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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-21
RECEPTION AT THE MANSE.
Rev. and Mrs. John M. DiehI Had Open
House TO Their Parishioners and
Friends Last Thursday Evening.

In response to a cordial invita-
ton to all the members of the
Presbyterian churches at Green.
hill and McConnellsburg to spend
last Thursday evening in the
home of their pastor, Rev. John
M. Diehl, of this place, about one
hundred persons responded, and
a most delightful social event was
the result. The illumination of
the building together with the
display of Japanese lanterns on
the spacious porches, the delight
ful weather, and the congenlal
host and hostess, made 1t an
event to be long rememb mbered by
those fortunate enough to be
present.
Among those present were
Rev. DR.. and Mrs. Rose and their
son James and daughter Virginia,
of Mercersburg. Mrs. Rose is a
fine pianist, and James, student
at Grove City college, is a vocalist
of great promise, and the mother
and son added much to the pleas.
ure of the guests by rendering a
mum ber of fine selections. Songs
by Miss Emily Greathead and
Mrs. Harry Hull were greatly ap
preclated.
OF course, refreshments were
served in abundance, and they
were fine.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-21
McConnellsburg VS.. Berkeley Springs


The game scheduled tor next
Saturday with the fast aggrega.
tion from Berkeley Springs,
West Virginia, promises to be
the best this season. Allen and
Thompson (the battery for Han
cock when they played here a
few weeks ago. hail from this
burg, and in all probability they
will be with the Berkeley boys
Manager Coughlin IN a letter to
Manager Greathead, says IN part:
"The boys are very anxious to
play, although they are IN very
poor condition, not having been
on the grounds for a month past,
but l will try to whip them in sui
ticient shape for you to know that
you have been IN game, though
we may not win."
They all like to come to McCon
nellsburg, for they we'll know
they get the square deal and the
glad hand, and what more could
they ask.
We hope the Berkeley boys
will get into condition, and not
play the Jeffrles gag, for there is
no glory IN defeating a bunch of
cripples. Bowden has promised
to come over and spend the re-
malnder of the week to give our
"Speed Boys" the best he has IN
the way of inside baseball and
will be IN the receiving box Sat.
urday, and unless all signs fail,
we will give the loyal fans some.
thing for their money.
The Association wishes to thank
every one who contributed IN any
way to the festival on Saturday
About twenty-five dollars will be
the net proceeds, which will be a
big help in securing uniforms.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-21
McConneIIsburg, 2; st. Thomas, 9.


Last Saturday the locals play.
ed the return game with st. Thorn
as, and again went down to de-
feat. The game for the first five
innings looked like a victory for
the "Speed Boys" but after that
1t was farce. In the sixth IN
ming Spangler, who was in the
box for the locals, again injured
bis side and had to retire in favor
of Scheidleman, who was a little
wild until he got started, and
then settled down to business and
pitched fine for the last two IN.
nings. 1t was badly crippled
team that walked on the field for
McConnellsburg. Fisher had a
dlslocated thumb, Elvey a smash
ed finger, and Knauff reproduced
the Arnold stunt by turning trait
or and came to play with the visit
ors and did not intimate that he
had severed relations with this
association. This left a patched
up team to go up against the team
that is the pride of Franklin coun
ty, and defeat did not come unex.
pe,,ted.
Score by innings:
st. Thomas 10000 4 3 0 1
McConnellsb'g l 0 l 000 0 90
Batteries:
McConnellsburg = Spangle r,
Scheidleman, Doyle. ST. Thorn.
as-zHarrlson, Kuauff.
Umpire, Grissinger.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-21
ALL AT HOME.
First Time In Sixteen Years That Family
of Thomas r. Sloan Have Surround
ed Family Board.
BUNCH OF TELEGRAPH OPERATORS.

No more delightful experience
ever comes into the lives of par
ents than that occasloned by the
home coming of their children
after a long time separation, Last
Sunday, for the first time in SIX
teen years, MIR. and Mrs. Thorn
as +. Sloan, of this place, had the
pleasure OF beng seated at the
dinner table in their own home,
surrounded by their entire family
of five sons and two daughters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sloan, the latter
of whom was Miss Josephine AL
exander. a sister of Senator w.
Scott Alexander, of this place,
were married February %, 1S<Qa
and have been blessed with five
sons and two daughters, namely,
John Alexander, T. Frank, F..
Morse, James Addison, Walter
Reid, Mary j., and Harriet all of
whom are living. The father and
sons are all telegraph operators
excepting Alex, and he is the line
man on the Western Union at this
place, having charge of the line
from Fort Loudon to Saluvia.
The first telegraph line through
McConnellsburg, a single wire,
was erected In 1S47 by the Ohio
and Atlantic Telegraph Company,
and in 1868 the United States
Telephone Company erected a
competing line of two wires.
September l. 1864, Thomas F.
Sloan, then only 16 years of age.
was made the manager of the
Ohio and Atlantic Office at this
place. In 1866, the United States
and the Ohio and Atlantic Tele-
graph Companies were merged
into the Western Union, and Mr..
Sloan retained as, manager, which
position he filed until seven years
ago when he was succeeded by
his son, Walter Reid, the father
taking charge of a test Office at
the McIlvaine House, at the top
of Sideling Hill, where he has
been engaged ever since, while
Walter Reid has had charge of
this office at this place. Frank
is employed by the Logan Natur.
al Gas and Fuel Com pany, at Mt.
Vernon, Ohio, where he IS sta
tionary engineer at the pumping
station at Bangs. Morse is sta
toned at Murraysville, Westmore
land county, where he is Assist
ant Superintendent for the Stand
ard OIL Company. Until recently
James Addison was employed by
the American Gas Company, and
stationed at Colu mbus, Kansas.
When Mr.. Sloan took charge of
the telegraph office at this place,
in 1864. he had but one wire, and
now there are 18 wires here, and
at the Mountain House he has
charge of 48 wires.
MIR. Sloan is one of Fulton coun
ty's conservative and substantial
citizens, and besides owning a
nice property IN town where he
and Mrs. Sloan and his daughters
and son Alex reside, he owns a
fine limestone farm of over two
hundred acres in the heart of the
Big Cove.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-21
Peculiar browning Accident.

Miss Mary K. Knlsely, aged
46 years, was drowned in pecul
lar manner at her home IN Friends
Cove, Bedford county, on the 18th
inst.
She took a bucket and left the
kitchen about 8 o'clock to go to a
small stream a few yards from
the house for water. In a few
minutes, her mother and sister
looked for her, as she did not re-
turn, and found her lying with
her head in the water, face down.
She was taken out and efforts
made TO revive her but she was
dead. A physician was summon
ed but could do nothing.
The woman was subject to fre
quent attacks of epilepsy. II is
supposed she was seized with
such an attack while in the act OF
getting water and fell forward,
the water covering her face and
thus causing her death, beng un
able to help herself.
Where the accident happened
the stream "a not much over three
feet WIDE and there was not
enough water IN 1t 70 cover her
head - she lay face downward.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-21

A Cham bersburg lad will have
cause to remember the 4th of July
1910, from the fact that an injury
cost his right eye. Clayton Freet
the young son of Mr.. and Mrs.
George S. Erect, of Reservoir
Hill, few days before the Fourth
while firing off a toy pistol, accl-
dentally burned his right, eye.
The injury proved to be such that
IL order to save the sight OF his
left eye, surgeons advised the re.
moval Of the right optic. This
was consented to and done at the
Cham bersburg Hospital one day
last week. The operation was a
successful one.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-21
LIGHTNING DOES STUNTS.
Remarkable Series OF Franks nj Lewis.
town Last Saturday Evening. Pies
in Oven Turned Over.

NOlu lOu hSNl loGOWu says ,
that lightning created havoc with
the superstitlous in the Juniata
Valley last Saturday night during
one of the heaviest rain and cleo.
trical storms In the history of the
valley. In fact it was three
storms coming in different dlrec
tlons that met over the town. The
electrical display was awe lnspir.
ing, and continued far into the
night, picking out the tallest trees
and shatterlng them like tooth
picks, putting telephone, tele-
graph and electric light and sig.
nal wires out of com mission, and
dlsrupting communications from
all parts.
1t was at the home of Harry
Mitchell, sexton of the Lutheran
cemetery, who resides at the
western section of the cemetery,
that it played the most puzzllng
pranks. Lightning struck the
gable of the house, shatterlng it
until the entire house was like a
sieve; even the clothing in the
wardrobes was torn to ribbons
and scorched as If sprinkled with
acid. Running down the rain
spout the lightning struck a bar.
re- of water in front of the sum-
mer kitchen where Mrs. Mitchell
was engaged IN baking pies. The
pies were all turned upside down
IN the oven and the crusts and
filing splattered over the oven.
Striking stone wall along the
turnpike, 1t followed little creek
to the Junlata river, and witness
es say that for several minutes
the river was a sheet of fame.
Mr.. Mitchell had been to the
chicken house about a rod from
the house and had an axe in his
hand when the bolt struck him,
knocking the axe twenty feet and
the lightning played about his
body until Alfred Allen, a neigh
Dor, believing he was on fire,
dashed a bucket of water over
him. Stones weighing hundred
pounds were tossed about and a
part of the bolt followed the sheet
of rain up the pike to Lake Park
and Bratton avenue where sever
al children were stunned and
knocked from their feet.
Strange as it may seem not a
person struck shows any evidence
of burns and the superstitious
say it was a visitation from a sup
ernatural power and that 1t be-
tokens some grave calamity. 9th
ers contend that it was simply a
cold bolt, hut Mr.. and Mrs. Mitch
ell are of the opinion. that 1t was
as warm proposition as they
have come IN contact with In many
wears.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-21
Much has been sand about h

Much has been said about tall
oats this year, but 1t has remain
ed for Job Truax, of Belfast town
ship. TO produce big timothy. We
have just received two heads
from . held on his farm that
measure ten inches IN length. II
You can beat that, produce your
goods
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MISS Mary Ewing, Of Cham

MISS Mary Ewing, OF Cham
bersburg, accompanied by her
little niece Charlotte Finiff, daugh
ter Ct Mr.. and Mrs. N. l. Flniff,
is visiting among her Fulton
county friends. MISS Mary IL
about TO dispose Of her farm over
the Ridge, known ~ the old Scott
farm.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-21
JULY NUPTIALS.
Pearl Garland Quits Teaching and Be.
comes Wife Of Thrifty Pittsburger,
and Della Foster
MARRIES RISING RAILROAD MAN.
BERKEY-FoSTER.

BERKEY-FOSTER.
Mr.. Harry M. Berkey, Of South
Fork, Cam brla county, and Miss
Della Foster, of Wells Valley,
this county, were married in
Johnstown, Pa, on Saturday,
July 2, 1910. After the ceremony
they took a honeymoon trip of a
week visiting Plttsburg, Cam.
bridge Springs, Niagara Falls,
and other places of interest, and
returned to South Fork, where
they have settled down to the real
itles of Housekeeping and home
making.
The groom is an efficient clerk
IN the Pennsylvania railroad of
fee at South Fork, and the bride
is the popular and accomplished
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. Cal
Foster, of Wells Valley. Della
has been a successful music teach
er, Is Jolly good girl, and Mr..
Berkey may shake hands with
himself for beng lucky enough
to capture such a prize.
WEISEL-GARLAND.
Miss Fannie Pearl Garland,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. }. l..
Garland, residing near McCon-
nellsburg, and Mr., Louis Wilson
Weisel, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
A. Welsel, of Plttsburg, were
married at s o'clock Saturday ev.
ening, July 16, 1910, at the home
of the brides cousin in Cumber.
land, Md, by an uncle of the
bride, Rev. Wm. G.. Garland, of
the same city, IN the presence of
a number Of friends aid relatives
of Cumberland and Meyersdale.
After having spent two days
with relatives in Cum berland, the
happy couple, accompanied by
a friend of the BRIDE, Miss EN- ma
Hesse, of umberland, came to
the home of the BRIDES parents
Monday evening, where they
were received by a number of
friends and relatives. After con
gratulatlons had been extended,
the guests were conducted to the
dining room, and a bountlful sup
per served. Then the calithump
lans, who IN some way had found
it out, appeared and rendered
some fine music.
The bride was formerly one of
Fulton county's successful school
teachers, and later a student OF
the Trl-State Business College,
Cum berland, Md. The groom is
an intelligent young man, a lead.
ing worker in one of the Presby.
terlan churches OF eastern Pitts
burg, and contracting painter
IN that city.
After spending few weeks
visiting relatives and friends in
this and Franklin county, the
young couple will go to Plttsburg
where the groom has a home
ready to receive his bride. Mrs.
Weisel received many useful pres
ents, consisting of silverware, lin
en-, dishes, etc.
The happy couple have the best
wishes of their many friends.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-21
Persons Well Known TO Many of Our
Readers, Who Have Answered
Final Summons.
ALL SEASONS ARE THINE, 0 DEATH.


1eT6u llOul NdlN ulbt nCdi VI OuOlO.
He passed away quietly after ex
pressing his hope for a blessed
future life with Christ Jesus.
He is survived by his mother,
who resides IN Baltimore, two
daughters, three sons, two sist
ers, and three brothers. The
funeral services were conducted
by Rev. Jesse Kaufman, and IN
terment was made IN the GENE.
terry at the Lutheran church, in
the Valley.
HILL.
Mrs. Margaret Hill, widow of
the late Wesley Hill, died at her
home IN Bethel township, Satur.
day morning, July 16, 1910-just
one month after the death of her
husband.
Mrs. Hill had been In the en-
joyment of good health up to the
last hour of her life when she was
suddenly stricken with paralysis
of the heart.
Mrs. Hill was a member of the
Buck Valley Christian church,
and an exemplary christian wo.
man. She was aged 80 years,
s months and 26 days.
The funeral took place on Mon
day and her remains were laid to
rest by the side of her late hus-
band IN the cemetery at Hills
Chapel, services being conducted
by Rev. Thomas p. Garland, of
Needmore.
STARR.
Esta Grace, infant daughter Of
Thomas r. and r. II. Starr, of
Chestertown, Md, died at their
home about 4 o'clock last Friday
evening of cholera lnfantum,
aged 9 months and z days. The
remains were prepared for burial
and placed IN a beautiful white
plush casket and the following
morning accompanied by It's pa
rents went by rail to Hancock,
Nd, and from their was taken to
the home of It's grand parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan w. Mellott
in Whips Cove, where it remained
until Sunday afternoon at l:30,
when 1t was taken to the Whips
Cove church, and the funeral was
conducted by Rev. j. M. Kauff-
man. Besides It's parents there
three brothers and two sisters.
One sister having preceded her
to the spirit world. The grief
stricken parents have the sy ym-
pathy of their many friends in
Fulton county. The bearers were
Ora Rice, Jessie Engle, Frances
Engle and Opal Plessinger.
KEEBAUGH.
After having suffered from a
combination of tuberculosis and
heart trouble-all the time grow
ing weaker since last January
William Keebaugh died at his
home In Taylor township, Sunday
July II, 1910. His funeral. the
formal services of which we're
held in the Methodist Episcopal
church at Hustontown, took place
Tuesday morning at ten o'clock,
Rev Luther w. McGarvey, Off
eating.
Mr.. Keebaugh was born Au.
gust ~, 1861; hence, was aged AZ
years, II months, and 5 days. He
was companlonasle gentleman,
an excellent neighbor. a kind hus
band and father, and IN his death
the community loses a good citi.
,.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-21

Anna Lorah In Colorado. He is
also survived by his wife, Alice
(Wink); two sons, Virgil M. and
Earl Mckinley, and by four daugh
ters. Mrs. Harvey Mumma, Tur-
tie Creek; Mrs. Harry Lamber-
son, Hustontown, and Olitlpa and
Alice at home.
Mr.. Keebaugh was a consistent
member of the Methodist Episco
pal church, having united at Fair
view in 1898.
RAMSEY.
Mrs. Elizabeth Ramsey died at
her home In Orbisonia, Pa, July
z, 1910, aged 80years, 10 months,
and Is days.
She had been patient sufferer
from dropsical affections for
many years and for much of the
time was a confirmed invalid.
Mrs. Ramsey was a daughter
of John and Barbara Evans Ma
thias, and was born on the old
Matthias homestead near Burnt
Cabins, In 1929. She was mar
ried In 1851 to Abram Ramsey,
Of Huntingdon county, who IN
1868 lost his life IN the service OF
his country.
To their union were born four
children, Mrs. 9. l.. Ripple, OF
Orblsonia, Pa; W. s. Ramsey, oi
Mann's Choice, Pa; A. B. Ram
sey, Of Lemasters, Pa, and Alb
ram L deceased.
Besides her children, she leaves
TO mourn their loss two brothers
Joseph, Of New York, and William
of Burnt Cabins, and two sisters,
Mrs. Rebecca Mort, Of Shade
Gap. and Mrs. Eliza Hny der, ot
BIairs Mills, Pa,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-21

Miss Gertrude Hoke, who had
been away on a summer outing
returned home last week.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-21
ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW
Snapshots al Their Comings and Goings
Here for Vacation, or Away
for Restful Outing.
NAMES OF VISITORS AND VISITED

Mrs. Harriet Deshong, of Mer-
cersburg, came over Monday to
be present at the reception of
Mr.. and Mrs. L. w. Weisel.
Mrs. M. E. Dalbey, of Media,
Pa, is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. Geo. w. Reisner and son
DR.. A. D. DaIbey in this place.
Miss Barbara Martin, who
taught school in Iowa during the
past school year is visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. q. Martin
IN the Cove.
Miss Emma Hesse, a telephone
operator of Cumberland, Md, is
spending a two weeks vacation
in the home of j. L. Garland and
wife, west of town.
Andrew Mellott and vile, of
Sldeling Hllk were in town at.
tending to business on Monday.
Mr.. Mellott has been IN poor
health for some time.
Lewis Grouse and daughter
Florence are having a very pleas
ant time visiting friends and re.
latlves in Gettysburg, Chambers
burg and Fayetteville this week.
Mrs. May BAR, of Green Hill,
spent the time from Wednesday
evening until Friday afternoon IN
the home of her aunt Mary Dan.
lels and Mrs Nellie Sheets in
town.
Miss Jessie Sloan and Mrs.
Merrill W. Mace and children
Mary Logan, William and Julia,
and maid, Topsy Darts, are spend
ing week at the Mountain House
up on Rays Hill.
Mrs. S. NJ. Cook and daughter
Miss Kathryn returned home last
Thursday evening after having
spent a week very pleasantly
visiting friends IN Chambersburg
and Greencastle.
Squire George Miller and John
G. Parlett, and Albert May and
wife, all of Buck Valley, drove up
to McConnellsburg last Saturday
to probate the will of the late
Mllle Smith, deceased.
Mrs. Jennie Johnston and
daughter Miss Grace, and sister
in-law Mss Anne Johnston,
spent last Saturday very pleas
antly in the home of Mr.. and Mrs
D. +. Trout at "The Willows"
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Hoke and
daughter Miss Catherine and son
Frank, of SaXton spent the time
from Saturday until Wednesday
morning among their McCon-
nellsburg relatives and friends.
Mrs. Amos g. Palmer and Mrs
Moron Hess, Of Belfast town.
ship, drove over to McConnells-
burg Sunday and spent the time
until Monday afternoon IN the
home of the formers daughter,
Mrs. John Spade.
Mrs. j. B. Johnston, of New
Wilmington, Pa her son Rankin
Johnston, of Oklahoma; her sis
ter Mrs, Belle Gardner, andMiss
Belle, daughter of Mrs. Gard
ner, of Chicago, are visiting in
the home of j. FIndlay Johnston
and wife IN he Cove.
Walter X. Sharpe and wife, r.
vin c. Elder and wife, o. c. Bow
ers, and VIM. Hoerner-all of
Chambersburg, spent last Thurs
day In town. The gentlemen nam
ed are prominent attorneys, and
were here attending the Knauff
audit.
A bunch of Shippensburg tel
lows composed of G. Ed. Dunlap,
Ed. McCune, Hon. @. T. Mickey,
Jere S. Omwake, and Clifford
Philips, made up an automobile
party that took a spin over TO
McConnellsburg on Thursday
evening of last week, and spent
the time at the Fulton House un
til Friday afternoon. when they
returned home. They were
travelling In Mr.. Phllips's Chsl'
mers-D Detroit, which wss : hsrd
70 run.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-21

). Il. Grissinger and daughter
Rilla. Of New Grenads spent
Wednesday In McC Connellsburg,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-09-15

Or,
A Weeks Arrest
Copyright, 1909, by ]. B. Lippincott
Company

A romance Of army life ir, the
Indian countryfn Indian fighting
days! Lanter, the self sacrifice
ing hero who typJies Uncle Sans
military officers; Miriam, the
sweet girl whose love he wfns;
Dora, the cdpricious little beauty
Who set whole military en-
campn1ent in turmoil; Raw
don, young, naisjudged, but hon
est, who was the rival Of the
evil officer Rafferty, a soldier Of
whom the service was we'll rid
these are only some of the char
acfers that General King has
drawn in the thrilling settings
in the far vest Of bygone days
when the Apaches and the
Sioux waged war on the pale
faces" in their last stand to save
their hunting grounds. In this
realistic narrative the hunor
conapels laughter, the romance
charms and the intrigue and
tragedy thrill and grip the reader.