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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-07

Nathan Golf, Esq, of Clarksburg, West
Virginia, an uncle of the Hon. Nathan Goti,
Congressman elect from that State, has for
sixty years, notwithstanding his numer-
Gus and engros,ing business engagements,
been 4 volunteer distributor Of the scrip
lures. He thus concludes n letter TO the
American Bible Society:
During the war / continued the distribu-
ton throughout Harrison county, and also
gave a great many Bibles and Testaments TO
soldiers in the Union army. From my ear.
lest recollection with the cause, whenever l
have sent to the Parent Society I nave met
with prompt and generous answers to my
requests. After the war | began to supply
the freedmen. At one time the Society sent
me 4 donation Of seventy-five Bibles for
that purpese. II is understood all through
this country that ] keep IN hand all kinds
of Bibles and Testa1nents for sale and for
~gratuitous distribution to the poor, SO there
is hardly a day passes that do not distrib
ute from one TO twenty. As near as / can
calcyfdte, | have distributed between $1,000
ayd q, 600 volumes.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-07

Keeping constantly up with the move
ments Of the Vanderbilt Railroad a. ii APP
proaches Harrisburg, an Independent reporter
visited the Cumberland side of the river
lately, where it was definitely ascertained
that the new road will strike the Susque-
hanna at a poin: known as the Stone
House" on the old Wells estate, now the
property Of the James Mccormick heirs.
At this point the bridge oyer the Susque-
hanna will start, running thence TO fusca-
rora street on the eastern shore of the river,
passing at the end of Trullinger & Pancakes
lumber yard. the road viii follow a line on
spans through Tuscarors street to the round
house of the Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad, where the connection with that
road viii be made.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-07

SOMERSET TOWNSHIP ITEMS.
Not seeing anything in the HERALD from
this section of the county for some time,
thought a few items might be of interest to
your readers.
Our trappers have met with good success
during the winter. Jacob Hostetler alone
killed two skunks and one possum.
Mr.. Samuel Hay is building a new house.
When finished it will be one of the finest in
this section of the county. Mr.. Hay is q
well-to-do mechanic.
The boys of this place had the pleasure Of
attending a school exhibition at Lavans.
vile under the auspices of j. Albert Berk.
ey on Thursday night, the LIST inst. The
programme consisted of dialogues, decla.
nations, Rotations, etc. The exercises
were very entertaining, and muchfcredit i,
due the teacher and pupils.
Many of the wheat fields in this section
look well, although in some fields the wheat
is "winter killed"
Several of our young men have taken
Horace Greeley's advice and have gone
west.
Sugar making is now on foot, and OF
course the weather is here too. Judging
from the outlook now the 'taffy" will be
plenty in a week or two.
Independents are as scarce as hens teeth
in these parts; of course they will vote the
regular Republican ticket hereafter.
Our Reform Governor has promised good
times: let's see.
J. A. Berkey, teacher of the Evansville
school, wlll start for California, where he
expects to remain about four months at col
lege.
Mr.. ]. NJ. Hostetler is the BOSS keller
maker, having made about three hundred
this winter.
Mr.. VIM. Weimer is lying dangerously i'll
at his fathers, II. II. Weimer.
Where is We bumblee-bee catcher at the
close of ye exercises?
Nor OFTEN.
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From the Bedford Inquirer: On last Satur-
day morning Frederick Ciaycomb, of Union
township, Bedford county, was found dead
in his room. He was a bachelor and was
about g. years of age, and for a great many
years had been living alone. He was always
looked upon as an eccentr old man. He
had been seen after dark or Friday evening
attending to matters about his house, and
at the same time it was discovered that the
window sash had been knocked u of the
frames. Albert Ritchey vent over to the
house, pushed open the door, and on enter
ing the room he saw old man Claycomb
lying on the bed dead. He evidently had
quite a struggle during the night. The bed
clothes were partly OFF OF the bed and he
had worked himself under the tick, and got
himselffastened in the bed cords. One cord
pressed tightly over his face, and another
over his throat. His arms and legs were
held down by the cords, and the scratches
and bruises on his face and arms showed
that he had struggled hard to release him
self
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-07

TAYMAN-YOUTZEY.-At the Luther
Al parsonage, Schellsburg, March l, by Rev.
]. H. Walterick, Mr.. Augustus Tayman, OF
Johnsburg, Somerset county, to Miss Mary
E. Youtzey, of Buffalo Mills, Bedford coun-
ty, Pa.
at the Lutheran parsonage, by Rev. ]. f.
Shearer, Mr.. VIM. J. Lent and Miss Annie
l.. Smith. both of this county.
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TWO MILES OF BRIDGE.

The plan Of this bridge as fully compre-
hended. exhibits a continuous elevation
ffo.a = point south of the Northern Central
Railway to the point ST the Reading ROUND
house. where it will eonnect with the Phil
adelphia and Reading Railroad by what
can be called a continuous bridge about two
miles long. The first abutmlent viii be
south of the Northern Central Railway
tracks. the second at the Cumberland shore
of the river, whence the bridge:will be car
ried by a series Of piers to the Harrisburg
shore of the river, where q third abutment
will be erected, from which the track will
pass at an elevation high enough to clear
the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks, Canal
and Paxton creek. TO the point on the Read
lag Railroad named, the grade between the
point on the Gumberland side of the river to
the round house being not more than one
foot TO the mile. Every feature Of this grand
structure will be III harmony with the
strength of its piers and abutments, and
will be the largest line of railroad which
can be called a bridge on the continent.
the siseeLs chat will be arched by this
structure between the river and the round
house are Front, Race, Paxton, lat an an
gle). Tenth and Eleventh, north OF the
brick school house, where it will connect
with the Lebanon Valley.
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EptroR HERstb.

EpfrpR HER1tb.
Sir :-De,nocratic reform in Addison twp.
is like a bird trying to fly with one wing
little lopsided. The Commissioner ave
doubtless learned this fact during their short
stay among US. The Assessor seems to wear
reversiBle glasses, and when he assesses a
Demoefat he thinks of the panic of 1873,
and his lands, money and cattle are put at a
very low figure but when he assesses q
Republican he thinks of prosperous times,
and his property at once advances one hun
dred per cent, if not more, and is assessed
accordingly. One might think that the as
sessments are made according to the ability
of the parties to pay taxes, but such is not
the case, as some Democrats, who are
abundantly able to pay, are assessed more
than one-half less than their Republican
neighbors, whose lands would not bring
much more thai half as much in market as
those of his Democratic neighbor. Addison
township is largely Democratic, but Repub-
licans pay more taxes than Democrats, and
this can only be accounted for upon the
proposition that the assessments are unequal
or that the Republicans have the prepon-
derancc of wealth and intelligence. There
NAV be a little of both. There are two ad-
joining properties on the National road
the one is owned by a Democrat, and the
other by a Republican. That owned by the
Democrat is claimed to be the most valua-
Bile property in this end of the county for
its size, and that owned by the Republican
is regarded as but ordinary, but the most
valuable property is assessed at $40 per acre.
presumably because it 10 owned by q Demo-
crat, and the other at So per acre, because
it is owned by a Republican. This is not
the worst or only discrepancy, or the above
reasons would not be assigned, but about
the sane condition of things seems to exist
throughout the township. A party bought
two acres of ground out in the mountain
for a nominal sum and it was assessed $50,
while its real value is not more than S6-but
they are Republicans. A Democratic farm
er is offered s., 900 in cash for his farm and
it is assessed at $3.50, and his Republican
~neighbor is offered 5000 for the adjoining
farm, but it is assessed at $l400. 1t is sug-
gested that assessors should be sworn on a
corn cob, in the interest of mock reform.
Addison, March 3, 1883. w.
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ITEMS.
SoT OFTEN.

BRoTBERsyALLEY ITEMS.
Our Democratic friends, by placing four
Independent Republicans IN their ticket at
the late election, KILLED the goose that laid
the golden egg" The Republicans won't
and very few Independents uM take
any stock in a mongrel ticket.
Last Friday night the smoke house Of
John S Meyers was entered by some sneak
thieves, who took things by the wholesale.
They carried OF tweniy-three pieces of
pork, consisting of hams and shoulders. 1t
is to be hoped that Mr.. Meyers will be able
to ferret out the guilty parties and Judge
Baer provide a home for them in Allegheny
City.
Mrs. George J. Schrock slipped and fell
on her shoulder, disiocating the joint and
f~racturing the collar bone. DR.. Miller, Of
Berlin, dressed the wound, and the patient
is now dong as well as could be expected
Last Sunday Joseph Brubaker. one OF
Brothersvalley's best and oldest citizens,
died after a few days illness of pleurisy.
Last week Mr, Irwin suder and wife were
going to Meyendale. and in going down an
icy hill the sled slipped around andin strik'
ing an object threw Mrs. Sudero out on the
ice, b~ruising her very much. The doctor
thinks she will not be able to attend to hel
work for some months.
The past winter was a good one for ice
and a large number of our farmers packed
from half a dozen to a dozen loads for tn,
coming hot season. There sno reason why
every farmer should not have a good supply
of ice during the hot months of sammer.
Ground hog" Is King, and for the pas
week has been running the weather car du,
nortl: at the rate of sixty miles an hour.
hope some one will snatch the reins out o
his claws before he reaches the north pole
and turn the car in a more southerly direc
ton. If no one else will do it, / would sug
gest that either Francis Knepper or Pete
Hanger would do it.
Now AND THEN.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-07

Those sage Democratic lawyers who met
in Cofiroth &.Ruppel's law office Saturday
evening before the election, and placed sew
eral Ineligible candidates on their ticket,
have wisely concluded not TO have contest.
Their candidate for Burgess was a member
of the election board. and therefore could
not be legally voted for. Honor are about
easy
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-07
ADMINISTRATORS SALE
OF
VALUABLE REAL ESTA TE!!|
DULE TO ACCEPT ORREFUSE

TO Harriet Brant, residing in Oxford, johnson
county, Iowa, William Pisel, Amanda Dorm,
Lucinda Hayman, Philip Pisel, and Sarah Pisel
1.-THE latter a minor) children Of Maria Pisel,
deceased, and Samuel Pisei. husband Of said
Maria Pisel, deceased, residing In Bedford
county, Pa; Rudolph Keller, residing in Bed
ford county. Pa, Albert Keller, Charles Keller,
Russell Keller and John Keller, residing In
johnson county, Iowa, children of Catharjne
Keller, deceased, and George Keller, husband
of said Catharine Keller, residing in johnson
county, Iowa; Rudolph Statler, residing in
Cumberland, Nd; Lucinda Brant, residing
In johnson, county, Iowa: Jane Barkley, resid-
ing In Allegheny township, Somerset county.
Pa, Laura Bell Barley, Ida Lape, Charles
Lape, and Albert Lape, 1.-THE last three being
minors, children Of Louisia Lape, deceased, and
John Lape, husband of said louisa Lape. de-
ceased, all residing In Bedford county, Pa,
heirs and legal representatives OF Catharine
Hoon, late of Allegheny township, Somerset
county, Pa, deceased.
You are hereby notified to appear at an Orph-
ans Court TO be held at Somerset on Monday, the
I'D day Of April, 1883, TO accept or refuse TO take
the real estate of Catherine Hoon, deceased, at
the appraised valuation or show cause why the
same should not be sold.
JOHN ]. ~SPANGLER.
OFFICE, Sheriff.
March Z. 1883.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-07

Mr.. Simon Haus, an aged citizen of this
place. died at his residence Saturday morn
ing. Just a few months ago he had reeeiT-
ed a pension from the government with
some sixteen hundred dollars back pay.
He had purchased a comfortable little home
in the southern end of town with the mon
ey. He leaves a wife and a large family OF
children.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-07

URsTsA ITEMS.
The funeral ofGeoYge Phillippi took place
at PaddytoVp MsyaA 81. Mr.. rhillippi was
~ his Sad year.
The remains of John Augustine were in
tered In the cemetery at Petersburg last
Thursday. We are informed he was in the
I'D year of his age.
Harrison Younkin, who sold his farm
some time since, disposed of his personal
property last week, W. A. Powell, of Berlin,
being the a~uctioneer. One lot of sheep sold
for 5000 per head. cows from $50 to $50,
one bay mare four years old for 500 sai
other stock in proportion.
That happy tria af i1ilOearded, quiet, re-
served, slaooth-shaven, laxative. goateed,
genial Board of Commissioners of Somerset
county, in company with their genial clerk.
Horny Johnny," spent several days of
last week in this end of the county, during
which time the miserable taxpayer was
permitted, according 10 the laws Of the
Keystone STATE, t. expatiate upon the gen.
sfAl depreciation in value of his real
estate.
URsISA, March 8, 1888. Mac.
Editor Herald IL notice in the columns
of your valuable paper an item referring to a
protracted meeting being held at Oakdale
Church the writer says By the WinebSeas-
rians. ] did not think thss Miialecreek
had a son so ignorant. Will the writer please
inform the readers of the HERALp what
Sina OF an organization those Winebrena-
riaps are2 What they practice Bull think
it is only the work Of ignorapce. T. If not, so
much the worse for the writer. as it must
then DO The outcropping of jealousy, but
the writer should remember that he is inn
peaching his veracity. - there is no such
church a. Winebrenarisns 1t Oakdale. nei-
ther does Elder Cunningham labor for the
W~iaebrenarians.
In conclusion let me say to the writer be a
man, and call the church BY her right name,
which is Church of God, and If the title is
such that your sectarianism will not permit
yosto use il, you had better keep quiet.
w. H. GRoss.
Mt. PLkAsAsr, Feb. n, 1883.
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Our friend and subscriber, Mr.. Alex. Sny-
der, of Milford township, called to see us
Friday, carrying his left arm in a sling
Last fall he felt a slight twinge of rheuma-
tism in bis arm, and during the winter it be-
came so bad that he lost the use of it en-
tirely. He was here in the hopes of pro-
curing relief from our physicians.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-07

Our agricultural friends in the county are
anticipating an early spring, and the far
seeing man is arranging matters so as to
utilize the time in the field when the wealth
er permits. There are many things about
the farm left for warm weather that COULD
be attended TO now
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-07

Dry goods, carpets, clothing. hats and
largest stock of hemp, ingram,
extra supers, three ply, and tapestry brus-
sci carpets, wall paper and window shades,
ever exhibited in Somerset, can now be seen
at our carpet rooms, in connection with a
large stock of men and boys clothing and
hats of the latest styles. womsns, misses,
and children's shoes, all new goods. We
will sell our entire stock of dry goods at
for cash until further notice to make
room for our spring stock of new goods in
that line.
J. NJ. H~oLDERBAUM & Sons.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-07

Mr.. Levi knapp, of jefferson township,
is becoming very popular in that section as
an a%uctioneer. Any person having a sale
and in need of ah a%uctioneer, can procure
the services of Mr.. knapp by addressing
him at Bakersville. His charges are mod
crate.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-07

Teachers, and others from a distance, can
procure u copy of the proceedings of the late
Teachers Institute by enclosing the price of
fhe book, % cents, to Charles II. Fisher,
Somerset, who will promptly forward to any
address by mail.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-07

Hon. Jacob II. ~Longenecker. Senator from
this district. arrived in Somerset Sunday
evening and remained till Monday noon
when he left for Harrisburg. While here
he was introduced to many Of our people
whom he had meyer met before and upon
whom he made a very favorable impression.
,uring the e~ampaign OF last fall Senator
L~oneenacker was not able to come into the
county, md oes people were anxious to sec
the manner OF man they had voted for,
They we're more than pleased Siih Aie Sen
ator.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-07

Col. L. d. Yutzy visited Somerset last
week for the first time since he met with the
serious accident which 50 nearly resulted
fatally. He was most heartily greeted by
his many warm friends, who were glad to
see HIM about again and looking so well.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-07

Mr.. George Gardner, OF Jefferson town.
ship, last Saturday manufactured one hun
bred pounds of maple sugar. He has al
ready turned out several hundred.pounds
this season.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-07

As the first Of April approaches the I'M
easiness of those of our community who
are renters increases. There is a lack of
tenement houses in Somerset. and We know
Of several families who will have to yacste
their present premises on the first and are
unable TO secure houses for the coming year.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-07

II. O. Kline, Esq, of Altoona, was in
town on Tuesday. He is the general agent
for the Queen Fire Insurance Company of
England for q certain portion Of this State.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-07

The Berlin Normal School will reopen
April 9. 1888, with a full corps of instrnc-
tors and continue twelve weeks. Classics
aud higher English branches taught if de-
sired. The County Superintendent will
hold an examination and grant certificates
at the close of the term.
For information and circular address
]. NJ. BEKxEY,
priucinai Rarli7 pa
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-07

While the Fsyetsecounty Democrats were
induIglBg IN ? factional fight as to who
should receive the appointment of suPerri-
sor of the national pike Tor somerset and
Farette counties. our own genial "kcien-
ti0c'' stepped in and carried OF the prize by
having Geo. W. Daniels, of Addison town
ship, appointed. He doubtless was willing
to concede the superior claims Of our neigh
Dor. but simply had Daniels appointed to
help them ont of their quarrel. The Fay
cite brethren refuse to accept his friendly
interference in the same kind spirit that it
was meant, and are making an effort 10 pre-
vent the confirmation of the appointment
by the Senate,
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olo llaNC1 NtAA 44o w f
term of court, which begins on Monday, the
sd day:
GRAND JURORS.
Brothersvalley-Philip Hay, Urias Ray
man. B. G. Hay, Philip Rhoads.
Jenner-Fred. Trexel, Jacob Spiegle.
Lower Turkeyfoot-David Harbaugh.
Meyersdale borough Dennis Eichnor,
Adolph Just, Dennis Murray.
Niddlecreek-Ross K. King.
Nilford-Samuel Critchfield, Harrison
SNYDER.
Northampton-John Markle.
Quemahoning-Aaron Blough,
Salisbury borough-Peter Hay.
Sh~ade-Jonathan Boyer.
Somerset borough-M. A. Sanner, Frank
Gilbert.
Somerset-Jacob Naust, Jacob Baer, Silas
Hoover.
Sou;hampton-Jesse J. Cook.
Stoystown borough-Pearson Miller.
TRAVERSE JURORS.
Addison = Alfred Mitchell, Archibald
Bird.
Berlin borough-E. l.. Cook.
Brothersvalley-Henry Tip.
Conemaugh-Isaac Yoder.
Confluence borough-W. C. Dodds.
Elklick-A. c. Lepley.
Jenner-M. S. Griffith, Henry Swank.
Jennertown borough-simon Shaffer, A.
B. Kautz.
Larimer-Wm. Doner.
.Meyersdale borough-Dennis Cook.
Mllford-R. II. Dull.
Northampton-Joseph Coughenour.
Q~emahoning Jonathan Smith, James
Bohan, John Over, VIM. Maurer, Noah Bic
seeker, Jere. Gardner.
Salisbury borough-W. ]. Lichty, o. w.
Boyer.
Shade-David Cable, Christian Peterman.
Somerset borough-Wm. Kregar.
Somerset-James Parsons.
neutrality-suspicious. limerick.
Stonycreek-Benj. Musser, Josiah Zerfos,
j. A. Stutzman.
stoystown borough. f. Bender, Adam
Grimm.
Summit-Jere. Swarner, VIM. Ferner, S.
L. Saylor.
Upper T~urkeyfoot-J. S. Trimpey.
Ursina thoroughbred. Dull.
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Principal. Berlin. Pa.

WANTED Persons about commencing
housekeeping To know that we have on
the largest stock of cook stoves and
house-furnishing goods in Somerset county.
We are exclusive agents in Somerset for the
Excelsior Cook and New Regulator (%revoly-
ing top, the leading cook stoves in the mar
ket, which We have in all sizes. Please call
examine our goods before Quitting.
We will save you money.
A. C. ScHELL & Co.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-07

II is rather early in the season as yet to
begin with gloomy representations about
the prospects of the European wheat crops
for the ensuing year; but it cannot be de-
MED that there is a certain importance TO be
attached TO the reports Of the English pa
pers about the rotting OF young wheat all
over the Continent, and the deva.tations of
the enormous floods. This gives a peculiar
interest to ali current information respect
ing the condition and prospects Of our WI
American wheat crops, which if good, will
bring good prices and wealth 10 this coun-
try. We would advise more than the usual
acreage of spring wheat, 10 be ready for
emergencies.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-07

Mr.. Henry Hefiey has greatly improved
the appearance Of his store rooms by having
the walls kalsomined and the ceiling fres-
coed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-07

Reports from the wheat growing sections
of Westmoreland county indicate that not
withstanding the severe winter weather
there will be a large wheat crop.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-07

Mr.. George K. Parker Monday morning
purchased from A. J. Colborn, Esq, ten
acres OF ground lying directly south of the
borough, facing the Turkeyfoot road. The
price paid was eight hundred dollars.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-07

Lieutenant Commander Gorringe, who
recently inspected the line of the Harris
burg d Western railroad through this coun-
ty, has resigned his position in the Us.
Navy and viii go into the ship building
business in Philadelphia.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-07

There will be public sale at the late resi-
idence Of George F. Denner, deceased, on
Saturday, 10th March, 1888, at l O'Clock p.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-07

bill has been introduced in the State
Legislature relating 10 hawking and ped
ding, making it a misdemeanor TO do so
without a license
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-07

We enjoyed the pleasure Of a call from
General NJ. A. Ross, of Addison, Tuesday
morning.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-07

Hon. A. J. Colborn was home over Sun
day. lie returned TO Harrisburg Monday
morning.