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The Somerset Herald,
Somerset, Pa.
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ATTOKNtY-AT-LAW
(somerset Pa.
h ..talri to Oooh A Becrlls' Block.
v KIMMEU
A TTOHX EY-AT-LAW,
Somerset, Fa.
Somerset, Fa.
.TrTrE K. SCULL.
ATTL.KN EY-AT-LAW,
Somerset Fa.
' ' ATTORN EY-AT LAW,
Somerset, P
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Somerset, Penn'a.
i; fHl'LL.
ATTDKNEY-AT-L.AW,
Somerset, Pa.
J FU attokney-atxaw
Somerset. Pa.
t uj, Kilri in Msmmeth Bluet.
IS R. SCOTT,
L attorney
-AT LAW,
Somerset, ra.
h
. uMnM AU'buMnees entrust-
,!TBOTH.
W. H. EC1TEL.
rrnOTH RUPrEL.
' ' ATTOKN EYS-AT LAW.
, , ,r,troted to tnelr care wUl fe
'.P MaG. "cross street, opposlt the
' ' L. C. OOLBOEK.
1I'EV
L ATT1IKNE.YSAT-LAW.
mtnif te.1 In care wlu heprotnpt
,flwSj te.t5ollecthinad In Nm
'L'' Mds-IU'lDintt Cuntiea. Survey-
:,HN 0 KIMMEL,
A I i''"-' '
Somerset, Pa.
I . , .1! boflness entrusted te bis ear
I l!r.! sJ' mill counties with promi-LuK?-
cmor on Main Cro street.
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ATTOKN EY-AT-LAW,
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1 1 iw.it In Keal Estste. Somerset, P will
. , entrusted t his care with
;.tO and nJcty .
ATTORN KY-AT LAW
Somerset, Pa,
.rrrnciPtlvsttendtoall boldness entrusted
i W,iev s.lvsneed on collections, Ac. Ot
:, Xsmiwtb Building-.
G.OGI-E.
, ATTtlKNET-ATLAW,
Somerset Pa
'W! sl TI1nss entmsted to mj care at
ed ui witli ifuniptness and ndellty.
HAM H. KOONTZ.
ATTOKN EY-AT-IAW,
Somerset, r.
IV riw iiwrni attention to business entrnst
! tli "ml Sntnenwt mod adjoining eunoUea.
t n proline House Row.
MES L HT.H.
ATTOKN EY-AT-LAW,
Somerset, Pa.
it Vsmmotb Blk. P stairs. Entrance.
- ( street. illertlonS made, estates
title euiinlned. and all lel bmstneas
vtc u wi;h i.romitiess and fidelity.
L BAER.
, ATTORNEY -AT LAW,
Somerset, Pa
pt1 In Somerset and adiolnhif eoontles.
n.mK entruned to him wUl beprompUy
Mii IU.
A AC UVGYfi.
ATTOKN ET-AT-LAW.
Somerset, Pens a.
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW,
Kumerset. Penn'a.
i'lmlMKMI ralrnMMl to IliSrarC Will be
ir.: t with i.r"nntness snd fitleiilv.
'-f la Manimotn liloc-K next uoor ki u
J HOWARD WYNNE, M. D.
JO :.ST('Vy. 11' A.
:'ifoftb Ere. Ear. Nose and Thmst.
witl unii t xrluiv pranire. Honrs. A. M. to
. a. Lu.Utr A tan lUock, 'JSi Main St.
1?VII.I.IAMCOUJNS.
I'LNTIST, SOMERSET, PA.
""tiiXiiLBKithBloplt. abore Boyd's Prng
i t ttiti h gut it all times be fnonrt prefr-
wiv ii '.ot ,t work, rach as nlltnic. reitn
'iM.eimrua. kr Artinrtal teeth ot all kln.is.
l ot tb tt .trial inserted. cneraUons
muted.
A RUE M. HICK?.
Li JVSTICE OF THE PEACE,
Somerset, Penn'a.
AMES 0. KIERNAN. M. I. ten-
lersrlit pnifrsslnni! mleps to O.e cltliens of
I mersrt n.l TirtrltT. rran be lonnd at the
i.!nT oi nt father on Main Street or at the
M IT Hemr BruUker.
K:XVFJ.U n.8. KIMJ.KLL.
E. M. KIMMELL & PON
tewler their .te1.al senires te the eltl
' S ie-rt and TtrtritT. tne of the mem
i i the nrm mil at t!t'.nies. unless protes'lon
vesnnl. I f. tnw) at their rotftpa, on Main
eet. r. o! Uis Diamond.
)
R.J. K. MILLER has r-
cemlt lucatrd In Berlin for the tra11c el
' if 'ieli. OBi opposite Charles K rislnpr-
VL H. BRUBAKER tendor- his
l;eiiewial mtWi lothe eltllens of Sam
wuxi TinnttT. tirnoe In reaUene on Main
vt tbe Iiiamuad.
ffjl W M. R A U C II trader hi
ikfrrifM in iKai riliuBI
Ml tritv
"JTwT flor. - -
A. G. MILLER,
PHYSICIAN A SI KQ EON..
iilflH.ult.G . .1 . . 1 1 I. k.
jlted by letter ur oLberei
V
JOHN BILLS.
HLNT1ST.
' store Henri HeKrv's store. Main Cress
'""i. Suejersrt. Pa.
)IAM0ND HOTEL,
KTfYTrvvsr ii.'vv'
- - ' . . . . . A . . . . .
"e! i Krniinre. mbteb has mad 1t a verr
7, 1np: l-laee tr the lraeltn; public
tw m,. enn, be snrpaesed. all be
.. .r eL- with a lance pel.lie ball altaehed
. Also isrp-e and roomy stablm.
. board ine- can be bad at the lowest pue-
r-", i y ixw weea.oay orveeai.
8AXCEL CrSTER. P.
k. E. tte- Irtamood
Suiystew ,p
M" WANTED To ross fcr the enle of
w L. " 'on.menul Trees. Pbrnl. ne.
.r eiiieneaee required, tiuod ral-
J. H. Bowden 1 Co.,
Korbcsier, N. Y.
114
CHARLES HOFFMAN,
ITTAIL1,
U.bove
Hear jr He4Be?ai Rfre.)
STILES Isfl LCWEST PIKES.
TISFACTWM CUAmiUD.
MERCHAI
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Lie
VOL. XXXI. NO. 47-
Frank TV. nay.
ESTABLISHED 54TEARS.
131 1A. IT B EOS.,
WHOLESALE
Tin ,Copl SheeMron f are lanft
Xo. 2 SO Washington Street, Jolinstown, Pa.
', AEE PSZPAEED TO CFFZS
RANGES. STOVES and
At Prices Less than any other House in Western Pennsylvania.
Special attention paid to JehMnn la Tin. Oalranlted Iron and Sheet-Iron. Fnirar Pans. Steam
Pipe, Hot.Air Pipe. Kot Any;, Skiuiik. Stacks ol
aees. Etimates irlven ana work a on. ty nrm-ians
JobntwnO.k.Siiears' Antl-llust Cook. Exoelnior
Coal Vases, Toilet Sets, Bread Closet. Cake Boxes,
and plated) Uerman Silver spoons, Hrltminia )ioon. lea i rsyn. i.ineu, iron ana umutra
Wares Hmss an.i Copier Keules, Meat Broilers, Ovster Broilers. Etrs: Belters, six diflereut kinds.
Bread toasters. Plated Britannia and Wire Castors. Iron Stands, Kir Irons, and everything of
Ware nee led In the Cookinn- Keirtment. An exwrience of thirty-three years In business here ena-
hl. rtm tn mwt th want, (it thit rN.tnniunltv in our
o!d WAKUANTEII AS KKPKKSENTLU or the money relundcd. "all and seethe Wares ; get
prices beture purchasing-: no trouble to show g-.KKls. Persins eommenclng- House-Keeping will save
is per eent. hv buvliig their outfit Irom us. Merchants selling goods In our line shot' Id send lor
WholeSklePfloeLlst. rcsll and get quotations of our Wares. A r we have no apprenUres all our
work Is Warranted to be ot tbe be si quality at lowest pi ice. To save money call on or send to
HAY IJItOSXo.SHO WaKliinKtou Ktreet. Johnstown, Penu'a.
HERE IS THE PLACE!
J. M. HOLDERB AUM 1 SONS
NO. 4 BAER'S BLOCK.
A Complete Assortment of GENGRAL MERCHANDISE consisting of
STAPLE and FANCY DRY GOODS!
A Large Assortment of
DRESS GOODS AND NOTION!
MENS', BOY'S & CHILDREN'S CLOTHING!
HATS , BOOTS AND SHOES!
CARPETS & OIL CLOTHS !
Queensware, Hardware, Glassware,
GROCERIES.
All Kinds of Window Blinds
Umbrellas, satcneis ana TrunKs, unuras, nuner
Bowls, Tubs, Buckets, Baskets, Toledo
Pumps, Farm Bells, Corn Plant
ers and Plows, Cultivators,
and WAGONS!
THE JIOLAXD CHILLED PLOW,
The CJIAMPIOX JJOTVER ItEsLPER,
The CJTAJIPIOX GllAIX SEED DRILL,
With Detachable Fertilizer.
THE BEST OF EVERYTHING AT
J. M. HOLDERBAUM & SONS', .
SOMERSET, PENN'A.
C00LSY CREAMERS.
Mu.le In FOrK FTYI.K8. all
E7" t.w l:ry Vr x"i" use.
l tiur iMipcriwruy ut-ujw
withcut s
Pflf Sk wnco.
lal AlrdHln and
Sevrs Silver Mrdala for
uirirlty. I hx leg,
Iakk ltrma Bcrrta.
DAVIS SWK6 CHUPNi. EUREU
BUTTE mm'S 4 W'HTERS,
Kud full kue of biitlT lail'.rjf
enpjHieK. K-n1 Totl itirnrcuiars and tetimonlaia.
T. i ABI ACHiN Ca., uaiowu Falls, Yeriuoni.
FASHIONABLE
CUTTER' & TAILOR,
Having had many
vears experience
in all branches of
he Tailoring bus
Inees 1 guarantee
Sat it (action to all
who may call u li
on me and favor
me with their pat
ronage. Yours, Ac,
ffffl. M. nOCnSTETLER,
8onierfe(, !
ntsrt
SOMERSET CQUHTY ESUK!
(ESTAULISHED 1877.)
CHAELEUHiElSON. I.J PEITTS.
President Cashier.
folleeLluns made in all parti of the I'nlted
SUtea. .
CIIAKUta JlUUhHAIli.
. . . B.WI.. A m A l.nn.F UP t Mil K 9 .
cnmtnniated bv draft en New York In any sum.
tXdlectkais male with ptvmptneee. t . S. HonJs
buuglit and sold. Money and valuables secured
bv one ot IMelold's celebratol sales, with a Sar
gent A ate x.u w uuic tuca.
ACCOUNTS SOLICITED.
M-AU to al holidays observed.1
decT
AlbebtA. Hoasg,
J. Soott W'ABD.
HOME & WARD,
snvDSou to
EATON & BROS.
SO. 27 FIFTH AVENUE,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
SPRING, 1882.
NEW GOODS
SVE2T DAY SPECIALTIES
Egibrcieerie, laces, Ultaery, White Goods, Hand
kerchiefs, Df Triemlagt, Hosiery, 6toves,
Corsets, Mollis aad Merlae L'aderwcar, 1s
fcats' aaf CbimWi Clothing-. Fancy
Gsodt, Yams, Zeohyrt, Kt
rials of All Kiedt for
FANCY WORK,
! Gents' MiM Gotfs, &c, &c
rcraparassasa is ass rionWT aouc E
tg-OiDCMSBT MillATTESDFO TO iWITU
CitE i.vc DISFATCH. arl
tn m m . me n swphiit t
13 L I T" dare before jom dw,
r P I seihing mighty and sub.
X XJ U X ltae leave behind te eon
quertiUM. aweek in your own town. feul
Bt free. No ris Krervthing new. Capital sM
required. We will furnish you everything. Maay
as men, aad bars and girls make great pay.
Keevder. If you want business at which you eaa
take great pay all tbe time, write fur particulars
te H Haujrrr AUoPorUaad, Mauie.
STi'-'H.il Th.-y are
mi
mm
John B. Ilay
AND RETAIL
KQUSE-FURHISHING GOODS III GENERAL
Eoirlncs. and aU work pertaining to Cellar ur-
.iiernanics oniy. rie aitcui ior nam
Penn. In House-Furnishing Oooda we oiler
Chamber-Pails, Knives an4 Forks (common
tina. with a rood article at A low twice. All veous
and Fixtures, Wall Papers,
EDWARD ALCOTT,
KASrSiC-n REg AD DKALXg IV
LUMBEE!
OAK FLOORING A SPECIALTY
OFFICII A.I FACTORY :
URSIINTA.,
SOMERSET CO., PA.
JylMy
PATENTS
obtained, and all business tn the V. S. Patent
orhre, or In the Oourti attended to for MODERATE
FEES.
w ara nnimslta tbe T S. Patent Offlee. ea-
gtged in PATENT BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELYasAJ
can obtain patents .u loss lime than those lef awf
(rum WnSHINblUN. II
VThen moiiel or drawing is sent we advise as te
patentsbllitv tree ol charge: and we maM NO
CHARGE UNLESS WE OBTAIN PATENT.
We refer, here, J t-mr. the Snpt of
the atey UTderl omciaisoi me
V. S. Kb tent KiKw ad r Ire, terms,
and rctrrenre to aerttaj esU in your wb Slate
or county, address
C. A. SNOW & CO4
Opposite Patent Offlee,
Washlngtetv IS.C.
A a Blood Purl.
. her this medicine
highly reeom-
KT mended far all
KiA manner of chmeic
or oio rtan.nng
eomulainta, Krun.
tlns ef tbe skiav.
wn as nmpiam.
nuiraii asn
Rashes. Rtag
M Worms. Tetter.
Sal Kheum. Scald
Head. v-r rata or
King's Lrtl,
K h o m a t ism.
Pain In tbe Pones,
Side and Head,
and all dleesses
arising froi.l tm.
parity of the
blood. With this
rare medicine la
your bouse y u
can do without Sails. Castor Oil. Citrate of Mag.
neida, t-enna or Manna, and soon the whole
them, and what is better. It may be taken with
saieiv and comlort by tbe most delicate woman,
as well as by the robust man. It Is very pleasant
to the taste, therefore easily administered to chil
dren It is tbe only vegetable remedy existing
which will answer la place ol calomel, regulatlrg
the art I. of the liver without making you a lite
long victim to the use of mercury or blue pills.
It willopea the bowels in a proper and wholesome
manner. . ,
. There Is nothing like Fabrney s Blood Clean
er lor the cure of all disorders of the Stomach,
Liver. Howels. Kidneys and Bladder for nervous
diseases. Headache, Oostlveness. Indigestion,
Ktlloos Fever, and all derangements of the In
ternal vice re. As a female regulator it has no
euaal in tbe World.
'An ounce of prevention Is worth more than a
pound of eere." The Pa saca will not oulv cure
obi standing and malU-nant complaints, bet if one
of tbe best preventatives of such Hiaurdera ever
uttered to the world. You can avoid severe at
tacks of acute disease. su h as Cholera, Small,
pog. Tjpboid. Bilious. Spotted and intermittent
Fevers, by keeping veor blood purlned. The
ditlerent degrees of all sneh diseases depend al
together nnon the condition o( the blood.
be sure te ask for Kahekett's BLeonCLEAxn.
bu on Pa vacua, as there are several other prep
arations la the market, the names of which are
somewhat similar.
Dr. Geo. G. Shively & Co.,
Successors to Fahmey s Broa. kOs,
MANlFACTrBEKS AM) PROPRIETORS,
Bursa , Watsxseouo, Pa.
A DMIXISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
au of Joseph Khsada, lata of Jennar Tewn
ship, merset euuaty. g-n., uec .
tetters of admlnlrtratloa en the above aetata
having been granted te tbe undersigned by us
rareaos Istdesxed ta said estate te aaake
iu paymeut aad these bavtog eiataas awubast am
aaiVio present them duly ae-bssiUenSed war sat-
tn sau. en "tury,
deuce wi the daces sed.
LEVI BERKBT.
omer
BE WJ1AT TOU ARE.
H. X. KaVDaEX.
Whatever may be the attractions
That art to your person can lend,
Remember that people will 8nd you
To be but yourself in the end.
If wanting in beauty of person,
Don't think to supply it by pelf ;
Although you may greatly correct it.
You'll never be aught but yourself.
Or if you shpuld lack education,
Don't boast what you can't comprehend;
Let all see your true situation.
And be but yourself in the end,
Then do not endeavor to be more.
Or know more than God has designed ;
'Twill only increase your annoyance,
And show tbe true state of your mind.
"Whatever may be your position,
You'll never advance very far,
Jf, slighting your present condition,
You strive to be more than you are.
You may, it is true, by deception,
Gain a short season of trust ;
But, sooner or later you'll find that
The season will end in disgust.
Be on the alert for improvement,
And if you advance very far.
You'll find that you're always respected
For being just what you arc
mmyTmuost.
Men, Women and Children
Killed by a Great
Cyclone,
SOUTHEKV TOWN'S DAMAGED.
Hnndretla orHunses Swept Away and
the Inmates Either Crushed to
Death or Maimed, tn Georgia,
MiKsisslppi and Alabama.
New Orleans, April 25. A vio
lent storm, accompanied by several
cyclones, swept through the State of
Mississippi Sunday alternoon and
night, causing heavy loss of life and
property. It came from the North
east to the Southwest, visiting near
ly every town, but as the wires are
down in many places, it is impossi
ble to rive the exact number ol lives
lost and the property destroyed.
Enough is known, however to ren
der it certain that sixty-five persons i
were killed and three hundred and j
eighty wounded, a large number of
them mortally. This is the loss as
given from towns in telegraphic
communication with New Orleans. I
How many persons have fallen vie-!
tims to tbe tornadoes in the interior
and backwoods districts ft is, of
course, impossible to say, but the
number is believed to be large. I he
loss of property is still more difficult
to arrive at Nearly two hundred
houses were blown down, and many
of them destroyed, and much corn
and other crops swept away. A
moderate estimate would place the
damage to property at from a half
to three-quarters of a million ol
dollars.
The storm extended throughout
the state, and nearly every town
suffered more or less, the heaviest
sufferers being Beauregard, with
twenty-six persons kill and one
hundred wounded; Wesson, with
sixteen persons killed, and eighty
wounded ; Aberdeen, with fifteen
killed and fifty wounded ; Caledo
nia three killed and ten wounded ;
Starkville, two killed and thirty
wounded, and Freetown, its negro
suburb, three killed and twenty
wounded. Tillman, West Point, Me
ridian and other towns also suffered
heavy losses, principally in proper
ty, although some few lives were
lost
WESSON AND BEAUREGARD.
Wesson, Miss., April 25. A ter
rible cyclone passed over this place
a4 ihw town of Beauregard, one
O csevw, about four o clock yes
tCgr a.Oon. TheMindfo.Ihe
put three cays has been blowing a
gate, and lowering clouds indicated
a storm. Its approach was known
for some minutes by deep rambling
sounds, windows in dwellings shak
ing with violence and many people
thinking it was an earthquake. The
thunder roared and tHe lightning
flushed with alarming force ana
vividness.
As toon as the storm had some
what abated and the people bgan to
look about, loud peals of church
bells were rung out People were
seen running in all directions to
ward West Wesson. The rain mean
time was pouring in torrents,
lleaching Peach Orchard Street, an
indescribable scene was witnessed.
This street is lined with a large
number of houses in which the op
erators of the Mississippi Mills are
domiciled, and here the greatest de
struction occurred. People were
seen on all sides sobbing, and the
groans of the wounded beneath the
ruins were perfectly appalling.
Dwellings were torn to atoms, and
the pine forest just beyond was blown
out ot existence.
Tbe work of removing the dead
and extricating the wounded from
the ruins quickly began. About
this time Calvin Reed, living in the
vicinity, died from excitement
Drs. Sexton, Rease and Butler were
soon upon the scene, and did all in
their power to relieve the suffering
of the wounded. The latter were
removed as soon as possible to
nouses which bad escaped destruc
tion, but several dead bodies lay out
in the violent rain for more than an
hour. The citizens did all in their
power for .the injured, and a special
train from McComb City and Brook
haven arrived early in the evening,
followed by considerable addi
tional help from Magnolia and
Summit
There are conflicting statements
as to the number of lives lost, some
placing the figure at thirteen, and
others at fifteen. Thus far it is im
possibl to give a more complete
list than .the following, though
the victims are chiefly mill op
eratives: ,! v : killed.
Mri.,Ctaty, and her two chil
set
EST-AJBLISHEJ, 1827.
SOMEBSET, PA., WEDNESDAY. MAY 2. 1883.
Several children of J. E. Gibson,
one of whom was found crushed un
der a chimney.
Ten bodies mangled so as to be un
recognizable.
One little boy was found in the
woods, several hundred yards away,
unhurt Two or three children are
missing. One hundred ana fifty or
two hundred dwellings have been
blown down, and the escapes from
some of them were miraculous. Tbe
number of people with broken limbs
is estimated Wy the physicians at
seventy-five.
Beauregard, which is only a mile
above here, lay in the direct path of
the cvclone. the scene tiisjre is ap
palling, and the town is ft. mass of
ruins witfj scarcely a nouge 6iana
ing. Uptorn trees lay strewn on all
sides. Two brick stores olThomp
son & Co. and M. Daniels Co., the
largest in tbe pface were swept away
and the timbers were scattered .for
miles around. Even out in the
country two miles and a lialf, dwell
ings were swept away. Tliavrailroad
depot was carried away, tsd not a
sign of it now remains. The follow
ing is a list of persons killed and
injured : i
killed. j .
Milton Story ; Mrs. Bentdn ; Capt
Lawkin, wife and child ; J. 0. Wil
liams ; Dr. Luther Jones and family,
six in number ; Miss Georgle Mitch
ell ; Rev. J. Grter, Crystal Springs ;
Mr. Keating, of Wesson; Miss Lulu
Benton; John Ferrell; Mf. Sande
ler and wife; Willie White; Three
negroes, names unknown.
wounded, some fatally.
John Ross and wife;? Morgan
Jaynes; Mrs. Westerfieid; Isaac
Bloom ; M. Daniels and ion ; Mr.
Turnbull, of Brook Haven; John
Holloway and wife; John Wilcox;
A. J. Ferguson and family, number
ing ten ; Dr. Pierce, wife and child ;
Henry Clay ; Mr. Levison ; Charles
Eldridge; Charles Lone; E. T. Rob
ertson ; Ruth H-gden ; Colat Ham
ilton ; Mr. Moody and wife; Jennie
Belton; J. F. White and wife; L.
Dunn and wife; William Parker,
wife and child : Mrs. Peeta ; Mrs.
Ferguson.
E. A. Burke, manager of the New
Orleans Timts-Democrat, was advised
of the cyclone at 4 o'clock Monday
morning, while in New York. He
at once instructed the employment
of four physicians and the purchase
of medical supplies to bej sent by
special relief train from New Or
leans to Beauregard and Wesson ;
also that a call be made for assist
ance, the Timet-Democrat heading'
the list with a contribution of $500.
The suffering is very great, and as
sistance is needed. On the Natchez
aud Columbia Railroad the town of
Tillmau was destroyed, MrBaggett
killed,' and Calvin Phillips, Miss
Covington and MissBaggett slightly
injured. On the Vicksburg and
Meriden Railroad the town of Law
rence suffered terribly. The reports
from other places and from tbe
country show that the storm was
widespread, and very destructive.
Telegraph lines were blown down
for miles.
track of tax storm. f :
New Orleans,' April 23. The
States' Beauregard special says: The
cyclone came from the northeast,
and was wide enough in its scope to
cover the entire town. From Beau
regard it passed Southwesterly,
skirting the rear part of Wesson,
destroying nearly twenty houses.
The cyclone lasted only about fif
teen minutes, but that short time
seemed ages to those who passed
through the terrible ordeal. The
roar of wind, the crash of houses, the
peals of thunder, and the glare of
lightning, mingled with screams of
women and wailing children, cur
dled the blood and caused the
stoutest hearts to stand still in won
dering awe, and then, when the
wind, rain and thunder had ceased
their tumult and the lightning's
glare had subsided, another and no
less horrible sound greeted tbe
ear.
The moans and groans of the dy
ing and wounded mingled in sorrow
ful unison-, and were borne upon the
winds a solemn dirge from the dead.
Strong hearts are bowed by grief,
and sorrowing souls bewail the loss
of those who but a few hours ago
were enjoying health, and strength.
A pall of mourning encircles tbe
entire town, and dark clouds of
sorrow are lowered over almost
every habitation. Wives husband
less, children motherless and father
less, mothers and fathers childless,
is a picture upon which the shad
ows of grief are. alas 1 but too plainly
depicted, without even the sen
blance of any coloring of hope to re-
relieve this picture of death and de
struction.
ELSEWHERE IX MISSISSIPPL
A terrific gale from the Northwest
struck est l oint, accompanied by
torrents of rain, and the largest hail
ever seen here. The Court House,
Lawyers' Row, the Central Hotel,
the Cotton Exchange office and
Flanagan Hall were all unroofed
and materially damaged. No lives
were lost
RED LICK'S EXPERIENCE.
The tornado passed about a mile
east ol here, causing some loss of life
and great damage to property. The
track of the storm was 200 yards
wide. Everything in the track was
swept away dwellings, cabins, trees,
fences and cattle. On Ross Place, a
mile from here, the storm leveled
quarters and fences, killing otve col
ored child and injuring several per
sons. Only one hoase remains
standing. 'On tbe Killingsworth
plantation a great many cabins were
blown down, andauach damage
done to crops and fences. In one
cabin were five people, who say the
walls and roots of nooses were luted
and carried away, learinr tent
people standing unhurt on -
floor. . ii
CLEARING AW AT THE WRECK OP ft
CYCLONE.
New Orleans, April 24. The
latest reports received from sections
of Mississippi visited by the cyclone
on Sunday show that eighty-three
persons were killed and about three
hundred wounded, many serioasly.
The loss of property is unprecedented.
At Beauregard to-day all was bus
tle and confusion. Gangs of men
were at work getting out goods from
wrecked 6tores and scores of ox
teams were hauling recovered prop
erty away. The homeless people
had gotten together their remaining
effects and were moving them in
wagons and carts, and a construc
tion train was engaged receiving the
debris of the broken box cars. The
relief committee was actively at
work issuing rations and distribu
ting clothing. In making tbe rounds
among the wounded very sad scenes
were witnessed, and the groans and
moans were heartrending ; but par
ticularly touching was it to see little
children, numbers of them scarcely
more than babies, who did not un
derstand at all, and with pain and
mystification had got beyond their
yeara and were heroic. Scarcely a
murmur was heard from the little
ones, and none complained. But one
little girl of three years wanted its
mamma to " tome and fix my arm "
a poor, battered and bruised little
arm. No one coukLfix it but mam
ma, and mamma was in the next
room, all unconscious of her baby,
hurt unto death. There was a five-year-old
boy whose face was bruised
and battered, and whose head was
gashed by an ugly wound. He was
unconscious, but even with his brain
clouded and not knowing where he
felt pain, he moaned and rolled in
bed.- He and the little girl were the
only babies heard to murmur or
complain.
A special telegram from Jackson
reports ten persons killed there.
A special from West Point says that
two cyclones passed over Clay coun
ty Sunday. Both were terrific, lev
eling houses, fences and trees,
spreading death and destruction in
their paths. Near llohenlinden
thirty persons were reported to have
been killed, and at Pine Bluff seven
teen fatalities were reported. A
number of persons were killed in
different parts of the county, but
how many is not yet known. A
deed was found in the country that
had been carried fifty miles by the
wind. The afllicted and distressed
are being cared for by the more for
tunate. No estimate of the loss ef
property can yet be made, but it is
very great
The cyclone passed through Mon
roe county, destroying lives and
wounding many persons seriously,
and carrying away everything in its
path. A suburb of Aberdeen, con
taining twenty-five or thirty colored
families was absolutely wiped out,
three of the negroes being killed at
once and two others have -since died
from their wounds, while twenty
five are under treatment, many of
them in a precarious condtion. The
county jail is converted into a
hospital. .i - ..- - .
DESUUUCnON IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND
- 'GEORGIA.
The cyclone in Barnwell county,
S. C, cut a path three-quarters of a
mile wide through the Saltkehatchie
swamp. The residences, negro cab
ins and outhouses were swept from
numerous farms. Most of the own
ers lost all of their furniture. Thos.
Creech was blown against a tree
with great violence, but not killed.
William Still had two children
seriously hurt, one of them having
its skull fractured.
Reports from Crawford, Georgia,
show that considerable damage was
caused by the storm. A number of
houses were blown down and many
were injured by lightning. There
was great loss "of property. There
was a negro killed near there.
Tbe family of Josephus Root, in
Carroll county, were drowned in the
Chattahoochie by the Sunday night
freshet The Savannah, Griffin and
Northern Alabama Railway was
damaged to the extent of $40,000.
There was an unprecedented over
flow in Carroll county, and much
damage was done to tne crops.
TORNADOES WHICH CAME UP AND
DISAPPEARED RAPIDLY.
Washington, April 24. The offi
cers of tne Signal Bureau state that
the report of the tornado having
swept across Mississippi, Tennesse
and Georgia is misleading. The
tornadoes in these states had no
connection with each other, and
were different storms. They were
small local tornadoes separated at
different points, as the great storm
advance! from the northwest by its
meeting the warm current from the
south. These local tornadoes are
always liable to occur as the offshots
of a main storm and are not, as have
been" represented, themselves storms
moving over the country for any
distance. They spend their strength
and disappear, as in this case, in the
immediate neighborhood where they
originate. The Signal officers 6ay
that the great storm which has been
sweeping across the country from
the Pacific coast since the 19th inst
is over, and clear weather is indica
ted. It is thought that the winds
will veer to the south, and that tbe
temperature will rise rapidly and
bring' sunshiny days to tbe north
west There is a faint snspicion
however, of another storm upon the
Pacific coast some distance to the
south of the starting point of the late
disturbance, but it is too soon yet to
tell what it will develop. It may
pass off on the ocean or into Mexico
or may disappear altogether. Should
it develop into another trans-continental
storm it may delay the open
ing of spring in the Northern States
another week.
Too Maay Collections.
" How do you like Episcopalian
service ?" asked Jones.
" Never heard it," replied Fogg.
"I dropped in at one of the
churches last Sunday, It was quite
early, and so I began reading the
service. I didn't read far, though,
Wore I found it would never do
Tor me. So I came out"
Why, what was the trouble?"
" Too many collections."
"Too many collections?"
tt Yes. On almost every page it
said 'collect' One collection is all
I can afford to respond to. It must
bs awfully expensive to be an Epis
copalian.
' Little collar with hem-stitched
edges are very fashionable.
em
THE BAD BOY.
"Say, will you do me a favor,"
asked the bad' boy of the grocery
man, as he sat down ou the soap box
and put his wet boots on the stove.
"Well, y-e-s," said the grocery
man, hesitating, with a feeling that
he was liable to be sold
If vou will
- . :
help me to catch the villain who
hangs up those disreputable signs in
front of my store I will. What is
it?"
"I want you to lick this stamp and
put it on this letter. It is to my
girl and I want to fool her," and the
boy handed oyer the letter and the
stamp, and while the grocery man
was licking it on, the boy failed his
pockets with dried peaches out of a
box.
"There, that's a small job " said
the grocery man, as he pressed the
stamp on the letter with his thumb
and handed itback, but how are you
"That's just the business said the
. H . .. . ......
boy, as he held the letter to his nose
and swelled of the stamp. "That
will make her tired. You see, every
time Bhe gets a letter from me she
kisses the stamp, because she thinks
I lick it When she kisses the
stamp and gets the fumes of plug
tobacco and stale beer, and limburg
cheese, and mouldy patatoes, it will J
w,iA. .t .i. It,
&us.& uu Ulnu, anu hucu cue n in
ask me what ailed the stamp, and I
will tell her I got you to lick it, and
then it will make her sick, and her
parents will stop trading here. O,
it will paralyze her. Do you know
that you smell like an old glue facto
ry ? Gosh, I can smell you all over
the store. Don't you smell anything
that smells spoiled ?''
1 he grocery man thought he did
smell something that smelleu rancid,
and he looked around the 6tove and
finally kicked the boy's bootsoQ the
stove and said. "It's your boots
burning. Gracious, open the door !
It smells like a hot box on a caboose,
Whew ! And there come a couple of
my best lady customers." The ladies
came in and held their noses, and
while they were trading the boy
said, as though continuing the con
versation :
"Yes,-pa says that the last o! em ar-
garine I got here is nothing but axel
grease. Why don't you do up your
axle graase in a different kind of a
package? The only way you can tell
axle grease from oleomargarine is in
spreading it on pancakes, Pa says
axle grease will spread, but your al
leged butter rolls right up and acts
like lip salve, or ointment, and n
only lit to use on sores "
At this point the ladies went out
of the store in disgust, without buy
ing anything, and the grocery man
took a dry codfish . by the tail and
went up to the boy and took him by
the neck. "Golblast you, I have a
notion to kill you. You have driven
away more custom from this store
than your neck is worth. "Now you
git," and he struck the boy across
the back with the codfish.
"That's just the way with you all,"
says the boy, as he put his sleeve up
to his eyes and pretended to cry,
"when a fellow is up in the world
there is nothing too good for him.
but when he gets down you maul
him with a codfish. Since pa drove
me out of the house and told me to
go and shirk for my living. I haven't
had a kind word from anybody,
My chum's dog won't even follow
me, and when a fellow gets so low
down that a dog goes back on him
there is nothing left for him to do
but loaf around a grocery or sit on a
jury, and I am too young to sit on a
jury, though I know more than some
of the beasts that lay around the
court and get on the jury. I am
going to drown myself and my death
will belaid to you. They will find
evidence of codfish on my clothes,
and you will be arrested for driving
me to a suicide's grave. Good bye.
I forgive you," and the boy started
for the door.
"Hold on here," says the grocery
man, feeling that he had been too
harsh, "come back here and have
some maple sugar. What did your
pa drive you away from home for "
"O, it was on account of St. Pat
rick's Day," said the boy, as he bit
off half a pound of maple sugar and
dried his tears. "You see pa never
seen ma buy a silk handkerchief but
what pa want3 it T'other day ma
got one of these orange-colored hand
kerchiefs, and na immediately had a
sore throat and wanted to wear it,
and ma let him put it on. I thought
I'd break him of taking everything
nice that ma got ; so when he went
down town with the orange hand
kerchief on his neck I told some of
the St Patrick boys in the ninth
ward, who had the green ribbons on,
that the duffer that was putting on
style, was an Orange man and had
said he could whip any St Patrick
day man in town. The fellers laid
for pa, and when he come along one
of them threw a barrel at pa, and
another pulled the yellow handker
chief Off his neck, and they all yell
ed "hang him," and one grabbed a
rope that was on the sidewalk where
they were moving a building, and
pa got up and dusted. You'd a
dide to see pa run. He met a police
man and said more'n a hundred men
had tried to murder him, and they
had mauled him and stole his yellow
handkerchief. The policeman told
pa his life was not safe, and he had
better go home and lock himself in,
and he did, and I was telling ma
about how I got the boys to scan
pa. and he heard it and he told
that settled it He said I had ca
ed him to nin more foot races t
anv chamr-? Bedestrian. and had
made his l unbearable, and now I
must go italone. Now I want you
to send a couple of pounds of crack
ers over to tbe house, and your boy
to tell the hired girl that I have gone
down to the river to drown myself,
and she will tell ma, and ma will
tell pa, and pretty soon yon will see
a bald-headed pussy man whooping
it up toward the river with a rope -
They may think at times that I am
aUttJetough.butritcom to
parting forever, tlr TT en.if,
"Well, the teaol I a, hoaF ftay s
that yon are a hoV.! 3el," aaid
the grocry man, at I t ged the
crackers to the bofWZ f Hit?Ts
be haftrn you ottt'tofclep y,a
from T- the morals of the other
scholars. How wag that?" v
WHOLE NO. 16G0.
"It was about sneaking a niece.
-. - c i
hen I asked him what I should
speak, he told me to learn some
speech of some great man, some
lawyer or statesman ,"'io I learned
one of Colonel Bob Ingersolls speech
es. Well you'd a dide to see the
teacher and school committee, when
I- started on Bob Ingersoll's lecture,
. i : -i . . u
uie vuc mai wua i;i tuc ji.ipcia nueu
Bob was here. You see I thought
if a newspaper that all the pious
folks take in their families could
publish Ingersoll's speech, it
wouldn't do any hurt for a little boy,
who ain't knee high to a giratfe, to
speak it in school, but they made
me dry up. The teacher is a rvpub
likin, and when Ingersoll was speak
ing around here on politics, the
teacher said Bob was the smartest
man the country ever produced. I
heard him say that in corcus, when
he went bumming around the settin'
'em up nights, 'specting to be super
intendent of schools, lie said liob
IntTPl-Qflll lltlit tr,-iL- Mm inlrt -ir.it I
" " J ,
think if was darn mean in him to go
back on Lob and me too, just cause
there was no 'location. The school
committee made the'teacher stop me,
and they asked me if I didn't know
any other piece to speak, and I told
them I knew one ofBeeeher's and
they let me go ahead, but it was one
of Beecher's new ones when he said
f? V.ew (
he didnt believe
in any hell, aDd
before I got warmed up they said
that was enough of that, and I had
to wind up on "Mary had a Little
Lam." None of them didn't kick on
Mary's Lam, and I went through it
and they let me go home. That's
about the safest thing a boy can
speak ia school now days, either
"Mary had a Little Lam," or "Twin
kle Twinkle Little Star." That's
about the average intellect of the
committee. But if a boy tries to
branch out as a statesman, they
choke him off.
Well, I'm going down to the river,
and I will leave my coat and hat by
the wood yard, and get behind the
wood, and you steer pa down there
and you mill see some till weeping
ove them clothes, and maybe pa wiil
jump in alter me, and then i wnl
come out Irani behind tie wood and
throw in a board for him to swirn
ashore on, Good-bye. Give my
pocket-comb to my chum," and the
boy went out and hung up a feign in
front of the grocery a lollows ; "Pop
corn that the cat has slept on, cheap
for pop corn balls for sociables."
Peck's Sun.
Reading Foamy Articles.
Did you ever notice a woman
read a humorous article in a news
paper? No. Well, she invariably
has some crocheting or fancy work
with her, and she will pick up a pa
per, lay it out flat on a table and
start in, holding her work in her
hand all the time. She reads a short
ways in the article and becomes in
terested ; she drops her sewing lan
guidly into her lap and bends over
the paper intently ; as she reaches a
funny sentence she draws her chair
closer to the table and places her
left hand under the paper. Then
she continues, and as it becomes
more interesting her right hand
slowly slips under the other side,
she reads and her eyes becomes riv
ited on the article, her whole mind
is centered on it and she thinks of
nothing else. Then, as it becomes
more and more ludicrous, a twieh
about the eyes id noticed, and then
a smile, and when it becomes ex
cruciatingly humorous sue laughs
aloud, buries her face in the paper
and convulses herself as if she had
never laughed before. After thi3
spasm is exhausted she again as
sumes a sober mein and proceeds
with the reading; again the twitch
ing smile and roars, and so on to
the end, when she suddenly ex
claims :
"Isn't it just splendid ?"
How different with a man ; he
sits down, cigar in mouth, grtbs a
paper in both hand;?, ti!t3 back his
chair, throws his feet on the table
and launches right in as if nothing
in the world demanded attention
save this article. The silence of the
roem is broken by a gruff ha, ha,
and you look at him and think he
would shake himself apart. Without
interruption of any kind be finishes
the article and lays down the paper
with a smile and says: "It's the
best thing I ever read."'
A Provoking Parrot.
Ia one oi the prettiest streets in
West Philadelphia is a pretty girl
who is the owner of a bright and
talkative poll parrot. A few morn
ings since the lady stood at the win
dow drinking in the pure, crisp air.
Polly's cage stood in the same em
brasure, but the lace curtain made
it scarcely distinguishable from the
outside. On the opposite side of
the street sauntered two young
bloods, enjoying their after-breakfast
cigarettes. Admiring glances were
cast toward that window and that
pretty girl, when suddenly they were
startled by a clear "Good morning,
gentlemen !" They had not seen the
rocy lips move, but of course it was
the " divinity " who had spoken ; no
one ele was about The youths saw
the opening to a delightful flirtation
and were just considering the next
move, when the voice again Fpoke ;
this time, " Wouldn't you like to kiss
me, gentlemen ?" fell uron their ears.
Wouldn't they, though, and hasty
Mrides were being made toward the
wfcaisning face and winning voice,
when the lady drew ajd the curtain
disclosing mischievous Tolly in her
gorgeous cage, who continued to call
after the disappointed youths after
they disappeared down the street
"Won't you kiss me ? do ; ha-ha-ha !"
Hop Bitters Co., Toronto.
I have been sick for the past six
yeare, suffering from dyspepsia and
general weakness. - I ham: -used
three battles oJHop BittermaSa they
Cjue done winder for n I am
well and able to work, and eat and
sleep welL I cannot say too much
for Hop Bitters. Simon Robbins.
In ipitsj oiahe electric: boom, gas
continue to be no lif ht matter
when thebjji comes in. .
NotbiBf & siES - than a silly
laugh. ' . .-:
The Great Cattle Ranches of Texaa.
The Northwest Teas Cattle Raisers'
Association has been in session for
three days at Fort Worth. The or
ganization has a memberhip of 233,
who own from MX) to 60.0UO cattle
and represent a grand total of 1,400,
000 cattle. There are several who
can boast of the ownership of from
40,000,to .60,000 head, and urteen
who lay claim to ' over ' 20,J.
Among the first the North to embark
in the ranching business in Texas
were the Harrold Brothers, who went
from Bloomington, III, in the fall of
1873. The aggregate of their posses
sion amounted to $43,000. This
sum they invested in Greer and Tom
Green counties, starting out with
4,300 cattle. To-day they are the
the owners of 50,00u head, and are
reputed to be -worth -at least $1,500,
000. During the season of lS&i they
sold 20,000 head, and this year they
expect to brand 15,000 calves. For
the last six years they have been
grading up .with shorthorns and
llerefords, and have now one of the
best herds in the State.
The largest ranch in the State is
that of Charles Goodnight,, located
at the head of Red River. He be
gan buying land four years ago, se
curing 270,000 acres at 25i cents per
acre. In the meantime the price has
advanced from SI to S'J per acre, but
he is still buying, and now controls
700,000 acres. To inclose his landed
possession 250 miles ofi fencing is
required. Mr. Goodnight has a herd
of 40,000 cattle. It is not the largest
in the State, but is generally conced
ed to be the finest, having been grad
ed up with unusual care. The su
peiority of his herd is evidenced by
a recent sale of 200 yearlings at 820
per head, while the average price for
Texas yearlings is $15." lie branded
over 10,000 cattle last year, and will
brjnd as many tnore this season.
Mr. Goodnight Iive3 on his ranch and
gi vea his personal attention to a Hairs.
He is a Kentuckian by birth and
is a broad-minded and liberal man.
The Matador .Cattle Company:s
ranch is situated in Motley and Uof
tl counties, on the Peace River.
This property, including 1"00,000
acres of land, was recently sold tb a
conipanv of Scotch capitalists -for
$1,250,000. A. D. Pickering, of Chi
cago, was formerly interested in this,
ranch. The Worshan Cattle. Co.,
in Willbrrger and Hardiman coun
ties, have w5,000 head. Their ranch
covers a territory forty1 by sixty
miles. The cattle were bought last
summer of Stevens fc Worsham for
$000,000. They marketed about
4000 three and four-year-old beeves,
and branded ooJJU calves. William
Young, of Milwaukee, a gentleman
well known on the Chicago board of
Trade, is Secretary and Treasurer
and a large stockholder in thi3 com
pany. The Western Land and Cat
tle Company, of London, organized
iu 1S82 with a capital stock of 300,
0i JO cattle (mostly half-breeds) in
the Pan Handle and on the borders
of New Mexico. James A.Forbes,
of London, is managing director in
America.
The amount of Texas ranch prop
erly controlled.by Chicago capital is
much larger than is generally sup
posed. 1 could name a score of
well-known Chicagoans who are
more or lens extensive engaged in the
business of cattle raising. The Chi
cago and Texas Cattle Company, a
recent organization, has from 12,000
to 13,000 head on the Colorado and
North Concho Rivers. The herd,
which is well graded up, cost $215,
i.P0. The officers are Isaac Waixel, .
President; C. B. Moore, Secretary;
W. T. Darlington, Treasurer, and J.
E. Darlington, resident manager.
Nelson Morris recently bought 124,
acres in Tom Green and An
drews counties, which he intends to
fence and stock at once. This tract
lies witliin eight mile of the Texas
and Pacific road. Adjoining this
property John R. Hoxile has 51,200
acres. Mr. Hoxile has also a little
patch of S4,G0Q acres in the Pan
Handle and a large and finely stock
ed ranch in the vicinity of Tovlor.
i The Chicago syndicate, composed of
j J. V. Farwell, C. B. Farwell, Abner
(Taylor and Colonel Babcock (the
I latter gentleman of Canton, III.,)
j which has the contract for building
the State House at Austin, receive
for their outlay 3,000,000 acres of
choice land. The cost of the
structure was to be $1,500,000 but
subsequently changes in the plans
will, it is said, increase the cost to
82,000,000. It is the intention of
the parties to fence their property as
soon as practicable and stock it with
Texas cattle, grading up with Here
ford and Polled Angus bulls.
Manic at l.OOO -Mile.
The offices of the postal telegraph
company at 49 Broadway, N. Y.,
have recently assumed an animated
appearance consequent upon the
great improvements made in tele
graphic transmission of sound,
which has been tested with such
marked success between Chicago
and that city, and the near approach
of the opening of the company's of
fices along the line for general busi-
ness.
The company have but one
wire to Chicago at present, but will
soon have two in operation. It is in
tended to ground the wires at the
back of the city at the stock yards
connecting that point by an un
derground cable with the heart of
the city. The distance for under
ground" wires is four miles, and as
there is but one mile of cable laid,
the work being necessarily slow, it
will require at least a month more to
complete it, which will defer the
opening of the line to about the 1st
of June.
Satarday afternoon another test
was made with leng distance tele
phone, with better results than be
fore, and it is generally believed that
with a little perseverance it can be
made to work as well, if not better,
than the local short lines. Lengthy
conversations were carried on be
tween the cities. Several of the offi
cials asked questions and received
answers very satisfactorily. Profes
sor Gray whistled "Yankee Doodle"
in the New York offices, which was
distinctly heard in Chicago, after
which the operator on the other end
sang a ballad, every note of which
was distinctly heard by a Jwrnal re
porter, who was allowed to give the
instrument a trial. The voice of the
singer, instead of being 1,000 miles
away, seemed as if it were in an ad
joining room, and the speaker talk
ing through the keyhole. Occasion
ally the words seemed to run into
each other, rendering it difficult t
catch the exact word, which would
have to be repeated. This was ex
plained by the fact that the retard
ation in overland wires is similar to
that of the submarine cable, which
rounds the corners of the articula
tion, but -by the time that tbe
whole line is completed it is expect
ed lb difficulty will be entirely
overcousC ;
The Hew quarters for a dollar a
day are fbfOt of a kind.
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