(I if The Somerset Herald. EDWAItD SCCLL. Editor aud rroprirfor. WEDNESDAY.. ...November", pnuixG the month of October the public debt was decreased $13,321, 45S 87. The lYesidcnt lias named Thurs day, November 24th, as a day of National thanksgiving and prayer. Hox. Hannibal Hamlin, our new Minister to Spain, sailed from Phil adelphia for Europe, on Friday last Since the 4th of March the reduc tions in the " Star Route " mail ser vice amount to about one million dollars. Op the 1,317 male teachers in the public schools of Maryland, 232 are colored men, and of the 1,775 female teachers, 137 are colored women. The Commissioner of Tensions says that it will require one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) to pay the pensions of those entitled to them, the coming year. Guiteau, the assassin, is excited because his brother-in-law is plead ing insanity in his behalf. He in sists that the Almighty inspired him to kill President Garfield. The statement of the coinage exe cuted at the United States Mints during the month of Octolxr is as follows: Number of gold pieces, 1,403,500, value, $10,2(50.000; wlvrr dollars, 2,330,000 ; one cent bronze, $43,500. Total, 8.103,500 pieces, value, $12,053,500. With an honest vote and a fair count there is but little doubt that Virginia will pass from under Dour bon rule. The Democracy still claim the State by 2,000 majority, while Mahone says the Readjustee will have from 15,000 to 20,000 clear majority in the State. The Dakota papers say that the number of immigrants that have come to settle in that Territory dur ing September and October is be vond all precedent, and that the w a hotels in all the towns along the Northern Tacific Railroad have been crowded with prospectors who have come 44 to look at the country." A New York court has awarded damages to the amount of $500 to a Mrs. Carey who sued a saloon-keeper for selling her husband liquor. The plaintiff was compelled to show the amount of wages lost by her hus band neglecting his work when un der the influence ot liquor sold him by the defendant, and gave her a verdict to cover what was actually proven. Rex. Teuley Poore generally knows what he is talking about, and In his dispatch from Washington to the Boston Journal he says: "The remaining members of the Garfield Cabinet are probably not sorry that Mr. MacVeagh has left them, for he has managed to make himself very disagreeable to some of them, and had he not resigned there would have been an open rupture." Who could have expected to hear of a Rothschild, one of the great Rothschilds, dying from financial troubles ? Yet the Rothschild who died in Paris the other day is said to have been killed by excitement consequent upon a monetary loss. It is true that the loss was heavy. Report places it at sixteen million dollars, which is a larger sum than even a Rothschild can lose with equanimity. The fund subscribed for Mrs Garfield and her children has been converted into registered lour and a half per cents, of which the amount is $311,000. The interest on that annnallv will furnish her and her rf family a comfortable living. It is as large an income as some persons of royal blood manage to wring from unwilling subjects, and came with the good will of the givers. It is something that the country may be proud of. The Democratic Senators did not gain much from their successful op position to the nomination of Stat ham as postmaster at Lynchburg Mr. Statham has received his com mission and is ready to enter upon his duties. It is to be hoped that he will discharge them with more fidelity than his predecessor, who owed his removal to irregularities in his accounts which did not admit of satisfactory explanation. That the first cx-Union soldier whom the Democrats have officially eulogized should be a defaulter is a little un fortunate. Asia minor is threatened witn a repetition of the terrible famine of 1S73-4. The PnR MaU Gazette says " Locusts, drought, depopulation, misgovernment have wrought their effects. This year's crops have al most universally failed. The dis trict of Angora again appears to have suffered the most severely, and the unfortunate inhabitants are al ready beginning to emigrate en masse in search of food, lest winter snows and swollen streams should cut off their communication with the outer world, and they should again find themselves pent up in their mountain homes, without a chance of escape, and reduced to the same fearful plight which seven years ago caused fathers and moth ers to sell their children for a hand ful of corn." The Judicial canvass in this dis trict, ending with the election of to day, has been n revelation to many of our people. Its exhibition of treachery, meanness and vileness has been most shocking, and it has made and unmade reputations for all future time. Of the personal conduct of the candidates we have nothing to complain, but apart from this the canvass in many respects has been utterly disgraceful. Men now in office solclv bv virtue of Republican votes and party organi zation, lent their best energies to the defeat of our regularly nominatca candidates ; others who hive enjoy- ij an ti,c est pfa lne 1)3rty i,aj to bestow, sulked m the:r tents and loaned their quiet influence to Hie adversary, while yet others sneak- ingly canvassed this county, ped dling spurious tickets and lying let ters and circulars. Be it remembered, that each and every o:ic of those men voted at the primary election, and labored for his favorite candidate, that not a word nor a syllable was uttered against the fairness and honesty of the methods by which the nomination of our candidate was secured, nor against his ability and fitness for the position, and therefore it was not only the baldest treachery to party, but a burning discrace to honest manhood to pursue the course they did. Contemptible, mean and dishonest as this conduct was, it was excelled iu baseness, if that be possible, by the conduct of our present President J udge. . Never in the history of this State has the .... . . , C .-1 1 juciicial ermine Deen so uciouieu, to bedraggled, so disgraced, hvery sense of propriety w violated, de cency was shocked, ....J judicial dig nity outraged and abandoned, in his consuming desire to wreak his .1 L 1 . - 1 .1 spue upon me man wno nau summ ed his overweening vanity by beat ing him for nomination. letters, scurrilous, vile, malignant, were written to hundreds of voters, and a pamphlet a copy of which is now before us was issued with no other imaginable motive than to malign the character of the man he was op posing ; for so palpable are its false hoods, so gross its personalities, so striking its egotism, so apparent its object, that it disgusted instead of convinced those into whose hands it felL It shames us to write these things of men upon whom the Re publican party has bestowed its choicest gifts, but as a truthful jour nalist and an earnest Republican we have a duty to perform. Knavery and treachery have no claim to be shielded, now that the election is oer, because they failed in accom plishing their ends, and it is due to all true men that they should be put on their guard against those who, like the meanest of gamblers, play with loaded dice. A Bloody Vendetta In Arkansas. In the past two or three months seyeral persons have been murdered in Polk county, Arkansas, the result of a bloody vendetta, the origin of which is hardly known. The last victim was a young man, Sheton Hutchinson, by name, who was shot down while riding hurriedly through the woods to procure a doctor for his father. The old man died soon after without suspecting the horrible fate that had overtaken his son. The assassins took his dead body, and, placing it on a heap of logs, set fire to the latter in order to destroy all traces of th e crime. The victim s charred remains were afterwards found by a party of his friends who were searching the surrouuding country for him. The men, Edwaid Standbridge and Ben Brotherson, were arrested on the charge of hav ing murdered Hutchinson; but, though the evidence against them was very strong, the justice before whom they were tried turned them loose. There is considerable feeling in the neighborhood, and it may be Judge Lynch .will try not only the accused, but others upon whom suspicion rests. Within the past year Polk county has been the thea tre of a score ot ghastly murders. At one time the Governor seriously thought of sending the militia into the county to protect lite, but an exodus of leading desperadoes to Texas and the Indian Nation seem ed to render the presence of trooj unnecessary. Got tine the While House in Order for President Arthur. Washington, November 4. The repairs upon the White House are being hurried to completion, and the mansion will probably be ready for occupancy by the time President Arthur returns from New York, the latter part of next week. The furni ture in the room occupied by the late President Garfield has been re moved and will be sold with other condemned articles at public sale at some future day. Although Con gress appropriated thirty thous i .id dollars for repairs and refurnishi ig, the building will continue to look old and dilapidated and Congress must sooner or later take steps to erect a new residence for the Presi dent - True Bill Against a Moonshiner. The Grand Jury in the United States District Court to-day found true bills against Jacob Pletcher, of Somerset county, for carrying on the business of a retail liquor dealer, not 1aying special tax, and illicit distil inc. ; The case was continued until next Wednesday, on application of his counsel, Messrs. McCormick and Chalfant, on the ground that Hoch stetlcr and Miller, convicted of simi lar offenses, and who were hia wit nesses, were intoxicated and unable to appear in Court PitUburoh Tele- gravh. A Compliment to the American Flag. London, November 2. A novel feature of the Lord Mayor's proces sion will be the banner of the Uni ted States escorted by a guard of hon or. When the Lord Mayor's proces sion reaches Westminster the Amer ican flag will be borne to the palace yard and massed bands will play the American National anthem. The. Secretary of the American legation writes that he is sure this graceful recognition of the ties binding the two nations will be received with the greatest pleasure in America. HERE we m vm I ! "THAT SAME OLD COOK" GLORIOUS JOHN CESSNA ELECTED PRESI DENT JUDGE OF THE XTI DIS TRICT. THE STATE STILL IN DOUBT. VIRGINIA SUSTAINS SEN ATOR MAHONE. Confluence. Baily 4S; Noble 28: Cessna 47; Baer 31; Wolfe 2. Ursixa. Borough, Cessna 37; Baer 30. Township, Cessna f2; Baer 52. Meversdale. Cessna 78 ; Baer 174. Middlkcreek. Cessna 75: Baer 4G. Milkoud. Cessna 170 ; Baer 102. Stoxycreek. Cessna 211 ; Baer 101. Somerset Horoit.ii. Baily 175: Noble 71; Wolfe 23; Cessna 134; Baer 130. Conemaugii. Bailey 1G5 ; Noble 7; Cessna 155; Baer 34. Stoystowx. Borough and town ship give Cessna sixty-six majority. Berlin. Berlin borough, Cessna 32; Baer, 111. Addison. Noble 159: Baily 114; Baer lG'J; Cessna 103. Somerset Twr., No. 1. Cessna 249; Baer 220. Somerset Twp., No. 2. Cessna 98; Baer 44. Summit. Cessna 80; Baer 1G5 ; Upper Tcrkeyfoot. Cessna 101 : Baer 64. Brotiiersv alley. Cessna 183 : Baer 13$. Larimer. Cessna 2S ; Baer 01. Salisp.cry Baer'a majority in Salisbury and Elklick 01. New Cextreville. Baer 14 : Cessna 14. Jexxertowx. Bailv 17 ; Noble 8; Cessna 13 ; Baer 13. Jenneb. Cessna 221 ; Baer 101. Jefferson. Cessna 09 ; Daer 88. Bedford. Bedford Bor., Cessna 43 ; Saxton, Cessna 0; Everett, Cess na 137 ; Colerain. Cessna 0 ; Bedford Township, Baer 112. Hyndman. Borough, Baer 59 ; Cessna 23; Township, Baer 12C; Cessna 100. The above returns, all that have been received from the County up to our going to Press, 10:00 a. m., Wednesday, show a net gain for Cessna over Baer's vote of ten years ago, when he carried the county, of 374 and indicate a majority for Cessna in the County of from 300 to 400. The latest telegrams from Bedford state that that county is close with a probability that Cessna has car ried it by a small majority. The returns throughout the State arc so meager that no estimate lias yet been made on the State ticket, but it is thought Baily will pull through. New York is estimated to have gone Democratic by about 15,000 majority, and the Readjusters claim Virginia by the same amount. Remarkable Bacape from the Callow. New York, October 31. A spec ial dispatch from Abbeville, S. C, says : "Jeff Davis, convicted of the murder of George Franklin, and his sister, has just been acquitted on a new trial. The day for his execu tion was fixed nine times, and he was nine times respited,' twice on the scaffold with the rope around his neck." Shot Dead bjr a Woman. DAXviLLe, Va., November 4. Sarah Logan and Lorenzo Sawyer, both colored, of Halifax county, had a dispute some time since over a settlement of accounts, On Wednes day last Sawyer approached Sarah's house with an axe, when, after warn i ng him off, .she shot him dead with a n old army carbine. She has been I a rrested. THE KEIBLE PARDON. JIUI GEKBll MIKES HI'UISS. KemlKe's Sentcui-e an Illegal One The Reasons that Induced the Board to Remit It, Ktc. In n'l of IndejH-'ndcnt Candidate Wolfe's speeches he used as his heaviest cudgel against the present State officers the pardon ot Kem- ble and his men. No member of the Board of Pardons lias ever given public expression to the reasons that led to that much decried act, but as the affair is again being made a subject of public discussion, Attorney General Palmer was ques tioned the other evening by a re porter of the Philadelphia t-w, and in answer to questions relating to tho Kemble caso he said : "The action of tho Pardon Board in Kemble's case was condemed by many people without fully under standing any fact except the unpal atable one that a man who was con sidered a great villain had escaped the penitentiary. The trutli is, Kemble and the others who plead ed guilty to having corruptly solic ited members of the legislature were never pardoned at all. The sentence of the Court was that each should pay a fine of $1,000, the cost of prosecution, and undergo an imprisonment at labor in the East ern Penitentiary for one year, and as additional punishment the Con stitution disqualifies them from holding any ollice of trust or profit under the Commonwealth forever. The part of the sentence consigning them to the Penitentiary was not outhorized by law. "The law imposes only simple imprisonment in tho county prison, without labor, for their offence The court had no more authority to put them in the Penitentiary than it had to hang them. The Pardon Board was asked to recommend the remission of that iortion of the pun ishment which was clearly unlawful and did ho on the theory that no government can afford to punish the meanest or guiltiest criminal except as the law directs. No man, to my knowledge, has ever disputed the legal position of the Board,, 'and no one at all familiar with judicial de cisions on the subject will ever do so. This question has been decided by the Supreme Court no less than four times, namely, that a man can not be lawfully confined in the Pen itentiary under a statute imposing simple imprisonment, and the reason is plain: If the court adds conditions of labor and infamy to a sentence which are not authorized by law, they usurp the functions of the law making power. "An illegal sentence lias always, in all civilized countries, been con sidered ground for the exercise of executive clemency. This Board recommended full pardons before and since Kemble's case for the same reason, without creating a ripple of popular dissent Kemble asked for pardon before sentence, and was promptly refused, because the Board thought it was not rizht, and all the people said amen, lib asked to be relieved from an infamous punish ment imposed by the court but not by the law. The Board granted his request because they thought it right to do so, and behold ! in the twink ling of an eye they are cast down in the estimation of some good people from the honorable heights on which honest men walk to the level of rogues. "If there had been a disposition to favor Kemble, or give him anything he had not a right to have, he could have been relieved of fine, costs and the fearful Btain of disqualification to hold ollice. which must abide for life, and which, in a government like this, is of itself a heavy punish ment. "I never spoke to the man in rny life, and while many people asked me to vote for the previous pardon, no one ever asked me to do what was done. I thought it right, and that was the end of the matter. "Kemble's conviction was the first under a new statute. It was not for actually bribing members; because no money was paid. It was for of fering a bribe. If the testimony of those who had opportunity to know can be taken for true, prior to the new constitution, no bid of conse quence could be passed without pe cuniary aid. If all the gentlemen who have actually paid monev whicli has been used to bribe mem bers to vote for bills, and who now most eloquently condemn the Board, could be tried and convicted, several commodious penitentiaries would be needed, and great grief would be felt in leading business circles where va cancies would be created. The com plaint is that Kemble was not made the scape-goat to carry away the sins of the whole congregation for fifty years of transgression. In the case of John P. Morton, the Board recommended a man who had committed a great crime which had injuriously affected thousands. He had been lawfully sentenced to ten years tn tho penitentiary. Ten thousand persons of the highest re spectability, citizens of Philadelphia, joined in a petition for his pardon, and every paper in the city, with one exception, sustained it. It was granted and generally commended, and vet far better and sounder rea sons were assigned by the Board for their action in Kemble s case. I he j fact is, cheap demaghgues have en-1 deavored to enhance their own repu tations for honesty at the expense of others, and for that reason the Kem ble business has been kept alive and talked about until some sensible people, whose good opinion is worth having, have been led to think there was something wrong about it." A Bridge Builder's Death. Pittsburgh. November 4. John Vail, an employe of the Keystone Bridge Company, was instantly kill ed about five o'clock last evening. He w is employed on the Panhandle railroad bridge across the Mononga hela river, and by some means lost his footing and icll into the river, a distance of 6ixty feet below the bridge. In his fall his head struck an iron girder below the bridge. It is supposed this stunned him and he was drowned. His body was fished out in about twenty minutes. lie was a single man and boarded on J'cnn avenue, near Sixteenth street. The Con ner's iury returned a verdict of accidental death. Murderers Sentenced. Fraxklin, La., November 2. Yesterday Achilla Terrancc and Ben Sterling were sentenced to be hanged, and Ben Beaslev and Hum phrey Beasly to imprisonment for life for the murder of D. L. Armand I m August last A Too-Ardent SultT. Philadelphia, Nov. 2. About three years ago Mrs. Anna Rodgers, a handsome and wealthy widow, living iu Forty-sixth street, between Eighth and "Ninth avenues. New York, formed the acquaintance of a young man named Henry iuarston, who became infatuated with her. They were engage, i u be married, when Mrs. Kodgera Lmiuiihat Mars- ton already had a wile, she then refused to have anything l.iore to do with him, but he continued to visit her, treat her familiarly, and even to insult and abuse her. To escape his persecutions she sold her house and moved to West Philadelphia, but he soon found her out and fol lowed her. Last Saturday she mov ed again, taking n house on Thirty third street and Powelton avenue, but Marston found the carman who had moved her furniture, and, fol lowing her to her new home on Monday morning, made an uncere monious entrance through a window opening on the veranda. Mrs. Rodg ers wfa in the sitting .room on the second floor with a servant, when Marston ran in, and, snatching a 6c!f-cock ing pistol lying on the mantle, thrust tho muzzle in Mrs. Rodgers' face, and was fumbling for the trigger, when the servant scream ed and threw up his arms. He then left the house, the women being too much frightened to stop him. He soon returned and made such a dis turbance that a poLceman was call ed in and ho was arrested. He was given a hearing yesterday morning and committed for trial. It 13 said that Marston has been black-mailing Mrs. Rodgers for years, and that he has in his posession a number of diamonds belonging to her. A Railroad Wreck. Lancaster, Pa., Nov. 1. A land slide from the hills covered the Co lumbia and Port Deposit railroad at Turkey Hill, one mile from Safe Harbor, last evening, and caused a terrible accident A freight train ran into it, and the engine and sev enteen cars were wrecked, the en gine and six cars being hurled into the Susquehanna river, which is so deep at that point that all of them were covered by the water. The en gineer, Elias A lilt, of Columbia, waa rut to pieces, and only one leg lias been found so far. Turkey Hill, the scene of this ac cident, is in Lancaster county, on the banks of the Susquehanna river, five miles below Columbia. The river at this point is fully a mile wide, and contains many islands, some of which, are covered with a dense growth of timber, The hills on the banks of the stream rise high above the level, and afford a mag nificent view of the broad and sweeping river. Curious Accident nt Detroit. Detroit, November 4. About 8 o'clock this morning a remarkable accident happened at the foot of Bates street, the victim being Ed ward Dutton, a colored man seventy two years old, who lived in Windsor and was employed with a gang of laborers unloading coal from a ves sel at Yiger's coal yard. Dutton was in the hold and had just filled a coal bucket when the horse started up without giving him time to hook the bucket in the hoist rope. Dut ton seized the hook and held it to keep it down, but the foy on the dock misunderstood tho order given him, and whipped up the horse. The horse drawing Dutton suddenly out of the hold, when Dutton reach ed the staging his hands were jam med so that he had to let go, and falling back into the boat he receiv ed injuries which resulted in his death twenty minutes afterward. Frightful Accident. Beadixg, Pa., November 1. Hen ry Funck aged 15 years, employed in the hat factory of John II. Miller & Co., was to-day caught by the picking machine and drawn in head first His face was torn to atoms and his right arm was torn off and found fifteen feet from his body. This occurred on the second floor, and the workmen on the first floor were only made awaro of the acci dent by the belts of the machinery being thrown off, and immediately a search was made and the lifeless body found. The machine into which Funck was drawn was mak ing 800 revolutions a minute at the time. A Itieh Find in Colorado. Denver, Col. Nov. 2. Considera ble excitement ha3 been created in mining circles here by the publica tion of the results obtained from working the recently discovered gold-bearing lode in the Summit district in this state. Mining ex perts and capitalists interest in the "find" claim that it will prove the largest and most valuable gold mine in tbe United States. It is claimed that the result of actual working for one month, with a fifteen -stamp mill, is SIOO.OOO, and that the tail ings are worth 83G0 per ton. The assays, it is said, run as high as $20,000 per ton. A Shocking Tragedy at Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Nov. 5. A shocking attempt, which will yet prove par tially successful, to commit a mur der and suicide, was made ye3terday afternoon on Sixteenth street Law rence Kennedy, a glassblower, who had been dissipating for a long peri od, shot his wife in the back while laboring under the delusion, super induced bv mania a potu, that she was preparing to take his life. He one his the then shot himself three times, af the balls passing through lungs. His recovery is out of question, but his wife will get well. Van Horn, tho t'oMtal Ticted. Agent, Con- Pittsburg, Nov. 4. John II. Van Horn, the Pittsburg postal agent ar rested by Inspector Camp last week for robbing the mails, was tried in the United States Court yesterday, Judge Archeson on the bench, on. three indictments. He was convict ed on each one and was remanded to jail for sentence. Other cases are pending against him, but it is prob able that they will not lo tried at this time. The accused made no defense against the charges. . Political Murders la Mi-s(v!pil. Vicksbuug, Miss, Nov. 2. A Her ald special states that several color ed men on their way to a Fusion meeting were fired on from an am bush and Perry Thompson killed and two others dangerously wound ed. All were inoffensive citizens, and it is believed the assassins in tended to shoot a prominent color ed politician and a candidate on the Fusion ticket but they had already I passed. The Latest Crank. Washington, October 31. A well dressed and owerfully built man appeared at the White" House this , i . i i . .i Hiu.-ruiHHi unu ueuianuou lo see the accounts of the president." Mr. umsmore, tne tioorkeeper on duty, at once recognized the visitor as a "crank" who had called there in May last and wa3 sent home to his friendd in Pennsylvania, and with a view to delivering him into the cus tody of tho police, suggested that the "accounts'" could bo'tecu down street and that he would accompany him. The man, who gave the name of John Waling, of Pennsylvania, then presented a letter, which he in sisted gave him the right to enter the mansion, and endeavored to force his way in. Mr. Dinsmore seized hiin and a desperate struggle ensued. Waling attempted to draw a revolver, bnt Dinsmore, who had grasped him by the throat, choked so vigorously that he was unable to use it. Stew ard Crump and another employe of the house hurried to Dinsmore's as sistance, and the lunatic was, with some difficulty, overpowered and hia revolver taken from him. Tt was a large sized seven shooter, with every barrel loaded. The police were notified, and Wal ing, or Dr. Noetling was taken to the station and locked up. The letter which lie presented read as follows : uJhn Wnlinq: You are hereby tv? .. . . . miormeu mat vr. John Aoetiing is lawfully elected president of the I'nited States, and occupies the White House every day. "(Signed) Almighty God, "Communicated by the Holy Spirit." Americans Arrested by MexU-anM. Havana, Oct. 2.). Captain Peter son, of the Norwegian bark Walkur ed has arrived hern. The vessel sailed from Tonalo, Mexico, on the 2.'!d of September with mahogany for Qwenstown, and on tne 2'.)th was left on a coral reef about two miles northeast of Key Arenas. 1 he crew escaped in the boats, and reached the Island of Key Arenas, where where they found a party of Ameri cans, nine in number, engaged in digging and collecting guano. Two of the party, A. S. Foull; and O. II. Yaughan, acted ns superintendents. The crew remained on the island until the 15th of October, receiving assistince from the American., and two days later arrived at Tampieo, Mexico. The Mexican authorities learning oi the Americans being on the island sent a gunboat there and anestedthe whole party, bringing them to Campcachy, where they ar rived on October 22. Next day the Americans deposited with Captain Peterson various letters to friends, with instructions to mail them in New York. The captain, however, delivered the letters to the American Cousul here, and the latter will for ward them to the State Department at Washington. St range Story from Lancaster. Lancaster, Nov. 2. Intelligence has just been received through pri vate sources of the. .murder of a worthless character at Hahnstown, a notorious village in Ephrata township, Lancaster county, to pro cure 8200 of an in.-hrance on his life. It occurred five or ix weeks ago, but just corne to ligh. through a boy who saw the aflair and was offered $2 to keep tho matter quiet The parties interested in the policy made the man drunk, took him to a hay loft, aranged a trap, and then after he had siept for a time, called him. He staggered upon the trap, fell through and died from his in juries withing twenty-four hours. Suspicion of foul play was excited and the graveyard insurance men were afraid to collect the policy, and they put the boy off with the pay ment of his two dollars on the plea that they had not yet received tlicir money. The boy, disappointed and angry, told what he knew, and the affair is now being investigated by the authorities. Deuth Rattle Insurance. Reading, Pa., November 3. The death-rattle insurance business is still being pushed vigorously throughout Berks county. An old lady, whose age considerably ex ceeds four-score years, residing in upper Bern, is said to be insured for $125,000. Nearly all the aged and decrepit people have been con sulted regarding the nefarious bus iness and scores of them allow them selves to be come insured for the sake ot a small pittance. Two members of from Berks mutual life the State Legislature county are officers of insurance companies. In some sections the insurance traf fic is having a visible effect upon the regular course of commercial busi ness, as the frequent and heavy as sessments require large sums of money to sustain the validity of the policies. A Iiarge Cuban Sugar Ciop. Havana, October 20. A splendid and extraordinarily abundantsugar crop is predicted everywhere. Ac counts from Cienfuegos give the as surance that the crop will exceed more than 30 per cent The crop ol years of good product, and that it will exceed more than 50 per cent last years crop. In the jurisdictions of Cardenas, Matanzas and Colon, the probable proportion of excess is given by some accounts as amount ing to 25 per cent and 40 per cent A commercial pajer at Sagua re gards these estimates as exaggera tions. It thinks the excess will reach higher than 15 per cent. The prospects of next year's tobacco crop are also very encouraging. Sowing has become general in the Yuelto Abajo region. Indians Arrestct Wilcox, Arizona, October 31. The renegade Chief George and seven of his men, the last of all that were out, were arrested yesterday by Major Chaffee at San Carlos, and are now in irons. This is the chief and the party who are accused of taking part in the killing of citizens and soldiers ; on the road between Forts Thomas and Apache in Sep tember. Stripped and ltubbcd- Detroit,- November 3. A sail boat capsized off' Adam's Point, Presque 'Isle, Lake Huron, on Sep tember 20. Four persons were drowned. It is now alleged that a party of hunters fqund the bodies of these unfortunates in the woods near the shore entirely stripped, One man is said to have had SSOO on U'm person when he flirted on the voyage. A sure. jKisitive ncss, Manalin. cure for costive- Honors t the Voit 8 1 bens. I n - i J At o-Mi) o'eluck the German visitors, accom panied by the reception committee, took carriages lor a uriva in me u- 'burbs. The university at Cam- i . . . .. ... i i a. i: brid-'c was first vieited. and the dif ferent buildings and departments connected with the college were in spected with interest Thegueststhen proceeded to Ciiarlestown, and view ed the Bunker Hill Monument At I o'clock the visitor were received at the state house by Governor Long an J staff in the same informal manner that characterized the re ception of the French visitors. Af ter being shown through the legisla tive halls and other departments of the state house, the party went to dinner at the Hotel Vendome, with the exception of Colonel Arndt Von Steuben, who dined with Dr. De Gersdorf. .Early in the even ing, the visitors repaired to Turn Halle, where a grand reception was tendered them by the Turnve rein. Prof. Kraus formally welcom ed them in an eloquent speech, which was replied to by Col. Arndt Von Steuben. The reception .was large.y attended, and was a very pleasant affair. At it close the guests were driven to the rooms of the Orpheus Club, and were heartily greeted by President Veisbein. An hour was spent m hstemng t.( lo-mnn nnttnnnl WAnfTa n rul in eon-I German national soncs and in con versation, after which the guests re turned to their hotel. They will leave for New York at 11a. m., to morrow by the Boston and Albany Itailroad. A Terrible Affair at Iowa City. Iowa City, Iowa, Nov. 5. This city was thrown into great excite ment this morning by a terrible trag edy. A. Stein, a prominent figure in "police circles for several months, cut his wife'j thro.it, chopped up his mother-in-law and killed him self by poison, Stein and wife are dead and the mother in-law may re cover. Jealousy, insanty and liquor are the causes. Stein has had troub le with his wife for several months. She left him last summer and began suit tor divoace. He subsequently attempted to abduct her and (Til ted great excitement by dragi.. her to a carriage. Tbia morning he went to the home of his wife, who resides with her father and mother, and found only hi.-t wife and mother-in-law at home. He was far gone with poison and brutally hacked his wile and mother-in-law,untu the for mer died and he himself fell dead. Stealing Mis Brother's Wife. Wilkesbarre, November 1.- About six months ago Thomas Far row, a blacksmith, employed in the mines here, sent to ales for his brother William, paying his passage to this country. Upon his arrival he was taken to live in his brother's family, and went to work with him in the mines On Saturday last William told his brother that he was going to take his sister-in law and the two children on an excursion to Plymouth, a few miles below this citv. Thomas made no objection. None of them have since returned. The deserted husband at last ascertained that the brother had bought tickets for St Louis for the ,whole party and they had departed on the late train. To day Thomas left with a detective to overhaul the elopers and recover the children. Shot Through a Window. Baltimore, November 3. About 8 o'clock to-night, Mrs. Fanny Keef er was fatally shot through a win dow from an alley adjoining the house in whicli she was seated, on Burke street, the full charge from a shot gun entering the neck and face just below the ear. The assassin was not seen and es caped. Mrs. Keefer has been sepa rated from her hnsband for some time and was keeping house for a man on whose premises shcjjwas shot. Emanuel Keefer, the husband ot the wounded lady, was arrested at a late hour on suspicion of hav ing fired the shot. Sergeant Mason Defense lo be In sanity. Washington, Nov. 1. The trial of John A. Mason, of the United States army, who attempted to shoot Guiteau through the window of his cell on the morning ofSeptember 18 last will occur before a courtmar tial in a few days. The plea in Ma son's casewill be the same as in the case of Guiteau, insanity. A crazy letter, said to have been writ ten by Mason to Guiteau is publish ed in an afternoon paper. It leaves the impress of a person who is try ing to simulate insrnity rather than of a man who is insane. Money for Penuioners. Washington, Nov. 4. Colonel Dudley, commissioner of pensions has submitted to the secretary of the interior a recommendation that congress be asked to appropriate $100,000,000 for disbursement by his office during tho next fiscal year, ending June 30. 18S3, in payment of the annual and accrued pensions and also that an immediate deficien cy appropriation of $20,000,000 be requested for tho purpose of paying all arrears of pensions to claimants wfiose cases have been or may be favorably . adjudicated during the current fiscal year. Shocking Suicide In a liar-Room. Atlanta, Ga., November 2, Ru fu. SI. SlcPiierson committel suici cide here at 4 o'clock to-day. He was in the Kimb 11 House bar, when drawing a six-ohambered revolver from his pocket, he put the muzzle to his head and fired. Death was almost instantaneous. The young man, who was well connected, is eald to have committed the act be cause his grandfather disinherited him. Danced Hot-self to Death. BiiADKOKD, Pa., Nov. 3. At a dance last night at Big Shanty, a small town near here, Sirs. Gertie Oliver, after dancing rjuite heartily two or three timed, complained tf feeling umvell, and was removed to an ante-room, where she died in fifteen minntes. The cause is sup posed to have been the rupture of an artery. 1 he deceased weighed 200 pounds. . . - j Kle While Trains to flaeapo. Ci.vi isxATi, Nov. i -A Charles ton, W. Va., special says J. W Clair the prosecuting attorney of r . . a a i a. . rayeiie county, snoi ana Killed a negro named John Lunis last night, who was under arrest as the leaner of tho Coperton mines strikers, and who attempted to escape. An Awful Crime. DetkoIT, Novetnltf r 5. An awful tragedy occurred two miles south of the village of Capae, St. Clair coun ty, thirf morning, on the firm of Charles llebden. He i a weathy newt li'iu l.f.tf.tl t.'lttt'lHtf II.- ."', " -j , . f : .... l.,. ihriil a-inn mr Hfiiiif" liiiii; wiiL. I mi l u i r-- ' uki r it . case was not considered dangerous; W:' cinnj,;Mt,., . "'-""t. Yesterday ho made a will, and tliH'' tf'ght p-r.,' " ''"'v. morning attacked and killed a little i r. son, cutting his throat witn a razor, nearly severing the head from the body. The victim wa- a mere baby, being but three years old. Later the madman finished hU awful work by cutting hia own throat, dying a few momenta after the commission of the deed. The fact of Hebden having made a will only theday be fore tommittim: the awful doublo crime irf taken bv many a evidence i that the act was premeditated. He was an old resident, and wildly known throughout the region. A Sad Accident. Chestnut Hill, Pa., Novembers. A party of five or six young men left this place yesterday morning on a gunning expedition and had pr ceeded as far as Montgorneryville, when one of the partv, named Har ry Liirhtcan. twentv-two vears of age, while in the act of picking up . .. t vl fr larl.ts-.Vt I. ,- tin.l otij-.f rOJ If. , , comt)lini'n nam. . J - . . ed Harry lyres, who was but a short distance from hirn, the full contents of the cun entering: his leg just below the thigh, making a ghastly wound, from whicli he died last evening. Tyres was carrying his gun full cocked, and it was sup posed the trigger caught in his coat. Both parties are well known here, Tyres being a member of the Chestnut Hill cricket club. Krttiiiiatca for the Postal S-rvi-e. Washington, Oct 31. The offi cial estimates of the amounts which will be required for all the various brandies oi the iostaI service during the next fiscal ye.tr have been com pleted at the Po.?t Office Department and will be transmitted by Postmas ter General Jumes ' the Secretary of the Treasury l -morrow. Thev foot up a grand tot d of il-WA";); of which amount, however, it is esti mated that the revenues of the ser vice (from the sale of postage stamps, etc.,) will furnish S42,74I,722.U5, leaving a deficiency Ho be supplied from the general Treasury of ? '.'2 , 077.i)5. Arrival of the "Beautiful." Maucii Chunk, Nov. 4. There was an inch of snow on the mount ains this morning, with thermome ter twelve degrees above zero. Lock Haven Nov. 4. Flakes of snow have been falling here at inter vals since 2 a. m., and at present there is a slight fall on Bald Eagle mountain. Scr anton. Pa., Nov. 1. Hills around Scranton were covered with snow this morning. New Youk, Nov. 4. Snow is re- forted as failing to-nicht plong the Iudson river and throughout the interior of New York. She Ilefused and He Sued. Indianapolis. Ind., Nov. 2. John C. Zens, formerly of this city, but now of Chicago, to-day entered suit against Miss Iouise Frezel, of this city, for $10,000 for breach of promise. The complaint alleges that the parties were engaged to be married two years ago, and that the union was to take place about the last of September, but that the de fendant, without assigning any cause or reason, refused to carry out her contract! Miss Frezel belonsrs to a prominent and wealthy German family, and has two brothers in the banking business here. Lycoming Insurance Company. Williamspokt, November 5. The report of J. A. Beeber, Esq., receiver of the Lycoming fire insurance com pany, of Muncv, was filed in the court of common pleas of thi3 coun ty yesterday. It showed the gross liabilities of the company to be S32,042 81, the assets 61Sy70 70. The premium notes amount to 8875,010 78 : cash in hands of treas urer at the time of appointment of receiver, 12,o-2 t0, cash since re ceived, 81,042 22. The deficit is $170, 472 05, making aa assessment of from 21 to 22 per cent, necessary. A Fast Train Kills One Man ami Fa- tally Injures Another. Chester. Nov. 4. William For- wood and John (Joiggly, two youug men, resident of Brandy wine Hun dred. Del., while crossing the Phila delphia, Wiimingion and Baltimore railroad at Claymount were struck by the limited express. Quigjdy was instantly killed and Forwood was mortally injured. The wagon they were in was torn to atoms ami their two horses instantly killed. Propiwil AdmlsKion of a New State. Washington, November 4. Re publican Senators and members are preparing a bill for the admission of Dakota into the Union as a State. They feel sure of two more Repub lican Senators if the Territary is ad mitted aa a State, and with them hope to secure a permanent majori ty in the Senate. They expect oppo sition from the Democrats, but de pend on Mahone and DavU to car ry it through. Destructive Storm. City of Mexico, November 2. At Manzanillo four large vessels and all the small crafts in the har bor were lost in the recent storm. The Custom House and store of Oetling, Stolitt, Dicaman, American Consul Ruiz and others were com pletely destroyed. No additional loss of life is reported. The Pacific Mail steamer due the day of the storm had not arrived at last account1'. 13 n. PURELY VEGETABLE KE3H-m ri" ivrr Dint mrt rYTFBMAt USE. wure) I dysentery, wuwea. arjraina. HIMtumatiam. ate -.iu r " - ' ..! f . . - in. i opraint, Rheumatism, etc. . to flfr,iri p ik f. ' Pferfetfitlir a.lfa r. . ... . .. . ... MrnMt.1llv Anil Certain CO l1' 1 . iwuflf. can allonl to Lm without It. Sold V nil dinsKli at Myc- aILT" i,i,.t. T 1 fk7QA WEE. day at home aally J0 . nadn.ilonijoatfltftw JlA.lilreee Tbi wwus aiatne. aur.le-lj r Will Kki 'K1'K. I.,W:. l? aci lri.-iit V. 1 - t- e;irr,.,! inn aliii 7 V;,r Elgin ge, Off-akin ft III. I 1 I in ''it i ;ti;ei! to Mm-aj.j hi rTALo, X. V V))V etville, Chauta,,..,; Record e!p,.,! With -V: named IM1 Iv.- Ti . .r'U:i-'3: was to have L,Vn ..... .': Vur"? L ther'sluw partner. WW and card had U,.n . ,lr' narties iriovl . A'l it oil "npl. Death or au Ai-d t Newark J.. t NehemiahlVrry, f.mn,:rn,Xi Con both idiedto-dar from 31 iivni inweitv i. Perry been nm-nr nriil 'i . ...n .... . . - w cial institutions. lie . sixty-five year-t of a'e. Nine Men lnji,r,., New Castle, Ky Xw Thebo.Ier m &armielj()n.0r mfll,'.,";.,.0istYie, olr,iV Monday killing David Im mortally wour: ling J.,hn j j;1 SDn, Pleasant Herstry and'j 1 ii.ui. i ouiers were injured. Hemp for Southern M JJ'NKIN, li.i., November sparks, colored, who chlr,r' an oia man named p.jj ars-l . rageousiy assaulted hw was found guilty to dav :u . ter.ced to be haigfd on NV," BP.S.liOiaLPIWHiS.trL.dil.liJ C y a s7. 5 vilasfe Jcttu LYDIA E. PiNKHAM'l far flTI i Pnlitfal 4 Mptnlat 4 WxiJ lurMOHMi 4r brat S rautk ptsi!, j It vi cure c:.:.n.'y t:,e worst lion, i'ilLr.z fut IiipU.rracatj, ami Cm t- Change ct I-V. -cerouj Iir.ir.trtlrrhrlit -linl rypretfiy jf a i It rrrooTfn faintm-sn, flziuk-wj. iktrjtiZm for t: .r.r.lr. r. t, rKivc wvakara of!L.t. it r.:pi E!.;n , IVaUches. Nrroa General Ilu2tyt !et;sKirt, tc;naas t and back-tc'tc, Lj Jira;-s pcrmaoriitiy ?il-4 t -It rtdl at ii tJne rui.Vr;inrrQorv. h.nxr.y with the that jnTcra tbei '.mur: I For tL.e nrecf KiCiK-y Cclai;U . jlitxz C'ofnjvwau s caninar t!. ltd. v c ixi;ass Trcmnmr IC L' D SJ prt70JTd At L2 arI ZuJ ,& Lynn,!. ITUflfft. Sizboalrar Sf-ir. In the torrzx nt pSls. also Intbe form atczzr reeiit of price, $1 perTx.x fort.tter. S:i.?.iiL j 'nwiya-iswM al 1 ;-titr sf Incurr. 5rV. :s 1 : ctMt-.: 1.7" I 7. I : livl:; r- fOB PALE BT C. N. BOYD, PRrGCIST. Somerw.PJ 1S2. HARPER'S iH ILL.SrE.ATED WEHLY-15 KZ SUITED TO BOYS AND GIRLS OF SIX TO SIXTEEN YEARS OF A"I VaI lit snn.n.nnn'ki ViiaW 1. 1" NOW IS THE TIMET!) srBSI EIBlJ The Toon r bopi.8 hu beta frm the 5N ceMful beyond antle)iU' ". V. ru It has "distinct lunw to whirt it smc.' heres that, namely, of sup!'lntm tM" j uiiiNn for the roan with a wilier mwf ' aa well a more whuletome. bo$u Jifw- For neatnem, eletraot-e of nifrartnt tent generally, it is onrarpaMea !J M; t tion o the kind yet lirooi?ht to ojr fciw. burgh'Gtzttte. lis weekly visits are eagerly l4fif'ir : br the children, bat alx t.y parmu A weeklr naner for children wtiicfc pn-' 1 n.it fear lo'ler their children readat Ue3i Hartfttrd liailM Tims. Juat the p-iper to take tbe eye i I aiirniion oi iae dotj ;iii. r - I nioa. TERMS. ii.u.rKK'.s ioi: Mi nui i M rer lear, I'ostasre mpaiu.j Siaon NrwRmis Fnnr Cent ewa. The Hound Volume for ' eit.' ' in Noveratwr. Prlne ?S u: rover for Yorxn PanrLi for ll. 5 KM tfAmt.t.nMa .h..t. 1,1 K InAllfl br P'1 M.i-ey ir.ier or lraft. to atkl chtaet iti I sevrpnpm mrt not lo copy Adjreu HARPER KUI'5v I pl BLIC SALE OF VA L VA DLE RE A L ES TA Til By Tlrtne of tbe power contained n : 1 anu tentament of Jacob J. '"V; j creek townhip. Somerset "'""'Jjii.iiM lor sale, b paWic outcry, at the law i the (ieceaaed, on SATURDAY. yocAlth. at 1 o'clock p. m., the following describe.! r'l tote, lo-wu: l No. 1. A certain tract of land ""u,:rir.J miles east of Shankuviue.in mm.,"- - i SpuDirler. retef Vorn wail. John K1.1 J roiitaininic 11V acre and all'anc ijJf, i limbered There are encrui nverti " No. S A sertain tract of land 'l;" I townsh'p an 1 county aforesaid. '!;''-,lJ.l Levi walk--. Henry imi.pju". and John t. Trent, containwn 1U J"!, , lowance. T. M tract U hUy . rpru.-e and hlte pice. There are au " yond sugar ti es on it. . J-Teriiis u.le known n .lay ' M , . B.-4HM.lf Bin Ul unu--. - downondayof.iie. w iLKER- ... li i.-mieCK. Tm-ISTESFAlandEnEmjX I KM r j DAVIS' - , PAIN KILLER and Spoody Cur. for Sore Throat, Coughs, C Diphthera &tsJ tery. Cramo. Choler. Summer CorrtDiaint. Sick Headache, new , i TrrM 66 a week in yon "u BaU!; cntrlt fit". Addf" B- Mifl I cntrlt rtte. PorUaatli Maine.
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