The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-05-31
THE KEYSTONE STATE
Latest News Of Pennsylvania Told IN
Short Order.

IsntlSl Nlc, OulilDcIidiu NOullty' was
thrown from his wagon and the wagon
passed over his body killing him.
Suspecting that two men who had
bought buns at her store were the per-
sons who had stoierf her cash while her
attention was engaged in other duties,
Mrs. Charles Nicolai, OF Bridgeport,
chased the men over the bridge to Nor
ristown, and compelled them to submit
TO a search. She found no money on
them
Assistant Postmaster General Hitch
cock made public the increases and de-
creases in the salaries OF postmasters at
the following places in Pennsylvania:
Bevon, $1,000 to $1,000; East Strouds-
burg, $1,000 to Sf8oo; Elizabethtown,
$1,000 to $500; Elkland, SI4oo TO $500;
Everett, $1,000 to $1,000; Galeton, S1Soo
to $1,000; Grard, SI4oo to $500; Gram
plan, SIroo to $1,000; Holldaysburg,
$1,000 to $500; Indiana, $24oo to $25oo;
Jermyn, $1,000 to $500; Johnsonburg,
$1,000 to S2Ioo; Crossfork $IIoo to
$1,000; Dushore, $1,000 to $1,000; Eliza
beth, $500 to $1,000; Elizabethville,
$IIoo to $I2oo; Emlenton, $I7oo to
$500; Freedom, $500 to $1,000; Gallit-
zin, $1,000 to $1,000; Glassport, $500 to
$1,000; Hastings, $I4oo to $1,000; Hum
mclstown, $I4oo to $500; Irwin, $1,000
to $4,000; Jersey Shore, $I7oo to $500.
Pomona Grange Patrons of Hus-
bandry, of Chester and Delaware Coun-
ties, met at Unionvile and discussed
farm topics.
The State Council of the American
Salvation Army, which was in session
IN Pottsville for three days, will meet
again in Harrisburg next November. 1t
was decided to hold the State camp
meeting in Joanna Heights from July
20 a. The council also decided to es-
tabish in Philadelphia home for train
ing young men and women in Salvation
Army work
Thirty car loads OF cast steel wheels,
attached to the axles, left the yards of
the Standard Steel Works, Lewistown,
consigned in a solid train to Japan.
'7hs is part Of an order for 1900 pairs
ri these wheels obtained from the ia
nanese Governement about three months
ago.
With a force OF over hundred labor
ers Contractor Z. O'Connell, of West
Chester, has begun work on the con-
struction of the Oxford, Cochranvile
& Parkersburg trolley road.
Mrs. Catherine Wohlbach, of Beth
lehen, who is nearly 90 years old and
who can read without glasses, shows to
/ visitors at her home bottle Of red cher
ries preserved in alcohol which she pick
ed forty-six years ago, and cucumber
preserved in a bottle which she raised
ifty-one years ago.
The constables OF Northumberland
County have decided to continue their
fight for fees which they alege are due
them by appealing to the Supreme Court.
The constables had instituted suit
against the county to obtain a judgment
of the mileage fee dispute, but the Court
decided against them.
An Italian was arrested by Fish War
den Walter Shrey, of Reading, for shoot
ing bullfrogs on Sunday. He was fined
The Presbytery OF Westminster held
an adjourned meeting in the Statewide
church, Delta, and ordained and install
ed Rev. w. l.. Mccormick as pastor OF
the church Rev. ]. NJ. Galbreadth, pre-
sided; Rev. 4. +. Curtis preached the
sermon; Rev A. L. Hyde delivered the
charge to the pastor, and Rev. K. J,
Stewart the charge to the people.
Deer are appearing in the vicinity OF
Latimore in such numbers that they
have become a pest to grain growers.
They destroy grain and garden vegeta-
bles.
Great excitement was caused in Car
bondale by mad dog, which bit three
persons and attacked several others
Miss Kate Rowe and Miss Rosa Kel-
Ter, both OF Shamokin, were walking
from Hickory Ridge at night when
man attacked them. He flung Miss Kel-
Ter into clwnp OF bushes. Her head
struck a stone, rendering her senseless
for two hours. The man then tried to
assault Miss Rowe, but passerby came
to her rescue and the assailant fled.
Brigadier General John A. Wiley an
nounces that the Second Brigade en-
campment at Erie, July I3 to %, would
be known as Camp c. S. w. Jones"
in honor of the late captain Of Sheri-
dan Troop
The annual commencement exercises
and the annual picnic OF the pupils OF
Locust Grove Public school, Pocopson
Township, cannot be held this season, be-
cause of case of scarlet fever among
the children, which has caused the pre-
mature closing of the school,
Helen, the Io-year-old daughter OF
Soren Thorkelson, near Chadd's Ford,
who was dragged over two miles of
rough roads by a runaway horse, died
from her injuries
George d. Hall, postmaster at Harper,
has resigned The office will be aban-
doned after July I, and the people served
by rural free delivery
Judge Sadler has granted the petition
making Lemoyne a borough. Eight at
empts were made by its citizens TO Sc
cure incorporation as borough.
After being closed for several weeks
by reason of several cases of scarlet
fever the Westtown Friends Boarding
School re-opened. The annual conf
mencement exercises have been deferred
until June 23.
The furnaces OF the Moorhead Broth
ers' steel mills at Sharpsburg were light
ed preparatory to resuming work in full.
About 500 men are affected
DR.. w. II. Longsdorf, leading physi-
can of Cumberland Valley, ex-County
Treasurer and prominent Grand Army
man. died at Camp Hill, aged II years.
The mutilated body of James Peter
/ son, aged 40 years, son of John Pet
erson, wealthy farmer, of Iatrobe, was
found lying just outside the barn door,