The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-12-05
TIE STATE AT A GLANCE.


we ming and was drowned.
Governor Stone on Monday re-
appointed Dr.. George NJ. Stiles, Of
Conshohocken, a trustee of the
Norristown State Hospital for the
Insane.
Lebanon County Commission
srs have offered a reward Of $500
fot the capture Of Ephrain Sober,
alleged to have murdered Oliver
GRAY, al Palmyra.
Judge Mitchell, Of Williams
port, has accepted pleas Of guilty
m the cases OF six Of the thirteen
milkmen indicted for selling adul-
tera,ed milk and imposed a iue OF
$50 on each.
The mystery OF the man found
hanging from a tree al Mahanoy
tunnel Friday will remain 4 Inys-
terry. His body, still unidentified,
was buried in Po;ters' Field Mon.
day afternoon.
William O'Gara. who was in
iured in football game, at Shaulo-
kin. last Saturday, was moved 10
the Miners Hospital Monday. His
back is broken, and there is little
hope for his recovery.
-Easion now puts forth the
claim to the youngest wife in the
State in the person OF Mrs. Will
lam Crosley, Is years old. Until
Friday she was Carrie Paxson.
Her husband is 50 years Old.
William Jackson. OF Williams
port, charged with criminal libel by
Joseph Hemmerle, whom he swore
had said Mckinley ought to have
been shot long ago, was found
guilty Monday and sentenced to
iail.
Chester Hall, aged 66, his wife
and daughter were out riding in the
vicinity OF Dallas, Luzerne county,
Monday morning when the horse
took fright and ran away. Mr..
Hall was thrown out, his skull was
fractured and he died almost in
stantly. His wife and daughter
jumped from the carriage and were
seriously injured.
Simpson Craver, one OF the
best known conductors on the Sun
bury branch of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, fell under a train while
riding from one station TO another
at Sunbury, and both legs were cut
off below the knees. He was taken
to the Sunbury hospital and his in
juries dressed. 1t IS thought that
he will recover.
Lillian Kartouski, aged II
years, was burned to death at her
home in Hamtown, Luzerne coun-
ty, Sunday evening. She was seat
ed IN front OF the kitchen stove
when her dress caught FIRE. She
ran from the house and her whole
body was in flames. Before assist
ance could reach her she was
burned almost to crisp.
"A man by the name Of Jones,
supposed to have Oeeu a tramp,
walked over the abutment OF the
Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, at
Port Royal, Monday evening. strik-
ing on the rocks fifty feet below,
and was instantly killed. Nothing
IS known Of his residence. 4 COM
panion who accompanied him mar
rowly escaped the same fate.
TO have her sister assist in
making a wedding dress for her,
Miss Carrie BenDage, Of Sunbury,
vent to Shamokin several weeks
ago. She was to become the wife
of Charles Wallace, OF Harrisburg,
On Christmas. Everything was il
shape for the event, when Miss
9ennage died Monday night from
Icold she contracted last week.
The Methodists Of Newport
ire erecting a church building
without regard for any labor laws.
The congregation is small and poor,
md the men are doing all the work
II night. The pastor, Rev. D. E.
Baldwin, assists his flock, working
n his shirt sleeves with the others.
They expect to complete their
,hurch with an actual outlay for
only the materials used.
George Rhyiedde Foulke,
armer Of East Bradford, conspicu-
1ns in the order of Patrons of Hus-
landry, and lately a candidate for
he Legislature, was fatally shot
Thursday by his I2-year-old son,
While cunning on the Welsh Noun
aims, near Honey Brook. Death
esulted Saturday night. He had
AIKEN the boy out to give him his
initial cunning experience. Foulke
vas about 38 years of age and
caves a widow and three children.