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"" A.sil :A IsVi
than poverty.
- ;' stays bring peace.
r. '".ir for wl11 P4!1-
o r-rut:' :a adversity,
ni.t ad vie tet"e
at Bedford's drog
.. ,-, are rloodlng Johrs
B,. ia txk . Mahloa
'v ... v i cutds. Tuey are
-"'"'. . ; J young at Snyder's
' . ; 2!i3 filch gives le-
' . , , a ?T.
- - j-k t "l-e J-4JS are
' . . r in
-'' 7 , u owned by Est
I:ks county.
' ". w.ll prodaoe about
.- . ; t" 42-iay.
. .- ue iateat ps tier as and
5.- f. -nic-rd's drug store.
'"I,. .,v'.-.aula isn't chivalrous
" - ..c.-ui'.res; ia the
:rt 1 -
t rr-vr Tiur i".s tills
- j 7; t L" ' ' '
a ;. market ia the
- - ' ..r .7- i -;k- and Lei-la coua-
" ""' . . i . ; ce:.'.s a bushel.
- - - -
. . ,- ..' bricks ceed-
' . Zu-at.e Hospital at
-'". t, from
".' - ; 't-u.-d.-e'
,- - - sr. i w T.den say that
. - fj."' -' - the season
- . :' cerri. tbey de-
: 7.7 , to :-e .'".at.
.r'.d oa a bh-yctethat
7- - : l.as j tst beea coa
1::: :...'.. -a of ex
; ',r J.'...!r J-ta 1 MlioLtilcf
. :r;;xiP .Ldill EOt krgvt
... ,.:ru;-;?t, can fit their
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: I . I'-.: i .. .e ; Griius, C-
- ..:7,i.L:.-.J-ib; Walker,
- I ..- I j:.- i s:ia.
-. .-. u x? II. Kwport is tne scene
- - . . ; ry. ;jrue 1 4 year? ao
!." Is. cazsel Tcc:aS
... - ---:.:" a :.-ee in the guhh
-.--- .-- ! ;!r; J.-s-js i a roi-
- i i-h.w. aaj wdihktJ.
-:: is L-.-A a:; J c-t djwa by a par
t a-s-i-.v.a-.niiiiaiiht. Ecerince
j m : :dr..-'? so ir. is Lave been
- : s -:.,: crr.ts exacted as the
-." - ,.-;r s; preaches.
; h- l .- .j vi" week Harvey II.
j yj-.r.; aiic of I jnea-ster
-' it ri i:-e.;r.g a: the county
hi.- k. c-u;ing his iro-
irJ,-'h i:;--?r-3 tht he ha J gone
,-t; i the o:ht With his
'- S.ijr, j ::ys;c;an at tiie bvsila!.
' T -. re - .rreuf the attend-
1 in the tia which Shirk
"-;.T--tJ- ar.-i upi.r ?jiny to the rm
': t-s the xr w.th his kead
--'j twiy a:. i h is r.-stk brokea.
li. uniting time out in
tie ntich owners tare
' .c Ceir owa haais and are
L-?i.- c:: tc "r-:itrs" or catt:e
5 i.Vi t.-o..-. were sect to
-': :-e trvh.r aJ arrived j 1st in
i h.f.i cf ." ranchers and
-r- - z. :- : '.4:.jht(.red by the
- .-e litter had thea: brmmtd
--re u .oj;.-..h:e. Ead the
" 1 h h..er cvt one would
-'fi :-. tt.. the tle. The rarn. hers
"-r k..:-a Siaj-I Eeese ia
' " ' 7 --! A v-t. lie was trital
" t i:. : c. :.r;r:rl of muiirr ia the
"V t i r.r t.-.il as afterward
" :- aa ra it-J fijf the
- -" '".rr.i-T rLiterrJ a pira
.' -a i;nJrstand:ng
- - - ' I tte dt-f-w. JuJ;e
- - -J.r aa opinion, decidir.-j
j '-"-: a the rt degrt. The
i " " ; r.i. as tne defease
. ' :-- -r- : the court would take
! . " -'";'- .lity cf cocienning
I v -
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-a-.rjtoa township.
i --: i
i'i i::c, , t.r,;,-.!! f.
r ' '"' day. and vomited two
: ; " !"t ion-. Hi health
- v- j ioctor who attend
;ti t, :; '"- A yew ago be afraua
-T;i. and a?a'.u vomited a
.-s cne was n tnctiea
" ' ::r-i t.j have drunk snake
.. --e he.o. There is Ulk
.j, ' ':T to make an eiamina
to s-e what enect the
; ''-i::..!. ;L
; x'.'?-'1 'eader of the Hat
" v-r-'t.ia, wboae record of
y s-cxt.J to Boce ia this
-en country, has met hia
' 7KS:T,'i- head of the TjS
' -. . dy tay that while nga-
i -'rat.,,fr,.; ...... . ..
none in tt.e
fL- :.u
. v.u..;,. -,n some IU
"'--Jl1- the Caj-tain, being a
'-tcT'lsIer'--ltf cheating. This
r '. . 4 " ar.d brought out pistols.
1 J 14 l,r . V.'Ui. ;
Ar.
;ic ;1- the gang. One of the
S ocn the catj party.
The trout e.-ja otoed la-t Fridy.
l. B. 7-ianxieea)S.n, the jrea al S nyetswa
txk dealer, bas returned h-cni Philadel
phia, where he dpMrd of several iir laads
of western horses.
W. B. Mepal aa, brulher of Wai'uinj..n
Sfeaahan of thU t'are, dl- J at b. b.me ia
Altwua, ua ibe th tn?t., tgtd year3.
He as a member of the G. A. R.
Mrs. Catherine Sinner died at the Lome
of bf-r aon-in-iaw. Pcnnis Weimer, ia Elat-k
tr.wn?bip, Pandy, lTtb inst . a.-ed ?a years.
The funeral ooc-irreJ ifonday. I..terraent
at Sennrr'scburcb.
Mr. Iavi.J Snyder, of Chicago, arrived ia
Somersert ca'.unUy evening and will sj-end a
ft-w days with the family of hia brother, J.
B. Snyder. Mr. Snyder is on bis way borne
from atrip to Florid.
Charles Elngler, of Stoyetowa, aged 14
Tears, was kicked out of a backboard by a
yonn-j colt which be was driving to Johns
town to sell one day last week. Tne warjn
was demolished bat the boy was tot aeri
otiiiy hurt,
As Jjhn McAfee was walking through a
stahle lfth:cd a iarje raale. at JohnMown.
Friday, the animal let fiy w .th its bind foel
and plausiBj? them in his rih- broke three of
them. McAfee was formerly a resident cf
this place.
Jacob P. Weiaier, Ki , recently of Uey
ersuV.e, but a native of Sontmrt township,
has removed to Somerset. Mr. Welraer has
purchased the grocery an 1 coafsctijaery e-i-taJliihment
of H. II. Zliamerntaa, cu the
public tq tare.
If there are any precincts hiding oat which
W'iy has not captured tiiey ha 1 better de
l.ver themselves up a ij I'ill iliiler and trsat
f jrjuarter. Peansylvaaia U very su-et-ivc
of the way it io---ks to the opt'tieitioii j'st
ttojv. Bt i'.'.i Ile'i i.
Mr. T. F. JoUns was n-jmicated fjr Sht-r-i.:'by
the nepab'dcata cv:r.ver tioa cf Fayette
c'".r.ty Monday. Mr. Johns i. I.-paty Col
lector of Int.-rn-al Ih ven-.e for tliis d.triii
ar.d has made many rle:ls ia Sor.i-.-r-et
county who will be pleased to leara of Lis
Trvo of Smers-t's ruot popular young
people, Mr. George M. "eiT. Jr. and Mas
Slay F'.sfl, daughter of J. 1. Plt-1, E-i,
were j-i:elly married at the home of tse
b-ide brother, Mr. John Ti'd, at Ahrtn,
O., oa the Tih ist. The connubial knot was
tied by Eev.E. A. Do5wor.h. of Akron Mr.
Ne:T i senior tuereber cf the jewelry firm e-f
NeirdtCbeir.
if they want to Le in it. Meyersda'e.
irhitry and iterlin will have tt eetamjve
oa. At nova Friday the sisseion reserva-tl.-ii
in So::th I'akota wis thrown open for
white sottler. a: J ly 1 o'clo k houses were
ia c.-ar5uf erectlf.0. Talk cho.;t boomir.g.
e of the llt d m l know what it is. There
"..ibeaa r;-ra touae and a tl.i'Jy cews-pa;.-r
ia Siaattoa before a werk g -es by.
,a c a as ce.-Lra in tue u...er
i:::!-rr:-t
hu.ihf s i". '.his i iace S.trilay. Several of
the ijj-.n vf o.'chi, wore profa'iV drco
rated w.ta !;.ifs and plants, tpevial mu
t. I pr -:;i,ts had befC prepared fvr the
c-j i-,oc ty t:e:ly a.l of the choirs and a-d
ieu.-fs were u :-?a".ly lar;ii. Ne- s; ring
borneu wraps and siring fijwe-s
f j'r.era'.'y -.ra by the yoa-. lal.es cf
the t wa.
..;-... - fi:t.T Inti P. y'.or has
.-bed atid Insisted aa.cit Jt'.'M lb. of
map.e at--ar the j-:t we-k. He says every
pri-crr ha has v.ted-jo tircorri'lalns that
il. . u'p-.t of h "C-rcp I on. about er.e
h.l"as la-fe as it has fcrrn in former yeari.
Th i :n i-'tr. h wev-r, is of a sui-en-or
q-ali f. Mr. Sayl r rays the :.ie?t
f. !- :e m a r.u :".-? :re ! ia the tan-psntar--st
the La'jtI H-..1 luoti .'n-n.
Vr-ia ws v n.t'l by a ciJirri'lji at
an earl v h.i ir 5 :n lay mirair.j. when two
ba:I l.cV owneJ by Mrs. Elwari Alcott
aaJ one oenel ty p-j.-t ma-vet I.?r y For-j-r.
were lame-i to the g-jund. The p-e-t-C.Eow
re-ri. stamp c-r.d other raf p.:e
wi-eisviby Mr. Fo'ier. J. B. I'avs"
la ve (funeral store loa:cJ about 3j t-et froia
the burned bu.ldic.-S was a,el through
the heroic work of a b-i.ktt bra'.e.
The daily new-pair of the Dear future
wi.l ur.j u 'ionabiy be the eveoine pPr,
if f r no other rtan than became it wiil le
ab.e to print the news twelve hours ia
vance of its mornini contemporaries. The
O-eUe Publishing Company of Aitoor.a ap
preciate this fact and have established one
ot'tiie cianest and brljhtet mjmini pa
pers in western Pennsylvania. It is Uepub
luaa ia politics and is ably edited.
The annual Convention of S jmerset coun
ty Prohibitionists will be held in tv.rer
Hall, Meyersdaie, Thurs-iay. April h'r.h, at
I:..' P.M. Sta'eChairmaa Pattoa and M.?s
Lilly nunals. of Xew York, thi charming
ias-r wb appeareJ before !:' people
last vear, will be present. Taey will also
baee cha-fe of the war meeting to be held
in the evanir-s at ? o'clock. Tne public are
invited to attend thee meetir.t.
Misa Generva Moorcaan, of Bedford, who
aeiis the ceiebr-ted Carboi.c Smok s Ba.1 and
als-j has the a.-ncy for a famous surgeon's
icap, wiil be at the Commercial Hotel in this
place Monday and Tuesday, April i" th and
iJ;'a. She will also be at Mrs. Samuel Foust's.
Meyer Ule. Friday and Saturday, April hV.h
audihh. Miss Moorman needs no intro-dac-hou
to the pe.vp'.e of this county as she
baa visited here on srrc-rai former occasions.
SheritT Goo.d, Protho:io:a-y Saaner, F. W.
Bicsecker, Peter Dumbsuid, James it. Co
ver, II in. John C. Weller. Uon. E. D. Miiier
A.G. timmel, W. T. Hoblitiell and Geo.
E Sculi formed a prty of Somerset county
Jiepublicam. who left on the early train
Tuesday morning for laarrh-borg. where
they will Uke in the Urpublicaa State Coa
vention. A. J. HUemaa and Samuel Sny
der, the delegates from this county, left oa
the same train.
Mr. L. C Lambert. U wversv.'des enter
prising lamberman, has made another large
lumber de h He '.as: wk purchased the
Peterman tract of.tin.ber land, containing
three hundred aad twenty a.-res. the largest
trwet of pood timber ia Somerset .arity.
It is near Hooversvihe, on the line of the
S A C. Railromd. and extendi to Ihiwtr-a
Th.s speaks very highly lor Mr. Lambert,
conaidenng that mar.r promioeot lumbt r
men of Someretand lnd.ana countiea Lave
tried to tecure this tra.t. He is the twenty
seventh man to try to aerate the timber, the
rest hav.i.; filed.
A very pretiy wedd.ng was so'emaizel at
Addlaon at birfii nn Wedaes.1 iy, lith
iusUwhea M.-s Ynni. M. Bird, third
daughter cf Mr. and Mrs. Ba-il B.rd. of that
r.'-. tvhrbted her troth to Mr. Peter V
j - . r,n-.rr'ne:!t To-.n - business man
of Somerfieid. The ceremony was per
formed by Kev. Geo. E. Cab:e.cf the Addi
son M. E cbcrch and was witnessed by a
large nambtr of the friends of the bride and
groom. The hapry your- coople left oa the
evening train for a tour of the western cities.
The bnde was the recipient of many valua
ble presets. Mr. aad Mrs. Nedrow will
make their home at So-njrfielJ.
C- H. West, a colored barber who ran a
shop in this place several years ajp, was a
candidate for the Lei slat are at the recent
E,pablicn primary election in Westmore
land county. West pilled 6i votes, being
somewhere ia the ceighborhood of V.jO less
vote than were cast for bis highest compet
itor. According to tbe Mj, which is good
Dercocratic autborlty. be issued a crcular
declaring himself to be in tavor of Lea Har
rison far Preaident, and Dalaell and Hail for
Congress; also, e.pial taxation, better roaoS
and free woo! ; that be was opposoJ to tbe
shipment of dressed meats into this State,
especially "coon and 'po-rtum, unless tbe
tame are property labeled. lie also agreed,
if Donated and elected, to atand by tbe
"-jrani old 2ig" and dry P the W,U4)W
tear.
reins still at m,
No Reward Offered for
His Arrest.
Aaotlier Illicit Distiller 4Hb In."
latest jdcnshlne develofxents.
" Bill" Prittii, one of the marderersof Jon
athan C Hurhstifler, is still at Urge. l"p
to this time the rounty coaimissioners have
refused to utter any reward for bis arrest
and co oqraaizsd effort ia being made to cap
fore bins.
Many people living in the vicinity of the
'"mnonnhine murder" believe that Pritts is
hid. eg in the mountain near bis borne and
could be easily te.ken into ea-stody. Others
thh:k that he has left the State a-1 U liber
ally supplied with money. P.'tectlve Flsh
ero'Tjrs to deliver P.-ltu over to the She.-iiT
of the county for but no one asenis ia
c'iued to pay even k small a sum to bring
the murderer to justice. "Talk'a cheap"
ar.d Fisher miy be over coaudeaf, but be
says he wiii five Prilt's thi hottest chi ha
ever bal ia L:s hii in cae a price u put
npc;n hu head. Should Prius escapa being
captured before May Court, Mdler's case will
ceraialy be demyed, and m y peshbly cev
(t he tr;l until hia accoaiphce has been run
to earth.
' bill"' miTrs tKMHi
The h'L I'leaiint jnun,-jl says: "Bill"
Pritta, one of the murderers otold man
HiKhsteiier, has been ft'jr.e from the moun
tain for ten days. While a pt which left
Soruertie! 'art Monday nrgbt ws acauriug
the mountain the object of the search was
prjbably huudrrrds of miles away.
I: will be r-.nmbered that the murder was
cvmruittel ca We-lne-day. March Oa
t ioila ir:; F.-.iy Jah SanljmeycT, who
is a s.ia in ! .f Prltts, and who livson
Ei.eatavt, wa? at work i.; the Morewood
mine; of the ju;h-e-t Coal -t C .k-Cjiu-pitiy.
wh?:i be reveivcJ a ta risa.-e caliiag
hhu ho:ae. i-ari.-i a tea:-j f.-a ri L-i aaj jti
liK., the ilirryiupn, he and his wife lefi for
the ratountat is the same afternoon. The foi
lowiLi evetiinj, shortly after da'k, t'ante
sceyer brought the team back, and there ia
no doubt that his companion was his father-in-law,
whom he leu at his Ea'e street resi
dence before he i: re to the stable.
The winJj blinds bad b?a draa down
the day Mr. San'etaeyer and his wife lef.
and they werestlil ia that position oa San
cay m iri:inj although no one of the many
paf -s by that day bad any idra that be
hind them, pv-ejcE,; out anxiously at efery
sound, was the huuted maa wh name,
with thoe of the Miller's aid II :h.-teller,
was on cveryb-dy's lip, yK such was the
ra-e, as !.e was seen and spoken h by those
who I.ST
1 known him for T-uars.
An e:: rt was ir.i le t secure a barber t
it i'.-i:ts' Ions l.air and shave him, but
aher aa artis" sea: f!
fea-s ofex. iri-i-t si-p
iri a t f auJ at horns
:oa see.a to have kept
ti e aiatroT wni lc ikin f jran j;her anl
nothir.,; wa d ne to diu'se thj fugitive
ex-rept to provide Lira w.th ar; jiher suit of
clothes. Ja:t about dark Safliy evening
Prittsand 5anti-nyer 1?;. i -.- :'! aad
wa'krl do a acrj-n the fields to Mo.eood.
carry'::!- a valine. Tuey reajhel a shaft just
i th heavy ra'.n aalba.l storm ciue up
a",i -l buej i the t't'-ple until the wort
i pjiJ. It is not kaowa wh.-r thfy
wa', althoueh it is -laid cantemeyer Ix rrow-e-1
ft" from his la hcr, who lives at More
!, saying that be intended going we-t.
Theclo.hes wh:ch r.-ttts left here Lave a
pjt of t;d oa the right coat sleeve.
r s. o. : rE- iBk-;;s the k: st.
The I uterus' Ileven ue oCl -ers, under tom-raa-.d
of ipi'-ial Aunt Sa-nael F. Calbe't
son. hare auand-ne-l the ea-c'a for "mju-iii-iers.
" at lat for the pre-at. A tecoad
raid wss mtleoo the country batk of Treat
W1 ies.isj anl Ta i- lay, bat res lited in a
w.Id go- chase. "Tas Lnrel H:li moua
tain ta thii county is aarra:nj with m xa-h:Lf-s
ar.d C::-t stills," sa;d Sir. Calbert
?jt to a Knar reporter, b.'fjre stsrang for
P.tt-bu-jh. "but a"! of the stills have been re
aiived anl con-.-eale J au 1 while the present
state of rxrtem;nt exists up ia that coun
try it i u---i-.ss to try to capture them. I
hae no authority to arrest every man who
has a cop;rr ki-tle in bis bouse and unless
I can catch the moonshiners" engaged in
making d-stilied spiriis I caa get no positivs
evidence against them. My i:uprts.,ioa is
that the raids we have just made wi.l have a
good erlect and that it will be a cumber of
Vrars at least before the unlawfal manufact
ure of whisky will be resumed in this terri
tory. a ;coT-n?.tLX rtt.
A Scottdale dispatch says: Prltts, tbe
S )-ners-: ounty m-aouihiner and accom
p,a -e of Miiier in the murder of old maa
IIxhtei'.er, was a Scottdale visitor on
Tuelay la.-t
For the past wtvk or more Pritts, it is
said, has teen vVting frlen ls and relatives
;a the vicinity of Ore Mines, a small mian
tain hamlet about aeeen miles from here.
Ptitu s vis t to town Tuesday was or" a 'jhnp
plng'' nature, he having purchased eeverai
mall articles, includirg two boxes of 41 cali
ber cartridites. While waiting down Pitts
burj street' Fritts's attention was drawn to
a group of phott graphs of the scene of
the murder displayed in the window of a
drug store. Among the pictures was one of
Fritta biiuseif, leaning oa his gun, which
was taken shortly afier the murder. Pritts
loo ted the pictures caref ll'y over, and point
ing to the one of himself, said to the two or
three persons standing around ; "That's a
pretty d d good picture of Pritts, for I know
hira wtl!," and he wa'ked.on up the railway
tratk.
At Sc-attdaie Branch Junction Piitls was
recognized by two men who formerly re
sided at Somerset. The recognition acsmed
to be mutual, f-r the murderer started hur
riedly acrrrj the fields ia the direction of
the mountains. The to men are p-jsitive
tbit it was Pritts.
The murderer has hosts of relatives) and
friends near her?, and the irumeroas caves
and ahan d ined ore mines in the mountains
would arford a S--ure hiding place for him
if he should be chwely pressed.
.
I'etctive Fisher and Policeman Gllhiert
nrrv-itt-d Wesley Miller, another member of
the moor-shitie band, about 0 o'clock
Monday evenlag. M.iier was found work
ing at a sucar camp oa the farm of Wejley
Barclay, near Bakersville. When Gilbert
waiked into the camp Miiier claimed that
bis name was Gardner. Gilbert was su'pi;
ciou. however, aad when the man started
out of the camp he followed him and collar
ed bin just as he was aoout to leap over a
fence. Miller weakened at once and confess
ed that he was the man the oracers were
locking for. On the way to Somerset the
prisoner jave G.lbert a detailed account of
the moonshine business and said that he was
willing to appear before the V. S. Court
aad make a fall confession. He lays that
be was employed by old maa Koch-letler
and worked ia bis illicit disthlery. One
day llochstetler came to bini and balding
hima repea'ing flrlesaid: "Now, Wes-i. I
ant you to shoot General Seig'e. He's
the dd traitor who has given ns away."
Miller fiatiy refused to comply with bis re
quest whea Hochstetier tamed oa him and
calling him a traitor threatened to Uke his
life.
"General Seigie" believe that Wesley
Miiier was a member of the ""Xew Coustita
tioa" band of which Hochstet jet was the
leader and that be can give the inside history
of that lawless organization if be cbooaes to
do bo. Wesley was laboring under a bewvy
"jag'' of "mountain dew' when be was
brought to jail and was unable to talk in-fcelli.-ently.
.
Monday afternoon Jeremiah Wbipkey, of
Middle-creek township, appeared before
Judge Tile and entered bail ia tioe amount
of f '.AX) for the appearance of Jacr.b Garry
at May term of court. Carry is charged
with being an accessory to the murder of
Jonathan C. Hochstetier. He was not re
loased from ccatody, however, aa be ia alio
an JeT indictment, charge! -j jtih having Tio-lat-jd
tbe Internal Keren ue laws. Garry er-pse-ts
to be taken before the l S fttnnin
at Plilsbuigh some day this week,
wbr-a he will enter into rec-Xftniaaace for
bis eppearance before the V: 8. district coart
at May term.
' '
I-etective Fisher relates a good story at
"Abe"' Fletchers expense, and one which
ffoes to show that Abraham is not altogeth
er piileless. "When we made our first raid
on tbe " mooashinera," said Mr. Fisher,
" Pletcher was prest-ed into service. He re
fused to carry a gun saying that he was a
deacon in tbe chareh and Lad conscientious
scmpiee against bearing anna. He was com
pelied to go along without a gun. AfUr a
while I ctdVreJ him a drink of whisky, and
he took one of the longest pulls at tbe bot
tle I ever saw a maa take ia my Life. I put
tbe bottle back ia my pocket. In a few
minute "Abe" caxe up to tne and laying
bis band on my arm, said, " say, mister,
won't yea be kind enough to give me
another drink of that stajy
From this it would appear that Abe's''
conscience does not rebel against Era water
the same as it does against fir arms.
Saturday afternoon " General Seigie" met
a number of his acquaintances ho called
ou him ia the jsih The "(iencral" ia tbe
sole oceopai.t of the hospital ward of tbe
pruxtn, and th-cu;h the grated door at the
end of the ward be is able to see every one
who climba up the stairs into the upper cor
ral jr. Whenever the '"Geaerai" recognizes
a friend on the stairs be invariably calls out,
'' this way, I've changed my headp:arters."
To a Hsa.vLO reporter Miller said : " I don't
take much stock in the stories about Pritti
baviug kor.e west, s-d aru inclined to think
that he is hiding ia the mountain about
his home. Pritts is about 54 years of age,
is 5 feet S inches' talh wears a long board
rather white, hair same color, wears his
hair long may have bad both cut off
weighs about IV) lbs, and wears a So. 8
bout. Complexion and cjs light- Lean
face and rather long jawed. He is medium
siied and what might be called a pretty
g-v: J i" tared maa. Always wore old clothes
and a black slouch bat, although I hare seen
hira with a derby on his hea l. He walked
kind of stooped and lazy like. He is not a
man of much education, but talks plain
English. Lon't think Pritts ever bad a
picture taken, be was io stingy to pay for a
photograph. Don't believe he has any mon
ey. Pritts is the father of Id children."
.
na rsDEa's rTu.su.
Before leaviug Somerset the revenue
ot'ii :ers paid a visit to Dr. Ender's rooms ia
the Boer Block. The Doctor denied that he
was selling whisky but conies-ed that he had
been selling a mixture of whiskey and snake
root. One of the ofricers fo--ed open the
Doctor' trunk and produced a jug of "Sand
patth." The Doctor finally agreed to pay
the Internal Cever.ue license $h." and a pen
alty of W for the piit year ind be was not
arreiied.
It is said by good le-ja! authority that a
strict compliance with the law re-piirt every
rvfj stert-l ptyiciaa to write and k?vp a fi.e
of evi-ry prescription f..-r il-i i or be may ti II
h.-u-jlf just the sj:a ua druggist to whom
prescriptions are sent ars conipt'.Iel to fi.e
and k sep them.
.
Ih.'ila Hochstetier was in Somerset Mon
day ard called at the j:l. He think IVitt
has gone west aad says that Pr.tts bad about
ilst when Le left home. Young Hoch
stetier employed W. H. K'Xntz to as 1st in
the prosecution of the casea against -ei;''
and P.-it's.
.
The msh cf visitors to the county jail has
become so great that SheritTGood Las been
compelled to establish certain Loa- for
their reception. V.sitors will only be ad
mitted to the jail between the hour of 11
and Id A. M. and 1 and 2 P. M. oa week
days bereafer. Card to thia erlect have
been posted at the jail and court house.
Wai. C. Miller or " General oeiglc" as Le i
popularly known appears to be the chief at
traction. The " General" is very load of
company, and as he is Confined ia the hos
pital ward of the prison by himself, the vis
its of the many persons who cail help him
ta break the monotony of the long day.
Miiier is quite an intelligent maa aad ex
presses himself in very good language. He
avoids talking about the killing of Hoch
stetier fdiy as much as he does about the
moonshine business. He is well posted on
all current even's of the day and can
make himself very entertaining.
The present spring has been so backward
that Mrs. Kate B. Co.froth baa decided to
postpone her opening of Spring and Sum
mer Hats until Tue.day aad Wednesday,
May Hd and lib, on which dates she will
p'.a e oa exhibition the finest lot of milli
nery goods ever brought to Somerset coaaty .
Ladies are cordially invited to call on the
dates named.
Wanted.
A good woman to take charge of Boy
Department in the Home of the Friendless
ia Allegheny city, Pa. One who wiil inter
est terself, and be possessed of ability to
govern and at the same time be kind to
them. Apply to Mrs. Albert A. Home, 3T
Beach St., Allegheny City, Pa.
Look Here !
Would inform tbe progressive farmers of
Somerset County that I am again ia the field
with a fall line of Fertilizers, and my self
or my agent will call to see you to solicit
your orders for the coming season. My
agents this sea-on are S. B. Voder, Pagb,
Pa Joseph Reiman, Stanton' Mills, Pa, W.
H. Lsndis, Meyersdaie. Pa., Solomon Davis,
Xormaiville. Pa., end Peter Fink, Somerset,
Pa., who is a'so delivering and shipping
agent at Somerset, where goods wiil be kept
ia stock throughout the season.
I would thank all for their most liberal
patronae during past seasons, and hope all
will tivor myself or cij- agvnts with your
orders for both spring and fall crops.
Should we miss seeing you, just drop us a
line eriy and yiu will have our very beat
at tention.
Oa behalf of the
Suf-juehanna Fertillter Co.,
A. J. Koseb,
Guernsey, Pa.
Rockwood Normal.
The spring term of tbe Hoc k wood Xor
mal Sciiool will txgiu Monday, April 2S.
Tuition from J to (I for the term of eight
weeks.
G. M. Eixia,
Fr - :pal.
Remember you can find my marble and
Granite works on Bice Street, two square
south of Diamond.
W. F. SuarriR, Somerset, Ta.
A Bargain In Clocks,
We have just received 100 Nickle alarm
and time clocks that we will tell at tbe fol
lowing low figures : $1.00 for the Alarm and
7 j cet.ts without the Alarm. Other goods at
corresponding low figures
arr 4 Cseuifi,
Jewelers and Optician.
At Home
All who are interested in good housekeep
ing should examine the Cinderella Stove
and Ranges. The extra large and high oven
embodied in their construction Insures a
good baker. Sold, guaranteed and recom
mended by Jas. B. Holderbaom, Somerset,
Pa.
Timothy and Clover Seed.
First arrival of western seed now in.
Maul. X Stbkcx.
The Jr. O.V.&. it., of Friedens, win hold
aa open meeting on Saturday evening, April
iT-l. Prominent members ot the order will
be present and deliver addressee. Ail
friend cf the fraternity are invited to at
tend. All the very newest shade in ribbon at
Mrs. Kate B. CoSrotb a.
Give your order for cemetery work to
W. F. Eaarrra,
Always Made" Tlic' Stuff.
History of
the Illicit
' Region..
St!H in this
So much has lately "been said about
Moonshiners'' and "Moonshine whiskey"
by the press of tbe State, that a stranger
would imagine the entire pcpalalioa of Som
erset county was engaged in the dlstillatioo;
of " Mountain lUflr." , Toe truth u that the
le ratio as of the " Moonshiners'" are con
fined to a very narrow belt of territory oa
tbe eauern slope of the laurel Hill range,
aad in tbe extreme western limits cf the
county, where they adjoin Fayette and
Westmoreland. The region ia very much
Lke that occupied by their brethren of the
illicit stall in West Virginia, Kentucky, Ten
nessee and North Carolina, and i selected
because of iu almost Impenetrable woods,
it cave and ravine that promise aafety to
the " Moonshiner" from the prying eyes cf
spotters, detective aad revenue officers.
The " Moonshiners" are mostly small far
mers, but make no pretent.ons to cultivat
ing their barren acres, furtherthaa to raise
a little rye. Whilst the people are wily and
secretive so far as the "Moonshine'' busi
ness is concerned, still they are not half so
bad as they ar painted. As a class they are
intensely ignorant and live in the crudest,
most primitive way.
Their borne? jure built of rough, axe-hewn
slabs, and they rarely contain more than one
room; need for all household purposes. The
loft is devoted toj aleeping purposes. The
only animals they raise are bogs fattened on
the slop of the stilL The principal food ia
ry bread and salt pork. Strangers seeking
hospitality would be we'eorae if they bad
any thing to offer, but their larder is gen
erally exhausted at the end of a day, and
feed for a horse is unobtainable. Ia the val
ley at the foot of the mcontainr, the way
rcr Cuds the thrifty German farmer with
hia big red barns, whose hoepitaliry is pro
verbial, presenting a startling contrast to ths
denizen of the mountain only a few mile
away.
During the stirring days of the war, Jon
athaa C. Hochstetier came to this county
from Washington county, near the West
Virginia line, where he bad been inducted
iuto the mysteries of the " Moonshine' busi
ness. He located ia the mountain two or
three tulles bark of the now Listorlchamiet
of Trent, Hochstetier was then a maa of
ii years, a typical back woodsman, but with
a good deal of natural shrewdness. One of
his first enterprises was to erect aa illicit
still ; and the next wai to establish the
oath-bound fraternity called the " Freund
sJioft," every member of which was sworn
to sec re -y with a blood-curdling oath, and
sprinkled with the regenerating dew of
Hochstetier' illicit tiiL Hochstetier ex
ample a as followed Lli the mout-taia aide
was dotted with illicit stii's, and every mem
ber of the " Freua L-choft" owned one. The
establi-hment of this society was soon
noised among the farmers along the adjoin
ing boarders of Fayette and Westmoreland,
but they were all afraid cf the " M'on
iV.uers ' aad would not give them away.
As the years passed ty the " Eioon?hicer"
beco.ne bolder an til there were placvs only
a few miles from somerset where a man
could lay down a coin and a bottle, alk
off and coming back in a little whi.e would
find his bottle intra redcusiy Ihled with
"dew."
Everything moved along smoothly until
Miller and Hochstetier got into a p-ta.-n!
and then there wss a rupture. all
along the line. M.iier was supplanting
Hochstetier at a lealer of the "Freuad-chc-ft."
To g even the Utter establiaSfc J
another sevret organization and named it
the "New Constitution."
The cons it'atioa was drawn up inform-!
style, the articles were numbered and in one
of them each member was bound to compass
the death of any maa whom Hochstetier
des' jna ted as an enemy of the order. As to
grammar and orthography it was a remark
Lie cow. position, and would make entertain
in; reading if a copy could be procured at
this day. The a.exbers pretended to Lave
no fears of local othcials, but stood ia mor
tal terror of U. 3. Revenue othcers, and to
guard against any interruption of their ille
gal tra-Ec, they established an elaborate sys
tem of pass-words aad signals by which
any threatened inroads oa their secrecy
co aid be rapidly passed from oue house to
another.
But Miller was too smart for Hochstetier
and acquired such intiueace over these law
less people that Hochstetier became jealous
of his power. This jealousy grew from day
to day until it anally resulted in Hochstet
ier giving information to the government
against Miller and others as illicit distillers,
uid Hochitethr' murder followed as a con
sequence of this action on his part.
But to go back to tbe beginning of the il
licit making of whiskey ia western Penn
sylvania, we find that it dates almost with
the establishment of tbe federal govern
ment, As early as 17V), untaxed whiskey
seemed to have been made all through the
counties of Washington, Fayette, Westmore
land and Bedford, (Somerset county had
not tbea been organized.) Tbe original at t
tlers of this region seemed to labor under
the delusion that rye wa the only crop that
could be produced ia this high, cold latitude,
and to mat it marketable and protliabie it
was thought best to convert it into whiskey,
as it was aa easy matter to evade the collec
tion cf the tax which was then ievied by
the State.
The state law levying a tax on distilled
spirits was repealed, and in 1791 Congress
passed a general excise law, which was de
fied as the State law had been, and finally
resulted ia what ia known in the history of
the State as tbe " Whiskey Insurrection."
A maa by the name of David Bradford
camels Washington county in 17SI, from
Maryland ; was admitted to the bar and af
terward elected to the legislature, and be
come tbe leader in the war against tbe ex
cise tax. Cnder his leadership the feeling of
the opponents of the whiskey tax became
so embittered that a force of some s-ovaJ was
mustered at Braddock's Field, by Bradford,
in 17'. threatening to move oa Pittsburgh
and barn tbe town, because it was looked
oa as the headquarters of the excise men.
Bradford did march bis men to Pittsburgh,
but they did nothing more tbau get drunk,
set fire to the town ball and the bouse of
one of it prominent men, and inarch on
through.
The anti-excise people had now assumed
so sold a front that Washington called for
IS 0o troope, which were placed under tbe
command of General Lee, ( Lurbt Horse
Harry,") and advanced as far Bedford,
where a consultation was held with the
Pennsylvania authorities, and it wa decid
ed to allow the people of tbe counties of
Wshington, Allegheny, Westmoreland aad
Fayette to decide whether or cot tbey
should obey tbe Uws aad end all these
troubles. A vote was taken ia September,
ITbu, and the people decided by a large ma
jority to hold out against the whiskey tax,
although such men aa Gallatin and Breckin
ridge counseled submission.
President Washington had now joined
General 1-ea at Bedford, and be ordered the
army to advance. Part of it marched
through Somerset and camped at Mt. rieas
ant ; the other portion took the old Brad
dock route and weat into ramp st a ferry oa
the Mocoogahela river. In small parties
the troops scoured the whole region. Those
who were considered leaders were arrested,
and wben, near tbe close of the year, the in
surgent were subdued, tbe troops returned
and took a number of prisoners with them.
Some of these men were tried at Philadel
phia, bat President Washington fiaal y par
doned all who were convicted. Tbo ended
the memorable " Whiskey Insurrection" in
western Pennsylvaaia.
Ia Somerset county, tbe scene of tbe late
" moonshine" murder, the illicit manufact
ure of whisky commenced before its organ
ization ont of part of Bedford county, and
In certain portion, particularly in the re
gion adjoining Fayette and Westmoreland, in
tbe Laurel Hill range it bas never ceased.
Tbe first whisky still ever brought into
Somerset coonty is believed to have been in
troduced by Robert Phi'won, who either sent
to Itlaad for it or brought it over with
' '
Liai Ir'ffSn ' .evbrkt'eL K 'b'wi r-as' n
Irishon an with ail tie brightness of his race.
He set tip hi st! at Evrho and supplemented
Lis occiipotjon as S noat. r of whisky by Ciat
of a peddler. Btakteg perlodicsd trip to Car
lisle, where he purchaard his goods.
About this time a man by lb name of
Herman Husband reached this country.
Husband wa a man cf uncsual shrewdness
as well as of son. learning. He was a r
lig-ocs entbn-rlast srd a tria ready fcr any
daring or tune ual nuuertakicg. lie rf-avh-ed
this country while iteklng refug hum
the emissaries of King George III. He had
been captured ty tl-e British troop at
Mecklenburg. X. C, and while on his way
to Baltimore br trial, tied on the back of a
horse, be made bis escape and struck ont tor
tbe mountains of Pennsylvania. Wi.en
Husband got cp into the aiidernese bare he
found a trapper and squatter named Sparks.
He and Spark formed a friendship and
with an eye to buaiuea tbey both made
their long trip to Hairisburg. wherethey ap
plied for and were granted a patent for this
whole region.
About this time the excitement over the
whisky or excise tax was spreading. Hus
band, who was known as "Tow-scape," oa
account of Lis escape from the troops oa
his way to Baltimore, at ot.ee became the
prophet of the ariti-ex-ise men. Husband
was a bom leader and could sway these
rough mountaineers by a gesture of Lis
band. Meetings for the discussion of tbe
whisky tax were new being he'd here as
they were all over this part of the state ;
and at these Husband was always the orator
and leader. As an illustration of how high
the feeling ran. Captain John Webster came
to Somersi-t after the close of the Revolu
tionary war and opened a hotel. He was a
very dignified old gentleman, but there was
some doubt of hi loyalty to the whisky
men, and ia those days every man had to
how his colors; a mob collected in front of
Lis house and demanded that he should de
fine his position and was not eatieiiei until
he cheerfod for " Xoru the T.nker,"' the god
of tbe anti-excise men.
Tbe anti-excise excitement kept on grow
ir.g until Washington and his forces arrived
at Bedford ia i7 "o. Daring this yeir one c f
the scouting parlies of the governrr.rr.t
troops came to Berlin and went into bar
racks ia aa old house whi'-h is sti.l pointed
ont. Here Poilson was captur-d. As the
troops marched on through Sotmrtet, or
near here, they capturtd "' Tow s'ate"' H-s
band. Both were aMerwards taken to Phil
adelphia and tried an i conviiti as cn-f, 1
raton. Husbands health broke dovn in
prison tjd he died there. By this time the
" whisky iiisurectloa" was quelled aad
Pbiisnneame bark to Somerset county, and
as an illustration that it wa no dif grace
to t
have taken part in the " icsurrectioa" Lis
fellow-e.tizecs elected hira to cor gre.-s.
Although the " insurrection" was j-.V
duel the making of whisky bas to a iar.--
exietit boea kept up ia this n gloa. I'p a
l-j.s little grain eieei,t rye was rain 1
il.l 1
1
0:1 j
then stony nvouvala si ic. ar.l what .
Cot msde into tri-a 1 si iliast u-c!.i, z.
there as no market for it. To nuke it ir
to hi-ky wai cor;
crrjd the best ti.
th palates fctid pellets cf the pe pie efj
that Jay. The-e sis anoth-r rt-t tr'
main g it into whi.ky. 'Jr uiiar.ta s
sooutd ,n sprii.." of pur.st 'e-. a thf:g
ind -t.sabie to the ci.!ig of gov!
whisky.
Early in th century the tax on whi-'ay j
was removed, and te-y well-to-do farmer ,
Considered a still a part of the appliances c f j
th bou-ehold. Tbe ord nary retail price ci
whisky was then about cents per gaiio::, !
and that allowed a good proht to t'.c manu-oicta.-er.
A bushel of rye was then worth!
atxut to cents and would cake f.-oru three ;
to four gallons of the wh-ky cf that day. j
At this iow price whiskey was found in ai-j
meet every frm house. Ia the harvest field j
it (lowed Lie wa'er. Every country store j
had it for aa e. When a customer mad a
pure has be was alvsys asked to take a!
"nip." Of course ith mhirky so plenty
and cheap a fondness for it was cultivated j
which has not Ueu entirely octavo, as I
hon by the vu'e ia this coutity on the !
prohibitory atnudmer.t.
This .open and genera! manufacture of
whisky kept up until the Lnitel States reve.
nue law weat into e.Tjct ia lsol. It n
about this time that Jonathan C. Hochstet
ier organized the famous " FreunUs hoft''
order.
The moonshiner's still is a very prlmitiv;
ajair. He generally locates it ia some
deep ravine, out of sight of prying eyes, cr
in the cellar of his cabin, through which a
stream from a mountain spring tl-iws. His
greatest trouble is to conceal the smoke from
his furnace, which has a habit of goir.g sky
ward in great clouds.
Tbe still in most cases is a commcu cop
per kettle, the kind found ia almost every
farm house, where it is ued for boilic; a;-ple-butter,
making soap. etc. A woodea
dome-shaped cup is Cued tightly over the
kettle, from the top of which comes the
"worm," generally of copper. The "worm"
is a coiled pi), about an inch ia diameter,
which passes through a tub of cold water,
thereby condensing the vapor generated Ly
the boiling of the '"maa." The "moon
shiner," when be can't do better, takes au
old gas pipe and tilling it with sand, to pre
vent it from collapsing, twUts it aAjund a
tree and makes a pra t.cal 'worm." The
rye intended for whisky is first choLp-d an 1
tnen boiled With water, arter the manner of
making "mush." The ""mash" is then put
into a tub and a sufheient quantity of Ti.a.-t j
added to cause fermeL.taLoa . uere it ia per-
mired to ferment for from to to 7d hours a:
a certaia temperature. The "moonshiner,"
lacking instruments, dtci.ies by the sense of
taste when the "mash," or "beer," is ready
for the sliiL It is ten d-stiiied and produc
es what i known as "sltiglmirf." or '"low
wines." The still is thea washed and the
"singlings" placed ia it and redistilled.
This produces "doubling;." or "hiijh wines.'
and, as in the case of the "beer," he decides
whea it is what Le calls "whisky." h'.puor
of a little lower proof than marketable
whisky. The "moonshiner s'' mah is gfn
erai'.y four bushels of rye chop, which will
make about 3o gallons of "beer," and this
when distilled wiil yield from li to Id gal
lons of "monutain dew." Four bushrla of
rye produced on the "moonshlnerY' own
ground will probably cost him io cents p-?r
bushel, converted into Id gailors of whisky
and retailed at f I per gallon, leaves him
$10.50 cents profit for what ia railed a clay s
run.
But rye is not the only resource of the
"moonshiner." When fruit is plentiful he
falls back on it and makes fro.it brandies.
Bat the "moonshiner's" favorite "tipple" ia
"apple-jack." As the at pie crop is seldom
an entire failure ia this ngioa he rarely lacks
a supply of cider for conversion into that
old-time inUjxicant.
The revenue otMcers ray there are forty
one illicit stills in the Laurel Hill region,
and of course so large a number make more
whisky than the "nvoonshiners" themselves
can consume, and tbe remain l-r has to be
disposed of in some way. This is dote by
pcrchasing old whisky barrels from which
the revenue stamp bare been partially eras
ed, and shipping it in that manner. Fre
quently it is disposed of in barrels purport
ing to contain vinecar, but it is principally
hauled abont the country in kegs and j'-cs ; I
especiaoy is mis tne cas tarooirbout tne
coke regions of Westmoreland and Fayette
counties.
Tbe "moonshiner" himself is a dtinct
genus. As a rule his ancestors for genera
tions have lived in the mouatains and his
business ia hereditary. His occupation make
him secretive and suspiciou He looks on
every stranger as a spy and general'y travel
with a Winchester rui or carbine as a com
panion. As a clas thry are ru,rjed:y built,
with little spwre 2esh. but a good supp'y of
mnscie. Their hair is long and ragged aad
tbey usually have bearde-L un Utractive
face. Their dre-j oriinan'y consists of a
lor.g garment with a belted waist called a
"humia shirt." Tbey wear rubber cr cow
hide boots, in which their pants are ticked,
aad generally have an ontlandLh look.
Their wives seldom possess m ore than a
Canae! skirt and a calico drees ; except in the
bitterest weather, women and children go
barefooted. All mem '.en of their families.
f'SLo.'i. . - rt . . -. i i o
1 n to the oia.-t-si cLJd, Lave rvu tacrht
to give evasive answers til q-sestieoa ficm
strangers. The men a- too iodo'fskl wctl
tiva'e their own proruising fields. They
casional'y make a few shingles in winter,
but prefer watching the still, fUhiog or hunt
ing to any other employment. Their arnus
ments consist in shooting matches, in which
the prii e is a turkey, or a game of cards
played with a greasy old deck, as they sit
gr.ar iicg their alills as thry put ia ticir
quiet Wei k.
uoe of the most ua:q--e occupation of th.s
rerion is that of tbe "spoiler," who makes
bis precarious livinr by picking cp such
moonshiners a have a reward placed oa taeir
head by the internal revenue depertment.
He receives $M for each illicit still captured.
He generally "spota" his men by occupying
some high coign of vantage, here he can
watch the smoke arising from the stilL
When be loses bis bearings ia th deep woods
he frequently recovers Lis position by the
trong, pungent smell from the boiliag
"mash," which it is said can be detected at
the distance of a mile, and is aa unerring
guide.
It is thought by the ota -en of the revenue
departmeut that the present ia the beat op
portunity the government Las ever bad to
put a quietus oa tbe 'moonshine" business
in this whole region. There can be no doubt
that the 'moonshiners'' are alarmed and
many stills located a few weeks ago had
been removed when the otlicets came to lay
their bamls on them.
"The moonshiner's" whole plant can be
picket! cpand rera-ovd ia a few minutes at
the approach of danger. What is knowa as
the 'Baker" brand of whisky has been fa
mous throughout the eat for years. The
old distillery where it wis made was dis
mantled ia li'd. At the sale ot the plant
the old copper still was knocked djrn to
General Seigie." '.Wii'lam C. Miller , and
was removed under cover of night to noone
knew where-. In oi.e of the iate rai is it ws
found securely hidden ia the hay in Miller's
hayloft. Whilst some cf the 'ci"or.!hin
ers" are willing to turn 9'ate's evidence, say
ing thy arc st k cf i'.ie whole business a:.d
tired of lei.- hour. !-.!, it would be worth
their livi?s to do so.
With ail the hopes etpr.s-.xl ty the rew
r.ue cfEcer as to erudi.-atii g i'.l, : distillers
ia Wc-te-rn I'ttin-; l.ar.ia. they wil doub
lets ciiiui'iUe to le a ihora ia the :! of tr.e
bureau for niar.y years to come.
. . -n
SlUt 15
our e; es
fair,
f-e. t..-
a
- V i-(':'-:01
-, J-'J o:i
r
d .u t drlsr, hut ? '
t cr.ee to ' T .. rvV-'ir, J -w-lersa id O ,
t c.at.s. sr.d Lave yo-ir ey-s ! 'e ! rt '.
chs'.-e ly a prvt:nl cpt "a : W have
e'.'ia;Ies at.d F l.i--s '. ai cei.ts !
iwt t:: to r,i; at w. y. ? r. r i
e a ah. p fory..:.r Mart.'e a-. 1 i -a:..;e
a pie rm i. f.l! ..." ;' :e w r. a,
e i j ii-yr-l a : ! tl.."e.''..-e I . loer'
C:a.t ho hjTe ar -t. Kine-iiber
place It ) la.- uia of I; a n iid. ;
tr-Kt, Pa.
A H ;lt to LsiJ ..
Ik.. e cakes a:.d p . 1 i ca be t
sucee-s.-i. y :a '...t . indete.la 9loVs ai,
La"g-s. The la-e. Ll.'a c.ta insures ur.
forai la.l.-.g. and no barnlug on the t :
d
.'.v. ar. r ruaran i-e,; ot jas. l. iiu.u rta:ii.
Somerset. Pa.
Cambria Lumber Compiry.
The Johustown Lumber Oon:;r.y cr,
rather, the Carr.br! Lumber Comraty
sin.'e its recent reoritjuiiution is nar.i..st..t
new lite ar.d erer---. T.:e ecxtiny c:.s
rive thou-an-.! arr.-s of tim'-r land along and j
in the v!c!n.iy of Sha le Creek, this cout ty. !
It saw-mills are a short d stance from Fou.-t- !
Weil, oa the rV.mersat A Cambria Ih Ih I
r rocn tLe statioa a tarrow-jattge ra .wsy
nu3 to the uiiil.
It is now propc-scd to extend this n a ! up
Sha-teC:eek to Shade Furnace, the !ur.ct:or.
of Di:fc an J Cler Sha-k- a JlsUcce cf riLt
ci'lrt. Work wii; be co:ca:ex.cTI ou Vac ei
tti.alon alaictft ;:rirutrJ!a!eIy probably cex:
princi;a..y to t-r.rg clow a
to bring tlown the bark. A
number of new houses will also be built at
the mills. The t orcpar.y has orders on hard
to kep the mills running tight and day
during thesc-asou. They are at present rua
uir.g only single turn, but next week wiil
start oa a double turn. The Coatpany's
timber is princ";i!ly hemlock, cherry, ah
ar.d other hard
Phosphata for Oats and Corn.
I will have a car load of phosphate ready
for delivery at Ih- kwood, April s;h. Ser.J
ia your orders.
C. B. Moos.
New Lexitife-on, I'a.
ilr Rate B. Corf-3as opening of 5riai
ani Summer ililUaery C-nyisMay-i l a-i
V.h. Don't forvet the tijs.
All New !
New .-,-rlcg Millinery CaoJs thlsw.k at
A. E. Vat
"The Umberaer Traaedy."
A lirr.'tednurcberofcopiai of this remark-
able hot k still on hand and for saV. '. -1 .
paf. l.i-jae engravtegs, Malory o.
Mcf.lellandtown 'Jang atid other Somers-.l
County trials ia appendix, h irtdoomely
biound in red leatherette. First cjrue. first
serveil. Ir.u cer.ta to t. ii. V. er-er.
Somerset, Pa., for accpy by mail os'paid
Thought and Action.
Cnti! there be com ct thought ther; can
not be right action. Therefore, tl.ik riitat
and buy the Cinderella Ihanire, and ric'ht ac
tion is assured. Sold by Ja-i. It. IK ldrr
baura, Somerset. Pa.
ij o to Mrs. K ite B. Co.T.-oth's f.r you
spring millinery anl Lad.es' Faraisuirg
Uocds.
Call at Sh.itiVr's Mammoth Marble and J
ti.-anite Works fir rctr ceiue'.ery w.rk,
Somer-et, Pa.
MARRIED.
PACNS-UrLLEii-Marriel at the resi
dence of Geor Mailer ia tueuiahoni ng
township, on Thuralay. March Jt.h, lrfi.
bv J. L. Berkir. Ei . (ieo. W. I) ions or" I
Ltncat-la township aad Miss Mary Muiler, of
vjuea.aaot.it:g iownsu:p.
SMITH II AY. Arrll Id, Is -J. by J. J.
, , , - , r .- . i.
Welch, James B- bm.th, of Cima.1 St-
lion, anl Binnie S. Hay, of K-x -twood. Fa.
DIED.
Jsutb;. F.-ie.l in .IV.j fan-h tl.ril !
aire.1 7s years and JT, days. El'a I'et.rixl
. r.ru.iiie, u.s w.ie, u.e-a aiarca i . ia. ir -a,
aged 77 years and l days.
This aed couple were marrlelon Ju'j 3f
I3t, nearly yean ago, aad have lived .n
Jeunertowu for forty years. Father Frlel
line wa ablaiksuiith. and enajcl ia this
occupation ad his life. Only a few months
ago,s.c,aess eoai:elied him to rtlitip: h
his labors for rest, and now be is ca'led to
his 2aal rest. H.s wife was a folthful, in
dustrionjeompariion. Tby were pleasant
and lovsly ia their livss, and ia their dath
ihey were cot divided." They had one caiid.
a dacghtee, who died toni years co, nd j
are the gra idparent of ths "'Ksirx Brother.'
formerly of this p'a.-e, b t! n ow d.. ing buii
nees in Johnstown. They were fa.thfal
members of the Lutheran church, tavicg
joined by coadraiattoa al H.irrter'f, oa Dec
1st, IJl. Thus for mere than fiy-two
yaars bare these servants of God couaaued
was built they tracst'erred their membership !
auu ir.e ncoro- since tnea sa.-w taem lo
have been faithftil. In a week's time, tbir
heme, so long erjoye-1 by them, is made
do!ate ly death, and wid soon t-asS ta
, . , , . .
strangeis. r e shad great! mas them, bet
our foe is their gaia.
Co. W.Csast, Pastor.
" - " -' - - . - , ,
JOHNKNA&E'COrS
A.
1 U .! ,
Tl-r aa frfe.eoBUlia t tllta efte
aT.k- . tiMi. au4 ssaiis e are uun. -eiowxc-e;.
pantttie-i thai lou never -Tr arricvt of. T -7! pay
DRESS GOODS: " -
".O p-tOT tee
e
n i
t jm
s I :-. F--!'..r 1 i r,r f
tH' r-s H,-i-,t (ar4
i .' v E- -i -K-l tori
f t itscea CLeverua -
New India Silks.
On !ia rHofce -ns 51V
K Ce? 1:QI C C..UO OCr- .... 7-)
One I: ti-e cici,? ou ...
mm hie rhl- obv tl QO
One Uu choif oii $ ,
Tats oe has bu.ned of nleeea of choV
tjle anil qua-cue a( tow prtcea.
Fine Line Wool Challi.
W haethe ebmcest Tine tn this eity. Too
eaanoc a.-, nj to U:t antU you see ours! Pnee
tru lowest (or itne goods.
CLOAKS AND SUITS.
We bare nowopea. aii are anxitxis to show yoa, as owatitet a t'ne r !a-.rrtt a- l IVmiT:c
71 ! 1 ts ati'l JiM " aa in. j, or any eager narsci can oow. rn,'i i-i ou u ta.; n.l m
pe" t. fr.eaiiil quailty will Jo ice rest. f aeor us i-Jri acaU ajiU iet us -ukir.il iir ntus.
John P. Knable &, Co.
35 Fifth Avenue. PITTSBURCH, PA.
Send for samplas and share the Bargains.
at" .
Will cost you nothing to exam
ime goods and compare prices.
ATORBW FOSTER,
247, 2-'t0, Main Sireet, JOHNSTOWN, PA.
Dry Goods, Notions, Cariels, Sc.
When iu JOIINSTOWX. d:it fail to call r.t
GEO. K. KLINE'S
XEW STOUR 211 Main St.,
tYtli'Ivt.'
'er.t- I-ur::i-!iir.h-- ar.1 rij's. A.I tl.e .Nc. s; il'.i.-z i.i Irc--''
' :'.k?..VT.-d-t. lloiiriottas. Ca-tt- U IL:r. Ilc-iior I C- r
Cr-j-s an.l &a oiler Xoveltiti) hi tin Pre-.-' Vt Is I;...-.
to
cf
lap.: it ,:.
Uur I.iii:
t'l laU
Vl'll MuTTO: De-t Jo
c tfi.l US.
Co:
GEO. Iv.
i min;-7i;at.):. nut:
CU.
'. ! ...e f -
.if !.H irr ri.i
'.-'. I. f !.'!,. lltT-sVitsrt.
w ' . (rt-rr i'.;;.jt-.t y t
u h-rv it ritt to a.:
r.'. t 'J. 1 it u mil l.-ari.c..
ii- t s . t '.h,mi j ei.n ...-.
i.t r- -1.1 i.ieia iliif a'.tj-3:.. -1
f . "j. :.; 1 t....fc.ie,y M.f T, i'-, it
u.e 1 rt-. cn or c -'
JaciB Jl.f .Rv.,.i.
(' J'.ti X ". - rBx, A la..n-..ta r.
A.-riivs.
D
v-vurTtMN nctice.
t 1 h. rv! e rica. that the trtnenh;
h- -.n,i Ve li.:nn eta i. B. ioavia and J. H.
--ler. i.it!. tas.nes uu.ter the nsui came c:
I-ai a ( i.t-r. was -iivnvpl t.t ramai cixiqt.
t-i ii.-.i M 1- Ttie t-i-'its a'l aeciHir.l,
;'.e fat are :to fie ha-.Uif J B. Lv. f. eol
' .- 'ii. an i all r-e . .its ano inr tnemseiv :n-
.i-- He 1 to ti-i fir:a i.i piea-e ea.t aitl csie
p:--iii-ni. tne t"i-'.:.ss m:u nereaftcr te eon
J icte-t bj U:. J. B. bavia.
J. B. DaVM.
J. h t'Otitai,
I r-ina. April 1-t l-.i
A
L"LIT oil's N'tJTICE.
IIkuiu h-H'a aj ci aii'-t An :;:or t.y iu Or-
at .nf.i:;L. in t;se hn-l- of tiati A iui:iJi,-trj.Lr
r g vi- uii;.!? :r he will ai-pn J t wie iuiit-
m t jwraiiiwiw-i MiwyL
J. A. BEF.KEV.
TuCs N'uTICil
lu rv--ttl of Srr.nv! Plt-lclir. '.wTtfa.O'L
T:.e? ou-i-r-'arnei av!u Lpatiatcl Au-I:t-or
hr t;.e Tp'.a?' t ourt, ;a Mi f'f ih ru;iiv
if ctiie-t. I. lo mmx 0in.butiuO of ue
t' iul in I.; :minL-tr:'rf hait-i to aa inon
:ti-r e;!.j' trti!..:.r ! tfireho, aitcut i benrb.t
c.sf-i I w..l u : uiy orUt" in
trie ioV-r.y'.jf ' cit-rH-r y-x. on Th'jrjf . May
i . P. f'-r lae p:rv) ff d hAnnVif ;tie
J. C. Lij'ARV,
. Au.i.iur.
A
i'dit'.t.- notice.
E-tie of ?uvsn stiiil, 'a: of ."Seiinrrreek T
1 .:r u lrr,fcn i A i'.i.r? -la! ar poiatr-l 'jj -.he
l oSai CiKl-t .B!l t ti-r t.CAi'lIIIV Of -n:e f.
ha . ii aiae twr.:-n: -not ir.e :in.t m lie tiAiic. .
of lit. .vl jinijirator to an i among til. .m: .- (
ec'.ii.el itierii. tierKr :ce a-rfiee thut h-
i sue- a io fie -1-r.i "f :r.e;: ai-;-itiii:i,Tir at fit
j r-siJ.w of W. H. M.her, l:l i t.i'a.3.p. c : ,
i M -ai-?. !ar i-rfj, wacu iad w.tere a,i fsr- ;
j t-u .tteuL
'.v. H M1LLVK.
Aai-tors.
; "V". 'TICK TO STOCiCH' ilJ'El.
V '7!' y. i h-rf e jv. en Thar h ftin-:I nw -'-11
'.! itie r. li t- r c! tile jlhirr tCai:rol
'it sny w..t t tii ! ai :ae of., e -t '.tie Ka.;i-
j '
j tr.
I jj .
- ir.'iti.lrtwl i Lia-siT i t:,e cut ot
i-a. H . on jirm tT. Ma- l al
- a t 31. :.-r tt.e rMir-t ui ;. r-i.
: s: 1 B'll oirv i.r i -ere.; hit: -. a
. T.-ar. ::! 1". l ie tn-j-'.ii.n ot hj h .r.rr
t--ia.rs as oi tie ca-....-tii t- -iar m--t.:i-A.
W. a
.vi :--
A
DM IN I - r r-ATi -P.V NcTICi-
E.-:a
of W
am B Frtt. lite of ..alerv .
' '- ra.. ltceA.-e't.
kb.-t-rn.if a.t:r.."r.itsaii.n oa tbe aboe? estate
bav.r:ie --. r"i!t-l tr.e in.irr.t?Tt-.t hr i:.e
p--i-r .ta. Hr.tT. rs.it x-e iibrfttif ii.fQiiii.i per
.t: iu.'.tj.' I . ..ii e-la.e U ixike imsii-Lrt!?
r.-:ie::i at.J .n. e t-. i.. fa:;n a.ii.t t.e
1 e :.' r.resrr. t i-rn .1 ..y aii;hemicsue.l f'r
1 v i..ui.i.t t j .ae a i ..io -tr-.
I :.! . K K KtKi'rf
j AlsNlrl f. KKK t-H.
i April 7. ''oh A iiriU-.-trawrs,
A
lmini?tkatui
NOTICE.
-i.7 of Chjsr'r T. :r.:-T. 'i'.s '( '.?jint.rvrt
lj - j1. .-i-.nirrrrt i .riir.ry, P., dt:.-rmM.i.
S-etter .f A in-.ar.t-iraia.m an th" '-Te e?tl
r.sv c; tt-rj rnu O to U:e un.U r-iueit lu - j
..r-i: u v. ni.ii-e i her-oy j u ai-
r--r-oi.sialer.tt-l e-iaie Ut rr. imaae.li-
s'e j-itv-n-nt an i tn ne hnv.n r e a:w a- n--r i.i
siroe w I.i pre-c tl? I. -em .t l'y a-iiteot iat-l ty
-;.....'.i-ni. or tc.re Samnlar. ine :-t .1t of ,
Hi-. i-.-J. at :u ri.!r3i-i"f a i .,e,iea. '.
LA' itA K III NT Erf I
Ala.iaki-atr.z
) A I'MIXIsTUATMP.-! NOTICE.
LOste of f"a-ha.-ir,e R-irklty, U;e of Jenaer I
Ti...';n S. rr-t , . P.ff.-.L
letwm of Ailuaaistratioann tai-ota'e hTin I
' le:i rra::V-i to the tmilrr.!rue.i i y tti- I
i tr..-.r ".:th.Hlt. noi . e i h.-r-.-.y e ven In a.l I
! l. ifil !n..i ntsif to nn- iinme.ii-
! a'e pien--iti, an! iri.es hae.ra e.ai-r a'ainut
: li.e iMkiiit t'-tat l-Oem da.y a.lf -ai cat.'rl
1 (. -et; lii-!, .-Sal ir-lvJ'. MT M, :-"h at ttMt
rv-.-icate or ine A'iiu.ti'-rrat.Ks in Tp.
OKDci.e BlHiit fcV,
f. Ft-ili-' SiHuc K.
F. W. Piesceker, Attorney. Aitra.ni-tratorf.
i A
DMJNIr-TIl.VTOR'S NOTICE.
L-tave of Efrf Li;-. lteof "-rso loLr. p.
!o--.t r of 3 m : i j .tr::rn fm 'ivt cr&re
m e- js . .ssi-w ia :n V. ir
.1 -':- iu vrtl If.itt l'i.t au.rum.ealeil
..ft :.-u.nt oo -atitr- . May i:. a. !. t-y-
i ;:i?ui.e f U.
t !.".---) .
If K. Btt.EV.
J. W. PAKilLrV.
Ailra.ci-trato-.
A
riIT0liS NOTICE.
V a.er;tiae 'lay t cs et at f In the r.-t of Com
" ', rcoo P ea. of s. tn-
ji-iai.-an user er-t (u isit, -
Basi-x t-een aiownted .4u-!.t. ta .t.-tr-lmt
iLe t inl-:u IS-Can.l- of i-au fi.t. ffterirf
-..tat '' of ta- .e of toe iye-- al e-rale if
ZZZ7J;,i w !V.;IrT.i.nr:Aw.:-i
.,f s y a:.o--!..iin-i-t at bit onir. ia s,JCCerMs pt
stritcUteriil -roos lulcrotevt aiay ai
rerJ if tioeT K prvr.
Jf.iHX a. STOTT.
A kll lot.
.S.?IijXE,S'S notice,
Notice herbe riven that ibe ne'er. -J
alienee of tiie l a.rl.oiy Sixtu sarue l".re Krn
Co.. lamite-J. tbe teurr of cre.!u, wiil
m- el tr,e cre-l:tfr- .f the sau-t t'o.. at its o.-n-e fas
i Kairfa-pe. on Je.-o lav. lae j
lt- f -fx-, lis mem. of as--on:;
ia ual w l r iput i
ae al day of May, A Iv
c. aa'l ar, pertk
ciptitf wul tuit iruraedia.
t-aaieBt to saM AAiaee.
alareh 19, VA sVinee.
the ih''r.i:on of New r'rniC Presa Caiia,
rav- tee pit of uie .u-a.wt- ut iTmv -rii. f
ya. CO sake uaa s-.laul aaKxtr j.n.-snf-e
fBBCK' G0QD5 iBARGAlS:
x l. Uup t,:i :ji - - $1 t
f f h Tpra : . ' " -
a M t-ir - - -
All txe Ut bneu. t-iCBV 1
HANDKERCHIEF SPECIAL'
3000
REGULAR 2oc HANDKERCHIEFS
To b uAd U
12 1-2 Each.
We tVT 100 anAiif. it t our um ir fi3.
NEW WASH GOODS.
10 piefS i?ho!'e fstes of F-fte.1 rr.ereron,
oMe .sew .sere (or Chi? rre wii be only
11 l-uc. Ttejaxebeaat.es.
t'
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t .a I-.::.-. .'H--.-.-.vt .-...;!?. 1 i
lets. r-,f A i-B.-.i.trmVti I.i v.- , e-'a-e
Lt..u( i.Ta r....-tltt, t, iii;--,:i;'.f!a
J f. - : . . . k .1.. c . :.,ivi (iiv.il, 'pe.--
oa. ;::Urf"e.l i.iti, trr.a.r-hI ny-
Ulflxl. a-l i.'i.i- Cs. i,.a.ni- a-i, r.M 'tie
.ii .r-uu-ri J j i;:en-:i !-! tor
u.e-..:. oil ra.i-.t-v. Uie i.U.ia ut Atoflh It'--,
si It '.a:t- re-.ieaee ul tie .k- si H.j.,y-
er..itf. t-a ?Ai i. e.1. ti- tic
". biiar-ErKES, AJn.ia.str.ajr.
.:u..-iie-.
I-'MIN l-rTILiTORS NOTICE.
u-jt of J.jhn W'.rnf-'r. U: of VVuiU-r.' i.rg E-r-Lt-vr'f
A triuiiisL.-A;.., n the aL-.sv t.:t?
hk villa; tT-n ru;c'l UiHc U'j-I-r -h;-l bv
prprr Mi:nnty. col:-e is Lcrt: y : li .l
! Uf pf sirnt
1 Li-i.- t:ooj',:-j a.a.ir-t
U 4, :ue w.ii pr-t,s,:'t int-ia -t-i.y tu:.i- 'a. a:--t
Uwy ut Af-ria, ;e il
A
DMINI.TRATtl;'S NOTICE.
l 3.aii p. JW-Ui'-r ! P., -Itf- J
I-elu;r- h wmitis.j-A:;.n on the mrTt ooooLa
Oav ia low-v-a cranur-i t la; uwU . ri t y an
pnfr :;nor.:TT i: ; iw h.T-:jy s.v.-a ;ot.l
U: i'dyai-::i, 4iji tbiwe ij ci..iii- r !e-
iii w vxj,irti iftc wnirie r. :.t t'icu d..y
au'-ucuu j.u. f'-r vir.t a:, ti.: tan-icr-.i- i
fc-,rianis-A-fr rr. ia o rvM...:.'. j ii o-.
tc;c ha -Lidiau-i t- '.ot: p-u"T..fo.
JA Vi Li. k Kla-lil.INVU
FRED. W. EIEsEfKk.:, AiJaa.::.
MRS. A E. UHL
A lar'-i assortiaeut of Laiics
Storing Wrajs. coa.-i-Lin ' of tHa.-er.-',
Ki.-.for- a:i I Caj-ci no ' ia
StcXlfi.
I am nowrcc-ei'.
l.i'W rt'JC-W Vk
Cosilstln-ofcil 1 f 1 1.,..-1';. -.-Goo-Is.
ci;Lcr in I'Lia (.'.-li rs or
X'jvc!:iit. wii'i a jrea: r-.u
cf i.ri.;ci rtit I -j -ia!. :;. 1'tu
h'".ailt)s.iv t.-t iVTwil!
"a:i L? ch'-ap. A l'tr-;-:
liho of I-ox j rice
DRESS GOODS,
in rial a SiaJo aniXovoI::-.'. com
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