The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-05-04
ALL OVER THE STATE
TOLD IN
SHORT ORDER

AldutU NuHh. .-- W VI vi AAAt p HAT
ing Of the extension Of the line OF the
Lehigh and New England Railroad
from Danielsville to Tamaqua, via
the Lizard Creek Valley, is progress
ing rapidly. In response to threats
made by West Penn Township
Schuylkill County farmers that un-
less the company came forward with
the cash for the land over which
the new road is to pass, the courts
would be asked to grant injunctlons,
the company's claim agent took a trip
through the valley this week to re-
new old options or pay the cash.
This move is thought to indicate that
the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Com
pany has no hope Of fixing up It's
differences with the Central Railroad
of New Jersey and that the new road
must now be built.
Reading Fish Warden Charles
Nessley made midnight raid at
Glendale, in the southern end Of
Berks County, and took into custody
James Harner, Charles HarueT
Frank Quigley and Ernest Weaver
on the charge of illegal fishing it
is alleged that the party visited trout
streams in the vicinity of the Yellow
House, and with large net took
nearly all the trout in the dam and
In the strea-.s.
Allentown.-Le +. Grammes,
leading manufacturer of this section,
died suddenly OF heart trouble in his
sixty-seventh year He had many
patents for knitting machines and
other mechanical contrivances, but
his principal invention was the mail
ing machine. Mr., Grammes and his
sons did the largest foreign business
from Allentown.
Chester. Talley, treasurer
of Lower Chichester Township, was
severely injured by the explosion Of
an electric light globe on Marcus
Hook trolley car. Pieces of the glass
struck him in the eye, necessitatIng
the aid of an oculist In spite OF the
pain he proceeded on his way to Me-
dia and reported for duty as a Civil
Court iIror.
York Because he did not like bis
new home, having changed his resi-
dence the first of April, Emanuel u.
Heckert, seventy years old, commit
ted suicide by shooting himself in
the head. Two boys witnessed
the tragedy, having followed Mr.
Heckert from his house to the
barn, believing he intended to
kill rats. The boys crept near 10
where Mr.. Heckert was sitting and
saw him place revolver to his head
and fire.
Lewistown.-Mrs. Charles Reilly
40 years old, died of burns received
when she attempted to stamp out the
flames of a rubbish fire that had COM
municated with straw in the stable
yard and threatened the building
Rev. Mr.. Rhoads jumped the fence
and was badly burned on the hands
and arms in an attempt to save the
woman, whose clothing was a mass
of flames.
Harrisburg. Warrants were Is-
sued here for the arrest of Arthur
Gleason, an Englishman, accused OF
having embezzled money belonging
to three women living in Dorset Eug'
land. The information was made by
Mrs. b. Harley, who met the man
in Liverpool, and who, with her sIs'
ters, accompanied him 10 this coun'
try with money TO invest. Ihey
charge that he secured the money ana
left for New York, leaving them
stranded in this city.
Observation-Disclosures which viii
result fatally occurred to Harold ana
Charles Pursel, aged and 3 years
old, sons of Levitt Pursel, OF ilo.-
land, n. j. The babies, in the ao-
sence of their mother, got hold oi
matches. Playing with them near
couch, the latter became ignited, I'D
trying to put out the blaze the cIoi0-
ing of the children caught fire ana
both were burned from head to ioo'
Scranton. Nine-year-old Tommy
McLane, known to his companions as =.
wild West" was hungry for pie ne
saw a bakers wagon with eigny-l"o
juicy, tempting pies on the street
corner, got into the wagon and drove
off. The most he could eat was sN
/ pies The others he dumped lN'O
the street; drove the wagon to ponce
headquarters and told the police 1e
found it in "Me Fadder's barn. 'o
was held for Juvenile Court
Pottsville. - District Attorney
Lyons has appealed to the Superior
I Court the cases of William UIo"
and William Jones, convicted OF oar
lot box stuffing, but granted lie"
trial by Judge Brumm. The case was
| before Superior Court before ana DO
result Grow and Jones we're ''
manded to jail and il is claimed lu"'
the lower court cannot now gran
new trial Judge Brumm decla'''
that the mon were not properly y"
Tended and that circumstances nav
developed which show that an inJu'
tive has been done to them.
Stroudsburg.- -Hurd's SanilaTlu",
at North Wales Gap, was destIO'e'
by fire together with cottage l'u"
dry, two ice houses and a large Ua."
belonging 20 the Minisink Farm w"
pany The loss is estimated al Wv,
600. Hurd's Sanitarium was one