V elk OLUME 1. PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS. AcCONNLLLSBUkG, HA., July 12, 1900. NUMBER 43. A GALA DAY IX KICK VAI.I.F.Y. Ends From the Reporter's! S(,m iirior tho sun 1,ild -cked Note BOOk. ! J'1";".'"''" homo,Mcop1eassom, I bled in the grove near Lashley to 15. Mellott, one of Hoi-1 eolobrato tho natal day of our rev t.miiship's progressive fami ly a limekiln ready for tho lis M. C. Steward and Joseph ,i,,D si i cad may oach got a ,,rby calling at the McCon JiurfT postoffice. ir friend George Burtsfield l,iipi'iisburfr, is spending a jiivs anions his old-time as- itl'S lll'l'C f.Oui'tliwaito who has boon ulirifT sovornl months iu Bal ,ri will roturn to his practice IVbsUT Mills, July 1!th. Up is return, ho will bo visited his sister, Mrs. William II. ,, vlio has been in Colorado pist two years. .distressing accidoutoccurrod the cemetery at tin; M. K. nil in I !uek Valley last Nun iftei'iinou. Just as tho pall vrs were about to lower into irnive tho casket containing remains of Mrs. lioboeca ,'k, one of the cords broke tho ciisket fell with a crash :hi bottom of the grave. r. Tiioiiiiis Truax of Thoinp .lownsliiphasa very attractive . Jt'iice. Much of this is due he skill of his wife in haud ;the paint brush. During her :t moments she has painted portico with as much artistic us a regular house painter; In' yard fence and gate show ..lie believes in having every -jnice about the home. ir veteran frieud Isaac Mills retired from tho mercantile ncss at Einmaville and his Abors say he spends most of time gunning for potato bugs. juilay or two ago ho made an i'l'ii.ent to go up to Charlie is and oat a moss of eels. knowing everything of appetite went out the night wand caught thirteen eels, Icon trout and four pike, and .Spado had them nicely pre d, but .Mr. Mills didn't show iDil of course missed his fish. Tie Associate Presbyterian -Tegatiou in the Cove of which S. H. lloustou is pastor, have out a contribution to the 1 Kainiue Sufferers,' of one dollars and twenty-live s. The United Presbyterian ;!o of (his place, of whom KeV. Cruvu is pastor, have sent ty tv.o dollars. Wo do not tlii) amount contributed by "tli'T churches; but if the vnleut licoole throLiiihoutour l 1 rr- would respond as liberal.y ''I' would be accomplished to having tho lives of the mil s who are starving iu that far and, l,,1lhvathead, of this place, ' 1'on Skinner, little sou of '- iiml Mrs. Skinner, a toy "I 'ke other day as a present. "Jlse Don was greatly ploas n(l set about ainusiug hiiti itli liis uowly acquired toy. s!1l'iiig,of course, was to load it. ne lie "nnide ready, " "took und "tirod," In some uu ;untalcj way, the ball .after r"' tho weapon found its way ''"is little linger, lacerating "to' seriously. Don was iu '"wly Mouday morning look--';n"t lor Wells, but for Dr. win, dressed the wound. ''W' man enduring the oper 111 bravely. '''iiieeiinn i' tho school board "lls hnrough hold last Sutur ' "niiig the following teach "! elected: High School, "'"'st M. Cross, salary I0; 41,1 u'r, L. H. Wible. 40; In- ""-'liate, Emery Thomas, :ir, ON Till: JUIDITIKKANKAN. I Ail Interesting Fxtrnet From a; Letter From Mrs. liertlm Grove I U.u'.l to li. i' M,.tli.i- ! public. Long before the visitors came in view of the grove, they heard the strains of martial music that Heated out upon the balmy air. The shrill note of the life and the roll of the drum brought to memory the scenes of other days. The sweet strains of music fanned to a llamotho smoldering embers of patriotism and this spirit permeated the very atmos phere which surrouuded the grove where the people had as sembled tocelebrate the "glorious Fourth." As the visitors approached they were captivated by the superb appearance which the grove pre sented. Old Glory flouted in all the splendor of her niagni licence, The pavilion was enshrouded in the national colors. No American citizen could have stood in this throve and beheld the display without a deeper souse of his duty to the nation. This celebration was under the auspices of Christian Sunday school. About a mouth ago the members of the Sunday school decided tocelebrate the birthday of our republic. Much credit is due them for the exertions put forth in making this a day long to bo remembered by them who gave their presence on the occa sion. Promptly at 1 A. M. tho chairman of the committee on program introduced the master of ceremonies Mr. Johnl j.Lehmau who is home on a vacation from the University of V. Va. The program which consisted of music, recitations and orations showed careful preparation and was appreciated by tho large as semblage. The vocal music reudered by the Sunday school choir under the leadership of Mr. Lew Leh man which consisted of patriotic anthems sot to the latest music was the main feature of the day. The grove rang with applause when the Lehman brothers sang their quartet. It was a pleasure to see "young America" dressed in red, white and blue reciting the patriotic, re citations which they had carefully prepared. Charles Watson a rising young attorney of Frostburg, Md., gave an interesting oration on "Amer ican's Duty in China." Mr. Wat son is a firm believer iu Amer ican's ability to take her place with the srroat powers of tho globe. Mr. Isaiah Lehman spoke very instructively on "The Responsi bility that Hosted upon tl e Sign ers of the Declaration of ludopon donee. He recited many histor ical facts interesting to all. Dr. Wm. L. Mckibbiu spoke of the patriotism of our community and gave many precepts which could be pondered over with prolit. A celebration of this kind is .never complete without a pyro technical display. Who can de scribe the feeling that conies o'er the freeman when standing uu dor tho dome of heaven behold ing tho balls of tiro shooting across tho "spacious tirinanient," breaking and falling to earth iu their many hues. With such scenes who would not wish for the day to come twice a year? unary, Miss Elsie Great- H Tho length of the term at oifrht months. Mr. 'k the only now member of fcrc-thiH being Mr. Wible's consecutive term in tho "Kli; Mr. Thomas's fifth, and (Jl'lMitl n.. . MM... kl "-"uumu n AiAiu. 4iiu '""'swill "ilwr. The Prohibitionists of tho county held their convention on the fourth of July and nominated the following ticket, viz: For as sembly, George W. Hays, of Me Coiinollsburg;l'or associate judge, Henry Wolf, of T idtownship.and for jury commissioner, John G. Mellott, of Needmore. Henry Wolf was chosen county chair man, and Kov. J. L. Grove secre tary and treasurer. G.G. Cham bers and J. L. Grovo were chosen delegates to the State Convention in Pi'tsburg, August H. Through the courtesy of Kov. J. L. Grove of this place, wo are permitted to give an extract of a letter written by his daughter, Mrs. Bertha Grove Reed, while on their voyage from Egypt to Switzerland, mention of which was made in last week's Nkws, In justice to Mrs. Rood it should be stated that the letter was not intended for publication and is inserted here without her knowl edge. Quarantined Above Naples, Italy, June in, ISIOO. M Y D ka it Mam m a : Ace r d i ng to plaus, we sailed on the "Gut tardo on Thursday the 11th at !l p. m. Mr. HrinkerhotT and Rev. H. M. CifTonand family are with us. The sea was beautiful but the, ship was not ladeued and rocked like a hammock. In less than two hours every one of us was sea sick. Mr. Rood not ex cepted. I think the passen gers were all sick. Faith and Wiilard wore the only ones of our party that did not "Pay tribute to Neptune." Faith cried a little, then wont to sleep. Neither she nor I took any supper. Next morning she waked up saying, "I'm bettor, not hurt now." And she was perfectly well all the rest of the voyage. I do not know whether they arranged things differently or not, but the vessel did not rock so much next day and we all got better and have been better since. Hut whenever I tried to read or write 1 got sick- so I just let it alone. We have had a lovely voyage. Yesterday we passed Sicily, through the strait of Messina, between the historic Scylla and Charybdis. They are really very near together, audiua rough sea, must be dangerous even yet. We were in sight of Mount JEtua for several hours. .Its top was patched with snow and it was a very pretty sight. Beloro day light we reached Naples harbor. Then steamed away up here. A high hill rises straight out of the water to the south of us. It is surmounted by a castle. You can scarcely imagine how beauti ful it seems to us, covered with trees and tlowers. We have not set eyes on anything like it since we entered Egypt. Vesuvius is just now concealed from us by tho cliffs. The gentlemen went up in them to see it this morning. To our west is a light house and all around are green-covered hills. Our quarters are quite comfortable. Our first meal at K a. in. is biscuits and strong coffee without milk. (Hard tack would be a better name than bis cuits,) Fortunately wo were in formed of the customs and brought with us crackers, teas, jams and lemonade. So we got oil very well till break' fast at 10 a. in., which is really dinner. At -p. in. and Ci p. in. we have good meals again. The passengers are made up of a conglomeration of people. Italian is the predomi nating language, and sve find our knowledge of it very useful, English, French, German, Slav and Arabic are also spoken. A Catholic priest is on board who smokes and plays cards on Sab bath. He slept iu the same cabin with Mr. HrinkerhotT and Mr. Salim, and the odor was so offen sive that they could uot sleep iu the cabin. Mr. Saliin is a Chris tian Egyptian who is goiug to Switzerland for his health and so may be with us all summer. He is a very nice gentleman. Mr. Brinkerhoff is on his way to America. Till. (JA.MI. ON Till. IOUMII. The Fourth was a tame day in McCounellsburg outside of a I game of base ball in the after-! noon, between a team from Fan- j nettsburg and an improvised nine of our town. The game was played in one of James Henry's fields north of town, and lasted about two hours and n half. While the afternoon was hot and must have been fatiguing to those engaged in tho game, the sport was very much enjoyed by a large number of spectators. Outside of a few boys who ought 1o stay at home with their mothers until they learn to keep their mouths shut iu public, there was little to re Meet discred it to the occasion. There was a freedom from the usual scrap ping between loams. This is partly due to tho fact, first, that the players were all gentlemen--out for an afternoon's sport - and, second, that the umpire, J. Frank Sheely, of this place, showed that he was familiar with the rules of the game, was prompt in his rulings, and firm to stand by his decisions. GONE OYER, A iMISCONCFI'ITON FKAKiHT with sl(;(;fstion. Persons Who Have Been Called to Their Final Reward During the Week. Kehecea Creek. Rebecca E. Creek, wife of John W.Creek, Esq., or Buck Valley Post Office, died last Saturday morning. Mrs. Creek' was a daughter of the late Charles Hendershot, and was aged L'U years, 11. months, and I days. She had been in usual health until about nine days before her death, when she was attacked by catarrhal fever which carried her away. She was a consistent member of tho Christian church, a woman who enjoyed the esteem of her neighbors, and was a loving wife and mother. In addition to her husband, she leaves three chil dren. Interment took place at the Methodist Episcopal church Sunday afternoon. Palmer CleveiiKer. The subject of this notice died I at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elias Clovongor near Dott, in Bethel township, on Our home nine was made up of; I ".'silsiy, July .,, aged ...i years, Prof. Oscar Johnston, L'b; Nevin j 1 't'' ".! '27, days. Mr. l.lovcngor had boon sutlering from consumption about a year; Wagner, rf; Churl: Dr. Smith, If; p; Merril Naoc( Jib ss; George Steeh, Steeh, H: Carothers, Dr. Dalbey, cf; Dwightl Thompson, c. The Funnottsburg nine were N. Wineman, 1M; J. No ble, rf; W. Wiiieinan, lb; C. Hor ton, If, A. Kegerreis, p; A. Alex ander,' iib: O. Iluber, ss; C. Skin ner, cf; Ed,Adams, c. O yes, the score we almost forgot to. mention 1'nat. McCon nellsburgers have movit b"en accused of acting moan th strangers. The Fannettsburg people scored i'L points and our folks just to, show them what they could score made L CO.M.MIMCA Ti:i. Jn.v li, num. EditouNkwn: I desire through the columns of your paper to set myself right before the public with respect to certain despatch es that, wore sent from McCou nellsburg and published in Phila delphia newspapers. These d.;.-s; atches state that I was asked whether I was Quay or Anti-Quay, and that 1 replied I did uot know what I was. I want to say right here that that statement is a lie. The only person that ever ask ed me anything about it was Geo. B. Daniels, one of the editors of the Fulton Democrat. He said to me on the evening of the Repub lican county convention, "Sam, are you Quay, or Anti-Quay':"' I replied "George, that's a question I guess I hud better not answer." Mr. Dauiels afterward told me that he had repeated my reply to Alviu Sipes, that Alvin was re porting for several Philadelphia papers, and that Alviu had sent off the dispatch referred to, and that our conversation got tangled up iu his hands. The people of this county know that 1 have never been identified closely with any of the factional tights of our party. 1 received the nomination for Assembly, as everybody knows, without any so licitation on my part; and, if the people of Fulton county choose to elect me. I shall aim to serve them honestly and fearlessly in what I believe to be right and 1'oV their best interests, The only apology L make for bringing this to your notice in this way is, that I do not wish to be misrepresented. S. A. Nkshit. and while everything was done for the restoration of his health, t ho disease had a hold upon him t hat could not be shaken off. He was a young man who enjoyed the respect of everybody. His remains were taken to the Side ling Hill Baptist church for inter ment on Wednesday by under taker Harry K. Markley, of War fordshurg, where a large number of friends were present to pay their last sad respects to tin1 re main's of tie; departed. Elder Thomas Palmer conducted the services. AT ZION. The Children Day exercises at Jon church on Timber Ridge last Sunday, brought out a large number of people, and the ser vices were interesting and in structive. A very attractive exercise was that of a class of sixteen, each member holding a beautiful ban nor on which was inscribed an appropriate motto. A class of eight girls each holding a letter of the words "Follow me" was very pretty. Four little tots with leaves, each recited a verse. A class of six illustrated their work with blades of grass. It was ac knowledged to be the greatest success of any like service ever held at that place. The climax was the recitation of a poem by Rev Chambers entitled "My Mother's Hands." Addresses were made by Rev Chambers and Mr. Joseph Fish or, much to the edification of all present. The music was fine- Miss Georgia Truax and Prof. Fito presiding at the organ. A eorresjxmdout, who is evi dently a bachelor, writes us with ' much satisfaction and enthusi ; asm about the Ladies' Presbyte j rian Repair Committee, mention of which has been made in the town papers of recent dates. We regret that the gentleman is at sea iu regard to the objects of the Committee, which has done, and is still doing, praiseworthy work on a certain line, but has not as yet extended its efforts in the di rection our correspondent seems to think; and yet his blunder is full of suggestion and may lead to a complete revision of the con stitution and by-laws, and ritual which, by the way, is soerot(?). Ho says: 'The ladies of this Com mittee are certainly very self-sacrificing and indust rious; I cannot imagine a more laudable object than that of the "Repair Commit tee." The troubles of a single man on the subject of repairs are themes of much secret anguish. His garments are rent at the most inopportune times and undesira ble places; and here is a Commit tee that, I presume, will make proper repairs while you wait. Lord Chesterfield said, "My son, a rout is the accident of a day, but a patch is premeditated jwiv- erty. But the dexter fingers of one of the fair ones of this Repair Committee might so completely unite warp and woof that the world would be ignorant of the catastrophe, and the victim, while he waited, might meet his affinity. She might instruct him, too, not to put new cloth on an old gar ment, and give him other wise counsel that would load to the most pleasing results. Please give me the "Open, Sesame!" to the kind offices of this Repair Committee, for surely they are protected in some manner by signs and grips, from the unwor thy intruder. Then I can walk with my head erect among men, for no man can be independent or feel a christian spirit withiu him whose trousers are suspend ed by a peg or a horseshoe nail, only, to his "galluses," or free from unrest when he knows stitches are lacking, just where they are tho most ueeded. Personal. A M.W TOWN. A merited promotion is that made by tho Western Uuiou Tel egraph Company of our former townsman George M. Eiteiniller. He has just received notice that ho has been appointed to the night managership of all tho W. U. offices in Pittsburg a very desirable position, indeed. Wo regret to state that Miss Irvie Hull, who filled a position so well and acceptably in Tiik Nkws office, and felt compelled to relinquish it on account of an annoying and stubborn throat af fection, is not recovering her wonted health as speedily us her friends would desire. Her sister Miss Lizzie Hull, has also been very sick for several weeks past. One of Bethel's most progres sive men is Mr. Joseph E. Car noil. On the main road leading from Needmore to Frauklin Mills, and about midway between the two places he, a few years ago, established a little store, and soon thereafter had apostoflico for the convenience of the neighborhood. Mr. Carnell now has rapidly Hear ing completion the second dwell iug, which, when completed will be among the most attractive res idences in the township. Tho lo cation for a town is line, and wo wish Mr. Carnell no worso luck than that a railroad may strike his town some day and that the beautiful site which ho has se lected may become an important centre of population and indus try, and that it may never have within its limits a worse looking house than those M r. Carnell has built. The beauty of tho build ings is largely due to tho mas ter workinauship of tho con trac tor, Mr. John Bard of Belfast township. mVFXMM; HL'UM.l). The dwelling of Wilson Waltz, about a mile and a half south of Gem, iu Belfast township, was totally destroyed by fire on Tues day morning of this week. Tho family wore busy with their har vest work, aud at the time the fire was discovered, about ten o' clock,uo one was about tho house. By tho time any one reached the fire it had made so much head way that it was impossible to save auy of the contents of the buildiug not even the wearing apparel of tho family. The lire probably originated from a de fective Hue. There was an insur ance of '"jO on the house. About fifteen years ago the dwelling standing at the same place, and then owned and occu pied by tho late Monroe Lynch, was burned; aud about eight years ago, tho Cedar Lane school house, located a few hundred yards away, was also burned. Kitten by a Copperhead. Last Thursday morning Will iam Deshoug, of Lickiug Creek township, arose from bed and walked across tho room to where his clothing was lying. Just as he was beginning to dress, ho felt a sharp sting iu his foot, at tended with a clammy sensation, and looking dowu, saw a large copperhead suako that had bitten hi in once aud was just in tho act of throwing its venomous fangs into his person the second time. .William did not observe the form ality of completing his toilet be fore calling his unwelcome visitor to accouut, but killed tho "sar pint" then and there. Mr. Desh oug's foot became badly swollen; but by prompt treatment, he is uot suffering any serious consequences. MUhos Nellie and Jessie Naee an visitlntr friends In this place. Mr. Jacob Strait, of Ilarrtsonvlllo, was In Met 'oniHiflslmi'K Monday morn iiitf. Squire W. H. IVrk and son Ray mond, of (lein, wero amortf Monday's callei's nt the Niows otlleo. Miss Kiln Mann, of Saluvia, Rxnt Wednesday with her cousin Miss Nel lie Daniels in Mct'onnellsburir. Mrs. (J. S. Shade, who has been spending several weeks In this place, returned to hiferstowii Tuesday. Mr. Hurry Cress, of Whirling, W. Va., Is spending this week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Oress. Miss Ida Deneen, of York, spent the latter part of last week with tho family of J. P. Klsher near Warfords burn. Mr. Jesse Huber and sister Ida, of Lancaster, uro visiting the family of Postmaster Woolfet and other friend in tnw u. Miss Itarbura Martin, of MeC!oi nellsburn, spent Saturday night und Sunday at tho home of William Polk, at Knubsville. Charles II. Spade and his father Anthony Spade of Jirush Creek Valley made a trip to Mel'onnellsburg Wednesday. Mr. Harry Peck, of Wilklnsburg, l'u., is visiting friends in this county. Ill rry has been employed in the West liighouse works. ( 'ampbell Patterson, of Philadelphia, is spending a week with his parents, Hon. and Mrs. 1). II. Patterson at Webster Mills. Mr. Krnory Booth, Dublin Mill's populnryoungnierehant, was an agree able culler ut M. Knault's last Satur day evening. K.iv. George W. Mellnay, pastor of tho M. K. church at lfurnt Cabins, and our old friend 'Squire Ifert.ler, were visiloi-s to the county seat Tuesday. Mr. und Mrs. Harry K. Goldsmith and their little son P.obert, of Kverett, drove down Tuesday to stay till Fri day with Harry's mother and sisters in this place. Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Wilt, of Port Littleton, spent Tuesduy in town. Mrs.. Wilt is slowly recovering from a broken wrist that euine from u full' severul mouths ago. Albert I). Ilohman and Miss Murnie Grissinger, and Churlio Seott and Miss Olive Grissinger, of this place, spent part of last Sunduy at the home of Mr. Michael KnuutT in Ayr township. Itev. and Mrs. 1. F. K'autz, former--ly of the Lutheran church of this place, but now of Seven Valleys, York coun ty, are spending a week with the fam ily of James Hummel of this place. Misses Amy and Nan Fli'miug, of Harrisburg, are again spending their vacation among the hills of Fulton county. They ure the guests of Misses Daisy and Ktta Polk, at Knobsvllle. Seott Uinedollar who has leen em ployed in a large tailoring establish ment in Tyrone for several months Is home for a few day 's vacation with his parents, Mr. ami Mrs. David Uinedol lar. John W. Cook und duughter of Cumberland spent a few days this week with the family of John TI. Hrew er of Thompson township Mr. Cook was a resident of Thompson township about thirty-nine years ago. Our towusmeii Dr. Dalbey, H. C. Smith, Harvey Sipes, Alvin Sipes, John Funk, Geo. II. Daniels, Goorgo Kexroth and Albert Wilson went over to Chambersburg recently and joined the Henevolent Protective Or der of Klks. DKOWNFI). On Tuesday of last week, Mrs. Ulysses Deshoug of Pleasant Ridge was away from the house a short distauce picking cherries. Two of her three childreu, tho youngest of whom is about a year and a half old, left tho cherry tree and went to the house. Some time afterward, tho older of the two caino runuing back to Mrs. Deshoug, saying that the baby had fallen into tho spring, and that sho had pulled her out. Mrs. Deshoug hastened to the spring aud there fouud her little one ly ing apparently lifeless on tho grass where tho older sister had placed her. Mrs. Deshoug grasp ed the child in her arms and ran to her husband, who was at work iu a nearby field. TJio pxir little child was beyond any human aid, and tho parents were distracted with grief. The child hud pitch ed iuto tho spring headforemost, the water being but six or eight inches in depth; but deep enough to strangle tho child. It was buried at the Christian church, Wednesday.
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