The Somerset Herald. EDWARD SCULL, Editor and Proprietor. WEDNESDAY .'. JtarchMMJ The two Baltimore medical col leges last week let loose 225 new d actors upon the community. The Chicago later-Ocean 6u?gest Arthur and Lincoln as the Republi can ticket for 1SS4. Oxe hundred million of dollars will 1 required to pay the pensions this year, provided that there are no changes in the laws no in force. The Chief of the Bureau of Statis tics reports that during the month of January there arrived in the Uni ted Ftatcs 18.480 emigrants. Pbemdext Arthur is as secretive as was General Grant His friends complain that they tell him all they know, and that he tells them noth ing in return. Cong r ess has passed, and the President has signed, a bill appro priating $100,000 for relief of desti tute persons in the district over flowed by the Mississippi river. Tex of the Nihilist prisoners, in-( eluding one woman, lately tried at St Petersburg, have been sentenced to death. The eleven other prison ers were sentenced to various terms of penal servitude. The President has signed the new Apportionment bill, and it is there fore a law. Under it this State will have twenty-eight members of Con gress, an increase of one over our present representation. Another crank has earned the halter by attempting to assassinate Queen Victoria. Fortunately his aim was bad and the Queen escaped unharmed. The villain was imme diately arrested and imprisoned. The decrease of the public debt during the month of February was nine million, seven hundred and eighty-three thousand, five hundred and eleven dollars and sixty-three cent (?9;7S3,511.G3). The Senate on Thursday last con firmed the nomination of ex-Senator Conkling as Justice of the Supreme Court, by a vote of 39 yeas to 12 nays. Four Republican Senators Hoar, Dawes, Morrill and Hawley and eight Democrats voted in the negative. It appears to be pretty certain that Congress will appropriate about ten million dollars for building new steel ships for our navy. Our old "tt rtfrli -rrf j mm Is-'!-- waph out, and could not compete with modern war ships. It is announced that Hon. George V. Lawrence is putting himself for ward again as a candidate for Con gress, in opposition to lion. W. S. Shallcnberger. Does any one re member the time when the Honora ble George was not putting himself forward for something ? Hox. Samuel B. Dick, former Congressman from the Crawford county district is being 6trongly urged for the Republican nomina tion for Congrcssman-at-large. He has ability, experience, and great ersonal strength in the party. Ex-Sexator Bltler B. Strang, of Tioga, this State, was nominated by the President for U. S. Marshal of Dakota. Mr. Strang has been for years an anti-Cameronite, and was a candidate for the State Treasurer against Robert W. Mackey in 1873. He is an able lawyer, and a man of integrity. At the special election for State Senator in New York, held on Tues day ot last week, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Wagner, the Half-breeds voted lor Baucus, the Democratic candidate, and he was elected by a majority of about one thousand over his Repub lican competitor. This district last fall elected Wagner by a Republican majority of G,78 The Philadelphia Tunes (Ind.), edited by Col. A. K. McClure, says that had President Garfield lived, the nomination of Mr. Conkling to be Ass'ciate Justice of the Supreme Court the position to which he has just been appointed by President Arthur would certainly have been made. The Washington i'ost, ac credited with being an organ of Mr. Blaine, makes the same statement The "Independent" papers and their Democratic allies assert that Conkling's opposition to Robertson's appointment instigated President Garfield's assassination. If thht be true then we presume those journals understand what they are after when they denounce President Arthur and his friends as murderers. Accord ing to their own logic they are striv ing to instigate another Guiteau. We cive our readers to-day the oration of Hon. James G. Blaine. ' So far as our observation goes it has met with universal commendation. It bears the evidence of being care fully prepared, is moderate in tone and in its allusions to popular top ics, and gives a lucid insight into the history of the late President It is free from fulsome eulogy and in accordance with the gravity of the occasion and solemnity of the then it presents its subject in the tight of history. It is decorous and appreciative aid worthy the occasion. The Democracy have at every recurring election for years past, been in the habit of " pointing with pride" to the immense majorities which they havo polled in Ken tucky. Late revelations famish the secret of this ever increasing vote, which is explained as follows : There is in Kentucky, under the rule of the Bourbon " moss-backs," a variety of local 'officers known as the "fifteen-cent Assessors." The Assessors are charged with the duty of returning the number of legal voters in the State, for which service they are allowed 15 cents per head. This remunerative payment is too great a temptation for the average Bourbon official The u fifteen-cent Assessors " have not only ransacked the alms-houses and the graveyards for subjects, but they have drawn on their imaginations for legal voters at 13 centa per head. The result is that vhile in every other State in the Union the number of male per sons over 21 years of age is largely in excess of the number of legal voters, in Kentucky there are more voters than adult males. According to the tables in the Auditor's office, there are in Kentucky 7,000 persons who are " legal voters " and who are not males over the age of 21 years. A single county that of Lewis has 1,031 of these nondescripts. If a census of male persons over the age of 21 years could now be taken, the census-takers being allowed 13 cents per head for their returns, there would undoubtedly be an increase of population (on paper) that would make things even. The Democrat last week, like the dog. returned to it vomit, and gave its readers another proof of how low it can grovel in its zeal for its new made allies. While all the newspapers of the country, without distinction of party save a few, whose editors like its own, are controlled by personal ma lignancy were bearing testimony to the fitness of Roscoe Conkling for Judge of the Supreme Court, and dwelling upon his admitted purity of character, it was hurling charges of murder against him with the volubility of a fish-woman. A dog baying at the moon is quite as likely to do it injury, as is the currish snarling of the Democrat to injure Conkling or affix a hideous crime upon him or upon the President. It is but a couple of weeks since the Democrat informed its readers that its uncle would drag several news paper editors into our next Court of Quarter Sessions for libel, in pub lishing an article reflecting upon his public and official conduct, and now it is laboring to teach the public, from which a jury to try the case must be drawn, that any citizen, once in public life, may be libelled with impunity. The logic which enables the Democrat to claim that the publication of loose and virulent newspaper charges, convict's Mr. cjn-trg niu -irvmrr lA;n p nk publicans of complicity in the as sassination of the late President, would enable us to rake up from our files similar loose charges, and claim to convict Hon. A. II. CoiTroth of gross official misdemeanors. We recall these unpleasant reminiscen ces simply to show how silly is the pretext for the devilish malignancy it displays. However, it is impo tent to do any respectable man harm, and its course forcibly re minds us of a remark we saw the other day, that " there is always one refuge left for the small dog : it can bark." With the extermination of polyg amy every pledge of the Republican party wil! be fulfilled. In 1S01 Mr. Lincoln started with the pledge that the laws would be enfon-ed, that the Union would be preserved, the Gov ernment upheld, and a3 the struggle proceeded it became necessary, to secure these pledges, to abolish slav ery. With the overthrow of slavery came st'll another pledge, to sustain the freedman in his new relations to society and politics, and this was as sured in conferring the ballot on him, and putting him on an equality before the law. All of Mr. Lincoln's pledges made in the name of the Republican party have been fulfilled. The credit of the Government has been maintained. All the covenants made with the soldiers of the Union have been carried out faithfully. The terms on which every Republi can candidate for President was elected have been carried out strict ly to the letter. What Gen. Grant subscribed to in accepting two nom inations and elections to the Presi dency has been maintained and en forced with a fideiity which nevr for a moment swerved from the right Grant's administration was the crowning triumph of Republi can policy and fidelity to principle. He did all that he pledged himself to do, and sustained the Republican party in doing all that it was bound to perform. The labor of the coun try was made prosperous, and the credit of the Government carried to a height of commercial and financial confidence not surpassed in any country in the world and equalled in few. During the Hayes adminis tration, thanks to John Sherman, the policy of resumption was faith fully adhered to, by which the Re publican party became the author of low interest on Federal securities, thereby inaugurating a like system in all the States and cities of the country. It was the Republican party which for the first time io the history of the National Government, and the States of the Union, reduced interest on their securities below C per cent until U. S. bonds now on ly pay 4 and 3 per cent interest and the bonded debt of nearly all the States only 5 per cent interest This is fulfilling Republican pledges. The last now remainj to be perform- ed. With polygamy overthrown, as it will be, the crowning act of the Republican party will be done, when it may be rated as defender and pre- j server of the Union and the Govern ment upholder of the equality of man before the law the champion of universal freedom the advocate and founder of an impartial ballot -j fosterer of labor promoter of pros- peritv advocate of the rights of la - bor and at last the force by which the pollution of polygamy is to be removed from the social and relig ious interests of the land. Such is the Republican party in the fulfill ment of its pledges. Ilarri&urg Telegraph. The Crawford Journal, a good Stalwart Republican paper, is in clined to poke a little fun at the u Ind pendents." Imagining itself gone over to the bolters, it says : This thing of Cameron and Quay meddling in our politics must be stopped. It is sufficient if they are allowed to contribute money to the expenses of the campaign. It is money and not advite we want from them," other Republicans can ex press an opinion, but their business is to keep silent It is now under stood to be the unwritten law of the party in this State that no one can be nominated if Cameron and Quay want him nominated. We believe this is what we independent voters believe in. We have been an inde- Eendent so short a time we may ave got it wrong. If so, they will leasi correct us. Beaver won't do. Ie is a man of ability, a fine speak er, a Christian and likewise a gentle man. He bore an honorable part in the struggle for the Union and left a leg on the field of battle. His mutilated form is a vivid reminder that he wears in his breast the heart of a hero, and thtt, wherever he may be placed, he will do no harm to the institutions he periled his life to defend. But we can't have Bea ver as our candidate. The bosses want him and that settles it When our convention meets, we shall in sist that it appoint a committee to wait on Camtron and Quay and ask them to name the man they don't want That is about the only way we can get the man we do want We suggest that our name be chang ed. The regulars are governed by what Cameron & Co. want We are governed by what Cameron & Co. don't want We are no more inde pendent than they. One is ruled by their likes and the other by their dislikes of Cameron. Why not call ourselves the " fernensters " instead of independents ? The Hoensdale Citizen a Republi can journal very jealous of what is flippantly termed "Boss rule," has this to say in regard to the abuse which certain newspapers deem it necessary to heap upon Senator Cameron, thinking thereby to prove their independence : As to Senator Cameron, he is to be judged and treated as other men are; by the same test which we ap ply to Garfield, to Grow, or to Wolf. He is entitled to the support of the party when he advocates a measure that deserves support, and not other wise. The late Attorney General Samuel E. Demmick, in conversa tion with the editor of The Citizen, with Congressman Jadwin, and with the methods employed by the elder Cameron, habitually spoke in the highest terms of the personal integ rity and ability of his son, the pres ent Senator, and predicted for him a brilliant and honorable career in the event of his ent ring political life This prediction has been verified in a marked degree. Even his enemies have never charged that his hands were soiled by any taint of corrup tion, whatever direction his personal ambition may have taken. Since he has been among its leaders the par ty has won some of its most notable victories. On every question of par ty policy, except that of the third term, it has been united and harmo nious. But the third term battle is ended, and no good can be done by bringing it into the discussion of oth er questions. The issue now at the front of debate is on the question of protection to American industry. On this question Senator Cameron has shown himself in accord with his party, and a powerful champion of its policy. There is assuredly no principl ; of independence, nor even any demand of faction, which re quires us to oppose him now, mere ly because we once opposed him on another question on which the party was divided, and which is now at ; rest. On the question of protection the party should stand shoulder to shoulder, and welcome all the aid that any of its member can give. In all the contests on the tariff ques tion, since the close of the rebellion, Mr. Cameron is the first Pennsylva nian whose voice has been heard in the Senate in support of the protec tive policy. Wl:en he thus per forms his duty to the party which has placed him in a position of lea dership, he is entitled to the sup port of all who sincerely desire Re publican success. The party, in turn, is entitled to the best service he can render, and should accept it "without caviling at his former posi tion on a question no longer open, On vital issues like that now before us, the welfare of the party demands the cordial co-operation of all who desire its success and the ascenden ency ot its principles, so lar as any man labors for this, whether his name be Cameron or not every true Republican may properly endorse his course. GLEANINGS. The design of Mr. Wolfe, so con fessed, is to defeat the Republican candidates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of Internal Af fairs, Supreme Judge, and to com pletely change the political charac ter of the Senate and House from Republican to Democratic Senator Cooper's Media American. The New York Tribune states that Grant inaugurated the practice of appointing civilians as paymns- ters and appointed many such. Tap fact is, that this custom had been common before Grant became President ; but the only person we 1 ueaeve ouisiae oi military Hie, that is, who was not in the army or had not served in the war, appointed paymaster by him during his two terms of office was a brother of James G. Blaine. The Tribune should make a forrection. Inter Ocean. I Sexator Hoab says that he has been "cruelly 'misrepresented" as to his alleged remarks in the executive session of the Senate regarding Mr. Conk Hog's nominations, and denies that bv asserted Mr. Conkling was dishonest It is unfortunate that the rule of secrecy prevents the countrv knowing just .what Mr. ' Hoar ;d say. It would be only justice t him and to Mr. Conkling if his exact language could be re ported. Inter Ocean. The Berks Journal says "it is amusing to see the sell-styled 'inde pendent' newspapers undertaking to 'run' the Republican party ac cording to their peculiar notions. They first turned their batteries against Gen. Beaver, whom they stigmatized as the 'machine' candi date. The next essayed to boost 'Farmer Butler into the foreground but finding that 'stalwart' Repub beans rather like Butler, they are now Irvine to break the Butler boom, and are returning to their first love, by howling in favor of the Wolfe interest 'Anything to break up the great Republican party,' ap pears to be the motto of the 'inde pendents. " One can imagine what a sensation has been created in Wisconsin by the discovery that thousands of marriages in that State, hitherto supposed to be legal, are null and void, since the clergymen who per formed the marriage ceremonies neglected to comply with the law by previously Ciing a copy of their credentials or certificates of ordina tion with the clerk of some Circuit Court of the State. The results of this failure to comply with a tech nical requirement of the law may prove a very serious matter, and there are a good many exercised families just now in the Badger State, but the Legislature will prob ably come at once to their rescue. Mr. Ho.vr is said to have distin guished himself in yesterday's ex ecutive session of the Senate by making a violent attack upon Mr. Conkling and bitterly opposing his nomination. An attack of that kind Is so entirely without warrant that perhaps Mr. Hoar has been misrepresented. Whatever differ ence of opinion there may be in re gard to Mr. Conkling's political methods, nothing derogatory can with justice be said of his character or ability. No public man stands higher than he above suspicion, and to question his talents is to be tray either ignorance or prejudice. He can have the place if he wants it, which, by the way is extremely doubtful, whatever Mr. Hoar may say, and he may be trusted to fill it well. Xorth American. It i a suzirestive fact, in view of the proimsed, freely discussed and amt nrohable coalition w'th the in dependent republicans, in certain contingencies, that there is scarcely any mention in the democratic press of candidates for the minor places on the ticket The party will emphatically claim the supreme judgeship, Trunkey being the only democrat left when Sharswood retires but all signs indicate that the inde pendent republicans can have the lieutenant governorship and secreta ry of internal affairs for the asking. As to the judgeship it is quite clear that, should he decide to enter the field, Judge Ludlow will have no opposition. Trunkey coming from the western part of the state, and Sharswood being a Philadelphian, it is conceded that the batter's success or should come from this city. Phil idclphia Telegraph. Wheat is now held in larger quantities in the United States than was ever stored here before. The excesssofthe crops of 1SS0, larger than that of any year of the last de cade, was not exported by one-half because there was no demand for it in Earope. This enoimous ex cess, added to that of 1S81, leaves a bulk in storage which cannot be ful ly estimated. It is so great that there is no way of getting to it Thousands of bushels are held by individuals, because there isnoroom for it in the warehouses, elevators and other storage points. And this immense excess, now to go into the production of 1S32, will make an ;gregate of breadstuffs so great that the holderwill be glad to di3 pose of it at any price. But just wnai tne enect oi mis win be is now a question of much solicitude to holders in all parts of the coun trv. Very many people do not under stand the cause of the terrible per secution of the Jews in Russia. It is principally this. In the dis trict where it occurred and is occur- ing the people are ignorant and hi oted. The use of intoxicatinz liquors is more extensive tlun in any other nation of Europe. They are also very superstitious. When a n.isfortune befalls them of any kind, the first thing done is to drink deeply, and the next to wreak their vengeance on some victim, and it has become the common thing to find that in the Jew. A flood or fire, sickness or failnre of crops, is the occasion for a prompt and brutrl persecution of these helpless people, and the soldiers, being drawn from the populace, join, the mobs, so that before their officers can stop them the injury has been done. Xorth American. Mr. Thomas Lewis, 62 Butler stfeet, informs us that for seven years k w?j afflicted with that dreadful iBaJa4y, Sciatica, and be ing induced to try St. Jacobj Oil found al mct immediate relief ihrrn- from, and i-t now perfectly cured vwifwu't run i tuzen. THE QCEEX OF uAGLAXO SHOT AT The Woatd-be RetfcideXarrowly Ee empem Lynching at the Hand of Yonns; Et jln The Queen Unlnjiurexl. London, March 2 There was a large crowd of t - .ut.i awaiting the Queen's arnv.t! at Windsor. The Queen walked acrs the plat form of the railway station to her carriage which was waiting to take her to the Castle. John Brown had already ascended to hi3 seat behind the carriage, when a man standing at the entrance to the station yard among a number of. spectators pointed a pistol at the carriage ind fired. To judge from the report the pistol was not heavily loaded. The Queen, who was probably not aware what had happened, was immedi ately driven to the Castle, but be fore she passed, the man had been seized by the superintendent of the borough" police, who was standing near uy. He was also violently seized by the crowd, and was only rescued from them when three or four policemen came to the super intendent's asssistance. The pistol was captured by one of the crowd. The would-be "assassin, who was miserably clad, was taken into High street and thence conveyed to a po lice station in a cab. The name of the man 1 as been ascertained to be Roderick MacLean. He ia said to be a resident of Southsea. As soon as the Queen arrived at the Castle she ordered an equerry to proceed to the depot to inquire if any one had been hurt. The report of the pistol was sharp, but not loud. MacLean apparently intended to fire again, when the re volver, which seemed to be a new one, was knocked irom hi3 hand by a bystander and handed to the po lice. Eton scholars were promi nent in the attempt to lynch Mac Lean. The Right Hon. Sir Henry F. Ponsonby, the Queen's secretary proceeded to the police station, and after obtaining all the information possible, telegraphed to air. triad stone the facts ot the assault It i3 understood the Queen has not sus tained any shock. who the assassin is. London, March o. -Ma Iean is 27 years old. He states that he is a grocer's assistant The doctors pro nounce him sane. The revolver is a six-chambered Colt, American make. Two chambers were found loaded and two had been recently discharg cd. Fourteen ball cartridges were found"on the prisoner. MacLean says hunger actuated the crime. The Cabinet sent a dispatch to Windsor expressinggratification at the failure ot the attempt at assas sination. Sir Wm. V. Harcourt, replying to an inquiry from Sir btafford Northcote, 6tating that the man MacLean. who shot at the Queen this afternoon, was a clerk by occu pation, and a native of London. He added that the Queen wa3 not alarmed by the event. later. London, Mar. 3. The Time this morninz says : "If no more can be said for McLean, the weuld-be as sassih of the queen, than could be said for Guiteau, theassassin of Pres ident Gsrfield, or Lefroy, the mur derer of Mr. Gould, he can as little expect to escape punishment" United States Minister Lowell has tendered to the queen the congratu lations of the America nation, lei were arriving at Windsor through out the iiight. it is otucicialiv an nounced that the queen passed a trood night and that sh( is in no way affected by the attempt on her life. MacLean passed a restless night He will be brought up at a special sitting of the Windsor borough jus tices this alternoon. rrom later accounts it appears that MacLean fired the shot after the cariage was in motion. Princess Beatrice and John Brown sav him point the pistol at the carriage, lie was exactly thirty paces distant when he fired. Two of the four loaded chambers - of the revolver contained only blank cartridges, MacLean had walked from Ports mouth to London a week ago. Upon his person was found a purse containing a pennv and three far things, and a pocket-book contain ing the following entries : uFourlh Path, a novel . bv Mac- Lean, and Reynolds' Xewytaper gives as correct an idea ot the wide dif ference that divides the people of England as any newspaper in the world. I venerate the free and out spoken principles of an unbiased thinker." MacLean was charged at the po lice station with shooting at the queen with intent to do grievous bodily harm. He asked whether any one was hurt, but the police re msed to give him any information. After searching the yard at the rail way station for an hour this morn ing, the police found a sni-.ll bullet embedded in the ground. It !re a mark cf having first struck some other object It was right in the di rection of the spot over which the queen's carriage was passing, hav ing probably passed over the horses heads. The queen and Princess Beatrice walked on the castle ter race as usual early this morning. An eye witness of the shooting states that MacLean was observed fumb ling in his pocket while the queen was being helped into the carriage, but the presence of the crowd pre vented him from raising his arm un til tne carriage was in motion. The same cause made his aim very wide. The bullet found, in the station yard weighs about a third of an ounce. It has been compared with others found on MacLean and was found to correspond exactlv. Be fore the revolver was seized t&e pris oner had brought another loaded chamber opposite the hammer. Minister Lowell's teleeram to Gen eral Sir Frederick Ponsonby savs : "I beg you to oonvey to her majesty my heartfelt congratulations on her escape." A CRANK. London. Mar. 33 p. m. Man- Leans antecedents show that he is eccentric and addicted to drink. Before the beginning of business on the stock exenanee this mornin? all the members in the room sansr, "God save the Queen." It appears that Maclean rouehlv endeavored to force his way through the Eton cellege scholars, who were at the station to get a good position to await the passacre of the ouecn. and theconsequent hustling prevent- f u naving an opportunity to fire when he might have done so with a worse result mere are va-! nous accounts as to whether his arm wan ctmnb ishils ,. he had fired. SECRETARY FRELI.VGHUYSE.VS DIS PATCH. W'Asnixq-fqs, Mar. 3. In relation to the attempted assassin ation of Queen Victoria, the secretary of state received to-day a telegram from Mr. Lowell, minister of the United States at London : "Frelinghuysen, Secretary, Wash ington An unsuccessful attempt was made upon the life of the queen yesterday afternoon as she was leav ing the Windsor railway station for the castle. The criminal was arrest ed. I have expressed my congrutu lations on her escape. "March 3. IjOWELl, Minister." The following is a copy of a tel cram sent by the secretary of state to Mr. Lowell to-day : "Lowell, Minister, London The President and the people of the Uni ted States congratulate her majesty on having been providentially pro tected from the assassin. Kemem bering the sympathy of her majesty and the British people for our recent national bereavement, the feeling of indignation and thankfulness for the queen s safety is deep and um versal. (Signed) "Frelingucyses." special thanksgiving service. London. Mar. 3, 4:30, p. m. A special thanksziving service was held at Windsor to-day for the es cape of the queen from the attempt or hei life. MacLean is now under examina tion before the Windsor magistrates, lie was hooted at by a crowd of peo ole while on his way to the town hall REMANDED FOR A WEEK. London. Mar. 3. The charge brought against MacLean, before the Windsor magistrates to-day, was for the shooting at the Queen with intent to murdar. The prisoner was remanded for a week. Formal evi dence was taken concernining the prisoner's arrest and the finding of the bullet MacLean was closely cross-examined by several witness es. He did not seem to be impress ed with the seriousness of his posi tion. Train Thieves Foiled. Cleveland, Ohio, March 3. Be tween nine and ten o'clock last even ing the conductor of the west-bound lake Shore freight train which had just left Erie discoverd that twe men had broken into a box car loaded with valuable freight He succeeded in fastening the door, and at the first opportunity telegraphed to Ashtabula for officers to be at the station. When the train arrived at Ashtabula the officers and train hands found the men in the car had sawed the door and were prepairing to escape, beemg the demonstra tion to arrest them the men in the car suddenly drew two rcvolvera each and began shooting rapidly. The fire was returned and soon twenty shots were exchanged. The officers man aged to secure one of the thieves and speedily handcuffed him. The other escaped and fled to the woods, dropping one of his revolvers. The handcuffed man when taken to the station made sudden dash for liberty, jumping through the window, car rying the sash along. He was imme diately captured. The other robber went to Saybrook, a small village four miles disu..t, and inquired for a doctor to lres !is wounds. Their being no doctor in the place, a tele gram was sent to A -htabnla for a sur geon. The robber, 1 owever, bought a ticket for Clevelan J and tootc the first train, alo a freight. The offi cers at Ashtabula, suspecting that the man was the escaped thief and wmiLl ha ftlonif. watched the tnn, and on its arrival surrounded the caboose and prepared for a repetition of the desperate fight. But the man surrendered and beeged that he be not roughly handled, saying he was wounded. An examination showed that he had a bulletin his right side, one in his arm, and one in the neck, though neither of the wounds are necessarily fatal. None of the offi cers or train hands were seriously injured Terrible Accident. Bradford, March 1. John Grant, shooter in the employ of the Rob- berts torpedo company, and n- Ifam Orcutt oil well digger, were un loading nitro-glycerine near Boliver, N. Y., last evening, when an explo sion occurred, ihc cause of the explosion is not known, but it is sup posed that one ot the men dropped can ot the terrible compound. The report which followed was very heavy, causing the earth to tremble within a radius of full half a mile breaking windows and throwing articles from shelves in houses. Both men, of course, were torn to fragments. The horses were so shock ingly mangled that they were kill ed to end their misery, and the wag on was reduced to fragments. The explosion occurred about fifty feet from a magazine containing one thousand pounds of glycerine. Al though boards were ripped from the magazine and the ground torn up. the great body of the comound did not explode. It was at the same place where Charles Berridge was killed a few weeks ago in a similar manner. It being already quite dark last night when persons arrived on the ground but little or nothing could be found of the remains of Grantor Orcutt The exact amount of glycerine exploded is unknown, but it is believed to. be about one hundred pounds John Grant was aged about thirty-seven years and was married, lie had been in the employ of the Roberts company in the Bradford field, and was regarded as a very careful handler of the dangerous compound. He previ ously resided at Corry. Orcutt was about thirty years old and had lved in the ou regions a number of years, his occupation beinsr a dril ler. His mother is a widow, resid ing at St. Clairsville, New York. He was idle on Monday, and was with Grant merely to pass the time away, the latter being a friend. Two Skeleton Unearthed. Erie, March 2 The gale of Wed nesday uprooted a tree oj Presque Isle and dragged up two skeletons with it. One skeleton was that of James Bird, who has been the sub ject of cheap, sentimental poetry all tnrougn rennsylvama tor the last seventy years. During the war of 1812 James Bird and Edward Ran kin were shot aboard the Niagara for desertion and were buried at the spot over which the tree grew and flourished. Jhrd s death was poet ized and he was invested with hero ic and martyr-like qualities. He fell beneath a dozen bullets a mo ment before his pardon arrived. ... ,. . , ... T1 UId in the Head. I Catarrh and tried many remedies ithout any leneficial effects, ut Uft I used Elys Cream Balm, which effectually cured me V. H. I. Ilillard. Dentist, liorden own, N. J. THE FLOODS ! HlLdV OP A MLSSOCHI COl'aTTY OVERFliOWED. Terrible Utstreaa at SeTrral PuisLs oa the SlteeiasippiWliolc Fami lies! Starving tn Ar kansas, etc., etc. St. Lock. March 1. A gentleman here from Mississippi couuty, in the southeastern part of the State, re ports that over half of that county is under water, caused by the over flow of the Mississippi river, and that the farmers in the submerged district have lost nearly all of their live stock, grain and other property. A great many families are living in the second story of their houses, and many others have been taken away in their boats to higher ground, and are being provided for at the public expense. Much suffering exists throughout the submerged district The track of the Iron Mountain Railroad is said to be afloat in some places, and in order to prevent it from being swept away long stakes have been driven into the ground on each side to keep it in its place. Cincinnati, March 1. A sped;.' to the Times-Star from Little Rock, says : It is reported that three miles of the Iron Mountain Railroad track has been swept away and that the bridge ov-;r the Fourche Caldo. is submerged and considered to be un safe. Much damage has been done to the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad, all by the rain on yester day and the day preceding. Cairo, 111., March 1. The Ohio River shows a fall of about three inches and the Mississippi a fall of about four, but it is thought the rise reported above will check the fall. The levees still hold out firm, and everything looks brighter. Business is picking up, and the gen eral feeling is that Cairo is safe. Memphis, Tenn., Mar. 1. A spe cial from Helena, Ark., says : "The river began rising to-night again from water above. A big brejik is reported in the levee just Lel-).v Concordia, which occured yesterday morning, and the people are panic stricken, rour negroes and one white man have been drowned. C. W. Blackburn, of Laconia Circle, arrived to-day and is negotiating for a steamer to remove stock and people from that flooded district He says many negroes are starving. Others are feeding on the purtrid carcasses of drowned cattle and such game as can be procured. "Whole families are suhsisthr' on a half a peck of meal per week. People in this section are offering milk cows at z-i cents per neaa, as the poor beasts are dying from wa ter starvation. Mr. Blackburn will move his family, hands, stock and all movable effects to a plantation back of Helena till the water sub sides. The distress all along the river is unparalleled. News reach ed the city this afternoon that the water in the St. Francis R.ver bottom or sunk land is rasing an inch per hour. This, if true, will put us to thinking before the week has passed." VicKSBCUG, Miss., Mar. 1. The river is rising 6lowly. ihe weather is clear and warm. Reports from above say that very serious breaks have occurred ct Concordia, Clay, Boggot and Clarke levees, which will put the northern part of Wash ington and the back fan J of Issa quena counties under water. A number of people were drowned at uiverton, and there is considerable suffering and loss of life at other points. Gaston, Pa., Mar 1. J. O. Waz- ners dam, on the Burkill. was wash ed away by high water this after noon The Delaware River at Eas ton to-night is fourteen feet deep, and is rapidly rising. The Lehigh River is also rising, and if the rain continues it is feared the damage along both rivers will be great. Destruction of Property and Ii.xts of life. New Orleans, March i A Greeneville, Miss., special savs : There was a perfect wreck of the Bolivar levee yesterday morning. Riverton, Wade, Clay and Badgot levees also broke through, and it is reported that the Concerdia broke the day before. These breaks will cause the overflow of every planta tion in Bolivar county. The river fell here tour inches last night, and is still falling rapidly. The breaks in the Bolivar county levees will probably save those of Washington and Issaquena counties, but the loss to the district in levees alone is not less than $150,000. The Clay and Badgot levees are the largest in the disttict except the HushpukaniL Several lives are re ported lost Rosedale, the county seat of Bolivar county, is six feet under water. The Ixdiier office and other houses are washed away. Clarke s front levee on Lake Bu lah, is gone. This will cause an overflow of what is left of Bolivar !cou;.ty. Williams bayou levee in this county is broken, and all of the northern portion - of Washington county and the back lands through out Issaquena and Sharkey counties will go under. , A number of people were drowned at Riverton. There has been a fall of eight inches in the river to date. Later reports say that in addition to the breaks above stated there was one at Hughes' front, between Wads and Clarke's. Accounts of suffering and loss of life continue to come in and exceed anything that has ever attended previous inundations of the Missis sippi river. The crevices above named are all above Greenville. Another Rack-pay Pension Hill. Washington, March 2. The se lect committee of the House on the payment of pensions, bounty and back pay, agreed to-day to report favorably to the Houss. Mr. Whit- thore's bill to pay to invalid pen sioners of the Mexican and In dian wars, whose names were strick en from the pension rolls during the late war, but subsequently restored, the amount of back-pension monev .,ti i i .? mui; ii suuiu wive accrue! in Hie interim. A World oFIsoimI. One of the most popular medi cines now before the American tul- lic, is Hop Bitters. You eee it every- i where. People take it with nood effect. It builds them up. It is ! not so pleasant to the taste as , some other bitters, as it is not uj whiskey drink. It is more like the Old-fashioned bone-set tea, that has done a world of good. If vou don't ' e t i i. r it V-.. " i feel last right, trY Hop Bitters. XundaXetcs " ' .iuiuu iteus. . 3 BY A CrCLOXK. aiuinir Tea Pt?rNon Hotel Contain liar led Into to a Heap tf Itu'ns. , TeZ March 1 -A Galveston special to the ie iW. Uatetl alley Sties, dated Mills. Kebruary 28, says : "A severe cyclone struck this place at 9 o'clock last night, al.uo?t completely destroying the town, only one business house ln iii left land ing. Briiikriian's hou l, ;i tVi-siory buildit., was carried some distance .tnd liuiltd into a confused heap. Ten persons were in the hotel at the time of the accident nil of rhoni 1 were injured, but notu seriously. there was no fo?s of I!e, but the damage to property will amount to S20.0X)." The wires to the northern portion of Ut'u State were prostrated by the severe etorm on Monday night, and reports from the different available points show that great damage was done by the rain and wind. A special to the Aru? from Hemp stead says : "A heavy wiud came up, the sky was illuminated with lightning, fences and outhouses were blown down, and trees and buildings were unroofed. The Baptist and Catho lic churches were badly injured. The residence of Mr. J. 1). Cochran was lifted from its foundation and carried ten yards, and a number of other residences were partly de stroyed. At the chapel the students deprived of all other means of exit, escaped from their rooms by lad ders, trees, etc. The damage here will reach So,0U0 and the damage at Prairie View 82.X)0. A Bryan special says considerable damage was done there by the storm on Monday night, church property being mot seriousiv in jured. Mr. Blaine Taken to Task. Washington, February 2i. Gen eral Rosecrans furnished last night for publication the following card : Mr. Blaine, in his funeral oration belore the two houses to-day, said "When General Garfield assumed his new duties ho found various troubles already well developed and seriously affecting the value and efficiency of the Armvofthe Cumberland." 1 was commanding general of that army, General Gar field was my thief of staff. Had this been the fact I certainly shoul have known it: General Garfield wa3 bound to tell me of it. Justice to the truth of history and-to the Army of the Cumberland requires that I should declare that 1 never heard of such a state of things until the statement came from the lips of the orator to-day. 'a he distin guished gentleman has been wholly misinformed, and the statements above quoted have no foundation in fact Oa the contrary, it was the general sentiment and constant boost of the officers and men of that army that the Army of the Cumber land was singularly united and free from dissentions, and therefore, no ones genius was required to heal those dissensions. I appeal to them to bear witness to this lact. A few sentences further on Mr. Blaine savs: "His military dutv closed on the memorable field of Chickamauga, a field which, howev er disasterous to the Union arms, gave to him the occasion of winning ini perishable laurels." He might with justice have added, "and to us the key of the fcouth, the objective point ot the campaign of Chatta noogx W. S. Rosecrans. Shiockng Crime in Chicago. Ciiioaco, Mar. 2. Orville B. Roe, a druuken carpenter of L:i Salle, Ilhuois, shot his wife yesterday be cause oi ner retusal to support him any longer, and then killed himself. rive children were found clincrin to the woman's body. She will probably die. THE WORLD-FAMED IS FOK SALE ONLY RV I. J. HEFFXaEY, MUSIC DEALER. SOMERSET. PEHH'A. BEFORE BUYIN3 TRY THE BH22ETT ! "IT IS THE HRST!" II Ma Mitm la YarMj. Bajij 4 publ The suwri irltT of the Hur.lett n-irma l. niie-l an-l arknuwlealf ed by the hlirhett imiai.i RUttaoritiea. the ilatuao.l 1 t them 1 sieailtly lniTensintr as their merlta ro beruminir more ex ,5,',Tey known. What everytxuly wants ia the BtSroKlliS for the least amount f money- Therefore everybody wanta the BL'KDETT. Evesy Oboas QcaaasTKED Tive I eaes. Sold on Easy Monthly Payments and taw for CASH. VIOMNS. GCITArcs, ACCOIiDKOXS. UA.VIOS, CIjAKIOXKTTS, fic C;tS, FLITHS, KIFKHi. AnJ In fact evervthlnsr In trip miil-i nn. Tk. latest ami muet desiraMe Instruction B..aYfr all instruments on sale. Blank Miuie Buuks ami Pa per ul all sixes and kin.ln. SHEET MUSIC k VIOLIN STEIN33 a Sjalalt J. trnrins Tuned and Repaired. Musical Imtruc tlon tl i per quarter. Send for catalogue. So tclt ins; yonr orders for -Ereryihinic la the Musical L ne," I am, Yours Kespectlutly. I. J. HEFFLEY, lel.Jitr. Somerset, Fran's. UDITOIi'S NOTICE. Estate Of Philio Shv.r T. At I'fphans' Court held at Somerset, Pa., on the Mih day of January, lnsi, herore the H.mnra, rle Ju'ites thereof, the undcrsiKned Auditor was duly appointed to make a distribution of the funds In the bands of the Executors of said ueceaeed to and among; those letrallT entitle.! thereto, hereby aires notice that he will attend to the dniiM nr i . . . . . his olttee. in Somerset oorr.u h, on the 24th day of March IKil-l ah.. ...I w -ti . J . , - - -wiwrsj an persons inter ested can attend 11 titer think pr..pr R. F. PATTEKSOX. marl Auditor. JJXECUTOPa'S NOTICE. Estate ol Mary Oundle, deeM. Letters testamen'ary rn the atwra estate has-inc been granted to the nrvderslicned by the proper authority, notice Is hereby airen io all persons indebted to said estate to make Immedi ate payment and those harinit claims asrainst the same to present them duly authenticated lor set tlement, on Wwlnesday. April th. lwiat the residence of Jacob B. Countryman, la Soawriet township. JACOB B. COCST3YM AX," Burl Executor. F OR SALE. A Tiluable fjim situate In Cpprr surkeyfoot township, Somerset county. Pa., adjolnlne- lands ot Garret Lear. John Leohart, Daniel Faidley and others, containing 2u aores, mora or less, ahnnt 3tf acres In meadow, 70 acres In rood stale) or cultivation, balance well Umbered, very eon Tenlent to railroad, la wood fartalna: community, convenient to church and school, bavins; thereon erected a s;ood house, barn and other out build Ina-a. tor terms and further particulars address or call ou DecT. R. S. MrMILLEN It PHr. New Lexington, Somersa t County, Pa JXECUTOITS NOTICE. Estate of Jacob Marteeny. deceased. Late of Som erset Wwnahip. Letters testamentary on the above tstat ; bavins; been rranted to the undersigned by the ; proper authority : notice la ncn-hv .im .n persons Indebted to said estate to ma ke immediate , payment, and those having clatm.agilnt the seme I will present them duly eat heritk-autt for .i.i I TJS' T?,"1' March ii, Imi, at the otflce of febU JOHN J. BOWMAN Executor. T.fYFCa TPfYD QATP! KJ D KJIX, OlLLlJiiJ 3 rpile uphThi;ned offers for sale a umber of Lots, intb KOROUGII OP LIGO.MEB! ii of which wovM be rery suitable formskinw ?JiIff, Tfff 'J1! s'1"?- Lwtion very ronvenleot lo Depot. Brick will be In ureal demand here tbU Summer, ami at all times. t. . . juun McFaklaxd. L'yjcler, Westmoreland Co., Pa. mtti BUBDETT ORGAN j w ' a . .4 ( fff Mi JlJL&t I POSITIVELY CURED BY Benson's Capcine ' Porous Plasters KrMoat Way r Pnfert u J rraa Plasters r Extr, r.raicaicst rirt. Became thy (khtm in th m-rft dilion UmtMu lha imwiv (-. 4 aetiTTttrtaMecomlimunn which iKtT,?L!1 rrrmmrA h.Mh-.i .i..u,; - . w,t i ' -UNUiluult. VCaUVa - counter Irritant cflecta. Soconal. RwannetVyerser-nnitw phmraueratic.:-. aratioo, and reco-jniud by tbo protemto Third. Ifecane thej ore tlio ouly blutcr tb pain m once - Ioortb. T,mr.t tliry win poitl!j cnrr diaram v J utiwr Koaedira will nut eTeurelina. M Fitta- B-au-- ott toon pliTsiciinn ami Jmrr,i J TOluniar.Iy Wxufed ttiat thry araaopSfc i tner c:a&iera or medicint-a tur itr.i ' 1 Sixth. BarauM tli mannfartnrcn kare rw.i-j.J only medals arev j.ren for porooa niaatira. 1 Benson's Cancins Porous lte .VMM AiUjjB otMDUnT & JUHNS0N Utnnfirlnniitf PSmIm. . ' -r '"wvfw i tx ABliKB Kt.llt.Bl ATUST. PTSV n munis O viouibdicu ana CU.1J!J PlASg For Sale by C. X. B )YD, March f. Somerset, P.J GOODS LOWEST PRICES POWELL'S PREPARED CHBiai! tt (MO 1 Farmer can bur a F0RVT7 for (520lbs;tfP0WEU;3j PREPARED CHEMICALS lois.wnen mixcuat hom. makes OneTonj of SUPERIOR UlUsl'HAlL. mul A plant-life and as ccitu!a of snccsfj o-. production as many hi.h priced Phwjh fir EXTRA f trouble to a,- a a WEXHtNbE. I F EXPENSE. I FiUIdirtc rowrxi. slHUiCAL haTebetathorour' J tnI, si'-e on. versal satisfaction, and we vJ -j Icatlinz farmers in ever- htatc as reference. Send for l'.imp!.let. Beware cf imiut oa, Brown Chemical Co i-OLE PROPRIETORS, Jlannfacturers of liAituioaa, lin. Powell's 'Tip Tod Bona Form Izer. Price enly 3 5 Xoa, net casiiJ Bone Meal. Dissolved Bone. Potash. Ammonia. Aad aH hi.-r-ac1: Fertilin'aj Maierk. Ache G00D mm M Ik GRAIN TOBACCOMGEIMS 75 CENTS NrVELLfrnr INVESTED. On bottle of frwedfet) Bit if is will prow u fix: that it i thr prptrtr-ro- ihIy, f.,r Ivreji., Kid ney auU LiYtriomi WiDi! that baa emten iicet! Jxrtom the Amrrirsn piM lie. HUM It mrl uii' thm aU.r I d4 KidDej, rreulat-1 '.he bowel. iintif. tt 1 impuriOc tint eUe n JL . L-fcuMJ, ana rurrHta i tirs st. modi, HK-rt-lij ua kin: thr ti tm mj Mmiitxt ail niularfau km: a a nitclit.' Aro Jon lutnU me? Aro y-m tmMii with aru to (rtlt!ll Ham lin silo am I ivtr?. ? if . iT at oan f r Iiittr it n ill cwrr Tim If yon ar ruuaiijain r tnmMtil wit'; ifiuirc tion, want f rtl, ,'!e lark f wrjr, tM.r Swe lish int-r it will wmr ish, strciCiLeo and io 'urn!e Yen, f9XWH TheTertisfteProof. Far mnlaria. chill 9 and frscr tke An- I ctcrwon' Ajfiae !-I&e. wsTTTSTrRra rr Sanll.a Bitten Ce I wonoauar. a. JL RUSTEE'S SALE -OF- VA L UA DLE RE A L ES TA TE By sirlue of an order issued out 01 the Onh; lUrt t Somerset coun It, Pa., to the umlnli;: ii reeled. I wil I expose to sale by pablie outcry the premises, on Saturday, March 25. 1882 at 1 o'clock p. m.. the Mlowinr described ml tate. late the estate of John Leydix, deceased. it : No. 1. A certain tract f land situate in arnpton township, Somerset eoonty, Pa., coeu lna IIj acres, more or less: su acres eiear. is sr: In meadow aaJ balance wood land well tlmlxH with TW0-ST3RY mil DWELLDtS HOUSE barn and other outbuildlnes thereon erected. K' orchard on the same, plenty of water, and a a- coal hank now open: also, convenient to char and school. Adiuinina- lands of Janathan MB Ick. Widow Boyer, John U Emerick and nther !. 2. A eertain tr sot ot land situate as admlnlnr No. 1. Heniamln Trout man and d!K containing 17 awee, mora or less, all cleared. wlik h acres are la meadow. TERMS. One-half of the purchase money to remsie ten on tne premises to secure tne wiuow -the interest thereof to be paid to her annus during; life: alter deducting the cost of paruu sale, etc., tiie balance ! , down "n eonnruMiim sale. Deferred payments to be secured ua 1 premises by judgment bonds. Ten per cent the purcha-w money to be paiJ as soon as ' property Is knocked WKAEL EMERH'K. tel, 22 Trustee BE NOT DECEIVED 27 Phstors claim. nff to C3 a W a prrraasnt ca iLLLCCCZ'S PULSTS2S. ALL:0CrS is th3 onciaal oslj'gizihi Por3;i3 Plaster; othsr so-CiHei Porous Plasters J iaitatiscs. Beware of them. Sae that yea get an ALLCCC2 PLASTZ2, which wa guarantee li effected nore ani quicker rare: thi any other external Semedj. FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGIST Jau,7imbOW A DM IN ISTK ATOR'8 XOTK'K Estate of A. J. fascbeer. !at of Somerset H uus;r, dec d. Letter of administration on Iheabore sstj havlna: been trraated to the andersiKned. the irooer authority, notice Is hereby ! to those indebted to It to make immediate H merit, ami those harlnr claims or demands kImu nfMvil thia dull an t h.r.ti.-l rd Sr ticmenl at lbs nttt-e lu Casebeer's More, on t day, April 7, 1- 3 V WX, B. FREASE, J. W. L'ASKHEEK, mart Administrator a nf i M ST R a TOR'S XOTICI z i Esute of Daniel Lsydls;. late ot SouthampJ Towasklp Somersat Col, Pa-, dee d. I LettenofadasinlstraUosi on the atwe est bavins; been innted to the ndersbined, oy M proi-er eutboritr. notice la hereby ' Indebted to 11 to make ueH'-T!,1rtJi th.d bavins: claims or demands will p' duly authenticated lor eetl kmeul, on the 11th "ay ot February, las at the Isvte i dence of the deceased. I1ENJU9LEYDIO, Administrat' Jas t