Punxsutawney Spirit, 1907-01-30

              pp Hln| pa f. m m VOL. XXXIV. PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., JANUARY 30, 1007. NO. 41. Big Reduction On Shoes WEBER'S AT 150 pairs of $3.50 shoes reduced to $2.50. Mostly the"Jim" make, and shoes that are well known for their good wearing qualities, they are here in patent colt, vici kid and box calf. Now In Progress at half price. A lot of men's and young men's suits 4.00 reduced reduced Suits Suits 5.00 reduced 10 Suits 6.00 $7.50 12 $15 reduced Suits price. J/4 off. coats Va off. A few Overcoats left which go at half All our form fitting Overcoats at All boys' and young men's Over- J. A. Weber Store Closes at 6 p. m. except Wednesday and Saturday evenings. By Having Larger Population.Many Advantages Will be Gained WE SHOULD CONSOLIDATE WILL ASK FOR NEW TRIAL Counsel For Tony Loretta Claims Jury Did Not Adhere to the Rules. Semi-Annual SWEEP CLEAN SALE A MONEY SAVING OPPORTUNITY . Farmers' Hank Building H. J. Loeb Men's and Boys' Furnisher Citizens of Punxsutawney and Llndsey should bo interested In the bill which was Introduced in the Pennsylvania Legislature Saturday, by Assemblyman Craven, of Washington, which provides for the classification and government of boroughs. In case tho bill passes (ill town having a population above 10,000 wi'l be known as first-class towns while those having a population below that figure will be classed with hamlets and villages. It is up t<» the citizens of Punxsutawney and Llndsey to say t«> which class this community will bo assigned under the new measure, should it become a law. Following Is tho text of Assemblyman Craven's bill: "To classify boroughs and fix forms of government for thorn. All boroughs having a population of 10.000 or more as shown by the last federal census or a special census taken under tin- supervision of the quarter sessions court, shall be in the first class. Other boroughs are placed in the second class. First-class boroughs shall have a 1 burgess, treasurer and controller. The burgess will have the same duties as at present, and will in addition ap- | point the number of policemen coun- i ell agrees on. The treasurer must he u competent accountant and have been a resident of the borough three years prior to his election. His term is for three years and his compensation is fixed by council. July 1 he shall receive taxes upon which a discount <»f r» per cent will be allowed to August 31. During September and October taxes will be paid at their face value- After November 1. •*. per cent, will be added. The treasurer appoints sub-collectors, whose compensation is fixed by council. The controller must possess the same qualifications as the treasurer. He is elected by the people for a term of three years and his salary Is to be fixed by council. He Is clothed with full power to examine all accounts. j "The number of councllmen, their qualifications, manner of election and powers and duties, remain the same as at present. The act does not contain a ripper clause and every official will serve his term. In every borough of 10,000 it becomes the duty of the burgess and council, upon the passage of this act, to pass an ordinance declar- 1 Ing the borough to be a borough of the first class- The quarter sessions court will appoint a controller to serve until the next election." MANY OF THEM FOR SALE May Still Bid, But Must Be in Washington on Date Set. If It Snows The case of Ida A. Cowan vs. Dr. Frank Lorenzo was settled by th*» parties. In the case of W. M. OlUesple vs. the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg Railway Company, an action of trespass growing out of the damaging of plaintiff's property by the defendant, there was no contest on the statement of facts and the court will rule on the question of law submitted. The case of Margaret Osborn vs. (J. M. McDonald was ruled <»ff the calendar. This was An action in assumpsit. and has been referred to a referee for adjudication. The case of Wlnfleld S. Thompson vs. David F. Thompson, assumpsit, was tried on Monday afternoon. Judge John Ormerod of t'oudersport, president judge of Potter County. arrived in Hrookvtlle .Monday afternoon and is hearing I In - case of Mary J. Fuller, now Evans, vs. Klmer Fuller. This case, It will bo remembered, was tried before Judgt> Heed at the November term, 19 0 ♦», but th jury was discharged without a verdict, fhe twelve Rood men and true falling to agree. Mrs. Kvans secured a Judgment, against Fuller for fhe amount due her upon a lease which the later claims Is a forget* paper, and the judgment was opened by the court for the purpose of establishing the facts in the case. Judge ormerod will now try his hand at unraveling the tangle. Handwriting experts who were called in the previous trial of the case had a rocky road to travel and It is likely, that should expert testimony be required at Mm time there will be no rush of experts to produce testimony These cases are still for trial: M. Windows vs. K. <\ Rudolph, trespass, The Asset Realization Company. a corporation, vs. \V. R. Meredith. William L. Mccracken, Ksq., on Monday afternoon filed a petition for a new trial in the case of the Commonwealth vs. Tony Loretta, ami the same was put Upon the argument lis! for argument at the next term, the first Monday of March. The petition alleges that the verdict is not in accordance with preponderance of the evidence, and that members of the Jury were permitted to leave the presence of the other members «»f the body during their deliberations, l-o-retta was convicted at the term of criminal court ju closed and sentence in his case is suspended pending the disposition «»f the motion for new trial. Clifton G. Hughes vs. The Central Accident Insurance Company of Pittsburg. a?i action of assumpsit. Louis Wester vs. Christopher Columbus Society, appeal. Aaron Depp vs. Tobias Newbold, an iictlon of trespass. BHOOKVILE, Jan. 20.—The regular January sessions of the Court of Common Pleas opened before Judge John W. Reed at ten o'clock Monday morning. The following cases were continued: Louisa Cowley vs. The Rochester & Pittsburg Coal and Iron Co., an action of trespass. MANY YEARS CHAPLAIN Became Well Acquainted With Inside Workings of Organization.Matters In regard to the location of the post office building, which is to bo erected here, have come to a head and it will be but a short time lint ii the residents of this city will know where the new government building will be erected. There are a large number of sites in the town that would be immensely suitable for the purpose hut the recent inspector showed no apparent choice, and the land owners who believe they have the proper site for the building are at present as much in the dark as to where It shall be situated as any of the rest of us. Postmaster S. S. Smith this morning received the following communication from the Treasury Department.to choose from. We want it to We have sledsand sleighs, rohes and sleigh bells. A good stock We Begun CLEANING-UP SALE OUR $10.00, $12.00, $15.00, $18.00 and $20.00. Of all our men's up-to-date Suits, Overcoats, Rain Coats and ladies Coats that we have left from this fall season, and which we have sold at $8.00, A(i REEM ENT 11EACHED. Torrence I B I 11 3 I \ I Punxsutawney Block KlUDII i penna- Alterations Charged for at cost. THURSDAY, JANUARY 3rd, 1907 Ask for no suspenders during sale. THE ONE PRICE CLOTHIER snow, but If It Rains L. M. SHAW, Secretary Nol ire. Notice is hereby given that llnal consideration will be given and selection made of a site for the United States Government building to be erected at Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, and purchase thereof closed on the twenty-third day of February, nineteen hundred and seven. Persons desiring to submit further statements in writing relating to any of the sites offered are informed that their communications will receive consideration if on file before the date named. TWO MEN WOUNDED Fight Between Italians and a Farmer Ends With a Shooting Affray. That ho will acquit himself with'distinction while servjng on the Leglslativo committee of the State Grange Is the prediction of his ma'ny friends and admirers in Punxsutawney and Jefferson County. One of the most active workers for the advancement of the Grange in Jefferson County is Rev. H- G. Teagarden of this place, who was recently appointed by Grand Master \Y. T. Hill to a position on the Legislative Committee of the State Grange. The committee began its sessions at tin Bolton Muse. Harrisburg Thursday. For many years past Rev. Teagarden has given considerable time and thought to matters in which the Patrons of Husbandry are deeply interested ami his services on the platform at Institutes and public meetings have been in constant demand. Having been elected to the office of Chaplain In the State body three times his opportunities for becoming acquainted with the larger affairs of the order have been such as to eminently qualify him for the important position to which he was recently called by Grand Master Hill. Rev. Teagarden is a graduate of Waynesburg College. He is one of the leading pulpit -orators In this section of the State and sonicyears ago was invested with the title i>f Ph. I). Remember Totally Cost and value Disregarded Your Choice For $6.98 SM> These goods are in the hands of The sooner you come the better chance you have to choose from. Since Christmas the Punxsutawney stork has been on a strike, of course it did a little work now and then, but we are told that it has now come to an understanding with the operators and started to work yesterday by delivering a big boy to the home of Henry Stlteler, of, the Brown Hardware Company. We have Rubber Blankets, Shoulder Capes, Horse Covers, Wagon Umbrellas, and a full line of rainy weather goods. So come and see us either Rain or Snow or Sunshine and will have what you want. Home of Reliable Hardware. HARDWARE CO. PL NXSUTAWN E Y A c;oon IIEASOX. The readers of The Weekly Spirit will notice that this week's issue contains only six pages., instead of eight as is customary. This is caused by the failure of the railroad companies to forward our shipment of paper in time for this edition, but next week we hope to be able to give our readers the usual eight pages. While hurrying home because of the death of his sister, T. S. Fryer, of South Side, who has been em ployed In New York State, witnessed a shooting affray that came near resulting fatally for two parties and will likely cause the man who did the shooting to spend a couple years in the penitentiary. After the train had left Wellsvlll • on the Buffalo and Susquehanna Hallroad, a country lad in some way gut Into an altercation with a couple of Italians and after they had quarreled for some time the boy from the country endeavored to chokp one of the Italians and was succeeding wonderfully when two shots rang out one of which entered the boy's month and came out through his left Jaw, the other went wide of its mark and lodged in the hand of a traveling man who was watching the affair. At the next station the police were] called in and the Italians were arrested. On searching them nothing In the way of a revolver was found and it. Is supposed that the revolver was thrown out of the car window. No one seemed to know which one of the men had done the shooting but it is thought that it was done by the friend of the man who was being choked. The traveling man and the boy were taken from the train at the same place in order that they might receive medical aid. V - wm