The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-03-06
Pennsylvania
BRIEFLY TOLD.
The Latest Happenings Cleaned From
All Sources.
PATENTS AND PENSIONS GRANTED.

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Damages Said to Have Suffered Because
Of cave.iu at Shenandoah - Lack Of
Mine inspectors.
Patents Granted-Alfred M. Ackln,
Pittsburg, car haul Joseph l.. Campbell,
Butler, rail joint; Francis M. Cannon,
Mckeesport, weather strip; Frederick
Danner, Tarentum, anaealing furnace;
| Joseph Eisele. Pittsburg. switch operat-
ing mechanism; James Geary, Bradford,
mail marking machine: David ]. Crit
hths. H. w. Hitsrot and G. w. Mower,
Mckeesport, railway switch; Thomas Z.
Kearns, New Kensington, white lead
dryer; Charles Kraus Johnstown, rail-
way track structure; James A. Mead,
Cory, holder for dental devices; Au
gustus w. Newell, Bradford, portable
heating and cooking shelf William ).
Paca, Erie. telephone exchange switch
board system; Ralph V. Sage, Johns
town, truck bolster, also door for hopper
cars; John B. Seinple, Sewiskley, pro-
jectile: Almer Thomas. Northeast, ma
chine for hulling green peas; Oliver ).
Weddell, McKeesport, rail joint.
Pensions Granted = William Kum-
ming, Pittsburg, SO; Hugh c. Mckee,
Johnstown, So Vim. B. Perry, Union
town. $S Allen B. Rockwell, Washing
ton, so; Daniel w. Daugherty, Salts
burg, $50; Archibald NJ. Stuart, Home
stead. $I2; Daniel Seachrist. Erie, So;
William r. Porter. Lewis, So; Samuel
c. Pinkerton, Pittsheld, SIP; Amos r.
Carson. New Hamilton, $I2; David K.
Bills. Waynesburg. $40; William Bee,
Reynoldsville, So; Thomas Bloom, Al
toona, $40: John Duncan, Cooperstown,
$I2; Samuel R. Carney. Brownsville,
$40; Sarah A. Park, Allegheny, So; Eliz-
abeth L. Sankey, Potters Milk, So; Mary
r. Hartman. Latrobc, So; Margaret c.
Kimmell. Boiling Springs, So; Matilda
c. Shaffer, Rainsburg, So; Maria Leuck-
hart, Eric, $I2.
The board created by the late Legis-
lature for the examination of candidates
for mine inspector completed its work at
Pottsvile. Only eight out of the six
teen applicants passed the examination.
The successful applicants are: M. J.
Brennan, Shenandoah; John Curran,
Cumbola; Z. F. Downing, Wadesville;
B. +. Evans. Buck Mbuntain; P. c.
Fenton, Shenandoah; Martin Kelly,
Minersville; Charles ]. Price, Level
lyn; James FINLEY. Wlburton. Not
single candidate for Northumberland
passed the examination. although there
is mine inspector to be elected there
and the law provides that all candidates
must pass the examination. Only one
applicant from Columbia County passed
and he will be elected without opposition
to position paying $4,000 year.
The dead bodies of Bartcl Sweeney. an
aged farmer, and his daughter Mary,
were found in their house at Wilcox with
their skulls crushed and the hedies very
much decopposed. Swe1ey was we'll
to-do. and the supposition is that rob-
berry was the motive OF the crime. The
condition of the bodies indicated that
the murder was committed two or three
days ago. The gas in the stove was
turned on full. in an attempt. apparently,
to cause the destruction of the house.
1t was decided by United Mine Work
ers' officials to hold the convention of
Districts Nos. !, 2 and Q in Shamokin,
beginning Tuesday. March I8. Between
GOO and 300 delegates will be present.
together with President Mitchell and
District Presidents Fahy. Nichols ard
Duffy. The convention will decide
whether TO strike or not il the wage
scale for the ensuing year is not salts
factory.
Scranton council adopted the recon-
mendation that the franchise of several
new street railways be limited to forty
years, and that tax be imposed on the
gross receipts The promoters of the
companies thercupon asked that the or
dinance be withdrawn from further con-
sideraton on the round that such re-
strictions would Pr veit the financing of
the scheme.
The trustees of the German Catholic
Church of Shenandoah 6lcd salt in
the prothonotary' Office for Sc5 900 dam
ages against the Thomas Coal Company
1t is alleged that the coal company mined
the coal from under the church. causing
the surface to collapse and damaging the
church.
Charles L. Taft. a newspaper man of
Oil City, committed suicide by shooting
himself through the head while standing
on the bridge spanning the Allegheny
River. He had been suffering from in
somnia
Charles Faber. aged 10 years. a tin
smith, of Pottstown. fell from the roof
Of rolling mill. distance of forty feet,
and sustained injuries from which he
died.
A supposed mad dog having bitten
several dogs in McVeytown and vicin-
ity. the Town Council of that place has
ordered all dogs to be chained for ten
days.
The Cambridge Cosl Company's col
liery. Shenandoah, operated by James
McGuiness & Co., resumed operations,
giving employment to 1870 men and boys.
Nathaniel Deits. employed on the Phil
adelphia, Newtown and New York Rail
road. was killed by train at Newtown
Station while he was making a coup
ling
A collision of freight trains or the
Reading Railway at Tamsqua resulted
in the derailing OF five cars and the
blocking of traffic for nine hours.
A vein OF coal ten feet thick has 5een
discovered at the Bear Ridge colliery OF
the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and
Iron Company.
While Jacob Kerschner, farmer near
Haafsville was trying to shoot rats with
a revolver he shot himself in one OF his
feet
While Harry Bush and John Ander-
son were returning from Gaines their
sleigh went over an embankment Bush