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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-08-15
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.

William Woodruff. of Philadel-
phia, a guest at the Assembly Inn
at Pocono Pines. was painfully in
iured at the Miller Ice plant by one
of the ice chutes falling across his
breast.
The Board of Directors of the Mif-
fin County National Bank have
elected William p Woods, formerly
assistant, as cashier, to succeed VIII
liam Irwin, deceased.
G. Newton Spyker, son of the late
county treasurer, Alfred w. Spyker
has been appointed by the Hunting
ton County Commissioners to COM
plete his fathers term, which will
expire the first Monday of January
1909.
John Mertino. of Scranton. aged
6. lost most OF his fingers and has
spoiled the symmetry of his face
because of undue curiosity with re-
gard TO railroad torpedo which he
found along the Delaware and Had
son tracks Laying 1t on the rail,
he pounded it with stone, with
the usual results.
Mrs. John Mccarthy, aged rs
years, tripped on an upturned piece
of carpet and was thrown headlong
down the stairs of her Water Gap
house. She lived only short time
after the fall.
Prof. f. H. Ottman has resigned
as a member of the faculty of the
Reading Boys High School.
Failing into tub OF scalding
wafer left on the floor by the
mother. 2-year-old Michael Hakella.
Of Mahanoy City, was burned SO
badly that death Is expected,
Mrs. Amos Warner, Of Chanceford
Township York County, while rid
ing in binder cutting wheat. was
thrown on and dragged for some
distance. when the niachine struck
stone She died from the effects
az her Injuries
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-08-15
WOMAN FIGHTS OFF RoBBER
Saves $1,000 BY Using Baseball Bat
And Shntgun.

Butler (SpeciaD.-Mrs. Thomas
Cooper, wife OF Jefferson Town
ship farmer, r~"0l $1,000 from a
burglar by ci sr ruse. Mrs. Coop
en- was alone in the house when a
stranger knocked She refused to
allow him to enter and he pushed
open the door.
Throw up your hands," he or
dered, pointing a pistol at Mrs.
Cooper.
Instead, she grabbed a baseball
bat, struck the intruder, slammed
the door shut and locked It, The
man burst the door open and again
attacked the woman. She fought
until exhausted and then told the
robber to go to an outer room for
the money.
She knew that $1,000 was secreted
upstairs and meant to defend it,
She secured a double-barreled shot
gun from a closet and when the
burglar saw it he fed.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-08-15
THREE GENERATIONS IN JAIL
Milton Detectives Break Up Gang
OF Robbers.

Milton Especially with the ar
rest of David Keys, an old Civil War
veteran and a resident of this place
for many years, of completely in the
robberies prepetrated here recently,
three generations are now lodged in
jail as members of this gang.
They are David Keys, who guard
ed the plunder; Charles Keys, his
son, who was arrested in Harris
burg for floating much of the stolen
goods down the river in stolen row
boats and who seems to be the lead
er of the gang, and Clarence Starks,
the grandson, who is one Of the most
desperate characters In town
There are now eight of this no
torious ring in county prison and
many more arrests will follow as
some of the thieves are very young
men and willing to implicate the
balance of the crowd.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-08-15

happen. He said there were great
many things 80 mysterious that we
Just felt them"
us Majji still at Daisyhurst?"
asked the Boy. with terrible in,ens-
ity.
mo. When told him was COM
ing into town to see you he became
disgusted with the place and every
thing. He went on--he said. He
was always going on--on-on. 1t
was really beautiful to hear him.
But those women at the inn had
begun TO gossip. They talked and
talked and whispered whenever Maj
il even said good morning on the
piazza. You know they have very
odd way of saying good morning?"
"No--I didn't know" said the
Boy.
They bow very low-from the
waist-you know, very seriously and
solemnly."
II see," said the Boy.
But when Majji left Daisyhurst
drove down In the bus-to see him
off--and when got back, would you
believe hl---those horrid old things
sat around and pretended 10 be read
ing or embroidering and didn't see
me! l swept past them and went to
my room and cried. Then I packed
a grip and took a. train for town.
left no word where 1 was going
just thought I'd leave them in the
/ dark"
"Oh, you are clever grill" said
the Boy. smiling at Her Majesty.
Now, think you'd better put on a
gown and well go directly back
| there
ITO Daisyhurstl Why?"
Never mind. There are some very
mysterious things that you just feel.
just feel as though we had better
go back to the inn and sit on the
beach under your green umbrella"
But why?"
There are eleven ways to kill
cockroaches," remarked the Boy mys-
| teriously.
But one will do" said Her Maj
| esty, thoughtfully.
Exactly" said the Boy, smiling
into her mystical eyes.-New York
! Times.
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NIisdirected Letters.

More than 100000 pieces OF
mail went astray in these United
States last year because they were
not directed even well enough for the
experts to decipher the names and
addresses. Millions of this immense
total went to the dead letter ofiice,
where lot of 1t was opened, the ad-
dresses of the writer's ascertained and
the letters or packages returned. But
in a good many cases the writer's ad-
dress is never found and the letter is
really dead" when neither the send.
er nor the prospective receiver can
be discovered. Assistant Postmaster
General De Graw wants to get people
into the habit OF writing their own
addresses on the outside of envel-
opes. This he says. would save trou-
BILE for all hands, as the letter, II de-
fective in address, could be returned
at once to the writer. This simple
precaution would save many a piece
of mail from an early death and bur
ial in the dead letter office. kansas
City Star.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-08-15

1t was at an Indiana hotel of some
pretentiousness.
A travelling man had had his order
filed.
With the meat and vegetables and
other material was one tea biscuit.
Looking with what he considered
great roguishness at the waitress. he
said:
Say, sister. do you know that that
one biscuit looks to me as If 1t were
awfully lonesome in here all by it.
self"
-very well." replied the girl. with
out the twitcb OF a facial muscle,
"Ill take 1t 6ack into the kitchen
with the others, then"
And to this day that travelling man
doesn't know whether ne fooled the
dumbest girl on earth or was out
witted by the keenest one.--chicago
| News.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-08-15
FALL AFFECTED MEMORY.
Mans Mind A Blank Concerning
Incidents OF A Day.

Nazareth Especially Elmer Sou
erwine. connected with a clothing
house here, sustained fall which
has deprived him of all memory of
the incidents of the day.
He visited Philadelphia on busi-
ness and returned to transact busi-
ness near Deladole. While walking
railroad track with a friend he
fell into a coal chute, dropping six
feet and landing on his hands and
knees.
He cannot recall any incident
connected with his trip nor with
the fall. He is rational, recognizes
all about him and talks of every
thing except the events of the one
day.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-08-15
FUR USED IN MAKING HATS.
From the Coypu, South American
Rodent That Resembles the Beaver.


Rodent That Resembles the Beaver.
Along the river banks and in the
lowlands of South America there is
found a medium sized rodent which
in many respects resembles our North
American beaver. This animal is
known as the coypu, and its fur is
spoken of In the fur and hat trades
as nutria, says Fur News. It's chief
difference from the beaver is in the
tail, which more nearly resembles
that of the otter. A fully grown
coypu is about thirty-five inches in
length, including the tail, and the.
length of the body alone is from
eighteen to twenty-five inches.
The fur of the coypu is short and
silky and much resembles beaver fur,
while the overhairs are stiff and of
a yellowish brown in color. varying
from one to three inches In length.
Nutria first came into use about the
year 1910, being used as an imita-
tion of beaver in the making of hats.
Later on, the best skins were brought
into use by furriers, who worked 1t
up in imitation OF beaver, otter and
seal, for which purposes 1t is still
used.
The skins suitable for furriers' use
are sold by the skin, while those
which are good only for hatters' furs
are sold by the pound. Present prices
for skins suitable for furriers' use
are sixty cents to s1.20 per skin,
prices for skins for cutting (hatters
furs) thirty-six cents to forty-four
cents per pound. It is said that
about seventy-five per cent. of the to-
tai catch of this fur is used in the
United States and about thirty per
cent, of the catch is used in hat max.
ing.
The coypu is hunted and trapped
from May until October by Indians
and Gauchos, who catch large num-
bers of the animals. After skinning,
the pelts are dried in the open air
and in this condition are sold to To-
cal dealers in the trapping districts
Collectors travel through the country
once year and buy up these lots of
skins, which they ship to New York,
London and Hamburg.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-08-15
SIX ToADsrooL VICTIMS.
Physician Is Dead And Three Others
Expected To Die.

Washington Especially Phillip
Dinsmore, aged so. OF Deep Valley,
one of the leading physicians of
Greene County, is dead and his sis
ter, Mrs. Jennie Evans. aged 40;
his son, Thomas, aged "a, and Mrs.
Evans 7-year-old daughter, Opal,
are dying from eating toadstools in
mistake for mushrooms.
The family partook of the poison
GUS growth at the evening meal and
at 3 o'clock in the morning Dr..
Dinsmore was dead. Two other
members of the family in addition
to those named are violently III. but
will recover. DR.. Dinsmore was a
Waynesburg College graduate and
had a diploma from the Jefferson
Medical College. of Philadelphia.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-08-15
Growth of Canada.

Canada, like the widows cruise of
oil, seems to grow with the using.
One supposes there is an ultimate
frontier somewhere between wheat
fields and eternal Ice, but where shall
we find it? The old geographers
fixed 1t at the international bound
airy. Then 1t was supposed to be at
Winnipeg. For years Edmonton was
the Last House" and yet 400 miles
north of Edmonton good wheat is
grown and milled. The fact Is that
no attempt has yet beon made to fix
the northern limit of the soil which
invites agriculture and offers rich
reward to the willing farmer.--Na-
tional Magazine.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-08-15
ADOPTED BY cHINAMAN.
White Boy Becomes Son OF A Mon
golian With Parents Consent.

Pottsville Especially. - Recorder
Charles Folmer filed at the court
house here deed OF adoption by
which Charles Sing. Chinaman.
and proprietor Of laundry on Coal
Street, Shenandoah, adopts a white
boy OF Philadelphia parentage.
The boys name is Charles Hunt,
and his mother, grandmother, and
great grandmother. Mrs. d. n.
White, Anna White Hunt and Anna
Elizabeth Hunt, are parties to the
agreement. They agree that the
boys name shall become Roy 500
Sing, that Charlie Sing shall be his
father, and in return the boy be-
comes the legal heir of the China
man. The latter is American in all
his habits.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-08-15
Coal Strike Ayerted.

Plttsburg Especially AT a con-
ference of officers of District No. 5
United Mine Workers of America
and officers of the Pittsburg Coal
Company. all grievances that threet-
ened to bring on a strike of $4,000
men were amicabiy adjusted. and
danger of strike averted.
II is understood the company ac-
cepts the conditions OF tSe miners
organization which will orcer 1000
men who have been on strike to re-
turn to work Mt once.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-08-15
$4,000 For wife,s Love.

Wilkes Barre Especially Claim
ing the remuneration for the loss of
his wife's love should be $4,000,
William D. Hopkins, of West Nanti-
coke, commenced suit against Will
bur d. Redman for that amount.
He claims that RedmaM fascinated
Mrs. Hopkins, caused her to lose her
love for her husband and then in
duced her to run away with him.
The pair were captured last week
Jy the troopers of the State Con-
stabulary after ride OF twenty-five
miles at Grand Tunnel
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-08-15
MILL OWNER LOSES HIS ARM.
Preparing To Open Establishment
He Meets With Accident.

Meadville Especially &C. l.. Conn.
OF Emlenton. who a month ago
bought the Cussewgo Touring mill
here with view to operating 1T and
also erecting a woolen mill, is in
Spencer Hospital with his right arm
cut above the wrist.
While getting the Touring mill in
shape 70 resume, his hand was
caught and drawn between a pair
of heavy rolls and so badly crushed
that 1t had to be amputated.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-08-15
NO Money For Entcrtaining.

Pittsburg Especially Mayor George
w. Guthrie announced that he will
veto the resolution appropriating
s2500 for the entertainment OF the
national convention of Firemen in
October. 81 cannot approve that
resolution" the Mayor said 'It is
Illegal to take money for such
purpose and besides we haven't the
funds to spare"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-08-15
SWEET POVERTY.

II am glad was born poverty "-The Laird of skbo
Q blessed long poverty howsw swee be,
o. tho
What delight,
With clothes by far thin before and worse behind
TO with patches
Was joy Of peculiar kind unknown to high finance
beef washed down with waered mk
omf was n
I'd gladly for those old shoes foorn
my a o
Irecalltho o Saturday through
i up I'd earned-a dollar twenty-five
and cried with
my a
No hath the world to-day like that in times Of
When the wolf outside
70 n
when 1.w stepped in abjec poverty
BUT YET need not ask friend to present
Whereby I'd the the milionaires
For l am not a selfish and, though wealth
John Kendrick Bangs Life
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-08-15
Girl Tries To Join Navy.

Pittsburg Especially Ella Doeh-
ing, aged 20, so loves her brother
that she tried to enlist in the navy,
at the local recruiting station. so that
she might be with him. The girl,
who Is 20, baked only when taken
in a private room to be examined
physically Then she broke down
and confessed she was wearing a
suit of her brothers clothes, left by
him when he enlisted six months
ago.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-08-15
peary puys a Marine Relic.

Commander Robert Il. Peary, U. 8.
NJ, has purchased of her Damaris-
Gotta owners the ancient pinkey
schooner Mary. and will have her
restored in an EFFORT to perpetuate
this vanishing style OF craft. The
Mary Is strongly built and in good
condition. She is the second Oldest
merchant vessel under the American
flag, having been built at Portsmouth
In 1871. Commander Peary Is much
interested in these ancient crafts. and
has for some time been attempting to
secure one to preserve as a type ex-
ample. as the pinkey build will soon
DO extinct. - Kennebec Journal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-08-15
Concession From Street Railway.

Scranton Especially Besides pay
ing $4,000 arrears in pole tax, the
Scranton Street Railway Company
has agreed to contribute annually
$4,000 to the city exchequer. This
action has been due to diplomatic
relations which Mayor Dimmick has
instituted. Scranton gave away mill
lions of dollars in franchise many a
year ago and all it can now do is
to accept gratefully any "conces-
SION made by public utility corpora
tions.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-08-15
Norristown Moods Money.

Norristown Especially For the
extension of sewers and construction
of permanent paving, as we'll as i'm
proving the towns newly acquired
park and paying the municipal float
ing debt, town council passed an
ordinance providing for an increase
of S250,000 Indebtedness.
The question will be submitted
to the people at the general election
already bonded to the extent OF
100000.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-08-15
Remedy Worse Than Disease.

Pottsville Especial while boys
were endeavoring to Smoke out"
lice in chicken pen at Palo Alto.
the wind turned the smoke to fire,
which assumed such proportions
that the fire departments of both Palo
Alto and Port Carbon were called
out. The only. serious damage sus-
tained was to Martin Collier. whose
loss is $1,000.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-08-15
Made Insane BY Remorse.

Pottsville peciaD. -- Joseph
Fehr, one OF three men held for the
murder of Joseph Pepper at McAdoo,
has suffered such remorse during
his Imprisonment that he has be-
come insane. and his rawlings in his
cell has furnished District Attorney
Reed his first clue to the inside
facts OF the murder.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-08-15
Traok Foreman Killed.

Downingtown Especially Robert
Paul. Pennsylvania track foreman.
vas instantly killed not far from his
home at Whitford. four miles east
of this place. He was walking on
the tracks towards where the repair
gang was to go to work when he
was struck by a fast train and in
stantly killed. .
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-08-15
TAPS WIRE FOR AMBULANCE.
Injured Lineman Brings Help In
Singular Manner.

Norristown Especially After fall
ing from a pole and breaking a leg
in two places, Frank Harvey, a line
man in the employ of the Bell Tele-
phone Company, crawled on his
hands and knees a considerable dis
tance, tapped a wire and summoned
the ambulance.
Harvey was taken to Charity Hos
pital in serious condition. He was
working on top of pole in Ply
mouth Township when it snapped
off near the base.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-08-15
Maps For Baloonists.

According to The Aerophile. 1t is
proposed to supply maps specially
prepared for the use of aeronauts,
giving the position OF the principal
objects, such as the bends OF rivers,
factories. railway functions, etc.
which can easily be distinguished
from the car OF balloon. Similarly.
all the great centres OF light will be
indicated on the maps for use in night
travelling -Pell Mall Gazette.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-08-15
Ate Poison For Candy.

Cory Especially Mrs. NJ. Flaher-
ty, who resides one mile east of this
city, was taken seriously i'll, and DR..
Christie was called. He left some
medicine in powder form which
contained strychnine. A little 10
months-old child playing about the
house got hold of the medicine and
ate all the powders, dying in terrible
agony before medical assistance
could be called.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-08-15
DEATH PICTURE FOR WIFE.
Coal Miners Singular Token For
Widow In Austria

Washington Especially A ghast-
ly scene was enacted at the burial
OF Michael Bakezki, an Austrian
coal miner, whose body was inferred
in the Independence Cemetery. Be
kezki's last request was that his
death picture be sent to his wife in
Austria.
When the funeral cortege reach
ed the burial ground the body
was rudely dragged from the coffin
and placed in sitting posture
against the fence, while a photog-
rapher SNAPPED the corpse surrounded
by laughing friends. The body was
then bundled into the casket, lower
ed into a grave and the funeral con-
cluded.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-08-15
Spark From Pipe Ignited Collar.

Mahanoy City Especially Raising
burning match to his pipe on the
mountain, Joseph Shallac ignited
his rubber collar. In a moment a
seething flame encircled his neck,
burning him very seriously before
companion succeeded in tearing
OFF both shirt and collar.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-08-15
Beaten BY Highwaymen.

Shenandoah Especially. - George
Anercarro was held up on the out
skirts OF town by two highwaymen.
Anercarro resisted TIE men when
they beat him, stabbed him in the
back, causing a serious II not fatal
wound, robbed him OF $50 and a
watch valued at SIS and left him
on the roadside where pedestrians
found him.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-08-15
Initiates Carrie Nation.

Selinsgrove Especially Mrs. Re-
becca Meiser Cross, because her hus-
band was drunk, initiated Carrie Ma
ton. She smashed the mirrors and
bottles in the Mciserville, Snyder
County, Hotel and ended up by
hurting an iron cuspidor at the
2S0-pcund landlord, putting him to
rOut
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-08-15

A German invention promises
new area In the production OF lead
pencils. In the new process OF manu-
facture composition made princi-
pally from the potato takes the place
of the cedar in the pencil.
People everywhere are going
blind because of the glare of white
cement sidewalks" says DR.. Frank
Foster, Of Warsaw, Ind, in letter to
the City Council. He attributes the
increased number of spectacles to
this cause, and suggests that dark
colored material be used in the con.
struction of walks.
The highest tree In the world, so
far as has been ascertained, is an
Australian gum tree of the species OF
eucalyptus regnans. which stands In
the Cape Otway range. 1t is no less
than AIS feet high. Gum trees grow
very fast. There is one in Florida
which shot up forty feet in four
years. and another in Guatemala,
which grew 100 feet in twelve years.
This corresponds to a rise of ten feet
in year. or nearly one foot month.
October always begins on the same
day OF the week as January, April as
July, September as December. Feb
ruary, March and November begin on
the same days. May, June and Au-
gust always begin on different days
from each other and every other
month in the year. The first and
last days of the year are always the
same. These rules do not apply to
leap year.
Experiments have shown that, as a
general rule, Australian Goals are
not specially liable TO spontaneous
combustion, with the exception of
those Goals that are rich in iron
pyrites. If the pyrltous portion, COM
monty known as "brassy tops" is ex-
posed to the weather there is then a
liability of spontaneous combustion,
and 1t is important for the working
of the coal that these "brassy tops"
be absolutely got rid of in the mine
if air be admitted at all to the seam.
The American Institute of Social
Service has received from Berlin an
exhibit containing forty-five speci-
mems of different kinds of dust
mineral, animal and vegetable-pro-
duced in various industries, and like
ly to be inhaled by workmen. Also
the same number of photographs
showing the microscopical character
istics of these various dusts. Models
in wax represent human lungs as
they are affected by occupational
dusts; other models show normal
lungs for comparison, while still
others show the effects of industri"'
poisons on the system.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-08-15

Bethlehem Especially LIN attempt-
ed to board his train here after a
bursted air hose had been fixed,
Harry Stewart. OF Mauch Chunk. a
New Jersey Central brakeman.
stumbled and had his legs caught
under the wheels, both OF which
were severed and which had to be
amputated later.