The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-11-09
THE KEYSTONE STATE
Latest News Of Pennsylvania Told in
Short Order.

ate an apprehension IN the MINDS OF
some members of the New Capitol
Commission that the Senate and
House chambers and clerks, and COM
mittee rooms will not be ready for
the installation of the furniture on
December I, and possibly the rooms
Will not be prepared for the meeting
of the Legislature in January. The
New Capitol Commissioners have
been assured at every meeting for the
past year by those in charge of the
work that the legislative halls will
be ready.
James c.. Kennedy of Coatesville
entered suit against the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company for $4,000 dam.
ages for injuries which he says HE
wife sustained in Broad Street Sta
tion, Philadelphia, last week, by be.
ing knocked down and tramped on
by crowd of young men. Mrs. Ken
nedy, it is said, was severely injured
in the crush. Some OF, the men in.
volved in the affair, it is asserted, were
University of Pennsylvania students
Suspected of having thrown vtriol
Smith, of Chester, locally known as
and is in Jail pending an investiga.
tion. While Mrs. Smith, who is now
in the hospital with her face badly
burned, was passing out of her yard
into a private alley in the rear of her
thrown into her face by man, sup.
posed to have been her husband. The
husband, according to statements OF
iA,t !,
wife's home on the night of the deed
affair. Smith is circus performe,
and Travelled with a small circus dur.
ing the summer. The wife followed
the same profession until year ago,
when had health compelled her tc
give up the ring. 1t is feared the
woman will lose her eyesight.
Stpehen Horusk, patient, escaped
from the Schuykil County Insane
Asylum, and several pursuers over.
took him on the top of hill neal
Seven Stars. He shot at the pursuers
with a revolver and then, throwing
away the weapon, he hurled clubs and
stones at his pursuers. He finally es.
capped, running down the other side
of the mountain. The pursuers are
still trying to capture him.
The Ministerial Association of the
Bethlehems adopted a resolution at
its monthly meeting deploring the fire..
quency of divorces and calling upon
the ministers not to rcmarry any par
ties to divorce except innocent per.
sons. The association elected the fol-
lowing officers: President, Rev. DR..
A. Schultze; vice-president. Rev. J.
T. Swindells; secretary and treasurer
Rev. William H. Erb.
While Albert Gordon, of Penllyn
was walking through a thicket he
was shot in the abdomen by a charge
from a gun intended for rabbit
which party of hunters had chased
in his direction. His condition is seri-
Gus. The gunners disappeared
Daniel Harrington of Conshohock.
en-, was sent to Jail, charged with as
sault and battery on his wife and
babe. His friends and neighbors were
so indignant that he could not secure
bail. 1t is said that the infants cry
annoyed Harrington, and that he
struck the babe, which was in her
mothers arms. For resenting the at
tack, Mrs. Harrington says, her hus-
band assaulted her.
While walking along Jackson street,
in the outskirts of Norristown, La
vina Altemus, ID years old, was shot
by gunner. A rabbit had been
raised and the man behind the gun in
his excitement failed to notice the
child beyond the cotton tail The
load of shot struck the girl and the
rabbit escaped. The gunner ran away
and his identity is unknown.
Information was made at Allentown
against Mrs. Angelina Delong, charg-
ing her with infantcide and conceal
ing the body of an infant ten years
ago. The cases are the outcome of
letter received by District Attorney
Lichtenwalner from Levi d. Swave-
ly, who committed suicide in prison.
Swavely declared he was an inno-
cent witness of the entire affair, and
stated that worry over the matter
caused him to take his life. The
woman recently caused Swavely's ar
rest on charge of burglary.
Isaac Newton Henderson, Casper
P. Faucet and Charles w. Manley.
the supervisors of Westtown Town
sup, VIM WOlC dlltSlNQ OH
of neglecting TO keep the public high
ways of that township in proper re-
pair, had a hearing before Justice of
the Peace Russell, of West Chester.
The prosecutor is Henry w. For
sythe, of the Property Committee of
the Friends Boarding School, at
Westtown. Mr.. Forsythe, Miller M
Boyd, Egbert S. Cary and several
other witnesses testified that the roads
are dangerous and unsafe and that the
supervisors have neglected to make
necessary repairs. The supervisors
were held under $500 bail each for
their appearance at the January term
of Criminal Court.
Rev S. z. Herring, former pastor
of the Third Lutheran Church, Han.
over, and until recently editor of the
Wrightsville Star" has accepted
call to the pastorate of the Lutheran
Church, at Manchester, York County
The Abrams Paper Mill. in Upper
Merton Township, near Merton Sta
ton, on the main line of the Penn.
sylvania Railway, was destroyed by
fire. The flames were dscoveted
shortly after 9 O'Clock. The origin OF
Ahe fire is unknown. The loss will
exceed $4,000.
Rev. w. Q. Bennett, pastor of the
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