The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-02-12
The KEYSTONE STATE.
news Happenings Of Interest Gathered
From All S0urces

These patents we're granted Pennsyl.
vaniars: Edward +. Braucher, Mey
| ersdale, dumping wheelbarrow George
M. Chambers, Erie, corner construc-
tion Tor show windows. show cases,
etc; Francis Z. Collins. Conshohocken
valve; John w. Garland, Pittsburg
lifting jack; John M. Hansen, Pitts
burg, bolster for hopper card; john
Mccormick, Wilmerding, water gauge
Thomas J. Miguel, Allegheny, feed
mechanism for rolling mills; Henry j.
Sage, Beaver, manufacture of glass
tile; Samuel Seemann, Sharpsburg,
| loose leaf book; Robert A. M. Slater,
Mckeesport, pipe heating and welding
apparatus; William II. Smith, Allie
gheny, Photographic printing frame;
George B. NJ. Twecdy, Pittsburg, puz-
zle.
Pensions granted :-Menzo Beverly,
New Castle, So; William Tarr. Cherry.
tree, $40; Martin Haller. Allegheny
SI2; Sanford Z. Campbell, Spring
Creek, $50; Thomas J. Moore, Allie
gheny, $I2; Daniel H. Whit, Rays
Hill, $24; Elizabeth R. Mills, Pittsburg,
81; Frederick H. Weston, Frankstown,
SIo; John Funk, Alexandria, So; Alfred
Sisler, Elliottsville, $40; Samuel Z.
Johnson, New Salem, S12; George
snyder. Rimersbu-g, $I2 Simon Near
1oof, Tyrone, SI2; Jacob H. Freedline.
sdgewood Park. $I2; Mary Jane Krun-
;leton, Mercersburg, SS
Pensions granted Pennsylvanians:-
oseph T. Mccormick. Uniontown, 50;
edwin J. Hunt. Austinburg.. $I7.; Philip
Y = IAl,a
lmbrose, Slvan, $r4; William G,
iepier,' Bradford. nf A"; s.; Mary Bower,
State Line, $I2; Maria J. Fox, Manor
lille, So; James Sawyer. Brownsville,
o; Walter II. Palmer. Cambridge
,prings. $Io; John Smith, Harrison
ALLEY, So; George w. Blinger, Strodes
Mills, Sz4; Daniel Gutshall. Less Cross
Roads, SIo; William NJ. Goesler, Lew
sburg. So; Magdalena Cation. Meyers
'ale, So; Susanna Ehean, Wagner, -;
-eah r. Mcfarland Altoona. So; Re
,ecca Burgess. Morgansea, s.; Louise
forester. Allegheny. So; Anna M.
'runkard. Altoona, So; Lucinda B. Nc
,,aren, Allegheny, So; Caroline Naugle,
dillsboro. SS.
The Pittsburg Coal Company. oper
,iing the Edna mine. struck a six-foot
'ein OF coal at 375 feet on the Gardner
arm, in Hempheld township. The coal
the Pittsburg vein. The company is
sinking shaft for a mine OF 5000 tons
:apacity and will eventually abandon
he Edna mine, which is slope work
ng.
The contract for erecting the new
Beaver Valley General Hospital at
New Brighton. has been awarded tc
!. A. Bradshaw, Of New Brighton. His
estimate was S26.ooo. The contract calls
or the completion OF the building on
''Ianuary 1, 1904. Work will be started
at once.
While on his way into the Bowers
mines at Winslow, Isaiah Bowser, a
driver, aged Io, was overtaken by q
number OF loaded cars which had
broken loose from all outgoing drive
and fatally injured.
]. F. Rawson. aged 81. was found
dead iii bed at West Brdgewater.
Coroner ]. R. Gormley decided that
death was due to natural causes.
Smallpox has broken out near Car
michaels, Greene county.
Mrs Henry Boras celebrated her one
hundred and fourth birthday at Cory.
The bridge spanning the Allegheny
river at Oil City was declared free to
the public.
Mrs. ]. w. Williams, of Hickory
township, Mercer county. was fatally
burned by her clothing catching fire al
an open CRATE.
Two coal crushers at the entrance
to the big mine OF the Cambria Steel
Company at Johnstown were destroy.
cd by fire, causing loss OF $4,000.
Fredercktown, Washington county,
is without a church, although one OF
the Oldest towns in the county A
movement to erect house OF worship
has been taken TIP. and $500 was sub
scribed fo- the purpose.
William Matthews aged I6. was kill
ed at the Ellsworth mines by falling
down a shaft.
The high water on the Allegheny
river compelled the closing OF DEPART
ment OF the Pittsburg Plate Glass Com
pany at Ford city.
William Jones, who was wounded in
fight at Westland, died from his in
juries, and officers are looking for
Richard Pieper, alleged to have fred
the fatal shot.
The 3-year-old daughter OF Thomas
Carney, OF Calumet. is dead, and son,
aged S, is seriously i'll, the result OF
drinking bottle OF poisonous mcdi
cine.
Indiana Presbyterians voted to erec'
a handsome new edificc.
The blast furnace at Kittanning has
closed down because OF a coke short
age.
Samuel Mardrick. aged II, was kill.
ed by train at Rainey Junction, n;aI
Uniontown.
Benjamin Hinkson, aged I3, has dis
appeared from his home in New Castle,
and cannot be found.
Thieves entered the home OF Louis
Stull at Altoona and secured $Ioo. En-
trance was gained by ohopp;ng dow,
the kitchen door.
Fire in J. II. Muntz's warehouse at
Greenville destroyed several thousand
,'olars' worth OF farming machinery
and partially DESTROYED the building.
Rev. leroy w. Warren. pastor OF the
Burgettstown Presbyterian Church, has
accepted cal, from the church at Mo
rongahela.
Samuel Spranklc. farmer. was
irowncd in the Juniata river near Ty
zone.
Miss Clara Toner, OF Pittsburg. has
oeen declared sane by the court r
,ireensburg. and thereby comes into an
state valued at 100000