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McCONNLLLSBURG, PA., JANUARY 25, 1900.
NUABER 19.
"lISS. ELIZA COOPER.
OSt.tie ago of 87 yours, o montliH,
lays, Miss F.ltzu Cooper, the
!c rvlvor but one of ono of tlio old
jllles in this community, passed
i ie goeneg of earth ut her home
'towmihlp, lust Suturday even-
iar '
father, J'rasmus Cooper, was
t i Ireland In 1770. Arriving at
I of manhood, he came to Amor
Dr d chose McConnellsburg us his
' About the beginning of the
i! a 802, he was muri-led to Miss
tontgomery, sister of old Jim
11 ntgomcry, one of the early mer
of thia place. Mr. Cooper
til. Bed a tract of lund near town,
e farm occupied by Mr. John
U;i;:id It was then, after putting up
now the log part of tho house
l y farm, that he and his bride
(housekeeping. In 1824, he ad
;i present stone part of the build-
, 1 i-. and Mrs. Cooper were born,
children:' William, in 1H03-
jjvKS3; Mury, born in 1H05, grew
"l( wa8 marri.id to John Logan,
; er of the lute Thomas Logan
' g. John M. Sloan. They re-
11 tnany years ago to Michigan,
9 now both dead. Jane, the
ras born in 1807, and married
eavcr at Fort Loudon. Mar-
3 born next in 1810, and lived
I. The fifth was Kli.a, the sub
ihis notice, who was born Aug
1812, and with the exception, of
Kli jars In Greencastk, spent her
lis place. Surah wus born in
Ihe grew up und was murried
el Fore. For many years they
ind lived in tho brick house on
fner of Second and Water
dnd were the parents of Miss
t Finwell Fore, of this place,
Mrs. E. C. Trout in Todd
p. In 1815, Rebecca wus born
id to the age of 42, and in 1818
r Finwell Campbell was born,
. )the age of
iret, the only surviving mem
T' lborn In 1822, married Samu
miller, and is now living at
rrol, Illinois. The eleventh,
ngest, was the lute Hon. Jas.
iltSU who was born Aug. 'M, 1824,
'married to Miss Sarah Jane
xllbler, daughter of the late Will
zander, a prominent cabinet
f f this town a half century ago.
t!ooper died March 8, 18811.
ily were all Presbyteriaus ex
iiVvvt. Fore who wus a Methodist
T, Stakemiller, who belongs to
r mi m itkdl
jieral of Miss Fllza took pluce
fafternoon, und her remains
fcod to rest in the yard ut the
jrlan. church in this pluce,
9 hex father and mother una
"her brothers and sisters.
SCHOOL REPORTS.
1105
iersvlllo G. I. Covalt.
month ending Junuary Kith.
nt, 34; per cent, of attend-
3 Akera, Kssiu Williams, Ada
ll Jackson, John Ott, Lum
Ira Duvall, Carl Akers, Be.
l) ov
lllalne Hlxson, and Stanley
ton's Point-E. E. Kcll.
,.s, ; preHenfc every day Mabel
y Cm 3estr Truax, Nancy Truax,
I'm ax. Mary Mellott, Flora
S lit lElla Mellott, Jessie Wink,
()ld. Wink, "Nellie Morton, Jou
i ..,j Blanche Morton, (iruceCook,
. , , Roy Cook, Web. Uurd,
1,1 .per, Thos. Morton, George
I'1 Roy Morton, Don. Morton,
Rrink, Hlund Doshong, Frank
s blttinc- L. L. Truux.
vlendii,,, January 111. Entire
pi tuv Uirm, 41; uveruge at
' for uionth, 32; per cent, of
during month, 1)3. Honor
lido Raker.' Delia Hoelcim.
lara Ainhroui.TCit,i A iil..su..
I', VK'fM, ZcHa McClure, Mue Me
'CSS L't' Newman, Scott Bishop,
Jishop. Ira Hockensmith, F.d-
JADE.,Ih' K(,wa!(1 Gross, L. Me-
, ,em c- Jlrant, Jackson Raker.
IT 1'VI
ilmrif i'1 hi p.
Geo. E. Clousiir.
I uh v 01 nm u'. Ayr town
n s- ithe fourth month ending Jan
..Vi'ioii .lWW. Hupils in attendance
By James Houck. Weslev
a rt i .
fh, Thomus Ileinbuugh, An-
cas, L.ioya McLucas, Russel
I. Ti'l.l'lwnt I uiil.i.i...l. r .. i
"UUgu, L-UUl'UU
v.' Kophia Houck. Others,
dtd ij tiUyH Ul.e sUVunua
Fulton Ht'lu,.,,. Carbuugh, Jennie l'itt
il.LSln Pa "vens, Paul Houck,
vint''B "buuh, Tobias Carbaugh,
l'''tl, John Reese. No. en-jTjviu-e
attendance during
ENS I; ,.! ,.t,nt. during month, 1)2;
' term, 8(1.
RcglKtcr.
or, having sold hU
tittlilp, will sell at his
3 a half miles south
lsburg, on Moifday,
all his stock and
nts. Sale begins at
tLlor .niirii
f , '' :
.lit. 1
ui.her. ; r,,
, ,11. IK
ii"""'rc
ii Cor
A MEADOWGROUNDER,
VERY INTERESTING BITS OF LOCAL
HISTORY.
HIS RIDE ON THE C. V. R. R.
He ii n J Mike Cook and llully
II im oh I roncJ the Flag Pole
that KilleJ Jimmy Rankin.
Mr. R. W. Peck.-Having been read
ing a number of very interesting arti
cles in your' excellent paper, of the old
time places and persons in your coun
ty, and being an old Fulton county boy
myself, I will, with your permission,
contribute a few reminiscences that
may bo interesting to sonio of your
readers' and,' perhaps, prompt some
one else to give their mite. I realize
that much interesting local history is
passing away with tho older folks,
and I think your effort to collect and
preserve it Is certainly commendable;
and you should have tho co-operation
of every one in liny way able to ren
der any assistance.
My name Is .Tunics Ray, a brother
of your follow citizen, Elliott Ray, of
Uig Cove Tannery. I was born three
miles above Fort Loudon, on tho old
Ray farm, in January 1823; und, at an
early age, moved with my father und
the rest of the family to tho Meadow
grounds, four miles west of McCon
nellsburg. ( Your pluce was at thut
time called McConnellstown. )
I stayed at home and worked on the
farm with my father until I wus eight
een years of age, when 1 started out
in the world for myself. My llrst vent
ure was to Cumberland, Md., where I
secured employment with Cribbs und
Bedford, hnuling lumber for the H.it
O. railroad from the Rig Savage. I
remained there until 1842,1 when jump
ed on a stage one day and rode down
over tho old National Pike to Hugers
town, near which pluce, I helped a
farmer to gather his harvest.
I now decided to visit my home, und
boarded a truin on the Cumberland
Vulley ruilroud. for a ridr to Green
cnstlo - eleven miles. No, there were
no puhu-e cars, und the train wus not
made up of a siring of line coaches
and drawn along nt the rute of forty or
fifty miles an hour by u greut thunder
ing locomotive such us you now see
on that road. Our train consisted of
a single couch, if coach it might bo
culled, drawn by two bony horses
one hitched in front of tho other. The
driver was engineer, brukeinun, con
ductor und genernl munuger. The
road at that time was known as the
Cumberland Valley from Harrisburg
to Chambersburg, and as the Frunklin
railroad from Chambersburg to Hu
gerstown. When I got to Greencastle I found a
big campmeeting in progress and went
out to the ground to spend Sunday.
About the first man I met there was
'Squire Myers of McConnellsburg, who
wanted to know whether 1 was going
back home. I told him I was on my
way there. From Greencastle I went
to Chambersburg, looked around
awhile and then went 'on to McCon
nellsburg, and engaged to learn the
blacksmith trade with Frank Rummell
futher of James and Elliott Rummell
of your town.
1844, as you know, was the year thut
James K. Polk was elected president.
The Democratic party were running
Polk for President and George M. Dal
las for Vice President; the Whigs had
Henry ('lay and Theodore Frelingliuy
sen, and the Liberty Party, James (J.
Rirney and Thomas Morris. It was
a three-cornered fight and u hot old
time, I assure you. The Democrats in
their big political parades would take
the red juice of poke berries and paint
their hats, faces, clothing, and even
paint great red stripes und burs on
their gray horses. Their banners
were painted with poke berry juice,
and the plant, bery and juice were
utilized wherever they thought it pos
sible to create enthusiasm for their
favorite .candidate.
Well, the biggest thing of the sea
Ion was to bo a mammoth political
mooting und polo raising at McCon
nellsburg. The polo itself was an im
mense affair, and consisted of u num.
ber of splices securely fastened togeth
er with strong iron bands which were
placed on it by Miko Cook, Bully
Hiines and mvself,
A man at Chambersburg was em
ployed for twenty-live dollars to put
up tho polo, and ho cumo with strong
ropes and other uppliunoes. There
was a tremendous crowd in town thut
day, and excitement was high. The
polo was to bo put on Wutor street
just opposite tho old building that
John Sheets is tearing down.
When the polo wus getting up pretty
well, the ropes broke there wan a yell
to look ont and the pole eauio crash
lug to the ground. Jinnnie Rankin of
the Cove wus unable to get uwuy in
time und he was crushed to the ground
beneath its weight dead.
That Buddon and very sad accident,
ended tho politicul demonstration for
thut day.
Many foot of the butt end, which was
as thick as a flour barrel, was after
ward cut and split up into cord wood
and the remainder of the pole raised
and a (lag floated,
The upper tavern was then kept by
Frank Hummel.
In tho spring of '40, I went by stiigo
from .McConnellsburg to Pittsburg,
where I worked for Ralph Jackson, a
horse shoer. In the fall of that year
I returned and drove team over the
pike from Chambersburg to Pittsburg,
for three years.
The landlords thut then kept tuvern
were George Shaffer ut tho lower end
of to aii where Aaron Clevenger row
lives, Mark Dickson at the Cross Keys
where Reisners' store now is Hilly
Wlnnell then kept tho stage office
the present Fulton House and Frank
Hummel, the upper tavern the sight
of the present Cooper House.
The stage drivers on tho road ut
that time wero John Bender. Jack
Hare, Bill Murray, one John Rout,
Murray Walker, Jeff Mason, Dave
Keltner and others whose names I do
not now recull.
In October '40 one Bill Teeter, Geo.
Cunningham, and myself went out to
Crestline, Ohio; but not liking the
place, we came back to Pittsburg.
In February 1840, I came to Greens
burg where I established a shop of my
own, working for contractors who
were then building the Pennsylvania
railroad, aud where I still live.
In 1801, when the Civil War broke
out, I enlisted in Octolier of that year
in the 18th U. S., Infantry, Company
I), served three years and was honor
ably discharged.
AMARANTH.
Miss Bertha Rhea, of Buck Valley,
spend lust week with Mrs. Llzziu Mills.
Walter Stein was at his homo in
Eniniuville, lust Saturday and Sunday.
Dr. W. L. McKibbin is visiting
friends in Washington and Philadel
phia this week.
Geo. Deneen and wife and Ludwig
Fisher and wife wero the guests of the
family of Anthony Lynch lust Sub
buth. O. R. Corle, of New Paris, Pa., nd
Jacob Kerns, of Piney Plains, spent
Saturduy night with Robt. Carson.
Miss Berthu Rhea wus the guest of
Mrs. Jessie McKee on Sabbath.
Klias Mills and Miss Sarah Karns,
of Pine Ridge, were visiting II. A.
McRill on Suturday.
Levi Cruwford and wife were cullers
at Irvin Boors, on Suturday lust.
James M. McKibbin, M. I)., wus in
Hancock Monday.
John Crawford's family attended
tho funeral of Mrs. Crawford's father,
Wm. Decker, last Tuesday.
Union township's, school directors
will have u meeting at Fuirview, Sut
urday, Jun. 20, at 2 P. M.
Peter Mellott accompanied by Jacob
Kerns, of Pine Grove, was in Snake
Spring Valley part of last week visit
ing among the brethren.
John S. Crawford spent Sunday af
ternoon with Henry Ward of Robin
sonville. Jacob Spado and brother ( Nathan
spent part of last week in Brush Creek
with near relatives.
J. C. Hlxson and wife left Saturday
for Philadelphia and other points in
the eastern part of the state where
they will spend some time visiting
Mrs. Ilixson's brothers.
Robert Beatty, ono of our success
ful school touchers, who hud u vacancy
In his school caused by the burning of
Center school house, visited the other
schools in the township last week. He
will close his school term in the Grange
Hall. Ho commenced Monday morn
ing. Irwin Hlxson spent last week with
with Bunner Clingennun and family
of Percell, Bedford county.
Alfred Schotromph and wife wear
big smiles. It's a girl.
Hurry Luyton und sister, Jennie, of
Mattie, were tho guests of Dr. McKib
bin Sunday.
Among the sick are Mrs. Elizabeth
Schotromph, Mrs. Albert Schotromph,
Mrs. Martha Karns, Mrs. Maria
Crawford, I). A. Mellott, Amber Fish
er, Robert Carson, und Miss Pious
ant May.
Miss Emma Fisher visited her grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Deneen,
lust week.
Among the guests of Steven Wag
ner and family, Sunday, wero Mrs.
Rebecca Pock, Mrs. Catharine Miller,
Misses Mamie llebner, Berthu Rheu,
and Lydlu Mills.
We noticed iu the Fulton Repub'l
can lust week Unit a prominent Ayr
township farmer was the guest of Dr.
W. L. McKibbin's fumily recently.
Wo presume Jimmy Is suffering from
lieurt trouble; if so. it is strange that
ho should come so far to i insult a
physician, and especially one who has
a (laughter ulllicteil with the sumo or
ganic disturbance.
"Never," suys a celebrated moral
writer "yield to that temptation, which
to most young people is very strong,
of exposing other people's weakness
and infirmities, for the suko of divert
ing the company, or of showing
your superiority. A good heart do
sires rather to conceal, than expose
the weakness or misfortunes of others.
If you have wit, use it to please, not
to wound."
Some people suve money for a rainy
day and then pruy for ruin.
MRS. FANNIE MCLAUGHLIN.
Mrs. Fannie McLaughlin died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Etta Mill
er, in Chiimbersburg lust Saturday
night, shortly before midnight. Tho
cause of her death was paralysis.
Mrs. McLaughlin was stricken at the
homo of Samuel Rhcinhardt, Hast
Market street, whither she hud gone in ,
the afternoon about religious affairs
She hud hardly been seated when she
felt the fatal illness coming over her.
She began to tell the friends about her
that she lelleved she was going to die
and they consoled her after the nian-
nor of those who had communed to- '
gether. The stricken woman express-
ed her readiness to die and in a few
minutes the power of speech left her.
She was taken to her home and lin-
gored until the hour stated ubovo.
Mrs. McLaughlin was tlfty-nine years ,
of ago and was a widow. She ;
consistent Christian woman. These ! ,,f whisky wrapped in hay in the
daughters and sons survive. Mrs. Et- ! bottom of the va;r'n. At the h
tu Miller, Mrs. Alice ( )rr, Mrs. Jen- . tel they tied their team in tho
nle McCurdy und Mattie, town; Mrs. ! si,(h pm,, thinkmr of what
F.va Struck, Hurry and Bessie of Sun- , M f((U()W Au in iskivo
burv. j , , , , , .
Mrs. McLaughlin's ' maiden name ' Tm,I w-""ti'd the hay, and in no
was Hoover, and she is survived by about upset the jutf, and the
Andrew, John, Mrs. Albert Stoner, corncob stopper came out. Tho
and Mrs. Alex Muyne, of this county, iav ,ui,.ldy became saturated
nnmuei, oi mi. y urroi in., untiv oris-
topher, of West Superior, Wisconsin.
Funeral Tuesday afternoon at 2
o'clock. Interment In Coder Grove
cemetery, Chumbersburg.
Curious Orthography.
From
Vlkiiihon's Casket Gems of i
Literature. Wit and Sentiment, pub
lished about seventy years ago, we
get the following:
"A farmer made out a bill to a per
son who had employed him and whose
christian name was Jacob. It would
puzzle some people more learned than Hueuci! upon the citizens of Ful
the farmer to put live loiters together j ,()U C()Uu(y r lluvo m,(1 t,ult ,lu,
none of which arc in theword "Jacob, .... ... ,, , .
and make sound as well as "Gekup." 1 ml',( t 1011 ,,C tl,u 1)1,,,,l ,,f 11 "ilt
which Is the wuv the farmer sneit it." i -o the human veins would make
This is eiual to spelling "coffee"
without any of the proper letters: viz,
k-u-u-g-h-p-h-y.
HET11LEHKM.
Tho foj and rain of tho past ten
days have gone by and the sun
lias made its welcome appear
ance. James L. (Jowan aud little
daughter of Bollwood, Blair coun
ty, uro visiting his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John Cownn.
Mrs. Kate Connelly and Nick
Finiff anil family spent one day
last week at 11. V. Ewiug's.
Mrs. Henry Wolf and daughter
Lucy spent Sunday afternoon at
A. J. Sipes's. Mrs. Sipesis still
on the sick list.
Nick Fiuiff and family spent
Sunday very pleasantly at the
home of George Gress. Mrs. D.
G. Elvey and two children spent
Sunday afternoon at tho sumo
place.
John Cowan's family spent
Sunday with ther daughter Mrs.
James Truax, Mrs. Truax being
very poiftly from u fall on tho ice
a week ago.
' Mrs. Connelly aud daughter
Bertha spent Sunday at James
Truax's.
Mrs. D. G. Elvey spent Sunday
forenoon at John Shaffer's.
D. G. Elvey and two sous took
a little exercise on horse back
Sunday afternoon over to Thom
as Johnston's.
Omert Peightel has been very
much interested iu the revival
services in town.
Rev. Roberts has begun revival
services at Bethlehem.
Miles Mellott has moved , his
saw mill on to the lands of Sam-
uel Oyler, where there will be a j
lot of sawing done.
BIG COVE.
More cases of measles.
Some of the farmers are busy
furnishing their town friends
with wood.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Uugor
spout a part of this week in the
northern section of thecouuty.
Miss Barbara Martin made tho
county seat a visit on Tuesday.
Miss Irene Trout of McCon
nellsburg enjoyed her visit with
Miss Jessie Kendall, of Webstor
Mills, last week.
The hay packer has been in
constant use throughout tho Cove
this winter.
Misses Alice Dickson, Mary
Grove and Scott Sloan were the
guests of Nora Johuston last Saturday.
.MULE WITH A JAG ON.
An Incident of Farmer Creasy'
Hi'K Meeting at the Court House
Lust Fall. .
Kntui-diiy's i M . ! l;i il l li ia Rec
ord says that when John II. Fnv
Wits out sluii:pm the Stilto witii
l'armiT Creasy lie entered tlx
town of McC'diiiiellslMirij:,' in Ful !
ton enmity, ai'ter i. Ion?.: drive over
tlie mountains. U. clianci';! Id
mention tint en rente lie hm :
stopped at Yuikilicli's C'nvc, '
y. ,. .,.,, sj..i,U. j
. , '.
m '',,nlort- 11 iml etnnlau..;:, :
1w (,t ,VIU1 men of t!,( town
drove over to Waidlicii's place,
which is ti distillery, and on tlieir j
, o1uru Ijr.m-ht A, Ul, Ihem a j.,-I
,,, ,:,, ,.,,;,, ,w1 f.v
add to the mule's enjoyment, lie
iite his till and immediately de
veloped :i beautiful pi, during
the course of which he kicked the
waj,'ou into kindlin" wood. Uep-
resentative (Jeoriro V. NkillUCT
communicated these facts to Mr.
Fow the. other day, and Mr. Fow
wrote back: "I am sorry my ref
erence to Waidlich's Clave should
have had such a demoraliziu' in-
one young again. But there is
; something more serious, and that
is the cure of the ha bit that drives
; the citizens of Fulton county to
I Waidlich's Cave. 1 would advise
thut the blood of that mule lie
j used as au injection, and I have
j no doubt that the teetotalism of
the inhabitants of Fulton will be
I come as well known as is the ab-
sence of railroads within her bor
iders." WIIIFS COVR
"Gee Whiz! aren't we bavin' an
open winter," remarked one of
our older citizens.
S. C. Laytou, Wm. McKee, and
N. W. Mellott are busy hauling
logs.
S. N. Garland and Wm. 11.
Decker are busy sawing lath.
Amos Plossingor who husMioon
living with his father,- Jacob
t iessiuger, nus moveu to ins larin
near Sideling Hill.
Aaron Lay ton litis purchased
the Skogvist property from Mr.
Houck". This will be a valuable
addition to Mr. Laytou's farm.
1). A. Baker has returned to
his home in Frederick county,
Maryland.
Mrs. Jonathan Cope, of Ches
ter county, has returned to her
home after a visit to her father,
Ephraiin Hart, of tho Cove. Eph
ruim has been iu poor health for
quite u while.
Mrs. Eliza Iloopeugardner is
still on the sick list.
While Ex-Commissioner Albert
Plessiuger's team was standing
in front of John Plessiuger's
store, tho horses became fright
ened and started to run away,
but were stopped by a wire fence
111 ! I . . . it
before they had gone far. S. C.
Laytou, our mail carrier, also,
had a runaway but no serious
damage was done in either case.
Calvin Mellott had a horse bad
ly hurt. It was kicked by anoth
er horse which was hitched near
,it.
The house lately occupied by
II. II. Plessinger was destroyed
by lire on the eveningof the 17th.
When it was first discovered the
lire had made such headway that
it could not be checked. The
causo of the fire is unknown.
The local institute at Emma
ville was quito well attended and
the discussion was very animat
ed. G. I. Covalt and A. M..Hix
sou reinforced their argument
with frwpaent quotations from
tho Scriptures.
Winter's frown is better tonic
than generous wiue.
AT M'NAUGHTON'S.
A local teachers' institute was
held at M'Nau.Gfhton's school
house last Friday fvoninjjf. Jas.
i. Kendall Wits president and
Jviar.v Patterson, secretary. A
well prepared projrram was car
ried out by ihe pupils of the
school undi'i' the direction of the;
teacher, Miss Vannie Mellott.
T.iill!e .ii'l.M ie Mchucas let us
siv just, h:)v w. '11 ii small boy can
;;i.v a r.vitaiion. and Helen Ken-
dail, also, ;;avi one very credit -
ably.
'How to Teach Civil fJovcru-
ment in Connection with His
tory," was ably discussed by C.
C. ILotz, II. E. Cross aud others.
Mr. Gress showed how the study
of tlie Constitution of the U. S.,
usually a rather uninteresting top
ic iu history classes, may be
made a very live subject and pu
pils be led to ask questions and
seek information for themselves.
Mr. Wible advised reading of
good literature on the subject of
Civil Government. He recom
mended the reading of Berkey's
Manual on the subject.
Dialogue "The Art Critic"
by Ruth Kendall aud Mary Ott,
was well rendered to an appre
ciative audience. Ella McLucas
gave us the trials of houseclean
ing. "Elements of Success" was the
next topic taken up by Prof.
Gross. He gave au outline as
follows:-!. Industry. ". System.
It. Punctuality. 4. Energy
Determination, (i. Self-reliance.
7. Courage. 8. Economy. (.i.
Will Power. 10. Independence
and a Noble Ambition. Mr. Rotz
urged the instilling of ideas aud
habits of industry. W. C. Putter
sor added the element of Princi
ple, to the list already given.
"A Little Boy's Troubles"
Willie Stoner was well received.
A dialogue "Johnny and the
Teacher."
How to teach physiology was
discussed by Mr. Wible, Mr.
Gress aud Miss Mellott.
Address "Be in Earnest,"
David Martiu. "Learn to say no
with decision and yes with cau
tion." Dialogue-"The Squire's Roost
er," by Ben. McLucas and Harry
Ott, in regular darkey dialect.
Exercises interspersed with
good singing.
NEEDMORK.
Mud!
Jacob I'1. Furland is critically
ill.
W. II. Lake's family tire having
quite a siege of measles.
Rev. Baugher will begin a pro
tracted meeting atPlcusautG rove
on Wednesday evening, - tii.
D. , , ,! i
.A. Garland veiled friends
near Rays Hill last Saturday and
Sunday.
The farmers of this community
will liinot ni. tliiw iil'i,... in.vf Knf.
, , ,
urday a week for the purpose of
J ,
making arrangements to start a'
creamery.
The Funk boys are busy saw
ing for Alex. Mellott.
Geo. D. Morgret, has gone to
Clearfield to see his brother
Hayes, formerly of this place,
who, it is rejiorted, had his hand
stiwed oil' the other day.
Silas Holly and wife wero visit
ing friends here over Sunday.
Ahimaaz Ruuyau has his new
store room about ready to receive
new goods. Look out for bar
gains! John Hess, Sr., of Dickeys
Mountain, was visiting hero last
week.
PLEASANT RID( IE
John 11. Deshoug spent last
week with his sister Mrs. Har
riet Kline. They were callers nt
Simon Do 'hong's on Friday, aud
Jai-ob Mellott was there on Sat
urday night.
Simon Deshong, wife aud
daughter aud two sons, and P. L.
Deshoug and Scott Mellott were
at D. M. Kline's last Sunday.
Simon Deshoug recently had
tho misfortune to fall, and, ' it is
supposed, broke two of his ribs.
Personal.
Howard Skipper, of Harrisonville,
made the Nr.ws office a brief cull on
Wednesday.
Dr. A. K. Davis, Hustontown. was
in town on Tuesday.
K.-CommisMoner George Metzler
was in town vesterdav.
William Kelso, of Knobsvillo, was
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t,,vv x,.sterdiiv.
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John . Caldwell, of this place ac-
..ompnnied his sister to Harrisburg,
1 Tuesday.
f'vl Keefer, of Webster Mills was
in town yesterday afternoon.
A. U. Nacc, who uccompuiiied his
son Horace to New York, lust week,
returned yesterday.
Mrs, II. M. Ash returned to her
home iu this pluce last Friday, after a
visit of two or three weeks among
friends up the State.
Karnest I. inn, of Altooua, is visit
ing liis parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Linn, of this place.
Mrs. Huttio Kendall was un inter
ested visitor, in the mysteries of the
"art preservative," nt tho News ofllco
Monthly morning.
Auctioneer W. M. Ilunn, of Lick
ing Creek township, spent two or three
days visiting his duughter, Mrs.
Frank Booher, ut Three Springs,
last week.
Kx-Treusurer John I). Smith, of
Kmmaville, spent Sunday night with
the family of Mrs. Harris, Hour Sa
luvia. Mr. Smith accompanied by
Auditor John S. Harris spent Mon
duy in town.
Miss Gertie Sipes returned from
Shippenslmrg Normal Tuesday.
Mr. und Mrs. T. Klliott Hurber
were iu town, Monday.
Mr. und Mrs. L. F. Price, of French
Landing, Michigun, who recently vis
ited friends iu this section, uro home
again. Mr. l'rice says they have hud
some very cold weather this winter.
Miss Lois A. Caldwell left on Tues
day for Titusville, l'u., for a few weeks'
visit among relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McKldowney wero
pletisnnd callers while in town, Tues
day. !
I). II. Mellott and son L. 11., wero
in town, Tuesday.
K. Mowry Gelvin took time to
come iu und chat awhile on Tuesday.
M. it. ShulYiier is on a business
trip to Frederick City, Md., this week.
F.d Muthias, of Mont Vista, Colora
do, is visiting his mother, Mrs. Da
vid Muthias, of Hurnt Cubins, ufler
an absence of twelve years. Mr.
Muthias holds an Important county
olllcc ut homo.
Hon. 1). Hunter Patterson, Webster
Mills' was ut Hurnt Cabins Tuesday.
James Lamberson, of Hustontown,
was u visitor to Mc( 'oiinellhurg on
Tuespuy.
County Cniiirmun Alvin L. Sipes,
John W. F.vuns, F.lmer Kvuns, Max
Sheets, George H. Daniels, Ksq., and
John P. Sipes, F.sq., are iu Harris
burg to day unending the Hryun liein
oust rat ion.
Theophilus Sipes, of Hurrisonvillo,
spent sevcrul duys lust wesk iu F.ver
ett visiting his sister, Mrs. K. N. pul
nier. Mr. A. C. Mnthlus was ohliured to
I ""i" ,n" n u, inn- unit oilier pur-
Xu f(. u livelihood, "quit i,u ,!esl.
dece ut Hurnt Cubins. aud seek the
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far west, for a change of altitude on
account of his health, a few years ago.
A mutuul friend, who dropped into
I the News ottice a duv or two ago, In-
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forms us that tho change for tho better
has been marvelous-that ho is hale
and hourly und uble to work right
along ut the carpenter trade for which
ho gets .1..')0 a duy. Ho bus just pur
chased l." acres of lund nd joining the
city of Mont Vistu, Colorado, where
ho lives, for l."iH).0O, and sold recent
ly his property at tho (Hibins to K.
M. Gelvin, soft looks us though ho
mount to make the West his perma
nent place of residence. Ab is a good
fellow and we are pleased to leurn of
his prosperity .
THOMPSON.
Rev. Joseph Barney is criti
cally ill at Mrs. Cattlett's. Dr.
Swartzwoldor is attending him.
The protracted meeting closed
Saturday uight owing to tho ill
ness of Rev. Barney.
Elder Funk will preach at Bald
Eagle school houso next Sunday
L'Hth, at 10 o'clock.
John Hess visited relatives at
Need more last week.
Miss Emma Pittniau, who
has been iu Martiusburg, W. Va.,
in a knitting factory has boon
promoted to head inspector. Sho
is oue of those who will get pro
moted for fidelity aud earnest
ness. Silas E. Peck. spout some time
with relatives near hero recently.