The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-04-18
MAHANoY CITY.
MAHANoY CITY, April IS.

Rev. 7, Henry visited Ashland on Tues
day evening
John Shoener, deputy tax collector, com
bined business and pleasure in Girardville
last evening.
Peter Scarfn, of Shenandoah, was a
visitor to town yesterday.
August Sauer, of Shenandoah, stopped
in town for few hours yesterday.
w. H. Green and w. S. Sergeant were
among the visitors from Shenandoah yes
terday afternoon.
c. Dieter has purchased lot at Eighth
and Centre streets for $3.50 and will build
a double house with store room.
Harry c. Seivert has returned from
Harrisburg looking well and feeling good
John Anstock will try his luck with the
Locust Valley trout to-day.
George Geiger returned from Lakeside
this afternoon with forty trout varying
In length from to IA inches. The two Of
IA inches are beauties and probably the
largest pulled from the Junction dam
since the season opened.
Trainmaster Brill and Secretary
Anthony, of Delano, wheeled through
town on cycles last evening.
Frank Brown, Of the Reading Eagle,
was in town yesterday.
John Kearney, of Centralia was enter
noy Tunnel, yesterday afternoon.
Frank Wenrich a Philadelphia police
man, will be the guest to-day Of the
Yiengst family. of West Centre street
Frank MCGOWAN, "A surveyor of the i.
q w. b. Coal Co., of Wilkes-Barre, is
visiting his parents on West Centre street.
Alonzo Ball will bring home a string of
trout from Lakeside this evening.
William Edwards will cast his line
among the Locust creek trout to-day.
Daniel Nease, a Hamburg cattle sales
man, was about town last evening.
Miss Hattie Bowman. of Shenandoah,
Is spending n few days with friends in
town.
William Roberts succeeds Edward
Brtz as first apprentice in Ludes barber
shop. Edward starts for Philadelphia
this week where position awaits him.
John j. Goff, assistant dispatcher at
Mahanoy Plane, was seen in town last
evening.
David Dresh came back, with a trunk
on his back, after a visit of several days
in Philadelphia
Reuben Klingel and Mrs. MARY Resten-
berger of Mahanoy City, were married
yesterday Klingel is fireman of l.. V.
engine $50.
A large number of entries have been
made for the Welsh church eisteddfod on
Friday evening, among them about
twenty children under twelve years of
age. Among the competitors will be two
choirs, three quartettes, several duets and
soloists. The prizes are cash.
Seventy trout were caught by
Charles Becker and w. ID. Harris in
Hossasock creek yesterday afternoon.
The fish were from five to nine inches in
length and bit well at bait of common
angle worm.
Thomas Keane has returned to Maha-
noy City after an absence of nine years in
Washington. Mr.. Keane married in that
state and raised family of three child
rem who accompanied him East. His wife
died recently. He is now the guest OF
Little Abe Wire.
A handsome marble-backed switch
board, worth about 5000, has been placed
in the Lakeside Railway power house on
! Reilroad street. 1t is the intention of the
company to run one engine every other
J day. Wire connection will be made with
/ the Schuvllill Traction Company and
power furnished for the Mahanoy branch
of that line. The power generated by the
two engines is said to be sufficient to
drive cars upon line extending TO Tama-
qua and Pottsville and il is thought that
. the road may in time be extended to those
points.
} Mr. and Mrs. J. j. Kelly have returned
/ from their wedding trip to New York.
| The boys were anxious to give him big
send OFF and a re, r'iUU ram hi7 retu-u but
! he evaded them quI,e cieyeriy lie tele
; graphed his intention of arriving in Maha-
nOy City on Saturday evening and the
/ Citizens Band took up position before his
/ place of business that night playing Mr..
! Kelly come back" until apprised of their
/ mistake. Last night a crowd congregated
! at the station with pots, pans, kettles and
| cans, determined to give the bridal couple
n warm reception. But Kelly bribed the
conductor with "A box of cigars to slow up
just outside of town, and the crowd again
! marched home disappointed