The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-08-29
KEYSTONE STATE NEWS CONDENSED
PENSIONS GRANTED.
Eaglo Killed In Mercer Coun,y--Ncw Elcc.
trio Railway for Tarentum and springdae.
Miner Injured by Dynamite.

gerald, Pleasant View, $40; AleXandc!
M. Bitncr, Ligonier, Sro; Daniel q.
Crawshaw, st. Clair, $40; Horace a.
Watson, West Middlescx, $40; Lotten
H. Breden, Shoustown, 50; John Me
Reighton, Canncllton, SS Jeremiah
Burgess, Canonsburg, $40; Otrin II.
Matthews. Beaver, Si7: Joseph B. Shir-
ley Long Run. $40; Louis N. Morgan,
West Mckeesport So; James l.. Long,
Reynoldsville, 50; August Floto. Myers
dale, S2...
Martin Hcssion, a miner at Pttston,
received injuries which may result ia
tally. He was smoking his pipe when
il suddenly exploded. The supposition
is that he had dynamite cap in his
pocket mixed up with his tobacco.
Emil Russbergcr, OF Wilmington
township, Mercer county, had a fight
with an eagle in his barn yard Friday.
The bird attempted to carry off a chicken
and Mr.. Rossbcrger knocked it down
with club. 1t then flew at him, badly
clawing and lacerating his face with its
talons FIc killed the eagle, which
measured six feet four inches from tip
TO tip.
A1other coke town is proposed for
Wcstmorclaud county. The Ocean Coal
Corpany has begar the construction oi
1000 coke ovens on the Gardner farm
nea- Ilerminic. The Hempheld branch
OF the Pennsylvania railroad is being
cStcrdcd 10 the field. and one shaft mas
been opened 90 the depth Of $50 feet. An
excellent vein Of coal has been strucl;
and the erection Of the ovens will be be-
gun at once.
Sias a. Kline. OF Grccnsburg, exec
utur OF the estate OF an aged woman
named Sabina Beer, who died at Madi-
son, WestmcrCland county, some time
AGO, sent his son Wade and Kirk Nc
Conncll down to Madison to look alter
some OF the belongings OF the deceased.
In going through an old chest they
found $4,000 in cash, over $1,000 OF
which was in gold.
The peach crop in Center and adjoin-
ing counties is beginning to ripen and
the fruit will soon be ready to market.
The crop this year is probably the larg-
est ever grown in this section. In Nit
tany valley alone it will aggregate over
10000 bushels. while the total will pos
sibly reach close to 10000 bushels.
Growers expect to clean UP from S25,ooo
upwards from the crop.
George Henderson, OF Shenango
township, Lawrence county heard a
noise in his cornfeld and slipping
down with a club he jumped upon what
he supposed to be a COW, but which
turned ont to be a huge black bear. a
desperate encounter ensued. HendcT-
son finally breaking away and escaping
to the house. The bear is supposed 10
have escaped from show.
At Wilkcsbarre twenty-one young
women took the final vows and recciv-
ed the black veil at Malinskrodt convent
Tuesday morning. Eight OF them are
natives OF the United States and the
others are from Germany. Rev. =.
Christ. OF Scranton, officiated at the
high mass aud Rev. c. d. Mackerel, S.
J., of Buffalo. delivered the sermon.
Friends OF Judge John q. Love, Of
Bellefonte, have sent to Governor Stone
a petition signed by almost all the mem
bers OF the Center county bar praying
for his appointment to the place OF the
Supreme Court bench made vacant BY
the death OF Chief Justice Green and
consequent promotion OF Judge Mccall
lom to be chief justice.
John II. II. Lewis, justice OF the peace
and ex-postmaster OF Franklin Mills,
Fulton county, is in custody at Magcrs-
town charged with receiving eXorbitant
fees in securing pensions. Lewis once
served six months in Jail at Pittsburg
for extorting an illegal fec from George
Peter Barnhart, a pensioner OF Futon
county, Pa.
William Bingle, farmer near Laugh
lintown, Westmoreland county, respond
ed TO a knock at his front door in broad
daylight and was beaten into insensi
bili.y by men with sandbags. Neighbors
heard his cries and came to his assist
ance. The plumber secured by the rob-
bers was triiiins.
General orders have been issued from
the headquarters OF the National Guard
OF Pennsylvania announcing the honora-
Bile discharge OF the Twentieth regi-
ment; Company X, Sixteenth regiment,
and the Gray Invincibles, which we're
recently mustered out OF service.
A portion OF the old Pennyroyal coal
mine which has been operated in the
Second ward OF Connellsville for 30
years. caved in under some OF the Bal,i-
more and Ohio tracks near the Sodom
shops, letting some cars into the Gre
vice.
As the result OF a request by the
american iron dllu Otc6l NidUuIdStulliiS
Company, at Lebanon, to their striking
ironworkers to return to work. the men
held meeting and decided not to return
unless the puddlers are paid at the rate
OF So. so ton.
Work has been started on an electric
railway connecting Tarentum, New
Kensington and Spfingdale At the Ia
rentum end it will join with the line
already in operation between that town
and Na.rona.
Attorney w. H. Martin, OF New Ken
sington. has been arrested, charged with
violating the act OF assembly and also
with setting himself up as a lawyer
when not a member OF the Westmore-
land county bar" He gave bail.
The Beaver Falls Steel works, recent
ly absorbed by the Crucible Steel COM
pany. has been ordered closed in
definitely.
The remains OF. Harry A. Griffin, who
died July 81, at hospital in Vienna,
Austria, from pneumonia contracted on
one OF Cookies European tours, were