TEXAS CATTLE KIXGS.
hkrbrfm-'f"'ir,R"0,,jMifiisippi river as " the States.'
mfs.rihelx.nesnrswi. j Colonel King has two ranches,
! lying abeut fifty miles from each
ti, larPst. ranch in the world is L'fhcr. In one his old, ordinal
,k. jr Charles Gowdnight, who;
ha 700,V acres r.f land eurrounded
bv '.Vj'uiiles of barbed wire fence,
at the head waters of the Red River
in the Panhandle. Colonel Richard
King of Corpus Christi, down in the
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has more cattle than Mr. Goodnight. (XJ cattle he don't know just how
but North Texas men insist that the Bianv 30,000 sheep, and 20,0)0
1 Iter has the best water, the best j horses and mules, and employs
and in fact the largest and ah0ut 300 t 4X) men. mostly Mexi
finet ranch in the world, and that j caus,to look after them. He usual
is savin a great deal. I ly drives 20,000 head of hornedcat
Mr.Goodiiight's cattle are as fine- j tje t0 market every year; sells 3,000
ly bred as any in the tate, as he t0 4 0X) horses, and twice as many
Las graded them up by introducing !8heep, from which his income may
the best foreign breeds, and in the jj easily estimated,
market thse bring 15 to 20 jr cent j geDtlemau who was telling me
more than those from othr ranches. of60n,e 0f his peculiarities the other
His 70,O.m acres of land were! day, met the Colonel at the recent
boucht at 50 cents and el an acre
within the last three or lour jnr,,
but could be sold readily at double
that price to-day. When it is con
.ider.! that the State of Rhwde Is
land contains only 074.OJO acres, it
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will tie reanzeu mat sir. yunniuip."
owns what the ranchmen call"qite
:i Hint of land.'"
Another verv large ranch is that j
of Miller t Pux', in th Sun Joachim
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acres of fenced pasture. The Meta- and a prince couldn't en rU n m
dor cattle Company have over half a royally than he does. Hi. house
million acres under fence, but it is : surrounded, by handsome little co
in several separated tracts. This , tages in which his guests are lodS-
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iroiiertv was recently iuiuwoi u -j
hern lorl,25(,OJ. Their princi-1 himeeli unless the company liap
t.al ranee lies in the Panhandle, in i pens to be very large-and a we 11-
Motl v County, and with the cattle
upon "it, it is valued at ?2. 100,000.
Tne company is composed ol Sotch
men Kdinburg and GUsgow capi
talists but their resident manager,
II. II. Campbell, whose name indi
cates his nationality, has a large in-teiv-t.
The canny Scotchmen re
ceive a
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CENT
frm their investments in this Mast-,
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mini is considered a lair return over
tbere. it may be guessed that they
are not anxious to di.-pose of their
Texas property.
Another ootch Company tins re
centlv invested over two millions in j load of luxuries or necessities. There
Texas lands and cattle mostly in js no place like it in the world, and
the Panhandle and it is estimated no crowned monarch lives in more
that not less than 812,O0.O0 has ,,lendor than does this cattle king,
been placed here by the subjects of j jie wa3 recently offered 84,HJO,00
her Majesty within the last few i for j,, property by an English syn
years. dicate, and at one time it was report-
Mr. Goodnight s experience has jej tial tie ale was made. but hede-be-n
iiuite remarkable. He usxl to that he had too eood a thing to
be a nanker at I'ueblo, Colorado,
and while there bought a bunch of
catile a thousand or so ami gave
them to his wile. It proved to be a
very wise investment and a wiser
gilt, for in the financial depression
that followed the panic of 17-1 he
failej, and in Ino' found himself
penniless, even the ranch on which
ids wife's cattle were pastured being
surrendered to his creditors. After
settling his affairs his health was
very much impaired, and he drove
the cattle down into the I'anhandle
of Texas, where they could find a
free-range, and he could rusticate
awhile.
While there he discovered what
he then insisted, and other people
have since acknowledged, to be the
finest ranch iu the world, and as
lands were worth next to nothing,
lie prevailed upon John Adair, an
Irish millionaire, to loan him the
money to purchase the land and
more cattle. Tiie result was a part
nership arrangement by which Adair
furnished the funds, and Goodnight
had a third interest in the property
acquired. Although it was only
seven years a0 that he failed com
pletely. Goodnight is now worth
more than a million dollars, and no
money would buy him out. Adair
comes over from Ireland to visit the
ranch every year, and finds the
t upti.diti ne loaned uoodniglit :as
quadrupled under the influence of
Texas atmosphere. The ranch will
carry three times as many cattle as
are now pastured upon it some
C,(l,(tiKI and the herd is being in
creased and improved in quality each
year.
T1!E MEAT MOSAUCH.
Although Goodnight his pei haps
the largest and best rancli in the
world, the cattle king who looms up
over even him is Colonel Richard
King, of Corpus Christi, whose
rancli in Nueces county, way down
in tiie other corner of t tie State, an
the prairies or salt meadows that
border the Gulf, contains more cat
tle, horses and sheep than were
ever owned before by a single per
son. Colonel King's history is even
more remarkable than Charley Good
night's. He is an Irishman and
came to America wheu a mere youth
as a cabin boy on an ocean steamer.
He lanJed at Charleston or Savan
nah sometime in the early forties
nnd became mate on a steamboat on
the Chattahooehe river. vYhen the
Mexican war broke out he sailed tt
llrownsville on a government vessel,
and finally went ashore in that town,
where for a time he kept a saloon,
or dance-house. Rut he didu't like
the business, and after the war. in
company with a man named Ken- and has kept the cattle i a her own
ne ly, purchased a small boat, and I name, Rogers knowing no mote
ran "it up and down the Rio Grande! about them than any of the neigh
River, carrying freight for the gov-1 bors. He took to politics when he
eminent, and private parties. They found his service were not needed at
made considerable money, and joint- the ranch, and is bow the Demoerat
ly invested their profits in lands and jic member of the legislature from
cattle, so that in 50, when they rc- Nueces County,
tired from the river, they had a" fine ! Mrs. Rogers, although worth a
ranch, and an immense herd of i round million, lives in quite a hum
stock, j ble home, and appears to have no
The partners separated their in
terests, but established ranches side
by side in Nueces county. Last
year Kennedy 6old his original ranch
for $2,5tW,000 to a Dundee, Scot-'
landt company, but immediately j
purchased another of 250,0)0 acres '
in the same locality, iind has organ-
ized a cattle company, the stock of,
which he has divided among his !
five children. Kennedy is a plain, 1
uncultured man, but generous and j
hospitable, and very much respected '
among those who" know him, al- j
though his acquaintance is ouite i
nmited, as ue attends tnctly to
business, and seldom goes anywhere.
It is said that he has not been east
of the Missouri river since ISlti.
KING'S RANCHES AND HAMTS.
Colonel King is a very different
strt of a man. He knows every
body, and everybody knows "Dick"'
King. A cattle convention would
not be called to order unless he was
present, and he always lives like a
lord. 1 1 is income is nearly $500,OX)
a year, and he spends a great part of
it There are few men in Texas who
have not "tasted of his money," as
they say, and he entertains at his
ranch ia royal style a great many
Northern peoplo whose acquaint
ance he lias made in his periodical
visit to " the States," as the North
and East are commonly called down
here.
People generally refer to Mexico
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as me rcnuoiic, uu ""
r.ort rf !ir onuntrv east of the
ranch upon which he lives, near
tnwn nf Santa Gertrude, Nueces i
county, he has 1UQW0 acres under,
fence, and in the other about 000,-,
OX) acres, which is now being enclos
ed bv a whole train load of barbed
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cow convention at Austin, ana as tea
him how many calves he branded
last year.
" 1 don't know,"' responded the
king. "That's something I never
find out. I let the assessor make his
own returns.''
HOW THE CATTLE KIN'S LIVES.
Colonel King's residence at Santa
Gertrude is one of the finest in Tex-
as
or in the .South, for that matter,
trained colored servant is constantly
Ion hand to minister to his wants,
j The cottages, in addition to being
j luxuriously furnished, each contains
;a sideboard which is tilled with the
choicest wines, liquors and cigars,
and a saddle horse is hitched at a
jpost in front for the guest to ride
I should he be so disposed; and car
riages are subject to his call, if he
l should prefer them. Every luxury
.Liid convenience that money can
purchase is provided, and the place!
II SO popular lllill UlC vuivinri
is so
usually has an army of friends about
him.
The ranch is supplied from New
Orleans, nearly every steamer land
ing at Corpus Chnsti bringing a car
part with.
There is a cattle queen as well as
a cattle king in Texas. The story
has been going around the press
that the largest sheep owner in the
State is a widow Callahan, but I can
hear nothing of her, and the best
posted stock authorities say the
storv is a fiction and the widow a
tuvth. There was a ranchman nam
ed Charley Callahan down in tiiis
country who used to own " a hunch
of sheep" amounting to 20,0(0 or
25,OK) head, and he died, but he left
no widow, and his heirs sold the
property to strangers. There is,
however,
A OEN11XE CATTLE QUEIN
in the person of Mrs. Rogers, who
lives between the King Ranch and
Christi, abovt fifteen miles from the
latter place. Her first husband was
a cow-man named Babb.
Right here I should explain that
a decided distinction and difference
exists between a "cowboy"' and
"cowman." The former is a hired
man who rides after the herd ; the
latter is his employer, who owns the
cattle. The word cow-man is used
as frequently and perhaps oftener
than its older synonym, ranch
man. Well, after Rabb, from a small be-
ginning, and by good management
and thrift, bad accumulated a herd
of 40,00.) cattle, he died, and left all
to his better-half, who had been a
helpmate is every sense of the world,
and not only understood the cattle
business, but had managed it suc
cessfully during her husband's long
illness.
Widow Rabb was not only thrifty,
but she was pious, and belonged to
the Methodist persuasion. A young
preacher by the name of Rogers
came along, under whose ministra
tion she grew in grace, and the result
was a matrimonial one, although
the odds in age were in favor of the
parson by something like twenty
three years. She had no children
and he had seven, but she took the
motherless bairns under her wings,
ard the ailiance has turned out in
every way successful
Such a case as this has recently
occurred in Colorado, liishop War
ren, of the M. E. Church of Georgia,
having married a widow with 2o,
OOJ cattle at Denver last Decem
ber. ro;eks ;ets the throat disease.
Rogers had not long been married
to the widow and her cattle, when
he acquired a bad case of bronchitis,
and was compelled to give up
preaching. Such cases are frequent.
Rut the widow gave hira notice that
she was competent to run theronch,
amtution turlher than to carry on
the business her husband left her,
and accumulate money and cattle.
She goes to Corpus Christi every
week or so to sell stock or purchase
supplies, but has no taste for dress
r society. She is 50 years old, but
rides a horse like a cowboy, and
does not even own a carriage. She
never entertains any one except the
few people who visit her place on
business, and lives in the plainest
possible manner,
There are a numb-r of wealthy
ranchmen in the southeastern corn-
erof the State; and they have built
up their fortunes from nothing in a
few years. Among others is N. G.
Colins, State Senator from Duval
County, whose ranch adjoins that of
Colonel King on the west. He came
to Texas after the war with $20), and
commenced business by trading
ponies, lhen he bought a few
sheep, and his flocks accumulated
until he now has 20,000, with 10.OJ0
head of cattle, and 200,000 acres of
land to pasture them on.
HENRY SEELIGSON, OF GALVESTON.
There is no man in Texas better
know or more highly respected than
Henry Seeligson, of Galveston, and
there is none who has a wider knowl
edge of the State and its resources
than he. lit was born in Philadel
phia, but came to Galveston in 1838,
when 10 years old, and resided there
evar since. During the Mexican war
he was a lieutenant of dragoons, and
for sceral years wrs fighting the
Indians on the frontier, at the same
time owning a ranch in Goliad
County. During the rebellion he
fought for two years in the Confed
erate army, but being broken iu
health returned to Galveston, and
engaged in mercantile pursuits,
founding the shipping house of
Henry Seeligson Co., which is one
of the most prominent and wealthy
in Texas. He has a fine agricultur
al farm new Victoria, on the banks
of the Guadelupe River, and a ranch
of 12,00) acres in Bee County, on
which he has 2,500 improved cattle
and 300 horses. He has recently
purchased another ranch of 40.OM)
acres near the famous King ranch,
in Nueces County, which is now be
ing inclosed by sixty-five miles of
fence, and will Dasture 10,0)0 cattle.
It required four car-loads of barbed
wire to construct this lencing. Mr.
Seeligson lives in Galveston, where
he has a princely residence, but di
vides his time between his busi
ness in that city and his two ranch
es. Ex. Senator Lane, of San Antonio,
is a conspicuous figure at all the cat
tle conventions, and is a famous as
well as a successful ranchman. He
is six feet tall, slim as a rail, as dark
and straight as an Indian, restless
and nervous. I Ie commenced life as
a cow-boy, and is now worth aBiil
lier.. He has a ranch ef 125,000
acres, 30,000 cattle, and employs "0
cowboys. One ef the rules of the
ranch, and it is perhaps exceptional
in this particular, is that any cow
boy caught playing cards, drinking
whiskey, or carrying a pistol shall
be discharged without notice. The
ex-Senator says that once a year, on
Christmas Day, he mixes a bowl of
egg-nog for the boys, and tney
can do all the drinking for the
year.
ONE OF THE NOTED CHARACTERS
of the country is Toiu O'Conner,
whose history reads like a romance.
He came over from Ireland in ISiO
and commenced his trade of saddler
at Refugio, a little town down on the
coast near Corpus Christi. While
there he invented a saddle-tree, and
used to go around the country with
a string of horses loaded with them,
which he sold for six bits (7-cents.)
The saddle-tree became so popular
it was immediately adopted, and
none other has been used in Texas
to this day. But Tery few people
who own them are aware that Thom
as O'Conner, the banker of San An
tonio and the millionaire ranchman
of Refugio County, was the first to
make and sell them.
Whenever Tom got enough mon
ey ahead he bought a cow, and as
tiie ranges were free then, it cost him
nothing to keep them. His herd
has grown until it now amounts to
75,OiO, and he has l,0O horses and
a lot 01 sheep uesi.ies uuimirrsi
wealth is estimated at about $2,0 H),
O.HJ. He is the senior partner in the
banking-house of O'Conner Sulli
van, of San Antonio, and owns an
immense amount of city real estate
as well as pasture land. He lives in
the plainest sort of a way, and
doesn't spend over ?l,OX) a year.
A LIVE "YANK.''
''Shanghai" Fierce is another fa
mous character, but an entirely dif
ferent man. He is a Yankee from
Nashua, N. II., and came down here
after the war on a sailing-vessel from
Boston, getting a job as a cowboy
ta wages exceeding $15 a month.
After working .1 few years at that
rate he quit his employer, and it
was developed that his Yankee
thrift had already a couple of hun
dred head of cattle. He kept at it,
and now has 100,00) acres of land in
two ranches in Jackson and Whafton
Counties, 20,1 XX) head of cattle, and
a big income. He goes "down East"
every year to see the folks and tell
them what a great man he is in
Texas. '"Shanghai" gets his name
from his height, which is several
inches above six feet, and he is known
to every man, ruoman, and child in
the State.
Ike Cox, of Kinney County, is
well-known to army officers, who
will be glad to know that the old
scout is in a fair way to become a
millionaire. His record is a ro
mance. When a child his father
lived on the frontier and Ike wa3
stolen by Wichita Indians, who
kept him captive until he beeame a
man, and then he escaped from
them, and joined the army asascurt
and guide. He was with General
Mackenzie during the latter's career
in Texas, and in 1875 invested the
savings of his soldier life in cattle.
He is now the wner of a fine ranch
and herd an the Brazos, which he
could sell any day lor $250,00).
THE I1KST ;KA7.r.i COUNTRY.
These are some illustrations of the
success of ranchment in the southern
and older portions of the State.
During tiie last few years the north
ern and western portion of the
isi.itc noiu.'hiuiinua.'i j i monco i
herds, and is now acknowledged to
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wrr liitt iirsiL L'lfi.iiiv pri iniii in inir
est grazing section in
country, as its altitude above the
sea relieves it from the heat that is
suffered in southern counties, water
is purer and fresher than anywhere
ele in the State.
The Panhandle is now the popu
lar place for ranches, and although
Goodnight, the pioneer, drove his
cattle in there so long ago as 187(5,
the country is pretty well taken up,
and in a few years will be entirely
occupied. There is still a great deal
of what is known as Iree range, but
the ranchmen who own their pas
su res are building fences to keep out
roaming cattle, and in a few years
the raising of stock will have settled
dowd to a regular legitimate business
as it is in the Eastern States.
Curtis.
Messrs. Hiscox fc Co. call special
attention to the fact that after April
1G, 1883, the name and style of this
preparation will hereafter be simply
Parkers Tonic. The word "Ginger"
is dropped, for the reason that un
principled dealers are constantly de
ceiving their patrons by substituting
inferior preparations under the name
of Ginger; and as ginger is an un
important flavoring ingredient in
our Tonic, we are sure that our
friends will agree with us as to the
iropriety of the change. There will
e no change, however, in the prep
aration itself; and all bottles re
maining in the hands of dealers,
wrapped under the name of "Park
er's Ginger Tonic," contain the gen
uine medicine if the signature ol
Hiscox fc Co. is at the bottom of the
outside wrapper.
The question will soon be pro
poundedare you going to move.
That slight cold you thinkso little
of may prove the forerunner of a : of catarrh. Ministers, as a class, are
complaint that may be fatal. Avoid afflicted with head and throat troub
this result by taking Ayer's Cherry les, and catarrh seems more preva
Pectoral, the best of known reme- lent than ever. We cannot recom
dies for colds, coughs, catarrh, bron- mend Ely's Cream Balm too highly."
chitis, incipient consumption, and Not a liquid nor a snuff. Applied to
all other throat and lung diseases. I nostrils with the finder. ,
"What Constitute Frand.
I
The old question of what consti
tutes a conveyance in fraud of cred
itors has been before the Supreme
Court again in a new shape, on a
writ of error to the Common Pleas
of Erie county, in the case of Max
well T8. Benson. The facts were
these.
Sheldon Maxwell was indebted to
his wife for moneys advanced and
business debts paid, and on April 2,
1870. gave his note to her for $1,5G2.
On December 5th, 1S73, Maxwell
conveyed to his son, John S. Max
well a" minor, the lot of ground in
dispute in the present case, lhe tes
timony of the latter was that this
was done for the pnrpose of protec
ting his mother against loss, and
that he was to hold it in trust for
her. A short time subsequent to
this a judgement was obtained against
the father. In 1875 the son recon
veyed the property to the lather. and
received a mortgage to himself as
trustee to secure the debt to his
mother.
Shelden Maxwell, a month later,
made a second mortgage to Benson
A: West, who obtained judgement
thereon, sold the property at sheriffs
sale and bought it in. Notice was
given at the sale that the property
was sold subject to the mortgage in
favor of Mrs. Maxwell. She also
sold the property, bought it in
and then brought an action of eject
ment against Benson and West for
the property, claiming that it was
sold subject to her mortgage. The
court below charged on the trial of
the case that, if thejury believe that
the land was conveyed by S. Max-1 fidelity and devotion in conducting
well to his eon to secure his wife, him through the passes of the Pyre
then it was a parole trust the title f nes. One of its two chief officers is
passed to the son, the judgement did named by the French Government,
not become a lien anil the subse-
quent mortgage to the son was a first
lien.
Benson it West, on the contrary,
contended that the who'e business
was fraudulent and intended to de
prive creditors ol their money. The
jury found in favor of Mrs. M.
The Supreme Court in ixr curia m
opinion holds, affirming the court
below, that the question of fraudu
lent intent was rightly left to the ju
ry and that the evidence was not
sufficient to warrant the court in
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nnaing inai me transaction nasi
fraudulent in law.
A Sure Cure for SnoriiiR.
There is precisely one eure for
snoring, and it is to Sir Humphry
Davy that we owe its discovery.
The eminent scientific person ascer
tained that snoring is due to an ab
normal vibration of the cords of the
larynx, and that this vibration oc
curs only when the surface of the
larynx has become dry. A man
who sleeps with his mouth open until
his larynx has become dry from con
tact with the atmosphere is sure to
snore. Humphry saw at once that
in order to cure a snorer has larynx
must be kept moistened or relaxed.
He found by a series of ex periments
upon a Methodist preacher of unu
sual snoring powers that a piece
of castile soap inserted in the open
mouth of the snorer effected an in
stant cure and wards off any further
attack ot snoring for at lea&t twen
ty lour hours. Repeated applica
tions of soap broke up the habit of
snoring, and thus effected a perma
nent cure.
According to Sir Humphry Davy,
castile soap which is composed of
olive oil and soda, is decomposed the
moment it come into contact with the
human tongue which has a wonder
ful affinity for oxvgen. The olive oil
being thus set free, lubricates and
relaxes the larynx, while the sodium
is forcibly expelled in the shape of
strongly alkaline language by the
snorer, who awakes the moment the
decomposition of the soap begin;.
It is seldom necessary to adminis
ter castile soap more than three or
four times ; and the most obstinate
case of snoring known to medical
men was cured with six doses.
It might be remarked that al
most any variety of soap can be used
with benefit as a remedy for snoring.
Castile soap is nevertheless, much
more rapid in its action that any
other variety, with the solitary ex
ception of soft soap. The latter,
however, is seldom found outside of
farm-houses, and its adminstration
present certain difficulties which will
hinder it lrom ever becoming a pop
ular remedy.
-ubstitutes Tor a Hot Bed.
In place of a hot-bed which it is
difiieult or undesirable to make one,
the AgricnUuralid says : "If the care
of a hot-bed will take time that can be
better employed otherwise, it is not
worth while for him to make one
for the sole purpose of supplying
his own garden with plants. It is
better to buy the few needed plants
or better still, raise them in window
i i. - i- i
ooxes. w e nave oiten reierreu to
the,se' but th"T ulll,,Jr 'l9 P01"1
tobe generally appreciated. Ihev
" -
allow one to provide all the plants
of early cabbages, cauliflowers, toma
toes, or whatever should be sown in
a hot-bed, which are needed in an
ordinary garden, at no expense in
money and very little time or care
in labor. Boxes are readily procur
ed at any country store; as the win
dow box need be only three inches
deej) an ordinary box may usually
be sawed in two, using the top for
the bottom of the other half. These
are to be nearly tilled with light rich
soil, in which the seeds are to be
sown and keep in a sunny kitchen
window. When the plants show
the rough leaves, i. c, the leave that
follow the seed-leaves, they are to be
transplanted to other boxes and
given more room.
Junior Vice Commander.
Mr. A. G. Alford, Junior Yice De
partment Commander of Maryland
G. A. R., of Baltimore, Md., writes:
" 1 have kept St. Jacobs Oil by me
and always found it a ready remedy
for pains, aches and bruises. When
suffering terribly a few weeks since
with an ulcerated tooth, I could not
get any rest, and I applied it. I as
instantly relieved, and my suffering
ceased from that time."
The highest rate of postage from
this country is t Patigonia and the
Island of St. Helen-54 cents an
ounce.
Something for all the l'reachcrs.
Rev. II. II. Fairall, D. D., editor of
the Iovca Mdltodist, says editorially,
in the November (1883) number of
his paper: "We have tested the mer
its of Ely's Cream Balm, and believe
that, bv a thorough course of treat-
ment, it will cure almost every case
Itet rayed by a Bad Grammar.
"Three of these girls 6ay they go
to school regularly,"' remarked Jus
tice Power in the Tombs Police
Court yesterday as four children
were about to step down. Agent
Chiardi, who had arrested the three
as delinquents, and the other for
picking up bones, took the fourth
girl to one; side and said he knew the
others did net go to school.
"Aren't they all together?"' asked
the Court.
''No. sir,"' answered one of the
trio, "I's don't belong to she.'"
"What? The next girl who goes
to school was that sentence cor-
rec
No, sir."'
"What should she have said?
"Her ain't one of we."
"Horror! The next try it."
"She ben't one of us three."
The Justice groaned and asked
the fourth girl to repeat the sentence
She had said nothing about school,
but she replied, "She is not one of
us.
"You are discharged," said the
Court. "The others will have a
chance ;o study iu a reformatory."
Ap York llcrald.
Andorre, or Andorra, is not only
the oldest republic, but theol.lfst
State, in Europe. Its present organ
ization dates from the end of the.
eighth century, when Charlemagne,
in his expedition against the Moors,
conferred the privileges of an inde
pendent government on tl e inhabi
tants of the Andorra valley, m.dway
between France and Spam, lor their
anouier oy me iisnop 01 Lrgei, m
Spam ; and it is in a condition witn
the Bishop's nomination that a dif
ficulty has arisen which threatens
to bring about a crisis in the affairs
of the microscopic republic.
Dcalli from I'rinlit.
Oueuec', March 19. An actual
case of death from fright occurred
here to-dav. A middle aged woman
named Yerral was walking along the
street, when two huge dogs rushed
,... (v.v.. .i -..;. .., .!.. i...i.:
uu b il uiii i v il 1 o i Ul i oil si y Uil 1
,UT an(, te;trin S()me of j)er (.lotl)ing
-,. ,-. . ..,1, i l
i niii iritu j tiui unn i uirr
ing her uninjured. She fainted and
was carried to her home, where she
immediately expired.
Ground by Machinery.
Yokk. March 1. This afternoon
Philip Herman, a thriving farmer
residing about two miles from York,
on the "Old Liverpool road," in
Manchester township, met with a
terrible accident. It appears they
were threshing at his barn, and soon
after dinner, when all was in full
operation, he accidentally fell and
his right leg was caught in tiie ma
chinery and fearfully crushed to
about four inches above the knee be
fore he could be rescued.
North Carolina Kepiitilicaiis.
Kalek.ii, March It.. The Repub
licans and Liberal State Committees
both met here to-day, and issued
calls for conventions to meet on May
1, the Liberals calling theirs a mass
meeting The idea is that the two
organizations will amalgamate
against the Bourbons. The feeling
as to the presidential nominee is fa
vorable to Arthur if it shall appear
that he can carry Ohio and New
York. Logan and Blaine both have
strong friends.
Death I'reCerred.
St. Louis, March 10. George Mc
Fadden, the pal of Prentice Tiller,
the express thief, attempted suicide
here to-night by breaking a bottls
and swallowing several pieces of
glas. He told Tiller of his attempt
ed suicide and Tiller informed tiie
jail physician. A stomach pump
was used without removing the
glass, and the physician claims that
he was called too late to do any
good. McFadden is now in great
pain and his death is looked for. He
told Tiller that the reason he com
mitted the act was that he preferred
death to a term in the penitentiary.
Children l'.nsoned.
Deadville, March 23 ():i Satur
day afternoon a dozen children re
siding in Yallonia, just north of this
city, wandered cfl'in search of a su
gar camp, and several of them were
taken sick. Before they returned
home six were taken with violent
spasms, resulting in the death of a
boy named Custy and a girl named
Custy and a girl named Pinkhouse.
The other four, finding prompt med
ical relief, are now convalescent.
The poison was from eating swamp
hemlock. '
Another Colliery Accident.
Ashland, Pa., March 19. By the
breaking of a rope at Bast colliery
to-day Geo. Baumgardner was fatal
ly and two others seriously injured.
Work in the colliery was suspended
At the Centralia colliery Anthony
garrison was killed by the breaking
of a rope.
Robins are found in flocks of
10,0)0 in the neighborhood of Pow
hatan, Va. A man recently killed
ISO of the birds.
A lady sixty yeiirs old, residing in
Rochester. N. Y., skated from that
city to Brock port, twenty miles, in
an hour and twenty fivs minutes.
Charred grain, cither of corn,
wheat, oats or buck-wheat, should be
fed to fowls occasionally.
The fellow that knows all about
other people's business, generally
knows little about his own.
The tinkling of the sleigh bell has
passed out for the season.
An IoAa man drank three quarts
of cider in three minutes.
Any person may make a mistake ;
none but a fool will stick to it.
GREAT
IAN REI
PAIN.
CURES . ....
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica,
lumbago. Backache. Hach. Toothache,
re Ttirat.Nirllins. fcfM-alM. BraUeti
Hmtm. MMlat. I rwl lllir.
AX ALL OIIIKK B4ID1LT PIV1 1 HUES.
Md by irut lneT. Plftj CaUft Ml
IMncueaa ! II Laacuat
THK mtKLU A. IWILLK t.
i . Tuutuaaoa-i Wiii. HC 1
lMUMkJ NIB I I
- -v. U
Mm
MtUI
mm
'ROYAL RCfit XI
tissyisiiSs
C-''V 5s
pgOSEB
Absolutely Pure.
Thin powder never varlei- A marvel of purity
treoxth nil wholenomenens. More eHoomWal
than the ordlnarr kinds, and cannot he wM In
ei)nitltlop willi the multitude ot low test, short
weight, alum or phosphate powders. Sold onlg i
cam. Kovai Basiso fon'DU Cu, 1M Wall t.
n. y.
From Mow
"UNTIL
APRIL 1ST.,
I will offer special Bargains
in (roods named brlow. I ex
pect to make extensive changes
in my storeroom by that date,
and have many goods that 1
preier to sell at cost, than to
run risk of getting damaged
while repairs are being made.
These are all new style goods,
and not old stock that 1 offer.
Please look at the list, and if
what vou want, come at once :
VASKS.
TOILKT .SKTS, .
CARD CASES,
VELVET FRAMES,
CUT CLASS BOTTLES,
Ladies' Toilet and Odor Cases,
HANI) MFRKOi:?.
wiuriNt; ii:ks,
FANCY 1;.X PAPKKS,
PHOTOUUAi'if C
At TOI.ItAI'H .U.r.l'M.S
FAMILY BIBLES,
POCKET MULES,
SHAVIXi MlllS,
CUT GLASS INKSTANDS
ANP A LOT Of I1KAUT1KI I, WISi KIXANEOl S
BOOKS OP
Ioetrt,
and Fiction.
These goods will all be sold at
Greatly Reduced Prices, and many
of them at COST and below it. Come
at once, for I am determined to close
them out. Do not fail to se these
Goods.
a a noi ih
MAMMOTH J5LOCK,
SOMERSET PA.
Annual Statement
OF THE
SUPERVISOKS
-OK
Somerset Township
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH
10, 1884.
1K. CK.
11 04
." Mil
V'
VH IM
U2 '.'.
Ilanl B.ier, to ilop
ny wurK
Hy expenditures....
By Kalury
Bv oah
Toial
Wm Hrown. uxlnp. 8"7 Vf
Bui. dup. 1"SW 2 Rl
Order s lv
Hy work...
Salary
Expenditure:
Error sutem't of Kl
Work
Ca.h
H Fox. to duplicate
By work
Ex oaeration. ......
Ex(M'ndiiures
Salary
OaJh
J B t?ountrvmndup
Work ".
Expenditures
Exonerations
i 'rdero
Exem!itureg
Cash
Ull Ol
S'.'.l 18
Tt .-7
ICO .11
1W -Jo
)
L'O 3-t
45 63
"04 10
344 64
8 B'.J
12 O!
84 7
M 'JS
S'O 85 IWJt
:l 61
ia ;i
3 Wl
Vi jn
1T 71
7 25
fW.) 18
504 10
:sui 17
E Bowman, Treas'r
To cam
C!os' pd In Court...
Audit'irs
Tp elk & bonds &c...
Balance in treasury..
342 ei
io 48
4 ".0
1 80
IT'.' S3 342 01
312 81
w e, the undcrsi nei AmlUo.'. have audited the
above, and Iind il a correct stu ment.
(4EOKHK t). LIGHT Y,
A. S. M IILKK
C. H. SmvrcKFjj, r. S, WE1X.EK,
marl'.', lwp. Civrk. Auditors.
"PUBLIC SALE
OF
Valuable Real Estate!
The undcrsiirn! heirs and ! rl representatives
of Jacob Lenliart, deceased, late of JeHerson
township, will exjs.se to puhllc outcry on the
premises on
SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1S84,
at 1 o'clock r. v., or said day, Cne followinn de
scrilwd valuable real estate. tu wit : A certain
tractofland situate in JeHerson township, Som
erset county, Pa., adjoining lajxts of Abraham
B. Lenhart, Jeremiah Brown. Oeorge J. Flick,
Jacwn 1. Shaulis and Peter Shaalis, containing;
one hundred and forty acres, niorevrlets.ef whl h
one hundred acre are clear, and about twenty
acres in meadow. There Is a two-story
DWELLING HOUSE,
f.arvA I?nlr Ram .u.l n.. v. 4 i.i . . -
I larve Apple Orchard oo the premises. The farm
ia w.ii. r'-u. ana unuer gooa c jltmtlon.
TEKMS made known on day of sale. Persons
desiring lurther inlormation ean applr to
LUD. LEN'HAKT.
lones;ai. Pa.
A. B.LIlXHAKT,
OEO. J. FLI:K, or
SAUAH FLICK,
mr5 LaTansrille, Pa.
FOR SALE.
tine Twenty ( 20) Horse Power STEAM FOR.
TABLE SAW AULA,. In complete running- or
der, and built by ( Jrittltn k. W0(re. For further
particulars address
koch wAcrn,
I .fobW lSaa, Hox Tt, FawaTacwi, Md
1884.
The election of this
year promises to be
one of the most excit
ing of the century, ev
ery citizen should have
at least one good pa
per to furnish him the
news,
The Somerset Herald
is recommended to all
earnest Republicans,
all friends of protec
tion, all interested in
the news of the nation,
state or county,
Because it is alwavs
reliable politically, and
savs what it means and
means what it says.
Because its Court re
ports are always full,
fair and trustworthy.
Because it is the me
dium used by the peo
ple of the county when
they wish to let their
neighbors know when
thev have a farm or
anything else for sale.
Because all legal ad
vertising appears in its
columns, and people arc
thus kept posted as to
what transpires in the
management of the af
fairs of the Courts and
County.
Because it is active,
aggressive, and always
for the cause of its
constituents.
Because it has the
best Washington and
Ilarrisburg correspon
dents attainable.
Because it always
gives all the local news
without burdening its
columns with unmean
ing and unintcrestimr
correspondence.
Because its news col
umns present all the
latest news in an at
tractive style.
If you have friends
who live outside the
county, there is no
more acceptable pres
ent you can send the m
than a copy of their
county-paper.
If you have a neigh
bor who needs a paper
recommend the her
ald. If vour childrenwant
a paper, subscribe for
the HERALD.
Subscription
per year.
$2.00
Address
HERALD,
Somerset, Penna.
A a Blood Part
ner this mcklieliM
is hliclily recom
I tt'-'J1 in oner of chmnic
mended I'T all
V -v v tlxna of the kln.
tlxna of the skin, 1
such as Pimples. ;
Blotches and
Rashes. Kin
Worms. Tetter.
Sal Rheum. Scald
He;ul. Scrutuia or
Klll'l Evil,
K h e a m a t ism.
Pain in the Bones,
Side and Held,
and all disease
arising froi.. im
purity of the
Blood. With this
rare medicine In
ycur house y o
can do wilbont Salts. Castor Oil. pirate f Ma-
" t "..'therefore easily JSSTVSi
dren. It is the only TeKlbW . "m. 5
which will answer la place ot calomel I, reul it n j
the action of the liver without niaklnK yon . lite
lonit victim to the .e of mercury or blue pins
It willopen lhe Dowels in a properand wholesome
isnothlnr "k.Fahrney . Bloo.1 Clean,
er lor the eure of all disorders of the ' UI '
Liver. Bowels, KWneys no Bladder: hir nerv.-us
diseases. Headache, cofi ""V,
Bilious Fever, ami all denouement, o the in
ternal vicera. As a lemale regulator It h no
eiiuai inthe world. ,h.
Anounce of prevention is worth more than a
pound of cure." The Pas acka will not on I ran
old standing and malignant complaints, t'Ut If
of the best preventatives or such disorders ever
oftered to the world. Yon can avoi 1 -
lacks nf acute diseases, su. h as I holera. Small
pox, Tyrhoid. Bilious, Spotted and Intermittent
ievers, by keeplnx your blood purineil. The
different deitrees ol all such diseases depend al
together upen the condition of tb i bloml.
Be sure to ask for Fahbsiey Blooo Clca
k ob Pa a ica. as there are several other prep
arations in the market, the names ol which are
somewhat similar.
Dr. Geo. G. Shively & Co.,
Successors to Fahrney'J Bros, k Co.,
MANUFACTURERS AS D PROPRIETORS
mans
Watsmbobo, Pa.
Rev. Father Wilds'
EXPERIENCE.
The Ki-v. Z. I". AVild. well-known city
im-Moiiary in New York, Mini brother
of the late eminent Judge Wilds, of the
M.is.u huett Supreme Court, write
a follows :
"7S K. TtVh St.. A'cr Yorb. Mm K. 1-J.
Mt:ti:s. .1. ('. A Li: i Co.. liemViueii :
La.t winter 1 :n troubled it!i n n"s-C
uu:oinf'rt.iMo itcliitii humor a.Mvciinu
ni'r e;H-i-i:t:lv my liinbs, nhii-U itched t i
intolcrahiy at iiijjlit, and burned ft hit.-iix:.
lv, tli.it 1 cuitl'l scarcely bear any clotnm
over thitn. 1 was aiso a sutft-rer from a
severe catarrh and catarrhal rough; my
:ipetito wa poof, " ,n' ssttiu a il
ileal run down. Knowing tiie value of
AVKIt s Svus ir.UHI-i.A. by oliservalion of
ui.inv other cams and from iwrs-.nal uo
in furiiier vears, I bewail taking it lor tuo
alHive-nani'd disorder-f. 3ly appetite im
proved almost from llie tirst dose. After
a sliort time tho fever and itching were
aliased, and ail sik'ni of irritation of tiie
skin disapjreared. My catarrh ami couit!i
were al cured bv the saino means, and
niv general health 'greatly improved, until
it is now excellent. I feel a hundred p r
cut str.inser, and I attribute these results
t j the us of tlio Sausapahilla, which
I recommend with all contideneo as the
best blood medicine) ever devised. 1 t'k
it i:i smail d"es three tinier a day, and
us.l, in all, less than two bottles. 1 place
tiiese facts at your service, hoping their
I ubiieauoii niav do kxkI.
Yours respectfully, Z. P. XVlLDS."
Tlio above instance Is but one of the many
constantly coming to our notice, which pnvo
the perfect adaptability of ATr.B's Saka
PARILL.1 to the cure of all diseases arising
from Impure or impoverished blood, ami
weakened vitality.
Ayer's Sarsaparilla
cleanse?, enriches, nnd strengthens the blood,
stimulates tho action of the stomach and
bowels, and thereby enables the srstem to
resist and overcome the attacks of all AVrWVt
7im Discus, , Ervptions of the SLin, i7.' M
mtitim. Catarrh. General Debility, and nil
disorders resulting from poor or corrupted
blood and a low state of the system.
PREPARED BV
Dr.J.C.Ayer&Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold bv all Drngjtsts: price f 1, fix bottles
forS'i.
AYER'S
CATHARTIC
PILLS.
Best Purgative Medicine
cure Constipation. Indipetion. IIead.iehc.and
all Itilious IHsonler.
Sold everywhere. Always reliable.
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siOMEKKET H1KHET.
Corrected by Cool St Bibsitb.
dialers ia
CHOICE GROCERIES, FLOUR & FEED
Apples, dried, V
Aiplelntter. Kal
Kr..n. ?! I'D s
nutter. V it (ken)
(roll)
Buckwheat V osh
iueaL, 100 i)L...
Reeswal f t
BaeoD, shoulders, fl
" sides, -
u country hams,
saiic
40aie
1 24
ioc
7
3ty3C
-i5C
. loc
1'
15c
T5ct-0
......li'd-itr.
3c
fc
2UC
.5 607 00
75c
19C
VintQVf
:weiij..Be
'ik
"5C.900
yl oe
45c50c
4'IUOC
8el IOC
7545
1
..tl V0Vi 00
.! liflM
ta 50
9eevc
Corn, (ear) new fl bushel...
(snelleu) om " ,
tneal f
Call skins, p
K.a-ics, IfldM
Flour, V bid
FlaxseeJ, ! bu. ())
H-ioig. (sugar-cured) St...
Lard.rl tt
Leather, red sole, f)
upper, "
" Kip, ,
Mlddllnirs, and chop 100 t.
Oats, if bu
Potatoes, If bu (new)
reacnes, uned, fi n
Rye, bo
Rairs. jf) ft
Salt, No. 1.
V bbl. extra
Ground Alum, per sack
Asnion. per saeK..... ......
Suxar, yellow y ft
white "
.'.);'juc
lauow, ft b . -.74
Wheat, f) bu " " i no
w"- .VVOe
EXCELSIOR
C00KST0VES
ALWAYS SATISFACTORY
EIGHTEEN SIZES AND KINDS
ALL POBCHASERS OS BE SUITED
HANrraCTTBtD BT
Isaac A-SHeppard & Co.,BaJtimore,M(L
A.D FOR H tl.R nv
R. B. Schell & Co.,
lebSO.lyr.
SOMERSET, PA.
A P D 1 7 P s""' ,,M '" post
The br.il . '"f fJX- ",0Cew1 ,rom " "
erl ahr?'1 fortOI,e "P1" b,ore w.rrk-
A ECEE CTTTE FOR
WORMS
'a tie Iluaca tod.
l"rice r An Drorsrlr't
ctM-ljr.
OR
WHERE TIIE KIKE IS oiT
Lftlc Xo Morr Myslery-seon rr,(m
Aero the World
"Haroun of Aleppo," aj, v
I'hilip LHrval, " had mastered
secret in nature which the uobil
maie setks to fathom. He jj,,.'
ersti that the true art of heaiir,
ease to summon, as it were t!?
whole system to eject the eiiem'v
that has fastened on a part. H'
processes all included the reirivi -oration
of the principle of life."'
In this the Eastern a;ii;e n.reiy
anticipated the practice ot th0 tt-"t
physicians of to-day. What i '
itself is, nobody knew thn iioboj'v
knows now. But we have ltarue'i
something of the reasons whv ti fc
mysterious tide risen ami "
Provided the great organ o: t,
hody are not irreparably uetr..v,j
medical science can always rei'eve
and often save. Vet no repuubie
physician now adheres to the bar
barous knd stupid processes of ie.
pltrtion, such as bleeding, by which
it was attempted to cure disease bv
reducing the patient's ability to rt".
sit it.
I Now-a-days we do not tear Jowr.
the fort to help the garrion we
strengthen it.
! In this intelligent and brncticer.:
work it is conceded that I'AlLKl.U s
j TONIC leads all other mednia-v
j As an inviiorant it acts immediate.
ly and powerfully upon the cm u;u.
j tion and the organs of digest. t,;,
Ithus giving Nature the a??!Vkl.:., -'she
call for. It follows that a!; af
fluents of the stomach, kidneys a;.;
liver are at once relieved or c.iri.
No other preparation embodies t:
same qualities or produces the sia,e
results. It is delicious to use, ai.J
the best known anti intoxu-ai.t.
Price 5 e. and SI. Ilijcock A (',,..
New Yurk. aprll
liur(lar CasigUt.
Lai-orte, March 1. 0:'.icer
reached here this morning having u:
charge William Malone, alias U i;
hum (Juinn. He was arre'titi : r
the robbery of Vails jewelry stne :a
this city a year ago. There are ai-o
eight or ten warrants out for his ar
rest, for robberies in various parts ;
the country. He committed roM e;-y
in Maiden Lane, New Virk, in l;..v
ton, Buffalo, where he etcie .iu
monds valued at SCi,! an! in
Cleveland, where his spoils umnur.i
ed to S7,HN. He is the man whn
liberated Jim 15oyle, alias hums, a
postoflice robber, from the hmnkivu
jail. He was bold enough to .nv
thejail bars from the outside, aiter
which Burns made an easy exit, lie
was caught at .Minneapolis, bavin,'
succeeded in evading detectives who
were on his track in Chicago.
ALL KOK NOTIIINfJ.
Why the Doctor wu Dlsxut'u. and
what Mitftit have horn il.nie
without Him.
" Well, wife,"' said Dr. M.. as t,e
entered his houe, which was situa
ted in a cosy village in central New
Vork," I have got back lrom a l'i:'
and dreary ride away down am-ii.ir
the mountains, and all to no pur
pose whatever. The messenger sail!
the man wouldn't live till tnumii .',
when the fact is he had only an or
dinary attack of colic. If the sim
pletons had onlv had sense erniui-h
to out a BENSON'S CAI'CINK !'
ROUS PLASTER on his stonu. ii
he would have been all ri'ht in au
hour or two. But some folks are
slow to learn," added the old physi
cian, swallowing the eup of strain
ing tea which his. wife had j ist
poured for him.
Dr. E was right, yet people lo
learn, even though slowly. Tiif
rapidly increasing use of Benson's
plaster proves this beyond question,
and the good doctors are certain ti
be saved much of their needles
toil. In all diseases capable of lie
in? affected by a plaster, Benson's
acts etl'ciently and at once. Ti.e
genuine have the word CAI'CINK
cut in the centre. Price 'S cfents.
Seabury & Johnson, Chemists, New
York. marl-.
Struck by Lightning.
Ekik, Pa., March 20. Li-htnin,:
struck and demolished the In urn- of
Heath Barry, near the State line. :i
few days ago. The house was com
pletely torn apart and the floor of
two rooms wa dropped into tLe
basement. Most singular to n l:t!
Mr. and Mrs. Barry and three chil
dren were in the house at the tin.e,
but escaped with no more that a
vere shock. Had fire ensued all
would have been burned before thev
could have escaped.
Canacand KftVct.
At times symptoms of indigestion
are present, uneasiness f the stom
ach, etc.. a moisture like inspira
tion, producing itching at night, or
when one is warm, cause the Piles.
The effect is imimli:it rt'lifl lniiiii
!the application of Dr. Uosanko's
Pile Remedy, which costs vou but
! fifty cents, and is sold by C. N.
Bovd.
Handed llimsrlf.
IIoiiokkx, March 21. A 1 'i
Stein, a'ed 17, of the chooUhip
Mary, visiting home on a short fur
lough, donned his mothers ilr--s
and hanged himself. Quickly re
turn to the nhip the alleged cuu-e.
PorTt .ipill the Milk.
" Thers is no use crying over .-pilled
milk," says the old saw. Ifyou
are not only bald, but have n lit
inthe roots of your hair, ther' is
no use crying over that, eith-r.
Take both time and yourself by tiie
forelock while there is a forelock
left. Apply Parker's Hair Balsam
to your hair before matters g-t
worse. It will arrest the falling otf
ef your hair and restore its original
color, gloss and ftnes. It is a
perfect dressing withal, clean, rich
ly perfumed, cocls and heals tin
scalp. marl-.
A ISIaze In ia Mine.
Siianek, Pa., March 19 Thi af
ternoon the coal mine of B. I
RafTerty & Co. caught fire from the
air shaft furnace ond at a late hour
to-night wa still burning. Two
hundred men have ben fighting
the flames but owing to the dangT
of sufTocatiog from smoke have been
unable to successfully comb-it
them.
A Kig Hog.
New Eypt, March IS. Taylor
Dervine,of Burlington county, kiileu
twenty hogs yesterday, whose aver
age weight was 85) pounds. nrij,
of them weighed GOj pounds each.
on weighed 1,115 pounds, and one
l,(m, which ia thought to be t.ie
heaviest in the world.