The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-01-28

eight to ten inches thick
The Borough authorizes compel the pro-
prietors Of the skating rink to pay a license
= Of five dollars per month.
Representative Colborn was home over
Sunday He wasn't feeling at all bad over
Senator Cameron's reelection.
, Rev. E J. Knox, of wiikensblrg. preach
ed two very able and eloquent sermons in
the Methodist Church, Sunday.
H. L. Baer, A. a. Coffroth and John H.
Thl, Esqr.'s spent several days Of last week
in Pittsburgh, on legal business.
Hon. John A. Lemon, of Hollidaysburg.
has been reelected one Of the Vice Presi-
, dents of the State Agricultural Society.
The Penny Press says Hon. A II Cotfroih,
of Somerset. is almost certain of succeeding
Russell Errets as Pension Agent for this dis
trict.
The Cambria County Commissioners have
refused to renew their offer of reward for
the arrest of Mickey Smith, the peg-legged
, murderer.
The ministers Of the town Of Everett meet
every Monday morning at ten o'cluck. and
spend two hours in the enjoyment Of each
Others society
A parlor concert will be given at the resi-
dence of H L Baer, Esq, FRIDAY evening,
for the benefit ofthe Y. W T. L ofSom-
er~et. An admission fee of ten cents will be
charged.
The total mum her ofsoldiers' Orphans nov
in schools under the care Of the state who
viii become sixteen years Of age aud be dis
charged during the current year is 5+5 The
tctal number in all the schools is 2.306.
The BALTIC. and Chic Telegraph Company
are erecting a duplex copper wire from
Pittsburgh TO Cumberland. The wire IS
COMPLETED to lockwood It is made neces-
sarv bv the increase of commercial and
press business.
We had the pleasure Of call Monday
morning from our esteemed friend and TO-
mer feIlow-townsman Mr. Charles II.
Gather. of Erie. Penn'a. Mr.. Gather is
spending few days in Somerset on a visit
to his parents.
The Crystal Ice Company have large
contract to furnish ice for the B & @. Rail
road Company. They use horse and plow
TO cut the ice and have about fifteen men
engaged in saving and packing. They hii
eight ears a day for which they receive ten
dollars per car
Mr. Joseph Rhodes, Of Dixon, Ill, in re-
newing his subscription to the HERALD IN
letter under date of January l9rh, says
.. The weather has been extremely cold for
the past few DAYS. The mercury has run
down to % degrees below zero this morning.
We have six inches Of snow, and good
sleighing"
The Meyersdale Commercial excuses its
] lack of enterprise in not publishing an ae-
count of the dynamite explosion by saying
that Is forms were ready for the press when
the affair occurred. The explosion took
place shortly after noon, Wednesday, while
the publication day Of our enterprisirg con-
temporary is Friday.
The one great question now agitating the
minds OF the American people is. which Of
the two great newspapers, the Rockwood
/ Times or Meyersdale Commercial. publish
ed the best account Of the lase Teachers
I Institute. II is presumed that there will be
an immediate and general resumption Of
business as soon as this momentous ques-
ton is definitely settled
! The Pittsburgh Dispatch Is one Of the best
daily newspapers in the State, and claims to
/ have the largest circulation of any Pitts
burgh daily Il is well and ably edited, and
/ is always chuck full Of The larest news. It's
SUNDAY edition is very popular. and has
twice the circulation Of any other sunday
paper in our community. As newspaper
the Dispatch ranks with the best journals of
the country.
/ The Meyersdale Conlmercial blundered as
usual, when it announced that Mr.. Josiah
! Brant had purchased the old Naugle proper
ty. lately owned by A. Recke. decd. The
property has not been sold. but i for sale or
rent If the Commercial would adhere a
little more closely 10 its rule Of taking its
news from the HERALD It would not iniare
the interests Of our property holders by false
statements like the one referredt to-
The successor Of Thomas NJ King as sn-
periutendent of the Pittsburgh division has
been installed. The rumors of an eastern
man having been selected were all at fault.
as The company went west and gave the no
sition to j. T. Harahan, the general manag-
er of the Louisville and Nashville The
new superintendent arrived last week He
will N AXE his headquarters in Pittsburgh
for the present He has been engaged in
railroading all his life and Is said 10 be a
first class man.
A SoLplER's DIARy.-A pension agent who
was recently at Sbanksville looking up
claims, SAYS that the diary Of George Spang-
Ter. of Company B., Fifty-fuurth Regimen,
p. V. is the most perfect he has ever seen.
II has. the agent says. the occurrences Of
every day sketches Of the country. county
seats. and roads. the ninety-six towns pass
ed through on Hunters raid, ;he wounded,
and sick, etc all written plainly. with good
ink. The Pension Department would ike
to have it and has made several good offers
for IL
Several Of the applicants for the Somerset
post, flee are circulating petitions. asking
for their appointment among our citizens
tor their signatures. As both Republicans
and Democrats are solicited to sign we
would suggest to cur Republican friends
that they refnse 10 sign any petit, unless
the person presenting it will first agree that
if he or she receive the appointment, the
Office shall be kept in centrally located
place. Il is possible thar the Office might be
removed 10 place that would not be con-
venient to a majority of on- citizens
Says the C0nnellsyille Courier Col J. N
Reid was in Ursina last week surveying the.
coal and timber lands of his new company.
The lands embrace 500 acres. and contain
two veins of iron ore and several veins Of