1 : I 1 i, i i i hi The Somerset Herald. WEDNESDAY. Peeember , MT&. GOVEBNOB lNGERSOLL,of Connecti cut, bu appointed ex-Governor Eng lish to fill the Senatorial scat vacated bj the death ol Mr. Ferry. The Centennial Committee on Opening Ceremonies bare selected Wm. M. Evarta as orator, and II. W. Longfellow as poet for the occa sion. A grandson of Richard II. Je, of Virginia, will read the Dcc- laration of Iudependeacc. A vest, late chief clerk of the In iernal Revenue department, baa been convicted at St. Louis as a member of the Whisky ring. It was doubt lees through him that the ring receiv ed information of the movements of the officials, and were thus enabled for fo long a time to evade detection and punishment. Tiie Government eold the Phila delphia N'avj Yard at public auction on Thursday last, aad realized for it the sum of one million dollars. The purchaser is the Teunsjlvania Rail road Company. Previous to tbe sale the buildings, machinery, etc., bad all been removed to the new Xavy Yard at League Island. The attention of Senator Morton Laving been called to a despatch from Washington stating that be favored tbe repeal of tbe Specie Resumption act, be authorizes tbe statement that there is no truth whatever in the re port The position which Senator . Morton took on this question in tbe Ohio canvass was clear and perfectly distinct lie said in bis speeches prevent any legislation calculated to strengthen tbe Republican party in tbe coming Presidential canvass, and of coarse will launch upon a sea of investigations, hoping to make capital by damaging disclosures and charges against the party in power. Little of great public moment ia ever done bv the Congress immediatelr preceding a National election, and less than usual :s under tbe circum stances to be expected from this one. We trust that on all questions of in vestigation the Republicans wiil vote with the majoritr. Wc should have nothing to fear from any fairly con ducted examination, and as the. ad ministration has relentlessly punish ed all evil doers, wherever they could be reached, there should be no obstruction thrown ia tbe way of the Democratic ferrets that will be turn ed loose among tie rat boles with which Washington is honeycombed. For years tbe sole capital of tbe Democratic party baa been its con tinuous bowl of corruption and frsdd against the Republican administra tion, and now that they bave the chance, let them make true the charg es, if tbey can. "Let no guilty man escape" say we. If any Republican officials bave corruptly abused their positions let them be mercilessly ex posed and punished, the good of the party, and of the country both de mand it, mauger the exultant shoots oftleencmv. milted a freedom of movement which made bis imprisonment merelv for mal. Accompanied by the Warden! bands down but tbe shadow of the of the jail and an assistant be has been in the habit of visiting his friends, taking bis daily drives, and passing much of tbe lime with bis fairily at their bouse in Madison ave nue. Yesterday be went out as usu al, accompanied by the two officials. After the greater part of the day had been spent in driving about to vari ous places, late in the afternoon Tweed expressed a desire to visit bis wife, who, he said, was very 6ick. The party drove to the house, and all three entered and took seats in tbe parlor, where tbey were met by one of Tweed's sons. In a few moments Tweed said be wished to step up stairs to see bis wife. He left the room and did not return. In about fifteen or twenty minutes Warden Dunham asked young Tweed to go up and tell bis father that it was getting late and they must return to Ludlow street Tbe young man went out, and returning in a few mo ments, remarked unconcernedly, "Patber'a gone." Since that time nothing baa been beard of bini. This is the story of tbe escape in brief. Ten thousand dollars reward bas been offered by Sheriff Conner and Warden Dunham for tbe capture of tbe fugitive. Tbe Sheriff has tel egraphed all over the country, re questing tbe detention of '1 weed by any one who finds him. 4KB SEW TOIK LETTEK. or some such matter; but it is true, , nevertheless, and nothing keeps their' A Wossma mt Enterprise. I The disgraceful set amble for tie offices under control of tbe House at Washington, which has been goiLg on for tbe last two weeks, bas at tracted all the baser element of tbe Democratic party to the Federal Cap- that be stood by the resumption act jjtal, and the true inwardness of una of last winter as a settlement of tbe dulterated Democracy bas been pub- whole question. Furtt-eigut ot the Internal Rev enue districts bave just been abolish ed Ly order of Commissioner Pratt, acting in concurrence with the Secre tary of the Treasury. By this ac tion a saving of $250,000 a year in collecting the revenue will be effected. This will make a total reduction of, $400,000 in tbe expenses Korean since Mr. Pratt came into office a few months ago. Tennessee's new United States Senator Kev is a true successor of Andrew Johnson. On leaving borne for Washington last week, bis fellow citizens turned out in proces sion, and with music and amid much enthusiasm escorted him to the de pot. Of course he made a speech, and as a true successor of Andy Johnson, concluded as follows: "I am going to launch my little bark upon an unknown sea, a rough and tempestuous sea. I do not know what will be the fate of that bark, but I will say that if it goes down amid tbe contending waves it will do so with the Jtag of my country nail 'd to the mod." The debt statement for November shows only a small decrease, tbe amount being $480,000. For the four preceding months tbe decrease was $ 10,291,000, or over two and one-quarter millions per month. Dis bursements for arniy and navy pen sions, amounting to over $5,000,000 during tbe month, was the cause of the comparatively small debt reduc tion, although that is tour times greater than the reduction made in the corresponding month of last year. Tbe entire reduction made in tne public debt for tbe four months of tbe present fiscal year is $10,171,000, against $1,119,907 for the corres ponding months of last year. 'icly exhibited, to tbe intense disgust and shame of all decc-nt people. Tbe third office in dignity and importance in tbe nation (tbe speakership of the House,) has been tbe bone of conten tion, and the aspirants for this exalt' ed position, like mere pot-bouse poli ticians, as tbey are, have personally canvassed tbe bar-rooms and tbor- Of the ! BUIIl-llJUg Vita, TfMiiv I graceful charges, probably in most instances true, were bandied between tbem, bargains and trades were made for tbe minor offices, pools oa the can didates have been publicly sold, as on a borse race or dog fight, large sums of money bave been wagered on the chances, and John Morrissey and Dill McMullen championed their favorite with tbe usual slang, bully ing and betting of tbe prize ring. Never before did Washingtoa witness sucb a disgraceful ani humiliating scene, and if one-twentieth the charges nubliclv made dunojr this o ' dirty scramble, from which Fernando Wood withdrew his name in disgust. be true, the first duty of the House when organized, should be to raise a committee to investigate tiie means used to elect its speaker. That money bas been used freely can admit of no doubt, for tbe friends of the contestants charge it upon each other, one party asserting that the free trade league supplied it in large quantities to defeat their can didate who is for protection, the oth er alleging that the hard money men and bankers of New York, inspired by Tilden, furnished it to "Jay out" tbe inflationists. It is almost conclu sive, therefore, that corrupt means were resorted to, and the House should be called upon to purge itself before it dare lay its foul hands to affairs of State. The New York Tribune talks plainly to the Democracy about tbe money question, as follows : "'The Republican party in its na tional convention bas taken a credi table position on that question, even when it bas erred on others. Tbe Democrats bave not only :ascally demagogues among tbem, Uut bave more than once permitted such dema gogue, to commit tbe party, and giv en tbem a general sympathy. Tbe Ohio campaign Las immensely in reased public distrust of tbe Peuio- cratie party, and if that party now attempts to evade tbe currency ques tion, every man who cares for a sound currency of the national honor will feel '.hat Democracy deserves fceat" The New York Tribune, referring tothe St Louis wbisky ring devel opments, ears that "tho attempt to fastea some stain of complicity upon the President himself is wholly un warranted by tbe facts thus fr dis closed. Nor can it be said that tbr Republican partv bas shown the least sympathy for tbe participants in these crimes, or made tbe slightest effort to shield them or embarrass Secretary Bristow in bis work of re form. On tbe whole, the Republican party will unquestionably gain by this exposure, as any party ought to gain which unflinchingly bunts 4own and punishes corruption of any form within its ranks. The credit is tbe greater in this case, because the guilty persoos were prominentia lbs party and bad bee peculiarly influ ential. Tbe spirit which refuses to grant tbem any shelter or mercy, and demands fall punishment according to tbe Cull letter of tbe law, is tbe true pirit of reform. The first session of the forty-fourth Congress commenced on Monday last (6th.) This will be tbe long ses sion and will probably run into July. It will not be one of very great ben fit to tbe country, as tbe House, ibe first time for many yeara, con tains a Deancratie majority, more man naif i wfaeb is made np of vontederates, who doubtless will use 4 lis, their first opportunity, to make good as far aa tley can, the losses, political and pecuniary, sustained by reason of their rebellion. Especially will the Democratic majority labor to Tt Speakership Decided. Washington December, 5. The scuffle of the rapscious army of Dem ocrats over tbe few offices under tbe control of the House of Representa' tives culminated yesterday in tbe nomination of Michael C. Kerr, of Indiana, to be Speaker, by a vote of 90 against C3 for Randall, C for Cox and 1 for Sajlor. Tbe contest led off with Randall twelve in the rear on the first ballot and fourteen on the second, with a gain of three for Kerr and four for Randall. On the third ballot the defection of Missiouri and a few scattering votes sent Kerr up thirteen, while Randall reroaioed at bis old Egure, thus giving a deci sive victory for Kerr. The defeat of Randall was much influenced by tbe presence of tbe Tammanv crowd of bummers and banirers-on, who bave Ion? been odious, even in the eyes of Democrats. Inltbe contest for Clerk, there were nine candidates md six ballots. The Pennsylvania seventeen roted in body lor O M. Adam, of Kentucky, thus insuring bis success, as against Crittenden, of Missouri, tbe next in strength. This was in retaliation for tbe conduct of Missouri on the Speak ership. For Sergeant-at-Arms tci-re were five candidates John O. Thompson, of Ohio, went through on the first ballot, baring 113 votes, tba next in number having but twentv-five votes. Fitzbugh, of Texas, carried off tbe Doorkeepership, against aeren com petitors. He was Sergeant-at-Arois of tbe Confederate Congress. James Stuart, of Virginia, before tbe war Postmaster at Alexandria, was chosen Postmaster over pine contestants, and Rer. J. L. Town send, of Washington, Episcopalian, over three opponents. Escape nf Boss Tweed. lie YLailH hi Home and tmera Elude bis Keepers. Tea tfceasni .Dollars Eewari gffsre& Far ms Captic. New Yobk. Dec 4 la that ful ness of time for which be bad been waiting, Wm. M. Tweed, the boas thief of New York city, escaped from bis keepers, or rather they sat quiet ly in the parlor of bis house whilst be was allowed to go wbe be 'pleased,! ana alter s aeeoroM interval of time gave the alarm that the prisoner Lad gone. TbeNewiork papers of yes terday givt a great variety of details as to how the escape was carried oat The TimcM jt that nominally un der restraint, and supposed to be safely detained ia the Ludlow Street Jail, this notorious criminal, since his committal there, bas been per- New York, December 1, 1875. THE IEATH OF VICE-PRESIDENT WIL SON. Tbe flags all over the city are still flying at half-mast for the death ot Vice President Wilson, an event which causes sincere and universal sorrow. His simple manliness of character, bis unaffected patriotism and unquestioned honesty have year by year won for him among ali class es a regard, which death easily ex alts into a tender memory. Like the late President Lincoln he sprung from tbe very dregs, of the people, and vet attained to tbe second hon or ot the Republic, as tbe other did to tbe first. Tbe career of botb ad mirablr illustrated (be free gemous of our institutions, and the abscence of those barriers of caste and priv ileges which block the way in less favored lands. WILLIAM B. ASTOR'S PEATH. Naked out of tbe world, naked and poor as be came into it, goes this week tbe wealthiest man on tbia Continent Mr. William B. Astor, on ly surviving son of John Jacob As tor. He leaves property mostly real estate, estimated at tbe lowest .to be $100,006,000, and probably tbese fig ures are a good deal too small, big as they are. He was born in this city, in 1792 and was therefore 83 years old. His PUber died in 1843 at tbe same ripe age leaving a fortune of over $20,000,000, more tban half of which fell to William B. whose por tion, increased by a legacy from his uncle Henry, has steadily grown to this enormoes sura, lie owned more than 2,500 houses and building lots, many of tbe bouses being among tbe finest in tbe city. It Las been a rule with tbe -Astor family from tbe begin ning never to sell any real estate, but to buy, which tbey nav-e done with rare sagacity and good judgement ever since old John Jacob got a good start in life. While William B. may not have so original a genius for mon ey making as bis father, be was cer tainly in all other respects bis superi or. He posessed an excellent judg ment and great apitude for business affairs, and managed bis vast con cerns with wonderful intelligence and order, lie was one of the best land lords in tbe city, strict, to be sure, and exacting bs own, but taking ex cellent care of bis tenements, holding tbem at a fair rent, and so just, and reasonable that people always liked to get into his bouses ; and be took care to make it for the interest of good tenants to stay. He nearly doubled tbe old man's bequest for founding tbe Astor library ; indeed, it is said that be inspired the idea of it in his father's mind, for it is not generally known that be was a ripe scholar and found bis chief enjoy ment in the society of his books. llis life was quite uneventful, be liv ed much more simply and unostenta tiously than hundreds in this city do who are bothered to make both ends meet nd worked more hours a day than most men who merely get a liv ing from hand to mouth. So that in lite be bad no more enjoyment of his wealth tban we all may have and, perhaps, do bave out of our small in comes, and all of his millions could not buy him one hour's respite of the stroke of death. "How roach did T leave?" asked one friend of another, when a rich man of their acquaintance died. "He left all be bad' was tbe wise reply. Fortunate, indeed, and bless ed are tbey who leave more than ma terial wealth, houses and lands, and silver and gold; who leave names wnicn pass along down tbe aires in the kindly speech of ths b)w)y and miseraoie, iinea up comrortcd dj their thoughtful apd tender benefac tions. MOODY AND BANKET AGAIN. Mood .ndankey, those mighty captains of the fhurfb militant, have abandoned the siege of lJub fortress of sin over in wicked Brooklyn, and, removing with all their impedimenta, bave set them down before the easier walla of tbe Quaker city. What ef fect their holy artillery wrought in Brooklyn is 'not jeasy" to discover. There was a large atundsofe upon tnem, many proiessedly annuo in quirers, and all that, but utile is known of tbe numer of conversions, and in so abort a time, nothing of what change bas really besn wrought in tbe lives of the new professors. It if Mid jn Brooklyn, that their ef forts are but tbe beginning ot a series of sucb, and that during the winter marvelous doings nay be looked for in tbe churches. Let us hope so, and bid God speed to all efforts by whom ever made to led the race to better living. It might be said here that Rev. Dr. Storra, who bas been great ly tempted by offers from s rich church in New York, bas finally de cided to remain with the church of the Pilgrims of Brooklyn whose pulpit he bas fiieed now for thirty year. - f It bas been said that tfee wcuvi j?se gallows tree a bonny tree for this locality, ow, cere i a uumuui fact: up to tbe lime of tbe swift con viction and sentence of tbe murder er of Mr. Noe, a month ago, crime was on the advance in this city. Since, it las fallen off, as if that right eous death sentence bad paUied the band of violence. I propose io future letters, to give some account of the doogerous class- r . , . es of this city, their way of acuog J1 ana living, mciuuiug euiuc iuhuuj facts, tbe result of my own observa tion. It seems a queer sort of thing that a man should carry on burglary as a trade during a long life and die at last peacfully in bis bed and scores of rascals do it, and many of them are well known to tbe authori ties, and are on good enough terms with the detectives, and bare a sort of social status of their own, in which they rank as a sort of heroes and good fellows. SAILORS AFLOAT ASP ASHORE. "There's a sweet little cherub that sits op aloft, To keep watch, for the life of poor Jack." So runs tbe stout old toirlioD sea song of Thomas Dibden, but surely that attitndinous watcher is sadly re miss of his duties, for tbe records show that 1,500 sailors annually lose their lives bj falling from masts an spars of ships at sea. Think ye well housed landsmen, of going aloft the darkness of a winter storm fur out at sea, up shrouds, and aleo rieeinir and slippery witb ice, wbe to miss a grasp of a frozen rope, or false step, is certain death. Very few persons know much or care muc about tbe sailor. His life is the life of a 'log: no slave was ever tbe vie lira of sucb wrong as be endures, His life lies so apart from that of or dinary humanity, thst the advance of civlization hardly includes bim is left in a condition of barbarism Let me try to convey to your readers, some notion of tbe way be is treated in this city, one ot tbe greatest sea ports of tbe world, it being tbe same everywhere. Imagine a sailor just landed from a voyage, fcuppose hiui to have been a sailor for twenty-five years and to be forty rears old. He bas got his wages in his pocket, be knows no such word as home or fam ily, be bas not a friend in the world the strict discipline and narrow life on ship, bare so degraded and lm bruted bim thaf be has almost lost the gift of speech, and only retains few terms of tbe sea. He bas only one notion of enjoyment, and that is of tbe lowest forms of animalisu The land sharks are wailing for bim and although he bas been devoured by tbem a thousand times io all tbe ports of tbe world, be rushes Into their jaws again. He is led unresist ingly into one of the many vile dens in ater or a similar street plied with poisoned liquor until be is out of bis mind : banded over to a wretch ed female companion, wiose business it is to see that be does not leave the premises, nor allowed to get sober. I ben wben bis money is all spent and it takes only a few days to do it and a bill run up equal to bis ad vance wages, the proprietor of the devil's bole where be la wallowioir ships bim through an agen: on any vessel aboutlto sail for vessels are always short of men, and all sorts of infamous tricks are put into use to get tbem and Jack comes to his senses some morning to find himself in tbe forecastle of an outward bound ship, which is being towed down tbe bay, and out through tbe narrows where she is cast off by tbe tug-boat, and must hoist sail aod away. He has no knowledge of how he got there. He was dragged on board drunk. He was drunk when be signed his name, or made bis mark, to tbe ship's papers; drunk when he signed an order for bis landlord to obtain bis advance pay, and is now slowly and stupidly coming to con sciousness. Tbe first mate now en ters tbe fore castle. He is armed witb brass knuckles or a marlin-spike. Tbe secand raate is with him, also armed, and so is the steward and perhaps the captain. Then ensues a scene the like of which is hardly seen now that tbe horrors ot the slave ship has been abolished by indignant Christendom. Tbese poor drunken sailors, stupified, and helpless from their long debauch, are driven aloft with horrible eurses and .blows, and actually compelled to do their duty by main force. Tbe voyage made, tbey leave tbe ship to go through tbe same experi ence again, and over and over, until wallowed up by tbe sea. This is no fancy sketch or exceptional case;' mis is tue ii'e toe rations used to inaeea, ne Knows no otner, and, ap parently, desires no other. Once in a while some horrible case of brutali ty 00 the part of a sea-captain gets into tbe courts and tbe newspapers, but it is only once in a while, for no sailor would think of taking excep tion to tbe treatment I bave describ ed; it is no more that the cuttom of Uhe $ra. ' Let your son steal hogs, deal at fa ro, or drive horses on tbe towpatb of iue trie ianai, auu uo you lauici on bim anything short of murder to keep bim from going to sea. ' ' THANKSGIVING PAY was quite universally kept, and its observance grows more and more in this city. The weather was delight ful. PlETRO. Stroi psbi-rg, Pa., November 27.- A bold attempt to burn tbe County Court Court house, in this place, by a prisoner, was discovered, early last Friday rooming, in time to prevent a great loss ot property and probably of life. Tbe prisoner was a woman named Frances Stanard, who was placed in the grand jury room, on Mondar last, to await trial on a charge of larceor, the jail being in course ot reconstruction, coe cau made threats that she building down if she was not released. About 4 o'clock on Friday morning the janitor's wife was awakened by smoke in the build ing, and upon investigating the cause, A tJkfc Sltamcr Baraed. discovered flames bursting out of tbe door of tbe pri-ioner's room. She at once gave tho alarm, and by great ef fort the fire was extinguished. Near ly all tbe floor was burned away, and several of the beams. It was at first supposed that tbe woman bad perished in the flames, but later it was learned that she bad escaped by a window in tbe room. It was alao discovered that she had removed tbe door from a large base-burner stove in the robin, and upsetting it on tbe floor, bad piled tbe beding and furni ture upon it No irace of ibe .es caped incendiary bas as yet been discovered. She is a straoger in this vicinity. She appeared in Jack son Townsh:pthis county, about two weeks ago, and professed to be a peddler of notions, visiting the bouses in that seetion to dispose of her wares. About 1 o'clock on Moo day morning last a farmer named James Mien, living in the above township, was awakened by tbe presence of some one in bis room. He jumped from bed and captured the intruder, who was about escap ing from a window, and who fired a pistol-shot at the farmer. It proved to be this woman. He had made a purchase of her tbe day before, and she bad, no doubt, noticed that bad a Iarire amount of money in bis pocket-book. She bad secured tb farmers pantaloons containing th money, and had tbem in ncr posses sion when captured. Monday brought bis prisoner to this place, where she was confined and escaped as stated, bbe was evidently French woman, about twenty-five vears of acre, and quite attractive in appearance. Detroit, Micb., Iec. 1. The steamer PbiL Sheridan took fire, wben a short distance from Buffalo, at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. As the efforts of tbe crew to surpress tbe fire were uovailiog, tbey toon to mo boats, and were picked up and brought here by tbe steamer Craig. Tbe Sheridan was a freight boat, belonging to Ward's Duluth Line. She was insured against fire for $10, 000 in tbe Detroit Fire and Marine, and $10,000 in the' Royal, and was valued at $30,000. Aa Old t'aaple. A correspondent of lie Moulton (Ala.) Adiertixer writes of his visit to an aged couple in Winston County in that State: On Thursday I bad tbe pleasure of dining witb Mrs. Se nna Walker, of Winston, who is 103 years old. She cooked Jbe dinner cerseii ana waitea on me taoie. She informed me that she bad twelve living children nine boys and three girls sixty-two grandchildren, and twenty -eight great-grandchildren Her husband, Buckner alker. 104 years old, and attends tbe duties of bis null. B Jlh are lively, healthy and beany. The t'halra fallowed Taeaa. The Burlington (Vt.) Free rres says: "At tbe Conservative banquet in Montreal last Wednesday evening Sir John Macuonald spoke for four hours. All tbe chairs bad been new Iy varnished, and when at tbe con elusion of Sir John's speech, tbe an dience rose to cbeer, nearly everv oce lifted bis chair with bim. One in dignant diner who left part of bis coat on bis seat, engaged in single combat witb tbe waiter. Altogether it was a very pleasant affair." raaaerflcat River Frazea Over. Chastising Trains. On Tuesday evenining, loth inst. tramp called at Mr. llamerslv's, at Iraverner's oods, and asked for glass of water, stating that be was so hungry, and be bad no place to sleep at nigot. llamersly took pity on him, took bim in, gave bim supper, bed to sleep in, and breakfast next morning. When be was leaving, Mr. llaniersly noticed a great improvement In bis personal appear ance. Tbe night before be was tbin and spare: tbe next morning be was fat and pussy. Suspecting that some tbmg might be wrong, Mr. liauiers Iy proceeded to examine Mr. Tramp critically, and found tost be bad a proprlated to bis own u.-e numerous articles of Mr. Hamersly's clothing, wbicb be bad put uuder bis own rags, and bad stuued bis wallet full f such useful articles as be could nd about tbe premises. Having; the dead wood on Mr. Tramp, Mr. Hamerslv snatched him into his meat house and locked bim in, and pt bim confined until be went to the woods and cut a biir black-srum He tben returned to the meat-house, Blocked tbe door turned out Mr. Tramp, and -bid bim cut and run ramp obeyed orders with military ut bo bad not cleared the -door-sill before Mr. Hauierslv commenced bis part of tbe performance, giving bim the black-gum switch for every jump for about half a mile, lie laid on tbe stripes fast and heavy, and bet ter time was never made from Taverner's Woods to Potts' Mill, and never did a tramp get better paid for the abuse of hospitality than Mr. llamersly gave this thieving rascal Tbonsandaar Warksaea Tarawa af Easplaymeat. Oat Crooked Wklskcy. St. Louis, December 3. The argument? in the Avery case were heard to-day and consumed the en tire session of the court. The jury retired about half-past five, and after beingout about four hours returned a verdict of guilty on one count of the indictment) tbe ctber three having been pronounced bad by ths Court Judge Krum, counsel for Avery, gave coijce mat ce would ine a motion for s new triaj, and be and Avery left tfce court room, ji being1 under stood that no additional bond Touid be required for tbe present at least. Milwaukee. December 3. In the Tatt & Welmer esse to-day, Judge Hubbel concluded bis argument for tbe defense and was folbwed by ex Senator Carpenter for tbe same side Judge Dixon tben closed tbe argu ment for the Government Judge Dyer charged tbe Jury, who went out at 5:35 P. M. A little before 1 1 o'clock 1 ottsville, vec. 6. in conse quence of the overstocked condition of tbe Eastern markets and tbe close of navigation, tbe Philadelphia and leading Coal and Iron Company ill to-morrow direct tbe stoppage of tbirty of tneir forty collieries in thi region ; tbe remaining ten, having a producing capacity of 4,000 tons ally, to continue to supply furnaces and railways in this vicinity. About ve thousand men and boys are thus thrown out of work. Twenty-five individual collieries will also suspend uring tbe week, and it is thought tbat by JJecember 15 the suspension win te general, and tbat over ten thousand people will be out of em ployment in tbe Schuvlkl'l region. i oe suspension mar not last over two months, though fears are enter tained tnat work will not be resumed until spring. Tbe Iron trade continuing dull orders bave been issued by the Read ing Coal aod Iron Company to stop work at tneir various ore mines, where six hundred men are now em ployed It is claimed that enough ore bas been mined and stocked ready for shipping, to supply all demands until spring.' "oaoje AUraipt ta Xardsraad Bah In a Saa. Fraaeslca Hotel' city. ItMw.n4U.fcspMMl l.hm w,tb s criminal is promptly hJ& dowZ "Qfflryy to deTraof ttofecea. fairly and promptly tried, snd if bis offense is s capitol one. promptly sua per col. And be was never worth so mjeh m bis life as in his death, for be dangles from the gibbet s terror to bis kind, sad life is afe for s good while after. It is not & jJeasant thought tbat s man may meet on lb streets of New York in an evening's promenade a bandred men, who, if I bey nsa s good cbance, would cot San Francisco, Dec. 3. A bold attempt at robbery and murder was made at the Palace Hotel this after noon. A young man, calling him self S. U. Harrington, reouested Hcpkioa Jt Haley, brokers, lb send $3,750 in greenbacks to his room at tbe Palace for exchange. Tbe firm sent a boy witb tbe money, accom panied by 5?ers, snspecion being excited. The officer waited oilsjde and tbe boy went in. While Vou'nt-i ing tbe money", the boy' was attacked by Harrington w!th a' batcbet. The officer rushed in and arrested him. Harrington had previously unsuccess fully attempted to lure Michael Reese to bis room, on the pretext of negd- imniy it fuan. rrom entries in bis note book, be ep$ io have been of good connections in some portions of w . . .1 s 'j iue t; pst uu ws iiijpeuea to me set by s desire (4 obtain means to re turn borne. Hartford, Dec. 1. Tbe ice which was floating in tbe Connecticut Riv er in large quantises yesterday is blocked at various points to-day, and above the bridge here the river is frozen over solid. This is the second occurrence of tbe kind by Dec. 1 in forty years. Two Ulrls seat to (he Peal tent larj. Paterson. N. J.. November 30. Two Italian girls, aged fifteen and eighteen respectively, who were ar rested here - recently tor passing counterfeit money, were to-day con victed and sentenced to three years mprisonment Nenator Logan HI- . , CniCAfio, November 30. Senator Logan is in a somewhat precarious condition at the Palmer House in this city, being aniicted with acute rheumatism of the brain. - ccrrext botes. "Uuto him, tbat hath shall be given" A Brooklyn man, tbe father of sevn teen children, found a basket at his basement door the other morning con taining a little gold beaded cherub about two weeks old, A tag appended to the handle of tbe basket bore this legeoo: "You appear to be fond of children. I ain't Please accept this oue." It is proposed to purchase and re move to tbe Centennial grounds tbe bouse io which Horace Greeley was born. It stands on tbe old Greeley farm in Amherst, about five miles from Manchester N. II. The Inter-Ocean suggests that the bisbop of the diocese in which Fath er Byan, the Ohio Catholic priest, is in jail, charged with "shooting with intent to wound," should curse tbe jailer, and, if need be, the jail. Tbe Committee on Contested Seats in tbe next House of Represen tatives will find material for tbe en tir Winter's reading in the case of Judge Abbott against Rutus S Frost, in .the IVth Massachusetts District. Tbe papers in the rase 611 a f ox five feet long, ;o icci mt in. hes deep, and tweuiy-oue iacbes w itle, aud weigh over half a ton. - Wben tbe paitriareh Jacjb, being on'bis death bed, said: "Benijaniiu shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall divide tbe spoil." be bad no reference to Benjamin Harris, of Maryland, tbe red mouthed rebel candidate for Scrgeant-at-Arras cf the United States House of Repre sentatives. According to the report of the Su perintendent of Public Printing, the total cost of the - printing, binding, lithographing, etc., done for the Gov ernment during the year ending Sep tember 30, was $1,500,059 for tbe Cfnnrexnional L'ecord. There are now in all departments of the office twelve hundred employes, with pay roll of $95,000 per month. Miscellaneous Xe w Ad cert iee m r l. Xew Adcerlifementi. PATENTS I No charge for preliminary OBTAINED I search. Sivlett Id sutsdc. Mo Ice usiua rum-tMiul. jUaoiuL with references, I roe. Olticea la Waslilnum sad r'blUulelpat. W cstrrn umi-e, CONNULLY BROS, a McTIUHK, DOY34 l&t Fills Arc., riiuirfirgh, rs. JOTICE. Autice U herelijr given thai an application will be mads at the next seasMu ol tiie Ueneral A- uliiy of Pennsylvania, lor s charter to incor porate s eumpanr lo be caueu iue -rajr nope lioom Company, tbe object of which is, by au thority of sanl charter, to erect ami maintain s boom in Will Creek, mt Fair Uoiie, In S-uwnt county. ra., and to sie tne water ol ill crees and Bruith creek in said euauty, at fur aa prartics ble for floating log into said boom to be uianmse- lured Into lumter. J. M. MAl-U.tliil.il, duel sad other, A UDITOR'S NOTICE. 1 lie amfcrfliirried dalr appointed andltor sr the th-pbaiia' Court of Somerset county, to distribute the fund in the hand of Alkrhael Long, executor and trustee of Mairdalna lions', deeeaned, to and among those legally entitled tlierero. berehy give notice thst he will attend ta the duties of hi ap pointment on Friday, the 10th day of pecemlier next, st hi ornre in Somerset tmrouirn, when snd where sil perona interested may attend. II. u HAtlt, dot24 Auditor. Br,i DGE SALE. Ihe CommU.i'ners of Somerset eountv will of fer to let st puhlic outcrr to the lowest and het bidder, on tlio premise, on Thursday, the loth day of December, 175, st 1 o'clock, the buildinK ot tinuK over jtiiddiecreek near the liermsn KiptiPt Church, in Milford township. Aim on Friday, the 17th dsy of December st 10 o'clock. the building of s bridreover Laurel Kill Creek near the huue of Peter Whlpkev, in Middlecreek township, flan snd specincati'ona will be exhib- lieu on uay oi sale. VAU J. MILLER, F. J. COt.-NTKY.MAV, OLIVER W. BOY KK, nov21 Commissioner?. MIERIFF'S SALES. Ijv virtue of a writ of Fieri Facias Issued odt of the Court ox common i-ieas ot Somerset county. Fa., snd to me directed, 1 will exuoe to sale by pul'lic outcry, st the C-urt Hodm, in Somerset, on Friday, December 10, IS 73, the follnwlnir dcsri1ed real eatate, to wit: All the riiclit, title, interest snd claim or K. H. Marshall, ol, in sod to the following real estate, vli: A eertsln lot or ground situate In Somerset nor.. Somerset county. Fa., containing sere, with s three story brick store house thereon erected honnded by lot ot H. C. ftccrit on the north. H. F. Schell on the east. Main street on the south. and .Main Cross street on the west, with the ap purtenance. Taken In execution aa the property of C H. .Marshall at tbe suit of Fa turn Hurst et aL TERMS. Any person purchasing st the above ile will please take notice that ten per cent of the purchase money will be required as soon ss the property 1 knocked down, otherwise It will strain be exuoned to sale. Tbe residue of the pur chase money must be paid on or he lore the 27th of January, liTO, the day fixed by the Court for the self now led irment of Sherili" deeds, and no deed will lie srkuowledged uutil the purchase money is paid lo lull. ULIi LKK. tt'r-l-.K. novSJ Sheriff. OWEiNS & SCOTT, Commission Merchants, 153 AY. PRATT Street, BALTIMORE. We arc in want of GLADES HUTTEU and promise the same promptness in making good returns a.s in seasons put. Liberal advances made upon shipments when desired. Cards can be had at Express office, and Stores. Very respectfully, ' O W E X S & S C O T T. September 29, 1875. B. Brooke Nyce& Co. BUTTER COMMISSION MERCHANTS No. 54 South Street. BALTBIOEE, The large and regular trade that we have ox Butter all the year round offers superior inducements for Merchants and Dairymen to ship their Butter to us and we respectfully solici their favors promising strict attention to all sent us with prompt sales and check for proceeds. Most respectfully, 15. ISrooktT Xyvc fc Vo. - X. I. Our Shipping Cards can be had at all the Express Offices. September 22, 1875. Tbe largest flouriog mill ia Amer ica is owned by Hon. C. C. Wash burn, of Minneapolis, Minn. It is seven stories high, and crowded witb machinery from top to bottom. Its cost was f 300,000, bas forty run of burrs, and turn3 out 1,000 barrels of flour per day. Pullman palace-cars have been io troduced in England, Belgium, Rus sia, Germany, and now the turn of I ranee and Italy has come. Ameri can inventions are growing fashiona ble. Montgomery Queen has purchased 100 African ostriches, aod is about colonizing then on his place near Uaywoods, a small town fifteen miles from San-Francisco. It is Mr. Queen's intention to raise ostriches solely for their plumage, each bird yielding over $200 worth of leathers yearly. He bas invested $100,000 in the enterprise. Da. B. F. Harry, a prominent phy sician of Bedford, committed suicide on iriaay evening last at tiis resi dence, by taking a combination of poisons wLicb be bad prepared him self. He had been drinkiog bard for some time past, and was supposed to be under tbe influence of liquar wben tbe act was committed. TfrAXTED AN ENERGETIC f f man as greneral airent in this district, to establish loes! agencies and control the sales of sn arttrluof daily use in every household. A le gitimate cash business and a monopoly that will pay. An active man m iy secure a desirable and per manent position by addressing with a jm, ts elosed lor answer, MANHATTAN MAXl'FABTURINO CO. novl 117 Reads Street, New York. A DMIMSTRATOR'S NOTICE Estate ot David Shaffer, late of Paint township, deeessed. Letters of administration on tbe above estate bavins; been grunted to the undersigned, notice is hereny given to those inoebteu to it io make Imme diate payment, and tnose Dsving claims against It, to present them duly authenticated for settle ment on Saturday, the 2utu day of Nov., 137&, at tne late residence of sain deceased. H1KAM SHAFFER, oce Administrator. BULBS, PLANTS AUD TREES, i I UBeautiful bulbs of Hyacinths. ruipa. snd Crocus, sent postage fur $1.00. Frails It om imcntal Trees. Shrues and Vines. An immense stock for Fall Planting, very cheap. Send sir price list. BEN. A. ELL.IOT A CO., 114 Market St., Pittsburgh, Pa. ffistalli, fasMuiton & Baltimore SHOET LINE' C XXELLSV.LLE ROUTE. Illlrlt Kertine. mt Klwfcr aa, fake. WiLumoTOsf, Dei, . Deo. g While Mr. Uongh was lecturing on "Blunders" to a crowded bouse ibis evening tbe Opera House caught fire from a superheated steam pipe in tbe ocp. A 6tampede followed, aud several ladies Tainted, but no one was hurt After tbe flames ha been ex tinguished tbe audience nerroasly JiU throat or two dollars and a haf,ntaraed aod tbe lector was finished Milwai jceis, Dec. I Scbiltz k Bergesthal, rectifiers, convicted of shipping goods without entering the same as required by law, were, this mornic;, sentenced to a fine of $1,000 Tbe Penn Gas Coal Company has built and equipped a railroad from Irwin on P. R. R., to tbe mouth oi Sewickley on tbeJConnellsville Rail road, below West Newton. This company now ran two trains each y from Irwin to tbe Connellsville lailroad aod retcrfl. - i t; , The other day, w hen a Detroit grocerspellwd fugar ' "s-h-n-g-e-r," a friend pointed out tbe word and re marked, "Tbat word isn't epel'ed uite right." "Ah ! I see." lauehed tne grocer; "one would think I bad no education! " And he crossed it out acd wrote "s-h-tr-g-o-r." Hon. Joseph Holt, Jude Advo cate of the Army, bas been retired Upon bid ocr n application, aod will be succeeded by 'Assistant Judge Ad vocate Dunn. .- i General James S. BrUbin writes to the Omaha Herald tbat tLe crops in Nebraska th'rs year bave been enor mous, and tbat the State bas been fully restored to tbe prosperity it en joyed before the grasshopper scourge. l of the grain planted after tbe de struction jn June fnature.cj perfectly. William B. Astor, supposed to be tb richest man jo America, djed in ew York city laet week, at an ad vanced ge. Hjs svealib, mainly real estate; estimated variously from $10,000,000. to $-00,000,000. Hei paia foOO.OOO taxes a inuallv oa big real estate alone. Miles tiik Shortest Lise UTTSBIHGII ami WASHINGTON CITY ! This is the OSLT DIRE T BOTTK TO WASHINGTON CITY AND BALTIMORE. Persons purchasing Tickets ly tins Road TO I 1 i 'i . -. tUllADhlfHU, " ' ' XtW YORK ' 'tl'OXTQS, 4-c. Have Ihe pririltgt of vitlltnj WASHINGTON CITY FKEK Pullman Pulace Cars, Air Brakes, and all Mudcrn Improvements. SUCiOS CHIXUKU iBHuruH to i.EtT!ATIO. -- . :. ' ! . s r : .1 , , , QTHBOIUH EXPRESS TRAINS From Depot, cor. Grant sod Water Sis, JT 9:4 i A. M. DAILY. J:0 0 t. 31. DAILY; ( Except Sunday. ) For time Of Local Trains, see PiUa bjirgh Daily Papers. JOEL S. GOE, DEALER 131 HSS T HUNK S, Ladies' Satchels, &c. Xo. 1!) Fedebal Street, near suspension BriJge. ALLEGHENY CITY ,PA. C.& HolaerDaum Oct 20. JEGAL NOTICE. W.J. Bacr, ) In the Common Pleas of Som vs. S erset county, alias writ of pjr- Wm. Earnest. ) lition. To William Earnest, defendant above named. Yon are hereby notined that an alias writ of partition issued out of tbe Court of Common Pleas of Somerset county, with an order lor pub iicstion to me directed, commanding von to si.im.hp and show cause why partition should not be nuule oeiween you ami me puintin above named ol the lollowinz lands in Somerset connf v st or nr tl town ol Garrett, in said eountv, which you and the said plaintiff together snd 'undivided do hold, vis: No- L A tract of land known s th P.ir t H. Walker tract, euntainloic Ouu acres, more or less. No. X A tract in name of Lswis Vrnlnwr containing 462 acres. No. 3. A tract in name of John tiin Mmtin. tax 464 acres. No. 4. A tract in name of Charlm Mimiuiam contalniniW4u acres. No. 4. A tract in name of Martin ltnhha tainins; 42U seres. i0. A tract in rime of Nathan Ijif)h..r..n.h containing Via acres. ' No. 7. The southern noi-tinn nf & tra in of A warn Stein, containinc 219 acres and -ja perches. no. 5. A tract In name of Peter Uc na.n mn. Uininr43B seres. No. a. A tract in name of Wm. Johnson, con taining 421 acres. no. lo. A tract In name of Th..mn cii.n containing- s acres. it. At raft lo name of George Burgher, con taining 33 acres and t : per;bes. No. 12. A tract In name of Henr R.vr talnlng 233 acres and 23 perches.. rac.t innaeof Rachael Tom snd llri:ih Tom. eitntRlrtlnf. .w. u,. i ou are hereby notify to aisjiear at a Court of common Fleas to be bolden on the 4i u Monday of January next snd show cause why tmrtitmo bo- j WH Mm piiiuiiiii soouiu nn oe mauc. Sheriff. Have now opened A Large and Complete Assortment of (jootls for Fall and Winter Wear. Tbey have eeomplete assortment o Iulso" Fur, DreH Goori. Felt Skirts IIoojkKkirt, Hustle, Shoos, Csiiim ftniifla!, And Felt over Shoes, MEN AND BOYS' Clothing, Boots and Shoes, ' HATS AND CAPS, GLOVES, ScC. s Un'lerelotsin for ?.fen ar.'l " -i .. A large artb;ent ot Womprj U.k ll pUB I3LIC SALE.- HARDWARE ill The courts ot Kentucky bare 1 iust each andour mottj;? iropridocment decided tte local option law to be on- . i, j constitutional, on tbe ground tb.t it is iTsct atinvrzi, jnr tbat tbe State Leg j liMuje Bks ao f over ly -its coaut- ijienis constitute an set an offence iq one coijot of townsbin, and to punisb it a sucb, wfcich in another in the Couritj ja!ij.' AfTf of 9 Cpjvraroeat Official. Chioauo, December J. Jj. 1. Mucn. fornierlr an interna! rerenue 6cpervi8or from tbe bontbern district countr r townohin nur i, i.-.r..ti. of Illinois, was arrested to-daj and done. Tbe Court of Appeals of CI his trial on a charge of committing , iornia recent. took precisely a simi rrauda on tba revenue will be com- j Iar position a reference to tbe tbe lo menced tbia afternoon. ,'cal option law of that State i'it-'Save mny bourj tjnie by patronising 0e "SnoRT Lisp.'-' fcptral TLkeP OfRpe, &t!l At p., Pittsburgh, Pi, E. K. UYXDKAX, Ocn. Sup't. CONNELLSVILLE. Novemlier, 10, 1ST. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. ; t . i- , . huokte of CJuptfan juaedt, lit, ul Somerset Tp., decea-d-. lettewof administration on the above estate hav inn been u ranted ui the uuionij ... -T- Minority, sot tee U hereby giveS to th.-e iWbted to it to make immediate payment and those hsv ins: claims airs nst it to present tbem duly enthen Ucsted r,,r sei Dement at the Isle resilience of to deeessed, oa Friday, Decern lr 10, Ikts. A. BUEHLX Alf, Administrator. fhe umlersisrned. assignee of John N'en. v otter st public outcry, in Somerset borngh, on Wednesday, December 22, 1875, the following property, rlz: No. 1. A nouse sad lot In said borough, occu pied by 31 rs. Quaker, the honu-stra,! ..V n... aiifnor. No, 2. 43 lots In Somerset hommrh nMi..d side of thoTailroadc sal joining Ixwe Huirusan l ethers. 5 f 1? ,0" in the ttlhentn burrinirirround. No. 4. The nmiiviilr.1 half ,.r am', . - . land in Greenville totrn3h:p, wsr-ai.ted 'n the name of Thomas John?. . This jract u vi$iabfa , . , ... . i uituvraj. cuv No. 6. 11 acres of ln,f In V . i . . hip, Philip Kiink tract. v'mu No. 6. 27 acres of land ! v.. . ..... h I ilu.iln. 1..... ...... "r- "J wi rfunu w ui ami otners. No. 7. 82 acres ot land warranted in the name of Baer Wallow, well timbere.! No. 8. The undivid ed balr of 1', acres, adjoia ins; Baer Wallow snd others, well tlmtwred. No. . The undivided hslf of TO acres, the An J Loune property, In Allegheny town-hip. This tract has very fine pine and other Umber on it. which makes it vsluable. No. lu. The nndividdd half of 27 acres in Al bifheny township, adjoining Andrew ilillcrsnd others. No. 11. lie seres In Pslnt township, warranted In the nam o John Whitehead. m timber N... ll ) acre's 'la Paint townshif.,' warranted bcred "am 0 Juh P1"19. nJ well tim- No. 13. The undivided hill or 400 acres, war ranted in the name or Ji.hn White thl ..-"."ni"?1 h'U lcr"' ""anted in the name of John Uann. No. IS. The undivided half of STT'a: ir.ted in t he na.u cf lieonre W.son! son. In the name of lar. no. IS. lou acres' wSrraain.1 liniMU'lilrahul . t. ... ElUott T" " Crt warrante'1 !n the name of John No. M. "MO acres In t h Q ;n . v.. .- . ----- - - - v - asisirici, m thefetateof Minnesota. . No. ltt. One steam saw mill, Wvandott Chief, In Rood running C'.ll'JKIjn. I ijtnnlete in nil r. spects. .....(. o.No'J!2.' kllre tock I" t Iavidsille Plank Road. TKRMS. Une-half cash, tl. hnlnv, in nn. year, witb Interest from date of sale with appro ed secufitv, A;eiKei. QUEENSWARE, Carpets, Oil Cloths, &c. A large stock of fine nl ftofcn SALT Ity the ijzirrel 'or SiwU Prices as Low as Possib'p C. & O. HOLDEKIUUM, Somerset, Pa- Oct. JO. TJ eoK-mTr-oft he H-rli lev's Mills i.'rton rbeial.on snd J ire Insurance Couipau, ul flW an election on the 1st diiy of January, IsT j, f.,fc p?J purpi.se of elect !ni( a lrd of officer jox the eu sulu year, eonsisiius; or one President, six Uiree tiir. nie Secretary an. I one Treasurer. N. B, After :he above date new policies will be Uiucd to all the members of the Company. II v order or the Hoard. BZKA S. BKKKLKV, . Scc'y B. M. V. A. and t ire ins. Ce. uc-1 JkTOTlCK. Ntlce is hereby siren that Samuel H. Hanircr, of Somerset township made" sn assignment to 5 domon J. BaScr, ol jn me tuwnshrp, lor tbe hen ehtof hi cretlitor-1, all per -tu kjowin tbe sefVes to be Indebted to the sail llatrrer ifT:i pjeaseenll eitlierat tbo iitfire or 15a--r fcaer: ,j Sjunierw N.n."iri. or at the bouse oj'tlie assi-ir sou mane sen lenient. nor SOLOMON J. BAKER. A Sjixnce. NOTICE, iSotlCC if herehv arlvpn that n axrsi.H.titfni. will huihrh a. jvroTicK. Thore w,ll b. , bly of Pennsvlvania. for the rcueal oi the Art an. proved April 8th. 1869. entitled "An Act to attach Somerset County to the Middle lHstricl for tba Supreme Ourt of Pennsylvania and for authority to restore said eunnty to tbe Western tiistrlctof io supreme umn. JUH.n K. i.lllt W, J. H A Lit A. J.C.I.lMilJV ft. L.B.T.h. -.' W. H. HVPP1X. J. M.l'HL. J. O. KIM MEL. W. H. KOONTZ. J AS. L. PVOW? SASJl H.ilTUKR a. Vi. l. aiOVJ Jv.T. ti. mmTjv. H. F. SCHUX, J. O. IX t LET VAL. MAY, F.J. KfXiSKR, A. H-COFFKfrTH. ISAAC 1J U I S. STiccl.ll utcctlntfoV tk fitl ConiM-linliie Rallrned Com, any at the uin.-eiii tbe (Jompany. In the eltv of PllisbnrKb. at twelve (1-2) o'. lot k noon on the thirteen (IS) day of Uecemlier, This meelins; Is caiiol by the directors of the Company to aui horise the issue ol the bonds of the Couipanv, to he secured by a consolidated m .rjnajtf. an.1 to consider aa ar rangement lor the operation; of the road by the Baltimore snd Ohio Railroad Company snd the "J i"aii naitiuKire and I hto Kai- ;eaM -uipansr v tijeoonjpijdatod I W. H. POSTLETH WAITli J. KlSa Jr. HKiH TISSON, WM. H. PKKKINS CH ARLES WKHB UF.O. K. ltKNNIs ' tiee tj.al MKNUKM i Vtlhft, J. I. SMITH. WM. KEYXER. H.. VK KEKi", W. S. HISS EL ti. Ia. B. FETTEKM IVW i BALDWIN. Iiirector. a eel Jr. 4
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