The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-12-01

John Waterman captured an opossum
one DAY Of last week. Il is much OF curi-
osi;y hereabouts, many ofthe younger folks
having never before seen one.
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Mr Austin Gardner . sober industrious
young married man, living in this town.
had bis leg broken saturday, while engaged |
in working on the :. & c. r. K.
Mr Samuel Lowry, Lord Mayor Of Sails
bury. spent pleasant hour with us Satur-
day morning Mr. Lowry IS always wei |
come visitor TO the HERALD sanctum.
The cold weather will probably have the
effect Of Kidding the community ef tramps. |
such gentry usually seek the city when the |
blasts Of winter begin to howl about their
ears.
We wish to call the attention OF our read
ers to the advertisements Of Mr.. Paul G. No !
wlg one OF Bcrlin's most cnterprising and
suoc,ssful merchants, to be found in another
column.
That was a very noisy party that were
driving around town Saturday night in a
two seated sleigh. The Junior" lent char
2cter to the party and succeeded in = degree
in maintaining the dignity OF the firm.
f. I. Kietfer Of Altoona, eighteen years
; Of age, au appointee Of Gen. Goifroth to
naval cadetship. died very suddenly at the
naval academy at Annapolis on Thursday
evening last, from obstruction ofthe bowels
Anumbcr ~ our citizens took advantage
of tie cold snap last week and had their ice
houses filed with beautiful, clear ice, about
seven inches thick Last winter the ice crop
was very light and many O: the houses in
/ town were nos filled.
+ Mr.. 4 Bruce CoTroth and wife left for
( Winchester, Va, Monday morning. from
whence they will go 70 Washington, D. C.,
where they will spend the winter. Mr.. Cof-
/ tro,h Is clerk to the Committee on Invalid
Pensions, Of which his father is Chairman.
dr Wilson Sanner, one of our most sue
( cessful sportsmen, shot = wildturkey, weigh
/ ing l. pounds. about 3 mile and half south
OF town Thursday morning Wilson had
heard Of the whereabouts Of the turkey the
night before and took an early start in tho
morning and 'bagged" him.
The proprietorS OF the Somerset Mcchan- (
ical Works hsve recently added an addition
to their building the addition is 60150 and
is two stories high Under the efficient
management Of MeSsrs. Ha1zell and Sny-
der the new firm is doing flourishing busi
ness. having all the work they can attend TO.
Instantly KTLLED.-Miss Kate Ham,
daughter of James Ham, Sr., Of Saluyia,
I Fulton county, lost her life a few days ago,
/ By a singular accident. Her cousin was
/ loading gun, preparatory to going hunt
+ ing. when the hammer fell. and the gun was
discharged The ball entered the young
/ ladies bresst, penetrated the heart, and
caused instant death
( The ground was covered with from three
/ % four inches Of snow for several days last
week snd wheels were discarded almost en-
trely, for runners, by those who had TO
travel over the country roads. Owing TO
the ground being very dry at the time the
snow fell, and the light sandy nature ofthe
snow, the sleighing was not al all good, but
il was the first Of the season, you know.
About two hundred and fifty coloTed men
who had been engaged for the past six
months in working on the 5. & C. r. r., were
brought; TO town Friday evening where sew
eral extra cars were waiting to take them TO
Washington. where most of them live, Sat
urday morning. They were jolly, good
natu-ed set, with scarce enough clothes TO
cover them, and with the few dollars they
had saved from their wages they seemed
perfectly happy and oontented, and express
ed theinselve. As pleased with their sum
I1ers picnic" IS they termed i.
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The bar-roorn Of the Glade House was
barglarized on Monday night, and couple
of dollars in money and some whisky stolen.
The robber entered by unscrewing the win
dow fastenings No clue to the perpetrator.
4 visit was paid TO the house Of the editor
oJ the HEEALD by some uninvitci guests on
the same night Nearly every room was
ransacked, but nothing of very great value |
taken. The old family spoons were tested and
found TO be Of good quality, but were LEFT
behind by the thieves, who were evidently |
frightened away by some noise in the house.
Thanksgiving day was observed in the Us
va. way in town. The stores, bank and
places Of business generally were CLOSED and |
the town presented q regular Sunday ap-
pearance. There was nothing Of public inter
est transpiring on the streets.
Rev Cameron. Of the M. Z. Church,
preached sermon in the Presbyterian
Church in the morning, and Elder Woolery
in the Disciples Church in the evening
Both sermons are highly spoken Of The
audiences in attendance were not nearly so
large as they should have been on an occa-
sion Of this kind.
An injunction was issued against theSom-
erset and Cambria r. r., at the instance Of
the p Z. r Company last Tuesday. prohib
iting them from crossing an abandoned
feeder At . point south OF the Sandyvale
cemetery, which the T. r. T., claim as their
property The writ is returnable to-day
The construction trains are running as US
ual. Il Is said the Pennsylvania road will
try 10 prevent operations on the new road
upon the ground that no charter is in exist
ence for the incorporation OF the 5. & c.
Railroad, but this docs no; enter into the
proceedings which have been instituted.
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Mr.. Robert W. Little, uf the trm
Of 3 T Little q sons, the well known jew
elers Of los Baltimore street, Cumberland
Nd, will be in Somerset to-day, to remain
one week, with full line OF watches, clocks,
jewelry, silverware, and a wen selected
stock Of all goods kept by them. Mr., Lit
tie Is not a stranger to our people and those
whopstronize him know that they aredealinEl
with II responsible and reliable firm. Those ,
dcsirous Of purchasing holiday presents
viii nos have an ample opportunity Of do
ing "a. lie will be in the New Hotel aud will ,
be pleased to have you call and examine his {
goods whether you buy or not. )
General Hartranft. together with the Bri- i
l.