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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-18
After Horse Thieves.

desperate chase after horse thieves oc.
Cured near Gap, Lancaster county. and for
over an hour II running fire between pursuer
and pursued was kept up. Two attempts
have recently been made to steal horse be-
longing to William Trayner, and on Thurs.
night Henry Summers, armed with double
barreled shot gun, decided to watch for the
thief. His patience was not unrewarded, az
about midnight two men approached the
barn. but found the door to the horse stable
locked. They went away and returned
shortly with crowbar. with which they at.
tempted to break the paddock. At this point
Summers raised his gun and fred. The ma
rauders dropped the bar and fed, Sunners
giving chase. At frequent intervals the pur-
suer shot at the retreating figures. discharg-
ing his gun about fifteen times. The thieves
were armed with revoivers and shot hall
dozen times at Summers. but none sof the
bullets took effect. The chase was kept up
in the rain for about two miles, and Just be-
fore the men entered heavy woods one of
them screamed that he was shot. He man
aged to scramble to the shelter ofthe woods
where Suuners abandoned the chase.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-18
New York Wants a million.


The last annual meeting of the New
York Division of the League of Ameri-
can Wheelmen proved one of the most
interesting in its history. The re-
port of the Secretary Treasurer showed
the division to be in debt $1,000 less
than one year ago, and the balance is
almost entirely due to division off
cials. The most important action
taken was resolution asking the
State Legislature to appropriate
81, 900, 900 for good roads during the
coming year. The resolution will be
followed by active work in its behalf.
Another resolution requested the
Legislature to provide for cycle path
across the Brooklyn Bridge. A test
case of the responsibility of hotels in
cases where wheels are stolen from
racks, is to be tried at the first oppor-
tunity. Delegates to the National
Assembly were elected and instructed
to vote against the further control of
racing by the l.. A. w. 1t was de-
cided to incorporate the division, and
this will be done at once. Plans for
1900 were discussed, and an active
good roads and cycle-path campaign
was outlined.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-18
Modern Petticoats.

Silk petticoats, even with morning
gowns, are worn almost as long as
skirts, and consequently are very
soon soiled and spoiled. For evening
the thinnest and most gossamer OF
colored muslins are trimmed with a
profusion of valenciennes lace. In
fact. there is hardly silk or muslin
petticoat worn now that few years
ago would not have been considered
good enough for dress. What a
change from the plain white tucked
skirts we used to wear, made in calico
or nainsook, or the quilted black
satins, or the heavy felts of twenty or
thirty years ago, when the dainty ex-
travagances of the present day were
never dreamed of!
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-18

nowadays against woman's dressing
her neck with four-in hand, an
Ascot and butterfly bow, all three
at once, il she SO desire. A plain
stock of white silk has narrow finish
to it's upper edge in black velvet. 4
four-in-hand scarf in white silk re.
peats the black velvet scheme in its
border, three rows of narrow silk
fringe being each headed by fancy
checked pattern in black and white
velvet. The ends of this scarf are
cnt sharply on the bias. The scarf at
its knot is backed by big butterfly
bow in white lace. We thus have
length, breadth and two kinds of
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-18
fashion popular, even with novelty
loving women.
Fur Trimmings tho Fad.

The enormous quantity and the ex-
pense of the furs that are worn this
year is one of the m )st noticeable
things in dress. 1t is rather sur
prising, in the face of its being, or
having been so far, very mild season,
that the use of furs should have pre-
vailed to such an extent. The fur
coats have not made their appearance
except on the two or three cold days;
but no matter how warm the weather
has been, no street gown with any
pretensions to being smart but has
been either trimmed with fur or worn
with fur wrap--a boa, collar, or
cape-not OF the poor, cheap kind OF
fur, but of the most expensive de-
scription.
In the accompanying cut is shown
long cloak of light gray cloth,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-18

glitter with spnngles that rival in
brilliancy an empress jewels. Single
sequins are not heavy enough, so
they are sewed on double or triple,
aud the brilliant, embroidery designs
really cover a robe from neck to hem
Miss Marie Winthrop, one of New
York's famous beauties, wears such q
dress; hers is of faint.tinted yellow
satin, yelled with fainter yellow chif-
fon finely plated and filmy and all
a-gleam with silver spangles. The
low bodice is softened with tulle and
lace, and from under this trimming
peep out pink and yellow velvet roses.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-18
American yyomen's sIgnature..

A women of foreign birth aud edu.
cation, who had come to stay in Wash
ington, has been speaking to me of
the way American women sign their
names to the various letters they
write, says resident of the Capital.
"I have had many notes from Wash
ington women, says she. "Some OF
the notes have been of n semi-business
character, and all have been from
women I am but slightly acquainted
with. My husband has had many
notes, too, and to all of those we have
received the writer's have signed their
names in full 80. Sarah Brown
Jones. In my country nobody but
woman's family and most intimate
friends is supposed to know what her
Christian name is. She signs none
but letters to her most intimate
friends Sarah Brown Jones. To all
the rest of the world, and especially to
persons to whom she writes business
letters, she is s. B. Jones, with Mrs.
or Nine. in parenthesis before it.
"It is just o little bit of reserve
which you have not in America. Here
lady signs a note to her grocer, for
example, by her full name. With us
that fact would indicate that the
grocer was friend. With you it
means nothing, but 1 think it a pity
that you do not follow our custom, for
you have no way of indicating by your
signature your degree of intimacy
with the person to whom you write"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-18

For some years the people of Day
ton, Green County, Wisconsin, have
been using as road-making material
a whitish substance which cropped
out OF hill near the village mill. 1t
made excellent roads, and that was all
the villagers thought about it. They
are bit exercised now by the dis
covery, made by a visitor, that the
white substance is the best quality of
silica, and that it is worth from SIS
to 800 ton for the manufacture of
pottery. Silica is the commonest of
minerals and is universally dis
tributed, but the deposits differ in
degree of capitalization and in purity,
and hence in color. The silica that
has been unearthed at Dayton is pure
white, and for that reason it is of the
highest value. The bed which has
been sounded is one solid mass Of the
mineral ten feet thick, and it is sup
posed that it extends back into the
hills for fully mile. Investigation
has proven that there are great
quantities of it in that locality, and it
is believed that there are other veins.
1t is rarely found in such quantities.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-18
Very Ornnto RncI,Ies.


The buckles that are used now dis.
play q wonderful amount of work.
manship. They are used in hats and
on waists of dresses, and also with
belts. In the hats the gold, the
rhinestones and the cut steel and jet
are the best. The haudsomest TINT
are used on the gowns are made Of Q
combination of silver and gold, or
soy it sub rosa-of imitation metal.
They are in open work design and
are rounded 80 as not to interfere
with the size of the waist Indeed,
the idea is that they make the waist
look smaller, for they are put just at
the back aud reach from side to side.
Then the same sort of buckle is worn
in front, leaving only q small part of
the belt visible.
The buckles on the fur or velvet
short coats are often made large
enough to quite cover the back of the
waist, that is the back OF the belt,
thcn with the front of the jacket
hanging straight down it can easily
be understood that very slender
effect is given to the figure, and some
of the best dressmakers claim that
even stout woman can wear this
style of buckle, for it will make her
look more slender. In the meantime
every gown that is made up has the
narrowest possible belt, and many of
the cloth gowns have the skirts to put
on over the waist, the band finished
with the narrowest possible stitched
band OF the same cloth. This Ger.
tainly makes the waist longer, and is
more becoming to the figure.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-18
Wasting of Roads.

There are two chief causes: One is
the failure to round the surface, so
that the water may flow off to the
sides; the other is the absence of cul.
verts to carry off the water that thus
flows from the roadbed. The too com.
mon water bars on country roads are
an injury, rather than a benefit, for
they soon cause the hollows thus made
to become deeper and collect the
water, thus becoming soft; every
vehicle passing digs out the hollow
and makes it worse. Culverts should
be made under the road at proper dis.
tanccs to take the water from the side
bitches and lead it to the other side.
thus checking the flow materially, and
preventing washing out OF the bitches.
As often as may be possible the bitches
should discharge their water off the
road. But even this method is only
a make-shift; the right way is to take
the water of the culverts in covered
drains, thus wholly avoiding the com.
mon washing OF the side ditches.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-18
How noa. shnnlh ,,s ,ynrn

Boas are generally now fastened at
the waist, and most people are con-
tent to use a ieweled safety pin, but a
clever invention is q fastener in the
form OF snake which imprisons
either end of the boa and does not in
terfere with the feathers. This can
be had in gold or silver, and prettily
set with jewels, for ours is certainly
not an economical age.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-18
The Kearsargo quite

The Kearsage demonSu'
radical advances in the y,
NOR plating. The United ~
ship Iowa, launched in lSsa
of limited length and two
but in the case OF the loWs
was not continued above '
the Kearsage, and the "
type, some of which are
construction, the practice
Great Britain OF covering '
to the main deck with "
NOR has been followed. !
changes in the grouping ",
ment beside the adoption "
imposed turrets. The aim y
ment experts seems to Dc y
multiplication of gun posiul
heavy structure. In TINS
can designers are followlpsI
pie set them by British
battleships. In fact, ou'
becoming decidedly Engils''
ance.-Collier's Weekly
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-18
Tho Anti-Rut CampaIrn.

The California wide-tire law, passed
two years ago, is imperative because
OF its faulty construction.
Madison County, New York, is to
try the experiment OF employing the
jail inmates in road-making.
Governor General Wood says he in
tends to order work begun at once Oh
the improvement of Cuban highways.
The Il. A. w. has not diminished
its campaign for general good roads
because of the sidepath movement.
The paths are comfortable expedient.
but the main question is to have roads
everywhere.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-18
Mine Fire Extinguishcd.

A party OF officials inspected some OF tho
upper workings OF the Dodson collery which
was on fire for several months. and found
that the flames had been guenched by the
water pumped into the mine. AS soon as
the water is all out the debris will be re.
moved and large force OF men will be Iut
to work to make repairs and rebaid th,
breaker.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-18

planned several large buildings in her
native city. She 10 now engaged on
the plans and construction Of four
buildings in Columbia, besides bust
ness block. The contract for Christian
College she obtained in competition
with architects from st. Louis and
other Western cities. This is now
being built. 1T has $50, 900 dormitory
building in the Elizabethan style
nrchitecture
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-18
Bathrobes For Women.

There are all sorts of pretty soft
materials in bathrobes for women, and
the "mules" that go with them-low
slippers, with only the toe piece, so
that the foot can be slipped in and out
easily-are prettier and more satisfac.
tory than any crocheted slipper that
ever was made. There is one thing
about them that woman likes. She
is not obliged to wear the large sizes.
There being no heel if the slipper is a
little short, it is not uncomfortable,
does not look small for her aud does
not proclaim to the world when it is
off that she is large woman and ha"
q large foot.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-18

A three-quarter length cape made
entirely of grey ostrich feathers was
seen on one woman the other day.
The feathers are not in plumes, but
cut short and look like so many
little grey bristles. The effect is not
pretty and only desire to look like
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-18
Ashland Miners Are sati,aod.

Rumors of strike among the employees
OF the Readng Coal and Iron Corpany, IA,
this section, lack confirmation. Tho met
have steady work ut the mines ANA express
no dissatisfaction over their wages, as th y
are working on the %. 80 basis with sliding
scale which materially increases their earn
ings. The company pays every two weeks,
furnishes powder Mt s1.5O por keg aud keeps
no company stores.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-18
Purchased Stove works.

The plant of the Raymond j. Cnmpbcl
Manufacturing Company, at Middle,own.
was sold at sheriif's sale to Alexander J.
Balfour, OF Philadelphia, foi s34. .2O5. =.
includes an extensive stove works and ioun
dry Mr.. Balfour will make Improvements.
at once and start the works.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-18

state Treasurer Beacon had narrow es-
cape from serious injury at Harrisburg. He
was leaving the administration building and
slipped on the ice, falling heavily and strik.
ing on the back of his head. He narrowly
missed hitting the edge OF the stone step
and as 1t was he was stunned for some time
He was taken into the treasury, where he
soon recovered.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-18
A Good Ronds EuhihIt.

Governor Mount, of Indiana, is per.
sonally supervising an elaborate ex-
hibit for his State at the Paris Exposi-
ton. One of the features of this will
be series of large photographs to
show the progress of the "gooi roads"
movement in Indiana, where there are
now fifty thousand miles of graded
and graveled highway.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-18
WHITE SPOTTED NET AND WHITE SILK AND LACE.
crayats, all combined in single ar
rangement for the neck.

rangement for the neck.
The present fancy for Persian pat
terms finds special expression in neck
wear. The example shown on the
right Of the cut Is comSlendable
model that may be worn with almost
any species of bodice, though it is
moet effective with black. There is q
stock with two deep pointed turnover
tabs of Persian patterned silk edged
with plain, bright green silk, stitched
finely. The stock proper, as the
parted tabs in the middle OF the front
reveal, is of the green silk laid in
flattest, narrowest folds. The cravat
of the Persian silk has cross fold in
The plain green.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-18
wind Blew Him ON Bridge.

While crossing foot log over the Youghio-
gheny river, at Indian Creek, DAVID Linder-
man was blown OFF by the high wind and
fell to the rocks in the water, a distance of
forty feet. His brains were dashed out.
Linderman was 26 years old and leaves u
wife and one child.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-18


stephen Carey young man Of Drift
wood, was shot down In cold blood in the
Lafayette Hotel at that place. Robert Kane.
a young man about 20 years of age, is
charged with the crime. Carey. who was
about of the same age as Kane, was sitting
In the hotel about 10 O'Clock, conversing
with several young men, when Kane walked
In. II is said he spoke In an insulting man
ner to Carey. A dispute followed and
Kane, 1t Is alleged, without warning, pulled
3S-callber revolver from his pocket, pointed
It at Carey's head and fired. The ball Gu
tered Carey's forehead and passed through
his head. He fell to the floor and died with
out uttering word. Kane ran from the
hotel and went TO his home where he was
captured short time later by posse OF
citizens. He made no resistance. Word was
Immediately sent to Sheriff Swope, ut En-
porium, and while awaiting his arrival the
prisoner was kept under close guard. The
shooting created intense excitement among
the citizens. large crowd soon gathered
about the house where Kane was being held
prisoner. and for time 1t looked as though
serious trouble might occur. prominent
citizen of the town. however, addressed the
crowd and counseled them to permit the law
to take its course. Sheriff Swope went to
Driftwood on the first train, and Kane was
turned over TO his custody.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-18
Three suecsssful Woman.

Three young women of Columbia,
No.. have entered fields of occupation
which it Is not yet frequent TO find
women filling. Miss Pearl Mitchell
owns and operates farm of $50 acres
q few miles from Columbia, and it is
said that we'll known model farm ad-
joining her own has been put in the
shade by her carefully trimmed
orchards, we'll kept buildings and
fences and practical methods. Miss
Mitchell is graduate of Stephens
College, Columbia, and has had the
advantage of extensive travel, in her
own as well as in foreign lands.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-18

Miss Birdie Raum, OF Columbia, is
freight agent for the Wabash Railroad,
and manages all the freight and trans
fer business Of that road in Columbia.
Aside from Miss Raum's duties, which
require her to meet every train during
the day, she is ACCOMPLISHED as cook,
aud at the Columbia fair last summer
took several premiums for the best
pastry.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-18
Latest Novelties In handkerchief.


Artistic designs, printed and EN-.
broidered in colors, are the touch of
novelty given the new handkerchiefs.
The pure white handkerchief is no
longer requisite of good form. All
the French handkerchiefs show some
color, either in the border, the mono
gram or the floral design.
Instead of hemstitched border,
some of the handkerchiefs are finished
around the edge with d vine of raised
embroidered flowers. These..are ex-
tremely pretty worked in purple vio-
lets, yellow buttercups or blue forget
me-nots. Others have hand en-
broidered flower in the corner, with
the stem and leaves stamped in color
instead OF being embroidered. Then
there are handkerchiefs among the
novelties with narrow colored borders
and bow knots, feur de lis or butter
flies embroidered in each corner match
ing the border in color. The colors
chosen for these handkerchiefs are
generally light shades, but there are
not few this season with bright plaid
borders. Among the moro expensive
handkerchiefs are those of sheer linen,
appliqued with transparent lace de-
signs. These are beautiful, but per-
ishable.
The handkerchief edged with a fall
OF lace is now considered out of date.
The correct lace trimmed handker-
chiefs of to-day are appliqued with
separate lace designs or have as bor-
der narrow bands of laco insertion.
An effective and novel idea is to sew
the lace design to the handkerchief
with fine, light colored silk. The linen
must be cut away beneath the design,
30 that the lace will be transparent.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-18

Miss Mary Louise Hale, OF Columbia,
a graduate of the State University, is
u builder aud architect and has
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-18
KEYSTONE STATE.
LATEST NEWS CLEANED FROM vARI-
Gus PARTS
TRAGEDY AT DRIFTWOOD.

Young Man Slain in Cold blood Running
Fight For Two Miles Between Farmer
and Marauders In Lancaster County
Earth Sinks Under County Commissioners
Finn at WIIkes-i5arre. Other Live News.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-22
COTraN LETTERS.

New York. Sept 2i.-Murphy Co
say. Cotton advices from Liverpool to-
day were much better than expected.
Spots unchanged; middling, i3-ied. Fu-
lures closed az an advance of to 7-6sd
near and 3-s4 to S-std. far months. but
reached higher during che session.
This market opened about Il points
higher. ruled nervous during the early
forenoon with a fairly active demand 10
cover. and some new buying. and became
easier after n o'clock on Southern sell
ing. Port receipts this week may reach
$4,000 bales. against S3.0oO last week. and
sol 600 same week last year. Too many
bears In future market considering the
price Of spots IN the South. 10 expect much
further decline.
Cotton. since noon. advanced ten points
on rather general buying. attributed to
heavy rains reported In Texas. Arkansas
and parts Of Mississippi. and fear OF an
excited Liverpool tomorrow
New York. Sept. = Hubbard Bros a
Co. say: A sharp advance IN Liverpool
this morning came as surprise to the
trade. who looked Tor weaker markets
abroad IN answer 10 the pressure to sell
for Southern account. on the basis II
present values. Southern markets were
all lower last evening. which caused I.iv-
erpool TO open at a decline. which WINS
jury 10 the crop in Northern Texas from
heavy rains our market opened steady
AZ 10 to y points advance. became easier
OF the movement NJ the Interior towns.
ana rallied quickly by noon on the cover
ing o. the local interest The movement
81 the crop and the buying power In the
southern markets win be the test TO sh.
situation for some time TO come. Tn.
local temper IS IN favor OF buying cotton
on all weak moments on the belief tina,
until the larger markets accumulate
stock the pressure In the South 10 sell
will be relieved by the tendency 10 accu-
muiate cotton 20 nll these exhausted sun
pliee. The local trade are not disposed
To consider that the movement IL inaiica.
tive OF anything more than the desire Of
planters 60 ootain present prices for their
cotton. II Is reported that two more ~
the Augusta mills will close down to-mor-
row, ihIough their inability TO find a
market for their goods on the presen,
basis for cotton.