The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09
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The Latest Pennsylvania News Told In Short
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Milletts, who cloped with Joseph Kal-
Ter, a star boarded at Mrs Mille,ts
Austrian boarding house.
Bequeathing her entire estate, valued
at six thousand dollars. to her daughter
! Jennie, Mrs Margaret McFe,ridgc
whose will was admitted TO probate il
Allentown, cut off three other daughters
with one dollar each A contest is cX-
pccted.
Five cases OF smallpox have developed
in the vicinity Of Mountville and Colum-
bia, Lancaster County, through care
lesness OF sufferers in attending funer-
al of smallpox victim. The latter was
a daughter OF David Neff, OF Washing
ton Borough, and the case was at FIRST
believed 10 be chickenpox.
Jacob Sigman, OF Safe Harbor has
brought suit to recover $1,000 damages
from the G. X. NlcAbee Powder Com
pany, of Pttsburg By the explosion of
the company's dynamite factory at Pc
qua, in which twelve lives were lost,
Sigman alleges his house was wrecked
and his wife seriously injured
Fiftccn-year-o old Joseph Nachilsl<i. was
cut in two after finishing his days labor
at St Nicholas colliery, Mahonoy City
He wanted TO beat his companions home
and tried to board a Reading coal train,
but fell under
The Board OF Managers OF Carlisles
Young Mems Christian Association has
| decided to build the handsome new struc-
ture. for which they were lately success
ful in raising funds, on the site occupied
/ by their present building in the center
| OF Carlisle. Plans will be Immediately
drawn, and work begun next February.
Grocers, clothiers and BARRIERS OF Ma
| hanoy City have agreed to inaugurate
! the Thursday half-holiday with fine
for every dealer who violates the agree
| ment
Fifty workmen at the Philadelphia
| and Reading Coal and Iron Companys
! North Frimklin colliery. had been dis
charged lin to noon Tuesday, because
they would not fill the places OF driver
boys who went on strike last week. I'm
derbosses continue taking the places Of
the strikers United Mine Workers Of
icials are trying to end the trouble
Laura Pritchard of Scranton, aged 10
years, was struck and killed by Jersey
Central flyer while walking along the
track in company with three other girls,
near the Langcliff crossing. Laura and
three companions, Laura and Lottie
Keeler and Nellie Owens. were going to
ar evangeistic camp meeting, and were
walking along the Jersey Central tracks
When about 100 yards north OF Lang
cliff crossing on York Street. they no
tced a southbound freight and crossed
over to the other tracks. Her oompan-
ions noticed the northbound flyer and
Al. L. IL
ing to Laura at the same, but she
did not hear them until it was too late,
and she was struck by the train and
hurled into the air The train was stop
ped and she was picked UP dead
The Eastern Pennsylvania Railways
Company has filed notice at the State
/ Department Of an increase Of indebted
ness to 100000 from S2,25o,ooo The
company was originally incorporated in
1901 as the Tamaqua & L.ansford Street
Railway Company with a trolly line
from Tamaqua to Lansford. five miles, and
a capital of $4,000 Subsequently the
lines was extended to other places, and
then The Iehigh Coal & Navigation oh
tanned possession The increase to So
100000 is said to be for the purpose of
making further extensions.
Arrested as a vagrant by Special Off
Ger Lever, William May giving his
place of residence as Philadelphia. told
so many conflicting stories as to why he
had left Philadelphia that he was sent
to the Norristown jail to serve thirty
days. In the meantime the Philadelphia
authorities will be asked to investigate
some of the stories and the antecedents
of the suspect
The dead game sports who during the
past twenty years have infested the coun-
~ fairs with their games OF chance will
hnd no encouragement in the announce
ment made by Deputy Secretary OF Ag-
ricuture Martin. All kinds OF gambling,
the secretary says, will be eliminated,
and the department will see that the
anti gambling laws arc enforced. Gamb-
ling, he says. will be done away with.
No more will we see the sweat boards
and the roulette wheels and the hun
drcds of other gambling devices against
which no living man can win. and which
were the cause OF so much robbery of
people who attended the fairs for pleas
ure. 81 think the worst exhibition of
gambling | ever saw, and the most
shameless robbery that ever took place,
was in this county at the Mfddletown
Fair. Men were held ZIP and robbed in
broad day light right in front OF the
Judges stand on the race track, and
nobody made a protest except the vic
Tins, and no attention was paid to them
! attended that fair two years ago, and
went away sick because of the fragrant
Swindling right in the open"
Miss Elizabeth c. Sheahan, of Her
risburg, has been appointed stenograph-
n in the Executive Department, to sue
ceed Mrs William F. Seel, resigned
Joseph Watwowski, aged IL, is dying
at the West Penn Hospital. While
playing on Brenton Avenue he found
three sticks of dynamite, which he con-
cluded would be good for an explo-
sion, Returning to his home, he de-
scended into the cellar and obtaining
heavy piece of iron, struck the dyna-
mite Immediately there was an explos-
ion The house was wrecked and the
boy terribly wounded
Going back to flag his train at Manly
glo, on the Cresson and Clearfield d-
vision of the Pennsylvania railroad,
George Kingston, aged 2I, brakeman
set down on the rail and fell asleep
| An engine ran him down cutting off