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KEYSTONE CULLINGS Wreck on the Pennsyluania RailroadEngines for a New Road. Work on the Pittsburg & Eastern, the new road which is to give Plitsburg another eastern connection is progressing rapidly. Construe ion work, grading and the erecting of bridges is being pushed vigorously with a large foree of men. About 15 miles of the road will be in operation by January 1, and in anticipation of the traffic that will immediately flow to the line an order has been placed with the Schnectady locomotive works for two locomotives of the consolidation type for heavy freight traffic The Susquebanna river branch of this road from Burnside to Sprague is already completed. A special from New Castle says Typhoid fever continues to rage in Neshannock township and the whole township has the appearance of & vast hospital, ns there are few families in the township that have not one or more cases. There have been several deaths and many more lying at the point of death. So great is the dread in the township that that the peopleare beginning to move. at A new postoffice has been established Watsondale, Fayette county, with Albion S. Nowell as postmaster. Fire destroyed six double houses belonging to the Stearling coal company at Hastings. in the north end of the county, entailing a loss of $7,000. Frank Kuhn, n farmer living near Elders. ville, was fataly injured by being thrown from his horse while in pursuit of 8 horse thief. Mrs. Jacob Fath. of Moon township Beaver county. was burned to death by her clothes butter. catching fire while she was making apple The Tussey Mining and Smelting company claim that quartz ore mined near Henrietta load. has assayed $30,000 worth of gold per carThe forest flres in Beaver county were checked by Sunday rains. but not until much farm property was destroyed. The pastors of Washington. prayed for rain at their Sunday morning service and in the afternoon a heavy shower came. Rev. W. T. L. Keiffer. of the Third Presby terian church at Washington. has resigned because of differences with his congregation. The residence of J. M. Rockwell, northeast of Sharpsvflle, WAS destvoyed by fire Sunday night. Loss $2,000. "Reddy" Hanna, sentenced to six months in jail at New Castle. has escaped. Priestly Harris was fatally injured by a fall from a scaffold at Johnstown. A log house at Pitcairn. Allegheny county. built in 1773, was destroyed by fire. John Travesic, 14 years old. of Uniontown, was fatally injured under a train. The clothing store of Jacob Levi & Co., at Irwin, has been closed by the sheriff. The Sprugler hotel has also met a like fate. Frank Patton. of near Butler, was fatally shot by the accidental discharge of his gun while hunting. Ches dish side pensive this connect. Li.ge Monaca. A oongregation of the M. P. church has been organized in Turtle Creek by the members who seceded from McMasters M. E. church after the last conference. The Frick Coke Company has purchased the plant of the Fairhaven Furnace company at Fairhaven. The holdings of the furnace include the plant of 141 ovens and 10,000 acres ef coal lands. about Fairhaven. and the old Springhill furnace tract. Twenty-flve cars were piled up in one in. discriminate mass on the Pennsylvania railroad at Fostoria. near Altoona, and all but one broken into kindling wood. Two tramps riding in a box car. had a miraculous escape. A carload of steel blooms was forced through the car in which they were. The clothing was torn trom their bodies, but both escaped with slight bruises. In a drunken fight at McDonald a negro miner named Smith, severely cut another negro and barely escaped lynching. John Heider, aged 17 years. accidently shot himself through the brain while hunting near Erie. Joseph Marson, a mechanic of Erie, was beheaded by a Nickel plate train. W. Hartman has tendered his resignation as president of the Union water company. of Beaver Falls. John Davies, & miner near Noblestown, was shot at twice while in bed by two unknown men. He was wounded in one arm. The clothing store of Harry Kobacher. of Rochester. was closed by the sheriff on executions issued by W. B. Klee & Co., of Pittsburg, and I. Oppenheim. of Greensburg, Pa. An explosion of natural gas in the mains at New Castle ripped up the pavement and blew out three man-hole covers. and the basement in Alonzo Keelen's house was wrecked. Receiver Christy, of the defunet Penn bank. of Pitisburg. at Kittanning, obtained another verdict to 27 acres of land in Ferry township. from which William Gates Reynolds was trying to eject him. Two unknown robbers relieved William Thomas a farmer, living near Homestead. of a gold watch and $5.85. The new water works reservoir at Washington will be completed within a week. It has a capacity of 300,000 gallons 8 day for 200 days, and will cover thirty acres to an average depth of fifteen feet. The water well completed by D. W. Crane for the managers of the Morganza reform school proves a gusher, and yields 40 barrels an hour. The managers will now have a number of wells drilled, and put in a water system of their own. A peddler of notions was attacked
