The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-12-05
KEYSTONE STATE NEWS CONDENSED
TENSIONS GRANTED.
States Finances---R Receipts Of the ! FISCAL
Year Largest In Its History-lsrse
Pottery for New Castle.

X. Mullen, Mt. Pleasant. $40;
William Phillips, Port Perry, 50: Will
lam Gray, CarroItown, $I2; Darius G.
Doyle, Three Springs, So; Thomas g.
Smith, Coles Summit. $I2; Noah w.
Kuhn. Mercersburg. SI2; Thomas Will
son., Orbisonia, $I2; Vez Shaner, Lash,
So; George Stone, Boalsburg. SI2; ST.
san n. Foust, Mt. Pleasant. So; Jere-
miah Kohler. Lemoyne. &.
The next Legislature will be asked TO
pass bill making the Office OF district
attorney in the small counties salaried
one. At present they are paid fees and
a number OF them complain that the
compensation does not Justify them to
perform the labor required. The bill
will propose a salary OF about $1,000 in
counties containing population OF 5o,-
oco or less.
The States financial officers announce
that at the close of the fiscal year, No
vember 30, there was $664ooSS77 in
the State treasury, of which $4.322, ,3366s
was in the general fund and 81, 2,337,652.i2
in the sinking fund. During the year
there was received at the State treasury
SI74o4 42II7S the largest receipts in
one year in the history of the State.
The New Castle Pottery Co. has been
organized with 100000 capital to manu-
facture table and other ware The main
building will be 4S2xIo5 feet and the
smaller buildings SoxIoo. and Ioox55
feet respectively. Work has already
begun and the plant will be in opera
ton in six months 1t will employ ZOO
people.
For the proposed soldiers monument
and memorial to ex-Gov. Curtin at
Bellefontc about two-thirds of the re-
quisite amount of money has been
pledged. 1t is thought the remainder
can be secured and the monument erect
ed by October Z, 1901. the anniversary
OF eX-Gov. Curtin's death.
At the service in Christ German
Church, of Hazleton, the Rev. Mr..
Schneider. in a sermon against foot
ball, characterized the game as the dew
lis sport, and said that the patrons cf
the game are simply the devils SER
wants.
The capital stock OF the Sharon and
Youngstown Street Railway has been
increased from 100000 to 100000.
Work on the line between the two
places is progressing rapidly and it is
stated that cars will be running by June
/, 1901.
The Pittsburg, Somerset and West
moreland Railroad Company has made a
proposition to extend the road from lis
terminal II miles to Somerset il the
citizens will take $4,000 worth OF stock
in the enterprise
The fourth death in the Gates shaft
OF the American Coke Company 1T
Uniontown, occurred when George Liv-
lngstone while working on the tpple
lost his footing and dashed down the
shaft over 100 feet to his DEATH
James Gibbons, justice of the peace,
and prominent Democrat politician,
was found dead in a chair at the ST.
Clair hotel, Pittston. Heart disease is
supposed to have been the cause of
death. He was So years of age.
The first rail machine at the Sharon
steel works in South Sharon was put
in operation for test and large num-
Der OF rails cut. One hundred machines
are now completed and nearly ready TO
be started.
James Patterson and George Johns
ton, colored, terrorizcd the people of
Eastbrook, Lawrence county. and at
tempted to kill their employer. Win
field S. Moore, and are in Jail at Green's
burg
Miss Louisa Sheppard, an actress II
New York, has given up the stage TO
go into mission work. She will we'd
Rev. Charles H. Pridgeon pastor Of The
First Presbyterian church OF Canors-
bgrg
An option on ten acres OF ground at
Braeburn has been secured by New
Jersey tube company and will be given
by Park Arnold, with the stipulation
that the company give employment to,
500 men within a limited time.
Huffman M. Liston is back at Union
town, after soiourn in the Cape Nome
gold fields. He reports the discovery
OF a mastodon's bones. He reports.
that Mr.. Bartlett, OF Pittsburg, has
s.ruck i rich.
At Washington the jury in the Car
roll murder case failed to reach an
agreement and were discharged after
being out about II hours. Eleven stood
for acqui,tal
AT Martins Creek, Northampton coun-
| ty, fire destroyed the cement plant of
William Krarse & Sons. Loss. Seoo.-
900: insured. The works will be re-
bJil:
By an explosion OF powder John Pc
/ 10 alN mo tiliSS poOs WclC dangerously
burned at Smock, Fayette county. Pc
tos was filling his powder can, when
the youngest boy pulled an open lamp
off shelf into the powder.
Fifty students of Waynesburg col
legc have formed a cadet corps adopt
ed the West Point uniform and will en-
dcavor TO have a West Point man as
instructor.
The county commissioners object 20
the bill OF Coroner f. II Taylor. of
| Fayette county. and say the cost OF *
inquests should have been borne by
corporations and not by the county
Eleven milk dealers arrested at New
kensington and find SEQ and costs each
for adulterating milk, refuse to pay theA
fines and defy the authorities to CO..
them.
Charles Lehman, OF Columbia
Lebanon hospital with broken ri6sV