The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-12-01

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Mr.. i. +, Patton, 3. & o. CITY Passen
2 ger Agent. at Washington. D. c.. spen
] last week at the home Of his mother il
8 this place.
Hon. W. H. Miller and wife. ouema
honing township, ate Thanksgiving din
ner at the home Of their son-in-law, Mr.
) p. L. Casebeer.
Hon. George f. Baer and wife, OF
; Reading, Pa, were guests at the home OF
: the latter's father. John o. Kimmel, Esq,
several days last week.
The union Thanksgiving services, held
in the Lutheran church on Thursday
last. were well attended. The Offering
for the poor on that occasion was s23.6I.
Howard Cromwell, who Is employed
in one of the Frick Coke Company's de-
partment stores, near Scottdale, is visit
ing at the home of his mother, on Main
street.
Mr.. Willis Rhosds and wife, of Butler,
Pa, arrived here last Wednesday and
spent four or five days at the home OF
the formers parents-Mr. and Mrs. c. F.
Rhoads.
Mr.. Frank S. Cunningham, who holds
a lucrative position with the W. ID. Wood
Co, at McKeesport, Pa, spent last week
at the home Of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Elias Cunningham.
Conductor Waite and Train Dispatcher
Gould, of the Somerset & Cambria r. r.,
are away on a western trip. They will
visit Kanssss City, Omaha and Salt Lake
City before returning home.
The dance given at the Somerset House,
Friday evening, was the most successful
society event of the season. OGt-of-tOwn
guests were present from Pittsburg,
Johnstown and Meyersdale.
| Mr.. and MEs. NJ. Zimmerman, of Jen-
ner township. are preparing to remove to
Ohio, where they will reside permanently.
They have already shipped their house,
hold goods to the Buckeye State.
George G. Pile, who has been success
fully engaged in the grocery business for
the past year in Altoona, spent several
days last week at the home of his moth
er, Mrs. George w. Pile, in this place.
T
spent Thanksgiving at the home of Mrs.
Haneock's parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Simon
Krebs. Mrs. Hancock and her young
son have been here for several months.
Mrs. Clara Belle, wife of Albert Ringler,
of Brothersvalley township. died on We'd
nesday, November 9th, aged 2I years.
The funeral services were conducted by
Rev. J. II. Knepper. Intermentat Berlin.
Mr.. Nelson B. Miller and Miss Anna
NJ Stahl, both of Somerset township,
were united in marriage on Thanksgiving
Day, November 25th. at the residence of
the officiating minister, Rev. T. J. Bris-
tow, in this place.
Rev. Edgar G. Miller. of Easton, Pa,
will conduct religious services in the |
Lutheran Church on Sunday, Dec. 5th, at |
1890 a. m, and at : p. IN. Rev. Miller |
will also preach at the Casebeer Church, |
in Lincoln township, at 2;3O p. m, the |
same day.
Mr. John G. Bender, of Friedens. and |
Miss Annie c. Rhoads, whose home is |
near that place, were united in marriage |
on Wednesday, November oath, at the |
residence of Mr.. John II. Coleman, at |
Coleman Station, Rev. J. J. weleh, of |
Friedens officiating.
Mr.. C. S. Vannear, proprietor of the /
"Hotel Vannear," has been critically i'll /
for the past ten days. suffering from /
pneumonia. His symptoms are report
el more favorable TINS morning, and his /
r-sr 4 fasr ha hor hat a
will soon be fully restored 10 his usual
good health.
There will be no services in the Pres
byterian church next Sunday. Commun-
ion services will be held on the Sunday
following, December 10Th, at 1890 a. M,
conducted by the pastor, Rev. t. J. Bris-
tow. Preparatory services viii be neld
on Friday and Saturday evenings, De-
cember 10th and llth, at p. m.
A collier, whose name we have been
unable 10 learn, met with an accident
Friday morning, while hunting for rab-
bits, which deprived him of the second
toe OF his right foot. He was resting his
gun on his boot when the weapon was
accidently discharged. DIR. Snyder Louth-
er, of Stoyestown, dressed the wonnd.
The man boards at the home of Emanuel
Pile, near Friedens.
The West Virginia Mayors Association
was organized at Clarksburg, on Monday,
and Grant Kendall, Mayor Of Fairmont,
formerly principal of the Somerset bor-
Ough public schools, was elected Pres
r-I,r 1e to
take united action in the various munie-
ipalities of the State in regard to securing
proper Legislation, making permanent
public improvements, &c.
Joseph c. Miller, of Bakersville. ae-
companied by his attorney, Hon. A. H.
Coffroth. and a number of witnesses, left
Monday evening for Pittsburg, where
suit for libel brought by Mr.. Miller
against the editors and prOprietors Of the
Pittsburg Press, will be tried in the Al
legheny county court to-day. The alleged
libel was published in 1876. at the time of
the death Of the prosecutors brother at
DixmOnt
William GibbiOn was lodged ia Jail
afternoon where he will be held
for trial on a charge of robbing a family
by the name OF Smith, in Shade town.
ship. Gibbion was employed as a miner
by Joseph Yoder and bore good repu-
tation up until the time of his arrest.
Mrs. Smith positively identified him as
one of two men who had entered her
home. a warrant has been issued for
the arrest of Gibbons confederate and
his arrest will follow in a day or two.
Parker Y. Kimmel, who is employed
in the passenger department Of the Penn
syIvania Company, at Pittsbarg, ate his
dinner and remained for
several days thereafter at the home Of his
father. John o. Kimmel, Esq. The
senior Mr.. Kimmel celebrated the eighty
third anniversary of his birth on Saturday
2lth instant. lie i one OF the best-pre-
served men to be found in the Stale, his
eve being as bright and his step as elastic
as young man of thirty. Mr.. Kimmel
attributes his splendid health TO the reg
nlar habits he has followed from youth
1p.
The Mozart Symphony Club. who will
furnish Thursday nights entertainment
Of the Teachers Institute cOune, will APP
pear at the Opera House again on Friday
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