The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-08-23
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J. w. Bruckhart, Of Warwick, has
peach orchard OF 800 five year old
trees, from which he estimates he will
gather a 1900 bushel crop.
The South Williamsport Methodist
Church was struck by lightning during
a thunder storm and destroyed by
fire, entailing a loss OF $4,000.
Auditor General Snyder announced
the appointment as assistant deputy
OF Auditor General Fred T. Mcdonald,
OF West Chester, journal clerk in the
last House and chairman Of the Ches.
ter County Republican Committee. The
salary is $4,000 a year. The place has
been vacant since Mr.. Snyder took
office.
Mrs. Lucy ]. Noft, 70; was killed
when she was run down by an automo
bile as she was crossing the road in
front Of her home, in Derrick. City.
Miss Beulah Cowles, OF Bradford was
driving the car, and coroner's jury
is investigating.
Altoona has renewed its Sunday blue
law prosecutions.
Free mail delivery has been inaug'
urated in Newport.
Several Pennsylvania counties will
have record cabbage crops.
Centre county farmers daughters
have helped nobly in the harvest
fields.
It's new directory shows that Potts
town has gained 80 per cent. in popula.
tion since 1910.
Red cross women OF Bellefcnte have
contributed toward the purchase OF
truck for Troop l..
Announcements posted in the plant
OF the American Car and Foundry
Company, at Milton state the employ
es will receive an increase OF 10 pc:
cent. in pay, starting now. More than
LOO men are working in the day and
night shifts. II is understood this is
the forerunner of further increases at
this plant which has orders far
ahead.
Howard E. Walker, aged 80, man
ager OF the Riker-Hegemann drug
store at Reading drowned in Angelica
dam while swimming with John Gind'
rich, another druggist. He was form
er manager of the Chestnut street
store, Philadelphia.
Carlisle will add motorcycle cop to
run down automobile speeders.
Centre county bees have turned
slackers and are producing very little
honey.
Efforts are being made to organize
new bank at Robesonia.
Fleetwood will sell its old town
hall to provide funds for new one.
A 800 setter dog of Oscar Reider,
Fleetwood. was struck by an automo-
bile and killed.
Keystone State Normal School
trustees created the Office OF regis
tTar, and Grant E. DELPHI, of Pottsville,
will fill it.
The Eastern Steel Company, which
operates two blast furnaces at Potts
town, will spend 100000 in increasing
its output per cent. at its steel
plant in Pottsville.
w. A. Sharpe, a contractor and
builder, gave a chicken and waffle
dinner to his 63 employees at the head
quarters of the Blue Mountain Fish
and Game Association. Hamburg.
Amos X. Schulz, the Bar;o miller,
instituted a suit for $500 damage for
the lose OF two horses and wagon in
grade crossing accident on the Cole
brookdale Railroad at New Berlin
vile.
Property owners and real estate
agents at Franklin, to the number OF
40, have signed an agreement to change
moving day from April l to May /.
Marie, young daughter Of Charles
Haehnle, was killed when struck by an
automobile driven by Charles Sauber'
of Allentown, on busy West Broad
street in Bethlehem. The child was
crossing the street and suffered a
crushed skull.
Professor Allen S. Martin, superin-
tendent of the Norristown Public
Schools. has had his salary increased
second time, this time from $26O0 10
$4,000 a year,
Because the supply OF exemption
blanks were exhausted, the Pottstown
districts exemption board has sus'
pended examination OF the remaining
112 conscripts.
At a public sale OF COWS at Down
ingtown prices ranged from $95 to
1. s149.
Sergeant Alexander Smith, In charge
of the army recruiting station at Potts
q town, has purchased an automoblle
with which to scour rural sections
for recruits.
Chester Hospital has $4,000 deficit
owing to high.priced food.
Connellsville draft boards are mark
ing names of all who claim exemption
in yellow.
Columbia county aliens say they will
gladly go to war under officers who
speak their languages.
Battery E, Third Artillery, on duty
at the Jeanesville Iron Works mum
tions plant, has been withdrawn anc
sent to Camp Ricketts,.
r p Dorsett. of Mansfield, director