The Somerset Herald.
EDWARD SCCLL, Editor and Proprietor.
WEDNESDAY......
APKU. , 188.
Mrcwrvr to the
craU to tbe nar!
front, Denao-
Tnc rblc debt was decreaeed
H dollars daring the month
of March.
Is this a Democratic Administra
tion? mournfully asks the boys
irho did the work.
The old Bourbons ewear that
Cleveland has Johnsonized the
Democratic party.
Pearson's appointment is payment
in full lor the Republican rote cast
for Cleveland in New York.
The Bourbon Democracy of New
York are, howling mad, over the ap
pointment of a mugwump postmas
ter for the city.
If Iliggins is the rascal his as
sailants assert, he ought to be kick
ed out If he is innocent, the proof
ought to be forthcoming.
The widow of President Garfield
indignantly denies the rumor of her
contemplated marriage. The story
was invented by a disreputable news
paper liar.
It was cruel of the President to
force Pearson to remain Postmaster
of New York, just to spite the mug
wumps. They didnt want offioe,
you know.
Grant is Blowly dying in New
York, and the rebel Generals be
whipped are bing sent abroad, as
the representatives of the Govern
ment they tried to destroy. Such
is the irony of fate.
If the President continues much
longer to make appointments in the
same line pursued to the present
time, there will hardly be a rebel
Brigadier in the entire South, not
provided with an office.
The Houre at Ilarrisburg on
Tuwday last, favorably passed the
bill regulating temperance studies
in the Common Schools. The vote
stood 121 yeas to 39 nays. Only the
Governor's signature is required to
make it a law
The Ilarrisburg rairiot is sick,
very sick over the re-appointment
by Governor Pattison, of Dr. Higbee,
a iU-publican, as State Superinten
dent of Schools, It tearfully re
marks that Thomas Jefferson
wouldn't have done it, or "words to
that effect."
Senator Beck and other Demo
cratic Senators fumed and threaten
ed direful things over the appoint
ment of Pearson as postmaster for
New York, but they all walked up
like little men and voted for his con
firmation. The patronage in the
hands of the President is a lever of
mighty power.
The Democrats object to the pro
posed Congressional apportionment
bill now before the Legislature, be
cause it will give them but nine of
the twenty-eight members, and
threaten its veto by the Governor
if passed. And yet, last fall, they
were only able to elect seven mem
bers out of the twenty-eight,
Allen T. Meyers, a drunken
Democratic member of the Ohio
Legislature, made a disgraceful ex
hibition of himself in the House
last week, and now threatens if ex
pelled to send some of his fel
low members to the penitentiary.
for accepting bribes during the last
Senatorial contest in Ohio. "Turn
the rascals out F
eile tne P resident was receiv-
mg congratulations lrom tne civil
service reformers, over Pearsons ap
pointment, the Secretary of the
Treasury, snapped his fingers at
them, and formally appointed Hig-
gins, the ballot-box stuffer to a posi
tion of trust So much for the re
form of this thimble rigging admin
istration. Now you see it, and now
you don't
The resignations of all the Audi
tors in the Treasury Department
have been called for by Secretary
Manning, and Democrats have been
appointed in their stead. No
charges of any kind were mad
against any of the incumbents,
Their offices were simply wanted
for partisans of the Administration.
Call you this enforcing the civil
service rules?
The U. S. Senate adjourned sine
die on Thursday evening last, leav
ing quite a number of Presidential
appointments not acted upon. These
nominations all fall with the ad
journment of the Senate, but the
President can make such appoint
ments as may please him from now
until December next, when the
Senate again meets, and will then
reject or confirm them.
Aspinwall or Colon, that has
just been destroyed by insurgents,
is a city of 10,000 inhabitants and
a free port on the northern coast of
Panama. It is built on the well
wooded coral island of Manzanilla,
and owes its origin to the Panama
Railway Company, who founded
the city in 1850 for the convenience
of their traffic It derive its more
usual name from the late W. H. As
pinwall, who wax one of the largest
of the railroad stockholders. It is
now the centre of a considerable
local trade. The banana is largely
cultivated and exteoajvely exported
to New York. The population,
which approaches 10,000, is princi
pHj colored.
0
I Secretary Massing, under the
pretext of retrenchment, continues
making sweeping reductions of the
force in his department It will be
so easy, you know, when he finds
his force too small to do the work,
to fill it up again with his Demo
cratic partisans.
Joseph E. Johnson, w ho has just
been annointed Commissioner of
Railroads by President Cleveland, is
the famous Confederate General
who, at the breaking out of the re
bellion, resigned his commission in
the U. S. Army and became Major
General in the Confederate army,
and was among the last to surrender
at the collapse of the rebellion.
The u boys " of the Tenth Penn-
svlvania Reserves will doubtless be
pleased over the appointment of
their old Colonel, J. S. McCalmont
as Commissioner of Customs. The
Colonel was a gallant soldier, and
while a strict disciplinarian, was a
just and kindly man, and is much
respected and beloved by the Som
erset county soldiers, whom he so
often led into battle.
Col. James Worrel, the eminent
civil engineer, who was widely ,
known throughout the State, died
at Ilarrisburg on Thursday last!
Mr. Worrel was connected with the
first survey of the route over which !
is now being built the South Penn
sylvania railroad, and is well re
membered by our older citizens. It
was mainly through his instrumen-1
tality that the charter and line of
the road tv reserved, until utiliz
ed by the present company.
Sf-.retaky of the Treasury Man-
ping has an easy, but rather trans
parent, method of circumventing
the declaration of the administra-j
tion that no removals will be made
except for cause. He writes to the
present office holders and "requests"
their resignation: this request being
equivalent to a demand, is, of course
complied with, and the announce
ment is published that the new
appointments are made to fill va
cancies occasioned by resignations.
There are more ways of killing a
dog than by choking him with but
ter.
Just now it i3 a matter of some
interest to Republicans to remem
ber that, in the words of George
William Curtis at the Chicago Con
vention, June 3, "we are confronted
with the Democratic party, very
hungry and you may well believe
yery thirsty a party without a
gingle definite principle, a party
without any distinct national pol
icy which it dares to present to the
country, a party which fell from
power as a conspiracy against hu
man rights, and now attempts to
sneak back to power as a conspir
acy for plunder and spoils."
While it is announced from Eng
and that Russia has acceded to ber
terms, and the possibility of a rup
ture between those two nations has
been averted, it is nevertheless a
fact that Russia is steadily pushing
her troops forward to the disputed
Irontier, and is straining every nerve
to put her navy in fighting trim
The probabilities are that when
Russia gets a "good ready" the Eng
lish will hear further from her. At
the same time England is arming,
and preparing her immense iron
clads for immediate service. If di-
plomacy fails, it is very evident
that both parties anticipate an ap
peal to arms, and this is the most
probable result, and will come
sooner or later.
Democratic journals admit that the
reappointment of postmaster Pear
son was a concession to the Inde
pendent Republicans, who demand
ed that he be continued in office
because of his conceded fitness, and
his strict compliance with civi
service rules m tne conduct ot nis
office. At the same time they an
nounce that his appointment is not
a criterion by which the President's
future course is to be judged. Now
if Mr Pearson was reappointed be
cause of these reasons, why should
not postmaster Huidekooper.of Phil
adelphia, who has administered his
office with the same ability and the
same regard lor tue civil service
rules, also be continued in his of
fice ? If not, why not ?
Apart from politics, the re-ap
pointmentof Dr. Higbee as Super
intendent of Schools is one emi
nently fit to be made, and will
command the approbation of the
friends of our common schools
throughout the State, His capacity
is unquestioned, and his adminis
tration has been thoroughly success
ful and satisfactory. Being a Re
publican, his reappointment by
Governor Pattison is a bitter pill for
the Democratic politicians to ewal
low, but apart from this they can
bring no charge against him. Men
of every political hue will agree
that politics should be rigidly ex
cluded from our public schools,
and Governor Pattison is worthy of
commendation in this instance, for
bowing to public sentiment
It will be remembered that dur
ing the last political campaign the
Democratic orators, and conspicu
ously Mr. Randall, went up and
down in the land, proclaiming that
the Republican rascals should be
turned out because, among other
things, they had accumulated a
surplus of more than $200,000,000
in the Treasury, which ought to be
employed in paying the National
debt Now comes the first finan
cial statement for the first month of
the new Administration, and it
shows that during March there was
paid $4S3,747 of the public debt,
and there is remaining in the Treas
ury only $22,259,025. It is now in
order to inquire whether the Dem
ocrats lied when they asserted that
the surplus in the treasury was
$2000,000,000, or whether by doctor
ing his official statement Secretary
Manning has made the figures lie?
The difference of $176,000,000 is too
big a boo for a sheep.
One Southern Brigadier came to
grief in the expiring hours of the
Senate's session. Gen. Alexander
R. Lauton, of Georgia, who was ed
ucated at West Point and resumed
his commission to join the rebels,
was nominated by the President as
Minister to Russia. Investigation
by the Senate showed that, although
he had been pardoned by Andrew
Johnson, his political disabilities
had not been removed by Congress,
and, in fact he is not now a citizen
of the United States. Finding that
the Senate would refuse his confir
mation on this ground, the Presi
dent, at the last moment withdrew
his nomination, and General Lauton
missed the nice little plumb of $17,
500 per annum, which his mouth
bad opened to receive. It now re
mains to be seen whether the Pres
ident has in reserve another Briga
dier qualified to fill this position, or
whether, now that the Senate has
adjourned, he will reappoint this
foreign gentleman.
The rebellion in the Canadian
provinces is assuming large propor
tions and the situation is daily
growing more serious, ine naii-
breeds are being joined by the In
dian tribes of Manitoba and the far
Northwest, and the following ot
Riel, the chief of the insurgents,
now amounts to several thousand
men. The Colonial government is
hurrying all the forces it can raise
to the seat of the disturbance, and
is moreover, disturbed with the
fears of a Fenian uprising nearer
home. It is said that Fenian agents
are at work among the Irishmen in
our lake cities, trying to incite them
into active participation with the
rebels.
That the insurgents will eventual-
y be crushed nardiy admits oi a
doubt, but the Canadian govern
ment mav have an Indian war of
arge proportions on its hands,
which will take many months with
large expenditure of treasure to
6ubdue. Meanwhile, it behooves
this government to use every pre
caution to prevent the United States
from being embroiled with Great
Britain, through Fenian intrigues
on this Bide of the line.
A stauding matter for ridicule by
Democratic journalists, for years
past, has been the "old tubj" of our
navy, which Democratic statesmen
refused to have replaced with bet
ter and more powerful vessels. The
interruption of the isthmus route,
which this government is specifically
bound to keep open, has compelled
the President to forward troops to
Aspinwall, and order all the "old
tubs" in the Navy to that point, for
the protection of American citizens,
and the enforcement of our treaty
stipulations. Fortunately for us.
we will not meet any foreign navy
there to "buck against" or our
Democratic brethren, now respon
sible for the honor and credit of the
Nation, would feel like laughing on
the other side of their mouths.
That our Navy is contemptible, as
compared with that of other first
class powers, is undeniable, but the
responsibility for it rests solely
with the Democratic representatives
in Congress, who have resisted all
appropriations for its improvement
This little speck of trouble shows
the folly of letting partisanship
stand in the way of discretion. "In
times of peace prepare for war" is a
sound axiom.
For the past week the nation has
been waiting with hushed bretth for
the announcement of the death of
General Grant, which has been hour
ly expected. Even now, while we
write, the great soldier tuay be in
the agony of dissolution. So brittle
is his hold on life, that the strained
thread mav snap at any moment
There is a possibility that he may
live yet a few days, but all hope of
his recovery has been abandoned
He is literally hovering between life
and death, nothing but his iron will
and great natural vitality seeming
to prolone the agony of life. The
heart of the nation sympathizes
keenly with his great sufferings at
peril, and its prayers go up for bis
relief, although alas ! the only possi
ble relief is death. His attending
physicians watch constantly at his
bedside, administering stimulants,
and doing all they can to alleviate
his dreadful sufferings, which are
borne without a groan or a murmur,
His intellect is clear and unclouded
and he converses calmly with his
family and such friends as are ad
mitted to his chamber. It is terri
ble to think of this great and pure
patriot, this unmatched soldier, bat
tling for a few more moments of
brief life with a disease more ago
nizing than death, and as implacable
as the grave to which it is fast hur
rying him. Nothing can relieve,
nothing can any longer prolong his
life, and nothing is left for the mul
titude whose hearts are with him in
this his greatest and last battle, but
to beseech the God of Nations that
he may eventually have a safe de
liverance. The Independents are shouting
with delight over the appointment
of Pearson as - postmaster of New
York, while the rank and file of the
Democracy are denonncing the Pres
ident for thus recognizing the mug
wumps. Our view of the matter is
that by this appointment the Presi
dent fulfills the contract on part 'of
his friends, which secured the vote
of the Independents of New York,
and elected him to the position he
now occupies. Apart from this
however, Mr. Pearson's appointment
is a must politic one from a Demo
cratic standpoint The solid south
with New York and Indiana made
Mr. Cleveland President and the
probabilities are that they can re
elect him if.their vote ia held togeth
er. It was the vote of the Indepen
dents that gave him Now York, and
if this can be retained by yielding to
their demand for the continuance of
Mr. Pearson in the Postofhce, it was
certainly good policy to make the
appointment Moreover, New York
elects a Governor and a- full State
ticket this coming fall, aad the In
dependents will probably hold the
balance of power, and it would have
been midsummer madness to have
risked the loss of their vote,- by re
fusing them so cheap a price.
Mr. Cleveland knows also that the
disappointed Democrats, will howl
and shriek, and kick, and prance for
a season, and take their gruel with
many wry faces, but that they will
march up to the polls, and vote the
solid ticket every time. On the
whole we conclude therefore, that
Pearson's reappointment is "good
politics" on the part of the President
Admiral Jouett Instructed. -
Washington, April 2. The follow-
ine teleeram.embodvingthe instruc
tions of Secretary Whitney in regard
to the restoration of uninterrupted
transit across the isthmus, was sent
from the navy department to
night :
Rear Admiral James E. Jouett, U. S.
N
Tennessee, Pensacola, Fla.:
In addition to the force under
your command in the steamships
Tennessee, Swatara, Alliance and
Galena (all of which should be at As
pinwall upon your arrival) you will
be reinforced by about 200 marines
dispttched to-day From New York
by the 6teamship City of Para, with
tents and camp equipment, and to
provide lor contingencies lurtner
supplies will be sent at once. J
Ihe duty you are called upon to
perform calls for the exercise of
great discretion. The object of the
expedition is the performance bv
the United States of the agreement
preserve the neutrality of and
keep open the transit from Colon to
anama : and further, to protect tne
ives and property of American citi
zens.
The circumstances as understood
from which the necessity for the ex
pedition has arisen are, in general,
that a steamship belonging to Ameri
cans has been seized at Colon by an
armed force, and goods in transit tak
en fiom ber, her officers and the
transit across the Isthmus interrup
ted. With the consequences involv
ed in these past acts you are not con
cerned. Your 6ole duty is confined
to seeing that a free and uninterrup
ted transit across the Isthmus is re
stored and maintained, and that the
uvea and property ot American citi-zens-are
protected.
If,"n your arrival, at the isthmus,
order shall have been restored and
the Columbian authorities are ade
quate to the protection of life and
property and the maintenance of
the free transit, you will interfere in
no respect with the constituted au
thorities. but report and await or
ders. You have no part to perform
in the political or social disorders of
Columbia, and it will be your duty
to see that no irreiation or unfriend'
liness shall arise from your presence
at the isthmus.
The exercise of humanity towards
American citizens in exigent distress
must be left to your sound discre
tion.
W. C. Whitney,
Secretary of the Navy.
Threat With Contempt.
Clevelanp, April 2. A statement
published in Pittsburgh and tele
graphed here to the evening papers
yesterday announced tnat Mrs. liar
field, widow of the murdered Presi
dent was soon to be married to i
clergyman named Taylor, residing
in a Pennsylvania city. Mr. It. b.
Rhodes, who has been a warm per
sonal friend of the Garfields for
many years, when asked last evening
as to the authenticity of the report,
declared that there was nothing in
it
A reporter called upon Mrs. Gar
field this evening and drew her at
tention to the article. She refused
to affirm or deny the story, simply
saying that she considered it an in
sult Those who are in a position
to know, say that the whole thing is
a cruel canard.
General Grants Wish.
Washington, April 3. The friends
of General Grant have been informed
that he has expressed a desire to be '
buried at Washington, and they are
consulting as to what action shall be
taken when he dies. It is said that
General Sheridan will have the mat
ter in charge, and that the funeral
will take place here. They express
the hope that the necessity for
this service will be delayed as long
as possible, but whenever the time
comes they expect to have the fu
neral take place here, with grand
and impressive national ceremo
nies. Barrio Roeted In Salvador.
Libebtad, April 1, via Galyeston.
On March 30 General Barrios at
tacked the Salvadorian frontier posi
tion El Coco, thus breaking the prom
ise given by him to the United
States Minister not to invade Salva
dor and commenceing operations
without a declaration of war. The
battle raged fiercely until nightfall
when the Salvadorin forces concen
trated upon Chalchuapa. At day
light on the 31st fighting commenc
ed around San Lorenzo. After a
severe engagement which lasted ten
hours, the Guatemalan forces were
completely routed. Their losses
were heavy.
Prefeasor Higbee Reappointed.
Habribbckg, April 1. Governor
r z-ttison has reappointed Professor
Higbee" Superintendent of Public
Instruction. There were half a
dozen applicants for the position, all
Democrats; but the Governor has
frequently stated that he will not
permit politics to enter into tbe
military or public schools, and he
has adhered to that determination.
Professor Higbee was appointed by
Governor Hoyt fonr years ago.
Swept Down (be River.
rtTnuuMtaii. i April j,. 1 pe-
cial despatch from Parker, Pa., Bays
n .. - r i :t a t
"Ine ice in tne Allegheny river was
forged into huge mountains against
the iron bridge here last night, and
at 8 P.M. the structure give way
under the terrible pressure, and two
sections were swept down the river.
It was reported that several persons
were on the bridge when it went
down, bat the rumor is not verified."
GENERAL GRANT.
PRAYERS SENT TO BIS SICI IOC BY IETF
DA7IS. . -
THE HERO DICTATES A BULLETIN
In
Which He
Will
Invoke Peace and
to Friend and Foe.
Good
AN EASTER BLESSING ' FULL OF PATHOS.
The Sufferer Slowly Sinking Into
Sleep that Knows no Wiling.
the
New York, April 5.-General
Grant received on Saturday a letter
of sympathy from Jefferson Davis
in which Mr. Davis said : "If the
prayers and good wishes of all those
in the South who honor ant I respect
General Grant could avail, he would
conquer the dread antagonist with
whom he is is now contending just
as triumphantly as he overcame the
antagonist with whom be contend
ded 20 years ago."
the general dictates a xulletin.
The doctors have made a practice
of sending out bulletins &t regular
hours, and General Grant has been
well aware of what was going on.
When he awoke from a sb ort sleep
at 5 o'clock this afternoon, the last of
the sunlight was peeping in through
the windows. Dr. Shrady, General
Badeau and Colonel Fred Grant were
in the room. The General looked at
the wood fire as it blazed and crack
led. It was about time to send out
a bulletin, and the doctor, after in
quiring how General Grant felt, and
making tne usual examination, eat
down to write it General Badeau
stood near him. 'I wish," Dr. Shar
dy said, "that we could write some
thing to show the General's condi
tion." "Say that I'm very comfortable,"
said the old soldier. "I am grateful
for the sympathy that has been ex
pressed for me."
1 ben he thought a moment and
said that he was grateful for the
prayerful sympathy and interest
manifested lor him by bis mends
and by those who had not heretofore
been regarded as such.
"Well, now," said the doctor
cheerfully, as General Grant paused,
we ought to have something to
wind up with."
'say that 1 desire the good will of
all, whethor heretofore my friends
or not," the General said. "Is that
enough ?"
"Yes," said General Badeau,' "it is
a good Easter blessing for the people
of this country."
General Grant felt very despond-
all this afternoon again. In conver
sation with General Badeau he said :
It is useless to bear this any long
er.
"I know," General Badeau said
afterward, "that he does not desire
to endure further suffering."
CANADA'S REBELLION.
Tbe Insurrection Spreading Among
tbe Indians ana Half-breeds.
Winnipeg, Man., April 3.-The kill
ing of two scouts at Battleford by the
Indians is the most serious news re
ceived from the Northwest to-day.
Those scouts were believed to have
been sent by Colonel Irving to Bat
tleford with important news from
Prince Albert Taylor settlement,
near Battleford, was raided by In
dians and everything destroyed. A
large body of Indians are encamped
near Battleford waiting a movement
on the part of those in the barracks,
who telegraphed that troops are ear
nestly needed at once. The party
in the barracks, seeing the half
breeds carrying off goods with a
buckboard, sallied out under cover
of cannon to capture them. The
fight followed, in which some half
breeds were wounded
A despatch from Port Arthur, at
the head of Lake Superior, states
that A andd B batteries have reach
ed this side of the railroad gap and
expect to reach Nepigon to-morrow
and this point perhaps on Friday.
They were in excellent spirits.
General Superintendant Egan has
a special train of seventeen cars and
one Pullman at Nepigon to bring
them to this point, a distance of 500
miles, and to take them hence to
Qu'Appelle, a distance of 325 miles.
A local company of sharpshooters
has been organized to act as scouts.
They have had long experience on
the plains and are awaiting the ac
ceptance of their services by Gener
al Middlelon. The troops cannot
arrive too soon, as at least, all the
Indians in the Saskatchewan Valley
are, or shortly will be in arms. No
news has been received from Prince
Albert, and it is assumed that the
rebels are in complete possession of
all the means of communication.
Over 600 volunteers arrived last
evening at Dog Lake, on the division
line between Boss and Agbott s con
tracts, 250 miles East of Nepigon.
The American Government has in
formed the military authorities that
proper precautions have been taken
to prevent Fenians or Indians from
crossing the boundary or supplies
and ammunition being sent to the
repels from the States. Five hun
dred men placed at Fort Snelling,
500 at Fort Assiniboine and 200 at
Fort Penbima,all under General Ter
ry, are designed for the purpose nam-
ed.
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Troops Advancing.
London, March 31. Dispatches
received here this afternoon from
Teheran confirm the report that the
Russians advanced their outposts
to within eighteen miles of renjdeh
on vi-u O-M
on Warcn4;
Free DiatrlDutlon.
hat causes the great rush at
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the most popular remedy for Coughs
Colds, Consumption and Bronchitis
now on ine market iteguiar sue
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AZPIXUAIili rr ASHES.
Burned by Inamraenla to Eacape Cap
tare. Washington, April 1. The fol
lowing dispatch from Commander
Kane, of tne Galena, has just been
received by the Secretary of the
Navy: '
"Aspinwall is in nshes. Burnt
by insurgents to escape capture by
Government troops. The Pacific
Mail dock railroad company on the
north, and of the island and canal
property at Crispol, are the only
buildings saved. The shipping is
safe. I have all my force on shore
protecting property. My ship is
crowded with refugees. Thousands
are destitute and without shelter."
Mr. Bayard went to see the Pres
ident, and late this evening an in
formal meeting of the Cabinet was
held at the White House, at which
the matter was fully discussed. The
conclusion reached at this meeting
was that while this Government is
not called upon to take cognizance
of internal broils at Panama, yet it
has by treaty guaranteed free and
uninterrupted transit across the
Isthmus. Acting upon this con
clusion, Secretary Whitney to-night
telegraphed orders to the Command
er of the Brooklyn Navy Yard to
get all the available marines at the
yard in readiness for immediate de
parture, and to provide also some
Gatling guns and men to handle
them. He also sent the following
dispatch to Mr. J. B. Houston, Pres
iden of the Pacific Mail Company,
at New York :
"The Government proposes to
have the transit from Panama to
Colon open and uninterrupted in
the shortest possible time. In or
der that your company may avail
itself of the advantage of this action,
a few days delay of your steamer
to receive a shipment of armed
forces will be necessary. How many
men can you take?
Secretary Whitney has also tele
graphed Captain Kane, of the Ga
lena, at Colon, and Consul Adam
son at Panama, for further informa
tion as to the condition of the rail
road and steamship property, and
whether transit across the Isthmus
remains open. He said to-night
that if their replies to these dis
patches confirm present advices,
the men and guns from the Brook
lyn Navy Yard will be forwarded
immediately. He said further that
the U. S. steamers Alliance and
Swatara are now en route for Colon
tbe Alliance from Key West and
the Swatara from New Orleans.
v. s. troops to be dispatched to
aspinwall.
April 2. Secretary Whitney will
ship two hundred men on steamer
to-morrow at noon, with tents and
r .it
Ihe Tennessee, with Admiral
Jourett, will leave New Orleans,
probably to-day, with an extra
complement of marines, and with
extra provisions. The selection of
officers has been left to the Board
of Detail, which convened at 11:30
o'clock. '
Ice Mountain High.
Lancaster, Pa., April 2. The ice
above the dam in the Susquehanna
at Columbia moved this morning,
the dam at the place escaping ma
terial damage. A gorge 50 feet high
and several hundred feet in length
formed on the dam, but the ice was
subsequently washed away. Gorges
have been formed in the piers of the
Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, but
the Railroad officials do not appre
hend any damage to the structure.
The worst damage so far reported is
the washing out of the towpath on
the Pennsylvania Canal for a dis
tance of 200 feet. All the planing
mills alcng the river are submerged.
Movement of Troops.
Ottawa, April 2. Despatch of
troops to the Northwest continnes
with unabated industry, roar
companies of the 35th Battallion,
Simcoe Foresters, 200 men each, left
Barrie, Ont, for Toronto to-day to
join a like number of York Rangers,
tbe whole to be under tbe command
of Lieutenant-colonel O'Brien. Tbe
65th Battallion will leave Montreal
on Saturday.
The Toronto University students
are moving to form a party of scouts
to go to the front Twenty-five
names have already been enrolled.
all from tha University, a majority
having traversed the Northwest as'
surveyors, iney are all picked
men, trained athletes and capital
shots. Gordon, one of the leaders
of the movement served in the
Abyssinian war as an independent
volunteer and afterward as scout
in Indian wars in the United States.
When yon are troubled with diz
ziness, your appetite all gone, and
feel bad generally, take a few doses
of Dr. Henry Baxter's Mandrake
Bitters, and you will be surprised at
the improvement in your feelings.
Every bottle warranted to give satis
faction. For Sale by C. N. Boyd.
Look Out, Johnny t
St. Petersburg, April 2. War
like preparations are still being car
ried on by the Russian Govern
ment, notwithstanding the passive
tenor of the reply to Jarl Granville s
note. A number of cruisers and
torpedo boats are being actively fit
ted out at Nicolaieff and other na
val stations. Troops are also being
hurried forward to the Russian
posts in the vicinity of Afghanistan,
and the consent of the Khan of
Bokhara has been obtained to the
passage of Russian forces through
his territory.
Said a noted man of 60 years, "my
mother gave me Down's Elixir for
coughs and colds when I was a boy."
For Sale by C. N. Boyd, the Drug
gist, somerset, fa.
Rhode Island Stat Election.
Providence. R. I.. Amil 1. The
State election to-day brought out
out a ngnt vote as compared with
that of 1884. The State officers on
the Republican ticket, of course, are
elected, - -
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MrtMa CasntA, Fa.
A UDITORS NOTICE.
iht aadenlgiMd, aa Awlltor appotaUd by Mm
Orphan' Court ofHoaaniat Uooaiy Pa, to dis.
trlbqca Urabalaas oftha And la tba fcaadf of
Jacob A. SbaSar, Adalautrator of DaaM Ma-
JSLi?,!!
tterMa. rafcy f ioa laat aa will attaod u
fJaUatof alt apynhit at at hU Mania Sonv
nat, Paaa Wadaaaday, A prill 33, Utt, at 1
Mtod eaa atuad. r. j. tfOOSilt
apn. .; Aaattoft '
: EXECUTOR'S SALS
OF
Valuable Real Estate.
BT VIBTTTE of an order braed oat of tba Or
phaaf Uoart of Somanet County to ma diraet
ad,fwUlaxposa atpabltoiaw InSonenat Hot
aagb oa
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1885,
at 1 o'clock r. m., 1z certain lo( of rronoil gutt
ata la SoaiarMt Poroogh, Somenat Coanty, Pa.,
acta fronting MS f' on Patriot trw t, and ez
tandlnir back XM uet to landi of Mr. E. A. Tar
man. Tba loU ara located in a pleasant part of
tba town, aad ara vahtabla fur baQdiaa porpoaea.
Any cerxon whining to tacara a valuable lot to
balld upon, now if tba chance. Tba lota will be
old in die whole or aeparate, to rait purchasers.
9-TEBHB CAStll.
JOSIAH KELLER,
maris. Ex'r of F. Gilbert, dee'd.
T EGAL NOTICE.
IoHeeaUteof Jot.O. ( In the Orphans' Ooort
(Inlanan. dee'd. t of Somerset Co.. Pa.
And now to wit, ttb Ha. eh, 1SSA. on motion of
Valentine Hay, esq., the court appoint jonn u.
Kimmelt, Esq., Auditor, to ascertain advanee
mftnii and make and reoort a distribution of tbe
funds in the bands of A. F. Dickey, Executor of
tbe last will and testament or Jos. . iwiemau,
dee'd, to and among those legally entitled thereto.
Somanet CountT. SS.
t 1 Extracts from the Record, CerttOed S
KALf March, 1885.
CHAS. O. SHAFER, Clerk.
Notice is herebr siren to all oaities interested
that I will attend to the duties of the above ap
pointment at my office la Somerset. Pa., on I'rt.lay
tbe soth day of April, 186 at 1 o'clock when and
where all persons Interested eaa attend 11 they
think proper.
J. O. KlMMELt,
marll. Auditor.
A DMINISTKATOK'9 NOTICE.
Estate of Margaret Hanlin, dee'd., lata of Jenner
T vp , Somerset Co., Pa.
Letters of admlnstration on tba above estate
having been granted to the undersigned by the
proper authority, notice is hereby given to all
persons indebted to said estate to make Immedi
ate payment, and those having claims against the
same will present them duly authenticated for
settlement on Saturday. April 2&, 188.5, at the res
idence or Jacob Stufft, in Jenner Twp.
. JAMES STCFFT,
marls. Administrator.
UDITOR'S NOTICR
Estate of Phoebe Marshall, dee'd.
Having been appointed Auditor to ascertain
advancements and make and report a dlst ri ballon
of the funds in the hands of Wm. S. Morgan and
JosUb Keller, Executors af Phoebe Marshall de
ceased, 1 hereby give notice that I will attend to
the duties of my appointment at my office in Som
erset, Pa., on Saturday tbe 18th day of April,
18.S&, when and where all persons interested may
attend.
W. II. BUPPEL,
znarSS. Auditor.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Estate of Michael Snyder, late of Stonyereek Twp.
Somerset Co., Pa., dee'd.
Letters of administration on the above estate
having been granted to tbe undersigned by tbe
proper authority, notice is hereby given to all
nersons Indebted to said estate to make Immedi
ate payment, and those having claims against the
same will present them duly authenticated for
sett lement on Saturday, tne tn oay ot M ay, iw,
at the residence of John O. Coleman, in Uuema
honing Township.
JOHN O. COLEMAN,
CYKUS DAYMAN,
aprl. Adminiatratror.
A DMIHISTEATOK'S NOTICE.
Estate of Solomon J. Baer, dee'd late of .Somer
set Two.. Somerset Co.. Pa .
Letters of administration on the above estate
havlna: been granted to the undersigned bv the
proper authority, notice Is hereby given to all
persons Indebted to said estate to make immedi
ate payment, and those having claims against the
same will present them duly authenticated for
settlement on Saturday, April 18, 1885, at the
Store ot Baer It Bro., Lull P. O., Somerset Twp.
W. S. HAER,
W. A, SE1BERT,
marll. Administrators.
KMINISTRATOH'S NOTICE.
Estate of Rachel Wahl, dee'd, late of Summit
Township, Somerset County, Pa.
Letters of administration on the above estate
having been granted to the underslimed by the
proper authority notice is hereby given to all
persons Indebted to said estate to make Immedi
ate payment, and those having claims against the
same to present them duly authenticated for set
tlement at the house of the Administrator in
Brothersralley Twp., on Saturday, the 11th day
of April, 1885. S. W. FRITZ,
mart. Administrator.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Estate of James Oat ten. late ot Lower Turkey foot
Awp., aomenwi i;o., ra., aecu.
Letters ot administration on the abxve estate
having been granted to the undersigned by tne
proper authority, notice Is hereby given to all per
sons indebted to said estate to make immediate
payment, and those having claims against tbe
same to present them duly authenticated for set-
meat on Baturaay. tne u tn oay of April, u85, at
the late residence ot deceased.
J. W. BURKHOLDER.
mar. Administrator.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Estate of Andrew Flick, dee'd, late of Jeflersoa
Twp., Somerset Co., Pa.
Letters of administration on tbe above estatebav
ing been granted to the undersigned, notice is
hereby given to all persons Indebted to said estate
to make Immediate payment, and those having
claims against the same will present them duly
authentiea ed for settlement, on Saturday, April
18, 1885, at the house of tbe Administrator, near
Bakersvllle.
SILAS H. CABLE,
marll. Administrator.
JJXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
Estate of Wolfgang Hoffman, decease 1, late of
Brothersralley township, Somerset Co., Pa.
Letters testamentary oa the above estate having
been granted to the undersigned by the proper aa
thorltr, notice is hereby given to all persons in
debted to said estate to make immediate pay
ment, and those having claims against it to pre
sent them duly authenticated for settlement on
Saturday, tbe 11th day of April, A. D. Una, at the
house of D. J. Brubaker. Esq.
PHILIP HOFFMAN,
mart. Executor.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Estate of John J. Spangler, dee'd, late of Somer
set Borongh, Somerset County, Pa.
Letters of administration oa the above estate
having been granted to the undersigned by tbe
proper authority, notice Is hereby given to all
persons Indebted to said estate to make Immedi
ate payment and those having claims against tks
same to present them duly authenticated for set
tlement on or before Friday, April 10, l8s. at the
otUce of J. L, Pugh, in Somerset Borongh, Pa.
J. L. PU&H.
A. F. DICKEY,
feb26. Administrators.
TAKE NOTICE M. W. KEIX AND WIFE
and M. W. KEIX CO of Johnstown, Cam
bria County, Pa., having by deed of assignment
dated tb? 30tts Omy mt eoa
veyed to tbe undersigned ALL THEIR PROP
ERTY for the benefit of creditors, all-persons
having elaima will please present them and those
knowing themselves indebted will make payment
STEPHEN STUTZMAN,
aDrL Assignee.
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I alwavs keep on hand a large selection of beantifal 3IONUMEXIS
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E.
JOHNSTOWN
McMTTXiAJSr
190 Main Street
And dealers in Mill
plies, Iron Pipe,
Valves, Fittings,
and Wood Pumps.
I he hrm have in
tares varving in price
dollars. They keep all
Earties running bteam
eather and Rubber
Leather, Belt Hooka,
Valve Packing, Sheet,
Packing, Babbit Metal,
Pulleys and Hangers,
ter or bteam, bteam
Globe, Gate, Angle,
Valves. Water Gauges,
tors, Gauge cocks, Lu
tors; in Bh'ort they
need to repair or fit up
Gas or Steam Machin
Agents for Equitable
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Somerset, Pa. Public
heated by steam. Ls
of supplying building with Water and Gas pipes,
on application. Mail orders solicited.
THE BERLIN MARBLE AND GRANITE WOBES
IS THE BEST PLACE TO BUY
MEMORIAL WORK
IN THE COUNTY, AND THE ONLY PLACE WHERE
STRICTLY FiRST-CISS WORK
true,
done
go
by
to any Cemetery in the
the Berlin Works with
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