The Somerset Herald.
EDWARD 8CTXL. Editor and Proprietor.
WE1INESDAT September .
EPUEL'CAN J$TATE JlCKET.
J OR STATE TREASURER '.
WILLIAM LIVSEY, Allegheny Co.
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL :
JEROME B. N1LES, Tioga County.
F(epuelican County Jicklt.
FOR IITRICT ATTORNEY:
. BIESECKER, Somerset Bor.
F.W
KOU POOR house director:
IlEFBEN W'OY, Somerset Bor.
FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR :
WILLIAM BAKER. Milford
Twp.
The decrease in the public debt
during the month of August, was
$G,(;71 51.
There are now 4S.01G post offices
in the United States, of which 0,373
are money order offices.
The value of California's wheat
crop this year, is estimated at $G0,
( k"X),i.k x). This beats her mines a long
way.
The trial of young Nutt, for the
killing of Dukes, commences at Un
iontown to-morrow, (Thursday, the
0th inst)
Under the amendments to the
Revenue laws, lowering some ot the
taxes and abolishing others, the
revenues were decreased during the
month of August SV0J4,009.
The popular conundrum, "Where
was Moses when the light went
out?" bids fair to be superseded by,
"Where were the Democratic Re
formers when the extra session was
called?"
There is nothing like a reform
Legislature for economy. The pres
t nt Democratic Reform affair, now
in extra session at llarrisburg, has
cost the people over $78,000, and
it isn't over vet
Ox the 10th of this month there
was in the Mint at San Francisco
81 1,1)7 8,7C2 silver dollars ; at the As
sistant Treasurers office in the same
city, 15,G1G,000, and at the Carson
City Mint ?1, 093,(502.
The Greenbackersheld their State
Convention at Williamsport, Pa.,
on Thursday hist, and nominated
T. P. Rynder, of Altoona, for Aud
itor General, and A. G. Marsh, of
Erif , for State Treasurer.
The first appointment under the
new Civil Service system was that of
a woman, Miss Mary F. Iloyt, of
Connecticut, whose standing was the
highest in the recent examinations.
She is a graduate of Yassar.
There is just at this time 8403,
(00,00i) in ready cash in the United
States Treasury, and more piling in
every day. It is the full Treasury
and the general prosperity which
makes the Democratic mouth water
and fingers itch.
Dakota has an area of 1X5,500,000
acres, and a population reaching
very nearly 3(.J,(J0, and yet there
are statesmen who try to make the
people believe that the Territory is
too small to divide, and too sparsely
populated for a State.
The sticking qualities of a broth
er are proverbial, but for fidelity and
constancy they cannot be compared
t your ten dollar a day, Democrat
ic statesman. A leech will let go,
when gorged, but your Pattison
Democrat will stick while there is a
dollar in the Treasury.
Blackhurx, of Kentucky, has
withdrawn from the race for Speak
er, and the votes of the Free-trade
Democrat will now be centered on
Carlisle. Sam Randall, whose pro
tection sentiments, if they were to
ptrike in, would not kill him, still
thinks be will pull through.
Amekman, the Democratic leader
in the House, reported to that body,
and had passed by a party vote, a
bill to go outside the Legislature!
and select half a dozen citizens to j propose to show that the record is
frame an apportionment bill. The! not correct There are but 113
adoption of this proposition is a! Democratic members in this House.
clear confession of Democratic lack11 re?1U1f,? v'?
. . ;,. ' . pass that bilL No Republicans voted
of brains to manage public affairs. jlorit Twelve Democrat were ab-
t.,., 4-.u . . ! pent and one of those present did
a. WU1M oi uiecuunin are
now being supplied with the first
installment of new postal notes.
They are printed in yellow ink and
bound in books of five hundred
notes, with stubs that are to be filled
up with a brief statement of the
amount of detached notes and other
particulars. Eighty thousand books
have been sent to the various money
order offices in the country.
The Home Protective Prohibition
party of Allegheny County, on
Thursday last, nominated Thomss
M. Marshall and Levi Bird DufI, as
candidates for Judges ofthe County
Courts.
These selections are good ones
from the etand-point of the party's
platform. Both candidates are vig
orous kickers and noted marplots,
and a little Home Prohibition will
add to the lustre of "Glorious old
Tom's" fame.
The dispatches giving an account
of the volcanic eruptions in the
Island of Java contain internal evi
dence of exaggeration ; but there is
nrt Annht of the fact that an appall-
in disaster has overtaken the poo-:
ple of that remote part of the earth, i
Tn the Errors ol Etorms oi not. asnesiirauu. me uui m uv.
flowing lava, and the tremblings of
the solid earth there apjear8 to have
been added the flow of great tides
from the sea, engulfing the town
along its shores. It is hard to con
ceive of anything more terrible than
this.
GextrpieGorham, of the Xational Rroubti
otn, fails to see wny rU'pnblican journals
lihould declare that last Jail's defeat was a
pood thin for the partr. This is quite nat
ural. When the perpormance occurred last
year, Mr. (iorhara had the misfortune to be
among the iankees. and ever since then his
powers of comprehension have been sadly
impaired. t'htL Vesx.
There are a good many Republi
can tax payers in this State, when
they note the fact that the Demo
cratic extra session of the Legislature
has alreacy cost them over 5203,000,
and remember the active labore of
the Press to bring about last fall's
defeat, also fail to see that it was a
good thing for the party, or that by
its present air of torn foolery, that
journal is making much progress in
regaining public confidence, forfeited
by its treachery of last year.
There is no material change in
the situation at llarrisburg since
our last issue. The administration
party has had another caucus beg
pardon "conference," and determ
ined to keep up the session until ap
portionment bills, to their liking,
are passed. The Republicans adhere
to their determination not to be
bulldozed, and taking it for granted
that the Democrats will not recede
from their position, and, therefore,
that no apportionment can be agreed
upon, propose to adjourn. This the
Democrats will not consent to, and
so the waste of over 83,000 per day
goes on.
Ahout this time last year, Demo
cratic journals and politicians were
going up and down the State, prom
ising economy and reform, if only
the people would trust them with
power, and the Independent leaders
were ably aiding them by charging
corruption and fraud upon the Re
publican party. Between them,
they succeeded in electing Pattison
and a Democratic House, and the
result is the tax payers of the State
have now imposed upon them an
extra session of the Legislature, and
the profligate squandering of their
money in the effort of these "reform
ers" to perpetuate the power .they
obtained by false pretenses.
The amount of harmony existing
in the ranks of the Democracy in
Ohio can be judged from the fact
that the Columbus Capitol, a lead
ing Democratic paper comes out
squarely against Hoadly, the party
candidate for Governor, and gives its
reasons in this vigorous way:
"We will not be paraded as the
purchased chattel of John Wesley
Bookwalter or George Hoadly. No
convention of corrupt and purchasa
ble delegates shall transfer its pro
prietary interest in our allegiance as
a Democrat to the highest bidder.
No trading millionaires in Newspa
per back offices in Cincinnati shall
divide the spoils of the Ohio Democ
racy without our indignant protest
being heard against the usurping act
of the wretch who sells, and the
treason of the autocrat who purchas
es the franchises of a betrayed peo
ple."
Democratic politicians take as
naturally to fraud as duck9 take to
water, and it is not surprising there
fore, that the Democratic reformers
in the House at llarrisburg have
been detected and exposed in mak
ing a false count, and declaring a
bill passed that did not receive the
requisite number of votes.
On Friday last, when the House
was getting ready to adjourn for the
day, Mr. Brown, of Erie, arose to a
question of privilege, and said that
he wanted to show that the Jamison
Legislative apportionment bill was
declared passed day before yesterday
without a legal majority of 101
members. Speaker Faunc said that
the matter had been disposed of
since the bill had been passed in the
House and defeated in the Senate,
and the following colloquy ensued:
Mr. Brown But that doss not de
prive me of my constitutional right
to show tnat it was passea uy this
House in an unconstutional man
ner.
The Speaker The gentleman can
make his statement, but it cannot
affect the action taken upou the bill
The time for him to make the cor
rection was when the bill was under
consideration or when the journal
was read yesterday morning.
Mr. Brown I attempted to do so
at the time the bill was passed but
a vote to adjourn shut me oil".
The Speaker The journal shows
that the bill had 101 votes.
Mr. Brown--That is tru but I
; not -oto Xh. , - . r
aye. ine twelve mem
bers who were not present are:
Messrs. Zeigler, Launtz, Neely, Up-
Smith. Burt Mac Remolds hinp
Gentner and J. L. Brown, and the
' -V
late Mr. Sharpe and Mr. Jenkins
either voted no or voted with the
Repnolicans. Deducting this num
ber from 113 would leave 100. Mr.
MacReynolds is recorded as having
voted lor the bilL Some one answer
ed distinctly in the affirmative to
the names of A. G. W. Smith and
Mr. Scblicher. These things ought
not to occur in a reform Legislature,
and they proye very clearly that the
bill was passed unconstitutionally.
The Speaker The Chair will Bay
that there is no official record of the
absence of any of the gentlemen
named.
The bill referred to was the Jam
ison Legislative apportionment bill,
and Mr. Speaker Faunce crept out
of a very little hole when he decided
that it was too late to attack the
record now.
The objection should
have been made when the bill was
under consideration. Fraud vitiates
everything it touches, and the Speak
ers parliamentary dodze is no an-
Jiswer to the open charge that a falso
count was recorded, and a bill de-
clared passed by reason of that
blister the record of the Democratic
Reform majority in the House un
less the matter is investigated, and
the perpetiators of the fraud expos
ed. GLKAXIXGS.
A Costly Governor.
Lock Haven Express.
It is not everv State that can af
ford a $3,000 Legislature all sum
mer. Governor Pattison is a reform
Governor and reform Governors have
expensive tastes, if we may judge ky
the recent crop.
He Hit the Nail.
Scranton !puMlcan.
Representative Colborn. of Somer
set, is a level headed legislator. He
told the extra sessionists yesterday
that their crocodile tears for the de
feat of apportionment were six weeks
too late. He would not be over
stating the case if he had said they
were six months too late.
In view ofthe unavailing extra
session a good many hard-headed
Democrats are beginning to believe
they nominated the wrong man for
Governor last summer. New Era
Independent.
Wonderif there are any Independ
ents who are "beginning to believe"
that they helped elect the "wrong
man for governor, last fall? It would
be quite interesting to know some of
the Eecret reflections of the better
disposed men of that class Lancas
ter Imjuircr.
Mr. Blaine paid Mr. Roscoe
Conkling a high compliment the
other day when his publisher ex
pressed the opinion that it was har
dly necessary to embellish the forth
coming work with a steel portrait of
the distinguished ex-Senator. Said
Mr. Blaine:
"Roscoe Conkling is the brain of
New York to day, as he has been for
twenty years past The history of
Congress would be incomplete with
out his name and services, and I in
tend, as far as it lies within me, to
do his career full historical justice."
If there are an v reasons for turning
Republicans out, except to let Pern
ocrats in,we would thank some of the
advocates to mention them. ould
they do as well as when they had
the power before? Would even that
be encouraging? The nation has
made greater advance in real pros
perity under the twenty-three years
of rule ofthe Republican party, not
withstanding the enormous burdens
from the war of the rebellion, that
it did under a whole half century
previous. Financially, commercial
ly, socially, and in all that enters
into the make-up of National pros
perity, the United States to-day is
an object for the whole world to ad
mire. Inter Ocean.
j 1st so :
Tennyson can take a worthless
sheet of paper and by writing a poem
on it make it worth SfoOOO. lhats
genius. Mr. Yanderbilt can
write a lew words on a
sheet and make it worth 85,000,000.
That's capital. The United States can
take an ounce and a quarter ot gold
and stimp upon it an "eagle bird"'
and "twenty dollars." That's money.
The mechanic can take the material
worth 85 and make it into a watch
worth 8100. That's skill. The mer
chant can take an article worth 25
cents and sell it for 81. That's bus
iness. A lady can purchase a very
comfortable bonnet for 810 but 6he
prefers to pay 8100. That's foolish
ness. The ditch digger works ten
hours a day and shovels out three or
four tons of earth for 81. That's la
bor. Governor Pattison of Pennsyl
vania, receiyes 810,000 a year and
earns it by compelling an extra
session to sit at 83000 a day. Hi3
Democratic House was in session
last week just 48 minutes,and swear
ing it would stay until Doomsday.
That is Reform ! Delaware Ameri
can. That lofty, pure-minded, disinter
ested patriot and statesman, Charles
S. Wolfe, has beeen heard from.
He, despite the long silence he has
maintained, is still "alive and kick
ing" particularly "kicking." He
informs the people that the late
Republican State convention was
controlled by Quay and Magee and
that Mr. Livsey is Mr. Magee's creat
ure. It is, therefore, the duty of all
"true Republicans" to either vote
the Democratic ticket or not vote at
all. The Pittsburg Dispatch, Mr.
Wolfe's most ardent admirer and
supporter in the two last State cam
paigns.very caustically asks him why
he didn't go to the State convention
and make an open fight against the
Quay-Magee clique. If be is the
true Republican he proclaims him
self to be, he would have pursued a
more manly course had he gone to
the convention and made a fight
there. Instead of that he sat back
in "grand, gloomy and peculiar" dig
nity and never raised his voice un
til six weeks after the ticket was
nominated, and then only to urge
its defeat. Mr. Wolfe is like some
others we could mention. His only
mission in the Republican party is
to talk loudly of his devotion to its
principles and trv to defeat its can
didates. Mercer Dispatch.
A Desperado AKKassinated.
St Louis, Aug. 31. "Mack"
Mareden, who, during the post two
years has earned considerable noto
riety in Jefferson County, this State
as a thief, murderer and bad man
generally, while passing along the
road near the town of Anteonia in a
spring wagon yesterday afternoon
-accompanied by Allen Hensley,was
I fi nt trem an am Such urm instant
ly killed. Hensley was also mortal
ly wounded. James and Thomas
Moss and John Marsden were arrest
ed last night on suspicion. A very
strong feeling has existed against
Marsden for a long time past, and
this life has often been threatened.
Arranging for Vonng Xutt's Trial.
Umoxtown, Aug. 27. District
Attorney Johnson and John Boyle
EsqJ, who will conduct the prosecu
tion in the trial of James Nutt for
killing of N. L. Dukes, have agreed
with Messrs. William II. Play ford
and A. D. Boyd, counsel for the
prisoner, that the case shall come
up on Thursday of next week. There
wassometalk that a change of venue
would be asked for, but in all prob
ability the case will be tried here.
Great interest is
felt in the fate of
the young avenger.
CRATERS IS WlAj BLAST.
Thousand of People 8 wallowed Up
The Work of the Volcanic Krup
- tions on the Island of Java Com
pleted by the Furious Waves Poll
Details ofthe Great Disaster.
London, Aug. 28. The lalest ad
vices from Batavia, the capital of
the island of Java, show that the vol
canic eruptions in that island are
much more serious than at first in
dicated. The disturbances began on
the Island of Krakatoa, in the Strait
of Sunda, about 15 miles off the
coast of Java. The deep rumblings
were distinctly audible at Surakerta
and Batavia, about 45 amd 22 miles
off respectively. Little alarm was
felt at first, but within a few hours
showers f stones began to fall at
Jokjokerta, Surabaya and Serang.
All through the night showers of red-
hot rocks and ashes fell, making
complete darkness in all these towns.
In Batavia there was an occasional
fall, and it was difficult to keep the
street lights burning in the Euro
pean quarter. By the next morning
all communication with Anjier was
cut off, all the bridges having been
destroyed by the descending rocks
and ashes and road rendered impas
sable. THE CRATERS OP JAVA IS FULL FiLAST.
The first eruptions were on Satur
day night On Sunday morning the
disturbances had extended between
the waters of the strait, and they
were soon boiling and hissing vio
lently, while great waves dashed up
on the Javanese shores and toe
temperature ofthe sea went up near
ly twenty degrees. Even as far
away from the original point of dis
turbance as Madura the furious
waves were lashed into mountains
of foam as they came rolling in. The
threatening rumblings gradually be
came more and more distinct, and
by noon the Maha Meru, the largest
oi the volcanoes of Java, was btlch
ing forth flames at a very alarming
rate. This eruption soon spread to
the Gunung Tengger, the crater of
which is the largest in the world,
being nearly four miles indiametor;
the Gunung Gunter many other min
or mountains.until more than a third
of the forty-five craters of Jaya were
either in active eruption or seriously
threatening it Just before dusk a
great luminous cloud formed over
the Gunung Gunter and the crater
of that volcano began to vomit up
enormous streams of white, acid
sulphurous mud, besides smaller
quantities of lava. There were rap
idly successive explosions, followed
by tremendous showers of cinders
and enormous fragments, which
were hurled high into the air and
scattered in all directions, to fall,
after the force was spent, upon the
valleys below, carrying death and
destruction. With these terrible
eruptions came sympathetic demon
strations from the sea. The over
hanging clouds were so surcharged
with electricity that atone time over
fifteen huge waterspouts were seen.
These have continued at somewhat
long intervals ever since.
buried ix the ruins.
Men, women and children rushed
in terror from their tottering dwell
ing places, rilling the air with their
shrieks of horror. Hundreds were
unable to get out before the houses
fell, and were buried beneath the
great masses of rocks and mud which
were piled up where a lew hours be
fore all was peace, happinsss and
fancied security. The Gunung
Tengger has not had an eruption be
fore since the year 1800, when an
extent of land seventeen miles long
and 6even broad was completely
covered with the white sulphurous
mud so peculiar to the'eruptiona of
Java. The peak of a Gunung Teng
ger is G,OX) feet high and the monu
ment of flames on top of this made
a scene of very impressive grandure.
Every moment a huge boulder, at a
red or white heat, would be hurled
from Tengger's crater with terrific
force, and, after going hundreds of
feet into the air, would fall bick
with a whirr, perhaps crashing
through the thatched roof of some
Chinese fisherman s hut or crush be-
tween its huge mass the form of
some native peasant Fissure after
fissure appeared in the side of the
mountains and there in the valleys
there came a great, yawning chasm.
On the elevated plains of Kedirl
and Bandong the showers of stones,
mud and lava were not so frequent
as in the lower portions. of the island,
but were still quite destructive.
IX A BLAZE OF FLAME.
Much of the northern portion of
the island, which was covered with
tracts of forests, was soon in one great
blaze offlame. The red-hot vomitings
from the craters had set the trees on
fire, and as the giants of the woods
fell one after another, like so many
sheaves of wheat before a gale, the
scene was one of awful grandure.
As the eruptions increased in fre
quency and violence the disturbance
ofthe waters surrounding the barren
coast became more and more violent
Here the waves rushing in terrific
force up the steep, rocky incline,
breaking upon the overhanging crags
and receding rapidly, leaving a lava
flow cooled just at the moment when
it was about to fall over a precipice
and there remaining, quickly har
dened by contact with the waters
and forming distinct strata of black
lava,and bright red,purple and brown
all thrown about in the most eccentric
masses, while huge peaks of basalt
rose at frequent intervals. Therethe
waves came whelming over a marshy
plain along the shore, suddenly en
gulfing a hamlet of fishermen's rude
houses and, turning suddenly back,
swept away almost every vestige of
what had a moment before been a
scene af busting actlivity, where
family after family had been rush
ing around in the vain endeavor
to save their effects and get away
with their lives from the awful
combination of elements threatening
them. What a few hours before
were fertile valleys, covered with
flourishing plantations of coffee,
rice, sugar, indigo or tobacco, the
staples of the island, were soon but
mud-stone and lava, covered fields of
destruction and ruin. Probably not
a single crop of Java will be saved.
A PORTIXO OF BATAVIA SWEPT AWAY.
At the entrance to Batavia was a
large group of houses, extending
along the shore and occupied by
Chinamen. This portion of the city
was entirely swept away, and of the
twenty-five thousand Chinese who
lived on this swampy plain it is
hardly psobable that more than five
thousand managed to save their
lives. They stuck to their homes
till the waver that washed them
away came, fearing the torrents of
the flame and lava of the interior
more than the torrents of water from
the exterior-
Railroad Accident.
Wheeling, W. Va., Aug. 27. At
half-past 12 o'clock this morning a
collision occurred on the Pittsburg,
Cincimati and St Louis Railroad
about one mile west of Mingo Junc
tion, Ohio, where the memorable
difUr in 1S78 occurred. The Cin
cinnati express, eoing West, drawn
by Engine No. 57. and the second
section tf an East-bound freight
traiu, drawn by Engine No. 93, came
together while running at full speed
on a curvt: were a high hill extends
for a third of a mile. Both engines
were demolished, and four freight
cars, loaded with 'pork in boxes,
lard in barrels and oats in bulk, and
the mail and express cars of the
passenger train were reduced to kindling-wood.
Owing to the character of the road
where the accident occurred, trains
aDnroachinff cannot be seen until
close upon each other. The engineer
of the passenger train noticed the
approach of the freight train, and ap
plied th ir breaks and reversed
his engine : but this had little efftct
before the frpicrht train composed
of thirty cars, and coming down a
vRide crashed into his engine.
The passenger coaches and sleeping
cars kept the track, and the passen
gers escaped with slight bruises, and
a severe thaking up.
William Hoyt, of Indianapolis, a
postal clerk, had a leg broken and
his body so badly crushed that ne
will die. He wsfs so surrounded by
debris that chopping was necessary
to release him.
J. B. Newman, of Indianapolis.
another iostal clerk, was slightlv in
jured.
Charles Wolf, the engineer of the
passenger train, had one of his
thumbs amputated and was badly
bruised about the body and head.
He will recover.
J. T. Watson and A. N. Brown, of
. .... .
Indianapolis, both postal clerks, and
Joseph Little, a colored porter, were
in the postal car, and were all slight
ly hurt
The engineer of the freight tram
and both fireman iumoed when they
saw the danger, but Engineer Wolf
stuck to his post.
The accident resulted from the
carelessness of Conductor Swamy, of
the freight train, lhe passenger
train was ten minutes late and the
freight train thirty minutes late.
The latter had telegraphic orders to
go to Mingo not later than 1.13 a.m.
but the conductor did not read the
order and thought the operator said
1.30 A. M.
Panic at l'ensacola.
Washixuton.- August 30. An
earnest appeal was made to-day to
.: o . r T. .....
Acting secretary oi me lieiwuijr
New by Senator Call, Florida, in be
half of a number of persons at Pen-
sacola who are in destitute circum
stances on recount of the yellow fe
ver. It was represented that the
Etnngent regulations made by the
quarantine ofneers and the cordon
around the infected citv prevented
inanv of the inhabitants from pursu
ing their customary avocation, and
consequently great suffering prevail
ed among the poorer classes. It was
urged that the epidemic appropria
tion of 8100,000 set apart by Con
gress for use in case ot a plague,
could not be better aistnouieu iuau
by aiding these people. Mr. New,
however, demurred to any diversion
of this fund, which he explained was
under the control of Surgeon Gen
eral Hamilton, of the Marine Hos
pital service, and was intended for
the uurchase of medecines and dis
infectants and pay for the service of
physicians ana nurses in caring ior
the sick ; that there was no other
appropriation available for the ob
ject asked by the Senator and conse
quently his request could not oe
granted. Advices from the stricken
parts of Pensacola says that a per
fect panic exists. The wealthier
classes have deserted the place, leav
ing everything behind, to escape
from the scourge. Some of these
were stopped at the cordon and to
their dismay compelled to spend 10
days in the tents established in the
outer cordon.
A Sensational Tragedy.
Elgin, August 30. A sensational
tragedy was enacted here this morn
ing at the Natting house. Edward
L. Joslyn, a widower, son of Col. E.
S. Joslyn, a citizen of high standing,
shot aiid killed Etta Bickinghara, a
young woman of pleasing address.
Joslyn had been paying attention to
Miss Bickingham for the past year,
the nature of which has created some
comment, and he has lately display
ed evidence of fierce jealousy. He
attempted to enter her room this
morning, and being denied admis
sion forced his way into the apart
ment. There was a scufflp, two re
volver shots were heard nd the
young woman fell dead. Joslyn then
shot himself dead with the same
weapon.
The Java Calamity.
Lovpox. August 27. A dispatch
to Lloyds from Batavia says the con
dition of the straight of Sunda is
dangerous to navigation. New
Islands have arisen therein, and the
coast line is altered. The Govern
ment is preparing to obtain new
soundings ofthe strait Sixteen vol
canoes have appeared beteen the
site where the Island of Krakatoa
formerly stood and Sibisia Island.
A portion of Bantam is an ashy
desert. The cattle are starving and
the population are in despair. The
So?ngepan volcano has split, in five
portion. Seven hundred and four
bodie-i of victims of the disaster have
been buried in the district of Tanara
and 300 bodies in thecoast village of
Kramat.
Ikwn an Embankment.
Galveston, August 27. A spec
ial disp itch to the AVr from Waco
say:
A south bound passenger train on
the Tt-xa and St, Louis Railroad
last night jumped the track, and the
engine and the entire train landed
at the bottom of a fifteen foot em
bankment upside down. The lights
wt-r- nil extinguished and the pas
sengers groped their way out of the
window as best they could. Strange
to p v, no one was fatally injured,
and tlie only ones seriously hurt
were Mrs. Chambers, who was badly
bruised,. and her child, who had her
thigh broken. Brakeman Yershet
had his wrist sprained.
Time to Stop It.
It's too bad, Sir or Madam, but
don't get frightened. Your hair is
falling off that's certain. A glance
in the mirror, or an investigating
committee of fingers tell the dismal
story. We won't discuss the possi
ble caue. It is enough that Parker's
Hair Balsam used now will prevent
further destruction. Is your hair
somewhat gray, too, and crisp?
Alag, yes. The Balsam will give
back the original color, softness and
gloss. Not a dye, not oily, elegantly
perfumed' a perfect dressing.
Burglars' Gallant to a Widow.
Erie, Pa., Aug 27. This morning
at Westfield, near here, Mrs. Jane
Fuirington, a wealthy widow, was
found bound hand and foot and her
premises rifled. Mrs. Fairington
states that last night several men.
closely masked, entered her cham
ber and forced her at the point of
a revolver to get up and open the
safe. From it they secured five
hundred dollars in money and
three thousand dollars in govern
ment bonds. The burglars were
courteous in their treatment of the
widow. After she had complied
with their demands to lay out her
treasure and when she begged that
some ancient gold and silver pieces,
family relics, be left they returned
them to her immediately with an
apology for taking them. They
courteously bade her good night and
regretted that their safety made it
impertively neccessary to leave her
bound and also to gag her.
An Heroic Old Man's Death.
Pottsville, Pa., Aug. 29. A little
frame dwelling house, occupied by
a dissipated woman named Kitty
Keeron, at Mt. Loffe, two miles from
Pottsville, took fire to-day and was
totally destroyed, with its contents.
While the building was ablaze an
old man named Ned Loftus, know
ing the character of the tenant and
fearing that she might be asleep in
the house, went in to rescue her.
While searching lor he fell over dead
from heart disease. His body was
dragged out by a young man named
Ned Nolan, who was with him.
Mrs. Keeron was the only occupant
ofthe house. Her whereabouts have
not been discovered and it is feared
she was burned in the building.
Loftus was sixty years of age a min
er by occupation.
A Big Fire at Columbia.
Columbia, Aug. 27. A destructive
firebegan here at 1.30 p. M. to-day,
caused by sparks from a steam
threshing machine setting fire to a
barn filled with wheat and hay.
Three barns, a corn granary, out
buildings and fences were destroyed
and two stables, a residence and Mc
Clures Slate Works were damaged.
The armor of Company C, Fourth
Regiment, N. G. P., was at one time
threatened by the flames and a large
amount of ammunition was removed
in consequence. The fire was sub
dued at G p. m. The loss to buildings
and the contents of barns will be
about $15,000, partly covered by in
surance. The principal loss is sus
tained by the Samuel Heis estate, on
which property fhe fire originated.
Converting by the Thousands.
Ocean Gkove, N. J., August 30.
The campmeeting closed hereto-day
with an attendance of 6,000 persons.
Communion services were held by
100 ministers. In the middle of the
communion services 100 children
were converted. The children ad
vanced up the centre aisle and re
ceived communion. The service
concluded with a march around Je
rusalem, in which the great audience
led by the preceptor, and ministers
next, marched twice around ths aud
itorium, after which general hand
shaking followed. The president of
the association reported 4o backslid
ers reclaimed. Three hundred and
twenty-seven were converted and
302 sanctified. In addition to this
3.G00 had publicly expressed them
selves as spiritually quickened by
the meeting.
Fatal Liawsuil.
Inpiasapolis, August 28. Jacob
Oldenbarger and Jacob Bush had a
lawsuit this morning in a Justice's
court which wa9 decided in favor of
the latter. Meeting Bush on the
street about 1 o'clock, Oldenbarger
drew a pistol and fired, killing bush
instantly. Turniug from Bush, he
shot Samuel Campbell, who was
passing at the time, inflicting prob
ably a fatal wound. He then cross
ed the street, and, putting the pistol
to bis own head, shot himself dead.
It is probable that the shooting of
Campbell was accidental, as the lat
ter was in no way connected with
the suit.
Riot Among liaborera.
Pittsburg, Aug. 29. A special
dispatch from Punxsutawney, Jeffer
son county, says : During the pay
ment of the railroad hands yesterday
a dispute arose about the wages, cul
minating in a riot. A Hungarian
named Peter Shermetz and Jno Dalo,
were shot, and an Irishman named
Kearney was unmercifully beaten.
Xo arrests have been made, but
Sheriff Anderson and a posse are on
hand and will probably make some
arrest to-day. No further trouble is
anticipated.
A Cowardly Murder.
Chattanooga, August 2$. Yes
terday, Henry Shackelford and A.
J. Bevell, a well known merchant
of Green Pond, Ala., quarreled. Bev
ells stood Shackelford's abuse as
long as possible, and then knocked
him down and began pounding him.
A friend of Shackelford's named
Wm. Johnson crept stealthily up
behind Bevells, and without warn
ing, shot him in the head, from the
effects of which he afterwards died.
Bevells was a prominent citizen, and
the horrible affair created intense
excitement.
Another Crank.
Washington, August 29. A man
j named O. P. Keller, of New York,
I called at the White House today
', and demanded an interview with
the President He was very import
unate and said be must see the
President at once. Being told that
the latter was absent he left with the
doorkeeper a bundle of pamphlets
on the "Advantages of Bible Study"
which he said he wished given to
the President the moment of his re
turn, '"in order," he added, "that the
country may be saved to Christ."
Boy Shot Dead.
McKeesport August 27. August
Jnckson, after cleaning his gun this
morning, and thinking it contained
nothing, put a cap on to fire, so as
to dry the tube, but, containing a
load, it went off and shot Charles
Lerlerg, a boy, through the head,
killing him instantly. Both parties
are Swedes.
Only Two Boltlea.
Messrs. Johnson, Holloway & Co.,
wholesale druggists of Philadelphia,
Pa., report that some time ago a gen
tleman handed them a dollar, with a
request to send a good catarrh cure
to two iirmy officers in Arizona. Re
cently the same gentleman told them
that both the officers, and the wife
of Gen. John C. Fremont, Governor
of Arizona, had been cured of catarrh
by the two bottles of Ely's Cream
Balm.
Fatal Encounter.
Vandalia, August 28. A fatal
encounter occurred early this morn
ing near Louden City, in this county,
between Louis Philips and Jacob
Rosenbrook, both residents of Bowl
ing Green township, in which the
latter was killed instantly md the
former wounded so badly that he
died in a few hours after. The affair
had its origin in a grudge of long
standing, growing out of disrespect
ful remarks by Philips concerning
Kosen brook s sister. .Each time they
met they quarreled, and yesterday
morning they decided to settle the
matter in a duel with pistols, to be
fought at 6 o'clock thi3 morning at
the place mentioned. 1 hey chose as
their seconds Mack Swank and Jack
Wren, who were present and wit
nessed the shooting. Rosenbrook
fired the first shot, the ball entering
Philips' mouth. Philips staggered,
and before falling discharged his
weapon, the ball taking effect at one
side of Rosenbrook's mouth and
ranging upward through the head.
Both duelists were young men, Phil
ips being about 22 years of age and
a school teacher. Neither of the sec
onds have yet been arrested.
Destruction by a Hailstorm.
Sterling, III., Aug. 28. A severe
hailstorm passed over this county
eight miles north of here last evening,
The storm extended over territory
fifteen miles long and ten miles wide.
The loss to the crops will approxi
mate 850,000.
Chicago, Aug. 28. A dispatch to
The Journal ftom Janesville, Wis.,
says a furious hail storm last night
practically destroyed the entire to
bacco crop of Rockland County.
The damage is estimated at full
$100,000.
Love Ending ia a Fatal Duel.
Leapville, Col., Aug. 31. Yester
day, Reddy Williams and Ed. Cun
ningham, living near Red Cliff, Bat
tle Mountain, agreed to settle their
rivalry for the hand of a young lady
by pittols. At a signal each drew
and fired. Williams fell dead at
the first shot, pierced through the
heart, and Cunningham fell shot
through the lungs. He died a few
moments later.
Shot and Killed.
Galvestox, Aug. 30. A dispatch
to The New from Brenham, Tex.,
j savs 1 nomas lloxie and VY imam
Lestard, two young men about
twenty-one years old, had a quarrel
on Thursday night, the cause of
which is unknown. Yesterday
morning Hoxie shot at Lestard, who
dodged and escaped injury. In the
evening Lestard shot Hoxie dead
while he was passing on horseback
through one of the principal streets,
carrying a double-barreled shot-gun.
Lestard is now in jail.
What the Postal Guide Will Show.
Washington', August 23. The
September Podal Guide will show
that there are now 48,046 post offi
ces in the United States, of which
number 2176 are presidential offices
and 6373 money order offices. Since
the vear 1876 the number of post-
offices has been increased 40 per
cent. The next issue of the Guide
win be compressed into 6b pages
the number fixed by the contract.
What It Did for an Old Iady.
Coshocton, N. Y., Dec. 28, 1S78.
Gents A number of people had
been using your Bitters here, and
with marked effect In one case a
lady of over seventy years had been
sick for years, and for the past ten
years has not been able to be
around half the time. About six
months ago she got so feeble she was
helpless. Her old remedies, or phy
sicians, being of no avail, 1 sent to
Deposit, forty-five miles away, and
got a bottle of Hop Bitters. It im
proved her so she was able to dress
herself and walk about the house.
When she had taken the second bot
tle she was able to take care of her
own room and walk out to her
neighbors, and lias improved all
the time since. My wife and chil
dren also have derived great benefit
from their use.
W. B. HATHAWAY,
Agt U.S. Ex. Co.
Death by a Burtsing Grindstone.
Richmond, Va., Aug 28. Spencer
Coleman, colored, was instantly kill
ed here to-day by the bursting of a
large grindstone which was being
tried for the first time. Coleman
was standing about thirty feet from
the 6tone, when a piece weighing
seventy-five pounds struck him,
knocking the top of his head on.
One piece ofthe stone went through
a nine inch wall, making a whole
almost as large as an ordinary door
and another piece went through the
endof the building, tearing up planks
right and left.
Pennsylvania College,
GETTYSBURG, PA.
'I'HE first term of th next CollegUU yr will
September 6, 1883.
The Faculty of the Institution Is rull. The eourse
of luatrw tlun Is liberal anil thorough. The loca
tion is mon pleasant anl healthy, in the midst of
an Intelligent and moral eutnmufelry, and accessi
ble by Kaliroad mine three time a day. The
Preparatory Department,
In charre of the Principal Rev. J. B. Focht. A
M. wltn two Afclsunt Teachers, lumlshes thor
ough Instruction lor hoys aa I young men prepar
ing lor bustuese or College classes. (Undent in
this department are aoder tD special care vf
ineir instructors wno reije wiin mem In the
building.
For farther Information or fatslogue, address
jsl. Al.fc.NTlrfc. D. !.,
President, or
REV. J. B. FMtmr.
Principal.
Qettysburg, Pa., July 15, UtS. intfe.St.
OMUftT suian
Oorrected by Ooos a Bwitb.
suns
CHOICE GROCERIES, FLOUR 4 FEED
Apples, dried, a
Applebatter, gal
Bran, II luo ii
Batter, ) (keg)
(roll)
Buckwheat f bush
" meal, 100 ..,
Beeswax a
Baooa, shoalden, ft .....
sides,
country hams. a
Corn, (ear) new f bushel..
" (swelled) Oid " ....
T0IOo
sua
i a
- meal a...
Call skins, fl a,
r-tr, w aa
Floor, V bM
Flaxseed, ft bo. NI)
Bams, (sugar-cured) f) .....
ether, red aula, fa
h guper, -
a,
Middlings, sad shop log at
Oat, "hi
Potatoes, ba (new)
Peaches, dried,
Eve. Una
Rg. f
Salt. No, L bbL extra
" Oroand Alum, per sack.... .
" AJhtoa, per sack
Sugar, yellow m a.
whit
Tallow,) a.....
Wheat, k ba......................
vw, v as..
lie
tie
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a... )46C
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14
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tPJ PCUb
OR UOMPOI NP FXTRACTOF
ASPAEAGUSj
Has been pronounced by leading!
physicians a sure cure for dis
eases of the
nailer, Kidneys, Driiiary Orps,
Fain in the Back
It ymptom of me eHoo trouble of the klt
bj or marine trouble. When nature wnrni you
by s pain In the back, eieclaHy s dull, -heavy, or
s lever burnlnv. aoj iharp pain that neon al
most uneoduraMe, or a cousiant bearlmc-down
pain, and von are rentlfte an.l nervous, with more
or leu dyipepala, you thould be prompt in Klwt
lg a remedy.
Asparago
Promptly curel these distressing com plaints.
For Sale by all nragclala.
Price 1. or 8 bottles for $i. Sent to any a.ldre-1
In the l nlted states tree ot expense, on
receipt of cash or V. O. order.
Dr. FcimJer Family Melius Co.,
4 S. SECONP Street, Philadelphia. Pa.
aug 2-cew.
For Sale at a Bargain !
The farm formerly known as the JOHN FAIP
LEYFARM, eonulnlr.jp 37T acres, of which 1TO
acres Is good level bottom land which, with bat
little expense, can be made to produce live hun
dred tons of hay annually, and can be mit'le one
of the best stuck and arrain farms In Western
Pennsylvania. This farm is located in Isjwer
Turkey foot Township. Somerset County. Pa,
within one and a ball miles from I'rslna, and
within hlf a mile from my present home lurm.
ALSO
For sale, a very desirable property just outside
of the Horouuh of t rsina, contalninic 7 acres of
land, on which there is erected a very nice new
two-story frame
Dwelling House,
with sii rooms ; also a koo1 stable, uanlen, and
well ol eicellent water ; a beautiful tuition.
For particulars apply to me at this place.
NOAH SCOTT, Ursina, Pa.
luglS.U.
PUBLIC SALE
OF A F.ifi.V IX MILFORD TOWXSHIP.
Th-re
ill be expoe.t at public outorv. on the
premises in Mtlloi
rd Township, on
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1S3,
The following deserlhcd property, known as the
MCapt. John Meraer farm," located one and one
half miles south of Rockwood. This h.rm is now
In a good state of cultivation, has been lately
limed and numbers 156 acres, over one hundred
acres cleared. Si acres In meadow, and about -II
acres In timber. There is a good two-story log
dwelling bouse, bank barn and other huihlinics
on the premises: also, a .ugar-camp alth between
six and seven hundred keelprs. a good orchard,
and has good water In nearly every held. It Is a
good farm for stork raising. There Is coal and
limestone on the premises.
TKK.MS : One-tblrd in hand April 1. 1M.
Balance in two equal annual payments, with in
terest. For further particulars call on or address the
undersigned at rWkwood. Pa.
ALKXAMK STF.RNFK,
HAKK1SCN WILTKOl'T,
angZl HANNAH WILTKOL'T.
Florence Knitting Silk.
PMlllvelv the onlv Silk suitable for knlttlnx
which will bear washing without Injury to color or
texture. Sold by all enterprisieg dealers.
VM. MICl V - . VU .UllllUg I . , U . . . . Willi
ples ( Knitting and Etching Silk, sent on receipt
ot threl Scent stamp.
sep3w NOXOTl t'K SILK t'O .
Florence, Mass.
WISE
people
lookuu
opie are always on the
ut ir ehanct-s to n
crease thelrearnlees. and n
time become wealthy: th.iee
who do not improve their opportunities remain in
poverty. We offer a great chance to make mon
ey. U e want many men, women, bovs and girls
to work for us right In their own Iodines. Any
one can do the wurk properly from the hrst s'rt.
The business will pay more than ten f meson'
nary wages. Expensive outfit furnished free. 1
one who engnves tails to make money raptoij
You can devute your whole time to the work, or
only. your spar moments. Full Information and
all that is needed sent free. Address Stissox a
Co., Portlaud, Maine. decio-lv
Our preparations for the ap
proaching seasons of Fall and
Winter are now completed.
We carry a large stock of
iine Keady-Made Clothing,
samples of which, with self
measurement blanks, will be
furrfishedon application.
A. C. YATES & CO.
MierBiiMmtMMytlSts.
PHILADELPHIA.
epS.
ESTABLISHED.! HML
Fisher's Book Store.
Always la stock at the Book store a well se
lected assortment or Bibles. Testament, OufmI
, . "".'' too sou nvmnais,
Lutheran Hymn Books. lietonarle. albums.
Pens. Inks. Papers. Envelopes. Magailnes. Nov.
els. Kevlews, Blank Books. Deed. Bunds, Mort-
...... .n.4 .11 Ir l l ... J I . . WHI-
- " - i8H mant.
BOOKS OF POETRY,
5'k' of Travel and Adventure, -HUtory. Bio-
VTIURT. JI iliu.iL I aa i . w. ' i
cbiWrta, in U very thing uI.t' found la
Well Timl.r.H l . . . J .
..i - " ""ia neatiouartrre ior
School teajhr. . n.t i i . ,
... .iiuui wwas aim scoouf mua-
nta-- 'Chis. U Vkh
linf
POvTDB
Absolutely
This powder never vartn. 1,
si run Kin and whole, njne,(
than the oniinary kin. is. n,' 'n
competition wi.h'the muUitu.1 i'"1
weight, alum or thot.rimt,..l.
cam KoVAL Basiik fownt,, . 1 V.
I Have Just Receh-
And offer for sale in (..
to suit pun ia(.R
1 Bbl. Rosin,
1 Bbl. Copperas,
1 Carboy Ammonia.
1 Carboy Sulphuric
1 Carboy Murine
2 KEGS BAKING r
I Keg Sulphur,
1 Barrel Ejwmii S;ib
1 Box Cream Ta:
One Gros Ilrw IW;.
"2 Gross ('on j,'h Svrup.
l-2 Gross Blooil Stan:
'20 lieams cte h:
THREE "M" EXVELOi
One Lot Filiiii' Tatkk
One Lot Fiiiet
5 cent Cigars.
The cheapest and bo
in Somerset County t"
Drurs.
C. N. BOTH
The Druggist,
MAMMOTH 151.01
SOMERSET PA
0
ttHlAXS'ContT ?ALE
1Y vitrtue of an erdi-r lnied
)phans' Court ot ji mer!et I'- "
reeled. 1 will exse to purdic sale na
WES DA ', SEP TEMHERi-
at 1 o'clock, on tli.. pn inises th-; r'
scribed ml estate, vij :
A eerlo tract ul lan I itn ite in Br'-'
twp.. lulng lands of Silas VVUtr.J";
and oilier .containing 30 are. nwrt f
acres under cultivation. i "' u :
There ore en the premises bei.le tin id
ling bouse, two tenant bouses with
log, a large bank barn, and a rivutjir
ter power saw mill. A sugar-ciuip ui -keeiers,
and an orchard ol abo..t liV!"
tree. The farm Is under g'd calling
very desirable.
TERMS :
One-third to remain a Hen t-r th"1''
Interest tbereol to be paid to her isaw -.'
her death the principal to t pj''1 !" ,
and lirilMi.r.Mti.ri.M ni fr'f. Heri'
One-thinl in hand, the halnm-e in i''
Dual payments, to b secured br lu liS
Possession given April 1, 1. " , t
H L 8f
irutre rur the sale uf the K- ii
Berkley, deceased.
PXKCUTOiTS NOTR E-
Eilare of Joseph On mln.. Ice'- '
Somerset Borough, Souierei l-
Ltters testamentary on thoaVe
been xranted to the under!!!"! f V ,
authority, notice is herein gi 'J.
Indebted to said estate uiu.ikt IB"
ment, and those having claim in"0','
will present them dulv authen!k-'el
ment on Siturday, September 1. I""3
of W. H. Koonu, L , inSonier-et
HtKIZ E
juljCi.
It
EDWARD ALCOl
A!r r Ai-ri xi btxs
IV
OA! FLOORING A SPECL4I
OFFICE AM FACTORV
URSINE
SOMERSET CO.,
JylMy
nrCl BEJtlLLE, Ill's.
Beautifully located on the TJ.
J w --r .
adorers
LUMBER
CT. DK. A. Jl. ' "
July is. St.
Wu a Bcents Block.