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
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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Eodles
Hew 1 1 Agents wanted.
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