The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-09-07
ALL OVER The STATE
TOLD IN
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three years, tried to commit suicide
by throwing herself from the high
breast of the Upper Tumbling Run
Lake, a pleasure resort, into fitty-fVe
feet OF water The attempt at suicide
was made in sight OF many picnick.
ers The girl was out walking with
her lover and suddenly broke away
from him and ran toward the lake,
declaring she would take her life.
When his sweetheart made her des-
perate leap Philliston was close be-
hind Losing no time, be jumped In
and supported her despite her plead
ing to let her end her troubles, until
Peter Pfeiffer, a fisherman; c. Fred
Cauffman, and several others, In
boats, dragged the couple ashore.
half-hour later the couple walked
from the waters edge, arm in arm,
a complete reconciliation having been
affected. II is believed the long-de-
layed wedding will now take place.
Easton.-For eight years COM
plants have been received at the Eas-
ton postofiice from citizens of repute,
men and women, ministers and busi-
ness men of the receipt OF letters OF
a defamatory and indecent nature.
Postal authorities have repeatedly en-
deavored to discover the writer, for
all apparently came from one source.
Postal Inspector Schenberger We'd
nesday arrested Miss Harriet De-
witt. of AIS Ferry street, aged thir-
ty-fve years. daughter of George De-
| Witt. She denies her guilt When
asked by the inspector, who did not
inform her OF any charges against
her, to go to the postofiice, she ap-
peared with counsel.
Stroudsburg.-Geo George Bells, aged
fourteen, was shot and killed by
Harvey Osborn, aged fifteen. The
youth then made his escape, and
County Detective John NJ. Decker, is
securing the county for him. Both
boys were paying attention to a
young girl who was staying with the
Bells family. The Osborn boy is re-
ported to have said he would shoot
the Bells boy II he would tell some
thing the girl is alleged to have said
about him Osborn The Bells
family live near Henryville. The
Bells boy stood at the top of the
stairs and the Osborn boy at the foot
of them when Osborn pulled the~gun
and fred up stairs.
York-Earl Leppo, IA years old,
son of Ira F. Leppo, of this city,
placed his toe to the trigger of a dou-
ble-barreled shotgun on the farm OF
f. p. Flinchbaugh, a short distance
south of the city, and blew off his en-
tire head. The boy is said to have
been reading wild West" novels
and other cheap literature. He had
been employed on the Flinchbaugh
farm for the last year. After dis
agreeing with some of the members
OF his family he left the house. When
found the gun was lying between his
legs.
Hollidaysburg.- S. Fergu-
son, a wealthy grain merchant of AL
toona, and Mrs. Sarah Crawford were
married here by Rev. Thomas Reisch,
pastor of Zion Lutheran Church. The
license authorizing the ceremony was
granted twenty years ago. The al
lance was displeasing to the bride
groom's son, Harry E. Ferguson, a
former Prothonotary Of the Blair
County Court, who hid the license
The death OF the son last week re-
leased the license from custody and
the wedding followed.
Pine Grove.-Pine Grove has &
school tax collector who received the
lob by contract. The board and the
regular tax collector could not agree
as to commission and advertised fol
bids. Harry Carl, prominent bar
ber, was awarded the contract at two
per cent commission.
York.. NJ. Grove, l.. c. Grove
Benjamin Chatter and |. F. Grove, al
of Glen Rock, were fined seventy-fiv'
dollars and costs of prosecution b!
Judge Wanner, charged with pollut
ing Codorus Creek, in Glen Rock
The costs amounted to $3.50.
, Holidaysburg A physical endur
ance test was responsible for tn,
death OF Frank Fusco, young maj
of Altoona, at Frankstown, in tn,
Juniata River. Fusco bet his fellow
bathers he could stay under tn
water two minutes. 1t was tw,
hours before his body was recovered
Harrisburg g-William H. Eyles,
Pennsylvania Railroad freight con
ductor, fell on the tracks while try
1 lag to get out of the way of an eS
} press train in the yards here and wa
. killed. He had been in the PennsyI
vania service for twenty-five year
and formerly lived in Columbia.
Steelton.-Two cases of infantil
, paralysis we're discovered here, tn
I, first in this county for some time an
immediate steps were taken by tn
State Health authorities to obsery
the cases.
Reading.-Truant Officer Georg
n D. Stoeckel instituted a suit for fiy
y thousand dollars damages again'
!. Stephen S. Wiser and Charles
Wiser, his son, of West Reading, fo
injuries received in being run dow
by an automobile belonging to tn
wissers last April. Mr. Stoeck'
Q claims to be permanently injured.
y Reading. H. Haag,
former court house tipstaff here, die