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EDWARD SCTLL, Editor and Proprietor.
WEDNESDAY.
Setember 2, 1S6S-
Republican tate Jicket.
FOR STATE TREASURER !
WILLIAM LIVSEY, Allegheny Co.
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL :
JEROME B. NILES, Tioga County.
Republican oujty Jicket.
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY '.
W. BIESECKER, Somerset Bor.
FOR POOR norsE director:
REUBEN WOY, Somerset Bor.
FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR :
WILLIAM BAKER. Milford Twp.
If you have not raid a State or
County tax within two years, you
will lose your vote unless you pay
by the Gth day of October.
To secure a vote at the next elec
tion, on November Oth, all voters
must pay their taxes on or before
the Oth day of October. Don't forget
this!!
There are orders already in at
the Fostofiice Department at Wash
ington for over 40,000, KX) twcent
stamps. This is f n age cf letter
writing. The Ohio Democrats are making
the awfuleft fight ever sen among
themselves. Old party leaders are
every day being kicked out by the
boys and told to go.
Young Republicans who voted on
age last year, should not forget that
they must pay a State or County tax
on or before the Gth day of next
month, or tbey will not get a vote
at the coming election.
The Southern Bourbons are open
ly serving notice on the Northern
Democrats that they must have a
fair division of the spoils, and claim
the right to name either the Presi
dential candidate or the candidate
for Vice President
The Republicans of Cambria
county last week nominated Geo. M.
Reade, Eq.. for President Judge,
John C. Gates for Prothonotary,
John II. Brown for Register and Re
corder, and George II. Sharpe for
Director of the Poor.
Ex-Goveuor Kirkwood is making
some telling hits in his speeches on
the stump in Iowa. In an address
at Cedar Rapids he referred to the
cry "turn the rascals out," and said
that the Republicans turned them
out over twenty years ago.
Mr. Watterson foresees Democratic
defeat in Ohio and expresses his
digust as follows in The Louisville
Courier Journal: "We have hither
to mentioned that an Ohio election
once in each twenty years would
about meet the wishes of this great
and growing country. If further re
marks are in order, we shall move
to strike out twenty and insert one
hundred as more fully meeting the
necessities of the case."
Up to the 10th of this month,
when, according to the resolution of
the Republican Senate, the pay was
to stop, Pattison' extra session had
cost the tax payers of this State $2t9,
(KX). Not content, however, with this
dreadful waste of money, the Gov
ernor, by his veto of the no-pay res
olution, is adding over j$,utu per
day to the enormous sum already
squandered. "Reform" comes rather
high, but the people were last year
induced to vote for it.
The dreadful straits to which the
Pattison Democracy has been driv
en, may be inferred from the fact
that the Philadelphia Sunday Trtttft,
the personal organ of Senator Gor
don, who is the Governor's mouth
piece in the Senate, has read Lieutenant-Governor
Black out of the
party, and consigned him to the cus
tody of those bloody things, the
Stalwarts. Says Sunday Truth :
Mr. Black long aeo showed that be did
not care anything about what the Democrat
thought any horn. He know that lie it
holding his lat office and will eH no more
hononi from the Democracy, and. therefore.
lie tuifrht a well make the most of what he
has pot. There may be some living who will
lament this questionable triumph of Mr.
Black. But then again death has been verv
kind to some. Farewell, lilack ! Lucky
iiiack : M nicb lilac 7
The Stalwart have another decayed poli
tician to take care of namely, Mr. t'liaun
cey F. Black, late a lMuocrat. We hoe
tn m alw ays a nice thing from bisncw-lound
friends.
This is really too, too, dreadful
Our handsome young Lieutenant
Governor has. for some time, been
the conceded residuary legatee of al!
that remains of the Democracy's
patron saint, Thomas Jefferson, and
his summary ejection, with all his
goods and chatties, from the church
of his faith, will leave that institu
tion with nothing but the bones of
Andrew Jackson to bank upon.
Poor, old Democracy ! without Black
and his carefully preserved relics of
Jefferson, it is like the inebriate who
vowed that if the coat of his stom
ach had given out, it must go it in
its shirt sleeves. The traditions of
"Old Hickory" is all that is left it
now. A mere threadbare shirt never
covered the nakedness of a decayed
old party.
The Democratic organs are doing
some tall cyphering to show that the
present Democratic Legislature, in
cluding the extra Eession, will not
cost more than previous Republican
Legislatures. Suppose it does not,
does that excuse the needless ex
penditure of more than $300,000 on
a useless, extra session? Besides,
the jteople were promised that this
should le an economical, Reform
Legislature, and it was on this prom
ise, and the charge of Republican
extravagance, that they were induc
ed to again trust the Democrats with
power. If the Democrats were eco
nomical at the regular session, the
nno frvr.1o thptr are makine of
TV VtBt WVV -m J
themselves, by squandering $300,000
on a do-nothing extra eession.
As was intimated in advance by
the Administration leaders in the
Legislature, the Governor last week
vetoed the appropriation bill paesed
by both Houses, providing pay un
til the 10th inst, and declaring that
after that date it should cease. This
is the only instance on record where
the veto power of the Executive has
been used to increase the expendi
ture of the people's money. Mark
the fact! The Legislature adopted a
measure declaring that the pay of its
members should cease on the 10th
day of September, and the Governor
by vetoing the bill, says that it shall
not, but that the daily expenditure
of more than $3,000 shall go on. The
attempt to stop this useless waste of
money was a Republican measure,
introduced into, and passed by the
Republican Senate, and acquiesced
in by the Democratic House, despite
the efforts of the Administration
leaders to defeat it, because the
members were afraid to vote it down
and face the people. The stoppage
of pay would have soon forced an
adjournment, and sooner than see
the extra session adjourn without ac
complishing the object for which it
was called an apportionment that
would continue the Democrats in
possession of the power accidentally
obtained the Governor concluded
to veto the bill, thus securing the
continuance of ten dollars per day
to each of the members, and also the
prolonging of the session. The mes
sage is a queer conglomeration of
Constitutional ethics, absurd special
pleading, illogical reasoning, and an
amusing assumption that he is the
sole custodian of the Constitution,
and its only authoritative interpre
ter. The strong point of the mes
sage is based on the law which pro
vides that members shall be paid
$10 per day at each adjourned or
special session, and the section of
the Constitution which declares that
the salary or emoluments of any
public officer shall not be increased
or diminished during his terra of
office. This is undoubtedly the law,
but with' strange forgetfulness
of its mandates, the Governor
immediately thereafter announc
es that he will not at this time
indicate what his action will be when
the bill appropriating pay for the
session shall come to his hands. He
s;ys that he is sworn to enforce the
laws ; that the pay of members is
uxed by law ; that it cannot be in
creased or diminished by the Legis
lature itself, during the session, and
yet that he reserves to himself the
right of determining when the bill
reaches him, whether he will ap
prove it, or by vetoing it refuse
members the pay which the law
fixes, and the Constitution says can
not be increased or diminished. If
the Legislature passes a bill to pay
its members $10 per day for every
day it remains iu session, the Gov
ernor cannot veto it without violat
ing his oath, and therefore his decla
ration that he reserves the right to
determine whether he will or will
not approve a bill to pay the mem
bers when it reaches him, is mere
rot, which will neither intimidate
members into yielding to his dicta
tion, or impose upon the public the
belief that he can yet save the Treas
ury from the enormous expenditure
his present veto entails upon it The
arrogance, not to say impudence of
his lecture to members upon their
sworn constitutional duty, when in
the same breath he broadly inti
mates that he may violate his obli
gation to obey the same instrument,
is simply puerile and contempti
ble. But neither the pretentious claim
of performing a constitutional duty,
nor the special pleading of the Gov
ernor, can blind or hoodwink the
people to the plain facts involved in
the issue between himself and the
Republican members of the Legisla
ture. It is simply this : After a
session of one hundred and fifty
days, during which it was demon
strated that an agreement could not
be arrived at, the Legislature ad
journed. Immediately the Governor
called them back into special session,
involving an expense of more than
$3,000 per day : when after a further
experience of an additional hundred
days, finding that they were no near
er an agreement than when they
commenced, they resolved that they
would cut off all further pay, and to
this measure in favor of honesty and
economy, the Governor interposes
his veto, and declares the session and
the pay shall still go on. His sole
plea in extenuation of this mon
strous wrong to the tax payers is,
that he is discharging a sworn con
stitutional duty ; to which we reply,
so are the members of the Legisla
ture, and each individual member
is as much entitled to have his con
victions of constitutional duty re
spected, as has his Excellency, Rob
ert E. Pattison. On this issue the
people will have an opportunity of
delivering judgment at the polls on
the Gth day of November next, and
if we mistake not, it will be an over
whelming and merited condemna
tion of the State Administration, its
aiders and abettors.
glkaxixgs.
The public land disposed of Da
kota the current yaar to private in
dividuals aggregates twenty-seven
times the total acreage of Rhode
Island, and yet there are Democratic
statesmen who declare it is only a
howling waste, and has no right to
become a State,
Ex-State Treasurer Butler struck
the nail on the head when he said
that Chairman Hensel forgot some
thing when he stated that Livsey
had spent his life in serving two
people, the Queen and Chris Magee,
He spent several years in the war
fighting the friends of Mr. Hensel
and the Democratic party in the
South. Weil Chester Republican.
Governor Pattison bv his veto of
the no-pay resolution, publicly pro
claims that he will stand by the $10
a day statesmen if they will stand by
him." He also makes this remarka
ble statement: "Official propriety
reouires me to believe they will not
unnecessarily consume the money of
the people by protracting to an un
warranted Jengtn oi time men bit
ting." If we are not vastly mistaken
the people had come to the conclu
sion that "thev" had done this two
months ago.
Now that Pattison has vetoed the
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no-pay resolution, as every uuuy
knew he must, when they considered
he was in league with the thieves
and beats in the Legislature, there is
no question as to where the responsi
bility for the swindle of the taxpay
ers of $3,000 a day rests the Demo
crats in the Legislature persistently
vote against adjournment, and the
Governor refuses to endorse a bill
that they shall not receive pay for
doing nothing. Johnstown Tribune.
Judsie Foraker made a decided
hit in his speech at Mansfield recent
ly. In replying to Judge uoaaiys
general charge of corruption against
the Republican party, he quoted
Irom the records, showing that in
National affairs the Republicans had
served the Government more honest
ly and faithfully than any other
party. As to Ohio, while three Re
publican county treasurers naa em
bezzled public funds, no less than
twenty-six Democratic treaurers naa
stolen the money entrusted to them.
That the Pattison administration
has persistently tried to so shape
legislation admits of no dispute. Its
chosen spokesmen in both Houses
have bullied and threatened the Re
publicans on several occasions.
They haye set forth that the Govern
or demanded certain action by the
Houses under ienalty if denied.
Yet Mr. Pattison and his friends are
no more the custodians of the con
stitution than the same number of
men who till their farms or mine
coal and iron. It is no more to them
whether a new apportionment be
made this year unless for a selfish
purpose han it is to the same num
ber of reputable citizens in private
life taken at random. All this over
concern is the merest chaff, and the
iieonle know iu And the fulmina-
tions of Democratic orators and edi
tors is also chaff. There is not a re
deeming grain of wheat in the mass.
Aorth American.
The Fastest Five-Year Old.
The record of Jay-Eye-See at
Narraganset Park Proyidence, R. I.,
on Saturday last is looked upon as
wonderful. He is a black-gelding
owned by J. I. Case, of Racine
Wisconsin and is five years old.
This is his second season on the turf
and his record Saturday of 2. 10
has been beaten by Maud S, by only
half a second. The last card was
an announced attempt of the gelding
to beat his record of 2.14. He was
brought out and sent a mile as a
warmer, after which the track was
scraped and he was sent for time,
Mr. Bitter asked the judge not to
give him the word until he nodded.
After scoring a couple of times he
came down close to the fence and
nodded, and every stop-watch on
the grounds was started. About four
rods from the wire two gentlemen
were looking over the fence and see
ing this the gallant black lifted his
head, but only for a second, the quar
ter was reached in thirty four seconds
the half in 1.061 and the three-quar
ters in 1.3y. Down the home stretch
he flew, and then it was seen that
be would beat the time. In 2.1 Or
he passed the wire and gained for
himself the title of King of the Turf.
Then and not till then was the silence
broken, and cheers went up, and the
band played "Hail to the Chief,"
and the crowds again cheered. Mr.
Case was the most delighted man on
the ground. He threw up his hat
and walking across the track and in
to the grand stand, where Mrs. Case
was seated, he bent down and kissed
her twice. "Others beside Vandere
bilt can own a king," and by the
look in his face it was plain that he
was as the boys say, "tickled to
death."
A purse of So,000 was offered in
New York, for which Jay-Eye-See
and St Julian record, 2.111, are to
compete on the 29th inst.
An Organized Band of Barn-Bornera.
Lockport, N. Y., Sept 19. There
is almost a reign of terror among the
Niagara county farmers on account
of the extensive operations of an ap
parently thoroughly organized band
of barn-burners. . Hardly a night
passed that one or two large fires are
not to be seen in the country around
this city, and the following morning
the lamentable news come in that
some prominent farmer has had his
barn, stock, agricultural implements
and sometimes live stock destroyed
by the flames cause of fire un
known. In many cases the entire
products of the year's labor are
swept away in an hour or two.
Many farmers who have suspicions
of neighbors in connection with the
dastardly deeds fear to utter a
word, as they know not what will
occur next Inmost cases the in
surance is small and certainly for
bids the thought of owners starting
the fires. Last night Charles Wyn
koop, a prominent farmer, three
miles south of here, lost large barns,
grain and implements, worth $3,000.
On the night before two barns in
different parts of the country were
burned. No clue sufficient to war
rant arrests has ever been found.
Narrow Escape.
Mahanoy Plane, September 20.
An immense volume of water
broke down into the workings of the
Stanton Colliery, at Mahanoy Plane
this morning, and the mine was
flooded. ..The men were just able to
escape in time and all the mules
were gotten out save one, which
could not be reached by the miners
in time. The colliery may be idle
some time.
HAVOC BY
BOILER.
BURST
Three Men ana Fifteen Paraona Injur
ed, Some of Them Fatally, at the
811 Milln, tn Pltubmrg Name of
the Dead and Wounded.
Pittsbcrq, September 20. This af
ternoon three men were killed and
fifteen more injured by a boiler ex
plosion at the Sligo Mills, South
Side. About 1.30 o'clock the resi
dents or the entire lower portion of
Pittsburg were startled by a dull,
heavy report, which caused windows
to rattle and break and which, for
the instant, conveyed the impression
of in earthquake. A moment later
an alarm of fire was turned in from
box 124, located at the Lake Erie
Depot on the South Side, followed
shortly by a second alarm ; but it
was not until some time afterward
that it became known that the boiler
at the flange works of Phillips, Mer
rick &Co., at the Sligo Mills, had ex
ploded. The establishment in
which ths explosion occurred was
hemmed in by narrow alleyways,
railway tracks and manufactories,
and the surging of the crowds
toward the scene choked the alleys
with terrified women, excited men
and screaming children, all bent up
on learning the extent of the disaster
or whether any of their loved ones
had been injured.
A SCESE OF INTENSE EXCITEMENT.
The clerk in the offices connected
with the works promptly telephoned
for police assistance, and as the pa
trolmen of the First district, under
Lieutenant O Brien, double-quicked
to the locality the excitement in
creased and the wildest rumors were
circulated among the excited people.
As soon as the police arrived some
system was inaugurated and those
who had Dressed forward could get
a full view of the utter wreck which
had been made. The flange 6hop,
at one end of which the boiler had
been located, was demolished as
thoroughly aa if it had been razed
intentionally. The machine shop,
adjoining, was shattered into a mass
ol rubbish, v nne tne oniy portion
of the ill-lated boiler remaining in
its original location was the heavy
iron bottom, which remained im
bedded in the masonry.
There were comparatively few men
employed, but emerging from the
debris could be seen soot-begrimed
beings, eo thoroughly changed as to
be unrecognizable even by their most
intimate friends. Those who could
walk were hurried to the nearest
houses, while those who had fract
ured limbs or those who had been
scalded were carried as tenderly as
possible to the warehouse, where a
half dozen physicians had been
promptly summoned. There were
willing hands at work removing the
mass of timbers. As the work pro
gressed it was watched with intense
anxiety.
A .THRILLING INCIDENT.
While this was going on the fire
men were battling with the flames,
which had been caused by the Bhow
er of red-hot cinders, and a thrilling
incident, involving the rescuing of
four little children named Douglass
from a horrible death, was transpir
ing, ihey naa been imprisoned
beneath a heavy door in a shed ad
joining the flange department and
slowly being roasted to death when
they were accidentally discovered
and rescued, but not until after they j
had been cruelly and one of them
fatally burned.
In every direction huge pieces of
the ruptured boiler could be found.
Guy rods, which had been wrenched
from their fastenings, were twisted
in every imaginable shape and de
posited on roofs of 6heds or lodged
in the sickly-looking trees, which
had been subjected to the shower of
hot steam and burning dust. Here
and there were portions of the steam
Eipe, some embedded in heavy tim
er, while grate bars and huge sec
tions of the iron sheeting which had
formed the roof of the structure had
been hurled hundreds of feet. One
section, nearly three-quarters of the
boiler, was thrown six hundred feet
into the Monongahela river.
THE DEAD TERRIBLY MUTILATED.
Coroner Dressier was promptly
upon the scene and immediately set
to work recovering the dead bodies
and placing them in as presentable
appearance as possible. There was
a deep cut on the side of Charles
Douglass' face, extending from the
lower part of the left eye to the ear ;
the cut was sewed while the body
lay in the warehouse and several
wounds on the limbs and body were
bandaged. The scalp of John Wal
lens' head, which was completely
blown off, was put in place and the
remains of the two removed to
Ward's undertaking establichment,
on Carson street John McGairgan
was unloading coal near the boiler
and was so badly injured that he
did within an hour. Douglass was
the foreman and Allen the fireman
in the flange-shop. They never
knew what hurt them.
All afternoon and until after dark
to-night thousands thronged to the
South Side to look at the wrecked
buildings. Though the list of killed
is not as large as some other explo
sions the wreck in this instance is
the worst known here for half a de
cade. Sold His Wife.
Huntingdon, Pa., September 21.
A few days ago a Swede employ
ed in the Dry Hollow Ore Bank,
this county sold his wife, a buxom
voung woman to a brother Swede
for the consideration of $31 cash.
On Wednesday last, after the lapse
of three or four days, the husband
who had thus made sale of his life
partner rued the transaction and ac
cordingly demanded his wife. The
purchaser, however being satisfied
with his bargain, refused, whereup
on a riot ensued in which about six
ty Swedes took part, several of wham
were badly beaten and a two, includ
ing the legal husband of the woman
were shot, but not dangerously hurt.
The woman has refused to go back
to her husband, and, another and
more serious riot is in consequence
expected.
Buried iu the Same Grave.
Denver, September 20. A spec
ial dispatch to the Tribune from So
carro, N. M., says :
At one of the ranches of the Big
Four Cattle Company near here, on
Monday, Joal Fowler, a large cattle
dealer, met Ponley Forest and Bill
Cbildes, with whom he had had pre
vious trouble. Forest and Childs
commenced firing at Fowler, who
returned the fire, killing Childs.
Forest ran into a house occupied by
a Mr. McGee, who went to the door
and asked Forest to come out In
stead of doing so, Forest fired, kill
ing McGee, whereupon Fowler net
fire to the house. Rather than take
the chances of a shooting match
with Fowler, Forest put a ball thro'
his own heort. All three were bu
ried in the same grave.
TERRIBLE
Fearful Sufferings.
Halifax. September 18. Captain
Alfred Gasoton, of the bark Britan
ia. which was wrecked off the coast
on Monday last, tells a story of fear
ful suffering. They were on the
wreck from Monday until Tuesday
afternoon, during which time a gale
was blowing and all hands were
compelled to remain on deck, expos
ed to the fury of the 6torm. finally
they took to a small raft. Hardly
had the people got on this when the
heavy sea washed on every soul and
the Captain and eight men were the
only ones who reached it During
the night and following morning five
others were washed off in a similar
manner, leaving only four survivors
who were rescued by a boat Irom
shore. Thirteen perished, including
the wife and four children of Captain
Gasston, all natives of England.
Two of the Captain s children were
picked up, but died in a few min
utes, either from mght or exhaust
ion. The following is the list of the
lost :
First officer, George FoyejBecond
officer, Arthur Holmes ; steward,
name unknown : John Johnston,
Lewis Smith, Frederick Henderson,
Arthur Porthouse, Ernst Mellon,
Mrs. Emily Gasston and her four
children.
Burning His Father's House.
Wilkes barre, September 17.
Young Davidsburg, the son of the
wealthy jeweler here, who was yes
terday arrested charged with at
tempted arson, was released by May
or Broderick upon the promise of
his father to take him in charge.
But between the father and son the
best feeling does not exist, and to
day about noon, during the absence
of the father, the young man at
tempted to burn the family resi
dence, and would have succeeded
had not the flames been discovered
and instantly extinguished. The
young man was rearrested, and is
now lodged in the lockup again. It
is a very sad case, and the elder Da
vidsburg is prostrated with grief in
consequence. It is the opinion of
some that the young man is not al
together accountable for his yile ac
tions. Fatal Kncounter.
Detroit, September 16. The
body of a man has been found in the
woods eight miles from Cheboygan,
and identified as that of Frank Dev
ereaux. a homesteader who lived
near by. The surroundings show
that he nad been killed in a fight
witli a bear, which resulted fatally
for both, the body of the bear being
found near that of the man. The
body of Deveraux was found sitting
braced against a log, where he had
evidently placed himself after his
fight with the bear. The man's face
and legs had been gnawed nearly
to the bone, one shoulder was dislo
cated, one eve gone and his abdo
men torn open. The bear had been
shot through the shoulder, and, ag
gravated by the wound, had made a
tierce attack upon hi assailant. The
ground was torn up for a distance of
twenty feet around the spot, and the
prints of the bear's teeth and bunch
es of hair were found on the gun
which Deveraux had used.
Fasting for Six days.
St. John's, N. F., September 19
The French fishing schooner Mercu
ry, which arrtved at St Pierre last
night from Grand Banks, picked up
on the 12th inst, two Newfoundland
fishermen, named Walsh and Mat
thews, who had been adrift in a dory
six days without food or water.
They finally became delirious, and
Walsh opened his veins and sucked
his blood to quench his terrible
thirst The men were so weak that
they had to be hoisted aboard the
Mercury with a rope. The Mercury
also brought Captain Hiscock and
three of the crew of the wrecked
Newfoundland banker Medianna.
They could tell nothing of the fate
of the balance of the crew.
Stnng by a Copperhead Snake.
Pottsville, September 20. A man
named Potts employed at the car
riage works near Seyen Stars, was
bitten by a copperhead snake yester
day. He had gone into a shed to
look at a wagon and placed his hand
carelessly on plank lying on it
While' he looked under the wagon
his sleeves were rolled up, and
while thus engaged the snake struck
him on the arm. The limb be
gan swelling at once and though the
man was stupefied with whiskey and
crushed onions tied on the wound,
it was feared the bite would prove
fatal. The man's condition has
continued precarious since the affair
but he is now believd to be mending.
A Hot Reception.
Trenton, September 20. The res
idence of Sheriff Amos Sickel, of this
county, in this city, was broken into
about two o'clock this morning. As
two of the burglars were entering the
Sheriffs bed room he awoke and,
grasping his revolver from under his
pillow, fired three times. One of the
burglars jumped out of the window
and the other down a flight of stairs.
Thev escaped unhurt It is suppos
ed the men expected to capture some
8'JOO which the Sheriff had in his
bedroom.
Reduction of Matches.
Mn.wAt cEE. Wis.. SeDt 20. The
Diamond Match Company, one of
the largest concerns ot the una in
the country, owning factories atO.h
kosh and elsewhere, has issued a
price list making a sweeping reduc
tion in the wholesale urice of match
es. The reduction is over 50 per cent
Matches which have ben selling
for $ 10 per case uow sell for $2.50
to 2 5o. with discounts to large pur
chasi rs. The conclusion reached is
that the treat match combination
bus be-h broken.
Cut lo Pieces by the Cars.
Easmx. September 20. John
F-eley, a watchman at the Jersey
Central Railroad crossing at West-
field, Httempted to save his brother
from Hiculfnt there last night, and
while getting out of the way of one
tram tteined in frontof another and
was cut to pieces. One arm and leg
had not been found at 10 o'clock
this inoruing. Part of bis clothing
was found at one station and his
teeth at another.
Mardered for His Money.
New Albany. September 22.
New i just received of a horrible
it r 1
murder and ronnery near aaiem
Washington county on Thursday
night. Thomas Johnson, a young
farmer, bad been to a fair and care
lessly displayed money. On bis
way bom' he was attacked and beat
en to death. Two pistol shots were
found on him and all his money
was gone. The murderers have not
been arrested. ;
Shot His Sweetheart by Aocldent.
Viscennes, Ind., Sept. 18. Wil
liam Cardinal, the barkeeper of El
dorado saloon, last night made a
cowardly attempt to assassinate
Henry Hauser, an old and respected
German citizen, and bailiff of the
Circuit Court Cardinal has for a
long time been paying his attentions
to Hauser's daughter Mary, but
marriage bad been prevented by the
determined opposition of her father.
It is supposed that last night Cardi
nal, after drinking quite freely, start
ed for Hauser's house with the de
termination to have an understand
ing, and, if possible, secure the girl.
Upon arriving at their home on
South Front Street, and observing
Mary and her father seated in the
yard, it is supposed Cardinal chang
ed his mind, concluding he could
unobserved shoot Hauser and get
him out of the way. He then took
aim, but owing to poor marksman
ship or the unsteadiness of his hand,
missed Hauser, the ball striking
Mary, passing entirely through her
left thigh and inflicting a serious
wound. Cardinal was promptly ar
rested and jailed by Marshall Mc
Bride, and this afternoon was ar
raigned before Mayor Strouse. Ow
ing to the inability of the wounded
girl to appear, he was bound over
until r riday.
A Terrible Storm.
Santiago dk Cuba, Sept. 20. A
terrible hurricane occurred at Nassau
on the 8th instant Many houses
were blown down. Fifty vessels
were wrecked. Sixty lives were lost
Among the vessels damaged was the
brig Peeress, Captain Dowse, from
Sagua for the Delaware Breakwater,
which put into Nassua in distress,
fell over and was seriously damaged.
The schooner Mary Jane and Eliza
beth, uaskell, from Baltimore Aug.
, fell over, hlled and sank in port
She will probably be a total loss.
The schooner Wm. B. Mackie,
Captain Bowling, from New Y'ork
August 21. ran aground, but got off
with some damage. 1 he bark JUiza
White, condemned at Nassau, and
the schooner William H. Curry,
Captain Wark, Leng Island, Baham
as, for New York, went aground, but
will probably be gotten off. Ihe
schooner Melissa Trask, Captain
Trask, for Boston, was driven ashore
on the sands at Exuma. She is dis
masted. The brig Gile Roring,
Captain Evans, from New York Aug.
23 for Matanzas, has put into Stirrup
Bay dismasted.
Eaconnter with Tramps.
Lancaster, Pa, Sept 15. Two
tramps boarded a freight train on
the Pennsylvania Railroad at Mari
etta last evening, and.climbingover
the tops of cars, met a brakeman and
Railroad Policeman Bergen, of Phila
delphia. Drawing pistols the tramps
ordered the two men to throw up
their hands, which they did. Im
mediately afterward the officer and
brakeman, catching the tramps off
their guard, grappled with them,
and seeing that they were being
worsted one of the trumps jumped
off the train and escaped. Officer
Bergen fired at the remaining one
who, putting his hand to his body,
fell from the train, apparently
wounded. The train, which was
running rapidly at the time, was
stopped, as soon as possible, but
nothing could be seen ot the tramp.
Their object is believed to have been
robbery.
Frightened to Death.
San Francisco, Sept 18. H.
Barnhardt a merchant of Guaymas,
has arrived here. He says the caus
es of the disease will dissipate with
the first rain. The fever appears
there every Summer and no one
fears it The violence of the fever
this year is due to want of rain.
The physicians increased the evil by
declaring the disease yellow fever.
This created such a scare that the
people lay down and died like sheep,
and from that moment the only busi
ness done was a lively trade in cof
fins. The most of those who died
were of the poorer classes, who were
unable, owing to the scarcity of food,
to obtain proper nourishment. Many
of the sufferers drank cold liquors,
which induced congestion of the
brain, and caused almost immediate
death.
Convicts Whipped.
Wilmington, September 23.
Thirteen convicts seven colored and
six white, were whipped at Newcas
tle yesterday for larcenies and burg
laries. The cat was well laid on, and
in the case of James Nelson (white)
a few drops of blood were drawn.
Benjamin Morse, convicted of steal
ing a watch from a woman and
threatening her with a razor, William
Brown and J. A. James, .all colored
got twenty lashes each and the re
mainder ten. Brown suffered the
most calling out: "Lord have
mercy" at every stroke. The others
made no outcry.
Charles McComa Found.
Fort Scott, Ks., Sept 18. Pri
vate dispatches received here to
night from reliable sources at Silver
City, N. M., by the Hon. E. F.Ware,
announced the finding of Charlie
McComas, the little son of Judge and
Mrs. McComas, who were butchered
by Indians in Arizona some months
ago, and report him in good health.
The parties who have him claim the
Slo,000 reward, which will be paid
No particulars as to his recovery are
given.
She Mississippi Very Ijow.
Minneapolis, September 20. The
water in the river is lower than for
many years. All the saw mills on
the platform, and oil those run by
water on the east side, have been
compelled to stop for lack of motive
cower. It is believed nothing can
Ie done until the water rises, as an
attempt to clear the channel failed.
Probable Homicide.
VA9niNGT0N, Pa., Sept 20. Pat
rick Doyle and Daniel Jacobs, of
Waynesburg, got into an altercation
this morning in Jocob's drug store.
Doyle was shot in the back, the ball
coming out at the front of his body.
Doyle was intoxicated and becoming
abusive the proprietor shot hint.
The victim is bleeding internally and
is not expected to recover.
Yellow Jack.
Gurymcs, September 20. More
rain fell last night Reports are ar
riving daily that persons who fled
from here are dying in the interior,
There were ten deaths in the city in
the last 24 hours. It is reported 600
persons are down with the fever.
Alsur, one of the wealthiest men of
Sonoro, owner of the famous Trindal
mine, died of fever yesterday at Her
mosillo. '
or compound extract or
ASPARAGUS
Has bn pronounced by leading
physicians a sure cure for dis
ease of ths
BMer, Eflnejs, Urinary Dips,
AND
Fain in tie Maui Ms.
AltD
Gravel, or Renal Calculi.
SYMPTOMS Are frequent, scanty aria and
violent oollc pain In region f the kidney, paia
very severe, mod returning" from time to time un
til ib calculi la discharged, which If generally
hastened and a radical care performed by the as
Asparago.
rerSaleay all Prasrarlata.
Price 1. or ( bottle for IS. Sent to any addren
in in united state free ot expense, oa
receipt of euh or P. O. order.
Dr. Me? Mi Mm Co.,
4 S. SECOND Street, Philadelphia. Pa.
aujr 3-eew.
"pXECUTOfi'S NOTICE.
ttiat of Hart man Relti, dee'd, lata of Stony
creek. Twp., Somerset Co., Pa.
Letter! testamentary eo the aborejeetate harlot;
oeen graniea te me nnaenignea ry ine proper
authority, sotlee te hereby gives to all pereonf
Indebted to aald ea:ate to' make Immediate pay
ment, and thoee having elaims ftplmt the lami
win preeonc mem asiy autneauemtea for aettie
ment on Saturday, the Id day of November. 1SS3,
at my raeideooe la lata townehlp.
JUStfll KEITZ,
ep.M. iecutor.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Li&ie of John P. Bower, late of Sunualt Twp,
Somerset Co., Pa., dee'd.
Letter! of administration oa the above eetat
having beea granted to the undersigned by the
proper aathorlty, notice li hereby given to all
persona Indebted to aaid aetata to make Immedi
ate payment, and those havlig elaims against the
same win present mem amy aaineniicaiea lor
settlement on Saturday, the id day of November,
1183, at the office of P. Y. Klmmel.atMeyeredale.
i- LI AS F1KK,
SAMU J. BOWER.
Somerset, Pa., Sep. 38, 1883. Administrator.
A DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Lsute of John Mayback, late of Allegheny twp..
aomeraei eo., ra, aee a.
Letter of Administration on the above estate
having been granted to the undersigned by the
pruer authority, notice is hereby given to all
oersens Indebted to said estate to make Immedi
ate payment, and those having elaims against the
same will present them duly authenticated tor
allowance.
B. A. TOPPER,
tpi. Administrator.
JDMINISTEATOR'S NOTICE-
jMlata Of A. U. Stheil, deed, late ol some net
Hot., Somerset ife ra.
Letter of administration oa the ibove estate
having been granted to the undersigned by the
proper authority, notice is Hereby given to an
uersons Indebted to said estate to make Immedi
ate payment, and those having claim against the
same win present mem amy aaineniicaiea mr
settlement at the late resilience of deceased on
Saturday, Oct. 13, 1883.
mpS. Admr. of A. C. ScbelL
An Indian's Revenge.
Santa Fe, September 19. At Ma
son's cattle ranch, in the Zuni moun
tains, Jesus Mason, a wealthy and
respected cattle man, was playing
cards with some friends to-day. A
herder, a Navajo Indian, Gabriel by
name, who was intoxicated, entered
the room and made a noise. Mason
told him to go out The Indian left
the hut and waited two hours for
Mason's appearance, when he step
ped up and shot and killed him in
stantly. Mason's people at once
seized Gabriel and riddled him with
bullets.
Horrible Accident.
Syracuse, September 19. A con
struction train on the West Shore
Railroad going east at 7 o'clock this
morning, struck a hand car four
miles east of this city. Fifteen plat
form cars with one hundred and fif
ty workmen were piled up in mass.
Two men were killed and sixteen or
eighteen injured, several of whom
are not expected to live. The acci
dent was caused by the hand car not
stopping in time.
Killed by a Harrow.
Reading, September 17. A pain
ful accident happened to a five year
old daughter of Jqhn Lash, in Jef
ferson township, near Bernville, this
county. The girl, it seems, had tak
en a seat on top of a heavy harrow
that was loaded on a sled. The child
either accidentally lost her balance
or attempted to jump off the sled
and was caught and dragged under
it, sustaining such injuries that she
died shortly afterwards. One arm
was broken, the other arm was cut
off by the teeth of the harrow, and
her head was most terribly mutila
ted. Another Crank.
Washington, September 18. A
crank appeared at the White House
this morning and asked for an aud
ience with the President He show
ed great disappointment when in
formed that the President was in
New York. He explained that he
had come all the way from Colorado
to crown the President King of Amer
ica, which duty, he said, had been
committed to his charge by the Lord
Jesus Christ. The man gave his
name as Portrait, and said he was a
native of Germany. He was taken
in charge by a policeman.
Wife Marder.
New York, September 18. Jas.
Kemlo, a Methodist minister of New
ark, New Jersey., to-day mad a de
termined attempt to kill his wife
Frances and then take his own life.
The couple visited the clergyman's
mother, in Brooklyn, and while
alone, quarreled, when, it appears,
the man drove a butcher knife into
his wife's throat, and then drawing
the weapon over his owe throat,
jumped out of the window of the
room, which is on the fourth floor
of the building. It is thought neith
er can survive.
Painters Fall Forty Pee.
Ashlaxp, Pa., Sept. 20 Henry
Clayton and J. G. Bodine, painters,
were painting a farm house at Foun
tain Springs to-day, when the scaf
folding broke and they were precipie
tated a distance of about forty feet
The full extent of their injuries can
not be ascertained at present, but
their condition is precarious.
WOOLF'S WOOLj
MAMMOTH NEW BUlLDlyu
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2G n
i 15;.
We extend a greeting anil invitation to all from
far, to call and inspect our magnificent Outfitting t ?:
ment, known all through Western Peunsvlvar-.- "
WOOLF'S
Our spacious establishment, with its 872 square
rrlflss frnnt.Tfrp irq fi '00 snunrp foot, nf rlnnrnrrn :. , "'
O - o-l i 1 "0i., U3 pi
AbO 1JJ gWUU cwv J-L3, UUtl ff
and streamers floating to the breeze, will greet your
tokens of welcome. Our Mammoth EstabHslinirnf
elties in Clothing, Hats, and Furnishing Goods for y
Boys. 1:1
This splendid edifice is the only Clothing IIou..
interior of Pennsylvania that, has 6,200 feet oftlooraV
agine two floors of 6,200 square feet piled full rVV
Youths' and Boys' Clothing, Hats and Furnishing G.C
you have some idea ol our establishment and busin, s
visiting our city we would be pleased to show you thro
immense establishment, and whether you are prcpari,
or not, the same polite attention and courteous treated
be shown you.
Largest Clothing, LTat, and Fum tailing House in tlm v
' Pennsylvania.
Johnstown; Pa.
pUBLIC SALE
OF A FARM IX XIUVRD TOW. SS 11 1 1
Then will ba expo! at public outcry, on tbe
premise In Milford Township. 0
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, ISitf,
Tb following: describe property, known the
half mile outh of Korkwuod. Tbtl tarm U bow
In a good taia of raltlvatlon, ha been lately
limed and number 166 acre, orer one hundred
taot. John Merner lanu, lucaieu one ana one-
acre cleared, 3i acres In meadow, and atiuui 'M
acre In Umber. There 1 a (rood two-story loir,
dwelling hooM, bank barn and other builuinv
oa the premise: also, a angar-camp with between
IX and seren hundred keeler. a Rood oivbard,
and ha good water in nearly every held. It la a
good farm for Murk mixing. There 1 coal and
limestone on the premise.
IhKSM : une-imni in nana Apni i. hh.
Balance la two equal annual payment, with in
terest.
For farther nartlculars call on or addren the
undersigned at Kockwoud, Pa.
ALfcAA.lVC.it S1LK.1&K,
HAKK1SCN WILTKiH'T,
aox3 HANNAH W1L1ROLT.
QOURT PROCLAMATION.
vVacacAS, the Honorable Williav J. Baku.
President J udire of the several Courts of Common
Plea of the several counties composing tli Iflth
Judicial district, and Justice ol the Court ut Oyer
and Terminer and General Jail Delivery, lor the
trial of all capital and other oflenuers in nie saiu
District, and Colli as and Samixl S.itpkk.
Ksoutre. Judsre of fhe Courts of Common Pleas
and Justices of the Court ot Oyer and Terminer
and General Jail Delivery for the trial of all capi
tal and other offenders In lb county of Somerset.
nave latueu thMr precept and to me directed, tor
holding a Court ol Common Pleas add ()ncral
Quarter Sessions of the Peace, and (ienrraljiril
Delivery, and Court of Oyer and terminer, at
Somerset, en
Mtay, Octvfcer 13, una,
Notice Is hereby given to all the Justice of the
Peace, lb Coroner and Constables within the
said County ol Somerset, that they ba then and
there In their proper persons with their rolls, rec.
ords, inquisition, examination and other reiuem
orancee, to oo inuse imngs wnien to tneiromi-es
and In that behalf appertain to be done : and also
they who will prosecute atralnst the prisoner thai
ara or shall be In the jail ol Somerset county, to !e
then aud ther to prosecute against them as shall
De just.
J. SrAHULI-.K.
epe. Sheritt.
MUR MaBMIT
Corrected by Coos: a BaaaiTa.
anai-ans in
CHOICE GROCERIES, FLOUR 4 FEED
Apple, dried, ft ft 710c
Applebutter. )) gal aotftMc
Bran, f 1U0 a 1133
Butur, fl ft (keg)
(roll) lie
Buckwheat y bush 7ac
meal, 100 ft H'iftto
Beeswax f ft 2bc
Bacoa, bouiuer, ft a lie
" slues, - 14
eountrvhams. ft lie
Cora, (ear) new f bushel Tmijtoe
(snelletl) old- "J&wc
" meal V ft ac
Calf (kin, fl ft ec
Egg. doi lie
Flour. V bbl as ioi: in
Flaxseed, If) ba. (Mft) 7jc
Hams, (sugar-cured) ft lie
Lard.1l ft Mt-ttl-iS
loamer, red sole, fi a v..ue
upper, - it'47oe
kip, - 7j.-Vi.-wO
Middlings, and chop 104 t ?2 uc
Out, V bu eJrvjju:
rot iocs, at oa (new) 4u uc
Peaches, dried, ft fr-njluc
Rye, fl bu 740"
Rag, ft i
Salt, No. 1, bbl, extra 41 BCni'1 oo
" uroand Alum, per sack...... ..! 4 iu 1 6o
" Album, per lack all
Sugar, yellow W ft caioe
white - lvconxc
Tallow, ft ;;4
Wheat, bu i oo
Wool, ft s;x:jue
DMINISTRATOR S SALE
OF
Valuable Real Estats !
Pursuant to an order of the. Orphan's Court ot
Somerset County, Pa, will be sold at public tile
on the homestead premises of decedent in li. rltn
borough, In laid county, oa
MOXDA Y, October 15, 1SS3,
at 10 o'clock . m., the following described rent
sups, late the property of J suits We.g.e, deo'd,
to wit :
No. L A certain lot of ground situate In the
borough of Berlin, bounded on i he Doni by Miu
street, on the east by Raspberry alley, on I he
South by South street, and on the wen oy tut of
Oermaa Reformed Congregation, fronting M (eel
oa Mala street, and 'AM it deep, having a two
tory iramu dwelling house, (table, and other
utautldlng thereon erected.
No. A A certain lot of ground situate In Ihe
townablp of Hrotheravalley. In said cuuty,
bounded on the north by an alley, on the erst by
kit of John Moabolder, andja the south and west
by land of W. Wood ten, containing about one
leunh of an acre.
No a A lot of ground altunte In the village of
iu nunuampion twp , in sll county,
adxdnlng the railroad, lots ol isinvia P'wrbaoiib,
Ueorge Marts and Matnuel Poorbaugb. witli a
one and half (tory frame dwelling houss there
on erceu-d.
TERMS :
Tea per cent of the purchase money to be paid
U MW M 111 DKHKRV 11 kurkM ,tn. ...i .k.
balaaea est delivery et deed alter eonhrmailon of
sue.
W. L. WOODCOCK.
Admr. of James YVeigle, dee'd.
(epU-K.
FARM TOE SALE.
I will tell at private sale the farm on which I !
-w reuue, in jeuner twp , somerset (, Pa
oootalrlcg 100 acre more or less, 9i aaes in koo.1
(tat el cultivation and SO acre la meadow. M as
two large orchards, a ugar grove ol loo trees,
and a nraUclas camp on the premises. There is
seta of the very best of limestone underlying tbe
farm, with aa open quarry la good running order.
Hm large Irs me house of ten rooms, good train
ban. and ether outbuildings. Term can be learn
ed trout John H. Ihl, t, at Somerset, Pa., or
from the owner. '
N. B. Will be ld In 3a day. Possession
Uvea April lac, 183. Call on or address
O. J.COtSTKYMAI.
epl-t. Jannenown. Pa.
DHIWISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
fcstate of Hiram Bruner, lata of Jc fferam twp .
Somerset county. Pa., dee d.
Latter of administration oa the above estate
having been granted to the undersigned by the
proper authority, not tee Is hereby given to all
persuas Indebted to said estate to make Imaiedi
"S,PV""" nd ,nu" navlng claims or demand
will piease present them duly; authenticated br
settlement on Saturday. October , Itm, at the
la: residsnce of deceased.
ISRAEL B.UNER,
. HENRY LUCAS.
omersst. Pa-, 8ept. 1, 'M. Adm'.
M CMC BC HO LAKH WASTED.
iTuvln; given - my music classes In rvpnclls
Tllln and Dunbar, I will give lessons on the piano
aad organ In Somerset and vicinity the ensuing
yaar, commencing October gth.
KLLA SCHKLL.
Inaugural Celebration of
L. JVT. WOOLP.
I Have Just Becei;
And offer for sale in
to suit purchasers
1 Bbl. Rosin,
1 Bbl. Copperas, j
1 Carboy Ammonia,
1 Carboy ul phurie
1 Carboy Muriatic
2 KEGS BAKING $f
1 Keg Sulphur,
1 Barrel Epsom Ma.-.
1 Box Cream Tart.
One Gros Horse Pwd:
2 Gross Cough Syrup,
1-2 Gross Blood Soard
20 Beams Xcte Pa-i
THREE "M" ENTELO:
One Lot Fishing TatU
One Lot Finest !
5 cent Ciipu
The cheapest and host
in Somerset County tc
Drus
C.N. BOYt
The Druggist.
MAMMOTH UIXH
SOMERSET PL
Absolutely P'
sr' '1
Tbt" powder never varies.
streugth and wboles"me""-, ,
than the ordlnarv hinds, slid . ;P
competition with the muititsJ"
weight, alum or pb.phte l"" . ,
rent. AlBAtiril
M. V.
f (Ha : j.