The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-13

ON hotels are commencing 10 be crowde
With summer boarlers.
The President sl.s. Il viii i've, aud "
tiIiuk he is about right.
Prof. Burke Paterson, spent several day
of last week in Somerset.
The Republican State convention will b
held this year on the sth of September
Hay Of a good quality is very abundant
the market price being from Sc to 81 pc
ina.
lion. John Cessna. of Bedford, spen
Wednesday night and part of Thursday il
Somerset,
last wcel. was a busy one for our farmer,
and great was the quantity of hay made an,
stored away.
Mr. Wm. r. johnson. of Washington, d
O., with his wife and family are risitin,
their relatives in Somerset
sixty acres Of land located in Lackawan
ma county have been sold to the Roariu;
Brook Coal Company for $4,000.
4 mistake occurred in our last issue as t.
tle commencement Of the squirrel huntin;
season. II does not begin until September
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An exchange says, if hard and continual
praying won't bring rain, the next bes
thing is TO get up picnic, and it win surely
come.
More raitie-snalcs have been killed in
ihis section this spring than for many
years. Auditor Snyder assisted in the kill
ing Of one Friday morning.
The meeting of the State Agricultural So.
cicty will be held at Pittsburgh. The pre-
miums amount TO $li ,Gd0, the largest part
Of which viii Of course go to the owners OF
trotters.
The train dispatchers Office on the Som
ersci and Cambria Railroad has been re-
moved TO lockwood Hereafter all trains
VIII be made up at lockwood instead of at
this place.
John Barrett Kerfoot, Bishop OF the Epis-
copal Diocese of Pitisburg, died at halfpa
seven o'clocl, Sunday evening, at Meyers
dale this county. lie was known TO many
of our citizers
Rev John Gillespie, of the East End
Prcsb, .crian Church, will preach in the
Prcsl yterian Church, Somerset, next Sab
bait, morning at II 4. m. an are invited.
y; iiors welcome.
IN another column viii be found tic ad-
vcr,iscment of W. w. Wallace, of3l9 I.iber-
~ street, Pittsburgh, dealer in Marble and
Granite Monuments, Grave Stones Marble
and Slate Nantes, etc.
Theman Snyder, from Midllecreek Twp,
who attempted to escape from the constable
who had him in charge, and was shot at
several times, was last Thursday released
from confinement on bail.
Mr Charles Il. Herr, Editor of the Pctro-
lia Record and his brother Mr.. Joseph Herr
Of on City are paying a visit to their old
home. The young men made the trip E'om
petrglia 10 Somerset in 4 Buggy.
Rev. Joseph King, pastor Of the lst Disci-
pics Church of Allegheny City, and wife
came 10 Somerset Friday, where they pro-
pose 10 remain during the heated term.
They are boarding with Mrs. Parker.
What depth OF meaning in those words
Of Secretary Lincoln, son of the first Mar
tyrel President, after the shooting OF Gen
Garfield in Washington, on Saturday my
God, what hours Of agony have passed in
this city"
Collector Scull has just settled his account
for the late fiscal year, which ended on the
a0ill day ofJune The total collections for
the year in this, the 10th District amount
cd to s2lI, ,5SS03. ofthis amount The tax
on whisky Welded SGS,0S0.50.
Tor tho benefit Of those expecting to cele-
hra,e the legal h olidays in the year 1900, we
give be days on which they fall New
Year, Monday, Washington's birthday,
Thursday, Decoration Day, Thursday, 4th of
July. Wednesday, Christmas. Tuesday.