11011 CMC p h p.; I! -n n ' i'- JLUME 2. AcCONNELLSBURG, FA., September 20, 1900. NUMBER 1. M.EAMNUS. ,,l Intercut from our Neigh. , Nora Lodge, of Emma :,spendmgtho woek with Is in Everett Everett Re- .an. i. J. Frank Shoely and chil jlossftud Pauline, of Mc '.flsburg, aro spending this witii hor parents, Mr. and Jacob s. Funk, near town, -cersburg Journal, mill bout loaded with one vdtDS of fertlizer, con j to Hancock dealers, sunk a short distance on this (Alexandria. Only about us where damaged by the j person or persons aro . land office business in untorfoit money line in .bmit Clearfield just now. s the past week the town ,n Hooded with counter liars and twenty-live cent - The work is well douo ,"riug" is lacking, of a list of 15 cases for the on Pleas Court at Chain irr last week all the cases itlier settled or continued, , jurors drawn were noti ce would bono session, a unusual state of affairs. '.icriff did not have any sale -torni, tho first time for a lie present term of court Longuecker sentenced Mosand John Ed John co notorious negroes, to iiteutiary for three years. ;re old offenders and have before the court several Bedford will breathe oas .11 they are at Allegheny. rd Gazette. of the best arguments ! advertising in any other an in a newspaper is cou- in the following: A local int'asked the other day. you noticed the fine ad vent I have on the fence it of town? 'No,' replied .stonier, 'but if you will 'he funco around to my some day I will read it over kffhatyouare dealing in. I am reading newspapers n't get time to study fenco 'it is tho season for typhoid Physicians say that much sickuess could bo avoided time of the year if a little two were exorcised in tak enot to get chilled at Tho nights are now get lt'r, although sleeping Nuybo warm at retiring nd this change of cold M'id warm days is the -'ist factor in putting the m form that the fever "which are usually present numbers no matter what "o your, becomer active. i f tho school boards "out tho State introduced xt books after tho schools :wh(i term. This ac st'Verely condemned by Wmeut of Public Jn Deputy Superinteu 't('W!u't says tho law gov ;tlie Mlictiil action of school H'M"'f.s.sly prohibits this, Jd; "Tho purcliaso of Hilary books and charts forbidden also. Tho ' sIlVula bo used in increas- tt'"Kes of teachers and H the term, where the "r ''ave a surplus." story frame and brick house on. the old Ritch 'ar toll-gate just north ''sbiirg, was entirely ".wyHroou Wednesday The farm is now ,v Henry Snausrlor. and N ))y juruuy Myers. greater part of the , re au(i household effects. 'w loss will be $150 and oa the house about $0(X), 11 covered by insurance J8 a strong wind blowing lUttUtely it, nnrrwwl the. from the other build- FIRIJ CLAY AND COAL In the excavation being made by tho McCounellsburg Water Company on an acre of land pur chase! from Daniel Gilbert, own er of the John Fox farm just east of this place, a vein of excellent fire clay was exposed. The ex istence of this clay has been known for several years, but it was never suspected that the quality was so good nor the quan tity so groat. Few localities aro so favored with such Hue debits of clay as our own. About eighty years ago, Jacob Hoke, father of tho late George Hoko.dcceased, operated a jwttery in this place. The plant was on the lot now owned by llenry W. Scott between Mr. Scott's res idence, and that of Samuel Kelley. The business was carried on here for several years, Mr. Iloke's sou Hob succeeding his father in its inanagment. lloro were man ufactured a full line of pottery ware; such as crocks, jars, jugs, itc. The clay was brought from one of tlie back fields on the Dr. Trout farm west of town then owned by Williaiii.Duffield, father of Dr. S. E. Dufliold, and grand father of Dr. John Duitield. Old Hilly Duftield, as he is now re membered, built and owned the stone house, now the property of Thomas Patterson in this place, as well as the Trout farm just referred to, and the Mrs. Pittmau farm just north of tho pike lately purchased by Frank Mason. No better brick clay is found anywhere, thau in this commu nity, as is shown by those placed in buildings here years ago. The brick fur the courthouse were burnt almost lil'ty years ago in the lot up by Paul Wagner's tannery; John Sipo's residence was built by Jacob Reed about the same time out of brick made from clay taken from tho lot on which the residence of M. R. Shaffner stands; the Washington House brick were made back of Jimmy Cooper's, where Harvey Cooper now lives, and the brick for tho Naco building, now occu pied by Geo. W. Reisner & Rro., was burned in Wilson's meadow, just across from tho Uncle Jake Runyan property. Judge Morton is getting ready for the tiro his second kiln of brick this summer, just at the northeast edge of town, and bet ter brick than he is burning are not found anywhere. Thus it is seen that line clay exists all around the town. ' J ust a few rods above the reser voir in the run, may bo seen the outcropping of the coal vein which has attracted more or less atten tion for many years. This vein shows itself for miles along tho base of the mountain east of tho Cove, but it has never been open ed sufficiently to show whether coal exists in paying quantities or not. More thau three-quarters of a century ago there lived in Mc Counellsburg a poor shoemaker aud his wife. The shoemaker's name was Golf. He linally be lieved that there was a wealth of coal in the Cove mountain; and near the Fox Spring referred to above, are the remains of an ex cavation in the bank made by him and his wife. It is said that lie worked on his bench in tho shop through the day; and, at night.ho and his wife by the light of burn ing fagots, dug in the mountain for coal. He also attompted to open a mine on the farm now owned by J. Walker Johustou, tivo or six miles south of McCou nellsburg. In tho light of modern knowl edge of mining engineering, and tho skill and machinery used in extracting tho black diamond from tho bosom of Mother Earth, a feeble old man and his wife with pick and spade do not cut much of a figure. Eight years ago a young Dutch man came along. He claimed to bo an export coal miner. He told Mr. John Fox that he would sink a shaft if Mr. Fox would board him; and if he did not suc ceed in getting coal, he should have no further compensation. Where tho outcropping shows, tho rock dips down into the mountain at an angle about 45 degrees. "Johnnie," as our Dutchman called himself, went a little distance above tho out cropping and started down with a shaft. Before beginning, lie gave Mr. Fox a written descrip tion of the several strata through which he would pass before reaching tlie coal. At the end of live weeks lie was down about 30 feet and the strata were exactly as described; but with tho rudely constructed pumps, they found it impossible to keep tho shaft free from water, and "Johnnie" abandoned the work. A short time thereafter a com pany of capitalists projmsed to develop it properly, provided the owners of the laud along the en tire length of tlie outcrop would lease. Leases wore secured promptly on fifteen farms; but three or four important farms could not be gotten, aud the com pany refused to go ahead unless they could get all the larms. HulkloK Kills Iiahy. On Sunday there was a family reunion at tho Johustou farm, near Prospect, Md. Orlando Johnston, with his young wife and 1-mouth old baby, attended. In the afternoon Mrs. Johnston, carryiug her baby in her arms, walked in an orchard near the house, where she encountered tho bull dog which on nccouut of his vicious temper was usually :huined. Mrs. Johnston tried to r'jn, but tripped and fell. The dog sprang ou the child, seining it by tlie head and crushed it be tween his jaws. He shook the baby like a rat. Tho mother, with a scream, threw herself on the dog and tried to tear the baby from its jaws. Tho father who had witnessed tho tragedy from the house, came rushing to tho rescue with an axe. The dog dropped tho baby and retreated, the mother caught up her muti lated infant, then fainted dead away. Tho father instantly kill- 1 tho dog. Tho child died and tlie mother has gone insane. Promoted. GONE OYER, A WORD WITH OL'K FRIENDS. Miss Lucy Rowers, formerly of this place, and now in Great Falls, Montana, has been elected to the priucipalship of a ward school building in that city at a salary of ninety dollars a month. Miss Bowers is a step-daughter of Albert Heikes, coach-maker, for several years a resident of Mc Conuellsburg. Miss Bowers taught in Great Falls the past year, ana Her wont nas earnea her this very desirable promotion. MAKKll.D. On Sunday evening, Septem ber 10, 1900, at the residence of Mrs. Lou Jackson in this place, by Rev. Mr. Wolf, of the Luther an church, Mr. Michael Black, sou of Mr. and Mrs. 1. Fred Black of this placo.aud Miss May, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John V. Gluut, of Tod township. Tho boys turned out on Monday night and celebrated tho event in true calithurupian style. A Fislicr of 1'iUc. Hon W. S. Alexander and Dr. W. A. West spent from Friday till Monday in Wells Valley. Mr. West and Walter Stewart spent Saturday down at Anderson's dam fishing for pike, aud tho former had tho pleasure of land ing two, one measuring twelve inches, tho other fifteen. Tho largest one "got away." Walter sluug out an eel that measured about two feet in length. Speak ing of pike the Doctor.who learn ed to catch them in Little Juniata Creek, Perry county, during his boyhood days, Bays that it is needless to look for them in any waters that How into the Poto- I mac. Persons Who Have Been Called to Their Final Reward During the Week. Katharine .M. Martin. At the home of her parents, Mr. aud Mrs. Christian Martin, in Ayr township, September 1", mo), Katharine M. .Martin died at the age of four months aud L'!) days. She had been sick but two weeks. Interment in the family burying grounds on Sun day evening, Revs. Daniel Myers and Daniel Hawbockor officiating. "I tuko these tender lambs," Haiti lie, "Anil lay them on my hrcust; Protection they sliull II ml In me, In me be ever blest." Death muy the bonds of life unloose, Hut can't dissolve our love; Millions of Infant souls compose The family above. Miss Annie Sipes. On last Friday night the Death Angel came to tin; home of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Sipes, of Lick ing Creek township, and carried away the spirit of their daughter Annie, a sweet christain girl aged hi years, 3 mouths, and '.) days. Having been living away, she wont homo several weeks ago to see an older sister who had ty phoid fever, and sometime there after became a victim of tho same disease. Everything possible was done to overcome the attack; but ; her system did not seem strong enough, and the end came us before stated. She was a faith ful member of the M. E. church, and her remains were laid to rest at Siloain on Sunday morn-; ilur t I ( I m1. in!.- luw n.id..f 1?.iu I Soibert conducting tho services. The at'llicted family have Iho sympathy of their many friends. Mrs. Mary Ann .Madden. In Springfield township, Hunt ingdon county, on Sunday morn ing, September 10, 1900, at the residence of her son, John Mad den, with whom she had been making her homo a number of years, the subject of this notice died at the ago of about 70 years. Mrs. Madden was the widow of Mr. John Madden, who died about thirty-live years ago, and a daughter of the late Cadwalader Evans, a brother of the lato Evan Evans, of Belfast township. Her father for many years during tlie days when our turnpike was tlie main thoroughfare from Phila delphia to Pittsburg and the West, carried on blacksmithing in tho old stone shop at Rays Hill; from that place ho removed to tho Philip Barton farm near the Juniata Crossings, and later into tho Cumberland Valley, a few miles south of Bedford. Of her father's family, there survive her four brothers and two sisters, namely, Martin Evans, Iberia, Ohio; Abrain, near Iberia; Joseph, in Altoona; Simon, near Pittsburg.Aiimuda, (Mrs. Joseph Woolford,) Rainsburg; and wife of Mr. Joseph Sipes, of Licking Creek township: of her own family, one sou and three daughters John, already named, Amanda, (Mrs. Irviu Cromwell), near Clear Ridge; Annie, (Mrs. Elliott Wible), Springfield town ship, Huntingdon county, and Rebecca, (Mrs. Win, Walker), near Cassvillo, 'a. Mrs. Madden was a life-long member of the Primitive Baptist church a thorough christian woman well known among the older members in this county. She was interred at the Spring field Baptist church on Sunday, Elder Himas Mellott conducting tho services. At this time, the first issue of tho second year in the life of tho Fulton County News, wo want a little talk with each ono of you personally. We believe you aro pleased with the News. Many of you have said so; aud the fact that you are stopping in and laying down your dollars for another year is tho best evidence that you are satis fied. There is not a whole lotof mon ey in it for the publisher. It takes a great deal of work to get out a good newspaper; and, be sides that, a large current ex pense which must be met in cash every month. Very few persons would liavo taken the chances, in a small county like this to offer so large a paper for so small a sum. Wo know enough about tho business to know that it could bo done, if the people of tho county would ap preciate the effort and join in with us. This you have done be yond our most sanguine expecta tion; and it is to you the Nrcws owes whatever of success it has had. It is not only with your dollar that you have helped us; but we appreciate the fact that you have spoken kindly of tho paper toyour neighbors, aud have brought us many new subscrib ers. We have worked hard during tho past year, kept down expen ses as much as we could, aud have tho satisfaction now of knowing that the News is resting on a pa tronage that makes it safe. We want you to feel that tho Nf.ws is your paper, and that it con'd not get along without you. Tins is nouiaffy; for what news paper could exist wry long with out subscribers or patrons. The editor knows almost every ono of the twelve hundred subscribers personally. He kuows your pa rents or did know them, and knows your wife's relatives. Ho is interested in your whole fam ily, aud will lose no opportunity to give yon tho benefit of any no tice that will do you good. If you want to help us along, send us your work. You may need sale bills, letter heads, en velopes, cards, wedding invita tions or divorce uotices send them tous. If you have a farm to advertise, an administrator's notice, an executor's notice or an auditor's notice, tell your attor ney you wish it published in the Nkwk. He may "offer you some thing else just as good" but insist on tho genuine Nkwn. Tho Nrcws office is well equip ped for any kind of work and the prices are right. Now, our mark for the end of this year is "000 subscribers. If each ono of our present subscri bers will make it a point to got oxk new subscriber (which would not take a great deal of effort) tho mark will bo reached in great shape. Talk to your neighbors about the News; send sample copies to your friends who are away, or send us their names aud we will send the copies. How much will you do? COUNTERFEITERS. Predicts Hard Winter, Out at Back Run at the homo of Mrs. Philip Ott is a plum tree that bore a good crop of plums this season, shod its leaves, and closed up business for this year. Becoming tired of waiting on winter, it throw out a full bloom a few days ago, aud started in to shoot new leaves aud branches. Everything looks promising now; but wo fear that it will not have 1 time to mature its second crop before Jack Frost interferes. Kx-Comniissiouer Lemuel Gar land, of Belfast, was in town Sat urday, Whilo Leininy does not pose as a prophet, nor the son of a prophet, ho predicts a long and hard winter. His theory is, that tho temperature in any locality averages about the same from ono year to another; and to even up the long heated period of tho past six or eight weeks, wo may expect some unusually severe weather. Mr. Daniel Mock, of Tod town ship, doesn't think that next winter's temperature will depend ou tho heat of tho past summer. He says it took all tho warm weather of the past summer to comjieusato for last winter's se verity. So it is: "When d oct org disagree, buy men are tit sea." Three Captured Near Fort Loudon East Sunday. Personal. United States Secret Service Officer Barker, Washington, as sisted by Constable George W. Wilkins, Mercersburg, arrested Fordyco Bouebrake, William Scott and William Fraker at their homes in the vicinity of Fortlxm don Sunday afternoon. They are charged with passing coun terfeit silver coin. Whether tho additional charge of making it will be made against them de pends on evidence yet to be col lected. Some weeksago spurious half dollars of the date of 18!)J were placed in circulation in St. Thomas, Mercersburg and Fort Loudon. Frisby Miller, prop rietor of the hotel at St. Thomas, got a number of them during the band festival at that place. At several places in the county toll gate keepers were given the coins in payment of toll, always receiv ing genuin money in change. Tho United States authorities were notified of the existence of the spurious coin aud a few days ago Detective Barker slipped quietly into the county from Washington aud began an inves tigation, working in aud about Saiut Thomas, Fort Loudon aud Mercersburg. On the strength of evidence secured Barker aud Wilkins Sunday afternoon, ar rested the men coming upou each prisoner at his homo. The trio was taken to Mercersburg and placed in the lockup, and on Mon day they were taken to Gettys burg where they were given a hearing before the United States commissioners at that place. Detective Barker has been working up the case quietly. He was disguised as a tinware ped dler.aud it is said called at Scott's homo and endeavored to sell him a quantity of tinware. SERIOUS ACCIDENT. On Thursday of last week an accident happened to Cort Car baugh, a sou of John S. Car baugh, of Ayr township, which may yet cost him his life. Mr. Carbaugh belonged to a section gang on the B. & O. rail road, and was working near Hancock. His dinner pail was on tho end of a tie, and seeing a train approaching he reached for tho pail. Tho boss told him to "look out," and, in reaching for ward, tho train, which is report ed to have been running at a high rate of speed, struck Mr. Carbaugh and knocked him about twenty feet against a stone pile. He was conveyed to Hancock and is receiving surgical attention, but whether he can recover re mains to be seen, His father is with him. ALL BOYS. Dr. II. S. Wishart, of Harrison ville, dropped ill to seo us a min ute yesterday morning. We were jollying him about the large num ber of births that he has had in his practice during tho past week or two. "O that's nothing," said the genial Doctor. "In my practice out there covering a period of nearly forty years, I kept account of them until I had two thousand, which was a good whilo ago.and then I became care less about making an entry in my register." A pecular thing about it is, that the children born of Democrat parents this fall are all boys. QUALITY ALL RIGHT. Mr. Edwards, a mining expert in tho employ of tho B. & O. rail road company is spending a day or two in the Covo this week ex amining tho different deposits of oro. Ho finds tho quality all right; and it will require further work to make any reasonable es timate of the quality. Mr. Goo. II. McCoy, painter and paper hanger, of New Gre nada, passed through this place Wednesday on his wheel, en route to Chambersburg. Miss Blanche Sipes is spending a week with relatives in Chamlcrsburg. D. P. Deshong, Esq., of Pleasant Ilidgo, spent Wednesduy of last week In town. Miss Ola Stotoaglo of the Cove is in Chambersburg witnessing tlie Carnival this week. ,Mr. Homer Sipes, of Licking Creek township, dropped in to see us a min ute whilo in town Monday. Tod Skinner, of Big Covo Tannery, entered Mercersburg Academy as a student last Monday. Miss Mary Biggard.of Philadelphia, Is visiting her friend, Miss Amanda. Bender, in town. Miss Lottie Mellvaino. of Mell vaine's Hotel, on Havs Hill. few hours in MeConnellshurg Tuesduy. Mr. Simon Deshonir. of Llekinir Creek township, paid the News office a friendly call whilo in town Monday. Miss Minnnie Fields, who has been In Bedford county several months, re turned to her home in this place last Sunday. Miss Hester Stevens. of Hustontown. ' spent the past week with tho family of her uncle, Or. F. K. Stevens, In this place. Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Mellott and Mrs. Mellott's mother, Mrs. Until W. Swope, were at McConnellsburg last Saturd ay. Miss Jennie Kuhn, who has bm-ti spending the summer at Big Cove Tannery, expects to return to Cincin nati next week. Mr. Norman Wishart who had been visiting his parents at Hdrrlsonville, returned to his place of business in Philadelphia, last Saturday. Merchant J. Kendall Johnston spent the past week in Baltimore, Philadel phia, and Nev York, selecting a stock of goods for his fall trado. Mr. and Mrs. Newton Miniek, and Mrs. Minick's mother, Mrs. Swan, all of Shade Gap, are visiting Miss Jen nie Kuhn, at Big Cove Tannery. George V. lteisner, of iho large merchandising establishment of Geo. W. lieisner uud Co., of this place, is now east purchasing fall stock. Miss Alice Hamil is spending this week with friends in Franklin county. She will spend a day or two In Chum- 4' borsburg witnessing tlie Carnival. Dr. West went to' Chambersburg Tuesday. From there ho expected to go to I'uth Valley a day or two and return to McConnellsburg Friday. Mrs. M. B. Trout, of this pluee, is visiting her son, Dr. Nick C. Trout, at Fairlleld, Adams county. She was accompanied to Fairlleld by Clarence. Mrs. It. M. Hill, of Adams county, who had lieen visiting her sister, Miss Lib V. Hess, at this place, returned to her home yesterday ( Wednesday Jmorn ing. Mr. Jesse L. Hixson, of Crystal Springs, spent a few days in town last week. On Saturday morning he left for a few weeks at Wayne, near Phila delphia. Mrs. K. G. Henchman and her two little daughters, of Brooklyn, N. Y., are visiting Mrs. Henchman's undo and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Elliot Kay, of Big Cove Tannery. Henry H. Doshong and Abuor H. Hart were In town last Saturday. Henry says that his mother-in-law, Mrs. Margaret Truax has been vecv poorly for a week or two. Mrs. Carrie Miller, who had been spending a few weeks at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Stevens in this placo returned to her residence in Chambersburg last Saturday. Mrs. J. 11. Henderson, of Kichmond, Kunsus, and her three children, James Murray, Margaret, and tho "baby," are visiting Mrs. Henderson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. James G. Kendall, of the Cove. Mrs. F.dgar Crlsswell and little daughter, who had been spending sev eral weeks with Mrs. Crlsswell's pa rents, Capt. and Mrs. Skinner, at Big Cove Tannery, returned to Pittsburg yesterday. Miss Idah Krichhaum,, of Jersey City, daughter of tho lute Jacob Krichhaum, formerly of tho Cove, left Tuesduy after a week's visit with her cousins, John and Henry Comerer, of this place. She was uccompunicd to town last wei'k by her uncle, Mr. John Kckels, of Chambersburg. Miss P.llu Linton who had been spending her summer vacation with her mother, Mrs. Hattie Kendall, of tho Cove, returned to Allegheny lust Wednesday, to resume her work in ono of the public schools of that city. Miss Linton is entering' upon tho work of her eighth year in that school at a salary of sUty-llve dollars a month aud ten month's term. Miss Annio Mock, after sending three weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Mock, of Tod township, returned to her homo at Mt. Holly Springs, Cumberland county, on Monday of last week. Miss Annie has been enguged very successfully in the millinery business there during the past three years. She was accompa nied home by her friend, Mr. Suiuuel Kupp, of Mount Holly,
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