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The Somerset Herald.
EDWAKD 8CTJXL, Editor and Propriator.
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WIUKESDAY.- lU-
SET IINATIONS.
STATU
OEN. E. A. OSBOKN'E, of Luierne.
II.H-TOM T-IAr.t
A W IVlfenrins;. of Carbon.
Calvin Weill, ot fttl.ureH.
.Tauief Dobfoa. of Philadelphia.
DIITEIIT BliTTuBS.
1. KHwIn J. PtetrL
5. .lohn Mondell.
. w. J. siLauirhlra.
4. Edwin L. L I.
k. Joe. B. Aitemu.
6. H-mce L. Heale.
7. allred r'eckeblhal.
. J. McHoe-.
. J. P. Wirkerntiam.
10. Sam. B. Thatcher.
It. John tioaboid.
12. Iieniel Edmonds.
IS y. W. Sbealer.
14. L 8. Hart.
IS. Jose L Henninir?.
1. J. A. Eire.
17. Joe. B. Hcltnan.
IS. K F. Junkln.
13. Thorn H. Brvsoo.
. Win. P. Duncan.
W. J. Hnncbman.
zi. Hen. L. Oliver.
23. Joiah IVuen.
J4. Michael Weyand.
i.. ; A. Handall.
. Cyrus Kitchen.
T. B. Wood8.
Auditor General Niles and State
Treasurer Livsey assumed the du
ties of their respective offices on
Tuesday of last week.
Tb at interesting demagogue. Gen.
Butler, favors pensioning every
I'nion soldier that served in the late
war. What fairer bid for votes
could any Presidential candidal
make?
Jidah P. Benjamin, who was Sec
retary of the Treasury of the Confed
eracy, and who left this country al
the close of the rebellion and settled !
is London as a practicing lawyer,
died in Paris on Tuesday last.
(tim e the close of the war the
Government has paid in pensions to
solditrs SCjOHiOKW, and is now
paying n lH "0 a year to disabled
veterans. This is as it bhould be,
and proves the gratitude of the Re
public to those who saved it.
The celebrated Dr. Samuel G.
Gross of Philadelphia, one of the
most eminent surgeons in the world,
died on Tueday, and in accordance
with his own wish, his body was re
duced to anhes in the Le Moyne cre
matory at Washington, in this State,
on Thursday last.
" .
REi'oitTsof the flections of County
Superintendents throughout the
State on Tuesday last, show that in
nearly every instance where the
present incumbents were candidates
they were re-elected. This is not
only practical civil service reform,
but sound policy.
The Democratic free-traders are
making dreadful ugly mouths at
their brethren who voted with the
Republicans to sustain the present
tariff. They are shaking their fists
at tliem and swearing that when
they assemble at Chicago they will
knock the tariff out the first round.
Some of the excited editors who
booted and spurred, have been rid
ing the high horses of their favorite
candidates for the past few mouths,
and know exactly what the result of
the balloting at the Chicago Conven
tion will be, may as well dismount
and take it a foot They will know
a great deal more after a few ballots
have been taken.
By its tight for the Morrison bill,
the Democratic party has clearly
identified itself with free trade. The
tariff will be the great issue in the
coming campaign. The fight that
has just been ended in Congress will
be transferred to the polls. For the
first time the country will have be
fore it the square issue of Free-trade,
or Protection to American industrv.
The free-trade Democrats of Ken
tucky, at their State Convention last
week, nominated Speaker Carlisle as
their candidate for President This
we suppose is to offset the nomina
tion of ex-Speaker Randall of this
State, on a quasi protective platform.
Neither gentleman has the slightest
chance for a nomination in the Na
tional Convention, but are simply
pitted against each other, like a pair
of fighting cocks, by their backers.
Hox. Wm. S. Stengek, Governor
Pattison's Secretary of State, pmt his
foot into it nicely, by declaring un
qualifiedly for Morrison "s free-trade
bill, just a few days before it was
squelched in the House. As the
Secretary would hirdly tike so im
portant a step without the concur
rence of his chief, it way be safely
assi.med that this Pattison Reform
administration has cast in its lot
with the free-traders and against the
iuleretts of the laboring Men of the
country.
Hox. Thomas V. Cooler, Chair
man of our State Central Committee,
has determined to make the canvass
of this year a red-hot one. He has
already opened headquarters in
Philadelphia, and expects to have
all the preliminary work of the cam
paign done prior tJ the Chicago
Convention, so that as soon as the
National ticket is placed in the field
the active work of the canvass can
be pushed. It's going to be a big
fight, and the Chairman will be
ready when "time" is called.
Gen. Grant and his three sons
were compelled to make assignments
last week, for the benefit of their
creditors, by reason of the failure of
the firm of Ward &. Grant, bankers,
in New York, in which concera they
were all partners. The failure is
reported to be a bad one, and will
totally wreck the fortunes of the
family. General Grant had nothing
to do with the management of the
concern, and had placed his money
in it for the benefit of his sons.
There is much sympathy expressed
for the General, who is thus depriv
ed of the comfortable provision
which bad been made for his old
9"t
Out of 19G Democratic members
of the House, only 41 dared stand
up for protection to our domestic in
dustries and labor by voting against
the Morrison free trade bill. Ob the
other hand, only three of the 118
Republican members voted with the
free traders for the bill, and those
three recreants all hail from the
State of Minnesota. Let Republican
voters make a not of these facts, as
they will be useful in the coming
campaign, when the Democrats of
this State, will, as usual, claim that
they are as good tariff men as are
the Republicans.
We published last week estimates
by a number of the leading journals
of the country friendly to Mr. Blaine,
of that gentleman's strength in the
Chicago Convention. The highest
of these guesses was o. 9 votes for
Main, to 29S for Arthur. .Now
comes another lightning calculator
in New York, whose table of estima
ted votes we find in the Pittsburgh
Commercial-Gazette, giving Mr. Ar
thur 097 votes, to 2o9 for Mr.
Blaine.
This came of guessing and esti
mating will be kept up until the
Convention fettles the matter: mean
while, our readers having "paid
their money, may take their choice."
There was a prize fight near
Scranton. this State, a few days
since, at which about two thousand
persons were present, among them
"the best people of Scranton." De
termined that the law against this
kind of brutality shall be 'enforced, j
jU(w Hundley, of the Lackawana
County Courts, has ordered the Dis
trict Attorney to prepare indict
ments against everybody who wit
nessed the fight, and consternation
reigns supreme among the deputy
sheriffs, policemen, lawyers, doctors,
hotel keepers, merchants and others
who were present. Judge Handley
is in dead earnest, and as those who
are convicted are liable to a year's
imprisonment and a fine of $500,
their position is not an enviable one.
The judge is entitled to unstinted
praise for his determined action in
enforcing the law.
I.v Illinois, it is said, the opera
tion of the High License Law has
reduced the number of dram shops
from 13,000 to 8"l,and at the same
time it has increased the revenue by
three million dollars.
In Maine, notwithstanding the
Prohibitory law, more than one
thousand licenses to sell intoxicating
liquors have been issued by the U.
S. Internal Revenue department,
which is at the rate of one rum shop
to every 150 male adult residents,
and it must be borne in mind that
much liquor is privately imported,
and much more 6old by druggists
under he guise of medicine. If
these statements be true, they show
that prohibition does not prohibit,
but that taxation heavily reduces
the traffic. This should put the tem
pcaranc folks on inquiry, as to
whether the curse cannot be taxed
to death.
If all the honor, honesty and in
tegrity of the Republican party of
the country is embodied in the per
son of Mr. Charles Kmery Smith, ed
itor of the Philadelphia Press, then
Mr. Smith might just as well be con
stituted a Republican National Con
vention, all by himself, and be per
mitted to pull a single ballot from
his vest pocket, and nominate a can
didate for the Republican party.
This would save a deal of trouble,
and would doubtless gratify Mr.
Smith. But, if the Republican
masses have elected delegates, in
whom they confide, and who as hon
est men, will carry out their wishes
at Chicago and it is a fair presump
tion that they have done so then
Mr. Charles Emery Smith is guilty
of a very great, as well as a very
foolish iiuuertenence, when in his
almost daily diatribes, he undertakes
to impair the confidence of the
masses in their delegates, and charg
es that the politicians are arrayed
against the people, and are conspir
ing to betray them. The people do
not always mistake Alpine egotism
for dashing leadership.
TnE Democratic Free-trade lead
ers are in a rage over the defeat of
the Morrison bill, and declare that
no compromise with the Randall
wing of the party is possible. They
proclaim that at the Chicago Con
vention they will nominate a Free
trade candidate on a Free-trade plat
form, and that the Protection Dem
ocrats will be there served with no
tice that they must embrace the
candidate and stand upon the plat
form, or go their way with the Re-c
publicans. j
This is the only logical and man- j
ly course they can take. They made
a square-toed fight for Free-trade in
the House; they have gone too far
to recede, and they are bound to
fight it out on that line, or iuglori
ously back down before Randall and
his handful of followers. Mean
while, this faction fight has scared
the candidates and their friends, and
the respective booms of Tilden,
Payne, McDonald and Randall are
fast subsiding, as neither of them
feels like leading a forlorn hope. One
hundred and fifty members, consti
tuting more than three-fourths of
the Democratic party in the House,
hare been defeated by a combina
tion of Democrats and Republicans,
and it is but ordinary human na
ture for this majority, when they
have the minority in convection,
where they can obtain no assistance
from Republican Protectionists, to
crush them as between the upper and
nether millstones, and if their pres
ent temper continues, this will as
suredly be done.
The Democratic majority hag
made its record clear, distinct and
ineffaceable ia favor of Free-trade;,
there can be no compromise on a
candidate who is even tinctured with
protection ; it has gone too far on
4 Via mnA tr Frup-trn (If to ston or
turn back, and the leaders are calm
ly admitting that they do not antic
ipate success this year, but expect to
command respect for their consist
ency, and bope before another Tres
ider.ti.il Wtifin comes around to
have a solid Free-trade party with
which to face the Republicans. The
country will be content to wait and
see.
By a vote of 159 to 155, the House
on Tuesdav last, struck out the en
acting clause of the so called Morri
son tariff bill, and so effectually dis
posed of that pernicious measure for
the time being. This is a terrible
back-set to the free-trade Democra
cy. The House was organized at the
commencement of this session and
Mr. Carlisle was elected Speaker,
solely on this issue. He appointed
a committee of Ways and Means for
the express purpose of reporting a
bill reducing the tariff: this bill of
Morrison's was the result, a caucus
of the Democratic members declared
it a party measure, and yet after full
and lengthy discussion it was killed
in the house of its friends. This,
however, does not finally dispose of
the question. The Democratic party
is irrevocably committed to free
trade; during the discussion, its
ablest leaders in the House unre
servedly declared that this Morrison
bill was only the entering wedge,
and since its defeat, notice has been
openly given, that the battle will he
transferred to the Democratic Na
tional Convention, and that free
trade will be made one of the issues
of the coming campaign. The victory
in the House in favor of Protection
was accomplished with the aid of 41
Democratic votes, among which was
the entire delegation of that party
from this State, ably led by Mr.
Randall, and if, as is probable, a free
trade platform is adopted by the
National Convention of that party,
the tariff Democrats who helped de
feat the measure in the House, will
be placed in the unpleasant predic
ament of being compelled to eat
their own words, or refuse support
to their party and its candidates.
However, the Morrison bill has done
its work. It has developed the po
sition of the enemy on the eve of
the election, and voters who support
that party in the coming campaign
will do so with the full knowledge
that if successful, the Democrats
will wipe out every vestige of pro
tection to our industrial interests.
The Democratic Mayor of New
Orleans is authority for the state
ment that at the recent election in
that city ninety-one polls were tak
en possession of by organized bands
of bulldozers, the authorized inspec
tors of election driven away, and the
whole proceeding turned into a
mockery and a farce. The Mayor
might also have added that it result
ed in booming Democratic majori
ties, and the party is in splendid
working condition for the fall elec
tion. The Virginia Bourbons last fall
obtained possession of the Legisla
ture of that State by bulldozing and
afterwards unseating enough mem
bers to give them a two-thirds ma
jority. They then began the whole
sale passage of measures for partisan
purposes. Among the laws enacted
was one placing the control of the
election machinery entirely in their
own hands. But the result proves
that they overreached themselves,
for the law has just been declared
unconstitutional by the Supreme
Court of appeals. It in encouraging
to know that the courts, at least, in
Virginia are secure against Demo
cratic bulldozing.
Why should the Democratic press
of the country be filled with surmis
es regarding the nominee of the June
convention and as silent as the grave
about the nominee of the other fel
lows four weeks later? Inter-Ocean.
From the simple fact that we
know who we want and what we
want him for. Wheeling Register.
The Register neglects to 6tate who
or what. The unanimous state of
mind of Democracy reminds us of
the cross-eyed old maid who went
to the woods and was praying earn
estly for a husband when an old
owl, perched on a neighboring tree,
disturbed in his nap struck up,
"Hoo-hoo-hoo." The pronrnt re
sponse went up, "Anybody, Iiord."
Iit'ci-Oivan.
Telescoped Car.
CiiifAco, May 5. A dense fog
prevailed over tne southern portion
of the city this morning when the
Chicago and Eastern Illinois sub
urban train left Auburn with pa-
engers coming into the city to do -
business. A stop was made at South
Englcwood, and just as the passen-
ger train was pulling out a neavy,iamily by some mends, iheir re
locomotive of the Grand Trunk road, gret now is that they did not place
which enters the city over the same j it in the hands of the trustees also,
tracks, plunged into the rear of it, Among the pioperties which the
splintering the last car ana teieseo- ,
ping the others, pinning ttie p:Leo- j his creditors is the dwelling on the
gers in the broken timbers and hood- north fiiJe of chestnut street, above
ing the interior with steam from tr. ? j Twentieth. It is worth about S-JO -engine
boiler. Two persons were proo j
ably fatally injured and a! out twenty : , L
others seriously injured Henry A y BurRlar cged.
llson, the engineer ol the passen-
gr train, and W.Cochle, of Eugland,
are supposed ts be fatally injured.) oiwcstowx, O., May 8 oung
Engineer Terwillger, of the Grand John Bakody, Jr., who robbed L. W.
Trunk train was arrested, but releas- Wine A Co.'s jewelry storo here
edon bonds. He claims that the night before last, was arrested in the
that. h
did not see ttie lights of the train in
time to avert the catastrophe.
A Big Seawtn for Imiutgraat.
Pailadelphia. May. 24. Owing
to the cutting in transatlantic steam
ship rates a large number of immi
grauts are now bound here by the
American and Red Star Line steam
ships, and it is expected that during
tbecoming summer emigrant travel
will be large. The Red Star Line
announces a Yeduction in emigrant
excursion tickets to Antwerp from
$40 to 838.
j.
Fortune of a Convict.
New York, May 9. John Kister,
a burglar and an old confederate of
"Red"' Leary, who is now serving a
term in the New Jersey State Prison,
has had 860,000 left him by an aunt
in England. He has to serve fifteen
years before he can take his inheritance.
BANK FAILC3U1
suspension of the
New York. The
Firm Follow.
Mart no Bank of
Cram & Ward
New Yokk, May 6, Wall street,
11.30 a.m. The suspension of the
Marine National Bank, Wall and
Water streets, was announced this
morning. James D. Fish is presi
dent of the bank. John D. Fish is
cashier.
The bank's statement of Septem
ber. -2, ISSo, showed a surplus of
fl.J0.UU0, ana individual profits of
ft'.2,:J45.
iltANT AND WARD SUSPENDED. '
2.45 r. m. The suspension of Grant
t Ward has been announced at the
Stock Exchange. The firm is com
posed of weneral U. S. Grant, James
D. Fish, U. S. Grant, Jr., and Ferdi
nand Ward. About GiJO shares of
Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati,
and Indianapolis, Omaha, and Alton,
and Tcrre Haute were closed out
under the rule ; also some Nickle-1
plate second mortgage. .
The Marine Bank-Grant & Ward
failure is the most sensational epi-1
sode of that character which Wall i
street has seen since young Ketchem
ruined half the street. In view of
the prominence of the members of
the firm, the widest interest has been
taken in all the details from the
moment the people of the country
knew that the fortune of Gen. Grant,
and that of every member of his
family, was involved.
On account of the secrecy of the
bank officials and the complicated
affairs of the firm, but few real facts
as to the extent of the money losses
or the parties involved, except Gen.
Grant, are really known. The Bank
Examiner has not yet made his re
port as to the bank's losses and it is
as yet impossible even to approxi
mate the amount, and the same may
be said ot the firm of Grant or Y ard.
'Some say that from outside eviden
ces the liabilities will between $12,
000,000 and 14,000,000. Others
aver that from all that has beeu
learned they will not beover S5,U00,
UUO. All agree, however, that it is
the most stupendous failure since
the grand crash which marked the
failure of Uncle Daniel Drew. Out
side of the reports that Mr. Ward
has been guilty of gross hypotheca
tions, the statement was made yes
terday that he had taken good care
to feather his own nest. This report
fanned the flame' of dissatisfaction
anions those who had suffered by
the firm's failure, and the force of
detectives was doubled. They
swarmed in the outer offices and
clustered about the entrance of the
United States Bank building.
There is no doubt but that the
operations of Grant and Ward
have been wild and reckless. They
were also wide spread in their rami
fications. Now it is discovered
that ex-Congressman Freeman Clark
of Rochester, had found that a small
amount of bonds he had deposited
with the firm had been rehypotheca
ted. The failure of the Northwes
tern Manufacturing Company, of
Stillwater, Minn,, was no douU in
directly caused by a loss of f 125,000
througli Grant it ard s operations.
Senator Sabin, of Minnesota, who
went to Washington to-day, was
interested in the concern and indors
ed some of its notes. The failure of
the company will not cripple the
Senator; but it has caused him
much inconvenience. It is hinted
that two or three other Minnesota
corporations are in trouble; but the
amount involved in all these cases is
comparatively small.
A few days before the failure, Gen.
tirant, who had no active part in
the management of the business,
borrowed 8150,000 from W. H. Van
derbilt, which he gave the firm, sup
posing it was only needed as a tem
porary loan.
General Grant, in an interview
with Vanderbilt, said he would make
all the reparation possible, and he
assigned all his property to Mr. Van
derbilt, Mrs. Grant including her
Newport property. Two hour9 be
fore Mr. Vanderbilt sailed for Europe
yesterday he sent for General Grant
handed him all the deeds that had
been assigned to him, told the Gen
eral he had no use for them, also
told him to pay him the 8150,000
when he got good and ready, hoped
the General would come out of his
difficulties O. K., and bid him a cor
dial good bye.
The story that comes from New
York concerning the crash 13 quite
interesting, although painful. The
Grants are really high and dry and
are without a dollar in the world.
The General in his extremity has
applied to the Trustees and those
who contributed the fund for him of
S300.000, begging them to give him
the principal that he might pay
some of his debts. This is a fact,
but the gentlemen have positively
refused anything of the kind. His
creditors could capture the interest
j which the trustees pay to him if
' they knew when it was handed
: over. To prevent this, and save the
ex-President from absolute want, it
has been determined ta dole out the
i interest in small sums just sufficient
; to meet the necessary expenses of
the General and his wife.
! The noble traits of Mrs. Grant's
: character are displayed in her sur-
render of her property.
Ihe New
York City house was valued at
about 890,000, and was given to the
t;enerai aS9jnrned for the benefit of
Tivoh Garden, Pittsburg, and
I .1,1 Ia Ikln Tkn 4,.A
he had five gold watches and a large
amount of other jewelry and $51 in
cash about bis person. He implica
ted a young man named Harry
Greves, stating that Greves helped
him pack up the plunder and he
gave Greves 810 with which to meet
him in Pittsburg. Cline& Co. have
recovered all their goods but their
gold watches and pbout $50 in cash.
Bakody was given a hearing this
evening before Mayor Campbell and
bound over to the Grand Jury, now
in session. The case will probably
he presented to-morrow. Young
Greves was discharged, as Cline re
fused to prosecute him.
I was troubled with chronic ca
tarrh, and Catherine in head : was
deaf at times, had discharge from
ears, unable to breathe through j
nose. Before the second bottle of!
Ely's Cream Balm was exhausted, I
was cured. C. J. Corbin, 923 Chest-
nut Stxeet, Philadelphia, Pa.
OOINO DOWS I.V MID-OCEAV,
The Loss of the State of Florida.
'JiEnKc, May 7. The steamship
Titania from Glasgow, passed Farther
Point at 5.15 this morning. She
had on board 24 of the crew of the
lost Bteamer State of Florida. The
steamer was sunk in mid-ocean by
a collision with a bark. 0t of 1G7
persons on the State ot Florida only
44 were saved, and of the bark's crew
only the captain and two of the men
were rescued. One Jiundred and
twenty-three souls went down with
the steamer and twelve with the bark
makiag the total loss of life 1C5,
The Titania stopped but for a brief
time at Farther Point, which is three
hundred miles from here, and then
steamed on to Quebec. She slowed
up here to change pilots at 9.15 and
then went on to Montreal. She was
boarded, however, by reporters, and
the story of the disaster obtain
ed. THE STORY OK THE COLLISION.
Among the survivors was Dr. An
drew Steele, the ship's surgeon. He
says that the ill-fated steamer sail
ed from her pier at thr foot ot'Canal
street. New York, at 9 o'clock on
the morning of April 12, bound for
Glasgow. fche carried ...o passen
gers in her cabin, 50 in her steerage
and a crew of SI men and one stew
ardess. The vessel proceeded on
her course, meeting with no special
incident for six days.
"About ten o'cleck on the even
ing of April 18," says the doctor,
"I was setting in my cabin reading.
I had been on deck not long beforo
and noticed that it was a clear,
starlight night Suddenly 1 heard
the clang of the gong in the engine,
room, signaling the engineer to back
the engine at full speed. At the
same time there was a confused
tramping about the deck. 1 saw
plainly the spars and the canvas- of
a big sailing ship heading directly
torus. Iter port red light was dis
tinctively visible. The men about
deck yelled "Collusion, collision !"
The next moment, as our ship rolled
to starboard on a big wave, the othr
vessel crashed into us, striking us
nearly amidships on the starboard
side. The shock completely demor
alized every one. The men said
'take to the boats,' but many were
too badly frightened to help them
selves, even ufter some of the boat
were 6afely in the water, and tho
ship was going down too rapidly tc
enable those of the crew on deck U
do rnueh towards saving any lives.
Miss MacFarlane, the stewardess,
was lowered into the boat, but no
other was on deck. I got into one
of the boats, with others, and in a
very few minutes both vessels sank
out of sight, Captain Hepburn
and two seamen of the sailing ves
sel were found clinging to some of
their vessel and were picked up by
the boat I was in.
DRIFTING A BOL T IN A IlOAT.
"We drifted about for two days,
having neither food nor water.
1 here were lorty tour ot us in our
boat. The weather remained tolera
bly fair, however, and we did not
suffer very badly, except for the cold
some of the survivors being very
thinly clad. In the meantime we
separated from the two other boats
that were launched. Captain Hep
burn told us that his vessel was the
Ponema, a bark belonging to the
Jardine Brother, of Chatham, New
Brunswick. On the 20 wesucceeded
in attracting the attention of the
loook-out on the Norweign bark
Theresa, which was bound for Que
bec from Christiana, and we were
all taken on board and kindly treat
ed. Two days later we fell in with
the bark Louis, of Cardiff, also bound
for Quebec. We were making seri
ous inroads into the provisions of
the Theresa, and accordingly twenty
people were transferred to the Louiso.
I and my shipmates remained on
the Theresa until May 5, when the
steamer Titania overhauled us and
we were transferred to her and here
we are.
Butler It. st.-aujr s Suicide.
Westfield, May 10. Hon. But
ler B. Strang committed suicide
this morning at tl.30 o'clock. He
arose shortly after G, dressed him
self as usual, passed out to the fam
ily room and greeted his wife and
son. Turning around he drew a re
volver, placed it to his right temple,
and fired, the ball passing through
his head. He had been in ill health
for several months from lung troub
le, but was thought to be somewhat
better. The deceased represented a
district of Tioga county in the State
Senate and in the House for filteen
vears. He was born in Steuben
countv. N". Y.. on March G. 18J'.)
Hu father was Ilev. Francis Straus
a prominent Methodist clergyman.
In 1S")9 the Strang family removed
to this State and settled in Tioga
county, where the subject of this
sketch was admitted to the Par at
the age of 22 years.
He became an active politican
while a law student, and was recog
nized leader of the Republican par
ty from the day he began the prac
tice of his profession. His first of-
i:: .1 .: . . f: t
..ciai poMu.m a3 I'uuiu ,! m :
Kjk ijua iVJUiiij, aiiu in i.i' tail
of 1SG0 he was elected to the ilous-j
of Representatives, serving two years.
In 1607 he was again elected to the
Legislature, and served four vears.
In 1Si2 he was elected to the State
Senate, and was honored with the
Speakership of that body in 1S74, in
which position he distinguished him
self for dignity of manner and de
cision of purpose, commanding re
spect, alike from opponents and
friends. He also served as Chair
man of the Municipal Reform Com
mission, air. Strang was a candi-: its natural size and the boy cannot
date before the Republican Conven- recover.
tion in li75 for the nomination for
State Treasurer, but was defeated by j Tle 1'ocahomas Mine OisaMer.
Henry Rawle, of Erie. As a lawyer j
Mr. Strang stood among the first of I Lynchucbo, Va., March 8. A
his profession. In March, 1SS2, he j special t the Advance from Poca
was appointed by President Arthur t hontas says: "This morning at four
United Stales Marshal for the dis-1 thirty o'clock an exploring party
trict of Dakota, but declined the j found ajbody in the Pocahontas mine
place. He was elected a delegate to j which was identified as that of Tm
the Independent Republican State! Wood, of Russell county, Va. It
Contention of 1SS2, but could not was dug out from beneath two feet
attend on account oi tne condition
of his health.
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Fire in Krery Direction.
Rkading, May 3. The Blue moun-)
tains along the northern border ofj
Berks county, are on fire j
in every direction. Serious danger !
is apprehended. The destruction to j
the woodland is incalculable. No
farmhouses are yet burned,
people are fighting the flames.
A Ha be Ith Three Legs.
New York, May 8. Mrs. Henry j
Grav. of Fort Schuvler. L. I., haa;
given birth to a son with three per- i
tectly lormed legs. A large number I
of persons visited the Gray residence
yesterday and the mother seemed
perfectly nappy. The infant will
live. 1
Dr. Gross Cremated.
Washington-, May S. The remains
of Professor Samuel D. Gross were
brought hereby the ll o'clock train
this 'morning, and were conveyed
immediately"to theLe Moyne Cre
matorv. The body was accompanied
by tliH deceased's son, A. Haller
Gross ; his son-in-law. Dr. P. J.
Howitz, of Baltimore, formerly sur
geon general of the navy ; Furogene
Howitz, the iatter's son ; Berry I.
Howitz, of the Baltimore bar, and
Charles Draper, a colored coachman
who has been in the employ of Dr.
Gross for many years. A Philadel
phia undertaker was in charge.
A hearse and carriages were wait
ing at the railroad station, and with
out any delay the funeral cortage
started for tho Lemoyne Crematory,
on the outskirts of the town, where
the body of the distinguished surgeon
was to be reduced to ashes. The fires
hail been started in the crematory at
noon yesterday and when the body
arrived all was in readiness.
Arrangements for the cremation
ha been made so tjuietly that few
of the residents of the place knew
the fires were lighted. In conse
quence of this the neighborhood of
thecrematory was entirely deserted,
save by the attendants and trustee
Harding. When the gates were
readied, after a whispered consulta
tion with Mr. Harding, the casket
containing the body was taken from
the hearse and carried to the little
reception room. Ihe retort was
ready for the body, and after the re
lations of the distinguished surgeon
had taken a farewell look at his face
the body was removed to an inner
room and prepared for incinera
tion. There were no religious service, as
they had been held in tho deceased's
residence in Philadelphia, and before
noon the door of the retort was open
ed, and the iron crib, on which Dr.
Gross 'bod' had been laid was placed
in the centre of tho furnace. The
gentlemen who composed the funeral
party waited in the reception room
fr two hours, when they were in
formed that the incineration was
complete. All that remained of the
great surgeon was a few pounds,
not over five of whitish gray ash.
These will be removed from the fur
nace to-morrow, when it becomes
sufficiently cooled, and will betaken
to Philadelphia.
Fiftj Mile4 an Hour.
r Dayto.v, O., May 8. William II.
Vanderbilt passed through here to
day en route for Cincinnati in a
special coach, making the fastest
time or record. The train consisted
of two coaches and train hands, and
came from Lima to here, a distance
of seventy-four miles in sixty-six
minutes, and from here to Hamil
ton, according to telegraph instruc
tions from here, a distance of thirty
five miles in thirty-six minutes.
The train started from Detroit,
making the entire trip to Cincinna
ti, a distance of 2G3, over the Can
ada Southern, Dayton and Michi
gan, and Cincinnati, Hamilton and
Dayton roads, in five hours and
thirty minutes, an agerage of 50
7-1U i.iiles an hour. A number of
stops were made and engines were
changtd three times at Toledo,
Lima mid Davten. The run between
here a: id Cincinnati was made in!
one hour and nine minutes. The
train -vas run thrsusrh all the cities
at a rate of speed complying with
the oro iuances of the city. It is es
timated that in some places the train
traveled a mile in from forty-eight
to liltv-two HeOOIKIS
Ait I'iK'om mon Tramp's Kide.
Pittsburg, May 7. When the
Limited Express East reached Enon
Station, forty miles West of this
city, yesterday, a young man, who
said his name was George Baker,
was discovered lying on the second
truck of the second car between the
wheels and the floor of the car.
He had ridden from Chicago in that
position, a distance of 400 miles.
He was almost dead when the train
stopped. When he recovered suffi
ciently to talk he said:
"When the Limited pulled out of
the I'nion Depot at Chicago last
night 1 was lying on the truck of
the second car. When the train
got fairly under way I wished that
I was dead a hundred times. I was
compelled to lie on my stomach and
hold on with both arms and losa.
In this positon nay face was exposed
io the tluiit that was thrown up by
the wheels and I was almost blind." !
The man is not over o0 j'ears of
age and, despite his woe-begone
appearance, gaveu evidence that he
is not a common tramp. He refuseed
to sav anything concerning his
antecedents
Train "Wrecked by ltobbers.
Topeka, May 7. The special train
bearing railroad officers and others
has arrived safely at the city of
Mexico. At a bridge on the Mexi
can Central Road, 100 miles below
Chihuahua, obstruction were placed
on the track with the evident inten
tion of robbing the passenger train.
construction train, hewever, pre-
cefded it and was wrecked, six
:nen
being killed and eight or ten woun
ded and fourteen cars were ruined.
A Itird, a I5oy and Snake.
IVrrsviLLE, May 7. While Charles
Rick, a 12-year old lad, waa walking
along the tawpath' of the Schuyl kill
Canal to-day he saw a bird flutter
ing in a thicket and attempted to
catch it. As he stooped over, a
snake which was charming the bird
bit him on the bare foot. In a few
minutes his leg had ewolen twice
of fallen coat and Hate, and was in
an advanced state of decomposition.
One hundred and seventy bodies
haye fceen recov,re(L A
large force of men- are at work day
and night.
ItiiMHlcU Cattle at Auction.
New York, May 8. The special
T'.. 'gale of Jersey cattle was continued
AUe! j .1 i TT r
j iu-uay at, tue .iuiet icau nurse ix
' change. Good prices were brought,
j the sale being well attended. Among
; the prices were the following : Dam
Dee. heifer, dropped 1882, $o00 ;
Bliss, cow. dropped 1881, $850:
Benefit, cow, dropped 1SS1, $1,000 ;
i oung uarenue, inira, lmporiea
cow, dropped 1S81, $825; Darling
Garenue, heifer, dropped 188d, $410 ;
La Financier, Sectnd, cow, dropped
1882, $1,010.
A Cowboy s Bad Aim.
Washiogton, May 8. In the Sen
ate to-day Mr. Dawes offered a reso
lution, which was agreed to, calling
on the Secretary of the Interior for
information as to whether any steps
have been taken to prosecute one
Halferino for shooting an Indian
named Black Wolf. Halfwrino, he
said, was a cowboy who made a bet
with his friend he could put a rifle
bullet through the IndianV hat with
out touching his head. He made a
slight mistake, however, and put the
bullet through the head instead of
the hat. The Indians felt outraged
by this, and in the excitement grow
ing out of the incident burned a
house belonging to the cowboy.
The house-burners were tried and
sentenced to five years' imprison
ment, but the man who shot the
Indian was still untried and unpun
ished. The Indians, Mr. Dawes
added, naturally felt justice had not
been done them, and this resolution
was intended to bring out the facts
as to what effort had been made to
prosecute the first offender.
Fifty Persona Injured.
Chii.icothe, May 9. A serious
accident occurred at base ball park
near this city this afternoon. The
first of the Ohio League games was
being played between the
Logans, of this city, and the Rever
sider, of Portsmouth. About 300
people were in the grand stand, one-
third of them ladies. At the end of
the second inning a crackling was
heard in the rear of the building,
and immediately afterwards the en
tire structure collapsed with a tre
mendous crash.
A scene ol indescribable confusion
ensued. Cool-headed men, however
set about releasing those buried and in
a few minutes all had been liberated.
The most exaggerated reports reach
ed the city and in a fw moments
streams of hacks, carriages and peo
ple rushed to the Ball Park.
Fortunately none were killed, al
though some may die.
The total casualties foot up to
night about fifty. The greatest
wonder is that some one was not
killed. The timber used in the
stand was very light, but the carpen
ter in turning it over to the club,
said he would stake his reputation
on itssecuritv.
Ciar Maker Victimized.
Lancaster, Mav 0. A voung
man givinjr the name of Gustav
Houck has swindled a number of
cigar makers in the Northern part of
the county out of about SloOO. He
visited several ciirar manufactories
and bought thousands of cigars.
When asked for referrence he gave
the names of two of Philadelphia's
principal banks. Telegrams were
sent to the banks, and the reply
came: "Gustav Houck all right;
worth S7000."
The cigars were shipped with the
understanding that drafts for the
same were to be sent in ten davs.
At the time specified the drafts were
not received. It wag then learned
that there was a Gustav Houck in
Philadelphia, but the gentleman
bearing that name had not bought
any cigars.
Messrs. Hiscox & Co. call special
attention to the fact that after April
Ui, IS.SJj, the name and style of tins
preparation will hereafter be simply
Parker's Tonic. The word '"Ginger"
is dropped, for the reason that un
principled dealers are constantly de
ceiving their patrons by substituting
inferior preparations under the name
of Ginger; and as ginger is an un
important Uavoring ingredient in
our Tonic, we are sure that our
friends will agree with us as to the
propriety of the change. There will
be no change, however, in the prep
aration itself ; and all bottles re
maining in the hands of dealers,
wrapped under the name of "Park
tit's Ginger Toxic," contain the gen
uine medicine if the signature ot
Hiscox A Co. is at the bottom of the
outride wraDDer.
Across ihe Sea in 4H Hours.
Ottawa. May 0. Dr. Norvin
Green, president of the Western
union Telegraph Company, and Mr.
Erastus Wiman, of New York, who
were in this city to-day, have con
tract witli the Dominion Govern
ment for the completion of a section
of oGO miles of the Montreal and
European Short Line Railroad. The
system, when completed, will make
the shortest route from New York,
Chicago and Montreal to St. John,
Halifax and Louisburg, the last
named place being the extreme
Eastern part wf the Dominion, from
which the ocean passage to 2ueens-
i . : . i" . i .
Lwnu uin.ui- nie -.liue oi me steam-
i l
snip vitrguii us a siauuaru can ue
reduced to three and a halt days.
A Ciiurch Falls on Its People.
Galveston, May 0. A special de
spatch from Mc Kinney, Texas, says
"During a largely attended meet
ing at the Methodist Church, color
ed, last night, the foundations gave
way and the church was thrown
violently to the ground. Two lamps
exploded, scattering burning oil oyer
the congregation. One colored wo
man was burned to death and anoth
er had all her clothing burned off,
and will probably die. Several oth
ers were badly burned. A panic
Drevailed and the entire town turned
out, thinking that a negro uprising
had taken place. The recent rains
had undermined foundations, caus
ing the church to fall."
Boton Bijf Can.
Bostox, Mass., May 7. There was
successfully cast, yesterday, at the
South Boston iron works, in fulfill
ment of contract with the United
States government, the largest gun
ever constructed in this country.
When fuliy completed it will be
about thirty feet in length, of twelve
inch rifle bore and will weigh 212,
0U0, lbs. The cost of the gun will be
$28,000, or about the one-half the
sum a steel gun would have cost
It is calculated to be able to throw
a projectile a distance of about six
miles.
The Hill Gang's Fate.
Chart.estox, W. Va., May 8 On
Monday night last William Spur
lock went to Robertson Spurlock's
house on Mud River, Boone county,
called him out, and shot him dead.
The next night a posse found the
murderer and made an effort to ar
rest him. He resisted and fired
upon the posse, who returned the
lire with fatal effect.
The motive for the killing of Rob
ertson by Spurlock was the fear that
he would reveal the secrets of the
Hill brothers gang, to hich both
the Spurlocks belonged. Two mem
bers of the gang were lvnched ut Al-
bans last week.
CHEAP!
The most attractive word in the business vocalmla.
ry is CHEAP, because the price tells, and evervbujv
tells the price. The merchant whose superior n'd van
tages in trade enables him to offer a better article, r
as good an article for less money than his neihlj.
has the inside track in the race for business , and as
long as the people believe his is " the cheapest store
in town," just so long will he lead every other trade?,
man in his line. Famous for Low Prices, moans suc
cess; notorious for High Prices, means failure. Ak a
man more than he thinks a thing is worth and lie re
volts, and with many it is an insult. Put offer a man
a Bargain, and straightway the purse-strings relax,
and you will have a customer on the spot. He leaves
the store and tells the first acquaintance he meets of
" the Cheapest Store in Town." The best advertis
ing medium is a pleased customer. The small protu
plan, under intelligent management, never liiils. The
masses must be attracted, if a large trade is ever to he
realized. The merchant must impress the people
with the fact that he can . and will serve them lest.
The man who does the most for the communitv re
ceives the largest share of favors from every member
of it. CHEAP is the word, because the price t 1!.
and everybody tells the price.
l. m:. woolf,
The 'One-Price Clothier, Hitter, FurnLInr.
1SXE-W STORE, TvTAIlSr STREET,
J olmstown, Pa.
T AM TUT?
OF THE HARROW FRATERNITY!
IF YCU USE US,
!X WILL EO YCU
GCCD.
My mission is the ground to tear,
And the best condition for seeds prepare
In roots and stones,
711 work it all, and do it right ; I
In my construction, I fain would hide, i
That you can either walk or ride. t
i
Call and sec inc. Jfy home is at j
JAMES B. HOLDERBATJM'S
HARDWARE STORE, j
No. 3 Baer's Block, Somerset, Pa. I
TT-T-- Jt-
VV LVJL.
Marble
All work Ni-aiiy
pn
mam
SOMERSET MARBLE WOKKi
UNION STREET,
I desire to call the attention of the public to the fact that I havf ju-t
opened a new
MARBLE Y A 11 J).
And am prepared to furnish on short notice, and in good style,
TOMBSTONES, MONUMENTS, ETC.. ETC.
Having purchased a large stock of fine material. I will be able t u-A t
it an advantage to persons desiring
E.
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iCtCOND W EEK OF MAY
'OI KT CON-
M:1V. 1MH1 m..n
1 O Tinue.1. Ami now to wli, xch May
consideration by the I 'ourt, all eauau, set lor lri.il
SeconJ Week ol May Term, lxM, re rontiiiucil i
the Third week ol September next, when all Ju
rors summoned for toe Second Week ol' la
Term, lsvi, will atteii.l.
.ayl4-i s. I.TRENT, Prothonotary.
STEAM ENGINES.
HoMlillir hUKtliea aul Mehinerv Si..
Seconii-hanU Engine ami Holler! on baml. Senj
for iSiock List.
Allegheny City, r"a.
Lime, Lime,
Lime T
From the Celebrated Peck Llmetnne Le.lge.
furnl.be.1 ahoard the cars at our kilna near fine
UroTe at H cents per tuhel. rn.'lacked. Orders
promptly nlled. A.lilreM
J. M. WU1.FEKSBKRGER 4 I1RO ,
myl4-3ui. Kockwood, fa.
Colorado liol.I Discovery Confirmed.
Denver. Col., May 3. A gentle
man of the highest integrity, a well
known citizen of Denver, who has
just returned from the new Gnlilin
alley mining district, pronounces
f l . ,, ' F. '"uues
me new discovery a Verv imiort;int
one.
Many ladies admire gray hair
on some other person. But few
care to try itd effects on their own
charms. Nor need they, eiuce
Ayers Hair Visor nrevont th Kair
from turning gray and restores gray
uair io lis original coler. It cleanse
the scalp, prevents the formation of
dandruff, and wonderfully stimu
ates. the growth of the hair.
Itailroatl Wreck.
Sr. Louis, Mo., May 7. J. S.
Rogers, Vice President of the Toledo
Base Ball . Club, and Charles M.
Brown, the attorney for the clubj
were in to-day's railroad wreck at
xvaiur. in. luey were en route
for St, I ouis, where Brewn is to
argue the Muliane case to-morrow.
They were in the rear sleeper when
the accident occurred. Rogers had
his left ankle sprained and his riht
leg broken in two places. He also
received several contusions about
ic ueau ana lace. Brown e.catied
. . "vrti t.OV 4rTa
Uninjured, and Came On here whil
R ' ' , uu ."ere, wniie
"Ugers was put on a tram and Sent
borne.
PT TTQ TTTTD,
Ld era C-JS
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and rouL'h groui.d I dei;i;i.t.
I . I l-f1 A 111 I , iX
? - JTL J.J2 CLi
and Granite Works.
I.VII.VE.VK HEADSTOSF.1. TABLET and POiV. fit
TOPS, sit.ri.V. OUAMTK MO.LMLS TS turni-hc'. r:..'
hiei - u(el. iinli-rs promptly tiCe-l. All W n W j: -1
ntnteil to itlve tlsurtinn or .M.mey Kelumlnl. W.trk 11 tr
I'heAjfer than r;in tie Hone in the I.Vunty. AH order by mail i.r uiij;
attended to. Eleven year experience at thr hu.Jin"." A'lon.
WM. F. SHAFFEK, S.MEKtT. Pv
SOMERSET, PA.
anything in my line, to uive tne a t ill.
W. HORNER.
'I'AVERX AXIKESTACKASTI.lCEStS
NOTlOEis hereMr irlven that the ! UniM j'T
folia havi tilxl their petit torn I li' "! i- :
that they will he pre,etiie. to Hie Court :. r i "
J'l"11 -,ly LieolDC. .Hay
TAVKKX UCENMK.
Catharine Fis- u Berlin H. Duith.
.iiiiiufl r errell.
J"hn K. Moou. rinilu.'o-e H.rouS.
.I. 5l!i it-iinvk,
K. T. Fraiee
Mrs. Eli,.a Kner, Merers-lala B.,r..'ii'i
Alexander Khoails, Milium Towdtm:
W illium ('. Hurnett. New Itiltinmr- &'.
l..i:c A. .1,'nkln. fr'inn Borough.
S. 1. weitier. Saml fated,
l.'onri I Kiehn-.r. S-iinrmt town-hip
fro:ys iiiflee, j s - NT
April a.la. i t'l-'-
JiAUBERS 8
llreof.l ol ik neat UMIIt
Bohemia"
tteer:
K IKI.t T
M 4I.T ami Imported Hnruili H"P-
nag me rvpntHifc.n ol beinic the H.t.
BEfcK1. To iwrties wishing tu handle il
llU Beer, llheral inducements an.i arrai-ij
uenta will I e icade. Ad'iri
rHlLlP J. LAVBER Ji " . (Lioii-.ci .
mayi-.t. I'tailxleiphia. rv-
JEGAL NOTICE.
To All Whom il May Concern.
1 k' '.w dreary, i -w. m '' " t
waii ma.lehy the Reformed t.'hurvh at tile f--- j
I'-r a Charter ol lneori.ratioD. and unle' I
Takk N'OTin: That at the rejjuUr
cicnl rem is shown to the contrary, the 'ata'
be xrantwl at the next term ut I 'ourt. to it nl
on ihe Third Mondar of May, l-4. P"' '"jrl
apr3l. S.'l' TKfcN l Prothotiuury.
4 DMIMISTRATOK'S NOTICE.
Estate
f .Tosetih Thoma. hire of i Ji' Ui. w-
Twp skmeret Co., f d' c'd.
Letter of administration on the e-.ve e-:'
.iyao
to the underiiin"" " ' ,
berihinft lnltKr.l .t aai.l .,t,. rn make tuiu.r"r
hid m i l,-irv v rn i-
ate payment, and those havinit eliiinis ain-j
fume will present them duly authenticate''
it lenient at t he l 'e residence ol '
on Saturday, the lilh day of June. l"i ,
ED. S. THi'MA.
BJ:iy7, Adiulclnrat'T
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICK.
Eftate of William St Clair, late of .lenner TP-'
tweeters oi auiaiuiMrau"" , . ,m
harlna; been a-ranted to the undersigned r? ' ,
proper authoritr, ,otto if hereby
persons Indebted to said estate to make Item'
ate parment. and those haTlnic claims r
same will present them duly authenticate.' f
sell lenient on Saturday, the 14th day '
ISM, at the late resiu-ni-eof deceased.
SAKAI1ST. "LVIK-
mayT Adm!nisirin'-
- . . .... , . ..... .hnvi
UDITOR'S NOTICE.
H rtinK been appointed by the rpn lu,
ofSoir.erxet County to distribute tbe
hands of the Administrator of josepn
decea-ed. late of Jenner township, to ami ' b1
VIVCU IU-.HIII'""" J, JUI -
polntment at my om to Somerset, fa..
5y May )SUt mMa and where aii
Interested may attend. , rnu
JUil" AaJ""'-
may 1-4.