The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-01
KEYSTONE STATE MEMS CONDENSED
HIS FOOT SEVERED.
Lightning Mains a Boy and Kills Dog.
Woman Rendered Unconscious.

County, tore off the shoe OF his 7-year-
old son last week. and the boys foot
was almost severed from the leg. The
bolt also struck the stove, shattering
II and killing a dog close by 1t passed
out through the side of the house. set
ting the building on fire. At Sterling
Run. Mrs. Thomas Moore was sitting
near telegraph instrument. when she
was struck by lightning and rendered
unconscious for ten hours.
The following pensions were granted
last week: Abednego Womer. Philips
ton, Bedford. IS; Levi B. Larry. Brook
vile. IS; w. NJ. Gill. Franklin. Sc; w.
Cameron. Ohioville, IS; Samuel shank,
Salex, Cambria, 50: Samuel G. Weaver,
Waynesboro, Sc; John A. Noal. Dubois,
So to sS Wesley Stephens, Strongs-
town. Indiana. So to sl2 James w.
shaffer. 1rvona, Clearfeld. $40 to s12;
w. II. Robinson, Pittsburg, SIC to $11:
George Il. Dutrow, Altoona, $40 to S14;
Thomas Rank. Watsonville. ss to $40;
Frederick Heyl, Allegheny, Si2: Mary
Conley. Johnstown. IS; Catbarine Ann
Steiner, Pittsburt;, $S minor of Aman-
der Baker Roulet, Potter. $40; Mary
Long Altoona. IS; Jemimah walser,
Mackeyville, Clinton. IS; Mary T. Fox.
legheny, IS; minors of Matthias G.
Oliver Wyalusing. Bradford, Sl2;
Sarah +. Horning, Horatio, Jefferson,
s12; ELI G.. Fitch Athens, $40; John ID.
Clark, Mercer, Sc; Thomas II. McCon-
nell, Johnstown. $e Thomas Cart
wright, Patton. IS; Lester Steadman,
Crawford, IS; Philip w. Miller, Cata-
$50; Philip Showalter, Everett. s12:
Lemuel Sterling, Harlansburg, IS;
Joseph Smith. Milan. s17; James Brad
dock, Pittsburg, $S: John ]. Collier.
New Bedford. s17; James w. O'Daniel.
Meadville. $40; Kate NJ. Caldwell,
North East SO; William II. Boyer,
Bellwood. s6 Henry Bloomfield. AL
toona, $12 Jacob Gwinner, Harrisburg,
Sc; Josephus Ross, Washington. Sc;
Isaac Wolf. Tower City. Sc; Isaac
Thomas. Bellefonte, IS; Jacob Shull.
Shippensville. Clarion, Sc; Pulaski y.
Broughton, Bradford, Sc; John b.
Cramer. Berwinsdale. Cleariield. SS;
Archibald Croyle, Johnstown. So;
Robert Mcknight. Bradford. Sc; Mar
Shaffer. Irvona, $40 to s12 Samuel
Zimmerman, Milesburg. Center. So to
IS; James s. Nell Indiana. Sc to $S.
At Chipmunk, N. Y. last week, a
gusher was struck that promises to
eclipse any we'll struck in the Bradford
field in recent years. The well is the
property of the Seneca Oil Company,
and Is located on the reservation,
about 500 feet northeast of South Van
dalia station on the w. N. Y. & p.
railroad. The Chipmunk sand was
tapped at 1915 p. m. and oil at once
gushed from the casing and was
ignlted by the fire in the boiler. Driller
Andrew CaufTield and Tool-dresser
James Hogan made run for their
lives. The well has continued flowing
without a break ever since and con-
. 90 nj 1ttn-
ton at 100 barrels an hour. Many oil
men who have visited the well are con-
tdent that it Is flowing $50 barrels.
Boilers have been placed near the well
and an effort will be made tomorrow
to extinguish the fire with steam, but
its owners are not very hopeful.
Harry Trimble, the young man who
was shot by Herschell Merritt. nom
union mill worker at Scottdale, few
lays ago, was taken to the Mercy Hos
pital Pittsburg. Merritt was released
on $500 bail. The chances of Trim
ble's recovery are not known. The
parties involved in the trouble and In
recent attacks on the non-union men
were not connected with the strikers.
The non-union men say that they have
not been molested by the strikers for
months, but by outside parties, and
that they propose to defend them
have no fear of further trouble.
William II. Woodring, a halter, at
Allentown, was arrested the other day
and committed to JAIL charged with
attempting to burn the store. The
night watchman found the stove in the
store overheated and goods on a
counter close to the stove saturated
with OIL Woodring was formerly IA
prominent Easton lawyer. and MEM
ber of the Pennsylvania legislature
from Northampton county in 1898.
Peter Guth. a millwright at Mar
shalls foundry, Pittsburg, while con-
structing scaffold near one or the
furnaces the other morning had his
clothing caught on a rapidly revolving
shaft. He was whirled around
number of times and fell to the floor,
dead. as soon as the machinery was
stopped. The left arm was torn of
and the body was mutilated. Guth was
"a years old and married.
Insanely jealous of his wife. William
Barton. of Shamolkin. few days ago
dragged her from bed and with a rock
murderously struck her on the head
several times. Although dazed and
weakened, Mrs. Barton managed to
escape to the street, help arrived and
Barton was overpowered and lodged |
Jail. His victim is in a critical condiS
| tion.
The Evangelical church in Pyma-
tuning township was broken into by
vandals recently who amused them
selves by defacing the walls, breaking
down the seats and using the Bibles as
a door mat The organ was overturned
and several windows broken. Young
men in the neighborhood are suspect
| ed.
The will of James A. Wiley filed ad
| Washington, Pa, leaves $4,000 to theI
First Presbyterian church of Washing 1
ton, and at the death of his sister n
$25, 900 mausoteum is to be built. About
$780, 900 is divided among relatives.
| Thomas Robinson. former superin1
tendent of public printing, has sued
the Pennsylvania railroad for S25. .00q
damages for injuries received Novem1
ber q, 1897. when struck by train al
Harrisburg.
| The county commissioners at Butlel
| offered $500 reward for the arrest and
| conviction OF the person or personl
| who murdered Adam Kamerer. Mrs
kamerer has offered an additional $500
z. X. Bennett. a constable. shot Cal
vim Hines of Marietta, in the neck
/ III x.<oM