The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-06-17
KEYSTONE STATE NEWS CONDENSED
LAND SALES.
Large Fortune For q Poor Girl-crors De-
stroyed by Rain.

The big purchase OF real estate at New
Kensington the other day by A. w. Mellon,
OF Pittsburg, has greatly advanced the values
n that section. At the sale there by the
county treasurer OF unseated lands num-
Der OF lots near New Kensington were eager
ly snapped up by Pittsburg real estate men
Mt prices greatly In advance Of those OF
week ago. In many instances only from $40
to sl2 taxes were entered against the prop
critics. A New Kensington real estate man
invested nearly $4,000.
Reports from various parts of westmore-
land county Indicate that the unusually
heavy rains OF the past have greatly injured
the growing crops, corn being washed out.
wheat, oats and rye levelled ana buried In
the sand. As general thing, garden truck,
save where II was planted on the hillside
and In the vicinity Of creeks. escaped serious
damage. The loss to farmers will be heavy.
Some time ago william Arnsler, Of Walt
rose, near Beaver Falls, chased polecat In
to hole and dug II out He got two others
from the same hole and took them all home
In sack. Two OF them gave birth day or
two ago to sixteen pole kittens, and he now
has family Of nineteen, which he shows to
anybody that will approach close enough to
see them.
Fully 1000 people attended the reunion Of
Battery B at Mt. Jackson, Monday. The ad-
dress was delivered by Thomas Swisher.
Speeches were also made by veterans and
ministets Captain Harvey Cooper was
elected president, and Lieutenant James A.
Gardner secretary for the ensuing year.
Three cannons that were In service during
the late war have been donated by the gov
ernment to J. G. Markle Post No. 623, q. A.
r., OF West Newton. They are coming from
Boston, Mass, and will be mounted and
placed On the lot donated to the post by the
| West Newton Cemetery association.
The postofIice ut Snow Shoe was robbed
| Sunday morning by four men, who were aft
| erwards captured Ave milee from Bellefonte
About S100 in cash and stamps was taken.
| The men gavs their names as Charles Gray,
| William Myer and William May, OF Phila-
delphia, and Howard Smith, of Kentucky.
Samuel Harris. Alias William Andrews, n
| young colored man who attempted to assault
| Jennie Smeltzer, near Oberlin, but was
frightened away, pleaded guilty. and was
sentenced to the penitentiary for three and
| half years.
| The Fallston property at Beaver Falls was
| sold by the sheriff and purchased by Judge
| Hice of Beaver on behalf OF the creditors.
who will organize company and put the
plant In operation again.
| First honor ut Thiel college has been given
Miss Mary Peach, OF Sherrodsville, Ohio, and
second honor to Miss Emily A Grouse, OF
Greenville. Commencement exercises will
| occur June 18.
Three tramps who were sleeping on side
track at East Haven. were run over. Two
had legs cut off and will probably die. The
other was injured but will recover.
James Dundee an eccentric old man lie
ny In Brighton township Beaver county,
links he has discovered perpetual molten.
The State college has established branch
experiment station at Wysox, Bradford
county, on Louis Piollett's !, ,000-acre farm.
William Dougherty, an old man living at
Clintonyille, Nenango county, was assaulted
and robbed by highwaymen.
The farm house of Jacob Horner, near
Laughlinstown, was struck by lightning and
badly wrecked.
Kase Eyler, waitress at the Brunswick
hotel In Irwin, Is one Of the heirs to an estate
left by her uncle in Germany. Miss Eyler,
when apprlsed Of her good luck, dropped q
tray laden with dishes upon the floor. Her
share will be about 100000.
Work on the Rodebaugh tunnel, on the
| Pennsylvania railroad near Greensburg, has
been suspended, and nearly 100 men have
been thrown out of work.
The farm house of Mrs. David McCan,
near Beaver Falls, was totally destroyed by
fire, caused by lamp explosion.
The drug store OF DR.. A. II. Myers, at
Scottdale. has been closed by the Sheriff, and
will be sold June 10.