The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-04-04
THE KEYSTONE STATE
The Lstssi Psnnsylvsnis News Told 10 sls,
Order.

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Fire in the Konkle Block, Williams.
port, damaged the stock OF Matlett
Co., cloihiers, to the amount OF $1,000
Insurance, $1,000.
lanes Delaney, foreman Of repair
gang, and FIVE Italian laborers were bad +
" injured by the explosion OF a boiler
at Even colliery, Eric Coal Company
near Pttston.
John Search, 70 years old, or Harris
burg, accidently shot and instantly Killed
Miss Barbara Rinehart, az years old
of Reedsville. He was explaining III.
mechanism of revolver.
AT a meeting Of residents Of Coal
Township, adjoining Shamokin, residenn
decided to establish banking institu. /
ton The township has population Of
1900 but no bank
The fire at the Phoenix Park Colliery,
large operation west OF Pottsvlle, has
been reported by the Philadelphia 4
Reading Coal & Iron Company officials
as extingushed. BY sealing UP all the
openings the fire was smothered.
Abraham Cohn, after conducting
shoe and clothing store at Palmyra, Lcb-
anon County for three days, arrived at
his business place to find that robbers
during the night had carried away 5000
worth of his stock. leaving less than
enough TO suffice for the days business
Rev. David Buckwalter, retired
farmer and for thirty years widely
known minister Of the Mennonite Church,
died at his home in Upper Leacock
Township, aged S5 years. Two weeks
ago he went out to his stable to care tor
the horses and the family found him ly-,
ING in a stall. unconscious, and with
cash in his head. He is supposed to
have fallen and scared horse, which
Kicked him. 1t was found the man had
concussion of the brain. He gradually
weakened until his death ensued.
Suspicious circumstances surround the
death of James Muirhead, 10 years OLD,
Of Audenreid, near Mahanoy City, lie
attended a sleighing party to treeland
on the night of March II, and was one
of the merriest of the group. Before
leaving Freeland on the homeward trip
Muirhead complained of not feeling well,
intimating that his condition was the
result of some spirituous refreshment
he had taken, although he was not ad-
| dicted to the drinking habit. When he
got into the sleigh he lay down and was
soon in profound stupor His compan-
| ions thought he was asleep. When they
, tried TO arouse him as the sleigh drew
| I'D in front of his home they discovered
that he was dead. An investigation was
begun to ascertain the cause of his DEATH
An autopsy will be held on the body to
| determine the cause of his death.
George E. Sprenkle, SO years old, a
prominent business man. OF York Coull-
| ty died at his home in Nashville. Death
was caused by tuberculosis from which
| he had been suffering for some years
| Deceased had large business interests
in York. being connected with several
| corporations. He was, until a short
time ago. a director of the York County
National Bank.
A horse and carriage belonging to
Richard Alderman, of Glendon, which
was left standing on the principal street
of Easton, was taken by Jay and Oscar
Snyder, aged ID and IL years. They
| drove the animal about the streets until
midnight, when they abandoned the rig.
| The boys have been in trouble before and
their father turned them over to the
police.
Another Montgomery County hotel
keeper is in trouble, The Court hand
ed down a rule returnable this week on
Daniel NJ Klein, to show cause why the
license granted TO him for a hotel at
| Limerick Square should not be revoked
I because he sold liquor to minors and to
persons visibly intoxicated.
The will Of Tilghman H. Boyer, a
wealthy manufacturer and dealer in
leather was admitted TO probate at Al
len.own and disposed of the entire es-
tate valued at about 100000 to a son,
Allen Boyer. of this city, and daugh-
ter, Mrs. Robert Weaver. of New York,
disinheriting his wife, one son and two
of the daughters.
One man was killed and two others
seriously injured at the Short Mountain
colliery, at Lykcns, when large slip OF
/ slate, thirteen feet square, fell from the
top of slope and pinned Joseph Lorick,
| Frank Kraemer and Pole. whose name
| is unknown, under it. Lorick was killed
instantly Kraemer had both legs and
one arm broken and suffered internal
injuries The Pole was injured inter
nally
A fire that threatens the Morea Mine
of c. M. Dodson & Co. had its origin in
manner probably never before dupli-
Gated in the annals OF the anthracite coal
region. Several days ago cave-in oc-
cured on the culm bank at the colliery
and the small locomotive which draws
the culm and slate cars up the bank
tumbled into the hole, carrying with it
. four men, who had a narrow escape
from terrible death. Later il was dis
covered that the fire in the locomotive
had gnited the coal and the volume of
smoke that is. ascending indicated that
the flames may spread to the entire
workings of the mine
While Anton Jecjak, an Australian
boy, aged 10, who was employed at the
Pennsylvania Steel Company's smelling
furnace at Steelton, was placing mud in
holes on the ttop of the furnace. the
bricks on the arch gave way and the
boy fell into the furnace. Not even his
ashes could be distinguished from the
surrounding mass.
Dr. John R. Locke, 81 years old, the
eldest and best known citizen OF Lewis
town, died from pneumonia. He was
. graduate OF the Baltimore College OF
Dental Surgery in the Class OF 1916
One OF his most pleasant anticipations
was that of attending the sixtieth ami
versary OF his class in Baltimore in May
Hc practced dentistry in this place for