The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-12-30
PlTHY POINTS.
happenings Throughout the Count
ChronInIad for Uasty PerusaI.

Ohr""tHlad for Hasty Perusal.
Mahanoy City people are trying to arrange
a fantastic parade for next Monday afternoon
Patrick Mulroy, former resident of Ash
land, lost one of his arms in mill at Omaha,
Neb.
Allentown City Councils have passed an
ordinance requiring trolley cars to be
vestbuled.
An incandescent arc electric light was
placed at the rear entrance to the Columbia
brewery yesterday.
The Women's Pennsylvania Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is working
on several cases in Pottsvile
Rev. Lloyd S. Cobentz, of Baltimore Md.
was yesterday unanimously called to St.
Johns Reformed church, of Lebanon.
AT the reorganization of the st. Clair
Board of Health William Warren was elected
to succeed Thomas Montgomery as Health
| Officer
Samuel Murrcll James johnson aud John
Gadwell, of St. Clair, were arrested at
Pottsville for fighting ON an electric car and
trying to wreck it,
The Scotch-American citizens of Pottsville
and vicinity are making arrangements to
celebrate the anniversary of the birth of
| Bobby Burns on January 25 1899.
Howard Conrad, alias Howard Bland, and
several other aliases, was arrested by Chief
of Police Gillham at Lebanon on the charge
OF torgeries committed at Shamokin.
William Skeath, who for number ot
years has been employed rs mail carrier at
the Z. Il. depot at Mahanoy City, has
resigned to enter a theological seminary.
James Whalen would have been drowned
IN the canal near Schuylkill Haven Wednes
day, but for the heroism of a companion.
John Stephen. The men were skating at the
time.
Part of the booty Of the highwaymen whu
raided the store at Excelsior, Northumber-
land county, was found yesterday on "a
mountain path, where they had dropped it in
their flight
Samuel Howard Conrad has been arrested
On the charge of forging the name of Dr.
Marshall of Lebanon to IL Sl3 check aud
passing the paper on w. W. Muir a Shame
kin liveryman.
More deposits of ore have been discovered
at the Carnegie Company's temporarily
abandoned iron mines at Scotia, Centre
county, and operations will probably be re-
sumed in the spring
James Coll "a prisoner in the Pottsylle
Jail, serving two years sentence for bur
glarzing store at Honeybrook has become
insane, and his friends are taking steps to
have him removed to an asylum.
Coal gas rendered Mrs. Matilda Lehman
and her daughter Mary, unconscious, at
their home, in Pleasant Hill Lebanon
county, and boarders discovered their condi-
tion barely in time to save their lives
A project is on foot to utilize the energy of
the Susquehanna river for the operation of
an electric plant at Columbia, which shall
furnish electricity for light and power to
Lancaster, Columbia, Wrightsville, York and
other places.
Dressed turkeys were selling about town
this morning at cents per pound.
Mahanoy City theatre patrons will hav,
two repertoire companies to contend with all
next week.
Big hats were not quite so conspicuous at
the front of the theatre last night. There
were some scattered through the house, how.
ever, which did not impress the people be
hind as lovely specimens of the millners
art.
The Civil Service Reform Association o.
Luzerne county is out in an open letter, il
which it protests against extravaganza in tn,
court house officers. 1t says the clerks at
tend games, matinees and theatres and tax
payers must stand the expense.
Harry Haas, who suffered the loss of
foot at Shamokin, about three months ago
man on the northern Central railroad, re
ceived check for 81, 200 Monday, from the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.