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VOLUME S.
McCONNl-J.LSlHJIU;, PA.. SKPTI-MH1-K 27. 1900.
NUM1SKK 1
HOME
Our Townsman, David Malloy, Becomes
Possessor of Land in the Far
West.
SHOSHONE RESERVATION OPENED.
Comrade David Malloy, of this
place, returned home last Friday
sif tor an absence of a month, du
ring which time lie made a trip t i
Wyoming. Davie was one of the
fortunate ones who drew a quar
ter section of government land on
t!ie Shoshone Indian Reservation,
lately thrown open to the public
for homcsteadiug.
For the sake of preventing con
fusion, the government required
those who wish to homestead, to
tile their names. These names
were thrown mto a "hot" and a
number drawn out not to exceed
the number of quartersections in
the reservation. The drawing be
gan on the 10th of July, and when
l'-Hcj names had been drawn, Mr.
M alloy's name had not been reach
.i; but the next grab brough the
tiiivelr.pe that c n tamed the name
of our townsman, and he was ac
cordingly notified to come on and
pick out his larm. Hi went. He
saw. He returned. He did not
bring the farm along home with
him but he picked out a mighty
nice one, two and a half miles
from railroad, droveasharpstake
down into it good and haid, and
that will hold it for six months.
la the menntime, he expects to
return, and tinish up the neces
sary conditions for securing a ti
tle. The reservation thrown open to
settlers, has an approximate area
of 2,000 square miles, a mean tern
perattire of 41 degrees Fahren
heit, and a mean elevation of 5,300
feet above sea level.
While there has been a draw
ing, and lots of the land distribut
ed, there is much of it left. Mauy
of those who drew, did not appear
to demand their claims; hence af
ter sixty days from the 15th day
of August, any person who does
not already possess more than
100 acres of land, or who has not
previously homesteaied.&c, may
no and select any lai.d not at that
time occupied.
After the land has b,eeu select
ed and entered, the entryman
must proceed to homestead it.
First, he must, -vithin six months
after making entry, establish his
actual residence in a house upon
the land. Then he must reside
upon and cultivate the land con
tinuously for a period of live
years. In addition to this, if his
entry is made withiu two years
after the opening, he must pay
for the land entered rt the rate of
one dollar and fifty cents an acre.
Phis must be paid, fifty cents per
acre at the time of making entry,
and tweuty-five cents per acre
each year thereafter, until all is
paid. If, however, after a con
tinuous resideuce of fourteen
months, commencing as above
stated, the entryman elects to pay
'ho en tiro balance then remaining
imp ud on the land, he can do so
and thereby relievo himself of
the necessity of a longer resi
dence OFFICIALS STAND BY POLICE CHIEF
Secure Ills Freedom Pending Reg ,lt of
Homicide Charge.
Le.vistown, Pa., Sept. l,-r-Philip
Oassidy, chief of police or
Mt. Union, who was arrested lust
week for the second lime, charg
ed with the unjustifiable Hilling
of Edgar Smith, colored, on Sep
tember Ui, while resisting arrest,
w is liberate ! yostoula" on hab
ens corpus proceedings under
2500 bad
It is siid tho Burgess, and
Council of Mt Union furnished
the bail. They are standing by
their officer and allege that Smith
was known to be handy with a
vun arid thai the ofticer did right
"i killiug him 'at the first suspi
Hons move,
Prof Lnwis Harris and lady
neud, ,.rriur.,t Cabins, spent
14 ' ;-.;ht in thin city . ,
Pennsylvania QAAiE laws.
On Fish and Game Passed By the Last
Legislature.
As the game commission are
more than ever determined to
prosecute to tho bitter end every
one who violates the game law,
and it is said they have arrange
ments "on the quiet" in every
township by which they may get
information, we give the follow
ing list of dates taken from tho
digest of game laws as they now
stand :
Pheasant- Octobe 15 to De
cember 1.
Doves September I to Janu
ary 1.
Snipe September 1 to May 1.
Partridges November 1 to De
cember 1.
Plover July 15 to December 1.
Kail September 1 to January 1.
Reed Birds September 1 to
January 1.
Wild Turkey October 15 to
Dec. 1.
Woodcock October 1 10 Dec. 1.
Deer November 15 to Dec. 1.
Rabbits November 1 to Dec. 1
Squirrels October 1 to De
cember 1.
Black bass June 15 to Febru
ary 15.
Trout April 15 to July 31.
Suntish June 15 to February
15.
Pike June 15 to February 15.
KKMARKS.
It is illegal to capture or ki!l
any deer in any waters, oi with
dogs, or with fire arms using
more than one pellet, bullet or
ball at a single discharge or kill
more than one in any season.
It is illegal to kill in any one
day more than five pheasants, or
more than twenty in one weeif, or
more than fifty in any one sea
son. It is illegal to kill more than
ten partridges in one day, forty
in oue week or fifty in any one
season.
It is illegal to kill more than
one wild turkey in one day or
more than four iu any one sea
son. It is illegal to kill more than
six ot combined kinds of squir
rels in any one day.
The length ot bass that can be
legally taken is seven inches and
for trout six inches.
Trick With Numbers.
This is a good trick, as it seems
like a quite remarkable thing to
be able to do, when really noth
ing could be simpler; that is,
when you know how. There are
several ways of doing it.
Ask a girl to think of some
number, and then tell her to dou
ble it. Tell her to multiply the
sura by five and then to tell you
the product, and you will toll her
the number thought of in the be
ginning. This product will, of
course, be so much larger than
the number started with that she
will not hesitate to tell you her
result. If you take off the last fig
ure of the product, which will al
ways be a cipher, you will have
the number thought of in the be
ginning. For instance, supposeshe start
ed with the number 17. Doubling
it would give 84, and multiplying
it by five wruld give 170. Strik
ing off the cipher, you will have
17, the number thought of in the
beginning.
The Last Day to Pay Taxes.
The last day to pay taxes tu or
der to vote legally at the coming
election Is October 5. Every vot
er should have his tax paid and
take his tax receipt with him
when he goes to vote, because lte
will be asked to produce his re
ceipt and that will be noted on
the registry. Tnere will then be
no questions on election day in
regard to his tuxes. The com
mit'.ees are not allowed to pay
taxes, therefore every elector,
must attend to it himself. tDo
not negleej to comply with these
legal requirements for the exer
cise of the voting privilege. The
coming election u an important
one, and no oue should allow him
self to be deprived of his vote.
SEMI - YEARLY PRIMARIES.!
New Law Goes Into Effect on the First of
November, Totally Changing Ex
isting Methods.
THE STATE PAYS ALL THE EXPENSES.
As has beeu noted in these eol
umus frequently s'uee tho extra
session of the assembly, the new
uniform primary net, which will
go into effect on November 1, will
totally change existing methods
of making nominations. The su
pervision of such work will be en
tirely in the hands of the county
commissioners, through election
boards. Simultaneously, thepri
manes will be held by all parlies
at tho regular election places, the
regular election boards having
charge of them. Iu other words,
the same regulations in force for
elections, will be the rule at the
primaries. The primaries must
be held; there is no getting away
from them, and an election board
which fails to hold them will be
punishable under the law. Tho
election officers will be paid cer
tain sums and make returns to
the court house an is done in geu
eral elections.
Tho expense ot the primaries
under this law, will be paid by
the countv commissioners, and
t:iey will be reimbursed by the
state.
There will be two primaries un
der the act. One will be known
as the winter primary and the
other as the summer primary.
All nominees not made by a state
andnitional convention will bo
choseu in their districts, the same
as candidates for senatorial ov
congressional honors. This does
away with the delegate system
except at state conventions. The
law, however, does not prevent
any association of electors, uot
constituting a party, trom nomi
nating a candidate or candidates
by nomination papers. '
The winter primary will be held
the fourth Saturday before the
February election, and will be for
nomination of candidates for of
fices of a municipal or local char
acter. The other primary will be
held on the first Saturday in
June, except in years when a
president of the United States is
to be elected, and then it will be
held on the second Saturday in
April. The hours will be from 2
o'clock in the afternoon to 8 in the
evening, and all saloons and li
quor stores will have to keep clos
ed from 1 to 9 o'clock.
The naming of candidates for
primaries will be . done through
committees, the candidates hav
ing to present to the secretary of
the commonwealth or com misiou
ers petitions signed by qualified
electors of the district whioti they
aspire to present or wherein they
reside. The law specifies the"
number of signers required. For
candidates for nominations for
congress, judge and state sena
tor, there will have to De 200 sign
ers; for members of the house ot
representatives and county oflic
es, 50; and lor all other oflices
and for delegate to state and na
tional conventions, 10, all signers
to be duly qualified electors. The
oall ts must be on file at least a
week preceding the primary at
the court house.
A significant feature of the a:t
is that uo policeman in commis
sion shall be allowed within 1 0
feetofapolliugplnce. except when
voting or keeping the peace. Each
party shall bo entitled to watch-
urs.
Foster Stunkard.
On Wednesday, September
19th, H. Cook Foster, son of Con
stable J. C. Foster, was married
ti Margaret R. Stunkard, daugh
ter ol ex Commissioner John
Stunkard, by the officiating Jus
tice Jan. A McDonough, of New
Grenada The contracting par
ties are both residents of Well
Valley.
Hugh W, Kwiugs1 many friends
are glad to see him out altera
rather protracted spell of sick-in-.
may evade vaccination law.
But Children Will be Deprived nf Privi
leges of the Public Schools.
Attorney General Carson last
week pointed out an exceedingly
simple method by which parents
who do not wish to send their
children to school may evade the
compulsory education laws.
Ali the parents have to do is
to neglect to have the child vac
cinated. The schools would then
have to break the law by receiv
ing tho pupil without a vaccina
tion certificate and there is no
law on the statute books - hieh
compels pareuts to have the child
vaccinated.
Mr. Carson states he has re
cently received so many requests
for information concerning the
laws governing vaccination in
schools and compulsory educa
tion, that !o made public his re
ply to a letter of that character
from a school teacher. Tin? let
ter reads
in reply to your questions I
reply first, that if a child is not
vaccinated or does uot present a
certificate of successful vaccina
tion from a physician, or that he
or she has hud the smallpox, the
teacher is compelled to refuse ad
mission of such a child to the
public schools.
Second If a child is sent home
because it is not vaccirated the
parents cauwot be fined for hav
ing their children out of school.
Third The parents cannot
be compelled to have their chil
dren vaccinated.
The Attorney General wrote
that the parent fulfilled his full
legal obligation by the act of send
ing the child to scheol, and was
not amenable to the compulsory
education laws if the pupil, hav
ing beeu refused admissiou, was
permitted to go unvaccinated and
remain at home.
How To Drink Milk.
We live by digesting and assim
ilating food, and not merely by
eating it. Milk as food build. us
and forms body tissues and fluids
and repairs waste. When taken
slightly in excess, the unusued
portion, mostly butter fat, is stor
ed in the system for. future use.
As is well known, fluid milk and
vichy is a wholesome drink for
many who cannot assimilate milk
alone. A pinch or two of salt in
a glass of milk will produce a sim
ilar result. It aids in the easier
digestion of the curds as formed
in tho stomach prior to digestion.
It is wis? for the possessor of a
weak stomach to sip a glass of
milk slowly, instead of drinking
it hurriedly. The larger the
quantity of milk taken nt one
draught the greater the difficulty
of its digestion. It may not be
generally understood that hot
milk taken into the system is al
most immediately absorbed. It
is stimulating, without reaction.
Leslie's Weeklv.
RED TAOS AFTER DECEMBER I.
Will Contain White Letters and Auto
Owners Must Have Them
llarrisburg, Pa, Sept. 22.
Per sous who own or operate au
tomobiles in Pennsylvania after
December 1, the beginning of the
fiscal year of tho state highway
department, will bo required to
display red enamel tags with
white letters instead of blue tags,
as at present. Tho new style of
tags will be ready to issue in
about thirty davs, and in all oth
or respects will be similar to that
now issued by the department.
A largo portion of the revenue
derived from auto licenses is bo
ing applied by Commissioner
Hunter for the mak ii.'g of su rveys
for new roads throughout the
state. So far tins year there have
been 111,500 licenses issued bv
the department.
'flie state receives for each
license, which goes to piy the
cost of maintenance of the auto
mobile divi eon of ih,- hiha.iy
department, uiul for su. ;i .-xmi
sus as C.'omiirsi.HK'r 1 1 . i - i r may
Incur in 'he impi ovoinei'it of pun
ic: roads
i OPEN LETTER TO TEACHERS
' In Which County Superintendent Chas.
E. Barton Makes Pertinent
Suggestions.
; GOTTEN FROM LAST VEAR'SNOTE BOOK.
Dkau Thaciikh : All the
schools of the county are now in
progress. We believe tho orps
of teachers has been carefully
T''v'tid and there is no reason
' a bv v; cannot make this the ve-
i.s bet school year in the history
!' ' i, county.
From my note book used in last
year's visitations I submit the
folio wing suggestions; study them
carefully and l! any of them are
applicable to you or your school
1 trust you will make a proper ap
plication of the same.
1. l!e an example at all times
for yur pupils.
2. Let nothing come between
you and your school work.
51. Ho a diligent student if you
wish to advance iu the profession.
4. Interest yourself in such
things as aim to improve the com
munity. 5. lie careful about your per
sonal appearance. Cleanliness
and tidiness means much iu the
formation of character.
ti. Get acquainted with your
patrons and seek to interest them
in the wo k you are doiug. In
vite them to visit the School..
7. Guard carefully the use of
school supplies and textbooks.
Permit neither waste nor care
lessness. 8. Strive to make your school
room as home like as possible. A
few decorations add much to the
appearance of a loom.
0. Do the sweeping in the ev
eniDg and thus keep your room
as free from dust as possible.
10. Get to school in the morn
ing in time to have the room warm
when the pupils arrive.
11. Aim to keep correct time.
Begin work at your appointed
time; never wait for certain pu
pils to arrive,
12. Do not give more than oue
hour at'noon or more than fifteen
minutes at recess.
lii. Keep your Report Book at
the school house where it may be
inspected by school officials and
patrons.
14. If you caunot find time for
all the branches every day, un
der uo circumstances should you
neglect Reading, Writing, Spell
ing, Arithmetic, or Lai guage
work. These subjects should be
taught daily.
15. Permit no carelessness,
either in word, work or act.
1(5 Under no circumstances
should tho primary grades be
neglected.
17. Make proper use of the
school horary.
18. Add at least ten new vol
umes to your school library dur
ing the term.
19. Do not. begin the subject of
Algebra until pupils have mas
tered the subject of Arithmetic
through percentage.
20. Give frequent reviews.
21. Assign a reasonabloamount
of written work to be done at
home.
22. He careful not to grade pu
pils too high. Grade on the basis
of Rjading and Arithm .-tic.
'';!. lie active iu the local insti
tute work of your township.
24. The first period every day
should bo given to devotion tl ex
erases, scripturo reading should
be a part of the daily program.
Trusting that thesesuggostioiis
may result in good to the schools,
I am
Very siuceroly yours,
Chas. E IJauton,
McConuellsburg, Co. Supt.
Sept. 21, HKifi.
Ileury Sloman and wife, of
Philadelphia are spending 'a lew
dayH at the Washington House.
Edgar O. Uaun, of Sal u via, has
gone t Laucaht'-y to tuko a com
bined uoiuuiurciil ancl steno
graphic course ) trie I'euusyl
vauia Business College.
MRS. GEO. W. CLEVEN0ER, DEAD.
Funeral at llustonlown on Monday. In
termcnt at Fairview M. E. Church.
Libbie, wife of Postmaster Geo.
W. Clevenger, of llustontown,
died last Saturday, and her re
mains were laid to rest in the cem
etery at Fnii view M. E church on
Monday.
Mrs. (Jlevenger's maiden name
whn Spei (hv, ai.d she was l'rn in
Berkeley county, ''V. Va . August
2, 184;'; heuce she was aged at
time of her death, (13 years, 1
month and 20 days. Besides the
husband, she leaves to mourn
their loss, two sisters, Mrs. J-n
nie French, in Pittsbuig, and
Mrs. iSivllie Dawson, lledgesville,
W. Va
She was married to George W.
Clevenger July 21, 1802.
Funeral services were conduct
ed by her pastor, Rev. Harry Dan
iels. Mrs. Clevenger had been a
faithful member of the Methodist
Episcopal church since sir) flas
fifteen years of a-,e a great work
er in the church and foremost in
every tiling that tended to its best
interests, aud to the spiritual up
lifting of the community in whici:
she lived.
HAitms.
Mrs. Mary A. Harris, widow of
W. W. Harris, and sister-in-law
of Mrs. L. E. Harris of this place,
died at the home of her son-in-law
and daughter, Dr. and Mrs. J. C.
Wakefield, at Vinco, Pa., ouThurs
day morning of last week. The
deceased had been ill a long time,
and the immediate cause of her
death was dropsy.
Mrs. Harris, whose maiden
name was Albaugh, was born and
reared uear Duncauville. Blair
county, and was married to W.
W. Harris, brother of Hon. James
A. Harris, deceased, late of this
county.
She is survived by four sons,
four daughters, seventeen grand
children and eight great grand
children. She was a member of
tho Methodist church more than
forty years.
OTT.
Ruth Junetta, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Wm. E. Ott, of Ayr
township, died last Sunday and
was interred in Unio.i cemetery
on Monday. Little Ruth was a
twin sister of Dorothy whose
death was m en tioned i u last week 's
News, and the children were aged
about four month?.
GREAT STORMS C0MINQ.
Washington Sends Out Word That Much
Rain Will Fall.
Two great storms are moving
toward the east from opposite di
rections Professor Garrett, of
the weather bureau at Washing
ton, said on Monday, that when
thoy meet there will bo a general
fall of ram in tho middle and east
ern state.
One of the disturbances is au
other West Indian hurricaue,
which is eff the west end of tho
Island of Cuba. The other is a
rainstorm now prevailing in the
northwest. The hurricane is
moving northward and the north
west storm is moving southward.
When they meet considerable
damage is likely to result.
Local Institute.
The first local institute in Beth
el township for this school term,
was hold at M t. Airv school last
Friday evening. The meeting
was called to order by the teach
er, Zoe Mason, who appointed
John 11. il Lewis president oi the
meeting
The different subjects selected
were well discussed by the ten
teachers presout-oue being from
Brush Creek township, three
from Belfast, and the remainder
from Bethel.
The teacher and pupils deserve
much praise for tho songs, and
recitations given by them. Ex
o llent order prevailed
Qi'KKN Lakk, sec.
75 Mil Annie B Frey if in the
City th a week I uvinsr her stock
of fall and winter uullluery.
ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW
Snapshots at Their Comings and Goings
Here for a Vacation, or Away
for a RestfulOutiog.
NAMES OF VISITORS AND VISITED
M. R. Shatfner spent Monday
iu Burnt Cabins on business.
Thomas Rash and wife, of Bel
fast township, were in town Mou
day attending to some business.
Miss Euphemia Kerr, of Alle
gheny,. Pa., was a guest in tho
homo of M. W. Nace during the
past week.
M. L. RinedolJar arid Jaeo
Tritle, of Waynesboro, spent Sat
urday and Sunday among their
many friends in this place.
Edward G. Reisner left last
Saturday for New Haven, Conn.,
where he will enter Yale college
as a student this week.
Dr. West left last Moaday to
attend the fall session of the Car
lisle presbytery at Middlespring,
which met Tuesday afternoon.
Calvin A. Ritz, of Lashley, Pa.,
has beeu elected teacher of the
Bald Eagle school in East Provi
dence township, Bedford county.
Rush Harr , , of New York, aud
Mrs. Nell Shoemaker, of Cham
bersburg, were guests of the
Trouts at the Willows over Sun
day. B. H. Truax, of Iddo, was a
pleasant caller at this office last
Saturday evening. There is a "7"
on the label of Mr. Truax's paper
now.
Frank Deshong and wife, of
Fannettsburg, were guests in tho
home of their brother-in-law, Hon.
Jno. P. Sipes, a day or two this
week.
Mrs. Frank Fore and niece,
Miss Ivy Lamaster, of Markos,
Franklin county, spent part of
last week with Daniel E. Fore,
Esq.
Miss Elizabeth Patterson, of
Pittsburg, is home for a summer
vacation with her parents Hon.
D. H. Patterson and wife, at Web
ster Mills.
II. M. JacSson, one of Brush
Creek's progressive young farm
ers, came over to the Cove last
Wednesday for a load of prime
seed wheat.
B. F. Daniels, of Gem, was iu
town Monday. Mr. Daniels has
recently bought the Rarh farm
on Timber Ridge, and expects to
move to it soon.
Auctioneer J. M. Chesnut. and
David E. Strait, Hustontown's
hustling blacksmith, called at the
News office a few minutes while
in town last Thursday.
Clan-nee T. Mock, a fornioi1
typo of the News office, but now
a hustling salesman for an Allen-
town dru house, is visitinar his
old home in Tod towuship.
Dr. A. 1). Dalboy and his motli
er-iu Jaw, Mrs. Ruth Hagener,
went to Philadelphia last Friday
to attend the funeral of the hit
ter's sister, Mrs. Rose Haggerty.
"Our gouial friend Zack Mcll
houy, of Hustoneown, dropped in
to our sanctum last Saturday aDd '
left a "cart wheel" for auother
year's subscription to'the News.
Miss Katie Fore and Mrs.
Grant Baker and sou Norman,
spent last Sunday with Mrs. John
Nelsi n. They were also the
guests of Mrs. Bert Henry last
Wednesday.
Mrs. Harry Cornelius.of Trough
Creek, and Auuio Snyder, who
have been visiting in the home of
Mrs. Fred Snyder in Tod town
slip, expect to return to their
homes next Tuesday.
Louis Chapman, of the Big
Ctve Lumber Camp, came up to
town last Friday evening to see
his friend King take his first les
sons in goat riding in the McCon- '
nellsburg lodge of Odd Follows.
John A. Mellott, of Licking
Creek township, was lodged in
jail Saturday evening on a surety
of the peace charge. He was dis
charged from custody Monday
morning, by entering buil in the
sum. of three hundred dollars for
hi. appearance at court.