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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-09
Fcidau. December I8th lS74.

at . o'clock p. NJ. All the right, title, interest and
claim OF John u. Roddy, OF In and to the following
described real estate,
No. /. A certaintract Of lani situate in Ale
gheny tp.. Somerset County Pa, containing o.
acres more or less, adjoining Henry Miller, Sturiz
Mil property and Hartman * Co., with the APP
purtenances.
No. The undivided one-half part offs certain
tract of land situate in Northampton township in
said county, c~ontaing $50 acres more or less. war
ranted in the name OF Ann Young, OF which there
are about 3 acres cleared, with a two story dwell
ling house, barn, water saw MILL, SC, thereon
erected. adjoining lands Of VIM. Tressler. Josiah
Witt and ALI, Wiimot, with the appurtenances.
No. B. a certain tract of land situate in Green
Vile township, Ia said county, containing 100 acres
more or less, adjoining Henry Knopp, Charles
WI lhciH and others, with the appurtenances.
No. A certain tract OF Land situate In Lari-
mer township, In said county, containing 50 acres
more or less, adjoiaing Josiah Witt, Josiah and
William Iressler, with the appurtenanees.
No. ). TIT interest John ], Sehell had and
held IN the town OF Garrett. being the undivided
part thereof Of the lots reserved 10y deit. IN a
deed recorded in Vol. IS, page 5, with the appur.
tenances. Taken in execution as the property Of
defendant at the suit OF A. j.. ColboTn, Assignee Of
ing restricted " the lands conveyed by the said
Assigg-e TO sail defendant by decd dated June
2sh Isl, rreuTded in Vol 40, page 2e etc, the
lien u sail jndgr.srt being restricted and confined
TO the lands contained ip the above described deed.
TERMS@One-half Of the purchase money must
be psti rs soon as the property Is sold, and the
balance when the deed Is delivered.
OLIVER KNEPPER.
deco Sheriff.
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Homicide.

CINCINNATI, December 5.-Oa
Friday night a fight occurred at the
house Of John HaIerty. near Read
lug, this county. ia which Rafferty,
was felled with an axe by bis brother
in-law. Patrick Cusick. ~fiaferiy's
wife placed him 10 bed and cared for
him till be died. claiming that bis
death resulted from natural causes.
Both parties were arrested and are
nov in Jail.
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Frozen to Death.

CLEVELAND, November 30.-The
scow Pearl, Of Fairport, loaded with
lumber, came ashore at Geneva,
Ohio, this morning. On board were
found the body Of a man supposed
to be j Graham, of Fairport, and the
body Of a boy about fourteen years
old. both evidently frozen to death.
The bodies were completely COW
eied with ice. The boy was dashed
to the rigging. The SEQ is a total
wreck and has the appearance of
having been run into. Nothing was
found on board to indicate where the
scow was from or where bound.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-09

THE Baltimore american says:
Judge Black has written a letter in
relation to the Pennsylvania Sena-
torship, in which be says: i have
not nominated myself as Il candida ate
for Senator, but certain friends in
different parts of the State have sug-
gested that / oughtto be chosen, and
| have not said that / would not serve
If elected. So you see / am a little
like General Grant with the third
term" With regard to the probable
tiles of his election, he suggested il
the Legislature was left to its own
spontaneous choice, that a clear ma
jority would vote for him, but evil
IDENTIFY thinks bis chances small, be-
cause be has neither time, taste nor
talent for personal solicitation; nor
skill in the arts by which caucus
nominations are secured"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-09

Some inquiry is being made just
now as to when the new State Off
GERS viii assume charge Of their Of
fetal duties. We answer: The Su-
preme Judges and Lieutenant Gov
ernor Latta will enter upon their du-
ties immediately after the announce
ment Of the vote in the Legislature,
on the second Tuesday o. January
next. General McCandless, Secre-
tary Of Internal Affairs, and Justqs
F. Temple, Auditor General, will not
take their places before May next,
when the terms Of the present incum-
beats expire.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-09

be supplied at a triAiDg cost. A
number Of charitable ladies who have
time aud money more than they
know what to do with, and some lit
tie heart, established, q year or so
ago, a training-school, to fit girls for
service, on Teuth street. They take
raw girls and teach them to cock,
wash, iron. sew, to wait at table, and
to do every thing that comes under
the general head Of Homework Inc
work of preparation is done N no
s~lovonly way. Twice a week a
French cook goes into the kitchen
with all the girls, and delivers to
them a lecture on the preparation Of
such dishes as be selects, Illustrating
by actually doing the work before
them, and making them do it. They
run q laundry, q restaurant, and a
dressmakiug establishment in the
house, to the end that it shall be, not
only Of use TO the girls by teaching
them their duties by actual practice,
but that it shall be seIf-sustaiuing.
which it is. The school has taken
thousands Of poor girls who were
starving because they did not know
how to work, and has turned them
out capable and intelligent and wor-
thy of good work and good wages
anywhere. The manageress of this
sensible charity is Mrs. Julia Corson,
and it is located at Al East Tenth
Street. A girl from this school is
certain to be honest and cspa-
BILE. Housekeepers in want Of good,
trained servants will do well to make
a note of il.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-09

THERE seems to be much distress
prevailing among the laboring classes
in Luzerne county, and other adjacent
portions of the coal and iron regions.
Nearly all the iron furnaces and foun-
dries are either idle or working only
on partial time, and this, together
with the general depression Of trade,
having reduced the consumption of
coal, there is very little doing at the
eolleries in this usually busy season
Thousands arc in idleness. without
any means of obtaining work, and
the distress is very great. The Mayor
Of Scranton writes to q contemporary
that all the means of relief in that
city are exhausted, and be fears, as
winter advances, that the su iTering
viii become extreme.
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Terrible Accident.

FALL RIVER, Mass, December 4.
"A terrible accident occurred this
afternoon near Shades Ferry, where
the Old Colony Railroad Company.
are constructing a bridge across
Taunton River. While workmen
were engaged in sinking a pneumat-
ic cylinder, which is to form a por-
tion of the pier, the upper aange of
the air lock, to which the lower was
secured, together with the cover,
was blown off by the pressure of the
air in the cylinder. Eight men were
on the cylinder at the time of the
explosion, three Of whom were killed,
one fatally injured, n seriously in
and three escaped uninjured.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-09

IT is being extensively published
hat John w. FOrney is to be ap-
pointed Minister to Russia. We
hope not. He is not lacking in ca
pacity, but be is not entitled to this
mark of confidence from the Admin
is.ration. He tried his level best in
1872, to elect Buckalew Governor of
this State, and thus defeat the re-
election of Grant. The Republicans
Of Pennsylvania have not yet forgot
ten this little affair. Neither has the
Presid ent, we presume.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-09

The following is extracted from a
private letter from a prominent Re-
publican in North Carolina: "Of
course, the result Of the late election
is construed here as the triumph of
the rebels and the rebellion. In 1865
treason was beaten and crushed: In
1874 it has been r~esurrected. Here
after it may be considered an open
question whether treason is to be
considered a crime or patriotism a
virtue, for the country has endorsed
treason. Every rebel here is saying,
The North has come over to US at
last.",
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-09

Coz. THOMAS A. SooTT only re
quires the triHe Of S7O,0OO,O 900 to
complete his Texas Pacific road
This amount be proposes to raise on
forty year bonds, at FIVE per cent. IN
~terest, payable in gold, and be In
tends to ask Congress to guarantee
his bonds. This is a very modest re-
quest to come from a railroad king,
and we presume will be cheerfully
granted by the peoples representa-
tives at Washington. As, however,
this is the short session Of Congress,
and the national finances require some
little attention, we trust the sugges-
ton will not be considered offensive,
that this little transaction be postpOn-
ed till the next Congress, when the
representative of the Pennsylvania
railroad from this district will have
an opportunity to support it.
1t was the allegation that Col.
Scott wanted him in Congress to sup
port this very bill, that proved so po-
tent IN argument in his behalf in
certain portions Of the district, and
we don't want to see the Hon. John
Reilly deprived of this opportunity
of proving his fidelity to the best in
terests of his principal constituent.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-09
TIE vote Of the Prohibitionists Of

TIE vote Of the Prohibitionists Of
this State at the late election was:
Bradford, 1852
Parson, 6,235
Cutbertson. $3.50
The official majorities for the Dem
ocratic candidates st the November
election were:
Latta, over 0lmsted, 1878
Temple, over Alien, 4,094
NJ Candles, over Beath, 4,625
1t thus appears-says the Adams
Star and SeHtinel-lst, that the Dem.
ocratic candidates are elected by a
plurality vote, not by a majority Of
ell the votes polled; I'd, that the Pro-
hibitionists have defeated the State
ticket of the Republican party. help
ing 10 beat Gen. Beath, an out-an-out
temperance man.
Next winter Mr.. Black and his
State Committee viii be making
frantic appeals to temperance Repub-
I~licans 10 come to Harrisburg and
prevent the repeal of local option J
They will be likely to let him fight
out the battle on the line be has
c osep.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-09

SMALL POx prevails to an alarm
ing extent in New York City, and the
Board Of Health has appointed in
spectors, who are competent medical
gentlemen, in various districts of the
city as a corps of vsccinators under
the supervision Of an experienced
nIvcsefan
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-09

THE Greensburg Republican and
Democrat suggests the abolition Of
jury commissioners. 1t says the
County Commissioners will now rep
resent both the minority and major
ity in each county and there is no fur
Their excuse for the additional expense.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-09
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
New York, Dec. Z, 1874.

NEW YORK, Dec. I, 1914.
UNLICENSED LIQUOR DEALERS.
The souls Of the liquor dealers of
this city are being agitated just now
by the action of the Excise Commits
sioners, who are hunting down those
who sell the ardent without proper
license. The liquor dealers PrOtec-
tive Union resisted the law; but in
the test case the court went against
them, and widespread CONSERVATION
ensued, as well it might, as not n
in the thousands of saloons in the
city ever took out a license. The
decision Of the court makes every q
of them liable to heavy penalties,
and the police are determined to
bring them to the score, no matter at
what cost. They hope tc close
about a thousand Of them by this
means.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-09

DIR. JOHN A. HUNTER, member of
Assembly elect from Armstrong Co,
died at his residence at Leechburg,
on Sunday. he was elected by the
Republicans.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-09
IN DRESS

has always been charged to the femi-
zine account. but this winter, it
strikes me, the sterner sex may fair
" take their share of condemnation.
One rich young man recently pur-
chased two seal-skin coats, costing
s~everally $500 and 5000, and two
Ulster coats, the belt buckles wrought
10 massive gold and equally massive
silver. What do you think of thatg
One man paying $4,000 for over
coats with thousands about him
wanting bread True it is that every
rich man in New York does not buy
such extravagant articles; but the
mania for rich clothing has taken
possession of young New York.
To pay $3.50 for an overcoat is
nothing rare, and a suit, from hat
to boots, including overcoat, that
does not go a long way into $500 is
not much for a suit, Add to this
the diamond studs, the ring, the
watch, and the other adornments,
and Charles Augustus manages to
carry about with him the best end
of 81, 600, which has 10 be renewed
very frequently. But, nevertheless,
they have cut down the 1925 salaries
Of the poor teachers seven per cent,
and are standing out against the
'Iongshoremen, who want enough
wages to keep soul and body togeth-
er. Speaking of the
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-09
Somerset Herald,


Gov CnAMBERLAIN, Of South Car
oliDa. was insugurated at Columbia
on Tuesday last
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-09

Frank McGiIl and Tim Hartigan,
Mercer county boys. went hunting
the other day, and @treed" a rabbit
10 a hollow log. McGill manipulated
an ancient shotgun at D end Of the
log, while Tim looked in at the other
see what effect the lead would
have on the eotton-tail Tim'seyes
escaped. but the physician thinks
there won't be much nose to speak Of
when the leaden pellets are al pickcd
.,.s
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-09

CONGRESS met on Monday last
We hope to lay the Presidents mes
sage before our readers in u next
issue.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-09

TuE public debt statement Issued
on the Ist inst, shows a decrease
during the month of November, Of
sI9s.12 6S.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-09

TuE residence Of Auditor General
Allen, at Warren, was destroyed by
Gre on Tuesday last
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rRouBLE ANp surFERlNa

in the city this winter. Labor is
very scarce now, and as the cold
weather puts its veto on the little
building that is going on, more men
will be thrown out of employment,
and the trouble will increase. The
city is a cruel place for a man out of
work. rent, food, fuel, everything
costs so much that when the daily
labor that supplies it stops, starvs-
ton or the accepting Of charity is on
ly a few weeks ahead. 1t costs a
laborer all be can earn to-day to live
to-day-he cannot provide for the
morrow when work stops. Heaven
help the poor this season.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-09

One Of the great troubles in the
small towns and cities Of the country
IS TO get properly trained and educa-
ted servants. This want can now
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-09
CHERIFF'S SALE.

by virtue OF a writ OF Yenditioni ExPonas issu-
ed out OF the Court OF Common Pleas OF Somerset
CO., and TO me directed / will expose to sale by
public cutlery. at the Court House IN Somerset,
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TERMS FOR THE
Daily Commercial.
Postage Free to Subscribers

We beg 10 state that Postage tciH be
paid at THIS office, free, on all Edo
lions Of The Commercial, sent to
Subscribers, under the ne10 LGw to
take effect on the Isl Of January,
1875.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-09
THE EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
ITS NEWS DEPARTMENTS
THE MARKETS

Wal, asheretofore, receive careful attention. Full
teiegraphic reports Of the State Of Business. with
Prices Current, will be received daily from the
Trade centres Of this country and Europe. The
pittsburgh Market, in all its branches, viii be re-
ported fully and accurately. As a commercial
journal the COMMERCIAL stands second to no
paper in the country.
Ihe Financial Column viii give daily the ruling
rates for money, and the prices OF Stock and
Bonds At all the great trading points, with much
Interesting statistical matter.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-09
A Political, Literary, Commercial and
General Newspaper.
DEVOTED TO THE
Best Interests Of The People !
IN POLITICS,

The COMMERCIAL will hereafter as heretofore,
be devoted to the support OF Republican princL
pies, maintaining its Independence wifafn the Re
publican Party, and claiming the right at all times
TO speak freely and fearlessiy on the merits Of men
and measures. Party government is essential 70
a constitutional country, and journals claiming To-
be independent of party are usually also indepea-
dent Of principle Faithful to the great congic-
tons and aims upon which the Republican Party
was based, IL is the ~mOuthpiece Of no clique OF
faction, supporting The party solely because it be-
heyes that party is founded on principles Of Right
and Justice.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-09
noNasHoREMEN,

Their strike is general, and en-
braces the many thousands of men
who find their daily bread in loading
and unloading ships. 1t would seem
the heighth of folly for any set of la
borers to strike at the beginning of a
long winter, but the 'longshoremen
have, from the nature Of their EN-.
ployment, fair prospects Of success.
Aay man can roll a barrel, but
every man cannot put a package
properly in the hold of a vessel, or
take it out without damage. 1t is u
trade. And when a vessel arrives,
the demand for the 'longshoremen is
immediate and pressing. The raw
mar cannot take his place. There
are 5000 of these men. They have
made the demand for forty cents
an hour day work, and sixty for
night work, and they are well organ
lied to hold out. The steamship
companies are trying to get other
men, but the trouble is the skill.
Novices make bad work of it.
The
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-09
INTERESTING MISCELLANY

Embracing Poems, Sketches. Incidents Of Traved,
etc, will hnd q place in the columns Of the COM
MtRClALA furnishing abundance Of Instruction
and amusement for the family circle.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-09
HIGH BUILDINGS.

The mania now running among
those who build at all is altitude.
Some years ago the Equitable Life
Insurance Company ran up a building
that doomed above anything else on
lower Broadway, and since that
height has run in the minds of every
body. The new Tribune building
is nine immense stories high, with a
tower almost touching the sky; the
new building of the Western Union
Telegraph Company is almost as
high; the Domestic Sewing Machine
Company is eight; the new Post-Of-
fee cannot be counted in stories, but
il is an immense building, and so on.
The view of the city from the Jersey
City Ferry is becoming particularly
pleasant. These buildings, with the
scores of others, tower up above
their surroundings, relieving wonder
fully the monotonous uniformity
which formerly wearied the eye.
Those tall buildings do not pay-in
fact. every one of them is a dead loss
above the fourth story; but, never
theless, l hope the building of them
will go on. They beautify the city,
and the public get q benefit whether
the proprietors do or not. 1t is a
fact that none of these buildings pay
tbroa nor cent ON the cost of con-
s~truction and present price of ground;
but the p%rcprietors all live in hope of
the future. Hope springs eternal
Ia the human breast"
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coOPERs

are still holding out, and are organ
izing cooperative shops, that enough
employment may be bad to keep the
strike from being a failure. Other
occupations are banding together,
in most cases, however, to prevent
threatened reduction of wages.
There will be inevitably a great deal
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-09
SNYDER & UHL.
TIE be Copyreghfed.

He De COPYRIGHTED.
On receiptOf fifteen cents, I viii mail % any ad
dress, q neat card with either Of the above: show
ing in the one case how a-the light will give light
on any subject; and in the other case how The
door VIII open a door 20 any subject, even the door
OF Heaven Or / will send the two cards for TWEEN
ty-ive cents.
Address, CT T. WALKER, Friedeus'. Pa.
THAT the alphabet is a science in itself, is GER
tainly something new, even in this day Of inven-
ton and discovery. Though If Nj. Walker sus-
tains the assertion by actual Demonstration, We
viii all have TO acknowledge the Truth, and II we
DO find 1t in the meaning Of the letters Of the al
phabetE
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ALLEGHENY. Il
SALE.

BY virtue Of a writ Of Lcvari Facils, issued
out Of the Court of Common Pleas OF Somerset
county. Pa, and to me directed. L will expose to
sale by public cutlery, at the Court House. 10 Som
erset, on Wednesday, the 9th day Of December,
1874. at 1 o'clock Of said day all the right. title,
interest and claim Of John D.. ROddy. Of IN and
to The following described real estate, viz.
All the minerals, mineral privileges. metals.
ores and mineral substances lying and being IN
der and contained within all that piece or parcel
of land situate in BrOihersvalley township, Som
erset Co., Pa, which is fully and particularly de-
scribed by metes and bounds, courses and distan-
ces in a deed from John G.. Hay and Sarah his
wife to John D.. ROddy ,dated July Is, 1854. and re
corded in record OF deeds for Somerset Co... Pa,
Vol. "a, pages IS and 90, containing 90 acres, more
or less, adjoining lands Of ]. COUNT yman. Philip
Hay and others, together with the appurtenances.
Taken in execution as the property Of John ID.
ROddy at the suite John Hay
OLIVER KNEPPER.
novls Sheriff.
EXECUTORS NOTICE.
Estate Of Michael KorDs. late Of Jenncr Twp,
deceased.
Letters testamentary on the above estate having
been granted TO the undersigned by the proper au-
thority, notice is hereby given to those indebted
TO It to make immediate payment, and those hav-
ing claims against 1t will present them to the IN
dersigned, at the late residence of the decd, on
Saturday, the 10Th day o. Dec, 1874. No account
will be received unless duly authenticated accord
ing TO law.
ALEXANDER KORNS,
SIMON l. KORNS,
now Executors.