The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-09-10
REGION ROUND.
A Budget of Interesting Articles
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on all Topics.
Angelo Volpi was fatally shot ny
lewis Hoar while eating apples on the
lutter's farm near Scranton. HOar
was arrested and lodged in jail.
Joseph, the 16 year old son of
Thomas O'CunnOr, of Heckscherville
died at noon yesterday, from a
malignant form of diptheria. Toe
funeral will take place tomorrow
morning.
The Pottsville school board decided
last night that mechanical drawing,
short hand and typewriting should be
added to the curriculum of the Com
mercial school
Nicholas Weaver, one Of the oldest
and best known of the Lebigh Valley
railroad engineers, died at his home in
Mauch Chunk yesterday.
Engine ST, a dirt-burner, built 10y
the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
at Weatherly, recently handled lOl
gondola cars equal to 303 ordinary six
ton coal cars from Bethlehem TO
PackertOn in three hours. This is the
greatest haul yet recorded on the
Lehigh division.
The Silver Brook Coal Company is
having large breaker built in the
vicinity of Old Silver Brook on tract
of land leased from the Philadelphia
aud Reading Company. There are
two good veins of coal i'm that vicinity
to he mined and to do this Will require
many years of labor.
Judge Rockefeller, at Sunbury, gave
notice that hereafter applicants for
| he n
| have a general knowledge of the con-
for Judge Rockefeller.
A Hungarian employed at the
Hickory Ridge coliery, ShamOkin,
| had an arm torn Off and his side
! lacerated by the explosion Of piece
of dualin Saturday evening. The
man had it in his pocket and as he
was walking home tripped and fell on
a stone.
The Grand Jury found true bill
yesterday, against Tailie Morgans,
editor of the People, Scranton Pro
hibition organ, charged by Charles E.
Steel. with libel Nj. Steel, who IL
State Secretary Of the Good Templars
was charged by Morgans with supply
ling the citizens of Minersville witt
beer at banquet and reception giVei
in his honor, after his return from
/, Europe.
Two sisters of Ida Whitner, who wa
killed on the "Heighls" at Pottsvill
Monday night, when informed of TN
circumstances of their sisters dealt
aud her life of shame, refused to hav
= anything to do with the disposition c
the remains. They reluctantly We've,
the body and shortly after left 70
their homes at Newtown and Donald
son. The body was taken to tn
almshouse cemetery, where it wa
buried.
Eighteen hundred dollars is locke
= uuon as large sum for the borough
Hazeton to pay It's superintendent
public schools. The board of direC
tors are not compelled to pay the su
perintendent the $500 increase unle'
. it sees fit to do so, nor is Supt. Ha
g man fortunately for himself) con
'e PEELED to continue in the service Il
t. any less. The work of school 81
,e perintendent is not to be measured b
the work of man doing manual lab'
D, nor to that OF a book-keeper. The
men have certain amount of labC
to perform daily. The school supe
intendent, first of all, spends years
s school and thousands of dollars to
~ himself for the place, and must me
y all emergencies, oft times requiring h
r entire at ention from early morniI
ie until late AT night.-HazJeton Stan
| ard