The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-07-30

Penbrook will have its first electric
illumination August l.
twenty-five houses will be started
in Harrisburg in the next fortnight.
Lykens Valley mines are working
three days week.
Contracts for the new state roads
will be signed Immediately and work
start soon.
The Central Pennsylvania Woman
Suffrage Association will observe Au-
gust Is as self-denial day.
Clarence Rice, OF Coatesville,
strangled to death from food lodging
in his throat. Companions tried to aid
him without avail.
Frank G. Swarner, of Dowingtown,
district president of the p. o. S A., of
Central Chester county, visited Wayne
and installed the newly-elected officers.
The city of Harrisburg will send the
Mayor and other city officials to the
Third Class City League meeting at
Meadville on August 25.
Mrs. Margaret Yerkes, of West Ches
ter, celebrated her 96th birthday with
reception at the home of Mrs. VIII
liam Hill, of Concord.
Mrs. Hattie e. Pennypacker, of near
Lionville, celebrated her oath birth
day anniversary by attending services
In the Lutheran Church at that place.
West Chester Camp, No 673, p. o.
S. A.. is planning to pay fraternal
visit to Kennett Square Camp on Au-
gust II.
Mrs. s. B. Mlngle lost diamond pin,
valued at $500, in an automobile acci-
dent, in which she and her husband
were slightly injured.
Reading public school officials have
received notice that this city's share
of the State appropriation will be $751;
1920.
Thefts of chickens In Schuylkill Val,
ley towns, which have been going on
all summer, have been traced to
weasels.
Andrew Yosso, twenty years old,
committed suicide In the woods at
Northampton Heights by shooting him
self In the head.
Charged with ill-treating his wife,
who testified that he attacked her with
knife, Joseph Papalowna was held
under $500 bail for court by Alderman
Elliott.
Richard Lynch, of Phillipsburg,
N. j., was found dead beside the Read
ing tracks near South Bethlehem. It
is believed he had been struck by a
train.
After falling to return from work at
colliery after being absent nearly
two days, a searching party found
Joseph Wlezowski, of hit. Carmel
asleep in breast.
In a collision between COW and a
motorcycle on the Lancaster Pike
William Il. Ash, of Downingtown, was
thrown from the machine and severely
injured.
When a Reading freight train struck
the automobile driven by M. X. Wat
kins. Mount Carmel banker al
Lewisburg, he and his family escaped
injury, but the car was badly damaged
Mrs. Morris Bloom was seriously In
jured when two trolley cars collided
at Mount Carmel One car had stop
ped to take on passengers when a car
following crashed into 1t.
While helping tear down the
Evangelistlc Tabernacle, at Ashland
John Wagner, seventy-nve years old
fell forty feet and is at the hospital
in critical condition from Injuries.
Four arrests have been made In Md
dletown for melting to riot on Mon
day when two men beat Special Officer
Soulliard Of the Pennsylvania Rail
road and pinned his badge on pole
Mt. Carmel.-Mary, three-year-old
daughter of Anthony Best, of Kulp
mont. was burned to death when hel
clothing caught fire while she was
playing with matches.
After a conference between the Com
missloners OF Chester county, the
Road Supervisors Association and Off
cials Of the Philadelphia & Reading
Railway Company, plans for an over
head bridge at Lenape Station, to spar
the railroad tracks, will be prepared