The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-07-12
The KEYSTONE STATE
Latest News Of Pennsylvania Told in
Short Order.

trips across the Blue Mountain TO
Schuykil Haven, distance Of nine
miles
Because three geese were lost, John
Potemkics, OF Hazleton, it is alleged, beat
his wife until an angry crowd interviewed
He was arrested and fined
Rev. John Greenfield. OF Green Bay,
Wis has been chosen pastor Of. the Mo
ravian Church, Nazareth, TO succeed Rev
{. A. Haelnle, who resigned
Mayor Kirkendall has issued orders
for the arrest of all butchers of Wilkes
Barre who keep their shops open on
Sunday.
John Shiloski. who has been arrested
six times within the past six months, OH
complaints made by his wife, was sent
to the Norristown jail in default OF $500
bail &c was charged by his wife with
assault and battery aud Justice Bair de-
cidcd TO send the case to court, refus-
ing TO allow his wife TO settle the case.
While attempting to board a train at
Locust Summit, William Halman, of
Mt. Carmel fell under the cars and was
killed.
The borough of Goldsboro will shortly
be lighted by electricity. The borough
of Dallastown has just introduced cleo
trio lights.
The open-hearlh steel mill of the East
ern Steel Company, of Pottsvile. has
been completed, and the first ingots will
be cast in the course of few days.
George Dietz, William Jones and Rob.
ert Smith, children ranging in age from
4 to 8 years, of Pottsvile, are sick as
the result of eating a new kind of soap
thrown about by advertisers. The soap
samples resembled candy and the chill
dren ate several cakes OF it.
The school board has awarded a con-
tract for the erection of new high
school blilding at West Chester for $73,-
725. 1t will be ready for occupancy on
August /, 1906.
A vacancy exists in the teaching corps
of the Tamaqua public schools, and the
school board has created CONSERVATION
IN the ranks OF the applicants for the po-
sltion by deciding in the future all appi-
cants must state their exact age and that
none will he considered who arc under
20 years OF age.
An order issued by the Director OF
Public Safety of Scranton directs the
police to pick up children under 10 years
OF age who sell papers after 9 o'clock at
night on the streets. The order is in
accordance with suggestion from Fac
tory Inspector Delaney.
a volunteer fire company has been or
ganized in North Wales, composed OF
business men OF the town. 1t is the
purpose OF the company to purchase
chemical engine. 1t will be known as
the Good VIII Volunteer Fire Com
pany.
Patrick Brophy, a miner employed at
the Buck Run colliery, Pottsville, was
killed in a peculiar accident. A blast
was put off and Brophy stood beside
a. keg of powder some distance away, at
supposed safe distance. As the blast
went off the keg OF powder exployed and
Brophy was burned so that his death
soon followed.
While bathing with a companion in a
fish dam near his home, Albert Krause,
II years old, son OF G. l.. Krause, OF
Schoeneck, was drowned. The boy got
beyond his depth and was seized with
cramps.
Harry Hahn, Charles Buehl and Viii
liam Muzzer, all boys, are under ar
rest at Lancaster charged with breaking
into +. M, Goods drug store and J. G,
Shirk's tobacco warehouse and stealing
goods therefrom Hahn and Bueh had
been previously convicted and their SEN
tence suspended pending their good be-
havior.
Wolcy Starkey has been arrested by
the police on suspicion OF having muir
dercd Mrs. A. NJ. Jay and Miss Mary
Woodling in their rooms in Scranton,
The police admit they have no very tangi
bic evidence against him,
While driving near Bath, Mrs Gro
man, wife OF County Treasurer Charles
II. Gromai, was thrown from her trap
i'll a runaway and badly injured
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has purchased forty acres of ground at
Cain, a short distance east of Coates
vile, where a large coal storage plant
will be erected.
Elmer +. Hess, OF Schickshinny has
been elected principal of the Coatesville
borough schools.
While playing with frccracLcrs at her
home, in Lamotte, Jane, the thrce-ycar-
old daughter OF Richard Wharf, was
badly burned and torn.
Two Millintown citizens met death
on the railroad, The body OF Harry
Rden, 10 years old, son OF George IL.
Riden, was found OH the railroad near
Duncannon. The body OF James Nc
Donald, 40 years old, was found along
the Pennsylvania Railroad near Cove
Station.
A fight occurred on one of the cars
of the Lewstown and Reedsville Elec-
trio Railway Company near Burnham
Baseball Park. Motorman Adam Frb's