Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-10-29
NEIGHBoRKooD NOTES.

Several stores in Wampum were broken
into and robbed last Saturday night also
the 2. O. st Chewton.
\ Norristown special OF October 9Th
says DR.. John SchrAwdeT, Of Arccla, was
to-day convicted in the criminal court OF
fGlnis hing a false statement 10 the Norris
town Breeze. This is the first case in that
county tried under the law OF 1898, max
ing it @ misdemeauor to furnish false state
ment to newspaper.
Last Thursday Dr. J. Stewart, of Allie
gheny, deputy State veterinarian, and DR..
l. y. Gregg, Of Fayette county, slaughter
ed q cattle suffering from tuberculosis, at
tae schindery of John Schlipp, N Ale
gheuy. The cattle we're the property Of
TrankiElliott, Of Redstone, Fayette coun-
ty. and were condemned about two months
ago By Dr. Gregg. a finer looking herd
of cattle could not have been found in the
State. All were registered Holsteins, and
their individual value ranged from SO to
| 500, the entire herd being valued at about
s3, 600 The remains of the animals were
| converted into fertilizer at the schindery.
The shoe store of ". c. Daugherty in
Freeport was destroyed by fire Monday
night. Every thing was lost excepting the
hooks and some Government stamps.
Near HamIin Vest Va, few nights
| ago. Ira Sawyer and several companions
went coon hunting. Sawper became sep
! aTated from his companions and lost his
way. He made fire against a tree and
| lay down to wait for day light. He went
to sleep and the fire burned the tree
through till it fell OF its own weight. pin
| Joining Sawyer to the ground. The fire
| continued to burn the tree till it reached
Sawyer and burned him so badly that he
| died in an hour after his friends found him
in the morning.
The interiors Of the buildings OF the
| State Institution at Polk are now com
| pleted, and as soon as they are furnished
Will be ready for occupancy.
Two men were killed and five persons
| injured, three seriously, by an explosion
/ OF ], 500 pounds of nitro-glyeerine, Mon
I day morning at the Acme Dynamite COM
| pany'S works, near Hutton, Pa. The dead
| arc: James La Bree, chief mixer and
| Joseph Kussie, engineer. The injured
| were: James Singholder Robert Sing
/ holder, Emma Johnston, two unknown
| boys. The injured were all employees en-
| gagged at work in another department, 800
| feet away from the scene of the explosion,
which was in the mixing department.
| The cause OF the explosion is not known
| but 1t is supposed that La Bree anG Kusse
were thawing glycerine The building
| wos completely demolished and the bodies
| Oi the two men were mangled beyond re-
cognition. The loss was about $1,000
Windows were shattered and houses
| shaken for distance OF more than mile.
Several months ago the remains of q
| young man killed by : Lake Shore trar
near Dunkirk were identified as those O
Samuel Lehman, a machinist of Erie
| The body was brought to Erie and the
| parents buried the remains in the family
| burial lot. The Identification was com
plete because Of the marks on The face
together with clothes, jewelry and other
c0rr0boraiilg circumstances. On Friday
last the real and original Samuel Lehman
walked in upon his parents. The surpris.
came nearly causing the young mans
| mothers death. Lehman had been on 0
tour of the country and had carelessly cul
| himself off from communication with hi,
friends, and had heard nothing of his sup
posed death.
-Four year old Helma Ursler wandered
away from her home near SnowShoe Pa
| Thursday noon. She was swallowed up il
the wilderness OF the Allegheny mountains
A large searching party turned out 20 beat
! the woods. Late Sunday afternoon foul
lumbermen found the child in the dense
woods, qlaying with two bear cubs
Strange to say, though her clothes were
torn, she was uniDjured except by brial
| scratches. The men were taking Helmf
away when 300-pound bear dashed ou
from the underbruSh. After desperate
| struggle the beast was killed with axes.
Fritz Yanseer's right arm was terribly lacer
ated by the animals teeth and claws, and
| they may have to amputate it. Mrs
| Ursler was almost insane when the child
was returned. Il Is trait of the bears II
that vicinity that they never harm little
children.
W. NJ. Barnes, of Grove City, committed
suicide at the Central House, in Hubbard
Ohio, last Thursday morning by taking &
dose of strychniue He came from You n 2:
town the night before AMI engaged G
room, He retired for the night and thC
act must have been premedita ted. for hC
Trr0tO twU fUtt6FS - MS VIE at Grove Clty
The letters were left on the table and ad-
dressed to Mrs. W. N. Barnes Grove City