The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-08-23

Mr.. Frank Zafall. wife and family. len
Thursday for Few weeks visit to Atlantic
: City.
Edward B. sculi. Esq, Of Pittsburgh.
spent Saturday and sunday With Somerset
friends.
Miss Mary Plau, Of Greenvilie. Mercer
county, f,rmssly Of Berlin, is visiting AZ tue
home Of John Il. Uhl, Esq.
Regular adjourned court convened at 20
O'Clock yesterday morning with Judges
LOngenecksr, Biesecker and HefIley on The
bench.
Mr.. A. Bruce Coaroih and wife. who have
been summering al ths Somerset House,
viii return to their home, Lincoln, Neb.,
this week
George l. Dobson. Democratic candidate
for Register and Recorder, and ex-Associate
Judge Daniel Stuff. Of Jenner township, are
visiting friends in the west
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Messrs, Hermanus Baer. George Miller,
George Harrison aud Watson Frease, viii
compose party that viii leave Somerset for
the Woild's Fair next Wednesday.
Mrs John A Lambert and her sisters,
Mrs Edward Hochs;etler aud Miss Susie
Schrock are visiting their sister. Mrs. ChaIles
W. Stamford, in Brooklyn, n Y.
Miss Eleanor Philson, Of Berlin, is spend
ing few days with ber cousin. Miss Mamie
Brubaker, prior TO returning to her studies
in the girls school at Allentown, Pa
Rumor says that three OF Somerset's
charming young ladies viii wed this fall
and that one viii live in Pittsburgh another
in Meyersdale and the third in JohnstoWn-
DR. and Mrs J. W. CaTothers have as their
guests this week Miss Ella Eyerhart and
Messrs John and Robert Furst, Of Clinton
county. The two latter are brothers Of Mrs. /
Carothers-
Monday Calvin and Daniel Zeigler, sons
Of Jacob ZeigIer, Of this place, purchased
the meat market ofGeorge Auman, on Main
Cross street. The new proprietors took i'm
mediate possession.
Burglars broke into the dwelling house Of
Mr Harry Boyts, three miles north Of this
place Monday afternoon, during the absence !
of the family. A pocket book containing a /
small amount of money was stolen.
/
Hon. II. D. Tate, private secretary TO Gov /
ernor Pattison, was in this place Saturday. I
Mr Tate is interested with Judge Baer and /
Others in Somerset county coal lands and is /
a stock-holder in the Listie Coal Company .
Or. Albert p Brubaker Of Philadelphia, I
arrived in Somerset Monday and will spend /
a week at the home Of his sisters. The DR.. /
is on his way home from Chicago. where he (
had been II attendance az the Dental Con- /
gress.
4 fire in the woods near Hillsboro, Paint /
township a few days ago, consumed consid- /
cradle bark belongingto TO the Cambria Lum- /
Der Company. Some Of the farmers in that /
vicinity also had their fences burned before I
the flames were subdued.
on Monday last, John c. Schof, Of Nil 4
ford township drove through Somerset /
head Of fat cattle that were weighed on the 4
borough scales and the average weight was /
IICs pounds. W H. Rink, the Stockman Of 4
Jenner was the purchaser.
Mr. Frank J. Schell, a Somerset boy and a /
I graduate Of the Herald composing room, l
was in town yesterday representing the boot |
and shoe house Of Horaer, Boyd q Co, Bal |
timore, Nd. Mr.. Schell has only recently |
returned from Seattle, Washington.
Saturday, 18th inst. Frank r. Koons, q |
veteran Of the la.e war and member OF 1
Reuben Ferner Post, G. a. r at stoyeztoBn, !
died in the Soldiers Home, al Erie Pa. The |
remains were brought to Sioyetown for in
terment. The deceased was Cap,sin in the
93i Pa. Vol, and was captured and Suffered /
in Libby prison.
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Swenson, Of Pitts
burgh, and Mss. Grace Jordan, OF Mt. Pleas
ant. are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Webster
| Parker. Mr.. Swenson VIII be remembered 4
by many OF our readers from his connection
with the engineer corps stationed at this
place during the days Of construction on
the South Penn r r
A Johnstown paper says that officers OF
the Cambria Lumber CO. express the opin-
ion that the company viii soon be in shape
10 continue business Il is likely, however,
that the properly will be allowed 70 % 70
sale, when 1t VIII be bought in. In this
way Objectionable features in the manage
ment will be disposed Of
The annual re union and pic ME Of Som
erset County Lusherans az lockwood,
Thursday, promises to attract more people
than have ever assembled in the grove at
that place on any former occasion. Several
Of the most prominent members Of that de
nomination in the United States viii be
present and deliver addresses.
Burglars made three attempts on as many
different nights last week, 10 rob the home
of Rudolph Hoover, a short distance south
Of town. Oa the occasion Of their last visit
they were received with load Of shot, and
Mr. Hoover is under the impression that
one OF the rlscals was wounded
Harry Sipe, the vel known msrclant at
Sipesyille, Lincoln township, has plrclased
the grocery store OF Dick" Y0aghi or /
Main Cross Street Toe store has been clos
Cd for a snort period aai before 1t is Re open
ed Mr.. SiPe viii iay in a stock Of merchan-
disc such IS is kep, in general store. Mr..
Sipe has also leased the Hoffman property
o. Union street and will remove his family
70 Somerse; this week
4 series Of horse races is announced %
take place Saturday, 26.h inst, on Tayman's
track az Evansville Indications point TO /
large crowd being present and several Of tue
races, It Is claimed, Will be decidedly inter
esiing Nearly all OF the best known hors-
e. IN the county are entered There will be
pic mic in the grove nearthe track follow
ing the races. al which dancing will be one
Of the principal features.
Saturday morning John Z. Siuli, we'll
known farmer Of Conemaugh township,
started for JohnstoEn with heavy load Of
produce and while crossing small bridge