The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-01-04
KEYSTONE STATE NEWS CONDENSED
A LOADED LAST.


louS DIuctlCul Joke on FRANK MARCEL
las, a shoemaker at Freeand n few
days ago. He was hammering on a
shoe when an explosion took place in
II. nail coming through and pene-
trating his hand. Upon investigation
II was found that hole in the last was
hlled with gunpowder and a nail put
In on top of It. Marcella's hand is
badly swollen. and II Is feared lock-
Jaw viii set in
Mrs. John Craigle, wife OF a Quak-
AXE farmer, while aiding her husband
I'm saw mill, near Hazeltown the
other day, was caught In wheel OF
the circular saw and whirled with ev-
cry revolution. Horror-stricken, the
husband stopped the machinery, but
not before nearly all her clothing was
torn from her body. SO tightly were
the clothes wrapped about the mach
inery, that they had to be cut loose
with n knife The woman was un-
conscious when released from her dw-
full position. She was fatally injured.
Her right arm and leg We're broken
and she was terribly cut and bruised.
Frank, the 6-year-old twin son of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Il. Carson. was drown
ed at Layton few days ago, and an
other boy went through the pond at the
same time, but got out and went
home, some distance away. Had he
given the alarm his companion could
have been rescued by people living
nearby. The body was recovered
about two hours after the accident.
This Is the seventh child the hereaved
parents have lost by death. The boys
went to the pond to skate II .tead of
going to school
Charles Newton. an eXper torpedo
shooter, drove from Bradford to Or
chard Park New York, one day last
week, with 40 quarts of frozen nitro
glycern. He arrived at n well which
had been drilled down to the rock con-
tanning gas and here he unloaded his
material and prepared to put in the
shot. He thawed the explosive by
means of hot water, and the whole
amount blew up, completely annihilat-
ing Newton. destroying the engine
and boiler, and wrecking the boiler
house and rig.
a number of Italians who were for
merly proprietors of fruit stands in
Philadelphia have formed a colony at
New Galena, few miles west of
Doylestown, and are engaged in farm
ing. They have decided to make their
homes here instead of returning to
italy, and will make a specially of
fruit growing. The children will con-
tinue to conduct the fruit business in
the city while they manage the farms.
In preparation for dinner Mrs.
MacKeller, of Bristol started n brisk
morning, and a few hours later she
threw open the oven door to put in n
chicken. An unsavory odor greeted
her. She looked in, and, to her horror,
found her pet kitten, which had been
missing, nicely roasted. 1t had crept
in when the stove was cold, and. inn
prisoned, was cooked alive.
While Reuben Cromley. an old lime
burner was working in his quarry on
Dale's hills, near Selingsgrove, a deer
suddenly leaped from the cliff above
and alighted squarely upon him,
knocking him senseless. IL Is feared
that his injuries may prove fatal. The
supposition is that the deer was pur-
sued by hunters, and in its flight ii
leaped over the cliff
a terrific explosion wrecked the en-
gine house and blew down the pipes at
the Dunbar furnace Monday morning.
The blast was off the furnace at the
time and the workmen We're putting
In tuyer The hot air from the
furnace coming i'm contact with the
damage was confined to the plant. The
cold air caused the explosion. The
furnace will have to close down sew
oral days for repairs.
on Thursday night Andrew Thomas
of New Castle, after having made an
information before Alderman Potter
charging his wife with assault and
bdlteTS, Threw HlHlStlI uiutt "a ldSS-
ing train and was literally cut 90
pieces. Mrs. Thomas had a l. airing
on the charge made by her husband,
admitted her guilt. and went to the
Allegheny workhouse for six months.
Superior Court Judge Howard J.
Reeder who for seven weeks has been
lying In a critical condition at his
home in Harrisburg, died last Thurs
day. His death was due to a compli-
cation of ailments following congestion
of the lungs and dropsy, which under
mined his constitution.
Philip Kunkle, aged So years,
Pennsylvania railroad trackman em-
ployed by Division Foreman James
Blair, was instantly killed by the New
York and Chicago limited at the
Greensburg tunnel Wednesday MORN
ing. His body was almost ground in
to a pulp.
The Mercer County Telephone Com
pany Is eNpending thousands of dol
lars on its lines. The consolidation of
the lines of Beaver. Lawrence, Erie.
Crawford and Trumbull counties is a
certainty, and the connection with the
New Castle lines will be made in Feb
ruary.
While crossing the tracks Of the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad at Dawson,
near Uniontown, the other day, Thos.
Adds, a mason, of Vanderbilt, aged
1S years, was killed Dy a taSt ffelght
train, which struck and demolished
his buggy, but did not injure the horse.
The North Cornwall iron furnace, at
Cornwall, near Lebanon. operated by
the Lackawanna Iron and Steel Com
pany. of Scranton, was badly wrecked
Monday by an explosion. Several men
had narrow escapes. The damage is
estimated at 100000.
Company L., Sixteenth Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry, was mustered out
of the service at Franklin, by Captain
Edgar w. Howe, of the United States
regular army The company lost seven
men while In the United States service.
Joseph Hollinger of Hummelstown
was sentenced by Judge Simonton of
Harrisburg to be hanged for wife mur-
| der. The record of the case will be
| certified to Gov. Hastings, by whom
the date of execution will be fixed.
Electric cars have replaced the old
| train drawn by a locomotive on the
railway from Wilkesbarre to Harvey's
| Lake.
Falling coal killed Andrew Tree
| honey in a coal mine at Dunmore.
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