tymesct Herald.
J . :
-E K. SCTLL. Editor.
6E0BG
April 6, 11
' -Ti...: s -oJ frra for rent.
' r -v. .in; store lor mail riper.
noir in st.v.-k at MaUoo
. ft oU J rour8 kt Snyder's
i-'.k celebrated b:s seventy-
ffbirtU-ia? Friday.
of a'-
itivn fords drugstore.
" vJ-aMU 2 yrs oU. baa been
''"i,r:l- a V'1 non-support.
g to paper rur ;- tb's
'"v)' go to Benford's for the pa
'"' vr.c are the chea.-est.
f Venus, consisting of three
rflrin neckUce-wiae around
-?; 'v!: S,r(J great Uaaty mark.
-5,""'".r.4 0-lik Friday afternoon
5 ; " ' ! "r, j .j.-n Bale was burned juat
a'-:r. v..-wharf at Cincinnati. Eewn
W r' were burned to death.
'-"'V. i,," solves the problem ; makea
o: uii t;niB .
J. VL M: Li-EX, Dentist.
r v-s from Clab are converting
a"'krj g-rU in Wetxel county,
s' ".'r pvnrny faith, and the men
'!.U.T'tt have warned ihec'. Jers to
y.e H era to should not fcrget
""TTvitr. the druggist, can fit their
J Vc:" aweil as any optician.
!tj'-'.vors: y experience in
j welk of co art at Bedford, beg'm
to dispose of a cumber of
" 'i Jad Lor-jrenecker was In-
. .J5S.' before ids election to
7.-" 'b"eiu:;f-l skin is pure blood.
cs-.'s. t rendered soft, smooth
, jHreTfnns and systematic
M-f;iri'.:a.
'-.z jt many of its terrors
is fjrtified by the use of
With multitudes this
it:
.iriai-a.....
; toBic-alterative has long auper-
i: other pr:r.s medicines, being every
.vnisieudri by physicians,
i H Moore, proprietor of the Govenlale
i.turmne-ir FaUddpUi Las purchae
j; .-me ixisbury. of I'leasanion,
.-ahioa -l'irecwr," with a record
. ',- .- -Pirecvor" is the sire of
.-, ' wiih a re.-ord of '2 'J.
;o camhria oouaty Republican Conven-
a: lloonshurs Monday. Judge
-77 oj E:ir Ciunty, was endorsed for
171 c Ju.l. Cyrus Elder, Ed. James
7;F A. Thompson were chosen delegates
i-ite Cjnvennon, and 11. . ftorey,
t .';-?c".ared the choice of Cambria
j -7'X-v.e to the National Convention.
Worry! those aching teeth can be
:.- teJ without pain, .lontunder does it !
:s aiert only at
ii' M:lhs's Pental Rjoms, ;
Over Tredwell's Store.
Ad ;a-aV.c'.ed case of confidence placed
ii i s "'tori-.-us criminal is furnished by
-a Tarnet's cotumitmeal to the peni
i:ry. Te fheriJ of Faye'.te county
n't I-rr.er hircseif the commitment pa
tri T-rLer delivered himself to the
f:j.3 s-thor,::e5 ad unattended. Turner
i ::.( of :Le notorious Cooley gang.
i -khobay von RengloefTer. a million-t:-
mi- released from the work house at
-.: Fricy on a writ of habeas cor-
;-s toed by JuJge Stowe. BinglotiTer's
.r.r proiuiueut railroad contractor
a Eira.hL He d.e-i recenCy leaving a
i. r.t of 5.'--. liorins, or $1,T25.0W.
I o: iS :U be inherited by Ringloe Jer,
it u i ii-e e'. Jest son.
Jr ir.d F.-auk James in their palmiest
6j; .:' highwiy and railway robbery never
t-t-.u-.rJ a ' hold cp" of a railroad train
v r.e-;er d:-patoh than did the thrte
r;-tae-f who sa ted a mall car at Weems
Alabarsa. on the Georgia racic
i. r.-iJ Th-rxlay u-gbt. Bloodhounds
iui de'Mives fallowed the trail of the rer
i.:.u har.J;i.-, but finall both dogs and
li en were LarUed by the wary road agents
ii. ire -ill at lre.
New York Central will cot allow its
e-r-trs tj wer :ecacles, although the
:v -!is;e- rLy virtually restore a man's
rs-o o--!.:'-1. pttfection. The rnnsyl
TjCut.rjrv i? s:d to cot only allow its
fiia. to wear spectacles, but to provide
M.-.t the right kind. Some railroad
risiT :Le tel applied by the Centralis
-;. j:r u the mer; or to the ompany itself,
ill Jjt the FrotLerhood of Locomotive
:.ftetr- is likely to protest agaiaet it.
'Ai.jp'.e ofwhi.h will be alon :n the
tr : j ninths, and exchange says : ""The
i.-.ys l'etinsyivar.ia, as a rule, are an
i t U) ail who have to use them, near-J-x
Ediths in the year. Some comprn
c n n.;sr:.t be secured jr the other six
s.- - is if Lad t.-e5 were generally planted
i a:..l tor. It is to be hoped that Arbor
-'.;; te more j.erjeraily observed thi
tu: u:t young people than ever before."
iii A bLiw. a prc ruir-ent undertaker
: :t.iti;'e i-iler of Puncar.svilie, was
'ei in HV.:iiyhurg Saturday night,
with the author of the $.,-
' i.d .iry fire that devastated Iun-c-.jt
week ago. It is alleged that
Ur:eJ the hUze ip order that he
recurer the insurance on his property,
-Ava;y destroyed by the fire.
11 is a;.cpd, applied the incendi
l tcr-a in an an;ateur manner, and Lis
-j-hfs :re burue-J cfT. ahaw gave bad
'' a iiearir-s t for Justice C. Garber
-- Geo. V. Becford's drug store and
at the Landcmest line of wall
f'r 'e? Orou,;ht to Someret, before you
juur jwinkxa this sprirg. He Las
rrt stixk of all the very laiert de-H"-'.l
is pri,a are the lowest in town.
i;:i' --tir..' sixty hotel licenses in Blair
'"''tr Ua ..k. Judge Iean addressed
1 !-si-i applicants as follows. We
J" "'' -rJ-rjti of hotel-kee-iers who Lave
f-a:.:eJ ii.-ens to the fact that tbey
e-j-rd betaue of the necessity of their
-w fur p-uhii accommodation, not only in
of il .u.jr but in furaishing the pub
''' .; f.-od iE j iodiir.g. Xot all the pub
"'jar:y nieans care fcr Ii.juor; all Low-
7' J Tir" fotjd food and comfortable
---it-1 r -jcis. At the text consideration
tej we will Lear reanoastrancea
y or U public who choose tocom-
i.ii:
.tor:y rtoftLe hotel aocoramo-
"""""j. rncleaaliaa, dilapidnted furni-
or poor luoo, w;u sui oe
rtd sutf.cieiit ground for refusing
f?- Farther, the L nitir nrn nf har
o
Let
a late hour of the nhrht wll U
Vrei idence of a rxH.ily-regalate-l
,7" treated as a good reason tx a re-
cfrJ'::ri April 3 m.jfX) acres of l-.cd of
7"" ln- Arrapahoe reservations in In
7 rrr.u-,ry will be thrown otn to set-
cor.tempiating availing them-
' U.U opportunity to secure free
-" -i ti F.altiaiore & Ohio Bail-
J "i1-4 route from axy point in
to lad jo Territory. Four trains
ttr;l'" w Vork. Fhiladelhia, Cbes
rl' -ia--'-'-n. Baltimore, Waahirgton,
---aaeriauj. Wheeling, Pittsburgh, and ail
utione. All peraocs contem.-""'-"S
at any point in the Writ,
JV ra J-5:ai't. are rcpuested to write to
scitii. General Passenger Agent, B.
-- EaitimoT. Vf f,,, ,.i ;r.,.
0.
as w rat, time of trains, and sleep---
3imoditiotii from ar v point
--10ar.ypx-ilWet.
Dr. S. S. Good, cf Meyersdal wis in
town resterdav.
Copwof the HaaaLD can always be bad
at C II. FUhcr'a book More.
Mr. Will A. Kiruit;?!!. of Pi:'!,nri,h
tpeut Eundiy with bit Somerset relatives.
Paul H. Gait her. K?o . of
called to Somerset oa legal business hti
wee.
Frank Lore, a student at Washini-t.-m n.l
JrfTerson Co!leg is home for the spring va
cation oi one wk.
The county commissioners Lave elected
A. C. Holbert, F-?q., aitorney to the board,
'ce II. S. Eadsiey reignej.
Captain Samuel Lowry, of SalUburr. oi.e
cf Somerset county's prominent Republi
cans, is visiting in Sonv rset and is the guest
of his son, J. C. Lcwry, F-q.
At a meetine of the Town Council Satur
day evening. John G. Snner, was elected a
member of the board to fill th Tn.nr
caused by the resignation of II. 8. Eniis'ey,
Sunday night's thunder storm was cne of
the most severe e-er witnessed in this sta
tion. The storm was cf short duration, but
while it lasted, bail to the depth of two or
three incW ftlL The e'.tctric display was
the most brilliant f-n in these parts for
years.
At a special session of adjourned court
held Monday evening, the liquor dealer's li
cense granted Mrs. K. A. Tayman, at Feb
ruary teem, was tranferred to Edgar Kyle,
the new proprietor cf the Somerset House.
Mr. Kyle look posession of the hotel lat
Friday. His son Eiridge Kyle, and Lis son-in-law
John F. Cover, wriil bare charge of
the ciSce.
Capt John U. Hite and R. J. Vonghi are
Somerset's reprrsentatives to the Democratic
state con vetitioa. They were choen by the
coun'y convention a year ago. We'll beta
pintofpeauuta that General Coffroth will
go to Harriiburg as a substitute for one of
them. The old man basn t yet finished Lis
great work of downing the administration.
John H. Uhl and A. F. Johns want to go as
delegates to the national convection. Urd
fur d inze(!e.
Several of the Pitt-bur h newspipers sent
special correspondents to Trent as soon a
the murder of Jonathan Hocbstetier became
known in that city. Since that time the
columns of the sheets they repre-nt have
been crowded with ail sorts of "moonshine"
stories.' Many of the stories published are
chestnuts that have become moss grown in
Somerset county, while others could only
bavcoriginated in the mind of a Pittabur-rh
reporter.
Judge Longenecker Las handed down Lis
opinion ia the case of Wilson S. Cypher
ainst the Huntingdon and Broad Top
Railroad, refusing to take off the compul
sory non-suit for which the plaintiff had
made application. Cypher was an employe
in tee company'! repair shops at Saxton.
On the of July, l5tJ, while under a car
repairing it, the car was struck by a shifter
and i-asted over Lis legs, rendering them
useless for life. The plaintiff thn brougnt
suit for $J-",'Jk!i damages, but was forced to
take a compulsory non-suit on account of
contributory negligence. The case will be
taken to the Supreme Court.
The usual large crowd of people from all
sections of the county was ia Somerset, Fri
day, April 1. Perhaps ia no other county
in the State is April 1st the general settle
ment day that it ia in Somerset. Sot one
real estate sale in a thousand is made that
the payments are not payable on that day.
Almost all notes and mortgages fall due on
April 1st. and all rents commence and ex
pire oa that day. It is the one day cf the
year that nearly every one Las some busi
ness to transact, and the lawyer who ia not
kept busy from morning till night oa April
1st, has not been "getting there"' very rapid
ly. Money this year appeared to be quite
eajy and payments falling due were made
with unusual promptness. The Pro'.bono
tary and Recorder and their clerk's were
kept busy till late at night, and they were
weary men indeed when they locked their
vaults and " shut up shop" for the day.
Workmen are engaged in tearing down
the dwelling house on Green I-ane, but re
cently vacated by Mr.Irvin Tiles family.
Ia iis destruction disappears one of the old
est land marks about the town. The orig
inal cabin or block house was erected by a
missionary who came to this section long
before the town of Somerset was platted.
Many cf the older inhabitants of Somer.-et
ill recall the stories they heard from the
lips of their parent.", about Low the few
people living in this reighborhood. were
fretjueah'y compelled to seek refuge in the
missionary's cabin to escape being masacred
by thesavae red men who in fisted the for
ests, when they were young. The original
cabin wa erected more than l'J years ago
and for nearly lh years past baa been in
possession of the Graft and Pile families.
A number of alterations and additions Lad
been made to the log house in recent years so
that it Lad grown into a modem d welling.
Mr. File will erect a handsome cottage ca
the ite of the old building.
Judge Simon Stevens, the well-known
New York lawyer is a near relative of the
famous Pennsylvania politician, Thad Stevens-,
and was with Lici for the greater pert
of the two decade tha' the latter rent at
the National Capital. A geatlemau was re
lating at the Arlington last night what an
other great son of the Keystone State, Jere
B'.ack. said of Thad S-evens, ' That he was
one of the brightest men ever born, and
could say the smartest thing, but that, as
far as bei.-ig under any sense of obligation to
his Creator for superior mental endowments,
his mind was a howling sr-ldemes."
"That was pretty good, but I remember an
occasion when Judge Black gor the worst of
an encounter with Thai," said Judge Stev
ens. "The former was Chitf Justice of
Tenneylvania and the other bad a case be
fore the court. The Chief Justice was ad
dressing some remarks to Mr. Stevens, who
turned his back and commenced pacing up
and down the chairber to the great ann oy
ance of Judge Black, who thundered out,
'Mr. Stevens, are yon trying to show your
contempt for this court T "No, sir," was the
answer. 'I'm trying to conceal it.' h.j.A-
V.QtOH Putt.
Notwithstanding Charles Fpangler's boast
that no constable in the country could catch
him, he was bagjred Monday morning by
constable J H. Nicely, of Lig'-nier township,
Westmoreland cocnty, and brought to the
Somerset j ail that afternoon. Constable
Nicely was out looking for Spangler and
bad stopped to water Lis horse on the pike
above Eaugblinstown in front of Jud Naug
les. Here be cberved Spangler coming
down the road carrying a hatchet in his right
band. The constable leisurely demounted
from Lis open wagon and made a feint at
adjusting something about the harness.
When Spangler got opposite him on me row
eonatahie Nicely stepped before him. Qaick
as a flash Spanker sprang aaide and kaped
onto a gate. Unfortunately for him the
gate swung open in the wrot.g direction and
juat as he was about to slid oS on tha other
side Constable Nicely grabbed him by the
leg and drew him back. The constaole
handcuffed his prisoner and immediately
rtarted for Somerset. Spangler had been
working for a manufacturer of inslic chairs
at Eaughlinstown for the past two months
Ten days ego he accompanied a man who
peddles the chairs to this place. He left the
ppddler at the old toll gate, s half mile out
the Jeuner pike, wLere be was seen by some
on who reoognixed him and informed Sher
iff Good arte he could be found. The
sheriff sent the waiwit for Lis arrest to
Ligonier and his capture Allowed. Spang
ler ia wanted on a charge of having burglar
ired Sbockey's and Bowman's stores at
Stoveeloan several months ago.
A MoansMDB Hurfler.
Jonathan C. Hochstetler Foully
Dealt with on a Lonely
Mountain Road
EEC A USE KE HAD FURNISHED EVI
DENCE AGAINST THE LAUREL
HILL BAND OF ILLICIT DIS
TILLERS. TtelMsFsriJIai Mir as!
Wfflisa Ptitixsffil at Lanos.
EGBERT MILLER. WHO WITNESS
ED THE TRAGEDY. GIVES
HIMSELF UP AND IS IN
JAIL.
He Makes a Full Confession.
Sheriff Good and Posse
Assisted by U. S. De
tectives Make a
Fruilless Raid.
The Internal Revenue Depti tment Will
Co-operate witu (be Loeal Authori
ties in Rnnniap the Murderers
U Earth.
Good Prospects for a
Neck-Tie Party.
Somerset county is maintaining its repu
tation fcr lawlttsccts it.it itutcd thrte
years ago by the Nicely brothers and May
term of court jw III Lave to deal with crimi
nals of all d grees. ,
The laict tragedy occurred about five
o'clock Wednesday afternoon, when Jona
than C. Hochstetler was clubbed to death
on a public highway crossing the I jure!
Hill mountains, two and a Lalf miles above
Trent poetofiice, ia Mid i'.ecreek township.
There is cot a shadow of doubt but that
the victim's life was taken by men who
Lad sworn to be avenired because he made
their illicit occupation known to orlicers of
the Internal Revenue I-partraenL
ROMEET MILLER TELLs THE STOCT OF TBI
Ht'BPEB.
A Heeald reporter visited Robert Miller
in the jail Friday night, when Le told the
following story :
I was setting in the bouse ready to goto
Trent and Lad a paper in my hand writing
down a few things my wife wanted me to
get at the store, when old daddy came in and
said, "the detectives are looking fur us, you
are the main man, cume out here, behind
the house there is a maa w ho can tell you
more," I went out and Bill P-rr?s was there
He had a iuart of whisky aud me a
drink. We started up the mountain and
saw three buggies coming down the road.
They pointed to the buggies and one of them
said, "When we tell you a thing you can
count on it." We went on to Crab run, I
was behind and the two men weie talk,
ing and made something out. Old daddy
went on ahead, f ntts said let ns go
op behind a L:g tree. Saw a man come.
Oid daddy said, will we try it or not? Bill
Prilts answered go ahead. Then one of
them said we'll all stick together and daddy
said I'll halt him and we'll capture him.
That was the first I knew of wiiat they were
going to do. As Hochsteitler came nearer
old daddy stepped into the road and throw
ing up his gun cried Halt! Halt! Vony pick
ed up a stone and said G d d n you 1'li
halt and let the stone rly at daddy. Daddy
shot his gun in tne air as if to scare the man.
"Yony"1 8terf J across the road and picked
cp the stone a second time and threw it at
daddy ; this time the stone struck him on
the shoulder. Then old daddy Lit him on
the Lead with the but of the gua : the sec
ond blow brought him dowa part way. I
was standing on the bank on the right
with a gun in my hand when ' Yony" look
ed np and cried, "Bob, shoot me; CI d d-a
you." Oid daddy hit him a third time with
his gun and thea -Yony'' said "Bob don't
let them kill me." He waj groaning fear
fully and I cast my old musket acros the
road and threw my arm out to protect him
from daddy's blows with the gun. L'adJv
struck two more licks, but they were too
severe for my arm and I could only break
their force tut little. Here the prisoner
bared his left arm to show tha abrasion on
the skin where the gun had struck him. The
arm was not discolored J
I was awfully excited and don't know
bow often daddy struck him; but I think
five times; the third blow brought him to
the groattd. Pritts was on "Yonny's" back
and had a pK)d hold on I i i k. I didn't see
rritts strike "Ycny." Hochstetler was
moaning and croaniug at a terrible rate and
when or.e of the (sea said let ns pull him off
the road, I started to run and said : ' I'm
going to tell this and am going right down
and give myself up, if I knew this was what
yon were after I wouldn't bave come along.
'They called me hick and said that I
shouldn't run away that they would see that
I didn't get hurt, that they would protect
me. 1 bey iLen orapgea lony down to
the water and tbrew him in. face down. He
groaned and gurgled and I ran tip sad pulled
his head and ihou'.Jerj est of the water and
laid him on the sand.
Tbey wantad to make me go back and
put his bead into the water ijiic, bat that
was to3 tough, and I started to rua toward
the Scott road, and in the direction of home.
They said " don t run, lots of mea will slick
to cs and we we'll see that you won't get in
to any diflicuity. I didn't stop, but they
soon caught up with me and wouldn't let
me go homa. They said it I went home I d
be captured. We went on down to Jake
Geary's mill. It was just getting dark. Old
daddy went into Jake's bouse and told
Pritts and me to walk on np the read. It
got tot ci ld, and me and PiitLs went into
the Louse, too. Abe Fletcher and Jake
Geary were both there. Old daddy aud
Pritts told these men that the detectives
were coming, and that tbey were close; that
they were going to take them forthwith
and that tbey Lad belter fix op and go along.
Abe Fletcher said that he had to go home
first, bat Geary got ready, took up his ritle
and went along. We four went up the hill
to Abe Fletcher's shanty, and after a little
Abe came to as. The shanty is a half mile
above Geary' mill. There was a coal stove
there and they made a fire. We sat around
till about 12 o'clock, when I laid down on a
board and went to sleep. When I got awake
Abe was gone. At daylight old daddy
and pritts called me out behind tha house,
and when I told them I was going home
they told me never to give them away,
whether I was arrested or not. I called to
Geary to come on, and we started. When
wc got near Geary's hou-e we saw a s.juad
of men leavint there and when we went to
the house we found that they were looking
for "Yony" Hochstetler. I toll Geary I
would go after those fellows and help to
hunt for him. I caught op with them at
old daddy house, (Billy Gabe Hochstetler
and Milton Berg). They told me what they
were oat on and aked roe if I wouldn't
help bunt for "Yony." Billy Oabe said !
"Where was you last night?" I told him
over above Jake Geary's. He then said:
"Will yon go along over to Geary a till we
see whether yon were there this morning?"
Mrs. Geary told them I bad beeo. Then we
went npto Gallentine's and met Abe Fletch
er at the sugar camp, and he said I was with
him that night, but none of ns told them
that old daddy and Pritta Lad been there,
loo. At dinner time we met the other fel
lows who were looking for "Yony." I told
Milton Berg to go down to old daddy's
(where my wife was) with me and to let the
other fellows go strsisbi ifcrongb. He went
with me. My wife and my rtrolher wre
there, and I told the story to the three and
rave myself up to Berg. He made me go
with Lim io hunt for old daddy and Pritls.
In the evening we went down to 'Squire
Miller's. When we got ibere.the bouse was
full cf people, but they did not know that
1 Lad made a confession. They had found
tLe body and were fixlnir op the inquest
jury. 1 raised to my feet there, stepped for
ward and told the story just aa I have told
it uow. They Lad me sworn, but they
didn't Inke down as much i3 you bave. I
was left ia Beig s bands and be lcf. me g,,
borne by h iuself. I told Lim that I would
stay around home until Le wanted tut
This morning I had started to go to the fu
neral and stopped at Allan Forepring s and
ate dinner. Then I went to Nicklow's,
and Joe and me was just ready to go to the
funeral when Mr. Scou came and askel me
to go with Lim, and he brought me here.
I don't know anything about the moon
shine business aud don't know where any
of the stills are. O'.d daddy and "Yony"
Ladn't been friends tor a long time, b it I
never beard any threats made. I don't be
lieve that old daddy and TritU will stay
long at any one place; they 'll dodge around
everywhere. They had their repeating rifles
with them. They may get a good many to
stick to them. There are lots of moon
shiners down there and they ail blamed
Hixbstetlrr with giving them away and
causing the raid a few months ago. There
may be two of them, and there may be
twenty. Old daddy bis been spending
most of his time with Bill Pritts of la'e.
Old daddy gets $-'4 a moctb pension.
When I left him end Pritts in the shanty
that morning I think they intended to go
towards Pritts' home ia Fayette county."
The prisoner is a fine looking young fal
low and would readily pass for H years of
age, although he savs he is 3 and has a
wife and one child. He inquired of the
rtpor.er whether his oflenso was bailable or
cot, but finally concluded th.-t be would
be safer in jail than Le would be outside.
ASOTKER WITXES TO THI MCRtiER HOW IT
CAME TO Ll'jHT.
The rucrder came to light in a peculiar
way. James Beal, a young man, who live
near Ml. Tieasant, was tramping over the
Laurel Hill mountain Wednesday afternoon
on his way to visit his sister, Mrs. Lou
Smith. When be had reached a point on
the road where anew loop had recently been
cut to avoid a chuck hole, Le was brought
to a stand still by a sharp command of
"Halt!'1 He thonght the command was di
rected to Lim and peering through the
b'i-bes he saw a maa standing in the aban
doned road, with his face turned towards
three men standing on a sharp bank above
the road, part:al!y concealed, and all having
gurs leveled on the man in the abandoned
road. "Halt!" was the command young
Bail beard a second time, and accompanying
it came the rejort of two guns. Then he
saw one cf tee men leap from the bank to
the road and rushing upon Lis victim be
gan to beat him over the head with the
stock of his ritle.
Real waited to see co more. He thot ght
Le was in the presence of highwaymen, and
he took to Lis Leels and started lack tow
ards Westmoreland county.
A mile from the scene of the shooting he
Cime to the house of Jonathan C. Hoch
stetler. He stepped and told the family of
the bloody scene he had witnessed. The
family little mked what appalling interest
the stcry had fjr thej. Thy directed him
to another road by which he could reach
his sister's house. When Beal reachel the
iio'ise he told his sister's family of the trag
edy he had witnessed. Mr. Smith deter
mined to investigate and he and Beal went
to Trent. While Beal was reciting his story
there to a crowd who had collected in A. H.
Brngh's store, Harvey Hochstetler came in
and aked if any one had seen Lis father,
Jonathan. The old man had been at Brugh's
store during the afternoon, but bad left for
Lis home, four miles distant, about 4 o'clock
and had not reached it. Ttie description
Beal had j'.ist given of the man he bad seen
assaulted on the abandoned road corres
ponded precisely with that of Jonathan
Hochstetler, and the crowd at the store at
once decided to go and search for his body.
Under Bead's guidance the searching party
repsired to the scene of the tragedy. The
night was intensely dark and the searchers
had to depend upon the faint gleams of a
balf-Jc-z?a lanterns to guide their foot-stef s.
Beal conducted the party to the abandoned
stretch of road, where the tramplcd'condi
tion of the ground showed that a desperate
struggle had taken place, and confirmed his
story of the tragedy Le had witnessed there
a few hours before. No blood stained the
spot, but foot-prins led through the densj
under growth to the left of the road, while
broken and crushel branches of laurel
showed that the body had been drajged in
that direction.
One of the mea Lad worn gum boots of an
onusua!!y large size, and as soon as this fact
bec4rr.e known, significant glances were ex
changed among the searchera. No one said
whom Le suspected of Laving committed
the crime, but it was soon manifest that all
attributed it to one person.
On down through the brush the sea-cliers
fj'lowed the tracks. It was evijent that
the old man had tec-a killed or rendered
helpless, for marks showed nw that two of
the men had to drag him along. Thetraiks
led down to Crab run, a diminutive stream
forty or fifty fxet from the loop in the
road. Here the tracks disappeared, but a
few reds oa the other t! le of the stream
they reappeared and were followed to the
Lome of " Jake" Gsrry, two miles further
np the mountain. Here the searching par
ty hailed and held a consultation as to
what course they should pursue. A few
members of the party wanted to seerch Gar
ry's house, believing that the murderer we:e
concealed in it. Others insisted that Garry
was a fr.end of theirs and they would not
permit a search to be made nnlesa it was
done by an officer of the law.
After considerable parleying it was deci
ded to seed for a constable. The constable
joined the party surrounding Garry's tiouse
shorJy after day-bresk, armed with a search
warrant. Mrs. Garry, at first refused the
party admission to the house, but finally
permitted them to enier. A thorough
Search of the building and bam failed to rer
vsal the presence of the murderers. Here
the party decide 1 to abandon the search for
Hochstetler's body nntit tbey bad break
fasted and all started for their homes. Lav
ing first agreed to continue the search later
in the day.
Fromincnt in the searching party were
"Jcre" Whipkey, Silas Putman, Win.
Smith. Allan Forespriag, Wm. and Jona
than File, Albeit Miller, a son of the mur
derer, Harvey and William Hochstetler, the
former a son and the latter a nephew of the
murdered man. The manner in which the
three men were tracked for over three miles
is simply marvelous to those nnacqiainted
with the keen terceptive powers of men
accustomed to working in the mountains
and trapping the wild animals of that re-
gion. Occasiunauy me urtcas wouiu iw
lC4.t for several rods but would be discovered
again by a crushed cluanp of grass or a
broken twig.
TEE BODY rOl'SD.
Thursday mornicg Justice of the Peace,
John H. Miller, organixed a second posse at
Trent to search for the body of Hocbstetier.
The posse climbed np the mountain to the
scene of the tragedy, and while investigat
ing for evidence of the murder. Squire Mil
ler discovered Hochstetler' body lying in a
pool of water in Crab run. His head and
shoulders were resting peacefully on the
muddy back of the stream, while his body
and legs were immersed in the limpid water.
His bead was frightfully mangled, and his
body was almost entirely nude, most of his
clothing having been torn off by the broken
bushes through which be had been dragged.
Tbe victim's hat and a bag of smoking to
bacco bad been placed by his aide, and his
knife acd purse were found close by. "cVjuire
Miller impannelled a jury for the purpose
of holding an inquest later in the day
The jury was composed of Austin Wei-
mer, Philip K. Moore, Jeremiah Whipkey,
William Smith, Jonathan Nicklow and
John M. Berg. After they had viewed the
body it was removed from ihe wier and
taken to the murdered man's borne. Jamea
Beal was tb only witness who appeared be
fore tbe jury. His story corresponded with
the one already told as coming from Lim,
and after giving it he was rermilted to go,
baring promised to appear before the com l
st Somerset when wanted as a witness. Ir.
Moore and Gardner, who made the i-t
mortem examination, say that Hochstetler's
skull was mashed with a stone. A three
cornered stone was picked np by a member
of the jury at the scene cf tbe tragedy and
it fitted into the five wounds in tbe victims
Lead. U was certainly this stone that kill
ed Hochstet:r, but who used it is not
known. Both "Bob' Miller and Jamea
Beal, who witnessed the murder, deny that
a stuue was used. They claim that tbe vic
tim was clubbed to death.
The jury rendered a verdict that Hoch
stetler bad come to his death at the hands of
parties unknown.
BR MILLER'S COrEESSIOtl.
Between 5 and 6 o'clock Friday evening.
constable Milton Berg arrived at Trent with
Bob Miller in custoJy. Bob made a full
confession to 'Squire Miller, in private, and
afterwards made the following statement
under oath.
Somerset County, ss.
Before roe, John H. Miller, one of the
Justices of the Peace in and for the county
of Somerset, personally came Robert C. Mil
ler, oi tne township of Midd.e Creek, who
made a confession as follows :
On March 3u, IS.'i about 4 o'clock P. M.,
Wm. C Miller, my father, came to my hon
and told me detectives were after nie" for il
licit distillintr. He took me oat ar.d we
met Wm. Pritts, of Fayette county, who
told me I was the man the detectives want
ed, but ihev would save me. We wtni in
to the wood near Kichei Nicklow's farm
and, watching, saw three buggies. Pritts
said :
"There goes the detec'ivrs. When I tei!
yon they are comics: you may rely npon it."
We proceeded a short distance further and
arriving at Crab run, Frius and father had
a conservation whirh I did cot overbear.
We crossed the road and hid behind trees,
and then they informed ma of their plan,
which was to capture Jonathan Hochstetler.
I think thry knew be was on the road.
While they were talking I looked down tbe
road and said : " There comes a man."
Father said, "shall we try it or not ?"
Pritts laughed and said, " go ahead, let as
all slick together."
Father said, "I will stop him. You two
catch and tie him."
With that he walked nearer tbe road and
callel:
" Halt ! I want to ta'k to yon."
Hochstetler, who was just coming np the
bank, said, " your souls. I'll halt
you." Then be threw stones at fltber, but
missed him. and father discharged his gun
in tbe ar. Hchstetler ran across the roal,
got another stone, and threw it at father,
striking him this time on the shoulder. I
had an old army gun, and Uitchsteiler ran
toward me, saying :
" Bob, shoot me. d you !'
Father strm k him with the but of his
gun, bringing him to his knees. He struck
a second time, and then Hochstetler begged
me not to let them hurt him any more.
Father raised the gun to strike arain, and I
ran out and received ihe blow ou the arm.
I failed to ward off a fourth blow, and Hoch
stetler fell with a groan. Fhtts got on him
and commenced to beat him. I could bear
no more, and saying I was going home,
started. I looked up tbe road and saw a
man coming down. He stopped a moment,
then be turned and ran. I told them, but
they said :
'Oh, yoa were just scared and thought so.
Hurrv up new. Lev us take Lim off the
rosd."
They started with Lim, still alive and
groaning. Tbey took him down Crab run
and threw him in. Frvm where I was 1
could see him lying over a log, still groan
ing and with his head touching the water.
I ran bark and pulled Lis Lead out of tbe
water. They wanted me to go and put it in
asrain, but I would not do it. I said: "I
will go home and tell this and give myself
up ""
They answered: "Don't be afraid; we
will siitk to you, to you will not gt into
any trouble."
They finally persuaded me not to give
myself up. Kohekt C. a! ILL sr.
The above statement was lUui.ed to with
breathless attention by the .30 or more persons
wbo had collected in the store. When he had
concluded his recital of the brutal slaughter
he had witnessed,yoangMi!lerwho had been
standing, dropped into a ckair and remarked
to an acquaintance, "this is an awfal crime
for a man's father to lead him into."
The prisoner waa then discharged on his
own recognizance. He returned to his home
and tbe next morning set out to attend
Jonathan Hochstetler's funeral. He stopped
at tbe bouse of Allen Forespiiog acd was
eating diuner with the Nicklow's family
when constable LeRoy Scott arrived and
placed hirn under arrest. Scott seated Mil
ler in front of Lim on a horse and started fur
Rock wood. Here they took the 3:-)0 train
for Somerset.
BVtlAL or THE VICTI1C.
The funeral services of Jonathan C. Hoch
stetler were held about 2 c'elock Friday af
ternoon. Tbey were conducted by the Rev.
Mr. Be.kley, and the body was interred in a
ooiet corner of the dead in in s little farm.
There were not over o) men, and Lalf as
many women, present.
Old man II ichstetler even as he lay in Lis
coffin prepared for burial, presented a revolt
ing sight. The bones of his entire forehead
Lad been mashed in until the brains protrud
ed. His aged wi.'e siiunr.e ! the death cham
ber, and sat retired in another portion of the
house.
Her sons, Rollo, Harvey, Buta and West-
ley, and her daughter Cora, all full grown.
were present, but not in the least demon
strative in their grief For that of one who
had met to horrible an end Jonathan Hoch
stetler's funeral was probably the least sensa
tional in the history of such cases. Itsuem.
ed that the fear of his murderer: being
around the place repressed all outburst, if
inclination to any existed.
THE VICTIMS A5D HrRPEREES.
Jonathan C. H"cbiet!er, the murdered
man, was well -known throughout tbe coun
ty. He was prominently identified with the
quarter sessions courts ten years ago, when
he brought a number of prosecutions against
his neighbors, charging them with having
burned the school bouse in tbe district in
which be lived, and with having maimed
and poisoned his stock. It waa so evident
that Hochstetler himself ha 1 been guilty of
the crimes alleged, that ia rtrly every in
stance be was mulcted with the costs. He
was about 00 years of age. He wore a Jong
beard, and his hair reached to his shoulders.
He was known to have engaged in the man.
u fact u re of illicit whiskey for years, and
was generally feared fcy his neighbors. Al
though the brutality of bis murder Las
arocaed the sympathy of the people in h it
behalf, no regrets are heard since Le is dead.
Wm. Miller, ia also well-known through
out the county. He it about o4 years of age.
Ho is 3 feet t inchee tall, and weight about
2X pounds. Miller wears a busby black
beard and long black bair. He was a sol
dier and draws $-'t a month pension. Mil
ler ia the recognized leader of the moonshin
ers, and is known to the members of tbe
band as "General Seigle." He is also
known at "old Blixen." '
Little is known here of Wm. Pritta. He
ia a reagent of Fayette county, and is about
50 years of age.
All of the principals are married and
bave large families,
THI SCESEOr THE MCRDER,
The spot where Hochstetler was killed is
about midway between his home and that
of Wm. C. Miller. It U almost on tbe top
of Laurel Ridge, and trees and shrubbery
rise thickly wherever tbe rocks give them
a chance to take root. The log, which young
Miller tay in his confession the body waa
thrown npon, has probably lain in its presei.t
position half a century. The imprint of the
old man's body could be plainly traced upon
i's mossy covering. Under it, in a cool, lim
pid pool, formed by the run, "Squire Giid
ner yesterday picked np the old man's ear
muffs. A number of other articles, among
hem a knife and parse, bad seen found
strewn around by 'Squire Gildcer, as If the
oid man bad been handled to roughly as to
shake them from bis pockets.
A short distance down the rua from where
Hochstetler's body was (bund, a huge, flat
rock was pointed out as having for years,
and nntil recently, been put to a peculiar
application. A fresh, sweet spring gushes
out from its side, and some ingenious back
woodsman, struck by the analogy to a bibli
cal narrative, christened it "Mosea' Rock."
In time it became known that the rock could
be smitten and made to produce something
at times more relished than water, and it
became a enstotn for those thirty for the
article to bring their j'.ijrs to the rock. A
jug left upon it with a bill, would, dur
ing a very short absence of the owners, be
filled with moonshine "mountain d-w"
and the J bi!l would vanish. A str.ng log
building near the rock is said to Lave been
used by tbe moonshiners as a fortii.cation
when revenue agents were after theru.
loB Ml LIES IX JUlL.
Probable toit pecpla were at the railroad
station when the ttain arrival at ' '. p. m.
Friday evening. At least as mary more
bad collected around the entrance to the jaii
to get a look at the two murderer, whom it
Lad been rumored Lad been captured and
would be brought Lere at that lime. There
was considerable disappointment expressed
by the crowd when cor.sUble Scott passed
into the prisn with his prisoner, who looks
more like a half grown boy than a man of
r years. A handsome young man with an
armless sleeve followed cloee at constable
Scott's heels, and when the door of the Sher
ilTs oftlce was locked be was inside. A
Herald reporter recognized him at once and
and when tbe sheriff Lad searched Milter
and locked him in a ceil, he called the Sher
iff aside and icformed him that the stranger
wss a United States Detective- f-beriff Good
and Mr. Fisher, the detective, at once with
drew to a private office and held a consulta
tion. The Sheriff had received a letter from
Justice of the Peace Miller at noon, request
ing him to bring a posse to Trent and assist
in running the murderers down. He also
had a telegram from Collector Mitchell say
ing that the Commissioner of Internal Reve,
nue had directed him to offer the services of
U. S. Defectives ia assisting to capture the
murdvrers.
Alter an hour's conference with the Sheriff
detective Fisher wect to Lis hotel acd the
Sheriff began a search for trusty men, whom
he could swear ia as deputy sherifT s. By
mid night twenty deputies bad been select
ed and sworn in.
sHEEit'r liooD Asn eos s-riar roa the .xs-
SHI.VE DISTRKT.
At day break Saturday morning 6heriff
Good headed a posse of twenty men, who
had been selected on account of their well
keewn bravery and fearlessness, and started
for Trent. In tbe posse were detective Fish
er, constables Gilbert and Scott. At Trent
they were joined by eight men cf that place
acd constable Fred I'u Font and another
man from Hock wood. Here tbe teams were
left acd then commenced the greatest man
hunt ever known in this section. At Trent,
Alfred Milier, second son of the murderer,
was arrested by the Sheriff, and compelled
to go with the posse. Miller was on his way
to work at a saw mill. The posse was divid
ed into three squads, the first under ShenJ
Good, the second under constable Gilbert
and tbe third under constable Scott. Tbe
three posses then took different roads lead
ing over the mountain with murderer Bill
Pritts's bocs. ia Fayette county, as their ob
jective point.
The farmers about Trent all stand in more
or less terror of the mv-nshiners and it U
hard work to iet many of them to say any
thing about the gang for fear their bou?esand
barns will be burned or that they themselves
will be shot down while at wo-k ia their
fields by any enemy in ambush. The better
and by far the larger tlasa of the people of
Mi ldlecreek township, are as anxious for
the capture of the murderers as are the
otlicers of the law, and believe that the time
has arrived when the gang must be broken
np and driven from the county. The Sherirf
was disappointed when Le found so many
men away frora home as Le Lod a larger
number of them would jjin Lis posse a:ii
assist in running the murderers to earth.
The story gained credence that there was
an oath-bound orginization and that the
moonshiners were fortified in the cave near
William Pritts' place known as "Jones' Jail."
It was said that this cave is large enough to
bold a regiment t f men and ihat in this place
30 or 40 of tbe moonshiners were prepared to
make a stand against the county authori
ty s. This cave was visiied Saturday after
coon. No one was found there.
Sheriff Good's pjsse met at the home of
Jonathan Hochstetler. The first maa to
offer his services was William Hochstetler, a
nephew of the mardeied moonshiner. He
also gave information to the Government
detectives last winter when tbe famous raid
was made, and is now in daily fear of bis
iife being taken.
Gilbert s party arrested "Abe" Fletcher
and his brother at the Lome of Powell Mil
ler and compelled them to accompany the
party.
At "Bill" rritt s house Mrs. Fritts and
four or live children were found at home.
A son of Pritts", who had been working at a
sugar camp near Trent in tbe mornicg, was
one of them. He had started for borne at
tbe first approach of the Sheri J"s posse.
Mrs. Pritts sail her husband waa frequently
absent for weeks and that she did not know
where he ta-.
When asked if he. waa a moonshiner she
said he was too infercally dumb to know
anything more about whi:ky than how to
drink it. His sti!!, however, was discovered
a little further np the mountain, but ail the
apparatus Lad been removed.
The posse then returned by another road
to the house of Powell Miller. Yonns rritts
was there to greet them. The young man's
conduct, in keeping ahead cf the pease, caus
ed suspicioa and the Sher.3 ordered his ar
rest. Sheriff Good had orderjl Lis nun to
search every house, barn, and buildings of
all description, w'aea the pesse left Trent
ia the racrtiirig. His instructions were care
fully carried out, but co trace of the mur
derers co lid be found.
An illicit still was found a few rods frora
Powell Miller's. There was every indication
taat it nal uecn in running order a day or
two before, hut not a trace of the apparatus
could be found.
Late in the afternoon the posse was told
off into rti(s of eight each, and as soon as
night had settled down the bouses tf
Miller and Pletcher, and the shanty wher
the murderers bad spent the night after the
murder, aere surrounded and guarded
throughout the eight. The clAt was a lone
ly oue acd it req'iireJ. men of the greatest
courage to remain on guard in a country
reautcd to be Shed with L.ood-thirsiy out-
aws. The night's watch was profitless
No sign of ihe murderers was seen at any of
the bouses guarded. F-trly in the morning
the three parties returned to Trent and at
10 o'clock the entire posse set out for Somer
set. They arrived at Somerset at I o'clock
Sunday afternoon weary and worn.
EheriiT Good said to a reporter of the
Herald, "yoa can form no idea cf ihe con
dition of things in the moonshine district
wilhont going down there yourself. There
is no question about there being a well or
ganized band and during the present ex
citement any stranger who. goei down there
takes his life ia his bands. Everbody is
suspicious and it is hard to get even the
better class of people to talk about the moon
shiners. I soon made up my mind that
there waa no possible change of catching the
murderers with the i rre I had and for that
reason the chase was abandoned. I am sat
isfied though, tbat we'll tag them before a
great while and have them here in jail. It
ia cot impossible that one or two more mur
ders may take place in that neighborhood
before Miller and Pritta are ran down.
Young Beal and Biiley Gabe Hochstetler
are liable to be shot any day."
W ILL PTT AS E5DTO XOOBtii::iIXi.
Special agent Schlosser, of the Revenue
Department, joined the posse at Trent Satur
day evening. He says that Commissioner of
Internal Revenue Mi son ia determined to
ran down the Laurel Hill band of Moon
shiners once for all.
This band, be said, has been annoying tbe
department for the past 3) years, and tbe
present is the best opportunity to tear it op
root and branch. This, be acknowledged,
has heretofore been almost impossible. Mr.
Sch'.oster started for Washington Sunday
night to confer with the Commissioner in
regard to the best method to pursue to bring
about the capture of the murderers.
A well authenticated report reached Som
erset Monday afternoon that Miller and
Pritta had spent Saturday night in a barn
on the farm of David Barclay. It ia aaip
that nctr.her of the searching pary were in
that immediate vicinity that night and that
one of their number fired off agnnand
alarmed tbe men they were hunting. Mil
ler and Tnttt were seen rartii g aty Ua
the bare. An invstijration of the mow. it is
claimed, revealed the impressions the
forms of the two m-a made os the bay.
BOCHTETl.ER"s HI-IT" kC.
One day last January Jonathan Hocbstet
ier and ene of his nephews. "Filly C,be"
Hoc!isftler. sfvjllel into the otll -e of VI
tritt Attorney Coionm. The farcer astl
whether there were any store District Attor
neys in Somerset.
"No, sir," aaswered Mr. t'olborn, "lam
Uie only district attorney in the county.'
"Well," continued Mr. Hocbtler, "has
the deputy revenue collector, Mr. John, been
here to inquire after me T'
Being assured Ihat Mr. John had not been
there that morning, Hochstetler drew a
card from his pocket, and after rrutinuing
it fora moment, asked if Mr. S.:b!o.-ser, a
special officer from the Internal Revenue
Department, Lad been there and inquired
for him.
"No person has inquired for you to-day,"
responded the Iist:ict Attorney.
"Well, they'll be here after me before
long, and I w;sh yoa would tell them that
I'll meet them Lere at 1 o'clock."
With that H.xrhatetler and hit nephew
withdrew. Promptly at 1 o'clock they re
turned, and in a few minutes 'ater two rev
enue officers droped in. They asked per
mission to occupy tbe lawyer's back ofHce,
and the four men retired into it. Their con
sultation Luted for several hoars, and when
Hochstetler withdrew Mr. Co! burn was oc
cup.ed with a client from the moonshine
district.
As Hochstetler passed through the offi e
the client glanoed np at Lim and when he
had passed out of the door he asked the at
torney if that was not "Yoncy" Hochste:Ir
Fifteen minutes afterward Hochstetler's
nephew walked out through the front Gfiicc
and he was shortly followed by the officers.
"What were those fellows d.ing back
there?" Mr. Coiborn's client demanded.
"I really djn'l know," replied the lawyer,
"but I believe they were ar-anging a lumber
deal."
VSi!, I believe t-ere it something up.
said bis visitor, jumping to his feet. He
immediately left the oSice without complet
ing the business on which he had called.
Three or four days following the above
conversation the revenue officers made a
raid upon the moonshiners ia the Laurel
Hill Mountain. The raid resulted ia the
capture of two illicit stills in Fayette coun
ty, but the gang over which the "Two Bills,"
Milier and Pritts, ruled, had fed and car
ried their illicit stills with them. Secret
Service 0;Mcer Fisher, who ha 1 spent several
months in the mountain making the ac
quaintance if the moonshiners and trying
to worm their secrets from them, was
dumbfounded at their sudden disappearance
and left the county in disgust.
He had no sooner withdrawn from the
mountain than the moonshiners appeared
and renewed oratuvs without further fear
of detection. But from the hour that Hoch
stetier and his nephew were seen in consul
tation with the revenue otli tcrt ihey were
droned men.
CAI sE or THE 0O.1:.1Ili' ALttt.
There is not a particle of !o tbt that the
vi-it of lawyers John R Scott aud Wm. H.
R::ppel, a?conipanicd by Dr. II. S. Moore,
of New Lexington, and several Philadel
phia capitalist", to Trent, farmed the
moonshiners arid were ra:s:ak . for a r-e
of U.S. detectives bv them. Messrs. Scott
and Knppel were cnd jitir.g the Philadel
phia capitalists through the mountains
above Trent Wednesday, for the purpose of
exhibiting to them the magni, '.cent timber
that dJi ks the mountain siJ.-s. The party
occupied three buggies, and young Bob
Miller says they were seen passing tip acd
d..wn the roads by Lis fatht r ted Pritts. It
was for the purpoeeof catchi.-. sight cf the
seppestd detectives that ied xed Bvb to go
with Lis father and Pritts to the point oa
Crab run whore the murder was committed.
When the lawyers and their party drove in
sight, Bob's father said to him, "There,
now. you can see the deUc.ives yourself;
and can know after this that when Pritts
and me tell you anything, it is correct."
A few minutes after the three bu.vies Lad
pi?sed, Hochstetler waj s.-.-a Coming up
the road.
TBE LATEST.
A well Laown minister residing in l"pjr
Turkey foot township, is reported to have
stea both Miller and Pritts at White's saw
mill ia that township Monday afternoon.
The minister was ret jrnitig to his home
after having conducted religious services at a
church in the mountain ttie day before. He
as well acnuiinted with Miller and Pritts
and says he could not Luisibly be mistake n
in the men.
Detective Fisher and a pcse cf nia lef.
R.ekwocd at a late hour Monday night
bound for Trent. Taey said they would cot
retara nr.til they had captured the mar-ior-
ers.
Another rumor in circulation is '.h:t a
photographer from Pittsburgh tl;led the
scene of the murder Monday aa l wasen
pi;red in takic; a group cf MilVr's fomily,
when "Gen. Seii'.e" appeared upon the scene
arid and asked that his fooe apt-ear ia the
photograph along with those of his wife and
children.
Sheriff Good will cot say anything in re
gard to what cour-i he will pursue ia regard
to capturing the murderers, but ii is believed
that he has arranged to have them spotted
aad when this has beea do::, he will go to
their Lidirg p'aceaiid juietly bag them.
For Sale-Wanted.
A tbirty-iiv-rse porUi saw mill, siity
inch.'clirper tooth) saw, three hea-J block?,
tLirty-lJotcuntae, sixty-foot way; built by
ElsaJey, ZsaesviUe, ., in irftct running
order. Also Ash auJ llu kury lumber want
eJ. Vou'.J take lumber in eicharijre for
call:. AUress C. A. Ixuvx,
(VaaiUana. Oijio.
MRS. A E. UHL.
A lare assortment of Ladies
Spring Wraps, consisting of Blaz
on", Reefers and Capes now in
stock.
I am now receiving inr new stock of
SPRING GOODS,
Consisting of all kinds of Fine Dress
Goods, either in Plaia Colors or
Novelties, with a great range
of prices and iaalities. I'm
glad to say that they will
all le cheap. A. large
line of low-price
DRESS GOODS,
in Plain Shades and Novelties, com
ing in this week. A splendid line
cf Ginghams. Outing Flannels,
and other Novelties coming
in, all cheap. An immense
line of
While Dress Goods
acd Embroideries,
will le opened this week. Laces
of all kinds in abundance will le
shown this season.
Dress Trimmings
Of the Latest styles now
open. A large line of best dark
and light Calicoc3 at 5 cents. Mus
lins and Sheetings will be cheap this
season. Call and see my stock.
A line of Misses and Claldrens
Jackets and Blazers now in f tock-
Mrs. A. E. UHL.
JOHN P. KNABLE & CO.'S
SPECIAL.
"Piere has aerteo anvtbiac ia thin city lite the rihitjiunn o.' N Sr-nrt? TTess Vyt,
S!1k. Ir-aa-und Hults we ie now howli. have tb ptrs ul Ui k-nvw.rk .j" ta war la
iiirt..- tiit yea never drwtavd oL til pay you Lo icue as visit scd exsT.ine "ur iiaciec
nm-w.
DRESS GOODS.
v J-e Cheviot ...
li,vea C ue?ef..n ...
t-o
tsr
SI
41 i
su ji.-e l'f'-ri Cord
n pee lv.trtH '-tri
"4) ir.id ivd
pe.t-es lueverua -
New India Silks.
On !! chuirc one
Me
' Hie loe rMte oa T.r
One line eh. oaen
One lii choice oatu - fl 00
Os line rboe one . l
This tt'vfc tvu h'imiivtU of pieces oi choice
Sl Tim 431 qU-ea-lUc At l pnCV.
Fine Line Wool Challi.
We har the rh-Jiwi Mae la this city. You
eanna srlrd tft imy uetil you see oura. Price
lh iuwest lor tne xxli.
CLOAKS AND SUITS.
W hT now opn. ao-1 are auxious to how yom. a complete a line ol ImpofV.1 mod Domestic
Cloaks. utui and jAt-kt''. as tins or soy Hher market ran how. We only sa v.ms ra'l and in
spect. Price and ioaiity wiii du ta km. Favor us uo a call au-1 let lis uilnait our uses.
John P. Knable & Co.
35 Fifth Avenue. PITTSBURGH, PA.
Send for samples and share the Bargains.
J. J. SPECK. WM. M. HOLMES.
TmC LcaotNa
Wholesale Winc and Liouo House or Wcsti n PcNMsrkvaftiA.
THE WM. PI. HOLMES CO.,
Distillers of - Holmes' Best " ami Holmes' OM Economy"
PURE RYE WniSKY.
All the leading Eye and Bourbon Whiskies in bon'l or tax-paid.
Importers of fine Brandies, Gins and Wines.
SEND FOR PRICE LIST.
Telephone No. 305. - 120 Water St. and 153 First Ave. PITTSBURGH, PA.
Will cost you nothing to exam
ime goods and compare prices.
AHDEIY FOSTER,
247, 249, Main Street, JOHNSTOWN, PA.
Dry (Ms, Notions, Garnets, k
When in JOHXSTOWX, don't fail to call at
GEO. K. KLINE'S
XEW STORE, 241 Main St.,
Where will he found a Complete Stock of Pry Good?. Ladies' and
Gents" Fun.i.-liincr3 and Wraps. 11 the Newest things in Dress Goods,
including Silk?. Serges. Henrietta--, Camels Hair, Bedford Cords, Wool
en, Crepes and all other Novelties in the Dress Goods line. Also a
complete line of Staple Goods, such as Mucins, Sheetin?. Tulle Lin
ens, Crashes A'C. Our Line of Ladies' Wraps, includes Jackets,
Capes and New Markets of the latest Spring Stvles.
OUR MOTH): Best Goods, Latest Styles and Lowest Prices.
Come and see us.
GEO. Iv. IvLITsTE.
THE KNIFE PLUNGED INTO PRICES OF
WALL PAPER,
CUTTING THEM
0
HOW CAN WE DO IT?
WK EUY WALL PATER BY THE CAR LOAD from the Ltrjest manafjrto
r.es in tbe I'Ditetl States, so cheap and in such qaantities that we can sell you many
patterns for leas money tb&n smail dealers enn buy thein. Will sr?U you gool pattern.-',
no ciit, at 2, 3, 4 an'l "x: per bolt, t i oJ Gilt Papers, at 3, 4. 5, 74 and Mc ; ex
tra fine, at I ' and 2li. We selec;ed the finest, newest and best patterns from foor
factories we havn't a pi?ce of old paper ia our Etore. We n ill seil these gxxis f.r
less money than yoa can boy th-m for in any city. Having investigated the matter
we know whereof we speak. WE CAN Do IT, as it costs us nothing to add paper
to our large business. BuTif yoa need paper and appreciate saving the dollars, yoa
will buy from us. Ct!l, or send for samples of paper and a copy of our guide "iljw
to Pjp.-r.''
Carpets and General Merchandise.
We Lave a'uso put in stock the largest and 5n3t line of CARPET vr brought to
Meyer!a!e. All grades from tne cheapest up. Ingrains, Tapestry, body F-ragHels,
and velvets. See our Bru.-wels at 40c A magnificent assortment of Lac Window
Curtains, i. bout 100 pairs in stock at (Ah: to oU0. Large assortment nn Dresa
Goods. Maimer Fabrics of ail kinds. J-arge stock
Ladies' Spring Coat.s
jat opened. Call and see them. IN OL' R CLOTHING Ri UM cm be found as fine
a stocit of Men'?, Hoys and Children' S-its as the country a:!rd-", as we make a
epecialty of superior goods. Call and sev if we haven't just what vou want for !-
money than you can buy elsewhere. MILLINERY DEPARTMENT will open ia
April. Lirge st.x it in every department. We do a large business oa a snjail mar
gin. Come, see our goods. We wiil save you money.
Your Frieud.4,
S. C. HARTLEY & CO.,
FIEIIT TITLE 111 MIST BLi
121 & Ii Fourth Ave.,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
Capital - - -
nn
JJ
FULL IPA1D.
Undivided Profits $130,000.
ISSURES TITLE TO REAL ESTATE-
Authorized to act as
Executor, Administrator, Uaardiao,
Trustee, Asi;uer, Keeeivcr, kt.
I EAL3 IS
RELIABLE IXUSTXEH SECURITIES.
Rents boxes in its Superior Vaults from
t j. JO per annum upward.
Receives deposits and loans on mort
gages and approved collaterals.
JOHN E. JACKSON, - President.
JAMES J. IONNELL, Vice President.
C. B. McYAY, - Secretary and Tres-.
HOW TO SAVE MONEY.
TRY
CH AS. PMBECK'S
Boot and Shoe Store.
Men-' Boots from H tio up, and ail otLr
Footwear at the Lowest Price.
All zxla Guaranteed to ?ite
bdiisfaction, if not as rec
ommended, will take
theru buck.
Look fr the sign with the big
84 Franklin Street,
JOHNSTOWN - PA.
pCBLIC SALE.
OF
Valuable
Real Estate.
Fnrmiam tomn arperaent of the prti in inu-r-e-t.
n-l aa crier uf liie t'rxirtof Common H'.
of .enfr-t County, I will orTer i piibl.c m1
oa tne premise, a
FRIDAY, APRIL S, '02,
All oIork p m.. tb foliowinv dt-tcribetj real
rsuitr. viz . A ceriaia tnrtut lul uiuttte 111 til
toimstip at woemannoiDf, toauir of acnarwet
d1 Suu uf Penroilvan-. cntbtnjf a tu,
mocen I. aJjoanirc Urvtsol Lin-oin BtniMn,
J ime M'-rvelvT. Jacob Eahnrfc, benj. Oar-tiner.
JoiiB H. HiU! aad others. tein sr ihe to n of
r-bHTCAiowaaad about one n:l frout MoeioMer
StAttrua, ttt thf . 4t 4V Rjsu.ruasl. krtwa a b
homfNU4j of Wm. Wilt an-1 wiV. Neriy ia
bow irwt-t u aoiJarUiJ with exeviieni ci a! i
fuur ft lem bc-iiuc open) a to 7 -loot vein of
hmenione a & ft vtiu of gol fir clav anl o.h?r
miurraua. X two Ury plAQk wcaiberbnapfed
.iwii:n houeoDe anj a baiO'X? pan dwel
ling boue, kbani arjtl other outMitUiiog : aio
a liuirfc.iu wt.b a capacity Corot buaaeiA. Imme
diate pcweeaion ji Tea.
Terms.
Ten per cent, of pnrrhaia moc.y on ly of uln :
the h!tieeof onethini cu eoni!rscmUn of
.jobl-iv Hnv--' 1, tse-ihiri in six mnt.1..
ami or-ihir-i in oue v.r from etnfi m.lK)n tf
Mtc 111 df ferrej p-irmeuu to bear intensM Uil
be Keeure-1 by ju-iTiirrJ bond.
JoUN U. ZJXilEHV ty,
Trustee-
BLACK GOODS BARGAINS.
J
F.itra Ptstj ' ! Z'a
Si -O -l k arp :o;is
ft thteftto ...
0.S- M " nfc.' - - -
AU t bi KaresiiiA. See them.
r. i
HANDKERCHIEF SPECIAL
3000
REGUL.VK ST 1IAXDKKRCHIF.F3
To be M at
12 1-2 Each.
We have too manr. It m wir lt yxir gsia.
NEW WASH GOODS.
V r.icee rhoiee tries of Printed Obeverons,
K)Mmert for
l i Mir price
wiU be ouly
1-'
laey are bcadi..
IN HALT !
Meyersdalf, Pa.
artistic job printing
A SPECIALTY.
HARRY M. BENSHOFF,
UAIiUFACTURlHG STATIOSER
A5D-
BLANK BOOK MAKER.
H ANN AM BLOCK,
JOHNSTOWN. PA.
Johnstown's New Grocery.
HiTiiii oicuet a new
GROCERY STORE,
Southeast Corner cf 5Irket A Lucid tlneM,
JOHNSTOWN,
I am prepared to furnish ba3 er9 from
dillerent points with all kinds of
fret h groceries at lowest j. rices.
Coot try produce, s'ich as but
ter, eyr,ttc, Uktn in ex
change for goods.
JAMES D. RUTLEDGE.
C. C. JORDAN.
JORDAN $l HiNCHMAN.
Critoner rl!l finl o at tha nunc vii tliod,
nh i.ryrr sapj'i of our on m&uuiaeitrvl
Comta, well ma
asm k suns.
thaa ever. As hjieAie dealers in
CRACKERS, CA.ICIES, HUTS AID FRUIT,
we hav tiH-rea.l Dw-i::t;e for CUlng- orders
prmjilj ami ujstsrtun:?.
Jordan 5c Ilinchmait,
210 anJ i Main 3tret, JOH.NdTWS. FA.
A Word to Somerset Farmers
and Others-
Do yoa want to save money? If so, rail
OX
Geo.Tf. Tlioiiia,&: Co.,
125 Clinton Street,
JOHNSTOWN. PA.,
Tor your Dry Goods, Groceries, Floor,
Fine Teas, Tobacco, Cigars, Ac.
All kinds of country produce taken in
eachang for gooda. .