The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-10
Ite,na Of Intsrest.


Uniontow'n borough has been enlarged
by ahneNing % acres of land, with SO
inhabitants.
Historic lafayette Hail, Pi;;shurg, the
''cradle Of the Republican party" is be-
ing torn down,
y stray bullet frsm hunters gun re-
moved Daniel hughes front teeth as
siickly as a dentist could have done it
while he stood in a barn door at Halls
Station, near wiliiamsport, Pa, Friday.
iiui it l;'cerated MS lips befora II spca. it
selfon his strong ineisJrs.
Postoi;ige officials declare that tho bot-
ton has been touched in trade Jepress ioI,.
and that The country is on the upward
grade. The sale Of STAMPS for the last
quarter was So, IN, ,57I This is the largest
suIh for the same period in tiie history of
the postal service. The receipts for the
lastqparier OF 1873 were SIS, IN, -.
\ cat bite may Cause tEo death of Mrs.
Daniel Burk, ofthis city, says a Friday
Des0 rfch from Allentown. The family
recently moved, and, Oh "Wednesday
evening, Mrs. BHrS Went 10 her old h0me
TO get her eat. While carrying the animal
in her arms, she was severely bitten on
the arm. Soon after the arm began 10
swell, and blood poisoning has set in.
William Penn Bowman, the I0-year-
old boy who was recently convicted OF
the murder Of john Mike, an Arabian.
was sentenced by Judge Lynch at
Wilkes Barre. 70 ne hanged. When the
hoy w;ss asked il he had anything 70 say
ne replied: Nothing except that aia
innocent" His mother and sistor wopt
violently when sentence was pronounced,
bat the boy merely bowed his head and
walked iirmly back to the prisoners van
without change Of countenance.
In Ohio, Monday. woman voted for the
fist time son the school question. Al
Toledo less than = per cent, ofthe women
registered and voted. II Monster they
showed great activity, some OF the most
prominent women taking women 10 the
polls in carriages. IN C0IumbIs the
three women candidates for fho school
board were overwhelmingly defeated.
and the woman east a mach lighter vote
than was expected in Alliance, Warren,
Bellaire and Youngstown.
Since the death of his wife. AIlen G.
Thurman, aHectiohaisly known as the
'Old Roman" has become a strict re-
cluse Herea,ls All night. and spends the
day asleep in his library in his house at
Columbus, O. lie is now 81 years old.
Ernest Lung, aged ; years. Ludwig
Wickstron, aged 10, Harry johnson, eyed
., and boy named Estergreen, about the
same age, were poisoned near Warren
by eating what they thousht 70 be an
artiehoke, bat v hat proved 60 be a deadly
poison. They were fishing when taScn
sick and reiGrnoi ID their holaes. Wick
strom aud Johnson died within three
quarters Of AN honr,
\ telegram from scranton Friday night
says: Despite the Injunction Of Judge
CANISTER restraining Professor Hasyol,
principal of Wayerly Borough School,
from reading the Bible in the school, the
usual religious exercises have been held
ALI this week Tho School Board held
meeting Thursday night, and, after a
heated .disidssidn, directed Professor
Hanyon To continue reading the Bible in
the school, aS the Board did nos believe
there was anything III the Constitution
or law Of, Pennsylvania forbidding it.
1t is said that Professor Hanyon and The
members of the Board Of School Direc-
tors who voted for the order directing the
teacher to continue the reading of the
Bible viii lie summoned before Judge
Gunster and arraigned for cohtemp; of
eonrt for disobeying the injunction grant,
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