The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-12-20
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ne lldthdWdund AN1fitV&0 ODtHt-
pany will grant general increase OF
6 to 10 per cent. to all employees other
than conductors, trainmen, engineers
and switchmen. The last three :
classes of employees we're recently
awarded an increase. and the former
are now negotiating for raise. The
increase will go into effect the hrst
of the year. All men, women and
boys employed by the company, In
the transportation department, In
cluding station agents, baggagemen,
clerks and operators, on all the d.
visions from Hoboken to Buffalo, Will
be entitled to this increase. The
company employs about 1000 per-
sons on this division, divided into
classes as clerks, ticket agents, bag
gagemen, telegraph operators and
station masters. The increase, al
though running from 6 to 10 per
cent. averages nearly 10. The pay
roll of the company will be increased
by about $4,000. The lowest paid
men get an increase of 10 per cent,
while the high salaried men hold
near the per cent mark. The sal
aries of the telegraph operators VIII
DC increased from $50 to S75.
Whether the faculty of the Wav-
erly High School is to be broken up
because of love will depend on the
developments of romance recently
made public. Waverly is a village
situated about ten miles north OF
this city and while more recently
thc Summer residence of coal barons
like e. l.. Fuller, T.. II. Watkins and
C.. d. Simpson. is a typical New Eng
land place, many years older than
Scranton and the seat of the aris-
tocracy of the countryside. Prof X.
H. Wood and Mrs. Jessie Stark con-
stitute the faculty of the Waverly
High School. Both began teaching
there two years ago. Wednesday
night the professor strolled into the
school board meeting and announced
that he expected to break up the
school by marrying Mrs. Stark. The
board was seized with dismay, for
| 1t is considered difficult to find sue
cessor to the pretty anil talented
Young widow, and after some argu-
ment a partial promise was secured
| from the bride-groom-to-be that he
| might be persuaded to allow his
! bride to finish the term. He insisted,
| however that the marriage must take
| place Mt the holiday vacation.
William Campbell, residing near
Elysburg, awoke early the other
morning suffering greatly from coal
gas After raising window and in
| haling fresh air he recovered suffi-
| ciently to enter more bedrooms,
where he found three members of his
family unconscious and almost dead
rom asphyxiation. He opened all
he windows and doors and summon
I'd a doctor. All the victims were re-
suscitated, but are yet in a critical
| condition.
Governor Pennypacker may write
of the advisability of enacting con-
current legislation with New Jersey
about fishing in the Delaware River
n his forthcoming message to the
Legislature Governor Stokes, OF
New Jersey, wrote n few days ago
20 the Fish Commissioner Meehan,
asking him to send to Trenton con-
siderable data on the subject to guido
Governor Stokes in advising the New
Jersey Legislature in the matter.
Commissioner Meehan prepared let
;er to the New Jersey Governor COW
sring all of the points desired. Gov
ernor Pennypacker also intimated
hat he may have something to say
about the subject in his message
iext month.
The other morning William Will
Jams, of Edwardville, was shot and
'atally wounded by two men who
attacked him and several companions
Who were on their way home. AZ
he young men were walking up the
main street of Edwardsville two men
On the opposite side threw stones at
hem and then opened fire with re-
rolver
Going to the cellar to get coal
Mrs. James Thompson, of Cresson,
,ound herself looking into the muz-
,lo of revolver held by burglar
who had entered through the coal
aole. He compelled her to walk
apstairs hand over her husbands
monthly wages, amounting to $50,
and with polite ''thank you" walked
out the front door and disappeared
Bath borough town council has
granted franchise to a concern to
erect an electric light plant in that
town.
Slipping OH an icy sidewalk, John
J. Parry, an aged man of Wind Gap,
broke an arm in falling.
James Pagan, aged so, of Altoona,
who taught A. j. Cassett, president
of the Pennsylvania Railroad, to ride
horseback, fell down flight OF
stairs at his home and was probably
fatally injured. Pagan was stable
man for Mr.. Cassatt when he was
stationed at Altoona.
BY an explosion of gas at Morea
mine OF the Dodson Coal Company
Timothy Watzel, Robert Harris and
George Beling were so badly burned
that small hope is held out for theiI
recover.
The statement of the Prohibition
State Committee for the recent cam
paign was filed at the State Depart
ment, showing that the receipts were
$16,605.65. while expenditures were
S17,636.65, and there are unpaid
bills amounting TO $3,91S.91. Th'
statement also shows that Homer l.
Castle. Prohibition nominee for Gov
, ernor, received $3.50 from the com
, mittee funds for expenses and tina
he was paid $3.50 for his services il
1905. The committee owes Stat
, Chairman McCaimont $1.S75 in sal
, airy and $425 on account of cash ad
yanced.
Cashier Measey. of the State Treas
ury, said that there Is State dc
: post of 5000 in the defunct Nat
D ional Bank, of Waynesburg, but tina
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