The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-12-07
THE KEYSTONE STATE
Latest News Of Pennsylvania Told in
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ing Tor the publication in not less
than two newspapers of each county
OF the laws passed from session to
session. This movement is the out
growth OF the large number of pro-
secutons under the pure food and
game and FISH laws. 1t is contended
that many persons are ignorant Of the
laws which are passed by reason OF
the fact that these laws are not
published in the newspapers. New
York. Ohio and other States have
been printing the laws for many years
under the direction of the State
officials. A law similar to the one
now in force in New York is the
basis for the act which will be intro
duced at the coming session.
X. c. Hall. Pittsburg capitalist,
VINO last week purchased the Con-
necticut State Building at the St.
Louis Fair. paying about $5o,ooo will
remove the structure to his Summer
home in Aspinwall, on the Allegheny
River. The building is a pure ex-
ample OF Colonial architecture. The
building will be placed on river barges
at st. Louis and towed all the way to
Aspinwall, where it will be recon-
structed on the top of hill crown
ing Mr.. Halls premises. If bridges
do not interfere. the structure will be
removed bodily to the barges at St.
LOUIS. Otherwise it will be partly
dismembered for transportation.
Rev. Robert Watson, OF Oxford, is
IN Cincinnati looking over the pro-
spects in the Second Presbyterian
Church. which has extended to him
call to become its pastor. while
am very much pleased with tho
citizens OF Cincinnati" he said. the
city is entirely too dirty for me, and
even should | accept the pastorate
would hesitate about bringing my
family here" He added that Gin
cinnati needs to have its civic pride
awakened and clean up some OF its
dirt"
Thieves entered the millinery store
of Miss Kate Shupe, in Evansburg
ard carried away about SIS worth Of
carefully selected hats, bonnets and
other goods. The thieves were very
choice as to the style OF the hats and
the quality o. the materials, as they
lett behind al inferior stock.
In his suit for damages against the
city of Lebanon, jury at Lancaster
awarded L. B. Brubaker, miller. OF
Elizabeth Township, a verdict for
$500. Brubaker owns a mill on Ham.
mer Creek and from this creek Leban.
on took its water for municipal pur.
poses under the law OF eminent do
main. Brubaker claimed $4,000 dam
ages. 1t is understood that other
millers along the same stream will
file claims.
Henry Phipps. the retired steel
master, is about to close a deal for the
construction OF a fourteen-story hotel
at Sixth street and Duquesne Way
facing the Allegheny River, which is
to be the largest and finest in Pitts.
burg and will cost about $2,ooo.ooo
r. a. Brobst, proprietor of the Lin.
coin is to be the lessee. The propos.
cd hotel will contain convention
hall.
John w. Dichl. of York, chief clerk
of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea
Company's Harrisonburg store, was
arrested and committed to Jail in de
fault OF bail. Dieh is charged in an
information made before a Harris
burg alderman with the larceny ol
goods to the value of 5000.
Joseph Sale and John c. Reed wer,
held in the Police Court at Lynch.
burg for the action of the Decembe,
grand jury on a charge of holding ut
at the point of pistol and robbing
J. X. Campbell and Nelson Kidd
Nelson county farmers, who were in
that city to sell tobacco, and of re.
lieving them of all the money they
had with them. The alleged hold-up
occurred early in the morning. Sale
is native of Lynchburg, but his com.
panion is not known IN the city.
The close of the business for No.
vember and for the fiscal year at the
State Treasury finds $II,7oI,I5I. 20 in
the general fund of the State Treas.
ury, or about 100000 less than on
October 81. he money is deposited in
I4o financial institutions throughout !
the State The receipts for the fsca.
year ending November 80, 1903, wera
$2I,o3o,232.6o, and the receipts up to
November 80. 1904, were $Io,767,-
5o373, decrease OF $I,26a, ,63s.87. The
payments for the year ending Novem.
Der 80, 1903, were $IS,o5o, 4So.os, and
for the year ending November 30
1904, the payments were $Io,7637S4. 2S
an increase Of I,683,3o4.23, or about
AilliiOu diiu Hdli ltSS III receipts ana
a little more than a million and half
more in payments.
w. A. Pierce, druggist of West
Chester was defendant before Mag
istrate Paxson, charged by State Pure
Food officials with having sold So
called blackberry brandy which, it is
asserted, contained foreign substance
sontfary to the pure food laws. Spec.
ial Agent X. n Thomas testified that
he bought bottle of the blackberry
brandy at Mr.. Pierce's store on the
prescription OF West Chester ply.
sician about year ago, and Prof. c
B. Cochran, the State chemist. test
fed that he had annalyzed the liquij
and found that it contained coal tar
colorng, but no blackberry juice. Mr.
Pierce said he hal purchased his wines
in bulk from wine company which
he regarded as reputable firm. He
said he did not aduterate the wine
but when he sold it he believed it to
be pure. The justice sent the case to
court for trial.
Kirkbride Larue, of LanghorGs. died
from the effects of an accident while
playing football. The igamcnts in
one of his legs were injured, and he
was seized with an attack OF spinal