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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-04-17
Memorial Day.

Steps are being taken by King
Post G. A. r.. to properly observe
Memorial Day in this place.
Addresses will be delivered by
Hon. S. w. Kirk and M. r. Shaft
ner, Esq.
Mrs. George w. Reisner will
have charge of the music.
The Sabbath schools, with their
teachers, are requested to attend,
and to assist in the distribution
of flowers at the respective Gem
eteries.
Committee on Flowers Mrs.
Lou jackson, Mrs. Nick Roett-
ger, Mrs. p. f. Black and daugh.
ters, Mrs. Abram Runyan, Mrs.
James w. Rummel, Mrs. j. f.
Rummel, Mrs. Matilda Helman,
Mrs. G. G. Bender. Mrs. Henry
Comerer, Misses Nellie and Mer.
tie Comerer, Mrs. D. G. Fleck,
Mrs. d. II. Fields, Misses Olive
and Murney Grissinger, Mrs. S.
M. Cook, Miss Catharine Cook,
and Miss Netha Nesbit.
Exercises begin at the Court
House at o'clock p. m.
d. G. FLICK,
A. RUNYAN,
d. T. FIELDS,
Committee.
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Sideling Hill.

Judging from the number of
Mellotts whose names | see in the
Fulton County News from time to
time, l believe there are enough in
Fulton county to lick the whole
British army in South Africa.
Well, nobody need be ashamed of
the name. My names Mellott,
and am proud of my ancestry.
The Mellott Lum Der Company
are cleaning up logs at Franklin
Mills. They are pushers.
William Golden came near los
ing a very valuable horse, from
running a nail into his foot. |
don't mean that the horse run q
nail into Mr.. Golden's S foot, nor do
| mean that Mr.. Golden run the
nail into the horses foot. The
horse, in the old fashioned way,
tramped on a nail and it penetrat-
ed the horses foot causing the
horse great pain.
Walter WEIGHT and Mr.. Hess
have boughta a traction engine and
a sawmill and are going to saw for
j. T. Bridges.
h. j. Layton is busy building a
wagon shed, and Reuben is just
now the proudest man on earth.
When he is not working at the
shed, he is in the house singing
"Rock-a-by baby on the tree top.
The baby is boy.
Roy Garland has purchased a
new buggy. Look out, girls.
Who'll be the first to get a ride in
it?
TolBridgesis buyinglots of tim
ber. His recent purchases We're
made from j. l.. Garland, Reuben
Mellott, and Ezra Mellott & sons,
and others.
The new oil company has cap
ital stock of $4,000. They will
getoilifthey godown deepenough.
Henry Rohner an expert mineral.
ogist located seven belts on Reu-
ben Mellott's place.
Some one is hunting on the
mountain. Don't forget that it is
out Of season and that the game
warden has his eye on you.
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Saluvia.

o. K. Hams three children are
suffering from an attack of mea-
sles.
Harvey Strait left for Philadel-
phia last week, where he has Sc
cured position with John Balm s
force of linemen, on the Western
Union.
Mrs. George f. Metzler, of
Harrisonville, leftfor Philadelphia
Monday to be present at the grad
uation of her son Oscar Metzler,
who will complete his four years
course of pharmacy.
Seymour Polk, who resides on
John Ewing's farm, has been suf-
fering from an attack of hernia
for several months, and is in a
very serious condition at this time.
Rev. and Mrs. Pittenger spent
several days with friends in this
vicinity last week.
Rev. and Mrs. Otis arrived at
Harrisonville, Thursday. He will
preach at Sloan next Sunday
morning at 1870 o'clock and
Green Hill at 7.30 p. M.
The Green Hill Presbyterian
Sunday school reorganized last
Sunday. The following officers
were elected to serve for the en-
suing year; John S. Harris, sup.
erintendent; w. r. Speer, assist
ant superintendent; G. II. Mann,
secretary and librarian, and EN-
ory Pittman, treasurer. The an.
nual report of the secretary show
ed the school to be in a very en-
couraging condition.
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Last Tuesday Luther Darr and
Thomas Bloom, of Everett, were
playing with revolver. tits the
same old story. Bloom had re-
moved all the cartridges from the
revolver, that is, he thought he
had. 1t happened that one re-
NAMED. In a playful way he
pointed the firearm at Darr and
pulled the trigger. The ball
struck Darr in the back. While
the wound is not necessarily a fa-
tai one it is vely y painful.
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Whips Cove.

We are glad to note that the
health of Miss Alice Hart is much
improved.
A Sunday school has been or
ganized at Whips Cove church,
and much interest is being mani.
tested. A Sunday school might
very properly be called bible
school, for its main object is to af-
ford an opportunity to study the
bible Systematically. 1t seems
to me that everyb )dy ought to at
tend, and assist in making it a
power for great good. No one
can stay away with the excuse
that he has no need of the good
book. There was pleasant "sing.
ing school" conducted at the
church last Sunday afternoon by
Belle Diehl and Emma Winters.
Plessinger and Garland have
finished saving shingles at w. l..
McKee's. In attempting to move
their machinery away from Mr..
McKee's s, they had the misfortune
to break a spindle, the steam
gauge, the inspirator, and other
parts.
d. A. Baker is still visiting his
mother and other relatives in
Mar yland.
Ed Diehl has the paint ready
for his new building. G. G. Mel
lott has been engaged to put it
on.
Caleb Mellott and Boston Diehl,
our champion crosscut sawyers
say, if you have any wood to saw,
just bring it along.
Miss II. Belle Diehl our skilful
>amstress, is kept busy now.
Miss Julia Mellott has gone to
Harry Plessinger's to do general
housework.
Mr.. Emory Diehl accompanied
his friend Miss Blanche Barton,
to her home in the Valley few
days ago.
Our popular harness maker, w.
V. Hart, has just finished and
shipped a fine lot of harness to
Jonathan Cope in Chester coun-
ty.
The large gray driving horse
owned by Elijah Mellott, and sold
to James Whitfield, for 75-100
dollars was seen hauling goods
for peddler.
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The subject of this notice will
be remembered as the husband
of Mrs. Catharine Barber, for
merly of this county. Mr.. and
Mrs. Price visited friends in this
county two years ago, and last
winter Mrs. Price and her son
Albert spent several weeks here.
Their home is in Michigan.
The Price family arose in their
usual health on the morning of
April 2, and after breakfast, Mr..
Price went to the creamery. On
his way returning he was attack
ed by severe pain in the back
part of his head. During the day
he became unconscious, and died
the next day, aged So years, s
months, and 18 days.
Mr.. Price was born in Living
ston county N. Y, went to Mich
igan in 1858, was married to Miss
Catharine Barber in 1874.
Mr.. Price was an excellent citi-
zen, and won the esteem of all
with whom he came in contact
when visiting here.
The widow and son have the
sincerest sympathy of their Penn.
sylvania friends.
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New Grenada.

Mr.. Jacob Black is afflicted
with neuralgia.
j. H. Edwards and wife of Por.
tage were circulating among
friends in New Grenada and Wells
Valley a few days last week.
John Mills has returned from
Boswell, Pa, reporting business
in mechanical linevery slow there.
Levi Truax and wife, of Enid,
visited friends in New Grenada
on Sunday.
Hon. S. w. Kirk was shaking
hands with his many friends here
last Saturday.
Richard Alloway and wife of
Woodvale, visited Richards pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. William Allo-
way.
Jesse 0. McClain, Robertsdale's
enterprising merchant, was in
our village awhile Saturday even
ing.
Misses Elizabeth and Laura
Foster, who have been in Altoona
all winter, arrived at their home
in Wells, on Sunday, looking hale
and hearty.
John Thomas, wife, and daugh-
ter Ethel, attended the funeral on
Sunday, at Saltillo, of the daugh-
ter of Samuel Thomas.
That terrible noise and confu-
sion heard on Thursday in Well
Valley, and supposed to be made
by a flock of wild geese, was not
made by geese at all. No, they
were not geese nor gooses, al
though they might be called
"ducks. 1t was just a nice par
ty of twenty-five ladies of the Val
ley, assem- bled at Mrs. Jane Tru-
AXIS at quilting party, quilting
two quilts. Such merry -go-hap-
py crowd, the reader can imagine,
and that fine dinner, too, was an
other most important feature.
Rev. w. S. Finney of Orbisonia,
enroute from Everett, where he
had attended presbytery, passed
through our Valley stopping a
couple days with friends at Wells
Tannery, thence to New Grenada
when DR.. Campbell transported
him to Robertsdale.
Brint Lamberson of Huston
town, was in our town on Satur-
day hunting school directors.
Mitchel's gospel wagon, the
first one ever known togo through
here, went through on Friday
Wouldn't hurt TO have such a wag-
on stop here awhile, if it would
improve the moral part of this
vineyard.
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Kate Dagenhart.

From a newspaper clipping we
get the following information con-
cerning the death of lady who
was born and reared in Ayr town
ship this county. "Miss Kate
Dagenhart, who has been bedfast
for nine days of running fever,
died Monday morning, April Z,
1902 at her home in Bloomington,
Illinois. Miss Dagenhart was
born 80 years ago near McCon-
nellsburg, Pa, and had lived in
Bloomington over twelve years,
having come here to make her
home with her brother, the late
Philip Dagenhart, who was well
known engineer on the G. q A.
She leaves foster sister, Mrs. II.
H. Johnson, of Peoria; brother,
Mr.. j. A. Dagenhart, of Cham
bersburg, Pa, and her sister-in-
law, Mrs. p. Dagenhart. Miss
.Dagenhart inclined to the Baptist
denomination in her religious be-
lief and the funeral, which will be
announced later, will be in charge
of that denomination. Mrs H. H.
Johnson, of Peoria, is expected to
be here today to attend the funer-
al. "
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Sipes Mill.

Orpha Snyder closed a very
successful term of school to-day
(Monday)
Lloyd Mellott fell off his fathers
limekiln and sprained his shoul-
der very badly, last week.
O. II. Mellott burnt his limekiln
last week.
Miss Lille Wink, Orpha Snyder
and l.. $. Wink visited Anthony
Mellott last Sunday.
Rev. Joseph OFT preached very
good sermon at Ebenezer last
Sunday evening.
Mrs. George Mellott is lying
critically i'll.
Clarence Mellott young hust-
Ter was through here selling medi
cine to the afflicted.
Quite a number of our young
people from Sipes Mill attended
the spelling school at cross roads
last Thursday evening.
Howard Mellott has got the
fiddle. He says all he needs is
the beau.
Prospects for a very progres
sive Sunday school at the Side
ling hill Christian church is goo(
as they had over rs members en-
rolled last Sunday.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-04-17

H. K. Markley and George w.
Fisher were here last Friday
night; and Mr. Markley, who is
d. d. G. M. of the |. 90. f. of
this county, installed the officers
of McConnellsburg Lodge N. G.,
d. Malloy; V, G., G. B. Daniels;
|. G., Geo. A. Comerer. L. II.
While, secretary, and DR.. A. d.
Dalbey treasurer were elected
last fall.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-04-17

Herbert A. Duffy, son of Mr..
and Mrs. w. Fl. Duffy of Webster
Mills, while exercising in tho
gymnasium at the school at College
Park, Md, on the Sd inst, fell and
fractured his elbow. He was sent
at once TO Baltimore where the
injured member had skilful sur
gical attention. and his arm will
soon be all right again.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-04-17

With last week s issue the Ever
EFT Republican entered upor the
ninth year of its life in the field Of
journalism. The management has
great reason to be proud of the
success that has attended the Ca
reer of the Republican. It.is a
model county weekly and de-
serves continued prosperity.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-04-17
Fire at Franklin Mills.

An old land mark near Frank
lin Mills went up in smoke on
Thursday night, or more proper.
ly, on Friday morning, as it was
after the midnight hour when
discovered by Mrs. j. FL. Lewis,
who first discovered the light
from the burning shining into
her bedroom. They were both
on fire at the same time which
points strongly to be the work of
an incendiary.
The property was but recently
purchased by Aaron H. Lanehard
from j. Ed Golden, and is known
as the Jacob Younker farm and
is situated about two miles north
of Franklin Mills. The buildings
were built we'll on to hundred
years ago and were in a good state
of preservation. The loss falls
heavily upon Mr.. Lanehard and
no tangible reason can beassigned
why this dastardly act should be
perpetrated upon him. There
was no insurance carried on the
building. Loss about 500. Han
cock Star.
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COvalt.

Quite g number of our young
men will leave for bark peeling
next Monday.
ID. III. Truax and Ira Diehl went
to Hancock last Monday, but on
account of the high water, did not
return till Wednesday. Carl had
the misfortune to fall into the
creek.
Hartman Truax and Ira Diehl
purchased a nice young horse last
week.
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Democratic Candidates.

The Fulton Democrat contains
the names of the following gentle
men who have announced them
selves as candidates subject to
the decision of the Democratic
county convention to be held in
this place on Tuesday June 3,
1902. The names are given in the
order of their announcement.
LEGISLATURE.
W. III. Nelson, of Ayr; and S.
W. Kirk, of McConnellsburg.
PROTHONOTARY.
Frank Mason, Tod; George A.
Harris, Licking Creek; James p.
Waltz, Tod; and Philip j. Barton,
Taylor.
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PEDDLER DROWNED.
Solomon Sager. Russian jew,
Drowned at Gregory's Fording.

~
Drowned at Gregory's Fording.
On Wednesday afternoon of last
week Solomon Sager pack ped
dler who was working" the low
err end of the county was drown
ed atGregory's fording in Thomp-
son township.
He took dinner Wednesday at
the Jonathan Shives farm up on
the side of Dickeys mountain.
From that place he went down to
the creek, ,and up othe iron bridge
at Gregory's fording where he
intended to cross Licking creek,
and go toward Hancock.
Jared Pittman lives on the An.
drew Shives farm a short distance
down the creek from the bridge
Sometime during Wednesday af-
ternoon, Sam Smith, who is EN-.
ployed at Mr.. Pittman's, noticed
something floating down thecreek
which was very much swollen
from the recent rain, and he got
a pole and fished the object out
which proved to be a peddler's
pack. Later cap was found.
The matter was soon noised
about the neighborhood, and on
going to the bridge a cane was
found, and part of a coat hanging
TO the bridge.
Word was sent to Hagerstown
where sister and half. brother of
the peddler lives, and the half
brother, Simon Sager came, reach
ing the scene of the supposed
drowning Saturday.
In the meantime, systematic
search was made for the body.
On Saturday three skiffs were
joined by chains, so that by means
of drag hooks the whole bottom
of the creek might be examined.
With men in the skiffs, and others
On the banks with poles with
hooks in the end, careful search
was made until about four o'clock,
when Jacob Hewett, Esq, prod
ding in from the bank, felt an OBJ
ject, which proved to be the body
of the missing peddler. Mr.. Hew-
EFT succeeded in getting hold of
the peddler's clothing with the
hook on his long pole, and brought
the body, which was lying on the
bottom Of the creek, to the sur
face, and dragged it out TO the
bank.
An inquest was held, and the
body was left at Jared Pittman's
until Sunday morning, when Ed
Bushong sent team out from
Hancock and had the body con-
veyed to Hagerstown.
While no one is known to have
Witnessed the terrible accident it
is believed that when the peddler
reached the middle of the bridge,
he was fatigued from carrying his
heavy load, and he Strengthened
himself up meaning to rest his
pack on the railing; and that when
the weight of the pack came on
the railing, the railing gave way
suddenly precipitating peddler
aud pack a distance of ten or tif
teen feet into the muddy seething
waters below.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-04-17

Mr.. H. w. Killian who has been
engaged in the jewelry repair
business here during the past
eight months, closed up bis busi-
ness here aud went 10 Chambers
burg, Tuesday.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-04-17

JIG. Reisner of the firm of Geo.
w. Reisner & Co., left last Satur.
day for the eastern cities to buy a
stock of goods for their spring
trade. He was accompanied as
far as Baltimore by his wife.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-04-17

Harry K, Markley of Warfords-
burg returned last Wednesday
eveningafter visit among friends
in Juniata, Cleariield and Blair
counties.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-04-17
THREE FIRES.
Three Fires i'm Three Days is the
Record of the Past Week.

Record OF the Past Week.
"It never rains but it pours"
should be applied to fires. Near
ly a score of years has elapsed
since this town or immediate vi
cinity was visited by fire.
Last Thursday evening, Mr.. A.
l.. Alexander who lives at the toll
gate just east of town, noticed a
blaze starting in a straw stack in
field belonging to M. r.. Shaffner
near the toll-gate. Going at once
to the stack, he was able to extin-
guish the flames, and extract from
the stack pine torch that had evi-
IDENTITY been placed there by the
person whotired the stack. Luck
lily, the stack was wet from the
recent rains, and did not ignite
readily, or else Mr.. Shaffnt r
would have had ashes instead of
rotted straw for fertilizer this
spring. just in this connection
we are authorized by Mr.. Shaft
ner to say that he will pay one
hundred dollars for information
that will lead to the arrest and con-
viction of the person who set fire
to that stack.
Ats o'clock Friday evening the
frame stable standing on the alley
at the rear end of the lot the prop
erty of Mrs. Sarah Pittmau just
east of the Cooper House, was
found TO be on fire. The stable
was practically empty. The NOW
had a tight floor, and contained a
little cornfodder and the floor was
covered with chaff and hayseed.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
roof was very damp, two minutes
had not elapsed from the time the
first spark of fire was discovered
until the entire top of the building
was wrapped in hame- and burn
ng like a pile of tinder boxes.
AT the first alarm of fire, the
hose was promptly attached to a
fire plug, and a stream of water
turned on the burning with so
much effect that in a few minutes
the fire was eXtinguished. While
the roof was destroyed and the
weather boarding above the NOW
floor heavily charred, the build
ing below the NOV was not injur-
ed in the least Had it not been
for the water supply, the Cooper
House property would likely have
been destroyed andperhaps many
other buildings.
About five o'clock last Satur-
day, the roof of the dwelling of
John Kuhn, near the pike, about
three miles west of McConnells-
burg, was discovered to be on fire.
Mr.. Kuhn was in town at the time.
Soon the neighbors gathered, but
the fire had gained such headway
that but little of the contents of
the house could be saved. With the
exception of the cook stove, a few
chairs, and other articles of less
Importance, all the bedding, cloth
ing, organ, and other furniture
was destroyed. The loss falls
heavily on Mr.. Kuhn, as there
was no insurance.
"And now to wit, Wednesday
morning" as the lawyers say, we
have another fire, to write up.
Tuesday evening the exciting cry
of fire, fire, was heard on the
street aud soon everybody was
anxiously enquiring where is it?
where is it? Soon the sky was
lit up in the eastern part of town
and the crowd ran in that direc-
ton. About s o'clock the new
frame stable, wagonshed, and
corn crib of Mr., John Fox a few
hundred feet east of the borough
| line on the tnrnnike had been set
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-04-17

Ed Reisner has returned home
after completing in Lancaster
county his first term of school.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-04-17

Rev. r.. Il. Hoover spent a day
or two in town this week.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-04-17
COUNTY COMMISSIONER.

Samuel D. Mellott, Bethel; Sam.
uel Ii. Hockensmith, Taylor; Silas
Holly, Brush Creek; George Sigel,
Union; j. H. II. Lewis, Bethel; M.
M. Bender, McConnellsburg; W.
L. Mckee, Brush Greek; E. L.
Peck, of Thompson.
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The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-30

In Japan it is next to impossible to
work a telegraph line satisfactorily
when the spider has once, so TO speak.
drawn it into her net.
For the japanese spider is not con-
tented with trees and vines as points
of support. but attaches her web TO
the telegraph wires, insulators and
rather short poles, and the ground.
When the net becomes wet with dew
or rain, of course, it is all up with the
insulation of the line.
The frequent stoppages and
grounds" puzzled the telegraph men
good deal before they were traced to
the innocent-looking little spiders
Now the lines are regularly patrolled
by men armed with long bamboo
brooms, but the spiders renew their
webs as fast as the sweepers DESTROY
them.
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aaIM-.w,T OF the DANNY SCOT
He E1pls,ns Why Good Crops Grow
Ejeli ,F Rn,nocLhurr,

He Explains Why Good Crops Grow
Field of Bannockburn.
-" Most of the historic spots in Great
Britain and on the Continent are care
fully prepared for the tourist. Tablets
tell the facts in the case, and the ruins
are all tagged. There is small chance
for dreaming or giving the imagination
play where guides show one just when
to thrill
1t is for it's entire absence of trap
pings and stage setting that the field
OF Bannockburn is worth more than all
the labelled marvels to be seen on a
foreign tour. Bannockburn is fortu-
nate in having no facilities of trans
portation. 1t is not too easy of ap-
proach. A tramcar from Stirling takes
one the first two miles, to St. Minians,
but after that there remains a half
mile walk to the battlefield.
No elaborate description in
large type tells that the
scene has finally been reached. The
only means of identification is a flag
staff to mark the spot where Bruce
planted his standard But for the rest
there are just rolling hills, coverered
over with barley and oats. 1t is all as
productive and unpretentious as some
useful tract without memories.
A traveller, not so long ago. who had
expected to find barrenness. remarked
to laborer harvesting on the flank of
the hill that falls away to the English
position, that the murderous work of
six centuries ago had not cursed or
blighted the region.
"On the contrary" returned tho
Scot, as he looked over the fertile
fields, which had once been the grave
yard for an army. The English ers.
they make good crops