The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-16
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The Latest Pennsylvania News Told 10 Short
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bound in fancy style at the expense Of
the State. This will cut off the gilt-edp.
ed, tlnely-bound copies of the valuable
handbook of Pennsylvania which are
| annually distributed to officials and
prominent persons, and will save the
state from $1,000 to $4,000 year. The
entire issue of $4,000 copies OF the in
dispensable book will hereafter be bound
IN navy blue cloth with leather tips and
back and reduced to document size,
thereby cutting down its bulk and cost.
The rebinding. or making Of presenta-
ton copies, has been done at the rate OF
from Soco to 10000 a year, each book
costing nearly dollar. The handbook
for 1900 Is in the hands of the printer
and will be distributed next month II
will contain some new pictures, includ-
ing one OF the new Capitol and the Ex-
ecutive Building, more attention being
given to proper indeXing.
While working at the hayloft Of
barn in the Holy Cross Cemetery. Yea
don, the superintendent OF the cemetery
stumbled over the body of a man who
had been dead for several days. In his coat
pocket was the picture of girl, apparent
" about 10 years of age, and pretty.
The dead man was about 70 years old
and wore a gray beard He was well
dressed.
After suffering several days of agony
as the result OF swallowing tack, the
one-year-old son of George Peck, of
.Wiliamsport is dead The tack lodged
in the childs lung and could not be re-
moved
Abraham Goldsmith, wealthy manu-
iacturer OF women's garments, of Cleve-
land, was killed beneath the wheels of
the westbound Lake Shore limited in
Erie Goldsmith was EN- route from
New York to Cleveland on the limited.
He left the train for a moment and at
tempted to board it again after the train
had started.
The statement of John F, Patterson,
unsuccessful aspirant for the Democratic
Judicial nomination, was filed, being the
first filed in Dauphin County under the
Corrupt Practices Act. 1t cost him
$I37.Io, OF which $Io3 was the registra-
tion fee.
The Lehigh & Wikes-Barre Coal
Company announced that it has entered
INTO an agreement with Tax Collector
kisbaugh, Of Banks township, to collect
the taxes of all men employed at its
colieries. This new plan will put an
effectual check on tax dodgers. Here
tofore great difficulty has been encount-
cred by collectors. 1t is believed that all
of the coal companies will adopt the new
plan.
A charter was issued by the State De-
partment Thursday TO the Honesdale
and Hawey Street Railway Company. tol
operate line between the two Wayne
County towns. The company is capi-i
talized at $4,000 John Kuhbach oil
Honesdale, is president.
Harry Barnitl, a wcll-known Carlisle
man, who resigned railway postal
clerkshp year ago, dropped dead from
heart disease while inspecting a farm
near Carlisle which belonged to him
A sympathy strike movement in
Pittsburg, inaugurated ten days ago by
The Pittsburg branch of the Structural
Trades Alliance, to aid the carpenters
and against the employment OF non
union men, has spread to a number of
large building operations, and work has
been suspended on the Carnegie Insti-
tute, Duquesne power plant. Philadel-
phia Company building and Mercy Hos
pital extension.
Samuel T.. Melvin, OF Falls, began suit
against Parry Place, OF the same town,
for $4,000 damages. He charges Place
with alternating the affections of his wife
and declares he has suffered much in
| al t11a.,l ,l>gI
suit for divorce from his wife.
Dared by companions, Charles Gross,
a o-year-old boy, of Pottsville, ran un-
der heavily loaded log wagon moving
slowly and emerged safely on the other
side. Again dared, he attempted to
repeat the feat but the heavy wheels
caught him and crushed him to death
almost instantly.
A number OF Wilkes-B Barre children
were saved from mad dog by the
bravery of Policeman Peter Helm. He
threw himself before them as the dog
dashed at them, knocked it down with
his club and shot it.
Claiming that he was counted out
in the election for borough Council
Michael Hoblak, OF Edwardville has
commenced contest against Michae
Sloan, of the same place, who was de-
clared elected Hoblak claims that the
Election Board counted Sloan in, all
though he received a minority OF the
votes cast.
Torn from her scalp by locomotive
on the Delaware & Hudson Railroad, the
golden curls of Edith Bellam, aged 7, were
left on the track as the passenger train
passed her home at Moosic. The child
unknown to her parents had started to
cross the track when the train came
along and she was struck by the tender
of the locomotive. The little body was
tossed aside and the long curls fell
across the rail The next instant The
great wheels had torn the hair from her
scalp. The train was stopped and the
passenger 'hastened TO the little girls
relief. Bleeding and bruised as she was
it was discovered that she was not fatally
injured and she seemed more distressed
at the loss OF her hair than at the pain
which she suffered.
The Northern district of the P. O'S.
Of A., OF Bucks County, held its seven
teenth annual meeting at Springtown
and elected these officers; Past Presi-
dent, r. r. Croman, OF Camp No. 500;
vice president, Edward Gerhart, of Camp
600; secretary, ], II. Mumbower, OF
Can,o soQ chanlain Inshra Smith of