The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-24


about the 1st proximo, where he
will open an Office at 2606 Broad
street, and conduct an institute
for the cure of chronic diseases
with the Roberts Lymph treat
ment.
Sunday was record breaking
day at the Everett Furnace. The
amount of iron made was 215
tons. During the week previous
1895 tons of Bessemer pig iron
were cast. This is the largest
weeks work ever done at that
furnace.
A new coin three C n piece
has been authorized by act of
congress, to take place of the old
coin which was so much like a
dime that it's coinage was stop
ped. The new three cent pieceis
ordered to be made of nickel, the
size of the old bronze cent, al
though thicker. In the centre
is to be made hole one fourth
of an inch in diameter. This
will make the coin easily distin-
guishable by sight or touch.
1t will be some time, however,
before this new coin will be in
circulation.
Death by hanging would seem
to be regarded IN Lycoming coun-
ty as a kind of euthanasia, or,
rather, to use the Japanese term,
a "happy despatch" if we may
Judge from the efforts Murderer
Hummel is making to fit himself
for his execution. The condemn
ed man is reported as undergoing,
apparently with the utmost en-
thusiasm, course of physical
training calculated to put him in
good condition for the event, as if
it were some athletic contest in
which he was to be one of the
contestants, and joking about it
as if he expected it to be highly
enjoyable affair.
An indignant Mercersburg wife
publicly attacked woman of
whom she was jealous and club
bed her about the head Saturday
night. The wife is Mrs. Melitha
Myers and her husband is "Cud-
dy" Myers, well known barber
of that place. Mrs. Myers saw
Ida Richardson pass her house
on Oregon Street and rushing out
with rake handle in her hands
she attacked the woman, beating
her about the head until she cried
for quarter. Mrs. Myers inflicted
severe injuries about the wo-
mans head and blood was freely
streaming down her face and
over the upper part of her body.
The woman attacked was former
ly married buthas been separated
from her husband. Law suit will
follow.
Samuel Hornbaker, q young
laboring man who resides in the
southwestern part of Montgom-
cry township, Franklin county,
several weeks ago engaged in
peeling bark back across the
mountain in Warren township.
While at work one day a tree in
falling caught his left leg, injured
it severly about the knee. His
companions extracted him and
he continued work till last Tues
day when in falling tree lodged
against another and Hornbaker
ascended it to get it down. His
foot slipped and he fell, striking
the middle of his body on the
peeled trunk of another tree with
such force as to rebound several
feet. The other men thought
him killed but he pulled himself
together and started across the
mountain for home On the way,
however, he became so sick and
faint from his injuries as to be
unable to proceed and was oblig
ed to call for assistance. Hear
ing his cries, some neighbors
from this side went up the noun
tain, found him and carried him
home, where he has since beer
lying in a precarious condition
his limb being exceedingly pain
full and he also suffers from inter