The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-08-26
The KEYSTONE STATE
Latest News Of Pennsylvania Told in
Short Order.

harness broke. He got down to fix il
and was standing in front of the team
when they started to run. He was
knocked down directly in front of the
knife OF the machine and horribly mutt.
lated. He leaves wife and seven chill
dren.
The chief of the Rochester Voluntee,
Fire Department, Joseph Heuring, wac
| Killed before 1900 persons by the fall OF
a Ioo-foot flagpole in Central Park
| The pole had been bent by storm and
| il was decided to cut the bent section
off. Hcuring ascended the pole seven
| ty feet, where he tied himself, and the
crowd gathered to watch the work
| Just as Heuring was through the base
of the pole fell Heuring was crushed
and died in few minutes.
Martin O'Bricn, OF Locust GAP. mar.
| rowly escaped being ground to pieccs
| beneath trolley car at Green Ridge
During the night he arose from hi,
| bed and walked to Green Ridge. where
| he seated himself on high trolley tres
tie, being sound asleep. The crew o,
an early car discovered him barely in
time to stop the car.
One man is dead. another will die
| and score are cut and bruised by ar
electric car jumping the track and run.
ming into trolley pole at Pittsburr
| The dead man is Archibald Hamilton
2I years. single. an employe OF the
Westinghouse Works at East Pitts
burg. Philip Burns, IS years, single
conductor OF the car, will die. There
were ninety passengers and it was re.
markable more persons were not hurt
The Sharon tin workers compro.
missed the trouble with the United State,
Steel Corporation and returned &c
work. The men. 900 in number. and &C
girls in the timing department walked
out last Tuesday because the manage.
mcnt cut down the speed OF the machir
cry to hall the former number OF revo-
lutions. thus bringing down the pay o
the men to barely living wages. The
men compromised on the reduction Of
one revolution minute in the machin
cry.
Because his wife threatened to leave
home, Robert SNOWFALL, boss OF Stev
enson's No. 3 mine. at South Fork.
shot her through the neck and then
killed himself bv shot in the right
temple. Snowfall had been drinking
quarrel. The woman will probably re-
cover.
The State Live Stock Sanitary Boar,
has notified DR.. Mather. their repre-
sentative, that evidence OF hydropho5i9
exists among the dogs OF Columbia
county. that all must be quarantined
for ninety days. The order states that
all dogs must either be confined OF
fitted with muzzles that will effectually
prevent biting.
Some time during the night thieves
entered the garden of John Hoffman, OF
East Berlin, and stole large quantity
of vegetables. but in their haste to get
away with the spoil before being de.
tected they accidentally dropped
pocketbook containing more money
than would have been necessary to pay
ior the vegetables.
The employees OF the Thomas Iron
Company at the Wharton Ore mines
Hellertown, have gone on strike, al
lcging that one of the bosses was oh
noNious to them and they would no,
work under his direction. No ore Is
being mined and the shutting down o.
the furnaces is likely.
While an open trolley car on the
South Bethlehem line was speeding
down Salisbury Hill the main livc-wr(
broke, shocking the motorman into un
consciousness and striking Mrs. r. NJ
Scammerhorn on the head nearly scalp
ing her
Exeter Township is the first town.
ship to take advantage OF the Sprou'
good roads bill. 1t filed an applica
ton Tor assistance.
While attempting to board moving
train at Lewistown David Stoncr, aged
20 years, was thrown under the wheels
and fatally injured. This is the third
brother to meet death on the railroad.
Locklaw, caused by running rusty
nail in the middle finger OF her right
hand last Thursday, caused the death
af,er terrible suffering, of Mrs Peter
Johnson, aged 63 years, OF Rush Town
ship.
One hundred and twelve OF the
neighbors and friends OF Daniel d. For.
rey, OF Cordelia, raised large barn on
the premises, the structure being So by
o2 feet. The work was superntended
by Rev. John Bashore, OF Ironville, 2
practical builder.
Miss Lillian f. Johnson was elected
miss AdllltllHC V. NNo-
grove, OF Philadelphia teacher OF read
ing and elocution. and Miss Edith '.
Keister, OF Harrisburg, trained nurse
OF the Keystone State Normal School
Kutztown.
The County Commissioners OF Lu'
zerne made another effort to sell the
S6T5,ooo bonds for which there was no
bidding at recent sale. They have ad'
vanced the percentage from 3 to pei
cent. The bonds are to provide money
for building the new court house, the
erection OF which is now under way.
Another mysterious killing is re,
ported near Scranton. The body o.
Richard kearney, a night watchmar
employed by the Laurel Line, was
lound dead along the tracks at the
company's crusher near No. plane
His skull was crushed in There are
two theories, one that Kearncy iel
from a switch engine, and the othe'
that he met with foul play. The iheor'
OF murder is the one generally accept
ed
The brakes on coal train on IN.
Central Railroad OF New Jersey iailee
10 hold on the steep mountain grace
near Ashley and big wreck was tn'
result. The engine preceded the irain
% Ashley to take water, and was apoul
10 start back to pick up the cars wher
hey came dashing down the monntain
side at a terrific rate OF speed. hey
crashed into the locomotive, and Chas.
Dewitt, brakeman. was caught in tne
wreck and fatally injured He had
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