je Somerset County Stor,
__P. L. LIVENGOOD, Editor and Publisher.
| Mrs. P. L. LIVENGOOD, Associate Editor.
Entered at the postoffice at Elk Lick, Pa., as
mail matter of the Second class.
The Salisbury Hack Line.
True Carp: Hack leaves Salisbury every day,
except Sunday, at 8:00 A. M.
Leaves Meyersdale every day, except Sunday,
at 1:00 P. M. :
Passengers should always secure their passage
the evening before they intend to go away, so
that the Conductor will provide ample accommo-
dations for all.
Extra trips made to all points when requested.
Baggage and parcel carrying a specialty. First-
class accommodations in every respect. The
hack line affords the only convenient means to
travel to and from Salisbury.
JOHN COLEMAN,
. Proprietor.
JOHN SCHRAMM,
Conductor.
LOCAL AND BBNERAL.
Lookout for weddings.
The borough schools open on Mond.,
Sept. 19th.
Mrs. John R. Edie, of Somerset, died
hast week.
Mrs. H. R. Holsinger, of Waterloo,
Towa, is visiting in Berlin.
Harry Sheets, the fellow who stole Geo.
Brallier’s horse in Berlin, has been caught.
We welcome our Rockwood and St.
Paul correspondents. They are good
ones,
The editor was sick several days this
week, which accounts for the lateness of
the paper.
Keim postoffice now has a daily mail,
which pleases THE STAR as well as the
Keim people. :
Rev. Evans filled the Lutheran pulpit
last Sunday evening and preached an ex-
cellent sermon.
Don’t fail to attend the lot sale in
Salisbury, Tuesd., Sept. 20th. See no-
tice on 4th page. :
C. 8. Beal and family were visited by
friends, on Monday. Among them was
- Mr. Long, of Berlin. :
John Hutzel is erecting a house in the
west part of town, on some land he pur-
chased from Harriet Weaver. ;
Editor Woodruff, of the Johnstown
Demucrat, is the Democratic candidate
for Congressman ot this district.
Thirty cents a day for cigais doesn’t
seem much, but it amounts to $109.05 in
a year and $1,090.50 in ten years.—Ex.
John Short, of Rockweod, will be up
this wav next week to put up spouting
for Phineas Christner and Lawrence Fal-
lon.
Mrs. Dr. Enfield and Miss Fetterly, of
Bedford, were the guests of H. W. De-
lozier and family for a few days this
week.
“A Johnstown street beggar was caught
counting $840 in bills the other day. He
had a large amount of gold and silver
coin also.—Ex,
It is reported that Q. A. McClure, of
McKeesport, has purchased Nevin New-
man’s farm for $6,500, possession to be
given April 1st.
A photographer was here a short time
ago, looking for a room in which to do
business. Haven’t heard whether he se-
cured a room or not.
With the “gridiron road” and the dry
hole known as Sand spring, to harp on,
the Meyersdale Commercial is sadly neg-
lecting the electric road.
Death this week visited the families of
Joseph Wagner and Herman Gardner,
“taking from each the babe of the family.
THE STAR extends its sympathy to the
bereaved.
Farmers, lookout for three-card monte
men. Two of them ‘tackled Hiram P.
Walker, in Summit township, a short
time ago, but got left. Never bet a man
at his own game.
Your attention is called to J. A. Berk-
ey’s professional ecard, which appears in
this issue. Mr. Berkey is an able attor-
ney and one whose services we can cheer-
fully recommend.
We acknowledge receipt of a copy of
Supt. Berkey’s Fifth annual school report.
it is full of valuable information and
gives a thorough knowledge of the stand-
ing of every school in the county. -
The Republican school board, of Mey-
ersdale, will not give up the books. The
case has heen appealed to Supreme court,
the sitting board not being satisfied with
the decision rendered at Somerset.
We are in receipt of a courteous invi-
tation to be present at the grand opening
of the Mountain Electrical Mfg. and Con-
struction Co.’s works, at Meyersdale, Sat-
urday evening, Sept. 10th. Thanks!
Tell your friends that Stewart's head-
ache powders are a positive cure, a harm-
less remedy, containing soda’ and char-
coal, unlike any other. Only 10 and 25
cents a box. Ask J. L. Barchus about
them. tf.
John L. Sullivan seems to have found
the man that struck ‘‘Billy Patterson.”
Corbett knocked him out in 21 rounds
and had a soft snap of it. This ends Sul-
livan’s career as the champion brute of
the world.
A young country editor fell in love
with the clergyman’s daughter. The
next time he went to church he was rath-
er taken aback when the preacher an-
nounced his text: *‘My daughter is griev-
ously tormented with a devil,”
Harkness Musical and Specialty Com-
on Saturday evening, Sept. 10th. They
are pronounced by both press and publie
to be one of the best companies of the
kind before the public today. 1t.
Mr. Ed. Kimmell left here last evening
for Philadelphia, where he will purchase
a complete. outfit of type for the new
Democratic weekly paper to be estab-
lished here. The name of the new paper
will be The Vidette.—Somerset Standard.
Forty-six tickets were sold at the Salis
bury depot for the Lutheran reunion,
and 78 for the Reformed reunion. The
Lutheran reunion is reported. to have
been unsatisfactory, this year, owing to
disagreeable weather and disappoint-
ments of various sorts.
The many friends of Mrs. M. C. Berk-
ley regret to learn of her severe illness
and hope she will speedily regain her
waonted health. Mrs. Berkley is a most
estimable lady, a daughter of the late J.
W. Beachy. and is at present staying
with friends at Salisbury.—Register.
The comma is very useful in its place,
but it should be used with judgment. In
the last number of an exchange there ap-
pears an advertisement in which the firm
announce that they keep “check mozam-
bique corset laces, figured muslin hairpins,
and embroidered grenadine skirts.”—Sa-
vannah Republican.
There is one thing we like about the
people of this town above all things else,
and that is, when there is a death in the
community the friends of the deceased
are not in the habit of resorting to the
insane habit of passing resolutions and
rushing to the local paper with them.
The resolution habit is a nuisance.
for a stranger, last week, and as a conse-
quence is a few dollars out of pocket.
The check was on a Somerset bank and
the stranger claimed to be in partnership,
in Somerset, with J. C. Lowry. Lookout
for the stranger who wants a check
cashed. The same racket was also suc-
cessfully worked in Meversdale, last
week, at the Commercial house.
Among the numerous papers to be
found in the recorder’s office at Bedford
isa deed for all the land now occupied
by the cities of Pittsburg and Allegheny
made by the chiefs of the tribes of In-
dians known as the Six Nations to Gar
rett Pendergrass, Sr.. and dated 1770.
The signatures of the Indians consist of
drawings of bugs of various kinds. It
would puzzle the brains ef a natural his-
torian to define their species.—Herald.
We return our thanks to the Somerset
Democrat for the following kind and
complimentary notice: “Mr. P. L. Liv-
engood, Editor and publisher-of the Som-
ERSET COUNTY STAR, at Salisbury, the
latest arrival in the realm of newspaper-
dom in this county, was in the County-
seat last Saturday. The Star is a spicy
paper and is filling a long felt want in
the place of its adoption. Mr. Livengood
is a pleasant gentleman and has a cordial
invitation to call again when in Somer-
set.”
H. R. Shaft, of Glade, this county, was
in town this week looking up a room for
a drug store. Mr. Shaff is the second
man to visit this town with a view to put-
ting in a drug store, and both were well
pleased with the town and anxious to
locate here. The tronble is to get a suit-
able room, as every nook and corner of
the town are occupied. We need a drug
store here very badly, and itis a shame
that some of our moneyed men do not
put up a few more good business build-
ings. It would pay to put them up.
Samuel H. Smith, of Meyersdale, was
in town several days this week. He is
still good-looking and as full of fun as
ever. He would like to get up a good
drum corps in this town, and that’s just
what we onght to have. Sam is the best
fifer and drum corps instructor in seven-
teen states, and if the boys here want to
get up a good organization of that kind,
Mr. Smith’s services can be secured at
very reasonable terms. Now boys. let
us see what we can do. We need a man
like Sam Smith here.
The Dolgeville Herald gives the follow-
ing receipt for doing up a place: Knife
every man that disagrees with you on
the best method of increasing business
or advancing the interest of the town;
refuse to unite in any scheme for the bet-
terment or the meterial interest of the
people, unless it is of your own origin;
keep every cent you get, and don’t do
anything of a public nature unless you
don’t advertise in home.papers but buy a
rubber stamp and use it.
Mr. Geo. J. Black, who has been a se-
vere sufferer from the results of an acci-
dent a year ago, has for several weeks
been afflicted with an abscess of the stom-
ach. In the hope of affording him relief,
he consented to undergo one of the most
delicate operations known to surgery.
The operation was skilfully performed
by Dr. Hatrison on Monday last, assisted
by Dr. Livengood, of Elizabeth, N. J,
and Dr. Warfield. of Baltimore. Mr.
Black is thus'far resting very well, and
if unfavorable complications do not set
in will probably be all right.—Register.
Since our last issue, the following
named persons have had their names
added to our subscription list: Samuel
Thomas, G. W. Phillippi, 8. Buckman,
Geo. Holtzhouer, U.S. Werner and 8.
A. Kendall, all'of Rockwood; Dr. Gard-
ner, of Glade; U. A. Newman, of Keim:
R. 8. McMillen, of New Lexington; Sam-
uel H. Smith, of Meyersdale; U. F. Ray-
man, of Berlin: Chas. H. Fisher, Harvey
pany will appear in Beachy’s opera house,
erset. Mr. Kunee's subscription was or-
Henry Loechel cashed a bogus cheek |
can make something out of it directly;
Farner and Daniel 8, Knee, all of Som-
dered by John J. Engle. which makes
two he is paying for. AH these gentle-
men are good men and have our thanks.
Doctors Stuart E. Paulet and R. M.
Beachy called at Tur Star office this
week for the purpose of putting their ad-
vertisement into. the papef. Dr. Paulet
took the degree of Doctor of Veterinary
Science, at the Chicago Veterinary Col-
lege, on March 24th, 1892, gradnating in
the Honor class and sixth from the top
of class. The Chicago Veterinary Col.
lege is considered one of the best, .if not
the best enllege of that kind in the United
States. Mr. Beachy needs no introdue-
tion, as he is an honorable, capable and
well-known man in h’'s profession, and he
and Dr. Paulet will make a strong team.
Read their *‘ad.”
There is a newspaper not a thousand
miles from here thai wastes a great deal
of its space denouncing labor unions and
calling men slaves, dupes, ete, for be-
longing to these unions. That paper
would like to see labor performed for a
mere nothing, which would soon be the
case, were it not for organization. Yet
that same paper has the gall to send a
solicitor here oceasionally to solicit sub-
scriptions among laboring men. But all
the same the laboring men don’t bite.
They feel that they understand their bus-
iness better thana half-defunct country
paper can teach them, and besides that,
labor has as much right to organize as
capital.
The human gas well who presides over
the uncertain destinies of the Berlin Rec-
ord, and whe for some time has been re-
ceiving journalistic spankings from Tug
STAR, which he has invited by his fool-
ishness, stated last week that he had been
under the impression that the editor of
this paper was pecked by a goose. Yon
are off, Mr. Marshall, for you only pecked
at us. You were probably too busy kill-
trusts to make your pecking effective, for
you know you are such a great champion
that all the poor, down-trodden masses
look to you for relief. In the meantime,
‘however, will you please state why you
were fired out of the Pennsylvania Farm-
er’s Alliance? Tt doesn’t show up well
for a great people’s champion like yon
are to have such a record, but if you can’t
explain why you were fired, perhaps THe
STAR can get several other fellows who
can.
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A Trip to Rockwood and Somerset,
Last Friday the editor concluded to
take a vacation for a days and ac-
cordingly hied himself away to the Re-
formed reunion at Rockwood. Here he
was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Farner, and that he had a good time with
them goes withoni saying. Mr. and Mrs.
Farner are our kind of people, and if a
fellow can’t have a good time with them.
why, he can’t be pleased at all. Rock-
wood has no jollier and more clever peo-
ple than Mr. and Mrs. Farner.
About the reunion we know but little,
as we did not go to the grounds. Bat
few
there was a large crowd in attendance
and it is reported #0 have been a great
success. |
We had the pleasure of making the ac-
quaintance of some of Rockwood’s best
people and renewing our acquaintance
with same old-time friends we saw there.
Rockwood is an enterprising town and
is made up of as good a class of people
ar can be found on earth. We found all
of our old friends down there well and
hearty, with the exception of Sam Buck-
man, the genial proprietor of the popu-
lar Merchants’ hotel. Mr. Buckman
was somewhat lame, but all the same
he is still in the ring and ean crack jokes
and make his guests feel at home just as
well as ever, .
From Rockwood we went to Somerset,
where we made the acquaintance of Bro.
Lambert, of the Standard, Bro. Coffroth.
of the Democrat, and numerour other
good people. We called at the Herald
office, but finding it locked, went over to
the Court house to visit the kid-gloved
gentry in the County Commissioners’ of-
fice. To our surprise we saw no kid
gloves, but found the Commissioners a
plain looking set of men and a first:
rate crowd to be with. We have no
doubt that they are filling the office hon-
estly and conscientiously. Their clerk,
Mr. Werner, is also a tip-top fellow.
J. A. Berkey seemed to be about the
happiest man in the town, and Chas. H.
Fisher the best looking Democrat and
one of the most popular men in the
place.
We stopped at the popular Bomerset
house, but failed to see the proprietor.
We made the acquaintance of his son,
however, and if ‘there is a more polite
and courteous hotel clerk in America, we
have never run across him. Harvey
Farner is the bar keeper at this hotel,
and he is said to be one of the most ex-
pert drink mixers in the state,
Before leaving the town we visited our
frienas Mr. and Mrs. F. O: Livengoad.
whom we found as jovial as usual. We
enjoyed our visit with them very much.
Somerset is just full of the best kind of
people, and it is a good town all around.
It is a good town to visit, if you can keep
ont of court and jail.
—— ee
Another Brutal Fight.
On Monday night another brutal fight
occurred in town, which in one respect
resembled a dog fight. The circumstan-
ces, as reported to THE STAR, were as
follows: Henry Pile and Wils Martin
got into a row with each other and Rus:
sell Fuller attempted to get Martin away,
when Geo. Walker, Jr.. of Grassy Run,
interfered and attacked Fuller. The re-
sult was that Walker got a pretty sound
hammering and Fuller got one of his
ears almost chewed off. Walker was ar-
rested and taken to the lockup and Fuller
gave himself up and paid his fine. We
report this just as it was reported to us,
and.the account of the affair is donbtless
correct.
It seems to Tur Stan that our lockup is
not used as often as it should be. Men
can do more as they please in this town.
without getting ‘“‘jugged,” than in any
other town we know of. Why is this?
What have we got a lockup for, anyway?
Chuck every man into it that is disorder-
ly or indecent on our streets, in any way,
and thereby improve the moral atmos-
phere. of the town and increase its reve-
nues.
The Labor Day Picnic.
The picnic that was billed to take place
on Labor day, in the K. of L. grove, in
Salisbury, under the auspices of the Sal-
isbury cornet band and the Knights of
Labor, did not prove to be as mueh of a
success as was anticipated. This, how-
ever, was not the fau't of those who got
the thing up. The Citizens’ band, of Lo-
naconing, could not be here, owing to
the death of one of its members and the
sickness of several of the others. Bul
notwithstanding this disappointment, the
attendance would have. heen quite large,
had it not turned out to be a rainy day.
The best of the sitnation was made, how-
ever, by renting the Opera hall. where
refreshnients were served and dancing
was indulged in until a late hour of the
night. The proceeds footed np to a
pretty snug figure, but not near to what
would have heen realized if the day
would have been fair.
If this pienic would have been billed
about a week sooner, and more invita:
tions sent out, there would have been an
enormous crowd here and the pienic
would have heen the host ever held in
this town. We hope preparations will
be made sooner, next Labor day, and
that the day will be more favorable.
Onr Borough Schools.
The following teachers have been em:
ployed to téach the Salisbury schools,
the coming term: Principal, Prof. C. E.
Dickey; High school, Prof. Milton Phil-
lips, of Meyersdale; Grammar school,
Prof. A. A. Strang, of Lavansville; In-
termediate, Miss Edith Lichliter; Prima.
ry, Miss Lizzie Livengodd.
The wages have heen fixed as follows:
Principal, $60 per month, High school,
$45 per month and $30 per month each
for the other rooms. Thirty dollars per
month is entirely too low and no teacher
should teach for such a niggardly salary.
It beats the very mischief, that with our
big state appropriation and short school
term of six months, that our school board
insists on hiring teachers at Chinese wa-
ges. Besidesteaching fora mere nothing,
I am informed that the teachers are ex-
pected to do their own janitor work.
This is an outrage and a disgrace. There
is no occasion for running our schools on
such niggardly principles. The board
should consider the janitor work as a
necessary expense and hire some one to
perform that work. Itis notin a teach-
er’s place to act in the capacity of janitor.
I hope, Mr. Editor, you will publish
this and oblige many of our best citizens.
Yours traly, A CrTizen.
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How They Did Business Aécording to Law
mn 1851.
Last week Dr. Livengood, while look-
ing over some of his father’s old papers,
found an old document which corre-
sponds to the scalp blank of today, only
that the wording is somewhat different
and that the old form is all written, in-
stead of being partly printed. We here-
with reproduce it, as it will doubtless be
interesting to many of our readers:
Somerset County ss
To THE COMMISIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF SoM-
ERSET
‘Whereas Arthur McKinley of the Township of
Elklick in the County of Somerset appeared be-
fore me one of the Justices of the peace in and
for said county Aforesaid this day and on his
Solemn affermation did declare and say that one
Certain old Red Fox whose head was produced
before me by the said Arthur McKinley were
Caught and killed by the said Arthur McKinley
during the last fue days at the Township of Elk-
lick and I having destroyed such head do hereby
Certify the same according to the act of General
Assembly in such cases made and provided.
given from under my hand and seal Salisbury in
said Township 5 day of July 1851
C. C. LiveNecoop [Seal]
On the reverse side of the document
we find the following:
Copy of Fox
Scalps
To the
Commissioners
of Somerset County
Certificate 123¢
While this old form mav seem very
crude, it must be remembered that in
those days men had very poor means to
secure education, and it is almost a mira-
cle that they got along in business as
well as they did. OC. C. Livengood was
a man of great natural ability, but like
others of his time. received practically no
schooling and acquired most of his edu-
cation by observation and self-applica-
tion,
Commissioners of Fisheries Browning
and Sudler, since they went into office
have entertained the opinion that the
propagation of trout and kindred varie-
ties of fish ought to be conducted in the
waters where the fish live and thrive.
Following this idea they have been con-
sidering the propriety of erecting a hatch-
ing house for trout in some of the moun-
tain streams of this county. When Com-
missioner Sudler was at Oakland sonie
time ago. it was decided to build a lake
and hatching establishment at the nar
rows of Deep Creek. The commission-
ers think the place selected is the finest
for the purpose in the state. Deep Creek
HEALING
Ts the gemtine which I established In SL. Louls,
It is unequalled for barbed wire cuts, sore :
scratches and open sores of any kind on animals
more genuine friends and endorsers than any
salve, because it NEVER FAILS and is Very ec
For cuts, burns, chafing on infants or sores on
pleases all. Sold everywhere.
Price, (0c 26¢ and 50¢
F. G- STEWART & COMPANY, CHICAGO, iL
MARK .
y REGISTERED
HAVE YOUR PRESCRIPTIONS, LINIMENTS AND FAMILY RECIPES COMPOUND
COPLAND, THE PRESCRIPTION DRUGG
A. I. GNACGETY
—Desaler In——
Lene
Merchandi
Grantsville, Md.,
takes this method of returning his thanks to the many patrons
who have enabled him to make a complete success of his stric
ly cash system venture.
We fihd that we can, under the above system, give our pat-
rons any goods they may need, without the additional profit
necessary to make up for bad accounts. I pay Cash and sell
goods at Cash Prices, for Cash, and give you a cordial
invitation to visit us and inspect our stock; we will risk your
buying.
of the season.
Quality at the top, Prices at the bottom!
Just received a nice lot of the old reliable Latrebe Boots and Shoes, which give full value for
your meney. Also have Ladies’ Common Sense Shoes, Ladies’ Opera-toe and Children's Mundell
Shoes, Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s Slippers, Gents’ and Boys’ Straw Hats, Groceries and Provis-
ions,
Complete in Assortment and Splendid in Quality.
‘If you are looking for a safe and reliable place to trade, I wish to inform you that have the bar-
gains.
patronage, I remain your friend,
Have added to my stock a fine lot of Toilet Soap and Perfumery. Thanking yon for past
A Splendid Stock
GEO. K. WALKER, Salisbury, Pa. -
is the best trout stream in the mountains
of this section. The place where the
dam will be constructed is where the
streamn breaks through the mountain,
making it necessary to build only about
200 feet of dam to make a lake a mile and
a half long. The dam will be built with
stone in the most substantial manner.
The lake will be stocked with fine fish
and will be open to the people of the
state who desire to come there and enjoy
themselves. In addition to this, young
trout will be furnished to all parts of the
state from this establishment. Commis-
sioner Browning began work on the en-
terprise Tuesday of last week.—Oakland
Republican of Ang. 26th.
* EDITORIRL REMARKS,
SoMEBODY may have to throw ice wa-
ter on the South Carolina politicians be-
fore long, to prevent spontaneous com-
bustion.
Tar illustrations of the cholera bacil-
lus, which are being printed in some of
the newspapers, look like a drunken
man’s attempt to make a fignre 8-out of a
string of beads, and a Frankfort sausage
with the leprosy, and are not calculated
to act as a tonic upon those who study
them too closely.
Last year, according to the Commis-
sioner of Pensions, 25,000 pensioners
were dropped from the rolls. Next year
he estimates that the last march will
swallow up no less than 40,000, and the
following year no less than 50,000, with
no original claims to add. The roll
which now looks so formidable wiil grad
ually melt away. If the enemies of {he
old veterans will be patient they will be
delighted at their rapid exit to that
bourne from which even the old soldier
does not return to destroy the. peace of
the Democratic partv.—Somerset Herald.
ueiaionneliBind one :
_— ;
Ir is a speclacle for gods and men
when a great paper like the New York i
World undertakes to enlighten the peo-
ple of the west and teach them how Ho
The said paper has for some
vate aright.
time been soliciting contributions from
the people for tne purpose of ‘aiding the
Democratic party to carry some of the
western stajes. The World calls this its
campaign of education and intimates that
the people of the west must be educated
in order to vote intelligently, Educated,
indeed! Things have come to a pretty
pass, if the people of the west, who un-
like, the Democratic south, build school
honses instead of distilleries. yet are un-
able to vote intelligently. The World's
so-called campaign of education is an
open insult to the intelligent people of
the west, and we believe it will only serve
to bring contempt upon that paper and
the Democratic party. Let the World
send its contributions to the southern
states, where school houses are senrce
and ignorance and Democracy reign su-
preme. The western people are all civ-
ilized and are capable of voting intelli
gently. g
THE consistency of Free-Trade Demo-
crats is something remarkable. T
Democratic platform denies, that «
country has prospered. Edward Atk
son, a distinguished Democratic Free-
Trader, says that it was never 80. PTOSp
ous before. The Democratic platforr
asserts that prices are higher and wages
lower since the new Tariff law passed.
Two Democratic Senators, Carlisle an
Harris, agree with other members of
committee that prices are lower and wa;
es higher since the ennctinent o ]
law. But, then, what consistency Ct
expected from a party whose sole
to power has rested on the howls o
Iamityites and the vapor
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