The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-01-18


ISOLATION of Norristown.
George Bretz, forty.six years old. OF
Shenandoah, railroader for twenty
nine years, fell under a trip Of cars
and was crushed to death.
Mildred Elizabeth Rudy. aged six
years, of Harrisburg, died from scalds
when she spilled boiling water over
herself
The Harrisburg Firemen's Union has
asked the State to reimburse the city
for two frehouses which will be razed
TO make way for Capitol Extension
Mrs. Jane A. Kern, OF Slatington.
dropped dead just after reaching home
from attending the funeral Of friend
at Neffsville.
John Palermo was sentenced to pay
costs, $50 fine and to undergo SIX
months in Jail for illegal liquor selling
In Amber
Two horses belonging to Joseph Tag.
gart, Of Norristown, were killed by
State veterinarian because suffering
with glanders. They came from car.
load of Western horses.
Alexander Comfort died In the Car.
isle Hospital, following a short Illness
Of pneumonia. He was one OF the
earliest members OF the Empire Hook
and Ladder Company.
Caught between the tank and shaft
wheel at the Lehigh Coal & Naviga'
ton Company's water shaft, Tamaqua,
Frank Salinko, was crushed to death,
and Joseph Galinsky seriously injured
Injuries suffered In a fall on the ice
IN her yard several days ago. caused
the death Tuesday night Of Mrs. John
Jones, OF Gains. She was thirty-eight
years of age.
Amos Hassler, the Lebanon county
banker, convicted Of making false en-
tries last year and sentenced to from
two or three years. filed a petition for
pardon.
At meeting Of the Women's Get.
tysburg College League in Harrisburg
plans were outlined for campaign TO
raise money for the erection Of Y,
w. C. A. building at the college OF Get
tysburg.
George Bretz, OF Mahanoy City, aged
forty-two years, the father Of Ave chill.
dren, had both legs severed when he
fell between cars on the Reading lines
Death followed in a half hour, as he
was being rushed to the hospital.
Harrisburg retail milk dealers de.
cided to sell milk at eight cents q
quart despite the fact that the whole
salers are planning to increase the
price from IS to 20 cents gallon. The
retailers hope for a 20-cent rate IN
winter and 16-cent rate In summer.
Aaron Linder, twelve years old. OF
Reading, sustained broken leg and
other injuries, while trying to find out
the contents Of dynamite cartridge
Linder and two other lads found the
cartridge and struck 1t with hammer
There was terrific explosion, and
Linder's companions were badly burn.
cd about the face and body.
Lewis Oxley, of Pottsville, a veteran
Of the Civil War, who escaped death on
many battlefelds, died from the effect
OF a fall down flight Of stairs. In
which he broke an arm and was sew.
erely bruised. Oxley was a member Of
the Eighty.first Regiment Of Pennsyl'
vania Volunteers, and was wounded
many times. He lost his left hand
when an exploding shell ripped II OF.
A petition signed by several hun.
dred people Of CatasauQua has been
sent to the Public Service Commits
sion, protesting against the establish.
ment of a municipal electric light
plant in Catasauqua, as voted at a
special election. The protestants de-
clare that such plant could be run
only at loss, estimated at ten thou.
sand dollars year.
Roy Bixler, aged twenty-five, Of Mt.
Holly Springs, was injured at the plant
of the Valley Sand Company. Bixler
was operating roller to crush the
sand and tried to push some stones
out with a forked stick. His hand
caught in the fork Of the stick and was
drawn into the machine, his arm being
mangled and torn off at the shoulder
before the machinery could be shut
down.
Attempting to jump from an auto
truck which he thought would skid
over seventy.foot embankment, Erwin
Yoder, thirty years old, OF Fountain
Springs. was caught under the wheels
and crushed to death. Seven children
are made orphans by his death.
Harry Seipe, of Lehighton. who col
lected sSS for the firemen's parade last
summer, and failed to turn It over,
was sentenced by Judge Barber to six
months Imprisonment. The jail sen.
tence was later suspended to give him
an opportunity to pay the monev back.