Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-10-13
Dynamite Placed in ShtaI Of Grain.
Indepeddent

tardly attempt to cause death and
obstruction by exploding dynamite
in u thrashing machine on il Penn
township farm was frustrated by a
fortunate incident.
The attempted outrage occurred at
the home of Milton POust, and the
discovery WAS made last Monday.
Mr.. Poust was getting ready to
thresh his buckwheat, and the sheav-
es of the grain were being hauled
from the field to his barn by Harry
Poust and Abraham Smith.
A sheat fell from one of the loads
as the swaying wagon mounted the
barn floor, and was allowed to lay
there until the balance of the load
bad been transferred to the NOW.
Then Harry Poust lifted the sheaf
on his pitchfOrk to pass it to Mr..
Smith. AZ he did so bundle drop
ped out of the sheaf. Its contents
were carefully concealed in buck
wheat straw, and Harry's first i'm.
preston was that there was snake
coiled within.
"Grcat Scott Here's a snake !"
he exclaimed.
He gingerly transferred the bun
die to Mr.. Smith, who proceeded to
make closer investigation, which
resulted in startling discovery.
"My God! It's dyna nite!'
Smith exclaimed As he unwound the
straw.
And there, sure enough, was a
stick of dyntmite such az Is used for
blasting rock, etc.
This discovery naturally caused Il
great deal of excitement in the
neighborhood as it da yned upon the
good people of that section that a
most diabolical crime had been at
tempted.
The awful consequences ofsuch a
catastrophe can only be conjectured.
1t is hardly likely that the men
operating the machiue could have
escaped their lives, and others would
surely have been seriously manned
Mr.. Poust, it is stated, is at a loss
to understand the motive that led to
the concealment of the dynamit e
in the buckwheat.
The authorities are cognizant of
the matter, and it is likely that Dis
trict Attorney Spencer will insist up
on rigid investigation in the hope
that the guilty party may he brought
to justice.
The crime is too serious to allow
it to pass without an attempt to run
down the william.
The railroad bridge at Hillsgrove
was completed this week and Mr..
Sone's bark trains can now run direct
to the Hillsgrove tannery. This
will be great convenience. The
road will now be a bark feeder in
two directions Muncy Nelley and
( Hillsgrove-- besides being lumber
line and offering to the business in
terests at Hiilsgrove an outlet other
than the stage line to Glen Mawr.
| To anyone who has made this
journey, twelve miles by wagon, the
trip by rail, even through circuting
will he Il great relief.
c. la Rue Munson of William.
sport, has been appointed by Cover.
nor Pennypackera member of the
committee representing this state
which will meet with similar com.
mittees from all the other states fol
the purpose of devising methods and
Offering suggestions to secure greater
uniformity in the laws of the differ
ent states on subjects where uniform
ltS is HlSHIy utSlTdblc.
The Muncy Valley Farmers clul
, is out of debt AS a result Of the re
cent fair. Not only were the re
ceipts large enough to pay all of tn,
premiums and other expenses, bu
there was enough in addition to pay
off the note that has been hangin;
over the club for some time.
1 Judge BittCnger of York, recent,
: rendered the following decisirn: 4
:. mans home for voting purposes i
= where his wife lives and where h.
!. sleeps, no matter where he pays hi
i taxes, works or where he eats.