The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-11-27

Local hunters shot large number O
wild ducks on Kantner's dam Monda,
morning.
County Treasurer Pugh is having no
water heater put into his residence. Jus
east of town.
A handsome six-year-old black hors,
was sold at Sheriff,s sale. i'm front of III.
court house, Monday morning, for $500
The Somerset Hotel Company was last
week chartered by the State Department
The company is capitalized at sI43.oO0.
An unknown man, who claimed Pitts
burg as his home, committed suicide al
the Hotel Weir. Johnstown, Sunday af.
ternoon, by firing bullet into his head.
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Daniel, son of Mr.. and Mrs. George c.
I.ichty, of Somerset township, who re-
moved to Waterloo, Iowa, seven years
ago arrived in town Saturday evening.
Charles Kane, representative of the
American Art Studio, of Johnstown,
wishes TO inform his patrons that he will
be in Somerset to deliver their portraits
between December End and 9th.
School teachers will find the first page
of this paper of special interest. On it are
printed copious extracts from Thaddeus
Stevens great speech on the free school
question and other historical matter re-
iating TO the common school system.
Friday nights entertainment will be
one of the finest musical treats ever en-
| jOyed by Somerset audience. The sale
of tickets for this performance has been
large, but many good seats still remain
for sale at Neff q Casebeer's.
Scarlet fever has made its appearance
/ in different parts of the county. Seven
children in the family of Israel Brant, of
Brothersvalley township, were afflicted,
and last week one of them succun5ed
10 the dreaded disease. Only two cases
are reported in Somerset.
Deer are said TO be plentiful in the
mountain in Shade and Ogle townships.
Last Thursday morning a herd of four
passed between the dwelling and barn Of
farmer Daniel Logue of the former dis
trict. They were seen by number of
people.
New Baltimore has telephone connec-
ton with all. OF the principal towns in
Bedford county and will probably have
it with Somerset, Berlin and Meyersdale
in the near future. An agent of the tele-
phone company visited Somerset last
week, looking over the ground.
1t is to be regretted that a larger audi
ence was not present at the Presbyterian
Church, on Thursday evening, when
Rev. T. ]. Bristow delivered his lecture
on sticks and Umbrellas" The lecture
was replete with elevated thought and
wholesome anecdote.
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About this season of the year, for very
many years past, railing for turkeys has
been carried on in different shops and
offices in this place, but not until last
week was the law invoked to put stop
10 this species of gambling. The parties
accused of keeping a gambling house al
lege that they are the victims of black
mail.
Prof J. ID. Meese, of the California
State Normal, was an early Monday
morning arrival at the Hotel Fannear.
Teachers Institute without the presence
| Of tho srapial DrofaSSo- ,,-o,,l1 Ia a Sorio,,a
drawback. Besides being popular in
stitute instructor, he is native of this
county, and has a personal acquaintance
with a majority of the teachers.
The ''veiled lady" whose mysteriou,
movements have caused so much excite
ment in neighboring towns, has gone TO
| Meyersdale. The woman dresses in
black aud white, and frequents the less
/ brilliantly illuminated portions of the
| town at such times as is unusual fer
women 10 be found on the streets. Many
| of the people are afraid to venture out in
the streets after dark.
John A. Lichty, who resided on the
| farm at present occupied by George Dub
stadt, in Somerset township, up until
1861 when he went west and located near
Waterloo, Iowa, died on November llth.
He was one of the earliest settlers of that
region and was universally respected and
honored. He leaves a wife and eight
children, four sons and four daughters.
He is also survived by large number of
relatives in this county.
Lawyer A. L. q. Hay returned home
Saturday evening after weeks fishing
and hunting trip in the West Virginia
mountains. He brought three of four
live fish with him of peculiar species.
Their scales have the same tinge As the
gold fish, while their form is similar TO
the German carp. Mr.. Hay says that
they were taken from a mountain stream
and that people living in that region
claim the fish are cross between the
mountain trout and German carp.
A Berlin Record correspondent writes:
"On the Daniel keefer farm in Allegheny
township, is red oak tree that is curl
osity. At the ground are two distinct
LfuiihS. n ittl apart Nht pcipciuAOu4Ni
one 81 feet in diameter, the other one y
feet in diameter. Seven feet above the
ground the two trunks join aud form a
compact body about feet in diameter.
Up TO where the trunks separate again is
about 20 feet. The tree exhibits a healthy
and lively growth
Editor Frank N. kimmel, of the Nc
Cook (Neb.) Tribune, has been visiting
at the home of his brother-Dr. II. :.
Kimmel-the past ten days Mr.. Kim
mel graduated from the Dsmoerdt office
eighteen years ago and afterwards at
tended college at Bethany, West Va.
Fifteen years ago he removed 10 McCook,
where he at once blossomed into an edi-
torand has ever since conducted one Of
the leading weekly newspapers of Ne
braska. He will spend several weeks in
the east before returning home.
Mrs. Susannah Wiand died at the home
of her son-in- law, Peter J. Bowman. on
Thursday evening, from cat arrh of the
stomach, in the sixty-ninth year of her
age. She is survived by five children as