The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-04-25
KEYSTONE STATE NEWS CONDENSED
PENSIONS GRANTED.
Darlington Brick and Mining Company Organ.
ized-N,w Industry Tor eanneile-Minor
Happenings oil the Week.

aidson, Mercer, Ss: James l.. Dunn,
fitusville, $40; Edward Weaver, Con-
ncaut Lake, 50 to SS Henry Dial,
Scottdae, SO to 81; John X. Kingsley,
Cambridge Springs, 50 to So; William
Jellison Irwin, 50 to So: Benjamin
Rcichard. Sharpsyille, $i4; Marian
Hawk. Irwin. So; Alexander II. Waring,
Philipsbirg. So to So: Carson Malone,
Burgcttsiown, So to SS James NJ. Club
bick. Waynesburg 50 to So; Jacob
Fletcher, Somerset 50 to So: William =.
foust, Somerset. SO to $40; Daniel S.
Oyer, Chambersburg, 50 to So; J. {.
bradley. Ebensburg. S. to $ro; Abram
w. Shorts. Franklin, 50 to So; George
Wynkop, Kane, So; Nancy S. Fulton,
New Florence, So.
The rcorranizcd Darlington Brick
and Mining Company. with a capital OF
Sioo,oCo, has purchased the old brick
works at Darlington. and will proceed
20 fit it up with modern machinery so
hat It's capacity will be 100000 bricks
per season. The new company will go
'Stcnsvely into mining. having secured
lnirol OF valuable coal lands in the vi
unity uf the brick works. A charter
viii be applied for.
The disappearance OF Rev. J. III.
Noyo, a retired minister OF Saegertown,
still a mystery. He left his home on
Monday, April o. saying he would re-
'.'rl IL ioHr hours. but is still absent.
Nhcn he left the house his wife was ly-
ing at the point oi death and two days
later she died. Her funeral was held
'ast Friday
\ gang OF Italians and Huns who
rcrc set 20 work to exhume the bodies
rom the old Connellsvillc graveyard
1uit work as soon as they reached the
first body. a gang Of negroes then
went To work. each wearing a rabbits
loot Eat their superstition was so
strong that they have also quit, pend
ing negotiations for more pay.
Fire completely destroyed the Sharon
fire brick works. owned by James V.
ing $4,000. The fire started in the
south end of the plant, where the fire
kilns were covered by shed. The
plant was practically new and there
was brt little insurance on il. Over 100
men are thrown out OF employment
The William G. Price Lead and Pipe
| Company whose plant is in West Jean
ncttc, has been rcorganized and will be
| known as the American Foundry and
| Pipe Company The new firm will
manufacture pipe, cast iron, soil pipe
aud fittings and will employ about $50
| skilled workmen.
Some foreigners at work in coal
| bank at Loyalhanna, near Latrobe,
| found the body OF an infant almost a
year old, buried under some rubbish.
The body apparently had been there
several weeks. The coroner is invcsti-
eating the matter
Ligonier is to have'a new industry for
The manufacturing OF all kinds OF turn
ed wood The promoters are George
T. Huff. Greensburg, president; J. N.
| Boucher. Greensburg, secretary. John
Anderson, OF this place, will be the
| manager.
Mary Hardy. a servant girl at the
home OF Clifford Hull Irwin, had her
right arm badly gashed by knife in
the hands OF a tramp, in whose face she
attempted to close door after he had
made demand for food. The tramp
escaped.
Russell Bros No. s oil well, on their
farm near Plummer, Crawford county,
is doing $50 barrels day. The terri
tory was very prolific in the early days
This latest strike is causing considera-
BILE activity in the surrounding territory
After a fight lasting for several weeks
the Grove City council decided to ac-
cept the offer OF $3o,ooo public library
from Andrew Carnegie, the town being
required TO furnish site and guaran.
tee OF $500 a year for its mainten-
ance.
81 Af LIZ KA<
Bros factory at Jeanette. has been ap-
tories under the control OF the Nationa
Glass Company in Pennsylvania, Mary
land, West Virginia and part OF Ohio
William Carle will succeed him.
Clarence Corey. 10 years old, wa.
killed. and Richard Bryant another boy
fatally injured at Waymart. while coast
ing down an abandoned railroad plane
The car broke and the boys were hurled
TO their death.
The Peoples Water Company a
Beaver Falls has let the contract tc
Alva Funkhouser for the construction
OF the new reservoir in the hilltop:
west of town. Its capacity will be l.,
600, 900 gallons,
The miners at the Madison and Cla
ridge gas mines returned to work Mon
day morning, the operators having
agreed to pay the same scale as a
Irwin, abolish the standard weigh
and recognize pit committees.
Mrs. Pavarde, a dressmaker at thu
Morganza reform school, died at tina
institution Monday night from burns
She was standing near an open grat'
in the morning and her clothing be
came ignited.
F. r. bravo & CO.. OF Pittsburg, hav,
received the contract for the instala
ton OF a water system for the Nationa
Steel Company at its works at New
Castle, at a cost OF about $4,000.
After operating five months, the Belle
fonte shirt factory closed Monday ev
ening. owing to inability to secure EN-
ployes. The plant will be removed t.
some otner place.
The Penn Gas Coal Company is open
ing two new mines near Irwin, whicl
will furnish employment for 1000 men