The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-12-13
the KEYSTONE STATE
The Latest Pennsylvania News Told In Short
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tilitics in Scranton by writing letter to
Giuseppe O'Bici, wcl-to-do Italian
Italian fruit dealer, threatening his life
If he does not give up $1,000. O'Bici
was held up on Sunday night block
from his place of business, and had it not
been for the timely arrival OF two passers-
by would probably have been killed for
his refusal to pay.
Pasquae Gorosolo's head was crushed
beneath a stone wagon in Scranton. He
died Immediately. He was driving and
was jolted off the accident being unro-
ticed until little girl, passing along the
road, saw the body under the heavy
wheel.
An alarming epidemic Of measles has
broken out in Jermyn. The pupils Of the
public schools have been infected by
Polish family the children in which at
tended the sessions while suffering with
the disease.
Shortly after Joseph Fox, Of Potts
Vile, and two other mining engineers,
had been lowered to the bottom of Pack
or No. 4 Colliery shaft the spreader
chain OF the ascending cage broke. All
but Fox escaped the falling carriage.
His left arm, collarbone and side were
crushed, and he is in prccarious cond-
ton.
Albert Bialecki. of Shenandoah, who,
overcome by rcmorse, confessed to killing
Constable John Dando and Zela Conchi,
of L.ansford, who was convicted of ia
tally stabbing Benjamin Macola at a
christening, were removed from jail in
Pottsvile to the Eastern Pententiary,
Nhe former to serve eighteen years and
the latter twenty years.
Ex-Congressman w. H. Kulp, OF
Shamokin, and dozen other trolley
magnates of Schuykil and Northumber-
land Counties, interested in a gigantic.
trolley combination. have held several
secret meetings in Pottsvlle during the
last few days
At the annual meeting in Hazleton, OF
the State Hospital Trustees, DR.. Walter
NJ Lathrop was reelected superintend-
ent John MarRlc, the Jeddo coal opera
tor. was succeeded as vice-president by
+. l.. Bullock, Of the Beaver Brook Coal
Company.
The announcement was made in Ha-
| zlcton that the recent retrenchment at
Drifton is to be followed by a whole
sale shakc-up January /. 1t is reason
ably certain that Edgar Kudlich, for years
superintendent, will sever connections
with the Lehigh January and locate in
New York
When c. w. Koeng and family, of
| Hazlebrook. returned from the funeral
| OF relative, they found a $50 pound pig
! dead in the pen, its carcass torn to pieces.
They thought it was the work OF some
wild animal from the adjacent forest,
but learned later that bull dog owned
by Superintendent Weber Of the Halle
brook Coal Company, killed the animal.
By an explosion of gas at Boston Run
Coliery, near Mahanoy City, Matthew
Matulis and two of his laborers were SO
badly burned that their recovery is very
doubtful Matulis and one of the labor
ers were hurled many feet down the
breast by the force OF the explosion.
The barn and outbuildings with their
contents property of Louise +. Christie
son. of Sueburg Pine Grove Township,
Schuykil County, was destroyed by fire.
William Herring has been appointed
teacher of the Swopes Valley School,
Schuykil County, vice Professor Charles
Keeny, resigned to take a rural free
delivery route.
A stone placed between the crossing
plank and the rail by boys at West Ber-
wick derailed hand-car going at rap
id rate of speed and threw the truck
and five men down a teu-foot embank-
meni. All of the men were badly cui
and bruised, but none sustained serious
injuries.
Anastasa Hand, of Centraia, the
Young woman charged with shooting
Robert Coyle, of the same place, with in
tent to kill, was found guilty of aggra-
waited assault, the second count IN the
indictment. Sentence was suspended.
The Homeopathic Medical Society OF
the Lehigh Valley held its annual meet
ing in Bethlehem DR.. w, B. Straub
of Bethlehem, is president of the society
and DR.. w. W. Seibert of Easton, sec
retary. Papers were read by DR.. Straub
and DR.. f. d. Doolittle, of Easton
George Fisher was instantly killed. and
Morris Friel fatally hurt by fall OF
roof rock at the Buck Mountain Coliery
of the Mill Creek Coal Company, near
Mahanoy City.
The Lehgh Valley Railroad Company
is inaugurating retrenchment policy in
the Driiton office Wages of the clerks
have been cut 25 per cent. The company
expects to reduce the office exposes by
$II 900 by the first OF til year.
A special committee of the Scranton
School Board, consisting of President
Gibbons Controller Neaon, Superinted-
ent Phillips and Secretary Fellows, have
gone to Reading 10 investigate the graded
night school system OF. that city. Several
of the members of the local board, it is
said favor having such graded schools
Antonio Longo, the man who, it is
charged shot and fatally wounded Off
Ger James Golden, o. Dunmore, August