The Somerset Herald SDWA.ED 8CCIX. Editor and Proprietor. WED!ESIAI JAJTCAHYU. V. New York is "goiog to the doge. The Serald eays, tbere are 300,000 worthless curs in Sew York city." Friday last was St. Jackson's day, and was duly observed by the De mocracy at Columbus and other places. General Campbell, M. C from this district, is a member of the com mittees on Manufactures and Edu cation. ' The whisky ring is entrenched at Washington, Now watch the jug glery by which they will be granted all they demand. There is a report abroad that Collector Dowlin of this district will soon resign, and consequently there is a commotion in the local Demo cratic camp. The fiends of Adjutant General Treei-ly K. Guthrie, of Pittsburgh, are booniine bim as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Gov ernor at the next election. If that big surplus left by the Re publicans in the National Treasury is not squandered by the present House, it will not be because an tariiei-t effort is not made by tLe Democratic majority. The widow of General Meade died in Philadelphia on Wednesday last She was the daughter of the late John Sargeant, Esq., of that city, and was married to the General in 1840. Col. M. S. Quay, our lately elected State Treasurer, has gone to Florida to sind the winter. He is in ex cel!et.t 1 ealth, but proposes to have an eapy winter before tackling the dutn-s of his new office. Jirnr.K Simonton, of Dauphin County, bas deprived a saloon keep er of his license who sold "patent medicine" bitters to minors. The Judge can't be fooled by quacks, if some profesaed temperance men are. The blathen-kite reporters at Washington will keep on writing about the President being constant ly guarded by detectives to prevent assassination, until they fire the mind of some crank into making an assault upon bim. The President is reported as shak ing hands with 443 persons in six teen minutes. He burned the job up so fast that before any fellow in the line had time to say post office, lie was half way across the room with the door "wide open11 for, bis exit. Now let (Joiigreea inquire by what authority the Secretary of the Treas ury called in 25,OO0,O0O of the one and two dollar bills and issued bills of a larger denomination in their stead. The present scarcity of these bills is a great annoyance to the mercantile and trading community. A prisoner serving a term in the Maryland penitentiary lor forgery, has applied to the Governor for a pardon on the novel ground that hie mother has just died and left him a fortune of (100,000. It must be rather annoying to be shut up in prison, with $100,000 in bank wait ing to be spent Is making up his committees, Speaker Carlide kicked poor old Andy Curtin out of the Chairman ship of the committee on Foreign Affaire, and gave the position to Au gust Belmont's boy. The few friends that the old "War Governor" bas left are howling mad over the indig nity placed upon bim. The good old days have come again when the South dominates the Democratic party, and controls the country through Congress. Out of the forty -eijrht chairmen of commit tee's who shape the legislation for the House, Speaker Carlisle bas ap pointed thirty who hail from the South, leaving eighteen to the bal ance of the country. O.N Thursday evening last the Re publican ot the Ohio Legislature in joint caucus unanimously nominat ed John Sherman as their candidate for U. S. Senator. The roll was call ed and every member voted for bim. This ends the long agony and over throws the Democratic conspiracy to steal the Seuatorsbip. The elec tion takes place on Tuesday, the 12th inst The beroest blizzard known for years ba been prevai!.ng through out the country for the past few days. The cold has been intense in the Northern, Eastern, Middle and western tela ten. Scores of vessel and of lives have been last on the Atlantic coast, railroads are block aded, and thousands of cattle and i i , sueep uave ptrifcUrKl. ine ex tent of the calamities cannot be learn ed for several days. It is all crow and no turkey for the Pennsylvania Democrats in Carlisle's distribution of the committee chair Clanships. Randall is retained at Ike head of Lis old committee, shorn of most of bis porer.and Curtin is throwa a eop as chairman of the ommiuataon banking and currency rhich L4iViwant and says he wea't take. This, and nothing more, for the second State ia ibe .Union. How that S1.Q0J majority (or Blaine does gnaw into the flesh of the Dem ocratic leaders. Pennsvlvania hnV btta given a back seat in the House Cj puuuo her Democrats for getting licked so bad. Shades of Jackson and Buchanan 1 to be thus kicked by a Kentucky mule. This administration took its first step towards reduciog the National debt, on Monday of last week, by issuing a call for $10,000,000 bf gov ernment bonds to take effect Febru ary 1st The bonds called are 3 per cents.; but this will amount to a. sav ing of $300,000, which is not to be sneeied at It is to be hoped that Secretary Manning will continue to thus follow in the footsteps of bis Republican predecessors. There are four Democrats holding seats in the Ohio Senate by virtue of certificates obtained through fraud, and these four members give the Democrats a majority in that body. To prevent tljem from being turned out, their party friends aided by their votes, have amended the rules depriving the presiding officer the Lieutenant Governor of all power, and permitting the fraudulent Sena tors to vote on the question of their right to hold their seats, and thus keep themselves in office and pre serve the power in the hands of their party. We presume that no one ever be fore heard of a person on trial, being permitted to decide the questton of his own guilt or innocence, but in bribery, fraud and low-down rascal ity, the Ohio Democrats can beat the world. On Tuesday last, the 5tb, Congress re-assembled after the holiday re cess, on Thursday the Speaker an nounced his Committees, an adjourn ment was had until Monday, the 11th, and now the real work of the session will begrin. This is the first session of the Forty-ninth Congress and will probably la6t for six months, or perhaps even longer, as the long session never closes until the excessive heat of summer and the desire cf members to get home and look after re-nominations, drives both Houses into agreeing to an ad journment The House has been or ganized on a Free-trade, eighty-cent-dollar basis, and the principal meas ures for which the party in power will make a determined struggle. will be reduction of the tariff and the continued coinage of fraudulent silver dollars to be stored away in the vaults of the treasury. The new policy adopted of dividing up the appropriation bills among a number of committees, will inevitably lead to increased and perhaps reckless ex penditures, and the battle over these three subjects alone, will lead to earnest and protracted debate. In addition to these all important quee lions come the multifarious subjects of greater or less importance to dif ferent sections of the country, that will consume time and enlist the in terest of perspiring statesmen, and which in connection with the fact that this new administration bas yet a policy to develop, insures a heated and protracted session. The farther fact also, that the Houses are polit ically antagonistic, and are not like ly to agree on the tariff and the coin age, as well as many other less im portant measures, point to this being the most important, exciting, and prolonged session of Congress that the country has had since the days of reconstruction. May the good Lord give us a safe deliverance, will be the earnest prayer of all citizens who have the love of country and its continued prosperity at heart. That Pennsylvania was snubbed badly snubbed, insultingly snubbed, by Mr. Speaker Carlisle in the for mation of bis committees, is a fact admitted by both friends and foe. In searching for reasons for this con temptuous treatment of tbe Demo crats of tbe old Keystone State, two principal ones are assigned : First, the Speaker is trimming his sails to catch the breeze blowing towards a Presidential nomination, and hss nothing to hope for in the way of as sistance from Republican Pennsyl vania. Second, the Speaker is a free-trad-er, i? counselled and advised by free traders, and Pennsylvania stands by Protection unanimously The legislation for the House is sbapeQ by the committees, and through his power to make up com mittees and assign certain members to them, tbe Speaker can almost ab solutely provide in advance for the reporting of bills favorable or ad verse to any measure likely to be presented. Apparently. Mr. Carlisle's chief aim in making up the commit tees has been to strengthen the pow er of the Weft and South at the ex pense of the Eastern States, and es pecially of Pennsylvania. Thus the committee on ways and means, that controls tariff legislation, is compos ed of four members from the West ern States, five from the South and Southwest, and four from the East ern States, wrth that limitless fool-free-trader Morrison as its chair man. It is admitted to be a free trade . ' tr r n ... or unu reiorm committee, nan d!l is retained as chairman of the committee on appropriations, but it is deprived of much of in power by distributing the right to report and control appropriation bills to other committees. Ex-Governor Curtin is deposed from the head of the com miltee on Foreign Eelations and sent to the rear to the almost useless committee on banking and currency, and not another Pennsylvania Dem ocrat is recognized as worthy of a chairmanship. That a deliberate attempt has neen made to degrade Pennsylvania Democrats, and weak en if not entirely destroy their in fluence in the House, is apparent to anyone who will examine tbe Speak er handiwork. Wbetner this was done to punish them for assisting to floor Morriaon's horizontal free-trade bill last session, or j-Jbether because nr. tanisie hopes to securer Preei-1 aeouai 4ection in 1S3 b Un enj.ud check for $700 on the Per th supposed interests of the Boo to '0,n Nations! Bank was also and West, is as yet a matter of coo - p, ,K , . ' , j jecture, But that for aome well de- fined purpose, the present House has been organized in the interest8 of a Solid South, with a sop thrown ! to the silver and free-trade men of the West lor the purpose of i ecuring them as allies, is beyond doubt. WORK OF THE FLOOD. Water Snbaming Coaaung Dost, The tbe Dc.NCAN-m.LE, Jan. C Railroad men think that a temporary bridge will be built over Sherman's Creek by Saturday. The rise in the river yet interferes with the erection of trestle work. A large force of work men is at the 6cene of disaster and work like beavers. It will be a I difficult task to remove the engine, wnich will have to be taken out in pieces. Tbe bodies of Baldwin and McCackrau have cot yet been recov eied. McCackran may be imprison- j ed in the debris,but Baldwin is some-1 where in the Susquehanna. John Miller, the local conductor, who was carried away by the etrong current j says he was near Baldwin, who was j also battling with tbe waves. The latter cried to Miller for assistance but received the repoose that he, Miller, could scarcely keep himself afloat "All right," then eaid Bald win, and the pitiless moaning of tbe river hushed his voice and seemed to mock his cries for assistance. More than one hundred men receiv ed their meals from the depot res taurant at Harrisburg,and are served three times a day. People come from miles around to watch them at work. Lock Haven, Pa., Jul 6. The fluod bas subsided to tbe a foot mark and travel was resumed on the railroads to-day. The damage to the Pennsylvania Canal is exten- sive. Monroe rreaencKS oc o., m Farrondsville. lose about So.OOO by the breaking of dams ana the dam age to their brick works. Kintzing, Shaffer and Co., lose heavily in saw Ws that went adrift on Beech Lreefc. Business is generally resumed in the city to-day. Port Depoit, Md., Jan. C. The Sut-quehanna is higher to-night than it bas been since the great Hood of 1SC5. Having attained the height of seveu feet above low water mark. Ail the cellars and basements in tbe lower section of Port Deposit are fill ed with several feet of water. Dis patches from up tbe river to-night are to the enect mat tne nen Branch is slowly rising, while the North Branch is receding slowly. The prevailing cold to-night 'fill materiall effect the numerous trib utaries of tbe Susquehanna, and it is thought the water has attained its maximnm. Havre de Grace, Md., Jan. 6 The Susquehanna River has lUen higher at this point than at any time since lSUo. Oae hundred thousand logs have broken loose and are being swept down the river. New Bloomfield, Pa., Jan. 6. In addition to the horrors of the Duncannon accident occasioned by the recent flood, much property bas been destroyed throughout this county. Our creeks rose to a height not equalled since the year 1847. Tbev carried all before them, and the loss to fences, bridges, roads and urain fields cannot yet be estimated. Christian Stouffers saw mill, on Jherman Creek, in Carroll township was entirely destroyed. Several hoes, some cattle ana his corn were swept away. His loss is estimated at $2,000. A pen of hogs was swept away for Mr. Dugan, ot U beatUeid townssip, and similar losses are re ported from every eection. Big Buffalo Creek is reported to have done great damage to property. Mr. Curtis Bixler, of Juniata Township, lost a valuable horse from exposure in conveying school children over the flood. The creeks seemed to have reached their highest about 9 o'clock on Tuesday night, when tbe water began to recede. Renovo, Jan. 5 The flood in the West Branch is the highest since the spring of Go. In two hours this morning it raised 9 feet All the lower end of town is flooded out At 5 o'clock this morning the South Renovo Bridge was taken away The damage will exceed $103,000. Williamsport, Jan. 6. The river here bas reached 24 feet-, the high est since the big flood of 'C5, when it was 27 i fet. Several million feet af new logs went down this morn ing.chiefly owned by Payne & Coch ran and Munsor fc Howard of this city. The water surrounds the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad station in this city, and tbe tracks are covered both above and btlo tne station. io trains nave gone out on the Pire Creek or Beech Creek Roads to-day. A train from the east on the Philadelphia and Reading is detained below Loyal Rock Creek, where the bridges are impassable. A train was Bent down from here to transfer passenge rs, and it has not been able to return, as. trains have been placed on the track loaded with railroad iron to prevent the trestlework from going. Almost tba entire territory between the cv nal and the river in this city is sub merged, and considerable dam-ige has been done. Three hundred bar rels of flour were destroyed at A. Goop's mills. Trains are now run ning on time on the Pniladelphia and Erie road. Al trains on the William .--port and Canandaigua Division of the North ern Central R til way are stopped, owing to the bridges boing swept away oy the hood and the track be ing washed out The river is slowly falling. Re ports from up the stream announce a rapid fall at all points. In this city the water backed op to the market square and reached to with in a few l'et of the Court House. Trains on tbe Philadelphia and Erie Km i read we6t of here were interrup ted for a time this iifcernoon, but are now ranning regularly, The dam age in this locality, is very heavy, but no reasonable estimate can yet be given. TbonwDdi in hard Cash. Allestows, January 6. John Schaup, reputed fairly well off died lately near Alburtis. azed 60. and wben an appraisement was made of goods f 4'JUU in hard cash wag found in the boase, piles of Bilver and gold were found stored in coriitri and drawers, including French, Spanish and English coins, some of the pieces being oyer 100 years old. The money had evidently been an- cumulating for many years. A box was found stuffed with bags of coin. Tt fasLr tlirAA r.timki.i.ra .11 U l ternoon ta Mimt th ir, lfoun(L .'i.1" U30Uht tht more, j money is hidden in "secret pljres in 1 Dd nt tbe hoase- and Aether ! 1 search Fill shortly be made.' - " ' KECX2IT STORMS. Storirm of I)-trndKn and Dangers. Shenandoah, Jan. 7. A large area of the surface over one of the Reading collieries at Boston Run, near Mahonoy City,collapsed to day carrying down with it a double bloct of bouses. Five more blocks are in danger, and the families, ten in number, have been notified to quit an once. Tbe families in the blocks that went down made a nar row escape. M uch excitement pre vails in tbe place, and great danger to the breaker is feared. The acci dent is ascribed to the late storm. Mahonoy Plane, Jan. 7. Ma banny Cretk, which has been stead ily rising since Monday, broke from its bed near Maigvillenear inidniebt of Wednesday, rushed through the lower portion of the town and car ried away five large frame bouses ocenpied by fifteen Polish families. One of the houses floated off down the swollen stream with a bride of but five hours, Mrs. S. Jahloueki, aboard. Her ur.gallant husband rushed off to save Lime-elf, leaving tbe bride to her fate. She was res cued by some residents of the town about 200 yards down the stream. Four other houses are in great per il of being swept away if the floods do not subside. Tamaqca, Jan. 7. The dam across the Wa'na-sh Creek at Reeves dale, a mining vil a.e two miles east of here, burst this morn in a just as the 8 o'clock passenger train on the Philadelphia and Reading Rtil road was opposite the place. The water overflowed the track and struck the cars, putting out the. fires in the beaters and causing a vast volume of steam to arise and envel op the entire train. The frantic passengers could not nnderstand the trouble. The engine however, escaped the rush of waters and pul led tne train safely through the flood. The break wa3 caused by the bursting of a tunnel, ai ways full of water, in the abandoned Ileevesdale Colliery. This water rushed into the Wabash. Had the break occur red forty-eight hours earlier while the Wabash was full to overflowing with the late excessive rains this town would bave been completly iaundated. Lively Times In Perry County. New Bloomfield, Jan. 6 The loss in bridges, farmland and fences will reach, through the storm in Perry county, $40,000 at least. There are fifteen large bridges spanuiug Sherman's Creek, and ali have been damaged and several carried away. Mauy persons had to be removed ou horseback, and in several instances tbe water rose so rapidly that the horses had to swim with their bur dens. The large sawmill ol Chris tian Stofier, in Carroli township, was carried off, as was his corn crib, with 800 busbelsof corn, and bis h Jg pen, wun several iat nogs, nis io84 will be nearly $2,000. Previous to tbi-i flood the highest p-iiH was in lbOU. and the water has this time ie.icb.ed a point thirteen inches above the freshet of that year. The Little Buffalo rose to an un precedented height, and one district school house was bo rapidly sur rounded by water that the children had to be removed on horseback. Oue valuable horse died from ex haustion just after conveying bis la4 load ot little ones, bo lar no lives have been lost A Judge la the Dock. Atlanta, Jan. 6. An unusual scene was presented in AManta's Police Court this morning. Judge James Anderson, who for years has occupied the bench of this court, oc cupied the prisoners' dock, accom panied by Mr. Alexander Maitison, a well-known gentleman of this city. Mayor Hillyer for the first time per formed the duties of Recorder. Judge Anderson was arraigned on a charge of fighting and quarrelling, and Mattison was charged likewise. Tbe evidence showed that the Judge had met Mattison yesterday and asked bim if he bad called hiai a cowardly whelp, as bad been re ported. Mattisoi did not deny it and the two struck out and fought for two blocks, and when they were parted both looked as if drawn through a threshing machine. Mat tison was fined in a small amount, and Anderson was bound' over to the city court. Judge Andersoa was a leading prohibitionist in the late fight, while Mattison was on the other side, and in a campaign speech made tbe allusion which caused the disturbance. The Judge will resume the Police Bench to-murrow. Uoing Crazy. Honesoale, Jan. G Including the lunatic Howell, who murdered his four children a fev weeks ago, there are now four lunatics in the Wayne county asylum. List night a man named Ward, a toll gate keeper living near this place, Came to the keeper of the prison saying he could not bleep at night, that a ma nia bad seized him to kill some one, and fearing he might do so he thought the safest place for him was behind prison bars. His request to bu locked up was granted- About ten o'clock this morning a young man by the name of Groves, in the employ of tbe Delaware and Hudson Canal Company here, rushed into the County Treasurer's office scream ing that be was crzy and wanted to go to jail. The sheriff was called, who at once took hiuj to jail. After being placed in tbe cell he became yery violent. Frightened to Death. Pittsburg, Jan 6. Near Uhrlchs ?ille,0:iio, yesterday, James Parker, a farmer, took a load of grain to Kail's Mill. There being no one but Mrs. Kail on the premises, she went out to show Parker where to put the grain. While he was unloading the grain Parker fell in a fit and rolled on the ground in fearful convulsions shrieking, groaning, frothing ht the mouth, and tearing his Mr h with his finger nails uutil life fae was covered with froth and blood. The bornble spectacle so fngbteneq Mrs. Kail, who was in delicate health, that fehe ran to the bouse and fell upon the oor,hcri:hedied in five minutes. Great Storm. Desveb, Jan. 6 A storm of nn usual violence prevails in the moun tains. The blockades on the raib roads are the worst known for years, The iftorm originated In the Rocky Mountains four days ago, wben tbe ' Alegander UiIohrint,of Indiana, Pa., first frigid weather began. At the the largest pension ever paid to a towns in Northern Colorado the ther private soldier. His back pay ag mometer varied from 20 to 30 de- g related 112,151, and the money grees below zero. At Tennessee Pmb, came to bim a blind, decrepit old above Leadvilie, the mercury indi-, cates 30 below. GES. BLACK'S ILL MAXNERS. PenneylTsnia's Joalur Senator Makes Complaint. In connection with the proposed investigation into the management of the Pension Bureau it may be oaiu iiiau memoers oi Lngress ao not receive proper attention when calling upon the officer for informa tion. Some of tbem eveu complain that they are not treated '.y General Black with proper courtesy. Senator Mitcbell.of Pennsylvania, chairman of the Committee on Pen sions, is very indignant because be. was refused an interview by Mr. iiiacfc the other day. He called to see the Commissioner, remained in tbe ante-room while be sent his card to bim by a message boy. The messenger returned eaing that Gen. Black was very busy and could not be disturbed. Mr. Mitchell asked if the Commissioner fully under stood who he was and the messen ger replied in the affirmative. He then applied to the Deputy Com missioner, expressing the opinion tnat tbe chairman of the Senate Committee on Pensions had a right to see pension officials on business. The deputy conducted him to the room of General Black, who was looking over his mail. The greet ing on the part the Commissioner was anything but courteous. He looked up at Mr. Mitchell for an in stant, without saying a word, and then proceeded with his mail until be bad fiuishedit He did not even stop to ask what his visitor wanted. It is said that General Black has treated other mombers of Congress with similar di-courtesy. Cattle Suffering from the Cold Weath er. Denver, Col., January 6. A storm of unusual violence prevailed in the mountains. The blockades on the railroads are the worst known for yeais. At tbe towns in Northern Colorado the thermometer varied from twenty to thirty degrees below zero. At Tennessee Pass above Leadvilie, the mercury indicated thirty-three degrees below zero. This was accompanied by high winds blowing from tbe north. The worst phase of the storm is the necessarily disastrous effect it will have upon the cattle interests. It is thought that a high death rate will result in Southern Colorado. Along the Ar kansas Valley the herds are drifting toward the river and showing un mistakable evidence of exposure and fatigue. In the mountain valleys, where thousands of cattle were late-, ly driven from the overstocked ran ges of the plains especially in Wes tern and Northern Colorado lying west ot the continental divide the snow is reported to be unusually deep and the streams frozen. Great loss will undoubtedly result. The unparalled cold weather in North ern New Mexico will cause great damage to the mammoth herds grazing there. Hundreds of snow shovels, a dozen snow plows and all the locomotives available have left Denver to battle with the drills on the railroad. Read Good NewepaperM. Cincinnati, Jan. 8 T. V. Pow derly, Geneial Muster Workman of the Knights of Labor, in an inter view regarding the condition of the laboring class, says : "Times are a little bard at present, but I am glad to say that a better feeling is coining about between laborer and employer every day. I believe in the next twelve months there will be a better understanding between laborers and manufacturers. Each side will feel more like making concessions and there will be less bitterness. I fisid men that are cranky, obstinate and unreasonable, both on the side of the employer and employe, are mu who seldom read newspapers. Men who do not read the daily papers and are not acquainted with the drift of public sentiment, are tbe men wh'i will not come together and talk the matter over and be willing to concede a paint or two. The pov of the press is of great avail in this particular. If every laborer and ev ery manufacturer would read daily a good newspaper and be posted- on the topics of the times, I leel cer tain there would be less trouble." Horrible suicide. St. Louis, Jan. C John Bodes, a mad man, committed suicide in a horrible manner yesterday. While walking on the street he drew a clasp kuife and, plunuing the blade into the side of his neck, tried to behead himself. He did not succeed, and again thrust the blade into the oth er side ef his neck and drew it around under his chin, severing his windpipe, but, strange to say, m.s-itig the carotid artery. He again plung ed the knife into his r.eck and fol lowed it up by stabbinz himself in the left side and arm. Blood stream ed from the wounds to the sidewalk, and the spectators gathered around horrified. The madman kept them at bay with his knife and then ran, pursued by the police, and did not stop until weak from bis wounds. He died in a short time. Work oflhf Flames. Cleveland, Ohio. Jan. 9 At an enrlv hour thU iiuiriiinc fire dis covered in the third storv of the L i- j dies' Hall connected with the college at Oberlin. The building is of brick, three stories high, and is owned hy the college. It accommodates 150 female aud 100 male students. The men board at the hall, while the women lodge there. The fire rapid ly spread, but it is thought that all the inmate-4 of the building escaped without injury. Tnero was great excitement and the students rushed from their rooms into the street, clad only in their nijht garments. The night was very cold, and it was dif ficult to get water into the building. The hall is a wreck, the fire having consumed the two upper floors. The building is 100 feet square and is worth about 8-50.00Q, including the content", and is insuie I. Another Kxodaa of Negroea. C11 att a nog A, Tenn., Jan. 8. Another party of negroea, number ing several hundred,, pasae4 through the pity yesterday en route from, the Carol inaa to Arkansas. The exodua of negroes from the Carolinas. teor gia, and Alabama to the West h in preajipg e.ich week. Fully 1000 have pusts d through, this city in the pajt forf-njgbt. A Vcternna Wlnaf.ll. I'jnvnuaGH, Jan 5. Pi?nsqn Atrent Errett yesterday lesued to man. who bas been an iumateof the j poor bouse for 12 years. Forgot Bis Bonds. Chicago, Jan. 7- Louis Robev in tends to present a petition, to tbe Common Council which contains a rather novel request. He want tbe city to reimburse him for the loss of a five hundred dollar bond which was destroyed. Over a year ago Mr. Kobey owned two one hundred dol lar government bends, one five hun dred dollar municioal bond, $30 in gold and some jewelry. Wishing to keep bis wealth in a secure place, be deposited it in an old ovster can. and this, in turn, he put in an un used stove in an out ot the way room. Here the articles remained until house cleaning time last April, wben Mr. Robey wished to fix up the room. As a preliminary move be lighted a fire in the stove, never thinking of his money and bonds. But be did after the fire bad got to burning briskly. To say be was ex cited but mildly expresses his state ot mind. He rushed to the stove door, raked out the fire and exam ined bis treasure. All that remain ed of the bonds was a lot of charred paper. The money was all right, but the jewelry was melted. He now wants the city to giv bim another $500 bond in place of that which he burned up. SSBBBBSnSBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBSJBBBBSBSBsaS A Woman Kills a Panther. Atlanta, Jan. 6. Mr. George Greenleaf accompanied by bis wift , was returning home from Clayton,ii i the mountains of Georgia. last night. It was about nine o'clock and, as ia the custom of the country, the' both walked up one of the hills while the mules and wagon ascen -ded, their littlo boy being tbe drivel . Suddenly a rustle was heard it i the bushes, and peering out in th e darkness could beseen what lookei I like tw o balls of fire. It proved t bo a largH panther. As if by inatinr. t Greenleaf opened his knife, and ai i the beasi, sprang at him he made f . lunge. ojy to drive the knife into his wilVs arm, she having throwi i herself upon Lioa at the sight o f danger, lie dropped the knife am I loll undtr the second spring of th e panther. The beast, evidently maddened by the scent of blood, was about t-) insert its teeth into Mr. Greenleaf when bis wife, who bad picked vi u the knife, acting under the inspira tion of desperation, made a cif a.a cut at the beasts throat. The pan ther gave a pitiful cry, rolled over and died. The cry reached toe ears of some hunters near by aud sown a number ot them were on the spot to find that a woman had -lccoraplish-ed what they bad beeu six: wetka trying to do. Prisoners Escape. Scbantox, Jan. 7. Four prison ers escaped from jail here ibis after noon while Keeper Houser was talk iug to John Cregau, a brother of one of the prisoners, through a bole in the outside door. Their nanie3 are, John Courtright aged 27 years, a horse thief from Carbondale; Harry Masters., 16 years old. indicted for larceny ; Levi Snyder,. 22 years old. under indictment for larceny, and Thomas Fitzpatrick, aged 16 While exercising in the corridors after din ner they wrenched a bolt from a door leading into the cellar and closed the door after them as they crept noiselessly down tbe stairs. Then the tore a grate from a front window in the cellar and crawled through the window underneath the porch. They bad been gone about tn minutes when Keeper Houser discovered their absence. The fu gitives were hatlesa and coatless when they leit the juil. Infected Cattle. Lancaster, Jan. 8. There are in this county three herds of cattle, in quarantine by the State authorities, suffering from pleuro-pneumoniu. The disease first appeared about two week 9 ago, on the farm of Henry G. Rush, near Willow street, and has since been discovered on the farms of A. S. Fry and Henry Bender, in Manor township. In each instance the disease appeared among cattle brought from New York State by tbe same dealer. The State authorities have kiiled several cattle on the Rush farm, and have the disease there under control. The worst situation is on the Fry farm, where about thirty-five ani mals out of one hundred are suffer ing from the disease in its advanced staue, and it is believed the whole herd is infected. The State author ities bave already killed seven cat tle here, and to-day visited the pkee again. They will probably decide to (daughter the whole lot Ou Henry Bender s tann nine out ot a herd of twenty-eight are infect ed, and will be killed. The disease has not appeared among the native cattle. Portions ot the same herd were sold in York county, where the disease has also made its appear ance. Oarflclil s Tomb. Cleveland. Jin. 8 Despatches troin Washington lately nave inti mated that the detail of TTuitpH States soldiers doing guard duty atfwitD.a general display of the tomb ot the late V resident Gar field, in Lake View cemetery, this city, were to be withdrawn at an early day. A letter has been r"ceiv- e froia Adjutant General Drum. stating that the guard would be re tained until June 1 next, when the officer in charge and the men would be ordered back to their regiment. This will leave the tomb unprotect ed fir some mouths, as th monu ment now in course of erection will not be completed by that time. Again Convicted. Salt Lake, Jan. 5. Lorenzo Snow, one of the twelve apostles of the Mormon UliUrch, was convicted twice to day in Oden on separate indictments charging him with un lawful cohabitation. The defence was on the line that Snow had lived with one the third and vouncest wife exclusively since the passage of the ivjtuuuds law. Judge Powers instructed the jury that that was un lawful cohabitation : that a man j having a legal wife living and shown to be living with another woman was guUty under tbe law. Snow will be sentenced on Jan. 16. To A?ng Uel leath. Sr. Paul, Jan 0- A special dis patch from Fargo, Dakota, says; "Parties who have just reached, berg frotfl the Northwest Territory, the theatre of the Riel rebellion, nay that all tiij Indian tribes are in .k'ng ar- rangempnla for an outbreak in the j iiring p avenge ine qau ot Hiel. It.e ini'l.-r ou the United SUtea the United Stites mdetft! f Jine are reported to be ' uppi ii'l Ui red with larjie quan-! tiliea of ammunition. With the j tribes generally participating it is' the belief that tbe Dominion Gov- ernment will fitd it a serious mat-. Iter." IjOot Mercnry in Georgia. Savannah, 8a., Jan. 10, The mercury was down to 14 this morn ing, which is lower than it has been for fifteen years. The vegetable in terests of this section of the State will suffer heavily. Baltimore. Jan. 10. The WtsU'rn Maryland Railroad, ill the sweep of the Blue Ridge Mountains, lelween r . . . tt ; Mechanicstown and paLnr, blockaded by snow to the depth fifteen feet Four passenger trains and several loaded trtight trains are unable to move, and fourtteu engines, COIIIIUCUCU ill U1G lUlUrU fclUlll UXCeCU thoe are working to get them out. Tbeuu- 11si blockade commenced yesterday morning, and the large number of passengers are being made 3 com fortable as possible, but there is be lieved to be considerable suffering among them. A cattle train bad to be unloaded last night to prevent the cattle from being frozen to death. A large force of men have been sent from thi9 city, and they expect to have the road clear some time to morrow. Jacksonville, Florida, Jan. 10. The weather here is clear and cold, i On Saturday night the thermometer j recorded 21 at the feijjnal Olbce. The oranges remaining on the trees are frozen, and their l.ss will probably be complete, but the trees so far are not much injured beyond losing their leaves. It is slightly wanner to-night. St. Pail, Jan. 10. Specials, from points in the Northwest show that the cold wave is still on. The mer cury is ranging from twenty to Ihir-ty-tive degrees below in various lo calities. To-night the cold is inten sified here. There is new snow and the old is moved but little by the wind, eo there is no serious embar rassment in the movement of trains Northwest from St. Paul except the extreme cold. Blowing up a Mountain. Pottsville, Jan. 8 The create st piece of blasting on the Pennsylva nia Schuvlkill Valley Road was suc cessfully accomplished to-day. The people of this town had felt some alarm in reference to it, as it was knotvu that over a ton of dynamite and JuJson powder were to be used. Crowd.s gathered on the river bank and bill-sides opposite the point to witness it, and a number of photo graphers took views at the inbtant of the explosion. One of the nnt serious difficulties encountered in the construction of the new railroad was Cape Horn, a spur of the moun tain a mile below town. It was sol id rock and the drilling of twenty two holes iuto it to a depth of twen ty-two feet each has occuuied many months. It was feared that the shock would be so great as to d damage in town and many nervous people waited for its coming unti long after it bad passeS nithou knowing that it was all over. lhe holes were all tired at once by electricity and were touched off by Contractor Gay nor. wno had per sonally superintended the drilling and charging of them. At half-past four he pushed the lever and in nn instant the whole m.i-s rose several feet and then fell back into place with a loud, rumbling noise, shak ing the ground in the neighborhood but neither heard nor lett in town Immediately following the first ex plosion there was another, whict filled the air with roksome weigh ing a quarter of a ton. It is believed that the mass dislodged weighs fifty thousand tons. The expluuion was witnessed by thousands of people. She Married a Colored Barber Cleveland, Jan. 1. Yesterday alternoon Miss Ina iSortin, a beati- ful and accomplished young ladv, daughter of a wealthy citizen resid ing on Brownall 6treet, quietly left her father's home aud making her way down town met a colored man named barber. It seems that two calored domestics were employed in the family. Ihese girls bad two lovers, named Bragg and Barber, ooin oi wnom were Darners, me latter's affections were rapidly trans ferred from the servant to her white mistress and Miss Ina did not seem to be at all averse. Clandestine meetings were frequent the color ed ;;irl acted as a go-between. Yes terday the two proceeded to the resi dence of a colored ministt-rand were married, alter which Miss Norton returned to her home. In the even ing the yourg lady attended a pro gressive euchre paitv. At ten o'cloi k ehe arose, exclaiming that as her carriage was at the door she begged to be excused, and withdrew. Out side she was met her colored hus band and together the two proceed ed to the depot, where they boarded an east-bound train. Detectives are after the truant coupie aud it is hoped that Mr. Barber, may be in duced to return to her home. Bar ber, if captured, will be prosecuted. A Banquet at Krie. Erie, Pa., Jan. 8, 1SSG The de mocracy of tne city of Krie observed the anniversary of Gmeral Jack son's victory at New Orleans to dav II '.s.3 ai.-il bunting and a banquet at the Reed House. Captain iJouglas Ottineer, senior officer of the United States revenue marine, gave personal remi niscences of General Jackson, at whose firesid and lroni whom he had received his commission os a revenue marine officer. Tne affair closed with the orijanizitioii of a club of over three hundred members. The toasts to Samuel J. Tilden Governor I'altison, and President Cleveland were received with vocifer ous npplau-e. Clever KcapeoflO Conrlcta. Little Rock. Ark.. Jan. 8 Six teen penitentiary convicts employed In the mines at Coal Hill, this St ite, effected their esc ipe on Wednesday. They tunneled lor a distance of thirty-five feet. The work was com menced at the time of the strike, which, occurred three weeks ago.and continued uutil the tunnel was com plete, without the officials discov ering it. A swuroli was made through the mines for the purpose of finding the passage, but it proved unsuc cessful, the convicts having so ef fectually closed it behind them that not a trace of it Is left. Two of the men have been recaptured, blood hounds and a posse are in pursuit of the others. CT-Jl H J 'M'.'l I laYjer Graham in Jail. Wiikesharre, Jan. 8 HrrbertS. OraliRm. the NuntioriLn l:isvti nhnl wa arrested a few daymio for pass- Jng bliuselt ott as a United States detective, had a bearing before Cora- missioner Hahn thi nfternnon. and was held under 82.000 b;iil to appear before a higher court. In deftult he was committed to the county prison, Graham will apnea! to the Judzes' Court, held here to-morrow, to be re- leased on a writ of habeas corpus. Reminds us that another successful vcar of r. History lias UAimuu, Upn. x lOC5 For tllO Xt'W Yo v , btti::,on 01 iOOJ- rUlllIL iMU ldl CTk' i 1 1 "I 1 .1 -I !you all much happiness, anu promise VOr tV of;J ," v ,'uU'lf' SSliranCC tliat OUI CUdCaVOrS 10 retain Trvi ! cj .i o j. i ,n i. j. OUE MOTTO Is aud always will be, "Xew Seasons, New Goods." j,e laying in a stock, however, we wish to speedily close out yC, still remains of our Winter Goods, and in order to do so "' have made Extraordinarily Large Reductions 'throughout establishment.' " J THESE REDUCTIONS Are not pronounced with a view of deluding an unnpec.;,, public. We give you strong reasons lor making the am n -C; mem, aim ueny uie puunc wuicn we nave resorteu to means ol aavertising. YY e and have never yet abused it. L M. WOOLF & SON. CLOTHIERS, HATTERS FURNISHERS, JOHNSTOWN, JV. LOUTH E IDIELTTG- MAIN STBEET, This Hodel Ing Stcra is rapidly pis in FRESH .AjSTD PUEE DRUGS MEDICINES,' DYE STUFFS, SPONGES. TOILET ARTICLES, PERFUSIES, TRUSSES, SUPPORTERS, &c. &c. THE DOCTOR GIVES PKRSOSAL ATTESTIOX TO THE COMP-JlSVta of PHYSJCIASS11 FRESCBIPTldaS M F4MII! RECEIPTS, GREAT CARE BEISa TAKES TO USE OSLY FREW AXO PL n ST .(f!7f m SPECTACLES, EYE-GLASSES, Aud a Full Line of Optical Goods always on hand, such a large assortment all can be suited The Finest Brands ofCiyars Always on hand. It is always a pleasure to dinlav our (Tnnla frt i n fnnlin -Kn .unuuuig iuituusi-is, elsewhere. J. M. DIAMONDS! JEWELHY! WATCHES! CLOCKS! HOLIDAY GO0D3I Xmas Presents ! Your Careful Attention, Please. If you want to see the handsomest store in Somerset countv, II you want to see the largest If you want to see the finest If you want to see the latest If you want to be treated courteously and learn that 'oo Is are strictly as represented, you must call at W. H. WOOD'S, Where You will always get You want a Christmas Present You want a Christmas Present You want a Christmas Present You want a Christmas Present You want a Christmas Present lor your " best girl," and why not buy a nice pieca of Jewelry. Nothing could bj more acceptable, or more appreciated, and I assure nothing can be bought cheaper. Call and examine. TO. 3 BAER BLOCK, SOMERSET, PA.. m E1O10ESED ET SdEl-mSTS A3 SETTZBASD FEACnCALLIr v V VAitrrn-ir?D rr MONUMENTAL E;RON? CO''ANY Farm For Sale. A fine firm lltHAta In Rh.-L-Jj. tianiKlr. n.l known the I) w . Huxbsdud farm, n.lioininir Inane Uriel JuM Wanner, ami othrra. l . iIt., furi.lo. Tba Crn outaina 03 tm. ol whlch.li aore aj elearea, tba balance In k-xI chestnut titnbec (Joe and oue. hail atorj Plant DWELLING HOUSE, Qnoil new bare, good water, and an on-hanl of linn j wulon given April In, 15, Fur fu'tbr p-irtlcu-; lam apply to J. H. V LlU jan.O. Slp Level. J KG A l. NOTICE. To Ellxabeth. Intermarried with Jamea Rodir. tt&ii Alary, luteriuarrif d with Jamea K'xlaters, n. (Iterated, ol Adoona, Hiair County, Pa. : Von aren reby nottue-l that Id pursianceof a Writ of Partition Uraed eat ot the Orpbana' I nrt of 8omeriet County, Pa., I will hold an lniu-t on the Heal Eatateof Alelan ler Me tremor ueel timate in Shade Twp., Soi.-er-et Co. Fa., m TharHdar. the ;Sth dav of January. 1KM when aid where ya e.n attend i y n think pr per. SherttT Offlee, i JOHN WIN ft. h,. Ueo. 33. ( ShetUL M$mt STC'JE. Over BOO jfsfk SonUfcr Beautiful Lf "c 5-?co Liot c Deslens. tf g Cireutarc uuu mm it me end rifti. e Of -:o: to point out a single lnstancp augtit out tionesr, proper, ami I. have the confidence of t! people, '8 STORE. SOMERSET, bscoahj a Gr 3arch cf r:nt: tt.-'z ? From . 1 . . ? .1 1 1' wutuirr ttiey ouy ironi us or LOUTHER, M. D. assortment of Jewelry. line of watches and clocks, styles of silverware. Hoa33t Price3 and good Goods. for your children, for your father, lor your mother, for vour brother and sister. It Will JPav Y to Buy Your fVlemorial Work. or a F. Mr, Msel Fati Manufacturer of and Dealer in Eaitcrn Work Furflithet em Siorl 1.r. i iolor: Alio Ayent Jot Ike H blTZ bM1 Vmvtis In nndvi MOSVMtST H -J flt;U it tu Ihi Ir Intrrrfl to cull al o I m i ruprr widk will be vivrn tlu-iu. -s'" faction bararrrf tu tvtry (air. aa ti.t rtttt LUW. 1 invite cial AUelHMl .0 tr. YSlts Cr-Psrt Ziic Errtt Intr.Hlucd l.y KKV. W. A. GPIV) elilnl Impr Tfin.ut Id iwiwl of MA fkKIAL fOSsi blVflvS, am) wM.-b w .h-Mii.fl the ki u. lar l. Lament l.r ,ir 'hantteaL-le t mate. IIUantitlL. WM. F. SHAFFER. PUBLIC SALE or VahaUe Rsai Estate rW 1.' r- r i aKr t t - r ..r-rm;iia-Mf or p U"iu, dec J, w Ui veil ic Mie J- n town on SATURDAY, JAN Y. IS, lvW The (..1 ...l .ler;hml real estate : A er tract ot land .ttaate ill Jenner T"Woilp In. Ianls warranted in ne name l luh and Lillwi Sparer. Jatnej M.re. Snvder anl othent, ontai. In ab-at mlih three Owrlllni H..ue.-'n ;" '',. I'l nk- Itan Barn awl "thrr ""''t-!"D, nii, i on-hard of yuan lr t ir -ti ra is well watered. e ll w,lt buSerel wtioleorln part.iai-l iureh.-r. TERMS : a 8 CO In hand on the 1 ol April . baiaure m three , q-ial annua. r '''"'; "" M lu.ere.L T-r v t cent o th- . iMtl the day ot aaie. j-o" ---f itumed lately. UE.VRY KAICit. Admix""'- dec23.
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