The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-05-18
ITEMS OF STATE NEWS.


Harrisburg, May l3-Levi Brinser..
OF Steelton. while going through tho
slab mill of the Pennsylvania Steel
company last night had his head cut
from his. body by the large wheel Of
the big engine In that mill. The en-
gineer started the engine just as Mr..
Brinser had his head between the large
wheel. He was married. had four
children, and was As years old.
Philadelphia, May 16.-Great Britain
will be officially represented at the
II tarnational commercial congress to
be he'd here in connection with next
falls national export exposition. For
nal notice OF such was received yes
terday by the exposition authorities
in the form OF n communication from
the foreign Office, London, through As
sistant Secretary of State Hill.
Towanda, Pa, May 13.-Iiarriet
jackson, aged 23 years, committed sui
eide last evening by swallowing seven
grains OF strychnine. The young wO-
man had been arrested tor forging her
mothers name to Checii, and 1t was
while seated at a table opposite the
constable who made the arrest that
she placed the poison in her mouth,
stating 1t was for headacne In 20
minutes she was dead.
Shamokin May 16.-Returning from
mandolin club festival near Pax
mos early Sunday morning number
OF young farmers from StoningtOn and
Irish Valley engaged in desperate
fight during which Elmer Haas, of
Stonington was stabbed six times ny
Amos Richie, Of Irish Valley. Richie
escaped. Most of the wounds of his
victim are in the back One of the
knife thrusts pentrated his lung, and
his recovery is hopeless. Haas is 90
years old and unmarried.
Harrisburg, May l6.-Governor Stone
yesterday disapproved the bill to pro-
vide for an additional law Judge OF
Erie county, on the ground that there
Is no necessity for such an official.
The governor also disapproved items
aggregatng $1,000 in the bill ap-
propriating S6G, ,55l90 to the Penn
sylvania State college. The governor
disposed of the last of the bills yes
terday and will spend the next two
with party Of friends.
Lancaster, Pa, May 15.-Benj jamin
F. Enck aged 10 years, died in awful
agony late Saturday night at his home
in this city from hydrophobia. Four
weegs age he was bitten by dog. The
wound was promptly cauterized, but
several days ago the disease developed
in a violent form, it requiring several
men to hold the child. He frothed at
the mouth and physicians declare 1t
genuine case of hydrophobia. Several
other children were bitten, but have
not yet shown any symptoms of tho
disease.
Harrisburg, May Is. Governor
Stone has made public his action on
the general appropriation pill. which
provides for the ordinary expenses OF
the various branches Of the state gov
ernment, the interest on the public
debt and for the support of the pub
lie schools for the two fiscal years be-
ginning June /, 1899. He has made
cut of $1,000,000 in the school ap-
preparation and reduced several other
items whereby he saves in the aggre-
gate $1,000, 900, which will be applied
to reducing the floating debt of the
commonwealth.
Philadelphia, May 16.-The supreme
court yesterday rendered decision de-
claring the Sl1,200,000 city loan bill
legal. This decision will enable the
city to borrow the amount Of money
named without delay and will permit
vast municipal improvements. The
opinion of the court, which was writ
ten by Chief Justice Sterrett, was
unanimous, and the many better
ments provided in the bill, which was
voted on by the people in November,
1897, are now only questions Of the
placing of the loan and the making OF
appropriations by councils.
Dubois, Pa, May 13.-John Clune
and Jennie Delong were burned to
death in a deserted lumber shanty
few miles from Johnsonburg, Elk coun-
ty, early yesterday. The two were
drinking together in the afternoon and
evening. They were seen to enter the
shanty to spend the night, being sup
Piled with liberal allowance of whis-
ky. At 4 O'Clock in the morning neigh
bors discovered the hovel burning.
When It had burned to the ground the
charred bodies Of the man and woman
q y. q found IN the r1,t-~ rrn woman