The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-05-04
ALL OVER THE STATE
TOLD IN
SHORT ORDER

ing OF the extension OF the line OF ihe
L.ehigh and New England Railroad
from Danielsville to Tamaqua, via
the Lizard Creek Valley, is progress
ing rapidly. In response to threats
made by West Penn Township,
Schuylkill County, farmers that un-
less the company came forward with
the cash for the land over which
the new road is to pass, the courts
would be asked to grant injunctlons,
the company's claim agent took a trip
through the valley this week to re-
new old options or pay the cash.
This move is thought to indicate that
the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Com
pany has no hope Of fixing up lts
differences with the Central Railroad
of New Jersey and that the new road
must now be built
Reading Fish Warden Charles
Nessley made a midnight raid at
Glendale, in the southern end of
Berks County, and took into custody
James Harner, Charles Harner
Frank Quigley and Ernest Weaver
on the charge of illegal fishing it
is alleged that the party visited trout
streams in the vicinity of the Yellow
House, and with a large net took
nearly all the trout in the dam and
in the strea..s.
Allentown f. Grammes, d
leading manufactures OF this section,
died suddenly OF heart trouble In his
sixty-seventh year. He had many
patents for knitting machines and
other mechanical contriyances, but
his principal invention was the mall
ing machine. Mr., Grammes and his
sons did the largest foreign business
from Allentown.
Chester.-Amor Talley, treasurer
of Lower Chichester Township, was
severely injured by the explosion Of
an electric light globe on a Marcus
Hook trolley car. Pieces of the glass
struck him in the eye, necessitating
the aid of an oculist In spite OF the
pain he proceeded on his way to Me-
dia and reported for duty as Civil
Court iHror
York Because he did not like bis
new home, having changed his resi-
dence the first of April, Emanuel H.
Heckert, seventy years old, commit,
ted suicide by shooting himself in
the head. Two boys witnessed
the tragedy, having followed Mr.
Heckert from his house to the
barn, believing he intended TO
kin rats. The boys crept near TO
where Mr.. Heckert was sitting and
saw him place a revolver to his head
and fire.
ewistown.-Mrs. Charles Reilly
40 years old, died of burns received
when she attempted to stamp out the
: flames of rubbish fire that had COM
municated with straw in the stable
yard and threatened the building
Rev. Mr.. Rhoads jumped the fence
and was badly burned on the hands
and arms in an attempt to save me
woman, whose clothing was mass
of flames
Harrisburg Warrants were is-
sued here for the arrest of Arthur
Gleason, an Englishman, accused OF
having embezzled money belonging
Y TO three women living in Dorset, tug'
- land. The information was made by
D Mrs. +. Harley, who met the man
in Liverpool, and who, with her s.s'
e ters, accompanied him 10 this coun'
t try with money to invest. Ihy
4 charge that he secured the money ana
S left for New York, leaving them
0 stranded in this city.
d Bethlehem-Injuries which VIII
result fatally occurred to Harold ana
Charles Pursel, aged 2 and years
old, sons of Levitt PurseL OF llo'-
land, n. j. The babies, in the aO-
) sence of their mother, got hold OF
: matches Playing with them near q
couch, the latter became ignlted. ln
. trying to put out the blaze the cioiO,
ing of the children caught fire ana
both were burned from head to TOOL
Scranton. Nine-year-old Tommy
McLane. known to his companions as
wild West" was hungry for pie' "'
saw a bakers wagon with eighty-,"o
juicy, tempting pies on the suee'
corner got into the wagon and drove
Al off. The most he could eat was sN
pies. The others he dumped lIO
the street; drove the wagon to police
II Headquarters and told the police ITO
T. found it in Me Fadder's barn. iV
u was held for Juvenile Court.
Pottsville. - District Attorne!
Lyons has appealed to the supeFio'
=, Court the cases of William 'IV1
~ and William Jones, convicted oil O'.,
Q lot box stuffng, but granted new
, trial by Judge Brumm. The case was
"a before Superior Court before anu 90
" a result Grow and Jones were ~
% manded to jail and it is claimed '"',
10 the lower court cannot now gram
ID new trial. Judge Brumm decl",,'
a that the mon were not properly Nv
/ Tended and that circumstances "',
developed which show that an luI''
tive has been done to them
Stroudsburg. Hurd's Sanliarlu'p1
n, at North Wales Gap, was des'tOy,e
Mt by fire together with cottage laua
TO dry, two ice houses and large ua,n
lg belonging 70 the Minisink Farm W"
O. pany. The loss is estimated al SOY,
h. ooo uurd,s Sanitarium was one VI