The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-01-24
THE KEYSTONE STATE.
News Happenings Of Interest Gathered
From All Sources.
BLINpEp WHILE MILKING A cow.
The Animal Kicked Lantern Into Powder
Keg and was Killed by an Explosion Which
Blew Mrs tloskcy Through Barn"Faiher
Warned by kIdnappers'-Thc Burglars W,re
0utwitted..0ther Live News.

Mrs. Mary Hoskey. living on the
James Walker farm. while milking her
COW. was blown through the side OF the
barn by the explosion of six kegs OF
blasting powder which were in the
pace. The barn and l.le COW were
blown to pieces. but Mrs. HCskey will
probably survive her terrible injuries.
She will remain blind. Before daylight
Mrs. Hcskey s,arted to milk her COW.
She had ccal miners lamp and put
Il on 25-pound keg of powder, six of
which were standing in row. The
COW kicked c1ce, the light tipped over
and the first keg exploded. Mrs. Hos
key was blown through the barn door,
and to this she owes her life. Before
she struck the ground outside thc re-
mo.aing Ave kegs let 50. An oil der
lex near the barn was blown down,
and farm houses half a mile off were
shaken and their windows broken.
At the Cambria Rail Mill as Josiah
Andrews boss roller. was making an
impression, his ccat was caught In the
coupling boxes and he was pulled back
ward doubled up and drawn through q
| space six inches wide FIVE or six times
before the machinery could be stopped.
| Fellow workmen graSped him as he
was whirlcd around the revolving rolls.
| but were compelled TO release him in
| order to avert a similar fate. Andrews
| head and body were crushed and both
| legs were broken. He died an hour
after the accident. Some time ago
! Aloyslus Hlllebrand was pulled be-
| tween the coupling boxes in a similar
| manner but he was not doubled up
| like Andrews. In spite of many broken
| bones Hllebrand recovered.
A farmers institute was held at
| Rlchboro, which was well attended.
| Rev. S. o. Lawsing, pastor of the Rich
boro Dutch Reformed Church, opened
| the session with prayer, after which
| ]. ID. Nevlns discussed the Care and
management OF Poultry on the Farm
and Seth T. Walton read a paper on
The Condition of Farming in Penn
| sylvania as Compared with Other Oc-
| cupations." r. S. Seeds spoke on
What Constitutes a Country Home
| and Rev. John Watchom delivered a
very interesting lecture on Our Indi-
| ydual Duty to Our Country and Our
| Country's Duty 20 the World"
A bold attempt was made to kldnap
| Catharine, the pretty little daughter OF
| cX-Police Officer John Ward, near her
| home, in Chester. While Catharine and
| hen baby brother were returning from
| a neighbor's two men made a dash for
| the girl, but she lodged and fled
| screaming to the house. She ran up
on the porch, followed by one of the
men, but they were foiled by Mrs.
| Ward, who heard the screams, and
suddenly opened the door. The men
| fled and all effort TO find them proved
futile.
Michael Snyder was mortally wound
ed by his brc.her, Albert, in quarrel
which occurred at their home, AL
bert, who Is 40 years old and
married, had been boarding at his
brothers home for several years.
When M.chael went home he was
srocked at finding his wife and
brother together. He became cnraged
and selzing a knife was about to a.sack
Albert, when the latter drew a Ievol-
yer and fired three shots. The erring
wife and brother We're arrested and
| Justice May committed them to the
county jail at Pottsvllle without bail.
Some time before The death of Mrs.
j. Holmes Wright who committed sui
eide two weeks ago at Allentown, she
told her son, Arthur Wright, that in
case of her death he should have the
mattresses in the house examined as
| they contained a secret which would
be Of value to him. The boy is in the
Allentown Hospital, but he Informed
his aunt. Mrs. Wilhelm. of South EaS-
ton, who cut open mattress and found
s1O1O packed away.
The jury in the case of Robert W.
Taylor, the Mahanoy City druggist.
who was charged with attempting to
murder his wife by placing poison In
her drinking water, brought in yer-
dict of guilty being out less than an
hour. Taylor's counsel filed reasons
for new trial and moved for an arrest
of judgment. Taylor will shortly be
tried for the murder of Elsie Myers,
aged IA years, his step-daughter, who
drank the poisoned water and died
The general store OF John M. Wilson,
at Glenside. was cn.ercd by robbers.
but only small sum OF money and
few valuable papers were secured. The
store was thoroughly ransacked and the
cash register, which contained twenty
Ave cents. was carried into the road
and broken open. The register was
found in the yard adjoining the store,
and the cash drawer OF the safe was
discovered along the railroad.
Wind-blown coal dust settling on
the roofs and Sitting through the win
| vows vi Il DlObh Va iiNNo'n oWhNA W
Colonel W. j. and II. II. Harvey. OF
Wilkes-Barre, has resulted in a suit
for damages. the Lchish aud Wilkes
Barre Coal Company being the defend
ant. The Harvey'o d+2iare that the
coal dust has detIaoted from the value
of the houses and they are unable to
rent them.
Treasurlng ring placed on his nm
ger by his sweetheart in Europe, G.
Rusken Of Chester, locked It in his
trunk for safekeeplng. During his abb
sence the trunk was looted and the
ring stolen. Suspicion fell upon ID.
Perune, and he was arr ested in Phila-
delphla by Detective Berry and Con-
stable Shinkle and committed to Jail
by Alderman Smith in default of bail.
The ring was not recovered.
The report which cmanated from
Pittsburg to the effect that the Amerl-
} can Tinplate Company had purchased
the Sharon Tlnplate Mill now building
at Sharon, was denied by r. II. Buhl,
president of the company, as being
false in every particular. The Sharon
plant is the only Independent concern
outside the trust
Captain T. f.. McCleery. OF Esplen,
has received letter in which his boy
1 Is threatened with Kidnapping unless