The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-12-15

The deer hunting season closed to-day.
. The past season has been an unusually good
one for our spor,smen, quite a number OF
! fine deer having been killed.
Quite large party Of our young folks
I had made arrangements to have q sleighing
party to Stoystown, Monday night, but
were unable to 60 on account Of the snow
disappearing.
+ DIVINE SERvICE-Rey Benjamin knep-
/ per will preach in the Reformed Church,
Somerset, Pa, on Sunday the 18th Of Dec
embcr at 10 a. m, in German, and in the
evening in English, and at Evansville
> =. m, same.d day.
/ Owing TO damage sustained at the bridge
near Hooversville, by the recent heavy
rains. the tracklsying was not finished last
week. as was confidently expected. The
connection will be madeto-day, Wednesday,
( if nothing unforeseen happens.
On Monday the frame shanty on The Ny
er, lot, on the east end Of Union Street, was
taken down for the purpose Of using the ma
/ terisl it containtd in the new building that
. is being erected upon the same lot. One by
one the old eye-sorcs are disappearing.
1t Is not spare for man TO take = news
paper for number Of years, and when ask
ed 10 pay for it get his dutch up and tell
the publisher TO stop it. without saying a
word about the pay We look upon such
transactions as the meauest kind of stealing.
Ten davs vet and Christmas will be here.
/ bat already the preparations for the gay and
happy season are making. our merchants
! are receiving their holiday goods, and from
/ the large stocks purchased they evidently
anticipate a good demand for this line Of
goods.
Owir to sickness in his family conductor
Sanncr has been compelled to quit work for
( the ne being Conductor Gallagher, Of
the main road is filling his position. Mr.
Sanner has been running on the road five
years and in that time has only been of
/ three days.
( Mr.. Samuel Critchfeld. Of Milford town
/ shin. shot a fine buck one day Of last week
/ that cleaned one hundred and ninety
pounds. This is the largest deer we have
heard ofthis season. As far as heard from
our friend Samuel is entitled 70 tha belt
! The next excitement will he the teachers
county institute, when the fair schoolmarms
and the gallant schoolmasters will be pres
ent in town in force. The susceptible young
men about town and the gushing young la
! dies already fell their hearts beginning to
I palpitatc.
The Adju;snt General has notified COM
panv commanders that If assurances are not
, given that the allowance for 1880 is turned
into the treasury. TO be used for legitimate
. company expenses alone, the amount will
& be withheld There Is TO be no more dis
E rrbution Of the state appropriation among
the men.
! The Evening Transcript is Pittsburgh slas;
venture in the newspaper line. Mr.. z. F.
Smith, late Of the Chronicle, is one Of the ed
+ itors and proprie;ors. The paper is sold for
q penny and contains all the latest local and
general news; il will undoubtedly meet
with the large patronage that its energetic
publishers deserve.
According 20 orders of the Postmaster
. General, the count Of mail matter in all the
postoffices in the service began on the first
Of December, and was continued through
/ out the first seven days. Upon the receipt
| Of all the returns an estimate Of all the mail
matter handled during the year will be fur
nished by the PoStoffice department.
M F G Parker and Mr.. viii Endslcy,
/ two Of JOhnstown's young men have been
spending the last few days in town. They
are both in the employ Of Cambria Iron
Company, and as the works Of that COM
pany, in which they are employed have been
closed for repairs, they took advantage Of
/ that occasion to visit their friends in Som
erset
/ Tho latest form Of evening amusement in