The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-10-18
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church is as guilty of graft as the
man who EFFORTS money for other
causes. He said so in citing tho
dismissal of Charles w. Wallace,
clerk in the Bureau of Building In
spection. Wallace, who has been In
the Office for four years, was dis
missed by Director Frank Ridgeway
at the instigation of Mayor Guthrie.
William Darrah. of Nescopeck,
whose leg was cut off by train last
July, has worried so much over the
loss that he is now insane. He es-
capel from the house where relatives
have been caring for him and at
tackled George McAfee. of Berwick,
with knife. making desperate at
tempt to kill him. He was over
powered and will be taken to an
asylum.
BY the change of location of the
tracks of the Columbia & Port De-
posit Railroad, the Summer resorts
at Pequa, Shenk's Ferry and Fite's
Eddy will be put out of business.
. This will leave as the only summer
resort along the lower Susquehanna,
Washington Borough and Safe Har-
Dor. The local Court fixed the
amounts of the bonds to be entered
by the railroad company to insure
the property holders against dam
ages.
II. l.. Viereck of Harrisburg. in
charge of the mosquito extermina-
tion in the State, has shipped
thousands of sunfish fry to be dis
tributed in the ponds in the malaria
districts of Schuylkill County. These
fish feed on the larvae of mosquitoes
and they are expected to put "skeet-
ers" out of business in Pottsville
Firemen on the Frackville grade
of the Philadelphia & Reading Rail-
way were notified that their demands
for an increase in wages have been
granted The increase is from Is
to 20 cents per hour. The increase
goes into effect from the first of the
month.
Violation of the laws governing
the sale of cigarettes to minors have
been so fragrant recently that the
Hazleton School Board has decided
to compel strict enforcement of the
law. Truant officer Hunsinger noti-
fed all poolroom proprietors and
cigar dealers that under pain of
prosecution they must not permit
boys under Is years of age to fire.
quent their rooms.
Hanging suspended between two
runaway horses for more than a mile,
Samuel Denlinger made a miraculous
escaped from death near his home
in Lancaster. Denlinger was driv-
ing two horses attached to potato
sled, and, in attempting to lear on
one of the animals, fell between
them. The horses became frightened
and ran. With one hand the young
man clung to the names of one horse
collar and with the other grasped
the second horse by the bit. Sus-
pended in this manner he hung
while the horses ran fun mile. Ex-
hausted he fell and was struck by
the sled. but fortunately escaped
with minor injuries.
Strickler r. Eveits aged 10 years,
and wife, aged "A years. of Lancas-
ter, celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary by holding a family re-
union. At his age, Mr.. Everts is re-
garded as the champion skater in
the State and he expects to take the
ice during the coming winter
At the annual meeting Donegal
Chapter, D. A. r., at Lancaster,
elected Mrs Martin B, Rohrer, OF
Strasburg, regent. The local chap.
ter Will have full representation at
the State conferences at Clearfield,
on November 13.
A blaze which had It's origin in
the varnish room destroyed the car
riage factory of &c. n. Riehl, at
Greenland, Lancaster County. With
'the structure a number OF finished
vehicles were burned A bucket
brigade OF citizens of the town saved
the surrounding buildings. The loss
will reach $4,000
Mine Inspector C. ]. Price, of the
Thirtieth Anthracite District. has re-
ported for the quarter ending the
first Of the month a total of three fa-
tai accidents, and fifteen non-fatal ac-
oidents. The coal shipment of the
largest colleries in the district were:
Brookside, 73,700 tons; Lincoln
101,S0S tons; GoodsprinG, 67,13S.
This Is tho biggest three months
shipping record in years.
Fred Richardson, supposed to be
professional burglar, was arrested
in Carbondale as he was walking
out of the Anthracite Hotel with
two dress suit cases packed with
clothing stolen from Allan's clothing
store in Jermyn.
Dashed to their death to the bot.
tom of the 600-foot shaft at the
Pine Hill Colliery, near Pottsville,
was the fate of Harry Eva and John
Werner, both aged 32 years and
married, as they were coming up
from their work, which kept them
nearly quarter of mile under
ground all day They had quit work
and were riding up on the bucket
at the time, When near the top Of
the shaft, the billy" which is the
guide for the bucket wedged fast
in the sides of the shaft The men
rang to be lowered in order to get
loose. When the engineer respond
cd the Billy" suddenly relapsed,
dropped with such a weight that it
tore the bucket loose from its fast
ening on the rope. Bucket and
men then dropped into the shaft
clear to the bottom. Both were kill
ed instantly by the fall. their bodies
being terribly maugled
,Watchman William McAllister, at
tho Wyoming Valley Lumber Yard,
west Pittston, was overpowered by
ilye masked men. He was bound
head and foot with hay wire, and a
bandana handkerchief stuffed In hic