t i : t i i The Somerset Herald. EDWAED PCTLL, Editor and Proprietor. W ED5ESSAT March S I'M The lioard of Pardons held it reg ular monthly meeting at Harrisburg on Tuesday of last -week, and all applications were refused. The qual ity of mercy is f trained very closely by our Democratic officials. The Tennessee Legislature as passed a bill pensioning Confederate and Union soldiers who lost an eye or eyes during the late war, at the rate of ten dollars per month. The State stole money enough from its creditors to thus pension its soldiers. Gev. lkTLER is assisting ex-Senator Sprague in his contest for the Governorship of Rhode Island, and in return will expect Sprague to se cure for him the Rhode Island dele gation to the next Democratic con vention. Duke? now says that he does not propose to go to Uarrisburg, and does not want the seat in the Legis lature. He is probably controlled bv the same reason as the boy was who didn't want any supper, which j was because he could not get it Accokl-inu to the reports of the National Bureau of Agriculture, In diana now ranks as the first of the wheat growing States, Ohio second and Illinois third. The yield of wheat in Indiana is 1,S1G bushels to the square mile, and 1S.04 bushels to the acre. The mouths of a good many Dem ocratic politicians are watering just now, at the contemplation of the Congressional and Senatorial dis tricts the House proposes to make. While licking their lips oyer the pro?jecUve sroils, it might be well enough for them to keep an eye on the Senatorial lion that bars the way. It lias been discovered at Uarris burg that Station 15 of Article II of the new Constitution is not opera tive in all its details. That section directs minutely the division of the State into city Senatorial districts, under restrictions as to ratios and prohibitions of the uniting of coun ties, which, as a matter of applied mathematics, will not work. (it'EEX Victoria slipped and fell a few days tince, and bruised her knee, and the press of London and of New York and Philadelphia, has since been filled with gush over the slight accident The (Jueen of Great Britain is a most estimable old lady, but the sensational and exaggerated reports of the trifling accident that befel her are simply nonsensical. It is reported that the President has concluded to reduce the number of Internal Revenue districts from one hundred and twenty-six to one hundred and ten, and that in the ruduction the Mercer and the Som erset districts in this State, will be consolidated with the Erie and Al legheny districts, and that possibly theSunbury and Lancaster districts will le consolidated. The Democratic State Committee of Rhode Island, met at Providence hut week, and carried out its part of the bargain, by nominating William Sprauue as its candidate for Gov ernor. Sprague has thus secured lith the Independent and Demo cratic nominations. "Reform11 could not have assumed a more ridiculous phase than in the selection of so norry a representative. It has often been asserted that the Democratic party had no principles, c-xcept the solitary one "sjoils" and the Rhode Island portion of that organization has just "owned up." At the convention last week, that nominated Sprague for Gov ernor, a Committee on Resolutions reported that none were necessary, and the campaign has actually been begun, without the declaration of a single principle. afteb a upmtea aeoaie,me uem - erratic Senatorial and Represents tive bills were passed in the House on Friday last, by a strict Parl vote. In the course ef the debate it , , , , . , , , was charged, and admitted by the Pemocrats, that the Senatorial bill was unconstitutional The Si-eaker declined to rule on the question, and left it to the House, and the Demo crats voted to a man, "constitutional unconstitutional," to pass the LilL CoMrruoLLER Lawrence, of the Treasury ha decided that, as Con- cress made no appropriation to pay i of N. L. Dukes can and snouid be de ft L. t,-i .t i ii ! clared vacant if the said N. L. Dukes has, the rebate which the law allows to j .fertile expiration of three-rourths of the tobacco dealers, who mar have ; r.uUr of the Hooe, failed to qual , , J ! ify as a menslwr, as required by the Cousti- btuck OU hand on the 1st Of May i union (tbrreby depriving his constituents ..I..,.. r.M;n audhisMlownieiubersofhissemceswiUi- ffTeC Chev will have to wait for the'p,il,F of such immoral and infamous eon- next Congress to make an appropri ation for th purpose. The law proa-ides that .manufacturers may be ipiiid the rebate in f tamps, so they will not sjuffer by haricj to wait for tlbe appropriation. ' The members of the bar of .Bla- .r.i..,. StJkD O mAAi'mrlridl m--.I. .tl -wuui,, . . wi6 entered a vigorous protest against the proposed judicial apportionment bill which attack cs Huntingdon to that cou nty for 'j u dicial p urposes. They , forcibly insist that the population of ihe county and its large legal busi ness, entitle it to be a epacate dis trict, and point to the fact .that In diana and Cambria, with less popu lation, and not snore than half the legal business of Blair, are each made separate judicial districts; When Congress adjourned, the Democratic organs and leaders, im mediately proclaimed that at the next session they would take up the tariff question and settle it on Democratic free trade princi ples. The discussion that has sice sprung up among themselves, shows such irreconcilable differences that the shrewd leaders are now insisting that the discussion be stopped, or the party will split before the next Congress assembles. It is hoped that when the next Congress meets, the caucus and the party lash, will force an agreement. A. D. Harlan, of Coatesville, was on Tuesday last, nominated by the nf Chester county, as .. . f p to suc. ceed Senator Everhart, who resigned on the 3d insL, because elected to Congress. Mr. Harlan is a Regular Republican, and his nomination was opposed by the crank reformers, backed by the Philadelphia Timet, and other goody, goody journals, on the ground that he was a friend of Senator Cameron. All of which shows that those enterprising news papers were "off their eggs," or that the Cameron bugaboo has no longer the power to intimidate intelligent Republicans. Ex-Goveexob SrRACt'E, the can didate for Governor of the party without a platform or principle, de clares the sole icue of the campaign is against the "ring" which governs the State. So Rhode Island is to have a struggle of one little ring against another little ring, with the distinct announcement that no prin ciple is involved ; the spoils of office being the only thing at stake. This is not a very exalted notion of "re form," but it is a more creditable and honest position than the one occu pied by the "reformers" in this State at the last election. There is a milk war in New York, and the city folks never had less of that article since they were weaned. The dealers not only un dertook to regulate the price at which they sold, but the price at which they would buy. The farmers found that while they were only paid three cents a quart, the dealers were charg ing eight cents, so they "kicked" for a fairer divide. Roth parties have been holding out for some time, and there is a milk famine in the city. The farmers have organized vigilance committees, who forcibly spill all the milk they find carried for ship meut, and a lusty crop of law suits will be the fruits of the war. The new postal law provides for the issue of postal notes for sums of $5 or less, payable to the bearer at any time within three months from date of issue. The charge will be three cents, in addition to the amount of the note. The fees for money orders will be as follows : Or ders not exceeding $10, 8 cents ; be tween $10 and 15, 10 cents ; be tween 15 and $30, 15 cents; be tween $30 and $40, 20 cents; be tween 840 and 850, 25 cents; be tween 850 and 8C0, 30 cents ; be tween $00 and $70, 35 cents; be tween $70 and $S0, 40 cents; be tween 8S0 and $100, 45 cents. No money order is to be issued for a greater sum than $100. Maine is looked upon as a prohi bition State, but somebody, haying an inquisitive turn of mind hss rath er knocked the conceit out of that idea. He made an examination of the books of the Collector of Inter nal Revenue, at Portland, and truly enfolded a strange tale: In 172 town and cities, it was found that 1,162 Internal Revenue licenses ex isted, of these, Bangor, the capital, had 154, and Portland, the principal city, 212. It is estimated that the places where liquor is sold illegally number fully 1,000 in the State, good judges placing tne number in Portland alone at 200. If these fig ures do not lie, it cannot be a very difficult thing for men to get all the drink they want in the State of Neal Dow. The question naturally arrises: How can the Government col lect license fees from so many, and the Sute authorities be blind to the prosecution of the business they are engaged in? Ox Monday evening of last week, ! the Dukes question came before the 1 Uo,se for action MnBierer (Dem.) ; of Westmoreland county obtained j flodf and offered the" followi . I tfowW, That it w the seuse of this House . tiut me e taken looking to a prop- i er disposition oi tue question ax to tne ngM 'of Nicholas Lyman Dukes, of ravettecoun- ! f-v' Ulk M " t in thi Hous- Tbis ws referred to Ule Jud'aT " tions to report as early as possible. On Wednesday Mr. McReynolds from the Committee reported as fol lows : "The Committee on Judiciary General, to nrboni waff referred the status of N. L Dukes, nietubt-r-eiect of the House of Representa tives from Fayette county, beg leave to re port as follows : That, in their ooiuion. the out leave of the House.) and if he has been tluct as would render mm unlit to occupy his seat as a member of the House. There fore the Judiciary Committee requests of the House the power to investigate the failure UMn the part of the said Dukes to appear and quality as a member, and whether he has been euilty of such immoral and infa mous conduct as will justify the committee in recouirueudinp that his seat be declared vacant and a new election ordered, with power to send for persons and papers." The report of the committee was 1 , . ... onmouf iy aaoptea, ana tne nec- essary pc.er pven the committee to investigate. Tbe following was also unanimously adapted : Whereas, there has been referred to the Committee oa Judiciary General a resolu tion to inquire into what action slioutj be taken by tint House in the matter Of the ad mission o Nicholas L. Dukes as a repre sentative from Uis county of Fayette, which resolution is now beinjr cop;dered by said committee ; therefore be it ' Besolred, That the oaUi of office be not ad laiai stared to the said Duke until the House ahaJl have taken action upon the resolution. Subpoenas have since since been issued for Dukes, and for several witnesses, and Tuesday, the 27th inst, was fixed for the hearing. As a similar question has never hereto fore been before the House, and as a precedent will hereby be establish ed, the House, although not doubt ing the guilt of Dukes, and its pow er to take immediate action, wisely resolved to proceed with delibera tion and circumspection in the mat ter. The Democrats in the House have fixed up a Congressional apportion ment bill, which makes a tape-worm district in Philadelphia, for the pur pose of returning Randall to Con gress, and so gerrymanders the State i as to give that party nearly an equal division of the Congressional delega tion. They have the power to pass this bill through that branch of the Legislature, but they well know that the Senate ;will not assent to the measure. They are therefore plan ning to throw the responsibility of a failure to pass any Congressional apportionment bill on the Republi cans of the Senate, and are proclaim ing that in case their bill is not pass ed, the Governor will call an extra session of the Legislature, the ex pense of which will be solely charge able to the Republicans. Very well ! Let the Democrats try this game on, and see what they will make of it They are now in an accidental ma jority in the House, with an acciden tal Governor, obtained through the folly of a small minority of Repub lican votes, but in view of the lesson the people of this State have just had, in the struggle for "Protection," they will assent, if must be, to the expense of half a dozen extra ses sions of the Legislature, rather than trust our industrial interests for the next eight years, to the care of the party that so ruthlessly antagonized them in the last Congress. CURRENT TOPICS. The Governor has signed the death warrant of Silas Gray, convict ed of murder in Westmoreland Co and refused a commutation of sen tence by the Pardon Board on Tues day. Thursday, May 24, is fixed for the execution. A school teacher asserts that schol ars who have access to newspapers at home outstrip those in their stud ies who do not see the papers, be coming better readers and spellers, better grammarians, and writing the best compositions, besides learning geography and history quicker. The iud?ea of the Berks court i C3 are kept busy just now tearing as- sunder what Ood is supposed to have put together. During the past five months there have been thirty divorces. An experiment was made a few days ago on a telephone wire be tween New York and Cleveland, O., in which it was demonstrated that a conversation could be readily carried j on between those points, a distance of seven hundred and fifty miles. A French mechanic has invented an apparatus for recording the ex act speed of a train during its entire run, including stoppages and start ings. It has been tested and found to work admirably. The beet sugar factory to be put in operation at Yerk expects to work up 30,000 tons of beets per season, from which will be manufactured 4.G20,000 pounds of sugar and l,tS0, 000 pounds of molasses, There will also be a residue of pulp amounting to 7,500 tons. Texas now points with pride to the condition of her public school fund, and some of the citizens claim that the time is not far distant when it will be the best educated State in the Union. The fund now consists of over $4,000,000, in interest bearing bonds and money, and 30,000.000 seres of land w"orth $1 50 per -acre. Reports from Des Moines, Iowa, say the apple orchards have been killed by the severe winter. One farmer reports the loss of 500 trees, seventeen years old. The estimated loss in the apple crop of that section of country alone will be 2,000,000 bushels. Small fruits are also dam aged. The disadvantages of an almost exclusive metallic medium of ex change are felt in some portions of the western country. It is said to be nothing unusual in Olympia, Wash ington Territory, where the Govern ment Laud Office for that district is located, to see a man taking the money to pay for his land from the depot to the office in a wheelbarrow. At the recent municipal election in Utica, a voter who could not possibly get out tied his ballot on a string and let it down from his win dow, a political friend then took it held it above his head and carried it across and down the street to the polling place, the voter paying out the string, and then the inspector took the paper, looked at it at the 6tring, and at the man holding the other end, and deposited it in the box. The Ohio Democrats will never be happy until the political scalp of Senator Pendleton has been lifted and hung away to dry. They will sever forgive a man who so far for gets Andy Jackson as to deny that the public patronage is the legiti mate spoils of party victory. The trouble from which Senator Don Cameron recently sought relit through a delicate and painful sur gical operation was originally caused by an accident in 1876. In the Uni rnex of that year Mr. Cameron, then Secretary of War, was out driving at Rock Island, I1L, with General Sher man and Mr. Cullom, then candi date for Governor. The horses ran away and the occupants of the ve hicle were thrown out, one by one, no one being hart but Senator Cam eron. He was struck by one of the wheels, and received injuries which, although at the time considered trifling, at last seriously endangered his lift. ' "Ussat Cut. .J . i Loxdos, March 21. An eruption of Mount Etna has occurred accom panied by an earthquake caueing'a panic in the vicinity. Several houses nave fallen. Lamentation at" the Spoilsman. Frets lb Cincinnati Xaaulrar (Item.) In succeeding in baring the Civil Service Rrefonn bill made a law Senator Pendleton has struck the rank aad file of the Democratic par ty one of the hardest blows they have received. Should the party be successful in the , next Presidential contest, as now seems highly proba ble, they will be deprived of a great share of the fruits of the victory, and will be compelled to see nine-tenths of the Federal offices retained by their opponents whose political faith the Nation has condemned. For a few of the great leaders there will be places of honor, of trust and of pfont, but the masses of the party must be content with the knowledge that after twenty-four years of bat tling for success, when attained, it will be but a damned barren ideal ity. Drowned by the Tidal Ware. RoelioWr Post-Express. (Kep.) Of the three "tidal wave" Gov ernors, Butler is the only one whose head now peers above the water. Governor Pattison, of Pennsylvania, is virtually unheard of; he has gone to join the nameless and the dead. Cleveland will retire to private life at the end of his term. He may sometime become Mayor of Buffalo again, but no one now thinks of him as a Presidential candidate. An at tempt to spread him out so as to cover the United States would re duce him to a gossamer too fine to be seen through a microscope of the highest magnifying power. A Court Decision "Which Brings l"p Historical Reintnisceni-c. Philadelphia Times. The decision of Judge McPherson in the Dauphin County Court, which awarded the State Lunatic Asylum $1,077 22 for the keeping of John C. Knox and Patrick Donovan, is of more than passing interest Mr. Knox is now deceased. His career goes to make up the history of Penn sylvania. He was a member of the Legislature, a Common Pleas Judge, and in 1853 was chosen a member of the Supreme Bench. He was Governor Packer's Attorney Gener al, and afterward practiced law in this city. In 1S77 he displayed signs of insanity, and was removed to the State Aylum upon the order of the Court of this city. His finan ces had become reduced, and his family was unable to support him in a private asylum. Snden Demise of the Postmaster General. Washington, March 25. The news of the death of Postmaster Gen eral Howe, at his home in Wiscon sin, was received early this evening. When the Postmaster General lett Washington for Wisconsin, about three weeks ago, he was apparently in perfect health. He had been troubled with a slight cold, but noth ing more. His family and friends endeavored to persuade him to post pone his western trip until thesevere spring weather of the northwest had become settled. Oa Friday morning of last week Assistant Postmaster General Hatton received a dispatch from Wisconsin 6ayiug that he must not be alarmed at the reports of Postmaster Gen. Howes health, that he was suffering only from a cold and would probably be outin a day or two. The dispatch had the con trary effect from which was intended. Hatton took the telegram to the White House and informed the President of the news. The Presi dent gave instructions that any change in Mr. Howe's conditions be reported to him at once. Saturday evening Mr. Hatton received a long personal dispatch from the Postmas ter General saying that he had been very sick, but was rapidly convales cing and would be able to return to Washington in a few days. This morning, however, word came that Mr. Howe had a relapse and could not live twenty-four hours. Return ing to his quarters at the Portland fiats, Mr. Hatton was met with a dispatch announcing the dea,th of Mr. Howe. He returned immediate ly to the White House. The Presi dent regarded Mr. Howe as one of his most trusted advisers. He was overcome with grief at the news of his death. An executive order w ill be issued to-morrow placing the flags at half mast, and that the postof fice departmemt be draped in morn ing. Mr. Howe's illness wa3 the result of a severe cold contracted by walk ing half a mile through a bad storm at Green Bay last Sunday, which on his arrival at Kenosha on Monday developed into pneumonia. Dr. Isham, of Chicago, was called in and under his care he improved, but last night a change for the worse ensued and absent members of the family were, sent for, his daughter arriving from Washington at 11 o'clock. Up to that hour he was conscious, but his mind after that wandered, and at 2:20 p. m. he passed away without a struggle. The funeral will occur at Green Bay, but no arrangements have yet been make. "Home. Smeet Home." New York, March 23. A large number of visitors (among whom were many ladies) called at the City Hall to-day to see thecoffin contain ing the remains of John Howard Payne. During the day a constant stream of visitors passed in and out of the room where the body lay, guarded bv the Sergeaut-at-Arms of the Board of Aldermen. Some of the ladies scattered flowers on the casket At 4 o'clock this afternoon Gil more ' Band ranged themselves on the steps of the City Hall, and a minute later the strains of "Home, Sweet Home," were borne over the crowd of uncovered people on the plaza in front of the halL "Nearer, My God. to Thee," the band next played, followed byuThe LostChord'' and the "Doxology." As the coffin containing the remains of Payne was borne down the broad stairway the music of the song that has made the dead man's name a household word again buret forth. As the hearers received the body the uStar Span gled Banner" was played and, pre ceded by a platoon of police, the funeral cortege meved up Broadway to Canal street, thence to the Penn sylvania Railroad Depot where the remains were delivered to Mr. Cor coran 's representatives, by whom they were taken to Washington on the"9 o'clock train. A Mmuu Marsler. Bozesiak, Mont, March 22. Lew is and Nathan Lay. fanners, near here, had a quarrel with Irvin Hun ter, another farmer, and this morn ing If ter was found dead in his field J) bis gun near him. The Lay ied, and a Sheriff's posse are afcr them. If they are caught they will probably be lynched. Mollle Maajalre Shot. Umoxtowx, March 21. John Kane, a leader of the Mollie Ma guires of Fayette county, was this evemug pierced vita four balls from a pistol in the hands of Superintend ent r . o. Keighly, of the Youngstown Coke Works, four miles from here. Kane had lately been discharged for organizing a force of striking miners and driving new men out of the pits. He was also ordered to '.leave the house be occupied, which belonged to the company. This eo enraged him that he threatened Keighly'g life, and yesterday came to Union town and got drunk. This afternoon he entered the court and threatened Congressman Boyle, who had prose cuted him for the murder of Maurice Healy, but was ejected from the court by an officer. He then returned to the works and entered a store, where he renewed his old trouble with Keighly. The superintendent told him to get away, but Kane pressed him and pushed him into a corner, at the same time attempting to draw a revolver, but Keighly, quickly drew a pistol and fired four shots into his body, one nnQincr f!ar thi-niKrli TTpicrhlv thpn f "vr.fc". j came to town and delivered himself up. . Great excitement prevails, and it is feared an outbreak may occur. Kaue was one of the men arrested for the murder of Maurice Healy, at Dunbar, but was afterward released. A Fiend lab Outrage. Lancaster. March 21. In Kauff- man's Park, an improved piece of timber land just outside the town of .Manheim, ten miles north of this city, some of the residents of the neighborhood yesterday found a wo man almost burned to death by the side of a fire, such as tramps or gypsies build in traveling through the rural districts. Her clothing was destroyed, her face and body burned to a crisp and her eyesight almost gone, though she was conscious and able to tell the story of her injuries. It seems that her husband, Charles Horn, with his wife and three chil dren, living in the northwestern part of the county, were put out of their house on Monday for failure to pay the rent, and the weather being pleasant they took to tramp life on the road, beginning peddling and camping in the woods. She 6ays that while her husband had gone to town and her children were off in another part of the woods she was assaulted by a tramp, who threw coals of fire over her and when she was helpless ly involved in flames ran off and left her to suffer her fate. There is no corroboration of her story, except that a rough looking stranger, who gave his name as John Laugh, was arrested in the vicinity and tallies with her description of her assailant He has been lodged in jail and the family of the victim and herself are being cared for by the citizens, but her death is certain. Bold Burglary. Greexsbl-rg, March 23. Last night one of the boldest robberies ever perpetrated in the State with and degree of success took place at a grocery and variety store at Weavers old stand. The burglars effected an entrance into the store, picked up goods amounting, to $1,500, consist ing of groceries, ready made cloth ing, cutlery, dry goods, crockery, boots and shoes and a lot of cheap jewelry, loaded them into their wag on and drove on with their plunder. In addition to the above they secur ed a large amount of money. They were seen this morning near Irwin, Pa., driving rapidly in the direction of Pittsburg, but to this writing have not yet been overhauled. Dokea Still in Retirement. Uxiontowx, March 23. Dukes was not here to-day to receive the summons which Sergeant-at-Arms Boland brought for him from Uar risburg. Dukes is resting in rural retirement, eleven miles from here, at the home of his stepfather, and it is not thought be has any notion of going to Harrisburg. Mr. Boland left the notice to be sent out to him. Ha also subpoenaed Mr. M. H. Bow man, who always did Dukes' bank ing business and who will go before the committee at Harrisburg to iden tify the Dukes letters. The Sergeant-at-Arms thinks that will be all that is necessary to cause Dukes to forfeit his seat Killed Hit Mother-ln-ljtw. Scraxtox, March 23. A farmer, named Peter Ward, living a short distance from Carbondale, killed his mother-in-law, on - Monday nisht, with an ax, and was lodged in the County Jail here to-day. Ward is about forty yean old and has been married about thirteen years. He says his mother-in-law, Mrs. Dono hne, made his life miserable and ia a fit of anger he struck the fatal blow, although he did not intend to take her lite. His victim was about sev enty years of ace. The BraSdwood Diaaster. Chicago, March 25. A dispatch from Braid wood, says that early Saturday morning a pit boss of the Diamond mine, descended to the bottom and, after exploring for a short distance in different directions, finding several places where the mine had caved from the etfct of soaking by the water and discover ing the black damp . plentiful, he went into the south working which he found in a better condition than the others. About five steps from the starting point he found the body of one of the drowned miners, water soaked and bloated beyond recogni tion. Without proceeding further he returned to the surface, and a consultation being held it was deci ded to keep the matter quiet for fear that large crowds would assemble about the mine before the. regular search party entered. The secret leaked out to the Tribune correspond ent, however, and the story was told in the paper this morning. Swiaa Emigration to America. G ex eva, March 22. The emigra tion from this country to America has assumed alarming proportions. Several districts are fast becoming depopulated. It is stated the Gut tannen is without an inhabitant The exodus is owing to the bad har vests and American competition. The Dronxht in Callforata. Sax Fraxcisco, March 2L The rain-fall thus far has been light, and fears are entertained that unless plen tiful showers come before April lst the wheat and barley crops will be almost a total failure, except in sev eral of the coast counties, which may be aided by fogs. The fruit and grape yield promises to exceed that of any previous year. A Summon For Dnkea IlAttiUSBi'KG, March 22. Sergeant at-Arms Boland, of the House of Representatives, started for Fayette County to-night with a formal no tice, v-ignul by Chairman A merman and Secretary Jenkins, of the Dukes sub committee of the IIou.se general Dukes that tne sub-committee wiu hold a tneseting in the Capitol on Thursday evening at 5 o'clock, "to hear suca matters in relation to the subject of inquiry as may be brought before them, at which time and place yon can attend and be heard if you think proper." The Seargent-at- Arms also takes a subpoena for Cash ier Bowman, of the Fayette County National Bank, who identified the Dukes letters in court and is now wanted to perform the same service for the committee. State Treasurer Baily, who has all the original Dukes letters in his possession here, will also- be subpoenaed, together with Chief Clerk Meek.Vif the House, who is to bring his oath book and show that Dukes has not been sworn in. These steps are in consequence of a decision of the sub-committee at a meeting this afternoon. The power to conduct thejinvestigation was giv en to the sub-committee at a meeting of the general committee this morn ing. Joliuaon. of Johnstown. Jouxstowx, March 24. Some time ago William B. Johnson left his wife and home and went out to board. His wife has since been liv ing on Pearl street and Mr. John Pleis has been liying with her as a boarder. A! out half past sLx o'clock this evening Johnson met Pleis on Clinton street, and accusing him of undue intimacy with his (Johnson s) wife threatened to kilt him and pro ceeded to pummel him in fine style. Pleis saved himself by precipitate flight down Main street Johnson went toward home and met Mr. Theodore Fockler, whom he accused of interfering in Pleis' behalf, and sailed right into him. . This done, Johnson went to his wife's residence and whipped her shamefully; he tore the pictures from the walls, kick ed over the table and smashed the furniture. Johnson is in the lockup. Mrs. Johnson has made information before Justice Strayer charging ag gravated assault and battery and surety of peace. Blaze Among Cotton. Collmrus, March 22. At one o'clock thi3 morning the Fountaine Cotton Warehouse was destroyed by fire. It was owned by Abe Illges and kept by Hatcher & Brannon. Thirty-four hundred bales of cotton, forty rolls of bagging, three hundred bundles of ties, twenty barrels of syrup, lorty-one Dales ot domestics, besides other property on storage, were burnc-d. The Columbus bag ging factory had on storage 11,000 worth of bagging, hverythmg ex cept the offiee furniture is a total loss. Ihe loss is estimated at 200,- 000 ; insurance on the building and contents, $14o,000, carried by differ ent companies represented by agents in this city. Raleigh, March 22. The Eureka cotton mills at Mount Airy, N. C, were entirely destroyed by fire at 3 o'clock this morning. The fire is believed to have been started by in cendiaries for the purpose of rob bery. The mills were of brick and four stories high. The loss on the building and machinery is estimated at 500,000; insurance, $15,000. One hundred people have been thrown out of employment - I lobbed and Bnrned. Bver's Station, O., March 21. The house of Duncan Doles, a mile north of here, was burned on Mon day night Mr. Doles, who occupied the house alone, was 98 years of age. When the fire had partly subsided the neighbors found the dead body of Doles under a bed with a rope around his neck. This not being his usual bed room, it is thought he was strangled by robbers and hidden un der the bed, and the house then set on fire. A considerable quantity of gold and silver coin and some melt ed money were found in the ashes. Mr. Doles had a large amount ef money about the house, and leaves a large estate They Ran For The Docter. Some people are always running for the doctor when the least thing is the matter with themselves or their children. Of course, the doctor likes this, for he gets well paid for it. But there are many occasions when the judicious use of Perky Davis' Pain Killer will do all the doctor can. Mr. R. V. Miller, of Syracuse, N. Y., says he has tor twenty years used Faix killer for miscellaneous fam ily sicknesses ; and that it is so val uable that it ought to be kept in ev ery house. Singular Accident. Clkvelaxd, March 21. In conse quence of an accident to the hydrau lic apparatus iu the Cleveland roll ing mill company's Bessemer stetl works, the huge converter, contain ing several tons of" melted metal, was overturned this inonin . spilling its ! contents into a pit of hot metal. On striking the damn s tnd it exploded with violence and raV.ered widely, fatally burning Mr. Patrick Foley. Another workman was so disfigured that he has not yet been identified. Severl other workmen were badly scalded. Strange SaiciJe. Middletow.v, March 21. Camper Liebman shot himself in the head last night in a room at a hotel here. He also turned on the gas, but was rescued before he was suffocated. The bullet is in his brain and he will probably die. He was to have been married to-day to a lady near thU village, who first learned of his suicide by a messenger sent here for flowers for the wedding. It is sup posed that financial embarrassment caused the suicide, as he made un successful attempts yesterday to ne gotiate notes. A Big Crop of Beans). Boston, March 20. The town of Mason, in Oxford county, Maine, hat. elected the following officers: Moderator, I. A. Bean; CJerk,.J. C. Bean ; Select-men, J. H. Bean and F. I. Bean ; Treasurer, F. J. Bean ; Supervisor of Schools, J. H. Beau ; Agent, J. C. Bean. SensUor Cameron Improving. WAsniscTpjf, March 20. The friends of Senator Cameron are high ly gratified with his progress towards convalescence. It is net hoped that he will be able to leave his room for ten days yet, but he is able to sit up at intervals and finds rest from the change. Aseaafci nation. Peoria, March 25 Three weeks ago Enoch and Edward Noble, fath er and son respectively, were tried for the murfler of Jonathan Walga motfnear Glasford, this county, in September. The trial resulted in the acquittal of the accused. Much surprise and indignation were felt at the verdict, and an indicnation meeting was held at Glasibrd, at which resolutions denouncing the jury were passed and the defendants were hanged in effigy. Threats were freelj made that if the Nobles re turned to Glasford they would be lynched. The Nobles,after their re lease, rented a farm in Tazewell Co. Ed. Noble, accompanied bv a voung - er brother, returned to their former home after some cattle, which they gathered up and star led for Tazewell county. Alter they had proceeded about five miles along the public highway a shot was fared from am bush, and Ed. Noble' fell from his horse dead. The assassin "escaped, and has not been captured. Confession of Train Robbers. Ozark, Ark., March 21. The Johnson brothers, two of the robbers of the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad train, imprisoned here, have confessed the crime. Cave Johnson says the party organized at Mra. Herdon's, but the plan was not entirely completed there, but there was an under landing that the train wa3 to be captured and robbed. They adjoured and met at Mulberry, where the plan was matured in the woods near the town. The intention was not kill an v one, save in self- defense, and to void bloodshed un less absolutely n-resss 1 he shoot- ing w.is done unuer excitement, and was entirely unnecessary. Jim JJerdon, who tva3 captured this morning near Huntsville, Madison county, fired the shot that killed Conductor Cain. Ilerdon went to McDonald, of the gan?, to stop the shooting, but McDonald shotathim, supposing he was a passenger, when Jim shot McDonald in the face. The original plan vas to capture the train and rob the passengers. Cave Johuson is an e:c-Fedaral soldi r now drawing a Government pen sion. Sowing Machine Factory Burned. Montreal, March 2-5. The Wil liams' Sewing Machine factory was burned lust night Being situated mtside the city limits a water sup ply could not be had and the larlor of the fire brigade was of no service. The vast factory with new machinery was destroyed. The loss is estimat wl at between two and three hun dred thousand dollars. The estab lishment was the largest of the kind in Canada. Church Destroyed by Fire. Hoxesdale, March 20. The en tire interior of Grace Episcopal Church was gutted by lira this after noon. The grand organ was also destroyed. The building caught on fire from the overheated furnace in the basement, the flames crawling along the seats in front of the chan cel to a large-pillar leading to the Gothic ceiling above. The loss will amount to $12,000. There is an in surance of $10,000 in the Hartford Insurance Company. Work of a Desparado. Sr. .Louis, Mo., March 20. A few daj-s ago Jerome Shoemaker assisted, under protest, the Sheriff of Monta gue county in arresting a hard char acter na med James Savage. On Sat urday last Savage met Shoemaker at Burli.igton and shot and killed him. Sol. Ritchie, a friend of Shoe maker, at 'acked Savage with a knife, whereupon the latter put two balls through hi.u, killing him almost in stantly. Savage was arrested but was released on $2,000 bail. A Student's Confession. Loxdox, March 21. The Chroni cle' St. Petersburg dispatch says a student who attempted to commit suic:.de whilu in a booth last month has confessed that the nihilist com manded him to shoot the czar at the banquet and fete given by the Fin land regiment The student was at the banquet disguised ns a waiter. Hi? courage failed him at the last moment and knowing his fate from thi nihilists he resolved to commit suicide. Train Robbers. Little lion:, March 20. On Mon day morning Sheriff Grady and a posse attacked four men, supposed to be the Little Rock & Fort sjinith train robbers, near Booneville, Logan county. A running fight followed and one of the fugitives was fatally wounded. He admitted being an outlaw. Captain Ellington, of the sherifTs posse, was wounded. The sheriff is still in pursuit of the oth ers. I-Vurteen Hundred Sheep IriIi. Sr. Louis, 'March 22. A prairie fire on the sheep farm of C. N. Crock er, fifteen mile.' from Arkansas Citv, Kansas, on Sunday last, destroyed abcut 1,400 sheep. Blocked by Snow. Quebec, March 20. Owing to the snow blockade no trains have arriv ed here since yesterday morning and none are expected until to-night. The train which left Montreal at 3 p. m. yesterday is snow bound near Yamachiche. Suspended by- the President. Washington, March 20. The president to-day ordered the suspen sion of Judge Everton J. Conger, associate justice of the territory of Montana, against whom charges of, drunkenness and gambling have been preferred. ' Two Iloogh Shot. Dexveb, March 23. In Lake Val ley at day-break yesterday Major Fountain's command surprised and captured Jack Watts and William Gillard, two notorious characters. When the soldiers arrived at the camp, and while they were unsad dling their horses, the prisoners made a break for liberty. They had gained a lead of two hundred yards Fountain ordered his men to fire and both the mem fell dead, riddled with bullets. An EMer was cramped with an ache, Bt, Jacobs Oil di.l the pain slake; He was so highly pleased, That again he was grease'. And took a lot home to Salt Lake. A soldier on guard at Fort Wayne, Was suddenly stricken with pain. He thought he was gone,' But when he rubbed on St. Jacobs Oil, was all right aain. Frightful Fliplofcioa. Shexaxdoaii, March 22. A terrif-i ic explosion of gas occurred this j morning in racker lOiliery o , operated by the Iehigh Valley Coal Company, by which Martin Tooley, Wm. McAndrew, and James Mur ray, all of IiOst Creek, and William Lichman & Son, of Girardville, and a Pole, were shockingly burned. The ! party were searching for some tim- oer,ana looiey, wno was carrying a naked lamp, entered an old breast An explosion of black damp imme diately followed, causing the utmost excitement. All the men were burned almost bevond recognition, and were sent j to the surface as soon as possible. The news of the accident had. in the meanwhile, spread, and at the mouth i of the snaft an excited crowd ot wo men anu cniiaren were gauieitu, overcome by grief, as a husband, or father, or relative was brought to the surface. The men were at once tak en to their homes, where it is feared that all will die. The mine was not much injured. So many mining ac cidents have occurred of late that there is a very uneasy feeling among the miners, and they have lately been more careful about carrying na ked lamps. To-day's accident will more than ever make them careful. Burglars at Uellefonte. Bellefoxte, March 22. An or ganized gang of burglars has been actively at work in Howard for sev eral weeks, several of whom have been lodged in jail here during the last ten days. Friends have made attempts to supply the prisoners with tools to break jail, and in a box offoodleflat thejail by a woman Sheriff Dutikel found a saw secreted. How England Views Our Tariff. Loxdox, March 22. The Tune. says: The tariff law in the United States u only a step tow.ard free trade, the prospects for which might be clouded if the pros perity of Amer ica were checked or if the Democrats were to shrink from their position on the question. The alarm of the Protectionists indicates how the pros pects for free trade is at present brightened. LiTing AVith Three Bullets in His Body. L'xioxtowx. March 21 To the surprise sf everybody, John Kane is still living. His physician is aston ished at his tenacious hold upon life. Two of the balls are in his abdomen and one in hi3 lung and still he bat tles against death. Keightley id threatened by Buck Collins, who is now in jaii. Kane's friends claim that he had no pistol when he was shot, but others say Collins had taken it away before he was search ed. A Postmaster Lynched in Montana. Washington-. March 22. The Governor of Montana sent the fol lowins dispatch to the Post Oihce Department to-day : uThe Vigilantes at Greenhorn, Montanna, have re moved the Democratic Postmaster by hanging. The Government fuel must be scarce, as he was caught barn-burning. The office is now vacant. The sureties have been notified to take charee of the of fice." Disc-OTeringa His Deficiency. Montgomery, Ala., March 22.-The directors of the Merchants and Plan ters' Bank have been working on the books of Ray, the late book-keeper, and have ascertained that the deficit is fully $G0,0UU. The bank will meet the loss by using $30,000 of the reserve and accumulation and by reducing the stock $25,000. These amounts will obviate any demand on the stockholders. Sale of a Valuable Trotting Stallioa. Chicago, March 22. The trotting stallion Jerome Eddy, record 2.161, wxs sold yesterday to II. C. Jewett tk Co., of Buffalo, New York, for -?2o,- 000, the largest price ever paid for a trotting stallion with the exception of Smuggler and Piedmont It had been the intention to keep the ani mal on the turf this season, with the expectation of his excelling his last record, but his present owuers have taken hitu to Aurora, New Yory, and will place him on a stock farm with the intention of permanently retiring him from the track, Dukes Says That He Has No Intention of Goinjl to Harrisburg. Coxxellsville, March 22. An old schoolmate and an intimate friend of Dukes was out in German township yesterday and visited Dukes. The latter told him that he had never intended going to Har risburg and that he will remain in Fayette county, but whether he will practice law or not he would not say. He proposes going to I nion town on Saturday. I r'onnd Dead in the Wood. Johnstjws, Pa., March 23. Yes terday afu-rnoon Mr. William Fye, constable of Richland township, left his home for the sugar camp. A few hours later his horse returned rider less. A search resulted in finding Mr. Fye, in a sitting posture upon a log near the camp, dead. Dr. Mar bourg, beingsummoned, pronounced it a case of heart disease. Deceased was a man of family and a good nnd respected citizen. Etna in Violent Kraption. Catania, March 23. The eruption of Mount Etna is increasing in vio lence. A new crater has opened. The l;iva threatens to overwhelm Vicolosi and other villages. The people are fleeing from their home.?. ti. . : ..: i uc uuupj arc assiauu u wi c i'iur ertv. Choked to Death. Unioxtow'x, March 23. A man named Henry Wathen choked to death in jail here this evening. He had been on a four-weeks' spree and was picked up by the police on the streets in an almost exhausted and perishing condition. He was given some warm beef and corn when he got in jail, and while eating it he dropped off his chair and died with a few frantic struggles, as if choking to death or dying from convulsions. He was a widower, forty-eight years old, and leaves three children. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Estate ef Philip Coleman, lata of JannrrTwv., deed. Letters of administration oa abor estate hasing been sranted to the andersicned by the proper au thority, notice is hereby gives to ail persons In debted to said aetata to make immediate pay ment, ami thoaa hating; claim atrauist it to pre sent them duly authautlea-.vt for settlement oa Friday, May 4, 1SS3, at ihe lata reeideaca of said deeeased. "OAHS. KILLER, Q BO. A. PILE, mart Administrator. 1 f ROYAL niSlA PGOBB i Absolutely Pure. This powder nr Taiis. A turret of than tbs orJinarr kiwi, snd cannot b J5' cuoitwtitioa with the aialUln-J of lo t ' t weiKht, slum or pbvhai poJer. Jt JOTICE. I herebr r!v aotlea tnat tnircr Sh.r-. !i a sot sgaiiul me for lixtj 6v dollar. 5, there Is a credit of wnty-oeB d-illan i i sot pay tit balano nols eoicpallni j U ' i ' oarer reeiTl t1u f-r It. Any person J! ' this note will do so at their own rui. TU aT5 ' la dalad Jan a.l'vC mart GABRIEL SPASGLEi EVERYONE Who bays is anxious to secure THE BEST GOODS AT Reasonable Priced feor ! tr l - tl I Hy stock of Drngv' Xoilieines, Hooks anj Stationery i not nt- passed iu the Counti Farmers, Mechanics ami Tend f era m ill jirul just what they va at my Store. Physicians' Trt- scriptions and family Jiecipt Sftecialty. Legal lilanks, Celt 1'ens, School Book ami Prnni Tablets. Respectfully, C. N.BOYD. ! MAMMOTH BLOCK.' j SOMERSET, PA. w LE TO ACCEPT OPa REFUSE f la iiimn Bran;, residing 1 euaoty. lewa. William Fuel, Amanda D". 5 Loeinda Haymaa. Philip Pisel, and Ssrali . (the latter a minor) eniidren ot Maria fa " diseased, and Samael Fuel, husband Maria Ptsel, deceased, residln in Br:r eoanty. Pa: Rudolph Keller, reldtn It 8 -ford canty, Pa Albert Keller. CharletSwi ' Kasael Keller and John Keller, reK;uj 3 . Jobnsnn county, luwa. children of Cuu.-: Keller, deeeased, and George Keller, buna : I said Catharine Keller, residing in JuBiM 1 county. Iowa; Kudulph Sutler. resWiat 1 i Cumberland. Mi.; lielnda Ursnt. mai; t In Johnson, county, Iowa: Jane lUrllcT. ras in in Aliejheoy township, Somenel ; Pa- Lanra Hell Baraler. Ida Lire. 1'U'J I Lape, and Albert Lape. (the hut tnrMtJ minors, children of Lonijia Lane. lwaia . John Laj-e, husband of said Lulia Lipf ceased, ail refidlna; In Bedford cous't. Pl i oeirs and leval representatives of t:ilai ? Hoon, lata of Allevueny township, Svme i enanty. Pa., deceased. ' Yoa are hereby outin ed to appear at as ' rpi, ana' Court to be held at Soaumi on Mii' - I Xld day of April, I1&3. to accept or reluje t. J the real estate of Catherine Hoon. dece the appraised valuation or show cause same Should not be sold. JOHN J. SPAXGLE5. , ? Saaairp's Omrat, 1 sr-l Alartfc mx i Additional Appeal! An appeal for the taxpayers of SomerW1 ship Nu, 1 will be held ai SipeeTLle, Sn-"J' March Z4ih, 1W. , ADAM S. SHAFFER, JOSLPH HOKNKK. ULK.UAN W. BKl'BAKfJ ntarH. CummissKietni JOT1CE. My wife Betsv.havlnc left mr bed and boirlfc j persons are hereby noticed not harfirirtrW- t on my account as t wilt not be responsible Ut r f debts of her contrast! n. I feoa OABUlELQIXDLESPEICBEi Asa Bloos Pe t nei-lhtiifJt ls hlghiy n; mended y' urn as Ft?, Bletestt Rashes, Worms. T Sal KH'oa""; Head, ?cr. Ki.f s l Kill"' Pal, in liwBo Side and and ail nam m frir-A TPnr beust vnnr aeu. can do witaout Salts. Castor Oil. Citrate nejla. Senna or Manna, and so tr.en- them, and what is better, it may be tas saieie and comfort by the most del!rt as well as by the robust man. It Is rery P'T, to the taste, therefore easily administered " ."1 dren. It is the only revetabte remedy wnioh will anewer in place ot ealomL ress '' : mi Unr Tictim to the use of mereurr or Use f-' i wilopeo Ue ooweU la a proper and Ml" niter. There Is nothing Tike Fanrney's B'u"t'' er lor tneuro ot all aisorners ' la Llier. Bowels. Kidneys and Bladder for". diseases. Headache, Uostlrenem. Iwi;L Bilious Feeer, and all deranttemen'-S ternal vtcera. As a female regulator equal in the world. .j -Anounre of prerentloa IS worth mot pound ef cure.'' The Pasacss will , ', old standing and nialhraant eomplaints. - mi uw ueat ie'VUiauv el vura VfS o.-iere-i to tea worm. 10a can i" tacks of scuisdlwases, suvb as fc'bvU-rfc P". lypnoia. tiliious, upoireaami "T fs ot Keeping yoor oi'-w . diKerent degrees of all tuna diseases del" together upeo the eomiiikm of the M""'. be sure te ask for Fauusst s B""Ii, a oa PasaraA. a there are several "-1 aratlons ia the market, the aames somewhat iLmliar. . Dr. Geo. G. Shively & Co., Sn.-veaaora to FihnicT's Broa A Co-, MANUFACTURERS AND PBOPBI8 msrss WarsassosAr. A DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE buu ot ElUabeth Shearer, lata ef Sobst O deeeased. d Letters nf admlnlnratiea oath tf having been granted to the underage"1 proper authority, notice Is hereby Indebted ta the sala (Kale to make mrLt peyvMOt, aad thee aavwa etaime - . against It to present them duly suthenoca , settlement, at the office ol F. W. B Somerset borough, oa Friday. May 4. V W BItSEl K aura 'W-1Adnu i manner of sr or o 1 d sus complaint t-l tiaa nf lfc " I nn , . ssi mmm 4. i U0T then Y naif C. se't A Beri II COOi pre . T ed t A r -i i v
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