The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-08-17

.aia,houe line Is 10 De eoiiS.aoSso
-. Tstrobe 10 Stahlstown, connectin
- - T.prsIyille, Acme, Donegal an
-, Mills The line viii be sixtee
miles long.
,.o scbool board Of Salisbury hav
- ,be following corps Of teachers
De,,,eirsI Y. R. Ssylor; Jeanette Mc
80 Nav Arnold, Carrie Johnston
49,. - smith and Bertha Banmgardner
x.us,spers unealled for are no longe
.,5s9 10 new addresses. Person
=, n'so change their addresses should there
&C be careful to notify he newsPape
s.,,l;sbers in order to insure the delivery
Of their papers
r,rse speetres THAI threaten baby lie
,t.lars infsntum. dysentery, diarrhoea
~ F,,.Iar,s Extract Of Wild Strawberry
rarer fails 10 conquer them
The Commissioners of Clearfield eoun
- t,een called 70 account for pur
INC vitbin the last six months nin'
,a;lesge books. aggregating 5000 miles
far their personal use on the beech OieeA
Psilroad. and charging the purchases tC
the poor fund.
The Clerk OF the Orphans Court o.
Northampton county has received a letter
fron, the Internal Revenue Department
= washington, stating that the Depart
-, held that marriage license certlh-
-, rieet 70 the new internal
revenue tax
The .Due ? cents postage stamp mas
10, abandoned 10y the Government, ana
hor..tter when letter or package ar
- without sufficient postage thereon,
,hs sender will be notified by the post
,nsster and he must pay the necessary
,,oo,,t before il can be delivered.
vounp widow put up costly monn-
- - her late husband, and inscribed
mon if: MY grief is so great that can
-. hear itu 4 year or 50 later, however
ne married again, and feeling little
.wkwardness about the inscription, she
s,l,es the difficulty by adding one word
to toit-"Alone.' =
The CONGREGATION Of the North Cover
- R,a,bren Church, Of Chester county,
bss chosen Rev. J. J. Schaffer, OF Hoo
,-o-syilIe pastor. to fill the place made
,-aeant by the resignation Of j. X. het-
-',l, The Reverend Mr.. Hetriek has
Ten nastor Of the charge for nearly
twenty-five years.
The daily downpour of rain during the
nsst four weeks has practically ruined
,ba oats crop in some sections OF the
,.,,ntv Farmers who cut their oats dur
ing the intervals between showers have
,,eep upable 10 place it under shelter in
- condition. and as a result the grain
s.s snrouted in the head and is rendered
uuft for feed.
,rba Democrats held their County Con-
ventiou in Bedford last week and nomln-
o,as the following ticket: Congress, Dr.
.merieus Enfield; Legislature, E. ;.
notv and Isaiah r. Barley; Associate
Ir5pa +. r. Caster; Poor Director, John
Hufard; County Surveyor, g. W.
blackburn. Resolutions indorsing the
Cbicsgo and Altoona platforms were
adopted.
The Supreme Court has affirmed the
5scision Of Judge Biddle, of Cumberland
county. in a case that is Of general inter
at throughout the State. He allowed
c,nstables ten cents on each and every
mile they travelled in the performance Of
their official duty. Many oonstables were
allowed only five cents. and proceedings
will he instituted for back fees in many
Counties where they were withheld.
An exchange says: The banner crop Of
wbest harvested in Pennsylvania this
year was by Superintendent w. c. Pat
,ersan on the state college experimental
farm. From a field of ten acres he took
twenty three loads Of wheat, an average
Of T5s dozen sheaves 10 the acre. Allow
ing sixteen sheaves to a bushel Of grain,
the vield per acre Of the field would be
about Sc bushels.
The protocol that has been arranged be-
tween the Administration and the French
minister representing Spain is an informal
statement or Interpretation of the pre-
liminary agreement for peace. Original
lyaprotoeol was small sheet pasted on
al the beginning Of document, giving
synopsis Of il. II is derived from the
Greek, protos, first, aud kolla, glue.
A strange malady has made its appear
slce among some Of the cattle in this
State. It attacks the eyes, causing them
first to get bloodshot, then white, which
makes them blind. The disease is said
10 have been introduced by western cat
tie, and in some cases one steer has infect
ed a whole herd. In some cases the cat
tie recover their sight, and in others they
remain totally blind.
The school board Of Jenner township
elected the following teachers for the
coming term. which will commence Sep
tember 18th and continue for six months /:
Jenners, John NJ. Daniels; Sipes, Eta
Shaiier; Hayes, James B. Stuff; Bic
seeker, Charles Miller; Stuffts, John w.
Bal; Hoffman, Lizzie Dietz; StantOn's
NIL, W. II. Gardner; Gunder, Laura
Shaiier; Cover, Fred Sipe; Skunk, Gil
lian Hoffman; Cooper, Herman Trexel:
Walters, Frank Trexel; Hare, Virs Her
ring; Thomasdale, Walter Griffith (;
Naurer, Rob't Lohr; Pile, John Rhoads.
It's claimed that the world is indebted |
10 Pompeii for the industry of canning
iruII An exchange says that years ago
when the excavations were just begin
ming party Of Cineinnaiians found in
What had been the pantry OF a house !
many jars Of preserved figs. One was
opened and they were found to be fresh |
aud good. Investigations showed tha-
Tue hgs had teen put into the jars in a |
heAied state, an aperture left for steam |
70 escape, and then sealed with wax. The |
hint was taken. and the next year can
hins ifuit was introduced in the United |
s-ales, the process being identical with |
lnS' IN vogue in Pompeii twenty centu-
fies ago. The women in America who |
eAn tomatoes and peaches do not realize
'AA' they are indebted for the art to a peo-
PIE who perished two thousand years ago.
rs understood TO be the purpose Of
'ue administration 10 supply rations to
me CUBAN troops which have been under
Oouie1 and Garcia. Cienfuegos will /
p'ooAoiy be among the first places to
e'ei'e relief Matanzas, Sagua and
V'nsr points on the north coast viii fol-
-" quickly. Havana presents a situa-
''0n ~ hseiL The disbandment is ex-
pe''eo 70 iollow quickly on the heels Il /
re4'e. The problem Of the Cuban sol
u'srs IS one Of the most serious that has
= = 'iieL Three years in the insurgent
'~''As nave left them without means of
support Of any kind. When each indi-