body.
During each night of the fair, from
this evening to the 30th Inst., a special
program will be arranged for the enter
tainment of those who attend.
Visitors should not fail to cast their
ballots, which will bo given them at the
ticket office, for the most popular lady
school teacher. A beautiful diamond
ring is the prize which will be presented
to the lady who receives the largest
number of votes. Already this contest
has started a friendly rivalry among the
admirers of several teachers.
Discord Reigns in Republican Ranks.
From the Wflkcsbarre Newsdealer.
Ex-Congressman Leisenring has rea
son to feel out of sorts at the lack of
cordial support given his candidacy for
governor by the Republican press of
Luzerne. Not a single one of the Re
publican papers are booming or aiding
his candidacy in the slightest degree.
On the contrary in a mean underhand
ed way they are sandbagging him with
other Luzerne men, and pointing out
their availability and strength.
The Gazette of Pittston is even meaner
yet than either the Times or Sentinel, as
the editor of that sheet goes up into
Susquchaanna county and trots out that
ancient antedeluvian, Galusha Grow, in
preference to sustaining a home candi
date.
Certainly if Mr. Leisenring succeeds
in his ambition he will be under no ob
ligation to the party press of the county,
for they have endeavored to injure and
cripple him in every way possible.
Rig Cave-In Causes Alarm.
Early Monday morning the residents
of Scotch Hill. Kingston township, were
alarmed by the sudden setting of a large
acre of ground, occasioned by a cave-in
in the abandoned workings of Payne
& Co.'s East Roston mine. The school
house and several other properties are
affected and the ground for a distance
of 400 feet out in the open iield is cracked.
The foundation of the school house
settled three inches and some of the
buildings settled six inches. The build
ings groaned and cracked and there was
very little sleep in the community. The
settling continued Tuesday and in some
places the ground has settled a foot. Al
though considerable fear Is manifested
among the inhabitants, it is not believed
that any serious accident will occur.
Kind Word* for a Freehold Man.
From Mahunoy City Blaok Diamond.
For several years wo have had con
siderable fun with Superintendent
William Powell, of Ruck Mountain.
Powell is one of those big, good-natured
fellows whose generosity has often placed
him in positions that less jovial but
more cunning men would avoid. Dur
ing his superintendency of the Ruck
Mountain workings Mr. Powell has
made hundreds of men and hoys feel
warm friendship for him, and his re
tirement from the works and the vil
lage, next Wednesday, will be regretted
by none more than Black Diamrnd. We
wish our old friend "Rill"' Powell a big
share of the good things of life where
over Dame Fortune calls him.
ImpuritltiH in Candy.
Professor C. R. Cochran, chemist to
the State Roard of Agriculture, is pre
paring an elaborate report upon candies
—wholesome and otherwise—as sold all
through the state. The professor has
examined a great many samples of candy
of every variety, and finds that the color
ing most largely used by the manufac
turers is a composition of coal tar.
The analysis are not being made with a
view to instituting prosecutions at this
time, but for the purpose of ovontually
suppressing the sale of all candles detri
mental to the health of the users.
Reality In Blood Deep.
Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Casearets Candy Cathar
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all im
purities from the body. Begin today to
banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Casearets- beauty for ID cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, lOe, 26c, 500.
CASTOniA.
The tit- /} _
A pretty line of fall dross goods can
he seen at Oswuli's. Latest pattern
and lowest prices.
Kiliinite Your Bowles Wltli Casearets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
lUe. 11' C. C. C'. fall, drmnrists refund money.
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
Tho fac- /)
s.
BIG BLAZE AT DURYEA.
LIFE AND PROPERTY LOST IN A FIRE
ON TUESDAY MORNING.
Over $50,000 Worth of Damage Done in
a Few Hours lu the I.lttle Borough
Near PJttxton—Mob Loots a Company
Store- A Mun Smothered.
The worst fire in the history of Duryea
destroyed a large portion of the business
part of the town at an early hour Tues
day morning, entailing a loss of 850,000.
William H. Law, of West* Pittston,
perished In the flamos while attempting
to save the books in his oflice. A feat
ure of the lire was the looting of the
burning property by a mob.
Tho fire originated in Geary Dills' liv
ery stable. In fifteen minutes after it
was discovered the barn was a mass of
flames. The horses wero saved at great
risk. In the same block was Dill's un
dertaking establishment, Fred Stuekoy s
barber shop and residence. This block,
with all its contents, was quickly
destroyed and tire flames spread to
Simpson & YVatkins' company store,
which was also consumed, together with
its large stock. General Manager Allen,
who lived over the stern, lost all his
furniture. The flames extended to the
large barn in Ihe rear, which was soon
licked up with all its contents.
The flames next leaped across the
street, thelivery stable or James Connell
first being ignited. With great difliculty
the horses were rescued, but the building
with all its equipment and contents
was consumed. Next to the livery stable
was a block of five houses, owned bv
Mr. Freeman, tho Pittston wholesale
liquor dealer. One house was occupied
as a drug store by James Grisham, an
other by Thomas F. Brown as a resi
dence and two were unoccupied. This
block was burned to the ground.
it was after midnight when the flames
caught Simpson & Watkins' store. The
efforts of tho volunteer liremen being
directed to the Trout, the mob of onlook
ers attacked the rear of the building
and beat down the door. They seized
hams, dried meats, boxes of raisins and
pieces of dry goods, and even rolled out
barrels of flour. These were pushed
down hill and taken off in the darkness.
The depredations were discovered, and
an attempt was mado to stop thorn, but
the thieves took a fierce satisfaction in
their work, for they liato the company
storo system. Those who attempted to
stop them were roughly handled.
From the tluio tho lire broke out at
midnight until 3.30 a crowd of volun
teers fought lite flatties witli ordinary
hose and nil litis time nobody ever
thought of sending to Pittston for the
(ire department. The weak streams
from the hose had little or 110 effect lit
checking the flames, and Anally, when
the bulk of the damage had been accom
plished. somebody suggested sending for
the Pittston engines. This suggestion
was acted upon, and the word was dis
patched to Pittston.
The department from that city arriv
ed as promptly as possible, and It was
not long after the force began to play
on the burning buildings that the lire
was under control.
Some time after the fire was extin
guished the family of Wiliam 11. Law, of
West Pittston, notified the people around
tin) smonjflerliig ruins that Mr. Law
had not returned to his hotel after the
fire and they feared he was injured. A
search was made and his body was
found charred and black In the ruins of
his office.
Mr. Law was the bookkeeper for the
Babylon Coal Company, and his oflice
was in a corner room adjoining Simpson
& Watkins' store. He worked quite
late Monday evening. It is quite cer
tain that Law entered his otlfico to save
the pay roll and valuable books and
papers which were in the safe, that it
took him sonic time to open the safe
door and that lie was overcome by the
hoat and smoke. The body was found
near the door of the safe. Mr. Law was
40 years old and is survived by a wife
and five children. lie was a prominent
rosideut of West Pittston.
How's This I
Wo offer One Hundred Doll am Re
ward for any rase of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENICY & CO., Props., Toledo,
Ohio.
We the undersigned have known F.J.
Cheney for the last fifteen years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all !
business transactions and financially 1
able to carry out any obligation made by
their firm.
WEST TRUAX, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, O.
WAI.DI.VG, RINNAN & MARVIN, Whole
sale Druggist-*, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter
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Two Millions a Year.
When people buy, try and buy again, it
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CASTOHIA.
The fac- _
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PLEASURE CALENDAR.
December 10-30.—Fair of the Citizens'
Hose Company at, Yannes'opera house.
December 28. —Ramjuet and social under
the auspices of Young Ladies of St.
Ann's P,irbh at Grand opera house.
Tickets, 35 cents.
December 31.—Ninth annual hall of the
Tigers Athletic Club at Yannes' opera
house. Admission, 50 cunts.
AN OPEN LETTER
To MOTHERS.
WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE
EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD "CASTORIA," AND
"PITCHER'S CASTORIA," AS OUR TRADEMARK.
1 , DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Eyannis, Massachusetts,
was the originator of "PITCHER'S CASTORIA," the same
that has borne and does now on every
bear the facsimile signature of wrapper.
This is the original " PITCHER'S CASTORIA," which has been
used in the homes of the Mothers of America for over thirty
years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is
the kind you have always bought //fr _ on the
and has the signature of wrap
per. No one has authority from me to use my name ex
cept The Centaur Company of which Chas. H. Fletcher is
President. o - .
March 8,1897. ,p.
Do Not Be Deceived.
Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting
a cheap substitute which some druggist may offer you
(because he makes a few more pennies on it), the in
gredients of which even he does not know.
"The Kind Yon Have Always Bought"
Insist on Having
The Kind That Never Failed You.
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