The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-10

for the year 1918, which is here repro
duced as printed in these old papers,
and which certainly is not open to any
such criticism.
PENNSYLVANIA, -.
In the name and by the authority OF
the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania-
l.. 81 BY HIM. FindiaB
Governor Of said Commonwealth.
a PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS it is a dictate Of reason and
a duty enjoined by the Scriptures Of
Truth, to acknowledge our obligations
and offer up thanks 10 our Almighty
| God, for benefits conferred and calami-
ties averted. | have therefore deemed
il proper To issue this PROCLAMATION
recommending that Thursday, the
nineteenth Of November next, be set
apart by all denominations of Chris
tians within the Commonwealth, for
| THANKSGIVING and PRAYER: And that
they abstain, a. far as practicable, on
that day from their worldly avOcaiiOns,
of worship, and unite in devout
| Thankfulness To the Author Of every
| good and perfect gift for the blessings
ofpeace;the exemption from famine and
| pestilence; the fruitful seasons; the re-
| ligious and civil privileges that we en-
\ joy, and above all, for the cheering
messages of grace and salvation by the
/ Redeemer: And that they implOre,
. 49, ~
cieansed from the defilement of sin,
''the reproach of any people" and be
united To Him by true and living
| Faith, and clothed with ''that right
eOusness which exalteth a natiOn;"
that the enjoyment of our spiritual and
temporal blessings may be continued,
with due sense Of our obligations To,
and humble dependence on, the Di-
vine source from which they flow.
Given under my hand and the great
seal of the state at Harrisburg, the
fifteenth day Of October, in the
year of our Lord, one thousand
eight hundred and eighteen, and
of the Commonwealth the forty
third.
By the GOUerHOr,
JAMES TRIMBLE,
DepU'y Secretary.
In the issue Of Dee. 10, 1918, DR..
Lucius Gibbs uses two and half col
umns Of space to announce his settle
ment at Berlin as a physician, pub
fishing his Diploma, (which was from
the university of Pennsylvania in
full, as we'll as other credentials of his
standing as physician of many years
practice. These were in turn attacked
by some anonymous author, thu
bringing on quite newspaper war.
The Cumberland Bank Of Allegsny,
Nd. suspended specie payment on the
18th of December, 1878.
At business mems meeting, presid-
ed over 10y John Coffroth, Esq, to
consider the state Of the currency, il
was resolved "That the bills of no
banks would be received st par, other
than those named in a resolution duly
passed by the meeting"
1t was, however, resolved, THAT the
bills Of the several Turnpike compan-
les in the vicinity, being issued for
purposes Of public utility, should be
given full circulation at par, and, that
there should be a full understanding
about the matter, il was recommended
''that public meetings be held at Stoyes-
town, Berlin, Salisbury, Smythfield,
Gebharts and DennisOn, to take SINH
lar action" Discount on many Stat,
Banks was from 10 to p per cent.
The annual settlement for the year
1878 shows that there was due the
county from all sources the sum Of
s., 2S5 40; and that the total tax levy
for the year was 81, ,s29.O4, making a
total of SO, ,064.44 of resources for the
year. In the way of expt nses, the
payments among others were: for
jurors, S92i; assessors, SlS5.S9; elec-
tiOns, s222222. $50; county expenses, 81, 742.
IL; building bridges, $50; wolf and
fox scalps, S72-s9; panther scalr, IS.
The salary of the County Commission
ers was Sl94 for the entire three; the
total payments having been S4,256.50;
the Treasurer's commission was SS5.I2
Uncolleeted taxes were sI,9i3.sl; and
there was cash in the treasury to the
amount of S3,779.S4. Query: Did
Icing a county officer pay in those
days?l
John Houpt, of Somerset, died 4th of
February, 1919, aged SO years.
Jacob Weyand, of Allegheny twp,
offers ten dollars reward for a runaway
school-master, calling himself John
Rodgers, sometimes John Norton and
John Fleming, and who also claimed
to be printer; says thai he had taken
away with him a number Of hooks out
of the school house and burned others.
From an advertisement i'm the Wing
il would appear that the old academy
building i'm Somerset was not finished
in the first story in March, 1919, as the
trustees advertise for proposals to have
that part finished.
An act to Incorporate the town of
Stoyestown was passed by the Legis-
lature in 1919.
James johnson, of Somerset, offers
five dollars to any one telling him who
the persons are that are in the habit Of
carrying of fence rails from the fences
around his lot.
John and Thomas Patton announce
that they will publish by subscription
DIR. Isaac Watts Scripture History.
Price Sl.50.
County Commissioners advertise to
sell the building of a bridge across the
Castleman's river, at Livengood's
fording, in Elklick township.
Iu 1919, William Ateheson was Mai
or of the lst Battalion of the 18th Regi-
ment, Pennsylvania Militia; John
McCarty was Major of the second Bat
TALON, and George Hartzell was Major
of 2d Battalion Sth Regiment.
On the sth of April, Thomas Law
son, of Laughlinstown, but formerly
of Somerset county. was killed in Lig-
onier town by the blowing down of a
new building in the construction Of
which lie was assisting.
Peleg Prentice and Oswald A. Mas
sena give notice from Somerset Jail
that they have petitioned for relief un-