The Somerset Herald. EDWA.BD 8CULU Editor and Proprietor. WEDKESDAT. .April , MS. The public debt was reduced dur ing the month of March in the eum of ?9,344,S26,27. BoTHbrauchesofthe Legislature adjourned at noon on Friday last, until Tuesday afternoon of thia week. This Democratic reform Leg islature understands how "not to de it" fully as well as its much abused Republican predecessors. The Sprague boom in Rhode Island has run against a snag. The candidate for Lieutenant Governor (G II. George,) has declined the nomination conferred on him. and the old line Democrats repudiate the coalition, and have put a straight out ticket in the field. Everybody has been April-fooled who expected to get a taste of Spring at the usual date. Here we are, at the commencement of the fourth month of the year, with the ground solidly ice-bound, and covered with Bnow, and the man without a cold utterly out of fashion. It begins to look as if the days of the telegraph and its sign language were numbered. On Wednesday last, the telephone "wire from New York to Chicago a distance of 1,000 miles was completed, and conver sation was held between those two points with perfect ease and distinc tion. Jcst as the House was about de claring vacant the seat ef the assas sin Dukes, a letter was received from him addressed to the Speaker, de clining to take the office. By a unanimous vote the seat was de clared vacant, and thus ends the matter, so far as the House is offi cially concerned. Senator Greer has added his quota to proposed temperance leg islation, by introducing a bill in the Senate making it punishable by a fine of $25 for one person to treat another to intoxicating drinks. This bill doesn't go quite far enough. The penalty ought to be extended to the fellow that treats himself. A special election, to choose a successor to Dukes, has been order ed, and will be held on the 24th of this month. An extra session of this Democratic do-little, reform Legis lature, is evidently anticipated, else it is useless to elect a new member about the time an adjournment should take place. A few months since the charitably inclined people of this country were contributing to the relief of the suf ferers by the floods in Germany. Now Germany is reciprocating by remitting money for the relief of the sufferers by a similar calamity, in the valleys of the Ohio and Missis sippi. DtKEs having taken snap-judgement on the House by resigning while it was maundering over the proposition to expel him : that re markably deliberative body has Bent its Sergeant-at-Arms to Uniontown to inform the beast and assassin that his resignation has been accept ed. There is nothing so fascinating as etiquette! The old folly of attempting to fix the hours of labor by legislation, has again been revived at Harrisburg. If it is competent to establish by law that eight hours shall be ac counted a day's work, then it follows that five hours, or fifteen hours, may also be fixed upon, according to the whim of each succeeding legislature The only result of this folly, if con- ctumtnated, would be that labor would We employed by the hour, in stead of by the day. Those who la- l)ored eight hours would be paid for it, those who labored ten hours would be paid for ten. The attempt to compel by law, the payment of ten hours wages for eight hours work, is simply folly. It is pleasing to 636 with what cheerfulness and self-confidence, the brainey editor of the Philadelphia rre undertakes to form a new Cab inet for the President, and to relieve him of the trouble of having any opinions of his own. If it wasn't for Smith Charles Emery Smith of the Prtm, we don't see how the President could struggle along, or tlie country, and the Republican party be saved. Wasn't it Smith who saved the Republican party of Pennsylvania last year, by placing it under the guardianship of Patti eon and the "reform" Democracy ? And can't he save the National Re publican party by the same process, if allowed to do so? Without mith, and Smith's advice, and Smith's tactics, and Smith's control, the Re publican party will go to the dogs. The President is effete, his Cabinet is a conglomeration of brainless old fogies, and ouly by heroic dses of Smith's reiorai panacea, can the country be saved. U timith was to die perish the thought the Presi dent might neglect hit injunctions, his Cabinet taigbt remain unchang ed, the present administrative policy might be continued, and the country would assuredly go tothedemnition bow-wows. Good people all 1 pray that Smith Qtarlfis Emery Smith may lire ilongd prosper, and also for more power a his goose quill, for you tknow not flrhat may befall you, bold be be, cut off in the flower of ibis youth, and through his untimely end, the Philadelphia frxu cease to be a power in the politics .0 the State, svad of the Nation. Skxator Losgexeckeb has duced a bill in we oenaus, u.u, it becomes a law, will largely protect manv working men in this county. Tt forbids the attachment by a for eign State of wages of laborers resid- ing in this State lor wont aone ou , t - A. vP TYrtTs ' 11 I railroads toucning m States. The object of this bill is to break up the rascally proceedings be ing practiced under the laws of West Virginia. Parties living in this State have been in the habit of sending bogus claims to West Virginia against employes of the lialtimore and Ohio Railroad Company, as signing them to persons there to bring suit against the employes. Their wages in tbc hanas 01 me treasurer or paymaster have been at tached, which, "often result in great hardships to many poor work men, who frequently nave weir month's wages taken in this man ner without having any means of defending a suit, and their families suffer in consequence. As matters now stand, great injustice is being done and the costs, which sometimes amount to three or four times the amount of the claims, are added. Besides the injustice perpetrated on the men, the railroad company has been put to great trouble and incon ience, through being compelled to answer these attachments. GLE.YXIXGS. A little Philadelphia boy was re cently heard to pray: "0 Lord, bless brother Bill and make him as good a boy as I am." That boy will be a Pennsylvania reformer some day. Evening Xeics. The most expensive member of Congress is General Wheeler, of Al abama. It cost the Government $1,440 to print, in the Congressional Record, four speeches which were never delivered by him. The Chicago Inter Ocean says : "The cattle drive from Texas this season will be the smallest known for years, from the fact that the demand for cattle to establish new ranches is so great as to absorb all the heifers and leave only the steers for the market" A proof of the new two-cent stamp has been furnished by the engravers for the inspection and ap proval of the Post Office Depart ment The Ptarap contains a heird of Washington with ornamentation differing from that now in use. A double rate four-cent stamp will al so be issued. The lawyer with the most "cheek" in this country is undoubtedly J. G Bitrelow. of Washington city, who is counsel for Sergeant Mason o ' w - when he was on trial before a court martial for shooting at Guiteau, in the District of Columbia jail. Ma son was convicted and sent to pris on. A fund amounting to about 87,000 was made up by a subscrip tion throughout the country for Betty and the baby." Mason's wife and child, and the money is in Rigss & Co.'s bank, in Washington, to Mrs. Mason's credit Bigelow now comes forward, and, with Shy- lock rapacity, demands just one-half of the fund as his fee, in a suit he has brought against Mason, his wife, and the bank. The money is not Mason's, but his wife's, and Bigelow will discover that fact when his case comes to be heard. Some of our esteemed Democrat ic contemporaries are greatly shock ed to think that the Republican press should attempt to drag the Dukes trial into politics. This is only ekillful effort to evade the conse quences of the Democratic schem e which resulted in Dukes' acquittal, Who originated the cry of politics nere is there a uepuoiican paper that ever mentioned politics in the case until after the trial began? Nor would it have been mentioned then but for the fact that as soon as the jury was impaneled the clerk of the court exhibited a list of the twelve and said they were all Democrats He stands not only high in officia authority but he can come as near telling the politics of every juror drawn in Fayette county as any oth er man living. When therefore he was the first to proclaim that these twelve men were all Democrats, it was virtually a challenge like this "Here is the defendant, a prominent Democrat and a member-elect of the state legislature. And here are the peers bv whom he is to be tried j they are twelve Democrats. Convict him if you can." We submit whether, after such an unprecedent ed proceeding as this, it was not high time for somebody to cry out against the attempt to convert the trial into a legal farce and to thwart justice in order to subserve a parti san end. The public knew nothing about the complexion of that jury until informed by the officer of the court who makes it his business to know these things. After this semi official announcement, what sort of a people would we be if no one had raised his voice against such awful mockery ? The Standard has not charged this offence on the decent Democracy of Fayette county. We know that the better class of our Democratic friends are disgusted at the whole performance and have done all they could to avert the dis grace brought upon us. But they are powerless to do anything except to protest la vain, for their party was at the mercy of meo whose bus iness it is to 'debauch politics and see that even the sacred claims of Justice shall be sacrificed if necessa ry to carry a political point Union' fott-n Standard. iatro-.JJUJg M mm a mm M I HI A LET7E2 FLC2I CAPT. NUTT'S SLATES- Es Disappearance Froa TTnicntcwn en ILzztej Night Jnst Tfecrr erei Doceirag Ha Citizens. Harriselrg, March 28 Upon the opening of the session in the House of Representatives to-day Speaker Faunce presented the follow ing communication : Hon. J. E. Faunce, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Harris burg Sir: I decline to accept the seat to which I have been elected in the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth for the county of Fayette, and request the House to declare the seat vacant Very re spectfully yours, N. L. Dck.es. r ayette county, xuarcn zo, 1000. Immediately after the reading of the letter Mr. MacReyuolds, on be half of the Judiciary Committee, to which Dukes case had been referred, made a report. It was of opinion that the seat should be declared va cant and a new writ of election issu ed, and offered a resolution to that effect The report was accepted and the resolution unanimously adopt ed. This ends all connection of Dukes with the House of Representatives. Speaker Faunce has issued his writ for a special election in Fayette county to select a successor to Dukes. Umoxtown. Pa.. March 28. Dukes is no lonjrer 1n town, and investigation proves that he has not been here since Monday night He has managed to keep up the decep tion by having young Heller stay in the room with doors locked. He took the citizens at their word, and eft town as soon as he could get awav under cover of darkness. He believed to be again at his step father's house, eleven miles in the country. Frightened Kentnck.ls.ns. Princeton, April 1. This section of country has been visited for three successive nights by a substance re sembling sulphur, which seems to fall between the showers and causes the superstitious to quake with fear, They call it a warning of what is to be, and fancy this a sulphur coating that will make the world burn read ily. The appearance of the sub stance is exactly that of sulphur, finely powdered, and invariably falls in circular splatches, about ten inch es in diameter. The first shower that falls after it has reached the ground melts it upon which it as sumes the varied hues of.the rainbow, and the particles are undistinguish- able longer. In Borne instances tne fall was so heavy that H was possi ble to gather small nandluls ot it from planks and such places as were not too wet. ine lan 01 mis peculiar stuff has been for three nights last past, and is greater each night. L pon being put under a strong magnifier the particles, take the lorm of seed, or perhaps between the form of seed and that of fish eggs, but are not of uniform shape and seem to be con tinually dissolving. During the time of the fall there has been but little wind, and what is most phe nomenal about the matter is that it falls altogether at night About 15 miles north of this place the fail was much heavier than it was here. A Serious Accident. Cincinnati, March 30. A passen ger train on the Cincinnati southern Railroad was thrown from the track this morning by a land 6hde near Mason. The accident happened on a curve while the train was running at a high rate of speed. The entire train left the track and rolled down an embankment fifty feet Two sleepers were completely wrecked, and one car was burned. 1 he pas-1 sengers were extricated with great f uiiucuiiy. me lumi iiuinwiui in jured is 53, several of whom were yery seriously hurt . The cause of the accident kwas a broken rail. Engineer Michael dis covered it, and instantly applied the brakes and reversed his engine. This threw Conductor Ward, who was in the smoking car, and gave him the slight bruises he received. The engine and baggage car remain ed on the track, but the smoking car ras partly thrown off, and the ladies' car entirely left the rails and stood at almost right angles with the road, the lower end down the embank ment This car was subsequently burned. Very few passengers es caped without some injuries. War on King Alcohol. Cumberland, Md., April 1. The Protestant Episcopal Convocation of Cumberland, embracing all the par ishes in Frederick, Washington, Al leghany and Garrett counties, will convene in this city for three days, commencing on Thursday next One prominent feature of the con vocation will be a temperance meet ing on Wednesday evening, which will be addressed by Rev. P. Wroth, pastor of the church of. the Messiah in Baltimore city, and Secretary of the Church Temperance Society of Maryland. Steps will be taken looking to the formation of a branch of the society here, where there are over 50 drinking saloons. A Tramp's Crime. Easton, March 29. A tramp this morning cut his wife's throat at Hektown, and then with two other tramps fled across the fields. The woman was found on the roadside, and physicians say her injuries will prove fatal. A party of men has started in pursuit of the tramps. The woman was taken to the alms bouse. She says Charles Tilghmen is the name of the man who assault ed her. They were walking along the road at the time talking on dif ferent subjects when he suddenly seized her by the throat threw her on the ground and cut her throat It is thought she cannot live till to morrow. Senator Cameron. Washington, March 28. Senator Cameron has recovered much more rapidly from the yery severe opera tion which he underwent a few weeks ago than eren'his physicians expected thereby showing his great yiUlitv. He has been able to take out door exercise several times, and in a few days, perhaps this week, will visit Harrisburg to see his father. The Senator is advised by his phy sicians to take a sea voyage, and he will more than likely visit Europe the coming summer for quiet and recreation. C. P. 3IARHXE SOX Make an Assignment Liabilities $500,000. Asset $1,000,000. PrrrsBCRGH, March 27. Rumors have been afloat for ten days past to the effect that C. P. Markle & Sons, of West Newton, was on the verge of a collapse. The reports gained little credeace, however. On Monday the rumors were verified by an assignment made to J. H. Lip pencott,of Pittsburgh. It is said that the cause which led to the as signment was the withdrawal of all the funds in bank by Captain Cas- sius C. Markle, the senior member of the firm. He took from fUU.OUU to $100,000 from Pittsburgh banks and $12,000 deposited at West New ton for the payment of employees at the latter place, Markleton and the Bessemer Coke works, at Mt Pleasant, on Thursday last, after which he started for the West This left the firm without funds to meet maturing obligations. The action of Captain Markle is not under stood and cannot be accounted for by his friends. Since the death of Gen. Markle, the firm has been composed of Cassius C. and Sheppard B. Markle. Besides their extensive pa per mills, the firm controls a large scope of coal land and have nearly three hundred coke ovens in opera tion along the June Bug branch : they likewise own a large amount of real estate and carry on the breed ing of blooded cattle rather exten sively. They usually have from 600 to 800 men in their employ. A hasty examination of the books on Monday night shows the liabilities at from $4U0,000 to 500,000 and the assets at about $1,000,000. It is claimed by the assignee that with a little time the firm will be enabled to meet all its obligations, dollar for dollar. The firm and its extended interests are well known throughout this county. Considerable excitement attended the announcement of the assign ment at West Newton and vicinity. The mills at the latter place and at Millgrove are still running, and it is thought there will be no need of their stoppage. The Messrs. Markle have in use money from quite a number of persons about West New ton, and those persons are somewhat apprehensive. The reassuring state ment of the assigne as to the assetts and liabilities, however, will proba bly allay their fears. It is to be hop ed that the firm that has done much for the interests of the southern part of the county may fully recover at an early day as we feel confident they wilL Jndge Murdered. Pesth, March 29. Count Von Majlath Von Szekhley, president of the court of cassation, has been found murdered at his residence at Ofen. He had been strangled and his tongue had been cut out His hands were bound tightly together with ropes. The body was lying on the bed in the count's room when discovered, but the bed clothes were not disturbed and the count was not undressed. A thin rope was hang ing from a window of the apartment to the street below, lbe count s house had been robbed by the mur derers. A Hussar who was stationed at Count Von Szekhely's residence has been arrested on suspicion of being the murderer of the count Factory Darned. Beaver, March 29. Fire was dis coveren last night in the packing room of the Hint bottle works at Bridgewater. As the place was full of combustible material the flames spread rapidly and were soon be yond control. The building and stock were totally destroyed, involv ing a loss of $8,(XX), on which there was $6,000 insurance. A residence on the opposite side of the street was damaged, but by strenuous ex ertion was saved. It was on fire several times and the damage is $500. Burned to a Cinder. Mt. Pleasant, March 29. At six o'clock this evening a 10-vear-old son of Samuel Stillwagon.of Bridge port, a mining town, one mile south of here, while running along the top of Mullin, Strickler & Co's. coke ov ens, accidentally fell into one that was freshly charged with coal this morning and therefore was in full blast A passer-by saw the boy fall, and in fess than three minutes tore down the door of the oven and pull ed the lifeless body out all burned to a crisp. Slain by Savages. Fort Scott, March 29. Private dispatches were received here this afternoon from Silver City, N. M stating that Judge J. C McCombs, late of this city, and more recently of St Louis, was killed yesterday by Indians, and bis wi'e and young son Charlie taken into captivity. A Lordsburg dispatch savs a party just returned from the scene of the massacre, found Alra. Judge McUom as shot through the bead lying at the side of the buckboard and strip ed naked. J udge . Mclxmas was found about two hundred yards south 01 his wife, shot in lour dif ferent places, and also stripped na ked, the boy is missing. Attempted Suicide. Halifax, aiarcn tj. A person believed to be 11. V. hoiton, of Cal ais, Me., attempted suicide on train, emptying five chamlters of revolver at his head while lying in his berth. The conductor seized his hand before he could fire another shot There was great commotion in the ear. The man is under arrest, but he cannot be removed from his hotel owing to injuries. A Store Itobbed. Mt. Pleasant, March 29. Par ker's store, at Ragantown, a smal village seven miles south of here, was broke into last night and $100 worth of dry goods and plothmg were carried away, alsogU in chain was taken from the safe that Parker had forgot to lock. Near the same !)lace a horse was also stolen from armer named Stoner. Don't Step on a Qolljng Stone. That is what Captain Allen of the 17: . . . e ' . j;i and that was how he hurt his ankle so badly. , After the doctor set the broken bone, Captain Allen used Perry Davis's Paiv Killer as liniment The suffering was soon oyer, and the Captain was .well in a short time. , Knowing the accidents to jrhish firemen are constantly sub ject Captain Allen advises every body connected with a Fire Depart ment to keep a bottle of Paih kil ler always on hand. . . T . .. . A Woman Hanged. Windsor, Vt., March 30. Mm. Meaker, who is to be executed this afternoon, 6lept soundly last night, and after breakfasting, in accordance with a request made yesterday, to see the-gallows, was led out by the sheriff this morning to examine it She closely scrutinized every part, ascending the steps of the scaffold alone with a firm step, and without emotion, and inquired if she would and without! be required to climb the tatal stairs unassisted at the' final moment The drop and mode of its working was looked into with an" air of morbid curiosity, and eying the trap she asked, "Is that the place?" After returning to her quarters she was visited by the chaplain and mani fested a most stolid indifference, but later on when visited by sheriff' Atherton she inquired after her hus band and daughter, and then, with much agitation, said, "Tell them that ;I am to be murdered to-day and am an innocent woman." She alluded to her son's confession as a lie, and said he had brought her to the gallows. When Atherton rose to leave she began to cry, and kissed his right hand twice, and sending her love to the folks at home she cried, "Good-bye, good-bye," as he left, ,,. Mrs. Meaker was hung at 1:35 this afternoon. She persisted to the last tnat sue was innocent Mrs. Meaker ate a hearty dinner. Ier son Alnion was left in his cell. Mrs. Meaker's arms were pinioned before she left the cell, and the pro cession moved to the gallows, where she was seated in chair, and evi dently did not like the crowd. Af ter prayer by the chaplain the sher iff handed her a paper with these words. "Emeline Meaker, if you have anything to say why execution of sentence should not take place you have now the opportunity." This was done on account 01 her deafness. She was calm and pale, and sat with closed eyes. "Good bye, Mr. Hull I have nothing more to say ; only forgive you for hanging me.' Her legs were then tied, she stand- mg all tne time ana snowing no signs of trembling said, "May God forgive you alt" lfae drop lell at half-past one. After hanging thirty minutes she was taken down dead. She died with scarcely a struggle. She was buried in the prison cem etery this afternoon. Little Alice Meaker, tne innocent victim of Mrs. Meaker's fiendish de pravity, was a pauper on the town of South Burlington, ,Vt, and had been placed with Mrs. Meaker and her husband for support Mrs. Meak er tormented the child so that her life wa3 a burden, and',finally resolv ed to murder her. In a carriage on a lonely road near Waterbury, Vt, on the night of April 23, 1882, Al- lnon. her son. proposed a dose of strychnine and Bweetened water, and this monster of a mother held it to the lips of little Alice and made her drink it bhe died there in tne car riage in terrible convulsions, and then the mother and son buried the victim's body in a swamp. The next Monday the son showed the sheriff where the body wa9 buried and made a confession. Indian Troubles. Denver. Col.. March 30. The Tribune's Santa Fe special says The latest news from the scene of Indian hostilities is that about twen ty-five Indians crossed the Southern Pacific Railroad near Zepar station early this morning, closely pursued by Capt r orsythe s command 01 two companies 01 tne rourtn uavairy 1 he troops have iresn horses, and a tight is hourly expected. 1 he Mex lean troops, under Gen. Carbo, are in the field under orders to take no prisoners, but to kill bucks, squaws and children. The casualties in Arrizona have been four men killed at Clark's Camp, four at Total Wreck, four on the the Gila river and two at Beach's Camp. The hostiles are believed to belong to Juh's band, re-enforced by some Chirecuahuas. All the troops in southern New Mexico are in the field, and all possible measures for the protection of the settlers and the punishment of the Indians are being taken by General Mackenzie, Fatally Poisoned. Lyxcuburg, Va., March 30. In telligence reached this city to-day of the poisoning of Mrs. Jonathan and he son, Warren Monroe, near Brookneal, Campbell county, several nights since. The poison was ad ministered in coffee, and both moth er and son died from its enects a short time after drinking the ceffee. Suspicion attaches to a niece of the poisoned woman, who was visiting at the house at the time of the occur rence, but no arrest han been made at the last accounts. It is rumored that the girl ruent only to poison the mother, in the absence 01 the son from the house, in order to remove an obstacle of marriage with the lat ter. Warren returned unexpected ly, and was also poisoned. A Strike Among Miners. Pitts acrg, April 1. A general strike of thecoal miners of the fourth pool was inaugurated yesterday.' The trouble has grown out of an at tempt on the part of the miners to enforce the law giving them the right to place one of their number on the tipple for the purpose of weighing the coal as it is loaded. The demand was made a few days ago. The op erators refused to concede it, unless the miners agreed to accept a re duction of cerjt per bqshel in their wages. This has caused tho miners to believe that they have been sys tematically defrauded in the weight of their coal by the operators, and they have struck for the check weighman and present wages. Mysterioas Assassination. New York. April 1. A man was found with his throat cut at Twenty eighth Btreet and Eleventh avenue on Saturday evening, and it is believ ed that he was murdered. The knife with which the cut was given has not been found. The wound is a horrible one and extends to the spinal column, and most have re quired great force. The dead man was not muscular, and had the ap pearance of being well to do. A thorough investigation will be made. m. mm Earned to DeatH. PrnspcRQ, March 2S.-At 4 o'clock this morning a frame house in Al leghany City, owned and partly oc cupied by Edward Graham, was de stroyed by fire. TfQ twin babys, aged 2$ months, the children of Da vid, panlkner. ho occupied two rooms in the house, were burned to death. The loss to the building and household goods is fl.OUU, fully in sured. The Services Over the Remains Postmaster General Howe. of Kenosha, March 28. Many stran gers arrived on the morning train. Tho town is draped in mourning. A Chic.igo special train bearing several hundred persons, among them the Washington delegation, arrived at two o'clock. Secretaries Lincoln, Teller, Chandler, Frelinghuysen and acting Postmaster General Frank Hatton and the delegation from the PostoiUce Department composed the Washington party. A light snow storm prevailed. The bjiy was at the residence of Colonel J. H. Howe about two miles from town. The hour set for the funeral services was three o'clock, but before that time the remains were borne by citizens of Kenosha, organized as an escort, to the Unitarian Church, where they lay in state. A bust of the dead statesman wa3 exposed to view, and closely and tearfully scrutinized by the vast concourse. 1 he decorations at the church were simple and en tirely floral in character, the ser vices were opened with a chant by the Chicago Quartette. This was followed by a Scriptural reading by the Rev. H. M. bimmons, and invo cation by Rev. Robert Collyer, of N. Y.. was followed bv the singing ot the hymn "Abide With Me." Rev. Mr. feimmons reviewed the character of the deceased, with whom he had been closely associated for many years. U! cpint, freed irom Earth," was sung by the Quartette, and Rev. Dr. Collyer then spoKe on the hopes ot immortality. The ser vices closed with a selection by the Quartette and the benediction. 1 he congregation then viewed the re mains, alter which the casket was given into the hands of the pall bearers, Chief Justice Cole, Governor Rusk, Secretary Lincoln, Secretary Teller, Horace Rublee, Senator Saw yer, F. H. Hatton and Senator Hill, and taken to the depot and placed aboard the funeral train, which left for Green Bay about 4 p. ji, The services were exceedingly 6imple and appropriate, the relatives of the de ceased having requested that there be no attempt at display of anv kind. At Green Bay the body will lie in state at the residence of the deceased from ten to twelve o'clock to-morrow, and at noon the final interment will take piace. Ser vices will be brief. Business houses will be closed. Colorado Miners. Denner, March 28. Recently the directors of the Bassick Mining Co.. of New York received a threatening letter from a large number of miners of Querida, where the mine of the company is located, demanding the dismissal of Superintendent Perkins and Foreman McGregor, charging tyranny and numberless interferen ces with their rights. Reliable in formation states that the true source of the trouble is that Perkins found that an organized band had been stealing ore from the company, and he was instrumental in sending sev eral of them to prison. The climax was reached toAlay when the mal contents served notices to fifty per sons to leave town forthwith, and threatening violence. Querida and the surrounding country are terribly excited. Armed miners are parad ing the streets, and the law is defied. Governor Grant has been called up on to proclaim martial law. Fears are entertained that there will be bloodshed before morning. Stolen Horses. Mt. Pleasant, March two stolen horses referred 29. The to to as being locked up at Jones' Mills, 12 mile- east of here, have found their owners. They were taken last Sun day night from J. McNary and I. Sumney, of Pigeon Creek Church, near Dunningsville, Washington Co. The owners arrived here this even ing on their road after them. Germany's BeneTolence. Washington, March 29. The President to-day received from Crash & Rothenstein, of Berlin, Germany, an additional contribution of 4,3u0 marks for the benefit of the sufferers from floods in the west Of this amount 3,000 marks were contribut ed by the Emperor and Empress of Germany. The funds were turned over to the agent of the society of the Red Cross for distribution. The to tal amount of these contributions from the citizens of Germany trans mitted through Brash & Rothenstein is 8.800 marks. Nearly Cremated. Mt. Pleasant. April 1. A frame house on West Maiu street, owned by Mrs. Hoke and occupied by Mrs. Richer, mysteriously burned this morning. The occupants were near ly suffocated with smoke when they awoke and made a narrow escape with their lives by jumping out of a second story window just as the floor was lulling 111. Loss on home and furniture about $1,200; both fully insured. . Earthquake Shock In California. San Francisco, March 30. Tii;re was a slight shock of earthquake here at 7.4-3 o'clock this morning. Further south the shock was heavy. At Watsonville, Santa Cruz county, nine shocks were felt with breaking of crockery, plasteri ng, etc. At Hol- lister, oan benito county, plate-glass windows were smashed and brick buildings cracked. In the tempo rary panic the streets were filled with the inhabitants, many of them in undress. An fcitjltor Horsewhipped. St. Lolis, Mo, March 23. J. N. Peers, editor of the Collinsville (.111.) Herald, was horsewhipped in that town yesterday by Mrs. Henry Mar shall, wife of a business man there, for the publication of an article which reflected upon herself, her husband and her mother.. Peers was badly marked about the face and neck by the raw-hide, vigor ously applied by the indignant la dy. Senator Cameron's Health. Washington, March 29. Senator Cameron will leave Washington for Ilarriftbuvg as soon as the weather moderates sufficiently to make trav elling comfortable. He is anxious to see his father, who met a painfnl accident a few weeks ago. Mr. Cam eron is looking remarkably well, and his general health in greatly im prpved.. . A tourist leaning oat of a nook. Fell on bis bead near a b.rook. The btirt be received, St. Jacob Qil relieved. And be say it cared "like a tfook." CJreaf oaks from little acorns spring. Great ache the little, tpe-coTpq bpng j Bat for every coin, That ver was born, St Jacobs Oil is just the thing. Immense Steel Works. St. Lodis. Mo., March 30. A number of St Louis ami New York capitalist have organized a company to erect and operate an immense steei mill at Gunnison, Col., and have already commenced work. They have purchased two thousand acres of coal lands at Crystal Butte, twen ty miles lrom uunmson, containing five veins of an aggregate thickness of twenty-eight feet This is the finest anthracite coal, and makes coke superior to the best manufact ured in Pennsylvania. The same land also contains immense deports of iron ore, equal to the best in Mis souri, and yielding sixty to seventy per cent iron. The Company will have three hundred men at work before the end of the year, and next year when their steel mill is finished they ex pect to employ several thousand hands. They think they have an advantage which will enable them to produce steel rails cheaper than they are made anywhere else in this country. It is believed they will have a ready market for all they can make. Kills a Father and Son. Ftvansville, Ind., March 30. At 1 o'clock Thursday morning at Booneville Simon Williams shot and killed Jackson Wallace and his sen Thomas Wallace in a saloon. The men" had been quarreling during the day, which quarrel had been settled to the satisfaction of all except young Wallace, who renewed the quarrel at night Williams was not arrested until 10 o'clock in the morning, but last night the feeling was so strong against him that he was brought to the city and confined in our county jail in charge of Sheriff Keitz for safety. Daily Sonthern Pastime. Danville, Va., March 30. In the northern part of Pittsylvania county, a few days ago, John Hull, colored, and Buck Walter, white, had a quar rel in which Y alter abused Hull for owing Jim Walter, his brother, one dollar, and Hull accused Buck of running an illicit distillery. The two men met again, Ferdando Wal ter and other men being present. Hot words ensued and Buck Walter struch Hull with a stone. Hull at tempted to draw a pistol on Fernan do who fired several times at him, one ball striking him in the hip. Hull then fired twice, and one ball entered Buck's abdomen, inflicting a fatal wound. Hull was held for trial. Stable and Lire Stock Burned. Lancaster, March 30". A frame stable owned by David Martin of Millers ville, was set on fire this morn ing and as it was close to a stable belonging to Christian Kauffman, both were soon in flames. In a very short time both buildings were burn ed to the ground, together with their contents, few of which were saved. Besides a wagon, buggy, harness, feed, etc., Mr. Martin lost a valuable horse. Everything in Mr. KaulT nian's stable was destroyed, inclu ding a hog and about fifty bundles of straw. How a Wedding was Prevented. Pottsville, Pa., March 28. Her man Newman, a widower sixty years of age, a highly respectable citizen and prominent merchant residing at St Clair, three miles from this city, hanged himself in his stable before breakfast this morning. He was to have been married to-night to MLss Nellie Bailey, an interesting youjfig woman. The deceased killed himself out of sheer desperation. His three daughters were opposed to his marrying again, and one of them threatened to push a claim for SS, 000 trust money, which he had lost through the failure of a PotUville bank, while another daughter, who had acted as his housekeeper, was making preparations to leave him if the contemplated marriage took place. On the other hand, through a rumored scandal, the wedding, which had been fixed for the lGlh inst, was postponed at that time, and since then Sirs. Bailey has had several interviews with an attorney of this place with a view of bringing suit against Newman in the event of his failure to keep his promise. Thrashed by his Father. Troy, N. Y. March 20. On Tues day night the Citizens' Corps gave a reception at the armory, Governor Cleveland and Staff attending. After the recepiion there was a banquet at the Troy House, at which Gun. Carr, Secretary of State, and Stall-, of which his son is a member, were present After the General had gone home young Carr was worsted in a friendly bout, where he grew angry and wanted to thrash everybody. He finally grew so disorderly that his father was roused from his bed and went to the Troy House. The General ordered the son home, but instead of complying young Carr made a pass at his father, who promptly knocked the youth down. The latter again attempted to assault his parent, and was knocked down a second time, after which his father dragged him from the place. An attempt was made to keep the mat ter quiet Young Carr is the youth who recently attempted to cowhide an editor here. The Fighting Red Skins. Tucson, March 28. The Indian situation is growing serious. Advices Irom bilver city says that a party which arrived there from San Carlos report that the young bucks on the San Carlos reservation were very restless last week, and there was ev ery evidence of an early outbreak. The band raiding southern Arizona has been drawing from the reserva tions, and 13 increasing in numbers daily. As far as heard from 21 peo ple have been murdered and buried in seven days. Advices from Sonora place the depredating band down there at no less than 1-30, who are being driven to the Arizona border by Mexican troops. If the troops pursue them across the border they will probably be forced into Rich mond, where renegades are now re ceiving reinforcements. Intelligence has been received that two more men were killed at Rich mond, making a total of nine white men killed iq that vicinity during the last 24 hours. Captain J. F. Black and his company of Shakes peare Guards left last night for Rich mond and Gila with about 30 men. It is reported that the Indiana num ber 100. Grave fears are entertained for the safety of he settlors" in Gila Valley, and there is a possibility of an attack being made on the labor ers along the Lordsburg and Clifton railroad. Steel Manufacture In Colorado. Sr. Jjnvv, March 30. A number of St Iiouis und New York capital ists have organized a company to erect and operate an immense steel mill in Gunnison, Colorado. Work has already peen commenced. They have purchased two thousand acres of coal lands at Crystal Butte, 20 miles from Gunnison, containing five veins of an aggregate thickness of twenty -eight feet This is of the finest anthracite coal, and it makes coke superior to the best manufac tured in Pennsylvania. The same land also contains immense dVpositd j of iron ore equal to the best in Mis souri, and yielding from W to 70 per cent, of iron. The company will have three hundred men at work before the end of the year, and next year, when the steel mill is finished, they expect to employ sev eral thousand hands. Burglary. Mt. Pleasant, March 29. Park er's store at Reagantown, about sev en miles from here, was robbed of fifty dollars in cash and over S1UU in goods last night A horse was stolen irom a man named Stoner, living near by. No clue. New Bloomfield, Miss., Jan. 2, 1880. I wish to say toyou that I have been suffering for the last five years with a severe itching ail over. 1 have heard of Hop Litters and have tried it. I have used up four bottles, and it has done me more good than all the doctors and medi cines that they could use on or with me. I am old and poor but feel to ble?3 you for such a relief by your medicine and from torment of the doctors. I have had fifteen doctors at me. One gave me seven ounces of solution of arsenic; another took four quarts of blood from me. All they could tell was that it was skin sickness. Now, after these four bot tles of your medicine,, my skin ii well, clean and smooth as ever. HENRY KNOCHE. ""WORTH ITS WEIGHT IV COLD," AXO MOKE VALUABLE THAN GOLD Oli JEWKLS. Mr. Loyki-L Bullock, of No. 37 WMtminitar street, Providence, S. I., when sailed upon s few dsyi ilnce, exclaimed: "You please ny that it la worth Its weight In gul l, fur; ipiaie tested It my self, aad know whereof I affirm." Mr. B. sai farther: "I had been tick a fear or more with general debility and pains and Tary lame back. whleh I supposed waa Rheumatism, as I had been a fOlded from earijr childhood at intervals with Inflammatory Rheumatism. About s year ago. when my health began to fall, I paid no special attention to it, and kept about my business as osnal, but during the past six months I had run down In health so fast that at times I was unaMe to get to my business. I would start out in the morning In fair condition, and the pains and aches would come upon me so severely that If I was sltUng It would be Impossible for me to arise without assistance, or IT I was standing when the attack eame upon me I would be unable to sit down without great sffiiering from the Intense pains, and foaod that the plasters and liniments which I was using were of no permanent benedt. and 1 was obliged to leaTe my business tempora rily. At this time a member of my family read to me an editorial communication from our lead ing dally paper of tho wonderful restoration to health ef a near friend, who had been restored from severe sickness and intense fullering of long duration by the use of Hunt's Kemedy. By the earnest solicitation of this friend I was Induced to try Hunt's Remedy, sot knowing nor thtnklag that I had any disease of the Kidneys. I com menced to take It according te directions, and be fore finishing tho first bottle I was relieved of the pains in my back, and my general health was much Improved. I continued tho use of the med icine untn I was completely cured of all aches and pains, and I cheerfully recommend Hunt's Remedy to all sufferers from Rheumatism and Kidney Diseases." ADMINISTRATORS' NOTICE. relate of George F. Penner, 'lata of Somerset Xwp deceased. Letters of administration on tho above aetata havintr been granted to tho undersigned, by the firofier authority, notice is hereby given 'o thuso Klebted to K to make Immediate payment, and those having claims or demands will unseat them duly authenticated lor settlement, on or before aturuay, April it, istw, at tne orace of James !. rugn in tne ouruuvn of somerset. . CATHARINE DE.NNER, marl Administratrix. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. fcsuie of Abraham O. Walker, lata ot 3IUford township, deceased. Letters of administration on the above esta ta having been granted to the undersigned by the proper authority notice is hereby given to all persons indebted to said estate to make lmtnodt. ate payment and those having claims against the same to present mem duly autnentwate'l for Rrt tiemjat, on Thursday, the 10th dav of Mav. Ia&i. at the late residence of deceased. SILAS A.WALKER. UILLIAN A. WALKER, aprt Administrators. ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE. Estate of Joseph Bhoads. lata of Jenner Town ship, bomerael county. Fa., dec d. Letters of administration na the above estate having been granted to the undersigned by tho pru)ef authority, notice Is hereby alven to all persons imlebte I to said estate to make Immedi ate payment and those having claims arainst tho same to present them duly authenticated tor set tlement, on Saturday, May 19, lsa3, at the rest dence of the deceased. LEVI KERKLY. aprilt Administrator. A DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Lstate of Conrad Brant, late of Brothersvalley & wp., o uujciki v., r ace u. Letters of administration on tho above estate having been granted to the undersigned, by the proper authority, notice Is hereby given to those Indebted to it to make Immediate pav ment, and those having claims or demands will please present them duly authenticated for set. tlement en Saturday, May Vt, 188a, at the late ! residence oi ueeeaseu. Hi RAM R. BRANT, aprilt Administrator. PHOSPHATE "S-tfBr A Tried aai ValnaMe Ferfer. It is a Super-Phosphate and not Acidulated S. C. Rock. It Contains no Dirt or Sand, Its Analysis is Guaranteed, It Contains the Elements of Plant Food, It Gives Good Results. Price $23 per ton of 2.000 lbs. On ear or boat in Philadelphia. camM Analysis Frintsd 01 M Bat SED FOR CIRCULAR. ADDRESS BAUGH & SONS, SOLE MANUFACTURERS, 20 Scuth CelawarQ Ave., Phila. mar28. LIST OF CAUSES. List of eanses for trial at April Termor court beginning April 23d. Josiah Brant vs. Ed. W. Rhovts. (leorge Hardin vs. John K. Brlnham. Wm. H. Bowman vs. John L. Smith's admin istrator, garnishee, he. Commonwtaltk Df Pennsylvania use or Joaa Witt's heirs vs. Jacob Nell et. aL W tlliam T. Wallace vs. William SUbaojrh. Same vs. Andrew J.HolUday. Charles A. Lewis ts. John Weigle. August Koehler's use vs. S. P. Snidi JuUa Keel vs. Henry Johnson. John A. Clark vs. Same. Knock Bloogh vs. Sams. Shado Creek Lumber Co., llailted, vi. (X W. Oober. Jehn Lunisn vs. Cieorg Q. Walker and Lcl Jamei W. Clark vs. J. U. Hartmaa. L. Morrell vs. Msry . Hill et aL Somerset, Pa., 1 8. U. Trent, Jtarch UH, I8a. i Protbunotary. I Absolutely Pure,! Thl t owder nTr Trte. Amr.i. I itrroiflh anl wboleaicn. Mi than lbe er.ilnrr kind, sml einiiot1 ! coniptitton with the maltltodvof low JL'' weich t, slam vt ih(bate pow.ic r. s''- a. y. J JkTOTICE. I hereby sreby give notice that Oliver Shu. I i against me fc)rslxty.ivelollr f is a credit of twenty-seven ' ,iu'J. a note i there is a creuiioi twenty-seven ' ,iu never received value f.r it. Any -r, this otte will do so at their ownru. r.'- GABRIEL SPAS.Ji- t EVERYONE Who buys is anxious to senre THE BEST GOODS AT ! i Reasonable Pricec Jlly stock of Dm 3Ic(liciiies, iiooks aj: Stationery is not sa: aH.soil in the Count Farmers, Mechanic and Tt4 er will jind jut what they rJ at my Store. Physicians' jv ftcriptions ami family Betipn, Secialty. Lcfjal lllanki, 6. l'enit. School Books and frw.l Tablet. - - Respectfully, 0. N.BOYD.' mammoth w.oa SOMERSET. PI R ULE TO ACCEPT ORREfl'.v To Harriet Brant, residlnz In Oxford. J fcK county, Iewa, William Fisel, Amaiuls 1 Lncinda Hayman, Philip Pisei, and 9ml - (the latter a minor) eniidren ol Mini P d-eeased, and Samuel Pisei. husband a. Maria Pisei. deceased, residing in k county. Pa.; Rudolph Keller, resiilhutml fbrdeounty, Pa Albert Keller. UhrlKe. Hussel Keller and John Keller, rrrKM Johnson county, Iowa, children Keller, deceased, aad George Keller, taut or said Catharine Keller, resl.liog hi Ms" county, Iowa; Rudolph Statler. rwkas -Cumberland, Md.; Luclada brunt. rw In Johnson, county, Iowa: Jane Murkier, na ing in Allegheny township, Somerset Pa., Laura Bell Barkley, Ma L.t'!4? Ltpe, and Albert Lap, (the last ureefci minors, children of Iouisla Latie. decewM.' " John Lape, hushand of said Looirla Lw ceased, all residing In Bedford evast;. r heirs and legal representative of Cacti' Boon, late of Allegheny township, So county. Pa., deceased. f ion are hereby notified to appear at a , ans' Court to be held at Somerset on !.!' -33.1 day or April, 1883, to accept orreiustvun ' the real estate or Catherine Hoon, dw " the appraised valuation or show eatiM !' same should not be sold. JOHX J. SPANGLE t Sajtmrr's Omret, i scast March 7. una. j ' AIS Bio"" fler tlinu2 j is his M n f mended !w -t auumsrof f or eld stuJ eompliit,lt tloas f U -such as Pmr Blots' Resist Worms, T Sal Khsss Head, Sf'i ' King s K b s Pain tt the Side and and all i" arising purity' Blood. VTlU rare medkiK I vour heossJ l can do without Salts. Castor Ull. Citrate of ' i nesia. Senna or Manna, and soon tae safety and comfort by the most delicate as well as by the robust man. it Is very P" to the taste, therefore easily administered dnn. It Is the only vegetable remedy which will answer in place ol calomel, r"K" the actios of the liver without, making !vi'k Img victim to the of mercury or bis J" It w ill open the taiweU is a proper and won-' manner. , There Is nothing like Tahrney's Blown" er for the tuv of all disorders of the S"" Liver. Bowels. Kidneys and Bladder iMvasea, Headache, Uostlveness, lndw''. Bilious Fever, end all derangements of,, lernul vicars. As a female regulator It"4 equal in the world. u, .- ... . i . . . v ,r. ' IS pound ef euro." T'he Pn.iacsa will not " , old standing and malt-mant complaints, b or the best preveutatisea of such dlsorde oihved to the world. Vos oas avoid T! tacks of acute d iseaces, ass h as Cblera.!f pox. Typhoid. Bilious, Spotted and Intsrn'; revers, ay seeping ynur blood poriueu. - i j dtlfereat degrees of all such diseases W I IrJe sure to ask for Fahbsv' Biot ; saeon. Paacea. as there arc several tsr Vy arations In the market, tho names oi somewhat similar. I Dr. Geo. G. Shiveh & Successors to Fahmey's Bros, fc O- 31 AM FACTCKEKS AND PROPRIA8 mar2S Wav..vssoao. ADMINISTRATOR'S '0T1 LftUte ot Elizabeth Shearer, late of St-mtt " ateliers pi aummmreuow ua - t as E having been granted to tho undersigned Ji Letters nf administration oats bu17 Js proper authority, nothse is heeeby J Indohtjut til the &ul asuia la make ntsL, payment, and those havUs, claims j"rt against it to present them duly su'.ncnt" , Somen bosoagh, om Friday. aEV starts " W" Admin". 4 DMINISTRATOR'S 50flct Estate el Philip Culenwa, Vat M 1' deed. Hr! Letters of sdmraiscntios os above tMrs bcea granted to tho andersigned by lb.'L' thorny, notice U hesefcy gieen ft debted to said estate to make lm mont,and thoes savins; etsisas ag I sent them duly uuiheniiea'.ed "ZTj w Friday. May a. llss, at the la.se isskience wo AH S." ( IE Vc 'orO ihe (ck Viei fca f c ol lev 1 lib! He HI U u : pa !cl i. V h ; I t 01 u nJs ids d:r Sot Yc half a 90 X L CCJ ft'- Y edt stE : tt: r t Jo ( i I
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