The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-01-23
7HE COUNTY SEAY
Some Spicy Correspondence
From Pottsville.
NOTES ON BRIGGS CASE
MIR. wadIinger Says the Verdict VIII
Have no Bearing on the Case Against
Arthur Notwithstanding About Some
Court House officials.
Special HERALD correspondence.

| Special HERALD correspondence.
PorTsvILLE. Jan 22.-The conclusion Of
the Briggs trial took number of strangers
out of this town and the profits of the hotel
keepers are consequently diminished. This
| town assumes dull appearance when no
interesting trials are going on, or the court
house is closed There is certainly more
! truth than poetry in the old saying that
| Pottsville without the court house would he
much like the play of Hamlet without
Hamlet
John Briggs returned from MTinersville to
day and furnished 81 600 bail for his appear
ance at court to answer the charge of riot.
That case, with Amour's and the others under
similar rindictmentsw will be called mp in March.
George ]. Wadlinger, Esq, who was one of
the counsel for the Commonwealth in the
murder trial, when asked what effect the ver
dict would have upon the Weavill case, said
it would have none at all. "You may have the
anomaly of not guilty in the Briggs case and
guilty Of murder in the first degree in the
Weavill case
Smiling and genial John T. Shoener has in
formed his friends here that he will be a can
didate for Congress next fall Mr. shoener is
one of the strongest and most popular men in
the Republican party of Schuylkill county
and there is no one in the party that could
make a stronger fight for the position than he
1t was by the narrowest margin that he was
defeated when he ran against Hon. NJ. c.
Watson for the Senate. He beat Watson in
his own strongly Democratic town and with
the Senatorial district Democratic by at least
| 1,5OO he came ont Of the fight but "A votes
behind Watson. Mr. Shoener's unsuccessful
| fight for Congress csnuot be taken as a crite
rion. At that time the Republican party in
Schuylkill county was badly split and Mr..
Shoener was obliged to take the blunt The
Republican party in Schuylkill can have A
Congressman next fall if it will nominate
John T. Shoener
B. j. Yost, Clerk of the Courts Shortalps
chief clerk, has become so well adapted to
his position that he transacts the business
almost like a veteran He is kept busy
shaking hands with his constituents from "de
| Prunswicks" who crowd the office every
day and make Deputy John Duffy swear in
his desperation that he will get the whole Of
st, Clair down some day and stall the office
so that Jeh 8 constituents won't be able to
get in, so that he will be relieved of the
German lingo for time at least. But JEFF
only grins and says, ooh, that's nothing you
ought to have been in my barber shop in
Shenandoah on Saturday nights l always
had free lunch spread for my constituents
! in the Unions. JEFF has been pretty busy
the past week, He has been detailed as
process server in an important case which is
being prepared for the next criminal court
and that accounts for his recent frequent
absence from his regular post. Barring Carl
Coogan, JEFF. is the hsndsomest man on the
hill
Joe Wadlinger, formerly of Shenandoah, is
making mint of money here. He got over
$3.50 from the county for accommodating the
jury and two officers at his MOTEL during the
Briggs trial.
Carl Coogan was almost an entire stranger
when he first came here to take his place as
one of the assistant clerks in the Commits
sioners Office but has since made himself
well acquainted and very popular He
already has the work of the office at his
finger ends and can give valuable pointers on
! court house affairs in general. BUB