The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-11-08


The first snow oft the season fell in this sec
ton Monday night.
The rye crop of Pennsylvania will proba-
bly, reach 2O,ooo, 00o bushels.
The criminal list for the November term
of court, which begins Monday, is unusually
small.
OF buckwheat, Pennsylvania produces
nearly one-half the en;ire crop. The total
Weld will be over IL 900. 900 bushels.
The business men Of Johnstown will have
their much talked of excursion to Baltimore
on the 10th.
Does the Meyersdale Commercial still
'thank God that the firm hand of Chair
man Pie holds the reins?'
WANTED Forty or fifty bushels of Early
Rose potatoes can be sold at this office if
brought at once.
Let's haye the Sorber affidavits, O'Con-
nor's card and Uhl's letter, and then give Us
q rest.
Rev. J. Portch, who is employed in the
Government Bindery, Washington, ID. c.,
stopped off in Somerset over Sunday, On his
way home to Stoystown.
IaiA har
early hour this. "Wednesday morning. in
order to give our readers the election returns
that have been received up to this time,
The mountains have now put on their
gorgeous fall attire and present beautiful
view. Many trees and plants are still green,
and even flowers are in bloom out of doors.
Eggs are scarce aud high in price. Won't
some inventive genius contrive something
that will answer the same purpose? Butter
has its olemargarine lard its wagon grease,
and pork its wooden hams.
President Arthur has issued the annual
proclamation setting apart Thursday, No
vember Both, as day of public thanksgiv-
ing and Governor Hoyt has followed suit
Election day has come and gone and the
Democrats uncle has not been removed
by that 'murderous Guiteau Stalwart with
blood "A his eye" How happy and relieved
the poor fellow must feel.
Some of the local papers enthusiastically
declare that the South Pennsylvania will be
a double track road its entire length We
will be satisfied with single track To start
with
The greeting that " glorious old Tom re-
ceiyed at Somerset aud Meyersdale must
have been a sore disappointment to his
friends. The crowd at Somerset Wouldn't I
enthuse. and at Meyersdale there was no
crowd to enthuse.
As now is the cunning season, so Is il the
doctors harvests, as cunning accidents from
all quarters are frequently heard of. So far
the sportsmen of this place and vicinity are
lucky in not putting charge of shot in
their bodies.
1t is better to set tree in the fall than in
the spring, because then the active circula-
ton of the sap has ceased and the condi-
tions of the soil and atmosphere are favOra-
bic to rest or to root growth rather than to
top growth.
The chestnut crop this year is one of the
most prolific ever known. The nuts are
mostly of good size, well filled, but largely
inhabited by the festive and familiar chest
nut worm. It is the case and very hard to
account for.
Soon cold weather with its biting frosts
will be upon us During the splendid wealth
er we are enjoying houses and cellars
should be made impervious to cold and
frost, and every precaution taken to make
home comfortable and healthful
The farmers in this section this fall are all
late in husking their corn, and, so far as we
can learn, there are only one or two who
have commenced their husking At this
time other years the corn crop was in the
cribs, but this year the complaint seems to
be that il is so long drying in the shoch.
HOME To NoTE.-Joseph ] Stutzman. Will
liam Lint, Samuel X. Pile, William \. 0gle,
Plummer Pearson and Harry Pearson, all
of whom are in the government employ in
Washington ID. c., but still retain their resi-
dence in Somerset, came home to exercise
the dearest privilege of every American
citizen.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad COM
pany has bought the narrow gauge line be-
tween Pittsburgh and Washington, Pa,
known as the Pittsburgh Southern. 1t is
intended to rebuild part of the line and make
it standard gauge, and run their route
from Pittsburgh to the west by way OF
Wheeling.
Some despicable scoundrel poisoned four
fine colts and three valuable calves belong
iiS 10 JpDh II. Dtiis fsSl.s VI i'ciAN AN'o's pa"ii
county, with strychnine few nights ago.
Mr. Bells loss is said to be fully one thou
sand dollars, and the punishment due to
such a dastardly crime is not less than ten
wears in the penitentiary.
A new decision, favorable TO pensions
claimants. has been recently made. Here
tofore the pensioners. heirs of missing
man, had TO prove death or a reasonable
presumption. The department has ruled
that the common law established the pre-
sumption of death after seven years, SO the
heirs of a missing man in action are entitled
to pension without proof of death.
Mr.. VIM. II. Plat has re-opened his oys-
ter and eating saloon in the basement of the
Cook Il Beerits Block, and is always ready
to furnish his customers with the choic-
est oysters that the Baltimore market af
fords. His can and tub oysters are always
of the finest and freshest, and he gets up
stew or a fry in way that satisfies the
most fastidious.