$40.00 | ALL ROADS ARE ALIKE TO A MONARCH. Perfection is the result of our long experience. MONARCH AAD DEFIANCE BOYOLE $50.00 Monarch Chainless $i00.00 Send for 1898 Catalogue. Agents wanted in open territory. MONARCH CYCLE MFC. CO,, Lake, Halsted and Fulton Streets, Chicago. Branches—New York, London and Hamburg. Send ten 2-cent stamps for a deck of Monarch Playing Cards illustrating Lillian Russell, Tom Cooper,Lee Richardson and Walter Jones. $60.00 HELP FOR THE HELPLESS Hand and Foot Power Tricycles for Cripples, Men, Ladies and Children. and full particulars. THER FAY MIG. CO., Elyria, O. New models are now ready. } Shade | Somerset | Somerset | Annual Statement. Receipts and expenditures of the Com- missioners of Somerset county for the fiscal year ending January 1,188. Wm. Winters, treasurer of Somerset county, Penn’a, in ac- count with the county of Somerset. Receipts. —Dr. Taxes received from the Collectors of State, County and Dog Rates for the years | (1589, 701 to "07 inclusive, Districts. * Yr, County. State. Dog. 225 57 § oe Ca 62 10 05 215 45 Stonycrcek .o.. LL 0830 § Northampton. ..I841 Jennertown 1592 Northampton. .. 189: Somorset twp... Addison....... Conemaugh ISlk Lick Fair Hope Lower Turkey f’t Northampton... Ogle Salisbury 100 15 43 20 13 a6 63 123 DS Somerset boro... Somerset twp... Southampton... Summit Wellersburg Erste ooo Addison... sn. 18% Allegheny Benson Berlin Black .... Brothersva Casselman. Conemaugh ..... Confluence IFair Hope Greenville Hooversville .... Jefferson SERNOY Larimer Lincoln... Jwower Turkey f’t te. New Centreville. Northampton... 00 Quemahoning |. 10 Rockwood ..... Salisbury 3325 21 00 B60 5 25 3:95 Somerfield boro.. twp... Southampton ... | dtonyereek i Stoystown | Summit.... T rk Upper Ursina I Wellersburg Addison. Lo 18 1 A “ % Brothersv: 100 Casselman Conemaugh Confluence Ells Lick......... Fair 1lope. Greenville 136 5 | Hooversville .... Jetferson. .. Jennertows LJJenner.. aang t Larimer . i Lincoln... Lower Turkey 1° I Meyersdale LALiddlecre I Milford | New Baltimore. New Ceterville. | Northampton... Paint | Quemahoning .. Send for catalogue THE MONARCH CHAINLESS. A Bicycle Cearing Absolutely New, Novel, In their indiscriminate haste to an- nounce the making of chainless wheels, some manufacturers have tumbled over each other in the endeavorto be in front. ‘I'o be in front is a spasm, to “keep in front” is sustained energy. To uttera truism is one thing, to live up to itis another. The spirit of the aphorism of the Monarch Cycle Manufacturing Com- pany, “Ride a Monarch and Keep in Front,” is well illustrated in its latest product, The Monarch Chainless. Alive to the times, the company will pro- duce a chainless bicycle which has been proven by repeated tests to be superior, in its class, in every particular. Two surfaces tnat will roll on each other will transmit motion from one to the other. If the surfaces are compar- atively smooth, the motion is transmit- ted by friction. Dut, when the surfaces are provided with projections, the mo- tion, although itis unchanged in nature, is transmitted by direct pressure, and it is irregular unless the acting surfaces of the projeations are carefully and exactly shaped to produce an even mo- tion. It is the difliculty which is ex- perienced to produce these perfect pro- jections, when bevel gears are used. which leads the experienced mechanic away from them. Long experience in Sewing Machine mannfacture has taught the Monarch Company that whatever transmission was used, bevel gears were not to be considered if easy running was to be thouzht of, The result has been a driving gear which is excellent in its easy running qualities. The mechanism issimple. The erank axle and hub gears somewhat resemble the familiar sprocket wheels, the notice able difference being the teeth which are closer together and y shape in cross section instead of four sided. The shaft connecting the two is provided at — each end with a pinion having roller pin teeth which run in and out of the wide angle openings between the gear teeth. Each cet of gears is enclosed nd Practical. Af but should they from any cause be ex- posed the action of the pin teeth is such that they are self-cleaning, forcing mud | and dirt out from between the teeth. | One of the chief objections urged | against chainless wheels by mechanics | is that should the rear frame become twisted or out of line, there would be a consequent binding of the mating gears. | The Monarch chainless is entirely free trom this objection inasmuch that the junction of the pinions and gears ferm | 4 type of the ball and socket joint, | thereby permitting free running under the conditions usually met with in bicycle riding. A particular advantage which this gear has, and which gives it the highest efficiency, is the direct lift as against the end thrust which is com- mon to all bevel gearing. This end thrust is a prominent factor in friction and frame strain. ' Another point to be counted in favor of the Monarch gears, that it is not of delicate construction although com- paratively light in weight. Asstated by Grant, the wellknown au- thorityongears,“Thepingearis particu- larly valuable when the pins are made in the form of rollers forthenthe minimum of friction is reached.” The friction between the tooth and pin, otherwise a sliding friction at a'line bearing is. with a roller pin, a rolling friction. When properly made, there is no form of tooth that is superior to the roller pin tooth. * While the Monarch company is war- ranted from the study of experts in placing its chainless machine on the market as the best type of that class, its faith in the chain wheel is in no way diminished. It will continne to keep them in the forward ranks of that type of bicycle whieh is yet the choice of the majority of the people. In line with the general policy of the Monarch com- pany. theprice of its chainless will be £100.00. which will give a complete line, including chain machines, ranging from Y Records... ou. 000 rin, | Rockwood Salisbury Shade Somerfield Somerset boro... Somerset twp... Southampton... Stonycreek. ..... Stoystown. Summit 15 40) Upper Turkey ft 3 00 Ursinn.. oo. 4 3 i 26 76 300 Wellershurg ) 5 G5 GO a UO 00 25 25 - (00 2 491 Total tax rec d-1897, $43226 095 $8164 92 $2745 20 State tax bro’tover, Slid 92 Dog “ “ ir . Cirand total p $0127 07 Commissioners’ Ledger, Dr, viz: Borrowed money, Proceeds, (Com- missioners? sales, Unseated lands, Redemptions, lite... County’s share liquo 8434 71 795 00 r licenses Total recepts from all sources for YORI Ln SO8376 78 Expenditures.—Cr. By amounts paid on orders. as foNows : Sealps iv... cans ie $ 374 95 289 5H 4759 83 448 6272 4913 800 287 63 200 Jurors’ pay Jail physician Viewers’ pay *New Bridges Assessors’ pay Sheriff’s bill Fire insurance Overpaid taxes Attorney’s fees Tax on indebtedness Election expenses Auditing public accounts. ... Western penitentiary : Miner’s medical attendance. . Commonwealth costs........ Computation court. New prothonotary’s vault... County teachers’ institute... County auditors’ pay ! (County auditors’ clerk Bal. expenses County Home. Soldiers’ burial expenses. ... Jury commissioners’ pay... Commissioners’ clerk Sheep damages. .... Road damages Register and Recorder’s fees. Prothonotary’s fees District Attorney’s fees Constables’ returns Court stenographer Court erier and tipstaves.... Light, fuel and water........ Court house and jail expenses Stationery, books and postage Maintenance—Dixmont ..... EA Harrisburg .. Wernersville. Morganza. ... “ Huntingdon . Court house and jail repairs. Court house janitor Court house and jail fireman Printing and advertising. ... Jurors’ meals and lodging. ... Borrowed money and interest Treasurer’s fees—E. E. Pugh Money refunded— unseated lands Reward, arrest and conviction . —Roddys Bridge repairs Si Com’s salary—Kimmel. ..... ke * —Good.... —Kretchman .. Com’s trav’g exp’s—Kimmel. s¢ 5: * —Good.... * —Kretchm’n 25 95 60 86 00 00 02 00 35 63 00 12 00 b2 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 04 00 05 5 00 05 H 39 00 2 90 15 H77 00 82 85 03 200 33 9565 1036 952 16 18 34 “ ‘“ “ “© Total amount paid on orders $ 56114 Treasurer’s commission (2 per. cent) on county orders... -treasurer-on the tions unseated 1122 redemp this price to $40.00. lands from individual purchasers.....«........ 8 89 Balance tax on unseated lands received and overpaid by treasurer in 1897..... 1134 21 Total expenditures.......... $ 58379 41 Balance in county treasury, : 2 esd unexpended. . . 9997 37 Liabilities. Bonded indebtedness Current indebte@ness, out- standing orders, &e. . ... : To amount due State of ’enn- sylvania, net........... . $ 4500 00 Total indebtedness of the county wie Assets, | Outstanding tax due county.$ Balanee in county treasurer's 9997 37 Total assets... io 00. $ Assets in excess of liabilities 10298 90 $1250 was paid for the bridge at Wal- liams’ Station. The remaining amount was paid on bridges contracted for by our predecessors. REMARKS. It. has come to pass that the majority ed with the annual report of that body a rigmarole of so-called objections to the methods of doing business in the Commissioners’ oflice. A whole week 90 | W | lessly surcharged $202.09, interést -on | 12: of the Financial Condition of Somerset County. | 11559 21 | 2051 95 | 18111 16 : I 28409 96 | *Norr.—In the item of new bridges | {| F. J. Foller 18412 50 Outstanding Taxes. Outstanding County, State and Dog Taxes | of Somerset county, Pennsylvania, on the second day of January, 1808, due and owing { by the Collectors of the several boroughs and townships in said county as follows: Collectors. Yr, County. State. Dog. i II. 15. Miller | KE. KE. Meyers... Cyrus ALYowler 1894 cyrus A Yowler 1895 Chas. A. Lohr... “4 Edward Metz.. Jos. Wambaugh. A. EK. Cassler.... WW. H.Eritz..... Cyrus A-Yowler + Ki 5. C. Farner... Wim. Leckemby 1893 $79 02 § 4 16 00 17 63 15 S00 iS 15 4 60 ah Liveng'd 2 3: HE H6 45 N. B. Poorbaugh vrs Potts «4 Wilkins. . 1897 Jesse John MeVicker Fred’’k Border Frank Hettley.. P. G. Weimer... Wn H. Fritz... J. A. Cook....... W. E.Pullin.... James Maust... i David Baker... ‘ Isanc Ankeny.. I'redr k Shaulis W..J. Peterson. Thos. Gallagher Geo. Glotfelty.. {John J. Darr.... Wm. Leckemby t Jonn FF. Henry. of the board of County Auditors has fil-! Samuel Bittner valuable time of these official | | nonentities was consumed in the form- ulation of this lying, slanderous and | i malicious tirade against the Commis- [or : | stoners’ office. 2 are without mind or Political imbeciles, who stamina of their | own, should never be elevated to im- | portant and responsible tions. of County Commissioners lias been use- money that was necessarily borrowed to meet the current expenses of the county, without reason or excuse for such surcharge, and without citing any law’to sustain their reckless exercise of the futcharging privilege. This action of the ccunty by litigation that will necessarily follow to show these bump- tious Auditors their inexcusable folly. Public accounts are always the legiti- mate subjects for correetion and honest investigation; but they must not be contorted for the manufacture of polit- ical capital for any political faction. Burt this is not all. The report of the County Auditors held in the Prothono- tary’s office is in itself a mass of errors and bunglings that would shame a selrool-boy to be its unhappy author. On page 3 of the said Auditors’ Report the total receipts by the County Treas- urer of State taxes for years prior to 1897 is calculated to be $1,038.84, when in fact the amount thereof is $1,938.64. An error in favor of said County I'reas- urer of $899.80. On page 5 of said Au- ditors’ Report there is an error of cal- culation in the grand total of taxes re- ceived by the County Treasurer amounting to $50.08 in favor of the said County Treasurer. On page 7 of the aforesaid report the Auditors have bungled the “total receipts for orders paid,” which is anintelligible, to say the least. On the same page the Auditors strike their balance thus: “Balance due Vm. Winters, Esq., County Y'reasurer, $9,047.56.” The true balance is $9,997.- 37; but this balance is not “due to Wm. Winters, Esq., Co. 1'reas.,” but is due to the county of Somerset from Wm. Win- ters, treasurer. The apparent shortage of $949.81 in the credit to County Treus- turer Winters is nevertheless: liberally made up to that officer by placing to his credit the entir : balance in his hands belonging to the county of Somerset, by which that worthy oflicer would gain, by the Auditors’ Report,the munificent gift of $18,095.12, if the said report were previously correct; but the fact is that if this blundering piece of “auditing” were allowed to stand, County Treasur- er Winters would actually gain $19,- 044.73 by the new peculiar Bowman- Rhoads- Hileman system of *book-keep- ing,” which those wofthies would fain impose upon the Commissioners’ oflice. Not even the surcharging which the Auditors have transcended their au- thority to inflict upon the Councy Com- missioners has been correctly done. On order No. 522 Wm. P. Meyers, the Commissioners are surcharged with $142.50, while the order itself calls for only $59.59. Lastly, in reply to the Au- ditors’ solemn “objections” and “inter- positions” we might retort: ‘Before you attempt to regulate the methods of business in the Commissioners’ of- fice, you should learn to audit.” But this would be base flattery, because such an admonition would imply that a majority of that body could ever learn to audit. It is only justice to County Auditor Sipe to mention that that gen- tleman signed the Auditors’ report un- der a misapprehension of its contents, and that his signature thereto was ob- tained by resorting to misrepresenta- tions that would do credit to ‘a gang of bunco-steerers. : SOMERSET COUNTY SS: We the undersigned Commissioners of the county of Somerset, do certify that the foregoing report exhibits a true and accurate account of the receipts and expenditures of the county of Somn- erset for the year ending January 3, 1898. GEORGE FF. KIMMEL, GABRIEL GOOD, L. A. KRETCHMAN, Commissioners. Attest— J. G. Emert, Clerk. UNDERTAKING! The junior member of this firm has late- ly been taking speicial instructions in the city of Pittsburg, in the art of KMBALMING. soo— We are therefore in a position to give the public better service inour line than ever before, and we are still doing busi- ness at the old stand. Thanking” the public for their patronage, and solicit- ing a continuance of the same, we re- main S. Lowry & Son, - Salisbury, Pa. M. H. HOFFMAN, ARTISTIC PHOTOGRAPHER, SALISBURY, PA. I make all kinds of fine Photographs at I Towest living prices and guarantee to please you. Call and see my samples. GALLERY on Salisbury Foundry Lot. I, J. H. Schrock... I. J. Foller Sam. Shoem’k’r No collector, Ogle township. Wal Ci. Reese. Daniel Will Solom’n Snyder M. J. Glotfelty:.. CJA WagHer... M. VK. Frazee, ... W. M. Schrock. A. J. Coleman... Norman Liepley I ¥. Brant : ab Jo HG Snyder public posi- If'urthermore. the present board | Wilson Saylor... Wm. Younkin.. 1. CL Forsythe. } ‘Adam Trimble. | | will serve only to increase the expenses | Total... oi This amount includes the Collectors’ com- missions, exonerations, rebates, ete, which will reduce the amounts to a much smaller sun. 2 We, the undersigned Gounty Commission- ers of the County of Somerset, hereby cer- tify that the above statement of the Out- 13821 86 §- | standing Taxes due said eounty, is correct to the Treasurer’s Office. GEO. I'. KIMMEL, GABRIEL GOOD, Attest— I. A. KRETCHMAN, J. G. EMERT, County Commissioners. Clerk. § ‘feb. 3. according Record in the County W. H. KooxNTZ. J. Go OGLE. KOONTZ & OGLE, Attorney=-At1-T.aw, SOMERSET, PENN’A, Office opposite Court House. FRANCIS J. KooSER. IrNEsT O. KooseR. KOOSER & KOOSER, Attormeys-At-T.aw, SOMERSET, ~ J. A. BERKEY, Attorney-at-T.aw, SOMERSET, PA, Office over Fisher's Book Store. AJM. 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