The Somerset Herald.
pwin BCULL, Editor and Proprietor.
WEDRXSDaY.
By order of the President, all the
Government offices at Washington
were closed on Decoration Day.
The Odd Fellows of this State are
reported to have expended nearly
half a million of dollars for the re
lief of their members during the
part year.
Br the time this Administration
has run i to race, it will take a good
aiied volume to contain all the vari
ious definitions of "offensive par
tisanship." It is said that 200,000 copies of
General Grant's new book have al
ready been subscribed for. It will
be issued in two handsome.volumes,
at $3.50 per volume.
The Democrats of Louisiana are
all "'broke up" over the distribution
of the spoils, and the party leaders
are apprehensive that the wrangle
may lore them the State, as they
carried it by only 16,000 at the last
election.
Are there no law-abiding and de
cent Democrats in the South, that
the President is constrained to se
lect for official positions, ex-rebels,
or ruffians like Meade, a leader in
the murder of Matthews for daring to
vote the Republican ticket?
The President has evidently suc
cumbed to the importunities of the
office seekers. The pretence of civil
service reform has been kicked over
board, and removals without cause
are being made as rapidly as the
freshly oiled machine can be made
to work.
A supreme eflort will be made by
both parties, to capture the State of
New York at the coming fall elec
tion. The President and Secretaries
Manning and Whitney spent Friday
and Saturday in New York city, in
consultation with their friends rela
tive to plans for the campaign.
Riel, the Half-Breed leader who
has been defeated and captured by
the Canadian troops, says it was not
a rebellion but a fight in defense of
righto. Evidently Mr. Riel has
been a close student of modern
American history, and is trying to
size to up the Confederate position.
It is reported from Harrisburg
that if the Governor's vetoes of the
Apportionment bills are sustained,
and no new bills are passed, be will
call an extra session of the Legisla
ture. We don't believe be will do
it. His experience with extra ses
sions ought to be sufficient to satisfy
him for the balance of his days.
Senator Blackburn of Kentucky,
is reported as dreadfully disgrun
tled over the revocation of the ap
pointment of his fool relative, as
Collector of Internal Revenue. He
is reported as declaring that he will
never again ask the President for a
favor, or make a request of any sort,
as he has not secured a single thing
be has asked for.
The House at Harrisburg has
passed the bill making eight hours
a legal day's work, and imposing a
fine on employers who compel their
workmen to labor longer than that
without extra cempensation. What
cheap, nickle-platedhumbng is this!
The hours of labor, as well as the
price, can and will be fixed by the
parties to the contract, regardless of
this demagoguic legislation.
Apparently Governor Pattison
thinks that the power to apportion
the State into Congressional and
Representatives districts, is vested
in him and not in the Legislature.
The gentlemen who were so afraid
of Republican "Bosses" that they
helpled to make this supple Demo
cratic tool our Governor, have now
their reward. Ti but a re-enactment
of the folly of the frogs, who
supplanted King Log with King
Stork.
A strike of the Iron workers at
Pittsburgh and throughout the west
commenced on Monday. It is repor
ted that nearly 100,000 men are now
idle, with a prospect of their remain
ing so during the summer, if not for
a longer period. A dispute as to
the scale of wages for the ensuing
ear is the cause, and as the em
ployer and the laborers both ap
pear to be determined in their views,
the strike will probably be a long
one. This is the first general strike
of the iron workers since 1.SS2.
Since "Sam" Randall has declar
ed in favor of a second term for
Cleveland, Speaker Carlisle has.
through the medium of an inter
viewer, given the world his views
in regard to our great and good
President, and these views, it
needless to aay, contain taffy enough
to rin a Sunday school picnic for a
week. If Mr. Randall thought he
had a corner in flap-doodle, Mr,
Carlisle has convinced him of hi
mistake. At has heretofore been
remarked, the similarity between
the minds of great men is most
wonderful.
The Philadelphia Time$ plead
the baby act sa a defense of some
of the President's late disgraceful
appointments, and attempts to
shoulder the responsibility cpon
his fool friends and advisers, whom,
it asserts, misled and deceived him.
If instead of selecting a country
lawyer, who had do knowledge of
hmq outside his own State, the de
mocracy had taken as their candi
date a gentleman of experience, who
had a knowledge of the leading men
0
of his own party, they would not
have been reduced to the humiliat
ing necessity of holding others re
sponsible for his blunders!
l j a
Congressman Bovle, of Fayette
County, who has the appointment
of a Collector of Internal Revenue
forth'w district, has been patiently
waiting for the passage of the Con
gressional apportionment bill, so
that he might place the office where
it would do the most good, in fur
thering his re-nomination. Now
that Pattison, like a fractious cow,
has kicked over the pail and scat
tered tbe contents, the hungry as
pirants must wait still further, until
Mr. Boyle can know just what coun
ties will be given the pleasure of
endorsing him for another term.
Democratic methods are beauti
fully illustrated by the existing state
of affairs in Chicago. An election
for city officers was held there more
than eieht weeks ago, and the vote
has not yet been announced. It
became apparent, when canvassing
the vote, that the Republicans bad
been successful, and to prevent the
official declaration of this fact, a
Democratic Judge of the Election
coolly pocketed the returns and left
the city. The returns thus carried
off elected the Republican candi
dates, and without them, this fact
cannot be officially ascertained, and
of course the Democrats, now in the
offices, are still holding on to them.
It will be remembered that at the
general election last fall, one or
more of the ballot boxes were stolen
by a couple of Democratic politi
cians, who have since been convict
ed and sentenced to the penitenti
ary. Evidently the friends of hou-!
est elections in Chicago, will have
to unite for the enforcement of the
laws, or abandon the control of their
city to the Democratic thugs, who
perpetuate the"ir power by fraud and
theft
The appointment of Zach Mont
gomery, of California, as Assistant
Attorney General has aroused gener
al discust. even the New York Her
ald joining in the indignant cry
raised at a choice so manifestly im
proper. Aside from having been a
rampant Copperhead, a bitter, per
sistent, malignant vainer of Union
men and Union measures, and a
blatant sympathizer with treason
and traitors, Mr. Montgomery is
one of the most virulent opponents of
the public school system that has
ever aired his arguments on the ques
tion. The language he uses, the
charges he makes, and his whole
treatment of th subject show him
to be a man not at all abreast with
the age in which he lives or in sym
pathy with the spirit of progress
which pervades it. The public
school system is one of the bulwarks
of our liberties, and one of the surest
foundations upon which our free in
stitutions can rest. These sentiments
are engrained in the hearts and
minds of the American people, and
they are not satisfied to see men ad
vanced to positions of trust, power
and profit who are not in sympathy
with them on this all-important
question.
The bills apportioning the State
into Congressional, Senatorial and
Legislative districts, have been ve
toed by his "Exallency. Robert E.
Pattison," and thus the principal
work of this long and expensive
session of the Legislature is set
aside, and amounts to nothing.
Of course, the Governor alleges that
the bills are unconstitutional and
unfair, and calculated to deprive the
minority party of its just repre
sentation in Congress and in the
State Legislature.and to sustain this
view, he manipulates a mass of fig'
ores to show inequalities in the var
ious districts. That the districts
cannot be divided so as give to each
an exact proportion of the popula
tion, is known to the merest tyro
who has ever looked at a census re
turn, and that the majorities are so
located as to necessarily make cer
tain districts heavily partisan, is al
so an indisputable fact. So after
much twisting of figures and an
elaborate misrepresentation of the
bills, the Governor finally Comes
down to the controlling cause incit
ing his action, which is that, the
Democratic party does not get the
representation he thinks it is en
titled to. .
It might have been expected that
Mr. Pattison V unfortunate exper
ience with apportionment last ses
sion, and his blundering attempt to
coerce the Lgisliture by calling an
extra session, which brought down
upon his head the overwhelming
condemnation of the people, would
have taught him a liule discretion ;
but apparently he thinks his will
should be law, that the constitution
and laws must be interpreted as. he
understands them, that, in short, be
was chosen to dictate laws, not mere
ly to execute them, and therefore he
has undertaken to bull-doze the Leg
islature into submitting to his will.
That the people's representatives
will not submit the entire question
of apportionment to the Governor
and his advisors, and will not emas
culate their bills so as to gain his
approval, is reasonably certain, and
10 it may be taken for Granted that
apportionment is again a failure for
this session. The people are paying
very dearly for the folly of selecting
a boy to do a man's work.
"When . I want to get into bed
awful quick." said the little girl. ' I
just say 'rats,' and scare myself right
in." Whenever a transcendental
"Republican-Independent" Demo
crat wants to get under cover quick
er'n scat he shouts "Mulligan let-
ten," pulls the sheets over his head,
and goes off into nightmare, Inter
Ocean.
Everv bottle of Arnica fc Oil Lini-
ment sold is warranted by the pro -
prietors to give satisfaction or money
will be refunded.
For bale by C N.
Boyd.
Offensive Partisanship.
It is just about eighteen rnontSs
since J. P. Matthews, of Copnft
county, Mississippi, was shot and
killed at the ikjIIs as he was deposit
ing his vote. He had been warned
that one J. L. Mead and other Dem
ocratic leaders had conspired to kill
him if he voted the Uepublicaaliek
et Mead himself served a written
notice upon hira ordering him to
keep within doors on election day.
Matthews was a wealthy and highly
respected citizen of the county, look
ed ap to by his neighbors for his
counsel, aid and sympathy, an earn
est supporter of the church and the
school-house, quiet, peaceable and
orderly. But he was a man and an
American citizen, and he proved
himself a hero of the highest type,
for lie dtliWrately laced death for
the sake of his convictions. Vith
his murderer, who, Judas-like, had
just been engaging him in pleasant
conversation, close oenma nim, vir.
Matthews calmly walked up to the
ballot-box, folded his ballot, and as
he bent forward to assert the com
mon right of his American man
hood, he fell dead, riddled through
and through, shot from behind.
"Matthews was slain solely be
cause he was an eminent and influ
ential Republican, that his death
might strike terror into the oppo
nents of the Democratic Party, and
enable that party, being in a minori
ty of legal votes, to take possession
o"f Copiah county. He was not mur
dered for any intemperance of
speech. He was not murdered for
any personal quality of character.
He was not murdered because he
advised the negro to vote. He was
murdered that the Democratic Party
though a minority, might possess
the government of the county of Co
piah and the State of Mississippi."
There was never more dastardly,
wicked murder cm milted on Amer
ican soil. And there is no brighter
example of true heroism on record j
than that of this quiet, high-souled
.... , , - ,
man. lien warned oi nis aanger,
he replied to the messenger of Mead,
who was the leader ol this heil-oorn
conspiracy : "I have as much right
to vote as any of you. You have it
in your power to murder me,I admit.
Hut I am wring to rote to-morrow, vn
Lill And thev killed
hira.
President Cleveland has just ap
pointed this Joseph L. Meade post
master of Hazlchurst, the scene of
Matthew's murder.
Mead was the chairman of the
Democratic Committee and took an
active part before and after the assas
sination. The President rewards him
with the post-office, and in doiDg so
settles and establishes the true
meaning to his mind of the popular
phrase "Offensive partisanship.''
Mr. Cleveland sees nothing offensive
in such partisanship as that of this
Copiah assassin. And seeing, none
there, it stands to reason that he can
see none anywhere else, the parti
san being a Democrat ! The crime
of Copiah does not rise to the level
of "offensive partisanship" in Demo
cratic eyes, although its enormity
makes every true American blush
for his country and shocks the sense
of decent humanity whenever the
bloody storv is told.
It is all right that Mr. Cleveland
should carry out the principles of
his party and give it the spoils for
which it fought and lor which it ex
ists. But when it gets down to the
rewarding of the Copiah assahsins
with Federal offices, the poor pre
text of "offensive partisan jip
should be dropped, as an affront to
American common sense, and the
work should go ahead under its own
true and proper name. The Presi
dent will rake throuub the whole
list of Republican offices and find
no partisan whose offense matches
that of the Copiah massacre. By
his own act, he revives the dreadful
indictment which was laid at the
door of his party by the official act
of the United fatates benate. If the
country is once more reminded of
that story of cruel outrage and mur
der done by Democratic partisans,
the Democratci party has itself and
its President to thank for it. To
make this man Mead the postmaster
of the town where Matthews was
murdered in cold blood is only a
short step from a direct endorse
ment of that hideous crime itself.
1'liiJadt lphia Bull, tin.
Ex-Senator Edgar Cowan very III
Greesshcro. May 26. The end
of the long and useful career of Ex
United Mates Senator Edgar Cowan
is drawing near, from the consum
ing effects of a cancer. The disease
became serious about a year ago.
It crew all last summer, tut up un
til midwinter it was not considered
of a fatal character. Last fall the
ex-benator toos a deep interest in
politics and delivered numerous ad
dressee through the neighboring
counties. After the election Mr.
Cowan consulted the best medical
skill in New York city. After a
careful diagnosis of his case he was
informed that it was an incurable
canser and he was advised to return
to his home and take the treat
ment of home physicians. He has
since confined himself to his resi
dence in Greensburg. His mouth
i now drawn around to one side.
He has also lost his sight About
two weeks ago he wait taken out
driving, but on that occasion was
taken 6ick and has not veutured out
since. He has since bwn confined
to his room and most of the time to
his bed. For the past week he
seems to be weaker and death is ex
pected at any moment
Cen.Urant'k Mansion.
Philadelphia, May 2G. The
house 2,fX!) Chestnut street, which
at the close of the war was purchas
ed by the citizens of Philadelphia
and presented to General Grant with
an invitation to come and reside in
the Quaker Cityand which was own
ed until short time ago by the Gen
eral, but which was made over to
William H. Vanderbilt in security
for a loan advanced to Grant &
Ward, and which went in the finan
cial crash, which overtook that firm
some months ago, was sold at auc
tion to-day by M. Thomos fc Sons.
The protierty cost the citizens of
Philadelphia 32,000. It was knock
ed down to day for $22,500 to Frank
K. Hess.
Free Masto For Cowboy.
i
Sax Francisco, May 27. The
Theodore Thomas Concert Troupe,
which arrived here this afternoon',
report that their special train was
boarded at Coolidge, New Mexico,
by a herd of cowboys, who, with
drawn revolvtrg.made the musicians
play and Mme. Materna sing,
The musicians began playing,
boys yelled for "The Arkansas Trav-
eler." Mr. Thomas cave orders to
gave
; give them what they wanted,
Madame Materna complained of a
headache, but the cowboys would j
KENTCCKr DESPERADOES.
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Catlkttsbcrg, Ky., MaflSSr
Knott County is the youDgestfo the
, . . . . i i i j . i i
state, yei n nas aireauy ut pcu
one of the bitterest and molt IViod-ithis
thirst feuds in the history of, Ken
tucky. There is a band of some fif
ty armed men who make their home
in the bush and guard their camps
by pickets. Their object is plunder,
and incidentally murder. They
have killed altogether about twsuty
men. On March 6 they siew Fiank
Salyers, a merchant of Beaver Creek,
and robbed his body. J. C. Jones, a
neighbor of Salvers's, raised a party
to avenge his death and administer
justice. Now the county is divided
into two sections, one led by Bowl
ing Hall, on the part of the despera
does, and the other by Jones.
On May 19, five of Jones's friends
met six of the desDeradoes, led by
Hall. When the fight was over
of Hall's and one of Jones's
men were dead. Jones and some of
his friends left the county, but the
Sheriff found and arrested him and
two of them. They are on their way
to Knott County for trial, where
their arrival is expected to be the
6pnal for more trouble.
It is impossible for a law-abiding
community to realize the condition
of things in Knott county. At some
points the mails have been stopped
and robbed, and postmasters have
been forced to abandon their posts
of duty. The captain of the desper
adoes, Bowling Hall, is living with
the widow of Salyers, whom he mur
dered. The Sheriff says that be i
afraid of the band, but will do his
duty to the county, although he dies
for it. There is intense excitement
in the . county, and it is believed
that on the return of the persons ar
rested the two parties will come to
gether and much blood be shed.
Should there be another engagement
there will be a hundred Air more to
. .it. r.i
uiesiae. Aiipraaiuiroiuniismiu
can get away are abandoning tneir
homes to the mercy of ' these cut
throats. Anybody whom they sus
pect h.is money is in danger of los
ing his life.
Tarred mm Feathered.
Toledo, May 27. The good peo
ple of Norwalk, a city of 12,000
souls, on the Lake Shore Railroad,
were s'artled this forenoon by sever
al of the prominent residents ad
ministering a coat of tar and feathers
to a reporter of The Toledo Sunday
lirmwrat in consequence of a scan
dalous article reflecting upon their
characters, published in Ihe Item-
oerat on May 17- The article was
an arraignment ot Norwalk s best
society, and excited general indigna
tion. Last night Koy &. Hathaway,
the reporter in question, went down
to Norwalk with several hundred
papers and loudly boasted that he
was the author ot the article, and
that no one dare touch him, at the
same time flourishing a revolver
and a "billy."
This morning at 9 o'clock. C. L.
Merry, H. E. Smith and W. H.
Peters seized Hathaway in the M.
Charles Hotel office and took him
to a barn in the rear, where he was
bound hand and loot, and a thick
coat of tar and feathers administer
ed. The warm liquid was splashed
over his body, and head, and he
was further ornamented with a pla
card bearing the words: "Compli
ments of the l'eek-a-boo LIub." He
train, and told to tell A. J. Bebout,
was ordered to leave town on the first
the Editor, that if he was ever seen
in Norwalk he would be lynched.
Hathaway reached this citv this
afternoon nearly deal. He will lose
the sight of both eyes. No sympa
thy is wasted on him as The Demo
crat has long preyed upon the best
people in this part of the State.
Hathaway threatens to have his as
sailants arrested.
Not too Old to Lave.
Laporte, May 28. Lewis Zaner,
now of Muncy, Lycoming county,
was formerly Sheriff of Sullivan
county and is quite well-to-do. He
is nearly eighty years old and natur
ally the fact that he has been sued
for breach of promise excites consid
erable interest. The complainant is
a pretty young woman of one of the
oldest and most respectable families
in Sullivan county. Her name is
Bella Kantner. Zmer's first wife
died in ISS.'S, and it is alleged that
he offered Miss Kantner all the ad
vantages of his wealth and a settle
ment of $25,000 in her own right if
she would marry him. She at first
refused, but afterward consented
and got rid of her other admirers for
his sake. He insisted upon an early
marriageand persuaded the young
lady to go to Detroit. Mich., where
he promised to follow in a fe,w
weeks. The reason given was his
wish to escape the gossip of DuShore
and to spend a honeymoon freed
from all annoyance He gave her
money for the trip, and she went to
Detroit He did not follow her but
married a well-to-do widow instead.
She was left in Detroit alone with
out money, and tad to pawn her
jewelry and some clothes to get back
home. Able counsel has been re
tained on both sides. The defend
ant claims that he will assail the
character of the plaintiff and prom
ises to develop interesting matter.
The Monniueut to Gov. Snyder.
Selins Grove. May 27. This
place is crowded to more than its
capacity for visitor's accommoda
tions, at the unveiling of the Sny
der monument, the hotels being fill
ed to the utmost, and the hospitali
ty of the citizens overtaxed. Gov.
Pattison, ex-Governors Curtin and
Hartranft, Gen. Cameron, as well as
several State officials and a majority
of the members of the Legislature
arrived shortly - before noon and
were received by a general salute.
Gov. Pattison presented the gradu
ating class of the Missionary insti
tute with their diplomas. Miss
Mary Lillian Snyder, a great-grand
daughter of the deceased Governor,
unveiled tba statue, and Gov. Pat
tison replied in behalf of the State,
the monument being received in lie
half of the citizens by A. W. Poller,
Esq. . .-. .... . , , ..
The oration of the day was. thtn
delivered by ex-Governor Curtiu.
Gen. Simon Cameron and others
made brief addresses, and the ser
mon delivered in German at the
grave of the deceased Governor in
1819 was read by J. P. -Schindel, Jr.,
a son of the minister who wrote it.
Trj It Youraeir.
The proof of tbe podding is not in
chewing tbe string, out in having an1
i opportunity to try the article your
f self. Mr. C. N. Bord. the DruesiaL
has a free trial bottle of Dr. Bonnn.
fko's Cough and Lung Svrup for each
one who ia afflicted with coughs.
colds, consumption or any lung af-
Poor Miners Killed.
Charlestown, W. Va., May 27.
Four miners were killed and over
fifty ceriously injured at the coal
kicline of the Knawha" Mining Co.,
wentv-wo Jtuiles above this city,
on the Kanawha River, at 8 o clock
utrnjkig
vAtA.be time of the disaster about
125 miners were preparing i- ascend
to the mine by the incline. vhich is
very steep and ntarly 800 feet long.
One gang of thirteen were going up
in the car when the brake band con
trolling Ihe head drum at the head,
of the mclinn broke. The cars load
ed with coal on the down track dart
ed along with frightful velocity and
caused those ascending to move
with equal speed. Nine of the men
who were in the car were jerked out
and sustained Fevcre injuries. The
four who remained held on for the
moment and attempted to jump out
when the car reached the top of the
plane, but all fell short and were
crushed into a sickening mass of
broken bones and mutilated flesh.
All, with the exception of one, died
immediately
While this was occurring at the
top oi the incline the loaded gon
dolas were dashing down at terrible
speed among the assembled miners
at the lower platform. They jump
ed madly in all directions from the
platform, twelve to twenty feet, and
alighted two and three deep. There
was not a man who escaped unhurt
Many were terribly bruised ; some
were knocked insensible and re
mained so for a time. The serious
ly wounded will number about fif
ty or sixty.
Cyclones In Kansas.
Atchison, May 27. Cyclones vis
ited Nortonsville, Golfs and Frank
fort, in northeastern Kansas, between
10 and 12 o'clock this afternoon, do
ing great damage to property. At
Nortonsville, the Atchison, Toptka
and Santa Fe Railroad depot was
lifted from its foundation and set
squarely across the track. One
dwelling-house was completely de
molished and another damaged, and
one woman seriously hurt.
At GoffV the Missouri Pacific de
pot whs badly wrecked, a car lifted
up and turned over twenty-five feet
away. William Harte's dwelling
was wrecked and J. T. Richardson's
barn was entirely wrecked and piec
es of it carried several miles. Gen
eral Pickets and Frank Mayer's resi
dences were leveled to the ground
and the household effects scattered
over the prairie. Jack Pauley's
dwelling and blacksmith shop and
Ed. Hughes' and James Gibbins'
barn were wrecked and other prop
erty seriously damaged. No one
was killtd, but, of the injured, Mrs.
Mayer will probably die from the ef
fects of a skull fracture, Miss Mayer
from the effects of internal injuries,
and George Colville from the effects
of internal injuries.
& Lunatic on a Locomotive.
Macon, Ga.. Mav 27. Jesup is
the meeting poiut for the trains of
the lower division of the East Ten
nessee, Virginia and Georgia Rail
road, -and has a negro character
known as "Crazy Bill.'' Yesterday
a freight train of thirty cars, bound
for Macon, was waiting the arrival
of a passenger train. Bill stole into
the locomotive cab, blew the whis
tle and started off. He ran the
train five miles, but was stalled at
the foot of a hill, as the water in
the boiler ran low. The engineer
and vard-master ran after and found
it at the hill.
The lunatic stopped, blew the sig
nal for a switchman and then sat
down on the end of a cross tie and
was found there reading his testa
ment He was secured and no time
lost in side-tracking the train, which
was accomplished just as the pas
senger train came up.
The lunatic was placed in jail and
sent to an asylum. The only dam
age done was the tearing up of the
track in the yard at Jesup.
Shot His Father Dead-
G keen field, Mass., May 27. Gil
bert Prentice, aged sixty years, liv
ing in Orange, was shot and instant
ly killed by bis son William, aged
thirty-five years.between twelve and
two o'clock this morning. Gilbert
Prentice had been on a protracted
spree and this morning,while drunk
he seized a gun and threatened to
kill his son. Changing his mind, he
put a tin cup on his own head, Wil
liam says, and wanted him to shoot
it off. William, seeing no cap on
the nun, aimed at his father's head
and snappf d the hammer. The gun
was discharged, shooting Gilbert
through the head. The son went
for the ollici-rs and related the par
ticulars of the tracedy to them as
! above. illiatn claims that he w;.s
not drunk, though the general belief
is that he had been drinking. At
the present stage the circumstances
point strongly toward murder.
Curs for Pi lea.
Piles are frequently preceded by
a sense of weight in the back, loins
and lower part of the abdomen, caus
ing the patient to suppose he has
some auuction ol the Kidneys or
neighboring organs. At times,
symptons of indigestion are present,
as flatulency, uneasiness of the stom
ach, ect. A moisture, like perspira
tion, producing a very disagreeable
itching, after gelting warm, is a com
mon attendant.. Lund, Bleeding and
Itching Piles yield at once to the ap
plication ot Dr. Bosanko'i) Pile Rem
edy, which acts directly upon . the
parts nffected.absorbing the Tumors,
allaying the intense itching, and ef-
fectim a permanent cure. Price 50
cents. Address. The Dr. Bosanko
Medicine Co., Piqua, O. Sold by
C. N. BOYD, Druggist, Somerset,
Pa. dec3-ly. ,
Insatiable Locusts.
- Little Rock, May 2S. Reports
from Creighead.Crittenden and other
counties in Northeast Arkansas
state that lucusts in va.-t numbers
have suddenly appeared in that sec
tion. They are the first locusts in
quantities ever seen in this Slate.
They do not confine themselves to
any one kind of vegetation among
cereals. Corn and cotton as yet
have not been touched, but
wheat is being widely destroyed
The large timber tops of the tallest
trees have loads of them. They are
now confined to the woods and are
hatching out by the tens thousands
There u much alarm felt for the
growing crops. .. v
Beaten by Companions.
PrrrsncKGH, May 28. In a child-
ish quarrel last evening Selina Wier,
an orpht n, five years old, was beaten
to insensibility by three companions
named Alice Toole, Maggie Carr, and
Bridget Geary, ranging in aees from j
nine to twelve years. The little girl ;
is still alive, bnt will harrilv nmovor.
! Her assailants have been arrested, i
Oar Mexican Neighbors.
Washington, D.C.May 28. Min
ister Romero thus describee the pro
gress that is being mrde in public
sentiment In Mexico,'- touching the
friendly feeling of that country to
wards the United States : ;
"It baa been true, and to a limited
extent is yet trae, that the masses of
my people are prejuuicea ugamei.
the people of the United State . They
once labored under the impression
that any encouracement of friendly
relations with this country would re
sult in an abridgement ot. their .lib
erty, for it will take many more
years to blot out the memory of
General Taylor. They are fearful of
conquest and resultant annexation.
But the railroads are rapidly chang
ing all this. The masses are learn
ing that the American people only
want thir trade, not their territory,
and almost a complete revolution in
sentiment has taken place. This
business of railroading is yet a nov
elty to our people, and there ought
to be some charity exercised, if we
have not yet adjusted our laws, our
traditions and our prejudices to the
new order of things. The time has
almost arrived when Mexico and
the United States may clasp hands
over a commerce that will have no
equal on .he earth."
A lloiuance Spoiled.
Little Rcck, Ark May 20. In
the Circuit Court to-day Jonathan
E. Kirk, of Boone county, was con
victed of horse stealing, and his
punishment fixed at five year in the
State prison. Had the jury acquit
ted him a wedding in thecourtroom
would have resulted. When arrested
here two weeks ago for attempting
to sell a stolen horse, a marriage
license whs found in his pocket
Susie Dukes, his intended, a hand
some country girl, appeared on the
scene and lent her aid in comforting
him during his imprisonment.
During the trial she took an active
nart in his defense. She sat in the
cout room expecting her lover to be
acquitted, when they were to have
been immediately married. When
the verdict was rendered Miss Dukes
, ... i , ,
wept bitterly, and bidding her un-
fortunate lover good-by, at once lett
wie uuui i muiu. iv 1 1 ft. m tm rrujcvcu
to prison to await the mot'on for a
new trial. The marriage license was
returned to the countv clerk.
Great Floods Hi Texaa.
Dallas, Tex . May 2G.-The gen -
rains which were report! ml., . , ,l
,, . , .. .U . i the city proclaiming his cure as the
this state still continue, fetejeram' I ,. 1 ,. . e ...
from all parts of the state announce'
great devastation. Wheat, oats, corn
and cotton in many places are com
pletely destroyed.
Bridges that were never known to
he reached before by highwKters are
gone. One thousand feet of track
on the Central Railroad at Tehua
cana is washed away.
The Trinity River here, which
frequently is as insignificant as a
creek, is rising rapidly.and fears are
entertained that it will cause even
greater loss of property than a few
weeks aco.
Diptnlierla from Ulaudert).
Stcbekyille, May 28. Nicholas,!
a son of A. C. lruax, at Paris
Roadj, died last night, and his fath
er is very ill. Lida Gardner is worse,
and William Gaidner is down with
the mysterious disease. It is . now
believed that the diphtheria germs
originated in glanders in a horse,
and that the first child taking the
disease had probably drank water
from a trough, out of which a horse
suffering from glanders had drunk.
Dr. Polk, President of the Polk
Chemical Company of New York, in
this city to-day, says from the de
scription of the disease it is the same
that scourged certain portions of
West Virginia a few years ago.
Struck by Lightning.
Oakland, I1L, May 26. During
a severe storm Sunday night the
residence of Abe Winglee, seven
miles northwest of this city, was
struct by lightning. The flash
came through a'window and enter
ed the sitting room, wherein were
Mr. Winglee, his wife, his sister-in-law
and four children. Mrs Win
glee was struck and died without
a struggle. Miss Von Nires, her ds
ter, whs stricken down and is still in
an unconscious condition, and Mr.
Winglee and two of the family were
struck, hut did not lose conscious
ness. The house was set on fire, but
the flames were subdued.
Body Found by a Dog.
Wilkksbarre, Pa., May 28. The
body of Adam Brumm, aged 20
years, who attempted to murder his
sweetheart, Catharine Bohn, in Han
over, on Monday last, because she
refused to marry hiin. was found by
his own Newfoundland dog in the
Su?q'it-hitiiiia river near Plymouth
lii- morning and draped ashore.
Bruoim, thinking he had killed the
girl, 11 'd to the river and wading
out several feet placed a revolver at
his head and fired, killing hitn.-ell i
instantly.
Repentance as an Advertisement.
A Western liquor dealer a short
time ago advertised a9 follows:
Having experienced a change of
heart through tbe blessed efforts
of Brother B. and Sister 8,. I desire
to state to my numerous friends and
patrons that at the end of the cur
rent month I shail retire from tho
accused liquor traffic forever. Until
that time my stock on hand will be
offered at greatly reduced rates.
Come one, come all!"
Murder and Suicide-
Ikoianafolis, Ind., May 20.
Last nipht Wm. Riley, of .Manilla,
Rush county, cut his 7-year-old
daughter's throat and then cat his
own. Their dead bodies were found
in bed this morning. Riley and bis
wife separated two years ago and
Riley kidnapped the girl. "Mrs.
Riley had began suit to recover pos
session of the child, and the case
was to have come op to-day.
Damage by a water-Spout.
St. Lons, May 31. A water-spout
burst in Yankee Branch and Crook
ed Creek valleys, Crawford county,
Friday afternoon, and swept nearly
everything oat of them. Fences,
growing crops and all portable ar
ticles were carried away, and nearly
all tbe farms on Yankee Branch were
almost destroyed, the soil being
washed off to the depth of several
feet The damage will reach many
thousands ot dollars. -
More p(orIe, adults and, children.
are troubled with: costiveneas than
with any other uiliuent. Dr. Henry
Baxter 8 Mandrake Bitters will care
eostiveness and prevent the diseases
wnioh result from it For Sale by j
C. N. Boyd, tbe Druggist, Somerset, !
Pa. i.. . j I
Loss or Life Djr the Texas Floods.
Waco, Tek, May 28. All pre
vious accounts of destruction by
storm in this city and county were
overshadowed by the rain and tor
nado last night, lasting from 7 until
10 o'clock. Waco Creek, a small
stream which flows through the
western and southern parts of this
citv .""was swollen as early as 10
o'clock and hundreds of residences
on its banks on either side were in
undated. Scenes of terror ensued in the
midst of the storm, people deserting
their homes and fleeing to plpces of
safety. It is feared that there has
been great loss of life. J. Denning
hoff, a plumber, with his wife and
three small children, remained in
their house. It was washed away
and the whole family was drowned.
The bodies were found this morn
ing and interred this afternoon.
Howard Lewis, colored, his wife,
sister, and three children, living on
the Tehuacana, a small stream east
of the city, lost their lives in the
same manner. This makes eleven
victims, and there are unconfirmed
reports of five others drowned south
of the city in the Brazos bottom.
Another Tonement Collapses.
Jersey City, May 27. The three
story frame tenement house at No.
76 Coleeate street collapsed this
morning. Five families occupied
the premises, including twenty-sev
en persons, rour were killed. Har
ney, Nellie and Mary Anderson,
aged nine and seven years and three
months, respectively, were all smoth
ered in bed. Michael Webb, aged
fifteen years, had his head crushed.
John Coyne, aged thirty-nine, an in
surance agent, was badly injured.
Nine other persons were hurt more
or less seriously. They were cared
for by the neighbors. , The building
was known to be insecure. It was
to have been repaired next week.
Fortunately no fires broke out in
the ruins. The firemen and police
j are engaged in the work of clearing
I away the debris. An immense
j crowd is collected at the scene.
j .
Coins Back on his Cure.
B
: Erie; pa May 28. A few week9
ago Adam P. Harley, a prominent
Odd Fellow and Knights of Pythias,
who lay at the point of death as a
consumptive, submitted his case at
the frtitri cure establishment in this
city. To the astonishment of his
r.:...j. I .u l
! "lcuu: ""V,"'. T 1 , l" . .VIJ
test took a Ummo. and a large num-
!er of consumptives came in for the
pmj-r trratiiif-nt, abandoning their
phjeiHa' When the doctors pro
nouiicn ley's case as hopeless
they wrr- pxtd by the prayer cir
cle as scohVrs.
Harley died t-day while engaged
in praver for other candidates at the
test. -
Faith Cure uol Permanent.
Ei:ie. May 23. A few weeks ago
Adtw P. Harley, a prominent Odd
Fellnw and Knitrht of Pvtbias, lay
at tliu poiut of death as a consump
tive, and submitted Disease 10 me
faith cure establishment in this
city. To the astonishment oi his
friends and the skeptical, Harley
arose from his bed and went around
the city proclaiming- his cure as the
result of the prayer cure. The Faith
Restook a boom, find sr large-TinBi-
ber of consumptive! came la tor the
prayer treatment, abandoning their
physicians. When the doctors pro
nounced Harley 'a case hopeless they
were posted by the praying circles
as scoffers. Harley died to-day
while encaged in prayer for other
candidates al the Rest
Hall Storm In Lancaster.
Lancaster, Pa., May 31. A very
heavy thunder and hail storm, ac
companied by a strong wind, passed
over the northern end of this countv
this afternoon. The wind tore strong
trees up by the roots and thew them
acr.oss roadways. In several instan
ces tobacco barns were picked up
bodily and demolished. Ihe hail
stone were very large, and fell to an
unusual depth.
K Sensible Kw f ,;
Would use Kemp a Balsam ior
the throat and luDgs.-elt is curing
more cases ot coughs colds, astnma.
bronchitis, Croop, and all throat and
lutig troubles, than any other medi
cine. ' The proprietor Hsu authorized
C. N. Boyd to refund your money if.
after taking three-lourlhft ot a bottle,
relief is not obtained. Price 50 cts.
and $1. -Trial size free, v -Cattle
Fait Dead Jn Their Tracks.
... . ? t vs ? ?i 5.v i
Bloomisgtos, Ills., May 23.
Within the past week, on the farm
of Owen Means, at Saybrook, this
county, a number of apparently
healthy cattle have fallen dead in
their tracks, as if from heart-disease.
The disease appears to be contagious
but its nature is not yet clearly de
fined. It creates no little anxiety
n rw rw rr arvr1rman
Is in store for all who use Kemp's
Balsam for the throat and lungs, the
great , guaranteed remedy. Would
you believe that it is sold on its mer
its and that each druggist is author
ized to refund your money by the
Proprietor of this wonderful remedy
if it fails' to cure you. r C N. Boyd
has secured the agency for it.
Price 50 cents and 9 1.00. Trial
size free. . i
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Armed Moba in Kentucky.
Cattlesiilro, May 31. The con
dition of some of the mountain
counties of this State is deplorable.
Organized bands of outlaws exist
in nearly all of them composed of
men who hays sworn vengeance
again ts any body who interferes
with them. So thoroughly have
they terrified the people that it is re
garded as throwing labor away to
try .to procure their conviction.
The prettiest - tad y in Somerset
remarked to a friend the other day
that she knew Kemp's Balsam was
a superior remedy, as it stopped her
cough instantly when others bad no
effect whatever. So i to prove this
(1 N. Boyd will guarantee it to all
Price 50 cents and $1. Trial size
free.
Sunday School for the Buzzard.
Hoxey Brook, Pa., May 2S.-A
number of persons from here drove
to the Sassafras creek, and in a lit
tle log church organized a, Sunday
school for the benefit of the outlaw
ed Buzzards, their, friends and
others. Mrs. Abe Buzzards undher
three children were present, and
joined the Sunday school
l 1 .
Survival of the fitest Down's
Elixir has outlived every other
cough remedy simply because it ia
the best. For Sale by C. N. 3oyd.
New ind
'l During the past few days there has been a particulate I
"i
irF our Si'mmek weight Uxdekclotulxg Department arj , t
-" - - - - - - . w i J
this Line of Goods we direct the special attention of oui
Friends and Patrons. We have a selection most cartfult -ranged
as to Price, Wright. Shade and finality, and the
est stock in the City to select from. f
In Hats and Scarfs we are also fully up to the Stand--1
Xo design or quality in the market that cannot be proct
from us. I
Our Ready-Made Spring Suits are still attracting .f
attention for neatness and style. . r
Depend upon it a visit to our Store, at the present tij
will prove a paying one, as we can save you confilcrable m, I
ey on every purchase you make, and at the same time prorijj
i
you with reliable goods.
L. M. WOOL F & SO;
The Popular One-Price
CLOTHIERS
HATTERS
Never Equaled in Workmanship ! Competition Defied
LOWEST PRICES GUARMTEED AI
L W. Kcrnsr's Marfcls and Granite Works, '
UNION STREET, SOMERSET PA.
I ai wavs keep on Iianu a iare selection of beautiful 210SU3IE5T:
AND TOMBSTONES, in All Colors, which make the finest dieplaj?
memorial work ever seen in Somerset County. Parlies desiring hi:i
some Monument or Tombstone, will do well to give me a call, as my w ri .
is the finest and cheaoes-t. Seeing ia believing. Give me a call. f
E. W. IIORNEE. (
J. H. BORLAND,
WHOLESALE
VEa,niif li c timers A.gent
Boots, Shoes, Eubbers, .
Carpets and Oil Cloth,
723 and 725 Liberty Street,
(HEAD OF H-OOD,)
PITTSBURGH, JSKIXH'A.
itEornAR Arcnojf sales.
Eerjr WED3EMDAY mt 11 m. m.
JPMail orders receive Prompt and Careful attention.
I sell goods 20 to 25 per cent, lower than the Jobbing Tra'le.
and deliver either direct from the Factory, or from my "Ware
house in Pittsburgh, and can assure Merchants handling goods
in my line, that it -will pay them to call on me before making
their purchases. I have a very full line of Spring and Summer
Boots and Shoes, as well as some very handsome and desirable
patters in Carpets and Oil Cloths.
Sole Agent for
John Mundell & Co's Celebrated Solar Tip Shoes.
iilj1WT?D)
MiMIJ&Jtt
Corspr.",. Jerseys,
Gloves. Yeilinvs. Nets,
Ladios JTccktrear,
UandkerHi s.
Embrcltlcrlcs, 1
Floss and Arrascne. pB
WMerchanU and Milliners will riwlvo our MontMv Journal of FrMon tf tN?-
end a their :wliir.
IToa. 820, 822 & 824: LIEEETY STETZT, riTTSEHEGHJ
Tar and Peathera Tor A Woman. Murder of a Miner in Hantmr
Gallipolis, O.. May CI. A few
days ago Annie Rhodes, an orphan
1-j years old, came froin Middleuort
in search of Mrs. Man pin, who had
been an old friend of her mother
when the latter was living Sha
was directed to inquire of Mrs. Call
forthe whereabouts of Mrs. Maupin.
She went to the wrong Mm. Ball,
who is a womao of evil reputation,
and who took her to a Mr. Herder,
who is another of the same class.
They endeavored to keep her ngainst
her will at the house ot the latter,
and detained her by force, but oo
Friday she escaped and told her
story to some citizens.
After midnight on Saturday a
mob of seventy-five took Mr. Her
der from her bed, divested her of
clothing, tarred her from heart to
heel, rolled her in feathers and or
dered her to leave the town forevtr.
Good people are providing for An
nie Rhodes. .
TakM Crtargaof Incendiaries.
Fbasklin, Ky.. May 28. At 12
o'clock last night a mob of seventy
five or a hundred men quietly took
f-nin jail Wesley Hicks and Jerry
Taylor, who were charged 'with
burning James Wheeler's house aud
barn some time ago, placed them ou
horses, and started for the country,
where they hanged them. Hicks
made a confession implicating Taylor.
Season a bl
F111I1
AUCTIONEER
AND
OF
OOOOS AT FACTORY PRICES,
AT PRIVATE HALE.
WHOLESALE HEADQUARTERS
MILLINERY
speciaities.
Huntingdon, May 20. This co
munity was startled this m0ttP
by the' discovery that a murder m
been committed lost night
Warrior's Mark, a small villas
miles west of here. John Lap0"8"
inn tf th vonnraMa Jlldire LapOf"''
and John Irwin, a fellow laborer l
the Shoenberger ore rnine.
ner
Warrirtr'a Mjrlr heen tiriflfc"?
freely at the village and lefttosth
about dusk, and it is suppw
became embroiled in a tight,
ended fatally. A passer-by foo
Irwin south of the road with V
throat cut and his face crushed m
if with a club. ' Laporte is Biisp
ed of the murder, but he has n
yet been arrested. It is saitl he
seen early this : morning near
father's farm. No cause for the
can be assigned. Both were unrof
ried and about 27 years of
. Million or Grasshopper
CniCAflo, III.. May 27. A ?P
telegram from Denver CoL,
ed here this morning eaya : -"u
of young grasshoppers are rePor
coming out of the tandy soil on
south fide of the Arkansas n
above Puela devouring early t$
ties and tender shrubs. Their T
pearance is said to be eimll
that of 1872. when they were
east bv winds and consumed an v
reeuse amount of growing crops
Kansas. .
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