The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-05-18
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10 grasp the Top Oh an oV-lOOl ulBn
brick wall, Frank Gallagher, a struci
tural iron worker on the Rittersyilla
Asylum, escaped certain death. Ha
was riding a heavy iron rafter that
was being elevated for position on
the roof, when it began to slip. Bel
low him was clear space of 80 feet.
bounded by the concrete basement
floor. His refuge lay In jumping foH
the wall, ten feet away. No circus
athlete ever did any more thrilling
stunt than Gallagher as he Jumped
high In air for the wall. He Just
managed to grab the edge with thd
tips OF his fingers, where he hung on
with iron grit until big crane was
swung around to save him.
Hollidaysburg.- The Blair county
court appointed Herman j. McCauleg
and ]. F. Neck to act as receivers Of
the Keystone State Savings and Loan
Association, of Altoona. The ap-
pointment was made in proceedings
instituted by stockholders who ak
lege that the association had been
wrecked by mismanagement Of It'd
officers
Reading Although she denied
wearing a hobble skirt last Decem1
ber when she was thrown and iniur-
ed in boarding a trolley car, the jury
In the damage suit OF Mrs. Sara K.
Manger, of New York, against the
Reading Transit Company was un.
convinced that her tight fitting dress
was not responsible for the accident
and returned a verdict In favor Of
the company.
Allentown. Incense because his
wife had left him on account Of his
shiftlessness and brutality, John
Grentman shot her and himself at
their home, between Zionsyille and
Treichlersville, when she returned "a
visit her children.
Harrisburg Figures collected by
the State Railroad Commission show
that in. March 102 people were killed
and $50 injured on the railroads Oi
the State, a singular coincidence be-
ing that the number of railroad far
talities in March OF last year was the
same.
Pottsville.-Mrs. Benjamin Graug-
er, aged 32 years, who killed her
seven-year- son, whose hands she
tied while she cut his iugular vein,
was taken to the State Asylum AZ
Harrisburg. She was maniac when
she perpetrated the deed, and physl-
clans say she is hopelessly insane.
Reading.-In bequeathing a $780,
900 estate the will of William NJ
Stauffer, financier and prominent
Methodist, filed here, gives a 100000
building to the local w. c. T. L. 10
is to be occupied by that organiza1
ton "to educate public sentiment Ia
the standard OF total abstinence and
TO promote interest In reform work.
Harrisburg. Mayor Meals issued
proclamation for safe and sane
Fourth of July, prohibiting firecrack-
ers and other pyrotechnics and urg1
ing that the Park Commission have
a fireworks display for the residents
OF the city. The proclamation is tho
first Of the kind ever Issued here.
Coopersburg.- Miss Marion OFT, Oh
this place, who is II years old, s
probably the youngest high school
graduate in the State At the gradu7
alton exercises of the Center Valley
High School she was graduated with
high honors. Her father Is a pubse
school teacher, as were her maternal
and paternal grandfathers.
Altoona. first death from In
fantile paralysis to occur In THIS VIZ
cinity. carried off Madeline sN'
months-old daughter of Saml Shopel
The child had been Ill several weeks
Harrisburg.-John whistler, Jr,
aged six, died from eating pills iounu
in a box in his home. The pills cons
tanned strychnine and were preScriO,
ed as a tonic for an older member OF
the family.
Harrisburg. Emilio Russ, mem'
Der of the famous family OF HarIls"'
burg hotelkeepers. was almost AlIe"
by falling through skylight al n''
hotel. He fell through the skylis",
from a distance of fifteen feet a"u
struck upon his head.
poading. The body of william H.
Ribble, well-known bookkeepe,'
was found in the Schuylkill Canal
He left a note addressed to MS "ie,
stating: You can find my goou'
down at the canal" He had receHN
ly been in ill-health.
Harrisburg. Governor Tener SCI
June 22 as the date for the eNecuuoI
OF Charles Hickman, convicted VI
murder in Beaver County, Hickman
twice escaped from prison, but "''
recaptured recently
Gettysburg. - Ofcial announce,
ment was made here that an ahlu',
Chautauqua will be established "a
Gettysburg. The first will be n'''
August 1927.
York.-The York County Meu'
Society had Andrew c. Lenha ~
wealthy citizen, who is repu'eu nv W
be a pow-wow doctor, arrested ~
A. A. Long was the prosecutor, ' "a.
hart says the prosecution is tne y
suit of spite work