The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-11-23
THE KEYSTONE STATE
Latest News Of Pennsylvania Told 10
Short Order.


committee: Mayor Vance McCor-
mick, Congressman Nj. Z. Olmstead,
J. Horace Mcfarland, Senate Libra
rian Herman ?. Miller and George A.
Gorgas.
County Detective Jeffries promises
the arrest Of the murderer of little
Mike Miorksi, who was killed near
Phocnixvillc, some weeks ago. He
said: You can depend upon it that
man will be arrested within the next
few days for that crime, and it will
not be a member OF the gypsie tribe.
we now have good case, and have
large amount Of circumstantial evi.
dence pointing to a certain individual
The gypsics have removed from the
neighborhood of Williams Corner,
but they will be here when needed in
connection with the case"
A jury in court at Media found
verdict against Frank II. Fleer for
S427.5o. Tie plaintiffs were Ernest
Lewis, 70 years OF age, and his father,
Oliver Lewis Young Lewis alleged
that on August I3, of last year, Mr..
fleer shot him with a rifle while he
and another boy were picking apples
under tree at the home OF Mr..
Flccr. in Neadon. Mr.. Flcer denied
that he had shot the boy on the day
i'll question and testified that on that
day he was visiting relatives in Sea
Isle City He admitted on cross-ex-
animation that before that occasion he
had shot at boys who went on his
place for fruit. The jury gave the boy
$500 and the father $27.5o.
The Phonix Silk Company, which
operates a Throwing mill in Potts
vile has announced a 10 per cent. gen
eral advance in wages. This increase
affects over 400 employees.
An indignation meeting of the cit-
zcns OF Glensde was held in St Paups
Lutheran Church, that place. the meet
ing being due to W. T. B. Roberts
notice to the citizens OF Glensidc that
he will no longer provide street illu-
mination and that the citizens must
maintain the lamps themselves here
after. IA the meeting an Improve
ment Association was formed. which
will take steps to secure borough
charter for Glenside.
To prevent attempts at Jail break.
ing the County Commissioners have
placed arc lights around the Lebanon
prison.
By an explosion OF stove polish Mrs.
John Hernon, OF Tamaqua, was badly
burned, the flames destroying most
OF her hair.
The Keystone Furnace, at Island
Park, near Easton, has been put in
blast after being idle several months.
Nearly 200 men are employed.
he slaughter house of Simon Ger
nick at Shenandoah, which is leased
TO Martin Lapinskas, a Mahanoy City
butcher, was blown UP by an explo.
sion supposed to have been caused by
dynamite.
John Oric, aged IS, OF Clarance,
Center County, stepped from a train
at Tamaqua on his way to Lansford,
and he had barely reached the waiting
room OF the station whcD he died from
heart failure.
Joseph Savitz was arrested charged
with having slashed suits, dresses,
overcoats, bedding, carpets, pictures
and everything that he could cut in
his brothers house. at Wilkes Barre,
because he was not allowed to marry
the brothers daughter.
In the case OF Mrs. Sarah, c. Crom.
ley against the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, for the recovery OF damages
for the loss OF her husband and son,
who were killed by a train on January
o, 1902, in Watsontown. the jury gave
the plaintiff a verdict Of $742S.
A. Young, of Allentown, was arrest
ed on charge of obtaining money I'M
der false pretcnse at Stettiersville, lie.
high County, P. J, Stephens, OF
Guthesville, who invested SIoo in the
stock of cigar factory. which Young
intended to operate, preferred the
charge.
Casper Sipckle, aged OF, farmer OF
Danboro, committed suicide by hang
ing himself He was in his usual
health and spirits at the breakfast ta-
BILE, but went Immediately from that
meal TO the barn and took his life.
Sinckle had experienced some finan-
cial reverses and this fact is supposed
to have caused him to commit suicide.
improvements on the Methodist
Church, in Washington Borough. have
been discontinued and in all proba'
bility the church will be moved to an
other part of the town, as the new
freight line Of the Pennsylvania Rail
road passes alongside the church.,
John w. Hunter, of Philadelphia
aged about 10 years, died at the Ches.
ter Hospital. While hunting for rab'
bits, near Gradyville, he was acciden.
tally shot in the knee by companion.
He was considerably weakened by loss
OF blood before he received attention
at the hospital.
Michael Bongiorno, a Pottsville
merchant, who has returned from It.
ally, brought with him his own wife
and the wives of eighteen other thrift
ty Italians. In addition he brought
four young women, who will be the
brides OF Italians in Pottsville, and
also twenty-three children, the latter
belonging to the eighteen wives. The
entire party were taTged and labeled
in novel manner Bongiorno
brought the company to Pottsville
without an accident
The court has re-appointed William
P. Sharpless, William Scattergood and
George Kerr, all of West Chester, as
inspectors OF the Chester County Pris-
on.