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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-09-04
Maddensville.

A good ain would be appreci.
ated by the people of this neigh
borhood. In spite of the dry
weather, farmers are busy plow-
lug and making ready for their
fall seeding.
Mrs. Kirk Ferrenberg is very
sick with pneumonia and pleurisy
also, Mrs. VIM. Gearing is very
sick.
Erwin Brown, Harry Wilson,
Ned Rei!trt and Howard Ramsey
lave all gone to Robertsdale to
work in the mines.
Clel Fertney and family are Wis.
iting Mrs. Fertney's mother, Mrs.
Margaret Mcdonald.
Miss Bertha Madden and sister
Mrs. Laura Park, spent last Fri
day afternoon with Lizzie Evans.
Miss Bertha has been a teacher
in Altoona for several years. She
will soon go back to teach there
again this winter.
Mr.. Wesley Snyder, former
resident of this vicinity, but who
has been residing in Iowa and
California for the past 81 years,
is visiting his many friends and
his old home near this place.
Miss Bertha Locke spent last
Sunday evening with her friend,
Lizzie Evans.
DR.. Heaton, of Saltillo, passed
through our town last Saturday.
George Charlton made a flying
trip IT, Three Springs last Friday
afternoon.
Mrs. Clara Henry, who has
been spending sometime with
her mother Mrs. Isaiah Madden,
has returned to her home in Six
Mile Run.
DR.. w. S. Madden and Prof.
Geo. Ashton, attended church al
Walnut Grove last Sabbath.
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Wells rannery.

Mr.. and Mrs. S. P. Wishart
have started on a western tour.
Harry Baumgardner visited
relatives in Saxton this week.
Hilda Wishart and her little
friend Miss Miller of Huntingdon
are visiting in the family of Mr..
Harvey Wishart.
Master Levi Johnston is visit
ing relatives in Rays Cove.
Mr.. Jerry Sprowl has returned
from the Altoona hospital very
little improved in health.
Emory Horton of Everett, is
visiting his sister Mrs. Belle An
derson.
Minnie Swope and her brother
Jack are visiting their parents
Mr.. and Mrs. George Swope of
this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Sheeder
of Everett spent Sunday in the
home of A. S. Greenland.
Mrs. Amanda Spangler who
has been in Philadelphia for treat
ment returned to her home last
Thursday.
Mrs. Daisy Bently of Washing
ton D. c.. visited her cousin Mary
Baumgardndr last week.
Mrs. Belle Markley and daugh.
ter Mrs. Truax, of Altoona, are
visiting friends in the Valley.
The primary school opened
Monday with Miss Susie May of
Robinsonville, as teacher.
Mrs. William Horton of South
Fork, is visiting her daughter
Bessie Bivens of this place.
Those who attended the annual
Methodist picnic held in the Eli
as Grove spent pleasant day.
Miss Ada Caster of Pittsburg,
accompanied by her sister Miss
Margaret of Altoona, made bus
mess trip to the Valley last Sat
urday.
The Wells Tannery base ball
team played against Enid and
New Grenada last Friday. The
score was 17-6 in favor of Wells
Tanuery.
Mrs. V. d. Schenck and Miss
Markey of Loysburg, attended
the picnic last Friday.
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Big Cove TannerY.

The salvation army is holding a
camp netting in David Lauver's
woods three fourth of mile west
OF Big Cove Tannery. Every body
is welcome to attend these meet
ings.
Among those that attended the
Changers Picnic last week from
the Tannery was Himmel Harris,
Charles Grouse, Charles Deshong
accompanied by Miss MillieLynch
James Gordon, Walter Shaw,
Joseph Swisher and Harry Rich
ards. They all report a good time.
Rebecca Carbaugh has been
dangerously i'll at the home of G.
w. Deshong the past week but, at
this writing, she is reported bet.
ter.
Everybody is wanting rain in
this part of the Cove; but all wish
es fail in dry weather.
Miss Emma Mellott who has
had fever, we are glad to say is
able to sit up; and Miss Maude
Rinedollar was out driving one
evening recently.
Millie Grouse and Eta Reese
were thrown off one of David
hlnedollar's spirited horses re-
Gently. The girls were not hurt,
but badly scared.
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Pleasant Ridge.

William and George Tayman of
Plum Run visited their uncles DR..
and Wesley and George Hoop last
week.
Lewis Mellott and family have
moved to Allen Skiles' farm III
Belfast township.
Mrs. Agnes Deshong and Miss
Josie Chestnut of Hustontown
spent Saturday and Sunday with
Miss Lima A. Deshong and her
mother.
Mrs. j, L. Garland and three
children spent last week with her
mother, Mrs. Harriet Deshong
who has been i'll, but is now some
better.
DR.. Hoop is having new house
built. John Bard and son Virgil
are the carpenters.
Quite a number of the neigh
bors turned ont last Friday to
help Matthew Mellott get his mill
race cleaned.
Richard Deshong had a well
drilled by Thomas Wink and Jno.
Mellott.
Charley Mellott and Eta Hook
ensmith attended camp at Crys-
tai Springs.
Miss Ada Ham left for Hunt
ingdon county last Saturday.
Erastus Bard, who has been
home for couple weeks, has re.
tnrned to Pittsburg.
Mrs. Anna Hockensmith and
Mrs. Florence Wink were pleas
ant callers at Rev. Otis last
week.
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Plum Run.

Mrs. III. w. Wink has been
spending the last week in Cham
bersburg, visiting her sister Mrs.
Grant Mentzer.
All Hancock, and apparently a
good part of lower Fulton, at
tended the baptism of several
converts to the Salvation Army in
the historic old Potomac. 1t is to
be hoped it's waters are perma-
nently healing.
Our community was greatly
saddened by the death of our
esteemed friend and neighbor,
Mrs. Yeakle last week. Her flu
neral was attended by large con-
course of relatives and friends.
Frank Yeakle of Iowa, and New
ton of Illinois, were called home
by the death of their mother, but
did not arrive until the day after
the funeral.
Mrs. Amanda Stacker is on the
sick list at present, also, Mrs.
Ella Covalt.
Mr.. Moses Mellott is very busy
putting up new barn in which
to house his Little Cyclone" 4"
which, by the way, has grown to
be a Cyclone" of considerable
size by this time, and as lively as
cyclones usually are.
Mrs. Ella Feicht intends beau.
tifying the interior of her house
by a coat of paint next week.
We hope to hear the jingle of
wedding bells soon. The young
people are getting married at
such rate they will soon all be
working in double harness, when
the 'Benedicts" will have to take
the novel method of having a sec
ond ceremony performed to keep
the custom from dying out.
John E. Gore of Virginia, spent
the past week at Jesse B. Sny-
der's.
William Conner and family re-
turned to their home in Waynes-
boro after visiting relatives in
Fulton.
William Wigfeld had the mis-
fortune to cut his foot pretty bad
ly about three weeks ago and is
still crippled with it, as it is not
healed.
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Dublin Mills.

d. p. Anderson, assisted by H.
B. Locke, has made some fine inn
provements on the Kesselring
property, lately purchased by
Mr.. Anderson.
d. K. Knepper is making fire.
quent trips to Wells. What is the
attraction
Harry Walker is all smiles-a
son.
G. E. Stevens and Chas. Knep-
per attended the Wells Valley
picnic Friday afternoon. They
report having a good time.
Mrs. S. Chas. Barton who has
been spending some time with
her parents Mr.. and Mrs. Ander-
son, left for Homestead, Pa, last
Saturday.
II. B. Bergstresser intends to
move to Three Springs this fall.
Success, Harvey.
Charles Knepper who has been
home from Pitcairn the past few
weeks with typhoid fever, which,
fortunately, was of a mild form,
returned this week. Charley en-
joyed his vacation as we are sure
he had fine time during the lat
ter part. We wish him success.
Joshua w. Heeter is employed
on Broadtop by Adam Black.
Mrs. Hannah Walker was the
guest of her son Harry on Sun
day last.
Winegardner, Stevens, and
Heeter attended the ball game at
Clear Ridge Saturday afternoon
and festival at Fort Littleton at
night.
Harvey Bergstresser and fami-
ly spent Sunday with Mrs. Berg
stresser's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
David Knepper.
Mrs. Thomas B. Stevens and
son Ed of McConnellsburg, spent
Saturday and Sunday with Jas.
H. Fields and family.
Chas. Knepper passed through
this village on business Saturday.
Part of our sporting boys ex-
pected, on Clear Ridge base ball
grounds Saturday afternoon, to
get skunk, but did not get it, if
our team was composed ofscrubs.
They report the Ridge players
gentlemen.
Preaching was largely attend
ed at Dublin on Saturday night.
Some of our boys attended
preaching at Hustontown Sun
day night.
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Laidig.

G. M. Brant is building wag-
on-shed and crib 20x30. M.
d. Matthias and d. r. Mumma are
the carpenters.
Frank G. Mumma and family
of Williamsburg are visiting rela-
tives in this vicinity.
Michael Laidig and wife spent
Sunday at Waterfall.
John Deavor has gone to Mil
lersville to school.
Two of the mem bers of Harri-
sonville Lodge l. o. o. F.. from
this place drove to Warfordsburg
Saturday to attend a meeting OF
the Warfordsburg Lodge and
Banquet. One of the party had
not been over the road for forty
years, and noticed many changes.
Some of the land had been clear
ed and some that was then clear
ed is now wood land. When he
was over the road at that time he
walked from Saluvia to Hancock
in less than six hours. Arriving
at Warfordsburg the party were
we'll en- ntertained in the homes OF
the Warfordsburg brethern. In
the evening quite mum ber OF the
Warfordsburg brethren, mem
bers of the Harrisonville and Nc
Connellsburg Lodges and of the
Clearspring Lodge assembled at
the Warfordsburg Hall and had
pleasant session. After the ses-
sion splendid banquet, consist
ing of ice cream, cake, chicken,
ham, bananas, pickles, and coffee,
prepared by the ladies of War
fordsburg, was served to the
Oddfellows present and Their
families. Much credit is due the
Warfordsburg members for ths
| splendid entertainment provided
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NUMBER 81.


Lee Funk is whipping" the
grain from the straw for the far
mers. The oats yield is good.
Miss Minnie Mellott and Miss
Jess Cornell attended the meet
ing at Great Capon Saturday and
Sunday.
b. N. Palmer returned from
cycling trip Sunday evening.
His register shows a distance of
210 miles travelled.
Mrs. K. H. Morgret has retur-
ned from a trip to Atlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson Peck
are taking visit to Philadelphia.
Miss Minnie Funk is quite i'll
with typhoid fever, but she is get
ting along nicely under the care
of DR.. Sappington.
Mrs. Barnhart has been sick
during the past few days, but is
better again.
Miss Opal Sharp has been
spending several days with her
cousin Beatrice Sharp.
Rev. Black of Norfolk, Va, was
the guest of Rev. S. L. Baugher
when on his way to Conference.
He preached an able sermon at
Pleasant Grove Sunday evening.
Mrs. Baugher who has been
visiting in Virginia the past few
weeks will return Monday.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Galley G. Cham
oers OF Philadelphia were visiting
Mrs. Chambers parents last
week.
Rev. William Hendershot ex.
poets to return to college.
MIR. Willard Hatfield left Mon.
day for New York where he has
employment.
Mr.. VIM. Sigel is repairing his
house on the Pittman farn1 into
which Mr.. Joseph Mellott expects
TO move soon.
The Salvation Army has moved
from near Hancock to the Big
Cove.
Dayton Peck sold a fine lot of
hogs last week.
Daniel Rash is hauling lumber
to Hancock with his engine.
Rev. Anthony will preach at
Oakley September 14th at 8P. M.
Is this a correct question: A
man has $17 in two-dollar bills
ana Quarters; if twice the mum,
Der OF bills equals the number OF
quarters; how many has he OF
each?
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Warfordshurg.

Corn and buckwheat are suffer
ing from the drought.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. p. Gordon of
this place, and Miss Jane Gordon
of Pigeon Cove, spent week at
Atlantic City
Thomas Stoner and daughter,
Miss Cora of Lashley, spent some
time here last week.
DR.. James N. Kirk left last
week for Roanoke, Va, where he
will spend sometime.
j. G. Fisher and family of Dott
spent Sunday with Mr.. Alfred
Mellott and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ward Greer of
Washington, d. G., are visiting
Mrs. Greer's father, Mr.. Job
Mann.
Mrs. Job Mann and son Will
liam are spending several weeks
with friends and relatives at
Johnstown.
Master Willie Kirk spent part
of last week with the family of
his uncle, Judge Kirk, in Pigeon
Cove.
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Warm weather will very likely
prevail at the opening of the
month. On and touching the 2nd
and 4th no one should be surpris-
ed with energetic rain storms,
wind and thunder. The chances
are that cooler weather will re.
suit and from the 4th to the 9TH
frosts will! occur in the northern
portion. The elements will react
into storm conditions of more or
less energy about the 9TH to the
9th, progressing from west to
east. About the 18th may be ex.
pected many curious phenomena
in earth aud air-electrical
storms, earth currents, auroral
lights and seismic shivers. A
storm period will be central about
the 18th, which will bring much
stormy and unsettled weather.
From the 18th to the 10Th will be
one of the most dangerous pc
riods in September, which time
will bring the equinoctial storms.
Cool nights and frosts will come
again. The last storm period will
fall about from 22nd to 9th, the
outcome of which cannot be def
nitely predicted.
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Miss Effie Cutchall, of Huston
town, spent several days the
guest of her sister Mrs. w. r.
Speer, last week.
William Strait sold his driving
horse to gentleman from Rob-
ertsdale, last week.
Mrs. Bair, of Lancaster, who
had been spending the summer
at the home of her son, w. E. Bair,
was called to Newport last week
on account of the dangerous i'll.
ness Of her husband.
Mrs. Haight, of Metzler who
had been spending several weeks
visiting at the home of her son-in.
law, Rev. j. E. OFT, returned to
her home Tuesday. She was ac
companied by Rev. and Mrs. Ott
and their little son, who will spend
a short vacation with friends at
that place.
Miss Jessie Wishart, of Pitts
burg, and sister Mrs. George
Fockler, of Johnstown, who had
been visiting their parents, Dr.
and Mrs. H. S. Wishart, of Harri.
sonville, returned to their respec-
tive homes, Friday.
j. Bernard Wishart, of Borden
town, N. j., who had been spend.
ing a week s vacation at the home
of his parents, DR.. and Mrs. h.
S. Wishart, returned to his home
Monday.
Mrs. Vernon Skipper, and Miss
Sue Sullivan, of Tyrone, who had
been visiting Mrs. Shippers pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Mann,
returned to their home Monday.
Miss Cora Speer, left Monday,
for Tyrone, where she expects to
spend the winter.
Norman and Ernest Skipper of
Tyrone, who had been spending
their school vacation at the home
of their grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. G. Mann, returned to
their home, Monday.
Miss Sadie Ham, of Chambers
burg, is visiting her mother, Mrs.
Anna r. Ham, and other friends
at this place.
Geo. A. Harris, Esq, w. G.
Mann, Prof, N. E. M. Hoover,
Hiram Clevenger and George +.
Metzler of Harrisonville Lodge,
attended the 1. o. o. F. banquet
at Warfordsburg, Saturday night
Mr. Metzler was accompanied by
Mrs. Metzler.
A force of carpenters are busily
engaged in erecting buildings on
the reuniou grounds, aud putting
it in condition for the big crowd
next Friday.
Isaiah Kline, lift Monday for
Bedford, where he has secured
employment as liueman on the
Western Union Telegraph line.
Mr.. M)wery and wife and Mr..
George Truax spent last Friday
at Morgan Deshong's.
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VOLUME 3.
FULTON COUNTY.
First Election for Township Offii-
GERS in Belfast, and Bethel.

First Election Tor township Ofn1-
GERS i'm Belfast, and Bethel.
The first election for township
officers of Belfast township in the
county of Fulton was held at the
house of Daniel Lake, on the 21st
of March 1851. The election Off
GERS we're, Judge, Philip Nor.
gret; t;Inspectors, John Karney and
Ephraim Lake, and Clerks, Abra-
ham M. Peck and Bartimeus
Smith.
The candidates for the respect
i've Offices, and the votes each re-
ceived are as follows Constable,
Elias Mellot, so; Judge of election,
George Fl. Sipes, &c; inspectors,
Job Garland, %, and Jacob X.
Wink, 81; Supervisor, David Pal
mer, 40, and Jacob Lake, 46; au.
ditor, Ephraim Lake, 26; over
seers of the poor, John Morton,
81; James Lake, 81; school direct
ors, Jacob p. Dishing, ,56, William
Lake, 40; township clerk, Samuel
Truax, IL.
BETHEL.
The first election of Bethel
township in the new county was
held at the school house near
John Daniels on same date as
above. John Daniels was Judge,
Isaac B. Hunter and Jacob Gar
land, the inspectors, and Joseph
Bernhard and Stillwell Truax,
the clerks.
The candidates and the vote for
each are as follows: Judge, Lem.
uel Gordon, 131 inspectors, Jno.
Hendershot, Sc, John Charlton,
40; constable, Charles Barney,
131; supervisors, John Rank, GA,
Nicholas Garland, So; school di.
rectors, Amos G. Stigers, III,
Benjamin Gale, 81; overseers of
the poor, Philip Gordon, Al, Peter
Fisher, 40; auditor, William w.
Kirk, 63, Jason Hanks, 2: assess.
or, John B. Hooper, So; township
clerk, John Stillwell, AZ, William
F. Cardiff, 6; For removal of cleo
ton 70, against removal 1.
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Local Institutes.

For Ayr, Thompson, Bethel,
Union, Brush Creek, Belfast at
Needmore Thursday, September
11th.
For Taylor, Licking Greek,
Wells, at Hustontown, Saturday,
September 13. Institutes begin
at $3.50. All teachers are expect
ed to be present and as many di-
rectors and friends of education
as can be present are invited.
CHAS. e. BARTON.
County Superintendent
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Our hustling townsman, p.
Fred Black, has tree on his lot
in this place that is now bearing
a crop of eight varieties of pears.
1t is wonder that Fred did not
graft apples, peaches, plums,
ounces and huckleberries on the
tree, and then one tree would an
swer the purpose of a whole or
chard.
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Mr.. and Mrs. d. w. Anderson
and family of Mercersbnrg, drove
to Dublin Mills and spent few
days with Mr.. Anderson's pa
rents; from there they went to
Decorum, Huntingdon county,
where Mrs. Anderson and daugh-
ters Hazel and Mary spent a week
with Mrs. Anderson's sisters,
Mrs. Metzler and Mrs. Montague.
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DEAR EDITOR. AS it has been
a long time since l have been to
Fulton county, l thought l would
write you a few lines to let you
know that am still living and do
ing well. | have been in Johns.
town Pa, since the 18th of Jan.
last,and since that time have seen
very great many curiosities and
some things of very great inter.
est.
The greatest industry of this
city is the Cambria Steel Com.
pany's works, which extend from
upper Conemaugh to Coopersdale
a distance of 81 miles and covers
about $50 acres. They employ
about $1,000 men aud boys and
pay from $l.25 to $500 per day.
Every two weeks they pay out
over $500, 900 to the laboring class
of men about Johnstown. | saw
an estimate in the Johnstown
Democrat, one morning, that
there were over 10000 men car
ried their lunch every day in the
city besides all who can take their
meals at home and at restau.
rants.
see great many Fulton coun-
ty people here, and meet some
nearly every week. / see some
of DR.. Wishart's people every
day. They, like myself, ,and many
others of Fulton, are getting
along fine. The wages payed to
tradesmen in this city is very
good, indeed. Plumbers get So. =
80 per day for 9 hours, and paint
ers, $3.50 for 8 hours. l come
under the head of painters. l
partly learned my trade in Full
ton before coming here. 1 went
as far as | could go there, then
came here and now am prepared
for anything that comes under
the head of painting and wood
finishing or paper hanging.
would like to say to any or all
who want work at fair wages, to
come to Johnstown. You need
not be idle one day after you get
here.
The great explosion which oc-
Cured here in the Cambria mine
in July was quite a sad affair. l
was at Grand View Cemetery on
Sunday after the explosion and
saw II funerals besides what
we're buried elsewhere. There
were 46 unrecognized, which
were added to the unknown plot
at that place along with those of
the great flood of '89, which
makes now a total of 962 in the
unknown plot.
Wishing the News and all my
old friends much prosperity, /
remain, as ever yours,
]. G, HORTON.
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John snano,er d;ad or tb;s hon

John Spangler died at his home
at Cassville, Huntingdon county,
few days ago. The deceased
was native of Franklin county
and was born March 20, 1908. Hs
was aged "a years, A months and
26 days, being the Oldest man in
Huntingdon county. Upon reach
ing manhood he was united ia
marriage to Eliza Kizer, Franklin
county, who died in 1855. They
moved to Cassville in 1853. He
was the father of VIM. II. Spang-
Ter Of Wells Tannery.
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William Mellott of Sky, Rock,

William Mellott of Sky. Rock
ingham county, Va, and his
brother, Simon l.. Mellott, of
Johnstown, Pa, are visiting their
old home friends near Sipes
Mills. William rode up from
Harrisonburg, Va, ON his bike,
making a hundred miles q day.
Simon has sold his farn near
Sipes Mills to Mrs. Susan May.
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Mrs. ]. X. Vandyhe returned
to Philadelphia last Saturday aft
or having spent few weeks with
her mother, Mrs. Rexroth Of the
Fulton House.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-09-04

Only male persons between the
age of Is and 25 years can be sen
fenced to the Huntingdon Reform
atory. Attorney General Elkin
has so decided.
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ELIZABETH GEINGERY.

Miss Elizabeth Geingery died
last Wednesday evening, aged 81
years, 5 months, and 10 days, and
was buried in the graveyard at
the Lutheran church Thursday
evening, her pastor, Rev. A. G.
Wolf conducting the funeral SER
vices.
During the past fifteen years,
Miss Geingery had her home with
the family of Mr.. John Comerer
of this place. With the exception
of her sister, Mrs. Susan Egulf,
she is the last member of a family
of thirteen, the Geingerys being
among the early settlers in this
county. She was Il consistent
member of the Lutheran church.
She had been sick butt a few days
the immediate cause of her death
being a violent hemorrage.