The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-03-09
ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW
Snapshots at Their Movements, as They
Come and Go.
NAMES OF VISITORS AND VISITED.
Home for Vacation. Away for an Outing, a
Tip for Business or Pleasure, Youu
Find Il Right Here.

spent few DAYS last week with
Miss Dora Peck and other friends
in this place.
Mrs. Mary A. Kelley of this
place, spent the latter part of last
week among her friends in Thomp
son township.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. B. Dunlap of
st. Thomas, were circulating
among their Fulton county friends
part of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Skipper
of Licking Creek township, called
at this Office few minutes while
in town last Wednesday.
w. S. st. Clair formerly of the
Cove, but now resident of Frank
lin county, spent day or two on
this side of the mountain last
week.
Robert l. Huston of near Clear
Ridge, was in town last Wednes-
day. He will change his post.of-
flee address to Dublin Mills April
1.
Jere Laldig of Hustontown call
ed at this office few minutes
last Wednesday and left $1.75 for
the News and the Thrice. Week
World year.
Mr.. Dora Yeakle OF Thompson
township, has been helping his
brother Sam through rush of
work in the latter's blacksmith
shop here.
Misses Marion and Jessie Sloan
who had been spending a few
weeks with their brothers in Buf
falo, N. Y, returned home last
Wednesday night.
Mr.. William Conover employed
at the Everett furnace was bitten
by mad dog last week. The dog
was soon thereafter killed, but it
is known that several other dogs
were bitten.
Mr.. and Mrs. George G. Sipes
of Cross Roads in Belfast town.
ship, spent a few hours IN town
last Wednesday. They will move
to the Big Cove in a few days and
take charge of d. NJ. Kendalls
farm.
During the thunder storm last
Thursday the barn owned by Will
liam Ritchey just east of Everett,
was struck by lightning and burn
ed to the ground. All the feed
and one colt were burned. The
barn was nearly new one.
Mr.. j. L. Cowan of Bellwood,
spent few days last week visit
ing his mother Mrs. Catharine
Cowan of Tod township. Jim call
ed at the News Office long enough
to advance his subscription and
to bring us new subscriber.
Mr.. George W. Sipes, a pros
porous citizen of Silver Plume, Col.
spent a day or two in this place
last week. Mr.. Sipes is a native
of Licking Creek township, but
has been absent from this county
during the past twenty years.
A burglar or burglars entered
the business places of Tax Col
lecter Wolf, Druggist Kuhn and
Saddler Bert Smith at MERGERS
burg, one night last week, and
took all the cash they could get
their hands on, besides damaging
property.
Captain john d. Hook, a well
known citizen died at his late res
idence at Hancock, on the 2Sth
ult., aged 81 years. Capt. Hook
was born at Jefferson in Freder-
ick county, in 1927, but he had
lived at Hancock for many years.
He was formerly engaged in boat
ing on the Chesapeake and Ohio
canal and had the distinction OF ia
king the first boat to Cum berland
upon the completion Of the canal.
Capt. Hook once owned and oper-
ated the Rockdale Touring mills
in Hancock. He was interested
in the Round Top Cement Works
near Hancock, IN the early days
of the industry and was superin-
tendent OF the plant for o num-
ber OF years after Bridges q Hem
derson acquired 1t .