The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-14

r and daughter Miss Ethel, Mrs. D.
S. Nelson and Mrs. w. S. War
thin and son Maurice, spent last
: Friday in the home of Miss Esth'
er Sloan, near Webster Mills.
Mr.. and Mrs. |. B. Bowman
Minnie Denisar) of Harrisburg,
came over on the bus from Cham.
bersburg Tuesday morning and
went out to Eustontown to visit
the latter's home folks.
EIDES.-Frank B, Sipes
avs the highest market price
Tor beef hides at their butcher
shop IN McConnellsbprg, also
highest prlce paid for calf SKINS
yheepskirs and tallow.
Advertisement.
Mrs. Nettie Jones, near st.
Thomas, spent the time from last
Saturday until Tuesday visiting
among her home friends at
Knobsville, and her sister, Mrs.
Howard Wells in McConnells-
burg.
Fred Heinz, of Lansing, Mich.
was called to his home in Cham
bersburg last week on account Of
the death of his father, j. w.
Heinz. He spent a short time
with relatives and friends in this
place.
Russell r. Bradnick of Co., A.
103 F. S. B., Augusta, Ca, stat
ed in a letter that it was nice and
warm down there the peach trees
and the cherry trees are in full
bloom, and the birds sing gaily
all the day.
If you have anything to sell, if
you want to buy anything; if you
have lost anything; if you have
found anything-in short If you
want to know anything or want
your friends to know anything,
advertise in The News.
A few days ago Clark Elliott at
Air Hill, Franklin County sold
forty fat hogs to a dealer 10 Ship
pensburg for which he received
II cents a pound. The bu'ch
weighed 1915 pounds. when
Clark looked at his check, he
found it good for $l695 80.
j. w. Palmer and brother
Chester, and Berk Kirk, a trio Of
Bethel township representative
young men, motored to McCon-
nelIsburg last Saturday. On &C.
count of tie fact that it rained
all day, the day was not altogeth-
er favorable for a nice motor trip,
One of the biggest hogs of the
season was that slaughtered for
Richard Seibert, down at Clear
spring. Md, a few days ago
1t weighed 735 pounds net. The
dimensions of the hog were six.
feet, four inches long and six
feet, six inches in girth. Five
cans of lard were obtained.
A powderless machine gun ca
pable of throwing from 10 to so
shots per second is the invention
of Levy Lambard and Earl Ov-
ington, the latter Boston's first
aviator. A million corporation
has been formed to manufacture
the weapon which is in the na-
ture of an enlarged sling shot.
Mr.. Howard Dixon, who has
been in the employ of the Penn
svlvania railroad and stationed at
Pittsburgh, came to Saluvia last
Saturday on account of the seri-
GUS illness of his mother, Mrs.
Joanna Dixon, who died on the
following day. Howard return
ed to Pittsburgh yesterday.
Geo. P. Atherton, a former
Taylor township boy, but a long
time resident Of Lovington, ILL.,,
in sending a dollar. and a half for
another years subscription to the
News says they have had a very
severe winter but are now on the
start of most lovely spring wealth
er. Farm work will soon be in
full push. "The greatest draw
back with US" says Mr.. Ather-
.. ton, lis seed corn-very scarce,
and high in price-from S. 90 to
) S12 90 a buehel. Our winter
wheat L oks WE'LL"