The Somerset Herald. CUKC8DAT. ..MARCH 1I.WI Ho. Gaixsha A. Grow is eaid to be in the field again as a candidate for l", S. Senator, to succeed Senator Mitchell. The earnings of the Pennsylvania railroad between Pittsburgh and Philad.lphia for the year 1&5-3, were over eigbt millions of dollars. There appears to be a great diver sity of opinion among the Philadel phia papers as to whether the Mor gan Syndicate has swallowed Gowan or Gowan has swallowed the syndi cate. The miners demand an advance of ten cents per ton for mining coal, nd etraiehtway the railroads give notice to eastern consumers of a increase of thirty cents a ton on coal delivered. Tee Democrats of Washineton City are all torn up in their feeling, because the President has appointed a blick man from New York to suc ceed Fred Dwjtaw as Recorder of nA for tha District. They are all the madder beciuse the Republi can, .how a decided inclination to smile. The Senite has rejected Pillsbury and Chase as revenue collectors for Maine and M attach usetts. There were the two principal conspirators who attempted to 6teal the Slate of Maine for the Democrats after it had Klirnn Governor a few Cirt.' -a 4 x 1' years since. They were rather "of fensive partisans Beukviv; that example is better than preceut, a bill pending before the Iowa Legislature prohibits all teachers in public hchools, county superintendents, members of college faculties and members ot the boara nfT. miners from using alcoholic and narcotic stimulauts. Thelegal ity of such a law would of course be tested in the courts. Thk Democrats howl "Open the books his suddenly ceased. I was all right to "open the books" for searchers after cause to remove : Republican', but when the Seuate wants to "open the books" to learn why faithful officials have been re moved in the middle of their term, the President shuts them up and sits on them, and insists that they are his private prooerty. The court in Washington county was compelled to adjourn last week because a couple of lucky citizens struck oil. A well was sunk on a lot in the town, the oil spurted up to a tremendous height, the attorneys and witnesses in the court bouse commenced a stampede to see the sight, until finally only the officials were left, and the Judge was com pelled to order a recess for half an hour until public curiosity was gratified, when the wheels of justice again commenced to revolve. Is the history of the country there is no parallel to the Democratic cor ruption now beiuglaid bare in Oaio, except the great frauds perpetrated by Tweed in New York ia 18GS. Overwhelming proof of Democratic forgery, fraud aud ballot .box (stuffing has been brought to light, and the evidence is so conclusive that no at tempt is made to deny it There was a complete Ueuiacra'jc conspir acy to steal the State from the Re publicans, and its boldness and ras cality will appal the country when the committees of the Legislature now probing it, lay their reports be fore the body that appointed them. With creditable promptness, Gov ernor Patiison has commenced a personal investigation of the alleged abuses at the Soldiers' Orphans' Schools. We publish elsewhere the result of his investigation of the scujjI at M juiU Joy, which shows that the charges in vie against the management of this institution at least, were well founded. The treat- meat of thecuildren was proved by abundant evidence to be shameless, aud there can be no justification, of the authorities having it in charge. There is probably much more yet to be laid before the public, regarding the ill treatment and neglect of those helpless orphans as the examination of the other schools progresses. McCormick, the great manufact urer of reapers and other agricultur al implements, closed his immense works last week without any previ ous notice aud at once threw several thousand workmen out of employ ment. This peremptory lock-out was caused by the demand made on him for the discharge of a few non union men in his employ. In thus taking the bull by the horns, Mr. McCormick not only asserted his right to control his own business, but has givea the labor organizations of the country pause for thought which may be of great future service to liieoi. Of course, be is holly de nounced as tyranical, and his action declared to be unwarranted, but with reflection must come the thought what more injustice is there jn his discbarge of men who are Kcightsof Labor, simply because they are Kuighta of Labor, tiian lhate was in their demanding the discharge d non-union men, simply because tbey did not belong to their organization ? Both transactions are based on the same ia!ae assumption that of denying to others the rights and freedom each e'am for themselves. Organized labor has frequently gone on a strike just as jiuiiM aiu uucaiieu lor as wasjaDie the action of McCormick, and there , will be no cessation of the conflict knr and ranitnl nnt.il each learn to be governed by the golden ' mle "Do unto others as joa would have others do unto you. The laboring men of the country appeal to have been seized with a mania for strikes. Miners etrikes, railway strikes, street car etrikes and factory etrikes follow each other in rapid succession, and apparently a very large portion of the working force of the country is on a strike. t is hard to keep the run of these strikes, or to arrive at a reuaoie knowledge of their object There is much dissatisfaction among the la boring men of the land, produced mainly by reason of the wage scale, but also, in not a few instances, by pestiferous demagogues who do not labor themselves, but delight in ar- ganizing and engineering strikes ap- j parent! y for the sole purpose ot set- the ears. Wages were largely reduc- ed during the past lew years, and now that there is a brightening pros- ..N-t fr business, there is naturally a desire to have the old scale of wa ges restored. Bat the manufactur ers say, the increased demand is not here yet it is only prospective, and here it is that the trouble apparently originates, i be worfemen want 10 discount the brightening prospects, aud the operators reply, we cannot realize on prospects, we must have actual business to justify us in ad vancing wages. It is much to be hoped that ere long a better way than strikes will be discovered, by which differences between labor and capital can be adjusted. The license laws are receiving about as many interpretations as there are judges in the State. Each court appearing to be a law unto itself. As a sample of the contradic tory opinions, Judge White of Indi ana county, last year absolutely re fused to grant any liceuses for the sale f liquors in that county. Now comes Judge Krebs of Clearfield county who decides that the discre tionary power of the court doe- not authorize a wholesale refusal any more than it requires an indiscrim inate granting of licence to all appli cants..and tha. the repeal oi the lo cal option law makes it unfair tor the court to re-enact it by refusine license, because the remonstrauts outnumber those indorsing the ap plicants for license. There is a deal of common sense in the ruling of Judge Krebs. It is the duty of a Judge to enforce the law, not to make or change it A judge has no right to be a local prohibitory law, and pervert the inteat and meaning of the statute law, which contem plates the granting of licenses under nroDer restrictions. lie is on the r a bench to administer the law as he finds it not as he thinks or wishes it ought to be, and any or all attempts to cons'rue it contrary to its plain intent, prove that he is unfitted for the position to which he has been chosen. "Thus eaith the law, not "thus saith the court," is the only sure and safe rule by which justice can be administered, and the confi dence of the people in the judiciary be preserved. A conservative stand for the en forcement of the laws as they are, not an attempt to nullify them by forced and strained constructions, is what is needed. As Judge Krebs told the temperance people of Clear field county, if they were to hunt up and bring forward in a legal way, specific evidence about the fitness ot applicants, the necessity for licenses and violations of the law in each particular case, they could restrict the sale of liquors to an extent little dreamed of by those who want to take a short path to illegal prohibi tion. Where Hancock wan Wounded. Philadelphia. March 4. The spot on the battlefield of Gettys burg where Ueneral Hancock was wounded is marked by a wooden post. It is proposed to place there an imposing granite bowlder, on which shall be inscribed the simple fact that there, on the 3d day of July, 1 803, General W. S. Hancock was wounded. As this wound was received by a Pennsylvania soldier, J n command that day of three army corps, while in the act of repelling the final charge of the Confederate army, and as that repulse saved Pennxvlvauia from invasion aud 1'hiladelpbia from occupation by an enemy, it is deemed fitting that this work should be done bv Pennsyl- vaniaus, and especially by Philadel phinns. The anticipated cost is but &500, and it is proposed to raise the amount by 100 subscriptions at $5 each. Another Memagre. From the Chicago Stmt. Now Mr. Cleveland might find time to write the following little message ; Executive Mansion, Mar. ,1S86. Augugtug II. Garland, Dear Sir: For reasons which shall be nameless, but which I lid convinced will lead to a better Gov. eroment for the people, I will be pleased to receive your resignation forthwith. In the meantime allow me to tender you the sincerest as surance of my most distinguished homage and respect Groves Cleveland. Aji Insane Mother. Jusia Hesse, wife of a wealthy young farmer, living a few miles south of Erie, Pa., gave birth to a child la-tt Wednesday. She was an amiable, accomplished young wom an, widely known and highly con nected. When the baby was pre sented to her she becam a raving maniac and waa furious until the chili was removed. The next day ahe tried repeatedly to throw the child in the grate fire. Afterward she nearly succeeded in an attempt to dash iu brains out and her hus band and fiieud were obliged to recognize the fact that she was dan- gerouriy insane, out was taken to t hi m W lMn Inatn lanlnm T1!.. day. The case is thought to be cur- ; Progress of the Railroad Strike, BUSIKESS PE1CTICALLY AT A STANDSTILL orricLU iauke ip teaiks AT ST. LCU1S. Many Alarm Ins Rumors Afloat Con cerning tha Contemplated Ac tion of tno Knighta of Labor. St. Louis. March 8. The strike of a rart of the Knights of Labor on h Gould Southwestern system of railwavs Saturdav was followed yes tarda at various points alone the lines "by the general suspension of work of 11 the Jvmghts employ eu in any position until the number reached between 8.01)0 and 10.000, and included shopmen, Bwitchmen, trainmen, brakemen and hremen The engineers, none of whom have i,ined the strike formally, are pre- vented irom wonting oy lata ui, strikers' assistance upon their en gines and are counted in among j themselves bv the Knights so far as . . y t - 1--u r tDejr vaiue to the roads is concern- ed. Another general oraer is ex- ffom thtir worfc M tbe jnj-hu now jeft on tf,e roads, aud will still further cripple them. I St. Louis, all the Missouri Pa cific employes who are Kuigbts of Labor have struck, ana a nuuioer oi them who were not Knights have joined the oraer, and have left their work. io ireigui. irmuB nu uu passenger trains went out of St. Lou is on the Missouri Pacific road yes terday, and its business in every de partment is at a complete stand still. The Knighta have been bold ing quiet and orderly meetings in their hall, while their Executive Committee is in session, and is wait ing to hear from the railroad author ities, to whom they are looking lor a proposition for a conference at which their difference can be ar ranged. It is probable that unless some proposition of this kind is made to-day, the strike will assume greater proportions, and will injure the roads moie than it has done al ready. The strikers exercise great care that the delay of the mails shall not be attributed to them, lhey have appointed delegations from their number to prepare the mail cars for their trips, switch them into position and attach them to the en gines. 1 his precaution manes n im possible for the L ulled Mates uov- rrnment to prefer charges against them for delaying the mails, and thus the Government can find no pretext for interference unless vio lence is resorted to. OFFICIALS MAKING IT TRAINS. It was with the greatest difficulty that any of the Missouri l'acihc trains could be moved this morning from the Union depot, as the offi cials of the road could persuade none of the strikers to assist in making them up. AssistantSuperintendent Stiilwtll.of the Union depot, assisted bv three yard masters, however, suc- seeded in starting all the passenger trains on time, the strikers offering no resistance to their efforts. Not a freight car on the Missouri Pacific has been moved from this city since Saturday night, and the probabili ties are that none can be moved un til the present difficulty has been settled, or unless the railroad com pany fill the places of tbe striking Knights of labor by non-members of that organization. Tbe lirakemau's Brotherhood met yesterday afternoon in Thiel'a Hall, on South Fourth street. As near ns could be learned their grievance is that their wages is too small, lhey receive $60 per month, but want 870, or ChicHgo prices, together with extra pay for extra work. A com mittee ot the Knights ot Labor, call ed on the bral emen yesterday after noon and conferred with their com mittee, but no results were obtained aud the meeting adjourned until last night when another conference was held. Tbe outcome ot it all seemed to be that a committee of the brakemen will call upon Mr. A. W. Dickinson this afternoon and notify him that after 5 o'clock no Missouri Pacific or Bridge and Tun nel Company's cars will bs handled until the present strike is over. ALARMING RUMORS IN CIRCULATION. St. Lotis, March 8. Alarming rumors are abroad regarding the contemplated action by the Knights of Labor to force the G juld South west system to aceede to their de mands. It was stated that at twelve o'clock all the Knighta of Labor employed by the St. Louis Bridge Company would strike ia support of their already striking breathren. This will cause a total stoppage of all railrDad connection between tbe Union Depot iu this city and Relay Depot in East St. Louis, and no pas sengers nor freight can be transferred by rail across the river. To avoid lhe possibility of the railroads using the ferries for transportation purpos es, the Central Committee has it is stated, ordered out ail the men en gaged by these companies, and this will sever all connection with the east side of the river. The Knights of Labor are dumb when questioned concerning these rumors, and refuse to either deny or affirm them. The officials of the railroads, the bridge company ana the femes are equally dumb and nothing can be positively known in regard to the future poli cies of either side. Tbe strike upon the Missouri road has had the effect of rendering it impossible for the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad to handle any freight delivered at tbe Union Depot, as tLe latter company used the tracks of tbeformer from tbe depot to Grand avenue, a distance of about two miles, and no men can be found to assist in making up freight trains intended to pass over.these tracks. EionT engines side-tracked. Sedalia, Mo., March 8. There is absolutely no change in the strike situation this morning, and every thing is remarkably quiet The strikers side-tracked all freight loco motives and let the water out of them. There seems to be no disposition on tbe part of tbe company to resist toy move made by the strikers. Tbe accommodation train due here from Pleasant Hill at 9:40 o'clock this morning, did not arrive on ac count of the impossibility of procur ing an eneine t j pull tbe train. Chicago, March 8 The Missouri Pacific bo notified the officers of all Chicago lines that until tbe trouble in tbe sop th west is adjusted it will not accept perishable freight for shipment Kansas Crry, Mo.," March 8. There was no change jo the Missouri Pacific strike this morning. No (freight traias are moving, but pag nger trains are not interrupted. Rumors of impending strikes on other railroad lines bare not been substantiated.- About seventy-five Miwoun ' Pacific reheat handlers employed here have been laid off on account ol the suspension of busi inees. INVESTIGATING THE. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOL. A Wretched Place wnere meipii- dren or Llead Soldier Slerp In r II tny Room and Contract Di raae The Governor Bbocked Harrifbubg, March 5. This morning Governor Pattison. Attor ney -general Cassidy, Colonel J Wes ley Awl, as notary Colonel H. C. Demming, as Henograpber, and J..hn Korris, of tbe Philadelphia Berord, left Ilarnsburg tor Ml. Joy i Ild in this condition the men walk to invebtigate the grave charges of , ed int0 yan yrancco station. No niisnianagement in the Soldiers Or-1 e ? however, w&3 hurt. The cars phans' School at that place. They wtre broken open and a large amout were met at the school by Mr. Sher- i of frejght was iaken by the robberp, bin, the attendant, who combines ia eearth of whom troops are now tbe positions of agricultural protef-1 lcouring the country. It is believed sor, instructor in mechanical P-r What the outrage was committed by suits, exemplar in morality to the eame band which some time ago bovs, keeper of the wardrobe and roDbed a stage in tbe State of Zaca kii'ieht attendant of the bath. Mr. !ttcas There were in the Huge be- Sherbin attended the party du"ng!6idt8 the driver, three men and one the walk around. Tbev hrst visited tne ooys p- room, where they stay in bad weath er and where . lhey congregate at night occasionally.to study, this room was entered through a narrow, sigzag passageway, anu iuuuu to be a dark, bad tmeuing, jow-cen-inr at.artment partly underground. and at one time was used as the fur nace cellar. The board ceiling was partly torn off, and the Governor's hiah hat was in . danger of being smashed bad he dared to stand up right. Expressions of disgust were heard frm the party as tbey emer ged into the bright sunlight. The next place visited was tbe lavatory where it was seen how 184 boja wash at a trough and 184 faces are wiptdoDfour toaels. The towels could have stood alone in a corner. The Attorney -general, on comment ing ou this, said : "Absolutely a man can't appreciate what this is until he sees it" dirty dormitories. Then the party made their way to the doimitories. This was a tatk in itself, us the narrow stairway was hemmed in by the sloping roof, and the officials were doubled up before they got to the top. As the reached the top stair they instinctively rush ed for the windows and threw them up. The air was foul and fetid Governor Patiison walked over to one of the beds and tun.ed up the clothing. Tbe cover on the scant straw bolster and the sheets were dirtv, foul-smelling and stained. Pooh Boh Sherbin said the sheets were cbauged every two weeks. Tl e U overnor took possis-ion of a sheet aud bolster as witness for future ex amination. There were 85 beds for i k.. tI,. n m thre 1UU ""J -h ry beds for 184 bovs. Things l,v i.,n rham.ed.as the attendants acknowledged uuder oath In a room by the lavatory was kept the cast off clothing of the bois, hung up to air two weeks ago, when the boys were given their Sunday clothes to wear for every day. Their uew Sunday clothes ar rived yesterday they should have been issued in December. The cast off clothing of those boys is simply indescribable, a tramp would turn up his nose at it ; torn, ragged, dirty, patched out ot all resemblance to the original garment. They were being kept to be issued, the atten dant said, when the boys had woik to do. The Governor secured a tuit for exhibition purposes. It would look well in a dime museum. Out in the yard the boys were at play. The Governor and Attorney -general went among them and learned from the lads that Done of them wore un derclothing. Some of them those who entered the school since Sep tember wore the dst-off clothing af the older boys. A little fellow with a shrunken leg walked lame toward the party. The Governor reached down and pulled up the leg of the little boys trousers. Tbe cripple's little red-legs were without auy covering but the Happy, wide trousers. 1 he water : ciooet were nauseating. BJY DRUGGISTS AND DOCTOR". In the sickroom a boy was found in charge of the infirmary. He dealt out medicine in tbe absence of the physician. The Attorney General noticed that some of the boys had sore eyes. He asked one of tha boys the cause. "I don't know, sir," answered the lad. "The doctor hasn't seen them." Further exam ination revealed the fact that a large number of blue-eyed boys with sore eyes were treated by one of their number who carried a bottle of eye wash given him by Sherbin. This boy dropped tbe wash into the eyes of the others, and they performed the same service for him. Then he put tbe bottle in his pocket. In the primary schoolroom fifty children were found crowded together, aud the only ventilation was from five broken window panes. The boys' bathroom is a curiosity. It is about ten feet square and contains a boiler for hot water and a miniature bath tub ahout eighteen inches wide by five feet long. Every Saturday the boys get tubbed. Eight of them are aliowed in the room at a time and ten towels are furnished to the 184 boys. That is what Mr. Sher bin said. The hot-water boiier would be worked bard to supply water enough for fifty boys iu a day It was fouud that bread and treacle formed a chief part of the diet. The Governor and party returned here this evening. Determined to Elope. Charleston, S. C, March 4. The Edgefield Court is trying a remarkaT ble case. Some tinje ago Miss Liz zie Holley was brought to EJgefield to testify in court She is pretty and romantic, aud soon became en gaged in a flirtation with a fellow boarder at the hotel named Warren. Such progress was made that Miss Holly consented to run away with Warren. While on the way to church on Sunday she jumped into a buggy with him and droye off to find a parson. Her father pursued and captured the runaways. He baa brought suit against Warren for abduction of his daughter, who says that she went with him wi.lingly, and will testify in bis behalf at the trial. She says that she will ran away with htm again as soon as the trial is over. - Mormona Prutcly.iiig iu Alabama. Atlanta, Ga., March 2. The Ponslitutio publishes to-day an in-! from day to day. vettigatiou of a representative in .. North Alabama in regard to the! Sued ror breach or Promise. work of Mormons in that section, i ' Several elders have been tealouely j Louisville, March 4- A breach engaged in the work for the past six ' of piomiVe suif has beer, filed in the months and have made niauy con-'Harden County Circu't Court by verU among country people. ThejMisa Abbie A. Kennedy, a youug f irmers ia the Choetlo and Shinbone lady about 2Q years old, agniust a Valleys, in Clay County, have hoii- j preacher named fhurmau Richardr fied them that they must leave, aud son. She claims that he promised threaten jto use lop e. Theelders re- to marry her, bu', in violation of bis fuse j go, -ayu g they are engaged 1 promise, married a young lady nam: lu legitimate won, aud will be pro- tected by tbe Government, aud a numoer oi men ana some women have gone to Utah. Ditching and Roboing Train. El Paso, Texas, March 4. A freight train on the Mexican Central Railroad in charge of Conductor iNarl bound north was ditched and (robbed at Kilometre, north San Francitco Stalion.on Tutsday night, : bv a band of sixty Mexican outlaws. The train consisted vl Seven cars, which were all ditched. The out laws first robbed all the train hands theu stripped them of thtir clothing and iit- tin ir iinridn behind them. voung woman, all belonging to tbe betttamihes of Chihuahua 1 he out laws robbed tbtni of tLeir valuables and every particle of clothing and iu that condition allowtd them to procted in the stge. The robbers, out of coi.sideration for the young woman, gave the people in tbe stage a sheet which they used in common as a lap robe, and thus made their way to the nearest station. Mia Cleveland' Footman. Washington March 4. On Mon day Miss Rose Cleveland, the Presi dent's sister, accompanied by Miss Van Vechtiu, of Albany, and Mrs. Kinney, visited thecapitol. The la dies were driven to tbe Senate Chamber iu tbe President's carriage, and when they alighted wtre accom panied to the door of the executive gallery by a footman whose attire was the envy of every colored mes senger and door tender in the build ing. This footman was tall and fine looking. He wore a high tiik hat, luslrious aud well fitting, adorned with a rosette. A double breasted light drab overcoat with prodigious tails hanging nearly to his feet en veloped his stalwart person, and the big round brass buttons that held it close to his form shone with the brilliancy of gold. The footman waited until Miss Cleveland and her friends had seen enough of the Senate, and then, taking their wraps, followed the ladies at a res pectful distance through the corri dors and rotunda of tne House wing of the capilol. The procession was decidedly imposing, and it altructed the attention of every one who saw it. Members of Congress from the i - i i ... rural uisincis were asiounucu t iuo , . -p. ' i"-v. u"u J' Hereon in Statuary Hall rocked on its pedes-tal when the liveried flunkey of the mistress of the VVhite House passed by without so much 1.8 lilting his hut. Senator Hawiey's Loea. Washington, March, 3. The wife of Senator Joseph 11. Hawley of Connecticut died at her home in this city at G:30 to-night. She was taken ill last wtek with a severe cold, which devoloped into pneu monia on Friday, and she has been growing worse daily. The Senator bus not been m his seat this wetk, but has remained constantly ut her bedcide. Mis. Hawley was born in Guil ford, Conn., in 1831, and waB a niece of Heury Wrd Beecher, her maiden name being Harriett Ward Foote. Sue was married in 1855 to Gen. Hawley. She never had any children, but a year ago she adopt ed the orphan child of a deceased sister, 5 years old, who has been a great pet of both the Senator and Mrs. Hawley. While Gen. Haw ley was in the army his wife was a nurse in the hospitals of Virginia. She has been her husband's private secretary and political adviser throughout his entire career, attend ing to all of his correspondence, and assisting him in many other ways, giving her time to those duties in stead of to society, to which she was quite a stranger. Mrs. Hawley's uame never appeared in the list of those who attended fashionable par ties, but she was invariably present at all gatherings for charitable and literary purposes, and was an au thoress of no little ability, although most of her publications have been anonymous. Her last words to Gen. Hawley were an expression of grati tude to him for his devotion as a husband. An Eloping Conpln Brought Back. Pittsburgh, March 4. Mrs. Frank Hill and John T. Marchand, the couple who eloped from Greens burg, IV, some time ago, were ar tested in Pensacola, Fla., last Tuesr day, just as they were about to em bark for Cuba, Mrs. Hill who wa3 worth $4' ',01 W in her own name, took the largest portion or her wealth with her in her flight. The couple wf re followed by the husband, Frank Hill, and Officer O'Mara through the principal cities of Ken tucky, Tennessee, Georgia and Flor ida They were masquerading as a newly married couple and had man aged to gain admittance to the best society in Peusscola. This evening they arrived here in charge of De tective O'Mara. A conference was held at the Mayor's office, and, as the lovers refused to submit to eep aratioo,they were permitted to leave together, after Mrs. Hill made a di vision of the property with her hus band. Mrs. Hill's maiden name was Mollie Woods, and her father was one of the most prominent cilk zens of Green8burg. Marchand is a lawyer and is a son of the former J Admiral inAhe United States Navy. The Monument Moved bj the Heat ol the Sun. Washington, March 3. A curi ous characteristic of the Washington Monument was related by Colonel Casey at a recent meeting of the society. Oae very bright day the apex of the monument moved at least one inch westward in the morning, when tbe suirs rays first fall upon it, and eastward again in the afternoon, when the sun reaches the western side. The heat of the sun has an expansive effect opon the masonry aud the plummet that is suspended in the interior of the monument registers thid movement .ed Fannie Lee Tucker. She fixes j her damage at t2bQQQ, for which she atks judgment against tbe I preacher. A Colored Rebel. New Orleans, March 7- Stewart Pringle, a noted Confederate negro, died in Morehouse I'arirh last week. He went through the Mexican war with Col. Butler, of South Carolina, and was in the Confederate army with Captain H. D. Brigham. He was Southern to the core. He would never admit that the South was whipped, but would always say the Confederates were overpowered. Af ter the war be was a staunch Demo crat. He loved to talk of Lee and Jackson, but Stonewall was his fa vorite. He had a canteen from which Jackson drank, and no mon ey could have induced him to part with it. At one time his Captain drew the money to pay off the com pany just as it was ordered into bat tle. The money was handed to old Pringle for safe keeping. Tbe offi cers and privates gave him their money and watches to keep until the fiVhl was over, and the faithful old man proved true to the confi dence reposed in him. Once, when the Federal guuboats went up the Ouachita river, when Captain Brig bam, Confederate Quartermaster, was stationed under the fire of the Beet, Pringle gathered all the rec ords of the office into a bag and took to the woods. When Captain Brigham came across him he asked : "Where are my papers?" "In this sack. Everything that had writing on it is in here," was the reply. Many a poor wounded soldier re membered old Pringle. He was the good Samtritan, giving food and drink after the conflict was over. Ol Lite years he has been the janitor of the public school and towu fiddler of Bastrop. He was interred by the Confederate veterans whom he had served so faithfully and who beld bim iu so high esteem. "lom, tbe Ievll," Shot. Point Pleasant, W. Va.f March 2. A rather novel murder is report ed lrom McDowell county, in the extreme southern end tf the State, the victiai beiug Tom Cline, popu larly known as "Tom, the Devil" and a notorious character. Cline fell in with a young man named Lee, who was on his way to Perry ville, the county seat. As they went alou the conversation turned op a revival meeting then in progress in one of the churches. Lee said he had for gotten how to pray himself, where upon Cline drew a revolver from bis pocket and suggested that he begin practising his devotions at once. Lee refused, but when the cold muz r.le of a revolver was placed against his head, he consented to offer up a prayer. Cline then lelt him. Lee, terribly enraged, procured a rille, and, foilowitij: turn, shot him through the body. Cline was taken home where he is now dying. Lee is the son of a respectable farmer, and has always born a good charac ter. He is in jail, without bail. Oat Meal Mills llurfted Cleveland, ,0., March G At 2 o'clock this morning tire broke out in the exteusive oat meal mills oi Ferdinand Schumacher, at Akron, Ohio. These mills are the largebl in the couutry, arid consirt of several iufinen.-e building. About 4 o'clock callii were sent to Cleveland, Cantou and Lent for aid, which were prompt ly repponded to. By sharp and ef fective work the old mill on the southwet-t corner of the square and one small dwelling house were sav ed. A large Elevator, containing 150,000 bushels of wheat, was de stroyed. The fire spread from this structure to the New York, I'enr.syl vania and Ohio Railroad depot, and entirely destroyed it, together with most of the contents. The loi-s is estimated at nearly $1,000,000. Mr. Schumacher cir ned un insurance cf 8150.000. No one was injured by the falling wall:, but the houje owned by J nuei, of No. 207, South Broadway, was crushed like a tinder box by a huge wall falling upon it. Ucenes BofaMtd la rayetla Caaaly. Unioxtow.v, March 8. Qjite a sensation waa created in court to day ny the decision in the license cases. Remonstrances was tiled against a number of applications and testi mony has been taken, during which the applicants have been on the an xious bench. There were 33 appli cations and of these 21 were retus d, including all the new ones, aud sev eral old ones. Not a single eating house license whs granted in the county, and Edward Dean and Rockwell Maritta, of Connellsville, were the only ones who got a whole sale license. The liquor men were taken by surprise and the temper ance people were jubilant. Judge Ingram seems to take the same view as triat of Judjje White, that the granting or refusal of license U optional with the Court. Poiaon In Maple Sugar. Cbafton, W. Va , Mirch 7. One of the most daring and malicious at tempts to murder an entire family ever know a iu this State was made in the interior of this county a few days ago. Mr. F. J. R )bS had open ed up his suar ciinp, and left the buckets at the trees over night. Some time during the night some person, supplied with a half ouuee of strychnine, put a pjrtion in ea'.;h bucket, and then threw the empty bottle away. The next morning, when Mr. Ross was preparing to boil his sap a servant fouud tbe empty bottle, and. seeing the "poi son" labe', informed Mr. II iss. As aprectution, that gentlemiu took some of his sap to Lr Kindly, who administered a small quantity to a cat, which almost immediately ex pired. Had it not been for the for tunate discovery of tbe bottle many iiuiocr nt persons would undoubtedly have been killed. There is no clue to the would-be murderer. Clock a that Waver Rao Dawn. Reading, March 4. George P. Gaupter, of this city, has. with the aid of New York parties, organized the Self.windling Clock Company, with a capital of $100,000. It is their intention to 3stablish a factory here for the manufacture of clocks of all sizes that will never run down. Cluster has two clocks at his resi dence, one of which has been run ning five years and the other four, without winding. This feat is acr eomplished by means of a wind wheel behind the machinery, so ar ranged that the air of the room catches it and keeps it in constant motion, thus keeping the spring wound up. G. Terry lo Succeed Gen. Hancock. Washington. March 3. The Pres- ident sent the following nomination j to the Senat" to-day : Brig.-Gen. ! Alfred H. Terry to be Major General, vice Winfield Scott Hancock, de ceased. I Prohibition Grand JAnes. Butler, Pa.. March 4. The grand j J'iry by a unanimous vote, unuie the following presentment to the! Court this afternoon : In the judgement of this irque.-t te further continuance of licenced bouses for the sale of intoxicating drinks in the county would be pro ductive of intemperance ami disor der, and fraught with danger to the peace, comfort and happiness of so ciety and an inconvenience to tbe traveling public, which they were originally intended to accommodate. We earnestly, yet most respectful ly, submit that by refusing each op plication for license at the ap proaching special Court, the ishe and judgement of a large majority of the people will have been respec ted and the peace, sot.riety and com fort of the people will be greatly improved. About fifiy applicants have filed tht ir petitions tut liceuses over the county. Mercer, Pa., March 4. The grand jury fiuu-hed their labors to-diiy and made a lengthy presentment to the Court in which they say that they are satisfied that "the granting ol licenses in Mercer county ia not on ly Dot necessary Jor the accom mo tion of the public and entertainment of strangers and passengers, but is in most, if not every instance, the direct cause of much of the lucl drinking, drunkenness, poverty, suf fering, crime and misery, and is, therefore, in every instance, detri mental to the public good." They conclude by recommending and re questing the Court to grant no fur ther licenses where the same can be withheld. Their actioti causes great comment. Two Men Hilled. Cox. nellsvillk.M arch 8. Shortly afttr noon to-duy a series of expiu fiuus took lace in tbe Uniond.ile mine, ut Dunbar, four miles from here, by whicn two men were killed and twelve others received injuries which will prove fatal in at least j thrte or four cases. The caufe of i the explosion was fire-damp. There I were twenty-three men in the pit, nine whom managed to e.-e.iue uninjured. The first explosion occurred about 12:30. It wad a tern the shock, and j was followed by two others in qaick ! succession a fevv minutes later. The tir?t explo.-ion caused the death oi two men and injured tiiree. The ret ran toward the mouth of the pit, but before they reached it the ott er explosions occurred. Thre was an upheave! of earth, coai-dust and oth er debris. The lights were blown ! out, the dust blinded the men ami the passagt-ways were blocked up. I 1 1 1 tv t-i. -. alio an escape eui ou. inepu a; ou lire and a horrible death awaited the imprisoued miners. irie of them, wkohad been woiking in an other entry managed to m ike their way out before the moui.ll of the pit i was chi'ked up. i Tne force of the shock caused the men in Morrell, Colviu and Whoh-r, ! the adjoining mines, to drop theii j tool-t aud i ush panic stricken to the top. imagining unit trie pus were be ;iug lilted heavenward. The ground roiled and quaked so that uidiiv fell dou, and three or four in the Mor rell -mine, which connects with the L'uionilale, were violently thrown iifTuinst the wails and seriously in jured. Evervbody rushed toward trie Uuiondale mine. HuiitliiKtloii a Gold Mania. Huntingdon, Feb. 23. Intense excilemeiit prevails in Brady town ship, this county, over the discovery of a valuable deposit closely resem bling gold. Jacob Zillius, a miner alogist of this city, while prospecting for coal, found evidence of a Lire deposit of the valuable mineral when but 76 feel below the surface. An anyliiidl chemist of Philadelphia reports that the ore is worth from 810,000 to SI j.OOO per ton. Mr. Z i lius is now iu consultation with cap italists of this city with the view ol organizing a stock company to de velop the land in which nis valuable find has been made. In pro- e -t-ing for gold Mr. Zillius struck a 3 foot vein of anthracite coal, which is now Deiim developed The land in the neighborhood that heretofore would not bring any price whatever has now risen to fabulou-i sums Prominent capitalists of Philadel phia and Pittsburg are buying up the land with the view of developing its resources. An Aged Couple HouikI ami Robbed, Grkensux'kg, March 3 Ou Sit U,rday evening John Snyder, asred hi), of Grapeville, went to his door and saw there three men, who said they had come "to m;ike that gas lease all riijht." As soon as they were inside lhey threw Mr. Snyder to the floor with such violence thai his shoulder was di-located. Two of the men then tied his hands and feet. Mrs. Snyder was then choked until she was almost unconscious Her hands and feet were bound, ana one of the men stood ou her breast and stamped oo her face. The men thea took a feather m.tttress and covered her head, and in this condi tion she remaine 1 for three hours, during which time the oipd rancuck ed the house. Not finding anything of value, they demanded money, de claring that in case of non-c inili ance lhey would apply the torch to the house. All they received, how ever was a $10 gold piece, a wa'l-t and a pocket-book containing $1.04, with which they departed. Several hours later the aged couple were discovered and released from their unpleasant predicament. A Fortune troin Garbage Barrels. Chicago, March 4. A little dried up old woman, in rugs, sat in a chair in Judge Prendergarts court room yesterday and looked vacantly into the faces of six men who bad been called to examine into her mental condition. Her name was Ida Schneider and her age was given as fifty seven. For twenty years she has been a rag-picker m the streets of Chicago. It was found that ehe had been insane for two years and a half and she was ordered sent to the Batavia Asylum. In the twen ty years of her work she has laid away upward of SS0.000. She has one daughter, a Mrs. lead re Schmitt at whose instance she was found in sane. Portland, Oregan, March C Another Chinese outrage is reported nesr Port townsend, W. T. Two mi 0 attacked Ian inoffensive China map, and, after beating his. head aiamst the rocks and frit-fully uial rea ing hiu , tore his cue out by the QlHand lrtt him for dead. The' ciiizens of the place are b really in-1 i0 sel over the unprovoiel assault' and officers are in pursuit of the. perpetrators. LOUTHER'S ZDZELTTO- j MAIN STREET, This Llciel Ima; St:r3 is ratiily i pio in j FKESH VTD j l MEDICINES, DYE STUFFS, SPONGES. TOILET ARTICLES, PERFUMES, TRUSSES, SUPPORTERS, &c. &c. THE DOCTOR GIVES PEkSOSAL ATTESTIOS TO THE COMPol SPISG Op- CSE.tr CARE Hlr, T.IA'E.V TO L'SE O.Vtl' FRr.SH A0 PI RE tKr;cf.ir SPECTACLES, EYE-GLASSKS And a Full 1 ine ot Optical Goods always on hand. From fetich a large assortment all can be suited. The Finest Brands ofCiyun Always on hand. It is always a pleasure to diphv our goods to intending purchasers, whether they buy from us ir elsewhere. .J. M. LOUTHER, M. D. H 4 OS'S IF F 4& is Mii'l'iy lit hrst mitir ainl iinivt r-W'ijanf .ts in m.irkw A -"iiX1 i"'i,n,',ly ornaments u-.i nuihintj lmt nntut - v stjjr - "ii i 1 1 it it r. or Ni:"r(inrT-ii. w sii at low .-.s w.-f-m. an) ni:i.n::ti!t !t.- Ii i ir I -t (inter ! . U'tiro. Our orpins art sought nfttv I y t Ii l:ir.'t dr tiers nixl m e.iit tvai.-l niui,-i i,. silvery Ortun Fully Vs rrn n t -cl I'or l'lo Vmrs. n GRAND GOLD MEDAL BY THE TRI-STATE FAIR ASSOCIATION, tkt: only ct5.o-a.tt pos which a. GOLD MEDAL WAS AWARDED BY THE NEW ENGLAND FAIR, IIifjht.it AtrttntH at t'airm M-itrr i.'xhihiti t. lOARDfW &HRAYPIANQS BEAUTIFUL STYLES, UPRIGHT, CABINET-GRAND AND SQUARE. Tlw only Piiiito evpr Awinlc-t a CRAM ;il.l Ml.DAla by the Tri-Suie Ft Avn-i.it.ou Ttic it:i-s ;ih lw :ts any tirst p. unrH. Thee Ir Ptrurncnt-are (i:inl!e.! es nivtlv fortlii cud't bv the utnierit;rte-! Pr. r- !;. think oi pur-'t-iiciiijf eiihtr hu Mrttnm or Ptnn wui wt:i : tirt fia-n'iie ihte ir 't urr-n' M.my rei r nr9 ir iu p-'iiiu nt cif uens .l Hit YmDty. who Lave i ht$n ti "trutiiPTfti in ti. will te tcivuu ii ilesireii. I he-e nc sa., can le seen at Kcei-prr l-n.'. ins'ur.iTire I fffit-r, SmTet, 1'. Wrt'e lor i atuluxueS, Prices, eic. la IE. Hi. WELCH, JLG-EiTT, i:in'27 oiii-eow. B3AVER COLLEGE AND MUSICAL INSTITUTE. FOR YOUNC LDlES- C'rm Its Sprliiir Trml 1.' rrk Marc h Ut I n I .'.tut es-eiipue, una lhuri;ubl itUi.l. i'lwul y al.le utul t t rltm il iiir'i r sl nDluxtp ! i L.:cra r , Mu-lc, ami Arl MuUy nl KU- uti' n. Kates rM u ut. .- nl i' r cir. i inr to tl 1 terhttm. Mi7. KEY- R. T- TAYLOR, D. E., Btaver Pa. The War on Convict Iahor. Lhisville, .March 7. The five coiiipiiiiies of state militia sent by liovernor Knott to protect the 011 victs and state property at the Greenwood mines, hear the Cincin nati Southern Kulroud, in l'ul.i-ki county, Kentucky, arrive 1 there early this morning aud took the 2 ) ) free mint-M aud citizens entirely by surprise. The free miners had or dered the le-seesto retu jve the coa victs and were waiiitii? for the ex piration of the two dayi of grace rauted before lhey resorted tj the threatened violence. The mob is orderly and not dis posed to report t' violence, but they insist on the removal of the cju victs. They say that of c uirse they can do noiiiin, aud viil d nothing as long as thu lroopj rein tin, but say the convicts inu-t and shall go just as soon as the troops are order ed away. They say they bltme no one but the L-jji-dature, and say that it is the duty of that body to repeal the law which ullows c nivicU to be letted and w. irked to the detriment of free labor. 1 ne soldiers are in charge, aud no trouble is atiticiu ited whiin they rt maiii, but it is the opinion that when they eo t!ie citiz -ns will force the convicts lo go. Tne que-iioii is ihen will the state ke?p the militia on guard continually or will tne convicts be removed. C uicts are woikd in several other mines in the state, and the same trouh.o is likely to spring up any day. No License for Huahesville. Willi am -port, March U. Ail last week a hitler Htit was waged between applicants lor iitjuor licen.-e anil the temperance people, the re sult being that all applications from the lovvns if Newbury anil Huiies ville were refused. Yesterday Jude Cumm'tu announced that he was prepared to hear the remonstrance;! against saloon keepers. Counselor Hill represented the teiaperance. people and Counselors Crawford and Hart acted for the II unes ville liquor men, who were Henry K:ch eniaiih, 1'tviJ M. liry.tii, Lyman Myers and John Houghton. Tne tetuperjiice people called witness after witness to the stand who swore that the sale of liquor at tlugheaviile was injurious lo the citizens, while the liquor men brought witnes-es who vore that their houses were respectable places. Jode Uummiit announced that all licenses were refused for Hughes ville. Nearly SOD people came Irom that town :n a special train. The Irwin Miners. Irwin, Pa., March 8. The miner employed, at the IVnn Qts and We.-tmnreland Coal Company's mines went out this morning for tn advance or five cents per ton. There are 2,2' JO involved in the strike. The men have been getting fiftv-five cents per ton. A miiss meeting is now in progress at the Opera IIoy,-;e. Earthquake i fenthcrn Italy. Rome, March ft. An eirthqualtp has occurred at the citv of Cenzi. jo Southern Italy. The shock was so severe that a number of houses were thrown dowti. One person was killed and several others were injured. STORE, SOMERSET, b5c:n:g a Gr:at Fa7:ri:s wii p-3 Search cf PUKE DRUGS EST IN THE WORLD a rs & mm T'n only or tn mutle in which is nvpsfui(v o-.j b ihh( i lie to iovin i-i (jtutlitu'.s of f m : (,,. it. lirnth. (iril;ianr , mi ynij ilhrtip iel:c'n-y. Tne' mt .V'tuMlf-iY Im hiiIUuI m1o t-tltvU , Tlu'iuilv top "if-finn ever invpnlod that onn r ! li'trr;iiiuil ly in'. The on:r i.i.iit m "o with hallow enpm :, e:vat thiit it ri-i.irtH I. tit littie ilnrt with tin; U . hi! the it i r ltiril. T13LH1 X3 3I3J3T, FItlEDENS, PA. Dayton, O.. March ". Wiiiiarn F. Howell, a desperado, to night cut Marshal Kornshell, of Mi:iuiisburjT, while the tatter was attempting to arrest him on the charge ot forgery. The M trshal was cut across the face while in the cell and a ditisrerous wound inflicted. When citizens at tempted t coins t his rescue, How ell flourished a revolver and threat ened to shoot any man wno ap pro iched. Alihou-'h lo cell tne 3itiz-Mis) could not gel at him, ai.d fin illy c tiled out the lire depart ment, wh drenched the cell and c i:npt!'leJ the desperad to lay down his wap ii. A cro-vd of seven hun dred was oritiiZtid and an attempt was in i h) lo mob Hjwetl. He was arraigned before the Mayor to-niuht and hound over in Sl.Oti) bail. He wn brouj;:it to Diytou at midniylit and placed in j til. The Spring Drive. Little Rck. Ark., M rch Re ports Ir u the stocS gro.viiu sec tion of I'ex is shovs reat activity in the cattle industry. I'repaniioiis f r the s'priiii; drive are complete, and several herds will he started Uf the tra.il withiu the next ten days. Cirefjl eliniites show that ih drive for will r.e:i .V,1"'' head, aii'l, may, with lair price and ir.creisin demand, exceed tliat nuuib.-r. Price for st jck cattle vary. North we-tern Texas yearlings biu q loted at 12 per head and "l-V 's ti.-ll, wrnie in S uth tf-stera Trxu yariin.'s s-1! at $7 au 1 't'M ' at. fpH per head. Tin ." heat Crop ljui-ett. Kk.umni;. F'a , Marci -t The hi winds wiiofi have prevailed for a Week have caaseil lireal tjainae lo tne wheat ft :r Is of lirks and .nijoiii in,; com. ties. Tne saotf having dis appeared the fields have become un protected, ami have been su'ij-rcted to alternate freezing ami tti..w;ui K '-ports received from ') di-tncis uf this County show that unles-i inure is considerable iaiproveme it iu fie spring there will he no mure than, half a crop of wheat The Snow Morin luCreal H'ii" L'ni., Mirch 4 The suo "toriu v.hich has raging for several days across the northern part uf Gr-at IinUiu is now ceasing. 1 be au ff rn g among passengers oft tbe numerous trains which hae heeft snowbound in the storm h ts ldu Very great. The losa uf cattle lib transit has beu euonuous. Five Thousand Men Stop Work. Coiiir:Kf.A.ND, Md., March s. Ia compliance with the order uf tii Excuiiv Committer of the federa tion of Miners and Mine Laborers, which organization ii club :' tlltt employes hi the several bituminous coal regions, the aIJOO miners vii lalx-rers in the Cumberland reason str.ke t day for an adv.iuws Ir""1 forty to fifty cents per tou. A Hard Uluwii Oner. N id iiisT ', Pa-. M irch l -Th' lare frin. e ham of Heory T. -Manuel, in Ha.l.felti Township. a blown ves bv tl e wind on Tuesday iifternoon and totally wrecked. TM Btock escape! inj iry, but the bay gram und elraw were caught Bp the gale and scattered about the farm.
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