The Somerset Herald. EDWARD SCULL. Editor and Proprietor. WEDNESDAY....-.-. 18. 1S The famous old bible belonging to the United Stales Senate, which was stolen ome two weeks since, has been returned. The thief prob ably prefers the new version. The public debt was reduced dur ing the month of April $14,415, S2174, which proves not only the prosperity of. the country, but the careful financial policy of our Re publican rulers. Tin: first new wheat of this year's crop was received at St Louis on May 1st, and was sold for $5.50 per bu?hel. It was -qrown in Johnson county, Arkansas, and is just one month earlier than ever raised at that point. The Independents of Lancaster courjty, who insisted on nominating Senator Kauffman a chronic kick er were badly Bcooped at the pri mary elections last week, John M. Stehman having more than 500 ma jority over the bold Independent candidate. Roth the U. S. Senators from Georgia are broken down in health, and it is rumored will shortly resign. Senator Ben Hill is slowly dying from a cancerous affection of the mouth and tongue, and Senator Joe Brown is suffering from a serious lung complaint. The I'nited Presbyterian Church, by vote of all its presbyteries, has repealed its ancient law against in strumental music The vote 6tood for repeal GIG against GOG. Our blue stocking friends can now fid dle and 6ing" the Psalms, just as thev do in other churches. A National monument to the memory of President Garfield is now assured. The commission has met with gratifying success in col lecting funds, and are fully satisfied that enough can be raised to build a most imposing memento to 'his many virtues and of the people's love. A iTAKr.NTi.Y, Beaver for Governor and Davies for Lieutenant Governor will have a "walk-over" in the Convention to-day. Major Brown cannot a? yet "read his title clear" for Supreme Judge, but with one hundred votes, or thereabouts, to start with, it looks as if his calling and election were sure. Lyxvh, the colored Republican from Mississippi, was last week seated in the House by a vote of 125 to S.'I. Justice has at last been done the Republicans of the Sixth Mississippi district. Fort Pillow Chalmers, who has been allowed by his Democratic brethren to usurp the seat for the past two terms, was defeated each time by many thou sand votes. That proposition of Mr. Wharton Barker the Prince of the Philadel phia " feather-heads to withdraw General Beaver as a candidate, when he has over three-fourths of the delegates t: the State Convention instructed and committed for him, was a mijrhty cool proceeding. If 4Ui .-rV n n. " Unco " the party we would like to know what " Bossism " means. The prospect of a ticket satisfac tory to both wings of the Republi can party being nominated at Har risburg, has created intense excite ment among the Democrats, and the press of that party is laboring dili gently to prevent the breach from being healed. They know that a united Republican party will sweep the State, hence their efforts to goad the feather-heads into hostility to General Beaver's nomination. It apparently affords great com fort to a few of the high kickers to charge that the first proposition for the conference of the Stalwart and Indejendent committees came from the Stalwart side, and is therefore proof positive from their standpoint that the growing power of the peo ple is feared. Very well ! accepting the charge to be true which it is not it proves that the Stalwarts desire peace for the sake of the par ty, and puts upon the Independents the responsibility of further strife, and its consequences. A marked trait of Stalwart Republicanism is ite mngnanimity and devotion to party. Di rixu the war when a gold dol lar was worth two dollars and fifty cenU in greenbacks, the patriotic "Jefferson" party made the North roar with their bellowing for gold for the soldiers. Now, when the country is prosperous, when money is rolling into the Treasury without any citizen sensibly realizing the source from whence it comes, when the great Democratic debt is being rapidly diminished, again the Dem ocratic Jefferson-last-century-early-English party shriek that the people are "staggering," "burdens," in the language of the immortal u J. P.," must be lifted. Poor Dem ocracy, the crazy old thing's condi. tion is truthfully illustrated by the story of the Irishman who was ask- j ed upon his first landing to what party he belonged, replying, "I'm forninst the Government" The Democracy of to-day and of the last quarter of a century are and have been " forninst the Government" Ilarri&tirg Telfyrafh. As was to be anticipated, the In-U- dependent have determined not tOtothedar fixed fortlwNttuMiaU'nritoi keep lakh, and the very next day ader Lie Philadelphia conference, at which all their demands were grant ed by the Regulars, an address in sisting upon the Independent State Convention, called for the 24th of this month, being held, was issued, j and amorg the signers to the call are Wharton Barker and I. P. Mckee, two of the committee who participa ted in and signed the resolutions of the conference. That these two men j at least are unreliable, treacherous, ; and determined upon disrupting; the party unless they are allowed to : have their own sweet will, is proven j by their actions. Professing to care for nothing but principles after procuring all the concessions they asked they now shamelessly throw off the mask and demand that they be permitted to dictate the nomina tions of the State Convention ; or to use their own phraseology " Boss the party." Feeling that their con duct is indefensible, and knowing that the honest members of their faction will feel in honor bound to abide by the result of the State Con vention, provided it adopts in good faith the results of the conference, they meanly attempt to stab in the back such of their colleagues as will abide by their pledge, and advise that there shall not be chosen as delegates to the 24th of May Con vention " any Pharisacial Independ ents who preach reform, yet blindly follow boss leadership, at the crack of the master's whip ! " The situation may now be sum med up briefly as follows : General Beaver will be nominated for Gov ernor on first ballot by an over whelming and probably a unani mous vote ; those would-be " bosses " know the fact, and knowing it, know that their vocation as mischief ma kers will be gone. This, their last kick before the convention, is a fla grant attempt to bully the delegates out of nominating the peoples' choice for Governor, and failing in that, as they assuredly will do, they will thenceforward play into the hands of the enemy. The Indepen dents who are Republicans from principle will support the nominees of the Regular Convention, the lines will be drawn between Republicans and Democrats, the would-be bosses will carry on their little side show for the benefit of the Democrats during the campaign, and when the result assures a Republican victory, they will follow their antitypes, Curtin and McClvre into the Demo cratic eamn. A coxKEUEXCE of the Regular Re publicans of the State, represented by Colonel M. S. Quay, General Hartranft, Judge II. J. Reeder, Thos. Cochran and Chris. Magee, who had lecn designated as a com mittee by Chairman Thoma? V. Cooper, and the IndejM'ndents, rep resented by Charles S. Wolfe, I. D. McKee, J. W. Lee, Wharton Barker and Francis B. Reeves, designated by Senator Mitchell, at a meeting of Independents in Philadelphia on the 22d ult, took place in the Con tinental HoteL Philadelphia, on Saturday evening last, the objects of the meeting being a solution of the difficulties that are in the way of a harmonious union of all factions in the Republican party. The Inde pendents presented their demands in a carefully worded paper,, while the Regulars seemed ready to con cede all reasonable requests, and presented a series of resolutions covering the grounds of complaint as heretofore set forth by the Inde pendents. The meeting was held with closed doors, and was contin ued until midnight without a final conclusion being reached, and an other meeting was appointed for Monday afternoon. On Monday evening the conference again asscm bled, Senator Cooper, Chairman of the State Central Committee, taking the place of C. L. Magee, who had been called away by other business. Messrs. Quay and Wolfe, the Chair men of the Stalwart and Indepen dent elements, to whom had been referred the two papers presented by the differing wings of the party submitted to the conlerence with a recommendation for their adoption the following declaration of princi pies and recommendations for the future government of delegate elec tions and changing the time of hold ing State Conventions. After full discussion they were unanimously adopted and signed by all the mem bers. The sum total of the results as signed by the conference, is the following: .VWivrf, That we recommend the adopt i--it of the following principles and methods !' the Kepublican State Convention of May 1": 1. That we unequivocally condemn the line of patronage to promote personal polit ral cads, and require that all otiieea bestow ed within the party shall be upon the sole basis of fitness. i. That competent and faithful officers should not be removed except for cause. 3. That the non-elective minor officers should be tilled in accordance with rules es tablished by law. 4. That tiie ascertained popular will shall lie faithfully carried outin Slateand Nation al Conventions and by those holding oflice by the favor of the party. 5. That we condemn compulsory assess ments for political purposes and proscription for failure to respond either to such assess ments or to requests for voluntary contribu tions, and that any policy of political pro scription is unjust and calculated to disturb party harmony. tt. That public oflice constitutes a high trust to be administered solely for the peo ple, whose interest must be paramount to those ofpenonsorpartiea, and that it should be invariably conducted with the aam effi ciency, economy and integrity as are ex pected in the execution of private trusts. 7. That the Slate ticket should besoeh an by the impartiality of its constitution and the high character and acknowledged fitnea of the nominees will justly commend itself to the support of the united Republican par ty. Ifaalrtd, That we also recommend the adoption of ofthefollowinfrpcrmanent rules for the holding of State Conventions and the conduct of the party. 1. That delegates to the State Conventions snail dc chosen In the manner in which candidates lor the General Assembly are nominated, except in Senatorial districts composed of more than onecoanty, in which conferees for the selection of Senatorial del eprstes sball be chosen in the manner afore said, and the representation of each county shall be baaed noon its Reoublican vote. I cast at the Presidential election next pre ceding the convention. 2. Hereafter the State Convention of th Ilepablican party tihall be held on the seer ond Wednesday of July, except in the yeai ana at im hikij uyb own nciiu of thr date of the State Convention. 3. Thai every peraon who voted, the Be publican electoral ticket at the iaot Presi dential election next preceding any State Convention shall be iwnajtted to partici pate in the election ofddljates to the State and National Oot)vatiow d we recom mend to the county organization! that in their rules they allow the largest freedom in the peiieta! yattiripatioii in the primaries mioHenf with the preservation ol the party orninzalKHi. - l. S. l)x h. J. V. HAirraAMT, Tin. A. Cochrax, H. J. Kkkhek, I.. Mach, 'a the part of the ttepnblican State Committee, ap IKiinted by Chair Ch i. 8. Wolff, I. 1 .m 'Kw. K H. Ckcvch, W. Bahkir, J. W. Ijck, On the part of Sen ator Mitchell's independent Re publican Com man Cooer. mittee The following resolution was adopted by the joint conferenee : Jieil.rd, That disclaim any authority to speak or act for other persons titan oar selves, and simply make these suggestions as in our opinion essential to the promotion of harmony and unity. These resolutions embody a set of principles which all true Republi cans believe4n, and if they are car ried out honestly and intelligently will add to the strength and pros perity of the party. The demands of the Independents have been fully conceded by the Regulars. So far so good. Now let us see if the Inde pendents will live up to them in good faith, or again bolt the party if the State Convention does not give them all the offices they covet "Principles" is what they have claimed to be contending for, and they have got all they claimed. Now let us have peace. The Burning of the Pittsburgh Court House. Pittsburgh, May 8. The Court House, that great ungainly, unsight ly, building, which has for years scowled at its lowly neighbors from its elevated perch on the hill, was burned yesterday and to-day the greater portion of it is in ruins. DISCOVERY OF THeJfIRE. The fire was first discovered at twentv minutes past 12 o'clock. Smoke was seen issuing from the building simultaneously by two per sons, John B. Sneathen, who was walking up uraut street' and John Sussman on Wylie avenue. Thev both ran to strike an -alarm, and three minutes later box 2G was pull ed. Almost at the same time a man named A. F. Taylor observed smoke coming from the dome, and be ran at once into the Court House, being the second person on the scene. Upon entering the rotunda he fonnd a lunch and coffee stand located there all on fire. This structure was about ten feet long and eight feet wide, a little larger than the ordina ry street peanut stand and about the same height 1 he nearest column to this stand had caught fire and the names were creepine rapidly up wards. Mr. lavlorsays that even then he observed a very small blaze in the dome. The rotunda by this time was pretty well filled with peo ple, but they were powerless to do anything towards extinguishing the blazing restaurant as no water could be found handy. in response to the alarm the en gines promptly arrived, but there seemed to be some delay in getting to work, and it is said fully fifteen or twenty minutes passed before the first stream of water was thrown. As soon as Chief Evans came he quickly recognized the imminent danger which overhung the Temple of Justice, and ordered second and third alarms, bringing out two more districts of the b ire Department PROGRESS OF THE FLAMES, In a verv short space of time the fire inside the building had gained alarming headway, and the cupola was a mass of flames. At 1 o'clock a dense cloud of smoke was arising from the building, showing that all the roof was burning underneath, although the only fire then to be seen from the outside was on the great dome. The flames had burst from all its sides and it looked very prettv. It was not long, however. until fire appeared in view on other parts of the roof, and it seemed but a question of twenty or thirty min utes until the whole area would be entirely enveloped in one great blaze. LOSS AXD INSURANCE. Estimates as to the loss from the fire at this time are mere random guesses. Some of the county officers think SU.UUU will cover it and oth ers run it up to $200,000. When evervthirtg is taken into considera tion the latter figure is probably nearly correct The insurance as far as could he learned from the Commissioners is as follows: City $5,000, Western $5,000, Teutonia $5, 000, German American $5,000, Mo- nongahela So.UOO, Birmingham to. 000x Armenia $7,000, Artisans $5,000, Allemania 3,UW, Union $5,000. Na tional $5,000, Citizens $5,000, a total of $92,000. In addition to this there are one or two policies placed within the past year. An Unwilling Witness. Suxbury, May 4. The trial of James Quinn, accused of felonious assault ended in an unusual man ner this morning. When Sarah Heaton, the victim of the assault a girl of fourteen years, was called she refused to testify. The entreaties of father, mother and friends availed nothing, and when informed by the judge that she would have to go to jail if she eprsisted in her refusal to testify, she said she preferred that to sending the prisoner to the peniten riary. The prisoner thereupon sprang forward aiid proposed mar riage to the girl. Business was sus pended. A justice was called in and the couple were united in wedlock. The judge then instructed the jury to bring in a verdict of not guilty, which was done. Deal b ofS. B. Marklr. West Nkvj tox, Pa, May 4. S. B. Markle, Sr., died this morning at his residence Hear this iown, of general debility. He was the oldest son of the late Gen. Joseph Markie, and was in his seventy-seventh year. He married Hannah Lobingear. daugh ter of the late Judge Lobingear, of ui. neasant in ISSD, more than fifty-three years ago, and his wife sur vives him. For over forty years he and his brother Gen. C. P. Markle were associated in paper making and other business, under the firm name of S. B. & C P. Markle. 17 is part nership continued until a few yean back.when S. B. Markle retired from the firm and from business with h ficient means to make himself and family independent of the cares of life. Eleuavce akd Pcarrr. Ladies who ap preciate e!et;nce and parity art using Par. ker s Hair Balaam. It is the beat article old for restoring gray hair to its origin. color, beauty and Instrr. De iMf Party Foaad. Wamhxgtos, May 5. The f.llow- in ;.,.th via Irkutsk MhV 5.! was t&a ived by Secretary Chandler to-day: Lena Delta, March 24, 1882. Found De lng and party dead. Found all ( wipers and books. Con tinue sean-h for Chipp. - MELVILLE. Thiist!- storv ofDe Long's fate ends with i.c dread certainty which I all have feared yet hoped against From the night of September iz, when on ptrtiDfcr with the other two boats containing the remainder of the Jeannette's crew, he waved at once an adieu and an order for each to make the best course she could for safety, there have been just two brief and uncertain glimpses of his movements, like the view one gets when a fog lifts a moment and again shuts out everything in an impene trable mist After the boats separa ted, De Long with his thirteen men landed at one of the mouths of the River Lena, September 17. Thence they traveled slowly southward, hav ing two days provisions brought from the boat, and killing game for their immediate wants. On Satur day. October 1, 1881, De Long wrote a letter, which was found by Engi neer Melville while making his first search, and three other records were found, containing little news, howeyer. The first letter was as follows: Saturday. October 1, 1881. Four teen of the officers and men of the Jeannette reached this hut on Sep. tember 28, and having been forced to wait for the river to freeze over are proceeding to cross to the west side this morning on their jonrney to reach some settlement on the Ie na River. I have two days provis ions, bnt having been fortunate enough thus far to get game in our pressing needs we have no fear for the future. Onr party are all well except Hans Eriksen, whose toes have been amputated in consequence of frostbite. Other records will be found in several huts on the east side of the river, along ' which we have come from the north. . George W. De Long. Oh the 7th Eriksen, the frost-bit ten sailor whose feet had been ampu tated, died. At this time the party were in erea distress for want of food, and on the 9th Noros and Nindemann, who were the two stron gest of the party, were sent ahead to look for help. On the 14th they were met by some native fisherman at point halfway to Bulun, the near est permament settlement Thev were then nearly dead from starva tion, but Boon recovered their strength, and on the 1st of Novem ber they reached Engineer Melville's party. Melvule immediately started to search for De Long's party, and spent three weeks in the Lena Delta, hnding the letter above quoted and the three other records but not sue ceeding in discovering the men. As winter was then coming on and the natives refused to work any longer, Melville returned to Bulun, and went on to Yakutsk, a distance of about 110 miles to obtain Russian assist ance and supplies. This journey required about thirty-five davs, and it was not until December 30 that Melville arrived there. On the 27th of January, 1885, he had organized his search party, and started back. Arriving in Bulun about the first of March he took the route1 for Sis- terneck, on the west bank of the Lena, where he had found the last trace of De Ing on his previous search He reached the scene of close opera tions about the middle of March, and on the 24th their search ended, as far as De long's party was concern ed, by the lamentable discovery re cited in his hrief dispatch. The names of those lost are: Lieutenant Commander George W. DeLong, Passed Assistant Surgeon James M. Ambler, Collins, Eriksen (previously known to have died), Gurtez, Dresler, Iverson, Kaach, Boyd, Lee, Ah Sam and Alexei. Those probably lost in Lieutenant Chipp's party are: Lieutenant C. W. Chipp, Dunbar, Sweetman, Staar, Warren, Kuehne, Johnson and Sbar welL A Whole Family Poisoned. Pittsburgh, May 4 Nine per sons are dying in a house in Law renceville, one of the suburbs of this city, from poison. A negro named Milton Frye, bought a quantity of some kind of poison on Tuesday and gave it to a young colored girl, named Watkins, to be used by her on the family table of Mrs. Rey nolds, for whom Miss Watkins works. What the poison was is net known, but it was mixed up with Fome bis cuits which were made by Miss Wat kins yesterday morning, and these biscuits were eaten last night at sup per by nine persons who belong to the Reynolds family oi board in the house. They oon became so t larm ingly ill that several physicians were called in. Antidotes were ad ministered, but without effect Mrs. Reynolds will probably recover, while the following will die : Ada Reynolds, twelve years old ; Amy Reynolds, five years old; Sadie Rey nolds, fifteen years old; Charlie Reynolds, eight years old, all chil dren of Mrs. Reynolds: George Lo- mix. Lomix and Andy Morris, all colored, and George Gaines, white. He Richly Deserved Hanging. Erik, Pa., May 4. Edward Lan ahan, formerly an inmate of the Sol diers' Home at Dayton, was brought here to-dav and arraigned for the se duction of Emma Lanahan, not yet fifteen years old, his own niece, and the daughter of a dead Union Sol dier. Little Emma has given birth to a baby, and states that she was debauched by her lecherous uncle several years ago, and that she has been compelled to share the same couch with him ever since. Her mother is dead, and her father left her as a legacy to Lanahan when he died from the effects of his suffer ings in Libby prison. The -scoundrel pleaded guilty and was fined the full penalty for the offense, one hundred dollars. The court and community deeply regret the inad equacy of the punishment fixed by law. The young victim will be cared for in the Soldiers' Orphan Asylum. Gulling the Grangers at Greensburg-. Greens burg, Pa May 1. A shar per traveling after the circus Royal held forth op Main street to-dny, and after giving away about ten dollars in making change, captured aboqt two hundred from the rural citizens who come to town to see the ele phant, thus losing their wealth be fore the show began. A couple of fellows 'squealed," but after they got their mosey back they did not make any information. The town wma crowded all day, and the shar per scooped in many dollars. ! the micnncnnon. fjord Cavendish sad Under Secretary Harke Murdere ml lMln trtah Mca Kvery where UeaHMince the Dcrlix, May 6. A terrible trag edy occurred here U night- Lord Frederick CavendUh. tin- ew Chief Secretary, and Mr. i i..i Henry Burke, th Under Siuvta ry, were assassin;. Utl in Phu'tu Park. About half past 7 o'clock they left the Un der Secretary's lodge" to walk over to the Chief Secretary's residence to dinner. When within one hundred i yards of the Phoenix Monument they were attacked by four men wearing slouched hats. It is sup- posed that Mr. Burke was first as sailed and stabbed through the heart Lord Frederick Cavendish attempted to defend him, but he, too, was stabbed by the assassins. They repeatedly plunged their knives into the breasts of their victims, and, having cut their throats, they got on a car and drove rapidly from the park by the Chapel-Izod gate. Un examination it was lound that Mr. Burke had received several stabs near the region of the heart, and his throat had been cut almost completely across. His clothes were absolutely saturated with blood, and the hemorrhage must have been tre mendous. His clothes were also torn. His gloves had been torn in many places, and -his hands bore marks suggestive of a fierce encoun ter with his assailants. Lord Frederick did not wear gloves. He had been stabbed in sev eral places about the chest One wound was through the right lung and penetrated' deeply. When the bodies were first found Lord Freder ick Cavendish's lips were moving as if he were trying to speak, but he showed no further signs of con sciousness. Lord Frederick Cavendish only arrived in Dublin this afternoon, along with Earl Spencer, the new Lord Lieutenant He was present at the installation ceremony in Dublin Castle, and left there with Mr. Burke, his fellow-victim, early in the evening. After dinner Lord rredenck Cavendish and Air. lhoni- ww w-a r t as iienry iiurke, under secretary for Ireland, went for a walk in Phoe nix Park. They were both strolling along about half a mile from the city gate and a quarter of a mile from the Chief Secretary's lodge. Lord Spencer and the Viceregal party were just going down to din ner at the lodge when the news wa3 sent to them. Some members of the household were at the opera at the Gavety Theatre and were sent for. When the cause of their depar ture was known the excitement was intense, and a proposal was made to stop the performance, whieli was ultimately cut short Mr. Burke had long been regard ed with extreme disfavor by the Na- tionalit-ts of Ireland. An extraordinary Cabinet council was convened to-dav. Iindon society, beginning with the Queen, whtsent a telegram of condolence to the family of Lord Cavendish, has made a demonstra tion of svmpathv as remarkable as that which occurred on the death ot President Garfield. Dublin, May 8. Foley, one of the men who was first to see Ijrd Cavendish and Burke after the as sassination says that when he and his companion, McGuire,rere oppo site the Viceregal lodge they observ ed men laying on the nmd, one the right side and one on the foot way. I saw that the man on the footway had his throat cut and shouted out: - "Maguire, it's mur der !" He asked me was I sure. I said 'yes," a and he said "don't leave them ; 111 go for the police." I then went to the man layiig on the road and asked him a question to see if he was alive. He merely turned his eyes. By this time the Royal Irish Constbulary arrived. But little clue can be obtained as to the assassins and . many arrests are probable, The House of Lords and Com mons have adjourned until to-morrow. A Foolish Youth's Suicide. Atlanta, Ga., May 4. A roman tic attempt at suicide occurred here on Tuesday night Walter Holliday, the son of a well-to-do commission merchant and Miss Maud Kinner, a pretty blonde of fifteen, a member of one of the best families in Atlan ta, were strongly attached up to three days ago, when a quarrel oc curred. On Tuesday night they met at a quadrille party. Their quarrel seemed to have been forgot ten and nothing unpleasant occurr ed until about t en o'clock, when Hol liday wrote her a . note asking her not to dance any more. She disre garded his request an(l Holliday, addressing her, said : "I want to tell you good-by for the last time." She said, "Good night" Holliday walk ed out to the gate and shot himself, the ball entering his breast and lodg ing into the kidneys. His death is hourly expected. Wonderful Discovery of Copper and Silver. Laramie City, Wy. T., May 4. A wonderful discovery of native cop per and silver twelve miles south east of this place has just been made, directly across the old overland stage road. The ore contains from 60 to 100 per cent of copper with gold and silver in paying quantities. Parties are hurrying to the scene of the new discovery from all direc tions. Farming Retarded. Chicago, IllMay 3. The Tribune says: Our crop dispatches this morn contain reports from points m Ne braska, Minnesota, Dakota, Wiscon sin, Illinois, Kansas and other States. Generally speaking, the outlook in all these is very promising in spite of the cold and backward spring which has retarded farming opera tions in many localities. A Saloon Blown Up by Dnyamiie. Cixcixxatt, May 4. -At 10 o'clock this morning the entire end of Con Sweeney's drinking saloon, near the railroad, at Cedarville, Green coun ty, Ohio, was blown up by dynamite. An attempt was made to blow up Caldwell's drug store, bnt the charge failed to explode. Con Sweeney, his wife and children were in bed remote from the point of the explo sion, and were thrown to the floor. Death of Hon. Horace Mayaard. Ksoxville, Tcnn.; May 3. Hon Horace Maynard died suddenly at 1 o'clock this morning of hoart disease, He got out of bed at that hour, tell ing his wife he felt ill, and dropped dead on the floor. Washisgtox, May 3. As a mark of respect to the late ex-Postmaster General Horace Maynard. the Post Office Department will be closed on Friday next the day of the funeral. iii ,Jn r THE ONLY BIG S.I.B1R1ETTC0S NEW 11 fill ORIENTAL CIRCUS ! Unirersal Exposition 1MB RAILROAD The Largest Combination of Zoological, Equestri-tn and Gymnastic Attrac tions ever organized. 1 ositiveJy coming, undivided and Unabridged, to SOMERSET, PENN'A., FRIDAY, MAY 26TH, 1882 !, 6 COMPLETE CIRCUS COMPANIES 6 COMBINED ! EHPLOYHG OYER OHE HUNDRED CHAMPIONS WORLD I 7 Enormous Metropolitan Menageries United! 7 50 BLAZONED CAGES OF WILD BEASTS ! 50 Positively the Largest Collection of EXTREMELY HARE The LAMGEST LIVING WHITE NILE HIPPOPOTAMUS Ever imported. r: A Huge Shambling River Horse, the terror of all Saurians ; claimed by many Theologians and Zoographers to be identicol with the Behemoth of the Bible. PAIR OF MAJESTIC GIRAFFES ! Broken to Harness and Drawing Roman Chariots. THE SIMIAM COLOSSUS, CYNOCEPHALUS. 5-TON PERFORMING BLACK RHINOCEROS. AN ARCTIC AQUARIAM OF POLAR MAMMOTHS. The First and Only HOGIPPOPOT AMUS ! a-ZEHSTTTIIsr The Finest THIRTY ARABIAN CAMELS ! An animal never before exhibited in Incrertiole rente, 1'ertorming rive-Ion Khiuoceros, Lapland Hurdle Racing P.eindeer, Oiraffes Drawing Roman Chariot?, A Gigantean Hiding Cynocepbalue. Performing Den of Hyena?, A School oi Learned Heals, PERFORMING DEN OF TIGERS, LIONS AND LEOPARDS! A HERD OF ZEBRAS TRAINED TO PEUF0U31 IXCIIEDIDLE FEATS! 14 A Calvacade The largest number of the most beautiful and best trained Horses in the Ueasts, Thrice SO JUDILrEE CACIX NIIOUTJERS ! 20 A Quarter of a Million Street Parade, CHEAP EXCURSION EATES ON ALL RAILROADS. ONE TICKET ADMITS TO ALL ADVERTISED SHOWS' rwrrnorw iiNnru ntnt vrxuc urr.ooirr TWO 0PwNP EXHIBITIONS DAILY. It Control Millions, backed co:::jellcvillii. r.:2YcncDALE, 2 i x i i ,i V ,Jn J. XJXTIXEX) ! 11 EGYPTIAN CARAVAN ! AND- of Living Wonders! Ever Exhibiced on this SHOWS Pair of AFRICAN ELANDS America. Elks driven Tandem in of Fourteen Performing Kentucky Thoroughbreds I 14 the Smallest Elephant ever seen ; and rolar Sea Acquanum. A complete and exhaustive collection of Living Zoological Wonders! THE LOW COMEDY BEAR " BKTJJSTO ! " STEAM AZB SHIP IN 0PS2ATI0IT, OUTSIDE PES2, THS SHUTS LETTTE1T P202i COIItfTSS?. The Champion Circus of a IIundr jjocomoiive oieam canu, Aiwaj-s concerned, no otner fehow exists. WILL ALSO EXHIBIT - - - - - - - l ! L I I Wl asauajw SHOW COMING ! a WILD ANIMALS with any Continent. The onlv f.p $H fcfi r tA HOEZLsTIEjID HORSE I 3100,000 HTVESTED In more than Eishtv Tons of All-Representing HERD OF ELEPHANTS ! Including Twice l!st Xrirgest Animal Known to JbxiKi, the great Indian WAR ELEPHANT "XEEXES! The Largest Ani.nal in captivity, standing seven itichex higher, and weiF 1 ing more than the Lar?et Elephant ever on this Continent. His ape is said to be Over 2iK) Wars. Also LITTLE DOT!" The smallest full grown Elephent in America. ABYSSINIAN the Street., Performing AraMan Dromedaries, Zebras Trained to Perform World, and more than a whole Show the largest one ever domesticated. lO Fl'XY C!X0WIYK ! 10 - l Chiefs, Three Superb Martial Musicaj Prfigades, The New leviathan cxiuwung jusi nat it Advertises. by Millions more, and go far as f ATT - May C5th. r.:ay 27th. Exhibition on this Continent Educated Flesh. A Monster 5 Ever Seen ! BABIROUSSA ! alone. Eighty Tons of Educated An Eaarmmn it U