The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-10-18
KEYSTONE STATE CULL|NGs
COMPLETION OF MERGER
Capital Stock Of Electric Railway Com
pany Is Turned Over to q
New Concern.


New Concern.
The action of the directors OF the
Pennsylvania & Mahoning Valley
Electric railway line in selling the
properties to the new $4,000, 900
mortgaged company known as the
Shenango & Mahoning Valley Light
& Power Company was formally rati-
fed at a meeting of the stockholders
at the general offices of the company
In New Castle. Over 9S per cent OF
the capital stock of sS,O0O,OOO was
represented. The stock was turned
over to James Blackburn of Youngs-
town, as formality in the compile
tion of the merger. The other linea
taken into the consolidation are the
New CastleSharon, and the Youngs-
town-Sharon interurban lines.
r. p. Zimmerman, hardware
dealer of Beaver Falls, was robbed OF
about 800 in money by two young
strangers. They made a small pur-
chase, gave Mr.. Zimmerman a s5 bill
to change and learned that he had
his money in his safe, which was un-
locked. Then one of them got him
out on the sidewalk to show him
washing machine while the other left
the store, went around the block,
crawled In through the back window
and went through the safe. The
merchant did not miss the money for
an hour.
Rev. p. j. Gwynne, d. D., presi-
dent of Keystone College at Martins
burg, Blair county, and brother-in-
law of w. w. Blackburn, OF Pitts
burg, and man who has been q
Methodist all his life, applied for ad-
mission to the Huntingdon Presby.
terry Of the Presbyterian Church, Civ
ing up his membership in the Meth
odist denomination. In order to fit
himself for the Presbyterian pulpit
he will take a postgraduate course
in Princeton Theological Seminary.
The Attorney Generals depart
ment has furnished State Health
Commissioner Dixon with an opinion
to the effect that 1t is the duty OF
the county commissioners of coun-
ties, where there are no poor direc-
tors, to provide sustenance for all in
digent persons residing within their
district, who are affected with dis
ease, or who are kept from their
regular employment by reason of
quarantine established by the State
health department.
The Jones & Laughlin Company OF
Pittsburgh will Tuesday take up one
of the largest blocks of coal ever Sc
cured by one firm in Washington
county. The tract comprises 10000
acres and is located in West Bethle-
hem and Amwell townships. 1t is at
present held by the Jones Brothers,
extensive independent coal operators.
The Jones e Laughlin concern took
the options on this block for $3.50 an
acre, the total price being s4,000,000.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Ruffner, Of Unity
township, Westmoreland County,
celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of
their marriage. A feature was the
celebration of high mass at st. Bar
tholomew's church, Crabtree. After
of the couple. Five children were
born to the union, and all attended the
celebration.
At Erie, Mrs. Minnie Salow was
bound over to the November term Of
criminal court to answer the charge
of numbering the infant child of Sylvia
Ruess, girl of 10 years. The child
was alive when born, but lived only a
few hours. Testimony submitted at
was put in a basin and smothered by
heavy blankets.
A mortgage for 100000 was filed
in the county recorders Office at
Washington made by the Macbeth
Evans Glass Company of Pittsburg in
favor of the Union Trust Company Of
Pittsburg. The mortgage secures
2Qyear per cent gold bonds. 1t
is dated October 2, 1905.
Perry Wheeler, aged 50 years, a
well-to-do farmer of Wyalusing town
ship, shot and killed his wife and then
committed suicide. The woman was
killed instantly, but Wheeler lived an
hour after shooting himself. The
couple apparently lived happily and
no motive for the crime is known.
The First Baptist Church of Con-
nellsville, extended a call to Rev. A.
A. Delarme, Of Paterson, N. ]. The
church here has been without pastor
for several months, since the resigna-
tion of Rev. Maynard r. Thompson.
The remains of a man supposed to
be Charles o. Penn, aged 80 years, of
Sunbury, was found by track along
the Pennsylvania railroad, west of Al
toona. 1t is thought he was jolted
from the train and killed.
Peter Forest, aged 90 years, a Penn
sylvania railroad brakeman, who lived
at Williamsport, fell from his train in
the yard at Altoona, and received SER
ious injuries. He died later in the
hospital.
AS the result of injuries sustained
during a practice game of football,
Charles, the 12-year-old son of Will
lam Bolinger, of West Latrobe, died
at the residence of his parents.
Frank Johnson, 30 years old, was
l. Id IvW f1N ..fa - u