SPOTTERS ON RAILROALS. |
FOUND IN EVERY DEPARTMENT FROM |
{
|
Curious Complications When Spotters |
Unknown to One Another Cross Lines
Keeping Track of the Mental Attitude of |
Every Employee - Effects on Careers.
“Probably the most perfect spotter |
system achieved by any private cor-|
poration is that of one of the big East- |
ern railroads, which is to some extent |
modeled on the secret service system
of some of the European governments,
though no means so» complex. So
far-reaching and however,
are its lines of communication that the
president of the organization is him-
self kept constantly informed of the
trend affairs, and the changes of
sentiment among the employees of
division and of the
ilway system, and that with-
Ww of any other r-
special corps of
Nobody but
pers
wonderful service that he has pe
His drawn from
branch of operating
They ht
brakemen, p: ainmen, con-
ductors, signalmen, station
divis-
have a
by
80
direct,
Of
every subdivision
whole
out
8008
clerks
himself
the
fected.
every
the ledge
N
Pt
Wn
and secretar
4 wit +} .
“Rows Lh €
jes,
ntire mnel of
r=
agents are
the road's
staff. are engineers, f(reig
nger t
yardsmen,
rack walkers, and even
ion officials. Sheuld that road
strike—and strikes are far likely
to occur than they were the
present system was put into operation
~the president will have detailed
warnings from all the storm cen-
tres long before t mutterings
find cautious utterance fi: news-
papers. While it also ac
fense against thefts by employees,
this system is intended primarily to
prepare, so to speak, a diary the
disposition, character, working effi-
ciency and sentiments toward the road
of the men who constitute the vast
human machinery of the corporation.
The feeling which culminates in a gen-
eral strike is not the result of one act
alone, but growth made up of
many grievances, real or fancied. To
keep track of the shifting mental atti-
tude of his employees is the aim of
this railroad president. If a certain
division superintendent has made
himself unpopular with his subordin-
ates, information to that effect comes
underground wire’ to the central
office, and matter is taken u
advisement. If the newest fireman on
the road attempts to stir up discon-
tent by inflammatory talk his views
Soon reach the official ear. Every
leading spirit in the employees’ organ-
ization is known to the president, who
also knows whether, in case of
trouble, the man is to be reckoned upon
a8 a conservative or a radical. Some-
times this works out a man's CATOer
in a manner quite incomprehensible to
him. For instance. Night Watchman
Brown is shifted, without _ause that
he can fathom, from one division to
another. How should he know that
rumors of trouble in that division have
reached the presidential ear, and that
he himself, being down in the presi
dent's little
weight and a
tive methods,
act as unconscious agent
a dangerous tendency?
agents,
less
before
of it
¥ 1
the first
the
1
Yi “go « i
8 88 a qe-
of
a slow
th -
Lae I
der
book as
counselor INIOTVA-
bas been shifted over to
n}
& speaker of
of ¢
in checking
“Some of the admiring co-workers
of the head of this
in two minutes
lected funds of information he can un-
roll the family hist: of the wom
who washes the windows of Car No.
41144X, and tell wheather. in her e
mation, he hi 1
the down-trodden or
man.
“Where so many invisible lines rad-
late from the same office it is {nevit-
able that some of them should croas
Curious complications result from con-
tact between spotters zs unknown to
each other as they are to those whom
they watch. Several AgO, at
time of general labor troubles.
tain railroad zot no than five r
ports its confidential in-
forming them that an employee (who
was several degrees higher in the sa-
cret service of the road than
them, had but known
been making incendiar
This was true. Matters had s
themselves that the man
to appear as a radical
admittance to inne:
important
decided. To the chagrin of the author-
ities, they were obliged to transfer
him. Had they not done so the suspic-
fons of the men who make the reports
would have been aroused. That spot-
ters should know each other as such
is held to be highly undesirable. There
is always the chance that they might
work in conjunction instead of acting
as checks on each other.”"—8 H. |
Adams, in Ainslee’s. !
system declare that
fo . 3
relerence 1
to his col-
al
ati.
of
or :
gentie-
is
an
a perfoct
oppressor
years
a
a cer-
leas .
from men
they had
¥ speeches
accused
in order to gal:
ils where th
+
“©
questions would finally
fpoiled For Hard Work,
lost ‘both legs in an accident. He ap-
pealed to the Hungarian society. They
hadn't enough funds to Justify thew: in
devoting the price of two legs, $200, to |
one case, but they fixed the man up |
on crutches and set him to selling
lead pencils on a busy corner, They
told him to make what he could, and if!
he raised part of the price of now legs, i
they'd fit him out with the rest. In!
two weeks he made his $200. | know |
that to be a fact. He was a pitiful ob- |
Ject and quarters rained into his box. |
What's more, he has been selling pen- |
«ils ever since. He got his legs. Wao |
furnished them, but he was spoiled for
hard work. His friends got him a
place as cashier in a saloon at $10 a |
week, bit he held it down only a week
or two. The temptation to make more |
wmoney by less work was too much tor |
back to the lead pencil business. He
works at it in pleasant weather and
makes from $25 to $60 a week, if times
are fair. In the evening he puts on
his legs and enjoys life. They are a
sort of full dress costume for him, you
-New York Sun. i
MENIER'S ANTICOSTL
Millions Being Spent in Developing » |
. Lonely Island, |
When a man takes a bit of land |
that has remained idle and unproduct
ive since the world has known it—e
bit of land, say, of two million acres
or about three times the size of the
average European principality and
through the efforts of his brawn, or
brawn controlled by him,
into a garden spot and
good to the world in general, he
garded either as a man of commercial
instincts finely developed, or as a phi-
lanthropist. He may be both.
Henri Menler, of Paris, is both.
From the Island of Anti
ti, in the of Aw
rence River, anh
ically, the i
about 2,500 miles, but i
appearance l
trit
dal
sunny aud civili:
France; the
bound in Winter
There is no
taste in common
in the past few years the money, the
talent and the science of a son of one
have been poured for the benefit of
the other
In 1895 the n
of
it
source of
is re-
converis
0
a
France to
co mouth the St. L
far
distance botween th
is a Geogr
he
and various at
are antipo-
cheerful
Bello
ice-
gay.
fact,
drear,
i in
eq, i
La
: i.
other COQ,
In ttled
and almost u
purpose,
nse
no
yet
aflinity, no
be
veen the two;
out
ame Anticosti was bare
ly known to Henri Menier,of Paris. To
day Anticosti i: f his wak-
ing thoughts and of hig dreams.
In the of this island,
which stands like a monstrous tooth in
the mouth of the mighty St. Lawrence
knew only the footprints of occasional
oh
wai 2
} the subject
1855 shores
fishermen, of few settlers who
had ventured fortune along the sands;
to-day Anticosti a thriving |
town, built and on :
principles. Besides, quays and costly
breakwaters and Important canning
factories are to be found there.
Until five years ago no human being
had forced the woody barriers of the
interior; to-day the small rmy of
workers employed by Menier, the mod-
pioneer, is pushing steadily
ward, bullding roads, making clearings
laying the foundation of agricul-
iral prosperity.
Within five more than twe
millions of dollars have been expended
by Henri of this
island of the new world. In the same
period he has worked many hours each
day problem its
He has brought science andintelligence
and physical labor to bear upon the
question of its development, and where
he has sown dollars he intends to sow
hundreds, and where he has devoted
the brains and the strength of'w bats"
he intends to devote the
or
boasts
conducted modern
ern on-
and
ts
t
years
Menier for the benef
upon the of future,
talon
strength and the brains of a o¢
H. H. Lewis In Alaslee’s.
WALES AND OUR LIBERTY BELL
t Was Rescued From a Dirt Heap at Mis
Suggestion,
The Prince of Wales, during his visit
rescued the
heap and
which it now
2s Philnd
LO rr Uliag
Bell a
raised it to that positi
ccupies in
eiphia in 1860,
wl
fis bo rd ie
Liberty from qirt
on
tha
841
American people's
hearts.
ironical citizen conceived the
taking the Priace
to view the treasures whict
f wef $401 1
forcibi remis r of
Sone
§ ’
dea of to independ
Ha
are tae
America’s
try
The Pri:
men who
ence ii
most
defi” to her mother coun
ce saw the portraits of the
stirred up the rebellion, and
t bul
listlessly at then
nnments upor
ed with interest on the
the Declaration of Inde
he did flinch when
in his hands the swords
{ men who hewed down the flower of
progenitor's army
Finally he garret. This
was where the bell was rung when the
read, he was told
hen he wanted to know what had be
ome the They found it for
Fim with of their canes It
wis hidden beneath a mass of
shells, orange peels, waste
vaper and other debris.
No one seemed to mind what had
been discovered except the Prince of
Wales. He was apparently appalled
For the moment he forgot he was a
Briton; he gazed upon the poor eracked
bell that s.ad rung at a nation’s birth
and then he spoke the words that made
the American people see that they were
neglectful.
“This old bell”
iat
nplimentary «
AMIE “fre ry
manuscript of
nendence. and not
18 royal
caine to a
Declaration was
of bell.
aid
away
the
oye
aul
he said, “is the
being here, covered with
this accumulated dirt, i should occupy
pendence. It is to you what the Magna
Charta is to England. It is crached,
but it is an inspiration. Believe me,
my friends, it affects me more than
That was the renaissance of the Lib-
erty Bell. No more dirt was thrown
upon it. During the Civil War its
then when the Chicago
World's Fair began it was taken there
80 that men and women from all parts
of the world might see it. To-day the
Liberty Bel! is America’s greatest relic, |
and the Prince of Wales made ft 0,
Philadelphia Press.
———— A,
The London Athenasum recently
quoted a passage “from the Indianapo-
lis News, Chicago.”
Russell Sage's Maxims
Ont of every dollar earned
tenis. Save 75 cents If you ca
never less than 25.
Get up at a regular hour ove ry
Ing and work until the things that
before you are finished Don’t
what you huve in hand beca
o'clock
Be always have the
to tell the truth
Don't depend on others. Even if vou
have a rich father, strike out for your
self,
Cultivate
outset,
Learn
that |t
the
morn
ars
dro;
use i
honest; COouraoe
independence at th
very
the
of
whe
value
stands,
monument oo
money, Realize
n honestly
ns your value
Be
# wholesome
jealous of
our civie rights, Tal
affairs
but do not let polities or anvthing
with the ri
dut
made up of individunla
nt
interest public
gid administra
The
interfere
of your private
ja
and deo Don't
that you
with your
le clean do any
thing would be ashamed
discuss mot sor
Don't
Be ¢
Saturday
gain .
reugmspect in
your
syvening Post
Humor of Tommy Atkins.
What | anything else
his quain
last week
about a
He calls
khaki is
like as much as
about Tommy Atkins
humor. I had a letter
a man who had a gris
khaki jacket igsued to
it “kirkee,” but |
what he means. The “kirkee,” he says
bad in quality that {1
rips up, and “so thin that yor
could blow peas through it Another
man 8 aggrieved about some blantets
that have been issued, and » Tr
sents them as
iB
from
yance
him
that
EUeESs
is too BO
dear
easily
onre
“80 much worn that
YOu
can read newspaper through
Covered
a
by
peas through
through
day in khaki whic}
can shoot
with a blanket
read a news;
can hardly be
ter time
Truth.
and by night
You can
which
aper, poor Tommy's lot
i )
an enviable one
in
in India. — 1
I i400
win
@vyen i0n
A Pest in the Flour Mills,
The Mediterranean moth is giving a
flour mille
and Minnesota It
flouring mills, evidently
good deal of trouble in the
of Wisconsin
thrives in
feeding on
atl an enormous rate
flour 1d 1
Thus far ng effec
tive way has been found to get rid of it
The immature worms play havoe with
the machinery plant, weaving webs
the in
chutes
ia
machine
and various the mill, and
blocking operations. In of the
mills of Superior the moths got into
some of the wooden chutes, and fin
it was nocessary to take
and burn them. The moths are trans.
ferred from mill to mill, it
through Interchange of sacks and bags
Duluth millers are greatly
for fear that the moth may in some
way get entrance into thelr plants. In
deed, all the m
ern States will gu
the dust collectors
#
Ji i
one
out the chutes
is believed,
exercised
fille
ers
in the Northwest
aol vwietls 3 a
ard vigilantly against
such
alamity
a «
Photography in the Stomaeh,
Doctors have succeeded taking
photographs of the mucous me mbrane
the mach in the living
A stomach tube, sixty-six centimeters
long, with a diameter of eleven mi i
neters, is introduced, having at the
lower end an electric lamp and at the
upper end a camera. The stoma
first and washed, and then
distended with air. Then fifty pictures
can be taken in rapid su in
from ten to fifteen minutes. By rn.
ing the apparatus on its own axis all
parts of the mucous membrane can be
The photographs are about
the size of a cherry stone, but,
course, they can enlarged to
s
extent. —Practical Druggist
in
¢ :
of st subject
his
he
emptied
cession
tn
wu
pictured.
be
To Preach in Dutch orin English
The members of tl ‘entral
¢
ne {
formed Church of Sioux Centre
Re
lowa,
have been engaged
and
thaole
LE
n a bitter legal
controversy as to whether
should preach his sermons
or English faction
rch applied recently for an
res
in Dutch
i
in
One
to irain him
The applic
from
tition
the Judge belng of in
The
the
yy bringing a suit based
oii the theory that the Was re
quired by contract preach all
his sermons in English. The result of
this latter act known
eniod, opi
1
that be lacked
ne faction
desired result }
jurisdict
tried t
ion
then
0 gain
pasior
his to
ion is not
One in Sight.
“Could you tell me the meaning of
the word ‘cataclysm? he asked of the
street car passenger who was folding
up his newspaper.
“Are you going to ride two or three
blocks further?” was queried in reply.
“Yes, sir.”
“Then you'll see one. The conduc.
two streets past where she wanted to
get off already, and she'll wake up
soon and start a cataclysm that'll prob.
ably jump the car rightwoff the track!”
Washington Post.
May Be the Tallest Human Being,
The tailc:t living man is said to be
Lewis Wilkins, who is now arousing
on a
farm near St. Paul, Mion, in 1874,
When he was but ten years old he
measured six feet in height, and now
has grown to the tremendons height of
107 14 Inches—just threequarters of
less than nine feet—and
A Chicagoan sugkents hat it is » |
named |
Ruth.
NG AND Hi$ KIN.
EDWARD VII'S ERITISH ANCESTRY
OLDER THAN ELCLAND.
Dates Back to the Time When the Saxon
Part of the Island Was Still Known as
Saxony -Thirty-fifth Ceneration From
Egbert.
’ new sovereign of the United
Kingdom has selected to be known as
I'he
as he says by
Edward, a name borne,
| he
and
proclaimed as King
was
Edward
Edwards
six of his ancestors, ac.
ordingly
Vil. In
a3 his
that word
speaking of the six
he
original
a8 synonymous
“ancestors” of course, used
in its sense of pre
aoece i not
Oi, ant
th forefathers of
matter
four
{0 as a
ded from
rds, the fifth and
Ww i
only
name having
dward
than the
dating back
Saxon part of the
ill known as Saxony,
fact whi
his choice
of Edward
gives a peculls
of the
fing
wi
member of which,
Kent in the
"oo Bb a i
Egbert, in
family of Cerdic, a
Ealhmund,
eighth
Lor rule in
century s0n,
r of
Wes!
ast yeu
King of the
Year Bix
century became
and in
“King of
Ethel
that
anniver-
Saxons, the
first
son
the
England.” was
yo
wo re
and his son in turn
great Alfred mellennial
ary of whose
Was
the
death is to be commem-
From Alfred the
through Edward
Edgar, Ethelred
i
Edmund
orated next Octo
her
line of descent runs
the Edmund |
he
Then
iag
wa
rouside.
from the
{1 reign-
line of Ed-
did not reign, St
of
AWAY
rd who
Atheling, wh
the Seot
ife of King Malcolm 11] of
father,
by Macbeth
Margaret patron saint
land, and w=
. a
i
Scotian Duncan, was
and him-
in over-
Dunsinane
England
becomes
whose
who
the
murdered
avenged that
throw
Matilda, wife of Henry |
and Geoffrey Pl
the reigning line
thence pro«
Has i,
i! and 111
line One
of Gaunt,
John, Marquis
fort, Duke
Countess of
The
mund, son
ard. Duke
Duke
wa Vv
¥YII. Th
two
Thence it
self crime
of the usurper at
of
Anitagenet It
again in Henry 1l.and
Ling John
wards,
eods thro
and the I.
Then a dual
ough John
Lancaster.”
John
and Margaret
to Henry V
through
Edward 1[lI; Rich
York, a Rich
York, and King Ed-
to Elizabeth 2 of Henry
ina the first Wr reign the
3
Je
Dorset; Beau
of Somerset
lLichmond i1
% by ETE
Olaar runs
Prince
of
of gecond
of
rd
is
ara nunitad
are united
into a # line
cerds through
iv of
Mary
f England,
k of
Ernest
sing
Margaret
James
Queen of
Elizabeth
Bohemia
Augustus
pro
wife of Scotland;
v
Scots
rs dol
5ié
Jam
oth
&
’ * . ye
of S«¢ and Stuart
James |
King
wile
Frederic
of
Elector of Hanover
Ii of Engl:
Lewis, Prince of Wales: iil
3 England, Edward Augustus, Duke
of Kent, and Victoria, Queen and Em-
press
Edward VII {a thus in the
generation from Egbert, the
of England, though .he is the fifty-
eigh sovereign in the line. It will
be observed that many famous sover-
cigns are not among his progenitors
among these being Edward the Confes.-
all the Normans, Richard the Lion
Heart, Henry VIII, the two Charleses
and William and
includes members of i
Plantagenet, York, Tudor, 8 and
Hanover, and non-reigning Lancas-
triacs. In the Wars of the Roses it was
divided between the two sides. It has
been said that the name of Edward
will not be pleasing to Scotland. But
it is exceedingly doubtful that the
Scots of to-day cherish any animosity
on account of what occured six cen-
turies ago, especially toward a King
who is descended from their patron
saint, Queen Margaret; from Mary
Queen of Scots, and from other purely
Scottish sovereigns. The King's gen-
ealogy includes descent from the then
reigning houses of Scotland, France,
Bohemia, Aquitaine, Angouleme, Prov-
ence, Hainault, Castile, Denmark, Han-
over, Brandenburg, Anspach., Saxe-
Coburg-Gotha and Meckienburg-Stre-
Hitz. The non-royal English families |
of Neville and Woodville are also in- |
To such descent the King adds
matrimonial alliances of the most im-
portant and distinguished character, |
through which he is son-in-law of the
King of Denmark, brother-in-law of the |
King of Greece and uncle of the Bm.
peror of Russia. If to this we add that |
he is an uncle of the German Emperor |
it is apparent that in his kin, past and |
present, Edward VII enjoys a status |
wife of
Sophia,
I and
Frederick
George
nd
George
George
thirty
Lai
first King
fifth
th
sor
line
Mary. The
the Houses
t
of
wart i
in the world.~New York Tribune. :
SR —————— i
* i
The Tubercutous Londoner,
Every day the Londoner becomes |
more like those anlmals which hide in |
holes in the day and only come out at |
night, or those submarine creatures |
which come up to breathe at intervals, |
The business man runs after break |
fast to a “tube” which takes him to |
nis subterranean office In the city: he
funches in a restaurant below the sur- |
face, travels by the Underground to |
Charing Cross and back, and “tubes” |
home again, The tuberculous Cockney
as little of Pleecadilly and the Strand
to-day of the Tower or
Abbey. -8t, James’ Ga-
he does
Westminster
elle,
ns
ERASTUS HALL'S VOW,
Since His Sweetheart's Death, 35 Years
Ago, He Has Not Been Out of the House,
Erastus Hall is 65 vears of age and
lives in an old-fashioned dwelling fif-
teen mils west of Danville, on the Dan-
and Bpringfield turnpike, in
Washington County, and, as remarka-
ble as the statement m, he has
sed the threshold of his own
idence for thirty-five years, notwith-
standing he the
best of health, worn of wealthy
ville
may see
not eros
rot
has al
Hie
received
enjoyed
WAYS
was |
parentage and a substantial
His
aves be
many sia
education
Breat
the most
academic
father was
the }
owner of a
whom
8 at
cluded
Hall
man,
the
notable of
who
master
rion
is
r three terms in
of Washington County.
CATOOT school
of his
maiden of 16,
ai
other
Among students
nghter
ugaiel
beauty, ir
rosy-faced the da
farmer. Hex
pleasant
attention
of a wealthy
nocence and
and he became
d wi
tracted his
her
changes oceurred
infatuats th
many
But
t
fact was made known to
During the
father and
considerable
his
other
his mother both died
was
Among
#1 by him was
the old homestead of his mother, where
he has lived fa almost total seclusion
from the busy world the greater part
of his life The ding a char-
acteristic two-st log dwelling of
At either end of the
structure is a huge stone chimney, and
the length of
Towering evergreens of
years’ the
bot
Hl
and
property
as }
1 estate
inherit
share
of 1%
i 3
property hy §
buil
is
ory
ante-bellum days
extends
a porch
the f
entire
growth adorn
broad avenue t
LBTOa«
home
After
brothers
the
and
death of h
gisters
is parents, his
having married
States, he and
were left in charge of
moved
and
“Uncie Henry"
the
to distant
fine blue
property
"hough
his intense
the
fell to his lot.
years had
for Josep John-
schoolgirl, had not ceased.
He could no longer keep his love from
her knowledge
parents
and the
wet
and
over heart
that
several
Ove
elapsed
hine
son.
She reciprocated. Her
marriage
had been
she fell ill of fever
leaving her
The day following
to his friends
remainder of
in seelusion, and for thirty-
has not broken his word
permitted in his room
Henry and even
except at
consented to their
date for the event
when suddenly
soon afterward died,
broken
her he declared
iat he wonld
days
death
live the
years he
one is ex.
cept nelle he is
4
i
I admitted meal hours.
business of the large farm is con-
icted through colored man,
who is now in the neighborhood of 74
years old
The
a
the old
Playmates of long ago live within a
have not cast
half a cen-
of the hermit, but
for nearly
incinnati Enquirer,
eyes upon him
tury. —C
Where Artificial Limbs Are Made.
An artificial limb factory is rather
grewsome place. Appliances for every
of crippled leg or arm are
legs for hip, knee and ankle
amputations, for deformities, arms.
hands toes. In one room web.
bing and leather are being made into
supports and straps to fasten around
the shoulder or waist, or, as is often
done in a woman's case, to the corset.
Socks to be worn on the artificial feet
are also made in this room. Next door
is the wood shop, where willow and
basswood, carefully seasoned, are carv-
ed into the contours of natural limbs,
every leg and arm being different in
form, size and character from all
others, because each is moulded after
a special model, to suit the person who
is to wear it. Further on, these wood-
moulds are covered with tightly
stretched rawhide, which gives lateral
strength, and this rawhide receives an
enamel coating. In another room rub-
ber is being vulcanized and moulded
into feet and hands which are covered
with calfskin. The sponge rubber used
is lighter than wood, and absolutely
odorless. It is covered with water-
proof enamel and no change of temper:
ature less than 280 degrees can affect
it. In the last stage of the process the
leg or arm is set up, the parts put to-
gether and the springs and straps ad-
justed. New York Sun.
fingers
en
A Humane Conductor.
A workingman whose ragged clothes
hung about his frame in a manner that
suggested continuous hunger got on
the rear platform of a Third avenue
car early the other morning. He shuf-
fled nervously when the conductor
came back for his fare.
“Will you give me a lift, conductor,”
he begged, in a tone that was full of
supplication. “I haven't got a cent and
I'm looking for work. I've heard of a
job up in Harlem.”
The conductor looked him over care-
fully. He noticed that the man’s
clothes were clean, even though ragged,
and that his hands were still hardened
from his last job.
“1 don't believe you're a bum,” he
sald, as he rung up the fare, “and I
hope you get the job.”
“Heaven bless you, friend!” sald the
man, and he went in and sat down, for
his knees were weak from want of
food. ~-New York Tribune.
THE KEYSTONE STATE.
News Happenings of Interest Gathered
From All Sources.
SLEIGHING MISHAP COSTS LIFE
Party of Women Met With am Accident Near
Clarion and Mrs. J. B. Phillips Was Killed
~Officer Shot by a Tramp-Farmers In
stitete &f Plgeville~Historic Land Mark
Sold--State Printing Contract.
ful farmers’ gt
/ i
Mieeyille
discussed
institute way
iollowing
» of Farm
held
thie ey
Implements
Brodhead
TR
mt Soil
gramme
cinded
Is
Hat
iE
were
or
y jau at >eran
to obey an order
} to sgn a
in piece of prop-
contempt and
can
> deed
un
bids
res
judg
ng a sumber of old
» have been hidden by
mu of Mr
1
5 been found
acins believed
Nelson E. Wade
and Mrs. John McBride, ha
along the river 1 Newberry
Yhe MeBride occurred near
Linden in 1873 who com-
mitted the cri to his exe-
oncealed a bag
of money stolen from his victims in the
vicinity where the ns were found.
the rderer
JANK
AAS ard
ywaaqge,
ous
A 3
The German Portland Cement
Company, of Hamburg, Germany, has
closed another deal with J. J. Heintzel-
man and Johg J Nazareth,
for the Charles Mann farm, near Stock-
Friedensthal 1, which over
Years ago was a yravian station
for refugees, 1s included the sale. The
rompary will erect a | cement plant
en the property,
of
The contract for doing the
and binding for the State the next
years has been The lowest
was Milton H. Plank i Harris
his figures be ( cent
fixed
bidder was
State
and to
printing
ior
{our
der
burg
off the
lowest
the §
Er
awarded
John B
ery wagon, lies at St
Lancaster, at t point
result of a
was driving
steep grade the horses
sOme Ice an id. 7
ompletely
thrown
next
Ray,
being
prices
resent
off,
Brenneman, a driver of a liv
Joseph's Hospital
death, as the
dent. The man
down a
struck
wagon turncd
Brenneman was
of the
1CAVY
wagon
ae
14
weight
rabies whi
among the ¢
gt cattle and sheeg
several weeks ago has
Three weeks ago a
dog m M and then at-
tacked several cows ' dition to
Miller, William McDaniel and Lynn
Sprowls were bitten and both are in
i serious condition
While
and Grant Luther
roasting at jo
y Township
not been checked
bat
Willia
1"
sar
Fred
i 10 years,
nnstos
n front of a rapadl;
Young Luthe
himself off the
in throwing
Worntz was
dragged fity
ngled. Death was
cought und
yards and horribly
fantaneous
Mrs. J. B. Phillips lost her life by a
sieighing accident at Clarion. She and
seven other women comprised a party
started for Callensburg in a’ large
The sleigh was upset and Mrs
was internally She
to death before she reached home.
one year and ome previous to
er death Mrs. Phillips suffered a
Ins
injured
broken arm in a sleighing accident
Swift justice was meted out to a wife-
beater at Greensburg. Albert Bishop
blackened his wife's eyes and she made
information against him. The grand
jury found a true bill, he was tried an
hour later and in half an hour after-
wards was fined and sentenced to a long
term in jail,
George Herko was instantly killed by
falling from the roof of the new St
Mary's Academy, Scranton, a distance
of seventy feet. Herko was a slater and
while working on the rool it is sup-
posed he slipped and fell. No one saw
the accident.
Samuel Vandergrift, aged 20 years,
was arrested at his home in Chester and
held in $500 bail in connection with the
robbery of Charles G. Weber. Vander
grift accused a man named Maxwell and
admitted receiving from Maxwell $6
of the $53 taken trom Weber.
George and Milton Vanocker, two
youngsters, are the first victims of a
coasting accident in Pittston the present
Winter. While enjoying the sport on
Union Street hill they lost control of
their sled agd it dashed into an ap-
proaching car. Milton went under t
car and was caught by the truck. An
arm and one leg were broken.
The Commissioners elected last
Spring in Marcy, Plains, Newport,
Wilkes-Barre and Hanover townships,
five of the first class townships in that
county, have filed objections to the
nomination papers of all the candidates
nominated in those districts.
Colonel Anderson, on behali of Mr.
R. G. Southail, of Amelia, has present.
ed to the General Assembly a portrait
of Chiel Justice Marshal! as the gi
of the Rev. W. T. Roberts, of Williams.
burg.