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jjie Somerset Herald.
GEORGE R. 9'CI.L. Editor. '
..April IT,
lii.-k Voua-t'
lit i lea.lpr.
Hilar, Ai-r.! lt.
rtv i t'tt-r than poor -iHy.
!...- r"v.'
i - -
..fume -",
ml Dlt-wn-ker t 6nyler's
fl.-atr ia !iowina; its tiKxiwt
.n.I
of truso t BierLr A Snj-
btbsU ami fallen prwlurts at
r !'-. trors lvv. Su-an(rf,
f-urrry tlit leaJ'.n; one o
., : .1
lrt f mnJ rucl t Bieckr A
i. vjrf
i , a.:.in- in ail color, at Biemet ker &
?"'-
A t,e J.iT. rent olon of extrmrti at Bie
r,rr nvdt-rs.
ill i se".i'S srUooi bats for
i, fur rent.
ta-'v sarJi irfliK'U from tbe Southern
at wit'tit
nJ don't forget J. B. ll jl'ler-
, Hardware ritore.
I'hls anil tw her new ska ol
:r.!4S llli'"'0' P1"-
We mant ercryliody to come in mnil see us
M Water, bottled, ireoni mended by
,1, inns, m w .
fp ; Of r s-
Vb'i y,,u Pot ,own wxi wwk Jon t
. ',,'ra!! J. H. HoUerlttiira'
, ti.n- r.'m.
;P0 v a.al at Voi.pht'i gnuvry? Tf you
Mai t..ve money mud ml the Mine time
(rtynir moiM-y'a worth, vou can t Com-
n,y ooll.
.,,t ni'iiialincthe piyroent of travel -(.I,.-n
of !)irevi"r of the PuoranH
,"(,tv r..mmi.-ioner was linmlly passed at
jij-is.i:iL-:i Today.
is r..n want to b'-iy your gneriea at the
. ,,.1,'m prii-e aii'l at ,lie M,M til,M! know
s: ysi an- p-t'-inp tbe best iu the market
juoiiid Jeal at Voughfm.
tl eaon of the year, in order to
..r mitiirate any mpproachiriR epidemic,
loittll your premiJe are thoroughly
. ; R, il by a liljend arv of lime.
We have on hand a law number of -ood
t wl.il !i we will sell in qtiantitiea to uit
XM pun !.mT. PriiT very iwwoiimhle. Yard
C; .,.e.te tiie pli"it'C nii11-
HoLimnom Km. Pa axon.
,1 f
uijr pirin outline of Spring
,., ,r w..:r.4 of Morn I! Iti:tute.
,,n p. S. 1. 1 of Mifld a pw-iir.-
1. Toi.-i.i'nal iutructor n-
u inn fn.l ail colon of rea Ir
an 1 in ':y .uai.;ity yon wstit.
i i-i
.I pa Ti'
... ,,, ,..y s 'i'I tin cans ; a so, a.l (mil
...1 -.i u cilirs, int brusiiea,
I it"!i"" brib. at 1. n. HoUler
i t. . iia:an NrtuersH I'M.
I. lb 1 :s to have !' she aol.-r.-..
.-! s : ' :- M i:.m-ev "!. Mr.
I j, t -r on We.ltK-.lay. -I.
ii- ' i-,'.tj. .i.- r-B to Itr nWSf'h-l
, i. ji:r 'nil's ail a'id
. . it.".-' ' !? In-tan if.hr.
u . . . ..i : !' a i.prt ' M Ihn-
.-. I T"i iff-e "'. Mrs. V
. . . i '. .r- tS- on Mam M.
;i J , n 1..- f.at .: .!! .a
. k f.. k to w s-t from, at
. M. I'-llI de-
i ir r n.4r.
K K I' . : w.d open a Mdlinerr.
. , tl - e,n, toiw on Main 8t hock-
, .,1 V,-! A; -il 2
She has taken
!li riias ng m:i.l irimintiiK .
II::- ni !
;.-!t..p
.iiot. an.l ! ti is pre-a-e
a'! whu will fan her with
.if. h-.-r a ca!'..
; . ;iv is-! asi;reI of when yol
V.,.:.
l.t i r.-a, '..-! i nn-iit is that you
. vilivn- ist and freshest e'Mjils
." i
mar.et. a:lord and tnat tou are g-tiiig
i'.m l.-i at tlie viry l..4 living p'is-s.
dou t hae a i!ian.-e to Isncome
Tl.iy anue o fr,ui inly and arewild
s, .iu..-k'y.
s.tniTsrt Normal N-hd njs'iis Aj.ril L'lrdj
nitituiiies 'en weeks, closes, with an ex
m:ii.i!!..n by thet'ounty Siieriiitendenl.
...k1 Uiariiin can lie had in or near town
at fwm J." ."si to per week. For particu
iars ami nn-uUni, addros
ll. V. P.AKR-5. or W. H. OV4.K.
Simerset, I'a.
will, this week, open an entirely new
and tnh M.s-k of Hats, llontiels. Frames,
r,..B i rs. Uibbona, &cM which have just been
..;rihat.l by our firm personally, in the
city. We are determined to keep up our
reputation as i!,e oldest and most reliable
l.oi of ti-o kind in Somerset. AVepnipoee
to make a display thai will open the eyes ol
i. .ir patrons. M. M. Tkeh ell Jl Co.
Mr. J. E. liniiiixTry. representing E. 0.
Tl..mipon, the art!! known merchant Tailor
nil impirter of "Sjteciai ' U.mdon made
lothing. of I'iii.U-iphia, New York and
l-is' in. w.il lie at the Somerset House with
i.;:i line of scmpies of the latest styles lor
Si.rii.p ai.-l Suuimt.r aear. Any txunmunica
t a.i.ineil to him. in care of this Hotel,
". reivivc his prompt attention on arri-
ii. .
Is'ii'miimsl to give our cu-tomers the
l"i!-:U of evervlhiiig that is newest . frc-hest
:i l in tst fa.lii Kia!'!f, Inith niemliers of our
linn have jn-t been in tlie city, and pur
o .a... a big atiK'k of Spring Millinery, as
il as Notions. Krnbroiderie, Triniinitiirs,
II i-ry, (ilovw. Neck-wear, fic. It will
toy you to see these goods which are just
i-rg. M. M. Tasntt'LLL Jtto.
In or ier to give our customers the benefit
i.f ti.e latest and best styles everything
" is asl.ionab! in Hats, Itonnets and
Trinuniii. mii have just purchasisl pjrson
'iy. in the nty. a very larje st.a- of these
rli. We have also a. Med to our stovk of
Hue. liluves. Neck-wear. Kmbroideries,
Tnrauiii.t' Ac These givxis are just being
"isl. (.'oiiic and seetliein, and above ail
luriiuur prices. M. M. Treuwkll A Co.
' Mn, Martha Kooser, at Indiana last week.
aanli-d a verdkt of tl" against llayne
l"'!ili:p, that county. Some time ago Mrs.
", r was driving along one ol the public
"In in that township. Her sleigh struck a
"k m hi, 'u pn.jected into tlie road. The ve-l-ie!eas
Uwet and the Wly thrown out.
dir arm was fractured, and she was other-
J injured. Suit was brought against that
'ansliip to recover damages, it being ciaim
"i that the accident waa due to the negli
psice of tlie Sniervisors, and a verdict Kiven
aisive staled.
'"addition to our large stock of the new
and most fashionable gixxls, we, this
g. intend tonfler the indiicenietit of the
'st priivs at which Millinery. Hosierv.
miivisi. Neck-wear, F.mbroidery, Trimmings
have Lieen sold to the bopprs of
S.ne7rt.
M. M. Tait wELL At'o.
T'- following notice has been extensively
I""'"! in the rural district of the Slate :
"Tue (j-h in tho public streams of the State
I nni-yivnnia belong lo the citiren there
the catrhirg and destruction of fish
nitans of nets and other illegal devices at
''J time, and esjs-ciajly in the Swnitig
, is in defiance of the law and iu vio
''vn of i he people's rights. Every citizen
slionid demand the arrest of the violator of
'! Csli laws ami assist and encourage the
mKn;tion or such ofTendenj. The Anglers'
Asu';''"n of Ka-slcra Pennsylvania. No.
1 Arch strert. Pliiladelpbia. will y tlie
uai often dollars for every conviction (or
""s-tise agaiuft tl fishing laws of Permsyl
rtXi' and reijueets the active and earnest eo
Ption of ail citiwtii in tbia matter."
As occasional fii'iinz i .till to tie wco.
I 'Lsirirt Attorney BiNPtkrr, is in Johns
town H iay on Itya1 btisinisg.
II r. Uruitgt Ftiltuer was lat week apjiuinl
rd tmaer at I'ivid.n; U;d$r, (his coun
ty. Jjslali Keller is jrrtting bit irnjc'riw onto
the alwl res of his new More in tbe Barr
Block.
F.lwaM Cijllt-o was last week apoint(l
pm' master ml Fort Hill mud C. Smith ml Pine
Hill, thin county. .
Vim liar .an INatt, will open her aIesrt
sriitiot in tlie Viikmi school ttuiitiinjr, on
Tut-iav. Ajril
Bern are of the roan who te'.U yoa "lo
leave ulf your flannel because rrntie spring
ia here. He ia ptubmhlr interesteil in mn uu
dertmker'i trust.
Mne. Iuniel J. I; ni baler died at ber home
in Berlin, Sunday. Mra. Brtibaker was a
ister of Mm. (no. V. Pile, of this place.
Her funeral took plaoe Taeaday.
Tbe btdie of the Hhankaville Befornied
tonKregation commemorateil Easter by pre
aenliiif;tbeir(iiutor, Iler. King, with a basket
of ejyn, which lie appreciated exretjingly.
Tl yoonu people of the Methodist con
irrei.ation will render mn enpei-imlly prepared
Easter service in their church next 8unday
evening, to which tbe public ia cordially in.
vited.
1
- John E. (jastiger and Ir. John Bills, of
this borough, liavc been drawn as grand
jiirorn to serve at the May terra of the His
triit Court of the 1'nited Suites, to be held
at I'ilt.ibiirgh.
Eifrliteen citizeita of Bedford ctHinty have
filed applications for License. Some of the
petitions are largely niued by women.
Tuelay, April :(Jth, b the day set by the
court for bearing tbe applications.
Mr. Hez Zimmerman has sprain engaged in
the totocco business, having bought the re
tail establishment of fid H. Kaiiliierone ilay
last week. Ivers of the weed will find
Hez at the old "joint" on the diamond.
People living in comfortable homes and
reasonably contented ami happy, should
think several times before emiratin to
Oklahoma. It will be some time before it
will become a plea--aut locality to raise a
utmilv.
Mahlon Schrock, the grocer, has placed
an eltraftt refriirerator in bis store in which
he will keep bis green groceries, fruits, but
ter and cooliug drinks. It is not only a very
useful piece of furniture to Mr. 3chr.jck's
establishment but ia ornamental as well.
Those who missed seeing Al. i. Kield's
Minstrel tfmpany at the 0iera House Mon
day evening niiseed one of t'.ie m jst pleasing
and mirth rrovoking entertainm nit ever
given in that place of amuainient. It is to
be regretted that there was not a lvr audi
ence. That veteran el lor and printer. ' !. John
M. Bowman. p.J the II k Lt .nil a piean
ant vi.il Tueky m trnini. T:ie .u nel is
at pn--nt thung the Iwerrtt ll'r. He
was at oie t.me t:ie nl.tor an. I propr..tir of
the Johnstown T'ih. but that way
bai k in tie .VO v before b"iirr ink to..k
iharr an 1 before tli puM'.s'unr of a da.iy
liajs-r :a Johr.stiwn was ever divame-1 of
M I'on J rt'ai k. son of t'-Mitjtv Treasurer
. 4,i.,re J B;'k. reieiv. niHtre friym sn.-r-j
inl-i.lrnt of llaiiaay Mail siervire Im1!, Ntt-
1 ur lr. tl.al his iippi..-at-Mi .r Mnte agent j
i had fs-eivl fariiraole (mim U-ra! t;n anil di- l
; r (l I.hu t- rtHj.i-t at I'ltt'oii"! ToeUy
i m.-rti.i!,r Mr :ia'k wnt lull l.it!iiiy
; V n lay tenexi. He la a bril.t, in'elli
i gmit young man. and we prv.N-t that h
w .!! make a first -eiasa ta! clerk.
At a meeting held at their head. planers.
als.ve Coffroth & Ku pel's law offi.sa, Fri
day aftertHsin, the I'linstitutiiHial Prubibt
t'ou Amendment ople siUs-ted a county
ouillillilUB anil curniH'iai ixaufrriiieuia nil
I an airsrreseive campaign. They hare aecureit
! anurubrrof speakers and ppip"se to bold
j mwtings almost every day from this on till
j the lsib of June- In tbe language of an en-
! thusiaitic I'pihih. tbe voice of tlie Prohi
i b'tioti orators will be heard from every
stumti i
'.
n IhecoU'ity before the close of the
umpaign.
Kriday night s storm blew the roof from
Adam Sumistine's hmise south of town and
dcsittsl il in the field adjoining. It would
seem that high winds prevail about S)iin-r-set
more Ireiptently than in any other sec
tion of the county, but this !s only natural
w hen the great altitude of the county seat is
taken into consideration. Very few weeks
go by without some casualty from a visita
tion of the wind is reirted. Visitors from
tbe far west tell us that it keeps them very
busy to blow up storms to lay over tbe ones
that so frequently visit us.
Monday evening a passenger named Hol
sopple, on the Somerset A Cambria train,
pick' d np a pocketbook in one of the seats
of a car shortly after the train left Stoney
creek. It was banded to t'onductor Waite
and was found to contain IKi in money.
There was also a receipt, dated April 13, lis;)
lor$H from the Johnstown Lumber Com
pany to Peter Sangler. The Conductor says
Sangler was on the train and got oft at Sto
neycreek to come over to the Mills of the
Lumiter Company at Meadowvale, and the
pocketbook uudouhuslly belongs to him.
None of Somerset s early spring boiue
cleancrs are ahead of Judge Kimmel. the
custodian of the Court House, who has bad
a force of men engaged for several days in
giving that musty temple of justice a much
needed scouring and airing. The Jud'e bas
had the lawn about that building raked and
swept too, until it is ditlicult to find even so
much as a frozen blade of grass on its clean
surface. It must vex some of the good old
ladies,' who boast of their yarla as being the
neatest, when they promenade by tffe Court
House and peer over the heavy iron fence
into the Judge's shady enclosure.
Jury Commissioners Yoder and Thompson
on Saturday drew from the wheel the names
of the jurors to serve al the May term of
court. It was the largest drawing of the
kind in Somerset County tor many years.
Tlie venire for the traverse jurors (r the first
week of the term waa increased from thirty
eight the usual number to eighty, the full
mini 1st that can be drawn Air an Oyer and
Terminer Court. Out of these eighty names
it is expected that twelve will lie selected to
try the rmberger murder case. If a Jury
cannot be selected from the eighty men sum
moned the Court will order s new ventre or
will direct the Sheriff to call talismen from
those persons present in court. In all one
hundred and lorty jurors have b:n sum
moned for the May term ; twenty lour
grand jurors, eighty traverse jurors lor the
first week and thirty eight traverse jurors fur
the second week.
The many friend of Jacob U Miller, a
well-known and well-to-do farmer residing,
alout two miles south of Lavansville, re
ceived a severe shock Saturday morning,
when it was learned that be bad died very
suddenly at an early hour the evening be
fore. Mr. Miller bad been in Somerset Fri
day and shook bands with dozens of bis ac
quaintances, who congratulated him on bis
apparent good health. Late in the afternoon
be started for borne, ridii.g in a wagoa with
a neighbor. When within a quarter of a
mile of his home Mr. Miller left tbe wagon
ami. walked tlie remaining distance to bis
residence. On arriving at the bouse be drop
ped into a cliair, somewhat exhausted from
bis walk, but without alarming bis family,
who asked him a number of questions in re
gard to bis visit to town, to all of which he
promptly replied. Without uttering a eoni
plaiut his bead Cell suddenly lorward and
before the members of bis family, who were
present, could reach his side, he waa dead,
sitting upright in bis chair, aa be had ia
life. Mr. Miller was the fatha-of a large fam
ily, all of whom are frown.
RoM of His
Gold!
Masked Robbers Visit the
Home of Christian
Yoder,
is aged si'ixrr Towxsnip fab-
HER, AJD Btf K A5D i
BIS A5D FA SILT.
After Hanging the Old Man Up
Twice in His Barn and Sub
jecting Him to Diabolical
Torture, the Brigands
Leave With a Large ,
Quantity of
Booty.
THE ROBBERS STILL AT LARGE 1
Supposed to bo Members of the
Famous " MoClellandtown
Gang."
Full Particulars of On of the Most
Devil l&ri Crimes Ever Commit
ted in the County.
The farm-hotise of Christian Yoder, a
short distance from the little village of Mir
rhanhfeburg, lying some three milt west of
Mcvenslale. was the scene of one or the
most fiendish outrages ever ?retrated in
Western Pennsylvania, at an early hour Sat
urday evening.
Headers of ytllow-covered novels are fa
miliar with the crtitf treatment shown by
frontier desjieradoea to their powerless vic
tims, but that such brutality should be
shown by these night-hawks in the thickly
populated communities of the east, where
Ieace and quiet are supoed to prevail, and
country folk areiermitted to exist with as lit
tle fear of midnight 'marauders as they have
of the heavens falling, staggers even the cre
dulity of the evil-min. led youths who squan
der precious hours pondering over the dirty
pages that recount the adventures of their
lawlces heroes. But to the law-abiding and
upright citizen who looks npon his dwelling
place as bis fortress, the shock of such a di
abolical outrage occasions the greatest alarm
and gravest appreliension. It seems that the
gxsl teeple of Somerset county are no longer
to be permitted to repose quietly of nighta
with no thought of tbe morrow, saving,
sjsibly, the labors it involve, but are
doomed rather to lie awake fearful lest ca. h
creaking of tlie night or moaning of the
wind is tlie guarded foot-fall or biLshed
wMsr of a crime-stained rohlier who seeks
to relieve tl.eru of tlieir hard-eartisl savings.
Tlie alarm nmiunel by tlie foul mnnler
and rutibrry of Hmtiss I'mberger baa nut
yet died out in the public nitud, and when
the rtHsjlar of ihia latest robbery, w.ih :
ail it revolting iksa.i are generally known, j
it would Btspiw that the prtsautionw taken bv I
niany farmers to eitend a warm srliiinw to i
i
gentlemen calling on iju-tiouabIe busiaesa,
may yet prove of gin service.
srititu ..it Tsi.t rut. j
AH !at week f joratrange men were know n I
to be lurk injr about !! neighborhood of j
Ms liafiMBisiri;. and il ia said tliey ma.tc '
iiii'i.rn" al several places in n-gnru io me
I wrwiib and Labilaof w.nteof I lie best known
farmers, tlinntian Yislcf, who enjoys tlie
j re. utalion of bctii utic ol tl.c Wi-a!t inest,
1 liHwt enterprising and ni.wt hospital. !e farin
1 era of thai ats tutii, and sliti was kiHiwn to
i keep saore or less money about bia house,
j waa n-itifled of the appearatve of these bus
j piciiMts strangers and advised to take bis
j money to a place of safely. Mr. Yoder,
w bo is over 63 Teats of age and not physi
cally equipped lo grappie with a robber con
cluded to accept this friendly advice and
taking -'1.0i0 that be bad concealed about
bia home, took it lo a friend in Mechanics
burgh and had him deposit it in his safe sub
ject lo Mr. Voder'scall.
Late Friday afternoon two strange men
stopped at the Yoder house and asked if they
could get supper. After being accommoda
ted earn produced a $Jt bill with which to
pay for bis meal, both of which were chang
ed by Mr. Yoder and 25 cents retained from
each. After a few commonplace remarks
they took their deiwrture.
The fact of each stranger offering a twenty
dollar bill lo pay for his supper aroused
Mr. Yoder's suspicion and next day he de
cided to take what money remained in his
hou.se and place it with that be had previ
ously deposited in the safe of his Mechanics
burg friend for safe keeping.
not ami oaia.Kti.
Tbe family, composed of Mr. Voder, his
wife, hired girl and hires! man had only fin
ished the evening meal Saturday and Mr.
Yoder was just about to carry bis resolutions
in regard to tbe money into effect ; in fact, be
bad risen from the table and was on his way
to the room in which the money bad I sin
placed, when four masked men entered the
bouse and while two of them coveted tha
family with revolvers the other two pro
duced ropes and proceeded to bind the niem
liers of the household band and foot. This
being accomplished gags were produced and
inserted into the mouths of the two women
and tlie hired man, Htevanus, who waa first
presented with a chew of tobacco by one of
the masked scoundrels and told to take a
seat and make himself comfortable as they
knew he didn't have any money.
When all the family excepting Mr. Yoder,
who is in infirm health, had been secure
ly bound that gentleman was requested, on
s.'tialty of death, to produce all the money
he bad about tbe house, and as speedily as
possible. He told them lo go to a bureau
drawer in an adjoining room and that they
would there Slid all that there was inthe
house. This they did and got $4(K), and af
ter counting it carefully over one of the
wretches asked iT that was all he had. Re
ceiving an affirmative answer, bis three com
rades procteded to ransack the house. In the
bottom of a trunk, the property of Mrs. Yo
der, fVi bt longing to that lady and i-Ki be
longing to the hired girl was found.
Turning on the defenseless old man the
leader of the gang told bim that he had been
lying to them that they had already found 1
more money than he said there was in the
house, and taljitig bold of him they dragged
him out of the house and across the yard to
the barn. Here they set fire to that building
and told him that they would bum it up
unless he told them where the rest of bis
money was concealed.
STKt .X: t r ASD TOETt'BKD.
Yoder still denied that be had more money
when one of the gang produced rope, and
tieing noose in it fastened it around the
old man's neck remarking, with an oath,
" tbe old man bas lived long enough, any
how bang bim np, boys."
At this the other end of the rope was th rown
across a beam and pulled by the strong
arms of two of tbe gang, tbe powerless old
man was soon dangling in the air, six feet
from tlie ground. When in a fear minutes
his breathing became labored they lowered
their half-dead victim to the flour of the
barn, and again demanded that be tell w lie re
his money was hidden, but he continued to
disclaim all knowledge of any more being
about his house.
Tlie rope bad not been removed from
around Mr. Venter's neck and at the com
mand of the lea-ler of the gang he was again
jerked from his feet and held swinging in tbe
air. Not comer. t with this means of torture
tlie rnttians, who bad all the while kept s
careful watch over tlie lire they bad kin
dled on first entering tbe barn, with diabol
ical design, collected the buminr hay and
placed it under the feet of the now almost
lifeless old man. He waa held suspended
over Die Ere in tbe midst of s suffocating
trsoke while the cruel flames blistered his
bands and scorched his garments. Satisfi
ed that he would reveal where bis treasure
was concealed by this lime the Samea were
extinguished.
V hen ioweret! the Mwn.J time be was
nni-onrcioua and when be revived he was
lying on the kitchen floor, (standing over
him were two of the gang one with a re
volver pressed against his forehead, and the
other with a long dirk-knife in position lo
cut the old farmer's throat. "Tell os where
your money is or we will kill you ior sure
this time." said the man with tbe knife, but
with life ha'.fextinct and death staring him
uncomfortably close in the face, be reiterated
that they had already secured all tlie money
there was in the house. Then they asked
that be write them orders on the different
farmers of tlie neighborhood who were in
debted to hini, to be cashed at once. This
Mr. Yoder itivcly refused to do, saying
lie Would die before he would w rite an oriier.
By this time the oilier two niemliers of the
gang had gathered together all the provisions
they could find about the house and a small
quantity of whiskey and wine that they
found in the cellar, and after tying the old
man band and foot, they took their depart
ure. A span of gray horses in which Mr.
Y"odcr took the greatest pride and valued
highly, were stolen from the barn, and it is
supposed that the gang took turn about rid
ing in making their escape from the neigh
borhood. HOW TIIIY WEBK HDsTED.
The hired man, Samuel Stevanus, lives in
a tenement house some two miles distant
from Yoder s, and when through with his
day's work be walks borne, usually reach
ing there about 8 o'clock in the evening.
Wlien he failed to appear an hour after the
usual time Saturday evening his wife became
alarmed and sent her two young sons over
to Yoder's to inquire after their father. It
was after It) o'clock when the two little fel
lows entered the Yoder domicile and found
the family helplessly bound, and all gagged
excepting Mr. Visler, who told them what
bad ocourrvd during the evening, and asked
them not to untie any of the prisoners! not
even himself until they had alarmed the
neighbors, for fear the robbers might be
lurking around the farm and would return
and kill them, aa they promised to be back
ill an hour.
The two Stevanus boys hurried to Mcchan
icsburg and gave the alarm, and in a short
time all the residents of tbe neighborhood
bad collected at the Visler farmhouse The
prisoners were liberated as quickly as possi
ble and as soon as the story of the dastardly
outrage was made known a searching party
was formed and started in pursuit of the
robbers. It was after 12 o'clock when tbe
searching arty started in pursuit, but they
got on the trail and followed it ilia north
western direction throughout the night. Ear
ly Sunday morning the horses stolen from Mr.
Yoder were found in the woo. Is about a mile
from Markleton, where they had been aban
doned by the gang. The searching party re
turned home after finding the horsis.
ASOT1IEK HoBsE STOLES.
t a! Cougbriiour, who lives in Lower Tur
key foot Township, aUjut three miles from
Markleton, was surprised on going to his
barn Sunday morning to find bis valuable
I iy mare missing. He hail visited tlie bam
al. ut loo v!.. k the n.ght before and left all
isf hiBstisk sts-urrly tiesl up for tbe flight,
in investigation hefiMin.l tliat an old tobac
co house on l.i farm had bee, ocrupied dur
ing the night. A lire had been built on its
earthen t'is.r. the aa'-es from wbn b were
still hot. an.l everything indicate 1 that a
' lrty of thieves or traiii had prepared a
roa there. Mr. t'oughenour started out in
starch of his horse, having made up h
run d that it had been t...ien, and had only
gone from his home a short distance when
he U-ariH-d that f.-ur men, wii his horse in
thi-ir .s -moo, had iie-n inq tiring the di
nsii.ui nf a bn.lje where tliev ixiuld cross
the river. Mr. t otiI.enour followed up thit
l.-w and trai-v.l ibr rubia-r as far as Walk
er s mill, in A.Mison township, where all
trail- of I In m was h.t.
Tlie four men were seen bv a number of
pi-rsou a lt iti: along the road lietween Yo-
ih r'ssnd Markleton with the grey horses
tlieir ises.iion, and were seen by a number
of other Sunday morning as they ssed
along the road lauding towards tlie line that
livid. Somerset and Favette counties from
Maryland and West Virginia.
st rmsED TO SELOS.J TO THE M CLELLASD-
TOWS fa A Ml.
We have been unable to secure an authen
tic description of the different members of
the band ordess-radis?s, but it is generally
lielieved that they are members of the fa
mous " Mct'lellandtown gang," who have
recently committed a number of similar
crimes in Fayette county, and who have so
far escaped the vigilance of the officers of
the law. The " MrClelhmdtown gang '
have lieen barricaded in the moun
tains of West Virginia, bordering on
the Pennsylvania line, for several weeks,
and the gang who committed the outrage at
Yoder's Saiurdrday nitht escaped in that
direction.
It ia known that several mcmliers ol the
" Met'lellandtown gang" have visited this
county during the past ten tlays. Three or
four days previous to the Yoder outrage two
strangers slopped at the house of Francis
May, near Casselman, and got dinner. Mr.
May hail read of tbe Fayette county robber
eries and was acquainted with one
of the ringleaders of the " MeClel-
landtown gang,'' James Lewis, by name,
who bad a numlier of years ago been
a pit boss for Yulzy Scott, the rail
road contractors who hnilt a section of rood
near Mr. Mav's residence. After dinner
May called Lewis by name, but that gentle
man denied that such was his name and dis
claimed any former acquaintance with his
host. After a little further conversation he
acknowledged that Lewis was his name and
that he had at one time worked about Pin
kerton. On leaving May's. Lewis and his
comrades started in the direction of Mcvers-
dale.
Great excitement prevails throughout the
south of the county and a return of the
highwaymen is feared by many of the lesi
.u nts of that siction. We understand that a
reward of i.V'O is ofiered for the capture of
the robbers.
Sheriff McMillen went over (o McChanics-
burg Tuesday morning and it is rumored
that be will collect a jsitse and start in pur
suit of .the midnight marauders.
' ME. TOIIER't CEITICAL COStltTIOXN,
Mr. Yoder, who was so brutally tortured,
is in a very critical condition, and it is fear
ed that he will not recover from the shock
and cruel treatment he received at the hands
or the sconnilrels who robted bim.
The other members oif the family who es
rafied torture but were tied up hand and
fiait for not less than five hours, are suffering
from the shock they sustain-sl. Mr. Voder
is a member of the Amish Church, and is
one of the weallhitsjl farmers of Summit
township. He enjoys the friendship and re-
!ect of a great number of onr jwnpie, all of
whom unite in the hope that the guilty
parties may be arrested and have tlie full
nalty of the law bestowed ujon them.
What Is Cioing on In Somerset?
- The latest we know of in tbe last thirty
days, is the removal of J. B. Holderbanm's
Hardware Store to tlie new room one door
North of Cook fc Beerits's Grocery, where
tbey nave the largest and best finished room
in Western Pennsylvatiiat Owing to our
large and increasing trade we were obliged
to leave the old stand, where we had been
for many years, and find more room. We
are now prepared to furnish the best Hard
ware and Implements at the lowest possible
prices. Please call and see us when in Som
erset, w bet ber yoa want goods or not. We
want you to see our room and goods, and
learn our prices.
J. S. HoUIEBS.il.-M.
Our First Word Is -Bargains?
In )iarlor and chamber furniture, single
pieces, in walnut, mahogny, and antique
oak. You can't do better anywhere. The
lowest prices yet named for equal values.
Lounges, fancy chairs and stands, marble
and wood top tables and miscellaneous fur
niture of many kinds at prices you cannot
resist. It's a blessing Ui be wilbin reach of
such an opportunity. Our stock is new,
bright, clean and fresh, and wholly of tbe
latest and most popular styles. Oar last
word is Bargai ns ? CorraorB 4 Co.
For and Aeainst.
Interesting Information and Com
ments of the Press on the
Issue of the Day.
Published at the request o( Herald readers.
Judge White will make several speeches
in Lawrence and Mercer Counties in favor of
the Prohibition Amendment,
Tlie Sullivan comity Rctint apologize for
saying that the tcmierauce and whisky in
terests are ill " bottle array." It meant - bat
tle array."
Miss Kate Firld is in Boston fighting the
prohibitory amendment tooth and nail.
She has discarded ber bustle, cast aside her
Hading veil, and has gone into the contest
to win.
Judge Agrtew is having his bands full in
trying to reconcile the honest householder
with that feature of the Prohibition Amend
ment which makes him a criminal when he
converts the product of hi currant bushes
into a domestic beverage hitherto considered
harmless.
The Prohibition party ia built on the same
plan as the other parties. It lias certain
principles and purposes, and proposes to ac
complish those purposes by nominating and
electing legislative and executive otticets
representing those principles and purposes.
That is the only way in which any party
can accomplish anything, and it is absured
to condemn a party because It does not ac
complish its ends in some oilier way than
the way in which it was built to accomplish
them aa it would be to condemn a horse lie-
cause he can not clirnbahvlder. Sifiittpii't,
Ohio, Arw a Vrotibiiint).
Tlie total arrests for drunkenness in Pliila
delpbia during I were 22.iW, against .',-
Tstl in 1SS7, a dilfereuce of 8.137 iu favor of
the community during the year last st.
During the last seven months of IssT, when
high license went into effect, there were I I,-
50t arrests lor drunkenness, and during the
last seven months of ls.'vs there were only
I2,7tSt arrests, a difference, of i,74i). In other
words, there were H,I i7 fewer arrests for
drunkenness in lSs as competed with IsST.
Over C.UOO of tbe decrease In drunken cases
ia marked otf in the records for the last sev
en months of the year. This gives a direct
comparison of tbe results of high license in
Philadelphia.
a
The State Central Prohibitory Constitu
tional Amendment Committee bas do i.le.1
to make a poll of Pennsylvania to determine
the probable strength of tits temarrance
lor.es. Tii work of taking Hi poll will be
commenced on April lsth. It will require
about two weeks time. Tbe plait which has
been adopted for taking tbe poll ia lo have
each election district in the Slate d.vi.ksd into
blocks, and then krroiia selected for tbe pur
pose will make a careful canvass to learn
bow eat h ritiaen will vole on June lsth-
Circulars giving instructions lo the district
campaign workers are now being prepared,
atid blank iishi which to wnte the names
of voters will be distributed in a few days.
Local option and high license are too
weak and short-armed as weapons with
which to reach and destroy tlie liquortraific.
That system is intrenched in National law,
and only through National law burked by a
National tarty in executive and administra
tive control of tbe (iovernment can it lie
overthrown. The National Prohibition par
ly is the only hojie of deliverance from this
nationalized institutional evil. Prohibition
am and will prohibit when in the hands of
ollii-ials sjtectally elected to enf irce it. And
this is not p.H-ihle under lH-mocrutic or lle
ptihlican rule, but will be when National
prohibition is a dominating fact in State and
Federal politics- This point we must reach
before the rum power is effectually subdued.
A'iuAtVe am (Prtkibition),
a.
What an aosuniity the 'whole scheme of
present "regu'atiou'' is ! It vexes every
body, does nobody good, and accomplishes
nothing against tbe saloon system. Every
fair-minded ritueu admits that tne saloon is
a curse to society and should be abolished.
How much more rational and consistent,
then, and bow much more effective and sat
isfactory to adopt against it a uniform sys
tem of prohibition and en force it. The en
ergies and thoughts of anti-saloonists can
thus be more concentrated, more efTcc-live,
and the sooner successful. The saloonists
will then all be treated alike, and will clear
ly understand tbe matter, quit the business,
and go to doing something else. It is the
only right way to do. Why can't the peo
ple reaiue it, aud save a world of trouble ?
..
The New York Tribmtt in speaking or the
vole against Prohibition in New Hampshire,
of the movement in the Khode Island Leg
islature to re-submit tbe question to the peo
ple on account of its failure of enforcement
in that State, and of the opinion that the de
feat of Prohibition in Massachusetts next
month is a foregone conclusion, says : "On
the whula Prohibition is losing ground in
New England. The drift of events there
wonld seem to strengthen the principles of
local option and high license as opposed to a
general prohibition. New Hampshire makes
the sixth Stale that has refused during tbe
last two years to adopt a prohibition amend
ment. Michigan gave a majority of 5,fio
against such an amendment, Texas one of
92.iUl, Tennessee, 27.523. Oregon, ,'.sj, and
West Virginia, 1Sj,7b."
For the llepublican party to favor sub
mission of a prohibitory amendment does
not entitle it to tlieupirl of Prohibition
isti. No sufficient excuse for supgiorting the
Ivepublican or Democratic party is oilered in
any State by its promise of such ftibmiasfon.
The ballots giveu a uon-Pr ihibttiun party
by Prohibitionists for submission reasons,
are contradictory in character, compromis
ing in fact, and demoralizing in effect They
advertise the willingness of Prohibitionists
to forsake the principle they profess, in or
der that it may possibly come for establish
ment into the hands of a party opposed to it.
They fairly invite tbe bail faith so frequent
ly shown the trickster Irty leadership tow
ard wen who cast them ; for where one par
ty to a bargain compromises principle in
making it, the other larty thereto may
find excuses for betraying coiumen.-ial integ
rity and refusing to meet obligations as
sumed. 77e Vv'uv ( I'nrhibitioH )
THE FAEltEBS EVE.
That " couiietition ia the life of trade," is
a maxim tbe tmtb of which no one doubts.
It u good both for the seller and buyer. It
makes good merchants and business men,
and gives tlie seller more and better markets.
Tbe farmer that raises rye to sell to the dis
tillers, sells to monopolists ouly. He must
take tbe price the distillers agree to pay. If
tlie constitutional amendment forbidding the
manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors
as a beverage should carry on tlie lStb of
June, the farmers would have more and bet
ter buyers for the rye that they raise than
they have now. The enterprising grocjry
and produce merchants would then enter
the market and comtiete with each other to
buy the farmers rye aa they now do iu wheat,
potatoes, maple sugar, Ac., and the farmer
would speedily realize the truth or tlie max
im with which this article begins. The far
mer also would have tbe satisfaction or
knowing that he was not directly furnishing
the "gifts of God" to t lie distiller to be
made into whiskey that is continually lead
ing some of -bis friends, neighbors, perhaps
some or bis own family, and others to finan
cial, social and moral ruin. Consult your
conscience as to your duly.
The year was tlie last in Kansas un
der its license system and prohibition went
into effect the next year. .Last year Mr.
Kelson F. Acres, United States Collector of
Internal Revenue, maile tbe Unloving offl
cial statement of tbe tax stamps issued to
liquot'dcaiera under the law for the ytars in
dicated :
!!.
1SS2...
Is!...
IS.SI...
Js?.i...
1S ..
1SS7...
........l.tttl
1.77
2.1. si)
, 2,700
2.773
2,!32
2,9!C
Prohibition made no Interruption in the
issue of Cnited States tax stamps tt liquor
dealers on account of the law. So far from
it, the sale of United States stamps steadily
increased under prohibition until in lis7 the
number reached nearly 3,i yielding a rev
enue of $75,UU0 to the general government.
Is prohibition likely to be as well enforced
in Pennsylvania a State of great cities and
manufacturing district- as in Kansas, a
purely agricultural State, whuee entire pop
ulation by tbe last census was alsmt the
same as that of Philadelphia, and which had
DO low u oflT.lAR) population and only ten
with a population in excess of 4 ' as
against 53 towns in Pennsylvania with over
that figure rPitUbivgk fort.
roB COXSTITCTIOXAI. AXESDHEKT CAXFAIC.3
COMMITTEE EX.
Athliton Jesse Liston, Hon Wa. Endsley,
David Mitchell, John H HiriL
AlUyHeMf St. 1 Henry Wolfhope. Elian
C Ferner. W W Coogbenoitr, Oliver Meyers.
Xo. 2 James H Noel, Henry W Ware.
BUKt A E Orowall, J W Herrington,
Florian Husband, Jacob Snyder, John D Ba
ker. Berlin Bwtmiili Albert Heftiey, P.. Hill
Koontz, D 0 lieitz, W A Powell.
llruthernmll'y1 J Blougli, Philip Hay,
Aaron J Cober, B F Rayman.
Coueinmgh Aaron Swank, Eph Swank,
Simon Lehman, Henry Shaffer, Jacob J
M fouler.
CuninriKe Iiorowjh- J W Itrown, O G Grof,
V M Black. James A Bradley, Job M Flani
gan. KHUk Henry fteilx, David Fuller, John
J Keim, George Lowry, J M Hay, James
Cochran. .
tlrtrnrdU Noah Lint.
JrfrrtOH Fred Shanls, Wm P Hay, Silas
H Cable. J W Bark ley.
Jenntr Adam B Shafer, Jacob Hoffman.
Jonathan Shnnk, James Kl Bksecker, David
Berkey, Hon X S .Miller.
JtnerUm HvriMth Fran k Berkev, J K
Kama.
Larimer C II Shot-key. O A lies, E E
MclKinnell.
Lmr THrlrtfmtU H Hush. C S Youn
kin, Wm J Eicber, Jr, John A Galler, J 3
Kreger.
VcrrrHLJ, Bimnjh Nornuui E Miller, S
B Philson, M A K ilter, C W Truxaii, John
8 Graves, W T Hoblitarll. Jr.
Muldlrrrrtk Austin Weimer. Prof JSSny
tier. Josiah Pile. II hi J It McMillen, Dr II
D Moore, N II Cramer.
M'lfl -A O Will, David Younkin. Ihvi.
Lohr, Prof J C Welier, .ilHa:i Walter.
.t Hiittmort ."wum-a Bernard Wolf
hope. AVer (:Urr,Me iforwtiA-Keuben M. M.I
leit, Aaron Will.
AVrA.im;. J M Steif. llenry Marti,
John Wsgaman, Samuel M j'hler.
OjU Jacob Fox, Samuel D Ripple, Sam I
Crist.
I'aiiU Kore Kaufman, (mtleib Stroub,
Jacob E Faust, Ihivid Lebruan.
('lemahnninii Charles W Weigle, Isaac
Blanset, W II Milier, A J Spangler
.'.x-irirood BrwiH James D Critehfiel.l,
Harrison Snyder, Anthony Growall, Thus
Cramer, D II WoIfersierger.
.SuiViuTf B'irm,jh I. C Rover, P S Hay,
Levi Li. hliter. .
.s'We-lavid E Wastier. ' W William
son, David I jriils-rt, Philip Iterkeyhile. X I.
lierkeyhile.
Stmrrtrt ;.im.t Parker Trent, C F 1'hl,
George H Ixve, Simon Berkey.
..mrrrt X, 18 I' Shoher, II II Flick.
Adam S Miller, X 1! PciirtsI, Charles II
Smucter, Isaac Jones.
S-imrnri Xit 2 Wm G Knepper, II J
Shaulis Josiah Ankeny, John Kline, George
Friedline.
&mlhami4in Jesse J Cook, Wm Tront
man. Ot'inyrrerkL C Lambert. S F Smgler, J
8 Kimiueil, C D Spangler, W M Sehrork.
Stnyettomn Burough Cornelius Bender, Au
gustus Heffley, Frank Taylor, Adam Grimm.
Summit L A Kretcbman, John A Miller,
Frank Enos. H M Berkley, Geo W Bimram.
f'y.xT Turkryfunt Thomas Williams, Al
fred X Snyder, J F Kregar, J A Shultz.
Lisina KurwihliT W S Kuhlman, Henry
Zimmerman. J K Coder, H D Allfather.
Wrllcrstiunj Hufmyk Michael Long.
.
A MENDM EST HttTlNO.
A meeting to organize an amendment club
was belli in the ball over I'ortroth A ltttp
pel's law offices, on Saturday evening. A
permanent organization was effected and
thirty-seven persons were enrolled as mem
bers. The club will meet next Saturday
evening at 8 o'cl.ick. All voters are ill vi ted
to attend.
Secrctaev.
Mrs. A. E. Uhl
Is offering great bargains in lace enrtains
from tiocts. a uir up and curtains by the
yard, from 6 cents up.
Curtain jsjles to suit.
IM Summer cloth 13 cents up.
l-t cashmere and bicge from IU to 20 cts.
A splendid 3ti inch- cashmere all shades
for 25 and 3U cents.
A few all wool 36 inch cashmere and di
agonal at 35 and 40 cents, worth 50 cents.
The best 40 inch all wool Henrietta in
new shades at oO centa, ever shown in Som
erset county worth more.
My -Wand IS silk finished Henriettas at
, 85 cts. and IOO, are beauties.
Beautiful Faille Francais and Armere,
new styles. Summer silks cheap.
Guaranteed black silks, tl best in the
market.
32 inch Satteens 10 and 12.
Newest styles of dress trimmings to match
dress goods.
French Satteens 20 to 25 eta.
Fine dress Ginghams at it cts.
Come anil see our corsets the best line in
Somerset.
Ladies Summer nndervests at 25 cts.
A large line of Ladies muslin underwear
very cheap.
Reliable table linen cheap and a bargain
in bed quilts.
Genuine tost colored cotton stockings for
ladies and children from 10 cents up.
A full line of guaranteed kid Gloves.
Silk lisle thread glovist. silk and kid mitts.
A handsome line of collars and niching,
childrens lace caps, long and short baby
dresses.
Cloakings Ac.
A full line of all wool, linen, and cotton
carpet chain.
If you are economical and wish to buy
honest goods call and examine my stock
but ir you can afford to be.ext ravagat t and
wish to buy shabby goods, go where that
kind of goods are sold.
' Mrs. A. E. I'ul.
Sale of Timber and Coal Lands
In
Paint Township.
Mr. Henry C. Wentz, of Norristown, last
week sold to a party or eastern capitalists the
celebrated Ashtola Mills property, situate in
Paint Township, this County, for 7j,t).
Tlie property comprises some G,5o0 acres of
coal and timber lands, and has on it an ex
cellent saw-mill, a tram-road and a number
of houses. Mr. Wentz inherited the proper
ty front bis father, who had refused all of
fers from purchasers, knowing that tlie time
would come when the property, which dur
ing his life waa of very little value, being so
far removed from the railroad or any availa
ble market, would become very valuable.
The building of the Somerset and Cambria
Railroad a few years since made the timber
and coal available, aad the sound foresight
and judgment f tbe elder Wentz was veri
fied by tlie sale made last week by his son.
Seed Oats.
I hare just received a car of choice white
oats, no advance in price, also timothy and
clover seed on band.
j Respectfully .
it. Sroaocx.
Court House New:
Arjniment Court Br!efs-New Trials
Crantea and Refused Sentences
Postponed Road Viewers Ap
pointedMarriage Licenses
Issued Letters Granted
Deeds Recorded -Jurors
Drawn.
aeoi'Sent cot i:t eaixn.
Following are the mot important of the
prriceedinpMif the adjourned argument court
whiiii was in session Tuesday and Wednes
day of last week :
u a petition of ritiiiMis of I-arimer town
ship, the I'-onrt appointed John M. Witt and
Conrad Keefer siqwrvisors for said town
ship. On the rehearing of tlpe application of Na
thaniel Sheer, ol Meyersdale. for a letail
litpior dealers license, the license was re
fused. In the case or the Commonwealth vs. I'r.
W. H. Meyers, a new trial was granted aud
tbe Court Stenographer wasordered to trans
cribe and file the notes of trial In the esse.
In the case or the Commonwealth vs. Da
vid and Joseph Nicely, the Court Stenogra
pher was oriiered to write out the notes of
testimony taken by him at the hewringor the
habeas corpus and file the same v( record.
In tlie rases against the three distillers,
Jesse Haughmaii, Abraham Shultz and S. P.
Sweitzer, who were convicted at February
sessions or selling liquor without license,
new trials were refused and the defendants
entered into a recognisance in the sum of
$t5ii each to appear on Saturday of the first
week of May sessions to receive sentence.
In tiiecaseof the Coiii.noRweallh vs. F-d-ward
Hoover, the motion for a new trial
was argued and the ilerisiin of the 'i.urt
was withheld till Saturday of the first wt-i-k
of May sewsiotis.
In the case of the Coninoiiweahh vs. linsst
Bird, sellten-e was posti-.ntsl till Iirt at
urday of May sesmoi.s.
John O. ila'it h on s-l.tiun of the Iisir;it
Attorney, was appointed St-cS;l lvtettive
by fie I'ourt. The couuiiis;.tini of Isttst.ve
lia'.l.-h will expire al the cl.e of May
sums.
In the case of the Coium.tiwiMit!i vs.
Walter II. Itayliian. nnvkt'l at February
sesetiuim o! furnishing li.fii.r to minors,
judgment was arrv-sltsl lifsoi pa. nient of a.l
COS.
tiricts ax. oai tn.
If.-nry E. M.ller to t ..nr.- R !im. p-op-ertyin
Northampton township, isi-isi l-ra-tifti
I.
Jacob C. Lehman to .kaiii iel 1! A ! ,,
property in tyie p.wiLsti p: t.-.i.3. li-r.t. n
'".
Wm. It. Hiy to Luke ll iv. n pi'r in
E.kiit k township consi.U-rai ion $!; 4so."i
Ijewis t',l-r to John C..lr. p-..j-r-y :it
H ie:uahotiiii tow i.h:p . t .u-.i;.-rai:on f-'.-
i.
Wilson M. Pi-w an.l oi hers to J.,hti IVw,
pnqerty in Allcvteny township . consider
ation i-t'"'.
Daniel t'olfinan to Mcnassus Sh--ii..ik.-r.
pn.srty iu Siitie.-set township; cvnsi.!.-ra-tlim
1".
Aibert Itecki-s' heirs to John Kciiuekamp,
; proisrrty til Smi-rel boro!i'.i ; coiisi.L-ra-i
tioil i.iV
Fredericaa Recke to Jane Winter, prop
erty in Btjiiiersjjt borough; consnlrralioii
Elias Cunningham to Austin Keel. prop,
erty in Somerset township; eonsi!rmlion
Joseph Mi-kiu.ii-'s llt'ii lo M.ir.Mrrt Mc-
Kiuiii, pr.i-rty in Gns-uv ille township ;
Coll-iileraCioll J.'iO.
LKrrk': omTKn.
Ivttcrs of Administration wer-- ranli-d to
J. S. I. inner to A hiiitiisfcr up m ih- cst.i'e
of Susannah luruicr, late of Som.-rsi t town
ship. To II. M. Berkley Administrator of the
esUle of Emanuel l.icbty, 'ate of Summit
township.
To J. Harry Fritz Administrator of the
estate of Jacob M. Walter, late of Somerset
township.
To Mary A. M-.Kre Administratrix of the
estate of John Henry Moore, late of Jeff.-r-son
township.
MAHKIAOE tlCE-VSEB.
i yrus Speicher, of Addison township and
Eliza Custer, of Ihs kwo.nl.
Jaro j II. Shultz. and B-rtiia S. Piiillippi,
both of Korkwood.
John P. F.ott, end I.izie Hoirman. both
of Westmoreland county.
-Silas II. l.ic'ity, of MeyensLtie. and Ele
nor.i Garey. o'f iWIin.
Charles II. Lane, and Ella S. Wilkins.
bo'h tr Ktx-kwood.
George Shaffer, of Somerset township,
and Elmiru Slull. of Stonycreelc township.
William li. Wells an.) Mary E. II sive-t.
both of I'rsina.
Jacob I-i. Fcight, of Paint township, n:id
Sarah Ann Hoffman, of Kirhlaud to nsl-ip,
Cambria county.
John F. Seese and I.'zzie .t, both of
Paint township.
Norm.n E. Trent, an I I.izz'e J. Wciier,
Isith of Somerst township.
Charles Spangler and Miry C. IUiU
liolh of Stonycreek township.
William It. Binder and I.Ujfe B. Brant,
both of Berlin,
Charles Henry Linsr. of E klick township
and Araminta Tetlrow, of S ilisbury.
BOsDA.Vtl Cr.IIslE VIEWS.
Petition of citizens of (juemahoning Town
ship for viewers io view the sight for a new
bri lje across tlie Stonycreek at the Long .V:
Hoffman mill, kntvri as Trostie's mill. I..
'. Colborn. surveyor; John P. Ankeny and
Alexander Knrns.jviewers.
Petition of citizens of Brothersvailey Twp
for viewers to va.ate and supply part of the
road leading from plank road in Brothers
vallcy township, near Hiram II ty's to Gii-n-eoe,
in Northampton Township. John
Witt, surveyor; Jacob liowser, Cornelius
Shoemaker, viewers.
JI'EORS FOE MAT TERM.
The following named gt-ntlemen hs.ve been
drawn to serve as Grand and Traverse Ju
rors at the coming term of Court, Jjeuiiiiiing
Monday, May 27. IV.) :
OKASD JI'ROES.
Addison Jasr Lenhart. Basil Bird. W. j
II. Harden.
Allegheny Martin L. Enieigh.
Brothersvallcy Joseph Hanger, A. G.
Khomeil.
f'otilluenee Boniti:h S. H. Brook.
Jcntier Jacob Keim. Matthew S. Griffith.
Jrlf. rson Jonathan L. Miller.
I'wrr Turkey foot Samuel Mind. r.
Milford IVter I'utm-m.
Miil.Ilecrcek- Ili nty F. Clay.
Mnyersilale Borough A. K. Allen.
Paint J. F. Ream.
t'uemahoning Adam Custer. Charles II.
Pit key.
Somerset Kurrey L. Saylor.
Stonycreek Franklin Spangler, John XI.
G'essner. Levi Rimrler.
Summit Samuel J. Miller, Jacob W.
Peck, C. M. Xliller.
TRAVERSE jrKORS riRST Wr.EX.
Addison John E'ldsley, E. J. Augustine.
Gisire Cramer.
Allegheny Jacob R. Deeter, Fred R. Shaf
fer. Joseph Sarver.
Brothersvanev-Ifetiry J. Giesstur, John
R. Turner. Jerome Dicki-y.
Black Francis G. H.s.ver. A. J. Sterti'T.
Conemaugh Ilenjamin Blongh, Xhses
Weaver.
Confluence Boron-.?!! T. B?aik.
Elkiick Simon L. Mac.st, Wilson Ifawn.
Jen ner Henry C. ShailWr. Adam B. Shaf
fer. John Fisher. Josiah (itvbn, J. J. Shaili-r.
Jennertown Borough J. F. Katitz.
Ijrimer Augustus Ipley, John F. Bilt
ner. Iwer Turkey foot Phincas Snyder. David
Pletcber.
Meyersdale Borough A. ( liamlierlain.
XliJdleereek Moses Berron, Cyrus W.
Pile.
Milfimi John Frt-ase, John Xfarteenv.
Ftei-man Enfield, Luther Dull, Josiah W.
I"ile. of Joe
New Baltimore Borough Francis Fuller.
New Centrevilie Boroagli William U.
Walter.
Ntif!lwn'(wn -iirftiiji ii-j.aT. Wm. J.
Mrr J"t)i p W!-r!.
rairtl-ajjavi. lloi-at pV, John triel, J.
tjiK'inaiM.n.rit-J'it-j.l'i t IltxTman, iieo.
Vt. Rtu.., Jr., C. W. Ve;jie, Isnviab K Z.in
nif ritun.
K,m kr.Mjl niruua;.! PaviU J. Wolferaijer-p-r,
E. I). XilWr.
aii-?ntiry It.rotigh Jeremiah J. Li Ten -
Siiaile IVier ..n.tcul, I.. D. Sine.
S.ipt U.rou!i W. W. Iavi3T Frank
ixMiv,-H--.. Ia. licrkfr. Jereiuiah Miller,
L, 11. A-imaii, JotK..iin r?nvilT. Hnry A.
SiiarlVr, K. H Vit U t i;-ixle E. t'oleniaJi,
Ncl-Mtn Inkier.
Stmthaii.i.ta Jlin V. Utvk.
8inycm k C'hauncy H. Kfri John U.
.Sttyntow IrougU John H. Uite, Jas.
V R ntk-r.
S iiiitull J. II. L'wn-. Henry Itcu kes, H.
W. Savior, H. J. Wa.trr. Fwil. F. Walker,
Zdt. hari:is Oirwtner, Jor.ah N'ewraau, A. J.
I'l1" Turkey ftnt A. J. Sembower, .Tere
mi ah Henry, Francis May.
rrsina lisjrouh Cbrbiian Kooutx, John
Sbaw.
TKJwVCXxK JL' RJ'I- r.VSO WEEK.
AMLitn Robert A;igustin, Franklin
LiMou, Z-pii uckri.rtlit B. F. Fulmer.
Atleiieny A. P. Hilleipis.
aUntiiersvaiIey Ievi tuerr.
liliu k Junies . Ati Ueson, John I. Ba
ker. t:iinian!i F.IwoinJ L. Swani.
Kik!i k .Samuel P. Mati.t.
fireenvii!: Harmon Kefer, i II. Shock
ey.
J't?T..n har!t4 Unltart.
Jennertfiwn Iiirtu h Kufu. Raurli.
I.'irinif-r H, IS. iieir.
M ;:.r.-l.-lm O. W.-ller, John K. ILmmr.
Nw lUallitiH.rr i,inih Jhn .tfot.
Iui-U'! J'tite-1.
Il- ivwiji-l l-niii;L -J. '. F. Miller. John
S.:jj-'--i I; .ir.i',- Ilvrtnan I'linnin-
I sl'll.
Sit:tvr-i anpi! ny-!rr. Hefiry Ilmrrt.
I . S Wt- It arni. l A. !.H. Frank II.
Fr-i;ii;. Wm H M lirr. Jb J .fniih
.hai it- ., W y ttr, r-ljrl Imlterf.
S.Hii.'iaft : ui - ;m m k.wr. Fiia Mart,
in rvr ti 'A m 'Vi-.is-r,
ii:ntt.it -tn.ni t! M.irsiir
tay-f n l-r.,,1,-i v.. I'ujh.
--r T .rUr!.- - tut Mate
Ut ..rV.u- I-r.. ,.'i - J .hn Ht.
I
.ivdlif 1 .mm R rk
i a-id ills wtm k tyi
fiifiuiir Hr, Mt h
t Mai l. Im ks -Ksl.
w-iii in I u .ry j
' M.;::r.rv-y. ni,.:i,.
nn ti.- .1 i. it Wf-.;n-Uy , i IUi anE Ho-iit-fw
ma ! at.-l ."n.iirs. to unlvr. Yoar pmt
rtare . .i..':td.
Dick Voutftit t Ldar.
Fr'm li e !.'.'.! tl'ar tr-n-rry if tvo
vrars ii- :inf mr ip.- tir of lle laVt
and ImM n';!p;id irni-eris- in Snjerr
omuiTv . .N.i'.i.iiiw vj -d !.. nHie- 9rni9
Ui .,. h w..rd if li buy es-tabiish
n-eTit an 1 m the y fii-U are li(cht
and carr-.r-I away fn-ni hn lre it wouid
--rn ti:.t it hunilrfU ef castumera take
tbe iirvntr. r.tr--.t i'l 'he pn"irity of thii
eiitrrprtsitiiir iuan.
- -
Tbe F--br.!lwn 7"n'.ie of ?aturtiay Jay-i :
Tlie rain ati"ni, a'V'fiifuni-d by thunder
ami Jihtniii, wbi u prevailttl here last
ni;!:f , appMrs to ba."-f-nihraitfl a nmsidrr-at)U-'t.'iit
'ii'iiMintry. At Frtikcali.y. on tbe
('ri'HMtn A ( l.-ariii-ld iLiilnmtl, tttetirm vxi
p-iriit uiarfy M-vn-r . A t.-l(-rain from tliat
pi -ut? .iys that two l'", a"I seven and
niiif yniN rr-n-v tivtfiy, f Titnnthy
lar. wt-rp 'truck by tihrnint; ant instant
ly kiil.-.l.
Only a Few Sets Lft.
'"pie of tlie .Somerset Herali of MarrW
13, U.t and J7. L'l.titaining full particular; of
the ttiunb r and robhTy of Herman I'mber
ppr and the arrest of tbe parties accu.ted of
the criiiiv, tlie tt'tiunny adduced at the pre
liminary hearing, efc, ran be had at my
stand at five rents per py. Mail onlers will
receive prompt attentin.
C. II. FlSBiT.
Tbe Anterican hen over a wide belt ia now
! arran2in fr the crop of sprint? chickens.
I Tbe brri a public tent fat tor. One reaMm
l fr the utiUiUnn buines .uocesa of I he
; American hen i-i that she always advertises
' with a lou l ickle When she bas a proe
i (er'tive "priiitf chicken for tbe market she
j don't lay buek and wait for some other hen
! to advertie tlie tar!: to the public, but she
i g-renat it in di--piay type that make every
j r-K-wterin hearinjc proud.
For Sale.
Western clover and timuihy seeil, the lest
(tour in the market, corn, ear and she lie-!,
bran, nii.ldlinp, bop. tjats, orange, molas
ses, co'f, enrkt-r. Urana. cannei goxls,
butter, carlMn oil, brooms, lemons, yrup,
tfa.-. cbe-se, oru iiuitl.oat meal, drir-1 fniitu,
lanl, dried bwf. lime, bm kets. sugars, spices.
bacfn, rice, tub?, roap, tmki-t?, iani,
cbinmy?. toiacco, cigars, candiw, .tc, lc.
foil ltry pr-jviuce takfri at all times.
Kel-wttfully.
M. S'HIMr.
James K. Uet?ve. in M'trptrs Mmjuxine for
May, will tlraw attention to the steadily
accnniulatin conditions which will inthe
near future make imerative the adoption in
this country of closer and more enlightened
metho-Ji of agriculture than now generally
obtain aiuoti our Carnifrs." He calls us a
i.alwu ot poor farmtTs.''
Wanted.
A few 'ixxl men to collect and sell for the
ijiner .iewir Machine Company in ivim
eret t'ounty. Pa. ? tern ly employ nient the
year nurtid, an.l tkw! wues pail to live, eti
erv'tic id 1 1 . , Mut furnish god reference,
fall on or aMdr-!"S
Tutfi i.Noicn M si f'nTCRr-i To.,
Johnstown, Fa.
IVrns wi-thiiii; to improve their memo
rira or strer-thfn their Mwer of attention.
sboubl send to I'nif. Ixisette, Xo. 1237 Fifth
Avenue, New York, for hi pro!t.,', peat
free, as advertised in another column.
Husband Items.
A f-rnnire !;a be-n organized at this place,
and it w iu a very HouriMbing cinilithrn.
Harvey I.. Yournf will teach a normal
tchool at l.avan it le, cominetMring April
Mr,. Sarah K n-:ar, rcitdinx near here, will
d!-Ke of Mr pni(ry al public sale on
TburrMiay, April Ith. Tlie sale will begin
;it I p ni.
Mr. llaiiArr. of Sbank?sviIe. has been on
a v:.il to ber ai-tter h-re. .Mr. Bowman, who
has been srio-.,y i S I . tliouh her condition
at pr--iit i- mi'Iit itut,roveI, aud her
ultimate recovery is eXiectei.
r. VHIO.IAL.
Tbereaiway' ha- heen and always will be
leaden in all tbe diiferent branches of trade,
hut in in no cu has tbia fact been more
inarktl titan in tbe j-'ery trade of Somer
seiit wbere Oil k 'ou'bi h w far in the lead
that, ail iiibem merely imitate. Hi large
tore i- f be cm;Fi-ia n wbere all searching
for the frej-Lct ut tbe lowest prices
arc certain to halt and make their purchaj-
Farmers.
Our fertiIlzT worki a-p now in full ojiera
tMin. We have bind tbe Ijet prepareI
anI .inet wb-ct.! ie;rtitizer that has erer
been in ur fcu-tory. -Jiem have afvance-t
price, but uni remain the ame. We cor
diallay invite all onr old putnm4 to eorue
aijain and al! otliers t p-itrni home
trade. S'Hpsct Kcktiliek ( o.
WJtntei!
Hides, and Furs. I will pay the highest
ca-h pn a C-r all k?tvls of huh, pelts and
furs. J a.:o want .Vm (nij of Kovk OaJt and
Spr.ce llark. I'O e-)Ma wanted at once.
Call on me at my rroJenee, imraedi
attly west of the S. Jt C. -Suuion.
H. G. CraxuioaiAat.
To Tak th Ptc of th South
Penn.
Franklin B. (nurtfj. ei-Prr.'le-nt of the
Phi!aelphia anI Ktatlinie Fj.;na.. G-m'
ny, wa in Pittsburgh Thnr-!ay A Mi'rt'al
man. in Jipeakiitaj ab.'nt Mr. own' v:.-:t
aid: "It is nrm that he has fvn. tn
!he city to boii eoiiforetn-e atith r cf
the forroer .rtockhoers f the rtos.:h Pnn
scheme and also feral lary?? n. orator.
Sinr the fetilure of the SiHith Penn, iev(rat
of thoe who were forcetl to x their t-Kk
at 'JO crnts on the d-!ar, bare bn mWu
erins plai by whw-'. thry can or-ni: ';,:i
tlie ordinal punxwe of the na-I. Mr. .iuw
en, I unler!tant!, . oeen ia cnimu!i(Ti
t:on wttb thoe ier9na and durinj IiI.h v:.it
to the city il will jroiib!y te .Jeve.ope. that
a new iuai, to aimut paraiU k ifi Mine of
the South Penn, will be a;wl iion. It it
beiieveii that the mw route willconnett f?ith
the Pittshanju, MtKeeHport A Yonghith
eny Ilailnxid and either the HVadin rt-a-I or
the IVUware and La kawatia naa-l.
"TI route would a.-eunip!i5h pra t; a)!y
the same object as that whic h the pr"jet -tan
of the South Penn had in view. In adtion,
it wiKiId give direct connection with the
Pittsburgh Jt Lake Erie Pilroaa.''
bttrffk Tt.
Letters Not Called For.
The following letters and iwuiis remaining
in t.he Pustotlioe at ?Vn.eret. will be sent to
tlie Ikud IaetterOiflce if nol caiiei! for w.th
in ten days from tint date, April IT, l.
Barn hart, William ; Euiimir, Ik C; Fa
ker, Ivatie F. ; Hemphill, Jhu W. ; J.)n-si,
Ira T. ; Riley, Anna: Raymond, ;
Reed, Jotin.
J, K. f"'riritoTii, P. M
Yestrnlay t NVw Yrk W-ld ia ' "S
tthMt t'anienm -ayt that h want ny -ir
faV'r fniti the !inlnitrai:in. He
tu iitnif llrt tritiuattrr it M ili-t"Wn. I'a
Hr ba always ve h: per.ni jt:':.ti.!i
tti the. ri!i:n.f of thi .irN-r. .M .If. n
litl.e bcrHitfi of !' in!i'Mfani in I't'.
pb;i OMtnty. !imc. . a'tierofi a .
otisW man m I iii!i-twn a ttn t--
as?s. '
-
An Increase of Ptntiont.
WH.'ni. Apnl It 4 HmifmAft,r ..f
Pnin Tnnrr. t.-tirtf ish an (.-.5.
tiotdiriE thtt ' hswijaffrr a prtxis ( t4
binj ii a haiH. ur f, in a m:,,...:.
htm to $Ji yt niw-fi(S .in-tVr . t .f V r 1
5 M-l. mu h mmt sti. Kj. m ?i (
that (Urr. h t-nt.tll tu if. r;- .f mr
ntoMi'.h urvWr 'i A ir : . !. '
T'. ilrf w M f-ivrt;t r t te
tit rmi4i' u .1!m. wr'mn. . (
iKsf !aJt m r
MARRIED.
MUH'H! ill ! I. - M ll, h. n. ,1
Mr Wm wttafef rtewr li.pwrt. fa. oil
T Jess lav evrtona. .tp"! . v hy v A
J lini. Mr i .-ve .tia,f.r to M m I .'i-i ra
"lull, biilli of
MA AM I ED.
LKVHA!:r-H H a k-im ti,. i-m.
,(
Mar. h l"'i, at the Luil.e nii piri.t,a,
by IIkv. t Merigis,. of lvai;s,-i 4.,
IVter Lenliart, of Wstm..rljiitl. I'a, aa-1
M.sb Aman.la ssrliri k. of Rikenvs!!, Yx.
DIED.
illLI.KR-Km the lJtb of Apnl ln, at
the rejtoieoeeof berson-m-law. tieo. lian-Iav
F-s. , of Bakersville, Vs.. Mrs. Kelieeia Mil
ler wife of Ihiniei Miller tlts-euseil. ajts a7
yean V months anil S 'lay.
Tlie anl jtof llii.1 notice iUim in lan
ra.ser county, on July I, l-i'l. Her nuiilrti
oanie was.Sweigart; she unitei) w itli tlie Kvan
gelieal I.illberau Cliun li, al S.bintiei'a. ne-.ir
lavansville. I'a, in I.iJT: sie was. ttie niotii
er of two sons anj two ilan;lili-ii ami lia.I
at tlie time of her ileal h il gran. I cliiMren
ami 7! great graml children.
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.
Orrn f9 fn hnriT R. R. Co..
Pittbi b..h. P., April l i
JOTICE iwrehy invrn thttt ih itnnunl
mHlUi llf lbs ?-0-til0t.lT1 lf t!lv sWlw'HirT
Katlroivt Coniiny will behlit at tJieottir of th
tWittiiiore A Ohio Kaiirtud ompMiiy, iu thrriir
f PiUj-htirKh. I'a.. on M'isrv. M Y fi. I-". t
2 i tm a p. m., for tlv pury- of t-v-; lur a Pr-i-dcnl
nl Bitri of Lirv'ior to tyrvf ftr n. ii"i,
ina rtfevr. anl for the tranis'tion of tiifh otner
busiuuM a my be 'irrrtii:.l bt-i-.rv vir inv-'Mni.
J. B. WA.iHI.T'N.
aprsiT-tw. aTt- i.-y.
A
DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
lit ine ertateof AiNert NirboWm, lat of Cr.i-er
Tjr7ff.i To it-hip m-ii . l-r d
LeUfpf if AttBi.rniiou b.viiit ltfn iioW to
tbe imtlr-r-ik.-iir'l ty lh brnt' stutiHriir l:t t!;
Utc NolH'tj U ben-t.jr vrii to ad
prtnn! iDl'itel to Mid "Liu? to dim sit: innn-li'
ate pTt)t--ni. an3 till mriie inirciHim- tta:iiiait
(Mid er-utc to rvpiit Uiii Ut u. Athitiniaarntor
dulT authcutk tw-i for rtl Itmrut at th? lal n-i-rteiit-t
of in itovapil ou te-Ptr ttmlar tbe
i.tii Uy tH May, ml the tale rwiutut r of
evtesi.
JACOB M' HoioS.
aprlT. AumiiMsHraior.
E
XKtTTOU'S NOTICE.
atMette of Samu-1 statler. Sr. late of hade Twp.
?iMHwnitt i o , rau-i-aeo.
Ltter t-taiii-iiiMry ou li. riV' trtr hmv
injz tntin urantt to the aiKierwi thrift by the rit
er ut!inty, uoitce w hcrehy ic.vcn u all (t-rMns
iitsiftttrd l e.id etette lo mtike ;intnHJiatf
m-nt ariral thois haviita t'Uir?v itaritittit thr Mine
will pivKriit I htm duly sBiithenrirsUe! If or !(!--miit
hi tuntay. Mny .fc"th, !. at the late r--tijeme
of dcee.wtfi iu r-wn-hip.
JtS TH N RRKR,
J. L. Pneh. C. W. LAMIiMiT,
Auoniey. .ae uior.
What Mr H. I. Budd, Correspondinfi
Secretary of tha Burlington County
Agricultural Society has to say about
the Microba Killer.
Vot-KT Hol.I.T,
R,rv -t Mt aoaa Kn.:.r.a Co.
(tKTi.aMKM : t'ntit prmnile
h. IT,
hr
rrtrilur
ln-t ; -t(,r. fa try W i.tiaiii
kavlttm M KTot-at Killer. I n. exjetirm-otl wvn
many ilim-rent kino'-oi jMtent Ri'lK-uiew. aicl
hal ('Um--'1 my-lf ml-r tn-atmi-iit fcii wvt:tt
tM otir niiMt note) pb) i-:r!. in vt-lii im in h hn h
I vii'eU nmiiy jf il. coiiiin'iiv h-i.'i rt-Tt
f tte eiiitry. all ia a rani w-n-ti 6r riTt-f trm
an innTiiett t,!Kt'n'y t niitii'-nnrv i-e-i;.
h vit-s )y atiak of fEiiMiiihlil'. rtnBj-t...n and
inr.aipnuattsii. lb -ttiter ikvamir I trut y.mr n m
ety. hut haii ever hi- the dt'Tor win-rvif.di-mMiled
it. fir I am niw entirely frj inmi i.te
rH-'knin oOsTi that Uiwle tlie nil--riiij, ; nm ii'i
provmir in hv-mita. ptvl ni.iUv mitnuw n
trv iik' th. My friend are w urpri-vti at n. iru-prtw-J
-n:ithn irmt thy Inn-t 'rr u;e r
lutinic the utory of my riir. I have iiir r-vt
miK'ti atid "era f.m-h itTiiic fn-m ihi" fh.l
iti.fn,v that I tt-el it my tniy to advi-e a.l io try
moat I believe ba jtnven my nl vaiiou.
aine rely youm,
U. I. Bri-n.
SeiH or rn!l for prnjhiet tivine ftili m. en
ter. VjM onie in t krwilou Jiitf, Io aiioilt oue
mouth Frire J3 OO.
WM. HKlM MM HPR Kir f.ER,
Nx t9 Arch Street, Faiia-leihi
-IN'OUIt-
LACIi DliPART.MHXT
We have everal new ei of Iierir?Ls
and Iaa'ei to malrh in Tn-l-m, M-d .,
Plnfe, Vaienciein-e. K refih Vain-ie)fe.
hiipurv oV -ri-ene. I'an-nt 1'oint Heal, lnn
lrtK.hs-1 K-ltre and Laeein.
AVie pnttrrns Fnher tt'rh flrrvl, , for t 'orr-
in.
HA?XD-MADE DIAMOND TRIMMINGS,
IX ALL WIDTH.-", f'PW : IVIIK WIDE.
WITH INsEKTI.V.8 TtJ HATCH.
Km EsmsiitcM Mm'EiiLi!,
AH iilth$y np to 4i I.he llVe
Partti!ar attention trfven tjforafN "nttale fr
Iiifx.nis' iHitrtttu.a". Kin NtVit-sttBoie tmSfoi'it-r.-
-rvtifiiir and hwrttnirw ti mat' fi. K:rte lUin
hiinf kainnta Ti-. f f.nrE and Inetiinf to
ntutch Kiin-h Kiauh Nsjinwilt. I
lwrid Na.itMak. Fvfi-i . ;u h--r. itv
tliiim aii-1 Iit wei)fhp. .VvthI t afi-iaat 'r-m-tu.
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