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The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-08-25
Pnre and MhoIesome OualIty

Commends to public approval the Cali
fornia liquid laxative remedy, Syrup Of
Figs. It.is pleasant to the taste and by
actingjgently on the kidneys, liver and
bowels to cleanse the system effectually, it
promotes The health and comfort of all
who use it, and with millions it is the best
and only remedy.
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The switchbacIS.

Trains will leave the Switchback depot,
Mauch Chunk, as follows $40, 1910, II ST a, m.
and LOO, 20, 345. 5.35 p. m. On Sundays, 1.5O
and 2.25 p. m. Leave Summit Hill $40, lilo,
q. m. and l2.35 1.50, 3 20, 4.35, 6.15 p. N. Sun
days, 3.25 and 400 D. m.
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A Great Stock.

Five thousand novels, the latest and best
issued, selling at 25 cents other places, for
sale at Max Reese's for 10 cents. The
finest playing cards in the market cents
per pack.
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stantial hagstones. These improvements
are especially noticeable on White street,
in front of the Watson and o Hars proper
ties, and on Jardin street, between Centre
and Oak streets.
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INTERESTING SCHOOL
BOARD SESSION
DISCUSSION OVER PROMOTION
OF TEACHERS.
MOTIONS HEAPED UPON MOTIONS
A Committee Recommends School
Teacher Conry and an Attempt
to Substitute Miss Brennan
Causes Discussions,

CHOOL Board met
last evening for gen
eral business, but
especially to provide
for the transfer of
certain school teachers.
1t appears that Miss
Nc Fad dan W h n
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-08-25

Carriers make general collection at 500 q.
m. and 700 p m, and general delivery at 7:l5
a. IN. and 3:15 p. m. Additional deliveries and
collections are made in the business part OF
town at l0:l5 q. m. and 200 p. m.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-08-25

Infants shoes 25c. per pair, at the
Peoples store, l2l North Main street,
Shenandoah. 6-2l-tf
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-08-25

SOLID and plated Silver
ware, Gold and Silver
Watches, Diamonds, Precious
Stones, Clocks, Bronzes, Opti-
cal Goods, Banquet, Parlor and
Piano Lamps, unique in design
with rs and $50 candle power
burners. All goods superior
in finish and quality with rock
bottom prices that withstand
all opposition VIGOROUSLY.
Repair work executed neatly
and promptly at
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-08-25

Chief Burgess Smith and Chief of Police
Davis have not succeeded In establishing
the identity of the boy who is stopping at
the latter's house and who was arrested on
Monday night as vagrant. They have
established one thing, however, and that
is the boy, although evidently well bred
and we'll educated, is liable to lie little.
yesterdays HERALD will remember that
the boy was credited with saying that he
knew the Roman Catholic priest and a
school teacher in Mahanoy City. He also
stated that he lived in that town, at No. II
Pine street, about year ago. Burgess
Smith visited Mahanoy City yesterday and
learned that neither the priest or
school teacher knew the boy. Smith
also found that there is no building
at No. II Pine street. A vacant lot is
there No clue to a boy of 20 Rourke's"
name or description is missing from NAH
anoy CITY and the letter carriers of the
town, who hsye more than once succeeded
in returning stray boys to their homes,
know nothing of the boy here. There are
o Rourke families residing in Buck Noun.
tain and New Boston, but these places
have not been visited yet. Chief Burgess
Smith and Chief of Police Davis now
incline to the theory that the boy is a
fugitive from st, Vinoents Home, Phil.
adelphis, and that during brief visit to
Mahanoy City he CLEANED the facts upon
which he based his story to our police.
The investigation is still going on.
PETER.
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PETERS PUNGENT
PENCIL PUSHING
HE TURNS HIS ATTENTION TO
PAVEMBNTS.
CITIZENS MAKING IMPROVEMENT
1t is Now the Duty of the School
Board and Borough Council
Authorities to do Their
Share.
ITlZENS MAKING I'M IMPROVEMENTS

He street pavements
are now receiving the
attention a of our peo-
pie and in all sections
of the town property
owners are replacing
delapidsted old wood
walks, with the better
looking and more sub
Frna
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And now that 1 am calling the School
Board to order let me also say to the
Borough Council, the Chief Burgess and
the Sanitary committee, that it is very
essential that their attention be directed to
the condition of two particular parts of the
town. Complaint is made that an un-
bearable stencil arises from certain proper
ties on White street. south of Oak. But
the case which demands immediate and
effectual action presents itself at the south
end of West street. There filth is flowing
over the rocks and presents what one of
the residents says, is disease breeding
Niagara.
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Lanes Family Medicine

Moves the bowels each day. Most people
need to use it,
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And now that the Individual property
owners are bestirring themselves in the
matter of street improvements let us call
the School Board to order, in pursuance OF
Il request by prominent White street resi-
dent The wooden pavement in front of
the White street school building is in
horrible condition. Some of the plsnks
are high, others are low, many are 90 badly
worn that immense splinters threaten to
drive themselves into the shoes of pedes.
trians, and the spikes in all of them project
above the level, in some cases an inch,
threatening to either tear the dresses or
shoes of passers-by, or cause people to trip
and have ugly falls. The School Board
has done excellent pavement work at the
Coal street building. Now let attention be
turned to the White street property.
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And when the School Board turns its at
tention to the latter property let it cast its
eyes upon the grey haired iron railing in
front Of the building, 1t is tottering and
looks as if breeze would blow it down
This railing should be braced and painted
With this improvement and the painting
of the building the structure will be some
thing TO which the people may point with
pride.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-08-25

Millions of bottles of the genuine "An-
chor Pain Expeller" are sold annually,
and sent to all quarters of the globe, This
fact itself speaks of the magical efficacy of
this imported remedy. 1t lie the best and
most reliable remedy for Rheumatism,
Gout and kindred complaints. Give il
trial and conYnce yourself so cents
bottle, at O. II. Hagenbueh, P. P. d.
Kirlin, j. M. lillian and other druggists.
Three pair ladies black hose (fast colors)
for 25c., at the Peoples store 6-2l-tf
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the arrival and departure of mail trains. Mail
matter for despatch must be in the office thirty
minutes before the time given below:
,.f{,qI Desg{uofiog De7ldrfllTc
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Our Directory.
He POST OFFICE
Shenandoah

ONCE hours from 7:30 a.
m. to 1880 p. m. Money
Order and Registry De
partmentopen from 500
a. m. to 7:OO p. m.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-06-02

lutely indispensable to the proper per-
formance of his work.
3rd 1t would not be inappropriate,
whenever the more Immediately local
and personal or biographical objects of
our association shall have received ade
quate attention, that its social influence
be made to extend beyond the compar-
atively limited field already mentioned.
Wood county has grown in population,
since its organization, from the few
hundred who then possessed it, to a
teeming, pushing, thriving community
of nearly or quite twenty thousand
souls. From an almost unbroken
wilderness it has become populous and
prosperous; and its real prosperity and
advancement have barely commenced.
A growing and busy city has risen from
the solitudes and supplanted the forest
upon our northern bOrder-a credit to
her founders, an honor to her people.
Villages, also, busy and prosperous,
clustered along the north county line,
and in the center, and in the south.
The little hamlet that nestled close to
the margin of the river here, when the
county was organized, has struggled and
labored until two cities are the result
small ones, it is true-but earnest and
determined, their eyes fairly ''sot'' up
on the now unfolding prospect OF the
promised land" Near the western
boundry, along the banks Of the Yellow,
where in the earlier days the owls and
pestilence held undisputed sway, an
other and fairer picture now is seen.
The owls and pestilence took wings and
flew away; and now, in their stead, a
busy little city and promising village
ioyfully greet the eye. In the west and
north, center, south and east Of our
county, the farmer has wrought great
changes, and is now the master OF fruit
full fields. These great changes and
improvements, occurring in our day,
! have brought with them other changes
as well-and they have transpired, IN
| the main, within the past fifteen years.
| What ten years more will accomplish
even the wisest cannot foretell, but 1t Il
not unreasonable to hope and believe
| that within that time, far greater adj
vancement in the pathway of material
progress and prosperity than ever be,
fore, will surely be made. And in view
of ali these things, those who have wit
messed this development from an insig,
nificant beginning, scattered, as they
are, throughout the entire county, and
feeling, as they must, a just pride IN the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-06-02

craftsmanship and in war, we have
made rapid strides in commerce, in the
sciences, and in the field of invention
such as have astOnished the world.
Such, in meagre and general phase, eX-
presses some Of the thoughts that iOstlc
each other in our minds as we hurriedlv
glance over the brief interval of time
that we have lived since 1860 And
thus we are adInOnished once again that
we have lived ard wrought together
during All era of the worlds triunphal
progress, and that we can i'll afford to
separate now, during the remainder Of
our stay.
The principal subject here referred to
has been the topic of frequent discus
sion from time to time. An earnest
wish has been often expressed, Of late,
that society such as it is proposed to
make of this, and having for its princi-
pal purpose the objects here imperfect
ly outlined, shall be organized and
permanently maintained-at least SO
long as sufficient Of the first or early
settlers shall be able to attend its meet
ings; and to solicit your aid and CO.
operation to this end, was one of the
reasons for inviting your presence here
tonight. At the request and in behalf
Of those TO whose efforts and interest in
the movement this injecting is due. I
bid you, one and all, sincere welcome.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-06-02

membership, at all times including the
oldest living residents of the county,
also to include those whose length Of
residence best qualities them to recall
and perpetuate those facts, personal
and historical, which go to make up the
valuable and interesting history of their
county and times Among what seem
to be excellent reasons for this, may be
stated:
1st. The personal and social results
that will be thereby promoted. There
can and ought to be no purer or firmer
bond of union between members of the
same community than that which arises
from the recollections of a common his
tory; of struggles, hardships, pleasures,
contentious, experiences, pleasant and
otherwise, which have been common to
all, or have transpired near to and with
in the remembrance of all. Associa-
tions and gatherings such as this; the
recollections of past pleasures and
events which are thus awakened and
recalled, do more than all else to level
down and obliterate those barriers
which time, increasing cares, or changed
circumstances, any or all, are prone to
erect between the friends of earlier
days. Life is but little time. 1t should
not be devoted to self, wholly,-to the
accumulation and guarding of great pos
sessions, whether of honors that may
depart, or of wealth that may be lost;
but, while neglecting no worthy inter-
ests of self, it should be SO used as best
to contribute to the well-being and hap
piness of all those who are within the
| range of its influence. Whatever will
| contribute to an improvement of our
conduct in this direction is we'll worthy
of encouragement and aid.
Ind There are those of the older
residents of Wood county, living and
dead, whose lives and works have been
such as to render it both a duty and a
| pleasure to us, their contemporaries and
successors, to see to 1t that IN good time
and appropriate way, their memories,
the leading events of their lives, shall
not be lost. 1t would at this time seem
invidious to name such, or any of them
| but there are a goodly number who
have already passed away. There vii
sometime be written, doubtless, his
tory of Wood county, which when writ
| ten, NAV accomplish the purpose here
suggested If so, this organization may
be influential in the selection of a com
.petent and Conscientious historian, and
placing within his reach the data abso
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-06-02

perfect and harmonious completion of
the splendid structure whose foundation
they have helped to lay, they may do
much to commend and advance the
work, and to lead the crews, in the dis
charge of their various and differing
tasks, to walk and work in unison, to
the end that the whole shall be, when
done, the best that could have been
made
The progress of our locality since
Wood county was organized-and the
advance movement is scarce twenty
years old-is but typical of that Of the
country at large. 1t is almost, if not
quite, beyond the power of the human
mind to grasp and comprehend the
mighty changes that have occurred in
our country since 1860, were it possible
even to enumerate them in single day.
Those Of us who were men and women
then have witnessed the most stupen-
dous march of history, the grandest
progress of grand events, that have
ever occurred in a single century since
a record of human achievements has
been written. From about thirty mil
millions Of people. We have peopled,
subdued and cultivated, almost half a
continent of land. We have over
thrown the most extended, determined
and powerful rebellion OF which the
world has any tidings, giving freedom
| to four millions Of slaves, and destroy
| ing forever the wicked charter by vir-
! tue of which their chains were forged.
| We drove from this continent by a
single wave of the nation's hand the
vanguard of wide European conspir-
acy to plant monarchical government
upon the soil Of Mexico, thence event
uaIly to be extended, and to hold in
check the growth and influence of this
Republic, and finally to overthrow the
Republic itself. Having thus departed
the legions of that conspiracy came not
again. We recalled from the field OF
war million of trained soldiers III a
single day, and absorbed them at once
in the caIlings and yocations Of peace.
We have, in brief and in all, ,demonstra-
ted fully to all the nations Of the earth
that ours is the greatest of all In wal
and in peace, in resources physical and
material, and greater than in all else IN
virtue to maintain and wisdom to adj
minister, in the interest of knowledge,
peace, and the fraternity of men and OF
nations, this government of the people
And succeeding unriyaled exploits i'll
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-06-02
CATARRH
-OF THE
STOMACH.

The following letter from Geo. b.
Van Norman, Of Milwaukee, who is one
Of the largest and best known Stock
Commission Merchants in the west, is
worthy Of perusal: 81 have been an
intense sufferer for several years from
a stomach trouble, which the doctors
called Catarrh Of the Stomach. I have
tried the various well-known remedies,
and was treated six months by prom
lnent New York specialist, but found
no permanent relief until commenced
taking Septicide, which, in my case, has
proven itself to be all that is claimed
for It. l have also seen it used with
perfect success by others, in SO many
different complaints, that 1 consider it
a perfect family remedy. l would not
be without it in my house for many
times its cost" Call for circular.
Sold by Ii. Ii. Voss d Co.
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that of the first settlement here by
white men, and several years there
after-this region was far removed from
the populous and favored sections of
the country. To come here then from
an Eastern or New England state re-
quired as much time, and involved
greater hardships than are now required
to make the circuit of the globe. Com
ing here, for the most part singly, from
different and distant states and coun-
tries, all were young, without influence,
poor, but self-reliant and strong-each
one hoping and expecting by his own
efforts to work out a competence for
himself and those then, or afterwards
to become dependent upon him-some
how believing that in the good time
coming" which to the youthful and
hopeful heart is never far removed, as
the forests should recede and their
shadows withdraw, he would be able,
here upon the field of his earliest strug-
giles, to build home-humble perhaps,
but a home evertheless-which should
be and remain the one spot most dear
on earth to those he loved, and to him.
light and warmth of early and healthful
life. encountering the clouds and mists
of age, should give place to dimness
and cold. With these sentiments and
purposes, or kindred ones, each one
began and continued his work. Asso-
Citations and friendships resulted, such
as are seldom formed in older and more
populous communities, where occupa-
tlons are more varied, and the condi-
uons of society are more favorable.
People saw and read each other through
and through. There was little induce
ment, and less inclination, to deal in
deceit or sham. Intercourse between
men was characterized by sincerely
pure and unaffected. Opportunity to
lend helping hand to those who were
sick or in want, to aid a brother man in
need, often came and was promptly
met; and thus, without the formalities
and so-called refinements which attend
intercourse of every character between
people in other and ordinary conditions
of society, the best, and sometimes the
worst, traits of human character were
manifested, without affection or reserve
Personal attachments formed under
these circumstances-and there were
surviving long separations, if need be.
enduring as life itself At first slowly
with seeming consideration and deib.
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OLD FOLKS REUNION.
Address Of Welcome BY /nagr CHas.
NJ Web6

Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen.
more than 36 years have come and gone
since the present county of Wood was
created-carved out of the elder county,
Portage. The then inhabitants of the
territory within her boundaries were
fcw-not exceeding twelve hundred,
probably, were made up in part of
those who were among the first settlers
of the northern section of the State,
comprising what are now the counties
of Portage, Wood, Marathon, Lincoln,
Taylor, Oneida, and other counties.
Those of us who came here as late as
the year 1883 and during the years fol-
lowing, down to and including 1868,
found still here the great majority of
the first settlers-nearly all who had
come expecting to remain-a very few
of them having, meanwhile, changed
their plans and removed to other fields;
fewer still having received and obeyed
the relentless summons of death. In
this, as in all new and undeveloped re-
gions, the first and early settlers were
made up of young people, beginners in
the contests of life, together with some
who, having begun active life elsewhere,
had subsequently determined to cast
their fortunes here, being yet in the
yigor and prime of early manhood. The
country was heavily timbered unde-
veloped; to a great extent unknown.
One fact was known-and deemed suf-
ticient by all-that forests of pine tim
Der were upon every hand, extending
eastward, westward, and northward to
Lake Superior, inviting the sinew and
strength of labor; while coursing
through it, uniting and leading to the
markets of the then youthful west, were
our own Wisconsin river, and her many
tributaries, awaiting the miniature COM
merce then about to commence.
All ambitions and expectations rested
directly or indirectly upon the hoped
for successful prosecution of the busi-
ness of making and marketing pine
lumber; and so for many years, what
were the Interests and purposes of a
few, seemed to be the interests and
purposes of all.
At the time of which l am speaking
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Grafton; afterwards more speedily, tax
ing little heed of the hopes, disappoint-
ments, successes or failures of any
particular person, the years moved on,
and whether prepared or not, the first
settlers soon found themselves rein
forced by others who were ready and
anxious to share the country and its ad-
vantages with them. And so, in little
while, the ''first settlers" who had for a
time held undisputed sway became cold
Settlers" surrounded and confronted
by new comerG who outnumbered them
as many to one. AS settlements and
communities became more populous,
and outposts were extended farther and
farther away from the center, the old
settler was less frequently seen, and the
later one in his turn growing old, took
the place and shared the title of the
first. Thus, as ever, did history repeat
itself; and thus it should be, else in a
few years the last old settler will have
passed away, and the tender bond
uniting the old and the new, the pres
ent and the past, will be sundered and
destroyed.
The society whose first general meet
ing is being held tonight, has christened
as old settlers, and invited to partici-
pate as such in its present and future
festivities, all who located within the
limits of Wood county previous to Jan
uary LIST, 1865. This includes, of course,
all those who were born within such
limits at any time prior to the day
named Previous effort has been made
once or more times, to organize a
similar society for Il similar pur-
pose, namely: to organize and
maintain union of the Oldest residents
of the county, including those who came
here before time so remote as neces-
sarily made them sharers of the earlier
times and events which 60 to make up
what may properly be termed the early
history of Wood county. 1t Will be ap-
parent that some such early limit is alb
solutely necessary, and the one stated
! is believed to be as recent as could at
| this time, with propriety, be fixed.
There are excellent reasons why this
society should be fully organized and
maintained, and its meetings be held as
often, at least, as once in each year. As
! time passes, and those now eligible to
| membership shall grow lessin numbers,
the limit of membership should be
gradually extended so as to include res
l1dents whose coming was later; and
thus, while preserving an adequate