The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-13

guest at the home of her mother, Mrs.
Jefferson Rhoads, in this place.
The new board of pension examining
surgeons will hold their first meeting to-
day at the Office of DIR. J. W. Carothers.
Somersets oldest inhabitaut, Mr.. Phil
| ip Gilbert, now past eighiy-seven years
of age, is critically i'll at his home on
Main street
Misses Lydia Hunsecker and Mary
kaufman, of Chambersburg, Pa, are
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John L. Woods,
of near HOlsopple.
Mr.. Chas. q. Scull, of Baltimore, Nd,
arrived in town Monday evening and
will remain for few days at the home Of
his father, Hon. Edward Scull.
Word comes from Ligonier that J. A.
Berkey, Esq, of this place, is making es-
Inmates for an electric light plant for that
town, and is seeking franchise.
Eta, the seven-year- daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Link, died at the
home OF her parents in Hooversvhle, on
Tuesday, 5th inst, from pneumonia.
Among the students enrolled at the
| West Chester Normal School we iiud the
names of n. It. Boose, lockwood; j. G.
Burroughs, Fort Hill, and Edgar S.
Scott, Ursina.
The many friends and customers of J.
ID. Williams, the McKeesport shirt man
ufacturer, will be panied to learn of his
untimely death, which resulted recently,
from Bright's disease.
Sheriff Hartzeil, accompanied by
Frank McCurdy. last week took six
prisoners, convicted of statutory burglary
at the recent term of criminal court, 10
the Huntingdon Reformatory.
Mr.. Samuel Arthurs. who recently re-
moved from Johnstown to Jenner town.
ship, has been chosen juror for the COM
/ ing term of Cambria county court. He
will probably not be eligible.
Rev. Hiram King will preach in the
Reformed church at 1920 a. M, Sabbath
morning, and at 300 in the afternoon
will conduct Childrens' Day service in
the Lavansville Reformed church.
Directors of the Poor Harrison Gohn
and Jacob w. Peck have gone to Scran-
ton, where they will participate in the
Annual Convention of Pennsylvania Di-
rectors of the Poor and Board of Chari-
| ties.
Rev. II. C. Cameron has been returned
to this place for another year by the
Methodist Conference, and he and Mrs.
Cameron will shortly set up house-keep-
ing in a cottage recently erected by Mrs.
Sam Houpt, on Turkeyfoot str eet.
Contractor Granger hopes to have the
new school building far enough advanced
to permit the schools to enter upon the
winter term next Monday. Official an
nouncement will be made by the Direct
ors in case it is decided TO open the
schools at that time.
Mr. Henry 5. Speicher and Miss Annie
Z. Thomas, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Stephen Thomas, were united in mar
riage at 10 o'clock Sunday morning, at
the home of the brides parents in Cone
maugh township, Justice of the Peace
Elwood Swank officiating.
Mr.. Malchus Stanley Dickey, of Mid
/ dlecreek township, and Miss Bertha Le-
ora, eldest daughter of Mr.. David Weller,
of Somerset township, were united in
marriage at the home Of the brides par
ents. on Sunday, October 81, by Rev. \.
B. Miller, pastor of the Lutheran church
at Glade.
County Commissioners Kimm ell, Good
and Kretchman, and Clerk Emert, spent
last week in Gettysburg, attending the
annual convention of Pennsylvania
/ County Commissioners. They all report
| having had pleasant time, and were
| greatly interested in visiting the famous
battle field.
John Livingston, who was born in Con-
emaugh township, on January 6. 1892,
and who was married to Rebecca Ann
1 Kuhns, of the same township, in 1861,
died at his home in Ligonier. on Monday
evening, 4th inst. He left Somerset
county some thirty years ago and has
since resided continuously in Ligonier.
Ex-Judge Baer. W. II. Ruppel, w. II.
Koontz, A. ]. Colborn, +. J. kooser, Jas.
L. Pugh and several other local attorneys
| lef Monday evening for Pittsburg, where
they will appear before the Supreme
Court and argue cases appealed from the
courts of this county. All of the gentle
men named will return during the latter
part of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. c. ColbOrn and their
daughter, Miss Eleanor, left Sunday
night for Scranton, Pa, where Mr.. Col
born will deliver an address before the
Association of the Directors of the Poor
and Charities of Pennsylvania, in annual
convention in that city this week. Before
returning home they will take a trip up
the Hudson and spend several days in
New York.
Mr.. II. Kurtz, the enterprising Confiu-
ence planing-mill man, has decided 10
put in a water plant for his own and
few of his neighbors' convenience and
safety. Some years ago Mr.. Kurtz put
in an electric light plant from which he
supplies illumination for his own build
ings. as well as the residences and busi-
ness places of a large number of his
! neighbors. Men of Mr.. Kurtz's enter
prise and push are a benefit to any COM
nunity.
A big, burly white man who refused
TO give his name was lodged in Jail Mon
day afternoon, charged with carrying
concealed weapons and assault with in
tent to kill. The prisoner had been
about town for several days preceding
his arrest in company with paralytic,
soliciting aims. Monday morning they
secured a team and drove TO house on
the south side where the trouble arose.
1t is claimed that the prisoner is wanted
by the police of Mt Pleasant
Ferd. the thirteen-year-old son of
George Snyder, met with painful, if
not fatal accident. Friday morning, at the
large brick warehouse Cook & Beerits are
erecting near the railroad station. Young
Snyder and Daniel Keller, whom he was
assisting to unload car of lumber, were
passing the building when a plank that
had become disiodged on the second
floor came whirling through the air and
striking the lad on the crown of the
head with awful force, knocked him
down. He was rendered unconscious by
the blow aud continued in that condition
for several hours. The skin on his head
was unbroken, but il is thought that his
skull was fractured, and until the swell
inc has sul,Sided IL will be impossible to