The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-07-27

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to the young society people of town, q
well as to the guests Of that resort Musi
is Furnished by the Ohio Orchestra.
Mr.. Joel Romesburg, of Black town
ship, and Miss Sarah Snyder, Of nea
ShanksviIle, were unitedin marriage oI
Sunday, July 24th. at the Lutheran par
sonage in Friedens. Rev J. J. Welcl
officiating.
Communication between this place and
Bedford can now be held over the long
distance phone. the Bell Telephon,
Company having extended its line ana
! opened an exchange in Bedford during
the past few days.
The net proceeds Of the festival held
Saturday night for the benefit of the East
End Fire Company was s75. which has
been turned into the treasury of thai or
eanization and will 60 towards defrayinp
the expense of providing new uniforms
for the fire laddies.
William J. Mosholder. aged 25 years,
died at the home of his parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. John Mosholder, Of near Sbanks.
vile, on Wednesday. July 10th, from
typhoid fever. Interment was made in
the Walker cemetery on the Dist, Rev. J.
J. WEIGH, of Friedens, officiating.
Thursday night horse WAS stolen
from the field of John O'CoEnor. Of Jen-
ner township, and with it disappeared
from the barn OF his neighbor, A. g.
Thomas a set Of harness. The animal is
/ a dark bay mare, with white star on
the forehead, and weighing about 1000
pounds.
At a recent meeting of the borough
school board the following named teachers
were elected for the ensuing school term :
ID. W. Seibert, principal; w. A. Woy,
y. f. Berkey, Edward w. Horner.
Charles w. Shultz, Misses Mary Fleck,
Mildred Bills. Bertha Cromwell, Winnie
Knepper, Mamie Patton, Kate Snyder
and Mrs. Jonas Keifer.
Rev. D. P. X. Lavan, of the United
Evangelical Church. is enjoying a two
weeks vacation with friends at Columbus
and Baltimore, o. On the 2sth inst. he
will deliver an address, by special invi-
tation. at a C. A. r. reunion to be held
in Baltimore. he expects 10 return in
time to fill his appointment in the y. b.
Church, Sunday evening, July 3lst-
Burgess Pisel, by printed posters, has
notified the property owners ofthis place,
that they must desist from putting down
tile drain pipes in front of their premises,
without frs. having secured permission
from the street commissioner TO do so.
He refers to the matter as pernieious
practice and says that persons disregard
ing the notice viii be prosecuted and
fined.
George, son Of Mr. and Mrs. A. w.
Knepper, returned Sunday evening from
Chiekamauga Park. suffering from mala-
ria. He had been at the Park for several
weeks in the interest of the Young Mems
Christian Association, when he was at
tackled by malaria and was compelled to
return home. He visited Company I a
few days after their arrival at Camp
Thomas and reports all Of the boys as
being well with the exception Of few
cases Of homesickness.
Word comes from Camp Thomas that
Lieutenant Eek. reported to have been
commissioned by Governor Hastings
First Lieutenant Of Company I, recruited
at Somerset, has not showed up at Com
pany headquarters, but is holding down
a job in the comnissary department. The
friends Of r. NJ. Linton, who was the
unanimous choice Of the members Of the
Company for the First Iieutenancy, have
reason 70 believe that the excuse offered,
must be man of military training, for
appointing nonresident of the county,
is delusion. and that Linton was side
tracked for other reasons.
Jacob Allen Stahl died at the home Of
his parents, near Lavansville. at an early
hour on Tuesday, 18th inst. from typhoid
fever. The nature of his sickness was
not known until ten days after be was
stricken and when medical aid was called
in nothing could be done TO check the
course of the fever Hewas young man
of exemplary habits and was prominent
ly identified in Church and Sunday
School work. He realized that death was
imminent and was fully prepared for the
final summons. His untimely death has
occasioned great sorrow throughout the
neighborhood in which he lived
Intense excitement was caused between
the hours of ten and eleven o'clock Fri
day night by an alarm of fire. 1t was
not for some time afterwards that the
location of the fire became known and
there was a general expression Of relief
when il was learned that IT was confined
to the barn Of Cyrus Shanlis. short dis
tance south of the borough line. The
flames burned furiously for half hour,
illuminating the sky for miles around.
The barn with all Of its contents was de-
stroyed, entailing a less Of probably
$500. There was no insurance. The origin
of the fire is unknown.
Several hundred people attended VI g.
per services, conducted by Revs. Mullen
dore and Cameron, on the Court House
the psalm "Behold How Good and How
Pleasant it is for Brethren to Dwell To
gether in Unity" while the latter deliv-
cred fifieen minute address in which he
described the first vesper service held af-
ter the dawn Of the Christian era and con-
trasted the conduct and forbodings Of the
disciples, who retired from the holy city
Immediately following the crucifxion,
with the forebodings Of public men to-
day, when no one is able to predict the
evolution in our system of government
likely to follow the success of the Ameri-
can arms in the war with Spain. Other
features of the service were solo by Mr.
Humphries, of Rockw Ood, and duet by
Misses Vogle and Cook.
Mr.. Cadwalader Biddle, general agent
Of the State Board Of Charities inspected
the County Jail and County Home on
Monday. He reports the County Jail as
one Of the most cleanly and we'll kept
under the supervision Of the Board, in
fact model institution throughout In
a conversation with l.. C. ColbOrn, Esq.
he said that the County Home is entirely
suitab G, with few minor changes. which
can be made at a trifiing expense, for
the keeping of chronic insane. The Poor
Directors have decided that it will be
more economical 20 provide for the coun-
ty's chronic insane at home. and will
make application 10 the Board of Public
Charities for permission 20 do so. 1t is
estimated that from $500 TO Sl50O can be
annually saved to the county in this way.
Mr.. Biddle expressed himself as highly