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VOLUME 11
McCONNELLSBURG, PA., DECEMBER 23, 1909.
NUMBER 11
RECORD OF DEATHS.
Persons Well Known to Many ol Our
Readers, Who Have Answered
Final Summons.
THOMAS V. COOPER MISS MARTIN
BURNED TO DEATH. IN CHICAGO.
The Oldest Member of Saw Many Curios at Art
ALL SEASONS ARE THINE, 0 DEATH.
II. 0. Mathias.
the Penna. State Leg
islature in Point of
Service. Fire Started
from His Cigar.
Henry Clay Mathias died at
his homo in Hustontown Thurs
Ha Ducember 9. 1909. He was
"V i '
Institute, Lake Michi-
' gan from Top of Mont
gomery Ward Tower,
and Visited the Wheat
Pit.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
At the age of 75 years, Repre
sentative Thomas V. Cooper, the
born near Cherry Grove, Hun- oldest member of the Pennsyl-
tingdon county, fa.., April 10, vama Legislature In point of ser
1844, and was therefore aged 65 . - trftRnua fl
- .1 A O? Jnita I
years, , moDlu uu . u.. Ouav's
The next place I visited was
the Art Institute ol Chicago. It
is on the same boulevard a few
squares south of the Library.
Tins is another beautiful building
but it is not so large as the Li-
128 different musical instruments
representing all .parts of the
world. Some were rude pieces
ol Wood with strings of ordinary
cord drawn across. One from
Mi. Mnt.hifl.a was a veteran of
' . n tf timA m&a Vim fn loaf.Vl at. hia I r . t t I .
the Civil War, serving in uo. iv, ""i uL"cv orary, neiuier is us miBnur
22nd Reg. Penn'a Volunteers, Media home early last Sunday elaborately finished. There are
howinff oniiatf.fi Feb. 13. 1864. and mm-nino- . two stories and a basement. The
he served until the close of the His death was tragic. His son first floor has twenty-four differ
war. detected the odor of smoke com- ent apartments, including five
Wnr covornl vAara ha has been mop frnm ii finirnatftira f-nnm and corridors, which contain casts
a great sufferer from cancer or rushed from the house and sum- or sculpture beiore tne urecian
the face. When it first appeared moned the fire company, only to period, to that of modorn sculp
ho wont to Chambersbuie: and Hisp.nvor a few minutes later that ture. In one of the rooms I saw
had an operation performed and his father was wrapped in flames,
for a time it was hoped tne rav- which completely enveloped a
ages of the disease were checked, flimsy bathrobe. He was then
but in this he was disappointed unconscious, and it is believed
as it soon returned, and after that the old legislator had suffer
months of excruciating pain it ed a stroke of paralysis, which Chittagong-Miugoa, India, was
claimed him as Its victim. caused him to drop his lighted a crocodile body of rich, red
Mr. Mathias never married but Cigar upon his bathrobe. lie was wood, polished, with three strings
is survived bv two sisters and t.hpn a human torch. The bath- running from head to tail over
two brothers, tamely: M. D. rohe had been entirely consumed seven bridges resting on back.
Mathias, of Hustontown; Charles and the flames were eating their The under side has a deep groove
nf Nononaet. 111.. Mrs. Maria Lai- wn v mtn t.ho mnf.h nnnn which runninjr lengthwise in the mid-
dig and Mrs. A. J. Lamberson.of the helpless legislator was reclin
Hustontown. ine. His hand was burned off
He was a man of quiet demean- and his face badly charred,
Mr. Cooper arose early and
donning his bathrobe went down
stairs shortly after. 4 o'clock to
He was not connected with any eniov his morning smoke before frame are slender sticks of wood.
church organization but months breakfast Tuis has been his There were Greek, Roman, and
before his death he gave unmis- custom for years, and at times Egyptian antiquities mnumera-
takable assurance that all was tie would smoke half a dozen ble. I saw Egyptian mummies
black cigars before eating break- that had been buried four thous
fast. While upstairs he chatted and years ago. There is a large
with his nephew, Harry R. Turn- lecture room on this floor; also, a
. i ... - I 1 . 1 rPV. nnnn. A fli-vi. Vina
er, and then dressed nimsen in a uui-ary. mo cwu
new bathrobe which had been twenty-nve uparimeiiis wumu m e
irivon him hr hia o.hi dran as a chieuv used lor paintings, ine
j - -
. . . . A . KZniinnl .v. .tin onrvifi Knilrlin
(Jhristmas present. unn -omnu m mo romo wuiu.ua,
Less than an hour laterThomas includes department ol drawing,
V. Cooper, Jr., was awakened by Painting, Sculpture, Illustration,
an odor of smoke. It was rather Decorative Designing, normal w
strong and seemed to be coming struction, and Architecture. As
from a downstairs room. "With- we passed from one apartment to
or and had many warm friends
who esteemed him because he
was trustworthy and dependable.
well with him.
The remains were laid to rest
in the Hustontown cemetery Sat
urday morning the 11th., Rev.
Harry Moyer officiating.
Brown.
D. Shunk Brown, a native of
McConnellsburg, died at his
home in Hagerstown, Md., on the
Srd inst., of Bnghts Disease, aft
er an illness extending over a
die. Another, which came from
Madagascar, was made from a
human skull with the posterior
part removed and the opening
covered with parchment. The
front bar and the sides of the
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li -fcM : S..5 -,v.v ;)'. :. ' -.- -.'1 t'OC- '
FIFTY DOLLARS
FOR A SNAKE.
But it Must be One With a
Horn Tail To Settle Ques
tion of Such Species.
The structure of which the above is a picture was erected on
the south side of Court House Square opposite the Washington
Hjuse in 1870. It is a two-story brick building with three rooms
down stairs and main auditorium on second floor. The church has
a membership of about one hundred and fifty, and is in a flourish
ing condition. The present pastor is Rev. C. VV. Bryner.
The first Methodist Episcopal church ouilding in McConnells
burg was a stone structure on First Street, erected in 1843.
The first organization of Methodists in this county, of which
there is any record, was in existence in 1791. It was at a place
called Lavering's, at the base of Sideling Hill, midway between the
turnpike apd Warfordsburg. There are now in this county twenty
one M. E. churches.
year, during the last five weeks QUt maklDg aa investigation the another we saw many students
of which, he was confined to his
bed.
His funeral took place on the
Sunday following, the servicer
being conducted by Rev. Dr. Ir
vine, who preached from the text,
"bet thine house in order; for
tbou sbalt die, and not live.
Isaiah 88:1. Interment was made
son sounded a fire . alarm, sum- busy with pencil or brush.
monine the local lire company. As I came out of the Art Insti
It was but a few minutes later tute I saw Montgomery Ward &
that the members of the family Company's tower only a few
discovered their father slowly blocks away. The tower of this
burning todeath. He made no building is 394 feet high the
mitc.rv and his familv phvsiciari highest in Chicago. There are
is of the opinion that he was only three structures in tne world
i. i n,tv, n...in.t. onH tViat I tnllop than this Washington
1 xy II 11 . m. I oullv&OU W1UU unitujoio vuwv I
u xwU urn cBiueMJry. Aue pan . . h to d the lieht Monument, the Cathedral at
Kno nc tnAwA nil 9 T71..1 j. I I
H piDa from his mouth. No Cologne, and llliam Venn's
one was with him at the time.
bearers were all natives of Fulton
county, namely, Jacob Finniff, D,
Edward Fore, ;Rush Chne, San
der Ciine, Jacob Long, and Ezra
Fox all of whom now reside in
Hagerstown.
ihe deceased is survived by
his widow, who
Like Losing One ol Our Friends,
Mrs. L. M. Tntle, formerly of
the Cove, but now a resident of
was Catherine Spirit Lake, Iowa, in sending a
Ashwell, and the following named dollar says, ' Please renew my
children: Ada L . Svlva B.. W. subscription to the News for an
Maynard, Harry C, and Alvah E. other year. It would be like los-
all at home. Also, by the tol- wer one one of our friends, if we , tha Urr iha nnrtu an.,th
lowing brothers and sisters: A. did not get the News every week. west and the lake on the east. It
J.Brown. Hancock. Md. .Tnhn i . j a ,j
was a ciear uay auu wo uuum bbo
statue on City Hall in Philadel
phia; the last named is the tallest
structure in the world.
Upon entering this building
Montgomery, Ward & Co's.
there is some one who sees that
the visitor is taken care of until
the elevator comes down. We
were then taken to the top of the
tower where we had a fine view
WATERFALL.
December 20. Mr. Editor: In
the interests of society, and es
pecially in the very best interests
of our boys and young men, I
want to awaken the attention of
the right-thinking people of this
community to the growing tend
ency to see drunken men and
boys in our village. We do not
have a licensed place for the dis
pensing of intoxicating Jiquors,
which makes us all the more feel
the disgrace of existing condi
tions. The scenes m our village
last Saturday should be enough
to arouse law abiding citizens,
and an effort should be made
and made at once, to run down
the party or parties who are pass
ing out the vile stuff in open vio
lation of the law. It matters not
whether the liquor is whiskey,
beer, gin or hard cider the of
fence is the same, and the penal
ty as severe.
Now Mr. Editor, this is offered
in the hope that those who are in
terested will sit up and take no
tice; that conditions will change
for the better, and that soon our
beautiful, usually peaceful, and
quiet little village will be as in
viting to strangers as in the days
of yore.
Citizen.
Brown, Hancock, Md.. John
., Koxbury, Pa., Mrs. Eva
Small, Hancock, and Mrs. Marian
Mumma, Roxbury, Pa.
Mr. Brown was born in Mc
Connellsburg, Pa., October 2,
io, and was aged 65 years, 2
months, and 1 day.
ing at the funeral.
Mr. Gregory being unmarmd,
he and his sister Catharine re
sided for years ou the farm from
whence he was taken by kind
When quite Danl8 10 tne place of burial. He
a small boy, his parents moved was an unpretentious man, was
to Knobsville, where his father Pl lndly disposition and was
worked at shoemaking, he having recognized by all as a good cnris-
learned the trade in Ireland liaQ citizen ana neignoor.
Fifteen years ago, he removed Besides the; Bister with whom
from his farm in Dublin town-. ho reslded ho leaves to survive
for miles.. Lake Michigan from
that tower is the most beautiful
sight 1 ever saw. Her waters
were more beautiful than the
most precious gem, In one part
of the tower there is a large room
furnished with a post card stand,
tables, chairs, pen and ink for
writing. There are twenty-five
and thirty visitors in this room
all the time. .Some are leaving
and othei s arriving. As this is a
mail order house, the goods are
bhin , V. ! -. . . . . tt . IVilmhA ffitltmln n. mnroa nnd fna
Viok'D4i .. mr.. ih a vto Mra Amr. them in a retail store, i waiuea
UBOU uugagea in tne gro- " . . " ,Wn th iirwav and stooned
eery business. ' . bharpe, Mrs. John F. Hess, Mrs.
Their many Fulton countv Edward Soudere and David Greg
mends extend svmtiatliv tn thn ory, all residing, in Thompson
bereaved "widow and children in township. .
the loss of a kind .husband and Crouse.
fathnr
Marie itessie, nve months oia
Gregory,"
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
in at a number of the depart
ments and glanced about for a
few minutoa
i then went to the new Postof-
flee, which is another mapnifi
cent building. It is 250 feet high
and covers a block. Many 6i its
In his seventy-first year, Adam Crouse, died of erysipelas at her walls and floors are inlaid with
Gregory a Prominent citiran nfknma.tik,, !(,,. mill In At, Rinulm Ahnnt nnnn 1 Visitor!
ihompson township, died Mon- township, Wednesday, December the Board of Trade, where the
day, the Oth inst, and was buried 8,1900. The funeral was held prices of grain are made and tele
on the 8th mat., In the cemetery on Friday, Rev.' Rica ef the graphed to all parts of the world
. uttinascua Christian church, Reformed church officiating. In- in a few minutes. There were
ev. teltner, of Hancock, otilc'at-jtermout In Union cemetery, fifty or more men in the grain
ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW
Snapshots at Their Comings and Goings
Here for a Vacation, or Away
for aRestful Outinc
NAMES OP VISITORS AND VISITED
pit. The men all seemed to be
yelling at once, and the visitor
sitting in the gallery wonders
that there can be any business
transacted at all. Butastheeye
is quick, the signals given with
the hand or by a gesture of the
head, mean as much as a tele,
gram. It is seldom that a mis
take occurs in the sign language
trading. If wheat has been sold
at 90 cents, the trader catches
the eye of some one opposite in
the pit who has 50,000 bushels
to sell, and partly by telepathy,
partly by a motion of the clench
ed fist, signiJs that be will take
the "50 wheat" at 90. The seller
in reply, holds up his right hand
with the index finger extended
horizontally,- indicating that he
wants 904 cents.' The buyer mo
tions acceptance "j. Ihe two
traders note on their cards "Sold
50 at i. Jones," and "Bo't 50 at
i. Smith." After they leave
the pit they meet and check the
operation. There is an official
reporter stationed in each pit
who sees all the signaling, aud
partly by observation and partly
on information given him by the
traders, notes the latest price
and gives it to a telegraph opera
tor at bis side. In this way, the
price of grain is made every mo-r
ment of the session, and sent to
all parti ol the world.
Visiting the Old Home.
William King and wife, and
Samuel King and wife end son
Abram, of Cando, North Dakota,
are visiting friends and relatives
in the Vicinity of their old home
near West Dublin in Taylor town
ship. The King boys went west
a good many years ago in fact,
it has been thirty-two years since
Samuel has been home. When
they saw the opportunities of the
West, they knew a good thing at
sight, rolled up their sleeves, and
went in with a determination to
win and they won. To-day,
they have a competence of this
world's goods, and are in a posi
tion to enjoy lite and to assist
those who have been less fortun
ate than themselves. William
harvested a crop of 4,400 bushels
of wheat during the past sum
mer. The boys cannot under
stand what is wrong with our
thermometers. Last Saturday
they were shivering around with
their heavy overcoats on, and the
thermometer registered only
about twenty degrees above zero,
while out in Dakota, where they
came from, they have had lots of
weather this season when the
thermometer registered thirty
six below, and tlie temperature
then seemed like summer com
pared with the raw, damp pierc
ing cold of this climate. While
they have a low temperature out
there in winter, the air is dry,
and not so much inconvenience is
felt as one would suspect.
There are still inquiries con
cerning that offer of fifty dollars
for a specimen of a horn-tailed
snake, which was made by Pro
fessor Surface, State Zoologist,
Hart isburg. In the professor's
mail the other day there was a
letter from South Eaton, Wyom
ing county, containing the follow
ing information:
" e have in our possession a
snake we call a horn-tailed snake,
which has the appearance of be
ing very poisonous. It has no
teeth, the only means of defense
that we can see about it being a
horn-like bone at the end of the
tail about an inch long."
Following is Professor Sur
face's reply:
"I have received your letter
stating that you have in your pos
session a Horn-tail Snake, or at
least a snake that has a horn like
bone on the end of its tail, about
one inch long. It is true that I
offered fifty dollars reward for a
Horn-tail Snake, if such proved
to be anything else than some of
the known species of serpents,
such as the Blowing Viper or the
Milk Snake, commonly called the
House Snake, or some other al
ready well-known kind. This
was to prove or settle the contro
versy of the existence of a Horn-
tail Snake. Such belief was com
mon throughout the couutry, but
not properly established.
"If you are willing to send me
your specimen by express, I will
pay the expressage on it, and if
it does not prove to be some ordi
nary serpent, such as we already
know, and should prove to be such
a thing as could properly be call
ed a Horn-tail Snake, I shall pay
you a reward for it.
"I hope this makes clear the
facts of the reward which has
been offered, and which has not
yet been taken up by any genuino
specimen submitted."
The Road Tax.
The recent Act ol Assembly
changing the road tax from a
work to a money tax, will work a
complete revolution in this mat
ter and is not kindly received in
rural communities. For years
farmers and other have always
worked out their road tax and as
a rule they are opposed to this
innovation which compels them to
g' clown into their , pockets for
the cash. This Act is exactly the
opposite of the former Act aa
then in order to make it a money
tax, it was necessary for a ma
jority of the tax payers to so de
cide by a vote taken for the purpose.-
As the law is how, in or
der to make it a work taxi the
Court upon petition of 52 or more
tax payers' of the township, or
ders an election for the purpose
of deciding the question.
Mrs, Elizabeth McEldowney
and daughter, Miss Edith of Gem,
spent Saturday and Sunday In
the home of Mr.' and Mrs. D. A.
Waahabaugh.
SERIOUS AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT.
Dr. J. 0. Hanks' Car Turns Turtle and
, He Breaks Collar Bone and Rib.
From Everett Republican.
While Dr. J. G. Hanks, ol
Breezewood, was out in his auto
mobile on Sunday, visiting pati
ents, he descended a long hill,
about a mile east of Breezewood,
when one of the rear wheels of
his car struck an obstruction on
the icy load way which hurled the
rear to one side and before be
could stop the car it struck a
bann and turned turtle, pinning
the doctor undent. Fortunately
the steer wheel struck the ground
which protected him from the
full weight of the auto and gave
him sufficient room to enable him
by a strenuous effort to raise it
enough with his feet to make it
possible for him to escape. Ho
realized that he was injured about
the right side near the shoulder
and after going a short distance
procured help to assist him in
getting the auto in its proper
position, when he entered it and
returned to his home. '
Dr. W. P. S. Henry was sum
moued who attended to his injur
les which consisted of a broken
collar bone and a fracture of the
upper rib, on the right side, be
sides some severe bruises. It
was fortunate that the steer
wheel kept the heavy car from
coming with its full weight upon
him, as he probably would haye
been crushed to death.
Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Gallaher
spent a few hours in town last
Saturday doing some Christmas
shopping. While about three
fourths of Mr. Gallaher 'a farm
lies in this county, the buildings
are on the Huntingdon county
aide of the line, and thus he pays
tax In both counties. The News
keeps him posted in the "doin's"
of Fulton county,
C. L. Henry and wife, of Clear
Ridge, spent a few hours in town
last Saturday.
Mr..W. D. Morgret and William
Sigel, were in town a few hours
on business last Thursday.
George Snyder and daughter
Miss Lula, are visiting relatives
and friends in Waynesboro.
Misses Ruth McGehee and
Cora Doran, of Burnt Cabins,
were in town shopping last Sat
urday. Harvey Mellott, one of Ayr
township's progressive young
farmers, was in town a few hours
last Friday.
Miss Anna Reisner, of Wilson
College, is homo for the holidays
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. G. Reisner.
Mr. Dallas Myers, of Mercers
burg, called at the News ofiice a
few minutes, while in town last
Saturday.
Mrs. S. M. Cock and daughter
Miss Kathryn, spent last Friday
and Saturday in a little trip to
Chambersburg.
Harry Bender, of Princeton,
111., is spending his holiday vaca
tion m McConnellsburg. He is.
the guest of his uncle, M. M.
Bender.
Mrs. A. J. Dohner, of Eliza
bethville, Pa., is visiting her pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Fish
er, and othar relatives and friends
in town.
Miss Emma Sloan, teacher in
one of the graded schools at
Johnstown, Pa., is home for her
holiday vacation with her parents
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Sloan.
Miss Alice Hays, who is teach
ing in Bedford county this win
ter, is homo for her Christmas
vacation with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Geo. W. Bays.
Miss Elsie Greathead, a mem
ber of the faculty, of the Ohio
State University, at Athens, O.,
is among the number who havo
come back to McConnellsburg for
their holiday vacation.
Among the Taylor township
folks in town Monday were Ex-
Commissioner S. C. Gracey and
daughter Miss Estella, Mr. and
Mrs. David Knepper, O. L. Wibel
and David Gladfelter.
Mrs. C. B. Stevens, of this
place, spent the time from last
Friday noon until Monday even
ing, in a little trip to Harnsburg,
combining a nice little visit among
relatives, and doing some Christ
mas shopping.
John Spangler, a student at
the State College, is spending his
holiday vacation with his parents
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Spangler.
John is taking a special course in
Electrical Engineering, alcng
with his other work.
Misses Bessie Heiman, Bessie
Gress, Ruth Roettger, Bessie
Raker, and Murnie Rummel all
of whom are employed at Wilson
College, Chambersburg, - are
spending their holiday vacation
at their respective homes in this
place.
Mrs. Rboda Keefer and daugh
ter Miss Carrie M., near Cham
bersburg, spent a few days this
week visiting the former's sister
Mrs. A. J. Pittman, of Tod. They
expect to spend the holidays with
relatives in Licking Creek and
Belfast township.
D, L. Gns8inger and his neph
ew, Clyde Ott, who had gone to
Philadelphia last week to consult
a specialist in regard to the phys
ical condition of the latter return
ed home Saturday night They
went to the St Mary's hospital,
and was there assured that there
was no necessity for the using of
a knife on him, and that he should
corao home, and follow the line of
treatment they prescribed, and
he would soon be all right again.