[HE SOMERSET GOUNTY STAR P. L. Livexcoop, Editor and Publisher. Entered at the Postoffice at Elk Lick, Pa. as mail matter of the Second Class. Subscription Rates. HE STAR is published every Thursday, at Bi {six Lick, P. O.) Somerset Coun- t 8: . 31.25 1.50 75 es. multiplicity of small accounts’ all subscriptions for three months or less must be paid in advance. These rates and terms will be rigidly adhered to. Advertising Rates. Transient Reading Notices,5 cents a line each insertion. To regular advertisers, b cents a line for first insertion and 3 cents a Iine for each succeeding insertion. No busi- ness lacals will be mixed with local news items or editorial matter for less than 10 sents a line for each insertion,execept on yearly contracts. Rates for Display Advertisments will be made known on application Editorial advertising, inv ariably 10 cents a Legal Advertisements at legal rates. Marriage, Birth and Death Notices not exceeding fifteen lines, inserted free. All additional lines, 5 cents ea Cards of Thanks will be BP hLnshed free for prtrons of the paper. Non-patrons will be charged 10 cents a line. Resolutions of Respect will be published for 5 cents a line. All advertisements will be ran and charg- ed for until ordered discontinued. No advertisement will be taken for less than 25 cents L0G. ND GENERAL NEWS NEWSY [TENS GATHERED HERE AND THERE, WITH AN OCCASIONAL JOKE ADDED FOR SPICE. Several deaths from diphtheria are reported from Meyersdale during the past week. We ‘wish our readers, one and all, young and old, great and small, a merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Willard Miller, of Munhall, Pa., ar- rived here on Tuesday for a visit with his brother, Druggist® E. H. Miller, and his family. A pill in time that will save nine is Rings Little Liver Pill. For bilicus- ness, sick headache, constipation. They do not gripe. Price 25c. Sold by Elk Lick Pharmacy. 3-1 We acknowledge with thanks the re- ceipt of a very handsome vest-pocket notebook from the First National Bank of Frostburg, Md All regular men and extra men are being called regularly for B. & O. freight service. Business is brisk, says the Connellsville Courier. Nearly everybody knows DeWitt’s Little Early Risers are the best pills made. They are small, pleasant, sure Little Liver pills. 8old by E. H. Miller, 1-1 Zachariah Bittner, an aged and well- known resident of Meyersdale, died at his home in that town on the 17th inst., aged 77 years. Deceased was a veteran of the Civil war. Personal experience with a tube of ManZan Pile Remedy will convince you it is immediate relief for all forms of Piles. Guaranteed. 50c. Sold by Elk Lick Pharmacy. 3-1 Mrs. John J. Livengood was taken seriously ill, last Sunday evening, and for a time her condition was quite alarming, but we are glad to note that she has recovered. The slang words are still being coined. Young men are never known by their own names, and it is quite common to gay, now, if one fall and breaks some ribs, to call them “broken slats.” "Prof. Wm. Baumgardner, a member of the faculty of the University of West Virginia, at Morgantown, arrived here on Monday to spend the holidays with his mother, Mrs. V. E. Baumgardner. Colds contracted at this season of the jour are quickly relieved with Bees axative Cough Syrup. Its laxative quality rids the system of the cold. Pleasant to take. Best for children for coughs, colds, croup and whooping cough, Bold by Elk Lick Pharmacy. 1 Glenn R. Duncombe, of Erie county, Pa., a printer by trade, is this week a member of THE Star force. He learned the printing trade in the office of his father, who used to conduct a weekly _ newspaper in Erie county. Foley’s Orino Laxative cures chronic constipation and stimulates the liver. Orino regulates the bowels so they will act naturally and you do not have to take purgatives continuously. Elk Lick Pharmacy, E. H. Miller, proprie- or. 1-1 Willis Ream and Bashor Hechler, two Paint township miners, were run down and killed by a locomotive, while cross- ing the P. R.R. bridge over Shade Creek, Bast Saturday morning. The two men were on their way to work when the ac- eident happened. Both were unmarried and about 25 years of age. David Lichty, one of Salisbury’s oldest citizens, is confined to his home on account of a severe fall he had a week or more ago. No bones were broken, but his flesh was badly bruised, and an operation was necessary to re- move some clotted blood. His friends all hope to see him out again, soon. Pineules for the Kidneys are little golden globules which act directly on the kidneys. A trial will convince you of quick results for Backache, Rheu- | matism, Lumbago and tired a feeling. 30 days’ trial $1.00. Tte purify the blood. Sold by Elk Lick | Fharmacy. 3-1 The County Commissioners have paid out nearly $10,000 to persons who helped to quench forest fires in this county during the present year, and there may be other claims which are not paid yet. The forest fires of the year 1908 did damage in Somerset county that would probably aggregate a million dollars. Woods Liver Medicine in liquid form regulates the liver, relieves sick head- ache, constipation, stomach, kidney disorders, and acts as a gentle laxative. For chills, fever and malaria. Its tonic effects on the system felt with the first dose. The $1.00 bottle contains 214 times as much as the 50c. size. Sold by Elk Lick Pharmacy. 3-1 Our friend, Jacob Diehl, formerly of West Salisbury, but now of Rebbins Station, Westmoreland county, Pa., bas embarked in the grocery buriness in the latter named place. We wish Jacob much success in his new venture, and trust that he may in time become as wealthy a merchant prince as our old friend and fellow Sunday school superintendent, “Wan Johnamaker,” of Philadelphia. Horse coughs and stuffy colds that may develop into pneumonia over night are quickly cured by Foley’s Honey and Tar, as it soothes inflamed membranes, heals the lungs, and ex- pels the cold from the system. Elk Lick Pharmacy, E. H. Miller, proprie- tor. 1-1 Christmas services will; be held in the Lutheran church, Thursday evening at 7.30. A fine program has been pre- pared. The people of the town are in- vited to bring to the church that even- ing a donation for the sick and needy. Whatever is given will be distributed Christmas morning. The distribution tions. It is a movement to help the needy. g Every case of backache, weak back, bladder inflammation and rheumatic pains is dangerous if neglected, for such troubles are nearly always due to weak kidneys. Take DeWitt’s JKidney and Bladder Pills. They are antiseptic and soothe pain quickly. Insist upon DeWitt’s Kidney and Bladder Pills. For weak kidneys and inflammation of the bladder they are unequaled. Reg- ular size, 50c. Sold here by E. H. Miller. 1-1 Sergeant Mark A. Prynn, of the State Police, who for some time has been stationed at Shenandoah, Pa., in charge of a detail of men, arrived here last week to spend the Holiday season with friends. He favored THE STAR with a call, and it is needless to say that he was a welcome guest. Ser- geant Prynn is looking exceedingly well, likes his position with the State Police, and is in every way a jcredit to himself and to the service. Berlin had a slight conflagration, but nothing was burned except a passenger coach on the Berlin branch, together with its contents. What caused the fire 1s unknown. William Imhoff says that he left the coach in good con- dition and went to dinner, returning to find it in flames. The next morning the train went to Garrett at 68 o'clock, a new passenger coach wus procured, and the train was back in Berlin, and made its regular morning trip, leaving there at 7:20 o’clock. More people are taking Foley’s Kid- ney Remedy every year. It is con- sidered to be the.most effective remedy for kidney and bladder troubles that medical science can devise. Foley's Kidney Remedy corrects irregularities, builds up worn out tissues and re- stores lost vitality. It will make you feel well and look well, Elk Lick Pharmacy, E. H. Miller. proprietor. 1-1 Another murder has been added to Somerset county’s long and bloody list of crimes. [Last Thursday ({('barles Wilson, a colored miner at Jerome, was struck on the head with an ax and stabbed in one of his arms and one cf his legs. He died from the effect of his injuries, Friday morning. Another colored man who had quarreled with him at about the time the tragedy oc- curred, has been missed at the mining camp ever since. The missing man supposed to know all about the crime. is Elijah Livengood has Robert Bowser, of this vieinity, and Jno. Livengood, a former miner of Frostburg, employed in opening a coal mine on his Henry Wiseman tract of land. The heading of the mine is through ‘almost a solid rock, and progress is slow. The work was started by another man over a year ago, but was abandoned soon afterwards. It is expected that coal will be struck in twenty or thirty feet more. Whether it will be a four or seven foot vein will remain to be told says the Mt. Nebo correspondent in the Oskland Journal. You should always remember that most cough and cold cures are consti- pating. Yet the most important.thing to do when you have a cold is to move the bowels. You cannot promptly cure a cold until you do this. Kennedy’s Laxative Cough Syrup stops the cough by allaying inflammation of the throat and lungs, and it drives the cold from the system by gently moving the bow- els. Children like it. for it tastes near- ly as good as maple sugar. Sold by E. H. Miller. 1-1 Miss May Cosgrove, formerly of { Frostburg, Md., but now of Santa Bar- | | bara, Cal., has our thanks for a check will’be made regardless of church affilia-. covering four years’ subscription to TE STAR, in advance. In remitting, she says: “It’s a mere trifle, of course in comparison to the value of THE Star. How I do enjoy it!” Miss Cos- grove is what we call a model subserib- er, and she also proved herself to be a model telegraph and telephone oper- ator while she had charge of the West- ern Union telegraph office in Salisbury, as well as a model lady in all that the name implies. We understand that she now has charge of a very high- salaried telegraph office in Santa Bar- ‘bara, and the people here all know that she is able to handle it in a very satisfactory manner, and her many Balisbury friends all unite in wishing her health, happiness and prosperity at all times. There’s nothing too good for her. . Denies that Her Husband Deserted Her. In our issue of Dec. 3d we made mention of Mrs. V. Dean and family, who came here recently from West Virginia, in destitute circumstances, and took up their abode in the old cooper shop on Union street, where the good people of our town have since been ministering to their needs In making mention of the condition of the family, it was stated that the wom- an had been deserted by her husband, and our remarks were intended only to bring speedy and liberal relief to the distressed family. Great was our surprise, last week, just after going to press with our pa- per, to receive a letter from Mrs. Dean in which she denies that her husband deserted her, and then she goes on at considerable length to exonerate her husband from any wrong doing, all of which may or may not be true. At any rate, the letter Mrs. Dean has written to THE Star tells quite a different story than some she related to some of her relatives by letter before moving here, and one of which a member of our family heard read. ‘We have decided that people may be- lieve what they please.in. regard to the alleged Dean desertion case, but as for us, we are forced to take the same view that & some of Mrs. Dean’s near relatives were heard to express recently, namely, that “there’s something rotten in Den- mark”. > * MEDICINE THAT IS MEDICINE. “I have suffered a good deal with malaria and stomach complaints, but I have now found a remedy that keeps me well, and that remedy is Electric Bitters; a medicine that is medicine for stomach and liver troubles, and for run down conditions,” says W. C. Kiestler, of Halliday, Ark. Electric Bitters purify and enrich the blood tone up the nerves, and impart vigor and energy to the weak.” Your money ‘will be refunded if it failsjto help you. 50c. at E. H. Miller’s drug store. - 1-1 Oscar Wagner Dead. The subject of this sketch died at his home on Grant street at about 5:30 o'clock, last Saturday morning, aged 38 years and a few weeks. He was the eldest child of Mr. and Mrs. Theopholis Wagner, who have resided in Salisbury for many years. Deceased suffered during the last year or more of his life with cancer, which dread malady finally resulted in his death. The cancer first started on his left hand, then broke out in the glands under his left arm. Last spring he had a portion of the hand amputat- ed, and also had some of the diseased glands removed. The hand healed nicely. but the operation necessary -to remove the glands would not heal, even after a second operation. The disease continued to spread in spite of all med- icine and surgical skill could do, and the suffering of the patient was heart- rending during the last few months of his life. But no suffering mortal ever bore his affliction and pain more brave- ly and philosophically than did Oscar Wagner. He realized that death was inevitable and speedily approaching, but he met the unconquerable foe like a man, and now he is at rest, but sadly mourned by a wife and two young children, as well as by a legion of sym- pathizing friends. Oscar Wagner was a good and up- right citizen, kind and generous, indus- trious and honest. The funeral, which took place Sunday afteracon, wasTon- ducted by the Rev. L. P. Young, of the Lutheran church, and the local lodge Knights of Pythias, of which order the deceased was a member. The Salisbury Cornet Band, of which the deceased had also been a member, marched in the funeral procession and rendered several dirges and other appropriate selections. It was a large concourse of people that followed the remains to the cemetery to show their last sad respects to the deceased, who was just ly held in high esteem by his fellow citizens. Many citizens of Meyersdale were among those who attended the funeral. A DANGEROUS OPERATION is the removal of the appendix by a surgeon. No one who takes Dr. King’s New Life Pills is-ever subjected to this frightful ordeal. They work so quietly you don’t feel them. They cure con- stipation, headache, biliousness and malaria. 25c. at E. H. Miller's drug | store. 1-1 LL SAVINGS DEPARTME Drafts on all parts of the world. tention. Robert R. Henderson. Daniel Annan. ETHEL rrosTBurG. mp. BANK DEA 10RY , THREE PER CENT. INTEREST Accounts of individuals and fizms invited. Deposits sent by mail and all correspondence given prompt and careful at- Bank open Saturday oights from 7 to 10 o’clock. Ai. OF FICE RS: . int Roberdeau Annan. President. ame... DIRECTORS: mmm. Duncan Sinclair, Roberdeau Annan. Capital stock..$ 50,000.00 Surplus fund.. 70,000.00 Deposits (over) 1,000,000.00 ¢ Assets (over).. 1,200,000.60 PAID ON DEPOSITS. Olin Beall. Cashier. Timothy Griffith, If You Don't Know This, - come and be convinced that I have a large stock of . CHOICE FRESH GROCERIES, this season’s goods, that I am offering right. To give you FULL VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY, as well as prompt and courteous ser- vice, is my aim. The fact that my trade is increasing right along is the best evidence I can produce that I am succeeding. Goods Delivered Free, Anywhere in Town, Give me a call. Very respectfully, E. J. EGAN. Overcoats, Boys’ Suits, Shirts, Bracelets, | Gloves, Hand Bags, Handkerchiefs, have the call this year, and they're always acceptable. Large Holiday Assortments : are ready, and you'll like our prices. £ Rain Coats, Boys’ Overcoats, Mufflers, Scarf Pins, Hose, Toques, Suit Cases, Fur Caps. ~~ Darchus & Lol Men's Suits, Sweater Coats, Jewel Cases, @ Umbrellas, we? e Neckwear, & Suspenders, Cuff Links, Prof. Beahm Acquitted. Prof. J. C. Beahm, who was charged with an assault on a young girl named Bowser, at Accident, some months ago, and who has been out on bail for his appearance at this term of the circuit court, was tried before Tudge Hender- son on Wednesday, and after a trial lasting almost a day and a half, was ac- quitted of the charge promptly after the close of the trial, and was allowed to return to his home at Grantsville, where he moved last summer, and where he was to teach school for the present winter, but was compelled to charges brought egainst him. Prof. Beahm was represented by ex-Judge Ferdinand Williams, of the Cumber- land bar, and G. 8. Hamill, of the Oak- land bar, and States Attorney Ren- ninger was assisted by Thos.. J. Peddi- cord, of the Oakland bar. The trial created the greatest interest, and many from a distance came here to hear the testimony.—Qakland Journal. It seems to be pretty generally be- lieved in and about Grantsville that Prof. Beahm was the victim of a foul conspiracy, and his many friends re- joice over his aquittal. Rats! Rats! Rats! A Frostburg young lady stood at the corner of Union street and Broadway, plating the mangled remains of a dead rat. The JourNaL assured her it had not fallen out of her hair. She assent- ed satisfaction as to that—still ag she ‘moved away, oné of her hands went up under the brim of her hat to make sure sl was well.—Frostburg Mining Jour- nal. The above is denied by Mr. Pink- whiskers, of Pocahontas, Pa., who in- forms THE STAR that he and Fred Darr, the Mayor of Pocahontas, were both present when the alleged rat incident related by the Journal took place. Mr. Pinkwhiskers delares that the rat was alive and that the editor of the Journal was gallantly helping the young lady to hold down her skirts and scream, while Fred Durr hurled a brick of Limberger cheese at the ro- dent. The clieese missed the mark, says Mr. Pinkwhiskers, ‘but the smell didn’t, and the rat keeled over dead, just the same, whereupon Mayor Durr is reported to have remarked: Limberger, by chimminy!” MID WINTER TERM BEGINS Tae TrI-STATE BUSINESS COLLEGE, Cumberland, Md. “Dere’s | noding quite so goot to kill rats mit as | give up the school on account of tke a few. moments, the other day, contem- | That’s what we claim for best is the cheapest in the and deliver goods promptly. does not pay to buy imported adulterated feed. The G y everything in the Flour, Feed and Grocery line. Country Produce A Specialty! We handle the choicest and purest of country produce, West Salisbury Feed Co. pure home-ground Chop. It ¢ end. We have the best of ¢ January 4, 5and 6. Send for catalogue. | g————————— EP Ulrstmas = furniture! 3 A Full Line of Dinner mas or Wedding Presents. What makes a better or more useful present than a nice piece of Furniture? We have added to our stock : Also a nice assortment of China in Dinner Sets and odd pieces. You can’t fail to find something here to please you, for either Christ- WILL & SALER, F Sets and Queensware. = = = = = : = NITURE DEALERS, = 2 = MEYERSDALE, PA. = 200 A ARS The most p I} Pon Ly. Every piano has the name that does not have the name Send for a urbe y of ‘ The Story receive one oe ons e cupied territory. Pianos shipped SECT ular of the age. _Stricti = thousands of art istic endor: TC oy ian Jade, sicians, used In over four hunyred threg hundred conservatories of mus) : EXCLUS VELY UNION LABEL PIANO MANUFACTURED ’ BUSH & GERTS, Chicago, cast in the plate. plate, or you will be getting nothing but a stencil. autiful souvenirs—sent free. Agents wanted prepaid. EASY PAYMENTS. Remember the name. : BUSH ES GERTS PIANO Cc R108. 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