The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-05-05
pOTTSvTLLE NEWS.
happenings in Court and Elsewhere at the
County Seat.

County Seat.
Pottsville, May 5.-The Commissioners
| iled financial statement with the Clerk of
the Courts to qualify for the proposed loans
Of Sl7s, 600.
The resources which include the court
house, prison and almshouse and grounds,
are valued at $500. .26i 20 the cash on hand
aud the amount belonging to other accounts,
Sue 76O.05; the amount Of taxes due, $780,
1899 making the total assets or resources,
Sl,I97, ,5i624
| The liabilities are Bonds amounting to
S5i5,60O road taxes collected and due dis
tricts. 81 ,2i7.2G school tax due districts 81.
446s taxes due the state and uucollected.
Sl7, So. 12; license money due the state. $62.
357; estimated current Indebtedness, $40 600;
temporary loans, Sl7S 900; total 1901 56l O6 :
making the grand total of liabilities Ss47,-
lGl 06 and the net assets $3.50. .357. is.
Further figures follow: Total valuation for
1899 (estimated), S47, 500 600 90 county
taxes at 8 mills, $3.50 10000; Funded
debt taxes at mill, Si7. 500 90 :
total taxation for 1899 for county purposes,
$3.50, 900 00 less estimated cost for collection,
S15 6OO.OO cash value of 1899 taxes 1894,
10000. The statement says further that
neither the above amount nor an equitable
proportion Of the same has been reckoned in
the above statement.
The 1898 assessment value the real estate at
S4i, ,424, sl4; occupations S2,449, ,6OO horses
aud mules, S4s6 439; cows, 1884, ,32O; car
rages, &c, 50, 5s5; total, $f7, ,524, ,756.
The history of the proposed bond issue is
also given at length.
The County Commissioners presented 17s
$1,000 bonds to the Controller to-day, with a
request that he affix his signature thereto and
make them complete. No answer had been
made up to the hour Of going to press
MR.. BRUBNI's POSITION.
There is a difference of opinion as to
whether the friends of ex-Congressman
Brumm took any organized part in the con-
test against the reelection of County Super
intendent Weiss and it is but Just to state
that some frst-class arguments are made to
show that he was neutral in the matter or
that he quietly helped Weiss The advocates
of this idea state that Minersville, the ex-
Congressman's home, was solid for Weiss, and
that is true. They also say that Lurwick. of
Port Carbon, who was named for opposition
chairman, was in that position because he
favored Professor Meyer from his own town.
Weiss got the mining districts almost to a
man, but lost heavily in the farming centres.
Rush township gave Miller votes and Weiss
l. Miller got 2 votes from Ryan township
and Weiss received 4. In St. Clair, how
ever, Miller got votes and only one, that OF
Capt Holmes, went to Weiss With few
more exceptions the lines were pretty clearly
drawn between the town and country votes.
deed from Joseph E. Edwards and wife
to j. H. Lessig and others, for property in
| Orwigsburg, was recorded.
Vandals broke into the store house of the
Wimms g. Hepner colliery, at New Castle,
about one o'clock this morning, and taking
several sticks of dynamite exploded them
against the colliery engine cylinder, blowing
it to pieces. The coliery employees will
therefore, be idle for some weeks, until the
machinery can be repaired
Edward Barry, of New Castle, aged II
years, fell and broke his arm. He was taker
to the Miners hospital.
The game of base ball between Mahanoy
City and county seat clubs on Saturday
promises to draw big crowd.
DIR. Louis T. Kennedy, son of Hon. George
w. Kennedy, has been appointed deputy
quarantine physician at Philadelphia upon
recommendation of Governor Stone.
Joel Reber, 22 year old blind boy o.
Freidensburg, has been in trance the pas
few days.
The Pottsville Lecture Association ha
elected officers and President Woodbury. ha!
appointed the committees.
Letters of administration have been
granted to Michael F. Lally, on the estate Of
Mary Lally, late of Shenandoah, deceased.
The charter of st. Ludwikas Beneficial
Society, of Shenandoah, was placed on recort
to-day. The application was refused las
Monday on account of a defect in the papers
which was subsequently corrected.