The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-09-07
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

the Locke slate quarry, Slatedale,
was instantly killed by travelling
crane rope falling upon him Mon
day.
"A message was received Satur-
day from Jacob Graeber, who
is at St. Michaels, Alaska, announc
ing the death of his brother John
| Graeber, of Shamokin, No further
particulars are given.
Failing asleepo on the Shamokin-
Mt. Carmel trolley road Monday |
night, Frank Steelcox, of Mt. Car
mel, aged 80 years, was cut in half
by a car. The motorman was un-
able to see him owing to sharp
curve.
"A freight wreck occurred i'll
the lower yard of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, Altoona, late Tuesday
afternoon. Eleven cars were de-
molished and Agustus Steinwitz,
of Harrisburg, a brakeman. was
badly injured. Traffic was delayed
several hours.
While trying to cross the troll
ley track at Easton Tuesday after
noon in front of one OF the Transit
Company's cars, Jacob Price, IS
years of age, of South Easton, was
run over. His right leg was cut
off at the knee and he was SO badly
hurt about the head that it is feared
he will die.
Samuel Orr, woodsman, liv-
: ing near Ralston, was lodged in Jail
at Williamsport by constable Custy.
: Orr is said to have stolen shot
=, gun, Constable Custy found him
y at Blossburg. Some one opened up
=, and in the shooting that followed
, Orr fell with a bullet in his thigh.
!, Squire Miller sent him to Jail for
;. court.
y DR.. William Corrigan who left
y. Hazleton eighteen months ago for
y the Klondike, returned to that town
unexpectedly Sunday night. He
made a lucky strike and now has
enough money to see him comfort
J. ably through life. Part of his fort
IF une will be used to pay his expen-
y ses for postgraduate course in the
It jefferson Medical College, Phila-
e delphia, at the completion of which
l. he will take up the practice of med
e icine in Hazleton.
r. Taught in their afternoon Sun
l. day school lesson about the cruel
l. fixion, party of South Pottstown
al little girls, Sunday evening conclud.
t. ed to play. In their ambition tc
Y, make it realistic they drove a mai
E. clear through the middle finger ol
es the left hand of Alice Dell aged 5
$ years, daughter of John Dell
H. When the villagers responded tc
e. her screams they found that she
If had been nailed fast to tree, ant
r the task of removing the nail was q
of painful and arduous one. Grave
re fears are entertained as to the re
S. suits of the wound
er II want a cheap pistol as
e. only need to use it once" was thu
to remark made by Samuel Lowen
an stein, one of Tamaqua's leading
of citizens, as he purchased revolve
he in a local store last week. Hi
of words proved true, as the first bul
,of let fired found lodgment in his brai,
Tuesday morning, Lowenstein'
tie wife, who was in the dining room
n heard report and fastened in tn
OF direction from which the SCUM
I'D came, discovering the form Of he
ne husband outstretched upon the bed
of with a smoking revolver in on
le- hand, a mirror in the other an
10 blood flowing from the right temple
II Dependency caused by i'll healt
he was the cause for the rash act.
of Mrs. Crash, wife Of Michs
nd Crash, one of the quartet of prison
S ers who escaped from the Pix
for county Jail, with eight children
ng the oldest IA years old, on Tuesda
las left her home in Westfall township
for eight miles from Milford. TIL
to members Of the family took nothin
On with them but the clothes they wore
lie Before departing Mrs. Crash wei
ual to Matamoras and told Georg
na- Luckey to take the farm, stool
ch crops and furniture and do what L
inc pleased with them, saying she we
in going to leave the country for gooc
na- This leads the authorities to believ
as that Crash, despite the watch c
inc his place, saw his wife and mao
arrangements for their departure
asst and that he may never be captured
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