The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-06-13
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA
Latest News Cleaned From Various
Parts.

Henry Trzcinski, representing Ste
phen N. Nowaczyk's Polish weekly
paper of Philadelphia, was struck by
an eastbound train at the Pennsylva-
MIA Railroad station at Coatesville,
and instantly killed.
While Mrs. John Dorwart was in
the act of calling to her husband,
who is a Pennsylvania Railroad gate
tender in Lancaster, she was struck
by passenger train at street cross
ing. Her injuries are believed to be
fatal
York will soon vote upon loan
of $75O,000, 100000 for sewer
purposes, $250,000 for street paving
and 100000 for park purposes
William Wendell, of Bethlehem,
dropped dead from paralytic stroke
as he entered his home.
John A. Touhill, president of the
Touhill Iron Works, Scranton, was
badly crushed in his own establish
ment by being caught beneath a sand
box Weighing seven tons. II was
being raised on crane when a chain
broke and Mr.. Touhill was pinioned
beneath It.
Three thousand geranium plants.
III DiOOnA WGAt ny AuG SNAOOl
children of Scranton as a border
about the courthouse square. This
pet project OF Superintendent George
w. Phillips attracted as great a
throng as is in evidence on circus
day. AS a result the courthouse
square now presents an appearance
ike unto a permanent rainbow. All
he colors on two sides are pink, on
The other two sides red. There was
40 hit-and-miss plan employed, as
the children are to be trained in
aesthetics no less than in caring for
lowers.
Though the Pennsylvania Railroad
Flyer" raced to Pottsville from
Forrest City with Minnie, the 5-year-
old daughter of William G. Taylor,
aboard, suffering from weakness fol-
lowing pneumonia, she was dead
when the train arrived at the Potts
Vile station. A pathetic scene was
enacted when the grief-stricken
mother placed the dead body Of her
daughter in the arms of her husband,
who met them at the Pottsville sta
ton.
Angered by the refusal of his
wife Mary to agree to a reconcilia-
ton or divorce proceedings, Domi-
mic Lenni, an Italian, of Dunmore,
shot her through the back of the
neck. The husband escaped. The
girl, who was II, married Nenni a
year ago. He was twice her age.
The deadlock in the vote for treas
urer of the Clifton Heights School
Board, which threatened to disrupt
the organization, was broken at a
special meeting of the body. Ten
ballots were taken. The name of
Joseph Manley was voted upon on
every ballot, and when the count
was made for the tenth time 1t was
found that Ne had received four
votes, defeating Samuel j. Quinn,
who only received two votes.
The big black bears running loose
in the western section of the county
are creating anxiety among farmers.
One of them is making trouble for
the rural mail carrier and the State
law which protects the bear may
hear from Uncle Sam. John Failey,
living not far from Appenzell, has a
mail box some distance from his
house Going down to see If the
r. F. D. had left him any mail Frai-
ley found bruin sitting there as con-
tentedly as the backwardness of the
season would permit, probably wait
ing for the carrier. Mr.. Frailey dfd
not molest the bear, and the latt
soon passed on.
Near Lock Haven q large bank
barn belonging to John Snyder burn
ed, entailing a loss of $500 Six
| horses, other live stock and all last
seasons crops were consumed.
George Barklow, of Unityville, who
was injured in friendly scuflle at
the election polls. died as a result
of his injuries. He was 43 years of
age and is survived by a wife and
nine children.
Albert Rutherford, a hotel pro-
| prietor Of Altoona, was taken sud-
denly i'll while driving and plunged
'leadlong to the street, alighting on
his head, and was perhaps fatally in
! jured.
Peter Mccall, of Wilmington, Del,
was found dead in the rear of
Wright's Hotel. Chester. Mccall was
on a visit to Chester.
The Darby school board has made
! the following elections: B. ~ New
comb, president; A. e. Williams. sec
retary; A. H. Yocum, treasurer.
Altoona City property is to be in
vestigated by a committee of five ap-.
pointed by Councils. 1t is charged
that the city assessors Disseminated
in favor of the Pennsylvania Rail-
Eoad Company.
The Bedford Republican County
| Committee has reelected Simon II.
Sell chairman and treasurer, and
John Minnich vice chairman.
Seven-year-old Freeman Stott, of
Reading died suddenly after being
seized with an earache.
School Superintendent Rapp. of
Berks County, reports a large in
crease in the number of applicants
for appointment as teachers owing
to the increases in salaries made
throughout the county.
Edward G. Kern, who was In the
wreck OF the Shriners' train at Hon
I da, CAL, returned to Reading Only
one Reading man remains in the hos
pital at San Luis Obispo.
Crazed by overstudy, 20-year-old
Florence Buckingham has been COM
mitted to the Harrisburg Asylum by
the Berks Court.
Prof. w. H. Krill, who was prin-
principal of the Parryville schools
for the last eight years, has been
elected supervising principal Of tho