w 0m C0ttifi $fem Mil r VOLUME 5. McCONNliLLSBURG, PA., MAY 11, 190. NUMBER 3 DOGS GET IN THEIR WORK. And the Dog Tax Fund Suffers to the Tune of $139. NEARLY WHOLE FLOCK DESTROYED. Twenty-nine Fine Sheep Killed for Daniel B. McQuade on (lie Ross Farm Last Wednesday Night. D. B. McQuade lives two or three miles south of this place but had a Hock of 33 sheep on the Ross farm, two miles west of town on the Meadowground road. At an early hour last Thursday morning Mr. J. J. Conrad and son Clarence were awakened by the furious barking of dogs in the direction of the fields in which Mr. McQuade had his sheep; and they at once arose, Clarence got his gun, and the two went to see what was the matter. By the time they reached the flock nearly all of the number had been killed, their carcasses strewn over almost the entire farm. Seeing two dogs worrying a sheep away down the hollow, Clarence brought his trusty gun to bear on one of the dogs, pulled the trigger and there was one dog less for the assessor. Dur ing the morning another dog was killed by one of Teter Scheidle man's boys, and one by John Iloopengardner. The owner of the sheep was no tified and made complaint before Justice Thomas, who notified the auditors of Ayr township D. H. Patterson, Conrad Glazier, Jr., and Geo. P. Mellott, who apprais ed the loss at $189. The dogs, it is believed, belong to some of the families up at Af rica. It may be a matter of some in terest just now to know what to do in case you wake some morn ing to discover that a lot of your sheep -have oeeu killed by dogs. From the Act of May 23, 18J3. we learn that the first thiDg is to go to your justice of the peace and make a complaint in writing over your own name. The justice will then notify the township audi tors, who shall constitute a board of inquiry, with power to sub poena witnesses, ad mister oaths, and after having determined the facts in the matter, and find if possible, who is the owner or keeper of the dogs, shall make an award of damages, and make a full report of their proceeding to the justice. The justice now adds a certificate t the report of the auditors that such appraisement was regularly made, and upon payment of all costs up to this time by the said claimant, de livers the report, together with all papers pertaining thereto, to the county commissioners, who will cause a draft to be drawn on the county treasurer, for the pay ment of said damages. The fund from which this is paid is supported by the dog tax. Theassessor shallannually assess each dog in his township or bor ough over four months old the rate in this county being 35 cents for male dogs, and 70 cents for ' female. When at the end of any fiscal year it is found that there is a fund exceeding $200 in the hands of the treasurer, the ex cess Bhall be trausferred to the fund for county purposes. If the owner of the dog or dogs refuses to kill them upon receiv ing notice from the coustable through the justice, he shall bo come liable for all damages and costs. If the owner of the dog as reported by the auditors does aot kill" the dog, the commissioners shall notify said owner and if the dog is not kiliod within ten days, the commissioners will notify the constable to do it, for which ser vice he shall be paid one dollar a dow out of the sheep fund. The justice's costs are a dollar, and the auditors get a dollar a day each, for timo spent in the in vestigatlon. Miss Esther Sloan of the Cove, started on Tuesday of last week for atrip to Denver, Colo., and other points m the West BUT LITTLE RAIN IN IOWA. Rev! Geo. B. Shoemaker Writes of Crop Conditions. KI.DOUA, IOWA. Mity . H0. Eimtok News In my last let ter I told of three murder cases, one in Hardin county, and ono each in Grundy aud Marshall, which are neighboring counties to Hardin. The Grundy county man is in jail and will be tried at August term of court. The grand jury discharged the Marshal county man. The Eldora man, whose name is Blydenburgh, was tried last January, convicted and sen tenced for life at hard labor in the penitentiary at Auamosa. During the trial this Town aud community were very much in terested. The court room was crowded at every session, and it was impossible to get the atten tion of the public from the trial. The jury took but one ballot which was unauimous for conviction. The defense appealed to the su preme court aud, of course, the prisoner has hopes of a new trial. This has been a backward spring; but ior two weeks, uow, the weather has boon ideal. The latest crop bulletin for the State says: "For the week end ing Monday a. m.i May 2, the daily mean temperature wasi'rom 2 to a degrees below normal. The weather, however, was most ly fair, and at the close the con ditions were about all that could be desired for farming operatious and the germination of cereals. Reports are generally favorable as to the conditions of oats, spring wheat and barley, which appear to be generally com nig up in good time and promising a fair stand. Good progress has been made in plowing aud preparing ground for corn, aud a very large area is now in readiness for the planters. In some favored localities plant ing was begun on the last two days of April, and with continued good weather a very considerable acreage will be planted the first week. in May.' Conditions are much more favorable than at the corresponding date last year for the cereal crops and all kinds of fruits, except peaches. The sea son is ten days late as to germi nation of seed and growth of veg etation, but the general outlook has not been more encouraging at the first of May within the past five years." But little rain bus fallen this spring;and, yet, ground is in good condition to work. In my small garden I have radishes, onions ana lettuce up, ana my early potatoes are just coming through, the ground. Have had two pickings of rhubarb, or as we call it in this country "pie plant." A nice rain would be very acceptable. The last rain fall we had was on Saturday, April 23, 1904. Potatoes are selling now at $1.40 per bushel; apples 50 cents a peck; asparagus 15 cents a bunch; strawberries 20 cents a basket; cabbage 5 cents a pound; bananas 20 cents a dozen. For quite a while this spring we bought nice navel orauges for 12 cents a dozen, but now tliey are 30 cents. Eggs are 15 cents, but ter 20 unless you want the cream ery make which is 25 cents. Considerable work in the way of new buildings will be done this summer. Among these is a fine brick building on a corner lot iu a prominent pari oi uu. mvi, which is to bo the home of our postofiice on first floor. Tim build ing is to be completed by the first of July and is rented to the gov eminent for ten years. Several residences will be built this hum mer also. The Industrial School for boys, a state institution local ed here, has received from the legislature an appropriation for some new buildings. Our public schools closo on the 3rd of June. It falls to the lot of the writer to preach the da sermon on Sunday, May 29th, which is no unpleasant task I as sure you. We look forward with considerable pleasure to an antici pated visit from Mrs.Shoemakcr's brother and bin wife, Rev. A. S. TWO MORE SUICIDES. One at Merccrsburg Last Friday and One at Fannettsburg Saturday. John Armstrong of Mercers burg, aged about 30 yearns, com mitted suicide by hanging last Friday. He lived at the home of his pa rents and on Thursday evening went home drunk, kicked his mother out of doors and flung a burning lamp after her. lie was arrested and put in the lockup. When the officer took him his breakfast next morning lie did not uotice anything unusual in his conduct ; but when the officer went back at dinner time, he fouud Armstrong hanging dead from the top of the cage. He had torn up his shirt and made a rope, which, with his suspend ers, made string enough with which ho accomplished his pur pose. James B. Seibert, aged about fifty years and living at Fannetts burg, committed suicide about (3 o'clock last Saturday morning. He had not been in good health for some years, and lately had been worrying over imaginary business troubles. His body was fouud hanging on the garret of his residence. Mr. Seibert was a highly esteemed citizen and au active member of the Presbyteri an church of Fannettsburg. He was a saddler by trade and was born in Mercersburg, but had spent the greater part of his life in Fannettsburg. Mr. Seibert is survived by his wife and seven children. JUMPED TOO FAR. Little Walter Scott Unconscious After Leaping to the Barndoor. List, Thursday afternoon Wal ter, 0 year-old sou of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Scott of Tod town ship, with Minnie Counelly, two or throe years alder, was at play in his father's barn. It occurred to them that it would bo fun to see which could leap the greatest distance from tho haymow to the narnlloor, upon whicli lay a little pile of loose straw. Walter made one extra effort and cleared the straw, alighting upon the hard barn floor, receiving such a jar that the little fellow was uncon scious for some time. After re gaining consciousness ho was asked how he felt and lie fcaul, "I feel like I do when I rido a horse down hill on a trot." Baldwin and wife, ou their re turn from the General Confer ence. Iowa will then be in her glory, uud we look upou it as a very fortunate time to make a visit to this glorious land. When I read iu the last copy of the "News" about the mountain fires, 1 wanted to be iu tho old homo so I could see once more at night the light of the mouutain fires. Tell "Graudpap" Nace, that "Foxy Grandpap" Shoemaker greets him and reports the grand son doing very well "I thank you." The News comes to me regular ly, and I enjoy reading It very much. Many new names appear aud frequently people are spoken of about whom I am in doubt as to w.iether I know them or not, but always there are some meu tionod whom I know are the friends of my youth and I am (Had to hear of them ouce more. I was saddened by the record you made last week of the death of ex-postmaster Shlmer. . "Peace to his ashes." Our time will come before a very great wbilo. God help us to be ready. The letters from people away from the old town as I read them from time to time in the "News" are oj great interest to me, and, trusting word from a former resi dent, who loves the old town, and wishes he could visit with her people oftener, will bring some pleasure to at least a few of your readers, 1 make bold to send this With kind regards to all, am Very truly Gko. B. Shoemaker. BORN AT SIPES MILL 1815. : i Benjamin F. Ctcvenger, Now a Resident of the lioosier State. HALE AND HEARTY THOUGH NEARLY 90. Is Visiting Friends and Relatives In this Coun ty, and Is a Whole Encyclopedia ol Reminiscences of the Past. Mr. Benjamin F. Clevenger of Deertield, Iudiana, is visiting friends in this couuty, and spent a day or two the first of the week with the family of Judge Morton Mrs. Morton being a niece of Mr. Clevenger. During his stay here ho called at the News office and entertained the editor with reminiscences of the early part of the last century: for Mr. Clev- nger, although possesing a mem ory as clear as a bell, aud a step as elastic as a Japanese regular, was born 89 years ago. lie can eel you off stories enough about our grandfathers in their palmy days to till a Hagers'owu alma nac and then some. He told us about being up at Harrisonville at muster one summer day in 1838, and among others there, were Jim Gregory and Jake Hau- ger. (The older toiks can ten you who those men were Joseph B. Mellott of Ayr township, lives ou the Hauger place, and Lewis Bard of Belfast on the Gregory farm.) It was a poor muster day when there were not a dozen fistic en counters; for men traveled on their muscle in those days, aud this muster day at Harrisonville in 1838 was no exception to the general rule. But to return to Hauger aud G regory. Hauger was cuptaiu of a militia company, and Gregory was a private. Gregory became olTouded in some. way, and while Hauger was stand ing on the porch at Cook's hotel calling the roll, Gregory broke ranks, charged ou Hauge', and snatched the latter 's sword. Hauger struck at G regory and at that moment Gregory, who stood on the ground somewhat lower than the porch ou which Hauger stood, grabbed Hauger around the legs, pulled him off and, in au instant, they were roll ing and tumbling on the ground pounding, punching, biting, aud each exert me every nerve to gain the supremacy. At last their friends interfered and tho two belligerents were separated. Aft- . . . . M.I er the iragments or mo meiee were gathered up it was found that Gregory had bitten off Hau ger's lower lip, and Hauger had bitten off. Gregory's upper lip, and, "said Mr. Cleveuger, "both men carried that deformity to the end of their lives." Memorial Sermon. Rev. B. A. Salter will preach a memorial sermon in the M. L church at Hustontown, ou Suu day, May 29th at 10 o'clock, a. m. Everybody invited. Grissinger-Griffith. In Huntingdon on Wednesday, May 4th, by Rev. Black of the M. E. church, Mr. Carlton Grissing er, sou of J.L. Grissinger of New Grenada, was married to Miss Ida Griffith, daughter of Jackson Griffith of Broadtop City. Road Plow Case Again. The Supreme Court has just refused the defendant appeal from the Superior Court in tho case of Miss Florence Hauks vs. Ayr township. This is the road plow case that was tried twice iu tho courts of this county and both times the verdict was in favor of the township, but on appeals to the Superior Court judgments were reversed. Tho last proceed ings were to obtain an apioal to the Superior Court, and, as the defendant failed, the case will be tried again in this county. Capt. and Mrs. C. T. Dixon of Sipes Mills, were among the throng of shoppers in town last Saturday, and of course, did not forget to leave some money with the printer. THE M,SSI0N 0F S0RR0W- Written for the News by Prof. George . W. Ashton "I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul." Isaiah 38 . 1 5. ' I shall no softly nil my years" Thus said a saddened Klntf of old. When through Hie mistiness of tears He saw ihe irrlt-f hi days must hold." It would indeed bo a strange life that had not oeeu touched with sorrow. No such life has ever lived in this world. Ella Wheeler Wilcox in her beautiful poem "Gethsemano" says: All paths that have been or shall be Pass somewhere tlo-oiwh (icth-emuue"-- the garden of sorrows The sky thut Is clear to-day Is overcast to-mor row." But while we wai t i a the shadows let us watch for the kindling light, it will come. How true it is that: There Is no Nocli however watched unit tended but one dead lamb Is there; There Is no llre-ide howe'er defended Hut has one vacant chair." Friend after friend departs and earth grows strange and lonely as one chamber after another is locked iu our hearts, but heaven should scorn nearer every day. The great flood of human an guish that Hows clown and on ward through the ages is largely duo to death, a word pregnant; with mysteries past conception and terrors past repression. Wo stand appalled in its presence, is is so overwhelming in its reality, and our very instinctive solicitude recoils at its contemplation. This, however, is due to the weakness of human nature and the fact that death hides the faces of loved ones whose living smile was tho sunlight of our existence, but the chain of affection has been but loosened, not, a link of it has been broken for love is too divine to be come dust. What we call death tho angels call immortality, and even in the night ol death, hope sees a star and listening love can hear ttie rustle of a wing. While sorrow always abounds iu tho world, wo are not always equally conscious of it. It is only when it enters our homes, or comes within the circle of our in timate friends, that we feel its touch more keenly than usual and are prostrated with grief. It is then that sorrow' overshadows our lives aud makes them sadly serious. While thus bowed down with woe, we are led to inquire : What is tho meaning of all this sorrow, aud why does it come? Is there anything good in it ? Must we simply bow to these things witii a little more submis siveness and patience, but with only a feeling that it is the stern decree of fate from which there is no possible relief ? Or are these sorrows somehow to result in good to us, so that while we can not escape them, nor mitigate their painfulness, yet we our solves are not to bo left by them just as they found us ? While we ponder we are impell ed to acknowledge that God's hand is in it all. We are not the victims of blind fate. We live in a universe of intelligence all of which is under the control and direction of one sovereign power, We need to be reminded of this when the shadows have settled about us and the sharpness of our own suffering has caused us to forget tho greater world and the higher hand that rules it. Sorrow seems to serve as a re fining fire to us. It burns out some of the baser metals for the time at least. It is good to weep. It makes us childlike. The child heart is teuder. It weeps easily And wo adults are reduced to the tenderness of childhood when something has brought us to the point of feeling at which we weep. Tho human heart is always ten der uuder a real sorrow. Our ill feelings are overcome. ' Our little animosities, our jealousies and hostilities all fade away. They are drowned out by the flood of present sorrow. Then we can forgive, we can love, we cau pity, as we did not do before. Our heart ure null. uu 1110 uepiui 01 mu uoui are immen up vy uie penetrating airoKe. "Urlef biw a wondroun ofteulnv! It betters every noul It acini; Hough u touch Commoner or Kiiif (Coniloued 00 nttb paid HAS CROSSED THE POND. j George R Martin Writes From Liver- ! pool, England. ' April 2(1. I reached here last j Wednesday evening, after having ! been on tho ocean seven days aud I nights sailing at the rate of 450 miles a day. It was a nice trip, as we had fair weather all through. I came on the White Star Teu toi.ic. It is 587 feet in length, tins 28 boilers, and takes 300 sail ors to man it. One morning a man was miss ed. We were all ordered out on deck and marched around the ship and counted by the Captain, but the man was gone he must have fallen overboard during the night. Here the street cars are all two stories high, and the hauling is all done on one-horse wagons and carts. I have not seen a buggy nor au American since I came. When two horses are worked in a wagon, one is hitched in tront of the other as boat mules and then 13 tons is a common load. The draft horses nearly all weigh 20 to 21 hundred. The wages hero for a laboring man is four shillings a day. This is a very large city. There will be a large parade next Saturday. I came over on the mail boat and suppose there was four four- horse wagon loads ot mail on it. It starts back to morrow. People in ruiton county have a good place to live and don't know it a place where they can worship God under their own vine and tig tree and have plenty to live on. I expect to remain here about a week. Geo. R. Martin. HUSTONTOWN. W. R. Specr and w ife of Salu via, spout Sunday with the lat tor's parents in this place. Rev. Sparks aud family of Run ville, Pa., are visitiug at the home of Mrs. Sparks' parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Ileefuer, Sr. The Rev. will preach iu the U. B. church next Sunday evening. - The entertainment held in the P. O. S. of A. Hall last Friday night was a success both socially and financially. Among those present from a distanco were Mr. Frank Daniels and Miss Kath erine Metzler of Harrisonville, and Fran Mort and Miss Sadie Wilson of Clear Ridge. Misses Sadie and Margaret Clevenger and Nina Kirk of West Dublin, visited friends in this place last week. Ihose who accompaned Prof. Lamborson to McConnellsburg last Monday to attend the Normal at that place were Harry and El mer Horton, Will Hoover, Eugene Chesnut, Frank Deavor, Alice Keebaugh and May Chesnut. Dr. A. K. Davis claims to be the inventor of a machine whereby old maids can be made young, tall girls short and vice versa. The presumption is, that if the inven tion proves a success, the Doctor will have a busy time this sum mer. Trip To Clearfield. Mr. S.C. Lay ton of Whips Cove gives the following sketch of a recent trip to Clearfield : I started from Everett April 2 on the 9:30 train and got to Hunt ingdon at 11:30; after waiting . 30 minutes I started for Tyrone, ar riving there at 12:30. 1 left Ty rone at 3:55 and arrived at Clear field at 0:10. I found my sons, James, aud Edward and wife, all well. I visited Mr. Job Fletcher and family, and Thomas Ducket, and found them all well. My son Edwards drives the bakery wagon, and James works iu the brick yard. Clearfield has 3 brick yards, 1 tannery, 1 found ry, 1 toy factory, a wooden-ware factory and a tile factory. I was at the Mod plant one day. That is a large concern, and employs about 400 hands. They are building the third I Qrik It will cost about 110,000. I found all the people kind and jlever, and J arrived home on the 18th of the same month, R. C. Layton. ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW Snapshots at Their Movements, as They Come and Go. NAMES 0I: VISITORS AM) YTS1TLD. Home for a Vacation. Away tor an Outing, a Trip for Business or Pleasure, You'll Find it Right Her. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Lyon of Dublin, spent last Friday at the County Seat. N. B. Hanks of Emmaville, was iu town attending to some busi ness last Friday. Mrs. Archie W. Johnston of the Cove, was a pleasant caller at this office last Friday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Frauk Davis of Laidig, were pleasant callers at the News office while in town last Wednesday. Mrs. Amanda Pratt and daugh ter Miss Lillian, of Big Cove Tan nery, spent last Thursday iu town. Mr. Russell Mellott of Pleas ant Ridge passed through town early Monday morning on his way to Franklin county. Rev. J. R. Logue will preach at Pleasant Grove uext Saturday evening; at Antioch Sunday at 10, and at Oakley at 2:30. Mr. Dennis Morgret took oc casion while in town last Friday to come into the News office aud advance his subscription to 1900. Landlord Harry Hamill of Fort Littleton attended a horse sale in Chambersburg last Saturday, aud we are informed purchased two of the eijuincs. Mr. Levi Crawford, one of our valued Union township subscrib ers spent last Friday night in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mason of this place. John StoulTer of near Everett, Adams county, will be 91 years old May 22. Sunday last he walk ed two miles to church and then back after tho meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Amos ' Martin and their sons Paul ' R., and Christian were recent visitors at the home of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. Martin iu the Cove. Miss Mary E. Thompson aud Mr. Breathed Bridges of Han cock, were married Wednesday evening of last week at tho Eck ington Presbyterian church by Rev. W. F. Thompson tho bride's father. Mrs. Alice D, Gordon passed through this place last Friday ou her way to Fort Littleton. Mrs. Gordon has been absent from home since last October visiting her children in the western part of the State. Mr. W. LL DutTy of Webster Mills spent from Saturday until Monday visiting his daughter Florence in Chambersburg, and was accompanied home by Ted, who had been spending a couple of weeks in Chambersburg. Rev. Mason L. Sipes, a retired Christian minister, formerly a resident of this county but now postmaster at Tatesville, Bed ford county, is reported suffer ing from a serious aflliction of erysipelas on the face. The first Quarterly Meeting of the Methodist Episcopal church will bo observed as follows: Wednesday, May 11,' at 7:30 p. m., Love Feast; Sunday, May 15, at 0:30 a. m., Sunday school; at 10:30 Communion; 2 p. m. Junior League; 6:30 Senior League; 7:30 sermon. Wodnosday, May 18, at 3 p. m., Quarterly Conference. J. V. Adams, Pastor. Eugene Hanks, wlio played third base for Penn Park the past three years, has returned from Fall River, Mass., where he had gone to play this season, llanos says this section of the country is the ball player's paradise and he cares to wander from it no more, lie stopped off in this city yesterday afternoon on his way to Chambersburg, where ho will join Manager Law son's team. Hanks reaides at Chambersburg. Uarrtsburg Patriot
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