The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-04-19

Mr. Jebn A. Walter has had neat little
v.rsl''iai' placed along the font oi his house
NAM street
Mrs A. F. ,-hl has returned iron, the east
aud brought large and beautiful stock Of
s.''d> with her.
pr Chapman said he could cure all dis-
elsrs with lancet. .aiomel and opium. You
,an with pEErsA.
Delay in your securing your seats for the
jean Wallace conoert,' will result in your
Inconvenience and perhaps disappointment
by being unable to gain admission
"
Indications are that there will be an abun.
dance of work for masons. carpenters. plas-
terers. and laboring men this summer in
! Somerset
Don't carry elegant handkerchiefs. girls.
They're dreadfully conductive to bad colds.
A girl with a nice handkerchief has TO use
il all the time.
Last weeks cold snap has probably nip
ped good many buds in an advanced state
on fruit trees, especially where they were
exposed TO dampness.
The street scavengers were at work last
week on Main Cross street. and greatly i'm
proved the appearance of that thorough
! fare.
An exchange speaks of man who ''is
but one step removed from an ass He'd
better make it three or four. The animal
has long reach back wards.
! Don't fail to attend the Jean Wallace con-
cert ON Tuesday night of court. Reserved
seat tickets are now on sale at Boyds drug
store where plot of the room can be seem
Trout fishing is now legal. and the pro-
fessional angler is devoting fourteen hours
day 10 his favorite sport-seven fish,
ing. and the other seven lying about his
lnck.
Wonder if those people who always stop
their teams ON acrossing are aware that they
have no more right 10 do so than they have
to drive their horses on mans pavement
and hitch them to his door knob.
Herman Cook, a young son of Mr.. Jonas
Cook, died of scarlet fever on Friday. The
little fellow had only been sick about twen-
I - nd or fl.e.,rbr ~,
ously until a few hours before his death.
The pleasant weather of last week was
suddenly changed on Monday to severe
cold spe''. We fear the peaches. and prob
ably piles, have not survived the hard
I frcezii : of Monday and Tuesday nights.
-
! The open season for fishing in Pennsylva-
mia waters is: For trout and salmon, April
LIST to August lst; black bass, pickerel or
pike, June lst to January list; salmon trout
and lake trout, January lst to October LIST.
The Philadelphia Press ten-cent fund for
Betty and the Baby is over s., 200. This
sum contains a great deal of solid comfort.
1t will probably reach the equivalent of
eight years of the Sergeant's pay.
Feed the hungry and clothe the naked"
is right, but when the able-bodied tramp
comes around for help. just put him on
and rake IL he don't wish to earn his
bread then le; him go hungry and naked
We ask our readers 10 examine the adver-
tising columns of this paper, and they will
find something to their interests. Those
who do the largest business and offer the
best bargains are the men who place their
business before the reading public.
Friday afternoon Mr.. John Summev, of
Addison township who had been arrested
on charges of adultery and larceny. was
handed over to the tender mercies of Sher-
iif Spangler by Constable McClintock.
Summey is not q stranger to his present
quarters.
In another column will be found the ad
vertisement of Mr.. J. J. Griffith, Jenner-
towns enterprising merchant. Having re-
ttit-N anu kItdtiN iinfiOftN hfo
room, lac has filed il with stock of choice
goods, which he is offering at extremely low
prices.
We regret that we are unable TO furnish
the usual amount of reading matter to our
patrons this week, but the merchants have
made such run on our space with their
spring advertisements that we find it i'm
possible However, after the present week
we expect to be able to furnish the amount
of reading matter that our friends are accus-
toned % seeing.
The Washington county lawyers were in
q compromising mood at the last sitting of
the court When the court called over the
list of causes, il was discovered that a II had
been amieably adjusted, and there was moth
ing to present to the consideration of court
and jury. The insidious approach of spring
probably had something to do with it.
In another column will be found an adj
vertisement of the Highland Stock Farm"
Mr.. Heftley has added a new horse, Strath-
ern, to his already large stock All of the
horses advertised will be on exhibition in
Somerset during the first week of court,
and admirers OF blooded horses should net
miss the opportunity of seeing them.
The buried treasure business which has
been little duh for some time past. is re-
yived by story from Greene county. A
stake driver on the survey being made for
the new railroad. drove one of his stakes
against the regulation iron box, which, be |
ing opened, was found to contain gold and
silver coin, fine jewelry. and precious stones
to the enormous yalue of several hundred
dollars.
The next State Fair will be held i'm con-
neciion with the Exposition on Smoky Is
land. Allegheny City. Programmes have
not yet been made out, but attractions have
already been secured for the consolidated