The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-03-19
NUMBER q.
LOCAL And PERSONAL.
Brief Mention of Persons and
Places You Knew.

Wells Valley but now residents
OF Homestead, Pa, spent a few
days in town this week.
Mr.. Aaron Knepper who spent
his boyhood days about McCon.
nellsburg, but now one of Taylor
townships prominent citizens,
spent last Friday in town.
Chick Mellott has rented To
bic Glazier's farm and moved on.
to it, and Tobie and family will
go into the DR.. Cook property
purchased some time ago by Mr..
Glazier.
There will be Communion ser.
vice at Fairview church next Sun
day at l0:30 a. M, and at Centre
church at 2:30 p. m. Preaching
in Hustontown NJ. f. church at
7:30 p. m.
Mrs. M. V. Cromer's new
porch, erected by Thomas Ste
vens and painted by Thompson
and Steach, adds much to the ap.
pearance of her residence on cor
ner of Walnut and First.
The Reformed people will hold
their next annual reunion at Pen
Mar Thursday, July 16, and the
Lutherans will hold theirs at the
same place Thursday, July 23-
one week later.
Mr.. G. S. Speese, proprietor of
the Gettysburg Drain and Tile
works spent few days during
the past week with the family Of
Mrs. Catherine Eltemiller of this
place, who is a relative of Mr..
Speese.
Mrs. w. NJ. Dixon and daugh.
ter Margaret of Pittsburg have
returned to their home, after
spending week with Mrs. Dix
on's sister-in-law, Mrs. c. M.
Dixon IN Cham bersburg, Pa.
Superintendent Barton is con-
fined to his bed on account of a
very painful abscess caused by a
bruise received in travel over the
county. DR.. Mosser is looking
after him, and will no doubt
make the Professor believe tie
abscess don't hurt much
The rate fixed for transmitting
messages across the ocean by the
wireless telegraph is ten cents
word, and Marconi says it will
probably be reduced to one cent
a word. The cable companies
charge twenty-five a word.
The familiar form of Hon. John
Daniels of Bethel was seen in
town this week. Notwithstand-
ing the fact that Mr.. Daniels is
not as young as he used to be, "
he is looking well, and we trust
he may be spared to attend court
many years yet.
Hon. S. p. Wishart of Wells
Tannery was among those who
attended court in response to the
courtesy of formal invitation
(he being u witness in the Nc
Clain-Ford case. Mr.. and Mrs.
Wishart had very delightful
visit among their western friends
last fall.
Elliott Ray aud family moved
last week from the Rev. Cham.
bers farm into the house on Wal.
nut street vacated by Henry
Deshong and family. We wei.
come them back to McConnells.
burg. Mr.. Ray was a former
resident of Acknowledgement own,
ing the property in which Mrs.
Lou Jackson lives, but moved
down the Cove about twenty five
years ago.
George b. May and wife, form.
er residents of Everett, will leave
California this week for the East.
Mr.. and Mrs. May have been res.
idents of California about a year.
They went TO Redlands, Califor-
MA, owing to the i'll health of
their daughter Miss Georgia, and
since her death have determined
to come back to the Old Keystone
State. They expect to visit some
relatives who live in different
parts of the West on their way,
and are not expected to arrive in
Everett for about three weeks