The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-24
OLD NEWSPAPERS.
Some Extracts That May be Interest
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EDITOR HERALD:-
These two items are from the Bedford
Gazette. "A few nights ago Mr.. VIM
Cessna, son of Jonathan Cessna, o.
Cumberland Valley, was dangerously
stabbed with knife in several parts ol
the body by a free colored man who
resides i'm that neighborhood. The life
of Mr.. Cessna is despaired of. They
disputed on the road returning from q
husking. The colored man is now in
Jail.
widow Hull who, We believe, keeps
a cake and beer house on Rays Hill,
in the county, was robbed few days
ago of fifty dollars in specie. We be-
lieve the robber was. s.apprehended."
The store OF Anthony Earl, at Shade
Furnace, was burglarized on the night
of the 10th of November, 1919, and
robbed of a considerable lot of goods.
A reward of 100 dollars for the arrest
of the thieves was offered.
About this time Andrew Stewart
annd William Lorrs, tailors at Somer-
set, advertise their prices for work al
their several shops: ''For making q
plain dress dress coat, $3.50; great coat,
$3.50; frock coat, $3.50; Ladies' coats,
$500; pantaloons and vests, Sl.l2l
each.
Hannah Hendrickson gives notice
that she carries on the blue-dyeing OF
yarns, &c, at her residence at Milford
town,-which was probably Gebharts
or new Centreville.
A call 10 the Democratic Republican
voters Of Somerset county to meet at
the court house on the evening of the
30th of November, 1919, to take into
consideration the nomination of can
didate for Governor, appears in the
Wing of November 18th.
The Whig of the 18th of November
advertises that Christian Berkey, VIM.
Linn, VIM. Dalbow and John Sibert
have left the county, forgetting to pay
the printer.
Benjamin Blithe, formerly Of Som
erset, fell into a well six miles from
Greensburg, Pa, and was killed. The
accident happened on very dark
night.
MASONIC NOTICE.
SOMERSET LODGE, No. 81,
December IL, A. l.. 5Sl9.
On motion and seconded
ResOiued unanimously, That Samuel
Thompson, a member of the lodge be
expelled the benefits and privileges of
Free Masonry throughout the globe
forever, for gross unmasonic conduct,
agrecably to the report of a committee
appointed TO investigate the conduct of
the said Samuel Thompson.
Extract from the minutes:
HY. +. SNYDER,
Secretary.
In future our subscribers east and
west of Somerset will receive regularly
the Somerset Whig by the post-rider,
and will therefore have each to pay so
cents for postage, either to the editor
or pOst-rider, within the present year.
Those who are not satisfied with the
previous arrangement will please give
Us immediate notice.
From the Genins of Liberty.
UNIoNTowN, Pa.-"From an ac-
count kept by a gentleman of veracity,
residing on the United States Road,
THE National Road Turnpike) it ap-
pears that from the 9th of October to
the 30th of November last, there passed
between Cumberland, Nd, aud this
place 75I wagons, 30 carriages Of differ
ent kinds, 1859 horsemen, and upwards
of 800 droves of horses, horned cattle,
hogs, &c" This will give some idea
of the immense amount of travelling on
the road. OF the above wagons, much
the greater number were laden with
merchandise bound westward.
On bill pending in the Legislature
to encourage agriculture by authoriz-
ing the formation of agricultural So
cieties, Mr.. Ogle, of Somerset, made
these remarks: Among the mountains
they had no idea when 20 persons as
sociated that they should have power
over 100 dollars of county money. II
gentlemen who were so patriotic in
the formation of societies We're To form
them for the improvement of the roads
to carry the produce TO the markets,
the farmers would raise enough of it;
this would be all the premium they
would want in his part of the country.
He hoped this measure would not be
forced on his county. He hoped that
there, if a man raised the best horses
or cattle or excelled in domestic manu-
factures, enough were to he found TO
give him a premium out of their own
pockets He had never owned black
COW or steer in his life and here the
premiums were only for such as exeell-
ed i'm raising black cattle. The best
cows for milk were the dark red ones,
with small horns.
The editor of the Wing in the issue
of February II, 1870, gives his delin-
quent subscribers sharp dun. He is
also under obligations to Hon. Robert
Philson our member of Congress for a
constant supply of extra National In
telligencer containing the proceedings
and debates of Congress, the debates
on the Missouri (eompromise) question
being particularly Interesting. He al
so says that the contracted space of
the Whig will not permit their publi-
cation, but persons as may desire to
read them will be furnished copies of
the Intelligencer at the Office of the
Wing.
The bill abolishing imprisonment
for debt in Pennsylvania became a law
in February 1870.
Sixteen pirates were sentenced to
death at New Orleans on the 30th of
December 1919. by Judge Hall of the