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VOLUME 2.
McCONNELLSBURG, PA., March 7, 1901.
NUMBER 25.
ijssy J Bay
An Act of Assembly.
To save our friends, who are
trying to perform the duties per
taining to the office of county
commissioner from any more
trouble, for they are having
enough, we publish the following
act passed by our legislature sev
eral years ago.
Whereas, The county newspa
pers have becomo valuable as
mediums of information, social,
legalandpolitical,andaro referred
to quito frequently for the facts
embodied in their pages; henco
the preservation of the same will
be of great ualue in the future as
faithful records of past occur
rences. Section 1. Beat enacted, &c,
That the county commissioners
of the several counties of this
Commonwealth are hereby auth
orized and directod to subscribe
for three weekly newspapers, if
so many be . published within
their respective counties, to pro
cure the binding of the same in
separate volumes, and keep them
in their offices as books of refer
ence for the use of the public.
Section 2. It shall be the
duty of each member composing
a board of county commissioners
to select one of the said newspa
pers referred to in section one,
when three or more are publish
ed in said county, where less
than three are published within
the county the commissioners
bhall have all such newspupers so
bound.
Section 3. All expenses neces
sary tp carry this act into effect
shall be paid out of the county
treasury.
Approved The 18th day of
April, A. D. 1893.
ROBT. E. PATTISON.
The Lecture.
The lecture given by Prof. C.C.
Ellis of Huntingdon at the Court
House last Saturday evening, was
very satisfactory to every one
that heard it except, perhaps,
Prof. Gress through whose efforts
the lecturer had been secured.
Mr. Gress had made himself re
sponsible for the payment of the
lecturer and the incidental ex
penses, and he came out about
four dollars short.
The lecture "The Biggest Word
in the Dictionary," is fine; and
the editor, who has had some ex
perience in conducting lecture
courses, takes 'pleasure in com
mending Mr. Ellis to the favorable
attention ' of any audience who
can appreciate a good thing.
We will not tell you what Mr.
Ellis said the biggest word is;the
possibilities are, that you cau
guess it.
Local Institute.
A local institute was held at
Cedar Lane, Fridy evoniug. The
meeting was-called to order by
the president, S. II. Martin. The
questions, "Primary Arithmetic,
How conducted," "Little things
and their importance," and "Ad
vanced Physiology" were thor
oughly discussed by the teachers
present The teachers present
from Belfast were Misses Cora
Funk, Anna Culler, Orpha Sny
. der. Prof. Palmer, and Levi
Morton. Ayr, Miss S. M. Bard,
S. R. Martin, G. B. Mellott, Blair
Truax.andLewis Harris; Thomp
son A. C. Peck, Harvey Sharp
and Samuel Simpson.
The Cedar Lane Drum Corps
furnished some music which was
enjoyed by all.
The literary work of the school
was excellent, thus showing the
work that Miss Snydor is dofcg
beside? speaking well for the pu
pils.
At the close of the meeting i
resolution of sympathy was ex
tended, by the teachers, to Supt.
Chesnut in his sad bereavement.
Meeting adjourned to moot at
, Pleasant Grovo, March 8th.
Lrcwia Harris,
Secretary. '
The cave recently discovered at
Mapelotou is attracting many
visitors. It is said to be quito a
curiosity.
The New Star.
The most interesting object in !
the sky today is the new star in j
the constellation Perseus which,
from a star invisible to any but i
the best of telescopes, has sud
denly become the most conspic
uous object in the heavens. So
brilliant has it become that on
Sunday last the astronomers
were able to see it in bright suu-
light at 1 p. m. through a teles
cope of only two-inches aperture.
The vastly changed conditions on
the surface of this star that must
account for its suddenly increas
ed brilliuacy but few compre
hend. This star is in no way
greatly different from our own
sun and may possibly be accom
panied by a train of planets as is
our own star. What may bo the
conditions or what may have
jeen the conditions on those
possible planets it is of course
impossible to conjecture. We
cau faintly imagine, however,
what the change in the central
body of that system as indicated
by the star's rapid increase in
magnitude may mean to the
satellites. In our own solar
system conditions on the surfaces
of the planets vary greatly. J u-
piter, for instance, would support
no life in any form of which we
have knowledge, its entire sur
face being at a temperature far
too high. From such a condition
there are doubtless planets in all.
stages of heat and cold until the
conditions of our own moon is
reached no atmosphere, no wat
er absolutely dead. But what
ever the conditions on the surface
of these posiblo planets may have
boon, the sudden and enormous
increase in the heat and energy
of the central body of tho system
must have brought instant and
terrible changes. Imagine, for
instance, what would bo the ef
fect upon the earth should the
suu's power bo increased even a
hundred times. But in the case
of this star its heat and brilliancy
have increased 10,000 times in tho
space of two days. Such as a
chango in our solar system would
mean the extinction of every form
of vegetable and animal life.
This change has come to the star
in Perseus . It is not impossible
that a similar change may come
to our central star at any time.
Had the late Prof. Shriver been
living he would have given the
readers the benfit of his personal
observation of this star.
Saluviu.
Mrs. Anna Haun, is seriously
ill at this writing.
Mrs. W. Scott Alexander of
McConnellsburg, attended the
funeral of Mrs. Margaret Sipos
Wednesday, and remained with
Mrs. E. R. Austiu, until Sunday
L. L. Truax, teacher of Forest
Dale school, was in Washington,
D. C the first of this week, to
witness the inaugaration of Will
iam McKinley. George A. Harris,
is wielding the birch at Forest
Dale, during Mr. Truax's ab
sence.
Shane's school was closed last
week, on account of the illness of
the teacher, R. R. Sipes.
Considering tho number of
persons sick in this vicinity, the
services at the Presbyterian
church last week were well at
tended.
Piper Barton, and Miss Ger
trule Hoke, of Brush Creek, were
guests of Mrs. Speer's family
Saturday night and attended
Communion services at the
Presbyterian, church Sunday
moruing.
They tell in Southeast Missou
ri of a young man there who ad
vertised under au assumed name
for a wife. Tho fellow's sister
happened , to see the advertise
ment and answered it, also under
an assumed name, and they ex
changed photographs. The out
come may be imagined, but what
the old folks said when they found
that there wore two such fools in
the family may not be repeated
in print.
MliNTAL I'ASTIMK.
Questions, Queries, and I'uz.leH.
Answers to last.
18. Two Ships A us. 1-20,
i'J. Triangle No urea-
ir.o
forms two lines.
20. Pigs Put 1 in 1st pen; 3 in
2d; .r, in 3d, and then build the
fourth pen around tho three first
aud it will have 9 in it.
New ones.
-I. A gentleman bought a farm
of 300 acres for 300. He paid
75 cents, l.(io, and 1.25 per
acre respectively, for meadow,
timber and plow land, an equal
sum being invested in each varie
ty. How many acres of each
should ho get?
22. I hire a team to drive to a
city 12 miles distant, and return
for 4.00. At a cross roads, six
miles distant, I take a pasenger
to the city aud back to the cross
roads. What should he pay?
In glancing over the answers
in last weeks News, wo no! ice a
10 where a 20 should be If tins
third of 0 be three, tho fourth oC
20 is 7i not 10 as is started
there.
Ncf iicw of George W. Glenn.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. El
mer Furry, of Savanna, Illinois,
is saddened by the death of their
little son, Robert.
Tho child was attacked by
whooping cough iu a very severe
form.andcontiuued to grow worse
until pneumonia set in, and while
every thing was doue that loving
parent s or skilled physician could
devise, it was too weak to sur
vive, "Robbie" was a bright child,
and the parents are broken-hearted
with grief such as only those
who have passed through a sim
ilar aflUctiou can appreciate.
Robert Floyd Furry was born
October i'O, 1900, and died Feb
ruary 0, 11101. Funeral services
were conducted at Chadwiek,
111., and the remains laid to rest
in the Chadwiek cemetery.
LaiJiji Miimnui.
A very pretty wedding took'
place at the home of tho bride's
parents near Iiustontown on
Thursday, February 28, 1901, at
one o'clock p. m. when Miss M.
A. Mum ma and Mr. A. J. Lai dig
were nnited iu the holy bonds of
matrimony.
Rev. C. N. Mellott performed
the ceremony. After recoivir.g
congratulations of all, tho happy
couple retired to the dining room
whore a sumptuous repast was
spread. The brido was hand
somely attired in a beautiful
gown. The young couplo havo
our best wishes for a happy and
prosperous journey through life.
Thompson.
Wr. M. L. Truax was tho guest
of D. T. Humbert Saturday und
Sunday.
Mr. aud Mrs. Davy Little were
in Thompson last Thursday night.
Mrs. Emma Kelluer and child
ren visited the family of Thomas
Truax, Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Letitia Peck spent Sunday
with hor parents Mr., and Mrs.
Denton Peck.
Mrs. Cattlett spent part of last
week with hor sou Lee. She
returned to MoCounellsburg Fri
day. Miss Georgia Truax is visiting
relatives iu Martiusburg, W. Va.
Frank Smith has sold Ids farm
to John C. Brower.
Rev. and Mrs. Seifert wore the
guests of Mr. A. J. Shives, Sun
day. Lai Jin. V
Albert King, of Altooua, spent
the past week with his parents,
Mr. aud Mrs, Abram Kma who
have been ill.
Lawson Muinma, of Pittsburg,
came home last Thursday for a
short visit.
. JUicnaol Laiuig lias beeu m
poor health the past few weeks.
George King and Fra.uk Price
who had beeu kept 'from work by
sickness at their respoctivehomes
havo re turn od to their work at
Kearney .
James ill. Lake.
The illness of Mr. Lake, men
tion of which has heretofore been
made in tho columns of this paper
lorin'ti.atod in his death at tho
i ioci' ioway iai:iisi (jnurcn, in
Thompson township, last Sunday
morning, at the ago of 53 years 9
months and 23 days.
Mr. Lake was a son of the late
Mr. aud Mrs. William Lake of
Belfast township, who belonged
to one of the oldest families in
that settlement.
Several years ago, he was mar
ried to a daughter of the late
Elder Joseph Correll, a well
known Baptist clergyman, aud to
them were born five children four
of whom, with their mother, sur
vive, namely, Joseph C, merch
ant at Pleasant Ridge, Bessie,
wife of A. G. Shoemaker, of Ayr
township, Miss Rhoda and Alte
at home.
The deceased was kind and
generous harted, well known and
at the February election was
chosen a school director of his
towuship.
ills remains were interred on
Tuesday at the SideliugHill Bap
list Church, tho pallbearers be-
iug Judge Morton, William Sigel,
Joseph Fisher, George Snider,
Jere Mason, and Lewis Bard.
McClaiii-Walker Nuptials.
A very pretty wedding took
place at the bride's home in Tay
lor township ou Tuesday Febru
ary 19. Precisely at twelve
o'clock, tho time appointed, the
wedding party preceded by the
the pastor, entered the parlor,
aud in a brief ceremony by Rev,
A. L. Frank, Mr. Harry N.
Walker and Carrie McClain were
made husband and wife. After
congratulations by a host of
friends, the company repaired to
tho dining room whero sump
toons faro awaited them. About
three o'clock the wedding guests
departed for their homos, leaving
Mr. aud Mrs. Walker their well
wishes.
Unparalleled Race.
A race from McConnellsburg to
Mercersburg took place Saturday
which we are safe in saying has
never been equalled over the same
course. A citizen of this place
and George Cooper, of McCon
nellsburg were arguing as to the
merits of their respective horses
in a McConnellsburg hotel when
Cooper to determine the matter
made a wager of $50 that in e
race to Mercersburg his horse
would come out first. The bet
was taken and tho race began
Cooper put his horso down to a
dead run aud made the distance,
10 miles in -it minutes, arriving
here about 30 minutes ahead of
the other man.
' Tho latter says that when he
saw tho terrific paco Cooper was
setting ho made no effort to come
in first.
It is said that the wager at
first was for $200, which was
afterwards reduced to $50, and
after Cooper had won he agreed
to take 12.
The most remarkable part of
the affair is that the winning
horse suffered no bad effects
from tho desperate raco, and was
driven back to McConnellsburg
after a rest of several hours here,
Among other business intro
duced into tho State Legislature
at the present session is a bill
providing for the centralization of
the public schools in each town
shin by the erection or one or
more buildings, to which tho di
rectors of tho township must fur
uish transportation for all pupils
who live more than three-fourths
of a mile from tho school. This
measure has been favorably re
ported upon by the Educational
Committee. In Ohio and Illinois
whore- similar laws havo been
enacted much success lias been
achieved, and its proposed intro-
duction into this State will attract
considerable attention among
citizeus, both those who approve
and those who diaapproveof hotter
oducatioual facilities in the rural
districts.
Klias Clevenser.
Mr. Elias CloYenger died at his
home in Bethel towuship, Febru- j
ars 27, 1901. Had ho lived until
the following Monday he would :
havo been (54 years of ago.
He was married about forty i
years ago to M iss Elizabeth Palmer '
wh) sur.ives him and also, i
the following named children: ;
Ellen, wife of Charlie Exline, ,at
Long Ridge, Md., Mary Martha,
wife of John Stein, at Round Top,
Md., aud Amos Oliver, at Cu m her
land, Md.,
Mr. Clevongerhad been in usu
al health, aud on the evening of
his death, ate a hearty supper,
after which ho read a while, llvi
then remarked to his wife that he
felt like eating an apple, and
while eating the apple, without a
moments warning, he fell forward
to the fioor, and expired almost
instantly.
Ho was out in the nine months'
service iu 1(52, in the 158th Regi
ment, and in Captain Sipes' com
pany. Six of the soldier boys of
the Civil War were his pall-bearers,
namely, Wm. II. Wink, Wm.
Truax, Win. Mellott, Joseph
Fisher, James O'Rourke, and Jo
seph Runyan, while one of his
mess-mates, Elder Thomas R.
Palmer, conducted his funeral
services.
Interment at Sidling Hill Bap
tist church ou Saturday.
Tort Littleton.
Among the many having the
grippe are J. M. Cliue, Mrs. P.
S. Gordon, Mrs. M. D. Ilaistou,
Charley Fields, Mrs. S. C. Burk
hart. Bert Fraker is able to bo about
again by tho aid of one crutch. ,
Mr. aud Mrs. Irwin Wilson
entertained a few of their many
friendsion Satarday evening. I lis
ice-cream, cake, and apples are
not so plenty since.
Politics wore laid aside on elec
tion day, iu Dublin, notwithstand
ing there was a largo vote polled.
A good many of our people are
joining tho I. O. .0. F. this spring.
The seed sown at tho Banquet
seems to haven fallen on good
ground.
We are sorry to lose the Gobin
family from our neighborhood,
but our loss will be Maryland's
gain.
Luckiest Railroad man on Record.
Samuel J. Hill, who has just re
tired irorn the service oi tno
Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
after fifty consecutive years'
work, boasts that ho is the luck
iest railroad man on'record. All
the time of his service ho was a
night watchman at Greensburg,
Pa. During tho fifty years he
spent 13,000 nights without sleep,
walked 142,500 miles iu pursuance
of his duty, and never had an ac
cidentofany kind. Iu 1871 he
stopped the Philadelphia Express
ou the edgo of a washout and sav
ed 200 lives. lie is especially
proud of the fact that, in all this
time, notwithstanding many temp
tations, au oath has never pass
ed his lips. Bo has never smok
ed or chewed tobacco, aud for
more than forty years he has
been a teetotaler. His beat has
never been more thau fivo miles
from his homo and he has never
been either criticised or promoted.
(Hear liid;c Items.
Several of our folks are laid up
with colds.
Mrs. May Bedford aud two lit
tle daughters wero summoned
to the bedside of her mother,
Mrs. Ruth Swopo who is very ill.
Mrs. Calvin Henry has been
very poorly, but is a little better
now,
W. M. Fleming aud daughter
of Shade (jap, and Miss Maine
Deshoug, were the guests of T.
E. Fleming's family Saturday und
Sunday.
Miss Grace Huston spent Sun-
1 with Mrs. Hanck Browni, after
j which au excellent program was
1 rendered to tho satisfaction of all
present.
; Miss Tessie Fraker was visitiug
friend hero ou Saturday.
Tow ilshlp Settlements.
Next Moudiiy theanditorsof the
respective boroughs and town
ships will tno I. to pass upon the
the accounts of the supervisors,
and overseers of the poor the
.ic-ouvits of the 1 1 easurer of the
school board not being audited
until the business of tho school
your is finished.
There is no office in township
or county that requires a man of
more ability that' that of auditor.
Mo should be familiar with every
detail in the exercise of the duties
of tho officer or officers whose
accounts ho is supposed to know
whether or not are correct.
1 1 too of ten happen s tha t the aud
itor simply writes his name to a
settlement that some one else has
made and swear hard that it is
"O.K." when the real truth about
the matter is, that he does'ut
know.
Tho tax-payers look to them to
see that every dollar of their tax
inoney is accounted for, aud that
every cent expended lias been
authorized by law and judiciously
appropriated to the best inter
ests of those who pay the taxes.
The powers of the Auditors for
investigation are ample. They
can issue subpoenas for witness
es, and for the production of books
and papers; administer oaths to
all persons brought before them
whether accountants, witnesses
or otherwise, aud, if necessary,
employ counsel.
The Auditors take into consid
eration whether or not the mater
ial furnished, work done,services
rendered, were necessary and
procured for the lowest aud best
price, aud thus put a check
against mistakes, negligence, lack
of proper care and prudence.
Especial attention should be
given to the collection of taxes.
They should see to it that every
cent "that belongs to the towuship
has been collected and accounted
for, and that the money due the
township from the county treas
urer on unseated lauds has beeu
received. These taxes are collect
ed by the County Treasurer aud
paid out to tho respective collect
ors on demand.
The time has gone by when the
public business shall bo entrust
ed to incapable men. No man
ought to ask to be elevated to an
office the duties of whichheknows
nothing about. The getting of it
only makes troublo for him and
everybody else concerned.
llurnt Cabins.
J. C. McGowau was out at a
party last Thursday evening in
company with E. D. Gallaher. Ho
returned home, put his horse
away, and went to the house,
when ho began to complain of an
acute pain iu his head, and had
only spoken a few words when he
became unconscious, and has re
mained iu that state since.
Mr. Elijah Baldwin of the Fort
was over and spent Sunday after
uoou with his sou John and fam
ily. Landlord Speck's cow dissap
peared ou election clay aud he has
not been able to hear anything of
her whereabouts since. Did
some of tho unsuccessful candi
dates take, her along up the river?
Ileury Miller and A. J. Fore
havo taken the contract for fur
nishing poles for fifteen miles of
the now telegraph liuo. The
poles are to carry forty wires.
Amaranth.
J. C, Hixson and daughter Amy
are spending a few days iu Wash
ington, D. C.
Mr. and Mrs, J. W. Kendall
of Ayr are visiting Mrs. Ken
dall's parents, Dr. and Mrs.
Wm. L. McKibbiu.
The Buck Valley Agricultural
Society met Saturday night, with
an increased audience, and added
some twelve or llfteeu now mem
bers to tho roll; thoy also order
ed fifty barrels of seed potatoes
from a New York seed firm.
Come ou, boys, there is room for
more.
Miss Ella West is
friends in Ilarrisburg.
visiting
PERSONAL.
Superintendent Chesnut wa? in
town last" Saturday.
Mr. Amos PaJn-.or of Belfast
township was in town Tuesday.
Mrs. W. II. Peck and daughter,
Miss Lida, of Gem. were in town
Monday.
Will Shoemaker spent part of
this week among the merchants
of this county.
Mrs. Sue Kerr, nee Vancleve,
of Jersey Shore, Pa. is visiting
friends iu town this week.
Lois A. Caldwell returned last.
Wednesday from a visit among
friends in Danville, Sunbury, and
Milton.
Messrs. W. L. Nace, Wilbur
Ash, aud Max Sheets represent
ed McConnellsburg at tho inaug
aration, Monday.
Mr. J.G. Metzler returned a few
days ago to his home in Harrison
ville after a two months' stay
among friends at Clearfield. John
thinks Clearfield is a great towu.
Miss Mollie Seylar of Pittsburg
is visiting her sister Mrs. S. M.
Cook near Webster Mills. Mrs.
Cook, who has been quite ill for
some time is, we are glad to state,
convalescing.
Mr. W. E. Stein, of Emmavillo
spent last Friday night at Mc
Connellsburg. Mr. Stein is one of
thebest penmen in thecounty, aud
expects to enter a business col
lege at the close of his present
term of teaching.
Miss Bessie Morton, teacher of
the Jacob Lake school in Belfast,
spent Saturday and Sunday with
her parents, Hon. and Mrs. Peter
Morton. Miss Bessie was ac
companied by Miss Ella Mellott,
teacher of Cross Roads school.
Dr. J. Alvin Comerer, of Clear
ville, Bedford county.spent a day
or two last week visiting his
brother T. J. Comerer of this
place. The Doctor has a nice
practice over at Clearville, and
speaks very kindly of the people
of that section of Bedford county.
J. W. Graham of Foltz was ou
this side of the mountain last
Saturday. He was lookiug after
a contract to build a brick house
for Judge Morton this summer,
aud also one for George Daniels.
To our friends who are sending
us cash in payment of their sub
scription, we Avish to extend
thanks. We could not get out
theFulton County News very long
if the people wero to quit paying.
Messrs T. B. Stevens, W. L.
Fields, W. R. Fields, andB.E. Ste
vens who had been working a$
Dr. F. K. Stevens' new house iu
tho Magsam Exteusion, went
homo Wednesday to give tho
plasters a chance.
County Auditors Davis and
Harris spent several days during
the past two weeks iu probing a
little deeper into the business of
tho county commissioners' office
and that of the county treasurer's
office. More information later.
A teacher catochising his Sun
day school asked the meaning 'of
tho word "epistle." A little girl
in tho youngest class did not hes
itate a minute, but with great
coufideuceanswerod: "An epistle
is the wife of an apostle."
A desperate Missouri editor
makes thisannouncemeut: "Next
week we will be running this pa
per as Jesse James would have
it. Delinquent subscribers may
expect a call from us with their
accounts stuck in the muzzle of a
six-shooter. Otherwise this pa
per will have to bo run as the
therm' would run it. "
Mr. aud Mrs. D. IV Witter, of
Onaga, Karfsas, announce the
marriage at thoirresidencoiuOu
aga, Kansas, on Tuesday evening
February ,2(5, 1901,' of - Myrtle
Oneita Witter and Agnew Thomp
son Heffelfinger. The happy
couplo will bo "at home" in Ef
fingham Kansas after March 15th
Myrtie is a daughter of Mr. aud
Mrs. Josiah Witter of Taylor
township, aud her many friends
here join in wishing her "much
happiness"