The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-09-18
The KEYSTONE STATE.
News Happenings Of Interest Gathered
From All Sources.

hpOllO. 20, Jonn !. Dell, NcNeesport,
sI2; Nicholas Grow, Dubois, $i2;
Albert Hays, Washington. So; Amos
Ripley. West Fairview. SO: Elliot J.
Hays, Titusville, SO David Phillips. Pitts
burg. SO; John W. Haffly. Rebersburg,
sI2; Danel ID. Young, New Buena Vista,
sI2; Sella Frame, Five Points, $r2;
Charlotte Carr, Meadville. $r2; Amanda
T. Patterson Butler, SO: Mary c. Stew
art, Rural Valley, $8 Josephine Christo-
pher, Monongahela, SO; William Craig,
Pittsburg, So; BENJAMIN F. Hamilton,
Waynesburg, SO; Forest f. Andrews,
Canton, SO; Edwin /. Sturtevant, Sill
vara. S72; William Simms. Cambridge
Springs $40; Amanual Gearhart Yeager-
town, SI2; Vernon Kelley. Wavnesburg,
$40; Mary NJ. Nell. Mercer. SS Sarah
Baird, Woodbury.. SS.
The advance sheets of the forthcom-
ing annual report of James NJ. Clark,
Chief of the State Bureau of Industrial
Statistics, for the year 1901 show that
PENNSYLVANIA produced doo.s7e ~-Nss
tons of steel rails during that period. The
production of plate and sheets was 1900.
5o2 gross tons. including black platt and
other sheets made bv the tin workers
which is practically the same volume OF
production as in 1900. The production
OF cut nails and cut spikes for 1901 was
37,34o gross tons. Other rolled products
for 1901, including structural shapes, bar
and rods. billets etc, amounted to 5,633,.
o54 gross tons There is an increase over
I9co of Too5.o43 gross tons of iron and
steel rolled into finished form and 100
per cent over 1906 The valre of the en-
tire production of 1901 OF the S,6oS,337
gross tons of rolled iron and steel not
including the production of tinplate
works, was $2oS, ,2S4,25o. The number Of
workmen employed was 86,oS6 and they
were paid wages aggregating $s133A,787.
The average yearly earnings, skilled and
unskiled, was $5Io.55, and the average
daily wage was $2.2I. Allegheny county
leads in production with 5oo5,6o8 tons,
that county producing nearly 50 per cent
of the entire production of the State.
Mrs. James Proutv oi Austin. was
awakened about 4 o'clock the other morn
ing by her little daughter choking and
crying. She found the room filled with
smoke and when the family attempted to
leave the building they found escape by
the stairway shut off by the flames. Mr.
Prouty carried his wife and child down
a ladder. the flames almost envelopine
them. An investigation revealed thai
the building had been fired in three
places, the incendiary using kerosene
Israel Dougherty colored a former
slave. in court at Pittsburg. produced
notched sticks rs his account books. He
sued Robert Ritter farmer. for $50
which he claimed as wages Dorgherty
explained his inability to read or write
by having been a slave for many years
and from a pocketbook produced his ac-
counts. They were kept on two flat
pieces of wood six inches square One
was notched for dollars the other for
half-dollars and quarters. Dougherty put
a hole through the wood for every dol.
lar paid him. The jury puzzled over the
case and awarded him $35
Two young women employed by the
Armstrong Cork Company Lancaster
were passing under a net work of wires
on Marshall street, when heavy arc
wire broke. John P. Colin. lineman,
was near at hand and realized the danger
of the women. One end of the wire fell
Just on them and Collin grasped the
other end. He was stunned and hurled
several feet, still clinging to the wire
which was slowly burning into his flesh
The wire was finally knocked from his
hands and he was picked no unconscious
AT the Pennsylvania railroad station,
Altoona. two Italians. employed in re-
paving and laying track, found guam
tity of American silver coin dated 90 OF
70 years ago. There is a tradition that
a man who went to the Mexican war
and died in Mexico. buried the money
in this vicinity before he left.
Reuben Teel. alderman of the Third
ward, Eastcn, who was arrested for for
gerry and confessed, was sent to prison
for one year and ten months by Judge
Scott.
A new hall OF the Patriotic Order
Sons OF America has been completed
at Chester Springs.
The Middle States Furniture Manu-
iacturers' Association met in Williams
port and discussed matters relative to
the trade.
The Monroe County Ministerial
Union, at a recent meeting, adopted
resolutions condemning church fairs
and festivals.
A dozen cases of smallpox were dis
covered in the village OF Rock Run, in
Valley Township.
On account of the scarcity OF coal,
The Pottsville Steam Heat Company
FdlsSu It's Idtea 80 per cent. AN du-
vance OF IS per cent. was made earlier
in the season.
Policeman H. John Kintzer was
ound guilty at Reading OF involuntary
nanslaughter for shooting George Tip
:on in a scuffle while Upton was re-
sistng arrest for stealing apples.
Because the borough council of Jones
own refused to appropriate sufficient
funds for the health department and fail
ID to approve a new set Of sanitary rules
The entire health board resigned.
Mrs. Mary Curry, of Lancaster. it IS
alleged, recently took her child from the
Children's Aid Societv's Home without
permission. A representative of the
home had the woman arrested for the
larceny of the clothing worn by the child
Sensational charges OF Grand Jury
embracery were made at Pottsville.
County conventions were held by the
Republicans OF Montgomery and Lu-
zerne.
1t was rumored in Hazleton that the
coal operators will>posknotices offering
the men an increase OF ten per cent
Six locals met and reaffirmed their de-
termination not to yield unless the
union is recognized.
An aged woman who started a month
ago to walk through the Black Forest
near Williamsport, has not been seen
since