The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-12-16
-OUR COAT ROOM
PITHY POINTS.
Happenings Throughout the Region Chron-
icled for Hasty Perusal.

ioled for Hasty Perusal.
All Lebanon clergymen have united for
evangelistic services in January.
Murderer Eckert, who poisoned himself in
Wilkesbarre Jail. had his life insured for
81, 900.
In court at Easton Judge Scott severely
censured Constables for failure to report
violatos of the Brooks license law.
To hear the explosion, John Moroski, of
Shamokin, hurled stick of dynamite against
q rock. He lost half his face and an arm in
the experiment.
Rev. Father Eugene A. Garvey celebrated
his silver jubilee and received purse Of $500
as rector of the Church of the Annunciation,
Williamsport.
The streets are beginning to become crowded
with holiday shoppers and those who are out
to see the window decorations.
The Primrose colliery, which has been idle
for some time, resumed yesterday
Deputy Prothonotary William Leib now
resides at Pottsville. rr
Last week forty more coal trains left Palo
Alto than ever before in the history of the
road.
DIR. Biddle, of the Miners hospital, re-
moved tumor from the arm of Miss Ida
Hinkle, of Gilberton.
John Handsome, inside foreman at the
Girard cOlliery prior to its abandonment, has
been appointed inside foreman of the West
Bear Ridge colliery to succeed John Kline,
who assumes foremanship at Silver Creek.
Dennis Brennan, of Girardville, has been
appointed an extra conductor on the Schuyl-
kill Traction road to succeed Thomas
Gaughan, who takes the place of William
DoOley, resigned.
Philip ]. Connell has taken charge of the
Ratigan cafe, in Pottsylle.
Hypnotist Brobst is having lots of sport
with Gilbsrton subjects.
A story is told to the effect that w. ].
Delong trapped bear in his spring-door
butchers wagon while driving in the noun
tains near Williamsport.
Patrick McCauley, policeman at McAdoo,
tried to stop cooking main and was brutally
beaten. Wholesale arrests will follow.
The clergy of Ginrdville have declared
against dancers, and social clubs have been
compelled to discontinue their balls and
parties.
Tax Collector Scanlan, of town, made
payment on his duplicate on Monday to the
County Treasurer.
The friends of Robert II. Hirsh, editor and
publisher of the Tamaqua Recorder, have
just learned of his approaching marriage to
Miss Annie M. Leyering, Of Manayunk,
Philadelphia.
The forfeit posted by W. W. Lewis in be-
half Of Fen Cooper, at the office of the
Philadelphia Item, was withdrawn, none of
the challenged parties having evinced a
desire of meeting our celebrity.
A Nid-Winter Assembly will be given in
Robbins opera house on January sth.
John Miller, Of Gil6erton, sustained slight
injuries at Draper colliery by falling down a
schute about sixty yards. His nose was
broken, and his body bruised by the fall.
The st. Mary Msgdalens's Il. A. b, Society.
of Lost Creek, win hold fair at that place
for one week, beginning December 21st, and
continuing through the Christmas holidays.
Andrew Wachouse, of East Centre street.
has housed handsome Peaso piano, pur-
chased from the local agents, O'Neill Bros.
William Carr, aged SO years, single, died in
Ashland on Monday morning. He had been
suffering from rheumatism. He succeeded
his father the late Edward Carr, as Chief
Burgess two months ago.
John Gallagher, SO years old, resident of
Lost Creek, was admitted to the insane de-
partment Of tho almshOuSe yesterday.
The report that r. j. Joyce, of Mahanoy
City, had gone TO Cuba is denied by that
from trip to Philadelphia.
Pittsburg physicians will urge Pennsyl-
vania law to asphyxiats murderers instead Of
hanging them.
A coffee can upset and scalded to death
little Eliza Mangsr, at Mt. Carmel.
York County has 140 applicants for liquor
licsnsss-about the same as last year.
Frank BOlinsky was nearly killed in a
saloon fight with knives and black-jacks at
CsntrAlia.
Rev DR.. d. L. Klopp, pastor Of the First
Reformed church, Lebanon, formerly OF
Philadelphia, was prOstrated in the street al
home, and is seriously i'll.
CigArmaker Frank b. Long has sued the
Lebanon National Bank for $4,000 for issu
ing executions against him, which he says
the bank had promised not TO do.
An affection Of the throat forced aged
BenjAmin Balmer TO starye to death at Read
ing. as he could not swallow.
Bells Tunnel Colliery, at Shamokin, hai
been abandoned by the Lehigh Company
owing to repeated dangerous caveins.
OF $50 State tax cases which came to tria
in Harrisburg yesterday so were settled
The case against the Erie Railroad was theI
called for trial.
SEQ the handsome display of fruit il
POvinsky's window, No. 2s East Centr'
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