The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-03-14
SEAT LET7IR.
Interesting Paragraphs From
a Lively Correspondent,
A BUILDING BOOM LIKELY
Vacant Lots and Old Fashioned Structures
to give Way Before Movement of
Progress-Approach OF the Base sail
soason-A Strong Team Organizing.
spesIaI HrRALp sorrespondenc.

Special HERALD correspondence
PoTTsvLLE, March l3.-Unless all pre-
dictions fail their will be building boom
in this town within comparatively short
time. A number of vacant lots and old
fashioned structures have been under the
critical eyes Of well known architects for
several weeks past and it is thought
definite announcements regarding the
intentions will be made simultaneously
with the opening of spring. There is a
universal desire for greater Pottsville
and we have enough men with sufficient
enterprise and money to give it to us
Then, with city charter, we would be in
position to put ON some airs There,
60 on that city charter business again.
Well, was in favor OF it and il was not
my fault that we did not win in the last
battle. ! fear many years will pass before
another effort will be made for it, but in
its absence, i think it would be well to
have the Legislature bring the Old fOgys
to their senses by passing "a special act
governing all towns having population
of $1,000 and over up 10 a certain limit
and not working under % city charter
10 have a big town like pOttsville
governed by primitive methods reminds
me of boy who has outgrOwn his
NlbhLltns lt NRIlllE l4tll~l.lNNFt tOlllO
do nothing else that would give more
satisfaction to the majority of the people
here,
| see Shenandoah is to have an election
contest They are very expensive az the
petitioners will find before they are half
way through with it. Election contests
are not in popular favor in Schuylkill
county. Experience of the past has
shown that those who become most active
in connection with them are generally
among the men who exert themselves
very little before the election. | hope
this is not so in the Shenandoah case and
that the contest is based upon facts
Whether or not the contest terminates in
success, it-will serve as reminder that
the time to take interest in the elections
is before and when they occur
This town was pretty well patroniZed
the past eight or ten days by litigants
from north of the mountain and many OF
the faces are still lingering some IN jail,
others waiting for their cases to be called,
and others waiting to be called to cases.
overheard one Of our townsman remark
yesterday that Shenandoah ALWAYS
crowded the Jail and was more expensive
to the county than she was worth, but a
coal cracker also heard the statement
knocked him with the retort that nothing
better is wished for by the people north of
the mountain than Jail of their own.
There is something behind this kind of a
reply that always hurts.
Base ball enthusiasts predict glorious
season here, but all talk OF a coal region
league has died out. Pottsville and
Shenandoah are the two best base ball
towns in the region and when the latter
place refused to cOuntenance the PROPOSE
tion it was concluded to drop the subject.
The Schuylkill Electric Railway
managers have gone down into their
pockets to assist in organizing and sus-
tanning q first class local club / feel
satisfied from what | have learned con
cerning the material to be selected that If
Shenandoah organizes a club this season
and runs up against our aggregation
there will be a base ball funeral and the
plate on the coffin will bear the inscrip-
Of silver and surrounded by wreath of
goose eggs"
The expected sensation materialized
here this week in the disappearance of
the notorious Pauline Bush Many of
our best" people had trembled in their
boots over the expected revelations in the
event OF Pauline and her witnesses being
pushed to the wall and ] have heard it
remarked that the mistress of the "brickN
would also make il warm for some Shen-
andoah people in the event of a forced
trial. She appeared determined to call
upon acquaintances from all quarters to
swear whether they had ever witnessed
any disOrderly scenes in her house While
there is a general sentiment that Pauline's
absence is preferable there are a great
many people who would have been better
pleased had she remained a while longer,
but these are only people who delight in
sensational revelations.