Punxsutawney Spirit, 1896-05-06

              in conducting business Markton Doings. is to give satisfaction to WO] the trade. Money cheerfully refunded if i Never before goods do not suit you. could we give such values for the money. Best assortment of BIO BUN ITEMS. E. Gunnin ham & Son. Ac yd. Come in and lo whether you buy Prints. One case of dark standard, six cent prints, ast colors at 19c yd. DtNealied Sheeting;, 750 yd unbleached sheeting, 2J yd wide; usual price, eighteen cents; our price I3c yd. k at these goods or not. | Toweling. 1000 y«! bleached and unbVaehed <-«»tton crush, only ten yards to a customer. 3c yd. Turkey lleil Table liinen. 500 yd Turkey Rod Table Linen, fust colore, licatitiftil patterns, twenty-five quality at 15c yd. A forty-live cent quality at 29c, Iridic* Summer Underwear. All qualities, sleeves, half sleeves and sleeveless, 5(! U|». Dress Goods. BOO yd all wool serge, good weight, 36 inch wide, all colors; usual prices thirty cents, our price To-day we commence a special sale in several lines of Dry Goods at ridiculously low prices. These are all new, first class goods, and guaranteed in every way. J. C. Ferris and wife returned from Philadelphia last week. Mrs. Ferris has been undergoing treatment in one of the hospitals of that city for some time. She did not derive much benefit while absent. Mrs. Amanda Ferrier Brink died at 7.45 p. m., Saturday of consumption and was buried in the Baptist cemetery on Monday at 2 p. m. Services were held in the Baptist church, Rev. Kelley officiating. Jesse L. Test and wife, who have been visiting their daughter, Mrs. George G. Elliott, in Philadelphia for the past two months, returned home on Thursday. L. P. Seeley, of Pittsburg, spent Sunday in town. Arthur P. Reynolds returned home from Allegheny on Saturday. The kids were all glad to sec him judging from the gang that surrounded him immediately upon his arrival. Clayton North and wife, of Punxsutawuey, spent several days in town last week. Mr. North is a most excellent fellow and made hosts of friends during his sojourn in our midst. five cents you can can see a genuine prize fight and various other things, too numerous to say any thing about. It is a good thing and the proprietors are pushing it along from town to town. Edison's latest is on exhibition at Hotel Dillman. It is called a kinetiphone, and for Jonathan Whit more receutly constructed a common, homemade, every day incubator, which brought forth at one hatching over 100 live chickens. Jonathan, you are a thorough bred on artificial fowl raisiug. "Dude," Mr. J. P. Dillman's little dog, was poisoned on Saturday by some ungodly wretch who should have been in better business. The dog was harmless and was Mr. Dillman's constant companion If you would see Dude you could wager your l>ottom sixpence that Mr. D. was not more than lti} feet away. But his bark is hushed and his tale ig told. Ephraim Murray, one of our oldest ritisem, departed this life on Saturday night. Mr. Murray has been in feeble health for more than a year, yet had not been confined to his bed for any length of time. His death was the result of the wearing out of life's machinery. He was a good citizen and an honest, eonsciencious man. His age was about 84 years. preserved as a relic ever since that time many years ago. Finis, which means that's all. goodly supply of provisions and a quart of Guckenheimer whiskey, and we were gone three days and brought the same quart home never having pulled the cork." At this juncture I fainted and did not revive uutil Ed. had bathed my throbbing temples with some of the same whisky which he has carefully "About the time we thought old Sheeser would have his oats cut, three other fellows and myself, (no ladies admitted) started for the wilds of Clearfield county in quest of the luscious berry which attains a mellow ripeness about oats harvest. Wo took with us a ime) season, Ed. came iu with this whopper shore, of the whiskey and other soft drinks that had been consumed on the mountain during the whortleberry (I have it right this many snakes we had killed and how many had gotten away from us by hiding in the clefts of the rocks that infest that barren feet from touching his mother earth. Again I resume where I left off. After telling how hence. Well, as 1 was about to remark, before I launched out on the, at that time, awful tragedy for which the gentleman aforesaid had to drop oft* into space with a hempen cord which was tied about his neck with a four-in-hand slip knot, which prevented his ing enoumlH-red with a pack weighing 350 pounds, which he carried without resting froui the Wild Gooso tavern at which hostlery he had tarried the night previous to his exit and family, consisting of a wife and several small infants of both sexes. Said pcddlar be- ing to earn an houest livelihood for himself ! time that a certain gentleman on horseback since deceased, in a violent fit of passion, ruthlessly and with malice aforethought and a three-year-old club or some other deadly weapon, on Anderson Creek hill, did slaughter one Reuben (Tiles, a peddlar, who was try- REYNOLDSVlIiLE LETTER. Interesting Things Which Have Happened Since Last Wednesday. PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY (5. 1896. Special Sale! tjt jjtfnjcstttfttpttci) Spirit X See Windows.: BAN See Windows.* rrji^nD*R^v^EAR, I J H O sT & RY! | X Is what you will want for warm weather, and X 0 this is the place to find the largest assortment <[ X and lowest prices. X if Ladies Vests - - 5c each. 11 —jf X Ladies Vests 8c each. S f Infants Vests 5, 8, lO, 15 and 20 X , X Ladies Vests •- lOc each. J$Misses Vests, Sleveless - lO X V Ladies Vests - 15c, £ for £5. * Imissch Gauze Vests, Short Sleeve, - lO to 30 If 1 lit: vSS "io t» go 4 X Ladies Combination Suits 25. iJMisses Ribbed Vests, 13 to 30 If X Ladies Combination Suits 50. zj| -V X Finest Line We Ever Had, including the "Monarch Line," Prices Prom 50 Cents Up. X 5 Lace Gurtains, Window Blinds, x « GLurtain Poles. Sash Rods. a I CARPETS I | | john ©HOES. JOHl. | • Latest, O Best, • Cheadest, • Jt Briefly Told. Local Happenings in Our Stater Village The measles are still with us in this section. Clark Baun has gone to Eleauora to work in the woods. H. Boyer left hist week for Lake. Erie, where he expects to work. Mr. Pan tall, the man who bought John Smith's tract of timber, hits a crew of hands at work peeling bark and cutting logs. He expects to have a mill in at work in the near future. Harvey White is agent for a book entitled, "Armenia Massacres" which is a very good work, and should be read by everybody. Christian Endeavor at the St. Marks church every Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. John Rufncr has gone t*» Red Clifie, Forest county, to work in the woods. ribly in love with himself. He appeared to have been raised in the bark woods, for when he saw the telephone wires he took his cigarette out of his mouth and inquired what woman had her wash line up so high; and when he came to one of the stores he walked in, looked around and said: "Poor woman, ought to have a bureau to put her clothes in, instead of putting them on shelves where they will get so dusty." A little further down the street, he met John Shreckengost with a wheelbarrow and remarked to him that it vratt the iir?t cart he ever saw with only one wheel; the shafts are all rigli for a horse, but I think they are a little bit short. He tried to mako a mash on several of our town girls during his stay, but in one of his walks near the cemetery, he saw a ghost and left very suddenly, and has not been seen since. a Neighboring Village. Koine Loral and Personal Items fVoni Here's a Phenomenon. [ Pursuant to an Act of Assembly, I will attend nt the following times and plaice* to receive County, State, Bom! and Dog Taxes for the vear 1896, to-wit: Warsaw Township, West, Monday, June 1st, in the forenoon, at the house of G. W. Richards. Pork Township, Monday, June 1st, in the afternoon, at the house of Pulton SchofTner. Heath Township, Tuesday, June 2, in the forenoon, at the house of Win. Kelly. Baruet township, Tuesday, June 2, at the house of Win. Wallace. Kid red Township, Wednesday, June 3, at J ones House in the forenoon, and the store at Howe In the afternoon. lTnion Township and Corsica Borough, Thursday, June 4. at the Glenn Hotel. Warsaw Township, Tuesday, June 9, in the forenoon, at the house of J. A. Fox. Washington Township, Upper Tuesday, June 9, in the afternoon at the Washington Hotel. BrockwayvillcfBorough and Snyder Township, Wednesday, June 10, at the Logan House, Brockway vi He. Washington Township, lower, Thursday, June, II, in the foenoon, at the store at Rockdale Mills. Young Township, Saturday, June 20, at Hotel Pantall. Washington TowiiMhip, Falls Creek, Thursday, June II, in the afternoon, at Hotel Lamontagne.Reynoldsville Borough, Friday, June 12, at the Belnap House. West Reynoldsville Borough and Winslow Township, West, Saturday, June 18, in the forenoon, at the Ross House. Winslow Township, East, Saturday, June 13, in the afternoon, at Belnan House. McCalmont Township, Monday, June 15, in the forenoon, at the house of Curt North. Henderson Township, Monday, June 15, in the afternoon, at the house of Andrew Pifer. Big Run Borough, Tuesday, June 10, at the McClure House. Gaskill Township. Wednesday, June 17, in the forenoon, at the Gibson store. Bell Township, Wednesday, June 17, in the afternoon, at the house of Henrv Brown. Perry Township, Thursday, June 18, in the forenoon, at the store of J. B. Means. Clayvillc Borough, Thursday, June 18, in the afternoon, at the office of W. W. Crissnian. Punxsutawney Borough, Friday, June 19, at Hotel Pantall. 1 Perry Township. Monday, June 22, in the forenoon, at the store in Frostburg. Perry Township, Monday, June 22, in the afternoon, at store in Perrysville. Porter Township, Tuesday, June 23, in the ' forenoon, at the store in Porter. Ringgold Township. Tuesday, June 23, in the afternoon, at the hotel l« Ringgold. Worthville Borough, Wednesday, June 24, in the forenoon, at the house of E. H. t.'eist. Beaver Township, Wednesday, June 24, in the afternbon, at store in Ohl. Summers vi lie Borough Thursday, June 20, in the forenoon, at Hotel. Clover Township, Thursdry, June 25, in the afternoon, at store in Baxter. Brookvllle Borough and Rose Township, Friday, June 2M, at the Treasurer's office. Knox Township, Saturday, June 27, in the forenoon, at the McCracken store. Pinecreek Township, Saturday. June 27, in the afternoon, at the store of E. Weiser. Oliver Township, Tuesday, June 80, In the forenoon, at the store In Olivehurg. Oliver Township, Tuesday, Jane 30, In the afternoon, at Hotel In Cool Spring. Parties paying their taxes at the above times and placed will save ten per cent., as tjiat amount will be added when placed in the hands of the collectors. Mercantile License will be collected at all places visited, and all licenses remainig unpaid after the first of July will be*placed in the liands of tlie proper officers for collection. JOHN WAITE, Theasurich's OrricE. County Treasurer. Brookvllle, Pa., May 6, 1890. Men's Suits, Shoes, Underwear Hats and Shirts, H. J. LOEB, ST. ELMO STORE, Men and Boys Furnisher. Summer Underwear. ever shown. New line of straw goods, Nesiigee shirts and Fostobia, 0.,'May 1.—Owing, to the warm, sunny days and the frequent warm showers wheat is much farther advanced at present than it usually is at this time of the year, but -William Bishop of Blairdstown has a field which is far in advance of that of any of his neighbors, as the wheat is heading out. He expects it to be ready for cutting by Hay 8, which is almost two months ahead of the usual time. This phenomenon arises from natural causes. In the field are three gas wells, which are blazing day and night ana keep up a constant and equable heat. This with the sunshine and showers, has caused the grain to mature earlier than it has ever been known to do in this climate. Mr. Bishop also has four oil wells on his farm, the royalty on which amounts to $700 a month. He bought the farm several years ago for $7,000 and has repeatedly refused $50,000 since the oil has been discovered. I recently heard n parson say "Educate and polish a man and he will turn out a devil." If this is the rase, why do we educate men and women, and send them as missionaries to rescue the lost Heathen? Why don't we send me man who has not reached the satauie state—who is uneducated. What we want is a higher standard of education, that all men shall be prepared for life and true living, and every man who is supposed to be an instructor of mankind should hold before the people the great need of an education, which alone make*; us noble and Godlike, instead of denouiteiiig it. and Vicinity. Items of Local Interest from Gcistown Miss Jane E. Leonard, Friday evening. May s. A number of our people are interested in bicycle riding. S. T. Wingert, who is attending school at the State Normal at Indiana, was at home over Sunday. H. W. Smitten attended the reelection of Supt. Hummer's, at Indiana, on the 5 iust. Mr. and Mrs. Truxil, of Irvona, who have been visiting at Messrs. 1\ R. Warden's andl William Good's returned home on Saturday. The lecture to be given in the Grace church, at this place on Friday evening, by Miss Leonard, will be a rare treat. Supt. Hammer's and a uuml>er of other educational leaders have expressed their intention to be present. A good time is anticipated. George Moot drove over to Pnnx'y with ten passengers, most of whom were ladies. When going down the steepest part of the hill South of town, the neck yoke gave away, letting the heavy laden hack rush upon the team. They succeeded however in keeping the track for twelve or fifteen rods, until the friendly intervention of a high bank, brought the vehicle to a stop, lu the mean time four of the ladies jumped over board and came out safe with the exception of Mrs. Will Moot, who sustained a sprained anklo. »n enough timber to pay for the entire amount of land, and as a portion of the tract ml valuable aa a farm, he had an opportunity of a life time. But the grim warrior, whoae weapons he eluded on many a hard fought Held, finally caused him to aurrender. What rebel bullet* could not do, dropsy accomplished. Be leaves a wife and several children, all grown to man's and woman's estate. He waa during the war a member of our old Company H of the 105th Pa. Vols. Peace to his ashes. iy morning, and was laid in the bosom of mother earth at Pennfield on Saturday at 11 a. m. Andy lived about seven miles from that village, where he had for several years been engaged in lumbering, having bought a large tract of mountain land which was quite heavily timbered, and for which he was to pay three thousand dollars. There was more soldier, who for more than a score and a half of yean lived in this place, crossed the dark river without the aid of pontoons on Thurs- Andrew J. liook, an old timer and an old Our hotel men are not Prohibitionist*, yet they furnished flags for the occasion of the esnveiition on Tuesday of last week, John Dlllman had close connections with the party, having his large flag pendant from a rope from the hotel to Centennial hall. The (lag of Green & Conser unfurled its beauteous colors inside the building, while the McConnel House contributed old glory for further decorations. There is nothing small about our hotel people and they are always to be relied on when the temperance people have a rally. gentle movement in the direction that the star of empire at one time took its way. The next time he goes to Brookville he will probably conclude to stop at a real live town— which is us. lage of Brookville. I got a passing glimpse of his countenance which was ensconced behind a 4 for a toby juat as the train moved with a own on Saturday enroute for the quiet vil- C'harles J. Bangert, the enterprising editor of the sheet that booms Falls Creek, and who donB the war paint for his friends regardless of their political complexion, passed through ployed in picking tho hemlock splinters out of my hands. 1 wrought in good faith and have as yet received no remuneration, only the consciousness of having turned out a job which for beauty, strength and durability, has no equal in the town. The work was done for myself, and it was a roof over a 30 foot porch that I constructed. This is not a fabrication which needs elucidation nor any explanation. The roof is there to tell the talc, and don't you forget it. ■eshment, and possibly a couple of hours em- Last week I was forced to get down to hard ibor. Worked Ave full days, excepting pcraps two or three hours when called to re- m on the mountain, the number of rattle- me a huckleberry incident a few days ago, that is rather hard to gulp down. Before telling the story I will apologize for not writing it whortleberry. Well, to resume, wo were speaking of the gay old times we had Ed. Seeley is supposed to be a man that antidote we had consumed on divers and about three and a half miles in a northwest by a southeasterly direction from Horn's shanty, or where the shanty was prior to the sundry occssions, whilo making a deal with John Painter or Jim Nymen for a few bushels of berries which we picked our ownselvcs snakes we had killed—in our minds—neither of us ever having seen a live one—the amou nt adles the truth very gently, but he told There is a decided improvement in tho appearance of the streets and alleys of Big Run. Can it be that we are awakening to the fact' that it pays to scrub lip and have things neat and clean ? The citizens of Big Run are pleased to A stranger lately going over our town sections of fine flat land, and said, "What is the matter with Big Run in being just the place to locate factories of any kind ? It is close to good coke and coal, and in one of the best lumbering sections in the county." We often have thought that, too. Can it be that the name is against the place? iced that we have three or four large parties to establish an electric light plant at this place. The Sitnm chair factory has already been purchased, and if the required number of lights can be contracted for, will be remodelled into a plant for the manufacturing of electricity. rn that it is proposed by some outside Prof. W. M. Brown and Mis= Eleanor Vance are teaching a successful spring 'rin of select school here. J. M. McClure and W. H. Tyson have purchased the timber on what is called the Jacob Bonnett tract in Henderson township. How strange it in, it seems to me, Tluit orutorH often fail to see How wrong it in to shout so loud To hide tin- truth, the facts to cloud. Ajrain, 'tis strange and stranger still, The drunkard ne'er can drink his (ill ; <«las* after glass he empties quick, And never stops 'till full's a tiek. How queer, tmvthat o*irgirls don't know It's wrong to flirt and catch a beau ; Of course they think its lots of fun— They'll change their minds,tho',every one. Some wivesVomplain (I think it funny) He cause they have but little money ; This I am sure they should not do, It makes the husbands feel so blue. Such things on earth will ne'er be clear. T. C. Mcyuown sports a new bicycle. Everybody seems busy, which is a good indication. The world wiigH on. how NtrivuKi1 and queer Ami tliiiH it in, the fact we see, Things art' strange to you and me ; Both of the large Weiss & Hall saw mills are running full time these days and are turning out great quantities of first class lumber. evere a spring without its quota of rhymers? Besides I don't slop over very often. Don't be frightened «t the burst of poetry (?)heading this letter. Was there A Bomb for Weyler. What might have been a serious runaway accident occured on Saturday. Oliver Shanuonjwas driving a pair of horses that had never been driven together before. While attempting to turn around, one of the horses became fractious and threw himself on the pole of the hack breaking it into several pieces. The noise of this scared the other horse, aud hid it not boen for the timely arrival of some people who caught the horses, a runaway would huvo undoubtedly been the result. Wo have often seen a discription of a dude in various newspapers of the state, but never was fortunate enough to see one until lust weok when ono passed through town. Where he came from or where ho was going no one could tell. Bo waa of medium helghth, had black hair parted in the middle (asure indication of no braini) wore a large piccadilly cellar, small hat, tooth-pick shoes, and was ter- "Worthvllle against the world," is an expression this town has long merited, but not for its moral reputation, aud when ihe good thinking people of the town feel themseves in an atmosphere of improvement, some new scandal will be unearthed in some unlooked for placed which causes their hearts to bleed with shame. W. 8. Smathcrs, the oil king of our city, made a business trip to Parker's Lain ling last week to look after his interest of that place. Arthur Slagle says the report that he is knitting stockings for his little chichens is a mistake, aud he thinks the person who circulated the above report should have a leather crown set with twenty pieces of copper. A. C. Shannon and wife, formerly of this place, now of Millstone, Elk county, spent several days of lost week with friends and relatives in aud about town. Isaac Kuterliue, of Kittanuiug, Pa., speiit several days of last week with his parents of this place. Harry Geist, who movedfto Porter township recently, was in town one night last week. Rev. Kerr deliver.nl an eloquent sermon in the Reformed Church on Sunday. Mrs. Yount, of North Freedom, is visiting her daughter Mrs. I). M. Gearhart of this place. C. G. Dinger made a special business tripou his wheel t<> Punxsutawney on Saturday. John Stormer and family visited friends in Clarion county several days last week. Ab Neale, of Hrookville, was noticed on our street on Wednesday. I>r. F. P. Sigworth expects to move bark to Cool Spring on Tuesday. Frank Stahlman is thinking of buying a farm in Beec h woods. A. L. Siverllng planted about 85 cherry trees on his farm the other day. Clarence Burkett, son of Isaac Burkett, of this place, who has been sojourning in Decatur, Michigan, returned home Friday last. —Billy Shaffer, of this place, says he has been resting up for the bark woods all winter, so he has secured a job with Oberlin and will go to work soon. loy about 50 men. Gaston Donly will at- tend to the commissary department of M. Clark, and Charlie Oberlin will run another job near the Miller farm. Operations on the company tract of timber will begin soon near this place. The job will style. Jimmy Shaffer went to tho rescue with a club and dispatched his snakeship. It was a specimen of the blacksnake and measured 5 feet in length. Jim never saw a snake of this kind, and he is duly proud of his exploit.On Sunday afternoon, Teenio Albert discovered a large snake while tying her horses at tho Burkett Hollow church. She was badly frightened and gave tho alarm in vigorous Havana, May 3.—There was an explosion in the palace of Captain General Wavier at 11 o'clock this morning that resulted inconsiderable damage to the building, but nobody was hurt. The explosion occurred in the printing room under the olllces of the city Koverninsnt. In that room which is located on the ground Itoor, is a printing press and gasoline engine. Opening oil'the printing room is a retiring room, used by the printing office employees, to which entrance may be had from Obispo Street, on the south side of the palacc. At the time of the explosion the printing office people were absent at break- A sympathizer of the insurgents made the attempt to blow up the palacc. He entered the room while the printers were absent, placed his bomb, containing alighted fuse, and then departed. That the dynamiter's object was to kill General Weyler, destroy the palace and take as many other lives as possible there is no donbt. One man. supposed to be the dynamiter, waa arrested, but who he is or where he is no one but the Spanish officials can tell. The guards and other persons in the tipper rooms of the palace were scared out of their wits by the explosion. There waa a wild rush for the doors, the guards in the lead. White-faced and panic-stricken, these Spanish soldiers dashed into the streets. After most of them were outside General Weyler ordered all the doors closed, in the hope that whoever placed the bomb might be captured. The timid soldiers were ordered back to the palace, and, after being reinforced by a detachment of the civil Guard thcyplqcked upcourage and marched to the palace doors. An examination of the building showed that the city council Chamber, the tax Collector's office and two other offices were wrecked. A largo crowd of alarmed people gathered iu the vicinity of the palace. Duping excitement officers appeared in the crowd and stated that the explosion was not caused by dynamite. They said that the gasoline engine in the basement had e*- ploded. This engine was forty feet front where tha explosion occured and in another room. 7% <*> 1 ¥ vol. xxni. NO. 48 CANOE IHDGK. » - ■ * « - * II> MENTION. Our Aim