The Somerset Herald.
EDWARD 8CTTLL, Editor and Proprietor.
WEDNESDAY.
. July 23, 1.
REPUBLICAN KOMATIOE
NATIONAL
roa rKKKincvT,
HOI. JAKES O. BLAINE, o( Maine.
rox ticb rsniDUT,
OE. JOHX A. IXXJAN. of IUinoii.
STATE.
r!ioiiMii-iI-uir.i,
OES. E. A. OSBOB.NE, of Luerae.
BLBTTOBA-AT-UBGK.
John Lcieeoriiur. nT Carrxw.
Jam iK-heon.of Philadelphia.
Celvin Well,! PiiUburgu.
PUTUICT BLBCTOB.
1. Brtwin J. Stuart. IS- Jot. T. Jenning.
S. John NaD'leU. Id. Jo. A. Ere.
. Wat J. McLaujrhllll. IT. Jos. B. Hilemaa.
. bia'd L. bry 18. K. F. Junkta.
. Jo. B. Allemun. If. Tiioraa B. Brywm.
. Horace A. Beat. . Wm. P. Ihincen.
7. Alfred FarkeulbalL M. Wm. J. Hltchman.
. Ium McHoee. at Geo. T. Olirer.
. J. P. W i-kwhic S. Jaeiak Oobeu.
10. Nam. B. Thatcher. 24. Michael Weyand.
11. John tvtbwdt Jr. X. ;): A. Randall.
12. Iieaiel Edward. . Cyruf Kitchen.
IS. P. W. Slmaler. XT. La nun B. Wood.
14. Ease S. Hart.
COUNTY.
TOZ ASSC BLT,
ANMiFW J. UOLBOKX, of Somerset B"T.
WILLIAM S. MORGAN, of JcunerT.p.
rO ritOTHOMVTAKr,
XORMAV lt.CEIT( HFIELU,of JcnmrTwr..
ron SBEKirr,
JOHN' WINTERS, of Scrocnwt Twp.
Km KRriifiTCK n sfuut.
t'HARLES C. SHAKER. rSomerct -. -
KO TBEAM'RKB.
-YKI"S C. SCHROCK. of Somct Twp.
roc roax irsioxei:.
PETER UVMBAt-'I.D. of Kflfonl Twp.
A1SAHC.LEPLEY, of Kkllck Twp.,
rK rooB BorrE dibettob.
JOS1AH AXKEXY, offynnenK-t Twp.
FOBiWKTT ArtMTOUS,
JACOB K BOWMAX. of S. internet Twp
JOSEPH W. MEVEKS, of Jliiford Twp.
For the Campaign!
ThK Herald will be mailed to
any addret-s from now until Novem
ber l-"th for Fifty Cents. The cam
jMtign now opening will be an excit
ing and most important one. As the
Herald never gave forth an uncer
tain sound, it will be iound as usual,
in the fore-iront of the column wa
ging battle for the principles and can
didates of the Republican party. It
will aim to keep its readers fully in
formed on all important features of
the campaign, and to preserve its
well established reputation for being
the leading journal of the county.
Now is the time to subscribe only
Fifty Cents from now until the
close of the campaign.
As an off-set to the Irish Blaine
and Logan clubs that are forming
all over the country, the Democrats
have started the story that the Ger
mans are going to support Cleve
land. The Commercial says : "Brother
Scull gives notice that he will bolt
the nomination of Mr. Critchfield for
Prothoaotary." Ananias Smith
lied, and he knew he lied, when he
wrote the above paragraph.
The latest bit of political gossip
from New York is to the effect that
President Arthur and Senator Conk
ling will both be urged by their
friends as candidates for the U. S.
Senate to succeed Senator Lapham,
whose term expires on the 4th of
March next.
The Commercial deth protest too
much, and Mr. Critchfield bad bet
ter keep his weather-eye on it
A !
journal that "went back''' on the last
Republican candidate for Governor
is fully capable of "going back" on a
Republican candidate for Prothono
tary. There are in round numbers fifty
thousand postmasters in the United
States. Five times one hundred
thousand Democratic eyes are long
ingly fixed on these positions. These
are only fifty thousand of the reas
ons why the Democrats think the
"Refxiblicane should go."
The rumor has gained currency
that ex-Senator Wallace, of this
State, will bp selected as Chairman
of the Democratic National Commit
tee. Should this report be rerified,
Pennsylvania will have the honor of
furnishing chairmen for the com
mittees of both the great National
parties.
Col. Levi Bird Duff, of Pittsburg,
the Independent candidate for Lieu
tenant Governor in l!S2, has de-
ciarea nm intention to support the
Democratic ticket. Thi6 is the le
gitimate result of his "kicking." He
Las the courage of his convictions
and lands at the place he started!
for.
Immediately after his nominal
tion, Mr. HeDdricks made a sjeech
in which he attacked Secretary of
the Navy Chandler. The Secretary
"came back" at the Democratic can
didate in a style that has made him
feel groggy ever since, as is evidenc
d by the weakness of bis attempted
retort. If we hav'nt got a navy, we
Lave a fighting Secretary, anyhow.
The Xew York Sun and the
Brooklyn IaqIc, the two leading
Democratic papers in the cities
where tney are published, are giving
Cleveland no support, iokn Kelly
and bis Tammany followers are as
dumb as oysters. Puroell, ooe of
the ectors-at-large, Las witdrawn
from lbe ticket In Troy, Rochester
nd Buffalo, Democratic labor or
ganizations am marching into the
Republican rank, and all this in
face ef the fact that Cleveland was
nominated solely because of big al
leged ability to carry New York. If
this thing keeps up, Blaine and La
gan will have a walk-over io really
the only doubtful State.
The Solid South has 153 electoral
votes, New York 30, and Indiana 15,
making 204, er three more than the
Democrats need to ensure success.
Cleveland and Hendricks were chos
en for the purpose of securing these
two States. Cleveland swept New
York in 18S2. and Hendricks car
ried Indiana in 1S76. Can they do
it asrain? is the vital question of
c -
this campaign. The great battle is
to be decided by these two States.
Harper's Weekly has placed the
name of Grover Cleveland at the
head of its editorial page, but it to
tally ignores Hendricks. We infer,
therefore, that it only goes one eye
on the Democratic ticket; but exactly
how Cleveland is to be voted for and
Hendricks left out in the cold, we
fail to Belters, however, per
form many strange antics, incom
prehensible to straight-going people.
Immense Blaine and Logan meet
ings were held in New York and
j Boston on Tuesday of last week.
The crowds in attendance were vast
and enthusiastic, and the speeches
fHon. W. M. Evarts and General
Hawley at the former, and those of
Governor Robinson and Senator
Hoar at the latter, were received
with 6houts of applause. The indi
cations are for a heavy Republican
vote in both States.
Randall and McClure are vowing
that the tariff plank in the Demo
cratic platform stands for everything
that Pennsylvania protectionists de
sire; while WaUersoc and Hurd are
assuring their followers that it means
free trade as speedily as protection
can be wiped out. "You pays your
money and you takes j-our choice'
But wise men who will look at the
action of the Democratic leaders in
the late Congress will not be deceiv
ed by their professions row. Actions
speak louder than words.
Having crawled in under the band
wagon, the Commercial now begs to
"let bygones be bygones," and wants
no further allusions made to '"old
times. That s precisely the course
pursued by the rebels after the late
war they were anxious to have the
past forgotten, and to be allowed to
resume their former position ; but if
our memory is not at fault, a little
reconstruction was deemed necessa
ry before the Southern kickers were
permitted to take their old places in
the ranks.
M. Wm. Pcrcell, editor of the
Rochester, N. Y., Union and Adver
tiser, the leading Democratic paper
of that city, and one of the electors-at-large
on the Democratic ticket of
that State, has withdrawn from the
paper, and resigned his posiiion cn
the electoral ticket, assigning as the
reason for this cenduct that he can
not support Cleveland for President
Mr. Purcell has stood high in the
party, or he would not have been
chosen as an elector-at-large. and bis
defection has caused a great flutter
in the ranks of the New York De
mocracv. .
And now the Independent lead
ers in this State are in a snarl.
Some of them crawled back into the
ranks, and are trying to coax the
(brethren in .New lork to come in
out of the rain, and support Blaine
and Logan, while others of them are
arranging to send delegates to Cur
tis" convention in new York, and
support Cleveland and Hendricks.
It makes but little difference where
these recalcitrants go, as we can car
ry Pennsylvania for Blaine and Lo
gan without them.
The civilized world will rejoice at
the rescue ef Lieutenant Greely and
the remnint of his heroic band, and
the story of their sufferings and won
derful survival will be read with in
terest everywhere. At the same
time the questions will arise : What
good has been accomplished, or what
good could be accomplished even by
the solution of the problem which
has cost so many live? : Li there ao
open polar sea ? These expedition
are a mere tempting of Prudence,
and we trust with the deliverance of
these last adventurers the record of
Arctic explorations will We closed.
The Greeley expedition sailed in
the su tamer of 1 SSI. Tbey were
landed at Discovery Harber, and the
vessel left them there cc August 18,
18S1, and since then, until July 17,
1SS4, nothing has been heard from
(hem.
Mr. Blajxe's letter accepting the
Republican nomination has been
given to the public. Ve will pub
lish it in the Herald next wetk, its
length precluding its insertion in
the inside columns this issue. It is
an admirable exposition of the prin
ciples with which the Republicans
enter uj.oa this campaign, masterly
in its grasp, aud profound in its
reasoning. Mr. Elaine's most de
termined enemies have ever afleed
the Lack of intellectual powers, ox of
masterly ability in discussion of im
portant questiccs, as cause of hostil
ity to his election to the Presidency,
and his treatment in thu letter of
al the leading political topics of the
day, sustain and justify his friends
in their claim hat he possesses
statesmanship of the highest order
and unmatched ability in tLj state
ment of bis views. Viewed in the
light of a caaspaign document it
is admirable, dignified, unshrinking
and unanswerable. It is a piatoru
in itself, and a broadside of great
guns into the fortress of the enemy.
Haaixg nominated their ticket
and protcii'ged their platform, the
Democrats atotce mark out the line
of their campaign and reclaim that
issue is to be joined, not on the tar
iff, or civil service reform, or other
vital principles dividing the parties,
.but on the personal qualifications of
the respective nominees.
la Governor Cleveland they pre
sent a candidate unknown outside
his own State, a gentleman -of very
ordinary abilities and of limited at
tainments, without experience ex
cept in County and State affairs; a
lawyer unknown in the higher walks
of his profession, a worthy, respect
able local politician, 6uch as almost
any county in any State in the
Union can furnish.
As against this inexperienced,
lately discovered, untried man, the
Republicans offer, in James G.
Blaine, a candidate with a public
service of twenty-five years in both
Houses of Congress, and in the Cab
inet, a world-wide reputation as a
brilliant orator and statesman,
known in every hamlet in the land,
and to every voter in the country,
for his unmatched powers: as a wri
ter and speaker; atypical American
who has earned his reputation in
the National arena where giants
struggle for precedence. Look upon
that picture and then upon this
Com pare the facts. Blaine to Cleve
land. Hyperion to a satyr. This
is the issue which the Democracy
have elected to present; an issue
which is an affront to every intelli
gent voter. But it is not on this
mere personal issue that Republi
cans will be content to go to the
country. Principles, not men, will
be urged upon the people. Party,
not personal records, will be scruti
nized and discussed, and the onward
sweep of the Nation, under Repub
lican guidance, will be sharply con
trasted with the possible result, had
the 'obstructionist policy of the
Democracy been the controlling
power. When the battle is set all
aiong the line,, the Demoeratic lead
ers will soon be driven from their
chosen position, and the Republican
column advanced to certain victory.
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The Independents of Pennsylva
nia have issued an address to their
brethren in New York and else
where, upon the Presidential ques
tion, in which it is claimed that the
nomination of Mr. Blaine is the tri
umph of the principles for which the
Independents did battle in 1SS0 and
uaye vital force to their movements
in subsequent elections. That to op
pose Elaine's election would seem to
be an attack upon the result of in
dependent work. That such oppo
sition would be difficult to defend,
since it involves the proposition of
surrendering the control of the
country to the Democratic party.
That if it should be once established
that a man ought not be elected to
the Presidency because accusations
have been brought against him, the
ablest men would always be exclud
ed. And finallv, that they see no
reason to strike at so able and dis-
! tin?uisheu a KeDUoucan ( Mr. iiaine)
O r v ,
and perceive no merit in hurrying
into an alliance which includes the
most corrupt elements in American
politics, or to form a league with
men who were always opposed to
the measures which we held to be of
the most importance.
To this address is appended the
names of most of the Independent
kickers of 18S2, among them being
that of our own William Henry
Koontz, and "me too" McKinley.
There is nothing new under the
sun, although "de sun do move,"
and this address simply urges upon
the Independents of New York, vir
tually the same arguments that were
used ipon these Pennsylvania kick
ers in 1882. Substitute Beaver for
Blaine and the reasoning was as ap
plicable and conclusive then as now;
and how or why, William Henry
and his friends expect to influence
George William and his adherents,
by arguments which they, them
selves rejected in 1882, is ai incom
prehensible to the common mind as
is the theory why "de sun do move"
to the uncultured intellect of brother
Jasper.
There are two things that are
made tolerably clear by this ad
dress. One is, that Pennsylvania
Independents are stoutly opposed
to the "machine" and the rule of
the majority, except only, when they
have hold of the crank ; and the
other is, that having again crept
back into the Republican bed, they
are opposed to having the covers
kicked on and their nakedness ex
posed by their brethren in New
York. The philosophy ff the In
dependent leader in this county,
and presumably that of his col-
leagi es in this State hereby com
mended to the New York brethren
was garnered from that encyclo-
ledia of useful knowledge, "Mother
Goose's Melodies," which records
the actions of a wise man under
similar circumstances :
There was a man in our town,
Aud lie was wondrous wise,
He jumped into a briar bush,
And scratched out both his ere.
And when he saw ki eyts vef out,
WiiU all hU might and main,
He jumped into another bash,
And scratched them in again.
Shot the Wrong Man.
Raleij, N C. July 15. Joseph
J. Williams, who, with John Poole
was charged with the murder of
Willie Watkins, on December 22,
1SS3, near Raleigh, was to-day con
victed of murder. The testimony
taken was that Williams was in love
with Miss Watkins. and feeling a
grudge against Joe Peebles, who was
engaged to be married to her, per
suaded Pool to go with him and kill
Peebles. Seeing a man leave Miss :
W&tkins' house, Williams shot and
killed hjm. The victim proved to
be her cousin, Willie Watkins. Poole
turned state's evidence.
A JI teuyr Two Hoy Drowne!.
Hexbv, lib, July IS.-fcey.L. Q.
Thompson, in company with his &on
Sydney and Freddie Bubop, of Med -
: x- v .1 . tn .u
7he
Illinois river this afternoon, when
Iheif ckifl was drawn into the eddies
of a dam and capsized, and all three
were drowned. Thompson was pas
tor of the Presbyterian church here
and a popular preacher, and a well
known author. None of the bodies
have yet been recovered.
I THE ARCTICS,
Liieatrnant Creeiy and Six
Comrade) Ileacaed.
of Hi
" Washington, July 17. The act
ing Secretary of the Navy to-day re
ceived a telegram from St Johns,
N. F fctating that the Greelr relief
expedition had found the survivors
of Lieutenant Greely's party, seven
men in all. They were found by
the relief ships Thetis and Bear un
der command of Lieutenant Schley,
near the mouth of Smith's Saund on
the 22d of June. The Thetis and
Bear were sent out on the 1st of last
May, and the result of the expedi
tion has created surprise, as it was
not expected that news would be
heard from them for some time yet
The news of the recovery of Gree
ly and six of his companions created
great excitement in Washington,
and especial satisfaction was felt at
the navy department, although the
loss of the seventeen gallant men
was sincerely deplored. Upon the
receipt of the news President Ar
thur was informed of it, and tele
grams of thanks and instructions
were sent to Lieutenant Schley at
St. Johns. He was instructed to use
his own discretion as regards the
preservation and transportation of
the bodies of the dead men.
There is a ganeral feeling of satis
faction in the navy department over
the results of thexpedition, eo far
as the objects for which it was sent
are concerned. Lieutenant Greely
telegraphs that some of bis men
penetrated very far north and were
able to gain fine views of the open
polar sea and secure valuable infor
mation in respect to the topography
ot the regions toward the north pole.
DETAILS OK THE RESCVE.
Washington July 17. The fol
lowing telegram was received this
morning from Commander Schley :
Ss. Johns, N. F 9 a. m., July 17.
Hon. W. E. Chandler, Secretary
of the Navy, Washington : Thetis,
Bear and Loch Garry arrived here
to-dav from West Greenland, all
welL Separated from Alert 150
miles north during a gale, at 9 p. m.,
June 22, a few miles off Cape Sab
ine, in Smith's Sound. Thetis and
Bear rescued alive Lieutenant A.
W. Greely, Sergeant Brainard, Ser
geant Fredericks, Sergeant Long,
Hospital Steward Beiderback. Pri
vate Connell and Sergeant Ellison,
the only survivors of the Lady
Franklin bay expedition. Sergeant
Ellison had lost both hands and
feet by frost-bite and died July (1, at
God Haver., three days after ampu
tation, which hail become impera
tive. Seventeen of the twenty-five
persons comprising the expedition
perished by starvation at the point
where found. One was drowned
while sealing to procure food.
Twelve bodies of the dead were
rescued, and are now on board the
Thetis and Bear. One Esquimau,
Turnevik, was buried at Disco, in
accordance with the desire ot the in
spector of Western Greenland. Five
bodies, buried in the ice tort near
the camp, were swept away to sea
by winds and currents before my ar
rival, and could not be recovered.
The names of the dead recovered,
with the date of their death, are as
follows: .
Sergeant Cross, Jan, 1, 1SS4.
Wederick, an Esquimau, Apr. 5.
Sergeant Linn, April 0.
Lieutenant Lockwood, April 18.
Sergeant Jewell, April 12.
Privfite Ellis. May 19.
Sergeant Ralston, May 23.
Private Whistler, May 24.
Sergeant Israel, May 27.
Lieutenant Kislingbiiry, June 1.
PrivateHenry, June 6.
Private;Schneider; June 18.
Names of the dead buried in the
Ice Fort, with date of dtath where
bodies were not recovered, as fol
lows: Sergeant Rice, April 9, 1884.
Corporal Salem, June 3.
Private Bender, June 16.
Acting Assistant Surgeon Pavy:
June 6.
Sergeant Gardiner, June 17.
Drowned while breaking through
the newly formed ice while sailing :
Jens Edeuards, an Esquimau,
April 24.
I would urgently suggest that the
bodies now on board be placed in
metallic cases here for safer and bet
ter transportation in a 6ea-way. This
appears to be imperative.
Greely abandoned Fort Conger.
August 9, and reached Baird Inlet
September 29th following, with said
entire party well. Abandoned all
hU boats and was adrift for thirty
days on an ice floe in Smith's Sound;
his permanent camp was establish
ed October 21, 1833, at the point
where he was found.
During nine months his partv bad
to live upon a scanty allowance of
food broujrht from Fort Conger; that
cached at Payer harbor and Cape
Isabella by bir George Nares in
1875, but found much damaged by
lapse of time ; that cached by Beebe
at Cape Sabine in 1872, and a small
amount saved from wreck of Proteus
inlSS3and landed by Lieutenants
Uarhngton and Laid w oil on the
beach where Greely's party was
found camped. When their provis
ions were consumed the partv was
ferced to live upon boiled seal-skin
strips from their seal-skin clothing,
lichens and shrimps preserved in
good weather, when they were strong
enough to make expeditions. As
one thousand three hundred shrimps
were required to fill a gallon meas
ure, the labor was too exhausting to
depend upon them to sustain life
entirely. The channel between Cape
Sabine and Sittleton Island did not
close on account of the violent gales
all the winter, so 240 rations at the
latter point cou!4 net bp reached.
All Greely's records and all th'o in
str,um2nts brought by hire from Fort
Conger are recovered and are on
board. From Havre Island to
Smith's Sound I had a constant and
furious struggle with ice in impassa
ble floes. Solid barriers of ice were
overcome by watchfulness and pa
tience. No opportunity to advance
a mile escaped me, and for several
hundred miles the ships were forced
to ram their way from lead to lead,
through ice varying io thickness
from three to six feet, and when raft
ed mi;ch greater.
The Thetis and Bear reached Cape
York on June 13, after a passage of
twenty-one days, in Alelvilje iiay,
with the two advance ships of the
Dundee whaling fleet, and contin
ued ;to Cap Sabine. Returning
seven days Jater, fell in with several
others of the fleet off Wostenholme
fsjand, and announced Greely's res
cue tQ thsui .haX-they might not be
delayed frenj their fishing crounds,
nor be tempted into the danger; of
Smith s Sound in view or the re
ward ol $25,000 offered by Congress.
Returning across Melrille Bay
fell in with the Alert and Loch
.Garry off Devil's Thumb struggling
through heavy ice. Commander
Coffin did admirably to get along bo
far with the transport so early in the
curred. Lieutenant Emery, with the
Bear, lias supported me throughout
with great skillfulnesa and unflinch
ing readiness in accomplishing the
gieat duty of - relieving Greely. I
would ask instruction about the
Loch Garry as the charter party held
by the master differs in several re
spects from mine. The Greely par
ty are very much improved since
the rescue, but were critical in the
extreme when found, and for several
days after. Forty-eight hours' delay
in reaching them would have been
fatal to all now living. The season
north is late and the closest for
years.
' Smi'ii's Sound was not open when
I left Cape Sabine. The winter
about Melville Bay was the most se
vere for twenty years. This great
result is entirely due to the unwea
ried energy of yourself and the Sec
retary of War in filling out this ex
pedition for the work it has had the
honor to accomplish.
Signed
W. S. Schley,
Commander.
.Rear Admiral Nichols to-day tele
graphed to Commander Schley at
St Johns as follows:
"Use your discretion about care
and transportation of bodies. Report
by wire when ready to sail for New
York. Department sends most
hearty congratulations to yourself,
officers and men."
A LETTER FROM GREELEY.
Washington, July 17. General
Hazen, chief signal officer, U. S. A.,
this afternoon received the follow
ing telegram from Lieutenant A.
W. Greely, dated St John, N. F..
Julv 17:
"For the first time in three centu-
' ries England yields the honor of the
farthest north. Lieutenant Lock
wood and Sergeant Brainard May 13
reached Lockwood island, latitude
83 .24, longitude 44 5. They saw
from 2,000 feet elevation no land
north or northwest but to the
northeast Greenland. Cape
Robert Lincoln, latitude 83.35 lon
gitude 38. Lieutenant Lockood was
turned back in 1SS3 Wy tpen water
on the north Greenland shore ; barely
escaping a dritt into the Polar
ocean. Dr. Pavy, in 1882, following
the Mark ham route, was adrift
one day in the Polar ocean, north of
Cape Joseph Henry, and escaped to
land, abandoning nearly everything.
In V882 I made a spring and later a
summer trip into the interior of
Grinnell land, discovering Lake Ha
zen, some sixty by ten miles in ex
tent, which fed by ice cape of North
Grinnell .'and, drains Buggies river
and Every precht fiord into Cony
beare bav and Archr fiord. From
the summit of Mount Arthur, 5.000 1
f;et, the contour of land west of the
Conger mountaius convinced me
that Grinnell land tends directly
south from Lieutenant Aldrich's
farthest in 1S7G. In 18S3 Lieute
nant Lockwood and Sergeant Brain
ard succeeded in crossing Grinnell
land, and ninety miles from Beau
tux bay, the head of Archer's fiord,
struck the head of a fiord from the
western sea temporarily named by
Lockwood, Greely fiord. From the
centre of the fiord, in lat 80.30, Ion.
78.30, Lieu. Lockwood saw the nor
thern shore termination some twenty
miles west, the southern shore exten
ding some fifty miles with Cape
Lockwood some seventy miles dis
tant apparently a separate land
from Gritinell's land. Lieutenant
lockwood followed, going and re
turning on ice ; cape averaging about
50 feet perpendicular fall.
"It follows that the Grinnell land
interior is ice capped with a belt of
country some sixty miles wide be
tween the northern and southern ice
capes,
"In March, 1S84, Sergeant Long,
while hunting, looked from the
northwest side of Mount Carey to
Hayes sound, seeingon the northern
coast three capes westward of the
furthest seen by Nares in 1876. The
sound extends some twenty roiies
farther west than 6hown by the En
glish chart, but is possibly shut in
by land which showed up across
the western end. The two years'
station duties, observations, all ex
plorations and the retreat to Cape
Sabine were accomplished without
loss of life, disease, serious accident
or even severe frot bites. No scur
vy was experienced at Conger and
hilt one death from it occurred last
winter.
"We abandoned Fort Conger Au
gust 9. Frozen in pack off Victoria
Head August 29. Abandoned steam
launch September 11 eleven miles
northeast of Cocked Hat island.
When on the point ot landing were
three times driven by southeast
storms in to Kane's sea. Finally
landed on Sep. 29 in Baird
inlet. Learning by scouting par
ties of the Proteus' disaster, and that
no provision had been left for us
from Cape Isabella to Sabine, moved
and established winter quarters at
Camp Clay, half way between Sa
bine and Cocked Hat. An invento
ry showed that by a daily ration ol
four and one-third ounces of meat,
seven of bread and dog biscuit, and
four ounces of miscellaneous, the
party would have ten days' full ra
tions left for crossing Smith's sound
to Littleton island, March 1- Unfor
tunately Smith's sound-remained
open the entire winter, rendering
crossing impossible. The game
failed despite the daily hunting,
from eirly Februarv. Before the
sun returned only o00 pounds of
meat remained. This year minute
shrimps, sea weed, sassafras, rock
lichens apd seal skin were resorted
to for food with the results as
shewn by the number of survivors.
The last regular food was issued on
May 14. Only 150 nounds of meat
left by Garlington compelled me to
eend io November four men to ob
tain a 'hundred 'and 'forty-four
pounds of English meat at Isabella.
"During the trip Ellison froga sol
id both hands and feet and lost
them all, surviving, however through
our terrible winter and spring until
Julv 8. The survivors owe their
lives to the indomitable
energy of
Captain Schley and
Emory whi proceeded
lieutenant
by three
and accompanied by
five '
'
whalers, forced their vessels
from
Upernavik through Melville bay in
to the north water at Cape York
with the foremost whaler. They
gained a yard wherever possible and
Elw?ys held it' Smith's sound was
crossed and, the party rescued,' dur
ing one 6f the most violent gales w
have ever known. Boats nandleq
at imminent risk of swamping.
Four of us then unable to walk and
couid n'thaye survived exceeding
tweutyrfour i'joujs'. (very care and
attention was given us. Slaved and
bring back copies 'of meteroloricaf,
tidal, evtxonjomicfd, magnetic pen
duium and other observations,
Also pendulum, Yale and standard
thermometers. Forty-eight photo
graphic negatives,coilection of blanks
and photographs, proofs, esqui
maux relics and other things neces
sarily abandoned. The Thetis
remains here five days probably.
Signed J "G reely, Cora mand
ing." Washington, July 17. The fol
owing dispatches were sent to Lieut.
Greely to-day by Gen. Hazen:
"War Department, Signal Service
U. S. A., Julv 17, 1884." To Lieut
A. W. jSrecly. St Johns, N. F. :
Our hearts are overflowing with
gladness and thanks to God for your
safety and in sadness for those who
without fault of yours are dead.
Y'our family is well and in San
Diego.
(Signed W. B. Hazen."
The Sew Volcano.
Washington, July 20.-The Sec
retary of the Treasury has received
from Captain. M. A. Healy, of the
United States Revenue Cutter Cor
win, under date of Ounalaska, May
28, two reports by officers of the
Corwin, describing a visit to the re
cently upheaved volcano in Behring
Sea, at the Northern end of Bogos
ioff Island, in latitude 53 5-7 IS"
North; longitude, 168 00" 21"
West This volcano, which is in a
state of constant and intense activ
ity, was upheaved from the sea in
the summer of 1S82, but was not
seen by any civilized eye until Sep
tember 27, 1883, when it was dis
covered by Captain Anderson, of the
tchooner Matthew Turner. A few
days later it was seen by Captain
Hague, of the steamer Dora, but no
landing upon it was made previous
to that by the officers of the Corwin
last spring.
Dr. Yernaus describes it as a dull
gray, irregular cone-shaped hill
about 500 feet in height, from the
sides and summit of which great
volumes of vapor were arising. At a
point about two-thirds of the dis
tance irom the base to the apex is
sued a very regular series of large
j-te.tm jets, whicli extended in a hor
izontal direction completely across
the Northwestern face of the hill.
Around these steam jets were seen
upon nearer approach deposits of
ulphur of various hues, which at a
distance had looked like patches of
vegetation. A landing was eflected
without difficulty upon a narrow
sand spit connecting the new volca
no with the old island of Bogoslotf,
aud Dr. Yeruans and Lieutenant
Cantwell undertook the ascent of
the smoking cone. It was covered
by a thin layer of ash, formed by
the action of raia into a crust, which
was not strong eaougti to sustain a
man's weight. At every step the
climbers' feet crushed through and
they sank knee deep into a soft, al
most impalpable dust, which arose
, , IT . 1 !
in clouds a;id nearly sunocaieu
them.
As the summit was neared the
heat of the ashes became almost un
bearable. A thermometer buried
half way up the ascent mark-d 190
degrees, and in a crevice of the ram
parts of the crater "the mercury rap
idly expanded and filled the tube,
wheu the bulb hurst and shortly af
terward the solder used in attaching
the suspension ring fc the instru
ment was fused." The temperature
was estimated at 560' Fahrenheit
THE CRATER VEILED IN CLOUDS OF
STEAM.
On all side3 of the cone were per
forations through which the steam
escaped with more or less energy,
and in some cases at regular inter
vals, like the exhaust of a steam en
gine. The interior of the crater
could not be seen on account of the
clouds of smoke and vapor which
filled it
"A curiou3 fact to be noted," Lieu
tenant Cantwell gays, "in regard to
this volcano is the entire absence
rpparently of lava and cinder. No
where could I find the slightest evi
dence of either of these characteris
tics of other volcanoes hitherto ex
amined in the Aleutian Islands."
Volcanic dust or ash, however, is
thrown out.in considerable quanti
ties and carried by the wind to places
as distant as Ounalaska.
A fu r carefully measuring the vol
cano and photographing it from va
rious points of view, the exploring
party returned without accident to
the bhip.
Captain Healy reports his inten
tion to leave, May 29, for St. Mich
aels and the Arctic, ands iys he will
visit the new volcano again on his
return.
Jubilant Ilepublicana.
New York, July 15. A republi
can mas meeting, called to ratifiy
the nominations of Blaine and Lo
gan, was held to-night at the Grand
Opera House. Every seat and all
available space in the auditorium
wad occupied a few minutes after
.. ,ofi,.w;.wt;frr.m th u.
siunine. and as prominent republi- i
cans who look their places on the
platform were recognized. The exer
cises were begun witu a song by a
campaign glee ciub. The meetiug
was- called to order by Col. Chas
S. Spencer, and Chas. S. Smith was
made chairman. Mr. Smith made
a speech, in which he said, "protec
tion was going to be the issue of the
campaign." A long series of resolu
tions were adanted arraigning the
democratic pirty, approving the re
publican party and endorsing Biaine
and Logan. Logan was eulogized as
"a representative volunteer soldier,
whose civil record is as distinguish
ed and pure as his military services
were brave and effective." Wm. M.
EvarU then speke, and in the course
of his speech, said that personally
he had nothing to say against the
democratic candidates.
Senator Hawley also spoke, after
which the meeting adjourned with
enthusiastic demonstrations and ex
pressions of confidence in the success
of the Republican ticket
j. .
f:iet riual rhenainenort.
Hartford, July 20. The most
marvelous stories concerning the
late series of electrical storms, which
have done so much damage to the
'crops in Western Connecticut, con
tinue to come in. A wea-known
Putman physician, who was driving
in one of the showers on a very dark
- I . T A. 'PI
nixut near e3i inompson, was
startled and his horses terrified and
brought to a stand still, by the easy
descent of a large globe or molten
uiaxs of fire in the road ahead of
bim. When about thirty feet dis
tant it appeared to become motion
less for a space of fjveor sir seconds,
and then, with a sound like, the
crack of a repeating rifle, it "burst
into thousands of atoms,' and, for a
moment,' presented the most bril
liant spectacle he ever saw. All
coiqisa'nd hues were vividly brought
put. fhtjn it (Jisappeared,. He
doe not recollect ' that any ' scund
followed this electric display. It
was ioino time before he could in
due his horses to move on. Frag
ments of the thunderbolt, which
looked like cooled iron ore and
studied like sulphur, were found
about the road the following day.
Striking av bedjfe.
Boston, July 20. The excursion
steamer Empire State, Captain J.
M. Phillips, had a narrow escape to
day from a terrible disaster. The
vessel left Boston in the morning for
a harbor trip along the Nortk shore,
having nearly 1,300 persons on
board. The outward trip was made
in safety, her course being outside of
Thatcher's Island. In returning the
inside route between Thatcher's and
Rockport was taken by the pilot,
contrary, it is said, to Captain Phil
lip's wishes, the former asserting
that there was plenty of water to al
low the steamer to pass safely.
At high tide this would have been
the case, but, unfortunately, it was
ebb tide, and when about half way
through the channel the boat struck
the ledge. The passengers were
mostly on the upper decks and no
panic was created, the band on
board being called upon to divert
the passenger.' attention from the
accident
The vessel came off the rocks,
having stoved a hole in her bottom
and was at once headed for Glouces
ter, reaching that port in half an
hour. Her passengers were all lan
ded without accident and returned
to this city by a special train. The
vessel filled so rapidly that in an
hour after the passengers had dis
embarked her cabin floors were sub
merged and the water was making
rapid headway.
It is impossible to ascertain the
exact damage to the boat, as she is
fast sinking at the Gloucester whafs.
The Empire State has run in these
waters for several years, and has
made a most enviable reputation as
an excursion steamer. She was for
merly employed on the Sound.
A Young Girl's Malcide.
Pittsel'rg, July 15. 111 Franklin
Township, about fifteen miles from
this city, on the Perrvsville Road,
last evening, Olivia Emrick, a 20-year-old
daughter of a well-to-do
farmer, deliberately placed a revol
ver to her right temple and sent a
bullet through her brain. She pre
pared supper for the family, and
retired to her room, saying that she
was not well. A few moments later
the report of a pistol was heard, and
the father sprang from his seat at
the table and franticaliy ruhed up
stairs. Before he could" reach his
daughter's apartment another shot
was heard. He dashed open the
room, but staggered back in norror
as he saw the girl stretched upon
the bed with a revolver tightly
clenched in her hand and blood flow
ing from a terrific hole in her fore
head, the girl gasping and sobbing
in her death agony. Olivia returned
a short time ago from Mt Pleasant
College, where it is said she became
deranged over her studies. She was
constantly fretting because she did
nt stand higher in her class. The
family physician told her that she
would become an imbecile if she
did not cease worrying, and this
made her nearly frantic. She deci
ded that rather than become an
object of pity, or remain for life a
burden to her family she would end
her existence. Her father was aware
of her condition, but her mother
was kept in ignorance. The girl
frequently referred to herself as a
burden to those about her. She was
indeed, the light of the household, a
beautiful girl just budding into wo
manhood, highly accomplished and
beloved by all who knew her.
The revolver was a small one of
22 calibre, and was kept in her bu
reau. Although the poor girl has
been very melancholy for several
days she was more sprightly yes
terday than for some time past.
niack SMn and Golden Curls.
Cleveland, July 15. The strange
sight of a girl with golden curls
reaching nearly to her waist, and
with skin black as ebony, was pre
sented in this city yesterday. This
freak of nature is the only child of
a family named Lorgan, residents
of Philadelphia until within a short
time. She was noted for her beau
ty, and moved in the best circles of)
society. It was finally discovered
that for some time she had been a
habitual arsenic eater, and steps
were taken to overcome the habit,
after she was seriously ill, and for a
time her life was despired of. Upo n
herreoovery yellow spots began to
show themselves on her face, and
these rapidly extended and grew
darker until she waz as black as an
Ethiopian. The skin on the body
not exposed to the air, however,
remains yellow.
The case baffled the nhvsi-
cians, and she was taken to the Hot
Springs of Arkansas by her distract-
ed parents: but all to no numose.
? fae. ? 0U?S ,ady 13 otherwise m good
neaith, but is morbidly sensitive,
and has isolated herself from the
world, refusing to see even her most
intimate friends.
Angry Negroes.
Louisville. July 15. A special
from Owensboro', Ky., says : The
negroes of this city are terribly in
censed oyer the hanging of May by
thejmob yesterday morning. Threats
of lynching were made late yester
day morning and evening against
Judge J. D. Atchison, who withdrew
the guard from the jail last week;
also against Sid Kelly and his
daughter. Early last night the
streets were deserted by the negroes
but indignation meetings were held
by them on Snow Hill, a negro lo
cality in the east and Sisters field
west ot the city as late as 12 o'clock
Kelly and twenty-five or thirtv
friends stood guardat his home ; his
family had been sent away. Judge
Atchison tried to telegraph to Gov.
ernoi Knott to order out the Mon
arch Rifles, but the operator failed
to get the dispatch through. All
night special police patrolled the
city carrying guns. Jailer Lucasv
funeral took place this mornin?.
Stann street, in front of the jail buil
ding, was packed with people du
ring the service.
A Termagant Rum Seller.
Chicago, July 15. A special from
Marshaliton, Iawa,says: "A worran
who kept a saloon here before the
prohibition law went into efiect be
gan selling beer again on Saturday.
The temperance people caused her
arre3t yesterday. She gave tc,nd
and continued, to sell Tbe sheriff
attempted to arrest her to day, when
she drew two revolvers and defied
him. He procured assistance, and
after a turbulent scene in which a
mob came to the woman's assistance
and flourished; revolvers,, th wojoan,
waarre8tf4- The. exowd surroun
ded the jail and threatened to tear it
down. When released on bail the
woman wa? triumphantly carried
through the streets by the yelliDg
populace. Her actien is at the in
stance of the Marshall brewerv.
which proposes to make a test
case.".
MOT
IO Per Cent. Reduction I
IO Per Cent, Reduction ! !
IO Per Cent. Reduction ! ! !
Experience
dispose of all our
too far advanced,
has taught
SUMMER
at reduced
over from year to year until the goods become shop-worn and
undesirable when half-cost may not be realized.
We, therefore, from THIS DAY OX ALLOJY
A BEDUCTIOX OF
10 Per Cent,
From the marked price on
JfEJl GOODS.
We trill eschnHje
chase or refund money.
L, M. AYOOLFE,
77,e Popular OiK-Pn-c Ct'Jhier, Ilittrr, Fnur.
J" olmstown.Pa.
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Can ow lie Found At
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Consisting
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SCYTHE SNATHES, STONES AND RIFLES,
Walker, and Other Patent Hcrse Hay Fcrks,
Two, Three and Four Tined Forks, Grind
stones, Oil for Your JIact inert,
MOWERS, REAPERS AND BINDERS,
HAT TEPPERS.
MILLER S HAND RAKES,
RepairsFo-Z our Machinery,
An.1 anything in the Hardware Line at Low Price. Call before Par?haloa- Etoewaere.
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No. 3 Baer's Block. Somerset. Pa.
Never Equaled in Workmanship ! Competition Defied !
LOWEST PRICES
MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS,
UNION STREET, SOMERSET PA.
I alwavs keep on hand a large selection of beautiful JfO-YL'JA'ATS
AND TOMBSTONES, in All Colors, which make the finest display of
memorial work ever seen in Somerset County. Parties desiring a hand
some Monument or Tombstone, will do well to give me a call, as my work
is the finest and cheapest. Seeing is believing. Give me a call.
E.
tU'nilej lu. r..een
apr
KA-TON-KA
The Great Blood Purifier,
Hu beea ul forcenturief br the Indians, and brooht hr them dlrert fro their Weem h-m
Imiun, lather the roots herb bar, .ad wm. and ship them M : to
1 ad ,.ill(al of the, people r nt here to prere tnuremraable medfc-ine for the white man t
use. The Indians ritrhor b-lier. thai
THE IJOOD IS THE LIFK,
Anil
that to keep it pure U the trail to health.
i" .ov.l5.ol. iremc.1T. or one n potent
produced
blood, as this Indian preparjUou.
give It a fair trial.
ftoaunerer
A DISORDEREtt IW ASD STOMACH, MESS (M3 BY IA-T5N-IA.
Ctnus such .Iscases
Twrocittta. Sick HeadMhe. Sour Stomaeh, Ims of appetite. Heartburn
rvil7lr. Ktdner litow C.wtiption, Lirer Oujfb.s In-lHsej
VUel innT. J..llc.. Melancholy. Lpur. Blood
ft eltimn InliamtnaliiiTie
uil au. s?i.ti. kii,-ao,U9in. Nerousnei,
hu It not, tell htm to Mnd fur it tx the
OREGON INDIAN MEDICINE COMPANY,
rrire $1.00 Ter Bottle, Sir Bottles for fl5
THE IHDIAH COUGH SYRUP
WillTOvbfortnbythowwlwth.w
rillllll a m U 1 1 f.med in uublie
I.rrZZulTTS t. Modoc lndia
bottle. Lvge bottle. OH u For sale by .11
ESTABLISHED 180.
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SOMERSET, PA.
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rFMAIL OBDEBS SOLICITED.
1 0 E !
us that it is more profitable
to
GOODS before the season i,
prices, than to carry a stock
the tickets of all our SUJI-
wij uimi.thfitctory
Of
HORSE HaY RAKE1
OR A IN NAPLES, fcr.
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Marble and Granite Works.
MOSVMESTS, HEADSTO?ES. TABLETS anS POSTS, 7Ait
TOPS SHELVtS. (ikAMTE MOM Vf.VTV lurnilied to onlir.
a ii .nfii N-atl. Krutel. Orlera promfKly Oiled. All Work War-
rioted to nlvo Satlweiln or Money KelunJoiL Wirt 1 per real.
Cheaper tbaa can he k.ae in the County. Ail order by mall promptly
Tcrs ciiirri- - - - .
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1SRSKT, Pa.
Th. Kience r ehetrrr c, '
ear all from '"P"' " ''J
inuu belt o wsic.intviw "
C.wtiTeueM,
by the Indian .neuicine .in."
Oil. Take no ther. It U lb. beU
&eeauper
drugxUU.
asl-iyr.