The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-12-28

for the manufacture Of electric bicycles
Pneumatic tires have been placed on baby
carrisges and are meeting with some success
General Custer died recently st the ad-
vancsd age Of IS years. He resided in Michi-
igsn.
seven-year-old Lille Beall of Calhoun
county, Alabama. is said TO weigh l45
pounds.
A Topeka, Kansas policeman walks 50
little that he has worn only one pair of
shoes in the last three years.
Glasgo Venice, colored. who died near
Falkland, North Carolina, the other day,
vas reputed to be III years old
Ripe southern tomatoes nov sell for fifty
cents a pound in New York. Hothonse To-
maioes sell for 81 q pound at the fancy fruit
stores
General Wade Hampton, of South Carroll
ns, has Just written letter freshly declsr-
ing that nothing can tempt him to re enter
public life
The late poet John @. whittier's estate at
Amesbury, Mas. has inventoried sl2s,729
The poets gold watch and chain were ap-
praised at S25.
H.H. Hogmire, Of Fenneville, Michigan,
claims 10 have raised off small piece of
ground during the past season sl3. $40 worth
Of peppermint.
Miss Sadie Boyd. of Cheyenne. Wyoming,
and student at the Denver, Col, universi
iy, travelled 10 miles at the recent election
to cast her first ballot. She voted the Re
publican ticket.
The solicitor of the treasury is OF the opin-
ion that the use of the Columbian half dol
lar coins in the manufacture Of various arti-
cles as souvenirs, such as spoons, forks, etc.
would be violation ofthe law.
Once when man in Gould's presence was
expressing sympathy for Cyrus W. Field af-
ter his loss Of the Manhattan elevated stock.
the great fnancier exclaimed: 20. We have
left Gyms his real estate"
F. Marion Crawford, the novelist, said re-
Gently s. think there is richer field for
the novelist in the United States than in
Europe. There are more original characters
TO be found here and they are in greater va
riety"
Florence Nightingale, the famous nurse of
the Crimea, and whose deeds of simple meT-
cy and charity were embalmed in song and
story until she became England's fayorite
heroine, is now y years old and lives in per-
feet secl usion.
Pulling pupils teeth for disobedience is the
unique punishment devised By Principal
Yoorhis, of the primary school at Williams
burg, Colorado. One boy, who was partieu-
larry naughty, had fifteen teeth extracted
Mr. Yoorhis has resigned at the unanimous
request ofthe parents.
At the age OFFS years the Rev. George L.
Rogers, the Oldest minister in Kentucky and
possibly the oldest pensioner in the United
States died Of burns from a blazing bed at
his home near Louisville, Ky, on Monday
night Of last week He had been an active
preacher until two years ago, and had fought
in The Mexican and civil wars.
The late Secretary Window told ex Gov
ernor McGin, Of Minnesota, that when he
was young man be was induced 10 be one
Of the speakersr at a political meeting in
OHIO. He began Mr.. Chairman, ladies
gentlemen" hesitaied, said it again, repeat
ed it a third time, and then made rush for
tie back door and escaped.
Ex-Judge Noah Davis, Of New York, has
said Of the proposition TO extend the rights
Of suffrage to womea ia that state: There
is love Of justice, virtue and honor and
discriminating intelligence in women that
Will force corruption out of politics and
make men better, purer and more fit to take
part in the management OF public afiais."
DR.. Briggs, attacked Moses in his heresy
defense at the Scottish Presbyterian Church,
New York city, last week, and declared that
he was not the author of the Pentateuch
Isaiah himself only wrote about one-fourth
OF the book attributed to him. he conlin-
ued. He proclaimed that there is no au-
thOrity in the Bible for the belief in imme-
date Judgment after death.
The Supreme Court of Kansas has decided
that q county attorney does not need to be
lawyer as long as he has legal assistance. and
where be is recognized as county attorney
by the Judge Of the District Court. The case
decided vas from Ottawa county, where
murder case was appealed on the ground
that z. A. Holderman, the POpulist County
Attorney had not been admitted to the bar
Mrs. Kate Painter, Of Greensburg, was
placed under bail for trial at Court upon the
charge Of poisoning her husband. The eyi-
dence at the hearing was that the accused
had purchased Is grains OF arsenic the day
previous 10 the victims death; the chemist
reported finding arsenic in the the stomach |
OF the deceased. aud that Mrs. Painter was
found kneeling beside the corpse, and was
overheard saying to herself: %, God, for |
give me for What have done What will !
his children think Of me for this?n
a remarkable jury was summary dealt |
with by Judge Brentano of Chicago, the |
other day. Il was the case in which the !
mother Of 9-year-Old Mabel Angel was suing |
Brown & Co, contractors, for S25OO0 dam |
ages in causing tie death Of the child. The /
jurors pstitioned to Lave whisky and cigars
sent into the jury room, and receiving no /
response from the Court decided TO have /
some fun with the Judge. The result was
s verdict finding the charge of negligence
true, and awarding the plaintiff one cent
damages. Judge Breatano instantly set
aside the verdict, administered terrific 4
toague-lashing TO the jurors, dismissed them
in disgrace, and fined the nine chief cuIprits
10 an amount equal to their fees.
If you do not accept my love- declared |
jacob II. MacQuaid, young farmer of Ian
caster county 70 Miss Minnie Withers last
Saturday evening. Il will kill myself"
She spurned his suit and when her brother
entered the shed about midnight he found
the body Of the wre.ched wooer with a bull
let hole in the right temple, lying on a
bench An open note left all his property
to those at hOme, except my gold watch; /
give that to my Minnie" The letter left
directions as to who should be his pail
bearers and who should preach the sermon.