The SomCrSCt Herald. I
EDWARD SCCXL, Editor and Proprietor.
WEDNESDAY. March T,ls
Governor Alex. II. Stei hexs of
Georgia, died at Atlanta, on Sunday
morning.
Ox Saturday, Senator Edmunds
was elected President of the Senate,
in place of David Davis, whose term
as Senator has expired.
Both Houses of Congress adjourn
ed on Sunday at 12 o'clock, noon, j
The sessions continued throughout
the entire night of Saturday.
The Public debt was reduced dur
ing the month of February ?7,C30,
C78 54. Since the first day of July
last, the decrease has been $102,638,
346 20.
The Massachusetts House of Rep
resentatives last week rejected the
bill giving female citizens the right
to vote for city and town officers,
and to hold 6uch offices.
The President has appointed
Congressman Darrall of Louisiana,
(formerly of this county) whose
term expired on Sunday last, Regis
ter of the land Office at New Or
leans. O.v Friday last, the President
nominated Hon. Russell Errett of
Pittsburg, Pension Agent in place
of of Col. Herron, the present in
cumbent The appointment is an
admirable one.
Senator Orviixe II. Platt of
Connecticut was last week elected
by the Republican State Committee,
a member of the Republican Na
tional Committee, in place of Hon.
Marshal Jewell, dee'd.
The coinage of silver dollars is
still to go on, Congress having refus
ed to take any steps to stop their
manufacture. New vaults are to be
built to store them in, as the busi
ness community doesn't want them.
The House Judicial Apportion
ment bill has been laid before that
body. It leaves our present Judi
cial district Bedford and Somerset
intact. Ve presume it will be
passed, as there is but little spposi
tion to it.
State Senator Cox e is reported
to have bought the interest of B. F.
Meyers, Esq.. in the llarrisburg
Patriot. The further report is, that
it is to be made the champion of
Coxe for Governor, and Wallace for
U.S. Senator.
The Democratic Reform Ilouse
at llarrisburg has killed the Civil
Service bill. To be sure, the bill
was a humbug, but it is none the
loss clear that, as usual, the Demo
crats have "gone back" on their pro
fessed desire for "Reform."
Ox Saturday, a few hours before
his term of office expired, Senator
David Davis resigned his position as
President of the Senate, and Senator
Edmunds was selected as President
pro Ian. The Senate is once more
under control of the Republicans.
Senator Cameron is reported to
be seriously ill, so much so as to
alarm his personal friends. His phy
sicians have urged him for some
time to submit to a surgical opera
tion, which he has postponed to the
great detriment of his health, until
Congress adjourns.
Senator Everhart of Chester
county, tendered his resignation on
Friday. He is elected to the next
Congress, and as his Congressional
salary commenced to run on Moo
day, the 5th, he resigned his Sena
torial office. His successor, to be
chosen will, of course, be a Republi
can. The Democratic Congressional ap
portionment bill, was submitted to
vhe House on Friday last It makes
this district Fayette, Somerset and
Cambria counties, which is counted
sis safely Democratic. Of course, it
will jws the House, but fortunately
tor us, the Senate has a say-so be
fore it can become a law.
The Philadelphia Timet is in luck.
One of its reporters va kicked last
week, and its editor iu eiief (Col.
MoCiure) was arrested fcr libel.
3Iere is an opportunity for any
.i
denunciatory writing to tictle the
craving appetites of its readers for
imbulun of litis character, and make
the paiier sell.
Col. Cbam.es Thompson Jones, of
Philadelphia, who has been an In
spector of the Eastern Penitentiary
for more than thirty years, was last
week removed by Governor Pattison.j
: Tin; position was not political or re-;
imuuexative, and the removal of this
rajtnlui And enicient Inspector is
only an evidence of the narrow par
tisanship of ur new Governor.
when tne anuuofifl campaign
wis being run last fall, the voters
were told by the Regular Republi
cans, that Democratic success meant
hostility to tariff" revision in the in
terests of protection, and an appor
tionment of tills State that would
deprive the Rejwblican party of its
just representation in Congress and
the Legislature. The reply to this
was that, the tariff was not an iasjje,
thai the interests of our manufact-
Brers were as safe in Democratic aa
in Republican hands, and thai at-all
events the bosses, must be beaten.
In view of the -present condition of
affairs, th people can judge for
themselves just what they owe the
kickers, and how much truth there
was in the assertions of the Regulars.
The unprecedented contort for
&. senaior in Micuigau, o .ua.
on Thursday last, by th election of
Thomas W. Palmer of Detroit, as
tlie iucceFSor of Senator Ferry. Sen-
LinrPulmpr is a man of character;
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1 . 1.1 r i T .,Ui:rtMi I
and weaitn, a me hhr kiiuuhwu,
and was a supporter of Ferry until
his re-election was shown to be im
possible.
The bill giving increased pen
sions to soldiers who lost an arm or
a leg in the late war, passed the
Senate on Thursday last It had
previously been passed in the
Ilouse. This bill gives persons who
have lost one hand or a foot, twenty
four dollars per month, and those
who have lost an arm above the el
bow, or a leg at or above the knee,
thirty dollars per month.
The compromise tariff bill passed
the Senate on Friday last by a ma
jority of one vote. All the Demo
crats voted against it, as did also
Senator Cameron. The Democrats
opposed it on the ground that it af
forded too much protection, and Mr.
Cameron, because it does not suffi
ciently protect the great iron and
steel industries of the State.
The death of Senator Cameron
was currently reported in Washing--i
. . it.
ton on bat relay last lie
fainted from .exhaustion, which
.i . i n
gave rise 10 me rejioru uc
had a very painful surgical opera
tion performed on him during the
day. He is said to be much better
since, and has been taken to fortress
Monroe, to be nursed to restored
health.
Ex-State Treasurer, Wm. H.
Kemblk, was arrested at his office,
in Philadelphia, last week, on a
charge of assault and battery, for
kicking a reporter of the Times
who had been detailed to interview
him out of his house. Served the
reporter right, my we. Tlie so-called
enterprise of these reporters in gath
ering news, by forcing themselves
into private residences or business
offices, and inquiring into personal
affairs, is an unmitigated nuisance,
and an outrageous imposition, and
we are glad that Mr. Kemble has set
tlie example of booting them.
The depression prevailing at the
present time in nearly all branches
of industry at Pittsburg has partic
ularly affected the glass trade. Tlie
manufacturers say they have never
known business t be so dull, espec
ially in the chimney business, and
unless there is an improvement
soon it is thought there will be a
general suspension. The Excelsior
Glass Company have given notice
that they will shut down for an in
definite period on Saturday, and it
is thought that others will fooii fol
low. Prices have fallen off twenty
five per cent since the beginning of
the season.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany has just published a summary
of its annual business. Its length is
15,3."3 miles, and for the last year
its earnings have exceeded $70,000
per mile, uuring me year ii nas
earned almost eighty millions of
dollars, and its operating expenses
have been a trifle less than a million
a week. It has paid off a million of
its debt, earned more than ten per
cent on its capital stock, carried two
millions to its profit and loss
account has no floating debt, added
many miles to its third and fourth
tracks, and is in a better condition
than ever before. It is undoubtedly
the greatest railroad corporation in
the world.
The struggle over the Tariff has
had the result of fully developing
the free trade purposes of the Demo
cratic party. In debate and in dili
tory motions, it was made apparent
and finally, when Bayard, Beck,
Randall, Morrison, in fact, every
Democrat of any prominence in the
Senate, refused absolutely to serve
on the Committee of Conference, all
disguise was thrown off and that
party stands forth the acknowledged
Opponent of a Protective Tariff. To
be sure,, this will not be news to the
people who are conversant with the
professions and actions of the Pern
ocratUi pa-'t r, but it is still addition
al evidence of the fact that, notwith
standing the declarations of certain
of its members, the Democratic par
ty has been, is, and will continue to
be, the foe of protection.
According to the new tariff and
tax bill passed by Congress on Sat
urday last, the following reductions
have been made of Internal Revenue
leases.
Ait ti taxes on capital and depos
its of banks and bankers, except such
as are uow due&nd payable.and after
July 1st l$33, the elamp tax on
bank checks, drafts, orders and
vouchers; and the taxes on match,
perfumery, and medecinal prepara
tions. On and after May 1st, dealers in
manufactured tobacco, now paying
5, ebalj pay $2 40. Manufacturers
of cigars, now pajinj $10, shall pay
$G. The tax on &ui& and smoking
tobacco 6hall be 8, instead f J6
cents per pound, and on cigars, the
tax shall be 30, instead of CO cents
per hundred. The taxes on whisky
and malt liquors and dealers therein,
have not been lowered.
A KEW tariff bill has passed both
houses of Cbngr&efi, The shave was
a close one in the Senate, the ma
jority being only one vote. It is
signal Republican victory ,but the tri
umph is not unalloyed. The bill
adopted is substantially the scheme
reported by the Commission, except
in the mattei of iron and steel indus
tries, the duties on which are in
many instances made so low, that a
number of prominent protectionists;
in this State and in Ohio, felt con
strained to vote against the bill The
Democrats were avowedly hostile to
all tariff legislation, dad fought, the
bill throughout the session with all
the ingenuity and ability tbey were
able to muster, and when all other
efforts to defeat it failed, they de
clined to serve on the Conference
Committee, hoping thus to delay an
agreement until the session had ex
pired. The Republicans, by energy and
tact, have won a victory, which al
though, not entirely satisfactory to
Pennsylvania, is in the main of gen
eral benefit to the, country, and it is
to them that the industrial and la
boring classes owe their escape from
a year of uncertainty, caused by the
fear of free trade legislation in the
next Congress. It has again been
demonstrated that the Republican
partv is the only one that can be re
lied upon for protection, and that
the tariff professions of the Demo
crats are but a delusion and a snare.
Already threats of renewed agitation
and further reductions, to be made
at the next session of Congress, are
being uttered by leading Democratic
members. This, however, may be
the mere ebulition of passion, drawn
forth by the sting of fresh defeat
A bill is pending before the Statt
Senate making it an offense, pun
ishable by fine, for any railroad or
railway or transportation company,
to grant free passes or passes at a dis
count, except to an officer or em
ploye of the company, and we sup
pose it will pass, because, under the
present howl for reform, but few, if
any members, '."have the sand" to
vote against it. The principal ar
guments in favor of tlie bill are,
that the issuing of passes to mem
bers of the Legislature and other
State officials has a corrupt
ing tendency, and that it is to
the detriment of the stockholder
that officials of these corporations
are permitted to issue passes. He
must be a very cheap rooster, a ver
itable dunghill of a fellow, who can
be corrupted by so small a sum as
the value of a pass, and if corpora
tions cannot, if they desire, prevent
their officers from "robbing" them,
let them remove them, or go into the
courts and have them restrained.
What right have these corporations
to ask the Legislature to do for them
what they have the power to do for
themselves? And what excuse is
there for legislators enacting a law
which plainly says, we and our fel
lows are so weak that we are com
pelled to protect our virtue by legis
lating to guard against our own cor
rupt tendencies.
But we do not understand that
these corporations are seeking this
legislation to protect them against
their own officials, nor is there any
general belief that our law makers
are influenced by these courtesies
from railroads. The whole thing is
but one of the cheap cries for reform
now so prevalent, and which mem
bers will smirch their characters far
more by submitting to, than by fac
ing the slings and sneers of the
journalistic penny-a liner. If bow-
ever, these transportation compan
ies are asking the benefits of legisla
tion, then, of course, they must sub
mit to the prohibitory clause in the
Constitution which ought not to le
there aeainst issuing passes. The
whole subject matter, predicated on
the basis of preserving public mor
als, is an unmitigated humbug and
a delusion.
The Starving Irish.
London, Feb. 2S. Mr. Childers,
Chaneelor of the Excheouer. discus
sing in the House of Commons this
afternoon the distress in Ireland. said
the o-nvernment would not shrink
from taking strong measures if they
1 I l 1 a. Y . .
were iineiy to nave permanent eueci.
He pointed out that wages were high
and that the distress only affected
overcrowded districts. He hoped
that the Irish members would do
what thpv f oiilil to restore confidence
in Ireland, so that promoters of pub-
111 .11 A. 1 A
lie wotks wouia oe aoie to ooiain
loans from private source", instead
of from the government
Loughkea, Feb. 28. The distress
among the people here is alarming.
Crowds of persons are besieging the
houses of the priests: clamoring for
food. The Town Commissioners
have been hurridly convened to take
measurers towards relieving tlie
wants of the people.
Jic Floods.
Chicago, Feb. 28. A Shawnee
town, Id., special says : The worst is
over here. The town is an awful
scene of desolation. Great gaps are
left by the houses swept away.
In one place four solid blocks of
dwellings have entirely disappeared.
The Presbyterian church floated
away a mile. Several wills and
business houses are entirely gone,
and the principle merchants in Black
burn, Ky., has his stock of $12,000
worth of dry goods on a barge tied
to a tree.
The villages of Blackburn and
Raleigh, Ky., have both been nearly
wiped out Over 100 houses in
these places are gone. At Colum
bus, Ky., over ten feet of water is
spread over the town, and fills nearly
all the stores.
Fabnloas Stories of Gold and Silver.
Victoria, C G, March J. A pros
pector who has just returned from
the Kootenay district brings a speci
men of lead and silver ore of mar
velous richness and nearly pure. He
says the mines are of vast extent,
and he estimated that in one location
tivere are 250,000 tons of oar in sight
The vale of the mines at present
discovered is $50,000,000. One seam
is 100 feet thick, IU tejls of great
veins of pure copper visible jn the
hillsides. 1 tie mines are witnm six
ty miles of the route selected by the
Canada Pacific Railway, via Kicking
Pass.
Chloroformed by Burglars.
Wilminotok, Del. Feb. 28. Last
night the house occupied by George
Rue, on the New Castle pike, about
two and a half miles from this city,
was entered and ransacked from the
first floor to the garret Nearly all
the family's wearing apparel and
also valuables and money, together
amounting: to about f 250, was stolen.
Mr. Rue and his wife were aroused
by a man in their room. They were,
however, immediately atupified, it is
supposed by chloroform, the effects
of which lasted UttU morning. . . . j
SIHIXG OF A STEAMER.
The Steamer Yazoo Capsiz
ed on the Mississippi.
A Terrible Less of Life Bep:ried
The Names of a few Who' are
Known to be-Rther Drows
ed or Saved Picked tip j
from the Floating ,
. le'nris. . ,j
New Orleans, La., March 4.f The
Yazoo left this city at 5 o'clock on
Saturday afteraoon, on her vay to
Bayou. " Tensas and Macon,! with
two-thirds of a cargo aboard, and
about forty people among hojr pas
sengers and crew. At a quarter to 1
o'clock this morning, wheln the
6teamer was opposite thirty-five
mile point. Captain Sullivan, who
was standing in the cabin nt the
time, felt a sudden and heavy jar.
He rushed on deck and founa that
the steamer had struck some ? ob
struction and had stove a large hole
in her port side. The shore was
near by, and he ordered the pilot to
put her into the bank. Ihis was
done and a number of rousters a nd
Pat Clark, the watchman, got ash ore
witn a line.
SAVING THE PASSENGERS. '
Captain Sullivan then instructed the
hrst mate, Chris Kerns, to arouse
all the passengers. While Kems
was doing this Captain Sullivan de
scended to the lower deck to assist
in steering the boat to the shore.
When he reached it he found the
water rushing over the deck from
the port side, and he saw that fur
ther effort was useless, as the boat
had caught in an eddy and drifted
from the shore. He reached the up
per deck, climbed up by the cabin
stanchious and, supporting himself
by the hog-chnin, made his way to
the rear of the cabin roof, where a
number of thd passengers anl crew
had congregated.
ENGULPHED IX THE WATER.
At this moment the boat vent
dgwn and ail who had gathered on
the roof as a place of safety w ere
thrown into the water. Several of
them went down with the boat,
which at this time was 150 yards
from the shore. Others supported
themselves on planks and other floor
ing material until the cabin rose to
the surface, when fifteen of them suc
ceeded in reaching it After lloating
down the river about four miles
they were rescued by the Steames
St John, whose officers and passen
gers received them with the utmost
kindness, provided them with cloth
ing, and carried them up the river
until the Steamer Bell was met, when
they were transferred to that
vessel and brought back to the city.
Captain Sullivan says that the
night was raw and the water very
cold, and those who escaped on the
floating cabin were nearlv frozen
when taken off. He says he never
saw Mate Kerns after instructing him
to awaken the passengers. He is
placed among the lost
THE CHfEF CLERK'S STATEMENT.
The chief clerk, W. B. Foulke, also
among the saved, corroborates the
captain s statement. He was pre
paring to go to work in his office
when the lazoo struck the obstruc
tion. H rushed out of his state
room half-dressed, and attempted to
save the books and papers, but could
not open the safe. When he reached
the deck, which he did by eliding
down the nosing, he found it under
water. The boat sank immediate
ly afterward?, and left him in the
water.
He secured one end of a plank, a
rouster having the other end, and
they managed to keep afloat until
the cabin rose to the surface, when
they got on it
Captain Sullivan and clerk Foulk
agree upon the following list ot miss
ing, who are supposed to have been
drowned:
THE DROWNDD.
Mrs. C. P. Lewis, Chicago, cabin
pasenger.
Chris Kern, first mate.
Lee Carpenter, second clerk.
John Franks, carpenter.
Colored chambermaid, name un
known.
Daniel Lfghtner, colored stew
ard.
A colored woman, name unknown,
passenger.
An infant child of Pilot K. K
Celey.
Four or five deck passengers names
unknown.
Five negro roustabouts, names un
known.
It is probable that a larges num
ber of rousters were lost About fif
teen are known to have been saved
There were twenty aboard, accord
ing to Captain Sulhvans statement.
and twenty-seven according to that
of Patrick Clark, the second mate.
The latter was brought more directly
in contact with the rousters, and his
estimate of the number is probably
correct, fcecond Clerk Iee and Car
penter Franks are supposed to have
gone down with the boat. 1 he i a
zoo sunk in less than eight minutes
after striking, fehe was a small
steamer, valued at $7,500 and was
insured for $5,000 in the People's of
aew Orleans, and hureka of Cincin
nati. The personal effects of the pas
sengers and crew were lost
Cutting Hown 'feiegt-tph VTf re.
Chicago, March 2 When the
Mutual Lmon telegraph Com nan v
was granted the right of way into
the city a provision was inserted in
the franchise obliging the Company
to remove its poles and to nut its
wires underground before March 1,
188.X This was not done and to
day, by order of the Mayor, all the
wires of the company at the South
ern city limits, as in number, were
cut, and police were stationed there
to preyent th company from put
ting tnenj up again, t the .North
ern city limits the wires were ajsq
cut l he Hoard of t rade iejearanh
Company has no franchise, and its
wires North and South were cut to
gether with four wires leased by it
irom me uaiumore and utuo Com
pany. Thus the offices ot the Mutu
al Uuion and the Board of Trade
Telegraph Companies in this city
W6Mrttiriy$ of from the outside
world. '
Karthqaake at Newport,
Providence, R. I., Feb. 28. An
earthquake shock occurred at New
port last evening, which was very
generally felt A number of panes
of glass were broken in the vicinity
of Miantonoma hill, and. in one
house a stove pipe was thrown down.
Houses at Stonebridge and on the
Island were badly shaken up. At
the torpedo station the shock was so
great that the officers thought the
magazine had been blown up. At
Norwich a meteor was observed bv a
large number of people three min-!
utee before the shock. . 1
Increaae4 Pensions.
Washington, February 28. The
Senate spent most of the day and a
good portion of the night on the bill
to increase the pensions of ona arm
ed and one legged soldiers. Mr.
Mitchell said that when the bill
passed the House it was stated that
the increase would amount to $1,
500,000. The Senate Committee es
timated it at over $500,000 more. A
motion to indefinitely postpone was
voted down, 19 to 34. All sorts of
speeches were made and all sorts of
amendments were voted down and
finally a substitute offered by Mr.
Platt was adopted. The final vote
on the passage of the bill was 27 to
14, and the Senate at 10:30 adjourn
ed. The bill as passed is in the follow
ing language :
"That from and after the passage
of this act all persons on the pen
sion roll, and all persons hereafter
granted a pension, who, while in the
military or naval service of the Uni
ted States and in the line of duty
shall have lost one hand or one foot,
or been totally or permanently dis
abled in the same or otherwise so
disabled as to render their incapaci
ty to perform manual labor equiva
lent to the loss of a hand or a foot,
shall receive a pension of twenty
four dollars a month ; that all per
sons now on the pension roll and
all persons hereafter granted a pen
sion who in like manner shall have
lost either an arm at or above the
elbow, or a leg at or above the knee,
or shall have been otherwise so dis
abled as to be incapaciated for per
forming any manual labor, but not
so much as to require regular per
sonal aid and attendance, shall re
ceive a pension of SU0 per month ;
provided that nothing contained in
this act shall be construed to repeal
section 4,G9'J of the revised statutes
of the United States or to change
the rate of $1S per month therein
mentioned to proportionally divid
ed for any degree of disability t
tablished for which section 4,C'J5
makes provision."
Trouble in Fayette County.
Uniontown, February 28. The
appointment of G. N Daniels, of
Somerset county, as superintendent
of the national pike, has aroused the
ire of Democrats and Republicans
here alike against Governor Patti
son. Thirty-nine miles of the na
tional pike lie in Fayette county and
six miles in Spmerset Of the toll
collections Fayette pays about $3,
500 a year and Somerset less than
$100. There were four or five appli
cants from Fayette and all were
slighted. The Governor declined to
make a choice between Nicholas
McCullough, who had Congressman
Boyle and Senator Wallaces sup
port, and Evving Searight, who had
Colonel T. B. Searight's support and
the backing of the Searight faction
of the Democratic party here. Dan
iels was appointed through Chauncy
Black's influence, who wanted to do
a favor for his old county. Protests
have been sent to llarrisburg against
the confimation of Daniels. The po
sition pays only about $000 a year.
Poisoned by Dyed SHackincs.
Reading, March 2. A strange case
of a child being poisoned nearly
fatally by wearing highly-colored
stockings is made public by Dr.
Bachman here to-day. The child is
a seven-year-old daughter of William
Neiman. At first the girl complain
ed of an inability to walk, and gave
evidence of considerable sickness of
the stomach, characterized by nausea,
and later in the day by vomiting.
The usual household remedies were
resorted to, but the spells of vomit
ing became so violent during the
night, and her feet and limbs, upon
the removal of her stockings, were
so highly colored, swollen and pain
ful that a physician was summoned.
The case was at onoe pronounced
one of poisoning. For several days
her condition continued so critical
that slight hopes were entertained
for her recovery. The elimination
of the poison finally proved success
ful, and, at this time, the child is
again enjoying a reasonable degree
of health. The dye used in. color
ing the stockings was highly poison
ous. Short Lived Reform.
Haurisbcrg, March 2. Half the
House yelled "Mr. Speaker'' this
morning when the moment arrived
for granting leaves of absence. For
fifteen minutes member after mem
ber was excused, when Uncle Jake
Ziegler cried impatiently, "I ask
leave of absence for this Ilpuse to
morrow." This was not granted, and
McNamara, of Bedford, made repeat
ed but vain efforts to hold an evening
session and adjourn until Monday
evening. Nearly the entire Phila
delphia delegation have gone home,
and as a number of members have
run away without leave there is not
likely to be a quorum to-morrow
morning. The Senate, tired of Sat
urday session,8 adjourned, on motion
of Stewart, until Monday evening.
Among, the forty-eight members of
the Ilouse who to-day secured leave
of absence over Saturday, were A. H.
Morgan, Vogdea, Dearden, Fortner
and Mc Donald, of Philadelphia.
The li8Hini)ipi Floods
St. Louis, March 4. The latest
news from the overnooded country
along the Mississippi River is that
what are kno ii as the 'sunk lands'
in the bt Francis River region are
entirely submerged ; that nearly as.
far down as IJejena there are but a
few places above water. People are
living in the upper stories of houses
when there is more than one story,
or are floating about on rafts or in
boats. Most of the inhabitants, how
ever, have deserted their hornes and
have gone to the highlands back
from the river. The streets of New
Madrid are submerged to a depth of
from two to four feet, and there is
water in almost every house. The
whole country back of that place as
far as pairo, on the Missouri side,
and fronj' Iftclf inan squtl) fqr qyer
fifty iaiie3, i inundated. Com, live
stock and fences have been destroy
ed, but no great amount of suffering
among the people is reported,
Guilty ot Bribing- a Legislator.
Colcmbus, March 2. The jury in
the case of J. D. Watson, the lobbyist,
(.tatgp ffj,) attempting to bribe Rep
resentative iacK, Of Weyejar.d, pjgt
winter, this morning returned a ver
dict of guilty. The penalty is from
three to ten years in the penitentiary.
Sentence lias been reserved.
The Dukes Trial.
Conn ells villk, Feb, 28. There
has been a growing impression that
Dukes, the slayer of Captain Nutt.
will not be tried at tho corn in it term
of court ; but this is denied. An
attorney who is interested in the case
said this evening that the case would
assuredly be tried. y:
Damage by Flood.
Chicago, Feb. 28. A Shawnee
town. 111., nays that the worst is
over there. Great gaps are left by
the iionses which had been swept
awa , . In ne addition four solid
blocks of dwellings entirely disap
peared. Th Presbyterian church
flontwl away a -mile. Several mills
and business bouses are entirely
gone, and the principal merchant in
Blackburn. Kt, has his stock of dry
goods on a bartjetied to a tree. .The
villages of Blackburn and Raleigh,
Kt, have both been nearly wiped
ut Over a hundred houses in
these places are gone. At Colum
bus, Ky., over ten feet of water
spread over the town.
Indianapolis, Ind Feb. 28. Let
ters received from Rosiclare, Har
den Co., 111., represents the effects
of the flood to be very disastrous.
The destitute people are gathered
in school house and churches suffer
ing from the want of food, clothing
and medicine. Koeielaire is a small
village on the Ohio river, ninety
miles above Cairo. The sufferers in
that region have received no aid
whatever. The village has a post
office and an Adam's Express office.
Senator Cameron's Illness.
Washington, March 1. Senator
Cameron is quite seriously ill at his
residence in this city. His malady
is ot such a nature as to require
surgical treatment and an operation
will be performed soon after the ad
journment of Congress. He has
postponed this operation against
the advice of his physician until
Congress adjourns, because he fears
some emergency might require his
piesence in tho Senate. During the
greater part of the past month Mr.
Cameron has been unable to safely
leave his house, and upon the occa
sion of his visit to the Senate over
a veek ago, when ho made a short
sptech against the Tariff bill, he
was afterwards greatly, prostrated.
Ex Senator Simon Cameron is ex
pected to arrive here to-morrow, and
he will remain until after the ad
journment of Congress.
Family I'oiaoned. '
A terrible poisoning ca.xe occurred
in the family of Wm. M. Lessig, of
Rjadinff. last week. Mr. Lessi
wife and four of their children were
rendered sick from eating a liver
podding, and at the latest advices
tti3 father and eldeet daughter, aged
about fifteen, were notout of danger.
their tymptoins being very aggrava-
vated. Mrs. Lessig purchased at the
market a quantity of the pudding,
which wss prepared for breakfast in
the morning. They took their morn
ing meal at half past six o'clock, ni
ter which Mr. Lessig left fur his
work. Not far from home he became
suddenly sick, and when he arrived
at home he found the remainder of
the family already as sick as he was.
The sufferers rre having the best of
attention paid to them by neigh
bors. Mangled by a Feed-Cutter.
Reading, March 1. A nine-year;
old sou of Isaac Hibbert, of New
manstown, fourteen mile3 from here,
met with a frightful accident to-day.
The farm hands were cutting corn
fodder and the boy was caught by
his clothing and whirled around the
rod, which was making one thousand
revolutions per minute. He struck
his head and feet on the hard Ground
and was horribly mangled, shreds of
skin and tlesh hanging loose all over
his person. The jatf, back to hi3
ear, was laid bare. His body is
black and blue all over, but no bones
were broken. He may recover.
A Woman Kills an Intruder.
Columbia, Mo., Feb. 28. Edward
D.iiley, a farmer, living near here,
aged 45 and having a large family,
was shot and killed by Mrs. Sarah
Pearson, at the residence of the lat
ter, in Columbia. A suit for $5,000
damages was a few months ago in
stituted against him by Mrs. Pearson
for an alleged assault committed
during one of his visits. Last nisjht
he went to the house again, Mrs.
Pearson's husband being absent, and
made his way into the hall. When
he was near the door of her room she
fired upon him twice, the last shot
producing instant death.
Over au Knbankment.
Easton, February 28. Last niht
as a passenger train on the Belvidere
Delaware Division of tlie Pennsylva
nia Railroad, was running ut a rap
id rate, a mile from Rtigelsville, it
struck a carriage containing two
men.- The horse was thrown down
an embankment into the Delaware
river and killed. Luther Hunt, one
of the men, was seriously injured,
and Stanley Hunt, the other, slight
ly injured. The carriage was com
pletely wrecked.
Senatorial Flection.
Detroit, March 1. Five votes
were taken this evening for United
States Senator. On the fourth bal
lot a break was made in I'.ivor of
Thomas VV. Palmer, of Detroit
Stockbridge's forces dissolving, and
Palmer's vote going up to 40. On
the fifth ballot Palmer received 75
votes and was declared elected. Stout
received 42 Fusion votes and Ferry
2. The contest is unprecedented'in
in the history qf the jtolitiea of this
State, SI ballots in all having been
past.
F-atfuue qfan Iron Cqrapan.r.
Steubenville, March J. Th,e
Cleveland Furnace Company, oper
ating the mines and blast-fu.rnacea
of the Steubenville Furpuoe and
Iron Coiqpaqy qn Ipuse, failed to
day. The liabilities are $UQ,000, and
the assets are stated at 850,000. The
company is composed of Cleveland
and Youngstown capitalists, and
the creditors are coke and iron-ore
men. An attachment yesterday
precipitated the assignment
qood Sufferer Ifoucleta aid I)estt:
Indiaxapolu, Feb. 28. Letter
received from Roseclare, Hardin
county, 111., represent the effects of
the floods as very disastrous. The
destitute people are gathered in
school houses and . churches and are
suffering for want of food, clothing
in'o,ic)ii. ii is a small town
on the Ohio, ninety miles above
Cairo. The sufferers in that region
have received no aid whatever.
A hotel clerk named Briscoe,
Stumped hi foot out in 'Frisco,
It liurt him like thunder,
Hut tlie pain was got umler,
By St. Jacobs OilVubbvd on his toe.
A conductor who lives at Belair,
Got hurt, being thrown on chair
They took him away,
But in less, than a day
SU Jacobs Oil made hitujall square.
A Newspaper Man Yaa'shea.
Cleveland, March 5. Ed. W.
Hassler, for three yean past a re
porter on the Leader, and one of the
.most promising young men of the
city, disappeared on Saturday even
ing under circumstances that leave
but little doubt that he has jumped
the town, deserting an accomplished
young wife and taking with him
$1,000 of her money, which he drew
from the Citizens' Savings Bank on
Saturday. Saturday afternoon he
reported at the office as usual, and
after receiving his assignments start
ed out Shortly befoie 6 o'clock he
returned to the office, placed his
desk in order and departed, since
which he has made no sign. Not
until to-day wa3 it fully believed
that he had trone, and slight hopes
were entertained that he might yet
appear with zood reasons for ab
sence, but inquiry at the Citizens'
Savings Bank made to day disclosed
the fact that he had closed up his
account, and drawn out his wife's
money. His wife, a true, trusting
woman, knew nothing ot his where
abouts, and until this evening was
hopeful that he would turn up all
right
' It is within the realms of possi
bility that a chain of untoward cir
cumstances ha3 surrounded the ap
parent defaulter. It may be that he
closed out his bank account for a
legitimate reason, and was afterward
done to death by highwaymen, but
it is not probable, and the only rea
sonable theory left is he has delib
erately put up the bars of respecta
bility and honor against himself.
Less than three years ago Hassler
came to this city from Mt Union,
O.. and entered upon his journalistic
career. He was shortly afterward
married to a young lady from one of
the most respected families in 1 ort
age county, a part of whose money
he had previous to this time used,
and the remnant of which he has
now gobbled. Hassler is a young
man of ability, splendid accom
plishments and fane personal ad
dress, and in addition to being a
first class reporter is a stenographer
and miirht have made a success of
journalism. His wife is in great
agony, and his late associates are
hot with indignation at his depraved
aition.
Information for Pensioners.
Washington, March 5. The fol
lowing circular has been issued by
tlie Commissioner of Pensions and
approved by the Secretary of the In
terior. The following regulations are pre
scribed for the purpose of carrying
into effect as speedily as possible the
provisions of the act of Congress ap
proved March 3, 18S.I, increasing to
S;i0 per month the pensions of those
who lost a leg at or above the knee,
or an arm at or above the elbow, and
of those who have been so disabled
as to be incapacitated for perform
ing any manual labor, but not so
much as to require regular personal
aid and attendance, and who are
now receiving a pension at the rate
of $24 per month, and to $24 per
month the pensions of those who
have lost one hand, or one foot, or
been totally or permanently disabled
in same, or otherwise so disabled as
to render their incapacity to perform
manual labor equivalent to loss of a
hand or foot, and now receiving $18
per month. Inasmuch as said act
has immediate effect upon such ad
mitted cases as have been adjudicat
ed at the rates of $24 and $18 per
month respectively, no formal ap
plication by the beneficiary is nec
essary to be made other than to for
ward to the Commissioner of Pen
sions the pension certificate, accom
panied by a letter stating in the
handwriting of the pensioner his
present postoflice address. As soon
as possible after receipt of the pen
sion certificate aforesaid, the Com
missioner will reissue to him a new
certificate for the new rate, and will
forward the same to the proper pen
sion office to inscribe the name of
such pensioner on the roll at the in
creased rate and to make to pen
sioner proper payment. In case of
amputation the certificate will be
reissued without any further medi
cal examination. The intervention
of agent or attorney in such admit
ted cases as are affected by this act
being unnecessary, will not be re
cognized. Disastrous Fire.
Albany. March 3, Fire was dis
covered this morning in the Dunlap
elevator. A strong wind was blowing
and the fire spread rapidly through
the mill and elevator. Of several
men caught on the sixth floor, two
were badlv burned while rushing
down stafra through the flames.
Three others slid down the hoisting
chain outside from a height of nearly
100 feet' About 40 feet from the
ground the chain was covered with
ice and they fell to the ground and
were severely injured. The walls
subsequently fell, burying several
persons in the ruins. Wm. Carlin
and Michael Sheehan, firemen, and
Michael McEwen, a laborer, were
killed and several others were injur
ed. The entire mill and elevator
were destroyed, involving a loss of
$100,000 on the property and $10,
000 on stored grain.
Brutal, but Probablj IVserve4.
yisHERYH.LE, KY-, March a. Last
Saturday a negro tried to catch a
young lady, presumably to assault
her. Sh.e escaped and told her
three brythers, who caught the fel
low, called in some neighlxurs, and,
after a council was held, the R?gro
was tied Vq t tree a,r,d given thirty
lashes an hU hare kick from a ten
foot elm. pole, one inch in diameter,
in the hands of" one of the brothers.
His back was terribly lacerated. He
was then told to leave the country,
which he did.-
FireXear Lixonier
GREENaniJRG, March 5. At Lino-
ner qn last Saturday evening, about
si$ o'clock, fire broke out in Cham
bers Mitchell's house, wlich is sati
ated erne half rqile from town, and
before assistance could be found the
entire building was consumed, in
cluding nearly all the household
goods. Cause, defective flue. No
insurance.
Accident to a JliiHr,
Scott Haven, Pa., March 5. A n
accident occurred in the mines here
today. A miner named William
Young attempted to ride out on the
loaded wagons and tried to get in
when nearing a curve, when he was
caught in between the wagon and th e
wall, and badly injured no bones
were apparently broken but he was
injured internally, as he was unable
to move. When tak n out he had
to be carried to the depot He re
sides at Suterville, and has a wife
and two small chi" dren.
Heavy Durjclary.
Springfield, III., March- 4.
Early yesterday morning burglars
nnul t.hp Blfe Of J. C. KlahOOt,
jeweler and Watchmaker, and stole
trom fl5,UUU to ;-'u,uw wonu
goods. A large portion of the stolen
property consisted of diamonds and
jewelry, and four hundred watches,
of which three hundred and fifty
had been left for repair. Klahoot's
personal loss is fifteen thousand
dollars. The burglars first entered
R. F. Ruth's hardware store and
secured a dozen revolvers and tools
with which to break into Klahott's
safe. Private watchman Schutt says
the robbera bound and gagged him,
threw a blanket over him and then
put him into the coal house. He
succeeded in freeing himself soon
afterward. He says there were three
men. There is no clue to them.
A Disastrous Fire.
Pittsburgh, March 2. The CAro?i
iclei MonongahelaCity, (Pa.) special
says the most disastrous fire that
ever vieited that city occurred this
morning, shortly before daylight.
The fire started in Cooper's pool
room, on Main street, and spread
both ways, entirely consuming the
magnificent school-house, Mc Far
land's carriage shop, Leyda's meat
market, Cooper's pool room, a photo
graph gallery, and the Record print
ing office. Ten other houses were
badly damaged. Lots, $o0,000;
with an insurance of about two
thirds. Ijarge Sale ot Cattle.
Gaixsville, Tex., March 2. A
hune trade in cattlo has just been
completed. Luther B. Smith, late
of Columbia, Mo., now of Denver,
Col., and F. J. Hall, of this city,
purchased a half interest in the cut
tie ranchc of Cams it Korsythe
Bro's., Cattle Company, embracing
22,000 head of cattle and 00,000
acres ot land, lhe consideration
was $300,000.
Governor Stephens Ailing, (jf
Atlanta, Ga., March 2. Governor
A. H. Stephens is quite sick and has
been so sruce his return, a fortnight
ags, from the Savannah Centennial.
He finds much trouble in retaining
nourishment, and considerable anxi
etv is felt that his well-known enl'te
bled condition will prevent him from
rallying. To-day lie is resting quiet
ly.
A Large Miipment of Live Stock to
IjOiuIoii.
London, March 2. The largest
suipnieui ui live Pttnm una niiiiti,
censisting of 711 head of cattle and
1,570 head of sheep, has been landed
at Birkenhead by the steamer Victo
ria, from Boston. The animals are
in a healthy condtion. Sixteen sheep
aieu on trie passage, oui not, one
head of cattle was lost. Eleven
lambs, born during the voyage, were
also landed.
Frontier Methods ol' Civilizing In
dians. El Paso, Tex., March 2. Last
Tuesday a party of ranchmen west
of Chihuahua, Mexico, raided an
Indian camp and killed twelve bucks
and captured thirty squaws and pa
poosts. The ranchmen then march
ed through the city of Chihuahua
with the scalps of the Indians strung
on long poies.
Died of Cancer
Baltimore, March 4. Colonel
Harry Gilmore, a well known Con
federate cavalry officer, who was
with Ashby at the commencement
of the civil war, and afterward had
an independent command, died to
night of cancer in the face, aged 43
years. He belonged to one of the
oldest and most influential families
of Maryland.
Twenty Years Ago.
In 1863, Mr. Wilson, now of Law
rence, Mass., was in the Commissary
Department in Washington. Some
o
how or other, he was taken with a
violent soreness of the throat. Sev
eral army surgeons examined his
throat and decided that it was a
case of diphtheria, and that it was
hopeless. Alter they had given him
up, he tried Perry Davis' Pain Kil
ler. The next day the scales began
to come ofl'of his throat, and in two
or three days he was well.
A Horrible Hisc-overy.
Canton, O. March 1. William
Hoag, who has been missing from
home since January 1st, was found
to-day by his head bobbing out of
a hole in the ice of the water works
reservoir. He attempted to cross on
the ice, broke through, was drowned
and frozen in a watery grave that
tantonians drink water from.
Frightened Mauufact urers.
PrrrsBCKO. March 4. Those pn.
eaired in manufacturing hiwm imn
and rod, say their business is kill
ed by the new Tariff bill. Pig iron,
sheet iron and steel manufacturer
also claim to be greatlv crippleo.
All agree that wages will have to lie
reduced, and some claim that a gen
eral adjustment of values will be
necessary.
The Tariff Bill.
Chicago, March 5. Iron workers
here interviewed say the action of
Congress on the tariff bill is more
injurious to iron interests, than any
legislation within half a century,
and that tUfe oniy means of keeping
the wills open will be by a sweeping
reduction in wages, putting them at
such a point that laborers in turn
must have cheaper board.
Presence or MimL
Washington. March 5. Miss
Hessie Ostrander. an IS vfir nlrl
daughter of Jacob Ostrander, of Al-
IflU Tin . n.n , I , t
wiia very seriously, 11 not
fatally, burned yesterday. Her
clothin? caught fire "at the stnvp nrwl
she ran a distance of 200 yards to
tne river, sne waded in up to her
chin, extinguishing the fire. Before
she reached the river, however, her
clothing was nearly burned from
her person. She remains in an un
conscious state.
MOST EITENSIYE PORE-REED LI7E STOCK
BslabllaksMat Im t;WrItf I
KBTlih nar kA-. ... . . z
MtMXIasMi lBles. 11-1 a lei
Onr ewtosoors have the adva utae of our many
'"!"rin" Is breeding: and Importln. lro
! V " oPPotWiKy of compart a; dtffmat
'ow yrnctt, because of tlltmt e easiness
""s rmtet of transportation. Catalogues free.
U)rrespoodeneeslltne.l.
Powell rhothebs.
Rprtnifboiu, Crawford Co.. Vn.
Jf eouoo Herald. "
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Who bnjilisaxiou,,, I
THE BEST fi(j
Reasonable prj
Jly stock of j)J
Jlcdiciites, ISoofcJ
Stationery is not
I .v vojj
Farmers, Mechanics nn,
em tvul juia just u-hut ti,
at my Store. Vhyirm,
fwriptiona ami Family r
Specialty. Legal Man
Venn, School livuks ,
Tablets.
Respectfully,
- C.N.BOi;
MAMMOTH Dljj
SOMERSET,
Annual Staterr
Or tho Farmers" t'nlun Aso.u;:,,1
ttirauctt :omikiD7 of Sum. rs?t
lur lh eur enllu iMcrmber 31, ifc.
Xuiuhtr of members i
Tulal amuuul of linunnet
fuhjtcl to 4e9ment t
Mill tM9iMl duriQK the jeur I
Resources Of Company liee.
Si, mi
Reoarce-s during the year lwiu
I iitliluies -Amount
due Dec. Jl,lMl....j jx
Amount of lws by Ore uuriag
the yr lssi j,S4 ,
Amount One lor all othr ri
peiowa for the year 1M'J. lo
eluiiinir oHioer' (uy, roai
migsions anil exonerations..
E"source in excess
receipts. V
Receive! during the year on i.
ae?meuts.... i,t::;i, .
R.-cuive-l during the year lur
meuiberstiip.. 77- I
RecelTed lunna; the j'r from
J. K. Ifcuwe.. 11 v
Amount in treasury Iiec. 31, '
lsoi 7j- i
G'-erae F. Baer full ot in-ur
ance tl.i
Jona Lk-hty full of insurance l,tu
Sa'uuel We liner lull of insur
ance
Catharine Hahn damage by
tire
William Kodgera damage j
lire
JacoU Uellmaa damage by
Ore
Secretary' talary
Treasurer'! salary
Itrei-tor' pay
Freeident'a pay....
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mming, etc u
Postage and stationery ;
Balsnee In treasury
Resources Dee. 31, lftic!
Aoxoun4ltraaaary.
Amount oatslamllns; on da.
plicate li-
Liabliitiea Deo. 31. 18.-2
Samuel (Jelger full ut iuaur-
ance ,
Resources in excess of liabil- '.
Ities t
Alios WiUtix. P-
IiiiiEL J. Burin f
Eruitaia J. V.t
Rcxuik'3. The insurance of Su-i
Is still in liiiiratka and coiueuuim t
ported as liability. I
janji. i
TWENTY-FIFE
Annual Stater!
OF THE
Sonrs3t Cotaty Iktal 7:1
2HC9 ccrcT
For the Year Ending Dec f
Balance on hand In treaurr ier
port .". r
Cash received on renewals done t
ISM
Cash received on ww polit ies iwoei I
in year 1W2 f
Cash received on assmeDU Jra
l &
Bland: iCMCvr
A ur. IT. NS, paid Sam. Brut
dainAire Kv ur i -
Sept. 1, '82. paid Wm. S. Xoku
damatse by tire -
Nov. 1, 'S3, paid John J. Bit"'
oaroairo oy nre......
Dee. M, paid Herald printiM
&nttnl ii.iu.mi
Dec 31. '8'i paid Democrat trial-
ni-iiiaaaa......
Dee. 81, 'si, paid ufliee rent i .
fuel -
Der. SI. '82, Ipald office eipen .
uu IWlHjfU. ............
Dee. 3a, 'M, paid secretary a&J
treasury years Ular7 '
Bahfcnce im k.n.1
February W, Igsa, premium notes .-
aroMca.ptt.il
DlRlttTORS tr.BTH IK.K TH '
Alirilfll Ifaaru. Hftninmin K Irnft. .b"'
J. Miller. John Swicher, Chri
halter. and Hiram Kea-ii-olS-wic
A. Leonard Iiltner. Jacob flea"-
county, ami Samuel Matthews, ' f
eounty, fa.
OFSMCKRS Fl.Ki-riti. Snmal M
dent: Ji.ha Hieka. Secretary, Tre-'-
erai Agent.
By order of the B
feba
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aVL'r4'tlOnti AD'k Hetits-kf't
Ksa vanfttr ot Vr
itttrfav Frutt Ti4. etc. I--"1
iJiy to Market ix-1mj.'. i,
D-JVt FERRY &CU
HOW WATCHES ASS1
In a Solid Gold Wat1"1'
flic necessary thiefcne-s f"r
polishing, a Luge prvport'8
noedod only to ttiCln and"
d portions in place, ami siirP'
The surplus gold ii ai-tuaLY
Jama Hon Paient Cud
WASTE is saval. a-' I
strength increased ! "''
at one-half tlie cost. A I
COLD is soldered on eat ii
cf hard nickel conijiU''a '
three are thtn pasjcl w'1
steel rollers. From thi
centers, betels, etj., are cut
dies and formers. Tlie P
enough to admit of a!l kin
engraving and cugiue
cases have been worn irf''-.
use without remoTins the ?
the only cose made unite
ease if accompanied i"'
mgned iy the mwnacf "
mar 20 yaws. j
now carried in lhe
Canada. Largest an1
Mi
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