The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-07-19
THE KEYSTONE STATE
The Latest Pepnsyivsnis News Told 1, 9,
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thrown off on the outskirts OF towr way 20,
had his neck broken, dying almost 'i H.
stantly. ~
Leno Wagner. years old. of s,l.r
Snyder County, was pierced bv q 5a'
fork. upon which he fell. One Tin. 10y
tered above the eye aud another IN n.
neck.
Deputy Attorney General Fleitz h,
given to the State Pharmaceutica Fr
amining Board an opinion to the ef.,,
that the board must determine the nur,'
OF drugs inspected by it under the lav
by the standard tests contained in ths
latest edition OF the authorities IN.
question raised was whether the te,,,
in the authorities in vogue at the time
The law was passed in 1907 should h
followed.
Andrew Seeking, aged II years f,
miner, employed by the Butcher Creek
Coal Company, tripped as he was seeking
place to escape failing roof. A mas,
Of coal struck him on the head, crushing
hig skull. His death occurred Shortly
after The accident.
and family from their home in Mahanoy
City robbers ransackcd the house 10,
money thought TO be concealed in the
house They secured $88 part Of which
was taken from the children's bank
While returning from a swim. William
Stevenson, aged 70 years, fell through
.reste OF the Pennsylvania Railroad upon
al, De- u.
vile, sustained serious injuries. A
dozen other boys who were in the party.
all being absorbed in close conversation,
mad a narrow escape from meeting the
same fate. George Edmunds, who met
with similar accident week ago, is
lying in a precarious condition from a
crushed skull.
As a wsgonoad OF coal was about to
BE omptied into dump chute at the
Gimler colliery the breaker boy discover
ed six sticks ,of dynamite on top OF the
,oal, which he removed from the con.
veyance in time 10 prevent possible ex.
plosion The breaker was full OF Slate
picker boys at the time. How the ex-
plosive happened to be on the wagon is
a mystery.
While returning from Phoenixville t
his home. .Pcrkiomcn, with some deli
cacies for his sick wife. Wilson Moore
sS years old. was strucl: by a Philadclphi;
6 Reading passenger train and so badly
injured he died The dead man wa,
iock-teuder at Pawling's Dam for long
term OF years. lie leaves a widow and
nine children.
The Governor fixed September 9, 1000
at the time for the execution OF Riccardt
Forte, OF Chester County.
A Reading man makes the prediction
that the eastern border will be the neX'
portion of this country to suffer from
an earthquake. He says its path will lie
largely within the bounds OF the Ale
gheny Mountains, and that Scranton, Al
entown, Reading and Philadelphia, with
adjacent places, will be the chief suffer
crs.
Miss Julia Munson Beaver, lS years
daughter of William {. Beaver, OF Pitts
burg, died from nervous prostration and
worry over the action OF the High
School authorities i'll Withholding hei
diploma after seriously oyerworking
herself in determined effort TO win
this year The cause OF Withholding c
the coveted document was the loss OF
German grammar worth siNty-hye cents
which the High School it is claimed, re-
fused TO accept or take another boob
which was not exactly like the one Mis-;
Beaver had the misfortune to lose. Miss
Beaver was victim of typhoid fever
some years ago, and it left her i'll nerv
ous condition She was anxious est
she should fail to graduate and when
she succeeded and her diploma was due
She was heartbrokcn because they refused
it on acount>of the loss of the school
property.
Scratching small pimplc on his
cheeks with his finger resulted in the
death Of Benjamin Ludwig aged 80
years, OF Centreport. Mr.. Ludwig was
i'll but a few days and death was caused
by blood poisoning.
Berks County farmers have been cut
ting wheat. and in consequence there IS
n great demand for farm hands to assist
in the harvest fields. In some par.s OF
the county !hey have great difficulty IN
getting sufficient help and the farmers
wives and daughters are working in the
fields Ono of the principal reasons ior
this is tina, many families who formerly
lived in the country have moved IN the
city. Tie best hands in the field re-
ceive 81 and SLIGO day. while others
get Is cents, The wage includes meals
and lodging. They start work at a.
NJ o,J ra,4 u NJ
Henry Evans, foreman of car inspec-
tors Of the PiusburR & Western Rail
road Company at Willow Grove yards,
was sho, to death by an unknown negro
who was detected robbing camp car
The negro then fed to the woods.
A crusade was started in South Beth
lehem agains' dealers who sell cigarettes
to rssnors. The first arrest made was
that OF David Siibcrstcin, who pleaded
guilty to selling cigarettes TO IS-year-
old John Sebastian
Miss Julia Sharlscy died at the Phoe-
nixvillc Hospital after day of intense
suffering Miss Sharkey is the pretty
English girl who was so terribly burned
through using kerosene to start fire at
the home OF her sister, near Cedar Ho-
owl. Her wedding. fncry, over which
she spent SO much time, will probably DC
used for her funeral apparel.
William Cooouin, a wcll-known young
man of West Chester, attempted to COM
NIT suicide at his home early the other
morning by cutting his throat with a
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