The Somerset -Herald.!
EDWAED SCULL, Editor sod Proprietor.
WEDNESDAY.-, October St, 1884.
RSPDBLICAN NOUATMS.
NATIONAL.
roK rajtsibgirT,
HON. JAKES O. BLAINE, of Maine.
TO VI ("g rBCBIDETT,
GEN. JOHN A. LOO AN, f Illinois.
STATE.
nwimuiawioi,
QEN. E. A. OSBORNE, of Laiern.
KLCCTOU-AT-LABCS.
WllUam Lilly, of Csrhon.
Jann-s lotson. of Philadelphia.
Calvin Weill, o Pittsburgh.
DISTRICT ELK-TOR.
1. Edwin S. Stuart. 15. Jos. T. Jennys.
X. John MundeU. M. Jos. A. Lge.
. Wm J. McLaughlin. IT Jo. B. Hlleman.
4. Edmd L. Ley 1- K. F. JUTikln.
a. Ju. B. Alleuius. 1. Thomas B. ISryson.
. BortM A. Beale. . Wm. P. Duncan.
7. Altred Fackentball. L Wm. J. Hitchman.
a. Isaac MrHuw. rto. T. Oliver.
. J. P. WMcers ham. iO. Joeiab Oohen.
10. Sam. B. Thatcher. S4. Michael Weyand.
11. Jubn S.-aboidt Jr. . Cba A. Randall.
12. Daniel Edwards. . Cyrus Kitchen.
Is. P. W. Shealer. K. Luman B. Wood.
14. Lane S. Han.
COirNTY.
FOR OOWiREM,
JACOB X. CAMPBELL, of Cambria Conoty.
roB AUEaULT,
ANDREW J. COLBOKN, of Somerset Eor.
WILLIAM S. MORGAN, of Jcmier Twp.
POR PROTHOXOTARr,
NORMAN U.CEITCHFIELD, of Jenncr Tvrp.
POR EHERIPP,
JOHN WINTERS, o! Somerset Twp.
FOR BJ3G1PTER AXD RECORDER.
CHARLES C. SHAFE15. orSomrr-ct Eor.
POR TKEAffBEH,
CYKVS C. SC1IK H'K, of Somerset Twp.
POR CO IfSICNKTlS,
PETER DCMBAULD. of Millord Twp.
ADAM C. LEPLEY. of Elklir a Twp.,
POR POOR HOISE DIRETTOR.
JOS1AH ANKEXY, ol Somerset Twp.
tor oonrrr ariMTocg,
JACOB K. BOWMAN, of Somerset Twp
JOSEPH W. MEYERS, of Milford Twp.
Keep tbe rascals out.
The Tariff was '-felt in Ohio."
Frank Hurd beard something
arop.
Ohio cooked
goose.
the Democratic
Ohio announces
Blaine and Logan.
the election of
Who put that dynamite under
the Ohio Democracy ?
The people generally believe that
the rascals must stay out.
Protection to home industry,was
the battle cry in Ohio keep it up.
The Ohio Germans declined to
trade their votes for a glass f lager.
The Democratic press always
elect their President prior to Novem
ber. The people of Ohio believe in
Protection,and trust the Republican
party.
The Democratic party is very
hungry, but it must fast four years
longer.
For a "doubtful state" Ohio has
spoken up very pertly lor Elaine and
Logan.
It's the old old story with the
Democrats. We're beaten; you
cheated.
The Democratic papers are now
damning the "treacherouB Germans"
of Ohio.
The tariff was the rock on which
the Democratic ship struck in the
Ohio seas.
. -How.they
do squirm. "We never
counted on Ohio." "Cleveland can
win without it."
The Republicans of West Virgin
ia made a splendid fight, but were
downed, of course.
Ohio has voiced the popular senti
ment, loud and clear. Its signifi
cance cannot be mistaken.
The people have commenced a
horizantal reduction of the Demo
cratic free traders in Congress.
The Buckeyes fought their cam
paign on its merits. Side issues will
be attended to some other day.
The fellows who 6ay the tariff
is not an issue in this campaign,
were slightly mistaken as to Ohio.
The English free traders arranged
for full dispatches of the Ohio elec
tion. Wonder how they liked them ?
Would Mr. Cleveland now take
the trouble to inform the public
what hie views are regarding the
tariff?
The Republicans have won the
Gettysburg of the war. Now is the
time,as Phil. Sheridan 6aid,to"push
things."
A pretty little fight has broken
out among the Democratic leaders
as to who is responsible for the lost
of Ohio. Pile in boys !
Having cleared up Ohio.the Dem
ocrats ar? shouting "now for Indi
ana and New York." The same
good luck to you, gentlemen !
Democrats dared Mr. Blaine to
visit the mining regions of Ohio and
he went, and the miners 6eem rath
er to have taken a fancy to him.
The Democrats "never expected
to tarry Ohio," "don't need it" and
"will elect Cleveland without it"
That's the way the cat now jumps.
Frank Hcm, the Democratic free-
trade champion of Ohio ran 2000
behioJ his ticket, and was beaten
for Congress by a majority of 1P9
votes.
Do the Democrats remember
what became of tbe fellow who re
marked to Noah that it wasn't much
of a shower ? He was never heard
of afterwards.
Every candidate on the Republi
can ticket is entitled to every Re
publican vote in the county.
They are talking over in little
Blair about equalling 'Somerset's
majority for General Campbell We
dare them to do itl
Enfield is good looking, but he
can't come in. Not this time per
haps some other time, when the
swallows homeward fly.
The Democrats are taking conso
lation from the belief that anyhow,
Texas can be confidently counted on
to vote for Cleveland in November.
Ohio swings around from a Con
gressional delegation of fifteen Dem
ocrats and six republicans, to one
of eleven Democrats and ten Repub
licans. Read the address of the Republi
can National Committee w hich will
be found on this page of the Herald.
It is.mighty good reading for ardent
Republicans.
There is nothing funnier than "a
beaten Democrat, and they were
never half so funny as just now, at
tempting to show that the result in
Ohio gives them a lift towards suc
cess in November.
As usual Democratic editors are
attempting to prove that their par
ty is largely made up of infernal
scoundrels, by the allegation that
they were bought in Ohie, to vote
the Republican ticket.
The Republican gain of 800 in
Dayton Ohio is mainly due to the
vote from the Soldier s Home. This
6hows what may be expectfd when
the old veterans all over the North
get a chance to vote for General Lo
gan. The total vote of Ohio at the re
cent election was about 7S'),000, or
over 0,000 in evcess of any vote
ever cast at a State election, and 55,
000 more than was cast at the last
Presidential election in that
State.
Senator Barnl m Chairman of the
Democratic National Committee and
Chairman Ilensel, chairman of the
Pennsylvania Democratic Commit
tee, have published congratulatory
addresses on the result of last week's
elections. What an ignorant, illit
erate, mush-headed set of fellows
they must hold their followers to be.
Now that the smoke ir clearing
away from the battle fields in Ohio
and West Virginia, the true results
are becoming more discernible.
Notwithstanding the brag and blus
ter ol the Democratic press, and its
persistent efforts to misrepresent
and conceal the facts.it is now shown
by the official returns, so far as re
ceived, that in Ohio the Republicans
have elected General Itobinson,their
candidate for Secretary of State, by
a plurality of nearly 12,000, and
Judge Johnson, for Supreme Court,
by 15,450. Flickinger for Member of
the Board of Public Works has 17,
475, while on the Congressional vote
the real test the majority is 1S,-
41S. The falling off in the vote for
Robinson and Johnson is due chiefly
to the bitter assault made upon them
by the liquor dealers. It is but fair
therefore to take the Congressional
vote, into which National issues
largely entered, as the test, and a3
everyone knows, the Democrats had
staked their all upon the issue of
this battle, therefore the defeat,is for
them, a Waterloo. Last year they
elected their Governor by a majority
of 12,000 ; now the Republicans car
ry the State by 18,000, which shows
a gain of 30,000, and proves the mag
nitude of the Republican victory.
In West Virginia, notwithstand
ing the persistent claim of 12,0J0
majority by the Democrats, the re
turns so far received, show that it
will r.ot exceed 3,000, which, taken
in connection with the fact that in
1SS0 Hancock had a plurality of over
11,000, shows that in the November
content the State is still debatable.
The desperation of the Democrats is
fully shown by the further fact that,
they haye put forth the claim that
they have carried every congression
al district in the State, when in truth
the Congressional election does not
come off until November, and then
the Republicans expect to gain. In
short, no amount of mendacious ly
ing and misrepresentation can con
ceal the fact that, both in Ohio and
West Virginia, the Republicans have
gained substantial and gratifying
victories.
From all sections of the conuty
we have the mot-t cheering assuran
ces of Republican alertness, and
preparation for the coming contest,
and everything indicates an old-time
Republican majority. We are glad
to note this, and urge our friends to
uacccij caciiiuu w bb uuv 4 lull
vote. The !aggards,and the stay-at-home.oh-you-havt-enough-without-me
voters, should be wrestled with
and urged to come out The Demo
crats are making a still hunt, and as
usual will have their entire vote at
the polls. The feling that Pennsyl
vania is safe for the National candi
dates by a tremendous majority ,and
that a few absentees will scarcely be
noted should not be permitted to in
fluence a sinele sound Republican.
Th larger the majority, the more
emphatic the verdict. We want
General Osborne and General Camp.
bell,our two candidates for Congress,
to have rousing majorities. Their
votes will be needed to help 6hape
legislation for the new Administra
tion, and to EUstain Protection to
,our bome industries, against the
free traders whom the Democracy
wm reiuru 10 congress, ana meyjtuat in a gevere thunder storm
should receive such decided majori-i which passed oyer the city early
ties as will emphasize the position this morning, Mrs. William Grace
of the Republicans of this district Dd n,.uPkliown were kilIed
, , i by the ligntning. The former was
on the question in which every la-j kfUed whbU(J WJfiUrjg onder a large
boring man is so vitally interested, tree, and the latter while out alone
With the State to apportion into 'on a piece of bare prairie.
n i - r j !.!
Congressional and Legislative dis
tricts, and a United States Senator
to be chosen, there is not the slight
est fear of our candidates for the
Assembly being overlooked, but it is
due to them that their faithful per
formance of duty at the two last
eessions, should be recognized and
endorsed by the full and solid vote
of the party.
The county ticket culled by the
voters themselves, from an array of
good and true men should have
their special care. They owe it to
their own sense of justice and man
liness to see that it is sustained and
elected by a full vote, and that no
sores are created to mar the harmony
of the party in the hereafter. The
times and the people are ripe for a
good old fashioned majority. Let
us resolve that no one guest at the
feast shall fare better than the
others.
The Republicans of Ohio have
won a notable battle. They have
wrested victory from the most deter
mined opposition they ever encoun
tered. Last year the Democrats
elected Hoadly Governor by a ma
jority of 12,000. This year the re
sult is reversed, and the Republicans
triumph by nearly the same ma
jority. A change ot 24.00U votes is
a fact too significant not to be un
derstood. The Republicans might
have lost the State in October and
reclaimed it in November, but the
lor3 of it to the Democracy is irre
mediable. The result in the Con
gressional districts is the most telling
blow. It proves that protection to
American industry is the settled
doctrine of the country for at least
four more years, and it scatters to
the winds the free trade policy ,which
the Democratic party in Congress,
has for the past two years been try
ing to fasten upon the country.
The National ticket is many thous
ands stronger in Ohio, than was the
State ticket just elected, and the full
sweep of the Republican strength
will now be shown in the vote for
Blaine and Logan in November.
The result in Ohio has possibly not
determined the Presidential struggle,
but it shows the Republicans that
they are sure to win if they put forth
the proper effort. The battle is now
transferred to Indiana, New York
and New Jersey, and if our party
friends in those States make as able a
fight as was made in Ohio.there can
be no longer any doubt of Republi
can success along the whole line.
Have to Slop Where Moses Did.
One of the orators at a Democratic
ratification meeting in New York, a
few nights ago, congratulated his
hearers that they were "in eicht of
the promised land." Undoubtedly
thev are. So was Moses on one oc-
casion. uut .noses aian i gei mere,
and neither will the Democrats."
iJrmocrnt (Hep.).
In Ohio, on the 14th inst., of
Bright's disease, the Cleveland
canvass.
Hark, from the tomb a mournful south,
Tis Winfield Hancock's cry,
" Come, Grover, come and see the ground
Where vou must shortly lie."
Carl Schurz is requested not to send
flowers.
Tbe Electoral Vote.
The splendid Republican victory
in Ohio gives a a clear forecast of
the Presidential election. The Elec
toral College consists of 401 votes,
and it requires 201 to elect. The
result in Ohio i3 conclusive that
the following States may be safely
set down for Blaine and Logan :
California
Colorado
( onncoUcuL...
Illinois.
India oa. .......
Iowa
Kansas... .....
Maine
Massacku sett
Michigan......
Minnesota
Nebraska.
. t Nevada
. 8 New Hampshire
. 0 New York
. a Ohio
. l'i Ciregon ..........
. 13 Pennsylvania....,
.. 9 Rhude Inland
. o Vermont
. 14 WlDOOOiiD.
. 13
. T 239
. e
This gives Blaine 38 votes more
than enough to elect We have
not included New Jersey in the list,
though we helieve her vote will be
cast lor Blaine. We prefer in the
calculation to err on the safe side.
The 9 votes of New Jersey added to
the Blaine column would raise it
to 248.
No State is included in the table
about which there is any reasonable
doubt New York is prctically as
certain for Blaine as Pennsylvania.
There was uncertainty at first; but
the Democratic disruption in New
York City and the overwhelming
sentiment ior Blaine in the interior
make the State secure. Yet New
York might be lost and Blaine still
be elected. Counting out both New
York and New Jersey, he would
hav 203 votes. If he carries. New
York he can spare Indiana, but In
diana will go with Ohio.
Mr. Arthur's Cabinet.
Washington. D. C. Oct 16. The
remaining days of the campaign
promise to become very exciting.
Mr. Arthur's" Cabinet will probably
play an important part in the can
vass. Secretaay Gresham is mak
ing arrangements to leave here this
week for Indiana. He will stump
the Hoosier State for Blaine and
I Logan. There is no doubt in Mr.
of Mr. Blaine and he is confident
of Republican success in Indiana.
Secretary Lincoln has already an
nounced his intention of going on
the stump for tbe Republican ticket
He expects to leave here next week
for Illinois, and is billed to speak
in both Illinois and Wisconsin. Mr.
Chandler will take an active part in
the New York fight, and Mr. Ilatton
promises to help Mr. Mahone look
after Virginia.
This would hardly indicate that
the present Administration was in
different to Republican succee, but
Republican leaders say tkey do not
object to the Democrats getting all
the comfort they can out of it It
is said here that Mr. Blaine, after his
return from the West, will remain in
New York in personal charge of his
canvass until after the election
next month.
Killed by Lightning)
Chicago, October 16. A dispatch
tn Thf r)nil'j AVicil fmm Jnliet. Rv
; -
Wl 1 LAUGH.
M' it
OHIO BDEEMED.
THE
STATE REPUBLICAN
18,000.
BY
FOUR CONGRESSMEN GAINED.
Seduced Eemccratic- Majority
West Virginia.
in
THERE'S
VICTORY
AIR.
IN THE
Columbus, Oct 17. Almost com
plete returns are. in from the official
counts by county clerks of the vote
on Tuesday last. From these and
semi-official sources the pluralities
for the Republican candidates on the
state ticket are determined as fol
lows :
James S. Robinson, secretary of statc-ll,".!!
V. V. Johnson, supreme court judpe.l",4.50
(.'. A. FiickiiiRer, board of puhlic works 17,47t
The Republican majority on the
vote cast for congressmen is 18.41S.
The following are the estimates by
districts :
RKMBLICANS.
District. Maj.
I. I!enj. I5ultcrworth... ...l.Vto
II. Charles K. Brown.... JV'
VIII. John S. Little TVrfl
IX. V. crCoopcr ...l :
X. Jacob Komeig. .'WJ
XII. A. C. Thompson.... ..2VO
XIV. C. II. tirosvenor ......... . A0
XVIII. I. JI.Tavlor 5M
XIX. K. R. Tavlor
XX. William McKiuley i"12
1E.M(V'BATIC.
District. Maj.
III. James E. Campbell 'i'-'i
IV. C. M. Anderson ..
V. Ren I.e Kevie- ....;1KJ
VI. W. D Hill 2700
VII. fieonre F. Scney i'JOl)
XI. AV. V. Kllsberry 63)
XIII. J. H. Outhtvaite S250
XV. R. Wilkens 01
XVI. (i. W. tieildes-
XVII. A.J. Warner JiO
XXI. M. A. Koran.. ..1!10
The head of the Republican state
ticket is said to hav been largely
traded off. The prohibition vote
will be from 8,000 to 10,000 and the
Greenback-Labor vote about 2,000
with a total vote of over 7o0,000 in
the state.
Cglumhus October 17. The official
vote counted by the county clerks
to-day from sixty counties and semi
official from the other twenty-eight
counties give Robinson for secreta
ry of state 11,1121, and Flickintrer,
for board of public works, 17,470.
The semi-official returns do not re
port on the other Republican candi
dates, but with sixty counties the
plurality of Johnson, for supreme
judge, is estimatedat between 15,000
and 16,000. The total vote or ma
jorities by congressional districts
cannot be given, but the vote by
counties on congressmen shows 58,
541 Republican majorities and 40,
126 Democratic. The net Republi
can majority on the congressional
vote is 18,418.
WHAT WEST VIRGINIA FIGURES SHOW.
Wheeling, Oct 16. There is
little change in the situation to-day,
the Democratic majority etill ling
ering near 3,000. The Republicans
are happy over their magnificent
gains, both in the State at large and
in the Legislature. In 1880 the
Democrats polled 27,031 votes and
the Republicans 40.243. On Tues
day the Republicans polled 73,000
and the Democrats 70,000 votes. In
other words, the Democratic vote
increased 18,000 and the Republi
can vote over 20,000, which gives a
Republican net gain of S,000. One
of the most interesting features of
the election is the fact that in those
counties where the ex-Confederate
soldiers are most numerous the Re
publican gain is largest. In Randolph,
where the first rebel company of the
State was raised, the gain is 500. In
Barbour, where the first land battle
of the war was fought, the gain is
200 In Kanawha, Fayette, Putnam I gainbe interruPted by the strug
and Lincoln counties, where Jenk- g!es 0f0b.itlet) theories, and toreign
ins, me rt?yei guerilla, was recen eu
and feasted,
the
In
gains are in the ,
thousands.
"Stonewall"
gain is 200.
Harrison county,
Jackson's home, the
The Next House.
Washington, Oct., 17. The large
gain of Republican Congressmen in
Ohio has greatly inspired Republi
can leaders with the hope that a vig
orous fight in the other States will
result in enough changes to give the
party control of the next House of
Representatives. The Senate is safe
ly Republican, and a change of
thirty-three members insures the
House also and one-fifth of this has
been accomplished in Ohio alone.
There is a strong probability of a
gain of at least ten Congressmen in
the South, according to advices re
ceived by the Congressional Com
mittee, and the other gains to insure
control of the House must be made
in the North. According to the fig
uring here there are now thirty dis
tricts classed as doubtful which
with proper management can be)
wrested away from the Democrats
in November.
rdered mm Kobbe4
PrrrsBURG, Oct 16. The body of
Samuel Edwards, a mill engineer
employed in Allegheny, was found
in the river yesterday near one of
the bridges which connect the two
cities. His face was swollen aqd a
deep indentation in the back of hj?
head, unlike a wound that would
haye been caused by a fall,
aroused the suspician that
he had been murdered and bis body
placed in the river to coocual the
crime. This opinion was confirmed
when tbe body was identified by
Edwards's relatives. His shoes, coat
and vest weie not the same as those
worn when he left home last evening
and a valuable watch and chain ana
a considerable sum of money which
he was known to haye taken with him
were missing. Edwards wusnot a drin- j
kin gman and friends who were with i
him in the early part of the evenin say pieces, the plastering torn from the
that he was perfectly sober' when he j ceiling and even some of the upstairs
was last seen. The authorities arerpwalls were cracked. If care is exer
certain that he was murdered and cised in the use of natural gas there
robbed. ' will be no accidents.
A CALL TO VICTORY.
ADDRESS BY THE REPUBLI
CAN NATIONAL EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE..
October Elections Indicate Sue
cess for the Republicans in No
vember.
To
the Republican
Country :
Vofrrs of the
Nkw York, October 18 The Re
publican National Committee hails
in the glorious victories already won
a sure omen of the greater victory
that is close at hand. Vermont is
is etill the star that never sets.
Maine, captured in 1SS0, rebukes
slander by a plurality of 20,000, a
gain of 13 per cent of its entire vote.
West Virginia, in place of 11,000
plurality for Hancock, now falls be
low 3,000. a Republican gain of 7 per
ceBt, which kindles hope that the
153 votes of a solid South may be
broken in November. But the result
in Ohio is a revolution and a proph
ecy. Only a year- ago Democratic;
by 12.000," and'two years ago by 19,
plurality, Ohio now gives 12,000
plurality for the lowest Republican
state candidate, and on National is
sues 18,000 for the Republican Con
gressmen. Holding the state and
local offices and tbe whole machi
nery of elections, the Democrats
scattered corruption money with lav
ish hand, colonized voters, imported
prolessional repeaters, and in spite
of the most strenuous efforts to en
force the law against them cadi ma
ny thousand fraudulent votes.
STAKED ALL ON OHIO.
Because of this power they had
chosen to stake all upon that State,
declared that it would foreshadow
the result in November and were
strangely certain of success. They
filled the air with slanders. Local
issues led many voters to disregard
Nation questions. Against mich
odds the magnificent victory is a
prophecy of 40,000 plurality for
Blaine and Logan in November.
With the ratio of gain in other States
it shadows an increase of , 00,000 in
the Republican National vote, and
tue largest popular maiority ever
eivtn to anv candidate. These vic
tories show the determination of the
people that, as Lincoln, Grant and
tiariielU were slandered in vain, so
the foremost ftatesmau of to-day
slir.ll not be driven from the peopled
work by the tongue of malice.
They show that the Republican par
ty, which was the first to resist and
uproot the dogma of "perpetual al
legiance" to a foreign power, is chos
en by the Nation to defend ail rights
of American citizens abroad. They
show that so long as tbe Democratic
party rests all hope of success upon a
denial of free suffragu in Southern
States, it will ask in vain the confi
dence of any State when a fre vote
is recorded by an honest count.
WILL NOT ABAMKIS PROTECTION'.
They show that the people will
not abandon the protection of
American industry tinder which the
country hps gained in all its previous
history the protection of American
labor, which has lifted wages 02 per
cent, higher here than in hngland.
The people see what stagnation a
Democratic "first step toward free
trade" has caused within the past
year. Nine months ago, flushed
with victory and boasting of certain
success, the Democratic party made
no secret of its blind adherence to
British theories ol free trade. Now
neither a deceitful platform
nor a dumb candidate
avails to check the stampede
from that party, for its voters know
that protection lias made the rewards
of labor greater here than in an)'
other land on earth.
The National Committee appeals
to the Kople to make the victory
decisive. It is no time for overcon
fidence, . for neglect of any proper
effort Bare success i not enough.
It is time to put an end to the agita
tion by which the Democratic party
prostrates business every four
years.
TUT AN END
to the hope that the Nation can le
ruled by shot guns in sixteen States
and frauds in two; put an end to the
vilification of the foremost champi
ons of American ideas by men who
do not dare to meet vital issues ot a
National policy. Make the princi
ples proclaimed by our matchless
leader " Peace with the world, com
mercial expansion in every practi
cable direction, encouragement of
every form of American industry,
protection to every citizen, native or
naturalized, at home and abroad "
triumphant, that the splendid pros
perity which they promote shall not
contjnent The grandest part of the
grandest history ever made by any
nation is the work ot the Republi
cans of the Nation to carry forward
the work which you and your fathers
have begun, and to which so many
brave and faithful men have given
j precious lives, that government of
IfliA TiontiTo litr fie n.nriti fiir the
...U Jill. ...u - f . , " - - " ...v
people, shall be maintained in the
land.
B. F. Jones. Chairman. .
Samuel Fessesden, Secretary.
Remarkable Weather in (be South.
Columbia, S. C, Oct, 17. From
many portions of upper South Car
olina come reports ol a very unprec
edented drouth, in consequence of
which the water sources are
and the effects cn vegetation are be
ing seriously felt. In some local
ities no rain has fallen in eight
weeks. ' The temperature is remark
bbly warm for this season, in conse
quence of which cotton is opening
more rapidly than the planters cau
gather it Several hrge streams
i have dried up and a numberof mills
j have been forced to shut down for
! want of water. Teach and anple
I trees are in bloom again, and an
j apple orchard in Lancaster County
haB produced three crops of fruit
Uhi3 year. Altogether the season is
the most remarkable one ever known
in South Carolina.
Xattiral Gaa Explode.
Washixgtox, Pa., October 17
An explosion from natural gas oc
curred List evening, At the residence
of Wm. Kidd pipes had been laid
into the cellar, with a basement
kitchen. The workmen had either
left the plug out or improperly placed
it in the pipe. A lantern on the
kitchen table ignited the escaping,
gas, which caused a terrific explo-
sion
A grate in the cellar window
was hurled across the pavement to
the street ; a board partition between
cellar and kitchen was blown to
What It fil ean.
It was to bo expected that the
Democrats would try to hide the
meaning of the great victory in Ohio.
They need sympathy. Last year
they captured Ohio upon the largest
vote ; ever cast in a State election.
They took pains everywhere to pro
claim that this victerr was on Na
tional issues ; that it was evidence
of a great uprising of the people for
a change ; that the StatB had been
permanently transferred to the Dem
ocratic column, and that no Repub
lican candidate could wrest it from
the exceedingly enterprising and
scrupulous "young Democrats" who
had bought an election for Gover
nor Hoadly. Naturally it was
thought wise to make the decisive
struggle for Cleveland in this most
promising field, for the Democratic
party had drawn to itself there, as
Governor Hoadly boasted, thous
ands of colored men": and Germans
there had "left the Republican par
ty forever." The miners there were
out of work, and were certain to
charge all their sufferings to the Re
publican party. And there, under
the shelter of a Democratic Gover
nor, and Democratic Mayors and
policemeu, the trained Democratic
repeaters of Maryland, Kentucky,
Indiana. St Louis and Chicago
could all be concentrated.
It was a good scheme. It was
tried with desperate energy, unlim
ited cash, and an organization which
the Democrats were boasting, three
days ago. was the mot jwrir. I ever!mut vote once more for the good
seen in the country. ' orj old party that saved the Union.'
Hoadly had 12,C2V p . tj His strength seemed to return,
year. This year the Democrat are i and to the surprise of his physician
beaten by 18,000 : a chance of near
ly 30,000 against them in a f ingle
year. And yet they are bragging of
gains, and pretending to oe conn
dent of success elsewhere.
If the readers of Democratic jour
nals find it comforting to be deceiv-
ted in that fashion we have no objec
tion; it doe3 not hurt us, and pos
sibly makes them feel better. The
facts remain the same. On its de
libtrately chosen field, where it had
gained more than anywhere else in
the country, where it had more hope
of retaining any honest gains and
more chance of grinding out fraudu
lent majorities to order than any
where else, the Democratic party
has been beaten, and so beaten that
the Republican majority is nearly
as large as it was four year3 ago.
Then it elected Garfield, and had
Garfield's enormous popularity in
Ohio to help in the State election.
ithout that aid, excepting as Mr.
Blaine's relations with the martyred
President gave him public confi
dence and the atlection ot the peo
ple, the Republican party shows its
old strength unbroken and undimin
ished even in Garfield's State. With
anything like a similar strength in
other States, it is certain to sweep
the North and elect its candidate.
If the Democratic journals can ex
tract any sunbeams of consolation
from this particular cucumber, they
are welcome. Ane J lnimue.
Mr Ulalne In Indiana.
Soi th Bend, Ind., October
At a little past 3 oVlock the
arrived at South Bend.
IS.
train
The
city was thronged, the workshops
and many business houses were
closed and the day was devoted to
politics. In the forenoon there had
been a great trade3 procession, the
afternoon was to be devoted to the
Blaine reception, in the evening
there was to be a torchlight proces
sion. Mr. Blainft was escorted
through all the principal streets by
a large body of Plumed Knights, and
there was a continuous line of deco
rated houses and a continuous crowd
along the whole route. It was about
half-past 5 when , the procession
reached the stand erected near the
courthouse.
The two Michigan Senators, Con
ger and Palmer, were first intro
duced. After they had given some
account of the tour through Michi
gan, Hon. Marven Capbell.the Presi-
lent of the day. introdueed Mr.
Blaine, who was enthusiastically
cheered. When order was restored
he spoke at some length on the tariff
as the great issue in the campaign,
arguing that the maintenance of the
protective policy was of far greater
importance to the workingmen than
to any other class in the community.
In the same connection he warned
the workingmen that their labor un
ions would be powerless to protect
them against the competition of the
v.orld if the pretective tariff were
abolished.
Mr. Blaice was driven to the house
of Mr. Clem Stndebaker, who-;e guest
he will be until Monday. Later in
the evening he reviewed a very large
torchlight procession.
A Singular Conspiracy.
New Orleans, October 15. A
deputy sheriff, Robt-rt T. Snipes, and
the telegraph operator at Ellisville,
Miss., Jacob George, liberated a col
ored prisoner from the county jail no
Saturday, with the understanding
that he wa3 to murder a drusgist
named Dr. Schumaker. The negro
attempt to carry out his part of the
contract He called Dr. Schumoker
to his door and shot him, inflicting
a dangerous wound. Snipes and
George organized a crowd and pur
sued the negro. The man was run
down, shot and desperately wound
ed. Preparations were being made
to finish him. when he told the cir
cumstances of his release and his
contract with Snipes and George
The latter two succeeded insetting
away before the confession of their
wounded accomplice was made, and
came to this city.
BspreaaTrala Ditched mm Baraetf.
Gkek.n Castle, Ikd., Oct 18. The
Chicarro express on the Louisville,
New Albany and Chicago Railway,
consisting of baggage, express, two
passenger coaches, and a sleeper,
struck a defective rail at 2.40 o'clock
this morning about five miles south
of this city. The entire train was
ditched except the sleeper. The
engineer, fireman, and baggage mas
ter were seriously injured. The pas
sengers sustained noninjuries save
bruises The train immediately
took fire, and all the cars, including
the sleeper, were consumed, the pas
sengers in the sleeper only savine
what tl.ey had on their persons. The
damage to the engine, cars burned,
and incidental losses aggregate 130.-
000.
Lynched
lor Klnpmjj 'with A author
. Man Wife.
Littuc Rock, Ark., Oct 18. Mrs
Isabell arrived here last night in a
here last night in i
and riliirht nnrl
tells a tragic elope-
inetit etorv. Her husband, she savs.
is John Isabell and resides in Austin
She fell in love with another man,
and eloped with him, taking her
husband's team of horses. On the
road they were overtaken by five
men who hanged her companion to
a tree and set her adrift, after sei zing
the horses and all her baggage.
Ills Last Vote.
Cincinnati, O., Oct 16. Capt W.
W. McColgin, for years connected
with tbe Brorawell Brush and Man-
ufacturicg Company on Walnut
street, died Tuesday under peculiar
circumstanoes. He was one of the
first to enlist at the call of President;
Lincoln in 1861, and served until i
the close of the war, a tn e, loyal j
and gallant soldier. For the past
four months Captain McColgin has ;
been an invalid suffering with heart j
trouble, compelled to leave business
and was confined to his house, most
of the time to his bed. He knew
that recovery was impossible, but
ebeerfully and bravely resigned him
self to his fate. During the past
three months though feeble and suf
fering great pain, he took the deep
est interest in the political campaign.
On Monday the sick soldier was
very low, and it was evident to his
friends that the end was near. When
his physician called on election day
(Tuesday morning;, Captain Mc
Colgin, weak though he was, with
tbe hand of death already upon him
by an effort that was almost super
human, raised himselt irom the pu
low and said :
Doctor, l muct vote once more
before I die."
"No," said the physician, "you
are dying now. You cannot possi
bly vote ; it is madness to think
it.;;
"But I will," said the sick man
I know I am dying; but, doctor, I
and friends he nerved himself by
power that was not natural, was
dressed, and by the doctor was tak
en to the polls and cast his vote.
Returning home reaction took place,
and as they placed him in his bed,
with these words on his lips, "Doe
tor, I voted once more ; and for the
last tioje, I voted as I shot." the
spirit of the brave and loyal McCol
gin passed away and the troubled
body was at rest. His funeral took
place to-day, George II. Thomas
Post, G. A. R., attending in a body.
Blaine in Michigan.
Grand Rapids, Mich., Oct. 15.
Mr. Blaine had a long ride to-day
through the central portion of this
state. He is resting to-day in the
metropolis of the Western part of
the state. The day has been i very
tiresome one on account of the length
of the ride, from 6 this morning un
til half past 7 this evening, following
the brief rest Mr. Blaine was able
to get alter sitting up so lute last
night for election return. He made
twenty-seven brief talks today.
They were confined to allusions to
the tariff issue. Ohio had decided
to sustain the protective tariff.
Would Michigan dj the same?
From the cries "It will" by the
crowds there can be no doubt about
the result. The Michigan rnana-,
gers, who were in the car with Mr.
Blaine said that they were certain
of carrying the state by 30,000, and
that an entire delegation of Repub
lican Congressmen would be elected.
General John C. Fremont was upon
the special train to-day, and shared
in a measure the welcome given to
Mr. Blaine.
The crowds to day along the line
of Mr. Blaine's route were much
quieter than the Ohio people. They
sutrsest in their quiet earnestness
the gravity of New England polit
ical audiencef, but beyond Lansing
the character of the audiences took
oil much more an air of enthusiasm.
The latter part of the day the train
ran through a section of exhausted
lumber country, half burned over,
which is only beginning to be devel
oped for agricultural purposes.
In these thmlv settled regions people
gathered in crowds utterly out of
proportions to the locality. He re
tired to his room soon after his ar
rival and went to bed, as he is to
start out at 8 A. M. to morrow from
Saginaw.
Chinese Women iiefuei a Landing.
Washi.w.toxg. D. C.,0ct. IS The
Treasury Department has just de
cided an important question arising
out of the Chinese restriction act
The Presbyterian Board of Foreign
Missions shipped at Canton two
converted Chinese women with the
intention of installing thera as teach
ers in the Home Mission at San
Francisco. Upon their arrival it
was found that they were not pro
vided with the certificate required
by Jaw and the Department was
applied to for instructions. The
Coiltctor of Customs has been noti
fied noi to permit them to land and
to see that they return to China.
Xew Jersey In Line.
Newark, N. J..0ct. 11. The Re
publicans enrry Newark by 1GO0 ma
jority, a gain ol .UOJ trom last year.
They get controi of the City Council
and Board of Education, and elect
9 of the 15 freeholders. The victory
assures a big majority for Blaine in
November.
0E
PHANS' COURT SALE
OF-
YalflaWeBeal Estate.
:o: -
iT virtu of an onler of aale U?aed not of the
) Orphan' Court or Somerset County, Pa., to
tbe tuderiirnl, there will b exporeij totals bj
public outcry at Shunitsvillf, Somerset County,
Pa., oil
SATURDAY, NOV. 15, 1SS4,
at 1 o'clock r. , the follow inr described Real
Emate. sltu.ite in Stonycrcek Townnhlp, Somer
fct County, fa., late the property ol Joseph
Suyder. den'd. adjoinlnir land ol Jacob Snviler,
Michael Snyder. Harriet ftnyder, Martin hran.
Edward MoMollcr. Levi J. Look nd Simji)!
Zorfoj'i esta'e, containing t&i acres and allow
ance, more or lesa, having thereon created a voud
I-oir House. Lor Rant, and other outhalMliurs ;
lei acres cleared ami In a good stnte of cultiva
tion, ii acre In meadow, and the balance well
Umbered. The entire tract Is anderlaf with
COM, LIMESTONE A!JD OTHER HHERALS,
Drlnr
of never-failina; water at tha hoo.e ; also a well,
and the entire larm has plenty of water There
are two good orchards on the place. This in a
valuable projierty, situate one and one-hiUf miles
Northwest ol the village of Shaaksvllle, conven
ient to rburcbes and scbxils, and in every way a
desirable home.
One-third, after payment of debts and expenses,
of the w.hole of the purchase money to remain a
lien on thepropertv to secure tbe wldow'sdowsr,
tbe interest ol which Is annually to be paid lo
Harriet Snyder, widow of Joseph Snyder, see'd.
and after ber death the principle sum to tbe heirs
and tacal representatives of aald Joseph Knyder.
dee d One-third on tha 1st f April 88a and
one-third on the 1st day of April, lfed, without
interest, ten per cvat. of the whole pan-hasa
money to he paid on the day of sale. iMerrati
payments to b secured by luJxment bond. ioa.
j session given Deo, 1, 1KR4
. V1.1D L ...... u T, JTM U VVllfD
Auctioneer. Trustee.
: Salary H ExDenses
PAID reliable and enenretk) men to sell Trees
V Ines, Shrubs, Roses, etc , grown In the Hooker
Nurseries. Established Its Vnd lor Torres.
II. B. HOOKER 'OJirAT.
seplO'im. aoeketter, . T.
STEAM ENGINES
pan.
Hoisting engines ana jsacninery a specialty
Second-hand Engine and Boilers oa hand. SeaJ
for Stock List. THOMAS C A KLIN,
nayU-eow. Allegheny City, Pa,
TO THE
'
!
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SOMERSET COUNTY AND VICINj
Honest Representation, Squaro Dealing and Low f.
have built up for us a most extensive business. This ev
business enables us to buy in immense quantities, d;roc.
the largest and most reliable manufacturers in the Po
land, buying for Cash only, secures us bargains unprect-
We therefore say without hesitation or fear of contrail;.
that we sell CHEAP Ell than a tit other ht
in Johnstown, and as CHEAP as the t.
CSt in the State, We congratulate ourselves on kr,,
that our most carefully selected stock for this si.,:
- j
!
of.
bought with much shrewdness, and, as we are selling all
at a very small ure, we can assure the people of:y
and vicinity The Rarest Banjauis Ever Offered. It is tL:
our plain, honest way of dealing, that we have secured tV
pie's confidence. We solicit your trade on business prir.
only, viz : Good Goods, Low Prices, and Honest Doalir.-
Hi. IMI- "WOOLP
THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE
Clothier, Hatter,
250 and 252 Main Street, Johnstown, I1
WA.GONS,
WA-GrOINTt
I Have Just Received a Car Load oft
Celebrated
STUDEBAKER WAGONS
THE BEST WAGON OX WHEELS.
STEEL SKEIN WAGONS. .
Hollow Iron Axle Wairoi
gEverv AVagon Fully Warranted.
Call and See Tt
JAMES B. HOLDERBAUM,
No. 3 Baer's Block.
Never Equaled in Workmanship ! Competition Dei;
t j
LOWEST PRICES
E. W. Honor's Marbls and Granite W
UNION STREET, SOMERSET PA
I alwavs keep on hand a large selection of beautiful Joyi'M'
AXI TOMI1STOXES, in All Colors, which make the finest -1
memorial work ever seen in Soioerset County. Parties desiring
some Monument or Tombstone, will do well to give me a call, a? nj
is the finest and cheaDest Seeing is believing. Give me a call.
E. W. IIORNE1!
LwV-TOI7-KA
The Great Blood Purifier,
Has been used for centuries by the Indians, ami brought by them direct frn their Wenf
IndUns gather the roots, herbs, baritsand nutni, and ship tliem e.m tons. A few of t-.e
ed and skillful of these people are sent here to prep ire tiiisreui.trk.ible medicine for !!;'- ";u '
use. The Indiana rightly trtlieve thai
THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE,
Ami tha.; to eep It pure Is the trail to health. The science of chemistry or ol mcli.-in'
produced' so valuable a remedy, orono sn potent tn cure all disease iristng lriu imi'Ur-:!
Dkiod.aa this indian prepar-itiou. Nosutlerer from anv of these arlfictlons need d-sja"
give it a lair trial.
A DISORDERED LTCER ISO STOMACH, UNLESS CIHE3 BY IA-T3N-IA '
Causes such diseases as Iypcpsl. SW-k Headache. Sour Stomach, Loss of appetite. He"r"!!
pression, I'euMhtta, tem:tle lUsi.rJers. Kidney Diseases. Constipation, Liver Cou.-n-, '
Asthma. Innainmutions, files. Insanity, Jaundice. llsneholy. Impure Hlood, Sleeslc""
and Ague. Sciatica, Khouo.atism, Nervousness. Costlveness, Bilious Attacks, families
Liver Disease, H-JIs, Pleurisy, and a h wt of other Ills.
The medicines of the druggist, taken internally, will do no good. The ony safe an'!
intaeuaeot laA-fOX HA. It ails the liver and stomach to resume natural arii'S.
poisons Irom tbe system, lanes up tbe nervous Ir riuonces, purine t ae body, and rf-,r.
health. Ask your druggist for KA-ToN-KA. Take nothing elsa, as you value y ft h
has it not, tell him to send for it to the
OREGON INDIAN MEDICINE COMPAJ
COBBY, IFICITIT'-A-.
rrire $1.00 Tcr Bottle, Six Bottles for $5.00.
Is certainly tbe best Remedy of Its kln-l ever Introduced, and the people who are ';
Coughs, Colds, and Lung Troubles should not delay. Its effects are magical, joceius t" '
m Sf M W f fs. Willneverbef6rgotteabytboewhosawthwnJerril V
IflUUUw W I Is formed in public by the Indian Medicine M n. li :
liuinediatew. Ask yoor oruggut Tor Hodoa Indian Oil. Take nother. It Is the -bottle.
Large bottles oO cents. For sale by all d gglsta
ESTABLISHED 1880.
FISHER'S BOOK STOKE
SOMERSET, VJ.
Chas. H. Fisher, Wholesale ami Retail Dealer and Jol.ber IrVx-r Pooss.
Btatlonerv. Alwavs in stock a well selected stock of Poetiral W o-ks. Histories, H ?'
,ii Travel ana a a venture, novels an,i aia&uaro
' - . : . . . .
Lutheran sad Disciples' Hvmn Books. Dictions. ies and CnihfivB S Toy Books, .Ma
Novels, Daily Papers, and tteneral Periodical Lltetatare, Sheet Music aad tiT'" '"
day school and Day school Reward Cards. A Lre and Complete Stock of Blana
Blanks and Marriage Certiacatea. Flna Albums, Parses and Km Papers.
SCHOOL TEACHERS HEADQUARTF
t3aAXX ORDERS SOLICITED.
CITIZEiV
OF
ani Men's Fml
Somerset. I
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