The Somerset herald. (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, July 03, 1895, Image 3

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Somerset Herald
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July 5, IS35.
rr-srr COTTSTY SSOLDIEES TS THE
51 EEV0LUTI05.
,,f H:in!;'r Hill ws flight
Ti...
- j775 an J within ten days af-
,,ft!i lflttle rwicliixl Innsyl-
t!l
, . .-.t ritlc lultallinn was roa?v
ki lil( I'ol. William Thomp-
, ir;jl.'. was jilavo-1 in mnimand,
" ' i-1 lie c.g'-it r i.n.uiifs (Minimising
.'jilli' ii. ""' WH! recruited i:i xvhiit
'" , S':ncict i-nuiity, uii.ler Captain
jV'jr.l llr.n, 'i resiled in the
' .' '...rh.ixi f farm in
"',.r,vk t.v.vii'hip.) Among the
',. u-r f t'ai't- rr n's company we
111
.; ii.itno- 'f llctiry Armstrong,
, j;ir..;:u'. S.li:n ti l'.rown, John
i,:tv. AK'x::!'!-,r l.ik(, Jarot
li ii..-"i Henry. Ko'.it-rt Hustoii,Sol-
H -r
!....:
I ir-!iili. I'li'ii'i Mcluwrc, John
.::i"i
, William Moore. Tobias Pen
"""r' - '.- . 1
i f .! KUsli, .aiiiniiifi .-s.,tCt i
r' !.;ii'k-, Thoinas Stanton, t'apt.
i;r,.w ii ..in!'--"1? t,,lk l,Hrt 5u tattle
j l u uUud, Trenton and Princeton
n -mained iti the crvi. until the
'l,.of the war. As near as can be ms
''rl.ljI,l,,iilyafew .f the survivors of
!.e!-..!ni:ii!y returned to Somerset cuun
,v i::!i- , !. 'fthear.
oil. r Somerset To. pioneers hoMv
ei in U" revolutionary war were Abra-li-4iii
Kni-ii- I.eiijainin Jennings, Kutx-rt
V -i;,.ni.'. Ueiijaniin Burd, James Hol
Njuiila White, Joseph McKettRie,
"'iiiy Sullivan, Philip ltcechy, John
jY! m.i"i!, ierge Uruner, Thomas C'un
J,;,.,,,!. M.itthias Judy, Michael Miller,
iua!' ! S'.i'.v. Solvmon Walker, Alexander
Wu-'ii.ai'd a few others who were iiicm-i.-rs
:" Westmoreland county conipa-
V.-i-r.lins to the sixth census the resi
' ! -.t s.'iut 'et comity who were thou
... -n j-tiion for services! perform
i .inriiig the revolutionary aud Indian
:lxi re :is follows; Allegheny toxvn
.:, . (-rri' Uurehart and lieorge 1'latz;
l;r.'ii -rva.ey township, John Ixx ry;
sU;,.i, i.-wiiship, Christopher Iturket;
i'.l::i:i' iisiiil. Ivi-.l Livingston; Mi.l
,i tri A k t" r.sliii'. Christian Kit-e, Peter
U-iii-yaiid William Critehtield; Soath
:i:;; I"" nship, Peter Troutnian; Tur
l,v;,.t t'U nship, Peter iary, tieorge
l..':tr, i;iij:iiiiiu Jennings aI'd JaiNl
i: -i-ii.
T:u naiiiej. of the revolutionary soldiers
uii.-.i.i-d and were buried in the Turkey
! i n-i-'ii :ire Jai-o'u Kush, l:ver Irake,
,,..-!i:ia llir l. James Moon, ticorge
r. K ' i". t'oilKTii, Cap!. Benjamin Jeti
i u-. .' i.'i MeNair. Oliver Kriend, Capt.
J , r V,-!k;iT and Janie. Kilput'h'ii.
Ti,. :m.s'.'' white inhabitants iK-twwa is
;n ! j'ears of aye, in the Uiwnships
v i e:,ii.ra-i-d s,i:nerset ni:iity in 17s
r- I-.r ..;!iersa;iey. Milford, I'M;
u Hin'. Tiirke.vfoot !U.
fSTV IN Til K V.U
OF
i:2-iv
" s :if:.-r the ie,-laratioii of war
a; 'Jreat li.-ilaia in Jsii, reruit:ng
; .r : liers i. take tlie field was eom-i.i.-:i.-
-i in tiii- ei.unty and as a result two
n.:ii:iN' - were organized aud niarehej
tiT ;:u'.i the wilderness to the Canadian
fr Mier. w iiere they performed ellieient
f- ri'- -s. Capt. Krederiek HoiPs otnipa
r.v a- :i:u.-!i 1 to the Fifth battailion,
...!! 1 1 i-ta -'.niieiit, Pennsylvania mili
ti i. u:. i. r eommand of Brigadier iiener
; :; li ir i Crooks: the pay roll of Capt.
if iiP-o uij.iiiy e .itttaiued the follow ing
r.j::i
Captain, Frederick II :f.
i... :it -iia!il, Peter Huston.
K..s;c:i. Jacob Savior.
S.-rtfe:i;it., William C,r)!ier, William
M liiiiis. Henry Tanllinger and Jaivb
( .-.ils. ?laihias Swi'u-hart, William
.:is. Jii'xii Fields ami John Fox.
h: u:n Major, John I.inL
Prix ates: Wiiliani ;rulKT, John
Kr t.-r. l.ex i !d!ie, Valentine H.tupt,
J 1. raft, J.ib Cover. Arthur Nelson.
Ja-.s.b ..;. lor. Thou.as Faith. ;eorge Keu-iii-
ly. S.iKiiii l J.mes, Ja li Serley, Hen
ry i.rjv, Samuel 'Jray, Hush ianet.
A i .m Sny.l t, Philip Xedroxv, Peter
N- ir ox. Andrew Hipsher, John Cramer.
J 'tui Sterne;, Michael I.ingafelter, John
l! ii;.t. Jaiiu-s Pennel, Havid Slahl, Ja-
Harf.'-lU Tobias J lins.n, ierge
W, John Wysong. John MeKnight,
J -In l'r;iry, J.sph Ikxli, John Cum
iii tis. ax i.l lloxvard. Alexander I. inn,
K i.::.!i Wrig'.it. Peter Henry and John
l'.i is.
Xilsli i; UoI.I. of l APr. JoN ATH AX
M!oAI" KIH.K CO.XIPANV.
n;tain. J.iiiaihau Khoads.
I.'.eat-iiaiil. Peter 1! i a in :u
l':iij;i. Philip Zimmerman.
I'rixati-s; Jaine Alexander. John
Alt vol-':, r. Wiliiam Alexander, Chris
t.a i I'.. rk y. Iianiel I'.ix-e-ker. Freder-I'.:.--.-.
k"r, ;e.Tge Barron, Jaejb
b..:::i' ra. k. Henry Brucker, Havid Iin
i.Hi;. John Iiu:iiug. J.iseph I'ininert,
W..i:.i:n Faith. Peter Fieck, Henry
Kl ::t. J.'hn l"r.wnizer. Peter Gardner,
J I !.:i ;..l,i. 'Jeorse Hess, Ihiniel Hor-
;t. ,, . H,,rner. pjvid Howard,
i'li.liji II itTman, Conrad Keiser. Henry
M.'..ler. Adam Mowser, Jaetib Khoads,
1-lu. 1'., '.titer. John S"se. 1'ax i 1 ShaxT-r,
Jj -.li s;1.M.majit.ri i;lvid Siiowman, Flol--r.
Saiiiey. Ja.-oli Sulu. Matthias Stern,
x"..:i.t.n Storm. Iavid Tomm, Frederick
W ." --it. ii-rge Youngmati and William
V.u.:?.l,r.
a;.o claimed that two other eni
! !!-were raisod in Somerset -ounly,
; -'. ii ' tin :;tion of them is made in the
"M uter K .IU ,f the w ar or lsltM.y
: 1 iin ler authority if the State.
v .:u rs. t c.iuuiy had only a few repre-
-M;i;.ns in ie Mexican War, of 147,
;-i'-' "f!n:n. Chirles A. Kimmel, of
v :-; s. ;. s.;i-,. kev, of Larimer, and
J N I'.,.- !. of Addison, aresiiil living.
- ,kti
IM V IN T1IK WAR OK TilK
r.t:r.i:;.i.i,i.
zr.at struggle for tiie presorva-
In ti,
f tht I'r.ioii, no-A here in the north
in ire patriot:-m and primptm-s.s
ax I iu sending forward men for
c iu the volunteer armies; of the
' ' "t it- s tha-i in the ret of S r.u-
'!:
" r j
I'i: t
i.'.'- reivrds show that the following
u :n:i.s, cnliste-1 from Somerset county:
r' I- B-g. Pa. Ib-s., C A.
' P.-.'. Pa. Vol., C.-s B.C. 1. 10. F.
' -'i l part of H.
' I! 2. Pa. Vol.. part of Co. I.
k lb-,'. Pa. Vol., Co. II. and part of
i .. K.
1-1 lleg. Pa. Vol., (VS p. and H,
!C1 U.hj. Vol., Co'sC. li. and F.
1" -st P... Pa. Vol., CoV F H. and K.
'-' II. U ItaUUioa Pa. VoL
ft--: , ss c.mpari::s inentionel
a'' t: re were many Somerset county
s .j. rs. v, ise record is eipially as
'-'.tf.it. aUhMgh tUey U loiiged to eoui
;. orauuoJ iu :her CMinties and in
'tiler stat.-x.
I'll sj-a- jHTtnit w e would endeavor
'' I' ll-.. h the names of ajj tj,c s.,iiiers't
'aiity h. r.,-. n ho ollere.! their lives in
'--fens,- of their country. They perform--1
ii.eir duty bravely and well' ami their
a.M.s a-.id deeds i 1 perpetuated un--
ttu- Litest generation.
Put an , nd to misery. Ioans Oint
':,,it ,'ure x1'-worst ease of Itching
Pi'cs there ever was, and do it almost
tis'ar.tly. Years or suflering relieved in
Miiglc night. ;c Inn" Ointment
.ri.sa T nir dealer.
Kuy ytmr fr,,m Mahlon
ls-i.r.x-k and save money.
J'-rCakw, j ies, Sandwiel, Ic Cold
,"?' 1-,","'',. I Cn-aui. lnanss
ra! Ses, Ixiuoua etc go to Pisel".
CtEUotial Caaec.
One of the enjoyable f.-,.turo8 of the
J "ijlei.Lial c-lebratiou will I a grand
"rim,. of lhv auJ .funMKjn anJ eve.
''X"f the 4ih andoth. Music will 1
Jiiiislied by the ctlebrate-1 c1k) Orch.es-
14.
A marterly mooting w ill 1 held at
l.i lity Church on next Sabbath. Hev.
J. Uariier, of South Fork, will officiate.
P- "a rpouter, the Pe!isc-re-k hotel
keopcr lias leon returned for x jointing
the liipuor law. Histase w ill eomc up
at the next term of court.
Miss Bertha M. O'Connor, of Jenner
township, and Mr. James F. S-ott, of
Vrsina, arc i member of t!ie graduating
class at the Indiana State Normal this
week.
Hoss f. Kininger, who recently grad
uated fmin the law department of the
I'niversily of Michigan, Ann Arlmr, lias
returned to bis home iu Stoyestown.
Hev. 1 It. T.oacom, of Allegheny, w ill
prea h in the M. IC Church next Sabbath
morning and evening. The holy com
munion will Ik? administered at the
c"ening service.
Mr. Isaac H. Xi- ely an-! Miss Annie
M. Crawford, both of Ligonier, were
married at the Hotel Vennear yesterday
afternoon, by Hev. II. McBride, of
the M. K. Chnrclu
Hon. "Archie" Camplx-il, editor of the
Wheeling Ititt-Hitf' im-r, and one or the
leading Republican of West Va., w ill lc
among the distinguished visitors who
will be in Someoset this w eek.
Hon. Iavi,l liayard, of Pittsburg, a
frequent and popular visitor iu this place
twenty years figo, has leen in town for
the past week and will witness the cen
tennial celebration.
The county jail is in exactly the same
condition in one respect as it was loo
years ago. It is w ithout a tenant. This
is the first time in many years that the
jatl has been without one or more prison
ers.
The CuuiU-rland, Md.. Concert Band,
have volunteered to come to Somerset on
the mortiiiigof the olh, w hen they will
give concerts in the public square in
lioth the afternoon and evening of that
dax-.
Miss Mable K. P.ristoxv, w ho has taught
school for the past two years in the N'exv
Brighton, Beaver county, schools, is
home on a visit to her parents Kev. and
M rs, T. J. Bristow. She has Iieen eb-ted
to teach in Nexv Brightou the ensuing
term.
Mr. Parker Trent, rc-ently dismissed
from the Post Oitiee Kepartment, in
Washington, on account of his objection
able iolitics, (Mr. Trent leing an ardent
lb-publican) ailer sjending a short time
at the home of his father in this place,
left ltsl week for Milwaukee, Wis.,
w here his brother Charles has secured
a lucrative position rT him.
m
At a meeting of the bcal Ministerial
Assiiation last Monday the following
olliccrs w ere elected for the ensuing year:
President. I lev. tJebhart. .f I-ava-.isville;
Vii-e President, Kev. T. J. Bristow; S.n
retaiy, Kev. llirain King; The next
regular meeting of the Association w ill
be held on the first Monday in St-ptem-Imt,
at 2 P. M., at the Lutheran Parsonage.
Major Alexander Stutzman, a former
prominent citizen of Somerset Urotigh,
but for the past year a resident of Salis
bury has Ini'ii in town for the past sever
al days and will remain until after the
centennial celebration. The Major's'
father J. J. Stiit.man was in his day
one of the foremost and able citizens ot
Somerset ciunty. In a future issue ofthe
H kkai.p will bepubiis!nil a brief biogra
phy of him written by I'r. T. F. Liven
good. Haiiicl Maust, of LiniMln toxvnship,
w ho is agent f .r the Page Woven Wire
Fence, stopped last Monday night at the
home of Samuel J. Miller, one mile south
of Meyers. lale. Some time during tin
night a thief stole his Ki.v coil spring
buggy. The vehicle is painted re 1; one
front wheel is siightiy damaged; the top
is patched, and the cushion and back are
leather. Mr. Maust's fence stretcher and
chains were in the buggy. rewaid is
otlVrtsi for the return of the ii'tgsy.
Mrs. Mary Col er, aged s! years, disl
on Thursday last at the homo of Kev.
Valentine Blongh, in Somerset toxvnship.
She was the widow of Samuel Co!h-.
who died a nunilKT of years ago. and the
mother or Henry and IUnkl CoU-r, who
died only a few days apart, at Berlin,
sex eral weeks since. The funeral took
place Saturday, when interment xvas
made in the Brethren cemetery, near
R.-rlin. The dts-eased was a life long
memlxTof the Brethren Church and was
lorn iu lirothersvalley toxvnship.
Miss F.va H. Bristoxv, who graduated
with honor in the South Western State
Normal, at California, Pa., last Thursday,
arrived home Friday. She brought with
her a diploma which authorize her to
teach in the public sch.ols of Pennsylva
nia for life. Mis Bristoxv has already
taught two terms in this State and xvill
undoubtedly occupy a high ixisition a a
teacher. The directors of Somerset coun
ty should not permit such a well quali
fied teacher to sevk employment else
where. Mr. F.lizaWth Horner, Telict of the
late Jacob Horner, died at the home of
her son Mr. Johu J. Horner, near Stant
on's Mill, Jenner toxvnship, Friday aT.er
noon. a;ed seventy-three years. Tiio
doivasod had lioen a widow for more than
twenty-live years. She was the mother
or eleven children, six ofwhom are living,
viz: Pavid, tit Jenner. Jacob H..orsioye-ti-.vn;
John J.. r Stanton's Mill; Hat
tie, of Johnstown; Lydia, wife of Frank
Kantner. of Somerset toxvnship; and
Susan, xvife of Kr. J. H. tiardner, of
Stox-estow n.
IM MosUiller. of St.mycreek toxvnship,
shoxx ed us a bible la-t week that had bct-n
the property of his great -grand-mother.
It was given Mr. Mostoller by his mother
w ho died ree-ntly at the adx am-ed age of
s years. The writing on the fly-leaf is
very indistinct but still sufliciently plain
to show the oxvner.s name and date, June
Z 171 Mr. Mostoller is under the im
pression that the b.ok was printed in
l-r. but th? art of printing xxa in a very
crude condition ut that early period and
il is hardly proKtble that the Issik was
printed earlier th in th? date xvritten iu it.
The st-i-tioi: of eo.nitry Wtween Scull
ton and Nexv Lexington was visited l y a
d"struclixe cyclone lt'tc-eil four and
live o c!
Sju-.lav afternoon.
storm lasted f-r about a half an hour,
during which time bail and rain descend
ed and the wind blew a perfect gal-J. The
large glass windows in merchant Henry's
store, and Herman Krcgar's resilience,
v.-ereall shattered. Trees were twisted
. X at the roots, and fences were scp.tter
.d in all direi-tions. The greatest dani
i.ge. how ex er, xx as done t. the grow ing
crops, oirn and oats were cut off l.y the
hail or laid rlat by the wind. A large
numU-rof valuable fruit tree were tle
mulished. Thest.rm was the m-st se
vere ever w itnesscl in that region.
Avolent storm passed over the coun
try live uiiles north of this place ietw cen
four and five o'clock Sunday aftern.Kin.
Services were in progress in the Caselieer
Lutheran Church, and whtn the storm
was at its height and the w indow s of the
building were rattling as though they
would fall in, many of the worshiper
liecame alarmeil and rushed from the
church. Jret excitement ensued for a
short time follow ing. In the fury of the
Honn trees wvre broken olf at their
trunks fences were scattered and the
sheds around the c hurch were swaying
to and fro a though they would lie swept
from their foundations by the next blast
of the tenpc. One large oak. to w hich
a valuable horse was hitched was torn
up by the roots and fell between three or
four teams hitched to an adjoining fence
without doing any damage, and strange
to say the horse hitched to the tree did
not break away. The storm did great
damage to growing crop in the Iteigh
borbood of the chutchr
LET TIE EAGLE SCREAM.
AH Arrangcaients for ht C intj Cen
tennial Perfected.
SOMEUirr FBE3E3TT3 A SPECTACLE 07
BEWILDESIHO BEAUTY.
It it Estimated That 20.000 People Will
Participate ia the Feitivilie.
Nothing but old Mr. Jupiter Pluvius
can prevent the centennial celebration
from lieing a gratifying sutfess, or can
deter from fifteen to twenty thousand
people from coming Somerset on the
4th of July to unite in rejoicing over th3
county's one hundredth anniversary.
Already hundreds of natives of the coun
ty who have taken up their residence in
other counties and states have arrived,
and every incoming train from now until
noon of the -1th will add to the crowd
already here. Advices fio:n Johnstoxvn,
a large per cent, of whose population is
ma le up of Somerset coumians, is that not
less than two thousand people will leave
there for Somerset on the excursion trains
on the morning of the 1th. Two of Johus
towns steam fire c impanies, th "cra.-'-c"
lietsl Band of that city aud a drum corps
w ill ainiinpany the delegation.
Meyersiiale and the south of the county
will turn out rn masse and if reports
reaching here call lie relied ujon only
enough Teople will remain at home to
guard the homes o the citizens. The
Meyersiiale Fire Company and Cornet
Band will take a prominent part in the
grand parade.
IMligent iTiijuiry among the people of
the county h:is failed to iiud a loyal citi
zen who w ill le absent from the comity
seal on the 1th, and thousands of them
xviil lie here t--uight, when the Johr.s
to,vn bicycle club will give a lantern pa
rade. Other attractions for this evening,
iu addition to the official program pub
lished last xveck, will lie a band oneort
by the Keed Band of Johnstown, in tii9
public stjuarc and a grand display of fire
works.
Til". IKi OKATtONs.
Kver since Monday morning daxvne.l
the ring of the hammer has titled the air
and th? result is now apparent in the
m.ist gorge-ms din-orations ever seen in
soiith-xveslern Pennsylvania. Tha cou;i
ty buildings have liet-n wrapped in bunt
ing and ornamented with flags and Jap
anese lanterns. The public. s,j.iare h:n
been eiinxei ted into a bower of ln-auty.
The space ti-.trrounding the foimtain has
been s id le i and planted with graceful
fern. An ornamental fence surrounds
the en -losure, Th-3 fountain xxill send
up it-: sprays of soai kli:ig water through
out tha day and at night will bo iUumi
nated by i! ired elc.-tri.' liht rells.-ling
all the isilors .if the r.iinlhi.v. The f.mn
t tin is the ingenious work of our two tal
ented young townsmen, Messrs. P. A.
Sehell and ibviigc- ICr. bs, who were ably
assisted i:i tii.-ir e:V;ils by S;re.'t C im
inissloiier Cunuing'.iaiii. The approach-
cs t i the square fro::i
ea.t and wvt
are inarktsl by huge k y stones siispcn,!
ed a'o n e thu centre of the i street, mid on
which th' tigims 1" ii-ls r, a;cie.;r in rais
ed it-tier. ;r.. -ei.ii fest :n of b.m.iug
and ever-grec-ns are i.mpe.l up from all
directions, while '"old iIory" Moats from
stalls erected in the dinVreiii cji-i.-'-s. A
substantial stand, capable of senMng :'))
or 4-" peixple ha been crc-ted in the
south-east corner, from which ag-d cili-zi-ns
of tli.' county an 1 invited guests
will viexv the parade.
The merchant h ivi- practically suspend
ed bnsim -s for -veral days, hax ing dis
posed of ail their hu ge s.ock of bunting
they turned their attention to orna
iiientin; their store. ail 1 homes, and as a
re-nit of their e.firts the business portion
of the t ixx n : a glittering i.ias of every
thing tiiat goes to make up out -door deco
ration. The serx ice of proi",s,sioiiul
d-i.-or.i'or l.'axo been called in and their
ar.i-tie work iias had much to do towards
bcautifx-big the t .x. u.
Four .-ii-.is-.ivrt avU-. s:lst,.J!(.ti.l l:y
Mr. liii-'ii ir l Snydi'r, span the i-t'reets
!.;. ling to tlie puii'.io s j iare. They are
of a high order of a; hiiI call firth un
biunded a Imiratiou from all who viexv
liielll.
"Frosty Soaj of Tiniid'r."
II -cry II ill in Pittslmn: Tii.ie.
From among the "Frosty Sons of
Thunder" have gone forth men who have
in:i. le not only Somerset ooti'ity, but
Pennsylvania famous. The Ogles were a
distinguished family. Alexander gle
served in both branches of the legislature
and once in Congress. His son, Charles
Ogle, xvas four year in Congress and had
been elect t-d for a third term just before
his death in HI. He xvas the great Whig'
loader in Somerset, and his lalra in the
campaign of 1st) for Hen. Widiam Henry
Harrison are thought to have caused
his death. A speech de'ixt red In Con
gress just before that campaign made him
known throughout the wh.de country.
He attacked an appropriation for furnish
ing the White House, charging that Pres
ident Martin Van Bureu used gold S toons.
The speech xvas circulated .is a campaicn
tl.tcumrnt throughout the nation, and
was no small f.u-tor in defeating Van
Buret). But it gained its author the title
or "Sp mny" igle. Hi nephew, Andrew
J. i gle, xxasa m.ist brilliant man. Judge
Black, w ith w hom he sti'died law, said
that he never bad his cxiual a a slump
speaker, fjuick at repartee, abounding
xvita stories and illustrations, marvel
oiisly witty, eloi'.ient beyond compari
son and tiie very prim-e of g.d fellows,
his popularity and iniLieuca w ere almost
uiib-iunded. He serx e.l one ti rm in Con
gress, and xva appointed Minister to
iH-nmark by President Fillmore, but
died iu lsvj ln-fore leaving for his post.
Chaunci-y Forward was a untivo if
Connecticut and a brother of Walter For
ward, of Pittsburg, President Tyler's
Secretary of the Treasury. He was re
garded as the greatest laxvyer of his time
iu Pennsylvania. In Somerset he was
the a.-know ledgisl leader of the iH nio
cracy. Somerset county was once ovt-r-xx
helmingly Peniocratie, but the Anti-Mason-c
movement, in which the Ogles
wero leader, t-s'k il over to the Whig
rank, and it : now as strongly Kepubli
ean a it xvas oin-e Icnneratic. Forward
was a memlter of Isith branches of the
legislature, and in li; was eltH-ted to
Congress. He was twii-e re-trlected.
Jeremiahs. Black read law with him
and mnrricd his daughter. Their sou,
cx-Lioit. iov. Black, of York, is a name
sake of his t'.lslinguislied trandfather.
Judge I'.iaik came of a Whig family, and
hisiathcr, Henry Black, was elected to
Congress in 141 to the va.-ancy caused
by the death of Charles Ogle. He tots
died U-fore his term expired. It is said
that the influence of his father-in-law
a!m.t lt d to Judge Pluck's lectuiing
the I'emocratie c:iiid"tdate against his
father.
SOMERSET'S iitKATKT SOX.
Without tb.iibt the most distinguished
citizen of Somerset county was Jeremiah
S. Black. Born on the farm, seven miles
east of Somerset, on w hich his grand
father settled in 17l, this ihriiier'a boy
iK-came a judge of the Common Pleas
and i hit f justice of the Supreme court of
Pennsylvania, and Attorney ;cneral and
Secretary of Suite of the I'nited States. It
is unnecessary to recite his career. Asa
lawyer, jurist and statesman he won the
highest honors, and his fame is not
circiiinscrilsd within the lines of his
native State.
Judge Moses Hampton practiced law
in Somerset liefore he oaiue to Pitlslurg.
Joseph Williams, who afterward became
chief justice of Iowa, once practiced at
this Uir. Joshua F. Co was a former
prominent Sttmersel lawyer and nieuilter
of the Legislature. Cyrus Uder, of Johns
town, attorney for the Cambria Iron
company, was born in Somerset and
studied law here. Isaac Hugus, once a
w ell known State Senator aud politician,
was a citizen of Somerset. The list of
Somerset men prominent at home and
abroad might le extended indefinitely,
but enough has been said to show that
the "Frosty Sons of Thunder" alwaya
make themselves known wherever
they go.
Somerset County.
Somerset County was taken from Bed
ford by act of assembly ttf April 17, lTH's
The comity is comosel of high and
rather level tableland between the Al
legheny mountain cud the I -in re! hill.
It abmnds in w hat are called g'ulr
level wet lands, si wait the head waters of
the numerous streams thnt rise iu this
county. The waters of the county How
into the Juniata, Potomac, Cassolmau,
Youghiogheny and Conemaugu rivers.
In fact Somerset county forms a perfts-t
water shed, her waters (low ing tow ard
the four quarters of the globe. For more
than a half century it was generally be-lie-ed
that the climate of this olex-at-ed
region precluded the raising of w heat
and corn; and oats, rye, hay, buckwheat
and potatoes were the only crops grown.
Ready market was found for these among
the numerous drovers and wagoners
traveling the three great highways
traversing the county from east to west,
w hile the native secured their bread
stuff and corn from Westmoreland and
Bed fcM counties. The glades form the
most Voduetive dairy farms, and for
many Pnrs Imtter making xva the chief
industry among our people, the product
of their dairies lieing eagerly sought
after in the eastern markets. Orazing
has always been an important business in
this county, and Somerset county horses
aud cattle enjoy an enviable reputation
in tho markets nf the east. With the
completion of the Pittsburg & Connells
ville railroad a new epoch can lie said to
have begun in this region. Prior to 1
the people of Somerset county knexv little
of the outside w orld, but w hen railroad
communication was once opened tip
lumlicrmeu found their way here and at
once tK'gan to depopulate our virgin
forest. Following the lumbermen came
to the charcoal burners and in a fcxv years
the wilderness penetrated by the railroad
became productive farm lands. The
county still contains a number of valuable
forests, but w ith better railroad facilities
thev soon too will be laid bare by the
woodsman's axe.' Besides furnishing a
market for our lumber, the railroad
incited prospectors to delve into the earth
fir cvtal ami other mineral, with the
result that to-day Somerset county tc-
etipies no mean position as a coal produc
ing region. The mining industries or the
county, however, can still lie said to lie
in their infancy. It is a.well known fact
that the entire cuuuly is underlaid with
rich c.tal deposits and tho recent large
purchases of Somerset county mineral
lauds admit ttf only one conclusion: This
county will in the near future Ikj one of
the chief bituminous coal producing comi
ties in Pennsylvania. The railroad also
furnished a ln'tter market for the produ.-l.-i
of the county and stimulated alt of Un
people to greater efforts. Lands that had
b.-en farmed until they Iss-amc unpro
ductive were renewed by the free Use of
lime and fertilizer, when it xvas found
that wheat could Is profitably grow u here
as w ell as in other sections of the stale.
With a ready market for all of t'aeir
product aud by the sale of their timh-T
and c.ia! lands th'j people of Somerset
county suddenly discovered th.it fortune
had smiled Hhui them, and their ideas
1-cgau to broaden and expand. Nearly
all of them lieing of Oerinan descent their
first care was to provide for th; dumb
animals od had. provide I for them. It
is in.t strange, therefore, if at any early
date iu tho history of the county tho
farmers all erected better turns than
th 'v did homes. Comfortable shelter for
their cattle and horses provided, they set
alsiut to secure some of Oie luxuries o
lifu for themselves and families. Modern
farm houses soon liegan to dot the hills
and vallevs, easy carriages and wagons
xvtro provided for the comfort of the
family, interest xva av:ikeiied in the
church and schools, after w hich the homes
w ere eiuls-llished with modern furniture
cud works of art, until to-day no exclu
sively farming community iu all thi
wide bind enjoys more comfort and
privilege th in do tho sturdy d-u izens
of g.M-1 ol 1 Soinet-set.
The chief employment of the pe iple of
tho con -ity to-day is farming. Tho prin-c-pal
crop raised are w lu-at. rye, b.ick
xv heat, potatoes and hay. Butter mal.ing
is still extensively foiloxvetl, and the
manufacture or maple sugar form an
item or no insignificant proportion,
(razing, too, is extensively folloxvc-d.
The mining interests of the county come
next in iiuporUiiKM iu point of revonue
derived, and after that comes the liimlier
industry. The county is almost barren of
manufactories, although it tillers except
ional advantages for a number that could
1st mentioned. The mot Important
manufacturing plant iu tho county lo-day
ik the large tannery of W. S. Cobb it Co.,
recently er-cted at Continence; next in
iniiorta!:i e comes the dye manufacturing
establishment a Salisbury and the Pulley
Works at Berlin. Numerous planing
mills, furnishing employment to a lim
ited num'oer of men, have la-en erected
iu different sections of the county.
Towns of the County.
SoMKItsKT THE tilfXTV SKAT.
Somerset, then called Brunerstow n,
was selected by a commission apHiiuted
f.r the purpose, as a proper place for the
seat of justice on the 12th day of Septem-ts-r,
17!i On the same day the town was
laid out, and Adam Schneider, who
owned all of that part of the toxxn laying
north of the '-C.la.les Uoad," donated to
the county the ground upon which the
present Court House and Jail now stand.
The part tif the Utxvn laying south of the
road was owned by the Aukeiiy's and
xvas laid out into town lots at the same
time. On the 2'ith day of Iiet-ein'oer of
the same year the first court xvas held in
a noun in the old Welter tavern (on the
ite at present occupied by the Hotel
Vannear) Judge Alexander Addi
tion pra.ileL II? wn at-ii-tfal by
James Well., Abraham Cable and Fne
neser Orii'lith. Justii-es of the Peace.
Josiah lpy, F.1., acted as pnlhonotary.
The mcmbt-rs of the grand Jury were
John Wells Jacob Hartzell, Ueorge
Barker. Jacob Haines, John Miller, Win.
Snort, Il.ivid Work, John Iwry, Jos.
I ou gl as. Pax id Pen rod, John Husliand,
Karnest Pieitz, Jcs Kimmel, JasjH-r Kitz
miller, Adam Ke.Ter, John Coleman,
Peter Copp, Michael Bruner, Jacob Zim
merman, John Welly, and James Walk
er. John Nicola, aud attending grand
juror, was dismissed. The constable in
attendance wero Jacob Countryman,
Brother-valley ; John Heed, of (juema
houing; Peter Friodline, of Milford;
tJollip Kaynian, of Stonyereek.
The first cae tried was Com. vs. Admi
Kcitfer, on a charge of having become in
toxicated to such an extent that he fell
asleep liehind the stove aud could not lie
aroused to -ote on questions coming lie
fore the grand jury. Adam denied the
chaige and the case was put at issue, w ith
the result that the jury returned a verdii-t
or guilty. The Court imposed a sentence
of f-i upon Keller. Six of the remaining
ten oa.-es on the calendar were those of
the Commonwealth against persons
charged w ith keeping tippling Louses.
The first jail erected in the county w as
in l'.i by Johu Campliell and Josiah F.spy
at the moderate cost of ?170.7.j. This
building was erected on the site at pres
ent occupied by Mr. James McKeIx-ey"s
residence. The first Court House was
built by I lobt. Spencer. It was complet
ed in 102 and cost Vs6"i. A stone jail
was erected two years lateral a cost of
2,321 The present Court House was
confpleted in ISil, at a cost of al-out $15,-
UH A new jail was erected in 1-Vi by
John Mong, at a cost of J'i.iVei. The
present jail was erected at cost of atiout
1 he Judges who have presided over the
courts of this county during the past
hundred years are as follows : James
Riddle, of Franklin county;. Thomas
Cooper and John Young, of Westmore
land county ; Thomas H. Baird, of Wash
ington county; John Todd, Alexander
Thompson, of Bedford ; Jeremiah S.
Black, Francis M. Kimmel, of Somerset ;
James Nil!, of Franklin county ; Alex
ander King. William M. Hall, of Bedford;
William J. llaer, of Somerset, and the
present incumbent, Judge J. II. Long
enecjrer, of Bedford.
The b -rough of Somerset was incorpo
rated in 1SD4. The original a- of assem
bly piovi.led for a mnrket and the holding
of two fairs annually.
In isio the Somerset Academy was
chartered, the State donating $2,(0.1 to it.
In !IN the legislature authorized a lot
tery the proceed of xvlueh were to go
towards the erection of a church In this
place. The act authorizing tho lottery xvas
repealed liefore the diaxt ing took plin-e,
but not until after a r-umls-r of tickets
had Ik-cji sobL
sold.
Thegmxxlh of Somerset has lieeu very
gradual, about "J'H being added to the
iMipulat ion every ten years. Three sepa
rate times the town has been practically
"w iped olf the earth" by lire. Tho first
serious conflagration occurred in 1S33,
when JO out of the Hi dwelling houses
were destroyed, with all the principal
business houses. The loss was estimated
t $sD,(Rkl. The tires of May 9, 17 and
of May 5, l'Tii, are still fresh iu the minds
of many of or our readers. Suffice it to
say that on each of these occasions the
entire business portion of the tow n and a
majority of tho let rosidoncs were de
stroyed. Although the loss by these two
couilagratious netted over $l,0on,tM, the
people were not disheartened and tin
I null occasions set to work to rt build their
town 1 fetter than it had 1,-eeu liefore. The
result of their elforts is apparent to-day.
No town of similar popnlation in the
country has so many handsomely built
homes, so large and well kept stores, as
many beautiful churches, or as elegant
and comiuodius hotels. The "Hotel Van
near" now just completed compares most
favorably w ith hotels in cities of
population. The town is well lighted by
elei-tricity; the borough own its oxvn
water supply, and everything aliout the
it marks its people as lieing progres
sive and enterprising.
MEYKKSIIAI.K.
The early history of Meyersdalo begins
w ith 17s"i, xx hen Andrew Bcrndreger
t.iok up the tract of land upon xxhichthe
greater part of the toxx n is situated. He
immediately comineintsl clearing tho
land, and in 171 built a small grist mill
on the banks of the Flaiigherty, which
was probably the llrst mill erected with
in the present limit of the county. Ijiter
lVter Meycis came in possession of the
tract aud still later bought much of the
surrounding country. Oradually a little
village, sprung up i.nniiid the mill, a
store and Hist oliice w cer established and
up until after the Pi'.Ulmrg A, Coiiiiells
ville Kail road wits built the village was
known far and wide as Meyer's Mill.
For a year or two liefore the town was j
incorporated into a lmroi.gh, iu 17!, a
determined but uus'.kns-ssIuI eil'ort was
made to hax e the tox-. il called Hale City.
A compromise was finally eSVeeto.l and
tht- town has since It-en U nou n as Mey
ers dale.
Surrounded by the F.;k Lick coal reg
ion and in (lie midst of a xvcidlhy f.rin
ing (MSiimnniiy Meyeis.Iaie rapidiy in
crcase.l in size until a tew ycrrs ago its
population ontstrippt-.l Somerset. Mey
ersiiale is xvtil and si: Vtantially built,
is illuminated ly electricity, has a
splendid water supply :-nd a number of
the streets of the toxxn are paved with
fire brick. The business men of the
town are wide-awake and energetic and
furnish the people of tl.i.t region with ail
of their supplies.
IIKIII.I.V.
The Berlin or Brothersviilley settlement
was cotemjieraneoiis with that of Somer
set. The lirst settlers were iermans who
cimehithi-r for the pnrjsiseof escaping
religous jiersd-utioii; but few oftheir
names have Iieen preserved. They w ere
stsm foiloweil l.y other setilers from
eastern Pennsylvania, who were mem
bers of the Brethren or Ixinkard sect,
and from whom the toxx nship derived it
name. The first settlers took out a
patent for a tract or land near the head
waters of the Stonyereek, which they
christened "Pius Spring," and 177-: the
town or Berlin x-. us laid out on it. Tl.e
lirst deed on rcii-rd In lhc- county is from
Keller and lilessncr to Abndinm Miller,
Mj., for lot No. in the toxvn or Berlin.
Tiio detsi Iw-ars date ir Aprils, 17:t2, and
was entered on the- Sdh, or June, l't
The consideration paid by M illcr xvas I,
shilling, ami an annual ground rent of
one Spanish milled dollar, to be paid on
the first Monday of June in each year for
the use of the Lutheran and Calvauistic
congregations uud of a school or schools
for said society. When the town xvas
hd I out the isingri galious took the lots
alternately. Berlin has always been a
very conservative community, not creat
ing much stir'or bustle in busine.-w atl'airs,
but doing everything quietly and cor
rectly. The re.idcuts hax o alw ays Iieen
noted for their thrift and for a period or
perhaps fifty years it w as the lmast of all
the people that there hail not l;ceti a
shcriifs sale in Berlin in that time. Ber
lin lias Iieen the birth-place or a numls-r
of eminent men, attorneys, physicians,
minister, Ac
SAI.IsHfUY.
The F.Ik Lick or Salisbury region set
tlement dates back to 17.V1, and xvas cotn-mt-ncod
by two men named Tissue and
Markley. These men oxvned all or the
land in F.Ik Lick aud part or Summit
township. The toxvn of Salisbury was
Iai.1 out by Joseph Markley, on the loth
day of April, 17i. I' liiglas Baker was
the surveyor. The groxx th of tiie toxvn
was not cry rapid, iMtt it was from the
first and remains to-day the tredingceiitre
of a large region. Tha Mal fields sur
rounding Salisbury have been in a state
of partial development Tor a number or
years and go to make ii one of the wealth
iest communities in the county.
The population of Salisbury is alxiut
l.uuuaiid the toxvn snpjiorts a lutnk. a
number of excellent stores and two
hotels.
sroVKsr.iw.v.
Stoye.stown is one (.f the very oldest set
tlements in the county and xias incor
porated as a Inirough in l.;. It derives
its name from one of the pioneer settlers
a man by the name of stoy. Huring the
early days of the county's history Sloye
toxxn xvas one of the :n.t prosperous
towns xvest of tho Allegheny, situated a
it w ais on one of the two public highways
leading from the east to west. Stoves
town was one of the first towns in the
county to have telegraphic communica
tion, an oliice having boon established
there as soon as the xvires had Iieen erect,
ed that far along the Philadelphia aud
Pittsburg pike, aliout I"i7. Huriug the
first years of the civil war the people or
Somerset got all or their first news of tat
tles that had Iieen fought lietweon the
I'nion and Ite'iel forces via Stoyesto.x n.
Several good hotels and general stores are
to be round in that place.
rKTKusurnu am so.mkrkikli.
The Addison settlements Petersburg
and SomerficM, were eslaoiisnetl aliout
the year 1IS, upon the completion of the
National I toad, and fromthen until Vc2,
w hen railroad communication xvas estali
1 is bed between the east and theOhio river,
they were lioth nourishing villages. The
stone bridge spanning the river at Somer
field is a w ork of architectural licauty as
well as massive structure. Soniertield has
taken a fresh spurt since the completion
of the Confluence A Oakland Ilailroad
and is again an important business centre.
IIIXKLCKM i: AXD VRSINA.
Both of these towns sprung into exist
ence during the days of construction on
the Pittsburg and Connellsville ltailmad.
A number of the officers of the railroad
company became interested in i'untiuencu
and it was irviposed to erect the shops of
the company at that plat?. These plans
fell through however, aud although Con
fluence is an ideal location for a city, its
progress has been retarded. Kecently a
large tanning plant giving employment
to I'D men was erected at that place,
I'rsina's grow th has also been retarded,
but w hen the rich mineral resources of
the territory surrounding it are develop
ed it will lcco:oe the prosperous tow n it
was intended to be
iioovtnsviLi.E.
Hooversville has liecome an important
business centre since the Somerset A
Cambria railroad was constructed. The
region surrouuding it is underlaid with'
Hic'iest of ali ia Leavenlr.f Tower.
M
ABdOLUTECV
rich scam of c-l, x hi-h m lrfing
rapidly develoitJ, ami xx hich proiui .e
to make' Hoovorsvilia one of tiie ic .-t
prominent towns in the county.
ROCK wools
RockwooJ, also, ca.i.e into existence
with the completion of the P. tv C. Kail
road, and w ith the exception or Meyers
dale has made more rapid progress, thiol
any of the towns in the county. I lock
wood is made up of comfortable home.,
and has splendid stores and hotel.
Early Cturciei.
A Lutheran Church was organized in
Somerset Isirough prior to the year lno
by Hew Frederick Img. The first house
of worship, a log structure st.ssl on a
sinicr of the cemelry grounds. It w as
torn down almut Isli Bev. Iuig preach
etl here for a liitmU'r of years. He also
looked after the spiritual w aiils of several
congregations in Somerset township.
The Kcforiiicd Church, of Somerset,
was organized by Kev. Henry Oiesey,
who had served as chaplain and surgeon
of a Hessian regiment during the
Kevolutionary War.
The Methodists organized a congrega
tion in Somerset aliout l-sju.
It appears from the records that Pres
byterian preachers visited here and inn
ducted st-rx ices as early as 17'j7. It also
appears thut the Pre-sbyterian and Ke
formed people, acting together l.-uiit a
stone church in lsio. Kev. John Boss
xvas the lirst pastor of whom we have
definite know ledge
The Pisciplo Church xva organized
iu 1M7.
The F.vaugflical AssiM-iatiou and flu
I. B. Church I mill have houses of xxorship
here now in addition to the congregation
ul read r menli-iis.sl.
The Berlin Keforiued Church i.s un
loubtediy the oldest coiigreg:iiion of
that denomination in the county. The
congregation was organized in 1..., but
Keformed ministers had visited theie at
least seven years e.irlier. In 17. , tin-
congregation had no house of wt.r.ship.
but i:i that year it was rt-solvc-d to build
a school house, xx hi.-h v. as to 1-the t.tn-
mon property t.f t he ib-f .-riin-d mi i Lu-
fl-.i-ran congregations. The Bt riiu I.ii-
therau isiiigK-gi.ti'iii xx;.- fo;. tided i:!i it
177'1. A B.'i-tlir.-li (.'iiurcli ,i:h org :i:i.. d
ill I'.rotiiersxalhy tm !irp an tally
day iu the hi-toj-y of tin- emi'ity, ' ;:t -.i
have no ri i-ord s to the eraet tin-e.
Stoycstoxvn Ibforiiud Church "a:.s
organi.' d iil.ut i7:. 'I he i.uih.-r:.; s
orgaiiiz-.s! a clmrvh tin-re in jv-i.
The I.iitin ran. a, id I'i t-s- i i i.nis rr.u
ed ill ei tug a ( lion li in Mii'ord town
ship long l-forc the x ear 1".
I'mioiibtdly thi'ol I -'. .-h.ir -lt in S.e:
erse' .siuti'y, robal ly i:i si. nth-
western Pennsylvania, is th- Jcrsc;.
Baptist (.'iiur'-h, in Imw 'i'nrkeyf o. t
township. For -.any i-.irs after it
organization Maryhii'.d ami Virgiida Mt
lers xvere aiuong it menibi-r-, while
Sand-Creek ilade:., Va., f.r'ue't a nir
tion of its parish. The official rc- . ids of
the church show that it xxa constituted
n Wednesday, August If. 1771.
Mahlon Schns-k is lu-a-lijuarter for
mill feed, glain, lyiiled hi-.y and straxv.
PsrUiijeri.
I have tsiiiiletc-'! a ne--v xx itreh-nise at
S.merst i'a., arid xxill at tii.iis l e
prcjiareil to furnish the . '1 i;'..-.ni '...
fcrtiiiicr ppci.t'1 v prepared t.y t'l- iu f.-r
the different cr.-ji Kiwi in ai:y 'piai.tity:
tin-si-1 Kid have he en ill ironhly tisln!
and j.n.x e to l.-e of tl.e x . ry in-si. Ivr
sons dii: ir,-; any ol theiii oxe i,.i!s n-.u
!w a-s.imodaU-d l.y csdlinj; oil If. !.. Sipc
S i.nersct I'a. A supply of the sa:n- ki s
xx ill :ilsi lie kept al my Sipesx tlie x :.r.
hutise. l'. t. rSipe, A't.
Teachers Vaated.
tnc llrammar and nine Interme llaie
and Primary teachers forth;.' Meyi rs lal
schiKils. Applications to lie iu liefore the
Uh uf July. S. S. iMnti-,
SKi UKI AItX-.
A
I'DITOirs NOTH T.
In n-i-U!te f In the orphans"
of . I'oiirt of s.:!ie-s..-t
I'hiMp V. Kruft, 4'iHiHly, l'.-u:iv:xa-div''t,
I nia.
Tit- un l'TsiirTii-1 Auditor, ripjiot!i!-1 l- t'-'
I'.iiirl mi ill. "ali il.y of Jin..-. A. i.. .v."V. to
lix tli.-.lower in the n!ow ofs..!.; ,;. ,
as xv-i-U hs makeai illstrpniitoii ol tiie r.iiiiN in
I lie liaints of th A-ltiiinisimtoriiii'l Trust
to ami nm. iii th.no lisfriily .i:!iTI.-l t'ii-r.-to.
hen tiy irl-i-s nolle- llu-.t he xx ill in.-: ::! r
li int. risit.sl for tin- j.-.irii..-.' of ni. .;..rit
meiil. nl the .!?!.- f flay . X"::iker. in tie-tMiniii-.-li
of s-imTs.-tt Pit., on .Xituntiy. Jely
i. i-".al him-.i'ci.i--k p. rn . wh-?i n:i;l when
ail i-irti.- hiteresi-ii nuy uit.-n.l an-t 1.
h.-.tr I If I li-v nv pn.iii-r.
A. I. i. HAY.
Auditor.
A
I DITOlt S NOTU'IL
fa ns-state f Hmr- Kn-,oir. late of Som.-r-sel
ftir.iuli. tii.-M.
The uadersiiriied Au-litur apniiiite I hy the
orplirtns' 1'ourt In ;!isf rihiite tin- limits in the
h:imls of the Administrator, to and !D::i
Ihose I. -sally eiitstl.il I In n to. h T ' six-.-,
lint ill- III;'! he will sit nt his "Til--e in iM.-r I
Inimuuh. I'h on Kn.hiv. Alii. ill. !.V, at J
n'cliM K p. in., wli'-n an t irli.-rai! p Tsi:m iii-l.-ix-stisl
iiuiy attend.
j. r. i.uwi:y.
Au liu-r.
In lU-cstate of Julia IIo'.-l. r. U.te of Jemur
township. Ucc'ii.
The Ullih TsiLTill ulli'.llor apj ointi il l y s:-.i.l
Court to ilisl nhllte I lie minis ill the Isillil.
of tin- tiiiiiiiiiiiilniti.r to fan.l aieoiii thnsc
Usruily eiitithd Tin reto. her hy ti-.i-s nntnv
that In- will meet ail piirt.i ta'i-r. icd for the
purpiv-ut hi psiiiitiiiiii. at tils ftic in
tnc Uiriui:h nf t-N.iiierscl. Ia i.n I-ri.lay,
July Pnh. wh. n ;iih! win rt ail - ro:;s
i:iti is-tiit ini'X- att i.d.
J. ff. I HI,
Auditor.
A
I DITOU S NOTIflL
Mosi-s Sehiix k and 1 In the l oin t o( I'um-wif-
' ii:.-:i r!.:is ni .sun-
I.i ,' i r-.-t i ..ti.-itv. li.
Kl.iis A. Yo '.-.-r. ) .... o:. i.. i-i.
V:.!u:it4.ry As-.; ;n:i:- ut.
Tin- niidi-rsiu-ii-d :i'.i litor;!p;i-.int.sl !.y -u i.t
Cnurt tn ihstnniit'-til-Itiniis in tiie h:u.ls ,:f
I lie ns.iin,v to un.l unions t It.tsc l.--:oiy ii-:i-ticil
tin-r.-Iii. In-r.-hy ifiv.-. u.iti.s- thai hi- will
sil ut hisoiri. t- in the lir..i!h nl -smiers. i,
t'.i.. mi W.sim-s-iiiy. July ITtn, A. i. 's:r.. ;.i
1 u'clin-k I'. !.. lor llie ptiri'M- ol iit:eu.iiiitf
to tin-du:i of said upiroiniin. -nt. x ln u and
xi here nil persons iut r. s.. 1 nuiv alli-ini.
K. W. lilKSKl KI R.
Auditor.
UDITDU S NOTICK.
M.iry r.iii'kln in and Ii; the Court of I'oiii
.ssuii'l liu.-kmaii iiinii l'!.-.i. nt' S.,,
In i i-isi ruiiuty, I'a.
Isaiah mk1. No. l i, Keh. iv i,
Viiltmtary Assignment.
The und rsi'iie-.! amlltor. ;i in i i: t. 1 tiy s:.id
Court I.i iiiaU.-u ilistniiuiion nl the fun.ls in
the hiimls nf the assign-., tn mi.l unions la.is,.
Ii-raliy cntilii-.i lliei-.'io, herehy tix-.-s untie,,
that he will titteml mr the purpos.- nf Ins
p)iniiitriieiit. hi his iiitii. in tht- isirfiali nr
si!.l--r.s.-t. f'rt.. nil 'f"ues-I:iy. Jlliy ilil. i-.'i, lit
o'.-.-t a. ni.. when ami win re nil pull, s iit-t.-ri'siisi
euu alteud mi.l he tieurd ll lti. y scc
pniper.
Ii. E. S.EYKltS.
Auditor.
L DITon'.S NOTICIL
S.1I0111011 J. Pllttner .tl In the Court nfCnni
Nnruh J. tlitlner. his limn l'lens nl Stun
wile, J mi. It. I Si tn.-r 1 ersit 1S.U1HV. I'a.
A AlU-rt A. liiltner J No. !C, Ihtr. i, i.td.
In
Martin 11. Hartx.-ll
YnliniTary Assignment.
The unilersintsi auditor, appointed lir said
Court l.i nuikc m liisirihinioii of tite lun.ls iu
t li- lianils ,.f t ne niisiKTir- to and acimij lines,
hnraliy fiiti'.ii-l Ihi-r-. lo. In n hy tiix ts net:..
Ih.l In- ill in-i-t ail (jtrli-- int. r. lis! lor Hi:-
It-irM. J h appnilili.ieiit. t:t the dlier l
!; A V.'aiiicr. in Ihe li-.r".!!1! nl S-iiiirset,
Iit.-.-n Ttcirsxfay. July l!l. ls.-V, al I uViia-k
p tu . a h u aii-1 lu r ail lairti'ii riu UK' ail
Mini U.ar.1 if lht-y m e pr.i-r.
A. L, O. HAY.
Auditor.
sJITOlTS NOTK F
Jonaflian Smith and Ia tin- Court nf Coin
Ulfe I limn l'li-; nf S-mi-
to t ersel county, fa.
Jno II. Zjiiimeriimn. J
Voiuntary Assignment.
The imdersitriied duly tixl ntl au-lit.ir.
liy Ihe Court nf 1'nlTlllioll l'l.-a of S.llii-rset
ts'iunly. In ..tistrilHile Ihe fluids in tiie han.lsnf
Ihe n-sici.. Itiaml alimliir those !v;il:y .'llti
tiisl Ihel-Is h'-reliy (live lintlce Hint he will
a:!e.nl lo the (tutu-s of siii.l Mpi.in'.!ii. 11! on
Moniiiiy. July I h. lo, nl hi- i.nii-i- in f.1111-i-isu-i
tMimuirh, when and where ull j ersoiiii
InteresUsI hiay alU-Uil.
C. V. WAI.KKK.
Auditor,
Latest U.S. Gov't Hcr-ort
15 PtfTi
hi
A
1 1 1 N I S T K A T K I X S N o T I C 1 1
: Ksti-ti; (,f M.-iei:i l'lh-. I ile of Milford tint n-
ship, iliv'd.
f.-ttr uf adinifitstia.!oD. oa thi aboe c-t-tle.
Icivtii Ik.-cii vniim-l It li-. umt-rs.ar,i-4l
' liy ihe i.ritit-ruutli.irl-y, iioIh'c Is liereiiy kiw-
e. no all p-rii'M l:i I 0 lej to s,i.i e.tilte to
ma ke liiuuislU'.e pay menu and those Imvirg
t-iuiin :ii;niiil lh same to pr.-s-nt tli.-iu iiii;x
uuitienttetittsl for selttcnu'iiL, on MMiir.tn,
Juir -JTili. lsu'i, nt the late rraldence ol lue
Uec'ti., Iu nulil touuiOilp.
A MAX PA ni.E,
r. W. Blesecker, Ailminlstnitrlx.
Ally.
A
DMIXISTUATOIW NOTICE.
Irj Ue-lato of Henry CoIht, late of Rroth-t-rsvall-y
township, Ut-'J.
I-tU-n of Aiiiiiiiiit nitimi !;uin vn
jr.tiil. vi ly tUf prpT uiilUirity, to I in t:it-iici-Hiifit.tl,
hr u-v In li-rtly Ktvt-ii t till . r
tmn t Hitl t-r-tjilr lo m.tkt itiiiii.-.li-
Hi'' nty tn'iit, niiii thi ha viii; i !:iiihfi ;i:utit-t
siiHt -lal ' 11 ncit; tliciii lu!y niitii. tili-ctil-.
rir M-ltifiii-iit. tti Kilunlny. July J7lh.
1-I."a,wl tUr litlo n-wtitt-iMf ttf cl.t'l.
J. A. iI:KK.
rU KU M.i 'i:KH,
AtliiiiuUiruiorH.
JXKCUTOIi'ri NOT I CM.
K!ato ofSitnih A. IIIulKiuirh, Intr of South
ampton lowiiMiip, dtt-M.
Ia tttT t-Utiiiftitary on th iitv -tate
liaviiii; Imi a ir:;iil'.l t th uiil-rMr.i!. ly
tin pnpTMuilny, tioticv i ln-r- iy ivt ut
all ' ror.s iiiilt-iittt to )1 -itait lo niaki- itn
i iitl- pMVitK "it an'l tiif having rl;ii.it.H
j.j.uii! t!i- fxtnu will prM .ii tin-Mi iliity iiti
tin iiM-nl.-il -r M.-ulciiiviu tn the Kx'-ruiontut
tit' lure n-i lilitt f iii.l n Si unlay,
July iiih, In, Ia n urn! ul:: it tln-y :I1;.I-t-i:-l
fr that t:rMK.
A"flUTlun;, K..vuir.
A
DM IX I STItATf ill's .M )IH -H
K-t;H
tale I
f J!ir Il In Kids Iat- of Shu!- Unvn-
hip, l il.
.f uiliniiii-ir.iTidtt on Uo n!-vt -
:t in Ih-h ',:ni!. t tlw iinl-r-;viic
tiV 111.
ir;i rau;laril y. iH-liif i- Ii r t.v i.
toull
ll.l.l.
M-rMo knowing ili-'iu. ) v - t Ir i
1 o n-iI t;it-- t niak- iiiii.ii !i:tlf ;t
in.
lt:Oll
1. 1. -nl
i !. in
lo t n i vi, irl pit s-uf ftr tlit-
at th late n .--I'll !;- -:!: titsj- ;IV
haP iU't:.-h.p, -?!! r- t ,-;i:i:y, J'a.t
tiizxiav, June Jjm, lX.
J. It. MVKI.Y,
i K. ANKKNKY,
AUiiiiit.liatt;r.
UlITur."S NOTICE
I.I
of
S!i:;ii V ! r
il.tM.
k la tl. 'rpn.tit' Court
in 1 I r t.- rtmii-
Tii - -iii i. r-'.i.' .; Arf'ir- r. t:'v i ..in: i
! :- j. i ! u;in, ! i. !.;: v t:! t.u t.
;4 1.. t !?. U i Z'.' .t !. it r :n i- , I t m l y
'.:. It j'f : .i . T i; W . A it! !;! In :iif (liil it i
i a:. :;: : !.t iU- i ... .! July.
: -".. ;it i'- !;.-.- iri r.:i-r'- r. -N;.. st;t,. -it
!:. , P. a ti ;(::! r :.!; j. i .ti t:i! r-
: : :ay :t!:a 1.
li. U i:kj:.
!A
I'jiiToirs Norn i:.
!: I.
s .-i!.. of V'f.il: Si..: !'. r. ) .!' ef ;!-:..:;-
. .:.;.i- i i.i .i-.i.i.. !
Iu '.t::- TI. I '.iT 'li Siln-Twl liiHItl)
1':-... 'ii !.n .-. i- i. ih. ' on,; :.i,w, t x Ii.i;.iii
.1. i". i.-- i.i i -:or. ti ii. a .i:-: ii.i! : - o-i i.ic
I'm 1 in tl.e li mis ol H.ii. ii. 1". :.... r. i-e-
.-.-a or, to ill: i -lillo:!- ! rns- : !i Hi ' T l-.l To
tie- si me, i..i:nv is !,.! I.v at . ti I..-.!. ;..ir i.-s
i.: it r -l.- l li: t I !n- u:i U I-: .-re -i -.1 i : I a I -ui! lo
hi -iu: ii s as :ii.-' .tor, :u hi ori;.-.- in .!. .!. t
nit Ju!v 1'ilU,
W. J. ISA Kit,
A'jihior.
DiTo;: s mitk i:
In K-s-!;i!c ) In th.-tir:.!iaiis'-...in
-I' Soi.i r I I i.. fi-:iii-
11. I.:.!ni r:, U.cM. i si-i:ini:..
JiKi- ;. Is". .. on --It!..;: of J :'. M'-.'in-siii-.
niln:.!iistnt--r : 'i- i;m 11. I . . i ..-rt . .:.-e'i!..
It. l .iiirt nj.js'iT.T i. .t ! It. SH--.;::. :iiii:tor. to
I! I:. k . 1-1 i'i : .11 1 1- l! ol ! ll fl.!.-t ITI ttli- llillets
i.!' s.,i'l i:.! uii ;o-! tor to .:l:tl i.iuo;: j thus- l.s
.-iil'y .ii'.. !i. .1 I l.i ret...
I to.H'Tttt '-.illl.,
KM-.i.-t flol.l tl.e It. i on"
I I -rule ! lets Ml: J . m.-., '.
i j ;-Al- 1 JAi i'M -. MH.l.i.iC
j . i- rU.
N.,iie. Is !i. r.-l y e'im ii :-i il f w'ii t: lo- tin
.i:-:'ni. iu, at T..v ..it"--.- i'i t(.-- I n-:i o.
r. :, i .. i -ii 1 ii.-.-::i. July ..!. I " . i:eii
aid Hii.-n'ii!l li rs.cis i-,:-r--:--l i.:.:v :-.Ui:.-.t.
iK;;. It. rt TI.:,
.:l.:l.cf.
O
OL
Goods
Bought at
Ruinous Prices 1 to be
sold out during
JUNE anA JULY
Lare lot cf LaJios tualev- Shirt
"Waist just received lliat Lave
been buuii to s-ell at C3. IT.
auJ cent. Former j'tioe
was O'V, $1.0 and $1.25.
Klt-zaut new line of Silk Un.brel
Ia, boti-Iit to sell at
Former price was $1.C0
Xew line of Silks for Waists at '.)o,
40, .10 aLd 7-3 ceiit.
Sr.iM.-ial iirices to btners on Lace
Curtain., all new jiattci js.
Xew line cf Wash. Goods just re
ceived. Dre-3 Good-, tc, at reduced pric
es. Ladies' Capes at half price.
Wbite Goods, Laces, Hamburg,
Gloves, IiibloDS, IlandkercLicfs.
Stocking?, Underwear, Ac.
Gentlemen's Underwear, Shirts, at
reduced prices.
Gentlccjeus' Sweaters at 22 cents.
Remnants of Carpets in Urussclls
and Intrrains, at half iheir value.
Our Stock is all new and bought at
way -down prices lor
June and
July
Parte & Parlor.
n .
Have a Comfortable Ride.
We lave at ctir wjn!n'-.i.-cs tho finest litie of : : :
BUGJIEo,
PHAETONS,
CARRIAGES, and
ROAD WAGONS,
: : : fit the lowest price ever offt-red fr r like f.ralitjr.
-iSEE OUR $5.00 SINGLE DRIVING HARNESS.-
Head quarters Tor
Hardware,
Farm Impliments,
James B. Holderbaum,
SOMERSET. PA.
Farming Made Easy
..BY THE USE OF-
UCKEYE :
'lsVy -
mm
Cuts a 7 foot swath if necessary; is tho IL'hte.-t draft: his fewer pait
and will ,tmid more service than any ot!.'.-r mukc of uia !iines..
THE BUCKEYE BANKER BIfJDEr2.
No canvass elevators on this machine. Is low down and will harvest
p-aiii on the tttepc-t hillside withoa: tipping ovr. Just the thin
TIIK liUCIvIJ MOWE I
Tiie late t mo 'el of ;he-e C 'lebrated machines is admitted by ail to Io
the mo t i o.np' te machine ev-r made. Get a Ila.'keye and you
wi;. ha.e t!i j - i-t.
XnTIi'K Aii'.tm.ui. Ntillcr.V Cn...f Akrt n. !ii.i. arc ilic inx ci-.t.ir an-' iiiaitr.f.i.tur
er of the genuine llucki-ye much in-. Ilm-keyi? mi ;i!i ihi'.. ami ifin-i hii.csari
ticrtsl ami calic 1 tlit- !Juc!ievc. twit niiule in s..me nili.-r tuxx 11 ;mil t.itc, ili-ii-i!.l
m it they rc not llit- ri-nuiiic.
"Golden Farmer" self-durr.p Hay Rake and ' Banner" Spring-too'h
Harrcws always on hand.
Bindiilfl Twlfie I ini-t iu:ilily Ilui kiyc l;iiuli:.i;Txiii. a!v..!x-si.ii hau l at lm-
' ' t-st j.rnt-si. Kurmiii iuij'i.':ii. nJs i.i" al! kin.is.
A. .T. GKOWALL, I2K-kvocKl. P;i;
' - - - ' v
i. . -o t . . .t ...
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ii.e. i;.v.
dr, :.c:c, i.r:2:.
- 1
Dr. M0RR1TZ SALM, Specialist.
Wonderfu'ly Successful in all Chronic and Diseases of the
EYE, FAS, Ml, THROAT, 1MGS 23 KASAL CATARRH.
A!i Eye Operations Successfully Perfcrir.ri Sy him.
Ill I .-. .Villi,
for a !.m;f ili'ic t no.lce.1 l!u.t I Inhume
craJtuily Kariiir ur. l ImrJi r of i.:.r:i;i.
K'n.c in ii-... in !. tin- i-;ir ;uvr a x l:i.i
im.l 1 U ci.-iic very n:i:-h a!ar;.it. , I w. nt
to lir. :iiii: an.i .ni myself tiii.l. r I.; i-:r -.
:m. I t..lny. t Mi-i r.;:fnl lo .itti.-, M:il lo- K:c
l ui-:il i'i ti.o-c : Ruiy s-iit.-.- in it life- i u...-n-
r. Iluit Irni l.--i;r inns aiiMin as e.ws :is v
r. an.l tlu-s.-in:. n:n; no:s. have !isiiii;ir
t'J, Mttlioo.ii I sni iirtirly i I irs of ;:. f.r.
.s.iliu sitnl ml ol IX :inciuii krilJiirlt.
April iP, VV. Sj.rinir Mi.K -aire 'o.. !'..
.1 Ijtit-s j lr Irf-i '.'j.''- " 'iii'ii. r f'l
mi.-.'".
Some y..r ae- t i-iitr.. ;-.l c-.ilurrh. iinil it
i nt in:o nsy cr. 4 ir-j-ii-al'y t Imiuiii.- w.'is?
an.l ii. y cur. Imviih lroui.ii- !' very ii.t:t-!i.
my stn-ntrili Is ;su in xivi-nal an.l I ln-c.i:ne
ink: rn:il muti-r. so t i t I . l.M It lo
w.irl.. f 1.10I1 tr-ut liii-iit Inmi -veisil if our
tlnt-tors l.-i Hie ismiily, M:i Miiiiel.our tbiy
.smiuii-f Uo lue any ifisi.. s ir.nl !i s.
t:r. s.ii,;; it ,roimsil la cute inc. itn!, I
llilis-srty. lie ti 't Ills Uili, lr flsllnV I lll
auin si. ut nnit tii-siitliy n ts.uiil ! cxih-cL.I
of Hiivoin;i'f my hxi y.-vrs . uinl 1 rlii.i
that i s xhIiic rvceivi f.ir ihe luoiiiy pmJ
to trie il.K-tor.
Mr. Ja.s-i l. Kin lley.
May l 'A finish Valley, InJiai: Co.. f"a.
Tmxijto 11: r, nr 'i.i X,,.r Hut lrt Oj.oI
t f .Xi 14 I.
r.r .u. yar. 1 It v ls n utleriii): with
various itilu. t ill niel l-i-i... '.io- ii at ii.sL. 1
sultensl 111. l txertie-xtiii; siiu fn:ii hJ lo
f.mt nil Hie !iu.'. iy :i..e:i lroiiltl lue
.aii 'L a!: liver aid :.! y- a we: I w -n- out
of nil r. in t. :. I ihi.u. ht my firue Ii el
come. 1 i.e -1 tor isvui.-.i ' ! nr any gooi.
jut. Ill tiM.il.-.aiii I:::1 ' !f.-t. so 1 w. nt kt
i;i! lo It. So't:i. ami aft- r a course f treat
ment, I mil uo bfcaiii a hai--, liair;y and
strong as .-. er.
V. f- I'i infer.
Wariixf M irk. u;itiii'loii lo., t'a.
Our Advertisement Will Appear twice Before Each Visit.
CONSULTATION mAIIIMT.O FFELCDSt-S3 :iOLMCATSC to BOX 769. COU'aBUS. 0
Tixtii i fli.-lel i li-jy Mar Ai-r M..y Ju:i" July Atis fw- Nov in-r Zi
Johnstown 'aiilal. H'.l. TLurii'y'-.l 1 l-i l.t 11 . S-.-.I 1
si.imers.-l s.,!,!-!,, ; 11 s ..j --i
nit.l lbu.1 Hiil.-I W(J-l'y :T Jl
Itvmllliall -'olitlm-reiai -7 -4
iMli Ili-e Ifcl-U lion- f rl.lay 1 -J i4
lialAiiubJei-ltocIuuiseu whtcii resjuiar
and Wagons.
MACHINES.
.s...
4 r.e j.v.vr r.js
;v e:;cr
and
securer :;; Jc-vr.?.
'otitic', jiz stH .'.-is;
...-,
. vex M.'.-,i.-..y
f Kor !ie I;. st s ysirs 1-a.i riiirflii'x .i-re-
lin.l.s: n a . -i: ,! s ! !. t.r. ., k (i I-;l..'i 1 1, n.
! uixin-r ii.e a ri.l .if in ul li.i! n.:. k :
j li. i- imrit lor n;y i.'ai v IlIit. 1 h'ixe liutl 4
, li.-i-tors I ;- 1 1 ;i iti:e n:e. l-'.l liny itiiiiitii't
I u it. .At Ik-1 1 wi r.t l.i 1 r. in. I ii m..i:c
I a t'l-rf.-i'l ami i oii.iet-1 . ami 1 f-el a. tt I
Iti u:ii ei;;.;y l.u- ii:ee l. a .re.
K ii:!i V.ilutl.rie.
, N.v. S, "VI. Ki:t.ii:i:i:.j. Aiuilra . 1 a.
I .'r. th .'. ui"Vr
j K;r 1; y.-ar my uil"--, .-s.;i!n:i. hri.i sono--j
Ihu f si!.-i i. i... r r. r s, luImc I,, r al-
i.i.i ir. -xiii.i in i A'r.ti.-a mi r. in
tli.n an.! T.ia : a lr:..i. .i:.s-..s, a she en a
now a;:iiil thr-hi the fii:-s in.tlie al. J rt-u.i
the t.n.s.1 j.ririi. ati'l i. r v. . :.i in.t uixe her
ilie l.-asi tn.al.'e. 1 1 wa. a ri ne .-:.-.-e of a ura.
J.ii.n lu-ri-n.
lli.Isi(')iie. Smer-l t uiiniy, I'a.
r . in .'..-?. .ii'.i fire. hjf lr. Sutm.
For the I.-.st yiars I li.-ive I, n tn.uM 4
vi-ry loui li wirii uniiiulnt.sl iyelic. it lairlly
l.iiii.l.sl ii, lhrt..n In r.- l:i n- i.. xm1. i
also ., .J t Hlti-et li:y zelierel lieallli. lr.
ssttlii li;is eurt.l me. lcaiinalil s. e pli ii.
hi; al:l f.. I Im-IIi r Ulan r.-r.
Is-ie Tlu.iiias,
1-v. ". : V. f inluim. I'a
AfUr T'rf.i lU.iflnr' Mfl- U, S. hj lr. t;t..
Alsirit I y:-ar ay.i my hntlr-r aeei.lr atallT
hit me ui my l.-it -e wi-.li a bw-.uu. I be
sail ! . t liiiial r.. i-i'lly in ir.at eye, and In a
-l:ori t.iue. roi:!.ln t aiiyThn: out of It;
T iU.I liluiiliuss aas raiis-il ly the Imrt. t
tutini so miieli i4 ir. a.!ir a-i.i.l-rll;i u.-.
cess in hi. tye o-r.i I ion, tli.it I went lo him
ami he lias ora-e ill. re -.nixi-fi hi woiuleruil
st:il on my eye, fur tiuay. afl.-r ttav.iig lea
i.Uiliy hiii:.l, f can s.s- s;. ti.iidlj ikii
saine .1:1111.
Juw-ph flenry,
Jf r h .. "!.. ISUlltiin, Soiuerset Co., Pa
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