Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-02-26
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years olu, ana Sdiu 10 De the young
est defendants ever before the court,
we're arraigned in the Juvenile court
on charges of malicious mischief.
Where are the defendants?" inquired
Judge German. when the case was
called. Here they are" said the
mother, carrying the younger child In
her arms and leading the other by the
hand. You don't mean to say these
babies have been charged with any
thing and arrested for i'll" exclaimed
the judge. Yes" replied the mother,
glancing scornfully at the complain
ant. who explained that the children
had broken a window In her house.
The court reprimanded the complain
ant and directed the mother OF the
youngsters to take them home
Beaver Falls. - Caught under .
freight engine. William Kerney, fire-
man of New Galilee, was killed when
the Pittsburg, Lisbon q Western rail-
road bridge over Little Beaver Creek,
near Darlington. collapsed Three
other men on the engine jumped while
dropping to the creek and swan to
shore.
Columbia.--George, the 13-months-
old son OF Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fire
stone OF Lititz, strangled to death at
the supper table, where the little boy
sat with his twin brother and mother.
The latter had left the table for few
moments, and when her back was
turned one of the small children gave
a biscuit to each of the twins Mrs.
Firestone succeeded in getting the bis
cult out Of the hands Of one, but the
other had put his into his mouth and
tried to swallow It,. A piece lodged in
his windpipe and he strangled to death
In Is minutes.
Hazleton. Yeggmen blew the safe
In the postoffice at Conyngham, bcr-
ough near here. and got away with
about $50 in cash belonging to A. w.
Reisenweaver. the postmaster, and
5000 In government funds. The safe
In the Reisenweaver store, where the
postoffice Is located, was also wrecked
Postmaster Reisenweaver was awak-
ened by the noise and fired at two
fleeing figures in the darkness, but
they escaped. Later Sergeant Jasper
Oftedal OF the state police arrested
man giving his name as Michael Scan
Ion and his residence Shenandoah, =
supposedly deaf and dumb mendicant,
who talked after being charged with
implication in the robbery and con-
fessed
Columbia. George Winkleman,
about 40 years old, an empIoye OF the
Adams Express Co., committed sui
eide by hanging. Winkleman got up
and 1t was thought had left the house
to go to work. Asshort time later Mrs.
Winkleman had occasion to go to the
cellar and she found her husbands
body hanging to beam. She sum-
moned neighbors and the body was
cut down A physician was called
and after an examination said the man
had been dead more than an hour.
No motive for the deed is known, as
he had no financial or family troubles,
and was In good spirits when he arose
in the morning. Coroner Strine is
making an investigation.
Sharon-A baby really has been
sent by parcel post While gathering
mail, James Byerly, rural carrier of
Sharpsville, received little girl to
be delivered by parcel post The
child is daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
J. w. Saws Of Pine Hollow and was
consigned to George Kennedy OF Clay
Hollow. The girl weighed 40a pounds
and it cost As cents to send her to her
destination
Tionesta Darlington is experience
ing oil and gas excitement almost
equal to that Of the palmy days half
century ago. Over 100 wells will be
put down In few months Land has
been leased all about the village A
well on the c. B. Kerr farm which had
good flow of oil in the Clarion sand
was drilled through to the Bradford
sand and developed into gas well
with 100000 feet. A good gasser was
found on the NJ M. Maze farm in the
upper said. The Braden Oil company
are drilling in several places.
Marietta. - Frank Nipple, SO, has
just taken to his home a cultivator he
purchased 81 years ago at an auc-
ton. When Mr.. Nipple attended the
auction the cultivator was sold to him
for so cents. AS .ne auctioneer
closed the bidding and announced the
successful one he said, There's the
cultiyator hanging way up thereon
the WALL now get It down" That
made Mr.. Nipple angry and he re-
fused to remove the implement. A
few days ago Mr.. Nipple thought OF
his purchase and went With wheel
barrow to the place where the auc-
ton was held. The cultivator still
hung on the wall
Sunbury When the York Bridge
Co. stockholders Held meeting, Guy
Webster of York. the principal pro-
moter of the York Bridge Co. and .
number of subsidiary companies in
and around Sunbury, could not be
found. 1t is said that he has charge
Of the finances of the York Bridge Co.
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