Spain In preparing to get together
navy again. But thin time It will
be the sea force of a vory minor
power.
Even John T). Rockefeller has his
financial trouble. Inittead of Stand
ard oil paying 150,000.000 in . divi
dends this year it pays a paltry
148,000.000 only.
Klghteen states anil one territory
ow have valued policy laws that la,
laws requiring fire Insurance com
panies to pay the face of the policy,
no matter what may be the actual
value of the property burned.
Although the Berlin experts ad
mit that American coal Is superior In
quality to that imported from any
other country, still the German col
liery owners hope to get the govern
ment chemists to report thnt It Is
full of disease germs and subject to
exclusion like American pork.
An attempt is being made to re
form the Mexican army, teaching the
ofllcers to stay by their men in an
engagement, Instead of seeking a
secure place when danger is encoun
tered, and the men to fire from the
shoulder, instead of from tho hip.
President Diaz nlso intends to have
his army provided with the best mod
rn arms.
Speaking of Indian summer, a
down-easter Is quoted by the Ports
mouth (N. H.) Chronicle as saying:
"The Indian summer comes In No
vember, usually the first week. It
got Its name from coming so lute
In tho autumn thnt the shiftless red
man could accomplish his tardy hunt
ing and crop gathering in season to
be ready for the first snows when
they fell playing the limit, I might
say." This will answer for time and
reason until a better guess is given.
It Is rumored in Europe that King
.Victor Emmanuel of Italy desires to
Introduce tho American cabinet sys
tem Into his government, In addition
to the European syntem of responsi
ble ministries, anf Is determined to
have a privy council which shall be
answerable to him alone. In order
not to violate the Italian constitution,
which makes the ministry the sov
ereign's sole official adviser. King
Victor will make his new council a
sort of "kitchen cabinet."
The government of New Zealand
last year paid out about $,ri0,000 for
freezing the butter Intended for ex
port. As the process cost three
eighths of a cent a pound, they must
have exported over 13,000,000 pounds.
Next year they propose that the farm
er or shipper shall pay one-hnlf of
this cost, that they may use the
money to promote agricultural ox
ports In some other way. They think
that the farmers now understand so
well the need of freezing butter that
they will not be unwilling to pay at
least half tho cost of tho process, and
their exports of dairy products are
expected to Increase.
Taking the recent developments In
the Castcllane case as a text, the
Philadelphia Tlme3 presents a sevore
class arraignment, concluding: "It Is
American women who had opportu
nity for culture anuV for the most
genorous philanthropy that so beau
tifully adorns American womanhood,
who have brought reproach and
shame upon the better women of this
country. They make marriage a
mere matter of commerce, and grasp
the empty baubles of foreign titles,
thinking themselves thereby honored,
when they sacrifice the last vestige
of self-respect, the respect of the
country and of the world, and all the
sanctity of borne life where woman
Is grandost In her offices and achieve
ments." Any one who has had the pleasure
of being greeted boisterously by an
Affectlonato Great Dane can Imagine
what a powerful aid he would be to
highway robbers. If only some of
them were sharp enough to put one
to such work. It has finally been done,
and, of course. In I'urla. There is a
gang of footpads In that city which
has been causing much trouble. Its
modus operandi was simple, but very
effective. The leader of the gang
owned a huge Great Dane named
Turk. Turk would be taken out In
the evening with his pals, and when
the victim came along ho would Jump
at him. Of course, the victim would
go down In a heap, and moreover
would be scared to death, although
the dog would never bite him. While
down and half unconscious with
fright, tho gentlemen who owned the
dog would clean out his pockets. This
Is a great Improvement on the load
pipe or sandbag, because none of the
victims suffered except from fright
and loss of his money and valuables.
HARRY'S CABINET.
BT MAHJORIB BURNS.
"What In the world does ail this
mean? Are you a summer Santa
Clans, Harry?"
Mae Thorndyke's dark eyes added
their laughing Inquiry to this ques
tion as she glanced from the thick
packages, thin packages, and pack
ages of every size, shape and color
that strewed the grass at her feet to
the handsome boy, who had Just tum
bled them from his bulging pockets.
Mae was the prettiest teacher that
ever queened It In a country school
house, and she was Idling away one
of the last sweet afternoons of sum
mer vacation In the apple orchard
when Harry Freare, her fellow-boarder
at the brown farm house on top of
the breezy hill sought her with his
bulging pockets.
"My exchanges," he explained, sur
veying tho packages at Mae's feet
with an air of proud possession.
"You know my offer of exchange
enme out In Golden Days a little
whllo ago 'Petrified wood from the
Indian Territory for miscellaneous
curiosities.' A stnr-flsh, a sea-urchin,
a piece of tho Atlantic cable," he
continued, keeping up a running com
mentary as ho unwrapped each pack
age. "And here's fun!" he ex
claimed, as he finished reading n let
ter. "A Boston boy wants me to get
hira a tomahawk from some of the
nelghlorlng tribes of Indians, nnd to
tell him about some of the buffalo
hunts I've had. The idea of buffaloes
and Indians In Southeastern Knnsas!
I haven't done with thnt boy yet,"
he concluded, mysteriously, as ho
went away to arrange his curiosities
In the empty cabinet, which was a
late birthday present, and the motive
of his sudden craze for curiosities.
heft alone, Mae took up the zephyr
that was dancing Into pink foam un
der her swift fingers, and tried to
fix her attention on tho volume of
Rossottl; but tears came thronging
to her eyes, and at last she gave up
all attempts at self-control, and bow
ing her golden had on her folded
arms, sobbed unrestrainedly.
A single word Is sometimes the
key that unlocks a whole world of
recollections, and "Boston" had been
that word for Mae.
The past came surging back upon
her the golden pnBt of two years
ago, when she was one of the hap
piest girls In Boston, with a brother
In whom she, at least, could see no
fault, and a lover whom all the world
agreed in calling as manly and honor
able a fellow as ever lived.
Then the crash came. John Thorn
dyke had speculated with his em
ployer's money, lost it, and on the
eve of exposure had cut the dark
knot of Impending fate and his own
thread of life at one stroke.
It was only one more Item In the
lengthening list of crime and suicide,
but It changed the face of the world
for Mao.
She slipped away, severing all con
nection with her old life; and for
two years had been teaching a little
prairie-school, near which an old
nurse of hers lived, at whoso homo
she boarded.
"Dear old Phil, with his heart of
gold, I am so glad he was traveling
In Egypt when I went away, for I
know he wouldn't havo given me up
If wild horses bad been tearing me
away from him; but I lovo him too
much to stain his name with my
brother's disgrace, and ho shall never
know where I am hiding," she said
to herself, with loving resolution, as
the storm of sobs abated.
"Is that boy gettin' crazy, I won
der?" said Mrs. Dean, taking an ap
potlzlng peach-tart out of the ovon
one Saturday morning, and looking
from the open window at Harry
Freare, who lay on the grass-plot
rending a letter, and bubbling over
with suppressed merriment. "He
never seemed overly fond of wrltln'
till about a month ago, and now he's
always scribblln' and chucklln' away
to himself, and mumblln' a string o'
stuff about Injuns and buffs lers, and
yallcr-halred gals. Do you think his
brain can be a littlo mite teched?1
she Inquired, anxiously, of Mae, who
was whisking a dozen eggs Into the
airiest yellow froth.
"remaps ne has been writing a
story, and has Just received a letter
of acceptance from the publisher,"
laughed Mae, as a wild, exultant yell
rang out, and Harry rollod on the
grass in a paroxysm of mysterious
delight.
"See hero, now, sir, you've JuHt got
to tell us all about this! Air you
crazy, or hev you got a fit, or hev
you been wrltlu' a story?" demanded
Mra. Dean, swooping upon Harry
and tugging him Into tho kitchen
"It's the greatest fun I ever hud
and I'd have '.old you and Miss Mae
all about it, only I was afraid you'd
want me to stop. You remember the
Boston boy who war ted me to get
him a tomahawk?" queried the mirth'
ful culprit at the bar of justice, as
be faced Mae. "Well," he continued
as she nodded, "I ve beon writing
bim the greatest string of stuff you
ever heard about the Indians and
buffaloes, and of course I bad to have
a pretty girl in my yarn, so I took
you, and wrote him a lot of stuff
about your riding ovor the prairie,
witn your hair flying loose, and Jumu
lng six-foot fences, and said that the
Indians called you Sunsblne-of-the
Plain. Well, the Boston fellow takes
It all In; but the fu-inlust of all the
thing that I was roaring so over, out
on the grass. Is that a boarder of bis
mother takes it ir, too. Jim that
the Boston folio" -has bean telling
1
him about my letters, and gave him
the one to read where I wrote all
about you. Well, the upshot of It was
tho boarder made up his mind to go
West In a hurry, and Jim thinks he's
fallen In love with you, and Is com
ing out to propose. Maybe that's
him now," Harry suggested mis
chievously, as a determined knock
Bounded on the half-opened door.
8o the exclamations, reproofs and
laughter that Harry's story had
called forth were hushed, and the
stranger bade to enter.
He appeared to bo a fine-looking
man, so far as his features were dis
cernible through the catnract of red
whiskers that overflowed his face,
while a pair of enormous green spec
tacles ctncealed his eyes.
Ho wore a huge Panama hat, lined
with green, and carried a small wood
en box and a geological hnmmer.
"If you lend me aha! vat you call
him a tin-cup, If you plense, goot
lady get mo some vater from your
veil," he said, bowing elaborately to
Mrs. Dean.
Water? No, Indeed you shall
have milk!" said Mrs. Dean, her hos
pitable soul in arms, as she waved
the stranger to a chair.
And she brought him a brimming
goblet of milk and a fragrant slice
of gingerbread.
'You vas so goot and your home
vas so lofely, all covered up mlt
ruses! It must be so sbveet In the
mornings to hear the leetle birds
sing!" ho murmured, gratefully, sip
ping his milk and staring senti
mentally at the late-climbing roses
thnt thrust their pink faces In at the
window.
"Law, what a nice man!" said Mrs.
Dean, In an appreciative aside. "Now,
my Joshua don't know a rose from a
cabbage, and don't care a mite more
for a bird than he does for a June
bug." The stranger was evidently encour
aged by this admiration, and held
out a card, bearing the name, "Herr
von Schneltzenberg."
If I could lodge at your lofely
home!" he pleaded. "I hnve vat you
call him? references, and I vould be
out all the day, looking for fosseels
In your coal-mines."
"Oh, let him come!" begged Harry.
'As he's a geologist, he could help
me label my specimens."
What do you think about it, Mae?
He might have the north room," sug
gested Mrs. Dean, who had taken a
great fancy to llerr von Schneltzen
berg, and, besides transplanted Yan
kee matron thnt she wsb she was al
ways ready to turn an honest penny.
So the bargain was sealed, with
the stipulation that Mrs. Dean should
be allowed to call her boarder Mr.
Smith. "For if I called you thnt
name every time I spoke to you I
shouldn't have any time left to do tho
work," she said.
Toward sunset Mae was sitting on
the front porch making somo prepar
ation for the next week's lessons, for
it was September, and her school had
begun again, when Herr von Schneltz
enberg came out and took a seat near
her.
This Is as It should bo lofo,
poetry and lofellness," ho said, beam
ing sunnily through bis green glasses
from tho littlo book of poetical ex
tracts which Mao held to the sweet
face bending abovo It.
No; lovo and I havo nothing to do
with each other. I am merely pre
paring a parsing lesson for my schol
ars, returned Mae. coldly, as she
moved her chair a trifle farther from
this sentimental Teuton.
But you surely haf lofed? Vas he
toad, or a schamp?" he demanded,
fixing his goggles upon her face, with
quiet Insistence.
"Philip Earlo a scamp? Never!"
said Mao, rising abruptly, with In
dignant crimson flushing her checks.
"Stop! I only wanted to know
whether you loved him still," said a
mellow voice, from which the foreign
accent and guttural tone had strange
ly disappeared.
Mae turned, flushing and paling
fear, hope, delight, each struggling
for maBtery in her wide, dark eyes.
In a second tho green goggles fell
to the ground, the red wig and whisk
ers following suit, and the transfor
mation of Herr von Schneltzenberg
into Philip Earlo was complete.
"Oh, you cruel littlo thing!" he
said, folding Mae in his strong arms.
"When I enme home from Egypt,
alarmed at hearing nothing from you
after that terrible report in tho news
papers, and found thnt you had dis
appeared as completely as the bride
in 'The Mistletoe Dough I followed
up rumor after rumor, only to find
them delusive, until ut last your
young friend's letters to Jlmmia
Drown gave me the correct clew. I
assumed a disguise, fearing that you
might have learned to love some ono
else, and thinking if that was the
case I could go quietly away without
disclosing my Identity; but your
pretty burst of Indignation a moment
ago showed me that my Mae was still
my own."
"But I forgot," said Mae, struggling
away from his encircling arm; "I
cannot marry you and disgrace you."
"Don't talk of disgrace and your
self In the same breath, Mae! I tell
you that you shall marry me! So you
might as well accept the situation
with the best grace possible."
Somehow Mae's resolution melted
away Just then, and she accepted the
situation with so good a grace that
when Mri. Dean came to the door
ber golden bead was resting on
Philip's shoulder, and the two were
cooing lovers' sweet nothings to ench
other surely the happiest pair un
der tho pink sunset that night.
"Well, If I ever heard of the like,
Mae! I wouldn't have believed It of
yon and Mr. Smith, If I didn't see It
with my own eyes!" gasped Mrs.
Dean, sinking to the step and fanning
herself with a highly-scandalized air.
Mae laughed, and explained ths sit
uation.
"Well, I thought If Philip Earle had
the spunk of a man, he'd find you out,
by hook or by crook," beamed Mrs.
Dean, much relieved. "But I can't
help feelln' sort o" sorry that that
sweet Mr. Smith has gone," she
mourned, with a rueful glance at the
discarded goggles and red hair, the
sole remnants of the courteous Teu
ton who had completely won her soft
heart.
But she was partly consoled for the
non-existence of "that sweet Mr.
Smith" by the present of a red-plush
parlot-set that she had long coveted,
and Harry Frenre nnd Jlmmle Brown
also rejoiced In many new posses
sions dear to boyish hearts.
No need to ask if Mae was happy,
as she nnd Philip steamed across the
prairie lit by tho cioth-of gold of
acres of wild sunflowers. The dnrk
gulf of disgrace nnd loneliness was
annulled, and past, present and fu
ture seemed all one rose-lit unity.
Saturday Night. ,
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
The grentest elevation ever attained
by bnlloonlsts was .17,000 feet, about
seven miles. The ascent wns made
by James Glnlscber, F. R. S., and a
Mr. Coxwell, at Wolverhampton, Eng
land, September 6, lSt2.
Nearfy all the snakes In Samoa nre
hnrmlers. It is customary for the
nntivo girls, when about to attend
dances, to adorn their necks and
arms by winding live reptiles around
them.
Beds are eompnrntlvely scarce In
Russia, and many well-to-do houses
are still unprovided with them. Peas
ants sleep on the tops of their
ovens ; middle class people and ser
vants roll themselves up in sheepskins
and lie down near stoves ; soldiers
rest upon wooden cots without bed
ding, and It is only within the last few
years that students In schools have
been allowed beds.
The ashes of Dnnte, Inclosed in nn
iron urn, are about to be transported,
with grent ceremony, to the library pa
lace of Florence. The urn was long
ago stolen from a church in Ravenna,
and secreted In the outer wall of a
chapel. It seems thnt a sculptor named
Pazzl has for years possessed this ex
traordinary treasure, and has recently
handed It over to Florence, where
Dante was born, and whence he was
exiled.
One of the most extraordinary
civic customs thnt still survive is that
of " weight ng-in " the corporation of
High Wycombe, England. After the
election of the mayor Is concluded,
thnt functionary, the aldermen and the
councillors proceed to the borough
office of weights and measures, where
they are weighed and their correct
weights duly entered In a book. The
policemen on duty are also included,
and lust year provided the heaviest
man In the person of the senior ser-j
gennt, who scaled 18 stone, tlxj
light weight of the corporation beinj
the town clerk, whoso avoirdupois wasl
barely nine stone.
A notable instance of liberality in
high quarters Is that of the English
Earl of Dysart, who, being himself a
musical enthusiast, and a good land
lord, recently made a visit to all the
tenants on his estate, and arranged to
present a piano to every family whore
ho found any of the children showed
an aptitude for music. Another sin
gular case of thoughtfulnoss for the
poor comes from Paris. There are
few Paris windows whore plants grow
ing In pots are not seen. A rich phi
lanthropist has had the queer Idea of
opening a free hospital for sick plants
In the Faubourg St. Antolne. There
are big greenhouses, with plenty of
gardeners who look after the plants
thnt nre brought In till thoy recover,
nnd thon return them to their owners.
A fionc.Wliarkliif Coinpnllllnii.
A strango ceremony. Indicative of
the hold which the old superstitions
itlll havo on the Japanese people and
of tho queer manner In which their
different religions mix, took place re
cently In the town of Wakamatsu on
the thirty-third anniversary of the
bnttleB of Alzu, where the star of. the
last of the shoguns was forever
quenched In blood. The ceremony was
in commemoration of the Japanese
who fell on the wrong side of those
fatal fields and was attended by a
crowd of Shinto prioBts, near whom sat
another crowd of Duddhist bonzes. In
the full glory of purple silken cloaks.
A big post In the center bore an In
scription inviting the souls of the de
parted to the feast, and at a signal
given both sections buret simultan
eously Into prayer and chantlngs to
which they kept tune with their gongs
and bells. As Japanese muslo is a
terror, and as each sect tried to outdo
the other In creating noise, the scene
was not one of pastoral calm and the
spirits did not, so far as any unpreju
diced observer could Judgo, come back.
Correspondence Chicago Record.
A Mild Kimouraa'omant,
" Do you think that there Is as much
chance now to make' a good living out
of literature T" asked the youth.
" More chance than before,"answered
the man with glosses; "especially If
7ou know bow to set type and correct
proofs." Washington. Star.
y
re a m n. k
as targe as
Two States.
The largest ranch In the world Is to
be found in Texas. Thin Immense do
main Is known ns the X. I. T-. ranch,
and Is owned by Chicago capitalist.
This ranch is so extensive thnt some
States could not contain It. Connecti
cut, for example, could not hold It by
several thousand acres. The two
States of Rhode Island nnd Delaware
combined could not contain this grent
ranch, which consists of over 3,000,000
acres, or almost BOOO square miles.
About twelve yenrs ago. when Texas
needed a new Htnto capltol, tho Lcgls
Inture ndopted a novel plnn to get It.
A promise wns held forth thnt a vast
tract of unappropriated laud would be
given !n exchange for a suitable itran
ite building nt Austin. Among those
tempted by this offer were ex-Heniitor
Charles B. Fnrwell nnd his brother
John, who ultimately formed a syndi
cate lu Chicago, nnd took upon them
selves the responsibility of erecting
the proposed capltol. In due time
they came into the possession of tills
domain known as the X. I. T. much.
The ranch Is situated In the extreme
northwest corner of the panhandle of
Texas, nnd covers or touches nine dif
ferent counties. Its northern bound
ary is "No Man's Land," now a part of
the Territory of Oklahoma, nnd Its
western limit is the line between
Texas and New Mexico. In width
(from east to west) It averages about
twenty-five miles. In lengtb it Is
nbout 200 miles. The land lies In what
Is known as the Staked Plains, n high
plateau. The soil Is mostly of n black
or chocolate color very fertile and
covered Willi a thick coat of buffalo,
mesiUlte, gramn and other grasses,
which cure on the ground and furnish
winter as well ns summer pasture for
stock of nil kinds. At the southern
end of the tract the altitude is about
2:100 feet and nt the northern end about
4700. The cliinnte Is pronounced to
be very delightful, the nlr being brac
ing, though dry.
When the Fnrwells obtained the land
they Inclosed it with a substantial
bnrbed-wl.e fence. There are many
cross-fences upon It. separating the
territory Into from twenty to thirty
lnrge divisions, besides many small
ones. To mnke these fences It required
1500 miles of barbed wire. The syndi
cate nlso built ranch houses, bored nnd
dtig wells, of which there nre now
nbout 3,"0, averaging 120 feet lu depth,
nnd having earthen or wooden reser
voirs and drinking attachments; erect -
fedDCAJL
BAILEY
LAM
i
HQf MET I
LAnoKHT RANCH IN THE WORLD.
ed windmills over tho wells; built
dams across nrroyos to conserve the
ralufnll, nnd In various other wuys
made the place suitable for a success
ful ranch on a large scule. They placed
cattle upon It ub fast cs It could be
put In safe condition to receive thein,
and have since continued to add to
the herd from time to time by pur
chase nud breeding until they have nt
present about 120.000 cattle, besides
10(H) horses. The calf crop branded in
180!) exceeded 50,000 bead. The whole
property Is valued at $10,000,000.
Cat Rode 140 Mllm on a Flywheel.
A Multeso cat Jumped iuto a largo
flywheel of tho riymouth Itefrlgerncoi
Company's eugiue, at Hheyboygan
Wis., the other day. As the eugineer
could not very well stop and shut od
lights to release tho nnimal, he waited
until the usual time of shutting down.
On stopping tho eugiue he found the
cat alive nud clinging to the flywheel
Tho wheel Is twelve feet in dlniiietes
nnd makes eighty-seven revolutions u
minute.' Consequently, during two nnd
hnlf hours tho cut covered a distance
of about 120 miles. The cat lives, nnd
with the exception of lameness up
peurs to be none the worse for the ex
perience. New York Times.
Motors For Market Unnleni.
The- Idea of utilizing a motor hnul
age In connection with the market gar
aen near a metropolis has been iig
gested of lute. Motor vehicles would
obviate some of .the difficulties that
market gardeners have now to encoun
ter lu getting their produce to market,
and It would certainly pay some en
terprising carrier to inuke the venture.
A full-rlgged ship baa thlrty-throi
alls, fourteen of which are jibs and
foresails.
ILIV ML Y1U L 1II.I1JV l ft I1LUV
ai iii ui. iiinn n i ii ii iiiniui iiii
PENSIONS GRANTED.
r..4 A U ... iLat.lA. II-.,.. D ' -.
Sharon Doctor Brtvsted Colontl.
Minor Bill Happening.
Pensions were granted the loilownii
persons last week: William Alien, Miil-
heim, $0; Frederick Sensor, rleiniug,
$13; George Roberts, Sharpsville, $12;
Susan Kemp. Greenville, $8; l.uciivla
Reynolds, West Warren, $12; John Lit
tle, Uraddork, $12; James F. Phillips.
Oakdalc, $10; Peter Pile, G'nde, $17;
Frank Stirrer, Rraddock, $12; James
Stoops, New Brighton, $10; Rosa A.
Itycrly, Jcannette. $8; Aaron Mclllwee,
Sharpsburg, $0; William A. Kreps,
Greenville, $8; Margaret F.. Whistler,
Mrndvillc, $8; Kruson Harvey, VAar
........1 .. -11 r ri.:.,. c.
mr. 111, .f'r, .iMilllrt , r.ldlt, .111,4.11
Grove, $8; Maria J. Burns, Ilraddock.
IS.
Superintendent of Public Inr-truclioa
Nathan C. S'-hacfTcr has submitted to
Gov. Stone his annual report ending
June 4. 1000. this being the 67th report
upon the public Schools o( the Com
monwealth. During the year endinii
the first Monday of June, ixx. the
whole number of teachers employed
was 20..VJ. the total enrollment of pu
pils was 1. 1 5 1. Wo, the total receipts for
school and building purposes were $24.
Oifi.ooS.fx), and the total expenditures
were $21,476,994.00.
The remaining bribery, perjury and
conspiracy cases of the last session of
the Pennsylvania State Legislature on
which true bills were found by a grand
jury of Dauphin county came to a close
when District Attorney Miller entered
a nolle prosequi. This was entered on
the agreement of the defendants to pay
the costs, which amounted to about $2,
000. With the thermometer 25 degrees be
low freezing ten faithful members of the
Church of God were immersed in the
icy waters of Dunbar creek, Dunbar.
The minister was so benumbed by the
cold that one of the women baptized
slipped from his hands and was nearly
drowned.
.
At Lone Pine, Washington county, ,
on the Dayne farm, while making an ex
cavation cm a hillside for a roal plat
form. T. C. Gantz found part of a hu
man skeleton under a rock. Mmy
years ago a peddler disappeared there
and it is thought he was murdered.
Secret service men arc making every
effort to run down the gang of counter
feiters operating near Altoona. The
headquarters from which the spurious
coin emanates has not yet been located,
although several arrests have been
made.
Mrs. Nancy Clark, widow of the la'.e
Dr. Henry Clark and a sister of the l.ttc
Andrew G. Curtin, the famous war gov
ernor of Pennsylvania, was killed by a
train on the Pennsylvania railroad at
Torresdalc station.
Michael Cuneo, a wealthy fruit dealer,
of Grcensburg, has offered a reward of
$100 to any one furnishing him with in
formation of bis son, Andy, a fat boy
15 years old, four feet four inches high,
and weighing 185 pounds.
Robert Williams has returned to New
Castle, alter 20 years. He went west
on advice of a doctor, who told him he
could not live six months. He had long
been given up a dead, but is in good '
health.
The short line railroad from Somerset
to the main line of the Pennsylvania
railroad has been assured. The route
will be .15 miles shorter from the town
of Somerset to Pittsburg than it is no,v.
George Rowc, of Connellsville, found
a man trying to pick the lock oi his
front door and shot am! wounded the
burglar. A pal carried the injured man
away and all trace of the pair was lost.
Mrs. I.avinia Stark is suing for $10.
too life insurance carried by her late
husband. C. II. Stark, of Grcensburg.
His will named Attorney V. H. Byers
as executor and beneficiary.
Four more Montgomery county town
shit.; petition for a mandamus to com
pel the State superintendent and State
treasurer to pay them more school
money.
Dr. Salem Ilcilman, of Sharon, st
surgeon in the United States volunteer
army, with the rank of major, has bc.-ii
breveted colonel for faithful and effi
cient service.
A horse driven by Shoemaker II.
Wolfson, at Altoona, frightened at a
train and backed over a 50-foot embank
ment, killing it. The driver narrowly
escaped by jumping.
Mary Kohuka, who was burned by a
gasoline explosion at New Ca3tlc, and
Mrs. James Jackson, in whose hands a
lighted lamp exploded, arc both dca 1
from their injuries.
The attorney of J. H. Turner and Les
lie Thomas, New Kensington milk men
sent to jail for refusing to pay fines, fol
lowed them to jail and secured their re
lease. Samuel Gill, aged 26, an employe f
the Steel Casting Co. at Sharon, was
caught by a belt and whirled around a
pulley wheel, receiving injuries from
which he died.
Constable John A. Linn, of Smith
ton, was shot in the arm while arrest
ing tramps, two of whom were lodged
in jail later.
James Doherty, a Methodist rrvival
ist at Tatesville, was waylaid and beaten
and left for dead. It is said his ser
mons angered young men.
A New York syndicate has purchased
options on 10,000 acres of coal land near
West Middlctown ashiiigton coumy.
A new coal road may be built.
Charles Buchncr, a brewer, of
ville, was instantly killed by !
over by a heavy wagon
Thieves poisoned two .
took several hundred u
goods from the tailori!
of J. H. Shoop & Sonj
were frightened away. J
left their plunder
Somerset citizens
$50,000 to secure tin
town of the railroad
the Ligonier valleyl
Bert Havens, a
Westfield, Tioga
tbrax poisoning,
an hides.
As a result ,
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