The Somerset Herald J ,;IX,;i,K R. SITU, Editor. lime 1, lv;. It ill !t- lit f"l to caicli liise alter June H Tin- 1 ';' carriiipe ''' tlie ""'J-'''1 f :' ttolosiiw for "alls and ivilins at liie-,.'-fci-rA Snyder's. T! ,. he;il l'" n" ' there- is a jiros for eood 'rol. Fidii"i tackle at rock bottom prices, at Uio-ivker .V Snyder's. (-,binct l'lioio'-Tnpbs are (1.50 jicr dozen at ".!:! .)' 1'botopmidi ludlery. IV itmu who is religious on Sundays only j. V '.vs honest if well watched. i, ', predicted that thunder storms w ill lie i nrrenee this, summer. .fir.'','" The iipiiTeiHl 1 of the thermometer will ,. t xhi- oiisorvnl of all observers. yi. s-d'.u-tivc hammock is now being lirniitlit thrill from ius winter quarters, y, u ran K1'' Cabinet Fliotocrralilis - .in jkt dozen ill Wclileys riiolojnntib i,,,'.:'-ry. .. j, tin little tiling that tell," i an old Fxartly : v-iieeiaUy the little bnith- of ister t.i UYIllcys 1'hoTof.Taph Gallery and !t a ,.ii-ti of Cabinet l'liotof.-ralii's forudol- !;ir .Hi' T':e a nail. Alleiiheiiie' an- fallinjr to the rear 'it al.'Ti): of late. They will wh.ii be there rate they liaveliccn piiii. -well Fincvc, Redford county, which . n idle for Tour years, has lurain been . ;r ,, ratii'ti. piviiis; cnijilov meiit to two -,1 tin n. Ti-TV- I.t i 1 m- Allium objects to the w r. I :'i;it town employing priv.iti dcti-t- 1" . Isiiit iipcuik tuv aga'nst itrugisis lor ! r.jnor. J ii.l. r the new high license law dniLTgists urt. v;rii-tly forbidden to sell iiitoxi--:Uiiig i...,i,.r, , hit.i uw in the w ritten prescription ,.i a ri'gu'.arly registered physician. Tt., mi ::i who couldn't tell the df fi renix- ii a iiuih '- ear and a lemon, can plain- ! 1. , t!ie advaiilnp"' of buying his drills ,'.i i::.- -k-T V Snyder, after learning their j .MVS. i. r the new school law districts thnt do i...tko'' their s.-hoi'l" ijyii six months in I'n'vear will not receive any part of the Nate a. jir.ipriatioit for public seii-Kils. lMrectors make a note of this. U'i-:i."t' with Boh Burdetle in the most ..,.;',,.;.! in-.' of his life : " thvl wa-Kil mud l,.n he inadi' the man who, alter taking a .i r for sis months ordered it slopped v:!h"i:t paying up arrears." fin- si-.'uim; of tiie bill which empowers i-!-!i:v of the pence to smut the inatrimoiii-1-iim-. afford-grtit p.Oiefto Kishful lov i.r. ;u whom a journey to the county seat for v , av (K-nnit was a trying ordeal. Wi-hn-.c -in hnifl larire Tiutr.lH-r of g-id -.rirt we will cell in quantities to suit, i in i.ri-cr. l'riccs t en.' rvsi-ouable. Varil i,..-ii. tin- pl.iniii'niill. liol llUO-iK I'.uos. A I'aksos. i ;! !! !! ol'tildiePK whoM- fatliW lli'-d ill I- -. i - ali' r tin- war from di -alii lit it's coii-:-a ioi li.i n :n. are t milled to -nsion from i ,ii r.-ol nui i! they have attained the age W - iiei-n. i vol though they have long li'en L.-r w i- k in WashinTon tiwn.-hip. We-1-iiinn land i-otin'y, Wiliiatn Townsend, w bile w!!:-. fumed no a watch which bisbroth- ll . U r! had !-! bile plow'mi: in thesjime : Mi hi'e. n . ar- U-for'. With the eicej) i vi, of a rv-icd !:ii.'e it w as in gissl eondi- .!;:! of i o:r exchaiigt an cautioning their ri again-t showing their ignorance and a: -. ii- raine time losing their money by Ik1 tl; e "U die si lling of the word " choir,'' a-aiitliiil toa -lsKly of fingers. Welters i!i 'lioiiary -;, "ijiiire is also correct for the s..:!i- 'i-i nii.it i-hi. i.iiii-ial Ihnlcy. late State Treasurer, litis ! iii . ii 'i case to the supreme court on a j rit ..f error. J udge Sinionton n-ci ntly de-i-i i-d ilia; lie -:u aiii'iintable to the Slate I'.r 7n.oki !,,( ibroii-h the failure of the KMi.au.'e hank of Bradford, one ofthede-l-i-iliTu of tiie Stale. -;.;iin.-!i i 1h licvi-d to act as a stimulant on ;iit kidney- : dandelion as a tonic and laxa iivc ; a-iiran as a blood cleaner. Tiiina !"s i attributed a spe ial act ion on theliv'r. i:.--t.s aivl tuniis aresiiid to U- tonics ; the M onion n m-rx ine of Mime alue in shs p k iie-sand neuralgia. Mi-t MuiKhT. We have just addi-l a i.'f- Ui-frigerjtor to our Meat Ma wet, in :.'. : all meats i-an U-kept nsil and eh-au. M ;i:. n. U, f. (irk, Vc, kept constantly on i.aii.l iij.n daily. Bailii buying meat "Mil have it kept in the refrigerator until aritl. Ibn-s Uavis i Co. Wanted ! Hid"., I'lirs. Bark. I w ill luiy the highest 'ii.ii pri.-.-- for all kinds of hidi-s, jx-lts and l". I also want .Vni corxLs of B'K-k Oak and "!-;ivl,ark. H. li.Cl'SSISlilU. For Sale. A house and lot corner Main tiros- and .'.iii fr.-et, Somerset, for sale on pay-nuiii- j., Miit the jmn haser. A desirable " lie for a family ; a large nsnny boux: and t'dl lot of ground, with choice fruit npon ' 1'ri'i -lsim. For p.irtic!i!iijs itiipiireat ti residence, or w rite lo Samuel .Jabber I-.',.. in .h-lmrgh, I'a. 5,000 !'"U-,i i-,.(' W.hii utitisl. either for trade or '".eh. at Parker A I'arker'ii Creat Reduction In Prices. ' lor '.lie present time take a go Hi logiai.li at M .."' Is-r down But Mi-h .a ,;,ir.uis who di-sire to secure limn ;i) tlii- very low priir w ill do well to 'als-ii.,!, ;, ilne figures may only hold s'"l for a I i t i i 1 1 1 time. Tin-i.,',.,t pai.1,5 lry Plate inK-e--s used I'Taii work. . W. II. Vm.m.ky. Somerset Pa., Wanted. Ai.v ; rso having a gi-ni team of driving li"t.,. Mrtijuf and kind, cim find a pnn-haser tailing l or addn-s-ilig the !i:kAM of- LeKiblative Hand Book. Tiie lir-t immlh-r of Smull's Legislative H.U! 1 l: ,t inJ miiler the Uervision of l"'-i--iit proj.rii-Uir of the copy right. Tin. - -i.ri, K., Chief (lerk of Ihe Henate. "tia:l r.-j i a iii,n,venielit on its pred . MHVMslinireflitioii ofthe old w.i m, iiii.Mveiueut on the- previous '''."is. The conn .its ofthe eurn-jit di ,!"" ar" -iniilar in charai-ter w ith tln f -t-nuer ciitious, but tlieir arrangcmnil is """mini .liferent. The size ofthe volume "'o h.- ii changed, ihe Jiagi-s having "i enlarge,, j(J, e.rresHindiug U-iH-fit 'iproveincut iiiMtt. In ad'btion to Ihe eoiiw-i,,. ,,, r,t!i...r v.d:niM. the Hand Hook "'ia.ni. ,ij'g-slj. if the 1, it ion law, game a,"i ti-ii laws. tl,r entire rt venue a-ts of S7!, '""i and s.vi. and older useful matter, the "'"lie making a m-at uud "-miact volume of "-iHv 7m It is ,an,M11(.iv ltind ""'"I'l'iii-ly iinlexed. and is ai-coniiiaiiied lt!; a -olore.l niaj.., and will retain the pop tirity : jt Wi)( .irjtlJ? tK. years il '!ts '"" tx rore t!,- public. Il will U' a t! Isjok ti. iimrlj -very man, w hecbexen--Pd in p.lnic r ,,, it ,.,, lM. j.urchas- ""y application uTh,. 1J. t VH hran, Iaii (aMur. pa r'ifes? -"3' tilth of J nly will 'be- (lie next letti ) bis j The til.iijiiiioii ealuliihitc is (.'citing work in. There are only lour iirisoners in the comi ty jij.il at ircscnt. Work on ihe new Iiroiev-inj: finely. Reformed church is The Denim rniiic primary election takes .plane one wo k from Saturday. - Work ha Isvti coitunoWil on Mr. Frank Crimper's new house on Turkey font street. A new schedule went into cltivt on the I!. A 0. and S. .V C. Railroads Sunday morning. Notwithstanding the fact that Monday was a legal holiday, court whs in session all 1:'y" -a - - Summer lsianlers have already com menced to arrive at our hotels uud boaiding IlOUSCS. Copies of tiie rules governing tbe holding of Republican primary elections ran he had at this office- There were most too many drunks and disorderlies on our street!) Saturday night for a no-license tow Ojiite a number of jirople from the country and neihlxirinK towns, were in Somerset Monday. Memorial Day. The " Maroon " Rase Ball Club defeated the " tiladi-s " Friday by a score of 11 to 4. rilcher, Meyers and Itcacby. AnotlKT risoner lkeotit of the Borough lin k tii Saturday night. The loek-un U get ing into had repute all around. I'rof. J. M. Berkey. the new Superintend ent of sclniols in this txiuuty, hi-tured at the 4 'oopcrsdaie Academy, Johnstow n, last w eek . Monday, Junedth, will be. the last day, under the rules, for candidates, at the com ing publicau primary election to hand in their name).. Mr. Frank Kiernau, of Iitrole, took ad vantage of the strike at the coal mines of w hich he i Superintendent, to sciid several days of la-t wivk in Somerset. Fndcr the provisions of the new scalp law the seal is of w olves and w ild c:ils alone are to be paid for. For the former Jflit consti tutes the reward and for wild cats 2. j The name of Harry C. 11m hstetler, of t'on j emaii'gh township, who is a candidate for I I '..iikii- l'..,iiiiiL.iiiiL..p liH.ltaHin u. 1. 1...I in jmr aniioTiuccmcii li-t since our last issue. Mr. John i. Satiin r Monday evening sold bis handsome turnout, consisting of horse, buggy, barn.--, blankets, whip and coach doy, to a gentleman by the name of Mcintosh, from Altoona. We are in nivipt of a handsomely engrav ed program of the closing exercises of the Weslcyan Female Institute, at Staunton, Va. Miss Maine Vhl. daughter of John If. Fhl, Ksj.. is the valedictorian. Mrs. Lorenzo t'es-na, of fiitnlH-rhuid Val ley. Be-lionl county, while she was hanging out her week'fc wash last Tuesday, was struck by lightning and instantly killed. The clothes line was made of wire. Mr. Samuel Berkey. of Suneix-t township, met w ith a very serious ai-cidcut reivntly, by Ix iiig thrown from his sjiring wagon while on his w ay to elunch. With the aid of a pair of crutches he is able to be ubotit again. -- A game of base ball was played at I'rsina on I ii -oral ion day between the " tihules," of Somerset, and the I'rsina team. Only six inning's were playi-d. at iheeml of w hich the score stood lrt to 'A in favor of the " tilades." W. II. llnpjK-l, F.sp, aeconiianiel by his wife, left Tue-!ay for Omaha, to attend a meeting of the General Synod of the Luther an church at thai p'aiv". They expo t fo Hjtcnri several mouths in ti-aveliug through the W(t lH-fore. tin y return home. TI young Hsiple of the Iisciplei f'hunh will tiold a Ijiwii Fete in tiie Court House yanl Friday evening. June 8d ; the fund- rais tsl will Ik- devoted lo placing a new hrick pavement in front of the church. The pul lie an- cordially invited to attend. Mr. Fn derick Zimmerman died at his home in Shmvui.mtown, Thursday evening. He was a great sufli-rer and had been eotnfiu ed to his bed for a longtime. His funeral took place Saturday evening under theau-i spices of the (J. A. 11. of which organization j he was a iiienilier. j - - I hil'hoiis' iiav will lienWrvcilul the Fni- i lol Brethren church, one and one-half miles south of Somerset, on nest Sabbath, June oth. All are sirdially invited to lie there. Lei the older folks turnout with their flow ers and meet the children there, and make the day a pleasant one. (ur Mr. C. .-tiglcin w ill U- in Somerset on or aliout Thursday, Sune 2. 1Ss7. parti- deiring lo have iheir piano-or organs tumsl or repaired will h-ave their address al the Somerset Hoti.-e'. We guarantee all work done to give sjiti-faclion. or no pay. Hohmaxx Bui is., John-town, Pa. Messrs. Alex Nicholson, James Weimcr, Josiah Metzlerand Henry Cokniiin visittsl their friend Francis May, at Forge Bridge one day last week and peut the day in fish ing. They returned home in the evening w ith four hundred salmon trout, from eight to ten inches long. It was a pretty good day'i- work as the rish were all caught with hook and line. The Borough autlnritii-5 have concluded the piirchaseofa lot of ground from the llivke heirs, adjoining tlieir building on Main Mnrt. The lot fronts XI fis-t on Main strcet wiilis 132 f-et deep. The authorities pro- I I i lo- t i r.--(iie'ii l.n-k-un inn engine bouse on : the n-.ir end ofthe lot. Work will be com menced on the building, which will In-of brick, at once. The price paid for Ihe lot is jjd.ooo. Judge White and the Commissioners of Indiana county are still on the outs over the chaiiges'in the court house. The Judge Ihls n-fised to approve the petition ofthe Com missioners to isue IbjuiIs for the new jail. In retaliation the Commissioners have di nvtcd pnsrx-iKliiigs to lie commenced against Judge White for the n-covery of $:t.0) due from a former Treasurer. White U-ing one of his Uilidsmen. We Hre in receipt of a Idler from Mr. Kg. W. Holbrook. formerly cAhis oiunty, but now of New Orleans, in w hich he enclose a ran piorof 'shin-plaster" in the sha-of a one dollar note i-stied by the Somerset County Board of Commissioners on ihe llili if Novemlx-r. I.sii It is signed byM. Fn-ase. G. Klingamaii and J. Mong. Coiiuniosioiiers, and is att-sted by George Mowry. Clerk. It is in a crfiH state of pn-si-rvatioii, and so far as we know is the only piece of Suiici-kH County scrip now in existence. The new time table issued by the Ihilti more A- Ohio Bailroad went into effirt Sun ihiy moniin. ruder the new schedule the Baltinmru mail haves Johnstow n n 7:5j a m ; S,,mers,t H.M a. m. arriving at l(H k wood at !:-V a. in. where it meets with a train to Pittsburgh arriving at that place at rj.oilp. m. and with one lo CumU-rl.iiid. ar riving thiTe at p. ni. The accHHiimi datioii haves Johiislown at 2..'&t p. m. arriv ing at Somerset at 4 o p. m. and at Bock wissl at iM p. m. when- it e.iiine tH with a li iiu for llitsburgh. arriving there t Hr.'W p. in. The mc-oni modal ion also tMline-ts al liockwood with train lo Cunilierlaird ar-ri- ing there at 7:15 p m. The Km kwuod asniimslatioii Jrtive Somerset at 0:15 p. ni. arriving at Bockwixid at :" p. m The Johnstown express l-ves Bockwoisl at 5:J0 a. in. Soni'T-et at 5.V, arriving at Johns town at ":i a. m. The mail train leaves Ko kwKii at lu ) a. m. arriving at Sotner aet 1 1.-05 a. m. and at Johnstown at li-to p. m. Tin- Somen aworumodalioii leaves lbkwood at 5:30 p. m. arriving at Soaier tet at tirUU p. Bi. ' JILT THE SOUTH PEN N DEAD. Dr. Devld Hostetter and Ralph Bag ley Sell their Westmoreland Coal Land. The sale is announced this week of the eon! land holding of Dr. Havid Hostetter and Ilalph Bngaley in Mt. l'leasant mid 1'lea-ant I'nity townships. Westmoreland county, along Ihe line of the pn.iH-d Siiith IViut sylvauia ro.id. to unKliow n jiiinies for l,OtKi.. noli The sollcrs: do nut deny the report, but they decline fiir the prtent to give llu. name of die' purchasers. It in rumored that the latl-r will form a gigantic syndicate in oppo sition lo the Pittsburgh syndicate, but this is doubtless purely conjectural. The land ug-gn-gatc S,.VOacre. and the dt-al is the larg est of its kind since the pun-base ofthe Stan dard ooke works by the II. C Frick Coke Company, a few years ago, for l,'iVi,0x). The side of this coal property is looked ujion as a virtual abandonment ottlie Sitith I'enn sylvania on the art of its Pittsburgh back ers, although both Hostetter and Bagaley de ny this. The latter, in very interesting in terview, explain that they bought this coal land aliotight eight years ago lo prevent ita being gobbled by the Pennsylvania railroad interests and to iusure the South Pennsylva nia footing in the coke region. At this time the Suth Pennsylvania charter belonged to Hostetter, Itugalcy and the Beading fiailroad Company in eipiul interesta. The cider McCalmout was in vigorous hejilth and in control ofthe Beading. He was heartily in favor of the new line to Pittsburgh, and looked upon it as the means of converting the Heading system from comparatively a local road into a national highway, into a position tv com ictc w ith its rivals and ob tain a share of the general business of the country instead of lieing subject to the de pressions and fluctuations ofthe iron and coal industries. But before anything was done. McCalmont lost his reason. His younger brother, who succeeded to his es tate, took an interest in the matter and sis in disjioscd of his Beading stock to various purchasers, none of whom got enough to form the basis of a controlling interest. At this time Franklin It. Gowan promised an alliance with William If. Vamlerbilt. The public are familiar with subseiiueiil events in the history of the South Pennsyl vania, and il is not worth while to recount t bem. The most recent move, however, was to secure the passage of a bill at Harrishurg to admit ofthe line U-iug sold in sections, which bill was happily defeated by the prompt latioii ofthe Pittsburgh stockholders. " I have Urn told," said Bagaley, "that the true intent of this bill was to inak it legal for the dominant party in South Pennsylva nia lo put up that portion of the line at auc tion that lies U'twtrn Mt. I 'alias mid NYw- ville, about !l miles-; have some one in the interest of the Yanderbilts buy it in Cr a song, complete it at a ciwt not exewding Jl'.tino.Kio, probably much less, and then lease it perpetually lo the Pennsylvania ltail mad Company for .'sno.nu.t jier annum, which they oiler for it, or 5 per cent on .S-i.ooct.ooO. Had this scheme succeeded, the Vanderhilt family would have retired from South Pennsylvania w ith a handsome profit ; the Pennsylvania Kaiiroad would control a valuable and profitable addition to their pres ent system and the South Pennsylvania pro- jeet would have Urn as effectually killed as though the formerly ultcmptcd sell-out had Urn accomplished. - '" It is useless to deny the Curt that the pre sent outlook for the South Pennsylvania line is not rosy. Indeed, it is more unprom ising at this time than ever U-fore in the his tory ofthe enterprise. We have now car ried this large body of coal land for the benefit of the South Pennsylvania project a longtime.. Xeitheir of us are coke manu facturers, nor do we wish to increase our i-aii-s by taking on the management of a new business. It is for this reason that we have decided hi hell. 1 reserve acres w hich I purchased my sel f itne time ago as a protec tion to my iron ore and blast furnaire inter ests. In this couiMTTinn, it is simple justice to Ir. Hostetter tay that he insisted that tiie sale U' made lo jiarties who would oicr ale independent of the coke syndicate. A man docs not get much credit for good acts done in this worid, but 1 believe that this mutter will be of more use to blast furnace and the iron interests generally dejiendeiit uiiii the t "onnellsville region for fuel than if a missonarv had lulsm-d with them for sriuiny years."' The Marriage Law As Amended. The act "An act relating to niarrige li censes, providing for officer indicated to issue licenses for partim to marry," was aniend--l by the Legislature to read as follow- : The cleik ofthe court -hall inquire of the jiarties applying either semrately or togeth er, for marriage livnse as aforesaid, an oath or allinnation relative lo Ihe legality ofthe eoiiteiiiplateil marriage ; and if there la- no legal objection therrto, then he shall grant such marriage license ; or the parties intend ing marriage may either seieratcly or togeth er apcar lieforc any magistrate, alderman or justice ofthe Kiur of the township, wanl or county wherein cither of the contracting parties reside, ail in (he county where the license is desired, who may, and is hereby authorized to impure of them, touching the legality of their contemplated marriage; and such impiirie and the answers thereto hav ing lieen tibcriU-'.l und sworu to by the panic U-fore such ollicer, may lie forwarded to the clerk of the sunn, who, if satisfii-d, after an examination thensif, that ihe same is genuine and thai uo legal objis tioii lo the contemplated marriage exists, shall grant a license then-fur. And if any of Ihe rsoiis Intending to marry by virtue of such license shall la- un der twenty -one years of age, the oonsent of their parents or giianlians shall lie person ally given before said clerk or .certified un der the hand of such parent or gurdiau, attested by two adult w itneswes: and the signature of such jiarclit or guardian shall lie proicr!y acknowledged before a notary j public or other ollh-cr euuiietciit under the , ... . . i i i - . ... i :..i. . ..i.l 'aw lo nnivr a -kiio nugenieiiis. h nu n sum certificate and oath shall lie lileii of rwird in said od'n-e, and entry of the same shall lie made by the said clerk on the marriage li cense dis-ket as a pirt of the n-cords ofthe issuing of said license, und for which he shall n-ceive as his f,-cs the sum of lift jr cents, in addition to the marriage license fee, and ihe said magistrate, alderman or justice of the (icacc, for scrvW-cs nmdensl by him un der the provisions of this act, shall be entit led to ihe sum of lit'ty rnt. The clerk of theeouil shall furnish magis trates, alderman and justices of the pinee, at the nist of the proper county, all necessary blanks for acknowledgements ami aflhlaVit, herein nsjtiircd ; and if any clerk of any of said courts shall in any other manner issue or sign any marriage license, or if any mag istrate, alderman or justice of the peace, shall willfully make any false return lo the clerk ofthe court, he shall forfeit and uty any sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, to and for the use of ihe party aggrieved : J'nj-nii-'i. That nothing in this act shall be so construed as lo prevent cither party from making application for such license, by or through any next friend or relative, which next friend or relative may make the re quired pnsif on liehalf of the person repre sented by him or her. An Enterprising Firm. On Friday la-t we had a Very pleasant call from Mr. Kd. K. Hohmann, of the linn of Hohmaiin Bros., music dealers, Johnstown, Pa. Mr. Hohmann informs nsthat they are Side Agent fortbcC'iaiiiiHATH.u Sstrru Axku icak Obuass axdHoiiki PiASOti. TheStiiith rgan have few yt' and w mixriun. The Memsr Hohmann guarantee every instrument fi r five years, The Sohmer piano now lead all eonileti tors. For singing qiwlitle, lightness, and ijuii km-i of acthrfi, tlu-y have no annuls. This firm liuve lately added a Piano and Or gan Tuuing ami lb-pairing lepartmeiit Ui their already large establishment, ' This de jiartment haa heon plain! in charge of prac tical workmen of long experieiii. Mr. Hoh mann informs us that the firm guarantee all tuning and rejmir work left in their charge to give atislait, or no pay. Orders by mail will receive prompt attention. Addrea Hoijkak Bbos., Johnstown, Pa MEMORIAL DAY Fittingly Observed at Somerset. A more beautiful and suitable ilay for dec orating the graves of the Nation's dead could scarcely lie desinil than was Monday. The day was more generally observed here than for several years pHt. Fairly in the morning people Iiegan to gather in fnun Ihe neighbor ing town and surrounding country and by I't o'clock all minimally large cnnvd had col lected in front of the Court house and G. A It. headquarters, where the procession was to form. The pris-es-sion formed in theordcr and marched over the course as stated in the program published in last week's II khaLD. Many of the business housesi and private nwidenivs along the line of march were pro fusely and tastily decked with flags and bunting. I' pon arriving at the cemetery the accus tomed ceremonies were jicrformod in the fol lowing onler ; Opening, by Commander John. II. Huston. Dirge by the Band. Prayer, by Chaplain Hiram King. Part first by 8. V. C. Oliver Knepper. Tart sei.-ond, by J. V. C, ( its). H. Xave. I'art third by P. Com. Jonas M. Cook. Part fourth by P. Com. W. M. Schroc.k. Strewing of flowers, and music by the Band. Oration, by Appleton Bash. ' Song by the Assembly. Oration, by Com. W. II. Sanner. Benediction, by Bev. Barlett. A irounti-rmarxrh was had to the Iieformed cemetery, where the concluding ceremonies were had, after which the procession return ed to the place of starting, and was dismissed. EKV. BASH'S OKATIOX. Bev. Bash, on being introduced, delivered the follow ing address, in a must pleasing and elMuciit manner, holding the close atten tion of bis large crowd of listeners : Father, ixilitiirt, and Vomttrtfmrn ; Fair Ladle: Our brethren sleep Unicath us in all the solemnity of death. Life, with its joys and sorrows, with them is over forever. Their lips are voiceless ; tlieir eyes forever closed. Amid the smoke and heat of battle many of them passed away ; and now, in this solemn place, amid the quiet of nature, we have met to pay them honor. With yon, brave soldiers, they shared the fatigue ofthe march, tin danger ofthe battle, the chagrin of retreat, and the glory of the victory. With you they sat arohnd the same camp-lire, shared the same fan', heard the roll of the reveille whit h called to duty, or the U-at of the tattisi which sent you' to the earth for a bed, and the knap-sack for a piilow. And now. We have met ill the peaceful alside tif the dcparUrd the living and the dead the urrc to drop a tear for the other. It is a sol emn duty we jierfomi. The Hag of our coun try drisips heavily from yonder staff, and all nature seems to echo the sympathy of this day. Fighting in Ihe holiest of cau.-cs the cause ofthe I'liioii, they fell, but their blood was not shed ill vain. From every drop of patriotic blood that sunk into Southern sod, there sprung a hero to fight for this glorious Union. From thtTdarkness and death of the fight the angel of our country's freedom emerged with brighter glory on her wings ; and beyond the smoke of warfare rose the damn of this brighter day. No more will they answer the bugle call ; al! is over they are at n-sl. Yea, in Ihe shining courts of iieaveuJhey rest fmrn the toilsome niareh, and ihe hens-j of the past greet them w ith smile of joy and welcome, and their souls, once troubled by the alarms of war are sooth ed by the music of the angels, and the Kter ual bids them rejoice. Fond hopes are here buried, yea, la-neat h the sod true, loyal hearts that once throblied with that passion which is most like Heaven Uive moulders into dust. And yet from the grave itself, from the very skull of death, fair (lowers hlisuii in loveliness and with their fragrance sanctify the air of this spot. ' And why did they die? They di.sl that this American I'liion might live. The Union is a holy thing. A hundred years ago it was Uirn and baptized iu rivers of sa cred bUssl. For it thousands of brave men kit Iheir home, their wives, their sweet hearts to die amid ice and snows, the terror of battle, or the dishonor ofthe scaffold. No one can Count the tears, the prayers and lives, that have lieeu freely given that this Union might be an eternal bond of biother- hood lor millions, and forever saved as tl JOiome ofi his linge I di-honor ol the lree. J lie man mat would lay er upon any of its pillars, not only inrs the dcail, nut invoke upon ni: name the curse of ages. I care not what luay lie his pretence whether for the pro tection of black slavery in the South, or white slavery in the North that man is a traitor to ihe country that shelters him, a traitor lo the mother wUise breast nourished him, u traitor to the heroic dead, whose very graves abhor Ihe pollution of ids -'u p. Bene diet Arnold was a hero, although a traitor; but the man who would strike the Union to day, stands arrayed in all the hormr of Ar nold's treason, without one redeeming ray of his heroism. " The Union is to Freedom, what Ihe Bible is to Hoi." For this, then, they died. War, at iicst, is a sad thing. Its miseries may be easily conceived from its very nature. In war the strength, skill, en ergy and resources of a w hole country are concentrated for the infliction of suffering and death. The rvsourees of art and nature are exhausted to increase the pocr of man in destroying his fellow-creatures. Ilepail' iu thought to a recent battlefield. IB-re are lieaii of slain, weltering in their own blo-sl; here are multitudes trodden under foot, and the war-horse leaves the trace of his hoof iu many a mangled face. Here are the wound id ; they live, but live without hot. AmM-t these horrors you see the bird and U-asl of prey gorging themselves with the dead or dying. War is thus regardisl as a terrible thing. But w ar fur Om I and Freedom, and Home, holiest war, waged with the sword and rifle, that are taken from their places alvc the ioor man's hearth, and sanctified with the tears of mother, w ife or sister ; wa. that is fought oil native soil, with Ihe Ood of battles with US, that is a holy thing in the sight of heaven. And in such a war, waged on American soil for the preservation of this Union, your comrades died. From the eter nal world they look down upon us, and the fruits of their sacrilice. From the battle ments of high Heaven, w here waves Iminan uel's stainless, banner, they look down ttjxin your banner of freedom as the sun gleam of victory' glitters on ils stars. Alone, amid the ranks of buttle, where none paused to receive the last message, or ere tiie battle shout had ceased to echo on Iheir ears, they ii-sed away. But as they fM on spirit wings to their eternal rest, the souls of ihe mighty deailhcrtM and martyrs for freedom come crowding to Ihe jiearly gal", and hail them welcome home ! Brutus, stern, hemic Bru tus is there, Hampden and Sidney are there, the fathers of the Bevolutiou are there; Washington, Warren. Putnam are among the tirst in jhe mighty crowd, and each spir it sounding u welcome home to the martyrs ofthe Kcliellion. The kind hands of wife or lover were not pressed over their bwws when the big drops ofthe death dew announced the approach of the Angel of Heath. No loving hand, no soft voiced wife? no fair-haired child was near alone they died. But not alone diil they suf fer. The gravis here marked are not the only ones of heroes and martyrsof the Union. "The muiil who bind her warriors nauli, Willi smile that well her paiu dissembles. The while beneath her drooping lash One starry tear-drop hangs and trembles ; Though heaven aloue records the tear, And lamesTiall never kqow her story. Her heart ha ued a drop as dear As e'er bedewed the field of ijlory P' For the brave, noble, loyal mothers of the land whose hearts silently broke as they kissed husband or son farewell, and bid him go forth to die for his country ; we drop a tear, and asurilie unto them, largely, the vic tory that gladdens our hearts, even in this hour of sorrow for the dead. And to tiie an gello maids and sisters that bade lovers and brothers odor themselves on thefltar of their country's need, we echo the sentiment : ' " By every hill whose stately pine Wave their dark arms above ' . The home where some tair being shines. To warm the wilds with love, Preni barest rock to bleakest shore . Where farthkl nail unfurls, . That sutrs and stripes are streaming o'er ' God blest our Yankee tiirls r ' Christianity, in enjoining' a disinterested and benevolent spirit admits and sanctions our attachment to the land of our fathers. It only demands that our patriotism be pure. Within this limit we can ardently at tach ourselves to the welfiin- of our country. In its perils we should fly to ita rescue, with seal and alRrtioii, resolved to partake of its sufferings, and prepare if uc-d be iodic iu its defense. Such a moment, my friends, de mand of u such a fervent patriotism. Ou this piirstii.ii our duty is clear ; the right of defense can never he denied us ; and never, while iod gives ncans of resistance, ought we to resign our country to a foe. Our duty as jiat.riotie citizens and Christians is plain ; it is to defend our homes, onr firesides, and our country. And in such an hour, and in spired by such motives our fallen comrades went forth lo dare and to die. Death awaits ns all, and happy he who falls in the path of duty. "Most happy and most honored of men is the martyr to religion, who seals with his blood those truths on which human vir tue, consolation and hope depend ; and next to him, happy is the martyr to the cause, of his country, who, iu obedience to God, op poses his breast to the sword of her destroyers and refiays w ith life the protection she has afforded." Man's life is not like a dew-drop falling on the rock, soon exhaled by the sun ; but it is like a river its present state is the result of its past, its strength, and color, and charac ter are the resuts of Ihe soil through which it has come, ofthe contributory streams that have flown into it, and of the winds that have rippled its surface or stirred its depths. What, then, can we say ofthe lives of our fallen comrades? Did they pass away and leave no trace of their work, like the dia mond dew, kissed by the morning sun? No, No! "Theirs was the glory of pure souls, act uated by one motive of good, straining even' pursise to accomplish it ; neither heeding the threats of danger on the one hand or the calls of love on the other, but speeding on with sure steps to the goal of tlieir hopes 1 he defense of their country's flag." And, as they pressed onward in the charge, died shouting ' Forever float that standard sheet ! W here breathes the foe hut falls before us, With Freedom's soil benealh our feet, - And hi.-dloiir banner rtreauilug o'er n 7" Behold the resull of their sacri lice of life! They have given us an undivided country, a land of fertile prairies, of luxurious valleys, of mighty rivers, of towering mountains a land of freemen, of millions of happy U-ings whose homes echo with Hosannas to CJod, whose praises reieai in loving remembrance the names of the fallen heroes of the battle for Home, and (od, and native Land. And now, having scattered flowers lo their mem ory, we again bid them farewell. The gol den beams of the sun-tint, the wreaths that adorn their graves to-day and will Hing a shower of light over their place of rest till they shall rise to be " Forever with the lxird."' . Ill conclusion, let me say to you, member of the ( irand Army of the Bcptiblic, that like knights of theolden time, who, having travel ed in many lands, gathering stronger aspira tions from every temple, and fresher holies from even' altar, ascend the summit of the last hill, and lieholds in the distance, gleaming into light, the Jerusalem of their souls ; so after many dangers and battles after tread ing the battle-fields where every flower blooms more U-autiful to-day, from Ihe ob lation of heroic blood Jiaured ujion its hal lowed soil, you stand iu sight of the temple of your hopes, but after nil you slood only upon the threshold of your holy work. Your heroism preserved unstained the supremacy of our Union. But it is still threatened by the danger of the ambition of despotic for eign jKiwers. and the interna! throes of anar chy and communism. But to you and your sons, represented here to-day by the order of Sons of Veterans, we can safely commit the honor and safety of our country. And by U-ing true to the trust we bhall U a joy to the whole earth. Our Freedom will not abide iu obscurity, but ra diate to every part of Ihe globe. It will in crease, and peqietuate, till every nation shall arise from the slumber of ages. Oar freedom will be real, safe and contagious. Our liber ty, centering in Ood, shall blossom into the bright flower of millennial beauty. Then, from the Last, and from the isles of the sea that shine like stars iu the blue water, fnun every clime, tongue and people, shall the choral song of Peace, Liberty and Love, caught from the " I-aud of the tree and the home of the brave,'' rliMit back with every wind to its just home, our own Joved America. Sl-KU II or CAPT. W. II. SAN.VKR. After the music which followed Bev. liash's addnrss, Captain Sanner was intro duced, and the following is a synopsis of what he said ; Were we to drop a tear mi the graves of the forty-one dead comrade who lie beneath the sod of these burial grounds, and with one accord raise our eyes towards ihe bine dome aUive and simrrely thank heaven that we are free American citizens, we would have in thisan oration more liefilting this solemn oc casion than any I am at present able to de liver. F.uroiean countries, whose govern ments have been so frequently changed by force of arms, whose soil has been so often drenched with jiatriolic blood, and whose box. in contains the grave of her sacrificed I millions, never w itnessed such a scene as is here to-day presented. The young Hepub lic o' the West paying tribute to her fallen henes; a national boliilay, sacredly set apart for the puriHise of paying honiage to those who died that our country might lie what it had not in spirit hcci. " The land of the free Aad the liuiue of the brave," The defender of the Boniati Umpire sleejs lo-day in an unmarked grave, unhallowed by the touch of even the hand of sympathy and disturUnl only by the tread of the countless throng who heedles-ly march over the place where the hero resM, and yet they are still denominated the" Noble Unmans." France simply issesses a veneration for the living in whose strong and mighty army rests Ihe perjietuity of her government ; the German Kinpire whose great and populous domain hits Urn the sirne of over one-half a cent ury of wars, seems ifot to recognize the fact that to the saerillces of her brave soldiers, she owes her greatness, her great ieople, like nearly all others of the world, scarcely recog nize the final resting place of him who fell lefending the integrity and is-rpi'tuity of their government. They point to the living great as an example of their gratitude. We as a people, have, since we are a Republic, Urn taught the principle that ingratitude is a crime, and, that the oppisite is co-existent with a free government. Therefore, we as American citizens (siiiit with patriotic pride to a Washington, a Lincoln, a Orant, and a Logan, and. with solemn veneration we to- lay place on their tomlis the sprig of acacia. Nor do we recognize any distinction on ac count of rank orcaste; thegraveof Ihehum- biest soldier who carried his musket lieiieath the folds of the stars and stripes, and wjio bravely guarded her iu the deadly co,nf)icl on the field lest a star should lie plucked from her constellation, receives the same recogni tion all over this Union to-day as do those of them who amidst the clash of arms and the thunder of artillery, commanded the army. The humblest ofthe 2SUO killed and the ltooti mortally wounded on Pennsylvan ia's soil at Gettysburg, and the many more who have since died, nirive the same at tention as a Gen. Reynolds or a sturdy Cum mins, who, in the darkest hour fell in the thickest of the fight when it seemed as though we could not spare a single man. The noble Gen. Meade, upon w bom at one time seemed to depend thefhteofthe nation, and the humblest private who died receiving the terrible onslaught on Cemetery Hill are tovlay placed on one common level each having erforined his part bravely for the preservation of the unity of States. . Hir memories carry us back, to-day, to lcil,when the horizon was overcast with the cloud of war. Many of us were then mere boy such as our Sons of Veterans are to-day. When the call to arms was sounded, from every northern state in the Union there came such a response that no one save an Ameri can ever dreamed of. Nor did our own county or our own town spare her boys; from every hillside, mountain and valley were son marching lo the front, with patriotic tread, hundreds of those who never failed to do their whole duty. Many of these destiny decreed should pour out their life's blood for the preservation of our country. How they rrformed tlieir duty, b-t the history of An lietan, ofthe Wilderness, of Gettysburg, and a dozen more battle-fiehls U-ar b-stimony We have to-day among u lli- maimed and wounded und broken doivti in body and limb who give Us unmistakable evidence of their valor. We have also here the dead whose graves we halo and w hose memories we re vere who tell in the holy cause of Itliertv as witnesses to the fact that they were heroes. Mother, you then gave your boy the hist parting kiss, for you never saw him since he HI in battle and wax buried w here he fell but a beneficent Government has since cared for his remains, ami he now lies in some National Cemetery, and, to-day, by some kind hand, his grave is bedirked with flow ers, his tomb crow mil with evergreens. And now, my fellow Comrades, whilst wc still perform annually these pleasant duties as the only tribute we can pay our dead Com rades, let us not be unmindful ofthe fact that soon others must perform this duty, for, one by one we are dropping out of ranks, the gray hairs frsted by the lapse of years and exoKurc during the war, indicate our mor tality and early demise ; but then our sons. imbued with the jiatriotism of. their fathers. will iierfonn this duly. May we so order our lives that when we finally strike tents here, we may pitch them on that immortal camping ground where so many of our Com rades are, who passed the portals as the ad vance Guard. " Immortality o'erwee All pains, all tours, all times, all fears, And peals like Ihe eternal thunder of the dee) Into our ears, this truth, . The hero, though dead, lives forever." Judge and Jury. The following c.ises were di-iiosed of at the second week of the May Term of Court. The balance of the cases down for trial were eon tinued. Adam Arisman vs. Josiah Friedline and Francis Friedline. Action for damage. Plain tiff cluiming $,'f,0nn.(Ni damages ()r injuries done by the Dcfetidanf in throwing sawdust. clc into a small run that empties into the Plaintiff saw-mill dam. Verdict in Civor of Plaintiff iu the sum of M-'.oO. B. F. Reynolds vs. James B. Walker. (Summons jn Covenant.) Settled as per pa- ier filed. Charles Holsapple vs. The I-atrobe Lum ber and Boom Company, Limited. Settled by the purties. Ellen Johns vs. the Baltimore it Ohio Rail Mad Company. (Trespass on the Case.) The Plaintiff claims ijdu.OoO damages for the death of her husband. Josiah Johns, who was killed at Hyndman, while a passenger on the road ofthe Defendant Company, on the 16th day of April, Verdict iu favor of Ik- fen dants. H. H. Staid vs. Simon Hanger. (Appeal y ueicnuani.j namtitj claims if-j.-io ions on a colt sold Plaintiff by IV-fendant also $25.0ii for feedingaud taking care of said colt Verdict in favor of Plaintiff for the sum of $22.50 with interest on the same from 1st January, lsxt. Charles 11. Lonegan vs. M. K. Fuller. (Debt.) Settled a per niK-r filed. Hanson iJemmit and Maliiida Dcmmit vs, Baltimore A Ohio Railroad Company, (Case). .Settled as lT pas-r filed. John C. laly, et. al. vs. William and Abraiu Kgolf. (Trespass c. q. f.) plaintiff claims $13,000 damages for the cutting and converting to Defendant's use of a large mint her of timber tires. Verdict for 'he plaintiff in the sum of :.). : The case of John C. Idly, et. al. vs. Benja min and Scigel Bender, and Win. Rarnhart. ( F.ji-ctment,) was i ailed Fridjy and is still undergoing trial ut this writing, Tuesday af- tcffUMlll. KOAII A.NI KKUHiE VIEWS. Petition of citizens of Jenner township to vacate and supply parts of two roads near Alex Hoffman's, Jacob Hoffman's, and Con rad Ray's. Wm. M. Schmck, Somerset, sur veyor; Meshack Ream, Uriah Weller, view ers. Petition of citizens of Upjier Turkeyfoot township for a public road from a point on the public road leading from Paddytown to Forge Bridge, mar the house of Nelson Romeslinrger, to a point on the public road leading to Meyersdale, near Forge Bridge, in said township. Irencas Snyder, surveyor; George M. Baker, Jacob Bittner, viewers. Petition of citizens of Conemaugh and Paint townships for a comity bridge over Stoiiyrreck, where the public highway from Davidsville to Foust's Mill crosses said creek. Wm. Baker, surveyor ; J. R. Mognet, Wm. H. Hay, viewers. Petition of John Ifaiilin for a private road in Jenner township. Henry Ranch, survey or; Noah Bowman of David, and C. II. Dii key, viewers. The Crops Outlook. The report of the deirtment of agriculture for May relates to the condition of winter grain, progn'ss of spring plow ing and pro portion ofthe proprosed cotton area already planted. It indicates a decline in the condi tion of wheat of two points since April 1, the general average for the whole country being W!. against (Vi at tiie same date in ls-ni, 70 in 1HS5 and 14 in li4. The changes in condi tion have not U-cn uniform throughout the winter wheat region, some slates showing an increase, the majority a slight decline, and a lew heavy falling oil". The states of the mid dle Atlantic coast, from Pennsylvania to North Carolina, show some improvement, seasonable weather having aided the plant iu recovering more than was expected from the Injury done by the trying season during Feb ruary and March. In New York and New Jersey the amount of winter killing was not fully known on April 1. ami this with cold unfavorable weather during the mouth has caused a serious reduction of condition. Drought has reduced the average somewhat in the easteni gulf states, and has' wrought very serious damage in Texas and Arkansas, lowering condition during the month 19 and lOiMiint resjiectively. Favorable' tempera ture and seasonable rains have improved the prosiicet iu Tennessee, West Virginia and Kentucky, condition U-ing considerably higher in these states than it has averaged in May for the past five years. The most serious reduction of the mouth is in Ohio, where there is a falling otr of S points since the 1st of April, due to the continuing evil elfirts of the alternate freezing and thawing uoted in the last report, and lo the cold, dry weather during the greater jmrt of April which gave the injured plant little chance for recuperation. A favorable season after April 1, might have in a great measure re paired the injury done up to that lime, but the continued unfavorable conditions have wrought still further damage and a small crop is now inevitable. Michigan and Indiana show a slight de cline, while in Illinois and Missouri there is a gain of one point. Unfavorable weather in Kansas and CuKfuruia has cauned a slight falling otf, white in Oregon the prospect has advanced, it U-ing the unly titu in. w hich condition reaches HJU. The averages of con dition by stutes : New York Mi, Pennsylvania 72, Maryland 84, Virginia H, North Caro lina IIU, Texas (In, Arkansas M, Tennessee !K1, West VirRi'iia il, Kentucky Od, Ohio 71, Michigan !J, Indiana 87, 111 inois'Jil, Missouri Uti, Kansas rH, California rtl, Oregon 101. Rye has suffered from the same conditions which have injuriously affected wheat but, on account of is hardier nature, the general average is considerable higher, standing at Ho.8 against 92 on April 1 and 95.7 at the same date in IHH0. The condition of barley is low; the average being i T in Slay, lifl, ami 82 in Ks5. The era on has been more generally ad vanced in ail parts of the country than usual, spring plowing U'ing seriously behind only on the Atlantic coast south of Pennsylvania and on the Pacific lo. In these sections it has been delayed by cold and excess of moisture. - Klsewhere the work is ahead of an average year, the season, esiiecially dur ing April having U-en generally favorable, with teniieraturo aUive the normal, and rainfall at a minimum. The proportion already done on May 1 is estimated at 80 percent, of the whole, while the amount usually completed at that date is aliove 7G percent. Huntingdon License Cane. The Supreme Court last week henrd argu ; ment npon the several cases apjK-ahsl from the Quarter Session of Huntingdon county, which involved ihe right of a court to arbi trarily withhold a heeiiM- from an applicant who has confessedly complied witii all tiie requirement of the law. Hytiry I-isler, who keep tin u Leister House," and James Swojie, who keeps the " Hotel Burnswu k," iu the lioroiigh of H uiitiugdon. both filed ap plicalions ffr licenses to sell li'pior ot their respective hotels. The fact that the houses are necessary for theaci-ommodation of trav elers and the entertainment of stiniigcrs, and thai all the retptiremenls ofthe law had been complied with, were admitted, and President Furst held that under such cir-cuuiHlani-cs the Court had no opt ion to refuse the license ; but his Associate Judges. Mc Carthy and Foreman, who were unlearned in the law, overruled him, and refused the applications on the ground that It was not necessary to license a hotel to sell intoxi cating liquors. Judge Furst filed a dissenting opinion, re marking that the decision of the lay Judges set aside an act of Assembly, reversed the decision of the Supreme Court, dctrted from the settled law of the laud, and was in utter disregard of the law and the rights of the jieople. The disapiniinted applicant up pealeil to the Supreme Court. In supiiort ofthe decision of the Associate Judges, it was argued that there is a strong temperance sentiment in Huntingdon County, which hits hud the effect of reducing the number of sa loons in the county from fifty to five; that it was this sentiment thnt gave all the pres ent Judges their seats upon the bench, anil that hail made it imossib!e for any candid ate for Judge to lie elected unless he was a pronounced temperance man. It was also urged that the granting of license was a dis cretionary matter with the Judges of the Quarter Sessions, that no appeal lay from their decisions. The following well mean ing opinion filed by the Associate Judges, when it was read, during the argument, caused the court to smile unanimously : " ' When laws, are passed that seem to conflict with Go-i s injunctions, we are not compelled to oU-y them. " ' I am opposed to the granting of license from the very tar t that the Court that grants it may lie comix lied to sit in judgement on crime ofthe most diabolical character, U-ing the direct outgrowth of the license they had granted. " 4 1 cannot, join in granting of license. I belive it to be a sin. 1 would have to answer for it at the Great Day. I oppose it for the reason that no g'iod can result from it and much evil may. And while the above aie my views of the license law and my con science forbids me looking at it in any other light, I do not say that I am legally ritrht. I leave this for those learned in the law, but I do U lieye I am morally right. Neither do I condemn those who differ with me iu opinion. What to me would seem wrong might U entirely right to another.' " Sunday-school Convention. The Sunday-schools of the Hoovcrsville pastorate metin Convention at Ijimberts ville on Saturday, April .'0, ls7. The Convention was oiened with music by the choir: " Heavenly Father we Aditre Thee." The devotional exercises were conducted by Rev. Houseman. The address of welcome was delivered by AV. H. II. SorU-r. Rev. Houseman nssindisl very ably and pleas antly. Music: "When I Survey the Won drous Criss." The President appointed the following Committee on Ppigram : Rev. Houseman. Jonathan Lambert, Charles Wagnerand Levi Kooiitz. Discussion : " Is the Sabbat h-school a sub stitute for parental teaching in matters ol re ligion ''" The subjivt was opened by D. W. Srler, followed by J. I!. IjimU rt. W. H. H. Surlier, Philip Berkeybile. Allien Lamlicrt, James Lambert, L. C. Lambert and Albert Wright. A motion was passed to hold the aUive subject over for the aftennHin session for fur ther diseusiion. Music: "He Leadeth Me.' Benediction. AFTEKXOOS SKSSION. Convention met at 'A r. M. and wiis opened with music; "It is Well with my Soul." The devotional exercises were conducted by Rev. Houseman. Discussion : " iK-f.-cts in the' Sabbalh- sebisil.'' The subject was oiietied by Philip Berkeybile, and further discussed by Bey. Houseman and levi Kixmtz. The subject " Is the Sabbath-school a Sub stitute for Parental Teaching in Matters of Religion?" was again resumed, and discuss ed by Jacob Keller, Albert Lamiiert, Ixvi Koontz, W. II. II. Sorlier, Philip Berkeybile, J. B. limU-rt, Rev. Houseman and D. W. -Surlier. The discussion throughout was able. lively and interesting. The next subject for general discussion. The Relation of the Sabbath-school to the Government,' wa ably opened bv Jonathan Lamiiert, and further discussed by Rev. Houseman, Albert Wright. L. C. I-amU-rt, James Lamiiert, Philip Berkeybile and levi Koontz. Some very interesting and instructive que ries were answered by memliers of the Con vention, to the edification of the entire au dience. Convention adjourned to meet at 8 r. w. KVES1NU SESSION. Convention met at 8 o'clock, and was open ed with music : " To Jesus I Will Go.' The devotional exercises were conducted by Rev. Houseman. The minute of the previous session were read and adopted. The Secretary then rind a litter written by remiah Maurer. from Nebraska, to the Convention. Such words of encouragement iiinlgooil advice as it contained can emanate only from a heart overflow-ins with love to God, and from one who is actively ami zeal ously engaged in Sahlmth-sehool work. Discussion: u To what extent is the effect of Sunday-school work felt on this charge ?" The subject was opened by James Lamiiert. followed by C. W. Williamson, Jacob Keller, Joseph Ream. Levi Koontz, L. C. Lambert, W. II. H. Sorts-rand Rev. Houseman. Queries were next discussed by meinU-rs of. the Convent ion. The pr-gram for the next Quarterly Con vention was then read. In liehalf of persons from other mi tits. Rev. Houseman tendered the Is-ople of Lani- hcrtsvil'e and vicinity a vole of thanks for their kindness and hospitality. Music : God Be With You Till We Mcei Aagain." Convention then adjourned. Thus closed oneof the most interesting and enjoyable Quarterly Conventions that has yet U-en held in this charge. Thc-su tonven-vi-ntioiis are growing interest and popiu larity, and are In-coming potent fir good- Here are djsviissci) llw U-st method for im parling instruction, fur getting pcr-ons to at tend the Sunday-school ; the U-st plan to interest them when we get them there, and also to discuss new features that may very profitably be added to the Sunday-school. Hearty thanks are due to Rev. Houseman, w ho has ju come into our miiLst. for taking hold of the work of Ihe Convention and reli- lering such excellent service toward making a sucn-sa. May we hoie Unit our next Convention will still be Utter, and that our anticipations U- not empty dream. In the meantime, let us work. J. It. Lambkbt, Secretary pro U-m. A Few Bakersvllle Items. Henry Schlag lias recently opened a new store Airnngements have-been made to put a new roof on the Bakersville church. The Dwnkards last week held a meeting at the Kimmcll church, three persons being added to thechureh. Mr. and Mrs. John IL Morrison and fami ly have received from Rev. Kuhlmati, for merly pastor of the Lutheran churches of I-avansvilie and Bakersville, but now of Rtica, Neb., an invitation card to the mar riage of his daughter Km ma to a Mr. Stein, which takes place on Tuestlay evening. May 81st. A Reaukk. . Bakcbsviijjc, May 30, lt7. Our Harrlsburg Letter. From aHr&jirrvil frrrnp'mHrm. Hvhuisio u,. May 28. sh". The filaie Capital ha a decidedly di-scrtfd apiicuraiice lo-day. from one week ago. Then tiic iiit-mbcr were scattered here and there, taking leave of each nther. -une iu r.itheraii athq ting m inner, while oiin rs were p:. king thciridt in a grip-si.i k preparatory lo filial leaving. At this time not one member is to W loiind ii: the Stale Capitd, and it lias a very ilccidedly dcsa-rled appearance, and is ipiite lonely. Harrishurg without the I-j'i-laliire. i like a fish out of water even the newsraicr man dors not know what to do with himself. It is an overgrown, great big town : little or no business , -ems In be done, and there i rath er a sail, a wor-UiMie look upon the fueol' everyone. While they bsdc a great deal of pleasure in ofiserving the Li-gislatur while in session and finding fault with the mem ben and looking upon them with suspicion, yet they seem to miss them and regret their leaving. The place ha about 40,000 inhab itants, arid has improve,! very much of late. Steelton, a place five miles below the city, has Un-onie ijuite a mauuf.u luring plai-e of iron and steel, and has increased the busi nes ofthe city considerably. It has improv ed a Very great deal of late, and what at one time was acres of fields, with the histor ic Camp Curtin during the war. is now built info good dwelling and business housi. In meandering over these ground one cannot but jiaiise and think of ihe vast change 2." year has brought aUiut ; the men who have disap:ared from the scene of action, and others who fiave taken their place. Il is said that the present Legislature was aliove tiie average in point of respecta ability, ami that there was a disposition on the Jiart of the Harri.-nurg people to ri-Ient some of their stillness, and admit the Urtter legislators into society. This state ment must be taken with some allow-ani-e. While there are those who look with some favor upon the members, either from a business or a political standimint, a large ma jority of the people are cold, selfish and in hospitable, and do not seem to care to min gle w ith the law-makers, which is contrary to the spirit of this great church-going ploi-c. (n the other baud, il must he admitted thai there are not a few who find their way lo the Legislative halls that are not fit for decent jHnple to associate with. It Is very hard for the people to draw the line, and they are in some sense excusable. Still, much more mikdit be done to make the stay of the mem bers pleasant, and to banish the unpleasant feeling U-tween them and the good jieople of the State Capital. These are reflection which came to my mind as I walked this afternoon along Front street, and the beautiful river StL-iiuchaiina, w hich i the one red, ming feauliire of the city. There are many elegant reside n?s on this street wealth and elejratii-e alsMind. Here lives the sage and patriot, Simon Cam eron ; his son, Hon. J. Donald Cameron. U. S. Senator, and many more less nuted. but equally wealthy rsrrsons. The remains of old Mr. Harris, the founder of the city, are interred in a grave on Ihe bank of the river, midway in the city, en closed by llu iron fence, with the .-tump of the tree to which he bail U-en tied by the In dians, with a bundle of stiik. indicating he was to U- burned at the slake ; the stump is well preserved w ith putty and paint a plain headstone marks the resting place of this old pioneer, jriving the date of his death, aud that he wit a member of the I liurch of Kmr land. Another object of interest .at the State Capitol is the " flag room." This is the room in which are deposited the ditlerent Hags of the various regiments of the State who fought in the war of ihe reU-liiou ; each flag bos its prorier place, with tne numU-rof tiie regiment., and something of the history to some of them. It is a pleasant plate to sjs-nda few hours, and many a scarred hero look iiMin Ihe Hag of his country which he followed so bravely during the war. Some thing concerning the nature and extent of the li-isiatioti was exected, but this must be deferred for a more convenient season, a your correspondent still lingers on the bank ofthe Susijiiehanna. Philip. Items from over the County. Christian Reitz of Somerset TwpM is build ing a new house which will lie ready for occu pancy by harvest. David Ash of Simerset township lias torn hi burndownanil intend to erect a new one in ils place. "Day"ay when he ha a raising he intends to giv the Uys a party, but of eour-e, they must brimr their sweet hearts along. Samuel King, of Middlcoreek, wa in town on Sat unlay and took aloii a new Cham pion mower. Sam intends to mow. ' Joseph Fn-idiine, of Kdie. is building a new grist, mill, saw mill and planing mill. Kdie has a imstotii.e, store, church, schoop house and lanyard. A!U-r Weimcr i chief postmaster and store keeper and says busi ness is improving. Peter Miller, of Simerset fownship.is irti proving hi farm by enclosing it with a new Uird fence. John A. Fn-idiine of Kdie .iy he is a hap py man and says he don't wait on anyUi.lv to help him to cut his grain U-cau-i- it is a Cbampaion Self Binder mid " don't you for get it." Harry Bilker, of Sipesville, hxs torn down hisoIiMiarn and is ens-ting a new one in its place. Isaiah Gih1, of Frieib-iis. is building a new house and will -non hvric it ready for is-cupancy. Joseph GimnI. of Freiilen intends to build a new piece to his tarn thi- summer. Wm. BntUiker, of Soinei-el township, in tends to build a new barn this summer. Herman Sluuik,of Shuiik-ville, hii built a new addition to his hotel. Herman intend tooju-nout theiu hotel business right and says he means business. Not i"Tkx. Thoughts Found at the Bottom of a Class of Whisky. For all kimls of liipior manufactured or imported for consumption the manufactur ers, importers und wholesale dealers realized $. f , an , n . The drink bill exceed that of food, schools, churches and charities combined. The average German in his native country drinks l.H gallons of spirits and gal lons of liecr, or a trille more than Iwiiv that consumed by the average American. The drink haliit is more, prevalent in the United States than in any of the other coun tries claiming to be civilized. The per capita consumption of all kinds of liquor iu 10 was lii2 guHiuis, a against 4.17 gallons iu IMO. The per capita consumption of distilled spirit in the United State for l-si was I.J4 gallon; of wine.. X ; ofUer. 11.1 gallon., or a total er rapitriinnstin ption ofdisti'.lcd. vinous and ma't liipior of I gal Ion, or 7"7.-l i..V4 gallons in all. The consumption of di-ii led spirits in the United Kingdom for 1 .." was 1 ol gallon per capita a against 1 .21 in the United States; of wine, ..'S7 gallon., as aain-t .'ts gallons here, and of U-er, .'C'tJi gallons, as against 11. H gallons in this country. This estimate of 7".i,i)" consumed by the people of the United Stales annually for drinks is corroborat-d by so good a statisti cian as Kdward Atkinson, who arrives at practicaliy the same conclusion in a differ ent way. Tint retailer sells sixty drinks per gallon of whisky, at an average of 7J cents per drink realizing 1.50 per grillon ; he gets fc! per gal lon for native and $4 for imported wines, and .V) wnts per gallon for native and 1 Sir imported beer. A Card. Owing to the amount of work I have to do not having time lo canvas the comity, I have concluded not to lie a candidate for Commissioner at the coming Primary Flec tion. Thanking my friend for llie encour agement they gave me and the promises of support I am. Very Respectfully, J. A. Baish. STOTi-rrow!!, May 23, 1S7. Announcements FOR THE iUiUrtiu. We are Hi:tUixA ut amiofnief ihi for,.w f-rc; naiu.il K--ni:i -I'-ii . ni,.l.l.,i for Ihr vr:o iitllee h -ivluo.e 1, t til kfl lii " li P-nnary fcleetloli, U lie ilehi 11B .-auire)". juue , l.s7. FOR SH KRIFF, R Viill S. SfrMlLLES, it SIlibLlJ Blt ToMHHLC. Slltijeet tol de-lon Of llie Repiil.llluO Pri BiaO' Kieetioli, u Ur hel.l Satiirilay, June i,, Ias-. jrrFR SIIKRIFF, SAMUEL P. USYDJZR, or soaERseT wiKim.H. Huhje,-t to the ilecWou of the Riipubliean Pri mary tleeliou, lo lie held MUUiily June Ut, 17 jMTFOR PR)THJNOTARY, DANIEL J. U0RSER, ' or soxtrKstr sokociiH. Snbjeet to th-dts-i-ioti ofthe Repuhiiesn Pri mary tieetiou. to tie helj saiurh,-. Juu . Y-rr,. ftTFGU PROTHONTAKy! WM. U. SANNER, tit SOMERSET .KOliH. S,ihjei-t to the ili-rision ofthe Kepnliliean Pri mary Kleetimi, to l beiil svtunUy. June t, l-s7. jftrFCR RKGISTKR AND RKt dRDKR, JACOB D. SWANK, Or tONtfAlbK TOWWMU. Sufijei-t t the derision of the Republican Pri mary i.lts tioa. to be beid sntunly, June ii. Iss7. jCirFoR RKGISTER AND RKCuRDLR, JACOB S. MILLER, OF Kt EMiHorSIN'. ToWNSHir. Sulijeet to the decision of tb Ib-puMlcaa Pri mary hieetiou. to be iieid itnrilii, June Z, l-n7. M'ol! RKGISTKR AND RFJ'ORDKR, WM. II. BARNUART, or iilKiansi.il) towsship, Sulijei-t ti, thu di-i.-!on of the Republican' Prt marr Ehs-tion, to be held Saturiiay, June ri',, ls7. yrFGK TRKASURKR. CIIA R L ES F. RIIOADS, Or SO RESET IS 'Enl l.H. Sutijeet U the ileeh-ion of the Ri-piibiicao Pri mry Kleetioo. to be belli Muurdav, June av, T-TFoR TREASURFR, JOHN ROBERTS, or SOMERSET. BOKOl'liH. Subject to the decision of the Republican Pri mary Election, to be bell Saiunlay, Jane 17. j2-FlR TRF.A.-URKR, JOHN J. MILLER, OF SOMERSET TIIWSSHir. Snt:jeet to the decision of the Republican Pri mary fcleviiun. lo be held tstturday. June i", l"-7. t-FuR TRKA.SURER. GEORGE J. BLACK, Or r Y EKSI.VLt BOROCOH, Sulijeet to the decision of the Republican Pri mary Election, to be held siaiunluy, June i iv. -F)R TREASl REfi, JOHN HA 31 ER, Or (il fAMO.-.'IS TOWNSHIP. Subject to the derision nf the Republican Pri mary Election, to be beiil saliu-lay, June S; li 7 :r -Ft R COM M IS.-t b )N ER. AARON F. BITTNER or KKoTHERSVALLEY T,iSSHIP. Sutijeet to the di-eision ofthe Republican Pri mary Election, to be held Satuntay. June 2a, ls7. rrFuli I'oMM I.-s-SIuNER, HENRY F. BARNETT, or SOMERSET TOWNSHIP. Subject to the decision of the Repoblieso Pri mary Election, to be held Saturday, June rii, 17. jr.r-FOR Ct IMMLSSR N ER, HENRY KREGAR, JR., or soME&srr bobotoh. Suhjirt to the decision of the Republican Pri mary Election, lo be belli Saturday, June , 1-.-7. r-FOK COMMISSIONER, DAVID E. WAGNER, OT SHADE TCWSSHir. ubj-et to the derision of the Republican Pri mary Election, to beheld Saturday, June i ls7. e-Fiil! COMMISSIONER. JACOB ZIMMER MA N, JR OF (jCEHAHO-SINli TWP., Snbjeet lo the lect-ion of the Republican Pri niao' Eieetion, to be held sanmlni . June 2j, ls7. rKoK COUNTY COMMISSIONER, GEORGE M. NEFF, or so.MEB.srr soroi oii, Subji-i-t to the dcision of ihe Kedublican Pri mary Eieetiou, lo be held Saturday. Jin-: ii. l-s7. r FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, SAMUEL SMITH, OF SOMERSET TOWNSHIP. Subject to the decision of the RepnbUcan Pri mary Election, to be beld Saturday June , lss7. FOR COM M I SSI ON El's HA RR r C. 110 CnS TE ILER, OF COSKMAl'liH TOWNSHIP. Siibjisn to the derision of the Republican Pri mary Election, U he held Saturday, June ", 1st. r-FOR I1K.1R Hoi E DIRECTOR, JACOB M. FIKE, OP SOMFKSET TOWNsHIP, subject to the decision of the Republican Pri mary Election, to be held swturdsv, June Jf. IssT. Cr FOR PtKiR DIREI TOR. ALEXANDER COUNTRYMAN, or soMEitsirr township. Subject to the derision of the Hepiiblicsn Pri mary Election, to be beld r-aturduy .lime . fn Al'DlToR. DAVID HEIPLE, OP SoMKESKT TimNsHIP, Subject to the decision of the RepuWiean Prf mary Election, lo be hell satunUy, Juae , 1j7. zuTFOR AUDITOR, JACOB S. BARK MAN, OP M1LPOKD TOWASHir. Siibjts-t to the decision of the Sepnbffran Pri mary Election. U be held Saturday. June ls7. Fo R AUDITOR. JEREMIAH RIIOADS, or SOMERSET BORol l.H. Sut'jeet to the ueei-Min of the KeMibirsn Pri mary Eleelion, lo be beld i-Hiurday, June . is-7, rI'Oii Al'DITOR. SAMUEL U. S HO BEE, or Somerset township. Subject tn the derision of the RepuMfraa Pri mary Eleelion. to Is? held -sUunlay, June - ls.-"7. Jid-FtR AUDITOR. GABRIEL GOOD, OP SOMERSET TOWNSHIP. Subjrrt to the decision of the Repnhl'ma Prf mury Election, to be held Saturday, Juuc A 1--.-7. pr FOR AUDITOR, U. D. BRAUCHER, or SOMERSET TOWNSHIP. Subject to the d-isi..n of the Repuhifntn Pri mary Eletrtuiu, to be bekl Saturday, June li. Is7. o RPHAXS' COUKT SAI.K t OF I BV VIRTl'K of n onler if -ale Mititsi ont ofthe On-hans' t'onrt of S,,merst I ountr. Pa., and u m dim-led, I will e-ijio lo public Mile OB the premises in Jefferson Township, on SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1887, at 1 o'clock p. M.. the fotlewintr Reat Estate, sftn ate in said Township, late the )roperty of Philiu .SVilrow. ailjiininir isiid of Abrsham Honard Eli Kaopp. Samuel HeUer. Mi r Bisrl and oth ers, eouuiiiihiff 0.1 acres, uuire or less uud bating thereon erected two-story Dwelling House, A bo Bam : abowt lt acre waatUnd. Abut, a ernaiu otoer Imet tw aani Tomislnp. ailjoiuiii Eli Knupp, lnirl II enter, and mhvrs, coiiMiuinK 7 S aetUK. Bote or lek Terms : 10 per cent of piirrhase money to he paid on day ni sale ;. lie-thin! in hand ou continuation of sale, one-third in a year, wrth luU-rvnl, and one-third ia two ywtn, with interest to I-securest on the pmuniinM. MUiki B1SEL. mayii. Kmvuioi. valnaDle Heal Estate
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