The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-05-23
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examination for mine inspector held
at Pottsville, and he Is sure of a
$4,000 place.
Joseph Boner, residing in the Nip
| penose Valley, Clinton County, kill
ed two of the largest black snakes
ever seen in the valley. They meas
! ured six feet nine inches and seven
| feet six inches respectively
Wilson Redheffer, of Springfield
! Township, Delaware County, died in
hospital in Washington, D. c.,
from injuries received in being
! thrown to the ground while engaged
In experimenting the erection of
building for his father-in-law, J.
Holcher, In Washington
The York Lodge, No. 266, Free
and Accepted Masons, have pur-
chased two valuable properties on
South George Street, near the CEN
tral part of the city, and will erect
handsome quarters costing approx
mately 100000.
The Wilkes-Barre Lace Mills on
May 20 will give ten per cent in
crease in wages to its 100 employees,
The advance was unsolicited.
A quantity of dynamite was found
by Robert Drums, a 14-year-old boy,
concealed in the brush in close prox-
unity to the Lehigh Valley Railroad
near Hazleton. Detectives believe
the dynamite was stolen from one
OF the strippings, by tramps with the
intention of blowing up the Valley
pay car.
Mrs. Hugh Campbell has received
word from Paisley, Scotland, that
her brother John Taylor, who two
months ago disappeared from hii
home in Chester and whom the po-
lice all over the United States had
been searching for, had arrived
there. Taylor left Chester two
months ago to go to Philadelphia ia
purchase some goods and nothing
was heard from him until the letter
came from Scotland.
The report of the Department OF
Mines of Pennsylvania for 1906
shows that during that period the
total graduation of anthracite coal
In gross tons was 64,410,277. There
we're 557 fatal and 1912 non-fatal
accidents; 1,614,0S3 kegs of powder
and 7,980,733 pounds of dynamite
we're used. If the Howard bill,
which passed the House but failed
% get through the Senate, imposing
tax on anthrancite coal, had be-
,ome law the annual revenue from
his source would have been 81 ,932,-
l0S.31. The total production of BIZ
luminous coal was 129, 9,532,9S9 tons,
which would have produced reve-
lue of $1,295,329.9S from the BIZ
luminous operators. There were
III fatal and 1160 non-fatal acci-i
Tents in this district in 1906, and
| i24,786 kegs CT powder and 2,425,-
)73 pounds of dynamite were used.
Edwin, the 1S-months-old child
,f Edwin Schaeffer, of Coplay, died
IN terrible agony as the result of
eating several nerve tonic tablets
which had been prescribed for Mrs.
Schaeffer and which an older child
fed to the baby, mistaking them for
candy.
William II. Walker wanted to
shake hands with bear in an ami
NAL show at Altoona, and extended
his hand into the cage. This an
] gered the bear and it struck at the
hand, claw tearing off the end of
one of Walkers fingers.
In Northumberland the time-worn
! theme of troublesome bull in
china shop was given a unique illus
tration when farmers were driving
the animal down main street. At
Miss McVaugh's millinery shop the
bull cast a glance toward the win
dow and there spied ribbons and
hats of varied and gaudy hues,
| among which red predominated.
That sight was sufficient for with
! believing charge he made for it
full tilt. First he bucled and wreck
ed the window and then he bolted
for the door. There he met his
doom, as the jam was so narrow it
held him fast, until backed out with
pitchfork.
Nineteen-year-old John McCaus-
land was instantly killed at Hicks
Run, near Dubois. While standing
on pile of logs they started to roll
and one of the big pieces of timber
struck him on the head, crushing It,
The extensive forest fires which
have been raging in President and
Pine Grove Townships, Venango
County, covering an area of ten
square miles, since Sunday are be-
lieved to be under control. Gas and
oil pumping stations In the path of
tho flames were saved by enveloping
them in wet blankets.
The Natalie Colliery, of Shamokin,
idle for several years, will soon be
put in operation again, it is said.
Engineer Harry M. Isenberg was
caught in the wreck of his engine,
which jumped the track near Alex
andria, and was scalded SO badly
with the steam and boiling water
that he died few hours later.
Charged with forging the name of
his father, ]. G.. Erwin, to several
notes, Walter w. Erwin, of Furlong,
was committed to the county Jail at
Doylestown by Justice Wall In de-
fault of $500 bail.
John Estes, age 10, and the only
support of a widowed mother, fell
from freighE train at Union City
ard was instantly killed His head
was severed.
The taxpayers of Upper Mt. Bethel
Township are opposing a proposition
to build high school building that
would cost $4,000. The members
of the School Board by vote of
to decided to erect such a struc-
ture at point locally known to AL
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