The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-07-05
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quarters on the evening OF July 20 to
reach the camp by 7.3o the following
morning. Battery c and the Governors
troop will be detached during the
camp and be attached to a provisional
battalion in command of the senior Off
Ger present. Commanding officers will be
held strictly responsible for any viola
ton of discipline Ell route. Camping par.
ties OF five men, cooks, regiment COM
missary and quartermaster will proceed
from each organization and reach camp
at noon July 10 to erect tents, etc. Bri
gade headquarters will be established at
noon. July 20.
]. w. Haywood aged 1S years, living
on a suburb of Pottsvile. was attacked
BY an eagle while he was picking huckle-
berries on Tumbling Run Mountain.
down beside him and seize a rabbit in
his talons. The young man kicked at
the bird, which dropped the rabbit and
attacked him. He picked up club to
defend himself and struck the bird sew
eral blows. The eagle in the first swoop
at Haywood clutched one side Of his pail
with his talons and dashed it and huckle-
berries it contained to the ground. The
big bird fouglt Haywood for fifteen
minutes. 1t was knocked down twice,
but renewed the battle with fresh vigor.
When it finally flew away with blood
streaming from its badly battered head,
Haywood was about exhausted. His
face and hands were bruised where the
birds wings brushed him and his cloth
ing was torn BY the eagles talons.
James a. Church, aged 80, who has
no arms and is totally blind, was mar
ried to Nellie B. Eames. Both live at
Douglassville. Church lost his arms and
sight in an explosion at Birdsboro.
According to the expense accounts
filed in the office sof the Prothonotary
at Media it did not cost any candidate
for Office to secure his nomination
sum exceeding $50 which is certainly
true reform in Delaware County. The
Finance Committee of the Lincoln party
filed a statement showing that the COM
mittee collected $278.3S for campaign
purposes and spent $24I76 A. J. Dal-
ton, nominee on the Republican ticket for
Prothonotary is the only Republican who
so far has filed his expense account I'M
der the Act OF Assembly.
At a meeting of the Board of Direc-
tors of the Bethlehem Steel Company,
attended by Chairman c. NJ. Schwab,
the following designations were received:
+. NJ. Mcllvain, as president; A. L. Borie,
as vice-president, and Archibald Johns
ton, who was the general superintendent,
succeeds President McIlvain, and II. S.
Snyder succeeds Vice-P President Borie.
B. II. Jones, auditor and superintendent
OF accounts, was promoted to the office
OF treasurer and secretary. L. G. Grace
was elected general superintendent i'll
place of Mr.. Johnston.
The second annual convention OF the
Pennsylvania Retail Coal Merchants AS
sociation was held at Paxinosa Inn, Eas-
ton, with about $50 members in atten-
dance. Mayor March welcomed them.
A response was delivered by ]. H. Pal
mer, OF Wallingford After a business
session and dinner the dealers became the
guests OF the Lehigh Valley Railroad
and left on a special train for New
York City and Coney Island. They will
return to Allentown. where they will
adjourn. The Presidents report dealt
with short weight in railroad lots.
President Crowell said that his firm, with
headquarters i'll Philadelphia, has lost
$1,000 in the last year by short weight
cars. He advocated united effort on
the part of retailers TO get'a law passed
which will provide the same punishment
for mine operators who sell short weight
measure that is provided for retailers
who deliver short tons 10 customers.
If the retail dealer should be sent to
jail, so should the operator for like
ofense," the speaker declared. Presi-
dent Crowell's report was unanimously
accepted The action was an acceptance
by the retailers of his proposal to wage
a campaign against short weight selling
operators.
The Philadelphia and Western Rail
road Co. got first blood at Media, in
the contest to determine whether or not
the company has the right to connect its
track with those OF the Philadelphia and
Delaware County Railroad Co. at Sixty
third and Market Streets. Judge John
son decides in an opinion handed down
that the plaintiff road is entitled to the
appointment of a jury to pass upon the
conditions of connection The Court
holds that under the act of 1868 the P.
& w. Road has the right to connect
with Che other road
Simultaneously with the resumption of
the colleries in the Mahanoy district, af-
ter an ideness OF over week, due to
recent heavy rain, came the announce
ment that commencing this week the
Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron
Company Colieries will he idle for one
week. Twenty-Five thousand men and
boys will be affected by the suspension
order.
A burglar got into the residence of
Michael Dewieg at Wilkes Barre, some
hours after the wedding of Miss Agnes
Dewigg managed to get all the silver
ware and other valuable presents to-
gether and packed up, but he was dis
covered as he was about TO leave by the
brides brother, who was out late and
returning saw window open.
AS the elimination OF several days
suffering with violent pains in the head,
0-year-old Alice Delaney, OF Lakeside,
was stricken blind Physicians are puz-
lied by the case and entertain little hope
for the recovery of her sight.
Frederick May, wealthy contractor
and builder of Hazleton, tried to stop
runaway lumber car in his yard and
in doing so stumbled and fell under the
wheels. He narrowly escaped decapita.
fiOu He was draoUed cevoral foot I1ie