The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-11-29
KEYSTONE STATE NEWS CONDENSED
SAVED HIS SIGHT.
Hunter Clasps Ms Hand Before Ms Eyes and
Saves Them from The Shoi Fired by
a Careless Companion.


ger he had been hunting over the
and Rishcbergcr raised n
pheasant about 70 yards distant from
l,nughrey. Twenty three OF the shot
from Rlshebcrgcr's gun entered the
hond, face ana arms OF Lnughrey. IfIs<
eye-slght was saved by clnsplng his
hands In front OF his eyes, the hands
ntopplng two shot which would have
blinded him. Al around his eyes the
shot struck nnd one penetrated his
tongue. Physicians have hopes OF his
recovery.
The following pensions were issued
last week: Robert w. Parkinson, Old
Concord. SG Robert { Montgomery,
Shnrpsburg. Sc. Reuben Oswnt. dead.
Phillpsburg, si2 John A. Dnugherty.
Conlport, IS; Lafayette Burgc. Brook
vile, $40 10 81; Ell q. Lowell Charles
city, $if 10 si7, William ". Hachman,
Addison, 81 20 si2; Jacob l.. Cover,
Pleasant Hail so TO si2; Elizabeth Os-
walt, Phllipsbufg. ss; Reuben NJ. Lin
ton, dead. Somerset. $50: Edith M. Lin-
ton, Somersci si2; Joseph Lcech.
gheny. SO; Charles Anderson. Soldiers
Home. Erie. sG Horace n. Tratkuir.
Soldiers and Smlors' home, Erie, SO;
John ~. Wilman East Bradford. So:
William A.. Pratt. Plttsburg. So; Jame9/
orr. Allegheny. SO; Jacob u. Proelf
Coudersport. SO to si7: James Camp
bell, Huntington. $40 to sI2; CHARLOTTE
Smith. Manns Choice. si2 IIannaiN
Shilling. .Bcllefonte, 81; james II. Me-
Lane, New Castle. s.: Charles a. Flote.
Berlin, 50; Frederick J. Bassett Glen
field, tG John r.. Itldcne, Allegheny. 81;
George Patterson. Allegheny. IS; James
r. Houscman. Alexandria. Hunting
don. SO to 81. l1li Burkhart. West
Brownsvilc. So; william J. Long. Brad
ford, S To so; Sylvester Houghton.
wellsboro. SIG TO $i7; John Long,
Maplcton Depot, $40 TO sis; Elizabeth
Cummings, Cokevlllc, ss: Anna M.
Craft, Rochester Mills, So; Sarah Lyons,
Red Fern. sS.
Three ministers OF Barkcyvillc,
about six miles from Grove city. will
probably be arrested ms the outcome
OF rohbinS n bee tree. John Phipps. "a
farmer living near Bnrkeyvlilc. dis
covered bee tree In his woods some
time ago. ana the three ministers
learned OF It's existence. A few nights
ago they took their axes and few
vessels and cut down the tree. killing
the bees. The preachers secured over
l2O pounds Of honey. Mr.. Phipps is In
dignant over the matter. and he
threatens to arrest the guilty parties.
The matter win probably be brought
before the church authorities also.
The dead body Of John Guycr. n 1G-
ycar-old boy OF Dudley, near Hunting
don. was found I'm the woods by party
OF senrchers who had spent all night In
"A vain attempt to discover his where
abouts. a whether fired at him
Intentionally or whether he WAS the
Victim OF nm accident. is not known, had
penetrated his abdomen and killed him
He had been cunning with his brother
George. The two separated In the
woods ana Johns failure 10 return
home caused the institution Of the
search.
The youngest crimlnnr ever placed
on trial In Lancaster county Is Walter
Taggart. n colored boy. aged years.
who Wednesday was convicted OF ar
son. ON the stand he admitted that.
Just for fun" he set fire TO n pile OF
leaves In the woods near his home In
Providence township. the flames de-
strOying considerable stretch OF
woodland He was committed to the
house of refuge.
Daniel Mcdonald. fireman on the
Pennsylvania railrond. noticed that one
pf the front lights was not burning on
his engine early Tuesday morning. The
train was stopped and the fireman
swung off 10 adjust the light. He land
ed 30 feet below I'm the Conemaugh river
and narrowly escaped drowning.
John Long. the stone mason who fell
| from scaffold at the water works at
| OIL city recently died Saturday from
] his injuries. Long came to the city In
company with william Forester about
two weeks ago, and now both are dead.
Forester having committed suicide by
| taking arsenic about week ago.
| AT Glencoe, on the baltimore a. Ohio,
Joseph Earl, miller. 7j years Oid, and
his aged wife were tortured by masked
robbers one day last week. They di-
rected the burglars to "A bureau draw
en- where $50 had been secreted In n
false bottom. The couple are in a seri-
Gus condition.
John Bennett Of Royal. and DR..
Pickering. Of Susquehanna county,
have returned from n hunting trip
near Sholola, pike county. bringing
home the carcass Of "A black bear
Weighing A9 pounds and measuring 6z
! feet In length. IL is the largest bear
shot in Pike county this season.
| John Ausman, a brakeman on the
| Cambria and Clearficld division Of the
Pennsylvania railroad, fell under a
train few days ago near the Horsel
shoe Curve. lie was not missed and
| nothing was known Of the accident
when his mangled remains were found
by a track walker.
Because Of loss Of business caused by
the strike on the Beaver Valley trac-
tion road. prominent citizens OF New
Brighton have attempted TO settle the
| matter The company IN willing 10
the strikers say they viii not give In.
Jesse Clifford, Of JOhnstOwn. who
was lost In the mountains, returned a.
his home few days ago. after spend
ing "a hours In the forest without food
or shelter. When he returned 10 his
home with his dog he was entirely ex-
hausted.
Mrs. George Faland was seriously
Injured the other evening by the acct
dental discharge Of a fobert rifle In
the hands of her 1f-year-old son FL
mer. The ball struck her In the head
but did not penetrate the skull
When the jail prisoners at Washing
ton, Pa, were ready 10 be put to WORK
cleaning streets Saturday morning. u
was found that some one had mad,
way with all the shovels. A new sup
ply had to be bought before the mer
coud proceed.
Jerard Diehl. n boy. died In Altoons
Tuesday Of lockjaw. He was one o.
n crowd who celebrated Admira
Dewey's marriage on the 10th inst.
by firing a salute. during which TIL,
cannon burst, injuring n number o
the lads.
While crossing the Pennsylyanl.
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