The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-02-21
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burning oil was scattered about the
apartment. When husband and wife
awoke and jumped out of bed the,
found themselves hemmed in by flames
They fought desperately in their night
garments, being unable to summon as.
sptance. By using pieces of carpet
which they pulled from the floor, they
finally put out the fire. Both the ven.
cradle man and woman are in ser.
ious condition
Rev. J. NJ Bennetts, pastor Of the
Prospect Park Methodist Episcopal
Church; Mrs. Bennetts and their child
rem, Walter, George, Anna, Dorothy and
Margery, of Chester, were all taken sud-
denly i'll soon after eating fish served
for dinner. Physicians found that all
were suffering from the effects OF pois-
oned meat and an examination showed
that the fish was poisoned in conse-
quence OF decomposition. Dorothy and
Margery were taken i'll in school and
hurried home, suffering great pain All
have recovered excepting Mrs. Bennetts
and her son, Walter, both of whom are
in serious condition.
Mishler's new 100000 theater was
SPNHNQ oh alllOOlld ny E@lOdllOI NODSOH
and company in Merely Mary Ann"
The seating capacity is 1000; the stage
is AZ feet deep, 81 feet wide and 70 feet
to the grdiron. There are twelve dress
ing rooms. The decorations are exceed
ingly beautiful; in fact, the thcater is
one OF the handsomest in the country
George Johnson, negro, charged with
setting fire to the residence of A. B.
Wyckoff, wah found guilty by the jury
at Stroudsburg and sentenced by Judge
Staples to term of twenty-four years
in the Eastern Penitentiary.
Fire destroyed the Erie station on
Washington Avenue, Scranton, togcth-
er with three passenger coaches and
combination car and seriously damaged
the Hotel Conaway, across the street
The flames were discovered in the base
ment by the watchman, and while he
was trying to put them out they burst
forth in the office above When the
fire companies arrived there was no hope
of saving the building. Fortunately the
freight house, which contained property
OF great value, was far enough from the
passenger station to be saved from de-
struction. The total loss is about $4,000
Nelson Lehman, Of Fountain Hill, was
held up by three highwaymen. They
carried him to dense wood and there
demanded his money. For three hours
Lehman wrested with his assailants,
during which time his clothing was
nearly all torn off. When they became
satisfied that he had no money or valua-
bles the robbers departed. But Lehman
had money and a good deal of it. Dur
ing his tusle he adroitly slipped it into
his shirt bosom, where it escaped the
notice of his assailants.
The Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania,
through the State Forestry Commission,
has just secured a deed of seventeen
thousand acres OF ground in Huntingdon
and Mifflin Counties from the Logan
Iron & Steel Company, for which the
State paid $56,535. Most of the land is
on the top OF Stone Mountain and will
constitute part OF the great forest res
ervation, which the State is setting apart
in central Pennsylvania, and which, when
completed, will extend from Tussey's
Mount in the Susquehanna River, dis
tancc Of about 100 miles.
1t will now be possible to journey by
automobile or carriage from Philadelphia
to Reading without stopping to pay toll
The court at Norristown handed down a
decree abolishing the only toll road and
awarding the owner, the Periomen &
Reading Turnpike Company, $235o. The
companys pike extends from the west
ern line of Pottstowa to the western
line of West Pottsgrove Township.
The first double hanging in Cambria
County took place there Thursday when
Jacob Hauscr and Stephen Fellows were
put 10 death. Both men mounted the gal
lows in an unconcerned manner and
death was caused by strangulation. The
event was practically a public one as the
Jail doors were thrown open and every
body who cared to witness the affair
was permitted to do so. 1t was intend
ed to limit the spectators, but the appli-
cants were many and all were admitted.
Because of domestic differences, Mrs.
Hauser left her husband and returned
to the home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Barr;nger, On the night of January 4,
1905, Hauser broke into the house, muir
dered his wife and her mother, dan
gerously wounded his sister-in-law and
attempted TO kill his father-in-law The
weapon used was a Filipino bolo.
Stephen Fellows shot and killed his
wife and wounded his young son at the
railroad station in Barnesboro, Cambria
County, September IS, 1904. The mar
ried life OF the Fellows had been unhap-
py and Mrs. Fellows, accompanied by
her son, decided TO go to friends in Con-
necticut While they were waiting for
the train her husband appeared at the
station and Immediately opened fire on
them. The son recovered from his
wounds.
Cerebro-spinal meningitis has broken
out at Buck Run, near Pottsvile 1t is
supposed to have been carried from
coaldale, where the disease is epidemic.
One death has occurred.
Rowland P. Sword, late manager Of
The Kennett Button Co., of Kennett
Square, has been convicted of embezzl-
ing from the company and sentenced to
Eve months imprisonment in the county
Jail. Since the company went into the
lands of receiver Sword has been living
in Media and Philadelphia.
Finding box of sugar coated pellets,
which physician had left for his grand
mother, Bernard, four-year-old son of
Harry Weaver, of McSherrystown, ate
them, mstaking them for candy. The
child died fifteen Minutes aftervard in