erset Herald. rv bom ! 1, - c.. hve decided to I i pviton . r ver ai - - . a6"' ,.l recently purcbaa- iuc ... irfoitT' , . f i ,Us wake lat en.. v a.xri' - - i icrorous Old it .r IV , n.,-t tbe Western Theolo 's'u I"Pf tbe rresbyterlin U p'.urare on trial before n't baa ;;iAriC in suits for dama- L.K.rie. ma,t8ubmit to LisP" lamination by a j'iry OI1 Wednesday .riil'arc 1 of & free .1 ,11'! 1 " t .ttP1' 1 " .,if :,i:"- .., Carnegie two 7 The t'.reeusburg Seminary ri f'"- , ...,h hom the offer was a. i!in"'e--n0.ifv Mr. Carnegie. r hat horrible !of.qUi,K!ysnd permanent- :3i"u . ... Mi cents. ... .,t 1 TTV. 1 .;a'l"r plant, it beine poi- aui:l world. t i" ,i,r than eat it, ana i ic .. 1 ' " ' (lf everything green, the , - r:u and lQe t"1000 ..A til " . ;.. , reiiihlxTing town sar Af-" ' hHt he wnt to I it '"- ' .. .. He says that 1 ;;"jj,.-n t-n people treat bun ! r .ben they mant printing to the J" "". off" d""e- ! T7f-r.r.o cm-.ty-s criminal law- 1 . n' " ..: 1 .f nnnmfOHSion- hain, unlawful fees. l-'.'lVniue n.'.nths and u pay three I of t!ie i" 01 Ule l"""""' w Schailer. was -il-r the remains coW. .., r. Dlin of Kverett, uea.oru uSbt sealing eggs In one """". rarrving them to another. a, s..'id "them- When taken in j'-n. r-kn.-leJzed his giiilt, and it-an even--that he was going parried au.l st:.le the eggs to ob : Z n...ey fr that purpose. The "Vo.-E Ieen P tpone.1. AOerpay .V,'Ki.Jf.r iheegj;, he was let . iirtirf pre'J- 'tv h;,,;? of George R.s in Shade a the !M--iie "f a pretty wed-Tari-tm" l'ay. when Albert . Mi- Martha Custer, l;er'llfMr.audMrs. Hrrin Cus- t.a..r.v as performed by 'Squire 'irt, in the pre-eiiee of a few friends itivea of the .outracting parties, "awi Mr. Hit.-hew will go to house .L, in tbe near future at Huckstowu. v r as tbe tuft recent sUtistics go, .iB.B pn!H.rtion of blind people is : . iir ta tifieen hundred, which would Vinalofoiie million Mind persons : .r.i The largest proportion is ',,,, jn Ka.ia, which his in Europe .' t.inJ in a population of ninety si a.::.htns or one in every four hun !' t-y- M'-'st of these are found u lior.bern pru iuces of Finland, and ;t-.rih.ipiu cau is ophthalmia, due to ;ar li ventilation of the huts of the ;4ntry, and the inadequate facilities :;:tra:xeiit. A great deal of the blind-i-P in E.-!''. i due to blowing sand. Hirry Livtng.iod, a yo'ing man who en i farm in Cotiemaugo town siip., S.iiierM-t county, came to this city x. Tueay fr treatment for a severe cut ll htl. hich he received by being by a bore, just lefore daylight morniag. The young man went to K im to liitch up. Contrary to his tuil rMopj, he did not speak to the t tw !in be walked behind thein, and ok af tbe animals becoming frigbt bA rai-ed one of his feet and planted at ir .n shoe on Mr. Liveng.iod's fore si The wouud is not of a serious na-B:t-Jubntown Tril'Uue. Tirf iv.uipu'ry eiiucation law went St' ou the first of the year. A ersiar isul I'.v the School Department y: "After January 1, 1': minors "j. 'Mr tiie ae of sixte-n years employed nianuffturing establishment or Eritile industry must tie able to read Liir.tetbe Knglisb language or pos nrti:"niateof having attended dur iI if pweling ear an evening or day k'J-k f. ri period of sixteen weeks duly j--ily the leather or teachers of the a h;. h said minor attended." The nif.iw ry atteudance law compels all toti,;';..Te.l children under sixteen to CeWw.Wl, imt exempts from attend-i-tb'e hetweeu tiiirteeu and sixteen lacweujrag.'J in s .me useful employ if w kit" ice. TiitIreJations by tramps in West 2urt;ai; j ciiinty are liecoming so num tj that e;!enive methols should le at on. In some places in the ery tramp caught is attached to a . Kit cbaiu and put to work on the "w tad ro !. The question was re ""'y raided in West Chester oniitv s.,rii:,iir to 0;hr eastern couuties ' : --Jf an i a Ivo.-ate the passage of al next i-gislature perinitti ing -"nii:p and borough in the state a pillory an 1 whipping p'st, and T ts Justice of the Ieat.e power to '"Vsr of 11 cise coming under the a;: A x" l y whipping all persons fii..yii, lmg professional hobos l-33lbea.-tof ls7: they uQ wnt t( r' fr! :i' tf rius- ireensburg Trib i;'er d .liar of the issue of i t :y Jam. Ten Kyck, of Albany. ran-J Master of Masons. -pjr-La-a it i:i New York City in -7 pafris u, prove iw authentici ity ":i-n!ea he refusal jLtmti rr tbe A i oi.ar of this issue ha been stat ' nh a er s.;,;j a M r. Ten Kyck . huiem-ut tuat thtre are on iy - ur5 ciius in existence and that er foi there is a reliable record of tv?"'' of Nfv'n of them. He says y of 'Jiauiu wnot the owner j, '" aeu r.ycn nasone of wh iiw of rarj tvins iu thd u """Jtirs Monument committee, of ..nty,li.j,tal, deliirn for -.aiarv' .,... ... - "iwuuiueni u ue erected in Htllin.ro in Vf .J'.. til seods itself for its originality. J, pr'ticbi:ity and br.d signifl- V . l uc of the monument MuadresWr-x-k that has is to been -Jiarsouthe uiounuin ever since uear where it has be.:n Cxc llnes of staee coaches. l(8if''ns etc, that carried pas- 1' miu,ler of merchandise l"J West Priur to n!rfrom iu and of moving it, but from the tejir.,. f" a mrk for tbe the im- the fact ren- i"oof(' i i" tw ana c B. . 7"' ""biiiet0"', ex ped "srtbiof..,..!! .i .... . expe- ition Vu. ,"Jiu-ii tue wLisky insur r'"'k will be surmounted UttajT "presenting a veteran Tb"re are douUless few tekhT lnete which will ta; tr . io soli1 crandeu COU3- ' and t .ua lle same time carry tee of ws-h mo com III l" coinmitt or 'r'"f"e marw or respe. memory of the d..l h .L vrT. . lhi n,ut reminder of TtkunH '"ons of the past. execu f v K sa'LL, Editor. 6& - """" ..January 3 r TiiY. Frank Cunningham, of McKeesport, spent Sunday with his Somerset relatives. William I. Nash, a New Baltimore vet eran, has been granted a ension of per month. A post ofQce has been established at Ashtola, Paint township, this county, with Herrick Thomas as postmaster. Argument Court oonvened at 10 o'clock yesterday morning with Judges Long necker, Horner aud Black on tbe beuch. Brolhersvalley township has two citi zens, Henry Brant and Jicob Pritta, who have attained the ripe age of 91 years. The former is critically ill at his home near Berlin. The opinion of the Supreme Court sus taining the trial court in tbe appeal of James and John Roddy, convicted of murder in the first degree, will be found on the first page of this paper. The electric light question at Meyers- dale has been settled for five years, the members of town council having con tracted with S. D. I.ivengood to furnish street illumination for that period at 45 per 2,000 candle power arc light per year. Mr. W. B. Hicks,- wh.i is connected with the business department of tbe New York World, was in Somerset, Friday, making arrangements with Mr. Chas. H. Fibber to handle that journal in this place. Mr. Hicks is a sou of Congress man Hicks. Mr. Gillian Walter, who has conducted the hotel opposite the railroad station for the past two years, has leased the Haines House, at Itockwood, and will secure possession of it on April 1st. Mr. Walter is an excellent landlord. Mr. Haines will retire from the hotel business. A very pretty cottage residence is be ing erected by Mr. Samuel Brougher, on his lot at the north end of Main Cross street. When completed it will ie one oi tbe most comfortable homes about town. Mr. Brougher is an up-to-date carpenter and is doing most of the work on tbe building himself. The high w ind Saturday night uproot ed a number of trees along the road be tween hero and Rockwood and Meyers dale, and in several instances the tele phone wires were caught in the branches and carried to the ground. Communica tion between the points named was resto red Monday afternoon. The many friends of Mr. Joseph R. Nult,of Akron, Ohio, who is married to Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Hay's only daughter, will be pleased to learn of his busiuoss success. He is not ouly connect ed with one of tbe leading jewelry firms of that city, but he is also treasurer of the Central Savings Bauk Co. Hon. W. H. Miller aud wife, of Que- niahoning township, have been spending several days at the home of their son-in- law, Mr. P. L. Casebeer. Their visit at this time was for the purpose of making tbe acquaintance of their new grand daughter which was presented to them by Mrs. Casebeer, Monday night. Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage, D. D, the fa mous preacher of Washington, D. C, and Mrs. Kleanor McCutcheon Collier, of Allegheny, Pa., were united in marriage Saturday afternoon at the home of the bride's mother. The bride is a sister of Mr. Thomas G. McCutcheon, who is well known in this place. She is Rev. Tal tnage's third wife. Mrs. Peter A. Baush, whose husband recently died at Beaver City, Neb., ar rived here Sunday morning, accompan ied by her three children, aud by her sis ter, Mrs. R. M. Linton, who weut to Bea ver City at the time of Mr. Baush's death. Mrs. Baush and her children will make their home with the formers parents. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Knepper. Receipt is acknowledged of a communi cation from Lambertsville signed "Fair- play," but, owing to its personal charac ter, it is withheld from our columus. The columns of the Herald can not be used for the purpose of stirring up strife among neighbors, and our correspondent is re spectfully requested to reply to his alleged libeler through the sheet in which the li bel appeared. The home of Mrs. James H. Lindsay, in Allegheny, Pa, was robbed of fiOuO worth of jewelry, Thursday evening while the family were at dinner. The thieves climbed up the front porch and entered tbe rooms occupied by Mrs. Lindsay's unnrried daughter aud sev eral young ladies from New York, who were visiting her. Gold watches and jeweled rings of great value were taken. Mrs. Lindsay is well known in Somerset. Mr. W. B. Parker has adopted draw ings, submitted by an architect, for re modeling his property, at present occu pied by Henley's clothing store, on the north-west corner of the public square, in w hich he will launch a dry goods and notion establishment as soon after April 1st as tbe contemplated changes to the buildiuecan tie effected. The new en trance to the store room will 1e at the corner of the building. Plate glass will form a conspicuous part in the changes to be made. Allien L.G. Hay, one of the best known of the younger members of the Somerset couuty bar, and Miss Emma H. Baer, daughter of ex-Judge and Mrs. ilham J. Baer, will be married on Thursday, February 3. The wedding w ill be a quiet affair, the invitations being limited to the immediate families and a few close friends of the bride and groom. The ceremony will be performed at the home of the bride's parents. Upon returning from their wedding tour Mr. and Mrs. Hay will be at home at the Hotel Van- near. The "feign contracting parries are among the most popular young people of thetown. They will have the best wish es of a multitude of friends for a long and happy married life. B. A. O. north-bsund passenger train, Monday afternoon, killed a valuable horse belonging to George Barnhart of Stoyestown, which was being led behind a buggy by W. A. McVicker, one half mile south of the station. The animal became frightened at tbe approaching train and, breaking loose from the party leading him, ran back in the direction thetraio was going, and tbe train and horse met at the crossing. Tbe horse made several leaps as if to cross the rail road bridge near by aud was struck by the engine and thrown on the iron beam on the side of th-j bridge, where it bung. After beiug examined it wa found be badly cut and bruised, beside having one leg badly crushed, which made it neces sary to kill the auimal. Mr. O'narra Denny Sweitzer, who for tbe past two years has made his home at the Hotel Vannear, and Miss Marie La Rue Hicks, the pretty and accomplished daughter of Mrs. Mary J. Hicks, w ill be united in marriage at 10 o'clock this morning, at the homeof the bride's moth er. Rev. T. J. Bristow, of tbe Presbyte rian church, will officiate. Owing to the recent death of the bride's father, the wedding will be private, only clone rela tive will be present. The groom is a son of tbe late General Bowman Sweitxer, distinguished officer in the Union Army and for many years one ot the leading -itizna of Allegheny county. General Sweitzer was prominent in State politics. having for a number of years been Pro thonotary of the Supreme Court. Tbe Kri.lnl umt will include a visit to a num ber of the southern cities. Edward Queer, a miner employed in Berkey's mine, south of town, was per haps fatally injured by a fall of ooa! Mon day afternoon. Queer and a fellow-laborer, Joseph Pletcher, were getting out eal, tbe former "shearing" and tbe latter "knocking down" w hen a mass of cowl weighing several tons fell upon Queer completely burying him. Fletcher re moved the coal covering his partner as speedily as possible, only to find that bis body was badly crushed and that be was also suffering from Internal injuries While tbe extent of the unfortunate vic tim's Injuries is not known, it is report ed that Lis chances of recovery are very lig' t Queer has a wife and several children. Borough and Township Primarios. One of the most violent storms ever known in this part of the country was witnessed on Saturday night and Sun day, immediately following tbe Repub lican primary election, at w hich candi dates f r school director and for the vari ous municipal offices to be filled at the coining February election, were voted for. It has been suggested that the fl or ry kicked up by the elements was the di rect result of tbe dynamite exploited Saturday afternoon by tbe friends of the candidates, who worked with a determi nation rarely before wituessed on a simi lar occasion. Perhaps the greatest interest was man ifested in the battle for school di lectors. and this battle brought about the unusu al spectacle of the County Superintend ent, assisted by all of the male teachers employed In the schools, evidently urged on by the thought that a hard day's work for their favorite candidates meant reten tion iu office anj position for them. Novel and peculiar as was the action of the gentlemen alluded to, it can not be denied that they exerted a strong in flu once in bringing about tha nomination of Messrs. Barron and Prilts and that fac tional politics will In all probability con tinue to dominate the school board of Somerset borough.aod that qualifications such as a teacher should possess will not always be considered a desideratum as against tbe more potent political pulL A number of teachers who have former ly been employed in tbe schools of this borough will realize the force of this statement, which is not dictated by a feel ing of disappointment or reeeutment, but is given as an indisputable fact. A majority of the teachers employed in tbe schools of the borough are fully com petent to discharge the duties of tbe posi tions they have been called upon to fill. but it is the pernicious secret system of electing teachers, regardless of their at tainments, that should be abolished, if the schools of Somerset liorough are to -egain the prestige they have lost among the schools in tbe county and which is working to the detriment of the youth of the town." It is hoped that the suggestions above made will be considered by the old mem bers of the board of directors as well as by the gentlemen who will become mem bers of that Ixxly in June next in the friendly spirit in which they are written, and that the schools of the town will soon take the position they should among the county-seat schools of the State, irre spective of political bias or church creed. The contest for towh cou ncil was a mer ry one, three of tbe contestants button holing their fellow citizens at every op portunity, while tbe fourth, Mr. Cun ningham, remained quietly at home. Gentlemen who are regarded as adepts in local politics backed Win. M. llochstet ler for the office of Justice of the Peace, and we presume they accepted the nomi nation ot Oliver Knepper as philosophi cally as did tbe defeated aspirant, who smilingly remarked when the result of the ballot was announced, "they never touched me." We believe that few, if any, of the oth er gentlemen whose names appear among the successful candidates, did any "elec tioneering." Following is the vote : Justice of the Peace, Wm. M. Tljch- stetler, 132, Oliver Knopper, 102; School Director, R. R. Roberts, 151, Jame4 Mc- Kelvey, 14j, II. F. Barron, 220, M. J. Pritts, 1SI; Town Couucil.Elias Cunning ham, 132. Ed. Hoover, 131, Ed. M. Love, 112, J. W. Frease, 170 ; Street Commis sioner, Daniel S. Knee, 2S8 ; Inspector, A. C. Davis, 9sL Thomas Jones, 190; Judge, Wm. P. Foust, 14S. Alex Huston, 143; Assessor, George M. Say lor, l&i, Wm. B. Co (Troth, 124 ; Auditor, James E. Ferner, 293. . Somerset township Republicans held a primary on Saturday, when the following ticket was nominated : school directors. Ed. Coleman, J. C. Gnagey ; supervisors, Ed. S. KimmeU L G. Custer, W. W. Young, Win. M. Rhoads; assessor, Rus- sel M. Young; inspector, W. F. Country man; judge, E. E. Pugh; auditor, J. W. Bowman; treasurer, Chas. W. Coleman; clerk, H. U. Cupp. . Black township Republicans have nom inated the following ticket: Judge, U. L. Miller; inspector, A. C. Snyder; school directors, Hiram Wable, Jonas Miller; supervisors, A. C. Sterner, Jonas Miller; assessor, A. J. Sterner; auditor, Peter Snyder, clerk, Edward Atchison. Brolhersvalley township Republicans, at a primary election held on Saturday, nominated the following ticket: Judge of election, M. R. Hay; inspector, Reu ben Walker; assessor, H. F. Coleman; supervisors, Samuel rogle, 11. u. isrant. E. K. Suder; school directors, Alexander Coleman, W. W. Hanger; auditor, J. II. Gambert; clerk, Cal Hay; treasurer. Warren Mason. Grocers and General Merchant. The Mercantile Journal A Penn'a Gro cer, published every Thursday, is devot ed exclusively to your interests. 36 pages filled with market trade association news. Advocates Trade and Legislative reforms in the interest of merchants. 53 weeks lor fl.OO, with copy of Grocere Manual and General Merchants' Handbook, fill ed with valuable imoriuation, lree to new subscribers. What old subscriber say of it Ex tracts from one day's letters : "I think that no merchant can afford to do without it." "Tbe best business paper that we have ever received." "It has saved me many times It's price.1 "I could hardly get along without it." "One of the best journals published." "Could not well do w ithout it." "The best up-to-date paper published in the interest of the grocer." "I cet a uumber of pointers from it each week." "Would not be without it for five times the cost." Every live grocer ought to subscribe for it." Send for (ample copy and see whet those who know from experience think of it. f 1.00 a year. 2c a week to all. Mkbcantilk Jocrxal Co, Box lOTi Pittsburg, Pa. Beduced Eailroad Fare ta Farm era titnte. Ia- All persons attending the Farmers' In stitute to be held at Somerset, Pa, Feb ruary 7. 8, 9, 10, aud 11, can secure excur sion tickets at one and one-third fare for the round trip, at any ticket office withiu the county, by calling upou any of tbe following named gentlemen for card or ders, w hich must be presented to ticket ageuLs to secure the above rates : A. M. Ross, Confluence. J. R. Coder, Ursiita. W. II. Sbultx t Co, Casselman. E. D. Miller, RockwotxL Frank Enon, Garret. S. M. Saylor, Meyersdale. M. J. Boachey, Salisbury. A. O. Beal, Sandpatcb. L D. Leidig, Glencue. Charles F. Cook, Berlin. Josiab Specht, Stoyestown. John W. Shaffer, Uooversville. John L. Saylor, Friedens. O. P. Shaver. Chairman. Transportation Committee. Tha "Country" Vawipaper. Much has oeen said, and more has been writteo of the country newspapers' claims to substantial recognition in their respec tive communities, but there la still a heap more to tell than will ever be told.. There la a too popular tendency to belittle what the metropolitan newspapers Cill "the provincial press," and in thir turn tbe daily papers of the larger town are given to putting on ai rs over the village newspa pera and the week I ies of the so-called ru ral district. Yet it is a wide open question whether the country af targe ouldo't afford to dispense with tbe few dailies of tbe cities better than it could do with out its many countiy paper. Pittsburg Daily New. Amount of Money teqttired to San tte Indiana Borstal School. When you stop to think of bow much money is put in circulation by the In diana State Normal you may be surpris ed, remarks the Indiana Times, in an article based on figures fjrnished it by Mr. Thomas Sutton, Secretary of the Normal Bjsrd of Trustees. You will then realize that aside from its being tbe pride of Indiana as well as that of the whole county, and being held in reputa- iou as a model institution of learning, that it is cf much use to Indiana as a money circulator. An estimate can be formed of what it is worth to the town, each mouth, by glancing at the following figures: The cash salaries paid to the members of the Faculty amount to fl.duO, To tbe Steward about $1,003 is given. From this amount he is to take his salary and provides the provision for tbe table, em ploy help, and procure everything else necessary to the conducting of the big building. The light costs tSOD per month. The gas is paid for by the Steward and costs about $175 monthly. About f 100 is spent each month in keeping the grounds in order, aud, if one were to take into ac count tbe varying incidental expeoses, they could see where some more mouey was added to the list. The source from which the Trustees get their money back is from tbe stu dents' tuition and their boarding. The State appropriation for this year "will be 7,500. The valuation of the building and is facilities is placed at about 230,0oa Jacob Baker a Xyth. Philadelphia Tress, Saturday. Cashier Watt, of the Bauk of North America, yesterday pricked the bubble of a hope that a great many people by the name of Baker appear to have been entertaining for some time past. Hun dreds of letters have been received at the bank during the past few months mik ing inquiry concerning the estate of one Jacob Baker, who was supposed to have lived in the Revolutionary period, and to have amassed a fortune variously esti mated at from six to three huudrei mill ions of dollars. Tbe story of the estate seems to have been first told in a lvertisern jnts for the heirs of the said Jaoob Baker, and tbe appeals to the Bank nf North America appear to have been basel ou informa tion furnished by letters to nearly every body in the country bearing the name of Baker, evidently sent out by unscrupu lous seekers after fees to the elfect that Baker had formerly done business with that bank, and that there were now ? fl,- 000,&X) in its vaults ready for distribution among tbe Baker heirs. The bank yesterday issued a notice, both to the general public and the very numerous so-called heirs of tbe estate of one Jacob Baker, of Revolutionary fame, whose letters of inquiry have been daily received, that it has no knowledge of Mr. Baker or his wonderful possessions, or of his business connection with the bank at any previous period of its history. Hew Interpretation. In a case before him, a few days ago. Judge Bell, of Blair county, gave a deci sion which is somewhat novel in legal nnals namely, that a man who having failed, acknowledges he has over 2,000 in his pocket and declines to pay out the money to his creditors except upon terms dictated by himself, is doing a wrong and liable to art est. The case was one in which an Altoona shoe merchant named Saupp sold out hie business to his brother, receiving there for ?2,900, which he shoved down in his clothes, but made no attempt to conceal, refusing, though, to pay his debit. and claiming the law could not tomb him. He was arrested, however, and when up before the court Judge Bell re fused to dismiss the charge. Saupp's at attorney went to Huntingdon and en deavored to obtain a writ of habeas cor pus from Judge Orlady, but failed, and the matter is back with Judge Bell. The latter when reminded on Wednesday by counsel for the defendant that there was neither law nor precedent for his course, said: "Tbe purpose of the law is to make people honest and protect people w ho are unfortunate, and to compel dis honest people to pay out money unjustly withheld. It aims to break np the prac tice of men failing with full pockets. A man must be just before he is generous." Tick'i Garden and Floral Guide. The annual catalogue sent out h tbe old reliable seed establishment of James Vick's Sons, comes to hand in a dainty and tasty cover of blue, pink, yellow and orange. The Golden Lilly, the Pink Day break Aster, a brace of blue birds, and the artistic lettering in black, blue, green, crimson aud gold, all in harmonious combinations, make a cover of exquisite design and appearance. Many of the il lustrations are fine balf-tones. Four handsome colored plate of begonias, dab lias, nasturtiums and sweet pets add to the attractions. The list of seeds and plants covers a large and varied as sortment, including nearly everything that can be desired for tbe garden, the lawn, the greenhouse. Valuable new varieties are offered as well as the thor oughly tried and" proved standard sorts. Vick's novelties are noted for their uni form excellence. . In vegetables the Gradus pea is a great advance over ail other "extra early" va rieties. The Jones Wax Bean is au m sential gain in that line. Potato growers are offered the "White Beauty" as a new variety with model qualities, combining size, high quality and great productive ness. But it is impossible here to note the. many valuable offerings of this firm in fruits, flowers and vegetables. If you are not a customer of this firm send for their catalogue. It is free to all appli cants. Address James Vick's Sous, Rochester, N. Y. Eicaped a Jealous Rival. Judson W. Hushes arrived in Brad dock on Saturday with a bride whom he had wooed, won and married iu a little more than 24 hours. According to their own story, the wne, lormeny riora Chapman, was the belle of Sa'.tville, W Va. where Hughes went two weeksago to erect boilers lor the Aultman-Taylor coin oan v. of Mausfield, O. He met Miss Chapman at a church social, she being in the company of a rough fellow, to whom she had been engaged by alleged intimi dation, as the story was told. Hughes resolved to save her, secured an intro duction and a promise io marry, and the next day tbe couple escaped from the wrathful rough by' strategy, drove at breakneck speed over the mountains to Glade Springs, caught the train for Dris tol, Tenn, where Rev. A. H. Burroughs tied tbe knot speedily. During the ride they expected pursuit and were prepared with revolvers. The man to whom Miss Chapman had been engaged did follow on horseback, mistook two men in a buggy for the elopers opened fire and was him self badly shot. The couple will remain in Braddock some weeks. . ' Betrayed by a Kiss. Thomas West and Miss Fay Thoinp- 6on, of this city, says the Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution, were secretly married on December 9 last. Just why secrecy should have been observed does not appear, Mrs. West continued to reside at her father's home, and her parents were not aware that she was married. Mr. West continued to visit her as before. Last week Mr. West made bis usual call upon Miss Thompson. The story goes that he kissed his wife, aud this kiss caused tbe secret to get out. A little brother of the bride saw tbe kiss and told his mother. Mrs. Thompson was ill, but she arose from her bed and went to the parlor, where she told M r. West, it is said, that he must leave. A dramatic and exciting scene followed. The young people saw that to avoid disagreeable consequences they had better divulge their secret. Mr. West then told the story of the secret marriage, and Mrs. Thompson's strong objections to kissing were removed. She gave the young couple her blessing, which was supplemented later on by the congratulations of ber husband. Disease! of Cattle. The report of Dr. Leonard Pearson, State Veterinarian, covering the work of his department during the past year, deals at some length with tbe results of the in vestigation of the diseases of cattle under the provisions of the act of Juie 1". Is '7. The n umber of cattle tested up to June I, 1S!i7, was 0.104 Of this number 1,8 S weie found to be tuberculous, and condemned. Tbe percentage of tnlerculons cases was 20.30. Since the first of June 4,SK7 cattle have been Usted with tuberculin, and of these 071 wero fimn.1 to be tuberculous ud killed, equivalent to 13 7J , or ceut. At tbe time of the publication of the last annual report, the average appraise ment for cattle condemned as tuberculous was T-l.ti. Since lue begiuning oi ine last fiscal year tbe average appraisement has been fJO.45. Tbe total payments for tuberculous cattle to date amount to 7,- 191.16, for 2,510 animals. Since the be ginning of tbe present fiscal year 671 cat tle have been appraised at $13,714 Go, being an average of $20.45 per head, as against $22.78 per head for all of the cattle that have been appraised since the beginning of operations, and $24.42 per head as the average for last year. HINTS TO CATTLE BUYERS. The report recominonus the continuance of the present plan of dealing with tuber culosis, and advises owners of herds that they intend to repleuish to buy cattle only subject to tbe tuberculin lest or from herds that they have reason te believe are free from tuberculosis. Many dairymen, the report frankly admits, find difficulty in purchasing according to these provis ions, being obliged to buy cattle that are gathered from unknown sources by dro vers, who ship them long distances and dispose of them at public sales, offering no guaranty as to freedom from tubercu losis. Some dealers, however, have ar ranged to sell cattle subject to the tuber culin test, and in some cases also, whole herds are inspected and sold with certifi cates showing that they are healthy. "This system," the report coutinues, "is desirable for the purchaser, and it has baen observed that cattle sell better with a guaranty of this kind than without it." SO PANDER IN TCHKRCl'LIX. A few years ago tuberculin was object ed to by those who had no experience with it, on the ground that it might in ure healthy rattle. But experience, cov ering thousands of cases, extending over years of time, show that this view is groundless, and with the very large num ber of animals examined with tuberculin n Pennsylvania, there has not been a re port of a single case in which it was even suspected tint the test bad caused the slightest injury. GLANDERS CARRIED FROM NEBRASKA The report notes that glanders is be coming rarer each year. During the past welve months cases have been discover ed aud killed in Alleguer.y, Beaver, Bed ford, Berks, Bucks, Elk, Lackawanna, Lycoming, Montgomery and Philadel phia couuties. Altogether, 21 cases hav e been disposed of. Four cases found iu three different counties, were traced to a siugle carload ot norses irom .Nenrasta that were sold at auction in a small town near Philadelphia. Glanders has been iound to be transmissible from horses aud mules to dogs, cats and men. Charged with Selling "Mountain Dew." Sylvester Decker, of near New Flor ence, was committed to the estmore land county jail Thursday evening on a charge of selling liquor without license and selling to minors. It was alleged that he had been dealing in "mountain dew" for several years, but his neighbors refused to return him, because they were his best customers. Frauk Byers made the information and Decker says it is all spite work. Decker owns property at the foot of the Laurel Hill Mountain, and as the result of a laud dol, in which Byers came out at the little end of the horn, the two men be came bitter enemies. To this Decker at tributes the prosecution. He owns con siderable valuable property about New Florence and be expected to be able to furnish $300 bail. Suicide a Bar to Becoveriag Life Iniu- raace. In the Uuited States Supreme Court at Washington recently Justice Harlan handed down an opinion iu the case of A. Howard Ritter, executor of William M. Runk, vs. the Mutual Life Iusurauce Company of New York, involving the question of whether the heirs of a man who commits suicide when in sound mind can recover an insurance policy. The Court held that they could not. It appeared from tbe facts stated that Mr. Runk, a resident of Philadelphia, committed suicide within less than a year after increasing his insurance to the ex tent of $200,000, making an aggregate in surance of $o00,000 upon his life. Of the $200,0110 the New York Company carried $75,000, which it refused to psy on the ground that Runk was sane when ho took his life. It was shown in the trial court that he had written a letter the day before his death slating that it was his purpose to put an end tc his life so that his life insurance money could be collect ed for the payment of his dtbts. In deciding the case Justice Harlan said that when an insurance company entered into a contract to insure a man's life, nei toer party to the contract could be sun posed to have suicide iu contemplation. and it was not intended in entering into such a contract that the lifo of the person insured should be at the option of either of the parties. Concluding, he said ex plicitly that no insured person commit tinz suicide and found to be of sound mind could recover upon his policy. Delayed Two Weddings. A double wedding took place at Mill R jn, Fayette couuty, on Thursday even ing, instead of in the morning, as arrang ed. The parties were Charles W. Gernet, of Pittsburgh, and Miss Maria Magdalina Stickle, daughter of August Stickle, of Mill Run, and Sigel Bigham and Magda lina Dahl, both of Mill Run, to take place at 9 o'clock, but early in the morning one of the grooms-elect came to Connellsville to get shaved. Going borne be got off at Baer Run instead of Stewarton and start ed to tramp across the iiiiuntains to his wedding. The roads were bad, and his clothes were ruined. Meantime the wed ding feast was delayed, and tbe bride was in tears. Parties started out over the mountains to hunt the missing man wh im they came across Irudging through the mud. He was hauled to Mill Run and went to a hotel to change his clothes. Than he left the wedding ring in his pocket, and when the ceremony was fiually under way at 5 o'clock in the even- in', it had to be discontinued while messenger went out to get the ring. Fa ther John Burns, of Connellsville, was th officiating clergyman. Tbe other couple waitod ou the belated groom, and tbe two weddings took place at once. Preaching ia Daweoa City. Rev. S. U. Young and Dr. W. A. Mc- Ewen, writing from Dawson City to the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions, say that on reaching Dawson they rented a two-story frame house belonging to a saloonkeeper, for seven months for $S50. There was one big room below and six small ones above. They borrowed the money. They rented the small rooms at $20 a month each. On the 21st of Novem ber one of the lodgers came home drunk and although candles were $1.50 apiece. he lighted one and then kicked it over, selling fire io tbe house, which burned down. The miners took an interest In the mis eionaries then, and chipped in aud rent ed the Opera House for their use on Sun divs. The letter closes: "I walked over tweoty miles on Tuesday with the ther mometer 37 degrees below zero, made eleven calls and found about thirty church people who will attend the meetings. The mines are pouring forth constant streams of gold, and there Is no difficulty in paying obligations." f ji D A L i luumuguurwi aiuoiurj two-year-old cow : just had first calf. Applr to Mrs. J. F. Davis, Somerset, Pa, Death of George Barroa. George Barron, one of Somerset tow n ship'a most venerable and highly es teemed farmers, died at tbe home of his son, Samuel, five miles north of town, at an early hour yesterday morning. Mr. Barrou was eighty-seven years of ge and throughout bis long lift had lived in Somerset township. lie w as a man of I stalwart frame and robust constitution. being aluw-rt an entire slrgrger to Mi-k-nesjj until in Lis declining eais, and even then be was frro from Miffctlng, death resulting from advanced age. His wife died a number f years ago. Tbe followlcg named children survive: saac, A brain and Cyrus, who live in tbe west, Samuel, at w hose borne he died, ! Mrs. J. W. Millar and Mrs. Iaaiah Hess, both of Somerset township. Another daughter, Mrs. Michael Good, died sev eral years ago. Tbe funeral will take place at 10 o'clock Thursday morning. when Interment will be made in the Lu theran cemetery, at Friedens. Kt Xoriah Items. Jerome Stuffl is running his lime quar ry double turn. Jesse Crist spent last week in Johns town. It is ouly right to say that be did not take any apples with him this trip. There have been no weddings in this immediate community for a year past. bat several are scheduled to take place while "winter lingers in the lap of spring." Ira aud Harvey Lohr have purchased a full blood fox hound, and he is kept bnsy exercising the numerous foxes that have appeared iu this region. Red foxee are especially numerous; quite a number of this species have been shot by local hun ters. The Lutheran and Reformed ministers, Revs. Flick and Weitzell, conducted re ligious services in the two churches at this place last week, alternating nightly. Communion services were held in the Reformed Church on Sunday, when 12 accessions were made to that congrega tion. Hiram Gardner, one of our best known fartueis, who had been seriously sick for some time past, is improving and unless something unforeseen occurs will ulti mately recover his former good health. Mr. Gardner is an old soldier and has been suffering from disease contracted in the service. -M. Ladies and gentlemen from the sur rounding towns and country who will visit Somerset during the Farmers' In stitute should remember that at tbe White Palace Restaurant, in the base meLtof the Cook it Beerits block, they can be accommodated with hot meals and uncheon at reasonable prices. No Let ter place to dine, in fact much better in every respect than a majority of place i where meals are served to the public. Women in School Boards. An exchange very truthfully says: Tho present is au appropriate time for the discussion of woman's rights to repre sentation in School Boards, since one third of the wbolo number of Directors will be chosen at the election in Februa ry. To ignore the rights of the sex iu this respect is to deprive many commu nities of valuable, services in connection with school management. Woman has d'rect interest in education. Although the constitution of Pennsylvania makes woman eligible to any office of control or management under the public school system, of a total of 13.7SI School Direct ors iu the State, only 41 are women. What a startling commentary on the greed for office that prevails It is gener ally re-cognized that the women are tbe natural teachers of the race, as is show n by the large preponderance of female teach ers. But it should also be recognized that much of the efficiency of the public school system depends upon directors. How often is there a total lack of tbe needs of tbe children, from an education al stand, on the part of those elected to tbe position ! How much improvement would often result from the election of a capable woman to the office! There should be at least one woman in every school board in the Slate of Pennsylva nia. This Is a reform which should not wait upon the right of suffrage to the sex. The Hand of Fate. County Detective Alex. McBethof Fay ette county arrived here at 10:57 Tuesday night, says the Cireensburg Tribune, hav ing in charge Andrew Or ban, who was arrested at Scranlou some dys ago charg ed with the murder of his brother, Joseph, at Brownsville, Pa., on Christinas Day, Orlan was placed in the lock-up whore he remained ail night aud Wednesday was taken to Uniontown. Fate had much to do with Orbau's arrest. Andrew mur dered bis brother during a quarrel and then skipped out. Although detectives bad been working on tbe case no trace of him could be found. The murdered man's widow went to Scrautou to live ilh her sister. Some days ago another sister visited Scrautou aud while at the house of the murdered man's wire she learned that her brother-in-law had been murdered. She was a boarding house keeper and the description of An Irew Urban tallied so closely with one of her boarders that his identity was easily es tablished and bis arrest followed. Bttih far Biioait Stock. People with money fell over each other in subscribing for stock in tbe National Cracker Company, tbe gigantic trust that has absorbed all the principal biscuit and cracker concerns of the country, and on Saturday telegrams were sent from New York to the diiferent points at which sub scriptions were being taken to close thorn, for the stock was over-subscribed. Com mon stock sold in Chicago as high as fil a share. Large sulSicriptions were received from a uumber of people outside of the three companies forming tbe nucleus of the combine. Norman B. Kesm, of Chicago, took 700,000, and Philip Armour, of Chi csgo, a like amount. The Pullman estate went in for ?.O0,ii0 and other capitalists too' blocks of $300,000, fSo0,0u0, and $V,- 000. Included in this number was Presi dent Mitchell, of tbe Illinois Trust and Savings Bank, of Chicago, and Oeorge Baker, tbe Presidentof the First National Bank of New York. No subscription of less than fV),000 was taken. Everything is now ready for the charter, which will probably be obtained under the laws of New Jersey. Tbe tock of the Trust comprises J25,- 000,000 preferred and f iO.OOO.OiX) common. Something over 1S,0(0,000 of this prefer red stock goes to the stock holders of the three present baking companies, and this leaves over f,000,0u), in addition to the purchase price of the companies. The ag gregate sales of tbe Trust are estimated at 10,000,000 yearly. Hew It Got Its Kama. From the Centre Hull Reporter. Tbe origin of names of places is quite interesting to many students. Port Ma tilda, a pretty hamlet in the upper end of Bald Eagle valley, this county, along tbe Bald Eagle valley railroad, derived its name from the fact that one of its early settlers had a sick wife, and a daughter named Matilda. The father told his daughter to go to the tavern and get some port wine for ber sick mother. After the daughter bad left the bouse thinking she might forget tbe kind of wine needed, he shcuted to her "port, Matilda." Those who heard him used the saying as a joke. and ever since that locality has been knowu as Port Matilda. HOTICE ! The public is hereby notified not to buy a note for tVJ0, dated Rockwood, Pa., Sept. 27, 1897, payable one year after date. to II. P. Reynolds and signed by myself j and others, on account of my name being o i said note, as I am and will only be n - sponsible for 100 of said amount called . - 1 for by said note. A. C. Stebseb, &AK1.I0 POWDER Absolutely Pure v Marriage Licenses. Tbe following marriage license have been granted since our last issue : O. H D. Sweitsr, Allegheny. Pi. Marie LaKue Hicks, Somerset llor. Daniel C. Yoder, Iowa. Annie Maust, Elk Lick Twp. Nichols Baldwin, lHmegal, Pa. Emma Sbawley, Donegal, Pa. John M. GarletU, L. Turkey foot Tw p. Lottie Rush, Upper Turkeyloot Twp. The teachers of Somerset township will hold an institute in the school house at Friedens, on Saturday, February 12i.li, when an interesting program will be dis posed of. Constables' Fay. Judge Scott, at Easton, recently handed down an opinion in the case of Peter S. Uulsizer vs. the county of Northampton, an amicable action in the nature of a case stated growing out of the new law of June 15, lsW, which fixed new fees and which is important to all constables. Suit was brought by Hulsizer for pay for makit g his regular returns to tbe court of quar ter sessions and for mileege for said ser vice, and for service at the polls on elec tion day. The Court decides that he is entitled to the mileage, Imt not to the fees. because the act granting an increase of fees to constables did not becomo a law until after the plaintiff was elected to the office of constable. He cannot thrreforo get the psy during his present term. which expires in isirj. All constables elected after the passage of the act are en titled to the fees therein provided. Jii'lge Scott holds that any increase or decrease of the pay of a public official during his term of office is a violation of the consti tution. THE PHILADELPHIA TIMES IS THC Handsomest and Best Newspaper PUBLISHED. During IS THE TIMES will not only maintain tbe hih standard of excellence it reached the past year, but will stead fastly endeavor to excel its own best rec ord. Bud will not swerve from its set pur pose to make TinES THE THE FAVORITE FAMILY NEWS PAPER OF THIS COUNTRY AN O BEST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED PRINTING ALL THE NEWS ALL THE WORLD ALL THE TIME Xo journal is moro extensively circulated or has a wider circle of readers in Penn sylvania than THE PHILADELPHIA TIMES Why? BECAUSE IT DESERVES THEM Specimen Copies Sent Free Send For One TERflS DA1LY -l0 P,r annum; cenis per luouiu ; uenv- ered by carriers for 6 cenu per week. SUNDAY EDITION', large, handsome pages I columns, elegantly illustrated, beautifully printed in colors, $1 00 per annum ; 5 cents per crpy. Daily and Sunday, jo.OO per annum ; M cents per month. Address all letters to THE TIMES) Philadelphia. ASSESSORS RETURNS. A tabular statement of the property taxa ble for County unit Suts pari-, as return ed by tliesrveml assessors oi Ooiuerset couu ty, for the year, : l.ISTKICTS. CorSTT. STATIC Ad.lison $ llViiT AlWirbeny Ikv-S n.7' llenson Boroueh- S.i.!C. ,! " Herlin Borough 'Jw.t'O 71.;;7 l-.lack l!7,"Vi l,t.7 Kn.thersvullev wf.iM "i-'f'S t'Hsselinan Hor.Hih !.,! i.lxi 1'oiif iiiuugn - o.im 117, j (.Yntluence Bon.ugh ll.-Vi S. KlklK'k . tvM.Tif Kairtinpe. h2Ml V. tireenville 'i..u7 Hooversville Borough i.'.HS :i 7 ) JenVnn. 2J,-.",S 17.1i Jennertowii i2oiou.;h- .. -I.-'U It. Jin Jenner :i'w (v,4.s La ri nier 1-vii! l'v-t Lincoln , I.ower Turteevfwt Meyersdale lioruush Mnl.i lee reek l.!t 4 ii.;;) KI.MJ7 Milfonl New Baltimore Korousih..... New Centrevilie Borouti Northampton....... ule l'aint . liieiiuthonintf No. 2 3I.'.S l.Ci. :tM .!( 4-"7,M l:C7s. 1 -t .1.1 7.tr, l',,770 7ii.W Ui.W) r4s,oo) Rtt.J :-7i2 177 ,Sl Hi. ,;i lUsRwtsi.l Fo.ouii- :ilioury Borouxh.. Sha.Je. . WomertleM Borough Somerset Borough Somerset- Southampton...-. - SUinycreelc Stoyestowu Borough Summit Ki l.IVS 17i.lll , tl!..tl J 1.7 II lf7,V I'pP T Turkcyfoot - L'l.wl I'rsitM! Borough- Velierslun?.........-. -.- ll.t.Vi SAW. Notice ia hereby elven that Thursday, the 7th day of January, l.vw, has been nxed an the day lor nnally det.'rminlns whether anv of the valuations of the HeK-ora have been made too low. fiKO. r . KIMMEI, L. A. KRKfi H.MAN. Attest; GAKIUK1, ixil(. J.O. E.HERT, L'oinmisxloners. Clerk. Coin' Office, Jan. 1S, lxri. THE PITTSBURGH I m ALL THE NEWS AND MORE. Not only a comp'e'e record r.f tho events of the day, but a bright and cheery reflection of thepba - s of the times in all their rev elations of human interest regular department of Labor News. Full Market Reports and the best Financial Intelligence. A daily budget of fresh; Inform a- tion and Cheerful Entertain ment. A Paper for the Shop, the Office, and above all, for the House' hold. THE CHRONICLE TELEGRAPH cos' a but on cent a copy, or 25 cut-t a month, payable in ed vance if sent by mi l I Valuable Real Estate j I'niler sn or ier of I lie Orptians" Court of Norurix-t eouutv. l a-. I wia ciie to ubi:c ntle on ine piriiiisia, ou Tuesday. Feb. 8. 1898, at I o'c'otk P M.. H-e r.-iVu : i!...-rO--l r-n! . !', U: the A en..!, tr.ei ..f tn. sine t rpper Turk- I.H low n. ! .. s. .ii-r,.i county. . J a.1J..iiil.iie lanil of Wi.i. Uvrhi.rU. Jacwo K K.-.r. l..fliul s-.vhU-r. l;trot Hn.uaher, Jupii suvtc.-r. Htnim Ksoiiey, Uri jltb and .unlit roH.I, csKiUfcitiinie I03 Acres and 91 Perchss, more or lesiL ee dwd of Jacob Friend to Dan iel (airier, Iwc. oL M, page 'JS, having oo suid ia mi a Two-story House new bank barn and other oat- bulldlnt. good water. kmI fruit and ch.stuut onfwtni. atv.ut l"eiv umber. XbcUru Is well cul tivate.!. Terms: Ten p-r rent. cuh on day of sale, hulance nf on cisirh'imiii.m. 1 1 In oot snd la two j.irs ilieivntur with Inlen-st. lun'l r :iidly widow's dower to rvMutui a lien upon the I .remises. l'osseMOii cwu be tf'.vvu 1st Apnl, sws. SIMON FAII'I.KY, Trule. Kinnwood, Pit. Crrhizs' Cosrt Sab or VAI l ABLt REAL ESTATE! Late Ihe pmrty of Laura Countryman, Ut-era-")-'!. Jvitvj 01 ihe prvuuik'S, ia Meyer- Monday, Feb. 7, 1893, At 2 o'clock P. M , All thnt o-rutin lot of it mo ml tituate In Mfy'rMiaif bormiirli. mMr-i r unify. Pa., on Kit north mR i( Nort-'i trvrl, bouiwltnl n tti north tiy an alty, on the eft by an altfy, on thfMuith ity North trvet. oti the wet uy lot of the MulW:in elal. Ttieiit is linprov-. i with a tin two-story rviiinc of eight M.iii. lower an 1 uir halls front ami rvar jMrelie, wvil of never tlu:i waU'rand iaiM oritur. Wii-r. -ViMiiun i a i'-ury rvi- rit nt-.- oi live room; ou nam lot. Alm a lanje livery Lthl- on lot, with its own whut sup ply. There are pkuty of truit trvr. and usa- 1 out-imitaingH. Terms: Ten pT cvtit, o! day of Kale ; tta lance of t ou oohtirfiutf ion ; 1 - in oue ymr an-1 ' , tn two jt rs tnereafter. with iitert-?t. In ternet Lviy- h fits to U- wvimtl by Juiluient nou-. or til. on the premise. 'o3eKion given iiril I, i. AAKnN COBKR, . K. Ktnetcin. Kxeeutor and Trustee. Auctioneer. AS212!IST2AT2X3 SALS Vafaaib Ural Estate! The umlersiifnetl it'lminUimtrix of John A. Ky lor, late ot Jennertowii borough, Noim-r-iet eourity, la- ii.-rt, will expose to public sale, on tin premises, on Saturday, Feb 12, 1898, AT 2 O'CLOCK r. he following ds rilHi! real entat?, viz : AH that certain lot of eroum! nituate In the trough of Jt-nt.i-rtt.M ii. Somrx t county, .., H'l loliiiiii' lands of liitit-l IVterHou. Hi ram il.iunT lii.''!nir pilceanda punlicaliey. jiitainitiif tw.-itt y-uim; MMtiare pervrH strict leas urv, haYing tht-reon rec leu a jcihmi two torv Ir.iiiie : weiluitf h; e. two-story frame n-iMH iimker s hop, a lar; tnt-Ie ami shed. nd aii olht-r uecosury oui-buildingx. Terms: (ash on confirmation of a(e and delivery of deei ; 10 per cent, of purr hose, money to foe paid on day of saie- all - It I r- KAl u Administratrix. F. W. Biesecker, Att'y. Fi Something New.... Calendar', Iiiaries, Files and Ac count Books of various kinds are ainorg the many thin every otUee needs about this time of year. And they are just the things we are offering at special prices. No Irt-tter or more complete stock of sta tionery can be found in the city and from Pens to Ledgers, our priit-s are such as to enable you to sa e -') per c ent. on all pur chases. All kinds of Blank Books, Pay Books Journals, I-edger, Cash Books, Secretary's Minute Books for Societies, Corporations, Ac., Ii:iries for ts'K, Notes, Receipt and Order Books, liioii's aud McKiuney's Jutii-e, Iunlaps Book ot Forms, Penn'a Iigtn, all kinds of Jus tices' and Constable Legal Elanks.Mar- riage Certificates, Fountain Pens, aud everything along this line to enal.le you to begin tho new year on "the square," CHAS. H. FISHER. Who Killed Cock Robin ? " I did," says the new furniture dealer. "How ?" "Uy knocking the bot tom out of the high prices asked for FURNITURE In Somerset, Pa., And don't ycu forgst it. re not here to ofTer our stomefsold goods at hard me prices, but are here to otler you genuine new goods of a make, quality aud finish that can not be sur passed this Hide of the Klondike Gold Fields. Yon will not be required to go to the irold fields and make a fortune before buying, either. Young people cau now GET MARRIED and go to housekeeping a year sooner than they could before the opening of the new furniture rooms. Why ? Sim ply because we sell so much cheaper. We are here to make it go. Quick sales and small profits is our motto. Come and see us. We can sell you full Cham ber Suits from f 13 up. Couches, $5.o0 up. Chairs 3" cents up. Many nice and useful articles for the holiday trade coming in. F. H. SUFALL. liaer Block, SOMERSET, PA. Wanted AGENTS BOTH MEN AND WOMEN. If you re willing to work, we ran ctve you employ ment .lib G K)0 PAY, anil you can work .11 oi pstrl of the lim. nud nt nome or trsvlin. the work Is LIGHT uxi WSY. WRt TE AT ONCE for terms, etc io The Hawks Nursery Company, ROCHESTER, N. Y. TZZLZZ S1L3 slers Ml lore ft A flEll WW t: MrsAEUh . TJ T 'ON Iberni'i.st I'f HtHlif p' BJ J tbr-'Uli.-ut our li.UI.lv, bad Neil d.cl!t d Io colli 11. it te our Grcst Annual Cosh Clearance St Us ui. til some liuie fcfUi rrmer Insti tute. lHiring tnls time tbe uuheard f bargains will prevail in all departments. Delay, however, Is dangerous, for when the present supply Is exhausted, It w i!l not be replenished during the progress, of this great sale. The pri.-ee ia Standard Domestic Goods will be tbe same as quoted in former issues of this paper. We witl ofter our 50c Lace Curtains for 45c 00c t 75c 1 35 " 1 00 I 50 ' " " 1 33 -3 a 00 1 66 2-3 Some odd lots of one, two and three pairs of Lace Curtaius at not simple reductions, but absolute sacrifice. See Them. A grvat demand h been made on Dress Goods DEPARTMENT during this sale. A choice and varied line to select from at RIISUT PRICKS has occasioueil this. As a resul; of thi sale there are some short lengths and remnants in Dress Uixuis coutaii)it eiionim for children s aresss, wnicii can be bought at great bargains. CCMMM OUR Coat & Wrap DEPARTMENT continues to be of great interest t those who tlesiro !e latest style gar ments in the choicest gols, at prices reduced J to I of tbe original price. Call and see the Wraps lemaining ami there will be no trouble in agreeing on a price. About 200 Pounds Woolen Carpet Chain 28cts per pound. Mrs. A. E. UHL. XOTICK OF APPLICATION FOR .jj PAKUO.N. 7'if all chii it mny eviwrrn : Notice is herehy clven that n Mie thrl Wed iwsiia y, bein the ltith iuy of KVlTtifry, A. 1. 13. an application will ie m:ule. to tn Hxir-l of Pardons at Harrisbunr, fa., for the foil and free prdoi of Henry Ivrafl. convict ed of Larceny at Nu. , Hept. Term. Issi7, ( . A T. nf Somerset "ouuy. and now imprisoned at Huntingdon Kcformatory, Huntingdon, la , in accordance with th sentence of I 'ourt. A. C. Hi'l.BKKT, Attoraey for feuiitMiers. DMIXISTRATOR rf NOTICE. Entitle of John AltfUtlx r, late of Stonyereek township, .Somerset county. I -a... deed, letters ofsdministrHtion having been grant ed to the underpinned hy the propfr&uthonty on the itbove esiwte, nolic is her-by iciveii to all parties iuivuiK claims sk1iiI mid e'te to present them proirly authetrticuusl f..i : Ufmvnt, and all prtn-s owin siud tt.iU) wilt rnuke immediate payment of the amount at the htaiM of J.-!f. rson Aitfathrr, tjtonycrwlt township, on Kn.htv, J:n. . IX. JusKf'H Al.TKATHKR. Jfcr r KK.s N AI.TKATH Kit, Admini-lrutorM. A DMIXLSTRATOIW' NOTICE. K-tJiU' of Aaron RnuchiT, hit of Milfonl towunhif, Smifcrwt county. Pa., tfee'd. Letter of ailniinUtnit ion on the bve e tatv imviiij; ttmn tfrantl to tti um!TK,t;nt4 by the prtjoT authority, noiicv W hr-hy Kiv- en to Mil pTNn.s iuot'ulvi o hhM estate to iiMkeifn111e4i1.it p ymnt, aim Ummm rutviitic rk.iui nitiust t h Maine to pn-nt thtm duty utrifiitit-atest Vr ttit-nie t. t'titMs furtii- er Kivt'ii that I wiil rii-t a'l partu-tt to make I -iiu-n', on hri'lay, rrbruary 4. l. al lh Klh'k House iu New Cent rev iiie txinmh. M. H. IUHVHKK, Atlm'r lor Aaron bourh r. Colt Mini A Colhorn, Att'y: for Adm'r. A UDITOK'S NOTICE. In re Aivcned estate of Ivutc L. Voder. The undersigned auditor, appointed hy the fropr authority to distribute the fund in Ihe Lan14of tbe Avtinee, to and anions th?e bvaliy entitled thereto, hereby Riven notice that he will nit in hid office in MHieret. t'a., for the purpn f attendm; to the duties i.f m id appointment, on KriJy, January :, i4, hi one o'clock p. m., wt.-n and where ail parties litUTtAted may attend. J.C. LOWKV, Auditor. KSIGNEE'S NOTICE. In the Matter of the Assigned K-date of Dnvbl J. I'hiHtppi. 'A CRMelriian borough, i-xmieset couuty, ra. Notice in hereby given that Ivid J. I'hil Itppi ha executed a de-J of voluntary align ment of all hi? ent ate, real, personal and mixed, to the undersigned, for the benefit of the creditors of the nnid luvid J. Khtllippi. All pernm indebted to said iHtvidJ Phiuip pi will make immediate payment, and tho9 having claims or demands will prewnt tne ftanie to the augnee at his store in K ingwcd for Hetileinent and allowance, on k Yiday, Fcbniary 11, j n3 a gki:;i vro, Frrd. W. liiejiecker. Assignee, Altorney. King wood P. (. A UDITOIVS 0TICE. In r estate of Jacob Hterner, df.cM. Tlie undersigned auditor duly appointed by the proper authority, to diwinlmu the fund in the nands of the adininttrntair U find among thoe b-gaily entitled thereto, hrehy Ktvea notice that be will attend U tne duibn of his appointment, on Tuesday, February 1. l.M'H, at one o'clock p. in., at his office in rsiiitie erset. Pa, when and where all partie inter ested may attend. i'KED. W. BIEECKKR. Auditor. E KECUTOR S NOTICE. tu! of Aaron Perkeybiie. late of tiuenia- liooing lowuxlup, .soni r-l co.,iTi, dec H. Letters testamentary on the above nut havinir been tssnsl bv the pn.per.utlionlv to the uiulcrsijfned as exwulor of the .! es tate, notice is hereliy given to all partie In debted to said erttatM to make imnrietliaWf pay ment, antl all parties having claima axaiiiAt Htiit FHUtlv will prevent thnu duty auibiill rabsl for cl'linef!t on or b.-fore Satuntav, Keb. l-., lHhs, at the oi!W of 1-U.jiiire U M. Hoover, In the borough of Hooversville. JOHN A. t l.4.RK. J. II. Chi. Att'J. Kxeeuur. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Ealat of Lydia M. Iavls.late of Somerset bor outh, ?iomeret county, P., dee'd. Let ten of administration on t)ieabovetata having been grauteit to the undersigned l.y the pniper authontv. notice la hereby giv en to all person intVbut to wild esiat tt make Immediate payment, and tboae bavlug claima against tbr mhiu.3 u prnwui ttim lor settlement, duly authenticated, on tsatunlay, Keb. ai, liM, at the otUce of lue undersigned In Somerset borough. OLIVKR KNEPPKR. Administrator. AUDITOR'S NOTICE. In re estate of Josi.ih A'.wlue, dee'd. The undersigned auditor, duly appointed by tbe pn.per authority to distribute tne fund in hands of tbe executor, J. l. Muthler, to aud among lhMe legrtlly entitiel lheretK berei.y giv.- notice Ihut he will attend to tiiv dull. tjf his appointment ou Thurstiay rVtruary 3. 1-Ws at l.iaottiee in s.mersct, Pa. wbeo add wbervall parties 'ntervated may at'.eQ.I fHH. W. bisX'k.KA. Aq(V. w IT
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