Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-05-07
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FORD CITY. The residences Of
Steve Pallem and John Morosky were
damaged $1,000 by fire.
RISBURG.-The Pennsylvania
national guard will be modified by
brigades at the division encampment
at Gettysburg this summer
ADFORD.-Samuel Christensen,
residing on farm about two miles out
of Kane, Mexican county, on a country
road, killed himself by shooting.
GREENsBuRG.-S from ty-
phoid fever Irwin Sell, farmer of
Youngwood, committed suicide by
shooting himself through the head.
JOHNSTOWN. - Louis Flecken-
stein, a we'll known German, attacked
his wife with a hatchet fatally in
juring her, and then hanged himself
BUTLER.-Thomas NJ. Marshall
aged 50, of Mars, died at the Butler
hospital from injuries sustained on
Baltimore & Ohio railroad siding at
Mars
BUTLER. - Through an explosion
of gas in the fireboX at an oil well
pump station near Chicora Miss Mar
garet Blaney aged 10, was seriously
burned
GREENSBURG.-F an alleged
threat to kill his three children, roast
them, eat them and then kill himself,
John Kurdy of Haydenville was lodged
in the county jail.
ELLSVlLLE.-The dead body
of James English, aged 6S years, of
Pittsburg, a civil war veteran, and for
years a wauderer was found in a
shanty at Lemont.
RIS8URG-Josiah T. Evans,
for % years an inspector Of mines in
the Cambria district, has retired. He
is one of the oldest inspectors in
point of service.
NlNG.-A trolley car ran
into Charles Lugnets automobile, dam
aging the machine and injuring Lug
net SO seriously that he had to be
taken to the hospital.
TTSBuRG.-Mrs. Margaret VOL
fran was killed and her husband and
4-year-old child seriously injured on
the North Side when they were
thrown from q buggy.
WEST NEWTON John Abbey. a
retired merchant, aged 80, is dead at
bie NJ A
most of his life here and was a mem
Der of the Lutheran church.
kITTANNlNG.-The shade tree com
mission of Wickboro has decided that
all poplar trees in the boroughs
streets must be cut down by next
fall and give place to maple trees.
NSBURG.-William Strippey.
a. years old, of East Greensburg was
killed at the new court house. mark
ing the first fatality attending CON
struction of the $l,500,00O building.
NEW CASTLE.-Notice was post
ed here that the Shenango Valley
steel plant, operated by the Carnegie
Steel Co., would start in full opera
ton. The order affects 200 men.
BELLEFONTE.- - Robbers entered
the store of Montgomery & Co, clo-
thiers, and Heller's drug store, and
carried off clothing and cigars and
almost ruined $1,000 cash register.
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BUTLER. - Complaints to county
authorities from the Butler county oil
districts indicate that brass thieves
have looted machinery to the extent
Of thousands of dollars within a few
weeks.
CORY. In trying to save her
aged parents, David Weatherbee and
wife, both past 10, from death in their
burning home in Centertown. Mrs.
Arthur Lemm perished with them in
the flames.
ERIE.-Bernard, 2-year-old son of
Bailey B. Nagel, president of the
Pennsylvania Boiler works, died as
the result of taking medicine that had
been prescribed for his father, believ-
ing it was candy.
HARRISBURG. AN application
has been made for a charter for the
.Goldsboro Light, Heat and Power
Co. of that town. Charles F. Will
Jams, who will build the plant, is the
chief owner of the new company.
HARRISBuRG.-The April bulletin
of State Zoologist Surface deals with
pests of household, orchard and farm,
no less than 33 classes being brought
before the public with cold-blooded adj
vice as to the best means to kill them
GTON.-Spencer Gardner.
a farmer near Sycamore, has a sheep