The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-01-24

sleuf several days last week Al The resi-
dence of her husbands pareut.-Afr. Aus
Mrs John II. Uhg--in ibis place.
Retail liquor dealers are busilv e,rca
lafing their license petitions prior n
sling on Saturday. February sa. IN,
last day for fling in order TO be preseut.
81 At the next term Of court K is ssic
there viii be = large lot Of new applisa
tions iiled this year.
VIII Swank. one Of the lest known
young men sboHt town, len last weak "a,
Uniontown, where he has accepted ,
position in the large jeweIry establish.
meat Of : NJ. Bailey & Co. He formerlv
cierked in the iewelry store OF his father
jacob D. Swank. on Main street. wbers
he did all the engraving.
Mrs. Aw. Kneppef. who went n In.
dianapoiis some time ago for profesSio,al
treatment. j. still very sick in that ci,v
The expert physicians who have charge
Of her case say that she i suffering from
malarisl poison and express the opinion
thst she contracted the disease fror the
fumes arising from the filthy watet-t, bles
on Main street
Miss Elizabeth Mostoller. who had
been living at Mrs. Samuel Fex's. in
Somerset township, for two years past
ana Mr. Howard R4cey. an enplove al
Fox Bros. we're united 10 marriage At II
O'Clock Tuesday morning. i6sh inst a,
the residence If Ms. Fox. The eere-
rnony WAS performed by Rev. J. J.
WEIGH. Of Friedens.
Dr. W. B. Protero. Of Johnstown. as
sistant state veterinary surgeon. recently
visited the farm Of lrvin P. Dull. near
/ ForwsrdstOwn, Jenper township. for he
purpose Of examining \ herd Of eNt.ie.
some time ago one OF Mr. Duirs cartle
died Of tuberculosis. and this led the
state authorities u make an investiga-
tion- The do,tor found two cattle suffer
/ ing from the diSesse and they we're kill
ed. the State paying Mr.. DulItheir vsIue.
The Pittsburg Dispatch Of Monday sa=s
that a great trunk line extending from
! Erie 70 John~town. and uniting the Great
3 Lakes with the Chesapeake bv new
route. i one Of the important projects
outlined for Development il Pennsylva-
nis this year. The road would form a
new line between the lakes and tide
water and Noald open new route for
the transportation Of grain. ore and coal.
AT Johnstown it would connect with the
B. so
Messrs- P. L Cssebeer and B. F. Jones
viii leave this week on Southern trip.
Their first stop viii be at Washington.
from Whence they viii proceed to Charles
I ton. Savanna and s.. Augustine, stop
ping for a few days in each Of the cities
/ mentioned. After leaving st. Augustine
I they viii 60 to Tampa, where they will
take boat for Havana They propose
visiting all ofthe principal cities Of Cuba
as vel ss Of Porto Rico. and il is probable
they viii visit South America before re-
I turning home via Galveston.
Misses Annie and Fina Conrad will
/ open a millinery and fancy store on April
/ Ist in the room now occupied BY Herr
Bros. the Main street jewellers. Miss
Annie Conrad Is well and favorably
known 70 the people Of this community.
she having filed the position Of head
salsslsdy in the store Of Parker & Parker.
aud later in the mercantile establishment
Of J. a. Sifford & Co. Her many friends
viii wish her unbOunded success in her
new enterprise.
The Somerset township Republican
1 primary held Saturday resulted in the
nomination Of the following ticket /:
Judge OF Election, Aaron Heiple; In
| speaor, James Speeht: School Directors.
/ jefferson WIN and Israel BerkIey; Tax
! ColIector. Joseph Aumsn; Supervisors.
! z. :. RimmeH. Il NJ. Shsulis. Frank c.
RhosdS. Irwin q. Custer; Treasurer.
Charles ". Coleman; Auditor. John c.
Miller: Clerk. Ross Pugh. The ticket =
composed of Stalwart Republicans, with
possibly one exception
The Altoona police Saturday received
word 10 look out for+wO girls. Nellie and
/ Cora Dively. aged Il and Is years. respect
/ lively. who had run away from their
home al Stoyestown. about two OF three
weeks ago. The police made search
/ Saturday and loczted Nellie al the Allie
gheny House. where she was working
Cora was found on Tenth avenue. They
were taken in charge and their people
notified They were taken home by
their sister Sunday morning and they are
now happy a; the family hreside.
Mrs. Zachariah Lambert, OF Lamberts-
vile, died suddenly Sunday al tbs home
Of johnson Lambert. Of the same place,
Of apoplexy. She WAS stricken while at
tending services in the ambertsville La-
theran church Sunday morning. She was
carried % the home OF Johnson Lambert,
snd an hour and half later was dead.
Dr. Krissinger, Of Shzuksville, and DR..
Baker, Of Stoyestown, were summoned at
once, bot did not arrive until after she ex-
pired. Deceased was about forty eight
years Of age. and is survived by her hus-
band and tw" sons. Henry. aged sbout
twenty three. and John, sged fifteen
Irwin Walker. Of Jenner township.
was lodged in jail sunday morning. 70 be
held on a charge OF receiving stolen
property. Il Is alleged that Wake. and
several other parties stole young heifer.
which they slaughtered aud ate some
time ago. from L W. VsnRsar. One re-
port says that the wife Of one of the par
ties accused gave the story away. She
was very greatly surprised when her
hus oand arrived home one night With
I four quarters Of beef and naturally want
ed 70 know how he came - boy 80 much
At one time. Rseently the woman and
her husband qnarreIed. with the result
that the inforInations mentinnsd we're
made before Justice Of the Peace
law designating central point for
the execution OF all murderers sentenced
70 death in this State woGid. we believe.
meet with the hearty appreciation q the
people of SDmsr~ef epuntv. The exsen-
ton Of N .yerS va the fiFth 20 AXE place
in the eoanty fsil since il was erected ten
years sgp. aud ~ hile an were conducted
a. quietly a. possible, the effect on the
community has been more or les de
lnorzlizing. Tns morbid curiosity OF
hundreds OF people To see condemned
criminal was well illustrated in the case
Of Meyers. A large portion Of those who
sought permission Al { were denied the
privilege Of seeing Meyers by Sheriff
Saylcr we're wonen-
The Somerset HERALD hzs seen a light
On he franchise question and with wis
d.,rn challenges the proposition n0w pend
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