aoV7 Up i-VCri-;AA i t r hj j -j M u h S i h A - - - - JV H i "J VOLUAE 2. MCCONNI-LLSI3URG. PA., Januarv 17, l'.'Ol. NUMBER 18. A VISIT TO A I.KI'I.K YII.LAGK. Written by Kcv. C.liurlic l'ittiaun to the Christian l'.nileavor .So ciety of the I'rothvteilun Church of this Place. TABRIZ, PlUiSIA, Doc. H, I'M HI. DKAll CllKISTIAN KXUKAVOKKUS: I take tho liberty to write you a letter, hoping that you may tied use for it in siiiiio missionary meeting of your Society. I look hack with a groat deal of pleasure to thn evenings spout in C. K meetings, nud appreciate more than ever before their helpful ness, now that I am separated from them. There are many subjects of in terest upon which I might write the Educational Department, consisting of a Boys' School and a Girls' School; or the Medical work, consisting of two dispen saries uuder the care of Dr. Brad ford and Dr. Vanneman; or tho Evangelistic work connected with the little church iu Tabriz - but passing by these, 1 wish to de scribe brielly a visit to a leper village. It was two weeks ago yesterday that Dr. Bradford in vited me to accompany her and Miss Beaber on a visit Vo a leper village about teu miles from the city and I was very glad to ac cept the invitation. We started about tor, o'clock in the forenoon on horseback, and rode about four miles before get ting out of t lie city. Our progress through the narrow streets was frequently interrupted by droves of d nikeys with their loads of wood or wheat or flour sticking out on each side, making it difii--cult for us to pass. There were many half-naked beggars lying on the cold ground stretching out their hands for "shies" a small coin worth one-sixth of a cent. After leaving the city, our jour ney lay across a mountain pass over which was only a narrow path. We had to ascend slowly and carefully, for the path was tilled with rocks and stone Here, again, we met the omni present donkey; und, also, two caravans of camels bringing loads from a distant city. After rcaeh ing the top, we gulloiod over a level stretch of road with greut relief, und then began to descend on the oilier side. We had not gone far, wlim: Dr Bradford announced that we had reached the sjiot where she al ways stop ted und ate a lunch, when visiting this village, ami we did not wish to violate her cus loin. So we stop ted hero and ule our lunch pic nic fashion while we enjoyed the scenery about us. We could now see the leper vil lage in the valley below us a lit tle valley bin-founded by mount uins, and separated from the rest of the world that nature seemed to have provided for those poor outcasts, Tho vil'ago consisted of a mud wall about ten foot high enclosing about ten acres of ground. Within this enclosure, the mud hut were built against the wall, forming u hollow square. Jn the centre was a mosque -thir place nl worship. Tl.e lejoi s now saw us, and an ticipating cur intentions, bo;.'iin to rolled outside the wall. Alter ruling our lunch we descended the step path by walking and leading our horse s. At lb" loot of the mountain, we crossed a mall stream dij.'nilied by the name ol "river" and soon airbed lit the Village. As these people do not often have visitors, our ur I iul i ausod no Mile o.m iteini-nL. About sily im I'sofis I. II that were able to i nun' out that. ro!t day - had now, j.'Ulhoie. outside tl.e wall, lionin lan and brought hti u w for our lii-rsec, while odi CI brought old pieces of Cal pi I iqioll W hie! I W el r ; ii e.td I In! .'! ' I ol I (ud m il i lo! bin,"; v La I 'In i IiUI ' Ii ut 'J'ubi 1 jiiid si nl them, viler tlcy had jihno.il tumbled li er on..' u l)i,.t inn' i llliil' nv'i c o .- n to g V it peep at tluocpleH ' t m tii'i 1 1 out la:;'wi it ; lit g i j , Dr. IJladlold toolded Jieef o) , Jul jjn intone and opeie .) n r 'I'm l j,nU Jdblo; and 1 1 ii y all al in I'd lil ound la r lo hear It Im ssa;,'.. o tla in o. neru w as one man iu uie ii-i lage who could read u little, and he came carrying a New Testa- i ment which a missionary bad giv en him. ile uud Dr. Beaber rend together tho story of the Prodigal Son and she fqioke to thein of sin and its evil effects. Ilor exposi tion of the truth was given m a very informal manner, after ask ing them questions, and being in terrupted by questions from them. During the conversation she ask ed them if there were any sinners there, and they replied that there woro not. She told them that we are all siuners. nnd all need a Sa vior. After this she prayed for them and she and Miss Beaber taught them two or three versos of a simple hymn. I could not speak to them, not knowing the language, but could only sit by and pity them. There are two forms of loprosy both of which were represented. The first is called tuburcular and causes the body to become swol len, to have a purple color and to be covered with sores. Tho other is anaesthetic, so-called lie cause its victims lo;-o .ho sense of touch which makes it danger ous for them to go about at night or to go about the fire. They of ten burn themselves severely wiinoui Knowing it. Jt causes the body to have a very white ap pearance. Its victims look like dead persons walking about. We saw the disease in several stages little child ren iu whom the effects could scarcely be seen, grown up young people whose lingers wore beginning to drop ml' and upon whom the effect was very evident, finally, old per sons whose ti Mirers and hands .re all gone in many cases and only stumps of arms were left. their noses entirely eaten uwa. ami their faces terribly marred. I. think any one who has ever seen a leper will never forget the sight. I am sure I never will. Aud yet, this is a description of only the loss afflicted ones who were able to come out. There were probably as many more in their iiuts who wvro even worse aflliet ed. After these services, we went inside the wall and looked into the mosque. It was simply a mud hut a little larger than the others with a mud Hour and with out a single piece of furniture. 'J 'hey said they would gather there every day and read the Bi ble and repeat the words Dr. Bradford had spoken to them. Then we looked into one of the native dwelling huts. On a mud iloor lay an old man trying to Keep warm with a few rags. This v. as the w orse case of leprosy 1 saw. Ho arose aud came to the door uud tried to speak but his Voice was entirely gone so that lie could not even whisper. He could on'y oiiit to the sores on Ids id most naked body and seeing we could do nothing for him, turned and walked back to his bed of in inland raps, there toawait death us his only relief. 1 wait glad to turn away from the bight and start home. i mini uv uy l.-u..,.i.!K us before whatu forcible typo ,d MM ''l"'"' There is a leprosy of tbo soul, Whlchhlietheleprosyoftliebody, Is iucurrble by human power. In this sell V), every Village is a leper l i i Village. 'J lu re are (bit little cli.l I droit in w hoiu tjio i I, ects scarcely uisccriiioie inn .inn nu is ly disc Tlilhlo bill the Mil is . i I ..ill i ..... I .... : . 11 ' " """" " i i i ii-ii ii' ii lire ii L' 'ii u 1 Up young people ill whoso 1 i n the ollnels of sill aril I Aidelil, but so iimuy of w hoiu il l not senui t o rcalle I).-, liwum-hs; Who Id.e W ise IniS n lost thn .ISO oi ion. n, w ho think (hat they can handle; lire and not be burned Ihal dr y cm tamper will) sin and not be j ileliled- finally, theie me the; ug.id ones, hardened by sin, ltn' i nM - e. .1. c, iiijj ll es of lioclehu)s and'.' ., n r i, i i i . i ola li-'-nlatC I Ol I l I el, w wan lllg Ileum, Mil ll.IV j in,.' Iio liope bcv'id llioj.'i ae, llut Ihi oiieb nvcry v ilkij-'o onus r Iho (ileal 'by nil inn ready to li.al all who wdl en inn to Him heck illlu while lb' may be foiled; rail n j ."ii iimi whiln ilo is near, lest I In pass by never u return, mil or ('In t.-jt and I he ( 'Inn i h, 'if AJi. ((. I'll nAN. Till; Tl'ltNl'lKI". CASK. Reasons Why It Should He Va cated. ' As was stated last, week, cit izens of Bedford county are mak ing an effort to get rid of the tu it. pike nuisance, and tho Bed ford (Jazet to gives the following as reasons brought out by the thirty-live witnesses testyfying: "That the penile of the county should own and control the pub lic highways rather than have them under the control of private corporations; that this turnpike was the link in a great thorough fare which was constructed years ago for the purpose of meeting a demand thallium existed for. a good, substantial road for through fraiiic to and from the great cen ters of population; at lhat time there was no lojal demand lor a road of this character, and the ide-i v.ns that the road should Vie kepi up by tolls collected from through truttie; the conditions under which that road became a necessity have chauged and in stead of the road being maintain ed us it was originally, it is now kept up by tolls collected from local travel, and has become iu iu that way a burden upon the people living along the line of the pike, us well as other citizens of tho county; that there are uow ti'.o to!! .rates upon the branch of the read in this county instead ol two t oil-gates, us it was some years ago: that the tolls charged are a serious hindrance to trade and travel; that this road could bo kept up by the people of the townships in as good, if not bet ier, condition and at u much loss oxpo-iso ihun the amount of tolls paid, for 1 in' reason that the bulk oi toe amount collected is divert ed to other purposes than improv ing and repairing the road, that the bridges at. Juniata Crossings ami tin? Marrows have become dangerous and worthless and are not safe for the ordinary pur poses of travel; that the oilicials and representatives of tho Turn pike company have frequently notified parties passing along the mad that if they went through these bridges they did so at their ow n risk; that the bridge at the Crossings depends for its sup port upon one guy wire, which might break' at any time; that the road-bed is no better than the main country road and is not kept in such condition as the toll-road should be, but is level or hollow iu the center instead ol rising to a gradual arch toward tin? center, as ihe law creating turnpikes requires them to be; that if the amount of money coii tribi ted by the people of the county iu the way of tolls would bo kept in the county and used, as it necessarily would be. iu the improvement of farms by limine and in other ways, which the people of the section of ihe coun ty throu;'h which the load puss i -. are denied by reason of the in creased cApeiiso of hauling duo lollie large tolls, it would enhance the Mihie of real estate ill a er.y large portion of the county, in- (iVil.Se t he prosperity and W eulthol I ,.,,,1,,,, unity, and thus inure to the bene.it of the people of the (,,l:uly ..,.,.,1. stockholders of ihe Tllrnpiko company stated that j j 1 1( Jiu u tivi(eds I' III 1 1' slock since l('li uud demands Were lh.lt reputed . ,, ,, , i ....... ,ii i , , i iiiii.i.-.'itiii I i ill':. 'ui Mini I - 1 woo told them the road Ij.h.'l J itiy llh ideljds. " "The next meeting of he Joey : of ie w v. i II bo hold on January , It. u. lestilinmv ,u beball ot .., e. , ...,,,!.,. company will be . ' , n ' i i ' ' ii i . " , f r I. l-'ioi 'did. r, wi ,,i, i.,. it llo.le . hoot ii. n lll'i Ii 11 oolil lj 1 l; 1 1, s 111 In 1 ill llilotlier li'i ill soimi, fini'Vli eii, Will bejiiu by pie., cliing hi (bat 1 bun h fi,iluriia owning Jan nary :.'ii,uint on l-nii lay morn iug :'uth. Tho liibl.i 1. im will follow dm ing thn w. eli. Mum hp.u le unuollliceliienl V III ia' lllfl'le lal. I . SKi: I'OK VOt'KSKKVKS. Here Are The Minutes. Two weeks ni'o we called ill to tion to Ihe fact 111 County Commissioners paid -:'"' i for jirinting the election ballots' when they could have had them printed for h'2) or When the Auditors hist wi.el; reached those bills they called the Commissioners to account f. r their action. The Commissi. mors said the contract had been made with the Fulton Democrat before thi bids of the Republican and' the News were in. The auditors called for tho minutes, aud. ot ' j course, could not reconcile the statement of the commissioners! with their minutes. At last the! Commissioners took- oath and ' subscribed their names to an a I'- j lidavit, that the contract h;:d be. n ! given to tho Democrat before ! January L';i thus admitting that (Numver is to know just what the minutes which wore read and I young folks relish aud just how approved by them were not a true ! .,, ,,, i-,. n, Neai- midnight all record of their business transae- j t!iy;:t ,ed lor ineir homes, carry -lions, and that important biisi- in- v dh .'ami t;:o memory of a lies-- transactions did not, find j v r pin...-,..nt evening. ineir place on T no uiinntos. i ii" Auditors asked for a copy of the contract. The commissioners couldn't find it (!) As it may not be convenient to go to the Commissioners ollice and see the ininut " v'nin'iii wn i".l. u i a ......... . , , .... iierewiill .... i in wen.er v oioraoo. .nisi, loui - c-oi i y of their minutes and leave;, , , ... . , ' t n hi - w . J a I IwA. I I', it 1 1 1 I I , . I'll.. you to judge for yourself, wlieth- or or not their is any noss. 1 Ion. S. W. Kirk was who wrote up the ininut j.t) ' ' -....ami i'iX-sliorin cranK .daou (lie clerk who wrote tin.' minutes of Sept. l!C. Is tnere any one in tho county that v kl say tliatei.ji or of those eenik'iue!) is m.t as capable lis his su ; criors'r 1 lore are Ion tu nnies: "January o. '.,). Commission ers met pursuant to ad jour: mi out, a full board being present! Mr. Feck aud Mr. Taylar put in writ ten bids for printing the tickets for the year P. mm. Mr. Feck's bid was si:.'."; ."iU for Feb. election and ifMM'or November. (See papers tiled.) Mr. Taylor's was dJ() fur ballots and ls for election sup jilies - ."'J for February and n'.' for November election, making the total 1::h. The Democrat Fubli.!ii;:g l'.. failed to put iu any bid; but after much considera tion, the .contract for furnishinv- ballots and supplies fur February election, alone, was given to the Dein. l'ub. Co. for a consideration of 7i. This was done after a motion was made ami carried unanimously to let the printing of tickets now only for Fobruaiy election ir.ntead ot both elections. The legal amount is to be furnish ed." The next meeting of the com missioners was on the wth of Feb ruary. At this mooting the fob j low ing 'ii try is made on the n.in j utos: Feb. : P.nM, "Minnies I'd ' .last meet i i , '' j read and approved." Full board piv.-.m.t. Would yon ..mt her from the above minutes lb;'.! the contract for printing the tn ln-ls had been made prior to this meeling oi 1 . unary in nok through their little further and I'ollm'. big record I.I inonl lis later: III in ll te bo We lu.d the i.ia'.e nearly : ,-Sepl .'in her I, I'.l.'l. Corn ells' hiiiers lie. t pursuant to ad n 1 nin. nl. i ul! b .;rd ju e.,ei;t j' u Thro., di aft s w. ' drawn and ol.ior curi ' 1.1 o.i.ce b'a.,!i,ess at ! ( I ended I o. .'. n 1 'nl. r w as ; en 1 to ( leor je I :, Dam. I.-, for ballot ' check, lists oi ; i'f cl'.-s li lists, ; I original i e. i story of .0 r s j : and "I ci. pi.-. I r a total sti. o i It Ali, l'"MI1 1 I ci I Willi the 1 Fi.dnn Dem.'cr..' F..I.I- '.i; ;. ( . , ; to fill li i ' 1 1 1 i'i' lee ... -i. ...ill. 1 ltd 1 1 1 l i on 1 j j h ' I I bel' cleclioli ,. I li.e I'uii, . I 'o., to bland .;. tod for ail i i d s and delay and tmi.l ballots and j hUjijilinN to be ib Ii'. . 'I t" ('em I lnissloiielM nllicn (at i'i ih.iy the I "d ilay of Nun inber ncvt f,,r the sum of Sfltn!, " j Minutes I nad lllid apprised (let, I, !M. I n lei taincd KrieiuU. On Tuesday evening, Jan. K I'.lnl, Mr. and Mrs. Oeorgo t'om i ore;-, who have boon making their home, near Knobsvillo the past twomon;h:, c.tortained a number of their voanir friends of Knobs- ville and vicinity. Those present i wore: Messrs. Do. ,ton ( hiih'.her. ! Coorgo (Hunt, Charky (.luul, J I '.liner ( dr.nt, Ira Fore, Fowis Winters, Allu'i i i'e'rlinW'm. 1 lam ill, William Kerhn, '.rnesi Frakor, and Misses Daisy l'oii;, l.tta 1'ol'r. I, una Fore, Alice Long, Mayo CloiisiT, Olive 'nrsn, erna 1 1 ' I 'arson tile II tr, Bessie Korlin, Francos M ills. Kate Mills, Marv Mills, Sadie Si pes, aud Nell Vice. j I Ii.' evening was spent in an nus kinds of games and passed all iooqeioaly. About M o'clock rein a htnents were served which nioved v'eatlv as Mrs. i'roitq-t i'nyniwiit. j Fourteen years ago, a Council of Koval Arcanum was eslablish j "il in Everett. Mr. Thomas A. i Davis, tho prime mover in msli- i I lit i'Hi thai Council, died recentlv ., , , , , , . ,. er the funeral of Mr. Davis. j Treasurer Lewis C. Mann, form- 1)u, (.(i.K. ! erlv of this county, presented to ''Mrs ilivis a ilioek- for 1 1i vee thousand doik.rs. The Council j at McCounellsbarg has been iu 1 ' 1 1 .) .in., t wo of i:s niene-ei's have died, W. :-..'. ! and 1!. ii. Wood.d. .In iioti: c:i s '.he respective famili.". Ol' 1 h.'d. COaS. 'll ' .Vl'.' iaid pI'Oll'.Jll ly liii'ee 1 ho. is. i::ti uollars, in cash. Mr. Davis had paid .'.'2 assess ments, amoun'.iiig to : I.'. I I -i'l'inv a 1 of gain of -t'L'1. iTe -. .".1 1. I '.v. in Japan. i. Tr! I K'-p it.lv Wo"(i has been received' hero by Mr. Lewe'deii Peck- that his o!de-h son, lOmory N, Peck', died on board tin! (ierman transport 1 !ui icadie, in 1 11..1 harbor at Nug asl;i, .I:ipa:i, on November "Ii, P. mo. I ie was on his way to the 1'nited Suites from China, when he was t i.e'i; ill and died. The Coiis lil V. 1 lies thai lie Mas given a Chvistain burial aud a Marker plia e.l at his grave. Mr. Peel: left hi s homo iu Evcret I about sixteen t cars ago and no word had been received from lit 111 for a! oat a year, ile had traveled exion.sive'y iii this and other foreign countries, ile was a member of the kid Fellows lodge nl Los Angeles, California. A .-pr;iy ui Ivicc. I ',1 1 old M cK ii iii II, one of F nolo Sam's boys in the I 'hiiippitios Ciot I'ncl'is.im M cK iii' .iii 's sent his mother, Mrs. W.T. A a spi a.',' of rice plucked K'ibb'm li'o'n a l i ' lie!d io Ol 1! in one of those I siaiuls. i 1 10. '' . - so 1 1 1 e i 1 1 i 1 . 1 1 ' . e 1 1 100 1 1 1 1'o i'n. 'i le rice j k.nl is a kind of grass aud lb.- grain chr-.t. r at tho top son.. i o 1 1 like tits or broom C'.rn, v. i: ii a roii;di hull ouelnse ii:". ihe ' rai n. K'ico is hiiimiI t he m. ' i iliipo, ta-.i cerea! . r AVIi, li ml i orms 1 1 1" ji i: icipal art id loo-1 of a very l'ir,"e portion ol of tl.e wol id's j .ooai.lt ion. i I s ctli l lire W in, lull, iduccd into the I ,'ui- lod Si. ties : .' 1 1 ) ears ago. .V A li .i in.tt. i-y. A..: in t :alc DiO.i Farm It, widow of I 1 lai n, t i, hi ! at ehiol'il county last ' d 'Ail' N) .1, ea r.-i, a .id I in t in- cemetery at i !. 4 1 m 1 ! 1 ni Taylor i'.'.or.da.i of I hi -i v. ci !., ars sic and her bus- II a li.it is 1. iiuWIl Ms "id'i' farm in 'J .i lor he, 1 I. rty v. 1 ..1 nil f i' 1 She ! l,nie) i i.c, 'li-'.d-i. i.easin;.: that they 'lent W est I nil fi'.od there solid' ! .. i.ly j ' 1 ..1 s. Din ing the last . I y ii i of M i s. I iaruolt 's life, she was it faithful mem ber of the M. L. ('bur. h. MI. MAI. 1'ASTIMK. (Jucslfoiis, Queries, and Puzzles. Answers to last week's, ii. 'I'll roe. 4. Fill the ."i-quurt measure; from it. till the o-ouart measure, 11U( ,),,.,, qu!ins maiui'ig in the .-.-quart measure. i.;mntv the :;-uu;.rt measure, aud tli row iut" il the wo quarts from the ."i-qr.a.rt nc, sure. Now, the e-quarl uiea-.iire is einjity and the i!-cuart inoasuro iias l! quarts in it. Lastly, lill the .Vquart meas ure, i;nd from it. 1:11 the U-quart measure, winch takes just m quart, and there rmnains 4 (piarts in the Ti-quart measure. .". Ton horses. New ones. Answers next week. . ('.. A beggar had a brother, the brother died and the man who died had no brother. 7. If to ni.v hl'c your uyo loiiibhn, 'flic sum would ivurh to I'll. To liulf iny me inlil 1? iiinl sec .Just wlnit hnlf your will lie: Now hnlf ynar iii' tn'liuir ofinin.' Would iiniki' eiip-lm If mici.'i' tlnin t! Your ai' und mine now 1 usk. fray, are you cijiial to Uic tusk. . Write 1 2 ill such a manner that you can show it's half to be 7. Saluvia. M is Sadie llann, who is employ ed in Chamborsburg, is visit'mg her mother Mrs. Anna llann. Mr.ll. K. Slovens, ami family of S h i j oi i s 1 in rg. s po n,!. so v o r a 1 d ; i.v s i at the home of Mrs. Stevens' fath i or ). ,vU at tijis j,ia(.(,, Miss Anna Duckloy, of Fort I r ; . 1 1. .1 . ... i ..,..,1,1 1...0 j i-ai ueiou, sj'eiit se ..i ai oa. s last Ur..,.;. - uith tlie l.enik- oft', i: i Ausliu. j .,;, mill .Mrs. William 1 air, entertained a number our I young people SnUiuiay evening. Mrs. .1. .). Llann, of Saltillo, was visaing relatives al Croon Hill last. week-. Whips Cove. Charley R'mge has returned to his home iu Michigan. Miller Truax has sold his farm to Robert Diehl, and purchased one near McKibbin iost ollice iu F.elfasf township where he will move in the near future. A local institute was held at the upper school house Friday night, Doit L'l, l'.Mii. At an early hour the crowd assembled tiuding a very finely decorated house. The meeting was called to order by the teacher, D. C. Hart, and Wal ter Stine was elected president aud Ernest Walters, secretary. The teachers present wore Wal ter Stein, Ernest Walters, Leti tia Peck', Edward Lodge, and D. C. Hart. The q uestious were in telligently discussed and ming led willi singing and literary work. A number of patrons w ere present w ho took- part in the discussions. (tuite ;m interest was aroused and what you might call a "hot time" was the e,,eet, Adjourned to meet at Oak drove Friday January I. r.Ml Who's to be the next mail car rier? many wonder. lid liils i'l'niii lodd. Mrs. linker of Clearridge is the guest of James Henry's family. Mr. Amos Cloiiser visited l!ui nt Cabins on Tuesday. Mr. Daniel Clapsaddln of Frauklinoouiiiy is sjiending some lime among old friends in this vicinity, M i s. J 5crt Henry and son Pierce visited James 1 leiiry.soii Monday, Visses Frances, Kale, and Mary I IUavi!le, and his brother I. N., of Mills, of Hia-ut Cabins, spent Ennui; Denton Inverts, Will Engm, Tuesday night with their aunt Andrew Souders, and Ira Zim taiu uncle, Mr. and Mrs. (ieorge nierman, of Thompson; George i-)iuerer. LMills, of Aunirauth, and Aaron Mr. lici t Henry lost one of his .ayt,,,,, f Whips Cove, cows 011 Wednesday. 1 Mrs, I'loiiser and da tighter Mao made a trip to Mct!oiiuells blirg 011 Tuesday, Mr, ami Mrs, George Comoro!' of near this place entertained twenty live, of their young friends 011 Tuesday night. Mr, and Mrs. John Giiuuc.lls eiitci bound a number of thcii young friends on last Monday evening. : Personal. Col. William I Moseby, of Wells Valley, was in town Mon day. Ceorge Mills, of Union town ship, w as umongthe court visitors Tuesday. F.enj. F. Daniels made the News ollice a call while in town Monday. D. 15. Nace, of Chamborsburg spent a day or two in McCounells burg this week. D. (1. Elvey has returned home from his trip to Ohio. lie stop- ' ped to see friends at Altooua. M r. C. II. Kendall and daughter Lillie of Altoona are visiting rela tives in this county this week. Miss Jenuie Lodge, of Brush Crook valley, is visiting her sis ter, Mrs. S. W. Kirk of this place. Auctioneer James M. Chesuut, of Taylor township, was in town Monday, lie sajrs there are lots of sales ahead. James P. Waltz went down to Fosses Mill last Saturday to see 15. Frank Hess who has been vcrr poorly for some time. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Decker and son Ralph, of Licking Creek ' township, were in McConuells burg last Saturday. John Patterson who was called home on account of tho death of his father returned to Philadel phia last Saturday. Elmer Sudors left on Wednes day of last week for lloytsdale, Leaver count j '.where he resumes work w ith Mr. Wilson. Mr. Thomas A. Sipe, of Wells Valley, spent Tuesday aud Wednesday with the family of his uncle IJ. V . Sipes of this place. Miss Nora Dickson, who had been visiting friends iu this place and the Cove, returned to her home in Media last Satur day. Mr. John T. Richards and daughter, Mrs. L. N. Ilixson, have been visiting Mr. Richard's son, Rev. T.D. Richards at Ger mantown. Ernest Linn, who spent the summer iu Iudiaua county,, is" spending a few weeks with his parents, Mr. aud Mrs. John Linn of this place. Miss Margaret Foreman who has boon speudiug a few weeks in this place since her return from New Jersey, went to Hunt ingdon county a few clays ago. After a pleasant visit of ten days at the home f her sister Mrs. Leorge Fiuitf, of Tod, Mrs. Catharine Horne returned to her home in Chamborsburg last Fri day. Miss Cora J. Decker, after spending ten days at the home of ; 1 n -i- parents in Hethel township. : Jms returned to York, Pa., and I resumed ber duties in tlio Tnl... ' phdin.' Exchange. I P.yram Souders of Thompson I township, spent a few days lus'o 1 w.'ck visiting Ex-Prothouotury j .lames P. Waltz. Mr. Souders j had a specimen of Timber Ridge I rode that seemed to be fifll of j shining particles that looked like j gold. Among those who paid their respects (and many of them their cash) to the News ollice on Tues day wore, A. J. Lainberson, C Mc. lhaidig, and Philip Harton.of llusfontown; Obod T. Mellott, of Uell'ust; (ieo. W. Ilixson, of Tan- Lev. William W. Dalbey, of Philadelphia, ,Jias accepted tho pustoiuto of the Calvary ISaptist church, Altoomi. Rev. Pal boy is a veteran of the civil w ar und has be en 11 paster In the Haptist de nomination for thirty yean. He is the father of -Dr. A. D. Dalbey and Mrs. George W. E isner, both j of this place. Rev, Dalbey is well know u here,