The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-20

] FeclpfS Oh i1t iOtE.
The Sheriff has levied ON the property
of the company who recently erected a
barrel factory at Trent
Elsewhere in this paper Sheriff Hart
zell calls official attention to the general
election to be held two weeks hence.
Mr.. S. F. Picking. Of Chicago. arrived
here on Monday. and will remain for a
week or ten days at the family residence
on Patriot street.
Mr.. Edward Kimmell and Miss Lizzie
V. Hoover, both Of Garrett, were united
in marriage yesterday by Rev. John II.
Knepper. of Berlin.
Hon. Harrison p. Laird. one of West
moreland county's ablest aud widely
known sons, died at his home in Green's
burg, on Saturday morning.
The new front in the Cook & Beerits
block is one of the most attractive recent
improvements made in the appearance of
the business portion OF town.
Dr. and Mrs. ]. w. Carothers left Mon
day morning for Cumberland county,
where they will remain for week or ten
days visiting at the home of the formers
mother.
Hon. y. b. Critchfield. of Jenner town.
ship, has gone to Chicago, where he will
deliver an address on Farming in Penn
sylvania," before conv entiOn of agri-
culturists.
Mr.. II. b. Kooser, OF Salt Lake City,
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tives at this place for several days past
Mr.. Kooser holds a desirable position
with the Missouri Pacific railroad.
Mr.. William A. Kimmell and wife, of
Pittsburg, are visiting at the home of the
formers father, John O. Kimmell, Esq.
During his stay here Mr.. Kimmell will
devote his time TO hunting squirrels and
pheasants.
Joseph Griffith's sawmill and lot of
sawed lumher, near Jennertown, were
destroyed by fire Thursday night. The
mill is said to have been fired by flames
from the forest, and the loss is reported at
s, 600, with no insurance.
On Thursday last Walker Bros. thresh-
ed Il39 bushels of oats in eight hours at
the barn of Andrew Woy, one mile east
of town, and their many friends are con-
graduating them upon having turned out
the biggest days work recorded this
season.
Elder William Mullendore, of the Dis
ciple church, is i'm Indianapolis attending
the nual.convention of members of that
Il. 10 will hn OBJ for
three weeks and before returning will
visit his old home in the western part OF
Indiana
Husband Bros, who have the contract
for erecting the large hotel on Tayman
Hill, are making the best of the excellent
building weather, and unless prevented
from doing further outdoor work by rain,
will have the immense structure under
roof in ten days.
Lineman Grouse. of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, while making some
repairs along the line on Monday, acci
dentally cut an artery of his right hand
and before medical aid could be sum
moned had almost bled to death. At last
accounts he was out of danger.
Fierce forest fires have been raging for
a week past in different sections of the
county. On Thursday the woods a mile
north of town were burning and farmers
living in that vicinity were compelled to
fight the flames in order TO keep them
from burning fences and buildings.
Mrs. John ]. Hoffman, of Philadelphia,
who has for several weeks been visiting
her sisters, Miss Sadie Picking and Mrs.
John S. Shafer, of this place, was Joined
Monday by her husband, son Barnet and
daughter, Mrs. Mamma Mcconnell. They |
will return to Philadelphia during the
week.
Attorneys w. III. Ruppel and w. II. |
Koontz are in Philadelphia. where they |
argued the appeal of DR.. W. +. Mitchell |
from the finding of the court of this coun- |
ty before the Superior Court, on Monday. |
None of the attorneys representing the |
Commonwealth at the trial of the case |
were present.
Mr.. George Call, of Cedar Falls, Ia,
and Miss Araminta Farmer, adopted |
d daughter of DIR. and Mrs. Clay Mckinley, |
were united in marriage at the home of |
the bride, on last Tuesday evening, DIR.
a Z. Truxal officiating. The ceremony |
was witnessed by only the immediate /
relatives and friends of the bride and |
groom.
Mrs r. S. Herman and her daughter,
Mrs. S. L. Trent, Pittsburg, spent Sun
day with their Somerset friends. Mrs.
Herman had been at the Markleton San
atorium for a short time for professional
treatment and her many friends through
out the county will be glad 10 learn that
she has entirely recovered from her re-
cent illness.
Workmen have been employed for
week past in setting mp handsome new
vault for the Somerset County National
Bank. When finished this vault will be
one of the most complete and secure in
this section of the state. The door of the
vault is mammoth affair, weighing sew
eral tons, but is so nicely adjusted that
child can open and close it.
The hunting season opened last Friday
and since then the woods adjoining town
have resounded with the crack Of rifle
and shot gun. Squirrels are reported to
be more numerous than for a number of
years past; number of bunches of from
eight to fifteen each were brought TO town
evening by local marksmen.
Pheasants are also reported to be numer-
Gus.
On Wednesday last Mr.. William III.
weimer, of near Milford Station, with
the assistance of twenty or more of his
neighbOrs, raised barn p by 36 feet.
Among those present were two ministers,
a surveyor and supervisor, and after the
timbers had been erected jolly good
time was had The ladies had prepared
an excellent repast for all present. Mr..
Weimer is carpenter, and will do most
of the work on the building himself
Freight shipments from the local station
have been heavier during the past three
months than at any time since the OPEN
ing of the Somerset & Cambria branch,
some sixteen years ago. Agent Bowman
aud his two assistants are hustlers, and
they are kept at work from dawn until
late in the night every day in the
week. The truth of the matter is that
gent Bowman has more business than
he is able 10 look after and the railroad
company should give him more assist