The Somerset Herald.
EDWARD SCULL, Editor and Proprietor.
WEDNESDAY.
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The Democratic
tail."
ticket is "all
The school house opens
into the
Republican party.
Ben Bctler is the Jumbo of the
Democratic menagerie.
Cleveland had nothing to say,
and said nothing That's about the
size of it
Ben Butler's letter has stirred up
the Democratic press like a stone in
a hornet's nest
All those who want to vote for
Blaine and Logan must be register
ed and assessed not later than Sep
tember fourth.
Cleveland is still in the woods,
gently singing to himself,
Bye baby banting,
Paddy's pone a-hunting.
The Prohibitionists and Demo
crats stand widely apart, and yet
both are working for the success of
Democratic principles.
The Democratic papers are very
much worried over the prospect that
Butler will divert votes enough from
Cleveland to elect Blaine.
ITendricks accepts the "nomina
tion because it was given to him
Nothing less, nothing more. Not a
word about the issues at stake.
Blaine, the brilliant statesman,
and Ix)gan, the gallant soldier,
against Cleveland, the ex-Sheriff, and
Hendricks, the old copperhead.
Dejiocritic editors are prancing
around, with grammar in hand, try
ing to criticise Logan's English The
echool master's vocation will soon be
gone.
The Democrats started out to
make this an aggressive campaign.
They have got all the aggression
they want, and now urge Republi
cans to call off their dogs.
It is kind of Cleveland to promise
that he will not be a candidate the
second tirxe ; which reminds us of
Mrs. Glass' famous recipe to cook a
hare First, catch your hare.
The jRtcr-Oceans&ye : "When the
Democracy loaded up with Cleve
land, they got down the wad before
the powder. They may snap caps
until November, but the thing won't
go off."
The Independent has abandoned
the Independents, and the Demo
cratic side-show is demolished. The
unake-charmers and the dudes are
eeeking new engagement.
Republican bands and drum
corps should be careful not to play
"Molly Darling." -The Girl I Left
Behind Me," and similar tunes, lest
they harrow up the feelings of Cleve
land's admirers.
Thcusday. the 4th day of Sep-j
tember, is the last dv in which vo
terscanbe registered. Committee-j
men should 6ee to it that every vo
ter in their districts is registered on
or before that date.
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The Republicans who are too
cood to vote for Blaine, and had an
nounced their determination to sup
port Cleveland as a moral reformer,
Lave suddenly retired from active
business, and are quietly commun
ing with them selves.
Both the Vice Presidential candi
dates lately visited the eaat. Wher
ever Logan went the people crowded
the stations to take him by the
hand, and demanded a speech. If
they took any notice of Hendricks,
re Lave not yet heard of it
The .Republican . campaign in
Maine is .humming. Enthusiastic
meetings are fcetiig held in all sec
tions of the State, aud the most em
inent speakers of the country are on
the stump. The Democrats fcave
apparently taken to the woods, and
show no stomach for the fight
Blaine's majority is now estimated
at ten thousand.
Hon. James II. HorKTNs, the acci
dental member of Congress fram the
Pittsburgh district, declines f re
nomination, presumably because he
would have no chance of re-election.
It is reported that Mr. Hopkins in
tends removing his residence from
Pittsburgh to Norfolk, a.
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the famous trotter, to Robert Bonner
of the New York Ledger, for $40,000.
He was compelled to part with her
to avoid personal annoyance from
the owners of other horses who
wanted to match them against her,
or to test her speed in other ways.
The conferees of this Congression
al district will meet at Somerset on
Tuesday next, the 2d day of Septem
ber. The candidates are General
Jacob M. Campbell, of Cambria,
Hon. Samuel McCamant of Blair,
and John H. Jordan, Esq., of Bedford.
They are all good and capable ment
and whichever of them is selected
will acceptably represent this dis
trict in the next Congress.
The Democrats of Blair county
have nominated John P. Lcvan,
E?q., as their candidate for Congress,
and the Altoona Timez says that it
understand? that Humphrey D.
Tate, Esq., of Bedford, who has been
looked upon as an aspirant for the
nomination, will retire in his favor.
If this be true, Mr. Levan may be
looked upon as the coming candi
date of the Democracy in this dis
trict
Latest reports from Paris are to
the effect that war between France
and China is inevitable ; the Chinese
minister to the French Republic
having demanded his passports and
withdrawn. Of course, in a struggle
between these two countries, China
will almost certainly be vanquished,
but other European countries will
probably be drawn into the quarrel,
and the commerce of the world will
be prejudiced.
The New York Sun, the ablest of
the Democratic journals, is decided
ly against Cleveland, and is anxiou
to have him withdraw and let Thur-
man take his place at the head of
the ticket It is not probable that
the Democracy will attempt the
dangerous feat of swapping horses
while crossing the stream, but it is
most painfully evident to the lead-
era that the disclosure oi Cleve
land's flagrant immorality ha1?, a?
usual, placed them iu their old-time
position between the devil and the
deep sea.
Bolting is bearing its legitimate
fruit in Huntingdon county. After
a vast deal of billing and cooing, the
Stalwart and Independent Republi
cans agreed upon a satisfactory
county ticket, and everything looked
lovely, but the leaven of kicking has
so leavened the whole lump, that
another bolt is threatened. This is
but the legitimate result of the bolt
of 1882. Bohing was then encour
aged, the people were taught that it
was praiseworthy, and now a gener
al looseness of party ties follows the
false doctrine to the permanent in
jury of the organization.
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When General Hancock was a
candidate he considered the tariff a
mere "local issue," and of course of
but little importance, but judging
from Cleveland's letter of acceptance.
he has evidently never had an opin -
ion on that question, or thinks that
the people take not the slightest in
terest in it But the authoritative
statement was made by Professor
Perrv. of ilhams Uolleee, some
time since, that Governor Cleveland
"stood fairly abreast of Speaker Car
lisle and Chairman Morrison in the
demand that revenue reform be
made the controlling issue of the
campaign, lie is tneretore a r ree
trader, to all intents and purposes,
and as is customary with Democrat
ic candidates, is trying to dodge the
issue.
Now that Cleveland's letter of ac
ceptance has been published, people
are wondering why he took to the
woods to wrestle with his thoughts
in secret. The mighty struggle has
not evolved a single new sentiment
or idea. Tlte letter is made up of
political . platitudes conveying no
definite meaning, and giving no
idea of what may be expected in
case its author should be elected. It
is remarkable more for its evasion
of the issues of the campaign, than
for what it enunciates, and might as
well have been written the day the
committee waited upon him. If we
were given words that we might
therewith conceal our thoughts, this
letter comes as near 6aying nothing
as so many words could possibly be
made do.
Following the withdrawal of the
Independent from the support of
Cleveland, comes the Pre&ytrrian
Banner, an able journal that is in no
sense a partisan paper. In its issue
of the 13th inst. it says editorily :
We are pained to learn from leading Dem
ocratic journals and from the published ad
snkssion of hi personal friends, that Mr.
'ieveland, the Democratic nouiuee for the
Presidency, "has not lived a chaste Life,"
We are conOdent that, had this fact been
generally known, be would never hare r
eived the ootuiralion of a party which has
in iu ranks so many men of national, fame
and of spot) ess reputation. It would be
stupendous blunder should the political
leadare of either party disregard the moral
character of their candidate. The vast ma
jority of American citizens unite in desir.
ine that the acutive head of our great Re
public, to whicherer party he ruay belong,
abould be a man arbuae life bad been above
reproach a man to whom Americans of all
parties might point with pride.
When the non-partisan reiigiows
preu is thus constrained to f peak
out against the imparity of the
Democratic candidate, it it evident
that the moral sense of the public
has been shocked by the disclosures
made, and a true respect for the de
cencies of life and for the character
of the Republic will induce thou
sands, who under other circumstan
ces would have supported Mr.
Cleveland, to cast their ballots
against him.
Immediately after Cleveland's
nomination the New York Independ
ent, one of the most widely circulat-
! ed religious newspapers in the coun
try, came out enthusiastically in his
support But the charge of immor
ality made against him, together
with the lame and contradictory ex
planations made by Democratic
journals, staggered its faith and
prompted it to make an investiga
tion for itself. Trie result was a con
viction that the charges' were true,
and it therefore repudiates Cleve
land, will not support him, and de
mands his withdrawal from the can
vass, on the ground that to go for
ward "would be an insult to the
Ruler of Nations, sure death to the
Democratic party, and everlasting
disgrace to the Republic In anoth
er column we publish its vigorous
editorial article. .
Democratic circles are being agi
tated with the question of Cleve
land's withdrawal. The disclosure
of his personal immorality is driving
the decent portion of the party away
from his support so rapidly that the
press can no longer evade the ques
tion. The Tdegraph, the leading
Democratic paper of Dubuque, Iowa,
plainly says : "It would seem that
the best way to promote Democratic
success, both east and west, would
be to secure, if possible, the with
drawal of Mr. Cleveland from the
Democratic ticket, and the substitu
tion for him of a man whose person
al record will not require either apol
ogy or defense."
The so-called "religious press,
that early and eagerly committed
itself to tlie support of Mr. Cleveland
as a moral reformer, has suddenly
become silent In the face of the
evelopements made, it can no long
er advocate his election, and if true
to itself, or if desirous of maintaining
public confidence and esteem, it will
be compelled to repudiate its former
action and denounce its shattered
idol.
This being the state of affairs, the
Democratic leaders must either
withdraw Cleveland from the con
test or make up their minds to en
counter certain and disgraceful de
feat
At this date it looks as if the
Presidential battle was substantially
wen. Cleveland's election is an ab
solute impossibility. His withdraw
al would be the best thing he could
do for the party, but this is not to
be expected, as it would be a virtual
acknowledgment of defeat We do
not believe that any nomination the
Democrats could have made on the
tricky, shuffling, fraudulent plat
form enunciated at Chicago could
have succeeded, but when they
shoved aside their best men, and, for
the purpose of satisfying the de
mands of the Republican bolters
who had endorsed Cleveland in ad
vance, adopted him as their leader,
they practically put an end to every
chance they had for Buccees. But
when this blunder was supplement
ed by the secession of the labor ele
ment from their ranks, the refusal of
the New York Sun and other lead
ing Democratic journals to endorse
the nominee, the candidacy of But
ler, which will carry off thousands
of votes in doubtful States, and the
revelations of the candidate's total
lack of moral character, the contem
plated campaign of calumny and
false pretense that had been mapped
out, at once collapsed, and unless
some wonderful change occurs, the
election of the Republican ticket is
now a foregone conclusion.
On Tuesday of last week General
Butler gave his "address to hi3 con
stituents" to the press, and he now
has the satisfaction of knowing that
no other man in the country can
command a larger 6hare of public
attention. As a lecture on the po
litical methods of the day it is a
success, and nothing that' has ap
peared in the press for many a day
has elicited such varying and antag
onistic comments. It is witty, sar
castic and egotistical, and merciless
ly drives the knife into Geveland
and the free trade plotters and thim
ble riggers who formulated the plat
form of the Democratic convention
at Chicago. After sharply arraigning
the Democratic "British" party, es
pecially in regard to the tariff, it ex
alts the interests of the laboring
i men, charges the Republicans with
being m the interests of the monop
olists, and urges the formation of a
"people's party," and declares that
he who votes for a third party will
not lose his vote, as before eight
years this proposed new party will
triumph. It is a breezy document,
entirely too lengthy for our columns,
but impressing us irresistibly with
the conviction that it will be helpful
to the Republican cause. Summed
up as a platform for the new party,
its salient points are, hostility to
monopolies, protection to labor, a
continued greenback currency, wo
man suffrage, equality of wages for
men and women, and the correction
of government abuses. It is the long
net of an able and cunning dema
gogue, set to catch the votes of the
laboring men.
Then ensued in the committee on
resolutions at the D.erancraU'c con
vention a struggle for many hours
so to frame a tariff plank that should
appear to eay what mine sajid, and
yet not say it, and appear to say to
the contrary, and yet not say it;
like the western hunter who tried to
shoot his rifle atsomthing he dimly
saw stirring in a bush, so as to hj.t it
if it was a deer and miss it if it was
a calf.f General Butler's Letter of
Acceptance.
Hew LonnlersVf t Jl Votes.
WasHkgtox, Aug. 2L The Se
cret Service Division is in possession
of a new counterfeit ten-dotyar note
on the Third National Bank of Cin
cinnati It is of series 82, with a
chocolate-colored back. The vign
ettes on the face of the note have a
coarse, scratchy appearance, but the
j back is well executed and calculated
to deceive.
The "Independents' and Cleveland.
Nfw York, 21. The Indepen
dent, the leading religious newspa
per, in a doutle-leaded editorial
Jresterday, said: "We published
ast week, in our correspondence
columns, a communication from Dr.
Kinsley Twinning, one of our edito
rial staff, giving the result of his in
vestigation in regard to the Cleveland
scandal. The grave and serious
part of this scandal, which he de
clares that he found to be true, is
that which imputes personal impu
rity to Mr. Cleveland in the specif
ic instance that has come to the
knowledge of the public We can
not in view of all the facts, resist
the conclusion that this part of the
scandal is true, and this is quite
enough to determine our course.
This damaging charge came upon
us wholly unexpected, and with the
sudden, stunning force of a thunder
bolt out of a clear sky. None were
more surprised and overwhelmned
by it than the Governor s friends and
intimates among the Independents
of Buffalo, and it was a case that
called for thorough and fearless in
vestigation. That we felt this in every fibre,
and that we intended to impress this
feeling on our readers, and to hold
ourselves absolutely free to act as
circumstances required, is the simple
truth, and our silence as to the Cleve
land nomination from that day
was intended.
We utterly refused to accept two
standards of character. We repu
diate with contempt the doctine
that a man's private life is not to be
inquired into. Dr. Twinning's in
vestigation went on the recognition
of this principle.
On this subject, as it now stands
we will not be slow to give advice.
The conditions have wholly changed
since the Independent conference.
Then we were really enthusiastic to
support the tried and, as we then
believed, nonest reiormer, urover
Cleveland, Now, without one word
in derogation of his record as Gov
ernor ol this state, our enthusiasm
is wiped out by the discovery of the
acknowledged and awful facts.
e hence desire to have all our
readers plainly understand, once for
all, that whatever has been said in
the editorial columns of the Inde
pendent favorable to the election of
Grover Cleveland was said
prior to the recent sickening disclos
ures in regard to his private char
acter, which have justly shocked the
moral sense of pure and right-mind
ed people. The attlempt now to
force such a candidate upon the
people would, in our opinion, dis
grace the party which nominated
him and the whole nation if he
should be ejected. We will have
no hand or voice in helping on this
matter, let the consequences be what
they may, and we will not advise
the readers of the Independent to
smother their conscience and ais
grace themselves by engaging direct
ly or indirectly in any such move
ment
We are now in a serious difficul
ty as a nation, in regard to the un
checked progress of Mormonism;
and shall we now, in the fact of
threatening evils and perils, plunge
into a deeper gulf by any seeming
indifference as to the private char
acter of one who has been nomina
ted to fill the highest office in the
enft of the neonle? We sav no!
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a thousand times no ! Oovernor i
Cleveland should positively decline
to be a candidate, and withdraw
immediately from canvass, and be
compelled to do so if it is necessary.
The party which nominated him
through its chosen representatives
should then reconvene and select a
new ticket that will command the
hearty support of the people of all
parties. There is time enough to
do this, and there is no hope or safe
ty in any other course. To stand
still now, or attempt to go blindly
forward with the present ticket,
would, in our judgment, be an in
sult to the Ruler of nations, sure
death to the Democratic; party, in
cluding also its leaders, and everlas
ting disgrace to the Republic
Certainty in Ohio.
Washington, August 20. Judge
Lawrence, of Ohio, who is, perhaps,
the best hiformed man in Washing
ton on political matters in this state,
said U-day that the Prohibitionists
would poll about 6,000 votes in No
vember. Ohio will give the Repub
lican ticket at least 20,000 in Octo
ber, and Blaine will carry it by 30,
000 in November. The defeat of
Representitive Converse for re-nomination
is a pretty severe blow to the
Democracy. Converse is a tariff
Democrat, and had been especially
active in trying to get a bill through
to increase the tariff on wool. There
nre 6,000 wool growers in Ohio and
probably 2,500 are Democrats. In
1882 the Republicans lost a good
many votes, because the Democrats
charged that the Republican Con
gress had reduced the tariff on wool.
The Democrats issued aud circulated
among the wool growers a pamph
let, saying in substance that it was
the Republicans who reduced the
tariff on wool, and that the Demo
cratic party would do all in its pow
er to secure the restoration of the old
tariff. At the last session of Con
gress, when Converse tried to get his
bill up, nearly every democrat voted
against it The Democrats in Con
verse's district have laid him aside
solely because of his tariff views.
The Defeat of Converse, Judge Law
rence says, is worth 5,000 votes to
the Republicans of Ohio, because it
will be regarded by the wool growers
as a condemnation of his course in
favoring protection.
Fatal Quarrel.
Wheeling, August 20. A special
from Glenyille, Gilmore county, re
ports a serious affray that took place
near there yesterday afternoon. Oli
ver P. Cox had impounded somo
hogs belonging to a neighbor named
Fisher, and, in accordance with a
provision of the hog law, prepared
estray notices which he instructed
his eon. Franz, to post While do
ing this, Franz was accosted by
Fisher, who proposed to thrash the
young man then and there. Franz
defended himself with a hatchet that
he had been using. He threw hand
it lodgfed in Fisher's left cheek, mak
ing a horrible ghastly wound that
will result fatally. A feud has ex
isted between the two families for a
number of years, and much talk and I
many threats have been indulged
in.
Te Fattiest yet.
New York August 24. The
steamship Oregon was sighted off of
Fire Island last night at five minutes
past ten. The Alaska, her rival ji
the latest transatjapic race between
these crack steamers, had not been
up to that time. The Oregon left
vueensiown at 4 p. m. on eunaay , the uare stoaa are IQ oe seenspinq
last and makes the passage in six j ing across the fields. Unless the
days and nine hours, beating the, drouth is soon broken mora serious
record three hours. - 'damage will follow.
tee fill o? mm.
ON1.Y A FEW HOURS OF FIRE
FROM THE FRENCH
REQUIRED.
Dispersal T the Chlneae Fleet,
Paris, August 24. The Fco-Chow
arsenal was destroyed yesterday af
ter three hours' bombardment by
Courbet's spuadron. Seven Chinese
gunboats were sunk ; two escaped.
The European settlement was un
disturbed. .
The bombardment began at two
o'clock in the afternoon and ceased
at 8 p. m. Only one Chinese battery
replied. The report that two French
vessels were sunk during the en
gagement is unconfirmed. A later
dispatch Eays the French fleet sus
tained no damage.
details of tub conflict.
London, August 25. Admiral
Courbet opened fire at 2 p. m., and
the Chinese replied almost simulta
neously. The dock-yard and arsen
al were fired immediately, but with
only partial success. The eleven
vessels forming the Chinese fleet
were mostly light river and coast
transports, and were really toys.
The French had eight heavily arm
ed ships, namely : The Volta, Dugay,
Trouin, Delaying, Aspic Vipere,
Toux and Villars. Several Chinese
gunboats maintained a bravely des
ultory fire for about a quarter of an
hour, when the survivors of their
crews leaped overboard. The com
bat practically finished in seven
minutes. The superior French Ar
tillery made the contest, after the
disabling of the Chinese vessels, no
fi"ht It was a massacre. This is
the opinion of everv spectator. Two
eighteen ton gunboats of the Chinese
lltet fought, one sinking near the
English man-of-war Champion,
while the other, stationed above the
junks, made a good stand. The
ir rencn kept up the nre on the ar
senal, neighboring buildings, forts,
barracks and villages until o in the
afternoon, although resistance from
tie shore batteries ceased about 3
o'clock. Some French and Chinese
ships were engaged in close proximi
ty to the Lenlish men-of-war V lgdaut
and Champion.
At 0 Sunday evening three burn-
1. j i
ing gunooats noatea uown me
stream, one carrying t rench colors.
Numerous fire junks blazing in a
dangerous manner imperilled the
English men-of-war, but were fended
off. One English bark was saved by
Endish men-of-war. French torpe
do boats exploded the stemB of the
i ang Woo transports and the two
sinking gunboats.
The scenes on the river as the dead
and dying floated by were terrible.
The English saved many wounded.
The forts lower down were not yet
attacked.
the firing renewed.
The French recommenced firing
to day, directing their shots against
the pagodas. It is rumored that the
object of the renewed attack is to
entirely obliterate the place. The
French transports are shelling the
villages on the heights around the
arsenals.
A Bridge Demolished.
Harrisbcrg, August 21. The
Lebanon Valley Railroad bridge
which spanned the Pennsylvania
canal at this place was totally wreck
ed at 9.35 this morning. One of
the cars of a freight train consist
ing of forty-five cars jumped the
track about thirty yards west of the
bridge. This train was running
at a great speed and it and sixteen
cars that preceded it were safely
landed on this side of the bridge.
The car which had jumped the
track thew others following it off
the rails on the bridge, and they,
striking the heavy cylindrical sup
ports the latter gave way, and the
bridee, with its freight, was precipi
tated into the canal. Seven cars
were wrecked, six of them loaded
with coke and one with lumber.
Two of the wrought iron columns of
the bridge struck the Union News
Company's office and damaged it
considerably.
At the time of the accident seven
newsboys were in the office, who
made narrow escapes from the fly
ing glass, one of the windows being
smashed into fragments. A brake
man on the train made a narrow
escape, the bridge being in process
of demolition as he ran over the
tops of the cars. The total loss is
about $20,000. On August 14, J880,
an iron bridge at the same point
was wrecked in an almost similar
manner and $16,000 were expended
in replacing it The present wreck
is even more complete than the
first m
Fulton Coonty Nominations.
McConnellsburg, Pa August 23.
The Republicans of Fulton county
met in conyention at this place to
day and nominated the following
ticket; Assembly, J. J. Cramer;
Commissioners, George Decker, Wm.
11. Charlton ; Auditors, Joseph H.
Cuvalt. J. T. Johnson ; Coroner,
Dr. John R. Duffield. Hon. L- E
Atkin3 was unanimously endorsed
for congress, and Hon. yi!iam Mc
Lean for Presiding Judge of the dis
trict composed of Adams and Ful
ton counties. W. Scott Alexander
of this place was elected Chairman
of the county Committee for the en?
sujng year. This was the most en
thusiastic Republican Convention
held in the county for years, and
the ticket formed will in all proba
bility be elected, as there is great
defection in the democratic ranks by
renson of their State ticket
The Drouth in Ohio.
Newcomer9Towa, August 20.
Another severe drouth now prevails
throughout (hfs section, and unless
rain soon cones it will be more se
rious in its effect than was the
drouth last month. In this immedi
ate section we have had little rain of
consequence for about three weeks,
and vegetation is rapidly drying up
and corn fields, where the ears are
forming, are in serious danger of the
corn not filling out The ground is
hard and the weather so hot that
farmers can scarcely plow for wheat,
and pastures are becoming brown
and bare. In' guernsey county,
jnt south of here, the drouth has
been of longer dn ration and its ef
fects more bliting. In ' a drive
through a portion of Guernsey coun
ty on the road Irom Gilmore to
Rirobleton, the observer could ' not
see a green blade of grass save here
and there, and found that immense
numbers of grasshoppers which jn
consequence have nothing' tx feed
upon, have attacked the com and air
ready fields of this grain have beet)
jhtrippe of ail the blades and only
A Naval Vessel Sank. I
Cottage City, Mass.. August, 22.
The United States ship Tallapoosa,
from Boston to Newport was sunk
in a collision with the schooner
James S Lowell, of Bath, about three
miles northeast of Oak Bluffs, Mar
tha's Vineyard, at 11:15 last night
The ship was struck by the schoo
ner, the latter cutting clear through
to amid ships. She sunk in about
five minutes in 10 fathoms of water,
in inid-channeL She now lies on
what is known as Squash Meadow
Flat, and the smokestack and the
mast alone are visible. The Schoo
ner commanded by Captain Reed,
was bound from Baltimore to Port
land with coal. She was damaged
somewhat about the bow. As the
Tallapoosa went down her whistle
was blown as a signal of dis
trees.
The whistle was heard by the
Boston and Savannah steamer Gate
City, bound for Savannah She came
to the sinking ship immediately.
and with the schooner Mary A
Hood, which happened to be near
by, rescued the men and officers,
with two exceptions. The Tallapoosa
bad 140 men and officers, and so far
as known only two are missing
Assistent Surgeon C. E. Black and
George A. Foster, landsman.
After rescueing the officers and
men the Gate City blew her whistle
and the steamer Fish Hawk, lying
at the wharf at Woods Holl, sent off
her steam launch, The Gate City
lay to until 3 a. m., transferring the
rescued men to the launch, by which
they were landed at Woods Holl.
Grady ta Speak for Butler.
New York, August 21. Ex-Sena
tor lhomas b. Gradv, who was
Tammany '8 loud-mouthed spokes
man at Chicago and who is bitterly
opposed to Cleveland, to-day sent in
his resignation from the Democrat
ic State-committee. He says the
reasons for the act are obvious. He
is the man whom Governor Cleve
land prevented from being re-elected
State Senator, because of his
(Grady's) course in Albany in oppo
sition to the Governor. Grady's
action now is undoubtedly the re
sult of the knowledge that Tamma
ny Hall, as an organization, will for
mally support Cleveland and Hen
dricks. It is thought that while
there are a good many Tamnany
men who will not vote for Cleve
land, still there is a large majority
who will, and besides this Tammany
does not dare to oppose the regular
Democratic organization. As for
Grady, he will probably take the
stump for Butler, and those who
know what influence he exerted in
Chicago can't wish General Butler
any worse indorsers.
What Judge
Lawrence
Ohio.
Thinks of
Washington, August 22. Judge
Lawrence, of Ohio, who is a good
political observer, predicts that the
republican majority in that State
will be at least 20.000 in October,
and that Blaine will carry it by
30,000 in November. Judge Law
rence allows the Prohibitionists 6,000
votes. The Judge thinks that the
defeat of Converse, who was a pro
nounced protectionist on the wool
question, wiil be worth 5,000 votes
to the Republicans, as the refusal to
renominate Converse will be inter
preted by the people as indicating
the opposition of the Democrats to
Converse's tariff course.
The Kemble Coal and Iron Property.
Huntingdon, August 21. The
sheriffs sale of the personal proper
ty of the Kemble Coal and Iron
Company which began yesterday,
is proceeding slowly, the property
at the furnaces not having yet been
all disposed of. After finishing
there the coal mines aud the iron
ore mines,the latter four in num
are to be visited. The principal
purchaser so far has been Nimick it
Co., of Pittsburg, who have the lar
gest judgment and the first execu
tion, but few articles having been
bought by others. It is understood
now that the works will be kept
running probably under the con
tract of Nimick & Co.
Woman Horse Thief.
Lancaster, August 20. Salome
Whitman enjoys the notoriety of
being the first female ever
convicted in this State of horse
stealing. She U a fine looking young
woman, and after the Grand Jury
had returned a true bill she made
a clean breast of the theft Her story
was that she was going home one
night in company with a son of
Abe Auzzard, the outlaw, and he
told her to steal the team. She did
bo, drove the team to her home sev
eral miles distant, and it was recov
ered there the morning after the
theft She was sentenced to-day to
one year and eight months solitary
confinement
Blown Up by Nihilists.
Vienna, August 19. The recent
explosion at Kazan, Russia, by
which ten persons were killed and
several buildings burned, is attri
buted to Nihilists. It is now stated
that the number of killed will ag
gregate 100. A dynamite bomb
was found, under the window of the
Centra) police station. Further ex
plosions are feared. A large body of
soldiers are removing the wrecked
buildings blown up on the 13th,
and the authorities are on the alert
to prevent outrages of a similar
character.
Impaled on a Pitchfork.
Steubenville", August 20. A
frightful accident happened near
Fernwood, this county, yesterday
evening. William Parish, a farmer,
was engaged in threshing. Coming
down from the hay mow he slid to
the floor, a distance of about eleven
feet, and came in contact with a
pitchfork : one of the tines penetrat
ed his right hip, and broke off one
half inch from the upper end, leav
ing about twelve inches in his body.
Drs. Shane and Elliott, of this city,
were called out, and after adminis
tering eher made an examination
and found a piece of the tine broken
off. All efforts to find the remain
ing piecef about 0 inches, were un
availing. The piece is supposed to
be inside of the bony part of the
pelvis. His condition is critical.
Died of too much Rum.
Rkabino, Pa., August 20. Lat
night Christian Bowman, a well
known character, entered the Mc
Clellan House and asked for a drink.
The proprietor, George Kraeuoer,
pourftj. out a pint of whisky and
offered it free to bowman if he would
drink it alL Bowman drank it, and
was found dead in the yard of his
residence this morning.
Heary Rainfall.
Bismarck. Dak.. August 20. It'
has rained steadily and hard for
twenty-four hours. Reports from
the Vest show much dannge. At
Bclfield, 100 miles wet, the crops i
were entirely destroyed by hail, and j
at Little Missouri it is reported that i
eleven miles of railroad track were
washed out. No hail fell at bis-j
marck. but a steady uu oi rain.
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Harvesting is about finished and will
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be damaged but little.
Fargo. Dak.. August 2. An un-
usually heavy shower fell on Monday i
uu inwiuoj, . -.v
lt poured down in torrents. 1 nere
has been no such fall of rain for two
years. It will cause a delay of the
harvest and may have caused scrio?
damage.
Burned to Death.
Shamokin, Aug. 21. Fire broke
out yesterday in the Buck Ridge
mine slope, fifteen hundred feet from
the surface. The company bought
the Greenback colliery adjoining,
the workings of which are higher
than those of the liuck Ridge col
liery. The intention was to bore a
hole thirty-six feet in length from
the Greedback to the Buck Ridge
colliery, turn the creek into both
collieries, and by flooding them put
out the tire. While the men were
engaged in this work to-day, gas sud
danly poured in from the burning
mine, and before they could escape
seven men fell victims to the deadly
gas. It is impossible to reach their
bodies, and both mines are full of
gas and the fire is increasing. E!ev
en mules were also burned.
A Fatal Disease.
Des Moine3, August 20. Cantrell,
a village of 200 inhabitants in Van
Buren county, is being scourged by
a very fatal disease which is believ
ed to be a very violent type of gray
or bloody flux, though some ot the
physicians pronounce it cholera.
The disease comes on with cramp,
succeeded with bloody discharges
and spasms. The deaths are one in
every four attacked. Thirty-two
persons were sick on Monday, and
ten deaths have occurred. Three
died Monday night, two children
and one old lady. The disease has
been increasing for the pa3t two
weeks.
At Wilton, five miles west, one!
ieath had occurred which the phy
sicians ascribe to cholera.
A Big Iron Contract.
Chattanooga, August, 24. The
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company,
the most extensive in the South,
yesterday closed a contract with H.
F. Deburdetaben, the iron king of
Alabama, for three thousand tons
of iron ore, to be delivered every
day for five years. The price is not
stated, but fully 600.000 is involved
in the transaction. This is tne lar
gest iron contract that has been
made in the south for a llong time.
A Murder inspected.
McCoNNELLSBlTUU, Aug. 21. A
mutilated body of an unknown man.
supposed to have been a peddler,
was found this morning near Burnt
Cabins, this county.. A murder was
evidently committed, after which the
murderer kindled a fire and endeav
ored to conceal his crime by burning
the body of bia victim, but the fire
had gone out after the flesh on both
legs had been burned to a crisp.
Dashed to Heath.
Wilkes-Barre, Aug. 21. Joseph
McCullough, a machinist employed
in the shops of the Delaware, Lacka
wanna and Western Railroad at
Kingston, was engaged in putting a
belt on a pulley on the shafting thi?
morning when his clothes werei
caught by the belt and he was hurl- j
ed from his stand to the floor twen
ty feet below. He fell, on his head
and his skull was crushed in, caus
ing instant death.
Shot by a Mob.
Tex., August, 21. John Neamond,
charged with arson, for burning a
thresher and a lot of wheat in Ham
ilton county, was last night taken
from the officers bv a mob and shot
to death at Longslord Cave, between
Hamilton and Lampasas, while be
ing escorted to the latter jail for Eafe
keeping. Neamond was a highly
respectable citizen, and the action
ot the mob is regarded as unjustifi
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The Great Blood Purifier,
Has beea Bsed for centuries br the Indians, anil broordt bj then direct from tlw.-ir We.ter hm
Indians Bather tberoou, herb's, barks and Bums, and ship them et to as. A few or the axt kirv
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Estate ol Henry Marti, dee'd, late of Southamp
ton Township. Somerset i-ounty, ra.
Letter of Administration oa the above estate
bavin been aranied to the nudersiMned by the
proper authority, notice la hereby iiiven to all
persons imcoihi 10 saiu estate w man imiovm
at parmeBt. and thou havine; claims aarainst the
tamiwlll present them duly authenticated ft.r
ettlement on Saturday. Septembersu, IsM, at the
lata residence nf th deceased.
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