The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-02-09

/ MIS-. a. y. f1lleiuau- WIO mas been Erltl-
cally i'll for several weeks. is slowly re-
covering.
Misses Maggie aud Emily Gather.
daughters of Paul Gather, Esq, Of
Greensburg, are visiting Somerset reIa.
tives-
We have received No. 2, Vol. /, Of The
Lutheran Banner, neatly printed little
four-page paper, published in the inter-
ests Of the Scalp Level charge Of the
Lutheran Church.
w. ID. Schrock, of Waterloo, Ia, is visit
ing with Somerset county relatives. Mr..
Schrock is a native os this county, he
having left here for the western country
many years ago.
February l2th. the anniversary OF the
birth OF President Lincoln, having been
declared legal holiday by the legisla-
ture Of Pennsylvania, the local banks
viii be closed ON that day.
Monroe Knupp, of BakersvilIe, has
purchased the magnificent timber tract
of Jacob Lavan, near Lavansyille, and
has already begun saving lumber for
bridge and car building purposes.
Mr.. Charles Bell and Miss Matilda
Miller, both of Lincoln township. were
united in marriage on Thursday, Febru-
airy 3d, at the Reformed parsonage in
Jennertown, Rev. :. C. Long officiating.
The week of prayer service held 50
successfully in the Evansville Lutheran
Church, came to close on Sabbath even
ing, Feb. 9th, at which time the church
was again crowded with an attentive
audience.
By reference 10 our advertising columns
it will be seen that counsel for James and
John Roddy, condemned 70 die for the
murder Of David Berkey, will appeal for
executive clemency for their clients at
the next meeting Of the board of pardons.
Invitations are out for the wedding of
Mr. Wilber Endsley, son OF DR.. A. J.
and Mrs. Endsley. OF this place, and Miss
Carrie Hagey, of Johnstown. The happy
event will be celebrated on Wednesday,
Feb. 10Th. Both young people are well
known here.
The venerable George G. Walker, near
ly eighty-years of age, is seriously i'll at
his home, Mt. Healthy, Allegheny town
ship. Mr.. Walker has long been one of
the county's foremost citizens and has
been actively identified with its physical
and business advancement.
Representative Hicks on Saturday in
troduced a bill to pension Albert Heffiey,
of Berlin, at $50 per month. Captain
Albert HefIley is one Of the best known
veterans in the county and his many
friends viii be glad to see him secure the
pension of which he has so long been de-
priyed.
Mr.. Robert J. Shafer, Superintendent
of the Standard OIL Company's Johns
town branch establishment, was in Som
erset Saturday greeting his many friends.
Since Mr.. Shaffer has been in control Of
the Johnstown branch the annual bnsi-
ness transacted has shown gratifying in
crease.
Joseph P Smith. director of the bureau
of American republics, died at Miami,
Fla, at an early hour Saturday morning.
Mr.. Smith was well known to many of
our people through his having visited
Somerset number of times in company
with Major Mckinley. During the late
presidential campaign he lived at the
Mckinley home in Canton and was one
of the Majors most active aids.
The auditors report of the receipts and
expenditures of Somerset county for the
year 1897 appears elsewhere in this issue
of the HERALD, and we commend it TO
the careful perusal of every tax payer in
the county. The conclusion of the report !
is especially interesting inasmuch as it
touches upon the profigate expenditure
of the late board of commissioners and |
criticises the system of bookkeeping |
in vogue in that Office.
Mrs. Maggie L. Mellinger, nee Brugh, |
wife of John Mellinger, died at her home |
at Grantsville, Nd, on February Sd, aged |
81 years. 9 months and q days. She was
a daughter of the late Father Brugh, Of |
During the last three years
she had been helpless invalid, suffering |
from paralysis of the spinal cord; her |
death, however, resulted from pneumo-
MIA. For many years she was a consist
ent member of the Bakersville Lutheran |
Church. Mrs. Mellinger was devoted |
wife aud mother, and had many warm
friends, who will mourn her death. She |
is survived by her husband and one son.
Rev. c. f. Gebhart officiated at the funer-
al, which took place from the home Of her
brother Peter. Interment was made in
the Bakersville cemetery.
The marriage of Albert L. G. Hay, |
Esq, and Miss Emma Hugus Baer, |
daughter Of ex-Judge and Mrs. William
]. Baer, was solemnized at the home Of |
the brides parents, at 2O'clock Thursday |
afternoon. Rev. Hendricks, of the Bed
ford Reformed Church, College friend |
Of the groom performed the ceremony, as
sisted by Rev. Hiram King, of the Som
erset Reformed Church. In addition to /
the members of the families ofthe happy /
young couple there were present, Dis
trict- Attorney Little, of Bedford, Mrs. l..
NJ. Phillips. of Allegheny, Pa, and Mr..
and Mrs. Paul A. Schell, of Somerset. A
wedding dinner followed the ceremony. /
and at 3:20 O'Clock Mr.. and Mrs. Hay took
q south bound train. After spending
week or ten days at Old Point Comfort
they viii return to Somerset, where they /
will occupy suite of rooms at the Hotel
The bride IS one of Somerset's
most estimable and popular young ladies,
while the groom is promising young
attorney.
Messrs. J. B. Winters and w. II. Kant
ner, who have been sleeping ont doors
since cold weather set in, in order to
harden their constitutions to Withstand
The rigorous climate of Klondike, receiv-
ed word from San Francisco last week
that passage had been reserved for them
Dn a steamer scheduled to sail from that
port for tho YOukon country on May 18th.
In additions TO sleeping in the raw winter
air, Messrsa Winters and Kantner take
laiIy ten mile tramps in their mins rs
boots, presumably foI the purpose of
hardening their feet for the return trip.
the gentlemen named have
all of their arrangements for q
visit to the Klondike gold fields and viii
cave prepared and fully equipped 10
.pend two years or longer in Alaska.
Their ontfit, which has been procured at
IN outlay of many hundreds of dollars,
IS the best that money can buy, and as
both gentlemen are fully resolved to try
ife in the ssdigpings' there is no reason