The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-02-24
ITEMS OF STATE NEWS.

Pittsburg, Feb. 20.-The Pittsburg po-
lice raided the first Chinese speakeasy
in this city tonight. and arrested Lee
You, barkeeper, and Sing He, proprie-
tor and ten other Cinnamon. The po-
lice found a gambling outfit, whisky,
bottled beer and n restaurant at Second
avenue and Grant street.
Pittsburg, Feb. 2O.-Word came from
Dunbar tonight that Tom Cash had
been arrested and was being held for
the Allegheny county authorities. Cash,
it is claimed, killed Chicago" John
Kelly, cOlored, laborer on the Unity
tunnel of the new Carnegie railway last
August. He also wounded several peo-
pie and held whole posse at bay,
finally taking refuge in coal bank and
disappearing.
ChambersburF, Feb. 2O-About %
farmers and land owners Interested in
sugar beet culture met in the Franklin
Guards Armory Saturday. Among
those present was Frank C. Bosler, of
Carlisle, who will plant a thousand
acres of his Cumberland county land
in beets, and who viii likely erect a
factory in or near Carlisle for the cX-
traction Of the sugar from the beets.
This factory will cost about $250000, ii
is said. Committees were appointed TO
create additional interest in the pro-
ject in the different townships and the
meeting adjourned to meet Saturday
afternoon, Feb. 26.
Harrisburg, Feb. I.-Deruty Sccre-
q 4 l.,
preparing some interesting statistics
showing the total amount OF taxes col
lected In the commonwealth. This
table, based upon the population of the
state at the time the last census was
taken, will show that in the entire state
there was collected last year for the
support Of the poor 4G cents per capita
for construction and repairs of streets,
roads and bridges during the year, SIS,
per capita; for schools, etc, $2.l3 per
capita for other purposes. S4.91 per
capita. OF the total amount of taxes
collected for all purposes in the state,
90 per cent was devoted to educational
purposes.
Philadelphia, Feb. 19.-George Bern
hardt, n waiter in the restaurant at
204 North Eight street, last night shot
and probably fatally wounded Reinhart
Losar, aged 30 years, and Hannah
Reinhart, aged % years. He also fired
a shot at Annie Reinhart, sister of the
young woman, but the bullet missed
her. All the persons concerned are
cousins. and live at 1903 Vine street.
Losar Is proprietor of the restaurant,
and employs the other three. Bern
hardt Is said to have had a disagree
ment with Losar over his attentions to
Hannah. The shooting occurred on
Vine street, above Eleventh. Bernhardt
was arrested. The wounded man and
woman are not expected to live.
West Chester, Feb. 19.-One of the
most horrible crimes in the history of
Chester county was unearthed at Doe
Run last evening, when the lifeless
body of Mrs. Ellen Preston, the mulat-
to bride of seven months of Jonas Pres
ton, Jr., was discovered lying on the
kitchen floor of her home, her brains
oozing from ghastly wounds. Her skull
had been horribly hacked with an ak
and the head almost severed from the
body. Her husband. who was arrested,
stated that he and his wife had quar-
relied, but he professed to be at loss
to account for the fact that he had
killed her. His conduct on the way to
the prison left no doubt in the con-
stables mind that he was feigning in
sanity. 1t Is said that after committing
the deed Preston swallowed a quantity
Of paris green, intending to make the
affair a domestic tragedy, but for SOME
reason the powder did not seriously af-
feet him. Preston is 35 years Of age.
His wife was 10 years his junior. The
couple is said to have always lived hap
! PLY together, and as yet no motive for
the crime has been discovered.