The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-05-11
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! tieiIbrdn, Germany, where he recciv-
! ed the larger portion OF his inhcri-
, lance from the German Government.
| From there he went to Marscilles,
where he expected TO get more
| money. When he reached Marseilles
a pretended friend offered to carry
! his baggage to the hotel where he wa:
| - stop. But instead Of taking him tc
! the hotel the man took Large into
| some dark alley where he murderous
| iy assaulted Large and robbed him
! Large was removed to a hospital,
where he died in a few hours. The
! murderer escaped. Laryc was &c
| years old. He came TO this country
/ VIXEN boy. He is survived by wife
/ and a child. His widow will now
claim .he estate
The Orphan Society comprising
number Of prominent philanthropic
women of Philadelphia, who recently
sold their orphanage property neal
/ Overlook for about $5oo.ooo, has pur.
| chased the estate of William 5. Whit
ney. i'll Providence Township, south
| of Media The site comprises about
twenty acres, and the price paid is
said TO be over $1,000 an acre. Several
! fine buildings will be erected, 1nclud.
| ing man building, which will ac.
| co;rmodatc about 100 children, and
| buildings for the superintendent and
! other Oliccrs.
Albno Goodman and his wife, ol
| Mahanoy City, were acquitted IN court
at Pottsville of the charge OF selling
/ impure blackberry brandy. The jur,
! imposed the costs on Robert SINNERS
! the pure iood agent who made the
| arrest.
The residence Of Charles X. Ben
! nett, at Iullytown, was entered by
| burglar The man was held al bay
! upon the dining table by the family
uog until Mr.. bennett, VINO mad peer
aroused by the NOISE, arrived, when
| the robber made his escape. Some
clothing and gold watch were taken
BY the breaking OF foot bridge
| across the Lackawana River at Al
| bright avenue, Scranton, between thlr'
| ty and forty persons, most Ol Whom
| were women and children were
! thrown into the stream. a pane re-
! sulteu, but men III the vicinity came
to the assistance OF the Women ana
! children struggling IN the water. All
| escaped without sustaining serious IN
| Juries.
! State Dairy and Food Commission
er Warren, in his annual report, polnts
out that his department has within
/ the past year analyzed $500 samples
| OF food, whereas, in fourteen years
preceding, only 3,Ioo samples were
] analyzed. The principal crusades IN
| the year just passed have been against
the sale of olcomargarine colored III
| imitation OF butter and against
aduterated liquors and beer. Six
cases involving the sale OF aileSed
adulterated beer are pending IN PhiIa-
delphia and Harrisburg. 1he re-
| ceipts OF the department were $780,
I52. Commissioner Warren says
! Pennsylvania has attained the rcpu'
tation OF being the purest food mar
ket in the United States. He advo'
Gates new laws to remedy detects II
the old ones. He suggests that the
sale of renovated butter he prohibited
! Through the efforts OF Captain
! Simpson, Of the Coal and Iron Police
the hiding place OF gang OF robbers
| was unearthed at Hazleton. The der
was found at tht foot Of an abandoned
| stripping. The thieves had taker
extra pains in fitting out the place
Planks neatly cut were nailed on the
timbers of the gangway, making ar
apartment about eight feet high, ter
! feet wide and IS feet long. The
howl OF dog greeted the officers as
they descended into the dark hole. a
! light was struck, the dog secured
and a search made. On shelf IN
a corner was a bottle containing nitro,
! glycerine, and beside it was small
! utcnsil for dropping the deadly cX
| ~ nthpr artiripc found
a number Of lanterns, several saws
and miners caps and lamps. A LOT
of clothing was also found.
The large collection of historical
relics OF the Chester County His.
torical Society has been moved from
rooms in the West Chester Public
lottel to the society in the library
building at the West Chester State
Normal School. II. Rush Kerney
and several other members OF the
society are now arranging the col
lection for suitable display. The an.
nual meeting of the Historical So.
ciety will be held on Friday evening
Nav 20. DR.. G. Morris Philips, prin.
cipal OF the Normal School, who is
president OF the Historical Society,
is planning for big public meeting
at ihe time. An address will be de.
livered by Hampton L. Carson, At
torney General Of Pennsylvania.
Early the other morning the large
tobacco warehouse occupied by S. b
Womery & Co, Lancaster repre-.
scntatives of Elias Bach & Son, New
York, was fired by an incendiary
who, it developed, intended to cover
theft of Sumatra tobacco. The
building contained $500 cases of to-
bacco, valued at $4,000, a large part
! Of which was damaged either by
water or smoke, The building was
not seriously damaged and the loss
to the contents is covered by insur-
ance. B. NJ. Mowery, senior mem.
ber Of the firm, had narrow escape
from death by asphyxiation, having
been overcome by smoke after the
FIRE was extinguished.
At the High School commencement
at Mt. 10y, diplomas were awarded TO
Warren f. Hoffman, Levi F. Sheetz
Paul Brunbaker, John Engle, John
Root, Paul Murphy, Walter Eby, Geta
Bender, Martha Breneman, Maria En-
Gle, Grace Holwager, Mira Murray,
Anna Stauffer and Mary Missemer.
J. II. Schwenk, prominent coal
operator, was sued at Pottsville by
Attorney w. ID. Seltzer for $4,000
SETTER claims he adjusted a tangled
6,snc;al situation involving thou.