mbt $vmm mtti VOLUME 3. McCONNELLSBURG, PA., May 22, 1902. NUMBER 36. LETTER FROM WASHINGTON STATE Hert Alexander's Impressions of the HlR Uond Country. Davknidkt, Warhinuton, May II. Euitoh news : Although the "News"is altnoat a week old when it reaches me, I greatly euj y it. I caunot toll much about Wash iugtou, as I have only been here about a mouth. Of course, all is not sunshine here, and many peo ple who come here meet with dis appointments especially if they , have had high expectations. A bout 99 per cent of those who have come here and staked themselves down and have remained ayear or so, are very enthusiastic over the "Big Bend" country. The best testimony in favor of any place is the spirit of content among its people; aud I am free to say that I have never found a locality whoso people were so well satic tied with their prospects. That people here do some com plaining is true. This is not heav en; for people get sick here, a bad liver causes impatience, and peo ple are not always in harmony with their neighbors; but there are fewer who fail fewer who q uar rel and less dem and for liver pills, than any place I have ever been. The prospect for the wheat har vest is good. Wheat is the prin cipal crop, as it is too cold for corn. Frosts come here every month in tlieyear. Wheat sells for 52 cents a bushel, potatoes, $1.25 ; coal $f.50 a ton, and wood 4.50 a cord. I said wood.but really It is pine, about such as is used in Ayr town ship for burning limekilns. This section is not so good a place in which to get work as it was a yea: or two ago. So many people have come in from other places. I have met here people from almost every state in the Union, and Pennsy has her full share of representatives. I have, however, . not met any Fulton coumy people. Daveuport is a hustling little town of about 15,000 people, good schools, eight churches. The Presbyterians are building a 7000 dollar church. Lest you may , get the impression that every body goes to church and drops a nickel into the collection basket every time it is passed around, I will say that there are five sa loons here all doing a thriving business, and drinking and gam bling go on day and night, week days and Sundays. I petped in one night and saw as much money piled upon a gam bling table, as they have in the coffers of the Fulton County Bank. Last Sunday afternoon there was a baseball game between the clerks and the business men. The result was 10-11 in favor of the business men. The Daven ort baud enlivened the occasion wiih music. Now, if any one comes out here with the expectation of getting a homestead, he will be fooled. Of course, thero are plenty of home stead claims lyiug around loose, but they are "no good." They are what is called here "Scab" laud aud lies well, but all gravel uut a bit of soil aud nothing grows on it bub sage brush and wool grass. Cultivated land brings a good price. I am not tryiug to make you be lieve that Davenport is the whole thing. This town lies in the Co lumbia river basin, and in the eastern part o the state. The whole state of Washington is as largo as Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, lihode Is land, FUton county, and "then some." A. C. Alexander Among those from this place who atteuded "May Meeting" at Tonoloway last Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. David E. Little, Wilbur Grissinger and the Misses Lottie and Lola Little, Robert M. Downes and Miss Mertio Bonder, Robert Shimor aud Miss Mary Largeut, James P. Waltz and sister Miss Esther, Colonel William Bishop, David Thomas and his sister Miss Rachel, and Alex Sloan. Carlton Lawson Coulter. The subject of this notice was born at Now Grenada, October 21 1880, and died in Pittsburg May 14, 1902, after an illness of five weeks of typhoid fever. lie wa3 a son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Coulter of Pittsburg, his mother, Minnie, being a daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Cun ningham, of New Grenada. t Be was a typical young man, and his life was full of promise of success and great ucef ulness.and his demise, as he was just enter ing upon the threshold of man hood, is crushing to his parents and friends. At the age of 13 he became as sistant ticket agent at the Fifth Avenue station of the P. R. R. at Pittsburg, which position he held for six years ; and during his spare hours, he made himself master of the art of stenography and book keeping. At the time he was stricken down with the fever, he was Paymaster of a coal company, Private Secretary of the Superintendent of the Elec tric Plant at McKee's Rocks, and during the extra hours, kept the books for another firm. He possessed those traits of character that made his services valuable to his employer, and that would have won for him position and influence. It is not always easy for us to understand the workings of Prov idence; but they are always right. Kelly. Mary, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Kelly of this place died at the Cooper House in this pla3e, about 10 o'clock Monday night. For several years she had her home with Mr. and Mrs. Funk, and several weeks ago along with most other children of town had measles. During the illness of her brother Bruce whose death occurred last week, she was at the home of her parents helping to take care of him. The shock occasioned by his death was to much for her enfeebled body and the immediate cause of her death was nervous prostration. Funeral took place from the Cooper house, Wednesday after noon, at 2.30. Her age was 15 years,3 months, and 1 day. The sympathy of the whole town goes out to the afflicted pa rents who hive been called on to part with two of their children within a week. Wells Tannery. W. H. Baumgardner represent ed our Castle of K. G. E. at Sha mokin last week. Mrs. Florence Black more of Pittsburg, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. A. Stewart. Mr. and Mrs. McGatherty of Altoona, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Meredith of this place. Hon. S. P. Wishart and daugh ter Miss Alice attended the Sun day school convention at Riddles burg the 17th inst Margery Sipe is visiting her aunt Mrs. Quinter of Huntingdon. Miss Eliza Leash spent Sunday with her parents at Riddlesburg. Mr. John B. Foot and son Amos are visiting friends here. Mr. Foot is 82 years of age and the fa ther of the Evangelist Foot Broth ers. Hon. D. H. Patterson is expect ed to be one of the orators here Memorial day. Sideling Hill. Job Hill has commenced to re pair his barn. Walter Weicht has lately pur chased a new sawmill and engine. "Success to you, Walter." Bert Carnell who met with a se vere accident a short time ago is slowly recovering. Bert is a bright boy and we hope he may yet recover. Quite a uumber of the young people attended May Meeting last Sunday. Elliot Aker has madehisdaugh ter a present of a very hue organ. Mt. Airy school . closes next week, and both teacher and pupils will be sorry to part after a very pleasant term. ANOTHER Editor Barron Continu Starting Our Editou News: I have read m!tk l . . : i i i . ! juranuiD tile til nuus iu tins week's News by T. J. Thompson and a writer whose name does not appear tohis article. I wish he would have given his name so that I might recall who was my opp nent that night in the spelling match at the Dutch Corner. I remember the night well. We had lots of fun, and I have often thought of it since. But I will speak of the winter I taught at the Vallance school house in an other article. I wish now to go on from where I left off in my last article. The last subject I was speaking of was the lawyers and the first county officials of Fulton county. The writer in this week's paper is right about the first sheriff be ing Mr. Barnhart. David Fore was not elected till afterwards as I now recollect. I am not clear as to who was the first Represen tative, but think it was Wm. P. Schell who became Speaker of the House while he was in the leg islature. John Cessna was also elected Speaker while he served from Bedford county. There was also one or two lawyers that I think I did not mention in my last article. One was E. G. Day, who came up aud located there from Frederick, Md. He was a local M. E. preacher, and taught the school the first year or two, and I was one of his pupils. He was a man of somewhat stern ap pearance but kind to his pupils. He was elected Prosecuting At torney after.I think Wm.P.Schell had served a term. I never heard what became.of him. He had a son named Charley that was near my age. The other Attorney that I remember, was a Mr. Bonnett. 1 forget his first name. My rec ollection is, that he died while I lived there. He came from Bed ford. He was a very quiet, un assuming, young man, well liked but very bashful too much so for a lawyer. He dressed well and used to wear a black satin vest, which was very much in vogue in those days. Mr. Thompson speaks of the marriage of John H. Filler to Lou isa Bohn.and her untimely death. I remember her well as a most amiable and lovely young lady, but I remember her sister Mary, better, as she was one of my school mates and about my age, and also her step-sister Susan White who, I think, married Col. Boyd of Franklin county, and New Grenada. May Warm aud dry. Hay and grain scarce and high. George Myers has moved from Robertsdale to house of N. H. Alio way near Waterfall, the late residence of A. W. McClain. The telephone wire is now being strung from here to Cassville. Mrs. Reeder of Shermans Val ley, has reu ted the Austin Stevens place in our valley and will move thereto. Dr. R. B. Campbell of our towu accompanied by his brother. Dr. William C, of Mt. Union, took a spring outing, visiting the cities of New York, Buffalo, Newark, Philadelphia and arrived home last Saturday." H. C. McClain started for Erie, Mouday morning to represent Waterfall Lodge No. 773 1. 0. O. F. at Grand Lodge. James Chesuut and wife visit ed our town last Saturday. Jim called G. H. McCoy's sale aud in the evening sold some scraps for I the Odd Fellows, while his better j half visited friends. The joke was ! Jim could not persuade "Flick" to j shake hands. with his wife. William S. Hunter is located in , our village as a dentist, anJ has opeued up his Dental Parlor ou ; the first floor of the P. O. S. of A. I HalL He is now in shape to look down in the mouth and make a draw, CHAPTER. es His Reminiscences. Newspapers. her brother John D. Bohn. Mary Bohu visited at my father's in Io-1 wa some two or throe years after we left McCounellsburg. I wou- der if any of these are living now. J Perhaps the most interesting i event to me upon the erection of I the new county was the arrival of the two newspapers in the town. Ti e first to come was, The Fulton Democrat followed in a short time afterward by The Fulton Re-pub lican. James B. Sanson was the proprietor of the Democrat. He had started the paper iu Bedford a short time before and was buck ing against General Bowman with his Bedford Gazette. When Mc Counellsburg became a county seat he removed his paper there. We boys were watching for the first edition to come out aud to see them run off the paper. I was there at the "bornin" of the newspaper. None of us had ever seen a priuting office before, and it was a groat sight to see them working off the paper on the old hand press. From that time on I was a fre quent visitor at the Democrat of fice and there is where I got my first inspiration to become an Ed itor, and I never did feel satisfied till I became the owner of a priut ing office. But I didn't know as much about delinquent subscri bers then as I do now, or about working day aud night without pay to help people get into fat of fices and never get any myself. Jim Sanson, as wo called hiin, had a brother named Joe who worked in the office, who with Wilson Evans who worked in the Republican office were special chums of mine aud my brother Will. Included iu the crowd was also Peter A. Reed who clerked for his brother Jacob. Muuy a jolly evening have we spent iu one or the other of the printing offices, and they come back to me with vividness as I recall them. Jas. B. Sansom removed to In diana county aud published .the Indiana Democrat for a uumber of years, and died there. Joe was, the last I heard of him, one of the proprietors of the Altoona Tribune; Peter A. Reed was in Tyrone, but I have not heard of him for a long time; Wilson Ev ans, 1 heard, died many years ago; W. H. Barron is living at Raymore, Mo., and 1 am here, alive, and thankful for the years vouchsafed me, aud the blessings of health and ability to work still continuing with me. . ISrush Creek. The farmers are all busy. Mr. Frank Spade and wife vis ited Mrs. Spade's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Bard receuth;'. C. D. Hixson and family, aud Mrs. Louisa Uixsou spout Sun day afternoon with Mrs.Authouy Spade Sr. a short time ago. D. O. Miller and wife aud Mrs. Martha B. Lay ton were caUiug on Beuson Hauks aud family. Ed N. Lodge expects to go to Ohio to school iu tho near future. Alex Mills of Everett was call ing on his parents Mr. s.nd Mrs. Isaac Mills a few days ago. J. D. Smith planted a fine young orchard this spring. John knows a good thing when he sees it. Miss Grace Smith went to Ev erett a few days ago. Miss Flora Smith still contin ues ill. Christ and N. B. Spado are pool ing bark for C. D. Hixson this spring. Mrs. Louisu Rudolph. Mrs. Louisa, wife of Harry Ru dolph of Reading, Pa., died on Mouday of last week after a three weeks' illuessof pneumouia, aged about 53 years. De jeased was a sister of Liveryman John Sheets of this place, and Exshoriff Daniel Sheets of Mercorsburg. She moved from McConnellsburg about twouty-five years ago. SpadeSmith. At the M. E. parsonage at Bed ford, on Wednesnay 14th iust., Mr. W. L. Spado of Pittsburg, aud Miss Daisy Smith of .Whips Cove weie united in marriage. The happy couple left on Satur day for Pittsburg where they ex pect to make their homo. Kiiohsvlllc. Mrs. Sylvina Fore is sick at the home of her daughter Mrs. Samuel Cromer at Ft. Littleton. Mrs. Wm. Roadie and five-year-old daughter Lorilla, of Elmira, N. Y. came last week to spend the summer with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Greer, Sr. Miss Lillian Fleming spent the past week visiting friends here. Prof. T. S. Hershy, accompa nied by Miss Celia Brubaker, spent a few days this week with her sisters at Hancock. Mr. and Mrs. John Tice speut Saturday and Sunday with his daughter Mrs. Daughenbaugh at Orbisonia. Russel Rowe and Mrs. Stains of New Grenada spent Saturday aud Sunday with their uncle Hen ry Rowe and family. John Leh master and wife of Marks, Franklin county, spent a couple of days recently with Mrs. Lehmaster's father D. E. Fore. Scott Bishop is working for Da vid Brubaker. Mrs. Minna Baker was shop ping in McConnellsburg Monday. Mr. Wm. Polk who has been very ill this spring, is, we are glad to note, able to bo out again. John Sherman and daughter Miss Dora, spent Saturday aud Sunday with his brother-in-law, George Mock in Frauklin county. Henry Rowe spent Monday night with his aged mother in Wells Valley. Samuel Cromer spent Sunday with Wm. Greer Jr. Grant Baker was in Belfast and Brush Creek township last week looking up his political friends. John and Katie Campbell are iu Everett at present. Ivy Lohmaster of Bridgeport, is spending sometime at tho home of her grandfather, Daniel E. Fore. Miss Myrtle Kelso spent Sun day with Miss Boyd Sherman. .. Looked Like A ltin Fire. Last Monday, as the morning train pulled into Mercersburg station, great excitement was caused by great clouds of smoke pouriug out of all the windows aud doors of oue of the cars. A bucket brigade was quickly formed and the Fire Department called out but by this time the train had stopped and it was learned that every man in the car was smoking a "Bedford Sport", Toby which is noted for being the best, largest and freest smok ing penny Toby made. "Bedford Sports" Tobies at all dealers. Big Cove Tannery. Austin Carbaugh and family were visiting at G. W. Deshong's Saturday night. Cleveland Peck was visiting his sister Mrs. Frank Deshong Sat urday. The preaching at W. McEldow neys Saturday evening was well attended. There will be a festival in Jack Craig's woods along the road lead ing from Geo. W. Deshong's to J. L. Richards for the benefit of the new church on the 23 and 24 of May. Lillio Cooper and Florence Car baugh were very pleasant visitors at Mrs. G. W. Deshong's last week. Mr. Edward Simpson and Miss Lillian Putt went to May Meetiug at Tonoloway last Sunday. David Lauver will finish the wall of tho new church Wednes day. There will be preaching at Geo. Deshong's May U5 at 10:30 and at J. L. Richards at 2:30 and 7:80. Col. Wm. Bishop sold his house and lot on Water Street Tuesday ti-iTTnll nnrl Uonifor fop &77? n'uah Wall paper from 2 cents a roll up. Thompson & Stech. 1 ANOTHER ACCIDENT IK THOMPSON. Jacob IlesM Fell from an Apple Tree and Was Seriously Injured. Last week one day Mr. Jacob Hess of Thompson township, met with an accident which nearly terminated his existence on this ten e atrial sphere. He had climb ed up into a large apple tree to de stroy the nests o catorpill irs that are threatening destruction to the fruit crop. Owing to the fact that the limb on which Jacob risked his avoirdupois, which is by no means light, was defective, it broke off and Mr. Hess went crashing down through the limbs and foliage of the tree head fore most.alightingonthehard ground ten or fifteen feet below where the limb had broken off. Mr. less was picked up in an uncon scious condition, a physican was summoned, who found that Mr. Hess had sustained serious inter nal injury. The doctor is giving the case very careful attention and hopes to be able to bring Jake through all right. Saluvia. Miss Sadie Stewart, is spend ing this week with friends in Mc Connellsburg. Miss Mary Daniels of McCon nellsburg was visiting her mother Mrs. Christina Daniels last week. Miss Ada Hockensmith of Sal tillo is visiting her cousin Miss Dora Deshong and other friends in this vicinity. The Epworth League at Green Hill has been reorganized : Pres ident, H. Elmer Deshong. They meet every Sunday evening at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Mahala Deshong and daughter Miss Dora who had been spending several weeks with Mrs. Deshong's son Edward, of South Fork, returned to their home last Friday. Mrs. Mahala Mellott, widow of Jesse Mellott, deceased, the old est lady in Licking Creek town ship, died at the home of her son-in-law Ahimaaz Truax, Friday morning, aged about 86 years. Mrs. Mellott, had been an invalid for several years of infirmities due to old age.' She was a sister of D. S. Mellott, Saluvia, and Miss Zilfa Mellott of Mercersburg. Her remains were interred in the Sideling Hill Baptist cemetery Sunday morning, May 18, 1902. ' Huston town. Mrs. Robert Speer, of Saluvia visited her parents for a few days during the past week. Mr. Clyde Harris the popular salesman of Carlisle, Sundayed with his many friends at this place. Rev. Jackson, will preach a Memorial sermon in the U. B. church next Sunday. He prom ises his congregation something in a sermon of this kind that will be of great benefit It is hoped he will have a good turnout. The American Telephone and Telegraph Company, have added four more ires to their new line which makes a good appearance, if not a benefit to Fulton county. Mrs. O. E. Hatch of Philadel phia, is visiting at the home of her parents, Rev. E. Shoemaker, for a few weeks. The citizens of our town should be complimented on the improve ments about their homes which adds very much to the appear ance of the town. Mr. Thad Shoemaker was pres ent at the naptha explosion which occurred in Pittsburg last week in which 600 lives were lost. Mr. Ross Johnson who is em ployed at Waynesburg Green county, is very dangerously ill with blood poison which was caus ed from a cut by a razor. A correspondent of the Perry county Times has this to say about destroying caterpillars : The plan used here to destroy caterpillars is to take lime and prepare a common whitewash, tie a cloth to the end of a pole, dip it in the liquid and either thrust it in the nest or saturate it with it, aud it will bring the an swer every time. It is not injur ious to the trees like burning. FATAL ACCIDENT AT STEAI SAWMILL. Win. F. Golden Struck by Flying Timber, Lives but 10 Minutes. While pffbearing on a stoam sawmill operated by James E. Mellott on the site of the old tan nery at Franklin Mills last Mon day afternoon, W. F. Golden was struck in the left Bide by a small piece of lumber thrown out by the saw and died in ten minutes. Mr. Golden was one of Bethel township's best citizens, an elder in the Presbyterian church, and a man who enjoyed the confidence and esteem of all who knew him. He leaves to survive him a wife and seven children. Interment at the Presbyterian church, War fordsburg.Wednesday afternoon. Ho was aged about 45 years. Thompson. Dennis Everts is in a fair way to recover. James Funk is sick. Miss Emma Pitt man, who has been with her aunts in Illinois and Kansas a couple of years, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Rhoda Gregory. Mr. and Mrs. Weaver and Mr. and Mrs. James Shives all of near Hancock visited their nephew Dennis Everts last week. May Meeting was well attend ed. Rev. Ott will preach at Zion next Sunday at 10 o'clock. Adjourned Auction. S. M. Robinson will continue the Auction begun last Saturday evening on next Saturday even ing, the 24th inst, as only about one-half the goods were disposed of. Pertinent Paragraphs. Rev. Dr. W. W. Dalbey occupied Dr. West's pulpit in the Presby terian church last Sunday even ing. Rev. A. G. Wolf was also present, and assisted in conduct ing the service. Geo. B. Daniels Esq., is in the city of Erie this week represent ing McConnellsburg Lodge No. 744 1. 0. 0. F., in the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. From Erie George will go to Niagara Falls, and take a ride over the famous "Gorge Route." A very pleasant social affair oc enrred on the 10th inst, at the home of Mr. W. H. Decker iu Whips Cove. It was a birthday party given in honor of Mrs. Deck er. A splendid dinner was ser ved at noon, and about 36 guests partook, and spent the afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Decker. Memorial services will be held at Asbury church, Green Hill, Friday, May 30, at 10 o'clock. Jno. P. Sipes, Esq., and others will be there to deliver addresses. Communion services at the Green Hill Presbyterian church next Sunday morning at 10:30. Preparatory services Saturday afternoon at 2:30. Ithasbeen observed while plow ing for several weeks that tho seventeen year locusts are work ing to the surface. When this county was visited by the locusts in 1868 great damage-was done to fruit and forest trees, especially to chestnut trees. Somebody gets this off on a can didate: "He kissed the babe and rubbed the heads of Sam and Sue, he swore the twins were beauti ful and wished he had two but that don't count He asked about the corn bread which he vainly tried to chaw, and forthwith beg ged the recipe; of course that tick led ma but that don't count. But just before he left he stopped and winked, closed up his jaw, aud slipping out behind the barn he took a drink ' with pa and that's what counts." Gllr Wanted. A good girl or widow ?ady for general housework iu family of five. Good wages, and trans r tation to place of employment Reference required. Address, J. W. Stkoup, Yeagerstown, Pa.
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