IJ The Somerset Herald. EDWARD 8CCLL, Editor and Proprietor. WEDKEID1T. .February t, lttl It is most touching to read we appeals of the inters organs for Rep- ublican union-on their platform. The records of the Treasury De - ivirfmonf show that William II. Vanderbilt owns eaymOW of government bonds. The United States Supreme Court has decided that the income tax is constitutional. The suit against Samuel J. Tilder will now be push ed forward. The election of a Democratic Senator from Tennessee settles the question, that the Senate will be controled by the Democrats for at least two years longer. The Legislature is steadily settling down to work. It costs aVout forty five minute each day to ballot for Senator and then the usual routine is resumed. Representatives Colbokn and Mier speak for themselves in an other column, in reply to the fac tionists. who in the late meeting at tempt to bull-doze and frighten them into the toils of the bolters. The anti-caucus people at Harris- burg have held their tenth caucus. The fact is they cannot do without their daily caucus. It is only cau cuses they cannot control that they are opposed to. President Hayes sticks to Ohio to the last. He has just appointed Stanley Mathews of Cincinnati, to the Supreme bench to fill the va cancy occasioned by the resigna tion of Judge Swayne. The funniest farce on the politic al boards is to see a lot of fellows howling for the party, and at the same time viciously kicking their representatives for standing by party nominations. The Growites in the Legislature didn't read the fable of the "dog in the manger" for nothing, when they were lads. It must havemade a deep impression on them, they emulate the conduct of the dog so faithfully. j We observed several, present can didate for county offices, standing up on Tuesday evening and voting like little men that nominations are not to be observed and have no binding effect. Just wait a month or two and see how these same fel lows will beg the voters to nomin ate them, and how, if nominated, they will insist on the hinging force of regular nominations. Republicans should not be mis led into looking upon the contest for Senator, now leing waged at Hrrrisburg as a contest between men. It is a contest between the Republican party and a faction. The rule of faction never accom plished anything but ruin. When a contest for office develops into a struggle between the party and a faction, it is the duty of every true man to stand by his party and its regular nominees. That was an edifying spectacle presented at the Republican meet ing on Tuesday evening, when our county officials stood up and voted to sustain the bolters at Ilarrisburg Xotone of these gentlemen could have come within gun-shot of the office he is now occupying, had they been supported on their individual merits only, and not as the regular nominees of the party. The attempt to kick down the bridge that car ried them safely into their present snug births, is as ungrateful as it is indefensible. The absurd use of cant terms by small politicians is laughably illus trated in the telegram from this place to the riuAnrgh Dia(ch published elsewhere. Geo. W. Pile, ex-Sheriff was elected Chairman of the County Committee for the ensuing year. Dr. II. 'day McKinler, of Meyerilule. and Sheriff Kdjrar Kyle, of Som erset, were elected delegates to the State Convention. All these (rcntlemen are anti mai lune men." As Sheriff Pile is an unflinching Republican, who never blinked a regular nomination, and was select ed by the meeting to take charge of, and run the machine for the next year, and the delegates to the Con vention were made by the machine, and can only be admited to the con vention by virtue of their appoint ment by the machine. The cheap ness and silliness of this anti-machine brag is verv obvious. Messk. Colborn a.n'D Mier were nominated and elected as represen tatives of the Republican party, and they were supjorted with great unanimity by the voters with out reference to the Senatorial ques tion. Suppose they had told the Republicans of. this county before the election that they would not go into a Republican Senatorial cau cus, but would stand aloof and thus jeopardise the election of a Renub- lican Senator and the supremacy of j 'owing : the party in the State how many "T1' r-eclinps of the neput.li.-an meet , 1 . . , . , - 1 "P published elsewhere in these columns votes would they have received in the '" ' read by Hon, a. j. coibom and county ? Th actionist, who are now j baying like blood hounds on their "eeur' fr thero the endorsement of their track, and who thought Grow vJ VVZ g Senator, would cdJ oeen tne nrst to denounce thcni. : nJ earn the approval of the tnpie Our members Lave acted within the ! u,ey nowp ,'"nr'b" ,,laoe euici line ot tneir duty ; no unfair- j ucaa in cuargeu against the caucus ! or iU nominee, and they must bej customed against the malevolence of a few bolters and traitors in our amp, or the party organization I way as well be abandoned. j 'i blic ecntiment in regard to the ' conduct of our homo bolters in cus toming the Iwltcrs at Jlarrisburg in the meeting last week, was happily and truly expressed by a stalwart old Republican from the north of the county in a brief conversation tion next day. Said he : "A couple of years since there was a meeting in the Court House, when "Billy" , , , . , , , i MtcTf anJ inailc fim of ;t T t wt jt mi?h on 1 neighlKire, but it was right, and for "the party's good, and I stood with him ; but now that he has turned his coat and takes the part of the bolters, 1 cannot go with him, and "Billy" will find out that the people won't either." THE MILK I.V THK COCOA-XUT. We invite the attention of the true and reflecting republicans of Somerset County to the following summary of passing events, bearing upon the welfare of the party in this county, and exhibiting the aim and object of a clique, or ring or combi nation of would-be haders deter mined to rule or ruin the organiza tion. The difficulties surrounding the election of a Senator at Ilarris burg have been seized upon to ef fect the object aimed at, and the puriwse is fully discernablo in the. extracts herewith published. It is well known that the settled rule or practice of the Republican party of this state, ever since its organization, is to make its nomina tions for United States Senator, in and bv a caucus or convention of the members of the Legislature. In accordance with this established custom of the part;-, a caucus was called for the purpose of selecting a candidate. A number of represen tatives bolted or refused to enter this caucus, and set up a candidate of their own. The members from this county, as had been done by all their predecessors, went into this caucus, voted for Gen. Koontz as their first choice, and afterwards voted for Henry W. Oliver who was made the unanimous nominee. Having entered into the caucus or convention of the party, they were and are in duty bound to support its nominee, and have since faith fully discharged that obligation. The Meycritiialc Commercial of Jan uary 21st commenting editorially on the Senatorial question express es itself thus : "The manly stand tuki'ti hy the Inilciciid "ent or Stalwart Heiilliranj at llsrrisl.urg "in the tVnatoriul contest wins the admira "tion of the pr.-at mujuritv of the Ii juLl:c "n party of the State. "We have foken with over a hundred "stalm-art IU-jrablirang since the Senatorial "contest hepan and thus far have found but "one ardent tii'orter of the caucus ma "chine. That is the ontlook here, ami ire "Mint it general tkruuijhuut the eoitatit." Tliis article was immediately cop ied into the Pitt-burgh Dispatch and given circulation throughout other papers in the State. Believing it to be a libel on the Republicans of this county who have heretofore stood by all regular nominations with unflinching intogrity, and believing that the action of ourrcpresentatives in performing a plain duty should be sustained, the editor of this pa per went into the Republican county mooting held on Tuesday evening last and offered the following reso lution : "Iiatvlted, That the course pursued hy "Messrs. 'olhi.ni and Mier our reprise lit a "tive in the Legislature in participating in "the Republican Senatorial caucus, abiding "by its results, and since faithfully eupport Henry V. Oiiver its unanimous nomi "nee, merits and meets v. ith our party aj probation." Immediately a motion was made by John G. Ogle to lay the resolu tion on the table, which motion was suported in speeches of consider able length by himself, F.J. Kooscr, William H. Koontz and Dr. Mc Kinley. The resolution was tabled by a vote of sixty, bin a majority of those present and voting, and amid the throwing up of caps, and cheers and howls of exultation the meet ing adjourned. On thesucceding Thursday (27th), the following appeared in the I'itti burgh Dispatch. XO MACHINE FOU SOMEKSKT. The Ilf publicans in Meeting anscm Md Tabled a Resolution Indorsing the Action ofTlieir Representatives. Special Telegram to the Dispatch. Somerset, Pa., January 2fi The annual business meeting of the llepublicans of Som erset couuty was held pursuant to call, at the Court House, last night. Jeo. V. Pile, ex-sheriff, was elected chairman of the County Committee for the ensuinc year. lr. 11. Clay ilcKinlev, of .Meyersdale, and SlicriirEdj;arKylc, of , Somerset, were elect ed delegates to the State Convention. All these pt-titleiucn arc auti-Machine men. 'J'heiirebraDdof the evening was thrown by the Machine men in introduciugaresolu tion in approval of the action of A. J. Col born and Samuel Mier, our KrpresentatiTcs at Hamburg, in going into caucus and sii H)r:ing Oiiver for Senator, 'i'ne resolution was laid on the table by a decisive vote. Theanti-Machiue men having won a- a!l points gave three hearty cheers, and the mcctinadjourncdaiiiid preat exciteiu-ot. This heme court week, a lareattendauceof me ITO'pie v nan, ana lo-tiur men are conKraiuiatinp each other upon the victorT .i.-tf.-i. . . . . . . on j ine .uac uiiie, an u llaiiii H lias lost lis unch-pin in Somerset county. and the editorial comcnU of the same paper were as follows: The Kcpubii -ans of Somerset county by lui-iiiig a resolution 01 endorsement prae- '""" lejiumaieu ine action 01 tiieir repre sentatives in sunnortinff the Mur-liin .lyi. di.'.ate for I'liiu-d States Senator. The hon est IL-pubtican ecntiuient of even- ranntv East and West, in this Coinmnnirn'tli if "it nmiuwiwlTiainfU. Won il he found In coincide precisely with that whieh tin. Somerset county people have given ex plosion to in their action. On Friday last the MeycrxhiU Commercial came to hand with a re port of the meeting and among other editorial comments, the fol- Wc abstain from all comment at ! present. The meeting was a small one, and in our judgment did not. and could not .peak for the Republican of the county. Our b'ect in tins grouping of facts is to' show un- mistakably as they do, that the dc sign of the managers is to create the impression abroad, that Somer set county has abandoned the high position site has heretofore main tained hi the ranks of the party, and cast in her lot with the disorgan izers and bolters. It is for the Re publican voters of the county, not us, to deal with the factionisti in our ranks. Finm a communication in the Chambcrsburg JiwiUtfi on . the Sci.atorship we take the following reminiscenscs f former attempts made by minorities to coerce ma jorities : In 1861 the Southern people noti fied the North that if Abraham Liucoln was elected President we would have a war. He was elected and we did have a war, and the rebels were defeated. The majority ruled, and they have threatened war ever since their defeat, but the peo ple go on in their usual way, and a second w:.r has not yet arrived. In 1S72 Mr. Grow and his followers notified the party that if llartranft was not withdrawn, that thev would support P.uckalew and Greeley. The able leaders of our party told the true Republicans to stand firm and let them vote for lkiekalew and Greeley. They did vote for them but the majority of the people stood by the. first principles of the Repub lican party, and the majority must rule, ami " the Greeley crowd were overwhelmed. In 1870 the rebels informed the Republican party that if they under took to put into the Presidency Mr. Haves, who had been decided to be theduly elected President by a ma jority count of eight to seven, that one "hundred thousand men would march to Washington to prevent him from taking his scat. Neverthe less he took it, and the people and country supported the majority. The first principles ot Republican ism. And it will be the casein every ward meeting, convention, caucus, business, corporation, tc. The old doctrines of cession from party and country has so often been settled that I am surprised to hear and see that men who seem to be so successful as to be elected to repr? scnt Republicans should so far for get themselves. Destroy the party or yield to the minority is their bat tle flag. I am little acquainted with Mr. Oliver but he is well re-commended by the business men and the delega tion from his own home and by the bolters proclamation, who say that "his private character and individ ual worth of the gentlemen are un assailable and yield to him our un qualified respect." How the minority f the Repub licans can sustain and support them selves by such meaningless words in their stubbornness, the tax payers would like to know whose money they are squandering and whose time they are wasting in their fruit less attempt to coerce the majority. Do they wish to disrupt the Repub lican party by their course, and set aside the first principles of the party to carrv out their views, it so they cannot do it, as the principle of the party has withstood their selfish ness before and compelled the mi nority to respect the wishes, of the maioritv. It is not the man that we vote for, but principles should govern, and not selfishness and vin dictiveness. When principles are none organization is srone, then the country and the party are demoral ized. 1 f thev had set forth in their proclamation that Mr. Oliver had gained his votes by unfair or corrupt means, then they might have some ground to stand on, but the bolters have given him a good character, beyond reproach. An honest man with an excellent character is one that Dioirenes could not find in all Athens. llKPVliMCAV. A Cruel Father. New.u:k, O., January 27. A school teacher from near Amster dam, in this county, came to this city and swore out a warrant for the arrest of a farmer named John Cum mings, who live3 near that place, for the lollowing crime : On lat feat urdav a seven-year-old son of Cum- ming's got his feet wet while coast- ins contrary to his lather a orders, This so incensed the brute that he split one end of a stick, put the boy a tongue in, and drove a small nail or tack into the stick and the boy's tongue, lie took the boy to the barn and tied the other end of the stick to a manger, and cruelly whip ped the boy and left him fastened in that way for three hours. The boy was sent to school on Monday morning, and the teacher, knowing there was something wrong with him. questionea the boy, who con fessed the above story. Cummings was arrested and brought here, and gave a bond of &XK) for his appear ance before Justice Anderson. He ha3 figured in the courts here before in a divorce case with his first wife, the mother of the boy he no cruelly punished. She was divorced from him for extreme erualty. A Paring Jiurglar. Chicago, January 24. A bohl and singularly successful robbery was perpetrated last night in the office of the Union Iron and Steel Compa ny, on Island avenue, near Thirty second street The location is a very desolate one, and except when lighted up by the glare of the mills in the neighborhood of the office was in total darkness. It was in this condition last night when three men rapned on the door and were admitted ny the watchman. They immediately overpowered, bound, gagged and blindfolded him and proceeded to blow open the safe. This feat they accomplished in alwut two hours time and abstract ed ten thousand dollars cash.. One thousand was in -5 gold pieces, about 1"0 in silver coin, and the re mainder of the ten thoueand was in bills done up in enyelojK-s ready to be paid to the employes of the com pany to-day. IMsatfroae Conflagration. Chicago, I1L, January 28. A dis patch from South Rend, Ind., says: "A fire this morning, which started in J. M. Calvert's dentistry, burned seven large buildings and business houses, including two laree drv goods stores, a grocery, restaurant, snoe store, saloon, the city library and city clerk's ofiice. The hydrants were frozen, and it was over three hours before they could be thawed out enough to be available. All the telephona . and telegraph wires, ex cept those of. the American Union Company, were broken in the effort to 6av property. The loss is rough ly estimated at $00,000. Tho lire originated from the explosion of an oil stove." OUR WASHINGTON- LETTKR. (Fr.on oen SrnciAt CouityjiroNnmiT.) Washington, Jan. 2, I. The length v article' going' the i rounds of the'press announcing the! tnrt1inT nredietion that there was I crest Liui-r of the world cominit to an end ronie time this year, has led an enterprising journalist to inter view t! ; Washington astronomers on the general "bust up" expected. The prophecy was a little more defi nite than the- oneof Mother Shipton, for it detailed the manner in which tne earth's destruction was to be ac complished. This was in brief, that ... ' .1 . ' I mere is ui ,-rcsem. iu uic uunuiau a body, apiH-aring small perhaps in sizo by reason ot its distance from the san. but almost inconceivably dense bv reason of the amount of matter "which is crowded into it, which is proceeding directly towards the sun. Some time during this year, the prediction alleges, this great mass will fall into our lumi nary and the immense heat sudden ly "generated thereby will destroy all tho higher forms of life on the earth. It was very solnrly Htated that the jM-opleat the Poles, although their temperature would be greatly increased, might possibly survive the terrible heat and thus repeople the earth. The event thus detailed was called "cataclysm." The Naval Observatory was the first point visited. Professor Hall, though able to discover Mars's sat elites, has not yet found the comet which is to play such an important part in tho destruction of the world. "Jt is the first time I have been made aware of the impending dan ger," he said, as he glanced over the article which the correspondent showed him." "But can there be any foundation for such i prediction. "Only in this : that I have seen somewhere a statement that the comet of 1812 was to return about this time. But we know nothing certain. Indeed, it is impossible to know anything positive about com ets. Wc can only observe such a very small portion of their immense orbits that we cannot estimate their return with exact precision, but the likelihood of its falling into the sun or striking the earth even, if it did return, is infinitesimal."' "Do you think that the earth will ever be struck by a comet ?' "There is just about one chance in a million that such a thing will conic to pass." "And if it did?" " "In my opinion no one need fear the consequence in the least. But these matters have always had a strong hold on the public. I re member as far back aa 1843, that a great comet was seen in the heavens. By a coincidence the Millerites about the same time predicted the cud of the world. You may nothelieve it, but the aptx-arancc of that comet made a great manv converts to that faith." "Then you are not ron.-crned about this prediction ?"' "No, nvich. I don't care even to speculate alout it, for there are many matters of fur more value to which mv time can be better de voted." -' Professor Eastman was found in his room busily at work. He laugh ed when he read the article which the correspondent showed him. "I don't know anything about it," he said, as he laid it on his desk, which was covered with calcula tions. "You sec there are periodic waves of speculation among aineteur astronomers, and 1 suppose this is the latest. Some times they laor to show that the spots on the sun c?ert a great influence on mundane affairs, and sometiiyes to show the connections of meteoricshowers and comets. These gentlemen speculate ingeniously. People always read that sort of matter without once en deavoring to ascertain the real facts in the case. For instance, there is an apparently well authenticated tradition that Tycho Brahne, an early astronomer, predicted that this year would be one of great sick ness "and general other terrible things because four plannets, Venus, Ju piter, Saturn and Neptune, would be in conjunction." "Is that not so?" The Professor laughed more heart-' ily than ever. "Of course not," he said. "The plannets do not come into conjunction this year at all. In addition to this, Neptune was not discovered until Tycho Brahc had been dead about 300 yean?, and he could not, therefore, have predicted its conjunction with anything. Yet I suppose that threeoutof every five I rieople have leen influenced hy this ' prediction, and some have gone to sleep at night thinking of the awful events which were going 'to hap pen." "Do you think that the predicted reappearance of the comet of 1812 is sufficient ground for the statement that the world will come to an end this year?" "I "do not think," answered Ppro fessor Eastman, "that this predic tion arose from that source. It is true that some of the French astron omers who have been studying Enck's comet, which was supposed to have a period of 8,0: JO years, have announced that it might appear some time within this century. But my idea is that this" article, if it did not originate altogether in some im aginative brain, was based on a statement regarding Swift's comet" "What was that?" inquired the correspondent. "That it was moving directly to wards the earth. Three comets have been discovered recently, one of which is Swift's. It was announc ed from the first that two of the comets were moving in an orbit which would never come near the earth, but Swift stated that he could defect no motion in his comet, and he reasoned thercforo that it was moving directly towards the earth. Had his observations Wen correct his conclusions would have been justifiable. When, however, we looked at the comet through our glass we detected a very rapid mo tion, visible even without the aid of the mcasurments ordinarily used. Professor Frisby who has been mak-1 ing a study of--the orbit of Swift's comet, ' find that it has a period of about five and a half years. So there is no danger of it striking tho earth or failing into the sun. If there is any other comet coming, I don't know it." Professor Ilarkness was also busy with some astronomical tables, but took time to carefully read over the article. - : . ' "What do you think of it?" asked the correspondent, when he had fin-1 lahed reading. "I can dispose of it in three pen- j ox has broken out in the Fort Mad tences In the first place, there is j ison penitentiary, creating great ex no evidence that any comet is about ! citement and panic All the fore to fall into the sun. Second, if a ' men of contract work have tied, and comet did fall into the sun, it is -not i likely that it would heat that body j sufficiently to cause serious damage I to the earth, and, lastly, physicists do not believe, as the article states, j that the falling of tho meteors into ; the sun is the principle source of its heat. So far as is now known, the only adequate source seems to be the shrinking of the sun's diameter produced, by the action of its own era vity." "That seems to pi tile the whole ; matter," commented the corrcspond- ent. "That is what I meant it should do. 1 think that articles of that Kind," ho said, pointinir to tho extract, "are not worth a moments consider ation, except to expose their absur dity.: i i i Proressor Ne wcomb who was found at his residence, . did not sCe why people should get interested in such unmitigated nonsense. "But they will get interested," he said, "for, the other morning, I found on my desk a letter from a gentleman who had read the prediction, andVantcd to know whether it was true. I guess you might as well tell the readers of : your paper what I told him : That he ought to know better than to trouble himself about a mat ter which on its very face is nonsen sical and absurd. Senator (inkling made a "ten strike" witli the women folk9 last week by his action in the Senat. The woman Suffragists who were in Convention here prevailed uton Senator McDonald, of Indiana, who is just now a happy man, having taken to himself his second "frow" to introduce in the Senate a proposi tion for the appointment of a stand ing committee on the rights of wo men. After Senator McDonald had explained his scheme, the galleries being filled to overflowing by the gentler sex, Senator Conkling pro posed to amend it so as to make the committee a select one, which should report on the matter this session, in view of the fact that a committee would hardly have time to accom plish much more before the session ends, when it would go out of exist- ance and of the utter impracticabili ty of securing action on the report, if made. This brought forth bursts of applause from th ladies gallery which Vice President Wheeler had to suppress with the gavel, whereat the grave democratic Senators smiled at each other, but soon became frightened at the Hon. Roscoes' pop ularity with the ladies and knew that the senior Senator from New York meant business and was set ting a trap for them to step in, Mc Donald did not like the wind to be taken out of him 60 suddenly es pecially from Conklink. He main tained that hi3 schcme"was the wiser one and after a democratic pow-wow for a few minutes up popjied Sena tor Davis, of West Virginia, who made a" cruel motion to refer the proposition to the committee on rules, which is not likely to vex the Senate with any more business at this session. Mr. Davis' motion prevailed and thedisappointed spec tators retired muttering a purpose to make it hot for him if one of these days he should want to be re elected. You should hear thestrong mind ed women now stand up for Conk ling and give old man Sprague the d on every occasion. Picket. Killed. Mai.oxe, N. Y., January IJ0. For some time rumors have been freely circulated that a young lady named Gertie Manning, "residing with her uncle, W. L, Manning, in this city, was being systematically poisoned by Mr. M's " housekeeper, a young lady named Emma Davis. Miss Manning complained several times of finding a greenish substance re sembling Paris green in her coffee, and several times has had all the symptons ot poisoning by arsenic after partaking of fod from Miss Davis' hands. At last the doctors attending the sick lady unanimous ly declared it was their belief that poison was being administered. A nurse was then employed who was the only person allowed to prepare food or handle medicine for Miss Manning. Miss Davis was arrested, and her preliminary examination was concluded yesterday, resulting in her commitment to await the ac tion of the grand jury for the alledg ed crime of administering poison to ?diss Manning with intent to kill. Miss Manning's condition docs not improve. Her limbs and arms are paralyzed, and it is thought that she cannot possibly recover from the effects ol the poison. Tragedy. PiltTA, O., January 30. At half past seven o'clock last night a terri ble tragedy occurred in this city. Dr. W. F. Harbaugh killed his wife and then committed suicide. Just previous to this horrible affair he had a dispute with his wife, taking with him his two sons. Going to his office a short distance away, he locked the bovs in and returned. and approaching his wife he drew a revolver and shot her through the head. He then went up stairs, and taking a gun, placed the muzzle be hind his ear and fired, the charge blowing the whole ot his head off, scattering the fragments of his skull and brains all over the room. Dr. Harbaugh was aged - about 30 years and a dentist of great skill. Of late years he has been addicted to drink, and that habit has devolv ed in him a quarrelsome disposition. He married, fifteen years ago, in Dayton, the victim of the tragedy, ard though quarrels between the couple had been frequent no suspi cion has ever attached to her justify the assault. He has often been ar rested for beating her, and often she avoided his attacks by concealing herself until he recovered from his fits of drunkenness. The city is greatly excited over the event. Suicide aud Murucr.. Chicago, January 27. At ten o'clock on Tuesday evening Theo dore Patrini, a French farmer living four miles southwest of the village of Assumption, deliberately mur dered his wife and then attempted to commit suicide. His wounds are fatal, but he may live a few days His reason for committing the act is that his wife upbraided him for wasting his time loafing about the village instead of gathering his corn, adding, "I threatened to snoot her : she dared me to do It and -her, I did shoot her, and I am not sorry for it" Patrim's record is a hard one. He and his wife were con stantly quarreling. . Small-pox. Chicago. January 2G. Tho Jour- j uiT Des Moines special says : ''Small work is generally abandoned. It is believed the disease will shortly be under control." Tricst Ilntchrred. New Orleans, January 23. The steamship Wanderer, Capt. IxH'tch, arrived late tonight from Belize, Honduras. She brings the follow ing news: "The colony of British, Hondaras is in a state of excite ment over the capture and shooting, by order of President Banjos, of the Republic of Guatemala, ofthoJes uitc priest, the Rev. Father Gillet, By tho laws of Guatemala all Jes uits have been banished from the Republic, and should any be caught in the Republic they invariably meet their doom by being phot behind tho prison walls or out on the pla za, a place reserved for the execu- of noted criminals, in lull view of the entire populace. It appears that Father Gillet visited Guatcl ama for his health and not as a clergyman. Nevertheless, he had scarcely set foot in Livingston, when being recognized 1y the command ant, he was arrested, ironed, and thrown into a dungeon to await or der from the capitol Guatelama City. On the receipt of the tele gram ordering his being brought on to the capital for trial, ho was de vested of nearly all his clothing and forced to walk barefooted a distance of 100 miles over the mountains, his captors using mules as a means of transportation. Arriving after three days, he was tried and sen tenced to be shot. The news of his sentence reached the cars of the peo ple in British Honduras, and he be ing a man of extraordinary elo quence and learning, and one of whom every one honored and re spected, the Governor of Belize was waited upon by thousands of per sons of every creed and belief, and asked to demand the surrender of the priest into their hands. This was done, but all to no avail, for President Banjos ha3 passed judg ment, ami nothing remained but tho execution of the sentence. On Monday morning, January 17 Father Gillet was taken out ot pris on, under a heavy guard, and march ed to the plaza, wtiere tney were joined by two regiments of soldiers his coffin was brought and placet before him ; the soldiers formed a hollow square, broken at one cross- street, oposite which was posted a firing party, hehind the soldiers were the people of the city, looking on awestruck and silent, lhesig nal for the shooting was given by tbrce short rolls on a drum heavily muflled, and hardly had the sound of the third roll died away, when with one instantaneous rejort, 20 carbms sent lorth their leaden mis siles on an errand of death, an Father Gillet fell forward on his coffin, pierced by 17 balls, a mass of lifeless llesh and blood. Immedi ately the shrill blast of the bugle was heard ordering the formation of marching line, and, leaving a detail of eight men to perform the bury ing, the soldiers marching to the time of a lively quickstep, re-enter ed their barracks and were dis missed. Puerto Curtes was the scenee of a frighful acefdent, by which quite a number of people were killed and wounded. The express, consisting of two passenger coaches, one mail and one baggage car, running at the rate of 2-" miles an hour, while turning a curve in Amour Moun tale, known as tioklen Kock curve, cleared the track owing to a misplac ed rail and was precipitated down a vallev 70 feet. Nearly all aboard were either killed or fatally wound ed, a great many bleeding to death without any medical attendance. The Kleetoral Count. Washington, January 20. The scenes in the House to-day durin the attempt of the Democrats to se cure a vote on the Electoral count resolution were ludicrous, and de veloped their utter helplessness as against the manipultutions ot the Republican leaders. lhe Demo crats gave out that they had 140 of their members in the city, and they would sit out the fight if it took two days. But the strongest vote show ed that they lacked nine of a quo rum, and the ir Greenback nines de serted them. The lunch stands in the lobbies were raided on. and the members returned to the House bearing big apples and pies, which thev e toyed away anticipating a long siege. It was risky to be absent for a second, and there were loud calls for cold tea" to give the members backbone. At 6 o'clock the Democrats gaye up the fight just as they were be ginning to become quarrelsome, for hungry men always find it difficult to keep their tempers smooth. I he leaders held a conference to-night, when they agreed to continue the contest on to-morrow, and if neces sary, force the attendance of absen tees. The Democracy seems demor alized, while the Republicans are under good discipline. Unless more votes are secured it is a waste of time for the fight to be continued, because the Republicans, by refus ing to vote, can deprive the House of a quorum at any minute, and thus keep weeks to up the child s play tor the detriment ot public which demands attention. business Hilled II is Mother. Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 27. A young white man named James Gad dis, aged 21 years, killed his mother. Becky Gaddis, on Tuesday night. They had lieen drinkiug together during the day, and at supt-r they quarrelled, when Gaddis struck his mother a blow with a poker, with which he knocked her over a high trunk. In falling she received in juries which caused her death in a few minutes. The murderer is m iail. Auot her Snow Storm. Bi kkai.0, N. Y., January 2. The snow storm which set in last evening continued throughout to day, and railroad trafic is again seriously interfered with. Passen ger trains to local points wero abandoned this afternoon, and through trains are running irregu larly from two to six hours behind time. All the trains are drawn by two or more engines. Freight trains are moving irregularly, as are also live stock shipnieuts, Governor Foster's Position In Pol It lot. Washington, January 2(. Gen eral Foster; of Ohio, has finally determined upon the course he will pursue. He was approached to day on the question of his future, when he replied: 1 will be a can didate for Governor next fid I. and prefer to remain as the Chief Execu tive of the State to leing buried in a Cabinet position." He came here to consult the leaders of the party, and they pointed out to him that if he would remain Governor of Ohio his chances to succeed Pendleton as Senator would be greatly improved. The Earthquake in Maine. Bath. Me., Jan. 21, 181. L hast night atft-i'J an earthquake shock was plainly felt by the major ity of the people in tho city. Many wero startled from sleep by the un usual and mystifying sound and j.r, the cause of which they could not satisfactorily explain other man by attributing it to an earthquake or explosion. To people who had retired and and were sitting quietly in their house the Found appeared somewhat like thunder, faint at first, but Kraduallv irurcani! in vol u nine, accompanied bv a rattling! not just like anything ehe, .but ! ed its way into the ear. v hen uis somewhat such, a noise an if chains ' :-.:i.-sed his car was full of blood and were beingdraggedoverbaregrour.il. ; the insect could not be removed for The thunder-like roar increased in j two days. This caused a corrosion intensity, houses were felt to vibrate of the " bone next to the brain and light ornaments on shelves were 'gave him a good deal of trouble, seen to move, The climax wi:s i He went to his regiment in riorthcrn reached in an explosive sound, the i Dakota, and after performing con-tt-hnln not iw iMir.vmi' more than ! siderable service and suffering from occupying four or five .seconds. Some dt scribe the sound like the roiling of a table or bed on castors, gathering strength as it moved, and comin! in colli sion with the - wall with a sudden I and loud concussion. It might al.-o ! i 1:1... r, I iiiivu wuuuru imc uiiiu in hk ii motis game of ninepins witnessed by Rip Van Winkle in the Adiron- lack Mountain. People coming in from the country report like cxpe- rience. In the Ireland district o. !,,. ,.,. r, jr i:M.rnv v .;,!, n milkman, reports that J Hl ...... .:.f. f""t , ivrr. ut'irtlr.il fri.ril willful noise and vibration accompanying it, which were quite plain! y " fe; t. At Harding's Station the shock manifested itself in like manner, and from parties livinr weil-nish to Brunswick we hear simil It. heen si. nip venrs earthquake shock has been felt in tl,u vieimfv ...n.1 in i nfeiif.it v ni.d has equaled this. The disturbance jSehnes t. rove and Joon Stahlntcc seems to be confined to a verv small i cr of Middleburg. Bowen was pull area, however, as far as already ;fd out from the stove Hans was known, as neither in Portland nor for some time believed to be dead Augusta, on either side of v.s, is men- tion made of the phenomenon, in the local paper of this morning. The ; shock was noticed in Woolwich, j Phipsburg, Topsham. howdomham, and Richmond Lkwistox, Me., January light, Put percepuuie eannq ihkc about 10 o'clock Thursday evening. CJ ra ve-S louhc ry. BtfTAi.0, January 21. Durin the past two month, a man, givin the name of r red Gibson has been staving at Clifton. Ontiria. His strange action excited the attention of the authorities who thought he answered the dceribtion of Dr. Thomas Aust. a grave-robber and murderer. They communicated with the city magistrate of Peters burg, Pike county, Ind., and receiv ed a full description, to which Gib lWLAsn, Me., January j. a , iavh ljW,Q turcJ on the I)rc?,urc slight shock of an carthquaKe about ; ;niCUt i.ecriI!)0 s r5Ut that the t):o0 o clock Thursday evening was i .j..,, ,tufi exrkMk-d.earrving ruin felt by a number ot our citizenn. ; j j in jt3 trick ' Tiie son answered completely, even to a scar on his lip. He had a heavy j Mayvim.i:. Ky., January 27. 'beard when he firt came, but this ' lender P. Scaggs, aged cfghteen. he shaved oil'. He was arrested and Annie F. Stamjier. aged sixteen, yesterday. On his person ho had a i arrived here from I-ewis county, revolver fully charged, a quantity of j after a ride of forty miles, hotly pur strychnine, and some laudanum, j sued by enraged parents. They de Of'the double crime charged against J sired to reach hio and connubial him the particulars to be had here j bliss, but found the river filled with make the grave-robbery one of the i rrnning ice and navigation closed, most shocking in criminal annals, I The tears of the bride caused a vol and tho facts were revealed in a sing-1 unteer crew t be made un to make ular manner. Several years ago a beautiful young lady named Kads, whose home was between Augusta, Pike county, Ind. died suddenly. She was buried near Winslow. Not long ago her family received an annorvmous letter, post marked Pikevillc, Pike county, which contained the horrible stale - ment that the body of Miss Kads was stolen bv Drs. Thomas and Joseph Aust, of u inslow, and tAo; others ; that the jewcW buried with the body wrs thrown into the I o taka river, the grave clothes were burned, and the ho ly was dissected in a barn near Winslow ; that the bones were set up in st elton form and were then standing in ti.ooHiec ot lr. l nomas Aust, m w ms-ow. i The relatives of the dead girl went to the cemetery, opened the grave, and found only the coflin and pil low uion whieh the dead girl's head l I rpi 1. - . 1 . . 11 17111 rftiii' i iift' ii iii'iifii in it in. i slow, took the skeleton from the t .v.l.v. ,,-, ... ..... thev lin.l f.fti-n seen if. without nnei suspecting tliat it was that of their lost one. Nothing had occurred in th.nt. cnuntv f..r mnnv vmn whieh many had caused so much excitement. Dr. Joseph Aust is dead. Dr. Thom as Aust, now arrested, has leen a fugitive form justice for the the cold-! blooded murder of his brothefdn- law. : A IHtattcr. (i.rMr.rs. O.. January 21.. A dis - patch from .dillershurg to the J)n- jwtch says : 'The Cincinnati expression Sunday night. At th-'O p. m. he struck a broken rail three miles i lett the house . ind went mttntho north of here tod.iv. The engine! and two cars passed over in safety, but the coach jumped tho track and roiled down a steep emryir.kment and was badly wrecked. No one was killed, but the following were injured: L. (James, conductor. dangerously hurt about the head and spine; Dr. Firestone, upor- ntendent of the Columbus Insane Hospital. leg t roken and cut on the side ot the head; Dr. hhnght, of Akron, member of the legislature. uiiuiiuii : j. j. t euuii-r, or v leve- 1 L - T T ll' -l ! and, head injured ; Mrs. I.vdia Wolf. of Clinton, ()., cut in the head and hip (she was hur badly); Mrs. Syl- vester Daize, of Daylestown, O., was not much injured, l.ut two of her hifdren were badly hurt (one of them will not survive ) ; J. J. Dietz, of Iter! in. O., was badly cut in the head ; Mrs. J. J. Diet?,' slightly in jured; S. S. Eib, of Cleveland, hurt badly in the stomach. The wound ed were all brought to Millersburg, and are now being core 1 for bv phv-1 i ... sieians rind ritixcns. RoaHlrd. Corxcii. l.Lt'FFs, IoAva, Jan. 27. A special dispatch to the Xoupureil from Avoca, a town on the road from Rock Island to thi city. S'.'Si.-IWlI an account of tho burning 1 ist night of John Coatcs' livery stable, in which Chinawcrth, a hostler, was roasted to death, together with 15 or more horses, and the entire contents of the barn buggies, wagons, grain, etc., were all destroyed. Repealer Con-rlpled. CiiAKM-yniN. S. C. January 21. In the United States District Court on Saturday, Win. U Webb, white,, oi ueorgetown county, wa tried on a charge of voting 21 ballots on the late election. The jury on Saturday night returned a verdict of- guilty, with a recommendation to mercy." Death of a Cwlet. Sr. Lol l", January 2". Archibald Gibson, Second Lieutenant of the Seventh United Stites Cavalry, a son of Charles Gibson, a prominent lawyer of this city, died to-day at his "father's residence. Lieutenant Gibson died of inflam mation of the brain, In licved to I e the result of circumstances which occurred while he was t West Point. One day, while on parade, a spider got info one of his ears. By the rubs lie was not allowed to raise his hoiwl. nnl stood in the ranks more than an hour, while the spider worK- a severe attack of sickness, he came homo expecting to resign, but as it proved, only to die. Kailroail Accident. Mmni ew v.n. Pa January iO.- j An accident occurred to-day on the !Sunburv and Lewistown railroad. caused ny a orowen raw. i i.e nwii ! caused bv a broken rail. n- . -1 tr-iin left Lewistown at . p. m. it consisted ot two passenger cars and Wright, a l"e engine. o uiu n"; ianui'n. his family ! the hind car jumped the track, drag-bt-r bv the ! giug tho front car with it, when both ; the enL'ine. v nen me ran orr.Kc turned over on their sides and loo ' fire. The passengers were taken out i with considerable diihculty and ' only after the doors and windows i had been broken, i nteen persons L'll-nigh to nan ueeii uiom-u. la'.-cu xr reports. ! were injured, five seriously, the bt since un ! ter being Andrew Woli'kiil, con- I ductor ; u . 11. llans oi iwisiown. ! mail aciTit : .amucl Bowen. of M id- Idlebursr: Mrs. Marfan t Griencr. of 'it was resuscitated. ( )t I sons w re on the tram. per- Nitr.-CJ!j'ccrlne V.'licn it tlx ! dei. li:.AII,01r() pA.. jana;,rv. j ycsUrijav morning a party" of citi- v,w toll Kin2U:; Went "into the . , t j, tl,n.(le,i. Forty quarts of r ?ro-glycerine were put in a barrel to thaw. Steam : engine house was Mown to splinters, i and the engineer Andrew Leasl.er, ; torn to pieces. J. ). Cushing, one of ; the spectator.-. v. a3 kiih-d by a flying ! niece of timber. F. M. Bivstonc, :th contractor, John Franklin and j Peter Sweeny were seriously injur d jby flying fragments. Six men were i standing in the deriek, where one of i the group was killed outright. I Leashtr has a wire and family in i Venango. ! at Kinr.ia Cushing was postmaster ird leaves a large fan; ily. Mot Itaec. ! the effort. Nearly the w hole town j assembled on the banks to witness j the crossing. When in midstream arrived. The i Poat had nearly reached u:no when j the bridegroom arose and, waving fireive'!, fell headlong into the river. i and the Ihnting ice miicklv covered him. With great eflurt he was re ; cued r.nd resuscitated, and when ; strong enought to ! couple were married. d up th i Th" Km! r I lie Senatorial Slrn-rle. f Nashymi.k. linn.. January 'J.. ! Howell K. Jackson. State" Credit Democrat, was elected Cnited States Senator to day. The twent v-ninth ballot t-t-x.d us follows : Bate, A : Muse, 1 ; Jones. 2 ; Maynard, 40 Harrison, 5 ; James, 1: Bosc, 1 Smith. 2 ; Murray, 1 ; Thomas, 1 Wright, 1. Necessary to a choice )". i ne ti'iirtietn rxuiot u.-r M-nruor I stood Jackson, 70 ; , As t-noti as M: lynaru, i lj, . I UlJ' J Jack on was ' declared elected he wa lifted out i . i i , . of to i " ('M J' i'T.'lS and C-SCorted thi' i""1- Here he s M that he wou,"' ,l " hiy m ins jm.wit ! to 1hay Jill sectional i'gi tat.on and io aiiay an sectional i'gitatton bring prosperity to the country. Hi would not only represent the State, but the Cnited States, ia the broad est sense of the word. Suieide. .Chii-am). January 2 Ileadley, agt d l "of "..Weslev C. Cofvvil!e."l!L i in whose family there is "said to be j hereditary tendency to suicide. P o?.- d.is own Ine in a peculiar manner barn. where ho lied down in a hav mow. covered himself with a laj- ro!:e. nr.-i ti.cn taking a razor, with which he had carefully shaved him self during the day, severed the lie h and arteries of the kit arm iufct above the elbow. When he was found, a half-hour later, he had bled to death. He was in eood financial circumstances, tand owned ! the farm on which he livnl A Ijovcr's ieeI. ! Vew'l.v "i.hnr!2l -;7i ":. . I'L-i-n-je.-n- v.. T A 11 11 to the' murder of ber'hiwhnn.l l;i,,ard Ncwbv, in Surry county", some tii.w. - i trhd.at the county rt Wr-nl ; , tt, :. . -,, , acquittal. Amos Taylor committed the murder, it was a'lledged, at the instance of Polly Newbv,Vho j.rotu- lsed to give him her d m.'hter f .r .. wife and several acres of Aground ii he would kill her husband. Tavlor ,., cf . , .. - ; -v. i;tiiii.i;iiu;iry lor ! r:.-. 1 -i...... fil'tee n years. A Mail Mulbcr. W'hite Vai.h, Ont., January 2-. During the absence of her husband to-day Mrs. Sheppard, residing in this place, killed her two little bovs. . vi'nrj in.l l. ...1 j month?, the former' with' a revolver ! .,,:,i !... l ,n, ....', , ...x. ......v.! mui ii uuwjner Kiiue. fMie then stabbed lierwlf in the throat with the knife and it is mp posed fatally. iAing Ixst Charlie Kw. Sr. Thomas, Ont, January 2. A farmer named Peter MeC.lium, re- siiiuig m tne townshin nf n'.n,. ough, Ont., claims' to 1-Vr r;t ed the long lt Charlie Poss 'r.n or- ovc r- the Tnscarora Indians. Mr. Mc- ir.n rr solium states that he has had cor respondence with Mr. lhs which establishes the child's indentitv be yond pcradventure. i tv -; Not .-ii when ?h? r'.iv.i tinued for ii., drr-ds to the yr .v, lx-en so -erioii-!-; drea'dfi:! di.-i ; .(" ;. ent time. rV'.m S.''.--d:lV !.'. ;. i d;.. !)" deal!,., the Health Of!ie... seven week tv. eighty-fo'jf in Philadelphia reef.ri.cd. , two huiidn d l.t ,v ed, ami .I ;rii,g t over thirty i,cv.- c;. covered bv ,;,v healt.Ii aiithoriiie. time tin re . r .,; twenty siiMii-j..j Municipal lb, Mr, i' liiIili S Don't take ;:i,v (. trurns. as they Ji -human ei- terr. : h in Hop Bitteri, v.h er.'d dilapidation, all comic ui.-M-e lsa.:c from a sevi r. fever. Thev ;m- ih mediei'.es. ..t Mi CENTRAL I;! Main Strse-J Somerset, Pa., Will i?3 f -r - .fc.ti ,.. January J0fjlt j. c!ae, reidrn !.., vri j C0F;rCisCe3 ef JI-H vTf I;. CA l Wa-.sr Uali-s, Lare HtfaiSioir-Jl.v.rj.-, lv .. Cl IL-. r-i, a- d fca it - .j taeht'J. Tab e ;- i;,: a? g'.-oii r.-j ;b e-.i'. Fecw fxpeisatee h .;-, i;.-., cess 1 Sitter rr-jse :' I . siti.-fac.i-' ri p.. b-I si.; TP s. iiioiiiaisr TiA3STiy: c. Has PuRi F;-r sale V MEDICAL m i'i:i:ru-;:- Orders a will receive March pr, 1--' VICKS ILLUSTRATED FLCHAL Frl--it ! an I'p; !: fc f f r e'Jore! Kl-iw.r l-!a:. un ! t w lie!cnt:I.-n of the t ec r '.; ; ami lireii r.a lt-r irr'win;r. it - :: Kniflih or' -?nt; .n. 11 j a .tft'.r ueiu-t the i -ji-ii-.'. l It 'n frta nrf in - t Floral Gciue ia tcli J i t , ; -! ihf ra. V Irk's Fl-wfran'l Vi-ir-M' ; ' r V 4 Culurml liate. '- " Hst.w( i. in ji.it c- vef i J'.i ur K:i.!:-h. .U0 !j civ--'.!: ': ;.. riial!!ttfr! Mnnttllr C.2 Pa?, fil'fil-'rr.) tl'i;i i:i.. .-;. .- nv-.cv fcnts Krurv:nir. hr.-.- -. 1 .' l.'uli:. s l.-r '. o. j'i-ciinn r. r .j t -?uT: Z tnl e-j;i- Kr i.' -vnr-. ) A.liirr"-. J '" Ja. VI ' H : ' , Battle Creek. Klcfte?., i K.unnrAcnrB3s or zzs CiLi ussa1. ? Traction and Pialn Enrirs f and Horss-Pow Q0 YEARS .t i Willi'.';: ' a""-' STFAW-rOWTT? ?.T?7l.?W:i Camplrro ?-teani OnfC: ' " 'J ri4 Trarf wn Knumr i FiiU3U-T ever tMHn m uie Arut r:. u-::r. z. A mUintU of 0p1i.it T!' m -'' t"- fop la-l.totrMlh'-r With M-rrv-r qum four kzpsi tf st-:ianr-. !rm t i 1- - . CSfOdty, Mvm rr moto . r. Twv ;tylH of - :. .tmiod " iT .-F- 7,500,000 tTXtiSJy contnt!v on hsn.I. irtnn n r - - f axaitahki woxi-wurk U our f TRACTION EKG8E3'ri m- 8. 10, 13 iiarso i'ewr.-. f ! i i! , Farmers and ThrtKhrr-nrn I iovi-Hti.-att. this mxi:rh:. niH-i., i NICHOLS. SHiPARD 4 C J Battia Cre K& r !l!)KN.T!:i:i. J 'i I tiii:sii(;iz: (A: 'AH m ui maim fi'-f 3 PURE FERME;. WINE -1 Kr A J. i'A'tWttnz A. J. I "-' -r 1 Stcr, S. lr.rr5t, 1 x, t .- :.l;1 i. sugar m Five milcc r,-r h or S -tsi w, il : t'actnre. Tt" t- Ii.--.-n j H !.. : '-" " GRAPE, ELACKCtr CHERRY CUSRA.T, ELDEP.BESr.Y. VtLD-Cr--AND C1DES WINE, Which will 111.U la .(UMtlty : fj'' ThU wine l inih-b uil tur p-.,'!'1 -, ... mental i.urp.44 1 4 a borer-if1 'J who waul a pur wica. rr p-t1 -Tf--v -N-t Bbaml 3W w - -.- J.n. 19
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