Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-08-22
NFIaHBoRHooD NOTES.

A tomahawk, the hammer end of which
was followed out to form pipe, was
found last week in Kittsnning, where N
excavation is being made for new build
| ing. The weapon is of iron and in perfect
condition, though bearing marks of hav-
| ing been through tie fire. The cabin of
chief Jacob, leader of his tribe many
years ago when the red man trod the
primeyal forest, stood where the toms-
hawk was found.
Jacob Wilhelm, of New York, Pa, aged
5Oyears, met with horrible death few
DAYS ago. He was handing shssves from
a NOW to a fellow employe who was feed
ing a thrssher, when he fell into the
mschine and was instantly killed. His
legs and the lower part of his body were
ground almost into a pulp. Wilhelm =
companion tried to save him but was him
self almost drawn into the machine.
Jerry Kightlinger, prosperous farm
or, living one-half mile south OF the Dia-
mond, in veusngo county, lost valuable
COW last week, by her eating the leaves
from a cherry tree that he had cut down
in the pasture. The COW ate the leaves
and did not go more than 200 feet from
the spot and laid down and died. Why
the eating of cherry leaves will cause
death is not quite clear, but seversl own-
ers of stock have reported losses at one
time or another by eating cherry leaves
cut daring dog days.
The immense power of the root of
growing tree was shown in klttanning,
few days ago. In taking up some cur6ing
in front of Alex. Reynolds new hotel,
stone four feet high and six inches thick
was found split in two. A tiny root had
started into slight crevice, and as time
passed on the root pushed it's way further
into the rock, until it finally passed
through it lergthwise, splitting the stone
in Two. The root was hattened where IT
passed through the stone but when IL
came out the other side it assumed its
natural roundness.
Katie, the wife of Fred Marshall met
sad death while working on Godfrey
Beale's farm recently. She was assisting
her husband TO make hay. They We're
working on a side hill. The wagon on
which they were hauling was likely To go
over, aud though apprised of the dan ger
CHING 10 the springrail which W as placed
in the wheel The wheel on the lower
side broke, the wagon turned over, shd
she was thrown nearly sixty feet In the
air. She went over the load, lighting on
the other side. Both OF her legs, both
wrists and one arm was broken and she
was badly injured internally. Feeling
that she was going TO die she asked not to
be moved. She died an hour later.
A chang" in furnace II of the Carnegie
plant at Braddock caused an explosion at
) o'clock Tuesday morning, resulting in
the death of ii men and the serious, II not
fatal, injury OF 8 others Besides these
number of others where hurt by missiles
that were sent flying through the air by
tn. ex plosion James Harrison, boss OF
gang OF 16 Hungarians, was among those
fatally burned.
The OIL City papers report an increase
of drunkenness among boys in that city.
On Sunday, the Derrick says, in the
crowds on the streets there were fully 100
drunk boys, none of them over 20 years
old. Five of them, all drunk, and none
II, attacked man on the street. just
outside the city boys, between 10 aud II
Yeas old, had a kcg of beer, and some OF
ihem became helplessly intoxicated pitt
iul sight To the passers by.