The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-06-28
KEYSTONE STATE NEWS CONDENSED
OUsTED FROM OFFICE.
Mayor Depinet, Of Erie, Asks for the Resigns-
tion Of Street Superintendent o'Hsgsn.
Refuse to Vacate the Once.

resignation, and then sent to select
council the name of his successor.
OHagan refuses to vacate the office.
and on Friday he issued orders to the
ward foreman to do certain work. In
uehapce of the mayors orders. Mayor
Depinet Instituted quo warranto pro-
ceedings In the court of common
pleas, and O'Hagan was ousted, pend
ing the final disposition of the case In
20 days.
Abram C. shaeffer, of Wilmer was
killed on the Pennsylvania railroad at
Lancaster the other morning and his
Dody horribly mangled. IL Is supposed
that while waiting to jump a freight
train he was struck by a backing en-
glne. Portions of his body were found
on both the east and west tracks. His
head was cut Off, the skull crushed
and completely empty. One arm was
stu attached to the trunk, which was
badly crushed and from which the
entrais protruded. The other arm
and both legs were cut of and ground
to pieces.
One-handed Sheriff May. walking
along the Bellevernon road near
Greensburg, came upon Peter Stro-
nesky, who escaped from jail here two
months ago. His wife was with the fu-
gitive, and when the sheriff placed him
under arrest, she threw aside a 81
months-old babe and defended the
man. The two beat the sheriff badly
In the half hours struggle, and he was
faint when a farmer appeared and
dubbed Strongesky into submission.
The woman was not jailed. Her baby
is badly injured.
The Delaware County Historical So
clety Friday paid visit to the Caleb
Pusey house, at Upland, the Oldest In
the state. 1t Is stone structure and
William Penn was a guest there. Caleb
Pusey, who was lastmaker. emf
grated to America in 1852 with his wife,
Ann. and built the house In 1888. He
was one of the commissioners ap-
pointed by Penn to mark the circular
north boundary OF Delaware.
John Kuhn of Atlantic was fatally
injured few days ago by a vicious
COW. Kuhn was crossing the pasture
when the animal attacked him. His
wife ran to his assistance. The animal
turned on her, its horns catching in
the woman's hair. and almost scalping
her and tossing her over a fence. The
beast turned again on Kuhn and would
have killed him had not prompt assist
ance arrived.
Recently an unknown woman drove
up to the Chester county hospital In q
farm wagon and said she had a sick
man whom she found i'm her yard, and
had brought him to be cared for. The
sick man was removed from the
wagon and the woman drove away.
When the man was examined IL was
found he had been dead several hours.
Victor Holmes. the Company X SOL
dier wounded in the Malate battle last
july was accidentally shot in the arm
In his room at Waynesburg, he having
entered college again. His battle
wound was very severe. and he is still
so weak that he fell when going to a
PHYSICIANS office but his condition Is
not serious.
Samuel McNay. an aged and
wealthy farmer of waynesburg was
fatally injured in a runaway accident
few days ago. His team frightened
at bicycle passing and he vas
thrown out and dragged a considerable
distance. his skull being fractured.
His 10-year-old son narrowly escaped.
During the discussion of consumption
of the lungs by the American Institute
of Homeopathy at Atlantic City on
Friday last, Dr. A. NJ. Cushing. OF
Springfield, Mass, said that IL phys
icians would give their consumpt!ye
patients five or six eggs in lemonade
each day they would have no funerals.
Potter Bryan, Pennsylvania rail-
road trackman. while at work near
Tyrone, was attacked and seriously
injured by a vicious steer that broke
away from its owner on the public
road and went through the Juniata
river. Bryan was picked up uncon-
scious, but will probably recover.
At Somerset. A. w. LYDIA OF Johns
town jumped from a third-story win
dow OF the Vennear hotel recently. He
was heard praying In a loud voice for
two hours before he jumped and says
he jumped to escape four men who
were pointing guns at him. 1t is
thought he Will recover.
The establishment of the free rural
delivery from the Washington postof-
flee has cut in so on some OF the coun-
try postofiices that they will quit busi-
ness. Ed III. Clark at Lagondia, Ave
miles south of Washington, has sent
In his resignation as postmaster there.
Mont Bentley, OF Sharon, was in
stantly killed at the Douglass furnace
Friday morning. He was descending
In one OF the cages when the steel
cable broke and he was thrown out
and the cage fell on him. frightfulIy
mangling him.
An explosion occurred in the chem
ical house of the Eddystone print
works at Chester the other night,
blowing the building to pieces and de-
stroying laboratory valued at $25, 900.
fully covered by insurance. No one
was injured.
Besides the 400 coke ovens to be
erected on the big coal tract recently
purchased by the Standard Connells-
Vile Coke Company near Pleasant
Unity, over 100 houses for the work.
men are to be built.
Two Lake Erie trains came together
a few days ago at Bellevernon and one
of them was practically demolished
Firman II. G.. Hinchcliffe Jumped over
a 35-foot embankment to save him
self.
Word has been received at Green's
burg. that Benjamin Rubright. a far
mer living in Franklin township. had
found 900 in gold while tearing down
an old house in which his father at one
time lived.
A Philadelphia and Reading railroad
wreck train ran into the rear end OF
a fast freight at Reading and Engineer
Patrick Cassidy, Fireman Michael p
Cassidy and Brakeman Brady were
injured.
A ferryboat containing 35 people was
struck by lightning at Harrisburg n
few evenings ago in the middle OF tho
river The boat oapsized, but. owing
TO the shallow water, no one was in
jured.
George Bailey of Sharon, Pa. wa.
probably fatally injured in a RUNAWAY
accident Thursday night.
A small daughter or Jesse Cogan-
who lives near Greensburg, while at
work in a potato patch, dug up a
watch that Is supposed to have b,.sn