I Th ERAI SHENANDOAH. PA.. FBIDAY. MAY 11. 1894. VOL. IX. 'NO. 124. ONE CENT Evening iD House Cleaning Yes : it Is not over yet. Well, wo give you nuother surprise to fit up your window. This week Curtain Poles Wsttff 19c. Snmples lire displayed at our centre table nnl window. Your house does not need to look shabby, if jou can buy at such figures. t 116-118 North Main -I 1 1 1 O "NT i1. CSl ilO'lio j.ui.u ivi-itm oliccl, oucuiuiuudu, srx. j Sprinklers, Hammocks, Warm Weather Goods, Window Screens. Sitt::iif li (IBM, DUHCAH I WA1DLEY. 8 South Mora Street. M. P. OONRY, Monongaheln whiskey 60c a qt. 8t HllnArlnr ftnoTinn RrnTiflv 5S1 "K it fit Imported Jamaica Bum 1,60 a qt. VUENGLING'S Stock and Fresh Ale, - ilest brands of 60 Cleats aid The Gradual Reduction System Is tho popular system used in tho production of the High Grades of Fancy Flour sold by ui. We havo armlied the plan of Gradual Eeduction in order to mako popular prices Taney Moqnette Rugs. The original price was Tho first reduction waB to Tho next reduction was to -Anothor reduction brought them to Then down to -And now to closo them out wo reduce to They aro beautiful patterns and perfect goods. 0 WE OFFER THIS WEEK: Three Cars No. 1 Hay. Two Cars Choice Middlings. 41 . TO ARRIVE NEXT WEEK: One Car Dry Corn. Just Received : Strictly Pure Kettle-rendered Lard. Fresh Dairy Butter. Fresh Creamery Butter ovory other day. Now Summor Saueago, chipped. Fancy French Prunes, largo and fine. Canned Tomatoes, extra quality and extra bizo cans. Fancy Full Cream Cheeso. Your Pretty Wife "DescrTes a pretty home. Give her one by buying pretty furniture. The largest stock of , Parlor Furniture Ever brought to Schuylkill county, now open and ready for inspection, at greatly reduced prices. o.P.WILLIAMS&SOh ?z J. CI. ,11. T . 31 South Main St. J I n j Draught Porter and Wiener Beer. ail kinds of Temperance Drinks. on a large lot of large size. $4.50 4.00 3.50 8.00 2.50 2.25 Thrco Cart Whito Oats, COUNTY SEAT Lffll Observations About Court House Hill. SHENANDOAH IN FORGE! The Large Number of Cases She Supplied for This Turin Mnile Jinny of Her Citizens Attendants at the Courts A Mystoty Cleared Up Hpcclal Hbhald correspondence. Pottsville, May 10. This lins been a bin Shennndonh week nt tho court house on tho hill nnd tlo old snylng that Shen nndonh supports I'ottsvlllo has been well vcrllled. I am informed Mint 0110 of the reporters of tills city stood nt tho corner of Centre nnd Norwegian streets, Wednes dny morning, nnd counted one hundred nnd ilfty-sevcu Shennndonh people nmong the pedestrians. Some of the court ofllc ials say that the representation here this week from tho largest town In tho county has been the largest ever known, even ex ceeding tho attendance attracted by the famous liriggs trial. It is said that this Influx was due to the Szlnpns cases, which nroso out of the riot attending tlie Lithuanian funeral In shell' audoah some weeks ago. The cases cer tainly brought a number of neonlo hece as witnesses, ruey cnnie uown on weu nesdav and were told to ca home, be cause tno mstrict Attorney's assistants had not been able to find tlmo to draw up the indictments for presentation to the Grand Jury. They were told the cases would not Do ready oeloro tho Juno term. Wednesday Assistant Bechtel concluded he could get the cases ready for Thursday morning ana suupoenns were again issued for the witnesses, but when thev again presented themselves Mr. Hechtel said it was no use. the cases would have to 110 over unni tno Juno term and tno wit' nesses again returned home. borne weeks ago. when John KonlfT was arrested at bnamokln and brought to this plnce to answer charges of burglaries committed nt St. Clair considerable mys tery was attacneu to tue metiiotl ny winch KonilT secured bail nnd counsel, that is to say great care was taken to conceal tho names ot the Shenandoah neonle whohnd interested themselves in a man who ap- peareu to ue unknown in mat town, xue mystery was cleared up to-day on tho trial 01 tue case ueiore Judge Hechtel, when Patrick Gibbous, tho Shennndonh saloonkeeper, took the witness stand. He testllled that he employed counsel for Konlft' in respect for the- memory of nonm a indigent uiotner, witn wiiom the witness was very well acquainted. Tho KonilT case also brought to the front a former well known Shennndonh character known as Becky navies. Koniff. the woman ns "my wife' but subse quently caueu uer ueueccn and admitted that ho was not married to her. but had been engaged to her for tho past three years, Reeky occupied a seat closo to and between the prisoner nnd his mother during tno trial and seemed ns much In terested in the proceedings and tho nrob nhle result to the nccused as she could have been were he her lawfully wedded husband. Every Shenandoah man in at tendance nt the court house had to get a look at Beckv before leaving for home. hut she withstood nil gazes with fortitude and sen-possession uitlo short of brazen ness. I was in "Stlxey" Michael's last night wiien n bnenanuoah man walked in and, encountering a fellow townsman, said with some earnestness, "Have you heard of Mike Dovle's scrape f" "What Mike Doyle t" queried the one auuresseu. "Why, Doyle of the News, nt Shenan- uoau." "No, what happened f" "Well he used a razor on Burns." "WhntI Jim Hums the Chief Bur- gess 7 "No, his sido-burns." It-rr-r-ats I County Solicitor Ulrich to-day gave an other important opinion, this time affect ing the payment of costs. It is ns follows "Justices of the Peace aro public officers and cannot chnrge fees according to the fee hill of 1893, unless elected at the spring election of 1891. The other justices must lie paid according to the fee bill of ISM. The same law is applicable to constables. "Policemen of borough are officers and not employes of the borough, but they nro not public officers within the meaning of tue constitution, niey are sunordluate, ministerial omcers appointed and paid u the boroughs and must execute the ordl nances. They cannot collect costs in critn lnal cases from the county the snme ns constables. Neither can railroad and spec ial police and county detectives collect constable fees from the county. They may serve a subpoena nnd collect costs therefore from the county if the county Is ordered to pny all costs, meaning nil tho costs of prosecution nnd not those of tho defendant." There is quite a stir In political circles now, nnd tho promised new public build ing for this plnce may give the Democrats an incentive to go to work with the expectations of getting many Republican votes. It is an old chestnut nnd won't work. Regularly every two yenrs tho public building ghost is brought up for a purpose. Republicans of the county sent art not going to vote tins yenr lor lion. James 11. Ileillv. or nnv other Democrat, for Congress if half a dozen expensive public buildings are to be put up. This is a state jieiiiy uiui. lor votes. Kx-deimtv Shorlff Smith Is being urged to mako another effort to get into the Sherllt 's office. Hen. is a good fellow nnd would make n most satisfactory official, but his friends are not wise in urging him to come out at this late day, when the other candidates hnvo secured tho prom ises ot nearly all the would-be loaders and expect- to- ue-deiegntes. The fluht for this office hns dwindled down to lion. Kllas Davis and Alexander Scott. Both gentlemen are sanguine of me nomination. Will Baring's candidacy for the Igls- lain re In this district Is looking quite neauny. iiu is n popular young man aim would represent tlie district with great credit. Snapper soup Saturday all day and even' ing nc Mcuiuenuys. o-iu-ut A NEW ENTERPRISE. Kstabllshment of a Telephone Supply Com pany Willi Headquarters In Town. New enterprises nro whnt nre wanted to stimulate trade and with pleasure the establishment of nn Electric Telephone Company in Shennndonh is chronlclod to day. In tho past the electric teUphonu has been controlled by a monopoly nnd could not be bought nor controlled by Individuals. They havo been used only by largo business houses and wealthy; people in tho cities who could nuoru to rent inem nt extravagant prices. Tho fundamental patents havo expired, and the new company which has just ueen estaunsueu is now nuie to como into tlie mnrket with improved instruments, which, Instead of renting, they will sell outrtghjt nt a very low prlco. There now exists lib renson why nil business men and womenyhouUI not own their telephones. What before was a luxury Is now a ncces- lty and(by reference to tho new company's advertisement in tins issue 01 tlie HKISAI.P full particulars of what is claimed by them ate given in a clear intelligible way. Asl'osrer, Lamb iv Co. set out in this advertisement, words cannot describe the convenience of n telephone, and no family which wis, or begins, to use one would be wltuous it lor ninny tunes its cost es nectallvlwhen nu instrument which w ill last a lifetime can be purchased outright for n few dollars. The instruments nro flrst-cliiss in every respect, adapted to tnlklngjiny distance and can bo used to taiK low or mini. Tho establishment of nn exchange Is also part of tho new company's plans after enough 'phones nro sold to warrant it and very soon our merchants, manu facturers, coal operators and other busi ness men throughout tho Mnhanoy vnlley will bo In closer touch with their cus tomers. We besnenk for the new enter prise a successful and lucrative! business enreer. Little neck clams, sweet nnd luscious, nt McElhenny's. Unmlillng on White Street. Since the publication of the communlcn tion in the Hehalu, concerning a gam bling den ou White street, wo have received n number of notices giving locations of other dens In town. It Is the Intention of the HERALD to secure the names of tho frequenters of these establishments nnd if any further complaints nre mnde they will be hnnded to tho District Attornev or to the Grnnd Jury for nction. In ro- gnru to tue vt lute street uen wo nnve been approached and requested tomke further disclosures. We refrain from do ing this until we are certain that the place is still being used for imtnornl pur poses. Illllnn' Drug storo U for snle. Full in vestigation nllowed to responsible party. Centrnlln Minor Killed. James Mnlevwns instantly killed yes terday afternoon by nn explosion In a urease 01 tno luernam colliery at locust Dale, operated by the P. &. R. C. & I. Co. The explosion was caused by gas in Mnicy's breast becoming Ignited in somo mysteri ous way by a blast in nn adjoining breast. Tlie body of tho unfortunate mnu wns terribly burned anil mangled. Mnley was a resident of Centrnlla and left n family. Kliclith Anniversary. Camp 200, P. O. S. of A., held nn Inter esting meeting Inst ovoning, nnd one of the questions under considerntiou wns the celebration of tho enmp's eighth anniver sary, which occurs on the 13d of Juno. Prelimlnnry preparations were made in the appointment of a committee for thnt purpose, and the Indications nro thnt the members nnd their friends will hnve n most enjoyable time. Grocer Kehler sells AlrVA Tonic, lm A Promising Sporting Kveut. The pigeon mntch between N'elswenter, of Shennndonh, and Wenry, of Mt. Cnr mel, which will take place at Curry's Held, Centrnlla, to-morrow, is now absorb ing tne attention ot local sports. .Ma-i Larkin, of Shamokin, will trap tho birds for Neiswenter. and Madden, of Hickory Hldge. will perform a like service for Weary. Considerable money will change nanus on tne result. Kinky Franks. Three boys of Morea, nnmed James Bowen, Eugene Riley and Rees Davis, wns placed in the county jail yesterday on complaint of Superintendent Thomas, of the Dodson Coal Company, who charged the hoys with nutting miners' Bquibs in the keyholes of houses In Morea a nil setting tnem on lire. Ludleg, Tuke Notice. Speclnl sale of trimmed hats on Satur day and Monday nt Hyde's New York unsu .Millinery store, -.1 iuain street. 5-lu-iit Died. Williams. On the Oth inst., nt Shenan doah. Pa.. Sarah, wife of Thomas L. Williams, aged 52 years. Funeral will take place on Saturday. May llith. at 2 p. m., from the family residence, 133 South Wlilto street, interment win uo made lu the Odd Fellows' cemetery. Relatives and menus respectfully invited to attend HEFl'ltoN. On the 10th Inst., nt Shen nndoah. Pa.. Robert, son ot Michael Heltron. nged 3 months. 3 weeks nnd 4 days. B'uneral will take place on Satur day, ran inst., nt p. 111. interment in tho Annunciation cemetery. Relatives and friends respectfully invited tonttend. Lobster salad fresh, and toothsome, at Alcf.lhenny a cate. Keeley Cure Cruflade. Miss Shepnrd, the national president of the Women's Christian Temperance Alliance, will deliver a series of lectures on the Keeley cure for drunkenness through Pennsylvania. She will probably deliver one lecture in Shenandoah tho last of May. Konlir Omivlctfil. John Koniff, the man chnrged with robbing Mrs. Barrett, of bt. Clair, of a large sum ot money unu 01 ueing 1111 plicated in n number of burglaries nt St Clair, was trjed on the Barrett charge before Judge Hechtel at I'ottsvlllo yester day and found guilty. Fall of Coal. Joseph Litskawlcz, residing on Emerlck street, sustained a few slight bruises ou the back by a fall of coal In the Ellen gowan colliery ycBteruay. Fresh beer at Schmlcker's, 104 S. Main atreet. -so-im A MOTORMAN KILLED. Fatal Electric Railway Acci dent at St. Nicholas. THROWN OFF THE TRAGK A Mono l'lnced on the ltall Dernlli n Car mil Chii.im tho Death of John AVi l.li A russniiger nnil Trlnl Man Injured, Hut Not Wry Sriounly. At about six o'clock Inst evening enr No. 13 on the Mnhanoy City nnd locust Dale lino of the Schuylkill Traction Com pany's electric railway was thrown from the track ntSt. Nicholas nnd John Welsh, tho motormnn, wns instantly killed. Miss Lucy Kelly, of St. Nicholas, who was a passenger 011 lite car, Had a wrist sprained. Welsh, the motormnn. resided atKllen- gowan. The manner in which he met his death has not been determined. The In jury was a crushing of tho chest. It is 03 ii uie tnnt lie wns cnugut nnd squeezed jet ween n telegraph nolo and tho car when it was thrown from tho track, and it is nlso possible that he received a vio lent Plow on tno chest from the controller handle, or the brake shaft, when the collision with the telegraph pole occurred. The olllclnls of tho company lean towards 1110 latter tueory. When Interviewed to day Genernl Mali nger Ash. of the SchuvlkUl Traction Com pany, said the report that tho car was running at a high rate of speed when the accident occurred wns not truo. On tlie contrary, the car had stopped nbout 50 feet west of where tho en wns derailed and nfter starting again was going at the rate 01 irom twoio tnreo miles an uour. Tho company disclaims all resnonslbil ity for the accident and asserts that the car was thrown from tho track by a stone which had been muliciously placed outhe rail. Mr. Ash Rn'd to-day. "Wo nre con stantly annoyed by obstructions being ninceu on onrtracKs. notonivot St. lc'j- o'as. but in all places along our lines. Wo recognize the fact that where the lines run over, or at the sido of team roads, it is easy enough for stones to bo dragged upon the rails, but wo nre posi tive tnnt 111 most cases tliese stones nre plnced maliciously. In this particular St Nicholas case all circumstances point to a malicious act, as there is uo team road nenr the track. Kuthermore, Immedi ately nfter the accident occurred, we hnd the enr examined and tho track ganged and both were found In perfect condition. When we gauged the track, Charles sunt 11, wuo nns ueen. employed ns tract repnlrsmnn for the P. & R. R. R. Com pany for !).") years, was present nnd said the track was lu flrst-clnss condition. The report that the track was torn up by tho derailing of tho car is also incor rect. Tlie tract is tlie sntuo now as It was before and Immediately after tho acci dent, nnd we wero not obliged to put even a sniko in It." Later particulars show that Martin Corrignn, of Ellengowan, was also a victim ot the accident. Ho wns mnklng trial trips on tho rond preparatory to tauing n position on the i.aKeside Hue, but was not running the ar. He was beside Welsh nnd hnd his chest nnd left arm badly contused. Ho is not dangerously iniured. Welsh, the dend motorman, wns n sou of Supervisor Pntrlck Welsh, of Mahnnoy township. It Is now said that when the motormnn was thrown forward nfter tho enr left the track tho platform of tho car so pinned him agnlnst n telegraph polo that the handle of the controller lover penetrated his body just below the breast none and Killed mm lustantly. Devilled crabs, fresh nnd rich, nt Mc Elhenny's. PERSONAL. Daniel Bronnnn went toMt. Cnrmcl this morning. John Rhoads, of Delano, is visiting friends in town. Daniel L. Williams paid a visit to Mahanoy City this morning. Patrick Mills, recently of Ireland, is n guest of relatives ut Brownsville. Michael II. Britt, one of our school teachers, spent to-day nt the county seat. Justice William H. Shoemaker was in attendance at the Pottsvllle court yester day. David G. Glenn, of Turkey Run, to-dny shipped his household goods to .Milwaukee, Wisconsin. WUllnm Drew arrived hero from Eng land yesterday and is the guest of his brother, George Drew, of East Conl street. A. D. Gable, of town, has been Herni ated for grand sir knight herald ot the Knights of the Golden Eagle. He was nominated at tho annual session of tho Order nt Easton yesterday and the elec tion is to he made by the subordinate castles. THE GRAND JURY. Disposition Made ot Some Cases nt I'ottt vllle Yesterday A true bill has been found against William Seddon, Sr., Charles Seddon nnd William Seddon, Jr., charged with steal ing a lot of lumber from William Blew at Mahnnoy City. David Shopelro, tho peddler who shot Michael Hums, theTnmaquahotelkeepcr, must stand trial. A truo bill was found yesterday. True bills have been found ngnlnst Snrah Ellersbcrger nnd William Blake on n charge of adultery mnde by Otto Ellers berger, the husband of tho woman. All tho parties reside lu Gllbertou. Joseph Mesnravago will go to trial on a chnrgo of keeping u disorderly houso nt Win. Penn. The present one seems to bo the most active impannelled In the county forsomo lime. Yesterday It disposed of 43 bills and of the 330 on the list It has acted upon 144. The jury doeB not seem disposed to allow the county to be saddled with costs in petty litigation and for thnt reason there are many complaining prcwrouiors mid defendants. A Hare Clmuoel Au old violin, Cremona pattern, for Bale cheap. Call early at tteeie auction room, Dougherty building 5 V if COURT PnonpEDlNQS. Cne Ilefore Hi. Court ttfl tlrnntl Jury This Morntuir. Hpcclal to EVENlNCl IlEIULP. Pottsvillk, May 11. Tho grnnd Jury this morning disposed of the following Shennndonh cases: William Little, of Shennndonh. chnreed with nssnult and battery by his wife, Mary; true bill. iMico Leho nirnlnst Martha nnd Chnrlt Hoffman, assault and battery; true bill ngnlnst Martha Hoffman, but ignored as ngnlnst Chnrles Holtman. William Luckasnvagc aealnst William Evnskn. cheating nnd defrnudlim: not. guilty, prosecutor to pay tho costs. The case of Anthony MelnskH mrHinst William Evaska, In which the defendant wns accused of larceny, was tried before the court this morning and tho defendau was acquitted. The following wero among the mnrriae licences granted to-dnv ; William Roc?, kowsky and Miss Mary Wasczulite, Andrew Sails and Miss Maggie Toma lenuty, all tho parties being residents of Shenandoah. The Grand Jurv this morning also eon- s'dered the Win. Penn case of Annie Hoff man ngnlint (enrge Smith, on u charge of larceny. The bill was Ignored and the costs put on the county. M. M. Burke. En.. this morning mnde n motion for a new trial for John Knniil Tho court reserved its decision. The case of Howard Kendrick, charged with committing a burglary nt Mlners- vllle last Easter, Is on trial before Judge Hechtel. This is the first of a series of sensational Minersville burglary cases which win ue tried tins nnil next week ml among which will be tho one in which Tosepli Patterson, of Shenandoah, wns arrested nnd put under f,1,00( ball. Judge Weidmnu this morning handed down n decision in which lie refused to Irect the chnrgo of periurv ngnlnst County Commissioner Allen to be sent uacK to tue urnud Jury. IGO AND KNOLL. Knciipo From On.' Cii'o and Help In Another. Thomas and John Igo, Wal. Knoll nnd James nnd Peter Lnrkins, residents of this town, were arrested some days ago charged by Anton Spetz, of YntesvllU, witli stopping him on tho highway be tween tho two places one night and rob bing him of n bottle of whiskey and 1.60. Tho case was before the Grand Jury yei terday nnd dismissed, tho costs being placed 011 tho prosecutor. Wal. Knoll and John tgo were not so fortunate In a second case presented be 'oro tho Grand Jury and in which they wero charged by Mike Mahanie with steallug n lot sf canned goods nnd other irtlclcs to the vnlue of a hundred dollars. Ill this case tho Grand Jury found a true bill, Mnbnnle resides on East Contra street and Knoll and Igo wero arrested at his placo at two o'clock lu tlie morning by two of the night police who had been watching the men for some time. Soft shell crabs, the llrst of tho season, nt McElhenny's. 5-10-3t Oliltuury. Mr. and Mrs. Mlchnel Toamey, of Rappahannock, mourn the loss ot their infant child by death. The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hellron, of tho First ward, died yester day. Tho funeral will take placo at 2:30 p. 111. to-morrow. James Mnley, tho Centrnlla miner killed by an explosion at the Merrlani colliery, yesterday, was a brother-in-law of James Tobiu and Martin Bieiinau, ot this plnce. Tho funeral of the Into Mrs. Sarah Williams will take place from tho family residence on South White street nt two o'clock to-morrow. The deceased was the step mother of John L. Williams, general manager for the Union Coal Company nt Shamokin, anil Thomas L. Williams, out side foremnu at tho Maple 11111 colliery. Crab salad, dellciously seasoned, at M -Elhenuy's. Tim I'.Iecltlo Hallway. An exchange says that tho obstacle thrown lu the way of the Lakeside Elec tric Railway making a crossing nt grade on Main streot, near tho Lehigh Valley depot at Mnhanoy City, has been removed by 1111 understanding between the electric and Lehigh Valley companies, but when spoken to on the subject to dny General Manager Ash nid he had not bteu officially notified of the adjustment of thnt mat ter or tho one affecting tho Shenandoah crossing. It has been suggested that tho objection to the crossing at Shennndonh may be disposed of by diverting the course of the road to the Emerlck street crossing nnd then running west on Coal to Mala street anil make eouuection witli the oid lino there. The Coocert. Tho concert in Hob-bins' opera house last night under thenuspicesot tlie Grn-it Band was a very enjoyable iiiTair und was given before n good-sized audience. A number of very Hue and difficult selec tions were rendered with excellent sm-cess nnd wero generously applauded. "A Trip to the Country" won an encore nnd Mr. John Baskelleld's baritone solo, "Rocked in tho Cradle of tlie Deep," was well re ceived. These concerts of the Grant Band have becomo very popular. Noir Jteady, Kegey, the lending photographer, in now ready to make pictures nt his new stand ou Lloyd street near Main. Itfo More Disappointment. No more delays. We have now made arrangements to have finest Creamery Butter always in stock. We sell you no imitations. Come yourself or send the children. They will get Creamery if they ask for it. 122 North J&rdin Strr hi
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