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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1895
Page
1
The Blair-White judicial contest nears verdict as witness testimony winds down. Prominent figures, including Judge White, testified Thursday and Friday with rebuttals and denials to follow. Court adjourns to March 14 for further argument as deposition commissioners are named to hear unread testimony.
Three tramps broke into Miss Lizzie Knee's home shortly after midnight on Friday. They overpowered the elderly woman tied her hands and feet and searched the house, finding six dollars from a crock, table, and pillows. They fled toward Homer City then Blairsville on a handcar. Neighbors recognized suspicious men earlier. police pursued but the trio escaped.
Sheriff Mack arrested Harry Shearer of Leechburg on forgery charges after finding him with several locals in a house on Railroad avenue. He kept in jail overnight and was sent to Leechburg by Constable N K Collier next day. He had spent spree money, bought a gold watch, and $51 was found on him. He forged a $153 note cashed at a Leechburg bank. his uncle Kephart was the victim. He faces additional charges in Leechburg.
John Hoop an opium fiend appeared before Burgess Braughler on Thursday and was fined five dollars and costs for drunkenness. He claimed to run a rubber stamp firm but did little business locally and was sent to Tyrone on Saturday where he says a sister lives. Harry Fairbanks faced a Saturday hearing and was fined two dollars for drunken disorderliness. George Woolweaver was jailed Saturday evening for drunkenness, arraigned Monday before Burgess Braughter and fined four dollars, then imprisoned for nonpayment. Daniel Sexton and John Metz, involved in a Friday scrap, were fined two dollars each on Monday.
A Sabbath school association gathering drew a fair audience of workers. Mrs. J. W. Barnes, Rev. Milligan, and visitors including Rev. Dr. Sweeny and Dr. Schmucker spoke on boosting Sabbath school interest across denominations. An evening session organized a temporary committee with Guthrie as chairman and Cunningham treasurer.
Thieves entered the railroad office on Wednesday night and secured about three dollars and a half from the money tills. Every drawer was broken open but nothing else was missing. Authorities suspect tramps linked to a nearby robbery at Lizzie Knee’s dwelling the night after.
Last Tuesday in Plumville the horse owned by A.8 Morrow slipped and fell as a vehicle passed. Mrs Morrow, seated beside the driver, was thrown and seriously kicked on the head.Authorities note the incident occurred during routine street travel.
Summary of obituaries and deaths in the past week including John Horner of south Sixth Street who died of heart disease on Sabbath morning aged about 53, survived by wife and five children, and interred at Oakland cemetery. Also notes the deaths of Mrs. Susan Henderson aged 96 at Elderton with large family attendance, and Mrs. Mary Jane Lyons aged 73 in Salineburg with funeral at Saltsburg cemetery.
A series of death notices from the county reporting several deaths. Mrs Alexander Cochran of White Township dies at 59 after cancer. James Ansley of Chambersville dies at 70 of gangrene. Joseph Lyda dies at 75 of catarrhal fever. Frank Claire infant dies at two months from lung ailment. Myrtle Buhammer dies at 18 from consumption. Mrs James Wilson dies at 67. interment in West Virginia. Jesse Speilman noted in Taylorsville area. Mary Ellen McHenevy dies of scarlet fever aged under one year.
West Lebanon council hall hosts over two hundred friends of West Lebanon Council No. 843 Jr. O U A M with an eight o'clock program. Speakers include J L Ewing on Washington’s Birthday, W Lester Walker on Our Public Schools, J Elwood Wherry on Immigration, and others. Toll and entertainment featured.
Co F N G P Fifth Regiment plans a benefit dramatic play titled The Drummer Boy of Shiloh at Library Hall on April 9 10 and 11 to raise funds for an armory. If funds are sufficient the new hall will be built that summer.
A prominent attorney Mr W L Stewart and Miss Lottie McHenry were married at the bride's home with few intimate friends present Rev H P Foreaman officiated. The couple departed for Punxsutawney that evening then headed to eastern cities. Friday Evening's Fight at Metz hotel involved Pee Cee and Metz. Metz says Sexton attacked him, and Sexton was injured. in the fray two teeth were pulled and a thumb bitten.
Stear of Rayne Township died Friday after suffering two days from distress linked to a contempt fine in a court case. He had testified he could not leave home due to his wife’s illness. later, facing possible jail, he borrowed a rifle and died from a self-inflicted wound near a coal bank. The incident followed a contempt fine and the accompanying financial and emotional strain on his family.
Fragmentary report notes suspension of three individuals at a location referred to as This Place. The item mentions financial or administrative action and references a final issue at the same site. Details are incomplete but indicate an official pause or halt related to local proceedings.
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