tiemn t"f i ft THE HERALD'S SUCCESS. Ia gratifying to its Large Circle of Readers. HERALD'S SUCCESS Is gratifying to its Large Circle of Readers. LAU, THE NEWS FOB ONE CENT. Jj rflr iflr iflr.ifit jflgjflc A jflr A- ft ALL THE NEWS Ton ONE CENT. SHENANDOAH, PA., FBI DAY. MAY 13. 1892. ONE CENT. VOL.. VH.--NO. 115. Wilkinson's Specof Bargains. This week marks the Sixth Anniversary of our business, and we cordially invite our pa trons to call and examine the special bargains we will offer at this anniversary sale. The store has grown from the smallest to the largest, and our new location affords ample facilities for displaying our im mense stock. This week wo offer Co pieces of yard-wldo Dress Goods formerly 15c, now 10c: also 200 pieces Bedford Cords and French Outing Cloths, worth from 12 to 18o, all to go at 100 per yard all theso arunow goods bought for this special sale, and cannot bo equalled In tho region for price or quality. Every color Is guaranteed fast and every shado Is new and correct. Wn also offer one case vard-wido BleachcdMus- lln at 8o, regular 10c quality; 60 pieces of Checked Nainsook at 0V4c, reduced from 10c. Thirty pieces Plaid White Goods extra tine quality at Sic, marked down from uso. Extra-wide Table Linens Plain white, bordered or Turkey rod, at 2oo per yard. Linen bureau scarfs, 2 yards long with knotted fringe, l!5o each. New and at tractive styles of lino Laces and Embroid ery at less than usual prices. Kid Gloves In tans, browns or blnck at 60c. Silk ClOVCS and mitts from 15c up. Silk ribbon remnants In all shades and widths at 10c per pleco. These are only a few of our special bargains every department is a store In Itself, and prices aro always lower than you expect. L. J. Wilkinson, SO 8, Main St., Shenandoah. SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY, Duncan and Waidley. Porcelain Kettle Sale tinued another week at con 15c, ending May 14 rne nrstweeicj having been a decided success we have placed another large order for them which, like the first big lot, we do not count by dozens but by hundreds. Big lot of Rockingham and Yellowware Teapots every size and description. Yollow Bowls, Milk Pans, Pio Plates all sizes and prices. Tubs, Huckcts, pine and cedar, at prices down at the lowest notch. Galvanized llro buckets, three sizes. 1'astry Hoards, nicest size, at 31o each. Call to see us for the nicest line of Mirrors in town. Would you believe it if wo should tell you that wo have a mirror with a wooden framo for 60 and on up to a fine French bevel for the surprisingly low price of S3.95, largo size. 5 South Main Street. WE OPEN TO-DAY ! A Few Pieces ot Extra Quality, All Wool, Extra Super Ingrain Carpet ! The Best 'Malc'e in tlie Marlcet New Styles. 1 Also a Few ISTew "Velvet and Also n Few Pieces oi Also a Few Pieces oi Imported English Floor Oil Cloth and Linoleum Soft Finish Said to Wear Well. Also a Few Pieces oi NEW FLOOR Oil CLOTH-a yards wide Handsome Patterns at 50c, We nave Tapestry Brussels as low as 50c. We nave Body Brussels as low as 80c "Fresh Dairy and Creamery To-Day.; AT KZTiR?S Our Directory, OjiB POL?!' OFFICE Shenandoah. Ofllco hours from 7:80 a. m. to 7!30 p. m. Money Order and Registry De partmentopen froinB:00 a. m. to 7:00 p. m. Pollowinu is o schcdUlo of tho arrival and departure of mall trains. Mall matter for despatch must bo in tho office thirty minutes before the time given below: Arrival. Destination. (Thila., Western ) i and S Southern States ) Departure. p. M. A. M. a.m. r.M. 1:40 4:: 7:20 9:08 12:62 3:08 8:00 12:52 3:08 8:00 8:00 8:18 1M0 8:oo 0:03 11:30 0:43 ( New York ohd East ihd East-1 os and . V. R. R. i ern oiaios ( points on L, 9:08 9158 1:8.- 1!23 Asland, 7:20 7;00 1:33 7:00 1:25 9:1 j Girardville, 1:25 2:28 9:08 9:D0 I Raven Run. Centra' 1:40 ! lia, Mt Carmeland 7:00 i tjnamoiun. 40 .20 Pottsvllle. 7:20 11:30 7:20 9:08 11:30 2:50 8:18 6;23 2:50 1:40 2:20 8:18 2:20 8:18 2:20 9:50 Mahanoy City. I Mahanoy Plane, Lost 1 11:30 Creek and Shaft. J I Frackvillo. V 7:20 2:60 9:50 9:60 6:00 2:60 Carriers make a cencral collection at 6:00 a. m. and 7:00 p. m., and a general delivery at 7:15 a. m. ana 3:i& n. m. Additional aeiivencs anu collections are mado in tho business part of town nt iu:i5 a. m. anu v:uu p. m. Vlre Alarm Itoxes. The following list shows tha location of the alarm bozos of the Shenandoah Fire Department: LOCATION. 15 Coal and Bowers streets. 10 Bowers and Centre Btrcets. 21 Bridge and Centre streets. S3 Main and Centre streets. 31 Main and 1'opla'r streets. 8 35 Main and Coal streets. 43 Gilbert and Centre streets. 4J-Gilbert and Cherry streets. 63 Chestnut and Coal streets. To send and alarm open iho box, ptll down the hook once and let go. When an -alarm Is sent In tho Are boll will sound tho number of tho box and repeat tho alarm four times. HOW TO LOCATE AtAHMS. If tho alarm Is sounded from box IS the flro bell will strike one, then pauso and strike five which will lndlcato that the Are is in the tour times. Electric iUimilng Time. The electric cars now leave the corner of Main and Oentre streets at 4 a. m. and leave at intervals of 45 minutes there after urtil 11 p. m. This schedule will be subject to a ohango from day to day, as the work of putting in the turnouts pro gresses. The miners will And the early morning cars convenient. C.D.FRICKE Manufacturer and Dealer In Carpets, Oil Cloihs AND WINDOW SHADES ! No. 10 S. Jardin Street. Pieces or Tapestry Brussels, mm STATEMENTS THAT DO NOT TALLY. BLUNDERS FROM THE START ON THE WATER QUESTION. THE $45,000 THAT NEVER GAME Tho Fallacy of tho Statement That the Joint Committee Wanted to Put tho Old Election Out of tho Way. ET the readers of the Herald read the fol lowing extracts caro fully and then ask themselves if it is fair (in view of tho con tradictions) that the Councilman and joint water committeo should refrain from letting the peoplo know what the proposed water works will cost, and refrain from giving some substantial assurance that another special election will not ba ji essary to complete tho works? On October 14th, 1891, at;tho moeting held in Bobbins' hall, Borough Solicitor Fomeroy stated that the result of the special election held ia 1881, whoreby the peoplo of this borough authorized the Borough Council to increase the public debt to $15,000 to create public water works, "holds good to this day and tho Borough Council can act on it." The court decided that Mr. Pomeroy waswrong'and that the election did net hold good. V At a meeting of the Borough Council on December 3, 1891, Councilman Lamb stated, ""Wo hayo taken steps towards issuing bonds and we will, in a day or 60, ask for bids for constructing and laying pipes." V Why does not Mr. Lamb let tho peopl know what those bids are ? . The joint committee had published in tho papors of town an official communication signed by its twelve members, headed by Mr. Lamb, and among other things that that communication stated, "Wo have carefully considered everything and arrived at the conviction that tho above sum, viz: $75,0C0, will pay for the whole concern." Why, thon, 95,000? are the people asked for At a meeting of tho joint committee on May 2, 1892, A. B. Lamb stated that tho $15,000 granted under tho special election of 11 years ago had stood in the way of th com mitt 00 and tho only way by which tho committeo could proceed was by tho course it had taken, to forco the water company to take the- matter into court and have judicial determination on tho old special election. Compare this statement with the follow ing extracts: J&orn the Joint Committee official letter of December 12, 1801 : "lias the borough a right to contract such a debt anil Is tho voto taken ten years ago still valid ? Tho water company says that wo aro to care for those that lire now, not for thoso that lived ten years ago. We haTO a slight suspicion that the water company will Una that a much "greater percentage oi those that lived ten years ago aro still alivo and moro actlvo than they caro for. In regard to tho legality of tho voto, wo havo tho opinion and advico of tho llorougli Solicitor and other eminent lawyers." ... Also compare Mr. Lamb's statement at the joint committeo meeting on May 2d with Mr. l'omeroy's statement in Robbins' hall and with the following statements made at the Council mooting of January 7, 1892: lly Mr. Z.am&s "Tboy know then that wo had US, 000 already." Jly Mr. Jameai "This committeo does not proposo to spend $135,000 without asking tho people permission to spend tho difference be tween W5,000 and 1135,000. Tbey have said, and did say ten years ago, that tho borough debt could bo Increased 115,000. Wo havo been authorized by good legal talent that that Btands good and wo have a right to go ahoad and oxpond that money for that purpose" " After such a pot-pouri of mistakes as shown by tho above quotations, aro people going to voto blindly to put 595,000 In tho liands of this battlo-door and shuttle-cook crowd? V -Again wa'ask, what Will the water works cost? IT MUST GOME DOWN. Tho White Street School nnllttlng to be Iteplnced by Two-Story Framo Structure. A special meeting of the School Board Was held last night, all tho directors but Mr. Butts being present. The meeting was called for tho purpose of deciding what should be dono with the condemned Whito slroet school building. Tho committeo on building and repairs mado a unanimous report in favor of tear ing down the struc'.uro and, on motion, it was decided that the recommendation be adopted and tho work begin as soon as possible, so as to give time to have a new building roady for tho'next school term. It was also decided that the now building be a framo etructuro of eight rooms two storios high, four rooms on each floor. Superintendent Freeman stated that the present Whito street building contains six rooms and when the building was in use all tho rooms were occupied and two extra rooms in the German Lutheran church were also required, lie also stated that moro room will be required for tho High School next year, the Board needs a larger room for its meetings, and the quarters for the public library aro too Em ill. Ho thought that in addition to the proposed new White street building of eight room3 the Board should eiect a building of four rooms In tho Fourth ward. Tho Board instructed tho committeo on repairs to look for a site for a building in the Fourth ward. Tho John E. Davis andCather properties on Cherry street were spoken of. Proposals for tearing down the "White street building and putting up the new one will be advertised for as soon as the plans and specifications mo ready. Brief Mcntlou. Head tho Pottsvillo letter in this oven log's issue. It Is very interesting. On the ISth in St. Alonzo P. Blakslee becomes superintendent of the Reading system coal branches with headquarters at Delano, vice James 1. Blakslee, assigned to other duty. The Schoppe dancing school will open i Robbins' opera house to-morrow ovening, Music by tho Schoppe orchestra of ten pieces. The now timo tables of the Heading system aro ready and will go into effect on Sunday. Every property holder who is interested in tbo welfare of the town should subscribe for tho Herald. The Pottsvllle Cadets, under command of Cptain Carpenter, will participate in the Memorial day services In town. Letter Carrier Bartch pickod up a groen back on tho streot the other day. Ho will purchase a gum coat with It if tho ownor does not turn up and claim it. Camp 112, P. O. S. of A., is seriously considering the project of building a largi hall on some suitablo corner in town. Wo believe it will be a paying investment. The tally-ho party that intended visiting Likeside last evening postponed their visit on account of tho unfavorable weather, The patches along the line of tho electrio road aro being depopulated of their poul try. It seems impossible for tho feathery tribe to keep off of tbo track, and the result Is instant death. Finest photos, COc. pordozen.at Keagey'i An Vnofllcial Kuuior. It is reported that DUtrict Superintend' ent Monroe T. SchreQler, of the Locust Qap district, will be appointed Division Superintendent of tho P. & R. O. & I, Co. collieries, taking the place of ex-Division Superintendent John L. AVitllams, of town, who recently resigned to accept tho position of Gen'l Supt. of tho Union Coal Company's collieries at Shamokin. The appointment has not boen officially an nounced, but comes from a reliable source. Spectacles, to suit all eyes, at F. J. Portz's book and stationery store. 4-28-tf Cabinet photos at Hall's, 50c. per dozen. Obituary. Donnls Doylo, father of Doyle Bros., died at bis homo near Minersvillo last night, lie was 78 years of age. Death was caused by minors' asthma. The deceased was born in Thurles, County Tipperary, Ire land, and had been a rosldent of this county for forty years. He loft a wife and three grown up sons and daughters. Tho funeral will take place at Mlnorsvillo on Monday morning. Killed on tho Itall. Patrick Joyce, a stono mason residing nt Smoky Hollow, was killed on the P. & R. railroad near Wm, Penn last night by a coal train. Ho was walking on the track and failed to bear the train approach. Bost pho tographs and crayons at Dabb'e i:iKourHBlnk' News. Tho Eagle Hill and GIrsrd collieries, located at Glrardvllle, havo received orders to start work Immediately, which indicates a healthy revival in tho coal trado. The Good Spring colliery, near Tromont, has received similar orders. Coughing Leads to Consumption. Kemp's Balsam Will 'stop tho cough -at once. A FEW POINTERS FROM POTTSVILLE. GLANCE AT THE TENDENCY OF THE TIMES. GRAND JURTI'S INVESTIGATION A Few Bemarks on tho County Commissioners and Their Re cent Deal Will tho Demo crats be Overloaded ? Special Correspondence to tho Heiiald. Pottsville Pa., May 13, 1892. fAnsi 11 Hi tondency to be more independent and moro American iu pol itics is permeating the atmosphere and bo- coming more and moro noticeable as this country ages, and if somo of these fine days both the dominant parties shall make it a resolution that "No Irish or Dutch need apply," and iramo tickots composod of tho people who are generally tabooed when the offices are given out, bo not 6urpnstd I ropoat, the tondency is becoming more noticeable because lattorly'overy now an then somo well-informed American citizen of American descent comes out with complaining remark like, "Oh, I am sick and tired of eternally catering and 'oa voorting' to foreigners," or "It is timo to give the boys of this country, whoso fathers were to the manor born, a chance," and othor expressions containing a mixture of dipcust. reason and purpose This line of thought was brought'forward by the atti tude taken last week by a prominent Democratic leader who, in days past, and may again have, much to do with the success of that party, and who has occu pled positions of great importance and influence, but not of profit, in his party He said, "I am getting heartily tired of this absorption of all tho good things in our gift by one or other of the foroign wings of our party to the exclusion of a largo class of thorough Americans who have alway been obliged to stand aside. Now, there comes again this year tho cry that tho Irish must havo Congress, District Attorney and Poor Director. rsuppose what is do nominated as tho Germans will gobbl what is left, if any thoro may be, and that olomont who are merely Americans may do their groat act of straight voting. De pend upon it, if our party people load th ticket this year you Republicans will have a walk over." AN OrT-TOLD TALE. "This sort of thing,"continued tho epokes man, "has boen repeated so often that it sounds like tho village joker's cry 'wolf I' and it is very like it, because some day, only too soon, the wolf will come and dovour us all, unloss proper precautions are taken to keep the destroyer from entering the fold and fondlingour lambs too much.' "It would not bo at all surprising, thoro foro, if the Democracy would, like th follow who marriod the widow with six ready-made children, put his foot into it. It is to ba hoped that a war of races may never enter into party politics in this or any other county, but it is yory certain that tho grabbers who aro known as the "furriners" must act "daycint" this year or take a political tumble. Somebody has been swindling tho Pbila dolphia Times by writing a letter politics and dating it at Pottsville. The effusion was published in Sunday's issue arid itsrifells Shepherd "Shephard," Cum ming "Cummings," and gives tho Judge candidacy to Ex-Judgo James Kyo instead of to the Hon. John. That letter was written in Philadelphia by a dummy. You may gamblo on that. TilKT SnODLD READ TUB "UKRALD." If the pen pushers who write on epaco for tbo Philadelphia papors would take their cues from your paper thoy would at least got something right, now and then, besides learning to spoil names properly. Theso fallows could also learn othor good points from the Herald. Thoro are many things happening and recorded in tho daily published in the borough having tho largost population of any in Schuylkill county which would give the penny-a-liners grist for many articles, and wo give thom this gratuitous advlco to search the columns of yours, tho brightest daily in this region, IN TUB JAWS OV TUK JAIL. Last .Friday District Attorney lioch re' turned to Judge Pershing a bulky bundl which containou tno testimony lanen ex parte by tho memorialists who addressed the court some timo ago in opposition to the doal mado by Commissioners Bowes and Reed, in which Mr, DeTurk was loft out in the cold and tho fat offices on tho hill filled with relatives of Roed, or "byes" of th Bowes crowd. Tho president judgo had some time previous referred this tostimony to Mr. Koch to examine. That gontleman waded through tho one hundred pagos of typo written manuscript and found enough in it to havo tbo court refer It to the Grand Jury. Consequently, aftor the P. J, bad callbd in his A, J't, and Mr. Koch had further explained tho importance of hav ing the.' gravo .charges investigated, the Grand 'Inquest was ordered back hero Monday of this wook and sat two days taking testimony. Tney first heard tb allcgod stakoholdors, who doclinod to answer so often before because adylsed by counsel to so act. This time they are credited with giving away the snap and tolling all, or nearly all, thoy know. SOME OF TIIE REVELATIONS. It was adduced by the Grand Jury, in spite of tho position of a member who acted as spokesman for tho Commissioners, that money was put up ?1,000 a side by tho friends of Bowes and Roed and deposited in a Mahanoy City bank (where it is sup posed to still repose) as a bet, or, as somo call it, a bribo to hold Bowes and Reed to thoir respective bargains, and a written agreement was drawn to that effect and since destroyed. Neither Commissioner trusted the other, and it required a big sum to bo wagered to keep thom honest and faith ful in the deal. It was wormed out Of a certain county official that ?500 of this boodle was furnished by bim, and all of the stake was traced to othors who had prof ited by gotting appointments or other reward. Many other damaging facts were elicited, but notwithstanding enough was brought out to frame a dozen indictments, when a voto was taken thero were only seven of the twenty on tho jury who had the nervo to voto to mako a presentment, consequently they filed back into their court seats Wednesday afternoon and reported that tho evidence was not sufficient to find true bills. It may be tho light will never be turned on showing up the dark ways of county officials, but you may record it as a fact that cannot be successfully contiadicted, there is a foot and in process of organization, a citizens taxpayers' association whoso particular business will be to ferret out and bring to justice all tho wrong-doers in public office who can ba found out by the most approved law machinery that can bo employed. AN HONOR TO 11IS OFFICE. In this connection I must also record that tho one man who has come out of this investigation with new laurels and honored with the renewed confidence of the people, is District Attorney Koch. Tho duty of bringing out the facts before tho Grand Jury was imposed on him by the court, neither judge of which saw fit to dignify the proceedings with tho least remark to tho jury as to the importance of the inquiry and their duties, as usod to be the custom 'in days of old when knights were bold," and Mr. Koch was equal to the emergency. Without lear or favor ho enterod the arena and did his duty. He retires from the contest with the satisfaction of having done his whole duty, and nothing but his duty. No matter what tho opinion of the result, he can take the flattering unction to his soul of an official act performed within official bounds, and according to his oath and tho mandates of tbo law. Ho ha9 shirked no duty, trimmed sails for no favor, and can afford to stand boldly in the foremost rank and hear his friends exclaim, "He has been weighed in the balance and not found wanting." N. Finest photos, COc. per dozen, at Keagey's. l'lMtSON'AL. John Graf was a visitor to St. Clair yes terday. J. G. Bender, of Pottsvillo, was in town yesterday. Landlord Hutchison was in Pottsville on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Boyer spent to-day in Philadelphia. John H. Hoover, of Mt. Carmel, was a visitor to town to-day. Louis Friedman and P. F. King spent yesterday in Hazleton. Charles Reese, of town, spent last even ing with Pottsvillo friends. Max Reese was palled to Pottsville yes terday on important business, E. J. Scott, advance agont for Mario Proscott, registered at the Ferguson House yesterday, Mrs. Thomas R. and Mrs. William E. Phillips visitbd friends in Mahanoy City yesterday. John J. Toole, the efficient and obliging; Clerk of the Courts, camo up from Potts villo yesterday afternoon. Samuel Price moved bis family and household goods to John Robert' farm, ia Catawissa valley, yosterday. Miss Tillie Powell and Harry Cocblln were marriod on Wednosday evening and have occupied a residence on North Jardin streot. John Grant, who has been sick for somo timo past, is able to bo about again. Ho has reported off duty as assistant to Chief Engineer Zorbo for the summer, and con templates a wostorn trip for tho benefit of bis health. AVlicu Truvellmr Whether on pleasure bent, or business, take on every trip a bottlo of Syrup or Figs, as it acts most pleasantly and effec tively on tho kidneys, liver and bowole, preventing fovors, headaches and other forms of sickness. For sale in 60 cents and U bo til os by all leading druggists. Hall Is making cabinet photos, for 60c. If A Ifew Slope. A new slope and 'an immense coal broaker, on the Buck Mountain vein, will shortly add much to the future prosperity of Mahanoy City.
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