The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-03-25
STATE ITEMS.


was struck by Philadelphia and
Reading train a mile from Mt.Car-
mel and instantly killed. He had
been to Mt. Carmel to arrange for
transportation to Austria, where his
wife and five children reside, and
was walking along the railroad to
Locust Gap when killed.
The Nazareth High School Liter
ary Society has elected these officers:
President, Floyd Connell; vice-presi-
dent, Frank Stocker; secretary, Miss
Helen Oswald; assistant secretary,
Miss Minnie Kraemer; treasurer,
Asher Kahler.
Thieves broke into William An
derson's hennery at Norwood and
got away with fifty fancy chickens,
which the owner values at $500.
The West End Free Library in
Chester, has engaged Miss Lydia
Smith to make house to house can
vas in the western section of the city
with the view of getting everybody
possible to join the library associa-
ton.
Altoona has an epidemic of new
form of cold. Doctors report hum
dreds of cases. 1t is highly conta-
gious and where one member of the
family is affected, everyone in the
household is soon affected.
The board of health has quaran-
tined the Philadelphia Presbyterian
Orphanage at Wallingford, on ac-
count of four young girls at the in
stitution having contracted scarlet
fever.
Fourteen of his sixteen children,
nearly all of his forty-four grand
children and many of his great-grand-
children were present at the funeral
of Joseph B. Chandler, aged II
years, a veteran of the Civil War,
who was buried at Bethesda BuTying
Ground, at Upper Darby.
Wilfred l.. Stauffer, Irwin Fisher
and George Alker, of Norristown.
were appointed by Court to assess
damages for an acre of ground want
ed by Lower Merton School District.
The ground belongs to the Wis,ar es-
tate, on Montgomery Avenue, near
Church Road.
The main building of the Easton
Foundry and Machine Company, at
West Easton, was destroyed by fire,
entailing a loss of 500, 900. The
building destroyed was 400 feet long
and 80 feet wide, and contained the
office, the machine, pattern and
structural iron departments. Nearly
100 men are thrown out of employ
ment
Mrs. Cyrus Sousley, of Albany, in
Berks County, aged about 40, was
found by her children hanging in the
garret of her home when they re-
turned from school. No cause IS as
signed for the act.
The Workingmen's Relief Associa-
tion, of Milton, has elected the fol-
lowing officers: Pres dent, A. j.
Hester; vice-pres,dent, j. r. Ben
der; treasurer, d. W. S. Bolts; sec
retary, A. II. Yerg; Board of Man
ayers, John FetZer, w. II. Davis, w.
o. Ferry, Frank Derr, A. Wolhielter
A. Mertz,' James Meyer and l.. Strine.
While saving lath at the portable
saw mill near Selinsgrove, Charles
upon the head by a piece of timber
and killed. KratZer was alone at
this mill, and his body was not
found for several hours.
A large force of men have be-
gun work on the completion of the
roadbed between Parkesburg and
Christiana, and the managers of the
p, C. & l.. Trolley Company say
cars will be running between Coates
Vile and Lancaster by the Fourth of
July.
The Orpheus Club, of Will.ams-
port, has elected the following Off
GERS: President. George II. Young;
vice-president. Prof p. NJ. Bullard;
secre' airy. G. w. Manevel; treasurer,
w. F. Zahn; manager, E. B. Bikle.
Morris II. Schaeffer. a prominent
member of the Berks Bar. and a
member of the law firm of Rieser d
Schaeffer, died of pneumonia, aged
so years.
While hanging up clothes in the
yard at her home In Lower Saucon
Mrs. Annie l.. Herman was fatally
stricken with heart failure.
Stover S. Worman, a2 years old.
of Boyertown, died suddenly of apo
plexy. He was the oldest resident
of the town and the Oldest shoe
maker in Berks County.
At Bernville, robins. blackbirds
and peetweets have appeared In great
numbers. which. old folks say. is a
sure harbinger OF an early Spring.
The new First National Bank at
Cressona, opened its doors Wednes-
day. Deposits aggregating over
S25.2S5 we're received as the total
of the first days business Miss
Esther Zerbe. daughter OF Cres-
soma business man. made the first
deposit.