The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-09-09
KEYSTONE State MEMS CONDENSED
DEADLY BUTTON.
Corroding Metal Causes the Death Of . Cyc.
ling Policeman.

which was of two weeks duration,
was primarily caused by riding bi-
cycle. He wore a corroded metal coll
lar button. the base of which rubbed
against the back Of his neck when he
rode his wheel because of the vibra-
ing his blood and ultimately caused his
death.
The following Pennsylvania pensions
have bsen granted: William j. Keigh-
ley, Erie: Charles A. Pettibone. Miles
Grove; Conrad Vehring, Allegheny;
Nathan ]. Cooper, Sugar Grove; Pat
rick j. Sullivan, Morrisdale Mines;
John Aerney, Pittsburg; Algernon
Dunning, Russell; Edward d. Stork,
Johnstown; William G. l.. Black, Du
Bois; Levi w. johnson, New Castle;
L.ucien Pitkin, Bradford; Henry A.
Frost, North East; Katharine ]. Fer
guson, Pittsburg; Anna Warner, ST.
Marys Mary NJ. Dean. Edinboro; Me-
linda Crider, Burgettstown; Charles
L. Jeffords, Barnes; Dennis Murphy
Conemaugh; Nelson Mccormick, New
Derry; William A. Himmelwright.
Blairsville; John A. Coringer. Erie;
Mary j. Hefright, Huntingdon; Sarah
NJ. Green. Shippenport; Jane McCor-
mick. New Derry; Mary j. Jackson.
Apollo: Julia Jennas, Franklin Cor
ners; Sarah Murphy, Pittsburg; ]. w.
SSNoiiS, pNhJoiih 'hahN'
Harmerville; George w. Leather,
Fallen Timber; Geo. Kutchall (dead).
Braddock Michael Kelly, Soldiers and
Sailors Home; q. w. Wolf. Dubois;
Reuben Bortz, Greenville: Catharine
Kutchall Johnstown; Margaret Green,
Meadville: Frederika Heber, Erie;
William Husking. Pittsburg; Charles
Krusbe, Bennett; Carle w. Flower,
Springboro; Henry Brant. Buffalo
Mills; Isaac Overdorff. Brush Valley;
james II. Gordon. Erie: David We'll
John w. Copeland, West Bridgewater;
John Il. Terry. Gerry; Noah Cohn.
Jenners; Francis NJ SAIL Tyrone;
minor child of william Lotzinger,
Adamsburg Mary Boyd, Mill Village;
Sarah Evans. New Castle: Melissa
Bigler, Clearfeld.
While ex-Supervisor McGuire's two
children, aged 3 and 6 years, We're play
ing in the back yard Of the family resi-
dence at Shenandoah the other even
ing, there was n sudden caving in of
the surface, and both little ones had
narrow escape from being swallowed
up In the mines. The surface sunk Era-
dually and large tissures appeared. The
children. in their hurry to escape,
stumbled and fell into one of the holes.
two feet wide and five feet deep.
They were being slowly covered with
earth when their cries attracted the at
tention of a neighbor. With some diff
ilculty he eytricated both children and
made good his own escape, just as the
surface gave lurch and the fissure
he stood in closed. The surface sank
nearly eight feet.
Judge T.. n. Willard, of Scranton. has
resigned from the superior court. Judge
N rI 10, Gnlf hn Gpa ifh
that his resignation has been sent tn
Harrisburg, something that has been
reported from time to time for over
year. To his friends he says he retires
from the bench because his judicial du-
ties took him too far from home and
interfered with his business interests.
His successor will, according to law,
be appointed by the governor to serve
until January !, 1899.
The large sawmill at Marsh Creek,
on the Pine Creek railway, owned by
Il. Matson & Son. was burned a few
days ago, with all the lumber in the
yards. Loss, $4,000; insurance, $4,000.
Brookville capitalists who have lands
in this vicinity under lease are elated
over a good gas well which has been
drilled on the Hutchinson estate, east
Of town. a number Of test wells which
had been given up will now be drilled
deeper
The large barn of A. c. Borland, one
mile from Mt. Vernon, was destroyed
by fire recently, with nine head of
horses and his entire harvest of hay,
wheat and oats. He was threshing and
the fire is supposed to have started by
4 spark from the engine. Several of
the .threshers who were in the NOV
narrowly escaped with their lives.
lown are trying to secure n supposed
vast fortune in Holland. An old Ger
man Bible, in which the family rec
an examination showed that the part
most wanted had been torn out, so
other means will be resorted to to
establish their claim. ,fr.
William Raney, aged IS years. was
arrested by Postofiice Inspector Ow-
ngs, of Pittsburg, and taken before |
United States Commissioner Parmelee. |
charged with robbing the postofiice at
Petroleum Center on August 81. The |
lmount stolen, S22. was refunded. The |
'cuth acknowledged his guilt.
Samuel Wood Bryant, who holds the I
at Annapolis as naval ca
let from the Twenty-fourth district. is
listing his friends at Venetia. He has |
ust returned from cruise of two
months and has made the proud rec
'rd Of standing second in a class of
G members.
Wylie Austin, employed In the pick
ing department of the tin plate mill
t Washington, while pouring vitriol
rom one vessel to another, splashed il
n his neck and breast. inficting ter
ible burns. He will recover, but will
ear the scars all his life.
A 3-year- old son of Emanuel Dale,
T Allegheny township, fell into a tub
( boiling water and was scalded to
cath. An older sister who witnessed
he accident went into spasms and Is
ot expected to live.
The Allentown Hardware Works
allied last week on an execution in
lvor of the Lehigh Valley Trust and
afe Deposit Company for $4,000 and
). II. Reniger. trustee, for $4,000.
James Bert. years old, was held up
t New Brighton the other day while
n his way to the bank, and robbed of
by Jesse Barr and Frank Thomp-
IN, 12-year-old boys.
The next State convention of photo
raphers will probably be held at
ohnstown, the location committee
aving visited that place and been IA.
orably impressed.