The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-10-06
STATE
HAPPENINGS


chapter in a romance which had its
start in Messina, Italy, at the time of
the great earthquake. Miss Finley
and her mother were then sojourn-
Ing in Italy and when the call came
the daughter offered her services to
the Government as hospital nurse,
ner offer being accepted. 1t was at
this time she met George A. Bell,
who is connected with a steamship
company in Naples. A case of love
at first sight resulted and before Miss
Finley sailed for America the couple
were engaged.
Pittsburg Eleven hundred and
ninety-three miles by trolley in
twenty days at cost of Just $3.50
for carfare is the record reported by
Henry +. Juergens of this city, who
has just returned from such trip
to the New England States. Jurgens
Is a student of trolley transportation,
and he took copious notes and kept
exact figures of the cost of his trip.
The distances he computed as fol.
lows:
Trolley, direct, / 1,193 miles.
Trolley, side trips, $50 miles.
Steam railroads, 469 miles.
Hack, one mile.
Walk, aggregate in 20 days, 81
niles.
This trip took him from Pittsburg
through the States of Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, New York, Connecticut,
Massachusetts, and with the excep-
ion of Ave short breaks he made the
entire circuit by trolley. 1t is his
opinion that interurban electric
Hip i'm Mt ha
The long distance trolley trip will
popular.
Allentown.-The Grand Council of
Pennsylvania, Daughters of America,
elected these officers at the session
neld here. State councillor, Kate
Fritchman, No. Z; associate State
councillor, Virginia Daugherty, No.
30; State vice-councilor, Jennie
Narkus. No. IL; associate State vice
councillor. Lille Klinger, No. 33;
State council treasurer, A. A. Schaef
Ter, No. IL; State council conductor,
Emma Adds, No. 19; State council
warden, Fannie Zearfass. No 54;
State council inside guard, Mary Dur
kin, No. 81; State council outside
guard, Della Hoover, No. 46 nation
Il delegates. Nellie Wise, No. 40; II.
+. Daugherty, No. 30; A. ]. Richards,
No. so; Lottie Hays, No. 26.
Norristown-Fire in the Elston,
an apartment house in Swede street,
near Marshall, kept the fire compa-
nies busy from o'clock until after
; the other morning, The fire was
confined to the basement near the
elevator shaft The house has been
opened but two weeks and only the
families of II. +. Elston, DR.. e. A.
Krusen and William Smith, eight per-
sons in all, were in the building The
Smiths. who are on the first floor,
discovered the fire and awakened the
others. The extent of the damage
las not been determined.
Scranton.--Going suddenly insane,
Mrs. Nettie Getz, % years, a
aundress at the Home for the
Friendless, crept into one of the
,hildren's wards and tried to strangle
, little inmate known among the
others as William Howard Taft She
vas detected and dragged away from
1er intended victim by the super
ntendent, Mrs. a. X. Walker. Later
she was removed to the insane de-
oartment at the Hillside Home. The
suicide of her father a couple years
ago is believed to have affected Mrs
ietz' mind.
Johnstown.-- Upon arising in the
morning, the family of NJ. c. Mcneil,
Of Windber, near here, discovered
heir new and costly mansion to be
sinking into the hill. The lawn is
broken open in huge assures and the
walks are cracked and sunken. The
house, of the old colonial pattern,
with huge pillars, is one of the fin
est in this district. 1t was erected at
cost Of $4,000 by the owner, who
Is one of the foremost lumbermen of
western Pennsylvania.
Norristown. When Mrs. Richard
T. S. Hallowell was confronted by
Calvin Adams, of Gulf Mills, arrest
cd on the charge of cruelty beating
her and stealing SIC in cash from
her home the woman was unable to
positively identify Adams as her as
sailant. Adams was subsequently
released from the Norristown Jail by
Justice Arthur Mcfarland, of Upper
Merton Township, where the assault
and robbery occurred
htdulnB - y uB ubl oDtlSlODtI, 40
years of age, German. is in critical
condition at the Reading Hospital,
The result of injuries received in an
accident. Obenstober had the night
mare and walked out OF window
On the third floor of his boarding
place, falling to the sidewalk, frac-
turing his skull and injuTing himself
internally. Pedestrians found him
ying unconscious in gutter
York.-A typhoid epidemic at
Glen Rock has attracted the atten-
ton of Chief Sanitary Engineer Dr.
Herbert Snow, of the State Depart
ment of Health, and DR.. j. IL. Ben
aett, chairman of the Sanitary Com
nittee, of York. An inspection of
he water and other sources from
which the typhoid germs may have
had their origin will be made.
Chester.-Charles Plennick, eight
years old, in jumping from the rear
Of a wagon in which he and several
companions were taking ride. land
cd in front of an automobile, which
struck him, fracturing his skull He
was taken to the Grocer Hospital
The automobile is owned by j. H.
Holman, OF Washington.
Stony Greek. A. Miller,
S3 years old, and single. committed
suicide by shooting himself near the
neart with shot gun in the woods
near his home. The body lay out all
ri~ht and was discovered hy hia