The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-07-26

| Jeanette. A committee was an
pointed to confer with the county
commissioners relative to increasing
the fee for burying paupers.
A fire, believed to have been of
lncendlary origin, starting in the
bakery of Mrs. Eva X. Delp, at Mead
Vile, communicated to adjoining
buildings and did more than $11, ,O08
damage before 1t was brought under
control by the fire companies. The
heaviest loss was sustained by the
Walter Harper Lumber Company,
damage to whose warehouse and
stock is valued at $4,000, with in
surance of $4,000. Mrs. Delp's loss
is placed at $500, with no insurance.
Kaufman & Hannahs meat market
In the rear Of the bakery sustained
$500 damage.
A deal In real estate believed to
make certain that tht Pennsylvania
railroad will build the proposed new
four-track line from Beatty to Green's
burg has been consummated. The
farm OF Lee Swaney, of Youngstown.
which lies to the north side of the
railroads present line, was sold to
Recorder of Deeds James Gallagher.
who 1t Is believed is acting for the
railroad company. The proposed limo
runs through the farm. The consid--
Grafton was about $500.
Martin Shultz, coke worker, was
hnntnn n rxtts L.
work in Continental mine No. near
Uniontown. Justice of the peace NJ,
B. Clifford found the body about day.
light Shultz's head was mashed so
badly that he could hardly be recog-
nized. County Detective Alexanden
McBeth has made information against
Andrew Masticheck, charging him
with the killing Of Shultz
The Clarion county Republican
convention nominated the following
ticket. Prothonotary, r. l.. Craig:
register and recorder, w. H. Kiser;
treasurer, George T.. Arnold: district
attorney, John w. Moffett; commits
sioners, George M. Myers and s. X.
McClelland; auditors, James o. Craig
and ]. w. Phipps. John B. Lonaker,
Clarion, was reelected county chair.
man.
Henry Brombach, freight conduct
or employed by the West Penn rail-
road was sand-bagged and robbed Of
S147 and his ring while passing the
Guckenheimer distillery at Freeport.
Mr.. Brombacn was painfully, but not
seriously hurt. He notified the police
as soon as he regarded consciousness.
A young man named Edward Petsing-
er was arrested on suspicion.
A beautiful monument will be
erected at Harrisburg by the grand
lodge of Elks to the memory of the
late Meade d. Detweiler, for two
terms the grand exalted
ruler. Action to the effect was
taken at the meeting of the grand
lodge in Buffalo last week.
Alleging that they are not being
paid standard wages the 25O employ
es of the Hazel Mountain Coal Com
pany, at Block Ridge, went on strike.
The company is not a party to the
award of the anthracite strike COM
Drake & Stratton, the Pittsburg
contractors, began work on the new
Pennsylvania railroad yards at Derry.
Five hundred men were put to work.
The present yards will be changed
to almost double their size and a
new round house will be erected.
Fire destroyed the residences of
John Stewart and the Rev. William
Page at Larimer, and damaged the
house of William Hutton. The loss
on buildings and contents is about
$4,000.
In the Legionville district, Beaver
county, Snyder e. Co., have drilled
their test on the Simon Phillips farm
through the 100-foot sand and have a
light show of oil. They will tube and
test. A considerable flow of salt water
was encountered.
w. H. Wright, of Youngwood. a
Pennsylvania railroad freight engine
man, is dead from injuries received
while on his run over the Pittsburg
division on Friday. He was AZ
years old and is survived by his wife
and two children. ,..~-
'hN oO'Sihci VI ylNdUld mas
made a request on the State depart
ment for the provisional detention of
Stephen Borrochini, wanted in Allie
sheny county on the charge of en-
Dezzlement.
The Riverview Coal and Coke Com
pany has let the contract to John r.
Bennett, of Fairmont, for the imme-
late erection of 200 additional ovens
1T its plant along the Monongahela
liver above Masontown.
Charles Stoyer, 90 years old. a car
oenter, died from injuries in the
hospital at Greenville. He was
ound beside the Bessemer railroad
racks. Stoyer lived at Mercer.
For the benefit of visitors mass
Will be celebrated on Sunday duripA
he summer in the auditorium at Ex.
position park, Conneaut Lake.
Il. b. Fletcher of Pittsburgh pur-
'hased the Peerless lead glass works
II Ellwood City at public sale, the
price being SO $50 Fletch-
# will operate the plant, which en-
,loys over $50 men.
The charred body of Mrs. Solomon
andre was found by her husband in
he front yard of their home near
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