The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-01-12

/ Cumberland on Monday.
At an election Of the stockholders Of
the First National Bank, held last even
ing, all Of the old officers were re elected.
J. B. Winters aud Albert Stein have
leased the Commercial Hotel and the
latter viii have charge of it during the
formers absence in Alaska.
a pension OF Sl2 per month has been
granted TO Leah Keefer, of ShanksviiIe.
a similar sum was recently granted to
Mrs. Daniel Trent, OF Somerset.
The many friends OF II. L. Baer. ESQ.
viii be sorry to learn that for ten DAYS
past he has been confined to his home
suffering from an abscess in his head.
Communion services will be held in the
! Friedens Lutheran Church, on sunday.
10th inst, al 1879 a. m, when the regular
4 pastor, Rev. J. welch, viii Of8ciate.
As ar indication that the horse market
is improving II Is noted that solomon d.
Shoemaker last week shipped two car
loads Of horses 70 the eastern part Of the
state.
The HERALD is indebted 10 Mr.. L.
Fosdick, general agent Of the Equitable
( Life Insurance Association, for oneof the
most beautiful art calendars we have seen
this year.
Grant Kendall, wboi is the present Nav
OF OF Fairmont, West Va, is a candidate
1 for State Senate on the Republican ticket.
/ Mr.. Kendall was a former principal OF
/ the Somerset public schools.
Mr. H. T. ShafIer has been appointed
postmaster at Husband. Mr.. shaifer is
son Of Adam B. Shatfer, Of Jeuner town
ship. and has conducted store at
Husband for several years.
Mr.. Jacob Miller. Of Somerset town
ship, and Miss Winnie James, of Cam
bria county, were united in marriage ON
Tuesday, January 4.h, by Justice of the
Peace Noah Casebeer, at his Office in this
borough
Elder john y. Davis. one Of the lead
ing and most popular citizens Of Elk Lick
township, was county seat visitor YES
terday. Elder Davis is always so occu-
pied by business when he comes over
this way that be has little time to devote
to making social calls.
DR.. and Ms. \. J. Endsley have closed
their residence and gone TO the Hotel
Eannear, where they viii remain for a
month before going TO Johnstown to pay
a visit at the home OF their son II. 5. End
ley, Esq, Miss Ella Endsley viii leave
tomorrow for Washington, D. C., where
she viii spend a month or six weeks at
the home Of her uncle, Mr.. William
Johnson.
Cambria county may be in higher
state OF physical developments than SOM
erset, but, thank the Lord Somerset eoun-
" women are not compelled to break
stone on the public highway. 4 Somer-
set county gentleman who recently had l
occasion 10 drive from Johnstown TO Scalp /
Level was horrihed, when a short dis
tance from the former place, he came
upon an aged woman and nlan break l
ing stone on the public road.
\ burning candle in the show window
OF Jas. b. HolderbauIn's hardware store |
has attracted much attention during the |
past ten days. The candle is four inches
in diameter by fifty inches long. For |
several weeks prior to Christmas every /
person interested was invited to guess |
how long il would burn. At nine o'clock /
Christmas morning il was ignited and /
since then has burned for I76 hours. I
More than one-half Of the candle re-
mains to be burned.
At meeting Of the directors OF the
Farmers Union Association and Fire /
Insurance Company, held last Tuesday 1
in Berlin, the following officers were 4
elected for the ensuing year: President, i
II. p. Hay; Vice President, Lewis Berk 4
ley: Secretary, E. J. Walker; Treasurer;
Alex. Coleman. The reports Of the re-
tiring officers showed that the Company |
is in a prosperous condition, numbering
over 2.O19 policy holders, who have Sc
cured safe insurance at from s. 10 3 per
=, ,0)0 per annum.
At late meeting Of the Meyersdale
town council a communication was read
from ;. d. Livengo0d in which the local
authorities were notified that the writer
holds an exclusive franchise of the streets
aad alleys Of that place for the purpose
OF erecting electric light poles thereon,
aud thar be proposes 10 hold the borough
10 the contract entered into in 1891. Not
withstanding this warning the members
Of council took the bull by the horns"
aud awarded a contract 10 John 5. Graves
for furnishing electric lights for the use
Of the borough al 50 per 2oo0-candle
power arc light.
Notwithstanding the adverse decision
of the Supreme Court the Roddy boys are
SIN hopeful that something VIII yet
transpire in their favor and that they will
escape death on the gallows- Both broth
ers are as cheerful as they have been at
any time during their long imprison-
ment. The Roddy boys have been among
the best behaved prisoners ever confined
in the county Jail, and are well liked by
the prison officials. Sheriff HaEtzell has
already had number Of applications for
admission 70 the double execution in case
il takes place.
The Bellefonte Watchman has the
following 70 say concerning a young gen
tleman who was a popular resident Of
Somerset during the days Of cS.-strue-
tion on the South Penn R.ilroad; .Fhos-
\. Shoemaker. contractor OF this place,
has secured large slice of the improve
ment work that the Pennsylvania rail-
road company viii d. on the main line
between Altoona aud Pit,sbarg- lie has
the contract for widening and bailding
the road for an additional track through /
the Gallitzin tunnel. With such a vet
eran contractor as Mr.. Thomas Collins TO
advise there can be no doubt Of his sue
cessfal completion Of the heavy work"
Hon. J. II. Longsneeker is just enter
ing upon his seventh year a president
Judge OF the sixteenth judicial district.
Il would be sufficient to say that lie has
given universal satisfaction, but be de-
serves more than passing notice ofthe
hundreds OF cases which he has decided
from which no appeals were taken we
have heard little. but during the past
week the supreme court has affirmed his
decision in three very important eases
from Somerset county. The cases were
Common ealth vs.. Roddy et al, Phil
son. cashier, vs- New York Mutual Life
Insurance Co; Oiinger rs. ShUliz and
Moznet.- Bedford Gazette.
About two years ago neatly dressed
and gli5-tongued stranger appeared in
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