The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-01-30

De''u'ini, clear, crystal ice ten inche.
thick, Is being harvested from the pond.
south OF town.
Cards are out announcing the approach.
ing marriage of Mr.. J. b. Rankin and
Miss Maggie Burkey, of Shade town
ship. ~" "
Berlin wants the membership of her
town council increased from three to six
members, and the matter will come he
fore the Court AZ the next regular session
/
Communion services will be held i'm
the Presbyterian Church on next Sab
bath, Feb. 81, al 1880 a. m. with prepar-
atory services on Thursday and Friday
evenings Of this week.
Charles II. Cotfroth, the popular furni-
ture dealer, has gone TO Grand Rapids.
Mich, whore he will attend the annual
furniture exhibition now going on in that
place. and viii purchase large lot of
new goods.
Captain William JoTdan's many SOM
erset county friends will be pleased to
| learn that he has secured a lucrative DO
sition at Harrisburg during the session of
| the Legislature. The Captain halls from
WestmorelaRd county, bat is about as
well known in Somerset Is he is at home.
Addison Dial. of Ursina, who is en-
ployed as a brakeman on the b. Il o.. was
caught between the bumpers as he was
making n coupling one day last week and
was badly squeezed. He was removed to
the Cottage Hospital at Connellsville for
treatment His injuries are not serious.
Mr.. Charles Simpson, eldest son of
Isaac Simpson, of this place, who was
taken % Columbus, Ohio, ten days ago
for the purpose of having an operation
performed for the removal of blood eliot
or the brain. has returned home again.
His friends think that he has been great
iy benefited by the operation.
Charles w. Walker, Esq, has been
commissioned Notary Public by Gov
ernor Hastings. MIR. Walkers nomina-
ton was one of the last sent 10 the Senate
by Governor Pattison. and No objection
being filed to it the nomination was
promptly confirmed. The commission
Of \. L. q. Hay, Esq, As Notary Public,
expired Friday.
Five or six cases of scarlet fever are re-
ported i'm town. In the absence of
Board Of Health the School Board should
take every precaution to prevent the dis
ease from becoming epidemic, and in or
der to do this it may be necessary To re-
fuse admission to the schools 10 children
from families in which the disease is
known TO exist.
Senator =. 3. Critchheld has been re
elected Vice President of the State Board
OF Agriculture. As the Governor of the
State Is 10y virtue of his Office President
this is the highest position in the gin of
tho members of the Board, and the re-
election of the resident member is 4 high
compliment to Somerset county a. one of
the leading agricultural counties Of the
State.
Mr.. Washington Megahan, who is
known all over the county a a successful
builder and contractor. met with an un-
fortunate accident few days ago while
visiting at the home of his son John, in
Williamsburg, Pa lie tripped and fell
down a llight of cellar stairs sustaining
serious injuries to his spine. He has
since returned TO his home in this place
and was able to be about on Monday.
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The many friends of eN-Sheriff John 4.
Walter viii be plined To learn that he
j. critically i'll at mis- home in this place.
Last Tuesday he slipped and fell heavily
upon an lee covered pavement breaking
two Of his ribs. Mr.. Walter has been
sufferer from heart disease for number
OF years and since the accident that organ
has exhibited most alarming symptoms.
His three sons, who are employed in
different parts of the State, were sam
moneI - his bedside Sunday.
Charles r. Uhl, Jr, and RIfus f lie
Meyers. We're admitted to the practice of
the law in the several courts Of this coun-
" last Tuesday night, after having pass
eia rigid examination at the hands of
the examining committee and a further
examination in open coart. Both are
brigh. young IN n anI viii strive t. gain
cninence in their profession. Mr.. Uhl,
w understand. viii for the present have
hi Office with MeSsrs. CoiTroth a Rnp-
pei. while Mr.. Meyers has taken a suite
of rooms on the second foor Of John II.
SCOTS Main Cross street bIilding.
\ Ligonier correspondent of the Pitts
burg T,msy has revived the following
m Dldy fake"
Reports from Jcnnertown, Somerset
c)anty. state that the house of Mr..
Shaifer, formerly the home Of Herman
Umberger, who was murdered by Jo-
seph and David Nicely February p, lSs1,
i haunted. The informant says the old
bell rings without any apparent cause.
and that the spirits Of the old man and
his murderers. rash from the house and
disappear in an adjoining wood"
The protracted meeting in the Lichty
Church closed last sabbath evening. The
attendance throughout the meeting was
irregular. some evenings being very
good and on Others quite small, owing to
the condition Of the weather, which. by
the way. has changed from one extreme
10 the other at frequent intervals during
the past six weeks. As a result OF the
meeting there was one conversion made
and two additions to the church received.
Beginning next sabbath evening Rev.
Houpt viii conduct series Of meetings
in the Evangelical Church in this place.
An invitation il extended to the public
10 assist in the good work.
Attorney Frank Barr, of Philadelphia,
was i'm Johnstown last week, settling for
options taken 10y the Pennsylvania COM
pauy on property through which the eX-
tension is to be run. lie WAS busy writ
ing checks in payment for the property,
aud Friday made oIt one for $1,000. All
who are paid have been given notice to
vac,ate the property within ten days.
This action Of ;he Pennsylvania c';n-
pa.v means mach u Johnstown and the
surrounding country, far they are given
positive assurance tA5: tn Johnson com
pany plant VIII nj remain Inactive The
IN, viii -;ISg ultimately extend into the