The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-08-05

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An Irishman wrestled with a bear at Al
ioons and was knocked out.
Solid comfort rockers (big enough for
two. at DeyliE's next to Mansion House.
The date fxed for holding the annual
bedford county Fair is September 22nd, 2Srd
aith and 18th.
For a good stove. and warranted, 60 to J
:. Holderbaum's Hardware Store, Somerset,
Pa
sausage or fresh pork may. be kept sweet
and nice in summer by frying it as if for i'm
mediate use and packing II in large jars in
lard.
The finest line Of pictures and mouldings
In Somerset at Prit;s & Kantner's Book
Store.
The Census Oaicei in Washington last week
dismissed 80 more clerks, and on the 18th
proximo viii let 900 90 in addition to the
Iooo recently dropped for lack Of work.
& Cradles. single and double, all sizes, color
and shapes Yes. Deylin's for them, 2l5
Broad ST.. Johnstown.
Seventy four agricultural societies viii
hold fairs in Pennsylvania this fall. Craw-
ford county has four live organizations Of
this kind-more than any other county in
{ the state.
Agent for Hammond Typewriter. A good
Glance for an active man. Address Thom-
ss F. Hammond, II6 south 9Th S.. Philadel-
phia-
The grave Of Barbara Freitchie in the Ger
man Reformed church cemetery, near Fred
e-ick. Nd, Is marked simply with head
stone bearing her name, age and 1852
There is q tangle OF briers and creeping vines
running wild over the mound. She was
4 born in Lancaster.
Farming. grazing, mineral or timber
ands for sale cheap, in the booming state Of
& ". Va. Special inducements to those desir
4 ing homes. Write what you want.
DUNCAN McREA. Real Estate Agt.
Kingwood, ". Va.
Indiana, Pa, is preparing for big soldiers
reunion. August 18th. The following regi-
ments have accepted an invitation to be pres
ent. The llth ana 18th Pennsylvania Re
serves. the 10Th, 56th, 6lst, 67th, 74th, 18th,
lO5th, i3jth. 10th, 2O6th, and the 18th Penn
sylyania Cavalry.
Dr. Curwin, of Warren, and Hon. John
N. Reynolds, of Bedford, members Of the
Committee appointed by Governor Pattison
1 to locate a place for the Insane Asylum TO
be erected soon, were in consultation with
the Governor Thursday. Among other
places Bedford was considered. Its health
giving waters, excellent climate, and geo
graphical location, it is claimed, make II a
place well suited for the institution.
Enough ground, well located, lies near the
springs.
There is nothing that equals fresh butter
milk for removing tan. freckles, sunburn or
moth spots says The ladies Home Journal.
It has he great ADVANTAGE that it does not
iniure the skin, but renders il soft. Use a
1 cloth or sponge and bathe the face, neck and
arms thoroughly with buttsrmilk before re-
tiring for the night; then wipe Of the drops
4 lightly. In the morning wash it thorough
+. " and wipe dry with q crash towel. Two
or three such baths will take off all the tan
and f1eckles. 1t viii keep the hands soft and
smooth.
Franklin College, New Athens, O., is thor
ough. cheap, convenient. Catalogues sent
B free.
Martins Frick, daughter Of II. c. Frick,
Andrew Carnegie's millionaire partner, died
al Cresson, Wednesday last, aged years.
IN lsS7, while in Paris. the little girl swal-
lowed pin. over two years afterward she
began to suffer pains in the side An alb
scess formed and the pin was discharged.
The effects of its long lodgment were fatal,
however, as ever since the child has been
wasting away from an incurable disease.
The case was ofsuch a peculiar character
that il baffied the best medical skill obtaina-
bic, and the child died after extreme
suffering for two years.
The grasshoppers has put in an appearance
in Western Pennsylvania after an absence
Of many years. and Is doing business in a
manner that threatens to seriously damage
the farmers. Thus far the hoppers have con-
fined their depredations to the oats and grass
crops. They dc not eat the grain entirely,
but eut the stock and leave il to perish. A
German township farmer says they cut of
- bushels Of oats from a small field. II is
thought thst the late sudden and severe rain
storms have merely delayed the attack upon
the grain, and that it Tili suffer later on. A
Tyrone township farmer says one-third OF
his oats crop has been cut off by the pests,
and that great deal Of his grass has been
destroyed by them Coanallsrale Courier.
Sidney Brooks, who holds the title Of the
champion lock-picker Of the country, is
under arrest in Pittsburgh for stealing a suit
4 Of clothes Brooks was born in UniontOEn,
Pa Al years ago and became an expert rail-
r0ad engineer. He became known in al
Eaost every city in the United Ststes He
spent several weeks in Somerset, about five
ysaz ago introducing this lock and Incl
IDENTIFY teaching two or three bad boys how
70 PICK lock. With tooth picks. He became
general agent for the inventor OF a burglar
p-oof door and window lock He next gave
pabicexhibitions Of his skill as picker Of
locks. He could do the work with wooden
socthpicks. His street lectures were follow
j hg numerous small robberies. Il WIS
though, that Brooks lectures had given the
hard Characters elew 10 use in opening
iocks without keys. Suspicion never rested
on Brooks himself at the time Daring six
yean he earned SO 900 by selling the inyen-
lion. He has spent tall.
Toe occurrence which led 10 the trial by
Ssurt martial Of Captain Armes created con
siderable comment at the time il took place.
captain Araes, at the time Of the inaagu-
ration Of President Harrison, was a retired
army officer living in Washington. On in
a1gurstion day Captain Armes received some
fancied grievance from some Pennsylvania
officials. A few evenings afterwaFd he met
Governor Beaver in the lobby Of 3 hotel and
plblicly insulted him, even going SO Gar as
70 pail bis nose. Catain Armes was tried by
oouri-msrtiai for conduct unbecoming an
o1loer and gentleman, was found guilty,
and sentenced 70 dismissal from the army.
The President subsequently commuted this
ssotenoe and ordered that Captain Armes be
restricted within a limit Of fifty miles Of the
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