The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-03-29

General Peddin has been blind
for many years. He is a good
man and a fine singer. Hearing
the conversation between Dotter-
man and Peck, and desiring to
avoid disturbance, he began TO
sing, the audience joined and the
defendant walked away.
The sermon was followed by
the usual testimony meeting, and
as one after another arose to
speak, Ike, from the outer part
of the circle, volunteered sugges-
tions Of more or less practical
nature, and much to the annoy
tnce of those desiring to be good,
and amusement of the thought
less.
. La order to convince others,
who may be tempted, that 1t is
risky business to disturb any
kind of public meeting, Mr..
Peck was prosecuted, and must
now atone FOR his folly by spend
ing three months IN the county
jail, paying a fine of one dollar,
and the costs Of prosecution.
The case of Jacob h. Deavor
against the township of Taylor
was the only civil case tried dur
ing the week. This was an action
by the plaintiff torecover damages
from the township for alleged in
iuries sustained while driving
along public road on March 2,
1904. AT the point where the ac-
cident is alleged to have happen
ed the road is very narrow, not
over 9 feet wide, without any
guard rails, while at the lower
side of the road there Is declivlty
through an old field with a fall of
one foot every two feet, and the
upper portion of the road was
covered with ice. Mr.. Deavor
resides at Waterfall, and was re-
turning home from Dublin Mills,
he having left the latter place
about dark. He claimed that
when his buggy wheel struck the
ice his horse SHE'D and caused
the lower wheels to run over the
EN- bankment about three feet,
and IN trying to get the buggy in
to the road the right trace broke,
and when in this perilous position
he attempted to get out of the
buggy, and in so doing he fell
astride the upper front wheel and
was seriously injured. He then
tried to pull the buggy into the
road, but beng on a lock he was
unable to do so, and to prevent
the horse and buggy from both
gong over the embankment he
cut the back strap and left trace
of his harness, when the buggy
went down 81 feet to the foot of
the hill and was badly damaged.
The case went to the jury at 6
o'clock on Thursday evening and
at 3 the next morning they agreed
upon verdict, and when Court
met at 9 o'clock on Friday morn
ing verdict for the township
was announced, the jury finding
that IT was no fault of the town
ship by neglecting to have aguard
rail at the place where the accl-
dent happened, and that the
plant tiff had not taken the neces-
sary precaution in driving over
the road. A motion for new
trial has been made.
i Word was received here on
Wednesday evening that Frank
Carmack, one of the prisoners
who escaped from the jail on the
night of the 9Th INST, had been
captured in Franklin county, and
on Thursday he was brought to
McConnellsburg, by Constable
John Brindle, of Peters township,
Franklin county, and turned over
to Sheriff. Alexander.
On Friday morning, after the
court had finished the Taylor
townshipcase, Frank was brought
, into court and plead guilty to the
charge of larceny preferred
against him by Luther Grove, o.
Clear Ridge. The Court, aftel
giving him some wholesome ad
ui0n oAntA-Aa1 k..so 20 Hffna.