The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-05-11
STATE N EWS.

NHu anu JOuu NtulLDly thAPAby hN0 Nl
Gerhart & Meyer, general merchl
ants, of Robesonia, were relieved of
$500 in cash and checks. They COW.
cred a country route by team and.
we're returning with their collections
One OF the highwaymen graspeG the
harness Of the horses, while the
other ordered the occupants to alight.
Two drawn revolvers were pointed
into the faces of the drivers accom-
panied by the command to hand over
their money or their brains would bo
blown out. After securing the money
the drivers were compelled to mount
the wagon and proceed on their way
Lewistown.-A Alexander Frohm, 20
years old, was instantly killed at the
Standard Steel Works, when sand
bucket dangling from the lit chains
of travelling crane struck and
crushed his skull like an eggsheIl
Frohm is the last male member Of
the family, which has been wiped out
by a series of fatalities. The father
and one son were killed by different
trains, another son drowned iu two
feet of water. Mrs Frank Shu.
maker, a sister, survives.
Chester. screams OF a baby
Awakening the family of John Purns-
ley, saved the inmates from pershIng
by flames. Mrs. Purnsley, who was
the first to awake, detected the odOr
Of smoke. She aroused her husband,
who fastened to the nearest tele-
phone and sent in an alarm. I'm the
meantime the remaining members OF
the family were awakened and oscap-
ed from the burning building In
safety.
Reading. Henry S. Dietrich aged
IS, a prosperous farmer of Albany
committed suicide by shooting H.m-
self in the head with a shotgun He
failed to put in his appearance Tor
dinner and an hour later his dau4l-
ter. Maud, aged Is, heard a noise Ia
the cellar. Upon investigation she
found her father in a dying .ond.-
ton. He wrapped himself iu four
blankets in order to deaden lh. noise
Of the gun.
York Because they failed .o ngr-
chase uniforms as required hr The
bylaws, forty-seven members OF the
Good viii Fire Company have been
expelled from that organization. An
amendment was made to the bylaws
last November allowing each meme
ber six months in which to purchase
the regulation fatigue uniform and
New York city regulation cap
Bangor.-One of the most imDort-
ant and largest transactions I'm the
slate industry has just been consum-
mated by the transfer of the holdings
of the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co.,
in the Old Bangor Slate Company TO
the Bangor Excelsior Slate Company
or "R. S. Brown interests. These
interests now own or control abou,
75 per cent. of the output OF me
Bangor region.
Catasauqua.-Fire partially DE-
stroyed the residence OF ,o.ona
James w. Fuller, Jr., causing several
thousand dollars worth Of damages
The fire was caused by a defective
electric wire in the elevator SNAIL
which runs from the basement OF ile
residence TO the colonel's den oh me
third floor.
Pittsburgh. X. Hissem, me
aged president of the Farmers
Manufacturers National Bank. al NJ.
Pleasant. was acquitted in the .h''ti
States District Court here o. me
, charge of aiding and abettiug la'a.
, Ter C. Il. Mullin in misapplio1uon OIL
the banks funds. The jury return
, ed the verdict under Instructors
from Judge Charles p. Orr
r Carlisle - Carlisle's Ministerial
Association has won in It's campaign
for the Sunday closing OF One 'o'''
I postofice, an order having bee" 'F
ceived here to close Sundays. .N.'l,
ing for the delivery of sper.a. u".
OF the 1000 cards sent on. "t,
were but six dissenting votes 'D-
four neutral.
Reading. personal assess
. ment of all males over 2i years v
:. aye, whether naturali2ed or n'A 'py
/, ject to a poll tax of 5 year a.'
been completed by the city assessor,
p. The figures show total oI -os.,
.. subject to the tax, an increase OF 8"
. over last year.
9 Conshohocken. - The appIicauol
d for charter for the Moose Lodse
g this place has been withdrawn. 5
Il examiner whom the court apPon.
/ to investigate the application 'siO'
s ed adversely, alleging that the sae
# liquor in the lodge would De j" U"
d lation of the liquor laws.
IS West Chester. Corn GTo.
IT ers' Association of Pomona u'aus
e No. 3, Of Chester and pe''%,
u counties, announced large NUM-
Il of prizes to be awarded at the 'uI ss,
/ corn show here next Deceuy
N prizes will also be given for the pro.
= ucts of corn as made up into '''
hold articles,
p,ttsnurg - Louis Kabro,'E
charged with violating the rgT gy
m White Slave law, was found gum t.n
n, the United States District Cou', w., 10
10 and was sentenced by Judge 0 ,trs
r pay a fine of $500 and ser,t cav
+ years in the Federal prison AZ
IN enworth, Kans. .,.,s