The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-29
LATEST HAPPENINGS
ALL OVER THE STATE.
Many Houses and Barns Swept Away
In the Flood at HaIIstead.
PENSIONS FOR pENNsYLvANIANs.
Wife's Double Game Killed Herself, But Failed
to Poison Her Thieves Used a
Ministers Implements to Force a Door
Farmers Exposition Attended by Thousands
at Mt dretnn--Other Live News

sylvanians: William Glenn. Hookstown,
fIo; John II. Miller, Trent, SI4; Horace
Robinson, Warren, So; Henry Kelly,
West Lebanon. $40; Sarah M. Dobson,
Harrisville. So; Susan A. Cole. Roches-
ter, Sc; Rachel Morgan, Trackvlle, So;
Mary A. Black. McKeesport, So; Eliza
beth r. Galbraith. Indiana. So; Sarah
!. Green. Derry Station. So; Mary A.
Rager, Derry Station. So; Martha P.
Leinbach, Regelsville. So; William Hill
mer. Sabua. So William l. Brown,
Pittsburg, 50; Alexander Denny, Hunt
ngdon, So; Lewis Rideout. Johnstown,
| John Barndt. Erie, $24; Lewis Brewer.
Erie. So; Wealthy A. Spaulding. North
| Orwell. So; Elizabeth McFeely, Ash
| vile, $S Susan Rouse, Wattsburg So;
| Martha G. Meals. Desalo. So: Mary B.
Hazard, Monongahela, SO.
A cloudburst swept the valley in which
Hallstead is located. doing great dam
age to property and nearly drowning
several families. The cloudburst came
shortly after 10 o'clock during a heavy
thunder shower in which houses we're
struck and barns destroyed and much
damage done The waters rushed down
the hllsides and Wiley creek rose ten
feet in few moments. flooding cellars
and imprisoning sleeping families in
their dwellings. Stock OF all kinds was
washed into the torrent and drowned
Barns were undermined. collapsed and
went down with the flood
Mrs. Margaret Hill, aged 60 years. OF
| Buena Vista. purchased a box OF paris
green, and carefully mixing large dose
in a cup OF coffee, swallowed the con-
| tantc In annthar 81 rnffan zha
| placed an equally large dose and left it
at the plate OF her husband. The hus
band did not appear for dinner, but ar
rived just in time to see his wife die in
great agony
| Thieves stole a horse from the stable
OF Mrs. Lizzie Kreider's farm near Lam
caster. The tools used in forcing the
stable door were stolen from the prem
ises OF Rev. Benjamin Hertzler, close
by. The police found the stolen animal
in local livery stable. where it had
been left by stranger who said he
would call for it.
Probably the largest crowd OF sight
seers ever in Mt. Gretna attended the
Mt. Gretna agricultural, mechanical and
industrial exposition at that place. One
! OF the incidents OF the exposition was
the entertainment OF delegations from
| lair associations from different counties
in the State, who made notes OF points
Tor their annual assemblies.
Henry Hunsicker, farmer oi Sa-
gersvile, had a thrilling experience
during thunderstorm, and the fact that
he escaped death is attributed to a rub
| Der coat which he wore. While driving
home lightning struck the horses and
they were both instantly killed, bu; Mr.
| Hunscker was uninjured.
The First Defenders Association OF the
| Did Worth Infantry Rifle Company cele-
brated the sgd anniversary OF its or
| ganization at Dallastown. where a re-
ception and banquet were given the
members and their guests. Samuel II.
Spangler presided at the banquet and
| delivered an address.
The one hundred and twenty eighth
annual business meeting OF the Society
Tor Propagating the Gospel Among the
| Heathen was held in the Moravian chap
Il at Bethlehem
William Smith, OF Lebanon, may lose
his sight as a result OF being struck by
| lying glass in Cornwall & Lebanon
passenger train. A boy threw a stone
through car window
Milton NJ. Butt, OF Schuylkill Haven,
4 painter. fell from a scaffold in Potts
! lille and sustained injuries from which
| ne died.
| These fourth-class postmasters for
| Pennsylvania. were appointed: ID. S.
McCurdy, Faunetsburg; r. f. Robin
| ion, Walnut.
William Wcsiman, OF Lancaster. fell
| rom the third floor OF a stable down an
Elevator shaft, sustaining fatal Injuries
Rudolph Chicock, OF Turkey Run,
committed suicide at Shenandoah by
lrowning himself in a mine branch.
Thirty girls employed as knitters at
| Dobbins' hosiery mill, South Bcthle-
lem, struck for higher wages.
John A. Dotter, aged "a years, and
me OF the best known milers in Leban-
on county, died at his home in East
| Hanover Township.
Influenza is prevalent among horses
Tamaqua vicinity, one veterinary sur
geon having fifty cases.
Joseph Rompolo, OF Allentown, is suf-
| iering with a broken back and irac-
lure OF the skull, but still lives. Ram
polo was hit by pile OF bricks and was
aiken to the Allentown Hospital His
| ,dSt Is dlNIdStlHB iiluSll d.lcntlOn among
ocal physicians.
Charles r. Reed, OF Schradcr. was
ound dead with his face in a mud pud-
| lie on the public road near Siglersvlle.
II is supposed he had an attack OF cpl
cpsy.
Two brothers. I.orah and Latmus
! Bigony, owners and operators OF
! mushroom plant in Lansdae died with
twenty-iour hours OF each other from
Uphold fever.
A 5-year-oId daughter >oi Mrs Mary
| Abelsky OF Shenandoah pulled ket-
lie OF hot water from the stove and was
80 badly scalded that she may die.
While on her way home from school,
near Hickory Swamp, Edith Howells
| was bitten by a copperhead snake. She
| is in a critical condition,
f. NJ. Allison, OF Sandy Lake was
| appointed by Governor Stone trustee
Of the Mercer Hospital vice R. J. Zah-
niser, OF Mercer.
Louis Roth Koskus fell from the
third-story window OF a dance hall in
| Wilkes-Brare while taking a nap, but
was not seriously hurt.
Reuben Nase, OF Rockhill, while on
! his vav 10 work at Ouakcrtown was