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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-11-07

Men, Boys and Children's fine and cheap
Suits and a large line of Overooats for
Men, Boys and Children. Underwear,
over Shirts, Laundried Shirts, Night
Shirts, Overalls, Pants, Hosiery, Gloves,
Mit:ens, Suspenders, Braces, Cuffs, Col
lars, etc, Hats, Caps, Mufilers and Hand
kerchiefs, etc, Will sacrifice all goods
that have been in stock over one year.
Am closing out my entire line of Boots,
Shoes, Carpets Il Oil Cloths at Reduced
Prices.
buy for Cash; sell for Cash or APP
proved Notes at short time; and conse-
quently can afford Small Profits.
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Gloves and Mittens.

Gloves and Mittens.
We are the first in the market
with line of Gloves and Mittens,
and we can truthfully say, that it
is the largest variety and assortment
of handwear ever placed on the
shelves of any store in Somerset
county, at our usual low prices.
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Girsn Eye-sigli and Rsiieved of Pam after 20
Years suffering. BV Dr. lSrliH

For over Il years my eye-lasheS have been
turning in, and cOuseq quently they rubbed on
the eye-ball. keeping the same always infam-
cd and very painful. In oritr To have ii little
relief had To have the ltsheS pulled out eV-
cry few days. As the result OF all this, my
left eye went totally blind. and the right one
was going the same way npidly. | put my
self under the care Of Dr. Ssilm. and to-day
am happy to state that I am not troubled
with the Etshes any mOre. a. they grow IN
their normal direction, and the sight OF ihs
right eye has improved tO "a grvat extent
am wonderfully cured JACOB ESERICK,
COburn, Pa.
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75 ACRES AND ioI PERcEES,

all OF which is cleared and in good state Of
cultivation The entire tract i underlaid
with vein of good coal. The farm il well
watered; with good orchard of fruit trees,
and has thereon erected "A two-story plank
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ASSlGNEE'S SALE.
Of
Valuable Real Estate.

BY virtue Of an order OF sale issued out Of
the Court of Common Pleas Of Somerset coun-
ty, Pa, and to me directed, | will expose TO
public sale, ON the premises, ON
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On Geek This Week.
Hastings Sues for Slander.

a large line of Fishing Tackle now on
sale at JAS. Il. HoLDERBAUM.
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Terns /:

10 per cent. Of the purchase money 20 be
paid in cash ON day of sale, and the balance
Of one-third on or before the confirmation Of
the sale; one-third in six months; and one
third in one year from confirmation OF sale
Deferred payments tO bear interest rom con-
firmation of sale, and To be secured by Juds-
ment bond ON the premises.
JACOB ID. SWASK,
F. W. Biesecker Assignee of Israel Snably
Attorney
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New Prices for 1894.

Call and see the latest improvement in
Lever Spring Tooth Harrows.
JAMES Ii. HoLDERBAUM,
Somerset, Pa.
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tuesday, November 20, 1894,
at | o'clock p. NJ,

all the following described real estate, late the
property OF Israel Snably:
4 tract OF land situate in COncmaugh town
ship. Somerset county, Pa, adjoining lands OF
IS.,a, HoStetler Peter Speicher, Daniel J.
Blot, Is estate David Rummcl, Joseph Lape
aud John Ioder, containing
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-11-07
Thursday, Nov. 18th, 1894,
O'CLOCK m,

all the following described real estate, viz:
No. /. A certain piece or parcel OF land sit
uate In QuemahOning township, somerset
county. Pa, bounded ON the south by road
leading from StOyeStown 10 Stanton's Mills;
on the north by Qucmahoning creek; on the
east by George Gardner's estate; and on the
west by John III. StahPs estate, containing
one and one-half acres, more or less, having
thereon erected a two-story frame
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Fall Derbys and Hats.
Countcrteiting is not in our line,
but we are raising the face value Of
many a man by fitting him with a
becoming Hat.
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to this eminent DIR. to get cured after other
physicians fail. Yours gratefully
ELIAS ZERFuSs.
Somerset IA
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Orphans Court Sale
-OF-
Valuable Real Estate !

By virtue of an order Of sale issued out Of
the Orphans Court of Somerset county, Pa.
and To the undersigned administrator of VIII
liam ]. DingeS, late Of Quemahoning town
ship. Somerset county, Pa, directed, will Of
fer at public sale at the late residence OF the
decd. on
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EcR Like D,irg Raiher than 10 Sand tse Ago
az MEeh Longer. bat ,rts Cured by Dr..
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Our Advertisement Will Appear twice Before Each Visit
CONSULTATION cOxsUScATDs BOX 6s COLUMBUS
COURT PROCLAMATION
A AUDITORS NOTICE.

Dat changed be promptly notified
The advocate., 1894-12-05

nothing. Will never come again." So
on and on interminably.
Within an hour one party had made
a purchase in common of a quarter
section of land in one of the north
western counties of Kansas. They had
no clear ideas of its locality. 1t was to
them share in Utopia. This at least,
was the feeling of the Cslvins. They
felt themselves assured of happiness
anywhere. AS for Habakkuk, he could
not be miserable under any conditions,
nor could Deborah be contented. 1t
was, therefore, with reasonable con-
tent, if not in exultsnt expectation,
that the little company set out for their
Utopia one evening from the depot of
the Pennsylvania railroad.
The advocate., 1894-12-05

gested to ShrOuds that it was not hard
to find high living here, anyhow. Dur
ing the progress of the meal Deborah
came out in great power, She called
for "cup-per tea." Such a demand
was as unexpected as would be an or
der for fresh mushrooms at Spitzber-
gen restaurant. "HaV't you anything
to drink but this black stuff, pointing
scornfully to her cup of cooling cOf-
fee." "Might try whisky" was the
response of the waitress, Washed-out
female of uncertain age and station.
"WhiskyI" the old woman responded,
''there's nothin' in this God-iorsaken
country but whisky an terbacker,
an" with a comprehensive ElNnce.
about the board, "beastly men. fTbis
is the place He has dragged me -
oh, the emphasis on the Hel-"an' here
am to die" The "beastly men"
laughed loudly. Deborah rallied to
meet this rudeness. eyes, laugh all
yer amin ter" she bridled, "laugh at
your betters, you poor, ignorant cattlel
Pm old enough and ugly enough lust
meow tew bring deown on ye all the
wrath 'er God. Laugh at me again if
ye dare" and the old fury half rose in
her chair, her gray locks falling around
her skinny neck, and her voice shrilly
screaming. Some spell seemed to awe
the coarse natures, and the men hence
forth to the end of the miserable meal
ate in silence.
The land the party had purchased
lay fifty miles away to the north. The
agent had described it as a little dis
tsnce out from the "city" where they
were to disembark. The difficulties of
transportation thither had not oc-
CURED to them. Both men sought for
teams until dinner unsuccessfully.
The noon spread was a duplication Of
the breakfast, except that the land
lord, warned by the fierceness Of 1.-The
old WITCH" as he called Deborah in
the kitchen, produced a passable cup
of tea for each of the ladies. Deter
mined to get away from the Coyotes
Nest" before another night fell, the
men succeeded about the middle of
the afternoon in purchasing, at an ex-
orbitant price pair of serviceable
horses and a dilapldated wagon, into
which loading the baggage and them
selves, they set forth amid a fusilade
of directions and parting observations,
respectful and otherwise, from the
loungers around the place.
OF the journey to, and the arrival at,
the land there need be little mention.
Innumerable blunders to be recon-
pensed with knowledge, often dearly
bought, Vexstions without number,
trials Of patience and fortitude and
faith, in a bitter time to follow these
irksome experiences,-of these there
were plenty. An excavation In the
= COa,tsasa On pags n.
The advocate., 1894-12-05
CHAPTER XI.
A PRAIRIE PARADISE.

Weary almost to fsintness by the
seemingly almost interminable journey,
almost stihed by the heat and dust,
crowded during the latter stages by the
already flowing tide of emigration to
Kansas, so soon to ebb temporarily, and
depressed under the view of the mo-
notonOus dreariness of the endlessly
stretching plain over which they drifted
for the last 200 miles, our travellers had
began to consider earnestly the ques-
tion just then beginning to raise its
voice among men, "Is life worth liV-
ingP" when through the car rang the
brskeman's dislocated syllables, which
when properly articulated, made the
name which had pictured itself on their
minds and Haunted before their fancies
for days, which seemed as many years
-"Prairie Dog Station" With drowsy
limbs, yet with inner consciousness
acute and expectsnt they filed out, and
as the baggage came piece after piece
on the platform, they huddled together
jostled by the train hands, gazed upon
by the natives who peered into theil
faces and studied the labels on the
trunks as srdently as ever. Layard
pored over the stOried tiles of NineVah
The bell rang out on the moonlight
and a note as doleful to them as the
death knell to sentient soul passing
to hades, the conductor cried, "Al
abroad" as Noah might have shouted
it at the drowning unfortunates under
the caves of the ark, as he stood Out
over the mountains on the strange sea
and the long, jointed serpent, shining
duly through its scales, glided off upor
its wilderness wsy, leaving the little
party stranded on the vast prairie.
Habakkuk was the first to realizt
their position and recall them to &C
tion. 81 vum," he began, with less o1
his long roll style than ever before, 90
yum, if this ERE don't beat ALI Fust
time in my life, goin' on rs, never heC
a chance to let myself eout! Darned e1
l couldn't holler here SOS a feller OF
Pixies Pike could hear me! Stranger
he accosted a lank STRIPPING who stood
near, gathering all items obtainable
"heV ye such a thing as tarvern il
this ERE city,"
The "Stranger" grinned out, "Thar'l
the 'Kyote's Nest eff ye ask fur {
hotel, reckon ye did,"
"Guide US, oh, Prairie Mercury
unto the 'Kyote's Nest,'" broke il
Calvin.
"They call me Bud Lanter, an
don't keer to be called outer my name
Have you any bizness with meP"
"Show US the place you mentioned,
retorted Calvin, "Mr. Bud, and well
thank you heartily"
"Thanks don't 90 in this neck O.
woods, stranger. 1 reckon l hold u
up fur about quarter"
Gan right, lead on"
"Not till / see the quarter"
] Calvin bit his lip with Vexation ant
The advocate., 1894-12-05


out a word pocketed it, and led them
to the only building in the city except
the station. Here they found roughly
built, unpainted pine box, oVerrun by
emigrsnts and indigenous loafers over
whelmed in tobacco smoke and lively
with profanity and drunken brawling,
Behind a row of boxes facing the en-
trance were few shelves covered with
bottles, a half-clad bacChanal who
dealt out the portions on demand
which came almost constantly, while
in front was a serried rank of con-
sumers with strong force Of waiting
reserves. Calvin passed through the
line and asked the high priest, while
offering hbations, if he was the land
lord. He secured no response save
the muttered protests of the waiting
drinkers who pressed upon him closely.
He repeated the question, and the god
of the bar deigned, after a moment, to
look up, scanned him slowly, and re-
sponded:
81 reckon pass for that here. What
you Want?"
81 want beds for three tired people
who have come 1000 miles without
stopping, and need rest.
"Wsll," drawled the proprietor of
the 'Kyote's Nest, "wait awhile, I'm
busy now."
"But," persisted Calvin, "these
ladies are almost dead on their feet.
Show us room at least, until you are
ready to wait on u.s."
"LO0k hur, mister" the mighty man
snapped back, "ef you er any other
tenderfoot allow you kin bulldoze Me,
you're off. Don't you come sroud hur
orderin' uf Me aroun', fur l amt to be
ordered roun' by ary tenderfoot." AT
this the front line of loafers grinned
and in accord responded, "You bet he
ANTI" In despair, Calvin fell back,
and motioned his company outside.
They found a bench by the door on
which the women sat dejectedly while
the men walked near, and as Habakkuk
expressed afterward, "cussed'and dis
cussed the question"
At length the long line of thirsty bib
ulants having been filled to repletion,
the host condescended to find his
guests and took them to an upper
room, where, despite the clouds of
smoke which rose densely at intervals
from below, and the pandemonium of
sounds which rang upward until
nearly day break, punctuated by the
soothing song Of the pistol and the
pleasing shrek of its Victim,. the
weary pilgrims found some brief
respite from the endless rock and
swing and chuck.a-luck of the train
which even in sleep haunted their
dreams.
Morning came and the sun rose on a
magical landscape. A waVeless ocean.
/ A treeless wilderness. The sun burst
upon the scene, sucked up the dew at
a gulp, and began his fierce lombard.
ment of fiery rays from a cloudless
sky upon a shelterless plain. Calvin
and Shrouds rose early and stood be-
wildered in gaze. The older man, &C.
customed to views of the linn
itless ocean hailed a familiar range
of uisinn- hut tha grassy
The advocate., 1894-12-05

QlSS9 DuJ- p6AScl uu4AuS WuAOA hO
satisfied himself that the enemy was
effectualy sienced, "but I've sum-
thin worth tellin' an worth hearin' to
spin Just meow. See the Kansas build
in, a queer lookin' shanty down
there?'' pointing to it. "Wall, l found
q chap there's put me onto good
thing eout there. Pm goin', an
wouldn't ye like to go too? Fine land,
no perlice, no water rates, all out doors,
cows, cattle, hosGes, corn, everything,
an all for IS an acre.
"Tell him I'm not goin', +" shot in the
voice from the rear like a hand gren-
sde.
"Tell her." answered Hsbskkuk,
coolly, "that when she's asked to go,
she may consider the marter just meow.
guess I'd as soon's not be batChel-
der. PV gone a-msny mile without
her, an l can 60 many another with
out her"
"Let us go down to the Kansas build
ing together" interposed Calvin, will
b. ing to end this ridiculous contention,
land interview the agent of this won
derful land"
After an orderly march TO the neat
ediice occupied by the Kansas COM
missioners and filed every day with
throngs of visitors, in which the irate
Deborah meekly took her place beside
her concert in prudent silence, the
company found themselves within a
more spacious room than the exterior
promised, and among large crowd Of
callers. Passing by the numerous cases
of exhibits tastefully displayed, the
shocks of tall corn and wheat stalks
stacked like arms in baronial hall, the
case of silk and its products, mounted
animals, and choice ores, the party pro-
ceeded at once to a little Office in one
corner, where emboWered amid phen-
Omenal grOWths of grain and great
maps of the state, stood tall man
with a long, horse-like face, uphOl-
stored with sandy trimmings and wear
ing a smile whose generous effulgence
knew no decline or fall. They soon
came within range of his perpetual
voice.
"Ladies and gentlemen" it swept
out over the room like cOrnet solo,
"this way to Kansas! Here is the
original Garden of Eden! Here JOY
and wealth from peace perennial flow,
nor war, nor strife, the happy dwellers
know. Hear health unbrOken ever
more abounds, and here-here in
short, ladies and gentlemen, is Utopial
On the great Pacific railway the COM
merce of the world flying daily past
your doorsl Buy farm in Kansas!
No more rents. Here with one years
rent on one of the old used-up farms of
the East you can buy farm of virgin
soil in Kansas. Behold this wheat,
this corn, this Fruit All of the nee
essaries of life and most of the luxu-
ries raised in Kansas. See that silk
One of our playthings! We can raise
silk on every bush, but are too busy
qusrrying out potatoes and beets to dc
it! One hundred and sixty acres of the
richest land in the world for $500, pay
able in one, two or three years time
One cron will nav the entire amount
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-09

The bill under which it is now proprosed to admit Arizona is to admit it under the constitution all ready adopted with certain changes which are specified. It will not, therefore, be necessary to hold another Constitutional Convention. On the passage of the bill and it's approval by the president, the Governor will call an election for state officers and it is not impro- bable that at our coming Novem- Der election we will vote for state offers instead of territorial official, via, Delegate to Congress.-Phenix Herald.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-09

An effort will be made to remove the penitentiary next year when the legislature meets. It should be unsuccessful. It is doubtful if the expense of maintaining the institution could be curtailed even though it be located in the most advantageous section of the territo- ". The cost of removal and erec- ton of new buildings would be very great, and the benefits cores pondingly small. The immediate section to which it would be moved would be benefited, but the territory at large would be the loser.- Tombstone Prospecter.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-09

Public opinion in this town is squarely against Judge Baker in his official set to with Editor Wolfey. by which the latter had to pungle up the.sum of $500 for con tempt of court. On this issue there are but few differences and those are of the belief that "the papers can not have given the whole of the of lending article" or "there must be something more to 1t than what we have read" If the Judge was in this district 1t would take him considerable leisure time to square the issue with his constituency, but as he is not adverse opinions in the old town will trouble him but little. Tucson Citizen.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-09

There is a tribe of Indians in Southern Arizona who are idolaters. They are in reality sun worshipers, but make small images out of clay with faces supposed to represent the sun, although bearing little, if any, resemblance to it, They do not associate with other tribes, and are very rarely seen by white men. The idols have large round bodies and heads, with eyes and mouth and ears, beams radiating from the eyes over the face. The Indians have tbese in their rude houses or wigwams and at certain season they hold sun dance, which is with them a religious ceremony. They have no other form of worship, al- though a few of them were at one time induced to abandon their idols by the work of the Jesuits.- St. Louis Republic.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-09

Thursday night an irate French woman rushed from her room in pursuit of man whom she claim ed owed her $2. The man fled in the darkness, the woman in close pursuit and gaining ground. The man drew a revolver and fired a shot as he'ran, which frightened the woman into mysteries and the man escaped.-Prescott Courier.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-09

Francisco Moreno has been ex- perimenting with Mexican tobacco on his Santa Cruz ranch near the city, and the results more than meet his sanguine. expectations. The yield was very large and the quality is splendid-almost equal to the very best imported Mexican article. There is no reason why this industry should not grow to large proportions, as the returns from a tobacco crop of good quail ity will exceed those from any other product of the soil in this section. Tobacco growing may now be said to have passed the ex- perimental stage, and MT, Moreno's venture may be initiated with pro fit by our farmers.-Star.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-09

Good news is at hand of rich gold strike in Charles Martins claims on Lynx creek. At depth of sixteen feet a ledge one foot in width has been exposed, ore from which assays $6S per ton gold, and decomposed quartz, taken from be- tween the ledge and the hanging wall, gives an assay of $600 per ton gold. A 16 foot tunnel has been run across another ledge exposing three feet of iron ore which gives an assay of S16 per ton gold. Much of this iron ore is said to run 50 per cent iron,-Courier.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-09

At recent republican mass meeting in Phoenix a prominent re- publican is quoted by the Gazette as declaring himself thus: "This is gathering of d-d anarch- ists," shouted the old man from across the sea in his rage, "and although I have been republican forty years, I now renounce the internal party"
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-09

Winslow on the Atlantic & Paci- fic is out of luck. During the recent labor troubles the merchants and townspeople stood in with the strikers and against the road. Re- suit is that none of the striking men will be employed and the com pany now threatens to move their repair shop from that point and make it nothing more than aside track station.-Citizen.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-09

JUDGE BAKER of the. Supreme Court of Massachusetts has con- frmed the decree of the Court be- low enjoining the Sugar Trust from doing further business in that State until it shall have complied with the laws providing that all corpora tions shall file certificates of their financial condition.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-09

The Mohave Indians are a singu- lar people in many respects. They are more civilized than other tribes ; they cultivate small farms on the Colorado river bottom. In the Spring or rather winter months they take a piece of low lying land and dig holes and plant wheat. The wheat is ripe before the river rises, after the river goes down they plant melons, squashes, corn, and other things, and have water melons till February, When an Indian dies he Is immediatly burn ed up with everything belonging to him and the house in which he died is destroyed, if he owned any horses they are killed and eaten. There are no contested will cases. Many of these Indians are working fol the railroad company, and make excellent hands. They raise poul- try, and own a good many horses. and innumerable dogs but no horn ed stock. They are self sustaining, -Mohave Miner.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-09

THE Pacific Hotel Com any at Omaha issued an order that the girls presiding over it's lunch coun- ters and it's dining-rooms must wear blue serge dress, rather loose fitting and reaching just below the knees, aud also a blue cap of the sailor fashion. The girls struck, and the strike will extend all along the line of the Union Pacific.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-09

The Atlanta Constitution says : "Instead of saying that wheat has
 fallen so much, or that cotton has declined so much, it would be more reasonable to say gold has gone up, This is what the shrinkage of val ues means, The falling prices of our staples and of labor and labor products, indicate corresponding rise in the value of the gold dollar. As a matter of fact, gold is now at a premium, but this premium is ex- pressed in the prices of products.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-09

Several young bloods were clamoring for law in Justice Scott's court yesterday, One of them claimed another had whacked him over the head with revolver, but there were so many conflicting statements, and so little evidence of damage, that his honor declined to take cognizance to the complaints. He finally cut the gordian knot by telling them to "clear out" or bed fine the whole crowd. They clear ed.-Tucson Star.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-08-09

General Tarsney, of Colorado, is on the trail of the parties who had a hand in tarring and feathering him lately. He went to Nevada, Missouri, and succeedd in having one Joseph R. Wilson arrested, al- leging that Wilson led the mob that tarred and feathered him.