The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-07-23
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This July Is hotter than last July.
It's sweet 70 Perzpire for ones country.
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MeyersdAle has Delataaier club Of 80
members.
An increase ofpension has been granted
Herman johnson, wissenburg.
OFT Bros. lumber mil at Johnstozn. va:
destroyed BY IRE Saturday
Ms John H. Benford. Of Ursina, i.
spending week with friends ia town.
Nasons are engaged in relaying the long
tier Of stone steps leading TO the court house
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The Misses Laura and Mollie Hileman are
visiting friends in Confluence and Addison.
Mr.. and Ms John P. Knable. Of Pittsburgh
are guests al the resid.noe Of Mr. Knable's
parents.
Typhoid fever Is prevalent at lockwood,
Not less than twenty csses were reported
there yesterday.
The hay crop Is larger and better than for
number Of years. Good hay is being deliv-
cred al from SIX to eight dollars per ton
The new Lutheran church al Buekstown
was dedicaied sunday. The dedicAtory ser
mon was preacI.ei by Rev. J. F. Sheaner-
During the past year twenty three girls
were married IN this state at The age Of Il
Io5 at Is. s5s al Ie; sl6 al L and 1 -sss at
Is
The many friends ofMr. David Weller viii
be panied to learn that be IS lying danger
ousiy in with typhoid fever az his home in
Somerset township
Rev. A F. Truxal, formerly pastor of the
Reformed Church q; this place, bat now a
rcsidenJ Of IrNin. Westmoreland county, IS
visiting friends in town.
Tie Phlharmonic Society Of Pittsburgh.
who camped On Tayman's hill for several
weeks las1 summer, viii pitch their tents in
the same grove this week.
The Lutherans Of Somerset county will
hold their annual reunion at lockwood on
Thursday August p. Posters with eKcur-
sion rates viii appear later.
Mr.. Peter Miller. weil-known and pnos-
porous farmer Of this township. fell fnom a
loaded hay wagon Saturday. and sustained
a double fracture of his right leg.
John Darr. ST an es,imable citizen and a
staunch Republican, Of Somerset township,
died Thursday last, aler having lived the
allotted thnee-soore years ard ten.
Il Is reported that Superintendent Porter
viii have bill introduced in Congress rro-
viding for the paying Of enumerators 3 per
day when they fall short OF that iisure IN
der the regular schedule.
B. \. Heller. Of Berlin, who recently
graduated with the honors Of his Class st
Franklin and Marshall college, Lancaster.
was elected teacher Of the first grade in The
Greensburg High school
The contractors have abandoned all hope
Of having the new jail completed by August
lst. The commissioner viii be in luck
should the keys OF the completed building
be delivered 70 them by the lst Of Septem-
Der
Pensions have been granted Geo G. Gohn,
Of fs5merset township. Jefferson X VIII. Of
S,ouycreek township. and Daniel a. Miller
Of Johnsburg. An increase has been
granted jacob Smith. Of Northampton town
ship.
George Cobaush, Jr, q young son Of Dan
iel Cobaugh, Of this township. was thrown
from hay rake one day during the week,
and sustained number Of bruises about the
head and body that viii keep him in doors
for some tine 10 come.
John Steyanus, ofElk Lick township paid
his krsi visit 70 Somerset in IS years Mon
day. He is eighiy-one years old and has al
ways resided in Elk Lick. He s,iil does his
own farm work and is as hale and hearty a.
man Of sixty years Of age.
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The present board Of county commission
ers have made 50 many badly needed i'm
pnovements to public property that they
should not 20 ont Of office until they have
arranged to have the pavement repaired in
froutof the court house and jail.
Prof Berkey Patterson. Of the Pittsburgh
High school. accompanied by his brother
Ro5ert F., a professor in the same institu-
ton. are spending part Of their vacation
among the hills of Somersei, visiting their
many friends who dwell among them.
The Passenger Department Of the B. & o.
r. r. have issued a convenient little pock-
Il schedule for free distribution Of passenger
train service on the Somerset & Cambria
branch. Daring August and September sun
dav excursion tickets viii be sold 10 al
points al reduced rates.
Not long since the Bedford County COM
nissioners lifted and cancelled bonds to the
amount OF S90oo. The balance Of the old
bonds. amounting 10 S3oc0, vii be lifted
and cancelled on the lst OF August The
county debt after the latter date will be SIS
Ooo. which IS iioated at per cent.
Sparks from a locomotive on the Somerset
& Cambria Railroad set fire to hay stack
on Judee Piles farm, north Of Town, Sunday
morning. The FIRE was observed by persons
RAISING through Showmant0wn, who hur-
red across the fields and eItinguished the
flames before they bad done much damage
When foreman Walker went over 10 Som