The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-03-20
MABANoX CITY.
MAHANor CITY. March 20.

MAHANOt OIlI, MhECH ~
Edward Thomas, Of East Centre street,
Is on the sick list.
Rev. A. NJ. Woods is visiting Lost
| Greek friends.
George NJ johnson was in Pottsville
| last evening.
Miss Dollie wythe is the guest of Ash
| land friends.
Rev. and Mrs l. p. Zimmerman are
visiting in Lykens.
j. c. Knapp went to Pottsville this
morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry johnson, Of Raven
| Run are the guests of Joseph Harlor, of
East Pine street.
David Dress went to Philadelphia this
morning on a business mission.
William Hopkins left for Reading this
morning.
George Britz will return from the Pierce
| Business College, Philadelphia, to-mor-
row evening.
Co. f, sth Regiment, will be inspected
| in Armory hall, on Thursday evening.
| Co. f, of Girardville will muster for in
spection on the following night.
I. J. Lerch, of Reading, and NJ. H.
| Buehler, of Harrisburg, officials of the
| long distance telephone company, were
in town yesterday looking after The com
pany's interests.
| j. S. Housnick, of Shenandoah, trans
acted business here yesterday.
c. j. Quinn was among the visitors
from Shenandoah yesterday.
f. L. Maltby, of New York, is registered
| at the Mansion.
Robert Green, the well known quot
| champion who halls from BlaCkwOOd,
went to Pottsville this morning, after
spending few days with friends in town.
Thomas Thomas, of East Centre street,
| who was kicked on the arm by horse in
his fathers stable last Saturday, was not
injured as seriously as first reported.
John Vaneck, claiming Shenandoah for
his residence, was fined three dollars and
costs by Justice May yesterday for in
| decently exposing his person near the
| Reading station on Sunday.
Charles Cassler, agent for the Lehigh
| Valley railroad at Weatherly, was in
town this morning.
Rev. g. Book and Gustav Tismer went
to Pottsville last evening to attend the
lecture by George Wenohng, on "Stone-
wall Jackson"
NJ. Mcmillan, the well-known lumber
man, received high grade Wilkes Barre
gun yesterday which is expected to do
some tall shooting.
Michael and Andrew Chevani fought
about few glasses of beer, took their
case to Squire O'Brien last evening, and,
in brotherly way, divided the costs.
A. J. Griffin, a popular young man
from Shamokin, was the guest of Miss
Julia Mcclure, of West Pine street, Sun
day.
Pat Rooney's merry farce comedy com
pany, in the latest laughing festival,
Lord Rooney" will be seen in Kaier' S
opera house on Wednesday evening next.
The farce will be illustrated by comedians
who will make you laugh, vocalists who
will delight the ear, specialists who will
astonish and please, and dancers who
charm by graceful motion. Every idea
in Lord Rooney" will be a novelty, and
every novelty "A delight
c. A. Ralston, of Halifax, n. S., mis-
took Officer Martin Gebhart for the
vender of bananas and peanuts at Main
and Centre streets last evening and be
came otherwise gay with the limb of the
law until the officer unbuttoned his coat
and displayed his authority. The gentle
man from Halifax was taken before
Justice May and required to pay fine of
two dollars and costs for disorderly con-
duct.
An interesting series Of base ball games
may soon be arranged between the con
ductors and motormen on the Traction
line. There are a few old time ball
tossers among the Traction employees who
could probably form a nine strong enough
to give some of the state league teams an
interesting tussel. All along the valley
the boys are talking base ball. Gilberton
has some live players and there is said to
be enough material in the Hose Company
at Mahanoy Plane to form an excellent
club Girardville has not been heard
FROM but as that town has turned out
good clubs in the past no uneasiness
need be felt for them, only its time they
awake to keep time with the Mahanoy
5 City boys, who have already played a
( couple of scrub nine games and are
? talking of putting a uniformed club in
field by the first of May.
! Five bold young train robbers named
+ Thomas Haughney, John Shelley, George
Moss, Walter Jones and Peter Golf, rang
ing in ages from ~ to l6 years, were ar
! rested by Coal and Iron Policemen Smith
] and kleindentz and taken before Justice
I May for holding up a p. &. r.. railroad
| freight car near the gas house siding
about n week ago, and removing a fifty
pound box of mixed cakes therefrom. Tn,
I officers have been on the watch for thu
: lads for some time and lately found theil
, rendezvous on the mountain side near tn,
l gas house. There the boys had sunk
l | beer barrel in the ground and hid theil
4 ! booty, along with a'hatchet used in fore
e ing open the car DOORS 1t was while tn,
+ | boys were on an excursion to their hiding
place yesterday that the Coal and Iron
;, detectives ambushed them. Justice Ma,
placed them under 5000 bail each for thei
e appearance at court
Miss Lydia Harlor, of East Pine street
who recently returned from Butte City
Montana, was last evening the recipient
r. of a "Welcome Party from her numerous
{ friends. George Haines favored the com
. pany with his original poetical effusiol
J entitled Come Yeah" Messrs. Haine
! and Luke sang variations of "Ta-ra-ra- ra
4 bOom-de aye" and others of the compan,
. entertained by speeches, music aud songs
, Miss Sarah Hughes rendered severa
i pretty vocal selections after which tn
@ party sat down to luncheon Amonl
those present were Misses Sarah Hughes
Matte Clifford, Hattie Crawshaw, Sadie
Carrie and Maggie Walters, Maggie Luke
Edna Loeb, Annie Hopkins, Maud Keller
: Emma DeFrehn; Messrs. William
j Palmer George Haines, Harry Hess
a Albert White, John Prosser, George FIR,
= CELLS, Oliver Goyne, Harry Gabert vii
, lam Harlor, George and Howell Walter.
4 | John Luke and Josiah Blaydon