The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-25
PENNSYLVANIA NEWS.
The Latest Happenings Cleaned From
All Over the State.
BIG STEEL PLANT AT WASHINGTON
Firm Presented With About Forty Acres Of
Valuable Land and viii Commence the Eree.
ton Of the Works at 0nce-- Mail Pouch Thief
caught-.Amishman Defics a court..Rabies
Among Cattle. Cripple Burned to Death.


Among Cattle. Cripple Burned to Death.
To save the life OF her 4-year-old boy
Mrs. Ira Willtts, of near Larry's creek
heroically fought a mad dog with club
until she tainted The two were in theii
front yard. when large hound, froth-
ing at the mouth. ran in from the road
and attacking dog and four pups be
longing to the Willitts killed them all
| 1t then turned upon Mrs. Willitts ane
the child. Selling club which was ly.
| ing near the woman jumped in front o.
1 her little one and with all the strength
| she could muster showercd blow aitei
blow upon the beast For few min
utes neither seemed to have the advan
| tagc, but finally the brute was Tough
backward step by step to woodshed
where he was imprisoned. Mrs. Willit'
| then tainted from exhaustion and in tina
| condition was found shortly afterware
| by her husband.
A mail pouch thief has been discov
| cred in the person of Harry Santo. aget
! II, who was arrested for setting fire u
a row of houses at Paxton, and to tn,
| Harrisburg firebrick works, both
which he confessed. In the past month
| two mail pouches we're stolen from TIN
| Reading station, and there has beer
| much complaint from people who los
checks and money. One OF the pouches
was in transit from Williamsport tC
Pottsvile and the other came iron
Boiling Springs. Detective Windso
went to the Jail to sec Santo, who con
fessed that he had stolen the pouches
and hidden them. Both pouches wert
found with all OF the letters cut oper
and checks and valuable papers scat
tered about.
A deal has just been closed at Wash
sops & Sons, Limited, steel manu-
iacturers, of Sheffield, England ane
local business men, whereby the
English firm has agreed to ereci
an immense plant for the manufacture
OF crucible steel at this place. The firm
was presented with about forty acres o.
valuable land and will commence the
erection OF the plant at once. About
two months ago, when it was learned
that the Jessops contemplated the cree.
tion of works in the United States. rep
resentatves OF the local Board OF Trade
offered inducements, which were favor
ably received. Representatives of the
company came to Washington and
viewed the available territory Nego-
tiations were started and the deal was
finally closed last night.
As his wife was arising for the day
Charles Hindenach. farmer. 54 years
old, OF Amber, killed himself with
shotgun. Mrs. Hindenach heard the re.
port OF the gun, but was ignorant
OF its nature until she entered the kitch-
en-. Even when she saw the form OF her
husband she thought he had lain down
probably to rest a few minutes before
breakfast but a few seconds later she
was Mortified to see the gun and large
pool OF blood on the floor. Hindenach
is supposed to have been insane
The company will expend 100000 at
once on the erection OF a plant, and will
enlarge it from time to time until it will
cover nearly forty acres. The company
will give work to about 1000 men and
American labor will be employed almost
exclusively. The new plant will be To-
Gated on a railroad connecting the
Pennsylvania with the Baltimore and
Ohio system. 1t is expected that the
mills will be in operation by the close of
the present year.
Two herds of cattle in the vicinity OF
N<lil anu. SOShl dlNAilN ldNt pNSll
slaughtered, owing to the discovery of
hydrophrobia among them, resulting
from the attack OF mad shepherd dog
which ran among them on March 20,
biting several The State veterinary
surgeons have now taken the matter in
charge and they have placed strict
quarantine or the Crosson and Bailey
farms
Samuel L. Petershcm, an Amishman,
OF Lancaster, refused to pay fine of 81
imposed by his failure to send his boy
to school, His bondsman will be sued
for the money Petersheim admitted
that he had disregarded the notices from
the school board because he felt that no
law could dispossess him OF the services
OF his son. He said he was obeying the
law OF God, and those persons who tried
to deprive him OF his rights would be
punished by the Lord.
Although sick abcd, Mrs. John Petty.
of Homestead made great effort to
save the life of her 4-year-od boy when
he rushed into the room, his clothing
afame. Sllc sprang from her bed and
wrapped blanket around the child, but
his burns proved fatal. Mrs. Petty was
seriously burned.
nelpless cripple, Mrs. A. J. Holli-
day, was burned to death in her home
near Addison. Mr.. Holiday and his
three sons were working some distance
from the farmhouse. When they reach
ed home in the evening they found
nothing but a heap OF ashes where their
home stood and in the ruins the charred
bones OF the woman, who was unable to
leave the bed in which she lay.
James Correl aged IS years,of Maha-
noy City. who left his home a week ago,
died from the effects OF a dose OF auda-
num- The man was found in an un-
conscious condition in stable at the
Vulcan coliery. Physicians were sum
moned, but Correll never regaiped con
sciousness.
George w. Lentz, proprietor OF the
William Penn Hotel at Spring Mill was
found dead in bed, He was So years
old.
1t was stated in Pittsburg that instead
OF ST. 100000 year the salary OF Presi-
dent Schwab, of the United States Steel
Corporation, is but 100000 a year. The
statement appears to be as much based
on speculation as the original report
that the position was $I,ooo,ooo job.
The BARRIERS Union OF Lancaster ;s