The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-09-15
ITEMS OF STATE NEWS.

Harrisburg. Sept. 6.-J. A. Evans was
yesterday appointed judge of common
pleas court No. 3. of Allegheny county,
vice Judge William d. Porter. resigned
to accept an appointment on the su-
perior court bench.
Wlkesbarre. Pa. Sept. 12-Frederick
w. Tyrel, one of the most prominent
Masons in northeastern Pennsylvania.
died yesterday of appendicitis, aged 81.
He was division commander OF the
Sixteenth Masonic district and grand
marshal of the Grand Commandery of
Knights Templar of Pennsylvania.
Wilkesbarre. Pa, Sept. civilian ].
Williams. aged 49, was accidentally
killed while hunting on the mountain
yesterday. He stood his loaded gun
against a tree. and then accidentally
struck the trigger with his foot. The
weapon was discharged and the entire
load of shot entered his side. He died
an hour later.
Wilkesbarre. Pa, Sept. l0.-Louis
Scherer. the young farmer Of Hunlock
township who was committed to jail on
the charge OF killing his brother Frank
with n pitchfork was given habeas
corpus hearing before Judge Bennett
yesterday and discharged The Judge
said II was an injustice to commit the
man to Jail on the slight evidence Of
fered.
Philadelphia, Sept. There were
Rve deaths and many prostrations from
the heat yesterday in this city. The
dead are Margaret Bulger. aged +5
Samuel Jones. aged 40; John McCol-
lom. a~qd IS; Patrick Rice, aged 35.
and william McPhilimy. aged 40
, years. All day long people sweitered
with the thermometer lowering around
90 degrees and the humidity reaching
So.
Pittsburg. Sept. 13-Rev. Dr.. ]. c.
Pershing. one Of the best known Meth
odist Episcopal ministers in the state
; died at Cambridge Springs yesterday
OF pneumonia. Dr. Pershing was born
,, at Johnstown about 65 years ago, and
! for 26 years was president of the Pitts
burg Female college. The deceased
was brother Of Judge Cyrus l.. Perish
ing. who was at one time prominent in
Democratic politics and was once the
partys candidate for governor,
. Lock Haven. Pa, Sept lo.-The ives,
, bound Erie mail train on the Philadel-
, phia and Erie railroad was wrecked
yesterday at North Bend. caused by
the locomotive jumping the track En-
gineer John NJ. Butler, OF Harrisburg
s had both legs cut off and died soon af-
e ter Fireman John KutZ and Baggage
= Master Devictor. both OF Harrisburg
3 were also slightly injured. The engine
= ran hundred feet on the ties and wen,
= over on it's side. the tender going en-
( tirely over the engine. The baggage
, car turned end over end and landed x
h feet from the track. Passengers es.
t capped injury.
Pittsburg. Sept. 12.-The Eighteenth
regiment. Pennsylvania volunteers. ar.
rived home from Camp Meade last
night about Q o'clock and were accord
ed a reception such as has seldom. Il
I ever been given to any body Of men In
e this city. From the train TO the armory
4 of the regiment one solid mass
Y Of cheering humanity lined the streets
giving the returning soldiers a most
e enthusiastic welcome. The welcome
I home was remarkable In that at least
q Is, 900 people along the Pennsylvania
road from Wilmerding into Wilkins.
burg lined the track on either side
burning red fire and cheering as the
train passed through them on It's way
to the city.
= Philadelphia. Sept. IA. J. Cross
= an American born colored man. from
. Sierra Leone, arrived here yesterday or
\ the Waesland from Liverpool. HI
. comes to protest against foreign as
). gression In Liberia, which he says tht
: present government is pawnng out tt
8 the Germans, French and English
J. against the interest OF Americans. HI
n states that recent attacks on Sierra
i Leone by the natives were caused b,
= the brutality Of the foreign police, anC
: that over 1900 persons were killed BY
:. the natives under the charge of a war
n rior named Biburra. Many captive.
D were taken, among them being the en-
: tire family of ID. T. Johnson. of Ho
}. Springs, Ark, who were taken to Ii
}, beria by the steamer Laurada.
\ Scranton, Pa. Sept. 10.-Lizzie Rus
!, sell, a 7-year- girl, was shot and in
i; stantly killed yesterday by Mary Mo
:. ran. IA years of age. The latter in pla,
;; pointed self cooking revolver at thu
y Russell girl and pulled the trigger. Th'
> bullet severed one Of the main arter'
> les, near the heart. The parents Of the
;. children are neighbors. In the Morar
: house, where the accident occurred. ar
:. infant child lay dead. The father was
Q arranging to drive to Wilkesbarre tc
!; consult his brother about the funeral
; He had laid the loaded revolver on q
!: shelf as he intended carrying 1t for
|: protection during his ride home last
!. night The Moran girl was arrested
. and arraigned before an alderman. Ths