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CII AS. O. St Vl.U GKO. R. SCl'LL,
JAM ES L PL'Gii, V. H. MILL Kit,
John r. Mxjrr, kobt. s. scull.
KKED W. BIK.SECKEB
edward wtll, : : president,
valkntim: hay, : vice president,
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Assets, - - 333,00033
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Cliaa. J. Uarrbttn, - President.
Wm. II. Koontz, - Vice President.
Milton J. Tritts, - - Cashier.
Geo. S. Ilarrison, - Asst CatLier.
Directors .
Win. Endslpy,
J.-iah Speeht,
John II. Snyder,
Joseph B. Iavis
Jerome Stufft,
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II. C. Iiceriui,
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HIS COURTSHIP.
The iiKx.n, inconstant as of yore,
p- j.jul nut occnsiiuiaiiy from Utwtfti
tlie tloiiils which were sciitlilir.fr alon
ovr-r thi xr:i:ie of w-a. litre and
tlure twiiikle.l a tiny ular, ami tlie
r'ri''i-K waves as they rolled gently
up the U.tcli math a low inurm-.ir that
was bnoihiug to the hearts of true lov
ers. "And tmiMt you leave nie to-nior-row?"
sue sighetl.
"I inuttt, my tlarlinsj'," he n .lied as
he gazed down into the depths of In r
lu-trotis eyes (vi.Je "ha'penny shock
er." ) " "Twill not be ftr lontf. 1 imif-t
pet l.ck to L.IMHCS.", hut I i-hall I
pining for my Stella and w ill quickly
make arratigtnit i;ts ftr cur Lcing unit
ttl t part no more !'
The liKKin conveiiH'Ully diippiarid
SRain. Ah! Was that tlie sound of
lii-??
Tlie gentleman, who had fvvn his
as Mark Lein had U n puinj;
a three weeks' vacation t Slt pton-oi.-Sca,
whi-re ho hail made the tut piaint
ance of Mi Stella Storey, whom he
had, jHThans st.mcMhat precipitately,
wooed and won. She was the only
datighter of the wit'ow of a Miiack
ow ner, w ho added to her little income
iy leltiiig apartstieiiLs uunng the suiu
nii r, and Stella was so pretty ami win
nit'gthat the wcmler is she had not
lton carried oil" by some adventurous
fwaiu long U-fore, but the fact remains
he had not, and as this little t-tory is
nothing unless true the fact must le
recorded.
Mr. Mark Leign openly confessed
his love for Stella, ami her mother,
who, apart from icu!ations upon her
lt'tlgf-rs which are not regarded by sea
side landladies as prohibited by the
eighth commaudmcnt, was really a
very rcsjMftable old soul, had given
her consent to the match, which she
regarded as hciu? a good one for her
daughter? Mr. lit-ign being a colonial
nu rt bant in London.
Rut the lcst of friends, nr.-l of hvers,
bo, niii-t part, and the next d;.y Murk
ttw.k his have of Slop'.on and of Miss
Slelia Storey, with many promist-sto
write early and cfttu on his return to
town.
It proved, however, that poor Stella
was left deserted and forlorn. She
neither saw nor heard anything furth
er of the heartless villain, MarklAign.
It hapjiened that late in the season
Mr. Sjucker, of the well known firm of
Siecker i Stxtt!ey, "solicitors, staitl at
Mrs. Storey's, and hearing a word or
two as to Stella's faithless lover he er
suad. d that young lady to confide her
tale of woe to him, w ith a view to his
firm commencing an action for breach
of promise of marriage against Mr.
Mark Leigu, w ho, as Mr. Sjtecker well
knew, was "good for costs."
Mr. Mark Lflgn, as known to his
business friends, was a mccs-ful
merchant of al!t ." years of agf, a
bachelor and likely to remain so, for he
had never cultivated ladies' society and
had Income so wedded to his bu.-iiuss
that no charms of nature or of art had
hitherto lieeii able to allure him from
the market, and the desk, and the
ledger. Arriving, as was his wont, at
his oHlee one morning just la-fore 10
o'clock, he was accosted by a lf con
fident sort of young man, who pro
duct d a document from his jockd,
which he handed to Mr. Ev.-ign, lay
ing: "From Messrs. specker fc Spottley,
sir. A writ at the suit of Miss Stella
Storey ft.r breach of promise. And,"
flashing another document iu the eyes
of the at. nhed merchant, "here is
the original!''
Mr. Maik Ix-ign turned very red.
What do you mean"'" he asked. "I
don't know any Miss Stella What's-hcr-namc!
There's seme mistake!"
The lawyer's clerk w inked his eye in
a iculiar!y irritating manner. "I've
done my duty and se rved you w ith the
writ, s-ir. That's all I know about it.
iood me ruing."
Mr. Mark Leign stood as if in be
wilderment. What did it mean?
Could he have so soon forgotten that
pleasant little tlirtation at Siopton-on-Sea?
However that might be, he
knew that writs were things which
must not be forgotten, so he at once
walked round to his eld friend and
solicilor, Mr. Staudwell, in Mining
avenue, to whom he handed the
hateful paper, telling him he knew
nothing whatever alout the lady or
the promise.
Mr. Staudwell looked sonic w hat in
credulous and probed his client with
xome rather sly ejuestions, but on Mr.
Leigu's repeating his innocence and
show ing a little irritation hede-sisteeL
"Uni!" he said. "It's very strange.
Perhaps there's been some mistake,
but Specker & Spot t ley are sharp peo
plevery sharp people and it won't
do to trust to that. You w i.-h me to do
whatever is necessary to defend the ac
tion?" 'Certainly," replied his client. "But,
surely, if you tell them that there is a
mistake, they will drop it at once!"
"The re is no knowing w hat they w ill
do," returned the lawyer. "They are
sharp people very sharp people in
deeel. However, I will do what's
necessary, and you need not trouble
yourself any more about it till you hear
from me."
Mr. Stand well looked perplexed after
Mr. Mark Leign had gone. He had
known his client a long time and did
lit,t care to thiuk that he was a rogue,
let alone such a fvK.l as to try to deceive
his own lawyer, but well, he didu't
kuow what to think.
loiter ou in the day he w rote a letter
to Mers. Specker Z Sputtley, inform
ing them that he waa instiucted by
Mr. Mark Leign, who denied all
knowledge of Miss Stella Storey, but
the letter, notwithstanding the clear
statement it contained, was so worded
that any oue reading it would have his
doubts of the belielf of the writer in
what was said. There was something
about it to induce Messrs. Specker &
Spottleyto "read between the line?,"
so to speak, which they did and treat
ed it w ith the contempt they considei
d it deserved by pushing forward with
their action as fast as that cumbrous
and slowiug moviug machine, "the
law," would allow of.
In about six mouths' time Mr. Mark
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10. 1897.
Leign received a summons from Mr.
Staudwell to attend at the law courts
the next morning, when the action
would come on for hearing.
"tireat heavens!" he cried. "Fancy
nie, Mark Leign, defendant in a breach
of promise cae! I shall be laughed
oil the market ! '
Rut he must go. And go he did.
Arriving a little lefore 10:30, he
found Mr. Standwell had not yet got
to the court, so he sauntered up and
down the passages until that gentle
man should appear.
While pacing to and fro he was ac
costed by a very pretty and modest
looking young lady, who eviehntly
to)k him for a "limb of the law."
"If you please, sir," she asked diffi
dently, "can joutdlnie w hich is the
court of queen's bench?"
"I be lieve it is that one," he replied,
Minling to the door.
"Oh, thank you, sir," she saidiua
sweet voice. "I I have to give evi
dence, and I'm a straugcr."
"What a remarkably nice looking,
sensible, nuttiest sort of girl," said
Mr. Mark Leign to himself as she left
him.
Ami now it became clear, once for
ail, that he had told Mr. Standwell
the truth and knew nothing alxtut the
fair Stella Storey, for an idea seized
him and he ran after his questioner.
Could this sweet girl be the plaintitf
in his action, w hom he had depicted
to himself as a brazen faeed Mrs. Uar
dell? He touched her gently on the arm.
"Kxeiise nie," he said. "Might I
ask what action j-ou have to give evi
dence in?''
They were at the door of the court,
upon which was exhibited a list of the
causes to be tried, and she pointed to
".-lorey versus Ieign."
"And are you the plaintifl?"
"Y-yes," she admitted. "I am Miss
Storey."
"I knew there must be a mistake,"
he cried. "I tol'd old Standwell there
was, but 1 don't think he believetl me.
I am Mark I-eign, the defendant.
Now, I don't know you, and you don't
know me! How comes it, then, that
you are s iing me for breach of promise
of marriage, young lady?"
"You, Mr. Mark Leigu!" she ex
claimed. "You are not the Mr. Mark
Leigu whom I knew, anil who prom
wlit prom"' And she legan to cry.
She looked prettier than ever,
thought Mark.
"Don't cry," he said gently. "Come
over to this seat and sit down. There's
been some mistake. But what it is I
can't imagine, for I believe there is
only oue Mark Leign in England and
I am he.
She sat leside him, and in answer to
his questions told him how she had
been courted and deceived.
"Some fellow has been taking lib
erties w ith my name," he said, "that's
certain. What w as he like?"
She dcscriU-d him.
"The rascal!" lie cried. "It was a
fellow named l'.lobkiiis, one e.f my
e-Ierks, w he m I discharged for dishon
esty. I am really very torry for you!"
I!y this time the solicitors ami coun
sel had arrived. There were Mr.
Standwell and his counsel, Mr. Iett
myn and Mr. Truvitt and Mr. Speck
er and his counsel, Mr. Sportleigb,
and Mr. Lurpher.
They w ere alstut to enter the court
when Mr. Sjtecker and Mr. Standwell
Kpied the ir clients at the same moment.
"What's this?" demanded M. Speck
er suspiciously. "Who is this gentle
man, Miss Storey?"
"Oh, that's the' plaiutitT, is it?"
cried Mr. Standwell. "That gentle
man is the defendant, Mr. Mark
Leign."
"And this is not the gentleman at
all," exclaimed Stella. "There has
Iteen a mistake, and some one has de
ceived me and used his name!"
"Phew!" ejaculated Mr. Specker.
"I wrote and told you so, but I sup
pose you didn't believe rie," said Mr.
Standwell triumphantly.
"Well, I naturally thought your
letter w as a 'blutf.' You'd have thought
the sauie!" said Specker.
"Perhaps so, but it was true, you
see," retorted Standwell.
"Well, what's to be done?" asked
Specker.
"Oh!" replied the other blandly,
"we must try the action, of course.
Will you submit to a verdict for the
defendant without evidence?"
Something very like a naughty word
escaped M r. Specker's, lips as he sw his
vision of a fat bill of costs dissolving
into thin air. But just then the usher
called the case, ami they all hurried
into court, except the two principals,
who had retired to the end of the pas
sage and were talking animatedly
together.
Mark Leign'a only sister had got
married recently and left his house,
and he was suffering from such a plague
of housekeepers and servant that he
had thought several times of trying lo
find a wife. He so seldom got an hour
away from busiuess, however, aiid
knew so few ladies that he was at a.
letss how to proceed, and here was one
ready found. His business on 'change
had taught hini the neee of snapping a
bargain w hen he canie across one, and
he determined then apd there to marry
his mistaken pursuer.
"Well, Stella," he said boldly, "if
c.lcar that both you and I have beep,
fooled with. What do you say to our
finishing it by taking it in earnest and
getting married? It's sudden, I know,
and we've only seen each other about
a quarter of an hour, but I'm satisfied
if you are."
"It-it's so very strange," she mur
mured. "I dou't know what to say,
I'm sure."
"But you were willing to marry the
false Mark Leign.- Why can't you
msrry the real oue?" he pleaded.
He took her hand, w hich she did
not withdraw.
"That's settled, then, isn't it dear?"
he asked.
- "Yes, if you say so," she said simply.
"You are very good, after I've giveu
you all this trouble."
"Do yetu know," he said, "I believe
that everything happens for a purpose
in this life? That scoundrel, Blobkins,
was working to find a wife for me, only
he didn't kuow it!"
KSTVBLTSPIED 1827.
Mr. Standwell came rushing down
the passage.
"It's all over," he cried. "Verdict
for the defendant, w ith costs."
"But I'm going to marry the plain
titf, so I shall hare to pay them my
self!" sai.I Maik.
The lawyer was as surprised as a law
yer can I, and that's not very much.
Mr. Specker, coining up, joined in
the amazement.
"Bnt how about our costs?" he ask
ed. "Oh!" saitl Mark. "I couldn't mar
ry a woman with a debt hanging over
her head. I'll pay them."
'More fool ytu," said Mr. Stand
well afterward. "It was a speculative
action, and they deserved to lose every
ha'ieuny. They could never have got
anything out of a married weman."
But Mark hail his own way and paid
all the costs on both sides and married
the plaintiff, and he declares she was
cheap at the price.
They are a remarkably happy couple
and never have the slighte-st jangle, ex
cept when Mark declares that Stella
did all the courting.
"Well, so you did," he says when
she denies it, "You kuow you did!
You courtel me iu the queen's bench!"
Ignition Tit-Bits.
When Grant Wat Courting.
While General Grant, then a lie-uten-ant,
was courting the lady whom he
married, there occurred an event to
which he never reverted without a
shudder. A writer in the Midland
Monthly, de-scribing an adventure
whie-h the young lieutenant ami Miss
Deiit met w ith, says:
When the water is high in the Mis
sissippi tlie swift current abrades the
banks and they frequently "cave in''
for several yards or rod. at a time.
In early spring, in one of their after
noon explorations, Lieutenant Grant
and the young lady were riding along
the bank of the river, passing from one
cove ir valley to the mouth of another.
The land was but a few feet above the
surface of the turbulent stream.
Suddenly Mivi Dent's horse lcgan to
sink. The earth hail given way under
his hind feet. Graut's horse was close
beside hers. In an instant he saw that
her horse was sinking into the awful
abyss!
Grant's cool head and splendid horse
manship here hail opportunity to dis
play themselves. Quick as a Hash he
leaned over, threw his right arm around
Miss Dent's waist, and drew her to him
as her horse elisappeared in tliesethir.g
and murky eddy that a moment later
boiled and surged iu angry tumult over
the place where bank and horse hod
vanished from sight.
It was a frightful moment!
Fortunately the earth parted between
the two animals, leaving Grant's horse
on solid ground. Lining and firmly
holding Miss Bent, and applying the
spur to his horse, he was on safe ground
in a moment. Then he gently lower
ed her to the earth all this w ilhout a
word from "the silent man," or a
scream or murmur from her.
As he hastentel back to rescue her
horse she stood holding the bridle of
his, outwardly as composed as if noth
ing had happened.
Her horse had disappeared. Grant
followed down stream and hailed a boat
man in a skiir, w ho found tlie horse
swimming tevt ral hundred yards be
low, amid driftwetctel and debris. He
landed the animal at a place w here it
could climb the lank, and it was soon
on safe ground, none the worse for the
fright and the bath.
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Very Much a Father.
The Columbus, Miss., Commercial
tells of a remarkable old negro living
12 miles east of that place named Kich
artl Franks. "From good authority,"
says the Commercial, "we learn that
the old man, w ho is now 1 years etld,
is the father of 31 children, -7 of w hom
are still living. His first w ife bore 10
and bis present wife-1. II is last child,
w hich is a boy, was born after Cleve
land was inaugurated president the
second time, and is named G rover
Cleveland in honor of the president.
The old man has (A grandchildren and
two great-grandchildren, and he is as
proud of them all as most people are
wjth plenty of money. Kit-hard baa
intelligent, good, tddfashioiicd country
negro, and has the esteem of all who
kuow him."
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says that the best form of artificial light
is one containing few or no ultra-violet
rays, no excess of yellow rays and just
sufficient red light to communicate a
warm, pleasant tone to objects around.
Even in the. most severe cases of
sprain or bruise, cut or burn, Thomas'
Electric Oil gives almost instant relief.
It is the ideal family linimeuL
"Lost, a coilie dog by a man on Sat
urday answering to Jim with a brass
collar around his neck and a mu:;le."
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OLD NEWSPAPERS.
Some Extracts That May be Interest
in?, With Comments by a '
Correspondent.
(Continued from last wee-k.)
EniToR Herald:
In May 118 John Beason establish
ed a pottery on tlie Conrad Keely lot,
near the Stoyestown bridge, and later
he advertises for a journeyman otter,
to whom he offers work for the entire
summer.
Henry F. Snyder is at this time cap
tain of the Iudepcndi-ut Blues.
The Blues invite the citizens of Som
erset to partake of a dinner with them
at Unanimity springs on the coming
4th of July.
Andrew Stewart desires the services
of one or more journeyman tailors,
while Samuel Cntoks wants two or
three w atrotnuakers who are promised
steady work. Iu those days the
farmers about Somerset must have pat
ronized home industries ami bought
their wagons at home. If a local wug
oninaker e.f our own time were to
bring an advertisement calling for help
of this kind to the editor of any one of
our newspajttrs, the sight of it would
so completely take away his breath
that he would forget to make any
charge therefor.
In July Dr. W. B. Scott, of Somer
set, sold out his practice to Dr. Thom
as G. Lamb.
John Linton, Esq., postmaster of
Johnstown, died ou the iT.tli of July,
IMS.
A statement under date of August
10, lsis, is made from Washington,
l'a., that the new line of ttages
tween Bultimore anil Washington City
and Wheeling, Ya , had e-oinmenced
running over the National Boad, and
that on the first trip seven p:u-sengers
were carried, and that the time occu
pied between Baltimore and Washing
ton, l'a., was less than four and a half
days.
The makers of counterfeit money in
those days evidently were more eutt r
pribiug than in our day, for the Detroit
Gazette is quoted as saying that thou
sands of dollars puroiting to l e of t lie
Bank of Michigan were circulating in
Oiiio, when in fact the bank itself
would not be in readiness to :-.ue' any
notes prior to October following.
At a Ix-mocratic lU-publican meeting
held at the house of John Fleming, in
Somerset, John Hindmau, of Somer
set, and Philip Noon, of Cambria
cetunty, were agreed on as candidates
for the Legislature, and Jonas Hart
zell, of Turkey foot, for Commissioner.
Henry Black, Geo. Hartzell and
Jonathan Ilhoads were appointed Cn
gressioual conferees.
The conferees from Bedford, Somer
set and Cambria met at tlie house of
John StatleT on the .'Id of Se ptemltT,
and nominated General Bobert Phil
ioi, of Somerset county, as the e-andi-date
for Congress.
Tlie death of General Arthur St.
Clair is announced as having taken
place at his residence on' the Chestnut
Bidge on the 31st of August, and the
Whig ce.ntains an account of the funer
al, which took placi at Green.-burgh.
John Wells, of Somerset, George
Gebhart, of Mil ford, Jacob Schneider,
of Somerset, Alexander O' Brine, of
Brothersvalley, John Grillith (of
Eltenzer), of Elk Lick ami Andrew
Detitiison, of Je-uuer, are announced as
candidate's for the Legislature; Jacob
Loud and Jacob G. Miller for Commis
sioner, and Adam Lepley and George
Graham for auditor. The Whig at
this date shows ahundandant roof
that the campaign liar whs already in
evidence. Eobcrt Finihey, of Somer
set, withdrew as a candidate for tlie
Legislature in favor of Jae-cb Schnei
der, Esq.
A circular meeting of the Baptist as
sociation was called to meet at Somer
set on the second Sabbath of Octoltt-r;
ministers to be present were Rev. Mr.
Wheeler, Rev. Dr. Kstep and Rev. Mr.
Cox.
Another minister of that day men
tioned was Rev. John Wirsing, who
preached both in English and German.
Denomination not given.
James Kinkead Jt Co. advertise for
sale what they call the best tavern
stand on the National Turnpike road,
being a large stone house ou the cast
bank of the Youghagany, in the tow n
of Smyth field. This must refer to the
Endsley House in Soinerfield.
Samuel I'armele has a pros-ectus for
publishing the "Pocket Companion,"
or Every Man His Own Iawjer. Price,
r0 cents.
In the Whig for October "2, ISIS, are
found the election returns for the year
lslS. There were theu 13 t!ection
districts in Somerset county. Somer
set, Brothersvalley and Conemaugh
were carried by the Federalists. For
Congre-ss the vote of the ctunty stotttl:
Gen. Rolcrt Thilsou, Democrat, "I";
Major John A. Burd, Federalist, "tUo;
Assembly, Vhilip Noon, W; Juo.
Iliudman, 47."; George Gclhard, 41i;
John Wells, Alex. O' Brine, 141;
John Griffith, H; Anderson Dc-uuison,
150; Jacob Schnitder, tvS. For Com
missioner Jonaa Hartzell hail (i4o;
Jacob Loud, 327, and Jacob G. Miller,
Si I. For Auditor, Adam Lepley, S72;
Geo. Graham, 00. Noon and Hind
man, having also the highest vote in
Cambria couuty, were elcettel to the
legislature. The vote in Cambria
county for Congress was: Philsor., l.7;
Burd, 101. In Bedford it was: Phil
sou, U47; Burd, 007. This gave (Jen.
Philson a majority of the votes.
Iu this same Issue it is stated edi
torially that "the Whig is now enter
ing the sixth year of its existence as a
newspaper." This would indicate that
the publication of the Whig was be
gun in October, 1SI3; just S3 years
ago.
Thomas II. Baird, of Washington
county was appointed President Judge
of the 11th Judicial District by Gov
ernor Findley. The counties of Wash
ington, Greene, Fayette and Somerset
composed said District
In our own time there has been
much criticism of the thanksgiving
proclamations uttered by our Presidents
and Governors, the. complaint being
that they appear to Ignore Christianity
and the christian religion.
There does appear lo have been soma
eraia
change in the form of these documents
from what they were In earlier days,
as witness the Thanksgiving procla
mation of Governor William Findlay
for the year ISIS, which is here repro
ehiccd as printed in these old papers,
and w -filch certainly is not tqten to any
such criticism.
PENNSYLVANIA, as.
In the name and by the authority of
the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania.
(L. S.) 1ij I I'm. Finding,
Governor of said Commonwealth.
A PROCLAMATION.
Wiikkkas it is a dictate of reason ami
a duty enjoined by the Scriptures of
Ttuth, to acknowledge our obligations
and olTi-r up thanks to our Almighty
God, for benefits conferred and calami
ties averted. I have therefore deemed
it projter to Issue this pkik-lamatikn
recommending that Thursday, the
ni neteelith of November next. Is? set
apart by all denominations of Chris
tians within the Commoiiwealtl., for
TSiAXKsuiviXfjaiid I'KAYKk: And that
t hey n.istaiti, as far as practicable, ou
thai day from their weirdly avocations,
mid assemble at their respective places
of worship, and unite in devout
Thankfulness to the Author of every
gotnl ami perfect gift for the blessings
of jtcaeejthe exemption from famine ami
jesli!ene-e; the fruitful seasons; the re
ligious anil civil privilege-s that we en
joy, anil aUtve all, for the cheering
me-ssages of grai-e and salvation by the
Redeemer: And that they implore,
-hrough his merits, that we may lie
cleansesl from the defilement of sin,
"the reproach of any people;" and be
united to Him by a true and living
Faith, and clot heel with "that right
eousness which exalteth a nation;"
that the enjoyment of our spiritual and
temitoral blessings may I eontiuue-d,
with a due sense of our obligations to,
anil humble dependence on, the Di
vine source from which they How.
Given under my hand and the great
scr.l of the state at llarrisl.urg, the
fifteenth elay of OcloU-r, in t!:e
ye-ar of our Lord, one thousand
eight hundred and eighteen, and
e.f the Commonwealth the forty
third. JSif thr frorcrnor,
JAMES TRIMBLE,
JUpii'y M t re'arj.
In the issue of Dec 10, ls's. Dr.
Lucius Gibbs uses two and a half col
umns e.f spae-e to announce his settle
ment at Berlin as a physician, pub
lishing his Diploma, (which was from
the university of Pennsylvania) in
full, as well as other crede ntials of his
standing as a physician of many years
practice. These were in turn attacked
by some anonymous author, thu
bringing on quite a newspaer war.
The Cumberland Bank of Allegany,
Mil. suspended specie payment em the
lfth of December, ISIS.
At a business men's meeting, presid
ed over by John Coffrotb, Esq., to
consider the state of the turiency, it
was resolved "That the bills of no
banks would be received tt par, other
than those named in a resolution duly
passed by the meeting."
It was, however, resolved, "That the
bills of the several Turnpike compan
ies in the vicinity, being issued for
purposes of public utility, should be
given full circulation at par," and, that
there should be a full understanding
atxtut the matter, it was recommended
"that public meetings be held at Stoyes
town, Berlin, Salisbury, Smythfield,
Gebharts and IX-unison, to take simi
lar action." Discount on many State
Banks was from 10 to per cent.
The annual settlement for the year
11S shows that there was due the
county from all sources the sum of
f-,23.-.40; anil that the total tax levy
for the year w as f4,s!i.04, making a
total of ?10,Oii4.44 of resources for the
year. In the way of expenses, the
payments among others were: for
jurors, i"Kll; assessors, $13..S!; elec
tions, JilMl; county expenses, $l,74i
II; building bridges, i'SA'; wolf tnd
f..X scalps, $7iS; a I. anther sealp, JS.
The salary of the County Ccnimission
trs was il!4 for the entire three; the
total payments having been $4,2.'tt.oO;
the Treasurer's commission was J-Sj.li
Uncollected taxes were fl,!43l; nd
there was cash iu the treasury to the
amount of $3,779.84. (0.uety: Did
I c ing a couuty cilice r j ay in those
days?)
John Houpt, of Somerset, died 4th ot
February, 1S10, aged 3t! years.
Jacob Wey a nil, of Allegheny twp.,
oilers ten dollars reward for a runaway
school-master, calling himself John
lioelgers, sometimes John Norton and
John Fleming, and who also claimed
to be a priuter; says that he had taken
away with him a number of looks out
of the school house and burned others.
From an advertisement in the Whig
it would appear that the old academy
building in Somerset was not finished
in the first story in March, lSh), as the
trustees advertise for proposals to have
that part finished.
An act to incorporate the town of
Stoj-estown was passed by the legis
lature in lsl't.
James Johnson, of Somerset, offers
five dollars to any one telling him w ho
the persons are that are in the habit of
carrying or fence rails from the fences
around his lot
John and Thomas Patton announce
tbat they will publish by subscription
Dr. Isaac Watt9' Scripture History.
Price J 1.50.
County Commissioners advertise to
sell the building of a bridge across the
Castleman's river, at Livengood's
fording, in Elklick township.
Iu 1S19, William Atcheson was Maj
or of the 1st Battalion of the 13th Regi
ment, Pennsylvania Militia; John
McCarty was Major of the second Bat
talion, and George Hartzell was Major
of 2d Battalion 8th Regiment
On the 8th of April, Thomas Law
son, of Laughlinstown, but formerly
of Somerset county, was killed in Lig
onier town by the blowing down of a
new building iu the construction of
w hich Le was assisting.
Peleg Prentice and Oswald A. Mas
sena give notice from Somerset jail
that they have petitioned for relief un
der the insolvent laws.
George Lichtiberger wants a teacher
well qualified to teach an English
school.
The election of managers for the
Somerset Sc Mt. PleaaantTurnpike Co.,
being altoitt to take place, a stockhold
er suggests to his fellows tint the can
didates be closely scrutinized, and
hints that some of them may have
private axes to grind.
In 1S19 the State of Pennsylvania,
1
WHOLE NO. 2380.
had, among others, the following turn
pike stocks: Bedford and Stoyestown,
$84,901.97; Stoyestown & Greeusburgh
;o,.S.M.7..- Of all kinds of turnpike
stock the State then held to the
amount of ii3,t72.ft.
"On the third of May, lspi, thrs
persons were unfortunately drowned
in attempting to cntss the mill dam of
Peter Bcrkey, Esq., of Conemaugh
township. Their names we under
stand are: lUchel Shatter, a daughter
of Peter IVrkey, aged hi years, who
left a husband and infant daughter to
lament her untimely end, George Var
ner, aged 21 years, ami Daniel Criss
mau, w ho left a wife ami two small
children b deplore their untimely loss.
The canoe, in which they were, came
too near the breast of the dam and the
current carried it over. Their I mm lies
have since been all found ami con
signed to the earth whence they came.
One of the bodies is said to have Iteen
swept ne-arly nine miles down the
ritonycret-k river."
On tlie l'.'.h of Miy, 1::, there was
a fall of snow that at p!acs was four
inches deep.
Win. M'Girr announces that several
numbers of a publication culled the
"Friend of Pea'-e" were left in the
hands of Abm. Morrison, where sul
scril ten could obtain them.
A fair is amiKiirii'L'il to c tmriK-n o;i
Monday, 7th of June. "Every spe
cie of gambling and immorality
strictly prohibited." There is n clue
in this brief ati:i".inct'uie!it as to what
a fair was in those days or how it was
managed.
From another of these old newspa
pers we learn that the spring elections
in Somerset borough wer held on the
first Monday of May, and that in lsly
the e!Tlivrs els-t"d wer-: Birgss's,
Alexander Ogie, Jr.,lle!iry F. Sayd.-r
ami John Patton; the two hist named
being pr.tbuMy Assistant B'irges.e-s;
Town Council, Iaa? Ankeiiy, John
Snyder, Isaac Niswander, James
Boyle. Elijah Sarg.'ant, William Phil
son, Jacob Ankeiiy; Srreet Commis
sioners William Gore Elder and John
Kurtz; Constable, John G. Fisher;
Clerk, A. B. Fleming; Treasurer, Jno.
L. Snyder; Overseers of the Poor,
Chauneey Forward, Johu Coflroth;
Au liior, Jacob Gles.-ner.
.ScV U. Iu January 1S1., John
Wells, Abm. Morris-u an 1 John
Kurtz, Tru-ttee-1, in an advertisement
say that J'tseph Parkt, tcaeh'-s of the
English school, being about to remove
from Somerset, they desire to secure
the services of a competent teacher to
ttke his place. Mrs, E. S:erett, as
would appear fruni her alvertisenieai
that appears from time to time in these
pajs-rs taugl t a select school of some
kind for young l.i.iL-s. Among other
things taught were: tamltouring, em
broidery, plain sewing, drawing, paint
ing, reading, writing, Ae. It would
appear to have leen something in the
W!y of ail industrial school. Sam-iel
G. B-uiey als-t taught an English
se-hool in Somerset in lsl9, while R.-v.
Jno. C. ReUneck, the Lutheran m:n
Ls.'er, taught a G.Tmaa sciitoI about
the same time.
Oil the 21 of July, lslS, Geo. Pih,
Sheriff of Somerset county, offers a re
ward of 1)) tl tllars t r the arrest an 1
return t j:iil of Lee Blackburn and
Caarles MAnulty, who broke j:il on
the night of the 3.1th of Jane. Black
burn was confined in j til on a charge
of kidnapping a colored man ami his
wife in Elklick township. A certain
Asa Mitchell, who was e tncerne 1 with
him in this crime, h:tl been arrested,
but was out ou bail, au I it was believ
el that he had planned tiiis jail-breaking,
as he was kri wu t.) h ive b . :i i.i
the vicinity the precedin gday. Black
burn was also believed t b- one of a
gang of villains who had a res rt in
the vicinity of Virginia furn ic, near
the Pennsylvania line. MeAtiuity
was in jjil on a charg of forgery.
On the night of July 1, the apothe
cary shop of 5Ir. Is-t-u Niswan l.-r, of
Somerset, was brokeu op-n by a b irg
lar an I liuy dollars st tlen fr t
therein; ami a week later the inn of
Ilerm in Up legraif was also burglar
ized an 1 the m tney-desk rjblted of its
contents.
(Continued next we-ek.)
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box of Dr. King's New Life Pills. A
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These pills are easy in action and tre
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every deleterious substance and to be
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ate the system. Regular size 25 cents
jter box. Sold by J. N. Snyder, drug
gist, Somerset, or Dr. Brallier, diuggist
Berlin, Pa.
Sing Zee's Asylum.
Sing Lee was an enterprising young
Chinaman who conducted a laundry
in a small mining camp in Colorado
some years ago. His never-failing good
humor made him a universal favorite,
and on more than one occasion the Istys
found that he had a ready tongue in
his head.
A Presidential election cccurred
about this time, and one of the boys
an Irishman remarked to Sing:
"Well, Sing, yez'll have to be goin'
to China uow. The Irish be goin' to
run things here, and they won't have
any hathen Chinee around."
(Juick as a Hash Sing retorted: "All
right, nr. go Ireland. Irish no lun
things there."
Dl.VKIt, N. IL, Ge t. l, 1S!W.
Mkssrc Ely Bkhts. : The Balm
reached me safely anil in so short a
time the effect Is surprising. My son
says the first application gave relief. I
have a shelf filled with "Catarrh
Cures." Tomorrow the stove shall re
ceive them and Ely's Cream Balm w ill
reign supreme. Respectfully,
Mrs. Franklin Fkkkman.
Cream Balm is kept by all druggists.
Full size 50ju.' Trial size 10 cents. We
mail it.
9
ELY BROTHERS,
HWarreBSL.y. Y.CTty.
The e;ia'.e of lVuuy Ivai.ia met iu
Special Session on Wednesday Feb. 2 It 1
iimt at 3 o'clock p. ni. to hold a me
moiinl st nice in honor of Senator John
A. Leiiioii, V.t'.f memU-r from the Blair
ami 'and.ii i district. Reo!utioiis wi r
olfert-d by a spcci.il committees "inl
ed to prepare 1 1 ; -- :imc and a'blres
is Wtti liiiole ly nators S lliell.H),
K.i'tthn.ir., tiobi.i, t'n't i.tu ld, Cimt.-c,
O-lioi.rii, S-iyJi.r, M. jut. n, Walton,
and Stiles. 'Il.e at'tlrisMs tbt w tl
highest cm in which Senator I a meiti
w as Leltl by hU colli aui s. They we re
full of exprev-ioiis of praise fi r his
many noble qualities and sorrow ft.r
the loss of one w ho by thee qualltUs
hail endeared himself to Lis a.--t-f iutt-s.
We give below the addres of the Si u
ator from this district in full. In s leak
ing tothe resolutions Senator Clitch
r.el.1 suit :
Mr. President and fellow Senators :
It is w ith mingled feelings e.f pleas
ure and -iiduess that I ari-e in my plats
tit say a few word-, on this occasion. It
is always a pha-ure to speak of the
virtues if the ! parted, who iu the
time tl.ey were livii g won cur resjiet
ami love, and jitit is saitl to have
brought fresh toour tin tie ry, as though
it had occi;rr d but yc.-te rday, the loss
of our friend and colleague whe-e ge
nial nature and kindness of heart made
him au t special favorite with all who
knew h:m.
This i i the f.urth tit'ie since I !
came a memN-r f 11 . i - lIy six years
ngtt, that we have come together in
special se-srii.ti to sj ak of t!;- life ami
character of ome : of our iiuiiiUt,
who was called away. We have l-ef.re
us constantly, reminders of the frailty
of human life, und yet, when I retnem
1 er that cut of the comparatively
small number of in-iiil rs le!oi.::ing
to this branch of our I ieiieral A cmbly
all of w hom come here in the full vig
or of manhood, so n. any have passed
away in so sbort a tini", my attention
is called more than ever he fore to the
une-c rtaiti t r.tire i f life and the s::.l
havoc tbat the c ni u y of our race is
makii g ami rg tl.-e around nn.
Itouhtless as we sit vritl.in this cham
ler to-day the question come s unhidden
to the minds e,f many of us "Who
shall 1 the HcXt to fu.;I into that s!t i p
that knows let w akit'i.7"
John A. Lciiii.t; was the only men.-Irf-r
of the Senate with whom I had
any acquai'ita-ii e w l.e:i I cn't r. d this
laxly. I reinetiiisr well his gri ting
Ihe n:t.riiiti'- 1 entered toe old r-ciiate
Chaiiils-r on the bill, six years ago. It
was warm ami eordial, a;:d sij-ii as to
make me feel that I hail at Ieat one
friend among the men with whom I
was to lie oilit-i.-dly a--oo;atd for the
four years that followed. The strength
of that friendship ii;cr":.-ed with the
years of our service toiii-thcr, ai.d I
arise in my p'.je . to-day n ; to sjveak
for othe rs, but to pay t'.ie tribute of a
friend, to the memory of one wh.tst
friend-hlp was hom t and true, a
frieti isiiip th it will not b-s forgotten
while life and reason !;;-.
I doubt whether any memiwr of this
b".dy enjoyed to as full an extent as
did Senator Lemon, the g'n 1 will of
all of his colleagues. Not one word w
ever heard uttered by any of his associ
ates that would iudictte any thing ei-e
than that he was he! 1 in high esteem
by ail. To all he was known by the
familiar name of Uncle John."'
As a Legislator, he was faithful, ami
always kept el-tse lo th" pe p!-e. Tin:
district he represented is one in which
there is a wide diver-ity of ir-.ter -sts,
ami to r. present all Tairly, w ithout suf
fering some inequality to fall upon one
while seeking to secure the good of an
other, req'lirvd a thoughtful carefulness
that only a few men are capable of ex
ercising. How well he succeeded in
this is indieitel by the number of
terms he was called by Lis tieop-e to
till the piace.
His d evot i m tv ?i:s c vntifu-'tits was
equalled only by their confidence in
his integrity. H- knew no tli.stinetion
between the high ami the low, or Ihe
rich and the pot. r. T t him all men of
proj-er conduct were cq'ial, and his
heart and hand were ever open to the
suffering and unfortunate.
With the lustiness capacity he pos
sessed, he might have been, hail he
leeii less generous, a rich man, but it
is sai I of him by tint- who knew him
best, that there was never a time when
he was not redy to divide his last dol
lar with a needy brother.
Tiie esteem i:i which he was held by
the people of the c -immunity in which
he lived was attested by the fact that
those of us wh.t attended his funeral,
found every place of business in the
city closed, and the whole city draped
in mourning.
Iu his political aspirations, he wa.s
always successful, leeails bis suceestt
did not depend up-tii p t:tie ! m mip.i
lations, which may suceccd or fail, but
the people wt re with him, ami no p
litcl ojqu.neut was ever able to or
com their loyalty to their friend ami
fav, rite. I remember engaging in
conversation, altout a year before his
death, with a gentleman from his own
county concerning his remarkably sue-ces-tfu!
carver, ami he said to me, that
althmuh he did mt U-long to the same
politi a! party to which Senator I.em
on heiong 1, h . ha 1 a! .vays supported
him every time he had Uvn a candi
date. I learned tit know and love him,
sai.I he, when I was a !oy, and can re
memVr the acts of kindness lie ps-r-formed
fir my father, who was a poor
man, w hen I was a child.
It was not my piivih-ge to know Sen
ator Lemon iu his home, but he fre
quently spkm to me i f his family,
anil always in such a way as to satisfy
me of his devotion to those to w hom he
bore the sacred relation e.f husband ami
father. Our hearts go out in sympathy
to the inmates of that home to-day.
I do not envy the stoicism r indiircr
ence of the man w hod.tcs not mount
with those who mourn, or who can noL
mingle his tears with the tears of these
who weep, ami so with those w ho knew
my departed friend the lcst ami loved
him most I tsiw my head iu sorrow,
and w ait for the revelatiou of tl at day,
when the pilgrimage of time shall
close, w hen all the kind associations of
virtuous love shall be restored, when
that which is mortal shall be clothed
with immortality, and when He Win
came to earth to teach us haw to live,
and Who entered the grave t show us
that it leads away from suffering ami
grief, shall receive the sorrowing one
of earth into those mansions he ha
gone to prepare in his Father's house
on high.
Mr. President, I hcaitily etidor-etl.e
resolutions.
Belle Vkkxhx, P., Feb. 3, I97."
I have been troubled with dyspepsia
aud indigestion a great deal. I was
persuaded by a friend to try Ibttnl's
Sarsaparilla. Since I begun taking it
my general health has been better
than for several years before. I e-heer-fjlly
recommeud Hood's Sarsaparilla
to any one afflicted with atom tea trua
Lk or Impure blood." J. M. Bower..