The Somerset Herald. EDWARD SCTTLL. Editor and Proprietor. WEPKE8DAT.. ..January . 14. Gex. Thomas L. Kane, the colonel of the famous BuckUil leginient, died on Wednesday last at Philadel phia. The fro trade claws of the Dem ocratic tiger are now concealed under velvety paws, styled. Revenue Re form. Nearly four and a half million letters and parcel were sent to the dead letter office the past year, for want of proper address. The terms cf twenty-five U. S. Senators will expire on the 3d of March next; of these, fourteen are Democrats and eleven are Republi cans. The New York pest ofiice receives every week two hundred and fifty tons of newspapers and periodicals from publishers, to be forwarded to subscr:lers. The Cincinnati Commercial Gazelle gives notice that the auction sale of Senator Pendleton's seat will begin noon after the holidays, in the Ohio Legislature. Forti xately for the country, it can confidently look to the Senate for protection from the free trade vagaries of the Democratic majority in the House. There was a "high oll time" on Christmas day in the town of Mc Dade, Texas. At the conclusion f the festivities, they gathered up five dead and two badly wounded rev ellers. It is announced, that among the leading statesmen who will take part in the National Republican Convention, ex-Senator James G. Maine will be a delegate from the State of Maine. The appointment of Samuel J. j Randall as chairman of the commit-; tee of Appropriations, means parsi monious appropriations for govern ment expenses, to be followed next session, after the election is over, by heavy defic iency bills. This is the invariable Democratic policy. The forth comingreport of the Sec retary of the Board of Agriculture, shows the value of the dairy pro ducts of this State for the past year to be $40,C4S,10', the grass crop ?S4,:.4,.,02(.t, of cereals $72,401,730, and the number of horned cattle in the State 1,740,227, of the value of $.",l,tS9,100. There are Sixty-eight Democrat ic Congressmen in the present House from the eleven States that seceded from the Union, and out of the thirty-four chairmanships of Com mittees, those eleven States have been given twenty-four. Doesn't it look as if " the South is in the saddle again ? " Payne, backed by the Standard Oil Company, is a candidate for U. S. Senator from Ohio against Pen dleton, and the present outlook does not favor "Gentleman George." This is a fight between Democratic inonej' bags, and is not our funeral. Still, we would like to see Pendleton, who is a man of ability and charac ter, go up head. The New York Tribune thinks it is plain enough, that hereafter the Democratic party in the North will be the tail to be waged by the Dem ocratic party in the South. The selection of a Southern Sneaker, a Southern Clerk and a Southern Door Keeper, together with twenty five Southern Chairmen of Commit tees, does make it look that way to a Republican up a tree. The Seaboard, Pennsylvania and Western Railroad Company the name of the new road proposed to be built from Hyndman, in Bedford county, to the Delaware Water Gap, in Monroe county aro putting u record in the different counties through which the road Masses, a mortgage of ?ll,o00,000, in favor of the Farmers' Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. This looks as if business was meant. If protection is injurious to the interests of the working men, as the ; free trade Democrats are now argu- i ing, why is it that our mills and ' mines are filled with laborers from : Great Britain ? Why do they leave i aa.TT v Sk ' behind them the blessings of freej yhe Lancaster Xeic Era tersely trade, and flee to this country, where ;ghows the benefit of protection as their interest) are ruined by protec-1 follows : tion? The one fact that they do; Owing to various reasons the price emigrate to this country, to better of steel rails has gone down to S !5 their fortunes, proves more than all i Pr ton- Few mi'1" can el1 tnem at the theories ever written in behalf of ! that l,ri,ce without loss. The only irtrado ! way 10 keeP the mills open '8 to re- tree -.raue. j Juce rateg of As was anticipated last fall, when lwe .8ee ho,w low l,ricef and a ful1 .i t i -v.- 4 ii r market reduce wages, huppose now, the Prohibitionists assisted the Dem-! lhe tariir w renived an Enf,Ug,; ocrats to carry Ohio, there is now a j raii8 could be landed here at $:'.0 per demand made by the liquor dealers I ton the price at Liverpool is $25 for the reueal of the Scott law. Thev insist that, notwithstanding the de cision of the Supreme Court, the law is unconstitutional, and call upon the legislature, that is alout to as semble, to repeal it, and emphatically assert that the result of the last elec tion was a verdict in their favor, letting aside the predicament in which the Prohibitionists have plac ed tbwnselves, the Democracy find that tbejr are "between the Devil .and the Deep iSea." If they do not repeal the Scott law, their own party will surely defeat ihuo at the next election, and if they .do cepeal it, they will kse the support tf the Prohibitionists and be completely snowed under next fall- - j . Carleton, a Democratic member of the Georgia Legislature, is trving to be nominated for Con gress, on a platform demanding pay ment for the slaves of the South, who were manumitted during the war. There is a Constitutional Amend ment prohibiting this, and Carleton 'p demand most conclusively proves that the fools are not all dead. Speaker Carlisle has made Mr. Bland, the inventor of the eighty cent swindle, that now panoses for a dollar, chairniaD of the commit tee on coinace and currency. We may as well therefore make up our minds to the continued coinage of so called silver dollars, which nobody wants, and which is piling up in the Treasury millions of a coin which cannot be circulated, and against the increase of whiih, the ablest financiers of the country have unceasingly protested. That able Democratic paper, the New York Sun, has the courage to tell the plain truth, and says : "The Democratic majority in the House of Representatives have definitely planted themselves upon the doc trine of free trade, and have declared their hostility to every form, degree and kind of tariff protection towards American industry." ' The Svn believes this position to be a fatal blunder, but it is certainly pursuing a wiser plan by stating the exact truth, than by feebly trying, as uo most Democratic papers, 10 disguise and be-fog the situation. There is no deception in Speaker Carlisle's new committee of Wiys and Means. Nine of the thirteen i are open, avowed free traders. Hurd, the only free trader in the Ohio del egation, was placed on it, against the protest of his colleagues. Mor rison, of Illinois, its chairman, was chairman of the same committee in 1S74, when the Democrats carried the lower House of Congress for the first time since the war. His first step then, was to report such an out rageous free trade bill that even a Democratic House could not swal low it, r.nd it was defeated. He now announces that he will again bring in this bill, with such changes as the altered condition of the country since then, requires, and that it will be "a moderate bill roridiiuj Jr much lotur ihuics thnn are impanel (V the present titrijT. The hoodlums of San Francisco assembled en the sand lots of that famed city, and set up an united howl ''the Chinese must go," and fearful of political consequences our statesmen at Washington forthwith enacted a la w against further Chinese immigration, and cave the lie to our boast of this land, being the refuge of the oppressed of all rations. Stimulated bv the success of the San Francisco hoodlums, the people in the coke regions of our neighboring counties have raised a similar crv asainst the Hungarian laborers that have found employment there, and straightway,acting as accusers, judge iurvmen and executioner they de mand that the "Magyars shall go. We hope that common sense will control this agitation. We appre hend that the chief cause of the out cry is caused by the fact that Hun garians will not join labor unions, and this interferes with the designs of those who desire to coerce capital, bv means of these associations. The Democrats of Pennsylvania profess to be protectionists, and urged the selection of Mr. Randall for Speaker, because he was of their faith. Carlisle, an avowed free trader was elected, and he has placed the most pronounced free traders in the House n the committee of Ways and Means. The chairman of this committee announces that he will at once introduce a bill largely reducing the protective duties afford ed by the present tariff. Now, what are our Democratic protectionists going to do about it? Are they go ing to quietiy submit to this entering wedge in favor of free trade, or will they stand up for trie principle of protection, which they profess to believe in? They can no longer straddle this question, and no amount of dodging will avail with Protectionist constituents. The issue between ree trade and protection to our 'home industries was squarely j made in the election of Speaker; it is the all aborbing question of the day ; it will be the leading measure for discussion and determina tion in the coming Presidential campaign and politicians, and parties must choose. The Demo crats of Pennsylvania must not only speak out, but they must show their faith by their works. Watch them ! ' ""hat would be the result? Either all our rail mills would have to close or the workmen would have to sub mit to a reduction of prices to corre spond. Free trade never did and never will benefit working men. It means low wages and it don't mean anything else. THE SOUTH OX TOP. In the distribution of his chair manships Speaker Carlisle has not only given the South twenty f even against twenty to the iNortb, but he has so shaped the distribution that the olicy of legislation by the Dem- crane majority in the House will be uiciaieu ov me ooutu. iuis is cer - tainly a fine spectacle for the conteni- plation of the people of the North, who once gave their blood and trea - sure to ave the Government For Ose n. ii instance, lurner m man OI aaietUUUS, uuu .vw -j rebels and northern doughfaces, will make it no easy task for northern Republican contest ants to get a show. Jonn Randolph Tucker, of Virginia, is chairman of the judiciary. 'Think of justice pat terned after southern ideas. The venerable Wylett H. Buckner, cf Missouri presides over banking and currencv, and will revive some of hi3 old time hobbies on the currency question. The redoubtable Bland, with his silver dollar craze, has charge of coinage, weights and meas ures. The people will now get their fill of silver. The ancient Reagan, postmaster general of the defunct confederacy, has charge cf legisla tion on ur merchant marine. illis of Kentucky, will see that the south gets the lion's share of the surplus millions in river and harbor steals. Money, of Mississippi, will have charge of postal afiairs, with its star routes and fat contracts. Wellborn, of Texas, will hare his grip on In dian affairs. Evans, of South Caro lina, will have the territories to look after. Hewitt, of Alabama, and a choice selection of ex-rebels with a few doughfaces will determine what legislation shall be had for the pen sioners of the Governmet. And so with Agriculture, railroads and ca nals, mines and mining, and that most stupendous of all jobs, the levees and improvement of the Mis sissippi. Thus about all the best commit ters charged with legislation on sub jects most directly affecting the inter ests of the people, ana wnere mere are most opportunities for a thrifty legislator to serve his country and himself at the same time, have been farmed out amons: the southern members, whe have given notice that they will run things in the fu ture.ta suit themselves. On the other hand the northern Democrats with a controlling influ ence of southern representatives be hind them have ways and means, constructed in hostility to the inter ests of capital and labor, also appro priations, loreign attairs, military and naval afiairs, manufactures, public lands, militia, public build ings, Pacific railroads, invalid pen sions and labor. Ilnrrifhnry Tele- graph. CHI'I'K FORTH K UEMOCKACY. The Democrats may take courage. Their organization of the House has melted the hearts of the lcicular lories and burning Radicals of Eng land. The Tories begin to prick up their ears as they hear the view halloo of American free traders, and congratulate this country upon its gravitation tcward the policy of j England. The Radicals, a one Tory paper declares, though for years mure in symnnthy with the Republican party of this country than with any other, are making ready to take the Democracy to their arms. Thus a touch of free trade makes Tory, Radical and American Bourbon kin. It must be very pleasant and encouraging to Democrats to know that the election of a free trade Speaker can rejoice the hearts of a hole nation across the water. The nation across the water, you know, has been deeply grieved for twenty years because we could not compete with her merchants and manufac tures in the markets of the world. England wants us toshare the worlds trade with her, and her great states men lie awake nights because we do not share in England's prosperity. England's statesmen look over here and weep because our workingmen do not wear English shoddy .which is cheap, vou know, and do wear sub stantial clothes of American fabrics which are not so cheap as s.ioudy, vou will observe. It will encourage Democrats to know that English Tories and Eng lish Radicals desire their success in 1SS1. Tliev want the American tariff swept away, so that the United States can grow big and prosperous like England. There is no thought of the profit of English manufacturers and monopolist in the hearts of these English statesmen. No. They on ly desired the prosperity of the United States. And the English manufactures are desirous of the prosperity of American manufacture also. They do not want to flood our markets with their cheap goods. They only want our manufactures to compete with them in all the markets of the world. That is all. They say that free trade will not benefit them, but that protection keeps us spring jkjoi. Xurth Amer icon. Which Is the Party of Sectionalism. The Democrats to-day charge the Republican with sectionalism, and the charge is based on the fact that the Republicans insist upon a free suffrage and an honest counting of the ballots. Because wc do so in sist we are accused of hating the South and of entertaining au ani mosity auainst that people. A Democrat is ostracised in no part of the country. His right to vote, and have his ballot counted just as he cast it, is secured to him everywhere unquestioned. How is it with the Republicans? Danville, Ya., and Copiah County, Mississippi, will answer the question. L'.-t any in telligent man stop and decide which 4lir. t.ni ht 4 (AMum'ilii.-tn ttl4 riur ty of hate. Is it the party which announces as one ot its cardinal principles -free suffrage in every j part of the country, and an honest counting of the ballots," or that! party which passes resolutions 0fi death and uses the shotiun to pre- vent the members ot one political party from casting their votes. flow to Get Kid of Tramps. 1 Kenton. V J., Dec. 2'J. I he j down the mountain side to a preci stone breaking process with a ball j pice 500 feet high over which they and chain attachment, adopted for j were hurled and there they must tramp hereabouts by the free- j remain until spring. The party fi holders some weeks ago, has been J nally reached Ouray nearly dead more than successful, the tramps ! from exhaustion. havinc lelt lor parts unknown Those who were arrested at the time the law went into effect departed from the city the moment they were released from confinement and work. There are ooly live tramps now in the county jail and three of them will bt, released on Monday. One of the inspectors will also be dis charged on Monday because there is nothing for him to do. The plan was a test one but its eueces has been sa great that it will probably b) adopted in most of the counties of the etate. fcbociking Death. Bradfoud, December 23..-C. D. Westervelt and Wm. McNorth. the i former a prominent oil operator. were killed to-day by a boiler explo sion at a weii near Allcntown, Alle - !gtieny uo., j. i eterveit s head j wag torn off and his body was terri' Jbly mangled. McNorton was piero ! ed through the chest with an iron i pipe. Three Men Lynched. McDade, Tex., Dec. 25. Henry Pfeiffer, Wright McLeuoreand Thad McLeniere were taken from a saloon by fifty well armed, masked men last night and carried a mile into the bush, where they were hanged to a tree. Thad McLemore was under arrest at the time, having been taken earl in the evening on a charge of burglary, preferred by S. J. Walker, of this town. Pfeiffer was under in dictment for horse theft in this county. To-day six men, friends and rela tives of the men hanged, came to town and picked a quarrel with Torn Bishop and George Milton, and a fight with revolvers acd shot guns ensued. Two of the sextette, Jack Bayley and Asa Bayley, were killed and a third, Hayward Bayley, was badly wounded. Galveston, December 20. An authentic report from McDade, Tex., scene of lynching and the sanguinary Ftreet fight, says there was no trouble there last night or this morning, and it is thought there is no immediate dancer of more bloodshed, although considerable excitement exists. Many citizens of the country are in the town, armed with rifles, and propose to keep things quiet. Two coinpaeies of militia arrived in Mc Dade this morning. They were not needed and returned home. A. M. Stevens, another of the six men who raised a street fight subsequent to the lynching has been captured by the officers. He is slightly wounded. At 2:4-5 p. m., the inquest on the five bodies was still progressing at McDade. Milton and Bishop, who were attacked on the street by friends of the men lynched, are under arrest and will be examined to-day. It is considered that they were justified in killing the two Bavley bovs. Every good man in the county is ready to go their security. Killed by a Snow8lit1e. Alma, Col., December 27. A snow slide near Montezuma on Monday carried John Headstrong, John Ahl- 6trom and John Ling, three miners,' half a mile down the mountain. Ahlstrom and Ling were found yes terday badly frozen, and will proba bly die. Headstrom. who is Ftill missing, must have been killed. Denver, Dec. 27. The following is a listot those killed by the snow slide at the Mendota mine on the 24th inst.: J. H.. Bond, C. S. Her rick, Thomas DunniDgan, William Taylor, John Davis, Win. Apple white, F. Slater and Lewis Iluck ins. At Silverton a terrific windstorm set in on the 19th instant and raged furiouslv for six days, provinrr the most disastrous to life ever known. Of the five persons who were se riously injured at the Virginia mine on Friday, three have bince died, making a total of nine persons who lot their lives bv that accident. Yesterday a miner named Breet waller was buried in a snowslide at the head of Clement Creek. His body cannot be recovered until spring. lesterday two men, whose names were not learned, were caught in a snowslide near Ironton, and were carried a long distance down the side of the mountain. When extri cated they were frozen from the waist down, the flesh opening in seams. They cannot recover. A train of 25 freightcars at Monu ment was overturned by a high and a wind on the 25th instant, number of cattle were killed. Women Murdered. Monci re, December 25. An as sassination of three helpless people was committed near here en Sunday night, and the assassins have escap ed without leaving a clue to their identity. Mrs. Sarah Gunter, a widow 82 years old, with her daugh ter. 40 years old, and her grand daughter, aged 17 years, lived to gether in a poor cabin in a lonely spot in the country. Early yester day morning a neighbor called to see them. They lay in different parts of the room, their skulls beat en in and their heads and bodii.s horribly chopped and gashed. A meat ax with bloody blade and handle lay on the floor among the disordered furniture. The drawers and chests had been opened and ransacked. On the floor in the blood lay several little Christmas gifts which the victims had procur ed for their friends. Mrs. Gunter was poor, but there was a story afloat that she would come into the possession of some money by inheritance on New Year. It was believed by some that she had received the money already, which was net the fact, nnd this is supposed to have been the motive for the crime, since the victims were not only without enemies, but were much beloved by their surrounding neighbors. Rct'ovcring the Dead. Denver, December 25. Further particulars of the terrible accident at the Virginia mine, near Ouray, on Friday last, have just been received by a special messenger. Immediate ly upon the receipt of the news of the disaster a party of 31 persons left Ouray to bring in the dead. The journey to the mine was made in the j face of preat peril, as a terrible storm i nnu r i tri nor . i ? r 1 1 i n rr i won rir . : "j , , wounded and improvised sleds hr t llie f .lhose tilled the party started on their return. When the Cumberland basin was reached j eei;u"u B""w uw,uru, the party succeeded in reaching the edge of the avalanche before it struck them and thus escaped instant death. The sleds containing four dead bod ies, however, were carried 2,000 feet Hun Down by a Mob. Sr. Louis, December 27. At Sli go. Dent county, this State, two brothers named George and James Winfield, keepers of an unlicensed groggery, and generally feared by the community, quarreled with a man named Brwwney Hinch, and seizing an opportunity when he was occupied in card playing, leaped upon him and buried their knives in hie throat. The brothers then gathered up all their money and movable valuables and took to the woods. The first public intimation given the citizens of the occurrence was when one of th eye witnesses went to attend I Chntuas service at church. Th ! service was at once abandoned and la lynching partv organized to run down the murderers and hang them At sundown they were so bard pressed they took to a swamp, where they were surrounded with hardly a chance of escape. The bukes-Xatt Tragedy. Usioxtowx, December 25. Cash ier F. C. Breckenridge received on December 1st the following .anony mous letter : . You ! What are you afraid of when you meet me on the street? You look like a dog, you skulking murderer. I'll have your heart's blood. The paupers out the lane want money to defend that devil in jail. The rope is ready for him, and you are the one who help ed put it there, curse you. Your days are numbered. Tell Lizzie Nutt to sell her piauo, and let the paupers move out ot tnat brick house. Dukes is dead, but his avengers live. There are no paupers in the Dukes family ; they never lie or beg. How do you think you will feel when the bullets rattle through your old bones ? They are ready for you. Good by until we see you in court. Goggles. As this was written but a lew days before the trial of young Natl was to come up, it is thought it was for the purpose of intimidating brecken ridge from testifying. The latter was Captain Nutts nepnew, and witnessed his murder by Dukes. His testimony angered Dukes' friends. On Sunday night last the same unknown hand placed the fol lowing note under the door of Col. EwingBrownfield, who is president of the People's Bank of which Breckenridge in Cashier: Mr. Brown field:- Be on your guard. Clark Breckenridge will be shot at his desk. This is your first and last warning. Again, be on your guard. This is not the town for his home. Breckenridge does hot have any fears, but thinks he knows who the writer is. Frozen to Death New Haven, December 20. The crew of the bark Mohawk from New York for Calcutta had a terrible ex perience in Long Island Sound on Sunday. The crew consisted of Captain Crossland, two mates and thirteen sailors, Irishmen, Norwe gians and Japanese. Piiot O'Brien says that during thirty years experi ence he never saw a more bitter day than Sunday. The wind was north, an icy blizzard set in, the pilot lost his reckoning. The ship was cover ed with ice and enow, all the crew were frost bitten, some were so badly frozen that their limbs refused the call to duty. Several were sent aloft to loosen sail ; one, Sonita Ogete, a Japanese, fell to the deck with a wild scream and died in three hours. When the veather began to mod erate the frost began to ooze from the bodies, the skin puffed out, the hands and feet looked like great bags f water. Their agony prevented sleep, and there was nothing on board to relieve pain. Anchorage was im possible and there were notablebod ied men enough on board to man a boat. Yesterday they reached this harbor after a perilous trip. Pilot O'Brien reached shore and secured relief. Aid reached the vessel this morning. Nine of the men are now at the hospital; three will have to suii'cramputation. As soon as a new crew can be secured the Mohawk will sail for Calcutta. No such hardship has ever been experienced by any crew on a vessel sailing through Long Island Sound in fifty years. One Farmer Shoots Another, Wellsville, December 19. Two wealthy farmers.' William Allison and James Tarbert, living in West Virginia, across the line from here, quarreled yesterday, and Allison shot Tarbert in the head, producing a wound that will probably end in death. Allison was out hunting and met Tarbert, when a dispute arose over the right of way to some coal prperty. The men came to blows, clinched and fell, giving Tar bert the advantage over his adversa ry. Tarbert forced Allison to re tract a remark made by him, and then let him up. Allison picked up his shot gun, took deliberate aim, and sent the whole charge into Tar bert 's head, tearing off a portion of his scalp and producing a frightful wouud. The injured man instantly sank to the ground, when his savage assailant walked up to him and dealt him a terrific blow in the face witli the butt of his gun. Allison is still at large. Illoorty Sitreet Fight. Allendale, December 2G. A street fight occurred on Christmas in which two persons were killed ar.d fiye others wounded. The circum stances are as follows : John Hud lett, marshal of the town, and sons John and Tom, and grandsons Evan and Joyce Strange, had an alterca tion with Frank Veaver and Uley Middleton, in which the two Strang e were wounded. Returning from the fight, which was carried on until Weaver and Middleton got nearly out of town, they met L. B. and F. O'Brian and Gus Allen returning from a dinner party, when one of the Strange boys insulted them. A general fight ensued, sticks, knives and pistols were freely used. Evan Strange and Tom iludlett were kill ed outright, the two John Hudletts severely wounded and two O'Brians slightly. Texan Tragedy. Jefferson, December 27. Wm. Brown and Lou Stiles were rivals for the aiiection of Miss Mattie Sher rard, the belle of the rar.che. After a rather romantic and stirring court ship, mostly in the saddle, Stiles won her love and the wedding day was set for Christmas. Three days before, however, Brown succeeded in eloping with and marrying the fickle maiden. The two men met on the road yesterday afternoon, when a desperate duel to the death took place between them. After emptying their revolvers into each other, they closed in with bowie knives, and Brown, who was almost a giant in strength, literally carved his antago nist to pieces and then fled. HHed in a Threshing; Machine. Meadville, December 28. Rob ert Gray, aged twelve years, while feeding a threshing machine at the barn of Lincoln Gray in New Rich mond township, yesterday, fell on the cylinder, and in an instant one leg was torn from his body at the thigh and he was otherwise terribly mangled. He died almost immedi ately. Nailers Idle. Pittsburg, December 2j9. In ac cordance with a resolution adopted by the last nieeting of the Western Nail Association, all factories in thp West will close down to-nighf for a period of six weeks. The manu facturers hone to improve trad9 by restricungproducuqn. -.np suspen sion will throw over fire thousand men out of employment. The Nihilists" Fate. London, December 27. Another! horrible tale of suffering comes from the Russian prisons the victim being one Netshajeff, a Nihilist, sentenced in 1S72 to twenty years penal servi tude in the mines of Siberia. He was never deported to Siberia, but has served eleven vearsof his impris onment in the Fortress of Alexes Ravelin, which is built on one of the marshy islands in the River Neva, near St. Petersburg. He has succeeded in getting a letter smug gled from the fortress and published in the H ill of the people, which tullv confirms the reyelations of cruelty which have recently been made by prisoners in the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul and the Troubetskoi Caston. The dungeons in which the prisoners are confined are below the water level in the adjoining riyer, and are bitterly cold and damp in Winter, while in Summer malaria and scurvy are frightfully preva lent. A new horror has now been added to these gloomy vaults; the men and women confined there are kept within their cells and confined from one year's end to another, out-door exercise, which was formerly allowed for one hour in the twenty-four, hav ing been entirely suspended since the assassination of the late Czar. The prison officials practice the most shameless extortions upon the pris oners as long as their money lasts, and prisoners without money are fed on horseflesh and chained in the outer range of cells, where, between their battles with the water and the rats, they soon perish. Beheaded. Pottsville, December 28. On Christmas night the head of Anthony Roley, a young man residing at Shoemaker's, this county, was found near the station at that place and taken to his late home. Some hours later his body was found some dis tance off. Roley was twenty two yeare of age and unmarried. He had been to Mahanoy City on Christ mas and left on the six o'clock train for his home. He was perfectly sober and the manner in which he mtt his death is not positively kuown. It is believed, however, that in jumping off the train, which did not stop at the station, he fell under the wheels and had his head and arm cut off and that his cloth ing catching on the cars his body was dragged some distance further on. Murdered by Xejjroes. Yazoo City, December 25. John T. Posey, of the firm of Williams & Posey, was insulted last night by John James, a colored butcher. Af ter going away and getting some friends, Posey returned with them to where James was last seen, when, without warning, the party was fired upon. John Posey, C. Posey and Jasper Nichc-lls were riddled with buckshot and instantly killed. 11. C. Ellet was dangerously, and Fritz Hallder slightly wounded. The ne groes had organized, and, under cover cf the intense darkness of the night, had shot down these gentle men, who refrained from shooting because the streets were full of men and boys not connected with the difficulty. Only one of the negroes has been apprehended. Mrs. Sherman Kni-ape. St. Loris, December 27. General Sherman's wife and elder daughter, Miss Rachael, yesterday afternoon had a hairbreath escape from death. The two ladies had been attending church at SL Xavier's, on Ninth and Lucas avenue, and had just seated themselves in their carriage to go home when their horses be came frightened and bolted up Lu cas avenue. The horses galloped madly onward, despite the frantic efforts of the ladies to control them, and dashed into the lamp post and awning in front of thecolored church at Eleventh and Lucas streets. The ladies were taken out of the wreck uninjured, out badly frightened. One of the horses had its spine bro ken and had to be shot. A Church lliot. Fulton, Mo., December 27. At the Richland church, about six miles north of town, the negroes had a festival and oyster supper last evening. Everything passed off quietly until about 10 o'clock, when the peaceable crowd was converted into a mob. Clubs, razors and pis tols filled the air, rendered hideous by screams and profanity, Sara Bru ner. Cave Brown, Sim Leach and George White taking active parts. Bruner was struck over the head with a club and taken from the church for dead, but oame to life after a time. He was reported dead this morning. A number of others received slight injuries. Painful Accident. Huntingdon, December 20. Maj. Wm. F. Johnson met with a serious if not fatal accident at his residence in this city to-night. While carry ing a lighted coal oil lamp up stairs ho suddenly fell backwards, causing the lamp to explode and burning him in a horrible manner. The left side of his body is a charred mass of flesh, his arm being so badiy burned as to necessitate amputation. His finger nails have dropped off and particles of flesh have fallen from fiis wounds. Grave doubts are en tertained of his recovery, as it is fear ed his injuries will result in pye mia. Trafilc Virtually Suspended. Huntingdon, Pa., December 24. Traffic on the Huntingdon and Broad Top railroad to day was practically suspended, owing to the track being blockaded by last night's heavy fall of snow. The mail ex press which left here this morning, encountered a snow drift at Tates ville only thirty miles from here, and the united assistance of five eng;nes to dislodge it proved unavailing. The passengers are obliged to remain in the cars, as the village affords but meagre accomodations and no train can be sent to their relief. Ohio Liquor Dealers. Columbus, O., December 23. The Ohio Liquor Dealers, Association adjourned this morning after ap pointing a committee on agitation and passing resolutions that the Scott Law is derogatory to the busi ness interest of a large class of cit izens., that the October election showed jt to be the opinion of all unprejudiced persons that the traf fic in ma't and spirituous liquors should not fye prohibited, and ask ing that the Scott law be repealed by the Legislature as unconstitution al and unjust, and a proper law passed in its stead. A Strange Christianity. Coalto.v, December 28 Uriah Wales had been a number of the Free Christian Chureh for nearly uO years and wag a class leader and exhorter. His wife was not a com municant, and frequently ridiculed her husband's enthusiasm in his re ligion. Ten years ago he told her he would not speak to her again un til she had seen her error and expe rienced religion. He kept his word, and the couple never exchanged a word until last week. All commu nication between them was conduct ed through a son. Early in the present month a re vival of religion began in the church. Mrs. Wales was converted last week. Her husband on Thursday evening arose in church and said that he had been a widower for ten vears, but that "now he thanked God he had a wife." Mrs. Wales created a sensa tion by rising in her seat and saying that she did not believe a man who wasjtroly religious could deliberately ignore his wife for ten years, and asked that special prayers be offered for the conversion of her husband. She then turned to him, and said : "Uriah, get on your knees, ask forgiveness for your sins, and be awakened to the error of your ways. I will lead you to the lord myself." She walked toward the seat where he was sitting. He arose hurriedly and went out of church. Since then he has not been seen, and no trace ot him can be found. A Bishop's wedding. Denver, Col., December 27. Bishop Henry Warren, cf the Meth odist Episcopal Church, and Mrs. Elizabeth S. Ilifi", were married here to day by the Right Rev. Bishop Simpson, of Philadelphia, in the bride's half million dollar house. The groom is a widower, with three children, and was elected bishop in 1S80. Mrs. Ilifi'ia the widow of the late John Iliff. the Colorado cattle king, since whose death she has managed her own affairs, and has became known as the 'Cattle Queen' shipping 75,000 head of cattle to Chicago each year. At th'e reception in the bride's residence many prom inent people of Colorado and from the East were present. The newly wedded pair left for Cuba, via New and Old Mexico. Mrs. Warren's first marriage was romantic. Some thirteen years ag- hlie left her home in the East "to make her fortune in Colorado,1' pro- I vided with a certificate as a sewiug j machine agent and prepared to teach school, she went to work m Den ver, and one day she entered the office of Mr. Iliff, then just coming into prominence a cattle king. She could not sell a machine, but she won the young cattle king's heart and they were soon married. Killed by a Mob. Brookvillk, December 2 Last Saturday a quarrel occurred between Estin Hope and a negro, named Fagan, in which blows were struck by Hope. The negro fled, pursued by his adversary, and was joined by his brother, while a whiteman, named Steel, joined Hope. The ne gro who had been struck by Hope tired at his pursuers and wounded both of them. The two Fagan were arrested and lodcred in jail. On j Christmas night a number of mask ed men took posession of the jail and shot and killed both negroes. Shot by a Dog. Kankakee, Dec. 29. On Christ mas morning, George Case, a young man living in Petone, a village about fifteen miles North-east ef here, went hunting. When he reached the woods he halted and rested the butt of his cocked gun on the ground, the muzzle pointing towards his head. Case then called to his dog, which was running about a short distance off. The animal ran to his master and jumped upon his breast. In doing so he pressed the trigger with one of his hind feet and the gun was discharged, instantly killing Case. Snow Slide in Colorado. Montrose, Col., December 24. At noon to day a snow slide came down Marshall basin, carrying otl the shaft fiouse of the Mendota mine, contain ing fourteen men, eight of whom were killed outright. Two were wounded and four dug themselves out. No further particulars are at present obtainable. A large body of wen willlerve here for the disas ter in the morning. The mail car rier from Silverton to Ames and Ouray, due last Friday, has not yet boen heard from. It is supposed he was lost in crossingthe range. Attempted Explosion. Frankfort. Ky., December 27. Unknown parties filled au empty beer keg half full of powder and placed it near the entrance of the Court of Appeals in the capitol. A fuse was placed to lead to the pow der and ignited. It exploded with terrific force, breaking all the win dows of the east sidu of the old Cap itol building, and also on the west side of the new wing. The governor has offered a reward of $50t for the capture of each person implicated in the dastardly plot to blow up the Capitol. Duke' Infamous Friends. PiTTsiiURG, Dtjcember 27. Major A. M. Brown, of counsel for James Nutt, in an interview states that Clark Breckenridge is not the only recipient of threatening annonymou3 letters. A number of persons in this city, who are expected to be inter ested in this trial, either as jurors or active sympathizers with the prison er, have received similar letters, the object of the writer clearly being to prejudice the case of Nutt. Every effort will be made to expose and punish their author. Fire in a Coal Mine. Altosa December 2S.-The wood work of Haraed. Jacobs & Co.'s coal mine shaft, located about one mile North of Ramey, Clearfield Co., was burned yesterday. Four men were in the mine when the fire Was discovered, but they were all rescued. Only one mule wa3 left in the works. The watchman attending the pumps was on hand, but owing to the high wind was unable to extinguish or check the flames. The mine is now completely flooded. The loss will amount to $15,000. Cra f etf rraan Ike Palpu. New Haven, Conn., Dec, 3L Rev. Mr. Stansberry, the new pastor of the Church, was yesterday forci bly tjecttd from the pulpit by two deacons, who have secured a minis ter more to their liking. Prosecution for assault will follow. RED LETTER SALl OF OVERCOATS! There is now in progress at our store a reat It Sftlc Of Overcoats. We want to dispose of our Before the and have reduced our prices some uvercoats win oe seuuii-ui i, Less Money Than They Cost. The object is to get rid of our foa other ffoods. Those requiring Overcoats ' om.:- : 1 Ti, illis is no miniuujj Mue. au- urn. ucivcis aim OKI pric-, I left on the goods and the new and greatly reduced r' -: I ' ! marKeu in reuinK unuerneain, so tnat tne simplest can s everything is straightforward. YOU WILL MISS IT II you fail to visit us before making your purchases. L. M . WOOLPS, The One-Price Clothier, Hitler, Furnisher. NEW STOKE, MAIN STEEET, Johnstown, Pa. JLECTION NOTICE. riieiv will be o election heldd la Berlin on the -Jtltb day of lreaiter, 1.;, by tae members .it the Faruier'ii I nton A-oeUilo"n and lira In surance CuTHiMiny or Sfmerfot C'"nnty Pa. to elci t a I'resi'lent, Vioe Preililent, Secretary antt six liipctors. Ilv nrlir ot the Board. nov., 1. j. liat n.iSER, PHILIP HA Y. Secretary. Preriilent. "Y"OTTICE i I heretiy giion that tbo nrxlerslfrned has tuailf application to the Secretary ot Internal Af fair l r a warrant lor ix acres uf partly improved land situate in Jeflerson Township. Smuerset t-'o.. Pa., adjoining lands ot Davi t bbanii, on the North. Abraham Morrison the South, Jacob KMi8erou the ilatft. and William Mull, on the West. WtSLEY It. BARCLAY. fcuvU-Ot. T I T T " T people are always en tne I II t iv lookout lor chances to n ookout for chances YY IdLu crease theirearninxs.and n time become wealthy: tn.tse who do not improve their opportunities remain in poverty. We otler a (treat chance tomakemon ey. We want many men, women, boys and lorls to worn lor us riini in theirown Ioctlittes. Any one can do the w.rk properly from the first s'&n . The business will pay more than ten t'meson' narywaices. fcixpensive out tit turnished tree. 1 one who eniratces tails to make money rapio.15 You can devote your whole time to the work, or only your spare moments. Full Information and all that Is needed sent free. Address ST! boos fc Co,. Portland. Maiue. dec-20lv SOIEBDCT M AHMET. Corrected by Uook k BaiaiT. DKALZBS IS CHOICE GROCERIES, FLOUR k FEED Apples, dried. og Applet utter, gal Otf "K: Bran, f 1"0 -s (1 US Butter, Via tkeit) (roll) c Buckwheat f) bush 7 ' meal, 100 lis S3V Beeswax '-f Bacon, shoulders, fc loc sides, l'J'i u country hams. ft. 1.: Corn, (ear) new y bushel 80J io (shelled) old " Tic " meal 3e ('all skins, V 'e Kkks, dot VjC Hour. V bbl V Sf7 Flaxseed, ' bu. (80 t) Tie Hams. (suitar-eurei) fl t 17c Lard.fi B la-tanS Leather, red sole, t ;tvrMJe upper, socwCoc " kip, " Tictewo Middling?, and chop 100 ft 3 sx oc Oats, bu 40cftiOc Potatoes, fl bu (new) 4o 0c Peaches, dried, y Ik Sctiloc Kye. t1 bu :f0 Kan. t. le Salt, No. 1, t1 bbl. extra tl Wftyi uo " Cr round Alum, per sark $1 &0 " Ashton. per sack .t 60 Sugar, yellow ft t ocfjlue white " leeftlxe Tallow, ? ft .-4 Wheat, t1 bu 1 00 Wool, t 35roc Three Men Badly Hurt by One Gun. Centra lia, Pa., December 2S. William Kramer, Isaiah Taylor and Henry lirown met .vith a fearful accident while "hooting in the I$ru.h valley, near here, this mor nin;. They had been out several hours, and, beginning to feel the etl'ecta of the cold, they kindled a fire. Kramer stood with his gu on his arms watching his comrades when the gun went off and burst. The charge entered Sttylor's leg crip pling him. Fragments of the gun barrel flew in every direction. Kra mer's face was fearfully disfigured and it is feared he will lose his sight. Hrown's face is badly disfigured. Ail three are respectable and well to do farmers with families. Alleged Traetly. Pottsville, Dec. 28. On Wed nesday Liht a man named Kerri gan, Jof Mahony City, entered the saloou of Edward Shellow at that place, with three others and accused the proprietor of speaking badly about his (LerriganVi sister. Shel low gave the lio and forthwith Ber rigan drew a pistol and fired. The ball lodged in the saloon keeper's wrist, intiieting a painful wound. The shooter was arrested and taken before Justice O'Brien, where the case was settled. Buccessfnl Roadmen. San Francisco. December 20. A special dispatch from Huntingdon, Baker county, Oregon, reports a number of highway robberies at that place by a gang of seven men. At the point of a pistol they robbed a merchant named J. Tyfer of cash and drafts to the amount of $15,000. The paymaster of the railroad con struction company was robbed of $12,000. Other persons were reliev ed ofsuroa ranging in amount from 200 to M00. There beinc no con stabulary force in the county it is thought that the highwaymen will escape with their booty. A noahl Tallest Cosset. Rochester, December 31. Prof. Lewis Swift, director of Warner Ob servatory, has discovered th Pr,a Comet, which had a single tail in tori. It has a doable one now. It is undergoing changes as it approach es me sun. It can be seen with the ' naked eye early in the evening.! Swift asserts the red sunsets are due! to extraneous matter which eomes into our atmosphere and reft icts the red rays of the sun. What the mat ter is it U impossible to 8.ny, but it is not the result of tolcanoea or earthquakes. Season Ends, from JO to 0 nrr ..oil- fj "Winter Stock to t:iak will get real genuine barnin.. I ' I .fE-' T.i 4 i i , I vw '.a I pro i jSEAY GOOD: For tie Fall and Winter 13 NOW IN STORK! Cashmeres, Silk Finished Suitir.j? y. tancy liresa (ioods Pr.n:., Hnh .in, i . ioJ. l.'otton. Plaid?, llnn- L;':Wi Cinton Flannels. Jano, S:'tm ' tja.'idinere-. t :.r lur vs. Hici,.' Olorei, I nderwear. Yarn?, " NoliotH, Kaa.v :lot,.j-Neck-Wear. A Full Line of Choice Groceries, Tobacco and Ci"-,t HARDWARE, QUEEXSWAKE, boot d- ' .v i.it'.KA t r.i .;; HYTS and CAPS. I A lars;9 and varied assnnstnt. CLOTHING Nails, Ulass, Store Pipe, Tinware, Oils, Paints, Drags. Iye. Salt, Flour. Ileal im! Ci It will b our airntokeep In stuck eTorrt'.a usual j kept in a well relate 1 K-nMl l ot which will ne soi l at rock hott,.m vrkn i. kin.1s of produce taken in esrhan : tne highest market prices. We t:ne rmi thank a generous p,.tlie lor the IIIhtjI p!r rit we have received since we have cnnnnwn! rut ness, and repectlullv solicit a contir.uan.f t -i same, lo those who have not as tet uValt i" u. we kindlf ask to ;ive ui a tnil sn l ! vlnced. SUort profits and quick returns. Is ..ur O'.t:o. l. W. u. DI MBAI Lit k TASSTiiuLa, Pa., t)ct.lo. l-a pnSLICSALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATL The undersiimed will offer at pnWi'- sl tti premises, at liock wood junction, ot tl.e B.i.. js! Ohio and S. (.'. K. K., Jjoinerset Ci., Vt .. a &! TL'RDA Y, January 1 1-1 St !2 oYInrtf w. w ill r. .1 .i.,,-jK..,t -i estate : Lota Nos 12. 13 and 14 on the Ur. .vlt jown ui .Mineral Point, each hatinK a tr tit feet on Main street, and eitendinu hm-k auti-f an alley, on which is erected a two .-jry r.-.-e knows as the JVOLI-: HOTEL Prop-rty. with stable, pool room, black.-mits-i'; and other ua:baildinxs. TERMS : ne-thlr.I rash on delivery of deed. timrl purchase money In two njual annual instaiim'-'-1 with interest, to be secure.! hy bund ind utri-' on the premises. Fllty dollars eati. wnm ir -t-ertv in ki.-k..t l - . . m uuia, or apply to or ad'trvss. A. - 1L.14, All V l'i 130 tn Avenue, Pitt'soonix F FARMS for SALE Sliuate in Milforrl townhip. Somerset ( if1 , .i.viDinir anil live mil' ipmi jet The farms )olntlv contain -) a r ' '- la'"' 'ays well, SOd most ol It ha' pern "-ii muTMririiTrnr lieltl. I nIerli'i w; fiot Veto ol ciii.1 ihi.h l . u, ; ....,i...n IV It'iod apple and .ea.-h orchards. U I wf- -' O 1.1 1. ill rately or collectively. Possession imm M " 1W. Apply at once and ofuain a banrii:i. ""V w "ii. ror farther intormati-n ; ; .'. i-wmrrwt, or K. K. alio librae - SllVilfl- im I.Mn...... Ps:!tlce, Olade, Pa. ,!c ST JXECUTORS' OTICE Estate of Laxarus Hochstetler. dec-.! la:r of 'e: ersoo township, Somerset County. Fa. letters testanirmrurv .... .hA .L.i-fi r'- havinir tieen unoir..) t.. ih.,.n.i.nw!! t t l: proper authority, notice Is herei.y ai"" ,u '' iierjuina in.l.t.l ... -..:.i . .- ... . . u iihilck- , ..... , .. , Mlu csutia i" m. ' payment, and those havlns: claim air " same u present them dulv auibrn listed lit tleinnt on Satunlav. February 1. 1". ' t!i' Uce.at tlrcutufl A DM IXKTRATOIVS NOTICE. Lsiate or Mary Ann Hetzer, late of S.. terror; 'i .in.ruli...). I Letters of administration on the awve -! having been (ranted to the underjintird ;", prop-r authority notice Is hereby aivm t" " persons Indebted to said fetate to mas itnW;, ate payment and those having claims Ma: art feitn In i iraj.n . lh.. .)..!.. ........... ii...?.- ' l T iivweiii, ou oamruay, the liltn uay oi -i" lt, at he oHiceof t . Trent, in .s-.ur-t., HEABY H. T1-K-deell A.tmiBi-ira'"'- IXECUTOIVS NOTICE. .i . i . . " . . . . i..r mr. Estate of Cyrus Horner, lat "f Twp., Somerset Uo., Pa., dec d. J-r.tlf Letters testamentary on above estate tu imu Krameu ui invuniicriiKneii oj .t- a. thorny, notice Is hereby given '' l''r"a mcnt. and those having; claims mw" " ' ! t sent them duly authenticated for settlrmrm Saturday. Jan uary la, ls4, at the la I said deceased. ., .. c LYDIAM.H'R'K deeU. BACK LOC rSB paper, nlicd iltieoarujlh, serials. "f"Ir.".-,J; r misscelianv. etc. Is sent 3 months . ' , KtK 2. cents, and we send EVEK SI B1 free oar new Holiday Package, , Inn of 10 pieces popular niuiic, 1" ! Karnes. 1 pack of aie and fonane tell tu 4, pack H..ld to Lint " eanls. 1 pack w "Zf i tation cards. 1 set ehsosao cards. 11 ne" main a 4 new pusak-a. ame ol fortune. oracle. '& wavS to Kel . i .. t . ..n mi mtn efe Eodles Hew 1 1 Agents wanted. Sample pr- stamta ... deel. BACKLOG PUB. CO., A M VMC ftrH0LABS W1TI ' . la Cf - savins: givew u w mi. V Y.,ats P. Title and Danbar. I will (rive lessoas ' and oran In Somerset and vleinity ! year, commencing uoieoer u,HI aUtf'J ELLA s- "van-- s if t I hot t TV ftOT ! in tt Wi t K h d b I tor bit iki r 4 Ot wt ft 1 Q OF i
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