The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-04-19
MAHANOY CITY.
MAnANnY CITY. Anril 1

Elmer Heiser made trout scarce at the
Junction yesterday morning
Wallace Medlar transacted business at
Lakeside yesterday.
Morris Loeb is doing business in Balti-
more.
Katie Gallagher. Of shenandoah, was
visitor here last evening
Rev. Maginn, of Mahanoy Plane, was
the guest OF Rev. McEuroe last evening.
"Punch" Brownmiller brought home
several pounds of trout from Hassasock
yesterday.
| w. A. Bensinger caught enough fish in
| Messer Run for fourteen diners this
/ morning.
Harry Gerheart brought home some
good fish and better stories from Lakeside
| yesterday.
John A. Weber wet his line and whistle
at Lakeside yesterday.
r. Guinan spent part OF the week in
Mt Carmel and Shamokin.
Daniel Guinan, the local single tax
advocate, is distributing a report of
Thomas l.. Johnson's famous speech.
DR. II. w. Sherman, physician at the
| st. Luke's Hospital, South Bethlehem, is
expected home about May /.
George Barlow was well pleased this
morning by the arrival of a little girl.
George kilgore and Uriah Tiley Wis
tied St Clair to-day.
Mrs. II. NJ, Bowen is visiting her parents
! at Shoener's,
! Misses Susie Hermany, Carrie Snyder
and Kate Smith returned from the sun
| day School Convention held at Schuylkill
| Haven this week.
A little girl came to the house of
Christian Grim on Monday night.
| Herb. Davis made a business trip to
| Pottsville yesterday.
| George II. Goodman was among the
successful trout fisherman yesterday.
Ralph Schertzinger, William Smith and
| Edward Schwartz went to Niger Hollow
this morning in quest of the festive trout.
The rooms of the Young Mems Repub,
| lican club will be re-Carpeted papered.
decorated and otherwise beautifed this
week when the boys expect to boast of the
! handsOmest club room in the county.
At North Mahanoy colliery tunnel
| will be driven through the saddle to the
Holmes vein.
Vulcan colliery was compelled to sus-
pend operations on Tuesday by the break
ing of hawser which precipitated a mine
car into the slope. Timbers were smashed
| but no one injured.
| Challenge. John Shoener, of Mahanoy
City, will play Frank Brecker, of Shenan-
doah, a game Of continuous pool for any
stake from $50 upwards and p. j. Litsch
will play Boyle, of Park Place, for $3.50 or
5000, at any time and place he may name.
Signed, JOHN SHOENER, p. j. LlTsCH.
The breaker employees of North Nah
anOy and SChuylkill Collieries are making
full time. After the regular three-quarter
day is made in running through coal the
remainder of the day and the days of reg
ular suspension are used to run through
culm from the banks
The many days of suspension at the
collieries are being used to make needed
improvements At Mahanoy City three
new wooden p. & r. jigs and three slate
picker screens have been placed over the
old jigs and three sizing screens for
chestnut and stove coal have been put in
2 at the end of the scraper line \ sizing
screen and picker for stove and egg coal
will also be placed at this colliery.
At North Mahanoy colliery four p. & r.
tubular boilers have been set up. They
are 6 feet in diameter by Is in length and
will take the place of eight cylinder boilers.
The tubular boilers steam very satisfac-
torily and two more will soon be erected
to do away altogether with vessels of the
old type.
At Tunnel Ridge, two large drum
spiders, weighing five tons each, have been
placed in the slope No slope and a
tunnel from the Skidmore to the Nam
moth veins have been completed to the
bottom split, cutting Il l3 foot vein of eN-
cellent quality. Tunueling will be com
menced east and west in the newly cut
| vein.
Joseph and Thomas Goulday were
defendants in Justice Sherman's court
last evening, charged with assault by
Edward Maloy. The three men became
involved in a dispute at Schuylkill col
liery just before starting time yesterday
! morning, MalOy alleging that the Goul-
days stole his oil can and in his attempt
TO recover the property was roughly used
by the two Poles. Fines were paid by the
defendants
Edward Devers died at John Stober's
hotel, on East Centre street, at noon yes
terday, of heart failure. The deceased
was by occupation a miner 3S years of
age and unmarried. He was quite popular,
was "A politician, and twice elected Con-
stable in the First ward his last term
expiring about five years ago His parents
! reside in Ireland, although Devers was OF
American birth. He has relatives in this
state but their residence is not known.
Any one knowing their whereabouts will
please communicate with Martin A. Nc
| Guire 1923 East Centre street, Mahanoy
City. The Humane Fire Company will
escort his remains to the cemetery on the