The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-10-25
KEYSTONE State NEWS CONDENSED
LIBRARY FOR TYRONE.
andrew Carnegie Offers 10 Contribute $4,000
" the ely Furnishes a Suitable Site
and VIII Maintain H.

fers to contribute $4,000 to provide a
free library for Tyrone on conditions
that the town furnish q suitable site
for the building. The site is to be de-
tached and have sufficient ground
around Il and $1,000 per year is to be
provided TO maintain the library.
The following pensions were granted
last week: @. Il. Willard, Soldiers
and Sailors home, Erie. sl2; John W.
Miller. dead, Conneaut Lake. IS TO s12;
David Cole. dead, Mt Pleasant, ss to
S12; William Rum, Harveys, sl2 to s14;
Oliver seibert Tyrone, SIG to SIT;
Washington +. Altman, Vandergrift.
IS TO $40; William II. Christman.
Laughlintown, ss to sl2; William
Smith, Lawrencevllle, SIG to sl7;
Thomas Franklin, Petersburg, SO to IS;
Ezra Smith, Cherry Flats, s12 to si4;
Jacob Keller, Bells Run. IS; Sarah Il.
Miller, Conneuat Lake, IS; Silas For
mer, West Ford IS; George Bowman,
Pittsburg, So; Conrad Bagerstock, Bel
knap, So; William Andre, dead. Pleas
Fayette city, sl2 to s1i; James Craig
head, Washington. SO to $751; John l..
Fletcher, Bedford, sl4 to $17; George
Castley, Academy Corners. $40 to $1z;
Robert w. Shaner, Richardsville, $40
to $17; Charles Clawson, Mercer, si2 a.
sl4; Levi Oswayo, sl4; David ID. Lyon.
Platea. Sl7; Leanore j. McMeans, NJ
trona, IS; Maggie G. Stouler, Hol
daysburg. ss; Isabella Cole, Altooi
s12; Patrick O'Conner, Pittsburg, 81
Martin Mcdonnell Plttsburg, SO; II.
II. Krider Tyrone, $40 to s12; S. Z. Nc
Dunlap, Jefferson, si7 to s24; Edmund
I. Richards GAINESVILLE, sl2 TO sl7.
One man was instantly killed and
1--WE others more or less injured by a
falling wall in oil City n few days ago.
The dead man is George Allen, Jr.
The injured are John Ebert. John
Quinn, Samuel Bruner John Robinson
and Timothy Reardon. The men
were tearing down an old warehouse
building, cleaning the bricks and re-
moving them TO new building In
course OF construction a short distance
away when the wall fell without warn
ing. The other part of the building
had been removed, and the wall Is
thought to have been Jared down by
passing freight train. Allen was
buried under several tons of brick,
and was dead when the rescuers
reached him.
An explosion of gas occurred at the
Shenandoah City colliery at Shenan-
doah few days ago. and fire immedi-
ately broke out in the mine, hemming
In % men who were at work at the
time. Those attracted to the surface
of the mine by the explosion at once
began vigorous efforts to rescue the
imprisoned men, and In this they were
successful. all the men being taken out
alive In comparatively short time.
j. NJ. Clingham has made a discov-
cry of block marble In Mercer county.
stock company is being formed to
mine the granite.
George Wolkoski. a miner living
south of Irwin, a few nights ago was
the victim of whtecaps. Wolkoski,
about two weeks ago, was prosecuting
witness in trespass case against sew
ThaV
vengeance. Four masked men ap-
peared at Wolkoski's cabin. They beat
down the door and got promise from
him to leave the country In three days
or suffer death by hanging. Next
morning Wolkoski swore out warrants
for Frank Labousky. John Miller Krlst
Cute and Anton Petcomas.
Charles Vokes, a trimmer In Worth
Bros iron and steel works at Coates
Vile, was shocked to death a few days
ago by the falling OF an electric light
wire, which rested upon the material
he was handling and sent 1,f00 volts
through his body. Death was instan-
taneous. Fellow workmen feared to
touch the body for several minutes. as
It seemed t be heavily charged with
the electrical current. Vokes was
known as the strongest man In Ches-
ter county.
Midway between Sharon and Wheat
land, east of where the new $4,000, 900
steel mill is to be built, is where the
Sharon Steel Company and other in
terested parties will lay out a new
town. The town will practically be
suburb of Sharon. Mrs. Elizabeth
Haywood has donated ten acres Of land
in the heart of the town for park to
be named for her late husband, ex-
State Treasurer Haywood.
John Campbell, late of Company /.
Tenth regiment. who is employed by
Contractor Frank Stark on the new
coke ovens at Jamison. was held up by
two men a few days ago and knocked
down twice He got his revolver and
fired three times, shooting one of his
assailants In the leg. The mans pal
dragged him away and they escaped.
oyster suppers are to be put to a
novel use in Lower Burrell township.
near Greensburg. The farmers of the
county will inaugurate the new idea
on Halloween night. The object is to
raise a fund for the Improvement OF
the public roads without increasing
the taxation of the township.
Mrs, Emma Miles, aged 80 years, who
resided in Cherrytree township, near
Franklin, was burned to death In a
mysterious manner at her home the
other day. Her body was found a few
rods from her home by her son on his
return from school. No one knows how
the accident happened.
Ground was broken at Titusville last
week for monument to the memory
OF Col f. l.. Drake. the man who
drilled the first oil well. The monu-
ment will be erected near the entrance
to Woodlawn cemetery, and will cost
$4,000. The name of the donor has not
been disclosed.
While trailing for quail on the pre-
serve of the Nittany Gun Club at Belle
fonte few days ago. David Martin, OF
Philadelphia, took a shot at covey
that arose from clump OF brush and
In doing so accidentally shot his best
pointer valued at $1,000.
Edward C. Caldwell. a member of
the Tenth regiment living at Branden-
vile, has been granted a pension OF sl4
q month. Caldwell was a member OF
Company d, and at the battle of Ma
late received bullet wound in the
right chest.
The mangled body of Frank LaRew,
a Pittsburg a. Western railroad brake
man. was found along the track in
New Castle recently. 1t is not known
how he was killed.
A barn belonging to d. X. Ramey.