r The Somerset Herald. EDWARD SCULL, Editor nd Proprietor. WEDNESDAY. ..... Mrcb VJ, I. The bill restoring Fitz John Porter to the rmy passed the Senate last week. It if row in the hands of the Presi dent, and on his action depends the fate of the disgraced General. Thk Biaine boom s truck its first snag in Maryland, last week. The Republican State Committee at its meeting on Wednesday, took action looking to organization against Mr. Blaire. General Simox Camekox celebra ted his eighty-fifth birth day in Florida, on Saturday week. He is hale and in good health, and will rptnrn to his home at Harrisburg when the spring opens. Samuel J.Tiliex and James G. Blaine both say positively, that they are not candidates, but the friends of both are vigorously working for them, on the assumption that no man ,'will refuse a nomination for President, if tendered to him, and we rather guess they are right At the opening of Congr.-s s the Democratic members wtre prancing around, head and tail up, shouting for a frte trade Sneaker. They elect ed their Sneaker, and to-day there I are indications that they will fail in passing a bill reducing the duties twenty per cent Did they "hear anything drap," that they. so sud denly abandoned the other eighty per cent, reduction they proposed? The Democratic papers are all gleefully copying an article which appeared in the New York Sun, showing that Mr. Tilden contributed more money than anybody else to the Democratic campaign fund in 1-SSO. There is nothing that so warms the cockles of the heart of the average Democratic politician, to wards a candidate, as this one, and it may account fur the vigorous boom the ld man is now enjoying. Some people thirktliat it requires no money to carry on a political campaien, and others assert that all the money raised is used for bribery and corruption. It may cause these unsophisticated people some aston ishment to learn that, those immac ulate reformer, the Committee of One Hundred, expended ?30,KX)last month, in a futile attempt to defeat the regular Republican candidate for Mayor in the city of Philadelphia. The Government has very quietly and sensibly taken the dynamite bull by the horns. A circular has been issued by the Attorney General to all District Attorneys and Mar shals, calling attention to certain sections of the law regulating the shipment cf explosives, and urging diligent enforcement of the same. If this is done, the shipment of dy namite and infernal Machines, for the use of foreign assassins, will cease, and peace will be preserved, without unnecessary discussion. That "Bob" Lincoln will be the next Vice President of these I'rdted States seems to be already settled. His boom comes from all parts of the country, is spontaneous from the jteople, and daily swells as it rolls along. It has come to stay, his name is coupled for the second place, with all the Presidential can didates except Logan, and nothing but the nomination of the latter, who is from the same State, can in terfere with the people's desire for Lincoln's nomination as Vice Presi dent The Democrats have at last intro duced in the House, their free trade kill, reducing the tariff on foreign productions, twenty per cent, and are making preparations to force it through. In this connection it should not be forgotten, that not a solitary petition has been sent to Congress in favor of this reduction, but on the contrary, numerous dele gations of working men and manu facturers have appeared there, pro testing and arguing against it. Still, these Democratic Congressmen claim to be representatives of the people. i - 1 1 ; talked quite as loosely about his own A kevv months since there occur-; p:irty when he asserted that Randall red a lockout at Pittsburg among j i, the favorite here, for the Democrat, the window glass blowers. A party which we take it, speaks by author of them confiding in the declara-1 ity, has been diligently booming tlie tions of the free trade advocates, em-, "old ticket."' If he wasn't so noted igrated to Belgium in search of bet- j a teetotaler, we would think the Cen ter wages. For a short time they Ural had been looking on the wine found some work at fair pay, but when it was red, if he made such ri about the time they had got into 'diculous statements to the reporter, the hang ot the thing, the manufact- j At all events, there is not a word of urers reduced the wages ten per truth, so far as we know, in this rent and the deluded workmen have! returned home. In the meantime the price of window class increased ' fifty-five per cent bv reason of the1 stoppage of the factories, and thus J Meyewdale Commeiyial are both in proved that it is couijHjtition, not I sistant upon Republicans voting free trade, that reduces prices. ! their Presidential preferences at the ii i primary election to be held April 5. That grat Democratic head-light There can certainly be no objection Watterson, of the Louisville (bur. ir-Jonrii, knows what he wants, and doesn't hesitate to talk right out He says: 'W demand a tar- iff for revenue ocly," and heexplairu j body decided, that in view of the what lie means as follows: "The j email vote likely to be polled at the Uriff is the one line on which jr- J primary, not to call for a vote as to "tits may divide. The Republicans candidates as it weuld be but an ex 'are tretectionists or nothing. The pression of the opinion of a tninor Demoora4 are free traders or noth- ity of the party, and therefore would "ing." j not amount to a vote of instruction. The Democrats kaows that what Mr. W atterson says is true, but they . are too cowardly to acknowledge it, and hope to gull the people by a I platform which means anything or' nothing, according to localities. J As we were about ready to put this paper to press, Chairman Scott handed in announcements of Messrs. Spangler and Harrison as candidates for delegates to the State Convention at Harrisburg ; and these two can didates, not content with the usual announcement made in such cases by the Chairman, publish each for himself, a card defining his position in regard to presidential candidates. It is clearly evident from the tenor of these cards, that General Cofiroth had been taken into counsel and knew w hereof lie spoke, when in Pittsbuig last week, he announced that two distinctive Blaine delegates would be run in this county on the false pretext that Messrs. Livengood and Cover are hostile to him, and in favor of Mr. Arthurs nomination. The right of these gentlemen to run as delegates is unquestioned, but their effort to procure votes by false imputation on the position ef the other two candidates, is shameful. The truth is. this announcement of Spangler and Harrison as special Blaine men, is a trick of the little knot of played-out politicians in this town, for the purpose of giving them position in the party by assuming special charge of Mr. Blajne's inter ests. Both these men, two years since, helped betray the party by voting against General Beaver, and thus throwing the State into the hands of the Democrats ; and, to say the leait of it, it is a very cool thing to now ask the Republicans f this c junty to trust them with the power to again betrav them. That James G. Blaine has hosts of friends in this State, is beyond a'l doubt, and if the men who are loudest in their professions of devo tion to him would imitate his meth ods, they could be of a great deal more service to him. While he is quietly and earnestly working to achieve, they are blustering and threatening, and blowing to the great embarrassment of the more sa- gacious ol ins menus woo nave charge of his interests. That staid old Philadelphia Journal, the JWfi American, well says, "they, his judi cious friends, have observed on pre vious occasions that Mr. Blaine has made the running too early and too faat, with the result that when it came to the critical moment his strength has been spent, and the "dark horse" has passed him in the race. They have accordingly en deavored to manage things differ ently this time, ami so to arrange matters that up to the last hour their candidate should not be visi ble on the field, and bhould be brought forward in the nick of time to sweep everything before him with a sudden rush. These were astute tactics, but, unhappily for their suc cess, Mr. Blaine has a number ol impulsive friends whose ardor for their hero cannot be restrained, and so the boom has broken loose al ready, and it will be hardly possi ble to get it again in hand."' The old adage that "you must go abroad to hear news about home,'' is well exemplified by the following paragraph which we clip Irom the Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette of Saturday last : Tlie rejwjrter Iial a i lea.-ant that with cx C.iiifriwiiian ollriitli alumt litic3. lie via- ol the o'inin that Jaim-sti. Illainc wai the ftrimcit I'rfMilential candidate in Pennsylvania. In Siiiiierset the admirer of Arthur are hard at work trying to capture everything in the line of delegates, but the lllaine people, are about wiling up two strong candidates in that district against them. Among the ltemocrats of Somerset Kandall i the favorite. As to the negro question. Mr. .'ofirotli was not inclined to believe it would be any more of an issue than it usually is. As Coffroth is a restless intriguer, and is always in the confidence of those who seek to impair the unity of the Republican party in this county, he may know in advance of some plot to run a double set of del egates for the purpose of dividing the Republican rank, but when he undertakes to assert that the ad mirers of Arthur are attempting to capture the delegates, he either wil fully lies, or maliciously repeats a story with which ho ha been cram med, for the purpose of mischief. We think we know something of the sentiments of the Republicans of this county, and we have yet to hear of the first Arthur man within its borders. Therefore it is a bold lie to say the Arthur men are trying to capture the delegates, and, moreover, we are well assured that Messrs. Livengood and Cover, the only can didates for delegates before the peo ple, are both Blaine men. Cofiroth, however, appears o have news about home, by the way 0fjc,10Ben ! Pittsburgh. I The Rockwood Times j te this, if the people so please to I vote. e understand that the mat ter was canvassed at the meeting of ! the County Coosnnittee, and that In this opinion of the Committee we j concur ; etill, the people who desire to, have a perfect right to vote their preferences, and if the vote is less than a majority of the whole and cannot therefore be taken as instruc- tions, still it will 6erve as a pointer to public opinion, 60 far as it is thus expressed. If this county was entitled to a delegate to the National Convention, then an expression ot opinion by the voters of the county would be competent instructions; but as each of the four counties in the district has a voice in choosing the delegates, the sentiment of the whole four, must be looked to by them. Thii demand for a vote as to can didates, is, we apprehend, born of a doubt, that has been laboriously worked up, that delegates may be induced, unless bound by instruc tions, to vote for candidates not do sired by the people. This is almost an assumption that the delegato would play the knave or fool. As del egates are no longer chosen by the State Convention, but by districts, they are directly answerable to their constituents, and he would be a foal, indeed, who would misrepresent the people directly delegating him the power to act for them. It has never been the habit of the Republicans of this county to instruct their dele gates, cither to District, State or Na tional conventions, and we behere they have never had reason to com plain of betrayal of trust by any former delegates, and, in our opin ion, this new-born demand for voting instructions, is not begotten of wholesome party zeal. It was telegraphed from New York last week, that Hon. J. D. Cameron had arrived from Europe, and straightwry the Independent journals raised a howl that the Sen ator had come home to boss the se lection of delegates to Chicago. If the veritable "old Nick," with hoof, horn and tail, had paid them a visit in person, and announced his inten tion to run the Chicago Convention, and carry off to Hades all who op posed him, these worthy gentlemen could not have been more hysterical in their protestation. Happily for their peace of mind, and the 'preser vation of the country, it was not the sanguinary "Don,'' but another gen tleman of the same name that had landed. There is not now so pun gent a smell of sulphur in the at- mosrdierp. but there is a score of A sheepish looking editors stalking around, hmnming: "0, no ; I never mention him.'" I'UKM 1KXU A ii STRAWS. Galveston Xcirs (Dem.): If the truth were known it is more than probable that Blaine is making a mere cat's-paw of Logan. Newport (It. I.) A"i': The New York Sun keeps on screaming for Tilden, just as though it really had the control of the Democratic party. The Blaine men and the Arthur men had a warm contest at the York Republican primaries on Saturday evening. 1 tie loaine men won most of th-i districts. in Savannah (Ga.) News (Dem.): The Tilden Presidential boom is not near as strong as was that of Mr. Randall for the Speakership last November, and yet be got left by a large majority. Chicago Inter-Ocean: Pennsylva nia shows that the old love for James G. Blaine is not dead. The indications are that he will receive a lanre vote from that State. Ci'iro nil.) Gazdlc (Rep.): The Lincoln Vice President boom is gaining strength daily. The name of Lincoln, with a man at the head of the ticket that can carry New York, will make the election of a Republi can President certain. Mattoen fill.) Journal (Rep.): Maine has her brilliant Blaine, Ver mont her level headed Edmunds, Indiana has her (Ire-ham and Ben Harrison, Ohio her John Sherman, New York her judicial aud fair deal ing Arthur, any of whom we could cheerfully support for President. Findlay (Ohio) Jijfcrsonian (Re publican): No ticket would gain a more cordial support from the Re publicans of Ohio than James (5. Blaine for President, and Robert T. Lincoln for Vice President. That ticket would carry Ohio, sweep the country, and make victor- certain ; and a better combination cannot be named. Georce William Curtis, editor Harper's WeeVy : Whoever the can didate of the Republicrn party may be, I have every confidence of his triumphant election, for I do not be lieve that the convention which meets at Chicago June 3, 1SS1, will nominate an unworthy man. Of the candidates mentioned I prefer Mr. Edmunds, the able Senator from Vermont. Washington correspondence Cin cinnati Commercial G(i;:Ue (Rep.): Tin name of Senator Harrison is daily becoming more prominent among those who are regarded as available for nomination at Chicago. Thin is very gratifying to his many friends here, and they begin to feel strong confidence that lie may be Boston Ilfratil (Ind.): If the man and the'agmg politicians in charge of the two old parties wish to see such a political iireak-up as has not occur red since 1S-3G, or '61, let them nom inate Mr. Blaine on one side and Mr. Tilden en the other, or Mr. Randall and John A. Logan. Give these conditions, and a new party woud form iuelf in a day. Present appearances indicate that it will be as difficult for General Lo gan to secure aeelid delegatiwn from Illinois as for President Arthur to capture the whole New York delega tion to the National Convention. The Chicago professional politicians and office holders, except custom house officers, are for Logan. All over the city the business men are j fo-Arthur and Edmunds. New York World (Dem.) : The ticket nominated by the Republican convention will be a strong one. It may be Arthur and Lincoln, or Blaine and Lincoln, or Sherman may be at its head. In any case it will be one over wnicn me politi cians (after their faction fights pend ing the nomination have ended; can bargain, trade, and unite, as they bargained, traded, and united over Garfield and Arthur. New York World ( Dem.) . If Ar thur does not stand a chance of car rying New York because of the bit ter hatred between the half-breeds and Stalwarts, how can Blaine be certain of carrying New lork in the face of the bitter hatred between the Stalwarts and balf-breed ? And if it lis sure to be tweedledum when ui Stalwart runs, why is it not certain to be tweedledee when a hall-breed runs? Arthur, Blaine and Logan. Pittsburg, March 1G. Colonel M. S. Quay ran into tlie city from Bearer yesterday and allowed a little political wisdom to drop from his lips. Among other things Mr. Quay said : "I don't think Mr. Blaie is a 1 . r-, 1 T 1 candidate, xrooi wnai i can learn he is willing to have all the dele gates he can get, but those who are supposed to be very near to him say he is not a candidate. I talked to a friend of General Logan's a few days a-ro and he was positive Blaine was not a candidate, and would be fer Logan. "The Philadelphia Reformers pre fer Ben Harrison, of Indiana. Conk linsr is dead acaiust Arthur. So is Grant Conkling wanted the Presi dent to turn out Collector Robertson and ether New York Independent Republican office holders, but he re fused to do it. Lonkjmg wanted lum to make a clean sweep. For this reason Robertson and his friends are supporting Arthur, or at least that was my impression uniu i reau in the naoers thev would support Blaine. I think Don Cameron i3 for Edmunds. The old General is very warm for him, and is anxious that Pennsylvania should go for him. Wayne McYeagb and Edmunds are warm friends, and theGeueral counts him among his old and faithful as sociates." "What will the State Convention do?" "I can't say, but think they will not instruct This would be the proper thing for them to do. Per sonally I like Mr. Arthur. His ad ministration has been as clean as any of them, if not the cleanest. He is a safe man, and the interests of Pennsylvania will not sutler at his hands. "You think he is a politician; that is why you like him ? " Not mors so than Mr. Blaine r Mr. Ixigan. Personally I don't care who is nominated, so they give us a man we can elect. I have conclud ed to settle down in Beaver, give my time to wile and children, and have no fear that I cannot make an hon est living." " You certainly do not intend re tiring from the political arena?'' "1 may take a hand in politics the same as any other citizen should but 1 am in earnest when I say I have fully made up my mind that I will fight no more political battles. I have been doing this for years and receiving abuse for it, and I long to be let alone." Franklin's I'riniarics. Ciiambkksbuku, March 16. The Republican primaries were held in Franklin County last evening. In some districts there were tw tickets in the field. Senator Stewart took an active part in the election in tlie Second Vard,Chambersburg, where there were two tickets, one composed of Stalwarts and the other of Inde pendents.. Tlie Sentor is anxious to have a resolution pass the Con vention endorsing Blaine for pres ident,and put forth his exertions to have the independents elected. In this he failed, only one of them getting on the ticket. Tbo Stalwart delegation elected are all in favor of Blaine, and will heartily support any measure to that effect There are no names mentioned as yet for delegates to the State Con vention. There are a number of candidates for the Legislature. Clay ton will in all probability be renom inated and James A. McKnight, Esq., will probably be the candidate for senator. The Xeiv Jersey VictorieH. Tkkxton, March 12. New Jersey Republicans are greatly elated over the result of the township and coun ty elections held throughout the State yesterday. The most import ant officers elected were the County Board of Chosen Freeholders, and Republican gains have been made in these in almost every county. In Somerset the Republicans have gained control of the board for the first time in many years; in Essex the gains are large; in Camden City the Democratic administration, which has cntrlled the ity gov ernment for a year, is completely overthrown, and in Ocean and Mid dlesex there are large gains. Wool Growers Protest. Denvkr, March 12. A large num ber of delegates were prtsent this morning at the opening of the wool crowers convention, representing Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Nebraska. To-day's session was consumed in speech-making and in effecting an organization. The feel ing was unanimous that the passage of tne Morrison bill would prove la tal to the wool industry of the coun try. Important action is expected at to-morrow's session. Seven and a half millions of sheep, or an annual production of 3G,000,(XX) pounds of wool are represented in the Conven tion. Alleged Frauds. Pottsville, March 12. Thomas Close was arrested at his home at Gilberton to-day, and lodged in jail here, in default of 81,000 bail to an swer charges of fraud. Close was a member of the Cass Township School Board in 1382. He and his col leagues expended thousands of dol lars more than the possible income of the district, increased the debt un lawfully, and, withal, failed to pay the teachers. His colleagues have all given the bail required, and will answer at the next term of court Another Blizzard. Minneapolis, 'March 11. The most severe blizzard of the season is raging. Travel of all kinds is bus. pended and people are keepinc in doors. Specials from various points in Minnesota and Dakota state that the storm is severe everywhere. The trains on yarioua railroads are either many hours late or abandoned. In the neighborhood of St Vincent the snow in places has drifted twenty feet deep. As yet there are no re ports of disaster. ABRITISHVIGTORY Gen. Graham's Costly Capture of Osman Digna's Camp. 2,400 Eebel Dead. Uany Savage Charges ca the English Squares Which Strike Down the Erava Elacks Ij Hundreds and Achieve a Com plete Success. Suaki.v, March 12. The decisive battle has been fought, and, although several contested, the British victory over Osman Digna is complete. After a desultory picket fire, which the bright moonlight rendered very nailing, the rebels opened fire General Graham's forces at I o'clock this morning. The British forces were at once formed to repel a charse, but no attack came and the men were thereupon ordered to lie down again. The lire of the rebels contin ued all night, but the British did not reply, though an officer and two men were wounded and one man killed. The real fighting began at day break, the infantry and artillery completely routing the enemy frota their pits and trenches, and the bat tle had not lasted more than half an hour when the victory of the BritUh was, made certain. THE STAFF AND St'KCiEOXS EXTOSKD- At first Osman Digna's forces di rected their fire especially towards the hospital wagons, which were conspicuous in tlie moonlight, the surgeons and General Graham s stall officers having many narrow escapes. At 0 o clock, sunrise, a Gardiner gun and a nine-pounder were turned against the rebels, who were within 1300 yards of the British position, and afforded a most excellent tar get, and the Arabs were soon com pelled to retire to their main posi tion. THE liltlTlSH ADVANCE IX SQUARES. The British forces then advanced in two brigades, which were thrown into the form of sqnares, and a series of encounters followed. Soon after leaving Sariba the great body of the rebels charged the leading square, spearing many of the British, but the sailors, who were insidt, imme diately closing up, the rebels who were inside, immediately closing up, the rebels were repulsed with great slaughter. The advance was again resumed, when imnier.se hordes rushed upon the British from both sides, a terrible struggle ensuing. The Arabs fought with the greatest pluok and bravado, but nearly all were killed. A llRIOADE 1'ARTIALI.Y ROUTED. The second brigade met with ob stinate resistance and was at one time repulsed, the Gatlingand Grrd- iner guns falling into the hands of the rebels and being only recovered alter a severe tight, when the Brit ish gained possession of the rebel camp. The rebels, under cover of the smoke, crept close up to the lritish lines and dashed against the mari nes and the 65th and Black Watch Regiments, throwing themselves up on the bayonets of the British and giving and receiving fearful wounds. Great confusion ensued, the Goth began to retreat, crowding the mar ines, when all became inextricably mixed. A DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT A RALI.EV. General Graham and his staff did their uttermost to rally the men, retreating 8X) yards to enable them to re-form. Assistance for the other brigade prevented a serious disaster. There were many narrow escapes amsng the officers. The horse of General Buller was shot from under him. The pluck shown by the reb els is unexampled. THE REBELS STILL ACTIVE. Loxnox, March 14. A despatch from Suakin to Renter's Telegram Company says that the enemy was enabled to penetrate the second square and capture the guns by the movement of the Black Watch Regi ment, which advanced impetuously and broke the ranks. Numbers of; rebels still hover around the camp: and fire when cattle are being water ed. The native guides bolted when the square was broken. Further fighting is improbable. The battle raged two and a half hours. The rebel loss is estimated at 4,0(0 killed and 0,000 wounded. THE REBELS' STTRBORX FGHT. General Graham has taken up his quarters for the present in the camp from which Osman Digan and the rebels hosts were driven. All the English leaders agree that the enemy fought most stubbornly, and that the battle was severer than the engagement at Teb. The sailors, the Black Watch Regiment and the York and Lancaster Regiments suf fering the heaviest loss. The rebels are supposed to have lost 2,400 men. GENERAL GRAHAM S DISPATCH. The following dispatch has been received from General Graham dated. Osman Digna's Camp, March 13, 11.40 a. m. "The camp of the ene my has been taken after hard fight ing since 8 o'clock this morning. Over seventy of the British were killed and a hundred woundod." High Water. New Orlkans, March 11. The Picayune's Vicksburg special says that the steamer Headlight arrived to-day from William's Landing, Sun flower river, 2S0 miles above here. The officers report the water at that point within an inch of the highest reached last year. All the lands from Williams' down to Fonia, a dis-: tance of sixty miles, are under was ter. At Fozonia the water is rising four inches per day. There now seemg to be no doubt but that the greater portion of Yazoo, Sharkey, Sunflower, Bolivar and Coahoma counties, and a large portion of Issequena county, will be overflow ed. AVhale's Value. Nev London, March 12. Captain Roche, of the schooner Lizzie P. Simmons, now at Cumberland Inlet, reports that in November. 1882, ithey captured a whale which yielded 1G8 , barrels of oil and 2,o00 pounds of j ble cyclone passed through hi coun bone. The bone has just been sold j ty yesterday, destroying timber and in Peterhpad, Scotland, for $4 pen blowing down houses, barns, etc. At pound, the highest price ever paid Between $13,000 and $14,000 was realized from the single whale. Another Fearful Explosion. I'ETEitsnciiG, Va., March 13. The News special says : "Intelligence has just been receive;! here of a terrible exnlosion m the coal mines of tlie ' . . county, this State, which occurred this morning at one o'clock. There were one hundred and fifty men in the mine at the time of the explo sion, not one of whom is believed to have escaped. Those who were not killed outright by the terrible force of the explosion, most likely perish ed from the after-darup. 'The work of destruction was not confined entirely to the interior of the mines, but houses 200 to 300 feet removed from the mines were overturned, and in several instances entirely demolished. The large ven tilator of the Southwestern Improve ment Company was blown to atoms, and the mines cannot be entered until another is constructed for the ! purpose of freeing the atmosphere ot the suffocating fumes. An ex ploring party subsequently entered the mine a short distance ami brought out six bodies frightfully mutilated." Richmond, Va., March 13. The mine in which the disaster occurred is known as the Flat Top mine, and is situated i-i the northeast portion pf Tazewell county, at the base of the Flat Top mountains, which di- viiip flint Qpnhnn f Virginia IVnrM Wo.-tv;. : i-k " till II L1CU 1,1. 1 UC VUUJ O.lll V V Ul IV- ing the mine is nominally known as the Southwest Virginia Improve ment Company, but the mine is realby under the control of the Nor folk and Western Railroad Corupa n', who have a branch road, known as the New River division, running from New River to Pocahontas, about sixty miles. John C. Ilsey, of Pennsylvania, is president of the Improvement Company, and Will iam A. Lathrop it superintendent of the mine, which is compartively new, having been in active operation but little over a year. From five to six hundred hands were employed, and a large quantity of coal was be ing taken out. Petersburg, Va., March 13. The latest intelligence concerning the explosion in the Pocahontas mines is to the effect that about loO men were killed, and that the accident was caused by the men going too lr into the mines with their Jamps. All the machinery is reported as a toul wreck. Efforts are being made to recover the bodies, but in cobsh quence of the afier damp very little progress can be made. A relief train with physicians and a force of work men on board has gone to the scene of the accident from here. A dis patch bas been received here asking that safety lamps be sent to Poca hontas at once to facilitate the work of recovering the bodies. The scenes in the vicinity of the disaster are heartrending in the extreme. Cattle Oiseasc. Nkosho Falls, March 1. The excitement relative to the cattle plague is subsiding and it is report ed some persons are disregarding the quarantine. It will be. impossi ble to maintaine it many days longer. The people generally do not believe the disease so fnnhly contagious as the surgeons report it, and base their skepticisrc on the facts as they have transpired here. Take, for instance.the herd of John Beard, containing sixty head. The disease appeared there five or six weeks atro, anil yet only eight have shown any symptoms of infection. The disor der appeared in an Owl Creek herd about Christmas, and but fourteen have thus far been infected out of over 100 head. Surgeons say the disease manifests itself within four days at the longest after the expo sure. The Quarantiie Committee held a meeting ami resolved on ex tra measures to insure respect for their regulations Owing to the lar;e and rapid growing disbelief in the highly contagious character of the disease the duties of the commit tee are rendered very difficult. Ifi surgeons are correct, the disease is bound to spread, for the reason that the quarantine cannot hold but ten days longer. ISurial or a Giantes.s. Nkw Yokk, March lo. The bur ial ot Mrs. Arthur Rid, who was known professionally as Jennie Waldron, the giantess took place to day. Her remains were removed at an early hour from an undertakers shop on the lsowery to the new Union Baptist Church in Green Point. The coffin containing the body was placed in front of the pul pit and was surrounded by a large number of floral offerings. The cofiin was three and a half feet wide three feet deep and six feet long. A crowd of curiosity seekers sur rounded the edifice. A large assem bly was present at the services, which were conducted by the pastor the Rev. I). C. Hughes. The hus band, father uncles, cousins and other relatives of the unfortunate girl, many of whom had the appear ance of well-to-do people, were pres ent. A long procession accompan- ied the remains to the cem etery of the Evergreens. An Km ire Town v recked. Dkxvkk, Col:, March 12. On Monday night a snow slide descend ed on the little snow bound station of Woodstock, on a branch of the South Park railroad, 7-3 miles southwest of Leadville, carrying away every building in town, including the rail way station. Eighteen persons are known to have been caught in the avalanche, includmsr Mrs. Doyle, a uiiiiaiiviu . iiiviuiui iot r. . ;.i- 1-. ,i wiuwn nuu ivtti.l Lite Piaiiuu, Mint i : i i , ' her six children, and another wo man, name unknown, and ten sec tion men. The two women rescued alive, are seriously injured. The body of one section hand was recov ered. None of the others can escape alive. As soon a3 the news reached Pitkin, the fire bells sounded an alarm, and a larga number of citi zens started on snow shoes for the ! scene ot the wreck. Figures on tbe Chicago Hoc Chicago, March 13. Howard White & Co.'s Commercial Bulletin, shows the number of hogs killed here during the last 12 months was 3,912,000, acainst 4,5oJ,000 last year ; total receipts of hogs, live and dressed, 5,390,000; number of cattle slaughtered during the past 12 months, 1,1S3,000, of which 700,000 head were required for the dressed beef interest. Terrible Cyclone. Starkville, March 12. A terri- Street's Mills, a daughter of Ossian Gillespie was fatally injured and a Mrs. Grier was instantlykilled. Sauthwest lrginia improvement! y. , ,. : -. i t . 1 it 'noon the iiiiblic. especially in toe Com nan v at Pocahontas. 1 azewell i V. ' . ' . . ' , A Warning Washington-, March I k The Se cret Service Division of theTreasury Department reports that it believes J certain coun. ei leiters sire wim-ino i iiMi'iaii simultaneously to pass cities of the South and West, coun teri'eit dollar silver certificates. A sample of the same has just been re ceived at the office of the Secret Ser vice Division. The issue is of the series of 1S0; .lames Gillillan. Treasurer of tlie I'nited Stat". Tlie paper is thick, greasy and stiff. The note is one-j eighth of an inch shoiter than the genuine. There is no distributed fiber or parallel silk threads in the nanerasin the lretuiine. The words "Silver cenificatu" appear in panels twice in the upper border on the face of the note. In the panel to the left in the counterfeit, the Utters ' r, I "t''and"f,''intheword"Certificate,';i are engraved wrong side up. In the counterfeit there are no periods dividing the initials in "B. j k. Bruce on the lower left corner. The check-letter "C" is without the aecon.panving number and in hejjlne () Q00tS cvcr oHeied tO tllO pllMlp name "Gilhllan,' only the first i I . 1 - is dotted, on the hack of the note visit is sure to iitiord uotli pleasure am ;!;, .a .i-r : .1..;,,!., c....H ! i iu "Tares," and the word "engraved" is spelt "Kngravod." The color of the seal is brick-red ; it should be verging on brown. The foreoinir salient points, if i carefully noted, will protect the noted, will protect the pm- l .; , . " , 11.. 11119 lilW IIULC C1WH iiv. " the note snouiu noi ue Cfcive careful handlers of money, es pecially when the geometric latue work is examined ; yet, among the hurried and careless, because it is fair in appearance, it may work great danger. Iteato Ileit Confession. Dayton, May ton 16. On Jan uary 11. Christine Kett, a pretty girl eighteen years old, was murder ed in her home, on 0 tk street, and no clue was ever discovered to the murderer until yesterday, when her brother made a death-bed confession that her wn mother had committed the deed. A number of parties had been suspected, but no clue had ever pointed in this dirtction. The disclosure causes a profound sensa tion. As related by the son, his mother on death-bed made a confession of her guilt. The n.ur dored girl had gone away to call on a lady friend and returned home at a late hour. The mother in a fit of passion struck her with an axe han dle crushing her skull. Appalled at her crime she smeared the dead girl's face with gunpowder, and af terwards deported herself in such a maimer as to entirely elude detec tion. Mental torture drove her from the scene of thecrime and she roam ed through the Western cities and finally died here several years ago. She was sixty-four years old at htr death, and all of the family are d--ad but the sun, whe makes this dying confession. Fire in Fast St. l.onis. Sr. Boris, March 12. Just he. fore dark to-night a disastrous fire visited East St. Louis. It originated in a barbershop on the levee, spread from there to a lot of other framo dwellings and then crossed the track of the Chicago and Alton company until it reached advance Klevator A. This was a monster wonden struc ture, containing oOO, 000 bushels of No. 2 mixed corn, oO,tKM) bushels of oats and l!0,(K..H bushels of wheat. This stock burned like so much oil and a grand illumination was the result. The people of East St Lou is have no fire engine or firemen and as the flames advanced they sent j over to the Chief of the St. Louis j fire department, asking him to come ! to their aiu. IhefM. lwis laddies arrived in time to save Elevator B. A was reduced to ashes. Seven frame houses on the levee were also destroyed together with about one hundred freight cars loaded with hay and grain. The whole loss will amount to nearly a million dollars Elevator A was vaincd at 8 " .(' M and was insured for $10.3,01)0, in one hundred dill-rent companies. laving With His Neck Broke. ' Minnkatolis, March 1-3. A tra peze performer named Lellaine, said to be from Chicago, met with probably a fatal accident to-night -t the Pence Opera-house. A row of iron rings on ropes were hanging c t i i . . i iCr;ij11(r irom an iron oar auactied to me Le Ilaine's task was to place his feet in these rings, html downward, and pass across the stage and back. While in the midst of the act, to-night, the rope holding one of the rings broke letting him fall ailistance of 23 feet. He struck on his head on the front row of seats nearest the stage, and was picked up insensible. The audience, small in numbers, was paraiyzed for an instant, and then made a rush for the doors, but in the panic no one was injured. It is now learned that Le Haine fractured his skull from a point above the left eye over the crown to the back of the head, and also broke his neck. Erie" Treasurer Missing. Erie, March 12. John Boyle, for the past four years Treasurer of this city and fur several years previous tax collector of the First Ward, has been missing since Monday evening. An examination of his accounts has revealed a shortage of So .000, which amount may be increased by further investigation. He has been promi nent in local politics for many years but was defeated last month. There has been rumors for months concern- ,i i ii it i hn the pnlab.e deficiency and an r O 11 1 i investigation followed c!oely on his defeat. It is thought most of the money taken was used for election purposes in trying to keep himself in office. Died at the Age 115 Years. Vinckn.nes, March 1-3. Pierre Cottee, a celebrated half French nig ger died in this city to-day, aged 113 years. He was b-irn in thi country and was never further than 10 miles from this city. He claim ed that he was born in France and that he was in the French revolu tion, but his niece, 100 years old, says he was not. L-ottee lias u-en l : ,.io.i .;,.. ii .-K...1 ",! against the door of his bed-room, ana Kepi iwo large oowie knives or, ,t9l,lo np9rhv to T.rr.l.f V.;......r raa unuviru rnitv lui-j. iififvtrii r i n .. . -j ,,.-v, liiuinni. London, March 13. An explosion occurred last night in a hotel at Ful hara, a suburb of London, believed to be another Fenian dynamite out rage. A box containing six pack ages, apparently cartridges, was found on the premises. One man was blown to pieces. He carried the brick for Geneni ' h. , T i .i ":.u?nM "i-o-' The I.,Ba.nie Scare. h of '" on Sunday. We announce without hesitation, ami t diction that our assortment of Goods this season, win l UNSURPASSED in );j Quality, Varisty Furnishing Goods ! NECK-AVEAE! . HATS A.J In these Departments we htive the prottus laCllOU. You should not fail to call and see or Stock ofboys' school and Childrens' Evervthinir new and attractive is reproniti,: Every family that believes in true econoi:; comes to our immense establishment to u;'. ply themselves and little ones. Jj. M. WOOLS The Oic-Pricc Clothier, Hatter, Furnihrr. sr3-w store, J" ohnstown, I3; t. A Fatal Duel in a. Theatre. .-an .x to xv, .March l. l.en Thompson and Ning Fisiier shut t-ach other dead in the Vand'.'villo 1 heat re list nigtit. Joe roster, who attempted to quiet the Combatants, was .i,ot in the leg an. 1 will iroba - ly die of hemorrhage. Thomas ai:d Fisher had been drinking t-?- getlier and ertered the theatre in company. They met Foter in th dress circle arid some words wer exchanged. The dress circit '.va quiikly cleared, thy occu pants j'. imp ing int. the parqt'.etfe neiow and through the side windows int.) the street. No one seems to know who filed the first shot or how many were engaged in the shoulLg. Before the theatre was fairly cleared of its occupants 13 0 persons on the outside were clamoring at the closed doors for admittance. Shortly after the shooting Thomp son's brother put in an appearance, but was arrested. A jury was hastily impaneled and it was ascer tained that Thompson had received iij'io.ii nmiiins auuiiui n-ntr had been wounded three times, two of which would Inv. caused instant (t-ath. The remains of the two vie - tirns were taken in charge by a Lost of friends and the obsequies have been ordered on the grainiest seal-.1 regard iess of expense. t..iw....v,.,i ....... ...... i.i... ... Senator ainernu s Trip. .Washington, March i J.Cieiisler, Senator Cameron' vate secretary, on Monday received a letter from the S Mr. II. pri ii ig lit er.ator. dated Florence, Fenrinrv fth In this letter Mr. Cameron savs: "After leaving P..ris we stayed about tea .lavs at M il- Carlo, Men- lone, i-noa, i isa uid ten days at Rome. We went from there to Na pies ami Soronto, ft. -land ot t a- pn, and came mighty near going to Constantinople but fcarinii vou might be distressed if. you should hear of our going so far from home, we turned and come i.aek to Koine; oil Wednesday last in time to s-e a l.ai t of the carnival. " e are nov i our uay to Venice; and after slopping then; a day or two. we will go to Milan, and there! i Marseilles, from which place we will go into Spi.in. After doing upj that country we will return to Pans' and get ready to return home. Our! Chattanooga, March 1" trip has thus far been very pleasant.! structive cyclone pa-sed near Mrs. Cameron has had -jood health. : tersvillo, Alabama, last r.i.t.t. and 1 le-1 a constant and stead v provement in mine." Murderous Prisoners. mi Wl.sn.--oi;, March IG This morn ni ui o o ciock iwo prisoners con . . .. " nueiient, i- miles v.e-t, bmg the Harrow postoflice. shot arl(! .-riouslv by th-i cv.-U;,-killed the jailer. Leech, and fatally J Hth. Dan" ThW, farm, wounded the turnkey, Davis, ami J tables, cabins fer-i.e escaped. Policemen and citizens , L,r-., rubber of cows. So:n :ir. Kf.fi:innr tlw t. ........ 1 . . nne.i in i.n svin.iu.-icn i. i f.,. ...n ".i u.uuu ,. rvenneoy. one ot the murd rers, was capiureu just about to cross to. Detroit. Kennedy says Leech shot;"-" A'l' u L-auagnan, tlie other murderer, and the latter on the road between Windsor and Walkervill-, became so faint from loss of blood that he crawled ovtr a fence and is proha - bly deatl. Search fails to reveal tillll. Foot and Mouth l;i.eusc lulowa. . J.CULINOTO.N, March lo. A Te- , e lf ii , . r Icial from Wapello, Louisa county.: t!,. .--veiny nead ol cat nra -wu iu a disease which u con ir ...l ... . mien 10 me nin.i leet. t he mouths are all right and the cattle eat well. Opinion differs as to it.s nature. Some claim it is the result of free zing ; others believe it is the foot and mouth disease. Another eoecial says: Physicians pronounced the catt.e disease near Wapella the foot and mouth plague. Three of the animals have died. Man and Wife KcfuMid Huiial. Pattkks .... "'"' i j . n.-immm r.reiueuio nil .lIV If. f to. . . ' a o?fif U i i r j .. i i- who died lK 1 " ..w trnm u ' , -. .' ' " l"c '"rcil nuii-ii, uiTaue oi iriA Lint t ,..t o, ii i- The Snow Hiockaile In Maine. Phili.hs, Maine, March 11. The railroads are now raising the third snow blockade in two weeks, and there h.-w been no mail since Friday, lha snowis four feet deep on the level here, and nr trr,n. u !armmgton before Wednesday. without fear ol .... Stylo, C: - N I) CAP? r ivrrisr stbeet, . I'atal Atiruipi Nkw Yoi:. March b. K lyn, to-d:tv. Miss tVlia li- i::i years of uv was vi-itii;.' th of John Cas-sidv. n Sixsh a : Brooklyn. While Ca-idv '. ! and the guests were ciiattiu,' I parlor, after dinntr, Dem.is 1 ".Oyif.irs old, on- of trie p:;rtv a revolver and point-.! it y" l "aj-i -ly. s.iyirg that fie w.iul.i ; meri.e her. When s!a- ex! symptoms of fear, he l.iugl.". turning around. leveled the -.-ui Mi's Il'nny's head an i ti tii.'er. A loud rep irt .V and, without uttt-ri; ij ". wori Kenny !"!! forward i j :;. T!i dead, the nuli'-t i.avi g ; I rain. Tne screams oi Mrs. t".i--; I hr daughter arou-e.l t!i- n-:j aiidReilly, vho made :.o t.;'; escape, was h.tnded over t i! lice. IIeseemd utterly nv with horror at the occurr-a." said that ha tln-mg'it tie? r- ivas empty, rtv.in ex-imma' , .1 . . i jivas iouiui mat tae cat u had been unload-.-.! e.v-ni'a:.; j one- from which the f.it-tl ch f j fired. The coroner wiil mas. investigation, ! Mnrilerc.l ty her M .;h. i- ! ! Canton, O., March In Oa 11. 1G7, Christian Kett. a .n : rl of IS years, wi s murdered a! i home in Oak Street in this city, u no clue was discovered to tin- aa dcr until yesterday, when her hr-i er made known a deathbed coin sion that his own toother ha i a. . three weeks ago. The murd-red -i I had gone to call on a friend aa i iurne.1 an nour later tnaa sac calculated upon, when her in a tit of passion, st-i-d an :i.v handle and struck her oa ti.. ii crushing in the skull. Appaii her crime, the woman srnea;- 1 girl's face with gunpowdcrai-i :. wards deported herself in - a manner as to entirely eh; le .! tion. Menial torture drove !e r : the scene of her crim- and roamed through various V. . -citi. s, finally returning her- s-. years a-o. Destructive Cfclom-. ll ess aim .Mrs. Joan lidna.re Mr. Frank Firmer were sever. -iurfd. About ttiirty houses (down to atoms. The storm le earth after devasting nearly miles. - 1 A Starkvillo Mi di-piteii i u-. . 1 . , . ! wen-i.lown u uuarler ol Manv :ers suit", r a great h-- I'rize Kij;hl tn a Iloat. j Ntw Youk. March K--A i j tight for 6.3i a sid.i was ,. ! to-day on a banre, which was t. jout into the East riv-r, to e-cap-:" i vigil anc of the police. The nrie - I ItflU Kpr Tl If.irr ui !init Jil!l !-.' ' -'.' '......." who are both from Green Point. Four bloody rounds were fm.tf.t. inuring which both nxa rrceiv. i-- :,.... ...... .U ....... . v . ," l:..'s L.uiu.-.miriii. null '" wth were knocked out on tie- f.:-t I r.,.,n,l .....i ;.. .U ...,!, 1 ... j knocked sense!,- against the r. :ind the tiirht was L'iv-n to 11''- Barr was taken to Brooklyn he was attended by a physician. Murttcreil ty her Sister. Montlohkiu", March N. -.- hns reached here of a difficulty '" tween Mrs. Huhfs and in r -Miss Harwell, in Cotl'ee county, in which the latter killed the (" r Mrs. Huhes and her hu-bai.d rated some years ago. H;;:ii'S un lawfully living with th- ri-t-r. it died a few months ago, and the w; . ow took possession tf what n"--'' property he itft. The-sister ;; after some cattle, and the tr.ejn.e arose in which Mrs. Hughes wa- ! tally stabbed. llluivn Into thp Air. I:e.wn.s March 12.-A .ptarry man named Aaron Clay, working the Leesport Iron Company, blown into the air by a p-eniar" exolosion of a blast this nionnu- and instantly killed. His b-iy badly mutilated. He ha.l . o" working at the business about sixtttn years. ! "
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