The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-08-10


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The half interest ia the Bedford
Gazette, owned by the late E. F.
Kerr, was sold last week to Sam
uel A. Van Ormer, of Wilmington,
DEL, for the sum of $4,000, Mr..
Van Ormer formerly lived at
Schellsburg, Bedford county, and
will now move to Bedford and as
sist in the publishing of the Ga.
zette.
Since printing the first page of
this paper, we learn that Union
township last Saturday employed
the following teachers for Fair.
view school, CALVIN Foster; Zack's
Ridge, Tolbert Shank; Center,
Lillian Hill; Harmonic, Elmer
Hendershot; Excelsior, Myrtle
Smith; Barnes Gap, George Leh.
man. Schools begin the 10Th of
September.
Wanted-Canvasser: A capa.
BILE, experienced and refined
lady canvasser to introduce to
McConnellsburg families line
of household goods used every
day IN every home; no selling.
SalaryS1.50p day and expenses.
This is a Legitimate offer from an
old and well known house. Give
references and full particulars.
ADDRESS, The News Office.
AS was noted in the News at
the time, a calf belonging to Dal-
las Myers, who lives up on the
Daniel Sheets farm east of town,
was bitten by mad dog on Sun
day, July 3d. There were no de-
velopments until about twenty.
one days had elapsed when the
calf showed unmistakable symp.
toms of rabies, and IN a few days
died. This makes the second
victim to die from that Sundays
work.
Rev. Dumville preached at Zion
last Sunday to large crowd. A.
mong the strangers present were
DR.. and Mrs. Swartzwelder, their
two sons and niece, and Mr.. CIV.
Sipes-all of Needmore; Prof. q.
G. Chambers and wife of Ridley
Park, Pa; Mr.. and Mrs. j. Fl.
Covalt, and Campbell Bishop, of
Great Cacapon, Va; Austin Peck
of Hancock. and Mr.. and Mrs.
George Humbert of Ayr town
ship. Rev. Dumvllle will preach
again in two weeks at 10 o'clock.
Rev. S. L. Baugher will preach
at Pleasant Grove church the ev.
ening of August 18th. Rev. Pow
ers of Virginia, will move Into
the house recently vacated by
Mr.. Baugher at Needmore. The
members and friends of the
church are very much pleased
that new pastor has been Sc
cured to take up the work where
Mr.. Baugher left it when he re.
signed.
Forbes, Berger & Co., of Cham.
bersbnrg, have received a con-
tract for 10000 square feet Of
Cleveland sandstone tagging for
use at Mercersburg. Of the TO-
600 square feet 1000 is to be plac-
ed in front of the Mercersburg
Academy building. The pave
ment is to be laid by August Is
The remaining 5000 feet Is to be
laid in front of the property of
William McKinstry, the Mansion
hotel and thePresbyteria church
and parsonage.
A new potato worm, which is
SAID to be IN fair way to annoy
the farmers as much as the cele.
brated Colorado beetle, has made
it's appearance IN different parts
of the state. The worm is about
ia inch in length, of brown or
rlackish gray, with hard yellow
head, a dark saddle, and stripes
longitudinally toward the tail.
He bores into the stalk near the
ground and works his way up.
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