The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-05-20

The Eastern Pennsylvania YReral
Directors Association al tts sAnual
meeting at South bethlehem, eioeted
Clark Hutchinson, OF Martins Crook.
president; p. A. BergstresseT. Il Hel.
lertown, vice-president; w. N. Weaer.
bach, OF South Bethlehem, secretary,
and Il. w. Slough, of Sehneoissvtlle,
treasurer.
Joseph Martin and John Bosak were
killed at Barnum mine. Erie county,
in Upper Pittston. by a fall sf rock.
Alexander Zezki was probably fatally
injured and Thomas Logan was slight
ly injured. All reside in Duryea The
men were robbing pillars in the Check
er vein and the removal OF the coal
let down the roof.
John c. Jacobs, aged forty-eight, OF
York, died from concussion Of tho
brain caused by striking his head
against the edge of bath tub during
q spell of vertigo, while he was taking
a bath. He became unconscious and
his wife collapsed and is now in seri-
GUS condition. Jacobs was manager
OF the Royal Wall Paper Company.
At the annual meeting OF the Lin
coin Republican Club. of Media, the
following officers were elected: Presi'
dent, Frank Mathues; vice-president,
Ulysses G. Peck: secretary, John Far
ries; treasurer. John Duffy; Board OF
Directors, Alexander P. Adds, Milton
Dotts and Morton Smedley.
Daniel Blair, Simon Cookery and John
Frohm, who pleaded guilty to selling
liquor without license, and Robert
Green and Richard Sheaffer. convicted.
to pay hve hundred dollars fine and
be imprisoned in Jail for one year.
The City Evangelization and Church
Extension Union, OF the Methodist
Episcopal Church., of Reading. pur-
chased two properties on Franklin
street, near Front, for the establish
ment OF an Italian Methodist Episco-
pal Mission.
While hunting crows William
schearer, aged seventeen, OF Spring
field Township, was terribly injured
when his shotgun exploded accidental
ly, tearing out his right eye, cutting
off his ear and otherwise woundins
him in the face and neck.
The plant OF the Standard Steel Car
Company at Newcastle was damaged
to the extent Of $150OO0 by FIRE which
started at furnace. The plant was
engaged in flling foreign order for
six thousand six-inch projectiles.
Lewis Roeder, OF Frackville. base'
ball pitcher, was killed on the Read
ing Railway while working as car
runner. He was braking car, when
the stick he was using broke. and he
fell under the wheels.
Frederick ]. Fredericks, Of Read
ing. and Miss Frances Viola Doub
daughter of Daniel C. Doub. of Funk
ton, Md, we're married in Christ Epis
copal Church, by Rev. Frederick Mac
Millen.
Miss Marion Sterner, one Of the
public school teacher Of Pottsville
was married TO ID. H. Gerber. man
ager OF several stores In Mobile, Ala
Rev. A. o. Reiter. pastor Of Trinity
performed the ceremony.
The people OF Allentown who favo
Sunday closing have appointed com
mittee to demand Sunday closing o
Council, on pain OF enforcing the Blu
Laws.
J Under the auspices OF the Libert
Fire Company, party Of 12s Aller
, town people left on q special train o.
a trip to the Panama expositions. tn
party will be gone month
Grief over the death OF her husband
Marx Doermann, two weeks ago,
blamed for the suicide by hanging q
Reading, OF Mrs. Lena Doermann. se'
enty-one years old.
Thomas Lewellyn. sixty Of ScraI
ton, who took poison several days ag'
died at the State Hospital. Fear G
his becoming blind resulted In th
suicide.
Colgero Gerric, twenty-one, charge
with the staying OF S. Pillato, wa
found guilty Of murder In the secon
degree at Scranton.
| David Strouse, aged forty-nine year
an ironworker, committed suicide
| his home In Pottstown.
May Reconsider Local option.
Observation-Disclosures considerable
OF local option In the present Legisi'
ture is now considered probable. no
withstanding the Brumbaugh-William
local option bill was defeated Garlic
In the session by an overwhelmin
majority. A resolution providing 70
the appointment OF commission :
D. ,,,,o.tigata the advisabIlity OF passin