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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-04-06
BURIAL or THE vIcTIN.

The funeral services Of Jonathan C. HOch-
stetler were held about o'clock Friday af-
ternoon. They were conducted by the Rev.
Mr. Berkeley, and the body was inferred in a
quiet corner Of the dead mans little farm.
There were not over 80 men, and half as
many women, present.
Old man Hochsietler even as he lay in his
coffin prepared for burial, presented revolt
ing sight The bones of his entire forehead
lad been mashed in until the brains Protrud-
ed. His aged wife shunusl the death cham
Der, and sa;re;ired in another portion Of the
house.
Her sons, Rollo. Harvey, Buta aud West
ley, and her daughter Cora, all full grown,
were present, bat no, in The least demon
slrative in their grief For that Of one who
hsd met so horrible an end Jonathan Hoch-
s,etler's funeral was probably the least sensa-
tional in the history of such cases It seem
ed that the fear Of his murderer being
around the place repressed all outhurst, il
inclination 10 any existed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-04-06

Paul H Gather. Esq OF erseusburg wa
called 10 Somerset on legal business last
week.
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M VII A. Kimmsll. OF Pittsburgh.
speut Sunday with his Somerset relatives.
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TEE BODY FOUND.

Thursday morning Justice Of the Peace,
John II. Miller, organized q second posse at
Trent to search for the body of Hochstetler
The posse climbed up the mountain to the
scene Of the tragedy, and while inTes;igst-
ing for evidence Of the murder, Squire Mil
Ter discovered Hochstetler's body lying in a
pool Of water in Crab run. His head and
shoulders were resting peacefully on the
muddy bank OF the stream. while his body
and legs we're immersed in the impid water.
His head was frighifuIly mangled, and his
body was almost entirely nude, most of his
clothing having been torn OF By the broken
bushes through which be had been dragged.
The victims hat aud bag Of smoking to-
baoco had been placed by his side, and his
knife and purse were found close by. Squire
Miller impannelled jury for the purpose
Of holding an inquest later in the day
The jury was composed Of Austin Wei
mer, Philip L Moore, jeremiah Whipkey,
William Smith. Jonathan Wicklow and
John N. Berg. After they had viewed the
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Copies Of the HERALD can always Be had
at c Il. Fishers book store.
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FRID.4T, APRIL 8. '92,
Terms.

Ten per cent OF purchase money on day OF sale /.
the halsnceOf one third On confirmation Of sale
tprobahly Nay q. lsee 0ne-third IN six months
and 0ne-third in one year from confirmation of
sale The deferred payments 70 bear Interest and
Be secured By judgment hord
JOHN Il. ZIMMERMAN,
Trustee
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THE SCENE OF rHE xUEDER,

The spot where Hochstetler was killed is
about midway between his home and that
of Wa. C. Miller 1t Is almost on the top
of Laurel Ridge, and trees and shrubbery
rise thickly wherever the rocks give them
a chance to take root. The log, which young
Miller says in his confession the body was
thrown upon, has probably lain in its present
position half "a century. The imprint Of the
old mans body could be plainly traced upon
iis messy covering. Under it, in a cool. linn
pid pool, formed by the run, Squire Gid
ner yesterday picked up the old mans ear
muffs. A number of other articles, among
hem s knife and purse. had been found
strewn around by Squire GiIdner, IS il the
old man had been handled 50 roughly as 10
shake them from his pockets.
A short distance down the run from where
Hochsteiler's body was found, a huge, fiat
rock was pointed out as having for years,
and until recently. been put to a peculiar
application. A fresh. sweet spring gushes
out from its side, and some ingenious back
woodsman, struck by the analogy to bibli-
cal narrative, christened il Moses Rock !"
In time 1t became known that the rock could
be smitten and made TO produce something
at times more relished than water, and it
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-04-06
rHE vIcrMs ~ srRpERERs.

Jonathan c. H0chstetler, the murdered
man, was well-knovn throughout the coun-
ty. He wa. prominently identified with the
quarter sessions courts ten years ago, when
he brought number Of prosecutions sgainst
his neighbors, charging them with having
burned the school house in the district in
which he lived, and with having MANNED
and poisoned his stock /; was so evident
that Hochsteiler himself had been guilty Of
the crimes alleged, that in nearly every in
stance he vas mglcted with the costs. He
was about 60 years Of age. he wore 4 dong
beard, and his hair reached to bis shoulders
He was known to have engaged in the man
ufacture Of Illicit whiskey for years, and
was generally feared hy his neighbors. Al
though the brutality OF his murder has
aroused the sympathy Of the people in his
behalf, no regrets are heard since he is dead.
VIM. Miller, is also well-known through
out the county. he Is about 81 years Of age
he is feet inches tall. and weighs about
200 pounds Miller wears q bushy black
beard and long black hair He was s sol
der and draws s24 month pension. Mil
Ter is the recognized leader of the moonshin-
ers, and is known TO the members of the
band as General Seigler He is also
known as old BIixen.r
Little is known here Of VIM. Pritts. He
is res.ent Of FAyette county, and is about
50 years of age.
All Of the principals are married and
have large families.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-04-06

Dr. 5. s Good, Of Meyersdale, was in
town yesterday
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that members Of The searching party were in
that immediate vicinity that night and thai
one Of fheir number Cred OF gun and
alarmed ibe men they were hunting. Nil
Ter and Pritts we're seen starting away fron
the barn. An investigation Of the nov. "a IS
claimed. revealed the impressions the
forms Of the txo men made OF the bsy.
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VI FUI As - 10 HooEsalsIss.


Special agent schlosser, of the Revenue
Department. joined the posse at Trent satur-
day evening. He says that Commissioner Of
Internal Revenue Mason is determined 10
run down the Laurel Hill band Of Moon
sinners once for all.
This band. he said, has been an noying the
department for the past 20 years, and the
present Is the best opportunity to tear itup
root and branch This, he acknosledged.
has heretofore been almost impossible. Mr..
Schlosser started for Washington Sunday
night to confer with the Commissioner in
regard to the best method to pursue to bring
about the capture Of the murderers.
A well authenticated report reached SOM
erset Monday afternoon that Miller and
Pritts had spent Saturday night in a barn
on the farm of David Barclay. It is saip
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- s,-,. drug store for wall paper.
g ..-iine papsrs at Benford' 5 drug
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I. s., old .na young al Snyder.
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---.., nov in stock at NahlOn
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-02-11
TIE 0ulsIANA LOTTERY

1t would seem by the reports, that
the death kneel of the Lottery in
Louisiana has been sounded by the
supreme court OF the United States, in
declaring it unconstitutional. This
is the most complete moral victory
accomplished in many years. The
money in it made its friends fight
hard for its existance; not only in
Louisiana, but they made desperate
efforts to have it carried into other
states Of the union. It is fresh in our
memory, the efforts that were made
to have it established in North Dakota,
and at one time the lottery men had a
majority OF both houses of the legis-
lature, but the people of the state
rose up in arms against it, and re-
ceived the moral support Of the people
and press Of neighboring states, and
thus defeated the bold attempt Of
these gamblers.
There is a moral in this that should
be needed, viz: That when an evil is
being attempted upon a community,
the people should unite all their
powers against it. If this really
proves to be correct, the people of
Louisiana, and of the whole country
are to be congratulated; for it was a
disgrace to the entire United States.
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BuckIen's Arnioa Salva.

The best salve in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter, Chapped
Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all SIX n
Eruptions, and positively cures Piles
or no pay required. 1t is guaranteed
to give perfect satisfaction, Or money
refunded. Price rs cents per box.
For sale by Fritz Buckentin.
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Order for Hearing Proof of Will.

Order for Hearing Proof of Will.
STATE OF NNESOTA-CoUNTY OF
STEVENs-sS. In Probate Court.
Special Term, Feb. 6, 1892.
In the matter of the Estate of Jacob frost,
deceased.
WHEREAS, An instrument in writing,
purporting to be the last will and testament
of Jacob frost deceased late of said county,
has been delivered to this Court;
AND WHEREAS, John frost has filed
Herewith his petition, representing, among
other things, that said Jacob frost died in
said county on the 31st day of January, 1892,
teState, and that said petitioner is the
executor named in said last will and tesla
ment, and praying that the said instrument
may be admitted to probate, and that letters
testamentary be to him issued thereon.
IT IS ORDERED, That the proofs of said
instrument, and the said petition, be heard
before this Court, at the Probate Office in
said county, on the seventh day of March,
A. d. 1892, at 10 o'clock, in the forenoon
when all persons interested may appear for,
or contest, the probate of said instrument.
AND 1T IS FURTHER ORDERED, That
notice of the time and place of said hearing
be given to all persons interested, by pub
fishing this order once each week, for three
successive weeks prior to said day of hear
ing in The SUN, a weekly newspaper pub
lished at the village of Morris in said
county.
Dated at Morris, Mimi, February 6, A.
D. 1892.
BY the Court,
GEO. E. DARLING,
probate Seal.l ], Judge of Probate
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-02-11
Hot Springs, Ark,

The season at Hot Springs, Ark.
will soon be open and Americas noted
health resort will once more assume
its usual winter gaiety.
To those who go either for health
Or pleasure word of advice at this
time is not out of order. It is well
known to most Of us that unless we
start right we will be beset by troubles
which seem inevitable to follow had
beginning. All this can be avoided
by selecting a line for the journey
whose reputation for caring for tie
comfort Of it patrons is a matter OF
record.
"The Burlington" is pre-eminontly
the Hot Springs Line from the North
west and you will make a good be-
ginning by purchasing your tickets
va it's Mississippi River Scenic route
Only one change of cars. Excursion
tickets, limited to three months, on
sale daily. Ask your nearest ticket
agent, or write to W. J. G. Kenyon
P. A., St. Paul. 14ti
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TOWN CLERKS.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

CATHOLIC:-Rev.G George Gaskell, Pas
tor. Mass every Sunday at $50 and
1885, o'clock, a. m. Sunday School at 2:S0
7. N. Vesper at 800 p. m.
METHODIST:-Rev. c. A. Cressy Pas
tor. Services every Sunday at 1880 a; M.
at 7:30 p. m.
CONGREGATIONAL:-Rev. Fl. NJ.
Herrick Pastor. Services every Sunday at
1880 a. m. and $50 p. m. Prayer meeting
Thursdays at 1880 p. m.
NORWEGIAN EVANGELLSTIC LU-
THERAN:-Rey. p. A. Dietrichson, Pas
tor. Services and meetings at times deSig-
mated by Pastor.
GERMAN METHODIST:-Rev. G.
Newman, Pastor. Services every Sunday
at the Episcopal church at 1890 a. IA.
CONFERENCE.-THE o. Dahle, Pas
tor; Services every Wednesday at~7:3O
O'Clock, p. IN.
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Kindness ana Cleanliness.

In York noticed an earthen dish
in front Of shop. / read down
through the clean cool water with
which the dish was filled these merci-
full words burned at the bottom:
Water your dog"
Oae good man started that good
fashion, and now there are many such
dishes on the pavements of many
towns. and there is not very thirsty
dog in England.
As have said before, Great Britain
Is remarkable tor her care of our
dumb relations. Horses, CATTLE sheep,
chickens and birds are cared for ten
derby. No English born horse volun-
tarily takes Storage passage for Amer
lea. The use of the feed bag for horses
is universal; waiting for fare the
cab horse has a lunch-a short order
lunch. English drivers take better
care of their horses than they do of
themselves
want to mention again that Lon
don is clean city. | never by any
accident stumbled on vile smell-not
even in dirk alley.
The plague described by Defoe was
the result of dirt in the wrong place.
Dirt is now taken into the country and
fed to the hungry soil. If five mill
lions OF people are long to live to-
gether they must keep their city clean.
The people of London realize that.
The people OF any city will realize in
due time that certain kinds Of sickn ess
are preventable. Typhoid fever is not
an inscrutable providence of God -
Myron W. Reed.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-02-11
WASHINGTON NEWS.

President making is always one of
the favorite occupations in Washing
ton, and recent events have added a
special ze5t to it. Senator Hill is
given the credit, whether rightly Or
lot DO not pretend to say, of hay
ing made a combination with
Senators German and Brice to con-
troll tie democratic nomination, which
Mr.. Hi wants himself if he can get
it, but failing in that he wants hand
in naming the man, and his second
choice is understood to be German,
and his third "some good Western
man" Senator Hill found a con-
genial atmosphere from the first
among the democratic senators, most
OF whom are bitterly anti-Cleveland
in their sentiments, and until his re-
cent New York coup he appeared to
he rapidly growing in popularity, but
now fears are expressed by those
friendly to him that he has gone too
iar in SO openly showing his hand as
the manipulation Of the democratic
machine in the State. No one can
deny that he is one of the shrewde5t
political wire pullers that this country
has produced, but that very fact may
prevent securing the nomination Of
bis party, as his often been the case
with wire-pullers OF the past.
Evidently the Senate committee on
Foreign Relations think the present
Chinese laws sufficient for ali
practical purposes, as it las reported
adversely al Of the bills introduced
providing nev and more stringent
laws and presented a substitute in
the shape Of bill to continue the
present an5S::- Chinese laws for a
period Of ten years.
Senator Kyle made his debut as a
Senatorial orator in a set speech in
favor Of his joint resolution proposing
an amendment to the Constitution
given Congress authority to enact I'M
form marriage and divorce laws for
the whole country.
The Farmers Alliance members of
Congress are welding considerable
influence in the body. They have,
aided by rapidly growing public
sentiment in favor Of the change,
caused the House committe on the
Election of President and Vice
President to decide to report favor
ably bill for a Constitutional am
endmant providing for the election of
Senators by popular vote, but their
greatest triumph in which they were
ably aided by the influence of all of
tie labor organizations, was to COM
pei Representative Oates of Alabama,
chairman Of the subcommittee of
the judiciary committee which re-
Gently adversely reported Represoz-
tative Watson's resolution for an il
yestigation Of the P;nkerton Detective
Agencies, as ask the full committee
to recoanmit the resolution to the sub
committee for further consideration
as 20 TIE jurisdiction of Congress.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-02-11

An old physician, retired from
practice, having had placed in his
hands by an East India missionary
the formula of a simple vegetable
remedy for the speedy and permanent
cure of Consumption. Bronchitis,
Catgrrh, Asthma and all throat and
Lung Affections, also positive and
radical cure for Nervous Debility
and all Nervous Complaints, after
having tested it's wonderful curative
powers in thousands of cases, has felt
it his duty to make it known to his
suffering fellows. Actuated by this
motive and a desire to relieve human
suffering. will send free of charge,
to all who desire it. this recipe, in
German, French Or English, with full
directions for preparing and using.
Sent by mail by addressing with
stamp, naming this paper.
W. A. MOVES, 800, Powers Block
Rochester. n. Y. 1852
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CORRESPONDENTS.
Mr.. EDITOR:


Mr.. EDITOR:
As MY friends the enemy, have had
their say, and express their desire to
drop the discussion as improbable in
its longer continuance, I say amen,
provided I get a parting shot at
them. Now my friend Schlattman
boldly accuses me of not being a
farmer, simply because I can't see
through his glasses, He viii doubt
less now charge me with being a
woman because I want the last word.
Well, suppose that he is right in this
surmise,are not all farm houses in the
country half made up Of woman, and
# one is without a woman isn't it a
sorry looking hog pom, and don't its
men have their buttons sewed on
with pine silver.
By the way, MIR. S5eblattr1an makes
me call friend Sax an anarchist which
| did not, and he assures me / need
not fear that anarchy of the blood
red kind is coming into this peaeable
county Of Stevens. A citizen who in
his political vision cannot sweep the
country from the Atlantic to the
Pacific and from the great lakes on
the North, to the gulf on the South, has
a mind too contracted for an Ameri-
can citizen. If blood red anarchy is
an evil, and dangerous element in
Chicago or New York, that is our
country as surely as is Stevens county
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Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure
Sale,

DEFAULT Having been made in the
~ payment of the sum of Five Hundre
Thirty-Five Dollars and Thirty-Five Cents,
($535.35) which is claimed to be due at the
date of this notice, upon a certain Mort
gage, duly executed and delivered by Rich
ard ii. BrOat and Flora L. BrOat, his wife,
Mortgagors, to Mary A. III. Welsh, Mort
gagee, bearing date the 18th, day of June,
1885, and, with power of sale therein con
tanned, duly recorded in the Office of the
Register of Deeds in and for the county Of
Stevens and state of Minnesota, on the 14th,
day of September 1886, at II o'clock, a. M,
in B )0k n of Mortgages, ON page 105; and
whereas, the said Mortgage was conditioned
for the payment of the sum of -Four Humid
red Fifty Dollars ($45000) on June 11th
1891, with interest until paid, at the rate Of
8 per cent. per annum, payable Seml-annu-
ally; there being now due on account Of
said principal sum and interest, the sum of
Five Hundred ThirtyfiveDOllarS and Thirty
Five Cents; ($535.35) and whereas, said
Mortgage was on the 18th, day of May,
1888, duly assigned, by deed of assignment
to Mason NJ. Clark, which deed of assign
ment was duly recorded in the office of the
Register of Deeds in and for the county of
Stevens and state of Minnesota, on the 4th
day of October, 1890, at 9 o'clock, a. M, in
book U OF Mortgages, on page 259, and no
action or proceeding having been instituted,
at law or otherwise, to recover the debt Sc
cured by said Mortgage, OF any part there
of.
Now THEREFORE, Notice is Hereby
Given, That by virtue of the power of sale
contained in said Mortgage and pursuant
to the statute in such case made and pro-
vided, the said Mortgage will be forecl0se |
by sale of the premises described in and
conveyed by said Mortgage, viz: The
West one-half ~ of the Northwest one
quarter % of Section twenty-One, (21J
Township one hundred and twenty-three
1928 Range forty-One, (4D in Steven
county and state of Minnesota, with the
hereditaments and appurtenal ces; which
sale will be made by the Sheriff of said
county, at the front door of the Court
House, in the village of Morris, in said
county and state, on the 18th day of March,
1892, at 10 o'clock, a. m. of that day, at
public--vendue, to the highest bidder for
cash, to pay said debt of Five Hundred
Thirty-Five Dollars and Thirty-Fiye Cents,
(S535.35) and interest and taxes, if any, on
said premises, and Twenty-Five Dollars At
torney's fees, as stipulated in and by said
Mortgage in case of foreclosure, and the
disbursements allowed by law; subject to
redemption at any time within one year
from the day of sale, as provided by law,
Dated, Morris, Mimi, Feb. 3, 1892
MASON NJ. CLARK,
VIM c. BICKNELL, Assignee of Mort.
Ii Attorney.
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and we should meet it equally as if it
was at our doors, for if it is nurtured,
and continues to grow, it will come
here. Mr. Shlattman says | admit all
Mr.. Sax says, which don't. / admit
we have evils to contend with, and
who has not2 I don't admit that the
country is going headlong to the
devil, but assert that there are laws
to punish wheat thieves as we'll as
chicken thieves. | assert that while
there is more wealth in the hands, of
the millionaires than formerly, there
is also more wealth among the far
mers than at any time before in the
history of the country. There is no
truth in the assertion that the wealth
of the farmers has fallen from so to
20 per cent, the false mouthings of
that vile sheet, the Great West,
Notwithstanding.
Mr.. Smith departs from his agri-
cultural topics, in which he is well
posted, to field in which he is not so
well posted. His definition of
anarchy is a failure; either wilfully
or ignorantly. He only pictures it in
full bloom, whereas the germ is in
our discomfort with our own lot, and
envy with the lot of others, as surely
as the oak is in the acorn; and Ike
the acorn it sprouts, and grows into
the mighty tree which he pictures it
to be, and whose shadow is so baleful
wherever it grows.
The Great West, which I abhor, as
sowing the seeds of anarchy in this
fair state, advises it's readers not toread
any but alliance newspapers, while it
is circulating falsehood to mislead it's
readers in every line. | have never
found elevator mon to be lot of
thieves; if they can realize three cents
per bushel on wheat to pay commits
sion and cover all losses they count
themselves lucky. And what would
farmers do without them; are they
not good sub-treasury? Farmers can
store their wheat in them, and borrow
money on their tickets, without class
Legislation which the sub-treasury Of
tho n llioD0o oiooc of
To conclude, farmer that I am, I
deny the right of anybody of men, be
they alliance, Or peoples party to die
tate to me what I shall think. l
claim the right of independent thought
and action, and deny the right
of any body of men to place
me under the leadership of such
demagogues as Donnelly and Fish;
who would lead any body of men to
any end, SO they might gain their end
money and notoriety. I am willing
to work with all farmers, for the good
Of farmers in any legitimate way, but
[ cannot concent to run into wild
revolution for an idea whose result is
doubtful. All revolution is not re-
form. A FARMER.