The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-05-12
PITHY POINTS


Chrouioled for Hasty Perusal.
Court at Hollidaysburg sentenced Mer-
chant R bert b Hutchinson to six months in
jail and to pay fine of $50 for hiring crooks
to burn a rivals store.
Danvilles monument to the late General
Manager + X Hahn of the Manhattan
Elevated Railroad, New York, will De
dedicated with elaborate ceremonies ON May
20th
Tamaqua citizens are petitioning the
Legislature in favor Of amending the muni-
cipal charter so that school directors and
couucilmen may be elected by wards.
The p. 81 r.. r. Co. has offered the schuyl-
kin canal TO the city of Philadelphia for
49, 900 600 the same rights VIII ch were offered
before for s20OOO,o00
] While mkuga prisoner from the court
house to the Jail Deputy Sheriff Roberts was
compelled to use his revolver in order to stop
the convicts fight for liberty yesterday
afternoon.
/ John Y. Dencc's shoe store at AS land was
entered by burglars on Monday night and a
/ lot of goods stolen. The plate glass of the
bulk window was broken.
Burglars arc operating at Ginrdville.
Tumhling Run will be formally opened ON
| the path inst.
NftNi Ht To- NfhNt tNl ~ WI NNANNlilNf anu
sou of the late Mine Inspector Clay has been
elected superintendent Of the fremont Water
] Company.
Allentown is to have another silk mill that
win employ 500 hands.
The Merchants National Bank Of Kittan-
ming has authority TO organize with $4,000
capital
In Athens township, near Titusyllc, w. b.
sanders 76 years old was gored to death by
a vicious bull.
Reading Councils have substituted asphalt
for vitrifcd brick for the paving Of Penn
street iu that city.
Instead of meeting mex Wednesday, as had
been announced, the Board of pardons will
convene on May 27.
Schuylkll Haven grants the Pottsville-
Reading Electric Railway a right of way on
condition that it employ residents Of that
borough.
Eleyeu-year-old Fred. Doerrman fell lC
feet from the top of an ice chute he was
sliding ON at Reading, and broke both arm.
and his nose.
Thomas Rosser, the woll-known BARTON,
s singer accompanied by William Wynn, lef
q NIahauoy City Saturday last for Westford
Nj. Word was received yesterday to tn,
{ effect that Mr.. Rosser had secured employ
I meut i'm a tube works in that place.
The Board of Trustees Of the State hospi
tai held their regular monthly meeting at the
institution yesterday, and transacted routine
business.
Thomas G. HcGncr, Of Reading has with
y drawn his suit for libel against the Ashland
e Telegram. after retracuon ON the part O
n that paper.
j. It is now believed that the Republican
State Convention will be held in Harrisbur
the first week in June.
The Young Mems Christian Assocatio
has pronounced against yellow Journalist
and henceforth the New York Journal an
the World will be excluded from the readin
rooms.
Mahanoy City may have lodge Of the 1
P. o. E. Quite few of the prominer
young men are interested and an El
Ledge would have a large membership.
The new pump, which is being place
inside at the Furnace colliery at Gilbertor
p under the supervision of Superintendent
+ Thomas j. James, will soon be ready an
then all the water will be pumped up to tn
: surface.
v Our fremen are making complaint abou
the Schuylkill Traction cars running las
evening while the apparatus was going {
G the fire The Columbias had narrow @
cape from collision.
A valuable black horse belonging to til
Columbia Brewing Company, died yesterday
1t was Patrick Mack that had his arr
broken in the scuflie yesterday morning, an
not McIIale.
o The P. & r. railroad employees at FracB
. willie and Mahauoy Plane, will be paid on th
25th inst.
e For the week ending May 1st the coal tor
, age for the Shamokiu district is reported t