The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-10-23
TOWN TALKER !
THOUGHTS OF THIS AND THAT
THREADED TOGETHER.
THEMES TERSELY TABULATED

Taken and Told geographically
in a Tasteful and Tempt
ing Tone.
This is one of Squire Monoghan's latest
puns; A man who had been deaf and
dumb for ten years walked into a black
smith shop the other day and picked up a
hub and spoke. Ughl
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John A. Sersphin, a Polish gentleman
of Philadelphia was in town to-day, Mr.
Seraphin is gentlemen who exerts some
influence among his countrymen in the
Quaker City and is member of the Polish
American Independent Club of that city.
He is now one of the independents who are
clinging to the tail board of the Democratic
wagon and will speak for the d mocratic
state ticket in this town on the 29.h inst,
He speaks in Nanticoke tomorrow night.
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when will the electric railway be
built ?" is a question that is heard fre-
quentiy. The quesioners are principally
men who opposed the "T'' rail, and who
expected to see the cars running the morn
ing after the rail was adopted. Superin-
tendent Epere who will have charge of
the construction, says Work on the road
will begin on Monday, next, but not in
town. The rails will first be laid in the
country districts. After the completion of
that part of the work the men will be suf-
iciently experienced to lay the rails
through the towns in short time and with
very little inconvenience to the travelling
public"
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1t will be news to many people in town
to hear that Cusick and Burns, the two
young men who were formerly residents of
this town, and who were taken to Virginia
few weeks ago to stand trial on post Office
robbery charges were acquitted. They
are in Philadelphia again.
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The assertion by the Chronicle that the
mucb-talked-of petition to Council asking
it to restrain the Lithuanian people from
using bands in their parade on Sunday,
next, was presented by Councilman Lamb,
"a straight-o6t Republican" is an as
sumption that has no ground. Mr.. Lamb
did not know Of the petition until it was
read in Council All the talk about that
petition is Democratic bombast The
petition itself has been distorted with Il
view to poisoning the Lithuanian voters
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about constitutional rights has been resorted
to as cover for political trickery. Now
the only councilman who knew anything
about that petition was Democrat
member-Mr. Betteridge who stated at the
special meeting of council on Wednesday
evening last that he knew of the petition a
week before it was presented, Mr.. Bet
teridge kept this knowledge under oyer,
however, until his party had chance to
raise political storm, and has since tried
to shoulder a kno ledge of the petition
upon Mr.. Lamb. There is another point
that the Democrats must consider. The
council that passed the resolution that
"a sed the wind is, in reality, Democratic
body. This whole affair may result in "a
healthy boomerang, and then won't there
be scamper in the camp of the political
trcksters The bands will play then,
with vengeance.
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Several years ago how many we are not
told, party of Milton gentlemen were
discussing ways and means TO secure iron
works for that town. Oneof the men was a
con nfectioner in small way. Heastonished
his companions by Offering to give S25 to-
ward establishing iron works there They
were the more surprised at the offer because
they knew he did not haYe the money, but
they said nothing In a few weeks, or
months, committee waited on him with q
demand for 'that S25n Mr.. Confectioner
didn't have the cash, but his credit was
good, and he went out aud borrowed the
quarter hundred. In few days work was
commenced on the new plant. The con-
fectioner saw the first shovel full of ground
taken out for the foundation; he watched
the work as it progressed he saw new faces,
those of the skilled artisans employed to
build the works, around the town; in a few
days these men commenced buying cigars
and other things at his place. 1t wasn't
long until his trade had increased 100 per
cent, and he concluded bis S25 had been