The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-24

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badly injured one day last week Will,
hauling logs not far from Scalp Level.
Governor Hastings has named German
ID. Speer, of Uniontown, to he Superin.
tendent of the National Pike in Fayott,
and Somerset counties.
Mr.. John Heffiey has been appointed
Burgess of Berlin, vice Burgess Floto
elected at the late February election, whe
was found to be ineligible.
|
Frank e.. eldest son Of the late II. C.
Landis, of Brothersvaliey township. died
recently at Sedgwick, Lawrence county
Arkansas.
Mrs. Michael A. Sanner has been criti.
cally i'll for ten days past at the home o
her daughter-Mrs. Charles j. Harrison.
George johnson, of fQuemahoning town.
ship, is suffering from an ugly wound on
his right foot, inflicted by an Ak several
days ago while entting wood.
|
l. {. Colborn, Esq, will leave for
Scranton tomorrow morning, where he
has been summoned as Juror in the L.
5. District Court.
Charley Dobson, of Bedford county. ar
rived in Quemahoning township last
week and will spend the summer assist
ing his brother George ON the farm.
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yer Charles W. Walker was admitted to
the practice of the law before all of the
courts of Ohio.
ID. B. Zimmerman has retu rned from
South Dakota, where he spent the winter
on his ranch. He will return to the west
in few weeks when he will be accom-
panied by his family.
|
Robert Gardner. of Jenner township, Is
suffering from pistol shot in the palm
of his right hand. He was taking his re-
/ volver out of his overcoat pocket when
the weapon was accidentally discharged.
Greensburg boasts of lady school
teacher who keeps kit of dentists in
struments in the school room and re-
moves troublesome molars from the laws
of her pupils.
The contractors who have been award
ed the contracts for grading the proposed
branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad
from Lovett to Scalp Level have put sew
eral hundred laborers at work in the
neighborhood of Scalp Level.
Letters addressed TO the following NAM
ed persons remain uncalled for at the
/ pOstOffice: Mrs. Lavenia Friedline: Jen-
ME Hoffman; Sew. Knight; Arthur Miles:
;. ;. Miller; Sarah Stoner; Ella Stern;
| Mrs. Matte Trent.
The Meyersdale Commercial SAYS con-
tractors have been looking over the
ground along the B. & o. between that
place and lockwood with view of put
/ ting down a double track during the
coming spring and summer.
Notwithstanding the promising outlook
at the beginning of the season manufact-
urers of maple sugar and maple syrup
say that the output will be the shortest
1 for number of years. The uniformly
mild weather experienced this month
accounts for il.
Frogs have made their appearance in
the streams and pools throughout the
! county during the last few days and their
music fills the air. An old farmer claims
that as many nights preceding the equi-
nOX as frogs pipe just so many nights
thereafter will the water be frozen over
them.
The many Somerset county friends OF
| Mr.. John G. SaLner will be panied to
| learn that he has suffered a relapse and
| is again critically i'll at his home in Al
legheny. His wife is also suffering from
nervous prostration and her condition was
50 serious Saturday that her sister-Mrs.
Kate b. Coffroth-was summoned to her
bedside.
Mr.. James A. Peters, of Markleton and
| Miss Phoebe c. Nicholson, of Somerset
township, were united in marriage at the
| home of the brides parents-Mr. and
Mrs. Alexander Nicholson-near Hus-
band, on Sunday, March 2lst, Rev. d. L.
Yoder, of the Evangelical church ofiiciat-
ing. A number ofinvited guests Witness
| Ell the ceremony.
The retail liquor license granted by the
Court to Harvey q. Stahl, of Jenners,
was at Thursdays session of court trans
ie-red to James NJ. Gillespie, late of the
Whiskey Springs Hotel, Cambria coun-
l ty. The Jenners Hotel is one of the old
est and best known in the county. The
new proprietor has already taken posses
sion.
Mr.. II. Grant Kennedy, of Bolivar
| Westmoreland county and Miss Fla Ia
| Zimmerman, of Stoyestown, were united
/ in marriage at the home of the brides
mother. on Thursday afternoon last. The
| ceremony was performed by Rev. +. y
/ Fleck, of the Lutheran church A large
number Of invited guests were present at
/ the wedding. The bride was the reel
/ pient of many val liable presents.
! At meeting OF the members OF lht
/ Democratic County Committee held in
I this place on Saturday the following
nominations were unanimously made
/ Jury Commissioner. J. w. Braucher, o
Somerset township; Poor House Direct
or, John w. Schiller. of Allegheny town
ship. Gen. 4. II. Cofroth and Joseph
| Levy were elected d Il y Ites u the Safe
Convention, and II. NJ. Linton was re
elected Chairman Of the County Com
mittee.
The certainty of the Scalp Level Rail
road has started afresh the rumor about
the proposed line to be built from Soutt
Fork, Cambria county, down through
! Somerset county TO connect with the
Pennsylvania Midland. thence to Mt
! Dallas and over the old survey of thu
South Penn to Richland, in Franklin
county, and again connect with the Penn
| sylvania near Harrisburg. The route, 4
| is said, would shorten the distance be-
tween Pittsburg and Philadelphia abou