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VOL. GO.
TWO OF A KINO.
'Bargains, eh ?' said Mrs. Pilking
ton. 'Guess I'll have look at 'em.'
Of all things, Mrs. Pilk'ngton was
least able to resist a bargain.
The old Pilkington farm house at
home was crammed full* of 'bargains'
jarssible and inpossible. The bureau
drawers owei flowed with 'bargains'
which were of no use to anyono ; tho
trunks were packed full of 'bargains.'
And here, on the crowded curb
stones of Gr and Street, the swinging
pasteboard sign of 'Great Bargains
Within !'attracted her attention, hur
ried though she was with the manifold
errands which yet remained Incom
plete.
She had a lot of damaged table-linen
under her arm, and some cheap hosiery
in her bag, and a dozen towels with
mis priu'.ed border in her pocket, and
here she was crowding into the Grand
Street store to buy at lue-spotted
pongee neckerchief for eighteen cents !
'lt'll do for Sara Janetta to wa'ar
around her neck of a cool evenin',' said
Mrs. Pilkington, 'and eighteen cents is
really very cheap for real pongee.'
Mrs. Pilkington lived in a little
brown roofed farm house on the llous
atonic River, and her main errand up
to town had been to buy a 'store car
pet' for her best room floor, and to ex
change an old sewing-machine for
something of a newer order.
Iler cousin, Mrs Bruce Babbitt, who
had spent the summer months at the
farm, and made the most possible trou
ble for the least possible pay, had also
engaged to hunt her up a 'help' from
the nearest intelligence office, and have
the same on hand when the 'five-four
train' left the Grand Cential Depot
that afternoon !
And sure enough, when the lady
from the country arrived, red and
panting, at the depot, with disheveled
hair, bent bonnet, and shawl dragged
all awry, a modest young girl stood at
the door with a card bearing the name
of 'Mrs. Bruce Babbitt' in her haLd.
'ls it Mrs. Pilkington ?' said she.
'You ain't the new sewing-machine,
be you ?' said Mrs. Pilkiugton, rub
bing her nose with a puzzled air. 'Nor
yet the eighteen yards of carpet from
Stoney-bridge and Bounce's?'
'I am Phoebe,' said the young wo
man—^'Phoebe, at nine dollars a month,
if I am lucky enough to suit you,
ma'am ?'
She was a pretty, blue-eyed lass,with
a fresh complexion, and a neat gown of
green and white seersucker, and she
wore a bonnet of her own trimming,
with a cluster of butter cups on the
side.
Mrs. Pilkington looked dubiously at
her. She had prepared herself to ex
pect a stout, red-handed drudge.
It did not seem possible that this del
icate little apple-blossom of a girl could
be a servant-of-all work !
But there, sure enough, were her
credentials, and the bell, even then,was
clanging for the closing ol the gales.
'Come on !' said Mrs. Pilkinton, and
she rushed through, dragging Phoebe
after her. 'lt's strange, though, that
the carpet and the sewing-machine
ain't here.'
'Did you expect carpet and a sewing
machine, ma'am ?' Phoebe asked, re
spectfully.
'I bought 'em and paid for 'em,' said
Mrs. Pilkington, impressively, 'and I
don't see why they ain't here.'
'Perhaps they will be sent by ex
press,' suggested Phoebe.
'I declare to goodness, I never
thought of that !" said Mrs. Pilking
ton.
And she skurried through the crowd
ed car to find a seat.
It was the dusk of a chilly May even
ing when they reached Blackbird's
Hollow, and alighted in the midst of
dense pines and sighing tamaracks.
'lf Pilkington hain-'t remembered to
come and meet us, I shall be mad "
said Mrs. Pilkington, stretching her
neck forward the better to survey the
glimmering curves of the road. 'And
Pilkington is always forgetting ! My
goodness, gracious me ! w'hat's that !'
as Phcebe stooped to recoVer something
which she had inadyertentlv let fall.
'Mv handkerchief, ma'am 1'
Mrs. Pilkinton made a grasp at it.
'Your handkerchief I' she screamed.
'Mine, you mean—minx 1 thief ! good
for-nothing !—my pongee handkerchief
that you have stolen right out of my
bag 1 Well, I never 1'
She shook rhcebe vehemently. Phoe
be began to cry in mingled terror and
resentmet, and just then up drove the
farm wagon at a gallop.
'llello, mother !' said Ezra Pilking
ton's cheerful voice. 'l'm afraid I've
kept you waiting a bit. but the linch
pin came out of the wheel, and I had
to stop at Tony Deephill's to get it fix
ed. Now, then !'
He drove the stout pony close to the
raised platform which exteuded away
from the station.
MILLHEIM, PA., THURSDAY, JULY 15., 188 G.
Mis. Pilkington pushed PI ache into
the back scat, and followed her with
lightning haste.
'Not that way!' she cried,
at the reins, as Ezra would have head
ed for the highroad. 'Drive straight
to Squire Pulteney's. This gal's a
thief ! I'm going to have her arrested
before she is a day cider !'
'Eh 1' said Ezra, staring from his
mother to Ph.cube, and then back again.
'She's stole my spotted pongee hand
kerchief—my handkerchief that I
bought at a bargain ondrnndStreet this
very morning !' shrieked Mrs. I'ilking
ton.
'lt's—lt's my handkerchief,' faltered
poor Phoebe, feeling as if she were in a
terrible nightmare from which there
was no awakeuiug.
'A likely story P clamored tlio en
raged housewife. Tvo always heard
of the wiles and tricks of these city
minxes, but I never realized it until
now. Drive on, Ezra—drive quick !
She shall be lodged in the county j *il
this very night !'
'Are you sure you ain't mistaken,
rnothe ?' said kind Ezra, compassion*
ating the look of pallid misery in the
young girl's face.
'Mistaken, indeed !' snilted the old
lady. "Drive on, I say 1 Don't lose
any more time, or Squire Pulteney will
have gone home for the night.'
She herself took possession of the
reins and she spoke and chirrupped to
the horses.
'But, mother—'pleaded Ezra.
Even as he spoke, however, poor
Phmbe,driven wild by vague terror and
an instinctive desire to escape, had
flung herself from the wagon to the
ground.
•Stop—tor heaven's sake, mother,
stop !' shouted Ezra. 'Don't you see
that her dress is caught in the wheels?'
Tho little horse stopped. lie always
stopped, on general principles, w hen
eyer a suitable opportunity presented
itself and the very slightest 'Whoa!'
would invariably bring him to a dead
standstill.
Ezra sprang from the wagon to dis
entangle the helpless figure in the dust
and Mrs. Pilkington scrambled after
with a yague idea that Pl.iebe might
yet get up and try to run away.
As she jumped down her satchel fell
prone iuto the road, and bursting open
the overstrained latch, disgorged its
contents on the dewy grass of the road
side, first and foremost among which
was—a spotted pongee handkerchief.
'Good Land o' Moses !' piously iuter
jected Mrs. Filkiogton, 'if there ain't
the dratted old pongee handkerchief,
arter all !'
And she stared helplessly, first at its
prim And undisturbed folds, and then
at Plnebe's handkerchief—exactly the
same in color, pattern and fabric.
'She ain't a thief, arter all I' said
Mrs. Pilkington, her whole nature o
vei Hooded by the rising tide of remorse.
'Poor child ! and I'm afeard she's hurt
a-tryiu' to run away from nothing at
all.'
Phoebe's ankle was slightly sprained,
that was all, and by this time she was
able to smile and answer kindly Mrs.
Pilkington's numerous questions and
condolences.
'Can I ride home ? Oh, pf course I
can !' said she, In reply to Ezra's inter
rogations. 'My ankle is only the least
bit lame.'
Old Farmer Pilkington was anxious
ly looking out for them, when, consid
erably later than he had expected, the
wagon drove up and Mrs. Pilkington
made haste to explain everything to
him.
'And ain't it queer,' said she, 'that
me and Phmbe should both hev bought
pongee handkerchiefs just alike on
Grand Street V If ever there was bar
gains, they be ! Half a yard square,
real China goods, with a hem—'
'Fiddlesticks !' said old Mr. Pilking
ton. 'lf there's anything I hate, it's
bargains I'
Little Phoebe Primrose stayed on at
the farm. She liked the daisies and
red clover,the sound of running brooks
the smell of the cow's breath. And
Ezra Pilkiugton liked her.
The President's New House.
Preparations Being Mado for it's Oc
cupation Next Fall.
WASHINGTON, July 3.—The Presi
dent has taken steps toward preparing
his recently purchased residence, on
Georgetown Heights, for occupation.
It is understood from the architects,
who have to-day taken out the permit
to improve the place, that it will be
ready by October. The house will be
enlarged and remodeled to conform to
what is known as the colonial stylo of
architecture. There will be a high
pitched roof, with dormer windows
and projecting eaves, the whole being
in harmony with the location.
It is a lovely site and the cottage will
be the most picturesque of the neigh
borhood. A good many people drive
b} it daily and would stop, too, and
carry away pieces of the house or fence
or something if the place were not well
guarded.
A PAPER FOR THE HOME CIRCLE
Miscellaneous News.
10 MEN BLOWN TO ATOMS.
MACCainsvillk, N. J m July 2.—A
terrible explosion occurred ft the At
lantic Dynamite Company's works at
Renville Station, this place, at a quar
ter to 8 o'clock lliis morning, whereby
ten men lost their lives. The disaster
occurred in the mixing establishment,
which was totally destroyed, ami the
earth surrounding it torn upover
siileiable area. Tlio men were prepar
ing to mix for the day's work and were
all in the building. The works of the
company are scattered over 800 or 100
acres of ground, and there are between
80 and 40 buildings on tho premises.
The company employs about 100 men.
In tho vapor or mixing-house about 15
men are usually employed. Tho mixing
house consisted of two semi-detached
brick buildings on the side of a hill.
Two or three of the other buildings are
also of brick, but most of them are
small frame sheds. This is probably
one of the most extensive manufacto
ries of Its kind in the country.
There was nothing left of the estab
lishment, and nobody left to give the
origin of the explosion, every man at
work in the building having been killed.
Some of the bodies of the men were
blown to pieces, and the parts gathered
up can only be identified by pieces of
clothing that remained on them. Some
of the pieces of the bodies were found
on trees, and others many yards from
the scene of the disaster. All the build
ings in town were damaged by the ex
plosion, scarcely a pane of glass being
left unbroken, and not a dish in any of
the houses left in its proper p'ace.
The explosion caused the wildest ex
citement, women running about scream
ing and searching for their husbands,
mothers for their sons, and sisters for
their brothers. The cries of the be
reaved people were heartrending in the
extreme. Hundreds of people from
near and far decked to the scene. Some
came a distance of teu and twelve
miles, attracted to the place, they say,
by the concussion of the explosion
which they experienced at their homes.
Nearly all the bodies were got together
by noon and taken to their homes.
The people at High Bridge, about 12
miles distant, say the rumbling sound
of the explosion resembled that of an
earthquake, their residences having
been shaken by it and the furniture
moved. The force of the explosion was
even felt at points twenty miles off.
The money loss will bo heavy.
Crops Seriously Damaged.
The Effect of the Drought in the
West and Northwost.
MADISON, Wis., July s.— Crops in
this vicinity are much damaged because
of lack of rain. A drought, which has
continued two months, has so injured
crops that the yield in every way will
be much diminished. Winter wheat is
well headed, and is turning yellow in
some places. The hot weather has
rather injured the berry in filling.
Small grain sown this Spring stands
thin, and wil' head with a short growth
of straw. Corn cooks fairly well. Im
ports from the tobacco fields say the
crop is being greatly damaged by
drouth. The hay crop will be light.
GALENA, 111., July s.— The protract
ed drought is seriously affecting crops
in this section. Spring wheat is con
sidered a total failure in a majority of
the townships not visited by rain. Corn
fields and upland pastures are in a de
plorable condition. Ilay is scarcely
half a crop in this sect ion,and early po
tatoes are despaired of.
• AUEKDEKN, Dak., July 5. — Hot
winds and unusually warm weather
have prevailed in tins vicinity for the
past week, doing much damage to wheat.
In some, places the yield will not be
more than half a crop, unless rain falls
within a day or two the crop will be al
most a total failure. During the last
two days the thermometer registered
100 degrees in the shade.
DES MOINES, lowa, July s.— Crops
in this vicinity are yery far advanced,
hut suffering greatly from drought.
Small grains are burning up with heat,
and corn needs rain very much. With
in a radius of 50 miles it is very dry, as
no heavy fains have fallen in several
weeks. The thermometer registers 104
degrees in the shade.
Forest Fire 3 Raging in Michigan.
MACKINAC, Mich.,July 7.—Destruct
ive forest fires are raging along the line
of the Detroit,Mackinac audMarquette
Railroad and much alarm prevails a
mong the farmers. Everything is as
dry as tinder. The ground is parched
and the surface pulverized like du3t.
Crops are burning up for want of wa
ter. Young fruit trees are dying for
the same reason, and the outlook is in
deed serious if ram docs not fall soon.
The weather is also frightfully hot, the
thermometer registering 107 degrees in
the shade, the hottest experience here.
Thirty thousand cords of wood of the
Vulcan Furnace Company have been
burned at Newberry and the furnace
will probably shut down in conse
quence.
Tho Pennsylvania Taolc Works at
Norristown Soizod by tho Sheriff.
Nouuistown, Pa., July 5.— -The
heaviest failure occurring in this town
for many years is reported this morn
ing, and involves the Pennsylvania
Tack Works and Capt. C. P. Weaver,
Treasurer of tho concern. The seizure
includes all the property of the Tack
Works, all the personalty of Captain
Weaver, and the skating rink, which
has just been transformed into a most
beautiful theatre at great cost. The
Tack Works are owned by.a company,
with John Ralston, President ,• C. P.
Weaver, Treasurer, and 11. P. Weaver,
Secretary. There are other claims a
mounting to about $40,000 against the
works,and these are liable to be pushed
at-any time. Captain Weaver is one of
Norristown's most progressive citizens,
and is well and favorably known, and
the i Mlurc of the warks is attributed to
an unsuccessful attempt at combina
tion.
Seventy Persons Foisonod at a
Picnic.
CouLTKi>ViLLK, 111., July 6.—Sev
enty persons were poisoned here yester
day by eating picnic ice-cream. Four
have already died, and more are in a
precarious condition.
How the Cholera is Spreading.
ROME, July G.— ln the last 24 hours
there have been 10 new cases of cholera
and 10 deaths from the disease at
Brindisi, and in the remainder of the
province 2DG new cases and 71 deaths.
Vienna, July 6.—Cholera is spread
ing at Fiutne.
Tho Array Worm in Berks County.
Reading, Pa., July G-— The harvest
ing of the wheat crop has commenced
in this county. Grain that has been
prostrated by the storm and rain in
many fields lias been very badly damag
ed. Some of the farmers report that
from 25 to 50 per cent, ot their crops
have been destroyed. Considerable
damage lias been done by tho army
worm, and the loss in some localities
will average 50 per cent.
Down to a Watery Grave.
Peter Collins, a Mute, Caught in a
Whirlpool while Swimming.
Sen ANTON, RA., July 6.—Peter Col
lins, a mute, whose parents reside here,
was drowned this morning at Nay an g
Falls on the outskirts of the city. He
went in swimming and was drawn into
a whirlpool near tne head of the falls.
Ife was 15 years of age, and had been a
pupil at the Philadelphia School for
Deaf Mutes for four years past.
In Forty Foot of Water.
Sen ANTON, Pa., July o.— Fredrick
Tuthill, aged 21, a shipping clerk for
Coursen, demons & Co., of this city,
was drowned while swimming in Lake
Winola, near Scranton, yesterday af
ternoon. A young man named Ilines,
who had entered the water witlrfuthill,
was some distance from tho latter when
ho called for help. Before Iliues could
reach him Tuthill went down. His
body lies in 10 feet of water.
A Bather Seized with Cramp.
NORRISTOWN, Pa., July 6.—Patrick
Gouldin, while bathing in the Schuyl
kill at Bet z wood on Sunday morning,
was seized with cramp and drowned be
fore assistance could reach him. His
struggles were seen by an Italian labor
er, who spread the alarm. Goulden
was a nephew of Contractor McKenna,
who operates a quarry near Betzwood,
and was employed by him as foieman.
He was 23 years old. The body was
sent to his late home, No. 1718 North
Twenty-seyenth street, Philadelphia.
Packed in Ice Alive.
Fortunate Rescue of a Supposed
Corpse from Being Frozen to Death.
READING, Mich., July 7.—Mrs. Lu
cinda Faste, of Woodbridge township,
while on her way to the Fourth of July
celebration here last Saturday, fell un
conscious from her seat in the carriage
and was to all indications dead. Medi
cal assistance was called, but all efforts
to restore her proved futile and she was
given up,although not having every ap
pearance of being dead. The body was
laid out and taken back home for bur
ial. Arriving there, ice was procured
in which to pack the remains, and they
were so packed for more than 30 min
utes when an old physician, Dr. Nec
lich, called 011 the bereaved family, lie
was so struck with the life-like look of
tne "corpse" that he expressed doubts
of her death. The body was quickly
taken from the ice and the doctor went
to work to establish the fact of her liv
ing. lie opened a vein in Mrs. Faste's
arm yesterday and the blood llowed
freely. In a short time the lungs be
gan to work, and the funeral prepara
tions were abandoned. The patient
now lies apparently asleep, ller house
is tilled with curious neighbors,and the
local physicians are much puzzled over
the case. It is said by the neighbors
that Mrs. Faste's mother once had a
similar experience ; that she lay in a
trance for many days, and when she
came to evinced a full knowledge of ev
erything which had gone on around her.
Terms, SI.OO per Year, in Advance.
Treatment of Slaves in Brazil.
About one fourth of the slave popu
lation In Brazd work in the cotton
fields. They labor from four o'clock in
the morning until twilight, stopping an
hour and a half for breakfast, and an
hour for dinner. The rest of the slaves
are carpenters, blacksmiths, machine
hands or irfirmary patients. Though
slavery still exists in Brazil, it is per*
haps less unendurable than that which
exists in certain other countries, inas
much as a good man has a chance of
getting on and ameliorating his posi
tion. lie may become a feitor, and
then he would have a separate place to
live in ; or he is put to work about the
bouse or garden, while the most intelli
gent boys are made to learn some trade
and often turn out good blacksmiths,
stone masons etc. At half-past seven
the bell lings to leave of! work. Until
nine they c IU do as they like ; then the
second bell lings, aud they are locked
in their quarters for the night.
On Sundays they cultivate their gar
dens. wisile the women waih clothes.
If any of them choosa to work on Sun
days, they get paid for it, while ou St.
John's day it is the custom to give a
small sum to each slave. Their food,
of course, is provided for them, and is
very simple, consisting of lodiau-corn
dour made with grease into some sort
of pudding. Feijon is also an article
of diet that is not confined to the
slaves, but is made in every household
in Brazil. It is a stew made of small
black beans, with plenty of bacon in it,
and sometimes the dried meal that is
imported from the River Platte.
In fruit the blacks are well off ; or
anges, bananas & pineapples grow wild
all over the country. Coffee forms
their beyer age,and on wet days or very
hot ones they are allowed the white
mm of the country. This rum is
made on the place from the sugar cane,
and is the drink that can be had pure
in South America. As the value of a
slave depends upon his good condition
the owner treats him well in self de
fence. But nothing can be said in fa
vor of slavery ; and it is gratifying to
know that even in Brazil it will soon
be a thing of the past, as by a law pass
ed in 1870 it was declared that after
the year 1871 the children of slaves
should be born free.
A LIFE FOR A CHICKEN.
Mrs. Webber's Boating Causes
Eddie Wood's Death.
The police of C.tmden, N. J., were
notified late last night that the lad, E
dward W. Wood, of No. 731 Liberty
street, had died from the effects of in
juries he received at the hands of a
Mrs. Marearet Webber last week. The
boy's father is a shoemaker and in poor
circumstances. In o/der that his son
might turn an honest p?nny to aid the
family finances the father allowed him
to drive the cows of his neighbors to
pasture. The lad had been doing this
for weeks, and night and morning had
passed the house of Mrs. Webber, a
German, who recently built a new
house in which to live on the Liberty
Park tract. The woman had become
acquainted with the boy, and, it is said
was in the habit of occasionally giving
him food. About ten days ago, in the
morning, young Wood stopped at the
house of Mrs. Webber. Iler chickens
had broken into the garden, and she
directed the boy to drive them out of
the inclosure.
Wood, boy-like, picked up a stone
and threw it at the fowls. The stone
was too certain in its aim, and struck
or.e of the finest of the (l)ck, killing it
Instantly.
Mrs, Webber was watching the per
formance from her doorway, and see
ing the slaughter of the hen flew into
an ungovernable passion. She picked
up a heavy stick lying in the yard, and
seizing the boy rained a shower of
blows upon bis head. Iler fuiy was
not exhausted until Wood fell uncon*
scious at her feet.
Some of the neighbors saw the beat
ing and cared for the boy. lie was ta
ken home and had several spasms, con
tinuing unconscious. Finally his rea
son tottered and he became a raving
maniac, requiring the assistance of sev
eral persons to hold him during his
spasms.
Mayor Pratt caused Mrs. Webber's
arrest, and she gaye bail in the sum of
SBOO. When the boy's death was re
ported at the City Hall last nigbt the
Mayor immediately ordered the wo
man's re-arrest, and she will be held to
await the action of the Coroner.
It was remarked at a theatre in New
York, the other night: "What a lot
of married people there are here to
night." "llovv can you tell they are
marrjcd ?" was the query. "Don't you
see ?" was the answer. "The men
don't do any talking, and there's hard
ly a corsage bouquet among the wo
men."
no. 27.
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STORY OP A BROKEN HEART.
The Real Reason Why Jamee Bu
chanan Remained a Bachelor.
A Washington letter to the Chicago
Neics say :
President Buchanan's love story* is
historic, and reads more like the con
ventional novel of fifty years ago than
plain fact. But it happened just as
tragedies happen eyery day that are
many times stranger than fiction.
When he was a poor young lawyer he
became engaged to Miss Coleman, who
belonged to one of the richest, staidest
and, it may be assumed, narrowest
minded and most burblind families in
Philadelphia. The Colemans by no
means approved of the match, bnt nev
ertheless the young couple became en
gaged. Mr. Buchanan was then prac
tising law in a remote part of Pennsyl
vania.and in those days of stage coach
es and sad Jle-bags correspondence was
liable to interruptions. Miss Cole
man's letters became irregular and
then stopped altogether. He wrote re
peatedly, but got no reply. At last he
determined to go to Philadelphia, but
at Lancaster the stage met with an ac
cident and Mr. Buchanan suffered a
broken leg. lie wrote again as soon as
he was able, but still heard nothing.
Laid up in a country tavern, in the
midst of a phenomenal snowstorm, for
six weeks, embittered bim, and he
wrote Miss Coleman a letter of fierce
reproaches, aud then wrote no more.
Now for Miss Coleman's part. Her
eminently respectable family from the
beginning intercepted all of her letters
and all of Mr. Buchanan's. She made
all the appeals to him a woman could
make, but she never had a line from
him after he left Philadelphia, except
the last cutting letter—and as, unfor
tunately, it contained nothing but his
renunciation of her, she could know
nothing of what bad preceded it. The
eminently respectable family were sat
isfied—the match was broken off by
means that would haye landed them all
in the penitentiary in these days. A
year or two afterward Mr. Buchanan
was in Philadelphia, and at a ball came
face to face with Miss Coleman.
Neither spoke; and Mr. Buchanan
paid marked attention to another girl
present. That night 'a young friend
who was staying with Miss Coleman
said to her, while the two girls weie a
lone in their room : 'Did you see Mr.
Buchanan's attentions to Miss ?
Now they might haye been yours had
you tecognized him.' Miss Coleman
began to sob violently. She would not
be soothed, and her friend, becoming
alarmed, called the family. Of what
next happened two accounts have been
given ; one was that she had taken
poison, and her sufferings afterward
came from that—but those who were
near her said that she was simply suf
fering from uncontrollable mental an
guish. Towards morning, when her
pulse had got so low that it was scarce*
ly perceptible, and her nervous excite
ment had changed into a profound stu
por, the doctors were sent for. But
she was past help. They never roused
her, and she died the next day of what
the doctors called nervous exhaustion,
but which goes by the name of a bro
ken heart. Then the truth came to
Mr. Buchanan's ears, and from that
day his bachelorhood was assumed.
Perished in a Burning Barn.
HUNTINGDON, Pa., July 7.— The
barn of Adam Baird, a farmer in Ger
many valley, near Shirleysburg, this
couuty, was burned yesterday evening,
and his little son, 7 years old, perished
in the flames. The mother saw smoke
issuing from the roof of the baru and
at once gave the alarm to her husband
and other men who were working in
the harvest field, by ringing the bell.
They could not reach the barn in time
to save it or any of its contents. It is
believed that the boy had matches with
him. and in playing with them caused
the lire, and that hs means of escape
were cut off.
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A Tramp Killed.
MIFFLINTOWN, Pa., July s.—Earn
est Iloffner, a tramp, was killed here
yesterday by Fast Line Express. He
stepped from a freight traiu directly in
front of the passenger train and was
horribly mangled and instantly killed.
Letters found upon his person showed
that he was a member of the Knights
of Labor, and also acquainted with the
Chicago Anarchists, who caused the
great riot in that city a short time ago.
A self-acting dynamite revolyer was al
so secured upon his person.
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