The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-08-29
PENNSYLVANIA
BRIEFS

years Old member of WoIfersbcrser
Feather, undertakers, at Wor,s
Vile, was embalmIng body, he ton'
ed a drop light, which had eydona
been heavily charged from the egou
Of the preceding storm due ia crns,
wires and was instantly killed Tn.
bystnnders were shocked.
The state health departmen, T.,
spectors are making careful InopIrI
into outbreaks Of lnfantIle por,l,'
which have been reported. The c,.
have been more or less localized n
forts are being made to prcvon, :,
ph0ld outbreaks which are clossod
likely to happen about this time om
Ing to the people travelling moro
Owners Of tlmberland on the Sono
Mountain, near WomelsdOrf, WIN o,r'
permission TO cOalless hOuseholder, ~
cut dead trees on their lands bon'
FUND that great damage 10 live finn
ber has been done. Even line ana
boundary trees have been G,yiroyo1
l. e. Moore, former secretary o,J
treasurer Of the Sharon Saving, ,rI
Trust company, who Is far over fl,
draft age, has been accepted for yor,
ices for overseas duty by the ps5
Cross society. He will be conpncJ
with the financial end of the bum,rl
tartan organization and will Give M.
services for the duration Of the wo,
gratis.
George III. Echwan, engineer sou
the work on the new govcrumop,
houses in Sharon will be under woy
within the next six weeks. Tie con.
structlon will start just MS soon a,
the house drawings are approved nj
Washington. A majority Of the house,
will be Of five and six rooms, with An
occasional tenement house.
All consumers Of city water In New
Casde have been ordered 10y the city
bacterlOlOgist, DR.. w. l.. Siccn, 10 bol
water TO be used for drinking pur.
poses. Contamination has been found
In the supply recently, he announces
Ellwood City raised 1880 for tbe
Salvation Army war fund
Scores Of foreigners were arrested
for cutting timber on lands Of the
Prince Metallic Paint Manufacturing
company, at BowmnnstOwn Every
case was settled by the defendants
paying fines and costs.
Miss Anna Richmond Is the first
Lansford woman TO volunteer her
services as nurse for the government
Thousands of dollars In back nav
due Lehlgh Valley railroad employs
under award of the federal wage cOm.
mission were distributed In HazIeton
The company Is paying these bonuses
In monthly installments, which amount
to as high as $50 every thirty days n
same cases.
Mrs. Emma Serfass has brought
suits against the Lehigh and New
England Railroad company in Easlon
FOR for $4,000 for the loss Of hcr
husband, Lloyd Serfass, who was kIL
ed at grade crossing and for S2GlO
for the loss of his automobile.
Camp Lafayette has received q sec.
ond contingent of I20 men, who will
be given an eight weeks course In
mechanical training.
The formal passing of the Carlisle
Indian School on August % will prob
ably be marked by special cclcba.
ton, headed by Carlisle merchants
who are considering such a plan
Sam Clark, one of the best known
young attorneys In New Castle, has
been notified to attend the officers
training camp that will open Scptem.
ber l3.
SiXty-elght bushels Of oats 10 the
acre Is the record made by Morris
Krlebel, a BartO farmer.
A line Of motor trucks to handle
freight between HazletOn aud Phla'
delphIa has gone into operation
II has been discovered that II II
lice, not blight, which hns damaged
the pStato crop throughout the state
NJ. Il. Rich, Clinton county, has filed
withdrawal as n candidate for con-
gress on the Roosevelt Progressive
ticket.
The annual retreat Of priests Of ihs
Scranton diocese will begin at Lake
Winola, August 20, Bishop Hoban an.
nounces.
Three new gushers struck In the
Middle Run field near New Bethlehem,
are producing fifty to seventy.Gye bar
rels Of oil each daily.
Seven hundred dollars In war
stamps were purchased IN one week
by an Austrian, classed as an allen
enemy, at Altoona.
A grass fire on the outskirts Of
Pottsvlllc endangered n number oi
homes and required efforts Of the
whole fire department to subdue II.
Registered men In Mlllersburg. Ly'
kcns, Halifax, WIlllnmstown, Eliza
bethyllle and Grtnz are being drilled
by members of the Harrisburg re-
serves.
The Northampton Traction company
Of Easton, operating lines 20 Nazareil
and Bangor, will Increase the fare ID
each zone from six cents TO seven
cents.
fOur sons Of Mr. and Mrs. Fred ~
ba, OF Enston--thcir only children
have entered the army.
Two "work or fight" prisoners on
the Lewlstown chain gang made u
brcnk for liberty and were recaptured
only after a thrce-hour chase In the
The military enrolment for Leblgn
county shows total of u, ,16l men
liable for service.