The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-02


and II Is said that at some places beyond
Port Clinton 1t is actually necessary to guard
the tanks OF the locomotives to prevent the
ieops from carrying of the water. II Is
also reported that on one of the divisions of
the Lehigh Valley the water IT, supply the
locomotives is transported for quite n dis
lance by engines, Reading Is one of the
few cities IN the Schuylkill Valley whose
water supply has not been affected by the
drouth. Owing to the drouth mountain
drcs have broken out in several places
CtAIED BI BURGLARS.
\ wiLHEsBiGRE WOMAN RECEtrVs A SHOCK
TitAr hoDs IiEn UF uEH REASON
burglars b okc into the residence OF
Joseph Diski. Wilscsbarre. Mrs Diski
heard their footsteps in the housc. The
husband jumped out of bed when the brrg.
lars fired upon him. two bullets being lodged
in his body. Mrs Diski never recovered
from the shock. She |, now a raving
maniac. She was confined for safety, and
hcr husband fingers between life and death
TANPED THE rovDEr TOO HARD.
by the premature explosion Of blast in
cut at Rock Glen, on the Pennsylvania
Railroad, Anthony Girard was instantly
killed and Frank Pas loo and Vincen.
Correlose fatally injured. 1t was just be-
fore quitting time and the men were anxi.
Gus to get home. Evidently, in their haste.
the bar used in tamping he giant powder
was s,:uc! too heavily causing the explo-
sion. Grard's bJiy dropped 200 feet away.
PassiDlo was found under mass Of debris
horribly mangled.
AHCNAwAY HORSE KILLS. TWO.
While Peter Richardson vas driving
ont-horse team down Twentieth street,
Philadelphia the animal took freight and
ran away. by acollision with the curb
Richardson was thrown out and killed. The
frightened horse continued OH down the
street where 2year-od Andrew Boston was
run down and killed. The horse was stop
ped before further injury was done.
TERRIFIC TEiR-rp.
Superintendent Levi Mundort was in.
s,antly killed. and one Of the large build.
ings at I. n. Foust & Co.'S sand works.
blown to atoms at Huntington by an ex.
plosion of 100 pounds OF dynamite and 80
pounds of powder The terrible shock was
felt in all parts of the town dozen work
men had miraculous escapes.
FARMER FOUND DEAD.
VIM. Powell a prominent farmer OF
Newlin township. Chester county, was thi,
morning found lying dead under his wagon,
which stood in the public road some dis.
sance from his home.
\ DoUBLE-BARRELED PREVENTION SOCIETY.
At Bethlehem, a society has been formed
for the prevention Of robin shooting and OF
stating forest fires. The society offers s?i
reward for information leading to the ccn.
vic ion of either class of offenders
MURDERER KgcK MUST HANG.
The Board Of Pardons refused to commu;e
the sentence of Murderer William +. Keck,
and he will be hanged at Allentown No.
vember 10.
Ex-Goy. HoYT STRICKEN WITH PAR,LYsIs.
Ex-Gov. Ioyt suffered serious stroke o.
paralysis at Wilkesbarre and is in a serious
condition.
Two years ago an honest. hard workin,
Young lrisiIman named Robert Armour
who had spent several years in New Brigh.
ton, returned to Ireland. where he now is
lie had managed to accumulate 1850.
This he left with his brother John. John
and his wife wrapped 1t in cloth and
placed 1t in tin box, and put the box
IN among the filling Of bed tick. There t
remained undistnrbed and was gradually
forgotten. One day last week il was decd.
ed to refill the tick, ana its contents, incud-
ing the box were dumped out and set on
lire. Last Saturday small boy who was
boxing. among the ashes foilud the box.
The bills were partially destroyed, but can be
rpI mad md fha coli.
1HE contract tor printing the election bat
lots for Faye,te county has been let 10 the
.Iefersonidn Democrdt. Tnere will be 4J-
900 of the official and .. 700 Of specimen
ba lots. The contract price for the official
ballots Is sl2 per l,ODO and $40 per l,000 for
the specimen ballots. The ballots for Fay.
cite county will therefore cost 1856,
TYPHOID FEVER is a'armingly prevalent in
Butler.
Mrs. OMARA, 80 years old. was run down
by the street cars at Greensburg and will
die.
W. J.. WILSON, prominent citizen of Bur.
gettstown, Washin gtOn county, was killed
by the Eastern express as he was walking
on the Panhandle tracks there. lie was on
his way home from neigh bors, and had
only short distance TO walk on the track
lHE large aoattoir OF the Huntington re-
formatory was burned to the ground and 50
hogs in pen near by narrowly escaped ere.
nation. The fire was undoubtedly the work
of an incendiary, and il is thought that
some of the discharged inmates of the in,
stitution who haunt the town instead of
returning to their homes were responsible
FIRE AT Hummelstown destroyed five resi-.
iences, the coach shop of David Bender and
the store OF John Shoemaker. Loss, $50.
900. ~
ROBERT III. WILSON. of Salisbury. had on,
of his arms torn OFT by being caught ins
rope In mill.
THERE was $4,000 planning mill and
lumber yard fire at Oxford. ID. w. Chand
Ter was the sufferer
SAMUEL STEWART a carpenter residing on,
Brunots islands, near Pittsburg died OF
lock jaw, caused by stepping ON a rusty
nail about two weeks ago.