The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-05-09
PENNSYLVANIA NEWS.
The Latest Happenings Cleaned From
All Over the State.
GOVERNOR STONE SIGNS MANY BILLS
Report Of Banking Commissioner Reeder-.
Cumberland County Farmer Dies OF Woucds
Inflicted by iiimself..fielp Was Scarce asd
He Shot Hlmseif.-Miner Crushed 10 Death
at Keyley Run CoIlIery-.Other Live News.

inflicted by nimSeif''neip was scarce asu
| He Shot Himself. Miner Crushed TO Death
at Keyley Run CoIlIery-.Other Live News.
| Governor Stone has signed the follow
ing bills: Establishing separate Or.
| phans Court for Montgomery county.
| Repeating the act TO change the time
for holding the borough and township
elections in Clearfield county, and to fix
| the compensation of election officers
therein. Validating official acts done and
| performed by burgesses holding offices
under irregular elections or appoint
ments. Authorizing borough Councils te
contract with any Incorporated water
company authorized to do business with
in such municipality for a supply of wa
| ter for fire protection and for other mt
nicipal purposes. Approving the re-
moval of the library OF the Pittsburg
Library Association and authorizing the
keeping and maintaining thereof at any
| place in the city of Pittsburg or bor-
ough or suburb adjoining that city.
| Directing how to proceed when a county
has been divided and new county erect
ed therefrom on mortgages, judgments,
| liens and other records which have been
made or entered in the original county
and relate to or affect lands or tencments
in the new county. Making it msde
mcanor to place free or trial samples
Of medicine, dyes, ink, coloring or pol
ishing compounds in any form where
children can secure the same. To pre-
vent burgesses and Councilmen of bor-
oughs from soliciting or receiving bribes
and to punish any person who may offer
to bribe the same. Authorizing trust
companies to become bondsmen for
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conveyances and other instruments
which have been defectively acl;nowl-
edged.
The report of Banking Commissioner
Reeder, just made public, shows most
encouraging condition of the banks of
the State The total number OF banks,
trust companies and savings institutions
under the supervision of the department
is 228, an increase Of twenty-six since
the last annual report The aggregate
capital of these institutions is $50 567,-
los, an increase of S5,45o $3.50. as COM
pared with last year. The other totals
are as follows: Surplus, S36, 200 ,727.7o.
increase of $o,oI3,S6o54; undivided
profits, oo4ooI.63, decrease. $685.
3572o; deposits, $355477,432.4o, increase
OF $50, 500, 726.65; cash on hand and due
from banks and bankers, $s7 ,3o5,8oI. .33,
increase of $4o74oI6.oS; loans, SIo3,
4oI,55S4I, increase of S5.2IS,oS5.7o; in
vestment securities, $2I3o2o735.I5. in
crease of $22, ,664. .256T2; trust funds in
vested $435,277,7r3.SG; uninvested,
| $I3.I5o, ,66I.6o; loans to directors OF
banks have decreased from S365s7oI.52
in 1892 to $I,775646rI last year. The
average deposits OF each depostor in
all institutions was $4,000.
Josiah F. Lilly wel-to-do farmer
living not far from Bethlehem, who
had become respondent because farm
help is scarce, shot himself.
John A. Weaver, OF Kutztown, has
instituted a suit in trespass against the
Philadelphia and Reading Railway and
| Welsh Bros, circus propretors, to re-
cover damages for injuries received
through the alleged joint negligence OF
the defendants. On September 81 Mr..
Weaver, while passenger on a Read
ing train, was sitting at the window
with his arm on the sill, when the engi-
neer suddenly applied the air brakes.
the jar throwing Weaver forward. At
the same time the door OF circus car
on the next track swung outward its
wooden clamp striking Weaver's elbow.
and crushing his arm so badly that it
had to be amputated.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Stomel OF Swartil-
more, had narrow escape from burn
ing to death. About o'clock flames
were observed issuing from the kitchen
OF their residence The building being
frame the flames quickly spread, and ia
short time the whole lower floor was
ablaze. After great difficulty the occu-
pants OF the house were aroused, but
the flames had progressed so far that
they had to make their escape out the
second story window. The fire COM
panes of Swarthmore, Morton and
Rutledge responded to the alarm The
loss on the building and contents both
OF which were destroyed, is said to be
about $4,000.
Raymond Palmer, OF Wilkesbarre,
who bought George Rosengrant's wife
for $40 short time ago, has loaned the
lady to her former spouse just for a
few days that he may transact some
legal business. Palmer and his pur-
chased wife live at South Mountain and
Rosengrant at Forkston, where he has
little property. He is selling this and
requires his wife's signatures to the
deeds. At the time Mr.. Rosengrant
assumed another name Rosengrant pre-
sented the happy couple with pig
for which he paid nearly all the $Io he
had made by the transaction
DR.. M. c. Welsh, OF the Philadelphia
Municipal Hospital, and an authority on
contagious diseases, was called to Leba-
non and pronounced large number OF
supposed cases OF chicken pox as genu-
inc small pox. Five people in the home
OF A, Sholly have the disease. Infected
children have intermingled without at
tempt at quarantine regulations, and as
result the disease has spread to un-
known limits.
Hiram Snyder, farmer, Of Big
Bend, who had been missing young
lambs for some time, set a trap over
dead sheep. Next morning he found
large gray eagle caught fast by one
foot. The bird put up fierce fight.
scratching and biting Snyder in the
face. hands and legs before he finally
subdued it. 1t measures seven feet and
six inches from tip to tip.
Mrs. Daniel Shovlin, while feeding
chickens at Edgewood Park, was at
tackled by hawk measuring almost
four feet from wing to wing She was
in danger Of having her eyes picked out
when her husband, armed with a club.
came to the rescue. The bird attacked
him, but was killed by blow on the
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