The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-02-06

Z ps beautiful picture on exhibition al Bovds
Drug Store. 1t is a fancy head done in era
yon, and is the work Of the artist. Miss.
Forward
Messrs. Pile aud Auman last week killed
a COW that they had purchased from Mr..
Samuel Barclay, that when dressed weighed
loll. The animal had been stall fed and
was fat
The friends Of Mr.. George Curley, ofRock-
wood, viii be pleased 10 learn that he has
received the appointment of Railway Postal
Clerk. His run is between Annapolis and
Annapolis Junction, Maryland.
Dr. Arnold gives an entertainment that
cannot fail to please all classes. The feat
ures Of the programme are varied and well
contrasted, and are replete with the best Of
music and richest fun. Court room tonight
/ Tuesday.
Captain John II. Miller Is putting a large
: addition TO his building on Main street. The
4 front room in thenew building is. to be used
a a tin store aud the back room as a worl,
shop. The Captain Will use his present
large and handsome room exclusively as
hardware store.
Messrs Patterson * Kuhns, contractors for
. the construction Of the Laurel Hill tunnel.
have been in Somerset for the past week.
/ They have been buying number of horses
ana making arrangements for the erection
. of a number of shautics They expect to
} commence work some time next week.
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/ Ia another part of this paper will be found
a copy Of the law relating to the care Of the
children now in the county home. It will
be seen that by this act the Board Of direc-
. tors are compelled 10 remove the children
from the Poor House, and that they are
seeking good homes for them. Read it.
We are indebted to that earnest and eff
cieut worker, Mrs. Hannum, for q copy Of
the 9TH annual report ofthe Womaus Christ
ian Temperance Union Of this state, who
were In convention at Bellefonte last Octo-
ber. The pamphlet contains most admir-
able address by Mrs Francis T. Swift, Pres
iGeutof .ht association.
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/ Miss. Mary Forward, a graduate of the
Cincinnati school of Design has opened a
studio above Mr.. Scull's office, on Main y
Street Opposite Cook a Eeerits. where she
/ will instruct students in all kinds Of draw
+ ing, inc'aiins crayon, charcoal and pen and
ink ske,ching She viii also give lessons in
/ painting ana china decorating at % ana 80
cents lesson.
/ We arein receipt ola letter from Mr. Wm.
/ r. PhuHrpi who left this county for Wash
ingt9n. Kansas. some ten days ago, inform
/ ing us that he and his family arrived at
I Washington safely ami are much pleased
with thcplacc. He saws that they have no
snow there and that last week the thermom-
eter indicated rs degrees below zero. Please
send me the HERALD.
Constable Davis has posted up notices
calling upon the voters ofSomerset Borough
10 meet at their polling place on Saturday,
February 18th, and elect borough officers for
. the ensuing year The officers to be elected
I are Burgess, three Town Couucilmen, one
/ 10 serve three years. one TO serve two years
and one 10 serve one year Constable Street
! Commissioner, two School Directors, High
Constable, Assessor, Inspector, Judge Of
Election and Auditor
Lutheran Church has just been firmly
established at Waterloo, Blackhawk County,
Iowa. among the membership of which are
twenty-five former Somerset-Countyp people.
The church building cost sl.G00, and has a
burial lot containing three-fourths Of an
acre. Two ladies undertook to seeto the fur
niShiug ofthe church, and an appeal by let
ter brought s75 from Somerset-County
friends. Rev James n. Rees is the pastor,
and an enthusiastic. harl-working one he
seems 90 be.
Mr.. Jacob Koontz, after brief illness.
died al his residence short distance east Of
town a. nine o'clock Saturday night. At
the time of hi, death Mr Koontz was in the
seycnty-seventh wear Of his age. lie was a
wcll-tr-do farmer and bad the respect and
esteem Of the comm unity in which he lived.
His remains were follo1cd TO their last resi-
ing place. in tHc cemetery on the hin. by
large number Of relatives and friends Mon
day afternoon wife and seven children
survive him
4 citizen of Berlin tells Us the following
Z in regard to the burial of the lrishman who
was frozen % death at the Allegheny tunnel
last week. Several Of the friends Of the de-
ceased came 10 Berlin 10 make arrangements
for the burial They purchased a coffin, had
the grave dug and made arrangements with
a minister to conduct the funeral. Ontheir
way back 10 the tunnel they were overcome
by grief we suppose,) and did not reach
there till the following day. In the mean
time the friends they had lef, behind, had
taken the corpse TO New Baltimore and had
% deccntly inferred.
Charles Gregory, a plasterer, engaged at
work in lathing Mr. Barnet Picking's new
house on Union street. met with an accident
Tuesday noon that will cripple him forsome
time To- come, If IL does not permanently
disable him. He had lathed one room and
was walking over the scatiolding for the
purpose of dismounting and removing 1t 20
another room. when "a board broke IN two,
dropping him to the floor below, when his
4 foo. struc, au slze which cut a most horri-
ble cash through the entire side OF the foot.
Dr. Brubaker was hastily summoned and
sewed up the wound. GREGORY was removed
20 his home the same afternoon.
The large covered county bridge, known
as the King bridge, that spans the Laurel
Hin creek. about a mile and half ABOVE
. U-ina. was moved several feet from its
moorinss by the ice last Saturday. Word
f was sent % the County Commissioners WHO
were iu a short time on the ground. II was
soon discovered that the only way TO pre-
vent the bridge being swept eRtirely away