The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-02-07
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Tne poor children Of Pittsburg and
Allegheny are to benefit through the
expenditure of an estate valued at
$31 900, left by the late George u.
Mutt The will provides that the
estate shall go to the wife during
her lifetmie and then is to be divid-
cd among his children equally. IL
the children all die before their
mother. at her death the estate is
to be spent for the purchase of gifts
and playthings for poor children,
especially those in institutions. IL
is the wish of the decendent that the
money be expended in small sums,
to distribute it over as large an
area as possible and benefit as many
children as possible.
John Deemer, 40 years old, OF
Yeagertown, died from what is
known as grinders asthma He
had been a grinder in the works of
the American AK & Tool Company
for many years, and the dust from
the stone hardened the surface of
the lungs, causing great difficulty
in breathing when in reclining
position. For nine years. he had
never slept in a bed, taking his rest
entirely upon a chair
With a bucketful of boiling water
as her only weapon, Mrs. Susie Cor
don. foiled the attempts of three
burglars to enter her home at Phoe-
nixville, and the marks made by
the scalding liquid proved a sure
Identification to the police, who
rounded them up few hours later.
Mrs. Gordon is the mistress of a
boarding house and woman of
cool and steady nerve. Early the
other morning she was awakened
by strange noise coming from the
rear of her home. An investigation
showed the outlines of thTee men
working industriously to effect an
entrance to the house. Procuring
a bucket of hot water Mrs Gordon
went to an upstairs window directly
over the men and poured the con-
tents over them. She then notified
the police by telephone, after which
she resumed her interrupted sleep.
About daylight William Gray Rob-
ert Elvin and Joseph Gallagher, all
of Phoenixville, we're captured by
the officers on the outskirts of the
town. The telltale scars made by
the scalding water were. mute wit
nesses against which their owners
offered no defense. The three men
were given a hearing before Magis-
trate c. II. Howell and held in $500
bail for court.
Elijah Jones, OF Quarryville, one
OF the very few living sons of Revo-
lutionary soldiers, has been appoint
ed mail carrier in the borough OF
Quarryville. Although rs years OF
age and on the eve of celebrating
his golden wedding anniversary, Mr..
Jonse is still active. His father
was Isaac Jones, native of Wales.
lie took the oath of allegiance ON
March II, 1916, when he enlisted
in the American army. He served
In the Fourth Battalion under Col
onel James Bird in Captain John
Reeds company. This company had
been principally recruited in Lam
caster County, Pennsylvania. Isaac
Jones died in 1S42, being S3 years
old. Elijah Jones was born June 6,
1892, in Peach Bottom Township,
York County. near the Maryland
line. He served in the late Civil
War, in Company l, Twenty-first
Pennsylvania Calvary.
Henry Wright, hodcarrier, en-
ployed in the construction of new
brewery at Bentleyville, lost his foot
ing and plunged to the floor of the
structure, eighty-three feet below.
During the progress of his fight he
encountered two two-inch planks,
which wero broken in twain, the
final fall being sheer drop of fifty
one feet. Wright lay immovable for
q few seconds and two physicians
were summoned. AS they entered
the building they we're met by
Wright, who carelessly asked DR..
Booth for cigarette. An examina-
ton showed that not a bone was
broken and but few minor bruises
sustained. Wright resumed his work
Immediately.
Miss Romaine Kutz, of Drytown,
Cumberland County, who was lately
shot by her cousin, will completely
recover. The young lady's assailant,
committed suicide after attacking
her.
The $4,000. pledged by the Ninth
United Mine Workers District last
year for the general strike fund, has
been paid into the treasury. accord
ing to a report by George Hartlein,
secretary of the district.
A jury in court at Media has
rendered a verdict of $4,000 to
Letitia Humphreys against the Phiia-
lelphia & Western Railroad Co. for
two and one-half acres of the plain
tif's lands in Haverford.- taken for
right OF way for a railroad.
A committee of the faculties of
the high schools has ascertained
that Reading is the only city in the
United States whose high schools
have two sessions daily. and tho
School Board will be asked to put
Reading in line with the rest of the
country by ordering only one ses-
sion.
Jackson Levan, of Hamburg, JUS
tice of the Peace since 1865, has just
received his eighth commission as
a notary public from Harrisburg,
which probably gives him the dis
tinction of being the Oldest notary
in point of services and age in the
country He is n years old.
John Williams, charged with the
murder of Robert Rowan at Wilkes
Barre, was found guilty of volun-
tary manslaughter. His plea was
self-defense.
Michael Dunleavy, aged So, while
on his way to work in the mines,
was killed near his home in Avoea,
by Delaware G. Hudson train. He