The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-10-05
TRE WEATHER.
The forecast for Thursday Partly cloudy
TO fair followed by lower temperature aud
northerly winds.
PITHY POINTS.
happenings Throughout the Country
Chronicied for Hasty Pcrusal

Chronioied for Hasty Pcrusai.
Chestnuts are cheaper.
The School Board meets this evening.
The st. Clair Local celebrated its ninth
anniversary on Saturday.
The Catholic church at Audcnricd is
complete wreck, caused by caveins.
James Dolan and Miss Bridget Hogan both
of Locust Gap, were married yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Giles, Of Muhauoy
Plane, lost an infant son by death on Mon
day
John Reaber, of Giardville, has accepted
position as fire boss at the Lawrence coll
liery.
Mahanoy Plane has organized foot ball
team with jeremiah Leary manager and
captain.
The Town Council of Pottsvile refuses to
build a new hose house for the Good Will
Company
Both the Pottsville and Mahanoy City fire
departments will be represented Mt Lebanon
this week
DR.. S. c. Swallow is booked to speak on
Friday at the Nazareth Fair in Northamp.
ton county
Ashland citizens are complaining about the
quality Of water supplied them from the bor-
ough reservoirs.
The new parochial school building, at Cen.
tralia, is now under roof and is rapidly near
ing completion
The handsome new Y. NJ. c. A building mt
Hazleton, erected at a cost of $50 600. was
last night dedicated.
Pottsville's borough duplicate shows an in
crease valuation of sl53 223, and the tax rate
was fixed at a mills.
big party of knights Templar is on their
way from San Francisco to attend next week $
conclave at Pittsburg.
Falling down a colliery slope at Lvkens,
Dauphin county Joshua Werner, timber
man, met instant death.
| Privates BrownmillCr and Wachter, of
PottsYille, now in Porto Rico, are convalescing,
and will return home.
David Head, formerly caterer at Meldaizis'
saloon, is now filling a similar position at
Wol's hotel in Pottsvile.
The Girardulle fratricide case is one of the
saddest the newspapers of the county have
recently had to chronicle.
Joseph Baker, of town, one of the regular
army recruits now stationed at Plattsburg,
n. Y, is sick at that camp
The semi-annual convention of Methodist
Sunday schools in the Ashland district was
| held yesterday at Ashland.
| Tho marriage of John Dodds, Jr., to Miss
Name Gray, both of St. Clair, is announced
to take place on the 18th of this month
The Bethlehem Iron Company last night
shipped five 13-inch plates for the after
.turret of the battleship Kentucky to New
port News.
A second huckleberry crop is being
gathered on the mountain near Locust Gap.
The last berry in regular season was picked
in August
Prof. ii. q. Reaser, now principal of the
business college at York, has been elected
principal of the ShamOkin High school,
succeeding Prof. Lands, resigned.
Harry G.. Steele, editor of tho Shamokin
Herald, has returned to San Francisco from
Hawaii.
Mamie Matthias, 17-year-old Polish girl of
Mahanoy Plane, has already otciated as
bridesmaid seventeen times.
In few months a new telephone company
will be in operation in Luzerne county. The
rate will be $50 a year, just half what the
Bell company is charging.
The recruiting station at Wilkesbarre was
closed yesterday. During the four weeks
Lieut.. Siviter enlisted 1926 men.
Rev, Lashio, of Pottsgrove, was yesterday,
installed as pastor of the Ashland Presby-
terian church. He succeeds Rev. Hort. who
| Is now in Easton.
Private Given Dougherty, of the Twelfth
New York Volunteers, died of typhoid yes
terday at Bethlehem, where he had gone to
visit his wife's parents
Frank Manley, aged 33 years, former res
ident of Locust Gap, died at Pattsburgh on
Saturday. He was a member of the Twenty
| first Regiment, u S. A.
| The Centrala schools are still closed and
the people are still waiting to see what the
court is going to do tomorrow with the OBJ
streperous board who won't agree.
John c. Auten, supervisor of the Schuyl-
kill division of the Penna. r. r., left Potts
vile to-day for Baltimore, to assume similar
position for the Northern Central road.
Readers of the HERALD should take ad-
vantage of the opportunities offered this week
| by the Bon Ton millinery and read their an
nouncement which appears in another
column. 1t means saving of money to
every customer.