The Somerset Herald.
EDWARD tSCULL, Editor anJ Proprietor.
WEINKS1AY.
..June , IXH
A iMtiocratic im'Wsjw'wT out Wost
K-inaii.$s of IVnuH-rats "a WVstern
man or hint." They did lite lalUr
last Nowmlier.
rKK?iTKNT t'LEVKi-Axn tollsa south
ern frK'iul iihiihn! S-rarfr t,ist "1 am
not -kiii to MlffiiNi liiyulf," hi-h
mii'mri us that in isirj Mr. Ck-velaml
htiniol that lie was not a candidate
and not soe kitiR a nomination.
I'.rsiNEss is improving! shouts the
IK'tiKHTntic press. Yes, lusiness is im
j.mving. The peneral sniHsh up of the
Democratic party is everywhere conce
lel, and tliat was just what was need
ed to restore confidence and start the
wheels of business.
That "slaughter house aud oin'U
prave" which Henry Watterson, of
Kentucky, limit a few years since,
comes .juite handy just now, as the
Democrats of liLs own State are filling
Imth with the victims sacrificed in the
internecine war raging over the free
silver coinage issue in that renowned
Commonwealth.
Thk Convention of the IicpuMican
licague of tlulw, held in the city of
Cleveland last week, was a stujend uis
alfair, more than two thousand dele-gati-s,
rejirer'iiting every wvtion of the
country, leing pres'iiL Not withstand
ing t!ie efforts of some silver maniacs
to commit the convention to a declara
tion in favor of the unlimited coinage
of silver, it wistly resolved that it had
no power to commit the ItepuMican
parly to that or any other issue in ad-
vanv of tne authoritative deliverances
of the next National Convention.
Tiikke is considerable of a Judicial
muddle over in ( invito County, and the
administration of justiiv through the
usual channel has liccn tcmjiorariiy
K'.isjH-nded. I'nder tin- new :iijiorlio:i-
nirnt lull that counlv has Ut-n mailt a
jw-nnntte judicial district, hut the tiov-
crnor has not yet apjioiiited a judge.
It is agreed that the former judge can
not preside at the trial of causes. One
of the associate juihjes is doubtful
whether he is in ottiee or not and so, as
the safest way out of the dilemma, all
the courts of the county have I wen ad
journed until July Mh, awaiting the
appointment of a Judge. Meanwhile
suitors are growling aud the "jail
birds" aro kicking, on the ground that
they are entitled to sjufdy tria'. Pre
sumably the Coventor will put an end
to the trouble within a few davs.
State Ciiaikmax Cii.kkson has
called the I republican State Conven
tion to meet at Harrisburg on August
sth. IJ. J. HavwiNMl, of Mercer
County, is so far the only announced
4-andidatc for State Treasurer, and is
therefore as good as nominated. The
passage of the Supreme Court bill,
however, will make necessary the nom
ination of six llcpuhlican candidates
for Judges of that court and to a great
vxtent the appointments that will b
made tv overnor Hastings will con
trol the selection of these candidates
by the Convention. Tiie only contest
likely to arise in the Convention will
lie over the selection of its presiding
oflhvr and of Chairman of the State
Central t oiuniittee. Over these posi
tions there is some lad blood brewing.
but we hojie for an amicable adjust
ment before the meeting of the Con
vention. It would lie a sorrv sight in
deed to tee the splendid majority by
which Coventor Hastings was elected
split up,fritteredaway,its iutliieucelost,
and party supremacy endangered by
jHTsonal and factional uarrels.
Thk Coventor has signed the bill
aWishing days of grace heretofore al
lowed in the payment of promissory
notes. The law does not go into effect
until the 1st of January, and its
provisions are of sufficient imjortaiiee
to give in full:
rpi... 11 f -
i n ai on an n.iu-s, uraius, enecKs, ac
finances, iiiiisoi excltange, lioiuls or
other evidences of indebtedness inad
1 a
tirawu or aeceiueu nv any lierson or
oirporation after this act shall take cf-
ieei, an l in wincii mere is no cxpress--d
stipulation to the contrary, no
grace according to the custom of
merchants shall be allowed, but the
same shall lie due and payable as there
in expressed without grace.
Section 2. That all such notes, drafts.
bills of exchange, checks, or other pa-
jht falling due on Sunday or a legal
jioimay, or nay observed as such or
any half holiday, shall lie deemed t.
lie due on the next secular business da v
tliere.tfier; providiil, however, that all
Midi notes, bills of exchange, drafts.
checks, ct cetera, shall not le protested
on any Sunday, but must be protested
on the next aceular or business dav.
KX-SfLVATtm JoilX J. IXOALLS, of
Kansas, files the following caustic in
Sictuieut against Crover Cleveland
and his jtoliey:
"He is one of the incredible incidents
in the jKilitical history of the Nation
1 see t.y tiie dispatches there is talk of
Ins leadingau iudeieudent sound-mon
ey movement. That is ridiculous. I
don't know what else he lias succeeded
in, out he has succeeded ntst glorious
ly in destroying Ins own iiartv. He
lias readied the loftiest iiositions with
less ability than any man whom histo
ry records, lie lias not the t-lightest
constructive caiiacity. When he went
into onice Ins iiriKirHi.ee of everv mil
lie jtiest ion was dense, abyssnia'l, pro-
loimu, oui ne went at tliem witli all
the eontideiice :f igiioraiice. He lias
followed out Ins Urifl' scheme until he
lias a deficiency to meet.
lie went into ottiee a jK-ttifogging
taw er mini iiunaio and lias now one
! the largest private fortunes in the
ountry. He has had no visible means
r supiKtrt since then butoMiccholding.
ouassofiaie that with ilie
t-iinukin honesty which has charac
terized him? Now he is trying to lie
wilder the country with what he calls
the souiid-moiiey idea. His idea of
und money seems fo he to supply de-
i.i ieiu-H-s in me ireasury hy selling
.urns 10 loreign syndicates at 1U4,
i.icn are now (juotcd, 1 lielicve, at
l-s. As 1 say, Ins siweess has lieeli
oneif tlte incredible things in Anteri-
Cali Jtolitics.
The republican County Con vention,
which assembled In Somerset Tuesday
u.iemooii, was one oi the most repre
sentative and harmonious gatherings of
itieiLimi held for years. Owing to
there Wing no competition for the sev
-ral county offices to be filled, no pri
mary was necessary and the present
epleudid organization will be contin
ued another year. The present Com
mittee is comiioscd mainly of Stalwart,
a Uve young liepublicauK, who will at
all times be found ready and willing to
do battle for their jyirty and its princi
ple. Tlte unanimous endorsement of
Judge Longeiieeker for appointment
to tlte Superior Ctmrt bench, was a
here.
well dcsTvcl compliment to an up
right and able Judge. The 1Ikk1.i
most heartily coincides with the com
mittee in their resolution, filling as
sured that the appointment of Judge
Longeiieeker would, while reflecting
credit upon the appointing power, add
luster to the liench of the new Court.
Quay for Permanent Chairman.
Senator quay will probably Vie the per
manent chairman of the next Republi
can State Convention, which has been
called to meet in Harrislmrg, August 2-1,
and which will nominate a candidate for
State Treasurer, and six candidates for
the Supreme Court. This will Iw the
lirstliuic in many years Unit Senator
quay has figured on the fioor of a State
Convention. He will go in a dclcj;:ite
from Ileavcr, his o!je1 licing to diro-t
his f.in-es in person. A lively jx.liti.sd
scrap seems imminent.
Commiitioners Indicted.
Hoi.i.iiAVsni-iio, lA June 21. The
investigation concluded this afternoon by
their indictment for misdemeanor, and
the indictment of Ilurd for sulmrnation
of perjury. The jury find that the Com
missioners purchased material and hired
two workmen to paint and paper the
court house without any contract letting.
The workmen were employed by llurd
in his private business. They only re
ceived their daily wagcw and Indorsed on
the county treasury drafts for larger
amounts to Mr. Hurd. liy this method
it is alleged that the commissioner!,
pocketed ".14 They are also charged
with appropialing money to their own
use due for constructing a bridge at
Uardncr'sMills.
The complaint against llurd recites
that during the county auditor's investi
gation, llurd offered V. C. ICach, the
star witness against nun, ?i noi 10 fin c
the affair away to the auditors. The
sheriff will bring the accused liefore the
court to-morrow.
Browne's Honeymoon Trip.
M assii.i-on, o., June 2X l'.ridegroom
Hrowne, aeording to his lalol fiilmina
tioit, is proceeding to Washington, where
he expwls t' U the i-enlnil figure in the
reunion of the pining commonweal, by
t-.,v nut,, lit) U US Kiiil-reu lO oorrun
i"i cents to get as far an Canton. A eom
placcnt prolKite judge provided hiu with
a marriage liceitsn for wlncli no fee w
jiaid, and an easy-going just-. tieil tha
knot or. the same terms. The bride, nwi
Coxey, walks front town to town iu street
attire with her bridal outfit in a carpet
bag. This trousseau was secured by
I'.rownptliroiich an oblisrinc actniaintanco
and insists of a gow it of mull, a ehcaj
white veil and a pair if while ihKis, all
of which cost exally Hi Iirowne'a
proirraiit is to deliver daily ttpeeches
whiU his wife sella "reform literature,
He has dropped Coxey' bills ami, after
devoting a year to proclaiming them in
spired from on high, now ridieules them.
Hid Money ia the House.
CrMHi-'i;l.AXi, Mil., June 17. Alxmt
month ap John U, .ink died atCunilier
laud, Md., leaving the Uiik of his proji-
erty, aluHit $s,(, to two mnn. To pre
vent the will licing proliateil a caveat wi
lile.1 by Mrs. John McCoriuick and ?.Irs.
Kiilior. daiiirliters of the deceJLsed. ami
testinioiiv was lK-ine taken one day last
week when the Mtveator introditeed evi
donee showing that the deesed was, lie
fore his deailt, his ow n banker. The at
torney for the cavealces thereupon mig
fresteil that a kcurelt of the nreiittses lie
made, the Court granted permission, and
the party went through all the rooms,
finding in corners, drawers, lioxes and
on top of cuplsiards, and in Uixes tied
up in rags, money of all deiiouii nations.
After the house had leeii searched thor-
ougltlv, the uionev just as it was f.iunl.
w ith the rags and Uixes, w as placed in
U-isket and taken to tho vaults of the or
phans' court, where it was deposited.
The sum found w as $1,473 11'.
Whitky Free at Water.
tiKKXsiti Ro. Pa.. June 23. A few days
ago a farmer living near Smithton, per-
ceived a strotnr olr if whisky coming
from the ground on his projterty. He
announce,! his discovery to some of liU
neiehlxirs and ther made exeavatioim
which led them up to a ledge of soft
sandstone, w here the liquor w as found to
be oozinir from a ere v ire. It is said to
te of a much finer quality than the
ordinary w hisky.
One theory is that the .Kjiior comes
from barrels that were buried on Cue
hillside, whore a distillery stood many
rears ago. The second theory is that
lieu. Braddock may have planted a few
barrels ofoUlryeonhisin.ir. il through
this region and, as he never live ! to re
claim tin m, they are now drihhling out
their contents. This hyMthesis is sup-
IMirted by tiie fa-t that the farmer hail
unearthed a cannon hall just liefore he
made his w hisky find.
A Horte and a Easy.
A numlier of residents of the south
western section of the city of Iincaster,
Pa., were horrified by the action of a
horse whieh was iu a pasture lot next to
tiie home of Christian Wiiigerliug,
Thursdar evening. Mrs. Winjrerlinii
had wheeleil a cwaeh coutaiising her
three-inonths-idd lutby close to tiie fence
and then walked away a short distance to
talk to some neighljors. The horse went
tj the fence, reached ever, and catching
the Laliy's clothes ln-tweeu its teeth.
trotted across tiie pasture lot, to the gresit
consternation of Mrs. Wiiigerliug and
the other women.
They started iu pursuit of the animal.
which gave up the Iwhy w ithout resist
ance, and totally unharmed. The horse
is a ;rejt pet w ith children, and it is sup
posed it wanted to play with the child.
Wanted !
1,(M( bushels of Kye. Will par the high
est cash price.
S. P. Swkitzkr.
Big Prizes Offered.
Kkioki.sVii.i.k, IAn June 22. A clever
swindler has lien operating extertsivcly
in the upper end of Hucks County He
deals in lottery tickets, and his methods
are exceedingly seductive. Whett he vis
its a farm house where there is no sew
ing machine, he tells the good woman iu
charge that for the small sum of ft she
can purchase an almost certain chance
to draw from a lottery a fine -Vl machine.
Her iicighUir, w ho has a sewing ma
chine, but no piano, ho inveigles to
buy a ticket by offering that musi-al in
strument as an in.l jcetiienL Horses.
wagons and even money prizes of ?jnO
are offered. These baits caught many
unsuspecting persons, who now mourn
the loss of their money. Of course tho
tickets were worthless and never drew
anything.
Thonght and Action.
Until there lie corre-t thought there
cannot Is? right action. Therefore, think
right and buy the Cinderella Kange, and
right action is assured. .Sold by
James R. Holukkbai m,
Somerset, Pa.
Owens Xnst Lose an Ana.
Cincinnati, O., June2X W. C. Owens,
representative from the Ashland district
of Kentucky, who defeated W. C. P.
Breckinridge, is poisoned bra spider's
bite, and his condition is alarming. He
was bitten a week ago. His arm is terri
bly swollen.
Owens had lieen attending the races
here, but left hurriedly for his home last
night on a sjiecial train. A physician
here told him that his anil would have to
lie amputated to save his life. He goes
to have his home surgeon do the work-
He w as suffering severely when he left
Farmers!
My English Shire Stallion will lie kept
at my farm during the entire season, at
$7.00 to insure a foal.
U. W. llEKFLEY.
Aa Eleotrieal Flyer.
ItosTov, Mass., Juno 22. !reat things
arepromisod as the result of the trials of
the electric locomotive on the Nantasket
branch of the New York, New Haven &
Hartfonr Itailway yesterday. The suc
cess of the venture is assured.
The first trial of the locomotive w as
ma.leThiirs.lay night, all knowledge of
w hat was nlmut to I J attempted licing
cart-fully withheld save from a few offi
cials and those whose attendance was ali
solutely necessary. Two electric loeo
ni.nives were run over the road, and a
sjHH-il of over Titt miles an hour w as at
tuned W-tween the Old Colony Houseand
Peinbertoii, thus realizing the hopes of
cveryliody concerned.
Iist night another triid with an electric
locomotive, geared up to reach a soed of
so or more miles an hour, was mad, ami
but for a h.it lox a new world's rei-ord
forsieed would have lieon established.
The heating of the Ixix whs due to tho
fact that tho new bearings could not
stand the friction, caused by tho terrilio
speed at which the ear was nm for a dis
tance ol alxmt three mile.
In theopinkin of nienptalilled through
j-ears of experience thla was all that pre
vented a sprint at tho rate of !W miles an
hour or lnHter. As it was the speed at
tained was in the opinion of those aboard
easily 73 miles an hour.
State Pension Law.
The new state pension bill granU pen
sions to enlisted men from Pennsylvania
who wero iu the service of the United
States in the war of the reltellion between
April 11, 11. aud May I, 113, who are
not jieiisioiiers nor applicant for pen
sions under the United States statutes.
The bill directs the auditor general, on
proper application and under ruhw, reg
ulations aud restrictions such as ho may
deem proper, to place on the state pen
sion rolls any officer, soldier, sailor and
marine qualified under this act. It pro
vides further that such icnsion shall lie
granted to those wlntse sendee lietween
the time specified was at least ninety
davs. The rate shall bo a monthly al
lowance of one cent per day for each
day's actual service. Ill adjudicating
pension claims the auditor general shall
require proof that tho claimant is free
from inteniDerale habits. Payments
shall lie made semi-annually, and shall
ceitse when the pensioner moves out of
tbestateor shall lo pensioned by tho
United Slates.
Trying to Save a Murderer.
Xkw Oiii.HAS, June 2ii. William Purr
vis. the younn wkiterstitper. who was
sentenced to lie hanged in February, 1S!H,
f.r theassiiskiiiation of ihickh-y, latt who
escaped br the hrt-akiucr of the rope, was
brought iigain for trial before the Marion
County court yesterday.
When the rope broke around Purvis's
neck and he dropped from the scaflold,
tho crowd declared that ho had one
chance for his life and should not again
tie hanged. A year and a half has ehtiscd
simv then, aud nothing has ls-eu done t
ward hanging l'urvii, w ho has remained
in jail. When the district attorney called
yesterday upon the judge to rellx the day
of haniriuir, Purvis's lawyer objected to
another liHiiging as illegal. The court,
however, fixed July 31 for the hanging.
The Staie Supreme court will lie asked
w hether a pritoiiur can lie hanged twice.
Like a Sieve,
Tiie chief function of the kidneys is to
separate from the blood, in its passage
through them, of certain impurities and
watery particles w bich make their final
exit through the Madder, The retention
of these, iu eons ne " of inactivity of
the kidneys, is productive of IJright's
disease, dropsy, dialicte, albuminuria,
and other maladies with a fatal tendency.
Hosteller' Stomach Hitters, a highly
sanctioned diurelie and bl'Xtd depurent.
impels the kidneys w hen inactive to re
new their sifting function, and strain
from the vital current impurities which
infest it and threaten their own existence
as organs of the body. Catarrh of the
bladder, gravel and retention of the
urine are also maladies arrested or avert
ed by this lK-uign promoter and restora
tive of organic action. Malaria, rheuma
tism, constipation, billiotisncss and dys
pepsia also yield to the Hitters, which is
also Mpuodily beneficial to the weak and
nervouM.
Low Sates to Denver.
The n. AO. K. H. Co. will place on wile
at all ticket olllccs on its lines east of the
ihio Kiver round-trip tickets to Itcuver,
Colorado Springs, Manitoii and Pueblo,
for all trains of July 2, 3, 4 and 5, valid
from starting xiiiit on day of sale aud
good returning from Colorado point July
12 to 15 inclusive. The rate from Haiti-
more and Washington will be $47.."irt, and
correspondingly low rates when from
other stations. Tickets will ho g'tod via
St. Lou is or Chicago.
Kaiser to viiit the Kew York.
KiKt, JuiiJ 22. The vessels of the
American squadron have continued to lie
objects of aduiiratioii aud curiosity totiio
ofli.-crs of all the assembled tleets, w ho
almost without exception have Inspected
them. The consensus of opinion is that
the San Kraucis. is the neatest, cleanest
and smartest ship in the harbor and the
Columbia one of the finest and best.
The New York has likewise come in
for much attention. The Kinperor ex
pressed a desire to visit tho latter. As
the fleet was under orders to leave Kiel
ai once. Admiral Kirklaud cabled to Sec
retary Herbert for permission for the
New York to remain. It was readily
granted.
Item of Interest.
A Court decision has clvsed
every sa-
loon in Iitiimipic, Iowa.
A doe w hicli was shipped from Wash
ington tothe President, at tJray bibles.
had its neck broken en route.
Sheriff 1L U. tirove, of Brownsville,
Tetin., accidentally shot and killed his
daughter, Susan, 21 years old, while
carelessly handling a revolver.
Keturniug to South Bend, Iud w here
he wounded .1. H. Croede, c. a quarrel
ever money matters. I Mm, IT. Mease
shot himself three times aud may die.
Female school teachers, at College
Point, N. Y., have loeii forbidden to ride
bicycles.
By cutting through the roof of the Col
umbus (O.) jail, Frank Burton, a pick
pocket, and Frank Williams, a burglar,
made their esoiiie.
Indignant college students at BI.muii
melon, lib, hanged governor Altgeld in
clllgy iiocausc he signed the bill to abolish
the high school.
Secretary Carlisle has appointed Kobcrt
Wa'.cltorr., of Harrisburg, Pa., w ho was
Slate Factory Insiiector under ttovernor
Patlisou, an Immigrant Inspector.
F.x-Inspector Mclaughlin, of New York,
has liecu breaking down since licing sen
lenced to two years and six months to
Sing Sing for extortion.
A train of cars to be known as "Mis
souri on Wheels" ill le sent through
the country to advertise the State.
A verdiitat Columbus, ()., gives tlte
State $iu,Vl worth of land in Hamilton
now occupied by the Pennsylvania Com
pany.
A cowardly assassination oocurcd at
Kutztowu, Pa., Wednesday night, when
young Itaniel W. Stitzcl was shot dead in
the road from amlsislu It is supposed
that jealousy prompted the murder, and
an alleged rival, tieorge Yeager, was sent
to the County Jail on a charge of being
tho assnssin.
A sliootiug affray whieh wdll cause tlte
death of William Hatton, colored, occur
red early Thursday morning in 'Shaitty
town," a disreputable sulurb of Cumber
land, Md. William Frazier, alias Mulli
gan, also colored, fired the fatal shot.
Frazier m-cused Hatton of having rohlted
him in a disorderly house, and, w itliout
warning, fired at his enemy with a revol
ver, the bail taking effect in the stomach
Frazier escaped.
I
COUNTY PIKES.
Erief History of the Toll Eoadi of
Somerset County.
The first roads in the early aettlcment
of Somerset county were mere trails, pas
sable only for a footman or a pack horse.
Such a thing as a wagon road throu h the
country, covered w ith its primeval forest,
was then unknown, and roads of that sort
which had to tie the work of the axman,
wero lieyond the means of any infant
settlement.
But, ow ing to the conflict for suprema
cy on tho American continent that was
on lietween the French and the Kitglish,
wagon roads were a military necessity,
ami therefore the first great thoronghfarea
may 1 said to have lieen cut out and
made by the armies, or at least under their
Immediate prol.s-tioii. The advanced
post of tho French mini the north and
west toward the east was Fort limpiesne,
(now Pittsburg) at tho confidence of
the Monongahela and tho Allegheny.
So long aa they held this iost there
could bo no security for tho frontier set
tlements of the Knglish that were being
pushed forward from tho east. Then
first the French must bo dislodged, and
from this necessity camo tho Braddock
Koad in 173. along and w ithitt two miles
of the southern bonier of Somerset coun
ty and crossing the south-western corner,
aud the Forbes or (ireat Koad, which
crossed the north of tho couuty and was
made in 173$.
These two road became the great
thoronghfarea ltctw ecn the east aud the
wast, and in time the settlers themselves
made the roads needed to reach them.
But in time tho want of a good road
through the central part of tho county
was felt Justhoro it may as well lie
stated that Washington and Col. Baird
cut a road front Fort Cumberland, Md.,
to Fort Bedford in 173S. This was almost
the time the Forties Road was built, so
that from Bedford there was an outlet
towards Maryland and Virginia as well
as towards eastern Pennsylvania.
In tho year 1772 John Nicklow, James
Wells, Jr., Thomas Kenton, John Fergu
son and Kichard Brown, laid out a road
leading from Bedford to the Youghio-
gheny river, by way of the chub's of
Stonyereek, Yough and Sew ickly. This
is the earliest evidence we have of any
road that passed through the central part
of the county, and it became known as
the i i lades Bond.
In 17SJI, on resolution of tho Supreme
Executive Council, Alexander Mcfcau,
of Fayette county, James tiuthrie. of
Westmoreland county, and John Skin
ner, of Franklin county, were appointed
commissioners to view tiie western road
front Bedford to Pittsburg. In 17!K) tho
survey was made, anil it is said to have
been travtfrsud by tieneral Lee's army in
17!J, when on his way to tho western
counties to put down tho Whisky In
aurrection. This road liecame known as the old
Pennsylvania Koad and seems to have
superceded tho Forties I toad.
It is hardly to be presumed that these
roads that have heretofore loeu mention
ed were very much, if any, Is-tter than
tho poorest of our county roads of tiie
present day, and something lietter was
called for; and w e are now approaching
tho era of the Turnpike Bond, as in the
present day railroads are often talked of
for years lx'fore they find their way into
a community. So, in looking lack ward,
it is quite evident that the inauguration
of this system of Itetter roads was a work
that required much tiuc, and that many
ditihulties and obstacles were encount
ered and hud to'lic oven-oiuc,
Tiie fin,t original act providing for the
incorporating of turnpike companies
wh.tsif roads would pass through Somer
set county, was p.-tssud in li-i.
The ad in.rporuted tho Harrisburg
A- Pittsburg Turnpike Company under
the title; "The President, Managers &
Company of HarrUburg Jk. Pittsburg
Turnpike Co.," and the tloveruor was
further authorized to aulMt-rlbu for a cer
tain mimlfcr of share In behalf of tint
Commonwealth.
By act of Mh March, l.sI4, the tiovemor
was authorized to ineorparate five com
panies for the construction of this turn
pike one of these companies was to con
struct the road from Bedford to Somer
set, another was to construct it from Som
erset to tireeitsb'.irg. The first named
company to be called "Tho President
Managers A Company of the Bedford A
Somerset Turnpike Koad Co." The
other"Tho President Managers and Coiiit
puny of the Somerset A7 Orccnshiirg
Tiirnplko Uoad Co." This is also called
See. No. 4, and the Bedford No. :, of the
original road. When 23 persons had suii
seriU'd Tup) shares of fitly dollars each,
the companies could organise.
The ( Jovernor was authorized t sulw
scribe l-jtoi shares to each of these two
roads or section. .
By this It will appear that the road wu
to pass through .Somerset But, by the
act of Sth March, 1M3, this was changed
and the roads were made to pass through
Stoyestown, and tho names were changed
to "Bedford Jt Stoyestow n Turnpike Co."
and "Stoyestown A lireeiisburg Turn
pike Co.," and the Jovernor was author
ized to sii!scri!ie additional shares; ')
shares to Stoyestown A (Sreenshurg, and
&N) shares to Bedford A Stoyestow n. We
arc not able to say what toil to this action.
By act of 1 1th M arch, Isld, t he Jovernor
was authorized to par an instalment of
the State's suliscriptiou on completion of
the first five miles of road, and a projsir-
tionate part as each five miles was com
plcted.
The act of I.'ith March, ISlii, is to provide
for the construction of a turnpike road
from Washinirton, Pa., to intersect the
HarrisbnrgA Pittsburg turnpike near
lied ford; four companies to ! incorjiora
ted to build the road from Washington
Pa., by war of Williauisport, ltoblstovn
Mount Pleasant, Somerset and the White
Horse tavern to Bedford, on the tops
of
the Allegheny Mountain, laurel Hill
aud Chestnut Kidge. The road is to lie
not less than thirty feet wide, with an feet
of ballast, at other jioiiits wider, and the
grade is not to vary more than five de
grees from the horizontal. There is also
a proviso that in passing people mils!
turn to the right, though there is an ex
ception for one condition.
The two companies in which Somerset
county had any direct interest were in
corporate! as the Somerset A Bedford
Turnpike Co., and the Somerset A Mount
Pleasant Turnpike Co. Tho subscription
Isxiks for the stock were to lie closed when
l.V shares of fifty dollars each had liccn
suliscril!. The State to give aid to the
amount of $l2,3il to each company.
the a-t of 23th March, 123, the State silli-
scrilied Snoo additional to each road.
By a.-t of istu, tl.t,Iin; was given by the
State to the SomeiSM't Jk Bedford Ttirit
pikeCo. to pay its debts, (ireat care was
exercised and the rights of creditors were
very carefully guarded by the a-t; in all
the State contributed 'M,t'iiii.m to this
road and its total cost was $s5,2!7. The
length of the Somerset A Bedford turn
pike was or is thirty-three miles from
Somerset to the intersection with the
Harrisburg A Pittsburg road, four
miles west of ISeWbrd. In 1S43 its tills
were f,jl7; its expenses &V-1-1- The
Somerset A Mount Pleasaut turnpike
bad a length of 28 miles. In all it receiv
ed State aid to the amount of 3,atti. Iu
total cost w as In 1K40 iu tolls
were f'i,2i!, and iu expenses were f.323.
In l&sii the SUte appropriated $2n,(m0 to
each of these roads to repair them.
To turn backward again some yean,
the work of constructing these roads took
time. So far as the Somerset A Bed Ton 1
was concerned, it seems to have lieen an
improvement of the old Glade Bond. The
two mountains the Allegheny and Lau
rel Hill were first turnpiked, five miles
on the Allegheny and seven miles on
I jiu re 1 1 1 ill. and this seems to have lecn
dono as early as l.2lC Good inns and
taverns existed all along iu line and in
time the roads were destined to draw
largely from the traffic of the Stoyestown
AGreensburg route.
We have liefore us an advertisement
which appeared iu the totmcrtel tt'kiy in
August, which, as it will lie of inter
est iu this connection, w e w ill here repro
duce, 'OLAHK KOI'THTrRNPIKK." I'lIKM" ANI
n.KASAXT TKAVKMMI.
"Waggoner travellers and the publick
in general are now informed that the two
iniiuntains, the Allegheny and the I-tnrcl
Hill, are now completely turnpiked, fivo
miles at A Heir hen v and seven miles at
the Ijiurel Hill. The latter the I .est road
without exception of any road yet made
over that mountain. This road branches
off to the left four miles west of Bedford,
w hen live miles are now nearly complet
ed. From thence for fourteen miles
along tiio 1 try Kidge is superior to any
turnpike for waggons horse men or car
riHKw and the road on from Somerset and
westward to Pittsburgh and Washington
is now so well improved that it can lie
travelled with more case to With tho
horse and to the rider than any other
road across the mountains.
There are many good houses along this
road, among whieh are the following,
w hero a good and plentiful accommoda
tion can at ull times lie had, viz:
Miles.
From the forks ol il.o
roHt to the two lav-1 .
enis .. "
to Mctzirer's w . 5
to Mailer i
Ui Job's .. 3
lo Inilioirs 2
to While Horse I
to Oclilutrt'ii 5
to Cooper's .. I
lo Will's. a
Miles.
to Hi iple's. I
ti S,imerscL 1
lo Miisgmve's... i
lo Kniirh's . 1
to .mi. ll. 's. 'i
lo Hltf Spring.... 4
to Heyiiier'ii . 1
lo ilcrkcy's 1
lo Jones' Mill... i
2 to iiioiii.ii a
A TUKXriKK MAN AUKit.
Homer -t, 2lt!i Aug, IMS).
Along aliout IS'10 theso two turnpikes
had become a favorito route with many
travelers to the west from Bedford.
Aliout the 1st of January, lHT'd, A. J. Be
side A Slaymaker placed a fine lino of
stages on tho route bctwecu Philadelphia
A Pittsburgh, by way of Sunerset, which
wero largely patronized Issnuse, lsing
the shorter route, the journey consumed
less time.
Beforo tho era of railroads these roads
were great thoroughfares, Imth for travel
and Irallle.Jmt w hile they did not equal
tho National road in this respect, yet it
was no um-ommoii thing to see a half
dozen stage coaches at one time, all going
in the same direction, and as all produce
from the west and all merchandise for it
had to be hauled in w-agous, the roads
were at all times crowded with huge tsiv
ered wagons, drawn by four, six an
sometimes eight horses, all large, sleek
and well fed, ami at night dozens of these
teams might Is? seen at almost every one
of the w ayside taverns.
The late James Parson was at one time
engaged in this traffic and almost to the
end ol" his life kept one of these big cov
ered w agons and its team of big strong
aud well groomed horses.
The building of the Pennsylvania Bail
road and the Baltimore A Ohio Kail road
wro :ght a speedy and disastrous change
tothe fortunes of turnpike roads. Tho
long trains of coachist and wagons disap
peared from the roads, the inns and tav
ems were deserted, some of them entire'
ly alian.Ioned, and others becamo simply
farni houses, and scenes of bustle and
activity a forgotten dream. Of course
they died hard, but dr years a Ming!
stag.j coach passed over them daily each
way, but at last the travel did not sustain
even these, and they gave way to th
buck wagon.
With the disappearance of the trnllie
also disappeared the bills which made up
the revenues of the road aud they speed
ly fell into bad repair. For years their
owners struggled to maintain them in
Home sort of repair, but finally ahaud
oned them and they have liecomu town
bhiii roads. This t.x.k place alsiut the
year lsMl, yet, it must lie said for them
and their owners, that despite the clam
or of the public, they were still, as :
whole, the lM.-st roads in tho county, and
even to-day there are few, if any, of our
cottutr roads that are better than arc
these old turnpikes.
NoTK. We h ive n.it li n utile to ascertain
the il.iti-s i:t which the stoyestown A llctlloid
ami tiie sijoy.iowii a tir.-eiihiir Turnpists
were aiuiiiii.nl. -.1.
For ilieeii.l ol the Somerset Jk Moint
ant JHc, see the plait k loat article, loK.iu
iiig.
f the great roads to the east there yet
remains something to say of tho old Piku
Is-twcen Somerset and Cumlicrhind, and
its suooessor, the Plank load.
This had huun prepared as a separate
article, but we have decided to insert
hero. KliiTolt
THK I'l.AXK ItOAK.
Ill the year ivy was granted a charter
for the Somerset A CuinU'rhtn.l Turn
piket'o. The commissioners were Chas.
Ogle, George Chonicmiiug, Frederick
Gehhart, George Weller, Jacob G. Miller,
John Bniliakcr, Jacob Kennell, James
Piatt and Henry Fuller. The patent was
to issue w hen twenty or more persons
w ould suliscribe two hundred shares of
thest'X-k. The road was to lie not bsot
than 4d feet and not over liAy fs: t wid
and a twenty foot bed. It was to le two
fiH t high in the center, w i ll dilchisi aud
to he oolistrticttsl of substantial material.
wood, gravel, stone, slate or tithcr hard
miljsianci.
Tho rKtd wasspeetlily constructeil and
passed from Hiuierset thmugh Berlin
and Wellersburg, reaching the National
road at a point aliout three miles west of
CumUirland. The road had the usual
fortune of such Improvements.
Along alsiitt lViil many ptroplo t.x.k to
the notion that the making of good roads
by macadamizing them w ith stone was
in some way or other a mistake; that
the proper thing to do was to lay them
with plank, thus securing a solid, smooth
roadway.
Peoplo seemed to have run wild on the
mutter. Lumber was plentiful aud cheap.
It was Isilng hauled from Greenville to
Cumberland, a distance of aliout twenty
miles, nn. r sold thero for a dollar or less
per hundred, for strictly first class pine
stuff. Why not use it in making a first
class road.
It was proposed to convert the entire
road from Cuinlierlaud lo West Newton
Into a plank road. General Thomas
Siiriver, of Cumlierlaiid, liecame inter
ested in it and took the pr.iJi-.-t u p and
I nm).-ted it so successfully that it was a go,
and people along its line tuuibie.1 to it.
Among a lot of other plank road legis
lation a sort of an omnibus bill of the
session of l.s. there was a section for
the incoris.raiion of the Wellersburg A
West Xewton Plank Koad Co., w ith Jo
seph Marklc, John Bansold, J. is. W.
Jones, Henry Baker, Bavid .avail, A
J. Ogle, Isaac Ankeny, John Bruliaker,
Daniel hep ley, George Kliiigauian, Jas,
(iardner, Jn.i. C. l'ln miner, Kudolplt
Bisise, J. It. Breuliaiii, '1 hos. Bcuford,
Solomon Baer, M. A. Saiiuer. Henry Lit
tle, Win. Colvin, C. P. Markle, Wm
Hitchman, Ir. John Cover aud Samuel
Philsou, or any five of them, as incorpo
rator. There were to !h 4,(HO shares of
23 each. The road to 1st commenced in
three years and completed in four. It
was to lie on the lied of tho present road
ironi vt ellersbttrg to vl est Acwton or
otherwise.
The ten old turnpike companies still
held their franchises, aud of course had
tho route. Tho question was how to
dispose and get rid of them.
There were smart people in those days
as well as in theso later days of ours.
There always arc such and the promoters
of this scheme were equal to the occasion.
Bike some people, these turnpike compa
nies had managed to get into debt, aud a
section was put into the law allow ing any
one they happened to owe anything to
get judgment ami have them sold out by
the sheriff, and we presume thin was
done at any rate they were made give
way and the Plank Koad wtis sjieedi y
built. As a general thing the plank were
pnjy about eight or nine feet long; wcrp
laid close together on the ground, a level
lied having lteen prepared for them. Of
course it made a good road fir the Cine
being, but it soon wore ottL It wi s little
more than a tdngle trae'i at most places.
and the u h. -els of all wagons having to
run pretty mtt.-h at the sttm-3 place, the
plank wore linn, and the.i some wore
away faster than their fel!ow s:nd it
speedily liecame a very rough road, as
any ono w ho ever drove over it can still
testify.
The plank in the -middle were still
pretty good aud it tlteit liecame tho lash-
ion, w henever it was p issibl ; to do so, to
drive with one wheel in tin middle of
the road ard the oilier ou s tl the end oi
the p'ank, this prolonged the life of th"
road for ma ty jct.s.
di
Hintmcnt and it never brought, iu
enough, in tho way of tills, to keep it in
anything like decent repair.
Yet us Johnstown on the north and
CuiiiiM-rl.iud on the east were tiie ouly
two railroad )oints that the people of
Somerset county could reach, this road
enjoyed a considerable local trallic,
w hich continued up to the time of tho
completion of the Pittsburgh A Conin lls
ville Bailroad in lsTI. But after that its
existein-e waa a very sickly ono and it
was in a very few years aban loiied along
with the other township roads.
Altogether the Slate of Pennsylvania
at one time owned turnpike stock to tho
amount of S2,'!l3,!i!s mi, which would rep
resent the amount of aid given these en
terprises of course, it whs scattered all
over the State. Tho State realized but
little from the investment in a direct
manlier, yet, when their effect on the
development of the natural resource of
the State and the increase valuation
brought to lands by g.ssl roads of any
kind are considered, it was a paying in
vestment. W. II. W.
"I am an old soldier of the Bcla-llion.
A year ago 1 was iu I icil oil w inter with
chronic rheumatism. Three doctors fail
ed to give mo relict Two bottles of Bur
dock Blissl Bitters put me on my feet.
It is worth its weight in gold." W. B.
Kuapp, Litchfield, Hillsdaie Co., Mich.
A Berks county. Pa., grand jury was
forbidden by Judge Krmeutrout to dine
with the almshouse steward when they
went to investigate the institution.
Paint cracks it
often casts more to prepare a
house for repainting that has been
painted in the first place with cheap
ready-mixed paints, than it would
to have painted it twice with strict
ly pure white lead, ground ia pure
linseed oil.
Strictly Pure
White Lead
forms a permanent base for repaint
iiur and never has to be burned or
scraped off on account of scalir.o;
or cracking. It is always smooth
and clean. To be sure of getting
strictly pure white Kad, purchase
any of the following brands:
"Armstrong & JIcKelvy,'
' Bcymer-Baumaji,"
"Da vis-Clambers,"
"rfilulestock,,,
Fr.R Cv ens. Katienal 1 Ll Co s fere
TA":i-!e Li.i.1 ' .i.t-i.K Colors, a oiioound can
f.t i ivt"i-i-.l s ami trex vouteAa
;.:i ;!. Sii-.-r l:;i.c ?,:i! utim.x -.ii.'t- in niuL ht.:g
,-!i.. ks. and ms.ac-i Im ii-.si ja.ut ll.jt it is
;.. ml .hi wo.d.
s.-,:-i us a jwlut i aril and yd mir fM.k oa
un.l -f. ,i-r.rd. Iicv; ll w:ll .iotabi .vc
).u aK'M-! uu.: -lis-; rv
N.UIt.N.U. LI-AD CO. Nor V. t:.
! !:! nr.; I'-co:. h.
f'.t-mu.Il N.it liii: l"y.l.!:l.(t. Pitlsliuic.
TOJ UNIVr-fSlTY.
rn lipiiuar' nl llnal ix:if)ifnutliw for n
liMHf U 11m- Kn-liriiHti a'Ml Hj.liiniMr
v -i'S in nil l-j;r! titt'Hi", ui!lr t!i itusiiiiT
i tli lrini-4ttiii lult or Vi t4 j-n IH iui-. Uu
m:t. will l" ht-l.t iu ritttMirt lu.t ai th
Central Board of Education,
16 MARKET STREET,
U-v'iruiioc I liijrv l:t, Jin' 1 !Ui, m it A. f
mitt coitUiiuhi lltiotiii tin alt rnu i I r-
Uity.
TIh- P.-in"t.i 4 'lull !! n prHf f rJ'i.M)
to tin :itittilal -.ivini; tht lust t-Nuiuia.M-r.oii
for thi -i:iiifiiiK b ri'slniian a
ulU iifHtii iit:iiriiuhitiri in (tfiul tr.
A'lM ;(iitri hotl(li Im ri.l to, ai.ti r ut
tli!itiii.t iiHoriiialLttt, :ttMrs
Jii-KJ'il K. lil.'KKKY. Sv. :.irv.
lIoiiu Nt.;i tVtU r.tl !JinMinr.
I'iifburL'. Ta-
rt)R saieIdrrent!
The "Somerset Hous
V- 4
Somerset, I .-.. w or He- l-ir-st mul Ih-i
'oanlry Hotel in Vi-ierii l'eiiii-.vlvaiii:i.
Tlin-sstoi-y lh.k l.tilt.lin, Kity Im-.I pniims.
larv. 'eraii.liili tend lieiiutiful la'.vn. jir.-
i.ial.!i', turriitpi- li.itiM-, is- hous-. t-te. II
Somerset H.mse u.ts oi-uel lust siie,-n
vnin, iikii ainl alway eujoveil no eovia
i.le reiutatl:i nml u si!i-ii-II. tilrn;.'.-
i!l l- m.m on eusy t mis. rur liirtlier iar-
lleulank, mil on oraii.ir.-Mi
tiK. II. Ft t I.U Atly.
Soiiiersi-t. I'a
A1
ihtoU's Norit i:
Tile Ululer-illlK .1 Il lVillL.' ln-,-11 :iii..illl. I
auititor lv ti- Ori.luors t'.Mirt of s mi.-rs.-t
isiniitv, I'a.. to iti-tril.ule Hie faints in Hi
hail. Is or Henry r . lu ll, a.lriiiiilsiiat'.r ol
i;.vi.l Hifluitnl. il-v'.l.. lierel.y eives not i. n
ll.at lie .11 all. nU lo tne tlntles of ko-I ns-
l.liiliii. nl. :.l the olli.-t- of oliM.rn -V ( .iliH.ni
in s,.rn,-rs,-t UintU-jli. on W,iiiies.i.i. Ju!y l.i.
ls.. h lien ami n m re ui p--r.-n.ns in!. r. -I.l
can atl.-oii.
A. J. 1 ol.ttottN,
Au litor.
J" Kt:.L XOTK K
llanrj
M
Kerkley t In tli-
t'olll t of "oli
v. I
lltt.ll n.-te 111 Sh.Ii
Jaiiii-s Ansa-li, Kr.st i ers-ie.niiiy.l-n.
J. Aii-(cj. Ii, Siitiui.-I ) No. I, s. pi. T. w
S:.yl.r. Siiminoiis In l'ar!.;:..n.
.v tMtnt.sKT mr.XTV, -
Tff i'tnt:ifiwtlth id --oi-i.-'i-'in.-r tit tlif
Shmrf nf Mitilt r mufti, tirf-llttt: Yml nr.-
In r. l.y eoiiitiuoiilisl luat y.-il suiuinoii i.ii.i.
AuKieli. Kreili-riek J. Aiisprt.-li. Min i M. Sa;
lor, late of vniireountv, to Is- ami :-ar 1-
f.ire our Jiil.-s nl sMii.-rw.-t. at our C.Hirt of
l'illllll4.ll l'l.-;is, there to Ih- hel-l lorsti-t e.iuil-
ly. on Ihe seisit4. M.nilay of Auii! next, to
uusw. r Ifarvev M. Ib-rkley of a IiL-.i, where
fore. m-lH-rras, the sni.l Harvev M. l!-rkle)
an.l the sai.l Jame Ain.iaeli. K-e.i.-riek .1
Ahsu-ieh. nml S:. niiitl M. S;,vor lie;elheriiinl
unitivl.l.-,! ii lioM ull Hie stout., eisil, iron or-.
l.issilii, hinetoueaul all oilier itnneRiIs and
mineral siititants-s. Ivin tn. tiniler anil sn-
1uiiisJ wiihin the tme! of Uiml or irin in
s-iiiiimtl ttmnshtp, smiii-rmt county, t"i.
es-pt the Itiiii-sUtne turner one lu-n. e.ni.
vi-y. d 7Ui May, IV, liy 1;. ll. Johnson, et. nl.,
In John J. KlUe. eU ill', ims- Ik-ei! Ke-or.l. Vol
ii)ri" ".( ll"- surfae.-of whieh larm S. M.
Savior now own, an.l him in whieh he now
rt-siiie. H'tioiiumr lan.ls of William Say!r,
l onni.l r.nehiiiHii, t'vrii-. Hosi.-tl.-r, Kh.-is
ViHl.-r. I'umlierlan.l A Klii I.iek l'a:l t'oliil-i
ny, et. al., eoiit.-.osimr IWtrnn anil -n li-
es, more or less. ttli the npi-Hll. naiiiss.
they the Kil l llirv.-y M. ll-rkley. Jam
AllsKieh. Kl-lellek J. Allslntell all.t Klllll!
M. Savior, partition thensif h.-tw.-en th.-ni as
e4iniin lo liie 'nwttaii.t eiisnnns of the C.tii-
inotiwtitllh of retiusv Ivania. t.i In- m:n!,
r:liisi v mi'l th. s:ime li In .lone, lo ii.i i-r-
mil. ntiiiisilv an.l aLraiil the same laws an.l
enstoms as it is kii.I. An.l ti:ivi- you tin n
tliere this writ.
Wilmsi il.e lloiioralile.1. II. Urn
'-- etieek.-r. rn-snlrnl .ln.!- of .-s.i.l
IsmalI oiirt lit Someis..-!. this .ill l:iy of
s. - June. In tiie viiir t.f our l.nl o.ie
thousanil eiulit hunilr. il anil
liuiel v-live.
F. I. SAYI.OK.
I'lolhoiiot.-trv.
I lierel.v i-eriifv liial tliealH.ve is a Inn-ami
correet oipv il ilie original uiiiiiions.
.-t.tf.l.l. ll.u.-t.-I
Slierilf
Stenger's.
Great Preparations We Have Mide
for T!ii3 Warm Spell.
Fort v iiifft-s nmro new assorted t)r-
tnuiiiii-s nml liiniitii-s at only in-.
Now Jat-oin-ts, Now llatisto. Now
I'D-jMins, at M, !'-, 1-1 ami is i-onts.
Sea Island Zephyr.
For cliiMrcn, notliinirso tluraMo as a
S-a Isl.iml Zoiliyr tiinirliam. Wo
liuvo tltolil in briiilit I'lai.N, Sootcli
riaiils ami notit t'hot ks. Colors aro
"fast, l'rito only An-isjiial tn
tiality l tno liiilMirii-ii riiigiiuiu tiiut
costs tlotililo tlit nioiu-y.
For Ladies' Waists.
The now fails aro tin solM stri.s
l.laik nml wliito, Mile ami wliito,
junk nml wliito, rtsl ami wliito. We
liiivu thorn all.
Chatties.
50 niooon on ntsl new this wook, lilit
ami dark grouinl, at 4 ami 5 eonts.
9 4 Brown Sheeting,
jTJo-t value we have shown this sva
Kii at 1 -.'..'.
Wool Dress Goods.
Some pxxl values shown in eri'i'
foet, at 121, 1 and lt oiMits.
of-
MAIN
STREET.
Financially tho riad proved a
JOHN
STEIE8
iohnstown,
Pa.
Facts About
FURNITURE
Wo i-m in form tho tnulo nn-1 pnMio nt
larj;" that wo have oo:i:o out ti-tori-ous
in nor deal Willi tin: furniture
iiiaiinfai-tiiri-rs of Mieliij,-m. Wo got
nil wo siskod f..r in thu may .f Iar
tins, eoiisisii)-nt !y all wo PX'x-eti-.l,
what morotlo we want? We only want
tho trailo to know that our lino is let
ter in o ory rs ins t now than over ln
fore and that we arc Ui"!f to ooiitin
neslling Furniture on a very low
losis.
$25 and $23.00 will litty a soli.l
Oak Suit for th lisl room, oontainini;
his pioot-M, made and tiubdtotl in the
very latost xtyk-s.
$18 and $20.00 takes from our floor
a nice suit, either in Antique or Im
itation Walnut linislu
$23 and $30.00 pity for a nieeovor
HtiilVed or wood-frame suit for the par
lor, upholstered in liroeatille, Silk,
Tajicstry and I'iusti.
$15 and $20.00 takes one of the
hame style suits upholstered in Tap
estry. $1.30, $1.90, $2.00. Ni-e K'sl Itoek
ers Villi eenliiry linilj very orna
mental for the porch.
$9 and $15.00 buys a solid Oak Side
board. C. H.
606 Main Cross Street,
Somerset, - Pa.
Mrs. a7iT UHL
Having comiileted the repairs ami
the onlaroinciit of
My : :
Store
liy annexing tiie afljuit.ing ro)in-,
formerly occujiicl by Mr. Frank
Sliivlcr, 1 atn now fittliig it tip
with
NEW GOODS
and will be aMe to much better
eorve inv fiiend.-t tlian heretofore.
: My toek :
: will comprise :
: . : a complete : :
Dry Goods Store,
A complete - - -
LADIES'
FL'RNISIIINd
GOOD.-; STORE
AnJ a complete - -
MIL.MXKUY
STORE. - - - '
Ladies' and Children's
WRAPS,
-Axn-
Children's Outfit
A specialty.
Mrs. .
A. E. UHL
IF YOU ARE DEAD
Ihni't wake no on inv areouut. I'.nt if
you are live Msile an-l we li-ive not
iloiieaii.v lots in. : i with yon, then yoo
have one ftiot In llierave.
GET OUT
of your old time ways.
WAKE UP
an.l s,nie
lion.
to the Centennial I Vidua-
GO AROUND
Hint nt all Ihe stores.
LOOK AT
wliat other store keep for sale.
SEE THE ONES
who are iloiu; the biiin.s of the
eily.
DROIN
with the rrowit at ltaer'n More. Imjr
yottr rroo.ls, nave money fnmi thy
tiiuim-bil Krave your Ktore-keeier Ih
di;rt;int; for you.
DON'T DIE of mortification
wen ri nt; out of ilaU' k''xhIi. Imn'i want
for un article. You ran always set
just wlut you want In
Gentlemen's : Furnishings
AT-
Jonas L. Baer'
S
THE HUSTLER.
COFFROTH
ar Load Vehicles
Just ariivfl, the fm.'.-t a.'iJ most coii.p'ete line of Uu.i,.
riiucton.s Spring Wagon.", Spitnlle Wagotw ami I.,g (;;,,.., 'j '.
lave vihi; led with fipriiig-t of every (l.i-rii i.,:,,
and at pi iecs lower than ever befur"
heanl of
Brewster Side-Bar Spring.
coil ;;
Concord - - - -
Dexter Queen - -American
Queen
Ferry Queen - -
Ami the improved Kal spring, thec-t .spring ever u-.-il t...
A fine lot of Double and Single irarnes.s, Sail J!. -, l;, ;.;;. .
Duster?, Whii, etc. Have a full line of
;fa.:rm:
Heavy
Call and sec the greatest display of Vehicles in
to-ilar at
E. L.
IMMKNSK
Patriot St., - -
The New Capello Rance.
WE fell the NEW CAI'KLLU IiAXGE, guaranteed th.- In -
Uutigi; of itd cla.s.s on the market. It ha.s very htrge an-i
en.-, heavy grates, linings and tops. JJaking an 1 IJu.-tii;
the I.ighr.st as thousands of ddily uscri can testify. I:" ,
the Lost hiiv a
: : ALSO A FULL LINK OF : :
GRANITE, COPPER & TINWARE
Milk Caim Fcrecn Doors and Windows, lee Cream Freezers. o;i -
fliis'iliiie Stoves. Call
QUEENS
ltv i j i
''t 5Sl ' s.,- .J!J.1 ri- . . , -
i -V-. ke. i r an :!l 'i e. ,rv ,.-1., .
Jtj',J' '!"' f'2 IV-ir'jC ' I ci-n 1-ul;. raa.i j..-n.vt r.ii.-.-s.
C''-" aii.W'iRiilit.v.
r 'V! M.-Ie in -ili -rl. s:ui.l It , ;
i.-isJji' "" 1 xslft f suit iiu: t!i-.- lt..t -tit;e:il ai a i.l.i- r..
JA1IES 15. IIOLDEItBAUM, Somerset. Pi
Great Inducements.
.Goods reduced in price in every line
Dry Goods, Carpets, Oil Cloths, Lace Curtain
Ladies Coats, &c. Xow is the time to buy t
save moncvand iret somethinir irood.
C-JAMES
CLINTON STREET.
& B.
EASY.
NOTHING WORE SO--b" t.
writ-. a!ii luiw ;iiit M o to wait n!y ioiix
tuHtch dr i:r or.it r l ntrii u ai in it
tnrii'-.l tiy4i ari'i yu'II tiuvo a itRiflitii!
tlt'tllnVHNTrUtlt!! Ih-w ii sAvr CASH " v
fry iiiu it' Ury itihmN iui..(;t ui! tyl-
tiinl n -I witii'li. in tli-;iu-'ri .it- .i a y.-ar's
iMiyiuc will -natMitil t :iar? ul!i-i iit, t
h(Miiti !tiy. to pay YOU 1 1 ti-4 kiivv:i
Itatiti- iiiaiiiTi-i an,! It-- ai I.- t.t tt tr.iin i
ry ns is a !; tutr lfair lny ir.s-r"
tin until r tt Mt'iiiim fr -,iiii-s ln:u
tin rt-at purcluAM. of
TEN THOUSAND YARDS
CORDED WASH SILKS.
colors iia-lu-litii: pin. luvi-n-ilrr,
r. vU 41 n nts th uiial vain. '1 his
umi-ttil turn in tr.nlc ivi-s tfi-ni !o us to
s lit a yard.
Sfi!l aiio(h-r lot WAH SLMS. si:r)riiu4
wr h, and will uo out Lit at ruts u yard,
FINE. FANCY TAFFETA SILKS-
! your linirT on Ui m tnv ytxi'li It'
4ivi-rhov im:r!i lnorv ili.yrt wurtti th;tu
I'rift.- iiiduMt"s 4) t'i uLs a yrd.
Yi !i -.iioal.l invt-i";.' !tt th B'ACKSUK
iU-tiiHi ar -t.itt d i : : ai stort. i r n -.i.!i
Ur Mark .-iIUn. :. ;t.; ul.i.it i v. ry .ir.!nU of
any it-!-t-iif ion U o.h H;iv. with ll;t'k
ttiisiil r.-i;e Hi), lluil
a:
li( to ;.;.ojt js-r anl.
T.i:M color tin.! i;
"t ; 1 1 1 :.' nt v.ii:
nt 1 4'i::s a var l.
lit r, ;-.Mt V.o!
i-s, :;4 ;o.s inrtu-:
Sirtiiis
wi !r. ui:
CRCPCN CTFCCT SO 1TI N iS, CHOICC COL"
oRS.
Navy. lnmn. Mark. -oMit lrwn, rvs.tla
niolr, lii:!it ; ii, n. i : W hmu ?-- in l
s .Ah- vo4n!- :.) rc:it a varl.
57-INCH WOOL S'JITINGS.
Nml tiiixttir
iittw to :
:, t v a yan!.
WASH GOODS.
M.i.t tHttin if-il, aril-'ii- :-.i).l l--l :i-i..r;iiu--il.-
w.-'m- t-v.-r 1-r.iiiltl i-ri-.-tiit-r--'! a -i!l r.iiilr
li - ! I. II i ti.il'! - ri.- r.-r vilnp'.-. ..f
-r. K." -i in. li.t u i.K-, Ij- .t i-.. .!..
iiiii-l-i -arti--ii4- yt-liow-. 'ti hu-h.- w l-Jirt.
CORDED DIMITIES,
Whitt f rou mis Willi tlainf y l.tiis iti l!iii
pink ainl lUt4k -luii ard wuUv 10 rts a yard.
Thousands of ititt-fH vr" ii'v wash matt-rial
ot this si-M)ti imtltutii tt lti-t,
with iri4-.' ruiit'.ct to I. ik i a vard.
BOGGS & BUHL,
Allegheny, Pa.
PENNSYLVANIA
COLLEGE kr WOMEN.
PITTSBURG. PA.
Tw.-niy-llli Annual Si.m Ix-'hi-. s. iv.
t iiitn r is, !.. Uvsitioti Uuiilifiil A li.i.lt In
fill. Suh n..r 'irt iiiiiii.- ittt-rvl in vwry
ili iwnini-iit. A.l.iri-x,
MISS R. JENNIE DE VORE. Pres.
MITEMME8;
uin to h 11 a
Choic I i a
nf Nur-K-ry s cannot ni.ik.- you rich
In it in.iii'h lui . in tfw v. hi stud rr.Dlo-
manluntl will pay you weil for it. iuir ihUvs
ctm-KMi.l witli the tin:.-. Vriu Tor i.-mw
mi 1 t- rr.L.rv t.
THE HAWKS NtJFSERY CO.,
VcMtsTct. N. Y
wagok
or
Light.
vji:ier.- t C
WAHKKOOMS,
- - Somerset, Pa
:ind sec us.
Respectfully,
SIMPSON'
P. A. SCHELL
SOME
RSET,
PA
There is
a Reason.
none errrea-FEw as good.
QUINNr-
-JOHNSTOWN P
Shaver
has
Them
THE NEW STYLES IN SHOE!
. . Novelties in . .
EASTER . . .
: GOODS
OXFORDS, TANS,
PATENT LEATHERS. Etc
XJO nutter what may !
' aliout Footwear, my lint:
invito your audition, ln.-i"-I'a?cd
no:i t!:e treml of c'"n
fort. with fjnalitio- l.ij'i ar.:
yrWi low, and Ui'-TO-PATi!
?TYLE5.
A very nice line of I-ailics" S'-1'
in all Strict at ' '. ''
iSutcesor to Sl,ier L G.vt.
703 MAIN CROSS ST..
Somerset, - - P:
CHAUTAUQU;
Nursery Co.
Offer Liberal Terms to Ager'
Salary and iM'ii'i or rotin: :-."
i;rad slot k at Utw tru-i-?. ' ' -l-v'-'
iSttl Htato-!. fit.
Men Wanted
In rvcry t.ivn
Stt-.i.ly .irk. I'i "
..liti-v
H B-WILLIAMS. Sm'j,
PORTLAND "
STEEL ROOFING
and SIDINC.
tSnaJarsk' Pmtrt.)
Lightning:, Firs and Storm P
Sen j f..r
rubtlicce
The I'm Ir ttnt
lu.t ll',
WEHAVENOACENJS
bill sn. (jj-
h 1
""J"J-VrT'''
..rnw
SHAYEE
K. S39.