I The rnrlolnn duelist who killed lit
mnn will probably be prosecuted for
crlniliiHl carelessness.
The skeleton of n ninfttoilon NO fort
long Is said to hnvo been found Intply
In our nrctlo territory. At liift otic
mny rpnllzo wlint In meant by the ex
pression, a "big thing on Ice."
They mny mil Mm ".Indus"' and
"Uruinmngpm .Too" nil they plpnsp, btit
tho Right Hon. Jospph Oinmbprlaln
urn-inn to hnvo the British nntlon pretty
solidly nt his hack, ntul In Just now
fppllng pnrtleiilnriy well.
Thp Chlcngo Tribune linn compiled
table allowing tho rhnrneter of the
wenpotiK need by women In several
hundred enses of nsNinilt niul buttery
which were brought to the attention of
the iniigrlstrntett during the past year.
A hypnotic liiHtltutlon In Chicago
rnlllng itself n Kchool of psychology
claims to otire merely by miggostlon,
nnd even 1 h to hnvo effected a
cure of n young mnn who had been for
two yours n vletlm of whut wiim sup
jioned to be mi Incurable aversion to
work.
A t'hlengo womnn litis been driven
mad by the noises of the streets, es
pecially the enlile-enr gongs. The won
der Is thnt the nuinlier of onsen of
tstnrk Insimlty from street noises Is so
Hiunll relatively to the number of eases
of nervous frenzy nnd nervous exhaus
tion whleh they prod nop.
A prize of 1NH) frillies has been
offered by n French society for the In
vention of a glove. Manufacturers of
kid gloves, however, nre not likely to
compete for the nwurd, us the glove
required Is one which will siifcgnnrd
plootrlonl workmen from accident, not
U dorn the hand of the American
woman.
Mr. Thomas Mornn, the celebrated
American painter, speaking for the ex
cellence of American nrt, declares that
when the rich American gets over his
desire for foreign paintings, the future
of American nrt Is nssured; for when
worthy work is In demand lit home
our nrt will develop Itself to the re
quirements. There Is not a Hue of en
deavor In which we have not ut home
better talent thun Is to tie found in
any part of Europe. This Is a fact
which will make Itself felt sooner or
later, when the new-rich will become
more conservative nnd not go off In a
mad raee ufter foreign rulnbows.
Trofessor Sturr of the Chicago uni
versity snys thnt people living on tho
American continent will In tho course
of ngos be so wrought upon by cli
matic nnd geographic Influences thnt
they will revert to tho aboriginal typo
and become Indians. This Is a pretty
. theory; but It probably does not take
into account the fact that people of
this era nre not compelled to eat ex-
cluslvoly what they rulse on their own
soil, and that their associations nre
not circumscribed by crude facilities for
travel. Railways and steamboats nre
vow bringing the various nntlounll
tlcs into such close relationship that
the probability of a universal nnd
highly developed typo seems stronger
than that of retrogression In separate
localities.
The most remarknble feature of the
western states, through the corn belt,
In winter, has been the Interminable
stretch of unused stalks, standing in
the snow, and liable In the spring to
t In the way of the plow. These
stalks do not easily rot, and there
Tore remain In the why of future
efforts of the agriculturist They are
more than a dead waste, they are a
hindrance. Millions of tons of this
material have been burned, or other
wise lost to human welfare. The
great agricultural discovery of the
closing years of the century Is the
fact thnt nil this material can be util
ised, every ounce of it. The shredding
machines silt it Into fine fodder, whlou
the farmers report Is not only well
relished, by cattle, but Is as good as
clover hay for horses and costly
mixed feeds for cattle. It Is not only
fed from the Holds, but is preHerved In
Hoe, and fed the whole year around.
It Is ns good a food for sheep as for
cattle, and lowers the cost of fatten
ing these animals nearly one half.
Rhreddcd corn costs uut above $2.75
per ton when stored. Bo the farmer
baa a new feed at half the cost of
bay, and almost unlimited In Its sup
ply. It Is made of one of the wastes
f the farm, at the same time convert
ing a nuisance Into a blessing. Ameri
can agriculture has a grand opening
before It as the old century passes
Into the new, reflects the New Xork
Isdependeut.
Trouble On Rebel Creek.
BY JAMES NOEL JOHNSON,
Author of "A Romulus In Kentucky,"
"One Little Girl in nine," Etc.
(Copyrighted 1500: Pnlly fttory Tim. Co.
I wag riding up Rebel Creek, in Hell
county, Kentucky, last August, when,
suddenly, there came to my ear com
mingled voices one passionately de
nunciatory; one of walling nnd plead
ing. Turning a sharp angle In the road, I
beheld a log cabin a short distance
ahead, hugged by a rail fence.
Before the door I saw an under
sized man, hopping up and down in
front of an over-sized womnn. There
seemed an Intimate relation between
the time of the leaps of the man and
the falling of a hickory in the good
right hand of the womnn.
"This will teach you, you deceptlous
dog, how tor put up another Job on n
pore, Innocent, motherless gnl; won't
It, eh? (Whack, whack). Wont It,
ch? I think sorter It will!"
Tho poor fellow, now with a wall of
agony, broke from the woman, and
ran toward the fence. She followed
like a maddened bovine, and, JuBt as
he reached the rails, her foot caught
him with a force that sent him spraw
ling five feet on the outside. He arose
JnHtnntly with an ngonlzed gronn, and
a whirl of dust down the road quickly
wallowcd him.
The Amazon gazed a second in the
direction he had gone with crooked
brows, then from her gtern lips broke
such a laugh of cold malignancy that
my blood was chilled.
1 started to ride on, but she shouted:
"Hold up, thar, stranger!"
I obeyed I feared not to.
"Mister," she Bald, fanning her hot
face with a calico sunbonnet; "that
wns my ole mnn, who, as you see, has
Just now picked up an' left me all
alone In the world.
"I want you to hear the cause of our
little rupture, for I don't want no lylu
tales to go out that 1 treated him so
mean he had to leave me. No, sir.
I'm a true, good woman who longs to
be a kind, lovln' an' gentle compan
ion. I was forced Into what I done.
I'm gentle ns dew in er morning glo
ry's throat, when treated right, but
people muBt not play no Bealy tricks
on mo." Here she lifted her apron to
swelling eyes.
"That thing come In here from Ten
nessee about a month ago. He sat his
deceptlous eye on my little home here,
my two milk cows, nnd three acre
crop of terbacker. He come to see me
every day or two, an' I soon seed thut
his love for my baked sweet taters,
butter nn' sweet milk was a growln'
violent In him. When I'd cut all my
terbacker, an' got it hung In the barn,
he proposed to me. I feared his love
didn't reach across the 'tater dish and
rich, sweet butter, an' so I tole him
No.'
"Then, Sal Patton a gal what's bin
a hatin' me all her life, Jlst cause my
pore ole dad killed her'n for informln'
on him this Sal Patton, I say, took to
goin' with him, an' she appeared to
lean to him like er sick kitten to a
hot Jam rock. Woman like, when I
seed my enemy so dead stuck on htm,
he appeared a heap purtler to me, an
my heart begin to whisper things that
my brain wouldn't listen to.
"One day a stranger stopped at my
house to rest an' git some water, an'
this thing happened to go by, leanln'
on Sal Patton's arm. The stranger
looked out, an' his eyes sorter bulged
when he seed the thing, an' he turned
to me an' sed: 'Ain't that Hon. James
P. Saddler, son of Judge Joe Saddler,
a wealthy citizen of Carter county.
Tennessee?' I tole him the thing
"I orept down through the thick brush,
Just as easy."
called himself Saddler, but I didn't
know about him bein' a son of er
wealthy Judge.
"'Well,' smiled the stranger, 'be is
Jlst who I thought. He alters was an
nriri chicken. He la the nrlrtn nf Tun.
j negBee, an' the pick of all the gals, but
! he waived 'em all aside. He sed the
gals wus only arter blm for his wealth
an' position, an' that he never intend
ed to marry no one that knowed of his
high station. He would go far, far
away, somewhere an' marry some poor
gal who could love him for himself
alone. Don't you say nothin' about
what I say, though, good woman. Let
him have bis way an' marry that gal
If she Is worthy of him an' she's a
line lookln' gal ef that's any sign of
worthiness no, sny ' nuthln' about
what I've sed, for it wouldn't be
treat In' him right, an' It would make
him angry at me for meddlln' In his
worthy scheme.'
"I pledged him my honor I'd say
nothin', an' he ent off. But be drop
ped a seed that found rich lodgment
In my simple. Innocent hoart. The
next day, the thing .come back, an'
staid for supper. He wouldn't hardly
taste none of my line baked sweet 'ta-
!,. '.X ) .
ters, and grainy butter. He'd sot tin'
roll his eyes about, here an' thar, an'
would slp.h like he was n deep misery.
Ho'd hardly look at me when he
knowed I'd see him, but from the tall
of my eye, as I swept about the room,
I cud see his eye was Jlst fairly eat In'
me.
"Finally, Jlst as dusk was beglnnln'
to creep up the holler, an' the chickens
begun to chat under the roostln' tree,
he cum up softly to whar I wus leanln'
over the banister, an' sighed mighty
heavy three times hand runnln'. Then
he cleared up his throat er time er two
an' sed: 'Gal, I love yel Oh, ye cudn't
have no Idee how my pore heart's a
hurtln. Once more I come back to
see ef ye won't take pity an' recon
sider your death sentence! Et ye
won't have me, I propose to Sal Pat
ton on the Ides of termorry. I like
"Won't It. eh?"
the gnl mighty, but, oh, my love, mj
biirnln', heatin' all-devourin' love 1
fer you, my sweet nil fer you.'
"Wnl, I turned terward him, an' h
read my honest, innocent eyes. Sa'
Pntton shouldn't have the dear little
man. His hunt fer a gal to love hire
for himself alone, an' not fer his nam
nnd wealth should bo rewarded.
"Wal, we spliced the very next day
Comin' home from Parson Smoat's
whar the knot was tied, we met Sa!
Patton. I sent a proud smile at her
an' she busted out In er giggle, an' Jist
kept It up till we rode out o' hearln',
I couldn't understand It then, but I dc
now, stranger.
'That night he told me the story th
stranger had. I tole him I was almosl
sorry he was great an' wealthy.
feared I would be away out of place at
a grand lady. He said, "No, my little
pet, you would adorn the palace of ei
emperor!'
"The next day he proposed that w
go back to hlg wealthy home In Ten
nessee. I consented, of course, an' h
commenced contractln' the sale of all
my stuff for ready money. He went
to town and contracted my terbackei
at a good flgger."
Here the poor woman brought th
apron to her eyes again, and held 11
there for more than a minute,
"Yesterday arternoon, I started out
to hunt one of the cows that had laie
out fer a night or so. I wandered ovei
the hillside, down to the road, but 1
couldn't find her. About a milt
above here, when, lookln' througt
a hole In the brush, I caught
sight of my husband an' a stranger
laughln' an' talkln' under a tree JIbI
across the rond from whar I stood. 1
don' know why, but strange suspicion!
come up in me when I seed 'era ther,
an' I crept down through the thick
bresh, Jist as easy till I got whar 1
cud see 'em plain, an' hear every wore
they spoke. The stranger was the man
who had stopped at my house that day
an' give my man slch a flno pedergree.
They was comparln' notes an' makin'
other plans.
" 'I will have all her stuff converted
Into ready money in ten days,' sed my
men thet thingthen 1 11 make an'
excuse to git off eth It, an" Jlne you
where you say.'
" "The gal I've got haltered,' said the
other, 'Is er high-toned sort of gal.
She's got lots of stuff. A monled man
don't catch her. Big family Is what
she's arter. Make me a grandson of
Robert E. Lee and the favorite nephew
of Stonewall Jackson when you ston
to boost me up. That will clinch her.
That will spill $2,000 In our pockets
the best pile since I got you married
to that Georgia wldder as the son In
disguise of Lord Lansdowne.'
"Well, sir, stranger, that kind o'
talk went on till It was plain as A, B,
Ab's the blzness they follered. I
never hearn of no slch er perfesslon
ueiore. mey worked tergether In
foolin' orphan gals an' wldders with
cash. One would go ahead an' spark
a gal, the other would toiler on In a
few weeks an' make the first out to be
slch a mighty man In wealth or sta -
lion as would make the woman fear
he mout die suddln, afore she cud git
haltered to blm! It was all I cud da
to keep from klllin' 'em both. I had
a pistol, an' I Jist had to worry, In
prayer, that the Lord would make the
cup of murder pass. Ilt passed, on' 1
sed nothin' till this morning', and you
hearn enough then.
"AH I want is that you will not go
off an' tell that I'm a cruel-hearted
woman. An I know you can't think 1
doue much wrong arter all I've tole Ve.
Wasn't it enough to rile me, gtrangerl
Wal, I arter be thankful any how. My
property ain't sold, thank God! an"
I've learned sumthln". No more wealth
an' greatness In d!snuine for me! Ole
Wldderwer Jim Stacy will do. He'i
got a good farm, lots of stock, an' a
big, lovln', honest heart, ef he does
wear No. 13's on his kidney feet."
., ,
Some men are always wantlns Deo.'
pie to tell them how good-looking the thu suddenly enriched? In the opin
are. but a woman will stand up In ,on 01 mny. the outlook Is not bops
front of a mirror and see tor bcrselt Conditions at present are la a
RICHEST OF ALL SAVAGES
COMING DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH
IN INDIAN TERRITORY.
Th Work of the ComintMlon Thnt Is Be-nrg-nnlllng
Its ttoverfiment-l.i1lri nnd
Money Are to lie Dlvl.lrrt Among Five
Tribes Row the Onttnok U Viewed.
Affairs In the Indian Territory are
now In rather a chaotic condition In
consequence of the reorganization of
Its government, which Is in progress.
A commission made up of three mem
bers with 300 assistants is now en
gaged In making up the final roll of
the Indians of the different tribes, ap
praising their land and placing them
on their allotments. By Jan. 1, 1901,
this work will have been finished and
the Indians will be ready to take out
their naturalization papers ns citizens
of the United States. To bring this to
a conclusion has involved many years
of labor and the expenditure of
000,000.
"So long as grass grows and water
runs," by the terms of this nation's
promise made In 1832, the Cherokee,
Creeks, Scmlnoles, Chlckasaws and
Choctaws were to have for their own
this tract of land known as Indlnn
Territory. So the Five Tribes set up
their government, each holding to Its
own tribal formB. There was not even
an Indian Commissioner sent to keep
more or lets pnternn) guardianship
over them. But the whites came In,
Intermarried with the squaws, cheated
the easy-going and Indolent full-bloods
and gradually gained control of the
government. Then the United States
Government stepped In to limit the
power of the whites and preserve the
rights of the Indians.
Despite disabilities imposed upon
them, the whites kept pouring In, and,
as their number Increased, they so ve
hemently demanded recognition that
the Government decided on a readjust
ment In the Interest of all concerned.
The advances of the commission first
appointed to visit the Five Tribes In
1893 were slow and halting, though
well planned. For throe years they
could do nothing but ride over the
Territory and meet the leading In
dians, who promised to do much, but
never did anything. Then they sent
out the report that the Indians were
harboring outlaws who committed
crimes in other States, that the full
bloods were belns deceived as to the
real intentions of the United States
toward their government, and the half
bloods, who at that time had control
of the affairs of the Indian govern
ment, were using every means to
thwart the purposes of the Commis
sioners, nil of which was true.
Congress replied to this appeal by
delving into the treaties with the In
dians and there finding a clause where
by it could deprive the Indian courts of
their Jurisdiction whenever It saw fit.
Certainly now was the opportune time,
and an act was forthwith passed. The
Indians squirmed and the full-bloods
threatened to rise. Some of the old
full-blood Judges refused to quit their
benches, but Anally they learned it was
; 0f no we to kick the act would be
carried out. Other drastic measures
were suggested by the commission, and
the Indians began to make overtures.
Little by little, they were persuaded
to the steps which have led to the
abolishment of the tribal rule. Though
comprehending fully that the change
would accrue greatly to thplr Individ
ual advantage the Indiana held tena
ciously to the traditions of the tribes
and surrendered them only when they
saw the new movement Inevitable.
When the division is made those who
have fought so hard and so loud
ngainst it will be probably the richest
savages In the world. The country
which will be parcelled out among
them Is larger than the State of South
Carolina, and of great beauty and va
riety. Most of the soil Is very fertile.
The water supply Is ample. A bolt of
; splendid oak forest thirty miles In
I . . . . .1 1. . . T- I . - n .1
width runs through the Territory, and
' many other valuable woods are found
there. Rich pasture lands afford fat
grazing for thousands of sheep and
cuttle. Two million dollars' worth of
coal was taken out of Indian Tcrrl
tory last year. It Is estimated that the
products of the soil for the year 1898
amounted to $6,000,000. Besides these
things, petroleum In large quantities
known to He beneath the soil and
I valuable veins of lead and sine are
Indicated by rich outcropping which
have never been mined. A fine climate
and beautiful soenery make this coun
try one of the garden spots of the
nation
I All this goes to about 87,000 Indians,
19,998,836 acres being divided about
: equally among the different tribes.
There are Indians and freedmen (ne
groes whose ancestors were or who are
themselves freed slaves of Indians)
who have head rights In the different
nations as follows: Cherokee freed
' men, 4,000; Cherokees, 30,000; Dela
, wares having head right in Cherokee
nations, 1,000; Creeks, 10,000; Creek
freedmen, 6,000; Choctaws, 16,000;
Choctaw freedmen, 6,000; Chlckasaws,
7,000; Chickasaw freedmen, 6,000; Bern
Inoles, 3,000. The Cherokees have in
vested or lent to the United States
$2,635,000. The Creeks have IZ.OOO.OUU
thus lent, the Chlckasaws il.sus.uuu,
the Choctaws $546,000 and the Semi-
noles $1,600,000. It Is estimated by
Tarns Bixby, chairman of the Commls-
sion to the Five I noes, tnat eacn
Cherokee citizen will get 120 acres of
land of average value as bis allotment,
the Creeks will get between 160 and 200
acres, the Semlnoles about 160, the
Chlckasaws and Choctaws about 600
seres each. Besides this land they will
"et equal shares of the Invested funds
which are to be paid to them Just as
i soon as they nave an selected ineir ai
lotments.
What will become of these Indians
chaotic state, and It does not seem
likely that living conditions will Im
prove when the Indians own the Ter
ritory. Towns with a population of
five or six thousand people have no
sidewalks at all and no roads worthy
of the name. After a heavy rain busl-
ness Is practically suspended. The
buildings are of the flimsiest character.
In the farming districts the Indians
will not Improve their farms, because
they have no positive assurance where
they can take up their allotments. Few
of the full-bloods send their children
to school.
At present the whites, of whom there
are 300,000 In the Territory, have prac
tically no rights. They cannot own
land, and prior to a recent decision
they have not even been allowed to
own houses or stocks of merchandise,
so that any white desiring to do busi
ness must do It under the nnme of an
Indlnn or of an Inter-married citizen
having Indian rights. Many whites
married squaws, thus obtaining tribal
rights, and the half-breed children of
these unions are the most Intelligent
and progressive members of the Indian
community. Others paid the monthly
tax of 60 cents and hired out to the
indolent Indian farm owners or store
keepers, accumulating money by in
dustry.
It Is from this class thnt the danger
to the Indians portends. These whites
know the value of the lands. They have
or can get money. As soon as the In
dlnn takes up his allotment It la his
to do with what he pleases. There Is
little doubt that In most cases, as re
gards the full-bloods, who mnke up
abotu one-third of the total Indian pop
ulation, they will sell out to the whites.
It Is generally predicted that they will
sell out almost in a body, and emi
grate to Mexico to find a wilderness
wherein they can rear another edlflce
of trlbnl mismanagement, while the
half-breeds will remain to become citi
zens of the new State that will event
ually be made out of Indlnn Territory.
Wily follows are these half-breeds, who
well understand the value of what Is
coming to them. Far nnd wide they
have roamed, prospecting for lead,
zinc, eoal and oil nnd their discoveries)
they have kept secret, with a view to
gelling their allotments where these
treasures lie. Then when local or
Eastern capital comes with money In
both hands the half-breed will be In a
position to get about what he asks.
Tourists from the East visit Indian
Territory rnthcr expecting that wild
Indians, clad in blankets and gorgeous
paint, will be found hanging around
the town and railway stations and
avidly eyeing the scalp of the paleface
invader. Instead one meets a race ot
dark-skinned people, some highly edu
cated and glad to meet you, others a
little stubborn with the deeply imbed
ded hatred of their race against the
whites, but all far above the blanket
Indian of the reservation.
They come quietly and peacefully to
the enrollment places, making of the
enrollment days a sort of picnic. Most
of them, even the full-bloods, wear the
dress of civilization. One of the men
who will became a citizen of the United
States Is Zeke Proctor, a Cherokee and
a bad Indian. Several years ago he
killed seven men near Westvllle and
shol the deputy marshal who tried to
arrest him. As a rule the full-bloods
are docile, and even kindly, but they
have not the ability or energy of the
half-breeds, and It Is probable that they
will soon become extinct. At present
the Five Tribes are the plutocrats of
tho American Indian race. What they
will be after they have come into their
full heritage Is a problem upon the so
lution of which may depend the Gov
ernment's treatment of all Its other
wards. Should this scheme of natural
izing these Indians prove a success. It
may bo repented with other tribes.
New York Sun.
Work of flol.
Men in largo cities either do not
marry nt ull or wait until Into In life.
This Is tho reason why people In small
towns ninrr." young. Two peoplo com
mence got g together. Within a month
the gossips begin commenting on what
a nleo cotiplo thoy nre, nnd predicting
that thpy will ninrry. Thlugs drift
nlong this wny until the gossips be
come Impatient, and then they begin
abusing the man, and say that he Is
Just fooling the girl and will cast her
aside. The girl hears this, tells her
lover, and suggests that they marry.
The man gets mad at the gossips and
mnrrles the girl. Marriages are not
made in henven. They are mndo by
the gossips In a sma'l town. Not one
mnn In ten wants to marry. The aver
ago mnn is In love with his liberty, in
dependence and Inck of responsibility,
so if the girls want to mnrry they may
consider the gossips tholr faithful al
lies. Early (Iowa) News.
A Trolley In the Straits Settlement,
The Sultan of Johore has come un
der tho mysterious Influence of the
American trolley, and, like all other
civilized nnd uncivilized rulers who
have made Its acquaintance, be at
once sought to enlighten his country
nun. As a result be bns placed an or
der with an A merlon u firm amouutlng
to nearly $1,000,000 for nn elootrlo
street railway equipment, complete In
every detail. This rond Is Intended for
Johore, a native Indian principality,
situated iu tho extreme southern por
tion of the Malay Pculnsulii nnd separ
ated from 'tho Auglo-liidlun city of
Singapore In the Straits Settlements
by ouly a narrow strip ot land. The
acceptance of the order, says the Elec
trical Review, carries with It the In
stallation of the road and the trululug
of the Malays lu Its operation and
matutenunce.
All Australiuu race courses are oval,
and from oue nnd a quarter to one nnd
a half miles each In circumference. ,
The wedding ring always fits the
hand of fate.
KEYSTONE SIMt" Ml GONDEtiSED
PENSIONS GRANTED.
Tramp Sues s Railway Company (or Dsmsges.
Boyt Capture a Wild Cat Dyna
mite Crtatci Havoc.
Last week pensions were granted the
following persons: Thomas P. Steph
ens, Indiana, $6; Catherine Campbell,
Rochester, $8; Henry Veon, Beaver
Falls, $6; Isaac B. Rice, Zelienonle, $6
Benjamin F. McClure, Burgettstown,
$13; Ransford P. Robinson, Kvani City.
SlO! lohn vv ll.irlirr M iltlmhurcr Sin
Henry Kccd, New I'lorcm-e. $12; Ho
ard Kerr, I-oxbnrg, $ 14; Rcgina J
core, Penfield, $u.
An epidemic of diphtheria at Brie-
ruill, IIIC III' llltllUll.ltlMTlUK IIJWI1
the Allegheny river, has caused the
closing of the public schools at tint
place. Two children have died recently.
I.indsley Miller, a colored man, w.is
killed at the stone quarry of R. L. Hal
lam & Suns, on Brady I f ill, near Wash
ington. Twelve stirks nf dvn'iiml wpm
being thawed by a hrc and one
menced blazing. Miller picked
and threw it down, when the
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twelve sticks exploded, putting out both
of Miller's eyes, taking off his right arm
and leg and crushing his bead.
Pierce Wagner and Arth.ir Roberts,
two 14-year-old boys, with their dogs,,
captured a wildcat in the woods near
Bellcfontc. Their only weapon was a
sling shot, and the animal was only
brought down after a running fight of
over a mile. The cat measured three
feet six inches, and had claws two
inches in length.
Stephen Kozlowski, a tramp and a
patient in the Butler hospital, has be
gun suit for $ jo.000 damages against the
Pittsburg ami Western railroad. He
claims his left leg is paralyzed as a re
sult of being struck on the hip with a
mace by a special railroad officer who
was putting him off a freight.
At Willitsbarre William Schacffcr,
a notorious young criminal, escaped
from the custody of the deputy sheriff.
Schacffcr has just been sentenced to
three years in the eastern penitentiary
for burglary, and while the transfer was
being made at the jail door Schacffcr
slipped away. fti
An explosion of dyn;i"c at the ex
cavation for the new reservoir at Drift
wood, killed Foreman Herman Smith,
of Reading, and injured a dozen others.
A man named Noll was most scriomly
hurt. Smith was thawing the dynamite
when it exploded, blowing him to
pieces. The whole town was shaken.
Mrs. Susie Anderson, wife of John
Anderson, a well-known carpenter of
Harmarvillc, gave birth to triplets, a
boy and two girls. Mrs. Anderson is
44 years 01 age, the mother of eight
children previous to the addition to ilie
family. The babies are all doing well
and aggregate a weight of 18 pounds.
The iron furnaces, known as the Pow
clton furnaces at Saxton, Bedford coun
ty, which have been idle for the past 10
years, have been rebuilt and put in first
class condition, sold to a company of
capitalists and will be put in operation
under the name of the Saxton Furnace
Company.
The varnish works and tank storage
of the Jamestown Paint and Varnish
Company, limited, were totally destroy
ed by fire Friday afternoon. The build-
" .vim nut, ,,i an hlic v-H (i.,tlliu.
The loss will exceed $,jo,ooo, with no
insurance.
Henry Douchamp. manager of the
Brownsville Window Glass Company,
has submitted a proposition for the lo
cation of a 24-pot tank window glass
plant at Charleroi. The company ask
lor a free site nnd agrees to enipluv
from 125 to 150 workmen.
The following fourth class Pennsyl
vania postmasters have been appointed:
Bishop, Washington county, Patrick
Henry; Carr. Butler county, Mary A.
Dunbar; F.agle Rock, Venango county,
Peter L. McCrea; Summit City, Mc
Kcan county, Ida Coulter.
Arrangements have been completed
for free rural mail delivery for most of
Beaver county, including Brush Creek,
Duluth, Harsliavillc, Holt, Frankfort
Springs, Hookstown, Black Hawk,
Shaffers, Barncsvillc, Love, George
town and Boync.
An Italian employed on a pipe line
trench near Waynesburg, picked up a
stick of dynamite. It went off in ni
hands, and his eyes were blown out,
his nose torn off, his jaw badly torn and
his tongue cut in two. He was taken to
a Pittsburg hospital.
The will of W. F. Brinker, of Greens
burg, makes the following charitable
bequests: To St. Paul's Orphan home.
Butler, $1,000; Theological seminary of
the Reformed church at Lancaster, $1,
000; Westmoreland classes, $500; Sec
ond Reformed church, Greenshurg, $600.
The plant of the Hughesville Furni
ture Manufacturing Company . nt
Hughesville was burned with its valua
ble machinery and a large quantity of
manufactured goods. The loss is $75,
000. H. S. Shaffer, of Big Beaver town
ship, Beaver county, has been awarded
1 $100 judgment against William Petrie
for the killing of a coon dog. Petri?
shot the dog on his own farm as it was
following its owner across a field.
James E. Kitson, formerly one of the
proprietors of the Kitson stock farm
near Chestnut Hill, and a son of Com
modore Kitson, of St. Paul,- committed
suicide by shooting himself with a Win-
cnester rule.
Walter, son of Prof. A. D. Colecrove.
of Corry, Pa., accidentally shot by Burt
Judd, died of his wound. Fears are en
tertained for Judds sanity.
The Westmoreland Law associa
and the county commissioner
again appealed to court for a r
house at urcensburg.
As a result of the election
been filed at New Kensingt
Morrison and U.G. ArmstJ
Lemuel Strasser, and L.
again Morrison and Arms
mg interference with elec
An abandoned mine un
ville caved in, carrying dl
Wlntmorc, who was talkuit
panion on the street. Vi
dug out, bruised but not
jured.
The date for the executi
Fleming, of Indiana con
fixed for January 10 nexty
ot Washington county,
cd from November ao
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