The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-08-04
PITHY POINTS.
happenings Throughout the Countrl
Chronicled for Hasty Perusai.

happenings Throughout the Country
Chronicied for Hasty Perusai.
There are at present los patients at the
Miners hospital.
Ashland has an ample supply of water
likewise Mahanoy City
The employees at the Morea colliory will be
paid tomorrow afternoon.
Frank Bancroft, Of Ashland is now clerk
at the National Hotel, Mt. Carmel
The NJ. +. church at Girardville will
shortly undergo extensive improvements
Pheasants overrun the farm and garden Of
Eugene White, near Bushkill, Pike county
Ex-Poor Director Ner Deitrich's term in
the county Jail will expire in January. 1900
Pittsburg's United Mine Workers officials
will try to get West Virginia miners into
their union
OneleRged James Barndolar fell asleep on
the railroad at Lock Haven, and his right
arm was cut off.
No more work can be done on the streets
Of Ashland, because the committee has ex-
pended its appropriation.
The tenth annual county convention of
Christian Endeavor societies will be held in
Lancaster on August II.
Hazeton will have a new plush factory. to
employ about 500 hands, and new machine
shop will give work to 150.
Stella Gilchrist, Of Lancaster, 12 years old,
fell from tree yesterday and died few
hours later from her injuries.
| Sigmund j. Albert, student in the West
Point military district from the Lancaster
Congressional district has resigned.
Mrs. John w Reese, of St Clair, has re-
moved her household goods to Allegheny
City, where her husband is employed.
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ably fatally hurt falling from tree into
which he had chased q coon in Somerset
county.
The Knckerbocker Ice Co., of Philadel-
phia, shipped from East Mahanoy Junction
all their ice that was in storage, 255 car loads
OF 800 tons.
While temporarily insane, at Lancaster,
Mrs. Abram Greneman cut her throat and
set fire 20 the house. The latter was saved,
but she will die.
Three-yearold Willie Lutz, the second of
his family to perish that way, was drowned
at his fathers home, near Halls station
Lycoming county.
Thos. Murphy, of Mahanoy City, suffering
with bruises on the body, sustained in a fall
from freight train. was admitted into the
homeopathic hospital, at Reading.
Marriage licenses were granted to Wash.
Randa, of New Philadelphia, and Mary
Haluska, of st Clair; John Rauer of Potts
vile, and Ella Sheriff, of Cressona.
If enough money can be raised by the
citizens of Hazleton and vicinity every G. A.
r. veteran in the region will haYe the op-
portunity of attending the National Encamp-
ment at Philadelphia next month.
The members of Co. E. sth Regt N. G. P,
have been measured for their uniforms.
The Anthracite Light, Heat and Power
Company, of Mahanoy City, will relay its
mains, put in six.inch instead of four-inch
pipe. This is necessitated by increase of
consumers.
The price paid by the Federal Steel Com
pany for its 5000 acres of newly purchased
coking coal lands in Fayette county, is said
to be 81, 500, O0O and an eleven-mile railroad
will connect the plant with the Baltimore &
Ohio.
The interior of the Merchants National
Bank is being papered by ]. J. Cardin.
Editor j. G. Lasher, of the Times, Selins-
grove Snyder county, has become Demo.
crat and announced his candidacy for County
Commissioner