A,
Y 1. 1894.
ONE CENT.
.
v Takes the Place
of the Old.
WAS USHERED IN
ins In Sntn of (tie Churches.
Hand Serenaded Several
( Itlirn" - Lively Scno tli
Morning.
(o'clock last night until after 2
inrning many of the street! of
J lively In appearance as during
It hours of a pay night. Main
peclally thronged. The young
i)Ut In troops to witness the cu.
to the old year and welcome to
COUNTY AUDITORS' HE PORT.
County ComuiUslaners nail Poor Directors
HurclmrgMl.
Quite a sensation was caused at Pottsvillo
on Saturday by the filing of a report by the
County. Auditors, Messrs. Allen, Wachtorind
Moran, in which County Commissioners
Bowes, Rood and DeTurk aro Burcharpcd
with 4l,45Q. Of this amount $1300 waspaid
out by the Commissioners (or additional
counsel fees, which the auditors sayBvas
lllogal In " viow of tho fact that thoare
allowed a solicitor who is paid a large sal!ry.
Tho remaining $IG0 was for extra clerk ljiro
on tho assessment books which should hWe
been dono by the regular clerks' 'Cfinloiis
sloncr DoTtirk and Poor Directors' Tra-joy
and Morgan aro each surcharged with" ,$630
for cattlo which tho latter purchased from the
former for the use of the almshouse Do
Turk being a public oflleial this tran'sacjloT?
was illegal. ...' '
TKKSONAt.. J '
POSTMASTER MILLET.
In
new year watchers were not
I'.ln. A large number of them
Ich night services In the Metho
I, Primitive Mothodist, All Saints'
d Evangelical churches. These
opened at about 10.30 and con
shortly after midnight, when
attendants formed choirs and
: a serenading tour.
lion Army also held watchnight
l barracks, and as soon as the
i heralded about forty of the
lued a brigade and made a tour
They visited the residences of
13 who extended a helping hand
i during the past year arid
u by singing hymns. Tam-,
jther instruments were not uc'cd
Is no singing during tuo trips
1) house. They marched as "tho
i and the first announcement of
I was by their singing.
Band appeared upon the streets
Il2 o'clock, and for two or throo
(followed from placo to place by
Kthrong of people. The band had
program and serenaded Hon.
, Mine Inspector Bteiu, Super-
J. Bradigan and many other
.izens.
go hand touched tne miunigin
imbia lloeo Company's bell, with
Methodist Episcopal, Ocrman
Polish and Greek Catholic
galed forth the tidings that the
lad registered. It had a mac
I Tho crowds on tho streets
Iaised shouts that threat
aise tho roofs of houses.
Iw Yoarl" was hqard on all sides
irabbed franticallylfor the hands
p exchange this complimnt
All BtjUIUDU IU (fcUH'"'
tend tho first. Fih horns anil
If revolvers and cannons belched
Luartors and for about half an
n was In an uproar. After that
was repeated in spasms until
ck this morning when a belated
Juki bo seen cmbracingatelegraph
Le hand and bis hat raised high
Ith tho other as he cried out,
I .
iv anear."
Irite cry of the evening was
r Haw! 1891!"
i and Evangelical choirs were
lerenaders and they discoursed
iveet music beforo the residencti
lads.
Irt O'Boyle took advantage of th
he old year to adminiiter tne
of tho Lord's supper. The
lit the church was very large and
i number of communloants.
to
V. W. Lewis, of Mahanoy City, wasln Uwn
yesterday.
Miss Lizzlo Hessorhas eono to Phlladelilhia
to visit frionds.
William Fotcrman, of Centralis,
town yesterday.
W. L. Buchcr, of Columbia, Is the guostl
Harry Wasley.
Misses Cora and Maggie Milter spent
day at Delano.
Thomas Uulllhan, of Now York City
visiting friends In town.
S. A. Boddall and wlfo took a drive
Mahanoy City to day.
Superintendent John J. -Jfejjfj of
Nicholas, was In town to-day. Bpr '
Mrs. Qeorgo Saegor attenilMflibeJjKi
funeral at St. Clair yesterday. SgSSSK;
Harry Bowmau,.of Mifflloburg, isspem
few days iu town with'friends.
Misses.Katio.and Annie Khortall, of
yllle, are visiting Miss'Mame Kced,
' T . i r 1 .-i . ... . ? Ti
phia, are the guests of Hon. M. C. Wai
Dr. Bordner and wife are spendii
New Yoar holldavs with friends at SunuPT'
Mr. and Mrs. Hurst, of Philadelphia, "
tho guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wla"""
hold.
J. K. Kehlor Is recoverlne from the T5tftV
of grippo from which he has suffered fori lu0
past two weeks. , l w
Henry Wimlerhold cime un from Phllsael
phia to spend New Year's Day at hfijj F
Centro street homo. L ' .
John Buckcr, of the First NattonaLJ?'
of Lewisburg, Is spending New Years Uay
with tho Misses Lewis, at Wni. I'enn
The New Oflleial Has Received
His Commission.
ARRIVED THIrtORNIM,
ArranCements For th Transfer of the
I'ost Olllee Have lleen JIa.le and Mr.
Mellet Will be an Duty To-morrow
..Morning-No Changes.
Philip Staufler, who spent the pastiR
days with his parents hero, returned i( n,"
ome in Wilkes Barre this morning. tf.
7. -
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, Michael Meliet this morning received fr-"
Washington his commission as potfmnier of
Shenandoah under b ppointment made on
the 20tl t '-aat month.
Immediately upon the receipt of tho
document Mr. Mellet notified tho retirine
postmaster, Mr. U. O. Boyer, and an appoint
ment was made to arrange tho preliminaries
for tho transfer of the oflice. This afternoon
Messrs. Mellet, Boyer and Dengler were busy
completing the arrangements and to-morrow
morning Mr. Mellet will be In charge.
The commission arrived in good time as
the transfer of the office can be made with
all the buslnoss of 1893 closed and allows Mr.
Mellet to start in his new office with clean
shjlts-' The document is dated "Decomber
S93, so that Mr. Mollet's term will run
P"'e S8tne dotoof December, 1897.
Vheli seen this afternoon Mr. Mellet said
ho had nothing of importance to say for pub
lication. Ho has no changes of any kind in
view at tho present time. When the arrange
ments for the transfer are comnleta ho win
ityalk into tho oflice, assume charge, and keep
uumoss going irom tho point whore it Is
dropped by Mr. Boyer. The location and
arrangement of the post office, the clerical
and the carrier force will remain as they are
for tho present, at least.
'WATCH NIGHT- SERVICE.
Supper at lifv, I.lcliteiiwalner's House
vouowimi liy Serenades.
Tho Christian! Endeavor Society had a
service of song iiithe Evangelical church at
8 o'clock last evening, which was followed by
a powerful sermon! on a text taken from
Jool XIII, 14; byUtho pastor, Key. R. M.
wcmenwalner. As tho pastor had Just
recovered from a soVero illness the doty of
conducting the watiih night service was left
to Mr. C. W. Donglclr. It consisted of sing
ing, prayers and hltcstations. Mr. O. S.
Kohlor offered an appropriate prayor at the
cleso of tho old year.
After tho servico tAie Christian Endeavor.
a .i. t .. f...f,.i! mJtf? by tho r,c.-sAieut, V L. Graff, and sine-
. of Phill61hia. which w..ibad.t?-toirr'0-H-Salnlell, proceeded to the
h'Dowd'i Neighbors,
I better specialty company thai,
-iur Mark Murphy has appeared
i, but if so, it has been so long ago
the oldest inhabitant falls to
It. There are sixteen people iu
It. every one a stir. And when
the Grand opera house yesterday
10." sign came out. ur course,
Irk Murphy, as the impressible
I. 'tossr O'Dowd, leads the fuU'tnak.
tho others push him close for first
n Mattle Lockkette, as Kittle, is
e prettiest and most graceful
Bar appearing in Brooklyn. HJio
1 1 last night until she had to refuse
They are jovial lot, and can
laueh as you have seldom laughed
ooklyn 1mtt. At Fergusons
iiuary 3d.
Ei tried McBlhenny's fried oysters?
hree l'er Cent. Above.
iiwing collisries drawn to furnish
loal sold in December, 1893, to
(the rate of wages to ba paid make
Ing returns i
lilllery, P & It. 0. I. uo,
Tile Liiburg Failure.
The Icadlpg topic of discussion
Saturday ovening hinged upon the execri'on
istued
nan v.
through A. J. Lubuju-, iiuau. IrM.
Luburg was formerly engaged In thtillard
ware business in Shenandoah, and was jot.S:W
..... ; .
upon as ono or the most suustauuai pueracu
men of the town. Ho great was the, to'nfi
donco reposed In him aijd the Philadelphia
enterprise a numbor of town people mada In
vestments in it. The judgment was entered
on a note for $39,335, dated December 28,
1893, and made payable on demand, The
noto is signed by Charles E. Luburg, Jirosl.
dont, and A. J. Luburg, secretary. Albert J.
Lubure is trustee for Anna M. Allcbach.
Emma E. Luburg, ths First National Bank
of Shenandoah, the Union National Bank of
Mahanoy City, the First National Bank of
Uazleton, aad tho Northwestern National
Bank of Philadelphia. An additional report
received to-day states that the compauyihu
made an assignment for tho benefit of cred'
itors to Charles Bowman, Of Philadelphia;'
former resident of Shenandoah. f 1 1
Obituary.
Levi Cooper, the North Chestnut teet
shoemaker, died ou Saturday evening'al con'
jumption, from which he had suffered for five
years. Ho was 31 years of age and lew
wife and one child. Deceased was mem
ber of J. W. HtoKos Lioage, no. iu, .
F. The funeral will take place to-morrow
afternoon. Services will do uoiupuiui
Primitive Methodist church, and tntermeLt
.... -u nA "PrtUnTOo' ..mnlniT.
will oe maue in fcuo wuu
Tax Notice. J! , .
On and after January 10, 1891, tpeople in
arrsars for 1893 taxes will be obliged to pay;
an additional five (5) per cent. -
M. J. ScaniAK. i
i.S8-tf Becelver ofWaxei.
irsonage, upon invitation of Bev. Lichten-
wainer ana wire, ana round a table Im-i
w'th good things. :tr tha lepast and
ishlng tho pastor and his amiable wife a
happy now year tho Chrlttlan Endeavor
proceeded on Its serenade tour.
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12.63,7
. 2,-2
. 1.70.1
. S.50.4
. 2.41.8
t'iK.i
of wages to be paid for last two
)ecember, 1893, and first 2 weeksof
(891,1s three (3) per cent, above
latere a spselalty at mcr.iiienuj s
9-12.tf
Columbia t)ek Caleiular
I-isued annually by the Pope Mauu
;ompany, of Columbia Bicycle fame,
Ml. much improved In appearance.
ralendar of the same size and shape
If previous years, having a loaf for
l i.nt it attractiveness nai uucu
11 by the work of a clever artist,
i altered a series of hrlgut pen-uraw
Sell Its pages. It also contains, &
iv appropriate and interesting cou
fromjcople both bright and wise.
A rL-nfLU'1nfll?meilt.
To the Officers and Member! of tfki Ho ti
Ftiendlv Society, of Baltimore, Md,
Gentlemen: I beg leave to extend my
thanks for the promptness with which your
Superintendent, William T. Evant, and
agent, Alfred Welch, paid the claim" of one
hundred and two dollars ($102) due upon
th death of my son, Joseph M. Burns,
who died on tho 27th lust.
Mrs. Jouirii'8;
ai.o.i,.v. TW os 1893. ; It
nuo.tnuuuuu, -' ' ,
Wonders' one doten S cabinets for818K
Cor. Centre and .Market St., rottovHje;
lUectlou of onicers. ,
At a meeting of the Welsh Ivorjte lodge of
town ou Saturday evening thetillowing
officers were elected; l'resiaent, ames v
rioiu. vim President, morgan .rseyaD
Troasuror, John It. Jones; Secretary, D,' O,
Pritchard: Assistant Secretary, Keee( lievan
Conductor, Alfred M, Evans; Steward Henry
Griffiths; Inner Guard, Thomas Boberta;
Outer Guard, Moses Davis. Tho JAigo was.
Died.
COOPEE.-On the 30th Inst., at Shenan.
doah, Pa., Lovi Coppw, s-,s' Hi years.
Funeral will tako place on Tuesday, January
2nd, 189 1, at 2:30 p. m., sharp, from the family
residence, 12 North Chestnut.street. Services
In the Primitive- Methodist church and inter
ment in the Odd Follows' cemetery. Kola
tlvcs and friends respectfully invited to at
tend. Li-It
The Collieries.
To-day being a holiday all tho collieries In
this region were idlo. It is expected they
will resume operations to-morrow, but under
orders Issued Saturday afternoon all the I'.
& It. collieries will work but three-quarte
time until fiirts-cr-ot'-M:. Th Reduction la
the schedule of the working timo is attrib- j
uted to a stagnation in tho coal trade and mild 1
weather.
Large Funeral.
The funeral of tho late Charles Dress took
place yesterday afternoon, and tho remains 4
wero Interred In tho G. A. B. plot of the Odd
Fellows' cemetery with the usual military
bonors. Watkin Waters' I'ost, No. 140, G.
A. K., Henry Horncastle Camp, No. 49, Sons
of Veterans, Washington Camp, No. 183, P.
O. S. of A., and the Grant Band escorted the
remains to theif last resting plat.
ItnllHay niuutu
Tho Lehigh Valley train which leaves town
at 9:15 a. m. to-day commenced running
through to Jersey City over tho Pennsylva
nia Railroad from Newark, N. J. The
terminus of the road la now at tho Peun-
lylvanla depot In Jersey City, which is
reached from New York via the Desbrosses
and Cortland streets . Jerries, instead of the
Liberty street forry.
organized on December 20, 1875!aul Is one
of the most substantial societies Jn (he town,
financially and numerically.
Olveu Away.
For sixty days Keagey, the photographer
will give a 10x12 platinum picture w
dozen of his 3 cabinets.
The Fair.
Owing to tho Immense success the Colum
bia Hose Company's fair has met with the
committee has decided to continue it until
next Thursday evening. Over one thousand
people were iu attendance Saturday ovening.
It is one of the best and most successtui lairs
tho company has ever hold.
Fried oysters a specialty at McElhenny's,
8-12 tf
Will buyja
Hundred pound ba; ot
pride of Lehigh
Guaranteed as good as
Borne sold at t:.23 and !2.W.
nam Wells' Lavhdby Bltoj
Sluing for laundr
m
$ ile to Coughs. Golds
Whooping Clou