The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-11-09
ALL OvEa The STATE
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an acre.
Allentown.-Rev. Robert II. Kline
rector OF Grace Episcopal Church, was
chosen foreman of the Lehigh County
Grand Jury. There are several clergy.
men on the petit jury.
Reading Stricken with apoplexy
while on trolley car on his way 10
work, Cyrus w. High, of Shoemakers.
vile, died before medical aid could be
summoned.
South Bethlehem.-Mi Florence
Vogel, OF Allentown, committed sui.
eide by drowning In the Lehigh River
here. The act is said to have follow.
ed quarrel with a young man OF this
place.
York.-Henry Wagner, of North
Hopewell, reports yield OF four hun
dred bushels Of unshelled corn raised
on two acres Of ground. Some of the
corn Is 171a inches in length and S.,
inches in diameter.
radford-Because her mother re-.
fused to allow her to celebrate Hal.
lowe'en with party OF boys and girls
here, Mary Hays, aged 10, ran to her
room and shot herself through the
head. She lived only few minutes.
West Chester-While clambering
over a fence with loaded gun VIII.
liam Harrison, of Glen Moore, was
killed by the discharge OF the gun.
the top of bis head being blown Off.
York.-A. b. Farquhar has given TO
the Park Commissioners an additional
plot of ground of FIVE acres, valued at
100000. The ground is adjacent to
Farquhar Park and will be utilized
for an artificial lake.
Pine Grove-The sight OF harvest.
ing hay, the second crop in November,
is to be observed in Wayne township.
where several farmers who through
lack OF help and wet weather were
unable to harvest 1t at the right time.
South Bethlehem.-John L. Koch, a
prominent Hellertown merchant and
Civil War veteran, died in fifteen
minutes at his home when he swal.
lowed a dose of carbolic acid in mis-.
take for medicine lie was seventy
years old.
Bethlehem.-While Annie Holben,
the thirteen-year-old daughter OF
James HOLDEN, was driving a colt
from pasture to the barn, she got too
near the animal. which gave her
violent kick on the jaw, fracturing Il
in two places.
Chester.-Hugh Martin, fourteen
years old, an orphan, of this city, was
struck by an automobile driven and
owned by James +. Dougherty, OF
Leiperville, here. The lad, who was
seriously injured, was removed to the
Chester Hospital
Allentown.---G. Tilghman Reichard
aged eighty.two, died from injuries re.
ceived in fall from an apple tree
while he was picking fruit, several
days ago. For fifty-eight years he was
bass soloist of st. Peters Church
choir at Rittersvile.
Reading. - Investigation is being
made by Coroner Wagner into the cir.
cumstances attending the death Of Ed
ward Summers, aged siXty.nine years,
who was found lifeless in bed at his
home. Mr.. Summers was fully dress
ed and lay across the bed.
Coplay.-Franll Kollar, aged thirty
an oiler at the Coplay Cement Mil
was caught in shat. lie was whirl
ed around several hundred times a
minute by the swiftly moving machln.
cry and by the time the engine could
be stopped he was dead
Macungle An old Indian tradition
indicates that the coming winter VIII
be severe one and that there viii be
sufficient snow to cover up the via
flowers, known as Indian posies. They
are already higher than they have
grown in years.
Pittsburgh. gh.-llenry ]. Ruslam,
clerk, has pettioned court to change
his name, because people call hlm
''Ruzzielamb." lie says the emhar'
rassment on the street caused his girl
to turn him down, and he also had to
quit his job
Lewisburg.-The plant of the Lewis
burg Chair Company was destroyed by
fire. causing loss of 100000. An
automatic extinguisher had the hre
practically under control when the
fire department attached a hose TO
the same main, which proved lhSuH''
cient to support both
Slatlngton.-Just before hea'y
blast was set off at the Washlhslo"
Slate Companys quarry at this place
eight men rushed to nearby sheu lu'
shelter. While they were in the sneu'
a hugh boulder crashed through 'u'
roof of the building and almost l'
stantly killed Steve Bolga, ana se''
ously injured his seven companions
Huntingdon - Joseph Morland'
well.known acrobat of this pace
while hunting wild turkeys was sno'
by fellow-hunter who misiooh ",m
for a turkey Morland was USING d"
artificial call to lure turkey 10 nm" I
which resulted in his receiving 'o"'
of large shot in the thigh
williamsport. The first day oil lae
hunting season in Lycomlns ooun'
was productive of fatal accluenS la,,
While George Warner, of MIL OreeA
nnd bis hired man, Johh