The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-09-28
STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD.

The Latest GIeanings From All
Over The State.
TOLD m SHORT PARAGRAPHS
Tho proposition to enlarge the Della
ware county Jail was denounced by
the Delaware County Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union in annual con
vention in Swarthmore Presbyterian
Church.
Both the Pennsylvania and Reading
Railroads will abolish grade crossings
at Seyfert by building two subways
beneath their tracks. The crossings
were considered dangerous TO puollc
travel.
Donald Steck, ten years old, son OF
DR.. A. II. Steck, pastor Of the First
Lutheran Church, Carlisle, died as the
result of sustaining three fractures OF
the arm while playing leap frog With
several companions.
The Harrisburg Rotary Club has vol
unteered to raise 100000 for the new
million-dollar hotel being buill
through the efforts OF the ChambeT Of
Commerce. Nearly three quarters OF
million has now been pledged.
James Hutton, fifty-one years old, 4
prominent labor leader was instantly
killed by a fall of rock at the William
Penn Colliery. Shenandoah. His sOn.
Thomas, working with him escaped
the fall.
Steelton City council is considering
a plan for the elimination of overhead
wires in the business district and for
the installation OF light standards Tor
the arc lights now in use, Back Of
the movement is the Steelton Mer
chants Association.
At conference between city health
department ofncials and leading ice
cream and milk dealers of Harrisburg
tentative plans for a new milk ordt
nance were made.
Montgomery county has instituted
civil actions against S. d. Drake, eI
ProthonOtary, who was sent to Jail for
eighteen months for embeZZlement
His bondsmen, Norristown trust com
panies, are included in the suits which
are calculated to safeguard the coun
TVS financial interests.
Twenty-Five applications for permits
for construction of bridges were ap
proved by the Water Supply Commls
sion, including the cities Of Coatesville
and Johnstown; Cumberland, FRANK
lin, Chester, Union, Northumberland
and Lancaster counties. Lycoming
county was granted permission to
build a wall along Lycoming creek.
While procuring apples from the
cellarway OF his home, at Shamokn,
George Francis, portrait painter mer
chant, fell to the bottom Of long
flight OF steps and was injured intern
ally as we'll as his skull being fractur
cd. He was entertaining friends al
dinner, and had temporarily excused
himself to procure the apples to pre-
sent to his guests.
When Anthony Slavlnkas, OF Miners
Vile, fred bullet into his head there.
he caused excitement which resulted
in an alarm OF fire. Two women were
injured. One of the latter. Mrs. Kate
Ritzel, is In a dying condition. having
been run over by an automobile. The
wheels caused fracture OF the spinal
column. Miss Veronica Homer was
also run over by an automobile, but Is
less seriously injured.
The seventy school teachers OF
Pottsville will be paid their full
salaries for September, notwithstand
ing the closing of the schools. This
was the announcement mado by Su
perintendent E. c. Barclay and Direct
or Paul Sheafer. The teachers have
not yet signed their contracts and
could not have enforced payment, but
the school board expects to make up
most OF the lost time.
Ralph Mickey, fifteen years old. son
OF r. NJ. Mickey. secretary OF the
Northumberland Health Board, was
found with his neck broken, at the
foot OF Blue Hill. Sunbury, after hav-
ing been missing eight hours. With
young companion. he had climbed TO
the top of the hill and although the
other boy did not see the accident, II
is believed he fell off the top OF the
hill down a perpendicular incline OF
more than S25 feet.
A decayed tooth caused the death
Of Edpar w Rachfal former District