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EDWARD 6CTLU Editor nd Proprietor.
WEDNESDAY..
It looks now as if Mr. Randall
would get the unanimous vote of
this State as the Democratic candi
date for President.
Statistic ehow that the wheat
uerage of the world was never larg
er, and the wheat crop never looked
better than to-day.
It looks now as if the wide spread j cess was in the hearts of all Repub
bofm for Rolert T. Lincoln, for i licans in this county, and until Mr.
Vice President, vould effectually Sculls appearance in the Herald
drown ut the Logan Presidential
boom.
Thkue is no dearth of good Re
publican candidates. The Republi
cans of Connecticut come to the
front with Senator Hawley, of that
State, as their choice for President.
A Democratic jude in Tennessee
v, .a t...n induced to issue an injunc
tion restraining the Nashville Amrr- j
iron from advocation? a protective j
Mr if. Wtthut a new political :
wrinkle?
The Boston AdcertUcr has made a
canvas- of the Congressional dis
tricts of Massachusetts, and an
nounces Winunds and Lincoln as
largely the favorite candidates in
that State.
Si.xa'iok Cooi er, Chairman of the
i: tuil.lian StaU Central Commit
tee, is out in a strong article in his
paper, the Delaware Co. American, in
lavor of tin- nomination of James
G. Blaine.
The Republican of Wisconsin be
lieve that Central Lucius Fairchild,
of that State, who lost an arm at
Gettysburg, and has three times
been elected Governor, has excellent
Prt'-idential timber in him.
The Republican County Conven
tion of Cambria County met at Kb-iii.-l.nrg
on Monday last, and in
structed its delegates for Blaine for
resident, and for Hon. D. J. Mor
rell for d. leirate to the Chicago Con
vention. Th r Biaine can carry hio is not
doubted, and that he can sweep
iVnnsvlvmia goes without saying.
Can he carry New York, or can he
be elected without her vote, is the
problem the politicians are trying
to solve.
At a meeting of the Republican
State Committee f New Hampshire, !
held last week, the sentiment ap
peared to le largely in favor of Ed
munds and Lincoln. A convention
t select delegates was called for
April ."0-
The wheat market at Chicago has
gone to pieces, there having been a
drop of ten cents per bushel within
the lust week. With the splendid
crop in the ground, that has safely
passed tin? winter, a much heavier
decline must follow.
The total number of votes in the
Republican National Convention
will be s:Ji; nveessary to a choice,
111. Eighteen of these votes are
cast bv Territories, including the
District of Columbia, and 30 y
the Southern States, or enough with
in "J" to nominate.
A newspaper scribe, whose hind
sight is better than his fore-sight,
makes the unpleasant announce
ment that, the Pennsylvania Repub
licans have never once succeeded in
securing the nomination of their fa
vorite candidate for President. Nev
er mind letter luck next time.
The Independent kickers who
threw New York and Pennsylvania
into the hands ot the Democrats,
two yaars since, now count on both
States going Republican tnis year,
on the ground that the "Stalwarts
never bolt the ticket." Compli
mentary to the honesty of the Stal
warts, this!
The Democrats held a caucus on
Tuesday night f last week, for the
purpose of making Morrisons free
trade bill a party measure. When
it wa found that fifty-seven mem
bers could not be whipped in, it was
resolved that the action of the cau-
cus should not be binding on those
who refused to be bound by it. Like
Rip's lust drink, "1ms one Won t
count
The whisky men were routed in
the House on Thursday last The
bill extending the bonded period
being defeated by a vote of 1S5 to
Sr.. Randall says the whisky men
united with the free-traders, to leat
him and elect Carlisle Speaker, and
now he has his innings. Here is
still another verification of the old
adage which runs, "When rogues
fall out c., Ax.'
The Commercial professes to have
no choice between the four candi
dates for delegates to the State Con
vention, nevertheless it cavils it the
card of Mr. Cover, because he mis
takenly asserts that the election in
Cambria Countv had Wen held and
the delegates had been instructed
for Blaine.
We presume Mr. Cover was mis
led, as was the Herald, by a dis
patch to that effect, that was pub-
lisbed in a Pittsburgh daily. ItexiOiing an attempt to mislead
matters not, however, as the election I them.
has einee been held and instructions 1 It is alleged that Captain Harrison
given for Blaine. The intimation is ! did not betray the party by voting
also made that Mr. Cover does not
"express his unqualified preference
for lilaine and his purpose to sus
tain his sentiments with his vote."
This is merly "sticking in the
bark," a quibble on the construction
of lacgU3ge' JIr Covcr f3y8:
j vm deeM jf rf (Q WB.
n(r Wf.'i Otem (the other delegates) taj intelligent gentleman, he knew when
electing delrga'.et who trill represent the , he voted fur Ste art that he was as
vdrrexts of James G. Elaine in the gisting to place the Democratic par
Chicago Convention." Can any of ' ty in power, and thereby betrayed
the other candidates, if elected, do not only the candidate, but the Re-
more than thif?
In its anxiety to raise an objection
to Mr. Cover the Commercial has j
overreached itself, and gives the lie
to its prafessions of indifferenc, as to
which two of the four candidates are
elected.
Thk Meyersdale Commercial of
last week, under the caption, "Never
buy a pig in a poke," publishes as
editorial, a whining jesuitical arti
cle alleging that "peace and hope
fulness and an ardent desire for suc-
last week, no one soucht to duturb
this condition of things." It then
proceeds to recite that, this lovely
state of affairs existed until Harri
son and Spangler announced them
selves as candidates, pledged, if
elected, to support James G. Blaine,
whereupon the Herald seeks to
create disturbance. Suppose a bur
glar attempts to break into your
house, and you resist him, was it he
or you, that created the disturbance?
Spangler and Harrison are not Re-
pul.licans in good standing, they are
attempting to capture the valuables
of the party, and we resist them.
Who is responsible for the row? Is
it the Herald, because it sounds an
alarm, and stands up for the proper
ty of it friends ? But this far-fetched
attempt to hold the Herald censur
able, was only a pretext to get in the
following malicious thrust at Mr.
Scull, we quote. )
"But let it suffice for the present
"to say that in 1S7G, Mr. Scull, of
"Somerset, and Mr. Cessna, of Bed
ford, represented this district in the
"Cincinnati Convention, and cast
"their votes on every ballot against
"James G. Blaine.'
Now, the quibbling pettifogger,
claiming to be a gentleman, who
wrote this insinuation of a lie, is
quite as uuilty, and far more con
temptible than if he had lied direct.
He knew thatScul! and Cessna were
selected as delegates by the State
Convention, and not bv the voters of
the district. ; he knew that the Con
vention, the highest authority in the
State, instructed them, and all other
delegates so chosen, to vote as an
unit for General John F. IIi.rtr.inft,
ami he knew that in obedience to in
structions, they voted for Hartranft
until he was withdrawn, and then
on the last ballot, voted for Ruther
ford B. Hayes, who was unanimous
ly nominated. They might have
voted for Blaine on that one last
ballot, but they used their best judg
ment in voting for Hayes as the
strongest candidate before the Con
vention, and the result vindicated
the soundness of their choice.
Would the writer of the Commercial'
article have had the delegates vio
late instructions? Apparently he
would, as he is attempting to hold
them censurable for not doing so.
And yet this beautiful specimen of
manhood impudently assumes the
custody of Mr. Blaine's interests in
thi county. We match his swine
ish adage with another, of which he
can make personal application:
"You can't make a silk nurse out of
a sow's ear." Neither can you ex
pect an honest statement from a pro
fessional shyster.
It is alleged by the Commercial
that because we admit the right of
Spangler and Harrison to run as
delegates, we are therefore precluded
from criticising their character as
Republicans. It is then asserted our
objection to them must be a person
al one, for "the trumped up allega
tion that both these gentlemen, two
years since, helped betray the party
by voting against General Beaver, is
an unblushing perversion of the
truth, as to both gentlemen. Betray
al, presupposes a profession of fidel
ity when treachery is meditated, but
the course of Captain Harrison was
eminently frank and manly, lie
made no secret of hi opposition, and
therefore betrayed no trust. As to
Sheriff Spangler, the Herald knows
that he was a consistent supporter
of General Beaver all through the
campaign."
This is the kind of sophistry, by
which the defeat of the Republican
party, by professed members, is at
tempted to be justified, by one who
was a leader and a teacher of the
j trenson
The Herald admits the right of
Spangler and Harrison to run, on the
same principle it admits the right of
bullv
to kick his grandmother
the right of power to do so. It also j
admits the right of General CofJroth j
and John H. Uhl to run as Republi
can delegates, if it so pleases them,
but because they pay for the publi
cation of their cards in its columns,
it is not precluded from criticising
their pretended character as
Republicans. As well might
it be claimed, that we are
botind to stand by and see our
neighbor deprived of his goods by
false pretenses, becaus the man
I wronging him, claimed to belong to
the same church. Our personal re
lations with Messrs. Spangler and
Harrison have always been amicable
j nl pleasant, and it is mere twad
idle to attribute personal hostility to
us in this natter. We are simply
performing a duty we owe to the
true Republicans of th county, in
against General Beaver, because it
was done in a frank and manly way,
and presupposed no previous pro
fession ef fidelity t the candidate.
To this we answer, Captain Harri
son professed to be a Republican,
nich presupposed fidelity to all its
fa., nominateJ can(jjate8. As an
publican party into the hands of its
enemies. Nay, more than this, he
left the party ranks, went into anoth-
er organization, with its machinery
of State and county conventions,
chairmen, committees, &c, and for
all we know to the contrary, is there
yet Now, we put it to the gallant
Captain himself, if it isn't a pretty
cheeky thing, while they are yet be
ing galled by the Democratic yoke,
ho helped place on their necks, for
him to a6k the Republicans of the
county to make him their represent
ative in the highest council of the
party. When our Southern breth
ren "in a frank and manly way.
making no secret of their opposi
tion" marched out of the Union,
formed a separate organization, and
had their little spree, there was no
opposition made to their return, but
if we ar not mistaken, when they
did come back, they were not permit
ted to march in with drums beating
and flags flying, and take position it
the head f the column.
As to Sheriff Spangler, in the ab
sence of proof to the contrary, we are
bound to take his assertion that he
supported General Beaver, but we
do know that during the campaign.
Chairman Pile was
. . !
constantly re-1
ceiving danger signals from portions
of the county where he operated,
and that, although a candidate, he
refused to pay but a small portion of
his assessment towards defraying
the expenses of the campaign.
We have done our best to give the
writer in the Commercial what he de
mands, "an open field and no fa
vors," and if the gentlemen he first
led astray and now volunteers to
champion, feel agrieved, they oaa
thank his indiscretion for it. We
think that the Republicans of the
county fully understand that men do
not "gather grapes of thorns, or figs
of thistles."
I'KKSI li:.TI AL) STRAW'S.
Cleveland Leader ( Rep.) : Secre
taiy Lincoln's boom for the Vice
Presidency is one ot the broadest
thing in America. It cuvcrs the
country, and tlourishes just as well
where one Presidential candidate
reigns as where any of the others is
supreme.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
(Rep.) : The question whether Pres
ident Aithur will be a formidable
candidate before the Chicago Con
vention, or a candidate at all, dis
tinctly depends upon the develop
ments in the State of New York.
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser
( Rep.) : If the next President of the
United States is a Republican it will
be largely owing to the fact that
President Arthur s conduct of pub
lic business and his magnanimity as
a party leader, under most perilous
and trying circumstances, made the
election of a Republican successor
possible.
Albany hlrpre (Rep. ) : Suppose
the friends of Arthur adopt the tame
foolish tactics, and declare that
Blaine cannot be elected ? If Arthur
cannot be elected because Blaine's
friends will knife him, then Blaine
cannot be elected because Arthur's
friends will knife him. Such a con
test will be a Kilkenny eat affair,
and our democratic friends will walk
oil' with the hide and the hair.
Harrisburg Tdegrajdi (Rep.): As
to Mr Blaine, his position on these
vital questions is s well understood
that his nomination would be ac
cepted with the fullest confidence
that he would, if elected, take good
care that, so far as he was able, the
workingman and the Southern Re
publican would both be protected.
Buffalo Times (Hep.) : The sober
judgment of the non-office-holding
portion of the Republican party at
least in the East is in favor of Ed
munds, and he is not without a
strong support in the West. It is al
so devel ped that hu is the second
choice of the advocates of Arthur's
nomination. He would make an
admirable candidate and a model
President.
lien. Cameron on the South.
11 aukishi K'., Pa, March 2(1. Gen
Cameron flatly refuses to talk poli
tics.' In his bright and enterprising
way he will converse on any other
subject, especially that of his South
ern trip, but the interviewer is met i
at the threshold of the conversation
with the intimation that politicial
talk is tabood. lu his chatty way
ha talks this afternoon on what ne
saw in the South during his rceut
trip, and said there was a most no- whole of the Sycamore street, side of
ticeable improvement in the matei i- j the jail presents an expanse of deso
al and social condition of the negroes, j Iation. The window panes art all
The children go to school, and i broken; the frames are in splinters
tke men no longer hang their heads or have entirely dispappeared, and
but seem to feel their indeDendence. i the stout iron bars are lrit. & if bv
physically the .General derived great j
benefit from his ttay in Florida,
where he gained health and strength
and he is loud in his praises of that .
Suite, which he thinks has wonder
fully enhanced in value in the past
few vears. On land redeemed by
draining which a . year ago was six feet j
under water, he saw sugar cane grow-1 Axes, sledgehammers and heavy
iug twenty inches high. A well di- beams were brought to bear against
rccted effort, he thinks, will result ( them. In the ojijee eigns of the vi
ta great gain to the workmen who j olence of the mob are seen every
ettle in the South. While not where. The floor is entirely covered
touching directly ou politics, the i with broken glass, heavy bowlders,
General remarked that he did not j brickbats, cartridge shells and ulas-
oeiieve mai me outuern men oi i
either party had any favorite for
I'reLderjt, but he did not pay any
attention to politic while away from
home. For himself he does not
care who is made I'resident so long
of course, as the Kouubliaaa nom
inee is elected.
A Governor Shot At.
Spri.ngfield, March 24. Gov.
Hamilton was in his oflice in the
State House this afternoon when a
pUtol bullet crashed through a win-
Idowin tne executive mansion
A
man at work in the vieinity said the; join the the party. They arrived
shot was fired by a boy shootiwriat Loveland nt hnlf-tmct c;k
pigeons ; but Irom the tact that an
occurrence of precisely the same na
ture preceded it a short time ago,
there are apprehensions of a plot to
assassinate the State Executive.
MOB LAW!
Ciuclffliti taoiiii fir Us M.ewTttK
f lfnnnn.
Of MmM
r t-i. i 41. u f
Men fcliot Down, in the At-
tack on the Prison.
THE COURT HOUSE IN FLAMES.
Fearful Affrays in the Street
State Troops Called For.
ELCCDSHSD ANTICIPATED.
This city has been in a bad way for
some years as to its public affairs,
and has been growing wo:e. The
administration of justice bag been
especially degraded. The result has
been several lrightful scenes recent
ly. One was the killing of a family
for the chance of selling their bodies
to a medical college. Last week a
boy who had seven times confessed
that he was guilty ef murdering his
employer for money was found guil
ty of manslaughter. Public exasper
ation, especially among the working
men, has been extreme. The cry
has been that a man with money
could commit murder and get away,
and there was too much truth in
it.
KRIDAY NIGHTS RIOT.
On Friday night there was an in
dignation meeting", intended by those
who called it to prevent, rather than
irnmnf a v l n!nn.i Tint tlt fffi li 1 1.
was a march to tno jail. It is ne
lievtd there was an organization to
capture the jail, which contains
more than twenty murderers, and
to hang the lot. The indignation
meeting precipitated the attack, and
it was made in a confused way.
There were no effective leaders. In
the horrible conflict that occurred
several were killed aud about twe
ty wounded. The situation just now
is dreadful. There is an enormous
mass of people about the Court
House. One corner of it is on lire.
Captain Desmond, of one of the lo
cal companies, has just been killed
while trying to put out the . fire in
the Treasurer's office. Troops are
arriving from the State capital.
TOO LATE.
But I fear it is too late. The mob
is too formidable to hv overcome bv
other than veteran troops. There
is reaon to expect that before mor
ning there will be a great deal of
bloodshed and destruction of prop
erty. MlRRAT IlALSTEAD.
Cincinnati, March 10:20 P. M.
I'ARTICI'LARS OK THE RIOT.
Cincinnati, Ohio, March 2!b A
riot, which was but the culmination
of the bitterness of feeling on the
nonuiation ot Lincmati against a
most infamous verdict rendered in
the Berner trial, took place on Fri
day night and early this morning in
front of the Jail. It was a riot
which, as to size and consequence
excelled everything witnessed be-
jfore in the history of the city. For
a long time indeed was tne indigna
tion of citizens growing against the
frequency of murders i:i their midst
and the cause f that distrust was
based on the corrupt methods of
our criminal lawyers and the sus-
jceptibilitiea of our jurors. Murder
after murder followed in quick suc
cession, and with the tardiness of
ju.-tic a family of forty murderers
was placed at the tender mercies of
the county. Several were released
on bail, and others, havingbeen con
victed, were granted new triais tech
nicalities. The people, after the in
famous murder and the quickly fol
lowing crimes of the colored rascals
Allen and lngalls, aroused them
selves to a sense of their danger, and
when William Berner, the self-confessed
murderer of Kirk, was only
found guilty of manslaughter,
through the machinations of unscru
pulous criminal lawyers and verdict
jof a corrupt and ignorant jury, the
indignation of the citizens quickly
rose to a fever heat. The excitement
finally found vent in a terrible riot,
which threatened on Friday night
to make quick work of all the mur
derers confined in jail.
AROCND THE PRISON.
The vicinity of the jail during the
day has been crowded by s vast
shifting throng of excited, determin
ed men, who crowd upon the sol
diers on duty there as close as pos
sible and scan the jail with a hun
gry look that betokens a continued
desire to wreak vengeance opou the
wretched criminals within its mass
ive walls. There is. however,a suljen
silence about the neighborhood
which is like the precursor of a
storm. Travel is necessarily sus
pended, and soldiers guard every
approach, although the path of ev
ery sentinel is outlined by a far ex
tending sea of people, some of whom
for hours have 'iewed tho scene
with a vacant stare. At the same
time every step taken by the sen
uneis is iuriiveiy watcuea. ir.e
crowd is composed mainly of braw
ny, capable tr en, and there are no
women and childreu among them,
as was the case hist night. The
a sudden convulsion. It appears
that nothing on that side had escap-
ed the fury ot the mob of last night
The outer dors of the jail oflice,
which are composed of heavy iron
are all battered up, the ornaments
torn off, and indicate that the blows
given them must have been terrific.
tering ground to oust under the
tread of many feet.
herxer's escape.
The jail officials thinking that
Bailiff Joe Moses was two well
known to start with Berner for the
penitentiary, Dominick Devoto was
chosen to take him at three o'clock.
Devoto notified Berner to prepare
for a hasty trip to Columbus. A
carriage was summoned and stationr
ed a shori distance north of the jail
entrance and on the east aide of
Sycamore street. Thev drove to
Lin wood, where they took a train
for Lcveland, where Moses was to
o'clock. Dressed as Drivate citizens
Devoto and his charge sauntered
slowly about the town. Their iden
tity was at once suspected by the
citizens, and whn questioned Devo-
to claimed that lie and his compan
ion were cigar makers. When the
express arrived a large crowd had
the depot the pairwas eeen trying
to board it Burner was rushed on
the platlorm of the first ladies car.
witn tint moo at nis heels. Devoto
wa!1 rah,.i i,v wmi ,,f th. ,.
Li!e oth(rp' cw,V?d tr way into
me uiu vini; tar aner ierner, wno
rushed to the end of the car, jumped
off. and, turning down a dark street,
disappeared.
recaptured.
Unencumbered by handcuffs De
voto got on the rear platform ot the
sleeper and whs next heard of at
Morrow, from where he telegraphed
to Mayor Clinton, asking if the mob
held the man, saying that it was
Berner. Thia morning about 11
o'clock Berner was captured near
Montgomery. lie was captured by
Bailiff Joe Moses, and is now safe in
the penitentiary, where he arrived
at seven o'clock this evening.
I he wildest excitement of tne
mob still prevails around the jail
and court house.
A TERKIliLE EXPERIENCE.
Even the large heating stove wa3
wrecked. Turnkey Mcliiigh's wife
and children passed a night of ter
ror. McHugh was compelled to
serve with Sheriff Hawkins until the
mob was expelled, while the mother
and the chilJren in the room above
heard the shots of the soldiers and
the shouts ot the 'mob. To add to
the horror the mob yelled : "Take
oi t the women and children ; we're
going to set (ire to a barrel of coal
oil and we'll put a barrel of powder
on that. "The coal oil was fired, but
the mob had no powder. McHugh
at in. m., took his wife arid children
down the inner stairway and out
through the tunnel to a place of
safety.
Sheriff Hawkins has acted a!l
day as though he expected a renew
al of the attack to night. He has
called for troops.
A MATTERING RAM.
The telephone wires were broken
off early in order to prevent any
communication with the outside.
When the wire on the inside was
made away with a huge beam was
seized by as many men as could get
hold of it and used as a battering
ram to break down the iron door,
which wrs the la.-t obstacle between
the infuriated mob and the wretched
prisoners who were listening with
terrible dread to the thundering
blows. It only took a minute to
hatter down this door, which is now
lying in the rotunda, the latter be
ing tilled with cots for the use of the
Wurn-out policemen, who relieve
each other. At the south of the ro
tunda is a corridor leading to the
yard, divided by a stout iron gate.
The locks of this were broker. The
mob only got. to the second lloor,
wli ;ie Rerner's cell was located. A
determined effort was made to fire
the jail. A barrel of coal oil had
been obtained b' the mob and roll
ed down the stejis, the head knocked
hi and a lighted candle applied to
it. The tire department and police
succeed, d in extinguishing it hefore
any damage was done, and the oil
was poured into a sink basin.
The patrolmen are out in full force
and extra police have been enrolled.
Three companies of State Militia ar
rived this morning, and more are
expecied to-night among them the
Fourteenth regiment, from Colum
bus. EI R I NO OX THE MO IS.
Colonel Hunt, commander of the
militia, gives this version of the fir
ing on the mob: "When we endeav
ored to pass through the tunnel we
found it occupied by a mob. Just
as soon as tiietwo leading files made
their appearance the mob began fir
ing on us, and three or four men feii
badly wounded. The deputy sheriff
who was with unordered the men to
fire, which they did, and cleared the
tunnel, in every instance the men
fired under orders. Most of the gun
shot wounds came from the indis
criminate firing of the mob."
This account of the firing is di
rectly contradicted by Officer Von
Seggern. He begged the soldiers not
t shoot.
TIIE MILITIA TCI THE KI( l'E.
The militia arrived, and, with the
policeman, made up a stronar guard
of about three hundred. Attempts
were made to iuiru the jail ly thriv
ing a barrel 01 coal oil into the kitch
en, but the (lames wereextinguished.
The cell of the colored murderer,
Ben Johnson, wan attacked, but the
mob did not succeed in takin; him.
The jail and its adjoining yard were
finally cleared, hut the mob about
the jail remained until broad day
light this morning. The militia
tired, and many a stray shot was
also fired indiscriminately by the
mob. The number of killed and
wounded will probablv reacli over
fifty.
THK ni.OOI)SHFI BEGINS.
Cincinnati, March, '. At 10;-1(J
o'clock the militia charged the moo
on Court street. John J. Disnmn,
one of the captains ot the First Ueg
iment., Ohio National Guard-, wa-
shot dead. lie was a young lawyer,
and much respected. Serjeant Mal
ione and Private MeGuire were
killed in the same charge, and many
were wounded. They fell back, but
followed the militia when they re
turn, d to the jail.
Havin gained access through to
the Treasurer's office, the work of
KIRIN(; THE VOl-RT HOUSE
wa commenced. A number of men
went inside, and, tearing up the
carpet and oilcloth, pihd it up, put
on top of it chairs and desks and
applied the torch.
COM PI.KTE DESTRUCTION.
While this was oinr on the crowd
in front continued the destruction of
ail accessible glass- and wood. They
mounted the stairway and coming
out on the porch in the front of the
second story demolished all the win
dows there. And while some of
them were thus at work a rush was
made around the south side of the
building to get at that portion of it
aud fire it. .
The work of the flames went on
steadily gaining headway upward
and into thcjlhird floor, where were
the court rooms and the law library.
The-, ' f course, suffered the same
fate that all other portions of the
building did. The law library was
one of the best in the country, and
will take years and many thousands
of dollars to replace it. Indeed, it is
probably that there was books on
the shelves that cannot be replaced,
bejng long ago out of print.
THE Kt;i.v,
One crash after another made the
air shiver, and men dropped by
scores in every direction. Mean
while the court house burned on
without hindrance, fr thfire de
partment was not allowed to inter
fere. It is an incalculable loss. It is a
loss, not of visible property, which
mav lie relihiced. but of intnnriblp
property which cax never bo. It is
a loss which Hamilton county will
tef;: tor centuries hence, which will
fatten u.itmrit generations of lawyers,
which will mako many a poor man,
many ji widow and orphan sweat
drop of agony as the property on
whim tjey relied for support is tak
en lion them because thev cannot
prove that the title bv which they
nolo was grwxi previous to the year
1S84. If all the money ahd bonds
in the county treasury were taken
thev could be reidxepd. If n-iri-
other piece of property belonging to
me city or county wer to-day
smoking in ruins ; if half the city
lay in ashes, all could be replaced.
But the county records never.
Consider what property it was
that the crowd so madly tore and
threv into the flames. Records a
century old ; records of the infant
village of Ciixinnati; transcripts
from the United States Courts of in
struments of the highest use to the
citizens of the countv ; the proceed
ings o! the courts for a hundred
years ; of wills probated ; of mar
riages and deaths record on which
many a title to property hanc. Al!
gone forever .' The splendid "law li-
urary une oi me tinest ir the land,
one oi the most complete, in which
almost every law book published in
the English language, could be
r 1 1 . 1 0 . .
found. It is only a matter of history
now that it cwr existed. It wai not
a destruction of paper and leather,
as the destroyers imagined when
they hauled the written books from
their places. It was the vanishing
of intangible property which will
cost thousands of present ;:nd future
citizens ad their peace f mind.
the very latest.
Cincinnati, O., April 12 a. 1:1
The night has leen absolutely qui
et. When the smallest nucleus of a
crortd appeared anywhere within
sight of the barricades the soldiers
ordered the people to move on and
in every instance tlje order was
obeyed. Young Getz. shot bv acci
dent in h;e afternoon, was still alive!
but in a dying condition at 1 a. m.
An order has oeen issued :nr at
tendance to-morrow at the funeral
of Captain Desmond. Kaeh regi
ment is ordered to detail one com
pany to report at 7 a- in. Col.
Hunt will command. Gens. An
derson and Ryan and Adjutant
1 Gage are requested to attend and
represent tne stall.
The citv is patrolled to-nhdit by
, - . , ..j
metnoers of the Grand Army of the j
iiepuoiiu 111 aiunio!i to tiie pan
lorce. I here have tipen sever:i ar-
j rests of drunken men and the police
Closed tne saloons at mmnight.
A smoulderim? tire in t!:e IJe,orJ-
ler's oflice broke out to-night, but was
soon extinjniis
lied.
Ol'KEX
VlLTOitl.l
YOUNGEST
LOSES
V
H Ell
.Seized With a Fit at Cannes, Franco
I When Alifiut 10 Start For
: Dariti-i.olf to Attend a
Yodditi.
London, March is. Prince Leop
old, Duke of Albany, the fourth and
youngest son of Queen Victoria,
died suddenly at Cannes this mor
ning at 2 o'clock, due, it is said, to
the ttlects of a fall which he suffered
last evening at the Cercle Xautique
The Prince was seized with a fit as
he was on the point of starting for
Darmstardt to attend the wedding
of his niece the princess Victoria, of
ile.-s. He had ron to ('mnw onl v
a few days ago for the sake of hisi
11.1 . . . . I
neaitn. .Nothing venous, however,
h:;d been anticipated. He was look
ing fairly well, and had been takirg
part in the festivities of the place.
Marlborough House, the residence
of the Prince of Wales, is besieged
with people calling to express their
condolence.
Karl Granville, Foreign Secretary
of State, announced the death in the
House ot Lords. He
,i., .... t j.... i r.
rav nfitiep
wii .uuu'j.tv ne wouiu move an
address of condolence to the Queen
and the Duchess.
The Earl of (i,,,,,,, ; ti. J
absence of the Marquis of .Salisbury
leader of the Opposition, expressed
the profound grief with which he
had heard the sad intelligence.
rtie Marquis of Hartington.Secreta
ry of state for War, announced the 1 rl , 7 , ' lh"'k ast
dealt, in the House of ll m ll ! i .F T tr f l,,es,t"r' ! Prds
death in the House ot (
and gave notice that on Mondav he
wouid move an address of condo
lence. The Curfew bell at Windsor Cas
tle whs tolled at half-pa: t 7 o'clock
this evening.
Sir Henry F. Bonsonbv, Private
Secrat iry to her Majesty, and keeper
of the privy purse, ttlegraphs from
Windsor to the London Bureau of
the associate Press that Queen Vic
toria is naturally very deeply dis
tressed at the terrible news, but that
she has borne it as well as could be
expected.
Sir John Cowell, master of the
vJUeeii S houseflolJ. tiroceuiU nt onee i
- i -- " ..v..-, nu.tr iveti xil ill
to Lannes to fetch trie Dukes of Al- down and beat him until he was left
bany s remains to England. j almost unconscious. lie final lv re
The cause ff the Duke's iletith tv.ia i coveretl mifti..i.-i-.il,r i." i
euusion oi nioou into the stomach
and lungs. There were nsiialiv t.re-
.... . .
monitions, hut the svmptoms had
been threstening. He was sub
ject to occasional attacks of internal
hemorrhage.
In consequence of the Duke of
bany s death tiie marriayjs of the
Princess Victoria, of Hess, and
I'rince Louis. Lit' IJ ittenbur, and of
the l' riiicess Eliz ilielh and the I'rince
of Anhalt. have been postponed.
A l'ensi.in Check.
PirrsntROH, March JG. The
largest sum which has ever been
p.iiii al one tune bv tiie nen:on
ollice in this citv to a S lI !
cam was naiu lo-tlav to .lisho K.
. l-
rf-itfer. a re'il lef 1 1, llf f 'hf. m I .orKti r.v
- - -
Pa , who received SS.olKJ f,.r an in
jury to the eye during the war,
which resulted in total blindness
about six year ago. Previous to
187S Mr. l'i'eiller was entitled to a
pension of $:10 per month, because of
partial blindness, and to $70 per
month since that year, when He be
came totally blind. Mr. I'feiffer,
who is an extremely poor man, has
been depending upon the charity of
his neighbors for subsistence, as he
has never been a pensioner before.
This sum represents the accumula
ted pensions due hirn from the date
of his injuries. Commencing with
the fourth day of this month he will
receive 872 per month hereafter.
An Kjrtli(tiake at San Francisco.
SAn r rancisi.'o. March 2x The
heaviest shock of earthquake since
lou l l . . . . . ,
thu atternoon- The people rushed !
from their liniw.j in rrr-.t fr,ht I
i :in w imrrm nere ai 4:44 o c OCK
" , kv-"i iiArtMsntKo, .uairii i. uenerai
The shock lasted lifteen seconds. Cameron arrived home from Ncw
Several buildin-s on made ground J Orleans this afternoon in company
near the writer front, ntcro c.,rmiiclIi.,;ti,IP.l n.. r r:-..- n? -I.
v... ....v.v fiwumi j
near the water front were seriously I
damazed. A second but liihtr
shock fallowed at 5:18 P. AL More
shockg are expected. I
' DEADLY
WORK OF
IV KIA'TI CKV
Over One Hundred Families
at
riitsburg. Ky.. Made Homeless. b
London, March 23 A terrific: . .
cyclone, the severest ever known inVe announce without hesitation, and without fear of vmtr.u
this section of country, parsed near : diction that our assortment ot Goods this season will be
tins place and Pittsburg, two miles UNSUItPASSEI) ill
north of here, about 4 P. M. yester- j
day. carrvinsr death and destruction
i.i it-: t....!. .11.. . T;t)...nr.v
" V" 1 ; 1 z r t
ground and much other property j
damaged at Pittsbunr.
.uewiuoiM. viiurcn was razeu 10 me
John Hailman, brakeman, was
blown from a freight car and car
ried about fifty feet, lighting on his
head m a creek. 11 is neck was
broken.
Three fre;ght cars two coal oil j
tanks and a caboose were blown :
from the track and several persons
were slightly injured. This accident j
caused a dwiayoffive hours to the
soutli bound mail train.
A little cabin in which Mr. Brough-
ton was living was bleAn down,
and Mrs. Broughton and two little
children were instantly killed.
The following persons are thought
to be mortally wounded: Col. C.
W. Stringer, both lvgs broko and cut
in tne neaa : Airs. u. v . Mringer
hip mashed ; Robert Ridings, spinal
1 t. 1 1 . ? ' t j .
column broken and cut in the head ;
Miss SallieGaff, cut in the head;
James Warren, two ribs broken and
wounded in the head.
Among those slightly wounded
are: W. Woolsey, William Phil pot,
Mrs. Thomas Ross and othern
whsise name could not be learned.
The fallowing are the estimated
damages to property : Pittnian Coal
Company, store and houses, .'5(KM;
Laurel Company, storehouse, $2XX ;
Peacoetc Coal Company, house and
store, SoUK); John Pittman, hotel
and steam mill, 2KX..
Over K KJ men and their families
are Ml without homes or employ
ment by the dreadful catastrophe.
Nashville, Tenr.., March 20. A
severe rain and hail storm yesterday
morning destroyed fences and trees
in the southwestern portion of the
city and Hooded the lowlands to
such an extent that many persons
were compelled to abandon their
houces. There was also considerable
destruction of three barns and fences
near the National Cemetery, six
miles north of the city.
Lynch bckg, Va., March 2t. A
inline i itm nuu iu
1Vpr thi, smion ,:)lit
terrihc wind and ram storm sweat
night, cau.-ins
creat damage to pi oertv in Am lien
county. The lowlands were all sub
mersed, and fences bridges and
several mill dams were swept away
by the swollen streams. The James
River at this point is higher than it
t. .. 1 i . . ? i .11
oris oeeu lor years. lAJUSIueraoie
damage has brn done along the
line of the Richmond and Allegheny
Railroad between Lynchburg and
Lexington, and the track-" of the
road in this city are submerged frtm
the acquaduct to Tenth street.
Raleich, X. C, March 2t3. A
special dispatch to the A'eir and
Ohtrrrer states that a cyclone form
ed near Newton, N. C, yesterday
afternoon, and traveled east, utterly
destroying thirty houses, including
a Methodist church, and killing
Miss Hunsecker. Trees were blown
a distance of two miles, ari l every
thing was swept clean in the path
ot the storm. Many persons were
rendered homeless and are xuffering
for want of food. A hail fail which
accompanied the storm was very gf
vere, the hailstones being as large as
eggs. A dwellingnear Mebanesville
caught fire from the lightning and
was destroyed. Elsewhere in the
tate, so far as known, no damage
was done, although the electric storm
raged everywhere arid caused much
alarm.
Greenville, S. O, March 26. A
severe cyclone passed over Ander
son county, near Piedmont, destroy
ing the house of a Mr. Watson.
Three of his children are thought to
1 , i . . -
I nitauy injured.
, . , i.r. -.. t ,.i . ,-
Lf. '(' Mi r ?hf : , ihf'
, utchto the Ch.-ouvle from Athens,
. i;. 51 V mc" ars"1 cyclone
ai i.unesviiie. j tie storm was very
destructive to property, many hous
es being leveled to the' ground. It
traveled northeast, with a rotary
motion. Hail stouts as large as
Guinea eiirs fell t h i.'lr f.t
wine, i ne cioini was ! ick, with a
silver tray background. Three lives
are reported lost, and furniture, beds,
roofs, trees and timber cover the
ground in everv direction.
Highwaymen m Fayette.
UnIOXTOWX. I:lroh OI 7 .
night about 9 o'clock John Wygle
of near S.mithfild, this countv, was
alt-ieir-il . H... II.... ."
attacked in the road by two unknown
men and ternl.ly beaten. He was
returning from bis brothers to his
own residence, ami when near the
latter place was suddenly set upon
the head nifh fli.t.a l...i....i i.:
. v..... i,. nr.-iuii ins
nou.ie, which he lound had been
thorou-hly rummaged by the bur-1
glars. The supposition is that fail-
lie' to find any monev in th..
tl.v. ..;. ,1 V . 1 :. .
of hnuiu it on his person. In this
however, they f, tiled also. Wyde!
o."ic nun me none? i
nas more than a dozen u-lv rut ,n
his head and face.
l.id l.n.i.l .... if... X- ' . . '
No clue to the
perpetrators.
Town irt'stroyeil.
Lkxixuton, March 2-3. It is re
ported here to-night that the village
of Colemansvilie. in Harrison coun
ty, forty miles from here, was almost
u- " . - . - , 'v"""11
-ep over it this afternoon at
entirely tiesiroved bv a tvcn
13 - Jiu -eii iieoine were
i..t .. .. ... . ' . :
Riit-'!iii7 rrturi -i . . i . . t t -1 i
ings, and fifteen or twentv ii.inreif I
Nothing definite is known, but the !
rumor is generally credited.
The hurricane, having demolished
Oolemausyille. then cror-sed the rail- j
rort.f at Roy 19 station, going east,!
overthrowing and destroying every-:
thing in its course, killirtc several )""'!
people. The wires are down and
facta meagre.
The Arlington llstatc Paid For.
i - '-' "v.uva. iasi ur'flt, a VOU'y
Washington, March 25. The ! ""an r-aed "Brighanr' Homer
Arlington estate is now the govern- j w,ue parents reside here stonnwi
ments, the final payment of S2.j,K)i ,n fron of the Fell hoUse' drew a
having been made to-day. This ; fevtUver and fired two ballets into
amount had been withheld from the i'113 breast, fallirm- heavilv nn ti !
appropriation of SloOjtlJ made for j "idewalk, death ensuin- in a fj.
the purchase of the estate in order,: mutes, A few weeks in-o he
to protect the government from tax-1 a brother killed by th ca'rs and w
es or other claims. These claims -heard to remark yesterdav'- 'l I
" ;r,. ,,",lfr lu."- t Un Tuesday
faction of toe Attorney General : .ng he bid hiS mother g0d-bvi
, aiKl She. Rtlntiauin I -
.u.m.i c-a..v. wen eciucu to ins
ir . i u 01 , i
iiif-uiiM 11113 anernoou in company i
withJCol. Duffv.of Marietta. Heu in i
onntt honith o'r.l r..ri, 1,.,- 1...1 1
U onnil lima iinrinf hia .Aif.nm ;-
the South.
ue Wn imtnfr t,.
'a I
; onautv. v anstv.
Varisty,
Furnishing Goods !
NECK-WEAK!
HATS AjNI) CAPS
Iii these Departments we have the picttiot
Line of Goods ever otlered to the public.
visit is sure to ailord both pleasure and satis
faction. You should not fail to call and see our
Stock of boys' school and Childrens' Suits.
Everything new and attractive is represented'
Every family that believes in true ecoiiomv
comcs to our immense establishment to sun
ply themselves and little, ones.
L. M. WOOLF'S,
The One-Price 'Cloitier, Iltttur, Fumixher.
NEW STORE, MAIN STREET,
Johnstown, JPa.
HARDWARE!
I am now nvpared tr
-oni.Tset, at
how the Largest
EXTREMELY
Con.si.stin of
BUILDERS' AND CARPENTERS' HARDWARE !
Cabinet and Shoemakers' Hardware !
SADDLERY AND CARRIAGE HARDWARE!
BLACKSMITH SL PPLIES. RAILROAD v P n.lK S, I, soy, SAILS:, CLASS. PITTY. MM,
OILS. VARSKlIHSanUJAPASS. PAIST. H mmv A SH. M- L B. SlMf rl V , W,
BRLSIIES. MAnn.SE. IIARXLSS. XEATsy.rj,, .v v. .Vs...,.,,,
LIRRICA I IXG AXD KLROSLSi: OILS. tfc. .
MOWERS AXD
CRA1X DRILLS. H tRROH S, PLOW. HA HAULS, trc.
GSTCALiL, AI SiZi: .11 V STOCK!
l!'KVtlu!ly,
No. 3 Baer's Block,
it
Financial Statement
OF
Somerset Borough
lor the Year Kmling Mart!.
RECEIPTS
W. H. Pl .tt. t,ll.rt..r
w. II Weill ev,
Wtn.Ojlhert,' "
Otllian Uiu,
i 0 CM
-7
5 7i
if; " 1.1..
in a
'"" !"" n irvin duplicate
B"r..UKllS.-:ics
Fines an l Licenses
Saleol Lumticr.ac
it
-t:i s
H til
KXPENIHTT.KKS.
Am'! p-l x lai.iup lighter .1-7 v
" lor streets and iva Is. M4
" material & uwirvhan-
.. .. ,lle- - 'i 6
miscelUncuK Indu'l-
- ftviKht, Drilling, & . -J37 55
, salary l t.urue.v!, elk.
an lau llioni jj Cl)
" pal.l ul.l wnlerj, iM ::, ir, 75
LIAnil.ITIESI IFTHE Hi IR. n ,i .
Total ain't isie l .lnrinK Tear 17j s,i
Aim. 01 impal I or iers at lam
IMCIll .....
OI wlilcii Ins l.eeu ai.
I m 70
PrentllabiHlle,
w h p,. ,
- PI'itt. Uollwt .r..
RESOURCES CF THE BOROUGH.
w m. iiiirt,
1. M. Hit-lia, "
Am t due on sale of luiniwr.V
?1 no
w
47 .U
41 0U
1J 11 i
tR. L
-M. HICKS. COLLECTOR.
W hole 1m ,nnt of .laolleate. . . o.)
t il. Ity exonerations ami cum.. Kfi M
y h n.t nai.i in treastin um 50
" Halaneeuna.llecte.1'. 67 3o JljSi .w
nit. Balance due on duplicate
' R. ftint pai.lin .... ..
' Kalanee uncolleeted 1)1'.""
S1W 74
U 73
wm. h. platt, c h.lkctok
I ''?- Balance .lue at last setl.-m t
CR- u",'.'' ..- oo
1 "'-"" uueuuecte.1 iw a.JI9M)i
onY.!.1,'
? " "1
thm7Zrow "'mem, ana haTe fuud
Vi,DJ.
Witness our hands an.l seals.
J..F.PKITTS IsrAL)
W.M. HM-HSTr.TLr.K, faLl
ArmToit.s.
POTJTZ'S
HORSE AND CATTLE POWDERC
P. i'.VT "'"::,r' --' --n'
Cll !'"" Prevent I., P.. ...
DAVID X. rOTJTZ. Proprietor.
I.TIJ10ttE.XD
Shot lIllllHtU
Okkexville, March 26. Shortly
he irp 1l..Vi..l, I.... - . . OIJOnJy
fc'ii vv urre .i..r.n u " t , -i-
i' f towP: ? 'ked kindly with htm
. ne 8.1u he Was nnl
leave ton.-. i r 6"1ub 10
1 He KIL-J ' a the CfcUirv.
! th m,tt .. 10 d!".ernt persons about
nJUtf" and intimut.,! u .1
thfc rmtt e , . . " p'-"'s aoout
he w,.u ' a" ",t,,maled to all that
, "ouui soon follow hi ,.u.
. w uiifortanateTinn.
7HVLlJ'n J ear8 of a2e and ha.1
Styls,
Ml mm
uvi-:. ensa-n ?
Line of i KNKtt.U. HAUDU'AKK
LOW PRICES!
JAMES B. HOLDEIIBAUM.
Somerset, Pa.
l 1
I Assignee'Sale.
IJY virtueof an or.l.-r i.lsalo l'stte.1 .ut .if the
l-ouri of Oniinon Pleas ..I S.m rel . umv
PeniisvlvsLia, t.i the undertt-ne.l viccrf
recte.. there will tseipose.l to sale ty uulia-outcry,
va lae prenilf t-s, vu
Sat-arday, April 12, 1334
; M M o'clock in tlierortin.Km the full,,!,, ,i.-rit-
mi Jta.Kat Ate-.furmrly ,lie Prlrt j ul t;eorie J.
! the Assizor, namely
! u, V KT" the H "nastea.1 of sai l (,-ir.-i .7.
Klack, consisting t t lots of irronn.l situate m
,.he K.rouxn of Neyrla!e. Sm-r.- i:m.n;v.
"nlvanU. known as lots N.. is .t hi 0
. " P nol itaeuiuer A.l.lition to sai.l H,. tt
Kr,i.V v""h"e corner ..I fern r- an I
I Kroa.1 Streets, each in. fronting SO le t ..n i vu ie
. . f linx h'i, k '- "a 1 oa wnl,-ti
j 3 erecie.l imrge irame
I DWELLING HOUSE,
I with a Lasement kitchen an.l dininif rmm : sa..l
hou-e contain, eleven lante .m. There ar- !
.rrr ? ft?'1 ""'- an,i tir .-
J "'y "uO.Bil.linm. an. the (.reu..-.- is a well ..f
, tre.-s, urtioe ines ete.
! R.'l".'4, T "' lots of irronn.l situate in the
Kofo'Kh. lour,!, ,, 3tate aloresal.l. kn..3 :.-
i ii i.i , .n.l Won the plan ol the tinker A I
Mliilon tosaM H,,ron,h. sllat. ,.,e ,,,r,r ,
i "ne !"eTa ' ' ,'rw-:n tl.rr.-n
POTTERY ESTABLISHMENT
A.vn
TILE AVORlv,
tn li Bn"P- ". ' l
et7 Th u" l ,l"-'rain Tile. Kartl,-n r-.
Tision) i passes within M leet of th shop
i..,;,t. .':' 'ruin '"""f icrouml sliuats In th--""OKh,
Count, au.l State aloresai.l. kn..n as
.', on the plan of the Hear',.
Me le n i"."''1 B'r,0',' n.l eon.a.ntn ... a.l
amis now r formerly oiratharloe Wala.r.
V" a l-nty.i,H.f aileron the Ka.-t. 1.1
,,,,,..- ."se,,niain rxcellent ci.n.
l"r t he manulaeture ot Water Pljo, Drain Tile
TKK.MSOFSAI.il-
, t I.f.."'".''''""' """interest .,,-
l:"e of e.iiiirmaii..n "I sal-
Assii-neeut (je.ire j! it.a.
W. T HI I V 1. T r.
ALUADI.K FARM
AT
PRIVATE SALE.
I i? n''!lfnel oners rr sale the I1KI.I.
A r.VK.M, one anonehalt miles westo'M.vs
Iowa ili-p..- or. he Halt., and Ohio Hailroa.l "..n
tne K. .Il.,nl an.l lircenfbnrir mropike, cntami ,.it
ne liunilml ami one arrrs. more or lers, a:
. j aere. eieare.1. 1.. arres in me.low, an.1 halan- o
u lim--r This U a rm.t delral.le lucatloa tur a
beaulilul oolite. A g.l
DWELLING HOUSE,
n.l I.. StaMe n the remies. Ooou Sl. an.l
rra.n larm : cine Li. s..h.H.i t -, . ... . . ..
an.l ail pui.iic TOnvenien. es. ruetslua w..uM tw
"-" " prrf.a de.in.u. ut i.oviik
call ou '"rT J' l"mn I-arti. ular-
" f-xecntor of Jaeob J. .Vllier, du- M
Catarrh
Causes bo Pain
or Dread, Uhe
Relier at Oure.
Sot a Liiniti er
snnfT. Applif J
f rim
with the flniir.
Thoroo?h treat
ment will (ore
Price 50 rents, hi
USA
HAY-FEVER
mall or at .Irnuait
Ja liKOTHEBS.
matCS.
lruirg;lsfs, 0.w;', X. Y.
coslomrrs oi lewt iltC yrar with-Kit nnicnng it.
It roncains iU titrations, pri s. tlrcrijrf:.-n anJ
directions for piatitmir aii Vr--r .hV j-id
sd- Plant. fr lnalursle to all.
D.M. FERRIC &C0.cSS
jaBju.sttow.
be nui'cd mi? to all 3'!iL jut- mia to
- - j..MsaD, nome,