The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-03-15

Mezsn. samuel and William Picking
chiesgo, are spending the week in somersei
Don't miss '' Tie California Detective a
the Opera House Wednesday evening.
n P. Cutter is The name Of the new So
permit endent Of tie Pittsburgh division q
the B. 4 RR.
Several applicants for the appointment q
Nine Inspector for this district were circula
ting petitions in town last week.
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Edna Pearl, the four year old daughter o
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey shafer. Of near Fried
ems, died Thursday, 9.h ins;.
Josh lands. Of Berlin, has heen reap
pointed 8 sugar" deputy collector Of inter
nal revenue for the Bnothersyalley stony
creek district
Paste this in your hats. Democrats who
desire 70 serve the dear people POstmaster
Keller completed threeyears of term a.
postmaster Of Somerset, Monday.
George Benfon5 II has returned from Phil
adelphia, where he spent the winter as I
student in the Pennsylvania School Of Phar
macy Mr.. Beniord viii re-en.er his faith.
er's drug store.
Pete. 4. Johns, Of Unlontown. has secar-
ed lease Of the Merchants Hotel. Rock
wood, and VIII tske possession about April
lst when application to have the license
transferred viii be made to the Court.
Our neighbor the Deas0aoaf, must be suf
fsring from defective vision Judge Hen ey
has been on the bench for the past two
weeks and still the Dea,oaras has not recog-
nized him Perhaps it don't want to.
Senator critch6eld was in Somerset for q
few hours Monday morning, before taxing
the train for Harrisburg. He is billed TO sp-
pear at the Cambria county Farmers Insti-
tute. to be held al Carrollton, that county,
later in the week
Miss Hattie CJnneliy, who had been an
inmate Of the Memorial Hospital. Johns
town. sick with typhoid fever. has been re-
moved 10 her home in this place. her
brother Win is also confined ID the house
with the same disease.
a land slide al Rocky Hollow, near Johns
town, On the Somerset & Cambria railroad
Sunday morning. delayed the south boand
passenger train six hours. 4 telegram con
oerning the accident was sent 10 Rock
wood and gravel train was soon on the
scene.
Salisbury and Elk Lick were vel repre-
senied at court last week, most OF those
present being called here 70 testify in a case
tried 5stgeen parties from that neighbOr-
hood Il would hustle any other town and
township in the state 70 turn out finer
looking body Of men.
And so Vice Presidens Stevenson " wish
ed 10 be remembered to my old friend Gen
eral Cofroth for whom entertain the warm
est friendship" Perhaps the Generals
friend viii have something 70 say about who
shall be the next postmaster in Somerset.
he had everything that was TO be said about
il eight years ago.
Hon. John H Reynolds and John S. Wei
Ter. Esq, Of the Bedford county bar, spent
Friday and Saturday in Somerset attending
to legal business. Mr.. Reynolds was the
Democratic candidate FOR Judge at the time
Judge Longenecker was elected. Mr.. Vel
Ter is one ofthe promising young Republic
can leaders Of his oJanty.
Henry W. and Augustus NJ. Long, sons Of
the late Augustus Long, OF Somsrset town
ship, Tuesday morning, sold theiE farm Of
IS4 acres. to Philip Cupp, Of Somerset town
ship. The Long farm is located two miles
northeast OF Somerset and Is one Of the best
farms IN Somerset County. Mr. Cupp paid
$1,000 for it; $, 900 cash and $500 per year:
Joseph Rodeski, q Polander, was struck BY
a west5ound Baltimore & Ohio passenger
train at Rock wood, Thursday afternoon, and
instantly killed. He stepped from the east
boand track to let freight train pass and
failed to notice the approach Of the passen-
ger train ROdeski was married and lived
al Gibson junction, where he was employed
as q section hand on the railroad.
The past three or four days have been ex-
csllent for the a5w Of maple szp and IS a
there has been much activity in
the hundreds Of sugar camps in this county.
The out put this year promises 20 be unusu-
ally large. We know Of one large producer
who has already manufactured more sugar
than last season. From all accounts some
farmers are guilty Of manufacturing last sea
sons sugar into sP0tz8' and selling it for
this years product.
Col. Samuel Elder, formerly citizen and
still remembered by many Of the older citi-
zsns Of this county, celebrated his Ssh an
Thursday. 9th inst, at his home
near LigOnier. Col Elder has been a
staunch Republican since the formation Of
the party and enjoyed personal acquaint-
snce with President Harrison, for whom be
voted last fall. Not many men nov living
have voted for seventeen Presidents, a record
Of which Col. Elder fe Is jasily proud.
Z. L. Benford, who was convicted Of for
gerry in the Westmoreland county courts q few
weeks ago and was given a sentence Of nine
years in the Peniientiary, has made infor-
nation against his wife and one J. ". Gil
more, Of Brownsville, Pa. charging them
With adultery. Il appears that Gilmore had
4 hand in hunting Bsnf5rd down and was
ia securing his conviction.
Mrs. Bens5ri Is the daughter Of former
resident OF this county.
Some vile scoundr-l p0unoed upon a lady
residing in the eass end Of town one dark
night last week, when she was or her way
home. The woman was given such fright (
that she has since been confuel 10 bed
A number Of ltle girls have also been
. scIrej almost 20 death" while Gu their