The Somerset Herald. EDWAED SCULL. Editor and Proprietor. WF.PNESDAT .April , VOX The Board of Pardons has com muted the death eentence of Silas Gra-, the Westmoreland county murderer, into imprisonment for life. It is announced that Jay Gould ia about retiring from active busi ness, having accumulated the 6pug little fortune of one hundred million dollars-? 100,000,000. After faithful service for thirteen years, the three-cent green postage stamp will soon disappear. It will be succeeded by a two-center, with the face of Washington on it Gov. Pattisox has issued a proc lamation removing all sealers of weights anl measures from office. This is in accordance with a law j passed by the Legislature abolishing the office. Tijk bill past at the last session of Congress, increasing the pensions of one armed and one legged veterans of the war, has already borne plen tiful fruit. As many as eleven thou sand applications from one-armed soldiers alone, having been received up to date. The Cincinnati AV;uirer, the lead ing Democratic journal of Ohio, is bitterly opposed to the new Civil Service Reform law, and insists that it will keep poor men out of office. This is a government of the peoplei it says, and the places belong to the people. The statistics of emigration show that during the mouth of March last, no loss than 14,7-0 Germans arrived in this country. If this thing goes on, we will soon have all Germany over here, and the Emperor William and Prince Bismark will have to shut up shop. The people all over the country that followed the reform leaders last fall, are fast beginning to understand that professional reform means only a chanjie of bns-:e?, and that the fruits of the reform promised, is the jtossfssion o! jwwer by a democratic ring, hungry, reckless and desper ate. For twenty-three years the Re publican party has had charge of the U. S. Treasury. The count of the funds in that concern, amount ing to over one hundred millions of dollars, has just been 'completed and an excess found of three cent". Pretty good evideuce of honest ad ministration, this. Shortly afcvr the murder of Cap tain Nutt, the citizens of Uniontown passed resolutions in public meet ing, that Dukes, the .assassin, could not live in that place, and so notified him. Dukes is now in that place, in his old q'yyrters, attending to his business as uiual, and he says he in tends to stav there. The Senate Committee having the Congressional apportionment in charge, have reported a bill by which Somerset, Cambria aud Blair, con stitute the Eighteenth District. If this bill passs the Senate, it, with the bill which has already passed the House, will be referred to a com mittee of conference, and then will come the tug of war. Col. Qvay, late Secretary of the Commonwealth, publicly asserts his belief that the Republicans of this State will all pull together next fall and elect their ticket by not less than 20,000. He further expresses bis belief that Senator Cameron will not agaiu be a candidate, and says that he (Quay) wouldn't take a gift of the Senatorship. Brady and Curly, two of the Irish assassins who participated in the murder of Lord Frederick Cav endish and Secretary Burke, in rhomix Park, Dublin, were last week tried, convited, and sentenced to be hung. The testimony of the Crown was so conclusive that the juries were out but a few minutes in each ca.e. The Legislature of Massachusetts and Connecticut, have both rejected biiis for a prohibitory amendment to their constitutions, and a similar bill met the same fate at the hands of our ' reform" Legislature on Fri day last The bill was defeated on third reading, and a motion to re consider was rejected by the very rmnhatic vote of 1)1 to 27. Ex-Senatou. and present Cou jrressinan Kellogg, of Louisiana, has Jnsen indicted before a grand jurv in Washington, and a true bill found against him, for receiving money, while a Senator, for services render ed in relation to contracts with the United States. A true bill has also been found against ex-Assistant Postmaster General, Brady, for re ceiving money while in office for similar services. The bill proposing a Constitution sil Prohibition Amendment has been .defected in the House at Uarrisburg by a sweeping vote. It is true, how ver, that this vote does not repre sent the iull sentiment of those who would willingly favor such an amendment The bill was burth ened by a rider providing for com pensation to the manufacturers of spirits, and on this account some ar dent Prohibitionists voted against it The important fact however is, that the bill is defeated, and that the question is virtually settled until 1SS3, when the next Legislature will assemble. This defeat will not kill themcasure, but will only nene the, friends of prohibition to renewed ! energy. There has been more mis directed zeal expended on this subject ,. uj other .. know or, and , suppose so win couuuuc w . The evils of intemperance, on wnicn eo much eloquence is wasted, are universally admitted; it is the method of prevention or cure, on which men radically differ. That a cultivated public Eenthnent has done much, very much, within the last quarter of a century, towards the eradication of this evil, must be ad mitted, while on the other hand, sumptuary laws have always been unpopular, the world over, and their practicability is doubted and denied by many who are friendly to the cause. A law unenforced, openly evaded, a dead letter on the statute book, works far more harm than will non-legislation. It is the reas onable doubt, the uncertainty of the benefits of sumptuary laws not hostility to the measure that large ly tends to prevent their enact ment Take for instance, the widely different statements which are to be daily found in many respectable journals, concerning the condition of affairs in the State of Maine, usually held up as an example of the suc cess of legislation prohibition. While on the one hand, the oppo nents of prohibition assert the anti license liquor laws to be a failure. General Xeal Dow, the father of the movement in the State, declares that just the reverse is true. And yet the official records 6how that, during the present year, the Collector of In ternal Revenue, at Portland, has issued seven hundred and seventy four Federal liquor licenses, of which two hundred and twelve were issued to persons in Portland, and one hundred and fifty-four in Bangor, being one for every 155 persons in the former city, and one for every 110 in the latter ; and of course, there is in addition, many unlicensed places where liquor is sold. It must bejremeinbered in this connection, and it so expressly provided, that the Federal laws do not, and they cannot, guarantee against, or pre vent, prosecutions under the laws of any State. To the frozen facts dis closed by the records of the Internal Revenue office, General Dow replies that liquor selling has been driven to eellars, and low holes, and dens, frequented by base people : but the facts remain that the liquor is sold, and the laws of the Slav are disre garded. That a similar slate of af fairs prevailed in this Common wealth during the existance of the "Local Option Law," is well known to all Internal Revenue officials. It is facts like these that stagger legis lators, and many others, when the subject of prohibition comes to be considered. The evils of intemper ance, and j.11 its resulting crimes, are admitted, and the arguments against them are worn threadbare ; the question to which the advocates of the cause should address them selves is this: Does prohibition prohibit ? Here is a field for investi gation, and here, in our judgement, liesthe main point for solution. Last fall the people of Pennsylva nia heard a eood deal about political "boshes" and in the midst of it all the Democracy, under loud profes sions of "reform," stole into power. The result is the substitution of a new bossism of the most offensive kind. Mr. Cassidy and "his man Pattison" now claim the right to boss the legislature, and it is no un common thmg to hear their repre sentatives in the legislature imperi ously . demanding that legislation must take such and 6uch shape otherwise there will be an executive veto. Well, the Democracy of Penn sylvania have been accustomed from time immemorial to dance to whatever music their leaders pre scribed. At one time Wallace had the floor and another Randall. Now Cassidy has the call. Getty burq Star and Sentinel. When the Republican party came into power the Nation was literally j temjer of a locomotive, a large num bankrupt, and treason was at a pre-li,(. nf aarimltnral imnlpments and mium in the chief places at the Cap- j ltoL Through its 1 organization tfea- j son was dethroned, and disaster to the Nations finances averted. The great work of tl.e Republican party is shown to-day by a Nation of 52-, 000,000 of free men and women, happier and more prosperous than any people the world ever before saw With its credit so good that its security s are sought by every capi talist of the world at the lowest rates, its future none can doubt unless its affairs are turned over again to schemers and experimenters. The jsmall reformer?, who for p.tty pur poses ano grievances would destroy the party and turn it over to the very power which so nearly destroyed it, are uuwise. Men of every class would do well to let the things which are in their own knowledge guide them to a' wise use of their ballots, rather than the special pleadings of smooth orators. Jt is the fool and not the wise man who tears down that which i ( good with only a vague ..vp v wiWub . "'j lican party may not be perfect, but dare the Democratic party set up as a model" A party, like a man, u Wst known by its works. The rec ords of the two parti'-a are niade, aud the wise man will tike note of them. Inter Ocean. In the middle of Grant's second term there was a general revolt against his administration, and the Democrats carried the seven States of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana by an aggregate majority of 117,000. In 1S76 Mr. Tilden, the Democratic candidate for President, carried four of these States, namely. Connecticut, New lork, New Jersey and Indiana, by making reform in all departments of the gorernment the controlling idea 01 ine struggle. Four years later, in the contest be tween Hancock and Garfield, the uemocrau were sanguine taat the four States above named would go for Hancock. This would have given hiaa the victory, with electoral votes to spare. But at a critical stage of the campaign the-Republicans man aged to change the entire aspect of the conflict by abandoning the is- sues growing out of the civil war and bringing forward protection to faich the rault' oaght ought to turn Under their new banner the Republicans vigorously assailed the wavering lines of the Democrats in n . -r 1 -fc- T ObhTfi' "S and Hancock lost these six manu facturing States, with the exception of 2sew Jersey, which he barely sav ed by a plurality of 2,000. These lacta are worthy of the con sideration of those PpmocratftJib-Q are preparing platforms and select ing candidates for the next Presiden tial election. Nero York Sun. GLEAXIXGS. A drive of 1S,000,000 feet of logs, from Kattle creek for a Williamsport firm, was successfully landed in the boom at that place on Monday. The time occupied from the head ol Kettle creek to the boom was ten days, which is said to have been the fastest drive ever made in the State. If the Democracy honored Thom as Jefferson and Old Hickory in their acts as much as they do in their oratory it would make a won derfully different party. It is up hill work to convince reading people that the present organization, run mainly for free whisky, love the memory of Jefferson. Inter Ocean. The editor of the Washington He pvllic is worried over modern esthet icism, and fears that "very soon from some pulpit in Washington we will be startled by an esthetic preach er announcing how Erie ate the ap ple and gave also to her husband, how Mollie chose the better part, how her sister Mattie gave her atten tion to household affairs, how Ruthie gleaned in the fields of Boaz, and how Sadie by faith gave birth to Isaac at the age of 00." The Richmond Wtiitj,m sounding the keynote of Southern Liberalism for 18S4, declares for "Arthur, be cause Arthur is for the Virginians who fight for Nationalism against sectionalism;" declares in favor of free ballot and popular education in Virginia, in favor of the protection of American industry, and gives no tice that the Mahone men will have no alliance with bogus Democracy. This means that in the Presidential fight of next year Virginia will not be a Democratic State. A great many fathers smile and say : "The young man is only sow ing his wild oats, and will come all right after a while." They forget the wrecked bodies, the diseased mind, and the dwarfed soul that too often comes from wild oat sowing. "Seeing the world," in the meaning of the term, has brought sorrow to a mul titude of homes, and disgrace and i personal misery to myriads of young I i-i I 1- 1 : r. .1 men wnicn a wnoie me uiue 01 rigm living could not correct. The moral and physical wrecks in view attest the truth of all this. This is not sermonizing it is not cant but it remains true that "sowing wild oats" means a whole harvest of sorrows. Colonel Ingersoll condensed into a sentence his creed and his hopes when he stood at the grave of his friend, John G. Mills. He said: "He lived, he loved, he was loved. This is enough. The longest life contains no more. This fills the vase of joy." The Rochester Demo crat adds in the way of comment : As a greater preacher than Ingersoll has said: "A fool also is full of words ; a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can toll him?" "Let us eat and drink and be merry, for to-morrow we die," is the old," old philosophy of fools. Which is the better philos ophy, to live by and to die by this, or that which on Easter morning set the joy-bells pealing around the world ? Djrnamite Explosion. Kittaning, April 21. A terrific explosion of dynamite occurred here this afternoon between two and three o'clock. The explosive matter was on a car standing on a side track in rear of the freight depot and near the locomotive engine house, it hav ing been shipped by James McCul lough, Jr., of Kittanning, and the car was waiting to go out by the next regular freight On the two adjoining flat cars the monument of Alexander Reynolds was loaded. There were passenger coaches stand- ins in the yard and the tank and a Varietv" of material and packages cugt0marilv collected before train time as freight and for railroad use. The cause of the explosion is un derstood to have been by the care less shooting into the can, the par ties probably not knowing that it contained such deadly material. The effect was simply awfuL The side of the freight house was torn out and the contents scattered for acres around, the cars were wrecked and the tender hurled for a consid erable distance. Glass was blown out of windows two squares ' away and several persons were wounded, though, strange to say, none fatally. E. 1L McConnelPs dwelling, in the immediate vicinity of the explosion, was split in twain, the inside doors were wrenched off their hinges, all the windows knocked out, the plas tering torn off, presenting a com- ! p'.ete wreck : and in many of the neighboring dwellings ana houges doora, window sashes and !as,. chandeliers, pictures', lamps, mm iore tfijastennjj ana turnilure in a mo ment lav in confused masses. The Bismarck House would not have looked more dilapidated if it had been the central point of a battle. All the houses alon Reynolds ave nue and for nearly two squares away look as if they had been struck by a cyclone, " Mr. John Blair, the conductor of the Kittanning accommodation, was 6truck by a fragment on the fore head, and Walter Diffenbaughcr, who had been attending to the ship ment of the explosive matter, was wounded in the leg. It seemexj mi raculous that . they escaped with their lives ; yet their hurta are more painful than serious. They axe tjae only persons who sustained persona injury worth mentioning, although there were a number v;tmn range j of the effect on property A num ber of sensational reports have beep set afloat, but these are the unexag- I gerated facts. AVcMot Bllnard. Cheyenne, April 22. A blifczard prevailed Saturday over Wyoming and Western Nebraska. Passenger trains are blocked bj show here and at Laramie. CUTIIS THE MIUIIE SLXriiVS OF THKKE FOCXl. cents,; Only One Slight Discrepancy Found in the Ex-Treasurer's Accounts OrcrOne Hondrnd Million Dol- . lars Counted by the Com mittee in three Week. Washington, April 19. The com mittee appointed to examine anq -- - fx . ; 4. count the money and securities ofT the United States Treasury completr' , , . 1 m . . ea 11s wotk lo-aay. mis count, which is the only absolute verifica tion of the condition ot the Treasury made since 1872, was required by the retirement 01 lreasuer Gilfillan, who had not yet been released irom his official bond. A discrepancy of three cento only was discovered between the Treasurer's accounts and the cash and securities on hand, and this sum is in excess of the amount stated in the books, and belongs to the Government If. the balance had been on the other side Mr. Gil fillan would have been required to make good the deficit. The committee that made the count is composed of two civilians, J. K. Upton and S. E. Middleton, Washington bankers, and E. B. Cuskary, chief of the Public Moneys Division of the Secretary's office. Sixty clerks were first detailed to as sist the committee, and the count was begun on the afternoon of the 41st of March, As the count prog' ressed the force was gradually wdu D I ed, first to thirty and at the close on ly fifteen persons were engaged on the work. Each day the count made by the committee was verified by clerks in the Treasurer's Office, thus insuring absolute accuracy. The figures published below will give an idea of the amount of work perform ed. In round numbers $100,000,000 of paper money were counted by the committee, exclusive of bonds and other securties, in the reserve found alone the committee counted 5,332,- 000 pieces of paper money. Sixty tons of silver coin and three tons 01 gold coin were also gone over, though most or the silver was countea oy weight. The number ef pieces in a bag, con taining, say, 8500, would be counted and weighed. Other bags 01 new coin of the same amount were then placed upon delicate scales, and if the weights corresponded the results would be regarded quite as satisfac tory as if each piece had been sepa rately counted". The small silver coins and those which might have lost weight by abrasion were sepa rately counted, as also were all the gold coins. The result of the count was made known as soon as ascer tained and the clerks in the office of Cashier Whepley were highly de lighted. While the officers of the Treasury were morally certain that everything was right, they feared that during the past ten years, when hundreds of millions of dollars were handled, some error might have oc curred. The following is the result of the count : rniinl State note - $ S,fl ,:17 OS National lUnit notes - . - U.151 WO .Miiior coins - 10,01)1 SU Uold coins - l,710,.t'.$ 0(t Staiular.1 silver dollar) - l.OW'079 00 Fractional silver - - f71,s5 34 Uold certificates - - 372.2W 00 Silver certificates - - :a),.'SK) 00 Coupons and interest checks - HI' 24 Speaker's certificates - - 132,18 05 Total - - - $ 13,4C9,27 53 The reserve, consisting of United States neter and certificates not yet issued, but under the control of the Treasurer, was found to be as fol lows : United States notes - - $44,800,21S Silver certiiicates - 7,SM0,OJ Gold certiiicates - 22,70J,000 Total - - - - $75,440,218 There were also found United States bonds held by the Treaeurer in trust to secure public deposits with national banks designated United Stater depositories, 817,849, 000; to secure circulation of national banks, $57,201,400, and for Indian and other trust funds, S4.418, 715. KnfHans Routed. Bkainerp, Minn., April 20. Sher iff MorU and the police had a lively skirmish yesterday afternoon with a crowd of armed tramps, who had stationed themselves at the railroad bridge near the city and were stop ping every one who passed. The officers captured six of the party and lodged them in jaiL Policeman Showtell and Deputy sheriff Palmer were slightly wounded in the fray. After this first capture the sheriffs posse, armed with Winchester rifles, started in pursuit of the others, who were hiding in the timber on the west side of the river. They come upon two who were lying in a thick et, revolvers in hand, one of whom was the man who had shot Showtell. They were ordered to throw up their hands, and upon their refusal to do so, the police party fired, severely and propably fatally wounded one of the hunted men, who with his companion was removed to the jail, making a total capture of eight men They all pretenn to hail from New Orleans and say they have been working their way gradually thence up the river. Large Sale of Mciioan Iiand. Jacksonville, Fla., April 20. One of the largest sales of Mexican lands ever made has just been effected by A. B. Linderman to a London syn dicate. The estate, which is known at the Bustament tract, comprises a million acres in Zacatecas Mexico, and was sold for two and a half mil lion dollars. Mr. Linderman leaves here for London to-night A New York lumber merchant has purchased forty square miles of lumber land in Michoacan, Mexico, and intends to place powerful ma chinery thereon. Startling Discovery. Superintendent Wilson, of the firm of Ronalds & Co., plumbers' material dealers, yesterday found in , the pasement of the firm 8 factory m Schermerhorn street, Brooklyn, a dynamite cartridge, "fhe upper part of the building is occupied by a manufactory of women's underwear, opon which nearly 100 girls are era ployed. Had the cartridge exploded it is is eaid it would have demolish ed the building. and caused a fearful loss of life. , oj, long' ago lr. Wil son discharged two men, who on ieavjng threatened him. The police are investigating the matter. -. Surprfeed nd Killed. Little Bock, April 0. In the southern portion of the Choctaw Xa? tion, ; Indian - Territory, yesterdav, John 8. Lenox, a Texas desperado, at the beadof a band of outlaws sur prised United States Marshal D. H. Lyman, who was in charge of, some Erisonen and killed him. The out iws then set the prisoners free. Nihilists CoaTicted. Sr Petersburg, April 19. The trial of IS niominent nihilists ended nere to-day anj rtsulted in the cor- viclion on. all the prisoners. Six were condemned to death, two for life long serritude arid the reminder to terms of imprisonment ranging trom l-1o 20 years. Those senten ced to surfer capital punishment are Bogonovitch. who laid a mine in Little Garden street for the purpose oi uiuwing up ine czar; oaven Zlotoponsky, implicated in the , , - A , j j 1 ITartmann attack on the late Em- peror in 1879; Michael Gratchefsky, one ot the assassins of the Czar, Te laloff, a participator in the attempt to blow up the imperial train at Alexandrofsky in 1880, Klimenks, an escaped political prisoner who was subsequently arrested with Gratchefsky, and a retired naval of ficer named Boutsevitch. Tne two sentenced to imprisonment for life are Stevanovitch and KielT. Check to Pension Frauds. Washington, D. C, April 22. Pension Commissioner Dudley has issued a circular directing all special pension examiners to give public notice that they are not authorized to collect money fr fees or expenses from pensioners or applicants for pensions ; also that all special ex aminers are provided with a certifi cate signed by the Commissioner of Pensions and Secretary of the Inte rior and bearing the seal of the Inte rior Department Without such cer- H persons claiming to be nenoinn ATaniinara ova tra ine I rtlQ circular has been brought out by complaints reaching the pension office of swindles perpetrated by per sons having no authority to act for the pension office. The Commission er asks that somej responsible person report to his office all suspicious acts of the above nature, with a descrip tion of the alleged examiners. Coma off Very Lracky. New Castle, April 20. While Richard McCready, William Burns, John Norris and Patrick Flinn were employed on a saeffold at Etna Fur nace, this city, to-day, at an altitude of forty feet from the ground, the scaffolding gave way. Norris, Burns and Flinn seized a cross beam in their descent and hung on until they were relieved from their perilous po sition, but McCready was. precipita ted to the earth, the lumber falling on him and burying him out of siht. He was dug out and taken home unconscious, - but an investigation failed to find any bones broken, nei ther is it believed that he received in ternal injuries. Seriously Injured. Washington, Pa., April 21. Ar thur Sh utterly, a young man aged about twenty-one years, was very seriously, if not fatally, injured at his home in California, this county, lie was hauling manure and the pitchfork in his hands accidently struck the horse's foot. The animal kicked back causing the handle of the fork to strike Mr. Shutterly with great force in the stomach, knocking him senseless, in which condition he still remains. Dynamite by Kxpross. Milwaukee, April 20. The Amer ican express agent in this city to-day discovered a package of dynamite weighing 25 pounds, which was ship ped from Newark, N. J., by Adams Express, and turned over to the American company on Thursday at Chicago. It bore no mark to indi cate its deadly contents, but was di rected to the Milwaukee Cement Co. When delivered by the express driver, the Cement Company's em ployes said it was dynamite and the package was returned to the express office and lay on the sidewalk till one o'clock. The cement company claim it is only a lot of fuses. An expert says the amount was suffi cient to blow the express train to atoms'and demolished a whole block. The package is eighteen inches long, twelve inches wide and eight inches deep. Popnlar Clergyman Under a Male. It was ic the Yosemite on a steep and rugged mountain road. The party numbered about a dozen, and the jolliest of all was a well-known dominie. Somehow or other his mule stumbled and rolled over and oyer, the dominie clinched fast to him. When they come to a stop the mule was on top. Both the dominie and the mule were badly bruised. One of the party happened to have a bottle of Perry Davis's Pain Killer. In a few hours they were ready to proceed on their journey. The Queen. London, April 17. Queen Victo ria left Windsor this morning for the royal residence at Osborne. She was unable to walk and had to be lifted into her carriage. The route along which the Queen passed was carefully guarded by police and troops. The Queen has intimated that she will open the Universal Fisheries Exhibition from her car riage if, when the time for the open ing arrives, she is unable to walk into the building. . . Four Persons Drowned. Williamsport, April 19. During a heavy rain and wind storm about six o'clock this evening two boats, in which a number of men were re turning from work on a boom in the river here, capsized and four of the occupants, Herman Hartman, Del. Rhoads, Gratit Moore and Wilts, wer drowned. The others narrowly escaped. The unfortun ates were all young, Wilts being only twelve years vld. The body of Hart man has been recovered and search for the others will be continued to-: morrow. 1 4k bar Troubles. Pittsburg, April 17. Four hun dred tanners of Allegheny tJity have decided to strike against a reduction of one dollar per week on their wa ges. The railroad coal miners had a secret meeting to-day. It is believ ed a strike has been decided upon. Work was resumed to-day in all but three coal mines along the 'Pan Handle Railroad, the miners agree ing to work for a reduction during the summer months, provided three and a half cents per bushel ' be paid them after the ' first of Novembe'r nexjL ' ' ' v - " ' v ' ttenupt tq Ulov VP e Time Qft)c. London, April 19. A box contain ing powder was found to-day in the rear of 21a Tmut office. A train had been laid for the purpose, it is sop posed, of ejecting an explosion at a convenient moment It was at first reported that a fuse was attached to the box and that it was burning when the discovery was made. Remarkable Disclosures. Dublin, April 16 The inquiry made by Mr. Clifford Lloyd into the plot I.j murder in the Crusheen dis trict in connection with which a number of arrests have been made, lias led to remarkable discoveries. Thit firtr.hift tn thn exiatance Ot a conspiracy was obtained by the con- fessiou of a man named Tabridy, who was wounded while engaged ia an attack on an objectionable party I 1- i a n- t 1. oy LQoonngnien iaonuy nas givt-ii full particulars in court of the mur der of a man named Kennedy, by assassins who were brought from a distance to perform the deed. Tabri dy statesMhat he belonged to a secret society in which he was obliged by threats to continue. In January, 1S82, the society was organized with the special object of killing landlords, agents and spies, the local leader was a man named Max Inerney. He introduced to the members a -tran-ger from Dublin who said he had traveled through other countries and formed societies. He stated that the land league would supply the socie ty with arms, and promised that the league would pay Max Inerney the expenses incurred by men who were sent out of their own district He also said members might have to go to various parts of Ireland, and even tn England to shoot landlords and agents. The name of the new soci ety was the Invincible or Vigilante. A Horrible Crime. Taunton, Mass., April 18. Ellen Hallasey, aged 65 years, was found dead in her house in East Taunton this morning, with indications that she had been murdered. She was lying with her head in a tin basin and surrounded by pool3 of blood, and with a hole ia her forehead. William Flynn was found in an ad joining room severely cut in the forehead, and his story is that Tim othy ; aged l'J, and John, aged 22, the sons of the murdered woman, were engaged in an alternation last evening, when he interfered and was struck on the head by Timothy with a chair. The boys put him in bed and the last he remembered was the j old woman standing over him and trying to staunch the flow of blood. He was awakened at three o'clock this morning by John, who eaid hw mother was dead. Both sons say they were away from home all night, but tell conflicting stories as to their whereabouts. All the parties have been arrested and held for examina tion. Bleeding to Death. Reaping, April 19. Two years ago the bone in the right arm of Dora Huls began growing abnormal ly, and continued until it had attain ed enormous proportions. Last spring the young lady visited Phila delphia, and the case was examined by Dr. Gross. The doctor gave it as his opinion that amputation of the arm would be necessary to saye the life of the patient. This she refused to allow, saying that she preferred death to the operation. Returning home she quietly awaited the end. Yesterday an artery burst and she bled to death. The enlarged bone measured two feet and a half in circumference snd weighed forty two pounds. She was seveneen years old. Rongh on Dukes. Uniontown, April 17. The resi dents of this place were much amus ed to-day over a little episode that ocenrrid in front of the Jennings Hotel. Miss Annie, fifteen years of age, younger sister of Miss Lizzie Nutt, was passing along the street on the opposite side ot the hotel, and Dukes was standing near the door. The sight 6eemed to have so enraged the girl that she caught up a cobble stone and threw it at him with all her strength. He first dodg ed behind a man, and afterward ran into the hotel. . Cow Boys on a Strike. Fort Worth, April 19. Between two hundred and three hundred cow boys on ranches in the Pan Handle district are on a strike for an increase of from $30 to 850 per month and board. The men are well armed, and threaten to kill any new men employed ; also to fire the ranches and work treneral trouble. Some of the largest companies have4floo;1 raust follow. The storm pre signified their unwillingness to meet the demands of the cow boys, and are now taking steps to secure Uni ted States troops or Texas rangers to protect their property. Accelerated Justice. Lancaster, April 17. Last night a burglar was caught in the act of robbing the dwelling house of Criaa. J. White. He had in his possession $30 in gold stolen from a bed room, and when caught was in another room in which were a large number of valuable articles. He was handed over to the police, and at the station house gave the name of Jno. Clifford, and his residence as Ohio. He was given a hearing this morning. The case was nt once returned to court, the grand jury acted on it this morn ing and returned a true bill. Shortly before the hour of adjournment Cliiford pleaded guilty and was sen tenced to undergo an imprison merit of five years at hard labor. Within nineteen hours of the tirm- be com mitted his crime iie was a convict in the county prison. The Apaches. Titcson, Arizona, April 19. A dis patch from Hermosillo, Mexico, says. The detachmeut of tr.xps which followed the Apaches from Southeast Urea had several ruiming fights with the Indians from Ures to Gambies, and claimed to have killed nearly the whole band. Alter losiDg the trail of the rest some of the soldiers visited Gambies, where a soldier, who, was . in the campaign last year, recognized a white man who was with thelndians at that time acting as chief. In one of the fights this soldier was wound ed and left on the field for dead but was conscious. From his description of the Apa chrf chief, it was thought to L. N. Ttreeter, formerly a United States agent and a tnost desperate charac ter.. For more than two years he has been the leader of a band of Apaches. His capture proves the soldier was not mistaken in the man. Governor Torres ordered him to Tie brought to Hermosillo, but it is oubtful if he will be alive when the order reaches the troops. Xn insurance agent named Eyle, ' In running fell over the stile, ' St. Jacobs Qil gate relief. And the pain was fo brief, He gx lip and said: "J should sni i Ip. Alnoieold Iadyat Keyscr, . Hod no one to advise her, ' Till Doctor John Boyle, Tried St. Jaoobe Oil, Its action did simply surprise her. Rufas Hatch's TreflictSon. New York, April 20. Rufu s Hatch arriyed in this city to day by the Adriatic. "England," said Mr. Hatch, "is bankrupt in soil, politics and religion. Between titles and rent.which are sj-ent in London and on the Continent, the farmers are j unable to get along and are givin up their farms. Business and pro fessional men are waking up Xo the fact that thecouctry is over-populated, and within the next twelve months,. f00 wealthy emigrants will come to th;3 countrv, bringing at least $30,000,000 with them. Next year not less than $100,000,000 of ! : T Ireland I saw nothing but squalid ! misery, and m r ranee the condition of the peasantry is about as bad as possible, and economy is with them not a virtue, but a necessity. The English are beginning to see that every thousand miles of new railway in this country is opening up the great West and bringing its products nearer to the English market. They want and will buy at fair prices ev ery pound of food we can send them. Their crops will be a failure this year and we have an ample market for all we can export" The State Keren no Commissioners. Harrisburg, April 19. The State Road of Revenue Commissioners organized to-day by electing Secreta ry of Commonwealth Stenger Presi dent of the Board. Mr. II. N. Graff en was elected Secretary. The fol lowing interrogations to be addressed to the County Assessing Boards were then approved : First. Are the returns of money invested and the interest-bearing bonds of corporations held by indi viduals in your county correctly made by the assessors of your coun ty, so far as you know and believe, and, if not, how much below the actual value are the assessments made? . Second. Are the returns of house hold furniture, including, gold and silver, furniture, pleasuse carriages, watches and other personal property taxable for Stite purposes, fully and correctly made by the assessors of your county so for as you know and believe, and, if not, how much below the actual value are the assessments made ? Third. Can you give any other information or make any suggestions which may be useful to this Board in the discharge of its duties in equal izing the assessments of the several counties according to the value of the taxable property therein ? If so. state and give the same as if special ly interrogated in reference thereto. Improperly Stamped. Lancaster, April 17. Martin II. Fry, of East Cocalico township, Lan caster county, has been arrested nnd held in 81,000 bail by U.S. Commis sioner Siaymaker, for a further hear ing on the charge of removing from his factory improperly stamped ci gars. The contents of three factories belonging to the defendant were seiz ed, the capture including all the machinery, ,000 cigar?, and sever al hundred pounds ot tobacco. The confiscated articles were taken charge of by Revenue Collector KauCman, of this city. Result of a Pistol. Montgomery," A!a .April 17. About 4 o'clock this morning a man named Vm. Porsey, a machinist, shot his wile under distressing cir cumstances. He had been on the look out for burglars, and put a pis tol under his head to be redy for them. During the night his wife left the room in the dark while Dor sey was asleep. As she wa coming back he awoke and hearing a noise in the room fired in that direciion. The ball struck her in the breast, and she died in a short time. Dur sev is overwhelmed with srrief. A Severe Storm. St. Pail, April 22. Telegraphic communication with the west is al most entirely cut off. The indica tions are that a severe wind and rain storm is prevailing all through that territory. The Missouri and smaller rivers are high at present, and if the storm lasts a destructive vents any positive information being received. 1 ho river i? risinir slowly nnd the chances are that Wet St. Paul will be inundated. Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marvel of pnrlt v, strength anil wholesomeness. Mnre economical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sub I m rooipollllon will) tho inaltitadeul low test, short weiirhu alum or Dbosnhate nowders. Said oo in n. Royal Hakixu Fuwdkh Co., lu Wall si. N. Y. s EIEUIFF'S SALE. XV virtue ot s certain writ of FL Fa. inmnl not f the Court of Common Picas or Somerset coun ty, a.. anil to me rtireeteJ, there will be exposed to public sale at the Court Uause, In Somerset. Fa., on Wednesday, April 25.', 1833, at 1 o'clock p. m., all the rixht. t:tle, 'Interest and claim of the defendant, Juslah K. Meyers, ol. In and to the follovlns; real estato, situate in A Ho lt heny township Somerset eonnty, t , adjoining lands of Joseph J. Uindlespericer. Henry Bter Henry Beymerand others, containing ui acres aores, more or less, bavins: tbreon erected a jruod new two story dwclltn bourn, new bara and other oatbuildings; about nay acres cleared land, and In a good state of curtir4tion ; bal ance wall Umbered, wit n tha innanm.m. Taken in execution at ibe suit or Franklin KaM geiaa, we Ol mram r. nay. No-rica. All persons purchMioe; at the above sale will please take notice that a part of the purchase m-mey to be made Known at the time of sale will be required as suon as the (.roperty Is nocked down, otherwise it will be u un ex powid to sale at the risk of the first purchaser. Tht resliiue of th purchase money must be naid on or eefore Thursday of the first wek of April Couvt, the tine hxed by the Court for theacknowL. erignv-nt of deeds, and nodeedwiil be arknowlodic unlit the puohaee money is naid In full. Sheriffs Office. Somerset, April 4, 18;X Sheriir. ADMINISTRATOR'S NQTICf. Estate or Conrad Brant, late of ErothersTaUey ; Twp., Somerset Co., Pa., deed. LetUrs of administration a the above estate having been granted to tae undersigned, by the proper authority, notice U hereby givea to thuae Indebted to ft to make Immediate pay ment, and those having claims erdomaada will pleass present them duly authenticated fcr set tlement en Saturday. May la, 13S3, at the late iraiueuoe ui oeeeaaeu. HIRAM R. BRAXT, Administrator. !14spil 0tM PQC7SEB uPBIirMD SUM Largest Stock! Best Makes il nnf cmTdY to you. When price paiu, will show mi i ft r I make a liberal allowance purchase. . IMC- "WOOLP THE POPULAR CLOTHIER. Johnstown, Pa. A DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Llt3 f PMlIp Coleman, lato of JenntrTwp., dee'd. Letti-rsor .)mInijlmtlon on above estate faiTlng been Knted to the underriKoed by the proper au thority, notice ii hereby given to all person In debted to said estate to make Immediate pay ment, and tiwxe bavins: claim axainn it to pro 8nt them duly autnent!ca.t for Mttlemem on Friday, May 4, 1S93, at the late residence of laid deceured. NOAH S. MILLER. OKU. A. P1LK, marvS Administrator. A DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Eatato of Abrahnn O. Walker, laie ol Mllford township, deceased. Letters of administration oa the above estate haviolr been minted to the andereiuned by the proper authority notice I hereby a-lven to a!l pcrmJ Indebted to fai t estate to make immedi ate payment nnd thoee having claimi against t he ftimeto present them duly authenticated for set tlement, on 1 hnrdday. the loth day of May, 1-SJ, at tha lute residence of deceased. SILAS A. WALKER. GILLIAN A. WAl.KEK, apri Administrators. Statement and Iteport OF THE Somerset County Poor House House of Employment From April 1 , 18S2, to April 1, 1883. Womens' chemise 3T dresses 60 Clnl.lrens' dresses 40 Fairs womens drawers. ....... 9 Womens' jackets 11 " siips 4 " caps S aprons to Pairs children's drawers 1 Children s aprons ! Fairs men s pants bt Men's shirts lui run bimat. 4 Heltii'ks ft) Sheets SK liolsters X Pillow cases 1M Boy's coats 1 Uuilts 1 Children's chemise ... 27 Uov's shirts 41 Pair window curtain..... 4 Pairs suspenders 30 Bed r:imlurts zo Pairs boy's pants So Hot's waists 17 Women's sk irts ............ ..... ! " saoinet........ M Pairs shoes i Pairs hoots .......... .. 3 I 'uts stocking yarn 15.1 Pairs women's stockings, knitted...... 30 mun's socks, knitted 40 children's stocking, knitted vo " men's socks fottej m Made up clothing given out Costs s Pairs pants 10 Vests Blouses 3o Pairs overalls -jo shoes 2uo Hoot ' blankets 30 Sermons breached Kev. Silas Hoover... ........... J Klningcr S " Beyer l John Schraek 1 James Sitx-rt 1 " Shearer " ltunean ..- 1 " G. W. 8hul.fr S Deaths dnrln the year April -J, Francis S'lefc, aged 75 years, pilsy. A hril to, .Margaret Uuuson, aged TOyears, heart disease. May 1, John Lanfenslager, aged AO years, eoa. fuin'itioo. June '.T, Jonathan Snyder, aged 65 years, heart dlH-ase. November 21, Albert Kobison, aged SO years, disease not known November 24, John Bell, aged 78 years, typhoid fever. lieoembcr 11. Rachacl Moreland. aa-ed 50 veari. disfase not known. December UO, felwari Nlchilo, aged H years, spasms. Feiruiry 4, 1S83, Eliaa Yoder, aged SO yean, In- Rammation March , ISM, Mary Hook, aged 71 year", heart disease. lar,-h 13, 183, Israel Jennings, aged 82 years, Shrouds maile... ................ K lined on the farm linshels rye outs , wheat buckwheat corn Heads of ctfobjige...... ......... B.rrelsof sour k rout BushtU beets.... onions. ........... ......... " carrots " be jds " potttoeg Pounds butler BiMhel turnips Tons bay Tons hay, second crop Loads corn fodder Barrels san Pounds wool Stock on the farm Head horses Cows... Head two-year olds. YearliOKS Sucktbv calves. Head of sheep , Sh'ts , Pounds pork ..... hocr - beer bought and killed... " bei-f hides " tallow , Meals a-iven to tramps '., Paupers In home '. Average cuinler!uring the year.. 1 11 7i 15 19 2 S 1 12 sou KM 14 7i . 2 12 20 loo a '.i 12 7 W 1 19 ': 1V. 3T-U 4I-J2 , 1W1 . 4' JO two 13 vhi vn paupers. FRANKLIN LAtiSTZ. 70 aprl Steward. OBEMET UUCT Corrected by Cook A Buait. buuu n CHOICE GROCERIES, FLOUR tV FEED Apples, dried, V aV Appleoutrer, 9 gal . Br.n. V H t.s , Tgtoe 7ti'jue ......... 41 2a lNrj'20 IDe 76o VWJa- 26e - roe l' 14C 7l8Noe 6soe ..........3e ee lie ..45 M$$T 90 7Se ........ .lte MotiUae .30i'na3e aVriToe ......TactjMM ....... ..2 oe tocejs e ...... true Vgil 7ms kO le ,...1 SOf2 00 ..1 4UU41 W -3 Scesloe .M...lM$l2e 7e ......... 1 M Joe 644 liulter, V (ken)... , (roll) Buckwheat fl bash... meat, iw bs Beeswax f) Baeon, shoulders, T i.lcj, - " country hams. 9 .. Corn, (ear) new t bushel.......... (shelled) old- ...... ...... meal ? Call skins, T ! r-vs, w dot ., Flour, V bbl , Flaxseed, y bu. (0 ft) Hinu, (sugar-cured) ft Lard, jl .. ........ ....., Leather, red sole, ft t upper, - kin. Middlings, and chop 100 t Oats, m. bu....................,. rotatoes, fi Da (new)............. Peaches, dried, W Eye, V ba ". Knits. ft Salt, No. L V bbl, extra - urowna Aiusa, per sack M Ashton. nee amjtk Sugar, yellcV V . Tallow, I Wheat. wrote WooL Latest Styles ! Lowest PriCes . No matter what you buy, you can h it back at any time within ten iU. r,: vrmi fiinnov wilt 1. 1 '-. an article fails X 1 to oe worth t 1 111 we suaii ii appreciate it ,7 . us the article, no matter W.' ' ! and badly worn, and allow us to give v' back a satisfactory amount ia cash J'l cash. or 1 on your We desire to publish broadcast that guarantee to make every article worth ' price paid for it, but you must tell about it ; otherwise, how would , know I Fanners Gait AND FLORISTS Will fini Hj Sleet M j? Ccuijleta I. HI. Terry & Co., J TaasidrvtS & Son's Hevtls both ill Seeds grown ly the abovs named firms are widely know: and always prove to be frei, and good. Call early before desirable varieties are all gone. 0. N. BOYD, j The Druggist, ! MAMMOTH BLOCK.! SOMERSET, PA. DMINISTRATOR'S Sotlll I Eetaieot Elizabeth Shearer, lato of Somenet 3 -deceased. ; Letters of administration on the above mil; having been granted to the undersigned b? roper authority, notice Is hereby given to : '. h I eh ted to the said estate to make immra.' r payment, and those having claims or ilea against it to present them dulv autbentlcaw settlement, at the ofliceol ' W. Biswi 1 Somerset borough, on Friday, Mav 4. lssi- " F. W. BlbSECkii. marSS AdmlniHnW- R ULETO ACCEPT OR REFUSE To Caroline Miller, widow. Wm. K. Mill" sun Catharine Co.ik, formerl-Miller. Ju' .Miller and Marian L. Miller, all of wli side In Fisher. Campatgne con bit, IHIbuu or whom Keub?n Mc riillin was appoint! rut dian, aud Jacob S. Miller, residing tor"" Btnton eonnty, Ind.,linial descendants uf Aw Miller, deeeawd. You are hereby notified tn annenr at as Co the23ddar or April, 1. to accept or re'" take the real estate or Aaron Miller, dereu f atlhe appraised valuation, or show canst si f the same should not be sold. Shot id's Ottire, t JOUX J.SPAJfGLER. ! March a, 'Si sbsnl ESTABLISHED 1880. Fisher's Book Store. t Always tn stock at the Book StoreU1 leeted assortment of Blules, Testaments. fcP 1 nymna, L,nrutiaas' Hymn itooks and HJ""- J t.aineraa Hymn Books. lle'lonaries. Aiw Pens. Inks. Papers. Knvelope. Magaiines. N- els, Keviews, blank Books, Deeds Bonds, gages and aU kinds uf Legal Blanks, BOOKS OF POETRY, Books of Travel and Adventure, Hbjtory.Bir gtaphy. and Educational W orks. Toy Ik1-' " children, in fact every thins usually found well regulated, book store. Headquarter) school teachers and school books and school a P Cha. M. Fishes janlT Cook fc, Bcems W"1 JUTJPg gJJJJ a H3TED mmi says: 1u. Tun: Jxcr For ton jears I WJ been muttyr lo l j ;;.t!.i, Conatipstiea ana Files. l.at apr nt .:irpi!swrrerwmmen to mo; I used ihen ut .rh little faithl-f now a well nu, hare pood appetite, dT, perfect. reTulnr stoo.a, pi gone, and I J. gained forty pounds solid Utah. Th-y ate wor their weight in gold. LT. R. L. StMPSOW, Louisvs, SYMPTOMS OF A TORPID LIVER. tain fat thaaeact, -srii U dull sensation Intheback paxilJ'iiTunaer the shf!; bladffulln esparto r oatmsr. with ? fcolinatlou to sicrtia cf body "TJ"" XmMn&yjftmr-r,oyr spirits, J"? of memory, vith linTos,JiaTin nuttwrirja; o the heart; ftotajwro1 fTewllaaVkinTHsidftcho, Beetlrt nesa at night, hirhl7 colored Uruie".j.' VF TH tc mm uckprnaea. oate iLoae ctlevta a at f leeiiwg as to vtoii.h liieanffrrer- ' Try tlnia rmc4y JMrty. "J JT. JU win he.Hs.yf IMgr.tlo-. J7l J4r Fre Blood, trenw "TTT'-Iiji T-tT!OAirit Srsiw Pair sua Was lakers ca 4 eSloaoy fataehi hya atatt; tkte Uvo. 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