The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-27
KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS
TWO MEN DROWNED.
A Horse Throws It's Rider Into q Lake.
Causing Two Deaths.

Harding his cousin, drove their horses into
Harveys Lake, near wilkosbarre, to water
them. McCarthy's horse became frightened
when In the water, and threw its rider. Hard
| ing went to the rescue. Before assistance
could arrive both mea sank In ten feet OF
water. Their bodies were recoyerad an hour
later. The horses swan ashore.
George Yeager. aged 81, o.. Kutztown. was
arrested on suspicion OF having killed Stithel.
yeager lived with the family OF Theodore
/ Scwanger, farmer, near the nome OF Stith-
el, and II Is supposed that he was Jealous be-
cause Mrs. Scwanger was friendlier to Stith-
el than to himself Daniel w. sti,hel was
murdered from ambush near Ku,ztown.
samuel Street was killed las, week in tho
Latrobe steel works. On the same day his
father was killed at Liverpool, w. Va, and
! both were buried at the same hour a day
late.. The family has been strangely unfor-
tunate, as the father aud three sons have
been killed within the last two months and
another has gone insane.
John Lincoln, who 1t is said was near
relative Of Abraham Lincoln, died in the
Berks county almshouse OF general debility.
aged eighty-one years. lie had been an in
mate Of tho institution since February, 1886.
He leaves three children, n married daughter
aud two sons.
placed in jail at Beaver Falls, charged with
burglary by Richard johnson, along with
Charles Freed. young man named Thomp-
son, who worked up the cases. has also been
locked up at the instance OF GrahHm's father.
An imported st. Bernard dog attacked the
infant son OF Mr.. and Mrs Sage at Rochester,
and tore the baby's eye out besides scaping
tts forehead. the dog was killed, but the
baby may lose its eye
W. H. Hardy. OF Bennett. has been locked
up in the Titusville jail, having become vio-
lently insane. His family is too poor TO
provide for him, and the Allegheny county
commissioners will have TO do so.
Neglect Of orders by the telegraph operator
at Barree, near Altoona, caused freight
wreck, In which 2S cars were demolishe
Engineers Shull ana Boyle and two tramps
were badly hurt.
Judge Bell In the Blair county courts, in
structed the grand jury to investigate charges
of malfeasance against County Commission
ers Funk and Hurd, alleged to have been
pecuniarily Interested in county contracts.
The Pennsylvania bolt and nut works at
Lebanon notitled Its employees 10 the puddl-
and rolling mills OF an increase Of 10 per cent.
In :heir wages TO go into effect July l. The
company employs about / 900 men.
The usual summer shut down OF the Cam
bria and Johnson plants at Johnstown, will
not be made this year. The companies are
crowded with orders and the managers say
they will be compelled to run on full time.
Valentine Josefvirsch. of Ford City, died
from having both legs cut of by cars at Ma
lorville. He was on his way to kittanning
for marriage license.
The 140 men employed in the Pennsylvania
railroad shops In Altoona, who struck Tues
day, returned to work. They were granted
raise from to 20 cents per hour.
Bob Reillev is In Jail at Beaver on charge
Of ielonious assault. lie insulted Mrs. An
thoDy Phillips, and threatened to kill her
husband when he in.erferred.
John McGovern, aged 40 years, a member
OF the contracting nrm OF W. d j. McGovern,
Tyrone, committed suicide. Financial trouble
supposed 10 be the cause.
Judge John NJ. Greer, while driving with
Judge White ut Indiana, was thrown from
the carriage and was painfully. but not seri-
ously hurt
The jury ia the case OF Eastright, indicted
for the murder OF Dennis Sexton, returned "a
verdict al Indiana, OF involuntary man
slaughter.
Albert Miller was arrested at Claysville. on
Saturday, charged with stealing a gold watch
Iaylerdale.
young man about % years old, supposed
TO Le Frank McClaln OF New Brighton, was
struck by an engine and killed in the Con-
way yards
Snyder Il Company, OF New Brighton, who
recently strcck couple OF good gas wells IN
the Butler Held sold them TO the Rochester
rumber Company.
Al. 4
tiOn oil PittsOurs has sent written protest
20 Governor Hastings against his signing the
| Kennedy school bills.
William Jones was killed by fail Of 10
feet from II scalfold at the spearman furnace
AT Sharon.
Al the election in ST. Marys 1t was voted
| that tho town should issue $50, 900 In bonds
for the construction Of water works.
james W. Smith assignee OF the Meadville
| Savings bank, has announced that depos-
/ ltoTs wall be paid 20 per cent. oil their CLAIMS
Frank Baltzell, Of waynesburg, is in Jail at
! Greensburg, charged with forging b. Il.
johnson 5 name 10 check.
David Davis OF New Kensington, struck
Joseph Fuller Od the head with hatchet in.
nIcting fatal injuries. Davis escaped.
At New Castle, in drunken fight, James
| Murphy BIT james Hicks IN tho neck, mouth
and nand causing bad wounds.
Ernest Woelfel OF Beaver Falls. aged IL
| years, was mysteriously shot in the thigh
while playing IN Geneva park in the evening.
All the laborors OF tho sharon iron works
ask for an advance OF 20 per cent. in wages.
! They ROW receive sl.l5 per day.
Andrew Nedrow committed suicide at Dun.
bar Camp, by hanging himself with his
| shirt.
The annual bacc cRlaureate sermon OF Ale.
eheny college was preached sunday morning
| by President W. l.. Crawford.
s52 by Italians near smeihport.
Incendaries at Johnstown, destroyed the
barn OF Henry Shaifer Loss $500,
The laborers In the sharon iron works de-
mand raise OF 10 cents in wages.