Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-08-23

Burns Like Tmder.

Burns Like Tinder.
While there has been general COM
plant from the farmers that their crops
are literally being burned up in the hot sun
during the present drought, it remains for
Warren county to produce a farm where
the soil to depth Of from 10 to 80 inches
is burning steadily, although it has been
flooded with from 40 to so barrels of water
& day for the past few days.
The English and Harris farm, one mile
east of Kinzua on the W. n. Y. railroad
has long been known as one OF the best
farms in the neighborhood, and is por-
ton of the Allegheny river valley, which
at that point is quarter of mile wide.
On Sunday morning the owners discover
ed that the surface of the farm was on fire,
aui when they attempted to extinguish
the fire they found that the entire top
soil was mass of red hot Goals, and that
the fire extended clear to the subsoil, in
some places TO a depth of 30 inches.
Since the time that the fire was first dis
covered the faIm for a space of 40 acres
has been literally burned up, although the
Anchor Oil company has been pumping
water from the riverat the rate of about 5O
barrels day. bitches hsYe been sunk in
advance of the fire, and these have been
filled with water, and it is hoped that this
will prevent the fire from spreading. The
farm was originally woodland and the soil
was composed of vegetation that had ac-
cumulated and rotted for centuries, but
had been farmed tor more than 20 years.
The present drought had caused all mois-
ture to evaporate from the rich soil and
left it in almost its original state of dried
vegetable matter. When the fire came II
ate through this dried vegetation clear to
the gravel and clay below, and presented
to the neighborhood the novel spectacle OF
the soil of one of the richest farms in the
county being actually burned to ashes.
A common cold should not lie ne
elected Downs Elixir will cure it.
"A family reunion was held at the coun-
try home of Samuel Wissinger, in honor
of Cambria county's venerable patri-
arch, Lewis Wissinger, who reached
the remarkable age of 101 years on June
81 last. Nj. Wissinger has lived under
the administration of every President Of
the United States, having been born dur
| ing Washington's second term. There
70 at ha
| are 4S grandchildren and 40 great grand
| children. Lewis Wissinger was born June
| 81, 1898, on a farm on che Bedford pike,
about two and one-half miles from Johns
town His father, after serving in the
Revolutionary war. purchased this tract Of
| land and moved from Bedford county to
| it, which was at that time q perfect will
derness He continued to live there until
his death, at the age of 80. He had II
children. of whom Lewis was one of the
oldest and the only one now living, the
others having died at ages varying from
so to 80 years.
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On the W. G. McCond farm, about
six miles southeast of Terrell, Tex, a
most peculiar crime has been committed.
Peter Gibson and Murrow jackson, both
colored, live on the farm. Two of Glib
sons children, and IL years old, and
Jackson's 6-year- old son we're playing to-
gether near tank. With an awl the
| two older boys gouged one of the little
boys eyes out, afterward throwing him
into the tank to prevent him from 60
ing home and telling on them. Then
| then dragged him up the bank, gouged
| several holes in his body, and then threw
him in the tank again and held him under
the water until he was drowned. Then
| then concealed his clothes in brush pile
300 yards away. The body was found
and the boys were arrested. They con-
fessed to the killing, and told where the
clothes were hidden.
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