© @beSomerset @ounty Star. P. L. LIVENGOOD, Editor and Publisher. Mrs. P. L. LIVENGOOD, Associate Editor. | LOCAL AND GENERAL A creamery is to be erected at Conflu- ence. P. M. Wall is the latest aspirant for the postoffice. Easter Services in the Luthern Church on Sunday afternoon. Lewis Marks, of Lonaconing, was the guest of Frank Petry and family, this week. We are under obligations to Rev. W. W. Kribbs for handing us some news items, this week. Our friend Squire Fuller, after a linger- ing illness, sis again able to be about, we are glad to note. Owen Hitching and Henry R. Atkin- son. both prominent citizens of Frost- burg, died last week. Mrs. Adrian Glotfelty, of Garrett coun- ty, Md., died last week. She was in her 56th vear and died of dropsy. John J. Engle makes the whitest maple sugar we have ever seen. See the sam- ple at Beachy's hardware store. The teachers of our schools were treated to a free supper at Hay’s hotel, at the close of their school work. Rev. Steelsmith preached his farewell sermon at this place, last Sunday evening. His new charge will be at Pleasantville, Pa. H. H. Keim, formerly but now of Ladoga, Ind., the American Sheviot Sheep Association. of this town, Breeders’ Our subscription list has taken another big stride upwards, this week. We are indebted to Somerset, Lonaconing and Meyersdale for this. It may be of interest to candidates to know that they can get their cards printed cheaper at Tur StAr office than any- where else in the county. An exchange says a crazy editor has just been arrested in Birmingham. He imagined that all his subscribers had paid up. and that he had $6. Samuel Lichty, one of the oldest resi- dents of Somerset county, died this week at the home of his dang’ ter, Mrs. 8. P. Meyers. He was 93 years old. Samuel Rubright is renewing old ac- quaintance in Salisbury, this week. Sam is looking hale and hearty and his nu- merous friends here are glad to see him. We acknowledge receipt of a courteous invitation to attend the World's Public Press Congress, which is to be held at the World’s fair, during the coming sum- mer. Albert Clark, a former resident of West Salishury. but now of Meyersdale, was in town this week. Albert is a good, whole- sonled fellow and has lots of friends here. Rev W. W. Kribbs will visit his home, in Clarion county during the coming week. He will remain over Sunday next. Rev. Evans will also be away over Sun- dav, April 9th. C. T. Hay savs his commencement ex- ercises will begin on Saturday morning, April 1st. We don’t know whether he will have a *‘full” attendance or not, but : it, will doubtless be large. Dr. Speicher’s goods for his drug store are arriving daily, and he will soon be ready to throw his doors open for busi ness. He will have one of the neatest and best stocked drug stores in the coun- try. ; Dr. R. A. Ravenscrafit, of Accident, who has been practicing in the Louisville (Ky.) City Hospital. during the winter months. has returned to Accident and re- Oakland Re- sumed his practice there. publican. Miss Hattie Livengood is assisting in Tar STAR office this week, and still we are late with the paper, owing to our ex- tensive spring job trade. We hope to catch up again, soon, and get the paper out on time. Dr. A. F. Hinz, of Minneapolis, Minn., for whom we recently printed a lot of letter heads, writes to as as follows: “The letter heads arrived here in good order, and I must state that the job is very satisfactory.” On Monday evening Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Speicher gave quite a pleasant party to some of their young friends, in honor of Miss Bertha Davis, of Ursina, and Miss Bertha Glotfelty, of Accident, two relatives of the family who are making them a short visit. The Meyersdale Commercial and the Sal- isbury STAR can’t agree upon the name of the Elk Lick coal region. Commer: cially speaking, it’s either the Meyersdale or the Salisbury region, preferably the latter; geologically, it’s the Elk Lick gion.—Connellsville Courier. Traffic on the old’ Chesapeake and Ohio canal was resumed on Wednesday of last week. The prospects for the coming season are particularly bright, and indicate a demand for boats that has not been known since the rejuvenation of the canal. —Oakland Republican. Vv. J. Lichty still continues to handle | the largest, fattest and juiciest oysters in the market, and there isn ’t a man in the state that can beat *‘Uncle Billy” fixing And when it comes to giving we re- ‘em up. hig plates—well, he can stew so many oysters for 25 cents. | Geo. Hay will enter the Spring term at is Secretary of] wn san hardly see how | Lizzie Livengood. Edith Lichliter and | | the California State Normal. Prof. C. | E. Dickey will £0 to the same place as teacher of Arithmetic and English. The | | best wishes of the scnolars and the pro- - | fessor’s friends go with him to his new | position. i W.H. Wood. old and valued sub- | scriber of THE STAR who used to reside in Carleton, Neb., writes us that he has moved to Jerico Springs, Mo. He gives a glowing account of his new home and orders THE STAR sent to his new address. He says Jerico is in a country of fruit and cheap fuel. an M. J. Livengood received a telegram this morning (Friday) announcing the death of his father-in-law, John Ravens- craft, of Sand Patch. The deceased had been afflicted with typhoid pneumonia. Mr. Ravenscraft was a prominent lum- berman and was well known throughout this county and Western Maryland. In the last seven or eight weeks, says the Vedette. about 300 horses were ship- ped from Somerset, as follows: Schrock & Zimmerman, 100; Webster. 80: Straus- ser & Moon, 40; A. Shultz, 40; I. Shultz, 20; Hopkins. 12. Their weight varied from 900 to 1800. Average price, about $90; bringing between $25.000 and $30,- 000 in cash into this vicinity. The annual statement of the Supervis- ors of Blk Lick township was printed at this office, this week, and it is a state- ment that states something. Itisn’t mere- ly an apology for a statement, such as was recently posted up for this borough. but a neat business document, and it didn’t bankrupt the township, either. Elk Lick township has a modern as well asp model set of officers. The Reformed church is arranging for the celebration of the one hundredth an niversary of the independence of the church in this country. The anniversary comes on April 30. 1893. and commemo- rates the day, 100 years ago. on April 30, 1793, when the synod met in Lancaster and peacefully separated from the synod of Holland and assumed an independent position in this country. —Ex. Several more new houses are going up in the Shultzman addition to this bor- ough. John Shunk is also erecting a new dwelling; and E. Statler, one of our greatest hnstlers, will soon erect several more of 'em. The old town is going to have a bigger growth than ever, this year. West Salisbury is also going to have several new buildings. Griff Thomas is beginning work on a new house now. Dan Jones, of West Salisbury, is mak ing a medicine called Seminole bitters. It increases the appetite. strengthens the action of the stomach, acts on theliv- er and kidneys and purifies the blood. It is a first-class anti-billious remedy, and those who have tried it pronounce it an excellent medicine. The recipe was purchased at a big price hy Mr. Jones, and the medicine sells like “hot cakes.” It is nsually the case that business men who do not advertise, refrain from doing so on account of niggardly and miserly principles. The public should steer clear of the picayunish, would-be business men who want to make all the money they cam and spend as little as possible. The advertising columns of the local pa- per always tell who the liberal, public- spirited and progressive business men in a town sre. Visitors to the World's Fair will be compelled to walk over miles of territory in order to gain the faintest idea of the exhibits. A person entering the manu- facturers’ hall, walking at the rate of four miles an hour and ten hours a day, would have to walk seven days in order to go through the If three minutes were spent at each exhibit it would take twenty-one vears and three months to go through that hall alone.—Ex. aisles. The examanations for the graduating class of the Salisbury public schools were held on Tuesday. March 28th. It is safe to say that a more creditable ex- amination will not be held in the county, this spring. The following are the names of the graduates: Miss Annie Smith. Isoline Smith, Olive Livengood, Ella Ballict, Della Boyer, Berta Baum- gardner and George Hay. The general average for the entire class was above 98 per cent. Rev. W. W. Kribbs, our popular Luth- eran minister. is the possessor of a kodak and has lately been walking about town taking pictures. He is getting the art down fine and can take pictures of peo- ple in an instant without their knowledge of the fact that they have heen photo- graphed. Do notsleep in your pew when vou attend the Lutheran church, for the pastor may take your pictnre before you get awake, and that, yon know, would be a laugh on you. One hundred and thirty-six men were discharged from the Mount Clare shops, of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. Sat- urday, as follows: From the blacksmith shop, 15; from foundry, 16; machine shops 33; erecting shops, 15; bridge shops, 4; hoiler shops. 29; pattern shops, 2: tender shops, 6; pipe-fitting shops, 6: store house, 4; yard, 4; a total of 66 me- chanics and 70 It has already been rumored that many of these will be re-employed in the wear future. bnt a prominent Baltimore “and Ohio official said, Saturday night, that the discharges were final —Ex. | S. D. Yoder, the | agent of Garrett county, [ the greatest hustlers in On i laborers. popular fertilizer Md., is one of all the country. mail a few letters at Grantsville, but af- ter arriving there he concluded to take the road leading to Salisbury and sell some fertilizer. He sold 77 sacks goods and arrived here in the evening in time to give THE STAR another order for printed matter. There ave thirteen other fertilizer agents in Mr. Yoder’s territory, but he sells more goods of that kind than all the others combined. Sol isn’t afraid to use printers’ ink, either. R. A. Barnes, recently employed asa cook at the Somerset house, was arrested one day last week at Millvale, Allegheny county. upon the charge of attempted criminal assault upon a four-year-old child. He was detected in his crime and narrowly escaped lynching at the hands of an angry crowd of citizens. Only the advice of men of cool judgment prevented trouble. The prisoner was taken to Pitts- burg and locked up in the county jail. Barnes is forty years old and comes from Painsville, Ohio, where he has several grown up children, letters from them be- ing found upon his person.—Herald. The commencement exercises of the Salisbury public schools took place in tho opera house. The graduates are Misses Annie Smith, Isolene Smith, Ol- ive Livengood. Della Boyer, Berta Banm- gardner, Ella Balliet and Mr. Geo. Hay. 1t is useless to write the affair up in de- tail, as about all our people who are in- terested in ‘educational matters Wete present and know all ahout it. Suffice it to say that the gr aduates wall acquitted themselves nobly.“ The original oration by Geo. Hay, entitled *"I'he Conquests of Haunibal,” deserves special mention, and it seems to be the universal verdict that it was the masterpiece of the program. The recitation entitled “The Chariot Race,” by Miss Annie Smith, was also exceptionally well rendered, considering the length and nature of the selection. It was undoubtedly the most diffienlt part of the program, and Miss Smith de- serves due credit for the way in ‘whieh she rendered it. But as before stated, all did well and are entitled to much credit. The valedictory., by Miss Berta Banmeardner, and the salutatory, Miss Della Boyer, were well rendered and full of elevating thought. We would like to give a more extended ac- count of the exercises, hut as we are late in going to press, we have neither the time nor the space, and by next week it will be stale news. hv From the ommisRloners’ Office. There was $2.007.513 money at interest returned in Somerset countv, last year. which vielded $8.080.05 State tax at the rate of 4 mills per dollar. At 6 per cent., the interst on this amount was $120, 450,- 78, which represents the annual savings of about twelve hundred hard-working men. Speaking of money at interest, the man who heads the list in Somerset county for 1893 is Mr. Jasper Augustine, of Addison township, he having returned for assessment the sum of $57.000. Mr. H. C. Miltenberger, of Conemaugh towy)- ship, is a close second with a round $50, 000 on the books. A close third is Mr, Olinger, of Meyersdale borough. Sivig It takes a big ronnd sum of money to ron the county of S8omérset for the peri: od of one year. Here is the total taxa-| tion for one year, State, County. Bor- ough, Township. School, Liquor, Mer- cantile and Dog taxes. It amounts to over $200,000. Of this amount $50,000 was expended on the roads and streets, and $55.000 on the schools, not including the State appropriation. which is at lea t $40,000 more. Amount of money rve- ceived from license of ail kinds. lignor and mercantile, $4.706 89. Taxes c¢ol- lected from railrond corporations in Som- erset county, $4859. Taxes collected from other corporations, $259 82. From the regular annual State Report for 1892, on file in the Commissioners’ office, the Standard scribe gleans the following data: Number of taxables 9869; acres cleared land. 291,081; acres timber land. 278,419; value of real estate, $8,855,269; value of real estate exempt from taxation. $598,495; value of real estate taxable, $8.256,774; value of hors- es, $369,778; value of cows, $159.143; oc- cupations, $294,422; aggregate value of all property taxable, $9,071,112; aggre- gate County tax asssesed for 1892, $45,- 355.5 Mr. Reitz Sits Down on The Commercial. Last week the Commercial went into hysterics over the alleged injustice of the insurance adjnstors in settling the claim of Mr. H. A. Reitz, of West Salisbury. It now appears that the writer had ne authority for his statements and that Mr. Reitz himself repudiates the whole affair as a pure invention. He assures Resi- dent Agent Cook that the insurance peo- ple have dealt honorablv with him in every particular. But for hisown neglect or oversight, there would have been no scaling. This clears the companies of any imputation of wrong-doing, and at the same time shows the ufter unreliabili- ty of our imaginative neighbor’s utter- ances.—Meversdale Register, The Register is right in the matter skoken of, and its remarks confirm just what we stated in these columns, last week, to the effect that the Commercial is noted for publishing silly twaddle that is hatched only in Lou Smith's fertile imagination. The Commercial has never been a reliable journal and has never been satisfied without some great imaginary wrongs to harp about. The truth of this statement was admirably illustrated when that paper was issning a little 6x8 single sheet. only about a year and a half ago. When the Commercial nearly went under through a lack of patronage and confi- dence, brought about by its editor's own | Monday morning ‘he lett home to | whined | its might; of the’ dishonorable capers, then it whined in the darkness and whined in the light, and in its weakness and to read its sickening blub- | { berings one might have supposed that] everybody had wronged it 3ut no one fear of being singlea out as the victims easier since he is locked up and all hope lery and cowardly ways of seeking re- ‘of “Miss Annie Haselharth, had wronged it save its own editor. This is a fact and everybody in this lo- cality knows it. Had it not been for the pitying qualities of a few philanthropic people, our erring brother of the Com- mercial would not be publishing a paper today. We are always glad to see an erring brother placed on his feet again, but now that Bro. Smith has been helped to a new start in business, he should not wantonly try to injure the business of such reputable insurance companies as those represented by the W. B. Cook agency, especially when he has no grounds for his allegations. The following was handed to us for publication by Mr. Reitz: The article appearing in the Mevers- dale Commercial, some time ago, concern- ing the adjustment of my loss, may lead some people to believe that I was the originator of same. I wish to inform the public that it was gotten up without my knowing anything about it and with- out my authority, Rez. Another Big Row 1n West Salisbury. Tuesday afternoon another hig row took place in West Salisbury, and in the melee the notorious Simon Hammer re- ceived a much deserved pounding. Ham- mer went to the Williams hotel with his pockets well laden with stones and among other things swore that he would smash up everything about the place and shed blood as well. Ile tried to kick in the door and gave every evidence that he meant to carry out his threats. He was remonstrated with by Mr. Williams, but all to no purpose, and finally seeing that there was no way to avoid a battle, the landlord proceeded to protect himself and his property, as he had a right to do. He accordingly knocked Hammer down with a elub, and the only pitty is that the fellow ever revived. He remained unconscious for a time, but later on he again got on his feet and then wanted to assail Abram Williams, the hotel proprie- tor’'s son. Abram promptly knocked him down. Constables Garber and” Fair then arrested Hammar and brought him to town and placed him in the borough bastile. He had a hearing the next morning and was then sent to jail to await his trial at court. He is a danger- ous and treacherous character and should he kept behind prison bars all his life. He has long been a terror to the whole community, but everyhody seemed to he afraid to enforce the law against him, for of his treachery. The people here feel that he will be kept behind prison bars for a long time. Public safety demands this. After his arrest he made the most blood-eurdling threats ever heard. He declared that he would kill both Williams and kis son just as goon as he got an ap- portunity, and those who have known him all his life say that he is none too good te carry out his threats. He has been guilty of some high-handed capers around here for some time, but every- bodv was afraid to make complaint against him. Not afraid of his hravery or his. fighting qualities, but of his treach- venge. New Advetisements. Geo. W. Grose & Co.. Hyndman mar- ble dealers, display ad. on 1st’ page. S. H. Moore & Co., display ad. on 8th page. 8. C. Hartley & Co. four reading notices on 4th page. J. B. Williams. Frostburg marble dealer, reading notice on 4th page. Mrs. Eva Williams, mil- liner, reading notice on 4th page. I. 8. Keim, reading notice on 4th h page. W. C. T.U. The W. C. T. U. will meet at the home April 14th, 1893. We extend a hearty welcome to all who will attend. PROGRAM: Singing. Recitations—Misses Lilla Harris and Mav Lambert. Essay—Mrs. A. F. Speicher. Select reading—Mrs. H. C. Shaw and Mrs. Logue. Address—Mrs. 8. M. Baumgardner. Singing. COR. 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Prepared fresh, every week, by excellent powder is CoPLAND, The Druggist, Meyersdale, Pa. um V. Nashy, and Lovinggood. Senator Plumb, of Kansas, and James J. Hogg, Governor of Texas, are both practical printers. William Blutcher Napoleon. of Chiselhurst, was a printer, William Frek- erick Williams was a printer. Benjamin Franklin was a prinfer. In fact, thou- sands of the most brilliant minds in this country are to be found toiling in the publishing houses of large cities and towns. It is not every one that can be a printer—brains are absolutely necessary. —Ex. Isa Small Waist Beaurtifal? This is the shape of a woman's waist on which a corset tight is laced. The ribs deformed by being squeezed, press on the lungs till they're diseased. The heart is jammed and cannot pump, the liver is a tor- pid lump, the stomach crushed cannot digest, and in a mess are all compressed. There- fore, this silly woman grows to be a beautiful mass of woes, but thinks she has a lovely shape, though hideous as a crippled ape. This is . a woman's natural waist which corset never vet disgraced. Inside it is a mine of health, Outside of charms it has a wealth. It is a thing of beauty true and a sweet joy for ever new. lt needs no artful padding vile or bustle big to give it “style.” It's strong and solid, plump and round. and hard to get one arn around. Alas! If women only knew the mischief that of China works in a private printing of- fice almost every day. William Caxton, practieal printer, of extraordinary talent and sagacity, What were G. P. Morris, N. P. Willis, James Gales, Charles Rich- ardson, James Parker, Horace Greeley, and whined in Charles Dickens, James Buchanan, mon Cameron, Schuyler Colfax? {ers all, and practical ones, scope of information was vast, unlimited. Mark Twain, | Harte, William Dean Howells, Joel Chand- | ler Harris and Opie P. Reed are prac tical | printers, as was Artemus Ward, Peirole the father of English literature, was a | Si- | . 1 Print- | and whose | Amos J. Cummings, Bret | these corsets do, they'd lat Dame Nature have her way, and never try her “waist” to ‘‘stay.” | —London Tid Bits. | Almost Level Headed. An exchange while moralizing over the ways of the world delivers itself of the following pertinent paragraphs under the head “If we had our way.” There would be No prize fights, No bucket shops, No lottery schemes, Flower Seed fresh an ¥ A Magnificent Clin o Cypress rummondii, Zinyis, Pinks, ete., etc. ers twelve os zine three onthe a entirel, Fo Brooklyn, N. ¥. re 5 Jenny Wa i Wari” or our seeds 1 found fi this offer with the eat om ny 8 of ui ‘rite today don't ul ny off! Bix smbacripions and six , and Grace Sreswondy each Do not ork, artistic home Secointiots bl NN et, ivenils ves FLOWER SEEDS Varieties, FREE! 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No salting of mines, No watering of stocks, Stricter immigration | AWS, Deportation of anarchists, No licensing of evil of any kind, A more equal distribution of taxes, Fewer law suits and 1 No politics in school governments, Heavier punishments trusts, Less money in in hospitals, Fewer jails and more training, municipal or nore arbitration, public for violation of monuments and more places for moral No combination of rival business te ereate monopolies, No making wealth the test of worth as is sometimes done, Less money in church steeples and more in orphan asylums, Less money in in educational institutior Fewer laws race-cources and and mor more 18, e rigid enfarce- ments of those already made, J No whisky shops in the United States. not even in the Capito] at Washington. Fewer colleges for t eaching the an- cient languages and more for teaching | common sense, D Cool Pain z Cal among and R GRA inelud load Ic ” Shirt conti L ee ———