The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-10-18
KEYSTONE STATE NEWS CONDENSED
HIS NECK BROKEN.
Five Hundred Tons Of Iron Fall upon Work
man Who Was Unloading Mate.
rial Tor a eridue.

bridge iron at the hrw bt.u.c across
the klsklmnetas river. Mr. Eagler
tripped aud fell aud large piece Of
iron Weighing 500 pounds fell upon his
head, crushing II and breaking his neck.
MIR. Eagler was GO years old. and In from
81. Louis. His wife and child were
boarding In Frccport.
The following pensions were Issued
last week: Seneca w. COney, Altoona,
sGi Thomas Daugherty, Altoona, sG
William Vnrinn Titusvillc. ST. George
w. Leczcr, Tarentum SO 10 s.. James
II. Cornell. Geofgetown. so to ss
George Magce. Union city, TO Ss;
Presley II. Shlplcy, Carnegie, $S ~ Sl7;
John Petit, Ned sS to si2, sam Crumb.
OVID. 50 to Sl2; Mary NJ. Mitchell Ia
ton, SO, william Slnne, McKcesport
Sl2, james r quinn. Remove, So, Cleo.
II. Jcwnrt, Dayton, SO to SS. Daniel W.
Npllors. Harvey 81 Ia sS, william Yo
Duncnnvlllc, Sli to sl7; WILLIAM II. Con-
nell. Ebensburg, $40 10 sl2;> Marion
Piers, Johnstown. SO to $S Jonas VIII
hey, Sharon Center, si2 to si7 Rebecca
J. Vath Sandy Lake, H; Maggie
Pearce. Allegheny. sS. Grayson Carter
father, Mlllsboro. sl2; william Brk-
meyer Connellsyille, So; Samuel 6.
Work. Buffalo ss; John G. Moore,
Huntington, 50; Freeman II. Dletterlch.
Washington. Ss. Othncli g. wilkins,
Cory 81; George T.. Baxter. Elklnnd.
si2 Ia Sli. jefferson Lewis, Irwin, Sii 10
SIG; Daniel hin, Jeanette. ss 10 $40;
George Crlspcn, OH city, S12 to tli;
Mary H. Proudnt. Florence. $751; Sadie
j. l,ayburn. Inglcslde. sS; Clarlssa
Hewitt Brockwnyville, 81, Mary
Welsh. New brighton. $751; Josephine
Baltimore. Plttsburg. Ss
At last weeks session at Dubois, Of
the Plttsburg synod of the Reformed
church Evans city. Pa, was selected ns
the next place Of meeting, and october
3, 1899. ms the time of the next meeting.
Dr. -. S. Fouse, DID, Of Lisbon, To-,
general superintendent Of home mis-
sions, addressed the synod during the
afternoon. lie said: -Four new mis-
slons were enrolled In the Plttsburg
synod during the past year. and nearly
$1,000 II invested In missions In Western
Pennsylvania" An effort viii be made
10 raise 100000 for n memorial church at
Washington, -. e..
Rochester had two street car accl-
dents last Friday night In about an
hour, at the same place and by the
same crew. The first one occurred
when n car jumped the track going
down steep grade with n short curve
at the bottom. Mrs NJ. Morgan, n pas
senger, was seriously Injured An hour
later another car, manned by the same
place and dashed into another car. The
passengers all jumped from the car
ana were uniniurcd.
one man was killed In the freight
wreck on the Kinzua branch Of the
Western New York e. Pennsylvania
railroad one mile above Cory Friday
night. a brake beam on n car at
tached to freight train broke, throw
Ing the car, together with the seven
Following, from the rails. H. -.
Lockby, brakeman on the train. was
buried beneath the wreck and Instant
ly killed. The other trainmcn escaped
with severe bruises.
Potato Day" II new institution In
the Greeusburg public schools was eel
ebrated last week. The 200 pupils took
10 the school rooms potatoes az offer
ings for the chlldren's home. Each Of
the ~ rooms collected from three to
six bushels, the total reaching probably
100 bushels.
Patrolman Cherry Of Altoona arrest ed
Harry Fcltcr, charged with being one
of the burglars who entered the Penn
sylvania railroad freight station at
Iiollidaysburg Wednesday night and
who shot AT Railroad officer Tierey
during the attempt NJ robbery.
David Ballentlne was struck and
probably fatally injured I'm New Castle
by 50O-p pound casting. which fell upon
him from height Of Is feet. The piece
Of steel struck him "A glancing blow
upon the head and chest, else he would
have been instantly killed
william Gulick OF Grove City, was
killed the other morning while work.
Ing In the Trout coal mine He fell in
to the habit Of crossing under the de-
scending cage. This time the cage
struck him, crushing his head and
shoulders. He was 20 years of age. a
wife and one child survive.
Attorney General Elkin has advised
Deputy superintendent OF Public In
struction Stewart that the enumera-
tion and enrolment OF school children
shall be made by the assessors at the
time they make their regular ASSESS
ments for the purpose of levying county
and local taxes.
y. f.. Dean OF New Castle has begun
a damage suit against the city for $40.
900. on the night Of the murder of CT
ty treasurer John Blevins. January T.
Mr., Dean was walking by the city
building about o'clock. when he slip
ped and fell and broke his leg in five
different places.
Four masked men overpowered the
night watchman and dynamited and
robbed the safe In the Hollidaysburg
station Of the Pennsylvania railroad a
few days ago. A bullet firm one OF
their revolvers struck officer Thomas
/ Tierney before they escaped.
Fred walker. who murdered his
| housekeeper, ELLA Haviland. at Brock
port, Elk county. on April 30. was
| found guilty Of manslaughter at Ridg-
way the other day. Walker Is almost
| 20 years of age. and lost a leg in the
| civil war.
Thomas Smith, an employe OF the
| traction company, at New Castle, went
| on top of a 60-foot derrick at Cascade
! Park to fix pulley, when the entire
/ structure fell, crushing his skull and
| killing him.
While workmen were digging a
! trench In the alley in the rear OF the
| U. p. Church at Mt. Pleasant recently
a human skeleton was found that had
evidently been buried a quarter Of q
I century.
Steven Knowitch blew out the gas ir
Lafayette hotel. Johnstown. THURSDAY
night. thinking that was the proper
thing to do. Hotel people had hard
! work to restore him to consciousness.
| The state poor directors and county
commissioners met In joint session
and A. L. Sison, of Erie. was selected
| president. Reports from counties
| We're considered.
Arthur Grassland, foreman OF the Ar