The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-11-24

after the holidays at the home Of her
brother, Dr. =. P. Brubaker.
Mrs. Emeliae Brabalxer left yesterday
t for McKeesport, Pa, where she viii re-
main for several months at the home Of
her daughter, Mrs. Ella Newlin.
Mr. Ross Augustine and family. for
mer well-knoH-n residents OF Confluence.
but recently Of Uniontown, have remov-
ed to Chambersburg, where they will
make their future home.
Mr.. Harvey 3. Tissue has been ap-
pointed postmaster at Confluence. He
received Official notice Of his appointment
on Thursday, and on Friday forwarded
his bond to the Postoffice Department,
He has probably received his commission
ere this.
In the absence of Rev. Henry n. Cam
eron, who was selected TO preach the
union Thanksgiving sermon Rev. Hiram
King VIII discharge that duty. As here
tofore announced the services will be
held al I0SO a N. Thursday, in the Lnth-
eran Church.
On account Of the gloomy atmosphere
that has prevailed during the past ten
days the Electric Light Company have
furnished their patrons with light as early
as 800 o'clock in the afternoon, thus Civ
ing an efficient service that the public
should fully appreciate.
John c. Miller, one of the best known
young farmers Of Somerset township,
and his fourteen-year-oldd daughter. have
/ both been confined to their beds for sew
eral weeks suffering from typhoid fever.
! At last reports both were on fair road
towards recovery. Mr.. Miller's father
| in-law. the venerable Alexander Hunter,
is also suffering from the same disease.
Mr. Pitt Gilbert, one of Somersets 5
most successful marksmen, got a crack
at a pair of wild turkeys on Tayman Hin
witt il sight of town, on Saturday after
noon. and brought down fine l0-pound
hen. The birds had evidently been
frightened from their mountain home by
the numerous hunters who have been in
search OF game ever sincs the season
opened.
Few towns of similar size in the State
boast of as many handsome business
blocks and store-roOms as Somerset, and !
few, if any, have as many store-rooms |
with plateglass fronts. Fifteen years ago !
there was NJ, a sheet Of plate-glass in the
town. while to-day there are only half
dozen sores without large plate glass
windows. The latest addition, and deei-
dedly the prettiest, is the show window
in NJ J. Blacks Gentlemen's Furnishing /
Store.
Next week the public school teachers
of the county viii be the guests of the |
county seat They viii number SO4 in
all, and will probably be accompanied |
by double that number of friends In 1
fact the Annual Teachers Institute will /
attract a msjority ofthe brightest young |
people of both sexes in the county to |
Somerset next waek. All will be cordial !
ly welcomed and the residents of the /
town will make every effort to make |
their stay as pleasant and profitable as
possible.
The many Somerset county friends Of /
Col E. H. warwell, Of Baltimore. Md,
Will be pleased to learn that he has been |
appointed private secretary 10 the new
Republican Mayor of that city, having /
entered upon his duties Monday morn
ing. Col. Wardwell has been active in |
Maryland politics for a number of years 4
and had much to do with bringing about /
Mayor Masters nomination and cleo
tion. Hes thoroughly well equipped to |
discharge his new duties and will be an
important factor in the success of the ad-
ministratiOn.
Prothonotary Barron's office is the last
OF the departments in the court house to
be -emodeied and refurnished during
the year. WOrkmen have just laid a
substantial hardwood floor in il and dur
ing the week will place handsome hard
wood counter in position. when the Pro-
thonotary and his genial clerk, Bent
Pullin, viii be in a better position to at
tend TO their duties than heretofore. The
old furniture in all of the county Offices
had outlived its usefulness, having been
placed in them when the court house was
erected in 1852. The transformation is
appreciated by all who have business to
transact at the court house.
Lieut. Chester NJ. Knepper. of the
United States Navy, who spent three
months vacation last summer at the home
of his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver
Knepper, in this place, and left in Sep
tember for Washington, ID. c., where he
was assigned to duty in the Ordnance
Department, has been detailed to the
: /
with the public school system OF New
York City. The appointment is a very
desirable one, carrying as it does hand
some salary in addition to the regular
pay of a Lieutenant in the Navy. Lieut..
Knepper reported for duty in New York
on Monday. He is the second officer in
command on board the school ship.
William ssrver, Of Allegheny town
ship, lost a valuable horse in a peculiar
manner on Friday. He was on his way
10 New Baltimore, from whence he pro-
posed going hunting next day. The dis
tance from his home to New Baltimore is
about four miles and he started to make
the trip on horse back. Inattempting
to mount, the girth broke and the rider
fell to the ground, fortunately alighting
on his feet. The horse shied and Sarver
concluded TO lead him a short distance.
Before he had gone many feet the animal
SHE'D again aud Sarver poked him in the
ribs with the muzzie OF his gun when
the weapon was discharged. The load of
shot penetrated the horses side behind
the left front shoulder, when he dropped
over in his tracks stone dead. The shot
had pierced his heart
Register and Recorder James NJ. Cover
a fea days ago made the interesting dis
eovery that Eohraim Blaine father of
James G. Blaine, was at one time land
owner in this county. Mr.. Cover was
looking up. in one Of the Oldest deed
records in his ofliee, the tile TO tract of
.hree hundred acres in Jeuner township,
when he discovered that the original
patent had been issued to Jacob Work,
on February 10, I770 decided it TO
Eohraiin Blaine, of Cumberland county,
Provin9e of Pennsylvania, in oonsidera-
ion OF the SUN of fire shillings SL2I
The land is described as lying along the
Road, where said road crosses
Greek. The prese nt own
PRS OF the tract are DR.. Joseph C&vode, Z
Thomas Gallagher. Benjamin Enos, c.