The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-31
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the movement to establish small
parks about the city. AS Mayor he
was even more successful in that d.
rection.
Harrisburg The Senate passed
finally the bill providing for a county
home In each county excepting Alle-
gheny and Philadelphia for INDECENT
orphans, dependent and neglected
children under l6
Hazleton.-James Collins, &C. for
years State Health Officer in Halle
township and former School Director
of that district, dropped dead from
heart trouble while repairing the
family burial plot In ST. Gabriel Gem.
etery
Harrlsburg.-R of units
of the National Guard to war strength
Will be pushed rapidly.
Berwick.-The First Methodist
Church, Berwick, gave $4,000 paying
off the last cent OF indebtedness on
an $4,000 church.
Hazleton.-The 1900 mine stripping
men OF the Hazleton district have
agreed to accept the same wage in
crease recently granted the other
miners.
Hazleton.-In addition to the scar
city OF railroad cars coal diggers com
plain that some companies can not
supply them with enough smaller caH
for getting the loose fuel from the
slopes to the breakers.
Harrisburg.-Th ten State work
mems compensation referees holding
office at the time of the approval OF
the act increasing their salaries from
S2,50O to $4,000, cannot be paid the
increase, as they are public officers
who can not be advanced.
Skippack.-All night street lighting
has been inauguarated here.
Gwynedd dd-Western farming meth
ods. including tractor plowing. are
proving a success on the 12OO-acre
Kolb farms.
York-Blood poisoning, which de-
veloped from a carbuncle, caused the
death of Professor w. II. Patrick prin
cipal OF the Patrick Business School
aged 60.
Mifflin.-The Farm Bureau has been
granted an appropriation Of $1,000 by
the County Commissioners.
Altoona.-Resignin twice because
his pay was not raised, Plumbing In
spector l.. w. Ray Is back still hope
full of an increase.
Hazleton.-Eckley Markle, son of a
! local coal operator, has enlisted as
sergeant in the United States Army
aviation corps at Boston.
Altoona.-High cost Of feed and la
Dor have driven the Pleasant Valley
Stock Farm, Blair b. Hileman, pro
prietor, into bankruptcy, with $4,000
liabilities.
Wayne.-Churches have forwarded
to the President a Joint resolution urg'
ing war prohibition.
Wayne.-St. Marys Protestant Epis'
copal Church has been presented with
a silk American flag by William Yer
ner.
Belleville-The Mennonite Breth'
rem have closed their conference at
this town, 80 visiting ministers, in
Guiding returned missionaries and rep
resentatives of all churches east OF
the Mississippi River having attended.
Merion.-Jacob A. Kettenring,
commissioner, has astounded his Gus
| toners and acquaintances by changing
| his Ardmore from a retail to CO.
operative basis
Easton.-Howard Butler, 45, a
| bricklayer, lay on the Lehigh Valley
Railroad tracks in front of a freight
train and was so badly injured that
he died several hours later in the
hospital.
Pittsfeld-One thousand acres OF
land in this vicinity, have been leased
by Warren operators, and number OF
wildcat, deep-test wells will be drill
led.
Hazelton.-An underweight seller
near Hazelton was forced to refund
800 on $3.50 for hay.
Enola.-Citizens turned out In full
array to dedicate the new $4,000
Summit Hill High School.
York-The use OF fireworks In
York, as we'll as the sale Of pyrotech'
MICS, is prohibited by an ordinance
passed by Council.
Shenandoah.-A Coroner's jury
found that Patrick Donahue was the
slayer Of DR.. Harry F. Kitty and his
patient, Mrs. May Donahue.
Scranton.-Federal Attorney Rod
gers l.. Burnett, has handed a check
for s16,500 to Henry Krentzman, the
purchase price of the st. Charles Ho'
tel, Lewistown, where, he assures the
public, a Federal Building will be
erected
Harrisburg.-Twenty or more High
School boys at st. Mary's learned
something about forestry by assisting
in planting trees on the Silver Creek
water shed near Paul street. The St
Mary's Water Company received 5000
evergreen trees for this purpose.
Titusville.-T Country Club will
rebuild this summer The 100000 club
house which was destroyed by fire
recently.
Hazleton.-Principal A. D. Thomas,
OF the High School, besides urging his
students to work on farms, has en-.
couraged some OF them to help in
the mining of coal. Accordingly a
number of the students are now wear
ing mining lamps and are working
beside the miners.
Altnnna.-Retired employees OF the