The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-10-11
KEYSTONE STATE NEWS CONDENSED
STRANGE CONDUCT.
Young Man Disappears On His Wedding Day
When Found Ho Would Give no Ex-
pIanaiion for His Action.

satlOn recently by disappearing while i
on his way to Grove City, where he l
was to have married n prominent
young woman of that place. Instead
of going to Grove City he went to Oil
city, and from there to Cambria
county, where he was located by his
parents. He had little to say regard
ing his disappearance, and the out
come OF the affair is in doubt so far
as any explanations he will make for
publication are concerned. The young
woman to whom he was to have been
welded declares she will have nothing
more to do with him.
The following pensions were granted
last week: William Pile, Trent, Som
erset, IS to $l0 David College, six
Mile Run, SO to So; Reuben Wingar,
ELK City, 50 to IS; Joshua Lewis, ludi-
ana SO to IS: Francis M. Cunningham,
nedy, Allegheny, IS to $40; Henry
David Hiser; Evans City, SIG to $l7;
Springer w. Hammet, New Castle, SO
to IS; Josiah Bowers, Johnstown, s12;
Sylvanus Thomas, Gibbons Glade, So
to ss Peter Kinsey, Jr., Johnstown, sl2
'ss; Hiram Swisher 'Foltz, So to sl2;
Annie McTigh. Pittsburg, sS Freder-
lex Lipke, De Haven. So; James y.
Logue, Mcdonald, Sc to So; Anson II.
Yaple West Greene Sc to IS; Stephen
Weimert, Hopewel SO to $S; William
w. Stratton, Beaver Falls, sS to $40;
Michael Haymaker, Murrysville. SO to
$40: Alexander Leslie. Spanger Sc to
$40; James Langradin Kushueha, So to
IS; Michael Bearkheimer. Conemaugh,
SO to 0iS; Charles Sweeny, Natrona So
to sS; James shannon. Clarendon, Sc
TO $40; Peter Williams, Hogs, So to ss;
Solomon S. Schreciongost Rural Val
ley, sl2 TO s17; Abraham Hart, Hen
derson, SO to sS; Daniel Brown, Salts
burg, IS to $40; John A. Linden, Eliza
beth, So to $40; Thomas Patterson.
Bryan, IS to sl2; Aurilla Allen. Cory,
Sl2.
Mrs. Rebecca Walters of Great Belt,
through her attorney, A. NJ. Christy,
has brought suit at Butler, against
GAVIN Ward and Mrs. Agnes Walters
of Beaver Falls to recover $4,000 life
insurance on her son, Daniel Walters,
who died in 1894. Daniel Walters was
n jeweler and reputed to be worth
$4,000 In personal property when he
died. Among his effects was a life in
surance policy of $1,000 made payable
TO his mother, Mrs. Rebecca Walters.
Mrs. Walters is so years of age and
not familiar with legal papers. She
alleges that her daughter-in-law, Mrs.
Agnes Walters, and GAVIN Ward in
duced her to sign certain papers on
representation that Ward would then
collect the insurance money and turn
II over to her She says that Ward
paid her 800 and that he now refuses
TO account for the $4,000 or pay 1t to
her.
Arthur Knapel. one of the tralnmen
injured in the wreck of an engine on
the Lehigh Valley railroad at Oxbow
curve, below Penn Haven, died
Wednesday. When the wrecking crews
cleared away the debris they found
buried beneath the engine the man
gled remains of a brakeman who,
while not yet identified Is supposed to
be James Dennien, of Weatherly, who
has been missing. He Is supposed to
have been riding home from Packer
town when the accident occurred. En-
gineer Burkirk. another Of the in
jured, Is not expected to live.
Since the time Andrew Carnegie
wrote to the Beaver Falls Library as
ISOLATION, offering that body s50,O00
with which to erect public library
building, the association has not been
asleep in it's efforts to provide means
to carry out Mr.. Carnegies stipula-
tions. A number of meetings have
been held, but 1t was not until last
Saturday that definite progress was
reported. The committee on site re-
ported that options and prices had
been secured on a number of sites, and
that all that Is needed now are the
funds.
Lieut. w. Pitt Scott, who was en-
sign on the Olympia and member of
Easton few days ago, and was ten
dered public reception. The exer-
cises included a parade and presenta-
tion of sword by the people of his
native city. The young man Is a son
of Judge Scott of Northampton county
court.
The Women's state temperance alli-
ance in session at West Chester has
adopted resolutions commencing con-
gress for passing the anti-canteen
law, and condemning "the illogical and
illegal Interpretation of that law by
the United States attorney general. by
which the law is practically nulified
In the interest of the liquor Dealers"
Paul 5. Dry, travelling for II. C.
Jenkins, the wholesale grocer of Pitts
burg, and Rush Walthour of Manor
were thrown from buggy by a run
away ?team at Manor and both men
sustained severe injuries. The horse
was frightened by an approaching
train. The vehicle was reduced to
splinters.
Collaborating rock found three miles
from Malvern and sent to l. H. Schott
of Colorado Springs, Col. to be as
sayed has been returned and the re-
suit shows one to run Sc 20; second $22,
and third, SS4 to the ton. There is
considerable excitement over the find.
The miners of the Glass Flats mines,
near Peale, are unearth.ng a monster
petrified snake. imbedded in n bed of
coal. Already about ten feet of the
monster have been taken out. 1t is
estimated that the entire snake Is 80
or 40 feet long.
Ligoner people are eating free fish
these days. German carp In the Chau-
tauqua Ice Company's lake house
grow so numerous and large that they
keep the water muddy. The company
are taking out the fish and giving them
away.
Among the appointments made by
Governor Stone was that of Lyman
Weigenbaum, of Pittsburg, to q
scholarship in the veterinary depart
ment Of the University of Pennsyl-
vania.
Brakeman Alva C. Brown has been
jailed at Washington, Pa, charged
with killing young Emmett Cahll at
Monongahela, by shooting from a car
window at boys who We're stoning the
| train.
Mrs. Thomas Coppinger, of OIL City,
| was found dead near her home Mon
| day by her husband.
In an opinion rendered at Franklin,
Judge Criswell refused to appoint re-
| ceiver for the Reno OIL Company of