The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-04-05
PITHY POINTS.


happenings Throughout the Country
Chronicled for Hasty Perussl.
St. Johns Lutheran church at Hamburg
was destroyed by fire yesterday.
There are 1sl prisoners in the county Jail,
the smallest number in several years.
regular monthly meeting Of the School
Board will be held tomorrow evening.
The c. d. Kaier Co.. is establishing a new
agency at Reading to handle their product
The Hamburg bicycle works were totally
destroyed by fire yesterday. The first in
coming mail after the fire contained an order
for three hundred bicycles.
Miss Bertha KEEPER, who is taking music
course at Millcrsvile, is visiting her parents
at Boston Run.
The Daily News, of Mt. Carmel, is an ex-
celeut paper, but Brother Wilson has a bad
case of war fever.
Joseph Keitch, who conducts saloon on
East Norwegian street, is negotiating for the
purchase Of Zimmerman's cafe.
1t is reported that some of the holders of
the Lehigh Valley consolidated mortgage
bonds may contest in the courts the extension
of the Lehigh Valley irsts.
Wm. Hornicer of St. Clair, and Matte P.
Lurwick, of Port Carbon, were granted a
marriage license.
/ The Borough Council will hold a regular
/ scmi-monthy meeting on Thursday evening
and the new officials will make their first
monthly report.
| Smith & Campon, of Mahanoy City, have
been awarded the contract to construct new
branch of the p. & X. near Lofty.
Angelina Lutz, aged 81 years, who was ad-
mitted in 1854 died yesterday at the aims
house. Her former home was at Pinegrove.
Rellys orchestra is rehearsing special
music for the services in the Annunciation
church next Sunday.
A Hungarian boarding boss at Thomaston
has disappeared with $40O belonging to bis
boarders. His whereabouts are unknown.
Harry Hight has been elected a member of
Pottsville Borough Council, succeeding Presi-
dent Baird Snyder, resigned.
The regular meeting of the County Medi-
/ cal Society was held at the Almshouse this
afternoon.
Frank Bender has been appointed to fill the
vacancy on the p. & X. c. & |. Co. engineer
corps, at Ashland, caused by the retirement
of Vim. Waters, who resigned recently.
Jonah Boughton, organizer of the Sons of
Temperance, will deliver lecture at Ash
land this evening.
Squire Tobn's wife and daughters,
Margaret and Rosie of IIeckscherville, were
seriously burned yesterday. Margaret's
clothing caught fire, and the others extin-
guishcd the flames
Patrick Hughes, one of Cass townships
school teachers, and Miss Annie Egan, of Mt.
Lailee, will be married in the near future.
Thomas Maley, of Heckscheryille, has To-
Gated permanently in the state of Colorado
The shoe firm OF Barker & Ehrhart, al
Pottsvile, has been dissolved by mutual con
sent, w. N. Ehrhart retiring.
Mrs Amanda Reese, Of Plymouth, Luzerne
county, fell dead while on her way to church
last evening.
William Jennings Bryan will speak al
Reading on April 12 at a meeting to be held
under the auspices of the Central BimetalliC
League.
After an existence of three months the
Bangor Herald, published by w. E. Van
Vert, formerly of town. has suspended pub
LEGATION as a daily, and will be issued in tn,
future as a weekly.
BY the blowing out of a cylinder in an en-
gine, James Cougar, pump runner i'll {
mine at Nanticoke, Luzerne county, sus
tanned injuries from which he died.
Bring cash and size of loom and see how
cheap you can buy carpets and oil cloths a
Fricke's carpet store. 4-1-6t