The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-10-04
The KEYSTONE STATE
Latest News Of PssssyIvaaia TsN Ii
Shert Order.

ing gocI effect. This is evident from
the repc. Of James Foust, chief OF the
agents in Sittsburg Within the last ten
days out OF sixty samples purchased
hfty-nine were free from chemicals, and
ono. purchased from the agent OF a ST.
Louis packing house, was doctorcd.,
There has also been remarkable fail
ing off in the sale OF sdulterated milk.
Ot 1880 milk samples secured only az
were found 10 be adulleraied. A year,
ago out OF GOO samples purchased ia tiisI
same section 100 were found to be zduI-,
tcratcd. The chemists Of the dcpart-l
nient are now analyzing about seventy
samples OF maraschino cherries. used ind
making the seductive cocktail, with q
view to discovering whether they ara
covered with coal tar and other dyes
and preserved with injurious acids and
suphites, and about 100 samples OF
ketchup arc under examination, tests
showing that they are adultcrated with
harmful preservatives and poisonous COL
or ingredients.
The Mountain City Company, of Al
toona. has been chartcded at the State
Department. 1t is backed by Philadel-
phia and Pitisburg capitalists and has Al
capitalization OF Sa5o,ooo, with $4,000,
surplus. Lawyer A. S. Fisher is the
temporary treasurer OF the company,
which will be organized in short time
The intention is to build a home and
begin business forthwith The stock
has been nearly all taken up.
Mrs Cordelia Johnson, undoubtedly
one OF the Oldest persons in Pennsylva-
MIA. died III Lancaster, aged Io4 years.
She well remembered the visit of Cen
eral Lafayette 10 that city in 1895.
Vincent G. Stubs, "a years old, a,
banker and merchant of Delta, died al
his home OF injuries sustained August
2S in being kicked and knocked down by,
horse which he was hitching to a,
buggy. Mr.. Stubs established the 6rsG
store i'll Delta, was the first postmaster
OF the town, its first chief burgess and
organized the First National Bank of
Delta, OF which he was the president for
fifteen years. He had large business IN
lerests in Southern Pennsylvania and
Maryland
George W. Linskil, treasurer OF a
mine workers local of Luzerne Borough,
was found guilty OF the embezzlement
OF 5000, and was recommended to the
mercy OF the court
Company NJ, OF the Ninth Regiment,
Vi w llhCS-DdII ODcncQ IEC
new armory at West Pittston with a mil
itary reception and ball, which was
attended by most OF the prominent peo-
pie of the town and number of officers
of the Ninth and Thirteenth Regiments.
The Oxford Coal Company, a new
corporation of Pottsville, has been grant
ed a charter to mine, screen. wash and
sell anthracite coal. 1t is capitalized al
Geo Nha x.,,M ota art
once developing rich coal lands in the
lower anthracite basin.
A trolley car going at full speed in
South Bethlehem ran into a drove of
twelve pigs, killing two and manning
the others.
As he was filling out warrant, vein
in the left eye OF Constable William
Ache, of Bethlehem, burst. 1t is feared
he will lose the sight OF the eye.
In the presence of nearly five hun
dred Odd Fellows the merging OF Key
stone and Monoquesy Lodges of Bethie
hem was perfected under the name of
Keystone. The new lodge has the larg-
est Odd Fellow membership in the Le-
high Valley.
The Fullerton Station, of the Lehigh
Valley Railroad, was entered and rob
bed, and the cash box, containing about
$40, was taken from the safe, which was
unlocked
Robert R. Galley, a graduate of the
York Collegiate Institute, who has de-
voted five years service in religious work
in China, returned t. his home in Fawn
Grove. York county, accompanied by llis
wife and two children. Mr.. Galley brings
with him two Chinese boys, sons OF
wealthy parents, who will be educated
under his direction.
Frank Rothenberger and Abraham
Shonour, of Wernersville, had a fight
with a large tarantula, which was inn
bedded in bunch of bananas. After
chasing the creature all over the cellar
they killed him with a corn chopper.
Burglars entered the general store OF
Care & Son, at Linglestown by break
ing pane of glass in the front door,
and carried away several hundred dol
lars worth of watches jewelry, cutlery
and other valuables.
The air hose on a Lehigh Valley
freight train burst near Lucy Furnace
Lehigh County. and caused a car 10
buckle and fall on the eastbound track
The New York express dashed into sight
al that instant, but the engineer was able
to slow down and prevent disaster
The express engine was damaged, but no
one was hurt.
The Slate Belt Trolley Company has
made an offer to purchase the Bangor &
Portland trolley road, and it is said the
offer is being considered.
Northampton County Sabbath School
Association, Fourth district, held ses-
sion at Bethlehem and selected Bethlehem
as the place to hold the annual conven-
ton in November. These are the new
officers: President. Rev. J. S, HeiSer,
vice president, w. d. Seyfrid; secretary,
Irwin CRUDE; treasurer, Frank J. Werst.
Slipping because OF his wearing new
shoes, Samuel Teel, aged rs years,
brakeman, iell beneath freight car on
the Lehigh & New England Railroad at
Bangor and was killed,
The body of William Hutton, the
second victim of the CAVERN at the r. l..
Jones slate quarry, at Delta, York
county, last November, was recovered.
Nearly FIVE hundred descendants of
Philip, Adam and John Seifert, who eni-
igrated to this country more than cen
tury ago from Germany, held family
reunion at Bethlehem.
Maud Warner, a young woman of
Work while working about a stove had