JUL tt.at ir .tC aaV , : 1 omerset Herald. 5 ? time Ciine Tid ' ....ci'Ipo foratthe rir;-r rr- e S-'6 '' s ieved in twenty minutes. Dr.Tho.-WEd.o- E"-i: ' h.-n has aroused I'' .;..n rr.e n Fayette oonntj f ic';fTim;r colored man for post- Haven. .-all paper pedilers. , oi buTine. This ' !1iriirJe" !' vou money. '..wkerand Webster have ye! !aw" of Horses to our p v - during the past ten ..s-j W ecamuof the scalp- f.a-':if'1 ,;.-. but it can be l!..rrtintaieut, quick and per- .i fl.Ll.IJ SJ " . .i - 7 .... IlltS. At any drug store. ,;evi,iners 01 Berks county Tie the county treasu- Zrt overdrawn in excess of -r. wed them by act of as- XXV, the highest point tii.T recent Doceiuber ..Uat .sd durws change, bat- cu ice V LI" ' .. .r.r is On lKWu ir ..-., mJ the first-class pas- '.IhmCliiw the Paciac , .., re.lu.-eJ from t.l.W to .. hS in robbed the First '. .Til. flip to the officers ,,-c.ricg. 6tm . ! m.e day I' eek. He made four other ,r?a' . l..r rMHIltV vounz t'-' . , . .u ar.Ind a verdict for n B .t' - . sr his it " " , . shallenbeiwr, who K: i,e circulate! sUnderc " ilaied to creatiy injure the "'.'....n of the pUiutitf. .. ,,,:.,t rU Wall I'apers are dark hvt them any coior plenty litht ones, plenty dark ' WcsureU.piea-seyona. fc SV1-ER-S AltT STORE. . ma.uel I-r, of Fayette county. .it K. r.tu.-rvm, of est- '. . H iv. were united in mar- ' T-Mnvdav. l't'b. 17ih. by Justice 'lvr, i i s resilience i "' of the pmj-vtiles tn:inuCactured O.iBK .je fiirpeiit' Steel Company, m Pa., fur the iioverument, wul. rLr.7n?aetrate armor plate of great ."." at a distance ofll miles. . :.i-.Mitr Women's Christian , l'!ii"!i have declare.! 1 ,,f i.,;. ivo. At a meeting r.'.'7reMiutions were pa-wed ask- withhold certiticaua " ' i -. .. ;. . sillier smoke or , tLlii U'J'". u'iu1' , . - Wi'V downpour oi ram. !''"lithe tvuntry roa.U aim. Many of the by-roads are ';c;,Uitdwi;li snow. Tjewuaty oditors of Lycoming ooun- t--ir ren-irt re.valiy iuea uitumt- 1 ae Cjuiiiiisiouers wall paia i wlJierj mj;ni:iie:it; 1,KK) on BU i. -r' 'oo n,l HJ each oa tneir pay a r tr;.:t. the well know Tailor and r sill viit Somerset and vicinity ,-.t Mirch 1st wiih a full and very r! ; line of Spring Goods for men's r. F.tvc'ie price and satiwfacto- rr 'irk guaranteed. Tt 5.-h.wl I'irei-Uirs ol Coleraite t raMh:?, Luitaster County, who were iwiiToaed from offline for refusing to k.uJs. hoi)lh'use, were re-elected on Tuesday. Fr stwes in the city keep as fine a k jf Wall Pjr as is kept at Snyiikk's Abt Stoke. tslbeduty of every family to thor KTu'.v ilisinfwt all cliwts and keep mct drains well cleansed durinjj such laJstr as e are n w hivin". Health ' be prized above everything else. bsaeck in the I'.iair county courts .ige Martin Bell caused the rules of ruirttoheameiijed that women should iilxlt;ed to the study and practice of aiictUl eiiunty. Blair is the first of tfemliid wuaties to take this advanced itzi :n the matter of women's rights, iiw tin? con rt hail announced its deois )iiliarcxaaiituiig iMinmitlee exam- si ieJ iiisse.1 SI Us Mary Bracken, of E ...iivslmrj;, t periuission to study Tt ixsteal of the late John Hicks H in tsrnj?J to sale immediately fol- l.:j the Sheriff- sale, on Friday, iith ilere is a desirable home to be had James L. Prn. Trustee. i iiare renortvl to lie quite plentiful s:Liiire! mountain, according to the ''i.ar; Democrat. A count was .a-: wees, iy si):ne jiersons resid- -'.atheastCTit part of this coun- ? te li:ie between Westmorelaud fc-s'-"f,'i. a to the uuinttcr of foxes a thit l.r-ai;;y since New Year's X cirefjl rount showed it to be Tie fixes have lie-n hunted bv -a:id gaus. Aside from the vt. a. tb cu-, and reducing the ranks ? i'liken thifves, the haulers have i-jt.i it profitable, because of the rtiuffl u fox si-a-ps. ' y vj need any thing in the ;ueens-at-' Snyder's Art Store is the ''? the right prices. "), oi t lorence, is !oine- ILl- .if . L --.ujmeriiimseif aj feels a just f"3ta having kille-i ,1,. rO.tr -:--rej,i pheasants JlmM.iiu ireeushurglreiHocraU He real- I '3" ' f -xes, as three had been , " ' of traps before he got to lure and scalps furnished fuuJ" k weatherboard and 4 '"Bjuse, besides having had lots i-Kebruary 23, 18?$. -TTT.l t-i Mi year. wio?L lie sav there is W dr in W t-.i .,,.1 :-... v. i fhM :- .. . iL anJ Ia'Jgh l Ihe idea 1 ' "us county. 'ing alarire bicture framincr -'e line M.M.t.l..., ... V - line Moulding just in at I snvi.kk's Art Store. tti"y X"s are "e seen to-day j i louC-k2CJ. red-topped,! iin y klp bo"ta 80 PPular "aerouaouiue streeU.or Clear- f'k inttr of leuty yea Sitlli Re,uW'-anff that plaoj. fcTr!"tobe 'itieJ who walked a . " wnuot wearing V- " '"owing." The U.y . ' tr,,ust were careful- m Drevi-i.t wrinkles, was the lHe4 0tlli l"J'ruuuu, Alia "edow n the alley wearing t'r' iust out r 'he shop, bow "w'r, lun2 WiT cro" J "Ending around UU I. .r 1 . Kl'frrw t. A , i . U Ul til. ..rr.n.l .l.l. . f"Jk.o "'noii lresn i tile the uew ta.- tT''ile kIUver thfm- They li,. 0rJ 1P"-ate but it W..., . thing. But tha 1 aTMaf 'My one tell why? a ?0ur h,,us Per than year' prices. Tlis criminal c lien Jar fur nut week's session of -jurt contains 41 c.is;s. Mr. Ui -hard Bra it, r.f ShnksriUe, ha bwn seriously ill f r thi pi,t ten days with fever. Owing to the crowded condition of our columns, much interesting maUer has been laid over for next week. A dance at the Somerset House Monday evening was largely, attended bv the young society people of town. Henry Miller, of near Bakersrille, is eroting a dwelling on a thirty-acre tract taken from the old Miller homestead. Mrs. William Mull, an aged and repeet- ea resident of Jefferson township, is slowly recovering from a severe sick ness. Mr. and rs. Milton Hochstetler, of Millldgeville, 111., who have been visiting with Somerset county relatives for the past six weeks, left for their home last evening. Mr. and Mrs. William Dixon, who for merly resided near Berlin, have removed to the old Peter ShaulU fitrni, in Je3erou township, which Mr. Dixon recently pur chased. Washington's birthday was unmarked in Somerset save by a wjuvl from It. P. Cummins Post, G. A. It., who visited the public schools, where a specially prepar ed program was rendered. Knsign Orlo Kcopper, son cf Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Knepper, of this placo, was on duty on the ill-fatal battleship Maine for two years prior to his assignm sut to the Asiatic squadron last summer. Jere S. Miller, of near Husband, has lately improved his barn by erecting a large extension in the form of a shed, an improvement highly mom mended by agriculturists in the eastern part of the State. Mr. B H. Koontz will remove his Ur- li.5 Marble Works to Greensburg, where he has been engaged in business for the past several years. He disposed of his . Berlin residenee to Mr. Peter Miller of that place. The Mutual Telephone Company, of F.Ik Lick township, is seeking a franch'se to enter Meyordale, and it U announced that the same company expect to extend their line to Somerset and othor towns in the count; . lion. Sam Mier, it is r:;morcd will re move from Salisbury to this placo. Hon. Sam is a native of the couniy-wat and his numerous friends over this way will be glad to have him take up his rosideuco among them. Peter Brugh, of Bakersvillo, is prepar ing to build a fine naw barn, dose to the pike, on the old ,;Brugh Homestead,' and if there is no slip-up in his plans the old Brugh dwelling will bo replaced by a new one in the near future. There will be no preachiug services iu the Methodist Church next Sunday, eith er moruing or evening, as the pastor, Kev. Cameron, will lie absent frota home on that day. On Sunday evening, Maroh Cth, at 7:.'J0 o'clock Rev. Cameron will preach a sermon on the subject "dan cing." Rehearsals have been in progress all week for the production of "All the Com forts of Home," which will bo given at the Opera House Friday night for the benefit of the Children's Aid Society, by exclustvely home talent. The advance sale of tickets assures a full house. Every person who can do so should attend. Mr. George S. Mullen, who has a num ber of friends in Somerset and hundreds of them iu the smith of the county, has resigned the position of station agont for the P. R. It. at Hyudman, after a coittiu uous service of twenty-one years. Mr. Mullen has had bad health for several months and hopes to be benefitted by a change of occupation. A CDrrp-p vi-ljut writing from Conflu ence says it is reporte.t mat me paper mill at present opera'." 1 at Tyrone will soon locate iu that place. Couiluouco has all the natural facilities necessary for a first class paper mill, and it is to be hoped that the managers of the mill will look upon Confluence as a giod place to lo cate. Rev. D. Stewart Hoover, the new ruin- biter of the Lutheran Church, arrived In town a few cays ago and on Sunday moruing preached to a large congrega tion. In the afternoon he conducted ser vices in the Caseboer Lutheran Church. The item published a week or two ago in regard to Rev. Hoover's marriage, was premature, as that happy event has not yet taken place, but is scheduled to occur as soon as a lew uadiy noeueu improe- ruoiiLs have beeu made at the Lutheran parsonage. Louie, the thirteen year old daughter of Mrs. Samuel Houpt, died at her home on Turkeyfoot street, at an early hour. Thursday morning, from diphtheria. She had beon ill for only 30 hours and her death was a great shock to her mother aud her many school friends. It appears that the young girl contracted a cold on I ues da7 afternoon and the same night was stricken with tha malignant disease. The School Ixiard dismissed a score or more of children, who had visited at the Houpt home, from attendance upon school for a period of seven days, and the Board of Health had the house fumigated. The Johnstown Tribune has declared in favor of the formation of a new county. th Johnstown as the couuty seat, and says that the timo is at band to commence operations looking towards the consum mation of this project. We do not know how many townships it is proposed to slice oil" Somerset, bat we presume lue taxpayers of Conemiugh, Paint, Ogle, Jenner and Shade will enter a vigorous protest when the timi e mas for them to be heard. If every growing town in the State i3 t ) buome a county sea. est- moreland county w ill b3 carved into six or seven sections. Chas. H. Fisher has acquired the one- third interest of Cyrus Schrock in tne Somerset Opera House, and it is an nounced that ho and his ass jciates P. L. Casebeer and E. E. Pritts-contemplale rem.Klelitig and enlarging the present structure. Somerset siauai uiuj m need of a larger aud m ire commodious public hall than any we have at present, and it is earnestly hoped that the gentle men mentioned can (see their w ay clear to provide such a place, not only for the ac commodation cf the amusement-loving public but for the accommodation of the patrous of ToacUets' aud Farmers' In stitutes and other largo gilherings that assemble in ton at perils during the The house of B. F. Keefer. nearThilson ii,.i;r.nii T'mrs- auulun - ' . . day, February 10. The children nau oceu told by the mother, who was very ill in bed, to kindle the fire in the stove ana ..... rtt. they started the couiugrauou. auo mother was very weak, but by amiosi superhumau effort got the children out. While assisting Keefjr, wao nad jusi re turned from work, in saving furniture, William Hughes was shot in the leg. breast and arm by tha accidental ais- chargeof a gun, loilod wittt uucksuoi. which had beeu kuocked over. u. Smith, another neighbor, leu inrousu burning flvir and was probably taiauy burned. The Koefurs are left penniless homeless. r l. ... Mrs. Sarah Be" d" lae ""'';" UL son. Isaiah, in Jenner Twp., at i oc.. on Thursday moruing. February 17hf at the advance-1 age of W years, S inontm and nine days. Sue h id enjoyed remark ably g od health up until tea weoks ag wheu she fell from the side oi ner a.., since wuea sue ui wan is survived by f-ur children, vi: u lUni. I-iah. Mr. Peter Sipe. an.! Mrn. l. J. Ilirt-nor. Her hu!arid passe I a ay some taolve yars g. 'i ne luoer! ioo place Saturdiy, whsa Intermjui was ,uad3 iu the Uaui Church Cmuttfry. RiT. Long, of tl3 Jeiinortown Rjf jriuiJ Church otneiated al the Itinerai. Deceased was ooo of th3 t?st Kn.wn ladie In the north of th coun'.y and was widely esteemed Jbr her many virtu w an J li gU Christian character. THE DAY FIXED, Tuesday, April 23ta, for the Exeeution cf the Biddy Beya. BSFE33AJII3 1ti.lSIi.I3 TH2IK 1313 CEHC2. The daily papers of last Wednesday I contained the statement that Governor Hastings had designated Tuesday, April 2ilLii, as the day upon w hica James and John Roddy, confined in the county jai under sentence of death should pay the extreme penalty of the law. Sher'tf Hartzeil has not been o.UcIally advised of the Governor's action and the death warrant has not yet been received at his office. It seems to be settled, however, that unless the Board of Pardons Interferes or the Chief Executive of the State Is pre vailed upon, to grant a slay of execution. the condemued brothers will be executed on that day. Counsel for the condemned men have not yet outlined the course they will pursue when they gi belora the Board of Pardons to ask for a recommendation for Executive clemency iu behalf of their client,-, but thoy are busily at work se curing alh davits from residents of Mar relivilie and Johnstown, whom, it is claim el can throw some additional light on the whereabouts of the prisoners on the night when it is alleged they rubbjd aud tortured David Berkey. Counsel are hopeful, but not continent, that they can collect such a mass of evidence as w ill warrant the Board of Pardons iu taking favorable action, or at least ia recom mending that a stay of execution bo granted until such time as all the alleged al'ter-diseovered evidence tending to show the innocence of the coudemnod men has beeu thoroughly investigated. Iu view of tho opinion of the Supreme Court, iu which it is stated that the dying doclaralion of the murdered mm was proporly aljjktcd in evidauca, and tut: Lis opportunities afforded him the bit facilities for identifying tht msu who tortured him, it is not believed tb.it tha Board of Pardons will be affacted by any affidavits that may bosubmitted in be- liall oi tne condemned inou, uulesstiiey are accompanied by a petition signed b a majority of those who were directly iu terosied in the trial of the case, aud by the court whoso duties required them to impose seutenee of death. When Sheriff HarUell broke the news to the condemned brothers last Wednes day afternoon neither eviuced any sud den surprise, uor did they express a hopo that the sentence of tha law would be de layed. Apparently thoy were prepared to hear that their days had been number ed, and the only remark either vouchsafed to make was: "If they hang us they will bang mnocent men. ' loe nerve displayed by the Roddy boys ever since they have been confined in tho county jail has excited the admiration of the Sheriff and the othor prison officials, There has not been tbs slightest thing iu their conduct or conversation daring tfie eighteen months they havo been iu prts on that would indicate that they were guilty of the highest crime known to the law, while on tho other hand they have w on the admiration and reject of ail their fellow prisoners. A report has been current here for sev eral days that the pro-ecutors in the case against the -Roddy !oys are opposed to the death penalty and have expressed a willingness to t,igti a petiliou praying that the seut?iice of the law may be re mitted to imprisonment for life, in this instance. What foundation there is for the roport has not beeu developed. . Your H17 Harvest. Have you Uuighl your clover seed, timothy seed and grass seed The dealer will better please his trade if his stock comes from W. K. Gillospie wholesale trmcer. Seveuth Ave.. Pittsburg, Pa. The fanner w ill be most pleased of all if he man Gillespie's stock. Its staunchest friends are its users. Thats all the rec ommendation needed for it's goodness the excellence of those seeds. Clean th House for Clean Occupants Only The Philadelphia Bourse meeting indi cates that an element of the Republican party has determined, if it can bo done, to rid the Republican party of Pennsyl vania of the bouses and boodlers who are threatening its 1 ife, Tho move is of a kind to be commended, no difference within what party or by what het of men under taken. If the promoters of the move are sincere in their purpose tuey will direct their crusade again. every abuse of olli - cialism and corrupt odiee holder they find in the state. Neither friend uor foe will be spared. They will not try to shield a cor rupt official or coterie of them simply because the corrnptiouists happen to be training under their banner. To do so would simply subject the anti corrupt- iouisls to the charge of working only for stage effect. Such au impression they cannot afford to let grow into the minds of the people, because it would prove dis astrom to their cause. Iu Somerset County tho reform wing is now in the ascendency, and the way-for it to maintain this ascendency is to show itself ready to expose all misdoers and their misdoings, uo difference w here they find them- If fouud in their own ranks and they shake them from their protect ing fold, it will convince thetieopie that they are working for honesty for honesty's sake and not for something else. The Bourse element of the county have now a first class chance to prove their ile votiou to their profession 4. Tha County Commissioners stand charged Willi grave abuses. It the Bourse element itse.f assist in having an investigation. 1x1 them aid iu every way tuey can to make the investigation thorough. Then if the charges are proved let them cast off the culprits as unlit longer to train w ith them as leaders or I trusted with their con fidence. 'Clean occupants only for the clean ed house," should be tho walcuworu. Berlin Record. Give the Children a Drink called Graiu-O. It is a delicious, appe tizing, nourishing food driuk to take the place of.cofieo. Sold by all grocers aud liked by all who have used it because w hen properly prepared it tastes like the liuest coffee but is free from all its injuri- ous proiierties. oraiu-o m "'k"-" nd strengthens the nerves. It is not a stimulant but a health builJer, and cliil dren, as well as adults, can drink it with great benefit. Costs about as mucli as coff-je. 15 and ic J. D. Hicka Very Boiy. There ere few representatives roiu east eru districts iu congress who havealargir correspondence '! lu0ir constituents than does Representatives Hicks of tho Altooca Ph.. district. Mr. Hicks is a very busy mau, holding the chairmanship of thecommitteoo!! patents, where he has boon making extended investigations with a view to improvod facilities for hastening the work of that office, aud also holding tha position of ranking Re publican member of tha important com mittee on public building and grounds. But siuce last September Mr. Hicks uos written almost-!, 000 letters iu reply to com munications from the people of his dis trict. List week tha exact number was 3,TdJ and rapidiy increasing. Washing ton Post. A Hint to Ladies. Delicate cakes and puddings can be baked successfully In the cioaerena Stovus and Ranges. The large, high oven insures uniform baking aud no burning on the top. Sold and guaranteed ny T3 IK Public Having disposed of my interest in the pry Goods busiuess at Somerset to Messrs Sifford A Kuykendall. 1 take pleasure in thanking the public Tor their pat ror age of the old firm and solicit for the new one a continuance of the same. Very respectfully, L. M. Siiei-ukhd. Eaw EI3 HE ZXZS IT 1 A Kilford Township Farmer Wanti to Zaof Jim Sit Farmer Neighbor Cimed the 8935.5 J He Drew From ta Coanty Lait Tear. Mr. Editoc: Iu looking over th3 auditor's rrport o the reoeipU and expenditures of Somer erset county for lait year I notice that CouimiisionerGooddrew $Hf.KO0; Krctch man SXc"00, and Kiuuncll v'-toiiO, besides what they drew for traveling expenses Commissioner Kiminell and I lived in tho same townshipand followed the sain avocation farming for many years, and I must say that George was a good neigh bor and a hard worker. When he was a candidate for Commissioner two years ago he argued with me and others that if we would rote for him we would be vot ing for our own Interests; that having once been Commissioner, If elected again he could save the county a great deal of money and reduce our taxes. Webeliev ed him and voted for hlui aud he was elected. Our taxes have not been re duced ; the millage ia the same as former years, but our valuation has been Increas ed, which, of course, increases our taxes. Now, while I don't think George is on tirely responsible for this, I do think that he ought to explain why it is so. I know I have worked just as hard, and much harder, on my farm than he has iu the Commissioners' office for the last year and I didn't earn or make anything like 5J00.OJ. I would like to know and many of my neighbors would like to know just what work George did each of the 2TJ days he put in last year as Commissioner for which he drew from the county fi.M per day. We all know that he put in a good many days down here at his farm, and a few days iu telling us how to vote, but I don't suppose he charged the county fcloOperday for that. How bia making fiioioO from the county while our taxes were being increased was iu our interest is what puzzles us. We think the Commissioners ought to publish a statement of what they did each nay to earn thoir J-'J.M per day, or at least that Georgj ought, if for noother reason than to demonstrate to us how we voted for our own interests when we vot ed for him. Will you, Mr. Editor, publish a state ment of this kind if George furnUb.es it? ' Yours in his own iutorest. Gebharts, Feb. 21, 'Ui Farmer. (If Commissioner Kiminell will furnish the IIkrai.u with a cooy of tho itemized bill no presented for l.is last year s er vices we will uladlv give it space iu our columns. l.JiUjr Ukk vlii.) Death of Leonard Bittner. Leonard Ritliier, an aged and influen tial citizen, died at his home, about two miles south of New Buena Vista, in Bed ford county, at 3 o'clock on Suuday after noon, February l'l, Ii8, aged 70 years, 4 months and 12 days. The deceased bad been ailing for about a year, but was only confined to his room "or the last two weeks. The immediate causeof his death was dropsy, but the loss of his barn aud contents by fire on Christmas Iay, helped to shorten his days. Mr. Bittner was born near Berlin, Somerset county, on October 1, 1S2T. On February 13, lsol, he was united iu mar riage with Miss Caroline Raucb, also of near Berlin, Somerset county, with whom ho was permitted to live forty -seven years, as be u.ed oa luo anniversary oi his marrlsgo. To this union was born one son, who is married and lives at home with his parents. The deceased had reside.! on his farm where ho died. ever since his marriage. He was au in dustrious, economical, highly respected and intelligent citizen. He was a man vith a master mind, and was well versed n history, botany, geology, chemistry and law. For many years he served iu the capacity of Justice of the-Pea.ce, Al ways a staunch Republican, ho upheld the principles of the party with energy and earnestness. Aa a husband he was kind aud genial hearted, and a loving and sympathetic father. His hospitality was almost unbounded, and he was a greot friend of education. He died in the faith of the Reformed Church. Everett Republican. Death of an Interesting Child. Henry Whedon Jeller, only child of Rev. and Mrs. Jeller, pastor of tho M. E hurch, Addison, Pa., died suddenly ol cholera infantum, February 11. lsttS, aged one vear, three months and two days Whetlon was a sweet child, aud had en deared himself to the parishioners and others of the charge as no child had ever ilo.ie before. Old and youug uoticed him for his sweet disposition aud his bright intellect He was old beyond bis short span of life, and had it been the will n II mi who doetn all things well, mat bis life should have beeu spared, he would doubtless have done great good to others. He was born at Corsica, Penn a, wbitner bis parents had come from Oregon to at tend Rev. Jeller's father in his old age. Sorrow has visited the home of Rev. Jel ler before; be is "a wayfaring man ac quainted with grief." A beloved wife and two children are sleeping their last sleep on the far-away Pacitic coast, and in this latest !ereaveinent the heart-felt sympathy of everyone jfoes out to the parents bereft of thaironly lovablechild. Death loves a shining mark, aud whom God loveth he chastenelh were never more especially exemplified than in this case. .May tue ratner wuo "tempers tne wind to the shorn lamb" and binds up he wutTiMls 01 tbe brokeH-nearted ' sus tain and couifort them now while the dark shadows - grief hover over them, is the wish of Addison, Pa. A t kiend. WASHISGTOK AND BALTIMORE. rxcial Ten -Day Excursions via Pennsyl vania Eaiiroad. To afford an opportunity to visit Wash ijton wbile Congress is in session, tbe ennsylvauia Railroad Company has ar ranged for a series of low-rate ten-day excursions to the National Capital, to save Pittsburg March 17, April 11, aud May 12. Round trip tickets will be sold at rates quoted below, good going on spe- al train iudicated, or on train No. -4, leaving Pittsburg at 8.10 P. M., and car rying though sleeping cars to Washing ton: returning, tickets will be good on ny regular train except the Pennsylva- ia Limited. Tbe tickets will also be ood to stop off at Baltimore within their unit. Special tram of through parlor cars and coaches will le run on the fol lowing schedule : Leaves Pittsburg at S 00 A. M.; round- rip tickets, $3.00. Leaves Conuellsville at 7.32 A. M. ; rouud-trip tickets, ?7.3o. Leaves Johnstown at 10.15 A. M. ; roucd- trip tickets, $7 35. Leaves Bedford at 9.25 A. M. ; round- trip tickets, $1.(15. Should the number of passengers cot be sufficient to warrant the running of a special train, the company reserves the right to carry participants in this excur sion on regular train. Tickets on sale in Pittsburg, at Union Ticket Office, 3o0 Fifth Avenue, and Union Station, and at ail stations mentioned above. For full information apply to gents or Thomas E. Watt, Passenger Agent Western IUtrict, Fifth Avenue and Sinithfield Street, Pittsburg. A Hint to Honiekeepert. Nothing adds so much to the comfort of otisavvives as a g?d rango, one that Is a reliable baker at all times. If you want such a range buy the Cinderella. It is certain in its results and lasts well, and loks well. Sold by Jas. B. Holdeuraum. Somerset, Fa. WiadswSkxdea: Winliir Siadei!! 50 doxjn, just received. Yon will won der how they are made at the price we ill sell them at. S.nydek's Art Stork. Wall Paper! Wail Papjr ! ! Cheaper than has ever been known. Prices way down at Sxtpkb's Abt Store. Good Honaekeepers. Some of the best housekeepers In Sotn- eiset and vicinity use tne uinuereiia Stoves and Rangw and proaouncsa them perfect linkers. Sold by. "DEATH AND TAXES." AU Avenues of Easapo From tho Two Re lentless Foe Cat OS ia Somerset CoutttT. . VALUATI05J EE3ULA&LY HTTLATED. According to an old maxim the only two inevitable things iu this world are "death and UxeM." There is of course, no escape from the former, and it appears that so far as the tax payers of Somerset county are concerned thero is litllp hope of escape from the latter. At the last preceding triennial assess rnent, it will be remembered. It was an nounced with a grand flourish of trum pets from the office of the County Com mlssioners that the valuation of all property taxable ror county purposes would be Increased twenty-five per cent. and in addition all mineral lands would be made to bear their just proportion of local taxation. The tax payers with oue accord, said Amen 1" to tbe plan of making foreign owners of rich mineral and timber lands pay their just proportion of local taxation. But the Commissioners' zeal in this di rection ran away with their discretion, as afterwards appeared when some of the owners of mineral lands went luto court and had the valuation largely in ad vance of their apparent market valu greatly reduced. Instead of encouraging foreign capital to develop the hidden re sources of the county, the "death tax" adopted by the Commissioners was calcu lated to drive capital elsewhere to the great detriment of the county. But it is pertinent to ask why was the valuation of all . property taxable for county purposes so materially increased? Since the erection of the present county jail, at a time when tbe millage was mills for county purposes, there have been no public improvements, other than the building of county bridges the contracts for which were all lot in secret under taken by the county. Prior to seven years ego tha revenue of the county was sufficient to moot all ordinary necessities, the Commissioners being obliged to con tract only small temporary loans until the outstanding taxes were paid into the county treasury. During the administra tion of Messrs. Neff, Wagner and Will iamson in the Commissioners' office an indebtedness of a few thousands left by their predecessors was wiped out. Tho gentlemen uamed afterwards erected tha new county jail, issuing bonds to the amount ol 221,51)0, for that purpose, of which amount $10,Ufc,was c-am-eled be fore they retired from offi.s?, and upon their retirement they left a rash balance of tJ,iKjin tho treasury and ?17,ooo out standing taxes, against a county indebt edness of ?-l.(), in addition to 11..WJ bonded indebtedness bearing 4 per cent, interest. A large portion of the expense incurred by tho prosecution of the Nicely boys, McClelandlown gang, etc., occurred during the term of Messrs. Neff, Wagner and Williamson. These officials each received less than f7.H per annum for the service rendered the count Compare tho figures quoted abive with tho more than JliHyxw expentiod by tho Commissioners during tha year IHXk Notwithstanding tho boast of the late Commissioners that they had increased the valuation of taxable property 25 per cent,, and had raised a largo additional amount of revenue by tbe taxation of mineral aud timber lands, it appears that thoy were unable, to meet the current ex penses of the county, but on the contrary left an empty treasury and a debt of thousands of dollars for their successors 1 office to grapple with. In order to meet the present indebtedness the Com missioners have deemed it wise to direct tho various assessors to Increase the val uation of taxable property approximat ing 25 per cent. From this it appears that the value of Somerset county real estate has been increased 50 per cent. d iriug the past seven years for taxable purposes. Where Has The Money Gone t A great portion of it has beon expend ed in the erection of county bridges. In' fact the retiring board of County Com missioners developed such a penchant for constructing county bridges that they m traded for a number a short time bc- re severing their official relations with the county, aud at a time when the treas- ry was empty. The Commissioners' re port tor ls7 shows that tho su in of fii,272.O0 was paid during the year for new bridges, all but $1,250 of which was paid on con tracts made by the former board of Com missioners. Right here it might be well to call attention to the fact that the mate rial for the county bridge ju t south of Somerset, was delivered before the pres ent board of Commissioners assumed the duties of office, whereas it was not placed in position for throe or four months there after. Only those who follow the 111 a r- ets will recall whether or not there was slump in bridge iron at tho time tbe contract was entered into, but tho desire of tbe retiring board of Commissioners to lako all the contracts possible can not bo denied. The bridgo repairs made during 1SJ7 cost the county whereas it ap pears from the Commissioners' report for !.! the bridge repairs cost tho enormous sum of $!,4S!, a portion of which is still npaid and remains outstanding in the shape of interest bearing orders. In IS Jd the county paid for new bridges $5,002 35. The tax payer who would intimate that county funds were unwisely expended r new bridges or for bridge repairs dur ing this time, when tbe county was bor rowing money at a high rateof interest or issuiug interest beating orders, would be rli.sli, and ho would be extremely fool ish to ins'nuate that the Commissioners bad not a-ted within the limits of beg garly economy wnen tnoy expended sum approximating $5,0 Ji for file casus. hich could well have leon dono with it, at a time when it was necessary to borrow money at six per cent, interest and to increase the value of all property subject to county taxation. The average farmer, who after long years of toil and rigid economy, acquii-ei farm valued at $-,0o, which is bis un incumbered, feels that he has not live! in vain; but what must be his feeling towards county officials who by a few strokes of the pen make tbe tax payers of the county liable for $ 00) for the purch ase of a lot of file cases for which there was no public necessity, and to pay for hich the county was compelled to bor row money. Large sums of public money have been expended by the Commissioners during the past five or six years iu other, direct ion just as unnecessary and profligate as those mentioned, but upon which tLere is not room to dwell in this article. How many tax payers in the boroughs an! townships have paused to think what an increase in county valuation means to each one Individual!)? The hool and road tax are levied upon valu- '.ion made by the county assessors, and in the boroughs building, water and oth er forms of municipal taxation are based pon tbe same return. There is not a tax payer ia tbe county, including those who are reported to have received rebates, who does not know that this is correct, and who has not been ex ercisod to know why taxation in all forms has steadily increased during tbe past few years, in some instances tax payers ave prayed or death rather than sub mit to having the result of their labor wallowed up by the inexorable and con stantly increasing demands of the tax collector. H07 Mack Has Been Given to Favorites 1 If well founded reports from many sec tions of the county are correct a large portion of the taxes assessed has been re turned to favored taxablas io the shape of rebates. From the same source, it is learned that the distribution of rebates has not been confined to the taxables least able to bsir thoir proportionate share of taxation, but in a majority of cases they have been distributed among tbe class of farmers and business men wuo are aouuaanuy aoie 10 pj iu w j a re aed against them. In some case it :seven said that rebates w ere given with-' out solicitation, tbe implied couJlrion l Ing that the favor should ! irtcrnoi! at the next coming primary or general elec tion, j Think for a moment of the iniquity aod ; injustice of such a system. A. and II- live- on adjoining farms of equal value in Somerset township. A works out the full amount of his road tax by the labor of himself and son. B. hands the supervisor a bit of pier, an exact cr -y of w bi h f Hows : COMMISSIONERS' OFFICE, Somerset, Pa.. June , 1S9 . To the Supervisor of Somerset township : It is hereby certified that the board of County Commissioners have this day granted a reduction amounting to $500 from the valu ation of the real estate of........ . In said township for the year 189, and that said . Is entitled to such reduction from his taxable valuation for County, School and Road purposes. By order of Commissioners, per S. CLERK. What proportion of the county funds, or their equivalent in legally assessed and collectible taxes, has been dissipated in this way during the past five or six years? Who have been the recipients of the Commissioners' bounty? Is it not apparent that if all tbe taxes legally assessed had been collected and turned iuto the county treasury, and af terwards judiciously aud economically expended, there would have beon no ne cessity for increasing the valuation of property subject to counly taxation. When the present board of Commis sioners assumed office they were con fronted with an empty trea-sury. At the close of the fiscal year they report a bal ance in the treasury of $i,y..7.37, aud the sum of ?1S,412.00 due the county in tho way of outstanding taxes as against fll,559.2l current indebtedness (in which Is included orders bearing interest). Why has not this current indebtedness been wiped out? And whero does the present reason ap pear for increasing the valuation of ail property subject to county taxation 25 per cent, as the assessors throughout the county have leeu ordered V) report? Thore will surely be no avenue of c- c-ipo from "death or t sxes" so long as tho tax payers of the county submit to hav ing the public business transacted as if has been during the pest live years, or so long as the itemized receipts ami expen ditures of the comity are bidden from tho eyes of the people. More Abont Our Famous "Axia.' Joseph J. Joder, still affectionately re membered as "Axitj" Yoder. the fouuder of the village of Summit Mills, iu this county, died in 13, in the tevtuty-iifth year of his ago. II ts memory has been rescued from oblivion by the intervention of two able writers, born and 1 eared in the same neighborhood in w hich he lived and nourished and decayed. Mr. Welf ley's narrative in tho hist issue of the IIkralu exhibits the man as he was in the midst of his labors and his usefulness, giving both facU and dates. Ir. Liven good, who is quite a humorist, as well as a fascinating writer, iu an article repub lished in a local paper, shows that the man, with all bis strength and force of character, hud his weak side, like tbe rest of us. Axio's .weakness, especially during bis early life, wascredulity, which may Ik accounted for by bis s'lrround- ngs, so well dtscriled by the Doctor. His memory was stored with and pre oc cupied by tho old fables imported from across the ocean. As late as lsriO, when I was a boy ol thirteen, and he was iu the full maturity of bis powers, I was present at a loug discussion between him and my father, ou the subject .of the supernatural. They were relatives, and the best of friends brought up uuder the same intlu- ences; but, while the one was freo from superstition, tho other seemed to be ready to credit anything that smacked of the marvelous including, as I will remem ber, the talcs about the Erd GeLster, Earth Spirits) in connection w ith buried treasures Whether my father ever mc- ceede-I in knocking the nonsense out of his bead I am unable to ray, but, six years after, according to Mr. Wellley, Axie beaded a syndicate engaged in the quest of mineral, in which, as far as we know, no magic was employed. It is in evidence that be worked upon tho faim until 1810, when he entered npon his ap prenticeship, and did not many and set tle down finally to his life-work until tin years after. In that interval be must have acquired a great stock of experi ence, and one of his experiences that ihe world has uot forgotten to this day, is the "supposed true story" of bis search for Braddock's money-chests in the wilds of Pino Run. Mr. Wellley claims that bis client was too intelligent a mau to engage u such a busiutss. We be-long to the nineteenth century aud are proud of its achievements, but at tbe same time we can not forget that this century has seen tho rise and progress cf Mormonism, Spir itism and Bryanism, among whose ad vocates there are 11. any who, in other re- pects, appear to be perfectly rational. Beyond anylhi.ig that creeps or flies there is nothing so peisbter.t or danger ous as the genus humbug. Yet tbe world oves to bo humbugged, aud multitudes tand waiting to inbraco the first Juke tb.-it con.es lorg. There were rumors of buried treasure. An army bad passed that way, said to htvo tarried among its assets so much ruonry that they all g( t tired logging it alorg. Tbey might have bought government bonds, but for tcme reason ihey preferred to invest in real estate. They then left to work up tho job tbey had in baud, lut met with an acci dent by the way w hich so demoralized them that they ceento have forgotten all about the money in their ba-te to report tbe news ahead of the mails. Heie, then, was a grand opporlui.ity for a man who bad strong faith and the courage of his convictions and in tbe eaily part of this century such a man was found. The next thing to find was Braddock's money. Buried treasure, according to the folk lore of the region, was guaroed by de mons, called Krd Ueirtrr, (gnomes) so that its recovery was in reality a dure dcril undertaking. The first thing to do was to locate the treasure, and at this point Moll Dell appeared upon the scene. Where she came from nobody knows but she had the Krd Sjrirjel, (magic mirror) which had tbe power to reveal to its pos sessor the secrets of Mother Earth. Un der her guidance and direction the exca vation was made, bat at the last moment the scheme collapsed. At the critical peri od when the final rush is to be made the spirits may be expected to interfere. Sometimes horrid noises are heard and monstrous shapes appear to frighten the workers who must not say a word for fear of breaking tbe charm, even if they are frightened to death. The world stood breathless in anticipation till Old Sock, Sassafras Solly and tbe rest of them made their report, and while it seems to have been tbe only source of information, it was quite sufficient to set tongues a-wag-ging for two generations. Whether Moll Dell ever secured another job from her employer history is silent, though Dr. Llvengood says ho made other explora tions for the precious metals. She was not buried in this county, and tbe only memento left to recall her memory is a fountain by tbe road side, pretty well up on tbe western kl' pe of the mountain, w here she once haltod for a few moments on a summer day, and by a simple act of condescension made it famous for ever. To this day it Is still pointed out to way farers as tho Moll Dell Spring. A few words more and I will close. I read the indenture t.f apprenticeship published in Mr. Weltley's article in the last Herald. It looked quite familiar. I had copied tbe thing more than once myself from a book of forms, but this was the first time that It afforded me any amusement. Uscle Joe. FQYQER Absolutely Pure I una. State Treasurer Hetlcbower of Nebraska has issued orders that no one should enter his office using tobacco. Populist farmer constituents who smoke rob pipe when they discuss finance are informed that they must leave their pipes in the ball before entering tbe office. The old man says tobacco ia good only for killing lice 00 stock. At Home. All w ho are interested in good house keeping should examine the Cinderella Range. It bakes light bread, and roasts meat delieiously. Sold, recom me uded and guaranteed by. JAS. B. IIoLUKRBAt M, Somerset, Pa. SOMETHING NEW...... AND BEAUTIFUL C ALL at tbe Book Store and see the new and elegant designs iu Tissue Papers for Lamp Sha les and Fancy Dec orations HAVE YOU EVER tried to get a partic ular shadb, size or natality of paper or cn velopesand failed? liidii'i . come be c th"i! We keep right up to the froi.t ith i.ur stock cf Society Stationery. We have all the orrts-t styles aud many which are simply fads. But wo don't charge high grade pri.s s for big'a grade goods. Just enough to satisfy you that it is not trash we sell. Our Book Store contains a line of titles especially interesting. duo Vadis. After you have feasted your eyes oil the pretty tisMie varer, you in. gut buy a volume of ji:o Vadis, the most ex tensively read !ook of tho present day. This Ixx'k in substantial cloth bindiug at 1, and in paper at :ls. CKAS. H. FISHER. DissolutioN SALE Now in Progress at " Sifford & Kuykertdairs. Mr. J. II. SilTortl, of CaUmiore, liav iug taken Mr. L. M. Shepherd's place in the firm. Having just completed our in ventory, we arc marking down many lines of the most staple mer chandise to make room for new Spring Goods. Some excellent values must be closed out. The price is very low to make them sell freely. SPECIAL IN i Hosiery AND Underwear. 50c quality Ladies Union Suits, 40 and 45c quality chil dren's Natural Wool undershirt, 50c quality Ladies' Vents and ranis, 48c quality Men's Shirt3 and Drawers, Fleece Lined Men's Shirts and Drawers, Another excellent lino at 29C 35C C 29C I9C Cig lot Dark Drown La dies' 15c Seamless Cotton Ilose, per pair IOC All our Woolen Hosiery and Un derwear have undergone a heavy mark down. CLOTHING STOCK HUST REDUCED. BE All our 15.98, $5.00 and $6.50 Suits,now $3.00,S.50 and $9.00 Suits, now 110.00, $11.00 and $12.00 Suits, now $4-75 $5.00 $8.50 Respectfully yours, the new firm, Sifford & Kuykendall. D LSSOLUTIOX NOTICE. Jiotiee Is hereby jtlv-n that tho Urn of stH'ptient A Kuy ki-n.lnii ha this Jay r-en diuulvel by mutual consent. L. M. Mi phi-rJ having dtrHJ-d o( his entire Interest in s-lj Una to SitTord A Kuykendall. who will con tinue tae btisi.;es Mt Hi mine place. Ail debts due Die old linn aixl all at-counu against th-m wi!l foeaeltlcd by the new tlriu of Sif ford A KnykendaX I- M. 8UEPHEKD. Somerset, Pa , r'eb. It, IS.. A DMINISTRATOK'S NOTICE. Estate of LrdU M. DavU.Uit of .Somerset bor ou;fb,'Soinei,it county, V , d;'J. Letters of administration on the aboveestsle havi'.itr been K.-nt-t to the nudemitftied by tbe proper authority, nolle Is herM.y giv en to ail persons Indebted to iwid eslau? to make immediate payment, and those having BiHimSMtrainst the same Jo pfent them for Kib. 36, Isms, at the oitlce of the underpinned tn Somer-el borousn. OLIVER KNEPPER. Aduuuutralor Fislifirs DDK lore li--Sw -si1 1 iR- FARMER5Look Here! We have just unloaded a carof "Old Process Linseed Oil Meal." This is one -f t be Is st producing fetrds ever offered and wide awake and gci d f.i dirg fartiit rs should give Ibis obbraleii i-d n trial. Uuj ing in the I'latiiity e do we are prepared to otT-r you priif . y tbe prtsut mar ket on tbe Fume grade of feotl. Write us vf rail atid Iu.. -n for prices. A1h a full line of assorted Feeds and drain at lowest price. We are now prepared to clTer you Frcv Ib-clcsved ?; Ked at tbe low est price.- Just reeviveU a cr of Fancy Itey-leanei! Tiniothy SVd, and we will be able to onVr this stock at prices beyond competition. BREAD EATERS. We carry the largest line and best brands of Flour oa this market. Try one of our brands, either "World's Fair Souvenier," 'KIuga Best," or "Gold Heart. Tbe trade also supplied with ''Vienna" or "Pillsbury'a Best." W guarantee any of these brands to give satisfaction. One trial will convince you of their Superior Qualities over any other brands of Flour you have been ac customed to usiDg. LAKE HERRING. Large Shipment of Lake Herring just in. They are the finest fish va have ever offered and at prices we are now selling at the stock w Ul not last long. Call and Inspect our stock before you buy. Also have a large line of "New I'aU'b Mackerel," "Cod Fish" and "Bloaters," together with a large line of "C'anued Mackerel," "Kippered Herring," "Salmon," Ac., at lowest prices. Highest Trices Taid for GRAIN AND COUNTRY PRODUCE OF ALL KINDS. Get our Prices before you sell. Respectfully j'ours, a rPi.rcATiox tot nr. pardon . l!iKl Fl.lt I UM MUTATION UK SENTENCE. Noti.-e is hereby (riven to ll pnrtles oon e. r:ii .l that Jiim.i Roddy nnd John ituddy. Htio wereconvieusl in t!ie'iurt of Oyer and I'. r'ioii-r t s..ui.-ret eouefy, 1'ennsj Ivitmrt. ul' inll.-iler III li.e Itrst desTTVv, mill Nellteuced 00 11 !(! of Midlist-, Is-'T t, I,- Imneiil. will Hi'ly to h- It rir.l of Pi.'d.MiH, :tt Hi.rriMliiin' on lip' tiiod Wiilneil;iy Hie JhIi of April, lv, for coniluutalloll of r.u-l selltvuee to llli lii ixlliloellt. n I K K K T Rl" PI'EL. f. K. I HL Jr. Eeb. 9, 1-Jri. Attorneys for l'rtsouem. E XF.CUTOU'S NOTICE. Kstuic of A.inm Pc rkeyhlle, late of Quemo hoiiiut; loivnuhip, Somerset t'o.,t1u, Uec'd. lA tli-m testamentary on the above estate h:iviiis been issued bv the proper authority to t.:e un.l'-rsiuned as exeeuwr ol the above s , live m n-.ru, giii-u vv .... pnu U'Med losiild estiite lo nrikt- Immediate pay m 'lit, :nii ail pur tun havini; elaniM against iod 1 -ui!..- will piesent tbem duly auihenli--ited lor settlement on or before Saturday, Feb. 1:, Ins, at the ottiee of Esquire L. M. tioovir, oi me Dorouim m iimiirniim-. JOHN A.CL.VKK. J. II. I" hi. Att j. Eiecutor. iEGISTER'S NOTICE. Notice Is hereby eiven to all persons con- .-riied as lnate-H. creditors nrrtherl"e,tliat th" lollowiui; account have picwnrt reiciMer, mid licit Ihe name will lie preseuted for eon liriiuttion and ailo-n-iwetttanOrphaus' Court lo be hi'id at riolllerset. on Wednesday," March 2, 1898. Eirst and Anal neeoiint of f'yrus Welmcr, admiiiisiriiior of William J. ischroek, dee'd. Tne lirst aeeount of Sxmuel A. Beaehy and Samuel Mausl, executors of Abraham I. Kmu'hv, dec d. isw-ond and final neeount of Mary A. Miller. administratrix of Keuben Miller, deceased. The second account of V liliani A. ana Charles V. !ck, executors of Jesse murk, dee'd. . first and final iioeount ' Jiik l ruga. E.-.., executor of La Hue sir. Hick, dec a, h irt and rlnai Recount of Philip It. Walker and H. E. .".tinuiis aom:nisiraUrs of Peter E. -So. mil", nee d. t lie third aeennnt of E J. Weld, admlnis- tvritor p. t. a. ol Henry 1 houi.ia w elil, U.'U. Hi-.t i.tid final at count r Mary hlwulia. mlosiii -tritrix of l.-wie shulia, dec d. Ei rst. aa. hunt ace. m 11 1 of Ja.i.i . and : nil . ttalcr, administrators of John liukrr, d'sd. Kirsl an 1 final account or liewail r-nyuer, iidmini-iniiorof I-evi Wllx.n snyder, dee'd. Eirst and ttnal account of ihnrz s, Coun- trvioan and Erank f. linker, administrators of Adui S. Couutryiuau, dee'd. Kirsl nnd tlnal lucounl or smo tani, aa- iiiiUtraU.r of JoiiaA-Hau.il. d.'c'd. Kirst and linai aeeouut of (iwref aud Jacob Dupp Uidt, exwttlont of Iteury luppUdt, d'C.l. ' . . Eirst nnd fl'ml ttccoaut of L. C Colborn, K '..i . triKiee lor the sale of real estate ol Joseph Ilartman. dee'd. 1 lie account oi joun smurr, iiu.uiiiMraim of (iionte sutler, who was the administrator of iH.rras statler, dee'd. First and nnai ai-count oi iveuuim ivorus, administratrix of Alexander Ivor lis. dee'd. .- .. .Somerset, Pa , JAMES JI. CtJVEK. Eeb -i. 1C. Kej. utter. Retail License Petitions. I hereby certify that the following petitions for reUtil license to h.1 I lliUi,r liuvc been tlied in lite ollice of th. clerk ol quarter iSesiious Iu and tor the rou ily of SomerM.,. ttnd that the s:tiiie will be preaeuled lo the ctairt for dtspo siuou oa Wednesday, 2d March Next. 1 William H. Franter, LorlmerTwp. t.r-orxe I. lierrlnctoii, Confluense llor. John kuru, Conemaub Twp. Nainaiuei nlavr, Meyersdale Bor. -Edwanl Nlekl-.w, Aduisou Twp. W. A. .-s-ott Jr., iSouierset Twp. Johu W. (ruthrie. Meyersdale ISor. s.ueuel Ih ckman, Hock wood Bor. John H. Hue, -t estown Bor. J.C. Ke si, Meyersdale Bor. Andrew Mc4u.ide, Berlin Bor. ifi-ore II. I'.iyHiau, StHnersi-t Bor. Josepn l'utlon. Elk Lick Twp. Edward It. AJ,i Muyrauwa Bor. Jo.'iu 1'. Knutt'. Paint Twp. J-ei'h J. Caddy, Coneuuiuli Twp. Jaiin-s M. ili.-sp!e J.-nuer Twp. Jo:m W. Saalfer, tlixver4vtllt tlr. A. B. Eaiknor. Berlin Bor. C. J lMiucan, W indber. Paint Twp. lerser. TwP. I tiinuii li. Waller, itockwood Bor. I John 11. flieer, Ui-yt rstisle Bor. i t'iiar'reii A Mitchell. Addison Twp. i J. At. is "ids. Con ll uence Bor. ; uitn;,' Keimell, (iarrett, summit Twp. sv .it tu rner, Confluetwe Bor. William 11. iayiuail, i.ivaa.rtlle, Sonier sel Twp. C.s. Vunnr, ssom-rs?t Bor. tT. T. Hay. Hulisbury Iir. John A. Jeukius, I rslna Bor. Henry C. Cramer, Kinwood, I'pper Tur- keyfoot Ta p Clutrle W. Kurtz. Confluence Bor. Henry lieehel. Mullshury Bor. rani Kobiuson, K.M'kw.iod Bor. hida.y Hoiiuipple. Beuaou Bor. Alia-ri J. stem. Somerset B.jr. Somerset, i'a. 11. F.BARRON. Kb., IsoS, i Clerk. PaWic Sola OK Vahath Real Estats ! By virt'.ie of an order of wile Isaursl out of tho Court of Coin moo I'lense of onieinel county. Pa., lo Ihe undersigned aimigne of Joanna rtninppi, oi tae isirouscn of umnu enee, Somerset county. Pa- directed, there w lti be exposed to aule by public outcry, ou Thursday, February 24, 1898, At I o'clock P. M. on tin premise In Confluenr borough, tbe following described real estate; All that certain lot of ground situate In ('ontlueiiee borough. Son emei county, I'a., fronlii on trie eal H feet 0,1 Haglurt xlrueU wi thewoutli Ul feet on Hons street, bounded l.yli.l.a- Mm I. Paiieoaat e, the north and oil the west by an ailev and being designated as lot i prepared bv Vin. C. 1 Ids, wiio eon veyeil tlie Kiine to Joanna l'hlllippi by deed dat.sl isth April, and rerorded in lieeai lUi-ord trf som.Tset county, Pa In VoU SH, pigea tel. .tc, haviug thertou erected a uew two-story frame Dwcllino;& More House rolnliloed. The house is plastered, papered, etc.. the store rooms on 1st and '2d story are finished In 1st quality of North Carotins pine In hard oil, 1st iioor of more room being x li feel, eeiling li feet, bavins a Klaus front, doar le tirvngiu, No. i iiundty. ine entire build ing being .'IxTti feet. Tbl pmporty Is conced ed to be one of Ine leat. if not the beat loca tion iu the town, for any line of trade. Terms! One-third on confirmation of ale, one-third In and one-tblrd in 11 rnontba from day of aale with lutereKt, and to be nee u red oil the prenoaea by judgment bond; 10 per cent- of Usr entire purchase money tk be paid when prviperty Is aold and which will be ao much of a credit on the first payment. JOHN B. SCOTT. AssLjne of Joanna PtvUppK, Cook & Beerits. THE OLD Morgan's Woolen Mills Property FOR SALE. Tills pioiierty Is loeat.sl at liiieiiiahoutng, SomerM l r.ao.ly, l'u , coiUlii.g t.r ncua of Utiid, IJ) a.'r.- rleured and under gisi male of cultivation, latlunce tinit.r land. Tlie Im provement coiiai.ti in iurt the old Woolen Mill Building, 32x120, two stories high. One gixal hank barn K)x7H. One Mansion house. 'x good dwelling houa ea. out-buildings aheda, stables, etc. AifO Store Building, 1.T0, conveniently arranue.! In every way for ll.atpiirp.xie. A coal hank wh rh is oieue. ready to be operated. The land la nearly ail underlaid with coal and other luir .-nils. Convenient to school, church, eu. Iu eounevtiun with the real es ate I will sell A Country Store, well stocked with all such good in a is. usual ly kept iu a store of thai kind. The huln.-sa has been micceMsfully cnrrieil on at this place 6r the iat i. years. To Ihe right parly there Is a bancniii in this property. Eor further ii forniation or p.irtleulars call on or address B. S. FLECK, tuema honing, t um rset Co.. Pa. Assigseg's Sals. or Valuable Real Estate By virtue of an order of aale Issued to t' undersigned by the Coo4 of Common rs U HoiiMrrwt eoumy. to-wte directed, I will oifer at public sale, on ihe premises in shade luwu snip, oa Saturday. March 19, 1898, At I o'clock P. M., the following described real estate, vlx : A tract of land situate partly In Shade township. Somerset county, and Napier town ship, HeO ford county. Pa., adjoining lauds of .saac Manges. Samu.-l Kreegle, William Klee gle, Kichard Miller, u. C. Lambert and others, containing two hundred acrea nH.re or lesa. Laving a two-story plank hme, log Uti u and oi her oucbaildings thereon erected. Terms : One-third la hand on eonilrmatlon of sail one-third In six inonlha aud one-third In twelve montiia with interest." Ten percent. of the purchase mouey to be paid when the proerty ia knocked down, la-ferred pay liunts to be secured by Judgment on tha premises. J. C. LAMBERT. Assignee of X. H. Potts, AEiaismT2irs sals Valualsb Fal Estate! The undersigned administratrix of John A. Kay lor. iale .f JeunerU.wn borougli. Homcr et county, Pa, dee'd. will expose to public sale, on the premise, on Saturday, Feb 12, 1898, AT 2 O'CLOCK T. , the followiDg deaerlbed real estate, vlg : All tliat certain lot of ground situate In the borough ff JennertoWu, Somerset county. Pa., adjoining lands or Daniel Pel. rs.Mi, lll ruio Matirer Ligonier pikeanda put. lie alley, containing twenty-nine soiiare nen-ltea alrh I measure, having thereon erected a good Iwo story frame dwelling house, two-story frame cabinet maker's sinu. a large stable and abed, aud all other necetuury out-build logs. Terms: Cash on con frma lion of aa'e ami delivery of deed ; 10 per cent. if purchaac money to be paid on day of Kile. MARY E. K AYI.OR AdmluiHtraurvc f. W. Biesecker. Aty. ASSIGNEE'S NOTICE. In the Matter of the Assigned Estate of Pavld J. Phillippl, of Casarimnn larough, Somerset county. Pa. Notice h hereby gi-en that David J. Phlt tlppi tuts execute.! a d.-ed of voluntary aaslgn rnent of all his estate, ml, personal and mixed, lo the undersigned, for tne benefit of the creditors of the auid Ihtvid J. Phillippl. All person indebted uaaid IiavldJ. Phillip, pi will make Immediate payment, and thoatf having claims or demands will present lira same to the assignee al his store in KingwniaJ for settlement aud allowance, on Friday. February II, J tT)B B. GEiUl AP-I, Fred. W. Blesecjcer. A;rtee. ATtorney. KlngV.xxl P. O. 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