The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-04-19
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town.
Andrew Carnegie has offered the Big
Spring Presbyterian Church $3.50 for its
organ fund.
Lyman Wagner, Of White Haven. was
fined 500 and costs in court at Match
Chunk for shooting deer after the
season closed.
The Philadelphia & Reading Coal
& Iron Company has started one OF the
largest coal washeres in Schuylkill
County. 1t will wash the big culm banks
at the abandoned Thomaston Colliery,
in the llecksherville Valley. These
banks were made during the early years
of mining and will yield so per cent. OF
coal
The first application for State aid
for the repair OF township roads in
Schuylkill County under the provisions
of the road ac; of 1903 has been filed
with the County Commissioners by the
supervisors of Higgins Township.
At meeting OF Donegal Chapter
Daughters OF the American Revolution,
the candidacy Of Mrs. Henry c. Penny
packer, of Phoenixville for State regent,
was unanimously indorsed.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has purchased two farms at Denholm, i'll
the Lewistown Narrows. This property
will be utilized in the erection of
large coaling station and cinder pits.
A jury awarded Martin J. Cox 81, 500
damages in court at Norristown in his
suit against the Schuylkill Valley Trac-
tion Company for the loss of his right
foot. The foot was cut off by car
without headlight, which ran over him
on the night OF July "a last
At a joint session of Altoona Coun-
ellis George W. Knebler, Andrew Ripple,
Sr., and James c. Huges were elected
commissioners of the newly created
public works department. Thomas c.
Hare was chosen City Solicitor S. NJ.
Griffith Water Commissioner, Harvey
Linton city engineer and Frank S. Mus
ser assessor-at-lar Mr.. Hughes is
the only Democrat on the list.
The Rush Township authorities have
decided to replace the screech-owl whistle
over the Schuylkill River Water Works,
for use as a fire alarm. The whistle was
removed lase year after several citizens
complained that they had been blown
into nervous prostration.
AT the annual meeting and banquet OF
the Lehgh Valley Alumni Association
of Ursinus College at Bethlehem, it was
reported that great success is attending
the efforts TO endow an additional pro-
fessorship in the Reformed Theological
Seminary in West Philadelphia. The
president, Rev William II. Erb, OF
Bethlehem, and all the old officers were
reelected
Burgess c. H. Pennypacker, of West
Chester, has submitted 10 Borough Coun.
Gil message in which he advocates ar
ordinance providing for subway or con
duit, in which all electric light, telephone
and telegraph wires may be placed. He
also advises a revision, compilation anc
publication of the borough ordinance!
in book form.
The Merchants Protective Association
of Hazleton wired the Federal Court
officials that it is ready to testify against
the Beef Trust. The merchants assert
that they have frequently been obliged
TO take whatever meat the trust desired
TO sell them regardless of cost
County Detective Bentley, of Carlisle
dllNSlNi lihllN lOIAH' at MS llOHlN llOtl
Boiling Springs, Cumberland County,
charged with shooting Jacob Shenk and
his son, David, who were wounded By
burglars near New Kingston. Foltz Is
supposed to be the man who was shot
by the younger Shenk. He has several
bullet wounds in the left arm and breast
Foltz refused to discuss the robbery.
The foreign and negro laborers EN-.
| ployed by the Pennsylvania Railroad con.
tractors at Quarryvile, who went on q
strike and caused riots on Monday have
nearly all left the place, as the contrac.
tors refused TO advance wages.
Mrs Harry Resh, of Lancaster, soaked
her clothing with kerosene and then ap
piled a match. She was ablazc from
head TO foot in an instant. but her chill
dren aroused the neighborhood and the
| frenzied woman was subdued and the
flames eXtingushed. Though badly
burned it is believed she will recover.
Mayor Simon H. Walker, of Altoona,
has issued orders that the uniforms OF
the police must always be carefully
brushed, the brass buttons kept bright,
the shoes shined and the linen of the
officers spoless; the faces of the men
must be cleanly shaven and the hair
kept trimmed
threatened strike of masous, brick
layers and plasterers was averted in
Pottsville by compromise between them
and the contractors. The contractors
! granted an increase of Is cents a day
and conceded Saturday half-holiday.
Under the new scale for nne-hour day
the wages will be as follows: Bricklay-
ers, $S.75; plasterers and masons, $3.50.
Condy O'Donnel, Janitor of the Eckley
B, Coke Mechanical School, Freeland,
fell down a fligth OF steps in the build
ing. His skull was fractured and he
died.
For catching one trout near NcAdoo,
Walter Dawson was arrested and had
TO pay SI4S6 fine and costs.
Heavy winds blew over the school
house at Duncott, but no one was in il
at the time.
While crossing a log used as a foot
bridge over Brandywine Creek, near EN-
breeville, Miss Florence Oates, of Bran
dywine Summit, nurse at the Chester
County Almshouse, fell from the log
| into the stream and was drowned. Her
body was recovered some time later about
4, quarter of a mile below where the ac-
cident occurred.