The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-06-09

s. ,--.sS his c>i n'ate 81 t''
b. Inf St,ses aud Ranges are
VIE. ..;.,.,,l. Tut never equ' ed
ain o.nmunity ,fMarkleys-
The ~. ..,unt,.. i excited over the
lnff' IA. rpes 7ncc ofihe thirteen
ry''., daughter of N. Altman
y,aT-.'-. \. ~ 1, a store one mile away
- -, -a has not been seen nor
beard oi -in'.
.-,s,o,a to pun articles Of
Il ?, - sat in duty TO our sub
'aeI'.'-',, - cannot help mentioning the
s1fi',', ...., han. Of stoves sold under The
eSee'' or .'Uarland' Stoves ana
Rmses
"a. Of ground in New York al ...,e the
A''' - Ffa5 avenue and Forty-htih
c1-iis' a. bv 100 feet deep, was sold
s'i'''' s,r silo. .O13; that is Se,9o a ircnt
sai'i1-; - a square foot. That Is the
i'-,' - --i,s ever paid for residence
l.=-. - in ,he United States
r~Htlraa-
Ft ,.-b birthday Of the mother OF
Ils Dc P..k. who lives near Cherry
-,iisua county, was celebrated
I.'s - over LooO persons were
H' .r9 the aged woman, who looks
Pc -,. over seyenty-five years was
,,r pleased with the presents anu
g. .s-ta people.
.,ts-res y. Miller. OF Stoyestown /;
~, stark. Of Harrisburg, anu
80 Render. OF Pittsburg, are the
n their sister-Mrs. Harry ~
~ NJ. 20 COnemaugh street
= are daughters Of MI Cornelius
ID's - S-7ves,own. and have been
-,-s,s5 since lSa. They Will WISH
- a,ber before they return home
r.bn,.own Tribune
.,,-.ss. wrongly named locust by
= has made it, appearance in ap-
- ,Yulb lbers in Fayette county. Inc
l.,.5..-5venous eater. II i provid-
- rs,r-a with an apparatus with
-t..1. 3. nisr.eS the bark Of trees and
- .b,,t. and thus sucks out all the
", tbs p,aut then withering away from
,-,-- --fallrishmerL #
Is,.5 Huelaugh, Of Company l.
r.lfr-glh Pennsylvania Volunteers,
II eighty years. came To the city this
.-.-,;1y % participate in the parade
NJ Ufnelaush enlisted November l.,
- and served throughout ihe War and
"a. transferred 10 Company r, One
usnirei and E.ghty-eighth Regiment,
p.rrSyrvania Volunteers, June >, lS5.
uai.s,iII hale anE hearty. and was prob
.f.r.Y+ If the oldest, If not the oldest,
r.-.,a ia lhs para lc.-Iohn|to|n TrI-
jaHe
T5asguaal conference Of the German
r,a.r,. Bralren. or DInkar'ls, Of the
r.-.i states. which began Al Ere ierick,
MI Yesterday, viii be az exceedingly
interesting church gathering. Among
t..s most important matters before the
ela..-eues are life insurance, election Of
minister, by majority vote, care Of dis
abIei missionaries. the most scriptural
plau oC holding lpvefessts, communion
meetings. Other important matters will
lerla-ed Iaiore the conference 10y the
ya~=au, district conferences.
p-. Lockwood. of Dunlo, Cambria
c,uuiy, drank some nux vomica the
other day. just to show a hesitating pa
ue.L for whom he had pres s-ribed it, how
harmless Il WAS. The doctor Is dead.
Joseph Spencer one of the best knoGn
citizens Of Blair county, was fatally in
ilrei al Roaring Springs Monday, while
attempting u save a neighbor's dwelling
from the flames. Mr.. Spencer was stand
ing in front Of the house, and directing
he hremeu in their work. suddenly the
chimney directly above him toppled over
p.auilg the un fortunate man 10 the earth
zul cracking his skull.
Jesse Willis, a prosperous farmer liv-
AFAa AAA 81 AlEhAaAAA NnaaAAN. - AAAN
E-rssl>>or Of a remarkably strange freak
o.mture In kittens, built on the Siamese
twin order, only this one is a quintet, in
s,much As there are five fully developed
heads attached 10 one body. The freak Is
bat few weeks old, and strange feat
ur5 about il is that four of the heads have
ceased TO show any sigas OF life and are
"iea3-heals' in the true sense of the
word. An effort was made 10 amputate
the deceased craniums, but it was finally
given up, aud the ultimatum Ofthe would
be surgeon WAS that the freak could fol-
low "Topsy's" footsteps and list grow"
says a writer: For nervous headache,
bathing the back OF the neck in hot wat
er. For sick or nervous headache, rub
hing peppermint oil on the temples. For
burns. lmewater and sweet oil. For the
beginning Of a runaround, pricking it
and painting il with iodine. For an in
eipienl boil, muriated tincture of iron.
For rheumatIsmS, oil of wintergreen, in
ie-ua-.y and externally. For breaking
up The beginning of a cold, four drops
each OF camphor and laudanum on a
lump Of sugar. For breaking UP a cold
twelve Drops Of camphor in twelve tea
spo0nsiul Of water, taken by the teaspoon
2. each Lalf-hour.
Capt. John II. Reed, of Dibertsville.
somerset county, vino had been the guest
OF his nephew-Mr. Will Reed-of Vine
siFeei, since Tuesday, returned home to-
1ly- lie Is in his eightieth year and par
Lipaied in yesterday mornings parade
oi Old soldiers. The Captain organized
Company D, one Hundred and Twenty
sixth Pennsylvania Volunteers, at Cham
"iisolrg, Pa, in twenty-five hours, in
Tue month Of August ISG2. He had his
.5l SIDE paralyzed December l3, 1862, at
f'edericksbIrg, after which he was
f-''ei IN The Veteran Reserve Corps. He
: member Of Emory Fisher Post 30. q.
=. L. The many friends of the Captain
Wiz 'e sorry TO learn that the health of
as snahle wife is not improving as
wished ior.-John stown Tribune.
Il cumberland dispatch published in
-1'-iay papers says: Governor Lowndes
se''erd4y commuted the sentence of
S-'i'oh Hommer under sentence of death
4''e- whose execution had been fixed for
'1le - 10 Imprisonment for life. HON.
usf Nss convicted of murder in the first
uesFee April %, ls9j, for killing Samuel
-''' 'l'ser' alias McCallister, in q South
N1-Aoerland saloon, where a number of
strangers we're drinking at a late hour at
IsA- Hommer, it was alleged. shot
1'o's'er without cause, and while his
''''iui lay writhing on the floor stood
D'ei Aim with smoking revolver, and
'1.a him To die like the dog he had lived
amer hommer had been sentenced To
hanged Mrs. John Short. of Elk Lick.
a. d sister Of Hommer, appealed to the
'''erIor TO commute the sentence. stat
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