The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-03-07
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Club, at the farm OF J. 3. irwin,
Altoona, was a wrestling match be-
tween Mrs. j. b. Nearhoof and Mrs.
G. @. Grazier, well-known residents
OF Tyrone, and women OF athletic
mold. The match was planned as
surprise for the men and was held
in tho barn, following the annual
dinner. The principals had apparel
ed themselves especially for the ex-
hibitlon, which was conducted ac-'
cording TO the catch-as-catch-can
rules. IL was a real match, each
woman trying her best TO score a
fall Strangle holds. half-Nelsons
and all other wrestling arts we're
tried without success, and at the end
OF fifteen minutes, Mrs. Miles Beck,
the referee, called II a draw.
Martin McNurney, aged 90, one
OF the oldest residents of Washing
ton County, dropped dead.at the bed
side of his wife at Mcdonald. Mrs.
McNurney has been in very criti-
cal condition for several days and
when the physicians told the aged
man that his wife could not recover,
he fell forward and died I'm few
moments. Mr.. and Mrs. McNurney
have been married for flfty-two years.
and during the entire time had not
been separated more than a day at
q time.
Harry Lynn, driver at Tunnel
Ridge Coliery, Mahanoy City, had
several ribs broken by being kicked
by vicious mule shortly after com
menclng work.
The Mahanoy Jig House, employ
ing 100 hands. was suspended indeh-
nitely by the Philadelphia e. Reading
Coal G. Iron Company. as the Maba-
noy storage yard, which has a capa-
city of 100000 tons OF coal, is full.
The Hamburg Town Council will
repeal the recently enacted speed
ordinance and the Pennsylvania Rail
road will place a watchman at. the
Pine Street crossing, which is con-
sidered dangerous.
John Kernish, of Swedeland, while
walking across the Schuylkill River
Mt that place, fell through the Ice
and was drowned. His body was re-
covered with graphing irons,
George Calvin Dickey, a 60-year-
old white man, of Harrisburg, blew
out his brains with shot GIN,
pressing the trigger with cane. He
was led to this deed by melanchoua,
caused by the death of his wife,
negress, three years ago.
The dental Offices of Dr. NJ. A.
Becker and DR.. j. Frank Stevens,
located in the business heart of Ian
caster, were forced open by thieves.
From the former $3.50 worth of gold
was stolen and the latter was rob-
haI cf ipc and CnnnliaG
An increase of a million dollars
has been made in the tax valuation
of Pottsville. A quarter of million
of this has been placed on the newly
erected rolling mills of the Eastern
Steel Company.
Frank Burke, carpenter, stepped
out of the way of one train before
another in the Lackawanna yard at
Scranton and was hurled many feet
in the air by a locomotive attached
to fast freight. He lived few min
utes after being picked up by the
crew.
The building contractors of Halle
ton have been notified by the Carpen-
ters' and Jointers' Union that the
latter would make no demands for
next year beyond asking that the
I DItbCuL d6l Wd6O oNoiC
! be continued for the next year.
Mrs. Annie Stasney, of Shamokin,
was accidently shot by her son, John,
in the kitchen of their home. AS
! he was handling a gun 1t was acci
dentally discharged and a bullet en-
tering her head, she fell to the floor
in a sensefess condition and viii
| likely die.
A proposition to increase the
freight revenues centering in the
Pittsburg district something like
S25, 10000 a year, lat the same time
boosting the price of steel and iron
has been decided upon by the trans
portation companies, whose general
freight agents held a secret meeting
in the committee room of the Penn
sylvania Company and took prelimi-
nary steps for making the increase.
At the Office of James p. Orr, gen.
eral freight agent of the Pennsylva-
MIA, 1t was admitted that this meet
ing has been held. The meeting
lasted two hours and adjourned until
late" date at which the details will
be arranged. Rates on all iron and
steel material will be advanced. This
will not be straight 10 per cent,
advance, but will be varied scale
averaging 10 per cent.
When julius GreutZner, an aged
bald-headed resident of Greenock, be.
gan taking medicine for cancer OF
the nose he expected a cure of that
disease. This was a week ago and
his head contained no more hair than
billiard ball. Now his head is
covered with growth of hair, which
followed a pain in the head The
hair is short, but it is growing long
er and Is gray.
The little mining hamlet of Fran
els, near Burgettstowni was complete
ly wiped out by fire. The miners
many of them be3ides losing all theii
household goods, suffered the loss
of considerable sums of money left
in the houses which were destroyed
The fire broke out during the night
and nearly all the men were at work
in the mines. The few women In
the village could do nothing to pre-
vent the spread of the flames. Al
alarm was sent into the mines, but
when the workmen arrived 1t was too
late.
Mrs. Anton Hermann, Slav WON
an, was struck and killed by thu
Scranton flyer, the Jersey Centra
fast train, while picking coal at Allen
town.
Messrs. James and William Don
? nelly. of Coatesville, have purchaser
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