VOLUME
MeCONNELLSBUUG, PA., MAY 2, H)0.
NUMBER 32
UNION, IOWA.
Iowa is a Beautiful State. The Land
is Slightly Rolling and Very Pro
ductive. Great Sheep Market.
IT IS A VERY INDUSTRIOUS STATE.
Kn. Fulton Co. News : A
very welcome guest came to our
homo this week in the form of a
copy of the Fulton County News,
sent me by a friend at Locust
Grove. I remember little Fulton
county and her good people with
much pleasure, having lived there
for twenty-four years of my life;
theu came to Iowa, which place I
like very much.
Iowa Is a beautiful state. The
land is slightly rolling aud very
productive. The farmers raise
large crops and feed lots of stock.
They take great interest in stock
raising. The farms consist of
from WO acres to 5500 acres, and
on that amount of land they feed
from 50 to 200 head of cattle for
the market; besides hundreds of
hogs. They aim tc loed all of
their crop. There are a great
many sheep shipped inhere from
New Mexico and Colorado to be
fed for the market, and they are
turned right into 50 or 00 acres
of corn and they will gather the
crop clean, leaving nothing at all
to go to waste. We housekeepers
d' hate to see three or four thous
and sheep coming our way, for
the roads are usually very dusty
in the fall, and you are apt to hear
your next door neighbor hollo,
"There comes a drove of sheep,"
and, every woman runs to close
all doors and windows until all
the sheep are past und the dust
gets settled down again.
We he m a snug little town of
about 700 population, near the
Iowa river. vVe have a cosy little
h me just outside of the corpora
tion of Union, but inside the
school district. We have three
churches here, the Christian, the
M. E.. and the Congregational.
The Congregational minister :s a
Pennsylvauian, and a very flue
man. '.'eople who have lived here
tor forty years say that there nev
er nas been a time when Union
lias had three such able ministers
as now. V'e have two general
stores, one exclusive procery
store, two drug stores, one furni
ture store, one hardware store,
two millinery stores, one harness
shop, two blacksmith shops, two
large carriage shops, one eleva
tor, one lumber yard, one cream
ery, one tan k factory, two restau
rants, two hotels, one bank, aud a
most excellent school of thirteen
grades. My daughter will grad
uate from the common school
branches in June, and will enter
the High school the first of Sep
tember. There she will take up
the higher branches There is
no leason why every child should
not hava a good education here.
The school is the pride of the
town, and I must say that thi9 is
one ot many things in which the
west is far ahead of the east
Wh u I think of the. days when i
went to school at Locust Grove in
the little old wood schoolhouse
on the hill; how I wish I had had
tlie advantages that my daughter
nas, not ouly of school aud music,
hut of the many other things,
which would make my letter too
loughhould 1 uudertake to enu
merate them
The weather has been very nice
hero, although the springhas been
a Utile lute. The farmers are in
the fields and everyone is busy
There is no need of anyone being
idle in this country, for there is
li'isorw irk to do. It is more
difficult to get help in the house.
for the girls ate educated for
some special work, and it is right
they should be. I bolievo the
time Is not far off when the worn
n v ill tl 1 more pivmineut dosi
tious. Our county (Hardii ) has
lany. bounty Superintendent
aud she is a good one too.
IT t
union is situated ou the Iowa
neutral railroad, ton miles south
ofEldora, which is the County
oaat Of Hardin county. They
nave a solum! J
Restate industrial School for
MRS. GERTRUDE V. SNODGRASS
A Former Resident of Well Tannery,
Died at Her Home in West Branch, Mich
Died at her residence in West
Branch, Michigan, on April 18,
1900 Mrs. Gertrude V. Sno I-
grass, aged 48 years. She wa;i
born in Wells Valley, and was a
daughter of Kimber A. Moore,
Esq., well Known to many of our
readers. After the close of the
Civd War, the Moore family mov
ed to Nebraska, and in May, 1883,
the deceased was united in mar
riage to Foster L. Snodgrass, now
a prominent attorney of Michi
gan. The Ogemaw Republican
contains the following :
The death of Mrs. Suodgrass
came as a shock to the communi
ty and leaves a vacaut place which
will not soou be tilled. During
her long residence here she was
ever to be found on the side of
right, always kind and charitable.
Nevor caring much for society,
her whole life was one of devotion
to her home and family.
Mrs. Snodgrass was a woman
,f tine attainments and was ever
a wise helpmate and advisor of
her husband in his legal career.
Oue daughter, Miss Alice, was
born to them, aud she is almost
stuuned by the loss of her loving
mother. Two sisters and two
brothers also mourn the loss of
the deceased, namely, Miss Uni
L. Moore, Santa Barbara, Cal.;
Mrs. James Piatt, Adams, Neb.;
David Moore, Colorado Springs,
and J. O. Moore, who is deputy
U. S. marshall at Omaha.
The funeral was held trom her
late residence aud interment at
Brookside.
Birthday Surprise Party.
On Saturday ot last week, Ap
ril 28th, the home of Milton
Kline, of Harrisonvilie, was the
scene of a joyous event occasion
ed by the celebration of Mrs.
Kline's 41st birthday. About 10
o'clock her neighbors and friends
began to gather, bringing with
them well filled baskets. After
greetings had been extended aud
a little social conversation indulg
ed in, all sat down to a bountiful
repast. Mrs. Kline received quite
a number of useful gifts to re--
mind her of the event.
Those present were : R. R.
Hann, wife and daughter; Thom
as McClure, wife and daughters,
Zella and May, and son Roy;
Nicholas Finiff, wife and daugh
ters; Charles Vores and wife,
Mrs. Katharine Vores, Mrs. An
drew Mellott, Mrs. EvaGressand
son Melvin, Mrs. Elizabeth Cutch
all and daughter Alice; Mrs. Re
becca Batdor IT and sou Edwa: d,
Mrs. Bertha Fix, Elmer Deshong
and daughter Etnel, Mrs. Alice
Brant, Misses Sallie Hoop, Mary
Ewing, Dora Deshong, Ida, May
and Nellie Kline; Messrs. Samuel
L. Wible, Robert, Edward and
Harry Kiiue.
Misses Flora Rexrotli, Sadie
Dickson and Nell Daniels accom
panied by Mr. Max Sheets, spent
last Friday in Chambersburg.
boys is located there. We can
drive that distance in about one
and one-half hours. It is very in
teresting to go tbere about six o'
clock on Sunday evening. They
give a band concert on the lawn,
aud then march to the chapel for
worship, and every one knows
just what he has to do. They are
taught trades. Each oue is taught
the trade he is best adapted to.
They have 200 acres of laud and
raise all of the:r vegetables and
fruit. Wo visit a great many
pUces of interest, but to me this
one is the grandest, to see three
or four hundred boys being
brought up to be good and useful
men, which they would never be
if it were not for such institu
tions.
' Put I mustnotUkeuptoo much
spicj in your valuable paper
Wishing all Fulton county people
many happy and prosperous
years, I remi in
Yours truly
A! us, IJattik Williams,
WEATHER FORECASTS
By Rev. Irl R. Hicks, the St. Louis
Weather Prophet, for the Month
of May.
FEWER DISTINCT STORM PERIODS.
A Reactionary Storm Period
falls from the 2nd to the 5th, bo
mg prolonged over the 4th by the
moon's passage over celestial
equator on the 5th. A very warm
wave for the season, sustained
until after storms o? rain, wind
and thunder about the 4th and 5th
will pass from west to east at this
time. Change to rising barome
ter and cooler behind these storm s
will be of short duration.
A Regular Storm Period, cen
tral on the 0th, covers the 7th to
12th. The full moon in perigee
on the 8th, and at extreme south
declination on the 11th, will be
facto. s in the resulting perturba
tions of this period. By the 8th
low barometer and much warmer
will be advancing from the west,
attended by very decided stoi ms.
From" 0th to 12th a series of
stoi ins will sweep most parts of
the country, progressively from
west to east. If the Mars period
is to take on a general tendency
to maximum violence, tornadoes
are probahlo at this period. Rap
id change to high oarometers,
westerly ;,alos end much cooler
will follow this series of storms,
and frosts will visit many central
to northern sections from the 10th
to 14 th.
A Reactionary Storm Period is
central on the 14th, 15th and 16th.
All who have studied our fore
casts for sometime, are familiar
with the fact that the states in
which tornadic storms are most
frequent and destructive, are in
what wo call the focus solar ener
gy during the month of-May.
From this fact alone we are to ex
pect a seasonal maximum of such
stc.rms during this month.
A Ivegular Storm Period runs
from the 10th to the 255rd. This
promises to bo the most active to
violent period- m May. It is a
regular Vulcan period, covered
by Mars aud central with the Mer
cury period. The moon is on the
equator on the 20th, in apogee on
the 22nd and at new on the 23rd.
All these things combined indi
cate that low barometer, very
warm, humid atmosphere and
electrical storms of marked se
verity will prevail at the first and
continue to the end of this period.
All through the central part of
May there is great tendency at
the storm periods to daily cycles
of storms, for a number of days
in succession, breaking up as a
rule with a general, and very viol
ent sturm. This period, the 10th
to the 2!3rd, promises to bring one
of these c.v cles. The culmination
of this period will fall within
thirty-six hours of midnight ou
the 22nd. The outlook for this
whole period is threatening, but
we will name Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday, the 21st, 22nd
aud 2ijrd, as danger days. Should
the normal changes occur, clear
ing and much cooler weather
should appear about the 24th and
25 th.
A Reactionary Storm Period is
central on the 20th, 27th and 28th
with strong probabilities that the
combinod Mars and M ercury in
fluences will cause prolonged
threatening, if not stormy weath
er into this period up from the
preceding period. 'The general
character of the Mars period will'
determine the kind and intensity
of storm and weather to bo ex
pected from about the 20 th to the
end of the mouth. If the Mars
period couies in with an excess of
storrniuess, the period extending
from the 10th to the 2iird will not
b'inga continued daily cycle of
rain, wind aud thunder storms,
but these daily storms will hard
ly reach their culruiuation ' and
coma to an end until about Satur
day, Sunday and Monday, the
215th, 7ta aud 28th. A decided
ciiango to cooler will spread over
the couutry generally at the wind
up of these storms.
, The last day of May is the be
ginning of a regular storm period
which will express itself during
I the opening days of June.
PROGRAM.
High School Commencement Exercises,
Thursday Evening May 10, 1906.
at 8 O'clock.
Invocation. Rev. J. L. Grove.
iolo. Amos Stouteagle.
President's -Addles. Harry
Wilson Comerer.
Salutatory. Janette Stouten
le. Music. Orchestra.
Class Oration, "From laso to
Pinnacle." Alice M. Hays.
Recitation, "Wayside Inn."
Sadie Fisher.
Quartette. Misses Emily
Greathead, Katharine Cook, lies
Trout, Gertrude Sipes.
Address to Undergraduate
Ethel R. Kendall.
Prophecy. Andrew AIK is
Fisher.
Music. Orchestra.'
Class History. Harry Moore
Johnston.
Essay. Joseph B. Doyle.
Music. Orchestra.
Presentation. John Ma no
Spangler.
Valedictory. Catherine Com
ei er.
Solo. Amos Stouteagle.
Address to Graduates. Prof.
Wayne Bowers.
Presentation of Diplomas,
Prof. L. H. Wible.
Class Ode.
Music Orchestra.
Motto No Victory Without La
bor.
Color Orange and Black.
Confidence Restored.
The new Sau Francisco, dis
patches tell, that will rise from
the ashes of the eld, is already in
its first stages of rebuilding. Al
ter feeding and caring for I he
homeiess thousands, complete
order has been established and
attention turned to the future.
Hie assurance of insurance com
panies, the measures taken oy
the financial institutions, the
prompt and reassuring words
that have reached the business
men of San Francisco from east
ern financial centres, the action
of Congress upou the recommen
dations ot the President increas
ing the first appropriation of $1,
000,000 to 2,500,000; the offer of
a resolution m both Houses pro
viding t hat all structural steel
aud building material to be used
in rebuilding San Francisco and
other towns that suffered from
the earthquake, free of duty for
one year all these thiugs have
dispelled the feeling of uncertain
ty. Theuew modern steel buildings
in the burnt district of San Fran
cisco, upon nspection, have been
found to bo almost intact, lu ev
ery instance it seemed that the
earthquake had not damaged
them.
In the meantime there is hard
ly a railroad line in the c .mutry
which is not rushing at express
speed, traius having absolute
right of way loaded with provis
ions, clothing ajd other supplies
for the needy. "A touch of na
ture makes the whole world kin."
Thus it is that as .vith Chicago,
Boston, Baltimore ai.d Galveston
Phoemx hke, the city by the
Golden Gate, with one of the fin
est harbors in all the world, will
lift her head aud rise out of her
ashes again, grander aud greater,
a city of steel aud marble, and
not of wood.
! t
There will bo a three days meet
ing held at Sideling Hill Baptist
church, commencing the 4th of
May. Elders Meredith, of Dela
ware; Goro, ol Maryland, and
Mellott, of Philadelphia, are ex
pected to bo present.
Mrs. Anuie R)habauyh, of
Fort Loudon, brought a suit for
maintenance against her husband
George. Trie case was to have
been hoard last week at the sit
ting of court in Chambersburg,
but was postponed because her
husband entered action for di
vorce from his wife.
Mao Chesnut spent Sunday
with his mother, at Hustontown.
MEMORIAL DAY.
War Veterans Finally Mustering Out at
the Rate of oOOO Each Month.
RANKS ARE THINNING OUT RAPIDLY.
"Cororal" Tmmier, com
mander in e.lii'f of the -National
Grand Army ol the Republic, be
fore leaving for a vi.it, to tiie
southern, western and i aeitie
coast department, issued hi.-.
Memorial D,y proelati.ation as
general order i.u.r n-r seven. U
announces t : isi I. iJn-,.'- Gutty s
'''rg address .should I. e read at
;! s.Tvieus oil ,i ," .:. -i:id says :
" A have be"! i in - i ving this
l.i.v ever sjne-e mir UnhWiI Logan
instituted it in lMii Tins year,
nv comrades, we are crossing
he oroiid river at the sate of 5000
i, month, (i(i,0(iO a year; soi u the
't'eat majority will besleopwg
iLeir lasLsleep, and it is our' priv
il' tre now, as it has been for so
many years, to pay loving tribute
l their memory by decorating
their graves with (lowers which,
starting for 111 from mother earth
with each recurnug springtime
are emblematic of a resuerrec
tion to a glorious immortality.
"I am but performing my sol
emn duty when I aslc all to assist
in this loving service. Upon de
partment and post commanders
the duty rests of attending to the
fitting observance of Memorial
Day, winch this year will fall ou
Wednesday, May 510. Welcome
all auxiliary and allied organiza
tions, encourage schoolchildren
, . . . A
cure sneakers, who in clear and
eloquent language, will teach the
l.essous of patriotism for which
our comrades gave the last full
measure of devotion.
"Thirty yea.-s ago, when 1 was
department commauder of New
York in a Memorial Day order I
lh?u issued, 1 suggested to the
comrades of New York that
wherever, from Montauk Point
'o Buffalo, any Confederate sol
diers who had lound sepulchre
among us, I trusted that when,
ye went out to laurel the graves
of our Union dead that eur com
mon American manhood would
not prevent us passing by the
graves of our former opponents
without dropping thereon some
floral renminbi auc", 'Not,' I sa:d,
iu honor of their couse, for that
wo opposed, fought and conquer
ed; but because wo who met them
on the field of battle know that
braver men or better soldiers
have not been known since meu
were first marshaled iu battle ar
ray.' 'We were then scarce a dozen
years away from Appomatox, but
this suggestion seemed to me
met witti very general approval.
To the order at largo I now confi
dently make ttie same suggestion.
"We have returned the battle
standards of the dead confeder
acy to thoso who treasure them
as s-icred momentos of their lov
ed ones who died under them.
The Congressof the United States
has just unanimously voted $200,
000 to care for the graves of those
dead, and the heart of tho nation
has said, with great unanimity,
'it is well. Unitedly we inarch
along the highway of natious,
rose bushes blossoming over and
around, aud the' birds nesting in
the mouths of the cannon that
once roared defiance and death ut
each other, tho world applauding,
our conscience approving.
"If mothers of tho south still
sit, like Rachel ol o'd, weeping
for their children aud refusing to
bocomturted because tney are
not, let the nows go down to them
that ou our, most sacred day wo
feel it a privilege to staud in the
pla::cof their far distant kinsman,
and lovingly mark their last rest
ing place with God's sweet em
blem ol peace (lowers.
"Tho old (lag has been re-baptized
siuce 1805 with the blood of
tho uorth and south alike aud the
ship of c tate is securely anchored
lor nil time."
The plans of King post for
the local Memorial Day celebra
tion have not matured us yet.
POINTER FOR FISHERMEN.
' Before Going to the Country Look Care
fully Over New Trespass Law.
' Tlie fishermau who is going to
i the country will do well to first
! h.ok over the law upon trespass
! and save himself trouble. The
, now law is more strict in its ap
; plication than the old oue and is
worth reading. By it the man
win) posts his land can make ar
! rests and have the man who tres
passes upon it punished before a
I justice. The law is a briel one,
' to the point aud is as follows :
"Section 1. Be it enacted, etc.,
that from aud after the passage
i of this act, it shall be unlawful
I for any person willfully to enter
upon any land within the limits
of this commonwealth, where the
owner or owners of said land has
oaused to be prominently posted
upon said land printed notices
that the said land is private prop
erty and warning all persons from
trespassing thereon under the
penalties rovided in this act.
"Section 2. Every person vio
lating the provisions of this act
shall be liable to a penalty not ex
ceeding $10, together with the
costs of prosecution to be recov
ered before any magistrate or
justice of the peace, as hnes p.nd
penalties are by law recoverable;
aud in default of payment of said
fines and costs the party convict
ed shall be committed to thecoun
ty jail of the proper county for
one day for1 each dollar of tine im
posed. "Section 3. All penalties re
covered under this act shall be
paid to the school fund of the dis
i 1 .
trict in which the trespass was
committed."
Death of Jackson Strait.
Jackson Strait died at his home
near what is known as Strait's
bridge, Monday morning, April
Kith, at 10:45 o'clock.
He having been almost a con
stant sufferer for nearly a year,
yet bearing his sufferings with
patience, never complaining, but
seeming thaukful that he was no
worse.
The deceased was a son ,of
Joseph and Jane(Pittman) Strait,
was born September 12, 1830,
aged 75 years, 7 months and 4
days. He was of the third gen
eration and lived and died on what
is known as the Stait homestead.
Mr. Strait was a veteran ot the
Civil War, having served in Com
pany H. 158th Regiment, Pennsyl
vania infantry. Having served
18 mouth in the service of his
country, aud while not seeing
much fighting yet his term of
service was attended with expos
ure in other ways equal to the
average.
The deceased is survived by
ins wife, two sous, Daily J., and
George R., at home, two daugh
ters, Ma:y, wite of UngerTruax,
of Andov.T, Pa., and Fanny at
home, and two sisters, Mrs. Re
becca Deshong, of Johnstown,
Pa., aud Mrs. Aaron Clevenger,
of McConnellsburg, Pa.
Funeral services were conduct
ed by Rev. Poor on Wednesday
morning, from I Samuel 20 chap
ter and latter clause of the 18th
vore. Interment in the Sid?ling
Bill Christian cemetery.
Horses Kan Awav.
Rev. Grimes' horse, which was
hitched noar tho station in Mer
cersburg, hoeamo frightened at the
cars on Thursday evening and
broke the bridle and started to run
away, but was caught before go
ing far. A broken buggy shaft
was about all tho damage that was
done.
On Tuesday of last week as Mr.
J. Walker Johnston and daughter
Miss Nellie, were returning from
the funeral of G rover Mellott, the
coupling pole of thoir buggy broke
throwing Mr. Johnston out bruis
in him considerably. AJiss Nellie
escaped without injury, lhe horse
ran for a short distance with tho
front wheels of the buggy before
he was stopped.
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ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW
Snapshots at Their Comings and Goings
Here for a Vaqation, or Away
for a Restful Outing.
NAMES OF VISITORS AND VISITED
Mrs. S. M. Cook left yesterday
for a visit to Washington, D. C.
Harry Dawney, of Hustontown,
was a McConnellsburg visitor
Saturday.
Rev. Johu C. Grimes was called
to Mercersburg, Thursday, on
business.
William Heefner and wife, of
Gracey, were business visitors
at the County Seat Thursday.
David E. Strait and wite, of
Hustontown, spent Saturday and
Sunday with friends in the Cove.
Miss May Chesnut, of Huston
town, spent Saturday in this
place the guest of Abram Runyan
and wife.
David Malloy left Saturday for
York, where he will spend an in
definite time witn friends in that
busy city,
Misses Mary Grove and Gert
rude Sloan leave on Thursday for
Shippensburg, where they will
join an excursion to Washington,
D. C.
Prothonotary Harris last week
issued a marriage license to James
G. Stotelmyer, of Little Orleans,
Md., and Edna V. lloopengardner
of Buck Valley.
Mrs. Rev. John C. Grimes, of
this place, was called toThur
mont, Md., Thursday, on account
of the serious illness of her sis
ter, Mrs. Dr. M. A. Bierly.
D. B. Nace and wife, of Cham
bersburg, are spending the week
very pleasantly at the home of
their son, cashier M. W. Nace,
North Second street.
The Baccalaureate Sermon for
the graduating class of the Mc
Connelluburg . High School, will
be preached in the Presbyterian -church
on Sabbath evening, May
6th, at 7:530 p. m. by Dr. W. A.
West.
LAUREL RIDQE.
The farmers are beginning to
plant corn in this section.
George Lynch and David Biv-
ens each burned a lime kiln this
spring.
Mrs. Kate Clouser and daugh
ters, Bertha and Orpha, visited
in our vicinity Sunday.
David Strait, of Hustontown,
visited his sister, Mrs. Robert
Mellott, Friday and Saturday.
MayeMcEldowney, of Mercers
burg, is spending some time with
her parents here
Mary and Flora Shives visited
at Jacob Gordon's Sunday.
Ephraim Houck and wife visit
ed at Thomas Shaw's Sunday.
Rev. Powers will preach at Lau
rel Ridge, next Sunday, at 3 p.
m.
A Surprise.
Tuesday, April 17, 190(3, there
was quite a gathering of Fulton
county ex-residents, it being the
4th anniversity of the marriage of
Mrs. Amy L. Hamilton, (nee Gas
ter) at their home in Wilkinsburg.
Those present from old Fulton
were, John H. Gaster and family,
Albert C. Gaster and wife, Ada
B. Gaster, Maggie E. Gaster and
Dr. H. K. Kent, of Altoona; Sam
uel R. Duganne, wife and daugh
ter, Mrs. Rebecca Hamilton and
daughter, Edgar Montier, of Se
wickloy. Music was furnished by Mr.
Duganne and A. C. Gaster.
There was quite an elaborate
lunch served and it received just
punishment. They enjoyed them
selves very much talking about
old times over the mountain, and .
all wish the News buccoss.
Knuuucinent Announced.
The Baltimore papers announce
the engagement of Mr. Campbell
Patterson of Webster Mills and
Miss Bessie Robertson of Balti
more. The wedding will take
place early in June.