The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-09-21
ALL OVER The STATE
TOLD IN
SHORT ORDER

who stole the money from the tele-
phone slot machine.
South Bethlehem. Little six-year-
old John Burger died here in terrible
agony from hydrophobia. Six weeks
ago he was bitten by dog. Four
physicians worked for hours to save
the lad.
Elizabethtown.-E. f. Creep, re-
siding near town. has patch OF
strawberries that Is bearing its third
crop this season. They are OF good
size.
Reading. william Barnes, charg-
ed with the theft of an automobile
on June 30, was convicted and given
sentence of not less than nine
months and not more than three
years in the Eastern Penltentiary.
York business men are making
an effort to have the Brethren
Church hold the annual meeting In
York. II Is estimated that at least
10000 visitors will come to this city
during the convention.
Reading. A. Boyer, through
his mother, Mary Reber, instituted a
suit against the Allentown-Portl
Cement Company for $1,000 damages
for the loss OF leg in a conveyor at
defendants plant at Molltown.
Scranton Hod Carriers, at
their national convention here, voted
one thousand dollars to the Nc
Namara defense fund. 1t was also
decided to convene only every five
years instead OF every two years
Macungie. - The iron foundry
plant at this place was bought by II.
w. Schants, for a number OF town
folks. who will organize a stock COM
pany and put the plant In operation,
after quite an idleness.
ReadIng.-Mrs. Sarah d. Hart
man, mother of ten children with
sixty grandchildren, ten great-grand-
children and three great-great-grand-
children, died here of old age in her
S5th year. She was the only sur
viving head OF Ave generations.
Eighteen people were
badly injured and score shaken up
and cut by glass In a head-on col
llsion between southbound Phila-
delphia car and llneman's car near
Mountain villa, on the Philadelphia
division OF the Lehlgh Valley Transit
Company.
York. An 100000 syndicate
will operate plant In this city for
the manufacture OF automatic venti-
lators. Incorporation papers were
signed for the merging OF the Pull
man ventllator Company, York, with
similar concerns in Rochester and
New York city.
Easton. n.--Peter Schoch. aged IS
years, son OF DR.. William e. Schoch,
of this city, was killed by Lehigh
Valley train near Alpha. N. ]. AZ
a timekeeper for the railroad he had
finished taking the time of a gang
and had walked a short distance up
the track. No one saw him struck.
Reading.-L. n. Focht & Son. OF
this city, were the lowest of seven
bidders upon the new Penn Street
bridge to be erected over the Schuyl.
kill River. This firm will likely re
ceive the contract at its bid of 1925.
go. The local contracting firm lead
competitors from Philadelphia, New
York and Easton.
Carlisle.-The 129th annual open.
Ing of Dickinson College was hon.
ored by the informal presentation to
faculty. students and citizens OF
Carlisle OF DR.. Eugene Allen Noble,
the newly-elected president who sue.
ceeds DR.. George Edward Reed, re-
signed.
Butler.-Upon the recommenda.
tlon of special Grand Jury called
to investigate acts of violence to the
property of the Pittsburgh, Butler,
Harmony and Newcastle trolley road
during strike in August, charges OF
conspiracy were made and indict.
ments found against twenty labor
leaders and former employees Of the
road
Lewistown - John Wagner, a
track walker, stumbled over the body
of man along the tracks and found
another two hundred feet away while
making arrangements for the re-
moval of the first The bodies were
identified as those of ]. P. Hotter
ran, thirty-flve years old, of Brook
lyn, N. Y, and Lawrence Edwards
of Portage, Pa.
Annville. Amid cheers Rev. Law
renee Keister, president OF Lebanon
Valley College, announced at the
opening chapel exercises Of the for.
ty-sixth collegiate year the gifts OF
Dr.. Daniel Eberly The gifts are
the Eberly Scholarship fund OF
$4,000, the Eberly farm proceeds tc
aid INDECENT students, valued at $12,'
900, and Eberly endowment fund oi
$4,000 Announcement also wa:
made that President Keister had do
mated his salary since he has beer
president. The amount is $6,400.
Norristown--Joseph Mueller, thir
ty-one years old, an attendant at th'
State Hospital for the Insane. wa
beaten to death by Benjamin X
Price, colored, who is one of thu
criminal patients at the institution
The attendant was in field near thu
hospital grounds with several pa
tients, cleaning up and fixing roads
He told Price to pick up some stones
The order angered the colored maj