The SomcrsctHerald. EIIWAKP SCCM, l-ditor and Proprietm -KDKE!"nT Vntemuw rVr- REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. STATE. FOR JV1;E OF THK ST'I'KKVE (XrRT1 HKN'KY W. WILLIAMS. ofTiogncotinty. KR STATK TRK.ASI'UKR. WILLIAM h. HAKT. of Uun.hin county. COUNTY. KOI! SlIKIilKF. KtbH t. M.MlLLKNf MiddlccreckTrp. F-R PRoTIION'tTARY, HAN1KL J. HOltNER, of Somerset Ikir. FOR RKOHTKR AN"I RD'oRI'KR. JACOB I SWANK. f loncmaugh Tp. FOR TRKASCRKR. t.F.0. J. HLACK, f Meyer-dale Bor. F ill OnMMISKlOVKRS. DAVID K. WAGNT.K. of Shade Twp. iKOKiE M. XKFF. of HumnH Uor. for riR in'isi: mrf'Tor, JACOB M. KIKE. (ifSimmrtTwp. FOR ArDITORS, fi A URIEL tiOOP. of Somerset Twp. SAMVKL 1. SIMliER. of Somerset Twp. FoK ooRoNKK, FRANK Wol.F, of Meyersdale Ur. Ii-kin; Angusi last 37 ".OS immigrant arrived at the several jH.rt of the United States. ' lr you want to vole that your State aixi County Ui it paid liefor (Mid S. Frhlav the 7th of October in the lat (iay on which you can pay. Iw a tt m- unnici in Piru-burgh last week Judge St owe decided that the 1ir..kH'ii.'1iLi-n!-law is constitutional. Tbe iw it i sil, ill 1"' carri.-l h Supreme Court. The Conneilsvillecoke region is threat-r-nel with another long, hitter and disas trous itrike, which will f curse be iu jtiriotis to all the lutnincxs interests of the entire cnminnnity. The liquor interests of tlie State arc uniting for the j.rtjr? of defoating the liepul.lican rmrty.and the polilicsJ Fn.hi l.iUocirtu are preparing to join band w ith them in this etlort. Tiiey have juM. gut through counting the vote on tlie rr"hihition Am.-n.lni.nit in Texas. The result is For the A uiend uicut 1.173; against it L"Jl.flJ7; Major ity against tii' amendment, JC',:i."4. f oit the iiire of relieving tlie albyed xlringency in the money market, the Sec retary of the Treasury advertises that lie will reieelii Jll.tWl.'! "f the 41 bonds due in IW'l and 4 per cent payable in lsttC. ' Bkothek Hi k. MAiiO of Rum, Roman ikiii ami KeU'Iliuu " uietnory, has reforiu . ed himself into Kuppoiter of Cleveland. Tlie New York .ion says Le will change the Ra, which will next year read: Ke iiomiiiatiou. Kefonn au.i Kat." Thk Muskk hun tis mugwumps were awfully eut up hist week hy the Demo cratic Hate Convention ilwlarinj: in fa vor of tlie spoils nvftem, and now the " holier than thou " fellows, are feeling around for the plae.1 w here they were kicked. A Fkkm h viKel has l.roiiht a ship load of cholera to New York. The ve ol has U-en iiuarantined, and every pre caution taken to prevent the diw-AM.' from hjireadinp hut a pJ deal of uneainw prevaiK although physiciaiif Hay there f no liair of an epidemic. Tiikke if poin to le lots. if fun in poli tics next year, hut there is no use in crowdinc the tMa.-on in anticipation of . U-t .Tt a rciuly ou, hy wipinj: up the ground with the leiiu-ratic StaU: and (V.unty tickets in Voveinlier next, and then we will I preiared to tackle the presidential mnt in treat iliape. To read tlie con m ient in Houieof the IViiinertieTaeron the wiwfted ean didai'V of Kolert T. ivinmln, and the nomination of Fred. D. inint, on would be led towippiwe that thefw jp-ntleuwo " were partienlarly unfortunate in havinp fat hem who bore honored names. It owvi to be tMOL'ht that " a pxwl name wai lietter ihau preal richin." Th food people of Huntingdon had a liifrti old time l.nt week celehratm); the .enlvt.nhtl of their county oivauirttiou. . Tlie rulinu aemiiueut of tlie yuiioii k " Lft joy he nnrentrHitted." Addri'ws were made ry tivernor iJoaver, J. Simp Kon Africa Mid other ditini;uiihed c 'n tleineu. The multitude wia many, and thn-e liya were devoted to parade and festivity. Tmt Democratic Jivlic'tnl tntifeniH of Fayette aud ;r.-ene ixiuniics have had two meeting, and after a multitude of ballots, haw faiitsl to arrive at a coiielu tii.ill. The Fayette n-pn-seut.itivc have emphatically lijL.n.it. si tiiat it must lie Bivle r noliody, and if they stand by their guns it will lie Nobody," as the Oiwiie imifenH say Boyle cannot In elected if he is nominated. Ora li puhlican friend niiLst uot foigi-t that e have an ex.veding'y iinjKirUttit tiiuuty ticket to elect this fall, and we suggest that it is about time to inmuM-nce agitating the matter. Tliat tlie county ticket w ill lie elei-ted admit of no doubt, but the majority for the state ticket w ill largely depend ujm.ii the Vote brouuht out in upsirt of the home U-am. This is the last skirmish jirejiaratory for the great Imttle of next year, and it behooves the KepublU ansof Somerset county to be ail in line. Little more than a month reuuvia iur wurk. cur" to it, that the time is improved. Candidates and Com mitteemen to the front ! Tub uocninHtioti f Col Fred, i . .rant ' br the Kepobiininw of .New York, as their candidate tor SetinrurT ..f State has thoroughly united the purty, and judging from the way the lK-uxx-mtk: organs have opened up tlieir laud batteruti on him, has badly frightened the opposition. iW. lirant is not a politician, but he is a man of brains, and as a citizen n i word of Reproach can be uttered against him. Mvmovat, a tew months ago tiovernor : Hill on nominating him to the rvuate for a pusiuoa endorsed him a "an honest, cuiupetrat, esn bur man, rtossMaiiig tlie eonii.b-nre of the nooj le without distinc tion of party." t f eumrse the w hoie pow er of the administration will Im un-d to secure his detent, tiecuust. it would lie Weft nigli fatal to the President's chances for re-nomination tohe "his own State, hi lyMiURe as the son 1 the irld Com mander' lie eminently' Tepresrnt the juirty of the fnion and themcwho pre ervHi it. The noiuiiin'ion is a strong 'me, it fcas unileil the arfy in ww Y'urk as it has not beca uniU-J Jicyewi aud it lias given to the canvaae a -Nat tonal interest. It N'injt pnu teally U1h1 that Cleve land will he their next President ial can didate, the onran of the IVniocracy and .the Mugwumps are devotinc theiu-aelvwtoi-uUti.n ab.JUt the Kepuhli can ticket. They should hose no aloeji over thin niatt.T. Tlie Kepuhlicana have half a doitem go-xl can.li'late They w ill nominate the et man, and, when ready, will pt in to win. Unlike onr friends the enemy, they are not reduced to a Mingle choice. All the arrai:irementii have liet-n mle for IV-sidcnt Cleveland's three weeks F-xrnp aronnd the cin le " which will be win on Fridav uext. A reirular pr.rram liMbeen pnhlihii.-.l and the public out j west and dow n south, lias lieen (fiven aiiilh- notice to prejuire for the show . We hoie tlie President will have u good time, hut we -n't help re.-alliii the howl we heard from the lcmocratie pa pers a few years since, when President's Grant or Arthur hx.k a few days relaxa tion away from the capital.- Huts, in brief, i an account of the nev en Anarchist who are to lie hanjred in lllinoia: August Spit aiuie to Ameriia frum t njrnuiuy ix yearfcavo. He w tiiir-tv-three yeans old, i jrentle in manuern, and in prone to faint at the sight of blood1. Micha-1 S hwah, on the contrary, i fero cioua and filthy. Samuel Fiehkn in a na tive American, forty-his yi"are old, and quit carpentry to (to wrong. K.litor A. B. Parw.ufi is a forty-ti ve-y ear-old Yankee zealot. Uiuis Liutar i little more than a lad three and twen y. Ana.n-b.-Ht Fis cher and Anarchist Kngle are mid lle- afred luen of t.ierman birth. The exvriiii nts of the D-artment of AtTieultiir in making sujr.ir from the (K.rhum cane at the exjieriinent station at Fort Scott have liei-n very suceeful, aoeonlin t' the rert of Commissioner Cohiii.n. By the new pr.- um-.l, ail the sa.-chariiie matter is Kivi-d, and the n--sult i a yield ? or 40 per cent vniiter than was to he had by the old procen. It is estimated that hy tlii; pro.-ess liltl jKiund.s ofcn-stalIizHl sivar can Ik- made from one ton of cane; or about 1,ixh jMinnds of sujrarto the acre of cane. Sim ilar cxK'riuientrt in New Jersey, where the noil is richer, have Wn even more succ.fsfal. It is the t row uintr glory of the Ameri can sysu-m of Protection to home in dustry " that it has not only enriched this country but has relieved r.urope of hundreds of thousands of poverty-strick-eu lal-jrers who have emigrated mid be co;nc sharers of that jmix rity which protoctiou has nade univers.il .in the I'jiili'.I St.des. The farmers ot this couu- try have m-sU red the argumcntsand sta tist ics of protect ion as is show n hy the following specimen of the way they talK. at the'- West Michigan Fanners' Cluh": The world'smarket hsik.on an avemgc, IV jer e-nt. of the wheat eroji under free tnule from 1M(I to isiitl. Then came the war and the Morrill tarilf, and the great agricultural develojunent in the Western Stat.-. I n ISTil this demand had in n-a-e.l to :!.5 per i-ent. Sim-e then thin de ni:'.nd has averaged 5 to ti pi.r cent, of what our own imputation has -onsuinel. l .lorious ligur.-s these for free t raders to stu.lv. But the freetraders tell the farm er tii-.it thia prote-tive system that has developed our great agricultural Indus trie bv crejitiug home iiiarketM has irri tated the nations of the earth : that they are going tooj.cn up the resources of Asia, Africa, Australia, and Central America. If ail t'.iese countries would Mop produc ing wheat on condition, that our custom dutie wen- repealiHl, the proKsitioii would not be met with favor hy our far mers. The primary want of the Ameri can farmer u a .pjick remunerative home uiarki:t, Huch as the jirescnt protective taritfhas given him. When our mills, forg.s, furnaces, and factories tire busy and theoperatives well lid, we consume nearly all tlie articles we gnw. No irvo trader ha yet lieenahle to prove that the world's market lus taken a single ounce more of our cotton, grain, meat, or tobac co than it nei-snitie re.jinred : nor that it would oblige us and take more than it can cusuine, if we removed our custom duties. It can be proven, however, that i.iii V:rins of artisan from F.urope have been attnict.-d to tir.K oounln- liecau.se of the advautageH otlei-ed in t lie way of better l.Ksl, Is-Uer wages and U tter sc1kk-Ih made jKissihle by our protective system. The question, therefore, is : Ioesit pay to nave wealth i.for population is wealtbi in this channel (the United StaUttl r in aoiue other? That ik, .I.kjh it pay the I'nited States, judging from our progress agriculturally, industrially and commer cially during the ojieratioiis of the pres ent tnntl system and our rapid accumula tion of wealth '.' Who can say uay ? Sknatoii Qt ay who is generally aj; well biNike.1 up in the politics of the State as any man w ithin its borders, has been airing hi views to a n-jsirter of the Phil adelphia Vcw, who quotes him a follows: "We have au admirable ticket. Out candidate for judge can not possibly Is-Is-aten. Cptain Hart is so admitably fctted for tno olhce of State Treasurer, with the n'oiiircjiienisol'which 1 may as sume to Ik sotucwhat acijui.inted. and his services to hi country, to his slate and to his party have been such that he, too, can not be beuien. It is not on persona! grounds that 1 see any unusual necessity for vigilant. The candidate are unas sailable. The necessity for unusual ac tivity arines from other sounx. " "And what are those? " " Well, the Kcpuhlican Iirty should remember that it ha again declared in favor of the sub mission of the Prohibition amendment to the vote of the people. Now, that the ac tion ol the Kcpuuliiau majority in the last Legislature in liivor of high license ha oilcnded the liquor .eople. The par ty nas not done this w ith its eye shut. It ha taken high ground and an advanc ed poe;Uon, as tlie Republican party ha todays done in the past and as it w ill al ways continue to do so long as it contin ues" to lie the party of ad vanccment. But tlie liquor dealers, wholesale and retaiL are otlendcL 1 ladieve that they mean w hat they say w hen they declare their intent ien of supimrting the Ieiiiocratic party this year, in the belief that, if they succeed that partv will in the next Legis lature repeal the 'High License bill, make the saloon busini-ss so cheap u to multi- ly the low groggeries, .that do iniwt lartu to our working people, and also overthrow thesuirtiiissioiiol prohibition." " But isthiselementalone formidable ."' "Considered by itself, I do not think it is. Kven the iiqu-ir element is divided, for the most intelligent portion of it fully understands that unless the liquor trallic makes itself less otic naive, it will be wiped out entirely. Moreover, the Republican party ought to be able to n-ly upon the lireside vote to comitenu-t, and more than counterai t, the loss of those liquor dealer who have supirted it. But the task will ie to bring out this fireside vote. A large section of it is made upof citizens w ho d.not often go to the jN.il in w hat are called "otT vears," To bring out this vote w ill give the lvcpublican ticket a sale majority, which, indeed, ought to be as tremendous as is the majority in the com munity for morality and social order against their opposite." " And how 1r this vote to lie brought out T " " ( Hi, we have an excellent chair man of the Slate ComnuUee, aud the liquor men themselves are making the issue clearer every day." " How about the thin! partv probibi bitionistsT" "The Kx-iubllcan nartv ; ha done all it can do in declaring for the so o mission oi prohibition. Any prohi bitionist who oppose tlie re publican ticket now, is clearly working side by side w itli the liquor dealers and in fitror of the IIciikk rats. That's so clear and lias been so often stated that it is scarcely worth w hile repeating." " Now, what majority do too estimate for the Republican State tk-ket?" "I will say," answered Colonel Vjuav with empliatic deliberation, "that I am sure that the Republican State ticket will re ceive a handsorno majority entirely out side of Philadelphia and Allegheny conn-ties.'' The Chinese Joes. S.ie Fawio. SeH. 2.t The 1iii!-e residenti! uf this city had a remarkable ( rade in Iuiimw f a Kreat idol known a " Tan Worn; " reccntiy hroufiht from Cliina. The Ianii. of Oriental maRiiifioeue, but Wis confined to street and alley in China town. Tlie ro-rumrg, banner and Oriental wenpona, an Incident of tlie parade, were brought from Cbina elcially for thin oc casion. There were.metlxMisandChinatiieii in line and numenu Cliinew women on richly caiwrisoned horses. The entire col umn presented a blaze of color. Tlie women wore long silken rowiw and at their ei.li walked aiteiidaiitii holding h'h over their hels Imnnem ttf jt"Hr ' Tlie men in proewsiou carried ant ique war iiiipieiiu-uts. loiiir gilt ma., elaborately can! nwords or sjrs anmud whose point were coiled pilt lizanK snukra and flaming ilru-rons. A numlier of tall banners that sjimnj? twenty fit in the air preceded anoth er heavily armed batlaiion attired in the bri(.'h!.-st yellow and tarryins; wcajions. no two of which were alike. Imniediatcly pre ceding the mirhiy jos Tan Wong was a baud of musician sounding huge gongs and ki-ttie-druina, while a body of cannoneers kept up a consouil fusilade of fire-crackers. Twelve worshipers, clad in light yellow, carried Tan Wong, who tat in a huge chair. About him and behind trod attendant priesta in long black satin nibes that awept the ground. They mere aeconiiauied by bearers whose censers were hung from the ends of long red itt-8. Following Tan Wong was a dragon ITS fevX long and deserilied as the most gorgeous ever seen in America. He was supporteil by sixty worshipers. This monster oieneil its mouth, writhed its body and by appliances known only to the Chinese kel up a general outward aiiearance of be ing possemcd of life and as though desiring to devour tlie spectators viewing the contor tions. The idol will be placed in a joss house to-day to lie worshiped. A Florida City's Tasty Invitation to the President. Wa-hinotox. Sept. . f the number of invitations to visit various citi.-s and States r-eeiit1y extended to the president, prolj niily the most uni.iie nine fnm people of Jacksonville. Fla. Some of the Invitations received by the prraid.iit are incased in sil ver and gold,enililis!sl with engraving and lilagree work, and are of considerable in trinsic value, hut the one from Flori.la is incased In-! ween lids of "curly 4inc," native to that Stale. The lids are held together by hinges or a hack made of allegator skill and are nine inches wide, fifteen in length and three-eight of on inch thick. They lire highly olished, and on the outide is intcd a bunch of magnolias in full bloom. The inckwure is five pag.-s of bris tol board. tisin wbh-ii the invitation is m rit teu as well as the signatures of the commit tee delegated to pn-sent it. And these lngi-s are imi'iuely oriiaimiited with India ink sketches oil the bonier of sei nes and of the Horal and other prculiarilio of the State. There are pictures of the Cherekoo rose, a variety native only to Florida, of sand and hincs surrounded wiih caoUige valmeito. with sea ats, sea gulls, crimes, alligators, gray Spanish moss and sketches from nature on the St. John's river, as well as on the shores of the lieautit'ii! and romantic Lake St. .eorge, all blended inharmonious and artistic arranaemant. At the top of one of the imgcs there i a finely drawn scene, or pii Mrcot genuine Florida "Cracker" driv. ing his tmiu to market through the pines, lit- ha;-, the regular backwoods cart, drawn by a ueuuine Florida imili . which he be st rides, his long legs reaching nearly to the ground. All ill all, it is the most uniuuc and eliar.u-teristic or appropriate, as well as artis tic, invitation received by the president. Lost on the Mountain. Rnn.eww, Pa.. SepteuiU-r Ji. Great ei citcment prcvaiU-d la-re yesterday over the mysterious diap-uraucc of a young lady by the name of Miss Libbie Stuart. tn Satur day aftenwsm about 3 o'.-bs-k she walked out of the house intending to go to one of the neighiors, but, walking up Bion stiect which leads to the foot of the mountains a snort dista.ine away, she com hided to go into the woods and get some bright colored leaves. While there and Jlill in sight of home she Us nine ill and had to sit down. Wheu she tri.il to rise she was unable to do so and it is siq.p. .sisi sjt(. im-atue uiicotis.:ious. for wheu slu- cam- to her senses it was dark. She st:ir!.-d itieu for home. hut. leiug sx.incwliat o.ize.1, slic started in an opposite .Iirelion mfo the dense nioiintains. 3K-r peopie S'.-re not un rtsy situs they snpjsisisl slip ha.l gone to sMiie ol't'.ie neivhl).-, but not re turning, the alarm was given and Sunday morning a hundred men and boys scoured the mountains for miles around. She was found uIhiiii 3 p. m. trying to get home, but so weakened hy travel, hliugitr uud expixure that she was ill a critical condition. She says she walked all night and yet could not have been at any gn-al distance, as she heard the cluck on the coiiri-lim here strike every hour. Several times during the search jier sons pissed near her, but could not ace her on account of the dense foliage. and in conse quence of her weakness she could not make terons hear her. Stolen Money Returned to a Wound- . ed Confederate Soldier. Arnvr. Gil., Sept. 2f. Tax Collector Roiisoii, w ho hails from a ba.-k entity, was arrcswd hereto-day f i;-iliea!lwed ciutsizle nient of The story of his troubles, as I-.1.1 by the accused, makes- a romance ofthe shortage. Mr. Uolssm lost liit leg during the war. The safe of his office was rohlied a few weeks ago, just after a tramp had been seen loitering about the pl:u.v. Wlieil Rb soti found that money was gone, he says his first idea was to over up the shortage, hut he wa oti the point of fleeing when an e.t press ia.-kage frame to him containing the money stolen and a letter. In the letter the writer acknowledged that his (nil stole the money and had just learned that the collector was all es- oiifcdcrate sol dier who had lost bis kg in the battle in which tlie writer was also wounded. He was flush now. he wmte, and for the memory of that battle he ietiini.il the money. Mr. Kuh sonisin jail however. Married at a County Fair. Sciutos. Sept. 21. flic thief features of the Lackawanna county agricultural fair to day were a baby show and a public wedding. The !aby show tiok plan in the forenoon and there were scores of applicants for the honor of taking first prize, which was award ed for weight to baby Mnrton. who lipped the s;salcs at S25 pound and is only nine months old. The welding in the afternoon attracted ail imm.nisethr.4ig. Ira Kosen grunt and Ruby Maylord were chosen out of twenty applicants. Tlie ceremony was per formed on the judges stand, which was pro fusely decorated with flowers (.r the occa sion . When the ceremony wan concluded tlie venerable and haudsomc Colonel Ira Tripp step.cd forward and kissed the bride. The happy couple then drove off ill a car riage and started on a wedding tour. They were the recipients of hundreds of presents from business men. Purses of Pranzini's Skin. Pabjs, September 22. The story is confirm ed that after the execution of the murderer I'rnniini s certain police official obtained a portion ofthe murderer's skin from an at testant at tiie ruedica! school and had it con verted into s couple of purses, which he pre sented, one nu-.lt, to MM. Taylor and Gonon, other police ottuaalx. as souvenirs. The facts leaked out, tlie latter delivered the purse to the Procurator General, who dismissed all conurrned in the mailer. Villainous Attempt Train. to Wreck a Taov. K. Sept. 27. Last night an at tempt was made to wreck the ft. Louis Ex press on the Fitchhurg mad near North Puwiiul, Vt, Nine tics Were placed across the mile. Fortunately the engineer saw the obstruction just in time to check the train's speed so that, though the engine struck the nbstrction, it was not with Circe enough to do any damage. Terrific Wind In Texas. HanwHsriLLK. Texas. Sept. 22. A cyclone passed over this section on Wehieslay nighl the st4irm being accompanied by a tremen dous raiuiail, which nacbei! by actual measurement ten indies. Seventy snudl houses in this city were blown down and three hundred others partially damaged. Telegraph wires were badly disorganized, and this prevented earlier information ol die disaster reaching the outside world. The total monetary loss h believed to be 1,(X, 000. No one was killed, but many sustained injuries. The village of Santa Crux, opposite Brownsville, was entirely submerged for several hours. The Rio Grande rose rapidly and raged likew neav the bark -water orvr flowiug many miles of fertile country. The wind leaHied a veJ.a-ity of over eiglity mils an hour.' blowing for two hours. The flood did alriiost as much damage as the wiud. Hardly a tree is left standing in the vicinity of the city, and several hundred acres of valuable sugar vane was blown flat. Many Mexican families whose frail houses were toppled over, were cared for by citizens and lodged in public builings. The extent of the damage south and west of here along the Rio Grande is not yet known. In Matamoras dozens of houses of the bet ter class and 150 !flW small houses were pnn t rated, while 400 to SOO others are unroofed. In tiie country on the American side of the river incalculable damage was done. Count less numliers of cattle and sheep have been lost. Crow of cotton, corn and sugarcane are completely prostrated and destroyed. In Biownsviile the chief sufferers are among the poor. Between sixty and eighty jacals, or cheaper class of dwellings, have been blown down and fully three hundred have been partially unroofed and rendered uninhabiuihle. There is great suffering among the ioor, many of whom are without resources. . SheritT Britc has succored a number of families, but it Is still possible to aid only a sin ion of those in need. The river is again very high and overflowing it banks. In Matamoras tlie narmw streets during the storm were seas of water from the ankle to nearly hip deep. Even in the more centra! nuts uf the town they are all fiicuiuliensl wilh ilei.ris. In the city alsmt a dozen housini of the better class and I'mly 1st or in jacals were prostrated, while too to ."nn were unnofcd r shattered. A large portion of the houses huv.? fallen. The water was from k n to waist deep. From 2 o'clock Tuesday night to noon yesterday jioiiee, insips and many citizens eiigag.il in saving the inhabitants and their ctlects. The women and girls were crunched on le.ls in scanty attire. They were obliged to enter the dark waters and lace the driving gusts of wind and rain until convey id ttiree or four hundred yards to a piai-e of safety. The public schisil buildings are full ot' refugi-s and authorities arc doing all ill their iwcr for lliem. ' A Cyclone In Texas. Gai.vestox, Sept. 22. The Xeut' Brow us ville special says r A cyclone visited Browns vill lai-t night, carrying destruction in its path. The rain accompanying the storm deluged the country for miles. The low to property and crow is very great. Thus far no lives are reported lost.. The village of Santa Cruz, opposite Brownsville, was en tirely submerged for several hours. The Kio Grande rose rapidly and raged like a sea, the back water overflowing many mil.s of fertile countiy. The wind reached a vel. s hy of over stt miles an hour, blowing a perfect hurricane for a couple of hours. The raiu fall during last night by actual measurement reached 10 inches. The Hood did almost as much damage as the wind. Hardly a tree is left standing in the vicin ity ol the city aud several hundred ucr, of valuable sugar cane wo blown Hal. The r jo) on the Masonic Hall was carried away. Scaiilon'a large warehouse was demolished and many private residences were unr..ofed and the contents ruined by the heavy ruin. Many Mexican families whose frail houses were toppled over were cared for by citizen mid lodged in public buildings. Telegraph wires are prostrated and the extent of the damage south and west of here along the Rio Grande is not yet known. The damage is estimated at $l.li,uoo. In Brownsville 70 small houses were blown down and 3 others partiully uurooasj and rendered untenable. Ill Matamoras dozens of housta of the better class, aud 130 to ?W small hortscs, were prist rate. 1, while -HO to 5W others are unroofed. In the country on the American side of the river incalciiahle damage was i done. Countless heads of attle and sheep J have tieeti lost. Croi or cotton, corn mid ! sugar cane are completely prostrated aud ' destroyed. 1 ' Bound And Robbed. LKvetAsn. 0., Sept. 22. A daring bur glary was committed last night at Center Parma, Cuyahoga county. An old German farmer named John Kyerdam lives with his wife on the Center road, almost in the heart of the Tillage. Eyerdam is well-to-do. and a few days ago he drew several hundred dol lars from the hank. Last evening about 8 o'clock, while the old man and his wife were seated in the kitchen, they heard a knock at the door and a man asked for admittance. Kyenlam njieiied the door and three men with blackened faces rushed into the room, grasped him and his wife and threw them tiKn the floor. Ralls of white cloth tied to a stick were thrust into their mouths and their feet and hands were tied with ros!. The men then ransacked the house thoroughly. Bed-ticks and pillows were emptied ojhmi the fhsjr, carpets -ere ripped up and every nook and corner was explored. The roblwrs secured W"i iu paper money and 2O0 old coins, whose face value is alsmt $100. A iocketbook containing a consider able sum of money was in tlie pocket of an old pair of trousers thrown across a chair, but the robbers overlooked it. Their search was continued for an hour, after which they left. Before going they released Mrs. Eyor- ! dam's hands. She immediately untied her ! hnhand. anil, seizing his shotgun, the old man rushed down the street and called the Marsha). Tiie Marshal, a ConstaMe and sev eral men made a search of the streets of the village, hut no trace of the burglars could be found. Death of General J. B. Ricketts. Washinutos, I. C, Sq. 2k James Brewerton Ricketts, Brevert Major General, I'nited States Army, retired, died last night at his resident in this city, aged 71 years. Ho graduated at West Point in lf.t, and served on thj; Northern frontier during the Canadian i .order disturbances, and on the Maine frontier s-mlitig the "disputed terri tory " controversy. He served throughout the Mexican war, and in 1K52 took part in hostilities against the Seminole Indians. He was in command of a battery at the rapture of Ale xandria in Ifttil, and was breveted Lieutenant Colonel for serv ices at the battle of Bull Run. where lie was severely wound ed and captured. He was held as a prisoner and disabled by his wounds until lui'l, when he served ill Shenandoah Valley aud the Northern Virginia canqwign. He also par ticipated in the Maryland campaign with the Army ofthe Potomac, He was made Major of the First Artillery on June 1, lSisi, aud was breveted Colonel a year later for services at the battle of Cold Harbor. He was iu active service up to October lit, Iil(4. when he was servrely woinnled at the battle of Cedar ."reek. m March 13. 1. he was breveted Brigadier tieueral, I'nited State Army.? aud on the same .lay was breveted Major Gtaierul of Volunteers. Ha was re tired in !Ni7. A Timely Discovery. Chkaoo, September 22. Policenieu fonud a gas pipe bonib at tlie Cottage Grove ave nue car burn on Thirty -ninth street at one o'clock this morning.. It was teu inches in length and two inches iu diameter, and was chsed in an ordinary sized starch box. and had the clock work at tachment for exploding. It was taken td the Stanton avenue police station and examined, after which it was carried to an adjoining vacant lot for safe keeping. Xo clue has been obtained as yet as to who left the bomb in the barn. Incendiaries Brought to Bay. Bakuos, Me., Sept. i. The buildings of George s. tstevensoti, Clinton, Me., were le st ro veil by fire on the night of the 12th. Suspicion rested on five tramps, four mcu and a woman. The woman twir day after tiie fire was taken sick and remained at a bouse in Buniham, and the (onr men went toward Bangor. The woman made a confes sion that she i.nd the four men stopped in the barn the night it was burned and that lighting a pipe set fire to the barn, and they made no effort, to utinguish it. j Sunday morning' last, Stevenson, owner ofthe burned buildings, who is also Sheriff, with the constable of Buniham, started iu ptrfnitof the tramps and "tracked" two"6T them to the Alms House iu Carmel and it is statad that without a word Jsterenftin open-.' ed fire with two revolvers. He fired five or six shots, two of which tsk etiecl in one of the tramps, probably fatally injuring him. The wounded man gives his name as Frank Conlon, of Pawtucket, R. I. Stevenson avers that the woman told him that one of the tramps had a horse pistol which he would not scruple to use, but it is said that Steven son was very much excited and had a pistol in each hand oefnre entering the house. Many think the shooting was unjustifiable. No arms were found on the tramps. Depredations of a Gang of Outlaws In the Llgonler Valley' , tiKEtism.no, Pa., September 22. An or ganized gang of outlaws have been terroriz ing the citizens of Ligouier Valley for over a month. Several hous have been broken into and the inmates bound, gagged and robbed ; hor ses have been stolen and other depredations committed. Yesterday an ugly -looking fellow followed Dr. Peoples, of Youngstown, several miles with the evident intention of robbing him, but was unsuccessful as the doctor managed to elude his pursuer. Later on the same toughs insulted Lwo ladies very near the same place. The authorities at Youugstowu were notified and after a long chase arrested him, tied him hand and foot, after a desperate struggle, brought him to this place and lodg ed lii in in jail. I-ast ni-lii two attempts were made at La trobc to steal horses, hut the would-lie thief was frightened away just as he was leading the horses out of the stable. He managed to escnie. The people of the valley are becoming very much incensed, and if the proier authorities do not take some means to break up the gang they will undoubtedly take the law iu their own hands. Trouble in Lehigh. Wii.kksbakke, Pa., Scptc mticr 22. Twen ty mules are alleged to have been poisoned by striking miners at t he Cedar Creek col liery in the I,chigh region. The strikers say it is a malicious rharge brought to injure their cause. Tlie local Knights of Labor as sembly has otfeml $1"" reward for the detec tion of the guilty iernns. A veterinary surgeon has been enqiloyeil hy the strikers to make a postmortem examination. The striker say the mules were poisoned hy drinking foul mine water. The cool opera tors offered $1,000 for the arrest of the men fvho poisoned their live stock. Fifteen Hungarian laUirers who sought employment at one of the mines near Shu inokiu this morning, were set Ujsm by the strikers and terribly beaten. Four of the men had to lie taken to Miners' Hospital. The feeling is now ninning high between the strikers and the operators. Notices in the Polish and Hungarian languages have been posted up in all directions warning the Poles and Hungarians to keep out of the country, under pain uf assussituitioii. Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland's Triplet Namesakes. Harkish, k... Pa., Sept. 23. Some time since Mrs. John Hosteller, of Perry county, gave birth to triplets, two boys and a girl. The larents decided to call them Grover, Cleveland and Fram-es respectively. A let ter was written to the President, to which lie sent the following reply : F.XRi-rivit Mansion, Wasiusutos, Sept. IS, 1S7. Mr. John Hosteller My Dear Sir: Mr, Fry, uf Newport, Pa., has informed me of the birth to yon simultaneously of three children, two hoys and a girl, aud has also stated that you have selected Grover, Cleveland and Frances, respectively, fortlieir names, in compliment to Mrs. Cleveland and myself. I have quite a numlx-r oi namesakes) wlu.se parents have been god enough to make manifest in this way their friendly feeling hut it is exceptional that the opportunity i presented to show in siicii a marked d.-gree the confidence and regard your action implies. Thanking you for your courtesy, and tvnressing the hope that you may lie permitted to see the children grow up in years and strength, I am very truly, yours. Ghovkk Clkvelakii. Want Him Stopped. Nkw Yokk, Sept. 2o. Canny President Kennedy, of the St. Andrew's Society, is trying to work a curious scheme of retalia tion for the n-jeetion by the emigration au thorities some time age of Cuiiimings, a Scotch gardncrer imported under contract by a Kentuckiun to take charge of a farm. Cummings came in the steerage with his family, hut has refused permission to land and was sent buck. Later he came back alone in the cabin and got through. Now Keuuedy has protested to Collector Magone against the landing of Rev. Walpole War ren, the Knghsh minister who has been call ed to the pulpit of Holy Trinity, recently filled by Rev. Dr. Steven Tyng. Mr. Ken nedy claims there is a contract between the church and Rev. Mr. Warren, which does not diflur from the contract between the gardncr Cnnimings and his employer, and this makes him amenable tn law. Startled the Conference Ia isvii.i.k, Scptemlier 22. The Kentucky Conference of the African Methodist Fpisco pal Church convened here yesterday. The veuenibie Bishop Miles called the meeting to order, and before proceeding to business start led the conference by saying. " I have received complaints against many of you preachers who do not pay your debts. You are liable to be arrested, and I fear I shall have to call a private session to consid er the matter. If yon do not receive enough money yon had better quit and go to work at something wliere you can make more money. Yon need not say a word. 1 know you, and I'll just give you until next Friday to square up with your creditors.. I do not want to expose you hut if you do not come up and do right tlie public will know it and you will lie left without an other appoint-' nient. The Bishop refused to say anymore, but his remarks made the ministers verv silent. ' Natural Cas Struck at Conneaut ville, Crawfard County. Mkadvili-E, P.., Sept. 22. A lowerful flow of natural gas was struck in a test well at Conneautville, fifteen miles from this city to-day. The sesrute veins were struck at 3iS, :0 and 3t feet respectively, the lat ter of tretiMtuikHis (lower aud estimated to be of sufficient ower to supply tlie cities of Meadville and Erie. The importance of the strike may he iin.lerst.sid when it is known that marly every family in this city depends on natural gas as a fuel. The well is on the firm of W. W. Powers, the sheriff of this county, and it is within the borough of Can neaiitville. This is the only gas well in Crawford county and opens up new and im portant territory. -, Waklln. on the Water. Professor Alphonse King, the water walk er, made a test of his aquacycie on the Dela ware river on Friday by crossing the river to Camden. He narrowly escaped being thrown from bis machine several times by the swells of passing vessels, and was almost run down by ferry boats in passing through the chan nel between Ridgway Park andWindwiIT Island.- He safely reached the Jersey shore just nineteen minutes after leaving Walnut street wharf. Prof. King claims that he has solved tlie problem of both walking and rid ing on the water. CLE VELAND-FORAKER, The Statement of a Staff Offices of the Governor of Ohio. v' Si-riioki:;lh, O., Sept. 23. In an interview thiaeyeuiiie- will 4 representative ofthe As sociated Press tieueral if. S. Bushneli, a Bwmher of Governor Foraker's staff. autlioT laed the following statement concerning Mrs. Cleveland's reception of Governor uud Mrs. Forai.tr at tlw Academy In Philadel phia last Friday evening. Preceded by Governor Beaver, of Pennsyl vania, and his stall, Governor and Mrs. For aktr and our party advanced to be received. Governor Beaier -and .arty were warmly greeted by both the President and Mrs. Cleve- lam, w.in shook haiiils witu them coritaily. President Cleveland tJwa shook hands with Governwr . Foruker. but his fine was as ex pressionless as that of a sphinx. The tiov ernor presented Mrs, Foruker and the Pr.wi iliut shooli hands with her. 1jv. Foruker was ihen introduced to Mrs. Cleveland and extended his hand to her. She paid no at tention to his proirerr-i hand hut, taking a half step backward and folding her hands, she stared straight at him without a sign of recognition. Apparently giving no heed to this direct cut, tiie Governor presented Mrs. Foruker. Mrs, Cleveland siill stood with folded hands, declining Mrs. Foraker s ex ten. led baud aud acknowledging her presence only hy a freezing inclination of her head. General Axline and his wife were presented to the the Presiden t and Mrs. Cleveland and both shook hands with them, and immediately afterwards Mrs. Bushneli and myself were introduced and were received in the same cordial manner. The cut of Governor and Mrs. Foraker was made more direct by our reception than it would have been had Mrs. Cleveland not shaken hands with the remainder of the Ohio party! It has been stated that Mrs. Cleveland was not shaking ham Is with any of her guests, but that is a great mistake, for she received both those who preceded and those who followed Governor and Mrs. For aker very cordially. Union War Prisoners Meet. Chicago, Sept. 22. The annual conven tion of the National Association of In ion F.x-prisoners of War was commenced here to-day. John McF.lroy, of Washington pre sided. The Committee on Pensions report ed the draft of a hill which is to he, ifadopt ed, presented to Congress. It would give the ex-prisoners of war, ninety-day men, a half jiensioii ; 1211-day men a two-thirds peusiou and a full pension lo those who served long er time. It also provides $2 a day pension for each day the ex-prisoners were confined in reliel prisons. All debute iqion this and the other committee retsirts was deferred till to-morrow. tieueral Pavey, in aildnssiiig the conven tion. r.-ud an order issued by Brigadier-General Johu II. iu.ler, ul the Audersouville Prison on July 27, 104, that the " Florida Artillery" should, uiou receiving word that the enemy were within seven mih-s iu 'ie post, open fire with grape and canister umii the. stockade " without reference to the situ ation beyond that line of defense. It is Is-t-ter," continued the order, '" that the last Federal he exterminated than be iermitUil to burn and pillage the proicrty of loyal citizens, as they will do if itllowisl to make their escape from prison." His Head Cut Off. Wilkcuaukr, l'.., Sept. (Jcore Da vis, a well know n fanner, who owns a larc tract about four miles froni Vi-t Nanticoke. lost his life in a very singular manner on Tuesday nieht. He drove to Nanticoke in the afternoon with a lumber wa;oii and double team, and started buck with his load alxiut dark. At lui.liiinlit his wife was aroused by hearing the waou coniiiu: in front uf the houae. She waited, hut her hus band did lift come in. Finally ehe got up, took a lantern and went out. She found the wagon standing in front of the door, und ly ing on tlie lumlier was the headless body of her husliand. He had evidently fallen rtsK-cp and lay down on the lniulier with his head over the side. The horse had turned to one side, bringing the wheel in contact with Davis' head and m-ck, completely sev ering the head from thelxidy. The horrible sight sent the poor wife into convulsions. Her children came out and gave the alarm. Some neighlsirs, realizing whut had happeu- tl. stalled lauk along tlie road and found i the mutilated hcadaboir. two miles from the j house. A Poor Way to Cet a Joo. Joliet, 111., Sept. 21. One dark night re- cctitly (h-orge J:ico:... of lfc-lvi.1- re. r..l,e. ;i Uirgc stoneon the trjck of the Clii.-ao and Northwestern railway near that place. Ho then awaited the appr.Micii ofthe niii'iight express train from Chicago, and just U-ture the train readied tlie curve where he had placed the rock, he lit a newspaper and waved the thune ill the air. He slopped the train but uut until the engine had .shovel the stone some fifty k-et along the truck. The passengers thought nothing loo good for the brave Jacobs. He would accept no money, hut solicited a job on the road. The Company had a shrewd detective iu i's cm ploy who followed the rase up so hotly that he made Jacobs confess that he put tin stone on the track. The Itoonecouniy eiium at once had him indicted and tried, and he has just arrived at Juliet prison, sentenced for three years fur the crime of malicious mischief. The Virginia Situation. New Youk, Sept. iJ. John S. Wise, Ile-publi.-jiu, of Virginia, says the Iciiiovrats in his State are at sixes and sevens, while the Republicans move harmoniously. He thinks the chances excellent for the election of a Kcpuhlican legislature, which will choose a successor to Riddlels-rger. The fce'.ing in regard to the Stale debt is much easier than ever before, and will lie so much sulsirdina tel to other questions by next year that he thinks the Republicans will have more than a righting chance in tlie national election. Ex-CciiigrvMsniati Phil Thompson of Ken tucky, says that while the Democratic out look in his State is cheerful. essicially witli Cleveland as the nominee, Virginia may be classed as a doubtful State on account of the increase of the floating population. Money, he says, can make Ethiopians jump either or Kith ways. ( ) i Seven Men Lashed. Lot isvii.lk, Sept. 20. Tiie Itegulators who infest Harrison and neihglsiring coun ties hi Southern fndiatm and are known as the WhifeCaps, from their wearing white masks, are again very active. Northeast uf Corydnn, the county it of Harrison, they they whipis-d seven in. u soundly with hick ories last Saturday night. The neighlsirs of John W. Wright, one of the men whipied, say tltey counted tiie strokes A half a mile away as they fell upon his hare hack, and his groan and cries were loud and long. Dink Allen and a Mr. Emily were others who were whipped. Ouebliermanii, a large German, was lashed fur mistreatment uf his Cimily. His wife, forgetting her wrongs, undertook to tear the nixk from one of the Regulators and got a few good lashes herself. There were ahont seventy Regulators in the band. Will Start One Week From Friday. WaanufuTnn, 8ef.t.' 21. President and Mm. Cleveland will leave U asbint'ton next week, Friday, for. an absence of three weeks in the west and south. Thpv will baaceompanitxi by no otbeiula. The otlu-Jij member! uf the jiany being tlie president's private swretary. Colonel Lamont. and tww peraunal friends uf the president, William Bisxell, of Buffalo, his former law partner, and Ir. Joseph D. Bryant, of New 1'ork. who was a member of hU military staff while governor. Chicago's Bad Outlook for Fuel. mCAoo, Sept.' 22. The coal ih-alersl de clare that there is m very scant supply of anthrwite coal nut only in (.'hicago, but throoKhout the West, They predict that coal will beworth$!iorililwrtonin1iii-ago before snow Uiuaand thut the Western coun try will have to depend upon corncob fir fuel this winter. Daring; Jail Mutiny. P.MrcKKsnrau. W. Vs., Sept. 22. Wednes day night, as Turnkey Ferguson, at the Wayne county jail, went to lock tip the pris oners, three brothers nanuii Bretuien under the indictment of niiir.h r, attacked him. The first one knocked him down. When he attempted to get up he was felled with a bed slat by the second. This stimn.il bun so tlun before be recovered the Brenner, Wil burn Rose and Dick Dickerson made their esca. Recovering consciousness, Ferguson started after them and, firing, stnick Dick erson in the back, wounding him badiy. He was taken hock to jail, but tlie other four eseap.il. At once MhentT Itowra.in and a ose of 40 men started iu hot pursuit, but the fugitives managed to evak' them and made g.ssl their escnjie. , ' "' . Lost night the posse returned, having rid den Km miles. To-day a man from Kentucky said one of them was seen the next morning at a fiirai house 2 uiles from the Wayne county jail. A reward of 2i0 each has been offered fortbeir rupture.! A surprising incident in connection with the affair Wfrvthe feet that when Jailer Fer guson retnmed, though he hail left all tlie doors ocn, Wade Wiley, already sentenced to the penitentiary, end Jack Dickerson. un der indictment for out rag, were still t!n-re, having not moved from their i-ells. Chatsworth Railroad Horror. Sraisui'iKLD, 111., Sept. 21. President K. F. Leonard, the Toledo, Peona and Western Railroad has filed wilh tiie State Railroad and Warehouse Commission and oitkial report of the Chatsworth airident. The document says nothing of the circumstances under which the train was wrecked, nor does it attempt to hxxite the responsibility for the wreck. The report estimates from the number of tickets sold that there were 540 persons on the train, of whom W are now dead. The number injur ed is given as 151, ten of whom were em ployes of the road. Nine employes and 102 passengers have recovered from their injuries and iiU ire still under the care of physicians. Three or four are not free from danger of fatal results. Curious Double Elopement. Mr.KKii.t., y is., September 'S-.X lotihle el.ipenicnt took place yestenlay which was a omeily of errors. Chris Thorscu, liein !or hi.lilen to court Clara, the 14 year-nh! .Inu.ii ter of John Sweeney, persua.lc.1 her to elope with him. Peter Hellback, pcrsuailcl R.k- Flyiin, also aeil 14, to join him on tlie ex pedition. When mussed the parents of tiie girls telegraphed to Junction City to sn.pl them, and the police at that place arrested : four innocent parties from this place and j handcuffed them pt-ndin;; i.U-nlili.aition. i Three ofthe rent elopers were caught at Ta- j mail, but Hellback deserted his intended bride at Centralia and disappeared. , Westlnghouse's Big Scheme. I'lTTSBCEoil,. Sept. 22. Jeorge Westin houe has bought 11.30 acres uf land between llriiiton and Walls Stations, on the I'etinsyl- j vauia Railroad, paying therefor alsiut i o s . The owners of neighboring pro(r ty have been told that it is Mr. Westing house's intention to erect a monster plate glass works. He has for some tiiiw express ed a desire to enter this business, and it is al so his ambition to erect the largest steel rail and general steel plant in the world, with a capital of o,uuo.niu. It is said that Superintendent Hubert I'it- cairn, ot tlie Pennsylvania Kailroa.l. has re signed to enter thtwe schemes with Mr Wcst iiihotise. Walked to Missouri to Cet a Pen sion. Allextows. Sept. 24. Al.lernian S-bis-h, peiisiun agent, has hecu uotili.d that a pen sion of $4 per month and arrearages amount ing to jOiS have Ik.ch grunted to I 'avid Cassidy, who served in Company K. Eh-venth Missouri Cavalry, during the late war. and was wounded in the foot, made an applica tion for a pension. In June, lSSi, he started on foot to Missouri to secure evidence for the prosivtition of his claim. He walked all the way. lie got the necessary testi niuny and his reward has come. He is nearly sixty aud has a family iu the County Pourliou.se. He has been notiliol of his sui-ce-ss and w ill return Easishortly. Wrecked by Cattle. Aij-wiv. September 22. AU.nt it i.'cbick I ' this afti-niooii lhe local aecoiiiiiio !:iti.iii o-i tlie it ail Liyaliiir K:-ani-:i .n.-t w.t'i a;i a.-.-; ! a.-nt near Ciewcii s sidin.'. live ni les -o i:;. j ( Ait.s.na. two e..-vs .ilieiu,.ii.i- to il.e j jrai. ;, tro.it of the cniii.. Tii.- w.-rt J striu.k allli ilsi.,iit!y killed, wb.lc the engine , ,! ,.ver.il cai-s wre throw n over tin-em- Iankiiijul and Engineer lio.,i .i Tii .uuis was iiistiintly killed, being struck on the side uf the Inad w ith a rail. The lireuiun. Hiarles W. Terry, was jiainfully but not seri ously hurt. Thomas was aged alsmt tnirty years, married, and leaves a wife and fuiir small children. Terry was brought to this city and taken to the hospital. Worse than Hanging. 'nn . Seitemher fc'h A Wiefiit:! (Kau sas) sjie-ial says : J. A. Stewart, of thi eity, wai ytftU-riliy sentenced to seventi-en years and four luunths in the county juii, and to v a fine of a,a, with the costs of prose eutioii, for the violation of the prohibition law. He wa? a clerk in the West-end I'nnr store, and ph-aded guilty to an indictment containing 2.'") counts at the same lime as did Herman, the proprietor of tbe plai-e. The latter cannot be found, and it is thonj-bi that he has left the country. The pniiish iiient iiupused upuu Stewart is the heaviest ever given In the State for violation of the liiiuor laws. A Brutal Assault. SpuiM.iiKLu, III., Scptemlier J. t'aptuin T. W. Kidd. editor and lnprietor ofthe Daily Monitor, was assaultcil Vesterday ill a barber shop hy John F. Ilretz, City Superin tendent of Streets and brutally beaten. Captain Kidd being ithuul spvtai:Ius, did not know who his assailant was. After . kuu. kiiiK him kwn. lSretit stamped and ktcke.1 the editor, while ntMimsx-ious. until spectators interfered. No explanation of the alfray was otrered, but it is supposed Kretn was iia-eimrd hy an editorial attack upon the practice of umploy ine Uums belonicimT to city nrlieials for city work, in which Kretz's name was itieiltiuned ill an uncomplimentary way. Aged One Hundred And Two. Ati.xta. 8et. 24. Kdmtind MtHitpuu ery diisl on Nick Jordan's place, near the county line of Schley, a-.s I prj years. He wan an African, chief of the Askari triUiaud was taken to Virjrinia from Afrii-m in li? when he was a stalwart yutui man. He had a large family in Virginia and when he died he left bis Ibird wife and J. uhildn-n in tieoririn. His graiidi-hildrwu and reat granlehildren are unknown and unnum bered. He had remarkably ifood eyesiyht and health and never Unik a dose of uiedi Una In InVlfnfe. ' He hint teetli like ivory and every one was in hm bend at the time of death.!; ) . J ! The Roar of a Casser. I'abkkesHi ai, Septeiula-r i". The Pitts burg and Kanawha Natural (ms Company have just fired a large well in Kanawha county, near Molden, which is a giislier. The flame ran he seen for nine miles and the cuar bturii a kn dijl.uiue.. The djtwe shouts nearly 5" I feet above the top of the pi and it is ntiniated that the U w daily is i'Mi.ixi csiliic feet. ExperM who shot the well rr lnl it as good as tlie best of the Kind lay wells. More wells are to put down at once and Charleston will pipe the gas lor lighting and heating purposes. Ex-Mlnlster Washburne Dying. Chic wki. Sept. 22. Ex-minister to France 'WasbhutrlCi ysha laist Imi seriously ill, was somewhat belter to-day, though there are fears that his end is drawimr near. Heuiteatl Wadhhurne, his sun, to-day said thut his father had burst a blood v.-ssel in the back of his head. GO GEIS, FOSTER & QUINM'S JOHNSTOWN, PA., ' FOR CARPETS, MATTING OIL CLOTH, RUGS, ' STAIR PADS, STAIIl RODS LACE CURTAINS, TURCOMAN CURTAINS, CURTAIN POLES, &c LOWEST PRICKS OTTA ItANTKKl'j Their Stock is Immense. Freight paid on Carpets, etc to " on the S. & C. R. K. by ' " OEISLFOSTJi:i & QUIXX. Somerset Lumber Yard. ELIAS CUNNINGHAM, MiScTA.-niiKB su Dei.ica, Whol caim am. Reta:i. , LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIALS, Hard and Soit Woods OAK, POPLAR. sidim;.-. PICKETS, ASIL WALNUT, FLOURISH, SASK. STAIR RAIL.-. CHERRY, YELLOW PI.NK, SHlXiiLES. DOORS BALlVTEfci CIIESTXUT, WHITE PINE, LATH. W.ISPs. Sfri A beneral Llue of all gr.li.)f Lumts-rand AMI. Clin ftimtsh UTlvtlluir In fhu pruuiptue, sui h as Bnu-kets. Oii.lijl work. ete. TLIVS CUXNTXGHAM, Office and Yard Opposite S. & C. R. II. Station, Somerset, Pa. STOP A.T TI IE SII HOUSE ' Patriot Street, ' I wish to call the attention of the Traveling Public to the fact Tliat the VUAFFEK Hol'SE is closer to the station thanritlicrof the ..th-r h,.i, K That the SH AFFER HiK'SE is a cunvenit-nt to ail l.nsiness irtsof tun as ti'ic i That the .SHAFFER H. U'SK ..tiers as GOOD ACCOMMODATION'S That the SHAFFER Hol'SE Proprietor will ejHtFGE YOU bESS f0! bODGIjSG any other houst- in s,,m.... That tlie SH AFf ER Hi U SE is atfcmperani-e b...ise. Thl the SHAFFER Hol'SK is ihe runuers- hous. That the SH AFFER Hot SE Is the travelers- h..iic. rarniers an others 1sitiint our town will do well bysioi !?iui the H AFFKK Hot -E K. Atri! fp. '7.-::m. J. KLEE & CO., Manufacturers of MEN'S, YOUTHS' BOYS' MD CHILDREN; CLOTHING, Of Fiaa aai Msdiura Grades, at tha Very Closest Prices. AloSO. J. KLEE & GO'S. SUPERIOR WOKIfJQ f ANT5, Every Pair Guaranteed N.-t to Rip. tX5r Nos. 62S and 630, Broadway, New York 811 LIBERTY STREET. PITTSBURGH. IPrrfSBUMi fMALl (SOLLl PITTSBURGH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC. r.ii.iiii nnsi i.nni ni. Masir. r.inmtlnn. Fins Arts. rnll Cmnn rnr 'inn nation tn each. Also Special Departments. Ontral. Healiufiil. Twantv Tna-lh-n. rii.-ir.'w In snv mnal rirr srhnnl. Thlrtv-tsini m ,.rw u.n k. w ,bim In any rqnul city tchonl. Thtrtv-thml ynr ..pni. aewllur Calalugue Mi uuce I "Km. A. H NORCROSS, President, i-uiaULUKii. li. Strangled in Their Beds. l.Km.vov Pa.. Sept 2:1. On tiie nhdit of May l'i William Showers, nire.1 li" years, was arrested at Anville. this county, uhared with tlie iiiunler of bis two male grandchil dren, at'ed n-spectivciy i ami li years. He first eiplaiue-1 their sudden disapptaranee by saying ihat he had taken them over the mountain and pla.-ed them in good homes. Starch having been made on the day of bis arrest, the li.idi.-s of the lioys were found in a d:-.iin on Showers' pn-nii es wilh ms ar..ui:d their necks, showing that they had been strangled to .Until. Tbe children were the illegitimate offspring of his uumarrie.1 daughter. Showers' trial began to-day. and the exam, iiiathiu-of witness. had been, oniilim-n.-etl when it was amroiinctsl in court that the ac etised had made a (confession early this mor ning. The confession rovers five foolscap ages and details the murder, confirming the general suspicion aud inlplicutitig hi house keeper, KlizalH-th Sargiaut. lie says that he waiite.1 her to marry him. but site would not consent until the children had been put ont of the way ; that they then together murder ed the boys, she holding the light while he slr.i:i :Ic d tin in in lied. Tbe Itodics of the iioir.i'-rvd children were then buried lo con-li.-;ii bis story of having taken them away. At er tiie confession had lieeii made Sli.mers plead -d gurlty hi court. -t . j While I be confession was being read ill the curt, Klizabcfh Fnrgeant, wIki wo pa-sent, r.rse in her scut aiuoiiir tiie audience anj eriisl in a loud voice ; " That's a darned lir'.'f asm then (ed not by t!ieji;hief of t'ulice. sl ivrlaims to heiilile to prove art alibi. The confession has created a great sensation. The aired prisoner has complained ol'se- vere il'm ss In jail during the past w.i-l. hut several physicians testiliui iu iswirt lo- lay That tbe ilhn-ss was f.-igtitsl. Mysterious Aasasaination of a Worn an in a West Virginia Town. Whkklinu, W. V., Hei.tember 2H. Sews com -s from Roncoverte. (Invnbrier couniy, of a (s.ld blo.sk d ami unprovoked assu-si-natioiiofa well known lady of that pla.-e, tltrtirhaifclie;ii .uamlttetlakssjt mid night Friday. The murdered woman was Mrs. Louise Eldri.lge, tlie wife of John Kldridgt. a prun inent citizen and keeper of restaurant in that town. Mrs., Kldridtrc juii b.s n assisting her hiislnind during the evening and at midnight as he was alsmt to close up, she stepped to the dis .r attracted hy a noise in the street No siHwier ha. I she done so than the crack of a rifle was heard and the woman fell tn the floor with a scream and at once expired. r i An examination showed that he -die bud been shot through the heart,' the ball pass ing entirely through her body. Terrible Fate of a Planter's Child. Memphis, Tkhs, September 23. A little- son of grander Hill, living near Covington, Tenn., went to bin fittlier's giu Wtsiuevhiy, and seeing the cotton press half fhll of rtwV staple, the child lay down and aent to sleep. Later the negroes filled the press with lint to complete the Iwlc. The trjfla pfesjure of tbe following block was hrtitsghi down, and when the bale was roHed o fKthi the press, bound with iron ties, the blood ofthe boy oozed slowly through the fibre. The bale was at once opened and the body of the child found crushed to a jelly . TO MofLMNU: Buil.limc Mlfnal and R.tinx lai- k. nt k L . . ... , ... SOMERSET, PA. )- . as any nth. r Iiiki u Y. SIIAFFKIJ. I'ropriftor. h-pt. sth llfnn. maklDir wr'ip'avnu n"ln l)M LN I.TUATtJil'S M UK K. Ksiate of f-mii Swank. l.s-'.t.. ..t s..t Tu.. SKiner-ell ii I'a. ijetlers of a.ltiiinistnttiiiti on lli.1 iu'vir haviuK b- eil giKiiti-'i to the iiihI rs::"-! Nv pnijs-r aiiiiioriry. imTie is hre'-y ir'Vi-Ti ii U js-rsms ilnleiite.1 to -Slid estate to nulir : n: :i- aw payment, mid lliusv Imviui: i-iaiui- aa.i.s sime to present thetn .I'iIt s.iin. uli' -tiein.-lllon -silnrdiiy. ihliiin-r. ls-7. At ii 'c rvKiden.w ( ftcueasc.L fMVlll A. s'-V V'..'. tUl31. A.il.iii.--:',r A I'M IXISTKATt IK'S NOTICE. Estate of ''. '. Mussrlnmn. .i. i- -1 . 1st' Mi-M.-1 iliriHii;!i. Somerset Co.. i'A, I.t-tters of ailnctii-triiti.in -n thf ai'j fnivtntf iM-en ifrsnt.sl to the unil'-si.-.i f-y -r props-r H-ilhon-.y, nolir.-v is :ier ly !.-'. ' JsT-olls illilelilvil U suiij e-till- !n:ii.ili'- jm-;. Hie pHvuient ami Ih.-e hnvii: rU.m" a.ii.-i-l the satne will present th-m itiiiy u;hn for .tTlemetii in Tmp.Iht iM-t.rfs-r li. 1-'. the 1-othououu-y's ortii-e in NmirM-t N. b. ki p Hum. aiill Almnn-fn.:.. SOMERSET MARKET. Corrected Weekly by COOK a BtEMTS, ! I.K.lLfcKl. IS ' Choice Groceries, Flour & Feed. i . , . I'ric-s for Svpl.-mitr i. Apples. l-;r.. ' Ap.! Buocr, til uul " Henlis, V s - ' I llram 4 .si1Im B.iller. in.il. r !.... - - i .eKi, J! It..... I!il kwhrU. I'U meal, --" s-.rx r i Bu.-oii. iS'UHr-1-iire.l lluinsi " : M'.-iiinrv lisni-f ft. - m " .s,i,,f,.rs, tb J - fSMent ft : 1 'ini. ie! ' V l.l! ; - '!.en.st a ia ! SfeM . Ml!,, .m-. r , f " nil rye, f liiu lls - -j fcirs. -r ii ..j - -- j , h.our. Roller Pn-es, y Wi - ' Vi' llMU, bl.i - - - I KlHAs,-e.l, )l Imu. . ... ! ? 4 j Mi.l.tlinss. y, ue list - - jh I J-obits a txi " j New P.ital.ie ' , i Piwhi iirie-1, ls.. Kve. i. : sit, ..No I.I l.l.l I " K.nsin.l Al.tmi 9 sn k I " tahUMll mil tmrlL.. - Sutfsr. yflW ft "bite, t - : Tsllow. f ft ; Wheat, f bu Asiatic Cholera. Vr. V..LV i...f -n The ilrea.le.1 !' ,wu,..r.. ! has reached the I'nit.sl St:if.. t - Tlie steamship Alesia wli b arrivl" ! last night, from Murseilli-sand NjI'"' ' j six hun.iml sseiig. rs. has A-ia'"' t""' I alsiard. 1 riiiriit of lirr passengers .lisl ' j . nit and on her arrival at t r--'n!"vx " ! Health I ith.t-r fi.und four -v" ,a',1 The A?ei and her passenger 'iaV' sent l West ilauk. in the l.-wer Is. i sick pasaeuers will 1 tnnisf' y i Hwinrwrte- 'Ishnid H.s.Pitat. All ! maillili lassengiTS will l trsM-i' i Hotlnmn Island for i J.-rv ati.a I Tlie ship will remain in the !"-'r j i til she has been thorough fu"'"'"' " .Ieanssl. i Another RadrBridg. pEoHM.iLL.-An..tl-rrU'!wy ! IheCbhrgo. i: k Wand and 1' i lwppene.1 at Kiliar last nigiif. A i(t a chasm tiny feet high and l-n h" hat the fact was dinWerrJ by j He went one way and tiagg"1 Im tram, while his wife sK-PI" one j way. ' ' w jfu"". ws. Ifis ir iff'f.frf
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