The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-01-31

test was made by the borough of Rimers-
burg but the "wets' won.
ADEED of assignment of George II. Ruth
( Co.. china dealers, to Sydney Kennev
was flied at Philadelphia. The firm con.
sisted OF George II. Ruth and Edward p.
Albrecht. It did large business, but the
general depression forced an assignment.
The liabilities are estimated at $4,000
CONSOLIDATION ofthe Boroughs of Mans.
field and CHARTERS, to make city of from
10, 900 to 10000 will on February 20 be sub
mitted to a vote of the people, There is
very little opposition to the movement and
doubtless it will carry. The consolidated
town will be christened Carnegie"
ApIurAYr GENERAL GREELAND has issued a
,eneral order to the National Guard of
Pennsylvania fixing February, March and
April for the usual spring inspections, with
special reference to the armores and State
properties by the brigade inspectors.
An interesting public road reform con-
yention was held at Uniontown Saturday
and an organization formed to push legisla-
ton in the direction of better roads. The
sentiment of the convention favored per-
manent road building and State aid.
Ar Shamokin Miss Mary Purcell swal-
lowed a needle. She had put 1t in her
mouth while sewing. Her recovery is
doubtful the needle having caused severe
hemorrhages, which the doctors have been
unable to stop.
Ar New Castle, while digging parsnips in
his garden James Walters came across one
of startling dimensions. 1t was with diff
Guilty removed and measured 10 inches in
diameter at the top and two feet two inches
in length.
In riot of Hungarians near Brownsville,
Monday night several OF the participants
were injured and an unknown man stabbed
in the back.
THE medal at the Carlisle Indian school
oratorcal contest was awarded to Edward
Schanandore, an Oneida,
FRANK BARRAcK a we'll known contractor,
was found dead in bed at Huntington. He
died of apoplexy.
WILLIAM KLINE of near Lisbon was killed
by being caught by the fall OF tree he was
cutting down,
PETER PALESA. miner, was killed or
the Panhandle Railroad near Mcdonald.
IRwfy LErsER, aged IA years, of Allen.
town accidentally shot himself fatally.
"
The Grow as a Scavenger a Fraud.
A curious result of the relIsi siOus
riots in Bombay has been the expos
ure OF the hollowness of the plea
that has been put forth for the crow as
a scavenger Lazy governments IN the
East have been won't to excuse their
sanitary shortcomings on the ground
that "the crow, the pariah dog. and
the kite, may be relied upon to clear
away the otfal in the streets, but the
smells of Constantinople and Smyrna
have not bean observed to be much
the less because the dogs eat of the
offal thrown from the houses, nor
has Jerusalem or Cairo been found to
be any sweeter from the presence of
the mongrels who destroy the repose
OF visitors
In like manner the Bombay crow
has failed TO Justify his ancient repu-
tation. During the Bombay riots,
when the operations of the city scav.
engers were brought to a standstill,
dead varmin and offal accumulated
in extraordinary quantities in the
bazaars and slums of the native quar-
ters, till the city became a paradise
Tor the crows;" but the Bombay crows
entirely neglected this opportunity,
and thus have come to be denounced
as 'sham sanltarianS London
Daily Telegraph.