The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-09-04
InE KEYSTONE STATE.
News Happenings Of Interest Gathered
From All Sources.

steam convertible engine; Henry l..
Dixon. Pittsburg. plate glass anncaling
apparatus; Hugh B. Duff. Cheswick.
Understanding apparatus; Davis Fcrgu-
son. Pit.sburg, coke drawer William
Goldio, Williamsburg, car heating sys-
tenn Frank S. Jones. Export. stitch op-
Grating device; William r. Mcpherson,
and II. Zurich. Tarcntum. washboard;
George W. Paul Pittsburg. parcr and
slicer; Howard Hope. Hollidaysburg,
caves trough hanger; Henry ~ Potter.
Fitsburg mercury vapor lamp; Charles
+ smith. Pittsburg. furnace; Samuel
b. Noodlord Imperial. attachment for
wash boilers.
Pennsylvania pcnsions.-Wiliam P.
McClecry. Troy. SS; Edward Acklcy,
Bradford, SI2; Byron N. Crandall. Ha-
zelhurst S24; Robert J.. Harrison.
Slassport. Sic; Allen Hall, Trough
Creek, $I2; Walter Baker. Dorinan-
town, SI2; John Ford Bradford. $1o;
Peter Mundanal. Harbour Creek, SI7;
George II. Galbraith. Natrona. $S:
George W. kcpple. Kaylor. So; Angus
tus Shcllcrhammer. EIogestown So;
Jerusha n Eckert. Woolwich So; Lucy
a. Crayton, Athens, SO: Eliza G.
Vance. Allegheny. So Mary Sullivan,
Cory. $I2: Sheldon NJ Moore. Erie.
SO; Ames Snyder. Henderson. SO: Oil
yer H. Scott. Kent; $Io: Isaiah Roos.
Allegheny. SS Samuel c. Dougherty.
| Natrona. $S; Martha 4. Trunck. Elliott.
I ~; Margaret Smettzer Edmon, So;
Eliza Ann Davis, Glen Hope, $S
Charles r. Schoen left Pittsburg ior
his home in Philadelphia. aitc- having
purchased site at Butler for has pro-
lected steel ca wheel manufacturing
plant. He proposes 10 make car wheels
by a new process and said thar the in
ltial cost OF the plant would be $500.
ooo. As TO the Knox affair a Atlantic
CITY. when the subject was broached,
Mr.. Schoen sa 4: please don't mention
that. The incident is closed Ii really
amounted to ro'hing more than aliat,'
and he Indicated by placing his hand
on a hystander's shouldc- ard showing
! INN slightly. II was so annoyed that
| Immediately went TO Saranac Lake
and didn't look at 4 newsraD,- for six
days. There is nothing between Mr..
Knox and myself. have not heard
from him since the incident.
When Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Il;eler re-
u'rned home alter Witnessing the CEN
tcnnial fireworks display at Blooms
I wv - NllNN lOUllu MISS l~ultU DdllNl flt+
nurse in their employ. LYING bound
and gagged uron the floor. Uron be-
| ing released She stated that she was
met in the hallway by man and wom
an who ovcrpowcrcd her before she
! could make an outcry She knew moth
| ing more until shortly before she was
released. The intrudcrs ransacked the
! horSe and secured $50 from a bureau
! drawer They also had lot OF silver
ware and ornaments bundled up ready
| to carry away, but were evidently dis
| iurbed. leaving thc booty. This is the
second time Mr.. Ileler's house has been
| robbed within the past six months
Over mile minute was the record
nadc by the Reading flyer" between
| Lebanon and Harrisburg. beating all
records on the Lebanon Valley Divi-
sion The ayers actual time was
! lwenty-six miles in twenty-one minutes
between Harrisburg and Lebanon and
| ias;er time could have been made had
| not the engineer been forced to slow
to eight miles an hour while passing
| through the local yards. a distance OF
! sight miles Between Palmyra and
| Hummelstown the rate was eighty miles
| an hour the greatest cvsr made by any
passenger engine on that ch.
The removal OF Richard Barrct with
| his family from Williamsburg to Swiss
! ralc reduced the population OF the ior-
| ner borough by twcnty-four. Barrel
IS AZ years old He married at the age
oi sixteen, his wife then being fourteen.
rhey have twenty-five children. most OF
whom arrived as lriplc.s. Barret is
rainter and paperhanger. His oldest
son is % years old and married.
The report OF the IchiPh Valley Rail-
road Company for July shows de-
crease OF S727,oo344 in earnings and
incore and decrease in expenses OF
slo,2o3 and a decrease in net earnings
VI S7I77oo. While there was decrease
in earnings OF the Lchgh Valley Coal
Company the expenses were also cut
down The deficit however showed
III increase OF S5S,27o,
The last days session of the 37th
'unual convention of the Patriotic
order Sons OF America at Willamsport,
yas occupied by the addresses OF the
'ewly ec,tcA officers. the national OF
iccrs ard the installation OF the new
State officers. In the afternoon the vis-
ling camps marched in parade com
posed OF 1000 members and twenty-four
bands The following prizes we're an
lounccd Communicates. for the larg-
est number OF men in line, Lebanon
Valley No s. Prize. SIS. For best
marching. Reading No. ?, Prize $50.
Fer the longest distance travelled. Allen
town. No. g. Prize $50. Camps ior
the largest numbr of men in line. Leb-
anon. No. 24s. Prize, S75 For the best
uniformed, Lebanon, No. .3SI. Prize,
$50 For coming thc longest distance
with over thirty men. Scuchsbu-g.
Pryc $50 For best marching. Icbsn-
on. No 254 Prize, S25.
The private engine Of General SUI
rcrintendent w. A. Garrett OF the
Philadelphia aud Reading Railway,
jumped the track iH the cut lust south
Of Mortonvillc Station and plnngine
into the rocks She was completely
wrecked. Mr.. Garrett received Sc
we're bruise on the head and had one
OF his ears badly cut.
John Bolen. an Austrian. ai Harris
burg. who was recently forced to Quit
work because OF illness. attended pic
mic on the bank OF the Swatara Creek.
During the dancing, Bolen waded out
into the stream and held up a glass OF
beer and shouted; Here goes my last
drink" I hen he plunged into the