The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-10-24
LATEST HAPPENINGS
ALL OVER THE STATE.
State Treasurer Authorizes the Issue Of
School Warrants for Over 1900, 900.
SHILOH BATTLEFIELD COMMISSION.
Many New Corporations Chartered--PhIadeL
phia Bridge Painter Meets Death Through
Fall of ScaifoId-whip Lash Destroyed
His Eye-Pensions Granted PennsyIvauians
Rural Free Delivery Letter Carriers.

Plowman, Duncansville, SO; Thomas
Scott, Allegheny, SO; VIM. Bell, Sol
diers' Home, Erie, $I2; Alfred Osborn,
Osborn, SO; Jacob Zimmerman, Pitts
burg, So; George Mcdaniel, Everett,
$17; Joseph Rager, Blarsville, $17;
John s. Champion, Milestone, So; VIM.
H. York, Youngsville. $40; John s.
Campbell, Cheswick, $40; Ephraim S.
Walker, Saltillo, $40; Benjamin Frank
lin, Bradford, $40; James W. Everhart,
Allegheny, $I2; Maria Honard, Erie,
$I2; Elizabeth Slough, Miles Grove, So;
Jennie S. Richards, Monroeton, $I2;
Silas c. Johnson, Ruff Creek, SO; VIM.
b. Dunham, Windham Center, SI7;
Reason Smurr, Connellsvlle, $40; Phil
ip Mahla, Oakmont, So; Edward Shell
lersburgh. Girard, $I2; Sidney w. Fox,
Smiths Mills, SI2.
The State Treasurer has notified the
School Department to. issue warrants
for over 5000 900 to the school districts
OF the State. The cities that received
money are: Pittsburg, 100000; Allie
gheny, $4,000; Reading, $25,ooo Al
toona, $2o $50; Chester, $23,Soo; Scran-
ton, $4,000; Lancaster, $4,000; New
Castle, $4,000; Lebanon, $500; Phila-
delpha. $Ioo,ooo; Wilkes-Barre, $33,4oo;
Shenandoah, $6Soo; York, $25,3oo. Theye
yet remains 81 100000 to be paid, which
will be done in the next two weeks.
The Shiloh Battlefield Commission,
recently appointed by Governor Stone
to erect monument on the Shiloh bat
tlefield commemorating the services OF
The Seventy Regiment, Pennsyl-
vania Volunteers, met at the Soldiers
Orphans School at Scotland and effect
ed the following organization: John
Obrieter, Lancaster, chairman; DR.. S.
I. Davis, Lancaster, secretary, and
Capt. G. w. Skinner, Scotland, treas
urer.
Charters were issued by the State De-
partment to the following corporations:
Ruth Street Railway Company, Pitts
burg, to build two miles OF road capital,
SI2ooo Duquesne Heights Street Rail
way Company, Pittsburg to build three
miles OF road; capital, $4,000. George
w. Wilson, OF Pittsburg, is president OF
both companies.
While painting a Wilmington and
Northern Railroad bridge below Read
ing the scaffold on which number OF
men we're standing fell sixty feet into
the river. Two of the men struck the
stone pier. Thomas Hogan, OF Phila-
delphia, was killed, and Paul Butler, OF
Atlanta, Ga, was fatally injured.
Rural free delivery letter carriers have
been appointed in Pennsylvania as fol-
lows: John T. Campbell, Hamlin station;
Lee Hedges, Claysville; w. c. Servans,
Hamburg; w. X. Malone, Belgar;
Frank M. Moore, Fairfield; V. G. Wher-
ry, Sandy Hill.
John Ayres, a farmer residing near
Jersey Shore, while driving a team
ly that several inches OF it broke off,
and, striking him in the right eye, de-
stroyed the sight.
H. Edward Muehlholf, of Pottsville.
was appointed master carpenter and
structural engineer for the Philadelphia
and Reading Coal and Iron Company.
He will have charge OF more than forty
collieries.
The Pennsylvania Society Of the CO.
lonial Danes OF America will commem-
orate the landing of William Penn in
Chester on October 20, at meeting in
Library Hall, Chester.
Howard Slawter, fireman on a loco
motive, who was found unconscious at
Lamokin, received internal injuries
Slawter in some manner fell from his
engine.
Burgess Luburg, of Hamburg, has
signed the ordinance granting to the
Consolidated Telephone Company the
right to put up lines in the town.
Twelve-year- John Ambrose, OF
Chester, has been missing from home
since Wednesday, when he left for
school.
Pittsburg and Newcastle capitalists
Bolt Co. and will erect mill at New
ture OF bolts, nuts and heavy forgings.
About 700 men will be employed. The
company is comprised OF J. F. Moor
head VIM II. Cox, A. B. Whildon,
Frank Ryan and f. E. Whitaker.
AS memorial to Mrs. Allen K.
Faust, wife of Allen K Faust, formerly
PAN the school teachers OF Lancaster
sent bell for the Sendai Mission, and
word was received from Mr.. Faust that
the bell had arrived and would be dedi-
Gated Sunday
The station OF the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western Railroad Company
at Catawissa was burned entailing a
loss Of $5ooo 1t is supposed that burg
lars set FIRE to the building.
George Steiger,, OF Pine Hill, War
wick Township committed suicide by
hanging himself in his stable.
The farmers OF Salem have lost lot
OF stock in the last few days owing to
mad dogs biting cattle and sheep which
have had to be killed. Eleven mad dogs
and several cows which had been bitten
were killed on Friday and Saturday.
John Pavolis, of Plymouth, the alleg-
ed burglar who was shot a week ago by
Patrick Dean, will recover. He win
probably be able to go to trial at the
next term OF court.
The Harrisburg Ministerial Associa-
tion appointed committee to request
Mayor Frtchey to prevent newsboys
from selling newspapers on the church
steps on Sunday morning and disturb
ing the church services
Edmund Wright, president of the
board OF county commissioners, fell on
the slippery pavement at Doylestown
shortly after leaving the courthouse and
broke his right ankle.
Thieves broke into the store OF II. E.
Mayberry and stole 1900 cigars and 10
pounds OF tobacco, besides a quantity OF
miscellaneous articles