The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-02-07
The KEYSTONE STATE
rbe Latest PespsylvsnIs News Told 10 Short
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ton OF waters OF the State" it was prac-
| tically decided to take an appeal from
the decision of Justice Lenhardt at!
Norristown. He adjudged Z. o. I'M
nell, Pottstown manufacturer, guilty,
! The question has not been decided ju-
dicially since the passage OF the act OF
| 1901. Arthur Booth and Immell were
charged by Fish Warden Charles Nestly,
| of Pottstown, with pollution of streams
ON or near which their dyeworks are
| located Their cases were tried sep
| arately by formidable array of law
| yers. The magistrate dismissed Booth
because there was 10 evidence to show
| that his industry was the cause of the
! pollution of Wells Creek, a tributary of
! the Schylkill, for Booths plant is a mile
! from the creek and the discharge froml
| his mills is into a gutter into which fve
other factories discharge their waste
water between Booths and this creek
| The testimony showed different state
| of affairs as to Immell His plant, 10
vcated about one hundred feet from
| Deysher's Creek, discharges into series
of three tanks and their overflow readily
reaches the creek Old fishermen testified
that the catching of fish i'll these streams
| is out of the question now and said they
formerly were excellent fishing grounds.
| The decision against lmmel carries
| with it 500 fine and costs.
Peter Tobalsky, aged 22 years, of
Pottsville, who was Tilted by his sweet
heart, Miss Clara Savage, Polish girl,
| OF Philadelphia, was sent to prison by
! Justice of the Peace Shaw, hopeless
maniac, he having worried himself in
sane over his disappointment in love al
fairs. His uncle had him sent to jail
because the almshouse insane depart
ment is over crowded the authorities
would not admit more patients.
Sergeant Harry Stepp, of Company b,
Shanokin Sons OF Veterans, met hor-
rible death in the Burnside mine. He
was working in a gangway when a
runaway wagon hove in sight. There
| was no means for Stepp to escape lie
had 10 wait more than minute before
the car run him down, instantly killing
him.
Rudolph Dimock, Jr., brakeman,
fell in front of an engine in the raii-1
road yards at New Berry Junction and
was killed He left bride of six weeks.
Failing TO commit suicide by setting
fire TO her clothing, Mrs. Emma Ying-
ling of York, attempted to cut her
throat with a knife. Her condition is
serious. The would be suicide is 81
years o. age
II. c. Frick has decided to erect an
other skyscraper 1t will be twenty
four stories high and be built at the
southeast corner of Wood and Diamond
Streets on the site now occupied by
Robinson Brothers. bankers and brokers.
While the character of the structure has
been dehnately decided upon, the plans
have not yet been prepared, but archi-
tects will begin working on them in
short time.
William u. Besly, aged so, leading
citizen of Franklin, committed suicide by
shooting himself. He was employed by
the Standard Oil Company as cashier
of the Eclipse Refinery. At 2 o'clock he
left the office suddenly, went to hard
ware store and purchased revolver,
and then walked out along the Lake
Shore Railroad tracks The family can
assign no cause for the suicide. Col
onel S. c. Lewis, general manager OF
the Eclipse, says the books are perfect
" straight. Mr. Besly leaves wife
and three children. and was vestry
man Of St. Johns Church.
The Memorial Baptist Church, OF Will
Transport, has extended unanimous
call TO Rev. Roger Williams, OF Divid-
ing Creek, N. J., 10 become pastor OF the
church
Henry J. Beck has been appointed
general locomotive Inspector of the Read
ing Railway, with headquarters in Read
ing.
Reading Railway shops in Reading,
employing $500 men, have been ordered
on fifty hours a week. Up to two weeks
ago they were on sixty hours, and since
then on ffty-four Because of mild
weather there is not so much wear and
tear on the locomotive power
Lutheran clergymen OF the Schuylkill
Valley met in Pottstown and organized
the Schuylkill Valley Lutheran Pastors
Association. The pastors in attendance
represented churches in Phoenixville,
Royersford, Spring City. Sumneytown,
Aniityville, Boyertown, Pennsburg and
Pottstown.
Baptist ministers who matriculated at
Grocer Theological Seminary, Chester,
Pa. met at Altoona and organized the
Grocer Club OF Central Pennsylvania,
electing Rev. A. c. Applegarth, of Hunt
ingdon, president; Rev. r. T. Wiltbank,
of Hollidavsburg, vice president, and
Rev. S. F. Forgens, of Huntingdon, Sec
retary and treasurer
The City OF Reading has received a
bill OF $5I5 from Berks County for the
maintenance of persons committed to
Jail BY the Mayor since April I, 1905, on
charges of drunkenness, disorderly con-
duet and vagrancy. Mayor Gerber says
the bill will not be paid, as the act Of
1905, upon which it is based, applies to
prisoners violating city or township ordi-
nances, while drunkenness, disorderly
conduct and vagrancy are violations of
State laws.
All the stock has been subscribed for
a new national bank in Wcrnersville.
The Schuylkil County Commissioners
and Controller have announced an in
crease in county officials salaries, as fol-
lows: Deputy treasurer, C. +. Depew,
from $500 TO $I7oo; treasurcr's clerk,
r. c. Collins, from 5000 TO $1,000; deputy
clerk of courts, James Walton, from 5000
TO $Io2o deputy Sheriff, f. A, Grffths,
from $I5oo 10 $1,000; Sheriffs clerks, p.
], McGrath and James Whitaker, from
5000 to $1,000.
While assisting at a barn "iroic" on
the farm of Emery Beightol, near Frank
lin, Henry T. Homan, aged 65 years, fell