The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-04-20
KEYSTONE STATE NEWS CONDENSED
WAR WITH SPAIN.
farmers Open Hostilitlss in village storv
With vigor.

shermanville, a little town north Of
Greenville on the Hessemer, was the
scene Of a desperate fight between
Samuel Coleman and James Becker,
well-known farmers. They were talk
ing war news In the village store. The
came to blows. Becker seized a heavy
counter weight and struck Coleman
repeatedly until he fell unconscious
Coleman's condition Is serious, and
Becker has been arrested.
The following pensions were granted
last week: Edward G. Dixon, Turtle
Creek, S12; Martin Race, Arnold, Sc:
Samuel II. white, Canonsburg, IS; Jshn
Hotzeloin, dead. Pittsburgh, $12; Rob
ert Shorts, Franklin, IS; Henry II. MIL
Ter. Yeagertown, Mihiin, $40; John
Shernal, dead, Kerrmoor, Clearheld,
- to $40; w. A. Ogden. dead, Clearfield,
s12; Edmund d. Warner, dead Miffiln-
tonw, Juniata, 50 to $12; John o. Wofh-
er. Hill. Mercer. So to $40; Robert p.
Mccain, Elkland, Tloga, Sc to IS; David
Seger. Punxsutawney, So to $S: William
Rapson. Meadville, s6 to $40; Sylvester
II. Davis, Warren, So to IS; John A.
Murray. Shawmut. Clearfield, Sc to s.;
David Penny, Smiths Ferry Sc to S.;
Amanda Il. Warner. Miffiintown. s.:
Ellen Shiruel. kerrmoor. 81; Christine
Renne, Erie IS; Phoebe G.. Gates, Erie,
ss Ellen Ogden. Clearfield, IS. John A.
Rodehaver, dead. Somerfeld. Somerset,
81; Charles w. Wood, Pittsburgh, Sc;
Abraham Hartman. Foxburg. SO; John
Flenner, Walkers Mills. Allegheny. Sc;
Isaac B. Vantz, Allenport. Washington,
IS; John A. Ahrenfeld, Pittsburgh, S.:
Levi Wirebaugh, Altoona, s6; Simon N.
Greenwalt. Herminie. IS; John Gray
son. Carnegie, So; Milton McNair.
Meadville. IS; Charles II. Cutleius.
MifIlinsburg, $40; John d. McLatchey.
Mill Village. Erie, 81 to $12; August
c. Russell, Horton. Indiana, 81 to IS;
Aaron Walters, Rices Landing, Greene,
Sc; Andrew McCreery, Tunnelton, Indi-
Oakmont, Allegheny, $40 to $12; Philip
II. Edmiston. Figart. Cambria, $40 TO
s12; w. Wolf, Brush Valley, Indiana, Sc
to So; Solomon Clintz, Bard. Bedford.
IS to $12; John Sweet. Daggetts, Tioga,
s6 Elizabeth A. Nicum. Uniontown.
sS Mary Silver. Canoe Ridge. Indiana,
IS; Casper Kaufman. Sewickiey. s.;
George Plumer. Pittsburgh. $40: John
Reichenbach. dead. Pittsburgh. $12; Ad-
Olson M. Young, Speers. IS; David w.
Miller. Pine Grove Mills, $12; Daniel
f. Beall, Scenery Hill, IS; John A. DIE
bold, Allegheny, IS; minor OF Chester
d. Peckham. Towanda. $40.
That skinned milk Is not "adulter-
hted milk" within the meaning Of the
statute is the text of a decision handed
down by the supreme court at Phila-
delphia the past week. Recently Mrs.
Elizabeth Hufnal was convicted In the
quarter sessions court on a charge Of
selling adulterated milk. She appealed
to the superior court, where the con-
'iction was sustained and from which
decision an appeal was taken to the
supreme court. That tribunal. In an
opinion delivered by Justice Mitchell,
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Hufnal was discharged without bail.
Frank Beale, Polish miner of Alver-
.on, is in Jail charged with shooting
Paul Zurick. a fellow countryman.
through the lungs Monday afternoon.
Paul Zurick, Jr. quarreled with Beale.
Who seized brick and struck him on
he head, innicting a painful wound.
Young Zurick. his father and others
went to Beale's house, broke down the
1oor and Beale fired at them. The
wounded man is at the hospital in Con-
lelsville in a critical condition.
There has been great excitement at
Bloomfield on account of hydrophobia.
About two weeks ago a mad dog made
is appearance and bit many horses
and hogs. Seven head of hogs belong
ing to Simon Croft OF Conoquenessing
township were victims, four OF which
had to be shot Several dogs had to be
shot. and dozens are chained to await
further developments. The dog Is still
At large.
By a boiler explosion at a saw mill In
Paint township. Somerset county. the
other afternoon. Sidney Holsopple, pro-
prietor of the Holsopple house at Ben
son, was Instantly killed; Charles Hols-
opple. a cousin Of Sidney. was prob
ably fatally injured; Clyde Holsopple:
iged 49, and Bruce, aged IA. brothers OF
Sidney Holsopple, and Joseph Johns.
aged IS, were badly scalded. Johns
right leg Is broken. The mill was owned
by Charles Holsopple. Sidney Hols-
opple was at work on the roofs
when the explosion took place. He
was blown hundred feet and horribly
mangled. The boiler Is said to have
been condemned long ago.
At Milesburg the other afternoon Will
liam Wagner, proprietor Of the Wagner
Touring mills, got too close to the en-
CINE, his clothes caught in the big driv-
Ing belt and he was drawn into the ma
chinery. His head was cut from his
body, which was otherwise badly
mangled. Wagner was about 80 years
old and leaves a wife and ten children
Geo. Belt colored. of Leith. shot and
probably fatally wounded his wife the
other night. The couple had been quar-
relling about the failure OF each to treat
the other in the proper manner as hus-
The oxford breaker of Scranton
owned and operated by the Delaware.
Lackawanna X Western Coal Company.
with all adjacent buildings, was de-
stroyed by fire last week. The total loss
will reach $4,000. The fire started in
the upper portion OF the breaker, near
the head of the hosting shaft. and
within an hour and a half buildings
covering an area Of 800 feet square were
leveled.
The Drake heirs win send Charles A.
Falls, Esq, of New Castle to England
In short time to ascertain just how
the fight for the property Is progress
ing. The society has representatives in
almost every state 10 the union and has
had an agent In England. but for sever
| al months ne has not been heard from.
The value of the estate Ia said to be
| 1early $l00.000,0O
The postoffice and general store Of p.
| Cronin at Centervtlle was robbed early
| the other morning. About 5000 In
| stamps and money was taken. The
| postoffice and store of A. J, Mason. at
| Franklin Corners. was also robbed Of
| 800 in stamps and money.
Miss Eliza Morrissey Of Franklin. has
| s,,ad tho oil Cltv Straat Railway Com