The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-05-25
PENNSYLVANIA pICKINGS.
SOME IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS
OF Interest to Dw,iers in the Keystone
State.

eInan bFadlQrd, ihlS was tne ntne OF
his late grand-uncle who died in Philadel-
phia August ., 1891, and who In his will be
queathei $4,000 10 Vincent, provided he
TOOK his name when he reached his majori
ty, which was on April last.
The first street car accident in Altoona
since the electric system was introduced in
July last occurred when Mrs Frank Shaffer
walked in front of n car which had az
prolcned unOb3eryed She was knocked
down and dragged some distance. while at
small child Of J. Bowlings, which she had
been carrying in her aims, was thrown
against the opposite curb. Both the wom
ans legs were broken and she will die. The
child may recover, but it is doubtful.
The house and barn of Dr. T. l., Flood,
editor of The Chdutduquan, at MeadyiIle.
were burned.
n ENDPEsss slaughter house and stables
at Altoona, were destroyed by fire. Loss
5000; fully insured.
FRANK SULLvANdied at tConnelsvilc from
injuries received in the machinery of girls
| mill.
ED. FITZPATRICK of Oil City has hen that
| laid an egg the other day which measured
| eight inches in circumference. Franz Mays
| of same place has an egg eight and half
/ inches in circumference, laid by one OF his
hens.
| HARRY PAUL. a young German OF Plym.
| outh, who is working at 81 day. has news
| of the death Of his father in Germany, by
| which the young man falls heir to $4,000.
He ran away from home six years ago.
LANDLORD J. w srEsy, of the Lawrence
| Junction Hotel, near New Castle, has six
| well-traned tOi s. which he has been in
struciing for three months. The reptiles
are trained 20 march, or hop, in squads 10
| catch reaches. One has been trained TO
climb ladder, while another turns the
| crank Of "A small churn. Several showmen
have offered good prices for the strange pets
but they arc not for sale.
ANDREW JOHNSON, at Johnstown, begun
| suit for divorce from his wife Sarah, be
cause she could not bake good bread and.
incidentally, for faithlessness.
Mrs ELLA KENNEDY, wife Of Martin Ken
redy, Of Port Perry while carrying her 4.
months-old girl baby upstairs, trippcl and
fell. 4 lamp, which she was carrying, ex.
ploied, burning mother and child 30 that
they died some hours later
CHARLES KEEFER sat on a keg of what he
| thought to be sawdust 10 put rivet inside q
boiler ut the Philadelphia and Reading
| shops at POttsville. The hot rivet fell Sc,
the key on fire, exploded the dynamite and
probably fatally injured keefer.
FARM LABorEas NEEDED.-Farm laborers
| In Bcrks and neghhoring counties have
never been as scarce for many years. Far.
mers apprehend the same trouble as last
year. when some were unable to house their
crops when the harvest time arrived. To
| overcome this movement has been started
70 communicate with the Castle Garden au.
thorities to send TO Eastern Pennsylvania
several hundred industrious emigrants, Ger
man preferred who have been used to work
on farms In Berks county there have been
instances where farmers gave up farming
because of their inability to secure farm
laborers.
THE little son of Robert Byers of Frank.
lin township, near Unontown had his eya
blown out by two kegs OF rock powder,
which he exploded by throwing lighted
match into one them. The powder had been
left in an clubhouse. The child was blown
50 or 80 feet away. He IS internally injured
and will die.
THE telegraph operator and ticket agent
at the Baltimore and Ohio station at West
Newton was attacked in his office by four
unknown men and bound hand and foot.
The till was robbed of small sum-
PROFESSOR LowDEv, of fredericksburg,
o., was elected principal of the Greenville,
Pa, public scdool.
The Ministerial Association, of New Cas-
tie, has recommended the adjustment OF
all public funeral display on the Sabbath,
and the exhioiton of the remains at church
or home, and that the officiating minister
should be consulted before definite hour
be fixed for the funeral
PENNsYLvANI, RAILWAY STATISTICS.
annual report of Secretary Of Internal AT
fairs stewart on railroads, street railways
canals and telegraph and telephone com
panies will he ready for distribution in q
few days. The report is replete with stats
tics Of great interest to the public. For the
year 1880. 40 street railway com panies made
report; this year the number has been in
creased 70 2O7, The returns show that the
cost of these roads has been Sl9,945, l27 l3.
The combined length of lines Is 1892 miles
an increase during the year of 96.72 While
the electric and cable systems are supplant-
ing the horse cars there are still IL 1666
horses in Use, an increase Of 954 over the
previous year. In 1890 there were carried
2l9,5o5, 6l6 passengers. In 1891 the number
was increased TO 237, ,73l,172. The total re-
ceipts for the year were 81, 1881 ,433 so, an
increase of Sl,l7+, 2lS 10. OF this revenue
1899 .9i5 AZ have been expended in defray-
ing the operation expenses. Twenty-Five
persons were killed and III injured during
the year, and increase of two killed and
three injured. The value of real estate
owned by the companies reporting Is 81
797, 702 So There are 38 more steam rail
way companies reported this year than last.
Total length of roads, II, 7847S miles, an in
crease Of 909.3 80 miles over last year figures.
Capital stock paid in, 1859, 535, 800 49, an in
crease of $50, ,548, 703 IT, The railways OF
Pennsylvania are represented by more
stock and bonds per mile than those of any
other State. The aggregate cost of con-
struction of railroads, sl4l3, S52, 1886, or
1864, 454,79t II less than the combined
amounts of capital stock and bonded debt.
a rather peculiar condition OF affairs Tho
number Of railroad employees is ls7 65s-
, They received last year as wages, sl02, ,9l5,
, 304 II, per capita average of s5i8 50. The
total income of all Pennsylvania roads was
s2S8 ,952, $40 A. an increase OF SIS, sos, 693 81
over the previous year. Total expenses
were t2i5, 522 426 02. There were 1872 per-
sons killed on the roads and 7,260 were in
jured. The nine canal companies that still
make reports to the department show capi-
tai stock paid in of s5s, o63' 'o5s,, with fund
ed and floating Indebtedness of $40, 480, 49,
, So The cost of the canals and their fix
lures is given at $50, 1870, ,622 q. The total
receipts for the year are given at ~, 808 005-
81. and the expenses at S6ll, ,249 So. There
! are twenty three telegraph and telephone
| cOmnaniea In the State. three less than re-