The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-08-28
The KEYSTONE STATE.
News Happenings Of Interest Gathered
From All Sources.

ger, Pittsburg, car haul; James Bonar,
Pittsburg. steam trap; Charles J. jack
son. Erie. screw cutting die Lowell II.
| Kenyon, Allegheny, locomotive driving
wheel Joseph A. Shnn, Pittsburg, -arti-
fetal sand and producing same; Jack
son Simonton. Altoona, operating device
for car doors; Oliver s. Weddell, Nc
Keesport, rail-joint; Henry H. West
inghouse Edgewood Park fluid pressure
| brake
Pensions.-John G. Raymond, Union
dale, 50: William Quinn, Erie. SO; jacob
| McCloud. Spencerville, $12; Henry Ro-
baugh, Conemaugh $I2; William II. II.
| Smith. Bruin. $40: Henry E. Emory,
| New Castle. SO: Henry Vogie, Hammer
! er. Sr2: Josiah d. Hicks. Altoona, 80;
| John Taylor. Pittsburg, $I2; Mary I.
! Calhoun. Altoona. $I2; Mary E. John
son. New Castle. So; Frederick smith,
Pit,sburg. IL; Tilgesman Creagle, Bea-
| vcr Meadows. $I2: Herman Decker,
Pit,sburg, SI2; William A. Corners,
Johnstown. So; Ephraim lsenburg'
Blandburg, s..
Big coal companies are after the ter
ritory in the new Indiana County coal
| field. One hundred thousand acres
have been sold in the field during the
past thirty DAYS and OF this the Buffalo,
| Rochester & Pittsburg Railroad has Sc
cured 10000 acres through subsidiary
companies James Kerr, allied with the
Vanderbilt interests is said to have Sc
| sured the next largest holdings. Other
coal operators shipping over the Penn
| svlvania Railroad have also purchased
| thousands of acres. Much coal remains
under option in unknown hands.
Iohn Markle. OF Jeddo. the million
aire superintendent OF G. B. Markle q
Company. participated in a game OF
bas eball with strikers on the common
at Jeddo. He also joined the men IN
game OF auoits and the assembled
strikers cheered every good play made
bv their employer, with whom they hive
on the pleasantest relations. Mr.. Mar
kle rendered an open air concert to the
strikers in front OF the companys store
at Jeddo.
PAIL Beegie. aged 1S years. mail
messenger employed by the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad. was arrested in Altoona,
charged with stealing satchels and dress
suit cases at the passenger depot, tne
goods being the property OF passen-
gers. He had mems and womens
clothing OF all descriptions in his room
at his home. Passengers who have lost
satchels and dress suit cases nave COZ
lected hundreds OF dollars damages
from the Pennsylvania Company
Jacob Delp. formerly a prominent
business man OF Pittsburg. attempted 10
cut his throat While the ambulance
was coming up, he ran out and Jump,
ed into the river. The police pulled
him out, and Delp died at the hospital
from heart disease. occasioned by the
shock he had sustained.
When Policeman Kirschman arrest
ed George II. Young at Reading, he
was picked up by his prisoner and hurl.
ed bodily through a show window OF
the Eagle Marble Works. Kirschman:
although severely cut, recaptured
Young.
Select Councilman II. J. Riley ap-
peared before the Chester Board OF
Health and charged the board with
looseness in conducting its affairs, and
with incapability in managing the mu-
nicipal hospital.
Richard Wetheril the builder OF the
famous Centennial Corliss engine,
has issued a book for private circulation
containing sketches OF the WetherilI
family,
George Mechou, OF Scale Siding,
owned dog suffering with mango In
order to dispose OF the animal he took
il to the woods and attached two sticks
Of dynamite and a long fuse to his
neck. lighted the fuse, and retreated to
place OF safety, forgetting to tie the
dog Tine animal ran after its master
10 his residence Mechou saw the ami
NAL coming and Knowing an explosion
was liable to occur at any minute
ouickened his pace with the dog close
at his heels. He was successful in
reaching the house in safety and
closed the door. The dog badly
frightened by the sizzling fuse, took
refuge under the shanty. Immediately
terrific explosion occurred and the
building with its contents was blown to
atoms. None OF the family in the
house was injured.
Pure Food Commissioner Cope, as
result OF the work OF the agents oil the
department, has ordered prosecutions
in fifty cases OF food adulterations in
dozen counties. Ten OF the cases, in
Allegheny, Westmoreland and Philadel-
pha. are against men who, it is alleged.
have been selling oleomargarine and
forty are against those who sold meat
uOCtOTeu Win DoldSlS anu sdlySHlS dSiu
disposed OF impure preserved fruits and
groceries.
Jas, Cunning, OF Kennett Square, was
found dead by the roadside. He left
home at an early hour to go to his
work, about a mile from town, and il
is supposed was attacked by heart dis
ease He was about forty years old
and one OF the most expert rose grow
ers in his county. For several years
he was employed in the Government
Botanical Gardens in Washington.
The HARRISON Walker Refectories
Company OF Piitsburg, has given
mortgage Tor $3,soo,ooo to the Colonial
Trust Company, to secure the payment
Of FIVE per cent. twenty-year gold bonds.
A coke famine is hurting the iron
trade. Nine furnaces were banked in
the Mahoning and Shenango Valleys
owing to lack OF fuel, and other shut
downs are probable from the same
cause, Plenty of coke is being produc-
ed. but railroad facilities fall short.
Martin Wheaton was killed and Viii
liam Kelly probably fatally injured in
cavern at the Herriott sand bank,
Sharon.
There was panic on a Logan Val