The Somerset Herald.
EDWARD 8CTTLL, Editor and Proprietor.
WEDNESDAY..
. February 13, 1S94.
1'on;rksm as IJt.AiKm bae U-sn
Humiliated by the Democrats of
Kf-ktucky for U. S. Senator, in place
t General Viliiamn. The nomina
tion is equivalent to an election.
The Iiepublicaus of Pittsburg
liave nominated Kuiton for Mayor,
Pennison for Treasurer and Morrow
for Controller. The two latter gen
tlemen are re-nominated for position!
they new occupy.
A Kansas jury gave the following
verdict in a case where a man died
in a Ftate ot intoxication : "Death
by hanging round a rum shop." It
ir a verdict that might be rendered
in a multitude of cajes instead of "a
mysterious Providence."'
Majok General Hartkaxkt has
decided that the next encampment
of the National Guard of this State
shall be held from the Jd to the ML
of August. If satisfactory arrange
ment can be made with the rail
roads it is propod to have the Di
vision go into camp at Gettysburg.
(ii.x. Grant's condition is not im
proving, and is causing much un
easiness to his friends. He has not
yet iullieieiitly recovered from hi
fall on New Year's day to leave his
room. He is comt-eiid to use
crutches, and nets but little sleep.
day or nieht, on account of the pain
from hi injuries.
NoTiiiNu more forcibly illustrates
the slap-bang hurry and carelessness
of the American puople than the
fact rejwrted, that live million letters
and packages annually find their
way to the Dead Letter Ollice at
Washington. This makes an aver
age of about fifteen thousand letters
per day, .Sundays excepted.
Gex. V.m. T. Sherman, General of
the army, became sixty-five year
of age on Friday last, ' tb inst,) and
was placed on the retired list, ac
cording to law. Gen. Phil Sheridan
is now commander-in-chief. Else
where we publish the graceful and
deservedly complimentary order of
President Arthur, retiring the gallant
veteran.
Morrison's Free-trade bill is neith
llesh, fowl, or good red herring. Not
a man, except Morrison himself, has
yet been heard of who approves it.
It is being kicked and cuffed with
cheerful impartiality, by both Re
publicans and Democrats. Not en
a Philadelphia lawyer can under
stand it. This comes from setting a
boy to do a man's work.
Mr. Morrison's tariff bill has at
last seen the bght of day, although
it was nearly killed in the horning.
It is a most ridiculous botch pot,
which, if adopted, would carry di.
structin into the industries of this
State. 1W the time it runs the gaunt
let of the committee and of the
House, it will be so altered that ht
will not recognize Lis bantling.
A iter being out on a strike for
six months, the glass workers
at Pittsburg have gone back
to thfeir employment, after
securing some minor concessions
lrom ther employers. As usual, the
strike has cost the men a large sum,
w hile lying idle half the year, beside
the loss of half a million of dollars
which they might have earned.
The Democrats of the Ohio Legis
lature have resolved not to repeal
the Scott license law, notwithstand
ing their anti-election premises to
thel iquer dealers. Thev now sav
that their promises will be fulfilled
next winter, after the Presidential
election. The tariff and the liquor
question, will therefore be dodged
until a more convenient season.
One of the Poor House Directors
in the County of Westmoreland, is
having a troublous time. In a suit
that is pending, it is in testimony
that he told an applicant for the
stewartship, ' I was under consider
able expense to get elected, and I
must make out of it all I can,' and
accordingly he made the steward
pay a iixed sum for
ment.
Ins appoint-
The working men of the United
States are largely jietiUoning Con -
grew, asking legislation to prevent
the importation of European labor
nnntmn rS r,nnM ii.,
ers. If the Democrat succeed in
abolishing our present protective
duties, tiiey need not fear a further
influx ef theae laborers, as they come
te this land from the free trade
countries of Europe, to et awav
from the pauper w ages paid there.
Abolish protection here, and the
wages will soon drop to the Euro
ean standard, and the immigration
tif laborers will stop at once.
It is insisted by the scientists that
the destructive floods from which
the river citie6 are now sufieririg. are
caused by the destruction of our for
ests ; it being a well known fact that
trees, by their power of absorbing
rater, are a valuable, protection
sgainst river floods, and as the trees
are cut away, these annual floods
will yearly grow worse and worse.
This may be a true scientific theo-
1... .t . .
uut "iese learned nundits
. ?
I.lease explain, why in the treeless
ti, mey are not annually inunda-
ted by overflowing streams ? It
would be interasilnff air tr, - i , , r"t r ward .vicunerson, oi Pennsylvania,
iTfi rl- S-' ' asmn- and warning the people against it i has decided to accept the seiretary
uuc pom ot new, to know on the baseless assumption that, if! ship of the Republican Concession-
who cut down the timber, previous
to the greatest flood on record, when
Admiral Noah, with his family, em
barked oa the ragiag waters.
A vigilance committee in Nebras
ka is doing a rushing business. It
has banged leven mea and is look
ing for more. If it keeps on at this
rate, it will 6Cor, wipe out the Dem
ocratic party of the State.
It is very certain that the Demo
crats hare become thoroughly fright
ened on the tariff question, and un
der advice of their most prudent
leaders, have determined to go slow
until after the coming election. As
the UepublicAaa will make thin the
leading isu of the campaign, w;
opine their wriggling and dodging
will not be of much avail.
They opened this session of Con
gress with a cock-a-whoop declara
tion in favor of free trade, and mad
that the issue in the election of
Speaker, but no sooner did they
hear from the people than they
commenced backing and trimming.
Their bask-down will however not
avail them much, as they have giv
en vidence of what they are ready
and anxious to do, if they can once
obtain power. The people who
have determined t take no fr6e
trade in theirs, will remember this.
Kmorv A. Storrs, the distinguish
ed lawyer and politician of Chicago,
savs, "I have no doubt that nine
tenihs of the delegates elected from
Illinois to the Republican Conven
tion will be for John A. Logan. Un
der the present method of electing
delegates it is extremely difficult to
secure a solid delegation, but the
people of Illinois are for Logan.
The Stalwarts," said Mr. Storrs,
"n-ill rnlp fur nnr wind man Ijlaine.
Edmunds, Locan or any of that j
All nt U a liv.lv .1
tamp. All tney as is a nvwy,
wide-awake candidate. The time
for running around the country after
curiosities is over.'" Mr. Storrs said
he believed the nomination would
depend entirely upon New York. If
the New York delegation could
agree on a candidate he would be
nominated. If not, he thought the
best thing for the Republicans to do
was to wait until the Convention
met and then make a candidate out
of the material presented.
The '"absolutely necessary'' States
are fast forging to the front It is
'absolutely necessary'" t Republi
can success that New York be car
ried, because of her commanding
electoral Tote. It is "absolutely nec
essary"' to carry Ohio, because as an
October State, she points the way,
and it is ''absolutely necessary"' that
Indiana shall be secured, In-cause
she is a very doubtful State. So say
the jti'l iti"c who have assumed
charge of the campaign. The intent
of which is, to assure the public that
each of these three States is in a po
sition to dictate the Presidential
nominee. It would be a very un
fortunate condition of affairs if this
assumption is true, and if each f
thtse States should insist upon put
ting the party in a hole, simply be
cause it had the power to do so. It
is only fair to believe, however, that
the Republicans of these States enjoy
in common with their brethren
throughout the Union, a heritage of
sound ser.se, and a desire for the
success of our part' and its princi
ples. This being the case they un
derstand full well, that it is as "abso
lutely necessary" to carry Pennsyl
vania, or any other of the fixed Re
publican States, as it is to carry
eitiier one, or the whole of tnese
three, and therefore wLen the'Na
tional Convention assembles for con
sultation, it will doubtless select a
candidate that will be acceptable to
all the States that it is "absolutely
necessaey"' to carry to ensure his
success. There is no use borrowing
tro ible in advance.
Tns last Republican National
Convention instructed the National
Committee of the party, to prescribe
"methods or rubs' for the selection
of delegates to the Convention of
1SS4, with the proviso that "such
methods or rules shall include and
secure to the several Congressional
districts of the United States the
right to elect their own delegates to
the National Convention." The com
mittee, at a mee ting held in Janua
ry, lss3, prescribed a rule in which
it was declared that "the Republi
cans of the various Congressional
districts shall have the option of
electing their delegates at separate
popular delegate conventions, called
on similar notice twenty days and ! robbers near that city yesterday. No
held in the districts at any time ! further particulars. He was the man
within fifteen davs next prior to the'1- of the famous Polk Silver Mine,
j meeting of the State Conventions, or
I by sub-division of the State Convcn-
!tionB icto dis;trict conventions, and
M,ch dtkEat be chosen in the
' I:,:ur ,nethod i, not ek'cU'd pwioi.s
to tne meeting of the Mate Conven
tions, all district delegates to be ac
crtidited by the oflieers of such dis
trict conventions."'
The obvious purpose of the rule
adopted by the Convention of 1SS0,
as well as that by the National Com
mittee, is to secure a seperate and
independent representation of each
Congressional district in the coming
National Convention. To accom
plish this, the Republicans of each
Congressional district are given their
choice of two methods, either to elect
their delegates by a popular conven
tion, or by the delegates to the State
Convention from each district as
sembling together and choosing the
two dolegates to the Chicago Con
vention, which each dhtrkt is enti
tled to. Either method is manifestly
fair, and either secures to the people
the right to choose the delegates.
Rut Ome of OUriournnla arwl rnnU.
'
b leeilpna ;thr frm .r.K i J
I j . w.v. ai7u c sa fsw aLuiiu'
j ant caution, or from a restless desire
for notoriety and i5e,W ..;(atinn
are cavilinc about the lutir nr.;'
ithe district delegates to the Stale
Cnnvontinn r ,i I
.1 ... , ..
nveuuon,
they may be influenced in their I
choice, or dictated to by the Stat,
lOnvenuou, 01 vtuh.ii ujcj iu
an integral portion. This is the sug
gestion of a mere ca viler without a
baois to predicate it upon ; au as
sumption, that a majority of the dis
tricts in the Stat would yield tht-ir
right to select their own delegates,
for the purpose of controlling the
riht of selection in a minority of
the districts. But there is no such
power given the State Convention ; j
on the contrary it is absolutely pro
hibited and prevented by vesting the
sole power cf selection of the dii
trict delegates in the pople thereof.
It is very clear by the rule above
quoted thai the State Convention
can take no action regarding the
election of district delegates, and
even if the people of a district neg
lected or refused to select National
delegates, the State Convention could
not supply the deficit in the delega
tion, and the district would have to
go unrepresented. The Stale Con
vention could not procure the ad
mission of district delegates into the
National Convention, even if it as
sumed the power.to elect them, be
cause it is provided that, "All dis
trict delegates are to be accredited
by the officers of such district con
vention." We are led to say this now, be
cause of the evident intent of some
parties in the State to create suspi
cions of the State Convention, and
induce a feeling of alarm among the
people that must be prejudicial to
that harmony of action so necessary,
and so much to be desired in the
coming canvass. Tiie people of each
strict can select their delegates to
the National Convention, by either
of the ways indicated by the Nation
al Committee, with the absolute cer
tainty that their choice cannot be in
terfered with by the State Conven
tion, wou'd-be leaders, or r.nv other
person, and of this every intelligent
man can assure himself, by examin
ing tho rule formulated by the Na
tional Committee.
Gen. Grant's Condition.
Washington, February 7. The
friends of ex-President Grant in of
ficial and private life here, i ex press
much solicitude concerning his
health and the opinion is expressed
bv thoso who have seen him recent
ly that his physical condition is not
improving, and that lie can nircuv
be said to be holdinsi his own. There
are those who fear that be will rot
be able again to take part in the or
dinary daily affairs of life.
A gentleman who called v.prn the
ex-President'on Monday relersto his
health as much affected by the inac
tivity forced upon nimby his injury
in the fall he had a few weeks ago.
The injury itself is no longer serious,
and shows daily improvement, but
the confinement he has suffered in
consequence has developed compli
cations of the kidneys and livtr
which do not seem to yield even to
the most skillful treatment. It may
therefore be said plainly that the ex
Presidenfs condition has not im
proved. His physicians say that
there is no immediate cause for
aiarm, which indicates that the pres
ent is not as satisfactory as might
be. The ex-President keeps up his
spirits, and talks of taking an airing
in a few days, but he is unable to
move about his chamber without
the aid of crutches. The physicians
think that within a very short time
the complications of his disease will
have sufficiently developed or abat
ed to enable them to give an intelli
gent statement of his actual condi
tion. Judge I'acker's Vt'ill.
Wi i.k Esit a hr E, February C. The
Record has a private telegram from
Mauch Chunk, giving the substance
of the will of the late Harry E. Pack
er, president of the Lehigh Valley
Railroad. He exercises the power of
appeintment under the will of his
father, which, since the death of his
brother Robert, gave him the right
to dispose by will of about one-quarter
of the income of the estate of his
father, which is valued at from 66,
C O.OUO t SSMKJJ(HI. After certain
l'"9 . qT "e . , , "
me wnoie oi ins property uunng iiur
life. On her decease twenty twenty-
thirds of it goes to the Ithigh Uni
versity and tin other three tuenty
thirds to St Luke's Hospital. He
appoints his wit's, Mary Augusta
l.ockart, and his friends, Elisha P.
Wilbur and Dr. Robert A. Lamber
ton, his executors.
Killed hy KoUoeni.
Nasavili.e, February G. A spec
ial from Culiacan, Chihuahua, Mex
ico, says :
Judge Cooper, formerly U. S. Sen
ator from this state, was killed bv
t-MJ in I nited States exchange to
pay off the debts of the concern and
start the mill. Sion after his arrival
in Mexico he wrote back that he
had struck very rich ore,tnany pock
ets running thousands of dollars per
ton, and w ould start the mill as soon
as supplies were received from Cul
iacan. He was on his way ihere for
that purpose when killed. The mine
is high up in the Sierra Madre
Mountains, and the country between
there and Culiacau i infested with
robbers.
Itohbcrs Iieatrn Off.
Galveston, February G. The
stage coach going to Abilene was
stopped by highwaymen yesterday
morning and robbed by two masked
men, who captured all the cash in
tiie mail and 825 from one of the
passengers. When the coach going
in the oppitc direction arrived at
the same spot it was attacked also,
but its passengers were on the alert.
A fight took place with the robbers,
and after a sharp fusillade the latter
were driven off, with one man badly
wounded. One of the passengers
was shot twice and badly hurt He
will die. Another passengor was
shot, but was not seriously wound
ed.
McPfcerson Accept.
WabHIsgtox. February 5. Ed
ward Mcpherson, of Pennsylvania,
committee, to which he was elect'
o weeks 8j. He has so
formed Senator Hawlev. chairman
of tlie committee, and wili take
charge in a few days.
IJTJJ jyjQD IN THE RIVERS.
1,500 HOUSES IN AIXEGHKXV
CITY INUNDATED.
Travel Suspended 011 All Kail road
Oat of I'iltslmrjc With One
Eeejiiioii Ca-ne of
Drowning.
PiTTsni'KG, February 0. Tha riv
ers at this point passed the danger
j lino last night, and at noon to-day
had reached thirty-one leot. six m
chfcs the hightssince 1S-VJ, dispatch
es from the head waters of Itoth riv
ers report that the water is still ris
ing while here it is creeping up into
the streets at the rate of eight inches
per hour.
From tha present indications the
flood will be greater than that of
IS'j2, when the water reached thirty
five feet, tho highest on record. Alii
the lower part of Allegheny is under
water, and it is estimated that loUO
houses in Allegheny City alone are
inundated. The water and gas sup-1
plies on tha north and south sides
has been cut ell.
The greatest suffering and damage
reported in this vicinity is in the
Youghiogheny region, where mining
haiulets and portions of towns lying
on low lands have been inundated
and hundreds of families forced to
desert their homes and fly before
the coming flood.
Travel was suspended this evening
tn every railroad running out of tho
city, except the Pennsylvania Cen
tral, and many persons wiio left
thtsir homes in the suburbs this mor
ning were compelled to remain in
the city over night.
This morning newspapers are suf
fering great inconvenience from
their cellars being Hooded.
The Time, Vo-4 and Commercial
Gnzttle will be unable to print edi
tions in the morning on their own
press. The Times and Gminurcial
GozitlcvrUl use the Leader press,
and the I'od has arranged to run its
edition oil" on iis job press. The
Sixteenth street bridpc, which it
was feared would be swept away, is
still intact.
To-nieht the city is in a state of
semi-darkness. The water is up to
the gas works, and while the gas is
still burning it is very dim.
On the south side every street
south of Carson from Chartiers
Creek to Thirtieth is inundated, while
all property within three squares of
the river in Allegheny is submerged.
At this time it is impossible to esti
mate the loss, but it is safe to sav it
will not fall short of Sl,WNI,(.KiO, and
may greatly exct-ed that amount
Fully ."jOM families are rendered
homeless by the Hood. Arrange
inunts have been made to shelter
them in the public balls to-night
and to-morrow morning, in accor
dance with a proclamation o M ivor
Lyon, public meetings will he held
for the nurnoso of making somo
provision for them until the Hood
subsides sufficiently to permit them
to return to their homes.
In this city the district bounded
by Duquesne way on the north and
Water street on the south, and from
the junction of the two rivers on
Sixth street , including Penn avenue
Liberty street from First to Sixth
streets, Ferry and Short streets, is
almost entirely submerged, and
every street south of Penn avenue to
Sharpsburg a distance of five miles
is under from one to ten feet of wa
ter. At midnight the rivers are station
ery, with the Monongahela "53 feet 3
inches and the Allegheny 34 feet G
inches. The latest news from tho
headquarters is that the water is re
ceding. It is still raining, but very
lightly.
One fatality is reported. Thomas
Kelly, a grocer of the southside, was
trying to secure drift wood and fell
into the Monongahc-la and was
drowned.
A special from West Newton, Pa.,
says: The gorge in the Youghio
gheny River here whieh formed two
or three days ago moved at o'clock
yesterday morning, but stopped
again atShaners. It again started
up and again stopped near McKees
port, the tail of the grge then being
near West Newton. The volume of
water being great the gorge accumu
lated rapidly, and in a short time the
whole lower portion of West Newton
was under water. Many families
had to be removed from the second
story windows of their houses, and
there were many narrow escapes.
At Coultersville a familv named
O'Donnell were nearly cauglit in the
flrwil TIia f:imilv nf Tlton::)s Eln-
nl V,.wt ,.-tnn lnr..l u KM r.erl
with their live;s. Several small
houses, sttbles and outbuildings
were carried away, and the river's
banks, from West Newton to McKees
port, were piled high with ice and
the wrecks of houses, furniture, etc.
t Ai...t.;iu r.Jrrto.ro-'.,..! tj'n
carried away, causing a loss of about
glOQO
, ' , - nM r
PiTTsnfiIebruary ,-lhe fall
in the rivers continued all day, and
at fco clock to-night the Mononga-
hela .narks reg.stered thirty feet six
inches, a fall of nearly three Icet
since nudn.ght I lie Allegheny
marks shows nirty-one feet, and is
fahingabou three in-nes an hour.
Many streets in this city are now
clear of water, but in its steid bar-
rels, twisted boar Is and ice are piled
several feet high, and in many cases
have been left high on dry land by
the receding waters. Communication
with Allegheny City by street cars is
still cut elf, but by to-morrow morn
ing it is thought the cars will be
able to run. The Allegheny Valle'y
and the Wtat Pennsylvania Rail
roads are running trains again as
usual.
At a meeting of citizens this after -
noon an executive committee was
appointed which was instructed to
take immediate steps to relieve all
sufferers in tha two cities. Commit
tees representing leading business
interests were also appointed to so
licit donations. Bfere these pro
visions ean be made, however, tbei Mjxskapolis, February 7- Spe
suffering will be great among the , chh announce the prevalence of a
families, who are living in the second eu0w st.-rm all over the State. . A bliz
etories of their houses and have been j3rd, the worst of the season, pr
without food r fire for thirty-six Vailc3 at Duluth.
hours. j A special from Huron, Dakota,
Two more fatalitiw have been re- j states that eight inches of snow have
ported: William Bowman, aged 30 j fallen there and that the weather is
years, living in tha Eighth ward of
Allegheny city, while attempting to
step out of a wiudow into a skiff,
fell into the water and the swift cur
rent carried him away before he
could be lescued. Harvey Gemini,
aged 11 years, who has been missing j Catherine P. Pattiaon, rnothtir of
from his home in the First ward of j Governor Pattison, of Pennsylvania,
Allegheny city since Tuesday, was i died this morning at the residence
found drowned thi afternoon. of her son-in-law, this city, aged 58
The bridije at Herra Island, twoiyeau. he was a grand daughter of
miles bulow the citv. has been car-;
rid awav. Loss. $27,000.
Upon a calm review of the eitua-
in-;tiou to-day it was found that be-'
tween 5.000 aud 6.000 buildings in
the two cities were submerged, in-
eluding the residences of 20,000 peo.
pie, 10,000 of whom are not able to
occupy their houses. Fifteen thou
sand men are temporarily thrown
out of employment by the stoppage
of the mills and factories.
The public halls of both cities are
filled with women and children who
have been rendered homeless, and
everything possible is being done in
i the way of furnishing them with
food and raiment to alleviate their
sufferings.
A iJeaver, Pa., dispatch sayn that
the worst disaster there has been
the total destruction of two bridges
and the serious damage of anether.
Last night the pressure of the water
on the Fallston bridge caused it to
give way, and tho superstructure,
carried by the strong current against
the Cleveland and PiUsburg bridge,
carried it away bodily, together with
nearly 400 feet of the approaches.
Tho two bridges swept down tho
Ohio until they came in contact
with the I'itubur and Lake Erit;
road's iron bridge, just below Reaver.
The approaches at both ends were
torn away and the bridge is in great
danger of going down.
The rivers at midnight were still
receding.
Cincinnati, February 7. The
weather is becoming cooler, but no
decided change has yet tiken place.
The liver continues to rise slowly,
standing at CI feet 10 inches at 10
o'clock, a rise of half an inch in an
hour.
The price of coal has been advanc
ed four cents per bushel, on account
of the increased expenso of getting
it from the barges. It has to be
floated in sco.vs to the water's edge,
and then loaled by hand. The wa
ter supply is not yet in danger. The
only restriction has been upon its
use in hydraulic elevators.
The relief work keeps well up with
the necessities of the suffering. Food
has bet.-n promptly furnished to-day,
and hoii'is patrol the Hooded districts
to see that no cases of necessity are
neglected. Two fire engines, floating
on scows, are kept ready to be drawn
to any place where fire may break
out in the Horded district.
Telegrams have been sent to San
dusky, Toledo f.nd Cleveland asking
for boats to be used for the relief of
families in the submerged districts.
Ten schoolhouses have been clos-jot
ed in the submerged parts of the
city aim placed at tne disposal oi
the relief committee for the accom
modation of the people driven from
their houses.
In Covington, Kentucky, a reiief
committee was organized to-day, and
the Legislature will be asked not to
collect this year's taxes in the Hood
ect districts.
The levee on the Miami River at
Lawrenceburg, Indiana, broke at 2
ociock mis morning, uui as me
town was already sumnergeii witn
water from the Ohio not much mare
damage could bet one.
Wukei.i.v;, February 7. The riv
er at G p. in., was sixty-one feet and
six inches, and rising slowly. The
steamers Belie Prince and Princess
have been busily engaged all day in
bringing people from the Island.
More damage to property than was
ever experienced here before has
been done. The fair ground is a to
tal wreck, and three houses came
down to-day from above. The weath
er is cloudy and cool.
Vastly larger areas are submerged
than in 1S32, and houses, barn und
bridges and straw and hay stacks
have been floating past here all elay.
The Wheeling Cheese Company los
es about $-30,000 by water in the
cellars of its storage houses. The
merchants oa Main, Water and
Market streets also lose heavily in
perishable goods now under water.
Several houses floated off on the
island and the South side to-day.
The losses will aggregate over a mil
lion dollars.
The water and gas works gave out
to-day, and to-night the city is in
darkness and at the mercy of fire if
one should start. The streets of
half ot the city are navigable only
in boats, and all sorts of improvised
crafts are plying as ferries. Many
people are still exposed on the
island, not a spot of which remains
above water. The werk of removing
them goes bravely on by skifi's anil
steamboats.
A relief meeting was held this af
ternoon and 2,700 raised in half an
hour, and committees appointed ta
look alter the destitute.
'len-ilile Work of Vigilant.
Siocx City, February G. Reports
have reached hure from tho Upper
Eikhorn country, in Nebraska, that
"Kid" Wade, the leader of tho Nio
brara outlaws and horse thieves, has
i been hanged by vigilants. The
vigilants have their headquarters at
a place called the "Pen." They have
arrested a large number of men in
various parts of Northern Nebraska
and have taken them to the "Pen,"
where thev havo been tried and dis-
wtcA of. The fate of those arrested
i la n,,t lfmtely known but as tney
j were never seen after their arrest it
is supposed that thev were hanged,
, di f the '
;T, tprri(h, earnei,tneM of tll0 vi iu
, , surrounding
, h J ,()
j afe Iljentiollt.,,
j j . itivt., knmyl) thaUliev j;ave
; , jj v(;n mel) jt j(J (i(li(;V.
, , , ,
i
j ' '
j n Wwrk , H31.rlsUurs
!
Hakuisrlkj. February S. The
Kairview Nail Works were com pelled
to suspend work to-day by the
water oi the Misqnehanna rising and
exiincuishing the hns.
This mor -
ning several span? of a bridge passed
down tiie river.s imposed to be that
portion of the Thorn p.ontown bridge
which was swent awav yesterday.
j one pan of the bridge at Millers -
j town lias been swent away. The
j chesapt ke Nail Works, C. L. Kailey
& Co., suspended opeiatious at noon ' during which the. gun was dischar
on account of the rising waters. ,ged. The load took effect in the j
Snowstorm in ilie Noi-lhwewt.
j moderating.
Miow has lailen Here aiiuay.
The Governor's Motner bead.
Alkxandiua, February 5. Mrs
Colonel Thsmas Wo ilford. of Cam-
' bridge. Md.. who commanded the
j Maryland Line iu the Revolution.
Governor Pattison was with her in
her lat illnes and at her death.
Hr remains will be taken to Cam-:
bridge for interment.
SliAUGHTEK AT SINK XT.
Another Egyptian Defeat In The
Soudan.
Suakim, February G. The enemy
have surrounded and destroyed
Tewfik Rev and 4W followers be
tween Sinkat and the coast. This
disaster was not unexjected. For
many weeks Tewfik liey Las been
mantaining an obstinate resistance
in Sinkat, closely beset on all
sides with enemies, in the hope
that forces would bv sent to
hii relief. Word from hini reached
Suakim on Thursday hist announ
cing that if relief did not arrive by
Saturday he should make a desper
ate effort to cut his way through
the enemy to the coast, as bis condi
tion forbade the town. This 'effort
has proved futile.
London, February G. Later ad
vices bring more particulars of "the
disastrous defeat of Raker Pasha.
Tho slaughter of his forces contin
ued all tho way back to Trinkitat.
The Egyptians were panic stricken
and fell upon their knees. Rut
their appeals for mercy were fruitless.
The Arabs seized them by tho necks
thrust their spears into their backs
and savagely cut their throats. The
Englishmen missing are Marico Ley.
Surgeon Leslies, Captains Forester
and Walker, and Lieutenant Car
roll, Smith and Watkins. Ten other
foreign officers are missing. The
fugitives huddled together on the
shores at Trinkitat, and might easily
have been slaughtered, but the ene
my gave ver the pursuit. The men
embarked as quickly as possible
upon six transports which were
lying there, and, with Raker Pasha
and Colore! Sartoiius, arrived at
midnight at Suakim. Intense ex
citement prevailed in Suakim to-day.
A attack of the enemy is expected.
The forts were occupied by English
mariners. The French agent has tel
eTuphed for a man of war.
All the special dispatches agree
that Tokat and Sinkat are ho pelessly
lost. The fact that the Rritish gun
boats have left Trinkitat creates a
bad impression upon the minds ;f(
tht. Egyptians, and encourages the
rebels in their fanaticism. Thereb-
! es captured five guns, 3G,0K) pounds
cannon ammunition, 3DUi rifles
:1Ijd :1B enormous quantity of car-
j t ridges.
Raker Pasha has telegraphed to :
Sir Evelyn Raring, Rritish Ministers!
at Cairo, that the force by which
hewn-; attacked was less than lilOl)
j strong, but that the Egyptians threw
away their arms and iled
Cairo, February G. The tribt-s
I bevond Korosko are in lull revolt.
. General Gordon, who has arrived
j t Korosko, is unable to proceed on
m,. journey to Khartoum.
Loxjiox. February 7. Ti." Gov
eminent has received advice eontirm
ing the report of the massacre of
Tewfik Bey and his followers.
Keiirr ineiit of Gen. Sherman.
Washington, February 8. The
President to-day issued the following
order announcing the retirement of
General Sherman :
General William T. Sherman
General of the army, having this day
reached sixty-nine years, is, in ac
cordance with law, placed on the re
tired list of the army without restric
tion of pay and allowance's. The
announcement of the retirement
from the command of the army of
one who has beer so many years its
distinguished Chief, can but awaken
in the minds not only of the arni'
and people of the United States
mingled emotions of regret and grat
itude regret at tho withdrawal from
active military service of an officer
whose lofty sense of duty has been
a model for all soldiers since he
first entered the army, in July, 1SK.I,
and gratitude freshly awakened for
service of incalculable value rendered
by him in the war for the Union,
his great military genius and daring
did so much to end. The President
deems this a fitting occasion to give
expression in this manner to the
gratitude felt toward General Sher
man by his fellow citizens, and to
hope Providence may grant him
many years of health and happiness
in relief from tho active elutits of his
profession.
SiguedJ Chesteh A. Akthtk,
Illinois I' or ljogan.
New Yokk, February G. Emory
A. Storrs, of Chicago, who is at the
St. James Hotel, said to The Pre
correspondent to-night : "I have no
doubt that nine tenths of the dele
gates elected from Illinois to the
RepublicantConTention will be for
John A. Logan. Under the present
method of election delegates it is
extremely difficult to secure a solid
delegation, but the people of Illinois
are lor Logan.
"The Stalwarts," said Mr. Storrs,
"will vote for any good man Rlaine
Edmunds, Logan, or any one of
that stamp. All they ask is a live,
wide awake candidate. The
time for running around the country
after curiosit' is over."
Mr. Storrs said he believed the
nomination would depend entirely
upon New York. If the New York
delegation could agree on a candi
date he would be nominated. If
not he thought the thing for
the Republicans to do was
to wait until the Convention
met and then make a candidate
out of the material presented.
A ISurglur Instantly Hilled.
Laxcastku, February C. Three
burglars attempted last night 'o
1 break inta the ciar manufactory o I
lobias htauller, at .Salunga, this!
! county. Mr. ritautfr, who slept in ;
j the bunding, was awakened by the j
! noise, and armintr himself with a
jfiun, went to the door. On opening j
I it one of the burglars grabbed Mr.
iStauffers gun. A scuffle ensued,
burglars side, killing nun instantly.
The dead man appears to be about
(i( years obi. He is well dressed
j but there is nothing about his per
son to identify him. search is be
ing made for his companions.
Messrs. Iliscox & Co. call special
attention to the fact that after April
1G, 1883, the name and style of this
preparation will hereafter be simply
Parkers Tonic. The word 'Ginger''
is droMied. 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 '
propriety of the change. There will i
be no change, however, in the prep ;
i aration itself : and all
bottles re-:
of dealers, j
! mninincr in the hands
wrapped under the name of "Park- !
ek's Gingki: Toxic," contain the gen-'
uine medicine if the signature of
Hiscox & Co. is at tho bottom of the
outside wrapper-
Ohlo's TorrentsSUIl Hieing.
Cincisnatti, February 8. Today
bas been one ofanaxious suspense
and constant speculation as to the
continuance of the rise of the water.
The average rise during the day has
bet n slightly more than an inch an
hour. At Gallipolis at 11.30 P. M.f
the river has risen ten inches above
the high water mark of last year,
and is st'nl rising at the rate of about
four inches an hour. All of West
Irontewn is under water. New
Richmond Ohio, is cut off from all
communication except by boats.
The Town Hull is the only building
not flooded. In mostof the yilliagts
along the Ohio River .ho people have
left their houses and gone to the high
lands.
Geueral Sherman's Ilirthday.
Sr Loins, February 8. General
Sherman passed his 04th birthday
quietly in this city, lie says that
although retiring from the bead of
the army, he feels as young as he did
tea years ago, and that he will be
ready in the near future to take up
arms for his country if called upon.
He expresses himself as well leased
with the quiet life he is leadis rhere,
and says he finds fault with nothing
but the notorioty given him a id his
family by the reporters who arc giv
en to sensationalism,
Five Kircnirn Killed.
A i. l e n to vv N , Pa., February 7.
Grossman A: Kluckers factory was
destroyed by fire last night During
the lire falling wails buried fifteen
tire men. Five of them were killed,
but the hose was immediately turn
ed upon the debris, thus preventing
the remainder from being burned to
death. The dead are : Charles
Miller, William J. Lehr, David
Claus, Mahlon Bittner and John
Harulschue. Eleven others were
seriously but not fatally injured.
Samson b liens and Ioc-k.
When Delilah clipped ofl'Samson's
locks that mighty athlete at once
became "as other men.' If it could
be proved that the possession of lux
uriant hair would enable men to
tear open lion's jaws, Hiseock & Co.
would be driven wild in the effort to
supply enough of Parker's iiair Ra!
sam to meet the demand. As it is
the Ikdsam prevents your hair from
falling out. and restores the original
ee-''r if faded or gray. Resides, it is
i great addition to the toilu-t table
i a dressing
febG.
ISor Ilnn"ed.
Sr. Pai l, February 7. A juvenile
Jesse James gang at Minneapolis
took r. lad named Johnnie Nolan to
h neighbor's barn this rr.ornitig and
hanged him, where he was strug
gling iii death's throes when found
ar.d cut down
Killed by a Woman.
Ci'M iiRL.ND, February 7. Mar
garet O'Donnoil. a young married
lady, while shooting rats with a pis
tol in South Cumberland this morn
ing, accidentally shot and killed
Thomas Coughlin, aged 1-1 years.
Annual Statement
eF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF
FOR THE YEAR 1883.
JOII.V II. WEIMER. ESl
Treasurer of Somerset Co ,
Poor House in Account
with Said County.
nit.
To ain't drawn from Ck. Treaftury un or
iter Nu. l&un.M by Co. CVmuiUsk'D-
ers $13,45 77
CR.
Ry amount paid on orders issued
by the Poor Directors (Expendi
tures for the support of inmates.)
By im't paid U.r Groceries SUM 83
' Bert, ttacuu anj veil ;4 M
" l'ruvi?lun4 ac:t 31
" MercbaotiUe YJr'i (xi
" Shiws and leather ttil iZ
Wheat SiM) 44
' Hardware 19 40
" Hamead and saddlery ID Hi
" Toai liera' fuUrr 3 oo
" lorn, rye anrf ouis 4i 47
Priuiiii Annual Kcp't ic. loj oo
" -ala:ied ot llir. Kltutnell.. 50 00
" K rna 6o uo
" Hoover.... &o oo
Kimmell kitra.. 32 60
" koras .... i'3 n
" Hoover " .... 23 OO jciS0
" Kor tinware ;i 6o
" Coffins I 6o
" " 1'ulllBK, carding and
weaving i oo
" Physicians uty 175 uo
- " Hooka, poiife, etc.. L 13
" " Uine k other lertlli n 403 14
" " lilacitsuiithiui; 84 W
" tlruirn .". M 3o
iuel 1J4 40
Hy ain't paid lor atty't fees 50 t-0
Steward ssalary balance for &!.. 25o (o
in p in lisa -joo uo 4)0 00
Repairs 15 5
Laiuron farm 150 00
i liouw 50 CO 'J9 00
Misitllansous. 10 17
7411 ;s
KXPKXUITCUfca OCTSJUB OF IXATE SfFPOKT.
By aiut.pd. for outdoor lelf. bill . .1 1 17 01
justices andcoostable tees la 15
" treasurers .iaiary 83 45
" Harrtsb'K hoa. tor Insane 181 Hi
" directors' clerk 47 00
Slaves lor new building. 203 86
hardware. .
. 401 74
lirlek
53 1U
47 63
W 10
D40 Oi
15H 2H
1-i 00
lime and sand.
lumber
Labor.
Conveying paupers
LJve stork
J. K.Sott lor maktnir re
port to Koaid ot Public
Charities 100 00
outdoor burial bills 1-4 75
pension money relunded. 70S uo
premiums en tire insur
ance pullciea....
do on iarm implements
do on tarnitura..
on real estate
outdoor doctors' bill
lreiirht
vialtlnir outdoor paupers
112 1-0
U6 V i
01 SO
100 00
14-! CO
Ji 00
18 00
rare and rxpeosen to con
vention of directors of
poor 170 00
to74 SI
7411 28
Total $13 415 77
Notk. f3o.ou ufthe amount em ended lor books.
stationery, etc,, was donated by V. C, Musel
man, t4.
We. tue undersigned Andlton of Somerset
Conuty, do hereby certify that we bave settled
and adjusted the account' ot John H. Weinier.
Ksq , Treasurer of the Somerset County Poor
HuM for the year 1883 and tnat this statement is
correct.
Witness our bands and Seals this day of
January, A. I. 1HM.
JOHN P, RHOADS, siaiI
1SKAEL. t.M KKK'K, (skalI
Attest: JAMtS M.MtVfcKS, IsaaL
t 1 1 mxoHAM, I lerW. Auditors.
EXECUTRIX' SALE
OF
1)Y virtue or an order of sale Issued out of the
).Ortian't Court of Somerset County, Fa., to
ma directed, I will expose to public sale oa the
premises in Stony creek rownshlptoa
SATURDAY, MARCH 184,
That valnble property known as the Joseph
Snyder Farm, situate one and one-half miles
Northwest oi Shanksrille, containins; -iKi acres,
or which lflO acres is cleared and In a good state
of cultivation, 33 acres meadow land, the balance
well limbered. The enure tract is acderlald with
ooal, limestone and other valuable mineral..
There are two orchards on the (arm of beartnz
fruit trees. A gjod Iak
DWELLING HOUSE.
Log Barn ana other outhulldinc,. It ls eon Ten.
ni to schools and cb arc tea, and Is la every wav
a moat desirable property. 1
T&ttMsi made known on day of sale.
HAKKlKT SNYDER,
(ebia.36, - Executrix of Jos. Snyder, dee'd.
Yaluaole Real Estate
RED LETTER SALl
OIF
OVERCOATS!
BMHnMMsMM
There is now in progress at our store a great Sf(cy'
Sale Of OvCI'COats. We want to dispose of our
Before the Season Ends,
anil have reduced our prices
o t mi i n:
ooine wveriouis win uc- svuiu at
Less Money Than They Cost.
The object is to get rid ot our Winter Stock to make rr,
foa other goods.
Those requiring Overcoats will get real genuine barii
Calling On Us.
This is no humbug sale. The old tickets and old prin
left on the goods and the
marked in red ink underneatn,
everything is straightforward.
YOU WILL MISS IT
It you fail to visit us before
L. M. WOOLF
TJte Oar-Price CltJii:r, Hattrr, Fumihrr.
NEW STORE, JVTAIXO- STREET,
Johnstown, JPn.
Shall We Lot the Chihl Die?
A hard-hearted political economist, looking at a pale and ntinv c'
feebly gasping as it lies upon a pillow, says that the child miGhtkis
be. It is so weak and poor that its life will never be worth inu-ii
There are already a good many people in the world who arc oi : ,t r
account anyhow. And what's the use of adding to their nmnb.-r an'"'
weakling, who has but slender chance of ever amounting to ar.vthb'?
Now ask that child's mother what siie thinks a' ..,i:t kit fa L
the. About this time the hard political economist had bctt r
the way. u Let my child die? No I No! As ha-r cs iherc is ,-. -be
found that vilt'save that child, the child shall not die I'll sper
dollar to save the child T Well, try a Lottie cf Drowns Iko.c in 4
on hat child. See the poor little "illiov.- pick up st-cngt!:. H -rcvf
lie will live. IIo.C? of other children have been brought almost from (if
to healthy life by jirown's Iron Litters. Your druggU sellsjit. s
OUTSTANDING
State and County Tazss!
Due and .Owing by the Collectors:
of tha Different Boroughs and
Townships, as Follows. !
State County j
Year Tax. Tax. j
lkTU t 2S SO j
isa 1'.n" ou n:s w '.
4 ") ID 60 0 i
" SOI 10 S7 Bti
I
12 54
" 32 KJ 7 10 !
1-83 253 Mi 100 00
- 3i7 20 & 00 j
" 6 41 24 U) !
" 147 03 2-J 32 j
" 1 1 " 24 74 j
14'.' 07 227 '.." !
ii 3 15
" 57 35 1 05
4- 73 4 04
" 5d2 04 5 6
" 20 ;js 4
I5d 11 01
" 175 12 50 00
' 0 40 5 00
41 51
' 614 5J 14 C.t
Oo 3 17
" 270 3S 40 14
" 8 52 :4 30
147 63 41 7t
" 38 S 35
" 110 61 3 85
' 73 25 50
Win. A. Kiit. I'unUu-
ence torug;li
reo Tumey Addison
township
A 1 r lulu L'erlin tvr-
ouicb
Sj1 .1 Baer Meyersdale
norouirti
C L Baker Scuihaiuptun
MKiiship
W S KukJmaii Lrslua
IxTDUtfll.
A .1 llllemin Aildlsun
township
Juid Lulim!.", Allegheny
ttiwnytilp
Alex Alu.ser Brotbers-
railey township
Clmrles A Hellley Berlin
boruQicn
John .rliMon Confluence
borough
Jerry folk 1.1 ii Ijck
lowohip
Jubob A kaur Jenner-
town bomuigh
J W liurk bolder Lower
Turkeyloot Iwp
I'rias Itroucher Beyers
dale borough
Samuel Howser 31iltord
township
John Y. Spicer A'ew
Balto. Iton.nirh,
John H .Miller Paint
township
Joseph Dively alitbury
borough
Levi Koont Shadu town
ship
Daniel Flick Somerset
lo rough
(labrlel Oood Somerset
townfltip
Simon Lesley Southaiup
ton township
Roman ud Baldwin Sto-
oyereek township.....
Adam Grimm S.tjvsto'u
borough
Ellas Kike Summit
township
Thns i. W illiams Upper
Turkytoot twp
William Shaw I'rslna
borough
Peter rlneareaiii Wel
lerfburg bor-ugii
w e. the undersigned Commissioners of Somer
set county, in eoni rmily with the law, have or
dered the acouuipaiiymx acccount ot the reeeims
ami expenditures nt said eountv lor the vearliuvi
to be published, and hereby eei'tlly that the above
statement ot outstanding taxes due said county is
correet as per reeords in the Treasurer's and Cum.
mi!siouer s otuoes.
ADAM S. SHAFKKH,
Attest: JOStPH HUKNGIi,
1. J. Uorser, H. W. BKlHAktK.
Clerk. Commissioner.
1 ? P fi U H B
POOTI
Always the Best
LAYER ICE CREAM CAKE.
Two cups granulated sugar, three fourths eup
butter, beat to light cream, then add one cup
corn stareh which has been stirred Intoote enpof
tAtllil laiwl mtlk k..t tkl. .11 , ....- j i .
one teaspoontul extract of vanilla. Stir into tins
lha Hull I Li. . , .
tn .mien naim oi seven eggs sna two
heaping caps of Boor, Having tborooghlv mixed
thrOlluh tlkA llrv Hull. nn .n.l a hilf
" Haxdkb " Baking- Powder. Bake la tore
ICING. Take two and a hair cuus granulated
.llir. p K.lrMii..i.. 1.. . i l i v. - : . . .
eool add the whites of three eggs silently beaten
and MM talilMimmfnl ...... .. . . . 1 1 ,.
icu u cu-owjui - uakiOK ruwder con
tains a null measiara to we Instead of a spoon.
DESIRABLE TOWN PROPERTY
AT PRIVATE SALE.
The tw.-stiry frame Komestea d of the late Pe
ter .Meyers, deed, situate on Meyers Avenrnue,
accompanied bv four acres of irmund. m larjt- old
(ashloned Oardrn. plenty ol Shiwle on.1 Fruit
trees, splendid I'.arn, kooJ outbuildings, k-e
Hoasn. ete.. Dlentllul snunlr of h.r,l
pins; water. The house in ele-.-ant eondltWn, I'l j
Ue rooms, convenient halts a place well !
a.! ii!ed for a boardlnK-house or hotel.
z or particular apply to ;
MISS B. K. MEYERS.
Janiitf. Xeyersdale, Somerset, Co Ha.
fin IS a' mi & B V -V v . .
ia.w pan IKinest, artlve, sueeem
IUI axenta. for terms address, Rlrlng age, reler-
r.w5!e9OPES BRO- THOMAS,
feblttu WestCbesur.l.
from JO to 20 ih v Pi
1 l(,h
new and greatly- reduced prir,
so that tne simple: can sri:
making your purchase
From jNTcnv
UISTTIL
JfttTTj l.,STi
I will offer special l!ar,Taiu
in Goods named below. I ex-!
poet to make extensive than.
in mv storeroom bv that ila:
and have manv jrooils that
prefer to sell at cost, than
run risK oi setting ilama.
while repairs are bein mail
These are all new stvle u'""1'--
and not old stock that I oti'ci
Please look at the list, ami
what you want, come at ono
VASKS.
TOILET SKTS,
CARD CASK.S,
VF.LVKT FliAMES.
CUT CLA.Srf IJOTTLK
Ladies' Toilet and Odor Cases
HAND .MfKKoRS.
WRITIXf? IF.SK,
FANCY ROX I'APERS,
rnoTo;RAi'H .t
AUTfXiKAi'H Ailiii
FAMILY BIBLES,
iik;ket biulks,
SHAVINti MltiS.
cut ULAss iyKrAV
ASt A "lV t if tKtantl I. HI- KM.'
BOOK4 I
Poctvy,
and Fiction.
Then". 2ols will :ili l '
Greatly UrdueM I'rict", aini -::i
of thtm at COSTjiimI bflow it. .'"!1"
at onot!, fur I ana tleterniiiie'l t" ' '
them out. ! not fail to
Goods.
a .y. now
MAMMOTH IJLOCK.
SOMERSET PA.
J'AVER! A !i D RESTAUR tf TI.ICK NS t ?
NOTICE Is hereby (cin that the foil .wln rr
Sons have tiled their ettU-n. t r li -"".-e
that thev will I presented to tle C.urt b-r a' (.
an. e on Monday fceir. trr '
mm .
TAVCBS LICSSSK.
Cath-irine I1-n, Berlin Borons. h.
Samnel Kerrell,
Aviast Kovhler, Conemanu Twp.
1'eter g. Brujfh. Jelterm Twp.
W. J.Jones. MeyerlaW Bor.
itobert (lutbrio,
Wm. Slb-er, "
Samuel Buckm in, MUlonl Twp.
Samuel A. Haines,
Aleionderkha.l., "
John P. Spber. New Baltimore.
Wm. V. Burnet
.liuu-ph Sheets. Northampton Twp.
FrvdtriBSi lurr, fireenville lwp.
John A. Clark, tluemahonlntj iP
Jirsepb Stull, Stucyew It Twp.
Eiia A. Tavmiin, SoUwret Bor-Ja.-.4
S. FU-'ktOK.
.Iin-tah Brant "
Samn -1 Custer, stiyest'. Vr
.lohn H. Hire, "
l nul. Warner. Sulisbory "-
Th.nasS. William, We.t S.illiT
Abraham A. Millet, LrMoa Bur.
John II. Benlord, "
Isaac A. Jenkins, ,
(le,tite H. UeHaven, Weliorsf-aril la
criraraAST u
Conrad Elelinor. Sumwilt Twp.
John Stacer. MeTrs.laIe , H-r
A. Meirh a. A. Krluburg, y",'l?t r
pro-.VKMhee, ( s- L- 1 t"
jaan'y 30, ISM