The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-06-07

w. II. WINK, one OF, beudsVs Des1
young Democrats, spent Tuesday in
town.
Every body can afford to smoke
now. Robinson has reduced the price
of tobacco.
MIR. and Mrs. J G. Mellott, and
Mrs. T. II. Palmer and daughter Miss
Matte were shoppers at McConnells-
burg Tuesday.
Salvation Army Camp will begin at
Andrew Truax's grove, Tuesday even
ing, June IL, at Morton's Point, near
Pleasant Ridge.
Mrs. Daniel II. Fore, of Tod town
ship, has gone to visit her. daughter,
Mrs. John Lamaster, OF Markes,
Franklin county.
Miss Belle Stouteagle purchased the
property on East Water street, known
rs the "Blue Honse" from Mrs. j. s..
Shade, one day last week. Consider
alton $3.50.
Mrs. Hattie Kendall is having the
front yard to her residence graded and
sodded, and when finished with nice
fence, will add greatly to the appear
ance of her already beautiful home.
Misses Kate Ranck and Blanche
Yonker, OF Bethel township, spent
Wednesday night with the family of
the editor. They were on their way
to the Sunday school convention at
Fort Littleton.
At recent meeting of the borough
council Lewis Youse was appointed
Street Commissioners. His duties cor
respond somewhat with that of Road
Supervisor in the townships. Lew
will make good officer.
Harvey Unger and John Booth are
putting up dandy string of board
fence for F. McNaughton Johnston
along the Cove road from the latter's
barn up to the top of the hill this side
of the stone mill.
The Salvation Army camp will con-
tinue another week at Knobsville.
Sunday meetings at 1870; praise
meeting at 2.32 p. M, united Chris
tians praise meeting at 8 O'Clock and
camp fire and ring service. All are
welcome.
We are sorry to learn that the boy
baby born to Mr.. and Mrs. j. Milton
Unger Sunday morning is dead. Mrs.
Unger has been very i'll, but by the
skillful treatment of DR.. j. w. Mos
ser, is improving slowly. We hope
for her speedy recovery.
William H. Hess and John Hess,
of Hesses Mill, George Mills, of Union
township, b. Frank While, of Huston
town, Fl. H. Deshong, of Belfast, and
Ex-Commissioner Albert Plessinger,
of Whips Cove, were a group of vis-
itors to the News Office Tuesday.
+. Men. Johnston left for Washing
ton, d. c., this morning, where he has
accepted a position in the Census De-
partment. He will stop off at Car
Isle, Pa, at which place his brother
DR.. Walker Johnston is located. Mr..
Johnston will perform his duties, what
ever they be, with efficiency.
The new board in Tod township or
ganized Monday afternoon. The
members are John Shaffer, John Nell
son, Samuel Rotz, John Gunnels, w.
T.. Snyder and Nicholas Finiff-the
three first named being respectively
president, secretary and treasurer.
They laid half mill tax for this
year. There are four new members,
Shaffer and Snyder being the only
members of the old board.
Chief Justice Green has handed
down an opining in the supreme court
overruling the decision of the Dauphin
county court on the amendments to the
constitution proposing ballot reform
registration in cities, passed by the
last Legislature and vetoed by Govern
or Stone, and directing that the sec
retary of the commonwealth advertise
these amendments three months before
the election in November, 1900, at the
cost of the state.