V. 4 The Somerset Herald. EDWARD 8CTJIX. Editor and Proprietor. WEDNESDAY - May , IMS- The HUte Senate dispensed with an afternoon session on Thursday last, to allow the members to attend the circus. Boys will be boya. One hundred vessels carrying 4, 25(,0i 0 bushels of grain, are lying in the harbor at Chicago, awaiting the opening of the straits of Macki naw. The anti-treating bill was defeated in the Senate on Tuesday, lacking one of the required constitutionl ma jority. The vote stood 25 for the bill and 13 against it J lis Juniata county people are vir tuous and happy. They have no sheriff's sales this spring, no cases to go. before thegrand jury, and no pris oners in jail- A Philadelphia exchange says the leading merchants of that city pay more money annually for advertise ments than they do for rent, although the latter runs up into thousands. The cost of the new Baltimore and Ohio railroad, from Baltimore to Philadelphia, is estimated at f 17, (KjyKA). This includes a bridge oyer the Susquehana, and station facili ties in Philadelphia. A prohibitory amendment was voted down in the House in Michi gan, on Friday last, by 57 to 3G. It required C7 votes to carry the meas ure. This ends the matter for this session. Michael Faga.v, another of the men indicted for the Pha-nix Park murders, has been found guilty and promptly sentenced to be hanged. English courts are swift, 6ure, and unrelenting. In the State Senate, the bill which had passed the House, preventing changes in school books oftener than once in five years, was reported neg atively by the committee on educa tion. This is to be regretted, as pub lic opinion certainly favors such a law. Urox the recommendation of the Civil Service Commission the Presi dent has appointed Randolph De B. Keim, of Pennsylvania, to be Chief Examiner of that Commission. Mr. W. White, of Atlanta, Ga., has been appointed clerk to the Com mission. Mr. Kerr, one of the attorneys for the Government in the Star lloute cases, finished a seven day's speech on Friday last, whereupon the de fendants counsel proposed to submit the case to the jury without further ado. The; evidently thought any punishment preferable to being talk ed to death. Daxa, editor of the New York Sun, says that, the rallying cry of the Democrats in the next campaign will be, "turn the Republicans out of office." He is only a little more candid than the rest of his brethren. In this State, the Democrats are not waiting for the advent of the next campaign to sound that rallying cry. Governor Pattison and his friends are diligently and daily practising the doctrine which they euphonious ly 6tyle Reform. Few people have any idea of the large amount of actual loss by wear on the silver and gold coin in circu lation. A careful test by the bank of England on the amount redeemed by it during the last twelve months, shows a loss of nearly $175,000. This sum represents the loss in weight, the coins being redeemed at their face value. A bill to pension school teachers over seventy years of age has passed both branches of the New York leg islature, and is before the governor for his approval. The pension is not to exceed one-halt the teacher's ealary during the last five years of service. The fund from which it is to be drawn is from fines imposed on teachers improperly absent from duty, and from a tax of one per cent, on teachers' salaries. There are 89G tons of silver coin accumulated in the vaults of the IT. S. Sub Treasury in New York. Of this, C20 tons are in legal tender sil ver dollars. The mass is constantly increasing, for as the dollars accum ulate in the hands of merchants they are exchanged for silver certificates. The mints grind out two million dol lars per month. How much longer will the Government be a purchaser of silver for storage, taking twenty five million dollars yearly out of the pockets of the people for no earthly use except to test the theories of vis ionary men ? The Milwaukee Municipal Court was the scene of a curious episode a few days since. Miss Kate Kane is a member of the bar in good stand ing and full practice, who has on more than one occasion exasperated the Court by modes of procedure not exactly in vogue in a ' criminal court; on Friday, not content with the usual trial of bis Honors temper, she undertook to shy an inkstand at his Lead, but being prevented in this, threw a glass of water into his face. She was promptly fined fifty dollars for contempt of court, but announces her intention of going to prison rather than pay the fine. The conduct of this particular "lady lawyer" will not prove a strong ar gument for the admission of the sex to the bar in other States. I About one-third of the vote of Fayette county was polled at the special election for a successor to Dukes, held on Tuesday of last week. But little interest was token in the matter outside the politicians. Of course the Democratic candidate was elected, and will draw the $1, 500 salary, for about two weeks' at tendance. The President and Associate J udg- es of the Lafayette County Court in Missouri, have been sent to JU by the Judee of the U. S. Circuit Court at Jefferson Citv, for contempt of court in refusing to levy a tax to pay an instalment on a judgment against the county, which was or dered by the U. d. Court Dog will eat dog. From present appearances the re moval of certain imposts from the tobacc trade will simply result in increasing the wages of cigar makers, and the good, patient, pensive pub lic will have to pay as much as ever for the luxury of asmoke. Of course there is some consolation in learning that a section of our workers will be pecuniarily benefitted, but it may be doubted whether the struggle in Congress would have been watched with quite as much interest by cigar manufacturers and cigar smokers if the actual result had been forseen. Ditkisc his trip to Florida, the reliable newspaper correspondents who accompanied the President, filled the country with alarm by tel egraphing that he was seriously ill. On his return home the President declared that he had enjoyed the trip "and never felt better in his life." The great dailies that pub lished the sensational reports, are still insisting that the President was 6ick very sick and would have the public believe that they know more about the condition of his health than he does himself Great institutions, these enterprising daily journals. State Senator Greer's anti-treat-ing bill, one of the best temperance measures ever introduced in either House, failed to pass the Senate last week, lacking one vote of a con stitutional majority. It was claim ed by Mr. Greer, and there are many earnest temperance men who agree with him, that the pernicious Amer ican habitof "set 'em up all around," is largely productiveof drunkenness and that if a bill was passed com pelling every man to pay for all he drank, that there would not be so much drinking to excess. Some years ago a number of New York gentlemen believing in temjHjrance but not thinking total absti nence obtainable, organized a "Bus iness Men's Moderation Society." One of the pledges its members took was "not to treat or be treated" and it is claimed by the friends of the movement that it has accomplished great good by inducing many men who were hard drinkers to drink in moderation. It is evident from the vote that nothing short of total at 6tinence will please the Senate. Os the first page of to-day's paper will be found full details of the ter rible storm that swept over the country last week. Every day since its occurrence has brought fresh and heart rending details from the sec tion devastated, and of new spots blighted by the destroying hand, until now the number of human lives lost foot up to two hundred, while the loss of livestock and other property will foot up largely in the millions. The cyclone, such as just passed over the Southwest, differs materially from a whirlwind or or dinary storm, in that the latter mov ing over a tract of country expends its force in the centre, gathering in its fatal grasp with a certain distance to hurl it into the air or carry it for miles only to make the destruction more complete, while the cyclone comes down and expends its fury in spots. This one, however, seems to have traveled far above the eaeth, and here and there to have left drop its fury in the most destructive man ner. The suffering in the storm vis ited districts is very great and meas ures are everywhere being taken for its alleviation. The "Reformers" and the Phari sees of the press are tearing their hair, and shrieking in unison over the appointment of Mr. D. B. R. Keim, editor of the Harrisburg Tel egraph, to the position of Chief Ex aminer of the Civil Service Commis sion. Mr. Keim is a dreadful man, a perfect ogre, according to these purists, and his appointment shakes the very foundation of the Govern ment, and brings the civil service reform to naught. And why? Be cause , Mr. Keim is a "Stalwart Re publican, a pet of Grant's, a friend of Cameron's, a determined opponent of Democratic men and measures." These are the weighty charges brought against the man of whom ! Mr. Dorman B. Eaton, President of the Commission says, for himself and bis colleagues, that of all the applicants for the place Mr. Keim came best equipped, both by nature and training for the discharge of tie duties of the position ; that he wafla level headed man of high qualifiol tioos for the office, and accutomeS to deal with men. It is the vocation of these reformers, and of the Free Lance press, to 6hriek and protest, and raise a hubbub over everything that smacks of regular Republican ism. If some eminent Democratic politician, just now out of a place, had received this appointment, these gentle reformers 'would have coo'd you as gently as a sucking dove. What matters it to them that. Mr. Keim was the best qualified appli cant, that he was the unanimous 'choice of the Commission, that on their recommendation the President appointed him, and that he is sim ply an examiner without any power to make selections ? Their object is to tear down, hot to build up, and to bring into disrepute the Civil Service Reform, to which for their !own purposes they assumed the Re publican party was hostile. The appointment by the President of non-partisan Commissioners, knock ed the wind out of them for a season, but the selection by the Commission ers of a regular Republican as an examiner, gives them the opportuni ty to renew their howling. To ap point the best qualified man, re quires no defence of the Commis sioners. Therefore, let the heathen rage. Without intending to open the columns of the Herald for a general discussion of prohibiti'm, we publish this week an article from a zealous prohibition advocate signed "Citi zen." Under the guise of commend ing portion of an editorial article we published last week, in relation to the defeat of the prohibition amend ment, our friend adroitly takes oc casion to press with some force, and with lengthy quotations of the opin ions of others, the benefits derivable from the defeated measure. There is a difference of opinion between us, not as to the great evil of intem perance nor as to the advisability of its eradication,if possible, but simply as to the best means of accomplish ing that end. He believes in the efficacy of sumptuary laws, and we do not. He apparently thinks co ercive measures the most effective, we believe persuasion education better than force ; we both aim at the same end, but travel to it by dif ferent courses. Why Ehould we fall out by the way side? We know that Prohibition does not prohibit, and the necessity of his plea in abatement, that of the Federal licen ces issuedln Maine, some were issued to druggists and that the traffic is confined to hidden dens, and secret places, is but an admission of our premises. The defeat of the prohib itory amendment was a gross out rage upon the people of this State, not solely because it was a measure of high morality, certain to effect the great reform at which it aimed, but because it denies the people the exercise of the constitutional right for which they petitioned. We as sent to the proposition that the law has been a great remedial agent in this cause, and believe that a more rigid enforcement of the existing statutes would have a very beneficial effect, but when such laws as we have are not enforced, or are but haltingly executed, we have no great hope that a constitutional enact ment would be more rigidly ob served. On the other hand, educa tion, a cultivated public sentiment, persistent teaching, the advance to a more polished and moral state of society has effected wonders. Men not past middle life, can well re member when liquors were to be found in almost every household, when it was a mark of hospitality to offer it to every guest, when minis ters of the gospel did not refuse to partake in moderation, when a har vest could not be gathered without it, when professional men drank openly, when candidates for office "treated" those whose votes they so licited, and officials "set it up" on all occasions for the friends that had supported them. Now what a change! Liquor is abolished from the household, the harvest field, and as a mark of hospitality, the preach er known to drink would be driven from the pulpit, the professional man seen intoxiceted would lose his practice, the candidate using whisky as a general inducement for votes would surely be defeated ; and yet, this wonderful progress, this great reform has been effected outside the law. It is because of these things that we believe precept and exam ple better remedial agents than le gal force, not that we are opposed to remedial laws, butdoubt the wisdom and efficacy of sumptuary ones. In the light ot the teachings of last year's political campaign in this State, we deprecate any controversy at present, between the friends of temperance. The ultra reformers in the Republican party, last year threw down the walls and admited the enemy, rather than abate a jot from their demands, and it can be of no comfort to them to know that the just suffer with the unjust, because of their action. The prohibitory amendment is dead, and can have no resurrection short of two years. We submit, therefore, that a present discussion of its merits or demerits, can in no wise benefit the cause. iolitical 3m;s. The West Chester Republican calls for the return of Blaine and Conk ling to active polotios and leadership, saying the Republican party cannot well spare either, and that leadership is better than political driftwood, tnaninity and dry rot. We' always thought so, and now that the wild wave of senseless criticism and cen sure has passed, a natural law is again asserting itself even in our politics. The men who united to pull down leaders in the hope of finding a place at the front, have not found it, but remain just where their abilities place them, and after cooling of all begin to see this, and a call ie made for able leadership. Media America: "i'i Governor Hendricks has given his opinion, with all his characteristic Mark Tapleyism, of the position of the Democratic party on the tariff question. The existing tariff will do well enough, he ears, if hard times do not come. If they come the par ty will have to deal with the subject; but they will be equally to the emer- Ency. ThisyreoiincU one of Daniel one prayer, as he was about to fight the beart "OLordl" was the hunter's pious ejaculation, "here's a goin' to M one of the biggest bar fights yoa ever did see ! O Lord, ef you cant help me, please, anvhow, dont help the bar "--BaUimore American. Where Is Senator Mitchell ? X'Keu Miner. The editor of the York Republican published Senator Cameron's Bpeech on the trariff question, and says that he does so not because he likes Cam eron, but because he believes the speech reflected the manly sentiment of a brave Pennsylvanian who drag ged himself from a sick bed to do what in his feeblenees he could to ward protecting the industries of his state. We believe he has not yet published a speech of the junior Senator from pennsyl vania reflecting a "manly seatiment" on the tariff question. More than seven months intervene before the next Congress will meet, but a nervous fear is evident already among the Democrats as to the course things will take in the House. They know the next winters work in Washington will have a potent in fluence upon the Presidental cam- )aign of 1884, and they are natural y anxious- that as few blunders as possible shall be committed. So the Democratic organs are firing off a quantity of advice at the members elect, and begging them to leave their hobbies at home and to sup press the cranks at the beginning. In short, they are urged not to make fools of themselver and ruin the party's rupposed brilliant chances of carrying the country next year. This advice may have some effect upon the timid members, but Springer, Reagan and others of that sort will shed it as easily as a duck's back sheds water. North Carolina may be an impor tant factor in the next National con test, and the position she is likely to occupy becomes, therefore, a matter of interest. The result of the elec tion last year showed that the Dem ocracy was in a demoralized condi tion, and had the opposition known its strength it would have succeeded. As it was the Democrats elected their candidate for Governor by less than 300 majority. The coalition between the Liberals and Republi cans was then incompleted. This defect has been remedied, and the Democrats will meet next year a thoroughly organized and well equip ped opposition. The Baltimore Sun's correspondent in the State says that many of the younger Democraits are leaving the party and coming out openly in favor of the Republicans. Besides electing a Governor next year, the Legislature will be chosen which will elect Senator Vance's successor. Double Murder and Suicide. New York, April 27 At C o'clock this morning William MacDuff, a financial broker, doing business at No. 73 Nassau street, in this city, and living at No. 14!) Pulaski ave nue, shot and killed his wife, his six-year-old son and himself. The pistol shots were heard by a tenant living on an upper floor, but he sup- Cosed them to have been discharged y some boys in the street, and it was not until two hours later that the tragedy became known. Mrs. MacDuff was found lying face down ward with a bullet wound in the back of her head. Death had evi dently been instantaneous. She was dressed and was engaged in prepar ing breakfast when shot The boy Willie was in his crib and had evi dently been shot while asleep. Mc Duff himsely was lying partially dressed on the bed in the room in which the crib stood. He had shot himself through the mouth. No rea son for the double murder and sui cide is known. Mr. and Mrs. Mac Duff had been married eight years and were supposed to live happily together. The following letter, ad dressed to MacDuffs brother, was found: "Dear Brother Jack : If anything happens to me I want you to have whatever I may leave. Put Willie and me in your plot This is my last request our unfortunate brother, William. Father Mother and Child Drowned Daytox, O., April 2G. At Mid dleton yesterday the little daughter of John O'Connell, living on the bank of the Hydraulic Canal, half a mile above the city,, wandered away from home. The parents quietly walked up the canal in search of her, and were horrified to discover her in the water struggling in the last agonies of death. The Father im mediately plunged in the water after the child, but was seized with cramps, and was below the surface for so long a time that his wife went to his as sistance. She struggled in vain, and in two minutes from the time the father plunged into the canal after the girl the father, mother and child sank beneath the water. The mother's cries had been heard by a number of men in the vicinity, none of whom arrived in time to res cue the drowning family. Fatal Railroad Callision in Michigan. Detroit, Mich., April 27. A freight train on the Grand Trunk and Chicago Railroad ran into a pas senger train standing on the track near Olivet lhi3 morning. The air brakes on the passenger train did not work properly, and the train stopped at the foot of a slight grade. A signal, was sent back to the freight train, which was followed, but for some reason the freight train paid no attention to the signal and crash ed into the rear of the passenger train, shivering two Puliman cars into fragments. Three persons were killed Conductor P. J. Wall of Montreal; H. Frye, of Englewood, X. J., and John W. Higgins, travel ing agent for the boot and shoe firm ofH. P. Baldwin & Co., Detroit. Ten more persons are reported inju red, some, it is feared, fatally. Their names have not yet been as certained. Devilish Murder. Norfolk, April 24. A negro wo uiou named Lucy Hausler has been arrested for whipping to death her sister's orphan child, J years old. Xhe evidence before the coroner's ju ry shows most diabolical cruelty. The child was Bogged with a cow hide and then burned on a stove. The negroes in the neighborhood are greatly exasperated against the mur derers. Her husband was arrested as an accessory. Gay and Festive Burglar., Coskellsville, Pa., April 27 Six different burglaries have bean reported daring the past week and there is no doubt but that a regularly organized gang is working the neigh borhood. Drills for boring safes and other tools have been found, while the ordinary implements of entrance have been stolen from the carpenter and railroad shops. The merchants of Conneils ville and New Haven have formed a mutual protective association. Fagam Found Guilt j. Dublin. April 27. The trial of Michael Fugan for the murder of Burke was continued this morning. The case for the defense having clos ed, Judge O'Brien charged the jury. His remarks were to the effect that the testimony given by the informers against the prisoner bad been tuny w a a at. ? A confirmed bv that ot other witnesses, The Judee having finished his charge, the jury retired. After a short deliberation they returned, and announced that they had found a vecdici of guilty against the prisoner. On being asked if he had anything to say why sentence should not be Eassed upon him, Fagan protested is innocence. He declared he was a Fenian, and would die one. The Judge then sentenced him to be hanged May 28th. The State Revenue. Harrisburg, Pa., April 20. In debate on the bill exempting manu facturing corporations, building and loan associations, etc., in the House this morning, Mr. Ziegler presented some interesting figures to show the ability of the treasury to stand the drain upon its revenues The reve nue applicable to the general fund is $5,331, 7G5,S5. from which the fol lowing sums will bo taken : Tax on loan3, $500,909; to be eredited to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, $392,000; rebates to companies, $137 000; tax on building and loan asso ciations, $100,000; transfer of liquor and mercantile tax licenses to the counties by the Jenkins bill, $969, 9G3;50; total, $1,998,963,50; balance remaining applicable to the general fund, $3,331,802,35. He estimated the Ions to the State by the bill under consideration to be $408,914, 27, as'follows: Tax on limited par tnerships $24,064,29, tax on manu facturing companies $211,202, 09, and loan associations $130,404,39, tax on turnpike companies $12,4S2, 3S, tax on steamship companies $30, 40,51. The General Revenue bill also came up for discussion, but no action was taken on it. 1 Sale ef Western Cattle. Kassas City, Mo., April 26. A series of imported sales of cattle com menced at the stockyards yesterday, when forty-nine head of Angus and Galloway cattle belonging to Wm. H. and A. Leonard, of Saline county, brought a total of $23,425 ; average S43-L To-day eighty head of Aber deen, Angus and Htrferds belonging to W. H. Cochrane, of Compton, Canada, were sold for $40,000, an average of $500. Eleven Alberdeen Angus cows and heifers average $955, the highest average for any sale of the breed ever made on the continent. To-morrow a heard ot L. Leonard, Saline county, will be sold. Stockmem are present from a num ber of Western States and Territo ries. Delaware's I'each Crop. Wilmington, April 20. Reports from various peach growing districts in the State indicate that the buds thus far have suffered but little from the frost, hail and cold weather of the present week. If, however, the present cold spell continues much longer there is great fear that the promising large crop will be totally destroyed. The safety of the trees through the present cold 6nap is at tributed to the lateness of the trees in budding. It is reported from Milford that ice formed an inch thick on Tuesday night and that the peach buds were full of water. It is expected there fore, that serious injury has been done to the peach crop in that vicinity- A Human Fieud. Jacksonville, Ala., April 20. The Times Union special from Temples Mills, Bradford county, says : ' "A discovery has been made of a most diabolical act of cruelty per petrated near hear on Sunday morn ing, negro named Pink Blocker has living with him his nephew, to whom he has heen very cruel. After whip ping him till the boy was covered with blood, on Sunday, he tied the boy in a chimney, head down, and roasted him till the flesh dropped off the boy s neck, body and arms, he then took him down, laid him on the floor and threw cold water on him. The boy cannot recover. The Sheriff is in pursuit of Blocker. The neighborhood is a bad one, mostly of negroes who work at a mill." Swindle Confessed. Danville, April 24. William T. Doddson, of this city, was arrested at Franklin Junction, Va., on the Midland Railway, to-day,' for the murder of the negro man reported yesterday. He confesses he hired two negroes to bring him the body for dissection, pretending he was a physician. He says he carried it into the upper room of a house then oc cupied by himself alone, wrapped it in bed clothing, poured kerosene oil over it, fixed a lighted candle on it and went away. His mistake, he says, was in cutting the candle so long that the house did not take fire during the night, it being his " pur pose to burn the house and have it appear that he himself had burned in it, and thus enable his family to obtain the amount of the life policy recently procured. Sent to Jail. St. Louis, April 26. In the Uni ted States Circuit Court at Jefferson City, Mo , James W. Harrison. Pre siding Justice, and J. A. Lockhart and J. A. Pratther, Associate Judges of the Lafayette county court, were ordered to jail for contempt of court in refusing to obey a mandate of the United States Court directing them to levy a tax of $2,000 to pay an in stalment on the judgement obtained on a suit upon the county bonds. The Court ordered the Judges to be confined inthe jail uatil they obey its mandate. Committed Suicide. Knoxville, April 24. Last night V. B. Staley, son of Judge Staley, committed suicide by scooting him self through the head wih a pistol. He was seven miles from Knoxville at the residence' of a young lady who bad refused to marry him. If er re peated refusals caused him to .com mit the deed- This was his thjrd at tetcDt to take bis life for the same cauue. Staley was 20 years old, and a lawyer of ponsiderable talent and promise, A servant girl fell on a bracket, Her skull, she did nearly crack it, fit. Jacob Oil applying, Saved her from dying It proved to be just the racket' A steamboat captain from Goshen, Was hurt bv a boiler explosion ; . On the pains in his hip. St Jacobs Oil got the grip. He calls it the all-healing lotion. More Colored Than White Office Holders. Washixc.tox, April 2G. A day or two ago a colored delegation filed in!" Secretary Folger's office and modestly demanded the appoint ment of a colored man to one of the most important positions in the de- partment Ihe SDokeeman ot the ".party made the demand in a ven- impudent manner. He did not fan cy for a moment that the Secretary could refuse their request. He had just commenced an eloquent speech to the effect that the colored race was the saviors of the Republican party and should be recognized ac cordingly, when Mr. Folger stopped him and said bluntly, but politely, "You ask me to remove one of my most trusted officials and give his place to one of your race. My an swer is it shall not be done." The entire party sprang to their feet and uttered an exclamation of surprise. VALUABLE INFORMATION. They were about to renew their arguments again but Mr. Folger stop ped them. He said: "Your claims are unreasonable. I can give you some information," he continued, 'that you appear to be in need of. You say the colored man is not rec ognized' as much as he should be in making appointments. It is not true. I have taken pains to look the mat ter up and 1 find that there are more colored men holding office un der the Governmentin proportion to population than whites." The dele gation in question would not be sat isfied, however, and they left declar ing that they thought that the col ored vote would hereafter be trans ferred to the Democracy. Mr. Fol Sprs action is applauded. The im portuning of a certain class of col ored men for office of late has be come very annoying. The fact that they may or may not vote the Re publican ticket is not considered of sufficient importance to warrant the heads of tie departments in giving them all offices. A Kentucky Tragedy. IIarrodsburo, April 27. Captain Phil. B. Thompson, an ex-member of the legislature, shot Walter Davis as he was stepping from a smoking car of the Cincinnati Southern Road this morning. Thompson was inside the car. The ball went through Davis' head, producing instant death. The cause is alleged to be undue intimacy of Davis with Thompson's wife. 1 nil. i. Ihompson, Jr., is a mem ber of Congress from the Eighth District of Kentucky. He and Da vis had taken a train for Cincinnati, but did not meet until they came to Harrodsburg Junction, where both got into the smoking car. Thompson immediately began the assault on Davis, who tried to es cape. As he got on the platform Thompson drew a revolver, and, say- inc, "lou ll not take my wife to Cincinnati again," fired, and Davis fell dead. Davis was a grocer. He had sold his stock, and was about to go to Chicago. Thompson got off the train and walked away. Assaulted by Tramps. Dklaware, April 20. A dastard ly outrage was committed here this afternoon. Mrs. Wm. II. Hazleton, who lives near the depot, was alone with her baby when four tramps en tered the house by a rear door, and, drawing revolvers, threatened to kill her if she made any outcry. The vil lains then plundered the house and made a violent assault on the fright ened woman, who escaped during the struggle with her babe in her arms. The tramps immediately fled and struck into the country. A large body of police and citizens are in pursuit. Prairie Murder. Houston, April 25. An atrocious crime has been committed at Brick House Gully, nine miles from here. Adams, a negro boy, aged 12 years, under the impression that tiie boys of the neighborhood were going to flog him, while playing with Cuney kelson, aged 11, whom he suspected of beina one of the party, tied a rope around Nelson's waist, and, mount ing a horse, tied the other end to the pommel of the saddle and rode rap idly off, dragging Nelson through the prairie until dead. He took the train for Houston, where he was captured. A Circus Attacked by a Mob. Wilmington, Del., April 22. A dispatch from Dover to the Morning News says O'Brien's circus was at tacked by a mob armed wtyh, breach loading guns and revolver aier the) performance last niglH,iuid ilt on ten men, including Charles Hender- sqn, one of the proprietors, was shot, sovie of them seriously. Henderson, it ia.8aid, cannot recover. The sher iff, at the solitation of the citizens, summoned posse who restored order, and the circus was allowed to depart without further molestation. No ar rests havjs been made. Signed by the Governor. -Harrisburg, April 20. The bills requiring two year's practice at the bar for elegibility to the office of District Attorney, and ordering" Ag ricultural and horticultural societies to appoint special police f-r the pro tection of their property, were sign ed by the Governor to-day. Homes Burned. Elmira, April 25. A fire occur red in Sol Bunnell's hotel and sta bles this evening. Several trotting horses were burned, among them Rosa B., valued at 81,500: Bob Stewart, valued at 81,00). and Lady Beekman, valued at &.j,0J. Nine carriage horses, worth upwards of 82.000, were also burned Sol Bun nell was badly burned while trying to save the stock. The loss on the hotel and stable buildings is about 84,000. Fatally Stabbed? Tacston', April 20. While Mar garet Mather's Company was play ing "Romeo and Juliet" fb-night, Frederick Paulding, playing "Ro meo," ran a sword into the bodjr of Ceorge A. Dalton, playing -Tybalt," in the duel scene. It is not known at present how bad Palton is jhjured. 1 he physicians are confident that he will recover. ' A Murderer Hanged. Elizabetutows, April 2J. Hen ry Debosnev was hanged here to tjaj for the murder of his wife. He slept well last night, and ate a hearty breakfast this morning, after which he smoked a cigar, and then inspect ed the gallows. Taking hold of the rope, he said to the sheriff: "I am afraid I'll break that rope. You ought to have soap on it" He seem ed entirely indifferent to his fate. Outraged in Richmond. Richmond, Va., April 25. For several days pact the police authori ties of Richmond have been consid erbly excited over the depredations of what aro believed to be a gang of professional burglars form Philadel phia and New York. The house of two or three prominent citizens have been entered by means of skel ton keys and property carried off. The police have made every effort to detect the perpetrators of these crimes. One of the most energetic and zealous members of the force in this matter has been Captain A. II. Parader, of the Middle district. The most daring attacks that have been made havbeea upon the private; house of that officer. I his afternoon about five o'clock a "man by some means entered Parader's house, gagged and tied his sixteen-year-old daughter and cut her clothing to pieces. This was done on the fourth flow of the house while a policeman was on duty on the second floor and several other persons in the house. No harm was done the young lady, and it appears manifest that this visitation was merely to defy and outwit the police force. Yesterday a man visited Parader's house twice in the daytime once about eight o'clock in the morning and again at one. The first time a small quanti ty of clothing was carried off; the second the same young lady who was assaulted this morning had a ring torn from her finger and a chain from her neck, the robbers cecaping withou detection. Last night Para der's house was stoned by unknown persons. The daring and fearlessness of the these attacks upon this officer's house have caused no little conster nation among citizens and police authorities. To-night there is a feeling of un easiness, especially among the ladies. The police are on the alert, and every exertion is being made to trap the burglars. Heac of families are laying in supplies of arms an ammu nition. One gunsmith says that he has sold more double-barreled shot guns in the past two days than in as many months before. The de mand fur burglar alarms and other devices forarousing sleepers is equal ly as great. Among those whose houses have been recently entered and robbed is thaf of the widow of Ex-President John Tyler, who lives on Grace, near Seventh street, and M. T. Pemberton, a prominent gro cer. The residence of J. II. Ward was broken into and the room oc cupied by a daughter of Senator Wade Hampton, ot South Carolina, who was visiting the family, entere ed and some of her jewelry carried off. All efforts to trace up the fear less thieves have thus far been un availing. Work of the Flames. Philadelphia, April 20. The Arch street opera house was burned this morning, and for the third lime since it was built. The flames orig inated by the explosion of a gas stove under the steps leading to the gallery, and spread rapidly to the roof. The fire soon made its way to the stage, and the greatest damage was done there, including the de struction of the wardrobe, valued at 83,00), which belonged to the house. The roof fell in and crushed many seats in the auditorium, but the body of the house is not seriiusly dam aged. The theatre has not been oc cupied for several weeks. It is own ed by Bolton Winpenny and leased to Joseph E. Winner. "The loss, it is thought, will not exceed 815,0)0, as the walls are standing and the front of the building is uninjured. The building was, insured for about 819,001). Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marvel of pnrlt v, strength and wholesotneness. Alore economical than the ordinary kluds. and cnun.it be sold in competition irlth the multitude of low test, short weight, nlun OT phosphite powders. Sold only in rem. RurAL B.vxisa Powder Co., loo Wall st. Childhood, Manhood, and Hoary Aj;c Kxclaim iu I'aiaon, -Behold the Con queror." During a brief visit to Ue ancient town of War wick. K. I , reeentl)vVr agent extended his trip to the southeastern extremity of the town, to look about amsag the wonderful improvements which have beeevakade in the appearance of War wick Neck during a eotnpiratlvely biief period. and while conversing on this subject with Col. Benjamin S. Hazard, the popular proprietor of the Warwick Neck Hotel, he learned that the greater part or the bandsme lummer residences tad been erected Inside of a dozen years ; and be also learned that CoL Hazard hal been a great satferer from a chronie disease of the Kidneys and Bladder over fifteen years, the most painful form of It beings stoppage or retention of the urine, which was so very severe at times as to disable him for his accustomed work, and even confine him to bed, when a surgeon's assistance would be required to relieve him. He was being doctored a large part of the tlma, but could get no permanent relief. At Umcs his sufferings were terrible Irom sharp, cutting pains through the Kidneys and Bladder ; ana he bad suffered so long and to severely that he bad become discour aged of getting well again, especially as the doctor state i that It was doub;ful If a man of his j age, with such a complicated disease of lung ' standing, could be enred. Bat last summer when he was suffering intensely from on of these at tacks, a gentleman who was boarding a: his hotel ! rged and persuaded him to try a bottle of Hants j Eomedr, as be had knows of Suu wonderful I cures effected by !L Mr. Hazard says be had no laita In It, but con. sen ted reluctantly to try it, and after taking U ' two days the intense pains and aches had dl.-ap- i peared, and be commenced to gain strength rap- i Miy, and in less than a week w as atteudlug to his ' accustomed work, and has never had a return of ' the pains. Mr. Haxard Is over seventy years cf ' age, and on the Klh or Nov. liii, when oar agent 1 met him, although it was a very odd and blustery i day, bo was In the field with hit team at work j palling and loading turnips, as hale and beany a : man as yom could wlshfef, whereas last August! he was asable to stand up to oversee the work ' then going a In this sane field. Hvwt'S Bbswdt had gives him health and Strang! again, and he recommends It to his rela Urea and friends, several of whom are now taking j It, as he consider! K a most xeeUont medicine for j all diseases of Kidneys or Bladder. j spa bit!! SPRING Largest Stock ! Latest Styles ! Best Makes ! Lowest pr I 4-1 1 1 i i know 5 ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Luiita of PlilIIp Coleman, Ut of JenncrTwp., dee'd. lttercr administration on hov estate hvlnn been irrante.1 to the nii'lenriKned by the proier au thority, notice t hereby Riven to mil poraoos In- tlentea to aiu esiaie 10 miw iminwtii tnent, and tli-ne havini; cluinn aiainH it to pre pent them duly authcntica-id rir settlement on Friday, May 4, 113, at the late residence of said deceased. NOAH S. JIIULER. GEO. A. PILE, mar'.-3 Administrator. A DM I N ISTRATO R S NOTI CE. Estate of A'unhati (1. Walker, late ot Milforl township, deceased. Letters of administration on the above est te havin been sranted to the undersluned by the proir Hurhority nntloe is hereby given to all nertuins indebted to said estate to 'make Immedi ate payment and those having claim avaint the luiue to present them duly authenticate 1 lor set. tlenu-nt, on Thursday, the loth day of May, lHfJ at the lute re sidence of deceased. SILAS A. WALKER. GILLIAN A. WALKER, apr4 Administrators. TOTICE. Kotiee !s hereby livn that aa application will be made to the Dvcrnr of the Uoomon wealth of Pennsylvania, alter due lecal tell, e given by publication, lor a Charter of Incorporation , erea liuir the Youzh Maner lurater Company: The oejects and .urpusefl of ld corporation will be the rnttinir and ratting or coating oi timner and l3 on the Youvhioxhrny River witbia. and eut .ide the limits oi this State, and the manulaeture oi the ame into lumber at a point within said State. The cliicf operations of the Company w.U be ca rried on in Somerset and Favette Counties, and the principal oltlee and place of bnainess will oe located in somerset County, in the said state. UDITOR S NOTICE. Estate of John W. Haynes, late of Jennertown ship, deceased. The undersigned. Auditor, duly appointed by the t irpban s Court ot Somerset county to make distiibution of the tunds In the bands of Joaiah Keller, administrator of the above estate, hereby Hives notice that he will attend to the ilu;iesot said ap;ointmcnt at hisctUee in Somerset bor ough oa Thursday, alay 21, lt83, when and where all persons interested may attend. FKEU W. BlESECKfER, Auditor. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Eitate of Henry L, Snyder, late of Middlecrecg twp., Somerset CO., Pa. Letters of administration on the above estate BavinK been granted to the nnderslfned by the proper aathixity, notice is hereby given to all persons Indebted to said estate to make immedi ate payment, and thoee havlnzelaims against the same to present them duly authenticated for set tlement on Saturday, June V, ls-vi, at the resi dence ol the Administrator. SAMUEL T. SNVnER. Administrator. jgXECUTOR'S "NOTICE. LaiAieor rhr!:ln Pcterman d c'd. late of Que inauuuing twp., Somerset Co., Pa. Lett rs testamentary on ibe above estate hav ing been granted to the undersigned by the prop er authority, notice is hereby given to all persous indebted to said estate to make immediate pay ment, and those having claims against the same will present them, duly authenticated lor sttle mei.t w Thursday, June 7, 1M3, at the late resi dence ol the deceased. 1ANIEL PKTERMAN. CHARLES PKTEtlMAN. Executors. UDITO R S NOTICE. Estate of William Troutisan, Sen., deceased. The undersigned duly appointed by the Or phan's Court ui Somerset county to ascertain ad vancements and make a distribution ol the tunds in thehanlsot William Xroutman, executor ol Wiliittot Trouttnan, !Sen., dee'd, to and among thO!e legal. y entillevl thereto, hereby gives notice that bewilia.iend to the duties ul ins appoint ment ai his oltk-e in Somerset Borough on lours day, the-.'4ih day of May, A. 1 , 1-M. when and where all persous interested mav attend. H. L. BAEIL, Auditor. A UDITOliS NOTICE. Estate of John L. Smith, deceased. The undersigned, andltor, duly appointed by the Orphan's Court ot Somerset county Pa , to as certain advancements and make a distribution of the tunds iu the hands ol Ueorge A. Smith, trustee iorthe sal.: ol the real estate ol John Smith, deceased, to and among those legally en titled thereto, hereby gives notice that he will at tend to the duties ot the above appointment at bis oUice in Somerset, on Friday, the 'ai.'h day of May. I -tel. wnen and where all persons interested may attend. H. L. BAEB. Auditor. JEGAL NOTICE. To uebecca Sips, widow. Mtrhael H. Sipe. Alex ander, now deceased, leaving one child, Maggie Sipe, Nancy, Intermarried with Jos ah Shaller, Sutan. intermarried with Ellas Meyers, now of Palls City. Neb., Sarah, intermarried with David Alowry, KranK Sipe, now of Hiawatha. Kansas, Agnes, intermarried with Ed. Korns, Jennie, Intermarried with Peter Spelcher, tin ma. intermarried witn Prank Bloogh. Annie, Intermarried witn Uarge Schmucker, and Ed. P. Sie. You are hereby not I lied that In pursuance of a wrttol partition issued oat of the Orphans' Coun of Somerset county. Pa , I will hold an inquest on the real estate of Henry Sine, deceased. In Jcnner township, at his late residence, on Wed nesday, the lgih day of April, ltsa, where yon can attend if you think proper. JOHN J. SPAXOLER. Suenirr's Office" Sheriff. mureli.'l.latJ. StOHERHCT HAM MET Corrected by Coo si k Bbzutb. XAI.SBS IS CHOICE GROCERIES, FLOUR k FEED Apples, dried, f Anplebutter, f gal Bran, V H t-s Butter, ft t (keg) ' (roll) Buckwheat V buD - tncai, 100 ts Beeswax f) Bacon, shoulders, f ft ' . sides. " country hams, ft. Corn, fear) new V bushel. ........ ' (shelled) old ...... .... " meal V Call skins, y Pgs, W dot Plour. V bbl , Flaxseed, ft bu. (90 II) Hams, fsugar-cureu) f) h lrd. ? ft Leather, red sole, V ft....... - upper, - " kip. IVTiddllngs, and chop 108 fts Oats, ) bn , Potatoes, V bu (new) Peaches, dried, V ft Hye. W bu Bags," ft Salt, No. L fl bbl. extra Ground Alum, per sack Ashtnn, per sack Sugar, yellow 'ft ft " white ?IOe ...avr 1 i-ja 'JSJk Tie 2J4fi'Jc Z3e Ic 11c 70QSOC 3c e lie ...5 StXg7 00 75e It IJrrtltc 30r3:ie .SAc70e .......;ve f'l 00 .......6oi-ttd a.rS'Oc cvSilOC Tlxawo . le 41 i-t 00 ..$1 SJfefl M , .1 eiue ltlclic , tiSTe Tallow, W ft Wheat. WooL "ft... W bo ... 1 00 .Sic Wo m am a m m n SDHMMER CLOT si i Xo matter what you buy, Vo t it back at any time within ten if not soiled, your money will bet'f to you. "When an article fails to be J price paid, we shall apnrem'o t -ii i " : -I win snow us me article, no matte and badly worn, and allow us t0 back a satisfactory amount ia make a liberal allowance on t. purchase. We desire to publish bro;uW. guarantee to make every article price paid for it, but you nmo JP about it ; otherwise, how w- L. "WOOLS 1 THE POlULVK CLOTlIIKlj Johnstown, p.: Fanners AXl FL0RIS1 fill W Mj Steel & I. 31. Terry A Xsnmlrctli A Seeds holh ISIfx-k. r in ! Seeds grown by tb named firm? are widely i.? and always prove to 1 s and good. Call early before i' varieties are all cone. ; 0. N. BOH i. The Druggist' MAMMOTH Wh SOMERSET H. D M I N ISTIi ATO R'S 50 Estate ot Elizabeth Shearer, late of Letters of administration on tbt f having been granted to the underKf prtper authority, notice Is heret v r;" iMi.Ktawl talha i.l.i .j'.it. m.t.f payment, and thute having claims ' against it to present them duly ia:;- . settlement, at the unVe ot r. B; Somerset borough, on pridav. M? F. VV. BitSE marts Ai- f 11 ULETO ACCEPT OR fi-'j To l?amlln MflU -l.'n Vffl.t -J san Catharine Cook, f. rinerl Miller and Marlaii L. Miller, si! side In Fisher. Caropaiime const y. L of whom Keuben McMillln was'!' dian. and Jacob S. Miller. wW Ronton county, Ind.,llnlal descendim M lller. deceased. Yon are hereby notified to sppn''' ans'Coart to he held at Somerset theKiddar of April, 1SM3. to adp1 take the real estate of Aaron J"'"fL at the appraised valuation, or lb" the same should not be sold. SberltTs Office, i JOHNJ.SPl March 21, 'S3, i TUTTTS A NOTED DiVlNE SAjf lB.Tcrr: Dear kui u':.ti been a martyr to in ijp" . JB!l;1s Piles. Last svrintr luut pt'w" ,Jk f tome; I niod theui( .u; withln'l',1 now a well moo, hve r.md apt"1. reu m.ui, ve p.Kxi ,t regular stool. r'- tTit.i nrty pouniissolid ncsii. I i?ht in gold. 1 usr. r. l. snrpsov. VTaf I ,wsnv-Jltt OP' perfect, reguia gained forty VUUX weight i A-TORPID Lim lie of Ajpetit,Nans- l"ain In the Hmut. with a null fn the back cart. Pain under tn the Hide, fullness after r,n5'0-s1 1 wi .i-,on of body-. fmtabiUty of tPtnpr.XoW W 6f1SOTorVwIth fclir-g Ectadomedutv, W '"J", Flattering of the heart, P0-' le-TTTeUow Skin, Hewtar h. naaa at niwht. hie-h.IV COloreu - TSTUMV W17VIXI f SiO 'ill .. oiniin.fVr WILL Bt Z TO ITS PiLLSari "grWI Trjrtais rsmrdy fsirtr-, lt miss m healthy IKic'o"'! m ImsS Utst DH.TVTT'S XIJ . -. fuel'- PILLf r "T "'y-r TOTTWIfiJ Closer miack. by a.iuaJJ,,W3! (Ms Oye. It Impart J- J acta lasaaataaaanaly "T-eirl :
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