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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-17
WashingtOn's Headquarters While Di-
recting Survey of Washington
City, 1901.

wfs~t like lightning through the town
that Colonel Washington was killed,
and some OF his troops who were sta
toned at Alexandria rushed in and
would have made short work OF
Payne had Washington not prevent
ed them. He pointed to his black eye
and told them that this was a person.
al matter and that he knew how 10
handle II. Every one thought that
this meant duel. The next day
Payne got note from Washington
asking him to come to the hotel. He
expected duel, but went. Washing
ton, however, was in an amiable mood.
He felt that he had been In the wrong
and said. Mr.. Payne, l was wrong
yesterday, but II you have sufficient
satisfaction, let us be friends There
was decanter OF wine and two
glasses on the table which Washing
ton had ordered to smooth over the
quarrel. The two drank together and
became such strong friends after that
that Payne was one of the palibearers
at Washington's funeral"
Washington as Drinking Man.
Every one drank In the days OF
Washington. and the father OF his
country always had wines upon HIS
table. have nowhere seen 1t stated
that he ever drank to excess. although
he usually consumed Ave glasses OF
Madeira wine at dessert. During his
youth he was very fair politician,
and among the items of his election
expenses when be was a candidate for
ths house OF burgesses OF Virginia
were hogshead and .sarrel Of
whisky. thirty-hve gallons OF wine
and forty-three gallons OF beer.
George Washington was simple In
his tastes. and during his youth be
was hearty eater. but was not par
eacuiar as to what he had. He want
ca plain food and plenty Of It. Dur
Ing his later years he ate very little.
ais breakfast At Mount Vernon was
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-17
Taking Precautions.

A Toung Brlehess" was peramJu.
lating the courts with an air OF
scarcely being able to find time to do
anythlng-when his boy tracked him
down in one OF the corridors.
"oh. sir!" said the boy, there's a
man at your Office with a brief, SIR"
What, a brief! Great heavens!
And the young fellow began to run
through the passages as fast as he
could. for fear the prey should es-
cape him.
Stop, sir, stop!" cried the boy.
who could scarcely keep pace. "You
needn't hurry, sir; I've locked him
in! M. A. p.
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Allentown. George ~ Schaeffer,
the Schnecksville chicken farmer who
killed Leopold Ermann, of Philadel-
phia, on November 1S, 1908, was
hanged in the corridor of the Jail
here.
The trap was sprung by James Van
Hise, of Jersey City, New Jersey s
official hangsman, who used his own
scaffold, and who was assisted by his
brother-in-law, Edward Donham.
Schaeffer was pronounced dead in
eight minutes, his neck having been
broken. The body was cut down in
fifteen minutes.
The crime for which George
Schaeffer was hanged here was one OF
the most horrible in the annals OF
Lehigh County. His victim, Leopold
Ermann. of 1906 North Seventh
Street, Philadelphia, was an intiner-
ant jewelry salesman, who for thirty
years had peddled among the farmers
of Lehigh and Northampton Counties.
in whose homes he was a most well
come visitor.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-17
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Sod Basins For Trees.

The landscape gardeners of one
of New York City's parkways have
devised an attractive way of protect
Ing the base of tree-trunks by arrang-
ing square border of sod, two feet
wide, around each one of the trees
bordering the boulevard. In this way
the soil between the border and the
tree-trunk may always be kept loose,
allowing the moisture of rains to soak
into the ground and nourish the roots.
Were it not for this sod basin the
gravel path, coming close to the tree,
would, in time, become firmly trodden
down, causing the tree to suffer ac-
cordingly.
The idea is one that could be adopt
ed elsewhere to good advantage.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-17
No Water At Mine Fire.

Shamokin.-The big pipe line hay-
ing been frozen up by the zero wealth
er, the work of fighting the Philadel-
phia and Reading Coal and Iron Com
panys Bear Valley shaft mine fire
has been grayely handicapped. Fri
day the fire, which had been burning
in the out-croppings, ignited solid pill
lars of coal, causing much alarm to
officials. Hundreds of thousands of
dollars worth of fuel is in danger Of
being lost. General Manager William
Richards is giving his personal at
tention to the work of fighting the
fire He says the fire. which was
discovered last Saturday in the out
groupings, was caused by forest fires
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-17
Harvesting Alfalfa.

The first point to accentuate as we
approach the subject of harvesting is
the pre-eminent value of the leaves.
These contain from seventy-flve to
eighty per cent. of the protein of the
whole plant, that valuable compound
that goes to produce milk and meat.
1t has been estimated that ton of
properly cured alfalfa leaves is equal
in protein to $500 pounds of wheat
bran; and when it is also estimated
by careful observers that the loss of
leaves in harvesting, even under
favoring circumstances, ranges from
fifteen to thirty or more per cent, It
is readily seen that the harvesting is
an important part in alfalfa hay-mak-
ing.-From Coburns "The Book of
Alfalfa"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-17

was very tend of fish, and when the
shad was brought into the dining
room his nostrils dilatec as the saw
ory odor struck them, and he asked
what fish is that?"
"a shad," replied the steward, ex-
citedly; "a very fine shad. l knew
your excellency was extravagantly
fond of this fish, and was so fortunate
as to procure this one in the market
1t was the only one. sir, and the first
of the season."
But the price, man? The price?
The price?" demanded Washington,
sternly.
"Three--three-t dollars u
stammered the steward.
"Take it away! Take it away!"
said Washington. ut shall never be
said that my table sets such an exam
pie of luxury and extravaganza"
And so the SO fish was taken from
the table, to be devoured by the SER
wants.
The Richest sIan of His Time.
AS the years went on Washington s
lands increased in value, and when he
died he was one of the richest men of
his time. He owned lands and stock
and negroes, and his estates amount
ed to thousands of acres. He had
houses in Alexandria and property In
Washington. He had valuable lands
near the present site of Pittsburg. He
was throughout his life a money max
er, and | was told at Alexandria that
when he was boy he got SIS a day
and upward for his surveying. He
put his surplus money into lands, and
an advertisement in Baltimore paper
OF 1878 states that he had 10000
acres of land for sale on the Ohio
River. His will. which is now kept
about twenty miles from Washington.
in the safe of the old Court House at
Fairfax, Va, gives a detailed state
ment OF every article he possessed
down to the calves and sheep. His
personal estate was then put down at
$532,000, and this included vast
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-17
3%1E;
Scientific Forestry.

A Consular report comes from Ger
many which shows that scientific for
estry is practical and money making
proposition. 1t is stated that the Ger
man Empire has nearly 100000
acres of forests, of which forty per
cent. belongs to the State. German
forestry methods have resulted in
raising the average yield of wood per
acre from twenty-five cubic feet in
1890, to siXty-flve cubic feet in 1904.
During the same period it has trebled
the proportion of the sawed timber
secured from the average cut. In
fifty-four years it increased the money
returned from an average acre of
forests sevenfold, yet to-day, the Ger
man forests are in better condition
than ever before. Farmers Home
Journal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-17
Three Killed.

Pittsburg.-A feud among miners
which has for months terrorized the
residents of Midway, a mining town
near here, eliminated in the killing
OF three men. who were shot down
in their own homes. Two men, who
are believed TO have done the shoot
ing, have fed and members of the
state Constahulary are pursuing the
fugitives through the woods.
The populace is aroused to fury
and a lynching is not improbable il
the fugitives, one of whom is John
Marks, a grocer, and the other. Tony
Fuchy. a miner are captured and
brought to Midway.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-17
Protection of Cows.

Far better to rig up pine-brush
shed than to let the cows or calves
shiver during a bitter cold night in
the lea of an old straw stack. When
storms are brewing see that all the
stock is safe and warm. Then you
can go to bed satisfied and sleep.
Either feed your stock well or sell it;
don't have anything lean, hungry,
cold and sore-eyed. Home
Journal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-17
Leaves $50, 700 To Charity.

Altoona.-Mary Ann Hodnett's
will disposes of an estate of S25, 900.
of which $4,000 and her home goes
to the bishop of Altoona for the Cres-
son Orphanage, $500 each for the
Sacred Heart and St. Marks parishes,
$500 to the rectors of the same, and
after a few personal bequests are
paid the remainder is to be divided
between the sisters of the two par
ishes named
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-17
Neatly Hit or.

AIRS. ella Wheeler Wilcox. at one
OF her dinners at the Bungalow. her
picturesque residence at Short Beach,
Coma. hit on in neat epigram a
notorious difference in the worlds
treatment OF the sexes.
TO say" she observed. that every
body Is talking about young man 10
an eulogy: but TO say that everybody
is talking about a'young woman IL an
elegy. Washington Star.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-17
Beats on HighwaymCn.

Pottsville.-Held up by two high
waymen as he was returning home
from the banquet OF the Pottsville
High school football team. Earl Pot
teiger' cantain and full-back OF the
championship eleven, put both OF his
assaiiants TO rout, although he sus-
tained painful bruises and cuts in
the unequal battle.
AS result OF the encounter Pot
teiger is In bed. He carried n large
sum OF money, together with a gold
watch and other valuables.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-17
Train Hits Auto Truck.

Chester.-The Beacon Light Conn
pany's automobile repair wagon was
struck by fast freight at the Four
teenth Street crossing Elwood Cain,
who was operating the car, jumped
from the machine and escaped with
a sprained ankle. The auto, which
was demolished, was hurled across
the street.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-17
William T.. yohn Dies In West.

ancaster.-Word was received
here of the death at Pasadena, Cali
fornia, of William Preston Yohn, n
native of Montyille, this county. He
graduated from Franklin and Mar
shall College and the University Of
Pennsylvania Law School. He prac-
ticed law in Philadelphia with the
firm of Simpson & Brown.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-17
Killed As Rescue Was Near.

Shenandoah.-The body of Florenz
karlofsky, who was entombed in
Shenandoah City Colliery, was recov-
cred kerlofsky was alive Sunday
aiternon, but perished in a second
fall Just when the rescuing force was
within a few feet of him.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-17
sprinehaven Clubs Election.

Media.-At the annual meeting of
Springhaven Country Club It was de-
cided that the dues for all classes of
membership shall remain the same
and that an extra charge shall be
made to every member for the privi-
lege of playing golf. this charge to
be S15. DR.. e. Marshall Harvey was
elected a director for two years. and
the following for three years. joseph
II. Haines, George l.. Cutler, DR.. Chas.
H. Schoff, Charles r. Long and John
c. Tawney.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-17
Hard Mixers.

DR.. David Roberts. the Wisconsin
state Veterinarian, writes us on this
subject:
A cow or heifer With nice, large,
well developed udder with four good
size teats placed squa-ely upon same.
seems like source OF pleasure. pro-
vidlng that they are easy mixers, but
the same sort OF a COW or heifer being
termed as hard mixer is as rule a
source OF annoyance. especially 10
those who do tho milking.
Owing TO tho fact that COW or
heifsr is a nice. easy mixer. they are
usually milked out clean at each milk.
Ing. In this way they are enabled to
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-17
Aged Widower Dies OF Grief.

Reading over the death
of his wife on January 22, Peter NJ.
Miller died at the old homestead,
where the couple had spent forty
years of their fifty-two years of hap
py married life. Mr.. Miller was in
his eigthieth year. He became i'll on
the day his wife died His dying
request was that he should be buried
just as his wife was-in the same
kind of casket, with the same min
lister and the same bearers.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-17
Stop Search.

Jersey Shore.-After an all-day
search in the ruins of the fire, hopes
of finding the body of little Willie
O'Connor, who was burned to death,
has been given up
The bodies of Mr.. and Mrs. Draven-
stadt, the other two victims, were taxi
en- to Willamsport in one coffin.
Richard O'Connor. father of the
burned boy spent the day digging in
the ruins
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-17
Cancer Victim Chokes To Death.

Lancaster -- Samuel Zinn, a
wealthy contractor of Martindale.
died suddenly, a victim OF cancer.
He was eating dinner when his
throat became paralyzed and he
choked to death in the presence of
his family. He was fifty-seven years
old.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-17
BuckncIl Issues Report.

Lewisburg.-The new Bucknell Uni
verslty catalogue shows an attendance
OF f0O students, OF whom 527 are In
the college. There are over fifty in
structors In the various departments.
The chief event OF the year was TIE
opening OF East College, devoted
chiefly 70 engineering. erected at a
cost OF $4,000.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-17
Asks Court To Punish His Son.

Altoona.-Three days ago John
Leary was arrested as runaway boy,
and when escorted before Magistrate
John d. Irwin, said his home was In
philadelphia. Irwin wrote to the
father, Michael Leary. AMI yesterday
received a reply that the boy was in
corrigible. The father asked that the
lad be dealt with as severely as the
law would allow.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-17
shnron steel Strikers WIN

Sharon. - The American steel
Foundries Company has settled dif-
ferences with its molders and core
makers by granting an advance in
wages. The core makers will get an
increase of 80 cents a day and the
molders % cents a day.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-17
Hurt As Work Is Done,

Bloomsbury. as he was plac-
ing the last weatherboard on a new
house at Numidia, Columbia County,
Charles Rhoades slipped and fell,
striking a scaffolding fifteen feet be-
low, breaking his jaw and fracturing
several ribs and an arm. His con-
dition is serious
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-17
The Shoulders OF the Horse.

Coming now to what is meant by
"harnessy" shoulders in saddler, the
term is more or less erroneous, for
the reason that the position of the
shoulders should be oblique in har-
ness as well as in saddle horses.
Those who use the term mean to con-
vey the idea that the shoulders are
more or less upright and the withers
more or less thick and meaty. This
formation, as already detailed, pre-
supposes short neck and a stilted
way of going, both of which are very
bad faults in saddler. A certain
amount of jerk-and-slam action may
go with straight shoulders, but all
the most accurate actors In the high
stepping classes have possessed slop-
ing shoulders; indeed, very decided
slope is necessary to enable any horse
TO show the correct sort of action,
which may be described as that the
fore foot should apparently be follow
ing the circumference of a rolling
wheel. Forest King was the greatest
actor we have ever had in this coun-
Try. Anyone who remembers the set
of his shoulders will grasp the point
sought to be made instantly, when 1t
is stated that the truest and best ac-
tion is never associated with straight
shoulders. At that, however. much
straighter shoulders will do for
ordinary harness uses than for the
saddle. for in the leather they have
not to sustain the superimposed
weight OF the rider. Hence the appli-
cat!on-or rather mlsappllcation-of
the term "harnessy" In describing
or discussing tho shoulders OF saddle
horses.-Broeders' Gazette.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-17
Joseph $. GiIlard Dies.

Chester.-Joseph s. Gillard died ~
his home from complication OF dis
eases, aged 66 years For several
years he was in charge of the chip
ring shop at the Penn Steel Casting
Companys plant In his early days
he was a school teacher.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-17
Two Dogs Kill Forty Hens.

Mauch Chunk.-Two young dogs
owned by Josiah Stroll. a farmer
residing about ten miles from this
place, killed forty of his laying hens
in one day. The dogs, which are
both young, played with the hens
until all were dead
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-17
Col. William I. Nichols nies.

Glendolen. - Colonel William l..
Nichols, veteran OF OF the Civil War.
and a well-known contributor to his
torical periodicals, died at his home
in GlendOlen as the result OF paraly-
sis. Colonel Nichols who was in his
eighty-irst year. had been Justice of
the Peace in Darby township and in
Glendolen borough for more than
thirty years
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-17

Chester.-At a meeting OF the Leg
islat've Committee of the Board or
Trade resolution was adon'ed urg-
ing Senator'S Penrose and oliver ana
Congressman Butler to do all In their
rover 70 defeat the postal savings
bank bill.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-17
RalIroad To Aid MincrsylIlc.

Observation-Disclosures & Read
ing Railway officials, after a con fer
ence with business men Of Miners
vile, gave assurance that the town
viii be donated 4 new passenger sta.
tion, additional train service ana
freight extension
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-17
Pounds Dynamite Wlth Hatchct.

Shenandoah.-Anthony Gregus. n
lt.year-old school boy. found dyna-
II exploded, tearing on his left hand
and badly injuring his side.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-17
Burned Woman Dies At Chestcr.

Chester.-Mrs. Patrick Cassidy, an
aged woman OF the Ninth Ward, who
was burned several evenings ago
while preparing supper, died at the
Grocer Hospital from her injuries.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-17
Young Coaster Killed.

Shenandoah.-W John Con-
stise, aged Ia years. was coasting at
Lost Creek. suburb his sled struck
a wooden footpath He was thrown
on his head, being killed instantly.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-17
Woman Lawyer Leaves ssO. 900.

Wilkes -Barre.-The will OF Miss
Laura Cannon, the well-known wo-
man lawyer, who died from injuries
sustained in an automobile accident,
was prOhated here. She left an es-
tate valued at $4,000
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-17
Drops Spark In Can RoN.

Hazelton.-A spark falling from
his lamp into box OF 100 dynamite
caps. as he was taking one out TO
prepare for blast, John Eckert. a
Harwood miner. sustained injuries
that will prove fatal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-17

Some OF the earliest expectations
OF palm oil were made from Liberia.
so that Liberia was not only the first
10 commercialize pisssava and intro
duce II TO Europe and America; but
u was among the first to commercial
ise and Introduce palm oil to the
foreign markets.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-17

Wilkes-Rarre.-The grocery store
OF Miller and Rophen. Charles Solo
mons shoe store and II. Levinski's
wholesale liquor store in the town
OF Juzene. near here. were destroy
ed by fire. Loss. $4,000.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-17
Miners Get 7 Per Cent. Adyoncc,

Shenandoah.-On account OF the
selling prices OF coal at tidewater,
Commissioner Neill notified all the
anthracite coal operators that mine
workers were to be paid per cent.
above the basis for February.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-17
Goes,To sIeep ON Trnck, ne,d.

Wi'liamsoort.--J. A. Casselberry.
~ years old. OF Proctor, this county
while walking from Powell 10 Mon
roetown, sat down on TIE susoues an.
ma end New York Paiiroad 70 await
severel friends. He fell into n doxe.
a rHlght train struck him and iraict-
ed Injuries tat caused his death.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-17

The pen point production Of Bir-
mingham. England, is 100000. o.oos .
week.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-11-15
LYON KEEPS HIS COUNSEL.
Attorney General Makes No State
ment Regarding Further Plans.

News and Courier.
Chester, Nov. 11.-Asked for a state
ment, when the verdict was announc-
ed tonight, Attorney General Lyon
said: 81 am not prepared to say any
thing at this stage in the case." There
are various conjectures as to what
will develop in the situation tomor-
row.
Whether or not, in case a new trial
is refused, an effort will be made to
get sentence in the form of a fine, is
not definitely known. It is under
stood that Black has number of
friends here. An appeal to the su-
preme court is probable. The penalty
under conviction in a case charging
conspiracy is in the discretion Of the
court. The verdict was a general sur
prise.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-11-15
grand army of Grants gave way, i'll
wild disorder, and fed towards the

grand army of Grants gave way, i'll
wild disorder, and fed towards the
river, now not more than a mile away.
Just at this moment of victory, the
glorious >"Sun Of Shiloh" seemed to
set, for as the commander-in-chief of
the Confederates was riding along his
lines, a bullet pierced a vital point,
and Albert Sidney Johnston soon lay
dead. The pursuit seemed to have
been called off, troops left their places
in line, and a general pluder of the
enemy's camp began. All the fruits
of this bloody victory seem to have
been thrown away by the death Of
Gen. Johnston and the timidity and in
decision of Gen. Beauregard, the next
in command. The enemy we're hud-
died along the banks and lowgrounds
Of the Tennessee, struggling with each
other in their wild attempt to cross
the river, many drowning, their insane
fright tempting them to swim the
river rather than again facing the on
coming Confederates.
Ito be contined)