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


Michael Wagner, OF Shade tow nshiF,
departed this lie On Sabbath morning,
April e.. 1879, al the advanced age of 8:
years, . months, and 3 days.
Father Wagner wa one of the very
aged citizens OF Somerset county. Very
lev are leit, whose lives have run n Ion
ger parallel with the history of this re
gion. Born near the close of the former
century. and in sight OF the spot on which
he died, he commenced. almost with in
FAINT hands. 10 participate in the earnest
struggle necessary 10 hew a fortune out oil
his rough surroundings. His lite was one
of toll. For more than twenty years he
was afflicted, Tor some o years a con-
stani sufferer. In early life he became q
member of the Ev. Lutheran Church
and, though no, an active Christian, as
! every church member should be. he left
his family the consoling testimony that.
through the astounding grace OF Christ, he
had a sure hope OF n bilssfdl eternity vi
ten children, nine, with their aged mother,
four sons and five daughters. survive him.
On Tuesday morning. the 29th, q large
number OF relatives and friends assembled
TO see his remains laid IN the silent grave.
Peace to his ashes
Such an event kindles thought. Four
score years m he a long life and he adj
ded three. The record of eighty years
lived ia this mans memory. Personasily,
his lie wa. comparatively uneyentiul,
but Whist history the world has made DUR
ing his lifetime ! The sun that sbone up
ON his cradle. shone upon the head OF
Washington rs President OF the infant re-
public and the fathers were building the
foundations of the nation while he was
gathering the strength of a vigorous man.
hood. When he was two months old Ma
poleon Bonsparte was married, amid pomp
and s~plendor, to poor Josephine, and
mounted the fiery car OF European and
Levaniine conquest. During his boybood
the g~randest military events OF moderen
times transpired During his manhood
the most wonderful discoveries and inven-
tions succeeded each other. The restless
spirit Of progress has measured wonderful
strides on every field Of eudeavor during
his four score years and three. And the
suns that have lisen and set were more
than thirty thousand Human hands
prepared Tor him almost one hundred
Thousand meals The feet that now have
found rest, walked not less than one hun
dred and fifty thousand miles Yet his
cradle and his grave were hardly more
than one mile apart, Since his lie com
men ced, not less than three billion graves
have Opened 10 receive their sleeping dust.
Were an hose dead awaiting burial 10
day, all Ia, ;ng men might toll a month TO
place them under ground. What a world
This is We live in, and what wonders in a
yet how little our conce. n. So
long TINS man had lived; and in his day SO
and wonderful the things that came
10 pass. YET his life was less Than a sixlielh
Of the history Of man, and the events of
his day, OF all events that now are past.
And he Was but a child oi earth, and the
Earth is tut a sand grain in the universe.
the vaslness OF the AL things that
he mighty God has made, and the little
hess ot man
j. B. SHoUr.
Taken from the Meyersdale Comm r.
'iat:
On Mondy, Calvin COIN, one OF Ed. Al
otis bark p~eelers, WAS instantly killed in,
addison township, while telling d tree
,ohn and a partner were chopping at The
anne Time when the tree began 10 sway, +.
COINS partner 70 retreat TO a
lace OF safety. he TWICE called on Coin !
o save himseli, but he Stood as one stppi.
a limb OF the tree striking him cl the
ack of the head, crushing in the skull
nd causing instant death. He leaves a
and one child. His age was % years.
On Tuesday Officers George, Holzhu, !
nd Miller arrested at Carrot. Wesley I,
Jerre Walter. and Nelson Len
art, charged with the larceny OF sole \
.ather, calf skins. wheat, oats. bread, :
oney, molasses, sugar, lard and chickens.
nder the lead OF JAG. G. Hoyle and j. J.
'hristner, against whom warrants are out =
nd who have long been the terror of n
lat community, and it seems had entered fl
TO a regular conspiracy TO rob and steal
pom all occasions. Some tritiing engte I
nong this band led Wesley Walter to n
yive his comrades in crime away. and o.
Tuesday evening the three above NAM =
! had a hearing before Esquire Cook, G,
no committed them in default of bail. Il
he two Walters 10 default of $500 each, y
I'D Lenhart OF one hundred. VI. A. a
utter and Officer George conveyed them Ct
Jail CO Wednesday. Ho, lie is a slip !"
character. and. .iiaosgh af.cer George
Ell two shots at him, he made good his
Christner has not yet been ap- :
-ehended. We congratulate the citizens I
Garrett and vicinity upon The breaking ]
, OF this gang Of sneak thieys. l.,
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