The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-07-03
PITHY POINTS,
Happenings Throughout the Region Chron
icled for Hasty Perusal.

icled for Hasty Perusal.
The Mt. Carmel post-ofice has been raised
from the third to second class
William Neiswenter the liyeryman, is hav-
ing electric call bells placed throughout his
stables.
John L. Hassler, the painter was to-day
engaged in lettering the new Wilkinson
building, corner Main and Lloyd streets.
The new cycle track at Hazleton seems to
be an assured fact Thus far 60 riders have
signihed their willingness to purchase season
tickets at S. per year.
Gordon will have a parade under the
auspices of the Jr O. L. A. NJ, tomorrow.
In the kaftemoon bicycle races will be
feature of the celebration. .ss,s4,.,.---
Next Monday John Sager, of Hazleton,
will ship % pigeons to Gainesville, Ga, to be
released at that place next Friday for flight
back to Hazleton, a distance Of 600 miles.
A COW at Upper Lehgh rolled down into
mine and reached terra frma after being
driven mile and a half along a gangway
and up a slope The animal only sustained
broken horn.
Dr.:Horace Hermany, aphysician of Phila-
delphia, formerly of Mahanoy City, has in
vented a,:desk combining the features of a
roll top and fat top by an ingenious contriv-
ance.
Cuba" Hurst, of Ashland got into trouble
at Mahanoy City and spent some time in the
lookup On his person were found the shells
used to extract money from smart country
men.
This afternoon about so children of the
Lithuanian parochial school spent the after
noon on the hill by rambling through the
woods
| The Rescue II. & L., truck is undergoing
repairs at Plopperts blacksmith shop.
The Reading State League team and the
| Hamburg team crossed bats at West End park,
Ashland, to-day.
| School Superintendent W. f. Harpel, of
Shamokin, was married Wednesday to May
Elizabeth Steadman, at Orange, n. j. Miss
Steadman was formerly teacher of art and
modern languages at the Shamokin High
school.
Plans are rapidly nearing completion for
the erection of Polish Catholic church. a
parochial school and hospital at Greenbach.
Rev. John Tomiak, assistant priest of st.
Stanislaus Polish Catholic church, of Shamo-
kim is at the head of the movement.
The post mortem examination held over the
late William Hepner of Centralia, con-
clusively proves that the bullet from Ker-
rgan's revolver was the cause of his death.
1t had passed through the right lung, and
liver causing an abscess, and gangrene of both
the lung and the liver.
/ There is a Tumor current that the M. f.
church at Stockton is to be removed to
Hazleton and located somewhere on the
Diamond Addition. Many of the members
have recently moved to Hazeton and Joined
the Diamond NJ. +. church. The church at
Stockton cost several thousand dollars tC
erect, and it is said to be one of the best
buildings of the kind in the region.
a box car ran away on the p. & r. r, r
Wednesday night from Alaska to Debler'.
station where it came to stop on account o.
the grade. Fortunately every train on the
road was notified in time to prevent any
accidents.
The Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron
Company are at work slushing culm into and
filling up the old workings of the North
Franklin mines at Trevorton, which when
completed, will make it possible to recover
, hundreds of thousands tons of coal. 1t is
expected to take at least one year to accom-
plish the work which was started about q
! week ago. The places that will be filled NJ
were worked probably thirty years ago.