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VOLUME 8.
McCOXNELLSBURG, PA., FEBRUARY 2S, 1907.
NUMBER 2 4
DOWN IN WEST VIRGINIA, pun new northwest state. RECORD OF DEATHS.
Jotlings About Tliis Child of The Civil
War Made by J. H, H.
Lcwia.
RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE.
February 14th has had its days
ju the history of the world. The
tirst patent granted to Alexander
Graham Bell for telephone was in
1878, February 14th.
" i'he House of Representatives
adopted Speaker Reed's new
rules February 11. 1890.
King Edward VII. opened the
lirst Pariimont of his reign Feb
ruary 11, 1891,
1 1 is a day when the mails are
tilled with many dainty little mis
sives of love and affection, and
others that do not cement the
"tie that binds," but creates a
good deal of mirth, and some
times ridicule at the expense of
the recipient.
Logan county, West Virginia,
is experiencing an era iu railroad
development which is only sec
onded by the uu usual activity in
the opening of coal and timber
lands.
The Chesapeake & Ohio, the
Norfolk A Western, the Deepwa
t r, and the Island Creek rail
reads are all trying to secure in
1 Is and outlets to this territory
iu which many new leases are be
ing opened up.
It is difficult to understand the
actions of the various railroads,
as the plans are in their infancy,
and no official information can be
secured as they usually keep
their business under their hats.
It is very evident, however, that
something is being done which
Will effect most materially the
prosperity or Logan county.
Judging from the present ac
tivity, the town of Logan will
shortly receive an impetus which
will undoubtedly place it in a
class with other West Virginia
towns.
The advent of the Tidewater or
Deep water the railroad that is
backed by the Standard Oil Com
pany, has done more than any
thing elso to open up the State
Mid develop it to such an extent
that last year it ranked second as
a coal producing state.
Those majestic hills are just
full of coal, and the ravines are
alive with people miuing coal, and
Hj miles of coke ovens, burning it in
to coke. Towns and towns are
being built upon steep hill sides
that can only be approached by
ascending iong Mights ot steps,
which reminds you of the cliff
dwellers; as those ravines are so
narrow that by Ihe time a few
lines of coke ovens are er cted,
and a railroad track is taken up,
the level ground has all been util
izod and necessarily they must
use the steep hill sides for build
ing lots. I'ennsylvanians have
a quired a largo range already of
the coal lands. Borwind-White
have large coal plants in McDow
ell county, Virginia, and a town
of considerable size has been
named Her wind; and the one
thing that I noticed paitioularly
was the elegant company houses
erected large and oommodius,
painted up to date for their min
ers and other employees; while at
other plants they are nearer
shacks.
You find a mixed population ia
West Virgiuia Hungarians. Ital
ians, Poies, Slavs but the pre
dominant race is the colored peo
ple. West Virgiuia is overrun
with the negro. They have Hook
ed hero from the Old Dominion,
from North aud South Carolina,
and f.'om elsewhere iu thSouth,
because ofthesociil equality al
lowed thorn. You find them act
W ing in the capacity of Justices of
the Peace, you And them as con
stables, as deeuty sheriffs, police,
etc.; and while spending some
mt tune looking in upon the criminal
court iu McDowell county, 1 saw
three dusk; free Americans ex
pounding the law before his Hon
or, and one of the colored gentle
men was an ex convict who had
! By Uniting Counties of Idaho, Wash
ington and Oregon.
I Residents all over eastern and
I central Washington, northern
i Idaho and uortheistom Oregon
' aro evincing interest in the pro-
posal to create a new State by
i taking twenty six counties, with
a population of 400,000, in the ter
! ritory bounded on the west by
the Cascade range, on the east
by the Bitter Root Mountains, on
the north by the international
boundary and on tho south by
the Blue Mountains. Judging
by Ihe hearty support accorded,
t'.iore is reasonable prospect that
the project will be cirried out
successfully.
The proposed action to create
the new State by taking parts of
three adjoiuiug Commonwealths
is without a precedent in the his
tory of the nation. Prominent
lawyers iu the Northwest declare
that provision is made in the Con
stitution of the roiled States for
the creation of new states, and
they point to section 8, article 1,
as tho method of procedure. The
text follows :
"New Stites may be admitted
by Congress into the Union, but
DO new State shall be formed or
erected within the jurisdiction of
any other Statoi nor any State be
formed by the junction of two or
more States or parts. f States
without the consent of the Legis
latures of the States concerned,
as well as of the Congress.
District Attorney George B. Dan
iels a Victim of Pneu
monia. J. W. MELLOT OF BELFAST. ANOTHER.
sei ved a term in the penitentiary.
The amalgamation of the races is
not, strictly speaking, prohibited
nor is it frowned down as you
would think. Sixty-one indict
moots were returned by the
grand inquest that just closed its
sitting and th-3 majority of the
cases were for murder and hold
ing people up at the point of a gun
to give up their money, aud the
yrv.at majority were negroes or
mongrels. 1 was in a house to
day where the bullet holes were
plainly visible on the wall and
fourteen shots had been tired.
The blood was still to be seen on
the floor and the man was sh.jt to
death. This, however, was not
for money. Whiskey and woman
figured largely in this tragic
death. Hattield was killed and a
McCoy girl shot in the arm but
uot seriously wounded.
This is only one case. They
are weekly occurrences aud do
not excite people here. Nearly
every man carries a gun and peo
ple do not stand on tho impulse
of shooting, but shoot at once.
This tragic death that I just
narrated occurred at the town of
Peeryville and used to be the
county town of McDowell county,
and is tho second death that oc
curred at the same house a one
story house with no attick, shed
roof.and wbuld answer fairly well
for a sheep fold in your county if
the wiuter was not too severe.
Over the door was some lettering
resembling Chinese hyeiogly
phics, when deciphered meant
restaurant. The shack was ten
anted by the mother and two
young girls about eighteen years
of age. However, tho oid lady is
stopping at tho fort at the county
seat at this time, leaving the
shack in charge of others.
These towns aro upon the hr.e
ol the Norfi lk & Western railroad
starting from Hagerstown, Md.,
through Hue to Columbus, Ohio.
A rattlesnuko ws captured in
tho Yukon miues a few days ago
1M) faot from the mouth of tho
mine eight feet loog, ten inches
around the body, had twenty
oigiit rattles and was supposed
by the old people to bo forty
years old. The snake was killed
and soul to Washn gton, D. C.
The Yukon mines are situated on
the Norfolk & Western railroad
on Dry Fork rivor about twonty
miles in. 1. 1 the Kentucky line
The wonderful piles of rocks aud
caverns m the mountains afford
secure hiding places for such
monstrous reptiles.
J. II. H. Lewis.
Ligan, liOgnn county, W. Va.
Feb. 14. 1007.
Intense interest in the election
last Tuesday, not feeling very
well physically, waiting uutil the
vote was counted out Tuesday
evening, and going home at 11 o'
clock, to find himself next morn
ing iu the terrible grip of pleuro
pneumonia, which snuffed out the
candle of hfo on the following
Saturday evening such is the
sad story of the last few days of
the life of District Attorney
George Barton Daniels, of this
place. .
Seldom has a death in this
community produced such a
shock, or has occasioned greater
sorrow than this. Several weeks
ago, Mr. Daniels suffered an at
tack of grippe, aud was housed
up a few days, but was out again,
aud no one- not even his immedi
ate family suspected the least
reason for thinking that ho would
not soor. be fully recovered. But
the seeds of the insidious disease
still lurked within his system,
and it only requi cd the more
than usual exertion iiv ident to
George b. Daniels.
the excitement of tho election, to
cause them to germinate, and
bring forth their worst fruitage.
Mr. Daniels was a natural -oorn
politician, and it would have been
inconsistent with his nature not
to have taken a lively interest in
the result if an election.
The deceased was a member of
one of the oldest aud most promi
nent families in the County a
son of Hon. James Daniels, who
served as Associate Judge aud
Commissioner. George was edu
cated in tho common schools aud
in our County Normal schools;
aud after having taught several
terms in the schools of the Coun
ty, he read law in the office of
Hon. John P. Sipes, and was ad
mitted to the Fulton Couuty Bar,
October 10, 1601. He served as
Clerk to the Commissioners, aud
was three times elected to the of
fice of Dist' lot Attorney, serving
continuously in that office from
1K!I7 until the time of his death.
Ho took an active interest iu
politics, served several years as
County Chairmau of the Demo
cratic party, and represented the
Couuty in several Democratic
State Conventions.
On being informed of Mr. Dan
iels' death, J udgeSwope appointed-
J. Nelson Sipes, Esq , aad
Hons. John P. Sipes and W. Scott
Alexander, as a committee to
prepare suitable resolution touch
ing the life, services and death of
Mr. Daniels; the committee will
suhmit the resolutions to Court
at tho close of business on Mon
day evening of Court, when ap
propriate remarks will be made.
The widow and children of tho
deceased have the sympathies of
the eutire community.
By his perseverauce and close
application he acquired a general
knowledge of the law, and had a
lucrative practice.' His kind aud
genial disposition made him hosts
of friends. Ho was a member of
the Royal Arcanum, the Odd Pel
lows and the Elks. His church
afh illations were with the Re
formeds, but as that ohurch has
no pastor here, the funoral ser
vices were conducted by Rev. Dr.
West, assisted by Revs. (Mimes
and Grove, on Tuesday last.
I Beautiful Moral displays adorned
j his casket, presented by the Odd
I Fellows of this place, the Elks of
Chamborsburg, Captain SUinuer
of Scotland, and others. His re
j maun were followed to the Union
cemetery by a large coucourse of
hi i friends.
JACOB W, MlXi.oTT.
On Wednesday morning, Feb
ruary L'0. 1007, death visited the
homo of Mrs. Amanda Mellott,
i widow of the late Rev. Absalom
Mellott, of Belfast township, and
claimed as its victim, her son Ja
cob W. Mellott, aged 24 years, o
months and 20 days.
The deceased was stricken
about the liith inst , with typhoid
puoumonia, and during the last
wek of his life his phvsict.1 suf
fering was intense.
Ho leaves to mourn their great
loss a loving mother and two sis
ters, Laura and Irene, besides
many other relaiives and 'rieuds
We recall his figure of good pro
portion, his color of cheek so
suggestive of health and vitality,
naturally forecasting a long life.
As a son, he was always faith
ful to the home interests aud the
support of, his now grief stricken
mother.
In reviewing his life, we readi
ly recall his many admirable
qualities of mind and heart his
genial disposition, his Kindliness
of manner all of wh;ch are at
tested by the large em le of now
sorrowing friends.
Funeral so vices on the 82nd.
! conducted by Revs. J. Calvin
Garland and William Truax. I ),
torment was made iu the cenie
tery at; the German Baptist
eiureh.
A. Fkikni).
SI SAN HOICK.
Susan Houck died at the home
of her son Ephr.im, in Ayr town
ship, February is, 1 07. She
was born in Little Cove, May 12,
1810, and spent most of her life
in Franklin couuty. Her death
was due to diseases incident td
old age, she being 90 years, !
months, and 0 day. She had
beeu in failing health for some
time, but was confined to her
bed only three days when death
came to relievo hor of her suffer
lugs.
Sho was a member of the Luth
oran church, and many times
during the last months of her ill
ness, she expressed the desire
that her Lord would call her
home.
She leaves to mourn her loss,
two childron, Ephraim of this
county, and Mrs. John S. Zim
merman of Franklin couuty, and
one brother, Fli Houck, of Ohio;
also fourteen grand children aud
four great grand children. Her
fuuoral took place on Thursday
from the home of h. r daughter.
Services wt re conducted by Rev.
Dibble. Interment was made in
the Lutheran graveyard.
AN NIK K. CUKE.
Mrs. Annie E. Chnedied at her
home in Burnt Cabins, Friday
night, February 22, 1907, aged 72
years, 6 mouths and 2 days. Her
funeral took place on Sunday fol
lowing, services being conducted
by Rev. Baxter, of Path Valley,
and her remains wore interred
in the cemetery at the Presby
terian church at Burnt Cabins.
Mrs. Clino was a faithful mem
ber of the Presbyterian church
for many years, and tho large
number of persons who assem
bled to pay their last sad tribute
of respect to her memory, is the
surest teitof the love and esteem
in which sho was held iu the com
munity in which she had lived lor
so many years.
She is survived by four sons
aud one daughter, namely, Lee,
I.- i unci aud Samuel, of Dublin
township;!). R. Clino, of Eldora
do. Kansas; and Mrs. Clel Oisuey,
near Burnt Cabins.
ISAAC b VAUNKN.
The uany friondi of Isaac F.
Varnes will learn with sorrow of
Critclificld Reappointed.
At tho session of the Lcgisla
ituie Monday night Coventor
'Stuart soul, the name of N. B.
Critchtleld of Sotperset couuty,
1 to the Senate for re appointment
as secretary of agriculture. W.
F. Hill of Chambersburg, was a
: strong candidate for tho place
'and it is believed would have re
Ceived the appointment if the
Governor had not decided tore
appoint Critchtield. This will
make the third term for Critch
tield, having been first appointed
by Governor Stoue and then re
appointed by Governor Penny-packer.
ISirilulay Parly.
As it was awfully cold last
Thursday and the roads very
rough, little did Mrs. Jemima
Skiles think of having any visit
ors. She was busy doing her
morning work, when a few of her
neighbors came iu; and not long
after that, tivo buggies from
Pleasant Ridge drove up io her
door "hollering," "three cheers!"
By that time Mis. Skiles hoisted
the window up stairs and looked
out, saying, "I thought I lal
some friends, but I haven't one
or I would have beeu told what a
surprise was on hand."
A few minutes late, a big wag
on drove up BalUer Mellott hav
ing brought sixteen women and
girls from Hustontowu. By half
past twelve the tables were heavy
laden with chicken, pie, cakes,
aud all good things to oat. Mrs.
Skiles received lots ot nice pres
ents. Apology : Tiie editor wants to
say that there were so many per
sons present he could not print
all their names without loavins
some of the medicine locals out.
MKlBMN.
The earth is ouce more lobed
iu hor white mantle of snow and
he mer ry jingle Dt sleigh bells
greets us again.
Grippe has visited quite a num
ber of people in this community
duriug the last few weeks.
Mrs. Martha Palmer is report
ed ill.
Mrs. Susan May, an aged and
respected lady of this communi
ty, died at the home of Mr. John
Pittman last Thursday morning.
Mrs. May was a kind aud affec
tiouitt woman aud will be greatly
missed by her many friends.
Mrs. Emmeline Diehl of Whips
Gove, is spending some timowith
her brother Miller Truax, of this
place.
Mrs. Delia Spade and children,
have beeu spending the past few
weeks with her pareuts, Mr. and
Mrs. Benjamin Bedford.
William Funk is sawing lumber
for Roy Palmer.
William II. Mellott mvited a
fow of his neighbors hast Monday
morning to assist h.m in slaugh
tering a beef. When all was d me
and the s.ales woro ready, the
beef tipped the beam to 858
pounds dressed, aud the hide
weighed 118 pounds. If there is
any one that cm beat that, let us
hoar from them.
Our school is progressing nice
ly under the supervision of Gil
bert C. Mellott.
Mrs. Julia Mellott's sale was
well attended last week.
W. H. Mellott, accompanied by
L. W. Funk, spent a c uplo days
last week iu the Little Cove, where
Mr. Mellott purchased a lino
li ,rse.
A NEW DOG LAW.
May Be Enacted by The Present Leg
' islature at Harrishurg.
The dog law is to be changed in
that it is prOpOMd to register
and tax all dogs, requiring a fee
to be pa.d for each animal regis
tered and description given, the
fees to be paid at the time of reg
istry. Animals so registered
must be tagged aud kept under
control same as other live stock.
A foe of L' per head will be
paid by the state to some authori
zed official for the killing of all
logs thus not registered.
This movement is being push
ed with vigor by those who re
gard the dog while Running at
large as a serious menace to hu
man life as well as destructive to
live stock and other property.
ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW
Snapshots at Their Comings and doings
Here for a Vacation, or Away
for a Restful Outing.
NAMES OF VISITORS AND VISITED
Things Worth Remembering.
For indigestion, essence of pep
permint i ubbed on the pit of the
stomach will give relief.
Nothing is better for bee stings
than indigo moistened and rubb
ed on the wound.
To remove blood from cloth,
make a paste of starch with cold
WSter, Apply And place in the sun,
and when dry it will rub off. If
there is any particle of color loft,
repeat.
To fry giiddle cakes without
grease, cut a turnip iu two, rub
the hot pan with the 'fiat surface
of the turnip, and the batter will
brown perfectly without burning.
For oliilblaibs : Take a shovel
ful ot red hot coats, sprinkle a
teaspoouful :jf eorumeal on the
coals and hold the foor in the
smoke, '.he second application
will cure thi.' wors', case.
If, in addition to the daily
brutbing of the teeth with some
good soap, tin v are rubbed twice
a week with common table salt,
fthey v. ill be wonderfully whiteu-
e:i.
Win n paint has become dried
on the window panes, remove the
sash and, laying flat, dampen.
Then rub with tiie Mat surface of
acopper penny. It will be found
that all the paint spots will disap
pear. To quickly remove ink stains
frcm any fabric, place tho stain
over steam and apply salt aud
lemon juico. The stain, wlc. thor
old or new, will bo removed al
most im ir.ed lately.
When frying bacon, put a tea
spoonful of Orleans molasses in
the pan in which the bacon is
fried. It comes out crisp, brown
and sweet and devoid of that
strong flavor which usually char
acterizes 't.
To cleanse veils and 1 ices : Put
oue rounding teaspoouful of bor
ax in a pint of warm soapy water.
Allow veils or laces to soak oi-e
hour, then shake well about in it,
hut do not rub or squeeze. Rinse
until clear, putting one teaspoou
ful of su.nr In last water.
Squeeze gently and handle lightly
while sproading on w'nite'cloth to
dry, and the article so treated
will be good as new. National
Magazine.
his death at the home of his sis
ter at Forest Hill, Md., February
21, 1907.
For a poriod of twonty nino
years Mr. Varues was a residout
of Belfast township, this couuty,
aud a highly respected citizeu. A
fow years ago lie removed to For
est Hill. He was a consisteut
member of tho Primitive Baptist
church, aud his remains were
laid to rest In the cemetery of a
church of that denomination, at
Millliutown, Pa., on Tuesday.
Mr. Varues was in the 70th
yoar of his age, and died from
diseases incident to one of his
years.
Mints About Eggs.
The tresher egirs are, the ong
er time they require lor boiling.
In timing the boiling remember
that they should bo put into wa
ter already boiling iu the same
pan or skillet.
To boil them very hard in order
to slice them or prepare them for
a mayonnaise they should cook
for tou minutes. For eating, tho
soft boit4 egg is supposed to be
the most digestible, and this is
boiled for from throe to ti.o min
utes. One ol the best ways to judge
the freshuoss of eggs is to place
the in in a pan of cold water.
Those thai sink soonest are the
freshest. Stale or addled eggs
always II at on the surface. I'pon
broking an egg if the white and
yolk are QOt olvai ly detiuod aud
separated, no niitter how care
fully 1'ie shell has .beeu broken,
the egg is not good and should bo
discarded, for eggs the least bit
off color will spoil good cooking.
J. N. Duvall, of Wells Valley,
was in town Tuesday.
I Charlie Mock, after having
I spent a week with his mother,
has returned to Ins place of em
ployment in Altoona.
Mr. and Mrs. Will M.Dixon,
i of Pittsburg, were called here
: Tuesday on the account of the
! funeral of the latter 's brother,
R. M. Downs who recently sold
lus barber shop to O. A. Martin,
of Chambersburg, left Monday
for Philadelphia where he ex
pects to reside.
6. N. (iarland, of Washington,
Pa., was here Tuesday attending
the funeral of Geo. B. Daniels.
Mr. Garland looks as though the
world was using him well.
R Lk Miller, ot Fort Littleton,
called at the News off he a few
minutes, while in town last Sat
urday. Mr. Miller expects to
renn ve to )hio this spring.
Mrs. Grant Baker and son
Norman, and Miss Laura Bru
baker, of Knobsville, spent last
Saturday in town, the guests of
Rev. and Mrs. Grimes, at the M.
F. parsonage.
I i renewing his subscription
totheNews for another year, John
! H. Doyle formerly of this place,
but now of Princeton, 111., says he
land family are well a: d getting
' along first rate.
Our old friend Denton Mender
shot of Bethel, came into tho
News office early Tuesday morn
ing with a handful of the "long
green" to help tide the editor ov
er pay day.
Frank P. Eynch, Esq , was ap
pointed district attorney by the
Court Tuesday afteruoon, to till
the vacancy caused by the death
of George B. Daniels. A district
attorney will be elected next Nov
ember. .ludgoSwope came over from
Gettysburg to attend tho funeral
of Mr. Daniels, aud incidentally
to attoud to some court business
brought about by the death of
the latter. Tho Judge returned
home Wednesday.
Charles B. Stevens accompan
ied George Everhart to Philadel
phia Tuesday. Mr. Everhart has
been suffering for some time with
a spinal affection aud was advised
by his local physician to go to a
hospital iu Philadelphia for treat
ment. John W. Funk, in asking us to
change the address on his N'kws
says that lit; has removed from
Princess Anne, to Denton, Md.
Ho says hu finds Deutou one of
the prosperous towns ou the
"Shore," and thoTuckahoe River
district a grain and stock' coun
try, mostly settled by Dunka'nis
from Pennsylvania.
Charlie Fimk, of Republic, O.,
spent Tuesday night iu the home
of his old friend Gemgo Steach,
of this place. Mr. Fuuk who is
married to a daughter of Isaac
Varues was returning from the
funeral of his father in-law Tues
day morning. Charlie wont down
to Thompson to see his lather
Eli M. Fuuk and expects to leave
for homo the t(rstof uextweok.
The Johustown Tribune of a
lato date contains a lengthy and
flattering account of an iustitute
held al Salix, Cambria county, by
Prof. W. Dou Morton, principal
of tho High School iu that city.
The supoi iutondent says that
two yoars ago the edu.atioual in
terest in thaf district was tho
poorest iu Cambria county, aud
thai now it is not suipassed by
any other. Since there are three
of Fulton's best teachers whoop
ing things up in that district,
might that fact have auythmg to
do with the advancer
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