The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-01-19
KEYSTONE STATE NEWS CONDENSED
GREAT YEAR IN COKE
Over slL000,0o0 Worth Produced In the
Connslisvlils Region.

they received an average price estt-
mated ut si.6b per ton. The product
81 400, ,s3J. Measured by dollars this In
one Of the biggest years business the
Connellsviilc region ever did. The out
put was greater In 1896, S.2f4.43s tons.
but the price realized was only x1.23 per
ton. yielding $40, 0,i40,G5s, over IL million
dollars less than last year. There IN no
reason to doubt that the present rate
will he Kept up during 1898.
The year saw the successful opNra-
tion of the by-product plant Of the Dun
bar Furnace Company Mt Dunbar,
whore 80 Semet solvey ovens are oper-
ated. II ~ the compapys Intention 10
double the capacity IN the spring The
only other new idea In coking In Fred
G. keighley'a Continuous coke oven" u
test OF which II being made at Oliver
works. The trial oven is making coke
this week. New ilrms In the region
have added 7i0 ovens To the list aud
S2a ovens have been added by the old
companies.
Mrs, Takacs. OF oliver. was awakened
by n crash and found big ncgr,
standing by her led ana ano her enter
ing through the window. They bound
her feet and hands aud tried 10 gag her.
the woman all the time screaming for
help. Before they could accomplish the
object Of their visit neighbors gathered
ana the men Jumped through the Wind
ow and got away. Several hourc Ia er.
when the men went to the ovens to be-
gin To- draw coke they found one of the
men lying there nearly dead from loss
Of blood and lying In n big pool of II.
a constable was sent from JTniontown
10 arrest him. The man gave his name
ms william LoycnIngs. and says he cut
his hips ON the glass i'm the window as
he jumped out. He has n deep cash
and IL very weak from loss of blood.
but Will probably recover who his
confederate IL cannot b. learned he
having left no trace. and LovcnIngs will
not tell
rivo yvoil-i,o.,a1 r,bbors mad. ,
bnid o,,en,,, tridav nnn,, d, rnh Tho
pnrnnss,,s h.ph ~, parna.sua nm ,he
AJloVhenv VaII.v raii,nod ~ miles
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successful was due TO the fact that the
night watchman of the bank happened
to he on duty I'm the daytime. The
robbers were surpriscd while trying 10
break into the bank, and fed down the
railroad tracks to I.ogans Ferry. where
they jumped into n skiff and In the
swift current Of the swollen Allegheny
river rowed five miles while excited
people tore along the river banks trying
to capture them They abandoned the
skiff at the north side OF the river nj
the new Plttsburg. Bessemer and Lake
Erie railroad. and were there lost sight
OF.
,rb, ,ny,,ari,,,, u,o la ,h, t,or,,,,,,,,,
mjue of Tho Dunhar pur,.co comnanv
II is bel,cved viii hurn it.e,f nm, nn ,Ic
bodv of coai now h,rntno THO cnoi ali
aroiinJ tbc anot bna hec, cut nvvav
tboroupblv vot down ana ,hc oneniny
sealed I'm ao 4, 10 beiievnd tho 0ra "an7
nnt snrnnI ,rha d. ,,a,,aa o.,
nbo ndnned ,vnr,,i,g and ,ho mon ,yhn
discovered II were overcome bv Gas
Being missed n rescuinp nnrtv ,voa
| sent and bro,,pht tbcn n,1, Nining In.
snoctnr rnnnnr. th,nu, ,ho az v,a,
caused by spontaneous combustion of
| sulphuratad hydrogen, formed by the
| exhaust steam from the mine pump
disntegrating the sulphur of the coal
| The fire started half IL mile down the
slope.
IT authorizations are rulfiIIed this ,vi,,
| be tho greatest vear I'm tho histo,.v M
| Masonto,vn. Neyt iro,,r,h of Jujv tha
| centennial or Nnson,n,vn wiIi ho a.
served. II viii be 100 years since John
| Mason laid out the site OF Germantown,
| afterwards changed to the present
name In honor Of its founder. The citl
zcnS are already taking active steps to-
wards the celebration. Speakers have
been engaged from Philadelphia and
Pittsburg. The town council has acted
| committees VIII soon be appointed and
pig timc Is looked Tor.
| =. ",,hlil ShirIey mas returned rom
the klondike after seven-months' alb
@sence, @ win fortune estimated at
sioo,ooo ne went 10 the gold ned last
may ana struck r en- ann. HIS Wis I
W Mercer county, ms FORMER nome
who ,,vos IN croan a 30 noa ~,
,,sa Ia anso ,',,, ~, ~" msm y; siy,yo' LOT
tar Iyd,a Sh,,ia,, 49, ' nis s.
Ind sc, ooo U" .,, ra,,,u oIun,S'
| diLn Viii " ,a,,',,.,', Wa ~ "'In
| .a',s ,,r,'',ai,, ~ is', M'" D.
,agia, "io premium !" 'h"'
| Euwlh ~, Meyers. FORMER state Print-
| cr, anu one OF the pest known men In
Gch,ra' I,,, renhsyNahia' was round dead
riiuay rhornins IN ,ne stable yard al
yg,nms In,.,,i, nis "or,le, or, 'hree Hiies aDoVe
i,,a. ,ns, mere was pruise over
throun ,rSu, ,y, his supposea ne was
tance from, ,ha S uand arS s"9rs 4I ', uis,
To where he was found '' was "'asseu
| "N wac ,'""'
IN annual series OF three farmers
institutes IN this county began Mon
aay AT Sarversville' win w. II. IL.
Riddle, President or the Western Penn