The Somerset Herald. EDWARD 8CTJLL, Editor and Proprietor. WEDNESDAY. Angost 13. 1-S84. EIPDBUCiS IMATIOffi NATIONAL. TOU rKBSTDBTT, HOW. JAMES O. BLAINE, of Milne, roe. TtCH PBMIDCTT, OEN. JOHN A. LOO AX. f IUiooi. STATE. niUBIMtl-iT-UMi, OEN. E. A. OSBOBNE, of Laserae. John Leiaenrln:, of Carbon. Jamrw Dobaon. of Philadelphia. Calvin Well, ol Pittsburgh. DISTRICT aXCCTOBa. 1. 2. 3. 4. k. . Edwin J. Stuart. John Muniiell. J. McLaughlin. Edm'd L. Levy Jo. R. Altemus. Horace A. Beale. Alfred Fackenthall. lsaae McHi-. J. P. U'lokerrham. IS. Jot. T. Jennaur". 1. J . A. Kire. 17. Jo. B. Hileman. it H F JnnLln. 18. Thorns B. Bryaon. SO. Wm. P. Duncan. 2L We J. Hilchman. (Ho. T. UlTCT. 33. Jot lah Cohen. 24. Michael Weyand. 26. Cha A. Kandaii. an. cvtus Kiu hen. 27. La man U. Wood. ft. . 10. 11. 12. 12. 14. Sam. K. Tbsttber. John Seaboldt Jr. Daniel Kdward. P. W. Shealer. Lane S. 11 art. COUNTY. FOK ABSLMM.T, ANDHEW J. COLBOKX, of Somerset Bor. WILLIAM S. MOBQ AN, of JennerTwp. FOR PRciTHOSOTART, NORMAN B.CEITCHFIELD, of JennerTwp. FOR SBKRIPF, JOHN WINTERS, of Somerset Twp. FOR RBG1FTIR ASD CGCORTIER, CHABX.ES C. SHAFER, rSomerset Bur. FOR TRRAerRER, CYIU'S a SCUROCK, of Souiercet Twp. FOR COHMISSIOKKIIB, PKTEB DCMBAULP. of Milfcird Twp. A DA C. LKPLEY, of Elklick Twp, FOR FOOR BOrK DIRBTTOR. JOS1AU ASKEXT, ol Somerset Twp. for raw tv arniTORB, JACOB H. BOWMAN, of Somerset Twp JOSEPH W. MEYERS, of Milford Twp. For the Campaign ! , The Herald will be mailed to any add res? from now until Novem ber 15th for Fifty Cents. The cam paign now opening will be an excit ing and most important oiie. As the Herald never gave forth an uncer tain sound, it will be lound as usual, in the forc-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. Hendricks has his letter of ac ceptance ready to lire off, but is holding on until Cleveland writes his, or declines. After a vigorous contest, the Re publicans of Blair county last week declared in favor of Hon. Samuel McCamant as their choice for Con gressman. Mr. McCamant beat Hon. John A. Lemon one vote in the Con vention. It looks very much as if John Kelly apd Tammany were going to support Butler. The New York Sun, the ablest Democratic paper iu the land, is booming him, and Cleve land's chances of carrying New York are looking very blue. Thf. best thing Cleveland can do for his party is to withdraw from the canvass, and permit it to name another candidate. His lack of morality will surely cost him thou sands of votes among the decent members of his party. The be6t evidence in the world that the Democrats are getting shaky over the probable result in West Virginia at the October election, is the fact that a loud howl has been set up that the Republicans are try ing to buy up Democratic voters. A transparent campaign trick is for life long Democrats to join "In dependent Republican" campaign dubs, and thus make the revolt ap pear larger than it really is. This is an innocent way of making political capital for the 6houters to crow over. The Democrats are in an agony of suspense awaiting Cleveland's let ter of acceptance. After consulting Tilden, he haB gone off on a pleasure trip which will last several weeks. Meanwhile his party Iriends muet possess their souls in patience. The mountain is in labor, and may pro duce a mouse. The announcement that General Butler will run as an uAnti-Monop-oly-Greenback-Labor candidate," for President, has caused quite a twitter in the Democratic ranks. An elec toral ticket in New York and Mas sachusetts would probably draw the workingmen largely from Cleveland, and tickets in Louisiana, South Car olina and Mississippi, where the col ored vote is largely in the majority, might secure it and thus break the Solid South. The Democrats are alarmed at the prospect, and the Re publicans disposed to be jubilant That portion of our country lying between Boston and Washington city was considerably stirred up by an earthquake shock, or rather three distinct shocks, on Sunday after noon last, about five minutes past two o'clock. The vibrations were sensibly felt in the cities of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Washington, and intermediate points. People were much alarmed and terrified, and the wildest rumors were set afloat No material damage has bo far been reported, although in some places houses rocked, ceilings were cracked and articles of house hold furniture disturbed. Hon. B. K. Brcce, (colored,) Reg ister of the Treasury, is on the stump in Ohio. He spoke to over 3,000 people at Cambrige en Wednesday last, mainly on the tariff question. He is one of the finest speakers in this country. There is mich exultation in the ranks of the "Too good for any thing" reformers, that the strict en forcement of tie civil service rules is preventing Government employ ees from making contributions to the campaign funds. Inasmuch as a canvass cannot be carried on with out money for legitimate expenses, we presume that these purists in tend to make liberal subscriptions from their own pockets, and that the party treasury will soon be overflow- iDg' Now that all the counties in this Congressional district have held their primary elections, and Bedford, Cambria and Blair have each placed a candidate in the field, we suggest that the district conference be held at an early a day as is convenient and the candidate agreed upon. The sooner the Republicans of this dis trict know who their candidate is to be. the better will it be. Until the county tickets are supplemented by the district nominations the cam paign will lag. The encampment of the "State Guard" on the Gettysburg battle field last week, is reported as the most beneficial and successful en campment of our State troops ever held. Seven thousand five hundred men were under arms. On Wednes day General Phil. Sheridan and Sec retary of War Lincoln arrived at camp and reviewed the troops. The General afterwards declared it to be the "finest review he had seen since the disband ment of the Army of the Potomac" When George William Curtis, who was a delegate to the Republican National convention, kicked, there was a roar of Democratic delight, and he was received into the fold with shouts of applause. Now, that General Benjamin F. Bntler, who was a delegate to the Democratic Na tional convention, has kicked, he is unsparingly abused by the eame journals that cheered Curtis to the echo for his "manly independence." What a difference it makes as to whose ox is gored. The New York Tribune, after looking over the field, as it presents itself to-day, concludes that Mr. Blaine is much stronger and Mr. Cleveland much weaker than at the time of their respective nominations. It asserts that the Independent re volt against Mr. Blaine, instead of in creasing, has diminished, and that his position on the tariff and on the foreign policy of the government have drawn to his support large bodies of Democrats, as instance the great meeting of Irish voters in Chickering Hall, that declared in his favor. On the other hand it asserts that "it is equally clear that Gover nor Cleveland is weaker than he was at first Several in fl uential journals now oppose him which heartily fa vored him at first, and from others there comes only an eloquent passage of silence. The Albany Times admits that a hostility origi nating within his own party is "spreading through the country like wildfire," and "withers and shrivels the prospects of Mr. Cleveland." It appears, too, that the opposition to him on account of his vetoes is strong and persistent. The fact that his campaign is managed by "Seven Mule" Barnum, and by Mr. Hubert O. Thorn pBon, the head of the cor rupt city ring, has made it ridicu lous to present him as an angel of light or a champion of purity. It must be said, then, that the canvass has thus far gone favorably to Mr. Blaine ; he has visibly gained, and his opponent has perceptibly lost ground. There are nearly three months yet, in which the tendency may be changed. But if thiigs go on 6ix weeks longer as they have during the month since Mr. Cleve land was nominated, be will answer the worst expectations of those Dem ocrats who opposed his nomination at Chicago." Defamation, forgery, and mud throwing have always been the weapons used by the Democratic party, as instance the bitter person alities indulged in against Lincoln, Grant and Garfield. Now, that Mr. Cleveland is being clubbed with the favorite weapons of his own party, in the hands of hi party friends, the protest against calumny as a politi cal weapon, being made by a por tion of the Democratic press, comes with an especially ill grace. The Herald has nothing to do with any calumny aimed at either candidate, ft does not believe that mud-slinging is au effective weapon in a Presidential campaign; it has never resorted to it, and does not propose to do so now. Of the charg es against Governor Cleveland's per sonal character it proposed to say nothing, believing that be could be readily beaten on the issues joined ic the campaign. But those charges, which were first made public through a leading Democratic paper in his own State, have been so freely commented on by a portion of the Democratic and Independent press that they cannot be longer ignored by any journal purporting to be a newspaper or claiming to lay the po litical situation before its readers. The truth of the unsavory stories is attested by several ministers in Buf- falo, Mr. Cleveland's home, and we presume no denial of them is con templated, as the New York Evening Post, a warm supporter of Cleveland, in an elaborate defense of him says, as delicately as possible, "It is ad mitted by . Governor Cleveland's friends that twelve years ago he formed an irregular connection with a widow " and the Boston Post, another leading advocate of his, sets up as a defense, that while he "has not lived a chste life," "his connec tion with impure wosaen has not been flaunted in the face of the pmb- lic." The bitter fruits of their own bad example, has now returned to plague the Democrats. They started into this campaign with calumnious stories against Mr. Blaine, and the open declaration that its issues should be personal ones, and lo I retribution has overtaken them. The stories against their candidate origi nated among themselves, have been made ublic chiefly through Demo cratic papers, and the leaders of the party were not lenorant of tnem when they nominated him. fne engineer has been hoist by his own petard. EDITORIAL CHATTER. New York Times (Indi : It is St. John against the demijohn. St Louis Globe-Democrat (Rep.) : An enthusiastic Democrat calls Cleveland a "gilt-edged candidate." Yes, he is with a" u" in it New Orleans Picayune (Dem.) : Ben Butler accepts more nomina tions and gets less offices than any man in the business. Hartford Telegram (Rep.) : If Hor ace Greeley were alive he would catch Whitelaw Reid by the slack of the pants and reason with him. Hartford Post (Rep.): Grover Cleveland inaugurated the baby kissing campaign Thursday. If re ports are true he should have begun it years ago. ' Indianapolis Journal (Rep.) : The Independents did not want to go into "a defensive campaign" with Blaine, and, therefore, they picked on Cleve land as their candidate. Boston Pilot: If General butler runs for President on the Labor and Anti-Monopoly nominations he can not be elected, perhaps : but most assuredly neither can Cleveland. New York Sun (Dem.): Our grievance is of the simplest and plainest nature. There is nothing about it to require investigation. We have published it repeatedly, and will publish it again whenever it is asked for. We hold that Gra ver Cleveland is not fitted to be Pres ident, and that he has done nothing to merit such promotion. The Toledo Blade nails a glaring lie concerning the German press of Ohio. Democratic journals are publishing a statement to the effect that of seventeen German papers published in that State not one is for Blaine. If there are but that number of German journals in Ohio, then, according to the Blade, all but four are laboring hard in the Repub lican cause. It names the Blaine journals as follows : Cincinnati the Yolksblatt, daily and weekly, the oldest and most influential German daily in that city; the Freie Presse, daily and weekly; Unsere Zeitz, daily and weekly. Cincinnati, with its enor mous German population, has but one Democratic German paper the Volksfreund. Cleveland the Anzei jert daily and weekly. Toledo the Exvrtss, daily and weekly, is an ar dent supporter of Blaine, and reports the most enthusiastic feeling among its patrons in his favor, and large accessions to the list of its weekly from Lucas county and Northwes tern Ohio. Steubenville the Gcr mania, weekly. Portsmouth the Correspondent, weekly. We are not certain, but are under the impres sion that the Sonntagsgaet, of Colum bus, an independent German paper, has also come out for Blaine. Not one German Republican paper has refused to support him and the To ledo Ezpreu supports the Republi can ticket for the first time in sev eral years. The German Republi cans are all in line, active and full of enthusiasm. The Blaine papers are teeming with chocking stories about alleged women scrapes in the private life of Governor Cleveland long years ago. SL Louis Pod-DispaJtch. This falsehood may as well be stopped. The Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette states the simple truth in saying that the serious accusations against Governor Cleveland were first made public by the Democrats themselves. The first information New Yorkers derived on the subject was from the columns of that ster ling Democratic paper, the Roches ter Union, then edited by the Hon. William Purcell, at that very mo ment on the Democratic electoral ticket of this State. The attention of the whole country was first direct ed to them by the discussions of Democrats at the Chicago Conven tion. They have now obtained cir culation in.one Independent paper in Buffalo, and in a three column ar ticle giving 'all the revolting details in the Cincinnati Enquirer, the chief Democratic organ of Ohio, if not of the whole west The Uommercial Gasctte adds, as to Republican edit ors : "They might have used it two years ago, when Cleveland was run ning for Governor of New York, for the facts were almost as well known then as now to the newspaper pro fession. But they studiously re frained from even alluding to ft" At present the specific charges are made in a dispatch from the Rev. George H. Ball, of Buffalo, and in the Cath olic Universe, of Cleveland, the organ of Bishop Spaulding. The Repub lican journals have been o4 are quite content to rest their appeal to the people upon the differences be tween the two great parties on the tariff and other grave questions of National policy. A. 1. Tribune. Bob Burdette is out with a piece of advice to young voters. He says : My son, you will cast your first vote for President next November. I don't want to influence your vote. I don't want you to vote for a cer tain man just because certain other men do. I want you to be able to give a reason for your vote. I want you to go to the polls in good com pany. As a young inane progress ive ideas, I want you to be abreast- of the world and shoulder to shoul der with he times when you , walk up to the polls. I w&nt you, on ca tering politics, to align wh the par ty that has the purest, most progress ive record. I aen't care a cent, my boy, whether you are a Republican or a Democrat There are honest men, patriotic citizens, good Christ ians in both parties. Only, I don't want to see you waix up 10 me pons and cast your first vote with the party That upheld' human slavery as a divine institution ; That bought and sold men, wom en and babies like so many mules That fired on Fort Sumter and the American flag ; That for nearly five years fought to destroy the Union ; That opposed the issue of green backs when the Government was fairly perishing for want of them ; That organized mobs and riots to oppose the draft ; That swept American commerce from the seas with armed priva teers ; That is the party of Boss Tweed and Jefferson Davis ; That polls its heaviest majorities in the most vicious and ignorant precincts ; That is strongest in the States where the percentage of illiteracy is greatest ; That has opposed everv liberal and nrrto-rraaivA measure in legislation f C5 rr during the last quarter of a cen tury: ' That was the defender or slavery ; That is the defender of Mormon ism. That slandered Garfield ; and That assassinated Lincoln. Now, as I have said before, my son, I don't care whether you are a Re nnhlifjin nr a Democrat Choose for yourself. Just keep away from the crowd whose record 1 nave very briefly outlined. Find the party to whom this record belongs ; and then forever keep away from it. You need not be particular with which nartv vou unite, if vou don't ioin that one. Always vote against that party, and you wm always vote about right I am a Republican, but will shake hands with fraternal love with any Democrat who votes against that record. That kind of a Democrat is always good enough Republican for me. P. S. I have never found that kind of a Democrat The Presidential Year. Washington, August, G. Secre tary McPherson, of the Republican Congressional Committee said to day that the reports received from New York indicate that the publica tion of the "Cleveland scandal" has given the Independents a chill from which they can never entirely re cover. Carl Schurz'8 efforts to warm them up again are futile. Even the furnace of an investigating committee cannot restore their normal warmth he says. To vote with the Demo crats would be inconsistan with their high moral declarations that many of them are seeking the best means of getteng out of the difficulty qui etly. Schurz and Curtis will soon be without a following, and Blaine will carry New York by 75,000 ma jority. Republicans who voted for Cleveland for governor, he says, tell him the same story. The Star to night says : "A Ger man politician, who arrived in this city from Cincinnati last night says he never saw politics more mixed than they are now in and about the city. He said he went about among every class of Germans and found them very much divided. The sub stantial business men among them, however, he says are opposed to any change, and will vote for Blaine with a good chance of bringing back their discontented brethern." Reports from Wisconsin and Kan sas indicate a serious disaffection among the Germans and liquor men in those states. Ex-Congressman Murch says that he met a prominent Prohibitionst politician from Kan sas yesterday who said that Blaine would get nearly all the Prohibition vote from that state. "St John," he said, "would not poll more than 2000 or 5000 votes. The Germans are very much dissatisfied with Blaine, but most of them may be depended upon not to vote with the Democrats." Sorry for Cleveland. Washington, Aug. 7. The with drawal of Governor Cleveland from the Democratic ticket is beginning to be seriously discussed. Politicians coming here from various sections bring reports of the discontent among the Democratic masses, and it is said that the feeling against Cleve land is growing so rapidly that some thing will have to be done to stem the tide of the indignation which exists eraong the honest, respectable church-going voters of the Demo cratic party, which threatens to sweep away all party feeling and send over to the Republican ranks hundreds of thousands of the best class of Democrats. It is openly aserted by many that nothing can saye the party except the immediate withdrawal of Cleve land from the ticket. There is also a demand made for withdrawal from another quarter. Democrats are found here who say that the support of the George William Curtis and Carl Shcurz class of politicians is doing the democratic ticket immeas urable damage, and there is consid erable of a growl going up against allowing these "Holier than thou" Republicans to run the Democratic campaign as they are doing. The leaders of the party are being loudly cursed lor permitting Carl Schurz to assume leadership in con ducting the campaign. A Democrat, speaking of this matter, said to-dav : "The Independents have taken the cempaign in their own hands, and our leaders seem to accept the situa tion with good grace. . It may be that they do not want to depose the dilettante stripe of politicians, and are afraid they cannot In view of the present condition of things I cannot for the life of me see why our campaign committees might not just as well disbtnd. The idea of a man like Carl Schurz taking the part of leaser, or any part, for that mat- teer, in a canvass to elect Cleveland and Hendrics ) Why, he abetted and aided in the fraud which deprived Hendricks of the ricepresidency in 1S76, and participated in the spoils of that national robbery." Blaln at Old Orchard. Old Orchard, Me., August 7. Mr. Blaine and party arrived from Portland this morning. The streets were filled by a crowd which gave Blaine an ovation. Upon arrival at the hotel Mr. Blaine had a confer ence with J. rotessor Downing, of Utica. It is estimated that 25.000 persons, including 5,000 old soldiers, are here to-day to attend the en campment of Jhe Grand Army. Most of the visitors attended Blaine's pub lic reception in the (Old QrcEard House. Blaine stood in the centre of the parlor and the crowd passed in single file and shook hands with him and Governor Kobie. The re ception ended at noon. What Kelly Thiaka of Ic Saratoga, August 7. John Kelly was asked what he thought of But ler, and replied : "It puts an entirely new face on the whole situation. With three candidates in the field," the canvass will be very much complicated,' ..... "What will be the result?" "You can judge as well as I can. It is too early to make predic tions." "You know Butler Well?" "Very well. I've known him for thirty years. He is very popular, tspecially bith the working classes, and he will poll a large vote. No better evidence of his popularity could be given than the way he was received by crowds of people iu the drenching rain on Evacuation Day. It surprised me. the way he was cheered along the line; and then, too ee me reception ne was given iu Chicago iust before the Convention Yes, Butler has many elements of strength, and personally I have a very high opinion of him as a man. Wait until his letter is published. By that time tne mists will have cleared and it will be safer to make predictions. The Huntingdon Primaries. Huntingdon, Pa., August 10. The result of the Republican pri mary election held in this countr last evening was a sweeping victory for the stalwart element of the par ty. A spirited contest was waed by the Independents, whose forces were marshalled with consmate abil ity, but out of twenty-one districts in the county thus far heard from only three were carried by them. This opposition was centered principally on Alexander Port candidate lor State Senator, and W. M. William son, candidate for renomination for Prothonatary, each of whom have secured a sufficient number of dele gates to insure his nomination on the first ballot at the county con vention, which meets in this city on Tuesday next The rumor that Hon. II. G. Fisher, of this city, will be a candidate for United States Senator to succeed Hon. J. D. Cam eron, 6eems well founded, and his friends are industriously urging his claims. ' Butler Will Run. Boston, August 6. The following letter is seit-explanatory. It is dat ed Boston, August G, 1881, and is addressed : "Hon. Charles A. Dana, editor New York Sun, Dear Sir As a means of reaching more querists than I can do in any other way, I write you this note for such use as you choose to make out of it. "Answer I do intend to standby the nominations of the Greenback and laboring men, and the anti-Monopolists, and I hope everybody will vole for me who thinks that it is the best thing to do. I will give the reasons lor my action, which are controlling, to the public as soon as I can have the benefit of Mr. Cleve land's letter of acceptance, so that where I disagree with him I may do him no injustice. "Very truly your friend and serv ant; "Benj. F. Bltler." The Fight fur Congress). Washington, August 9. A great deal of qui"t work is being done by the Republican Campaign Commit tee to overcome the Democratic ma jority in th House, which is now 77. i hose who have been occupied in looking over the field saw that by actual figures there are 78 districts that can be turned by 500 votes. If 40 of these can be carried by the Republicans this fall, they will have a majority in the next Con gress. This they are working hard for and expect to accomplish. They have a list of the districts in the va rious States which give small Demo cratic majorities. Energy and the necessary funds will be applied to carry them. The Republicans ex pect to make gains in Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, Connecticut, Penn sylvania, Iowa and Massachu setts. A Reception to Mr. Blaine. Portland, August 6. The recep tion to Mr. Blaine by the business men of this city, at the city hall to night, was a brilliant one. The hall was packed, seats being removed and the audience standing, while the galleries were filled with ladies. Mr. Blaine held a reception in the May or's office. At 8 o'clock he was con ducted te the platform and was re ceived with great cheering. Con gressman Reed in a neat speech pre sented the business men of Portland to Mr. Blaine. Mr. Blaine replied in a short speech, in which he spoke of his long and pleasant connection with the people of Portland and spoke encouragingly of its commercial in terests. After his address he was presented to a large number of peo ple. The Everett Iron Furnace. Huntingdon, August 6. The fur nace of the Everett Iron Company, on the Huntingdon and Broad Top Railroad, south of this city, is com pleted and ready to put in blast. Since the company was organized, in October, 1882, it has made most rapid progress with its improve ments. Work was begun but little more than eighteen months ago, and in that time, it has built one ot the largest and best furnaces in the state, made a narrow gauge railroad to its iron and coal mines, put up 1 10 coke ovens, erected a residence fot its su perintendent and master mechanic and forty-fieve double dwellings for its operatives, begun mining opera tions on a large scale and has had a large supply of material, iron ore, limestone and coke delivered at the furnace. Arrangements are speedily going forward for the lighting of the fires, which event is expected soon to take place. Death by Coal Qtl. Wheeling, August 6- This eyen ing at sapper time, Nettie Heinlein, a young lady aged J7t living with her parents below Benwood, about five miles from this city, attempted to start a tire with coal oil. The can exploded and the burning oil was thrown all over the - girl's clothes. Before assistance csuld reach her she was scorched and blackened beyond recognition, and died shortly after words. The room was set on fire and considerable damage was done before the blaze was extinguished. The Washington Monument. Washisgton, Aug. 8. It is ex- Eected that by the close of working ours to-morrow, the main shaft of the Washington monument will be completed and ready for the roof. The shaft will thus have attained the height of 500 feet i Every He Shaken. Philapelphia, August, 10. For the first time since January 8, 1817, a very perceptible shock of earth quake was felt in Philadelphia at 9 minutes after 2 this afternoon. It was of about ten seconds' duration and the undulation apparently ex tended from northeast to southwest increasing in intensity with each suc ceeding second and subsided grad ually. The strongest baildings in the city were shaken, rickety chim neys toppled over on roofs, and bricks tumbled down upon the pave ments in all parts of the city. The plaster fell from the ceilings of hous es, chinaware rattled in closets, door bells began ringing, glasses clinked lively tunes upon sideboards, and clocks were set to running down. In some instances people were pros trated upon the floors of their dwel lings. Nervous people were fright ened to such an extent that many thought the destruction of the world was at hand. Everywhere the pop ulace became excited. Every house in the city was affected more or less, their occupants running into the street, thinking a terrible explosion had taken place, A few moments later three fourths of the entire popu lation were in the streets. Every where, men, women and children were congregated upon the sidewalk and street corners, and eagerly dis cussed affairs. This was more no ticeable in the thickly populated districts of Kensington and South ward. Gradually the impression that an earthquake had occurred grew upon the citizens, and each inquired of his neighbor if he had felt the shock. Many timid people were so much alarmed that they hesitated to re-enter their houses, and did not do so until assured by strongerminded neighbors that a repetition of the remarkable event was unlikely. In a short time after the occurrence, the people flocked from all parts of the city to Chest nut street, and there gathered around the different newspaper and tele graph offices to ascertain the news from other parts of the city and sur rounding places. The shipping was likewise affected by the shock. Large ships loaded with petroleum in the Schuylkill river snapped their haw sers and were only prevented going ashore by the united efforts of their crews. Several large steamers were thrown strongly against the wharves in the lower section of the city, and the crews thrown out of their bunks. Huge waves, backed up by a rising tide, overflowed many wharves, and considerable property was Hooded thereby. In several instances where persons were watching the river Irom the docks, they found themselves suddenly overtaken by huge wayes, and were thoroughly soaked. Deep ly laden steamers lying in the Dela ware trembled without apparent injury during the existence of the shock. A Fearful Knconnter. St. Louis, August, 7. A dispatch from Fredonia, 1 ex., says : A desper ate fight occurred ten miles north of this place on Monday evening in which one man was killed and three mortally wounded. Samuel Faulk ner and Henry Allen met two broth ers named woodall on the road and attached them with Winchester ri nse, lhe party dismounted and fought from behind their horses. Nearly twenty shots were exchan ged. Allen was shot through the heurf At about the fifth round one of the Woodalls was shot in the shoulder and neck and disabled. The other Woodal and Faulkner then closed with bowie knives and a fearful combat ensued in which Woodall was stabbbed just below the heart Faulkner then turned to look after his dead . companion, Allen, and he did so he received a bullet in his breasi from the pistol of the elderwoodall, who was dying dying on the ground with his neck and shoulder split open. Faulkner may possibly recover, but both Woodalls will die. The fight was the result of an old feud, The par ties were going to camp meeting when they met. A Mendent-aiiaer Worth $ 10,000. Troy, O., August G. Sick and helpless and lying in a coal yard at the south end of the town, last night an old man in tatters was found. He was taken to the city building, and while being prepared for a bath it was noticed that he clung desper ately to his old clothing and to some bundles wrapped in rags which he had in his pockets.- Superinten dent Duncan took the packages and found they contained bills and United States bonds. On further examination more bills were found sewed up in the clothes. There was found in all $4,Q0Q in money, $4,000 in United States bonds, and 98,000 in promissary notes. The miser proved to be John Swims of Champaign county, O., aged 92 years, a relative of J. W. Winger, living a short distance south of here. Swims is the owner of real estate in three or four different counties, and is said to be worth $40,000. One of his ways of accumulating was to beg an egg or two at each farmhouse as he walked through the country, and then dispose of them at the next town. A Big Black Bear. Allentown, Aug. 6. The appear ance of a bear in the upper end of Lehigh County is the cause of a great dfal of excitement amonz the farm ers and other residents along the line oft he Lehigh and Schuylkill Railroad. It was first discovered in the woods near Kempton. It is of large size and black in color. A few days ago it was seen near the house of Elias Mageman, and when be gave the alarm the bear leisarly made his way into the dense woods. About fifty of the neighbors, armed with rifles, pitchforks, clubs, etc., and accompanied by dogs, started out jn pursuit of buin, but the search was fruitless, and when darkness pame on the hunt was abandoned. l here is great fear in the commu: nity and many do not venture out of the house after dark, fearing that the bear might be concealed along the wooded rqads and might sudden? ly attapk passers-by. Dogs have lately returned to their homes bleed ing and rnangled, and the presence ot the bear makes clear the source of the injuries. It is said that sheep and pigs and calves have disappear ed in several instances, and there seems to be no doubt that the bear committed the depredations. lpers Sent Back. San Francisco, August 7. Nine teen lepers were sent back to China to-day on the steamer Oceanic. One of them escaped before the sailing of the vessel, but was recaptured. The city paid the full passage money of the lepers, and gave each one five dollars. ;.- ! flalcldeof Farmer. LiGosiER.Pa., August 8. Samuel Beatty, a wealthy and respectable farmer of good moral habits, living six miles booth of Ligonier, Pa., on the road to Knupp's Tunnel, South ern Pennsylvania railroad, shot himself in the head, and when found at about 2 p. m.,was dead. Tim fW-Ln. na near as we could learn, ere these: After partaking of a hearty dinner he took down nis rifle and started out, saying he would take it with him to the oats field. Shortly afterwards John Nicely, a drover, who had taken din ner with them and who bad bought cattle of deceased, started after Beatty and when coming up to the field quite close to the road discovered him lying close by the open bars, his hat and bullet pouch hanging on the fence and he dead with the blood oozing from a round hole in the centre of his ferehead. Deceas ed was a man of elegant stature and appearance, and about 50 years of atrfi. He had a family of six or seven girls and one boy, most of whom are grown. He had been married but a short time to his sec ond wife. It is supposed to be a case, of suicide caused by family troubles. An inquest will be held this evening. . Shooting Match. St. Louis, August 7. A dispatch from Fredonia, Tex., says : "A des perate fight occurred ten miles north of this place on Monday evening, in which one man was killed and three mortally wounded. Samuel Faulk, ner and Henry Allen met two broth ers named Woodall on the road, and attacked them with Winchester rifles. The party dismounted and fought from behind their horses. JN early twenty shots were exchanged. Al len was shot through the heart at about the fifth round. One of the Woodalls was shot in the shoulder and neck, and disabled. ' The other Woodall and raulkner then closed with bowie knives, and a fearful combat ensued, in which Woodall was stabbed just below the heart Faulkner then turned to look after his dead companion, Allen, and as he did so he received a bullet in his breast from the pistol of the elder Woodall, who was- lying on the ground with his neck and shoulder split open, raulkner may possibly recover, but both the Woodalls will die. .The fight was the result of an old feud which originated in Arkan sas, where all the men onee lived. Both parties were going to a camp meeting when they met" The Kemble Coal and Iron Company Goes Under. Bepford, PaM August 8, The most disastrous failure that has ev er occurred in this county is that of the Kemble coal and iron company, of Riddlesbnrg. Late last evening a mortgage of $200,000 was entered against the company and a number of writs placed in the hands of the sheriff. The mortgage was a first mortgage seven per cent, bond, and was executed on the 1st day of September, 1S70, in favor of William Chamberlain and Samuel Sloan, of New York. This morning ajS j'a was issued by the attorneys for Nimick, Slagle fc Co., of Pittsburg, for over $132,000. Among the credi tors who have instituted proceed ings are William Kelly, William Trevorton, Wm. Lauder, The Dau phin Deposit bank, of Harrisburg J. Don Cameron and others. The I liabilities will, it is thought, reach over $700,000. The Kemble com pany has always enjoyed the con fidence of the community and was looked upon as one of the most sub stantial institutions of the kind in the country. A Brutal Husband. Oil City, August G. A colored man named Johnson, living in Franklin, conceived a hatred for ancther negro, named Banks, and he determined to i.se his wife as an in strument by means of which to pun ish his imaginary rival. He de manded of her that she should go before a magistrate and prefer a charge of assault Upon her refus ing to make the false charge he beat her cruelly with a club, and when she still refused he procured three hickory withes and platting them together forced her to take off all her clothing and then he whipped her till the biood ran down her limbs. Finally, by threatening her life, he accomplished his design and the charge was made and Banks was in carcerated to await trial. A little girl, who had witnessed part of the cruel treatment, told the story, and tfanfcs . has . been discharged and Johnson imprisoned. A Mother's Terrlhje Act, Schwenksville, Montgomery Co. Pa., Aug. 5. Mrs. Ephraim Schefly, who resides in this village, arose early yesterday morning, prepared breakfast for her two sons, who work at Zieglerville, and, while they were eating, she prepared dinner for them in their kettles. After they left she went up stairs, where her four little children were sleeping, and kissed them in their beds. She then went up into the garrett, took a clothes line and hanged herself to the raft ers. One of her daughters saw her kiss the liftle ones and go up stairs, but had no idea of her mother's in tentions. Becoming alarmed at her long stay she went up about 5 o'clock to see what was the matter, but her mother was already dead. The de ceased was forty-six years old, and no cause is given for the terrible deed. , ' Horse Thieves. Wheeling. W. V Ainr ft TKora is a great deal of excjVieut in the counties of Gilmer, DJdridge, Cal houn, Ritchie, Braxton and others in this State, over the rapid and nu merous disappearance of hoe horses. From time to time the mnnt vol na. ble and best bred animals have been taken, And, so successfully have their tracks been concealed that it is now thought th,at a regular organized gang of thieves exists in. the counties named, composed of Borne of the best farmers jn them. Detectives are hard at work upon the case and some better development ara antici pated. The latest thefts have been within a day or two, when Lloyd Powell, of Oilman county, lost a valuable animal. Barn Burned. ' Vshingtos, August 6. The barn of William A ilea, near Car michaels, Greene county, was burn ed to the ground thU morning with all this year's harvest and a lot of Agricultural implements. The ori gin of the fire is a mystery. The loss is about 15.000. There is no insurance. X 0 TIC E ! lO Per Cent. Reduction ! lO Per Cent. Reduction ! ! lO Per Cent. Reduction ! ! ! Experience has taught us that it is more profitable to dispose of all our SUMMER GOODS before the season too far advanced, at reduced prices, than to carry a stock 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 ALLOW A REDUCTIOX OF lO Per Cent. From the marked price on the tickets of all our SUM MER GOODS. We will exchuhje any vnsalisfudonj p chase or refund money. L. M. WOOLFE, ne Poplar Oiv-Pme Clotlncr, Hater, FimMe J" ohnstown; Pa. FAEMEES' ' HARVESTING TOOLS Can Now Be Fonnd At Jas. B. Holderbaum's, Consisting Of GRAIN, GRASS AND BRUSH SCYTHES, SCYTHE SNATHES, STONES AND RIFLES, Walker, and Other Patent Horse Hay Forks, Tico, Three and Four Tincd Forks, Grind stones, Oil for Your Machinery. MOWERS, REAPERS AND BINDERS, HAT TETIDfTRS MILLER S HAND BAKES, Repairs For Your Machinery, And anything In to Hardware Line at Low Price. Call before PurthaMns Elsewhere. JAMES B. HOLDERBAUM, No. 3 Baer's Block. Somerset. Pa. Never Equaled in Workmanship ! Competition Defied I LOWEST PRICES GUARANTEED I EIDW-AJRID W. HOZEILSnEIIS MARBLE AND GRA.NITJS "WORKS. UNION STREET, SOMERSET PA. I alwava kwp on hand a large selection of beautiful JIOXCMEXTf 4XZ TQifBSTUXES, 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. TV. HORNER. jb:a.-tosi-k:a. The Great Blood Purifier, Hal bees saed for centnrtei b the Indian J. and bmncnt by them direct from their Western hunt. Indiana gather then, herba, barka and guma, and ship them eaat t- a. A few at the moot ln ed and aklllfal of thexe people are eot here to prepare tnisremirkablo meJIclne for the while man nae. The Indiana righllr btliere thai THE HLOOD IS THE LIFE, And that to keep it pare It the trail to health. The asience or ehemlttry or ol medicine na. n;tr E rod need to valuable a remedy, or one ao potent t- ear all I'iaeases arising from Imparity of M food, as tola Indian preparation. Nuautforer from any of these afflictions need denpair wbotiH ire it a fair trial. 1 DISORDERED LIVER AND STOMACH, UNLESS CURED BY IA-T0X-IA Canaes raeh dlaeaaea af Dytprpsla, Sick Headache. Soar Stomach, Lou of appetite. Heartburn. D presaioa, llearaltia, Female Disorder. Kidney biaeaM, t'onatlpatloo. Liver 4 'onKha. luiiiK""01 Asthma, Inflammations, Pile. Insanity. Jaaalice, Melancholy, Impure Blood, 81epl?3nrs, and Aarae, Sciatica, Mliean.atism, .Serroosnes, tVstlveneM, Uilioua Attacks, Pains In the B'J Liver Disease, Bolls, Plearisy, and a host of other Ills. The medicines of the draicajlst taken Internally, will do, no -ood. The only safe and ears care. latheaseof H t'TUX-KA. It aids the liver and stomach to resame natural action, drives tw Kisona irosa the system, tones up the nervous itQuenres, purine the body, and reKtorrs pe:it alto. AskTourdruKCistforKA-TU.V-KA. Take nothing else, aa you value your health. II" ha it sot, tell him to send for it to the OREGON INDIAN MEDICINE COMPANY, frice fl.QQ Fer UutUc Six Bottles for $5.00. THE INDIAN COUGH SYRUP Iieertalnlr the beat Remedy ef Its kiwi ever introduced, ana the people who are ntlerui Uoqgaa, Void, and Loaf Trouble thoaM aot delay. It etiecu are magical, iuceau per troUie. - M .f sfll 'Will never be forgotten by those who saw the w.n.lrfol eer leiUUUV VlaL formed In public by (he Indian iMedicine Men.'lt relieve. ll p." mediately. Ask yooruruirxH for Modoc Indian ottle. Lara bottles 0 cenla. For sal by all d ESTABLISHED 1880. FISHER'S BOOK STORE SOMERSET, PA. Ohas. H. Fisher, Wholesale and Retail Dealer and Jobber tnTSchool Rooks, School Sul" j Stationery. Always la stock well selected stock of Poetlal Works, Historic. Biographies. H" of Travel and Adventure. Novels and Standard Ptoee Works. Bibles, Testament, (iusper Hyw Lutheran and Dlaciple' Hymn Bonks, Dictionaries and Children's Toy Books. Mairaiine. "' Novels, Daily Paper, and Oeaeral Periodical Literature, Sheet Muilc and Unran Instructor." day school and Dav school Beward Cards. A Lance and Complete Stock of Blank Hooka. M Blank! and Jfarrlaf Certiorate. Fin Albums, parse and Boa Paper. SCHOOL TEACHERS' HEADQUARTERS. HTAIL OIVDEHS SOLICITED. Horse hv biei ORA1N CKADLES, he. Oil. Take nother. It i the best. S.entIr imkita. a ljr-
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