The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-03-04
Fatally Dragged By His Horse.

lnlps work.
fatally Dragged By His Horse.
.,,ou NcKeyal, a prominent farmer liv-
wv yew Hamburg, Mercer county. met
= ,errible accident. His team O! horses
rs,sned nj a passing train and rdu away.
tsraI became fastened In the lines and
t1rac,ed over half a mile over rough
IA behind the terrified horses before he
1 ioosened. He will die. His body was
Frbly cut and bruised.
henry NJ. Cline Of Lebanon. who embez-
sqOOO Of the funds OF the Farmers Ma
nj hank OF that city while he was its pay
,qller and who pleaded guilty last week,
srn,enced by Judge Butler in the United
,es district court to pay u fine OF 800 and
Eerro an Imprisonment OF five years at
A labor in the Eastern ~penitentiary. Kline
Mai guilty the day after John Ii. Hoffer.
Itrmer cashier OF the First National bank
abapon. was sentenced to pay a fine OF
OO and to serve ten years for embez-
|; slO9,OOo.
Is Distler, aged about 70 years, who,
her husband, has charge OF IA toll gate
kbe pitsburg plank road, three miles
M OF Butler, was badly injured by two
pld.be toll heaters. When she attempted
[olec, from them, they whipped up their
,es and drove over her, cutting n long
in her forehead. She is in n precarious
Iiiiion. and on account OF her age the in
rs may prove fatal. The perpetrators OF
brutal deed are known and their arrest
follow.
he state has been paid the 100000 depos-
By state Treasurer Haywood with the
embarrassed Chester County Guarantee
II and Safe Deposit Company. The
/ directors of the company who were
konally responsible for the deposit, raised
sum pro rata. 1t Is the general opinion
the sureties will lose this amount, as
b will he objections fled by depositors to
taking the western securities in which
states money was invested to repay
transfer has been made including almost
he village Of Safe Harbor, at the juno
Of Couestoga creek and the S%usquehan-
flyer, by Adolph Segal OF the Safe Harbor
ea Company to L. Kern and other capt.
h OF Philadelphia for 500, 900. 1t in
e, 100 acres Of land, on which are $50
llings, stores, warehouses. shops. etc.
X water front Is also included. The pur-
kes propose to erect q number Of factor
I'D mills.
fOtee W. Smith, aged rs years. OF Dimick
k%uehanna county. was killed ut Williams-'
He escaped from his attendant. L. w.
oman, who was taking him to the Sol
Home at Erie. while the pair were eat
IfauL fQLt nj tlA gtnttAN SYnttl xrVnrIAr
bout town until noon, and was crossing
Philadelphia and Reading Railway
Ee over L%oyalsock creek, when he was
ny struck by n freight train.
e Insurance experts place the total loss
10 IRE that destroyed the state capitol mt
goo Oh buildings and $3.50, 070 on con-
making the total loss S74S, 070. The
amount OF insurance, due to the good
lnent Of Governor Pattison, was $685.
Prior to his time neither building nor
ent' had been insured. The net loss to
tate by the fire, on the estimates Of the
fiers, is s549, 800.
g eleventh annual report Of the Penn
ma railroad voluntary relief depart
mas been issued by Chairman s. NJ.
est: The number OF benefit payments
Z loSb were: Deaths from accident, 92:
: from natural causes. 33l; disable
rom accident, S,774; disablement from
P"s' 3,il1, Tho total benefits paid was
Tari Woodruff. employed by the Johns
democrat and Il brother OF Postmaster
utun' was found lying In the snow so
frozen That he cannot recover. He
zen subject to falling fits, and 1t was
us was walking home that he was
= win one Of them, and was rendered
lsc'oas and overcome by the extreme
"a H. wayne engine No. 6S, drawing
tNa freight train, west-bound, reached
!! ,ald AZ li:3O p. M, n man was found
W 'ne quot dead. Coroner White held
quest on the body was found a note
VI several pages Of which was written
ane OF m Rose, and on the last leaf
atne Of Tony Carsis.
mas been definitely settled that tho
i,Hahia kailroad company has ar.
y WIN me Berwind-W White company to
= o,aheh road from Lovett, Cambria
y. " scalp Level, Somerset county.
.ue berwind-W White people have made
sNe purchases OF coal lands. Tho line
VI Though South Fork.
o Benedict signed the ordidance
" inc Iitusvilie Electric Traction
any the right OF way to construct and
Nm street railway in Titusville. One
,ba gwen In which to complete the
u Guy, after which time II IA pro.
%vAlehd the line to Pleasantville and
AaGk, a Pennsylvania railroad
a. whose right hand was recently
ora "uie attempting to couple two
n,L whlch was equ pped with a Jan
go, aud the other with a Standard
uttered suit against the company
h, 1aysoufg, claiming S. 900 damages,
fisher OF Brazil, Ind, has leased
~, acres OF valuable coal land near
/, anu VIII sink several shafts AT
I,r,La expected that he will make a
,so other Spectators are leasing
ue Vicinity of Middlcsex.
"es,ern Pennsylvania Agricultural
s, ss escn awarded a verdict OF 81. 800
N.Y. from 1891, against the boronyb
rons ssTh, Pa, for damages caused bv
.'! grounds.
laU s 1"c died at Norristown OF blood.
mn wv 70 scratching a pimple ON bis
RS hnHer nails. His neIyhbor.
N ntse miller, OF Green Lane, died
Ter his eye. 'O'u "Aen IN a
JNes Wilmington DESTROYED W. A.
Sons hard wnra -! v. ~
and $40 ool. a barn. Loss, between
IL v "aase, Henry silbaug and vii.
Aarve ~ neld Tor court at Uniontowr
w .ls AZ interfering with voters at the
asc Buchanan, a 4--yeor.old ,,-,