The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-14
KEYSTONE State CU[[IIGs
DIES WHILE sUTcHERiNo.
Well.known Farmer Near
Scottdsle.

oCottodfe.
While butchering hogs to-day, John
Overholt, well-known farmer Of
Overton, dropped dead. MIR. Overholt
was so years old, and was a bachelor,
living with his sister, Miss Anna Over.
holt, and his uncle Martin Overholt.
Heart failure caused Mr.. Overholt's
death.
Mrs. William limbaugh, not satisfied
with her husbands long absence from
| the house. went to the barn, at Dalton
Run dam. last night and found that he
had dropped over dead while pitching
hay. He leaves six children. Coroner
Miller will investigate.
The Ft. Pitt Bottle and Novelty
Company's plant, near Jeanette, was
destroyed by fire. Employees made q
heroic effort to overcome the flames,
but were unsuccessful. The explos.
ion Of gas under a tank was the
cause. The works were erected a
year ago by Pittsburg and Jeanette
capitalists at cost of $4,000.
| Daniel Zeber, OF Pittsburg, is presi-
| dent of the company. The plant will
| be rebuilt Immediately.
A block of tenement houses owned
| by the Lackawanna Coal and Coke
| Company, east of Latrobe, were de-
stroyed by fire, entailng a loss Of
| $1,000. The inmates escaped in their
night clothes. Their effects were
burned.
| The following were chosen to rep
resent Washington and Jefferson col
lege In the annual debates this year
with Western Reserve university.
Adrain university and Wooster col
lege: Horace w. Davis. Sharon; Rob
ert ]. Lane. Washington; q. e. Robb.
Washington w. S. Walsh. Allegheny;
J. NJ. Highberger, West Newton; A. p.
Kelson, Saharanpur, India; Hermann
Sackett. Neshannock Falls; Philip r.
White, Mt. Pleasant, o.; Marcie de
Vaughn, Washington; d. NJ. Donald
son. Huntington. w. Va; d. M. Nc
Connell, Florence, and d. L. Sutton.
Washington. Two of the debates will
be held In Washington.
When William Vankirk, of Van
kinks station. Washington county.
went out on his porch late last night
to greet his son, Earle, on the lat
ter's return from Washington, he re-
ceived no response. An investigation
| showed young Vankirk to be dead.
sitting in the buggy. Vankirk died Of
heart failure. and the horse, familiar
with the road, carried the body home.
Vankirk was II years old.
A. +. John disposed of about 1900
acres of bed b" coal, at Hoovers-
vile, to J. b. Irish, Of Philadelphia.
and w. P. Graf, of Blairsville, for
over 100000 Irish and Graf are
identified with the Somerset Mining
company. The transfer of the prop
erty, which is located east Of the
Stony creek, will be made this week.
The purchase money was paid in
cash.
With his head crushed and his
pockets rifed Michael Mangan was
found lying on the Delaware e. Hud-
son railroad tracks near Carbondale.
where he had evidently been placed
by his assailants to be killed by the
first train which passed. He was
rescued by railroader and has not
yet been able to tell what happened
to him.
Boys ignited a pool of waste petro-
leum in Harbisons hollow, of the
White township oil field in Beaver
County. Before the flames were sub
dued the tramway leading to Boyd's
coal bank and several mine cars were
destroyed. The flames spread rapidly.
and the oil men only saved their prop
erty by digging embankments and
forcing the fire to burn itself out.
George Green of Washington, has
entered suit for $25,000 damages
against the Washington Oil company
for the death Of his son, Frank A..
year ago. The younger Green was
blown to pieces in the explosion of
boiler at an oil well near Carothers
a year ago. Negligence is alleged.
Another man, Daniel Werner, was also
killed
Action has been taken by the Mead
Vile liquor dealers who were found
guilty of selling adulterated black
berry brandy to carry the cases to the
supreme court. The defendants were
found guilty by the superior court.
Judge ]. Sharp Wilson, of Beaver
county, appointed ]. l.. Dawson bur-
CESS of Beaver Falls, to fill the unex-
pired term of Fl. F. Dillon, who hand
ed his resignation to council on De-
cember l.
The dead body of John Hope was
found in his apartments at the Ex-
change Hotel at Franklin. He had
evidently died of apoplexy. Mr.. Hope
was native of Fayette county and
was unmarried.
John Conrad, candy salesman of
Beaver Falls, who was married but
three weeks ago, killed himself at his
home rather than submit to arrest on
charge of embezzlement.
The Phi Gamma Delta fraternity
house at State College has been quar-
antined on account of two cases of
scarlet fever. The cases are mild
ones.
Capt. J. NJ. Reed, former treasurer
of Westmoreland county, fell on an