i ! ! 1 i The Somerset Herald. we:xesdat. I April M, PCS. It 6eem9tbatBomegr celess scamp Las been attempting to lie Don. Bat lcr 15. Strang out of Cue canvass as a candidate for State Treasurer. The JoLnlown Tribune autboratirelj tleo'ie. the report that be declines being a candidate, and urC3 his nom ination. r.m W. Gayle, aa Alabamian, who, in 1SG4, offered a regard of one I million dollars for the assassination of AUabam Lincoln, died in the city of Selma on the niornit? of ,,ril Sib, a mretehed paraljtjc, frirndloM.nd poverty rtrickco, in the xty-Cftb year of bis age. It turns out that Major Calhoun, for several rears United States Pen sion Agent of Philadelphia, who a'nedbia poeition on the strength of bis snppe-sed eervices in the UnioD R-iri-, was in Tact a Confederate, plac ed 'in Libbr prison as a ppf. "hcTC ii. presence among the Union ri oners pave the opportunity topasa Ln-if off lor one of them when t',o confederate caie went down. He is now in Georgia editing a rebel paper. . A nnai.AP. call for a State Teru-j.i-r?.Ece Convention has been issued J,v the State Committee of that t- "anization. me rtu.i-uu inert at llarrWmrgoo Wednesday, JuncKih, f -r the purpose of nomi-J n.uiug fandidau-K for Governor ond : Kuie Treasurer. A more Impt i. .-r , and foolii-h attempt was never made, j TLcconiinr State canvass will be; nn vsciliiig and paramount one, j where party lines will be strictly drawn, tud none but the most bigot ed zealots wi'.l support a ticket con vdcd to have no earthly chance. II. .x. Asfitr.w texvPKR, aj'emo cratio member of the House of Rep-re.-entatives from Northampton Coun ty, died on the 20th in?t. This is the eighth death occurring among o n legislators fiince November last, a -j 1 it is noted that lion. J. II. Raw lins of P.lair county, is scriou.-ly ill and not expected to live. This fatality among members is at tributed to the overcrowded and illy ventilated condition of the House during the last session. Two hun dred members were crowded into a bail originally intended to accommo date but one hundred, and the ioJij bus klrcady re.-nlted fatally to eight of then. Iut several weeks past ibc name vf Hon. W. W. Ketcbam has been rusaing through the papers in con nccibtn with the Republican noroina-ti-..n 1 r tate Treasurer. Nsw, a liberal journal"' announces that he will not be a candidate, and intimates t' at this t-howB the hopelessness of the Republicans carrying the State. Mr. Kettbam was elected to Con gress last fall by a flattering major ity in a Democratic district, and hav ing a full term yet t.1 serve, of course never thought of being a candidate for Treasurer. Cut for the purpose of making a little capital with the wrosslv i?noraut, the 6tory of Lis candidacy and declension was start ed, so the charge that be was afraid tn run could be set before the public. It is alleged that Col. Alick Me- Cure is striving bard to engineer the nomination of Audy Curtin as the democratic candidate for Governor against Hartranft. The success of this project is as probable as that Plvmoutb church will turn tail on Henry Ward Deeeber. Satisfied with the experience of the Greeley cam paign, the Democracy will take no more "liberal Republicans'' in tbeir'n. The Democratic candidate for Gov ernor this fall must be a Bourbon, as foSMliferous in sentiment and doc trine, if not in age, as "Roaring Bill Allen," of Ohio. Doubtless "Barkis is willin','' but be must bang on the ragged edge of desire until the De jiioeracv lave all their bright antici pations of success "trounced" out of them, w hen perhaps they may again ivc ear to the cooing of tlie "lib- rals The President was invited to par ticipate iu tbe centennial celebration of the battles of Concord and Lex ington, in Massachusetts, last week, and immediately some fool announc ed that here would be a fitting oppor tunity to disclaim bis aspirations for a third term. Of course, the Presi dent did nothing of tbe kind, and now the Democratic and Liberal res are abusing him for refuoing to be led by tbe nose by tbe impudent fellow who attempted it. Tbe Pbil adtlpbia Bulletin well sys: "No nun who has profound self-respect e.niMders it worth while to deny that be iiuends to commit an act of folly ecaure a parcel of fools ebuose gra .tiiteuhly to assume that be mill com mit it. It Mill be time enough for the President to refuse a re comina tion uLcn it is offered to Lim by a competent authority." The erection of elevators and splendid railroad and shipping facili ties is making Baltimore the gnat eeuter of grain exportation and trans shipment. Tbe A mrrican of tbe 21st iust, says: "Tbe receipts of West ern grain at this market yesterday were the largest ever received in one lay in tbe experience cf tbe Balti more grain trade, amounting to 74,- 00 bushel of corn and 37,200 busb ds of wheat Tbii amount was all eutered at the elevators, and of course did not include the receipts known g 'track com,' from Pennsylvania und other near points, and by water rarriage, which do not go into elcva tor. Tbe value of tbe grain re .oeive4 refterday, estimating tbe corn at S erats and the wheat at an av erage of IjJv cents per bushel, would represent aa eggregrate cf $111, 272, a pretty Jtir Lusioiss for one far." The Cineir,nati Commercial asks if Ibc Demcmt? l.oM nt .Proa,j r.i mpp in? inc k en e h ivi i aa honest party, and then answers its conundrum in this way: ' Tried by its record in the States where it b'as been tested, in the towns and cities where it has control, and the only difference, if any, to be observ ed is ia the eagerne3 to get bold of the money and spend it. Changing from Republican to Democratic ad ministrations is likely to prove as valuable an experience as that cf the fox, which swani'a river to rid itself f a swarru of pestiferous flies, and found, on landing oa the opposite shore, that be bad xcbanged one swarm that had been sated with his blood for another whose hunger was yet to be appeased." Tiif YTnsbinrton "professors of o I the art cf lying, usaa'lv known as ' "reporters," have set afbat the story that Mr. Delano Secretary of the Interior has been requested by the Presided to resign bis position be cause of gross irregularities in the conduct of bis department. On Fri day last the beads of the various di visions of the Interior Department waited upon the President and assur ed biai that these reports were utter ly fa'se, so far as they professed to be based upon information derived from the department. The Presi dent emphatically eoaimen-.led Mr. IKiano, and stattd thai be bad not asked bis resignation, but, on the cuu trarv, doired Lis continuance in of fice. It is raid, however, that the Scretarr j.rcjnscs shortly to retire, r ia accordance with a desire to return to private life, espresif d some months since, wlicu laci, kuou u me im porters, gave tbem the chance to ma lign him, by asserting that be left of fice on compulsion. Tut promise of peace ia Louisiana has be! ii destroyed by tie bad uita or th" Democrats cf the lower Houfe of the Legislature. According to the ' Wheeler compromise," which both parties accepted, the Democrats bad i. majority in the House and the Republicans ia the Senate, but no sooner tad the Republican members, designated ia the compromise, va cated their seats and allowed them to be occupied by Democrats, thus giv ing that party the majority, and the organization and control of leJ House, than they at once proceeded to unseat a sufficient number of Rc- pullican members to give tbem a ma jority on joint ballot. There never was a more perfidious and base violation of a solemn agree ment, and the consequence is the dif ficulties in Louisiana are no nearer a solution than at tLe commencement of the session when the Democracy took fraudulent and forcible posses sion of the House. Here is further undeniable evi dence that the rebel Democracy of the South are utterly unreliable, ac knowledging neither the binding force of pledges nor the dictates of com mon honesty. MrimboXi Rarinl. New Orleans, April 23. About 9 P. M. fire broke out in the black smith shop of the steamboat John Kyle, which was lyin? at the foot of Tovdras street" Tbe Kvle lav between tbe Lessie Tavlor below and Exporter above. Soon after the alarm was given the tugboat Ella Wood came up, and commenced throwing water on the burning ves sel, but without effect. Captain Hutchinson, of the Kyle, was stand ing on the front deck when the Cre broke out. He promptly notified all on board to leave, as it was apparent from the first that tbe boat could not be saved. Captain Hutchinson thinks everyone on the Kvle. was faved William Brown, Chief Clerk who opened the safe and took out the money and papers, was the last to leave the Kyle, which bad in the meantime been set acirnt. in es caping he was enveloped in flames, and severely, if not dangerously, burned over the face and bands. His eye lashes and moustache were singed off. He, however, jumped in to the river and swam ashore, and at once was taken to a hotel, where be a? attended by a physician. Captain Hutchinson says tbe cabin of the Kyle was enveloped in flames in less than two minutes from the time the first alarm was givca. When the Kvle was cut loose the eddy drifted her upstream, aad those on shore, seeing tbe danger, cast off the hawsers by which tbe Exporter and Bodman were tied up. This act proved disastrous. The Kyle drifted quickly against tbe Exporter and Bodman, and all three boats drifted into th stream. So rapid was tbe progress of the Cames that the Exporter took fire tbe mo ment the Kyle touched her. The people on board the Exporter having no otber refuge, jumped oa the Hod man. This boat, iu less than a minute after the Exporter, nlso caught fire, and the three burning Tctselc 8 drifted together into the stream, where they were soon burned to tho water's edge. Many persons wbj had gone on the Exporter aed Bodman as spectators were on board wbea the beats drifted into the stream, and lad to jump overboard. Some of them were rescued, but a large n mu tter are believed to have been lost. Tbe number Iost is estimated at from twentv t one hundred. Tbe commander of tbe United States steamer Kansas promptly eent out his boat, one of which rescued thirteen persons. The jobbing tug boats made no efforts to rescue those od trie Burning boats, mere was an excursion party from Cincinnati on the Pittsburgh, many of whom, it is feared, are lost. Ibc Uodman ar rived this morning, and bad discharg ed most of ber cargo. Tbe Exporter was to leave this evening, and bad about four hundred tons cf freight on board, all of which was lost. Among the lost is a daughter of Cap-1 iiu iiccjc, vji me r.iporier. vaptain SDiniiie, oi the uodman, was much! Aicvsta, April ID. A dispatch burned about the face and bands. jfrom Hawkinsviilc. Georgia, reports A son of Captain Shinkle is report-; an unfortunate affray there this ed among the lost. Tbe Exporter j morning, resulting ia "the death of asowDca Ly James ltcese, r-r.,(Jno. M. White, the serious wound of Pittsburgh, and valued at $i:,000. icg of Mike P. Dillard and slightly The John Kyle was owned by Cap-' woundincr Milliard Oliver, all r0Unir tain John Kyle and P. S. & W. F.eu. White was killed instantly Davidson and valued at $G0,000. j three pistol shots entering the body I Le tbarlea Bodman was owned by j Dillard was shot in tbe bead. The Captain G. I . Shinkle and others of affray was a renewa.1 of an alterca Cincinnati, and va.ued at $75,000. tion which occurred on Satcrdav. All snppofc-1 to I insured in West- - ' j;X1(,rur WM Cap- j tain Reese, the owner, from Pitts I bure-b. who with his fsmilv and a number of friends from that city were here on a ploasaro excursion. The ladies of the party were ell ashore, except Mrs. Reese and daugh ter an-! n- other lady. Mrs. Reese and t' t';er lady were saved, but the e' .Vrr was drowned. It is imp. .-i-iMe i. -night to give the names of the iost. The bulis of the Expor ter and Charles Rodman were towed across tie river to Coyley's coal vard, while that of the John Kyle floated down a couple of miles and sunk. Bold Operation f cw York I?tirelr. Nlw York, April Is At II o'clock this morning ca express wa gon, containing two men nnd a dri ver was driven from John B. Ilath way'slace and ladies trimming store, at S Howard snreet, w hen the police arrived, and they lound that all trie goods in the store Lad been assorted oa the floor, and that the most valua ble laces and trimmings had been packed in bags and taken away. The counters were covered with boxes and bales of goods that bad been sampled and rejected. The floor wa3 strewn with cigar cuds, and there w3 every indication that the burg lars had been to the building all night The building bad been en tered with false keys. The goods that were stolen were valued at $35,000. At i o'clock this morning a policeman saw two young men on Soring street, each with a large can vas bag. The men ran into a store. One of them jumped through a glar-s door into the street and escaped. The other who gave his name as William O'llara, bad one shoe off, and the shoemaker was measuring Ihiifoot. He was arrested. At the police-station $22,000 worth of laces were found in the bigs. Ten min utes later Wcisc A: Co, wholesale laces and trimmings, No. 423 Broome street, reported that their store bad been robbed of $12,000 worth of goods Wbild the shipping-clerk at Bart- lett, Reed & Co. s dry goods, near Broadway and Howard street, was temporarily away from a large lot of goods which were on the siJewaii vesterday awaiting (.hipmeat, a large wagon was driven up and loaded with three cases containing silks valued at $1,000. The police have discovered that the thieves shipped the goods to a Western city, but they have not vet been finaliv traced. lb I-ase frost. Cincinnati, April 21. The Cofii mercial of this morning publishes advices as to the condition of the fruit and wheat crops from sixty-one tewns in Ohio and thirty-one in In diana. In Ohio tho peach crop will be a complete failure; apples are but slightly injured. In regard to other fruit one town reports good crop, twelve report a half crop, and twelve no crop. In Indiana thirteen towns report the town uninjured, eight a haif crop and nine no crop. As to fruit, three report good crops, seven a half crop and twenty -one no crop. Advices from ten towns ia Western Pennsylvania indicate about half a crop each in fruit and wheat. A de spatch from Detroit, Michigan, states that reports from all parts of Michi gan indicate that drought and cold weather have preatly injured the wheat crop, killing off peaches very generally, and soriously damaged small fruits. Apples promise good yield. Plentiful rain may improve the wheat crop very materially. I.ltlle Boy Crntbrd to lcatl by a Street Car Pittsburgh April 20. A painful accident occurred on the South Side Saturday afternoon, resulting in the death of a little boy named Henry W. Jackson. About two o'clock, when car No. 8 was passing the cor cer of Twenty-seventh and Carson streets, the child, who was playin attempted to run across in front of tbe horses, but not being quick enough, was knocked down and be fore the driver could check tbe speed of the car the wheels passed over the boy's body, severing the main artery ol the ler. lie was carried into a neighboring house, where be bled to death in about half an hour. Coro ner McCallin held aa inquest, and a verdict ot accidental deatn was ren dered, and tbe driver exonerated from all blame in the matter. The mother of the boy, Mare-aret Jackson, is a poor widow, residing on Carson street, in the Twenty-fourth ward. , The I n ion I'jM-lfir. Salt Lake, April ?2. The Union Pacific Railroad is still blocked east. Nomailha3 arrived here from the cast since April 13. A train was ex pected here this evening, but owing to another washout in Weber Canon it is doubtful if it arrives to-night This train contains the passengers and mails transferred by wagons for several miles on Bitter creek, and has been five days on tho way from Green river, having been delayed by numerous washouts, l he streams are all high and rising. The weather continues warm. A report from Green river, this morning, says the track east and west is ia bad condi tion, that tbe railroad company have about four hundred men at work re pairing tbe track east of there and about twenty teams for mak ing the transfer of eleven miles. It is thought they w ill get the track repaired ia about twenty davs. Still another washout is reported this evening near Church butts and aa engine and two cars in tbe ditch. This wai-bout trouble extends from Ogden, Utah, to Rock Springs, Wyoming, a distance of two hundred miles. A Fearful Tragedy. 1 1 artforp, Cciin., April 17. An ton Liuburg, a Swede, while drunk, fatally stabbed Andre Johnson, in h'S sick room, at Cillinsviile, Friday night. John Fehoa, a German, who entered the room on bearinc the trouble, was stabbed four times by Linburg, and died iastanlJy. Felton's wife also received a fearful stab :n tbe hip. Linburg then plunged the knife iDto Lis own body, and also cut bis throat He lived but a few mo ments. The tragedy has caused intense excitement, nothing of tbe kind ever having occurred there be fore. A Kerlona Affray. Tbe rxtraiae f Andnrioas Rbbrr. Tbe New York Tribune ssvs that one of lbo boldest robberies which Las been noted iu that city for a long time was ncrnetratcd on Monday ia one of the cars of the Avenue C line, near r ourteenth 6treet. lbe pcrsou robbed was Wm. P. Golden, a young maa employed by the Agricultural Iron Works Company at No. C24 East Fourteenth street. Just before two o'clock Golden was scat to the Eleventh Ward Bank for money to pay eff the workmen of the Company Tho amount drawn. S3.500. was in bank notes of small denominations and made a package cf considerable size. It was wranned iu a piece of brown paper and tied with twine Colder, nut tho nackazo under bis 1 i arm nn took and Avenue C car whieh was well filled with passen gers, getting a seat near tbe front door. Two well-dressed passengers got on the car soon after Golden, and stood leaning upon tbe straps. Wheh the ear reached Fourteenth street one cf the stranjrers standing near the front door suddenly tbrewit wide open. At this the other man snatch ed the nackaio of mcney from under Golden's arm and leaped from the platform. Tbe driver had his bands neonnied in manainz the horses and brako, and though tbe alarji was given promptly, both Jtbe men eseaned and ran down Fourteenth street. Golden and ethers raided a hue and cry and cave chase. A varan was waitine a abort distance from the corner; the two men jumped in and were driven away swiftly and were lost sight of speedily. ' As further pursuit was then fruit less; Golden hastened to the Com pany's office and informed the maaa- ger 01 tnc rOOUCry. liie mu tnmu to tbe Police Central Office soon af terward. Superintendent Walling immediately sent out two detectives to work up the case. The Superin tendent said tbat be believed that the robbery was the result of a deeply-laid plan. The robbers stationed the team where it might be bandy whichever way Golden might return from the bank Two of them must have followed him to the bank and have seen him draw the money Golden took little notice of the two men nutil his bundle of mency was snatched from ' him, aad then the whole was done so quickly that be hnrdlv observed bow they looked cr what clothing they wore. Tbe promptness with which the wagon took up the robbers and the rapidity with which it was driven off utterly cut off all chance of pursuit on foot, nnd no other vehicle happened to be hear. The Wheat Crop. Washington. April 20. An In? vestipation of the condition of win ter wheat b7 the statistical division of tbe Agricultural Department rep resents tho crop, as a whole, much below the status of that of ast year in April, ice northern ie;t was generally protected by a covering of snow, leaving the roots intact, though the teps might be brown and lifeless in places. Between the 3Cth and 40th parallels cf latitude the protec tion was less uniform, and continu OU3 freezing and thawing in March were destructive in the more exposed situations, and injurious, generally, in a greater or lesB degree, the m- iury is irreatest in those portions of Indiana and Illinois and Missouri and Kansas in which tbe drought prevented early planting and ade fiuatc root development before vhe coming of winter. In the areasouth of the tnirtv-sixtu parallel wheat is uninjured by the frost and vigorous, even luxuriant in some districts. Tbe advantage of drilling over broadcasting in all parts unanimous ly asserted. Ia California tbe early sown is an assured success; tbat put in late is less vigorous, and fears are entertained tbat tbe prevailing north winds and the absence of the later rains may greatly reduce tbe yield of that less advanced portion of the crop. There is an apparent increase of about 7 per cent, in tbe area of winter wheat, amounting in round numbers to a million and a half acres, though that portion winter killed and to be replanted in other crops may be equal in the W est to the en larremont of the planted area. This increase is small in tbe Middle States, considerable in Illinois and Missouri and proportionately largest in the Gulf States and in Kansas, reachin 30 per cent, in Southwest. A Terrible Marder. Millville, N J., April 22. Two getnlemen walking from ineland nere last evening discovered a man lying alongside tbe track of the West Jersey Railroad, with bead and face covered with blood. They raised the wounded man, but were unable to get aa intelligent rep!y. The wounded maa was put upon a train, but died before reaching the depot Examination of the spot discovered a club with bloody marks. Later in tbe evening a German was arrested on suspicion, but be managed to es cape from the lock-up durinir the night. The town was aroused and a search instituted, and the suspected party captured and lodged i a jail at Bridgetoa. The murdered man was evidently a German. Froncis Schwartz has confessed tbe murder of Jos- OIert, near this city, last evening. Indiana. Loc.anspout, April 20. For sev-cen- eral months past the railroads rm;r here have been toe victims of a series ot robberies of merchandise. Yesterday morning it was discovered that several cars on tbe rittsburg, Cincinnati and" St Louis railroad had been broken open. The police tracked the thieves and last mgbt ar rested four. To-day four more were arrested, among them a merchant by tbe name or Kratti, who bad been selling the stolen property from his store. Tbe others were railroad em ployees wun me exception ot one, a farmer living several miles south ot the city, wno would pies up various packages of goods as they were throwD from the train and haul them into the city. Tho gang was well organized, and bad been carrying on its depredations for several months. A large quantity of etolen goods consisting of barrels of whisky and sugar, boxes of tobacco and boots and shoes Lave been recovered. Kalrldeofa Ktraacrr tbe Street. St. Lqvis, April 23. Patrick An drews, supposed to be a stranger in tbe city, cut bla throat in tbe street ia front of the Southern Hotel, about one o'clock this morning. He then! walked to a saloon more than a block j away, where be offered to make a! statement, but, being rebuffed by the j bar-tender, lay down in the corner! of tbe room aud died before medical : aid could be rendered. He bad a Lno ttirtn Yia na,.t Int. I. ! v"6 ' v" ' 1 ut.im, jucb ueiOW where be bad cut it, indicating that he had attempted suicido at some previous time. Mnrdrronn Jllnrrn. Hazki.ton Pa., April 22 The raid of Wednesday uight was follow ed by another last night, resulting in the death of one man and the nar row escape of another. Tho raid of last night occurred at tho bouse of James Morrison, some two or three miles beyond the scene of Wednes day night's disturbance. JssperPily, whose place was attacked the pre vious nisht, together with Lisbrther-in-law, F. Lnnderbnrn, were stop ping at Morrison's over night. On tbe arrival of the mob Ely escaped by climbing a tree. Landerburn, however, was badly beaten by tbe crowd, and received a flesh wound in the head from a musket ball. Ho Gred two pistol shots buring the me lee aad evidently killed one of the miners, as one -i their number was discovered by ihe crowd at the bead of the stairs "in a dying condition. Thi.-i distracted the attention of the mob, und while they were disposing of their comrade, w'bo by this time was dead, Landerburn made his es cape. .Mr. Landerburn was one of those merchants doing business in Hazelton Tho refused t assist the Sheriff when the latter needed assist ance. He had dso been supplying the miners with muskets for a year or two past, and bis experience of last night among bis chosen friends had so disgusted him as to lead him to make a personal requert of General Osborne that the troops shall not on ly not be withdrawn, but the out n'osts may be extended and strength ened. I a view of bis previous op position to the troops, his sudden conversion caused much amusement and comment. A nartv who started to follow the mob after th r ht.d finish ed their work at Morrison's, discov ered the body of the dead miner, which had been carried off and se creted under u ;;!e of leaves. The keen scent of u dog betrayed the spot, and led to the identification of the body. The man wa3 recognized as one of the leaders in the attack on Ely's house oa Wednesday night. The Indian Ontbrenk. Leaveswokth, Kan., April 14. It transpires now that the revolt of Indian prisoners at Chryenuc Agen cy, Indian Territory, was more geu eral and determined than at first re oorted in official telcCTams. Genera! Neil informed the commanding officer of the department that the Indians, upon their surrender, turned over their firearms to the Government authorities; but his information on this point seems to have been at fault. The crafty reci.-kins evidently outwitted the general by burying their best guns in the sand, and hanu- iv.se over to the soldiers their old un serviceable muikcts. Moreover, the Indian rush to the sand hills was not simply an impulsive stampede, but rather the precise execution of a preconcerted tslot to abandon the agency, unearth their weapons, aad po on tho war-path. For some tiaio tbe Chveunes have suspected that the Goverumeut inten ded to deal out a fearful retribution for the msssacre of tbe German fam ly and consequently witnessed with appprehension every attempt to iden tify tbe immediate perpetrators cr ringleaders of the crime. Whenever an Indian was put in irons or sia gled out from the mam body of bis fellows as an object of special super vision, mutterings of discontent were heard from bis companions. The signal for the revolt was given when the sa v aires saw one of their warn ors snot down lor attempting to es cape lrom the guards, who were in the act of putting bim in irons. Three shots in quick succession from tbe camp of the hostile Cheyennes told the Indians to break away from their captors. Tbe movement was simu taneous throughout the camp. There was no demoralization or confusion. They were not fugitives fleeing from real or imagined peril, for they didn't scatter here and there over the plains, each one seeking to make sure af bis own escape. They assembled with the least possible delay at their chosen rendizyous occupying a position and g yiog battle with every advantage of location in their favor. The troops, believing tbat the Indians were un armed, charged recklessly through the deep sand ; but, instead of meet ing a defenceless foe, fell under tbe range of rifles. Three times tho bo! diers charged, and three times they were repui.-ed. The official report of the battle says the troop- consist ing of four companies of the Sixth Cavalry, under command of General Neil in person lost six seriuu.-lv and slightly wounded. Private letters from the agency say t'aat the loss was much greater tliun that. It is known tbat the troops were badly whipped, although they fought brave ly and against great odds. A sad blonder has been commit ted ; but, at this time, it is difficult to fix the responsibility where it rightly belongs. The loss of . the gallant soldiers who fell ;n the cbarjre, deplorable as it may be, is not the worst feature cf the blunder. The Indians have gone on the war-path again, and theie is danger that all the good results of last year's cam paiga under General Miles have been lost by one stupid blunder in manag ing the prisoners. The Pennsylvania Treaonry Invent!- Cation. IlARisntuo, Peon.. April 22.- The sub-coinaiittec of tho committee cf the House of Representatives to investigate the Slate Treasury met at the offo of the State Treasure r to day at 3 o'clock, and were informed by the State Treasurer M acker that as members of the Legislature) ihey were at liberty to make an examina tion to satify themselves and tbe public as to the integrity of the ireasury, on conu tion thai if they found the Treasury intact they wouid give Lim .: c. riifi, .re to that effect. He denied their riirht as a committee, and would not n,w anv outside piny ue.-ignated by the com mittee, io iio'.ke ua ex;ioi:sution. The Chairman said that thev could only act as a committee, and with drew f. r consultation. ' TEX5ir.Nt.EE. A M;n .Mnrdered. Memphis, April 20 O.-cv.r Bar ton was killed at S ru rvii'e ye-ter-day by a mar, named Doyle. Bar ton last fall had a terrible rencontre with three brolhrs named Rives, during which two of tbe Riveses were killed and tbe other dangerous ly wounded, Burton being shot nine times, and it was thought fatally wounded. No particulars of the killing of Burton have been received. Strike af Brooklyn Hod-Carrier. New York, April 20. This morn ing the hed-carriers of Brooklyn went on a strike, ia consequence of which the brick-layers and masons are out of employment. The hod-earriers want $2.50 for cirht hours' work. The masons bad previously agreed to w-ork for ten hours. Crop Report. i fi-ini npnrlir the rmin- lics of Western Pennsylvania are un favorable, the peach, apple and other buds having been destroyed by "Tho late freezing weather. Reports from Ohio pjy tbat tho peach crop will be a complete failure. In Michigan the same report is cur rent. In the latter State the wheat crop is greatly injured. Apples gen erally promise a good yield. The exact amouut of damage dono to the peaches ia Delaware is Hot yet known, but reports from Wilmington are favorable, aa I some growers ex press the opinion that the crop is but slightly damaged. An examination of tbe germs is to be nnd ivkhin a few days, when it will I shown whether they are blacke ned or not. It may beatlcist cstimut.'d tint half of the crop has esceped. If the reports from the neighbor hood of Fortress Monroe are correct, then farewell for this season to all the early fruits and vegetables that we arc used to getting from tbe low er Virginia peninsula. Tbe blight ing frosts Lave stricken the adoles cent potatoes, crisped tho tender shoots of the straw berry vines, frozen the early peas into nothingness, and created general desolation. Bare in deed will the Baltimore marked be if deprived of those tempting esculents which are wont to satiate the appe tite with the spring yield. The worst of it, though, is tbat tho farmers of the region are largely dependent upon these crops for their yearly earnings, and the deprivation is very serious to them. lallimore American. The editor of the St. Louis Demo crat, after a careful inspection of his Southern exchanges, reaches the con clusion that planting operations In the South are well under way, and that a greatly increased area will be devoted to corn ihisyear without di minishing the area usually planted incottm. Accounts from Alabama, Arkansas, Tenncseo and Georg a a.l agree in the statement, that the av erage of corn, wheat and oats will te fully increased fifty to seventy-five p r cent This is espec a'ly true c f corn, which has commanded so high a price that tbe profits of cotton plan tations went largely for the purchase of com and provisions, of which the Southern people are large consumers. The Cincinnati Gazette says; The condition of the winter wheat in tbe West is a subject of much interest to many persons, and we have taken pains to obtain information from per sons who have had opportunities for investigation, and from our exchang es. The result is, so far as our infor mation goes, that there has been con siderable damage by winter kiljing, as it is called, but which misiht be more properly called spring killing, it being the result of successive freezing and thawing, which breaks tbe roots of the plants, and throws them out of the ground. The belt of country which has suffered most is that through Southern Ohio and Indiana, Central Illinois, and Northern Mis souri. Tbe extent of the damage is estimated at one-fourth to tbree qnarters of the amount of wheat sown, but it is quite probable that this is an Reported Raid by Jllncr. Hazelton, April 22. News received to-day of another raid was last night by a band of armed men estimat ed to number about 100, who entered the house cf Jasper Ely, a farmer re siding a mile and n half north of Eckley. Tbe mob destroyed tbe furniture and carried off ay lot of clothing belonging to the family. Shots were fired in the house, but none cf the mcrnoers of tbe family received injury. Inquiries were made for Mr. Ely, but fortun ately he was away from home over night. THE STRIKE TO EE CONTINUED. Pottsvillte, April 22. There was a full attendance of delegates to the meeting of tbe executive board of tbe Miners and Laborers' association held here to-day. There was a large and almost unanimous vote to con tinue tbe strike. Learning as we do that this i3 merely the vote of delegates who bad been sent there by the various branches of tbe min ers, after a full and direct vote from tho men, it is surprising and contrary to all expectations, as it was the pre vailing opini )a among business men and the public generally that tbe miners were anxious to resume work. The prospects of a resumption are not. encouraging and tbe stagnation of busioess in this region will be more severely fAt thaa ever. Travel on the I nlon PariSe It .til road Renamed. Omaha, April 21. Tbe Union Pacific Railroad is now in a passable condition, with the exception of about six miles, over which a transfer is being made by teams, between Law rence and Green river, which will have to be kept ap a week or more. One train coming east, having ou board one hundred pa3sengers, trans ferred yesterday afternoon, will reach hers to-morrow afternoon. Tbe train delayed at Laramie will reach tbe transfer this evening. Another train going west, delayed at Cheyenne, left there this morning, and will transfer to-uiorrow morning. Delayed emi grant trains are being worked west ward as fast as possible. Tbe com pany hope to start one first-class train to-morrow. Tbey arc consid erably embarrassed on account of tbe scarcity of cars, but will receive twenty-six cars from New York by Saturday or Sunday, which will par tially relieve them. They hope to get all delayed passengers off the rend by the middle of next week. Death of the Horse Kentucky. Hon. August Beimott's great horse Kentucky died at tbe farm of tbat gentleman, at Babylon, Long Island, on Sunday, aged fourteen years. In his day Kentucky was one of tbe most celebrated horses that ever ap peared oa the turf, and in tbe last thirty years his fame has only been excelled by that of his father, Lexing ton, and equalled by tbat of his half- brother, Norfolk. lie was sold when six rears of age for the highest price ever pai 1 for a horse in this country, $10,000. Kentucky during bis career ran twenty-three races, being success ful in twenty-one. 1 be only horse tbat ever beat bim was bis half-broth er Norfolk. Old athi-r Time being his other vanquisher in a race he ran against the four-mile record of 7.1DL made at New Orleans in 1855, by bis sire, and lowered last summer at Saratoga half a second by the fleet footed Fellowcraft, the property of Mr. Ricardson Penistan, of this eitv, A Horrible Outrage. Cur of Mexico, April 12. Ten natives df Ixtacalca aro on trial for a horrible outrasre. Iney are charg ed wiih Luniog three men alive, leaving only their heads above ground, and then despatching them with hatchets and knives, after prolonged torture. Texas. GalvestoX, April 10. A special dispat.-h from Corpus Christ! says: "Oa Saturday night last a report came in that a company of men, ia disguise, had attacked Mr. Blaiae's ranche, in the neighborhood cf Hapa na, which they burned, with four other ranches. "William Hall, a passenger iu the stage from Brownsville to Santa Gertrude's Ranches, rcperts a band of thirty-five or forty Mexicans ap proaching that ranche. They are robbiug and burning bouses as ".hey go along. All communication by telegraph with BrowivilIe is cutoff. Tbe wires are supposed to be des troyed. Firing wn heard at Bare gay's last night, eight miles beyond Santa Gertrude's. Everybody there is under arms awaiting aa attack, "A courier reached here last night calling fo: help, a id the alarm bells were rung. Capts. Beynou, Clark and Culver have started to meet the raiders, and have also sent word to Banquette and Nueces. The country is aroused. This band will probably turn back when they fiiticl their move ments arc koowa. Many ranchers are moving into town with their families for protection. " Death of John Harper. New York, April 22. John Har per, senior member of the firm of Harper Brothers, died to-day ia the seventy-ninth year of bis age. He was one of the five brothers, James, John, Joseph, Westlcy aad Fletcher, who founded the great publishing house that bears their name. He was bom at Newtown, L. I , in 1707, and at the age of sixteen years came to Xew York and wa3 apprenticed to tbe printing business. After bis apprenticeship bad been fiuished, in company with his brother James he started a printing office of his own. Ia 1825 the two younger brother were ndmmitted in partner ship, and by their combined industry and sagacity they established tbe present mammoth bouse. 10.003 rire In not!i. Boston, April 18. A fire broke out yesterday morning in a four-and-a-half story brick building corner cf Franklin and Congress streets. Tbe fire caught in the upper story occu pied a.? a lithographing establishment. The other occupants were Clurk & V'arrea, aud Lamkin & Foster, boots andhoes; and Robert B. Denny, wood. The damage to tbe building is about $5,000. The loss to tbe oc cupants is at least $40,000, covered by aa insurance of 35,000. Tbe Effect of tbe t old. Riciimoud, April 19. IIeavy; snows at intervals yesterday, with high cold wiae's. At sunrise this morning the thei.nome.er was eight deg. below the freezing point. Early vegetables, fruits and young clover were killed. Advice from various parts of the State g"."e disastrous ac counts of damage from cold. The loss among truckers in the western part of the tate is estimated at $100,000. Etc lunation of Attorney General WIT Hams. Attorney Geneial Will ams to-day tendered bis resignation to tbe Presi dent, to take elect oa tbe 15th of May. The resignation is not yet ac cepted, and therefore no person is named as his successor. Judge V il liams intends returning to Orearon and entering into the senatorial test in that State. con- Extremely Cold Wenther. Detroit, April 21. Despatches from Mackinaw to-night report ex tremely cold weather, and the ice as solid as at any time during the win ter. An Oil City man has invented a new style of torpedo for exploding in oil wells, differing in design from anything yet patented ia tbat line. Xew Advertisement. DITORS' NOTICE. 1 i i.e an!er?i:rTpil auilKnr. appointf;. by the Or phans Curt of Somerset County, Pennsylvania, tj examine the acrount anil if nocessary reform it, ami to inuke a tHtrintion of the lumlt In the h;tnla of Almira Winecotf, administratrix of Je?e ViiioeotT, decease!, to and amonir those legally entitle! thereto, hereby srives notice that be will attend to the duties of'eaM appointment at hid ome in the horouzh of Somerset on Tuesday, May 11th, JS75, at 10 u'clovii a. ). jas. l. rrou, api-Jl Auditor. 'J TRUSTEES' SALE. llv virtue of an order of the t'ourt of Common Pleasof Somerset e'ounty. sitting in ejuity. will be sold at the county Uourt House, town of Som erset, Penna., on Tuesday, May ill,, 13T5, at 2 r. v. the Railroad of tho Salisbury and Iialtimorc Kailroad & e'oal Company, and Kailroad bed, fmra it? present terminus in Somer set t'sunty to its mines near Salisbury, in said county, about 10' miles in length anil a branch alut 1'4 miles, together with the Railroad iran-chis-e. &c.. described In Ihe rnortiraire of sufl Com pnny. dated March SUth. 1S7.'j, and duly rerorded in s.ii I cottntv. j. r.. rt r.ii. V. CAKKOLL EKEWSTLK, Attorneys !or FREDRICK I. ANSPACH. april Trustee. KM MIMED PUIS Endorsed by the leading srllsts. HAINES BROS PIANOS, The cheapest Erst clafs Piano in tho market. (.EO. A. TRICE & O.S' ORGANS. elver fifty three thousand of them nw In use. No other musical iustrumcnt ever obtained the s'au.e jMipulanty. Cil A RLOTT F. ELVM E, No. IS Sixth Ave., Plttslturh, Pa., Side agent fr above. Send fur Trice List and e ataloirue. run assortment or Mieet .vin!K, Merit- Books and fin ill .Musical Instrjuient. apri4 A. DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Estate of Tetcr GIndlcspergcr, late of Quetna- jioning ip., ueceas.!. Lettersof administration on the above estate bar. Inir been granted to the undersigned by the proDer authority, notice is hereby given to 'ho indebted to it to make immediate payment i Bd th) e hav ing claims against it to present theuit.ui, authen- toatel lor seiiiement at the late residence of the deceased, on Mlur J;iv. June aj, isT5. DANIEL A. WEAVER. l'rI4 Administrator. "jOTICE. U hereby given that on the 1 2th of November, 1874. the un ierslfnel presented his petition to the Court of Common Pleas of Somerset Count r. praying for the relief provided for insolvent debt ors by the laws of ihe t'yminunwealth of Pennsvl. vania, anil that snid Court continued the hearing of the same to Wednesdav. May S, 175. at one o'clock p. m. WM. D IM Eli. SSIGXEE'S NOTICE. Henry D. Altfather having made a Tuluntnrr assignment to me for the benefit of his creditors, all persons having claims against said Asuiamor orowinghiin money will call upon me to make settlement. Somerset, Pa., W. F. ALTFATHER. March 3lst lf,7. Assignee. JkTOTICE. All persons are hereby notified that the under signed having resolved to entoree the trespass, game anil fisn laws ol this e;ommonwealth, will after the 1st day of May, 1S7&, prosecute all per sons found tresspassing' upon their lands except by their permission. Parents and guardians will, he held responsible for the depredations of minors P. 11. WALKER, JAS. PAKSON. W. H.STAHU J. MARTKENY. FRED. W'ELLER. CRIAH TRENT. WM. F. WELLKK, J. J. BAKCLAX, DAVID WKLLEK, Ht.MKl l'.lt. HARRISON fXHN. J. M. HOLDEKBAI'M. SAM. L. WELLCH, DATID HUSBAND. AVw A'lcerlixements. STATEMENT ami rroort of the S..mrwt Co, ii P.,r Hiw tv1 llnOM of Kmiilormeat from the lit of Aj.rll, lei, to lit ot Aprd, 1874: LITE (r.M-K O THE FAM ArBIL I, 1S75. H".I fnf horsei ewt. l'J ynunncatiie Miet'i, 17 " hogs'. 14 FARll ASD OAtMX rBODrCTS. Ton of hay 25 Bu-heUof wheat K3 OB' 311 If-tt...... 2H " turnip " corn. eir lou " ilrurs 3 " onion 3 toru&toes & " !: g ' Iwan 3 " api'les, winter o Ilarrel of ciiler 13 trillion of appieimlter 1M Kvgi of bulter Unl Kami of soft unp 30 Pounds (p, hani..... Ilnrreis rinciAr 1 lVun-l of tallow 37-r Karri'ls of nicklc 1 1 1'uumU of tork 22P Imf Stfi " Tcai and routtun " " calftkin 7 ix-cf hid. 331 " wl S3 Fum-Is or kraut 3 Heads of cabhago Sou ABTirl.KS XAXtrrACTUUD TIIllll'SI. Yan:. of flannel 2B' Cuts of stocking yarn loo Venn Pair of mens' pantaloons '- " bj' "i Drefc, lanfp, for women Si " small, lor children ) Chemise, larne ZJ " small Id Shirts for men 24 " boys to .Konmlabouts 14 Apnms for women -T " small 'il Varies for women 1 lClieson skirts 1 j e'ap for women tfj Pair ot ospenor S Handkerchiefs, for men ami women 10 i Hed sheets 13 Chiift ti-ks aj Chaff ticks, insane 91 Slips, Insane 11 I small si Pairs ot mens' r'.ockings 20 i " wi.mvns' id ! small " 21 socks, mcna' 11 " footed '2A IJ sheets for insane 10 Pair of mittens n Hel (miners g Pnirs pillow slip 17 Shrouds and sheets Sun tionnets 53 Hand towels 19 hkirtsf'.r women . VI " small id Fl&nncl dresses, lare 4 ' small 7 f'omforis 14 Pnirs new hoots. Iar(te 7 new shoes, larite Si " " small a Inmates April 1st, U7i 6.3 Admitted during the year '25 Horn in the bouse during the year 1 liied during the year 6 Iik harx'd during the vear 8 rvuintrer of children hound out I1 Inmates April 1st, 117", 74 I Outdoor puuperi tbat received support during the year 41 YaKr.iiiU provided with lodging 540 " meats losl Dr. To cash reeolved from the 1st of April, 1S74. to Utof April. 1X75 $655 00 e r. ny ca.n paM ditlcrent persons during the year tfiii SO WM. SfULK, apr7 StewarJ. IMPORTANT. To Owners of Houses, READ THIS AND SHOW YOUR NEIGHBORS. PAINT YORK HOUSES Miller Bross Chemical Pit, Which Is made of Strictly Pure White l-id. Zinc an l Linseed Oil, put up ready use in White, black, and ono hundred different colors, and can I applied by any ,ne. This Paint has a beautiiul tloss, and will' last three times as long as any paint in the world and costs one-third less than anr paint In the market. Enquire of deal ers lor illLLEK BROS.1 Chemical Paint, which is on one hundred thousand buildings; all others are oase imitations. Send for sample cards ol colors and testimoni als, which will be sent free of charge. Address, MIMtjER SROS., 109 Water Street, CLETEL1XD, O. Factory 31 St. Clair St. pr7 A DMIMSTRATOR'S NOTICE. Estate of John Reiler, late of Confluence Bor., rieveasea. Letters of administration on theabore estate hav ing been irmnted to the undersigned by the prop er authority, nctice U hereby given to those in debted to it to makeln-medlate payment, and those baying claims againa'. it will p":esent them for allow:iR-e at the late residence of the deceased. on the loth ol .May, 1675. W. H. REIBER, JEDI SHOW, pr7 Administrators. GOODS FOR THE HOLIDAYS! XEW AND COMPLETE STOCK O F Watches, Chains, Jewelry, SILVER WARE, Clocks, Bronzes, fcc.. TO BE CLOSED OCT BY .TvrijviiY l. UuprecedoQted Bargains Offered BY GEORGE CRWFORO & CO., 82 Fifth Avenue, PITTSBURGH, PA. They having restocked with New Goods since their e'learanee Sale In September, now offer great inducements to parties buying HOLIDAY OOODS. fro early and get choice of stock. lec. MORE THAN HALF A CENT I' RY ago. Dr. H. D. SELLEKS. a celebrated physi cian of Pittsburgh, discovered and asel in bis practice the popular remedy known through out tne country as Sellers' Imperial Cough Syrup. This is no quack remedy. It was born of wis dom: and thousands are living witnesses of its wonderful curative powers. It is pleasant to take and sure to cure enoughs. Colds, Croup. Bronchial Altectioos, Tickling of the Throat, and ail dis eases of a kindred nature. K. E. Sellers & Co . Pittsburgh, Pa., are also proprietors of Johnson's LIIE UMA TIC COilPO VXD, The great internal remedy for Rheumatism, Neu ralgia. Headache, etc. Y oa can have a doctor al ways In the house by keeping Kellers' Fainiir medicines on hand. Their LIVER PILLS Are the oldest and best In the market, and every bottle of their Vermifuge Is warranted. For sale by all drugguu and country dealers. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Estate of John Miller, late of Elkllck Township, of administration on the above estate having been granted to the undersigned, notice Is hereby given to those indebted to it to make Im mediate payment, and those having claims against it t present ibent duly authenticated for settle ment at Ihe residence of the undersigned, on Sat urday, Slay li, 1S7S, JAXES MART IX. apr Administrator. ATOTICE. 11 I will Veen the fine Tnnng sorrel Stock Horse "LKiHTFO T," owned by Peter Meyers' heirs, at my stables In Meyersdale, Pa., during the com ing seasin. Will take rpectal rare of marct sent tome or .eft in my care. Service Lightfoot was sired by Richmond, he a grand son ol Lexington. Dam by Shallis's "Kentucky." whose stock is well and lavorably known In Som erset 'ounty. aprT FREDERICK SUPER. JTOTICE. t:. C. Levdli and Josonh S. Emerlck hereby give notice that they have made applicatien to the Surveyor General ot Pennsylvania lor a warrant for seven acres of unimproved land In Southamp ton Tp., Somerset County. Pa., adjoining lands of Thomas Bower's heirs on the north, west and northeast, Hensel on the southeast, Adam Shirer oa the southwest. apr7 ADMINISTRATORS' NOTICE, Estate of Solomon N. Ileal, deceased. t.... .i ..ii.i.,,!.,. .n the above estate having been granted to the undersigned, notice IS ki.r int-bted to It to make imme diate payment, and tho. nartog elaamigalnst It, to present tnem uuiy - ,-r- mcnt. ,iuoe nv it SAMUEL S. BEAL, 0)11 Xeio Advertisements. New Firm. SHOE STORE, SNYDER & UHL Having pnrehaftcd the Shoi Store lately owned by II. C. Iteerlti. We take plcararo In falling the attenth-ii of pnMIe to the fuel that we bare now arc! expect keep constantly on band a complex aa assort sent of Boots, Shoes and Gaiters BOTH or Eastern and Home Manufacturt as can h found an.rwh.re. We ! will hare 01 band constantly a lull supply of SOLE LEATHER, -MOROCCO, CALF SKINS. KITS. AND LINING SKINS f)f all kinds, with a full line of Shoe Finding's. Jh.e "OME MANCFACTCRE DEPART X LN Twill he in charge of N". 13. Snvdor, Esq. Whose reputation for making Good Work and Good Fits Is second to none in the Hate. The public t re lwtfully inrite l to call and eiamine our stock, as we are determined to keep g is as g. as tbe best and sell at prices as low as the lowest. SNYDEE & UHL New Firm! NEW GOODS LOW PEICES! AS-Having purchased the interest or lie Mrs V. F. Khoads & Bro's., In the grocery business, we resjctfnlly announce to the public that we will continue the business at the old stand, ( Jfo. 2, liner's I!Io-k. ) In addition to a full line of groceries (fn-sti ami of best qualities), GLASSWARE, QUEENSWARE, FLOUR, GRAIN, & MILL FEED, We win make a specialty of Carbon Oil, Land Plaster. CALCINED PLASTER, FREDERICK AND CLEVELAND WHITE LI IV! E, Cumberland Lime, GUANO, PHOSPHATES, &c. We have a large warehouse and Iiuis house near the Depot, and will furnish Country Merchants and Fanners storage room at reasonable rates. ff. F. ALTFATHER & Co. SOMERSET, PA. March 11. 1)i7i. NEW STORE! SCH ELL ai WILSON woaM Inform their frieneiand the public generally, that they have opened a store at O .A 11 11 ETT, on the lint of the P. W. ft. B R. R.. and now offer for sale a a General Stock of Merchandise, con sisting of DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, QUEENS WARE, IIARDWARE, HATS & CATS, ROOTS & SHOES. &,c, Ac., kc, All t which will be sold iheap for CASH or ex changed f.r produce. WA11KD Lumber of all kinds, Hoon-polej. Cr-Ties, Dark, Staves, lie.. Also, Wool, Put ter, Eggs, MAPLE SXJC3--A.XI, Bacon. Grain of all kinds. Furs, Sheep-Pelts, and Beeswax, for which we will pay the highest prices In Cash or Goods. SALT ANP FISH. always ou hand. Oive us a call aadbe convinced that we Intend to do biuineet and eannot be under- SCIIELL & WILSON.
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