The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-03-09
riIHY POINTS.
'appeuiugs Throughout the Country
Uhyonicied for Hasty Perusal.

'appeuiugs Throughout the Country
Uhyonicied for Basty Perusai
Pottsville's night schools are poorly at
tended
Bishop Talbot will visit Mahanoy City on
the 21st ms. and confirm a large class.
The Lehigh Valley railroad company is
again using bituminous coal on passenger and
coal trains.
A number Of Sunbury merchants were ar
rested for selling adulterated goods.
Mahanoy City raised Sl6O to defny the
expenses Of the reception to the soldiers.
The next meeting of the Town Council will
be held on Thursday next.
The Misses Schmincker of Ashland, have
located in Sbamokin and opened u millinery
store there.
Ice is gorged in the upper Delaware river,
near Milford, and the surrounding meadows
flooded
Two weeks more of grounding weather,
and Prof Cole makes some very unfavorable
predictions for that period
Rev. j. T. Swindells, pastor of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church, will preach his annual
closing sermon on Sunday next, and win
leave next week for conference. Mr.. Swim
dells expects to return to town.
L. Peters has purchased Michael Burke's
blacksmith shop and the latter will locate in
Philadelphia.
X. IL. Morgan, the regslia man, was rushed
with orders the past few days. Flags were
in great demand all over the county.
Portz Bros, the taiors, will sell at auction
on Saturday most of their old stock See
their announcement.
DR.. w. c. Wallace has been elected COM
mander of Battery b. of Pittshurg, to succeed
Captain Alfred e. Hunt, who served during
the Spanish war.
The employees at Chamberlain colliery have
not been paid for three months.
| Hazleton will have big reception on st.
Patricks Day.
The Minersvlle Town Council has passed
an ordinance providing that all manufactur-
ing plants be exempt from taxation for ten
years
The annual session of the Central Pennsyl-
vania Methodist Episcopal Conference will be
held at Harrisburg, beginning Tuesday Of
next week.
The drummeis of the state will hold re.
union at Philadelphia this evening.
There are 1O3 patients in the Miners hos.
pital.
Dr. c. Il. Swenk, formerly at the Miners
hospital, has opened an Office at Sunbury.
luc puuultlo III bAb iolllbB ullllb OIL but
Portage Iron Company, at Duncansville
Blair County, are striking for an increase in
} pay, from S2.75 to 50 a ton.
Roger Dixon, of Locust Dale underwent
r an operation at the hands of DR.. Biddle a.
? the state hospital yesterday, for the remova
of cancerous growth from the ear
, The Town Council of Mt Carmel expended
only $4,000 last year.
Falling 200 feet down the shaft of tn,
Florence colliery, at Pittston Joseph Sand
r. struck water at the bottom, and his only in
juries were three broken ribs.
< Manager Quirk expects to ANNOUNCE tn
T. famous opera "El Captain" at Kaier's
Mahanoy City in the near future.
D The HERALD was complimented upon it
report of the Mccarthy matricide case.
William James, of Mahanoy Plane, son q
Supt T. j. James, circulated among friend
in town. Will was member of the Unite
States Hospital Corps located at Huntsville
Ala, but was honorably discharged last week
The p. & R. employees in the st. Nchola
and GilbertOn districts will be paid to.mol
/ row. Those in Mahanoy City will be pal
Saturday.
Chances are said to be favorable for the r'
q covery of Robert F. Hittel. of Hellertowr
= who was knocked down and seriously il
jured by Herman Z. Rodgers at Bethlehem
> and Rodgers will probably be admitted (
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