The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-23
KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS
DEAD In THE WOODS.
George Barr's Throat Cut and Suicide
Indicated.

Pennsylvania and Northwestern railroad, left
his home on Friday last TO visit his brother
in-law, who is employed In Bland's tipple.
Not returning at night, search was mnde
for him, but it was not until sunday that he
was found lying In the woods with his throat
cut. The theory is that he committed sui
cde rs hehad been III for some time, and had
not been In his right mind. He leaves a wife
and five children.
The electric street railway mt Washington
has expended $4,000 on its lines The new
schoo.house for Washington borough will
cost si0. 100 aud the Second United Presby-
terinn church s20.000. East Washington
borough is expendng $50, 600 in street paw
ing and the Citizens water company $4,000
in constructing its new dam. The Hazel
glass company Is erecting n large three-story
brick addition at a cost Of about $4,000, and
the Duncan glass company has completed n
three-story brick building Mt n cost OF Sl0,-
000 The circulation Of this Sl7s,000 has
helped trade about town generally and work
has been furnished to hundreds of people.
Miss Lizzie Long who Inst winter threw
her ilegitimate hnby into u vacant lot at
Blairsville Intersection, and was found guilty
of concealing the death Of the child. attempt.
ed to commit suicide with luudanum on
Tuesday night, but will probably be brought
through by the doctors.
Mrs. Anna Bell, aged 2s, an inmate OF the
yenango County Home, set fire 10 her clothes
and died in terrible agony. She had been
suffering from grip.
Edward J. Gibbons. n prominent politician
and real estate owner. was killed by fall OF
roof In the Mill Creek mine at Wilkesbarre.
= There Is a famine on freight cars on all
lines in this State. and many shippers who
were holding of for lower freight rates are
now Offering premium for cars. The iron
industries are clamoring for better service,
and the Pennsylvania Railroad Company has
just placed an order for 1000 gondola freight
cars.
Fireman Jesse Baxter was killed and En-
gineer Brockway and Brakeman Hagmire
were seriously injured by the wreck OF
freight train on the Western New York and
Pennsylvania railroad at Eldred.
William NJ. Morrsll. who was released from
the Eastern penitentiary ut Philadelphia on
Monday, was rearrested and taken 10 Blair
county to answer n charge Of swindling men
by promising TO procure them appointments
on the Philadelphia and Reading coal and
iron police.
A fire department has been organized nj
Monaco with these officers: Chief marshal
james A. Arbogast; assistant, Fred Patton;
foreman, Forgie Smith; assistant, Henry
Faust; president. d. b. McGreary; vice presi-
dent, David Bury secretary,s. d. Hamilton;
treasurer, A. II. Lindsay.
George Goss. II years old, who was releas
ed from a charge of forgery at New Brighton
last week. has been rearrested for larceny and
has confessed that he stole articles four times
from A. T. Clerks house.
Night watchman James Dunlap, when two
masked men attempted to rob him ut Beaver
Falls before daylight fired at them and they
disappeared In the darkness.
The potato crop in Lycoming and Center
counties is so large that the tubers are be-
coming drug on the market at 20 cents a
bushel, while some farmers are glad to sell as
low as 10 cents.
Hackett Leahy, 10 years old, fell against
circular saw III Rainey's planning mill at Lilly
and was instantly killed.
Samuel Rifle. turnkey OF the Mexican
county Jail, was struck by train at Sneth-
port and died In two hours.
William l.. Elking, Of Philadelphia, has
offered a prize Of $4,000 for the best picture
painted by an American artist and exhibited
at the annual exhibition of the Pennsylvania
Academy OF Fine Arts in December.
Judge Simonton, OF the Dauphln county
court, decided that the law establishing the
superior court of Pennsylvania is uncon-
stitutiona In SO fur as 1t limits the number
VI !uusvn, ,n ~ ,ai vo on u, ~ "a ins'eau vi
eo'o"' '"o 'o'a' A"'H'e' VI e"hu'ua'es'
Citizens OF Blairsvlle who guaranteed sl2,-
yo,nh,a | ., ,ha. ,soni% on,oa,. W., ~, INA MA
pi,a s N ,,,5on,Ss o,, y, ,o "es. rem
three years. now threaten TO suethe company
for failure to keep the contract.
Dora Eberline. AZ Is9 south Seventeenth a,
Pittsbure. killed himself with a revolver
because Mrs. Eberl!ne attached his wo,ea fo,
poard'
Coroner King. of Beaver county has decia.
60 that May Brown tne Poiish woman who
u.eu % Nv .no peaVe, taney nospi.ai' presnm-
which caused her decease
sharon, were probably fatally Injured by
being struck by New York, Pennsylvania K
onio ''a'n'
Twenty-Five students Of Westminster col