The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-03-25
THE NEWS TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS
Latest Happenings Cleaned
From All Over The State.
LIVE NOTES AND COMMENTS
Three Murderers Win From Pardon
Board-Poor Board Refuses To
Supply Drugs To Fiends--Two
Hurt In Runaway.

Mrs. Catharine Jacoby. aged sew
onty.flve, of Allentown, broke shouL
der blade In fall down stairs.
Mahlen Il. Stroh and Miss Mabel
Hallnan, Of Emaus. were married In
AllenyDwn by Rev. J. p. Bachman, the
Clergyman who confirmed both.
p. X. Emmons, senior at Prince
ton, was elected pastor of the Bridge
Street Presbyterian Church. Catasau
qua, to succeed Rev. Harry w. Ewing
Mrs. John Darrah, aged eighty.nve.
of Hokendauqua, died at the Allen
town Hospital from fractured hip
suffered In fall last December
The first free dispensary has been
opened in Allentown, through the ei.
forts of Miss Rose Crilly. and II win
be supported by voluntary contribu
lions.
Mr.. and Mrs Reeder Shultz. Union
Corners were seriously, If not fatally
injured, in a runaway accident. They
had driven to Shamokin Hills and were
on their way home when their horse
bolted Mrs. Shultz was thrown under
the wheels, while Shultz was hurled
under the buggy, when II overturned
Helena and Frank Kroner. Of Al
lentown, appeared in court and pre-
sented Joint petition that they had
made up and agreed to live happily
ever after, and prayed that the divorce
action she had started be squashed
Judge Groman said he was delighted
and promptly concurred.
Meyersdale was visited by fire. Tho
Meyersdale Opera House. the Meyers
dale Garage and the Donges Mat Mar
ket being destroyed, with a loss of
S75.Jo0, Other buildings were badly
damaged For time the blaze was
so serious that calls for aid to other
places were being considered.
Miss Helen Hodges, OF Scranton, Is
to leave Saturday. March q. on a ten.
thousand-mile journey, which will be
ended in Manila, where she will be
come the bride OF Gilbert S. Perez
The two met in the far South several
years ago. Mr.. Perez is division In.
dustrlal supervisor Of schools al
Manila.
Harvey S. Dengler of Allentown,
and his father. John Dengler OF Obey.
who after fifty-seven years of service
as the Oldest teacher In eastern Penn
sylvania, went to Philadelphia TO hear
Billy Sunday and could not get into
the tabernacle. Their plight was
learned by Mrs. Sunday. who had them
escorted on the platform.
The G. A. r, and other organi2a-
tlons. of Allentown have named
joint committee TO arrange for the
proper celebration OF Memorial Day
Comrade Owen E. Mank has been
named chairman, and comrade Aban-
don S. Meyer, secretary. Rev. Asher
T. Hess. OF Philadelphia. will be the
orator.
Over.zealousness In religious mat
ters and what is said TO have been
desire TO offer themselves as sacri-
fee to God, are believed to be the rea-
sons for the double suicide OF Mr.. and
Mrs Edward II. Seiverd. aged forty
two and forty-six years, respectively.
Their bodies were found hanging In
the barn on their farm in CaernarvoD
Township, Berks county.
The Directors OF the Poor OF York
County decided that they lacked au
thority under the new drug act to grant
the request Of York physicians thai
they furnish narcotics to victims OF
the habit. They ruled to supply only
INDECENT patients who will become in
mates of the almshouse during treat
ment for their relief. There are 1,20O
victims Of the drug habit in York, the
physicians assert,
The State Board OF Pardons recon
mended Communication Of the death sen
tences of Andrew Malinowski. ALE
gheny: Arthur Simons, Tioga, and
Gregarlo Rizzati. Philadelphia. and
granted pardon TO Dusan Melic, ALE
gheny, who was granted commutation
in 1904. The three men granted
clemency we're under sentence Of elec-
trocution. Simons was declared to be
insane by report of State alienists.
The robes Of John Gorsea. altar boy
at Stanislaus Polish Church. Shame
kin. were accidentally ignited in front
OF the altar OF the church during serv
Ices. Several priests and a. number
of male parishioners extinguished the
flames, but not before the boy had
been seriously burned, along with sew
eral Of his rescuers. : A number Of
women tainted jp.the excitement
Allentown is enjoying the novelty Of
jitney rides and the venture is so sue
cessful that jitney autos are springing
up like mushrooms. The first jitney