Punxsutawney Spirit, 1897-05-05

              *3 NO. 48 : ■n • - j % j :> VOL. XXIV A Special Lot of Trade Winner* ! Good* that are honest in weave and weight. There haa been some Big Bargains in the wholesale market. All that was required was THE CASH, the price was a secondary object, it was low,—we were there with the lucre. We give yo-i the benefit of the deal, but don't guarantee to always have these prices. 0,7, and 8c yard 14c yard •lie yard SILKS. 'tiic to $ 1.00 yard at 75 anil 8<)c yard (lOc yard 4r yard J>Oc yard Stephens1 all linen Crash, IK inch wide Unbloactoed Sheetin#, 2000 yilrds fast colored Ginghams, (one of the best makes, neat checks. > "Alabama," (the Injst) ,Shirting, Lonsdale Bleached Muslin, <ic yard <»<c yard Underwear. Kid Gloves, Hose, Handkerch'fs, 1 Veils, Parasols, lace curtains. It is not necessary for us to say much about our Curtain stock, you sec, you will lmy. Brocaded Black Silks, #1.00 Changeable Taffeta Silks, big line. Grenadines, some of the nicest patterns. The Best Cambric Skirt Linings, All-wool lugrain Carpets, Mattings at 12and 1 <>c nnd extra ijood ones at 5JOc yard. You Can Afford They art? yours for little money. We don't rob you, or sell you $3.00 Shoes for &».0O. We might sell $5.00 Shoes for $5.00 ! tans n nrn GREENS, \J tV OXFORDS A A and BLACK U ULU Full aud running over with the newest" in SHOE Department. PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 5,1891 J. B. B. JOHN B. BAIR, A. SPECIAL LOT ! JOHN B. BAIR. Sljt Itoflxsutatrntqi Bfrtot Kg ' Punxs 11 ta wn ey. JOHN B. BAIR, to spend your money here. We know that you will realize 41iat our stock is up-to-date and down in price. If you have been trading with us we ask for your judgment, if not, we want you 10 give us a trial. Step in and see our store and we will eonvinee you that the Dry Goods and Shoe business is forging ahead of all other lines, as regards modern retailing. Mrceian Statin tics. SHOES. Fast Black lloriiury is our Specialty. No one sells i l>ett«<r fnII-fashlone<t Ladies' and (.'liildrens' Hose al l<>. 15 ami '•£/> cents. l-'ort> Twentya Hlolcn Clearfield Politics. It Does. :/ If £■ Q0ODS POR ALL T^s^es! t .Ioho|)Ii Home A Co , Thorna* C. Jrnkins ami Many Oll»«r» Kuriicil Out. CONFIiAGKATION IN IMTTSBIIM;. On Sunday night, May 2, at 11:57 o'clock, h fire broke out in Pilisburg, which lasted for more than twcuty four hours, doting which time about $3,000,000 worth of property went up in llames. The chief losers arc Joseph iiorue & (Vs., Mammoth dry goods establishment. $1,70<>,0<>0, and Thos. C Jenkins' lar*c wholesale grocery store, $00<hmk). Jfauv others lose from $100 to $20.000. The insurance will cover about 50 per cent. of the loss in tlie aggregate, but many of the smaller concerns will lose all they had. The tire was the most destructive conflagration which has visited that city for 2n years. The lire was the fiercest and most stubborn that could occur, owing to the intense heat from the great Home establishment. One fireman was killed by a falling wall, and fortuiutoly but few others were injured. RIBBONS and HOSIERY Here is anew Knbrir for Summer Dresses an.I Sliin Waists. Karlior in the season these goods sol<i at wholesale for iSJAe We now <oll them al 1 Or per yanl Shirt •Md Waists ' 0^ Sheere Cloth. :il |irii:os that air extra values if yon ('imsulcr the <]iialil\ i>l tl (he ir<»«»«ls. The ikwjJIHf are \)rw .m,J |ju. s| y les conei'l. jfl JBHiRHART t r>& IS SELLING B<S and . . . "Bleyclcr'HStop" Not a Legal Stop. fj V' i Goods To Soil All Purses Y(1 IIFFIl 4  I . ■ IlLLU II UUl I For Recreation ! For Work ! A Wo tiro still the recognized leaders in Footwear. I'liis week we have ii I urge sisse-up invoice for all our lending lines. Thi s enables uh to give you any size wanted m button or lace Tans, Blacks, or Patent Leather, in all the latest style toes, l'rieo is never i[ues tioned by anyone for they are always found right. Sifts and figg Underwear m Men&BoysCfi# About one-half of the poplation are agriculturists and shepards. It has an area of 24,977 square miles. It is the only country in tlie world whose armies are provided with the Gras guns and paper covered cartridge*. The Greek flag is a white cross 011 a blue ground—the Bavarian colors and the Greek cross. □ Greece is more thickly populated than any other country in Europe, with the exception of Sweden and Prussia It has few rivers and many hills. None of the former are navigable, and many of the later are fortified. Its present lxnindary limits were determined by an arrangement among ( ireat Britain, France, Russia and Turkey, concluded at Constantinople on July 21, 1SN2, Only about 70,000 of the inhabitants speak any language other than C.retk, and only about 20,» 00 profess any religion other than the orthodox. The chief characteristics of the average ('.reek are his iiKjuisitiveness, fondness for excitement, love of discussion, desire for knowledge, an aptitude for learning and aggressive patriotism. The climate has two striking peculiarities -the heat 111 summer and the cold in winter are far more intense than those of anv other country in the world lying in the same latitude. C.ell once remarked that in traveling through the Morea in March he found "summer in Messenia, spring in I<acouia and winter in Arcadia, without having moved beyond a radius of fifty miles." |N. Y Sun.J It has a population of 2,187,20s. It is called "Hellas" l>y its people. The mean temperature of Greece is 64 decrees Karenheit. No part of Greece is 40 miles from the sen or 10 from the hills. We have all kinds, from tlie plainest and cheapest to the very best. HT T 1.1 II Men's and Roy's • J r JjU Pi n5 Furnisher  Kiods of Athletic Clothino I Bicycle Suits, Sweaters, Golf Hose, Leather Belts, Flannel Shirts, Bicycle Shoes, etc., etc. •All Notice to Taxpayers. April 20, IH97. All persons owing taxed in Bell township, for the year 1H9G, will confer a favor on me by pay* ing the (tame before the 20th day of May. 1897. Thin in a plain duty of every citizen and should be attended to at once. I will be at the Washington hotel every Saturday uu to that time to receive taxed from all who And it convenient to meet me there. G. R. HALL, Ct3*. Collector. lu the bottom of tlx- U»\ was a tightly tied roll of bills and on top was the tod coin. When ho made tho discovery, the hills were untied, and tossed loose to fill the box and a few five aud two and ouo-half gold pieces placed on top—the balance gone. Among the money taken were forty $30 pieces. Mr. Williams is at a loss to know why tho thief did not take the whole amount when he had the opportunity, and cannot recollect of any doors or windows l»eing tampered with, lie keeps part of his money in the bank, and now vows the balance will go there also. Mr.Williams is a well-to-do resident of l'ine township and is about 77 years old. He has no clue to the thief.—Indiana Times. Mr. Williams, grandfather of the editor of the (Jlen Campbell Cornet, stored in gold coin in an old chest a number of years ago, but bad not looked at it for about four years. Notice. It would be well for bicycle ride re to memoriae the legal rule, "Stop, look, and listen," sod not forest It when approaching railroad crossings.—New York Sun. A Recent decision in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court is of interest to bicycle riders who may have occasions to cross railroad tracks. It is the case of Robertson against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, aud is reported | in 1 American Negligence Reports It appears that damages were claimed for I the death of a person while crossing a rail* road track, but the plaintiff was nonsuited in ; tho Common Pleas. The din-eased was riding a bicycle, aud when he came to the railroad, at a point having four tracks, a freight train was passing, for which he had to wait. He did not dismount, but made what was called a "bicycler's stop," by circling on his wheel round and round, at a distance of from live to ten yards from tho track, aud when the train passed bo started across without dismounting, and was struck and killed h> a train coming j in the opposite direction on another track. On appeal to the Supreme Court the .judg ment of nonsuit was affirmed. Justice Mitchell holding that it was the duty of the deceased to stop aud dismount, and refusing to entertain the proposition that the circling round and round constituted a legal stop. "Riding round and round in large or small circles, waiting for a chance to shoot across, is not a stop at all, either in form or substance. Considering the easo of dismounting and the control of tho rider over his instrument," continues the decision, "a bicycler must, under 'all ordinary circumstances, be treated as subject to the same rules as a pedestrian." The Judge says further that "the rule to be applied requires that a bicycler must dismount, or, at least, bring bis wheel to such a stop as will enable him to look up and down the track and listen, in the manner reqtired of a pedestrian." letters of administration having been granted the undersigned on the eiitate of Jobu (1. North, late of MeOalmont towiudiip, Jefferson county, P»., deceased, all parties indebted to the said estate are requested to make prompt payment, and all persons liaving claims against the same will present them, authenticated, for settlement. JULIA A. NORTH. JOSKPH P. NORTH, Administratrix. Administrator. 0t3. M. west Prices ! Selection / A T • • • • UM. -*-•••• RUSH ME A I*S. B. B. HENDERSON. New Stock! New Patterns!- Wall Paper!- Wall Paper ! WANTED—FAITHFUL MBN OR WOMEN to travel for responsible established house In Pennsylvania. Salary I7H0 and expenses. Position permanent. Reference. En* close self-addniMned stamped envelope. The National, Star Insurance Bids., Chicago. The Public Spirit, in recent issues, points out some irregularities in the work of John Swope, Mercantile Appraiaos for the current year, which ahould be investigated. Inasmuch aa the last act of the Democratic Hoard of Commissioners waa to appoint Mr. Swope, who ia also a Democrat, and inasmuch as the charges are made by a Democratic paper, it certainly cannot be charged aa the result of Republican mismanagement.—Raftnians Journal.MONEY TO L0AN.-A.raS, 11 tornev, Pilnisutawney, Bft. 83-tf. WANTED—FAITHFUL MEN OR WOMEN lo travel for responsible eetabiisbed bouse in Pennsylvania. Salary 1780 and expenses. Position permanent. Reference. Undoes self-addressed stamped envelope. The National, Mar Ineuranoe Bids., Chicago. JOB PRINTING, y Tyy. The Spirit F Letdora in Job Printing I ESS*"' Department! I For U p-to- Date * OKI Country Soup, Armour's Washing I'owdor Burton's Extracts, White Satin Flour, Johnson BiocK. J. B. EBERHftRT. Punxsutawney. <i cakes for 5J5c '■iOc 10c to *iOc #1.15 Groceries and Flour. It is almost needless to mention this department, for our coutintially increasing trade goes to show that the people know a good article and are posted in prices. Kxamine our stock and you will see that we save you money on each purchase. Carpets and Mattings. We still have a limited stock at prices that are not affected by the recent advance of manufacturers. Cotton Plants. I WMB MMMBT HIMII MAfth v ifWWHHi ww p» nvw swwii ywNi nwwii riv1, "-■ This week the Punxsutswney Spirit appeals to the people for foods to repair the fence around the cemetery. The Spirit ia a little out of place in ita seal for the public, welfare. The cemetery don't need a fence. Those who are in it can't get ont, and those who are out don't want to get in. The Spirit should transfer ita enthusiasm for the public weal to another quarter.—Brookwayville Record. Perhaps the American people who contributed to the Orant monument are out of their place. Is Greenwood cemetery the product of over sealmnneai ? Are we to relegate to obllTion the memories of the dead 1 Should we—bat what's the oof We ahould be permitted to bestow oar enthusiasm wherever It hippaas to break loose. What does the Beoocd kaow ahent oar graveyard tan any•VI—Just before the election laat fall a man and hia wife made a bet, the conditions of which were that in case of the election of McKlnley the husband was to get up every morning for nine months and light the fire, but if Bryan was succertful the womao waa to do it, as she had always dona since her marriage. The Mddast part of the story Is that tha huebaad died a few days ago. It is dl«- oolt to get mm mea to live up te their [ E.Cunningham&Son I A summer Zshirt waists k j dress Z The largest assortment of j V 2 Ladies' Shirt Waist*. See V A All the fashionable Clucks S the Melba Wain! with put- jv L Lots of plain and mixed 7 cut shield [M>ekol».  V All Prices. J Lowest Prices, y V Sun | wash y C Bonnets ldress soods J i aii n ■ 7 \\ <• havo just the jjimmIh  V All colors, fa for i„lt weather dresses. y t 19 Cents | handsome Styles !  * each. \ Little Prices! 5 j j j  n " 6