The Somerset Herald. EDWAKD SCULL, Editor and Proprietor. WEDNESDAY. ..KT 1185. A joist resolution has passed both ITouses of the Legislature fixing June Cth as the day of final adjourn ment. The Secretary of the Treasury es timates that it will take $10,000,000 to meet the pensions that will fall due this month. Both branches of the legislature have accepted invitations to visit Gettysburg on Decoration Day and I take part in the ceremonies. Senator Cameron with his family sailed for Europe on Saturday last, lie expects to return in time for the meeting of Congress in Deceniber. Ox Tuesday of last week the House voted, one hundred and elev en yeas to sixty nays, to increase the appropriation for Common Schools from ,O0Q,000 to $1,500,000. Last year the expenditure for common schools in this State was little short of nine million dollars, of which one million dollars only was drawn from the State Treasury Fourteen million barrels of oil were sold in Oil City on Wednesday last, of which one million barrels were 6old iu fifteen minutes. Ten million barrels were sold on the 6ame day in Pittsburg. Proctor Knott, at present a mem ber of Congress, has been nominated as their ndidate for Governor by the Democracy of Kentucky, and a platform adopted, declaring in favor of "a tariff for revenue only." Oi r model Democratic Reform Legislature, having determined to remain in session as long as the Con stitution will jeruiit its members to draw pay, has generously determin ed to throw in a few extra days for good measure. Tub wife of V. S. Senator Fair has just been divorced from him, and he has been ordered to pay her $4,250, 0U0 in cash, and make her a deed for the family residence in San Fran cisco. Here is another proof that money will not make home happy. The Grand Lodge of Pennsylva nia IndejK-ndent Order of Odd Fel lows, met in annual session at Har risburg, on Tuesday of last week. About eight hundred delegates were in attendance. Dr. C. N. Hickok, of Bedford, was elected Grand Master. McKee, Chairman of the Inde pendent State Committee last year, says that he will be a candidate for Senator from the Fifth Philadelphia district, next fall. If there is any gratitude in Governor Pattison's make up, he will see that McKee gets the solid Democratic vote of that district. A bill has passed both Houses at Harrisburg and is now in the hands of the Governor, conferring upon Pennsylvania veterans of the Mexi can war a pension ot eight dollars per month. The number of such survivors is small, and those who re main are well advanced in years. The Governor should sign the bill. Col. McCixrk of the Times, Chas. Emory Smith of the Press, and Char ley Wolfe, were chiefly instrumental in seducing Republicans into the rapport of Pattison last fall. This trio of unselfish patriots having fail ed to boss the boy Governor, are de nouncing him. The old adage, "when rogues fall ut, tfcc, fcc,- is now being verified. Speaking of the fact that seventy eight thousand emigrants arrived in this country last month and that many other thousands are coming, the Ninth American suggests that we are probably receiving too much of a good thing, and thinks America is very much like the man who, mar ried a widow and became a patriarch by the ceremony. The following is from the Phila delphia Rtrord, an Independent Democratic paper, and the people throughout the'eountry are generally coming to the same opinion in re gard to the President : Greater praise might be awarded, but it is not too much to say that ' the best President the country has Lad in the White House since Abra ham Lincoln, is President Arthur, lie grows ia the popular esteem as Lu administration gets age. The prohibitory, amendment bill was called np ia the Senate last Week and effectually killed. When the pfsjjle erne to make sp their TuvlktMi t'tiji Ifiocratio Reform frgiHlaturiVi base and cowardly action on this neaMiv must receive Littrrroudrmnationi If embers were Dot callvl upon to deride tbe merits of this quua ; iht-y were limply aAed to allow tbe iwople to do ao, and this poor boon they contemptu ously reftMed. . More utter disregard f popnlar right was oerr shown than by this "Reform" Legislature. Tna tariff fur revenue only wing of tlie Democratic party Las been greatly strengthened in their faith by the utterances of tbe oracle of Xew York Democracy, Horatio Seymour, who has announced that as the true policy of the Democratic party. With Seymour in New York, and ilurd in Ohio, thus proclaiming, and Watterson, of Kentucky, bray tng tbe hostility of their party to protection, it is as well for the party . to make up its mind that the . tariff question will not down at tb bid ding, but must b t 4 upon, inste"T During the month last past there arrived in this country over seventy eight thousand emigrants, and the indications are that the immigra tion during ' the coming summer tu lawelv in excess of former years. Vast as this country ia, it must rapidly 11 up at this rate, and it is getting to be a serious ques tion whether there should not be a stop put to promiscuous immigra tion. While welcoming all such who are apt to become good citizens, would it not be as well to close the doors and prevent all Europe from making a garbage heap of our shores on which to dump their paupers and criminals. The chances of Ben Butler for the Democratic nomination for the Pres idency seem to have advanced from the nUte of nossibilitv to that of probability. It is understood that John Kelly and Tammany are "for him" with all that implies, and as the fwidow" has plenty of money which he spends withfereat freedom, and is known to be able, bold and unscrupulous, qualities in a candi date that delight the Bourbon heart, there is a more serious consideration of his adoption as a standard bearer by the Bourbons. Stranger things than his nomination have happened before now in the political world, and are apt to happen again. If, as was supposed, the building of the Harrisburg and Western Rail road Vanderbilt'B line was delay ed, awaiting legislation, that obstacle has been removed, as all the bills in which it was alleged to be interested, have passed both Houses, and need only the Governor's signature to be come laws. During the pendency of this legislation, the Reading road has secured a lease of the New Jer sey Central, which gives it a contin uous line from Harrisburg to New York, and on Friday last, by pur chase, Mr. Vanderbilt secured a con trolling interest in the Pittsburg and Lake Erie road, thus making a con tinuous line from Connellsville by the Pittsburg, Youghiogheny and McKeesport road to Lake Erie. Nothing now remains but to close up the gap between Harrisburg and Connellsville to complete this new trunk line from .New York to the far West, and this work can be complet ed within three years, if business i9 really meant The right-of-way. is being rapidly secured through Ful ton, Bedford and Somerset Counties, but we understand, not in the cor porate name of any company, but in that of certain individuals, which to the uninformed, looks as if a syn dicate were securing this valuable franchise for their own purposes. We hope, however, that no further obstacles will be thrown in the way of completing this important work on which the prosperity of this por tion of the State so largely depends. That Mr. Seal I und his subsidiary local bosaea will effect tbe iluJrancliinemeBt of tbe aeren humlrad Independents wbo voted for bonmtjr and economy last year, by com pelling them to remain away from the pri mary election, is certain. Thre is the sequel to this. It is this the bosses will dread most when another November's chill blasts blow oyer the land. Mepertiale Commercial. We concede that the editor of the Commercial is a very knowing poli tician, but the Republicans of this county, after last year's experience, have concluded that he is about as safe to consult as a sign board blown down at a country cross road. His disagreeable habit of exhibiting his sore-head on every occasion is fast disgusting those who at first sympa thized with him, and no longer an swers his object of keeping up a row for the benefit of his journal The only political move within the year was tbe business transacted at the January meeting, with which be pro fessed himself fully satisfied. Since then Mr. Scull, neither personally nor through the Herald, has taken the slightest action looking towards the result of the primary election, nor made, nor does he propose to make, any attempt to influence its results. Mr. Scull's position towards the Republican party is so thorough ly defined in the following article from the New York Commercial Ad vertiser, that we adopt it : "The Commercial Advertiser be lieves that any kind of a Republi can is better than the finest Demo crat wbo can be trotted out ; it be lieves in regularity the will of the majority and will never be found opposing a candidate regularly nom inated by a Republican convention. Thi8may be 'subserviency to the machine,' 'hide beund politics,' tc, but that is the kind of a Republican the editor of this paper is. He will speak his mind on ail occasions, and will support tbe lienubhcaa party every time. If there is any reform to be accomplished be will be for ac complishing it inside and not out side the party. He don't believe in giving the DemociaU the offices. The "organs of harmony' need not alarm themselves over this paper it will always be found on the side of the Republican party." w e know tnat it in nard for our esteemed contemporary to learn that "Sweet are the uses of adversity," but we venture to commend to it ane snail bit of Jay Gould's philosophy which Jhe alleges is worth more to him than half his fortune. lie says : "I long ago learned not to get mad. Tbe man who gets mad hurts him el mors than any body else. He destroys bis digestion and is an tidal ware msnm. , The alleged political revolution oil 1S8J gave New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts. Conneticot, Kansas, and Michigan each a tidal-wave or Democratic Governor. Cleveland in New 1 ork, Pattison in Pennr ylrania. Butler in Massachusetts, Begold in Michigan, and Glick in Kansas were elected by independent or kicking Republicans, and it will be remem bered that for weeks after the elec tion every sorehead Republican in the land was 'pointing with pride to the legend, "I did it, which be was then anxious that every one should read and remember. Tbe tidal-wave Governors ' have now been on trial for several months, :T.anLM far as thaPnUW concerned, they have been treated with great forbearance. It tne iei lows who invented this new variety of governor were satisfied and the Dftmncrats hartDV in possession of the spoils, there seemed no good rea son why Republicans should worry themselves about the matter, and they have not done so. The complaint comes from anoth er quarter. The people most disap pointed are the Republicans who voted for Democrats under a 'mis taken sense of duty or under the spur of petty resentment. The growls and grumble come most from the stiff jointed impracticables who love to call themselves Inde pendents, and who affect a conscien tious devotion to reform methods. The Democrats who voted the straight ticket have no reason to com plain except in the case of Butler, who' of all the tidal-wave governors, in the only one who has been true to the title. In Kansas certain classes of Re publicans voted for Glick as a rebuke to Governor St John. No sooner was Glick in office than he proceed ed to read all the Republicans who voted for the prohibition amend ment a lecture on the error of their ways. If he had given the anti-temperance Democrats a pledge to undo or render void all the work of Re publican Legislatures on the liquor question he could not nave done more ia that direction man ne naa done. He is the fruit of Republican dissatisfaction and resentment, and it is comforting to know that the men who are most disgruntled over his official actions are the Republi cans who voted for him. In Pennsylvania there was in the issue between ltepuoncanisin anu Independentism as aggravated a case of political throat cutting as is on record.. Republicans, to accomplish a certain purpose, voted either for Pattison (Democrat) or Stewart (Independent), and Beaver, a Re publican of unimpeachable record, was defeated. The leader in the Pattison mevement was Colonel Mc- Clure, of the Philadelphia limes, and if he is not satisfied with results in may be assumed that not many who followed him are. In a recent interview Colonel Mc- Clure pronounces' Governor Pattison a misfit He has done absolutely nothing ; he is not big enough for the place ; he has not kept his promis- es : ne naa maae oaa appointments ; he has surrendered to the worst el ements of the Democratic party ; his administration has been weakness itself, and has paralyzed the Demo cratic organization in Pennsylvania. W orse than this, lailure to do wnat was expected of him has "convinced the Pennsylvania Independents that under the circumstances independ ence is folly." These are the admissions or con fessions of a man who has believed in independent action. And he has no hesitation in saying that the ex periment in New York ended as bad ly for Independents and Democrats as that in Pennsylvania. In all the States except Massachusetts the tidal-wave Goyernors have been misfits or disappointments, and the end will be, Colonel McClure be lieves, a reunited Republican party and a divided or disorganized Dem ocracy. Charles K. Smith, an anu-uameron Republican, and editor of the Phila delphia Press, agreed with McClure on the main points, and declares that Pattison s administration bas been a great disappointment to all who hopes for reform in methods.' In his opinion the Republicans have had all they care for ot reiorrn uemocra- cy, and after tnis tney win go it alone and win.' On the evidence submitted by the bolters of 1882, Butler is the'only tidal-wave Governor who has made a respectable record, and he went in, not on the wave, but by hard work and political shrewdness in management Butler is not a misfit from the independent standpoint, but he is a standing menace to the peace of the Democratic party. So, take it all in all, the political child ishnesssof 1882 has already met with suitable reward. The men who did the most mischief ere now most willing to acknowledge the error of their wsys. Inter Ocean. When American mechanics cau live on two dollars and forty cents a week, American manufacturers will be able to vie with their foreign competitors. David A. wells and the Kentucky Democratic conven tion have agreed that free trade is the thing for this countrv. It all sounds . well enough to talk about the inventive genius of our people, and that "our machines and impli- ments used in manufacturing keep constantly in advance of those em ployed in other countries," but in ventive genius and machinery 'do not contribute much to the practical wants of the great mass of the labor ing classes. .' The question of compe tition with the products of tne pau per labor of Europe is not so im portant as the protection of labor against competition. The working people of England go half naked and half starved, and then their employ ers are not satisned. As this is a country of the people and for the people, its economic conditions should be adjusted to their comfort and cot to suit the theories of a lew cranks and their deluded followers. Harrisburg Telegraph. Garfield' Monnjnen. Cincinnati, May 16. The Gar field Monument Committee of the Society of the Army of the Cumber land neia a meeting nere vo-uay. General James Burnett of Cleve land, presided, presided. General Henry M. Cist secretary of the com mittee ; General A. G. McCook, of New York; General J. C. Sumter, of Chicago; Colonel H. U. Uorbin, United States army ; General VI u- liam A. Robison. of Pittsburg, and General J. C Parkhurst, of Coldwa- ter. Mich., were in attendence. Mr. J. a A. Ward, of New York, was selected at the artist to design and complete tbe monument A com mittee consisting of General Burnett, Ciet and McCook were appointed to visit Washington with Mr. Ward to select a site for the monument The committee authorised Mr. Ward to select a site for the monument the cost of which w not to exceed $50,000. :- ' Philapeuu. Piy May A Common Plea jury gare a rerdict for Mark Spieker against tbe railroad company for 15,000. Spieker was a traveling salesman and took passage for Williams port, and presented the conductor a return slip of an excur sion ticket from Williams port to Philadelphia, The conductor refus ed the ticket and ejected Spieker in the open country The judge charg ed rather against the , ejectment of the holder of the ticket in a rural yCssXdjetrict amid drenching rain. A Kentucky Mm For Revenne Com missioner. Washington. Mav 21. Mr. Wal ter Kirnns ot IjOUlfiVUie. HeMUCKV. i was to-day appointed Commissioner' of Internal Kevenue. ine appoint ment was a genuine surprise to the so-called "intimate friends" of the President who are put considerably out of joint Tbe Charges Against Dukes. Uniontown, May 14. In court to-day Colenel John - Collins arose with a bundle of papers in bis band, one of which was the bill of particu lars drawn up against Dukes to show why he should be expelled from the bar of Fayette county. Among the other documents with which the venerable Colonel was fortified was a copy of the Philadelphia Times containing a recent decision of the Supreme Court, affirming the decis ion of a lower court in disbarring a lawyer who had taken part in tar rine and feathering a criminal. The Colonel was ready to show that if a man could be disbarred for such a mild offense as that there ought to be no question about disbarring one who is guilty of the crime committed by N. L. Dukes. The specified charges against Dukes were then read, and Mr. Boyle asked that he be allowed time to examine them. This was granted and the case con tinued to June Court, when it is ex pected that it will be decided, ex ceptions having first been filed and the testimony taken in the regular way. The charges as specified contain six counts, the second of which in cludes nine particulars. They charge the writing ot the letter to Nutt; that the letters are libels on Miss Nutt and Messrs. Hagan, Kennedy, Frey and Bogardus, two of them fellow members of the bar ; that these letters show that Dukes advised the lather to procure- abor tion upon his daughter ; that he is a self-confessed eavesdropper and spy, and that he is guilty of traducing character and betraying friendships; that Dukes is grossly immoral and depraved, unfaithful, untruthful, unscrupulous, vile, cruel, heartless and shameless ; that he has forfeited the respect and esteem of the com munity and of the bar and brought disgrace upon himself and " the pro fession, and, finally, that Dukes has proved himself so lacking in moral character as to disqualify him, un der the rules of this court and the laws of this Commonwealth, for the practice of the law at this bar. X- -I Death or Lydia Pinkham. Lynn. Mass.. May 18. Mrs. Lydia Pinkham, of vegetable compound fame, is dead, of paralysis, aged sixty-four. Her face and name were familiar all over tbe United states. Her parents were Quakers, and she wis born and brought up in Lynn. After graduating at Lynn Academy she taught school ia Wareham and Lynn, rorty years since she was married to Isaac Pinkham, by whom she had four sons and a daughter. Fifty years ago she began manu facturing the compound on a small scale, and for the past seven years her sons, who took the business, have spent $200,000 a year in adver tising. Mrs. Pinkham was a spiri tualist one leaves a husband, a . son, a daughter, ana a reminiscence of a calm and placid countenance. : 'OZk .l.' The Brooklr Bridge. New York, May 16.-Preparations for the grand display of fire . works which is to succeed the opening of the Brooklyn bridge.on May iH, are being rapidly carried forward. It has been determined V light up the whole structure on the. night of this exhibition. The contractors for the display say that it will be tbe finest ever witnessed in this country, and will be easily seen for ten miles. By instruction . of Trustee Stranahan there will be no set pieces, as they would look insignificant at such a great height The programme is. to iuclude dozens of new features in fireworks. For an hour an a quar ter there will be a running fire of rockets, bombs, and fountains of sil ver and gold, rain flights of 300 and 600 rockets of every kind, known will go up at once from the middle of the main spans and from the tops of the towers. Some of the bombs will be thrown 400 feet above the towers.',.:. . War oa Bitten. Washington,.. May. 17. A short time ago Mr. iiaum, as Commission er of Internal Revenue, decided that certain classes of bitters were not li able to tax as whisky, and come in under the head of proprietary medi cines. Since that decision Congress removed tbe tax on such medicines. It is now the subject of dissatisfac tion to whisky dealers that this class of proprietary medicines, tbe princi pal ingredients of which is whisky, pay under tbe present law no tax whatever, and the whisky dealers are preparing to kick up about it They are entering protests and threaten to carry a test case into the courts. . The source of their sorrow seems to be that . certain classes of whisky bitters are sold in every bar room in the country as a beverage, and now that no tax is paid special inducements are offered retailers of liquors, druggists and grocers to sell bitters for which no license is re quired. This they say makes a boom in bitters at the expense of tbe legit imate liquor trade. : LigtttnlagMid lapendfarfan). East Liverpool, May 15. A few minutes after 7 o'clock last night the alarm was sounded for Second street, Thompson 8 pottery, one of the larg est in the world, being on fire. The upper end of the building, which is nearly four hundred feet long, was struck by lightning. ' Fortunately the notterv had been well, sup plied with hose, and the timely aid of willing hands and an easy ingress to the fire, avoided serious loss. The large frame meat shop of Nor ris Bros, caught fire at one o'clock in ,the night and tbe flames soon de voured t' There Was no fire, no gas ,pr Mght of any in$ about the build ing an.9 jl i$ supposed to be the work of an incendiary- A iranpp was ar rested on suspicion to-day . who had threatened Jos. Morris yesterday to burn his shop should he not give him a job. Loss estimated at $oQ0, partiayy insured. Thompson's loss about f25Q, partiaUy insure. ; i i : -: 1 renters getjprff w Worjk. Coshes, Pa., May 15. Aboat50Q em pi ayes of the eotton mills of 8. Kiddle & Son, at Rockdale, this oounty, who had been out on a strike-the past two weeks for an ni crease in wages, have returned to work at the aid rates. IDIOTIC CAREXjESSXEBS. Scr akton, May 16. The small town of Moosic, seven miles south of Scrantou, where the industries are coal mining and ' wwder mAnufasr turing, receif ed a terrible ihakin up last eight by an explosion oi several hundred pounds of dynamit and giant powder, which hadjaeen placed in the blacksmith shop near to the new shaft, which is being sunx by the Pennsylvania Uoal tympany. The work of sinking the shaft' was being carried on by two contractors named Willftms. and"" thre shifts of eight men each were, engaged on the work. Six men af. the, night shift had entered upon the work and the others, Charles Woods and one of the contractors were in the engine room preparing a charge for the blast The .explosives bad .been placed close to a stove and near by was the blacksmiths's forge. Engineer James., Laird had just entered the building ; when Woods, noticing njuaes - in the blacksmith room, rushed there to ascertain the cause, but was met by a terrific ex plosion, which tore the immediate buildings into bits and burled Woods through tbe sir upwards ot one hun dred yardsy mincing him into ml nute particles. .Williams . was thrown about fifty feet, but other than - bein? 1 stunned for - a few moments, escaped alive.-, Laird was buried beneath the ruins, which at once caught fire, and be was rescued, witf great difficulty alive and only suffering slight injuries from falling timbers.. Great alarm was felt for the six men down the shaft, who were completely cut off lrom earth with no way oi escape except through the mouth of the shaft. 70 feet above their heads, about, which was a roaring torrent of names. .: , ; Great crowds, which had assem bled immediately began to extin guish the flames, in which they soon succeeded, and at once lowered ropes to the imperilled men below, draw ing them ud in safety, amid the shouts of the people, to the surface. Several other workmen were on their way to work when the explosion oc curred, among whom were the black smith, helper and fireman, who, in a few minutes more, would have been in the midst of the ruined buildings. Tbert is general rejoicing that the escape from a serious fatality was so 6malL The force of the explosion was ' experienced in Pittston and West Pittston, several mile away, where doors were forced ajar, and in Moosic the destruction to windows and crockery was general. Persons were thrown from chairs upon which they were sitting and there was great consternation, many thinking that one of the magazines at the powder work" had blown up. Waiting lor Their Master. ,.; Plymouth N. H., May 17. One of the most remarkable reasons prob ably ever urged for the pardon of a criminal has been presented to the Governor of this State in application for the release of Tim Buckner, a col ored desperado confined in jail here. About 18 months ago Buckner incit ed a riot and placed himself at the head of about 100 lawless negro lum bermen who threatened to destroy this town. The Governor had to call out the military before the rioters could be suppressed. Buckner was covicted and sent to jail for two years for being the ring leader of the entlaws. , ., ..,-. f.j Twa-ibi .! At the tithe of his arrest the negro owned two coon dogs. , These daily visited the court during the trial of their master and sat by his fide. Af ter Buckner was sent to jail they took up their vigils at the jail yard door. During the twelve months that the outlaw bas been incarcera ted tbe dogs have not been absent from their post a single night They relieve each other during the day to get food, but at night both remain. The people of the town became at tracted by Jhia singular mark of de votion of the dumbcreatures to their master and they built them a kennel near the jail door within sight of Buckner's cell window. Governor Jarvis' wife visited this place a few days ago and was mov ed to tears by the wonderful attach ment of Buckner's dogs. ... She has joined others in recommending the Governor to pardon Buckner, who still has a year to serve. The prin cipal reasons urged for executive clemency are the facts above related. The Recent Cyclone. Cincinnati. May . 16. Reports have been received here . of tbe rav ages of Monday night's storm in In diana and Ohio showing that the cy clone swept across an area of about six miles north of Coonorsville, In diana, with a path a few rods wide, striking the little . village of Water loo, destroying every house but three in that place and doing great damage to the farms in its path, but injuring nobody. The fine iron bridge over White Water river was whirled to pieces. In the southern part of Wayne county, adjoining, much damage was done to tbe farms ; houses . were : unroofed and one or two people were slightly in jured. The same storm passed through Prebel county, Uhio, . un roofing houses and barns and doing damage estimated at $70,000. , Far ther east at German town ' and Miamisburg, there was a severe hail storm doing immense damage to tbe vegetation. The fruit was almost entirely destroyed. - Accident in a Mine. .' , Sep Anton. Pa., May , 15. This morning while five men were being let down the shaft at the Pancpast Company's colliery the rope became loosened and permitted the car to descend fitv feet to the : bottom of the shaft . Lewis Sawyer, a track layer, had his hip broken ; Pat fal len, a laborer, bad a leg broken and received serious injuries y John Bro gan, a driver boss, was jarred seri ously; William Banks, a car-runner, sprained his ankles, and .William Boland was seriously jarred. Cullen will probably die before morning. ; - Awflri Deed.' ! r i ; New Yort, May 17. Alice Zim merman, the young, handsome : and cultured wife of Frank Zimmerman, the artisTto-day,' while insane, killed fcex JwelyerdayB-old lifttle daughter and attempted to J?er mojthef. The young wife for some .days pripr to her confinement, toojt an ayefsjon to her husband, mother and friends. Her babe awakened -, no feeling in bier breast, and be declared that she hated it; Twfce since her sickness bob attempted suicide. To-day he induced her mother to bsaje br and daring her absence planned ; a pair of scissors into the infant's neck. She then attacked her mother, bat was overpowered. . She will be, sent to an asylna. .'. ' - ' I A Deadly Diaaater. Hartford, Conn., May 18. The steamer Granite State, which runs between this ciiy and New York, was totally' destroyed hf fire this morn ing c hile epproaching her dock at Goods need's Landing, forty-one miles below Hartford, on her way to thiscity She ,WM coming. into the dock, when the fire broke out for ward, and the flames spread so rap idly that nothing was saved. Five lives are known to haye been lost, four by burning and one by drown ing. The drowned person was Mrs. C. L., Maine, of New Haven, who, with her : husband, jumped over board into the river. Her husband reached the shore." An effort was made to bring , the steamer to the dock, but the fire spread with such rapidity that it was found impracti cable, xierstem was swung in, now ever.and most of the crew and pas sengers Jumped from tbe burning steamer to . the, wharf, while some jumped into the river and swam ashore. It is not - known - how the fire originated.-. The bodies of all the persons burned cannot be iden tifiedW: One body has been recog nized ? as that of the second ; cook, named .-Jackson. Of - the persons burned two are supposed to have been' emigrant passengers. Nine horses were also . burned, of which the Adams Express Company own ed one. The cargo, which was most ly billed to this city is a total loss. The steamer's bull has floated down the river about half a mile below the landing. Nothing is visible above the water but her gallows frame and walking-beam. The Granite State was owned in this city by the Hart ford and New York Transportation Company. She cost the company originally $35,000, but has since been thoroughly overhauled and repaired at a cost of $30,000. The body of Mrs. C. L. Maine, of New Haven, was recovered. She was on her bridal trip, and sprang overboard with her husband. They sank three times, her husband became entang led in the paddle wheel and was saved. . It is now thought that Mrs. Maine and the second cook, named Jackson, a colored man, were the only persons drowned. There are two deck passengers Btill unaccounted-for, however. . ! ' " The Veterans' Excursion. Washington, May 17. The Soci ety of the Army of the Potomac have been lavored with another per fect day. For the excursion to Mount Vernon to-day three steam ers were employed the Geo. Leary, a large River steamer, and the Us. steamer, Tallapoosa and the revenue cutter Ewing, the two latter .having been placed at the disposal ot the committee by the authorities of the Navy , and Treasury Departments. On the three boats were about 700 members of the Society of the Array of the Potomac and their guests, in cluding many ladies and residents of Washington. A collation was served on each of the boats and the trip down the river was enlivened by army songs and impromptu speech es. After remaining two hours at Mount Vernon the veterans re-em barked and were brought back to the Cltv- . . :': . . . A. banquet to-night at Abners Summer Garden closed the reunion of the Army of the Potomac. . Recent 8trms. Chicago, May lG.A terrific thun der storm passed over Jamaica, L. I., on Monday night . At Springfield the residence of Mrs. seaman t red erick, was almost entirely demol ished by the lightning, and must have been struck by more than one bolt The building is split in two and tbe roof is torn to pieces. Mrs. Frederick and her daughter were in bed. They were thrown out on the floor, and werejenseles when found, but recovered soon. Portions ot the building were found 500 yards from the house. r ......... . Thompson Acquitted. Harropsburo, Ky-May 16. The jury to day returned a verdict of ac quittal in the case of lion, t bil B. Thompson, on trial for killing Wal ter H. Davis. 1 he jury was out one hour. The verdict was received with a deafening shout by the densely- packed Court-room. As soon as the jury was polled and dismissed 1 horn peon was crowded upon by friends wb.o warmly congratulated him. He bore the ordeal with the same coolness ' that has marked his conduct throughout the trial. , The Cherokee Strip Ijeaaed. - Kansas Cmv Mo-May 16. The Journal's Muskogee, I. T., special says : "In the Cherokee Council both the Senate and House pasaedT by a small majority, the bill leasing the Cherokee strip to the Cherokee Strip Live Stock " . Association for nve years for a consideration of $100,000 per annum. The bill was then sent : to Lhiet uushy- head, . and, as he recommended the leasing, there is no doubt of his approval." . ; Shot In Bia Own House. Cincinnati, May 14. A party of eight men rode up to the house of Vaughn Hilton, near Jeffersonville nine miles from Mount Sterling, Ky., yesterday morning, and awakened him, saying they were looking for a horse-thief. W hile he was sitting on tbe edge of the bed some ot the men fired on him, killing him in stantly.' . Tbe parties are not known, but it is supposed that they were friends of the Barnett family, which has a fend with the Hiltona. - ! j " " "" , -i s Miaaonri Cyclone. ''- Macon, May 15. The cyclone of Sunday night left the business part of the town comparatively uninjur ed. The loss, however, will reach $100,000. Three persons are known to have been killed, namely : Mrs. Elijah Banta, Mrs. John Clarkson and Mr. Charles Ross. The injured are being cared for and ample relief is being provided by the citizens of Macon. ' - " J s -A Texae Cyclone. -' f , Galveston. May 10. A Dennison Tex., special says yesterday a- cy clone struck the west side of the city about JO o'clock. A small town was blown to atoms. Mrs. Burch and child were seriously Jnjured. The Baptist church was entirely' demoj fahecL A brjck residence ras blown down. : Ut9- WfMurtey and' h'ef mother were juried fa the debris.' It is thought they are not fatajly Injur ed. The colored school house was orn rom the foundation, badly wrecked. .Many of the nooses were similarly moved. Fences and shade trees suffered greatyr . The cyclone lasted only a minute, bat the rain fell, in torrents., , .. r V Army of the Patomac t Washington, May 16. Despite the lowering clouds and threatening weather of yesterday to-day has proved most auspicious for the open ing ceremonies of the reunion ot the Army of the Patomac. ' The procession movea at n.u . M., breaking from right to left and marching over the route agreed upon to Pennsylvania avenue, passing in review before the stand erected upon the pavement opposite the White House, upon which stood President Arthur and - his - Cabinet several members of Congress, foreign Minis ters and many prominent citizens. Tbe procession occupied forty min utes in passing the stand. About 2500 men passed in review. , After the procession the President gave a reception at the White House. rr At the meeting at the National Theatre for general business at 3 o'clock there was a tumltuous scene over, the - election of ' a President General John ; Newton was chosen, receiving 155 yptes to, 1 17 for. Gener al U. S. Grant, whos name bad been withdrawn.- ' r ' ' '"' ;' The remaining officers were unan imously reelected: Treasurer; Gen eral M. T. McMahon; . Secretary, General. Horatio King; Correspond ing Secretary, General George II. Sharpe. Brooklyn was selected aa the place for holding the next annual meeting. ' - - . ; The Fifth Army Corps Society, of the Army of the Potomac, bd a largely attended meeting at the Riggs House this afternoon, at which a resolution was unanimously adopt ed extending the thanks of the Corps to the President, the Senate of the United States, General Grant, Sen ators Sewell and McPherson. of New Jersey, and other persons for their efforts to secure justice for Fitz John Porter. ! ' ' ; , ; s - . Agreeing; to go Home. - j Habrisbcrg, May 19. The date of adjournment is June 6th, the Sen ate concurring in the House resolu tion to that effect yesterday before taking the usual SaturdirY recess. The Senators on the Republican side were unanimous for it and thirty-one of the forty in the chamber voted for adjournment Senator Gordon thought the resolution premature. He considered it impossible to give that consideration to the apportion ment, anti-discrimination and inter mediate court bills which was' their due in the little time remaining, and lie urged that the resolution be in definitely postponed. While hold ing that the general apportionment bills had priority under the rules he believed that the calendars were freighted with some of the most im portant bills of the session. Senator Ross wanted no repairs at the end of the session. "The hours and days and weeks of tbe session that have been idly wasted away are now rec ognized as having been valuable. There is no need to cultivate bun combe by working without the limit of days set" Senator Hall, after re ferring to the resolution as unwise and saying that it were better to wait a few liys, moved that further consideration be postponed.. The Senate refused and then concurred in the resolution. , .... -. , e Fou.d Dead. HosESDAl.E.f'May 14. Yesterday afternoon, wh'le three young men were strollin ('through a . piece of woods about?iree miles from Dor lingers glaj.' orks, near Hawley, they came fcfa the dead body of a man lyingnaes a log. It had evi dently be posed for some time, as the LflvCLwas considerably de compose, a5l falling from the bones. He wa:. 71 dressed, and in the pockets J, ,118 clothing were found a silver, in, one dollar and a half in silg reoin, a small roll of bills, a pair tsf, vectacles and some papers. The le&ers were so badly destroyed by the elements that the writing or printing thereon were not legible. No clue to the mans identity has yet been obtained. The coroner will be notified this evening and an in quest will probably be held to-morrow.' ".- - - - Whipped to Pieces. Washington, Pa., May 15. A most destructive hail and wind storm assed over a portion of this county ast night The damage at Lone Pine was quite severe, reaching many thousand dollars. A number of res idences were almost demolished and other buildings destroyed. Fences and hay stacks were scattered in all directions. A huckster wagon, load ed with groceries, etc., was picked up by the wind and literally whip ped to pieces. ? But one person re ceived injuries. Winder McKinney had his collar bone broken, his scalp torn loose, and was otherwise badly bruised. -' . v The Arlington Eotate. - Washington, May 14. The Sec retary of the Treasury to-day issued a warrant in favor of R. N. Batchel der, Deputy Quartermaster General, U. S. A for $125,000, which, under an act of Congress passed it the last session, is to be paid to the Lee heirs as the price of tbe Arlington estate. The amount appropriated by Congress for the purchase of the estate was S 125,000, but, under an opinion of the Attorney General, $25,000 of that amount has been im pounded to await the result of an action at law. to determine the amount Of taxes due on the proper ty. ...v, . ' t- i , - i Threatening to Resign. v Gbeensbcbq, May 15. The people of thig county are somewhat stirred up over the threatened resignation of all of its constables for the reason of non-payment by the commission ers of expenses in the transportation of prisoners to the county jail. Tbe commissioners claim they pay all they can, according to the law, and that they would gladly pay more if the law allowed. . . Wrecked by a Raac&L Lancaster, Pa- May 16. An en- gineand eighteen freight cars were thrown down an embankment on the Reading and Columbia railroad near Ephrata this afternoon. Geo. ' W. Hair, master mechanic of the road, was killed. The accident was caus ed by a plank' ' maliciously : placed across the track. ' ; ' ' - ' : J '' "xw York," May 17. The semi annual sale "of imported Jersey cat tle, belongjng fp . Cooper, of Coopersburg, Pa was begun here to day. There was a large attendance of breeders and dealen iq lure stock. Th ma "Distaff Kmnirtit 11 NY1 and the cow "Daisy of St Pors," sold for 1250. SPRING Largest Stock! - - Best Makes ! ID. HVE- Accidentally Shot Dead. Jersey City, May 14. Church circles in Jersey City were thrown into a state of exeitement this after noon when it became known that Mr". Stoddard, the wife of tbe Rev. E. L. Stoddard, the rector of St John's Free Church, on Summit Avenue, Jersey City Heights, had accidentally killed herself. The story as far. as could be learned, was this: Mrs. Stoddard - was busy at her house duties, She had a duV,inj broom with which, at the time of the accident she was dusting the shelves of one of the closets in the house. On- one of the shelves lay a pistol, which was kept in the house as a protection against thieves. In a thoughtless moment she brush ed the weapon off. As it fell, the trigger struck a shelf below. The weapon was exploded, and the ball, striking her in the side of the head, crashed through the skull and lodged in the brain. The sharp crack of the pintol summoned her husband and servants to her aid. Dr Jas. W. Wilkinson, the family physician was sent for, but by the time he ar rived the unfortunate lady was be yond all hope of recovery, and she dial a few minutes later. Prosprrity in the Cattle Raoc hr: Chicago, May 17. The Droters' Juiimal has received reports in de tail from the ranching regions in Colorado, Kansas, Texas, Nebraska, Idaho, Wyob?'ng, Indian Territory, Montana and Nevada, showing the range cuttle business to be in a very thriftr condition. The percentage of lo3s in all the states and territo ries ranges from 1 to 20 per cent on a general average of 2i per cent The greatest losses were rer-orted by Idaho, Indian Territory and Kansas. Kansas is the only state that reports an inerease in shipments of beeves this season, but the general average is the same as in 1SS2. The shipment of beeves will begin about the same time on an average as in ordinary years. The shipping season in the Southwest however, will be about a month later than it was last year A Moll ic Magnire Sentenced. Ashland, May 15. At Blooms burg to-day Judge Elwell sentenced William Heffron, one of the most dreaded characters in the Schuylkill coal region, to two years' imprison ment, for attempting to kill his neph ew. Heffron was a leading Mollie Maguire and was concerned in many dark deeds but he managed to elude the officers until last week. He is one of the gang of roughs that cut off Schoolmaster Greens ears in 1S72. He threatened to expose some prom inent citizens of Centralia for partic ipation in Mollie crimes. General Evangelical Lutheran Synod. Springfield. O., May 16. The General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the United States met here in thirty-first bien nial Convention to-day. About 2l delegates were present. The opening sermon was preached by Dr. Charles D.ilay, of Gettysburg, Pa., on-The Reformation, from the Earlier to the Later Periods, and what has beta Accomplished." Two ballots for offi cers were held with the following result: President Rev. J. G. Morris. LL. D., of Baltimore; Secretary, Rev. . J. b. Detwiler, of Louiville; Treasurer, Alexander Gebhart, of Day ton,0. Dr. Morris delivered the inaugural and at the evening session addressed the Historical Society. He was followed by Rev. F. W. Conrad, D. D., of Phil adelphia. The Convention will be in session one week. r,- Baying p Land. So very certain are the people on tbe other side of the river that the Harrisburg and Western railroad shops will be' built id tbe Vicinity of Bridgeport that they' are' holding land at high -prices, and even 'then Carlisle parties are investing heavily. They profe?sto have secret infor mation that impels them to thus speculate. It is said that as soon as the bill permitting railroad cempan ies to increase their expenditures per mile in constructing their lines pas ses the Legislature and signed by the uovernor, tne contract for the new bridge across the Susquehanna will be given out and pushed rapidly toward completion. The saw mill property oTthe Harrisburg car man Ufactunng company has teen sold to the Reading railroad company for JU,JW, tne arrangements being completed last night' The saw mill property is bounded by the Pennsyl vania railroad, the . canal, the Boas estate, and the Harrisburg gas i com pany s property. The new purchas es will be Used by the Reading in making the connection from its maio line to the river bank with tbe Van derbilt road near Washington avenue Harrisburg Telegraph. IB I Latest Styles ! Lowest Pric, CLOTH , No matter what you buy, yori u oacK at any time within ten dav if not soiled, vonr mnnv nr.'n v V; 7 "i oe ren to you. e When an article fails to be WOr price paid, we shall appreciate it win ouun us tuc inline, no matter h ' and badly worn, and allow us to back a satisfactory amount in cuh' 1 1:1 l n ' "a 0 ma ft. e a iiuerui allowance On purchase. jour We desire to publish broadcast tl guarantee to make every article wr. : :,i e v.. urT pnvc i.nu tur ii, uut you must W ouuui, ii. , uiucmistr, now know ? would THE POPULAE CLOTIIIEB. Johnstown, Pa, The Fate of two BurgU br. Loins, May 1.5. It flM transpired tnat on last TV rv.f i i ujj,u nunc mu uurziara tempting to rob the store of P- ara & iate, in a little town nt- ixriu, iu uasconaue uountv this they were discovered by "the t son of Mr. Burchard and aci " ion. The robbers turned ot I young men and shot and in--" killed Burchard. Ilia comp then fired and killed one of the-, glars. The other fled, but on urday was captured by a purs party, and is believed to have ' lynched as no tidings haye since received of him. ALMOST AS BAD. Hop Bitters Co., Toronto. 1 have been sick for .the m j ears, euuenog irom uysfjeps I general weanness. l have ; three bottles ot Hop Bitters, ami have done wonders for me. well and able to work, and eu: sleep well. I cannot say too for Hop Bitters. Simon Roi.: Attempted Sak-hle. Coffxeviixe, Miss.,M ay 17. E ry nemmg was nanged yetr noon at f utsooro for the moree V . Gardner. Fleming wag cone ea to the scaffold at 2 o clock in afternoon. Before his handit pinioned he cut his throat tar with a small knife supposed to: been handed to him by s friends in the crowd. The w was not Jatal. As soon as it i dressed the noose was adjusted the signal given. The body feC feet and the neck was broken, died without a struggle. Over '. persons witnessed the hanging. mum Absolutely Pure. niipowdwimrnritiL A wntl V ' itraicth wl wholMoaMae. Mx tbaa lha ordinary kiwi. dJ en eompetiiloa with th mulUtxl of kr welKhu alan or pt(.hl ww.cr. w cm. Kotal Biuau row ni Co., V tk EDWARD ALCOT timcntn aid bulu i LUMBEE OAK FLDOBIKG A SPZCIUT OFFICE AND FACTOR: URSINA SOMERSET CO., Pi- TTTrt i a iin i A Ha ad YaMa Fi It is aSuper-Phosphati not Acidulated S. C. Rfc It Contains no Dirt or Sani It Contains the Elements Plant Food, . It Gives, Good Results. Price $-.35 pet ton of 'ipqfl Ib qacanwkwtta fWUJP SEXOroRCIROrLAK. AW? BAUGH s SON SOLE XASXr ACTVKEKS- 20 South Istorari A. o'?Ti7A h
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