The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-01-17

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ed successful in banking life.
A score OF more Of Grand Army yeter-
ans from Berlin arrived in town Saturday
morning in q large sled drawn by four
horses. They put up at the Sosnerses
House, where they spent the afternoon
and evening.
.Mablon w. KeiIn, of Johnstown. who
holds options on q large portion Of the
coal land included in the coal deal re-
Gently effectess with Baltimore synii-
date. is in town and expects to begin
paying OF the farmers who own the land
this week.
Active steps are being taken to incor.
poTsie Windber As q borough. The
Bssrwinc-W hite Coal Company are favor
able to the project and it is likely that
the borough Of windber will be an ac-
complished fact in a mouth or two.
Meyersdsle viii then abandon lis claim
to being the Metropolis
Jasper Augustine's large frame barn at
Addison was totally destroyed by fire
Saturday night q week ago. A valuable
jersey COW and all Of the outbuildings
we're destroyed. Adjoining Mr.. Angus
tines barn was a large frame stable be-
/ longing 70 Mr.. Charles Risheberger. and
the flames communicated with and de-
vonred it.
Fred Weise, lUmberman employed at
the Curry saw mills in Paint township,
was fatally crushed last Tuesday. weise
was in the act of climbing on a moving
freight car, when his foot slipped and be
was drawn between the car and platform
70 his death. The unfortunate man was
a resident of Lock Haven, Pa, to which
place the bDdy WAS shipped for burial
Mr.. Edmund F. Custer, Of Pleasant
/ Hill, and Miss Victoria A. Matthews.
were united in marriage at the residence
of the brides parents, near Friedens,
Wednesday, January lO.h, by Rev J. J.
| Weleh. of the Friedens Lutheran church.
The ceremony was witnessed By the fam
lies Of the bride and groom and a mum
ber Of invited guests. A wedding feast
/ followed the ceremony.
Mr.. Jacob Zimmerman, aged seventy
two years, is lying critically i'll at his
residence in Stoyestown. He has been
troubled fO- some time with heart failure
and is under the care of a Stoyestown
physician. He usually keeps his medi-
cine at the window near his bed and
during the night, without annoying the
members of the family, he reaches out
| for it. Several nights ago, while in the
, act Of taki1g what he thought was the
medicine, he made a mistake and took
drink of ammonia. He has since been in
a precsrious condition, and the attending
physician has little hope OF his recovery.
Mr.. Zimmerman is an old soldier and
is a member of Ferner Post, Grand Army
Of the Republic, at stoyestown-
People living on South street were
startled last Friday evening when they
saw a runaway horse hitched TO sled,
ia which two mites of children were
sitting, dash past at breakneck speed.
When The runaway veered and started
down a narrow alley the people held
their breath and snxiously waited for the
shrieks Of pain they felt must come from
I the children when the horse and sled
came in eoEtact with a wagon q few rods
ahead. The horse ran full speed against
the wagon aud was thrown against and
through fence. When he regained his
| feet he was free from the sled the, shafts
having snapped of The children,
daughters of john u. Emert aud Grant
Mangus, were unirjured.
A quiet wedding of interest to SOmer-
set people took place in Philadelphia,
Wednesday last, when Miss lola NJ. Reid
was married TO Lloyd G. McCrum. The
bride is a daughter Of Ross B. Reid. Of
Uniontown, and granddaughter OF j. j.
Schell, Of Somerset The death Of her
mother in April made it necessary to
plan a very quist marriage. The BRIDE
her father and younger sister, Miss
Pauline. went TO Philadelphia where they
were met by the groom. The wedding
took place at the parsonage OF Rev.
Huges 0. Gibbins, corner Pine aud
Fourth streets. The bride has many
friends in Somerset. The groom Is Sec
retary and Manager of the Acme Radiator
Company, of UniOHtown, and Is one Of
the most promising young men OF that
place.
Judge Repper,, Of Fayet.e county last
week overrulej the motions for new
trials in the cases of Thomas NJ. Hayes
aud William Simms, convicted of mur-
der. and sentenced the prisoners 20 be
hanged. Hayes shot William Lowden
on the morning of July 5th, near Dunbar.
The shooting was the result of nights
carousal at Lowden's house, when
slight alteration arose between Lowden
aud Hayes. Hayes went home, got DIS
gun, and returning to LOwden's resi-
deoce. shot him. Sitnms is colored man
VINO murdered his wife in Dunbar, July
l7th. Simms and mis- wife quarreled and
Ms. Simms went home TO her mother.
simms followed her and shot her ID
death as soon as he found her. He fed
and was captured 10 Virginia Hayes
and Simms were tried and convicted at
Septembe court.
lis probable that the citizens OF this
town vill be afforded the benefits CT
steam heating plant. The projectors are
tn stock holders OF tue Somerset Electric
Light. Heat and Power Company ke-
cant discoveries. it Il claimed. make IL
possible to utilize the exhaust steam rom
b,ilers for heating purposes, and the
Electric Light Company is now investi-
eating the matter carefully with view
10 installing a plant here. IL i an
nounced that Mr.. J. B. Winters has sig-
uified his willingness u enter into a eon-
tract with the Electric Light Company to
firnish heat for the Hotel Nannesr and It
Is likely that this will be d d'ne. II the
expectations OF the promoters are realized
in this instance steps will shortly after
warls be taken 10 supply heat for bust
ness houses and private residences The
pisnt of tue Electric Light Company
will have to be greatly enlarged and
fi1ed with additional appliances. Streets
aud alleys will have 70 be piped and the
outlay of money will run up high into
the thousands. Il Is proposed, however.
70 furnish hsat at such low cost that
nearly every family in town can oe in-
duced 70 pAtronizs the company. There
Is little doubt that heating plant viii
prove a success if established here
Julia Auu HenIey. one OF the most aged
ladies of the county, died Monday morn
fag at her late residence in Berlin. Had
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