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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-10-31
SWUNG OFF.

EXECUTION or BARoSovsKI--HIs DoUBLE cRinh
Pietro Baronovski was hanged at Potts
vile, Pa, Wednesday morning. The drop
fell at 1890 o'clock.
Baronovski passed an cisy night, sleepius
from II p. IN. until a. m. He ate light
breakfast at o'clock and at 8 o'clock
Polish Priest held confessional, aud mass
was said and the sacrament administered.
At9:l5 o'clock the jurors took their places
in the Jail yard. About lois o'clock the
procession was formed and marched to the
scafold. A short prayer was offered up;
then the black cap was adjusted the arms
and legs pinioned the sigaal given, and at
1875 o o'clock the trap sprung, which launch
ed the prisoner into eternity. About 2N
| people were allowed to witness the execu-
zion.
The double murder for which Pietro Bar
I anovski suffered death was committed on
Saturday, May H. ls5S, and was one of the
most atrocious in the criminal record OF
Schuylkill, n county unenviably distin.
guished for crimes of violence and blood
! AT "nusky Tract" on isolated spot near
Middlcport, eight miles east Of Pottsylle, in
humble dwelling lived Anthony Put
/ lavitCh aud his wife, with his brother John
| Putlavitch and Agnes Katch, a domestic
and the ailianced of John. The men were
miners working at the Big Vein colliery, q
mile or two distant.
! Upon his return fIJm work on the even
/ Ing Of May II, Anthony Putlavitch found
his home burned to the ground and in tht
still smoking ruins he was Mortified to dis.
cover the charred remains of his wife and
Agnes Katch, Robbery had evidently been
the murderer's motive, for bureau had
been broken open and some sGOJ abstractel
A cash in Mrs. Putavtch's skull ami an
axe lying by her side revealed the method
of the double murderer. Suspicion was soon
directed to Baranovski. who had worked al
the Big Vein colliery and boarded at Putla
vitch's and who had drawn his pay on the
day Of the murder and disappeared. lie wa.
traced to Shenandoah and thence to Iosliere
where il was learned that he had purchased
ticket for Buffalo and taken Lehigh Val
ley train.
kilograms we're sent out 10 the authorities
on the road, and On Tuesday afternoon, May
IS, Baranoysky was arrested on train at
Mauch Chunk. lie ut once confessed the
murder and robbery, but said the killing
was not prcmeditated but the result Of Q
quarrel with the women. lie SURRENDERED
sl25. which with S3i he said he had spent
he claimed was all the money he had secur
el. He was lodged in Jail at Pottsvlle and
at the next term Of court was trlel aud con
victed of murder in the first degree
During the trial and ever since Baranovsk
gave strong evidence of real or fcignei in
sanity, and, efforts to obtain new tria
having failed, his counsel secured respite,
with view of showing his mental incapa
blity. Failing in this last effort was mad
before the Board of Pardons, but that tri
bunal refused to interfere and the seltenc
Of the law was carried out. Baropovski wa
born in Poland in 1862, was a single mar
and had been in this country about fou
/ months at the time Of tue murder.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-10-31
FATAL FIRE.
LAKE STEAMER oUINTE BURNED.
vouE LIVES LOST AM MANY PERSONS SERIOUS
LY INJURED.

The steamer Quinte left Deseronto at $50
p. IN. Wednesday, with a crew Of IL men
and 70 passengers, She carried freight, ex-
press and mail fer Picton and way ports.
When but few moments from the dock
fire was discovered in the wood work near
the fire hole, and the pumps were set at
work, but without avail. Pilot Collier
beached the boat on shoal. The Captain
and crew were at their boats and all efforts
were made to save the passengers, who lost
self-control and plunged into the water with
out life prescrvers. Pilot Collier stood at his
wheel until the boat was grounded and the
engines had stopped, the engineer, Thomas
Short, leaving his engines running. The
flames drove him away. Pilot Collier was
| severely burned on the face and hands. En-
! gincer Short was also severely burned before
he lcft his post.
Before help could arrive from Dcseronto
the crew of a sloop lying close by put out in
boats to the rescue and picked up all that
| that they could find. The steamer Deseron-
| to, and tho steam yacht Ripple went TO the
rescue and brought the survivors 10 the
| town, when medical aid was afforded them.
T, Those injured were Miss a. Suva Kellar
Captain of the Salvation Army at Pieton,
who was severely burned about the face.
arms and hands, but il is thought not seri-
ously. Mrs. Anderson, the cook, was severe
ly bruised in her right arm and shoulder,
and sustained severe nervous shock,
while her exposure in the water
will no doubt prove serious; she was
also burned about the head. Engineer
Short was burned about the face and
hands. Fireman +. IIarte is badly burned
about the face, neck and arms, and had two
bones of his left leg broken. Mf. st. Charles,
carriage maker of Belevillc, is in a most
serious condition from his exposure in the
water, but will recover. Col. Strong, United
States Consul at Belleville, was slightly
burned and bruised. Other passengers were
slightly injured. Capt. Christie was severely
bruised, and only realized his injuries when
he was taken 10 hotel and cared for. Mr.
A. Harte, a traveller, was in the water and
saved boy named Charlie Anderson. Boil
Of them sat on the paddle wheel of the burn
ing steamer until they were taken off by the
crew of the Deseronto.
Some of the passengers, IL is feared, are
lost, but il is not certain. II is known tina
four persons lost their lives, Mrs. Christie
mother OF the captain of the boat, and hei
II year-old son, were in the ladies' cabin q
few moments before the alarm was given
but have not been seen since, and must have
been burned. Mrs. Stacey, assistant cook,
and her young son, were in the dining hall
and perished in the flames. None of the
freight nor anything belonging to the crew
, was saved.
The steamer vas owned by the Rathoun
Company, and was the best in their lak'
service. She was valued at 5000, and wa
insured for two-thirds of her value.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-10-31
RAILROADS NOT LIABLE.
COMPANIES MAY LIMIT THEIR LIABILITY FOR II
JURY TO PERSON By CONTRACT.

COMPANIES MAY LIMIT THEIR LIABILITY yoaIN
JURY TO PERSON By CONTRACT.
In the United States Court at Martins
burg w. Va, Judge Bond, of Baltimore,
rendered decision of great interest to all
railroad employees. 1t was in case in which
a father aud minor son, both brought suit
for damages against the b. Il o. railr.si for
injuries sustained by the son while in its EN-
ploy.
1t was shown that the father had signed q
contract consenting to the employment Of
his son, and releasing the company from
responsibility for injuries sustained. The
son although minor, signed similar con
tract. he Court ruled against the plaintiff
in both cases, and held that the company
had legal right to contract to limit Ia
liability for injuries received by its emf loyes
caused by he negligence Of its agents. The
case Of the son, which was for $io, 600 dam
ages, viii be appealed TO the U. 8. Supreme
Court
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-10-31
SOME NEW FEATURE
ANOTHER IMPORTANT DECISION sanu
IowA's PRoHIB iroRY Law

ANOTHER IMPORTANT DECISION sa,u
IowA's PRoHIBiroRY Law
In the case Of j. N. Craig apPeln
Werthueller and Endy ct AL, and dll
Craig, appellant, VS.. BerthoId Raa z
decision has been handed dIEl u
Supreme Conrt, prepared by Juia Z
in which several old features and aa'I
ones Of the Prohib,tory Law an
upon.
Among the questions is the ~
the State by legislative enacin'iH
fiscate personal property OF Ss'
without process OF law, it beng casa
the statutes authorizing sucG ac!'na
fict with the Constitution Of The
States and Iowa.
The question holds that in GRIN 4
ton for nuisance against the man u
kept by him is on trial as
therefore, there is due process
This is a matter that has been mla
sed, and involves "A grave question:
tent of the powers Of the state Ds
The property rendered valnele'q
der of the Court exceeds $1,000
and consists of breweries in the eug
lington. The case will probably s'
the u. s. Supreme Court
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-10-31
FIFTEEN sEAMEN LOST.
ONE ~ ONE FIVE MEN DROP INTO THE SEA I
SIGHT OF LAND.

ONE BY ONE FIVE MEN DROP INTO THE SEA IN
SIGHT OF LAND.
The schooner Gee &c T. Simmons, of Cam
den y. J , was wrecked off False Cape, 3
miles south OF Cape Henry, in the storm
OF last Wednesday night. When the
vessel was first seen, sunk in the
breakers Thursday morning, five men
were lashed in the rigging, One by one
the doomed men must have been swept
away in the sea. Saturday night two men
were left and at sunset Sunday evening on.
ly one remained. Life saving stations num-
bers 4, and o, have keptin readiness crew
of picked men watching an opportunity to
go TO the rescue of the wrecked men, but the
surf run too high for the life boat to make
an attempt at relief,
A large three mnsted schooner, flying a
flag of distress, went ashore eight miles out
side of Oregon inlet The schooner Lizzie
s. Haynes, lumber laden, from Savannah to
Baltimore, has been wrecked on Bodies Is
land. The captain and steward were saved;
five men were drowned. Two Of their bodies
have been recovered and buried. The vessel
is a total loss and the cargo is washing OH
the beach.
The schooner A. l.. Bllckman rolled over
two miles ont ut sea The captain, Charles
Edwards, by the aid Of Irk jacket, swan
| to New Inlet an was saved. The remaining
| i've of the crew were lost.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-10-31
CANNTBALTSM.
A HORRIBLE STORY TOLD by THE EAni'Moos
SURVIVORS.

Carl Grave, fireman, and Ludwig Joder,
seaman, two survivors Of the crew OF the
steamship Earnmoor. tell a story, horrible
in its details of the way they sustained life
by cannibalsm. for days.
Loder says: THE only food we had the
first Is days in the boat was n flying fish
and few raw small seabirds divided among
II men. On the 10th day out Wm. Davis,
a seaman, caught me by the throat
and made dash at my head
with knife lie cut me ON the right cheek,
tue scar from whicb still remains, as You
see. He w., ,rold to kill me by August
Plagge. fireman. When Davis began to
cut me, some of my companions caught him,
but others shouted: Kill himl Kill him
We want something TO eat. We are starv-
ing 1t seems that Plagge, Davis and others
in one end of the boat had decided that
should die, suppose being pretty fat, ]
looked inviting Plagge was placed on watch
that night, but he was missing next morn
ing. No one saw him go overheard.
ION the nth day William Robinson lay
down to sleep. When they tried to call him
they found him dead It was determined to
eat his flesh, and William Wright, the cook,
was ordered to carve the body. The first
thing done was 10 smash in Robinson's skull,
and from the fracture each one sucked the
blood as long as it would last, which was but
little while. hon the cook stripped the
flesh from tn. ribs The next day the flesh,
in strips, was placei on top of the water.
tight compartments and dried in the
sun. After taking out Robinsons liv-
er, heart and other parts which would
, furnish blood to be sucked they threw
his mutilated body into the sea- Two days
after Robinsons death Third Engineer
Thomas Hunt died. His body was also cut
up for food.
"ln about three days." continued Loder,
'lhe limbs and feet of all began to swell
and several have since broken out in ugly
sores We think it is poison from the hui
man flesh and blood" Both Grave and
Loder say that they have no recollection OF
the taste of human flesh, so great was their
mental anguish at the time. Their only
recollection of taking the food is feeling theii
own blood quicken Is it coursed through
| their veins.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-10-31
ALL EVE MUST HANG.
THREE DIR THEIRS AND rwo COUSINS To DIE AT
THEsAaE rIME.

THREE DR. THEIRS AND rwo COUSINS To DIE AT
THE SANE TIME.
The sentence OF John Barnard, Sr., Ander-
sou Barnard, Elisha Barnard, John Barnard
Jr. and Clint BLrnarj, of Hancock county,
Tenn, condemned 10 death for the murder
of Henley SutIo.I, near Snceiville, on Jand-
ary IL last, was affirmed by the Supreme
Court, which sentenced the defendants to be
hanged on the 22nd of ID ,cember next
The first three prisoners are brothers and
the other two are cousins, and the crime
for which they will suffer death was the re-
suit of feud that had existed for several
months paeyious TO the murder between
Sutton and John Barnard, Sr, The two had
some differences concerning rell-estate
trade, aud when some hogs belonging to
Sutton one day appeared with marks OF
mutilation Sutton ut once suspected Bar
nard. He ma le threats an / Barnard armed
himself in anticipation OF trouble.
Sutton, who conducted distillcry
several miles distant from Sneedville left the
latter place on the evening OF the tragedy
and while riding along was met by the five
men. He was shot through the heart and
death was instantaneous. The boiy wa,
soon discovered. and John Barnard, Dr., was
arrested on suspicion. The arrest OF thu
others soon followed, and at the May tern
Of the Hancock county Circuit Court they
were arraigned for trial. The proof was con
elusive that the party concealed themselve
in the bushes along the road and murdere'
sutton.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-10-31
IN JUDGE LYNCHs Corn.
TWO MEMBERS OF THE M'ooY eASar,r,.
JAIL AND HANoED 10,


Information brought by cou,,..
Hamlin, Lincoln county, W. Va. ",. as
about midnight Friday night NJ. at
rounded the Lincoln County Jail Ana W
an entrance, after a short resi.tanc. 'a
authorities and took two OF the n.'' @
Green Mccoy and Milton Haley ana ',u's
them to tree short distance from n. " ss
building. -
Haley and Mccoy are natives Of K.,,
and are allied TO the Mccoy faction :,
laws whose murjerous feud with ,hs w ~
fields is familiar to the public. Noco. ~
engaged in a shooting scrape with ~. 80
Brumiield, of Lincoln county, abo,, s'a @
ago, and about month ago he. in co,,.'4
WITH Haley, ambushed AMI a,temr..1 y
murder Al Brumfeld and his wif. r,'' ~
shooting occurred on Sunday nipb, I I',
both the victims were badly wo1nleI w
Brumneld being shot in the breas, an, -
husbindin tbeleg. Fora time wa,,ha.sl ~
the woman would die, but she finale .,
cred.
Mccoy and Haley e'c'p,i to Ken,p.,.
but not until there hal been two mo,, y !,
tempts at assassination In the county in :.
Of which man named Adkins a frie,A
the Brumfelds, was woundel The h,
would-be murderers were ar-c,,eI A, h.
Postoflice, Martin county, Ken,leky =,
were put in Jail there. Later on ,hv ~.
locked up in the Lincoln c,unty ~ M
Jail. II is supp ,sed they w,r, lya,n,l !,
some of the Hatfield symp tthizers
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-10-31

A BOGUS C0u T P.EAps GUILTY liam
&. Tenner the "French count" who has
been yictimigng business men of New York
city by forging their names on checks, was
arraigned before Judge Martin. He told the
judge that he was perfectly willing to ad-
NIT his guilt which was the result of power
~. He pleaded guilty to forgery in the
third degree and was remanded for sentence.
Documents ON his erson proves that Ten
ner comes of good French stock, his career
of crime dating back to the forgery of Sarah
Barnhardt's name to checks for 10000
francs.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-10-31
THE NEWS CONDENSED.

Dispatches from the City of Mexico say
earthquake shocks were felt over u large part
of the country Wednesday evening, but
no damage or loss of life is reported.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has
lust effected "A traffic agreement with the ST.
Paul and Duluth Railroa |, AMI it is expect
ed that the alliance will be favorable to both
roads. Next season fleet of five steamers
will be put OH the Lakes between Erie and
Duluth.
An oil train on the Lake Erie and Western
road was derailod near kokomo, Ind, the
wreck taking fire and being consumed. Jocob
Mehl, engineer L. Burnell, fireman, and
John Spelman, brakeman, all of Peru, Ind.
were killed and their bodies burned 70 Gin
ders. The disaster was the work of wreck
ers, who have made several at,emp,sto dam
age the pro. erty Oft Lake Erie and West
ern.
On August % the three masted schooner,
Forest FAIRY, Captain Diaz sailed from Bos-
ton. for Flores Fayal and Gracioso in the
| Western Islands. Sixty-five days bay,
elapsed and nothing has been heard or re
ported of the vessel or crew. There were 81
souls on board, % of these passengers who
were returning To Azores.
The grand jury at New Orleans has foun'
10 or ~ indictments against Mayor Burke II
the Louisiana bond frauds case.
A fast mail will be started November II
by which u letter mailed ut New York vii
reach San Francisco in los hours and 4
| minutes
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-10-31
DESTITUTION IN DAhOH
,rEps TAKEN FOR THE RELIEF oi %
AND SUFFERING fANlIiS

srEPs TAKEN FOR THE RELIEF " =
AND SUFFERING fAsIhS
The Board of Trade OF Minns'I'-
appointed special coml'l'""
through the winter, whose Uu'-
the collection and distribution I"
the several counties Of Nor'h an-
kota, where, owing TO cop 'A'-
Past two seasons, there eAl'SP 4
ton among the people. Inc W.
brought to the attention oil 81
and collections taken up for u 10
Additional reports have been ."
firming the distressing CONDITION
and il is said that at least W.
South Dakota are in a state "
The County Commissioners y
kola have authorized the puf'1
but can do no more. a move
foot to have the large towns 'I
operative work for the Te''e'"
tute.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-10-31
REVOLUTION IN GUATEMALA.

Affairs in Guatemala are in bad state. A
revolution ON large scale, said to be backed
by New York parties, is in progress. I he
revolutionists make a pretense OF counting
on Mexican aid, but Government official say
that Mexico will not back any revolution.
Letters TO III Pdbeiion hdejonal state that
war between Guatemala and San Salvador
Is imminent.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-10-31

ABoUr 700 MINERS ON SrsrKE.-Between
800 and 7oJ miners employed in the four
mines OF tho Columbus and Hooking Coal
and Iron Company in the Hooking Valley,
have struck. They are progressive union
men. Between 800 and 400 Knights of Labor
men remain ct work. The union men refuse
to work unless their organizati IN is recog'
nixed on the committee, and the check -on
Tor mipe expenses granted as before May l.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-10-31
PENNSYLVAN E"'
NEAT INCREASE FOX s.rTEs,,,
SAME MONTH LAST

A NEAT INCREASE FOX s.ritSr, nr,,
SAME MONTH LAST
The report of the Pean'yl'', y
Company east Of PittsoursD ,s,s
September, as compared "i'p's =.
in 1893. show an increase IN
Of si4s, 800; an increase in eir
$50; an increase in ne, ealn'.s ~,
The nine months OF 1883 ~ III
the same period Of 1888 sho" =.
| gross earnings of 81, ,sii 'o'o, -. :.
expenses of ss2a, 2sS' an inc'' y
ings of s4s2, ssl. All ilns' is. a,
burgh and Erie for the nun ,d.|
, show a surplus over all iSo .a|
being . gain, as compares
| period Of 1884 Of $500 '7se
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-10-31
STRATEGY.
TUE uowARps STEAL MARCH on THEIR HATED
ENEMIES.


ENEMIES.
Harlan Court House, Ky, is in the hands
of the enemy. Wilson Howard has taken
possession OF the town, and has his band, 40
in number, barricaded in the court House
Judge Lewis and his Law and Order posse
90 in number, left Harlan Court House
where they had been camped,
about TO make an assault on Howari's camp
10 miles away, on Crttenden creek. How
ard, anticipating this movement, had placed
his followers in ambush near the town.
The Lewis posse passed directly through the
AmbuScade. After they hal got beyond
their foes, who we concealed in the brush.
and we're proceeding in the direction OF
where Howard's camp was supposed to be,
the Howard party moved into town and
took possession of the Court House.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-12
LITERARY GLEANiNGS.

A NEW women's paper has been started in
Greece.
FoRTY-F1vE biographies of Charles Dickens
have been published.
MATTHEW ARNOLD says that the Ameri-
can funny men" are National calamity.
A RUSSIAN law forbids the use of exclama-
ton points in newspaper articles in that
country.
THE widow of the late Mayne Reid, the
widely known and popular novelist, Is en-
gagged in writing his life.
a WEEKLY to be known as the Chinese
Etdagskst is to be started in New York City,
of which Yam Phon Lee will be one of the
editors
LOUISA NJ ALCorT directs in her Will that
all her manuscripts be burned, but this will
not be likely to interfere with the publ
cation of the usual quantity of posthumous
stories.
COLONEL HIGGINsoN says the literary tone
of the United States is more serious, moro
original and in its regard for its external
forms more cultivated than that now pre-
vailing in England.
The autographs belonging 10 the collec-
ton Of the late Ben: Perley Poore have been
sold at auction, and netted about $500.
The highest price paid for any one autograph
was 500, for letter written by Edgar Allen
Poe upon the subject of THE Raven
ALL the Japanese books are read from
the right-hand side instead Of from the left
hand side, and the lines run from the top
of the page to the bottom. In a word jap
anese books commence where American
end and end where American books COM
mence.
THERE is newspaper museum at AiX-la-
Chapelle containing files or specimens of
more than seventeen thousand newspapers,
half the full press Of the world. Among
them is the forty-sixth number of the Teas
Democrat, published at Houston in 1864 on
wall paper.
SOME interesting autographs of men Of
letters were sold recently in London. In
one from Swift the writer declares that SO
dire is his poverty that "i come to Mare
Park it must be on foot" Sterne begs for
the loan of fifty pounds. A letter from
Goldsmith gives ''doleful accounts of his
Italian travels, and one from Fielding COM
plains of his disappointments in money
matters
HORACE SMITH, an old-time crony Of Edgar
Allen Poe, has in all probability the largest
collection of newspaper clippings in the
world. He began when boy of ten years,
and has been clipping for fifty years on
every conceivable subject. His collection
is indeXed and alphabetically arranged in
envelopes 1t would take a furniture van
to hold what he has now, although he has
sold thousands and thousands Of slips. Mr..
Smith lives in William PENIS cottage in
Paramount Park, Philadelphia.