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

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-. that the corn crop viii be tn
-, ,l9 e,.l ever harvested in this county.
c.,.;n Tiee. Of washington County
80 lid 100 bushels Of last year
-, - e,r 70 cents bushel. he bad peer
o,gsrsd q 20 bushel for the same wne1,
,rhen tie market was up, but refused
- ssll Folding it in the hope oi get1ine
Sl5G
The County Commissioner OF Luzsrn'
- .o,,nleted a revision OF the Naiu@'
h~,' .. - ,bs county's land, and estimate
~, ~, sIsl ooooea. They deem one-iourtn
I, - = .,,oont will be sufficient Tor TAX
oi 'iiis - and decided to make it on
tha basis
Ten thousand demons gna"ihg away ';s :
',;tols couldn't be much worse than
m ~. ,o-tures Of itching piles. Yet there
cnre Dsan's ointment never fAiis-
Tho contract for transporting home 'he
-, - prisoners Of Santiago was on
IfP1s.,asaav S. awarded to J. NJ. Cebaliosl
- York. agent for the Spanish Trans
.,,,,iocompany. This company through
9Th offered to take all the oineers
n sso =, as.b and all the men at $50 eaeh'
q -, to carry them under the Spanish
asq the United states goVeri'iie menu " 'Di
,,isb safe transportation
,aiutant General Stewart Is prepar-
80 accounts Of the commonwealth
Of pennsylvania against the I nited STATES
-,,e-nment tor the ordnance ana guar
- stores turned over 10 the troops
.t..--a,,t into the field from this state
.',''' go the expense account for subsist-
AM a., "a nav of the men who volun-
,aara5 duplicate copies oi All mus
- r,Iis are being made at the OF
g. "a show what was paid ana 70
whom.
The Fayette county Commissioners
= 5eoi5ed 10 quit paying premiums
"a f,r mink and wildcat sealps' pehdlng
oso.ision Of the Supreme court on the
- ,,b;cb Is now being tested oeiore
,bot tribuual. Since the law wen' INTO
-. -, oh,pt 500 has been paid as pre-
- some Of the ears presented are
- small. indicating that the animals
a-.opife voung. It is also claimed that
some of the animals are caught Id ?" eS'
Virginia.
roDno man Is years Of age has been
.o,-,orca8 10 imprisonment in Doylesto~n
AL for 80 davs for destroying birds nests.
vtan crested he had about 30 young
80 in his possession and about two COZ
=, orrs The law under which he was
.,,rirted was passed by the bad legisla-
.,ra of last winter, and we suppose some
-of,rmers viii not approve Of 1t on that
lint. but the law is q good one. The
,Ios,-,ctioD of birds nests is one OF the
evils that demands a remedy.
thief rifed Judge Harry Whites pri-
- 5ask in the Indiana Court House
wednesday night, stealing valuable pa
- inelgding an autograph letter OF
President Lincoln and a pocketbook con-
tanning 500 in negotiable paper. Among
.bo ,s,ars f,und on the floor yeste r6ay
r,orning was Judge Whiss's resignation
a. state senator, smuggled out OF Libby
nrisou when the Judge was prisoner
there and sent 70 GOV. Curtin so that ne
,.,nld order a special election that the
ReDublicans might have q majority in the
STATE legislature.
The War Revenue bill affects even those
,bo fall victims To Cupidis wiles. One
section Of the law says: Justices Of the
Peace and Notaries Public must attach
and cancel a 10 cent internal revenue
stamp 10 every consent Of parents or
guardians They viii enclose 20 cents
with each application for marriage IL
cense sent TO the Clerk for stamps to be
attached thereto. Allpersons performing
q marriage ceremony must attach 10
cent internal revenue stamp if not al
ready attached) and cancel same on the
original certificate given to persons mar
ried, and also on the duplicate certificate
to be returned 10 the clerk"
The ladies Of the Russian court are
greatly disturbed over the fact that the
Czarina has forbidden cigarette smoking
in her presence. The ladies have peti-
toned her Majesty to withdraw the pro-
hibitory uKase, pointing out that ladies
smoke cigarettes at all the courts of Eu-
rope, and that there are smokers among
the crowned heads and the princesses of
blood royal. These, they say, include
the Dowager Czarina, the Empress Of
Austria, the Queen of Roumsnia, the
Queen Regent Of Spain and the Queen of
Portugal, and they sllege that the great
est deyotee Of all is Princess Henry, Of
Prussia, sister Of the Czarina.
Ia answer to a letter from the Depart
meut Of Public instruction, the Attorney
Generals Department rules that School
B ards have authority to ASSES and levy
taxes for school purposes upon real estate
andpersoual property in the manner here
tnfore provided, and TO assess an occupa-
ton or per capita tax Of 81 upon every
male iuhabitsut Of the age Of y years ard
upwards. This per capita tax is in lieE
of the occupation tax levied under the old
law, and the amount thereof cannot be
exceeded in any case. no matter al what
sum the occupation, trade or profession
may have been valued by the assessor for
State and county purposes.
Chief Justice Sterritt on Tuesday de-
lverec the opinion Of the Supreme Court
IN the case Of the Juniata Limestone com
pany against Millard Il. Fagley. This
was an appeal by the defendants from
lhe Common Pleas court of Blair
county, which court held that the act of
'uhe -, lssl, taxing aliens. 10 be uncon-
slllutonai, because il 0ffends against the
fouTteenth amendment Of the Constitu-
uon Of the United States. and section I
article = Of the State Constitution. This
ae' was known as the alien labor tax law.
ana Chiei Justice Sterritt says it belongs
% vicious class of legislation. and
ailrms the decision Of the lower eourt
quoting largely from the opinion Of Judge
Aeneson' Of the United States Circuit
o'urt, who has also declared the act to be
unconstitutional
ny new regulation which went into
e"ea July lst, no more due stamps can
Oe legally used by the postmaster. and
80 uiaii Is allowed to be delivered unless
iIN postage IS paid by the sender. In case
.lS ie''ei or package is mailed lacking
a'l'ieu' postage, and delivered to the
eliy where il is addressed .....-..---
!, r'ssn@s'er must notify the postmaster
~ 'he .o"n whence it was mailed. and II
-t = DIS option TO notify the person 70
~ ION ihe letter or package is addressed
ne regulation hitherto governing IN
tbe-1, H-4.'ef was to place due stamps on
,us package mailed and deliver it to the
person addressed. This il oo,,.;s1--, - -