The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-02-21
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Bridge, Bethlehem The fronts Of
both cars were badly wrecked, both
motormen escaping injury Mar
garet Krause, who was on her way
to school, was badly bruised.
The Bucks County Medical Society
at its Winter meeting at Newtown!
adopted resolution urging the MEM
bers of the Legislature to sustain the
present compulsory vaccination laws.
The Doylestown Board of Trade
has reorganzed by electing RobertI
l.. Clymer, president; Joseph X. Mus
selman, vice president; Edward a.
Case. secretary, and John YardIey,
treasurer.
The jury of view appointed toi
assess damages for the purposed
opening of Fifth Street, Chester, gave
to the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation $1,000 and the Eyre estate
5000. The jury refused to award
damages to the Patterson Mill Com.
pany.
Adam Wehr, of Greasy, was found
by railroaders along the Pennsylva-
MIA Railroad near Greasy, with both
feet frozen. He was taken to Will
kes-Barre on the Philadelphia flyer
and is now at the City Hospital.
A Southbound Delaware & Hudson
freight train crashed into the rear
of work train at Jermyn. En-
gineer Carlson and Brakeman Frank
Gallagher, of the freight train, we're
SO badly injured that they probably
will die.
Governor Stuart issued a requisl-
tion on Governor Hughes, of New
fAn hA 80.
port of Harry Setback, under arrest
at Elmira, on the charge of enticing
minor children.
The Northampton grand Jury pre-
sented to court recommendation
that the county prison be enlarged.
The average number of prisoners FIVE
years ago was seventy-fve, but there
has been such a rapid increase in
commitments that the daily average
now is 120.
Camp Hill, Cumberland County,
has awarded contract for the con-
struction of a new school building
which will cost $4,000.
Andy Monar, coal miner at
Windber, Belair County, to win a
$40 bet walked three miles bare
footed through the snow with the
weather zero cold. He went to work
next day.
The Reading Company's Sterling
mine is now lighted by electricity,
the company having installed a plant
at the colliery. Portions of the in
terror are made light as day and off,
ctals and miners are elated over the
introduction of the new illuminant.
The Sterling, the North Franklin
and Enterprise coliieries arc the only
ones having the light, which is so
much superior over the old miner
lamp, that officials say all the Read
Ing Company's collieries will be IL
Illuminated with electricity.
At the Winter meeting of the
Lehigh Valley Medical Society, at
Bethlehem, the doctors adopted a
resolution protesting against the ac-
tion of nurses in fixing their mini
mum rate at $25 week. The doc
tors also indorsed the passage of
bill now before the State Legisla-
ture establishing new medical coun-
Gil for the purpose of examining
and licensing practitioners of medi-
cine. DR.. Charles Mcintyre, of Eas-
ton, president Of the society," presid-
ed at the meeting, which was follow
ed by banquet. Papers were read
by DR.. e. NJ. Green, of Easton, on
Pneumonia; DR.. Fred G. Seiberlin,
of Allentown, on Observations Dur
ing Forty Years of Practice;" DR..
H. A. Wilson, of Philadelphia, on
Modern Tendencies in the Treat
ment Of Bone Tuberculosis"
Hugh Garren. while opening
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rant, found three good-sized pearls
In three successive oysters he open
ed. A gem broker valued the pearls
at 5000.
William Corbett, of South Scran-
ton, brewery wagon driver, killed
himself In a cell in the Southside
Precinct Station House. He cut his
throat with the jagged edge of pair
of handouts and then with his fin
gers tore open the wound so that his
blood gushed out In stream. Cor
bett was suffering from delirium
tremens, following a long debauch,
and had been locked up in the cell
at his own request.
A miners train of four cars left
the track and turning turtle rolled
down steep embankment between
Rsiner City and Brookside A score
of miners and boys, who were in the
cars, were badly bruised, but not
seriously hurt. These trains use
coal stoves, which were upset when
the cars toppled over and quickly
set fire to the coaches, the red-hot
Goals thrown about also setting fire
to the clothing of the passengers be-
fore they could climb out of the
cars. Several were painfully burned.
The fire was extlnguished with snow.
The accident Is directly attributable
to the intense cold which pervaded
the region the past few days. The
frost caused rail to snap as the
locomotive passed over it. The en-
gine left the tracks and cars follow
ed, the swaying of the coaches eaus-
Ing them to overturn as they went
down the embankment. Stones and
stumps of trees did not stop them
as they were torn and crush into a
mass of wreckage.
Amos Jones, a professional hunter,
was arrested by Game Warden Low
ny at Lake Ariel and fined Sl75.
Jones, who lives at Lake Ariel, shot
seven rufied grouse on November 7.
The price received for the game was
disproportionate to the fine he has