The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-12-29
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force attention to new prouuct
from the earth, which will be made
from what has for centuries been con-
sidered a troublesome waste. IT is
the utilization of Clipped and small
bits of slate coming from quafries
in the Washington big bed slate re-
gions of Northampton County Some
time ago Pittsburg men formed the
Washington Standard Slate Company
with a capital of 100000, and took
over thirty-eight acres of what was
called wildcat property near this
place. They will use the waste in
molding an artificial stone.
Media.--Judge Johnson sentenced
Joseph d, Green. of Oak View. who
was convicted Of murder I'm the sec
ond degree for shooting his infant
son, Earl, to twenty years in prison
for that offense. Green plead guilty
to the charge of assaulting his wife
with intent to kill, he having shot
his wife at the same time he killed
the chld, and he was sentenced to
Ave years for that offense, making a
total OF twenty-five years. Even with
good behavior he cannot be released
Tor seventeen years, when he will be
sixty years of age.
Pottsville.-W S. Guiterman, Of
Port Carbon, a well-known newspa-
perman, formerly owner of the Sha-
mokin Dispatch" and Schuylkill pa
pers, has had a wonderful recovery
from blood poisoning, though the
surgeons found it necessary to am
putate most of his tongue Gutter
man let the ailment, which started
from an ulcer, go until the eleventh
hour.
Reading The case of Mrs Kate
Edwards, under sentence of death in
the Reading Jail for the murder of
her husband, will be handed down
by Governor Stuart as a legacy to
Governor-elect Tener. Governor Pen
nypacker never set a date for the
execution after the Board of Par
dons declined to interfere and Gov
ernor Stuart followed Pennypacker's
example.
Coatesville.- Hebalesko
met a horrible death by being drawn
through the opening in the bottom
of gondola car and suffocated with
pulverized Stag. The man had
crawled in the car to ride over to
the Worth Brothers blast furnace,
and when the car arrived the men
below opened the bottom of the car
TO let the Stag fall out.
Hamburg, - The present scarcity
of apples in the rural districts is al
most phenomenal. This, in a meas
ure, is due to the decreased yield
because of the ravages of the San
Jose scale, and the fact that those
who had surplus fruit sold it at fair
prices last fall, rather than suffer
loss through storage.
Cersonia.-As soon as the weather
permits work will be started on an
automobile and motorcycle track at
this place, which when completed will
be the finest automobile course in
Berks County The new track will
be enclosed by a low fence and a
handsome front will be built at the
entrance.
Reading +. Quinter, one
of the best-knoWn residents of ST.
Lawrence, died of lockjaw, the re-
suit of crushing his hand by having
it caught between a telegraph pole
and a wagon about two weeks ago
He was high constable and roadmas-
ter of Exeter Township for many
years, and was in his 65th year.
Bethlehem. William Finley and
his little brother had narrow escapes
from drowning in the Lehigh River
The lads were standing on treacher-
Gus ice and broke through. William
managed to reach firm ice, and then
heroically returned to his brothers
aid and after considerable difficulty
rescued him.
Reading. 49, The 5 per cent. in
crease, granted at a conference in
Chicago between the Stove Found
ers' National Defenders Association
and the Iron Molders' Union of North
America, will affect over 200 men
here and hundreds of others through
out the Schuylkill Valley.
Pottsvile. - Stiney Waspis, OF
Minersville, was sentenced to eight
years at hard labor in jail for kill
ing his neighbor, Anthony Wasnock,
with a pocketknlfe. The evidence
showed that the dead man was the
aggressor, going to WasPis home to
pick quarrel.
Easton.-Irwin S. Uhler, a mem
ber of the Northamton County bar.
was found drowned in the bathtub at
his home Mr. Uhler was a cripple
and is supposed to have fallen into
the tub while preparing to take a
bath.
Lancaster Mary Greer, the
oldest woman in Lancaster county,
celebrated her 96th birthday at the
home OF her daughter, Mrs b. Frank
Aulthouse. in Bart Township. Mrs.
Greer has been a widow for fifty-slx
years.
shamokin. - Mrs, Aaron Yoder
Numedia, an aged woman, was
stricken with apoplexy while smok-
ing a pipe and burned to death
York. Jacob Frutiger. OF Red
Lion. dropped dead OF heart trouble
while walking in the yard OF his