The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-11-29
THE KEYSTONE STATE
The Latest Pennsylvania News Told Ia Short
Order.

, their contents, including the entire sum
mers crops aud farm implements, and
100 chickens. Loss. $1,000 with Sf4oc
insurance on the buildings.
| I. n. Maccrca, OF Berwick, learning
| that man had forged the name OF his
| brother, DIR. \. B. NIacCrca, to a check
| for SIS, and had same cashed. started
| out on a still hunt for the culprit and
| found him at railroad station waiting
10 take a train. Covering him with =
revolver he compelled him to return the
money. The man, {. H. Johnson, nearly
90 years of age, was permitted to 60 OH
the condition ;liat he leave town inmc-
| diately
The Parl,rriord Station, on the Penn
sylvania Railroad, three miles below
Pottstown, was entered by thieves. but
the inrudcrs only go, I8 cents for their
trouble. They scattered the books and
papers OF The office about in the search
for money
\ statement prepared ior the Board
OF Public Charities OF Doylcstown by
Jailers Stout aud Houdcn shows thai the
number OF prisoners admitted TO the
county prison during ihc year Vas III,
eight of whom were women.
The Delaware & Atlantic Telephone
company is planning for the erection OF
large office building on the Rhodes
property recently purchased at Doylcs-
town.
Residents in ;hc vicinity OF Dolngton
have been greatly annoyed the last few
nights by petty theving. Several res
idenccs were entered and mostly eatabIcs
stolen
While returning late at night from a
meeting of Heidelberg League of which
he is treasurer, Calvin Ritter, of Sellers
vile, was attacked by a highwaymau,
but escaped TO a nearby house without
injury Ritter had considerable money
Eith him.
John Rusport, aged 90, night watch
man of Division No 20 on the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, west of Huntingdon,
was struck by fast passenger train
east, Just outside his Matchbox and in
stantly killed.
The new hospital at Taylor is com
pleted and viii soon receive patients.
The Board OF Managers includes Ed
ward J. lcrmyn. president; John II. IIar-
rs, secretary, Representative James +.
Watkins. vice president; William Reese,
treasurer; Patrick Mulherin, John B.
Robertson Conner Jones, ]. ]. Coync,
James Prince and William C. Howclls,
directors. The building cost $4,000
Burglars broke into The general store
OF Judkowitz WINNER, at Dunuore,
and practically made a wreck OF the
place with dynamite. They fastened all
the doors forced the shecting 'of a big
safe and got about $50 in money some
valuable papers and quantity of dry
goods.
District Attorney Benjamin Jones, OF
Wilkes Barre. is preparing information
against members OF election boards in
several districts OF the county. who did
not make their returns after the last
election within the time required by law.
The election wa, 50 close that when
these districts were held back there was
suspicion as TO the motive.
The 3-yer-old daughter OF Fred Dunbar,
Of Georgetown, was struck and killed BY
Cenral Railroad of New Jersey freight
train The water in the village had been
shut off and the child, with others, was 90.
ing to a spring for some and tried to cross
the track before the train
Miss Carrie May Wdcrhold, of Ma
hanoy City, and Louis H. Bedford. of
New Haven, Conn. were welded at the
brides home by Rev. Morris Graves,
pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Mystery surrounding the death OF
George Hughes, the Philadelphia &
Reading mine foreman, whose body with
the head battered. was found on the
mountain near ST. Nicholas, was cleared
up at a Coroners inquest DR.. Riley,
who made the autopsy, said exposure
caused death. The wounds on the mans
head, he said, were not sufficient to end
his life.
By examining municipal accounts, the
Taxpayers League. OF Reading, has
learned that the city pencil bill for the
year reached S452 rs the records Of
the various Offices are written in ink,
the members OF the league have been at
a loss to understand why so many pen
ellis were used. Some of them cost seven
cents a gross wholesale One explana-
ton made by the officials is that almost
every visitor to city Office scenes 10
think the municipality should supply linn
with pencil Former city officials and
eN-Councinien drop i'll and ask for one.
Besides these drains on the supply,
wholesale pillering is reported. To re-
fuse pencil to a visitor is not regarded
as good etiquette
Asserting that he was mesmerized by
an accompice, George Cronauer, aged
rs, OF Reading, was arrested as the sequel
of striking Mrs. Clara E.ndy with a stone
Mrs. Endy was fcllcd by the missile when
she answered a ring of the door bell.
Cronauer says he was influenced by Har-
ry Hettnger who planned to rob the
house. Hetinger is also under arrest
Miss Maudc A. Vaughn, teacher of the
public school in Lincoln Township, Hunt
ingdon County is still without any pupils.
All the scholars were sent home ten days
ago TO be vaccinated and have not re-
turned, their parents objecting TO the
vaccination.
Harry W. Crooks, a retail coal dealer,
died in Reading OF nervous prostration,
aged 20. lie was native OF ST. Clair,
Schuylkll County.
Charged with shooting Leon Harmon.
II Kennett Square, at dance few
lights ago, Charles Brown, OF Unionvile
has been arrested and committed to
prison.
Charles Trexlcr, OF Shamokin, after
tainly trying in wild ride TO stop two
runaway horses, was flung TO the ground
md seriously, ii not fatally, injured
New York capitalists made an inspcc-
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