The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-04-06
KEYSTONE STATE NEWS CONDENSED
DIS0BEY THE LAW.
0lsomarsarine Dealers Numerous in the
Pittsburg District

| probably no district In the state where
the law regarding the sale of oleo-
margarine is so openly and dehantly
vioated. He has secured more than 400
samples. large proportion of which,
| upon analysis. have proven to be oleo-
| margarine. Many Of these samples
| were obtained from small dealers who
disappeared on suit being abrought He
says the dealers in oleomargarine In
| Pittsburg district have behind them
men of wealth and influence who make
1t difficult for the agent to enforce the
| law.
| The following pensions were granted
last week: Lewis Rawie. Allegheny,
N2: Matthew Williams. p'''eh''ro s'2:
George 8. Richardson, Soldiers home,
Erie, So; Samuel s. Bossler, Orwigs-
burg, S.; John Pickering Titusville, SO;
MiiIam M. thompson, saxonuurg So;
Richard A. Rice, Eldred, Mexican, SO to
| SS; Ulrich Schlandrecker. Erie, So to
SIS; John Scheafnocker. Meadvllle. SO to
$40; William F. Blair Storrstown.
Somerset, sl2 to s24; Minnie Kleves,
Washington, ss; w. Ward. Phillips
Jefferson. 6: David HOPPER Lumber
City. Cleaifield. $40; John Bush. Ore
Hill. Blair, IS; Samuel d. Van woert,
Wharton. Potter, SO: William B. Low
man, Pittsburg, SO; Joseph Gundy.
| West Middlesex, Mercer $40; Benz. f.
Markle, Maze, Juniata, Sc: Samuel +.
Rogers. OIL City, SO; Bernard Siegel,
Huefner, Clarion. SO; Abednego Grain,
Osceola Mills, SO to IS; George Yonkers,
Elk City. 50; William HANNA, Green
| ock, Allegheny, SO; Francis j. Moore,
| Pittsburg, SO to $40: George Myers,
Bellefonte. 50 to $40; Sarah Elder,
Deckers Point, Indiana, So: Catharine
| Behe, Lilly, s.; Annie f.. Wangaman,
| Knights Westmoreland, 500; Martha
| ,h,to
lotte Mosser, Ellicottsvile Fayette, $S;
minor of Jos Behe. Lilly, 81; Jos. Miller,
| Pittsburg. $S. F. A. Lauer Soldiers
home. Erie, sl2; Morris Smith, Eutaw,
| Washington, SO; Joseph Brown. WASH
ington. So; Jonas Brown, Johnsburg,
Somerset, SO; William Bell. Blanco,
| Armstrong. Sc: Newton Read, Clear
field. s6; William Jackson, Uniontown.
So; Gabriel Barnhart. Mt. Chestnut, So
to S12; Daniel Krotser, Liberty. Tioga,
s. to sl2: Andrew Schultz, Allegheny,
s12: Elizabeth A. Watson, Fay. Law
renee, IS.
Mrs. Isabel Ridgway. aged 2s years,
and her son Charles, aged years, were
| found dead In bed the other morning
at the home of Charles Hartley near
| West Chester. Their throats were cut,
| the heads being nearly severed from
| the bodies. The weapon used was evil
| IDENTIFY a butcher knife, which was
found close by the bodies. The bodies
were found by Hartley. who said the
deed was probably committed while he
| was harnessing horse. According to
the statements made the woman was
| about to become a mother. She was
housekeeper for Hartley. Some are of
the opinion that the woman committed
| suicide after cutting the childs throat.
| The authorities are making an investi-
| cation.
sad case Is reported from Arm
strong township. Sunday afternoon
! two young men, supposed to be sons of
James Carney, of Apollo. drove into the
township in buggy, having with them
quantity of alcohol. They evidently
drank to excess, and in the evening
their horse wandered to the farm of
Robert Johnston. with both young men
helpless in the buggy. The farmer and
his family took the young men to the
| house and summoned doctor, but,
despite all efforts to revive them, they
grew steadily worse. One OF them died
Sunday evening at G o'clock and the
other died early Monday morning.
They were aged about 20 and is years,
| respectively.
Within the last few days $4,000 trout
| from the State hatcheries at Cory
have been deposited in the streams sur
rounding Bellefonte. This is only one
third of the number that will be put in
| before the supply Is exhausted. Anglers
who have been investigating the vari-
| ous trout streams of Center and sur
rounding counties say the prospects
are for better trout fishing this year
| than last.
Alfred Putnam. of Middleheld, N. Y,
shot himself to death n few days ago at
the home of Benjamin Trow, a Wash
ington township farmer who had taken
him In as farm hand. 1t has been
| learned from his father and brother
that he was married and had been a
| fugitive from writ issued at the in
stance of his wife, The body has been
taken to Middlefield for interment
By the bursting of a 14-ton fly wheel
in the Green Ridge iron works the
other morning at Scranton. owen
| Davis. laborer. was instantly killed.
two other men We're slightly injured,
and the mill structure and machinery
| were damaged to the extent of 100000.
One piece of the wheel, wighing three
tons, was found on the Delaware &
! Hudson tracks over 100 feet away.
William Hamilton. aged 70 Cherry
tree township. Venango county. was
instantly killed by the premature ex-
plosion of a dynamite cartridge, last
week while blasting stumps. His head
was blown completely off.
Mayor Wagner. OF Johnstown, has
| NetoSu tHt OTulIilCe dIileNliS Coop
ersdale to Johnstown. lie recently
vetoed the annexation of Morrellvine,
and the matter is now in the superior
| court.
A meeting of the capitol commission
was held at which II was decided to at
once readvertise for bids for the pro-
posed state house and award the con-
| tract April IS.
| At Howard, near Bellefonte, Mrs.
Mary Miller was found hanging with
a rope around her neck. She was cut
down and with great difflculty brought
| to.
William Hamilton. aged 70, farmer
of near Oil City. was killed by pre-
mature explosion of dynamite while
blasting stumps n few days ago.
II. f. Fredricks. Of York. has been
held for Court for soliciting four per-
| sons to gamble.
The trial of Peter e. Smith, Philadel-
| phia. charged with bribery, has b2en
continued to the next term OF court.
The 3-year-old son of John Enge at
| Williamsport. got a piece OF. raw ham
In his windpipe and choked to death.
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