The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-01-25

Harrisburg. is planning TO introduce an
ordinance creating a shade tree COM
mission.
J.. c. Kenyon, Of West Pittston, has
purchased the old Forest Castle Brew.
cry. at West Pittston, and will convert
It into q paper factory.
Shamokin royalty welcomed the re-
turn Of its soldier boys, members Of
Troop ]. Pennsylvania Cavalry, BY q
monster parade and banquet.
The family OF Joseph Maize, Of
Marietta, narrowly escaped asphyxia-
ton by gas escaping from the heater.
Two daughters are seriously Ill and
the aged father also is affected.
Caught under q fall OF rock at the
Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company's
No. 0 Colliery. Tamaqua, Steve Collier.
a machine runner, was crushed TO
death.
Ben Ta~nkersley, said 10 have been
convicted in Tuscaloosa county, Ala,
last November for "b~ootlegging" and
fleeing from the conviction and fine in
that dry territory. was arrested In
York as q fugitive.
All applications for liquor license
were refused by Judge Charles Cor
bett in jefferson County License Court.
This Is the second successive year
court has refused to grant the applica.
tons.
The record for the year in the price
Of eggs has been set by a Shippensburg
firm, which in an effort to secure
enough to meet their commission ship
ments have offered fifty cents per
dozen wholesale.
According to estimates made at the
Department OF Agriculture, the honey
produced in the State last year was
worth a million dollars. The honey
business has been growing in spite Of
the handicap due TO bee diseases and
the failure OF the State to establish
an adequate system Of inspection,
The proposed changes in the game
and fish laws are being put into shape
by the men given charge Of them and
will be submitted to meetings of the
committees in charge soon after the
Legislature meets. II is believed that
the legislative committees will give
hearings.
Because she refused to allow him to
continue his attentions, Arthur Gun.
bingham, OF Gettysburg, seventeen
years old. with a knife slashed the
throat OF Katherine Rekenrode, also
seventeen. Believing he had killed
the girl, he went to the county Jail
and gave himself up. The wound will
not prove fatal.
Farmers OF Fleetwood again are
hauling wheat to Berks county mills,
using the good sleighing. They are
getting s1.75 per bushel. Regardless
Of the good price. there still is a good
deal Of wheat in the barns. Farmers
are getting s1.75 for their potatoes,
Lots Of potatoes are held for higher
prices.
Amos s. Pearson, Of Harrisburg, an
engineer on the Middle Division Of tho
Pennsylvania Railroad, who committed
suicide by shooting himself. had excep-
tional nerve. The police say Pearson
pulled the trigger four times before a
cartridge discharged. The engineer Is
believed to have been respondent be-
cause Of a recent demotion and on &C.
count Of the recent death OF his wife.
The first budget to be framed by the
State Commission OF Agriculture under
the Act OF 1915 was made up for sub
mission to the Legislature for the two
years commencing next June. II
carries s1,065. 900, Of which $500. 900 Is
TO be appropriated for indemnity Of
live stock owners whose animals are
killed during epidemics. The increase,
aside from this item is not very great.
Demands for additional teachers in
the continuation schools OF this State
has led to the establishment of a teach
ers' training school at the Pennsyl-
vania State College. The State Board
Of Education has notified the college
authorities that the new course will be
operated In connection with the regu-
lar summer session for teachers, dur.
ing SIX weeks next summer.
Plans for presentation to the Legisla-
ture Of a measure for a commission
to make a study Of the abnormal chill
dren Of the State and suggest ways and
to care for them were discussed
at length before Governor Brumbaugh
and representatives Of various organ.
izations interested in the care OF chill
bred at a conference held In the capt.
tol.
Indorsing the project as outlined by
Prof. Hishman, Of State College, Car.
hsle, farmers assembled under the aus
pices Of the Chamber OF Commerce, in.
dorsed the farm bureau project. Eff
forts will be made at once to secure q
600 membership.