The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-08-31

.Nf.-,vr shaHer, Of the CommeFeiAi
-. ,e,nrned from two weeks
scatiou spent in Baltimore ana :" -Sn'
gton. -
-, -, wesk purchased the homestead
rm Of the late William { Grilil'n' "eA'
fenners-
8 ~, rosse Baker has purchased the
~. - Establishment keewn as sny-
- Art store from the executors oi ihe
ateJ. B. Snyder.
g,so Allegheny Lutheran Synod to
- ~ ,he pastors Of that denomination
q '', ,sis county belong, viii meet in an
- ses~jon on september s. at Everett
4 49,. siaord a Kuykendall, the well
.narn dry goods and nation merchants
- New York, where they will pur-
.bsse AN elegant new line Of fall and WIN
ser goods
=, ~ observed by the local banks
,,hi.b viii not reopen after closing hours
4 sa,rrtisv until the following Tuesday
morning.
rn. salisbury Cornet Band viii hold
- IN saturday in the grove near
. ,-..1..s -, II excellent high class music
-, -, s,frset a crowd. the picnic viii be
E.nepded by thousands
,,..,.a sonora. Michael Calico, and
r,bn Duretska, charged with engaging IN
/ - =, and disturbing the peace al Wind
- we're lodged in jail Sunday morning
= await disposition by the court
The odd Fellows Of Berlin viii hold a
,,,-1ie an Friday. september %, which
,,ill he largely attended by memDers oi
4 ~. or,ier and others. Many Somerset
l. nave announced their intention OF
being present
D. Hiram King viii conduct relig-
= sarviess in the Lavansville Re
e.r,a5 Church at 10 O'Clock next sun
- morning. and at 80 O'Clock in the
- -sri1r he viii occupy the pulpit in the
S,nerset Reformed Church.
Mr. T. c. White, the weli-known
..a-.,spt tailor Of ChaInbersburg, will
~ in Somerset some time next week
,,i,b samples a fall and winter suitings
s,J overeoatfncs All choice and excln-
sire stvles. Reasonable prices.
The 6nest-flavdzed and largest canta-
- scan in the IL Aal market this season
we're grown in the garden Of Mr.. William
rs-nsr one mile north Of town. This IS
tbs fr.r season Mr.. I'erner has cultivated
,,aIons Hsh4s several hundred Of them.
Ernest the hvo-year-old son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Gilbert Cover, who live on
cemetery Hill, fell from a fence yester-
dav afternoon. sustaining a compound
fracture of the right arm DR.. P. T. Shat
fer was called upon to reduce the frae-
ture.
WCT-bl. son OF Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
liam T-bl. of Somerset township. is in
hospital at Plattsburg. \. Y, suffering
from malariaI fever which he contracted
in front OF Santiago Young Uhl is a
private in the regular army and partiei-
mated in the battle Of san Juan Hill.
The fourteenth annual meeting Of the
women's Christian Temperance Union Of
Somerset eountyS viii 6e held in the Re
formed church al Salisbury, on Septem-
,b and 9Th. Mrs. A. W. Knepper, OF
Somerset. is president of the Union. An
interesting program has been prepared
William II. Platt, who has been con-
fined 10 bis home for several years past
l,y paralysis, suffered a second stroke on
Monday. since when his death has been
momentarily expected. He is in a coma
tose condition and has not recognized
the attendants at his bedside for forty
eigh. hours. Mr.. Plat IS sixty-eighi
years Of age, and for many years was a
prominent business man Of this town.
Among the hustliug stock dealers Of
the county none are driving a larger or
better business than Mr.. Ellsworth Ling,
Of Paint ;ownship, who during le past
three weeks shipped three carloads, or
ninety head. Of dne beef cattle 10 the
eastern markets. Mr.. Ling does not con
fine bis dealings exclusively 10 Somerset
county, bat makes frequent trips to ad-
joining COUNTIES and into Maryland and
West Virginia for the purpose of buying
cattle and sheep.
The corner stone Of the new United
Evangelical Church. al the corner Of
South street and Court alley. was laid
with impressive ceremonies az 40 clock
Sunday afternoon. Rev. J. q A. Curry.
Presiding Elder OF Somerset Con-
ference, assisted 10y Rev. D. X. Lavan,
pastor Of the congregation, ofiicia-ed.
Prior 10 the ceremonies at the church
Rev. Curry delivered a sermon ON the
e5urt house lawn. a large congregation
Was present The United Evangelical
congregation have been without a regu-
lar heuse Of worship for several years,
bat hope 10 occupy their new church
early in November. The proposed build
iag wil. bea frame and will be large and
e'mmodious. Al future day the con-
gregaliou Eil erect a parsonage close by
The church.
The ioeai postoihre D entirely too con-
traeied for the volume Of business trans
aeled and 10 offer adequate aceommoda-
lions 70 the general public: bot when the
po'ioaiss LOBBY is utilized by persons
ioF ihe purpose of trausacting private
business. and by oitersas a aIaaling place.
10 the discomfort aud Inconvenience Of a
majority Of the patrons of the Office. il is
eine 70 register kick. The HERALD
DA> Been urged 10 Gle g protest against
me inoonsiderais action Of certain per
S'''s Who loaf IN the postofiioe after the
@fF!Eai Of each mail To- the parposs Of
reading letters ana daily papers. ana
thereby making 1t next 10 impossible for
''aef patrons 70 reach their mail boxes
% me general delivery window. Aud
,-e Fellow who stands in the postofiiee
-''oy and reads aloud from his morning
paper Is pub.ie nuisance.
ol''is @, pnvAies in Company have
s. ''..sl 70 home friends asking them 10
A5'' 'heir influence 10 have the Finh
S.'hel' mustered oat Of the serviee.
$40 On Monday a dispatch was received
NJ. io.'i : member Of the company stating
-. - :. -.-s' - per cent Of the prirates Of
s 'sg'4eu; are anxious 10 be dis
r,- - 81 nom The army in order that they
.,' 1! 'e'lrn q their homes. In aefsrenee
-. '-s sue Of the soldier boys, a dele
sou o. prominent eitizens waite, p,.,,,
i''Siaent Mckinley and asked lin r. ha
-. - ~. interest himself in their be-
- - -,.' aireei the Secretary Of War to
- .-s tiiih mustered out Of the ser
loot ne. ne President kindly consented 10
-.i'' the matter after he ref,,rn,..g y,