The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-03-09

Prospective candidsses tor the Repub-
lican nominations to be made this sprine
were in evidence at court last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. A. sahsll entsrtaioed
large card party at their pretty new
residence last night in honor OF Mr.. and
Mrs. A. L. 9. Hay.
Daniel Kettering, Of Somerset town
ship, has been granted pension OF s.
per month, and Joseph Berlzey, Of faint
township, has received an increase from
s. 70 sl2 per month.
meeting Of town council held Mon
day evening an organization was effected
by electing J. Watson Frease president.
R. L. Meyers secretary, and Geo. 5. Har-
rison treasurer.
Mr.. Ivan Linton, one of the proprietors
of the Democrat, who went to Denver.
Col, last fall for tho benefit OF his health,
is reported to have been fully restored,
and is expected home in the near future.
Or. Horace E. Kistler, a prominent
Johnstown physician has instituted pro-
ceedings in divorce, the grounds assigned
for the proceeding being desertioa. Mrs.
Kistler len her home about the Christ
mas holidays.
New maple molasses and "spotz4''
have been in market for ten days. The
first molasses made each season is always
considered better than that made later on
for the reason that it has more decided
flavor OF the maple sap.
The many friends of Mr.. Joseph r.
Patton, OF Pittsburg. will be panied to
learn that he is critically III, suffering
from an attack Of typhoid fever. The
latest advices from his bedside received
by his father-in-iaw. John H. Uhl, Esq,
give little hope for his recovery.
The applications OF the the Meyersdale
landlords for retail liquor dealers licenses
held over from last week were called up
before the court Monday evening. No
action was taken at that time, but il is
probable that the applications viii be
definitely disposed Of during the week.
Messrs. TON" Lohr and Moses
Johns, Of Hillsboro, were circulating
among their numerous county seat friends
on Monday. Mr.. L9hr doesn't claim
Hillsboro as his home, but Mr.. Johns
declares he must become resident of
that fiourishing village before he grows
taller.
John Pile, a young workman employed
as a section hand on the Somerset diyis-
ion Of the s. & c., met with an acci-
dent Saturday morning that viii keep
him confined to his home for a long time.
Pile was assisting fellow laborer to re-
move a heavy tie when it fell upon his
right foot, crushing it 10 a jelly.
TIE wife of Mr.. William f. johnson, a |
former well-known resident of this eoun-
ty, died at her home in the sub1rbs Of
Washington, d. c., last Monday morn
ing, aged about 60 years. Her husband !
has been employed in one of the govern |
ment departments for a number of years. |
An entertainment for the benefit Of r. |
p. Cummins Post G. A. R, was given |
last night in the Opera House. The star
performer was Mrs. Willis Rhosds, of |
Butler, Pa, who has been visiting at the |
home of her husbands parents in this |
place, and who is said to be one OF the |
finest amateur elOcationists in the state. |
Edward Hemminger, young brother Of |
DIR. Hemminger, OF this place, whose eyes
had been painfully crossed" since infan-
cy, visited Baltimore last week where he |
entered the Johns Hopkins University |
and was operated upon with view to
correct the trouble. The operation was
successfully performed.
~ VII
Hanson. OF Buckstown, was in town yes
terday for the purpose OF attending the |
appeal from the triennial assessment of /
Shade township, the first time he ever |
attended an appeal in his life, although he |
has now nearly reached the allotted three |
score years and ten This was Mr.. Viii 1
iiamson's first visit to Somerset during |
the past two years.
The commissioners of Cambria county /
at a meeting awarded the contract for
erecting a monument to the soldiers OF
the late war in the Court House Square /
in Ebensburg, to a Philadelphia firm.
The monument will be built of granite /
and will cost $4,000. The shaft will be
surmounted with the figure of Capt. f.
J. Humphreys. the oldest surviving OIL
Ger of the local G. a. r. post.
.'Milr' McNIiilen. who is known
throughout the county through his con-
nection with the famous Nicely murder
case, and who carries a plunk Of lead in
his body. fred by Joe Nicely the day the
murderers escaped from the county Jail,
is in town this week serving as juror.
His face is ornamented by luxurious
growth OF whiskers, effecting suCh
change in his appearance that few Of
his friends have been able TO recognize
him.
The relatives Of the late David Berkey,
whose death resulted from torture at the
hands Of the Roddy boys, say that they
will not sign a petition asking tor COM
mutation OF sentence to life imprison-
ment, properly adding that the law has
dealt with the unfortunate brothers so far
and that they VIII let the matter of carry
ing out the sentence of the law 10 the Of
fcers charged with enforcing it, without
any suggestions from them.
The Berwind- White Coal Company
will soon have the most complete soft coal
mining plant in the world at Windber.
This Company owns practically all the
coal right from Scalp Level TO Buekstown,
Somerset county, and such plant viii
be necessary to work this large tract At
present all the company's mines are
equipped with compressed air machines
for digging, but recently it has been ex-
perimenting with an electric digging ma
chine. which will be adopted if success
ful. The company employs $50 men at
present and ships an average Of 30 ears a
day.
As we predicted would be the case
when the Commissioners instructed the
various , assessors throughout the county
10 increase the valuation Of all real estate
subject 10 local taxation, the appeals 50
far held have been more numerously at
tended than ever before. Between sixty
and seventy Jenner township tsxables
were presen. Friday when the appeal
from the valuation placed upon that dis