The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-04-03
KEYSTONE state NEWS CONDENSED
PENSIONS GRANTED
TO Establish wholesale House on Co. pera.
live Basis-0ld Landmarks Oestro ed.
Anti. Saloon League Beaten In Blair Co.

NNp. DpWHrt, HO; JuStuS Nj. ROSsmnn,
Clintondale, SO; Patrick Monaghan,
Girnrdville. SS; William NJ. McQuis.
ton, Clover, $40; Clara ii. Weaver, Ta-
rentum, So: Emalne Schuck. Green's
burg, $l2; Il. Myers, Barnesboro. $40;
William |. Miller, Beaver. $36: Sarah
\. Stevenson. New Bedford, SS; Marga-
ret II. Marks, McMlnn. SS.
The shaft of Ocean mine No. . at
Herminie, has been completed, the tip
pie Is nearly I'm readiness and IL there
is no accidents coal will he shipped 10y
the middle of April. Ocean mine No.
l was opened eight years. When both
mines are running full 500 men will be
employed ut each. and the output OF
both mines will be 200 cars n day, all
of which will go to New Jersey, and
most of which will be SHIPPER across
the ocean for consumption In Europe.
The grocers and produce dealers of
Washington are agitating the estab
ment of Wholesale house or co-opera-
tive house near local station. with
switch facilities, and to get dealers
throughout the city TO join the en-.
terprise. the concern to be capitalize
Mt about 100000. Only stockholders
will be supplied, and they on n basis of
. per cent. above cost and carriage.
Business houses. covering nearly
one-half square, We're destroyed by fire
at Bedford. The loss Is about S60. 1000.
Several of the houses burned were old
landmarks, having been built in Revo-
lutionary times, and We're II part of
old Fort Bedford. one of the houses
had been the headquarters of Gen.
Washington and Col Boquet.
The postoflice department Is trying
to unravel the disappearance of let
ter containing checks and drafts to the
amount of $40. which 4. $. Powell,
merchant of IIadley. Mercer Coun-
ty, claims to have registered at the
Hadley posto1ice. The letter was al.
dressed to the Mercer County National
Bank of Mercer.
Samuel II. Golden. colored. who ad-
mlts he ls 81 years of age. for over 30
years employed at the Monongahela
house, Pittsburg, and thrice widow
er. has taken II fourth wife In the per
son of Mrs. Emma A. Moray. II widow,
46 years old. Golden Is very black
while his new wife Is nearly white.
and is a remarkably handsome woman.
Noah Harrison. who lives near
Sharon. has brought suit for divorce
from his wife. Among other allega-
tions he says: "She has caused me
iiretrievable losses. She boiled her
false teeth until the rubber was dis
solved and she got 5000 note mixed
up with some trash and burned it."
1t Is definitely settled that all mer-
chant blast furnaces in the Mahoning
and Shenango valleys and several in
tI,.. al i.t, nt.
will be merged into one corporation
with capital of between S15,000.000
and S20,00OO00. The combined weekly
output of the plants optioned Is over
10000 tons.
A party of 100 Dunkards from Ju-
niata, Mifllln. Huntingdon. Bedford
and Blair counties has migrated to
North Dakota, where large tract of
farm land has been secured. They
were Joined by others at Chicago. and
II Is probable that about 800 will settle
In North Dakota this year.
John G. McConahy and ii. X. Greg
DRY, attorneys for the estate of John
Blevins, the murdered New Castle city
treasurer. have begun an attack on the
audit of school funds made by Expert
Accountant William Marthens. They
claim the audit was incomplete and in.
correct.
A bitter legal contest in the Blair
county court between the forces of the
Antl-Saloon league ana the Knights of
the Royal Arch. the hotel mems organi-
zation, over the granting of liquor IL
censes, ended when the court granted
65 licenses, held over 4, and refused
II applicants.
Mrs Esenat Amiet, alleged to be n
shOplifter, who was arrested here on
the charge of stealing 1000 worth of
goods from Bergman & Sons, Charlie
roi, escaped from Jail and is still at
large. She was traced for twenty
miles with bloodhounds, but eluded all
pursuit.
Daisy Dawson, the 12-year-old
daughter of Norris Dawson, of Con
nelsville, died from fright. She was
Just recovering from an attack of ty-
phold fever The house caught fire,
and was at once filed with shouting
mob.
One of the largest coal land sales
ever made in Washington county is be-
| ing closed up. The block comprises
| about 10000 acres. and Is located In
| Somerset, South Strabane, West Beth
lehem and Amwell townships. The
prices paid average $43 an acre.
An explosion at the works Of the
| Cambria Powder Company, near Nine
veh, demolished four of the 10 build
ings constituting the plant, and entail
ed loss of $4,000. -Four hundred
kegs of powder went UP and caused
the damage.
! 1t is believed that Lewis Lahue.
whose mangled body was found on the
railroad tracks near Uniontown, was
robbed and murdered, his body being
placed on the tracks to conceal the
| crime.
The family of Charles Burchfield, OF
Sharon, was made violently Ill by eat
ing canned beef supposed to have con-
tained ptomaine poison. 1t Is now
thought they will all recover.
The Cambria Steel Company has
awarded the contract for the construc
ton at it's new furnaces at Johnstown
of water softening plant with n ca
pacity of 1,4i0,000 gallons daily.
Mrs. Marie Hartman, of Elmira. n