The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-19

Pensions granted Pennsylvanians; =
/ Alfred Masonhimer, Allegheny, so;
Nelson r. McNeal Claysvlie, SO John
II. Fish, Philipsburg, $5 John Daniel,
| Monongahela, $40; Sidney W. Clark,
Leroy, $I7; John P jenkins, Six Mile
Run, $40; James Nj. Floyd. Wilkins
burg, So; Samuel Jordon, Mosharnon,
SI7; Amanda Reeder, Turtle Creek, 81.
The twenty-ninih annual session of
! the Pennsylvania State Grange, ad-
iourned at Johnstown The report of
the Finance Committee, which was ap-
proved, showed a balance in the Grange
treasury of almost $1,000. A resolution
was adopted opposing the appointment
OF a Cabinet officer to be known as Sec
retary of Commerce and Industry. The
| Legislative Committee Submitted sup
| Elementary report in which the State
| Grange was solicited to use its energy
toward the enforcement OF the law that
| forbds the aduteration of mill feed.
| \ resolution recommending a taxation
| of all corporate and personal property
at the same rate that the real estate is
taxed for the benefit OF road improve
ment fund was adopted. A committee
report favoring the extension OF the free
rural delivery system was unanimously
! adopted
The State has returned TO the War
Department at Washington the warrant
for Sro2.ooo, sent in part payment OF the
! Spanish-Amercan war claims for money
spent by the State i'll preparing the
| Pennsylvania regiments for service.
! The total claim was about 100000, but
over half has been paid. The warrant
! lust returned was sent in settlement of
| The claims outside OF those called mis-
/ cellancous' These claims were made
! some time ago, and when the warrant
! was received it was seen that a number
| of claims had either been cut down or
disallowed. The State officials were not
satisfied with this arrangement ard the
| warrant was at once sent back The
| War Department. has since sent the
| State a courteous letter, saying that it
will look into the matter again
With a clothes liuc on the end of
which was an iron hook, James Jones,
prisoner, escaped IRON the Pittsburg
pcnitentiary. Jones was employed in
the bakchouse. He escaped by making
a hole through the roof, and then used
| the clothes line TO scale the tlirty-foot
wall surrounding the prison.
A fire apparently of incendisry ORR
gin destroyed the large barn on the farm
ot John IL. Miller &C Millersvlle. Two
mules, number OF hogs, farming inn
plements, several thousand bushels OF
wheat and corn and large crop of to-
| bacco were consumed The loss is
$1,000.
The County Commissioners fixed the
valuation OF property in Pottsville at
S6,I74o2I, q decrease of $Iso,A38 from
the valuation Of last year. The de-
crease may make 1t necessary TO raise
the rate OF taxation from seven and one
half TO eight mills.
a gang of men employed by the Della
ware & Atlantic Telephone Company,
ii building a line from Blooming Glen
TO Dublin, struck on account OF the
number OF hours OF work and the entire
party left ior their homes,
he Ernest Sill; Mil,~of East Match
Chunk, has been sold TO d. G. Derry for
$4,000, subject. TO mortgage of $3o,-
600 in favor of trustees. who are resi-
dents of the Mauch Chunks
While playing on flat boat along the
river at Muney, Theodore Brass, the
5-ycar-old sor OF Ollie c. Brass, fell
into the water and was drowned
The Meadeyule Theological School
has received Christmas gif. OF $4,000
in the form of an endowment for the
presidents chair from an anonymous
donor.
An order will soon be issued from
National Guard headquarters anrounc-
ing that the Spring inspections will be
gin in February
Mrs. William Ueifert was badly gor-
ed Ivy bull on her farm in Mahanoy
Valley.
The public schools of Royersford.
owing to the smallpox, have been closed
until January ?.
Denlingcr & Charles grist mill and a
creamery adjoining, at Intercourse, were
destroyed by fire, cntailing a loss of
$1,000.
William Habbings. of Dents Run,
died at the hospital at Williamsport, of
injuries received by being crushed be-
tween the bumpers of log train.
Michael II. Smith, aged 2S years, was
killed by a train at the West Third street
crossing, South Bethlehem, of the Phila-
dclpha & Reading Railway.
Robbers broke into William Lentz's
general store, at Jonestown. and stole
several wagon leads Of goods.
Thieves entered the warehouse of An
drew Blair, at Carlisle, and blew open
the safe with dynamite, but secured no
, booty.
Joseph Cannell, aged II, of Coventry
! Vile was toying with dynamite cart
ridge which he had found in a quarry,
when it exploded and blew off his right
hand
At the Maynard Sawmill Williams
! port the heavy iron wheels were remov-
! ed from five lumber trucks by thieves
and taken away in wagon The plum
der weighed 1900 pounds
Fire at Shamokin destroyed four hous-
e5 owned by Samuel Roughton, caus-
ing a loss OF $4,5oo
Ebcnczcr s. Blanchard, aged "a years,
of Port Blanchard died at Wilkes Barre
in the house where he was born
Patrick Gibbons, of Scranton, was ac-
quilted OF the charge of killing his wife
on October 9th last on the grounds that
he was insane.
JOHN II. Kaul, a retired merchant, died
at his home in Lancaster, from injuries
sustained on Saturday. when he tripped
and iel down fight OF stairs,
William Clark OF Slate Run, aged 80
! years, who attempted suicide by cutting
flasg, ~ - - l.