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The Somerset Herald.
EDWARD SCCLL, Editor nd Proprietor.
WEDXESDAT September U. X.
PUBLICAN TATE JlCKET.
KOR STATE TIvEAFL'EtB :
WILLIAM LIV.SEY, Allegheny Co.
FOR AlUITOR GENERAL :
JEROME B. NILES, Tiopa County.
Republican Ccity Jicket.
FOR DISTRICT ATTOKXEV:
F. W. BIESECKER, Somerset Bor.
FOR I'OOR HOt'SE DIRECTOR!
REUBEN WOY, Somerset Bor.
FOR COUNTY ft'RYEYOR :
WILLIAM BAKER, Milford Twp.
J. Proctor Knott was inaugura
ted as Governor of Kentucky, on
Tuesday of last week, in the presence
often thousand people.
The Democrats in the Legislature
mu-t have carefully studied the fa
ble of the do;; in the manger. They
won't re-district the State, won't let
the Republicans do it, and won't ad
journ. IIoadly, the Democratic candi
date for Governor of Ohio, is sick in
Philadelphia, whither he has gone
for medical aid. He is reported as
suffering from nervous prostration,
and refuses to see anv one.
It is reported from Washington,
that Assistant Postmaster-General,
Hatton, recently snt down in his
chair on which was a box of parlor
matches, and now betakes his meals
off the mantelpiece in solemn si
lence. John Roa h, the great ship build
er, at Philadelphia, testified before
the .Senate committee last week, that
at one time he was a tramp. He
now employs three thousand men.
and last year paid in wages S1,."S7,-
ooa
The trial of James Nutt has been
postponed until the December term
of court on account of the sickness
of a material witness. On Wednes
diy last, the Grand Jury found a
true bill against him for the killing
of Dukes.
Oi-r $3.000-a-day Legislature
meets and adjourns from day to
day, without rendering the least val
ue for the money it pockets, and on
Tuesday last, the Democrats in cau
cus resolved to keep it up until they
forced the Republicans into allowing
them to have their own sweet will
Frank James, the murderer and
robber, who for years terrorized the
people of several Western States, and
for whose arrest, dead or alive, a re
ward was offered, has just been ac
quitted by a Missouri jury. The
"gentlemen of the jury'" must have
been Democrats, who followed the
injunction of the New York Sun, to
"turn the rascals out.''
Ik it wasu't for the waste of $3000
per day, it would'nt matter a blue
button to the people of this State,
whether there is an apportionment
made or not. It matters to the pol
iticians, to the bosses, to the fellows
that run the Democratic machine,
but not to the people. The State is
very well districted as it is, and the
people's only concern is the robbery
oi me ireasury, and the keeping 0f
the Democratic rascals out.
Chairman Coon:n opened the Re
liiiM ii ;
ru,",lJU .riii(iaign among our
neighbors at Bedford on Tuesday
eveuing of last week, and judging
from the savage way the Gazette goes
for his scalp, must have made a tell
ing speech and done effective work
IncleJohn Cessna presided at the
meeting and gave the Democrats
raking fire. He was followed by
Senator McFarlane, Cooper and
Longenecker. An excursion train
was run from Everett, and the crowd
was large and enthusiastic.
The record shows that since an
early peiiod of the extra session, the
Republicans have urged an adjourn
ment But to every proposition of
this kind the Governor's spokesmen
Gordon, in the Senate, and Atn
tnerman, in the House have come
forward with the declaration that
the Governor will keep the House in
session until the crack of doom, if
apportionment bills are not passtd.
Young Mr. Pattison may think he
is displaying the Roman firmness of
4Cld Hickory," but to the people,
lie makes a mighty poor show,' rat
tling around in Jackson's old shoes.
The truth is, like the fellow who
caught the tiger by the tail, the
Democrats are awful anxious to have
somebody help them let go.
Failing to dragoon the Republican
members of the Legislature into as
6enting to their demands in the mat
ter of the apportionment of the
State, the Democrats have resorted,
indirectly, to bribery. The experi
ment now being tried is, to make the
pay of the members depend upon the
passage of an apportionment law
satisfactory to the Executive. The
epokesmen of the Governor have
openly announced that no appro-
priation bill shall be passed, nor
will the Governor sign one, unless
an apportionment bill is agreed up
on. This is simply an attempt to
bribe Republican members into
vieldins their convictions of right,
in order that Democratic greed may
be satisfied. It is a direct offer of
ten dollars a da-, or of a thousand
dollars each, for Republican votes.
Vote in favor of the Administration
rlan. sav the Governor's spokesmen,
and we will agree to pass, and he
will sign an appropriation bill giv
inz vou vour pay at ten dollars a
day, or about one thousand in all ;
but if you refuse to agree to such an
apportionment as we want, no bill
shall become a law to pay you for
your expenses and services during
the now nearly one hundred days of
this extra session.
What is this but bribery ? You
shall have your pay if you vote for
such a bill on apportionment as we
want, 6ay the Democrats, and if you
will not do so, then you shall not be
paid. At last we have the Demo
cratic ultimatum, which is simply,
vote as we dictate and take your
cash, or refuse and do without
As in days of yore, the people of
this State are being treated by the
Democratic press, to daily disserta
tions on the solemn duty of obeying
the Constitution. These jeremiads
have an ancient and fish-like smell,
and from time immemorial have
been resorted to by the Democrats
when a monstrous w rong had to be
justified or defended. Thus, when
slavery was to he extended, or that
sum of all villainies needed defense,
the Democratic leaders immediately
fell to quoting the Constitution.
When Democratic rebels took up
arms against the Government, Dem
ocratic politicians, from Jeff Davis
down to th 3 meanest copperhead of
the day, invoked the Constitution to
prove that there existed no power or
right to coerce a State, or prevent its
secession from the Union. After the
war, these same Democratic leaders
appealed to the Constitution to show
that the Union could only be re
stored as the rebels wanted it.
Ag.iin, when it was proposed to
make suffrage universal, and guar
antee equal rights before the law, to
all men, regardless of color or of
condition, a second Democratic re
bellion was threatened in defense of
the constitutional right of white
men to exclusive use of the ballot,
and the power to make and admin
ister the laws.
Again, and again, and again, has
this parrot-like cry of violating the
Constitution been uttered bv the
Democratic leaders against Republi
can action and measures, until one
wonders that its vain repetition
does not pall upon the tongue of the
utteiers. But still again, we are
having from the same source, the
charge that the Republicans in the
Legislature are violating the' Consti
tution bv "refusing" to apportion
the State into Congressional and
Legislative districts according to its
mandates, and again we are called
upon to refute this last refuge of
Democratic villainy. The Constitu
tion says the Legislature shall ap
portion the State into "districts of
compact and contiguous territory,
as nearly equal in population as
may be," and this injunction of the
Constitution the Republicans have
complied with by framing and pre
senting a bill as nearly conformable
with its mandates as possible. On
the other hand, the Democrats have
framed several bills, not based UDon
the population of the districts as the
Constitution requires, but upon the
best yote that party has been able to
poll, and on this unconstitutional
basis they ptrsistently demand that
the State shall be apportioned.
Failing to secure the assent of the
Republicans at the regular session
to this unconstitutional method of
apportioning the State, they induced
the Governor to call an extra session,
and now for nearly one hundred
days they have persistently wasted
many thousands of the people's
money in the attempt to coerce the
Republicans into yielding their con
victions of their constitutional duty,
and permit the State to be appor
tioned upon the basis of a partisan
vote, instead of population. But,
waiving this glaring attempt on part
of the Democrats to Fet aside the
constitutional mandate, and assum
ing that both parties are honest and
sincere, why is it that the Republi
cans are violating the Constitution,
and the Democrats are not, because
a bill cannot be agreed upon? Isn't
it the merest fudge to say so? And
now, after two sessions, extending
over nearly two hundred and fifty
days, having made it perfectly mani
fest that an asreement cannot be ar
rived at, is it not a criminal waste
of the eople's money on the part of
the Democrats to reject the repeated
propositions of the Republicans to
adjourn ?
The truth must be apparent to the
least discerning mind, that the Dem
ocrats have blundered, most egre
giously blundered, first, in adopting
an unconstitutional basis for appor
tionment, and secondly, in resorting
to an extra session with the hope of
coercing the Republicans into yield
ine their demands. And now, hav
ing failed, miserably failed, in their
object, they are trying to distract
attention from their colossal crime
and their woful waste of the peo
ple's money, by raising against the
Republicans their old-time yell of
violating the Constitution.
Kxploolo of Boiler.
Lancaster, P, Sept 6. The boil
er of a steam thresher on ihe farm of
Abraham - Overhallzer, Dauphin
County, exploded yesterday, instant
ly killing J?imon Brenzer, the engi
neer, and Jacob J. Kline, both of
Elizahethton. The explosion was
due to a lack of water in the boiler.
CliKAXIXGS.
The Outlook.
Allegheny Mill.
Chairman Cooper in opening the
campaign baa a united Republican
organization behind him and the
. r ?.irt l l:
victory oi a unnea xvepuuuiu yanj
before him.
The Only Thing Without End.
Lancaster New Era,
Eternity has commonly been sup
posed to be the only known thing
without an end. The Pennsylvania
Legislature may now bo safely ad
ded to the list
The ''reform" Legislature hold on
in Pennsylvania. The members
fcnnw thev cannot make ten doilars
per day as easily in any other way
especially as about one nunoreu
of them are at home attending to
thpimrivate affairs, and only visit
the canital to draw their salaries.
Inter Ocean.
JnM Wait and See.
Wert Cheater Republican.)
Ten dollars a day and roast beef
is fun to the members oi trie l enn-
sylvania Legislature, but it is a little
hard on the people who pay the ten
dollars. What a cleaning out of
Democratic lumber there will be in
Harrisburg soon !
Free Trade Knn Mad.
Allegheny Mall.
The Song of the Shirt has been re
vived in New York, where women
are paid only four cents apiece for
machine made shirts, and from 12 to
15 cents for those that are made
part by hand work. They are form
ing an organization with the inten
tion of demanding an increase of ten
per cent on these rates. These pri
ces look like "Free trade" run mad.
A &plst-fcmlic, Baai.Hale LsmlatT
Uuitrasr.
Wellsbero Agitator.
Some time ago Governor Pattison
vetoed a small appropriation to build
a decent board walk around the Cap
itol at Harrisburg, and no doubt
some people thought this a signal
evidence of his determination to see
that no public money was needless
ly expended. But now this same
Governor is encouraging the indefi
nite continuance of a needless spec
ial session of the Legislature at an
expense oi to.uuu a uay. v uue
watching the spigot the inovernor
seems to care notning auoui me
open bung-hole ; but it is just possi
ble the voters may care.
Are Already Beaten.
Washington, September 9. Gov
ernor Foster, of Ohio, reached Wash
ington this evening. He looks as
happy as though the election ot next
mouth were won and he is bubbling
over with confidence that it will be
carried by the Republicans. Said he
to a croup of friends who gathered
around him at the Riggs House this
evening:
"You know a law that makes Eome
other man pay part of the taxes is
popular. The Scott law we have put
in operation put two millions in the
treasury. Not a Democratic candi
date for the Legislature dare say he
is asainst it now, although they all
started to run on a platform whose
chief plank was opposition to it.
We shall carry Cuyahoga county,
v.ht-re the Democrats are badly split,
and, indeed, would carry it sny way.
We lost it at the hist election by the
stay-at-homes in thecountry, so that
the" city vote was not offset by the
usual Western Reserve majorities.
We have now a fair chance to carry
Cincinnati. There are fatal breaches
in the Democratic ranks, and the
operations of the Scott law did away
with the Liquor Dealer's Association
as a political machine. We shall
elect Foraker beyond question, by a
handsome majority, and we are still
more certain, if anything, of getting
the Legislature. We shall, however,
carry the whole thing. Our party
is in splendid shape within itself,
while the success of the Democrats
a year ago demoralized them. The
prohibition amendments will poll a
large vote, not less than three hun
dred thousand, I think. This is the
question in our State that must be
met and settled one way or the other.
The Democrats have been put in a
ridiculous light by an effort to catch
the farmers by advocating a higher
wooi tariff. It was too transparent,
when it was shown that if the Dem
ocrats had had their own way we
should have had no protection on
wool at all. We have them on the
protection question, because the his
tory oi their whole life is against the
position they are trying now to as
sume.'' AKIIIiacfroot.
Milwaukee, .September 9. Dis
patches from the western and por
tions of the Northern part of the
State report great damage to the
sorghum and other crops by frost,
which visited those sections on
Friday night. The proximity of the
lake, a cloudy sky and high winds
prevented damage along the shore in
this vicinity. Throughout Eau
Clair county the corn crop suffered
severely, and reports from Menomo
nee and Kenosha indicate great
damace to the corn and all other
perishable crops. Light frosts occur
red also in Southern Wisconsin.
Minneapolis, September 9. Re-j
r,nrta Tav Iwaon frnm Stju.lft i
county to the effect that frost last I
night "destroyed t he entire corn cropj
of that county. Ice formed through-!
out the county to the thickness ot a
dirner plate on tuba and barrels.
Such heavy frost so early in the
year was never before known in this
section.
Uaaiage by a Locomotive.
Wamptm, Pa., Sept. 4. About 8
o'clock this morning an engine stand
ing on the Ashtabula and Pittsburg
Railroad at Struthers, Ohio, started
while the engineer and fireman
were in the telegraph office. It ran
wild for about four miles, at the
speed of a mile a minute. At the
Hazleton bridge it ran into engine
No. 77, to which was attached a
heavily-loaded freight train wnich
stopped it in its mad career. Both
engines were badly damaged, and
cars were piled up in a bad wreck.
The engineer and. the firemaa of
No. 77 jumped when they saw the
runaway locomotive dashing toward
them. The engineer hurt his arm
severely, but the fireman escaped
unhurt The track was badly torn
up, and travel was suspended for
several hours until the debris was
removi d.
Heavy Wool Purchaaea.
Washington, Pa., September 6.
Withjn the last 60 days J. W.Jones
of this borough, purchased 31S,000
pounds of wool in Washington and
Greene counties, for Mr. Bucther, of
Utica, N. Y. The prices ranged from
33 to 40cents.
Baltimore, September 8. A col
lision occurred to-day on the West
ern Maryland Railroad, 23 miles
from this city, between a locomotive
coming east and an excursion train
from Washington foi Pen Mar, with
several hundred persons on board,
including many ladies and children.
The collision occurred through a
misunderstanding of orders, and in
a narrow cut near Patapsco Station.
The locomotives came together with
a crash, and that going east jumped
entirely upon the other, the two be
ing wedged so tightly together that
at a late hour to-night they had not
been separated. A man named Sim
mons, a painter in the employ of the
company, was on the east bound en
gine as a flagman, and he was killed
outright. James JIaccubbin and
Edward Jewett, the engineers, were
both horribly scalded by escaping
steam. Jewett lives at Waynesboro,
Pa., and Maccubbin at Union Bridge.
The track was obstructed all day, so
that passengers had to be transferred
and the mail train due in this city at
G o'clock did not arrive until about
11 o'clock to night The excursion
ists from Washington, after remain
ing at the wreck until 5 o'clock this
afternoon, were brought back and
proceeded to Washington. None of
the excursionists were injured.
Victims of Hydrophobia.
Philadelphia, September 9.
Wassey Albertson, the ten-year-old
6on of George Albertson, of No. 1813
Bond Street, who was bitten in the
hand by a half bred spitz dog on
October 13 of last year, died on Fri
day morning in terrible convulsions
from hydrophobia. When the boy
was bitten a physician was called in
and the wound was at once cauter
ized. The dog, which belonged to a
neighbor, was killed. When a
month was passed and no injurious
effects had developed, the boy's fath
er and family concluded that there
was no further danger and dismissed
the matter from their minds. The
lad continued to enjoy good health
and was in good spirits until last
Wednesda)', when he became ex
tremely nervous and sensitive to the
slightest passing annoyance. In the
evening he could not swallow his
tea, and when water was offered him
he was thrown into spasms. A doc
tor was sent for and he saw at once
that the patient was suffering from
hydrophobia. The violence of the
convulsions increased throughout
Thursday and Thursday night. He
died on Friday morning at 5 o'clock.
The physician, Dr. F. F. Meeser,
says that imagination had nothing
whatever to do with producing the
disease, since none of the family be
lieved that the dog had been aueci
ed with rabies.
Severe Floods,
Galveston, September 7. A
special to the Xe'us from Laredo
says : "The rains for the last day or
two have caused an unprecedented
rise in the Rio Grande. At nooa to
day the rise was eighteen feet. It
has since fallen one foot Heavy
rains have been falling to-day, and
it is expected that a greater height
will be reached. Sheep owners are
apprehending a great loss among
their flocks by drowning."
Numerous wash-outs are reported
on the International and Texas
Railroad. The bridge over a creek
near here, on the Rio Grande and
Pecos Railroad, is gone, and the
road bed is badly damaged. Last
night, just after the Montery train
on the Mexican National Railroad
had crossed the bridge over the Rio
Grande, a large portion of the struct
ure wis washed away. Several
houses on the Mexican side of the
river are inundated. A large derrick
on a tower erected in the river by
the ferry company, and which with
stood last year's rise, has been car
ried off. Trains are all delayed. The
damage on the Texas and Mexican
road for one hundred miles east is
very heavy.
Return of the President.
Washington, Sept 7. The Presi
dent arrived this morning, at 10:10
o'clock, on the Washington Express,
over the Baltimore & Potomac Road,
which brought down Western and
Northern passengers. The run from
Baltimore, forty miles, was made in
forty minutes. The train consisted
of five heavily-laden cars, beside that
placed at the disposal of the Presi
dent At the depot Assistant-Sec-retary-of-State
Davis and some at
taches of the House met the Presi
dent, and taking carriages, the party
were driven to the White House.
The President, as he walked through
the depot, appeared to be in excel
lent health and greatly improved by
his journey to the far West
Burned to Death.
Springfield, 111., Sept 6. The
house of John Everts, at Riverton,
seven miles east of here, was burned
to-day. Mrs. Phoebe Haylard,
mother of Mrs. Everts, 6ixty-eight
years old and two children of Mrs.
Everts, a boy aged four and a babe,
were burned to death. Mrs. Everts
who was in the yard when the fire
was discovered rushed up stairs to
rescue her mother and children.
She was badly burned and forced to
leave theta to their fate. The old
lad3' was 7 fl hy a.n(1 not
Jro1 herself to the stairs which were
n,flame?. nor would she give up the
babe wnicn she was
holding
to its
mother.
Railroad Accident.
I Chicago, September 4. The Liter
I Oceans Springfield, 111., dispatch
says: "Compauy A of the 9th Regi
ment of Infantry, State Militia, while
returning to Gray ville from the en
campment of the 2d Brigade, met
with a dreadful accident on the St
Louis and Evansville Railroad be
tween Carmi and Grayville. The
train ran through a bunch of cattle
and ran over some of them. The car
in which the members of the com
pany were was overturned, killing
nine and wounding fifteen men. No
further particulars are given."
The New 2 -Cent Letter Stamps.
Washington. Sept, C Metallic
red is the color of the new 2 cent
that go into effect October 1. Con
tractors are now fully stocked and
await requisition from the Postoflice
Department The distribution will
be made from New York, beginning
September 15, and a sufficient num
ber of new stamps will be placed in
the hands of postmasters to supply
thedemandscansed by the reduction
of letter rate postage October 1.
The department has not a sufficient
number of clerks at present to under
take the redemption of the 3-cent
stamps outstanding, and it is prob
able the matter will await Congres
sional actios.
Death of "Family" Man.
Reading, September 7. John
Hetiuer, a German ragpicker, a resi
dent ol this city, who was killed on
the Pennsylvania railroad at Lan
caster yesterday, had a remarkable
history. He was 67 years old, and
was born in Wurtemburg, Germany.
Th remarkable thing about Ileff
ner's life was the large number of
children he had. He was married
three lime., and had a family of 42
children, only five . of whom all
daughters, ranging in age from 6 to
27 years survive. When 25 years
old, in 1S40, he married his first
wife in Germany. She lived eight
years and became the mother of 17
children in that time, having twins
in the first year of their marriage.
The next year brought forth another
pair of twins. Each succeeding year
for four years thereafter Mrs. Heff
ner became the mother of triplets.
Then she died and was laid away in
the villflpfichnrchvard in Germany.
The widower now had a family of
seventeen children, three mouths
thereafter a young lady took charge
of the children, and, in the course of
time, she became the Becond Mrs.
Heflher. In February. 1S49, this
second wife presented Mr. Heffner
with a boy, and on Christmas day
of the same year the nineteenth child
was added to the Heffner flock. The
family was now larger than any oth
er in that part of the country. When
they gathered around the table the
household had the appearance of an
orphan asylum. Five years passed
on, and Mr. Heffner's family was in
creased by the addition of ten more
children, a pair of twine being born
every year lor the next three years.
Onlv one child was born in 1S54.
He came to this country with his
family. In 1S57 his wife died, hav
ing been married nine years. He
wus now the father of 32 children, 12
of whom had died, leaving 20 to be
taken in charge by a widow whom
he married in ISoS. Mrs. Heffner
No. 3 had one child by a previous
marriage. She became the mother
of nine more childeren in ten years
by single births. None of the first
set of seventeen children survive;
two of the fifteen of the second wife
still live, and three of the third wife.
In a period of 23 years he became
the father of 42 children. The old
man had long since forgotten the
names of his numerous progeny.
Cabriello Greeley Purchase Chap
paqua. Chatpaqua, N. , Septembers.
The farm of the late Horace Gree
ley was sold at noon to-day by I.
II. Haight, Trustee, in pursuance of
a decree of the bupreme Court dated
June 4, 1SS3. Horace Greeley by
his will directed the sale and the di
vision of the proceeds among his
children. Mrs. Smith, his daughter,
the executor in the will, did not fol
low out the instructions, and after
her death Gabrielle M. Greeley, the
surving daughter, brought an action
against Colonel Smith and his chil
dren to have the estate sold, as di
rected by the will. At noon the
trustee put the property up for sale.
Only one bid was made, and Gabri
elle M. Greeley bought the estate for
$10,0.(0. The property, with the
buildings, drainage and cultivation,
cost Horace Greeley over $70,000. It
comprises 78 acres. A few of the
neighbors were present prepared to
purchase, but would not bid against
Miss Greeley. No New York parties
were present
Railroad Collision.
Willmington, Del,, Sept. 4. A
collision occurred last night on the
Delaware Railroad near Green
Spring, this county, caused by a
runaway locomotive from Clayton
which was started by a tramp who
was seen to board it and then jump
off. The south bound passenger
train, which was running fast, met
the locsmotive and both engines
were wrecked. William Collins,
fireman, wxs badly scalded. Engi
neer McConaghy, of the passenger
train, stuck to his post snd was un
injured. The Every Evening says
that Mm. Morris, of Dover, was
thrown on the car seats and badly
injured; Mrs. William C. Mitchell
and ex-Messenger Wootten were se
verely bruised by the jar, and Mrs.
Harris, of Harrisburg, was thrown
against the water cooler and painful
ly injured. Oiher passengers receiv
ed insignificant bruises.
A Freight Train Smashed.
Denver, Col., Sept 9 Two seri
ous accidents occurred on Friday at
Kenoslia Mountain, on the Denver,
South Park and Pacific Road, in
which seven employees were injured.
A freight train had been made into
two sections to come down the hill.
The first section came down success
fully, but at the base ran into a con
struction train, injuring four men.
The second section started, but at the
top of the immense grade, while run
ning at the usual speed, the engine
jumped the track aud eight cars
back of it were telescoped down the
embankment E. S. Fisher, engi
neer; Edward Lake, head brakeman,
and G. E. Livingstone, conductor,
were probably f itally injured. The
wreck was a terrible one.
It seems that from some cause the
heayy train got the mastery of the
engine and rushed down the moun
tain, where the grade is about 203
feet to the mile, until a sharD curve
threw the engine off the track and
the whole trnin was wrecked.
Lynching of Grave Robbers.
New Orleans, September 4. A
dispatch to the Picayune snys: "At
Edwards, Mississippi, today, two
negroes, Jaiues King and George
Gadd,-. were arrested, charged with
having rihied the grave of Mrs.)
ILiUie How ell. 1 ney confessed
their guilt, iufonning the officers
that they stole the body for the pur
pose ot securing the booes of one
arm, which they used in carrying on
their prYessiuit a conjurers. When
the news of the robbery and arrest
became known a crowd of 150 men
assembled and requested the Sheriff
to turn out the prisoners.. The re
quest wus refused. In Uieconfusbn
which prevailed Gaddis, one ol the
prisoners, attempted to escape, but
was rid. D- d with bullets by the infu
riated nvih. The Sheriff was then
overpowered, nud the prisoner was
taken fr.nn jail and hanged. . '
Tins Niagara of the West.
Butte, M. T., Sept. 7. A syndi
cate of capitalists yesterday complet
ed the purehar,of a large tract of
land immediately surrounding Great
Shoshone Falls on the Snake River,
Idaho. The falls are surrounded by
some of (he grandest scenery in the
world. The syndicate will build a
mammoth hotel put a steamer or the
river, and endeavor to make it the
Niagara of the West -
The Java Horror.
The Hague, September 7. Tele
graphic communication with Su
matra being disturbed, no news has
yet been received from the Lampong
expedition, which left Bat a via last
Monday. The expedition is not ex
pected to return to Batavia for four
days. '
Tli following dispatch has been
received at the Navy Department,
Washington, from Commander
Barker : "The United States steam
er Enterprise is at Batavia, where
she was directed to go for the pur
poe of investing theresult of the re
cent volcanic eruption in that vicin
ity ' The Enterprise arrived on the
4thin8t The Princess and Great
Channels are safe. In the Avex
Bezee Channel all the lights are out
except the Java head. Dutch cruis
ers warn vessels."
The official report on the recent
disaster is not yet published. The
number of natives killed at Bantam
Batavia and Lampong is estimated
at 30,000. The number of Euro
peans lost is unknown. The garri
son and the Dutch President at
Felokbetong were saved. Terrible
distress prevails at Felokbetongue,
as it is unapproachable by the sea,
owing to the bay being filled with
banks of pumice stone. The tele
graph line from Batavia to Felok
betong was destroyed.
A telegram from Batavia says
famine is completing the havoc there.
It is now certainly known the steam
er Batavia passed through the Sunda
Straits, showing they are navigable.
Safe Robbed.
McConnell-bcrg, September 6.
At an early hour this morning the
boot and shoe store of A. B. Hanks,
of this place, was broken open and
the 6afe robbed. The explosion
aroused a number of families in the
immediate vicinity, but before any
person arrived the burglars had com
pleted their work and escaped with
all the money in the safe, amounting
to several hundred dollars. Mr.
Hanks is treasurer of the School
Board and the impression that his
safe contained a large sum of money
no doubt induced the burglars to
commit the deed.
The excitement was increased this
evening when it was made known
that the county treasurer's office in
the court house had been entered.
Evidence is conclusive that it was
the 6ame cracksmen who entered the
store of Mr. Hank's last night At
the last Auditor's settlement there
was shown to be a balance of some
forty-five hundred dollars in the
county treasurer's hands. The treas
urer does not keep any money in nis
office in the court house, as it is only
used by him during terms of court,
and so the burglars got none.
A Wanton Murder in Cleveland.
Cleveland Ohio, Sept. 4. James
Donohue, aged twenty-five, this mor
ning deliberately and without ap
parent provocation shot and killed
his step-father, Michael O'Connell
aged fifty-five. A short time before
the tragedy Donohue went to his
trunk and took from it a revolver.
His mother urged him to put the
weapon back but he threatened to
shoot hei if she interfered. Then
he sat on a loung in the sitting-room
revolver in hand. Presently his
step-father, a large man, came into
the house, saw Donohue, and. walk
ing toward him, said: "James give
me the pistol." Donohue immedi
ately rose to his feet and fired a ball
through O'Connell's heart He then
lay down on the lounge, eeemingly
unconcerned. O'Connell walked a
few steps and fell dead. Mrs. O'Con
nell ran screaming out doors. A po
liceman soon arrived, but Donohue
stoutly resisted and had to be severe
ly clubbed before he could be arrest
ed. Attempted Traia Robbery.
Rock ford, 111., Sept. G. A bold
attempt wes made at an early hour
this morning to wreck the passenger
train on the Chicago and Northwest
ern Road due in tbis city at 2.15
o'clock. Conductor Redfern states
that as the train was nearing Turner
Junction the locomotive ran into
three ties placed across the track,
the cow-catchers knocking off two
of the sleepers and breaking the third
into pieces. The collision caused
quite a sensation among the large
number of passengers on board, and
had the obstruction been placed on
the rails securely the train would
have been wrecked and hundreds of
lives lost The work was evidently
done by tramps, who had planned
to wreck the train and rob the pas
sengers during the confusion which
would undoubtedly have ensued.
A Monster Burned.
Beltimore, Sept. G. St. Joseph's
Passionist Monastery, three miles
west of this city, on the Frederic
turnpike, was destroyed by fire it a
late hour last night The monastery
was a three story and mansard struc
ture, built of granate, but all the
partitions were of wood, so that the
lire could not be controlled. A
church adjoining, in process of con
struction, was also considerably
damaged. The fire originated from
a tinner's pot, left on the roof by
workmen. The dammage is from
$20,000 to 825,000. upon which their
is said to be a partial insurance.
Ijove Ending in a Fatal Duel.
Leadville, Col , Aug. 31. Yester- J
day, lieddy Williams and Ed. Cun
ningham, living near Red Cliff, Bat-1
.i- i ..i .i-i
lie .wouniain, ngreeu in seme meir
rivalry for the hand of a young lady
by iiiitols. At a signal each drew
anu hrd. llliams fell dead at
the first shot, pierced through the
heart, and Cunningham fell shot
through the lung-). lie died a few
moments later.
Accident to an Adventurous Lord.
Chicaga, Sept. 3. Special despatch
reparts that Lord Ileadly, who ac
companied the hatch excursion to
the Yellowstone, went into the wil
derness in search of game, accom
panied by two experienced hunters.
A report reached the hotel at Mam
moth Hot Springs yesterday that
Lord Ileadley had sustained injuries
by slipping a precipice while pursu
ing game. A party was sent out and
brought his lordship to the hotel last
night. His injuries, though painful
are not serious.
ltailroad Merger.
IIakkisbukg, Pa., September 7.
Articles of merger for the Harrisburg
and Western and South Pennsylva
nia ILiilroads were filed in the office
of the Secretary of State this mor
ning. This is the result of the stock
holders' meeting held in this city
yesterday, and is a move in the in-1
terest of the Yanderbilt line,
to Pittsburg. , . I
Life Lost In Hotel Fire.
Hc.vter's Point, N. Y., Septem
ber?. About 2 o'clock this mor
ning a fire was discovered in an
outbuilding of Long Beach Hotel.
The building was used as a laundry
and contained sleeping apartments
for the Berlin Band all but one of
whom escaped with their lives.
Several were almost suffo
cated, and had to be carried out to
prevent the blocking up of tht stair
way. One musician, Adolph Fried
rich, who got out and then went
back to save his effects was burned
toacrisn. The musical instruments
and music were totally consumed,
also the bathing pavilon and laundry
The origin ot the fire is unknown.
The hotel was crowded, and the
guests rushed madly from their
rooms some having no time to stop
and get any other coverings than
their night clothes. Although there
were many invalids in the botel
none of them were lost, but the res
cue of several was accomplished
with great difficulty.
Shooting a Prisoner in Chains.
Raleigh, N. C, September 7.
On Sunday morning last three pris
oners escaped from the McDowell
County Jail, and on leaving the
building rudely pushed Mrs. Finely,
the jailer's wile aside, injuring her
slightly. The fugitives were captur
ed the same morning and returned
to the jaiL About 10 o'clock repeat
ed pistol shot) at the jail attracted
the attention of a number of citizens
who were surprised and indignant
to find the jailer, enraged by the
treatment of his wife and inflamed
by whisky, shooting one of the lately
escaped prisoners, a nero, as he
stood in a cage chained and hand
cuffed. Four painful wounds were
inflicted none of which are danger
ous. No one justifies or excuses the
inhuman conduct of the jailer.
Oat Of Car Wiadaw.
Allentown, Sept. 5. On the train
from Reading due here at noon to
day, there was an officer having in
charge a deserter from the U. t,
Army. He had given the officer no
trouble and had shown no disposi
tion to escape, and as a consequence
he was not handcuffed. Ihe officer
and his prisoner sat in the smoking
car, wmch was full of passengers
The train had just passed Macungie,
a station miles east of this city, and
was running at a speed of about 30
miles an hour, when the prisoner
suddenly leaped out of the car win
dow. The officer and other passen
gers expected to see him killed, but
to their surprise he picked himself
up, afterturning several somersaults
and dashed off as fast as his lees
could carry him toward a cornfield.
itha posse of men the officer made
a search, but after several hours the
job was abandoned, and he is still at
large.
Fall of a Grand Stand.
Havre De Grace, Md., Septem
ber G. During an entertainment
given yesterday by Jonn Kodgers
Post, Grand Army of the Republic,
the grand stands on which there
were about one thousand women and
children, fell with a fearful crash.
Many were badly hurt, and several
had to be at once removed to their
homes for surgical treatment So far
no fatal result has followed. As soon
as the stand fell the whole crowd of
people rushed toward it, and as soon
as order was restored the wounded
were taken out and cared for. Vis
iting Posts from Wilmington, Del.,
Lancaster, Middletown, Oxford, and
Harrisburg, Pa., Baltimore, and oth
er places in that State, were present
Cowboys In Chicago.
Chicago. Sept 7. A number of
genuine cowboys, with the customary
accompaniments, broad brimmed
bats and buckskin garments, with
revolvers and other war like para
phernalia prominently displayed,
appeared on the streets to-day.
The Chief of Police seemed to think
they might conclude "to take the
town" and ordered tht m I roughtin.
They came without trouble, and ex
plained they had just arrived with a
lot of cattle. Pending the con tin u-
ence of their visits the police took
charge of their artilery.
tbiliwsi la ibe Wtst.
Corpls Christi. Tex., Sept. 9.
The damage by rains and high wa
ter in the surrounding country was
much greater than was supposed.
All the creeks west, which had been
dry the entire summer, suddenly
became raging streams 30 to 40 feet
deep, and spread across the country
sweeping everything before tbern.
The Texas Mexican Railway Co.
lost 11 bridges and culverts and sev
eral miles of track. At Pera, a
station 100 miles west, the situation
is very bacL The Rio Grande has
fallen to within a few feet of its for
mer level, but the danger to-night is
not yet over.
Driving the Golden Spike.
Gold Spike, Mont., Sept 8. The
ceremony ofdriving the golden spike
which completed the North Pacific
Railroad and permanently joined
the Pacific coast with the Atlantic
coast, was concluded at 3.30 o'clock
this afternoon in the presence of
a larg crowd, and amidst the boom
ing of cannon. Speeches were made
by President Villard, ex-President
Billings and ex-Secretary William
M. Evarts.
Arrest of a Silrcr King.
Saj Francisco, Sep 9. As ex
Senator William Sharon was about
to take the train here for the Eist
yesterday afternoon, he wa arrested
at the suit of Miss Aggie Hill, who is
well known socially. She claims
that Mr. Sharon had formally agreed
to marry her, and had treated her as
his wife ; that she had loaned him
$90,000, only $78,000 of which sum
had been returned to he.'. Many
persons declare the case a blackmail
ing scheme.
Burned by an Incendiary.
Wheelixq, W. Va., Sept. 9. The
freight depot of the Cleveland and
Pittsburg Railroad, at Martin's Fer
ry, O., opposite this city, wai de
stroyed by an incendiary fire early
yesterday evening. Holes were bored
in the depot from outside and a light
applied to a barrel of oil. The loss
is $5000, including the freight de
stroyed. The books of the Western
it . rw t w
union leiegrapn company were
burned, but the papers of the rail
road company were saved.
Nickel Ore Discovered In Nevada.
San Fkaxcisco, Sept 3. ImDor
tant discoveries of nickel ore have
been made in Churchill county,
Nevada. The specimens assayed
yielded 30 per cent, pure nickel.
lea la West Vlntlala.
New Clmberla.nd, September 10.
Reports from the country districts
this morning g to show that the
heavy frosts of last night and the
night before will prove very dam
aging to late corn. Ice was found
both nights to the thickness of win
dow glass. To what amount the
damnge will approximate cannot be
determined at this time. Fruit is out
of danger, unless itshould be peach
es, and they are mostly ripe. The
gardens suffered very much, and the
tomatoes look like they had been
cooked.
Destruction or a Rarn by Fire.
Nokkistown, Pa.. Sept 7. A larg
barn of Samuel Nitley, in Limerick
township, was destroyed by lire yes
teeday afternoon. A number of men
who were working in the barn at the
time the fire broke out had a narrow
escape with their lives. Everything
was burned except the live stock and
a few farm inpltmenb.
Ravages or the Cattle Plague In
Russia.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 7. Reports
from all parts of Russia state that
the cattle plague continues its rav
ages with unabated fury. Over
1,000,000 cattle have fallen victims
to the plague within the past four
years in European Russia alone.
Senator Voorhees to Defend James
Nutt.
Washington, Sept 7. Senator
Voorhees, of Iniana, has been retain
ed as senior counsel for James Nutt
in his approaching trial for the mur
der of N. L. Duke3.
or compound extract or
A SPAEAGU S
Has been pronounced by leading
physicians a sure cure for dis
eases of the
Her, Kidneys, Urinary Drps,
AND
BnWs Disease of tie ttejs.
SYMPTOMS Health fail ilabllltv and loia
of flesh. nrrTnusne", difficulty of nreaihinc
naitiiDicoi tha bwly, drrneos ofthaakln, iO'lisea
tiua. linlulencT. ;cknt?3 at the stomach, with
dyspeptic disorder: PAIN IV THE BACK,
weakness and weariness ol the loins, tullnes a ri
der the yr. swelling of the teet and ankle,
paleness and loaa of muscular sirentli. The
urine is pale ana contains more or lesa sediment.
For Sale by all rtraajsrlet.
Price 1. or bottle for th. Sent to any addres
In the Unite. Mates free ot expense, on
receipt of cash or P. O. order.
Dr. Farter Family Mm Co.,
4 S. SECOND Street, Philadelphia. Pa.
ang 2f-eew.
Florence Knitting Silk.
Positively the only Silk mltable for knittinat
which will bear was htnir without Injury to color or
tenure. Sold by all enterprising dealers.
Unr latest book on knittinir (No. 41.- with sam
ples or Knittinir and Ltchlng Silk, sent on receipt
ol threl 2ceot '.anip.
iep3 NOXOTL'CK SILK CO ,
t'lorence, Mass.
Pennsylvania College,
GETTYSBURG, PA.
fpHE firs; term of the nexi Collegiate jer will
J. begin
September 6, 1883.
The Faculty of the Institution Is full. The course
ol inatm. tlon Is liberal an i thorouxh. The loct
tion is mint pleasant an 1 health, in the inlilst ol
an intoilifteut ami moral eommuulrr. and aeceast
hle tj Kailroitl trains Ittree um-js a day. Tne
Preparator7 Department,
In charze of the Principal. Key. J. B. Focht. A.
M. with two Assistant Teachers, turnlsbe thor
ouxh Instruction lr hnya an I Young men pfepa.
in lor business or I iilliire claasea. Student in
tnl department are under the special care ol
their instructors wUu resile with ibem U the
building.
Fur further Information or ratalosues. address
m. valentimk. n. u ,
PrcMent, or
REV. J. B. fo;h r.
Principal.
Oettjibiirg, Pa,, July l"s U-3. juli. t.
For Sals at a Bargain !
The rrm formerly known as the JOHV FA 10.
LfcY FAKM, containing; 377 acres, of which 170
acres la good lerel bottom land which, with bnt
Utile expense, ean be made to produce tire hun
dred tone of bay annually, and can be made me
of the beat etwek and arain farms In Western
Pennsylvania. Thli farm la located in Lower
Turke)foot Township. Somerset County, Pa,
within one and a hill' miles from 1'rsina.and
within halt a mile from my present ho'ue farm.
-J.LS0-
For sale a rery desirable property jost outside
or the Borouithor I rstna. containing 7 acres of
land, on which there la erected a Terr nice new
two-atoiy frame
Dwelling House,
with st I rooms; aisoasjood Mahle, sanlen. and
well ol eicellent water j a beautiful location.
For particulars apply to me at this place.
NOAH SCOTT, Urslna. Pa.
a(l.4c
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
Estate of Mary A. Oeig-er, deceased.
The undersigned Auditor, duly apolnted b
the Orphan's Coart ol Somerset eoautty to make a
distribution or the funds In the hands or J. J.
Bowman, administrator or the abora estate,
hereby frtves notice that he will attend to the
duties ol said appointment at his office In Somer
set borough on Tnureaey, September 20, ml,
when and when all persons uverested may at
GEO. E. SCTLL,
Auditor.
Sept.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Estate of John Mar buck, late f Allegheny twp,,
Somerset eo , Pa., rtee'd.
Letters of Administration on the above estate
baring been granted to the undersigned br the
proper authority, notice is hereby gtrrn in all
persons indebted to sari estate to make immedi
ate payment, aad those having claim against the
same will present them duly authenticated lor
allowance.
S. A. TOPPER.
"P- Administrator.
I Have JustR
And offer for sale in q
to suit pmcha
1 Bbl. Rosin,
i
1 Bbl. Copperas,
1 Carboy Ammonia
1 Carboy Sulphari. ,
1 Carboy Muriatic
2 KEGS BAKING $r
I Keg Sulphur,
1 Barrel Epsom SaS
1 Box Cream Ta-.
One Gross ILise W
2 Gross Cough Sv
1-2 Gross Blood Scare:
20 Keams Xcte Pa3.
THREE "M" ENVELOi
One Lot Fishing Tac'4 j
One Lot Finest 2 ft:
5 cent Ciirars.
The cheapest and best :
in Somerset County to
Drus.
C7
C.N. BOTE.
The Druggist,
MAMMOTH JJLOC
SOMERSET PA.
PfOHl
Absolutely Pure
This powder never rariea. A msnel )'
strength and wholesomene s. .Mi "'
than thw ordlnarr ktnda, and cano
eomneittiou with "the multitude ! U 't'
weight, alum or phphate powders.
c.t HOTAL IUII1II roWDKB 111 , 1
pUBMC SALE
OF A FARM IX MlLFiRI TW
Th re wl'J ha exposed at puMlc :
premises la Mlllord Towubip. n
FR1DA 1", OCTOBER 5, Is
The following described property. k1"'
"Capt. John Merrier urm," locned on."
hair miles south ot Korkwood. fan W
In a good state of euttiratton. hai be
limed and numbers Ite acres, urer aw "r
acres cleared. Si acres In meadow, sol
acres la timber. Thee la a irxl I"
dwelling honse. bank barn and other
oa the premises: also, a sugar-camp -
six .ml MfM harutrMl kMlrs. a a""l .
and has good water In nearly e-ry "
good frm for stock rawing. Tnere
limestone on the premises. , ,
i T) u -l . i . " . . i h I Inn! .
terest. ,
lor further particulars call oa or au-
undersigned at Kocawoon. ru. ri
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HAKHlStJN WILTK;'1'
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Oorrected by Ooog Basmti-
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RIES, FLOW ?
d
BIAUBS I
CHOICE GROCERIES,
Apples, dried. V B.,
Applebuoer, gal
nrao, i r
ttutter. V (keg)
froll)
Buckwheat f) buss
meal, loo la. .-
Beeswax fl
Bacon, sboulders, f
" sides, -"
eountry hams.
Corn, (ear) new fl bushel...
(shelled) old - .....
M meal f)
Call skins, V
Kggs. Wdos
VI.Hir SB hM
'""iri"s'
Maiseed. bu. (SO.)
Hams, (sugar-cured) V
Lard.r)
Leather, red sola, ft
- IIT, -
" ktp.
Middlings, snd ebop 100 s....
lau, v bu
Potatoes, V (
Peaches, dried, y ft
Rye. V bo
Kags, ft
Salt, No. 1, bid. eitra.....
Ground Alum, per sack...
AsbU'B. per sack
Sugar, yellow Tp ft
- white
Tallow, ft
Wheat, W bu
Wool, ft
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TErBCSYILLE, OHIO.
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n""H',; r fall "
.,.' noneutnlioarleBCS. I
address m.tt
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