The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-07-26

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A family residing near Buena Vista were
POISONED with Paris green last Saturday
The poison had been left hanging over
ke, OF fish in the cellar and it is supposed
that some of the poison fell into the fish.
Hattie Wilson. beautiful young girl i'll
Versailles township Westmoreland county,
committed suicide few days ago by swa!-
lowing paris green. She did not make
known her troubles.
Rev. II. T. Taylor, President of the Bea-
yer Female Seminary, preached in the Meth
odist church on Sunday morning. His ser
mon was highly spoken Of by the large con
srcgation that listened to it.
What will the harvest be-" All the ac-
counts coming in say it will be a big one Of
wheat, with good prospects for corn and all
other grains Here and there the reports
are less favorable, but taken as a whole, the
outlook is highly promising.
Judge Baer and family. John II. Uhl,
ESD. and wife, F. J. Kooser, II. /. Baer,
John Q. Kimmell, Esqs.. Ed. Mcdowell and
John wilkinson spent several days of last
week at Bedford. The majority Of the party
stopped out At the Springs.
+ All our readers will confer a great favor
I by apprising us Of anything in the news
line which may happen to come to their
I knowledge. We are publishing good To-
cal newspaper, but wish to make ii better
still, and in order 10 do 80 ask the hearty O.
operation Of all.
/ \ party Of drunken boys or y0ung men
] disturbed the slumbers OF the residents ol
/ East Main street on Thursday night b. yell
/ ing in mos; unearihly manner A few
dimes invested in raw oow-hide, and then
I properly administered, would prevent like
disturbances in the future.
sIr Henry J. Pickingis is entitled 10 grea;
/ deal Of credit for the manner in which lac
worked UP the late burglary case and cap
;ured his man. This Is the second time
within the last few months that Mr.. Pick.
ing has Developed considerable skill as de
tective.
We have received cops 81 tiIe life o
General Beaver, by Frank 4 Burr. The
work recites the incidents of his early life
/ military service and public career. and Is q
most interesting book. The book can be
had on receipt of price, Sl.00. by the author,
F Prank A. Burr, care Of Pres. Philadelphia,
/ Pa.
/ \ union tempera,.as meeting was held in
7 the Lutheran church on 5uE&@F syening, at
which Mrs. NJ. 3. Reese, OF Steubeny!lls. a.,
delivered highly interesting lecture. There
was an immense audience present Mrs.
Reese also iectpred in the NJ 4. church to
the women on Monday afternoon and 20 the
general public an Monday evening.
/ Sc
All human power. IN order to be availa-
bic, must be associated with certain de-
! gree of selfconiidence Many timia child
! poStpOnes his first attempt at walking sim
ply because he lacks the courage TO exer-
else ~ ability which he fully possesses; and
many 2s.HIan lsts noble scheme and grand
enterprise taii 90 ta4s ground from the same
cause
/ A number OF the guests of the Somerset
/ House gave i very pleasant entertainment
consisting OF vocal and instrumental music
select readings, tableaux. etc, on Friday
evening The southern end of the large
parlor was cur;ained on, and in the other
! part of the room seats were comfortably ar
ranged for the spectators, OF winch there
Were quite large number.
>~S
/ From the different sections OF the county
! the corn crop is reported TO b. very promis-
1 ing. notwithstanding the discouragine out
/ look several weeks since The rains during
the latter part Of June and the frs, OF July
and the recent warm weather have wrought
good results. and from presen, indication,
the crP viii be the largest ever grown in
this county.
The following real estate, IN Shade town.
ship. was disposed Of at sheriff 5 sale on lasl
tuesday: Tract No. / containing i3l acres
and 81 perclies the property Of w. NJ. Hall
Isaac Hugus, Christian Long and George f.
Baer, to Val Hay, ESD, to- 81. .yo6 Tract
No. . 70 ". NJ Hall and Christian Long for
y .U7". Another tract containing S,6I acre,
was sold To ". VI. Hall for 81 ,Gaa.
II j. rather remarkable the high price that
all kinds OF vegetables command when the
very plentiful season is taken into eonsid-
Grafton The gardens and fields are full,
rich and ripe ia mos; or THEN crops yet
everything raised therein 6na> a ready mar.
ket At a high Price. This i all right il tier,
was uniformity in prices. but some thing
aud kinds oF trade and business are away
down lower than ever before
We are informed thai the man Roach
spoken of in these columns 30 frequently .
late, succeeded in taking his own worthless
life last Friday at 4 place IN Fsyette county
a few miles from Uniontown. Worried
harrass,,i, and tor..ieated By a guilty con
science, he was Il lls; sriren 10 8il q sui
cides grave. Although justice, through
the medium Of the law, failed to reach him
here his punishment was greater than lac
could bear.
On Thursdey night 3 tramp came to ti,f
farm house of Mr. !. Pie, IN NidileEreck
township. and related such pitifnl tale ths;
Mr. Pile was induced TO keep him oyel
night After par;aking Of q hearty break
/ fast the following morning be started OF:
his way. The negt dag on going into the
room in which the tramp slept after hi.
watch Mr.. Pile discovered that il was mis-.
ing. The watch was valuable one and
Mr.. Pile Immediately started in pursuit OF
the tramp lie tracked him as far as SOM
erset. where he lost all trace of him.
The Somerset County Camp Meeting As
sociation of the Evangelical church, will
hold camp meeting acar the borough of
Somerset, to commence on August 18th and
continue till August 2sth. The association
now oher- the privilege 70 any responsible
person TO keep the boarding tent and horse
feed Any person desiring TO keep such a
tent will please apply for it ON or before
July 3lst. For conditions and further in
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