The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-08-23
PITHY POINTS.
apPenlngs Throughout tho Country
Chronioisd tor Hasty PerusaI.


Chronioled tor Hasty Perusai.
The OrwigsburR Fair opens next Tuesday.
| The peach season will be at its height next
week
The theatrical season opens at Pottsville on
Saturday evening.
York manufacturer has contracted to
turn out 500 automobiles.
The old water company is cleaning and en-
larging their upper dams
The machinery for Ashland's new shirt
factory will arrive this week
The water tank at the Pennsylvania station
sprung leak this morning.
Daughters of st. George yesterday began
their annual convention at Pittsburg
James McGinty, Of Mahanoy City, con-
templates an extended European trip.
| J O. Ulrich, Esq, of Tamaqua has been
appointed criminal lawyer for the L. G. & N.
| Co.
The Lehigh Valley collieries resumed work
this morning having been idle since Satur-
day.
The Humane Volunteer Fire Company, of
Pottsville, has just housed fine emergency
wagon.
The VIM. Penn Supply Company is now
delivering all its orders in new delivery
wagon.
| George Schneider, the East Coal street
bah er, has placed a new delivery wagon on
the road.
! For no known reason John Hilliard, at
| Lickdale, Lebanon county, sent bullet into
his brain.
A deed was recorded from Ernst Barthel
and wife to James Kendall, premises in
Minersville.
Friday, September 20. will be the last day
on which to order down cases on the long
cause trial list
! Twenty-Five patients are at the Pottsville
hospital and one hundred and two are at the
Miners hospital.
Two trolley cars collided at Orwigsburg
| yesterday. No one was injured, but the cars
were badly damaged
John w. Fortner of Centralia was romin-
ated for County Treasurer by the Republi-
cans of Columbia county.
The engagement of F. V. Filbert, of Pine
grove and Miss E. Luella Quail, of Auburn,
was announced yesterday
Survivors of the One Hundred and
Eleventh Pennsylvania Volunteers held
reunion yesterday at Ridgway.
Letters of administration were granted to
James F. Minogue on the estate of Frfhk
Mullen, late of Ashland, deceased.
Rev. Sam p. Jones, the Georgia evangelist,
preached at the big Methodist camp meeting
at Delta, York county, last evening
The home of Patrick Curry, at Frackville,
was struck by lightning aud completely
wrecked Monday night. No one injured.
Severe internal injuries were sustained by
| Kyron Conley, a railway brakeman, who was
squeezed between car bumpars at Reading.
Miss Sussie Small, of Lost Creek, who has
I -. As r-s IL
the past six weeks, returned home yesterday
! A twO-year-old child of Miles Canoe, Of
Lebanon, drank kerosepe, but its life was
saved by the prompt use of stomach pump
James n. Smith, of Mt. Carmel, has re-
signed as telegraph operator at Alaska
colliery and will leave shortly for Laredo
Texas.
At Ansonia, Tioga county. burglars entered
the room where A. VanGorder and his wife
lay sleeping, and took S725 in cash and bank
certificates.
officers are on the hunt for party of
chicken thieves that swooped down on the
Metzgar farm at Brandonville, and carried
off quite a number of fowl.
Rev. Herman Diedrich, of Mahanoy City,
is lying seriously i'll at his home on East
Mahanoy avenue at that place. He has been
afflicted with stomach trouble.
The Lehigh Valley railroad has posted
notices that it will ship all contributions for
the Porto Rican sufferers free of charge to the
relief committee in Philadelphia.
We always think if we had our lives to
live over we would avoid all the old mis-
takes. This is probable, but we would be
very apt to make as many new one.
Michael Kearns, of Tamaqua, and Jack
Campbell, of Summit Hill, will fight ten
round bout al Lansford on Thursday even.
ing, September 9TH, for purse of 500.
The body of an unknown cOlored man
whom a Coroner's jury decided had died ol
heart disease, was found in George Ruth's
barn, near Sinking Spring, Berks county.
Upon the charges of drunkenness, common
lewdness and with being a common nuisance
Mrs. Mary Murphy was yesterday afternoon
committed to prison by Squire Brennan, oi
Mahanoy township.
The luxuries of trip to the SeashorC
during the heated month of August can be
fully realized at minimum cost by taking
the Pennsylvania Railroad Excursion Thurs
day August GATH Atlantic City is the mos
accessible point as it can be reached without
transfer through Philadelphia by purchasing
tickets via the Delaware River Bridge Route
the only all rail line from points in Penna.