The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-21
THE KEYSTONE STATE
The Latest Pennsylvania News Told Ia Short
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man Koch today on charge OF malicious
mischief: Clara Howell Lottie Reiter,
Howard Ravel, Walter Hart John Sny-
der and Harry Tyack. Irwin Kepley,
Kate Kepley, Charles Lot, William Sny-
der, Emma Becker and Eva Wesbrod
were discharged for lack of evidence.
Mrs. Strunk charged that her husband
gave party during her absence and
that when she came home she found
costly furniture in the parlor, sitting
room and dining-room damaged and or
naments ruined
The will of Dr. d. d. Richardson,
late resident physician at the State Hos
pital for the Insane, was probated at
Norristown. He devises his estate OF
$4,000 and upwards to his daughter,
Clara Richardson, who qualified as cx-
ecutrix She also receives a 5000 in
surance policy.
Two big mortgages, given by the Lehigh
Valley Transit Company and amounting
TO $12, 10000, have been filed of record
in the office of Recorder OF deeds OF
Northampton County. One of the docu-
ments, to cover the first bonds, is for
$5ooo,ooo, given to the Guarantee Trust
Company of New York The other,
for the second bonds, is for $7,5oo,ooo
given 10 the Lehigh Valley Trust &
Safe Deposit Company, of Allentown.
Congressman Reynolds has appointed
Charles A. Pownall, son of DR.. II. w.
Pownal of Tyrone, a naval cadet. He
is TO report April 27 at Annapolis.
Carey Heaton, veteran OF the Civil
War, who served with distinction i'll
Company B, Forty-eighth Pennsylvania
Volunteers, died at his home in Shenan-
doah. He was the father of large and
well-known family and prominent citi-
zen. He was 90 years of age.
One hundred young women of Wilkes
Barre, divided into committees of ten,
were appointed by the Young Women's
Christian Association, to solicit subscrip-
tions in the effort to raise $1oo,ooo
which is to be used for the erection OF
a permanent home for the organization
They are to raise the money by sell
ing shares at Is cents and already a
pledge of $4,000 has been given by
public spirited citizen. The association
has been established for thirteen years
and has large membership.
Attorney General Carson furnished
State Veterinarian Pearson with a
written opinion to the effect that the
State Live Stock Sanitary Board has
the authority to condemn and order the
destruction of a horse afflicted with
glanders, the owner of which refuses to
enter into any agreement as to the value
of the animal or to designate an ap-
praiser to represent him.
Judge Wilson finished the hearing OF
the contests against the three wholesale
liquor license applicants at Clarion, and
at once handed down his order refusing
to grant any such license in that county
OF the three retail applications held
over he granted the one in Shippenvile
lie also refused the application of the
Morningside Distillery for a distiller's
license his decision on which he held
from yesterday
State Fish Commissioner Meehan, in
his annual report, which was transmitted
to Governor Pennypacker, says that the
commercial fishing in Pennsylvania dur
ing the last year aggregated over $780,
900, of which 100000 was for shad
caught in the Susquehanna River, and
,S424,5oo for shad caught in the Della
ware River The German crab industry
netted about 100000; cells, $22,5oo, and
brook trout, $2o,4oI, Mr.. Meehan re-
commends that some steps be taken to
prevent American fishermen from en-
:roaching on Canadian waters and says
it serves them right when they are ar
rested by the Canadian authorities and
their boats and tackle confscated.
William Morgan, of West Pittston, has
been punished for manufacturing a
story that he had been waylaid, beaten
and robbed and telling newspaper all
the details. The police have investi-
gated and upon learning that the whole
story was fabrication Pittston news
paper in which it was published had Nor
gan arrested. He made an affidavit that
the statement was false in every parti-
cular and after a severe reprimand by
Justice of the Peace Ehret was released
DR.. d. K. Smith, aged 90, who until
three years ago resided in Altoona, died
of tuberculosis at Colorado Springs. He
was prominent in Junior Order United
American Mechanics.
Following the placing of the response
bility by the Coroner's Jury upon the
Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co.,
Mrs. Elizabeth Bambrick, of Pottsvlle,
brought suit against that corporation for
$4,000 as damages, because her son,
Martin F. Bambrick fell down the Pine
Knot Shaft at Coal Castle and was killed.
Frank Rublewski, IS years old was
crushed to death by fall of roof rock in
the Primrose Colliery, near Mahanoy
City This makes the third fatality at
this mine in the last ten days.
Henry ]. Fares and wife, aged resi-
dents of Kinderhook, Lancaster County,
celebrated their fiftieth wedding ami
versary by holding a family reunion.
Arrangements are now being formu-
lated to organize a Camp OF Sons of
Veterans in Darby Borough. Past Junior
Vice -Commander-i Chief of the Sons of
Veterans Charles c. Morton, district or
ganizer for Delaware County and the
lower half of Chester County, has made
several trips to the borough in an effort
to secure the nSnes of enough appli-
cants to form camp. !
At meeting of the Elsie Rebekah
Lodge, No. 3o4, Independent Order Odd
Fellows, in Odd Fellows Hall, Darby,
eight new candidates were named for
membership. The ordor is not year
old and has a membership of seventy
A class of las new members was
taken into the Order OF the Modern
>Joodmen in York The degree team of
4 II r.