: pun AEE ree nmr csi THE SOMERSET COUNTY STAR P. L. Livexcoon, Editor and Publisher. Entered at the Postoflice at Elk Lick, Pa. | as mail matter of the Second Class. | Subscription Rates. THE STAR is published every Thursday,sat salisbury, ( £1k Lick, P. O.) Somerset Coun- iy, Pa. at the following rates: ®ne year, if paid spot cash in advance. $1.25 If not paid strictly in advance....... 1.50 8ix months......... Three months.... ) Single copies... ......ciiiiiaann 05 To avoid multip vy of small accounts, all subscriptions for three months or less must be paid in advance. These rates and terms will be rigidly adhered to. es Advertising Rates. Transient Reading Notices, 5 cents a line. sach insertion. To regular advertisers, 5 gents a line for first insertion and 3 cents a tine for each succeeding insertion. No busi- ness lacals will be mixed with local news items or editorial matter for less than 10 cents a line for each insertion, except on yearly contracts. ] . Rates for Display Advertisments will be made known on application. Editorial advertising, invariably 10 cents a line. Legnl Advertisements at legal rates. Marriage, Birth and Death Notices not exceeding fifteen lines, inserted free. All additional lines, 5 cents each. Cards of Thanks will be published free for prtrons of the paper. Non-patrons will be charged 10 cents a line. : Resolutions of Respect will be published for 5 cants a line. All advertisements will be run and charg- ed for until ordered discontinued. No advertisement will be taken for less than 25 cents. LOCAL MND GENERAL NEWS. NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE, WITH AN OCCASIONAL JOKE ADDED FOR SPIGE. | ing over our books the other day we per on account of his wife and children, The boys are warned that now is the time to think of their wives and chil- dren.” The Allentown Democrat says: Look- found a long array of names of former subscribers who still have accounts standing open against them, as also bills for advertising, job printing, etc. Some of them have moved away and are lost to sight, althongh to memory dear. Others are carrying the contri- bution boxes in respectable churches, and still others have died and are now angels in heaven, but they owe us just the same. Some time ago Tur Star announced that John L. Beachy had lost the sight of one of his eyes. We are glad to learn that we were in error. Sight had almost entirely vanished from the af- flicted eye, and for a time if was thought by Mr. Beachy’s friends that he would become blind in the same. A change has taken place, however, and the doctors now think that sight will be fully restored, but they say it will take a long time. Inthe meantime Mr. Beachy is again able to attend to his duties in the store he has charge of in McKeesport. Meyersdale borough has overhauled its borough ordinances, repealing all old ones that were faulty in their con- struction, as well as those no longer needed. A complete new and up-to- date set of ordinances have been pass- ed in that town, and we need consid- erable of a revision of the ordinances of this borough. Some are faulty in their construction, some are no longer needed, and others are a dead letter. What we need in particular now, is an ordinance that will keep cows off the The Prohibition County Convention will be held at Rockwood, on May 10th. W. D. Thompson spent several days in Bedford, this week, visiting friends. | Squire Samuel Lowry spent several days in Somerset, visiting friends, dur- ing the past week. Mr. and Mrs. George Arnold, of Bur- lington, W. Va., are visiting Mrs. 8. C. | Keim and daughter. Ellet Baumgardner, who had been teaching school near Uniontown, is here visiting friends. Samael L. Livengood is about the happiest man in town since last week, owing to the arrival of a young son at his house. lev. E. 8. Johnston, D. D., went to Holsopple, Monday, to attend the Som- erset county conference of the Luther- an church. The editor spent Saturday night with T. R. Sufall, in Meyersdale, and on Sunday Tom dined with the editor in Salisbury. Virgil Miller and his sister Bessie, of Friedens, Pa., were guests of C. R. Haselbarth and family for several days during the past week. Attorney V. R. Saylor, of Somerset, was in Salisbury on Saturday evening and Sunday. The old “burg” still seems like home, says Mr. Saylor. H. C. Farner, of Sand Patch, was in town on Monday selliug Piney Run oil and gas stock. Stock has been selling rapidly, and the company will soon have the drill in operation. Ernest Livengood went to Kansas, 1st week, where he has large business inferests. He will be absent from Sal- isbury for an indefinite period, and be- fore returning he will take in the great 8t. Louis fair. While at play several days ago, a lit- tledaughter of Nelson Garlitz accident- ally cut a finger off of one of Alfred Ringler’s twin boys, with a hatchet. The accident is greatly deplored by the parents of the children. Married, at the home of the bride in Elk Lick township, Wednesday, May 4th, 1904, Mr. George Schlosnagle, of Accident, Md. and Miss Martha Kretchman, daughter of Mrs. Annie Kretchman. The ceremony was per- formed by Rev. E. 8. Johnston, D. D. A woman in Philadelphia dropped dead after kissing her husband, a man in Punxsutawney expired while deliv- ering a religious exhortation, but a drunken man in Iowa fell off a sixty- foot high bridge and was unhurt. Ver- ily, the scoffer is having his day. —Ex The other night some person or per- sons broke the lock at EH. Lambert’s hen ‘coop, and stole five or six very fine and high-priced thoroughbred chickens. Such rascals ought to be pumped full of buckshot. There has been a good deal of chicken stealing going on for some time in this town, and it’s only a question of time until some thief runs against a snag. Isaac Bomgardner, of Fairgrounds, Ore., writes to the Somerset Herald for information concerning his rela- tives, of whom he has lost all trace. He says that he left Somerset county when a child; that his father was Christian Bomgardner and his mother before her marriage was Susan Zim- merman. Letters should be addressed to him as above. The wrongdoer usually remembers | his wife and family too late. The Em- | poria (Kan.) Gazette warns in time: | “A fellow in this town is going delib- | erately into a business which is going | to get him into troub The Gazette | hereby gives not after the raid | it will not keep his name out of the pa- | streets, both day and night, and one { that will give the Burgess power to in- flict heavier penalties on wrongdoers. Any man can take a newspaper. It lis the cheapest thing he can buy. Every time a hen clucks and has laid | an egg, his paper is paid for that day. It costs less than a postage stamp—Iless I than to send or receive a letter. It comes to you every day, rain or shine, ‘calm or stormy. No matter what hap- | pens it enters your door a welcome friend, full of sunshine, cheer and in- | terest. It opens the door of the great world and puts you face to face with the people and its great events. It is your adviser, gossiper and friend. No man is just te his children who does not give them the local paper. Noman is good to himself who does not take papers. As a rubber producing state Colorado is making a bid for the attention of the world. Within the last few months experiments with a certain species of sage brush that grows wild over an im- mense mountainous area of the Rocky | Mountain commonwealth have proved that rubber of fine quality can be pro- duced from the shrub. Several com- panies have been organized for the purpose of developing the new industry, and the hitherto despised weed will now be turned to practical use. Spec- ial machinery has been invented for the manufacture of the rubber, the construction of which will form still another industry for Colorado, says the New York Tribune. Jim Parker was the regular conduc- tor on the Duquesne Limited when the terrible Laurel Run disaster killed 85 men. Jim laid off on the fatal night, and Lewis Helgoth, his substitute, was found among the dead. TI asked Jim if ‘he had a premonition of danger when he suddenly took a notion to lay off, and he said: “No, I just laid off. My time hadn't come.” Twice that same night the late Edison 8. Gold<mith re- ceived an invitation to go back to the diner, 2 haven of safety on thé train. And twice he refused. The Presby- terians would say that his time had come. And the great masses, many without denomination or creed would agree with them. —Connellsville Cour- ier. Does a full-fare railroad ticket expire by limitation, or is it valid until trav- eled out? This question came before the court in a suit, some time ago, brought against the Erie railroad for damages. SiX years &go 8 WOMAN bought a round-trip ticket for a certain station, for which she paid $1. She did not use the return part of the ticket until recently. The conductor refused to accept the ticket, and put her off the train. She sued and recovered $2,000. The case was carried to the United States court, and the judge affirmed, although since the ticket was bought the railroad changed hands, even its name. The court holds that the pur- chaser of the ticket paid regular fare for a ride for the distance called for by the ticket, and was entitled to the ride at her own convenience. B. D. Morgan, of Meyersdale, who at the late Republican primary election was elected delegate to the State con- vention, died very suddenly at his home, Thursday evening last. Deceas- ed had been night watchman in the State Department at Harrisburg, dur- ing the last three months, where he took sick a few days before his death. for a goodly number of years. He was a staunch and active Republican for many years, and as a man he was high- ly esteemed for his extreme honesty and generosity. He is survived by a wife and several grown children. The funeral was held !ast Sunday at 2p. m. A Johnstown dispateh says: Sheriff Samuel Lenhart, Friday, served Luther Levergood with a summons to appear in court, at Ebensburg, as the legal representative of the Levergood heirs, and show cause why a mortgage that was filed in 1813 in favor of Peter Lev- ergood, one of the founders of Johns- town, should not be marked satisfied. The mortgage is on the land that is now occupied by the central portion of the city,and was given by Thomas Burrell, George Brenizer,and the lat- ter’s son, who conducted a forge plant in Johnstown. The Levergood heirs think that the matter will bear look- ing into. as the mortgage was never canceled, and as it is for $10,500 with the interest for 81 years, it would now amount to a considerable sum. In the event that the mortgage stands, then none of the property owners in the central part of the city have a clear title to their ground. QUICK ARREST. J. A. Gulledge, of Verbena, Ala., was twice in the hospital from a severs case of piles causing 24 tumors. After doc- tors and all remedies failed, Bucklen’s Arnica Salve quickly arrested further inflammation and cured him. It con- quers aches and kills pain. 25c. at E. 6-1 H. Miller’s, Druggist. Better Railway Service. On the 168th of May a new train will be put in service on the 8. & C. branch of the B. & O. railroad between Johns- town and Meyersdale. It will leave Meyersdale at 6:30 a. m., and arrive at Johnstown at 9 o’clock. Leaving Johnstown at 6 o'clock in the evening, arriving at Meyersdale at 8:30. The officials announce that the train was put on at the solicitation of people and business men in the towns through which it will pass, says the Somerset Democrat. A FARMER STRAIGHTENED OUT. “A man living on a farm near here came in a short time ago completely doubled up with rheumatism. I hand- ed him a bottle of Chamberlain’s Pain 3alm and told him to use it freely and if not satisfied after using it he need not pay a cent for it.” says C. P. Ray- der, of Pattens Mills, N. Y. “A few .days later he walked into the store as straight as a string and handed me a dollar saying, ‘give me another bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm. I want it in the house all the time, for it cured me.” For sale by E. H. Miller. 6-1 etm tn Sa ~~ a West Salisbury Hotel Goes up in Smoke—Inmates Have Narrow Escape. About one o'clock, Wendesday morn- ing, the West Salisbury hotel, occupied and conducted by John R. Fair, was discovered to be afire. The flames spread so rapidly that the inmates of the house narrowly escaped being cre- mated in the building. A large crowd was soon at the fire to render assist- ance, but the flames had made so much headway that little could be saved. All was lost, except some of the parlor furniture. The total loss of building and con- tents is estimated at $6,000, while the insurance carried foots up to only $4,- 900, of which $3,000 is on building and balance on contents. The building was owned by Walter Williams, and the contents by Mr. Fair. Both are heavy losers, especially Fair, who lost several hundred dollars in cash in the flames, in addition to a stock of liquors worth as much as the entire amount of insurance he carried. Much sympathy is felt for all parties concerned, and there is no doubt that the fire will be responsible for some great changes in West Salisbury. "- TOO GREAT A RISK. In almost every neighborhood some- one has died from an attack of colic or cholera morbus, often before medicine could be procured cr a physician sum- moned. A reliable remedy for these diseases should be kept at hand. The risk is too great for anyone to take. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diar- rhoea Remedy has undoubtedly saved the lives of more people and relieved more pain and suffering than any other medicine in use. It can always be de- pended upon. For saleby E. H. Mil- ler. 6-1 LAE Time to Pray. A preacher at the conclusion of one of his sermons said: “Let all in the house who are paying their debts stand up.” Instantly every man, woman and child, with one exception, rose to their feet. The preacher seated them and said: “Now, every man not paying his debts, stand up.” The exception noted a eare-worn, hungry looking in- dividual slowly assuming a perpendicu- lar position. “How is it, my friend,” asked the minister, “that you are the His ailment was typhoid pneumonia and other complications. Mr. Morgan | was a native of Wales, but came to | America when a young man, locating | in Dauphin county. About 25 years | ago he moved to Berlin, and from thence to Meyersdale, wi he resided only man not trying to meet his obliga= tions?” | swered, “and the brethern here who Real Estate Transfers. Wm. J. Miller to Wm. R. Bittner, in ‘Mevyersdale, $900. Chas. Baker to Chas. A. Wagner, in Berlin, $30v. Fraprk R. Picking to James B. Saylor, in Somerset Bor., $1900. Jas. B. Saylor to F. \W. Bieseeker, in Somerset Bor., $950. J. M. Musser to A. B.Cober, in Broth- ersvalley, $170. F. W. Biesecker to Geo. F. Ferner, in Somerset twp., $1000. Stephen H. Griffith to H. G. Redick, in Conemaugh, $8000. H. G. Redick to A. C. Naugle,in Con- emaugh, $1227, C. I. Livengood to Minnie C Hoff- man, in Boswell, $500. ‘eo Wm. Kelley to John M. Topper, in New Baltimore, $500. Henry Wolfhope to Jobn Fochtman, in Allegheny, $220. Wm. E. Kimmell to John J. Bittner, in Somerset twp., $1750. F. C. Beck to John W. Beck, in Fair Hope, $300. G. L. Shoff to J. H. Mahaffey, in Bos- well, $1500. Samuel Trent’s heirs to S. P. Sweitz- er, in Somerset twp., $400. Peter Nitch to Adam Niteh, in Cone- maugh, $3000. Stephen H. Griffith to Jobn I. Steele, in Conemaugh, $800. Lucinda Younkin to J. R. Barron, et al., in Rockwood, $100. Hiram J. Kaufman to Moses W. Yo- der, in Conemaugh, $3000. A SURE THING. It is said that nothing is sure except death and taxes, but that is not alto- gether true. Dr. King’s New Discov- ery for Consumption is a sure cure for all lung and throat troubles. Thou- sands can testify to that. Mrs. C. B. VanMetre, of Shepherdtown, W. Va. says “I had a severe case of Bronchitis and for a year tried everything I heard of, bur got no relief. One bottle of Dr. King’s New Discovery then cured me absolutely.” It’s infallible for Croup, Whooping. Cough, Grip, Pneumonia and Consumption. Try it. It’s guar: anteed by E. H. Miller, Druggist. Trial bottles free. Reg. sizes 50¢, $1.00. 6-1 Smooth Trick to Make a Maryland Town Go Wet at a Late Election. Under the provisions of the charter incorporating the town of Friendsville, passed at the recent session of the Leg- islature, an election was held on Tues- day to decide whether or not spirituous and fermented liquors shall be sold within the limits of the town after May 1st of the present year. Under the act incorporating the town it is provided that “only freeholders of the town who are otherwise qualified as voters shall be eligible to vote” upon the question of license, said election to be held on the fourth Tuesday of April, between the hours of 1 o’clock and 6 o'clock p. m. To meet the property qualification so that they could haye a voice in the election, about twenty-five men purchased a lot in the town and parceled it out among themselves, hav- ing deeds executed and recorded for the same in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court in Oakland, thus be- coming freeholders. In all 55 votes were cast, as foliows: For license, 45 ; against license, 20. Those opposing the granting of li- cense allege that the twenty-five votes cast by the nominal freeholders were illegal, and threaten to take steps in the couts to prevent the Clerk from is- suing license to any who may apply for the same.—Oakland Republican. i ge A STARTLING TEST. To save a life, Dr. T. G. Merritt, of No. Mehoopany, Pa., made a startling test resulting in a wonderful cure. He writes, “a patient was attacked with violent hemorrhages, caused by ulcera- tion of the stomach. I had often found Electric Bitters excellent for acute stomach and liver troubles,so I pre- scribed them. The patient gained from the first, and has not had an at- tack in 14 months.” Electric Bitters are positively guaranteed fcr Dyspep- sia, Indigestion, Constipation and Kidney troubles. Try them. Oniy 6-1 50c. at E. H. Miller’s. eT. Economy in Advertising. If you could meet your entire trade personally, and could explain to each the merits of all your different goods, you would not need to advertise. You can’t do this. As a matter of economy you advertise—tell the public what you have for sale. Each year addi- tional business will result. It makes it easier to do business, less worry, more satisfaction all around. If you are satisfied with just “keep- ing store,” don’t advertise. If your blood is red, if you want to grow, if you feel a satisfaction in being a leader in your line, advertise. Do it right. Make it a feature of your work, not a side issue, and the cash assets at the end of each year will surely determine the value of advertising.—Printers’ Ink. MADE YOUNG AGAIN. “One of Dr. King’s New Life Pills each night for two weeks has put me in | my ‘teens’ again” writes D. H. Turner, “I run a newspaper,” he meekly an- | | just stood up are my subreribers, and” ” . . . | | —*Let us pray,” exclaimed the minis- ter—Ex. of Dempseytown, Pa. They’re the best in the world for Liver, Stomach and Bowels. Purely vegetable. Never gripe. Only 25¢ at E. H. Miller's Drug ! Store. 6-1 Drafts on all parts of the world. tention. Marx Wineland, President. Marx Wineland, Timothy Griffith, MD. EL NATIONAL FR AN SLC "U.S. DEPOSITORY. Capital Stock and Surplus Fund. ...ccoommemenennrennnnncneeccenee. $ 100,000.00 Deposits (OVer)........co.oeee ov ei en iene .... 960,000.00 ASSELS (OVEF)..... 02:22 crenrssse- vn ia icitieciess sie emswsesie 1,120,000.00 ...Savings Department.... | «_Three Per Cent. Interest Paid on Deposits.» Accounts of individuals and firms invited. ; Deposits sent by mail and all correspondence given prompt and careful at- This bank is the only United States depository in the George’s Creek Valley. Bank open Saturday nights from 7 to 10 o’clock. OFFICERS: Roberdeau Annan, Cashier, DIRECTORS: Duncan Sinclair, Roberdeau Annan. Robert R. Henderson. The large rictly p To Date! variety of Men's and Boys’ New Spring Suits that just arrived at—e Barehus & Livengood's. - E. H. MILLER does not hesitate to recommend Kodol | Dyspepsia Cure to his friends and customers. Indigestion causes more | ill health than anything else. It de-| ranges the stomach, and brings on all] manner of disease. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests what you eat, cures in- digestion, dyspepsia and all stomach disorders. Kodol is not only a per- fect digestant, but a tissue-building tonic as well. Renewed health, per- fect strength and increased vitality follow its use. 8-1 Spring Poetry. Oh! Spring! You cold-blooded thing! Why are you waiting so? Birds want to mating go— Please let the skating go And spring, Yes, spring. Say, Spring, You ornery thing, Don’t play hocus pocus With water to soak us, But come with the crocus And spring, Yes, spring. Yes, spring, You slow-gaited thing. Your coolness looks waddiah, You're acting quite caddish, "Tis time for horse radish, So spring, Yes, spring. Come, Spring, Let your echoes now ring. No more wintry scenes; Let us put up our screens, Please come with the greens With a spring, Yes, spring. For shame, Spring! Let old Nature sing. Last year you brought a muss, That sickened a lot of us, You old hippopotamus. So spring, Now spring. Just spring, And “don’t do a thing” But get ready for “taters” And corn cultivators, And not alligators, This spring, If you please, Spring. —Britt Tribune. Kept Alive Thirty-five Years. Kept her alive thirty-five years, Ann. Betts, of Graham Ave., Brooklyn, now in her one hundreth year, claims Speer’s Burgundy and Port have kept her alive and healthy until now. She will be 100 years old next October, and ‘is in good health. FARMS FOR SALE! Two first class Farms in Elk Lick Township. One containing 280 acres, with Brick House and large Barn, also Tenement House and Barn. One containing 168 acres, with good House, Barn and Tenement House. Also about 80 acres of Unim- proved Land. For further in- formation apply to - R. S. GARRETT, tf Elk Lick, Pa. ALL THE NEW STYLES in Men’. . and Boys’ Clothing for Spring have just arrived at Barchus & Livengood’s. tf 4 GOTO WM.G. HILLER for fine ~ tailoring and suits that fit perfectly. We guarantee satisfaction. That’s why we are the leading tailors of Somerset goungy. Main street, Meyersdale, a. tf BARCHUS & LIVENGOOD are pre- pared to take orders for Carpet. Don’t fail:to see their ‘large line and get prices before buying your Carpet. tf THE BLANKS WE KEEP. The following blanks can be obtained at all times at THE Star office : Leases, Mortgages, Deeds, Judgment Bonds, Common Bonds, Judgment Notes, Re- ceipt Books, Landlord s Notice to Ten- ants, Constable Sale Blanks, Summons, Execution for Debt, Notice of Claims for Collection, Commitments, Subpoe- nas, Criminal Warrants, ete. tf H& CLOCK REPAIRING, Gun- smithing and many other kinds of re— pair work done neatly, promptly and substantially. All work left at the Theoph. Wagner residence will be promptly attended to, at reasonable prices, by the undersigned. BEN. WAGNER, tf Salisbury, Pa. & WEDDING Invitations at Tae STAR office. A nice new stock justre- ceived. All kinds of Togal and Commercial Blanks, Judgment Notes, ete., for sale : at THE Star office. HH: Foley’s Kidney Cure makes kidneys and bladder right. Sn ey Foley’s Honey ana Tar cures colds, prevents pneumonia. Pe * > » TE THR solici I. vision, Its pur rincip Ave e: respect [Seo saic, N S; Is held Table Is a wi the ri made. Spe: IS AP unrival and ag Cogna bo dist (0) AY) = D Eider BILE ET £8 ed - then treat Ww.
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