The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-04-13
LIVE NEWS
OF THE
STATE

factory VIII sacrlnCe parts OF thelr
skin In response to a call for yolun.
teers, to be grated on the burned body
Of Mrs a, II, Herbst, the wife OF Rev.
A H. Herbst, who was so badly burn
ed at her home a short time ago. The
burned parts OF the body will not heal.
and the attending physicians conclud-
ed that this Is the only method by
which a successful cure can be effect.
ed. About a dozen or more girls have
decided to give up their skin to graft
upon the minister's wife
Harrisburg. The word Of an Indian
is as good as a bond in the estimation
OF Harrisburg police officials Some
days. or rather nights, ago, Louis Twin
and William Newashee danced a war
dance on aristocratic Front street end
were arrested They had no money TO
pay their fines and Alderman John b
Nicholas, the acting mayor, let them
go with the understanding that they
would 90 to Hershey where they are
employed and return with the money
He also loaned a dollar for car fare
Thursday the Indians came back with
the $40 fine and the borrowed dollar.
York.-John stambaugh, Of near Alb
bottstown, committed suicide by hang.
Ing himself to a small tree with a
hitching strap near his home. STAN.
baugh left his wife sitting in a rock.
Ing chair while he went out to com.
nit the deed He told her that he
would return soon, but she fell asleep
n the chair waiting for his return.
She was surprised when his lifeless
body was brought in before her.
Mahanoy Burglars continue
20 loot mining hamlets surrounding
Mahanoy City, Park Place being the
last to suffer. During the night
dozen homes. including those of
Superintendent James l.. Reese, Chas.
Il. Butler and Manager Harry Swartz,
yielded up half-dozen gold watches.
several hundred dollars in cash, jew
elry and much clothing.
Marietta.-M Annie Harris, one
Of the pioneer residents of this sec.
tion, and presumably the Oldest woman
In Lancaster county, is dead. her age
being nearly 100 years She had resid.
ed here over sixty years, coming from
Carlisle. She was very seldom III,
and was only sick few days before
ler demise. She was Familiarity known
20 everybody as "Auntie Ann" She
was born In Maryland
Lewistown.-The Valley Hotel was
sold TO Harris Smith for $4,000 This
property was built more than a cen.
tury ago on the direct line of the stage
route from Plttsburg to Philadelphia.
Mrs. Susan Brenneman was the owner
for forty-nne years, and superintend-
ed the kitchen Three years ago,
prior to the advent OF no license she
was offered $4,000 for the property.
Reading.-Stephen Ackerman and
family moved from Reading to Amity.
vile. this county. Ackerman found a
bottle in the cellar Of his new home
which contained cresoline. Thinking
Il was whiskey he drank some of II
and died shortly afterwards in intense
agony He was 40 years OF age and
leaves a wife and three children.
Lancaster.-Paul Warren, aged
years. was killed while assisting his
father, william Warren. to fell trees
on the latter's farm, near Washing.
ton Borough. AS a tall tree was about
to fall Mr. Warren told the boy to 90
TO a place where he would be out OF
danger. The tree. however, fell in an
unexpected direction.
Chester-It is reported here that
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
proposes to erect large and ornate
station at Eddystone, one mile north
of this city, and that a sub-station will
be erected near the entrance to tho
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Acknowledging for her hus-
band who died suddenly last fall,
Levlnia, widow OF William II. Miller,
Of Lower Macungie township, went in.
to the yard, where, under lilac bush,
she cut her throat. Her son. Victor.
found her body at dawn.
Bradford Senators Kline and vii.
bert. OF Pittsburg; Kurtz, Punxsutaw-
ney; Knapp, of Warren; Clark, OF
Erie, and Baldwin OF this district,
members Of the Senate Appropriation
Committee, inspected a number OF in
stitutions here.
Shamokin.-Th Mineral Railroad &
Mining Company gave notice to EN-.
ployees prohibiting smoking in their
colleries in the anthracite region. This
step is taken in order to avoid mine
fires as much as possible.
York.-So reduced in price are eggs
near East Prospect about fourteen
miles from this place that they are
selling for twelve cents a dozen.
Chester.-Robert Stewart, a West
End merchant, was arrested on a war.
rant sworn out by his wife, who al.
leges that he threw a pan of hot
grease on her.
Chester,-Six men, four Of them
Philadelphians, were injured in a col
lision of two trolley cars at the switch
west of Crum Creek, on the Philadel-
phla Rapid Transit Companys short
pue" from Darby to Chester.
In the absence of government
statistics showing the number OF
American factories which have estah.