The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-03-21
KEYSTONE STATE NEWS.
Items Which Are Of Particular
Interest to Pennsylvanians. 1
IN THIS AND NEARBY COUNTIES.


PHILADELPHIA March H. The Times
Tuesday morning printed the following in
its editorial column: The Times publishing
company, Of Philadelphia, will pay a re-
ward of 81 600 to the person or persons who
may discover and bring TO conviction In the
New Jersey courts the murderer or murder
ere of Annie Leconey. The money will be
promptly paid on the joint certificate Of the
judge who tries and the prosecuting attors
ney who prosecutes the case, aft r. the fina1
conviction of the murderer or m6rdsrers.
A Philadelphia Bookkesper Arrested.
PHILADELPHIA, March IA j. Frank
Armstrong, who for four years up 10 last
November was employed as bookkeeper by
j. ii. Ellington q Co, has been arrested
charged with embezzlement from the firm
of between $4,000 and $4,000 The dis !
crepancy in Armstrong; accounts was not
discovered until after be left the firm His
whereabouts was not known until he was
arrested. He was held in default Of SIC, 900
bail
The Stanton Mine Flooded.
WmKEsBARRE, Pa, March IA Hot water
and steam from the flooded South Wilkes
barre shaft Is pouring into the Stanton
mine. A door connecting the mines is sup
posed to have been burned away The
tbe prosont Tho axtant - ,ha Sar,saa i.
not known
Blind Boys in Rebellion.
PHILADELPHIA, March l4.-The dismissal
OIL Edwin 3 Potter, principal instructor ct
the rehnsylvanla institution Tor the lnstruc-
w. - " 'uo " V'v 'ii"naseie i9suiso.
lasted for nearly an hour and took the most
strenuous efforts of the principal and other
-l'.'.u'o1 " 'U'u0'
burned TO Dehth'
YOUNGSTOWN, March i4-ln an incendiary
.ile ~ Vne Oai laohs VI Dro"' proVherS, con,
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His Wife, Cow and Furniture.
MILNEsv1LLE, March IA very novel
sale took place here yesterday. Hunga-
rian, who was about TO leave for Punxsutaw-
ney, the scene OF the great mining strike,
disposed OF his wife, COW and furniture by
selling them at auction. The amount real
lzed was So The buyer is reported well
satisfied with the bargain.
Bank Ohcials Indicted.
PITTsBURG, March lathe grand jury
today returned a true bill against President
W. w. Young and Cashier John Hoerr, Of
the defunct Lawrence bank, charging them
with embezzlement This is the technical
name of the offense, which consists in re-
| ceiving deposits in bank after knowing
that the institution is insolvent Both Of
| fcials were arrested
Joseph Eckmnn Dead.
LANCASTER. Pa. March 15-.Josepb Eck-
man. one of the best known iron masters in
A. IL
forty wears manager of the Grubb furnace
| at Mount Hope and Columbia, died March
| IA. aged rs years.
Tho Tas, of the y..,,,r.
pHuAnrrpuI. March IA Tho ero, OR.
| cial test of the nneumatic ouns of the dyna-
| mite cruiser Vesuvius ,vas mada Marcb ~
| in the Delaware. II is understood 10 have
been satisfactory in all resnacts lint tho "a
suits will not be made nublic until the off,-
| cial report has been handed the secretary of
the navy. 1t is said that the proiectiles
Travelled not only the required mile, but one
| third beyond, with IA firing pressure of 700
pounds. The shock when the projectiles ex-
| ploded on touching the water is said to have
| been felt at Chester, four miles away.
| Suspended fromthe NIinistry
| PITrsBURG, March 17.-Rev. r. B. Man.
| sell, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal
| church at McKeesport, has been SUSPENDED
| from the ministry, and will not be per-
mitted to occupy any pulpit until the case
| in which he is defendant has been tried be-
fore the next annual conference in October
| The famous trial, III which some of the most
prominent Methodist clergymen in western
Pennsylvania were involved, began last
Monday and closed at o'clock Saturday
morning, when the jury returned verdict
/ hndinp RaV ManGall on lu 70
of the four specifications under the charge
| OF lying and not guilty of the charge of
defamation.
| He Was Murdered.
| ALLENTOWN, Pa, March 15-At the house
| of Patrick Murphy a railroad brakeman
| named John Moran was murdered Moran.
Dick Hurley and Murphy were drunk and
Moran was cut ON the head with knife.
The other two men deny any knowledge OF
the cutting.
His children Got All.
| PHuADEIPHIA. March 1.-The late VIII.
lam Bucknell left his entire estate of sew.
eral million dollars to his children. II wa,
expected that there would be large beouest,
to charities
The Reserve Rule No Good.
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