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MOUNT CARMEL ITEM. VOL. -NO. 241 PERSONAL Henry Rowe and family of Altoona guests of Mr. Rowe's family cu west Fourth street.

John McFee and family of Hazleton are visiting local relatives. Mre. John Collins and son have returned to their Delano home after spending several days at the home of John Long of south Market street. Mrs. Thomas Smith of north Marke street returned last evening from Sit to Chester and Philadelphia.

Miss Hazel Border, of Girardville, is the guest of Miss Lida Evans of south Oak street for several days. After a two weeks' stay in this city Peter E. Gallagher has returned to Overbrook, where he is employed in St. Charles Seminary. Dennis and George Quinn are attending the funeral of a cousin in Shenandoah today.

Benjamin Smith, book keeper at the Reitz wholesale establishment, is spending a week at his home in Mid dieburg. H. C. Heidenreich, P. R.

Station agent at Locust Gap, was a town visi tor yesterday. Mrs. I. U. Royer and daughter Mary returned today to their home in Terre Hill, after a visit to town friends.

Mrs. C. E. Wirt is spending a week with Hughesville friends. Mrs.

Alexander Billmeyer of Washingtonville and Mrs. Gilbert Kulp of Shamokin, were guests at the Heddens home Thursday. H. Robert Cockran Penman and of wife of Philadelphia Reading are visiting the Penman family on west Third street. Miss Ida White of Baltimore is a guest of the Watkins family at the "shack" at Watkins Glen.

Miss Mary Covely left this morning for Atlantic City on a ten day trip. Lyons Married Yesterday morning John Lyons and Miss Mame Grim were married in the St. Fidelis German Catholic church at Mahanoy City by Rev. Father Hamaker. They left at once on a brief trip to Philadelphia and Atlantic City.

Mr. Lyons was one of the most popular men who ever wore a Mouut Carmel base ball uniform, and a host of warm personal friends in this community wish much happiness to self and bride. Two Funerals. The late Thomas Miles was buried 1 afternoon in the cemetery at Fountain Springs. Undertaker Irvin conducted the interment.

The late Irene Pinamonti of Ex. chauge was buried this morning from the Church of Our Lady. Undertaker Higgins had charge. Matches---Boy---Fire Charles Shepley, a west Fourth street boy, was playing with matches yesterday. He was severely burned about the hands and face.

Porto Rican Parrot Dead. David Evans of town, who served in the Fourth Ohio during the invas. ion of Porto Rico in 1898, became the proud possessor of a parrot during his stay on the island. He carried the bird home with to Circleville, Ohio, and later brought it to Mount Carmel. Yesterday Polly died, and her many friends are in mourning.

parrot was a beauty. and was adin fed by all who saw it To Inspect the Tracks. The management of the Pennsylvania railroad has ordered a special inspection of tracks for this month. J. T.

Richards, chief engineer of the Maintenance and Way Department, received instructions to go over all the lines east of Pittsburg, and see that they are in good conditior. Mr. Richards will be accompanied by several members of his department. Specialties in mackerel at Heck Littlehales, 10, 12 and 15 cents per pound. 61-40.

Grand Ball John Cheslock, of 216 east Avenue will give a grand ball at his hotel on Saturday August 13th and Monday, August 15th. Leader John Yosko will furnish music and a good time is assured an who attend. 31-40. Free Dance. A free dance at the Mount Carmel House, Second and Beech streets, tonight.

Good music. All are welcome. Sylvester Misiurewiez. MOUNT Base Ball. Audenreid will be here next week.

The morning game with Milton on Monday will be called at 10:30 and the afternoon game at 3:30. We play at Milton on Tuesday. Shamokin will be here on Wednesday, at 4 p. m. We play at Edgewood Park next Thursday, and at Sunbury on Friday and Saturday Edgewood Park is here this after noon, and tomorrow we play on their grounds.

Won't Enter Newspaper Field A rumor has been afloat throughout the region for the past tew days that Charles P. Gildea, a member of the Mine Workers' National Executive Board, was conte plating starting a Socialist newspaper. When seen in relation to the matter, Mr. Gildea said that there is no truth in the matter.Hazleton Plain Speaker. Minister Marries Organist.

Rev. F. H. Huber, formerly rector of the Minersville Episcopal church and curate of Trinity Episcopal church of Pottsville, was married at Minersville Wednesday. to Miss Sue E.

Weist of that town. Miss Weist was the organist of the Minersville church. Rev Martin Stockett, pastor of Calvary Episcopal church of Tamaqua, performed the ceremony. Berwick Improvements. At a meeting of the Board of Direc tors of the American Car and Foundry Company held Tuesday it was decided to build an addition to the steel plant at Berwick, and work upon the addition was begun yesterday.

The addition will be 200 feet in length and will be 188 feet wide and will be built at the southern end of the plant, which is now 729 feet in length. The cost of the addition will be 000 and with the exception of two additional cranes, which will be of the same general design as those now in use, no additional machinery of any moment will be necessary. It is expected that the work of construction will be completed by the first of November. The addition will be built of brick with a steel framework and will be a counterpart of the present structure. Attention.

Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers. At our last meeting we decided to low. er our initiation fee to $6.00 for one month. We invite you all to with us. For any further information please write at once to C.

B. Krieger, 721 N. Sixth 41 2t Shamokin, Pa. Notice. A special meeting of the Ladies' Auxiliary to A.

O. H. of Locust Gap will be held at 7:30 this evening. By order of President. 1t Notice.

Judge Improving Judge Improving A townsman is in receipt of a very gratifying letter from John Judge, the Locust Gap man who is now receiving treatment in the White Haven Sanitarium for consumptives. Judge has been at the institution only three weeks, but in that time he has gained eight pounds and feels much stronger. He has excellent hopes for recovery. Mule and Cart Tumble Ground from the excavation at the new Bridy property on Maple street is being dumped in the rear of Fred Gross' lot on west Avenue. Early this morning while a cart load of the stuff was being dumped down over the hill, cart and mule went rolling to the bottom of the steep incline, a distauce of fully 75 feet.

The cart was demolished, and the animal suffered painful bruises. To Play To Play The Beaverdale first team and the Beaverdale Old Timers will meet at National Park in the near future. An exciting contest is looked for. women's $2 50 and $2.75 Dress Shoes at $1.90. English welt, or flexible single sole, vici kid shoes for women of Foederer's finest tannage, graceful shapes, kid or patent tips.

All of our $2.50 and $2.75 qualities, go in this sale at $1.90. New Era Shoe Store, 21 North Oak Street. YMS Will Move The Y. M. S.

which occupied the rooms about Tye's drug store, will change their headquarters to the syndicate building. CARMEL, FRIDAY AN MAN IN. JAIL. Spent a Night in the Boroough Pen. A YOUNG MAN DIES OF DROPSY The Township School at Stuartsville Burglarized- Items of Interest.

John O'Brien, a traveling hostler, who was working his way home to Scranton, appeared in Mount Carmel Wednesday evening. He dropped into Gadomsky's hotel on north Vine street, and while taking a drink laid a bundle of clothes in the corner. Persons in the bar room suspected that the bundle was stolen property and notified the police. An arrest was made and O'Brien lay in the local prison over night. Yesterday morning he conclusively proved ownership to the clothing, and his release followed.

O'Brien threatens trouble to those who caused his imprisonment. The Mount Carmel township school house at Stuartsville was burglarized one night this week, the thieves carrying away a complete set of Johnson's encyclopedia, eight volumes in all, and a copy of Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. There is some clue as to the identity of the burglars, and the township school authorities are working on the case. Frank, a fifteen year old son of George Steeley of Third and Walnut streets, died shortly after eight o'clock this morning. Dr ath was caused by dropsy of the heart.

The funeral party will meet at 1:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the house and proceed to the United Brethren church, where services will begin at 2 o'clock. Rev. Garland will have charge. Interment will be made at Oak Hill cemetery, under direction of Undertaker Irvin. A Great Electric Road Through the courtesy of the Wilkesbarre and Hazleton Electric Railway, an ITEM representative yesterday enjoyed an exceedingly pleasant ride from Hazleton to Wilkesbarre and return.

The route from Hazleton leads down Bucks mountain, giving the passenger a fine view of the farmvalleys of Conyngham and Butler, thence over the Nescopeck mountain to Swertz valley, which is still as wild as nature made it. A 2750 foot tunnel ts through Penobscot mountain to the Wyoming valley, and here some of the grandest scenery in America is presented to the view of the traveler. The whole distance of thirty-four miles is covered in one hour and ten minutes including from six to thirteen stops. Power is obtained from a third rail. The immense sixty foot cars are equipped with four motors of 125 horse power each Automatic and compressed air brakes control the cars, which are the strongest and most convenient conveyances in the world.

Schuylkill Detective Dead. John J. Creary, special watchman in Shenandoah borough and county detective of Schuylkill, died at Shenandoah. He had been in ill health for three months. He was 39 years old, and is survived by his wife and seven children.

Be Careful of Fly Paper. At this season of the year when fly paper is used in every home it is in order to call the attention of the parents to the fact that it is poisonous matter and should be kept from the reach of little children. A number of deaths are reported from various parts of the country where children have come in contact with fly paper. Owing to the inability of the committe in charge of the drawing of Div. No.

2, A. 0. H. of Locust Gap to secure return of all the books in the time fixed, the drawing that was to take place on Aug. 10 has been postponed until Aug.

31. All persons having books or tickets must return same to the undersigned not later than Sunday Aug 21. 41-2t H. J. McCafferty, Sec.

S. of V. Muster Notice. Garfield Camp No. 34, Sons of Vet- erans, will muster in two candidates this evening.

This popular organization has been experiencing a rapid growth. AUGUST 12, 1904. Tamaqua Has a Snake. Tamaqua has a real live snake story, a wiggly, slimy, horrible and terrible tale of a reptile of great size, great fury and rattles that sound like bass drums. The snake, so those who tell the story say, has its lair somewhere near the New England road It has been seen by a half dozen people all of who swear most solemnly that they are men of good habits and that they are not members of tavern clubs and do believe in the theories of a man named Potter who is an archbishop in New York.

"I saw the snake," one of them told a reporter. "and my hair stood on edge. How long? About seven or eight foot I should judge and as thick as a stove pipe. It moved along mighty lively though I tell you. Its rattlers looked like oranges and when it sounded them you would have sworn that somebody was beating on a base brum.

Here the narrator paused and listened for a moment attentively, persumably for a cock to crow. Boy Crushed to Death. Robert Fite, eleven years old, of Lausford, was instantly killed by a steel shaft weighing twenty-four hundred pounds falling on which a number of boys were playing. They removed the blocking with the result that it rolled off the car onto the ground on top of young Fite. His head was crushed flat.

Thirty Days. Joseph Herman was arrested on a "drunk and disorderly" charge, hav. ing disturbed the peace on last Sabbath day. In default of payment of tine and costs, Justice Reed sent him to jail for thirty days. The Tennis Club.

The new tennis club is ready for play. A meeting of the members will be held at the course this evening at 6:30 o'clock. Women's Fine Kid $1,50 Shoes at 98c. Here's the biggest bargains of our sale. Wemen's soft kidskin lace shoes made on shapely lasts with patent tips and extension soles.

Our sale price 98c. New Era Shoe Store, 21 North Oak Street A fine line of green truck at Heck Littlehales. 40-6t. Army Change Brevet Captain David Thomas, of the American Salvation Army, has been relieved of duty. This action was taken by General Duffin of Philadelphia at the camp meeting held at Joanna Heights last week.

Capt. Thomas had headquarters. in Mount Carmel. Notice to Drivers Entered November 4, 1900, at Mount second-class matter, under Act of Congress Carmel, of March S. 1879 as ONE CENT.

This is Bargain Week at Stief's Every Summer Suit in the store (with the exception of some blues and blacks) must go, and to make them go we have cut all the prices -many in half. We do this for several reasons. 1st. We don't want to carry a single suit over. Most stores will pack away their left on stock and bring it out next season.

We want our Summer line next year to be new and fresh throughout. 2nd. This is the dull season of the year for us, and to liven things up we have begun this sale. The selection is now good -broken lots of course, but all sizes are here. The longer you put it off the poorer the assortments will be.

PETER A. STIEF Leading Clothier, Tailor, Hatter. Second Sale On To Continue Until Saturday Evening, August 20th. Positively No Longer On Every Article Advertised 1-4 Carpets, Mattings, Rugs, Oil Cloths, Dress Goods, Silks, Dress Ginghams, off Wash These are Goods the and goods Shoes. advertised at 1-4 off during this sale.

The biggest bargains ever offered. Our first sale was a winner. This will be a greater one. Thousands upon thousands of dress goods to select from. Everything new this season.

This is our summer clearance sale. You must all come. 4 off on goods advertised. Everything else through the store at the very rock bottom prices. No other store can offer the same inducements.

EVERYTHING SOLD FOR CASH ONLY! NO CHARGE. NO COUPONS. MOUNT CARMEL DEPARTMENT STORE. BARGAINS We Have Changed the Price on All Oxfords and Some Kinds of Shoes. Camp's Shoe Store 128 South Oak Street, Mount Carmel, Pa.

The grocery drivers of town are requested to meet at Central Park this evening at 7:30 to organize. Business of importance. BARGAINS State Pure Food Commissioner Simmers will next bring action in this territory for adulterations in syrups. used for drinks in connection with soda water fountains, etc. This new move has already caused a flurry in this region.

Several farms for sale cheap. Inquire of H. A. Pensyl, J. Snydertown.

Pa. 25-1m. New Alaska Agent William Bradley, P. R. operator at Locust Summit, will succeed Henry Ruffing as station agent at Alaska.

Mr. Ruffing has resigned to become book keeper for Schneider Bros. Co. To Build at the Gap P. R.

land agent Wilson, Clemens and Faust were in Locust Gap yester day inspecting properties near St. Joseph's church. They have decided to tear down the block of four houses and erect two blocks of two doors each. Ask for Heinrich's B. eggnog, iron beef, chocolate cream soda and lemon sour.

For sale by all dealers. 1m-232 MT. GARMEL WATCH CLUB. Get a full jeweled gold watch, any movement wanted, on easy payments, one dollar every two weeks. For furth er particulars see B.

F. KESSLER, Jeweler, 38 South Oak Street. Suits for Syrups. At Grossman's Special Sale of Ladies' Shirt Waists, at half price, at Grossman's, on Saturday. Good values.

After the Tramps. Orders have been issued to the P. R. police to arrest every tramp in sight on the property of the company The police have been forced to this course to break up the numerous station and house burglars and hold ups. FOR SALE.

Property at 117 west Avenue. Apply to S. Hoover. 36-6t FOR SALE valuable Miller organ slightly used, good as when it left the factory. Apply at ITEM office.

38-tr Use a Gas Kange And See How Much Real Genuine Comfort it brings to the home. FOR SALE BY ALL DEALERS AND BY THE Mount Carmel Gas Light Company.