The Somerset Herald. KDWARD SCTLXs BJitof ml Proprietor. wEDKESDaT. . ACGfST 1, MB. Republican Ticket. STATIC fVH STATE TKEASUUEK, MATTHEW S t AY,ol Bearer Counlj. COUNTY. FOB PCOR HOCSE B1KECTOK. Si)HX C BAKROX, of Someraet TwMhtp. roS JlHY COMMISSIONER. 18 WIN O. Cl'BTER, of Somtraet Towuhip. The deaths by cholera in Spain are paid to number 50,000, and the disease is still spreading and has ex tended into France, causing great consternation. A leading Prohibitionist of Ohio makes the statement that he has been offered money by the Demo cratic State Committee, ilh which to push the prohibitory ticket. Chairman Cooper has opened Re publican headquarters at the St Cloud Hotel, Philadelphia, and soon the hum of the campaign will be beard throughout the btate. The StateConvention of the Greenback-Labor party met at Erie on Wednesday of last week, and nomi nated Dr. N. a Whitney, of War ren County, as their candidate for State Treasurer. Late reports from Senator Came ron, who is in Southern California for his health, state that he is grad ually improving, but considers it prudent not to return home until late in the fall A r.n.L has been introduced in the Georgia Legislature to impose an annual tax of $2 50 upon all bache lors. An advance in the matrimo nial market of Georgia may be look ed for next winter. Oit of the T.'ii) delegates compos ing the late Democratic State Con vention in Virginia, there was not one colored man. And yet the Bour bon politicians insist that thousands of them vote tlieir ticket. The G. A. It. Reunion at Gettys burg last week, was a great success. Several thousand veterans partici pated, and were addressed by Gov ernor Pattison, General Beaver and other distinguished personages. A Democratic newspaper in Mis sissippi has come to the conclusion that there ought to be no more bal 4 lot-box stuffing, ''except in cases of;tj,em absolute necessity." Here is strong evidence of the reform promised by their brethren in the North. Chicago has already raised more than 140,000, the sum originally aimed at, for the erection of a mon ument in one of her parks to the memory of General Grant. What these western people undertake to do, they do with all their might Nine million dollars' worth of property as consuned by fire in the United States and Canada dur ing the month of July. Add to this the property lost by 6torms and oth er disasters during the same time, and it makes Julv a month long to be remembered in this country. . The Trades organizations of the United States are circulating peti tions for signatures, requesting Pres ident Cleveland to call an extra ses sion of Congress to be devoted ex clusively to the consideration of measures for the relief of the indus trial classes of the country and the revival of business. Cleveland was elected' by a com bination of Democrats and Mug wumps. The latter, with many wry faces, are sticking to him hero ically, while the former are frantic ally kicking themselves for trusting a man they didn't know. What is life to them so long as Mordecai sit teth at the king's gate ? Tee rattling volleys poured into the Philadelphia Pension office by th Grand Armtr Pwtjs -.f flip !tnt r , .j 4lT ., I li-r liorlmrif a Jrk ltarHiro ., ... . ', ,., , . , ' i oei.f ive reoei ciern, nas compeii- ed that worthv to take to the bush Before starting bchaoded Pension Agent Davis his resignation, which was promptly accepted. We are within a few days of the Democratic State Convention, and up to date the public is not inform ed of any bold member oi that par ty who is desrious of making the race against Col. Quay. The woods are full of Democrats who want to run for Treasurer some other year, but none of them are anxious to tackle the Beaver statesman. Whkk Cleveland took to the woods to avoid the swarms of office beg gars that besieged the White House, he left the official guillotine with Assistant Postmaster General Stev enson. This gentleman has repair ed and oiled it up, and it is now working smoothly at its full capac ity, which is about twobundred and fifty heads per day. " Offensive par tisans " must go. The President and his cabinet are nearly all absent from Washington, seeking relaxation and rest When the Republican officials used to take their Vacation, the Democratic press immediately went into spasms of indignation over their desertion ofj ! yon as gently as sucking doves, over the absence of Mr. Cleveland and his official family. After all there is a vast difference as to whose cz is being gored. t Sekatob Lo.voenecker has been 1 re-elected Chairman of the Republi can Committee of Bedford County, and is vigorously at work furthering the inteiesta of Colonel Quay, for whom, he writes the State Commit tee, he has now strong hopes of car rying his county. The Senator is setting an example worthy of imita tion by those who have cavilled at his Republicanism. Recently this Administration ap pointed one F. B. Dunton postmas ter at Ct-uter, Lincolnville, Maine, on the n-coaameudation of 'promi nent citizens." But it now appears that Mr. Dunton cannot enter at once on the duties of his office from the fact that he is serving a term ol imprisonment in jail for embezzle ment. Great is reform ! Of course there is nothing "offensive" about this Maine man. His partisanship is all right and therefore his euibez ilement must be overlooked. The President placed in the bands of the eight Democratic Congress men of this State the absolute dis posal of the Federal offices within its bounds, and these gentlemen di vided the spoils in accordance with their own sweet wills. Great dissat isfaction exists among the local lead ers through the State, and the cus sing if not loud is vigorous. Just wait until the Congressmen come op again for re-nomination, and then stand out of reach of the kickers and enjoy the fun. The performance of the "bucking broncho" in the circus, will be exselled by the Democratic mules. We are having some entertaining examples of the skill of this Ad ministration in turning the rascals out, and replacing them ith honest Democrats, the latest of which is to be found in the appointment of one C. P. Judd to be special agent of the Labor Bureau of Nevada and the territories. This new Democratic agent has since been arrested at Ala me.co, Col., on a warrant for horse stealing, and he has drawn up and signed a statement admitting his guilt, and that he had served in prison at Leavenworth, Kansas, and two terms in the Penitentiary in Colorado for similar offences. He claims that his application for the government position was signed by well-known Democrats of Colorado. " Turn the rascals out !" We tibferve that President Cleve land has jat unconditionally par doned and released from imprison ment Michael Mullen, a police man ol Cincinnati, who officer ed two patrol wugons on the night before the election in that city and gathered in from their houses and out ol their beds 100 colored voters, put theui in the base ment of his station house and kept concealed, without charges against them, until the polls were closed upon election day. The crime was proved against him, and Judge Sage, of the United States Court, gave him a mild sentence of one year, r rom this the 1 resident has promptly relieved him by an uncon ditional pardon. Each one can draw his own conclusions of the re sults of such clemency. A dispatch to the Philadelphia rret from Atlanta, Georgia, under date of August 12th, says : It is lelt in many places in the South that the monument to Grant should assume the dual character of a monument to Grant and Lee. l'r. J. It. Hinkly. of Georgia, one of tlic hest known surpeons ot the army of Northern Virginia, subscribes $."iii0 for this purpose, and rails upon the proper authori ties in New York to give the nutter this shape, so that (Confederates may join in. We can imagine nothing more in congruous than this. The commem oration of loyalty and treason, side by side, would be a beautiful sight to set before the eyes of coming gen erations, upon whose loyalty alone depends the perpetuity of the Na tion. It would be about as fitting to build churches for the joint wor ship of God and the devil, as to erect a National cenotaph to perpet uate the joint names and deeds of Grant and Lee. Has treason be come a virtue ? There is a great deal of gush be ing expended just now, over South ern love for the Union and the con stitution, brought to the surface by the death of Geuera! Grant. Dec-dis not words, are the true cri terion of faith. When everv citizen of the South, regardless of color or political opiniuus, is assured a free .. , , . i liaiiui aiiu Ku.;muircu n tan tuuuu we will have mure faith in these professions of love and reverence for the Union and the right Let the coming elections show that the persuasive arguments of the shot gun and bull-whip have been dis carded, and that ballot-box stuffing and false counting have been aban doned, and we will join in pieans of joy over a re-united people; one in heart in love for the Union and the constitution, and in reverence and obedience to the law. The Pennsylvania railroad is go- ! i"S to have some trouble before it succeeds in its attempt to gobble up the South Pennsylvania road. Its buccanerring greed has aroused the people of the State and the question has now got to be determined whether the Constitution is a mere rope ot sand. If this monstrous corporation owns me Mate the peo ple want to know it It has been pushing the fight upon them for years and now the test must come. The people, vs. corporate powers is the issue that is rapidly ripening, j and the people are getting ready for the contest The next Legislature will contain a oody of members j pledged to make battle against fur ther encroachment by corporations. auuiuiu uitcu in ucmiDti us ruIOrCr' ment of the constitution and to take pledges for its future observance. With tbe issue fairly and squarely drawn, no member dare take the side of the corporations against the people. The people of this State i have been patient and long suffer ing under the debauchery of their Legislature by the emissaries of the corporations they have created, chiefly because local interests only were affected.but when the Pennsyl vania railroad company literally un dertakes to monopolize the entire car rying trade of the State and by crush ing all opposition be enabled thereby to pray upon every business interest, the time has come when the busi ngs men everywhere must unite in defense of their rights. Wc do not want to see the cry of "down with corporations" raised, but if for 6elf protection it must, then let it come. Pennsylvania will never become the slave of corporations if the people are aroused to the issue being torced upon them. Pension Commissioner Black is very busily emploed re-organizing the boards of Examining Surgeons, by turning out Republican surgeons and appointing Democrats in their stead. What politic has to do with the examination of the disabilities and wounds of the old soldiers, has been left for General Black to dis cover. For fifteen yearB, at least, be fore General Black took charge of the Pension Bureau, no man was ap pointed an examining surgeon or dismissed from that office on ac count of his politics. Hundreds of the examining surgeons were Dem ocrats, simply because they were found to be the ablest and most ex perienced surgeons in the -places where their services were required. But no applicant was ever asked whether he was a Democrat or a Re publican, and an examination of the applications on file in the Persion Office when General Black took charge would show that in few cases indeed, did applicants say that they were Democrats or Republicans. At tbe Hero' Tomb. New York, Aug. 11. There was & marked decrease to-day in the number of visitors to Riverside. The crowd has settled down to what is believed will henceforth be the average number except on holida3-s and Sundays. Several hundred people were to be seen at any time of the day grouped abDUt the en-, trance to the tomb, and clusters of twos and threes were scattered all over the grounds. The sentry had no difficulty in keeping the visitors the required distance from the vault, and when the crowd became a little larger a line was formed, so aa to give every one a chance to look into the tomb. A rumor was circulated that some damage had been done to the tomb by relic-seekers, in chippine off pieces of the brick and by defacing it with marks. The reports are with out foundation. Since the funeral service, when the guard established by General Hancock took charge of the vault under Captain Fessenden, there has been no chance for visi tors to get close enough to the struc ture to deface it. At all hours of the night and day two sentinels with loaded muskets pace ret nil any around the tomb. There has been no intermission. Two handsome floral contribu tions were received by the Park Commissioners vesterdav and placed in the tomb of General Grant. Une is a floral anchor, sent by a number of colored people in Honda; the other a column of roses and forget- me-nots from the Ohio Department of the Grand Army. The New Solatera' Home. The Soldiers and Sailors' Home Commission, of which Governor Pat tison is the head and General Bea ver and nine others are members and they decided at the meeting last eunesday to convert the Marine Hospital property at Erie into a Sol diers and Sailors' Home, to be known as the Pennsylvania Soldiers and Sailors' Home. The resolution was unanimously adopted, with a condition, which was fulfilled lost evening. The Home consists of a large brick building erected for ma rine hospital purposes, and has with it two hundred acres of land on the site of the old French Presque Isle Fort, commanding the entrance to the port, and is worth $250,000. The appropriation of SJO.OOO will be us ed for renovating and furnishing the structure. Indigent soldiers and sailors who are not provided tor in the Soldiers' Home bills will be ad mitted and cared for to the number of 300 or more. The directory for the first vear consists of the Gover nor and the oalance of the Com mis sion. A Horse-thief In Office. Dksveb, Au. 12. C. P. Judd, who was appointed by President Clevehaid, on May 1(5, last, to be special agent of the National Labor Bureau for Nevada and the Terri tories, was brought from Alamosa, Col., wday on a warrant charging him with horse stealing. Judd drew i up and signed a statt meut to-day. admitting his guilt, and that he nad served in the prison at Leavenworth, Kan., and two terms in a peniten tiary in Colorado for similar offen ces. . ,' . Judd claims that his application for a Government position was signed by several well known Dem ocrats of Colorado, to which his ap pointment is accredited. A Cloud Barat In Berk County, Pa. BEAPrxc;, Aug. 14. Last night a tremendous water cloud burst over Greenwich township, this county. It fell with terrific force, washing out fields and swelling .streams. The Schuylkill river to-day is four feet higher than yesterday. The storm was confined to a small section of countrv and lasted only an hour. Jos. Meag'e's barn, near Windsor Castle, was struck by lightning and consumed with its contents. Loss, J8.000. The Hambury Rolling-Mill reservoir overflowed, flooding the mill. Mrs. White, of Stony Creek, was' rendered unconscious by the lightning. Aaother Criniauki id Offlo. Ixdiasapolis, Aug. 13. The Ad ministration has again been imposed upon. Yesterday it was announced ! that Exam Saint, of New Castle. I Ind., had been appointed a special flTl 2!l'J T.a- "T . . I 1 . V against the appointment because Saint, as the United States Court records show, was convicted of vio lating the pension laws in Jane, 1SS2, and there is now a case for a similar offense Den dine in court against him, CHOLERA S VICTIMS. Frightfal Ravage of the ae the Cicy of Granada. la T.rtnoN. Aueust 13. there were 4433 new cases of cholera reported I throughout Spain yesterday, 164S death from tne aisease. mere u orPAt excitement in Seville, oter the Government proposal to abolish the power of the local authorities dar-jjt ing the prevalence of cholera, be - cause of their inefficiency in sanita tion, and to itself assume the direc tion of the city's local affairs. The populace are hostile to the doctors and averse to any interference in family affairs, and they strongly support the local authorities. Great crowds assembled in all the public places last evening to discuss , the situation, and the civil guard was called upon to disperse them. The ravages of the disease in ura nada are horrible. Scores of the victims of the disease drop and die in the streets, where, in many cases, they remain for hours before they are gathered up at night for a harried and unceremonious burial in a com mon trench. The Archbishop has sold his equipages to obtain funds for the relief of the suffering people, and has given his palace for a hos pital. The condition of anairs in Mar seilles is every day revealed as even worse than what was already known, and the neglect by the authorities of the needs of the city is being thrown more and more into relief as a course of conduct criminal in jito effect on the inhabitants. It is u; 'M proved that cholera has existed in Marseilles in an unmistakable and well-defined development of the disease since June, while the author ities have persistently denied its presence and have done nothing to retard its progress. The Cyclone In New York. Norwood, N. Y August 13. The damage by the cyclone here last night was somewhat overestimated. The loss of life so far reported in cludes only Michael Martin, a farm hand, and Mrs David Fitzgibbons. The injured are: Myra Ormsby.aged IS years.probably fatally hurt; Mrs. George Cramer, S. E. Leslie, Mrs. Oliver Lundeman, Carl and Rufus King and Charles Minor. The storm raged over a territory of fifteen miles in length and from one half to three quarters of a mile in width. The wind was accompan ied by a terrific hail-storm. The damage done to growing crops and fruit cannot bo estimated. The principal losers in Norwood are the Norwood Lumljer Company, the Ogdensburg and Lake Chainpl.uu Railroad Company, ny damage to bridge and station, and A. M. H. 1 eareon.by damage to broom handle and hoop factory. Over 100 resi dences and innumerable barns and sheds were destroyed or damaged. The damage done in Norwood and the immediate vicinity is estimated at $150,000. Troy, N. Y., August 13. A dis patch iroru Saratoga says that to day's storms, including rain, wind, thunder and lightning, exceeded anything felt there in fifteen years, and over four inches ol rain tell in three and a half houis. A teamster named Chatterton was struck with lightning and instantly killed. The flag-poles on the Grand Union Ho tel and Vichy Spring were shattered. Lightning also struck several other places. There were several land slides and washouts. In the lower portion of the town streets and cel lars were flooded. Wanted to Lynch the Sheriff. Harrifburq, Aug. 14. Between eight and nine o'clock last night the Sheriff of York county .James Work inger, shot and it is thought fatally wounded a man named Francis. Francis, it is said is a bad character and has committed depredations in different parts of the State, his last offence being highway robbery in York county. Yesterday Sheriff Workinger repaired to Middletown to arrest him. He" captured his man and than attempted to handcuff him. Francis broke away and fled. The Sheriff pursued him and seeing that he could not overtake him drew a revolver from his pocket and fired. Francis fell with a bulet in his back. The report of the revolver soon drew a large crowd and when the true state of affairs was known people flocked from every direction. Seeing what he had done the Sheriff became alarmed and it did not take him long to discover that the excited men who were gathering were arranging to take the law in their own hands. A doEen of the boldest in the crowd started for him followed by the others. The Sheriff again drew his revolver and for a time held the crowd at bay. A lynching no doubt would have fol lowed had not an east-bound freight train appeared in sight, and, made desperate bv fear, Workinger board ed the train and was carried beyond the rejich of the infuriated mob. In Desperate Peril. Lewistows, Aug. 15.- Krepe. a division foreman on the Pennsylvania Railroad between Mc Veytown and Anderson's, was going to his home in Granville about nine o'clock last night he was attacked and overpowered by three unknown men, supposed to be tramps, robbed of S3U, gagged, bound hand and foot, placed across the North track and tied there. The unfortunate man, knowing that a freight train was due shortly. struggling witn the desperation of one facing a horrible death, boon the noise of the approaching freight sounded in his ears, and summon ing all his strength for a superhu man effort, he succeeded in drawing his feet from his boots and extricat ing himself from his perilous posi tion just in time .to save bis life. His hands, however, were yet tied to the track when thetrain came alone, and when he was found by the watchman five minutes later it was discovered that the wheels - had crushed the tinners of one hand. He was st once removed to hie home where he lies in a critical condition. The Mocanaqua Mine Horror. Wilkesbarre, August 12. There are no new developments in regard I which to take anyone whom they party was organized, and 100 men, to the accident in tbe West End Col-1 found reason to believe guilty. They bringing into requisition - picks, liery at Mocanaqua. The bodies of j came up with it to-day at Meyers shovels and crowbars, set to work, tbe twelve men who were smother-1 dale, Somerset county, and arrested and in about two hours had succeed ed to death were all removed from ! a man who crave hi name as Henry : ed in removing thirtv tons or more the mine last night. The stoppage' Wilson whose business with the' of debris, when the voices of the of the fan and the consequent accu-jshow was to sell umbrellas at the entombed men could be heard. An mulation in the mine of fumes from . main entrance. He was bronght ! hour later they were reached and the boiler fires and foul "gas caused ! here this evening and put in jail, were brought to the surface in an the accident.. As to responsibility No others could be found against 'exhausted condition, having been fortbe accident, the Coroner, in or- whom there is any strong suspicion.! rescued just in time to save their der to determine who was at fault,! empaneled a jury to-day, who, after j visiting the mine and viewing tbe , remains of the dead miners, ad-j be tc-nieht The outrage is still the . healing and soothing, and does won joornedto meet at Shickahinny on; cause of great public indignation . ders when applied to old sores. For next Saturday. and excitement i Sale by C N. Boyd, Somerset, Pa. Sale of General Grant a Memoir. Aafaaealed In the Booth. New York, Aug. 14. The first edition of the "personal Memoirs of tt s. Grant" is 150.000 comes. The! publishers say they may add 50,000 conies to it A second edition is already made necessary by the large number of subscriptions received. The cresses will be set to woik upon jUEt m Boon ag the first edition is (completed, which will be i:i about three weeks. , The second edition will be quite as large as the first. The first volume of the first edition will not be delivered nntil Decem l.r. The second volume will be ready in 'March.' ; - Orders for the dook nave been coming in very steadily, at the av- j erage of 5,000 a day. The South is ; doing its share of the ordering. Al- j ready 300,000 sets of two volumes have been ordered. This does not include foreign orders. The book will be translated into French Ger man, Spanish and Italian. The en tiro manuscript for both volumes was in the publisher's hands on Fri day before General Grant died. Mr. Webster took the galley proofs of the last 50 pages to Mt McGregor on that day and showed them to the General. The manuscript brings the story down to the end of the war and not to the lay ot the Uenerai s death, as reported. Mrs. Grant is to receive 75 per cent, of the profit on the book in America and 85 per cent, on that abroad. Twenty-Seven years in an Asylum. Adrianne Brinckle has just been released from the State Lunatic Asy lum at Harrisburg, where she has been confined twenty-seven years, although perfectly sane during all that time. Thirty years ago the family of Miss Brinckle's father, Dr. William D.aper Brinckle, were lead ers of Philadelphia society, and Addie was the centre of an admiring circle. Pkeverse9 finally swept away the Doctor's fortune, reducing the family to uncomfortable circumstan ces. To raise money for necessary expenses, Addie sold her piano and some furniture which had not yet been fully paid for. The owuer sued her for wrongful conversion of the property. With the idea of sav ing the family honor, Dr. Brinckle caused his daughter to be placed in the lunatic asylum, intending to secure her release in a short time. He died suddenly, however, leaving her in the institution where she re mained until released by the Com mission on Lunacy a few days ago. Her relatives and former friends had either been apathetic or had fo.irid the rising of unpleasant quesions that would have followed any at tempt by them to release Miss Brin ckle. A letter written to her by Dr. Thomas (. Morton finally led to im investigation into her mental condi tion. She is now at the convalescent retreat, near Glenn Mill, Delaware County. Though her hair is gray, she in in the full podsc-sion of her meptal faculties and in good health and spirit!1. Damage bjr a Water-Spout. m Schenectady, N. Y., August 13. The damage by the water spout in Glenville is ertater than at hr?t sui posed. Farmers lct crops and fnicts worth 810,000, and for thrfse milts the culverts of the Sacundana Turn pike are washed away, cauhing a loss of c 1000 to ihe town of Glenville. Huge bowlders and cattle were cur ried along by the torrent. Two showers approached each other, the clouds having a rotary motion, and closed together. An instant of mid night darkness and the illumination of lightning flashes followed quick ly. The thunder w:s mild. A washout, eight miles this side of Amsterdam, was repaired last night. A temporary trestle is being built at the main washout, six miles from Schenectady, the trains are expected to cross at 10 o'clock this evening. A live-stock train was detained l.tnt night between the two washouts. The less serious washout near Hoff man's Ferry has been repaired. One hundred and fifty men are at work. New York, August 13. On ac count of the washout on the New York Central Ilailroad at Hoffman 'a Ferry, near Amsterdam, yesterday, there have been no trains in frmn the West 6ince last evening. Notice is posted on the bulletin board at the Grand Central Depot that no trains will arrive from points west of Albany before 10 o clock to-night About GOO feet of track was washed away by the water spout. The Chi cago" fast train was not started this morning, but all other trains depart ed as usual. The Cholera scourge. Madrid, August 10. Granada to day is in a inost desperate condition as a result of the ravages of cholera. The state of affairs there is really worse than it was in Naples last year during the epidemic in that city. Thtre are no doctors now in Grana da, and the bodies ot cholera vic tims lie unburied in the streets. Ihere were 411 new cholera and 1511 deaths from the disease reported yesterdiy through- '" Mauseiixes, August, 10. Il is of ficially stated that there have been 170 deaths from cholera in this city since Thursday. The Prefect of Hie Department has been attacked with the disease. There were 300 deaths froiu chol era in this city during the past week. Paris, August 10. Reports from Marseilles received to-day state that; the weather is again very warm,and that the cholera is increasing to such an extent that . tbe hospitals have been opened for the reception of pa tients suffering from the disease. Reports from Toulon state that two deaths from cholera have occurred there, aud that several new cases are reported. Washington?, D. C August 10. The Slate Department is informed of one case of cholera at Malaga and four at Gibraltar. One ufllie Outragcr.s Hunting Dos, Aug 14 Policeman Decker and an assistant have been in pursuit of Cole's sircas since the fiendish outrage was committed upon Mies Morrison by its attaches on Monday night, with warrants on Ion Mondav night, with warrants on I- is believed that several, if not all, the guilty ones have left the show until it leavea the State, which will EltCFTIOX OP A VOLCANO, The Crater of Cotopaxl Overflows anil DeHtroja One Hundred Uoitaea. Panama, August 8, 1SS5. The steamer Lima just arrived rronvthe coast, brings news of another erup tion of the celebrated volcano of CotopaxL The La Nacion of Guay aquil, of July 31, baa the following concerning we event: About one o'clock this morning we were awakened by a heavy artil lery apparently from guns of the heaviest calibre, which could not but alarm us. We sprang up hasti ly from oil! beds and hurried to the balcony of our house to ask the first passer bv what had happened. But the stree was deserted and the ex plosions followed one another in wonderful rapidity at times, and at others causing a continuous roar, shaking the earth and canning the windows in' the doors of the house to rattle. We heard no clamor of trumpets, nor the opposing shouts of "vivas" or "mueras" which are so frequently heard in battle, but what seemed to be an artillery combat of colossal proportions. "What could it be?" "What might it be?" The damage done is probably con siderable, as 100 houses were de stroyed probably by this "allusion." The number of victims is not known, A Dakota Water Spout. St. Pail. Minn., August 12. Ad vices fraoi Dead wood say a water spout strncfe Lone Tree creek, near Chadron, Dakota, last Thursday, flooding the valley, drowning four men, two children and a number of horses, besides washing away sever al hundred yards of newly finished railroad grade. A family of emi grants, consisting of a man, his wife and three children were camped on the creek when the water struck them. The man attempted to save two of tiie children, but was drown ed with them. The woman caught hold vl a wagon box as it was float ing away and climbed into it. The box was carried down to White Riv er, where it struck ngainst a bank and the woman succeeded in catch ing hold of some willows and draw ing herself out. She was dressed in nothing but her night clothes. The third child, ged about four years was carried down by the flood, but was found alive clinging to some debris the next morning in White River near the town. The track of the flood was found strewn with dead horses, harness and grading tools, while here and there was found the body of soiie unfortunate grader. Itobbed a Rich Ola Farmer. Wellsboro, Pa., Aug. 13. Tues day evening, about 7 o'clock, two men went to the house of John Bates, near Little Marsh,in Chatham Town ship, afid one held Mrs. Bates and the other desperado knocked Mr. Bates down and robbed him of his pocket-fook, containing $150. Mrs. Bales' clothes were nearly stripped from her person in struggling with one of Use men.aiid finally she freed herseif and ran about half a mile and gave the alarm. Mr. Bates had two ribs broken and his head was badly cut fie is about 80 years old, a well-to-larmer, and it is well known that he generally carries con siderable money upon his person. The robbers were arrested shortly afterward, and yesteiday morning Mrs. Bates identified them as Foucht Spicer snd his son Harry, who have been working in a saw mill near Little Marsn. They were lodgded in jail at Wellsboro yester day afternoon. The money has not been recovered. The Spioers are both toughs, the father having but recent ly come out of the penitentiary. Vanderbilt'8 latest Scheme, St. Louis, Aug. 14. The Globe Democrat says, as coming from a high official, that the absorption of the West Shore railroad by the Van derbilt lioe is only a part of ascheme to make the New York Central and Pennsylvania companies masters of the situation in all further agree ments between the trunk lines, and in awarding percentages. Their plan is to substantially control the ap proaches to New York from the West either through direct ownership or by a threatening attitude towards the weaker lines, ami to fortify their positions strong enough to resist at tacks from rival companies, they havematured a plan for a division of territory and railway property which stands at the head of all previous combinations to crush out competi tion. In this arrangement Vanderbilt is to hitve another trunk line between New York and Chicago and one be tween New York and St. Louis. Discharging 10,000 Boys. Maiiosy City. Aug. 13. A re cent law prohibiting the employ ment of boys under the age of four teen years inside the c.wl mines if . Bevprfl v i'ritifiiuctl in minim cirelis auu ui-jy ttfuic a uotiiuiicainin ui troubles. The aggregate number of boys in Luzerne, Schuylkill. Car bon and Northumberland counties which the new law affects will reach 10.000. Its enforcement com men- , ced August 1 and as rapidly as Slavs and f olanders could be supplied to Mil their places boys under 14 em ployed in various ways inside the mines and those under 12 years em ployed as slate-pickers in the break era, were discharged. As a result of tbe new law wid- owed mothers daily linger around j the mine beseeching the breaker boss or the superintendent not to dismiss their boys, on whom their support depends. Maw-raw Eaeap of Hlawra, Wilkeskabre, Aug. 13. Intense; excitement was created last night at No. 3 Colliery, operated by Pardee & Co., near Uazleton. There was a massive fall of rock and coal, carry ing with it many props, shutting off all communication between the im prisoned men and the other miners in the slope. In a short time the news of the accident had spread, and soon nearly 400 men, women and children had gathered near the mouth of the shaft, anxiously await- ing news from below. A rescuing lives. ! ' -- - f Arnica & Oil Liniment is very shot by a Burglar. HoLLiDAVsntRG, Aug. 13. The residence of J. L. Wertz, nt Dun canville, a village near here, was en tered by burdarseaily this morning, i the thieves effecting an f ntranca by j an open window in the second story, j Entering the room of George Clangh, they stole his watch and some mon- ey Clangh awoke and one oi ice burglars warned him to lie still or else he would shoot him. Not heed ing the warning he started to get out of bed and then the burglar shot hiui. The ball entered his chest, nassin? through his abdomen and coming out his right side. The bur- Elars escaped. The extent of Clangh' injuries are not known, but they may prove latat iwo nouses in Newrv, two miles distant, were also entered about one or two o clock the same morning and to gold watches and a som of money were taken. 1 r Out of a Car Window, YixcESNEs, Ind., Aug. 12. Dr. McKenie, a wealthy and promi nent citizen of Eldorado, Kansas, while going to Corry, Pa., jumped through the window of a passenger co-ich on the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, near Flora, 111., yesterdey. The train, which was running at the rate of forty miles an hour, was im mediately stopped, and Dr. McKen zie was found comparatively unhurt. He is reg.trdtd as insane. When found he was sitting upon the gras sy embankment of the railroad. He said : "Gentlemen, I'm cot hurt, and mv rnonev i safe, thank God." lie had 62,000 with him. The motto of the proprietors of Dr. Henry Baxter's Mandrake Bitters is "the greatest good to the greatest number," and so sell a large bottle of a valuable remedy for the small price of 25 cents, and warrant every bottle to give satisfaction or money refunded. For Sale by C. N. Boyd, the Druggist, Somerset, Pa. PUBLIC SALE 1Y VIRTVEofanorJcr If cued oat ol the Or. 1 ) phans' Oourt 1 Somerset County, itmf a. to the untlerii(net directed, 1 will eisc t gale bjr pulilie oaierr, on the prenitscf, on SATlTSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1SS5, At 1 oYlurk P. .,the folliwlnr (least ibed Real Es tate, late the rsiate t Sarah Thuiaas, lccesci, to wit, a "frUun trert ur parcel "t luni situate in Ljwur 1iirfe-yftt T"wpshn, Somerset County, h., enoUiiniiJ tweuty-tltrvo anl threMuurth acres, more r Ws9, afj ininif laml? of K t. mf, C'oi liu. -life Ttwn 0iiit.ny, xn l others. Attorn t-n a res ti this hini is m a'j? vJ stare ot cnltia M'in, li.iTiiist thereon erecuul twogoo-.l use and a ball story Iraaie DWELLING BOUSES, Ami other oatbulMms. (Wl Fruit and Water. i'oDTcaicnt to tJl.ureii and School. TEBMS: Ona-Iifilf easit on cofittrtDatlon of aie &nl-!t-liv. ery cf uccl. huliinoe in one ye:r Iroin ila'.e ol i.i!e. wab interest. Deferred ia-utenu t-j i lerBn! tyju'lirnifrrl iK-cti on tke I'rcicin. Teaifret'ot oi Ujo i-uteliHUO foi-tifrv to be pal l 0"Q as the ' Lroi't'Tty ti knock ?M ilwn. H!i-rwtP l: will a'aiD I to eil- isui s.u, at the rl.'k ti e f.r". purchas er, vf. s, I(IUVl Al.N. PUBLIC SALE. BY VU-.It'K-Tan -Trier IruiM out t tiie r IhM' . VrTjrt oi S'-wcrMt r.Kiotv, Pa-, to the an Jcmitfricd dir-rcd. I wiUfX.io; t sale 1 jtuU lic ul.ti.Ty oo rim irreml, on 'SATURDAY, SEP T 12. 1SS5, at 1 v'clok In the afternoon. tlw following- ilesorlb ed Ki-fll t9l,u-, lata tha huh of JaaieUtlaa. de.--.:.ei, to wit : A certain lm-tofl-nI litudta in I.iwer Tu -keviuot T.t , Somerset Ho , Pa., a.ljointnn lana of Aaroa Meyers, B. F. ( bw Co., Nel-vn r- banl, Kutu Uusn, ana others, containing- ononan- n& acre, mora or less, of which about acyeaty. five acre :tra cleireJ, about Bre acres In me&low, hating thereon erected a log una trams DWELLING HOUSE, one nr. J one-half rtory frame barn, spring- house 1 wthcr uutbattatDir?. Convenient tu cnun-n anl school. tr joJ water. TERMS.' Onc-halfcash on nonfirmatlon of snlf and dellr- eryol deeil, ualnnee- In one year from day of sale. with Interest, loiwrcenl ol ue pur,-naie money to 1 .ai.l when the property is knorke-l down. De ferred payments lo I st-cnre-l hy rodjrnient bond on the pn-ttise. . J. W. BIEKHOlHEE, , au?.). Aumr. ana i rostee; E EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. Estate of It belle; Herman, drc'I , late of Sto nycreok Twp., Somerset Uo., Fa. letters testamentary on tbe above estate having hMn irrantcd tu the underpinned by the nniperaa- thnrity, notice Is hereby (riven to all persons indebted- to said estate to make lmiae-liata pay- ment, and tnose naving claims against n so pre sent thein duly authenticate-! tor settlement to the unuersium-ii u tne resiuenov oi reter ?, pans ier In stonvcrcek Twp.. Somerset Co., Pa., on Saturday, the Xtd day of Annust, 1SS5, when and where he will a Itena Kir aald pruc UAHiCb crsu IJOLEH, " julylS. txecutor. A DIIUS'ISTBATOK'S NOTICE. t-ta'e of Benlamin Baker, ilor d.late ofSomsrret rl wp., Somerset Co., Ps. Leltt-rsof udujinbu-atlon on the above estatchar. bota granted to tbe nnderslxned, notice la herebv given to all persons indebted to said estate to make Immediate payment, and those having claims against the same will present them duly authentic ed tor setttcmenr on baturuny, August S, US5, at the late reside'.', of deceased. CAT J AKIN E BAKER. Administratrix. C. WILSO:! BAKEK, lul-.l Administrator. JLLXISEASUMISUUI FBBMJULtHPlM SMTXiF THE BUTO. UllRES ULCK. ZRGiPzu&i Scwum, Oaunt, Cinf- BBS mSiSEiSCffErCS.PlIPtf Ji.THB eKROrTnOTOTBEPBBUO.TRY I T4 vuosE cstmcuL Ira a pureu reenutx fKBUTictcmiCMxoFiaiTHirmsT 1 USmveanaxuE uis or sua. EBSSiCB is til v it VamaDlB Beal Es tV. 4 n - MED In tbe face of such a temperature as we are now being tteiL ed to, our talk must be confined to the coolest and 111 equipments. Last week was certainly" an exhaustive one such goods, yet we have still left a few 01 SEER-SUCKERS, ALPACAS, DUCK. AND SAILS VESTS, AJTJD STRAW AND LIGHT FELT HATS, Which we are anxious to scasuu ttui, ttf tun j uiti t sjiniv. wuuwi sj "vnu ui OUrQn Goods. . We offer these goods at Light-weight Prices, and r quest our friends to take advantage of the offer. We are prepared to show you anything else you are in need of in way of Clothing and Furnishing Goods, at the lowest FossiM, r igures. L. M. WOOLF & SOX. The Popular One-Price GLOTHIERS HATTEES JOHNSTOWN. lY. GY'. S.Our 50-Cent Straw Hat Sale Still Conthm. BOYTS, PORTEE & CO, Brass ami Iron Founders, rers of Miners' Supplies, WATF.n ST., OPIVSITEB. it O. DEPOT, COSXEI.LSYIU.E, PA. MANUFACTURERS OF THE vniiru CTCAM DIIMD. Er r?.?. ? For Coal Mines, Furnaces, Turn-Table Dump Cars. i stone neks, stone weages, LARRIES, PIT CARS, COKE SCRAPERS, COKE BARROWS, COKE OVEN FRAMES, R. R. FROGS, BRIDGE BOLTS, SWITCH STANDS, MILL GEARING. PULLEYS, AND SHAFTING. Heavy Casting and Forgings ; Sheet-Iron repaireii at short notica. DO NOT Watches and Silverware UNTIL YOU HAVE SEEN THE FINE NEW STOCK W. II. WOOD'S, NO. 8 BAEB BLOCK, S O MERSET, PA- LOUTHER'S I : : t : TMs Model Drag Stow is npictlj f, pie u Search cf FRESH AND PURK DRUGS, MEDICINES, DYE STUFFS, ' SPONGES. .TOIXET ARTICLES, . i i SUPPORTERS, &c. &c THE DOCTOB GIVES PKRfiOSAL PHYSICIANS PRESCR1PT1QKS AKO FAMILY RECEIPTS, CBEAT CARB BC.VG TAKES TO SPECTACLES, And a Full Line of Optical " such a large assortment all can be suited. The Finest Brands of Cigar Always on hand. It is goods to mtenaing purchasers, elsewhere. J.-M. HOT! dispose of, being determined iVj, anfl FDRNISHE Machinists, and Manufactu WAKHAM1.D Railroads, and Boiler Feeders. Hoistine Crabs Work ; Machinery of all kimb buiii td jiineii-ivr. BITS YOUR bscming a Great FaTorita with PERFUMES, TRUSSES. ATTESTIOX TO THK COJirudDnG Ot VSE oir mtSJI J.VO riBf J !'''' EYE-GLASSES Goods always on hand. Froffl alwavs a pleasure to display o"J wneiner mey uuy LOUTHER, M. D-
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