The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-10-06
KEYSTONE STATE NEWS CONDENSED
PRISONERS ESCAPE.
Five Mem Leave Crawford County jail By
Frying Open tie Window


house; Brock Mccarthy. awaiting trial
on charge Of attempted housebreak-
Ing. G. Campbell, serving sentence for
Illegal liquor selling; James Murphy.
serving sentence for theft and Henry
Brown. colored, serving sentence for
theft. None OF them have been cap
tured.
The following Pennsylvania pensions
have been granted: Sebastian Crags.
Adah; Charles Matz, OIL City; Henry
y. Harris, Pittsburg; Edward Beebee.
Ashville; Joseph u. Cline. Carnegie;
Charles p. Reynolds. Kersey; Craner
Clendennen, Tarentum; John s. Flem-
Ing, Indiana: minor OF John r. Tarr,
Oil City; Loran A. Hodge. Wilawana:
Jacob Stonerock, Curryville; Nathaniel
Boston; William Y. Tamgart. West
Alexandria; David II. Timmins, Rox-
bury: Joseph Woomer, olivia; Thomas
Troutner. Worthington; Thomas M.
Carroll. McKeesport; Benjamin p. Hill
Hard. Clarion: Robert $. Miller Big
Run; Joseph Kantner, Johnstown: EN-
lily J. Jackson, Everett; Sadie Carroll.
McKeesport: Sophia s. Carnochran,
Towanda; Sarah II. Taggart. West
Alexandria; Isabella Shannan. Boston;
George Harbaugh, Allegheny; Adam
Heist, Irvona. Samuel McClain. Eliza
beth; John Kelly. Saltsburg William
II. Bishop. Rankin: Peter Hartz, Car
,negie; John Duffay. Petrolia: William
Painter. Irwin Thomas Foulk, Turtle
Creek: Samuel Staley, Lone Pine: VIII
liam Rice. MT. Union; Samuel W.
Pritts. Indian Head; John II. Gray,
Tyrone: Henry Shaffer. Mt. Union;
Mary Il. Gary, Time; Hannah Kepler
Venango; Eliza A. Craig, Sonora;
Christian Kerr, Allegheny; David L.
Davis. Pittsburg: Bernard Dougherty
Burlingame; Edward II. Snyder, Han
over: Nosh A. Walmer. Harrisburg;
lam TrraU Ctaar6atds Jp1onb n
Steiner. Plttsburg; William p Meanor,
Marion Center; George Zimmerman
Weston; Jacob f. Roop, Pittsburg;
Henry A. Harkins Etna; Barter $.
Redpath, Perrysville; Samuel Craig
dead. Redman's Mills; James i
Price. Altoona; Thomas Clanbough,
Reynoldsville; Lewis f.. Long, Lemont;
James M. Lorimer. New Brighton.
George W. Dixon, Mt. Oliver: John
Flowers. Scenery Hill: Franklin Gee
sey. Penn Run: Jacob q. Dress. Al.
toona: James Taylor, Tipston; Jesse N.
Atwell, Sugar Hill; John Steckman,
Hyndman; Susan Chester, Carrick.
Engineer f.. Bennett Mitchell was
killed and fireman John X. Cawley
seriously injured Monday morning, by
| the explosion OF a locomotive on the
| Northern Central railway at George
town, a few miles north Of Harrisburg.
| Mitchell was thrown up the side OF
mountain distance OF 60 feet and was
| dead when found. Fireman Cawley
was hurled In opposite direction, al
| most to the edge OF the Susquehanna
| river. He was so badly scaded that II
| is thought he will die. The boiler was
| blown $50 feet and alighted on
| mountain side, which rises at an angle
| OF GO degrees from the track. The
| trucks where thrown into the river
and the tender along the bank. All
the cars except the rear Pullman Sleep
| er were derailed. None of the pas
| sangers were Injured, although several
| were badly shaken up. The explosion
| occurred opposite a watch box, which
was reduced to kindling wood and the
! watchman badly hurt. The wires and
| tracks for n distance OF 80 yards were
| badly torn up.
The large four-story brick building
| at Lancaster owned by Philip Leb-
| Zeiter, was burned last Friday. The
| building was occupied by Thomas A,
| Anderson's machine shop, Andrew Gut
fleisch's laundry and Richter Il Sons
| silverplatlng works. The American
| house, a leading hotel, also owned by
I.ebzelter, was on fire a dozen times,
| but was saved, although badly dam
| aged. The new city market house, just
across a narrow street from the fire.
was saved with difficulty Loss $4,000
Miss Nancy Keister, aged 23 years.
| who resided with her uncle, Robert
Gregory near Franklin, has been miss
| ing since last Saturday. Mr.. Gregory
| found a note In the family Bible to-
| day which read as follows: THE best
| Of friends must part. 1 leave the hill
forever. where / shall land I do not
| know. Nancy" Miss Keister was
beautiful and had many admirers
She inherited $1,000 when she became
| Of age.
The retail fruit store of Dughi Bros.
| at Altoona, was gutted by fire at an
early hour last Thursday morning.
The loss will reach 1900. The flames
| the Gazette" where several thou
sand dollars worth of stock was de-
stroyed. The business Office and edit
| orial rooms were damaged by water.
The loss to the Gazette" will reach
fully $1,000, covered by insurance.
Farmer Volney Bull. who was re-
| Gently robbed and tortured and bound
| by oath, who gave his tormentors $500
| to save himself and son from being
burned with their barns. fled to Erie
the other day to be shut up in Jail.
| The robbers sent him a letter demand
ing that he pay the money or die. A
reward has been offered for the appre-
hension of the men.
Calvin Klingensmith, of New Kens-
ington drove over to Tarentum to make
some calls. He started home shortly
after midnight and was drowned while
trying to ford the river opposite Ma
trona. The body was recovered. His
dead horse and the buggy were found
In the Allegheny river near Braeburn.
While Ed. McClelland was standing
In front of ID. ii. Shiplet's grocery store
at Claysville, the other day. he, for
joke, took a peach from a basket and
put IL In a companions pocket. Shiplet
has McClelland arrested for stealing
the peach, and at the hearing he was
fined S. and costs.
Two children OF Adam Wilson of
Pardee, near Phillipsburg. were so bad
ly burned by the breaking OF a lamp a
few days ago that one has died and
the other is not expected to recover.
Reports received at Reading state
that Rev. w. r. Hoy. a Reformed
church missionary at Sendai. Japan,
was held up and robbed OF IS, 600, partly
building and partly mission funds.
Mrs. Joseph r. Miller. of Gap, was
thrown out of wagon the other day.
Her skull was fractured and collar
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