The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-04-21
The grass is growing.

The grass is growing.
Sunday was a lovely spring day.
Did you plant a tree on Arbor Day
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The county jail is without an occupant.
1t looks As though spring had really
come.
The garden maker has been very busy 70
the past few days.
The maple sugar season, which has. jus
closed, was a fairly average one.
The Somerset small boy is offering frog
in the market at twenty-five cents a dozen
Donavin's Original Tennesseans at th,
Court House this evening. Don't fail tt
attend.
Mr.. James Pugh IS preparing TO build
new house on the site of his present hous'
on South street.
Tue Bedford Bsgrirer says that Hon. J. II
~Longenecker has consented to be a candi
date for Congress
The political pot in this county is gently
bubbing. 1t will not commence to boil till
after the May court.
Judge Baer IS holding court at Bedford
this week. The criminal lis; is extremely
small, there being bat three cases for
trial.
The Union street marble yard is beng
moved on to the upper end of Mr.. Charles
sufalrs lot, at the eastern end Of the
street.
James N. Cover, Esq, represented Somer-
set county at the meeting Of the Republican
state Committee. at Philadelphia last We'd
/ nesday.
The now famous Buttermore hospital
case is set for trial Thursday, April 18th.
Gen. Cofiroth is one of the attorneys for the
defendants.
Frank Hill. Of Greeus5urg. has again been
called on to give bail for 5000. This time
it is a civil suit instituted by his runaway
wife.
Thirty-niue applications for liquor IL
censes have been filed in the Bedford county
court and will be passed upon 10y judge
Baer next week.
George Shaulis. Of Somerset county, the
man who stole the hogs. was sentenced to
the p-eailentiary for three years last week
By the Greensburg Court.
There are a number Of Important and in.
teresting civil cases to be tried at the May
term of court. There are but few criminal
cases down on the list SO far.
A couple of Harrisburg detectives made
two arrests in this county Friday. The par
ties arrested are charged with having OBJ.
| tanned goods under false pretense.
Nj. :. J. Bittner, the unfortunate Steward
Of the poorhouse, who is sadly afflicted, Is
reported as slowly improving, and it is
thought by his friends that he will event
ually recover.
Wnen Mr.. David Husband, one of Somer-
set townships Oldest citizens, called to settle
his subscription account Saturday he said nt
/ could scarcely remember when he didn'i
take the HERALD.
The first number Of the Meyersdale Daily
Commercial was received at this office Mon
day evening Of last week, The Daily is not
much for size, bat presents a neat and at
t~ractiye appearance.
For twenty-six years Mr.. George C. Lichty
Of Somerset township, has been a constant
subscriber to the HERALD and during all
that time has always kept his subscription
paid at least one year in advance.
The Somerset Opera House Company have
contracted with a Chicago firm to paint their
scenery. which will be here in the course
Of the next two weeks. They have couelud-
ed not to open the house till the middle OF
MAY. the first week Of court.
As the State Convention does not meet
till June 10Th, one week after the date fixed
by the rules as the time for holding the reg
ular Republican primary in this county,
it will not be necessary to hold two elections
this spring. as was anticipated.
The services in St. Paul's Reformed
church. Somerset, during Passion week
and on Easter, will be held as follows
Daily throughout the week, at 7:3o P. NJ
Easter, at 6 a. n. Faster. at 1880 A. NJ, Holy
Communion. Easter, at $50 P. NJ
Capt. C. J. Harrison last week purchased
from Judge Baer two lets of ground, front
ing on Turkeyfoot street. They are very
desirable building lots. and it is said the
Captain proposes erecting a couple Of tene-
ment houses upon them during the coming
summer.
Our aged and esteemed fellow citizen Mr.
| Chambers Huston met with a very serious
accident last week whilst unloading lumber
from a wagon. II was feared for several
I DAYS that he would not recover, but at pres,
ent he is slightly better and his ultimate re-
covery is looked for.
Mr.. VIII ID. Wood, the young jeweleI
who left here several weeks since for Phila'
delphia, died at that place Thursday night
The announcement Of his death was not
unexpected in this community, as he was
in the last stages Of consumption when be
left here. He had many sympathizing
friends in Somerset.
We believe that the HERALD office doe
more Job printing than any other two Offices
in Somerset county. In quality our work
fears comparison with none, be 1t printed
where it may. In prices We give the best
living figures. We don't PRINT for fun, mol
does the work look as though printed by
amateurs.
The County Commissioners are at present
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