The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-28
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MISSION Board OF the church. lhe es-
tate is worth $1,000 to $1,000
City Attorney McIIugh in an opinion
rendered declared that the eight lunch
wagons OF Wilkes-Ba are to be class
ed as buildings, as they are connected
with gas, water, electricity and other
public fixtures, that they are compelled
to have permit to conduct business,
and that they are violating the building
laws by being frame structures within
the fire limits.
Mrs. Mary Grier Rocker, aged 62,
one OF the oldest and most successful
business women Of West Chester, died
after few days illness.
Rev. Henry Alike, for three years and
half pastor of the North Chester Bap-
list Church, Chester, has rendered his
resignation to accept the pastorate of the
Parkerford, Pa, Baptist Church.
Gordon S. Wilcox, or Shamokin, for
ten years chief engineer of the Mineral
Railroad & Mining Company rendered
his resignation to take effect April I. He
has accepted position as chief engineer
and manager OF a large corporation in
West Virginia.
Fire which originated from an over
heated stove destroyed the large general
store of r. X. Myers, at Burnham, near
Lewiston. and damaged two dwellings.
Corretta Vanorman and Alice Ward,
who returned 70 the house in an effort
to save their wearing apparel, were ser
iously injured in jumping from a second
story 10 escape the flames. Loss, $1,000,
partially covered by insurance
Burglars paid two visits to Darby
shortly before 3 o'clock the other morn
ing, when they forced the door of the
Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington
Railroad freight station, after which they
blew open the safe in the office of the
feed store of George c. Painter, Fifth
and Main Streets, and escaped. At the
freight station they secured about 5000
worth of copper wire, while at the feed
store all that rewarded them for their
trouble in wrecking the safe were two
revolvers, which they took, and the firms
books. Noise of the explosion aroused
all Darby, but by the time it could be 10
Gated the men made their escape.
Mrs. Jennie Loper, negro woman,
of Chester, died aged 40 years. Mrs.
Loper commenced to take on weight
several years ago and when weighed re-
Gently tipped the scales at 7oI pounds.
When the funeral director went to pre-
pare the body for burial he was COM
PEELED to call on eight men to aid him.
An incorrigible girl was the cause of
her mothers death at Bangor. Viola
Rupp, IS years old, was a witness in a
license case at court, and swore that she
attended dances given in country hotel
and drank beer there The Bangor
School Board had the girls father up
for hearing to show cause why he did not
send her to school, He declared she
was incorrigible, and he could do nothing
at all with her. In the morning the
requisite papers were made out commit
ting the girl to a reformatory, and when
the officials went to the home of the
Rupps to take the girl away her mother
fell dead Grief and mental agony
caused by her daughters evil ways and
the disgrace that had come upon her
caused heart failure There are ten
children in the family.
John Gallagher was instantly killed
and Howard Brownston, and ]. H. Sum
der severely burned while fighting a fire
which occurred at the plant OF the Allen
town Non-Freezing Powder Company in
Allentown.
Despondcnt from many years of suf-
fering from rheumatism, Harry Conrad
Ripperger, better known as Harry Con-
rad, ended his suffering by shooting him
self to death at Harrisburg.
The appointment of P. A. Sandborn to
be postmaster at North East, Erie Coun-
ty, has been confirmed by the Senate.
The City Council of Lewiston set
Tuesday, May IS, as the day on which
purpose OF deciding whether they will
negotiate an additional loan of $4,000
for the purpose of paving the city's
streets. The property owners along
Market, Chestnut. and Valley Streets
have offered to pay two-thirds of the
cost of paving if the city will pay the
other third.
Molders employed in Wilkes-Barre
and vicinity have notified the companies
employing them that they desire a time
fixed for a conference when they may
present their request for new agree
ment dating from April I. They now
get SAYS day for ten hours work and
desire nine-hour day for the same
wages.
Oliver Hay aged 81, fell seventy-ive
feet at Boswell, Somerset County, and
escaped without scratch. Hay was en-
ployed on the Merchants Coal Com
pany's tipple, and fell from the tipple
into bin of slack coal He landed
along side of the pile, which was COW
cred by foot of snow. The snow and
coal served as a sort OF cushion and
saved his life.
The engine on the morning passenger
train from Philadelphia on the Pennsyl.
vania Railroad left the rails near Union
City. The train was nine hours late on
account of another wreck and moving
rapidly. Fortunately the train was stop.
ped before it was derailed. No one was
hurt.
Auditor General Snyder announced the
appointment of Z. c. Dewey, of Clear6eld.
TO be auditing clerk of the department
position which the Auditor General
has created. Mr.. Dewey is at present
assistant cashier of the State Treasury
and will enter upon the duties of his new
position on April I.
Despairing over his fiancee's refusal
TO marry him, Irwin Francis Miller,
aged 2o years, of Hamburg, committed
suicide by shooting himself on South
Fourth Street. Miller was TO have been
married Miss Anna GaenzeI, Saturday,
but she declared the wedding off,