The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-04-05
News Items.

building of the German Reformed Seminary.
in Lancaster.
Ollie Emery had one arm nearly tore of
by a vicious stallion, near Uniontown, and
had TO knock the animals eyes out to get
free.
a steer jumped out Of window Of he
Timer slaughter house. Pottsville, and spent
the night upon the roof Of an adjoining
house.
The banner cigar-making county in this
State last year was York, which rolled sso,-
542,si9 cigars, aud the cigar stamp receipts
were ss0s, ,62s 10.
While hanging flag in the beliry ofthe
Ebensburg school building Tuesday. boy
dropped lighted match and the edifice was
soon in ashes.
The muscles Of Headsman Maxwelps good
right arm are hardening with use, as is also
his heart. Nearly 200 fourth class postmast-
er's heads fell into the basket Friday
IL is now an offsnse punishable with
81 600 fine and imprisonment for a minister
or magistrate to solemnize marriages in
Ohio without license or without publica-
ton Of the bans. All marriages must now
be made public.
Secretary Edge Of the State Board of Az
riculture, has been notified of the outbreak
of some unknown disease among
the live stock of Mr.. Griffin, near
Mt Pleasant, WestmGrelanG county. and
will leave to investigate its nature and cause.
The animals are thoroughbred shOrthOrns
and already the loss has been quite heavy.
The commission appointed by the Kansas
Legislature to investigate the State officers
and ascertain if there was evidence enough
10 impeach the Board of Public Lands and
Buildings reported to the House unanimous
ly in favor of the impeachment of Secretary
Of State Allen, Attorney General Hastings
and Commissioner of Public Lands aud
Buildings Humphreys.
The winter residence of the Misses Watson,
one of the Oldest and most aristocratic fami-
lies in Bedford county, was robbed Thurs
day night The ladies spend the winters in
the South, and it is impossible to state what
the loss will be The house was discovered
Friday morning to be gutted from cellar to
attic, and it is thought that all the silver plate
and valuable brio a-brac has been taken. 1t
i. believed the loss will reach several thou
sand dollars.
Third Assistant Postmaster General Haz-
en- has received an application from q Kan
sas postmaster, for the employment by the
Government of his daughter to sell postage
stamps at the Chicago Exposition. He
states that she has had much experience in
selling stamps and mentions as one of her
I qualifications the fact that she is the largest
postal clerk in the country, weighing 472
pounds She is p years old, aud ss an evi-
denoe of good faith the father encloses his
daughters photograph.
At Uniontown Saturday, in the case Of
Barton Us. Braddee, Judge Ewing directed
that the jury, after being sworn. return TO
the box Wednesday, May 81. 1898, and hear
the evidence in the case. This is the first
case of the kind ever known in Fayeite
county courts, a jury from one court being
| held over until another time fixed by the
court The cause of the holding over was
the absence of "a juror, who is now being
pursued by an officer with bench warrant
Chairman Reeder. of the state Republican
committee, has issued call for a State Con-
vention to be held at Harrisburg, August 80
to nominate a candidate for state treasurer.
The state chairman recently sent TO the
members of the committee a request that
they forward to him their choice of day
and date for holding the next state conyen-
ton. He received replies from all but three
of the members and the unanimous choice
was the date which be has fixed. All but
three voted for Harrisburg as the place.
George W. Rutter, prominent business
man of Unioniown, IN a recent letter 10 a
Pittsburgh business firm, in which he states
that he has just finished eating with his
family his nintieih birthday dinner, and
that be relished it all the more for having
lived peacefully with his wife who is now
50 years of age, for over G6 years. In all
/ tudl llincf -c says tuctr las DcSh ~ I1at- =
reling, wrangling, fighting or divorcing.
which is so common in these days of mod
ern progress. Although 80 years ofage Mr..
Rutter is still in active business, and, while
he allows his two sons 10 do nearly all of
the buying and selling, he looks after the
financial interest Of the concerns business
and pays all bills 10 days from date, claim
| ing all Of the discounts allowable.
The board of pardons has recommended
executive clemency 10 Abe Buzzard, who
was for many years terror to the people Of
portions of Lancaster county. He commit
ted many robberies snd was known as the
"We.ch Mountain Outlaw" The recon-
mendation is based upon the fact that Buz-
zard has served all Of the time without COM
mutation for which he was sentenced on any
crime that he actually committed besides g
term for Jail breaking and has already serv-
ed 81 years in addition. for the of ense Of
which after-discovered evidenced satisfied the
board that he was not guilty. This conclu-
sion of the board is based ON confession of
one of the principal witnesses against hi m
that she pejured herself, and the discovery
of the actual perpetrators of the offense. who
acquitted Buzzard of all completely.