The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-08-30
KEYSTONE STATE NEWS CONDENSED
CIGAR OUTPUT.
The Total Number Manufactured In PennsyI.
vanla Last Month Was i23, 1884,
Lancaster District In the Lead.


ss2,2G3, as against 4i,s55,1l1 In July OF
1898. gain of l2i27,i52. Last months
output In the third New York district,
winch is second to this district, was
f2,Sll,9G9, as against 3S.223.33s In July
Of 1898. The total number Of cigars
manufactured In Pennsylvania last
month was i237C9 1893.
The following pensions were issued
last week: George W. Kenny, WASH
ington, s.; Mansfield Lea, Etna, So;
Coleman Lewellen, Mount Morris, SO 10
Sli. John &. Garnan, dead, Bsrlnger,
Slt to $lG; Daniel &. McGtegor, Portoer,
50 to $40; John T.. Ferguson. Tracy, SlT
10 S2i; William II. Van Tassel, Apollo.
ii to S2i; Joseph Mob ,th, Upp.r Stras-
burg, so to s., Anna Harrison, West
Monterey, 81; Marc s. Belt, Allegheny.
Sl2 John a. Culbert, Jr., Shippensville,
80; Thomas II. Root, Crooked Creek.
so to SIS; Noah II. Lee, Pittsburg, SO TO
~; james y. Rankin, Plumvllle, 50 to
sl2; William l.. Mccullough, Blooming
Valley, So; George Hahn, Soldiers and
Sailors home. Erie. 81 TO ss; Thomas
Sorrell. Brownsville. $40 to Sli Mary u.
Altman, B!alrsvllle, 81; Susan T. Teeter.
plttsburg. 81; Nancy J. Watkins,
Clarion. SS; John NJ Iundell, Stauffer.
il2; Benjamin Miller. Portage, 80 to si2:
Mary B. Gum. West Flndley, 81; Mary
a. Bennett, Reynoldton, ss; w. H. Me-
Cam, plttsburg, $l2; Ephraim -. May
nard. Centerville, So; James w. Mdlery.
Allegheny. SO; Henry X. Eicher Fort
llill, s.; Noah W. Hipkcy, Aleppo, SO to
sS; John w. Nickcrson, Plants, 81 to $40;
Andrew Stotteler. Barbara. $s to sl2;
Hugh a. Torrance, Blairsvlllp, si7:
Susan Cartwright, Slippery Rock, IS;
Lewis Seely, father. Elisburgh, sl2:
Nancy Miller Indian Head. IS; Alice
Jones, Plttsburg, 81.
Henry Laning. aged %, son OF Au-
gustus Lanins, Il well-known farmer
II near Wilkesbarre, met a horrible
death Tuesday evening. He had been
working In Il field, and took his horses
TO the barn. He had Just got inside
and was embarrassing the horses when
lightning struck the barn, setting It on
IRE and killing the horses. one of the
horses fell over upon Laning, piniOning
him to the ground. His cries attracted
The attention Of the other farm hands,
but by the time they reached the barn
II was completely enveloped In flames
and they were powcrloss to render as
distance. The structure was In ashes
In "A short time, and when Laning's
body was found 1t was burned to a
,rlsp.
The big wind storm Tuesday evening
played peculiar prank at the sawmill
IF SeanO d. Dewald. south of Irwin. a
big tree was blown down and II struck
the iOof Of the building. crushing 1t.
The machinery and "a wagon being
loaded were destroyed. W. r.. Epey
was standing on the end Of big plank
at the time the tree fell. The other end
# the timber was struck by the trunk
II the tree ana the man was thrown 20
lect into the air. Fortunately he fell
into pile Of sawdust and was not in
iured. Peter Holmes, an employe OF
the MILL was struck on the back by
lying piece Of the tree and was stri>
Jusly injured.
The heirs Of the late John NJ. Carna-
nan Of Sewickley township, near
ireensburg, n bachelor who died re-
sently leaving an estate valued at
100000, will make a fight In the courts
In an effort to have the will set aside
and to have the estate divided between
the heirs equally. Among the heirs
who are making the fight Is Mrs.
James NJ. Boyd. wife OF Rev J. G.
Boyd of the Mt. Hope United Presby-
terian church, Allegheny county. She
was sister OF Carnahan, and 1t Is al
eyed that she was not given any por-
ton Of the estate.
At a hearing before Squire j. NJ.
Cargo of Rochester. John Emrick and
wife Of Rochester township we're found
guilty last week Of cruelty to the for
mers 1-year-Old daughter and were
sentenced to pay the costs Of the pros
scutlOn. a fine OF $50 an dhave the child
removed from their custody. Emrck
and his wife were arrested by Con-
stable Hughes on an information pre-
lerred by Humane Agent Frank NJ.
Weidnsr, who, with the special agent
at Pittsburg, investigated the case.
Charles ID. Newhart. candidate for
nomination for County Treasurer, died
at his home near Saylorsburg on the
evening of the election. The canvass
has been exceedingly active, and 1t is
supposed the Worriment, together with
financial
The Sheriff sold the deceased's prop
erty while Newhart was in a dying
state. Five suits are pending In the
courts in which the dead man was de-
fendant.
Jack Heenan, the oil well driver Of
Butler whose escape from officers
twice Thursday night resulted In a
lively chase and considerable reckless
shooting, as arrested at Gallery June
ton by County Detective McMartin
and jailed for a hearing The girl hit
by. one of the bullets fired by the off,
GERS was Bell Purvis, but the wound
which is in the ankle, Is not dangerous
Suit was entered at Butler a few
days ago by Mary c. Drownfield to re-
cover from Clearfeld township $4,000
damages. 1t is alleged that Mrs.
Brownheld was permanently injured
by driving over ls-foot embankment
on the road not properly protected by
guard rails, fracturing her skull and
laying unconscious in the snow until
her feet were frozen.
The dry house OF Samuel Debbls's
powder mill, near Shepperton,, was
completely wrecked by an explosion
last week. and William r. Betzenber-
ger, of Walnut Port, one OF the pro-
prietors. and Harry Jones, a powder
maker, were literally blown to atoms.
There were several tons Of powder in
the building. The other buildings were
wrecked.
1t has been a question for some time
before the Rochester town council
what to do with a number Of library
books which belonged to the borough
and which had been in charge OF the
Young Mems Christian association, re-
Gently disbanded. At a meeting OF
council the books were given to the
Passavant Memorial Home for Epllep-
tics.
Woodcutters are reported 10 have
killed 800 TO 400 large rattlesnakas at
the Emery lumber camp. near Belle
fonte, In the past six weeks.
William o. Boyle, an electric line
man. while recarboning a lamp at
Scranton, was shocked 10 death by