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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-11-28
pehoraing xilch COWS Not Ksrnfsl

The report Of the experiments on the
effect dehorning has on milch cows has
been sent by The Pennsylvania State
College Agricultural Experiment Station,
and is substantially y a. follows:
THE period OF experimentation upon
the herd of guernsey COWS recently de-
horned ut State College has been finished
and some interesting results have been
noticed. On fifteen cows an examination
of the amount of butter fat contained in
the milk yielded for the two days includ-
ing the days OF dehorning and the follow
ing day, shows loss Of l7-IOl pounds OF
butter fat, or equivalant to g}-l0) per
cent. of the yield for the two days. y
similar examination for the subsequent
two days shows that the average yield for
the specified time is the same rs the aver
age yield for the five days preceding the
date of dehOrning. These results show
conclusively that the effect Of dehorning
upon the how of milk is practically un-
noticeable and the great benefits to be de-
rived from such an operation make it
highly commendable to all farmers
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-11-28
Ursina lettings.

The school board did the right thing AT
the right time by cleaning the school
house during the past week.
Hon. J. c. Weller, has our thanks for a
copy Of Snull's Legislative Hand Book.
There VIII De an institute held at Con
fiuence, Friday evening, December 7th.
and continue the following Saturday. i
good program has been arranged and all
should attend.
Our board Of public instruction was
well represented at the county institute.
Every member was present, to see and be
seen. That is right. Eyey school direct
or should be interested In the great cause
Of education. Ii * duty he owes to his
children, his country, and his God. y.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-11-28
An Excsllent CONCERT.

The people Of this community have
rarely, if ever before, had an opportunity
Of hearing a concert of such high order
and artistic merit a. that given by the
Wilczek Concert Company in the Opera
House, Friday evening. Every perform
er on the program appeared to the bes,
advantage ami all are artists or pre-emi-
nent ability. The violin solos of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilczek were the features of the
evening and both were given repeated
encores by the enthusiastic audience
Mrs. Wilczek unfortunately broke the
neck of her violin-a very valuable i'll
strument-early in the evening and the
audience was therefore compelled To
forego the pleasure of hearing the gifted
young couple play duet. The tenor so
lo;st, NJ. Magioni de Pasqrali, was rev
elation to his audience, who, by the way,
had heard some exceptionally fine sing
ing during the week ny teachers in,t =
tute soloists. lie completely captured
his audience with his first number and
gracefully responded % two encores. The
soprano. Mime, Schultze-W Wichmann, Is
oGtciassed in the excellent company she
is travelling in, although she showed oc-
c:isional giimpses Of having been a very
excellent vocalist a one time, perhaps
when she WAS few years younger. The
pianist, Mr.. Ernest de Riva, is a gifted
performer and afforded great pleasure to
all who attended Friday nights concert
by his marvellous playing. Manager
Casebeer is To be congratulated upon hav-
ing secured the Wilczek Company for
his house of amusement.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-11-28
Friday, Nov. 80, 1894,
st O'clock p NJ.

the following described valuable r-sI estate
and miner! lands. viz
No. !. \ certain lot Of ground situate In
Wviler>bur- borough, Somerset county, State
Berg. LeFever Co land. Jacob Hociistetiers :
heirs and others containing one and one
fourth ~ u acres more or less.
No. = The undivided one-l.1lf Interest in a
certain tssict Of land situate ia southampton
township, county and State Aforesaid. adj IOiT-
Ing hands OF the >OmeTStt Iron & Ju.i Co..
LcFever Go. lands, Alex Plank and Others,
containing seven t7i acres moTe 0r less
No. 5. The undivided 0ne-half interC>. in a
certain tract Of iand- situate a. afJrJss,id- ad-
Joining lands Of Jacob snyder, Valentine
iiin.slc. AK Plank and others, containing.
three and oug-h.iI So acres I-lo-r ~ JOSS
No. J. The undivided on--h1li iHtsrl--; ia "a
certain trgc; oi lauC situate as Aforesaid. adj
joining lands of john \. Suyacr'> heirs, y
Wilmoth's heirs. Somerset Coal = Iron "a,
and Others, containing thirty so acres more
or less.
No. ;. The undivided oae-f1uTth interest In
a certain tragj al land, situate as Aforesaid.
adIOiEing lands az the Sa.uers-t Coal & Iron
Ct-. and others containing fOur hundred and
hiiy thni acres more Jr less.
Nh. &. The mineEs! right ia certain tuct
cf land, situate as aforesaid, adjoining lands
Of ". Lancaster. Alex Plank and others.
containing one hundred and twenty-five -.
acrcS more or less, known a. the Valentine
HiEkie tract.
No. :. The undivided One-half interest in
the mineral right in q certain tract ~ land
situate a. aforesaid. adjoining lands Of Eli
Shaiftr, Christian EDgir James Thomas and
others. containing one hundred and my
,li9i acres more or les, known as the Close
tract
No. :. Tie undivided One-iOUrth interest
in the mineral right % "a certain tract of land
situate a. aforesaid. adjoining lands Of Jacob
Witt. George !. EcSh=rt, Anthony Gltz and
Others containing eighteen is acres more or
les, known a. the Dennis Witt tract
No. 9. The undivided ole-testh interest in
the mineral right in certain tract of land.
situate a aforesaid, adjoining lands " Jerry
Wiugcrt. LeFcVcr Coal Lands and others. cuiI-
t.tinimg sixty 90 acres more or less. known
a. the John ID. Jones tract.
Also, all the right. title, interes; and claim
OF the said John X. Hrinham, deceased, Of in
nd - what j. --u,yrn n tfe
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-11-28

\ haunted house in these practical and
unromantic days Is something Of u rarity,
II; an individual haunted with the idea
that his aiimeEt is incurable is a parsonage
frequently met with. Disbelief in tie
ability Of medicine to care is only a mild
form of mOuOmania, although ~ some
cases repeated failures 10 obtain relief
from many different sources wculd almost
seem to justify the doubt. Ilos;ctter's
| stomach Bilters has demonstrated its
| ability to overcome dyspepsia, consiipa-
ton, liver and kidney trouble, malarial
! complaints and nervousness, and its
recorded achievements in the curative
line ought at least to warrant lis trial hy
any one troubled with either ofthe above
ailments, even although his previous
efforts to obtain remedial aid have been
fruitless. Used with persistence, the
Bitters tn at conquer
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-11-28
LEFEVER COMPANY LANDS
as FotLoWs. viZ

No. !. 4 certain ;uagt Of land situate in
soul Ia m piJu township. Somerset COUNTY.
Pa, udsu;n.ns lands Of JeSSc CooS, George
ttsS and OtherS. containing one hundred and
tF.Iity-nve is5} acIeS more or iySS, known a.
the solomon Kennel tract-
No. , A certain tract OF land situate a.
aforesaid, adjoining lands OF Dennis Cook.
Simon GeigCr anu Others, containing ninety
GaUmcr trict
No. :. \ certain tract Of land situate a.
aforesaid adjoining lands Of Somerset Coal &
Inua Co. William TrOutman and Others. con
taining one hundred and fifty 10. acres more
or les, known a. JOAN Wit tract
No. 4. ! certain ;nict of land situate as
aforesaid, adjoining lands OF the Somerset
Coal < lron 10. John Wit and others. coll
tanning nifty 90 aeres more or les, known as
the samuel D. Witt tract.
No. ). a certain tract of hand situate as
asOresstid. adjoining lands Of fetenbTinSS,
Estee Boyer and OtEers. containing one hun
dred and foTty-One lifll acres more or less,
known a. the 8ittner tract.
No. g. \ cCr.ain tract of hand situate a.
Aforesaid. adjoining lands of PetenhrinkS'
and Others. containing nity-one llll acres
more or les, known a. the Petenbrink tract
No. = A certain tract of land situate as
Aforesaid. adjoining lands of the Somerset
Coal x Iron Co, John Witt and Others. con-
tanning thirty sd acrCs NOR. or less. known
a. the Jacob Witt tr1ct-
These seven tracts OF land are held as tcn-
ants In common By John r. Brinham and
other parties by Articles of Agreement dated
"a July. 1871, and - September, !Sli, and ~
cor,iea At Somerset, Pa, in Deed books, Vols
-. p. 81 ete.. and Vol =. p. -, etc., and all
parties IN interest are believed 10 be- cOTrcctly
named and their Interests properly fixed in a
Bin ia Equity 10 No :. Equity Docket. lsSi.
ia the Court OF Common Pleas of somerset
county, Pa.
All % these lands are underlaid with valu-
able minerals, coal, iron ore, iirc clay, alufnt-
mum and other minerals. known 10 abound
in paying quantities They are easy Of access
10 the market, only about nlilss nom the
Cumberland and Pcnn'a Railr,nd. with an
old road partly built. about miles from the
B. 4 q. Railroad, and only miles from the
Mount savage Fire Brick Works, of the
Union Mining 90.
There i some timber scattered over the DIFF
fararst
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-11-28
Some Important Facts.

The evenings are long enough now fol
every person to devote some time TO read
ing. The best literature is The daily
newspaper, and the best daily newspaper
is The Ptttsbarg Times. II is complete IN
every department, gathering promptly
the news from ali parts of the wocld and
presenting ali sides of every public qUes-
ton fairly and intelligently. Its market
reports are models of accuracy; its de-
partments for women readers and for the
farmer are useful and entertaining, and
its serial stories are by the most noted
writers. The aim of its publishers is TO
make The Times q paper for the home
above everything else, and they have
succeeded admirably.
The Times IS delivered BY agents for
one cent day, or will be sent by mail for
thirty cents for one month; iifty cents for
two months; seventy-iye cents for three
months; Sl.5O for six months, or $3.50 for
one year. If there is no agent for The
Times in your locality, write for sample
copies, which are sent free, and terms TO
agents.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-11-28
Mrs. Blabaugh Acquitted cs the Murder of
"soe" Eukenv.

Mrs. Lydia Blubaugh. who was last
week placed on trial for her life in
the Westmore,and county court, was
found mot guilty'' by the jury. who
rendered their verdict shortly after Coart
/ convened Friday morning. after having
( been locked up all night. The defendan,
/ showed signs Of great emotion when the
clerk of the courts read the verdict. The
/ trial Of the case consumed three days.
The defense was conducted by ~ l.. G..
I Hay, Esq, of Somerset. and Paul H. Gal
ther, ESD, of Greensburg.
! The case attracted considerable interest
here since the accused and her victim
are both natives of Somerset county and
both are members ofwell-known families.
The killing occurred ON Thursday AFTER
noon, Aug. 30th, al the home OF the Blu
baugh's, short distance west of the
Somerset county line. 1t appears from
the evidence adduced at the trial that
Ankeny's hogs had gotten into Blu
baugh's bucswheat field; Blubaugh drove
them oGt and penned them up, and when
AnSeny came for them he was told that
he could not have them until after he had
paid 500 for the damage they had COM
mitted. Ankeny attempted TO drive the
hogs away and the Bmbaugh's attempted
TO drive them into the stable. A fight
followed in which Ankeny got the best
of Bluhaugh. Mrs. Blubaugh came to
the assistance of her husband-armed
with double barreled gun,--when
AMI L
struggle which followed the gun was
discharged and Ankeny fell to the ground
mortally wounded.
witness for the Co;n monwealth. Mrs.
Belle Stouifer, swore that she was at
Blubaugh's ON the day Of the killing
that when MIR. Blubaugh learned that the
hogs were in his buckwheat he loaGed
his gun, assisted 10y his wife, and started
out, saying he would shoot the hogs and
Ankeny; Mrs. BlHbaGgh melted the
bullets; BlubaGgh returned in half
hours time with the hogs. when he
declared that if Ankeny came around
after night and attempted 10 steal tie
hogs, without paying damages, he would
shoe. him.
The defendant told the jury the story
of the hogs as related above and said
"Bluhaugh scolded Inc for having the
gun. / started TO put the gun away when
the children cried that Ankeny was try
ing 10 Kill limbaugh. (Ankeny was
clo.ling her husband.) Ankeny grabbed
me and said Now Eve got you III clean
you all OUT lie tried To get the gun;
after the gun was accidentally discharged
he walked few steps and then went
down on his knees" The witness denied
the statements made by witnesses for the
COMMONWEALTH in regard to statements
made by her. She claimed that her arm
was black aud blue where Ankeny grab
bed her.
The defendants testimony was cor
roborated by her husband and son. \
number Of witnesses testified to her good
character.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-11-28
Appreciated in Other Coaaties as Well as A.
Home.

The Huntingdon county papers If last
week are very complimentary in their
remarks concerning County Superintend-
ent ). NJ. Berkey, who was one of the
Instructors at the Teachers lns..,:.s held
IN that county the preceding week. The
Huntington Locai Ncirs among other
complimentary references to his work,
says:
''SuPt Berkey spoke very earnestly to
the teachers and directors conformity.
Since the professor has proved himself
TO be such an efficient worker in the
pGhlic schools, no better person can read
ily be found 10 talk to such a body. II
the schoOlhoCse is 10 bc the "Republi-
can Line of Fortiiic1tiOn." the teachers
and directors must march ON in this
grand march hand in hand The teacher
who docs not voluntarily support the
local institute work is not worthy of be-
ing called a teacher. This was the last
time the professor spoke to the audience
and the teachers think him one of the
finest instructors they have ever Lad
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-11-28
Japs Wiz Again.

China has lost her great bai.leship
Chen Yuen by an accident in Wei-Hai-
Wei HarbOr, and is now practictically
powerless on thesea. Foresialling the in
evitable loss of his head, Commodore
Lin Tai San. the commander of the Chen
Nuen, committed suicide. Various
stories Ofthe affair are current. The most
plausible says that the war ship was
leaving Wei-Hai-Wei harhor Sunday
possible 20 attack the Japanese fleet that
lay outside. She touched upon one OF
the submarine torped0es which the
Chinese themselves had placed in the
channel Of the harbor as 4 means Of de
ionse, and was 50 badly damaged that
she had to DE beached, and viii propably
BE- a total loss.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-11-28
Highest OF a! in Leayening Power-Lae u Report
Q! ks,xasgl: kks;s!Ieg
AEsS0E JTEEY PURE
Lsdgers Not Evidence.

\ suit was recently tried at Holidays
burg 20 recover the principal and inter
est O. s promissory note. The defend
ants, storekeePers, claimed set OF in
the fOria ola book acccnnt against the
plaintiff The only evidence Of the &C
count was the firms ledger, the counter
book having been destroyed after the
transfer to the ledger. JIdge Barker,
of Cambria county, who was on the
bench, did not permit the case 70 go to
the jury and directed a verdict in full for
the plaintiff. His honor ruled that tine
ledger book was inadmissable IN evidence
to prove the account, aud that the book
Of original entry, or the blotter formed
the proper evidence. This decision will
no doubt have the effect of causing mer-
chants and business men to be more
careful of blotters and books of original
entry.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-11-28
Teachers Cane Uncle joe

\ notable and praiseworthy feature OF
the late Teachers Institute was the pre-
senation of a handsome gold headed
ebony cane 10 Prof. J. J. .stutzman, at
Thursday afternoons session. The pre-
$ ssnation speech was made by Superin-
tendent Berkey, who briefly referred to
the work Prof StutzInan had accomplish
ed i'm the schools of his native county, he
having been the first county Superintend-
eat and for more than fifty years actively
interested in their advancement and vel
fare, of the admiration and respect he has
ever been held in by the teachers and
scholars, and of the great tenderness with
which they re.er TO ''Uncle joe" now in
his declining years. The cane, he said, was
purchased with fund raised by volanta-
~ subscriptions on the part O! teachers
actively engaged in the schools and was
presented as n token of their affection
and veneration for the Professor.
Uncle joe occupied n seat on the
platform and when he arose to accept the
cane he was greeted with tumultnous APP
plause 10y the audience. which filled every
available inch of space in the Court room.
lie made a number of humorous remarks,
referring to himself as relic of fOssili-
ferrous age, and giving some of his early
experiences in the school room.
The occasion was one of great pleasure
TO all present
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-11-28
DEGISTER'S NOTICES.

NOTICE Is hereby given 20 all pl.rssslsS co-f-
ccrned a. lesa;ce>. creditors. or otherwise.
That the following accounts have passed Reg
lister. and that the same Will - presented tar
confirmation and alloWtnsc at an Orphans
Court to De- held AT somerset, Pa. On WedneS-
day. pcc. 18th. isgi.
FirsJ and Eus. account OF H. II. Stahl ad-
mini>tritOr ct Pete !. BAKER, decd
First and anal accoGnt Of Joseph Johns. Cx-
ecUtor II Tobias NO1er deed.
First and fnal account uf Joseph r. Mever-s
administrator Of Josiah Z. Meyers deed
First and final account of John =. Miller,
administration OF samuel y Miller. decd
fiGNt aud nnal account of u. II. StHaub aad
Tcor-c c. StrsiUb. executors of casper -tr.iuls
who was executor al John i. ~trtub. deed
FIRST and final account of John A. WOv. adl-
mlniStratur Oi Henry smith. decd.
Partial account OF james NJ Cover and J. T.
Bowman, executors ot George Rink. decd
r. irSt and partial account az Montgomery J.
King, executor Of sarah King. decd
Il gisrerS Office fIACuB ;. MILLER
Nov. lith. iS9s. RegiSter
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-11-28
STATE Aia for the Schools.

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
has since 1873 appropriated 81, ,9c1,OoO for
the pablic schools. State Superintendent
Schaifer has just issued statement 10
that effect. From 1873 20 1874 thers was
appropriated s9,97s,0D toward the main
tenance of the schools. From 1874 until
1871 the annual appropriation was sl,0oc,
600. Subsequently it was increased 10
sl,J00,00o, and afterwards 10 S2000.009.
Three years ago the amount was placed at
s5,001O00 annually, and in 1873 to $500,
90. During the Beaver Administration
there was appropriated to The schools of
the State s7,0)1,0J), and during the Patti
son Administration. S2l,OJ0.O1l.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-11-28
Il. Z. SIPE.

The chestnut season i over. Now for
business. Ny stock i complete. i oor=
daily invite your inspection. We have
the hest assorted stock Of General Mer-
chandise in town. Come TO my store for
Dry Goods, Notions, Groceries, Hats,
Caps. Hoods, etc, and don't forget we
sell Hoods, Paine's, Pierce's and all the
leading and staple patent medicines and
all AT reduced prices. If you are in need
of a suit of Clothes, Overcoat, Shoes or a
good solid Gold or filed watch. l have
the goods and above all / have the prices
Ia sait the times.
Right up Main Cross street, opposite
the post Office, yOu VIII find the best Sc
lee.ied stock of General Merchandise at
the store Of
H. l.. SIPE.
Somerset Pa
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-11-28
Z Case Of sleep.

\ sleeper * one who sleeps. y sleeper
i that in which the sleeper sleeps. y
sleeper is that on which the sleeper runs
while the sleeper sleeps. Therefore while
the sleeper sleeps in the sleeper the
sleeper ciTries the sleeper over the sleep
er under the sleeper until the sleeper
which carries the sleeper jumps the
sleeper and wakes the sleeper in the
sleeper, by striking the sleeper under the
sleeper on the sleeper until there IS TO
longer any sleeper sleeping in the sleeper,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-11-28

The following committee has been ap-
pointed TO apply the Thanksgiving aims
{ the wants ofthe poor: Mrs Sophia
Patton. Mrs. Wm. b. Frease, Mrs. VIII
liam Guston, Miss Ella Ferner, Mrs Geo.
II. Love, Mrs. W. II. Platt, Mrs. w ).
Baer and Mrs. +. J. Kooser, and Captain
Charles J. Harrison. Besides bestowing
absolute charity, the committee VIII
end savor 70 secIre hDpc fDt tn ua-
employed needy the borough Of SOM
p-Set
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-11-28
Good Reading Matter.

These long winter evenings you will
want some reading matter and you will
want to get this reading matter at a moder-
ate expense. The way to do il * 10 60 to
FISHERS BOOK STORE,
where You can rent first-class Novels at
5 cents per copy to read and return.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-11-28

Rev. Ellis, of lockwood, a prominent
minister of the United Brethern Church.
has been granted a pension. Rev. Ellis
enlisted in the navy when lad and was
on board the famous Monitor from the
day she sailed from New York harbor
until she went down in gale of Cape
Hatteras.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-11-28
Gone Wild Over Gold.

MILFORD, KY, Nov. 2A-JOhn McCamp-
bell, a farmer on Lone Mountain, has
appealed to Governor Turney for pro-
lection against the people, who are over
running his land since the discovery
thereon OF gold. Ten thousand people
are on his place. Five thousand dollars
were unearthed yesterday, and 50 far
the yield has been SJO.G0.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-11-28

Last Thursday night a week Mr.. Frank
Rodgers splendid new granery, with all
of its contents. consisting Of large lot
of wheat. rye and oats, and several vehi-
cles. in Shade township, was burned to
the ground. The fire occurred at
O'Clock in the morning and was not dis
covered until il had communicated with
the barn. situated few rods from the
granery. Mr.. Rodgers was aroused from
his sleep 10y the cracking of the burning
timbers. He made 4 single-handed and
successful effort to save his barn and
dwelling house from The flames, bat was
badly burned about the face in doing 50.
The loss amounted to four OF five hun
drad dollars, partly covered by insur-
ance. Five years ago Mr. Rodgers barn
was des:royei b. fire. He thinks both
fires were ths yyDr,: os inselii1riei.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-11-28

On the fourth page of this issue viii be
found the address delivered by Principal
o. o. Saylor, of the lockwood schools,
before the Teachers Institute, in response
to the Address of Welcome. We COM
mend it to all our readers who are in
tereSted in the success of the public
schools of the county
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-11-28

The rafters on Mr.. NanneaT's new four
story hotel have been raised and il is eN-
pected that the handsome structure Will
be well under roof by the end of this
week. 4 large force of carpenters are
hammering away on the building from
dawn till dark and viii push rapidly
ahead from now until the hotel is ready
to accommodate the travelling public,
which, the proprietor thinks, will be
about the middle of February.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-11-28

The Union Thanksgiving service will
be held Thursday, Nov. 18th at 1920 A. NJ.
in the Diciples church. Rev. W. III. Ne
Bride will preach the sermon. The usual
offerings will be collected for the needy.
4 liberal collection i solicited.