The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-07-24
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS


Thursday July TO-
During an electric storm ai Marietta.
Pa. William Fraim was eiectrocuted
by coming in contact With a live wire
Charles nolzol and August Keller
were crushed and badly Injured under
heavy iron pipe at the March pork
packing establishment at Bridgeport
Pa.
The Pennsylvania state live stock
sanitary board has detailed Dr John
Bennett. OF Tyrone. 20 attend the Na
tional Guard encampment as inspector
of animals. 70 heing his work 60 pr'
vent the spread Of any diseases among
the horses. mules and other animals &C
the camp
Friday July ~.
George Mattocks. stceplechaso
jockey. was killed by the Kick from
horse 40 Oakville near Toronto. Ont
Topping from a sccondstory win.
dow OF her home at York Pa. Lizzie
Linebaugh five years ola. was ia
stantly killed.
Miss Marguerite Armstrong. OF
Wayne Pa. was killed in railroad
wreck at Greenwich. Conn. when am
express train was dcaled upon "a /
bridge
Mrs Edith NJ league. wife of Wal .
ter G. Teagle of Cleveland. o.. an on /
cial of the Standard oil company IFS F
dying at Paoadona. CAL from a SOLE
inflicted pistol wound
Saturday, July IS.
NJ ?. Johnson one of the largest
hotel owners of Harrisburg Pa made
an assignment for the benefit of his
creditors.
The comptroller of the currency is
sued cali on the national banks
throughout the country for q report of
their condition ON July IS.
One man was fatally burned ana
property valued at $4,000 was de-
stroyed by fire which started in One
feed st0rohouse and elevator Of Grew
q Williams az Ossining n. Y
Governor Stuart has fixed Sept i5
as the date for the execution OF SALIVA
tore Garlic. the Berks county Italian
who murdered State Policeman limo.
thy Kelleher near Reading Pa.
Monday July 20.
The big knitting mill owners at Now
vile Pa. who shut down early I'm the
year, resumed operations
The body of Rev Artemas Haynes
Of the United Congregational church ,
Of New Haven Conn. was found i'm ;
Nantucket sound. he having drowned
while fishing from a canoe
Playing with a revolver which she
thought was empty. Susie Koscayaee
shot Elizabeth Gettlns, seventeen years
old. in the left knee at Mahanoy City
Pa. b
Casper n Ritter twentyCight years !
old. a lineman IN the employ of the n
Pennsylvania Telephone company was Il
electrocuted at Allentown. Pa. by com ii
ing in contact with an electric light N
wire while he was working on q cable. ,.
Tuesday July q. II
Captain Henry McCrea. ffty-seyen n
years old. Of the United States navy
died in the naval hospital Brooklyn f,
from Brights disease
The Pennsylvania state department
Of public instruction will issue war
rants for the payment Of over $4,000 e.
BOO Of the state school appropriation Ii
Rev Dennis p. O'Sullivan. S. J.. q,
president of st. Josephs college. Phia p
lelphia. died suddenly Of heart failure OF
It Holy Cross college. at Worcester of
Mass 81
The Ansonia Clock factory I'm Brook p,
yn n. Y. which employs more than OF
900 hands. resumed operations with a s,
ull force after a shutdown of several sh
weeks. IA
Wednesday, July p.
Samuel Emerson and Michael Colo of
ar miners. were crushed 10 death by ma
fall of rock in a coal mine at Scran AN
on. Pa hf
More than 1900 men have been sent A,
D the country districts by the free me-
lbor bureau Of New York IN response an
, the appeals of farmers for field Ia err
orers
John Gustav Dahlstert a Swedc rl
bic to stand the torture Of scaeick
ess. jumped overheard from the liner On
Ierion which arrived I'm Philadelphia w,
lille she was in midocean. wa
DR. r. b. McGraw. a wellknown ply. nat
clan. was instantly killed and An. bot
Few S McSwigan. manager of the uni
uquesne garden and the Traction the
'mpany parks OF Pittsburg. was So. 20
rely shocked when their automobile ha,
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