The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-22

Gettysburg, Pa, are home for the holi-
days.
Ruth, the six-montbs old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Holbrook. OF
this place, died yesterday of catarrhal
fever.
Sheriff Hartzell left for Pittsburg Mon
day morning. with William Gibbion and
Herman ]. Shaffer. sentenced 10 the pen
itentiary.
The revenue from the borough water
works has increased so rapidly during
the past year that it is almost certain that
two sl.OOO bonds can be redeemed on
April l, ls9s.
Mr.. Jacob Lape. of Listie, and Miss
Annie G. Lohman. of Bills, were united
in marriage on Wednesday. Dec. 18th, at
the Lutheran parsonage in Friedens,
Rev. J. ]. Weleh. officiating.
Mr.. D. B. Zimmerman, who recently
returned from his North Dakota ranch,
has leased the Hoffman residence on In
ion street. which viii be occupied by
himself and family in the near future.
At the home of the brides parents, near
Bills post office, in Somerset township,on
Wednesday, Deeem Der sth, Mr.. John II.
I Mowry, Of Friedens, and Miss Tillie
Schrock were Joined in the ,ly bonds of
wedlock, by Rev. ]. H. Knepper, Of
Berlin.
William T. Mcmillan, NJ. D., and Kiss
/ Elsie NJ. Walter, both OF New Centre
vile, were united in marriage on Tues
day of last week. The ceremony took
place at the Reformed parsonage, in
lockwood, and was performed by Rev.
J. T. Ballet.
Work on the new summer hotel has
been suspended daring cold weather. The
exterior work has nearly all been finished
and much of the plastering has been done.
The hotel will be completed and ready to
entertain guests at the opening of the
next season.
Misses Virgie Vogle, Bertha Scott, Mel
lie Kooser and Louise Colborn, arrived
home Saturday evening and Will spend
the holidays with their parents. Misses
Colborn and Vogel have been attending
school at Bethany, w. Va, and Misses
Scott and KOoser in Pittsburg.
While Jack Pile, head butcher of
the firm of Zeigler & Parson, of this place,
was dressing hog yesterday, he aeci-
dentally cut a leader in the second finger
of his right hand. DIR. p. +. Shaffer
dressed the wound, and while it is not
dangerous one, "Moll' VIII not report
for duty for some time.
Rev. Hiram King will conduct Christ
mas services in the Glade Reformed
Church, in StOnycreek township, on Fri
day evening, and in the Shanksville Re-
formed Church, on Saturday evening.
On Sunday morning he will conduct
Christmas services in the Evansville
Reformed Church, and in the Somerset
Reformed Church in the evening.
The Berlin Record has gone to the
trouble TO gather the statistics of game
shot 10y the hunters of that town curing
the season just closed. 1t finds that 639
grey squirrels, 35l pheasants, % rabbits,
- partridges, and ? wild turkeys, a total
of 1872 pieces, were slaughtered. More
than one-half of the game was killed by
seven persons. Harry Smith wears the
belt for the biggest string of pheasants,
he having killed Il2.
The flag presentation at Listie, on Fri
day afternoon, when Friedens Council,
Jr. o. L. \. NJ, presented a handsome
bunting flag 10 the public school of that
place, attracted a good sized crowd. The
presentation address WAS delivered by
Jacob 5. Miller, and the flag was received
in behalf Of the school, by F. p. Saylor.
Addresses were also delivered by Rsv's.
Spangler and Dunlap, Of Shanksville,
and \. W. Knepper, of Somerset. The
Friedens band was present and discours-
ed a number of popular sci lections.
The second joint-meeting of the teach
ers of Milford township and New Centre
vile borough, was held in the Cross
Roads school house, on Saturday, 18th
inst. The teachers present were Rev.
Weller, Prof Moore, Messrs. Sanner and
Saler, and Miss Will. Discussion of as
signed topics and queries formed the in
struetive features of the sessions, while
the pupils of the school deserve great
credit for their assistance in the way Of
furnishing entertainment The large
number of citizens present indicates that
they are wide awake to the interests OF
the boys and girls of the districts named.
Geotge Ridenour, the well-knOwn Som
erset & Cambria passenger locomotive
engineer, on Monday purchased the
Haines House, at lockwood, from Mr..
aud Mrs. Samuel Haines, the owners Of
the property-considerati private. Mr..
Ridenour has been employed on the S. It
C. almost continuously ever since the
road was opened TO the public in 1880,
and during greater portion of the time
has been a resident of lockwood. We do
not know Mr.. Ridenour's intentions, but
presume that he has purchased the Haines
House as an investment, it being one of
the best hotel properties in lockwood,
one of the busiest and most promising
towns in the county.
r. P. Cummins Post, G.. A. R., will
make new departure on the first day of
January, when, instead of the annual
banquet heretofore held at the Opera
House, they will take dinner at the Ho-
tel Vannear in a body. The work Of pre-
pairing the annual banquet has always
deyolved on the wives and daughters Of
a few Of the old soldiers ia the past, and
this year they have decided that the la
dies shall share in the banquet without
being called upon to perform any labor
incident to the occasion. The annual ban
quet Is one of the pleasant features of r.
P. Cummins Post, and the one due on
January first promises to be one Of the
most successful in its history. Veterans
from all over the county viii be present
Dinner will be served al p. m.
A stranger visiting town on Monday
might have concluded that all the persons
he saw on the streets were either daft or
drunk, Judging from the queer antics
they cut up. At least forty per cent. of
those who essayed TO move from the court
house 10 the street did so on that part of
their anatomy usually brought into requi-
sition when they retire 10 their cellars
after having played a scurvy trick on
their neighbOr. Other pedestrians NOV
ed about as though they thought they
were constructed similar TO wind mills,
their arms and legs tapping in the breeze
like so many paddles, while still others
held fast TO telephone, telegraph and
n -ss,nr neaF hasFr a.