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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-10-30
Bentons Lininnent

Il has been used in Carson for over
twenty-five years, has saved many an ache
and pain to those who know 1t. 1t is really
Intended for horses. but works with the
same magical results On the human, It is
a powerful remedy, and for rheumatism is
he king of the world. Aches knocked
out in short order. No h)rsemap should
=oesswithOut a bottle. Benton's Linimeut
: for sale at all drug stores,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25
Gen. Coffroth's Barn Burned.

The fine new barn of Gen. A. III. COf-
froth, on West Union Street, was totally
destroyed by fire between l:3O and 2:30
Friday morning. The barn was filed
with a rich harvest and a complete outfit
of agricultural Implements, conveyances,
etc all of which were burned. The loss
is estimated at 5000, partially covered
by insurance. Gen. Coffroth's farmer,
William Barnhart, is loser 10 the extent
of valuable horse and lot of wheat.
There is no doubt about the fire having
been incendiary and so well had the fire
bug planned his work that the barn be-
came mass II flames in AN instant and
burned wiih such fury that the efforts of
the fire companies TO check its progress
were ofno effect.
The fire companies responded prompt
ly 10 the alarm and were instrumental in
saving the buildings adjoining the barn.
A bout one half of the towns population
witnessed the destruction.
Three barns built by Gen. Coffroth on
the same plot OF ground have been de-
stroyed by fire during the past six or
seven years. In every case the fire was
the work of incediaries.
The barn destroyed Friday morning
WAS erected two summers ago and was a
model of neatness and convenience.
Competent judges have declared it to be
the finest building of the kind in Somer-
set county.
ATTEMPT To BURN THE KNEPPER BLOCK.
An hour or two after the people who
had been called from their beds by the
burning of Gen. Coffroth's barn Friday
morning had again retired they were
startled by a second alarm offiTe. Persons
early abroad discovered smoke issuing
from the store room of Mrs. a. +. Uhl
and raised an alarm which was promptly
responded to by the fire companies. A
lot of smouldering newspapers were dis
covered slowly burning between the eel
Ter cei'i ing and floor above and in a few
minutes more would have fired the build
ing. There is every reason To believe
that the papers were placed in the posi-
ton where found and set on fire by in
cendiaries. This is the second attempt
that has been made to burn the same
builling within a year.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25
Mid rippls for william.

Up, away miles up in the rugged fast
nesses of Laurel Hill, there are bushels of
black berries hanging there to burn in the
sunlight Many q the people are reap
ing harvest by gathering the abundant
crop. After canning and drying all they
can use, the next step is that of making
wine. Wine. good old black berry wine,
is in every household. Old Bill Pritts
has barrels of it laid up on the shelf for
bad colds and sore feet. Whenever he
gets bad cold in winter he takes a pint
Of his six-year old stuff. makes il warm,
puts in a pinch of grated nutmeg and
tosses il off. After a half hour by the
stove TO warm, he repeats the dose and
then retires to get up in the morning fit
TO hold his Winchester as steady As in a
wise. Old Bill has record for making
black berry which the old Falarian vint-
ners might well have envied. His prod
uct is smooth; so smooth and easy that a
vas; amount of il can be taken without
leaving any bad results in the dawniDg
of the morning. His blackberry article
has high standing In the gold-crested
circles of Pittsburg's 400. II is said that
il suits the crests of so many of those peo-
pie that they send vast caravans on foot
to Old Bills retreat in order to get the
genuine stuff for their winters comfort.
For lack Of manhood. energy or back
bone. nothing is better. In fact. many of
the city dudes have got onto its qualities
and are using il in hot seasons 10 stop the
rush of brains to their heads. Old Bill
Pritts has done some very bad things in
his time, but it might be that all the bad
he has done will be balanced up by the
good wine ne makes and transports TO
the temples of Bscchns. = -Greensburg
Tribune.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25
W. c. I. q. Convention.

The l3th annual convention OF the
Womens' Christian Temperance Union
of Somerset county convened at Meyers
dale Tuesday afternoon, being called to
order by the President, Mrs. 4. w. knep-
per, of Somerset.
The address of welcome was delivered
10y Mrs. W. Il. Moore, responded TO 10y
Mrs. Valentine Hay, of Somerset, and
Miss Alberta Baumgardner, ofSalisbury.
Duets by Mrs. Geo. Hooking and Miss
Allie Hoblitzell. and Mrs. Hooking and
Miss Annie Orbin, of Bennett, were feat
ures of the program. Mrs. Valentine
Hay read a paper on personal Respon-
sibflity,'' and Miss Clara Wagner, of
Salisbury, one on "What is the Object of
the w. T. c. W" Mrs. A. NJ. Holvey, a
noted temperance lecturer spoke on
'Governmen. and the Christian Relation
To IT," All Of the old officers were re-
elected. Mrs. 4. w. Knepper was elect
ed delegate to the state convention and
Mrs. l.. A. Mckinley alternate. Sails
bury was selected as the place for the
next annual meeting, in August ls9s.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25
Il Life Worth Livingf

II there is an individual on earth who
is excusable for thus interrogating him
felf, it is the unhappy mortal who suffers
from malaria in some one of its diaboli-
cal forms. This is no difficult conun-
drum, however. Life is worth living by
any man or woman who enjoys good
health, and is not harrassed by n re-
proachful conscience. The malarial
scourge. heavily laid on, is terrible one
for the poor sufferer to endure A series
of freezings, scorchings and sweats-the
last leaving one as limp and as strength
less as dish rag, are hard indeed, re-
curing as they do with fiendish regular
ity. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters IL the
worldwide known preventive and cura-
tive of this class of malsdies, either in
the form of ague and fever, bilious remit
tent, dumb sgue and ague cake. Used
with persistence they will. rely upon it,
eradicate disease from the system. They
also conquer rheumatism, kidney and
bladder complaints. nervousness, dys-
pepsia, liver complaint and cous tipation
and renew failing strength.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25
Confessed d Robbery.

Sheriff Hartzell went to Cumberland
Monday morning returning in the even
ing with two prisoners, Harvey Deai and
Amos Kicker, halfbrothers, who are
charged with having robbed Phineas
Werner. of Greenville township, of ST.
236. Tile prisoners were arrested a week
ago at Mt Savage, Md, as suspicious
characters. They had five revolvers. two
razors, five watches. two new bicycles,
and between 500 and $500 in money.
After their arrest, to the surprise of the
Maryland officers, they confessed to hav-
ing robbed Werner OF the amount stated.
They said they secured the money from
a bureau drawer while Werner was pick
ing berries, and up 10 the time of their ar
rest had made way with nearly $1,000.
Deal is nineteen years of age and Kicker
twenty-on and both are said to be ille-
gitimate sons of the same mother. Wern-
or, il is said, identified the money found
in their possession.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25
An UnWeIc0me Guest.
This Hotel Proprietor Cannot be
Blamed for EIecting so Trouble
some q Visitor.

After the battle Of Waterloo, when the
allied forces lay in and around Brussels.
every conceivable SORT Of coin was in cir
eulatiOn. One day an Irish soliier walk
Ell into n hotel with a British chilling.
and aske,l the proprietor il II wc III go.
Good for anything ! have. was tae
reply. The Irishman took him at his
word. and ordered dinner When he had
gotten outside of an astonishing amount
of wine aud yictuals, he rendered the
shilling in payment. Explanations fol-
lowed, and the proprietor taking in the
situation, said, Here, my good man,
misery loves company. Keep the shill-
ing. my friend. and play the same game
ON my neighbOr down street" As the
shilling was pocketed. the owner coo!ly
replied: Cant, my friend. l worked il
on him yesterday. and be sent me to you
to-day" Now, this anecdote has moth
Ing earthly 10 do with Nr. Frank J. Teu-
fel, proprietor Of the Hotel Windsor. cor.
Tenth and Eleventh streets. Beaver Falls.
Pa. We merely introduce him in this
manner, = that the readers Of this paper
who have regular visits from relatives Of
the guest in question will know how 20
dispose of the intruder. Read what Mr.
Ieufel says: For the last year have had
a miserable backache across my loins.
At first ! did not pay much attention 10
II, but II steadily grew worse. aud made
il very painful for me TO get around
Seeing DOan's Kidney Pills 50 highly rec
commended. and having come to the con
clusion that my kidneys must be wrong.
/ got u box at Paff's drug store. | con
tinued their use for time. and was thor
oughly cured They proved a true spe
cific in my case. and my belief * that
they viii in every case where they are
given a fair trial"
DOan's Kidney Pills. for sale by all
dealers Price, 80 cents. Mailed By
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. y. Y. sole
agents for the Z. :. Remember the name
-DOan's-aud take no substitute
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25
A New Duty.

A section of the new law passed by the
Legisls ture establishing a Bureau Of
Mines in the Department of Internal Af-
fairs imposes new duty upon Mine In-
spectors. The section is as follows: THE
Mine Inspector of each district of this
State shall, within six months AFTER the
final passage and approval of this act,
deposit in the Bureau of Mines an accu-
rate map or plan of such coal mines,
which may be on tracing muslin or sun
print drawn to prescribed scale, which
map or plan shall show the actual loca-
ton of all openings, excavations, shafts,
tunnels, slopes, planes, main headings
and rooms or working places in each
strata operated. pumps, fans or other
ventilating apparatus, the entire course
and direction of air currents, the rela.
ton aud proximity of the workings ol
such coal lands, and the relative eleva-
tion of all tunnels and headings aud o
the face of working places near to or ap-
preaching boundary lines or adjacent
mines, and. on and before the close o
each calendar year, transmit to the Chic
of the Bureau of Mines a supplemental
map or plan showing all excavations
changes aud additions made in suci
mine during the year, drawn TO the scal'
as the first mentioned map or plans to b'
and remain in the Bureau Of Mines as 1
part of the records of that Office"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25
The Boys Will Not Talk.

As was noted in The Star of last Satur-
day, several boys of this city went OH an
exploring expedition to Rolla's Cave. On
their return they all had the same story
to tell, but since this story has been de-
MED, and several others substituted, so
il seems there is some mystery about il.
These young gentlemen may be seen
conversing in confidential tones in vari-
Gus parts of the city, and when one ap-
proaches they become quiet, and when
asked about it they say they were in the
cave about 2OO yards and that the report
of its once being inhabited is all fake"
While the writer was with one of the
explorers, who was making a purchase,
he chanced to see some gold coins in his
hand with some other change. Several
remarks were passed concerning it, but
when asked to see them, he fatty refus-
ed. In one of their conversations they
were heard to speak of an opening that
was almost concealed by vines and rocks.
This it seems is the main entrance to Rol-
las cave. The boys are very close
mouthed about it and no satisfaction can
be gained by questioning them.
Old ROlla, the bandit, is supposed to
have hidden large sums of money in this
neighborhood. which he stole from cattle
drovers on their way west to buy cattle,
and many Of them have disappeared be-
tween Somerset and llt. Pleasant, and
have never been heard of again. Rolla's
cabin is situated not far from this cave,
and many parties have searched it until
it is almost entirely excavatsd. The
gions of the Chestnut Ridge and one may
search withina hundred yards of it for n
whole day and never lind INIT. Pleas
ant Star.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25
Blackberry Wine.

Take half bushel of blackberries,
wash and drain off the water. Measure
three gallons of water and pour over the
berries; mash thoroughly and let them
stand for four hours. Then squeeze out
the juice and strain through muslin
bag or sieve. Measure, and to each gal
lon of juice allow three pounds of sugar.
Mix well together until the sugar is en-
tirely dissolved. Scald out wooden
keg and fill il 10 the top. Stand away TO
ferment. When this point is reached
remove each day the froth from the
mouth of the keg and fill up w.ta black
berry juice. Repeat daily until froth no
longer appears. then lightly place a cork
in the bunghole and stand it where it
will remain undisturbed for one year.
When blackberries are again ripe, bottle,
and seal. Like all other wines this i'm
proves with age.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25
FREE RIDE FOR VETERANS.
Facts About Their Trip to chiekamaugua.

For the information of Grand Army
men and old soldiers generally, Adjntant'
General Stewart has prepared a circular
concerning the dedication OF the Penn
sylvania monuments and tablets on the
battlefield of the Chickamaugua-C Chatta-
nooga campaign. The last legislature
passed a bill appropriating $4,000 to
transport to the battlefelds the surviving
honorably discharged soldiers of the
Pennsylvania organizations whose names
were.borne upon the rolls atthe date on
which the organizations were engaged in
the various battles at and near Chatta-
nooga in September and November, 1855.
The act requires that the Adjutant
General is to provide transportation for
the old soldiers, To cover the distance
from the railway station in Pennsylva-
MIA nearest to which such soldier lives,
to Chattanooga aud return. The soldiers
will have the privilege of remaining at
Chattanooga not less than five days.
General Stewart estimates that there are
between l,OoO and !, 100 veterans who are
entitled to free transportation, and has
set to work to secure their names and
addresses. Governor Hastings has de-
signsted October IL as Pennsylvania
Day, at which time the monuments will
be dedicated.
The organizations which participated
in these battles are the Twenty-seventh,
Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, Forty
sixth, Seventy-fifth, Seventy-seventh,
Seventy eighth Seventy ninth, One Hun
dred aud Eleventh aud One Hundred
and Forty-seventh, Regiments OF Infant
~; the Seventh, Ninth and Fifteenth
Regiments of Cavalry. Mutchler's Inde-
pendent Battery +, Light Infantry.
No transportation will be furnished
from points ouside of the state, and all
applications for transportation must be
on file in the Office of the Adjutant Gen
eral not later than Sept. Is.
The following rules governing trans
portation have been prepared: The value
of the transportation will not be given in
money in place of the order for transpor-
tation. Transportation used by any 9TH
er than the person in whose name and
for whose use it was issued will render
the person improperly using 1t liable TO q
fine of 500 or six months imprisonment.
The Adjutant General is not authorized
10 provide any allowances of any kind
for subsistence or any other expenses.
Transportation will be good on any regu-
lar train either way. except limited
trains So far as we are able to learn
Chas. III. Fisher. of Fishers Book Store
who was member of Co. b. 10th Reg.
Pa. Vols. is the only veteran in this
county who gets in on this picnic. II
there are others, now is the time to an
anxious to have company from this
| county.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25
Wonderful Results in Eye Surgery.

The unexcelled success of DIR. Sadler
in eye surgery continues. Mr.. Samuel
NJ. Long, so widely known about Con-
nellsville, Pa, who had been blind from
cataract for some time, has been restored
To sight by the Doctor withOu. an hours
pain. Mrs. VIM. Steiner, of Reedurban,
o., also blind, was restored without
pain and went TO her work in two weeks.
Mr.. Enoch Thomas, of Atlanta, Ind
also blind from cataract, restored with
as little discomfort, and is at work in the
rolling mill again. Mr.. a. NJ. Cunning
ham, of OttOwa. Kansas, blind in the
same way, lost one of his eyes in an un-
skillnIl operation in the west. In four
weeks from the time he gave the other
eye in DIR. Sadler's charge, he was back
travelling the prsiries of Kansas at his
business. Mr.. Geo. Stitt, Leechburg,
Pa, now at Atlanta, Ind, had one of his
eyes gouged out of his head by a bar of
iron. leaving it permanently turned far
Onward. DIR. Sadler, ts0i Penn Avenue,
Pitts burg,) replaced it in normal posi-
ton.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25

4 visit to the Somerset Iron Works will
astonish and repay any one interested in
the manufacture of gas engines. general
machinery and all kinds of castings.
Since the present proprietors, Messrs.
McCurdy & Barrett, have had charge of
the plant they have added half dozen or
more new machines, which enables them
to execute work never before undertaken
in Somerset. II is gratifying to learn, too,
times and give employment to five or six
skilled mechanics in addition to a num-
ber of lsborers. The near future will
likely see the plant extended and the ia
cilities for turning out work increased.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25
windber, & New Somerset County Town

That is the name the Berwind-White
Coal Company has given to the new town
which is being laid out about mile south
of Scalp Level. As is seen, il is Berwind,
with tile syllables transpOsed. The lots
will soon be put upon the market under
the agency of J. 5. Cunningham, of Ty-
rome, aud the Company may erect num-
ber Of houses itself for tenant purposes,
though it is understood it will encourage
the men to buy their own homes. II an
ticipates many years mining in the
Scalp Level district, aud had to insure
the Pennsylvania Company large week
ly output for considerable length of
time before it would agree to build the
branch from Lovett TO Scalp.-Johnstown
Tribune.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25

Somerset county farmers are in glee-
ful mood over the advance in the wheat
market. Few of them have disposed of
their harvest, hoping that the market
will go mp to the sI.25 mark. Messrs.
Cook * Beerits, who are the largest local
dealers in cereals have so far made no ef-
fort To buy up the wheat in sight, aud re-
port that little has been offered. The
price has advanced - cents per bushel
during the past week, commanding -
and % cents yesterday.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25

Last Wednesday evening Judge Long
enecker telegraphed Prothonotary Bar
ron that Judge Barker, of Cambria eoun-
ty, would arrive here Saturday morning
for the purpose of hearing tho objections
filed TO the certificate of nomination of
Manassas Shoemaker, nominated by the
Republican County Convention, on June
2Hh, for the Office of Director Of the Poor,
and of Ephraim Coleman. nominated tor
the Office of Jury Commissioner. Judge
Barker arrived at the appointed time and
continued the hearing until Friday of
this week. owing to the unavoidable alb
sence of Chairman Harvey NJ. Berkeley.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25

rison Berkey, ID. J. Horner. Isaac Jones,
Solomon Lenhart, Solomon Uhl, C. J
Harrison, Harrison Gohn, Samuel Stuiit
and several other members of II. p. Cum
minis Post, G. \. r., are in Buffalo this
week attending the National Encamp-
ment. J. NJ. Cook joined the party when
they arrived at their destination and will
return home with them. Capt. Harrison
is one of the delegates from Pennsylva-
MIA.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25

Mr.. Wesley J. Rector, of Milford Sta
tion, and Miss Ida Weimer, of Somerset,
were united in marriage on Sunday, Au-
gust End, at the Lutheran parsonage, in
New Centreville, Rev. A. B. Miller Off
ciating. The groom was former en-
ploye of this Office and has many friends
in Somerset, who will unite with us in
extending congratulations. The bride is
a daughter of the late James Weimer.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25

Jack Winters, VIII Kantner and Paul
Casebeer lell for the North Sunday night.
having directed ths conductor to put
them off at Buffalo, v here they will make
a stop for several days in order to witness
the G. \. Il. annual encampment Dur
ing their absence they will visit the prin-
cipal Canadian summer resorts, and it is
probable that the two former will extend
their trip to the gold fields of klondyke
before returning home.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25
SUICIDE ALLEGED.
Edmund Bender, Formerly Of Stoyestovn,
Dies from an Overdose Of Morphia.

Edmund Bender, employed as a mould
er in the Johnson Company shops at
Moxham. is alleged to have committed
suicide Friday night, at the Mansion
House, opposite the B. x o. station, in
Johnstown.
Bender WAS in the business portion Of
Johnstown all day Friday aud about 5:.D
O'Clock went To Griinth's drug store aud
asked for ten cents worth Of morphine.
lie was under the influence of liquor
and was refused the drug. He then left
and evidently secured the poison at
another drug store, though he Is known
to have visited several places without
success.
About 7::O o'clock he entered the bar
room at the Mansion House and asked
the bartender for glass of water. The
bartender granted the request, and Ben
der Immediately poured the drug into the
tumbler and drank the contents He
asked some persons soon sfter he drank
the drug to escort him to lounge in an
Oklahoma. back of the hotel. After he
had been placed ON the lounge few
hours he was noticed 10 be breathing
heavily. and Drs. 4. l.. Miller and John
Ii. Lowman were sent for, but before
they arrived at ll:I6 o'clock, Bender was
dead.
The body was conveyed to the late home
of the deceased. Coroner Frank J. Liv-
ingston, of Salix, was notified of the sud-
den death by DIR. r. l.. Miller. After
learning the manner in which Bender
died, the Coroner said he would not hold
an inquest unless the relatives of Bender
requested it.
The remains were taken to Stoyestown
on the $50 train Sunday morning for in-
terment, which will be made in the Odd
Fellows Cemetery at that place.
Edmund Bender was born about forty
five years ago in Stoyestown, where he
spent his boyhood days. Hewas son of
Joseph Bender, who resides in Johns
town, his mother being dead. He was
brother of Mrs. Pierce Miller, Mrs.
Frank Taylor, Mrs. Pembert Thompson,
and Cornelius Bender. of StoyestOwn,
and John Bender. of Johnstown.
Bender was married about twenty
years ago to Lydia Penrod, daughter of
the late Norman Il. Penrod. She was
also born aud raised in Stoyes:own. tie
leaves no children. The cause for taking
his life is thought to hove been the fact
that he was out Of work and was short of
money.
Bender's relatives claim he did not
commit suicide. They say that he had
been drinking for some time and was
trying to sober up, and took the NOR
phine to help work OIL the effects of the
intoxicants.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-25
What Do the Children Drinkl

tried the new food drink called Grain-Oy
II is delicious and nourishisg and takes
the place of coffee. The more Grain-O
you give the children the more health
you distribute through their systems.
Grsin-O is made of pure grains, and when
properly prepared tastes like the choice
grades of coffee but costs about ias much.
All grocers sell ii. l5c and 25c.