The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-10-05
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Mr.. and Mrs Benjamin Mcttlcr YOU
ellis, of Easton, celebrated the sixth
eth anniversary of their wedding. All
OF their nine children were present
Charles Strauss, aged y years, OF
Lower Saucon Township has started
on tour Of the world. lie was never
before outside the boundaries OF his
native township.
w. J. =. Williams, one OF the most
prominent contractors in the Wilkes
Barre region, and brother OF the
late Congressman Morgan B. Will
liams, was killed at the Henry Col
liery by a prop falling upon him as
he was directing the work OF placing
for over thirty years.
Being overcome by sulphur fumes
while his train was going slowly
through the Mahanoy tunnel, Engi-
neer Wyld fell from the locomotive.
The train proceeded, and the engi-
nccr was not missed until the train
reached the open air. Members Of
the crew returned to the tunnel and
found Wyld unframed beside the
track.
Near Pottsvile two footpads held
up Henry Hess and demanded his
pocketbook. When he resisted one OF
them fired several shots at him, a
bullet wounding him in the face. Geo.
Bright short time later was held
up by the same robbers, and one of
them knocked him down. AS they
were about to rife his pockets he
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men, but 9TH escaped.
Jacob Priniki was hanged in the
county jailyard at Grccnsburg for the
murder OF w. J. Kelsey, OF East Char
leroi, on November Y, 1908 Priniki
boarded train at Monesscn in
drunken condition, and, refusing to
pay his fare, was elected by the con-
ductor at Charleroi As the train
started Prinik fired bullet at the
conductor, which killed Kelsey.
A. u. Leshcr, OF Berwick, has dis
posed OF mastodou tooth to the
National Musucm at Washington. The
tooth is seven inches long, five inches
wide and three inches thick. With
another, now the property OF Frank
lin and Marshall College, is was found
two years ago in the broken ice OF
a small creek near Marheim, Lancas-
ter county, by two boys, who gave
them 10 Mr.. Lcshcr.
Attorney General Carson has given
an opinion to Superinten lent OF Pub
lie Printing \. n. Pomeroy to the
effect that he cannot postpone letting
the thrcc-year contract for public
printing beyond the day fixed by law.
Believing that the State printing law
is almost obsolete, MIR Pomcroy has
prepared new law, but he cannot get
it through the Legislature by the third
Tuesday in January next when the
contract must be let. Attorney Gen
eral Carson admits the necessity for
a new printing law, which would save
the State considerable money. but says
the present law OF contract must be
obeyed.
Officials of the Philadelphia and
Reading Railway Company have petit
toned the Chester county courts for
an injunction to restrain the Philadel-
phia, Coatesville and Lancaster troll
ley road from crossing the railway
tracks on Main street, near First ave
nue, in Coatcsville, where the trolley
people now have their tracks and are
preparing to complete their roadbcd.
Joseph McKcel, who is serving a
nine month sentence in prison in
Ebensburg for false pretense, is be
lieved to know something about the
Portage murder and robbery on July
80, when Charles Hayes was killed
and $2Soo stolen from a paymastcr,
An information charging him with the
crime was made some days ago. Con-
stable w. ]. Griffith is the prosecutor.
McKee is said to resemble the de-
scription of one member OF the gang
which committed the crime. Further
arrests are expected.
An echo of famous church fight in
Mascus Hook was heard in court at
Media when Rev. Richard NJ. Doherty
appeared as prosecutor in suit for
assault and battery against Isaac Pea
cock, Fl years old. Rev. Mr.. Doherty
charged Peacock with insulting him
and striking him when he remon-
strated. Peacock's defense was that
he did not strike, but only pushed the
rector away. He alleged that Rev.
Mr. Doherty called him harsh names.
The jury acquitted Peacock and placed
Thieves stripped many grape arbors
in Beaver Meadow, carrying away the
fruit in wagon.
Michael Ricardi. a baker of Pitts
ton, was arrested OH the charge OF
using counterfeit union labels on his
bread and was held under $500 bail
for trial.
A Scranton grand jury for the sec
ond time approved OF the plan to build
$4,000 addition to the Lackawanna
County Court House. The work can
now be commenced.
David Ways, of Dunbar, predicted
his death two weeks before it hap
pened and requested that his body be
inferred in the old family cemetery
at Mt. Vernon, near Mt. Pleasant.
He died of typhoid fever.
William Fisher, an inmate, escaped
from the county insane asylum and
was injured on the Pennsylvania Rail
road near Rohrerstown. He was
thrown from freight car on which
he was riding and both his legs were
cut off.
Thomas Williams and Joseph Feath-
erstone, members of the Miners Ex.
amining Board, were convicted in
court at Wilkes Barre of issuing min
ers' certificates in saloon building.
which is contrary to law. Mine Work.