The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-23
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was locked UP i'll steel cage there for
being unruly on the streets. A half
hour later his wife, who had also grown
troublesome, was taken TO the cage 10
keep him company, when he was found
hanging from rope made out OF his
clothing.
Nescopeck Councilmen have put Air.
tation under the ban by resolution di.
, recting the High Constable TO prohibit
| loafing on corners and to arrest anyone
| caught making eyes" with the view OF
carrying on a Irritation.
William Clark, formerly Philadelphia
hotel man, has purchased the old his
toris Rose Tree Hotel, Media, for S,S,-
600 from the heirs of the late Benjamin
Rogers This hotel was opened in iz32
and has been one of the leading country
hostelries for many years For fifty years
the Rose Tree Fox Hunting Club made
II headquarters for its famous dinners.
In a fight at the Lebanon County
Almshouse James NJ johnson, 20 years
old struck Monroe Fettcr. aged so, with
the handle OF hayfork, killing him almost
instantly Fetter was regular inmate
of the institution Johnson was there
for sixty days under commitment is
sued by municipal authorities
Accosting a pretty Altoona girl on
Eleventh Avenue, man who said that
he is l.. Schuler, of Columbus, O.. re-
marked: You look good to me" Then
he took her in his arms and before her
escort could prevent it, kissed her sever
al times. Patrolman Murphy happened
along at that moment and arrested
Schuler who is travelling salesman.
lie was fined 5000 today. A lack
the Huggcr' had been oprating in Al
toona recently. but the girls who have
been hugqed could not identify Sohuler
as the man who did it.
The celebration of Old Home Week in
Pottsvlle the first week of September
will postpone Emma Stcphany's trial on
charge OF numbering her lover, James
Frizzell. The people do not want
murder trial during the elaborate festivi.
ties for which preparations are being
made. Consequently the girls case will
go over until late i'll the Fall She is
delighted with the respite. She fully ex.
poets she will be sent to the scaffold, al
though she continues to say that she
did not murder Frizzell Intentionally.
Frederick Marcus reported to the pol
ice that while in West Coal Township
late the other night he was stopped by
two men who knocked him down with
a club and stabbed him several times,
after which they fled with $500 they
found in his pockets.
John w. Scott. aged "a years, formerly
editor OF the Altoona Times" is dying
at his home i'll Blandsburg, from toad
stool poisoning. He ate the toadstools
in mistake for mushrooms. Scott is one
OF the leading geologists of the State,
and has been employed by coal opera
tors in late years.
James Scarlet, of Danville, has been
selected by Dairy and Food Commission
er Warren to prosecute for the State
milk dealers who sold milk doped with
formaldehydc to the National Guard at
Gettysburg. during the recent encamp-
ment. Mr.. Scarlet received a letter
from DR.. Warren, notifying him that he
had been selected to proecute in con-
ncction with A. II. Woodward, of Clear
field County
The police examined Marcus, who was
covered with blood, and found two deep
knife thrusts on his body. No trace OF
his alleged assaiIants has as yet been
obtained.
While working at the w. A. Nc
l.aughlin quarry, at Delta, William L.
Williams was struck by falling bowl
der and received injuries from which
he died an hour later. While trying to
rescue him Solomon Leaman and An
tonic Angelo were struck by a slide Of
stone and severely injured about their
heads. They will probably recover.
Williams, who was 90 years of age, is
survived by a wffe and several children.
Already rendered homeless and penni-
less, Mrs. Mary Despot, aged 49, an
Austrian, il likely to die as the result
OF using coal oil to start the kitchen
fire at her home in Canoe Creek. Anx-
ious to have supper ready on time for
her husband, she poured a quantity OF
the oil i'll the stove and was about to
apply the match, when the smoulderiug
coal ignited the fluid, causing an ex-
plosion. The burning oil ignited the
woman's dress, and she ran screaming
from the house. By the time the neigh
bor's had torn her burning clothes off,
the house was in flames and the stable
ignited. Neither could be saved In
the house was 500 in paper money. 1t
was reduced to ashes with the dwelling
and its contents.
While Mrs Frank Swanger, 10 years
- '-NN'oAONll ANallOMe' was llElllliiS
fire with kerosene the blaze followed
the stream of oil to the mouth of the
can and exploded il, scattering the
burning oil over her body. She was
fatally burned, dying an hour later. The
house was saved from destruction by
the aid Of bucket brigade of the neigh
bors.
Louis Nye, one of two night watchmen
at the bridge being built at Legionvlle
by the Pittsburg Railways Company was
shot through the abdomen by three men
who said thev were chased by railroad
detectives The victim is now in the
Allegheny General Hospital, and is not
expected to live. Labor trouble is said
10 have been the cause OF the assault
and the police are searching for the as
sailants.
William Johns. well-to-do farmer
of Upper Leacock, died as the result OF
being kicked in the face by a horse Mr.
Johns was blind, but he was capable OF
making his way around his farm, He
entered the stable to feed the stock and
was kicked full in the face by one OF
his horses, His features were badly
mutilated and his skull was crushed
The deceased was 70 years of age.
As a result OF bathing in the foul
waters OF the Lackawanna River, Henry
Small Combe, the II-year-old son Of
Daniel Small Combe, of North Scranton