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Don’t forget the electric light meet- ing in the Opera house, to-morrow eve- ning. The Misses went to friends. z Mr. and Mrs. Abner MeKinley daughter are in Somerset to spend the summer. There are several cases of measles in Somerset, and Somerset isn’t a measly ‘ town, either. Baltimere, last week, to visit An excellent write-up of the great Trans-Mississippi Exposition, at Omaha, Neb., will be found on our inside pages. | A new postofiice out West has been called fuses to envelopes. “Dewey,” handle anything but Manila | of | 6 ie | AP. 1 | last | years old. { four small children to mourn their loss. published free | Non-patrons will | | Somerset jail for stealing a horse from andcharged | « county. | x i-ton, | usual all his patrons and friends, of | not yet paid their | gre: atly oblige us by making prompt re- mittances. i ment was raised on our streets by a | fever in Someret. { Ture Star a short visit on Friday eve- 1 | ning last. there, | will spend ten or twelve days | the War oflice will be temporarily locat- led there during the President’s stay, { dison and Lower Turkeyfoot townships, Lo { about 12 miles long, and i large wooded Alice and Isolene Smith | and | | | | and the postmaster re- | plenty of praise. | The annual banquet of the Itoyal Ar- | he 1d Pa. 0 anum will be Inn, Somerset, July 1st. the Highland n Iriday evening, s called to In- o' rs at the State Normal ex- Pritis wa week, County Supt. diana, Pea., the examine aminatious. , last to aei as one | believe.” | month. Mrs. Letchworth, of Cambria county. who was the guest of her mother, Mrs. Robt. Easton, and other relatives here, returned home, last week. The German Baptist Brethren, at their annual meeting which recently convened at Naperville, 111., raised $1,- 400.01 for missionary purposes, Hon. E. 8, Aschom, of Riddlesburg, Bedford county, has -been appointed Chief Weigher at the Mint in Philadel- phia, and has entered ‘upon his duties. Sampson, one of the triplets of Mer. and Mrs. Charles Shue, died last week. The remaininig boy and girl, Dewey and Manila, are doing well.—ZLonacon- ing Review. A western farmer recently flung a Spanish flag tothe breezes over his barn, “just for fun,” and his wife has been busy ever since, scraping the tar and feathers off of him. All enterprising and public-spirited citizens of Salisbury will be at the Opera house, to-morrow evening, to hear what will be said in favor of an electric light plant for Salisbury. A young man named Ben Eddy, of Indiana, was recently landed in the John J. Horner, of Stanton’s Mills, this The horse has been recovered. Our fighting editor, John O. Johns- wio was away on a visit with | friends at Altoona and Stoystown, re- turned on Monday, looking more mus- cular than ever. le reports a pleasant time. Those of our subscribers who have subscriptions will Don’t lose sight of the fact that it takes lots of money to run a good newspaper. “My son,” said the aged: politician, “Tt is better, especially when you are talking about the enemies in your own party, to use only soft and honeyed words. They are tue easier to eat, should occasion arise.” Mr. Ilarry S. Kifer, the genial sales- man representing Chas. I. Fisher, of set; was in town this week — As which he has many here, were glad to see him, and as usual he sold piles of goods. Yesterday afternoon quite an excite- slight blaze at the Casper Loechel house. However, the excitement soon. died away when it was discovered that nothing but the soot in one of the flues was burning. The Mutual Telephone Company is distributing poles for a line into Salis- bury. The line will also extend to Meyersdale, via Summit Mills, and from thence to Berlin and Somerset. The central office in Salisbury will be in the Valley house. Mr. Ernest Cook, Miss Bertha Cook, and Miss Lena McMillen, all of Somer- set, arrived in Salisbury, last Saturday, mounted on bicyeles. Mr. and Miss Cook were guests of M. J. Beachy and family, and Miss Mellillen a guest of Dr. Speicher and family. Sam Jones puts it this way: “I am not sorry for the American Spanish war. We had to fight, or in ten years we would be licking each other. The war with Spain is a safety valve. It will keep the boiler from bursting, I of Somerset, Tuesday of was about 25 a husband and Mrs. Chas. Zimmerman, died of typhoid fever, on week. Deceased She leaves There are several other cases of typhoid Dr. A.J. Welfley, of Confluence,made Of course the doctor sub- scribed for the great paper before leav- ing. le reports Confluence in a thriv- ing condition and says he is doing well all of which we are glad to note. President McKinley expects to be in Somerset in the near future, where he at the residence of his brother. It is said that which will give Somerset a great deal of prominence. A narrow gauge raiiroad is being built from Confluence up through Ad- i White's This road will be will tap a district. The site for a saw mill been obtained near the Casselman river. The 22nd annual convention of the Lutheran Sunday schools of Somerset county will be held in the Casebeer church, obout five miles north of Som- {erset, on Tuesday, Wednesday and | Thursday, the last three days of this A large and- interesting con- vention is expected. creek. has “After the ceremony,” wrote a rural editor, “the bride was hailed and Kkiss- ed by all, and the happy couple given Ile handed it to the devil to set, and next day he was shocked when it read: ‘After the ses- sion the bride was jailed and hissed by all, and the serappy couple given twen- ty days.” Flag day was observed in Shanksville by the raising of a pole 101 feet high, { county, father i bond yesterday to answer a charge of from which floats an American flag 10x24 feet. Appropriate ceremonies were held for the occasion, under the auspices of Shanksville council Jr. O U. A. M. Shanksville has the reputa- tion of being one of the most patriotic villages in America. Grant Schrock, a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Schrock, of Bakersville, is serving “Uncle Sam” in the capacity of a sol- dier. He is with the troops at Tampa, or may be now on Cuban soil. In alet- ter to his parents, recently, he stated | { | that the thermometer registered 110 | degrees at Tampa, but said the north- ern soldiers stood the heat remarkably well.—Somerset Standard. { piles.” Lsame, | diseases. A mother who had forbidden her | children to mention evil one, was not able to attend church the name of the | a few Sundays ago, and when her little | boy, eight years old, came home after | service she asked him the subject of | the sermon. He answered promptly: “It was about Jesus being taken up in- | to the mountain by the—by the—by | the gentleman who keeps hell.” Ernest 0. Kooser, of Somerset, re- cently went to Harrisburg to tender to | Governor Hastings the services of the Somerset military company. He learn- ed that the Company’s services are not needed at present, but the boys will hold themsevles in readiness for any call that may be made. is the eempany’s captain, E. 0. Kooser 1st, and Irvin Saylor 2nd lieutenant. Three little boys of Westernport, one | over. Samuel Crous e | a son of Mr. Jonah Morgan, were in the Tom when one of woods on the mountain near Mr. Michaels’ farm, last week, tand all throat and lung troubles. i KIK the boys discovered something, with a | hissing sound, flying through space to- | ward them. They were so badly fright- ened that they all ran. Tt was a mete- orite and lodged into the earth with a loud report. Several will try to find it.—Lonaconing Review. The Act of 13th Mareh, which unseated lands are sold for taxes parties | want to have a first-class time without | going far from home to have it, 1815, under | | Fourth in by the county treasurer, provides that such sales shall be held every years, on the second Monday in June. Just why the treasurer’s two | i celebration and a good time; unseated land | | sale was advertised in this county for | “Tuesday, June 14)” we are not told, but presume it will be laid at the door of the ever-present ‘clerical error.” The sale was held on Tuesday, and the question of its legality may come up later.— Somerset Standard. Catharine, a fifteen-year-old daugh- ter. of = Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Showalter, of Meyersdale, died last Friday, after months of untold suffer- ing and agony caused by being badly burned, last February, when her cloth- ing caught fire while taking the ashes from a cooking stove. The remains were brought to Salisbury for burial, on Sunday, and the funeral services were held at St. John’s Lutheran church and conducted by Rev. Collins, of Mey- ersdale. Much sympathy is felt for the bereaved family. “On a day last March, nois paper, ‘a young man train at Peoria, Ill. The first sight that arrested his attention was a pretty young woman standing at her father’s gate, Ie spoke to her, and she replied pleasantly. The conversation contin- ued, and they finally took a walk into the town together. In the store win- dows they saw things that suggested house-keeping. In less than an from the time he alighted from the train the young man was married. It is said that since the particulars in this case became known there is a giri wait- ing at every gate in Peoria.” ” says an Illi- got off the hour On Monday, Esquire Oliver Knepper received a note written on May 4, from his son, Ensign Orlo 8S. Knepper, who took part in the great naval battle in Manila harbor on May 1. Ensign Knep- per is on the gunboat Concord, which figured so prominently in the battle. In speaking of the Dewey victory, Orlo says; “we wiped the Spanish fleet off the face of the earth,” and expresses the hope that the North Atlantic squad- ron has done equally well. Ensign Knepper tells his parents that his note is merely written to advise them that he by the same mail sent a lengthy let- ter to his sisters in the far West, de- scribing the great battle, which letter would be forwarded home.—Somerset Standard. Bbtween Mountain Peaks: AvrtooNa, June 13.—A unique flag raising took place, Saturday evening,at McKees, this county. A large flag was floated 300 feet in the air from a wire which spanned 1,200 feet between two mountain peaks. The flag is directly over the ruins of the old fortifications built in 1863 as a defense against Stu- art’s cavalry raid. The Chief Burgess of DeWwitt’s Little Karly Milesburg, Pa. says Risers are the cure consti- stomach and but great in years of housekeeping. They pation, sick headache and liver troubles. Small in size results. Po 8S. Hay, ElkLick. & Bro., Grantsville. ae Selling Without Lieense. Johnstown Democrat. Jagob Seese, one of the wealthiest | before Justic Scott Muarphy, last night, best | : - pills he ever used in his family during forty | €01 irely too common in i Salisbury, C. A. Bender | ard church and was always looked upon as being one of the exemplary people of that locality. Yesterday. however, Constable Gilbert, of Somerset, assist- ed by Constable Mays, also of Somer- set, arrested both on a charge of sell- ing without license. At the hearing ¢ bail for court. ——enl Tir “I think DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve is the finest preparation on the market for So writes John ¢. Dunn, of Wheel- ing, W. Va. Try it and you will think the It also cures eczema and all skin P.S. Hay, Elk Lick. . A. Bender & Bro., Grantsville. Seese gave a ELECTRIC LIGHT MEETING. An electric light meeting will be held in Hay’s opera house, Friday evening, June 24th. TIt| is important that all citizens in- | Sal- | this meeting and terested in electric light for § isbury attend help to discuss © the question. matters of | be talked | Let every citizen Come, everybody, as great importance will take it upon himself to sce that there is a good turnout. ~~ The editor of the Evans (ity, Pa. Globe, writes: “Onedinute Cough Cure rightly | named. Tt eared my children after all oth- er remedies failed.” It eures is couchs, colds | PS. Hax, | Bender & Bro. Grantsville. — > Big Celebration at Meyersdale. On July 4th there will be a big cele- bration in Meyersdale, and Tie Star wants it emphatiecaily nnderstood,right here, that all the Lick. G. A. Salisbury people who can do | no better than to spend the glorious | the ? Many of | our people will no doubt go to Rock- | wood, where there will also be a big | but with all due to Rockwood and its many good people, Tie Star fgels that Nalisbury owes Meyersdale the biggest turnout on this occasion, lowing reason: Last fall when there was a big picnic | here, the Meyersdale “Metropolis. respect band came up | and brought several hundred people | here to help make the occasion a great | success, which it proved to be. Can we now afford to give Meyersdale the | go-by? In the name of justice Tur STAR says no. We have been that our band had decided to go to Meyersdale on the Fourth, but now we are inform- | ed that it will go to Rockwood. Just why this change of mind took place, we do not know. While Rockwood is | to be congratulated, and while Tug Star wishes the good people of that town a large crowd and a royal good time, we nevertheless hope that Salis- bury will at least be equally well repre- | sented at Meyersdale, where the Alert Concert Band, of that town, will give | a demonstration and a good time sec- ond to none within fifty miles of here. Right is right and one good turn de- serves another. Let Meyersdale have, good turnout from here. informed a — Sick and all quickly cured by using DeWitt’s Little sant to take C. headache, biliousness, constipation liver and: stomach troubles can be r famous little arly R never those pills known as isers. They are plea P. 8S. Hay, Elk Licl. Grantsville, and A. Bender & Bro, | gripe. | — A Musical Family. | The following is an exact copy of n letter received by a young lady, who, possessing a piano and being about to | move to a small country town, adver- | tised for room and board with a family | “musically inclined :” “Deare Miss think we kin sute | you with room and board if you prefer! to be where there is musick, I play the fiddel, my wife the my dotter Jule the akordion, my other dotter the banjo, my son llen the gittar, my son Jolin the floot and koronet, an my son Clem the basedrum,while all of us sings ! gospell hims in which we would be glad to have you take part both vocal or in- | strumental if you play on anything. | We play by ear an when we all git started there is real music in the air. Let us know if you want to come here | to bord.” , we orgin, — — E. (. Blanks, of Lewisville, Texas, writes | that one box DeWitt’'s Witch Hazel Salve was worth $50,000. It cured his piles | of ten years standing. He advises others to try it. It also cures eczema, skin discases and obstinate sores, PS. Hay, Elk lick. C. A.-Bender & Bro. Grantsviile. —- A Warning to Bird Slayers. The ungodly and cruel practice of | killing harmless birds is getting to be | and around and one of these days body will have to pay for this outra- geous form of eruelty. The birds are of some- { not only harmless, but they are really | po. our friends. { against all offenders. residents of Paint township, Somerset | of nine children, gave having violated the liqucr laws in a number of respects. Frank Alexander, a young man alleged to have been en- | gaged in the same business, was sent | to jail in default of bail for trial. Seese, who is past his fiftieth year, is i | | | ! quite wealthy, a member of the Dunk-' The law puts heavy fines on persons convicted of killing birds, and thel3laws ought to be enforced | The question is sometimes asked why insect pests are so much more numerous than they were years ago. The answer is easy. Itis because there | are too many fools running about with | | guns, shooting at every bird they see. | Another class of chumps begrudge the | { birds a few cherries or berries, and they | lie in ambush to kill every bird they | see on their fruit trees. This is all | stag LER Lick. C. { that the I. was scheduled for the Fourth has been | | not go unrewarded flor for the fol MABUANINIOUS ITT il j may fix for their pro- | Every member is a [ trim. | our committee on Livengood, the popular leader of the band, states that Salisbury and vicinity | In | "ing from his letter: {painted in our | ready been procured. | gripe. | trip, wrong. No humane, kind-hearted or God-fearing person will begrudge the | birds a few cherries or berries. Our | feathered friends are entitled to al share of the fruit for the good they do in the way of destroying insects. Think of the millions of vile creeping worms, ugly bugs, ete., that one bird alone destroys in a summer. Think of | | | | | a | the sweet songs they warble forth to cheer this sad old earth! Think of the | cruel sin so often committed by killing | birds, when it is known that many of | them have young birdlings, which must | die of starvation in their nests! Think of what a dreary place the world would | be without birds! Think of all these | things, and then, if you remember of ever having killed a harmless bird, bow | | your head in shame, ask God to forgive you, and resolve never to commit such cruelty and sin again. Tue Star has no reference to game | birds that are killed for food. which are usually killed either RR Win your battles against ing promptly. One Minute duces immediate results. ly it prevents consumption. Cough Cure pro- When taken ear- And in later es it furnishes prompt relict. A. Bender & a Bro. Grantsviile. CELEBRATICN NOTES. “Dewey” says Roc! xwood Will Be the Center of Attraction. Ba; indicates that Rocrwoon, June 23. —Everything Rockwood will be the center of amusements, population and ! | general interest on July 4th. All fin- ger-boards point will lead to the Word has been ©...0). Tub” of received from I'. celebration the county. Jerlin which and will take place on a later date, owing to the extensive prep- arations being made at demonstration. postponed Rockwood for a gloricus Berlin will and materially subzeribing to the suc- cess of the Rockwood celebration. The I. 0. O. F. will find our citizens equally | LOW PRICE! We are | speaking for the protection of the song | | birds, | through meanness or ignbr nee. disease by act- | so.generously | PIANOS! We are sole agents fer Steinway, Chickering, Hardman, rakauer, Harrington And other makes of Pianos. EASY TERMS! MR. E. C. WELCH, of Friedens, Somerset county, Pa., can give full in- | formation concerning all the makes of Pianos we represent and can quote our lowest Pittsburg wareroom price. Catalouge mailed on application. C. C. MELLOR CO., Successors to Mellor & Hoene. 319-321 5th Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. SEE — (rurlev’s S15.00 Bicveles The Cash Store Oa Meyersdale, AR Somerset Coun { \ P. Ss. Hay, | Yi: NOR iy, \ A THE Al ——0F that way and all roads In Dry Goods. Ws i lotliing, Shoes, il! Carpets, Paper, ete. Ou Inter 1 you can buy ] JOS LO0k 10 Your uy whe: best ior We the oo the least money. will ever date they posed reunion. CIT OTI wht= i make it pay you. Our stock is larce. We can now s‘ate on reliable author- | ity that net Band will be among the bands present at Rockwood on Independence This the organization ranks best bands of professional musi- , this yea prime day. high among The band cian, r.is in an invitation extended by music, Mr. Samuel accepting L. will come to Rockwood en his own language we quote the follow- “Everybody is go- masse, ing to Rockwood.” A graud parade has been added to the list of attractions since submitting i our correspondence of last week, in which Rockwood and at least three | contigious townships will participate. \ ilag pole 136 feet long, artistically National colors, has al- ly pines were spliced together, securely pinioned and banded, and we feel s in saying that it is the highest as well [ as one of the best flag poles that pierce aereal heights of Somerset county. All the committees on arrangements | are getting down to earnest and sys- | tematic work, and everything points to a grand success DEWEY. a; Bob of Lafayette, Ind. Moore, says that for constipation hie has found DeWitt’s Lit- | tle Karly Risers to be perfect. Try them for stomach troubles. P. 8S. Hay, Elk Lick. der & Bro, Grantsville: ~~ Who Would Rcb an Editor. The editor of the Tazewell (Tenn.) Progress in trouble. He has been robbed, and this is the way he tells it to his readers: “Our meat house was entered, last Thursday night, and three two middlings taken therefrom. They never and liver C. A. Ben- is Any | one who would steal from a poor coun- try editor with a houseful of orphans | | would rob a corpse after it commenced | | to smell. is While ther no definite clew, we are inclined to think it was a | republican, for a dem ocrat or populist and | would have taken both meat smokehouse.” -—— Thousands of persons have been cured of | piles by using DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. and all r( It heals promptly and cures eczema It gives immediate Lick.: C. A. diseases. Lief. Hay, Elk Grantsville. skin Pe, — | Baptist Young Peoples Union of America, Buffalo, N.. Y, July 14-17, 18¢8, B. & 0. R. R. ~ - . . 1 For the occasion tickets will be sold | at the low rate of one fare forthe round | from points on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. joint agent at Buffalo on July 17th,18th or 19th and payment of fee of 50 cents. | The Royal Blue Line between Wash- | ington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York are the finest and fastest! trains in the world. Call on nearest | agent B. & O. R. R. for routes and de- | tailed information. the celebrated Salisbury Cor- | the state. | The engagement of this musical | organization is a suflicient guarantee | of the complete success of the musical | | phase of the program for the day. In| Two tall, shape- | afe | hams and | Bender & Bro, | Tickets will be good | | going July 12th to 15th inclusive, with | | privilege of extension until September Ist inclusive, if ticket is deposited with | Yours Truly, CH artley. BUSIKESS MENTION, WANTS, AK HIUNCENENTS, LEGAL AND SPECIAL HOTICES. Wateh C. IR. & vertising space. Haselbarth Son’s ad- 5-26. Iead- at the J. B- and Granite The place to buy Monuments, and Iron Fencing is Williams Co.'s Works, Frostburg, 2d. Best work at away down prices; a full { Terra Cotta Pipe and Cement always hand. stones Marble stock u on 6-23 ~~ WANTED: Agents, Nor | from town to town { for a RELIABLE F with all traveling and | PAYABLE [ Wins General to travel agents SoU0.00 per year expenses Joux C. Arch St, tf. — Traveling TO CANVASK but and employ LRM, living WEEKLY. Addres Co., { Philadelphia, 1 PON ALE !'—Several These Pe excell FOR S Braham | Patent Pens. a new | invention and an By | their use bletting is an impossibility ink will write an or- IroOsSS IS are nt thing. {anl one penful of | dinary letter. {and avoid blots. { long as other pens. We have them in "stubs and all other styles. Will them out at 15 cents *per dozen, r They save ink, save time They last twice as close Reg- ular price is Try them and you will use no other. Law- yers, ministers and clerks buy them by | the gross. get them at The | Star oflice. 25 cents per dozen. You can YES, WE CAN !—We can supply euts | suitable for any all Kinds of ad- i vertisements and job printing. Call.at | Tie Star office and see large as- sortment of specimens. you cuts of nearly everything that ex- ists and many things that do not exist. No matter what kind of a cut you want, we can supply it at a very low price. National Fditeationnt Association Meeting, Washington, D. C., July 7 to 12, 1898. | For this occasion the & Ohio BR. R. will sell tickets to Washing- ton at the low rate of one fare for the round trip, plus $200 membership fee (except that from the rate will be $1.25, round trip). Tickets will Pittsburg, Parkersburg, thereof on | July 4th to 7th inclusive good return- ing, leaves Washington July § to 15 in- { elusive, with privilege of extension an- til August 31, 1898. if ticket is deposited with joint agent at or | before July 12, and pe; fee, fifty (50) cents. Solid vestibuled trains from Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Louisville, Columbus, Pittsburg and intermediate points. Royal blue | trains between New York, Philadelphia, ! Baltimore and Washington, finest and | fastest trains in America. Call on agent Baltimore & Ohio Railroad for full information concerning stopovers and side trips. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is thc most interesting, histor- and our We can show Baltimore Baltimore | | be sold from | Wheeling and points east Hu Washington, on ment of mr The | ical and scenic route in America.