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j-jlC Somerset Herald
S of Publication.
.rdc"? WeJnaJy .torn in M 00
Put
charged. ;
' yti.m will he HooaiJnued until all .
" . thiU np. ForfiaamiM neglecting
. when ruoscri.
L",Trt U1 be hW rofttultl. for tha rob-
;0rt,wmeV.urpom ostofflea to an-j
rll!uMclBitbo nm o n lorowr .
The Somerset Herald,
Somerst t, I'a.
rFD. W. BEISECKER,
ATI'
LAW.
rMHiicrset, Pa.
ir r.ok It Keerlte HI
KIMMEL.
ATTOKXEY-AT-I.AW,
Somerset, Pa.
t KOOSER.
' ATTUKNEY-AT-IaAW,
Somerset, I'a.
,.,i-:i.KR. scull.
ATToKNtVATLAW,
Somerset I'a.
-ADS LEY.
A1TUKNLYATI.AW,
Somerset, P -
i ;;i AT.
ATK'KNKY.AT LAW
Somerset, Ft-r.ii a.
If
;( ill.
ATT iiN KY-AT-I.AW,
S,mcrsf!t, Pa.
' ATr.-U7iEY-AT-I.AW
Somerset, Pa.
,.ir. in Mammoth llloefc.
,,N i; SCOTT.
! UT..HNEY-ATEAW,
Somerset, Pa.
.i-,nrt iloose. Air.husinefsentrost-
.,:eud-d lO Willi pPPUlpU.eM.BDil
il.
W. U. Rl'lTKL.
i n vv ruppel,
.-iUKXEYS -AT-LAW.
..t mated to their cre will I
r uallv attended to.
UM Cr street, opposite the
I'i
i.. c. c ;
ti'S .v COLTa tUN.
ATT 'KN EVS-AT LAW.
,.ni:f .1 1 ourrare will ! l'rompt-
i to V .1 !!! i"U iiil in ':
' 1 a.li..inlnif -..utitt h. Survey
j.K d.'ae on rcaKna!'e Unui.
,,m o KIMMEL.
A. ICKNEY-AT I.AW,
Somerset, Pa.
. . ,.U tm'trifS!' t)trnft1 to hif ei-re
.l!..tmnu c.unti. d wi;h vn.mi.t
i line- n Main Crop!" street.
.1
v:y r si hell.
A irtiliN'EY-AT EAW.
,1 .,nl- AiC'iit, S..merscU
i: lilai-k.
Pa.
riNE HAY.
AI-TOKXEY-AT-I.AW
K.' il It.i:n. S'-mrset. P
iiiieo imru--tcd t h'f eare
will
with
ii.niTi.
VTTOKNEY AT LAW
Soiiicrpet, t a
-!v n-Jendt.iall l.uMn?f.- r.truH
r. v a.lVHIlccd on CollcvlioUS, iC. I ll-i-lil
Huil!lr.j.
o ; i
V
A TT( K N EY AT L A W,
Sou!crflct I'a.,
il tufinesseniru-ted to nij core at
i :r!i promptness and hdellty.
uTlfl.IM
II. KOONTZ.
ATTOKXEYATLAW
Souiersct, Pa.,
" -',e ii' .trtit attention to tuslness entrust
: rl tn Somerset ar.d adjoining counties,
a Pr'utinit House liow.
M'.:
l. rntii.
ATTOHNEY-AT-LAW
Somerset. Pa.
k. nri stairs. Mitranr.
ollretimis made, estates
rs irltied. and all l-il hrtlnees
s.i-i-riiuptness ard fidelity.
v.wv,.
iiTlnHNEY-AT LAW,
Si-rnerset, Pa.,
r lr ..:fteret and ,i.liolnlnire mntles.
rntrustedto hiiu will oeproinptly
II.'-
U'-i! vt?i'
A tl-".'
nrcrs.
AlToUNEY-AT-I.AW
M-t, Pecn'a.
NNIS MEYERS.
ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW,
Sotticset. Pern a.
. hn--ines entni'te l to his care will be
1- iT u i-ineK lino i:oc.ii .
Eh
i-k next iloor toHoy f
II.
HOWARD WYNNE, M. P.
j" it v Tn ii'.y . j y
se! the Vv. Ear. No.- and Throat.
n ! r xr';usn prctii-e. Hours. t A. N. to
E Per i fJreea Il.Kk, i Main St.
IV:. WILLIAM (X)LLINS.
' IiEXTIST, SOMEESET, PA.
: r in V.animo'h P.l.vk. al-ove Boyd s lruc
. , l eTe he cat: at all times 1 found prvpar
- ;.. all kinds ol work, sa.-h as f.ilinir. reitu
! etrscitne kc. Artlt'.'ini tetliot all kinds.
'e het material iLscrted. Operations
-.-e..
r AH'E M. HICKS.
I, .11 STICK OF THE PEACE.
Somerset, Penn'a.
r Wis o ICIER NAN. M. T. t
serv ices t.stl.e cltliens
f
: I vicinity. He can
.ri . : hi la: her on ?Wnin
' "M'r I'. r.rv Hruhakvr.
Sept .
t- loiTii.l at the
sirtot it at the
V kiVVi
II. s.
KI.VVKIX.
.t SON
D'. V.. M. K1MMELL
te?.iT'rir i -otes1ona' servh-w
rhfs to the e!-l-
( s n trsei Mi,i vltoov. Mreot the nt.m
T r, ti e rlr (::ti at ull'tillies. ur'ess protessh
'. eu:.nr.l. t t. orwl a't their tlu-e, on .Main
reet.eas: n ti e l'iatnond.
.1. k'. MILLER liaf lxrni.i-
"r I srtil to H-rlln It the practice ol
!' -!e wiot. ( iflU-e opposite Charles Krissinj
r's: re. apr. iU, "C tC
D!:. ii. r.R
j.P'li.oi'n! s
I'RAKER tr.VrM
servi-e" tn the cltlrens of Som
;!tc. 'rt.c. in resilience en ;uain
:'
ol the liiainotid.
DR. WM. RA V CII ti-n.It-M lii
1 .n.ieeslot altervhi s to the cltiit-ns of Som
ft mat li-iritv. ,
'-it- , one ;..r last of W ayne St HerkeMle s
iture su-re.
I'rc . 'fci
Dn. joiin r.ii.Ls.
DENTIST.
l'J.- aUive Henry lieir.ey'f store, 'Main Crass
rt, Sinuerset. Pa.
JIAMONI) HOTEL,
ST )YSTOVN. 1 "l.NN 'A.
" I ! js,pular and weil kcowti oue has lately
'-,. or. uiihlv and wwly refitted lth all new
r-ii :t ol lurrilture. whii-ii has made it a very
"in. it stoppina plas lor the traueilra; put lie
hi i.oie .no ri.'V.s cannot 1. ?urjasa-d, all he
's trti eiara, with a lam. puoile hall I'urlnO
' tie ratua. Also larye and roomy ns.Mir.a
1 tr: r'tass iM,roiuc ean lie had at the lowest
1 :i-:e piires, i.y th. aeek, Cay or meaL
SAMl'ELCCSTER.Prrp.
S. E. Cor. IHaraond
Stoyslow ,Pa
CHARLES HOFFMAN.
iRT TAILOR.
(Aix.vr ll.ury I it-tlleS'a rtor.)
UTCtT STYLES 111 LCWEST PRICES.
TSTAtS FACTION GUARANTEED.
Somerset,
nn
10
VOL. XXXII. NO. 1!.
I Frank W. II jr.
ESTABLISHED 34YEAKS.
is .a.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
IT! riMTA Mvrl fill a a4 Ta ll J a Mrmnfft
"o. 2S0 Washington Street, Johnstown, Pa. 1
WE AE2 PSEPAEED TO CFTE3
RANGES, STOVES and HOUSE-fURISHl G GOODS III GENERAL
At Prices Less than any ether Hcuse in Western Pennsylvania. '
Special attention paid to Joliblnir In Tin. Galnuiluid Iron and Sheet-Iron, Pnirnr Pan. Steam
Ple. Uoi-Air Ple. Ko- iir.it. SiuttiiK, Stx-kt of Encinea, and all work wriinu to Cellar Fur.
nafs. Kslli;u'te? f!vec aint work tiono ly nrfltlapp Merhanlca only. S,le Aveut f--r NolleCxk.
.I..t;ituwnC''k S;ers' Antl-Ii"t K.k. Excelsior I'eun. Jn House-Faralflilnn OimIi ofiiT
t;.i:tl Vw, luilet 8ets. Kread t'loseu. t'nko rloiea, t'h!nler -Paila, IvliivefauJ Kurka (common
nn l .Utvl). tivnuan Silver Srooni", Brltuntjla SpKrii, Tea Tny, Lined. Iron and fcnameled
Waren lirnrr an-' tpiier Kettles, Meat Hniliera, Oyater KrvUcrf, kins He torn, all Uino-ent kind,
llrcaU Toaii.ers. Pl:itea lirluuinta find Uirfl tJastor. Iron Standi, Tire lp.n, aud tvervtlilmc ui
Wdrenerted 1n fhe C-x-kmir leprtinetit. An exerleaoe of Ihirty-three years In l'sin iiereeoa
!de? us to meet t!ie want" ol tht!" 'inmnnitT In onr lino, witha tcood arucl at a low prioe. All Kvo.l
K.!d VVAKKAN 1E1 AS IEP1.'PEM ED or the money refunded, tll and aec the Wares : net
prlccp l.tfrre purchMjilnir : no trouhle U show troo.1s. Perpos oouimcnciuK UoUe-Koe4n will save
-6 kt cent. t- I'livti.ir their ouilit irm os. Merchants sellini; goods In our line stmrld senil lor
Wlo-lefhle Price J.iHU or eall and vet qaotatlons of our Wares. Aswauaveno appreuUecs all our
work Is Warranted to b o! the U:si iualily at lowest pilce. To save money call ou or send to
II AY IlIIS .o.2sO YraKlitiiKlou Street. Johuslown, I'enn'n.
UEW STORE
AND
NEW GOODS!
The umlerflirtie.I w.-uld rviictfu'.ly announce
to theriuzens ot EAYANSV1EEE audtho sur
roundlnv country that he has oued an entire
new fU'k ot tio- de In Aiuc".rym;in s rooms, such
as are uuallv kept In a country store, consisting
In iiart ot
M1Y (3UOUS, NOTIONS, OKOCEKIES.
Hi "ITS k SHOES, HATS for Gents', Ladles
and Children : HAKHWAUE, Qt'EENS-
WAEE. GLASSWARE, CKOCKEHY,
MxVGS, OILS, PAINTS, 1YE STl'FFS,
WUOI'KXWAliE, SALT, FISH,
FLOUK, COKN M EAL, Ac, fcc,
to alihli wil! r added t,w eo.! weekly, all ol
whk-h will he Fold as lo a the lowest lorcaslu
i r.xri:Y vuohiXE
taken in cxcl.nne for (roods at the hlslicit mar
ket prices.
Weluve an experienee ie the holiness of fifteen
years, rnd hv s'rlet atteti'hm to the wants ol the
oiiiuiunttjr and l.iirla:liij, weexpeei to merit a
lliH-ral share .n patrocace.
Come ee our giwvjs, learn ot:r prices, and t
convn'ced
.v;a;w-: m. 1. W. C. KUMBAULT).
l-MABLISIIEH 1SS0.
Fisher's Book Store.
Alwavs In stock at the Hook Store a well ae-lei-tt.M
eVMirtt:rat of Kinies. Tesuments, (iosjiel
Hvnms, Christians' Hymn Hooks and Hymnals,
Lut'jeran Hvmn B'ks. Iilcti.inKrics. Alliums,
Pen". Inks. Pars. Envelopes. Jlairailnes, Nov
els. Keview, Iilank Hooks, Iids. Honds, Nort
(jajres and all kluif i t Lexal Hlauks,
BOOKS OF POETRY,
HiK.k" of Travel and Adventure, HUtory. Bk
irtaphv, ai d Educational Wuriu. Toy Hks k
children, lu lact every tblnic UMiaily tound in a
well regulated Ua.k store. Head4Uarlrs lor
school teucUors and aehwil books and scliovl sup
ples. Chas. H. Fisher,
ian!7 Li .a & iictrr He inm-k.
FASHIONABLE
CUTTER & TAILOR,
Harlrir had many
years experlem
iu nil hranches of
he 1 allorina: Ima.
&l.'-i'---$r ln iruarantee
?3.v
S:iti-"fiictt'n To nil
l. ja.ll nv.
i.n nir? rnl tavr
-X Yonrr fcc.,
31. IIOtllSlKTI.KU,
Kouienet, Ph.
SOMERSET
i:staui.tsiii-:i 17.)
CHAF.LES. I. RAP.
K.I PEITTS.
Cafhiff.
AitiiJUAV
Tn
tlcnt.
Collections made
States.
in all parts of the T'nltcd
CIIAIiGES ilODEEATE.
Parties wlslilnt: to s-n I money West can be ae
comm.Mated ty drall on New York Inaay sura.
Collw-tiotis made with pn mptr.ess. t . S. Honds
N.ukIi' an.l Sold Money nd varnahles secured
hyoueot Hieisdd's celolnatcd tales, with a iiar
Heiit a. Yale 0 uo time lock.
ACCOUNTS SOLICITED.
-All le nl holidays olerre.i.- decT
Ai-Bam A. Hobsk.
J. Si-oTT Wabo.
HOME & WARD,!
BYW Ui80ES TO
EATON & BROS,
27 FIFTH AVENUE,
NO.
PITTSBURGH, PA.
Sl-KITGf 1882.
NEW GOODS
TAT SPECIALTIES
.tr,bro:Jerit$, Lirett MfHiaeryi V :M oodi, Hind
kerc!efsi Dress THirm'mgi, Hoj'er?, Glevri,
Corsets, Wuslia and Kerino Underatir, 1
fants' and Children's Clothing. Fancy .
Gjods, Yarns, Zephyrs, Mita
rials ef All Kinds for
FANCY WORK,
! Gents' FiirEMiE GokSs, it, &c.
TcrarATKoVAva la KawacTPtriAT souct
H-OXbLUSUY MAlLATTtSDFD TO WITH
CAkt AFD DISPATCH. mar
RESTi
not. lit Is sweeping ty, go
and dare lie lor. ya die,
oajetning mighty an. sub
lim. ieav. Iiehtnd to eon-
uuernuie. fa e a were in yiwflwn luwn, ia ne
Blire. Norisa Lrerv-thlng new. Capital not
required. We will Itrrnish you everything. Many
are making fortune.. Lad las mak. a Buck
as DK-B, and t-oys and girls mak great y
Keader. if yon want business at which yow ean
sake great pay all th. time, write lor paTJculani
to H. Halxxtt A Com Portiand, Alain a.
deCaOlr
11
i y:
' ' - 7e.3U
J,-
John B. Hay j
IB "R, O S.,
PHOSPHATE
$25
PER TON !
aTrTius a nzM. avvosiatf.d hose
M . PHOSI H A I K H HICH H i AI.OM
PK'U'I . fil' MKASS OF SPECIAL ADVAM.
TJUFS IS MAM FACTlSISO.-im
SS5
fer Ton of 2.oo I'Matfa,
OX THE CARS OK IIIIAT IK rUlLi-HKLPHI A.
Srad for Cin vlr. Addtut
BAUGH & SONS,
Sole Mamifiicturcrs,
Philadelphia, Pa.
june-J(s4t.
I
Grovir5 Crcpa
IflbtB
ek&selv nd citec ci.l.it
shoiiW write its tor otir pamrihlel on aoe.
tertihrers. tir -rti'irer can be Fy".
at home for ahrul I ? a If a h contpoeiinq
w POrVFlfS PRgPsPEP r"LV'jc.tiL
Rrfprpnces la Every Sprite.
BR0WM CHEMICAL CC.
Mant:f-ettree" of .
Poweirs Tin-Top Bfine Fprliliyir,
Boee. Pcash, Unenonii. Ar.
te't'l-HT f TPET, BLT!M0HE. WO.
EL.
PI. FLICK,
Spoclal Agont, '
EAVAS.SV11.1.K. VK.
TUTTJS
PILLS
A DISORDERED LIVER
IS THE BANE
of the present generation. It is for tha
Cure of thia diaaaae and ita aitondanta,
BICK-HEADACHE. BILIOPSSESS. 1)YS
PEPSIA; LC05STgATI057FrrES. etc., that
TTJTt'8 PILLS have (rAined a world-wide
reputation. Ko Remedy has ever been
discovered that acta so entlyontrie
digestive organs, gl vinKhemvftor to aa
6iniitatfood. As a natural remit, tha
IS'ervoua System iaTBraced, theMuBciea
aroDeTeioped, and the Body Robust,
K. BIVAU a Plantar at Bayon Sara. U.,7t:
Mr plantation it In malarial dlatrlct. For
.T.rat year. I co aid not mak. bair a crop en
account of btllotia tlmm and chill.. I wu
Dearly dl.eoiir.a-. whan I ba(aa th. ua ot
TUTT'8 PILtjS. Th. rasult wa. marrelou. :
eiy laborar. aoon b.eara. henrty aad robuat,
and 1 bav. bad no funbar troub..
Tawe rr 1 lere lie sta siwl Uw, rteawaa
(Up ItkMMl rroaa avulwraoaa bomon, aval
ranar ih. fcaWr. t m aalarally, wttai.
mil srhtek mneeaa bei axil.
Tn till. rrrneS" fadrty. aad ynti wrln ratal
a keallliT IllieiOw ta-oroa. Isaalr. Paw
liloact, t nasi Nervea, .sdasmnd Liver.
fi-U-r.anla. earia.J Majrmjr W. W.
TUn'S HAIR DYE.
i.kav Hair or WirrKFai chanced toaOLnasv
IliwM K vy a ainale apiKiaioB f tbi. Dvk. It
li:irts u naturKl color, an I acU instantaneously.
Sold tiv IniKKiia, or sent by expreaa on receipt
of one Ixalar.
Office. P5 Murray Street. NewTerk.
(ir. rvrrm mavvai. imm.
Isaraull"" attuf Imrfmt atrns(.
arall a waailaw fad M ansallnaai ,M
At a Hino-1 Pari.
r o I standlna
e.mphints, hruu
ttons of the skin,
such a finplaa.
, li l o l c u e s ami
,' ' 2. ::! ! K as b.s, Ktr.
-s.-. , Worms, Tetter.
,9 iStV.i - ,'SaI Rheutn. Scald
iff-Je; Oti ,' C Hat Srnlula it
uTt v.J K. 1 n n ' vil.
yf a 1' "aw K h e u m a t tsm.
f1 -T'
j Fain in the Hones,
limine, anu ni-iu,
an. all diseases
arising iron: iiu.
OR
parity or the
litnaai With this
rare navHuias in
vi'or house j oo
can Uo without Salts. Cantor Oil. tMtnteof Mag
nesia, Senna or Slnana, and oon thewkiaeof
them, and what is heller, it may ! taken with
satcte and comtort hv the most delicate woman,
aa well as hy the robust nan. It is very pleasant
tothe takte. therciore easilv a liaiuisuirad to chil.
dren. It is the otilv vceetahle remel ertstrnif
which will answer in place ol ealomel.regulatrng
the action ot the liror althout making you a lite
long victim to th. nsa ot mercury or bias pllta
It a ill open the uoweiain a proper and wholesome
manner.
There is nothlnr H Fahmey's KlcodCtaaa.
er lor the cure .1 all disorders of the Stomach,
IJrer. Howels. KMnevs and Bladtler: for nerrnas
diseases, HeadaclM, UsMiveness, Indigestion,,
Kilious Fever, and all derangements of the in
ternal rieera. As auanala regulator a has Da
cuual In the world.
a , i.iTn.. of rrerenrlov Is worth mere Than S
' pound of cure."' f be PanAga will ant .nlveare
ohl standing ana malignant ooropiaioie, nuiu vow
ol tb. Iwst prerentatlves af aueh disors arar'
ffered to the warta. Vh avaW severe at
tacks of acute diseases, such as Cholera. Small
pox. Typhoid. Kilious, Spotted and Intermittent
'erera. by keeping rmir hlnod pnrifted. Tb.
dillerent degrees ol art such disease depend al
togetner upon the condition of the Mood.
he sure t. ask tor Fasbvey'" Bioi.C-Ewa.
It a oa P5 acka. as there are several other prep
arations la the trarket, the nt.uw f which ar
ooMiwhal siiailar. . r
Dr. Geo. G. Shivelv& Co.; i
' : tf.,;i
Successors to Fthrney's Bras. A Co..
HAXVFACTl'XEKS AND PRCFRIETORS
marJS WavaisBoao, Pa.
P A TtE-NtT S
oMalned. and all business In th. V. S. Patent
orhce, ui in the Courts attended to for MODERATE
FEES. - - -' "'
W. are orwoslta tb TT. S. Faxrl OflM, a
giged in PATENT BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY, and
ran oMatn atai.s la less Uio. Ifeaa Umstc raBK.
from WASHIHOTOK. , " 1, - , ...
When model or drawing U tent wa advise as
patetitatulltv 1r of charg r anl ws raikfi
FARM
I IIII
r ma rv r V t,t trianlj
CHARGE UNLESS V.E OBTAIN PATENT. . . -jdent
We rriar. here, to the Postmaster, tha Snpt of: ,
th Monev Order lHvHhm. and t oaVtalaaf (aa Inn
V. S. Patent Othea. Far circular, adrtea, tersna, i
or county, atldreae . - i ,;.(.;,: ,
HHiiripiwuT wi".iiiimii."ij'i -
O. A. SNOW fc OOw . I
Otmosit. Patent Ofllea,
WashlMlan, I). O.
omerset 11
GR.VT HAUL
Some of the dust fron th roaJ of life
Has (alien npon my hair, ' '
And silver threads from ray raven locks
Are gleaming out here and there ; :
And oh, these nicthei of silver gray .
Tell of the moments llowu
Of the day that's drawing to a close,
And the "ight that's coming on.
But theonming night seemtcold and dark -And
my heart is filled with tears.
As thought flies backward oil weary wings,
. O'er the waste of vanished years ;
And in the castle of Memory
Kew jewels are treasured there ; '
l!ut dross and rubbish that tell ot earth
Art visible every where.-;
Even on the faithful register
That hangs in Memory's hall,
I find only worthless deeds are traced
They are dark and blottvd all I
1 foiioe, as approaches (be eve of lifv,
. 11 y spirit sliriuks hack with fuar,
For lli rcateningr clouds o'erspread theskj-,
And the nigbtaeeius very near.
1?V faith I turn In the rosy East
A beautiful star I see
Stand o'er the manger in Hcthlenem,
And it seems to shine for me ;
And from the city of golden spires,
Where gates jus-t now are ajar,
I catch a radiant beam of light
From the bright and morning star.
And when'upon Jordan's restless wave
I shall launch jny wai-.Worn bark, '
The " dnt from the road ol life" shall fall
From my tresses long and dark ;
And the lines of care upon my brow.
And the fiaiti'witliin my breast,
Shall pass away as my hark draws near
This beautifa1 land of rest.
Mrs. Louis Bedford.
END OF A GREAT
AND
NOBLE LIFE.
The Veteran Jurist and Statesman
His Life and Achievements
The First Intellect of Pennsyl
vania and Most Beloved Citizen
RiDe in Years and Full of
Honors.
From the Philadelphia Times.
In tlie death cf Jeremiah Sullivan
Black, Pennsylvania loses her fore
most citizen. He was indeed pre
eminently a Pennsylvanian.by blood
and bfrth, by education and public
service. He united those two strains
of blood which are the ruling types
in the rural portions of this Stat3
the sturdy Pennsylvania uerman
and the energetic Scotch-Irish, . He
was born in the Glades, Somerset
county, Pa., June 10, 1S10. His
father was of Scotch-Irish ancestry ;
his mother of Scotch-Irish on her
lather's side, as her name, Sctllivan,
indicates, and of Pennsylvania Ger
man descent on her mother's side.
Judge r.lack'g father, Henry Black,
was a man of Prominence in South
ern Pennsylvania ; he served in the
legislature from 1SI4 to 1818, was
un Associate Judje for a term, and
was a member of the National House
of Representatives when he died.
One son, James Black, a brilliant
intellect of rare promise, died when
young,, and his dmghter, Judge
Ulack's only sister, became the wife
of a Somerset merchant. Young
Jerry Black's education wa derived
from - that admirable academic sys
tem then prevalent in Scotch-Irish
communities, which has been un
happily supplanted by the more
popular and less thorough normal
syelem. At Brownsville and Stoys
town he was taught the classics and
mathematics ; in his reading the
English poets were his specialties,
and the best models cf ancient and
modern literature. He had his
" schooling " by the time he was 17,
but his education was to be but fair
ly begun w hen he left the class-room
fur the farm. With all the mascu
line vigor tnat has marked Lim in
every subsequent position, he enter
ed upon the rugged duties of farm
life in that early period and imbibed
a love for itvluoajilways ciung to
him. It made him highly sensible
of the poetry and grandeur of rural
life nd the importance of agricul
ture as the primary object of man,
the basic wealth of nations. By the
light of the early morning fire he
conned his Virgil and Horace and
daily committed a number of lines
in the original,' which he carried
with him to his work and at the
iutervals of it he would take out his
pocket-dictionary and translate the
passages in bin memory. At the
corners of the furrow or in the paus
es of the Hail, he made translations
into English prose and verse, and
belore he entered upon his profess
ional studies he well nigh knew by
heart the whole of these two authors
in Latin and English. - All the while
reading with great assiduity, and
l-eveling in the beauties of the Eng
lish poets it was thus and then that
he strengthened the marvelous pow
er of memcrrywhicrintfterwrds serv
ed him so well.1 ' " " ; ;
He studied law with Chauncy For
ward, who "was a member of Con
gress ana a broth er ot alter f or-
waxd. secretary of the Treasury un
der Tyler. He was admitted to the
bar in 1S31 and married his precep-1
tor's daughter, Miss May F. Forward
when be was 28 years of age.' Shi
was feleven years his junior. About
the same time he embraced the relis
gious faith of. tb "Disciples of
Christ,' : ot : " Campbellitea," who
were then just forming; themselves
into a separate - organization.- He
knew: their founder, : Alexander
Campbell, very well, and was bap
tized by-him. 'To his death he re-
mained axnetnber of that faith and i
uOfJMpBlacK
some yean ago he -was the orator atfratj0D3 has consistently, been; Uiat
the unveiling of the bust of. Camp-jour constitutional system recognizes
bell in BrtrrtraT Coirege, West ! each in its integrity, and all in.inde
Virginia. ' ,t' ' jstructible harmony, the rights of the
i . v, accession to ibis, bknch. ', States, the jist powers of the Gener-
. Rapidly rising to emiaetce in the j f.1 oymiS
practice of the law, be wu appoint-1 ,thf . $ Xi Z
l.. inl842, brGov. PorternWi
L. V...1 . ;i f 1-1 : aJl
ut 4 uuin in tun i lauauii, imuuiu i
d Scset district,. JUalr- - and i
Vnltnn
counties after their creation
being included .ir it; The Senate
was then Democratic by one majori
ty, and of the two Senator's from
ESTjSJBLISELED, 1827.
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY.
Black's district one was a
Wbi?
Graham, of Franklin county, the
other a Democrat, James X. Mc
Clenahan, of JSomerseL ' Thelatter
took umbrage because the appoint
ment was made without any con
ference of the administration with
him, and the Whigs found in his
dissatisfac tion a fine chance to reject
a partisan opponent's appointment.
John Strohm, of Lancaster, then a
leader among the Whigs, entered
eagerly into the scheme, and a pro
test against Black's confirmation was
sent to Somerset to be signed by the
Whig members . of the bar. In ita
stead came back their unanimous
request for his confirmation. Mean
while Graham had been of the same
mind, and bv the aid of his vote the
Democrats confirmed the appoint
ment, t or nine years he served the
people of . that district, his fame
gradually spreading beyond its bor
ders, his opinions attracting atten
tion for their vigor and judicial ripe
nests and his popularity increasing
by reason of his rare social qualities,
'or the exercise of which his enlarg
ed duties furnished new occasion.
The country was then thinly settled
and the modes of travel were primi
tive. Judge Black rode on horseback
from Somerset to Bedford, from Bed
ford to McConnellsburg, and thence
to Chambersburg. His arrival at
each place was an evnt of interest
beyond the opening of court. . He
rode a powerful black horse of great
spirit, and as he went up and down
the mountain sides he took a fierce
delight in the onset of his impetuous
charger. It required the main
strength of two or three men to hold
him while his rider mounted and
when Judge Black was fairly in the
saddle it is well authenticated that
often he could not curb his speed to
stop at the top of the mountain for
dinner, and he never slackened bis
pace until he brought up at his des
tination.
It was during this period that his
eulotry on Jackson, delivered at
I'edlord, attracted wide notice and
comment and though the published
collection of the Jackson eulogies
does not contain it, it was the most
notable tribute paid to his memory.
Certain traits of character in com
mon peculiarly fitted bim to form
and express a correct analysis of
Jackson's genius and a proper esti
mate of his public services.
Under the Constitutional amend
ments making Judges elective Judge
Black was chosen, with Iewis, Gib
son, Lowry and Coulter, to the Su-:
preme bench and, the . respective
lengtns of their terms being decided
by lot, he drew the short term of
three yeara, which made him Chief
Justice at once, and in loo-l be was
re-elected bv a large majority, the
wave ; ot, Jtviiow-ouuai?arft,-iiLCoh8ttiitmntm com
sweeping over me lanu never reach
ing ttie hem of his robe. His decis
ions- are ornaments to the reports
and are familiar to lawyers, being
distinguished by all the virility of
his later style. His eulogy on Gib
son has long been famous as one of
the most eloquent of forensio effort9.
When did orator more gracefully
blend modesty of self-allusion with
hijzh praise to his subject than in
this senteuce : ''When he was nouv
inally superceded by another as the
head of the court, his great learning,
venerable character and overshadow
ing reputation still made him the
ouly chief whom the hearts of ' the
people would know. I lie euloirv is
clastic. It has long been upheld as
a model f composition and at that
day took its place in the readers nsa
model for the scuoolg.
IS THKCAM.NET. -
After two vears ofsesvicein the
term of fifteen vears for which he
was re-elected, when Mr. Buchanan
was elected President, he called
Judge Black from the -bench ti hi3jv:Vnc a n,ro in Kentuckv and a
xiiujuet us ie;u uuv iter, anu lie con-
Untied in that position until Decern
ber, ISiiO, w hen lie became Secretary
of State, and so remained until the
end of Mr. Buchanan's term. As
Attorney ' General of the L'nited
aunts ins most conspicuous servi
ces were rendered in the protection
ol the settiers under government
patents in Lalilornia against fraudu
lent land grants, purporting to be
oi .Mexican origin, in the treaty
due respect to genuine original Mex
ican land grants had been guaran
teed, and this offered great incentive
to the fabrication of bogus grants,
against which the government in
terposed to protect the settlers tin
der its own patents.' Attorney Gen
eral Black won all these? cases for
the government and its settlers : he
exposed the forgery and perjury of
the lalse witnesses, settled the, prin
ciples by which the' courts .were
guided in their judgment, and lire
pared for the ready use of the court
a huge chart of the professional wit
nesses who were relied on to swear
the cases through. The city of San
Francisco was covered three deep
with these bogus grants and Attor
ney General Black saved the city
from confiscation. ...
It was his association with liimin
these casts that directed Black's at
tention to Edwin M. Stanton and
when he took, the portfolio of State
it was at his suggestion that Mr.
Buchanan appointed Stanton Attor
ney Genera, mainly with a view to
a successful continuance of the de
fense of the California patents which
Mr. Stanton successfully carried on.
As Secretary of State Judge Black
male . vigorous opposition to the
secession movement. , lie , lea the
Northern wing of the Cabinet in
favor of .reinforcing Fort Sumter.
He issued instructions to ouroreign
representarives to recognize no dis
integration of the Republic, declar
ing that the Union of the States was
destructive and indissoluble. , The
ruling principle of his political action
in 'all his nublic services and decla-
U1SUIUOU IAJ UreSCIVVOli UMMlum-.
, . ' r it.
P.11? to " ??$e !
""7 : ) ., .-.I Till ..-i:ii'-eu 1
After' his retirement from- a Cabi
net office his first impulse was; to
return to his native State to take up
1 1 1 1 - - . . . i . .
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AUGUST 29, 1S83.
the practice of law. He was appoint
ed reporter of the United States Su
preme Court and issued two volumes
ol reports, when bis practice mcreas
ed so rapidly and so suddenly
crowded in upon him that he was
compelled , to resign his place, and
since then probably no lawyer of
the land has had a larger practice be
fore the highest judicatory within
its borders. After several years
residence in Washington, seeking a
borne in Pennsylvania he finally
selected York as a place of residence
choosing it as more central than any
other to tha-iour pitof Lis chief
professional , interests New York,
Philadelphia, Washington and Har
risburg. As a practitioner before
the Supreme Court Judge Black was
conspicuous for his participation in
nearly all the great cases involving
the constitutionalily of the recon
struction acts. His eminent legal
ability, his courage and his skill in
arguing these cases was a breakwater
against a judicial subversion of our
constitutional system. In the famous
Milliken case, in winch the accused
were under sentence of death from a
military commission, he spoke for
three hours, displaying in this prob
ably the greatest effort of his life,"
all his leading characteristics as a
lawyer and public speaker. He
talked to a court deliberately, with
out any notes, citing authorities en
tirely from memory, never tiring the
court with long citations, but going
at once to the core of the case.
A stalwart Kentuckian visiting
the National Capital during the
Milliken trial accidentally stumbled
into the Supreme Court room. He
had never heard Judge Black before
and listened with intense interest to
the conclusion. He could not con
tain himself after the eloquent coun
sel, with all his terrible power and
invective, had contrasted military
tribunals with the impudent as
sumption of Lola Montez in import-
ing a pacn oi r,ngnsn ouu-uogs mio
Munich to harrass and worry and
tear everybody who displeased the
royal mistress of a dissolute king's
fancy. As he told how the people
finally arose and "drove out king,
dogs, and 'strumpet," Kentucky
rushed breathless from the court
room over to the House and begged
thetirst group of Congressmen whom
he encountered to "hurry over to
the court room and hear old Jerry
Black give them hell."
THE KR01U OF A GKEAT LAWYER.
' Important a9 the Milliken case
was in its results to the defendants,
saved from the judgment of death,
the gervice"Tendered in 1t by Judge
Black to the whole cftuntry was of a
meat siunal character, in establish
ing forever the. irregularity and un
missions in civil cases. Judge Black
was likewise of co ansel in the fa
mous slaughter house causes and in
most of the other leading cases in
volving the reconstruction laws. He
was attorney in. the Vanderbilt will
case, the McGarrahan claim, the new
Idria quicksilver mine grant, the
Belknay impeachment, the electoral
contest and many other causes cel
ebres. In no case in which the pub
lic interests were involved, whether
directly or when represented in
some one person, as in the Milliken
case, did he ever take a lee.
His appearance before the su
preme Ccourt was always a subject
nf interest and attention by the
Judges, and Justice Miller, a political
opponent, once said thai ii is al
ways a reliet when Judge Black
rises to speak. His arguments are
as delightful as a page from Macau-
av. The same member ot the
court less relished an incident that
is worth telling. Upon one occasion,
sinoe thi civil Tights laws were pass
o wli?t mnn wna iniirtpl fnr
rrtotion
motion was made to transfer his case
to the federal courts for trial before
a mixed iurv. Judue Black was
earnestly pressing the case upon the
C ourt for a decision ol some mooted
point, when, to avoid judgment upon
it, the Court held that it had no
jurisdiction, the law in question not
being applicable to a case in which
the victim was a negro and the de
fendant a white man. Sauntering
up the street a few days afterwards,
with a' Pennsylvania frier.d, Judge
Black met Justices Miller and
Strong-'' Stopping them, and ad
dressins his friend, that they might
hear, he said : " I want to introduce
you to these two gentlemen, lhey
are a remarkable pair, lhey are
two Judges of the Supreme Court,
who, in order to dodge a constitu
tional jvoint, decided that killing a
nigger did not a fleet him." There
is a touch of audacity about this
which only he dared, who, in his
address before the Electoral Com
mission, could hurl at that court,
committed in advance, the fine scorn
of a disappointed people Hundreds
of thousands who found no other
satisfaction-fronr its' - sittings took
delight in his promise of the "fine
grinding" yet to be done, and have
waited with Bavage hope to see that
the '"strength of the iron hand shall
atone for the delay of the leaden
hell." The "thunderous veracity"
of his speech in behalf of Belknap
lay in his scathing denunciation of
the prevalence oi omciai onse laa
ing, which made his client's offense
no exceptional crime.
8KIYUa lHK PEOPLE .WITHOUT Kf
ii Ii . WARD. :
Judge Black was in 1873 elected a
member of Kg Pennsylvania Consti
tutional Qonventioa on , the Demo
cratic ticket of - Eelegates at large
and he towered aloft in tnat distin
guished assemblage of Pennsylva
nia representative men. in com
nanr with. Woodward and Buckalew
and men of that stamp he vigorously
pressed the legislative reforms so
greatlyi needed in the . Common
wealth, i- His remarks on legislative
bribery, tb aprresaive power of cor
porations in collusion with political
rings and kindred, subjects were in
hi characteristic vein and contribu
ted tsucb to the general tone of the
convention's conclusions. He zeal
ously supported his , favorite propo
sition to' administer . ait iron-clad,
conscience-clearing oath to members
of. the Legislature after their terms
bad expired, but ' hiy colleagues
would not adopt it Professional
eraM
engagements compelled him to re
sign his seat before the convention
finally adjourned and James P. Barr
was elected in his stead. Judge
Black, alone most likely of all its
members, served in the Constitution
al Convention without pay. The
Legislature originally appropriated
tl,UUO salary to each member. Af
terwards when its sessions were long
er drawn out, this appropriation was
repealed and a new one made in
bulk, leaving to the convention to
make the specific appropriations.
J udge Black held that the conven
tion had no power to appropriate
money, even when thus furnished
with it. A number of his lawyer
colleagues agreed with him, but
when the convention decided other
wise they drew their salaries. He
never took a penny of his, and he
public never knew it until the fact
was published in the Times a few
years ago.
lo the country at large Judge
Black wrs known not only as an
advocate, but as an essayist of won-
derful power. He never held any J
office, and certainly never sought
any, save in the strict line ol ms
profession. But he always seemed
to be ready for every great occasion,
and no crisis ever challenged a
champion of Democracy to defend
its faith but he was ready to enter
the lists, and many a rash antago
nist has been unhorsed in the ven
ture of break injr a lance with him.
His memorable letters to Henry
Wilson about Stanton ; to Charles
Francis Adams about Seward ; his
account of the Erie law suits ; his
annihilation of Stoughton on the
electoral fraud ; his open letter to
Garfield ; his articles on the third
term, were all monumental, not only
for their irresistible logic, their mas
terly style of composition and the
utter demolition of the person and
object at which they were aimed,
but each seemed to serve a special
purpose in resisting, exposing and
averting some misrepresentation of
his party, some attack upon its pub
lic men or some crisis threatening
the country. It has been strongly
intimated that some of the best of
Andrew Johnson's veto messages
were his handiwork. It is proposed
at an early date to publish a volume
of these writings, to be edited by
Hon. Charles lL Buckalew.
A LEFT-HANDED GIANT.
Personally Judge Black was a fa
miliar figure in the leading courts of
the country and well known to visit
ors at the National Capital. He was
about five feet elven inches in height,
with shaggy gray eyebrows that in
repose gave his features a sternness
of expression, which quickly melted
away in the humorous twinkle of
his eyes or as the animation of ex
pression would steal over his face,
which had never worn a beard. He
was of ruddy, healthy complexion,
strong bodily frame and erect car
riage. In J.bbS, while going to Ual
veston, Texas, in company with
some other lawyers and Justice
Swayne, to argue a railroad case, a
wood car that had slipped from its
place on the siding of a Kentucky
railroad bumped against the side of
the passing car, in which his right
hand was lying on an open window.
It was very severely iniiued and
after Careful nursing at Louisville,
during which he was the object of
much solicitude and attention from
the citizens, the arm was saved from
amputation at the expense of its fu
ture usefulness. When he was told
that he would never use that arm
his characteristic reply was: "Then
I'll never enter the prize ring." For
a time, owing to this disability, he
traveled with a colored body serv
ant, but he grew impatient at such
dependence; he "wouldn't be de
pendent on any fellow to shave and
write," so, in a few weeks, by per
sistent efforts and will-power, he
learned to shave himself with his
left hand and to write a clear, beau
tiful back hand, his autographs now
being out in two entirely distint
chirographics. In conversation or
in argument he twirled his silver to
bacco box in his left hand with great
dexterity, and many amusing and
apocryphal tales are told of his to
bacco box and other personal char
acteristics such as mark only men of
genius.
Among the public men of the
country there was probably none
who was so great a social favorite as
Judge Black, and, in the face of. bis
radical political principles, some of
his warmest personal friends were
his partisan antipodes. Garfield,
Malt Carpenter, Blaine and Bb In
gerMIl invariably sought his com
pany in Washington, tin one occa
sion, when attacked on the Demo
cratic side of the House, Thad Ste
vens highly eulogized him as a law
yer and a man, but expressly with
held any indorsement of his politics,
which were as bad, he said, as pos
sible. In their originality, their
courage and their inflexibility there
were points of resemblance between
Stevens and Black, though in other
words the widest dissimilarity pre
vailed. There were no social rela
tions between them ; they scarcely
ever spoke, but up to the time of his
death atevens cnensnea me nignesi
respect for bim, and Black has said :
"When Mr. Stevens kied he was un-
equaled as a lawyer, and he said the
smartest things that ever were said.
but his mind, so far aa a sense ot
obligation to God is concerned, was
a howling wilderness."
One day Black was surrounded by
a bevy of his personal friends on the
floor of the Mouse, among- tne rest
Judge Mercur, then the Bradford
Congressman, who turned to him
and said: "Judge Black you have
moro friends on this Bide of the
House than on your own. Yon
ought to be a Republican. If you
would join ns we wonld appreciate
you and give you due prominence."
To which Judge .Black made reply
that he knew it all to be true ; the
Republicans were good fellows ; he
would like to belong to them, and
there was only one thing in the way.
"If," aaid be, "there was no hereaf
ter I would join the Republican
party at once. Nothing deters me
but the fear of bell."
THE "HOME OF A STATESMA5.
Judge Black's borne was the beau
tiful farm of "Brockie," on the ridge
WHOLE NO. 167b.
southwest of York, lying below the
Northern Central Kaiiroaa and
sloping op to the crest of the hill.
His residence, about half way up
the hillside, is a stately modern
mansion, with a tower, overlooking
the valley and the town of York,
away to "the blue hills beyond and
over a beautiful landscape. Here
are his books and bis law library
and his office the only one he had,
except in his hat, for years; he had
no law partnership. In front of the
house is a handsome grove of the
native forest trees and a fine large
spring, with whose waters and the
pure ambient air Judge Black ever
and anon renewed his youth and
vigor. He reveled in "Brockie" and
was a famous farmer. All about
the buildings are choice fruit trees
and grape vines in abundance, flow
ers, vegetable gardens and all the
charms of country lift Besides this
farm, he had another over in Mary
land and the "Patchwork" place in
Franklin county, formerly owned by
President Buchanan. Agricultural
pursuits were a subject of never end
ing delight to him, and, like the an
cient wrestler, he would throw him
self to Mother Earth for new
strength. Wearied with the strife
of the courts, he could so completely
give himself up to "Brockie's"
charms that for a month he would
not even open a letter, lest it might
call him away from his farm. The
visitor who shared his hospitality in
the twilight of those days could ap
preciate J ustice Miller s compliment
One who caught him just after he
had first read Taine's English Liter
ature has said that it evoked an ex
tempore discourse from Judge Black
from Milton and Dante which was
equal to the best efforts of the clas
sical English essayists.
A MASTER OF ALL LITERATURE.
If any one personal characteristic
of Judge BlacK was more striking
than another it was his omnivorous
reading and his recollection of every
thing that he read. Early imbibing
a taste for the English classics, the
Bible, Shakespeare and .Milton were
at his fingers' ends. He knew iheni
nearly all by memory and could at
will quote any passage from them
which might be familiarly recalled.
His knowledge of the English poet
was universal, but while no read the
masters nothing that fell in his way
was ignored. At the railway book
stalls and from the train newsboys
he purchased anything that was
put at him and was as likely as not
to bring home a "yellow cover" or
the lightest fiction of the day. After
dinner he would stretch himself out
on the red leather covered sofa in his
library, "take a spooniul of Grote's
Greece and read one of Ouida's nov
els to take the taste out of his mouth."
But the Bible was to his spiritual
nature like Brockie spring to his
physical,and therce he slaked a thirst
that he never allowed to parch him.
Orthodox, pure, simple Christianity
iD all its holiness, had no more de
vout worshiper in spirit and in troth
than he. There is a felicitous remark
attributed to him that when some one
said in his presence that the lines
that formerly divided people in re
gard to religion were falling out he
replied : "Yes, and I notice that the
nice distinctions between right and
wrong are going with them." They
never went from his pure life and
stalwart mind. Truth, honor, up
rightness, faith in God and love to
man, these were the guiding princi
ples of a great intellect and noble
character through a long career of
private virtue and of public useful
ness crowned by a Christian's death.
THE LAST BITES.
York, Pa., August 21. The fu
neral of Judge Black was by far the
the largest ever seen in lork. Ail
business was suspended and the
streets thronged with people as the
funeral cortege passed. Many dis- j
tinguished people were present. Thei
pallbearers were General Hancock.
Judge Gibson, Judge lckes, oeorge
Small. Gen. S. W. Crawford, Chief
Justice Mercur, A. B. Farquhar,
George H. Sprigg, Judge Baer and
W. I Small. Religious services were
held at Brockie, conducted by Kev.
Dr. Power, of Washington. The
remains were interred in Prospect
Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Power said : "Dear Friends
We are assembled to pay the last
sad duties to this mortal body. The
great spirit which moved here and
whose touch was elt through all the
land has passed out from our pres
ence. The magestic form which
bore it, the noble head where the
grand intellect dwelt, the gentle
heart which throbbed with tender
ness and all lofty sentiment, are here
but the man who reigned within has
vacated this earthly tabernacle."
At the foot oi the hill over which
" Brockie's " fine field's spread them
selves is " Willow Bridges," the pic
turesque home of his son, Chauncy
Forward Black, Lieutenant-Governor
of Pennsylvania, whose three boys
Jeremiah Sullivan, Chauncy for
ward and John L. Dawson tell of
a distinguished ancestry on both
sides. His son Henry is practicing
law in Texas, his daughter, Rebecca,
tormerlv thewifeof the brilliant and
lamented James F. Shunk, now,
Mrs. Hornsby, is one of the most
popular and fascinating members of
Washington society. His other
daughter is the wife of Captain Clay
ton, of the United States army. Mrs.
Black is well known in the social
rirrlM where her husband is so
courted as the' embodiment of alii
wifely and motherly virtues. In the
spring of 1380 Judge Black, accom
panied by Mrs. Black, and bis grand
daughter, Miss Jean Shunk. paid
his first and only visit to Europe,
and the readers of the Tana will re
call the two or three charming letters
to this paper in which his keen and
sympathetic oueervauous were em
bodied.
Marjrlaod to the i'roat.
The Hon. Oden Bowie, Ex-Govenor
of Maryland. President of the Balti
more City Paesenger Railway Co.,
also President of the Maryland Jock
ey Club says: "Both in my family,
and in my private stables, as well as
those of the City Passenger Railway
C I have for several years used Su
Jacobs Oil most satisfactorily." Such
a statement ought to convince every
reader of this paper.
Poison In Floor.
A mysterious illness has been dis
turbing a small community in
France. One member after another
sank, while presenting the usual ap
pearance oi leatl-poisouing without
any apparent cause. The doctors
who were called in could not make
much of the symptoms, except that
they seemed to proceed from some
food which had been taken. By a
process of inductive reasoning and
by exhausting the causes which
were found out to have operated
upon all the sufferers, suspicion at
last fell upon bread. An examina
tion was accordingly held at the
baker's premises, but they having
been found blameless, the inquisi
tors next proceeded to attack the
miller, and here, at last, a diligent
inquiry brought to light the cause
of all the mischief. Finding that
his millstones had cracked in some
places, and that the purchase of new
stones would be somewhat costly,
the miller had adopted the plan ot
filling up the chinks with melted
lead. The lead had in the course of
grinding naturally got mixed with
the Hour, and had so found its way
at last into the loaves distributed to
the population. The tale is inter
esting as showing the pertinacity of
particles of lead in clinging to any
substance with which they may get
mixed. It is still more noteworthy
than the case of lead-poisoning
which occurred in Paris not long
ago, when it was foynd that a baker
had warmed his oven with old
boards that had been painted with
white lead, and that the residue of
the lead lying in the oven had pene
trate! into the crusU of the loaves.
Coniinental Gazette.
Slakr-tl olT Hist Crava and Killed Hint
twit Hampton, Aug. 10. Lat spring
a large number of farmers of Barn
well County, S. C, engaged in truck
farming on a large scale, planting
immense quantities of melons for
shipment North and West The
competition was so great, however.
that the scheme failed and many
farmers lost heavily. Among the
latter was one named Peacock, who
grew so despondent over his misfor
tune that on Saturday last he walk
ed out into his field, cleared a spot
of ground and staked it off for his
grave. He returned to his house,
made his will, took a heavy dose of
morphine and lay down upon his
bed. He then called his mother,
and told her what he had done,
gave directions for the disposition of
his body, and would not allow a
physician to be summoned. He
died that day and was buried in ac
cordance with his directions Tues
day. A Mysterious. Affair.
Ki'Li.v;. Texas. Aug. 1-3. Yester
day afternoon Lawrence Denman
iiifrt Rev. li. G. Sewell on the street,
and drawing a forty-four calibre
navy revolver fired at the minister
four times, inflicting wounds which
in a short time caused his death.
The causes leading to the shooting
are of a domestic nature and can
only be published on the trial of the
case. No one blames Denman, and
yet Mr. Sewell is regarded as the
victim of a conspiracy, as he asserted
in theante-morten suitement. Both
parties are highly connected. Mr.
Sewell was a Methodist clergyman
and the local agent ef the American
Bible society.
Eaay Itatra.
C0NNEI.1.PVII.1.E, August 13. The
management of the Baltimore and
Ohio Relief Association recently an
nounced that the Association would
erect at cost for such of the mem
bers as desired, neat ami substantial
dwelling houses, to be paid for in
monthly payments out of their wa
ges. In pursuance of this plan a
tract of land in Connellsville is being
laid out in lot-, which will shortly be
dotted with houses, a number oi the
employes having signified a willing
ness to enter into the scheme. Fifty
houses costing upward of ?ltTMXi
will thus be added to the town.
Found in a Coffin.
Erie, August 13. This morning
the body ot an old man was found
floating in the harbor by some boys.
An inqtust failed to reveal his iden
tity, and the poor directors took
charge of the corpse. While on the
way to the Totters field, Andrew
Reeser, whose father had been miss
ing two days, overtook the ambu
lance, pried open the coffin lid, and
recognized his aged parent, Christian
Beeser. The drowned man wander
ed from home and stepped off the
dock last night.
Human Bone Vaetl to ltepair a Itaatl.
Erie, Aug. 10. Yesterday a large
excavation was made in an old hur
rying ground of Waterford. sixteen
miles from Erie. The decaying oc
cupants of sepulcher and earth were
carted away promiscuously and
dumped on defective roads. Skulls
and bones lie scattered about, form
ing a sickening spectacle, and the
borough authorities are roundly de
nounced for permitting the outrage.
The cemetery is the property of the
borough and has been in disuse ma
ny years.
Kobbent at "Work.
Huntingdon, Aug. 17. Attempts
at robbery have been made in this
citv almost nightly during the last
a Cat
week, .rsone were successiui, now
ever until last night, when Wharton's
shoe store, on Fifth street, and Shaw's
grocery store, on Washington street,
were broken into and goods of con
considerable value stolen. One of
the residences at which it is believed
a robbery was intended the night pre
vious is that of ex-Congressman II.
G. Fisher, a man having been seen
in the house by a servant girl, who
gave an alarm and scared him away.
Only Two Bottles. Messrs John
son, Hollewav & Co., wolesale drug
gists of Philadelphia, Px. report that
some time ago a gentleman handed
them a dollar, with a request to send
a good catarrh cure to two army
officers in Arizona. Recently the
same gentleman told them that
both the officers and the wife of Gen.
John C. Fremont, Gov. of Arizona,
had been cured of catarrh by the
two bottles of Ely's Cream Ealm.
They are agitating the divorce
question in France, and the story is
told that a young divorced woman
married again, and found that her
second husband had hired her first,
as a
alet
"How can I expand my chest?"
asked a stingy fellow of a physician.
. "-By carrying a larger heart in it,'
was the reply.