The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-10-11
PITHY POINTS.
happenings Throughout the oountr,

happenings Throughout the Country
Chronlciod for uasty PerusaI.
Fackyillc IS to have another weekly
paper
The fremont brewery has been closed by
the sheriff.
The l. 20. +. have instituted now lodge
at Sheppton.
The Welsh prize singers will appear in
Ashland tomorrow evening.
The roof Of st. Mary Magdalene church at
Lost Creek received a new covering.
Perry county veterans will dedicate a
monument at New Bloomfield next year
North Mahanoy coliery suspended opera
tions on Saturday indefinitely, for repairs.
John Reilly, Of Mt. Carbon, was struck by
a trolley car at Port Carbon and seriously
| injured.
/ The Pottsville Schuylkill Haven electric
railway was open for traffic for the first time
/ this morning.
The residence Of J. J. Franey has been
connected with the steam heating plant Of
the Columbia brewery.
Congressman Brumm is about to give out
contracts for the erection Of fourteen dwell
ing houses ia Minersvile.
A. A. Huber, clothier's confidential clerk
at Allentown, has been arrested for alleged
=. systematic embezzlement.
The p. & r. collieries resumed this morn
ing The number Of days i5 not given out,
but full week is expected.
Five Reading Railway trackmen narrowly
escaped death on a handcar that was struck
by train near Port Clinton.
The foot ball game between Minersville
and Ashland teams on Saturday resulted in
a victory for the former, 9 too.
Jesse Foy jumped into a bed Of molten
cinders at Homestead and rescued Richard
Wood who had fallen into them
Margaret Goldsmith, aged 4s, committed
suicide at her home near Dallas, Luzerne
county, by jumping into a fish pond.
Commissioners report in favor Of seating
Dunmore borough Republican officers, who
on the face Of the returns, were defeated.
The bricklayers at the Columbia brewery
stable were idle to-day on account Of the
rain The work is being pushed rapidly.
Lille Ream has sued Mrs Della Bueltner,
at Lancaster, for $4,000 damages for false
arrest as a thief on fortune teller's say-so.
Five years ago Benjamin Snodgrass dis
appeared from Sharon with $1,000 and was
thought to have been murdered. Saturday
he returned in rags.
Professor j. p McCaskey, of Lancaster,
who for thirty years has been the secretary
of the State Teachers Association was GO
years old Saturday.
Ex- Banker i. V. Rockafellow, convicted of
receiving deposits for his bank when he
knew he was insolvent, will not be sentenced
at Wilkesbarre until next Wednesday.
The publication of the statement of the
First National Bank on Saturday shows
individual deposits subject to check amount
ing to S207, 1880, an excellent showing.
Commissioner Frank Rentz, was appointed
a member Of the Executive Committee Of
the State Association of County Commits
sioners, at the convention in Gettysburg last
week
NJ A. Bertolette, until recently train dis.
patcher at Tamaqua, has accepted position
as conductor on the Reading road, taking
charge of train No. 81, Newberry fas
freight
An exchange very properly says that
>, local newspaper which circulates eXtensivel.
through the homes of any given territory
=, a veritable gold mine to the merchant VIII
: will use its columns with intelligence.
w. w. Lewis, of Mahanoy City, the backe
of James Reeder, the Altoona colored pug
!, list, has arranged a twenty round contest fC
! 200 a side between his protege and Charlie
Knox, of Pittsburg to take place at Maripos
park Berwindale, Pa, on October Ia.