The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-05-21
PoTTsVILLE LETTER.


louisville, May 21.
The Lyon-Dunn Orphans Court contest
was continued yesterday, and Joseph +. Pat
terson was sworn in as one of the reporters
in the proceedings. Mr.. Berger of counsel
for Lyon, made motion, in accordance with
the suggestion made by court on Tuesday,
that the ballot boxes Of certain districts
should be brought in court and opened for
the purpose of securing afiidavits of un-
registered voters and the voting check lists
of certain disputed districts. The argument
against the motion was made by A. w.
Schalck, in which he stated that the motion
was uncalled for and that proper proceeding
would be for contestants to file an applica-
tiOn showing causes on which motion was
based and in that way give respondent
chance for proper answer. Judge Dunn filed
his answer to the petition contesting his
election. 1t is a very lengthy answer and
covers 152 pages of typewritten paper, in
which he answers every allegation made by
contestant, The greater part of the session
was taken up by argument of counsel and
examination Of witnesses. After the filing
of Judge Dunn's answer the court adjourned
until Tuesday, June 23d, at 2 p. m
The case of the Schuylkill Electric Rail
way and c. 2. King, Trustee VS. Thomas H.
Connell ct al was continued before Judge
Savidge yesterday. 1t will probably be
finished Friday.
Despite the fact that both Burgess Nichols,
Of Pottsville, and Leiuheiser, of Yorkville,
refused to issue licenses to fakirs and "medi-
cine-men,' yet they piled their trade along
Market street, near the borough line, with
out interruption. The three-shell men,
with their pals, reaped n harvest from the
! A man from MineTsvile was relieved of $40
while endeavoring to place bet on the little
ball under the shell. A prominent lawyer of
town was held up in the crowd on Centre
street, while another went through his
pockets. He secured nothing for his trouble
and the lawyer declares he was so hemmed
in he had not room to strike him. All day
long the light-fngered gentry were getting in
their work and only three arrests were made
and they only on suspicion. As shothing was
found on their persons, they were released
and no doubt commenced their nefarious
trade again. Several ladies were relieved of
their purses, one poor woman in particular
presented pitiful sight She had her pocket
book containing one dollar, the earnings of a
hard days work at the wash tub, snatched
from her hand, at the corner of Centre and
Market streets. Sympathetic friends made
up her loss, as she had no place to 20 to or
nothing to eat. One of the women whose
purse was stolen said she lost $3.50, another
Sill and another S2l. One of the heaviest
losers was David Whitehouse, the father of
w. J. Whitehouse, Esq. He lost his pocket
book containing S2l5 just as he was boarding
the car after the circus in the afternoon.
Among the Shenandoah residents seen on
the streets yesterday were James Grant, NJ.
j. Muldoon, Hon. 7. J. Higgins and Joseph
Bickert.
Mrs. Z. P. Weiser Misses NJ. G. Lessig, NJ.
l.. Landetield and r. d. Heaton, of Ashland,
were down for the circus.
Col. d. =. Brown and family were down for
the day from Lost Creek.
Frank Black, Of Mahanoy City, and f.
Brettinger, Of Ashland, helped to swell the
crowd at the county seat.
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Robert
Barlow, of Clark county, Montana, who is
home ON visit to Mahanoy City, came down
for the circus yesterday.