The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-05-14

Nal Mnllln. oil gainesville, Rocks cOur
". Kansas. requests all Andersonvillt
prisoners 10 send him their addresses, with
a statement OF the time they were held
prisoners, with the name of their regi
ments. companies. and their homes, for
the purpose OF arranging a reunion.
Erie. Pa. furnishes employment on The
streets to all iramps finding their way
thilber. by placing them on \ chain gang,
lately established for the purpose. Rather
hard on the tramps-but it is safe TO infer,
that 1t will not be long until that class
keeps at a respectful distance from that
city.
Well wager a quart of raspberry jam
that the fellow that wrote this for the
Greensburg Herdio is either married or
has lately received the smitien."
Can't we have a walking match. eating
match or sone other kind of a match 10
this place, even if it is a wedding match.
Surely the tools have not all departed. Stir
up something.
An explosion of coal dust, something
thet WAS never known before in The his
tory of J~ohnstown, took place 10 the Cam
bria Iron Company's mil mine a few days
since. 4 match had been put 10 a blast,
and after il had exploded a second explo-
sion took place, which is supposed TO have
been caused by gaseous matter being mix
ed with the coal dust.
We wish to call attention to the card of
Mr.. G. y. Boyd, TO be found in another
column. Mr.. Il. has purchased the Drug
Store formerly owned by Geo. w. Speers.
and proposes to keep a full stock of goods.
He is a gentleman who has had experience
in the Drug business. and we can safely
recommend him TO all who have need of.
anything in his line.
Gen. Kooniz is one of the twenty-four
gentlemen subpenaed by Marshall Hall
and from which a jury is TO he selected TO
try the famous C~uba-you-quit case. Ii is
thought that the trial VIII last from a
month to six weeks. Our readers will re-
member the case as one in which the heirs
OF an Indian girl sue for a large tract of
land on which the city OF Pittsburgh is
now built.
A correspondent; writing from Shade
says Mr.. Jacob McGregor Is building a
large barn one hundred feet long and fifty
feet deer and that Mr.. Samuel thinner
mans hands have been busy for several
weeks framing a barn for Mr.. +. Manages,
to take the place of the one destroyed by
last TALL. He further SAYS tina Mr.. !
Jacob lost is building a new house, and
That Mr.. Isaac Ream sold twelve thousand
of coel 10 people from Bedford
during the past winter. A small
but beaniiinl poem accompanies the items,
but as we are not informed as 10 who is the
W. must wait until We hear FROM
our correspondent, So that we may know
4 il be original or no.
ACCIDENTAL DEATH.-Mr. Il. Coon,
living on the farm OF VIM. III. Gardner, in
Quemahoning township, met with Il singu
ar death a short time ago. Ii seems that
ais coonship had veniured out on the
limbs OF a sugar tree TO where
hey iorked, leaving a prong projecting
rom the tore; here il seems he lost his
lold and slipped from the limb, but was
held by his tail becoming fastened
n the fork. From the TACT hat the tail
vas found wrapped around the limb twice.
[ is supposed thai be regained his footing I,
the limb only To sgsil tall of, where {
he hung suspended until he was dead. No &
,oroners jury no vervict. Our authority, i
lr. Bracknev, agent for the Singer Sew.
ng Machine. 1
On Monday las, officer George, OF Mey- +.
rsdale borough, handed over 10 the ten A,
Ier mercies and gigilant watch of Sheriff +.
lyle, a man named Brown, on the charge ,
1 having been one OF the parties concern