The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-02-07
THE KEYSTONE STATE.
News Happenings Of Interest Gathered
From All Sources.
FILIAL LOVE MADE HIN DESERT.
Man Arrested at Wilkes-Bnrre Declares That
lie Left the Army to Care for His Sick Mother
-.Langhorne Farmers Meet--A Number Of
Papers on Agriculture Discussed Shot by
Paymaster..P Prisoner Going Blind

| Papers on Agriculture DiSSuSseu"oHOt NY
Paymaster.. Prisoner Going Blind.
The farmers of Langhorne and
vicinity held their annual institute un-
der the auspices of the State Depart
ment of Agriculture at Langhorne The
| program in part was as follows:
Benefits Derived from Farmers Insti-
tute," r. S. Seeds, Birmingham; How
to Make Dairying a Success Henry
w. Comfort, Fallsington; "a Modern
Dairy Farm" w. A. Hutchinson.
| Thorndale; Home influence" Dr. A.
! H. Clayton, Richboro; 'Reclaiming
Wornout Soil" Prof. G. c. Butz State
! College, Pa. r. s. Seeds told What
] Constitutes a Country Home at the
| evening session while Louisa p. Os-
mond, read paper on THE 1npOs-
sible and the Probable" and w. A.
| Hutchinson spoke on "Soillng Crops"
John Doughcrty, an employee at the
! Harry Il. Collery of the Temple Iron
| Company was shot in the shoulder by
! Paymaster Barnstein while attempting
/ to break into his Office. Dougherty de-
| manded his pay, which was not due
| Darnstein closed the office and Dough-
| erty tried to batter down the door.
! The paymaster threatened to shoot,
but Dougherty would not deslst, and
a moment later he lay in the road with
! a bullet in his shoulder. Barnstein
/ gave himself up to the District Attor-
ney, but was not held.
The decision of Judge Love- in Cen
ter county, that the Governors cut of
! Sl,000,000 from the school appropria-
tion was constitutional has not had the
effect of stopping the mandamus
! Co.
Kratz filed at the Prothonotarys Of
| flee proceedings against the State
| Treasurer and Superintendent of Pub
| lie Instruction in behalf of the Amber
Independent and Green Lane Borough
School Districts of Montgomery for
their share of the school appropriation
prior to the cut made in the same by
( Governor Stone.
A gas plant for Lansdale is talked
of as an additional industry to be es-
/ tabtished at That place. A party of
capitalists also viewed a location for
a proposed new stove foundry to be
located along the line Of the Doyles-
town Branch of the Reading Railway.
At a recent meeting of Lansdale citi-
zens steps were taken TO organize a
stock company with a capital Of $685.
600 to manufacture ice. The Haser
plant has been purchased and $4,000
will be spent in reftting it with ma
chinCry.
John Dinan was arrested in Wilkes
Barre charged with deserving from the
United States Army Dnan says that
love for his sick mother prompted him
to desert his company, at Fort Slocum,
and return TO his home. Learning of
his aged mothers illness Dlnan Gays
he asked the department at Washing
ton for his discharge, but received no
reply He then decided to leave his
company and return home anyway.
The physicians say the mothers life
was prolonged by the sons care, and
they attribute q serious relapse to his
arrest.
The library and free readlng-rUom
in Colonial Row, on Main street of the
Bethlehem's, has been opened to the
public. These ladies who are at the
head of the project were present: Mrs
II. +. J. Porter, president; vice-presi-
dents, Mrs. j. Mortimer Levering, of
Bethlehem; Mrs. William w. Coleman
of ST. l-ulle's place, South Bethlehem;
secretary, Miss Minnie Erwin, Of West
Bethlehem; treasurer, Mrs. G.. B. Lin
derman, of Fountain Hill. Miss Mary
Reichel Of Bethlehem is the librarian
The centennial anniversary of the
elevation to the position of Chief JUS
tice of the Supreme Court of the
United States >of John Marshall. in
whose honor Marshall College at Mer-
cersburg later combined with Frank
lin College in Lancaater, was named,
was appropriately celebrated in the
college chapel. Rev. Dr.. j. S. Stair,
president of Franklin and Marshall
College, made the announcement that
$2500 by an anonymous donor had been
given the college.
The Kennett Square w. C. r. u,
through Mrs. S. d. Holton, has for
warded to Congressman Butler reso-
luton containing a request that he use
his efforts to secure the passage of the
amendment locking to the wiping out
OF polygamy. Mr. Butler replied to the
letter, promising to follow out their
wishes. A similar request has been
sent by the same union to Senator
Quay, but they have received no reply
from him.
The Inland Traction Company is still
making active preparations to COM
plcte its line between North Wales and
Chestnut Hill, Montgomery county. r
has been granted an extension of the
ordinance permitting an entrance to
Amber. Many releases have been Sc
cured along the Bethlehem Pike be-
tween Amber and Wheel Pump. For
time work seemed to be blocked by
the obstruction caused by the grade
crossing OF the Plymouth Branch of
the Reading Railway.
The State Board Of Pardons, through
the efforts of John NJ Broomali, has
recommended that David Kinsley, a
prisoner in the Media jail, be PARTON
ed. He was sentenced to 23 months in
jail on June 18th last for keeping IA
speak-easy. Since that time owing to-
his incarceration he has lost the fight
of his right eye, and the left one is
fast becoming affected
Preparations are being ma1G 10 con-
struct trolley line from Collegeville
70 Limerick Square.
The Jordan Manufacturing Company
and the Arasapha Manufacturing Com
pany of Chester have been cbnsoidat-
ed under the corporate title cf the Ara
sapha Manufacturing Company. The
officers are; President, w. $. Blakeley;
vlce-preaident, Richard Wetherll; sec
retary and treasurer, Irving w. Jor-
dan.