The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-06-28


wood Crinkey was stripped of nearly
all his clothing. He was picked up
unconscious and was taken to the
Westmoreland hospital. The Meth
odist Episcopal church at Greensburg
was struck by lightning this evening
and badly damaged. This is the fourth
time the church has been struck by
lightning and each time at the same
point. The church was sold last week
to a real estate company.
Reports to the State Department of
Agriculture are favorable as regards
the wheat and hay crops in Pennsl-
vania. Corn conditions are improving
The wheat was well covered during
the colder portions of the winter and
the cool weather and frequent rains
of the spring have been good for the
grain. A larger acreage than ever
before has been put out and the ex-
pectations are for an unusual yield.
Rye also has been put out in unusu.
ally large quantity and the return is
expected to be in proportion.
Weather generally has been splendid
for hay and the growth from the first
has been rapid and strong. The
tonnage will be heavy
Dissatisfied with their homes at AL
toona, Ernestine Moore, aged 12
years, and Ruth Hewitt, 13 years old,
ran away and "dead-headed' in one
Of the fast Pennsylvania railroad
trains to Harrisburg, where they were
arrested and detained at the police
station until their parents came and
took them hone. The girls admitted
to the officer who arrested them that
they had both been reading sensa-
tional novels, and both were familiar
with the history. of the trial of Nan
Patterson, and were at the "Florodo-
ra Girls" show when it appeared at
Altoona recently.
At a joint meeting of the town
councils of Greensburg, Ludwick, East
Greensburg and Southeast Green's
burg, an agreement was entered into
to submit to the qualified voters the
question of consolidation. The elec-
'tion will be held on Tuesday, June
27. If carried, Greater Greensburg
will have a population of more than
10000.
The contract for the erection of
state bridge over the north branch of
the Susquehanna river between Ber-
wick and Nescopeck was awarded to
the New York Bridge Company of
York by the board of public grounds
and buildings. The New York COM
pany, which bid s209,50O, was the
lowest of the 2S bidders.
The Sherrick Lumber company of
Connellsville purchased from E. w.
Mcneil, 1000 acres Of timber land in
Tucker county, w. Va. The consider
alton was $4,000 cash. The purchas-
ing company is composed of Samuel
d. John D., B. T. E., and Charles
Sherrick, James R. Gilbert and JOS
eph Anderson.
At congregational meeting Of the
First Methodist Protestant church, Of
Washington, Rev. George c. Shep-
pard, d. D., was chosen pastor again
for the tenth successive year. He had
received three other calls, but has re-
jected all and will remain in Wash
ington.
The suit of Charles Stottsberry, of
Bulger, against Thomas Beading, of
Carnegie, in which the former sought
100000 damages for alleged aliena-
tlon of his wife's affections, was con-
cluded when the jury returned YER
lict for Stottsberry for $4,000.
While w. S. Stouffer, of Green's
burg, was driving a traction engine
near belmont, the bridge spanning
Beaver Run gave way precipitating
the engine into the bed of the stream
and wrecking it. Mr.. Stouffer's loss
is s2,O0o.
A census of the ages of residents
of Buffalo, Washington county, which
contains about 100 people, shows that
there are ten ogtogenarians. Buffalo
is said to be the healthiest town in
the county, being 1900 feet above sea
level.
The Rev. ]. w. Carpenter of In
dianapolis, Ind, assumed the past
crate of the Central Christian church
Of Uniontown, having been chosen to
succeed the Rev. Herbert Yeuell, who
resigned to re-enter evangelistic work.
The State Highway department
awarded the contract for building
three and one half miles of road in
Washington county to S. F. Felkel
Son & Co., Of Pittsburg, at its bid of
b32 800
Rev, Maynard R. Thompson, who
has been pastor of the First Baptist
Church of Connellsville for one year,
rendered his resignation, to take effect
The end of this month.
By the bursting of tank at the
Sharon Coke company's works at
South Sharon, 5000 gallons of
ammonia, worth about $4,000, were
lost.
The two-year-old daughter of John
Miklusiah, of Sharon, fell into a cess
pool and was drowned The child
had been missing for "a hours.
Mrs. Mary A. Moyo, 54 years old.
committed suicide by hanging herself
1T Washington.
A new 350-ton blast furnace. cost
ing about s750,000, is to be erected
at West Pittsburg, Lawrence county,
hty NTaI