The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-05-24
KEYSTONE STATE NEWS CONDENSED
CUT THEIR HAIR.
A Man with Shears Runs Amuek Among .
Number Of School oiris Who Were
Watching Circus Parade.


in Erie a few days ago a hair thief
ran amuck among the school girls who
had flowing locks. One child, Minnie
Saulter, aged 10 years, and who pos
sessed golden hair two feet long, was
caught and held while the thief cut her
hair close off the head. Another girl.
Mary Shadduck, possessing a wealth
of long, black. curly hair, was shorn
In the crowd. There were several
other instances, but they were all
small girls.
The following pensions were Issued
last week: WIN. Dougless Altoona $6;
Thos. Kidd, Danville, Sc: VIM. W. Pet
ers, Plttsburg, ss; Thos. u. Boyd,
Ramey ss Jas. Myers, Ebensburg, So;
Tilton C. Reynolds, Reynoldsvllle, s2O
John ID. Humphrey, Cory. s12; Davis
Grove City, s12; David s. Louder, Milf
flintown, $40: Henry r. Thrasher,
Star Junction, sS; Peters s. Duganne,
Hoboken, Sc; Daniel Kennedy, Spring
Mills, s12; Agnes Conaway. Allegheny,
$S; Henrietta Magee, Biney, S12;
Bridget Kelly, Eldred, IS; Ann Jane
Maurer, Johnstown, So; Catherine MI
Ter, mother Allen, s12; Jesse Pardee,
Guys Mills, Sc; James Agnew. Mercers-
burg, Sc TO IS; jeremiah Mumpher. Tip
ton, SO to $l7. Isaac q. Pollard, Butler,
IS to $40; James Ferguson. Indiana. 81
to sS; James II. HILL Freeport. ss to
sl2; Frank l.. Wheaton, Potter Brook,
S12 to s17; Daniel Heman, Towanda,
SIG to s17; Francis Waltenbaugh, Coch-
rams Mills, Sc to sS. Reissue-Samuel
Carson, Altoona, $i2; Benjamin Frank
lin Shearer, Vandergrft, s12; Cor
nelius Gillespie, Jeanette. SIP; Philip
Emmert, dead, Sewickley. s12; William
Jones, Pittsburg. Sc: John Slesser.
Erie. $40 to s12; Andrew Alccrn. Spran-
kles Mills, Jefferson, sS to $40; George
Frederick, Athens, Bradford, IS to $40;
Alexander Fantlinger, LauEhlinstown,
$40 to s12; Erwin Peth, Bradonvllle,
Westmoreland, SO to IS; Rosanna En-
inert, Sewickley, IS; Adallne Ashcraft.
Sugar Run, Bradford, s12; Louis Bell
stein, Allegheny, sS Margaret T.. Still
Mechanicsburg, Sc; James Mccartney,
Beaver Falls, So; William II. Gray,
Shamburg, Sc; Benjamin Bell. Tempe
ton. $40; Alfred Schrecongost, Green
dale, $40; George Fry. Scotland, IS:
James Harrison, Mcpherson, s12;
Heseklah Burchley, Jenners, IS: Franz
Meyer, Soldiers Home, Erie, $40; Ruth
II. McLain, Bentleyville, IS; Rebecca
Roe. Lykens. s.; Margaret Bl!chner.
Pittsburg, ss.
George F.. Shiller former paying tel
Ter of the First National bank OF Le-
banon, Pa, who was a fugitive from
justice and who surrendered himself.
was brought before Judge Mcpherson
In the United States district court and
pleaded guilty to embezzlement OF
funds of the bank. The Judge SEN
fenced Schiller to an Imprisonment of
five years in the Eastern penitentiary.
Returning from mandolin club fes-
tival near Paxinos the other day,
90 o..
and Irish Valley engaged in a desper-
ate fight. Elmer Haas. of Stonington,
was stabbed six times by Amos Bltchie.
of Irish Valley. Ritchie escaped Most
of the wounds of his victim are in the
back and his recovery is hopeless.
Haas Is % years old.
William Mackaye. aged II years, was
killed by lightning at Brookville the
other afternoon during terrific storm.
The boy had sought shelter in an out
house during the storm and the build
Ing was struck. The storm did great
damage, uprooting trees. unroolng
buildings and breaking telegraph and
telephon wires.
+. II. Bull, former owner OF the
Sharon iron works and Bull steel mill,
will donate money to erect a $4,000
public receiving vault, with a chapel
In connection, In Oakwood cemetery.
The vault Is to be built of white mar
bic and granite and will be one OF the
finest mausoleums in Western Penn
sylvania.
Amos Mcdonald, 8 years old, a car
penter of Turtle Creek, near Pitts
burg. who was injured in a runaway
accident at Wilcox station, on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad. Wednes-
day, died Sunday at the West Penn
hospital from his injuries. Mr.. Nc
Donald was widower.
f.. r. Bogert, of Wilkesbarre, who
was arrested and suspended as post
master recently, charged with tamper-
ing with the mails. was arrested We'd
nesday near Lancaster a few days ago
on the charge of embezzling 81 800 Gov
ernment money. which he had deposit
ed in a bank.
During the windstorm at Beaver
few days ago four young men took shell
ter in the grandstand of the fair
grounds, when the whole structure fell
In with crash. Peter Maginnis, one Of
the men, had his right leg broken, but
the rest were uninjured.
Charles II. Suppes, Sr., of Johns
town. has disposed of his ice '-plapt>fo
the Messrs. William X. and Evan Du-
pont. the deal involving 100000 Mr.
Suppes has been in the ice business 30
years. 1t is understood that the new
owners VIII enlarge the plant.
oh" replied Turner, ITS paint you
are buying? thought 1t was pictures
Here" producing n half-used tube Of
color, "I'll let you have that cheap;
make your own terms" and turning
his back on the astonished patron, he
went on painting.
The body of Henry Hasselbach,
aged 60 years, who has been missing
from his home. in Union City, since
last Wednesday, was found In French
creek Saturday. Hasselbach was un-
doubtedly a suicide.
Scot Burkholder. aged 20 years, COM
mitted suicide at Green village near
Chambersburg, by cutting his throat.
He had confessed to stealing s25, and
remorse took possession OF him.
Mrs. Margaret Linton, aged 100 years,
died at her home In Drumore township
near Lancaster a few days ago. She
resided all her life within two miles OF
the place OF her death.
DR.. o. A. Moreland. widely known in
Mercer and Crawford counties, aged 42
years. was found dead In his office at
jamestown last week.
Gov. Stone has fixed Thursday, June
20. as the date for The execution OF Jo-