Tyrone Topics William Cohill has been appointed to Adams Express messenger on the Tyrone and Clearfield road, the duties of which position he has already assumed. George Johnson, at one time employed as a passenger fireman on the Tyrone division was killed on a branch of the Baltimore and Ohio on Thursday. Housewives complain that that much dreaded and destructive pest, the buffalo moth, has put in an appearance here in large numbers. Examine your closets. Mr. Morris Marquet, of Hollidaysburg and Miss Jane Curry, of Altoona, were united in wedlock here by the Rev. H. M. Oberholtzer on Tuesday the 1st inst. The ceremony was performed at the City Hotel. The Ladies' Aid society of the Arch Spring Presbyterian church will hold an ice cream and strawberry festival in the lecture room of the new church on Thursday and Friday evening, June 10 and 11. Doors will open at 5 p. m. Don't make up your mind that all Italians merely come here to earn a few dollars and then skip back to their native land. We have one here at least that don't belong to that class. Guiseppe Parvone purchased a brick house on Park avenue from Robert Waring on Monday. Consideration, $1,100. One of the heaviest wind and rain storms that has ever visited Centre county passed over Scotia on Monday evening, leveling fences and uprooting trees for a radius of four miles. The tracks of the Juniata Mining company siding and the culvert near their works were rendered useless by the flood. No injury to life occurred that we could learn of. The storm came up about 5 p. m. and was of short duration. The annual meeting of the Snyder township school board was held at the office of Robert Waring on Monday. The treasurer's accounts were audited, the two new members Robert Waring and David Myers, taken in, things for the past school year cleared up and the new board organized. T. H. Balling was elected president of the board and E. C. Kinch, secretary. Hiram Friday, a member of the board, William Gates and George Fagley, the two outgoing members were also present at the meeting. Edward Burdue, a young man aged about 22 years, a son of John S. Burdue, residing near Grazierville, fell a distance of about fifteen feet from a maple tree on Washington avenue about 6:30 yesterday evening, alighting on his head and left arm, badly spraining the latter and bruising and cutting the former. He was picked up unconscious and was still in a dazed condition when taken home an hour later. A canary bird owned by A. J. Mattern, escaped from its cage and flew up in the tree, and Burdue, coming home from work, volunteered to go up in the tree after it. When up near the top the limb on which he was standing broke and he was precipitated to the ground, with the above result. The borough council had its meeting Monday evening. Henderson's resignation was read and accepted. The burgess' portfolio then passed into the hands of Rowles and the same gentleman was selected as chairman of the council. They then proceeded with the regular business. Among other things they authorized that a water plug be put in at the corner of Ridge and Cameron streets and another on Lincoln avenue, in front of the residence of Mr. C. J. Kegel. They gave orders that the wooden sewer on Express street shall be taken out and replaced with terra cotta, and that a stone crossing shall be put down on Main street at Allegheny. They also fixed upon the number of mills to be laid for taxes. Borough is placed at five, gas and water at four, and sinking fund at six per cent. Thieves are about. Two of them effected an entrance into Josh Williams' store room in The constitutional Amendment building, on Thursday night, by boring around the lock and prying open the front door. Their evident object was to get Josh's cash, but in that they were disappointed, for he had wisely put it in safer quarters. Nothing was taken from the room save about five pairs of half-hose and, as the robbers left a nearly new ratchet brace, and bit behind them, Josh is but little, if anything, out. Two scratches on the outside of the door near the lock show that the raid had been previously planned. Mr. Williams feels confident that the guilty parties are strangers in town. The robbery took place between 1 and 2 o'clock. Keep your doors locked and your pistol loaded and within reach. The best reception for these night prowlers is to treat them to a dose of cold lead. ----------------------------------------------------- So then after long years of patient waiting Altoona is at last going to get a new station, one with a more commodious baggage room. If Altoona is to have this, why not Tyrone? We venture the assertion that there is more baggage handled and taken care of here during a storm except on the platform outside of the building, protected only with a canvas covering. What Altoona cannot get intro their small room is amply protected under the shed here, no matter what the baggage is, it must take its chances of getting soaked. Should those in authority sometimes hear patrons of the road let themselves loose in giving vent to round upon round of billingsgate after discovering that the contents of their trunks were damaged from having been left outside, we opine that a suitable structure would soon loom up to remedy the evil. Warren Keith, a young man living in Spruce Creek, made a narrow escape from a horrible death here on Saturday evening. He and another young man were in town during the afternoon, and shortly before 5 o'clock concluded to board a passing freight train for home. The train was running along at a rapid rate. Keith, who is considered unusually expert in jumping on, waited until his companion made a landing on one of the cars, and then made a spring for the front of the cabin car himself. In some way he missed the stirrup and the jar of his fall then loosened the grasp of his left hand, and for a long distance he held on with his right hand, his legs dragging over the ties, until, in answer to the danger signal given by the engineer of the New York and Chicago limited passing westward, the train men released him from his perilous positions. One of his shoes was pulled off. It was reported yesterday that his injuries were not serious, although his legs and feet are badly bruised. ---------------------------- City and Country Findley J. Campbell, a young man about 18 years of age, was drowned in the Feeder dam, near Johnstown, on Sunday afternoon about 3 o'clock. At 1:30 o'clock Monday morning, Mr. Wm. Robinson died at his residence, No. 111 Eighteenth street, aged 68 years, 9 months and 26 days. The Methodist people of Altoona district will hold their first district conference at Hollidaysburg some time in September next. Father Bishop Mallaheu, of New Orleans, or Bishop Andrews, of Washington, D. C., is expected to preside. The young people of the United Brethren church on Friday evening last presented their pastor, Rev. T. P. Orner, with a handsome gold hunting case watch. This was quite a surprise to Mr. Orner, who in a few remarks thanked them for the gift, saying that it was not because it was gold, or because of the time it kept, but it showed the high esteem in which he is regarded, which made it so appreciable. Annie Whiteman PABlair Rootsweb List Administrator Annie Whiteman/Steve Patz Blair County Coordinators http://www.rootsweb.com/~pablair