The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-02-14

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Services in our churches were but SHINY
attended on Sunday morniug. ON accoun,
of the flooded condition of our side walks.
John II. Uhl and A. ii. Coffroth. Esqs.,
went down to Pittsburgh, Monday eve.isr,
to attend the Z. 5. District Court which n
in session in that city. :
A convention Of sgricuturists will be held
in Harrisburg an the 18th, proximo. IL
will be composed of three Representatives
from each agricultural society.
Mr.. Levi Brubaker. one Of the oldest reki
d.nts of Brothersvsliey township, fell from
a wagon loaded with hay Saturday and sus-
taln.d injuries winch 1t is feared will result
fatally.
Ii is reported here that travel and freight
/, rratc Oh the Berlin Railroad has be-n sus-
peuded for several days past, owing to the
washing away of SOME tresiie work by the
high waters of last week. -
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Monday morning 10 commence hoi ling the
appeals in the various townships and bor-
oughs in the county frum the assessments
made by the %triennial assessors.
Judge Mclean, of Adams County. will
preside at the special term of court. com
mencing March 9Th. The special term isto be
/ LTD - .lD. -. &c as.rns,nv az .asaS in
which Judge Baer was engaged before going
ON the bench.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
are advertising tor sealed proposals for the
erection of a new depot at ] ,hnstown. A
new depot is needed very badly at that
place by the above mentioned company and
it should have been built long ago.
II might be well at present for those per-
son who need vaccination 10 attend to the
matter. Every person should be vaccinaied
once every seven years, and ~ small. por is
raging ia epidemic form in n number of
places all who are in doubts as To when they
have been yaccinated should have il done
at once
On passing the dry goods store of Parker
& Parker. Monday evening, w were at
tracted by the brilliant light in the store
room and were at first impressed with the
idea that they had invested in an electric
light, but on entering We discovered that
the unusually bright light was produced by
s.r. a.l..n. 49,, a., lf;.r- xrh,.b .hax
had just purchased and placed in position.
Judge Jere ;. Black has presented TO the
Ladies Mite Society. of the Disciples church
a valuable lot of ground. on which they
propose to erect a dwelling house To be used
as 4 parsonage. The lot is part of the Tired
well square, owned by Judge Black, the To-
cation being a very desirable one. The par
sonage will be erected during the coming
summer.
The recent breakup did considerable dam
age 10 different county bridges in various
sections of the county. The only bridge
entirely swept away was the large covered
bridge at Garrei, some 100 feet long. Many
others were partly destroyed and rendered
impossible. The county commissioner are
receiving notices from all sections of bridges
needing TO be repaired.
The vacancy in the postmastership of the
Bedford office caused by the death of Mr.
Bnwles, is to be filled by the appointment
Of his daughter, Mrs. M~cClintock, to the
vacant position. Representative Campbell
saws he will recommend for the place Mrs.
McClintock. the daughter of the last post
master. who has been his deputy. and is
now in charge of the uffice.
Mr. Isaac Halspphle. of Paint Township.
died ut the residence Of his son Daniel. on
SUNDAY ric 4th inst. of paralysis. after q
prolonged Illness Decreased was aged
about eighty wears and was one Of the oldest
and best known residents Of the n~eighb'r-
bod IN which he for many yess had made
his b me. His wife preceded him Ia the
grave some wears ago. bnt q number of
children survive the aged gentleman.
The wife of Mr.. Alex. Benford. of Som
erset. was slightly scalded and badly fright
ened yesterday. by an explosion in her cook
ing stove. which sent pots and pans flying
and completely wrecked the top of that
useful piece OF kitchen furniture. II seems
that small dynamite cartridges are used in
blasting down the coal and that the cap of
nne of these had been lost and ound its
wav into the load OF coal delivered to Mrs.
Benford.
Archbishop Wood has issued rules for the
observance of the season of Lent in the
Roman Catholic church prescribing only
one meal a day and an evening collation..
except on Sundays. f~orbidding the eating of
meat on Wednesdays and Fridays, and on
Holy Thursday, and the second and last
Saturday of Lent. and eIempting from tie
fast all under twenty-one years Of age, the
sick. those who are Obliged TO do hard work,
and all who, through weakness, cannot fast
without i%njuring their health.
The streams in this section were OF quite
a high" for several days last week, which
was owing to recent rains and the melting
of large quantities of snow on the mountain.
Tine water ran across the pike and carried
of one of three bridges. south of town. and
the fields in that vicinity were entirely sub
merged, the usually small and insignificant
creek assuming proportions of a large and
mighty river. Considerable damage was
done In the way Of bridges aud fences being
swept away.
There has recently been issued fr'm the
press II Blackiston & Co of PhiladelPhia.
a aw text book on Physiology. written
by Dr. A P. Brnbaker of Philadelphia. that