Punxsutawney Spirit, 1897-04-14

              - 1 §lf SOL. XXIV. Imlijr<i Uluf i'lint-. Ir. yd Six wnl ipmlitv Skill lining ul Cotton Toweling 15e:. vil nouncenient that the style of our tinn is now "EBERHART," PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14,1897. m GLOVES J. 33. B. ! JOHN B. BAIR. • ._li-.lL . JOHN B. BAIR, EASTER. SPECIALS | LADIES A Have you yet inspected our line of lieautiful a Shirt Waists A We have the lincsi liue lluit has ever been «iir«rt»<I V in I'unxsutawney ; beautiful patterns, Ijost tittin«r. Our Mollis Sliirt Waists contain patent pockets for I* shields, ami cost no more than others without them. V SUN BONNETS Hi;; Slock just Jreceivcd. Ill cents each. All w colors. Now line St:ini|M>< 1 Linens. Stamping ilone to order. NO. 45 SPECIAL OFFER IN DBP'T. SHOE We have a lot of new styles just rereived this week, . and we guarantee tile price. . . . All styles of fastenings — 4 large hook, 1 button and press-button, 75c to $1.50 per pair. Veilings, Laces, Shirt Waists, Dress Goods- Silks, Ate. TIRED* YOU ARE WINSMnv BLOCK. I'UNXSUTAWXEY, I'A.  CUNNINGHAM I t<i BON.  MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED. JOHN B. BAIR. Lace Curtains, Curtain Nets, Window Blinds and Carpets A Specialty. EVERY PAIR NEW. nr inn \ hnnn From now until Easter we will give u pair of FAST dl luu Olllluu BLACK SEAMLESS HOSE with , v,rv I,!,ir of La(liep * I From now until Easter we will give a wire 11 r rnri n V innn jumping rope or a bag ok marbles J II I I vll U 0 IUuU W'"' every a'r Children's Shoes from Pre . H-' \ v are Yourself For Easter! KEY] At Bottom Prices. we sell Your experience trading with us has proven that A Complete Stock. You a chance from WE OFFER you. to select THIS WEEK We say little, but have much that will interest For many say much and mean little  irou MUST BIB muling Kaotur mis HT X Men's and Boy's • 19 * JulyJ Tl l>? Furnisher  If You £xi In Want Some New Finery, and want it Perfect and up-to-date, see our line ! fc>"ULitS we have all the New Things—Plaids, Serges and Worsteds. HatS all the Dunlap, Young's, and Special, our own special style—all colors In IT©ols:"w©a,r, Hosiery,Gloves, the Broadway leading styles— Etc., we have the best lines ever shown. All the now styles in Men's Shoes. Kus sets, Patent Leather and Cordovan. ™ You no doubt have noticed 1 he an- instead of EBERIIAHT MOREY. Thin makes it shorter and easier to remember when you are directing your friends to the best place in Punxsutawney to do their trading. We desire to thank you for the interest taken in the success of our business, and I here re-assure you that at all times, will it be my aim to maintain the present high standard in conducting our business. punxsiifawney. Very truly yours, J. B. Eberhart, Johnson BlocK. Good Chop, 65c per cwt. and up, and guarantee it strictly pure. We have in stook Mill Pf#ducts of all description. Get our %rices and see oar goods before bapag. Can and will compete with (anyone in the buiness. guaranteed equal to any on earth, for $1.10 Per Sack. We make a special loW price on Feed in ton lots. FLOUR, FEED, & GRAIN of all kinds. We an selling best Spring Patent Floor, "White Frost," PUNXSUTAWNEY ROLLER HILLS, Is doing u generrl exchange business with the farmers, in which all work is guaranteed satisfactory. It is the cheapest place in the county for furniers to buy John llarto has returned home after an absence of several week*. John has been plying his trade in and abont Pittsburg. ltev. Charles H. Prescott.: is visiting friends in town. Charlie Kali, of New Bethlehem, is in town. Frank Moore, one of the old time boys, was in town a couple days last week. Prank has been employed at Stony Lonesome for the past year. The free hand diawings on exhibition in Deemer C'o's window, which were executed by the scholars of Prof Mitchell, lire attracting the eye of the passers to ami fro. They are tine specimens of their kind. Pay day passed ofl' very quietly. One or two ordinary drunks, but no commitments. The borough bastiie was cleaned out and thoroughly renovated, but their were no lodgers on Saturday night. Charles Dickenson and Frank Mutter railroaded themselves to Duliois on Sunday afternoon. Frank walked and Charlie went ou foot. They counted the ties an far Pancoast, when they got tangled in their arithmetic, ami give up. They came home on the early train Monday, a I rifle stiff" in the joints but otherwise all right. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Outline gave a si* o'clock dinner 011 Thursday, in honor of Prof. Lex N. Mitchell. There were present about forty guests, which included the graduating class, and the professor's entire school room. Wood Reynolds, in lifting a crate of goods one day last week wrenched his back so as to disable him from work. Wood is not as rugged as he might be and therefore should be careful what he tackles. A crate of crockery weighing seven or eight hundred is more than I would care to wrestle with. Wood has the ambition, even if his back is a trifle back ward about handling such heavy goods. The West lteynoldsville summer normal school, will begin on Tuesday. April 'Juth, for a ten weeks session. Kates of tuition: primary .50; intermediate $.'{ (10; gramrner school $1 ,«rK): high school Tuition for normal course J'l.oo. This school will be largely attended by teachers, and those intending to teach. Prof. Ia*x N. Mitchell is a born instructor, and be will be assisted by W. H. Adams and T. H. Mitchell, both of whom are teachers of high merit. Boarding and rooms can be obtained for $3 60 per week, or $£.00 for regular school week. Students are free to enter at any time during the term. During the session of 1H1JS, ninety-five students were cnrollod. ami it is expected that the attendance this year will far exceed that number. It is a glorious opportunity to secure a thorough educotiou at a nominal cost 1 do not hesitate to say that Prof. Mitchell and his assistants will be well patronized. and vigor of life wiMi tm premonition >:t fir anotler Hunday dawned Hirrowim: friends would be gathered in the of <iod to view his mortal remnius. 1 i»»v. John M Dean. the llaptist minister. delivered the funeral oration. Mr. Smith was a former Resident of Pittsburg, from which plm be went to Heeehtree, and shout tliret* sears ago moved to UeymHdsvilJe, where he lis-l charge of the New Hamilton mine. There were present at the funeral A lex amis r and Thomas Figart, brothers of Mrs. Smith, and Miss Margaret h'i«Hrt. Mrs. Anna Hileman and daughter Stella, Mrs. Kli/.abeth Shellen berger and daughter Bessie, sisters and nieces of Mrs. Smith, all from Altoona. The two latter have been visiting the family for the past two weeks. Mr. Smith was aged a bent forty-four years. His remains were laid to rest in lleulah. -ftrirtia ImiiBiMt priattajc try tfet 8fi*it jobj Interesting Things Which Ilitve Hapjs'iipd Since bast Wednesday. The lirst annuaLeomineinement exorcises of the West t*school, on | Wednesday evening, was mu- of the most i entertaining affairs that yur people have •»v«t witnessed. Nfver It** (here been such outspoken commendation «»f any entertainment given in our town. From the baccalaureate sermon hy Kav. on Stinday evehThg, to lh«* clowng address by <'ounty Supt. U. It. Teitrick, (bore whh not 11 jar in the educational machinery. Prof, l.ex N. Mitchell may well feel proud of the graduating class, ami the class in turn may well feel proud of the instructor through whose devoted and untiring energy they were enabled t4> attain such a marked decree of perfection. Miss Ktta Hykes* salutatory. "A Welcome to Peace." was delivered in a Hoar dislinet voice, and without the least embarrassment. Kvery word j was plainly audible with gestures fitting' and perfect Mis** Mi ley Sty ken. oration, "Putting on the llrakes, could not have been improved upon by the most talented elocutionist of the day. As she reached for the throttle one could almost imagine the engine an actual reality. Kvery movement was natural, and showed the thorough discipline through which she hail passed. Miss Klir.alK'th Koeler on ''Training the Young'' needs no eulogy, the subject was one that appeals to every true heart, and Miss Kocliler's manner of delivering was well calculated to impress it forceably. The valedictory "No Steps Backward." b/ Wilton L. Dcinscy, was a masterpiece, and the gentle man handled it with Ciceronean ability showing that lie possesses the elements of i success, and that his education had been thorough under the instruction of Prof. Mitchell. The sermon on Sunday evening i by Rev. T. M llartman, I». 1>.. of Ptinx.sutawney. held his hearers spell bound during i it> delivery, and the eulogies from our pco- I pie show their appreciation of the Reverend ' gentlemaus eflorta. Now we come to the graduating address by Rev. Harry (I. Teagarden, of Oliveburg. Never before bad I ! the pleasure of setting under the sound of | his voice, though having frequently heard : words of praise from others who had been I more privileged. I* therefore expected a I treat of oratory, but it exceeded my utmost imagining. As he stepped upon the platform bis appearance denoted the intellectual giant which he is. and when with sub lime eloquence he delivered the address not one word was lost upon the vast audieuce of over eight hundred people. The beautiful (lights of oratory that Mowed so readily from the lips of the eloquent dovine will long be treasured in the minds of those who were so fortunate as to be present at the first annual commencement exercises of the West Reynoldsville high school. Presentation of dipkimas by the county superintendent, fittingly on the subject, closed The Aeolian octette the mJJk. quartette and the High School orcliedffa gave entire satisfaction, and were loudly applauded. The octette conststcdof our very nicest young men. and they did themselves proud, and we are all proud of them, and of the entire entertainment 'Ho note it be." John Smith, a pit boss at Hamilton mine, died at 2 a. in., Friday. The Sunday previous Mr. Smith had a paralytic stroke, and from that time until death came to his relief was entirely helpless. The Knighta of the <»olden Ragle, of which Mr. Smith was a member, had charge of the funeral, which took place at 3.30 p. m., from the Pveabyterian church. On the Sunday before ha attended Baptist services in the full fiaah MONEY T0L0AN.~a ."P 11 teraatr, NiMkwMr, h. Ml. Notice to the Public, Still Selling Out at the , Shoe Store | Bljl Stock to Select From. ILadies, Come in and see our latest style Black, Tan and Green P Shoes. We have them in all lasts and latest style toes. You will save nothing less than $1.50 on each pair. You will admit they are the nicest shoe that ever come to l'unxsutawney. ys, conic in and see our Bicycle Shoes. They are the latest and finest in town. fine Shoes at half price. Our finost <|uality 0f | Misses' Shoes, former )*rice$1.75, now 98c. fin Clothing we still have a good 1 Selection. - Ken's Fine Black French Clay Worsted Suit, former price now |\ r.;(.... *roo ■ten's all-weol Sumner Suits, all colors, former price tlO, now$4.9/1 Boy's Swit«. ages £ to 14 years, former price ll.T.t, now 75c. .....i 0 m