The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-29
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home she was attacked in dark
portion OF a back street by three meu-
who attempted to drag her into ,
closed cab. She slipped from then
grasp and ran to her home. where she
fell i'll a faint. The men made their
escape without being recognized
Neighbors of the Page family assert
that for several nights past strange
men have been seen prowling around
the house and peepng into the win
dows. A merchant in the same To-
cality alleges that on the night of the
alleged attack on Miss Page he saw
man looking through the shutter
as he was counting his days receipts.
lie remoined awake all night in fear
of a robbery.
Society women Of Pittsburg pro-
pose to establish a Housewives EN-.
ployment Agency, for the purpose OF
doing away with some of the nuisances
now attached to the problem OF DO
mestic help. Women of many promi-
nent families do their own work,
and entire families take their meals
| at restaurants and clubs solely for ths
| reason that domestic help is 50 ur-
| certain that no dependence can he
! placed upon it. The men blame the
| condition OF affairs upon professional
/ employment agents. who care only fOr
| their fees and whose interest il i e.
! have domestics constantly changing
their places.
A young daughter of Levi Hcruc,
! OF Hamburg. encountered a snake "-'ih
young chicken in its mouth This
child, unconscious OF its danger f1I
lowing the natural instinct to res s.,ie,
took the chick from the snake and car.
rled it to its mother at the hose.
The snake followed the child TO tho
house, with its head raised in an Il
fort to get the chick. until il was
scared off by other members OF tic
family
Public Safety y-Director Harry Moore
OF PittsburS i preparing an orhi0arc'
to regulate the speed of automobile
and street cars. The former are g,
be limited 10 eight miles an hour w
the business streets and twelve mii.s
on the buolevards. Street cars 1rr
10 run at slower speed downtown. buf
viii have the privilege of making vr
time outside OF the cougcsted d..
tricts. Mr.. Moore says many per-cns
have been killed and injured for lazy
OF proper regulations.
People living near the Public Sc'1oN'
Park in Pottsvilic have complained
to the School Board that "spooni7g'
couples at the park have made il
lovers retreat. some of the most
ardent ones even frequcnting the pla-e
IN the rain to kiss each other u1drv
umbrellas. The board decided 70
place bright lights in the park arc
request the police to keep watcfr
on the place.
Jealous because of Miss Mary Per.
linger. a Pottstown young woman lad
accepted 4 love charm from aro'''r1
young man, George Baglev. of Sn-in2
Citv it is alleged. assaulted her -rd
took the charm away from her Tlr
charm. it was said, had power to can~r
Miss Herlingcr to forget her love fns
Baglcy and center her affections NJ
| his rival Miss Hcrlingcr md Bag
ley arrested, and he was held in 500
bail for court by Magistrate Mis-.
sinner
President George F. Bacr. o' n,
Reading Railway, with General Srpt-.
] intendent \. T. Dice and Gcn~-lt
| Manager w. J. Richards. of the Cosi
& Iron Company. inspected the Sr'v
for the Philadelphia & Reading bu''A
ing purchased a Pottsvillc last we"N
Considerable time was spent ~ the
ing seven acres Of additional sp7-.
As an evidence OF the concrrtra'i,r
policy adoDted nv Prcsid~rt Pa"- 'rr
repair work OF the Lchigh & Wilkes
Barre Coal Companv's coIlic-ics -
already being done in Po'tsvillr e
was announced that tho machine a"d
renair work Of the other suhSidi7-9
railway companies IS also TO be done
II the POttSville shops.
Ridgcway Leedom, of Swarthmorc,.
once wealthy, was arrested and takc1
to Chester, where he was given a
hearing before Magistrate Smitn, 90
the charge OF threatening to pois1a
his family, to cut his wife ; throG
and to burn down the house. He wIt
held in the sum of $500 for his ap-
pearance at the next term of the DeiE
ware County Criminal Court.
The contract for the granite wal.
to surround the Capitol Park, includ'
ing the tall granite clock tower ~
the park at Third and Locust streets.
has been awarded to George r. PayRs
& Company, OF Philadelphia, by thd
Board OF Public Buildings and
Grounds. The same firm is building
the new Capitol, and was the only bid
der for the wall. Work will begiu
next spring
Steps will be taken at a congregI.
tional meeting of the Presbyterian
Church at Doylestown, June 23 ~
dissolve the pastoral relations oi Rev.
Robert NJ. Labsree, who will go ~
Persia TO succeed his murdered broth
er Rev. Benjamne w. Labaree, AZ
missionary.
While carrying a key of beer on ri,
shoulder in Reading Elmer KerchoH,
aged Io, stumbled over piece Ut
wire. The keg slipped so suddenly
that the jar dislocated his neck killing
him.
Rev Charles w. w. Bishop, pastoe
OF the Marcus Hook Baptist Church
for the past twenty-five years, teu'
dered his resignation at the Sund1s
morning service Rev. Mr.. Bisho3
gave no reason for resigning.
While returning from festival "a
the village of White Horse, Salisbury
Township, Jacob Trego met number
OF mountainecrs, who were promts'
cuously firing of revolvers. A stray
ball passed through Trego's neck
The injured man could not identity
his assailant.
The charred body of Mrs. Frank
Morgan, aged s., was found at her
home in West Pittston by neighbors
The fact that the bare kitchen foor
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