The Somerset Herald. EDWARD BCULL, Editor and Proprietor. EDXESDAf M, if. Thk tide hag turned, and the de spatches now dailj tell of the re iuaption of work, inetead of more strikes. Mr. Charles S. Wolfe, is having quite a boom as the Prohibition can didate for Governor in the Demo cratic paper. The harrowing suggestion has get abroad that it is the widow Foliom, and not the daughter, that the Pres ident is about to marry. The strikes are nearly over, and now comes the festive potato bug and the grasshopper to vex the souls f laborious, agriculturists. Thk runaway Ohio Senators are quietly and sneakingly returning to their homes, welcomed with loud guflawi by their fellow citizens. The legitimate results of the pres ent strikes will be felt next winter, whea the cry will come up, "we want workl" and no work is to ls had. Chi:a;o last year handled about 7,090100 hogs, over 2,000,000 cattle and 132(K0j(X) bushels of grain, and last wefck thrashed and cowed 10,000 (Socialists. The country is fast coming to the cenclusion that the m bar? must be;jicft ar)(j igno,y dragged by the put up against thut part of the for- J h(,eli, from unJer tlie bed of a pros- eign element that advocates anarchy and arson. The Democratic and Mugwump journals i:;si.H that Mr. Blaine is dead and buried. If so, his ghost stiil continues to carry terror to their dayiipht divanm. c It is said that the fue of Hoscoe Conkiii.g in tlie Broadway Franchise case, just ended, was $30,000. This is much better in a pecuniary point of view than being Senator. The Prohibition State Convention will meet nt lismsouri; in August next If the Democrats should get there about the fr.me time it will not surprise the knowing ones. The Democrats are pitching into ex-I're.-i(le!it Hayes because he has written a magazine article in favor of general education. This seems to be regarded as a blow at the very foundation of the Democratic party. The Supreme Court of this State has decided that the tax law of last year is constitutional. This, the authorities at Harrisburg say, will increase the revenues of the State at least three times, or from 8500,000 to $l,500,0i (0. The Directors of the Pennsj'lva nia Railroad last week unanimously resolved to increase the capital of that corporation nearly $1,000,000. This extra issue oi stock will make the total capital of the company about $yS ,000,000. Geoim-.e A. Jenk. Esq., of Brook -ville, this State, has resigned his po sKiua as Assistant Secretary of the Interior to act as counsel for the es tate of the lately deceased million aire John DuBois. at a salary of ten thousand dollars a year. StorekeejKjrs and dealers who have been in the habit of offering prizes of any sort to purchasers, should remember that the law for bidding lotteries goes into effect on the third of June next, and that the penalties are severe. The late glorification of Jeff Davis has borne speedy fruit Congress man Wheeler, of Alabama, last week treated his colleagues in the House to a speech vituperating the mem ory of Edwin M. Stanton, and de nouncing him as an "arch-traitor." To the credit of the Irish let it be recorded that in the late riot at Chi cago not a single Irishman was fourd among the rioters. On the contrary, many brave Irishmen were among the police that faced death and mutilation at the hands of the bxiibthrowers. The fact that shoes, aod suar. and coal have been advanced in price, on account of the demanded advance in wages, shows that tlie great army of workingmen have not profited much by the late strikes, while to the unemployed the advanc ed prices is a calamity. Congressman Scott of Erie, who represents some 20,(XX) miles of rail road and is besides the owner of a bar! with a big bung, is favorably talked of as a Democratic candidate for Governor. What a brilliant spectacle he would present on an anti-discrimination platform ! It is shocking, but there will not ue mucn sympathy expended over , v- i i . . BU urug svore, ana pot- soned themselves by drinking drags. which theymistook for liquor. ASUl numb(r of the thieves are knowa Is! have died in secret and in great agony. Tae Marietta Time gives a rather terse explanation of the meaning of the fight against railroad freight dis crimination. It says it is the fight of two hundred dollar and three hundred acres in Lancaster county against two hundred and three dol- i , i lar acres on the prairies of the Ues - trn. States. The farmers, who! about this time are thlnkiug whom they will send to the Legislature this fall ought to be able to get the bearing of Anti-Discrimination this year. The Law and Order League of Boeton has turned its attention to tbe enforcement of the old liquor' laws, instead of agitating for new legislation, and it is said has accom plished wonderful results. The temperance workers all over the country ought to take a lesson from the Boston league. The estimated cost of the Misouri Pacific Railroad strike is set down at one million dollars to the strikers, two millions to the railroad compa nies aud two millions of dollars to the people of the country through which the road runs. There is noth ing to show for this loss of five mil lions of dollars absolutely nothing. The imprisoned Mormons are playing the role of eaints, persecuted for conscience sake. They say that rather than give up polygamy, which they iaFifit is a direct command ol God, they will abide in prison. Very well, if they prefer numerous wives and imprisonment to one wife and freedom, let them be accommodated. Last week Mr . Kilc;ore, of Phila delphia, was admitted to practice as an Attorney iu the Supreme Ceurt of the State. This will open the doors of the lower courts of the city to her, where admission had previ ously been denied her. The lady and her husband, who is also an At torney, have had a long fight and have won their case at last. Hebr Most, the b!ood-and-thun-der Anarchist of New York, whose sole occupation was to blather about daggers and tlynainite, and preach aesasaination and resistance to the law. is proven to be an arrant cow- !ard 1Ie wag captured by the po- titute, where he was in hiding. At the Republican primary elec tions held in Allegheny County on Saturday last, Gen. Jas. S. Negley, the present Congressman from the Pittsburg district, was defeated for renomination by John Dalzell, Esq. In the Allegheny district Col. Thom as M. Bayne, the present M. C, was renominated without opposition. Ex-Marshal James S. Rutan was nominated for Senator in the Forty- I second district over N. 0e3htly, flrl(i ;n thp Forty-fourth district John Newmeyer received the nomina tion without opposition. John S. Robb, Esq., was nominated for Judge of the Court of Common Pleas No. 2. ' A Ghastly Discovery. Chicago, May 14. Tlie Coroner received a dispatch this morning from F. A. Vogt, a trustee of the town of Cicero, near this city, which said that nine boxes, containing the bod ies of children and adults had been found about half a mile south of Oak Park. Up to eleven o'clock no other particulars concerning the dis covery were to be had. The facts as known created excitement in po lice circles, one of the theories ad vanced leing that the corpses were those of Anarchists who had died from injuries received in the Hay market explosion and in subsequent lights with the police in the south western iiart of the city. There have been rumors that a number ef dead Anarchists were se cretly buried by their comrades, and it was thought that the bodies found might be those disposed of in that manner. Alaska's Itesources. Washington, May 12. Gov. Swineford, of Alaska, delivered an interesting address before the House Committee on Territories to-day, on the resources, climate and laws of Alaska. Alaska, he said, could alone furnish the fish supply of the world. It had valuable gold mines, yielding as much as sixteen dollars per tan of ore at an expense of but one dollar and twenty cents. lU forests were also exceedinely valua ble. The Governor urged that addi tional legislation be enacted grant ing Alaska the same judicial security as existed in other territories. At preeent the people did not even have the privilege of paying taxes, and inability to secure perfect title prevented settlers from taking up iand. . - Chicago Wounded Policemen. Chicago, Mav 12. The twenty three wounded officers at the couu- ty hospital, the majority of whom are victims of the bomb explosion, are all out of danger, and the physi cian in charge says ho has no longer fears that auy of them will die. Of ficers Jacob Halen and Lawrence Murphy will have to go through the remaining years oi their lives crip ples, the first minus a leg and the other a foot but the brave fellows accept their situation without a mur mur. Charles Schumacher, the young tailor, who was shot through the liver by a policeman during the riot and woo has suflered great agony ever since, died at midnight. He declared from the first he was not a Socialist. A Ijiw Luke the Scott Uw. C'oi.rsBLs, unio, May i.j itie most important woik of the Ohio Legislature this year was the enact ment to-dav of a liquor tax law sun ilar to the Scott law, which was nul lified bv a Democratic Supreme Court in"lS84. This bill will bring into the State Treasury over $2,000, , . . 1 1 1 VA UltulUlilU WIV MA IBID ! i lt - nni illmlnMi ikii . ..to 0f counties and cities. For Hamil- i... i ; i... .:...:.... i .u' i "c.... " V i I " : " '"""TV .. "1". ?! who have forght the bill for years! It pawed as a Republican measure. Date of the President's Wedding;. Washington, D. C, May 13. A private letter received to-day from W. S. Bissell states that the Presi dent's wedding, according to the present programme, will occur in Buffalo, June 12. The latest advic es from Europe are to the effect that iirp. ruiium is Buuering irom are- lapfe of the Roman fever, but that if she is able to travel, there will be Mr, f oisom is suuenng lrom a re- no delay in the date of the wedding. on the other hand, it the wedding should be postponed en account of i Mrs. Folsom's illness, it will occur within a week after her return to America. KILLED IITHE STORM, The Fata! Work of a Rushing Flood at Xenia, Ohio. WB3LE FAKILH3 CABBED AWAY. Immense Destruction of Property la tbe tiule City Iiom of lilfe at Other Potato. The destructive storm which has been sweeping over the country for the past few days passed over Illinois and Indiana, killing people and de stroying property, and then spread to Tennessee, the Ohio Valley and the Lake regions, causing severe lo cal storms. In Ohio, the city of Xenia was the chief suflerer, many houses be ing carried away by the flood, and the inmate either drowned or crush ed to death. The loss of life, here and elsewhere, as far as is known, is as follows : Xenia IS AtU,Ind 4 L.imrk. Ill HM.IL 111 1 Mama, ill 1 Springfield, O Ud HalUmora. ().. II I.lieue. iDd., 1 Tll S New Castle, luff HOW XENIA SL'FEERED. Cincinnati. May 13. Xenia is in a scene of death and desolation. About twenty-five lives the number may exceed thirty have been lost in last night's flood. Hundreds of people are homeless, and the de struction of property in general is treat The disaster somewhat resembles that of the breaking of the Fall river Dam several years ago. The Little Miami Railway runs north and south past Xenia and the city is wholly on the west side of the road, mostly on a plateau, but the ground slopes down gently to a little stream which coming from the east passes through a culvert under the railroad and immediatelv north of the depot on the west side of the railroad. This stream, passing under the road, flows northwesterly, diverging slight ly from the road. Streets are laid out and houses built down to tne very edges of the stream, which is a verv lneiemhcant Droon. meroau runs on an embankment past Xenia and on the east side of the road is a wide depression along the front of to.vn, which is the moutn oi a ra vine, the latter extending for nearly two miles along the east side of the railwav running northward. Hitcher. or fehawnee LreeK, as u is sometimes called, brought down a great deal of debris at the very beginning of the sudden rainfall and completely dammed the culvert un der the railway, bo heavy and con tinuous was the fall of water that millions of gallons were collected iu a great reservoir formed by the ra' vines and bend of the stream east of the railway. The embankment held this flood back till it rose to the level of the road Rnd overflowed THE EMBANKMENT UIVE9 WAV. Then about 5) o clock. when an extraordinary clap of thunder seem ed to open the gates and the rain fell in torrents, and when the people had been driven from the streets by the storm, the railroad embankment gave way and let loose the pent-up waters on the valley portion of the town, sweeping away scores upon scores of houses. The people living on Water street escaped by every way. The spout seemed to vent its fury on that por tion of the citv. For a stretch of 150 vards the Little Maimi Railway was destroyed, and houses in Water street were torn to pieces as it they were shells. A resident of the street states that within two minutes after the clap of thunder he stood in wa ter to his waist, twenty-five yards from tlie creek. When tlie waters reached the residence of Aaron Fer guson it was carried off with nine inmates and lodged against abridge, where they were afterwards rescued. The next damage was at the coal yard of Samuel Clark, in which was located a tenement house occupied by a family named Powell, nine in number. None of these have been heard from. The next point of de struction was in what is knows as the Bottoms. A dozen houses, oc cupied mostly by colored people, were here swept away, One family by the name of Morris went with the rushing flood. The last seen of them was at the Mamia Street Bridire, when a man was seen at the window by the terror-strcken rrowd. waving a lump. The next instant the house collapsed and they were gone. Only one, a boy of 13, has been found. SOME OF THE DEAD. The work of recovering the vie time has been going on all day and is still in progress. The Mayor's office has been turned into a mor cue, and there are now twentv-two bodies there. The scenes are heart rending. Whole families lie disfig ured on cots, lhe tollowmg is a list of killed so far as known Mrs. Lindsav. colored, Mrs. Casev, colored, Mrs. A nderson? colored, a child named Anderson, Mrs. Corco san, with, a cripple named Corcoran, S. Dundon, Orrin Morn, wife and five children, white, William Paul, colord, wife and five children, Y m Adams and wile. The losr- of property is very great. Whole lumber yards and all the bridges are gone. Forces of men are busilv encaged in clearing away the debris, and hundreds of people surround the places. Strangers have begun to pour into the city from every -direction. The Council has appropriated $1000 for immediate use in the burial of the victims. A private subscription has already reached into thotmnds. A commit tee is canvassing the citv for cloth ing and bedding. The rink has been turned into a refuee for the homeless, who are many. All aid possible is needed from every source. Later. Two more bodies have been found, being children. They are not identified. The complete number of victims whose bodies have been recovered is twenty-five, with eleven persons missing. The gasworks are flooded and the town is in darkness and terror. The cries of the people in the flooded district awful to hear.. Many acU of heroism in saving tho drowning are reported. Bonfires were lighted and the people worked all night Many horses were lost, and railroads lead ing out of the city were so wrecked that it is impossible to hear from outside points. At least a dozen trains are here and within a few miles of the city. Telegraph wires are down and business has been sus pended. ' 8rRING FIELDS EXPERIENCE. Springfield, O., May 13. Terri ble damage was ciut ed in this city by the heaviest rainstorm ever ex perienced in Central Ohio. Rivers of water two feet deep rushed through the streets. The culverts by which it is confined failed to hold Mill Creek, which rushed through a railroad cut swept away a railread bridge, carryine a vast body of eand with it. It damaged many bouses in its path and tore up 500 "feet of the Bee Line Railroad tracks. EDhraim Williams' famuy were sleeping in a lower room when the flood entered. AU escaped out a child, which was drowned. No oth er lives are reported lost The dam age will reach $30,000. DAYTON ISOLATED. Dayton, O., May 1A Dayton is isolated. No trains or mails are coming in or going out Telegraph and telephone wires are all down. Small streams became rushing tor rents, and the Miami River rose nine feet in three hours, inundating fifty aeree of houses id the Fourth ard. drowning horses and cows. Merchandise in cellars was ruined, bridges in all directions were swept away and farm buildings and dwell ings were demolished, lhe crops are totally ruined. The greatest destruction was in a track east from the Big Miami to Little Miami. The Zionsville brick Reformed church, 4 milei south of Dayton, was razed. Fairmount is woefully wrecked. The church at Beavertown, where prayer meeting was in progress, was demolished, but none of the panic-stricken wor shippers were severely hurt Dwell ings there were twisted from their foundations. At Sbakerville, three miles etst many dwellings were un roofed, barns blown down and cat tle injured. A special train with Superintend ent Tucker was wrecked near Os- burn. Tueker and six others were injured. They were brought to Day ton. A north-bound freight train on the Ciucinnati, Hamilton and Davton dashed into a washont at Possum Run. five miles south of Dayton, and the locomotive win car ried 150 feet down the mighty tor rent before sinking, then rolled over and over. At daylight a farmer living about a mile across the water, noticing signal of distress1 rescued the crew lrom tree tops. The rainfall was four and a half inches in three hours. WRECKED BY A WASHOUT. Indianapolis, May 13. The east- bound passenger train on the In dianapolis, Rloomington and West ern Railroad, which left here at 9 o'clock last night, ran into a wash out near New Castle, Henry county, towards midnight, with terrible ef fect. The engine, baggape car and first passenger car plunged into the abyss. J. V. Treynar, engineer, and James Hudson, fireman, both of this city, and an unknown passenger were in stantly killed in the crush, and the baggageman and conductor were se verely injured. All of the passen gers were more or less injured, but none seriously hurt A Double Killing Conspiracy.. Neillsville, Wis., May 5. This county has been thrown into a state of great excitement through the dis covery of a. horrible crime. Last Sunday Harry Wright a farmer living in the northern part of tlie county, died very suddenly. Sus picions were aroused at the cause of his death. The body was disinter red by relatives and the stomach sent to Chicago for analysis. A post mortem, which was also held, developed symptoms of poisoning. Wednesday Mrs. Wright was arrest ed, just as she was about to leave the county, and lodged in jail here, on a charge of murder. A wairant was also issued for a man named Daniel Allen, who was suspected of having a hand iu the transaction. . Last night Mrs. Wright broke down, and made a confession, giving the details of one of the most hor rible crimes ever known in the State. The statement of the woman is to the effect that Allen and herself had been intimate for the past year and a-half. Both were married. Thpir passion led to the formation of a plan that included the murder of Wright and Mrs. Allen. It was ar ranged that Mrs Wright should first make away with her husband. After he was dead and buried and the excitement had worn off Allen was to do the same with his wife, after which the two were to marry. In accordance with the agreement Mrs. Wright secured poison and, two weeks before Wright's death, succeeded in giving him a dose. In her excitement the woman gave too much and the result was only to make her husband very eick. He bad hardly recovered from the ef fects of the first when a second dose of poison was mixed by Allen. This did the work- Allen is now in jail here It is rumored that large crowds of V right neighbors are gathering to lynch the guilty couple. Iu view of any such contingency the jail is strongly guarded. A Funnel Shaped Cyclone, Lansing, Mich., May 15. A cy clone formed a mile north of Lan sing, at the edge of Jones lake, and swept in a northerly direction, lev eling fences and woods and tearing buildings into fragments. After forming, the whirlwind seemed to stand still for a moment in the road aod then moved off about as fast as one could walk, gradually increas ing iu size and velocity as it moved. It was blue-black in color and fun nel shaped, it hugged the ground all the way and did not touch the clouds above. It cut a clean swath a quarter of a mile wide through all the woods and orchards that came in its way. The largest building destroyed was a barn of Mr. Shuttler, on tlie Downer road, which was torn to minute fragments. His horses were in the basement of the barn, and one was sucked up and left on the hay mow, while the owner was buried under the ruin. The house and.buiidings of a fam ily named Fairbanks were all blown to pieces. The whirlwind passed across the big Chandler marsh, four miles from here, nearly in the mid dle, striking a Michigan Central Freight train, unroofing cars and hurling Conductor Kane into the ditch. A BaleM Mm rafcllely. Chicago, 111.. May 14. Au ex pressman named Bies, aged fifty years, adjusted a rope and hanged himself from a rafter in a barn in the rear of his house this morning. Hi wife found him hanging, and her screams brought a crowd of neighbors to view the appalling spectacle, but no one interfered or attempted to cut the rope, notwith standing the frantic efforts of the suicide to release himself. Finally, after a lapse of ten or fifteen min utes, a policeman arrived and cut the man down. He was then cold in death.- ; A CYCliOXE IN ILUXOIS. Tbe Village of Odell Badly Wrecked. Chicago, May 13- Passengers on the Chicago and Alton train which arrived here to night had a remark able experience with a cyclone. At Pontiac, I1L, a storm cloud was seen gathering in the West and moving in a northeast direction. As the train sped on the storm kept coming nearer every minute, and the pas sengers began to realize that they were being chased by a cyclone. Just as the engine pulled into Odell, 111., the storm struck the town, and the air was full of debris. In a mo ment seven stores and the hotel were unroofed, and one large brick building nearly destroyed. Under the wreck of the structure two chil dren were buried. The telegraph wires in that vicinity are reported down. Specials from Streator and Rock- ford, I1L, and Peru, lnd tell ot a terrible wind and hail-storm at those points. About 5 30 p. m. heavy, roaring clouds from the south and east met just over the city of Rock ford, and daylight was suddenly converted into darkness, A down pour of immense hail stones follow ed, greatly damaging trees ana breakinz window.. In the country surrounding Streator the rain and hail raged lor an hour ana a nan, and the destruction visited upon grain, fruit and all vegetation is very great Fiom Peru, Ind tele grams are received to the effect that houses were unrooted, trees uproot ed and wheat blown down. A large amount of stock is reported killed by lightning. Joliet, III., May 13. A most des tructive cyclone is reported from Odell, a village forty miles south of here on the Chicago and Alton Rail road, this afternoon. Passengers on the train arriving here at G p. m. Blate that as the train neared Odell they saw the cyclone approach. First they saw the roof of an elevator rise and sail off into the air and the building collapse. Then the hotel and houses raised up and tumbled over and over like feathers and were shattered to pieces both brick and frame and all sizes, from shanties to two-story buildings. The train was stopped, but as the wind was blow ing parallel with it it was was not upset though brick and sticks broke the windows. Considerable time was required to remove the debris from the track before the train could proceed. After the cyclone passed the people busied themselves look-ine-under the ruins of houses for those missing. Tbe train resumed its journey without giving the pas sengers a chance to learn the casual ities ; but it is reported that several men, women and children were kill ed and injured. The local telegraph agents have been trying to commun icate with the Odell operator all the evening but cannot succeed, and the real extent of loss of life and proper ty catKidt be ascertained. Hanged by a Mob. Pret-cott, Kas., May 13. The de tails of a shocking murder, the per petrator of which met death at the hands of Jndge Lynch, were devel oped ut a Coroner's inquest held a short distance from here yesterday. The victim was Mi.-s Minnie Grimes, ! aged 17, who had lived with H. 11 Spencer, one of Linn county's oldest farmers, for a long time, lhe mur derer was F. Lyles, aged 28, a re jected suitor of Miss Grimes. Ou Tuesday Lyies left his brother' house to visit the Spencers. He stopped at a country store on his way and purchased a box of car tridges. When ne.irSpenc-rs house, he met Miss Grimes returning home from school. He again asked her to marry him, and when she refused be deliberately shot her. The girl started to run home, but Lyles kept up his fire until he had emptied his revolver. Twice he deliberately re loaded, firing in all fourteen shots. The second shot was the fatal one. Not satisfied with this he cut tbe girl's throat and beat her brains out wkh a club- He then went on to Mr. Spencer's house and told of his crime. Mr. Spencer held him until an officer arrived, and the pair start ed for this place. News of the mur der rapidly spread, and a mob con gregated, took Lyles from the con stable, and hanged him to tree. Snake ia a Bnj'a Stomach. Lewiston, Me., May 14. The al most incredible story recently print ed about the death of a boy near Grand Kalis from hemorrhage caused by pulling from his mouth a live snake which had grown in his flesh proves to be literally true. The lad's name was George Murichson, and his nge S years. He was a bright little fellow, and lived with his parents on a farm about four miles from the town. Early last winter the boy began to act strange ly sick. He had a most voracious appetite and it was impossible for Into to get enough to eat. His friends got alarmed about him and sent fr a physicians, who began dosing him for worms. As the winter wore on the hoy grew worse and worse. One day he felt pomp thing crawling up from his stomach into hi throat. He almost choked to death, for the crawling creature trid ineffectually to c lme out of the rianl pas-age. In a short time the snake (fur suoh it w is) forced its way up the boy's throat and stuck its head out of his mouth. The lad's sister, who was near by, saw the head of a serpent just !e fore it drew back into the boy's niduth. Very soon the snake stuck its bead out a second lime and his little sister made a grab at it and pulled from the boy's mouth a live snake fourteen inches long. It had a piece of flesh attached to its tail nearly as large as a hen's egg. The boy lived a short time only after the snake was taken from him, dying of violent hemorrhage. It is supposed the boy bad gone to sleep in some held and that the snake had craw led down hi thro it The reptile has been preserved in alcohol. Four Persons Killed in a Cyclone. Danville, III, May 13. A cy clone passed over the county last night destroying a score of farm houses and demolishing the United Brethren Church and school bouse. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Miller and the infant son of John A, Shaw, were killed. Mr. Shaw himself was fatal ly injured. The path of thecyclone was six miles in length and 150 yards wide. Father and Son Killed by Lightning. Nashville, III, May 15. A ter rific storm visited this place, doing considerable damage and causing the instant death of Sid Moore and his son, why were struck by the lightning as thev were standing at the door of their home. The house, catching fire was entirely consumed. Mormuoa Refaae Clemency. Salt Lake- City, U. T., May 14 Governor West went .o the Peniten tiary yesterday to talk with the polygamous convicts there. He ask ed if they would be willing to prom ise obedience to tbe laws if be would use his influence to have clemency extended to them. Apostle Lorenzo Snow said he would net He had no confidence in Judge Zane or United States Attorney Dickson, whatever he might have in Gover nor West The Governor said to Snow that he had no right to talk that way. The officers had no malice, but were all kindness. They were but doing their duty, and would join him in asking the clemency of the President for them if they would submit to the laws and urge others to do so. Snow said he did not blame J udge Zane and Aitonuy Dickson any moretban he did those who presecuted Christ and tne early Christians, but we are following the direct command of God and cannot give way to the law of man." Governor West considers that this leaves not a leg for the Mor mons to rtand upon in their claim of persecution ; that President Cleve land would probably have listened to recommendation for clemency ,but that the Morninns leave no oppor tunity for its exercise. Uogua Butter for Orphan". West Chester, May 14. The Farmers' Protective Association of Chester county is waging a vigorous wxr against oleomargarine and other imitations of butter. OnTuesday they discovered that it was used in the Chester Springs Soldiers' Orphans' Home and also sold from that in stitution to persons living in the neighborhood. Thi morning Geo. B. Johrson, attorney for the associa tion, directed that a complaint be enter, d against Thomas O. K. Rob arts,teward and baker of the school, for selling bogus butter. Summons were also issued for James L. Paul, of Harrisburg ; George W. Wright and George Pearson, of Mercer, this Suite, all of whom are owners, and Professor Van Horn, principal of the school, to answer the same charge on Wednesday, May 19th. Samples of the so-called butter were seat to Professor C. B. Cochran, of the West Chester State Normal School. It is said by Constible Jeffries, who made the information, that a num ber of persons in the vicinity of the school and alv some of the inmates have been made seriously ill, and their sickness has been traced to this imitation butter. A Hurricane In Spain. Madrid. May 14. A terrible hur ricane has just swept across '.he mid- middle of Spain. In this city TO persons are known to have been in stantly killed, and 200 others have been seriously injured. The wind struck the cily with the suddenness cf lightning. Tram-cars and cab were dislodged and telegraph wires everywhere I'm from their poles. The. pirki i i and about the city were deva4 iteJ, aod in some cases entirely denuded. 0;ie church tow er was blown down. A number of housts in the suburbs were entirely wrecked, and of the many cottages on thi- outskirts of the capital which i were blown from their foundations j and wrecked me where so com pletely and quickly broken up and scattered by the wind that they may be said to have simply vanished be fore the storm. Telegraphic com munication has been so completely cut off that it is impossible as yet to obt.iin news fim the provinces.but it is believed that the ruin wrought by the hurricane has been wide spread. - A Kansas Town Ruined. Topkka. May 15. A destructive cyclone struck the northern part of this county yesterday and swept away a portion of the town of Meri den. About 10 u'clock in the morn ing a very black cloud came up suddenly from the southeast and sweeping through the eastern por tion of the town and did its work in almost a moment. A large number of buildings were destroyed. The residence occupied by J. L. Ilarlell and family of five, was lifted Irom the ground and carried a distance of eight feet. One etiild was seriously injured and will not live, but with this exception the family escaped. Eighteen or twenty people were more or less injured. R. J. McKid den was picked from the sidewalk and carried into the air about 20 feet and thrown against a wire fence. His injuries while severe are not fa tal. Trees were torn up by the roots and nothing remained in tbe path of the terrific monster. The damage in the country cannot be exactly learned,although it is known to be very areat. Terrible Stury from Arkansas. Little Rock. May 12. A dog be longing to a f irmer near this city went mad la-t week, and among the animals which it wounded, in its wanderings about the farm, was a milch cow. The cow showed no signs of being affected,! and it was thought hydrophobia would not re suit. Yesterday, however, the ani- iiih! began showing symptoms of the disease, and at the same time the farmer's two children, who had been nourished with the cow's milk, exhibited similar symptoms and are in a critical condition, suffering the most terrible agonies. The other members of the family are also ill, but their symptoms are not so alarming us thosa of the children. Couldn't Stand the Loss ol his Pig. Bradford, May 13. ''There's another pi dead, and now awav I gol" exclaimed Farmer Robert Rezer of Clarion Mills, on Tuesday, as he entered his house. He went into a bedroom, and his wife follow ed bim in just as he had drawn a razor across his throat and severed the jugulvr vein and all the arteries of the neck. He bled to death be fore Mrs Rezer could summon aid. Rezer had lost three pigs during the past week by borne disease, but no suspicion that it had affected his mind in any way existed. He was 3$ years old. Loss by the Strike. Philadelphia, May 15. Tbe best posted iron manufacturers of this city stated that the labor agita tions have caused a loss of over one million dollars to tbe iron interests of this State alone. Until these agi tations were begun tbe iron trade was on the eve of the best season that it has witnessed for many years bat owine to these agitations orders that were to have been given out have been countermanded, and this has affected other branches of trade dependent upon the iron trade until the iron interests have been affected directly and indirectly over one mil lion dollars. Dogs For Food. Volcano, W. Va., May 14. George Baum. a farmer living with bis wife and laniily a tew mnes irom this place, nairowly escaped being lvnched last night bv a mob of in dignant neighbors. The cause was the outrageous treatment of his wife and the feeding d her and the chil dren on dog flesh. Mrs. Baum is ill with consumption and the attending physiciau has prescribed cod liver oil. Her husband came to this place a few davs ago and on the way back killed a do in the woods, ren dered some of its fat, placed it in a bottle and took that and the dressed meat home. His wife took the grease and soon became very ill, the symptoms being alarming. The meat Baum represented to be mut ton, and cooking it, he made the children eat it As a result they were also taken sick. Yesterday some of the neighbors, whose suspicions had been excited, followed Baum to the woods and saw him kill and dress another dog. They as once captured him and wer on the point of hanging him, when wiser counsels prevailed and he was placed in jail. His wife and chil dren are here very ill. A Cloud-Burst at Winchester. Winchester, Va., May 13. A fearful storm passed over this place last evening, lasting fifteen minutes. Two clouds of greenish cast,hanging low, one from the northeast and the other from the southwest met and burst immediately over the city. The wind attained a great velocity, and hailstones the size of a walnut fell from a depth of froao two inches to three feet. Trees were stripped of foliage, and the rain fell in torrents. filling the streets and cellars. Every hou.e with a Western exposure had all window glass destroyed. Carria ges were overturned iu the roads. the occupants narrowly escaping with their lives. The storm exten ded only a mile on the other side of this place. New Road to Blaine's Mines. Philadelphia, May 13. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has determined to enter the soft coal region of West Virginia, and com pete with the Baltimore & Ohio Company for that trade. A new road is to be built from Cumberland to Piedmont, a distance of 29 miles, to tap the fields developed by Sen ator Davis, Stephen B. Elkins and ex Secretary Blaine. The coal will be brought to the Philadelphia mar ket over the Bedford and Bridge port, and Huntingdon and Broad Top roads te the Main line of the Pennsylvania, at Huntingdon. It i.s claimed that about 100,000 tons will be shipped per annum. Most the Anarchist. New York, May 11. Herr Most the acknowledged leader of Social ists in the United States w:i3 arrested to-night in a disreputable house by Inspector Byrnes. Most is under indictment fur holding an unlawful assemblage and for calling upon his lollowers to burn, plunder, and rav age. He disappeared about two weeks ago, but from his hiding place has sent forth reams of incendiary articles through the medium of the Freeheit, of which he is editor. The inspector locked Most up in police headquarters. He was found under the bed in the house and groveled like a cur when arrested. Work of Religious Fanatics. city of ii ex io j, May to. verv serious fires have been racing for for several days iu the neighborhood of Amecameca, a village lying at the base of the I opocatapctl volcano A large force of sappers and miners has been sent from this city to sub due the flame?. It is said by some that the bres were kindled bv Limit ic Indians in revenge for not being allowed to nave a religious proces sion during Holy Week. The Sacre Monte was covered wifh beautiful cedars and was one of the most beautiful spots in the republic, but is now completely devasted. Re ligious processions are prohibited by tiie reform laws, of 1857. l-'onrteen Passengers Injured. Chicago, May 14. Fourteen pas sengers were hurt by a railroad ac cident at Deshler, O., vesterdav, Tbe Baltimore and Ohio limited ex press was running in two sections and at Deshler the first section struck a cow, which was thrown against a swucn wun such torce as to partially turn it and the train ran on to a siding. The rails spread and threw a sleeper down a five foot ambankment, injuring fourteen of the passengers. N o one was serious ly hurt, however, save an old gen tleman, who was cut ahiut the fore head, back of the head and hands. He was brouuht to Chicago. Mjgierious Ueathofa Farmer's Boy IIoLLIDAYiBURG, Pa.. May 12. Isaac btewart a farmer s lad. 14 years of age, of Alleghany township, iosi nis me in a mysterious manner on Sunday afiernoon last He vis ited a neihhboring farm, and in the evening he was found uuconscious on the road, about three miles from his home, with a eash three inches long and one inch deep above his lett eye, lying m a pool ot his blood. Ihere was nothing near to indicate how the wound had been inflicted. He wa- taken to his home and died on Monday. Assistant .secretary Jenks Resigns. Washington, May 14 Assistant Secretary of the Interior Jenks has tendered his resignation, to take ef fect on Saturday. He resigns to be come the counsel at 810,000 per an num, of John Duboi9, the young, nephew of the late John Dubois, the Pennsylvania millionaire lumber man. aotauaniT sxaMnsj . tiomatwl by Ooos a Bubits. SULIU IS CHOICE GROCERIES, FLOUR & FEED Apples, drlad, fl a... Apulehutur. f) gal Biu, V luO Bauer (roll) Baekwlisity bush me!, 100 Beeswax) a Baeon, iboalilen, f) h Met, euaiiU7Buu9.. Corn, (ear) new V boaael. ............. (shelled) oM . meal k S3 tOdMtt $1 0U is'e ...... tvwouc ...lvic 26c - 7c c ......lSj .Ms.. ......6ii(j0i- a t Mc Tie Ule loe S0c33e sicQ-oe TV-Ciioe .11 2M?M 3 SoffHOC :j eiioe le Call kins, ... ldCK. Vdul Floor, bbl Flaxseed, W bo. (,) Hams, (raicar-eurea) V a Lard, a Leather, red sola, a - "PPr, " Kill. " M lddltmri, and Chop 1M Oats. bo Potatoes, bo (new) , Peaches, dried, k Rje - - Km k Sail, No. L, bbl, extra Ground Alam, per sack .......... " Aabton, per sack.. 1 fi 3 Jo sugar, yellow m hits Tallow, a Wheat, bo .. WooL a........ 7e01i A47e KGefi tl oo uca AND EEC Immense Stock ot Clotting , Hats, anil Gents'FurnisMng (Ms Which we .ire offering to tlie people at prices never before known. Clothings iave a'l the latest novelties in Four. Buttoned Cutaway, Prince Albert, Straight Cut Sack, Casi. mer, and Worsted Suits. GRAND AR1IY SUITS AT $3.50. Childrer.S' SliitS. Children's Clothing Depart, ment is more complete now than ever before. Trices ranin from $2.00 to $9.00 per suit. ChlUrem 0ll ra(., Jy,J to $1.50. HatS. A- glance at our stock of Hats will convince you that we have the handsomest line of Straw and Fur Coot's ev er seen in Somerset. Cents' Furnishing Goods. 0l,r (;,.,, Furnishing Goods consists ol all the latest styles of Neckwear, Plain and F'ancy Half-hose, Suspenders, Underwear, White an J Fancy Shirt0, Collars and Curl's, Straw Neckties, and a nuinWr of other articles too numerous to mention, all of which we are selling at prices lower than any house in the county. B. BECHER, JR., The l'cople" Clothier, SOMERSET, ICnT'. LOUTHER'S IDIRTTG- STORE, STREET, SOMEBSET, I'Y. This JCodsl Irrg Si::3 is rapidly CKsniss a Gr:zt FiTrits Pco pis h Search cf FRESH JNTD PURE DRUGS MEDICINES, DYE STUFFS, SPONGES, TOILET ARTICLES, PERFUMES, TRUSSES, SUPPORTERS, &c. &c. THE DOCTOR GIVES PSRSOSAL ATTESTIQS TO THE VMPol .Vl.f.v; " PHYSICrASSF PRESCRIPTION ill FMIl RECEIPTS, GREAT CARE BEISG TAKEX TO USE OSLY FRESH AXO Pl'UV 1 7 1' 7. 1. SPECTACLES, EYE-GLASSKS And a Full Line of Optical Goods always on hand. From such a large assortment all can be suited. The Finest Brands of Ch jars Always on hand. It is always a pleasure to display our goods to intending purchasers, whether they buy from us or elsewhere. J. 1YS. LOUTHER, M. D. NEW STORE AND NEW GOODS. J. M. HOLDERS AUM Has removed his Stoic from Xo.4, Bacr's Block to his new rooms in the Central Hotel Ikonc, and has added a full line of NEW GOODS. Everybody' is invited V sy and the low prices. CO VNTR Y Taken in exchange for ly, of which we want ice will pay part cash J". IVT. Holderfoaum, CENTRAL HOTEL BLOCK, Main Street, J. SSIfPl RIP; 4 0PMj 013 3 lll ilPi WHOLESALE NOTICE inmiim TrtiiiiS Millmerv House. mthiPMrd IS HERE, SO IS to call and see the stock PROD VCE Goods. Wool cqtxi'!- 5,000 pounds, for irlH SO A I El tSET, 1J A- D. BERND & CO. Q17 LIBERTY STREET, 01 PITTSBURGH, PA. THE LEADING and- ia tho above lines tho largest rtrwk in the cii. e iriianmt-e our prion to i Beil K k. Catalogue for an itemized ticjcripuun oi on immense tux k. PARTICULAR ATTENTION PAID TO ORDERS
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