The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-20
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Hospital, Camden. The affair grew
out of jealousy, Hendee claiming that
he was escorting two girls home when
they met Lovett, who made insulting
remarks. He fired three shots. one
OF which took effect in the head.
DR.. Reading attended the injured man
who said the shooting was an ac-
cident.
A man named Jacobs, of Downing.
town, has been committed TO Chester
County Prison for the alleged non.
payment Of SIo5 taxes and $3.IS costs,
having been sent to Chester county
by Magistrate Jere T. Carpenter, col.
lector of taxes for that borough,
Under the law providing for the i'm.
prlsonment of those who fail to pay
taxes for school purposes, The case
is a test one and has an important
bearing upon the collection Of taxes
from deinquents.
A lightning bolt from a clear sky
struck Mrs George Wynkoop at
Pottsville. She was unconscious for
a time, but will recover. Mrs. Wyn-
koop was closing the shutters in her
house when a ball of fire seemed to
drop down from the skies. The house
was somewhat damaged by the bolt.
Mrs. Wynkoop is the wife OF son OF
General John c. Wynkoop.
The Mine Workers convention at
Fittston adopted a resolution ask
ing President Roosevelt to take I'M
mediate action in the Colorado strike
and also appropriate $500 for the
aid OF the strikers. 1t was decided
to make an effort at the next meeting
OF tie Legislature to have an eight.
hour doy bill passed and also to have
hour day bill passed and also to have
weighed and paid for by weight.
George w. Thomas, farm hand
living near Kimberton, was badly
mutilated by the knives of reaper
and may die from his injuries. While
Gaping wheat he was thrown against
he knives and received numerous
sashes about the body and limbs,
pieces of bone being cut from one leg
c. c. Mellor, chairman of the Muse.
I'm Committee of the Carnegie lnsti-
ute, forwarded letter to the Penn.
sylvania Game Commission demand.
ing an investigation Of the charge
made by Secretary Kabfus, Of Phila.
delphia, who charged that representa-.
.ives Of the museum who had per.
mits to kill game birds for scientific
purposes had slaughtered thousands
Tor other purposes. AS a result the
commission decided to issue no furth.
er permits. Chairman Mellor says
that the committee demands
thorough and speedy investigation, as
the charge reflects on the institution,
and offers the committees aid
The General William Mofitt Reilly
medal, which every two years at the
division encampment OF the National
Guard is awarded to the oldest men,
Der Of the guard for long, faithful and
continuous service, will this year be
given to Adjutant General Thomas
]. Stewart. General Stewart entered
the guard as fifth corporal in Com
pany F, Sixth Regiment, September
28, 1860, and has since been connected
with the guard. Company +, at that
time was known as Norris City Rifles
Before the Civil War its commander
was General John F. Hartranit.
Charles Orr. a farmer of Calm
Township, So years old, was found
dead near his home the other morn.
ing. Orr had been in Coatesvill and
left there about 10 o'clock to drive
home. 1t is believed his horse be.
came unmanagcable and ran away
throwing him out of the wagon and
breaking his neck.
A man supposed to be John A. Pat.
tan, stranger, shot himself dead on
the campus of the Normal School,
Kutztown. He left note saying he
was penniless.
Governor Pennypacker viewed
site offered for the proposed State
Hospital for Epileptics in the suburbs
OF Spring City. The act provides
that the buildings shall accommo.
date 500 inmates and the expenditure
will be S5oo,ooo to $1,000, 900. The
tract at Spring City is composed OF
900 acres and comprises farms OF
David S. Taylor, lanes Towers, Leon.
ard Cook and Allen Roberts. The
Governor pronounced it the best 10.
cation in Eastern Pennsylvania, and
it is likely the site will be accepted.
The owners of seventeen fleets OF
coal and sand barges on the Susque.
hanna River, between Clarke's Ferry
and Middletown, representing in ali
an investment of $4,000, have organ.
ized under the name of the River
Operators Protective Association OF
Dauphin County, and will apply for
state charter. The object of the or.
ganzation is the mutual benefit of the
operators of the fleets and the inn
provement of the river bed.
Olof Swanson who left his home in
Chester six weeks ago, and for whom
the police have been searching, sur.
prised his family by walking in upon
them while they were eating supper
Swanson said that he had been drugg-
ed in Chester the day of his disappear.
ance by number of men with whom
he was drinking. He awoke to his
senses on Sunday in Maryland and
was compelled to seek work on farm
to prevent himself from starving to
death. When he asked that his family
be notified he says the owner of the
farm refused and would not allow him
to leave the place until after he had
worked a month. The police are in
vestigating the case.
Mrs. Mary Sweigert, of Youtzes.
town, better known as Mother Um. |
myle," who is in her goth year, picked |
six quarts of cherries. She climbed the |
tree with an agility that surpassed the |
efforts of some of the younger pick,
ers.
Harry Beverly, aged IS years, OF |
Pottsville, slashed his throat with . |
razor 1t is said he tried to kill him.
self because companions jeered him |
when he took the temperance pledge
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