Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-11
NEWS OF THREE STATES.

Interesting Items From Pennsylvania, Ohio
md West yIrginin.
THE report that diphtheria is prevalent in
Braddock Is false.
The West Virginia State Board Of Health is
in session at Charleston.
MRS. JOHN ALBRIGHT, residing near Re-
public, was fatally kicked by horse last even.
ing.
GoTTLIEB KRAuss, o German, Of Morgan's,
near Scottdale, committed suicide. Family
troubles.
WHILE In swimming John Klingensmith, o
A'year-old son of Section Boss Klingensmith,
was drowned In the river at Kittannins.
JOE THOMAS (colored) was sentenced to the
Toledo workhouse, at TIfin, for 30 days and
to pay fne of $40 for playing "Peeping Tom"
The section men Of the Pennsylvania Com
pany in the vicinity Of New Castle are on q
strike. They have been getting 81 10 and want
81 25 per day.
ELMER BROWN. who was killed west of Alli-
ance Wednesday night while braking on a
train, resided at youngstown, his correct name
being Alfred Beddard.
AN attempt was made yesterday to burn
down the wholesale liquor store of W. ].
Darsly, of Duquesne. The fire was put out be-
fore it got heading by some railroad men.
A NUMBER of Pittsburg capitalists are in
terested in developing mines, ETC., in the
vicinity of Stoyestown station. A we'll is down
l,S00 feet, but not vein of coal has been
struck.
THE Rev. II. H. W. Hibshman, D. D.. pastor
of the Grace Reformed Church IN Tlffin, has
lege, Collegeville, Pa, and DR.. Hibshman will
accept.
JUDGMENTS were entered in favor of cred
itors amounting to s17, ,566 against the Lancas-
ter Iron Company, which commenced building
rolling mill at Lancaster, O., and became in
volved.
JOHN POLK, aged 70 years, who resides at
Mt. Jacobs. was found dead in bed yesterday.
Heart disease was the cause This makes the
fourth sudden death from heart disease in that
section this week.
THE men are suffering intensely from the
heat at the Edgar Thomson Steel Works at
Braddock. Hardly day passes but the con-
verting department has to shut down for an
hour or so in the afternoon.
REV. JOHN l. SwANDER. D. D., Ph. D.. of
Fremont, has offered to donate 1900 tele-
scope to Heidelberg University, of Tiffin. pro-
viding that an observatory costing similar
Jun is erected to receive it.
MRS. NICHOLAS HOFFMAN was danger
ously hurt at Tifin, by being dragged by COW
she was leading to water her feet becoming
tangled in the rope and dragged the woman
down the bank into the river.
JOHN 8. ROLLER, ex-City CLERK of Youngs-
town, recently convicted of appropriating
funds while in office, has disappeared. Yester-
day afternoon his bond was forfeited by Judge
Robinson, and warrant was issued for his
arrest.
NEW pipe line is to be run through Wetzel
and Tyler counties, W. Va, from the Monon-
gahela oil field. by the way of Warrington into
Tyler county, thence through the Sugar Creek
country to the Eureka and Belmont oil fields
into Peasants county.
FOR some time past Irwin has been infested
by gang of thieves. During the past three
weeks several houses have been burglarized.
Wednesda night the residences of c. A.
Thompson, Silas Mccormick and John Flowers
were entered. but nothing of value was secured.