The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-04-26
PlTHY POINTS.
happenings Throughout the Country
ChrOnioIed for Hasty PerusaI.

Happenings Throughout the Country
Ohroniclad for Hasty PerusaI.
Phoenixville is suffering from scarcity of
skilled and unskilled labor, and some of the
industrial plants there are greatly hampered.
Tim. Hurst, of Ashland is not on the staff
of League umpires this year.
Our job department is turning out large
amount of work these days, and in frst-class
style, too.
Martin keenan, was brought to his home at
Locust Gap on Saturday from the Plainfeld
hospital. 1t will be remembered he was in
iured in the Dunellen wreck
Shamokin will celebrate Dewey Day.
The Odd Fellows State convention will be
held in Allentown on May Is.
President Mckinley has been invited to
attend the 151st anniversary of the found
ing of Reading.
The tenth annual convention of the State
Undertakes Association will be held June Z
and s, at Bellefonte.
Miss Annie John. of Shamokin, who was
seriously injured in the Dunelen wreck, de-
parted yesterday for Clifton Springs, n Y,
where she hopes to fully recuperate.
c. B. Steel l.. F. Roehrig and George Ball
have purchased the stock and fixtures of the
A long distance telephone was yesterday
placed in the county Jail at Pottsville.
Mrs II A. Stoflet, of Nazareth North
ampton county, scared off burglars by ring
ing big dinner bell.
w. r. Williams, George Hanna, Mike
Shoemaker and Thomas Devine were dis
charged from prison under the insolvent act.
Watkin Waters Post No 146, has mailed a
number of invitations to the societies of town
to pa articipate in the Memorial Day parade
on Tuesday, May 30th
The P. & r. employees at Gilberton were
paid yesterday.
Farmer Elijah H. Goodhart, of Lower
Alsace, Berks county, died from the effects Of
being kicked on the heao by horse.
The work of filing the stack of the Key
| stone anthracite blast furnace, at Reading
the largest in Eastern Pennsylvania, was
commenced on Monday.
Twenty-Five cans of trout fry will be dis
tributed in the valley by the Mahanoy City
fish association.
COnstables in several townships in centra
Schuyllzill county have organized forces Il
| fight forest fires, which are raging.
There are two candidates for the superin
tendency of Mahanoy City schools, Prof
Ehrhart the present incumbent, and Prof
Williams, of Mt. Carmel
! While Tilghman Resh, of Bangor, North
ampton county, was driving across bridg
over AcKermanville Creek, near Nazaretl
Junction, the structure collapsed, and Resi-
narrowly escaped drowning.
Miss Name Hill, one of LansfOrd's leadinI
milliners was robbed of about $3.50 worth 0
Spring millinery stock on Friday night
An increase of pension from $40 to $i2 pc
month has been granted to VIM. j. MusseT
Of MahanOy City.
The Coroner's jury in the case of JOhi
Martin, of Port Clinton who was found deaf
on the hillside, rendered a verdict to the eff
feet that death was due to heart disease.
The Riter-Conley Manufacturing Company
of Pittsburg has been awarded the contrac
for the steel superstructure of the 1900, 90
grain elevator to be built az West Superior
Wis.
William L. Brunner has been elected secre
tary of the Lebanon Board of Health, at
salary of $50 month, after long deadlock
For the fifteenth time in as many yeaI
Bachman's store, at Freemansburg, North
ampton county, was burglarized the othe
night, the thieves securing much plunder.
Professor Thournhurst, principal of tn
Scotland Soldiers Orphans Industrial SchOo
was yesterday appointed acting superinteI
dent Of that institution until next September