The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-05-07
INTERESTING PARAGRAPHS.
OF Persons and Places, Gathered
From Other Exchanges.

daughter Gertrude OF Newport,
Pa, were guests Of their dau,- H..
ter, Mrs. Charles f. Barton over
Sunday Mrs lIraut will remain
until the end of the week when
Mrs. Barton Will accompany her
home for a months visit Mr..
Brant left for Newport Monday
noon. He is the cashier of the
bank there.
Early Tuesday morning of last
week an over heated stove pipe IN
the Office stove set on fire some
boxes in the attic Of the Barton
House at Hancock. BY the time
ly presence of the proprietor, Mr..
Chas. l.. Reel who promptly ex-
tinguished the flames. a contla.
grafton was narrowly averted.
Mr.. Seth Dickey is having a
new barn built on his farm in
Franklin county teuanted by Day
ton Mellott. While removing the
walls of the old barn the work.
men came upon nest of hen eggs
which had been enclosed in the
wall by the masons when it was
built. The eggs were in a per-
feet state of preservation, as to
shells and outward appearance,
although more than one hundred
years old; for the barn was built
by Mr.. Dickey's grandfather a
little more than a century ago.
The bill appropriating $4,000
for the dedication of monument
to the 18th Pennsylvania regi-
ment on the Shiloh battlefield
was drawn by Hon. G 20. w. Skin
ner, captain of Company A, of
the regiment. 1t has been ap-
proved by Governor Pennypack.
er and is a well deserved com pli-
ment to the gallant soldiers com
prising the regiment. Fulton
county had the following soldiers
in the regiment: Capt. George w.
Skinner, William Blvens, David
Green, William M. Horton, Lieut..
j. Walker Johnston, William j.
Snow.
The Scientific American says
that a uever-failing remedy for
nervous headache consists sim
ply of the act of walking back
ward, but the method of walking
is an important factor in the
cure. The pace should be very
slow, letting the ball of the foot
touch the floor tirst--then the
heel. a hall or narrow room
serves the purpose best. The
theory underlying the cure is
that the reflex action of the body
brings about a reflex action of
the brain; thus the pain induced
by nervousness, which is said to
be the result of too much going
forward, is driven away by a sim
pie process of reversal.
Fire alleged to have been of in
cendiary origin destroyed nine
dwellings, a threestory frame
carriage factory, six stables, a
blacksmith shop and a shoemak.
er's shop in Mechanicsburg Sun
day, The total loss of property
is estimated at $4,000, but in
surance was carried by only one
of the unfortunate residents, and
this was only for $500. Louis
Heighes, owner of the carriage
factory in which the fire started,
and also the owner of four of the
burned houses adjoining the fac.
tory, is the heaviest loser, his ag,
gregate loss being about $35, 900.
There had been no fire in the
building since noon Saturday.
The pension bureau has begun
readjustment of pensions of vet.
erans of the Civil and Spanish
wars who lost a leg or arm, or
both. Under the last pension ap.
preparation bill, the pensions of
those who lost one hand or a foot
We're Increased from $50 to $40
per month. Those who lost an
arm at or above the elbow, or a
leg at or above the knee will re-
ceiye pension of SAG instead of
S36, and those who lost au arm at
the shoulder joint or leg at the
hip joint will receive an increase
from $40 to S55. and soldiers who
lost both leg aud an arm will re
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