The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-10-09
TOPICS OF
THE TIMES.
What Reporters Hear on the Streets
and Other Places.
BASE BALLISTS PINCHED 1!
Heroes of the Summer Days BemOan the
Financial Depression and go Home
on Subscription.

Half a dozen disgruntled base ball
players went about the town last night
bemoaning the uncertainties of life,
especially base ball life. They complained
bitterly of the treatment the Shenandoah
management had given them. Ashen-
bach, the center fielder, was especially
loud in his complaint and claimed that
when the management called him into
the Office for final settlement yesterday
he received but six out of thirty five
dollars balance due, and how he would
get back to Ohio he couldn't tell.
Plucky little Toman stood by when
"Ashev" told his tale of woe and
promptly volunteered, "Never mind,
Ashley, only got five dollars out of what
was coming to me, but I can get home to
Phillie on that. Setley and me went
around with the basket last year to help
keep some of the good players here, and l
will go around with the hat this year to
help get you home" And he kept his
word. Last night the hat went around
with excellent result and this morning
Ashenbach went home with the rest of
the boys on the o'clock Pennsylvania
train. Weikert was in about as bad a
box as any of them. His home is in st.
Louis and he had surplus of thirty cents
after buying his railroad ticket. Never
mind 'Weik'," said Ashenbach to the st.
Louis lad, "hold on to your ticket, trust
in God and remember Shenandoah"
Messitt also had bitter complaint, but
the Indebtedness of the club to him was
not as much as to some of the others. 1t
is announced that Messitt and one of our
town young ladies will be united in mar
riage in the near future.
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The approach to the electric railway
bridge on East Oak street, at Plum alley,
has been completely transformed in ap-
pearance. The Old uneven road has been
filled up and graded, and the earth used
for that purpose has been covered with
broken stone. 1t is said that the rents of
the houses Immediately in the vicinity OF
that part of Oak street have advanced
| fifty cents per month and one enterprising
man has opened barber shop in one of
| the buildings.
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The sweeping attack against Sabbath
| transgressions in Rev. Powick's sermon
in the Methodist Episcopal church, on
Sunday last, has since been the subject of
much discussion. 1t is true that the
Sabbath is ignored to great extent in
the town and that if the authorities did
their duty there would be less complaint
about transgressions There are many,
however, who are inclined to think that
in extending the attack to the operation
of electric and steam railway cars the
reverend gentleman was somewhat radi-
cal. The writer remembers well when one
| Sunday the authorities of a city were
induced to stop the operation of express
and milk routes in a city. The regula
tion came as thunder clap, but its effect
was only temporary. The people seemed
to rise as in a body in protest and injunc
tion suits became as thick as mushrooms
in thriving bed, and from that day to
this the old law thus revived has remained
a dead letter. Shenandoah could get
along without its express wagons and
milk wagons; in fact, it is very seldom
they are seen on the streets of the town
on Sundays but it is doubtful if in these
days it could get along without either the
electric or steam cars OF course, the
location and advancement of a place
must be taken into consideration in such
matters. For instance, the blue laws
could be enforced in Ringtown with much
less inconvenience to the people than they
could in Shenandoah, Mahanoy City, or
| pOttsvilla H. may he ar0ued that in
years past the people got along without
either electric or steam railway cars on
Sunday but it is also true that in years
past the worshipers got along immensely
with a church costing only few hundred
dollars, but now a church that doesn't
cost several thousands runs risk of
escaping recognition.