The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-10-05

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kn0wuatt,rney Of the county seat, and
his bride-so-be is a sister Of the Messrs.
F. J. and J. b. o'conncr, attorneys Of
this city. They will be at home after
November 10Th at Ebensburg.
1t has been decided by the postoftice
department TO permit postmasters al
money-order Offices 10 cash pension
checks aud remit such checks 10 their
respective repositories in lieu of the cor
responding amount OF cash. The PEN
sioner presenting the check must be per-
sonaily known 10 the postmaster. Il is
not expected that these checks viii be
presented 10 postsnasters at The larger
Offices where there are banks, this ar
rsDgement being intended merely 10 add
TO the convenience OF the old soldiers and
TO enable them 10 avoid the expense
which nov frequently attaches 10 the
negotiation OF their checks.
The State Board of Pardons, at ses-
cided 20 recommend a pardon for James
Turner, who is serving an eleven-year
sentence in the Western Penitentiary for
assault aud battery, with attempt to COM
NIT murder, and mayhem. II is hard 10
! imagine what extenuating circumstances
could have been urged in behalf of Turn
er. who was convicted of murderous
aud unprovoked assault upon an old man
named Bittner, in his coal miners shanty
near Hooversville, aud who was sent 10
the pen by the court of lhis county.
Turner's victim was slashed with knife
while he was fast asleep.
A short time ago Miss Mary. daughter
of Mr.. aud Mrs. f. J. Kooser, sent two
original designs, which she had modelled,
70 the famous establishment of Tiffany
& Co., of New York, and last week, great
" to her surprise, received a letter
from the head of The firm advising her
that both of her models had been accept
ed and that the workmanship was unsur-
passed. The letter also solicited Miss
Kooser to accept employment as a special
designer and mOdeler with the firm at
terms TO be named by herself The offer
is a compliment that many Of the best
known artists in the country would be
fiattered to entertain, and at the same
time is one which thousands OF artists
have sought to secure. It is altogether
probable that Miss Kooser will accept the
offer and that she will 60 to New York
this fall.
Miss Ida F. Picking. daughter of the
late Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Picking,
died at the family residence on Patriot
street, at eight O'Clock Sunday morning.
aged 81 years. Although it had been
known for weeks that she was critically
III the annoE Encement of her death was q
severe shock to her many friends. She
is survived by three brothers and three
sisters, as follows: Captain Henry F.
Picking, Of the United States Navy, in
charge of the steamer Wabash, at Bos-
ton; Samuel f. Picking, chief clerk TO
the Light House Inspector Of Lake Mich
igan. with headquarters at Chicago f;
William W. Picking, City Passenger
Agent of the B. & o. at Chicago; Mrs.
Wright, wife of Hon. John Wright, Of
Bedford: NJ isses Lucy and Grace Pick
ing of Somerset. The funeral viii take |
place at I O'Clock this afternoon.
As announced some me ago, the Listie |
Mining Company viii introduce electric
al haulsge az their mines, five miles |
north Of town, and work to this end is |
now under way. The Westinghouse !
Electric Company, of Pittsburg have |
secured a contract for furnishing every |
thing necessary except the boilers and |
engine, v hieh are being constructed at |
Erie. and they viii turn over the COM |
pleted plart to the Listie people on Dec.
SIN. Coal shipments from ListIe have /
steadily increased during the past year,
taxing the capacity Of the mines, and |
with the present encouraging outlook for /
stin greater business the Messrs. Krebs |
have determined 10 enlarge their mining |
equipment so that they can supply any |
reasonable demand that may be made /
upon them. When the improvements
now being made are completed the Listie |
Minizg Company will be one OF the best |
equipped corporations in Western Penn
sylvania. At the present time more than |
rs miners are given steady employment |
at Listie, and with the dawn of the new |
year this force will in all probability be |
doubled.
Farmers and boarding-house keepers /
would do well TO keep their eyes peeled 4
for certain Mr.. Thompson. reputed 1
millionaire, who has been operating in
the Ligonier Valley and was last heard Of /
on a bark wagon in the vicinity OF Som
erset. According TO the Greensbnrg Tri-
bune, be is fraud Of the first water and |
neglects TO pay for his boarding and /
lodging. When Mr.. Thompson arrived
at Greensburg he went to the County |
Clerks Office and deposited in the vault
there an Adams Express Company re-
eeipt which showed on the face that he
had sent $4,000 70 the Treasury at Wash
ington. D. c. Then he went into the |
country roundabout and began offering /
fabulous prices for farms, several OF /
which were sold 10 him-on paper. He |
boarded with Mrs. Kroft. OF Ligonier, !
and afterward with Mrs. COlliDgswoOd, /
Of Greensburg, TO whom he is said 10
have exhibited 81 coo in currency. His
actions were quite peculiar, and he in
vsriably slept with revolver under bis /
pillow and when sitting in his boarding
house kept one on chair beside him.
Suddenly he left Greeusburg without /
paying any of his board bills aud with
out taking along his alleged valuable re-