The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-04-04
MAHANoY CITY.
MAHANoY CITY. April 4.

Superintendents John Veith and
Thomas Doyle, Of Pottsville, were at
North Mahanoy colliery yesterday.
Miss Libbie Major, of Washington, ID.
G., is the guest OF Mrs John Hassel.
Fen. w. Cooper left for New York this
morning to engage in shooting match
at Dexter Park
Willie Reilly. of Scranton, isl visiting |
Mahanoy City friends.
w. J. Cummings went to Wilkes-Barre
this morning.
j. j. Quirk, one Of Mahanoy City's |
crack marksmen, will compete with the
Dexter Park sharpshooters, in New York |
to-day.
Mrs. John Skeath and Mrs. D. M. Jones |
visited Shenandoah last evening.
Andrew Doherty spent Tuesday In
Frackville.
Mrs. George Geiger and Mrs. William
Davidson and mother visited PottsVllle
to-day.
Morris Litsch went to the county seat
this morning
Squire Gustav Weber will build an
| Office on the lot at "A Pine street.
jesse Webb made a business trip to
I Shamokin this morning
0. C. Lewis has leased the -four and feed
mill Of Daniel Hopes on East Railroad
| street
John j. Kelly went to New York this
| morning.
| d. d. Phillips took passage for Easton
| by an early morning train.
! The friends of NJ. d. Malone, of Shenan-
doah, speak very confidently of him as a
| possible candidate for sheriff. They be
| iieve NJ. ID. would make a strong fight
for the Office
Mrs. Richard Rawbottom has built
| borr 40 below
wissa, which will be occupied by Lieuten-
ant Samuel Wynn, of the Coal and Iron
police force.
Justice O'Brien has received hand
some new sign which will be swung to the
breeze with great ceremony on Thursday
night Guard will stand watch on the
roof for the first three nights to prevent
its going the way of its predecessor which
disappeared so mysteriously one dark
night last month.
The Lakeside Railway Company was
Yesterday notified to discontinue laying
! u rails on Main street The company
wanted to Law this rail on a curve cross
ing North Mahanoy creek, where the
usual kind used in the borough limits
, would not curve without special Welding.
Work on that part of the line has been
discontinued.
Joseph Persavage, a boarding boss, and
, | Michael Oskeanas his guest, quarreled
p | over the payment OF SlOre Dlll SesteIuaS
! | Persavage punched Oskeanas in the race
Z and as the latter could not compete with
I the boarding boss at tisticutfs invoked the
= | aid of the law. Persavage was PLACED
under $500 bail by Justice O'Brien to ap
d pear at court.
g Albert Herman, stubborn and intoXi
q Gated, was arranged before Justlc
r O'Brien yesterday charged by his daugh
ter with drunkenness and assault upOl
his grandson. The old man just buried
| his wife yesterday and on that accoun
p the Justice was disposed to be lenient, bu
y the daughter told of much such troubl
t. with the old man, and he was commute
N to Pottsville Jail in default of $500 bail.
e. A bad little boy named Edward Doug
If las, aged but s years. was arrested an
ID brought before Justice o. O'Brien yesterda
-, charged by a Pole with throwing stone
- and tomato cans at his ten year-ol
Z daughter. The evidence was stron
IL enough to convict the little chap, but o
,h account of his tender years the Justice n
ic leased him after administering a repT
a mand.
Stephen Andrew was sued by Mr.
Annie Palkas in Justice O'Brien's cou
last evening to recover twenty dolla
,o which the defendant had retained
No bailee Mrs. Palkas testified that her hu
band had gone to New York several da,
3r- before and left his check in the hands
as Andrew who was to cash it on pay da
-b- Andrew performed that part of his chars
,or correctly, but refused to turn the mon.
~ over TO Mrs. Palkas, claiming that 81
III owed board to that amount. The ca
EN- was amicably settled by the payment
ne costs and the board bill
er Five strangers, five big, ill-appeari1
ed fellows, aroused the suspicion of Otiic
of Hassel as they paraded up Centre sire
di- last evening. The officer thought tn
a looked like crooks and thinking he wou
,as feel more at ease if they were behind ba
nj, he called for Policemen Geiger, Smi
'i and Kleindentz and placed the suspect
ne men under arrest. The prisoners ga
lps their names as John Igo, of Jacksc
lar patch: Christ Kremlin Germany; ia
,sts Fogarty and Plasterer Neary, of Philad
phia. The latter two explained tn
ans nicknames by claiming regulations
tbe pugilists. Fogarty was supposed to
~ the ex-champion and w. w. Lewis v
ans notified. He'visited the borough hotel
rats greet the old-time pugilist, but there v
lee no glad recognition between the. t.
vest Pm a bit of a scrapper and can take
4 in own part in row." explained Foyer
,rrv and Bill departed in disgust.