The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-10-27

the wire "goln was shouted from the
Judges stand, amid intense silence
Never did horse move over the fail
track so fast before. Every liml
moved as regular az clock work, and
with perfect ease. The quarter pole
was reached in 33l seconds. Every
eve in the vast assemblage, eXcep;
the pickpockets, was bent upon the
animal as he moved rapidly toward
the half-mile pole. This was pass
ed in 1861. There was no hop,
nov OF the record being beaten. Still
the excitement did not aba;e, and a'
St. Julien came down the home
track in magnificent style, witt
never a foot apparently touching the
ground. there was still the same deeI
interest. As he came under the
wire. his nostrils dilated and his
glossy coat damp with sweat, th'
first impulse OF the crowd was Il
break out in prolonged demonstra
tons of applause Then came the
eager waiting for the time. The an
nouncement was made IN few min
utes ST. Julien had trotted the mil,
in 2,13l. His best time Is 2,lli
while Maud :. made i mile once II
2.10l which has neveryet been equal
ed by any living trotter.
There was at first a momentarl
disappointment that the time wa,
not less. Among the turfmen, how
ever. the performance was regarded
as exceedingly credible. 1t should
be remembered that St Julien's las
record was made in the summeI
months. when a horse always trot'
his best. Later in the season
horses Joints are stiilened by tn,
cold and he cannot move as freely
\ speed like that in the month q
October i eXtraordinarE. In add
ton to this Mr.. Hicku.. said that hi.
horse had had the epizootic for tn
past three days and was feeling It,
effects when he trottcd.
When the excitement had subsid
ed st. Julien was brought in from
of the grand stand and crowned witt
a wreath of flowers by the ladie
of the fair after which there was
general skedaddle for home.
There has been a number ofSomer
set county people in the city durint
the week visiting the fair and othe.
points of interest, amongst whom
might mention the names OF Mr.. {
Mrs. Philip Wagner, Mr.. 4. 4. Nil
Ter and Samuel Emery of Sunni
Mills. Mr.. Miller was examined
at the Pension Office for an increas,
of pension, but with what success
have not learned. He gets at prescn
four dollars per month.
Most of the visitors continue,
their Journey to Baltimore to witnes
the Big Boom"
Mrs. Cyrus Meyers, Of Somerse
and her son Frank J. Meyers, arriv
ed here Yesterday and are stopping
with William Johnson, who reside
near Bladensburg a suburban town
on the Baltimore d Ohio r. r., thre'
miles out towards Baltimore. Nh
johnson, | understand is a brother
in-law of Gen. Koontz and formerl,
lived in Somerset.
Jacob w. Casebeer, of the Demo
crGt" has been in the city looking
around for the past week. He goe
from here to Baltimore 10 see thei
big show. If Cakes" dent see j
all it won't be his fault for he ha
been on the go right along since hi
arrival. Ask him how he likes tn
Tourists" The play is much i'm
proved since last season. The char
acterof Little Eva is simply immens
not too immense but justimmens
enough. The whole performance j
rollicking, absurd and gay. 1t is
good remedy for cobweb on the brain
and | cheerfully prescribe it to al
suffering with ennui. THE Tourists
are entirely free from the low vulgar
IT. incident to the variety stage Will
yet retaining enough leaven iron
the vanities of life to make it ris
and foam, brimful of mirth, to tn
very edge of the measure of publi
appreciation-that is to say, not too
much mirth, but Just mirth enough
I'VE are all right up to the presen
time" Cakes" thinks Washington
is immense. Right you arc Missa.
Fifty cents all around.
That venerable body guard o
Andrew Jackson Household Bri
gade, as it were of the Democratit
party. known to fame as the jackson
Democratic Association, and calle'
the Dem. Jack. Ass.-for short mad
great preparations TO hear the new
from Indiana and Ohio last night
They had reuted the second floor Q
the Imperial Hotel including tn,
balcony. chartered telegraph in
strument and prepared a stereopti
can or something of that sort where
with to display the figures. Distrust
ing the radical institution the Asso
ciaUed Press the Dem. Jack. Ass
sent its venerable president to In
dianapolis as special correspondent
to send in the returns. Everything
was gotten up iR georgous style, ;
brass band in red uniform was sc
cured and everything was Just glo
rious it seemed for n big time. o
course the Dem. Jacks. drew an i'm
mense crowd. The evening wor,
away and the crowd thinned out
the band played and local orators
howled, but no good, the good news
wouldn't come bit. A more dowr
hearted set of rebel-Democratic
Observation-Disclosures Reform shyster.
were never seen in a bunch before
They tried to keep up their outside
show by swilling whiskey wit.,lr
but it was no use. The tide gai
against them, and by midnight al
was quiet on the Potomac" " for them
But turn your head to the Republi
can Office where the good news tC
the Union loving citizen was display
ed and how changed the spectacle
The excitement on the street wa,
intense. The night was especially
balmy and the whole city seemed tC
have gone out of doors. OF course
the absorbing topic was the election
A nn+ioaahla faatura of tho avanino