The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-05-10

Yesterday was tie twenty-tirst anniyersa
y Of the great FIRE in this place.
Mr.. WiiliSu F. Joyce and wife. Of Bali
more, are the guests Of the latiers sister
Miss Mamie Brahaker.
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Kennedy Price. Of Meyersdale. and JASPER
Augustine, Of Adds 4. were shaking hand.
With their nuusrous sonerse, friends yes
ierday.
inviiauons are ont for the wedding Of M
Carey Linsley and Miss Maude A. steele o,
Mansfield, o. The groom is native Of
this place.
The stteniion OF farmers is directed to the
advertisement elsewhere in this issue Of
Jacob Kaufman, Jr. Re sells the bes, har.
Festing machines on the market
J. B. Snyder. who is conducting a sue
cessfal mercantile business al wlmeraing.
WestmoreiAnd county, has been spending
the past few days with bis family in this
place
Charles ". MOsholder, a former eunploye
Of this Office, now holding a responsible po-
siiion with the Cambria Iron Company. al
JohnstoWn, is spending a few days with
Somerset friends
The seventeenth annual session Of the
Lutheran Sunday School Association of.this
county viii convene in the Lutheran ohurch
at FrieaeEs, on the 22i inst. wm- II. Rup
PIE, Esq, is president OF the Association.
Ms. Adam sohlickerman. wife Of a ven
cradle German citizen. whose home Is one
mile south OF town. died at an early hour
Thursday morning. aged about seventy
years. The deceased is survived By her hus-
band and only son.
E Newton Stuff, Of Jenner township. who
has been weak-minded for a number Of
years, became violent few days since He
was brought 10 Somerset yesterday and con-
mit,ed 10 jail, until arrangemente can be
made for his removal 10 Dixmout Asylum.
Two Somerset county Democrats picked
up plums that fell from the federal tree Sat
urday. They were Harry SiPe, who succeeds
bis brother vii as postmaster a. Sipesville,
and c. W. Baldwin, who will perform the
duties Of postmaster al Bsrkley's Mills. in
summit township.
If resoiuting' viii control the federal
appointments in this county, the Central
Democratic Society are strictly in it,
The members OF the Society meet periodical
ly, and, after deploring the decadence Of the
dme-honored custom OF holding mass
meeting. prooeed TO resolute.
Mr.. r Z. Meyers, VINO has been clerk in
the Prothonotary's Office during the past i've
years, Saturday evening rendered his resig-
nation Il was promptly accepted
by Captain Saaner and Monday
morning Mr.. Meyers was relieved from
tur.her duties in that office
a handsome, elderly gentleman. with de-
cided western air, who has been renewing
his acquaintance with the people Of Somer-
set the past week, is Mr. jacob Lichty, who
formerly resided on the farm now occupied
by Simon Schr0ck. Just west Of town. Mr-
Lichty halls from Waterloo, Iowa
A ten-year-old daughter Of Samuel Glover,
Of near Somerield, was almost instantly
killed Saturday by being struck on the hesd
BY ball BAT in the hands Of a Lad named
Early. The latter was playing ball with
the children Of Mr.. Glover who is his uncle,
when the bat slipped out Of his hands
Elijah Livengoo1, OF Ek Lex township,
manufactured more maple sugar tae past
season than any other man in Somerset
county, and he Is believed to have produced
more than any other manufacture IN this
STATE. he reports .794 pounds ofsagar and
forty gallons Of maple syrup for 1883. Nr
Lyeugood viii receive SI75 s. bounty.
Andrew Lohr, aged seventy four years,
died Al his home on West Main street, sun
day morning. The deceased had been afflicted
with a malignant cancer on his right ear FOR
the past three or four years aud his death
was due TO il. He is survived by his wife
and two children. The interment took
place Al the Me;zler church, il Somsrse,
township, Tuesday n9ruing.
Mr.. jonathan Smith, Of Stoyestown. who
has been urged By his friend al over the
county 70 become q candidate for Sheriff at
the coming Republican primary election finds
THAI Il val be impossible for him 70 comply
with their desires. AZ this time, aad requests
the HERALD to announce the fact through
lis columns Mr.. Smith vii probably turn.
up for that OF some other county ofics in
the future.
shortly after nine O'Clock Saturday even
Ing the farm house ofGsn. A. d Cofroth,
on the hill top Just east Of town, vas disoov-
cred to be on FIRE. The flames were sub
dued by parties who hurried to the scene,
bat not until after they had barnsi away
the interior Of the building. The loss viii
reach several hundred dollars The fire
was undoubtedly Of inoendiary origin, as
the house was unoccupied 81 the time m
dergoing repairs.
Il Is proposed BY the Western PennsylTa-
MA u as0nic association 10 erect 3 summer
boisl. Al some point convenient TO the rail
road. for the accommodation Of 800 to 90
persons. New Florence. Hillside and Ligo-
nier are among the points under corsidera-
ton The hotel will be for the aooommOda-
tion Of members and their families and free
from tie dssh and fads Of fashionable sum
mer resorts. What's the matter with SOM
erset putiing IN q bid for The hotel
Mr.. and Ms. 4 ". Kueppsr viii leave
somerstt shortly ior western trip. They
all. first proceed 70 Indianapolis. whore
they viii be joined BY their son George. who
: student in one Of the eigsatioaal insti-
tutions Of that city, when they viii e5ntin-
ue on to Chicago. They will devote