The Somerset Hcrald'
IDWARD SCULL, Editor and Proprietor.
EDKESDA.T.
...SEPTEMBER , IS
Ucpnblican Ticket,
STATED
TVU STATE TKEASUREK,
MATTHEW QUAY, of fceaver OwluU-
COUNTV.
FOB POOH HOUSE D1KECTOB.
JOHN 0. BAKROK, Sosieraet TowMtlp.
FOB JCT COMMISSIONER,
IKWIK O. CUSTER, of Somenet Township.
Remember that if you are not
Fridar next, the
ICglOW-lV wx.m.-w
4thinst,you cannot Tote.
Mr. Conrad Day may be a very
estimable eentleman, but how many
of the fonr hundred thousand Dem
ocrats claimed to be in this fctate,
ever beared of him before the "boes
npUr.ted him as their nominee
for State Treasurer 7
The orators in the Democratic
rv.nvent.inn not beine able to
Bv much in favor of Mr. Day, vent
ed their spleen in abueeof Mr. Quay.
T 1irv notice, said an observing
old farmer, that the most clubs and
stones are invariably found under
the beetruit trees.
Ermestrout, the Democratic Con
gressman from Berks county, calls
on the people to remember that
"Col Ouav is the incarnation of all
that fell in the down fall of Blaine."
This is not likely to injure our can
didate much in the estimation
of
the Republicans that
Blaine 81,000 majority.
gave
Mr
President Robekts of the Penn
svlvania railroad is credited with
the assertion that in proceeding
against the wreckers of the South
iVnnBvlvanift. Attorney Oenerai
Cacsidy is actuated solely by politi
cal motives. If this be true it only
hows that great railroad magnates
II MVP th-ir nillv seasons, in com
mon with meaner mortals.
Among the resolutions paesed by
the Democratic State Convention
wasth following:'
In imic with our )atrtotir countrymen ot 11
..nwmrnlba death of Oweral rtraotaod
chrrl-h Um memory lU miiert and heroic char
acter ua tu. ureal tieu. e iuiin.--
ki. 1M.ri auiow and . hiWren anil w trust tliat
hi, wlsli "harmcmr and ituod iU oatween the
sertkiin will belullj milted.
This is rather a late recognition of
the virtues of General Grant by the
IVmorrats of the State, but "better
late than never."
Mr. Barb Spangleb of Lancaster
Countv. was nominated for State
Treasurer by the Prohibition con
ventioo that assembled at Harris
burg on Tuesday last. The primal
moving cause for his nomination ap-
nears to have been the assurance
given by Hon James Black that
"although the candidate is sixty
vears of age, he can throw co
over his shoulder." There can be
no doubt after this assurance, that
Mr. Spangler is a strong candidate.
The Democratic Convention last
week very properly denounced the
contemplated violation of the Con
6titution by the railroad magnates,
but the attempt of Democratic jour
nals and politicians to make capital
out ol it in this campaign is very
silly. The election of a State Treas
urer can in no way influence oroon
trol action on this measure, and be
sides, the leading parties in the con
spiracy, Vanderbilt and Roberts, are
Democrat, and President Cleve
land's Secretary of the Navy Mr.
Whitney is a member of the wreck
ing Vanderbilt gang. Better not
burn your fingers, gentlemen, by at
tempting to raise that issue.
The Democratic State Convention
met at Harrisburg on Wednesday of
last week, and with great unanimity
nominated Conrad B. Day, of Phil
adelphia, as its candidate for State
Treasurer. Ia fact, the nomination
went a begging, a number of promi
nent Democrats having refused to
accept the empty honor, and there
fore Mr. Day, being the only gentle
man willing to Iks sacrificed, receiv
ed a siugularly unanimous nomina
tion. The nominee is a dealer in
hardware in the city of Philadel
phia of whom nothing is known
outside his business relations, and
he was doubtless hunted up and
placed in nomination because of the
fact that, being utterly unknown
throughout the State, nothing can
be said against him. In fact, be is
akindot Know Nothing candidate,
to be taken entirely on- trust, on the
recommendation of the bosses. His
career and qualifications are sum
med np by the Philadelphia Time
as follows:
Conrad B. IHty u bora tin U'S la that portloa
la od district of Kanducum whk-a I mow tha
EIhtaaBlA want. Fur Uir past twenty yaan he
hu bra a tour la tba TblrtMnta ward. Mr.
i'av waa a pupil tha iwbUe araonla aed cradu
atcd tra tha CaatraJ hi a School la July, 147.
la the tell X tha aama year he anterad the atora
ml W.r. WUata ah to taara tha aaadlery hard aw
baatnaaa, a ad waaadautwd to tha arm Jannarr.
Iei. Mr. lMy aMmadadtha aid ftnaaaC. B.
Hay A tie-, Janoan, l,T. Far tha Mat thirty
yean tharaadldat na traveled tha Suite from
end to and taillnc ftnoda. Mr. Iter f a Fan
Uraad M aner el the Oraad Lod-e Free and Ae
aapted Mmm of retuayhaaUv la whlea -pe.-Ity
he haa ah rtdud every iUua. of the State.
He la aa udA Fellow and Bomber af the Oraad
fcaeaapaMal. b relbrtoa beta Preattertaa
Mr. Kay haj aerer before beea a candidal tor
pabtie omea, altliuaarh he haa frequently been
aiiua oy we nouuiior n, party aa on ot tta
atneet and ok Mailable men. ,
The Attorney General of , Penn
sylvania haa called a bait on the
railroad wreckers, and Jias procur
ed a temporary injunction from the
Court at I la rrisburg.res training Van.
derbilt and hu colleagues from aban
doning or transferring the South
Pena road to the Pennsylvania Rail
road company. The motion for a
permanent injaaetiea to forever re
strain tha - Vanderbilt clique from
abandoning or transferring the road
to its great rival is lo ' "be argued on
the 9th inst The people of the entire
v4
interested in the j
determination of th& matter.becanse
- S
it virtually decides whether cor-.against the ballot box perpetrated
noration can in defiance of the con-1 in
- la
stitution deliberately wreck a com
petitor, and thus stifle industry, and
the development of the State's re-
s, i v:l J
sources. U course nucruuv
the Pennsylvania railroad company
will resort to every means in their
Dower to retard the proceedings
which the Attorney General nas
commenced, & a stoppage of work
on the South Penn, pending legal
roceedir.ps, will bo point gained,
and equally of course the case will
be carried to the Supreme Court for
final decision. The time and the
opportunity have both arrived for
the final determination of the vital
question, whether the people or the
monied power of individuals and
corporations are to control the in
dustries and the traffic of this State,
and all intelligent citizens .will aid
and sustain the Attorney General,
who represents the State.in his effort
to enforce the Constitution and the
laws, and thus protect the interests
of the people of the entire Common
wealth.
Hon. Edgar Cowan, formerly
United States Senator, died at his
home in Greensburg on Saturday
ast, after a lingering illness of can
cer in the mouth. Mr. Cowan was
born in Westmoreland County of pa
rents who posse? sed but little of thie
world's goods, and his early lifejfas
one of continuous 6trnggle whpoY-
erty. A keel-boatman on tne nver,
rough carpenter, then country
school teacher, he literally ate his
bread in the sweat of his brow.
Born in 1815, he struggled along.
gaining such education as he could
during the intervals of labor, until
1836. when he entered the senior
class of Franklin college at Ivew
Athens, Ohio and graduated the
next year with high honors. He
then devoted his attention to the
6tudy of medicine, which he after
wards abandoned, and then became
a student in the law office of Hon.
Henry D. Foster. In 1843 he was
admitted to the bar. Shortly after
wards he succeeded to the practice
of John F. Beaver Esq., and soon
assumed a leadine position at the
Greensburg bar. Mr. Cowan was
identified with the Whig party, and
acquired local fame as a stump
speaker and an opponent of slavery
extension.and in 1860 he was chosen
U. S. Senator for the term begin
ning in 1SC1. This was the first
and oulv political cilice he ever
held. In the Senate he early took
rank as a clear thinker and logical
debater; an independent ptlfpoised
man, controlled solely by his cori-
rirtinn of ricrht and wr-one,
As a member ol the judiciary corHj
mittee, he reported against and op
posed with all the intense earnest
ness of his nature, the expulsion ol
Jes?e E. Bright of Indiana, for treas
onable practices in recommending a
new musket to Jeff Davis, and this
so outraged the heated public senti
ment of the day that he was censur
ed by resolution in the succeeding
Uenublican State Convention. He
opposed the confiscation act,
leaal tender act and many other
measures growing out of and follow;
ing the war, and during the admin
istration of Andrew Johnson grad
ually drifted aprt from the Repub
licrn party. Mr. Cowan's was es
sentially a legal mind, and doctrines
of expediency bad no weight with
him, therefore as a politician he did
not take the leading position his
great intellect would have otherwise
assured to him. Even his enemies
conceded his entire purity as a pub
lic man, and no breath of scandal
ever sullied his political career. He
enjoved the life long confidence and
friendship of Abraham Lincoln who
like himself owed his advancement
to his innate ability and loftiness
of character. In the death of Mr,
Cowan the bar of Pennsylvania loses
one its brightest luminaries, and the
entire profession a lawyer cast in
giant mould. In tbeouutyf his
birth his memory will long be held
in love and esteem by those who
knew him best, and best apprecia
ted his manly aualitieet
Senator Shekmas delivered a
carefully prepared address at a Re
publican mass int-eting at Mount
Gilead, Ohio, on Wedndeday of last
week, that is causing much unhap
piness to the Democratic politicians.
The central idea of the speech is the
necessity of protecting the citizen
in the exercise of his righ of suf
frage, not only from personal vio
lence but from fraud in the count,
and the Senator goes on to argue if
this is not done, and crime, violence
and fraud continue, they will surely
cause a revival of the strifes of the
late civil war. "If," he 6ays. "they
(the Southern people) continue un
der their Democratic rulers, the
present system of ostracism, and op
pression and injustice, a party can
be found among them who will de
mand justice to all, and thus break
down the solid South, based as it is
upon crime and fraud, if not," and
here comes the significant oeclara
tion, "it is the duty of the Northern
States, without distinction of party,
to unite the North ia the execution
of the constitutional amendment,
and under the fourteenth amend
ment to deny the States that do not
protect their citizens in the elective
franchise, representation based upon
te number so disfranchised." This is
sound doctrine, the doctrine of com
mon honesty, the doctrine of law
and of right; but the Democratic
journals bowl that it is "waving the
bloody shirt," and is aa attempt to
stir np the animosities of the rebel
lion," and to beget strife "just when
the Nation has emphasized its pur
pose to bury all sectionalism in the
trrava of General Grant".' Not one
of these journals dare affirm that
Senator Sherman does not speak the
words of truth and soberness, not
one of them dare defend the crime
the South; they have not the
m 1 A
hardihood even to deny Chem, but
they trust by the senseless cry of
r'bloody shirt," of attempt to "stir
np strife" to divert and mislead pub
lic opinion. What is this but an at
tempt to revive and cultivate the old
"dirt-eating," "dough-faced" spirit
of former times, that led Northern
Democrats to. denounce abplitionas
a crime, and to deify slavery as a
"Divine institution"? The men of
the North will not lone submit to
the suppression of their voice
and the selection of their rulers
by , the systematic lrauds on the
ballot box in the South, and the
sooner the leaders of the Democracy
are made eensible of this fact the
better it will be for all interest.
They did not expend their blood
and treasure for the perpetuity of a
government to be controlled in the
future bv fraud and violence, but
for the restoration and preservation
of a government of the people, for
the Deonle and bv the people. No
one but a stone-blind Democrat can
fail to see the gravity of the situa
tion pointed out by the Ohio Sena
tor.and none but a sodden fool could
hope to distract attention from it by
the silly partisan cry bfv bloody
sbm."
Crlticiaeiog the Attorney Genet
Philadelphia, August 30. Pres
ident Georee B. Roberts, of the
Pennsylvania railroad, in an inter
view concerning tne movement Dy
the State authorities to prevent the
transfer of the South Pean and
m . a ft
Beech Creek railroads to Vanderbilt,
said
"The action of Attorney General
Cassidy in enioining the transfer, is
undoubtedly a cheap bid lor politi
cal effect. In my opinion he has
no grounds to sustain bim, although
it, of course, rests with the courts
to decide the question. That Mr.
Cassidy can prevent the sale to ns
of a number of holes in the earth,
on the gronnd that we are purchas
ing a competing and paralllineof
railway seems to be ridiculous, and
this is' absolutely the case involved.
The South Pennsylvania has not
laid a mile of track, possesses neith
er stations nor rolling stock, and be
yond a few burrows into hills and
the movement of a few shovelfulls
of earth has no existence except on
paper.
"In his action the Attorney Oen
erai has given a heavy blow to the
amicable settlement of the railroad
difficulties of the country, and seri
ously injured the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania. But for thif, l think
the ruinoui war between the lines
would have reached a conclusion
shortly; now we are at sea again,
and the situation remains about as
it has been heretofore. The move
was political, ill-judged, and cannot
fail to have adverse results to the
people not only of this State, but of
others.
Bbe Vpsel the Lamp.
Reading, August 26. A tpecial
from Perkiomen Junction gives par
ticulars of a horrible burning a flair
at Perkiomen Junction of a young
lady named Jennie Jvulp, of Green
Lane, Montgomery county, where
she was staying at Herring's hotel.
She was engaged in writing a letter
to a friend in her bed room late at
night, when she fell asleep. She
probably moved her arms while
asleep, for the coal oil lamp was up
set, saturating her clothing and set
ting it on fire. The room showed
that the poor girl must have bad a
terrible struggle, .The door was
locked and she screamed and beat
her body against it The plastering
was torn from the wall with her fin
gers in her agony. Finally the pro
prietor, Mr. Herring, heard her
screams and epened the door of her
room, when she dashed out and
through the house and up and down
the stairs until she fell down in a
swoon. Her clothing was all burn
ed off her body and her face and
head were literally roasted to the
bone. She died this morning. Mr.
Herring in his efforts to save ber
was severely burned, the girl in her
agony throwing her arms about aim.
and burning his lace, neck and
hands. A child with her in the
room was also burned. :
Blaine Mar Ran Maine.
Augusta, Me., Aug. 29. Repub
lican politicians are beginning to
canvass for a candidate to succeed
Governor Rodie. Among the most
prominent candidates are William
V. Thomas, ex-Minister to Sweden,
who was beaten somewhat nnder
handedly, as his friends assert, by
Robie three vears ago; Speaker
Hamlin and Mayor BodwelLof Hol
lowell. At the State camp this week
the name mentioned among the
rank and file of the soldiers twice
to any and all others' once was
James G. Blaine's. "If he'll accept,
he's my man, "said an artillery man
and that voices the sentiment of a
large number who expressed opin
ions. Locality claims, which usually
play so stroii? a part ia the discus
sion of Candidates, seemed to be
swept out- of eight whenever the
name of the Plumed Knight was
mentioned. - ,
The campaign will be a bitter one. :
The Democrats will make a big fight
with either Hon. John a. Redman.
of Ellsworth, or Mayor Deering. of
i'ortland, as candidate. Blaine as
a candidate would make a doubt
ful contest certain for the Republi
cans, and probably great efforts will
be made to secure his consent . i
A Girl Burned lo Death.1
Peekiomes Junction, Aug. 26.
Last evening a daughter of Silas
Kulp, of Green Land, aged fifteen,
employed at John Herring's Hotel,
was burned so badly that she died
this morning. While writing a let
ter she fell asleep and npset a coal
oil lamp which set fire to her cloth
ing. She had tne door locked and
broke the key in her efforts to get
oat After the door was broken
open she rushed out running all
through the house until the cloth
ing was entirely burned from ber
body. The proprietor of the bote!
was severely burned in trying to
catch her to extiqgniah the Barnes.
' Mr. C, N. Boyd, the Druggist who
is always looging after, the interest
of his customers .. has now secured
the sale of Dr. Bosanko's Cough and
Lung Syrtip, a remedy that never
fails to cure coughs, colds, pains in
the chest and all long affections.
Price 50 cents and f 1.00. Samples
free. -
WORK OF A CYCLONE.
THE CHARLESTON STREETS DES-
Wbarvea ad VeaaeU Wrecked ama
Boue VnrooIMl Tbe Lo E-t u
ilmMed M $1,000,000.
Augusta, Aug. 26. Yesterday's
storm at Charleston was a cyclone
entirely different from the usual Au
gust storms on the coast or equiuoc
tial gales. The northery edge of the
cyclone touched Charleston and com-
?letwd us passage m tony jumuiea.
he streets of Charleston were not
more desolate - after the bombard
ment during the war than at the
end of two hours. The storm began
properly at daylight As eaily aa
6 o'clock the roof of St. Michael's
church was stripped. At 7 the ap
paratus in the roof of the Signal Of
fice, the nag-stall ana weamer-vane
were demolished. The fire bells toll
ed at intervals, indicating breaks in
the alarm wires. Ihe water in me
river came over the granite wall on
the batterv. breaking flagstones,
washing away railings and tons of
sea water were hurled in upon nana
some residences, breaking windows
and smashing doors. At S o'clock
the slate roof of the county Court
House peeled off. At 8:30 the gilt
bell and weather vane which for a
centuiy adorned St Michael's tow
er, were blown down..
THE CLIMAX. .
The climax of the storm was at
about 8 o'clock. At 9 o'clock there
was a sodden lull, but soon the gale
increased and continued untill 1
o'clock. Hundreds of thousands of
dollars were expended on wharves
this season putting them in order.
The water front on Cooper river suf
fered the most The Southern wharf
suffered least. The Commercial
wharves were completely wrecked.
Half a dozen yachts, two or three
pilot boats and a dredging machine
were sunk here, ihe steamer City
of Palatka, at A deer's wharf, rode
out the storm in safety.' Boyer's
wharf was wrecked and the pilot-
boat Schreper and a number of fish
ing smacks and yachts sunk. Four
piers and the sheds of the Atlantic
wharf were blown down and dam
aged. The Cotton Exchange build
iig was also damaged. Korr'a wharf
was complete! v demolished and
Brown's wharf damaged. The steam
er rianier was stove in at Accom
modation wharf. The damage to
the Central wharf was very serious
The Market wharf was heavily dam
aged. Four piers and three of the
sheds of the Union wharf were car
ried away. Several vessels sank and
others were more or less damaged.
GKEAT DESTRUCTION IS THE CITY.
The damage to houses in the city
can hardly be estimated. The Keus
and Courier of Charleston makes the
following rough estimates of the
losses : Wharf property, $350,000 ;
private property, $300,000; cotton
presses, 880,000 ; churches, 530,000 ;
city property, (streets and parks),
835.UW) ; railroads, 5aU,uuu ; Ashley
river bridge, $8,000 ; shipping. $150,
000; lumber mftla, 20,000 ; miscel
laneous, $100,000 ; total, $1,123,000.
On King street less injury was
done than was anticipated, though
trees and fences were blown down
and here and there houses were un
roofed. The pleasure boats on Rut
ledge Street Lake were piled upon
the northern shore in a confused
mass ofbroken bulks. Along Ash
ley river there were many casuali
ties to shipping, vessels being
grounded all along the river. Two
sloops have not yet been found. The
fence and out houses of the Roper
Hospital were blown down and the
roof of the jail was injured. The
Convent of the Sisters of Mercy was
seriously injured and unroofed. The
colored Church in Cromwell's alley
was completely demolished. Frank
lin street is barricaded with fallen
trees. In Benseman court two small
houses were blown down on tbe oc
cupants, who escaped without seri
ous injury. The South battery was
the scene of great confusion and
damage to shipping. The streets
were flooded and crafts of all descrip
tion were washed ashore and were
floating in the streets at high tide.
The fishermen's boats were destroy
ed and the wharves piled high with
incongruous wrecks.
: .IS 0THEE SECTIONS. ,
The northwestern and central
portions of the city suffered slight
damage compared with that along
the water front through the entire
portion of the city west of Rutledge
avenue was submerged with water
from one to three feet dreep.in manv
places coveringJthe.. first floor of
houses. The apire of the Citadel
Square Baptist Church, one of the
tallest in the city, was blown across
the four-story dwelling of Thomas
D. Dotterer, cutting away the piazza
and frout walls and leaving the in
terior of the dwelling exposed to the
storm. Several miraculous escapes
occurred here, bnt no one was injur
ed. It will take $8,000 to replace
lhf steeple. - Tbe Plymouth Church,
Pitt street, was completely unroofed.
The St Phillips Street "Synagogue
was also unroofed. The Church
Home in Lawrence street was bad
ly damaged and Avery Institute un
roofed. The Trinity Methodist
Episcopal Church in Haze! street
was unroofed and the chapel in the
Citadel was also unroofed. The main
building was not much damaged.
The Charleston High School and
the Catholic Central School were
damaged. Tbe Monnt Zion Presby
terian church, colored, in Calhoun
street, was badly wrecked. Tbe spire
of the German Lutheran church was
injured. About a mile of railroad
tracks were torn np and freight de
pots badly damaged. The damage
to the Northwestern Railroad yards
amounts to two thoosand dollars.
Two sloops, weighing thirty and fif
ty tons each, were blown out of the
water and across the tracks. Tbe
South Carolina Railroad wharves
and immense storehouses' were on
roofed and heavily damaged. One
building was thrown on its side- and
floated one bdiWHMids--iato the
marsh.. Tha track lion tha inter
section of the Northeastern Railroad
to the Sooth Carolina l Railway
wharves floated 1I about and was
deposited in zigzag proportions on
whatever foundations were exDosed
by tbe reeedeiog waters. The loss to j
tne ooutn uaroiina Kailroad ia esti
mated at 120,000 at this point Oth
er railroads several thoosand dollars
each.' - ' i. -m.J r .',
At 8alliTan's Island aaany houses
were- damaged to greater or less
extent Tha New Brighton Hotel
had windows blown ia aad crockery
broken, bat withstood the storm
bravely. The Casino Was lifted en
tirely from its fooodawoos and dash
ed to the gTOUaK. t es ,.
- eaaWavjaaia1aa1aaaaaV''.i ., it
Thousands walk tha eft-th to-day
who would be sleeping ia its bosom
but for tbe timely use of Downs'
Elixir. 1 Gaatanteed to care or mon
ey refunded. For Sale by C. N.
Boyd, the Druggist, Somerset, Pa.
THE GSEAT FLOODS HT CHINA. !
OVER TEX THOUSAND l-ERONS
DROWNED,
' " , .
Eirtlre Vtllac Swept AVprJ Molt,
tadea Relpleaa d starring.
7 :.
Washington, Aog. 2C Details
of the destruction in Canton China,
and its vicinity by thermi t great
rain storm there, have been received
in this city. The flood was tbe most
serious which has visited Canton in
thirty years. More than ten thous
and persons lost their.; lives, and a
far greater number are left in a starv
ing condition. Entire villages were
engulfed, and the rice and silk crops
in the vicinity were almost ruineu.
The price of rice has been raised 18
per cent in consequence of the loss
of the crop. The rain fell the lat
ter part of June, filling and over
flowing all the rivers. Many of the
streets in Canton were flooded for
overs week.
At Sz-Ni City the water broke
through the city wail. It ia report
ed that several thousand people
were drowned there. The embank
ments of the rivers were broken in
numerous place9 and the water swept
across tbe ' surrounding country,
carrying everything Deiore it. a
foreigner, who was an eye witness
of the scene of the devastation, re
ports that one night the boat he oc
cupied anchored near bamboo grove.
By morning the water had risen to
the tops of the bamboos. At other
points it rose as high as forty feet
in the night. The inhabitants fled
from the villages and camped on the
hillside.
At Kun In. a market place, situa
ted near the embankment of one of
tbe streams connected with the river
which brings water from the north
and west rivers, tbe majority of the
inhabitants were drowned by the
water breaking through the embank
ment, Some escaped to a piece of
rising ground in the neighborhood,
but the water continued to rise and
gradually over topped the elevation,
drowing those who stood upon it.
Seventeen Chinese graduates in
Canton, hearing of the distress and
suffering prevalent to their native
villages, took passage on a boat
with a view to proceed home to ren
der what assistance they could. On
the way the boat was capsized and
all in it were drowned. ; In some
places parents tied their children
on the brandies of trees', while thev
instituted measures for their general
safety. The trees were washed up by
the roots and the heart-rending cries
of the children were silenced in the
surging waters. , - ,
Tbe body of a lri.l dressed in her
bridal robes was found floating in
the river at Canton. A large tub
was also seen. It was picked up
and found to contain a boy and girl.
With them was a paper stating their
names, the day and hour of their
birth. The parents had instituted
this means to save the lives of their
offspring. The writer of the letter
from which the above is taken say:
Tiie suffering that is being endured.
by thousands in this province ;s
simply heartrending. Children
are calling to their parents that they
are hungry, and the broken-hearted
parents can only reply, with eves
blinded with tears, that they have
nothing to give them. These floods
will, of course.bring on other calam
ities. The subsiding water will leave
an allurial deposit which will bur
den the atmosphere with malarial
poison. The people are obliged to
ase the filthiest water, which must
give them all sorts of disease."
Called Down and Robbed.
Pottstow.w Aug. 27. Tbe partic
ulars of an astounding robbery come
from Plymouth township.this coun
ty. Isaac Johnson, an old man,
generally looked upon as very rich,
lives alone in a portion of what is
known as the North Star Hotel build
ing! Late last night he was called
down stairs by a knock at the door.
He was confronted by four mn,
who knocked tim down, tied his
hands with a strong cord and gag
ged him. Thev demanded the key
to the safe, which he refused, when
they beat him in a frightful manner.
His face was covered with bruises,
his eyes . were nearly closed and
with a towl they almost str.inded
him. Thev had forced a stick of
wood into his mouth nearly five
inches long. They were unable to
open the safe, but found about $150
in various drawers. Ihe robbers
are supposed to be Philadelphia pro
fessionals. Mr. Johnson is sup
posed to be worth at least $50,00(3
and had a large amount in the safe.
Mob Law Talked of.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug 29.
The country in the vicinity of Cal
houn, Ga., is in a frenzy of excite
ment over the daring deeds of out
lawry of a desperate gang, who have
been infesting the locality. Last
night tha Btore of V. B. Dillard &
Co , at Crane Eater Ga., near Cal
houn, was robbed and then blown
up with giant powder. The shock
was terrific and the postoffice was
entirely demolished ; also, tbe gin
house of Fife it Mayfield. The )uj8
is from $8,000 to 810,000. The peo
ple are up in arms, and last night
at least one hundred metv- were
scouring tho woods for the culprits.
Seventeen have already been arres
ted and more are suspected. Mob
law is being. talked of by the com
munity and several will doubtless
be lynched.
Livery stable keepers should al
ways keep Arnica and Oil Liniment
in tbe stable, nothing like it for
horses. For Sale by C. N. Boyd,
Somerset, Pa.
: Warring Methodist Pactions.
Chaulottc, N. C, Aug. 27. A
camp-meeting held by Northern
Methodist (colored at Pmey Hill,
Rutherford county, was attacked by
an armed body of Zion Methodists
and fired into. The Northern Meth
odists- fled in disorder, seven of
theoi being wounded. The invaders
then collected the f fleets of the rout
ed parly, piled them up and made
a bonfire of them.
For a mild cathartic and efficient
tonic, use Baxter's Mandrake Bitters.
Every bottle warranted., .For. Sale
by C N. Boyd. ; ...
"" Liatent Cbolet a Report.
' MaHseills, Aug. 29. Theie were
2o deaths from cholera here to-day.
At the Pharo Hospital seven
patients were admitted, nine were
discharged cured, four died, and 6
remain ander treatment. There
were 3,575 new cases of cholera and
1.190 death from the disease repor
ted throughout Spain yesteday; sev
enteen deaths occurred in Toulon.
Arnica & Oil Liniment is equallv
good for man and beast ' 25 and 50
cents per bottle. For sale by C. N.
Boyd. i
MURDER BT WHOLESALE.
An Old Man In Texan Kills Seven Per
sons and Cat Bin Own Throat.
- Austin. Teaas, Aug. 20. A roan
frortt Johnf n City, Blanco Co, gives
the details1 of a tribady which occur
red at that rJace oo Tuesday. : "Al"
Lockie. an old resident, caa neen
. 7 . . i i
charged with an unnatural crime,
and this had been aisiuroing nis
mind. On Tuesday afternoon he
lift bme, intending, as he said to
go to John Green's place to borrow
a sum of money, .Mr. Green aud
bis family were away. He entered
the house and took j Green a Win
chester rifle pnd returned to the
house of his brother, Berry Lockio.
He then shot and killed Berry and
his wife. A neighbor, John JSichol-
son, rode up just then. He forced
Nicholson to go with him to Air.
Stokes's house, where he shot and
killed Mr. Stokes. There Nicholson
was lost sight of. His horse was
tied there when found, and it is sup
posed that be was also killed. rom
there Lockie went to his own house
and shot and cut the throat of Mrs.
Henry Lockie, of Llano County,
wife of his stepson who was on a
visit to him. He also shot and kill
ed there Mrs. Stokes, wiie of the
Stokes be had killed just previous to
the killing of Mrs. Henry Lockie.
Then he killed bis daughter, Miss
Lockie, and attempted to kill his
wife, but his cartridges being ex
hausted he could not fire another
shot and she escaped. Having fail
ed to kill her he cut bis own throat,
mounted bis horse and started in tbe
direction ot Johnson City. After
riding a few yards he met Thomas
Brunswick, whom he attacked and
into whom he plunged a knife, in
flicting fatal wounds. The murder
er then rode on but was arrested
within two miles of Johnson City.
He was . still alive this morning.
With the exception of the murder
and cremation of the Lynch family
near Hempstead,. some years ago,
this is the most horrible set ot crimes
ever committed in this State. By it
about twenty children are left or
phans. Galveston, Aug. 27. A epecia-l
froin Austin, dated yesterday, says
the story of the Lockie tragedy near
Johnson - City is confirmed to-day
by a stage driver just in from Blanco
City with letters detailing tbe assas
sination, as previously published.
Tbe last accounts say that Lockie
did not succeed in killing his daugh
ter outright She is alive but can
not survive. She has a wound
through the body. It is said that
she confided to her attending physi
cian that her father was the author
of ber ruiu. The unfortunate daugh
ter, whose downfall has thus result
ed in the death of so many persons,
all her near relatives, is represented
as only 14 ; years old. Nicholson,
the stranger who was supposed to
have been killed by Lockie, at hist
accounts, was in jail al Blanco.
A Corporal In the Regular Army
lij nched for Murder.
Deadwood, Dakota. Aug. 27. H.
P. Lynch, of Sturgis, was shot dead
Monday night in his office by Cor
poral Ross Hallis, of Company A,
Twenty-fifth U. S. Infantry, station
ed at Ft Meade and the latter was
lynched Tuesday night by a mob.
Some time ago Hallis beat a colored
woman and broke three of her ribs.
Dr. Lynce was called to attend her,
and was also summoned as a wit
ness before the Grand Jury. Hallis
was indicted and threatened to kill
the doctor. The night of the mur
der he deserted the fort.got a change
of clrthing, went to Sturgis, crept
steadily up to the doctor's office,
and fired at his victim through the
window. The assassination was
soon discovered and Hallis was ar
rested for the crime Tuesday. On
being confronted with proofs of bis
guilt he confessed. Tuesday night
a mob seized him and hanged him.
Tha WktitMit Blnraercr IVjaebeal.
San Anto.nio, Tex., Aug. 23. A
mob of seventy-five persons at
Blanco, on Wednesday night, went
to the jail and demanded of Sheriff
Jackson the keys. Jackson said be
did not have them. He also declar
ed that he could not procure them.
After a severe struggle Jackson was
overpowered. The keys were found
on his person and the mob entered
the jail and took out Lockie, the
man who committed the wholesale
murder in Johnson City a few days
since. They hanged him, after ob
taining from him a statement in re
gard to his crimes. Lockie made a
full confession and said that he had
intended to kill all tbe members of
three or four families besides those
whom he murdered and was pre
vented from doing so only by bis
cartridges giving out. .
Tk Cnalera Heonraa.
Marseilles, August 27. There
was a sudden increase in the mor
tality in the city to-day, eighty-five
deaths being reported, forty-three of
which were caused by cholera. A
panic is hourly expected. Since the
outbreak of the epidemic 6000 er
sons have fled from this city.
There were 4767 new cases and
1498 deaths from the disease report
ed throughout Spain yesterday.
Seventeen persons died at Toulon
yesterday from cholera.
All tbe theatres here have closed,
and the hotels and shops are closing.
The people are despondent Twelve
new cases of cholera and six deaths
from the disease were reported at
Salon to-day. At Bonne a member
of the Chamber of Deputies and the
Mayor of the town have died of the
disease.
Pierced by an Iron Rod.
OilCitv, Pa.. Aug. 27. Nearly
three weeks ago Henry Sutton, of
North Clarendon, while engaged in
agitating an oil well, met with a
peculiar accident A rush of gas
threw tbe conductor rod out of
the hole, and in decending it struck
him on the right side of the ueck,
passed through him, coming out at
the breast-bone, entered again at tbe
hip, . and came out at tha knee.
Strange to say, no vital organs or ar
teries were penetrated, and more re
markable to relate, Sutton is- recov
ering, though his physicians were
positive at tbe time of the accident
that it was impossible. The rod
was three-quarters of an inch in
diameter.
Qm: Logan's Boas Orertaraed.
Thousand Islands Park; August
26. General Logan, who is spend
ing a week on tbe river, was given a
private excursion to Stave Island
vesterday. While tba party, num
bering thirty, was being photograph
ed, a boat near tbe shore containing
Genertl and Mrs. Logan and Mr.
and - Mrs. G. B. Marsh, of Chicago,
was overturned and thev warn
thrown into the water They were1
rescued with little difficulty.
j Fre.k .r.Bn,Cra Farmer.
Cincinnati, Aug .29. John Ros
enmeyer, a well-to-do farmer, Hying
near YVaisbury, Ind., while in a con
dition bordering on deliriumtremens
JrestonUy, piled the bedding and
urnitore on the floor in his room,
set Are to it, and then, mounting a
chair on a table in the middle of
the room and arming himself with
a shotgun, bid defiance to bis imagi
nary tormentors. When the neigh
bors rescued bim bis eyes were burn
ed and he was otherwise so badly
injured that he cannot live.
OHERSAT AKMET.
Oorractad bj Uooa a Bemits.
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CHOICE GROCERIES, FLOUR A FEED
Applea, dried, a...,.
ApplelutteT. iral. ...... .......
Hn.Q, tfl 11 fc
Butler (roll)................
Buckwheat fl tuib
' meal, too tilt. ,
Beeswax '.
Baoun, ihoulJert, fl a....
Wo, -
eoBotrr ham V a. ......
Corn, (ear) new f botbel
"(shelled) olu " ...........
" meal ) a .
Oalf tains, ft a
fcmct, V dot ....
Flour, bl.l
Flaxseed, f) lu. (80 t.)
Hams, (iutsir-cural) ji h
Lanl.y
Leather, reil aula, f) ,
" nplr, -
kip,
MMdllnics, and chop 100 at
Oats, bu -.
Potaloet, r" a (new)
Peacnee, dried, )
Rye
Kaya,
Salt, No. 1, W bbl. extra
Ground Alum, per sack....
Asbton, per tack
Saw, yellow W ft
" wnite
Tallow, ft
Wheat, ft bu
Wool. ,
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lOR SALE.
Valuable 'Personal .Property.
I will offer at prlrite Kale at my farm one bay
norso, 1 years ol.l. on black mare :wo years oiu,
and ii head ol sheen. Alto. 1 two-horse halt-plat
form spring wagon, with good springs of the best
steel, ami double narness to tuit watron. Also,
three ot lonr good ail Ice cows, three yearling and
sucking rains. 1 have also a No. 1 America
Fruit fcraporator, 2 lorhes wide, a1 j feet kiug.
xvirays ; iieapftetty leaa ww DUflntus oi apples
per day. There is no better KraNrator than this
made. Its cost was t80 two tears ao, and It bat
only been used one season. I will now tell It for
tiu, provl'lln; tt la taken away In two wveks from
the date of this paper. The a bore mention
ed prvpeny ran do seen ai any ume at my lann
In .Tenner township. Parties wfehlnt to tray ean
eps-a. Quenwhoning P. U., Pa.
JJRIDGE SALES.
Ahaorordanre wlih the Act el Assembly ap-
prored 6th ol May, 116, the Commissioner of
Miminet uoanty win let at pttniie outcry, ea me
premises, to lue lowest niuuer, on
TIlfBSDA Y, SEP'T. 17, 1S85,
at 10 o'clock a. w . the re-building of the abut
ments aud tbe repairing ot the superstructure of
tne nrpige orer auunieereeg in 311110W rown-
tnip, where the road Irom Aliironl to rpper 1 ur
kcyloot Township crosses said stream, railed
-Mason's Bridge." SpeelAcations can be seen
at the Coniuilsjiouer's 4 itnce.
PETEK M MPATTLD,
r AHAM (J LGPliKY.
JOJTAS MuCLINTOCK.
Attest ) Commissioners.
A J. IIiLIVAir.
iep'2 -it. Clerk. I . ,
LGAL NOTICE.
To HoMa Popey. of Postotti -e, We-Unore-l.tud
Countv, Pa. :
You aro nereiiy notltted that in pursuance of
Writ of Partition issued out of the Orphan
Court of Somerset County. Pa., I will hda an t;i.
queft on the Heal Katat of Thomas Ream decM,
at his late residence in LiWer Turkeyloot Town
ship, on Thursday, the itth dav oi'Seutember,
1585. where vou can attend II you think proper.
Sheriffs (Mice, JOHN W1NTKKS,
Aug. 19. Ms.".. . . SherltT.
FOR
Hay Fever,
CATARRH,
and Throat Troubles.
ecu xr.svnrgMttft. headachc
ado gLitarLaBitxtcaa.
Price 50 Ctt. a Box it Druggists or by Sail
Scad far Pau.jM.rl.
All
fu caeaiae Mftf. C.
13Y B'way,
angiu.im.
MESDMEXT TO THE rOiVSTlTCTIOW
X a pri'DOSea U me eifclMMin vnum-.""
for thtdr approval or rejection by the General As
sembly ol tne Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
i..i it .k,. I I.. nHiw.f 1 nm 4M.rt.tapT Al tha tVMa-
monwealth. in pursuance or the 1st section of Ar-
Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the
IMtnSlKUUOn Ol WW uvramuu"im
fie it resolved by the Senate and House of Rp
resentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylrs
nla in General Assembly met, that the following
i . ... ......... 4 n-... i.r tha I'ui.flMl'inn
W ipifWi M .llliuuiuv..
.ti .i Ilk t teMMM.
Ol IDC , -I ! til III 'II . r 1 1 vi a v . .
ance with the provisions of the eighteenth article
uniwi.
AMENDMENT. '"'.11
1 hat section Ave of art late five of the Constitu
tion of the commetiweaiin oi reuuayivaaia.
which rcadt as follows : " Wheneeer a cmnty
shall contain forte thousand inhabitants It shall
MMtitiii.. ipnanvia iil trial district, aad aaall
elect one ludge learned In the law : and thaOew
era! AsaefcM shall provide tor additional judges
as the liiKinan ol toe sua awrieu may require.
Counties containing a population leas than is suf
ficient to constitute separate distratu shall be
mH iaWa Mfmilnt etna-le districts r. if neces
sary, may be attached to eontitfuous districts, as
the General. Asaembly may provide, The onVee
ai ..dviam finite, not learned ha thsrlaw. Is ahol.
t.hxi in the mnatiea fr.rasing atnarat district:
but tbe several associate judges la office when
this Uontitution shall be adopted shaU serve for
their unexpired terms." be and tlietamett heroby
amended so a to read aa follows: Whenever a
county shall contain sixty tbousana mnanrunts it
KMiHinf, a .aarate indlclai district, and
may siect ana )ndge learned ia the law ; and the
General Ateeuililv iball arovWs fcr adStttoa
judges, as the wasines rl said district amy r
quire, couniiee bsp. ejrnimn ni.i.
shall I formed Into convenient single districts, as
the General Assembly mat provide. Tbeofliee
of associate judge, not learned in the law, la abol
ished I n conn'.les formmg separata districts nod
having more tbaa one law judge . every other
eraintvahall eltet t wo associate lndget. who Shall
net be reunited to be learned in the law ; not tha
several associate juagew hi wwi w
amendment shall be adopted, shall serve for their
unexpired term. .
A true copy of tha Joint Resolution.
' W. 8. 8TKNGEK,
july-Sm. Secretary of the tJommon wealth.
IF,
atj. r isr-sf s Mima Fnau if imp NIB
STATE CF THE BIOOO. ClPtt UtXCRt
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mar,U 7MK5T SPKM M0 SUmtJI MEM
CMC ErEfl DfTEHfO 7 0 THE PIJBUC. IH T I I,
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FALL AND WINTER, 1885.
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feel confident that with our present Tastefully Selected Stoc
wr are in a position to show
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turers in the country, whose reputations for producing pejj
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The One Low-Price
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LOUTHER'S
ill; : l:
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MAIN STREET,
This Model Drug Store is rapidlj -
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FRESH AND
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toilet Articles, 7i
O vi .j 7 v '
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TBE DOCTOt CHS rEBSOHAL ATTESTIOt Yd tllE." CSmtotVDJSa 9f
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elsewhere.
j. n.
vou exactly what vou nrW w.
Machinists, and Manufacta.
Kail roads, and Boiler Feeden
Hoisting Crabs
Picks, Stone Wedges,
Iron Work ; Machinery of all kinds boili ui
juneh-in.
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Search of
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tebfumes. trusses.
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whether they buy from us
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