Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-03-09
NEIGHBoRHooD NOTES

Castle, was blowing a cylinder THURSDAY
Morning last when the glass broke and
fell into the pit, the bottom of which j,
filed with broken red hot glass. Todd
lost his balance and fell down into the pir.
He was cut and bruised in a horrible man
ner' there being no less than 70 cuts and
burns on his face and body. In several
places pieces of flesh an inch square were
taken ont. Il required several hours for
/ the physician tu pes the pieces .of glas,
i flvin the cuts and burns. There is hope
that he may recover.
! Judge Hazen refused Patrick Boyle. If
/ Herlansourg. liquor license last spring.
and one day last week, he stopped at the
hotel to get bis dinner and have his horse
fed. When the hotel people learned the
identity of their guest they not only re-
fused 70 give him nything to eat, b-t en-
dered hlm uii he premises.
John Carr. of Harmondsburgh, Craw-
few days ago. His stallion became lame
aud the feet bled just at the top of The
hoofs On close investigation il was found
that rats had been eating the horses feet
and caused the Jrosble. he h4a been Us
ing a compound Of skuuks grease, tarpeu
tine and kerosene oil on the feet which at
tracted the rats.
Ons evening last week Mrs. Adriel Ar
tice, near Somerset. arose to give a sick
child medicine. As she approached the
bed with the medicine IN one hand and the
lamp in the o her, she struck the lamp a.
gainst sewing mashihe, shattered IL 90
pieces. In moment the room was in a
blaze. The frantic mother grasped the sick
child 10 her arms and f,d from lae build
ing. Her husband sGcc-eded IN aruu,lr =
the other children and getting them out OF
the house. The building and all It's con
tents were entirely d,s ro:eJ
John Hedglin, VINO lived east Of Sharon,
was kill ed IN most horrible manner last
week He mad been assisting in putting
up ice IN 8 cold storage plant there. The
ice blocks are carried up an incline into
the ice house, and pat way up mis- incline
Is large knife which -shaves of the Slush or
snow as the blocks pas under il. Hedgliu
was on this iucline while the machinery
was III motion, and the other workmen
thinking he bad stepped off signaled ihe
engineer to start, which he did. Hedgln
made desperate effort to escape the awful
fate below him. but before the machinery
could be stopped, he had been dragged IN
der the knife. Both legs We're cut off and
his body was fearfully msngled. He died
in about half an hour.
A long delay ed marriage took place at
Girard, lately, between r. D Jones, of
Canton, and Miss Anna Davis, of Girard.
They had become engaged thirty years ago
and would have soon been married, but
the father of the young man on his death
bed asked that bis son remain single as
long as bis mother lived. The promise
was given and adhered 10, and now, after
80 long years, the happy couple have been
made one.
There is a man in Wiiksbarre who is
feeling very u comfortable and he is
going to have great time ezplainiug.-
He gave newspaper man some false news
aud got the newspaper man into trouble,
aad .Jw t4e publisher of the paper has
had the news fakir arrested under the act
passed by the last Legislature. which pro
vices a tiue oi 500 for such fresh indivId-
uals as have hadit of 'fouliug the repnr-
ters" with fake news. Serves him right if
he gets the fuIl amount Of the fine placed
upon him.
young, nice appearing man. giving
the name of Robert Niles. OF Greenvlle,
has been playing the part of horse dealer
in Franklin lately. He made several pur-
chases of horses in the lower part Of
Yenango county, paying for them in
checks. 1t was d scovered that check
Tor $40 on the Second National Bank of
Greenyille was vauelrss, there being no
such bank. Some of Niles checks were on
tho exchange Bank OF Franklin, and were
no good, he having 30 account there. As
far as is known, the horse owners GOT their
animals back aud no one has been serious
y bitten.
There were eighty jaiI-ca-es on the Al
lcgbe Co. Criminal Calender for March
term, bat strange To say, no murder cases
As the st. Louis and New York Royal
Blue line train on the Baltimore and Onio
Southwestern Railroad was passing
through Frosts 0lro at a speed OF 80 miles
an hour Monday night, the engineer was
startled at seeing man clambering over
the tender yelling ike a maniac When
the fellow reached the engineer. he shout
ed that the rear axle on the tender was
broken The train was stopped and the
axle was found 10 be broken az the follow
stated. The man who gave the alarm Was
a tramp stealing u ride on ''blind" postal
car from the platform of which he mad
heard and felt the break, He then scram-
bled over the tender A hundred feet from
where the train stopped, the engine would
nave EATutk u LItNllH llbbi "hiNh biiR AiH'h
would certainly have fallen and most ter
rlble accident must have followed After
delay of four hours an engine came out
from Parkerrburg and took the train east
leaving the disabled engine on the sizing.
The tramp who saved the train was given
ell an ovation, and travelled the rest OF his
Journey first-class.
A gang of thieves was captured at Al
tooua, Sunday. They had robbed the
store Of Lawrence Kimnel Saturday NOR
ming and while ramsacking the house one
or the robbers took bite of cheese. A
policeman, noticing the peculiar teeth
marks in the cheese. afterwards spotted
james Feeney. He made Feeney's ac
quaintance and got him TO take "a bite Of
cheese from piece which the officer was
eating. The teeth-marks were identical
aud Ferney confessed his own guilt and
named his coniederates
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