Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-27
TRI-STATE NEWS.
Condensed Special Dispatches From Sur
rounding Communities That Are Tribu.

Condensed Special Dispatches From Sur
rounding Communities That Are TrIbu-
tary TO Pittsburs.
DREW q WALKER, of Du Bois, have COM
pleted contract for putting in 2,0O0 900 feet of
pine logs and to-day enter upon similar one
ENGINEER JOHN HEBRON, of Derry, was
killed at Wildwood yesterday by being hit on
the head by post while riding with his head
out of the cab window.
PETER HOUSEHOLDER, the oldest engineer
on the low-grade division Of the Allegheny
Valley Railroad, and the first to haul a passen-
ger train over its division, is dead.
WHILE Aaron Divinney, whose home is at
Phillipsburg, was driving from Penfield to
Clearfeld, on Sunday, he was discovered with
in five miles of the latter place frozen to death.
A NUMBER of the members of the Stoneville
NJ. E. Church, on Sabbath last, were overcome
by natural gas which had escaped from the
heater through the register. They were carried
to the outside and medical aid summoned. For
while it was thought they could not recover.
AT Washington, Pa, yesterday, Lewis s..
Miller received verdict of 500 damages
against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
In September, 1886. Miller was put off a train
on the Pittsburg, Virginia and Charleston Rail
road because he refused to pay extra TAR de-
manded on account of his not having ticket.
THE employees of Hazel numbers l and 2
Glass Works, at Little Washington, owned by
the Bellaire Stamping Company, have been no.
titled that on Saturday the works will close In
definitely. The cause for the shutdown is that
the company has purchased ware to fill its con-
tracts at price lower than the cost of manu-
facture
The dwelling of James Saunders and the
stable of Stark Overstreet in West Charleston,
were entirely destroyed by an lncendiary fire
yesterday morning Three fine horses were
burned in the stable. This is the fourth hre IN
the past five days, and the people are becoming
excited Efforts will be made to apprehend
the guilty parties.
THE coal mines Of Marshall county, West
Virginia, are flooded. A leak was sprung in
thereof, and before the miners could be notified
the water was up to their knees, and several
had narrow escapes with their lives. The mine
is flooded the entire depth to the shaft and the
supply of water seems inexhaustible. The
poisonous gas in the mine prevents an ex-
animation.
AT Rochester burglars attempted to crack
the safe in the postoffice. but were unsuccess-
full. They tried first to force the street door OF
the Office, but finally broke open shutter.
They smashed the handle of the safe door with
wooden mallet and inserted charge Of
powder. The Office was thoroughly ransacked,
but nothing was taken. The safe contained
nothing of value save some postage stamps.
AT meeting of the City Councils the Read
ing Trade and Labor Council, which is COM
posed of II labor unions, with total of l.5O0
members served notice upon the members of
Councils that if that body persisted in going
ahead with the contract for the new Maiden
Week water works, without stipulating that
no foreign labor should be employed, the labor
unions would apply for an injunction restrain
ing all parties from doing the work. A city
ordinance provides against the employment Of
foreign labor on city work. but this stipulation
was not inserted in the Maiden Week contract,
which is a large one.