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The Somerset Herald, j
EDWARD SCULL. Editor nd Proprietor.
WEDNESDAY.
.AUGVST , IS.
Republican Ticket.
STATE.
J-OK STATE TREASUUIU,
MATTHEW S Qt'AY,o Bearer Oomtr.
COUNTY.
POK POOR HOUSE DIBECTOB,
JOHN C BABRON, ofSoawraetTownahip.
FOB JCKY COMMISSIONER,
IRWIK O. CUSTER, of Somieraet TnnMp.
The old war-borse Democrats are
eulky. They were for reform and
the offices, and have only succeeded
in securing the first part of their de
mand. The New York Sua advi.-ee all
anxious candidate for post offices to
-pluck up heart and remember that
a Republican is turned out every
eix minutes of every working day.
The Philadelphia Record calls the
i pecial attention of the benevolent
to the fact that "Our Children Cry
for Bread" was the motto displayed
by the Chicago Socialist picnic, at
which 300 kegs of beer were
eumed.
con-
"What end has the Democratic
party in view ?" anxiously asks a
contemporary. If it was half wise
it would be its latter end, with a
constant prayer that it "last end
might be better than the first." In
fer 0ran.
It is a current newspaper report
that the friendly relations between
the President and Sam uelJ. Tilden
Lava h.n dissolved. This will, if
true, deotroy the last hope of Demo
cratic success in New York at the
next election.
The Democrats of Iowa met in
State Convention last week, joined
forces with the Greenbackers and
nominated a full State ticket. The
Dlatform adopted endorses Cleve-
lands administration and demands
the repeal of the prohibitory law.
The Democrats of Philadelphia
propose to put forward Mr. Conard
B. Day of that city as their candi
date for Slate Treasurer. In the
event of Mr. Day's nominotion the
voters in making up their ticket will
have to "mind their D's and Q's."
Democratic papers are trying to
excuse the appointment of a horse
thief to office, alleging that it was
done at the solicitation of leading Re
publicans; and now the Democratic
wheel horses are inquiring why the
President is filling the oflioes on the
recommendation of Republicans?
The Democratic State Convention
of Ohio, last week, unanimously re
nominated Governor Hoadly for re
election. It looks as if the Conven
tion was a little too unanimous.
Cleveland dictated the nomination,
and it was unanimously acquiesced
in, because nobody else would agree
to run.
The Democrats are evidently un
happy over the political outlook.
They realize the fact that in New
York, Ohio and in this State things
have not a wholesome look for them,
and that this is going to be a disas
trous year for the new Administra
tion. They are not only discouraged
bit disgusted.
The Rev. Sam Jones says, "I am
a Democrat and have always voted
that ticket, but when a party strad
dles a whiskey barrel, the Angel Ga
briel could not make me vote for it"
And Sam fell from grace with one
fell swoop in the eyes of Kentucky
and Ohio Democrats when he made
that announcement
Public sentiment having con
strained Pension Agent Davis, of
Philadelphia, to dismiss his rebel
clerk, Barbiere, he selected one Capt.
Payne to fill the vacancy, who turn
ed out to be a swindler and a dead
beat, and of course cannot be retain
ed. Are there no honest, competent
Democrats in the State from whom
Mr. Davis can select a clerk ?
Now that the time for opening the
schools is approaching, directors
and teachers should remember that
the Legislature at its last session fix
ed bylaw the term of a common
school month at twenty days of ac
tual teaching. It is also provided
that there shall be no school on Sat
urday s,or during holidays, or during
the time of holding County Insti
tutes. Whenever one of the rascals ap
pointed to office by this Adminis
tration is exposed, the cry is imme
diately raised, "The President was
deceived." All of which goes to
show that, after twenty-five years of
lying about Republican officials,
Democrats have become such able
prevaricators that they cannot tell
the trath, even to the President of
their own choice.
High license appears to Lave
worked quite satisfactorily in Wis
consin. During the three months
the license law has been in force the
aggregate number of drinking places
bas decreased by 207, while the
aggregate amount of annual revenue
will probably be nearly a quarter of
a million dollars greater than it was
last year. But then a license law,
like any other law, depends a good
deal for its efficiency on the man
ner of its enforcement Wisconsin
eeems to be enforcing her law,
although whether the will do it af
ter it has been in existence three
years remains to be seen.
of
greet, men that have bei
rushed
into the Internal llevesnxe eervice.
much trouble is beini Experienced
with crooked whiskey. It keeps all
the old exjerts about the depart
ment busy' to revise and correct the
errors of the new guajrers, and keep
them from being hoodwinked by the
whiskey sharps. This is the Datural
result of removing experienced men.
A large meeting of the citizens of
Bellefonte was held last week over
which General Beaver presided.
Strong resolutions were passed de
nouncing the proposed wrecking of
the South Pennsylvania railroad by
Vanderbilt The speeches of General
Beaver and other gentlemen present
have the ring of true men, determin
ed to insist upon the submission to
the constitution, by the corporation
of the State.
Keilev, who was appointed Min
ister to the Italian and then to the
Austrian government and rejected
by both, is now loafing at Paris and
drawing his salary. We are con
stantly bearing of the money saved
by dismissing petty officers, and yet
this "Big gun," with nothing to do,
is enjoying the luxuries of Paris at
government expense. This is a sam
ple of Democratic economy sav
ing at the spigot and wasting at the
bung."
The Ohio Democratic idea of of
fensive partisanship was aptly illus
trated in the State Convention of
that partv held at Columbus last
week. A number of Federal officials
1 1 . 1 iL.
were present as aeiegaies, aim wc
fellow who was just pardoned by
the President, and who was convict
ed of locking up over oue hundred
colored men to prevent them from
voting, was also on hand getting in
his fine work for Hoadly, the nomi
nee for Governor.
Whitney, the Secretary of the
Treasury, busted" old John Roach
the ship builder, by declaring for
feited his contracts with the govern
ment ; and now he is assisting Van
derbilt to "bust" the South Penn
sylvania railroad, by refusing to
comply with his own contract to
complete this work. A stockjobber
and railroad wrecker in the cabinet,
is not an impressive eight, nor one
calculated to inspire confidence in
this administration.
The indebtedness of the New
Yofk Central railroad since its pur
chase of the West Shore line, is said
to be 227,000,GOO. The Erie rail
road owes SlGO.fXO.OOO, and the
Pennsylvania $130,000,000. No won
der that the traffic of the country is
saddled with enormous tolls and the
competition of new lines is feared,
when it is remembered that the old
'truck lines" have to earn the in
terest on these enormous debts be
side providing for dividends on
enormously watered 6tock.
The Democrats of Huntingdon
county, in their Convention last
week, denounced the flagrant viola-1
tion of the Constitution by the rail
roads of this State, and thenjattempt
to make political capital out of it by
charging Col. Quay with being a
lobbyist for corporations. What the
election of any man to the office of
State Treasurer has to do with the
enforcement of the provisions of the
Constitution relating to railroads
these Democratic tricksters do not
deign to tell the voters tbey are at
tempting to gull.
A general tone of hopefulness re
garding business improvementseems
to pervade the manufacturing indus
tries of the country, and on all sides
an active fall trade is anticipated.
The steel mills are nearly all resum
ing operations with a fair line of or
ders for rails and other railroad sup
plies. It is generally believed that
bottom prices have been reached,
and buyers arc rapidly coming for
ward and replenishing their stock
in anticipation of a heavy fall trade.
Better times appear to be coming,
and business men of all kinds are
assuming a cheerful aspect
The Ohio Democrats are patting
Leonard, the Prohibition candidate
on the back, and trying hard to
persuade his followers that they are
in proiouud eympamy
with their
cause, but when the Democratic con
vention re-nominated Governor
Hoadley and he took the stage to
make a speech accepting the renom
ination for Governor, he stated in
the most emphatic miKiner that he
was against prohibition, and that he
stood by the disgraceful record made
by the party in the last Legislature.
If therefore the Democratic party
stands by prohibition it is against
its own candidate for Governor, and
if it stands by its candicate it is
squarely against prohibition. Who
is to be cheated ?
Holaiers ot Gartield's Tomb.
Washington', Aug. 20. General
Garfield's tomb is still guarded by
soldiers. A correspondent went to
the Chief Clerk of the Adjutant
General of the War Department and
inquired about it, who told him he
thought the troops had been rem'ov
ed. He detailed a clerk to look into
the matter. The clerk returned with
the followiug report: "Second Lieu
tenant C. R. Edwards, Twenty-third
Infantry, and seven men from Fort
Wayne still guard General Garfield's
tomb." ' General Garfield has been
dead four years. Nobody has ever
been so long guarded by soldiers.
Three of the soldiers are reported to
have gone crazy. It is a doleful
watch, to say the least of it
Blown lp by Dynamite.
Denver, Col. August 19, ISSj.
A special dispatch from Meeker says
"Near here, on Sunday last, the log
cabin of Patrick, James and Robert
Regan, brother, was blown op with
dynamite by anknowo parties. Pat
rick and Robert were instantly kill
ed, while James miraculously escap
ed. There is no clew to the perpe
trators of the fiendish act"
Owixo to the great nutnj
THE rROPOStD ABAXDOXME.fr.
A Well-Know Judge Asks Son per
tinent Sooth Pens Question.
Bedford, Pa-, August 23. The
agitation concerning the proposed
deal of the South Pennsylvania rail
road has reached theeame excite
ment in this vicinity as ha been
noted in other sections of the State.
Judge William M. Hall, recently
President Judge of the Bedford and
Somerset district, is taking a lively
interest in the matter. He has made
a careful research into t he constitu
tional provisions relating to the
lease or purchase by one railroad of
another parallel cr competing line.
He says :
"The executive power of the State
is bound by express constitutional
provisoes to take care that the laws
shall be faithfully executed. The
Constitution is the highest and most
sacred law. Whilst it is the duty
of the Governor and Attorney Gen
eral of the State to take the neces
sary steps in the name of the State
to prevent this contemplated wrong
a wrong not only against the
whole community in Southern Penn
sylvsnia, but upon the State itself,
and upon it3 fundamental law yet
our people are not without a private
remedv.
"What is to hinder the landown
ers from applying by bill in equity
to our local courts for an injunction
to restrain the transfer of the stock
and bonds of the South Pennsylva
nia railroad by the syndicate own
ers to the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company or its secret agent? And
why in such a proceeding caDnot a
full disclosure be compelled of the
nature of the proposed bargain and
sale by which great public interests,
as well as the private rights of indi
viduals, are to be ruthlessly sacrific
ed by railroad monopolists ?
"Concede the right of the South
Penn Company to abandon its half
completed enterprise for some hon
est reason, have they the right to
abandon, for some quai conspiracy,
a bargain and sale with the Penn
sylvania Company to prevent whole
some railroad competion to which
the public are invited ? And in any
event can thev have the right to
abandon, to the detriment of the
land-nwnprs. whoae nronertv thev
have entered upo i ana injured?
And may not aw Jrt of equity in
quire into this m;.ter and restrain
a dishonest transfer and abandon
ment, or decree a sale of the fran
chises and property of the road to
pay these damages?"
Exploits of a Notorious tiage Itobber.
San Francisco. Auk. 19. One of
the most notorious stage robbers on
the Pacific slope ia again on trial for
one of his characteristic offences,
after having been less than a week
outside of the penitentiary. He is
William Smith,alias C. P. Weibusch.
Smith was convicted of rifling
Wells, Fargo & Co.'s treasure-box
on board the stage from Milton to
Sonora, December 29, 1SS1, and
sentenced to San Quentin, but was
released yesterday. He was quick
ly re-arrested by the United States
Marshal on a warrant charging him
with having robbed the mails on
the 6ame stage. On being arraigned
he pleaded not guilty. His gieatest
exploit was the single-handed rob
bery ot Wells, Farco and Co.'s ex-
press on the stage irom sierra al
ley to Truckee, June 29, 1SS1. While
he was waiting in ambush lor tne
stage a light wagon with seven men
appeared. Tne robber captured the
conveyance, and kept the occupants
standing up for an hour and a halt
until the Sierra Valley stage arrived.
This contained four passengers, all
of whom were compelled to get
down except the driver, who was
compelled to break open Wells, Far
go t Co.'s box and hand over the
contents. While this was going on
two other vehicles approached, and
the driver of each was compelled to
get down and mingle with the other
prisoners. At the close of the after
noon's performance Smith had
thirteen men, sixteen horses and
four vehicles under control of his
double-barreled shotgun.
Preferred the Thrashing.
Crawfordsville. Ind., Aug. 18.
The house of Noah Lockabrill,
near Brown's Valley, was entered by
tramps on Sunday night Lockabill
was awakened by the noise, sprang
from his bed and closed with the
one in bis room. The burglar was
reinforced by two others. Mr. Lock
abill is a powerful man and flung
the captured burglar against the two
others in such a manner as to bring
the three to the floor. Then he went
at them with a club. His wife pro
cured a clothes line and together
they bound the tramps and sat
down and waited for them to re
cover. When the tramps regained con
sciousness Mr. Lockabill asked them
which they preferred to be taken
to Crjwfordsville and be placed in
jail, where they stood the chance of
j several years in the penitentiar, or
D Ied out one Bt ume ana re"
I cfive sucn a wmpping as ue wouiu
administer. 1 hey chose the latter,
and the farmer took them out sever
ally, tied them to the gate-post and
administered one hundred lashes to
each tramp, and when the operation
was completed a pool of blood could
be seen where they had stood. Their
piteous cries for mercy called in the
neighbors, until quite a little audi
ence had assembled to witness the
castigation of tramp No. 3. As all
sympathized with the irate farmer,
the performance went on until he
had completed the one hundred
lashes.
Workman Roasted Alive.
Harrisburg, August 22. While
at wort at the tunnel-head at fur
nace No. 4 at the Pennsylvania Steel
Works this evening, Paul Suslieskie
attempted to drive the pins to close
the bell which shut the furnace, tie
had hardly stepped upon the bell
when it sunk, and he was dropped
into the molten metal. The bell
came op into its proper shape, but
before it could be opened be was al
most entirely cremated, nothing but
an arm and leg being visible. All
of the remains that could be dragged
out to hold an inquest on would not
have filled a quart measure. The
accident cannot be accounted for, as
no more than ordinary steam pres
sure was on the bell at the time.
A rich Wltaa Bara-lar.
South Royalton, Vt, Aug, 20.
F. T. Gilford, a merchant of North
Royalton, had a desperate encounter
with a burglar in his house last
night. The burglar fired one shot,
which wounded Mr. Gilford, but the
latter overpowered the thief, and,
help being summoned, he was cap
tured. He was well armed and bad
(200 in his possession. A bag con
taining watches and jewelry was
found near the house. The burglar
gave his name as Jackson Smith, of
isew lorfc.
Killed bj Usntning.
New Orleans, August 21 Dur
ing a thunder storm to-day at noon
a gang of colored men employed in
cutting rice on the Logue plantation,
in St. Charles Parish, sixteen miles
above this city, sought shelter from
a shower of rain beneath a oak tree.
Lightning struck the tree and the
entire party, consisting of five men,
were killed. A colored boy who was
approaching the trte and was ten ftet,
from it when it was struck was stun
ned and seriously injured. When
picked up he was ' found to haVe a
large lump on his head as if he bad
been struck with a 6 tore. He is in
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a critical condition out it is Deuevea
he will recover.
Elm ira. August 21. At Canoe
Camp, Tioga county. Pa., T. J. Je
liffe, station agent of the Elm ira and
State line Railroad at that place,
was standing on the depot platform
under the telegraph wires this after
noon, and a sudden storm coming
up he was struck by lightning and
instantly killed. Bernard Whitta
ker, who was standing about three
feet from Jeliffe, was slightly injur
ed. The platform was badly wreck
ed. There were no marks on Je
liffe's body.
Titcsville, Pa., AuguBt 21. A
severe thunderstorm passed over
the city this afternoon, lightning
striking the residence of Mr. Cham
bers, in Brown street, passing
through the roof, taking in its course
a gun hanging on the wall. Jump
off that it struck Mrs. Chambers on
the neck, killing her almost instant
ly, passed down her left side and
burned the shoe from her left foot
Mrs.Chambers was supposed to have
been sitting on the bed nursing a
two-months babe, with a second
child asleep.in a cradlei In falling
off the bed the baby was thrown
under it When the husband re
turned from work he found both ba
bies crying and his wife dead. The
body had already turned black.
Bobbed of $1.3000.
Chambersbcrg, August 19. On
Saturday a well-dressed stranger call
ed upon Samuel Shank, a wealthy
farmer, residing in Guilford town
ship, and said that be desired to
purchase a farm, and inquired wheth
er Shank had not advertised his for
sale. Being informed in the affirm
ative, the stranger requested to be
shown over the place and expressed
himself as being pleased with it
On Saturday the same man, accom
panied by another stranger, visited
Shank. They represented them
selves as agents' for a sister-in-law
I and stated that thev would call on
Tuesday and purchase the farm. On
I uesuay morning these two and still
another stranger appeared at the
farm, carrying a small satchel,
which, upon opening, displayed
greenbacks in large rolls. The men
requested Shank to put up $1,200 as
a penalty or forfeit against with
drawing from the consummation of
the sale and that the money should
be placed in the hands of one of
Shank's neighbors. As Shank did
not have the sum in the house be,
in company with one of the strang
ers, came to this city and drew the
money out of bank. As they were
returning, when within a mile of
the farm, they were met by the oth
er two men in a lonely woods, who
said they had become tired waiting
and thought they would walk out
and meet them. Suddenly one of
them drew a pistol and, covering
Shank, demanded the $1,200, which
was handed over. The robbers then
cautioned Shank about following
them and escaped. The robbery
took place at four o'clock, in broad
daylight The money contained in
the satchel is supposed to have been
counterfeit
Cholera's Horrors.
London, August 22. The condi
tion of Granada remains pitiable.
Hundreds of people are attacked by
cholera in a single street nearly every
day. There are no doctors and no
authorities to look after the victims,
who often pass through their agonies
in the streets and expire, unattend
ed, in the gutters. Most of the un
affected population have fled, and
the few healthy citizens that remain
are disheartened and apathetic.
Corpses remain uncoffined and
unidentified. The very misery
wrought by the plague has become
a nuisance, and the Government has
resorted to the desperate expedient
of compelling the soldiers and con
victs to carry on the work of remov
ing from the public ways and inter
ring the bodies of the unknown
dead. -
At Marseilles thirty persons died
of cholera last; night and the total
of deaths yesterday was 140. To
day there were 46 deaths and 150
new cases. The municipal govern
ment has resolved to demand from
the general government a relief cred
it of $1)0,000. At Toulon seven cases
are under treatment at the Mandrier
Hospital. At Gibraltar ihe cholera
has ceased. Several cases have oc
curred at Vintimielia, near Nice,
Italy.
besierate Fight With a Madman.
Coatesville, Penn., August 20.
Robert H. Hodgson, living in New
London township, this . county, is
the father of several grown-up daugh
ters. William Pearce, an insane
man, last night about midnight
climbed into the house of Hodgson
and went directly to the bedcham
ber occupied by the daughters, and
seizing one of the girla, dragged her
to the floor. She gave a loud scream
which was taken up by her sister.
A struggle ensued, out tne young
women fought the maniac bravely
until their father, who was sleeping
in an adjoining room came to their
assistance. As soon as Mr. Hodg
son opened the door Pearce grappled
with him, and the terror-stricken
girls hurriedly left the room in
search of assistance. Mr. Hodgson,
who is a large and powerful man.
continued thfs .- struggle with the
madman for some minutes before
assistance arrived, when Pearce was
secured and bound. He was re-
moved to the County Asylum. In
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mo scuute ni. uougsoa was tear-1
fully bruised about 'Jhe face. Pearce j
was also considerably cut
A Sharp Storm la Delaware County.
Media, August 19. A very severe
storm passed over this place at 6:30
this evening. Hail as large as wal
nuts fell in great quantities and it is
thought the damage to farms in this
vicinity will be great The light
ning and electrical display general
ly accompanying the storm was very
anarp and vivid. 1 he wind was vi
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the storm. The peculiar sound no
ticeable in heavy hail storms was
observed Tha atmospheric distur-
banco teems to have been general'
all day, aa the telegraphic wires,
haye been working poorly.
oieui, assuming a rotary motion, i and r airplay. All with the excep
shifting suddenly in the height of j tion of the last two belonged to the
Poisoned Poor Director.
Greeksburg. Aug. 18. A sensa
tional case of attempting murder by
poison cam eto light here to-night
Poor Dirctor Seeman, for some time
past, has made his home at the poor
farm with bis family. It has been
customary with him while there to
have a glass of water within his
reach, near his bedside. Monday
morning at an early hour he arose
and took a drink of water Iron the
glass. After drinking it he noticed
its queer taste and felt a peculiar
sensation in ' his stomach. The
thought, immediately struck him
that the water hud been poisoned,
and as there had been some trouble
with some of the inmates of the
house lately there were good grounds
for the belief. Fortunately lor Mr.
Seenaan, Dre. Milligan,and Weddell,
were then ia the building. . They
were immediately called, and at
once began the administration of
emetics. Notwithstanding this, their
patient grew rapidly worse. Every
known remedy was brought into
use by the physicians to counteract
the poison before any change was
noticeable for the better. Dr. Milli
gan remained with the patient until
late last night before he thought it
safe to leave him alone. , ' '
But for the timely presence of the
doctors, it certainly would have
been a fatal dose to Mr. Seeman.
Both physicians pronounced it a
clear case of arsenical poisoning. Al
though Mr. Seeman suffered the
most excruciating agony for a time
from the effects of the deadly drug.
it is now thoueht that he is ont of
danger.
Suspicion points very btrongly to
a recently discharged employe, as
the attempt was undoubtedly made
by some person well acquainted with
the premises and the habits of Di
rector Seeman.
A Marquis on Trial.
Bismarck, August 21. Marquis
De Mores, the millionaire cattleman,
has been indicted on a charge
of murder by the grand jury now in
session at Mandon. The charge has
been hanging over him for more than
two years. When the Marquis first
settled in the Bad Lands he fenced
in a large tract. The cow-boys ob
jected and bad blood was engen
dered. V bile in Kismarck one day
the Marquis received a telegram
warning him against the cow-boys,
who had threatened to kill him on
his return to Little Missouri. He
returned.but stepped from the north
side ot the train, while the cow-boys
awaited hin arrival on the south
side. He succeeded in getting home,
but the cow-boys surrounded the
premises.
The Marquis and two friends crept
through the weeds to a safe shelter
and awaited their opportunity.
W hen the three fired.one of the shots
killed one of the cow-boys. It is
not known whose shot killed the
man, but the Marquis was arrested,
given a hearing and discharged.
Marquis DeMores is a son-in-law
of Baron Von Hoffman, of Wall
street, New York. Th Marquis left
this city for New York last night.
The Cholera Situation Growing Worse
Marseilles, August 21. The sit
uation here is growing worse. Be
tween 8 A. M. and 5 p. M. to-day llX)
deaths were reported, of which lifty
were from cholera. Last night there
wtre 25 deaths. Fresh cases are
reported.
Madrid, August 21. Throughout
Spain yesterday there were o.lOl
new cases of cholera and 1,014
deaths. During the twelve hours
ended at midnight last night 14 cases
and 9 deaths were reported in this
city and 117 cases and 48 deaths in
the province outside of the city.
The excitement among the people
of the Canary Islands caused by a
fear of cholera amounts to a panic.
They refuse to permit any person
from Spain to land. They made an
exception in favor of the Governor
and allowed him to come ashore,
but received him with riotous dem
onstrations and threw stones at him.
The local authorities have resigned
and many of the people have fled
to the interior in fear of the ap
proach of the scourge. To-day sol
diers occupy the streets and all the
public buildings.
A Bloody Fight Among Boys.
' Huntingdon, August 19. Last ev
ening a party of boys of from fifteen
to seventeen years of age crossed the
river from Hopewell, on the Hun
tingdon and Broad Top Railroad,
where they live, to have some
amusement on the hillside. While
engaged in sport one of them named
Grant Bumgardner was struck in
the eye with a marble, which he
charged David Mnmma with having
thrown. A quarrel ensued.in which
tho boys divided in two parties, one
sustaining Bumgardner and the oth
er Mumma. During the scrimmage
Mumma was knocked down and
stabbed twice in the neck, once on
each side, the knife being drawn
each time toward the throat and cut
ting deep and dangerous gashes,
' from which the blood flowed in
great profusion. W hether or not
his injuries will prove fatal has not
yet been ascertained and on account
of the youth of the combatants no
arrests have been made.
Wind, Lightning and Hall.
Erie, Pa., August 19. A terrific
thunder storm broke over Erie last
night It came like a cyclone and
j 8wept through the country, doing
incalculable damage. In Erie a bolt
I struck the electric light plant, de-
molfshed the dynamos and plunged
the business part of the city into
darknesj. Patrick Powers' house
was struck by lightning and wrecked,
and be and his wife and children
were found unconscious in the deb
ris. The valuable barns, with crops
and horses, of Amos Smith, J.Cobb,
and William McCord were struck bv
iitrMnin and hnml
' The hail accompanying the storm
cut and slashed the crops, orchards
.ai vineyards in a very serious
j manner along the lake shore, from
the city through to the New York
. .
State line and on into Chautauqua
county.
: Old Navy Vessels Darned.
New Yore. Autt. 21. A laree fire
causiug a loss of $100,000, broke out
on board the "Colorado" lying off
Plum Beach, near Port Washington,
Long Island, to-night The flames
spread from the Colorado to the fol
lowing ships all of which were burn
ed to the water's edge and sunk:
Minnesota, Susquehanna. Congress.
South Carolina, Iowa, Lotli, Grant
... ... .
United States Navy. They had been
condemned and were bought from
the government by Stannaid & Co.,!
who were to break them up for the
old iron and planks they could get
out of them.
A Band of Ka-Klnx.
St. Louis. August 20. A Chatta
nooga (Tenn.) special says : There
it intense excitement at Dalton, Ga.,
this morning over a visit paid' that
place bf a band of Ku-Klux last
night There were fifty men, well
disguised, who entered the . city
shortly after midnight Tbey visit
ed a house of ill lame, owned by
Mrs. Jane Kidd. and the woman and
six boarders were dragged from their
beds and each one was given nlty
lashes. Some of them are in a crit
ical condition " and may die. ' The
band then went to the house of Tom
Carver, a noted thief, and beat him
to death, after torturing him for hall
an hour. Another negro roan nam
ed Armstead was bo terribly beaten
that he will die. The mobthen no
tified several persons to leave the
place at once or they would be kill
ed. JNo clew can be bad as to tne
identity of any of the band.
Other bouses were also visited and
the occupants whipped. A white
man boarding with negroes was or
dered to leave town or suffer the
consequences. The party visited the
Widow Kidd in search of Bill Kidd,
a notorious man, and twenty-five or
thirty shots were exchanged. It is
not kuown whether Kidd was hurt
or not The Kidd establishment was
demolished. It has long been very
disreputable. The mob took in all
the disreputable houses, regardless of
the color of the occupants, and then
went to the Mayor's office and left a
list of those under mob surveillance.
The Sooth Pennsylvania.
The South Pennsylvania people
who are opposed to the transfer of
the control of the road to the renn
sylvama Kail road Uompany are
awaiting the arrival of Messrs Gowen
and Garrett from Europe. Mr. Car
negie is expected to arrive any day,
but since it is beliewed that he has
joined the Vanderbilt interest the
anti-transfer people are not interest
ed in his arrival.
Said a prominent member of the
syndicate yesterday : "It looks as if
Carnegie had joined the traitors,
which gives them control of about
two-thirds of the stock, but for all
that if I were a betting man I should
still bet on our side. I told the
Vanderbilt party at our meeting in
New York that the Constitution of
Pennsylvania was a big document
for even a roilroad to break and that
they would find that it could not be
done. I am strengthened in this
idea by the recently-published opin
ion of Judge Agnew, and I still be
lieve that the South Pennsylvania
will escape etrangulation at the
hands of the Pennsylvania Com
pany. Philadelphia Time, 23 ind.
The Cholera Scourge.
Madrid, Aug. 20. There were
4109 new cases of cholera and 1541
deaths from that disease in Spain
yesterday.
Toulon, Aug. 20. There were
three deaths from cholera in this
city yesterday.
Two new cases and one death
from the disease were reported here
to-day.
Marseilles, Aug. 20. There have
been reported nixtv-five deaths from
cholera in this city to-day, showing
a serious increase of the epidemic.
It is believed that the mortality ex
ceeds the numbers given in the offi
cial reports. Numerous fresh cases
are being reported.
London, Aug. 10. A girl 7 years
of age, died at Widnes, on the Mey
ser, to-day, of English cholera ol the
worst type.
. A Mormon Find ia Mexico,
El Paso, Tex., August 21. The
important announcement comes
from Corralitos, Mexico, to-day, that
the Mormon colony, which recently
located there have discovered a sil
ver bonanza in several old mines
which they have pumped out The
colony was located as an agricultur
al colony, and the colonists were
selected with this view ; but a few
old miners among them took poorly
to agriculture, and bought five aban
doned mines that were worked over
a century ago. After clearing away
the debris in the largest mine, and
following the dip of the vein, they
claim to have uncovered an im
mense ledge of very rich ore. Fol
lowing this vein they estimate near
ly five millions of silver already in
sight Word has been sent to Utah,
and a great influx of Mormon min
ers is anticipated.
Cattle Dying of Disease in Illinois.
Chicago, Aug. 20. A strange
malady has broken out among the
cattle, particularly milch cows, in
the neighborhood just north of the
Union Stock Yards and extending
to the Bridgeport slaughter-house in
the southwestern part of the city.
The disease appears to be in all cases
fatal. It is thought that the afflic
ted cattle show symptoms of Texas
fever. When the 6pleen is examin
ed after death it is found to be swol
len to three times its natural size.
The district to which the disease is
confined contains many patches of
open prairie upon which cows graza
in herds. Texas cattle are frequent
ly driven into Bridgeport through
this district, and it is believed that
the disease was caught from these
passing herds.
nivarred la Tnirty aUaatea.
Chicago, Aug. 19. In two separ
ate cases here to-day bills for divorce
were filed, evidence heard and de
crees granted in just thirty minutes
apiece for each suit One was ob
tained by the wife of Commissioner
Coburn, the ground being bis alle
ged drunkenness, and the other was
by a man named Jackson, whose
wife was charged with adultery. A
decree within thirty minutes of fil
ing the bill is believed to be the fast
est ever made and beats all previ
ous records in this citv.
Frightened by a Baby's Cry.
Detroit. Mich.. Anir. 91. fin
Tuesday morni::p the infant child of
unanes suiuvan, oi this city, appar
ently died.and was prepared fox bur
ial. Filteen hours after the suppos
ed death, while the familr and
friends were gathered about the cof-
& l l . ....
uu, me naoy oegan to cry, ingnten
ing nearly every one from the house.
The father took the child from the
coffin and it has been since in better
health.
This Maa r Mala Wast
To Colorado or New Mexico, for
pure air to relieve Consumption, is
all a mistake. Any reasonable man
would u;-e Dr. Bosanko's Cough and
Lung Syrup for Consumption in all
its first stages. It never fails to give
relief in all cases of Coughs, Colds,
Bronchitis, Pains in the Chest and
all affections primary to Consump
tion. Price 50 cents and 91.00. Sold
by C. N. Boyd.
j A Wife's I'M to Jala ncr H
i Richmond, August 22. Consider-
sensation was caused in police cir
cles here to-dav by the discovery
that one of the prisoners in the city r
jail, who was attired as a man was a
r l . 'i' i c i, ...;c.ftnn
Irlllltlc. 1 uc liaiuc; ui tun jiibumt:i
is Henrietta Hix. Her husband de
serted, her in Boston a few months
ago. Learning that he had come to
Richmond the wife donned male at
tire and shipped od board of a ves
sel at Boston as a cook about two
weeks ago. Upon reaching here Mrs.
Hix discovered that her husband
had been arrested and committed to
jail for robbery. Determined to gain
access to bim and share bis prison
cell the woman stole a small amount
of money. She 'was arrested and,
without arousing the suspicion of
the authorities as to her sex, she was
placed in the same cell with Hix.
The ruse was discovered to-day and
the husband and wife were placed
in separate1 cells. Hixcofirms the
woman's story and says they were
married in Boston about two years
ago. It is probable that Mrs. Hix
will be pardoned by the Governor.
An Old Panper's Sntcide.
Erensrurg, August IS. The body
of J. A. Koenig, a pauper from the
county Poor l arm. was. found this
noon hanging ' from, the forks! of a
tree on the outskirts of the town.
He left the farm two weeks ago, and
his whereabouts were unknown.
His remains were fearfully decom
posed. There was a red comforter
twisted about his neck, and his feet
touched the ground. The skin was
dropping from , his hands and his
eyes protruded badly. In the pock
et 'if his coat was found a long let
ter in German, censuring persons on
the farm. The man suicided be
cause boys teased him. He was 70
years of age. His body was buried
to-night on account of its decompos
ed state. , .
Sliipwrrcked and Caught by Sharks.
i i i f1 1
San Francisco, Aug.-' 22. The
sfeame'r Mariposa, which arrived
here to-day from Honolulu, brings
the following: The schooner I'o
hoiki, during a sudden squall, cap
sized off the coast of Hawaii, near
tlie Kan district, and all on board
were thrown into the water. Two
of the crew managtd to get into ihe
boat which had been in tow of the
schooner, and rescued two other
sailors, but the captain and his wife
and child and two others of the crew
were chased by sharks and drawn
under the water before the rescuers
were able to reach them.
Wrcct Flames ami Death.
Cleveland, Aug. 21. A south
bound Cleveland and Httsburg
"double-header" freight train, while
descending a heavy grade on the
outskirts of the city late lael evening
ran off the track and was complete
ly wrecked. There were a number
of tank cars in the train and these
caught fire, which communicated
to the whole train. The wreck bla
zed fiercely. Two tramps who were
stealing a ride in one of the box cars
were burned to death. None of the
train men were seriously hurt The
loss will be heavy.
"A Lancaster County Barn Ilurned.
. Lancaster, Aug. 19. A large
barn, belonging to John Deincr, at
Ronk d Station, on the Pennsylvania
Railroad, was destroyed by fire this
forenoon. All of this year's crops, a
portable engine, farming imple
ments and a horse valued at 300
were burned. The insurance is light
and the cause of the fire unknown.
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