The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05
LIVE NEWS
OF THE
STATE

Dy Daisy meade, WnOm ne fOllOWaA
to her home at Republic The g,l
was at the home of William Taylo,
when Height entered, and, It /,
stated, renewed his suit, so often "a.
jected. The girl became angry ana
Height attempted to walk home with
her. When in front of her brother,
house, she says, he pulled knit.
from his pocket and attacked be,
She did not hesitate, but shot him
Uniontowr. - Miss Lucy Jones
University woman, and one Of III.
leaders of Uniontown society b,,
been appointed a deputy sheriff by
her father at her own request. ana
will be expected to do her part I,
looking after the outlaws of Fayet,o
county, although her particular duty
will be work in Uniontown. An.
nouncement Of Miss Jones new pos.
tion came when the force of deputIs,
presented her with a revolver, badro
and pair of handouts She sue.
ceeds a deputy who will study law
Observation-Disclosures & Read.
Ing locomotive No. 1876 was turned
over into a ditch at Palo Alto afte,
being sldeswiped by a coal train
Engineer Dewald, who was in the cab
with other trainmen, escaped as By
miracle, the locomotive hanging
suspended for several minutes, fnally
falling with a crash. The big engine
weighing III tons, snapped a nun.
ber of chains put on 1t to pull 4
back on the tracks before It vs
finally righted
Mauch Chunk.-George Cossime,
while looking for a nights lodging
selected one of the ashpits below bs
New Jersey Central roundhouse Hin
peaceful slumbers were awakened
during the night by the dropping Of
boxful of redhot ashes from a 10.
comotive. The man was so severely
burned that he was taken to the Pal.
merton Hospital, where he died dur.
Ing the night.
Norristown.-Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Smith, of Phoenixvllle, brought suit
here to recover $4,000 from ".
Gordon Dyer for injuries received
last September, when they were run
down by Dyer in his automobile, at
Jeffersonville. Dyer was convicted a.
the October term of court of aggra.
vated assault and battery and is sev-
ing nine months in the county prison.
Worthwhile Emerson Ellison and
Andrew Miller were practising at tar
get shooting with rifles they had re-
ceived as Christmas gifts, the former
was shot In the back of the head and
was probably fatally injured. Il Is
said that Ellison, who is IA years
old, stepped in front Of Miller Just
as he raised the rifle and shot at the
target
Reading.-Mrs. Susan Burton, 50
years, died in the homeopathic Hos
pital from burns sustained on De-
cember Is. Mrs. Burton was sitting
alone in her home dressing two dolls
which she intended to>give as Christ
mas presents. While thus engaged
she fell into doze, and, 1t is sup
posed, overturned the lamp, setting
fire to her clothing.
Scranton. - Miss Sadie NJ. Peck,
aged 81, daughter of the late Rev.
Luther Peck, at one time pastor Of
Adams Avenue Methodist Episcopal
Church, was found on the floor Of tho
kitchen at her home on Chestnut
street with her throat cut from ear
to ear. She had taken her own life
with an ordinary kitchen knife.
Kennett Square.-Mrs. Dianna W.
Steward, probably the oldest person
in Chester county, died at her home
in Unionvlle in the one hundred and
second year of her age. She was
born the same day as Abraham Lin
coin, and lived in this section all her
life. She was quite active until
few weeks ago.
Windsor Castle. - Henry Schultz
of Windsor Furnace, who lived In
small shanty with a wife and three
children, died in the hut after being
i'll for six weeks, without medical at
tention. Charles Young, half breed
Indian, was also found dead in hut
at the Six Mile House.
Altoona.-Going to the stable, Ed
ward Donley, aged 54, an engineer
living at Bellwood, near here, put
bullet in his brain. The family toId
Coroner Blackburn that Donley had
threatened to commit suicide, ana
that within the past few days thg
had kept a close watch on him.
Reading. - Charles Borcky, aged
81 years, was so badly injured SIX
hours after he attended the funeTa
of his grandfather, Joseph BorcN
that his death resulted in a Phoenix
Vile hospital Borcky fell under DIS
train at Perkiomen Junction and nS
left leg was severed.
Scranton. - Benjamin II. ThrooR
having just attained his majority, MS
fallen heir to a fortune of S5OO%
600. BY the will of his grandlatne1
the late DR.. b. II. Throop, he wa'
not to get the money until he was ~
Altoona. - Frederick Durr, aseu
80. a brakeman on the Pennsylyanla
Railroad, was thrown from car "
the swapping of his brake stick aDu
cut in two.
Tamaqua.- a.-Andrew Carnegie sLs