The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-05-13
P0TTSvILLE NEWS.
AGairs of Interest in and About the
County seat.


County seat.
Special HERALD Correspondence.
Pottsville, May 13-eourt house hill is
very quiet since the adjournment of criminal
court Even the politicians are conspicuous
by their absence Matters will be a little
livelier on Monday when the recently APP
pointed clerks and others assume their new
positions and those now in office step down
and out. Such is the uncertainty of politics.
Mr.. sCHAEFER OBJECTS.
The County Commissioners gave w. L.
Shaefer, of the Taxpayers Association, an
audience in reference to the proposed issue of
county bonds to the amount of S230, 600.
The Association is opposed to the issuing of
bonds to that amount and suggests that
bonds to the amount of 100000 he issued,
this covering the floating indebtedness of the
county up to January lst 1898, aud that GER
| titcates of Indebtedness be issued for the re-
maiudcr of the debt and for money required
until money is forthcoming from the tax col
/ lectors These certificates are to he made
/ payable in two, three or four months, as the
Commissioners determine, and the Tax
payers Association is confident all the money
required can be secured under this plan at
per cent interest The Commissioners have
not announced their final plan, but do not
take kindly to the proposition Of the Tax
payers Association, as they think it any
thing but feasible.
sHoRTALI KEEPING TAB.
A. J. Shortall, a representative Of the Tax
payers Association, is busly engaged in the
County Controllers office, copying from the
books of the office the disbursements of the
county for the month of April including the
disbursements at the court house, almshouse
and prison The Association keeps a monthly
record of such expenditures in specially pre-
pared books, aud can in this manner keep
close tab on the Commissioners Controller
and all other row officials.
NO MONEY.
The county treasury is still empty and none
of the many bills outstanding are being paid
by the Treasurer Nevertheless the contest
court is still grinding away piling up more
cost for the county.
GRAND AND PETIT JURORS
The next term of criminal court opens
Monday, June 20, and the following are
among those drawn as grand and petit jurors
Grand Jurors.-Samuel Endy, farmer
Walker; Michael MOscr, supervisor, Bruins
wick; Edward Turlcy, laborer, Reilly; John
Rafferty,, labOrer, Gilberton; John II. Phil
lips, agent, Minersville; Wm. Foley, miner
New Castle w. w. Foster, agent Port Car
bon; c. B. Maurer, farmer, Barry: Samuel J
Morgans, bOiermaker, Tamaqua; Frank
Miller, brakeman Gordon; A. LOrah, labOrer
! Union Twp Elmer Heinbach, miner, Pine
grove Twp. VIM. Hoffman, yeoman, Por
r Carbon; Patrick Boran, miner, Minorsville
Jonathan Garfield engineer, Blythe; A. E
$ Brown, shoe manufacturer, Orwigsburg
Henry Rowe, farmer Porter; Edw. Fogarty
. gentleman, Mahanoy City; c. E. Butler
7 clerk, Mahanoy Twp; Matthew Baurer
mason, Ashland VIM Kreiger, constable
Port Clinton Andrew J. Sullivan, fireman
{ Gordon; Patrick Mullen, laborer, Port Car
bon VIM. Brennan, miner, Norwegian.
< Petit Jurors, June 2O.-Chas. l.. Fowler
4 printer, Shenandoah; Michael Hogan, miner
Gilberton; Matthew Francis, grocer, Gilber
/ ton; II. A. O'Hearn, clerk Shenandoah
1 Roland Barrow, merchant, Union Twp; JOIN
4 A. Reilly, reporter, Shenandoah; Albert i
! Yoder, driller, Butler Twp; John Meredith
laborer, Ashland; Michael Hefiron, mason
Shenandoah; Edw. Withers engineer, Gil
/ bertOn.
Petit Jurors, Monday, June 27.-John w
! Kester carpenter, Union Twp; John Danks
laborer, Shenandoah; Peter Cress, agt, Gil
rardville; Michael Flaherty, laborer, Shen
f andoah; II b. johnson, justice, Girardville
f Philip Gresang, laborer, Butler Twp; p. +
Monaghan, clerk, Shenandoah; Lawenc
p Dolan, laborer, Gilberton; Isaac Phillips
T. watchman, Mahanoy Twp.
Y NOTES.
: Judge Bland is hearing testimony in tn
matter of the Mohan estate located il
Minersvlle.
marriage license was issued to Georg
i Harnack and Szanisllo Borballa, both O
! Minersville.
A commission heard testimony in the cas-
i of Commonwealth VS., William Luckenbill, Q
e BJanchdale, said to be of unsound mind
j The Democratic county committee will
g meet here tomorrow to fix the date for tn
county convention.
e As it is probable that the troops will b
8 gradually withdrawn from Mt. Gretna, be
' ginning yesterday, and as some will likely g
out on Sunday next, the Cornwall & Leblanc
Railroad Company will not accept passenger
for Mt. Gretna on Sunday
e In these hard times dollar is good dea