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Nothing will be advertised gratis in this paper, except free lec- “‘tnres, free sermons and all such things as are to the public. ‘All advertisements will be run and charged for til ordered discontinued. No advertisement will be taken for less than 25 cents, 5 PRI NTING.—Tar Star office has 7 A uss jo Printing equipments, turns ont all its work in the best style of the art and at very . reasonable prices. Cre Star does all kinds oF ~ commercial work, poster and bill printing, and in fact nearly every kind of printing belonging tothe art, 1 job orders, whether by mail or ‘otherwise, receive prompt attention. TO REMIT.—Remit by postoffice Show To red letter, or bank draft. herwise Jou ittances will be at sender’s risk. ever send your Jersonal check, if your resi- ence is far away here. Make all drafis, rders, ete., payable to P, L. Livengood. LOCHIL IND BENERRL: Now comes the merry time of year When boys on fish-horns toot And grown-up folks not far from here ' Begin to resolute, £ —Judge. She's a hummer, She's got all the news. Patronize your home paper. 5 A hummer from Hummersville, Frank John recently returned from the south. : Guess we'll have a green Christmas, “Good for that. . Subscriptions are rolling in “Tike sixty.” “Why shonldn't they? Jdolind. Livengood has captured TACOON No. 50 for this season. ‘8. L. Livengood has been on the sick list during the past week. ~ Balisbury. is neither suffering for want © of tain nor want of news. You can prevent many a family i by subscribing for THE STAR. News? Well, we should remark! We're bere for that purpose. Henry Kidner went to Somerset and © Berlin to spend the holidays. Samuel Johngon, of Uniontown, is in © uur city this week on business. John J. Cessna, of Bedford, died the other day at the age of 78 years. "A. P. Beachy orders Tug STAR sent to his son Peter, at Red Cloud, Neb. Howard Livengood was on the sick list Iast week, but is all "OQ. K.” again. Miss Annie Boyer has had a severe at- tack of la grippe, but is now better. Marshall Livengood has been working in Meversdale for the past few weeks. Miss Alice Welfley, who had been away visiting, returned home on Tuesday. The Grantsville mail pouch is too small since Toe STAR has commenced to twink- “le. : A Onthe 19th inst. Somerset voted to « have water works, just as it should have done. : Mr. and Mrs. Silas Livengood, of Wy- more, Neb., order THE STAR sent to their address. - There had been some very Food skat- ing on the river this week, but the rain spoiled it. : Morris Wagner and family, who had heen on the sick list Just week, are about iere is some talk of an extensive pul: ey factory being established at Berlin, next spring. We are under obligations to Prof. Dickey for an excellent report of the ed- cational meeting. David Enos orders THE STAR sent for year to his daughter, Mrs. Effie Cun- ngham, at Griffin, Ga. Messrs. Emanuel Lichty and Win. Lan- dis, of Meyersdule, were pleasant callers onr sanctum on Monday. Frank Petry, who has been working onaconing, Md., for some time, came to spend the Nolidays. QC. E. Biatler orders THE STAR sent to Rufus Hartline, at Lonaconing, Md., Christmas present. Next! forgot to mention last week that bd Mrs. Herman Gartner are the rents of a new daughter. ngler's youngest son, who ving a severe tussle with ty- ter, who is a student Normal, is expected I : "Are you in favor of changing the nam of this town? If not. why not? If 80, what for? Let us hear from you all. Don’t scrap and spar, and your happi- ness mar, but subscribe for ‘I'HE STAR. It prints the news from near and far. This town wants an ordinance that will make it a criminal offense for Sam Mier to tell any more panther stories. Counterfeit half-dollars and dollars are numerously circulated about Berlin. It is suspected that they are made there. Dennis Dehaven and John Brown won two turke¢s apiece, yesterday. at a shoot- ing match down near Keystone mines. ‘A. 0. McKinkley, who has been at Baltimore preparing himself for an M. D., is now at home to spend the holidays. We are informed that Mrs. Little, formerly, Miss Annie Keim, is down with inflammatory rheumatism at J. M. Hay’s. Subscriptions are rolling in from the north, east, sonth and west. Everybody seems to be'immensely pleased with Tar STAR. : West Newton is to have a paper mill that will employ 150 men. Why can’t Salisbury secure an institution of that kind? Christmas advertisements should be dropped after this week and copy for others to take their place be handed in early. Eld. Silas Hoover on Wednesday re: turned from Manor, Md., where after a series of meetings he had 16 accessions.— Commercial. Jonas J. Keim’ came home sick from Pittsburg, last week. We are glad to note, however, that he is able to be about and is improving. Alex. Bpeicher is our first cash subscrib- er at Tub. Alex. says he never was much of a newspaper reader, but all the same he wants THE STAR. Meyersdale is said to be noted for its mud, also for having more men who are supported by their wives than any other town in the county. Let everybody endeavor to give us the most news items before our next issue. That’s the way to make your local paper newsy and interesting. : The temperance lecture delivered in the Evangelical church, Mondav evening, by Rev. M. L. Young, of Meyersdale. is very highly spoken of. The Pennsylvania railroad company is going to build aline of road from Bedford to Holidaysburg. The survey for this road was made years ago. Now then, if you want to make some one a valuable Christmas present, at a very trifling cost, what's the matter with a year's subscription to THE STAR? Mr. H. Yost, of Garrett county, Md., passed through our city enroute for. Bal- timore, yesterday. Mr. Yost is one of the enterprising men of Garrett county. The churches and various secret socie- ties of this town are requested to hand in their cards for a church and society divee- tory. Their cards will be inserted free. Married, Thursday evening, Dec. 17th, at the residence of Tunison Glotfelty, by Rev. J. M. Evans, Mr. Edward McDowell and Mrs. Thomasine Brown, both of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Maust were wel- come callers at THE STAR office, last Saturday. Mrs. Maust orders THe STAR sent to her son Bruce, in Iowa, for one year. Eld. Jonathan Kelso, of Meyersdale, orders his name placed on our subscrip- tion list. Mr. Kelso informs us that he will again move to Nebraska in the spring. When in the course of human events you feel like taking a paper that prints the news, subscribe for THE STAR. THE STAR bas a regular weakness for printing the news. Citizens of Salisbury, do you know that you have a larger newspaper in your town than any of the county-seat papers? Ought you not just feel a little bit proud of the fact? Our subscription list is growing far be- yond our most sanguine expectations, but why shouldw’t it? Just compare this issue of THE S8TAR with other Somerset county papers, At the next session of the Somerset County Farmers’ Institute, Jerry Stevan- es, of Tub, - will give some **pointers” on strawberry culture, and D. Compton on farm management. The ladies of the *M. E. church will have a festival during the holidays in the K. of L. hall. They will do the thing up right, too, ‘and don’t you forget it. For particulars ses bills. M.J. Beachy orders THE STAR sent to hig sister-in-law, Mrs. N. G. Keim, of Salt Lake City, for a Chistmas present. Milt exhibits rare good taste in selecting Christmas presents. °° W. E. Mier, of Salisbury, has left Penns- vilel, where. he held a position in a generai store, to clerk in a large grocery store at Scottdale. He is delighted with Beottdale.—Commercial. At last report, Simon Livengood, the champion hanter of all these parts, had killed four deer and six turkeys this sea- sqn. Simon always brings in the game, if there is any to bringin. Miss Darl Brubaker, of Somerset, has been appointed a representative for this ; county on the Pennsylvania World's Fair | Auxilliary. Miss Briibaker always has been one of the world's fair. It you want the latest news, and never, never. want the blues, these ‘Pages then pape ig the one that you should Soins, to get the news and cure the blues. William J. Lichty, or Soldier Billy, as he is commonly called, knows how to stew oysters toa queen’s taste. If you don’t believe it, just go to the Reform oyster parlor and judge for yourself. Wim. Brown, of West Salisbury, met with a painful accident in Statler’s mine, on Tuesday. A large piece of roof coal fell, striking him a glancing blow on the head and badly mashing one of his feet. When snow comes, if any is ever going to come, John Coleman will place run- ners under his fine eovered ambulence and store the wheels away. .John has a head aslong as a crowbar. Now what next? Arthur Robertson, of Boynton, called at our office the other day and added his name to our rapidly growing list of sub- scribers. Heremarked, ‘THE STAR is the best Somerset county paper I have ever rea! We are not mashed on self-flattery, but honestly, now, don’t vou think Tar STAR comes about as near printing the news as any of its esteemed contempo- raries? The ‘‘Metropolis” papers, for in- stance. We announce with regret that Branch Robinson, the first Salisbury railroad conductor, whom we spoke of last week as having been badly mangled while coup- ling cars at Ursina, has since died of his injuries. What's the reasan a fellow can't get up a good newsy paper in Salisbury, eh? Don’t THE BTAR about convince you that it is possible to get up a good, live paper here? Give us your patronage and we'll do the rest. | We see by the Norton (Kan.) Courier that Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Shoemaker are the proud parents of a girl baby. ‘which was born to them Dec. 18th. Mrs. Shoe- maker was formerly Miss Mary Kelso, of this vicinity. Our postmaster needs more help. The Grantsville mail carrier says this post- office handles as much mail as Frostburg. Just think how much more it would han- dle if it were not for the little postoffices all around us! Reader. are you asubsciiber of this paper. or are yo now reading ‘a bor- rowed coby? If you are not a subscriber, lose no time in becoming one, for ‘who goes borrowing goes sorrowing.” In other words don’t be a sponger. Lem Ritter, of Meyersdale, who had been in Baltimore learning dentistry, has returned to spend the holidays. In com- pany with another young dentist friend of his he made Salisbury a visit this week in order to see a real live town. The trap-door in the jail, through which a8 number of prisoners have passed in making their escape, has been taken off and the opening closed by a sheet of boil- er steel. This removes the only “weak peint in the jail. —Somerset Standard. We welcome the Carleton Reporter to our exchange list, which is published by 8B. M. Figge, our successor at Carlton, Neb. The Reporter is a first-rate local paper and the people of Carleton and vi- cinity should give it a hearty support. : We are informed that the McDowell- Brown wedding, which has been looked for to take place for some time, came oft last week. Here's luck and congratula- tions to the couple. May! their voyage on the sea of life ever be a pleasant one. John Ringler (Mountain John) once remarked that Salisbury will yet become a seaport. Well, it has come to pass, for we noticed several fine vessels in port at P. 8. Hay’s store, and if the tub of water is there vet the vessels arestill likely to be in port. Scott Johns, who by the way isa pretty good judge of human nature, is reported to be the author of the saying that there are always some people sneaking around like a roaring lion, seeking whom they might bite somebody. Kirect, Mr, Johns; go up foot. ; Simon Folk is now a registered veteri- nary surgeon. Now then, Dr. Folk, what's the matter with putting a profes- sional card in THE STAR? Let your light s0 shine that men can see your profes- sional card in these columns and be ben- efitted thereby. : Captain W. H, Allen will visit his west- ern lands, that he purchased ny years ago near St, Paul, Minnesota, which have become very valuable. He expected to leave on Tuesday or Wednesday of this week. May he have a pleasant journey. —Commercial. Every day we hear our advertisers complimented for their enterprise. It is | daughter Zurie, who had also been stay ing in Connellsvillle, accompanied her home and will spend the holidays here. All those who have not yet got their advertisements in THE STAR are kindly requested to hand in copy for same without delay. Every business, mechanic art and profession should be represented in onr advertising columns. Let the world know that there are no flies on Sal- isbury. It is said that there is not much ina name, but when your town has one name, your pistoffice another, and your ship- ping station and express office still an- other, as is the case here, there is a good deal of complication and old fogyism in such a combination of ames, Let's have a change. 3 David Lichty says it affords him pleas- ure to say that THE STAR is an excellent local paper and is very interesting to read. Well, if there isa man in this whole county who is noted for knowing a good thing when he sees it, something ‘worth paying good hard money for, that man is David Lichty. Daniel Hershberger will have a sale some time during this winter. and in the latter part of Februarv he will move to eastern Virginia, about 75 miles from Washington, where he bought a fine farm for $10,000. Dan is one of our enterpris- ing farmers, and by his removal this vi- cinity will lose a good citizen. If we mistake not, Samuel C. Livengood was 87 years old yesterday, and we be: lieve is the oldest man in the town. He is still quite active and says he thinks he will be here a long time yet. Well, we hope he will, for we counldn’t very well get along without Uncle Sam’s numer ous good and well told stories, There ought to be a few more Wagners, Livengoods, Lichtys, Beachys, Keims, Mausts and Folks In this vicinity, as people in these parts bearing those names are very scarce; but what few of them are herd are all pretty good people with the probable exception of the editor, who bas a weakness for printing the news. Squire Fuller is the first man to jump on the editor with both feet and find fault with the paper. He says as soon as he gets home with it his daughter be- gins to peruse its pages and lets supper burn on the stove. Oh! he was just awful mad, and before leaving the office he threw two big chunks of silver at us. Perry Butler's house, south of town, and nearly all i18 contents, burned sever- al wecks ago at about 2 o'clock in the af- ternoon. That is. indeed bad luck for Mr. Butler, as his home was his all and wag acquired by hard labor and unceas- ing industry, He don’t know how the fireoriginated. No insurance; loss about Don’t turn up your nose, nor compl of your woes, nor be your town’s foesi} the rose, Then as time comes and goes, and Salisbury grows, and your faithful work shows, you can wear your fine clothes, and red striped hose, whether it rains or snows, and feel good clean to your toes, P. J. Livengood is making great im- provements about the McFadden property which he recently purchased. He is re- moving the rocks from. the lot and is preparing to have a fine garden by the time the flowers bloom in the spring tra! lal We don’t know whether he will plant the same kind of garden seeds that Char- ley McFadden used to plant or not. To our friends in the west we will say that fuel is somewhat cheaper in this great state (which produces about three- fourths of all the coal and iron used in the United States) than it is in Nebraska. Here you can get a 85-bushel load of coal delivered, for $1.75. » Thirty-five bushels of Elk Lick coal, lucks but one bushel of being a ton and one-third. That beats $5 a ton for Missouri and lowa rock and slate all hollow, The champion cider drinker, of Boyn- ton, should begin to pick out his New Year resolutions. We have a fine assorl- ment of resolutions at thig office to select from, and if the Boynton man comes early to avoid the rush, we will let him Lave first pick, before our stock is brok- en. We would send him a few samples, but we don’t know his name. Our in- formant who gave us the account ot him, which appears elsewhere, wouldn’ t give his name to us, Thomas Lee, one of the most well-to- do and influential farmers of this vicini- ty, was a pleasant caller at our office last week. He called to subscribe for THE STAR. He is a staunch Democrat. but says he always likes to read all sides of politics, which is right. Mr. Lee has just a big advantage to a business man to ad- | passed his 75th birthday, but looks re- vertise, for the people like to deal with the men who show that, they take pride in their business and are public- -spirited | and enterprising. The sheriff closed the big flouring mill of Alpheus Beall’'s at Uniontown, last Saturday. The dockets show mortgages against the property to the amount of $19,500, judgments to the amount of $10,707.68, and something like $30,000 in outstanding debts and loans, Bomerset is noted for its being county- seat, and old Berlin is noted for its maid- ens fair and sweet; Rookwood town is noted for its women’s monstrous feet, while Meyersdale is noted’ for its mud and great conceit; but old Salisbury beats them all and “gets there with both feet.” Mrs. David Lichty returned from Con- nellsville last Thursday, where she had been to visit her: son Stewart, who is 8 markably. young for a man of that age. He now lives at his ease, having acquired considerable wealth, but he began life at the bottom of the'ladder. He is a good example of what thrift and economy will do for a man. We are informed that Prof, Berkey remarked last week that we should have embarked in the newspaper business in Berlin instead of Salisbury. Well, we just guess not, Mr. Superintendent Berk- ey. Berlinisa nice town to live in and all that, but give us Salisbury in preference to it everytime. = Salisbury has more atits command to make a booming town than any other town in the county, and if a good live paper can’t ‘do well here, it will simply show that there is something reason to believe is the case with them. In view of the fact that nearly all of ‘the public schools in He count, “will be Hut work for it 80's to make it bloom ag {* wrong with our people, which we haveno | the new year, many uf the teachers have united in making arrangements for an institute 10 be held at Meyersdale, Friday ‘and Saturday, January lstand2d. Dr. T. B. Noss, of the California State Nor- mal School, and Prof, M. E. Bennett. of the Johnstown College of Art and Com- merce, will be present. Dr. James Hed- ley will lecture on ‘‘The Knightly No,” on/New Year's night, and Prof. Byron W. King, of Pittsburgh, will give an elo- cutionary entertainment Saturday night. —Herald. Some peopie have recently hooted at the idea of anyone having grit enough to start a newspaper in this thriving little city. We would like to know what some folks take the people of this town and vicinity for, anyhow. The people of Salisbury have neither hoofs nor horns, and we believe that they have as much enterprise as the people of any other community in this county, = So far as the ‘fool-hardiness of our grit is concerned, time will tell, and we believe it will show up everything favorable for both the town and Tag Star. If this town fails to support one paper, while Meyersdale supports two, it ought to be sowed in buckwheat and have a beautiful white- washed fence put around it. By the} jumping John Robinson (whatever that means) we will do as we remarked last week—succeed or suck eggs. ! We are informed that Boynton has a champion cider drinker, one who claims that be can drink one and one-half gal- lons of hard cider inside of an hour and not get drunk. Well, ‘he tried it on re: cently, butafter getting on the ontside of | a half-gallon of the fluid extract of the ap- ple, the stuff began to slop out of his | ears, so he gave up in despair and started for home. But before he had walked (or rather tried to walk) very far, a cattle brake on the railroad track flew up and hit him, eausing him to fall to the ground, bly @n no less than seven languages. And right here there is room for a good- sized moral, which we will give free, nicely framed, and a string with beauti- fully tinted tassels to hang it up by: Look not upon the apple cider when it gets there Eli, for it may be loaded and lift you clean off your feet. Further more, it will give you a large assortment of headaches and other things too nu- merous too mention. When you're dry, pass apple cider by. That's what! It seems strange to see Mr. A. P. Beachy on our streets almost every day, re- membering that but a few years ago he could seldom be seen anywhere else but on his farm, with his sleeves rolled up, to do. Mr. Beachy was one of the most { prominent, prosperous and enterprising farmers in the county, has well’ earned nected with profitable farming, and the people of Sulisbury are glad that he has pitehed hig tent in ye ancient burg tospend markably well preserved man for one of his age, is ever jolly and jovial, and Tue STAR hopes his days among us may be pleasant ones and many of them. And another retired farmer who has pitclied his tent among us, and of whom we can truthfully say the same as concerning Mr. Beachy, is the well-known and genial John J. Keim. Salisbury always has the word “Welcome” written over its gates domain for all such who come. Supt. White, of the extract works, wae u pleasant «caller at our headquarters on Monday. He has our thanks for an “‘ad” as well as a subscription. © Mr. White says. he is glad to see THE Bran. in favor of changing the name of this town and hav- ing one and the same name for our post- office, town, telegraph office and ship- ping station. He says on account of the present bunglesome system he has had some very important letters floating about the country for weeks, on account of be- ing atkdressed to Salisbury, the name of our town, instead of Elk Lick. the name of our postoffice. For our part we have had the same experience, #nd no doubt all of Salisbury’s business men can say the sume. It is no credit to us as citizens and business men to plud along in our present old rut regarding this matter. It is high time to have a change, and why not have it? The present state of affairs is a great drawback to our town in many ways, and it does not require a philoso- pher to see it. The nuisance can be very easily and quickly remedied. Waken up; let's have another name. Or as our Democratic friends say, ‘‘let's have a change.” Squire Lichliter, Peter 8. Hay, Geo. K. Walker, J. L. Barchus and all the rest of you business men and citizens of Salisbury and vicinity, let us hear from you through these columns on the adyisability of a new name. This isa question that should be discussed with- ont delay. It is the first great reform that t Salisbury needs. THE OIL WELL. over 2,000 feet, and still the drill goes ‘down, down, down at a rapid rate. The drill is now in Pay sand and the other day a little oil and gas was struck. Ev- have a gusher and that Elk Lick will be the “oildorado” of the state. ; Severe Accident. from a porch to the gr round, f hi paw the air and speak fluently and forci- | and doing more work than most | men twenty years younger were able a retirement from the hard labor con-| the rest of his days among us. Heisa're: | for such men, and has room within her The Elk Lick oil well is now down] erybody feels confident that we will soon | Last Saturday Mrs. Frank Folk fell fo distan ly, tore her gums, cut he was otherwise badly skinn about the face. A GOOD MAN DEAD. Dr. C. G. Stutzman, One of Sot County’s Most Beloved and Us Citizens, Passes Away, It is with deep sorrow that the death of the beloved and kind-h Dr. C. G. Stutzman, who has pro rendered more help to the needy an those in-distress than any other. pe who has ever resided in Somerset. 0 his home, as well as his birthpla be draped in mourning from ce circumference in honor of this gre good man. stroke, but of late was much im until yesterday, when be recei other severe stroke, from th which lie died last night at on at his home in Rockwood. As we receive this sad news £0 to press, we are unable to particulars of the funeral, more | he will be buried liere, "of many of his relatives ros however, we will give fall par everything and an extensive w the deceunsed. ' Of Interest to Some People E From the Carleton, (Neb.) Reporter. Harrison Keim and wife futend soon for their old home in | county, Pa., for a visit of 8 months. Henry Folk and wife will ho the fort while they are away. , J. R. Lichty shipped a carl hogs and cattle to Omaha last Mi He accompanied the shipmen| ports that he disposed of his st highest market price. M. D. Judy, Harrison Keim man Tedrow will in afew d for Somerset county, Pa., their home, They &xpect to about two months, Visiting wi k and relurives. : : ‘Wm, Keim, one of ‘Thaver most successful farmers, residin northeast of his place. thre whent crop a few days si uct of forty acres of which yi bushels per acre. abundant yield? A PATRIOTIC WORK. are, Hon, James G. 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