The Somerset Herald.
EDWA.RD SCTJLL, Editor and Proprietor.
WED!
ESDAT JanoarT.
1S84.
Os Wednesday last, Hon. Wm.
B. Allien, (Republican) was re-elected
U. S. Senator by the Iewa Legis
lature. The impression appears to be
groring in Washington that Senator
Losan is fast developing strength a
a Treiidential candidate.
A number of Democratic newspa
pers in this State are trying to work
up a boom for Samuel J. Randall as
a candidate for President
The Democratic State Committee
Ins fixed upon April the 9th a the
time, and Aileotown as the place for
holding the State Convention of that
party.
The record of the Board of Par
dons sWo that but eight convicts
were pardoned in this State during
the part year. One hundred and
one cases were considered.
At a meeting of the State Central
Committee li.ld in Philadelphia on
Wednesday last, it was determined
to hold the Republican State Con
vention at Harrisburg on Wednes
day, the ICth day of April next
The roll of the Grand Army of
the Republic is said to now contain
the names of two hundred and twenty-live
thousand members, and it is
expected in another year to increase
the number to three hundred thou
sand. A resolution has been adopted by
the Senatw the vote being 25 to 19
providing a clerk for each mem
ber of that body. These clerks are
to he paid six dollars mt day, their
employment to last during the ses
ion only.
The only duty to be performed
by the next Republican State Con
vention will be to select nix dele-gates-at-large
to the Chicago Conven
tion, agree upon three electors, and
nominate a candidate tor Congress-man-at-large.
) Thursday last the House, by
a vote of 270 yeas, to 1 nay, passed
the bill making an appropriation
for the payment of the rebate on tax
on tobacco. Dealers in this State are
interested in this bill to the amount
of $300,000.
Ix arranging a proper form of
government for the Territory of
Alaska, the Senate last week agreed
to a clause prohibiting the importa
tion of intoxicating liquors into that
sterile country, except for medicinal
and scientific purposes.
Os Thursday last Governor Patti
twn appointed Wm. N. Hirst as
Comptroller of Philadelphia, to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of
E. Harper Jeffries. Thus again, the
Republican city of Philadelphia has
a Democratic comptroller.
Ax action was brought in New j
York last week by a seamstress for
four dollars, the price for making
eight dozen shirts. The scoundrel
who had bargained to give this poor
woman at the rate ot four cents each
for making shirts, tried to cheat her
out that pitiful sum.
Our neighbors in Uniontown are
having quite an animated struggle
over the appointment of a new post
master. The applicants are editor ! editor of Carlisle's home organ, has
Sturgis and Charles H. Rush, both j announced, in language more em
of whom have influential friends la-1 phatic thau polite, that the Pennsyl-
boring with the President. We hopt
to see our brother chip win.
E. Hakpkr Jeffries, who was
elected Comptroller of Philadelphia
by the Republicans last fall, died
suddenly on Monday of last week,
haying occupied his office lir only
fifteen days. The Governor will ap
point his successor who will hold
the jvosition until the first of Janu
ary, 1S5.
We suppose there is still enough
niiim v in the Stjit Trpnsurv to mv
, . t
ltr .'inn hpr cvlra bmwiivi of th 1 fr-
-l . -f.i i . . ,
isuture. if the Governor wants to is-'
certain whether
members have changed their views
cn the apportionment question.
Tnv AmAAmAi in th Kentnrlivl
t i . . ii ,t
lye"islature still continues, and it
, , c . .
iiiiiur nlmnit fcrt.iin Hint Senator
Wilt:.. K ,fc.
In that event, it is probable that
Speaker Carlisle will be successfully
nr.t DC a ranHi(te apainst Black-
,rn who r,.w in 'he lead.
SoMEof our enterprising contem -
, , .
poranes apparently forget that per-
tons can be libelled by pictures as
well as by words. The cheap, vil-
lainous lookinz wood-cuts, that are
ftalmed off on the public as portrait
of distinguished or notable men, are
the worst kind of caricatures, well
calculated to hold up to contempt
and ridicule the persons they pre
tead to represent.
The rumor has gained extensive
circulation, that Governor Pattison
has determined to call yet another
extra session of tho Legislature, the
onlv question yet to bo determined
being the time at which it shall as
semble. Senator Gordon, of Phila-'
delphia, the Governor's fast friend,
is given as authority for the state
ment It is hard to believo that the ,
Governor will be guilty of this folly, j
Lot past experiencefhows that there
is no counting upon his being con
Irolibd by prudence, or the advice of
ho level headed members of
his party.
TriE famous "iron clad oath" will
probably soon be a thing of the
past A bill repealing it passed the
House last week by a vote of 185 to
11. It was a perpetual reminder to
the Southern Democrats of their
treason to the Govern went of which
they are now professional wet nurs
es. Col. John L. Ritchey, formerly
Collector of Internal Revenue for
this district, and for several years
past, Auditor of the Cumberland
Valley Railroad, died at his resi
dence in Mercersburg, on Thursday
night last. Col. Ritchey was a gal
lant soldier, and a most estimable
citizen, whose death will be lament
ed by a large circle of friends.
Tee Democrats of Virginia, hav
ing obtained a good round majority
in the Legislature, are now soothinc
their injured feelings by passing a
resolution calling upon Senator Ma
hone to resign. Perhaps one of the
causes moving Governor Pattisen to
convene another extra ses.ion of the
Legislature of this State, is to give
his party friends an opportunity to
extend a similar call to Senators
Cameron and Mitchell.
Senator Edmunds has introduced
a bill providing for the investigation
of the political murders in Virginia
and Mississippi last fall. Of course
a howl of "bloody shirt" politics was
raised by Senators Butler of South
Carolina and Lamar of Mississippi
and the Democratic press of the
country is lending volume to the
cry. If Southern Democrats will re
tire the shot-gun as a persuasive po
litical argument, there will be fewer
bloody shirts at the polls, and no
necessity for further investigations.
The Philadelphia Press says:
"This is a good year to vote the
straight Republican ticket. Partly
because the straight Republican tick
et is good, and partly because the
straight Democratic ticket is not."
Will the ."rev say that two years
since, the straight Republican ticket
was not a good one, or that the
straight Democratic ticket was?
And yet it pave very different advice
at that tinio, the fruits of which we
are now gathering.
A member of Congress from Wis
consin, named Deuster, has attempt
ed to meet the prohibitionists on
their own ground, and has introduc
ed into the House a resolution pro
posing a constitutional amendment
prohibiting Congress and the vari
ous Legislatures from "enacting any
law prohibiting or abridging the
manufacture or sale of any article
composed or prepared in whole or
in part of any product of the soil."
Deuster's idea is to head off amend
ments in State constitutions prohib
iting tne sale and manufacture of
intoxicating liquors, by prohibiting
the States from prohibiting it. If he
isn't a little careful, he will butt
square ut against the doctrine of
"State rights," so dear to the Demo
cratic heart.
It is announced that in fixing an
early day for their convention, the
Democrats ef this State have in
view, "the settling at the earliest
moment the questions that are di
viding and distracting the people.'
This is a huge joke, in view of the
fact that the Democracy of Pennsyl
vania are not to be consulted in re
gard to these "distracting and divid
nig questions. iney may reso
loote' till the cows come home, but
all the same, they will have no
voice in the settlement of the issues
of the coming campaign. All the
world knows that the tariff issue was
settled for them by the "lection of a
free trade Speaker. Watterson, the
vsnia Democrats may go to the
Devil. The party at large have giv
en the State over to the Republi
cans, and Senator Wallace, the most
sagacious leader they have, has
openly declared that the southern
j and Vtftern leaders will take the
reins." The State convention can
meet, and it can ippoint delegates,
and adopt resolutions, but when the
National Convention as?tmbles,
these delegates must take back seats
ad dance to the music that the
Southern and Western frte trade
1 leaders provide. It matters
little.
i therefore, when the State Convention
... .
is tioia, tne least, to which us dele
Kaie u" aul""1 aire!,u i i
gates
! spread.
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Superintendent MacAlister has
i beeu giving the common school svs-
, , -
1 tern of Philadelphia a shaking up,
1 '
, that meets with the approbation of
the intelligent, thoughtful people of
that city, and can be studied with
profit by the people of the entire
i frt1- commences with the true
theory that the common or primary
j hools are intended for the educa-
,;An 0f the rhn.lrpn of the eiennle '
tion of the children o! the Pple,,
! not as is the old idea, that th.y j
re mereiy preparau.rj Ueprwuii
i ,or lhe n ana normal schools.
This is a common sense view, be- j
cause a large proportion of our chil
dren receive no other schooling, and j
because children who go up higher
are thoroughly grounded in the ele-1
ments. It is a patent fact, familiar
to all, that many of our normal
school graduates, while masters ef
the more showy branches, are sadly
deficient in thorough elementary
knowledge. But one of the most
salutary reforms proposed by Super
intendent MacAUister, is the light
ning of the burdens of the younger
scholars, and the breaking npof the
old cramming machine 6ystm,
which makes the exercises consist of
a. recitation of lessons learned by
rote. As most of our schools are
now Managed the teachers do not
teach ; they simply hear recitations
of kssons learned from parents at
home, and committed to memory,
without the pupil understanding the
subject or the matter which he is
professedly taught. People who pay
high taxes for the maintenance of
public schools do not think that
they ought to do the teaching also,
or may not have the time, and hence
the childsen do not receive the ben
efits they are entitled to. Too much
is attempted in many of ourschaols.
Children of tender years are daily
seen toddling to school with a slate
and half a dozen books, from each
of which they are expected to re
cite a lesson, which of course cost
hours of labor at hom to memorize.
Thus the hours of study are unnat
urally prolonged, and the child suf
fers both in bodily and mental
health. "All work and no play
makes Jack a dull boy," is an adage
as wise as it is old. The ambition
of the parents as well as that of the
teacher, is often to blame for the
over-work of the child. Slower prog
ress and more thorough knowledge
will in the end be most profitable.
We believe with Mr. MacAlhster
that out of school study should be
dispensed with, at least among the
younger pupils. The hours allotted
for school are sufficient for study.
What cannot be learned one day can
be postponed till the next, and when
school is over, the child should be
allowed to play, and go to bed and
enjoy peaceful sleep, undisturbed by
dreams of unmastered lessons, and
other chimera of a wearied brain.
Under this reform the teachei will
have to do something more than
book in hand, to hear the children
recite the lessons they have laamed
by rote. They wili have ta teach
and satisfy the intelligence of their
pupils, by means for which no pro
vision has yet been made in our
school rooms. To accomplish this
will be vastly more difficult than
hearing recitations, and will require
in some instances, better qualified
teachers. To secure this better work
the cl.isses must be feworand small
er, and more teachers must be em
ployed. We are getting as much
out of the teachers now as we pav
for and we do not censure them be
cause, by reason of the large number
of pupils, and the multitude of stud
ies they can do little else than hear
recitations. Superintendent Mac
Aliister has opened up a wide field
of study for parents and school di
rectors, and we believe we do them
a service by calling their attention
and thoughts to it.
A Large Coke Pool.
Pittsburg, January 23. Informa
tion was obtained this afternoon of
a gigantic pool to control the Con
nellsville coke trade. Already the
Frick Coke Company, Shoonmaker
& Co., the McClure Cke Company
and the Connellsville Coke and Iron
Company, have entered into the ar
rangensent. These firms own 0,400
of the 9,000 ovens in the region. Of
the balance, 700 are owned by blast
furnace companies who consume
their product. This leaves but 1,900
ovens outside of the pool. Their
owners are expected to become mem
bers. If they refuse, the plan is to
purchase their output for a long pe
riod. This will give the pool com
plete control of the trade, and make
restriction of the product and better
prices possible. The selling price of
coke at present is from 95 cents to
$1 per ton, and it is stated that some
orders have been filled at less rates.
An immediate advance of 2-5 per
cent may be looked for The capital
of the parties to the pool is not less
than 610,000,000.
The Words Devil and Hell.
Richmond, January 21. Last
night the Rev. P. A. Peterson, allud
ing to the origin of Methodism in
America, said "that 100 years ago
the first Methodist sermon was
preached in a sail loft on William
street. New York, by Philip Emberg,
an Englishman, and tho congrega
tion consisted of 3 white men and a
negro. When Parson Williams
preached the first sermon at Norfolk,
Va., he was pronounced a lunatic
by the people because he used the
words devil and hell. The people
of that locality did not believe in the
existence of either 100 years ago.
The first Methodist sermon preach
ed in Petersburg, Va., was delivered
in the old theatre. The people un
dertook to mob the minister, but he
held his ground. A tire engine was
procured, however, and a stream of
water thrown upon the congregation
had the effect of scattering it."
Burglars Defeated.
Cleveland, January 24. Last
night William Rolf, a merchant at
oilingwood, seven miles east of here
was aroused by a loud explosion in
his store. Hastily dressing himself,
he ran to ascertain the cause, where
. . . .. . .
upon five .burglars assailed him with
pistols, firing several shots. Rolf
showed fight, and the burglars, fear
ing the arrival of assistance, depart
ed, but on retiring fired more vol
leys, in all ten or fifteen shots. Rolf
was unin jured, and began an exam-
j inatjon 0'f the store to see what had
j been stolen. The burglars thereupon
returned, and appeared about to
make another attack, but they were
frightened away by the appearance
of Bame neighbors. They had tried
to blow open the safe, which cou-
tained a tempting surr of money,
but hao tailed to complete their work
RM yJ Th made
a bolJ aiteiD and djd notJhe8itate
- even at a murderous assault.
Kloplng Consinti.
Fair Haves, January 24. Since
last Saturday Mr. Dare Johnson, dry
goods clerk, twenty-five years old,
and his cousin, Jennie Pierson, five
years younger, have been missing
from their homes here. To-day it
has become known from letters sent
by them that they bad eloped, no
one knows whither. Johnson leaves
a wife whom he married thirteen
months ago. Before he was married
he was a lover of Miss Pierson, but
her parents would not permit the
marriage on account oftha kinship
of the Dair.
A Marderer Lynched.
Galveston, January 22. A re
port has arrived here from Lockhart
which says that Sam Brown, who
killed an old taan named . Martin
last summer, was taken from jail on
Saturday night by a mob of masked
men and shot to death. His body
was. horribly mangled.
FIFTY-8RVEN M V KILLED.
Appalling Disaster In Colorado.
GexNisox, Col., Jan. '11. At eight
o'clock this morning a terrible explo-1
sion occurred at t ret teU lutte, "
this county, in the cc al mine of the
Colorado Coal and Ii on Company.
There were sixtv seve men in the
mine at the time of the explosion.
Of these eleven, who v 'erejust enter
ing, wers thrown back by the force
of the explosion and rescued. Of
this number one has since died and
all theothers are tadly injured.
There are fifty six me o yet in and the
mine is blocked i.p so they cannot be
reached. They are all supposed to
be dead. The explosion was of such
force as to wreck the engine house,
which stood fully one hundred feet
from the entrance to the mine.
The explosion was one of the
most appalling in its consequences
that eyer occurred in a coal mine in
this country. Crested Butte, near
which the mine is located, is a coal
town about thirty miles north of
Gunnison, on the Denver and Rio
Grande Railroad. The cause of the
explosion is not known, but is sup
posed to havebeen from fire damp.
It occurred in either chambei 1 or 2
just half an hour after the day force
r 1 1 . t 'I1 -
oi w men nau jimew worn.. ien
were at work in the chamber. All
of these escaped unhurt, except one
man, John Angus, who was in the
passageway just outside the cham
ber. He is badly burned, but will
recover.
FIFTY-SEVEN MEN DEAD.
Fifty-seven men were at work in
chambers 1 and 2. These are all
thought to be perished. The explo
sion was of such force as to com
pletely barricade the main entrance
and the appliances for supplying
air located near were badly wrecked
and the roof of the tramway was
blown ofl. The man at work on the
anthracite mesa, the night force of
the Colorado Coal and Iron Com
pany's mine and the citizens gener
ally have been working hard all
day to rescue the meu, although it
is thought that none of them can
possibly escape alive. The Town
Hall has been prepared for the recep
tion of the dead. As soon as possi
ble the fan was repaired and put to
work pumping air into the mine,
and men were set to work to remove
the obstructions, so as to reach the
chambers and get the bodies out to
night if jtossible.
A HEARTRENDING SCENE.
Many of these are married men
and leave families. A number of
the families reside in Denver. At
present everything is in such confu
sion that it is impossible to give de
tails. A special train lett here at
2 o'clock this at'teonoon with surgeons
and a number of citizens to render
all the aid possible. The town of
Crested Butte is in mourning.
Crowds of women cluster about the
entrance to the mine, wringing their
hands and crying piteously, presen
ting a most heartrending scene. It
is said that at the time of the explo
sion there were ten kegs of black
powder in chambers 1 and 2, where
the men were working and where
the explosion is supposed to have
taken place. The mine has three
miles of drifting, consequently it is
impossible to definitely lcate the
accident, at least until rescuing
parties can gain admittance.
Why Pot masters are ilesiguinjf.
Washington, January 24. Since
the beginning of the present session
of Congress eighteen postmasters of
the Presidential grade have resigned
their office, six resignations having
been received in one day of last
week. Officials at the postoffice de
partment declare that such a num
ber of resignations in so short a time
is unprecedented. The reason given
for the resignations are dissatisfac
tion with the recent readjustment,
resulting in some cases in lowering
of salaries, and, with the small al
lowances made by the department
for clerk hire, office equipments and
other items, which compel the post
masters to spend their own means in
the maintenance of the postal ser
vice. In the case of third-class
presidential post offices no allow
ance is made for clerk hire, office
rent or other expenses, and returns
received at the department shrw
that up to October first last the
priidential postmasters, numbering
3,000, have paid $140,000 from their
own salaries during the fiscal year
for clerk hire plone.
The Preparations
Washington, January 21. The
Executive Committee appointed by
the last Republican caucus to per
fect the organization .of the Repub
lican Congressional Committee met
at the Ailington to-night. Mr. His
cock, of New York, was elected
chairman of the committee, but he
declined that honor because he
could not spare the time to prop
erly discharge the duties of the of
fice. Senator Hawley was then
elected chairman, and the following
Executive Committoe was appoint
ed: Messrs. Havvley, of Conn ; Al
lison, of Iowa : Davis of III : Wash
burn of Minnesota; McKinley of
Ohio; Hiscock of New Yoik ;
; Campbell of Pennsylvania ; Croft" of
West irgiiua; l'ettibone of len
nesseu ; O'llara of North Carolina;
Miller of California ; Peelle of Indi
ana, and Aldrich of Rhode Island.
Sudden Death.
IiOCKPORT, January 24. J. F.
Wilbur and Miss Kittie Burke were
married at the Cathedral in Roches
ter on Wednesday of la6t week, in
the presence of a large gathering ot
their friends, snd on their bridal tour
came to this city, to visit Joshua
Wilbur, editor " of the Lockport
Xeus, and bis wife, parents of the
groom. This afternoon at four
o'clock, just as they were bidding
the parents good-bye and about to
enter their carriage for the train, the
young bride of a week suddenly
threw up her hands and expired in
the arms of her father-in-law. Cause,
heart disease. The deceased was a
most prepossessing person, was but
twenty years of age, and, though in
delicate health, had not complained
of feeling bad previous to her death.
Fred Douglass.
Washington, January 24. Fred
Douglass, the well-known colored
leader, was married in this city this
evening to Miss Helen M. Pitts, a
white woman, formerly of Avon, N.
Y. The wedding, which took place
at the house of Dr. Gritnke, of the
Presbyterian church,, was private,
only two witnesses being present.
The first wife of Mr.' Douglass, who' State Normal school here this morn
was i colored woman, died about a ing He was a student at the school,
year ago. The woman he married j and roomed ia the third story,
to-day is about thirty-five years of While trying to crawl from his win-
age, ana was empioyea as a copyisi
in his office. Mr. Douglass himself,
is about seventy-three years of age,
and his daughters are as old as his
wife.
A Reign of Terror.
YotTSfiSTowN, January 22. Berlin
Towuxhip, this county, has been
Inleclt!
for venrH hv . cunfr ttf lunr.
ieg9 ,liur(ierer9 who'have from time
to time engaged in various outrages
I a;ust i hidino- farmers rid
against law abiding farmers and
citizens. W hrnever persons appear
ed against members of the gang they
were sure subsequently to become
the victims of personal violence or
else to have their property destroyed.
j The nans has been eniraeed making
counterfeit money, and government
detectives have occasionally cap
tured one or more of the counter
feiters, but the illicit money unoul
d ing was still kept up, while horses
w ;re stolen, barns burned and other
outrages were perpetrated. Of late
the lawabiding class of residents
oranized to wipe out the gang and
measures have been taken toward
that end. Instead of quieting the
effect has been to make the gang
more defiant and desperate.
THE CITIZENS COWED.
Last Thursday night the Post Of
fice at North Lima, the principal
village of the township, was plunder
ed abd everything of value was tak
en. While the citizens know full
well who were t.le guilty parties
they are afraid to either complain
or appear against them. Absolute
terror has taken possession of the
peaceable citizens, who are offering
to sell their farms and personal
effects at uny price and fleeing the
country. Last night the largest barn
in the township, belonging to Noah
Blssser, was burned to the ground.
with its contents, including machine
rv, vra'u and hay, valued at
$4,000..
a scoundrel's revenge.
Ploer on Saturday had appeared
as a witness for the state and identi
fied line of the gang as having par
ticipated in the burning of Chariest I
Graham's hwuse lat week. Land
worth $130 an aero three years ago
is now seeking a buyer at $40 o.'
less. The lawless company is reign
ing as supreme as everthe Klu Klux
Klan did in the South.
The State finds the greatest possi
ble difficulty in dealing with tb
matter owing to the terror of the
citizens, who will not testify againut
these high handed outlaws. A Vig
ilance committee, organized lot it
night, have given notice that they
propose to stop lawlessness, an d
have warned the gang on penalty i if
death t leave. What the resu It
will be is a matter of conjecture.
A Miller's Frightful Death.
Columbia, Pa., January 1G. Irwi n
I. Eckert met with a terrible death
this morning while attending to hi 8
duties as miller at the flouring mi'll
oi josepn rtricKier, wuicn is ioci'-
ted nKoiit two miles south if
WrighUjville. His lifeless bod y
was discovered between 10 and 1 1
o'clock this morning by two me a
who had gone to the mill on busines ?.
When found it wps wrapped arouu d
the horizontal shaft of one of th e
bolts. The men were unable to sto p
the machinery and were obliged to
go half a mile to procure assistance.
The machinery was then stepped
a 1 1 1 the mangled remains removed.
Both legs and amis and several rit
were broken and the skull fractured.
It is believed that the clothing of
the unfortunate man, who was alor.e
at the time, was caught by the shaft
while he was attending to something
about it, and that he was whirled
around an it until life was beaten
from the body. Deceased was only
twenty three years of age and unmar
ried. He has relatives residing in
and around Harrisburg. The news
of the accident was carried Lv the
men who discovertd the body to the
fjrui-house of Jacob btrickler.
Six Deaths from Milk Sickness.
Lafayette, January 24. Ten
weeks ago several members of the
family of Benjamin Fulks, a farmer
in .Shelby . Township, Tippecanoe
County, this state, were taken ill
with a strange malady, attended with
extreme nervousness. The family
consisted of Mr. Fulks, his wife, six
children and a young lady friend
and member of the family. They
had all used freely the milk and
butter of the cows on the farm. The
first death was of a daughter nine
years old, which was followed by
the deaths of a son, aged thirteen
and a daughter, aged eleven. The
death of Mis Rettenour, a young
lady living with the family, follow
ed next. Then an infant child died
and on last Tuesday night Mr.
Fulks died, Mrs. Fulk'sis now
lying at the point of death.
The facts have just commenced
attracting attention here, since the
physicians that have attended the
patients pronounce their malady
milk sickness.
Messrs. Hiscox & Co. call special
attention to the fact that after April
1(J, 1S83, the name and style of this
preparation will hereafter be simply
Parker's Tonic. The word '"Ginger''
is dropped, for the reason that un
principled dealers are constantly de
ceiving their patrons by substituting
inferior preparations under the name
of Ginger ; and as ginger is an un
important flavoring ingredient in
our Tonic, we are sure that our
friends will agree with us as to the
.ropriety of the change. There will
lie no change, however, in the prep
aration itself; and all bottles re
maining in the hands of dealers,
wrapped under the name of "Pahk
f.rs Gixgek Toxic," contain the gen
uine medicine if the signature ot
Hiscox & Co. is at the bottom of the
outside wrapper.
A I tempt at Suicide.
Mkadville, January 24 On
Tuesday evening last Mrs. Robert
A. Hume, the mother ef children
between the ages of three and four
teen years, residing in Woodsock
township, near this city, attempted
Buicide by shooting herself in the
left breast with a revolver. The bul
let struck a rib, glanced off te the
left and passing around lodged hack
of the left shoulder. The act was
committed in the presence of her
husband and oldest daughter. Mrs.
Humes has been subject to epileptic
fits for some time, and that is the
only reason assigned lor the act. It
is feared now that the wound will
prove fatal.
A Frightful Death.
Bloomsm-rg. Pa., Jan. 25. A
young man named George Supplee,
aged seventeen years, son of 'Squire
Supplee, of Jerseytown, Columbia
countv, met with a horrible death at
aow to mat oi an aujoining room ne
lost his hold and full to the ground,
being instantly killed. His neck w
broken. A sister of young Supplee
is also a student here.
Snowed In.
Erie, Jan. 23 Eighteen young
ladies and gentiemk, who left Krie
; on Monday, in a large sleigh on a
j pleasure trip to Harbor Creek, in
i lenuin? w return t he
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arnveu iiQiiie yesterday alter passing , 0y tt.e Democrrts. Later a resom
through a fearful experience in a tiou was wfiere-l from the Republi-snow-drift.
The party left Krie on 1 can (,ide of the House to investigate
Monday afternoon to accept the invi- iie charges ot corru ptiou in securing
tation of Hon. John Cox, who lives' (,, nomination. This was defeuttd
10 miles from the city. The youn"
people arriced after a couple of hours
ride and were entertained with terp
sichorean amusement after midnight.
Then a start was made tor home,
but while they had been dancing u
terrible snow storm had commenced
and the roads were made iui passable
by drifts. The road was lost and the
party found themselves traversing
fields and encountering obstructions
that on more than one occision came
near causing a fatal accident. The
road between Erie and Ha-bor Creek
is rilled with ravines, gu'lies and
other dangerous places, down which
the affrighted young people were
fearful of plunging every minute.
At last the horses could go no fur
ther. The enow was up to thir
necks and a few more steps would
have buried them beneath it. It
was now 3 a m. and the storm was
still raging. The air was piercing
cold, and some f the terror-stricken
girls were benumbed and crying in
great distress. Among the party
was a school teacher with several of
her scholars, for whwm she held
herself responsible. The anguish of
the lady was piteous.
That they would all be frozen to
death before succor came was the
opinion of many, and the violence of
the storm was made more awful by
the shrieks and cries that were added j
to the howling blast. Several chiv-'
alrous young men removed their
coats and wrapped them around the
trirls and were frostbitten themsel
ves. The first to succumb was Miss
Annie Laws, who fainted from ex
posure and fright. In a short time
her sister, Mits Lizzie, lost conscious
ness. All seemed lost, when lights
were seen coming. The sturdy
farmers had been aroused and soon
shovels and axes were at work
breaking down fences and clearing i
away the snow from the buried
party. Th inanimate girls and
frozen folks were removed to various
farm ho isas, and a -S o'clock a. m.
another start was made. The storm
had subsided, but it took nenrly an
other day to get over the few remain
ing miles.
Criminals llrrak Jail.
i of Catharine Maloney, who died in
Jackson Court Hopsk, O.Janu-1 a p,,r. yesterday, in a coffin he ask
ary 2:J. Luks and Ihll Jones. whoed a daughter of the deceased, Mrs.
have been in jail here awaiting their Gra v, if she desired to have the
hanging, February 20, fur the mur- lcrpse redressed. Mr. Gray said,
der ofAndersoT Lac key last month, ..r) . chuck her in the wavshe is."
pried open tl eirctll door at noon j W(1(.'n th lid .w,-is screwed' on she
to-day while tho two guards were at i j.,,, ori thecofli-.i and danced like
dinner, and niund themselves m j a maniac, and mlv ceased her antics
the corridor, where they captured when compelled "to do so by the
jeicuvci n me ?uuru. i .
vucii luaiicu vut nuts iuuii 1I
the jail, when thev met Frederick
Keea, mejaiiwr, and, putting revol
vers to hit head, overpowered and
tied him. The coast was now clear.
They walked rapidly out of the front
eloorot'the jail, and, as they were in
citizens garb, had gone througli sev
eral btrr-ets from the jail before the
alarm was given.
The guards and a large body of
citizens skirted in pursuit. The
escaped murderers ran for the hil!s
on the E;t of the town, which they
rapidly climbed. Five hundred
citizens armed with guns and revol
ver, gave ch.nse Mid b'ought the
murderers to bay in a ravine, where
they opened fue on their pursuers.
Luke Jones was so badly wounded
in the melee that it in feareel he will
not live to lie hanged ; both prisoners
then begged for quarter and were
taken back to jail.
Tlie Lotteries and the Mails.
Washi.vcto.n, January 24. The
Postmaster General was in consulta
tion with the Senate committee on
post offices and post roads this morn
ing in relation to the use of mails by
lottery iximpanies. A subcommittee,
consisting of .Senator Sawyer, Wilson
and Jackson, was; appointed to
consider the matter at greater
length and to further consult with
the postmaster General. Informal
opinions expressed by members of
the committee lead to the belief that
they will favor the exclusion from
the mails of all newspapers
containing lottery advertisements
and the withholding ef money er
ders and registered fetters addressed
to lottery companies, f he committee
ordered a favorable report upon the
House bill making all public high
ways post roads. Tiie committee
decided to devote its next regular
meeting to the consideration of the
postal te'.ograph bill. Dr. Norvin
Green, president ef the. Western
Union Telegraph Company, and Mr.
Gardner G. Hubbard are expected
to be present.
Terrihln Death.
Daxvillk, January 21. Tws
children of S.imuel Mottern, while
playing nn the frozen riverthisalter
noon, tell into an airhole. The
Vfllirt.rk;t j.Iiil.l vna flrnwntirl Tlio
two bovs floater down itream :ihout
lilt v vlrd. the fhlf-st. ru.Himr.m ta
,w
his "brother with one hand ani
tlutchirsr the edae of the ice with
the other. When thev reacheel the
lower
ee'.e the smallest boy was
sucked under the ice by the current
the other avoiding the same fate
with difficulty. An alarm was given
and n large crowd of men broke the
ice all afternoon but
not been found.
the body has
A Lock. I'p Fired by Tramps.
Asiilaxi), Pa., January 24. The
stone building in which the station
house and Council chamber are lo
cated took fire early this morning,
and before the fire department arri
ved, was almost destroyed. The
lower room was used for lodging
tramps, and as several of them
bunked there last night it is
supposed, through their careless
ness it was set on fire. One of
them has been arrested and will be
held for trial.
Shot hf Her Brother.
Petrolia, Jan. 14 Thomas Wal
ley accidentally shot his six-year-old
sister this morning while carelessly
handling a revolver. The ball enter
ed the base of the brain and lodged
under the left ear. The child will
die.
A Big Leak in a Pipe lane.
West Milton, Jan. 24. The
Tidewater Pipe Line passing thraugh
ftKia nlipa Klircf naur h&ra liul nitTt.t
f,., w-.o.
and It 13 estimated that 1,'JUU barrels
f nil lmv heen lout Trvdiv a lurre
OI Oil liave oetn lOSl. 1 0-tiay a Urj.e
force of men have been engaged
shoveling ashes and earth upon the
escaping Oil tO prevent it from Uk-
ing fire,
Parnesltatillcalion.
Columbus January 22. The re
sult of the election lor Senator,
which took place ia the Houses sep
(Mteitf vet-terdav. was declared in
J J . : I . I
I ' . . . , . . I1IIH11 I' I I f
i join I Cull veil lion w-imv uni.
only half of the Republicans voting
for it.
Mr. Payne arrived to-night and
was escorud by a committee to the
Capitol, where "the Democratic cau
cus was in session, and made a
speech approving the caucus decrees
on all mailers politicial. To-iaor-
row a banquet will be tenuereu iy
! uie.ubers of the legislature, State
officers una others.
JfclO Cwuvlcta Itemoved from a PrUon.
Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 2R. A
i fire broke out ut the State. Pri.-on at
Stillwater last night and all the
buildings were destroyed. The pris
onersincluding the Younper broth
ers were takeu out and placed un
der a strong guard in the yard. The
fire caught uuder the main office of
the car company, and at 1 o'clock it
became evident that the prison was
doomed. Company K, of the State
malitia, was called upon to assist in
removing the convicts, about 33'J of
whom were shackled together by
means of long, fine chains and re
moved to different points in the
prison grountls. The loss is about
oof),OUO. All the property was own
ed by the State.
A HAVING MANIAC.
Erie, Pa., Jan. 2S. Gustave
Baumgartner, a young man of good
parents and fine musical talents is
a raving maniac in the county jail
as the result of injuries 4 received in
a bar-room tight a few .months ago.
Last night he tore every stitch of
'clothing from his body and then at
tempted to take his life by hanging
himself, and latterly by butting
his;
brains out iigainst the iron bars of
his cell door.
An attempt was made by Warden
I Rathburn to-day to put a suit of
clothes on the maniac but he r sisted
ami attacked the Warden with such
desperate ferocity that the official
i was glad to uet the bars between
I them.
Kaiicintr on a Colli a.
1 i
1 ri'wiiirv
January 22. Whmi
inn undertaker was putting the body
; Consul f. The whul aim y
were
i intoxicated.
Kit rued Willi Vitriol.
Bi klinotox, N. J., January 23.
Mrs. Joseph Vandigreft, of this city,
was the victim Monday evening of a
fiendudi assault with vitriol. She has
been robbed and assaulted before;
this time her enemies came near
killinir her. About 7 o'clock, as she
was going to a store for provisions,
a heavily inulHed man threw a liq
uid into her face, which she describ
es as feeling very cc-ld t first, but
which immediately began sating
into her face, neck and hands, and
proved to be oil of vitriol. So clew
has been discovered to the ruffian.
I'-niteit Stales iseiiaf ort-hip.
Dks Moixes, January 22. The
Senate balloted for a United States
Senator to succeed Mr. Allison with
the following result: Allison, Rep.,
;; Hall, Dem., 10; Kinne, Deni.,
1. One Senator, Mr. Glass, Rep.,
was absent.
The ballot ef the House was as
follows: Allison, Rep., 52; Hall.
Dem., oS; Clark, Greunhae ker, 10.
Four Democrats voted with the fatter
who number onlv G.
Fatal Leap.
York. Jan. 2b At 7:30 this morn
ing Adam Luckabauh met a hor
rible death at Strickhoueer" ore
bank, on the Hanover and Gttys
burjr Kail road, 12 miles from Yerk,
by junin into the shaft of th
mine, 1(H) feet tle'ep. He was em
ployed as a lander, anel while e'lip
tyin:i bucket afore into the car, ami
not knowing of his neglect to close
the mouth of the shaft jumped into
the yawning abyss. His body was
horribly crushed. He was 28 years
of age and had a wife and two chil
dren. Smalljiox,
Indianapolis, January, 23. Ten
days ago a prisoner ii- the county
jail was attacked by smallpox. He
was removed to the pest house but not
before other prisoners had contract
ed the disease. Yesterday ami to
day sixteen other prisoners devel
oped symptoms ot the diseu.se and
were removed to the pest-house.
i 'i-i. . !-.:. : - .l . -l
"T . . 1" V"w 111 l"c
it is expected that others will
j he stacked by the disease. There
! i,r.' no m th.e C1T excTl at the
; J a f li')use.
A Southern Outrage.
Atnunx, Ky., Jan. 24. George
Ilardison and Harrv Hrnnsnn w.tp
j killed by each ether in a street fwht
j to-day, the result of a family feud
dating back sixteen years, when
i James Ilardison, the father of Geo.
killed Branson's father with a broad-
axe. ine nmsiines oi ootn men
were cut. Both men belonging to
wealthy families. More trouble is
expected.
IXELUTOIt S NOTICE.
Estate of John P. Put man. deed, late of MMdle
ereek township, Somerset County, Pa.
Letter testamentary on the ahore estate bar
ing been grunted to the andersiirned, notice ts
herrby Ktven to all persons indebted to said estate
to make immediate payment, and those having
claims against tne tame will present them dulf
authentic ed Inrssttltm nt. on Saturday. Mart'tt
.!-, at the late residence of said decea;ed
siu.i n r.MAN,
Jn:3. Eiecutor
EX
XECUTORS' NOTICE.
Estate of Lauras Horhstetler, dee'd late of Jeff
erson township, Somerset Count?, fa.
Letters testamentary on the above estate
bavins: been granted to toe undersigned by the
proper authority, notice Is hereby given to all
uersons indebted to said estate to maiia immjuii.
ate payaaent, and those having claims against the
same tv present mem ouiy authenticated lorseu
tlemnt on Saturday. February i.lma, at theot
flee ot tne Kxecutor, In New Centreville.
A A HON WILL,
dee.2.) Executors.
JgXECUTOiTS NOTICE.
Estate of John P. Grady, late of Jenner Two
Somerset Co., Pa., deed.
Letters testamentary on the abore-estate having
: been granted to the nnderslgned t y the proper
1 ntuor"T- not,f? neb' given to all persons
,n,feBMj to said este to mk Immediate pv
mfnt"'nBhin,tJ'0nJ Main me same
! tuem" wni"1 V7hrulSVTri!!t,,
jthereaideneeofae fcxec.wr.
jauii tieeuwr.
RED LETTERSAU
OF
OVERCOATS!
There is now in progress
ddlC UJ Jl t-l lUffid.
Before the
and have reduced our prices
Some Overcoats will be selling
Less Money Than They Cost.
The object is to get rid of our Winter Stock to make
fba other gootls.
Those requiring Overcoats
Calling On Us.
This is no humbug sale.
left on tho goods and the
in rl-r,A in vorl !nlr ii n 1 prii rn t li
uiuintu in j . ......
everything is straightlorwaru.
YOU WILL MISS IT
If you fail to visit us before making your purchases.
L. m:. woolf
T7te One-Price Clothier, Hatter, Furnish r.
JSTE"W STORE,
Johnstown, Pa
Absolutely Pure.
This powder never Taries. A marvel of parity
strength an-l wlioleomenes. More eronoin cal
than the oislinarr kind, and cannut te !' in
competition with the multitude of low tet. t ori
weiKbt, alum or pbiphale powders. Sold only t
cam. Koyal Hakino Powder Co 1" Wall it.
ft. V.
fT f f a week at hn
Mk. Iv l-k Pr r.olutelT
r 1 1 lital not rqull
J J VJn! I.ujIir-m
hnme. l& outfit free.
elv sure. No rifle, e'atv
Ired. Reader, if ti u
l-m at which persons id
e:,heriex, younft orold, can make irreat pay all
the time they work. Willi absolute ortamtv,
write tor particulars to H. Uau.itt, Kortln:,
Mrine. - lanj.
AYER'S
Cherry Pectoral.
No other complaints are so in3idioos in their
attack as those affecting the throat and lungv
none so trifled with by the majority of suffer,
ere. The ordinary cough or cold, resulting
perhaps from a trifling or unconscious ex
posure, is often but the beginning of a fatal
sickness. Aviv's Cuerkv Fecioral has
well proven its efficacy in a forty years' fljhs
with throat aud lung diseases, auU should he
taken in eases without delay.
A Terrible Cough Cared.
" In 1A.-.7 1 t'wk a severe cold, which affected
my mm.'". 1 had a tumble cou?b. and passed
nulil altur nrzUl without sleep. Tliedoctnr-t
Riiveme ti. I tried AVKR's ClIKRKY 1'nr
i"it.L. which relieved my Ihiict, induced
sleep, ami afforded me the rest necessary
l"r th.- recovery of my strength. Br the
continued use ! tho Pectoral a penua
ii' iit cure n.is effected. I am now years
old. hxie and hearty, and am satisfied your
Itu.iiKY 1'kitokai, saved me.
Holt.U-K KAIKMtOTnER."
liocliingliani, Vu, duly li, li'.
Croup. A Mother's Tribute.
" While in the country last winter my little
hoy, threw yearsidd.wastakcn ill with croup;
it weiiied ng if he would die from straiiEU
l:it ion. i uc f the family sugcedted the uso
ot Avkii'm CliEitKV l'Ei TOK,i a bottle of
Winch 'A.U alnavs kept in the homse. 'J'hi
was tried in small and frequent doses, and
toour i!cliilit in less tlinn half an hour tlm
l.t:e p'tient. was breailiinit e:isily. Tho doc
tor s., ..! Hi t tli t'liniiiv 1'k roiiir. ha.l
save i n.v darling life. Can tou womlcr at.
our n:ite:ev sincerely yonn,
J!. !'MMA Crvrr."
1".J W.t utU St., Sew Vork, -May Id, If?.
" I have iwed .writ Cheery PErroRAr.
In rav family for several vears, and do not
h.'itnta to pronounce it the most effectual
r-medy for coughs aud colds we have ever
t'ied. A..H R.vsn. "
Lake Crystal, Minn., March 13, 12.
" I suffered for eizht years from Bronthitie.
and alter tn :ii( many remedies with no suc
cess. as cured by the use of A ylk' I'rer
r.v Pkt..e t.. .losri-u Walde.n.-'
l.vhulia, Mi., April 5, li-i
' I cannot sav enouih in praise of .A ytr'
CnEItKY Pit t.u: 4L, t-ciievini! as I do that
but for its use 1 should ions .-dure have died
from lung troubles. K. BRA6DCH. '
Palestine, Texas, April 22, 1W2.
No case of an affection of the throat or
Innsi exists which cannot be greatly relieved
by the use of ArWn CnEBRV Pectoral,
and It wiU ahcaijs rare when the disease is
not already beyond the control of medicine.
PREPARED BT
Dr.J.C.Ayer4Co.,L9weU)rV1a8S.
Sold by all Druggists.
0 one fcaT
They Beguhts the Circulation ol
1 trie ENTIRE EODT.
revent Cold FnetTBr!
and ail troubles ari'iug from imperfect circu. at ion,
cure ICilrX.WATlS.tlof the feet and ail k.u.i.cl
irouhics. absolutely prevent Cocons axd IniiM,
lntnltt for Lmt-tt art rery Mia. Jiailo to i ai j
shoe. Sold by Prufrtits and shoe dealer or M:i.t
by mall post-paid, price SO eta. per iir.
W1LSU.S1A ilAfiNKTKl APW.IANC K CO.,
Jo JJroadway, New York, N. Y.
oetj4.
"yrALUABLE PROPERTY
FOR S JLXjE !
I will sell at private sale the OLD SWANK
TAN NEItY PROPERTY at Davidsville. Cone
mauKh township The tannery buitdlnir was
lately destroyed by fire, but there are 44 vau in
atood condition, and tha m.pi,ii ... :i
in Rood shape. There Is nearly.half an' acre of
ic round, on which thre Is erected a one and a hall
story frame
DWELLING HOUSE.
The property Is In the mu r. a.
,rj. .u.i me water is ol the very nest for utanina;
-'" mis valuable
orooertv eneau
vs very easy terms,
call on or address
Eur lunher particulars
(pfiiyEfiicQmFEEw
A. KOr.HLER.
DavidaviUo. Pa.
at our store a preat SVri,
i- wmu tu uisposc 0j
our
Season Ends,
from 10 to 4Jf) p(l. f
at f''
will get real genuine barir
The old tickets and old pr:f, .
new and greatly remind p
ifi tliflt tlir simnl..f i
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HVTAI'TsT STREET,
ANNUAL
Financial Statens:
F THE
j FARMER UKMAHIJE
SI
i Somerset C'ountv I
VMI THE YEAK EXIUX'i
Li
Number of Member
Total amt. of i-cur aub. to ass s?:n"iV: 41
.Mills as-cssed during year "
Ke.ources of 'u. I)ec.31, l-SJ....ji!n, j
duriiz yearlisj ""uot
Total ' , ,
LIABILITIES
,tn"t liue Dec 31. I.'
ol io8d by nre d jnnif yenr si j iij ..y
Due I r all other expenses ,n. lu
U:nn pay cjin exuneratlots. 4 - n
Tola! j
Excess ol resources
RECEIPTS.
Received on ass smenis
for uieintierstnp
lial. in Treas. at last s ulemeut. .; :
Total
DISBTKSKMENTS.
Paid Henrv Sold i lull oi ins... ; j
- Mauiu. 1 It. tluaicv ... m .
' roiotnon J. ria. r " :..
" Peter Brown ... j.tiu
Samuel . Beacuy part "...
' C'hrl.-t Petermau" - " ... jio w
" rvur linmbauid. d..maice l
' 1. .1. Krubrxtr. See. salary '
" K J. W ker, Treat, salary iv
" ldrectors for se vices u
" President, lorservices Urn
" For Printing Ac ")
" for Postage and Stationery 1. v
iUi.-eei.aiieou.4 expenses...', i"
Total v
Balance in Treasury
KESOUIHJESDEC. 31. H 3.
Amount ia Treasury i ;u., a
ewtst iiiin on Implicates Z.,' j
Total... .
LIABILITIES I 'EC. 1, 1-w.
Sam'l (..ii;er. lull i asMir.inee.. TJJ v)
loeet h Walker, .. Psu '
am'l i. Keachy. part ' .ej
Christian Petermau part " .. '-
Total j.
llesources in excess oi li. l.iiitie-.
Kkvarr The insurance r.i S:u::u'! 1
main appear under h. ad li ihii.ii?.
iU;nee ui unsctlieit 1 tiit iti.m
PHILIP HAY. Pn-; r
1. J. KKl B Kl.h. Nr-iet'23-t.
E. J. WALK ho. Irea-a:
QR MI
AN'S' COl'KT S.U.K.
OF
1 Y Yirtae of an rrdernf tri-ni"!
Court ol Si.m'rt,ir univ 1'
nie directed, I will expoe to pnhhr
TUVRSDA ', FEBB, I A U V 7
at 10 o'clock . . on the prctnlr' . '
deserllwd Keal Estate, late the pr 1 r'y
uel Hay. deceased, vii :
A certain tract or parcel of : o itr
erset Township. SounTM-t CVuati I .. '
lands of Wni. Stahl. Wm. W raiia . .1"
rone, cieorice Barrene. an t otht-r.--acres,
more or its., having thvreea :: '
st rv Inline
DWELLING HOUSE
Caldret Shop. ft;iMe ar! ot ; cr -t' . ' " -' '
a vuric en lird in cionce varn a" ;
water, only aoui. forty rls to .ej. . t.--lourth
ola mile tu Samuel's LI. nr. I: "
Lavansvliks snd three tanks p. aitr' '
i-M itiven Aril 1, 16S.
TERMS.
Tenper rent of pun'hasc m tev ..V;
. on a ti.e ; n'perlv is Kms-ked t . u
i n cudiruiatii.n of rale an.t .n-livert
JOHN A KAH1
!t.i A.--:k:-i- '
owrKxcT niKht r.
Corrected by Cook It FUxxrre.
DUUSS I.V
CHOICE GROCERIES, FtO'JS
Apples, iirled. f) ft
Applet'Utter. J ttal
Bran, "ft ID
Butter. (keic)
(roll
Buckwheat y bush
meal, 100 fes
Beeswax t
oaoun, snouhlers, ft
sides. -'
" country hams J I.
0rn. (ear) new y) bushel
(shelled) old
" meal ft
Call skins, ft
Eicks, if d
Flour, ft btl
Flaxseed, fi I.b. (Suit.)
Hams, (sugar-curea) f ft
Lard, ft
Leather, red sole, f ft
" upper,
" kip.
MUdlinwts. and chop 100 fts
ats. y be
Potatoes, f) hu (new)
Peaches, dried, 'f ft
Rye, V bu
Kaas. fi ft
Salt, No. 1. y3 bid. extra
" eround Aiura persatk
" Ashun. per sack... -
Savar, yellow f ft
white '
Tallow, fi ft
Wheat. Vbu
Wool, Vft
...a J
...
...
... i
. 3 i
...
.. ii . - a wm
, 111 uc uuii S.Ubfc .fc....
to a'' 'W
of last year wu- -., i -
It contains illintntions.
directions for p! inner a1'
-d,. Plants. e,c "VcJ?-y!,n
D.M.FERRSCO
e- -f C"
v-.i y-:"
to '!
AM)
vamaole RealEs