The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-09-01
THE
KEYSTONE STATE


years and recently deputy prothonotary
of Montgomery county and secretary OF
the Republican County Committee, died
here. Mr.. Kelly was born at Norris
town fifty-one years ago. He was a mem
Der of the Fraternal Order Of Elks. He
learned the printing trade and worked
at it in Norristown and Philadelphia
He also served as advertising solicitor
for Philadelphia newspapers. He early
welded an influence in politics. State
Senator Henry Brown, of Montgomery
county, had him appointed postmaster
to the State Senate. He was one of tho
principal lieutenants of Senator Quay
during his fight for the State chairman
ship against General Hastings. For the
part he took in that contest he was APP
pointed deputy prothonotary, serving for
twelve years. He was also secretary OF
the Republican County Committee for
several years.
Pittsburg.-Staney ZoncHesky, aged IL,
who was struck and terribly mangled by
q Baltimore & Ohio passenger train and
taken home for dead, caused wild panic
in his North Side home when his parents
ran from their home shrieking "Our boy
has come to life Young Zonchesky was
! playing with companions when injured
He was carried home, his crushed body
showing all signs of dissolution, accord.
! ing to physicians. The lads mother and
father summoned an undertaken. At an
early hour, while the mother and father
watched in the room where their son lay
apparently dead, the lad sighed. Physi
clans were Immediately called, but little
hope is expressed for the young boys
ultimate recovery.
1
henandoah.-Mamie Strouse, pretty
four-year-old girl, was fatally burned
| She and companions were romping in the
| yard when Mamie accidentally stepped
into heap of hot wood cinders from
bake oven, when Immediately her cloth.
ing took fire. Terrified she ran. tanning
the flames, which quickly enveloped her
Several men dofed their coats and smoth
cred the flames, but not in time to save
the child from death burns.
Stroudsburg-The requisition for vii
| liam McDermott, of Carbondale. who is
in Jail at Buffalo, n. Y, having con
fessed to the robbery of $4,000 worth OF
diamonds belonging to Mrs. Frank
Rambo, OF Philadelphia, guest at q
Delaware Water Gap resort, has arrived
here from Harrisburg with the signature
of Governor Stuart attached. County De
tective John NJ. Deckert left Immediately
Altoona.-Elmer f. Rhodes. postmaster
| of Royer, Blair county, saw a rabbit
crawl under a bee hive in his yard and
later made the object of an attack by
| the bees, which stung it about the ears
Half crazed with pain, bunny fled to the
river, plunged boldly in and swan to
| this opposite bank, ducking its ears un.
der the water several times, evidently tc
| allay the pain. 1t is very unusual, MIN.
| rods say, for rabbits to enter the water.
West Chester.-John Hicks and Robert
| Harris. the colored men arrested by State
Trooper j. c, Ely on suspicion of hay
| ing set fire to the BARN of Robert Hughes
near Malvern, were given hearing by
Justice Wesley NJ. Graham, of Malvern
and they were both committed to the
Chester county Jail to answer to the
charge of arson. 1t was shown that both
men were in the barn shortly before il
was discovered to be in flames.
York.-Daniel S. McLane, barber on
| this city, shaved his son, James, without
having known who he was The son haG
been in the West foIA "a number of years
and also in the Philippine Islands. He
returned home for visit and walked into
his fathers shop for shave. The boys
| ulpSulsc was 81 peIleCJ lldl lHt ldlHtT
shaved him without knowing that it was
his son until after the work was com.
| pleted. 1t then dawned upon him that
he had seen the customer before. There
was happy ending to the incident
Altoona. - Charged with pulling
mans whiskers on the street, Walter
| Wolfe was arrested. He left $3.50 as
! security for his appearance at a hearing
| Had ha rppnoina1 ~ ba NVpulI ba
forfeited that sum. But he appeared, his
case was heard and Magistrate Crawford
added $40, making the total fine $3.50.
Pittsburg-Nunzio A. Pacella, arrested
| in Windsor, Ont, conducted a private
bank in the Bloomfield section of Pitts
burg and disappeared last week. His de
positories We're mostly Italian working
men Detective Frank Morgan of this
city, went to Windsor when word was re.
ceived that the missing banker was i'll
that city.
2eading.-A bad freight wreck on the
Wilmington and Northern Division, near
| Georgetown this county, tied up traffic
for about eight hours. The wheel of
gondola car broke, causing the latter tc
leave the track, Six others loaded with
pipe piled up, tearing up the roadbed foI
some distance.
Bethlehem.-The towns Oldest woman
resident, Mrs. Catherine Fair. died of old
age, in her 05th year. She was the
mother of Mrs. Elizabeth Otis, widow OF
the late Morton p. Otis the famous in
ventor of the Otis Elevator. Her hus'
band was the late George Fair, of York.
Reading.-There has been an alarming
increase in the number of typhoid fever
cases here and the Board of Health has
issued a warning to all householders to
boil the water supply. Nineteen new
cases were reported last week, which is
3s per cent. of the total reported the
whole month OF July, the number being
fifty cases.
| Palmerton. - An unknown man wat
struck by No. 10 passenger train on the
Central Railroad Of New Jersey at this
place and was instantly killed. Coroner
| +. G. Bray, of Mauch Chunk, was sum-
moned and issued a permit for burial
! The man was about 30 years old and
of medium height. Interment was made
in the Catholic cemetery at Palmerton
Norristown.-For cutting the wires OF
Hall signals along the Reading Railway
Frank Wakjenski, Ollie Strouse, Adam
Jowski, Frank Schultz and Stanley Pow.
aski, Reading boys, were sent TO Jail by
Justice Lenhardt. The prisoners are al.
| leped to be part of a gang who have re