The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-03-02
KEYSTONE STATE NEWS CONDENSED


Fork. SO; william -. Rombach, Salts
burg, IS; John J. Caughey Avonia.
Erie, so: Carkson w. Wright, Patter-
son, Junlata. $i2; Samuel M. F'it2, Blue
Ridge summit, Franklin, 81; John Eles,
Huntingdon, So; William McAfee.
Phoenlxvilie. IS; Eugene Minichan.
Meadville IS: Patrick Clark, Johns-
city. IS to $40; J. G. House, Kane. SO TO
$40; Clinton NJ. French. Athens, Brad
ford, SO to $40; John H. Roseborough,
Dunbar. Sc to IS, Andrew j, Rigie,
Washington, so to 81; Thomas Mllvert-
son. Mil Village, Erie. $40: Armstrong
9. Powell, Patterson, Juniata. IS to
so: John wilkes, Perryopolis. SO to s..
Peter H.. Homer, Lavery. Erie. 81 TO
sl7; Priscilla Foster. Cory, sl2; Benz,
g. Lefever, Hayneld, Crawford, 50. IA.
Gray. Braddock; Edward Fitzpatrick,
Wiliamsport, si2; Matthias Runge,
Pittsburg. 81; Chester y. Russell. Me-
kean. Erie. SO; Isaac =. Mason. ovid,
Erie, s6 william G. Lutz, Murraysvillr,
CANDLES, Allegheny, 81 TO t6; Chauncey
c. Hays, Townvllle. Crawford, 81 to sS;
Perry smith. Richardsville, Jefferson.
ti7 to s24. Cyrus A. Youter. Casselmah.
Somerset, 81 to $2i; Newton II. Brad
dock. Windridge. Greene. 81 to IS:
mary tHln, flttSDurgn, -, muISdItt
Arzbcrger. Allegheny. So: Elizabeth M.
Miller. Dliliner. Greene. si2; Thomas
Il. Storer. Scenery Hill, Washington.
So; David Davis. Allegheny. So; AleSan-
der Hazlett Soldiers home. Erie. IS;
John Gilbert. Wiliamsport. 81; John
II. Reid. Bellefonte. Sc; Benjamin Luce.
Taylorstown. Clearfield. SO to IS: w. III.
May. Bentley Creek. Bradford. sl7 to
s24, jacob Norris Speers. Washington.
SO to IS; Ezra -. Goodlin. Cookport.
Indiana. sS to sls: James X. Belmont,
Oakdale, Allegheny. $lf to $50: Maurice
X. Palmer. Bradford. s22: Ellen Crox-
ton. Florence. $s
Suit was begun at Erie Monday by
Walter II. Bellows OF Plttsburg. with
associate counsel In Erie. in behalf OF
John $. Miller against Editor William
9. Plumb, Thos. oliver and William
kclleher. OF Cory. for damages In the
sum of $4,000 Miller is the coore1
porter at the Grandln hotel in Cory
who was burned on the night of Feb
ruary LIST. Miller. In his sworn state
ment, says he went into the Phoenix
hotel to get drink. and while there
the defendants threw alcohol or some
other inflammable stuff on him and
lighted his saturated clothes with
matches: that he was thrown on the
floor, was severely burned In divers
places on his body and Is under
physicians care in Pittsburgh.
The safe In the Washington Hotel at
Huntington was blown open early the
other morning and $500 In money stolen.
From marks In the snow the thieves
were tracked to Enterkin, where one
of them was captured. He gave his
name as Philip Pagan, of Latrobe.
When searching $105 In currency and
$50 In gold was found on him. This was
identifed by the hotel proprietor. Fa-
n Ill, -
the proprietor said he fired at the burg
lars while they were running away.
The state live stock sanitary board
met last week In the executive depart
ment. The regular appropriation OF
10000 for the work Of the months Of
March. April and May was made. State
Veterinarian Pearson reported that L.
400 herds Of cattle had been examined
and that 300 herds yet remain to be ex-
amined. He was directed to strictly
enforce the new law requiring the In
spection OF cattle brought to this state
for breeding purposes.
The people OF Cranberry township
are alarmed over an epidemic Of spinal
meningitis. Sunday night DR.. @. w.
Cary. leading physician. was strick-
en- with the disease and died In an
hour. His neighbors. James Black. Jr..
and Lerauel Burns, were attacked
Tuesday, and died In a short time. and
Mr.. Blacks daughter IL believed to be
dying.
The body of Henry Bressler arrived
for interment at Williamsport one day
last week. and with II came peculiar
story Of his death. Bressler and a man
named Lupro were talking. Lupro was
standing "at rest with a shotgun.
Lupro's little boy steS2ed up behind
him and pulled the trigger. The lea
took effect In Bresslers side and he
lived only eight hours.
Fire the other night broke out in tho
Big Run Opera House at Dubois and
| damaged the stock OF c. r. Neil. cloth
ier Loss, 5000; insurance. $4,000; the
| restaurant of T. G. McFrown, loss un-
known; the building Of DR.. J. c. Coch-
ran. loss, 81 900. and dwelling owned
! by the Mcclure estate. causing total
| loss OF $4,000.
A hunt for rats and sparrows be-
| tween teams at Prosperity, Washington
| county, took place recently. A total of
| STA OF the pests were slain. the King
| team wining. with 5000 scalps. These
two teams finished rat hunt two
weeks ago and showed the tails of A.
| sos rodents.
In attempting to board moving
train in the Philadelphia and Reading
| Railroad yards at Williamsport the
| other day William Livers. aged II
years, was killed. His body struck a
switch target and he was thrown be-
meath the cars. HLs twin brother pull
| cd him from beneath the train.
A war cross appeared In the heaven,
about Hollidaysburg last week. II was
red In color. with a background of b NC
| clouds. Hundreds of people viewed
the strange phenomena in the sky, and
the superstitious accepted 1t as the
dread token of International strife with
Spain.
| Andrew O'Brien. an employe Of tbs
| oliver Coke Company at Cnioatown
the other day leaped down the shaft al
the company's No. 2 plant. He fell 20,
feet and was dashed to pieces. He had
been drinking. O'Bren leaves a wife
| and seven children.
In the junior oratorical contest at Le'
high university recently, the first prizs
Of so was won by Henry Anderson VIII
cox. the second and third prizes re-
spectively by William Lathrop Meak:
and George Loomis Robinson.
Hugh Doran. an employee of the Ma
tional pipe works at Scottdale, was rur
over by a freight train and Instantly
killed last Tuesday. His head wa.
completely severed from the body. Il