The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-06-22
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Hessan camp marker at the entrance
of Mineral Spring Park, under the
auspices OF the members OF the
Berks County Chapter, Daughters OF
the American Revolution. Prominent
members OF the ID. A. II. were pres
ent from Lancaster, Pottstown, East
on, Allentown, Norristown and other
places, the historical and patriotic
/ organizations of Berks, Lancaster
and Montgomery Counties having
been invited. 1t was one of the ban
ner events in the history Of the local
chapter. The exercises took place at
the entrance to Mineral Spring Park,
at o'clock. The tablet was presented
| to the city by Mrs de Bonneville r
Keim, regent of the Berks County
Chapter, and was accepted by Mayor
William Rick.
South Bethlehem H. $.
Drnker, for the Board of Trustees Of
Lehigh University announced the list
Of promotions among the members
OF the faculty, as follows: Ralph J,
Fogg, s. b., instructor in civil en-
gineering to become assistant pro-
fessor OF civil engineering II. s.
Howarth, Ph. b., Instructor in me-
chanical engineering to become as
sistant professor OF mechanical en-
cheering. Edgar r. Wherry, b. s.,
Ph. D., instructor In mineralogy to
become assistant professor of miner
alogy in the Department of Geology
Joseph Daniels, S. b., NJ. s., assistant
professor of mining engineering to
become associate professor of mining
engineering. Vahan S. Babasinan,
A. NJ, PHI. d., assistant professor Of
chemistry to become associate pro-
fessor of chemistry.
Bangor Volunteering to remove
an incandescent lamp cord, which
was afre in the basement of the Ban
gor House, one OF the local hotels,
Charles NJ. Drake, wire chief of the
Lehigh e. New England Railroad,
was instantly killed The wire was
heavily charged with cross on the
arc light wire system. Drake picked
up burlap foot mat at the foot OF
the cellar stairs and grasped the
sputtering wire and was thrown ten
feet across the cellar. Clarence
Snyder, a volunteer fireman, dashed
to his aid at the risk of his life and
tore away the wire. Two marks on
the ankles of the man were the only
outward signs. Probably 500 volts
were in the fatal shock.
Scranton The first man to be aC-
cused of embezzling the postal saw
ings banks funds, Miles Il. Strap,
formerly assistant postmaster at
Palmerton, was lodged in jail here,
He was arrested in the State of Wy
oming recently charged by the Post
office Department with appropratlng
funds entrusted to his care. He IS
accused of having secured from Wa
sill Fussesise, $50 on October Il,
1910, and a like amount from the
same man on November %, 1910, by
assuring him that the Palmerton post
office was United States depository
and with later having converted the
money to his own use.
Allentown-What is supposed to
have been an attempt to dynamite
the home of Charles II. Yeager, sec
retary and treasurer of the l.. H.
Yeager Company, was frustrated by
the discovery by a plumber of an IN
fernal machine. Only a hai-houf
before the spot had been cleaned up
and there were no explosives there
then. There was a stick Of dyna'
mite 90 inches in length. A party
OF children were playing near IT, ana
had the. dynamite exploded seyerh
lives would have been lost.
Pennsburg.-While bathing in the
Palm ice dam near here, Samuel
Good, a student of Perkiomen Semlh'
airy, whose home is at Quincy, FRANK
lin County, was drowned after DIS
two fellow-students who had accom-
panied him had left the water, iouhs
Good tried to swim across the dau'
About midstream he turned back anu
when near shore he sank suddenly
and failed to rise.
Allentown.-As a result OF condF
tions created by the recent cycO~
In Allentown, fourth victim "'
death, when William Hartman "
S27 North Second street, ReadihE
ground man in the employ oi W'v
phone company, was elecUocuVU
The fatality occurred near the AUen
town Hospital. In order to ref'"
storm damage the company ordered q
large number of its men from o'p"
cities.
Bloomburg.- g.-Mrs. William hS.
man proved again that necessity
the mother of invention wneh ~, '
found the mother hen killing :"
first two peeps that she hatcheu w.
Taking the remaining thirteen esss
about to be hatched, from the IV'"i
hen, she placed them in the s'o'e ="
every one hatched.
Berwick 1t was a ticklisn s'I,
ton in which Fred Hagenbuch ,,o
local bee fancier, found himseI
swarm of bees took it upon 's 9ns
selves to swarm upon the top n
head. covering his pate to depp
eight inches and with the en'''o .,ow
of his head covered. Afraid
, he remained quiet for more "" set.
half hour before he succeeded n ,,,,ine
ting them to arise, but gently Sll',ni1 Saoni