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.
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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.
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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.
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LOWEST PRICES GUARANTEED I
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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
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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,
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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
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mediately. Ask yooruruirxH for Modoc Indian
ottle. Lara bottles 0 cenla. For sal by all d
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