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PAE Th MONARCH AND DEFIANCE BICYCLES are the product of mechanical ingenuity. £40.00 $50.00 $60.00 fWionarch Chainiess $100.00 Send for 1898 Catalogue. Agents wanted in open territory. MONARCH CYCLE MFC. CO, Lake, Halsted and Fulton Streets, Chicago. Branches—fNew 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. TR Rm TRYST RR | Moore, Walter Iv... Boucher, ' Broadwater, Ephri’m 19.67 , Dively, 22 Johns, i Custer, Bowman. | Witt, ATTENTION TAX- PAY ERS. | County Taxes Have Been Reduced. | | | | Glessner, Henry M. To show that the loud outery against | ’ in the County Commissioners increased county taxation and extrava- | | gance office is utterly without foundation, but | that on the contrary county taxation has been reduced about one-third since missioners’ office, the following list of some of the highest farmer tax-payers in Somerset county has been copied | from the recoeds toshow the reductions Fe . . i 1n county taxation since the year 1888S. | wl! MT ADDISON. 7. a ~aip $31.82 $15.10 27.41 14.94 46.97 2507 38.16 21.55 31.47 18.00 ALLEGUENY. Hillegas, Wm. 1. home farm, Mowry. John Suhre, Franeis...... SRarver, \W Tipton, Jacobs, Asa Hanna, John “iceColloh, Henry (!. Miller, Wm... 24.22 BROTHERSVALLEY. Jerkley, Mrs. Sarah widow 29.90 42.91 30.08 33.30 12 #081 BLACK. AMiller, yers, Jonathan... David 1. Id. ) 56.00 Baker, John D Oliver Emanuel Peter i Wm. S 16.66 CONEMAUGH, 48.34 16.73 1457 Snder, Jenjamin. . 30.29 ash, Emanuel home farm 24. 15.21 Giritlith, Stephen... 29.19 17.90 Johns, Rem K., home Kaufman, Jacob, home farm llenry. now Keim. David. . .. Maust, Samuel P,.. Beachy, Milton J... Keim, 21.01 48.44 61.82 33.62 30.15 43.97 28.85 Adam home farm 37.83 GREENVILLE. 23.62 Jeremiah, now GPtfelty,S.J 24.05 Noah { P., home farm Yutzy, Samuel I) 9.21 JEFFERSON. Brouglier, Jeremiah. 20.78 20.47 19.35 Wo. 2, 19.53 Ios 39.81 21.74 I'rederick, home farm 21.19 JENNER, Ankney, Jonas J. home farm Samuel. Adam... Alex Lavan 34.87 26.50 S2.24. 18.85 13.2: 18.95 2281 Ash, 20.64 Wm. (lonrad William. ... Adan... Herman B.... Knepp, Beal, LINCOLN: Willis... oon 32.14 Henry...: 31.75 William. . 21.49 James... 16.80 14 95 LOWER TURKEYFOOT. Jurkholder, J. W... Gerhart, Nelson., (reo. (a Rush, John, Rush, H. Noah, farm 16.16 19.31 13.35 941 9.35 Shatler, now H.... Lome 21.07: -10.35 x MIDDLECREEK. 30.64 16.56 25.76 11.87. 13.76 MILFORD, 26.01 33.40 16.65 9.39 16.52 7.84 9.36 Dickey. Samuel 13.99 Tedrow, Hiram 9.24 Pile, Jeremiah ITemminger, Noah.. 4.10 16.55 18.21 Solomon. . Barclay, Josiah I'lick, Isaiah, home farm Dumbauld, 15.25 13.86 24.62 20.70 13.89 26. Peter... 40. Hay. Valentine 37.80 Walker, Zacharia.. 24.60 NORTHAMPTON, Wm. 14 17 17.10 10.71 Bauman, home farm Ay Martz, Samson Poorbaugh. Tacobh.. Wagaman, John.... 7.85 a PAINT. Beales. Jacob, S.67 Joseph, home farm Josiah, home 9.41 | arm [Hoffman.Dan’lLhome farm Ott, Peter Mrs........ QUEMAHONING, Zimmerman, J. H.. now Zim’e’m'n C Boyts, Josiah 25 Bowman, David home farm Benjamin. H., home 31.68 26.08 1 0Q ON. 04 95 23.30 12.65 Biller, WW. ; % 19.38 She oor <li 17.90 ShafTer A, homefarm...... 39.20 19.94 SOUTHAMPTON, Jaker 6 Cook, Korns, John G Benjamin... 1278 75 Jesse 19.00 Emanuel. ... 19.77 Lome 10.13 11.77 k 11.93 Peterrink, Henry. 7.74 3.63 { Countryman, Jerm’e 50.05 the Scull ring had control of the Com- | | Miller, | | | | Younkin, John F... i Cable, = Foy. {| Ling, Ellsw’rth home | i Wagner, John J.... | Barclay, ! Brubaker, David,now Weller, | assail Tne it would be cruel to accuse him of writ- | THE STARS as | line local item ; "with political editorials by a well-known 3 i ied | the Republican primary election, two | years ? (flimsy Confluence Tissue paper, cannot , | conceal his identity any more than he himself. ! years I Heinbaugh, t Sechler, D. STONYCREEK. 7.71 21.91 21.81 28 39 . 3465 SUMMIT, Brant, C. 9.84 11.86 11.12 12.45 23.06 A, farm. Long, Daniel Io. ... Miller, Abra J: Reiman, J. ¢ Berkley, Emanuel, home farm 24.38 30.09 31.01 24.41 Guoagy, John D 5222 Marteeney,Simon IH. 44.98 Samuel home farm Saylor, >~amuel home farm : 18.62 Walker, Silas 63.41 39.69 UPPER TURKEYFOOT,. 31.93 19.17 23.71 19.92 12.76 | Brougher, Ilarrison. | 13.79 | David. . W., now Snyder Mary... Sechler, Toshua 22 2246 10.80 12.56 12.76 ; 7.75 | 26.08 13.52 | SITADE. 28 95 16.45 | through the corrupt rulings of the Scull [ ring, which used to hold the party un- | 13.18 9.48 15.69 | 0.97 David Custer, Washington. John, now Loy, Michael 8.30 0.24 | 8.10 9.20 farm 15.06 SOMERSET. Brubak’r, Hir'm now Brubaker, AH. & rougher, W.I1. Moses A.. 12.44 | 10.30 29.08 24.96 16.64 14.66 Keller, Edward. Hofer 2 ry eter, home 34.50 21.77 12.73} ar; 39.51 28.08 11.43 Miller rs Benj. 25.44 17.10 © 8.34 | Ire -derick. . 3878 2078 18.00 | It is hereby dertified that the above | list of tax-payers and taxes is a true | and correct copy taken from the rec- | ords for the years 1887 and 1898, as they | appear on the assessmet books of said | years, respectively. J. G. EMERT, Commissioners’ Clerk. - , May 19, 1898. = — -— A Wail From Confluence. A little, measly, dauby, slimy 6x8 sheet published at Confluence, by two-for-cent nonentity of adude named | Tissue, last week tried to get funny and | Somerset, Pa a Star. As Tissue is the pub- | lisher, the Confluence sheet is common- | ly known in Confluence as the Tissue Outside of Confluence it is not at all, except by a few ex-| paper. known changes. The Tissue paper, as its name implies, is remarkably thin and flimsy. It’s ed- itor, to commence with, nothing but sawdust painted red for brains, and has ing the article in his last issue in which sailed. Tissue is not ecapa- of writing anything more than a five- therefore he is supplied ble defeated candidate in Somerset bor- ough; political carcass was bur- under an avalanche of votes at whose ago. This Somerset editor pro tem of the can fly. Neither ean he conceal his ears nor refrain from making an ass of | lie never wrote at any length | in his life without bringing in some- thing pertaining to fabled gods or an- | cient history, and while he is exceed- ingly fresh in some respects, he is just | as ancient in others. Because the editor of Tre Star did | not vote for this political cadaver, two ago, we must now be attacked, i you gee, even if it is in a sneaking, un- | | derhanded way. But let this Somerset | | gentleman (?) help himself, for we can | I write | fer” = | thrown in. 2.20.26 upon all around him and his | brother-in-law, with “Timmie,” *Luci- | and all the rest of that rotten gang | rings While the writer of the abuse heaped us-is hardly worth noticing, yet | we will review a little of his silly twad- | 4.03 | | county journalism.” 10.06 | {the e 12.28 16.15 4 i shut down, {over which we had {it Is, i baby born too soon; o i set, ‘ ashamed of. = 7 [ dle, just for fun. | county, | newsy as any of them and as prominent 0 | and as much admired as any | Tire Stak was established by its present editor and publisher on the 10th of De- | fluence Tissue paper. | was re-established on | since which time it has been thriving | { nicely | paper i finest | fact it is one of the i think it is the finest. STAR : some Star as ‘the .young- | in hs county,” or in “the baby of Somerset | Well, it is no dis- | grace to be young. The Upited States | is the youngest of the great nations of | arth, but it is also the most pow- erful and aggressive. It is much the | same with Tne Star. While it is not quite the youngest newspaper in the it is as large as any of them, as Ile refers to Tie est newspaper other words, of them, cember, 1891. It will therefore be seen that it is at least older than the Con- The paper tlour- | and half, then to circumstances | no control; but it Jan. 27th, 1898, ished for two years a owing and bids fair, as the Confluence | admits, to become one of the newspapers in the county. In finest newspapers and many pecple At any rate Tue | is no longer an infant journal. If | it seems to be mightily feared by evil people who would not be | willing to admit that they are afraid of | the an infant. No, Tur Stan is not a baby; at any rate not a so that if it really has parents or foster parents in Semer- the parents have nothing to be in the county now, influence of Neither is Tire Star disgraced be- cause it has been getting some of the | county printing to do. We have as| 47 | come of the primary. { all coming from the Scull ring. and the | ringsters are sore afraid that their fat © | job of plundering and preying on the 2 county is forever gone. [as any | STAR was in existence the first time, it | printing, and when it protested against the unfairness of the Sculls or support- led Republicans for office who were | willing to treat all the Republican pa- | pers of the county with fairness, | “half-breed,” | paper; iin for a share of the party I perity of his town, think that 8 | has as good a right to have a newspa- the moon, moon from shining.” { berry fame. for votes; | Last year the ring’s only salvation was | a call-off of the primary; | straight [ wood | year’s I about l have nothing to say { lions. | business tact. Quay much right to this printing as any oth- er print shop in Somerset county, and | 5 | we have been charging less than half | | the prices the Herald used to get for | county printing. This is a big saving | to the tax-payers of the county, all of which they appreciate. Tue Star has | not been doing any wailing, as our as- | | sailant informs the public, and we are | not in the least uneasy about the out- The wailing is Tur Star was always a red-hot Re- publican paper and worked just as hard for the success of the Republican ticket paper in the county. But all the party printing used to go to the Herald and its Meyersdale organette, der its tyrannical heel. When Tue couldn’ get a cent’s worth of party then Tir Star was branded as a “kicker,” a ete., by the Scull ring. But did any of our readers ever know Toe Star to go back on any of the county nominations? No! Wealways supported the nominees) no matter whether they were Scull or anti-Seull. as our readers well know. All there is about it, the Scull ring didn’t want Salisbury to have a news- | at any rate not a Republican newspaper, for fear that it would come printing. that the ring tried strangle the life out of Ralisbury’s news- | For reason to | paper. And can any fair-minded man blame | lus for now making war upon the Scull ring? ‘alisbury citizen, who takes pride in the welfare and pros- alisbury ought not havea newspaper and print- Does any 8 ing oflice, because it might take some | printing away from the Scull family i Somerset? We think not. Salisbury per as Somerset has, and Salisbury’s newspaper has just as much right to county and party printing as has any paper in Somerset. As our assailant in the says, the Sculls will be remembered a long time; but will and Dave Nicely and the Roddy boys.- Our sailant alsosays: “A dog may bark at but that will not keep the ? We agree with him there and add that a pug-nosed cur may also bay at Tur Svar, but that will not Keep Tne Star from shining. Tissue - paper SO Joe as- ~~ Sand Flat. May 25.—Prospects are that fruit will be abundant year, as frosts have been few and light. J. SN. Btevanus, of Sand again supply of strawberry plants to harvest berries from next year. | We are informed that this Flat set out straw- | has quite a | Simon Liven- | good has been appointed to hold the | primary in ilk Lick No. 2. Daniel Stevanus getting up a new house, On the Salisbury | Scullites were canvassing the township | but I have an idea they met | is as busy as a bee. | Tuesday some of with the same success they did in get- | ting out the township voters to hear | Hicks speak. Ila! Although Elk | Ilick township has heretofore been a Scull stronghold, we have reason to be- lieve that they are fast losing ground. ha! but this time they must come out from behind the breastworks and take their medicine This what them | They are afraid that they the words of Commodore met the and | Their ery, ing “Don’t give up the ship. is makes howl can’t say in Perry, “We have they are ours.” spirit, is SO. enemy however 8 - — > Rockwood. AT addition to his hardware store. night . Growall is building an One recently some thieves broke open oa box car belonging to the i B. & O. and stole six kegs of beer. Tim Miller, the manager of the Rock- | base bull club, has re-organized his nine. Piteher Jack Miller, last | Centerville will the twirling, this season, for The Blair county fakir of club, do Rockwood, was recently | finoour town. is greatly | TAFFY. Street Commissioner Pile improving our streets. - The Scull erowd making a fuss Wanamaker’s millions; but they about Quay’s mil- a poor are y Wanamaker started as boy and earned his wealth by toil and Every dollgr he has is an honestly earn. d dollar.” How about Quay? Quay got his start ard is also worth his miliions; can a man in a féw short years. on a salary of $2,000, become a millionaire? politics but how in That is thefquestion. Political stealings may explain the conundrum. See? rascally maker is an honest business man and a is a politician. Wana- Christian gentleman. a DeWitt’s Witch Hagel Salve Cures Piles, Scalds, Burns. | | ings i Ohio R. R. | sell exeursion | the low rate of one {trip to Chicago, I June 2 {until June | with agent June | is admitted clean, [rather than sensational. i torial, it is a From ‘Soldier Geo. Scully. Mr. GrETNA, PA, May 15th, 1898. Eprror Star AN it is raining hard this Sunday morning, and as I am not on duty, I will write you a few lines. This is a beautiful spot for camping | purposes, although we have been hav- ing too much rain here for drilling, ete. Mt. Gretna is situated on the tip-top of [ a'barren plateau, with high surround- ing mountains, The mountain is tliat, mostly, making it an ideal camping ground for infantry, artillery and cav- alry. Well, I passed the finest physical ex- | Sa . : { amination at Pittsburg and here, twice, out of the forty who passed with me. The examinations are rigid indeed. The eye-sight, teeth, heart and lungs are among the principal points. I am getting along tively and was | never in better health. I would like to have some of the isbury boys with me, as T always liked them. My uncle, Colonel Norman M. Smith, of this regiment, would, I know, { be pleased to have Somerset county boys, as I do not think there is one in the 18th regiment. Well, T intend to do my duty as a soldier, and I am proud of being under the old flag of our country, as it has al- ways been my ambition to fight for it. We will likely go to Tampa, Florida, or Chickamauga, Tennessee, to encamyp, next week. Please send me Tie Nrar occasional- ly, also let me hear from you at your convenience, as I love to hear the news from *“’Mongst the hills ’o Somerset.” Please remember me to all my friends and believe me Your True Friend, GEO. NS. SCULLY. Company Il. 18th . A. Volunteers, Camp Hast- Gretna, Pa. National Fducational Association Mecting, Washington, D. C., July 7 to 12, 1898. For this occasion the Baltimore will sell tickets to Washing- ton at the low rate of one fare for the $2.00 fee Address: ment; U. Mt. HY = Regi- A round trip, plus (except that from Baltimore the rate will be $1.25, round trip). Tiel be sold from Pittsburg, Parkersburg, Wheeling and points east thereof on July 4th to 7th inclusive, good return- ing, leaves Washington July 8 to 15 -in- clusive, with privilege of extension un- til August 31, 1898, if ticket is deposited with joint agent at Washington, on or before July 12, and payment of fee, fifty (50) cents. Solid vestibuled trains from Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Louisville, Columbus, Pittsburg and intermediate points. The Royal blue trains between New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, finest fastest trains in America. Call agent Baltimore & Railroad fuli information concerning Baltimore & Ohio membership kets will and on Ohio for stopovers and side trips. The | Railroad is the most interesting, histor- ical and scenie route in America. Reduced Rates via Baltimore & Ghio Railroad for the Annual Meeting of ‘German Baptists (Bunk- ards), Naperville, Il. May 28th toJune 7th. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad will tickets from points on Bal Meeting tiinore, account of of Naperville, its lines west of the Annual tists, (Dunkards), at German Bape It, round al fare for the plus, $1.85 to Naper- be sold May 23d, good to return until Tickets will 27th and 25th. th, ville. 24th, with privilege of extension 30th, if ticket at Naperville, is deposited on or before 24th. i The Times has a larger erteulation by many thousands than any other daily newspaper published in Pittsburg. This even by competitors. for it are not hard to find. its The reasons The Timesis a tireless newsgatherer; is edited with extreme care, spares no ex- pense to entertain and inform its read- ers. It prints all the news in _eompact shape, caring than always more for quality It the quantity. keeps its but that overlooked by it. columns at same- time bright. Nothing is of human interest is & It aims to be reliable Lt believes in l of get there, but it the gospel gots there with due for the facts. Test any department of it litica respect you choose-—po- 1, religious, markets, sporting, edi- + i 51 saciety, near town news—and you'll find the 7%. $3 a year, 6 cents a week. s may be depended upon. a Tur Meyersdate Scull lie that applicants for organette says of the Meyersdale post- Fmory George, one the otlice, but the same sheet, of the other disappointed applicants were soldiers Well, that makes it look all for Ilicks. We accused him of turning down only one oli! Mee was a soldier; goes on to say that two the woerse in and now the Commercial, soldier dale, 3 That's HiCol srgan,says he turne & down two. that ““Lucif Hicks. ti point against sciously seor em PER !'—The miners Paper for a last CARTRIDGE TA ean get enough ( fow Tr cents;-at: THE them for several artridg Star oliice, to months. - > - DeWitt's Littie Early Risers, The famous little pills.
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