n 111 n nv VOLUME 7. McCONNELLSBUKG, PA., JANUARY 24. 190G. NUM1SEK IS IN EXTRA SESSION. The Legislature Back at Harrlsburj in Obedience to Call of the Gov ernor. ' Old Bosses CONSPICUOUS FOR THEIR ABSENCE. In conformity with Governor Pennypacker's call for an extra session of the Legislature, the 204 Representatives and 50 Senators which compose that body, assem bled in the new Capitol building in Llarnsburg on Monday after noon of last week. The Legislators were late in getting to Harrisburg, principal ly owing to the fact that they had to pay their way. , It was a novel experience to some of them who had ridden on an annual pass for the past twenty-five years; but thev bore it nobly, walked. up to the ticket office, bought a 1,000 mileage book, and handed out their little thirty dollars just like other people. Neither Senator Penrose, nor "Izzy" Durham, nor "Big Jim" McNichol, nor any of the petty bosses who carried prders from the Boas mansion to the Legisla- turo one short year ago, were on hand. If there is any boss at all connected with this Legislature, it is Governor Peunypactier. Af ter the feirful trouncing the Re publicans got last fall, he is ready to do anything to regain the fa vor of the people, and the Gover nor seized the idea of calling the Legislature to meet and pass up on reform measures. This Legis lature will do anything that Pen nypacker tells them to do. It -. will pass the following measures as suggested in the Pennypacker proclamation : A Greater Pittsburg bill for fchicb ilie Governor has made two sugges tions. , A bill for reform in the State Treas Airy. A legislative apportionment bill, the passage of which has been refused for many years. A personal registration bill. ' A Philadelphia "ripper" bill repeal er. A bill t.o regulate the amount to be expended each year for the erection of county bridges. A measure to abolish fees In the of fices of the Secretary of the Common wealth and the Insurance Commission er. A civil service bill. A uniform primary election bill., A bill relating to the expenditure of money by candidates for nomination and election to offlce. These bills will engage the at tention of the Legislature for at least a month. iJcssions ot less than an hour were held on Tuesday by both branches of the Legislature. The members, of ourse, could not get down to work until the bills would be reported from the committee. The time spent in session was de voted to the introduction of bills. The Governor's Senatorial ap portionment bill is attracting more attention than any .other measure before the Legislature. The Governor is so intent upon having this Legislature pass such a bill that he has framed the meas ure that will meet with his ap proval. The bill is severely criticised by Senators because four of the districts in it are made up by ta king portions ot fou counties and attaching them to four othercoun ties. The Governor is aware that this is in violation of the Consti tion, but he is reported to have Bald that the mandate of the fun damental law to make an appor tionment takes precedence over I the method. j Mr. Creasy, of Columbia, the , pempc atic leader in the House, introduced a bill governing the management of the State Treas- ury. It was framed by Homer L- Castle, private counsel for Mr. Berry State Treaaurer elect. v The act is to go into effect the : first Monday of May, 190(1, the ' beginning of the term of Mr. Ber ; ry. H is especially provided that ;lba Treasurer roust not be held personally liable lor the failure of any institution holding State monoy Depositories must give ioiidg double the amount deposit r WHITE'S PRIMARY LAW. ! Bill Presented by Beaver Senator, end Is Not Perfect In White's Opinion. j The bill for uniform primary elections, introduced in the Sen ate by Senator White, of Beaver, is patterned after the Wisconsin jaw, and is not perfect in Sena tor White's opinion. Ifinacted it will dispense with conventions, as candidates for all offices are voted for directly. It provides two primary 'elec tions, one on the second Tuesday of January, for the February elec tion, and the other on the second Tuesday of June, for the Novem ber election. The polls shall be open from 7 a. m. to 7 p. ra. each day. These elections shall be held at the regular polling places and conducted by the regular electiou officers, who aro allowed the compensation they now re ceive. Candidates lor office must file affidavits with the Secretary of of the Commonwealth if they seek nominations for State offices, or with the County Commissioners if they aspire for county nomina tions, setting forth that they are bona fide candidates. The County Commissioners must group all the names of can didates by parties and provide separate ballots for each political party, with "the title of the party at the top and with the names of candidates arranged in alphabeti cal order. A voter must declare which party he affiliates with or he pro poses to affiliate with before he receives a ballot, and then he is given the ballot of that' party. The returns are made to the Prothonotary's office and com puted by the same officials as count the election returns. The penalties an! punishments are the same as those for the vio lation of the present election law. NEW CEMETERY RULE. Reduces the Depth at Which Burials are Required to be Made. As was stated in the News last week, the last legislature passed a law which made it possible for the State Board of Health to make a ruling, which has the effect of law until annulled by higher au thority that graves shall be sev en feet in depth from the surface of the ground to the top of the rough box. It did not take long to find that a mistake had been made in the ruling, and the De partment of Health now comes out with a ne v ruling as follows : "Except by special permission from the Department of Health, interment of any human body shall not be made in any public or private burial ground unless the distance from the top of the box containing the coffin or casket be at least five feet from the natural surface of the ground, except where solid rock or water may be encountered. Then the distance from the top of the box contain ing the coffin or casket shall not be less than four feet from the natural surface of the ground; and with the furthur exception that still born children and chil dren less than four years ot age, dead of any other than anthrt.x, cholera, diphtheria, leprosy, scar let fevir, smallpox, tetanus, ty phoid fever, typhus fever, or yel low lever, shall be buried at such a depth that the top of the box containing the coffin or casket be not iess than three and one-half feet from the natural surface of the ground. This new rule abrogates the old rule requiring interments to be made nine feet underground, for the reason that in some parts of the State the grouud is either so rocky or moist that it is impossi ble to dig a gravo nine feet deep Squire Billy Gordon, of War fordsburg, and Edward Divelbiss of McKeeaport, Pa., the latter of whom is visiting among his old Bethel township friends, spent a few hours In MoOonneLUburg, Monlay, EDISON'S PREDICTIONS. I Rol!o.- IL'II.1 1 9 ' . - i . "mini to i cars voai Locomo tives Will be Gone. Mr Edison confidently expects to live to see the complete elimi nation of the steam engine in in dustrial affairs, ns he has lived to see the elimination of the horso in the operation of street lail roads. He points out the scientific ab surdity of shipping coal from the mines to the remote steam boil era. He would establish great electrical generating planU at the mines themselves. "Itisprepos terous to keep on putting the coal mines on w heels," says the in ventor. "It is too clumsy. It is too costly. There is no necessity for it. He maintains that it is easier to carry molecular energy over wires than to ship the equi alent energy in coal over railroad tracks. Within fifteen years fiomnow Mr. Edison believes there will not be a coal burning locomotive in existence. In countries where coal is not readily available water power will be used, thus reduc ing the cost of light, heat and power to a minimum. The in ventor's only regret is that it takes the public so long to accept new inventions. Twenty years ago Mr. Edison establ;shd the tirsf electric railroad and for ten years not a capitalist would in vest his money in it. Now there are electric railroads in nearly ev ery city on the globe. Edison of fered to sell to Henry V'.ilard and his associates all his patents on electric railroads for $42,000 a quarter of a century ago and to day these patents are worth mil lions. CHANGES HANDS. Ex-Congressman Thropp Buys Mcllvaine Property on Sideling Hill. The Bedford Hawkoye says that Ex-Congressman Joseph E. Thropp. oi Everett, has purchas ed the historic Old" Mountain House tract, on the Chambers- burg and Pittsburg pike, 14 miles west of.McConnellsburg, better known here as the Mcllvaine property. There are large build ings on the ideal hunting proper ty, and some 300 ol the 1100 acres are, cleared for farming. An ex cellent trout stream runs through it, so that, all things considered, it will make an ideal hunting pre serve. It is understood that the pur chaser coatemplates improving the property iu a moderate way and making it an attractive place for rest and recreate n for his family and friends. If the walls of the old house, which is about 100 feet long, could talk, they could tell many inter esting tales of the experiences of weary travelers or gay huntsmen. The views from points near the house are very line as you look back from the top of Rays Hill over the Juniata y alley, whose praises have been sung by many poets. McDONOL'OH CUNNINGHAM. Fulton County Democratic Chairman Wins ' Bride. James Albert McDonough, Esq., Democratic county chair man, nd Justice of the Peace, was married last Wednesday to Miss Minnie May Cunningham, daughter of Merchant N. G. Cun ningham, of New Grenada. The ceremony that united the happy couole, was performed in the par lor of the Leister IIouho at Hunt ingdon, by liev. W.J. Shoaffar, of Reedsville, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. McDonough are now spending ihoir honeymoon on a trip to points in the Eistand South. . The best wis'ies of their uumtr ou friond are vii.hihetn mtliny start out in their jouruey'through married life. - . Frank Rauck, one of Bo'Vl township' mint enterpi uiug men,8renuMoudlyiii,i tin town, on bin way to the northern part it the county, . NO PASSES; HALF PAY. Would be Nice if Men Could Work a Scheme Like This One. The following incidentoccurred on a Baltimore & Ohio train, west bound, oue day last week, and was observed by several persous who watched the scheme with amused interest, at its complete success. Two fashionably dressed and rather good looking girls, of abou t the same age and general appear ance, got ou the train together at Washington. Before the con ductor entered the car, one of them went into the ladies' toilet aud never emerged until the train reached Martinsburg. Then she appeal ed and smilingly greet ed her. companion who slipped the ticket into her hand and has tily took np her position in the ladies' toilet. When the conductor came through the car after leaving Martinsburg he seemed to eye the young lady, w io had ridden so far iu the toilet room rather suspiciously, but she showed a good ticket, and what could he do? The other young lady held her position in the toilet room all the way to Cumberland, where the two left the train in geat good humor over the success of iheir ficheme in riding from Wash ington to Cumberland on one ticket. Death Record. NELLIK W.ANCHE SlPKS. Miss Nellie Blanche, daughter of Ex-Shetiff and Mrs. D. V. Sipes, died at the home of her parents just west, of town on Monday evening, aged 29 years, 2 months and 4 days. Miss Sipes was formerly the very picture of health, but wassogreatly affected by the shock that came with the death of her brother Clarence, about two years ago, that since that time she has been a great sufferer. She was a young lady ot noble christian character, and her death falls most heavily on her aged parents, for she was the on ly one of the children left in the home. ' Her funeral will take place at 10 o'clock to-day, and interment will be made in the Union ceme tery. 11YE In Philadelphia, January 11. 1906, Sarah, wife of Alfred P. Bye, died in her 65th year, from the effect of an operation for can cer of the breast. Mr. and Mrs. Bye were formerly well known and esteemed residents of Whips Cove, Fulton county. Some years since, they removed to Philadel phia, where they have since re sided. She is survived by her husband and three sons, Louis, Thomas R. and Mortimer, all of whom are extensive marble deal ers in that city. HAHTON. Marshall,' son of Owen A. and Ella Barton, of Akersville, died on New Year's Day of pneumonia, after an illness of but a few days. Marshall was a bright little boy aged about eight years, and the parents have the sincere sympa thy of their many friends in this sore bereavement. He Had Never Had Them. A teacher in oue of the Carlisle schools in the course of a l sson ou "Natural Hislory" was ex plaining to her class of boys the harm done to the trees by worms and then went ou to tell how the English sparrows had been im ported to kill the worms aud that the sparrows had mcroased so in number that they had become as bad as worms. Noticing that the boy were not very attentive, she mid to one o! them; "Tommy, Inch u yiu think arw wo'-se, the worms or the sparrows? "I don't know," said Tommy, "I never had the sparrows: " Valley rimes. . . , T, Irvln Sipes of UariUouvllle, was a buaheHH visitor atthecoun ty teat Monday. MAJOR McFARLAND DEAD. Was Husband of Rebecca, Daujhter ol the Late Thomas Lo(an, of Ayr Township. Major J. C. McFarland, a form er resident of this county, and husband of Rebecca, a daughter of the late Thomas L gan, of Ayr township, this county, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. J. Bishop, in Bloomington, Illinois, on the 29th of August, 1005. Maj. McFarland was born in Franklin county, September 7, 1823. His father was a merchant at Mercersburg, where the son passed his boyhood. When thir teen years of age, he engaged aa clerk in Zanesville, O., for his un cle, woere he remained two years. He then returned to St Thomas, where he lived with another un cle, Dr. W. B. Murphy, awhile, and then came to Fulton county and clerked in Wm, M. Patter son's store at Webster Mills. It was v hile with Mr. I atterson that he formed the acquaintance of Miss Rebecca Logan, daughter of the late Thomas Logan, of Ayr township, which ; ipened into an engagement, resulting in their marriage at the old Logan home stead two miles south of McCon nellsburg in 1847. The young married couple soon thereafter went to Monongahela City, and later to Illinois. The wife of his youth still survives, they having spent fifty-nine years of happy married life'; Mr. McFarland was a promi nent citizen, having served two terms as circuit clerk of the courts. He was a veteran of the Civil War, having been mustered out with the rank of Major. NEW GRENADA. . Your correspondent has re turned and is now looking for ward to the celebration of Ground ing Day and Candlemas. Early last Sunday morning Bert Heeter was heard singing that famous old song, "In That Good Old Summer Time." The day being so beautiful, no doubt, inspired the music. John Mills is home from Al toona, where he was employed during the winter at Lakemont Park. He is somewhat indispos ed. J. H. H. Lewis, of Bethel town ship, in company with Jbsepb H. Ed wa ds, . of Taylor, spent last Friday and Saturday in the Val ley. Diphtheria has broken out at Wells Tannery. The subject be ing Roy, a member of the'family of Bert Djshong. It is a genu ine typical case, and the schools at that place have closed awaiting results. We trust that the dread disease may soon be stamped out. A merry party of five couples from the upper end of the Valley bad a gay old time at the Houck house in New Grenada, lastFri day evening. Various games of amusement and an excellent sup per were among the principal features. They returned to their homes in the small hours of the night. Ritner Black, who has been clerking in Adam Black's store at Broad top City, is at borne now. Daniel Cnder, of Junctio i City, Geary county, Kan., who left Pennsylvania HI years ago, is vis iting his many relatives and iriurid in this State. During the pnst we-k he dropped In on his brother Jacob, our veteran mail man. You may imagine tin sur prise and happy meeting of the brothers after a separation of so tnauy years. Jacob said he was juht as giad as though be had re ceive, a present of a hundred dol lars. On Sunday Jacob took his brother to Fort Loudon. , J. A. Repper has moved his family from the Ed Alloway farm lo Altoona, where hehi profit able .jmylryment ,"' r i . LJI ... t Mrs. John Hoovor, Mrs,, Ed, Hoover, and MUs Millie Mathte all of Huatontowr, were guesti In Hm of Mr, and Mrs. -Albert Htoner last Thurtii?. GEORGE DEAL DEAD. Fell from Third-Story Window at Bedford County Ahnshonse. Georga W. DeaL aged about 70 years, formerly a prosperous farmer in Friends Cove, Bedford county, and well known in the lower end of this county, climbed out from a third-story window in the Bedford county almshouse last Friday night,' and fell to the ground, breaking one iegand one arm, and when found, was dead. Mr. Deal is said to have been partially demeuted, and B'riday evemag seemed restless, wanting to roam th t ough the building. A watchman was placed over him, but Mr. Deal managed to elude his vigilance, and, no doubt, thought to escape. From the fact that a pane was broken in the window directly below the one from which Mr. Deal made his exit, it is believed he let him self down from the ledge of the window, probably not knowing that the distance to the ground was so great TELEPHONE BAD MANNERS. By the People Who Start Their Talk With "Who is This ?" Why is it that the first ques tion so many persons bellow into the telephone transmitter is the rude question, "Who is this ?" The same persons or many ot them at least, are not boorish in the observances of the common courtesies of social life. Yet they will bawl this impertinence into the telephone, apparent y all un conscious that they are commit ting an offense against good man ners and one that is the limit of vulgarity. That the person at one end of the line should attempt to ascer tain the identity of the person at the other end without disclosing his own, not only is a transgres sion of the rules of good manners but it is an affroi.t to the propri eties, because it can ies with it a suggestion of secrecy that, to say the best of it, is uncomplimenta ry. Why not say from your end when the challenging "hello" comes that indicates that the cen tral office's ring attracted atten tion : "This is Dr. Smith. I should like to speak with Mr. Jones ?" Or if you do not care to disclose your own name at once simply ask for Mr. Jones. Don't shout the impertinent "Who is this ?" The question is extreme ly irritating to most persons and it is clownish, unrefined and in excusably ill-mannered. GOT WORST OP IT. Woman ol 77 Beats Husky Fanner of 32. The remarkable prowess of old Pennsylvania German women, once their fighting blood is arous ed, is a matter . of certain knowl edge among those who have un der gone the personal test. Samuel Biever, a husky farm er down in Berks county, who is 82 years old, is the latest to give testimony as to this. He told his story last week in court, where his suit for $5,000 damage against M rs. Mary Reider, is on trial. He had a quarrel with the wom an, who is 77 years old. and, ap parently, frugile as a reed. They couldn't agrie as to the right of way in a lana. Words failing, Mrs. Reider, according to Biever, took the law into her wrinkled old hands. Biever was mere plav for her. lie emerged from a hot bout of ton minutes so badly banged and biffed that for seven weeks, he avers, he was unable to do any work harder than eating. Case undecided, but, the sym pathy of the jury is with Mrs. Reider. Mrs. Albert Stoner is visiting friends lo Chambersburg. ,. Dr. H, C. McClaio and brother fi R., of Uustontown, spent a fiw hour In town on budxte: last Saturday, LETTER FROM L. C.KELLY. Former Merchant and Fanner at Burnt Cabins, But now a Resident of Kansas. WENT TO THAT STATE LAST SIJMMFR. Ransom, Ness County, Kas,, Jan. 16, 1906. My Dear Mb. Peck. Having seen in "The News" a letter from our old friends and neighbors, David Robinson and son William, who have lately settled in North Dakota, reminds me of a promise 1 made the Editor and many oth er friends in "Little Fulton," that I would let them hear from us in our new home. I must plead as an excuse for not fulfilling thin promise sooner, that my time has been so fully taken in farmihg and building a home, that it was almost impossible to comply soon er. Ransom is a town on the Mis souri Pacific railroad, about tho size of Burnt Cabins. It has IJ general stores, a drug store, a restaurant, 2 hotels, 2 lumber yards, Jl coal yards, 5 churches, and a fine graded school, and, I think, does more business than McConnellsburg. One of tho load ing stores, Shellenberger & Dubbs, does over $100,000 of bus ine88each year. Ransom lies. 368 miles southwest of Kansas City, and 269 miles east of Pueblo, Colorado-Ness county being tho fifth county east of tho Colorado line. The belt the Mo. I'ac. R. R. follows, appears to bo more, productive than the country eith er north or south of it. This ap pears to hold good ou westward, through Lane, Scott aud Wichita counties. This belt seems to ho on the divide tho waters flowing aorth to the Smoky Hill river, and on the south into the Walnut. The section of country adjacent to Ransom, is considered the most fertile part of western Kan sas; although I hear good reports from this same belt farther west. The chief products of this section are wheat and cattle. The crops this year, were under an average, yet, a number of our farmers garnered from 7,000 to 10,000 bushels of wheat. Two years ago they had a "Bumper crop" when some men had as much as 85,000 bushels of wheat For forage crop, they raise cane and kafiir corn, together with blue-stem hay, and some alfalfa; for leed they raise corn, oats, and barley. Not much fruit raisod here, al though I have seen some as ti no apples, peaches, and cherries us I ever saw anywhere. Land here has more than dou bled in value in the last four or flveyear8. It has njt been ad vanced by speculators, but by men living here who made tjieir money raising wheat. It is now selling from $2,000 to $4,000- per quarter (1G0 acreb), while 80 or 40 miles further west, good land can be had for about one-half that amount I have been told of in stances here when men have bought a quarter of land and paid for the breaking, seeding,- har vesting, and threshing, realizing a net profit from one yearns wheat crop to more than pay for tho land. Of course, that was done before the advance in land. Tho country looks beautiful, with the exception of an occasional draw. The land is as level as a door, and you can see as far as tho eye will carry. From our house, wo can . see the electric lights of tho loco motives 40 miles away. Thl y tell me the country looks its best just before harvest, whou tho u holo country is covered with waving grain. The farm machinery used hero is of the most modern kind. Our gang plows are riding plows that turn two furrows nt 'one time; Our harrows- are 18 feet wido with sulky attachment to rldo on. Our drills are 12 disc and ono half wider than the Peunsylvaniit drills. We use four horses to all machinery. We cat our whet with headers that cut 12 to U f (QiMtlnuiMl on iw t llv,
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