The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-02-08
KEYSTONE STATE NEWS CONDENSED
SAFETY PIN REMOVED
For Long Time Parents Could Not Account
for toe Delicate Condition OF Their Child.
Now Rapidly Improving.

In some unexplained manner the
four months-old child OF Mr.. and Mrs.
| Moses Bateman, of Selinsgrove, got q
safety-pin In its throat three months
ago. The baby began to lose flesh rap
idly, and the parents consulted physi-
clans relative to its serious condition,
not Knowing anything about the pin,
however. The other day the doctors
made another examination found the
pm and removed 1t. The child i'm
mediately showed the good effects OF
the operation, and will recover.
The following pensions were granted
iast week: James Mckinley. Pitts
burg. IS; John T. Hardness, Versail-
les, SO; Harry Gosser. Unity Station,
70; George klinger, Locust Gap, So;
Jacob Fl. Painter, Myerstown, SS Ell
wood Moon, Washington, So; Benja-
min j. Tedrick, deceased Fairchance,
sS; David II. Davis, deceased, Mount
Jewett, IS; John r. Jenkins, Six-Mile
Run, SO to IS; Rebecca Cline, Turtle
Creek, $S; Maria A. Tedrick, Fair
chance, $S; Clementine Davis, Mount
Jewett, IS; Mary L. Cole, Clara, s12;
minor OF Philip Palmer, Big Run, $40:
Elizabeth Penney, New Castle, s.;
Hannah s. Holtz, Harrisburg, sS:
minors of James Watley, Beaver Falls.
sl4: Joseph Beecroft, Washington, $40:
christopher =. Calhoun, Altoona, $24:
Thomas NJ Simpson, Conoquenessing,
Us; John Hartman, Pittsburg, So:
Thomas ]. Rouse. Platea. IS; Roscoe
u. Cole, dead, Clara, sl2; Thomas Par
htt, Johnstown, sl7 Harry f. Duey.
Garrettford Sl7 John Gall, Covode.
VIZ; William t. Leathers, Howard.
sl2; Robert A. McAdoo, Deckers
Point, $40; Abraham B. Goverham,
Aitoona, ~; Alfred Gates, Cory SIS;
Ebenezer G. Emery Hickory, SO: Jo-
seph l.. McMaster, Connellsville, IS:
Isaac easier, Stroudsburg, Sc; Robert
II. Wilson, Tarentum, IS; oliver Gra-
ham, Butler, Sc; Henry A. Rifenburg.
Venango, So to IS; Thomas G. Living
ston, Hopewood, SO to sl2; James G.
Cherrey, Mckee Gap, IS to $40;
Emanuel Richards. Ramey. SO to IS:
John A. Anderson, Washington, SO to
IS; Samuel $. McCreery. Blairsville.
SO to IS; David Lloyd, McKeesport. So
TO Sl0 William Carter Shippensburg,
to $S minor of David Jerman, Erie.
$40; Eugene Sphar, Coal Center, IS.
Adjt.-Gen. Stewart issued an order
last Wednesday announcing the fol-
lowing appointments on the staff OF
Gov. Stone: Col. Ezra II. Ripple OF
scranton. assistant adjutant-generai;
Col. Frank G.. Sweeney of Chester in
spector-general; First Lieutenant
Samuel Moody of Beaver, quartermas-
ter-general, Seventeenth regiment;
Assistant Quartermaster-G r-General Geo.
III. Halstead of Scranton, assistant
commissary-g Maj. Frank X.
Patterson of Pittsburg. at present
brigade ordnance officer of the Second
brigade, general inspector of rifle prac-
tice; Col. Sheldon Potter of Philadei-
phia. chief OF artillery; James Elver-
son, Jr, of Philadelphia, aid-de-camp:
Lieut.-Col. Henry Hall Of Pittsburg.
, aid-de-camp; Lieut.-Col. Thomas J.
Keenan,. Jr, of Pittsburg, Seventeenth
regiment infantry, aide-de-camp;
Lieut.. Col. James NJ. Reid. Connells-
Vile, aide e-de-camp; William l.. Elkins
OF Philadelphia, aide de-camp; Lieut.
! Col Harry C. Trexter of Allentown:
aide-de-camp; George A. HUM Of
Philadelphia, aide e-de-cemp; A. Frank
Seltzer of Lebanon, aide-de-camp;
Ned Arden Flood of Meadville, aide
de-camp; Charles C. Pratt of New
Milford, aide-de-camp; j. Milton Tay-
, lor of Philadelphia, aide-de-camp:
Lieut.-Col. Milard Hunsicker, Of
Pittsburg, aide-de-camp.
, A. /. Alexander, of New Castle, has
received a cable message from his
, brother, II. S. Alexander, of Philadef-
! phia, stating that he just sailed from
, Duenos Ayres, bringing the fortune
inherited by their mother. Mrs. A. Il.
Groves, from her brother william
Sherwood. who died in South America
about three years ago. Mrs. Groves.
, who Is the mother of Mrs. Frank
Thompson, of Philadelphia, wife of the
president of the Pennsylvania rail-
. road, is the only heir of her brother,
who died without making n will. Her
representatives have been in Argen-
, tine Republic for some months looking
| after her interests. The fortune
amounts to more than 81 900 000 Sher-
wood went to the Argentine when a
boy and lived there all his life, finally
| hacnnainn nf ha N
that country.
. While a gang of laborers Were at
work a few days ago near the Elm
/ hurst reservoir of the Scranton Gas
and Water Company one of them
. struck a forgotten charge of dynamite
with his pick. Rocks and men were
sent flying in all directions by the ex-
4 plosion. Francisco Grippa, Linga
! Scarinna and Antonio Batto were fat
| ally injured and others We're hurt.
3 Grippa and Scarina died soon after
E being brought to hospital here.
State Treasurer James Beacon re-
I ports that there is a balance of ST.
219 215 80 in the State treasury at the
close of January. The State funds are
e | deposited in 10 banks scattered over
g the State, among them being these
! from Pittsburg: Allegheny National
q with a dcnoslt of $23, 592 IL; Freehold
3l3l s5: Fifth National $4,000; Lin
/ coin National. s25, 900; Second Nation
r al, $4,000; Union Trust Company, $50.
. 000
John d. Clews. aged 1O2 years, and
e Mrs. Sarah II. Jennings, aged 100
J. | were married in Franklin last week
i The bridegroom Is a wealthy oil pro-
v ducer and veteran of the civil and
4 Mexican wars, while the bride is a
cousin of Abraham Lincoln, and re-
e sides In FoXburg. She was married In
: 1924 to James Jennings. snd has foui
h daughters and seven sons and twenty
: five grandchildren. all living.
e A wagon filled with furniture and
y carrying six persons was struck at tht
e Riverton street crossing of the Bal.
timore a Ohio railroad, McKeesport
: last week Four of the persons were
: instantly killed and the other two were
so badly injured that they died during
: the course of the day. The dead are
r Sylvester Wilson, Hudson Elder, Geo
: Dawson, Walter Butchers. Mrs. Rich
ard Shaughnessy, Rush Wilson.
o A tramp wanted the dinner buckle
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