NEWS: Items from the Tyrone Daily Herald, February 5, 1897, Blair County, PA

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The Tyrone Daily Herald, Friday, February 5, 1897

  W. E. Miller, who has been suffering from stomach trouble for several 
months, is at the Presbyterian hospital in Philadelphia receiving 
special treatment.
  Mrs. W. Porter Gates left yesterday, accompanied by her husband, for 
Philadelphia, where she has entered Hahnemann hospital for medical 
treatment and will likely undergo a surgical operation.
  Charles A. Baumgardner, of the Empire Hotel, is recovering from his 
recent severe illness, and will likely be fully restored to his usual 
good health in a few days. He suffered a troublesome succession of 
ailments, beginning with the grip, followed by a wrestling with over a 
hundred boils, and ending with a felon.
  Harry Killinger, of Altoona, enlisted in Company H, 5th regiment, N. 
G. P., as a musician, is to be tried by court martial for desertion - 
when caught. When the company and regiment of which he is a member were 
ordered in the encampment of the guard, which was held at Lewistown, he 
refused to be governed by the orders hence the charge of desertion.
  Miss Florence Klotz, of Allegheny City, aged 18, daughter of Alderman 
Klotz, has been sworn in and is performing the duties of a constable. 
The regular constable became ill and it was found difficult to procure 
the services of an officer to serve subpoenas on witnesses in civil 
cases. The young lady volunteered to do the work, and is getting along 
very well.
   Willard Lee, son of Dr. W. D. Hall, of Altoona, was in Tyrone this 
morning, arranging for the appearance here on Washington's Birthday, of 
a dramatic company of Altoona ladies and gentlemen who have been under 
his instruction for several weeks. Mr. Lee has been a successful actor 
for eighteen years. He left the stage for a season to conduct his 
dramatic and fencing school in Altoona.
  A family of unusually heavy weights is that of the six children of 
the late John Woodring. They, with their weights, are: Mrs. Samuel 
Bennett, 204 pounds; Mrs. W. E. Huston, 180; Mrs. Weston, 180; Samuel 
C. Woodring, 228; Abram Woodring, 240; John Woodring, 237. All of these 
reside in Tyrone except Mrs. Weston who lives in Altoona. Their total 
avoirdupois is 1269 pounds, an average of 211 1/2 pounds per person. 
The mother, Mrs. Jane Woodring, is living and is the light weight of 
the family, her weight being 140 pounds. The late John Woodring, the 
father, weighed 200 pounds, the entire family therefore having a 
combined weight of 1609. The three sons, all Tyrone railroaders, alone 
weigh 705 pounds, an average of 235 pounds per man. Engineer Sam is 
considerably shy in weight as compared with his two brothers, but 
Conductor John is fast approaching the heft of Engineer Abe who is the 
champion scalesdropper of the heavy family.