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(HE SOMERSET COUNTY STAR
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LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.
Charles Brown, of Grantsville, Md,
is a business visitor in this city today.
James Smearman, of Accident, Md.,
is the guest of his brothers, Henry and
Jefferson, who reside here.
Avoid serious results of kidney or
bladder disorder by taking Foley's Kid-
ney Cure. E. H. Miller. 9-25
The Keim-Brumbaugh breach of
promise case will be tried in the Hunt-
ingdon county court, next week.
The father of Mrs. Dr. Speicher, Mr.
McMillen, of Accident, Md., is the
guest of the Speicher family this week.
The Catolic picnic held in the K. of
1.. grove, last Saturday was a great suc-
cess. The net profits footed up to
slightly over $132.
Misses Janet Russell and Edith
Koontz, returned to their homes in
Braddock, Pa., on Sunday, after a
week’s visit with the latter’s sister,Mrs.
*W. B. Stevanus.
Mrs. S. S. Koontz and son, of Brad-
dock, Pa., who had been visiting Mrs.
M. C. Kann, at Garrett, 'Pa., arrived
Here one day last week for a short visit
with Mrs. W. B. Stevanus.
Miss Della Brown was last week
hired by the Elk Lick township school
board to teach the Lowry school, which
position became vacant a few weeks
ago through the death of Prof. E. E.
Barclay.
Well, if it wasn’t for THE STAR stirring
ap the the animals the old dry bones
eccasionally,by hurling thunderbolts of
truth at them, life in this town wouldn’t
be relished to the extent that it is by
the average citizen. :
“I had a running sore on my leg for
seven years,” writes Mrs. Jas. Forest,of
Chippewa Falls, Wis., “and spent hun-
dreds of dollars in trying to get it heal-
ed. Two boxes of Banner Salve entire-
ly cured it.” No other salve so heal-
ing. E. H. Miller. 9-25
Mrs. J. W. Giffin, of Conemaugh, Pa,
was a welcome caller at THE Star of-
fice on Tuesday. Mrs. Giftin has been
here for a week or more, visiting her
many Salisbury friends. She is the
guest of her sister, Mrs. Geo. H. Suhrie.
WANTED 5 YOUNG MEN f{rom-
Somerset County at once to prepare
for Positions in the Government Ser-
vice—Railway Mail Clerks, Letter Car-
riers, Custom House and Departmental
Clerks, etc. Apply to
Inter-state Corres. Inst., Cedar Rap-
ids, Ia. 10-1
No man in this world is so much ad-
mired and respected as the earnest,
faithful Christiafh, the man or woman
who shows by his or her daily life that
he or she is a true and devoted follower
of the humble Nazarene. The genuine
article is very rare, these days, while
the spurious is very numerous. “By
their fruits ye shall know them.”
The Grace Coal Company has pur-
chased the four-foot vein under the
Samuel A. Philson land adjoining Ber-
lin on the south. The price paid Mr.
Philson for the coal was $3,900. This
coal is the famous smokeless seam and
will be marketed by the Grace Coal
Co. for blacksmithing and other special
purposes, as is being done with that in
the Garman purchase.—Berlin Record.
Thomas Eckerd was recently chosen
by the Town Council to serve as a
member of that body in place of W,
H. Boucher, who resigned. J. W.Ring-
ler has also resinged, but his successor
has not yet been chosen. We think
Mr. Eckerd will prove to be a good
councilman, and we consider that the
Council acted wisely in choosing him.
Robert Speicher, William Baumgard-
ner and George Haselbarth returned
home from the “Yough” river a few
days ago, where they had been enjoy-
ing a very pleasant outing. They were
camping and had lots of sport catching
bass and suekers. Hans Wilhelmi, I.
J. Engle and Ellet 8. Baumgardner
visited them while they were there,and
they, too, came home well /laden with
fish stories.
When a newspaper man lets a paper
run without sending a dun each year
he shows he has confidence in the sub-
| seriber’s intention to pay,and the obli-
| gation rests upon the man getting the
paper to treat the newspaper man as
well by paying promptly, by mail or
otherwise. It’s a mighty mean man
who will move out of the country with-
out paying his newspaper bill.—Clear-
field Public Spirit.
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Noah Keefer, who resides just east
of town, brought to this office several
days ago a plant that is somewhat a
curiosity. It resembles a flower plant,
but the blossom, Mr. Keefer says, is a
species of strawberries good for eating
or baking. He informed us that if one
of the blossoms were planted at this
season the plant would bear fruit next
year, and requires no cultivation.—
Somerset Standard.
The Meyersdale Republican says that
the time granted tothe Meyersdale & Sal
isbury street railway company in which
to file their bond, has expired, and with
it the franchise granted to them by the
last council has also ceased to exist. If
the company, continues the paper,
should want another franchise now
they will find that they will hardly be
able to secure another franchise so
favorable to them as the old one.
As a rule a man will feel well satis-
fied if he can hobble around on crutch-
es two or three weeks after spraining
his ankle, and it is usually twoor three
months before he has fully recovered.
This is an unnecessary loss of time, for
in many cases in which Camberlain’s
Pain Balm has been promptly and
freely applied, a complete cure has been
effected in less than one week’s time,
and in some cases within three days.
For sale by E. H. Miller. 9-25
Our popular and efficient druggist,
Mr. E. H. Miller, who, by the way, con-
ducts the most up-to-date drug store
in all Somerset county, is putting many
of his own preparations on the market,
and we take pleasure in saying that his
family remedies and specifics are the
equal of anything on the market for
the maladies they are recommended
for. You can always rely on Mr. Mil-
ler’s medicines, and he is building up a
nice wholesale and retail trade on them.
Mr. D. H. Daugherty, well known
throughout Mercer and Sumner coun-
ties, W. Va., most likely owes his life to
the kindness of a neighbor. He was
almost hopelessly afflicted with diar-
rhoea ; was attended by two physicians
who gave him little, if any, relief, when
a neighbor learning of his serious con-
dition, brought him a bottle of Cham-
berlain’s Colic, Choelra and Diarrhoea
Remedy, which cured him in less than
twenty-four hours. For sale by E. H.
Miller. 9-25
When you enter a town which con-
tains fine residences, fine churches and
fine business houses, such as Salisbury
has, and then behold an old, dirty, rot-
ten and dilapidated school building
like the only one to be found in Salis-
bury, you can rest assured that there
are a lot of old misers, hypocrites and
mossbacks in that community that the
graveyards and hades are yawning for.
This item is so all-fired true that it may
hurt some people, but truth is mighty
and must prevail.
A Shanksville correspondent to the
Somerset Standard tells of a medicine
vender who recently sold a great deal
of medicine in that vicinity, and adds
that many people who swallowed the
fakir’s nostrums were made violently
ill. In some cases a physician had to
be called, but whether the physician
killed or cured the patients, the cor-
respondent sayeth not. At best the
taking of medicine is largely guess
work, but those who think they must
have medicine should always consult a
reputable physician.
Elsewhere in these columns our
friend H. H. Reitz announces that his
cider and applebutter factory is now
open for the season of 1902. Indica-
tions are that Mr. Reitz will do a larger
business than ever this year, as the ap-
ple crop is quite large, and the capacity
of his works has been increased. Mr.
Reitz deserves much credit for his en-
terprise, and the products of his factory
have justly earned an enviable reputa-
tion. Furthermore, Mr. Reitz is an ex-
ceptionally upright man to do business
with, and he deserves the excellent
patronage he enjoys.
Probably the largest yield ot oats in
Maryland, and possibly in the world,
says the Cumberland News, was har-
vested on a little piece of ground con-
taining two and a quarter acres in the
town of Accident, Garrett county, last
week. The crop belonged to Dr. W.
Ravenseroft. When the grain was
threshed the machine indicated a yield
of 184 bushels, but by weight it was
found to be 230 bushels, or an average
of 102 bushels to the acre. The seed
was sown at the usual time. In pre-
paring the ground no unusual means
were employed to, enrich it. This
record is phenomenal.
Lingering Summer Colds.
Don’t let a cold run at this season.
Summer colds are the hardest kind to
cure and if neglected may linger along
for months. A long siege like this will
pull down the strongest constitution.
One Minute Cough Cure will break up
the attack at once. Safe, sure, acts at
once. Cures coughs, colds, croup, bron-
chitis, all throat and lung troubles. The
children like it. E. H. Miller.
THE EX-METROPOLIS.
Is Meyersdale’s Glory Departing
From Her?
If all reports are true that come from
railway circles and seem to be pretty
well founded, then, truly, Meyersdale,
the once metropolis of Somerset coun-
ty. is bound soon to advance very slow-
ly if not actually to decline. Windber,
the new coal town in the north of the
county, has already far distanced Mey-
ersdale in point of population; but as
a well built, substantial town, the ex-
metropolis is still many leagues ahead
of the new metropolis which has arisen
in the north. And right here we wish
to say that if the course of the main
line of the Pittsburg division of the B.
& O. railroad is to continue through
Meyersdale, that town will be a pros-
perous business community long after
Windber is abandoned to the owls and
bats. But it now seems to be an as-
sured fact that in a few years Meyers-
dale will have nothing but a stub rail-
road intersecting the main line at Gar-
rett, as it is proposed to abandon Sand
Patch tunnel and construct a short cut
from Garrett to Hancock, Md., via
Downey and Everett, thus avoiding the
tunnel and heavy grades east of it, and
at the same time shortening the dis-
tance to Hancock about 35 miles. The
new line will pass within a quarter of
a mile of Donaldton, the new coal
town near Berlin, and will be an outlet
for the yet undeveloped cold field of
Brothersvalley and Stonycreek town-
ships. Engineers are now surveying
the new route, which it is said will be
double tracked and used for the main
line. Much uneasiness is felt in Mey-
ersdale over the proposed change, and
if the new route is built, Garrett will
be one of the foremost towns in the
county, while Meyersdale will have to
go away back and keep quiet.
Not Doomed For Life.
“] was treated for three years by
good doctors,” writes W. A. Greer, Mc-
Connellsville, O., “for Piles and Fistula,
but, when all failed, Bucklen’s Arnica
Salve cured me in two weeks.” Cures
Burns, Bruises, Cuts, Corn#, Sores,
Eruptions, Salt Rheum, Piles or no pay.
25¢. at E. H. Miller’s drug store.
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School Matters.
Our borough schools opened on Mon-
day morning with a total enrollment of
223 pupils, and this number will be
greatly increased as the term progress-
es. Already some of the little dingy
rooms are overcrowded, as the follow-
ing figures will show, but they will be
much more crowded before the term is
completed.
In the First primary room there are
53 pupils ; Second primary, 48; First in-
termediate, 33; Second intermediate,
48; Grammar, 24; High School, 15.
As will be seen, the primary rooms
are the ones which are overcrowded,
and no teachers on earth can do justice
to their pupils or to their profession
where such a state of affairs exist as in
the primary rooms of the old, antiquat-
ed, dingy shed known as the Salisbury
school building. Evidently there is a
very small valuation put on education
and the lives and comfort of our school
children.
The two physicians we have in the
board of directors ought to register a
vigorous kick in favor'of a new school
building, one which would afford proper
sanitation for the many precious lives
that are to be improved therein and
rendered useful to the world and to
mankind.
School houses are supposed to be the
fortifications of the republic, but such
a school house as Salisbury has is more
like a pest house or a boneyard. Itis
a shame, a disgrace and a reproach
upon the community, and a crime
against the rising generation. The old
fogyism in this town which is contend-
ing against proper educational facilities
is almost enough to cause the very
stones in the streets to cry out in
mutiny.
Big Apples.
Ellis Wagner brought an apple up
town several days ago that weighed
1414 ounces, and which measured 14
inches around one way and 13 the oth-
er. Ellis plucked the big apple from
one of his own trees. Now then, we
are ready for some one to step forward
and show a bigger one.
Soon after the above item was in
type, Jeff Smearman showed us an ap-
ple picked from a tree in his lot that is
a little larger than Mr. Wagner’s apple.
It’s dimensions are as follows: Weight,
one pound ; circumference, 14}5 inches
one way and 12 inches the other. Now
we are readyto hear from some other
fellow who has a big apple.
A Boy’s Wild Ride For Life.
With family around expecting him
to die, and a son riding for life, 18 miles,
to get Dr. King’s New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds, W. H.
Brown, of Leesville, Ind. endured
death’s agonies from asthma, but this
wonderful medicine gave instant relief
and soon cured him. He writes: “I now
sleep soundly every night.” Like mar-
velous cures of Consumption, Pneu-
monia, Bronchitis, Coughs, Colds and
Grip prove its matchless merit for all
Throat and Lung troubles. Guaranteed
bottles 50c. and $1.00. Trial bottles free
at E. H. Miller's drug store.
JUDGE KOOSER ABROAD.
Talks of the Political and Labor
Conditions in This State.
Denver Republican, Aug. 19.
Judge Francis J. Kooser, presiding
judge of the Sixteenth district of Penn-
sylvania, was the guest of his brother,
H. B. Kooser, general passenger agent
of the Missouri Pacific railway, yester-
day. Judge Kooser is a staunch Re-
publican of the Keystone state, and has
figured conspicuously in polities for
the last 20 years, and is probably one
of the best informed of the political
leaders of the state. He says he looks
for a clean sweep at the state election
next fall.
“We were never in better shape,” he
says, “to carry on a campaign than we
are this year. There is the greatest
harmony in the state organization. I
am quite sure that the general policy
of President Roosevelt will be endorsed
and it looks to me now as if he would
be renominated, although of course you
cannot tell just how those things will
go.” 7
Judge Kooser says he thinks the set-
tlement of the miners’ strike is only a
question of a few'weeks, as every effort
is being brought to adjust the differ-
ences between the miners and the op-
erators. ‘Before I left thestate I was
informed by very reliable authority
that Mr. Quay had been appealed to
and that he had already done much
toward smoothing over the situation,”
said Judge Kooser. “He has the con-
fidence of the mine owners, and many
of the leaders of the unions, and 1 have
no doubt that his work on the matter
will do much to effect a complete set-
tlement. In my part of the country.
western Pennsylvania, we have abso-
lutely no trouble with the miners of
soft coal.” The miners are paid good
prices and I believe both miners and
mine owners never made so much mon-
ey as they are making today.
“The strike has caused considerable
distrdss among the Eastern consumers
who are in the habit of using hard coal.
I recently took a trip along the East-
ern coast and found there was a large
number of consumers who had exhaust-
ed the supply of hard coal. I suggest-
ed to a friend that he use soft coal un-
til the supply of the hard coal had in-
creased, but he scouted the idea, reply-
ing that he never could get along with
soft coal.”
Judge Kooser is on his way to Yel-
lowstone park, where he will remain
until he has just time enough to get
back home before his court convenes in
September.
Delicate Ladies and the Aged.
For medical use physicians say
Speer’s Port Wine surpasses the im-
ported. Delicate ladies and aged peo-
ple find it the best wine to be procured,
and so blood-making as to absolutely
give strength and color and prolong
life.
Suicide Follows Assault.
News of a horrible tragedy enacted
in Jenner township reached Somerset
Tuesday morning of last week, says the
Somerset Democrat, the facts of which
are about as follows:
Friday, Aug. 22nd, Jacob Craver and
Henry Shaffer were engaged in setting
up some agricultural implements at
the farm of Phillip Sporry, about two
and one-half miles northwest of Bos-
well. The men had some trifling dis-
agreement which finally ended in a
scuffle, during which Craver struck
Shaffer with a heavy piece of iron, ren-
dering him unconscious. A physieian
was called and Shaffer’s condition pro-
nounced serious. Craver worked for
Sporry, but lived in a shack three-
fourths of a mile from where he was
employed. He was unmarried and em-
ployed no help. He went to his home
after the fight and brooded considera-
bly over the trouble he had made for
himself.
Sunday he told a young man named
Johnson, a distant relative, that if he
came over to his place he would tell
him something.
Johnson came to Craver’s home as
directed, and as he approached the
place, he noted that everything was in
a state of great disorder ; the furniture
had been carried out, and the doors
and windows were open. On entering
the house he was horrified to find
Craver suspended by the neck, dead.
The young man immediately informed
neighbors and the county authorities
were notified. The remains were taken
in charge by Ross Kiernan, a half
brother of the deceased. Craver was
a man about 55 years of age,and was
not regarded as a desperate man.
Shaffer, the man who was injured in
the assault, is reported as recovering.
He has a wife, but he has not lived
with her since his release from the
penitentiary, some time ago, where he
served a long sentence for a revolting
crime. He is about 45 years of age.
Beware of the Knife.
No profession has advanced more
rapidly than surgery, but it should not
be used except where absolutely neces-
sary. In cases of piles for example, it
is seldom needed. DeWitt’s Witch
Hazel Salve cures quickly and perma-
nently. Unequaled for cuts, burns,
bruises, wounds, skin diseases. Accept
no counterfeits. “I was so troubled
with bleeding piles that I lost much
blood and strength,” says J. C. Philips,
Paris, Ill. “DeWitt’s Witch Hazel
Salve cured me in a short time.”
Soothes and heals. E. H. Miller.
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Drafts on all parts of the world.
Accounts of individuals and firms invited.
Deposits sent by mail and all correspondence given prompt and careful at-
tention.
This bank is the only United States depository in the George’s Creek Valley.
Bank open Saturday nights from 7 to 10 o'clock.
MARX WINELAND, PPESIDENT. ROBERDEAU ANNAN, CASHIER.
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We have given special at-
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and have all the new styles in
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It will be
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