The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-06-28
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Reading, to recover $1,000 damages for
alleged breach Of promise. Rev. Mr.
Lenbach was married on May 4 to Miss
NJ. Mary Swaycly. Of Pine Iron Works.
Miss Boosc lives with her parents in
Lancaster. She became acquainted with
Mr. Leinbach in ISOo while the latter
was student at Franklin and Marshall
College, Lancaster, and from that time
he paid her addresses Of most marked
character says the plaintiffs bill OF com
plant. This. she says, in her affidavit,
resulted in a solemn Engagement of mar
riage on January 10, 1901. In June,
iooT she says he gave her an engage
ment ring, which she wore and he con-
tinucd paying her attentions until April,
1905, and he had agreed that the we'd
ding should take place on January 10,
1906 Miss Boose alleges that in pursu-
auce of the promise she began to pre-
pare for the wedding and purchased her
wedding outfit and also kitchen uten-
sils. Rev. Mr.. Leinbach became pastor
of Oivet Church year ago, immedi
ately after his ordination. He is rs
years old, and is a native OF Obey Town
ship, Berks county. He entered bail and
declines to talk about the suit
Mrs. Ida May Zicgler, OF Altoona, sent
a comic valentine representing long
tongued woman TO her next-door neigh
Dor, Mrs Lulu Shellcnbcrger The
court refused to accept the plea of the
license of St. Valentine. and directed
Mrs. Ziegler TO pay $50 fine and costs.
The vestry OF All Saints Episcopal
Church, Norristown has accepted the
gift OF another coister bay for Wash
ington Memorial Chapel, at Valley
Forge, to be erected to the honor of the
Pennsylvania soldiers OF the Revolution.
1t is the gift OF 7. Broom Belfeld, of
Philadelphia, and is given in memory
Of his parents, his wife and Children.
The Pennsylvania bay will correspond
TO the New Jersey bay dedicated on
Monday. 1t IS expected that the new
bay will be ready for dedication next
year The new bay will be adorned
with richly carved tracing in Indiana
limestone set in massive masonry of
Holmesburg granite. The ceiling will
be OF carved oak adorned with the
arms Of the State and the Colonial seals
will be set in the floor.
Theophila Konycck, 20 years old, now
lies at rest in ST. Peters Churchyard,
Brownsville, after three burials. About
two weeks ago she eaped into the Mo-
nongahea River and was drowned Her
body was buried in a field nearby Ne
groes said they heard her calling from
the grave and the body was removed.
She was proved dead and buried again.
Hearing the girl was Catholic, Father
Glynn, of Brownsville, next had the
body removed to the church cemetery in
that city.
Burgess Pennypacker, West Chester,
has fined Jesse Darlington, owner Of a
creamery, $25 and costs because he had
his creamery connected with the towns
sewers in violation of the borough ordi-
nance. Darlington has appealed from
the decision of the Burgess and will
ask the court to decide the legality of
the fine.
The Witch, special combination en-
gine and car on the Reading Railway.
while running at high speed, bearing
officials to their homes in Schuylkill
county from Shamokin, collided with a
shifting engine in the Locust Summit
yards The car was wrecked and the
passengers were thrown into the debris
and badly hurt.
Scared by an automobile, pair OF
horses attached to carriage containing
Frank Fox, his wife and two children
and Andrew Crater, wife and child. OF
Skippack, dashed down a steep hill AT
the bottom the carriage upset and all
were severely injured.
Lille Resh, also known as Mrs Geo.
Weibush, died at St. Joseph's Hospital,
Lancaster, from morphine poisoning, the
drug being self-admnistered One story
IS that the woman had been drinking
beer in hotel, where she swallowed the
drug, but the hotel people deny she was
there. Another story is that she swal-
lowed the dose while sitting on the
stoop of the hotel.
The directors OF the York County
agricultural Society have decided to en-
large the grand stand, build an annex
70 the poultry house and make other i'm
provements to the exposition grounds.
Bishop Talbot laid the cornerstone OF
the new $4,000 Trinity Episcopal parish
house at Pottsvile. Addresses were
made by the bishop Rev Dr. James r.
Powers, Rev. II. w. Diler and Rev.
DR.. J. II. Eastman.
Charles Wolfe, OF LewiSburg, who
about a month ago fired OH robbers at
tempting to gain entrance to the chair
factory Office, was attacked and sand
bagged while attending to his duties as
night watchman of the plant His cries
for help brought aid and his assailants
escaped,
Andrew Yoder, p years old, died at
his home, near Longfellow. He was
married in Vanwert, Ohio, few days
ago and became sick while on his we'd
ding tour.
Samuel Greason, the negro who was
acquitted of the murder of John Ed
wards, last week, after having been un-
der sentence of death for over two years,
will not place himself on exhibition, as
he had agreed to do. A storm of pro-
tests was aroused by Greason's signing
contract with carnival company i'm.
mediately after he was set free, and a
committee of citizens had asked the city
authorities to prohibit the exhibition.
Within a few days the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company will begin the con-
struction of the system OF pipe lines from
the Indian Creek district and other
mountain streams, from which they hope
10 get an abundant supply OF pure water