The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-10-05
KEYSTONE STATE NEWS CONDENSED
A HAPPY FATHER
Rsjoess in Being the Hssi Of q Family Of TwsatJ
fivs Childrsr.

two sets were twins. Three of the chill
dfen died. The rest are in good health.
The father says he Is the happest man
on earth with his large family.
The following pensions were issued
last week;
Robert Miller, Beech Creek, Sc;
josiah Baldwin tdead) Somerset. 50 to
sl2; Daniel j. Kepfer, New Franklin
IS; Thomas Barkis, Eldred. Mexican,
$40 to SIP; jeremiah Blue, Wiliamsport,
sc to ss w. Richards, Riddlesburg
Bedford. SO to s12; Samuel Il. Fulmer
Bennett. So; william Wilson Leathem.
Burgettstown, So; Franklin Berwick,
Reynoldton. IS; Jacob J. Jackson, dead,
Indiana, SO to IS; George Burroughs,
I,arimer station, Westmoreland se to
IS; Benson f. Sadler, Burnside, So to
IS; Robert w. Campbell, Academy
Corners. Tioga, si4 to s17; Olive Nc
Mum, Seneca, Vcnango, IS; Mary A.
Godd, Morris. Tioga, ss: Hannah c. L.
Feather Sandy Lake, sl2; Frank NJ.
Weidner. Rochester, Beaver, IS; Geo
ID. Crandal, Blossburg, Tioga, So:
Jacob Muller Allegheny. Sc; w. B.
Linhart, Turtle Creek, SO TO IS; Robert
Easton. Soldiers home, Erie, So to IS;
ingdon, Sc to IS; Abraham II. Decker,
Tioga, sS to $40: Abraham II. Decker,
Sc merset, s24 to $50; James Miller
Huntingdon, SO to IS; Hannah NJ
Dinimy, Emporium, $S; Ellen Wissel,
Glenfeld, s.; Mary c. Pierce, Flora,
Indiana, IS; Susanna II. Hoover. Dun
canville, Blair, IS; John II. Pierce.
Utica, Vtnango, s6; George w. Ramsey,
Manorstown, Westmoreland, So; John
T.. Campbell, Knobsville, Fulton. Sc;
Andrew ]. Reese, Plumner, Venango.
SS to $40; Aaron Young, Bedford, $S to
sl2: Isaac p. Decker. Towanda, sl2 to
$li; Matthew c. Burkholder, Ligonier,
s16 to 81: Samuel d. Wickoff, Blanch-
ar ard, Center; 50 to s.; Th2mas Rash;
Nj. Frew, Cory, IS to $40: Daniel
Center, father Roaring Springs, Blair.
sl2
The treasury Of ST. Peters Methodist
Church, at Reading. has been replen-
ishd by novel scheme, devised by the
Ladies' Aid Society. The women got
up weight social" and every person
attending was asked to pay one-half
cent pound for his or her bodily
weight. Some of the heavy members.
had to contribute over 81, while the
lightest girl. Weighing only SO pounds,
got OFF for 25 cents. BY this means s86
was raised
Mary 4. Mobley secured a verdict at
Uniontown for si,479 so against the ad-
ministrators of the estate of her uncle.
William w. Miller, of Luzerne town
ship. The plaintiff served 22 years in
Miller's house, but he died without
making a will. Some Of the heirs paid
her sl,4O0 of her claim of 50. 0OO and she
won her suit for the balance.
While shooting chickens recently at
Hazelton, Fred Pfanstil fired a shot
with small rifle which missed the
FOWL for which it was intended. and,
hitting the iron hoop of barrel,
glanced off and struck his brother,
John Pfanstil, aged 81, directly over
the eye. The bullet penetrated the
young mans brain.
Joseph Eastlick, the proprietor of a
feed store at Meadvilie, has been ar
rested charged with being an accom-
plice of John Wright, who is said to
have stolen horse and buggy from j.
l.. Baker, a Greenville liveryman.
Eastlick confessed that he had traded
n watch and SIS for the rig and then
sold 1t.
The valuable jewelry found by the
police on the person of Joseph Menser
arrested on Tramps Island, near
Greenville, has been identified as the
property of Miss NJ. p. Mimm and An
ma Reiter. of Oil City. stolen on the af-
ternoon OF September ID. Menser will
be taken to Oil City for trial.
United States Deputy Marshal John
Roe, of Altoona, and secret service
man few days ago arrested E. l..
McClintock at Coalport, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Elmer Rough, at Falls Timber,
near Altoona, on the charge OF having
In their possession and passing coun-
terfeit money.
Tax Collector John II. Barge, of Con-
hellsville, was arrested on oath of his
bondsmen. Robert Norris, John ID.
Frisbee and William Weihe, and waiv-
cd hearing for trial at court on the
charge OF fraudulently using money to
the extent OF 5000. /. w. Rutter went
ball for Barge In the sum of $500.
AS Joseph Magesse was leaving the
Portland Church at Easton with his
bride, Mary Strause. of Portland, he
was arrested, charged with bigamy, on
complaint of wife No. /. His bride was
overcome at the unhappy turn of af-
fairs, and wept bitterly when he was
marched off to the lookup.
william Myers. aged 13. ran away
from the Jumonsville orphan asylum
Monday and boarded a freight train.
He fell from the train at Dunbar and
rolled into a creek, where he lay all
night. He Is now in the City Hospital
at Connellsville
Henry L. Sampsel, OF Centerville,
sryder county. while working around
circular saw while II was in motion.
was caught by the saw and cut in two
a Few days ago. He was 36 years old
and one Of the associate judges Of the
county.
A box filled with dynamite is said to
Hs'NN cNS'i iouHU coHctdleu ufluef the
Oid Meadow mill at Scottdale, and il
Is thought that two suspicious looking
men seen in the neighborhood had in
tended blowing up the plant.
On the suit of Charles Given, of
Beaver Falls, Lewis Graham, sheriff of
Beaver county, has been arrested
charged with charging illegal fees to
tie amount of sl02.5s In the foreclosure
OF mortgage.
William Baker, a miner, and James
Donovan, a brakeman, were instantly
killed at Lilly. Cambria County, the
other evening by the overturning OF q
car on which they were riding to work.
James Murray, burglar who es-
capped from jail at Wellsboro, wrote a
letter to the Sheriff, thanking him for
kindnesses and saying that he was on
his way to Porto Rico.
A Beaver Falls cat belonging to A.
G. Meyers, engaged In mortal combat
with four foot snake. The snake got
the worst of 1t and was getting away
when killed by policeman.
News has been received at Bradford
that Harry Bodine. OF Company c,
Sixteenth Pennsylvania Volunteers,
died in the hOspital a papna pna,tn