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EDWARD 8CTJLL, Editor and Proprietor.
WEDNESDAY.- September S, 1S84.
BEPIUCAII KOMATMS.
NATIONAL.
FOB MtnSIWEKT,
HON. JAMES O. BLAINE, ofMalne.
ro VICE raESIDETT,
GEN. JOHN A.LOOAN, nf Illinois.
STATE.
-SttB8-T-LARO.
OEN. K. A.BORNE,ofLuierne.
BLBTOKB-AT-tABGE.
John Lclsenrins:. of Oarlwn.
J am. IM.win.ol Philadelphia.
Calvin Welia, ol HtUburjcB.
HIBTBICT KLBCTOE8.
1. Edwin J- Stuart, li. . T. Jennings.
SL John Mundeil. 1. J"- A.
S. Win J. McLaughlin. 17. Jo-B. Hileman.
k Jo. IS. AlU-tnus. 1. Thomas B. Bryson.
. HorJceA. Be.l. H:n
a. Isaae McHc 0- T i"!!r-
.J.P.WHwhun. . JoilahUohen.
In Mm. B. Thatcher. Michael W eyend.
11. John S.-aboidt Jr. diss A Kendall.
IX Daniel tdwards. s. Oyrni Kitchen.
13. P. W. Sbcaler. T. Lumu B. W uwL
14. Lane S. Hart.
COUNTY.
FOB lilMUlT.
ANDREW J. COLBOKN', of Somerfct &.
WILLIAM IS. MORGAN, of JenncTTwp.
ros rcomoNBTABr,
NORMAN B.CKITCHr it'LD, of JenncrTwp.
FOB SHUUST,
JOHN WINTERS, o! Somerset Twii.
FOB BKilBTEH ASF RBCOBI'EB.
CHARLES SHAFEK, of Somerset Eor.
FOB mEArtUKn,
CYKl'S C. SCHROCK, of Suuientct Twp.
FOB COHMiSSIOXEUS,
PETER lI.'MBAt'LI. ofMilf-rd Twp.
ADAM C. LEPLEY. of Elklick Twp.,
rem rnoa Bor? k ihbettob,
JtJSlAH ANKENY, ol Somerset Twp.
roBcoi ktv ArniTnus,
JACOB K. BOWMAN", of Somerset Twp
JOSEPH W. MEYERS, of Mil ford Twp.
Senator Tli mb, of Kansas, says
that all report that the Democrats
can carry that State are absurd, and
predicts that Blaine will have GO.OX)
majority.
Mr. Blaine contracted a violent
cold last week and was confined to
Lis bed for a day. This was magni
fied into a serious illness by imagin
ative reporters.
The death of Hon. John Leisen
ring, of Carbon county, causes a va
cancy on the Republican electoral
ticket of this State which will have
to be filled by the State Committee.
Hendricks writes a letter to say
that Cleveland ought not to with
draw, and says he thinks the statute
of limitations has been succeesfully
pleaded against the "scandal" of his
early life.
Vermont vetes to-day (Tuesday,)
and Maine on Monday next. Both
States will go Republican. The size
of their majorities will be taken as
buoys marking the swell or ebb of
the current setting towards Mr.
Blaine.
Elsewhere in this issue we pub
lish an editorial article from the
Pittsburg Christian Advocate, and
another from the Independent, which
will be interesting reading to all
those whose moral sensibilities are
not subordinated to their political
sentiments.
Jeff Davis, in a letter addressed
to the Confederate soldiers who last
week held a reunion in Monroe
county, Georgia, calls the pension
ing of Union soldiers "offensive fa
voritism." The old traitor thinks
that men who fought against their
country are as much entitled to pen
sions as those who fought for it.
A State Convention of the Na
tional Greenback Labor party has
been called to assemble at Bellefonte
on the ISth of September. Inde
pendents and all other kickers, are
invited to join in forming a people's
party, and placing an electoral tick
et in the field, that if elected, will
support General Butler for Presi
dent. .
Thursday next September 4th
is the last day under the law that
voters can be registered. Every man
that wants to vote for Blaine and
Logan should see to it that he is
properly registered. It is the duty
of all committee men to examine
the lists, and see that all Republican
voters of their respective precincts
are registered.
We are having the usual campaign
talk about probable Republican vic
tories in Southern States. While this
is very desirable, it should not di
vert attention from States nearer to
home. Our best efforts should be
put forth in New York, New Jersey,
Ohio and Indiana. Here is certain
success, and consequent assured
victory in the end, if the proper et-
lort is made. Don't throw away a
certainty for an uncertainty.
This is the last week of the cam
paign in Maine, and both sides are
making it hum. The Republicans
will hold four hundred meetings in
different portions of the State, and
the Democrats have also arranged
for a large number. It is reported
Also, that the Democracy are lavish
ly supplied with money, and alto
gether, thjre will be a lively week of
it Tlje election on Monday next
will undoubtedly result in a targe
Iiepublicfvn majority.
TtE mining troubles in Hocking
aiiej, Omo, have culminated in
xiot aud bloodshed, and the Gov.-
rnor has teen compelled to Bend
ersops to several places to assist the
-skenffj in suppressing the riots an
protecting the non-striking miners.
Several persona have been killed
and all speedy communication pre
vented by cutting the telegraph
wires. At latest accounts Governor
Hoadly had started for the scene ol
action.
Focr years since, the Democratic
fusion ticket carried the State of
Maine. The Democrats are now
howling that, if Blaine does not car
ry it next week by at least fifteen
thousand, the State will be doubtful
in November. The same species of
reasoning would make all other
Northern States doubtful. There is
no doubt of the result in Maine, and
the Republican majority will be
quite sufficient to knock Democratic
brag and bluster into a cocked hat
Gen. Butler visited the Grangers
picnic in Cumberland Valley, on
Friday last, and made a speech to
the Pennsylvania farmers there as
sembled, whom he advised to
drop both the old parties, and form
and vote for a party of their own.
The General either forgot, or didn t
know that a large portion of his au
dience are still voting for Jackson,
and will die in the faith that the old
hero still leads their forces. A new
party forsooth ! for such men a3
these ? We are shocked at the Gen
eral's lack of perspicacity.
The Democratic Congressional
campaign committee at Vashington
has just discovered a mistake that
is causing no little amusement. By
some error in delivery, they have
been receiving from the folding room
and mailing to their constituents,
laree quantities of tariff and other
Republican documents, which the
Republican committee had ordered
for distribution.
The old moss-back?, who have re
ceived sound Repnblican documents
under the franks of their Democrat
ic members, will think that the en
tire party is bolting into the Blaice
and Logan ranks.
The Farmers' Picnic which was
held at William's Grove, Cumber
land county, last week, was more
successful than any of the previous
ones. It is estimated that 70,000
persons were in attendance during
th3 week, and the sales of machinery
and agricultural implements ex
ceeded $180,000. One of the feat
ures of the week was the number of
speeches made on various subjects,
including tint of politics. Leonard
Rhone, orator of the State Grange,
and Lieutenant Governor Chauncey
F. Black, in their addresses made
bitter attacks upon corporations, and
Girard Brown, of York, and Victor
E. Piolett, aired tiieir opinions of
Free Trade and Protection.
The Democrats and Independents
are again resorting to forgery as a
campaign weapon against the Re
publicans. Their papers have leen
publishing a letter alleged to have
been written bv General Green B.
Raum, late Commissioner of Inter
nal Revenue, threatening govern
ment clerk3, to whom the bogus let
ter was supposed to be addressed,
with dismissal unless they contribut
ed to the campaign fund.
General Raum at once denounced
the letter as a forgery and a fraud,
but all the same, as was the case of
the forged letter against Garfield in
the campaign of 1SS0, the press con
tinues to print it as true, and with
apparent indignation comment upon
it
In accordance with a bargain pre
viously made, the Greenbackers of
Iowa held a State Convention at
Des Moines on Thursday last, and
nominated part of a fusion State
ticket and then adjourned, leaving
the balance of the ticket to be com
pleted by the Democratic convention
which is to assemble this week.
Electors were nominated for the
First, Fifth, Seventh, Ligth and
Ninth districts, leaving the remain
ing six to be supplied by the Demo
crats. A Denocrat was also
nominated for Supreme Judge, and
Greenbackers for State Treasurer
and Secretary of State. The Demo
cratic journals are very jubilant over
the success of the dicker, and are vo
ciferously claiming that this makes
Iowa a "doubtful State."
Hox. Thomas V. Cooper, chair
man of the Republican State com
mittee, lias been rather ostentatious
ly proclaiming for several months
past that conciliation had done its
perfect work, and ths "Independ
ents" were again lovingly clinging
to the party standard, narmony had
spread her peaceful wings over the
entire organization, bruised arms
were hung up as monuments of past
folly, and, in short, everything was
lovely, and union and victory were
the watchwords of the re-united
party.
Brother Cooper's labors were lately
rewarded by a unanimous re-nomination
for Senator from the Repub-
lican convention of his own county
of Delaware, and the political skies
assumed a still more roseate hue to
his charmed vision. But, alas!
within a few days clouds oWcast
the peaceful horizon, rnutterings of
discontent were home upon the
winds, the heavens assumed a lurid
hue, and forked lightning corus
cated about the carmine head of the
hopeful chairman. In brief, the In
dependents have kicked against his
nomination, they have formed, or
are about forming an alliance with
the Democrats to put an Independ
ent candidate in the field against
him, and although they will proba
bly not defeat him, they will give
him trouble, and epoii hifi enjoy
ment for a season. Chairman Coop
er is now obtaining a personal
knowledge of what he has frequently
ward from other portions of the
State, that the Independents are al
ways ready la? conciliation when
they are on top, but Tailing to secure
this position, they at once cccm.ence
to kick like steers.
Ihe lessons of;
the late war should have taught all
observant men the folly of attempt
ing to conciliate traitors. "Give
them an inch and they demand an
ell."
The eamrtalsTi committees of both
parties complain of a painful lack of
funds. J he civil service rules nave
shut the pockets of1 government em
ployes, a dearth of business has
rramnfld the nurses of the manu
facturers, and a wonderful lack of
enthusiasm delays contributions
from the politicians. A campaign
without money is an anomoly, and
we are likely to have, for once, a
contest of principles which will un
doubtedly prove disastrous for the
Democrats.
To counteract the defection of the
Irish Democrats of the city of New
York from Cleveland, the Democrat
ic leaders arranged for a meeting of
Irish citizens and their descendants,
which was held on Thursday even
ing last According to the Herald
and other Democratic papers, it was
an immense success, and "Blaine's
Irish bubble was burst" In an
Irish governed city like New York,
with a multitude of local offices con
trolled by the Irish Democracy, it
would be singular indeed, if a crowd
of dependants could not be assem
bled whenever desired. But the
very fact that it was deemed neces
sarv'to hold a meeting of the Irish
yoters, and appeal to them through
the mouths of distinguished orators,
to stand by the party whose bread
and beef they were eating, is a most
significant one, and proves beyond
dispute that the stories of large de
fections from Cleveland to Blaine are
founded on facts, and have alarmed
the Democratic leaders into making
this special effort to retain their
grip upon a body of voters whom
they have hitherto undisputedly
controlled.
Hon. Thomas C. Pounds, hitherto
a Republican, who has been Lieu
tenant Governor of Wisconsin, and
served three terms in Congress, has
announced in a long letter his in
tention of bolting Blaine and sup
porting Cleveland, whereat the
hearts of many Democratic journal
ists are made glad.
The reasons assigned by Mr. Pound
are similar to those given by the
Curtis crowd of Independents, for
their bolt Experience proves that
the much heralded defections of
these little great men amount to but
very little in the end. Thier griev
ances, imaginary or real, are person
al, and but seldom affect others than
themselves. Political leaders often
induce their followers, when going
with the tide, to swim to the right or
to the left, but our political histo ry
has no example where large bodies
of men have been induced to turn
araund, and squarely breast the
current with which they have float
ed, because a so-called leader has be
come dissatisfied. A case in point is
that of Andrew G. Curtain, the once
great "war Governor" of this State,
whose bolt from the Republican
party to the Democracy, created
scarce a ripple on the political tide in
a Commonwealth where he was pre
vious to that time, very close to the
hearts of the people.
Mr. Pound may be a very worthy
gentleman, but we conclude, there
fore, that his defection from the Re
publican ticket will not set the for
ests of Wisconsin ablaze.
IiOgan at Chicago.
Chicago, August 27. The dem
onstration last night marking the
return of General Logan to his home
was one of great magnitude. The
Republican torch-bearing organiza
tions ol the city made their first ap
pearance in this campaign, and the
aggregated marchers numbered
about 5,000. In addition to the lo
cal organizations, uniformed bodies
were present from a number of
neighboring cities. General Logan
arrived from Pullman on a special
train, landing at the Twenty-second
street depot at 9 o'clock. The ad
vent of the train was announced by
the firing of artillery and a brilliant
display of fireworkp. A mounted
escort was in wailing, and, the dis
tinguished parties having entered
carriages, the cavalcade took up the
line of march northward on Mich
igan boulevard to Lake Park, where
stands had been erected for the
speakers of the evening. It was
10:30 o'clock before the last of the
inarching escort had reached the
point of rendezvous, and General
Logan was escorted to the speaker's
stand. The crowd then in the park
had swelled to about 30,000. On the
stand were General Oglesby,- Gov
ernor Hamilton, Hon. Joseph- Med-
ill, Hon. Charles B. Farwell, Wm.
Penn Nixon, Congressman Davis,
Dunham Adams and an array of
Vice Presidents to the number of
fully 200. General Logan was re
ceived with great chsering and in
response spoke at considerable
length. The crowd was so great
about the stand occupied by General
Iogan that speakers proceeded to
occupy adjoining; platforms and ad
dressed portions of the crowd from
them. Among others speaking were
oeneral Olesby, Governor Uamil-
ton and Senator Collum. The scene
in and about the park during the
speaking was made brilliant by an
increasing display of pyrotechnics.
The speaking continued until 11:30,
at which hour the great crowd began
to disperse.
"?"
Freemont ia Loyal.
New York, August 31. The fol
lowing letter received by Chairman
Jones, of the Republican National
Committee, explains itself:
My Dear Sir I have just learned
by the morning papers that I am an
nounced, without authority from
me, to speak at a Greenback-Labor-Anti-Monopoly
mass meeting this
evening in Union Square. I need
hardly assure you that I still adhere
to the Republican party, which did
me the honor to place me at tne
head of jU ticket in 185C,and which
is now so tobly represented by Mr.
Blaine and General Logan.
I am, my dear sir, yours truly,
J. C. Fremont.
Prohibit Jon Ticket.
Laxsixg. Mich., Augrgast. 28.
i.eterday the Union Prohibition
convention adopted a platform de
claring, among o'her things, that
funion with any other party js inex
pedient Electors and a full Staie
ticket, with David Preston for Gov
ernor, were nominated.
GREAT FIGHT IX TO.VQriN.
The French Troops Annihilated.
London, August 27. It is report
ed that there are 75,000 Chinese
troops in the vicinity of Foo-Chow.
According to reports received at
Sontay S0.000 Chinese troops have
invaded Tonquui and have already
had an engagement with the French
troops. In this battle.it is asserted,
the French were annihilated, while
several thousand of the Chinese were
killed.
A telegram from Shanghai states
that 80,000 Chinese troops, who had
been secretly massed on the frontier,
suddenly invaded Tonquin, and, af
ter desperate fighting, completely
annihilated the French troops in
that province, the Chinese losing
several thousand killed during the
different engagements, which follow
ed in quick succession. According
to the above dispatch the massing of
this large force on the frontier of
Tonquin had been going on for some
time under the supervision of expe
rienced military leaders, and so well
did they conduct the affair that the
French commanders were unaware
of the proximity of any well-regulated
Chinese force until the latter
swept down upon them like an av
alanche, with the above result The
French troops, it is said, fought des
perately and repeatedly charged the
Chinese lines, but as fast as they
were broken into they wereclosd up
again with remarkable military
precision, and many hand-to-hand
encounters ensued, the French
finally succumbing to overwhelming
odds.
According to a dispatch from
Shanghai to Reuter's Telegram
Agency, "the French loss in the
bombardment of Foo-Chow was sev
en killed and fourteen wounded.
The Chinese lo3S is estimated at 1,-
000 killed and 3,000 wounded. The
Chinese man-of-war Yangwu was
exploded by a torpedo after ii had
fired a broadside at a French torpedo
boat The boiler of the latter was
exploded by means of hand grenades
thrown from the Yangwu, after
which the boat was sunk by the
Volta to prevent its being captured
by the Chinese. The French expect
ed to occupy the heights command
ing the Pagoda anchorage."
admiral cocrbet's report.
The official report of the bom
bardment at Foo-Chow has been re
ceived from Admiral Courbet It is
dated Sunday morning and is as fol
lows: A good beginning has been made.
We opened fire yesterday and in
four hours nine Chinese men-of-war
and twelve junks were sunk and the
Krupp batterycommanding the arse
nal was silenced. Our loss was six
killed and twenty-seven wounded.
The fleet suffered no serious dam
age except that the boiler of a torpe
do boat was burst. The Chinese
losses were heavy. During the night
the fleet was beset by burning wrecks
and log3. The torpedo cutters will
clear all this away to day and after
wards we will bombard the arsenal.
We shall not leav the river before
the 20th or 30th. The officers and
men are animated with the greatest
ardor. One of our torpedo boats
sank a large Chinese cruiser. The
vessels which took part in the action
were the Volta (which hoisted iny
flag,) the Duquay, the Trovin, the ;
Tnomphante, the villars, ihe Ve
Staing, the Aspic, the Lynx and the
Vipere, together with two torpedo
boats.
THE CHINESE HOLDING OUT.
Private telegrams received in Lon
don report that the Chinese forts on
the Min river are holding out well
against the French bombardment
The French gunboats are still una
ble to pass down the river. The Chi
nese authorities are confident of the
strength of the forts.
Elaine's Health.
Bar Harbor, Me., August 27. A
gentleman who called at the Blaine
cottsge this morning found Mrs.
Blaine and the family on the porch
enjoying the fresh air and watching
the antics of a jet pony which two
little girls of the household were rid
ing up and down on the lawn. Mrs
Blaine, on being questioned with re
gard to Mr. Blaine's condition to
day, said : "He's all right now ;
down stairs, in fact. Of course he is
a little weak after bis illness. The
truth is, he caught a severe cold by
the sudden change in the weather,
and any way he has been constant
ly annoyed by the cold weather of
the season." Walker Blaine, who
was met later on the street, said :
"Father's all right now ; the illness
has been greatly exaggerated."
G rcen back - Lead era.
Williams Grove, Pa., August, 20
At the Conference of the National j
Greenback-Labor leaders with gen
eral Butler to-day an agresive cam
paign was decided on. General
lJutler will make four speeches in
the State one at Philadelphia, one
at Pittsburg, and two at points in
the interior yet to be determined.
From now until the state Conven
tion, September 18, at Bellefmte,
will be devoted to perfecting the or
ganization and filling up local tick
et. At that time the speaking can
vass will begin. A red rose on a
green leaf was decided on as the
P.atler badge. State Chairman T. P.
Itynder and Thomas A. Armstrong
will officially represent the party
at the meeting in New York to-morrow
(Saturday) evening.
Candidate Cleveland on His Travels.
Ac Sable Forks, N. Y.f Angust
25. Governor Cleveland, on his way
from the North Woods to the capi
tal, passedhrough this place ihis
afternoon, stopping about one hour
at trie residence of Dr. Conant Saw?
yer, where an impromptu reception
was given him, at which he was in
troduced to a iarge assemblage, ir
respective of party. The Governor
expressed himself as being highly
pleased with the kindiy sentiment
manifested. He left "for Plattls
burg. CTiild Drowned in a Cistern,
Uxiontown, Pa., August 27. Last
night a 3-year-old son of Robert
Maxley while out playing, fell into
the cistern and was not found for
nearly two hours after it fell in.
The same child fell in the same trap
some weeks ago but was rescued.
The warning was not heeded and
the 6econd time proved fatal.
The Drought Knded.
Lynchburg, Va., August, 29. The
damaging drought ot seven weeks'
standing was broken last night and
to-day by copious rains throughout
this section. Splendid corn and to
bacco crops, which have been threat
ened with rapid destruction, are
now insured.
A Manatoba Cyclone-
'Winnipeg, August 2S. A storm
of cyclonic character prevailed
thioughout the province last night,
doing incalculable damage to vari
ous towns and villages, and injuring
crops to a considerable extent. At
Winnipeg tho roof of the Hudson
Bay stores was blown off and torn
to pieces, damaging the surrounding
buildings. The rain poured down
upon the stock doing much damage.
A street car with a number of occu
nants was blown from the track. A
frame house, and a stable occupied
by horses, owned by William Burke,
was blown awav. ihe house was
carried twenty feet, and the stable
blown in the Assinabon river.
No less than fiftv building's in the
city were damaged by storm. Koots
were carried away, ends were blown
out of houses, chimneys were blown
down, plateglass windows were brok
en, signs were knocked endwise, tel
ephone and telegraph wires were
prostrated and general havoc com
mitted.
At Headingly, a large number of
stores, dwelling houses and farm
houses suffered. The store of Mr
t rancis was bfown down and is a
total ruin, the stock being scattered
over the prairie. The station house
was lifted off its support A dwell
ing house house owned by Mr. Tay
lor, and occupied by a young mar
ried couple named Buchanan, was
completely demolished. It was
pickt-d up by the wind and carried
several rods away before it struck
the ground, when it was shivered in
to fragments. The occupants had a
narrow escape from death. Mrs.
Buchantn was blown in a ditch and
badly shaken. The English church
was blown over and torn to pieces,
and its fragments cover the ground
in all directions. Mrs. Luxston'a
house was also destroyed, being
turned over completely, and a large
barn on Mr. Cashion's farm was car
ried away. Mr. Morgan's hotel and
two houses, and John Tait's and D.
Cameron's grainery were blown
down, and there is scarcely a single
farmhouse between Headlinfley and
St. Charles, ten miles, which is not
more or less damaged.
Along the line of the Canadian
Pacific, the storm extended from
Vermillion Bay, on the east, to
Brandon, on the west At Ratport
age the Brushe House, a newly built
hotel, was almost completely de
stroyed. At Gretna, standing crops
are flattened ont in several places
and Penner & Co.'s stare was blown
down.
Murdered in Court.
Des Moines, August 29. Four
men were shot during a trial before
Justiee Mull, at Fairview school
house, six miles south east of Har
rard, yesterday morning. J. H.
Terry had been pulled off his horse
some days ago, and a revolver taken
from him by Ed. Reed and George
Estes. He had them arraigned be
fore the J ustice on a charge of lar
ceny. During the trial Reed and
Estes, with a revolver and a club
made an attack on Terry, who drew
his revolver and shot both of them
killing Reed. In the scrimage Ter
ry received a shot in the shoulder,
and a bystander, name unknown,
was slightly wounded. In all about
a dozen shots were fired. There
has been trouble between the par
ticipants several times before and
not long ago shots were fired into
Terry's house by parties supposed
to be Reed and Estes. Both parties
went to the trial yesterday morning
armed and evidently expecting a
row. ' .
Mistress and Servant Dead.
St. Louis. August 23. News of a
terrible tragedy has just reached here
from O'Fallon, a town on the Ohio
and Mississippi Railway, seventeen
miles northeast of St Louis. Per
sons visiting the house of Mrs. Mc
CormicK, a relative of J. H. Vancourt
member of the Illinois Legislature
found all quiet there this afternoon
and, suspecting something wrong,
went out in the rear of the
premises and there found the
body of Mrs. McCormick, lying sturk
and dead. Her clothing had been
torn from her in shreds and her
brains had been literally battered
out with an axe which was found
lying by her side. A further inves
tigation of the premises disclosed
the dead body of a Norwegian ser
vant girl, who, from all appearance
had murdered her mistress and then
committed suicide by poisoning.
Bloody marks were found upon her
hands and arms and her dress was
also stained with biood. It is
thought that fhe two quarreled and
that in. a fit of passion the girl pick
ed up the axe which was near, and
battered out the brains of her mis
tress. A Darioe Feat.
Washington. August, 27. A dar
ing feat was in progress at the Wash
ington monument yesterday, though
witnessed by but lew. It was the
inspection of the outer work from
bottom to top. All day long a work
man in a sling moved slowly up and
down the five hundred feet of marble
inspecting every block and joint to
note any irregularity -of subsidence
or of masonry. Perhaps he was
also looking for some possible result
of the recent earthquake. The man
in the 6ling8wung slowly up and
down against the smooth marble,
shaft, looking very much like a fly
now pausing by signaj to more
closely inspect some particular point
now rising again toward the clouds
looking all the time as cool as if he
were Bwinging in a hammock under
the trees. The work was found in
excellent conditiou.
Bound and Gagged-
Meadvilee, August 27. Early
this morning an attempt was made
to blow qpen the safe of the Athens
Mills Lumber and Planing VVorks,
in the northern part of the city. The
night watchman was seized and at
the points of four revolvers was
bound and gagged. After being se
curely tied three holes were drilled
into the safe, but further efiorto in
some manner were frustrated, as the
sale blowing was not completed.
Detectives are on the track of the
desperadoes.
Work of the Rangers.
Bkow.nsviixe, August 29. Yes
terday a detachment of State IUng
ers joined a party of Ruralea (Mexi
can Rangers; on the other tide and j
6tarted up the Uiver on a raid of the
island in the middle of the stream, a
noted haunt of Mexican and Amer
ican bandits. They found the inland
almost entirely deserted, the inmates
having been run out by former raids
of the otlicers. On the Mexican side
of the river, however, five dead bod
ies were found swinging, too much
decomposed to admit of recognition.
They are supposed to have been
hung by the Mexican Rangers.
Six Hour Fight la Lima.
Chorillos, Peru, August, 23. via
Galveston. In Lima yesterday there
was a storm of bullets for over six
hours. Cacer8 entered the city
with a rabble, who yelled and fired
in the greatest disorder. The night
before all the Government troops
were withdrawn iuto the Cuartel
and the Palace, and the entry of Ca
ceres, although not unexpected was
somewhat of a surprise. His men
captured the Cuartel and and the
churches of Merced and San Augus
tin, from which they kept up a fusi
lade. They also attacked the Guad
alupe station. About 1"0 persons
were killed in Mercaderes and Bode
gones streets, and near the palace
souare. where the fire was hottest.
Finally the Government troops made
a sortie and drove out the mob
Caceres was accompanied by about
ninety horsemen, lney appeared
to have been traveling all night and
were not in condition to tight witli
troops well fed and fresh from their
beds.
Three hundred prisoners were
taken. Caceres escaped. The Ger
man proprietor of a cigar store was
killed while looking from a balcony
All the telegraph wires were cut for
miles out of the city, and no trams
ran. Nothing occurred at Lhorii
los. The cable staff are all right
Heavy guns were heard for some
hours, but no news to the Iocalicy of
the firing has been received up to
d.M a. m.
All is quiet this morning in Lima.
Dead men and horses are being re
moved and pools of blood cleared up.
The fight in the San Augustm
Church proceeded with closed doors
Caceres is said to have 1300 disci
plined troops, who were to have at
tacked Callo. These may return.
Last night there were no guards in
the streebi ; all were in the Cuartel
and Palace.
Shot hjr a Footpad.
York, August 30. This evening
about eight o'clock, as farmer Eman
uel Smith and his wife were return
ing home from m?rket, at a point
near tetuni s ore bank, about one and
a-half miles from town, a man who
was desenbed as bping well dressed,
stepped out of a cornfield close by
the road, and to the rear of the wag
on, and deliberately fired a shot
which took effect in the back of Mrs.
Smith's head. The lady fell back
into the wagon, crying out that she
was shot A stream of blood poured
from the wound into the wagon. The
husband at once called at a farm
house close by for assistance, and
couriers were dispatched to York for
medical assistance. The nersoa who
summoned the doctor said the wo
man would probabl v die. After the
shootinff, the assassin turned and
fled down a lane in the direction of
York. He has not yet been arrested.
and his whereabouts are unknown.
Officers are scouring the country in
pursuit of him.
More Xegroea Altai ted.
Bcfauli, Ala., August 30. Five
additional cases of hydrophobia de
veloped to-day on the plantation of
Punch Doughtie, where o2 negroes
were already suffering from the dis
ease from eating the flesh of hogs
which had died from the effects of a
mad dog's bite. Mr. Doughtie, on
whose place, five miles from the
city, the sick people are, was in town
to-day, surrounded by crowds of ex
cited people, listening to his graphic
account of the incidents of the terri
ble epidemic. To-day he was oblig
ed to kiil a mule on which he was
riding when it was attacked and bit
ten by another. Several of the
mules of the herd which escaped
have bsen recovered, and are kept
in confinement for the observation
of veterinarians. AH the hogs at
tacked were of the Berkshire breed.
The symptoms of the disease were
frothing at the mouth, blind staggers
and fits. Dr. Johnson, the attend
ing physician, has not changed his
opiuion that the majority of the
eases among the negroes will prove
fatal.
Mechanics v bo Will Support ISlaine
Milwaukee, August SO. An im
portant and very significant political
document is published here to-day.
It is an address signed by about one
thousand mechanics of Milwaukee
to their fellow-craftmen of the State,
giving in forcible language the reas
ons why they cannot vote tor Gro
ver Cleveland, and why they will
support Mr. Blaine. Of the signers
fully one-third have hitherto steadi
ly voted with the Democratic party.
The address states that Mr. Cleve
land, as Governor of New York, has
steadily vetoed almost every meas
ure passed by the legislature of that
State in which the working men took
an especial interest, and that for this
and other reasons they will oppose
his election and vote for Blaine and
Logan.
A Cay Oirl.
Suarrox. Pa., August, 27. For
innating viciousness in divers forms
and atrocious cruelty to her mother
Justice King this morning sentenced
a young girl named Mary Dagnon
to tlie Pennsylvania Iteform School
at the suit ot her father. The evi
dence showed that the girl, who is
but 15, but large and very full na
tured, was accus-tomed to beat, stone
and other wise maltreat her mother,
on several occasions locking her in
a room fur this purpose.
Pones llroken iu a Fail From a Horse.
Scottdale, August 28. David
Metzer.of East Huntingdon township
whiie riding a fractious horse, yester
day, was thrown off and had his
arm and two ribs broken.
for Infants and Children.
CatarlaissiwelladaptrftochndreaauU I Castorta eurea Colic Onartrpatlon,
I reoomim't.d it as superior to any prescription I Sour stomach, Marrbeea, Eructation.
111 60. Oxford St, Brooklyn, N. T. Wltloutariona medication.
. Ths Ocn-ica Compact, IS! Fulton Street, If. T.
An absolute core for Rheumatism, Sprains Pain In
the Back, Brtrns, Galls, &c. An Instantaneous Pain
relieving and Healing- Remedy.
Farmers' Son Beat and Rob a Jew
Peddler.
Pleasantville, August 23. Jacb
Talamo, a young Jewish peddler of
this city, was attacked by two mas
ked men, a few miles from that place
this morning, cruelly beaten and
robbed of $20. all the money he had.
I He was found bv a mail wagon and
brought to Pleasantville, and the
neighbors scoured the woods for the
criminals, who, when caught, proved
to be sons of Gibson and Palon re
spectable farmers of that communi
ty. Talamo's injures are very seri
ous. Fighting a Man Hater.
Bayonne. N. J., August 27. E. S.
Monroe, of Farmersville, Indiana,
who is visiting friends in Bayonne,
went on a fishing excursion to prin
ce's bay yesterday. He was dab
bling his right hand in the water as
the party were trolling, when twoof
his fingers were bitten off by a large
shark. The man-eater showed fight
and had to be struck several times
with the oars before it would leave
the vicinity of the boat. Monroe was
taken to Huguenot, State Island,
where his wounds weee dressed by
a physician.
Shot For Robbing a Man.
Chattanooga, Tenn., August 23.
Tuesday night a posse of men caught
a man who a hort time ago had
robbed Joe Davis, at Glenraary,
Tenn., of $1,000. They shot him
and placed his body on the railroad
where it was horribly mangled. It
was discovered by accident to-day
how the man met his fate.
I 1ST OFOArSES Tor trial at Scptemtn'r Term
j lusi, oficnina Monday Spt. J'A 1-VL
('has. Zimmerman v. The Twp. of Onemangh.
S. J. Cover's A'luir. vs. Snmu.-l Mlshlur.
Thomas Hrppelwhire vs. Swele ln.n C1 Co.
Joeiah M. liny ve. John William, et a I.
Sarah Kinzlcf v. .Matthias" Bowman.
Simon P. Sweiuer vs. Same.
Pearson Llir vs. S- rrneret k Oamhria R. R.
AUii-rt V.. Fyan v. fiitharine Walker et uU
M. E. Dunham vn. John Alelp.
Jaeoh P. .Miller v. Win. H. Zurall.
Silao Jenkins an. I wifi; vs. o. Plresfune.
Kacliael Fleegle vs. Samuel J. Fleeale.
Pnitty's Olli.-e. S. H. TkENT.
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE
Estate of Henry Marts, dee'd, aie of Southamp
ton Township, Somerset County, Pa,
Letters of Administration 00 the above estate
having been granted to the andersiifned by the
priixr authority, notice Is hereby given to all
persons Indebted to said estate to make immedi
ate payment, and those bavins; claims against the
same will present them duly authenticated fur
etllement on Saturday, September 'Ac, lam, at ths
lata residence of ths deceased.
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aug-3. Administratrix.
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