The Somerset Herald. EDWXBD SCULL. Editor and Proprietor. WEUHESDA.T The tide baa turned, and the de spatches now daily tell of the re sumption of wort, instead of more strikes. Mr. Chakles S. Wolfk, is having quite a boom as the Prohibition can didate for Governor in the Demo cratic papers. The harrowing suggestion has got abroad that it is the widow Folsom, 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 grafbopper to vex the souls of laborious agriculturists. The runaway Obi Senators are quietly and sneakingly returning to their homes, welcomed with loud guffaws by their fellow citizen?. The legitimate results of the pres ent Btrikes will be felt next winter, wbea the cry will come up, "we want work!'' and no work is to be bad. Chicago last year handled about 7,000,000 hogs, over 2,000,000 cattle and 132,000,000 bushels of grain, and last tk thrashed and cowed 10,000; Socialists. - " ' The country is fast coming to the J csiiclusion that the m liars must be. :.. i. f 4i r jjui upiusuiiiijiuimi mc - v and arson. 1HE Ucm.-KTatic ana Mugwump MAT M, UN. journals insist that Mr. Blaine iBjgatur(ay last, Gen. Jas. S. Negley, dead and buried. If so, his ghost the pn.,ei,t Congressman from the stiil continues to carry terror to their piu b district, was defeated for davliciit drratns. It is said that the foe of Roscoe Conkiiiig in the Broadway Franchise case, just ended, was 530,000. This is much better in a pecuniary point of view thnn being Senator. The Prohibition State Convention ; will meet at Hsrrisburs in August next If the Democrats Ehould get there about the same time it will not surprise the knowing ones. The Democrats are pitching into ex-PreHtiesit 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 $1,500,000. The Directors of the Pennsylva nia Railroad last week unanimously resolved to increase the capital of that corporation nearly $4,000,000. This extra issue ol stock will make the total capital of the company about $93,000,000. GKoitr.E A. Jenks, Esq., of Brook -ville, this State, has resigned his po sition 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. aaBBBBBBaaBBBBBBBBBBaaBBHftaBSBBaHBBa) Storekeepers 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, ot 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 found among the rioters. On the contrary, many brave Irishmen were among the police that faced death and mutilation at tne hands of the bomb-throwers. The fact that shoes, and su;ar, and coal have been advanced in price, on account of the demanded advance in wages, shows that the 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 20,003 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 anti-discrimination platform ! an It is shocking, but there will not . . . ujulu -jmpnnj expended over 0f counties and cities. For Hamil the fate of the Anarchists in Chica- ton Countv alone it furnishes $j00,- go wno looiea a drug store, and poi soned themselves by drinking drugs, which they mistook for liquor. A number of the thieves are known have died in secret and in agony. . . . . great Tae Marietta Tim? 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 lar acres on the prairies of tbe Wes farn Jt0M Tk t .t . ' v. 1UD tuiiurrs, waoi about this time are thinking whom I they will send to the Legislature ' this fell ought to be able to get the I . , , 4. .. 7 . . fc .. bearing of Anti-Diseriniination this year. The Law and Order League of; Boston Las turned its attention to tbe enforcement of the old liquor laws, instead of agitating for new WiHlation. and it is said has acoom-) plished wonderful results. The temperance workers all over the country ought to take a lesson from the Boeton league. The estimated cost of the Misouri Pacific Railroad strike is set down at one million dollars to the strikers, two millions to tbe 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 eay that rather than give up polygamy, which they in? ist is a direct command oi 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 Mrs. Kilgore, of Phila delphia, was admitted to practice as an Attorney in the Supreme Court of the State. This will open the doors of the lower courts of the city to ber, where admission had previ ously been denied ber. The lady and hsr husband, who is also an At torney, have bad a long fight and have won their case at last Mere Most, the blood-and-thun-der Anarchist of New York, whose sole occupation was to blathe;- about daggers and dynamite, and preach asasbination and resistance to the law, is proven to be an arrant cow- ard IIe wa8 captured by the po- jic(, an(j jnobly dragged by the ..... heels from under the bed ot a pros- jtitute, where he was in hiding. At the Republican primary elec 1.-1,1 in A1Whnv Count on renomination by John Dalzell, Esq. In the Allegheuy district Col. Thom as M. Bayne, the present M. C, was renominated without opposition. Ex-Marshal James S. Rutan was J nominated for Senator in the Forty i second district over X. Voeshtly, I and in the Forty-fourth district John C. Newmeyer received the nomina tion without Apposition. John S. Robb. Esa.. was nominated for Judge of the Court of Common Pleas No. 2. A Ghastly lliac-uvei-jr. Chicago, May 14. The Coroner received a dispatch this mormnir 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 being that the corpses were those of Anarchists who had died from injuries received in the Hay market explosion and in subsequent fights with the police in the south western part of the city. 1 here 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. AINka' KeMiurue. Washington, May 12. Gov. Swineford. of Alaska, delivered an interesting address before the House Committee on Territories to-day, on the resources, climate aud laws of Alska. Alaska, he said, could alone furnish the fish supply of the world. It had valuable gold mines, vieldine as much as sixteen dollars per ton of ore at an expense of but one dollar and twentv cents, its forests were also exceedinely valua ble. The Governor urged that addi tional legislation le enacted grant ing Alaska the same judicial security as existed iu other territories. At present the people did not even have the privilege of paying taxes, and inability to secure pertect title prevented settlers from taking up land. Chicago Wounded Polivemea. Chicago, May 12. The twenty- three wounded officers at the coun ty hospital, the majority of whom are victims of the bmb explosion, are all out of danger, and the physi cian in charge says he has no longer fears that any of them will die. Of ficers Jacob Halsen and Lawrence j 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 tba brave fellw accept their situation without a mur mur. Charles bchumacher, the young J tailor, who was shot through toe liver by a policeman during the riot and wno has suffered creat agony ever siiice, died at miduight. He declared from the first he was not a Socialist. A I .aw Luke the Skint Uw. Coi.VNBi's, Ohio, May 13 Tin most important work of the Ohio Legislature this year was the enact ment to-day of a liquor tax law sim ilar to the Scott law, which was nul lified bv a Democratic Supreme Court inlS84. This bill will bring into the State Treasury over 82,000, 000 a vear and diminish the tax rate w 000 which is to be distributed to the police and infirmary funds. A local option and Sunday -closing feature is much disliked by the liquor men, who have forght the bill for years. It passed as a Republican measure. Date of the frcaident'a 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 Mrs. folsom is sutlennz trom a re- -r i ii . . , . .. ii sne is aoie to travel, mere win oe co delay in the date of the wedding. on other hand' U the wedding BoulJ y Plnei 8?t acr?unt of Mrs. Folsom s illness, it will occur -;,;. V. 4, to America. KILLED IH THE STORM, The Fatal Work of a Rushing Flood at Xenia, Ohio. WHOLE FAMILIES CIRRIEB AWAY. lmmeaae Destruction of 1'roperty (he Iiiule City Ixms of lAto ' at Other Polota. 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, tbe Ohio Valley and the Lake regions, causing severe lo cal storni8. In Ohio, the city of Xenia was the chief sufferer, many houses be ing carried away by the flood, and the inmates either drowned or crush ed to death. The loss of life, here and elsewhere, as far as is known, is as follows : Xenia Lanark, IU Mrta, III , WeM KIUmw, U.. Iilaynie, 1d1....... New Castle, las..... .2S Attiea, Ind . lOlelL, 111 1 . 1 Spriugtield, 0 1 ". i Ttal w HOW XENIA scfeered. 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 great. Tbe disaster somewhat reiembles that of the breaking of the Fall river Dam several years ago. Tbe Little Miami Railway runs north and south past Xenia arid the city is wholly on the west side of the road, mostly on a plateau, but tbe ground slopes down gently to a little stream which coming from the east passes through a culvert under the railroad aud immediately north of the depot on the west side of the railroad. This stream, passing undr the road, flows northwesterly, diverging slight ly from the road. Streets are laid out and houses built down to the very edges of the stream, which is a very insignificant brook. The road 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 rhouth of a ra vine, the latter extending for nearly two miles along the east side of the railway running northward. Witcher, or Shawnee Creek, as it 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. So 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 and overflowed. the embankment gives way. Tten about 9 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 yards the Little Maimi Railway was "destroyed, and houses in Water street were torn to pieces as if they were shells. A resident of the 6treet states that within two minutes after the clap of thunder he stood in wa ter to his waist, twenty-five yards from the creek. When the 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 Mam ia Street Bridge, when a man was seen at the window by the terror-strcken rrrowd, waving a lamp. The next instant the house collapsed and they were gone. Ouly one, a boy of 13, has been found. SOME OF THE DEAD. The work of recovering the vic tims has been going on all day and is still in progress. The Mayor's office has been turned into a mor gue, and there are now twenty-two b'Klies there. The scenes are heart rending. Whole families lie disfig ured on cots. The following is a list of killed so far as known : Mrs. Lindsay, colored, Mrs. Casey, colored, Mrs. Anderson." colored, a child named Anderson, Mrs. Corco san, with, a cripple named Corcoran, S. Dundon, Orrin Morri, wife and five children, white, William Paul, colord, wife and five children, Wm. Adams and wife. The loss- of property is very great. Whole lumber yards and all the bridges are gone. Forces of . men are busily engaged in clearing away the debris, and hundreds of people surround the places. Strangers have begun to pour into the city from evei threction. The Council has appropriated $1000 for immediate u-e in t'ie burial of the victims. A private subscription has already reached into thotmnds. A commit tee is canvassing the citv for cloth- ins and beddinc. The rink has been turned into a refuge for the homeless, who are many. All aid possible is needed from every source. Latfr. 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 mud the town is in darkness and terror. The cries of the people in the flooded district were awful to bear. Many acts of heroism in saving too drowning are reported. Bonfires were lighted and tbe people worked all night Many horses were lost, and railroads lead ing out of tbe 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 citv. ' Telegraph wires are down and business lias been sus pended. sr ring fields experience. Springfield, O., May 13. Terri ble damage was cnucea in this city by the heaviest rainstorm ever ex perienced in Central Ohio. Rivers of water two feet deep rushed through tbe streets. The culverts 'by which it is confined failed to no'a 11 iu iTeeK, wmcu rusaea throngh a railroad cut, swept away a nulread bridge, carrying a vast bodv of sand with it. It damaged many bouses in its path and tore up 500 feet of tbe Bee Line Railroad track. Epbraim vVilliams' family were sleeping in a lower room when the flood entered. All escaped but a child, which was drowned. No oth er lives are reported loet The dam age will reach $30,000. . DAYTOX ISOLATED. Daytos, O., May 13. 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 acres of houses in the Fourth Ward, drowning horses and cows. Merchandise in cellars was ruined, bridges in all directions were swept away and farm buildings and dwell ings were demolished. The crops are totally ruined. The greatest destruction was in a track east from tbe Big Miami to Little Miami. The Zionsville brick Reformed church, 4 miles south of Dayton, was razed. Fairmount is woefully wrecked. The church at Beavertown, where prayer meeting was in progress, was demolished, but none of tbe panic-stricken wor shippers were severely hurt Dwell ings there were twisted from their foundations. At Shakerville, 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 Vs burn. Tucker and six others were injured. They were brought to Day ton. A north-bound lreignt tram on the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton dashed into a washont at Possum Run, five miles south of Dayton, and the locomotive wax car ried 150 feet down the mighty tor rent before sinking, then rolled over and over. At davlight a farmer living about a mile across the water, noticing signals of distress rescued the crew from 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, Bloomington 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. Tbe engine, baggage 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 the 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 syriptoms of poisoning. Wednesday Mrs. Wright was arrest ed, just as she was about to leave tbe 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 in 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 be 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 sick. He had 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 Wright's neighbors are gathering to lynch the guilty couple. In 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 and then moved off about as fast as one could walk, gradually increas ing iu size and velocity ae it moved. It was blue-black in color and fun nel shaped. It hugged the ground all tbe 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 iu its way. ' The largest building destroyed was a barn of Mr. Shuttler, on the Downer road, which was' torn to!a minute fragments, ins horses were in the basement of the barn, and one was sucked up and left on the hay mow, while tbe 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 HaleMe Mea raklleljr. 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 bis house this morning. His wife found him banging, and her screams brought a crowd ot neighbors to view tbe appalling spectacle, but no one interfered or attempted te cut the rope, notwith standing the frantic efforts of the suicide to release himself. Finally, after a lapse of teu or fifteen min utes, a policeman arrived and cut tbe man down. He was then cold in death. ' A CTCLiONE IN ILAJXOI8. The 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. IlL. a storm cloud was seen gathering in the West and moving in 2 northeast direction, as tne 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 engiue 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 axe reported down. Specials from Streator and Rock ford, IlL, and Peru, Ind., tell of a terrible wind and bail-storm at those points. About 5 30 p. M. heavy, roaring clouds from tbe 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 and breaking windows. In the country surrounding Streator the rain and hail raged for an hour aud a half, and the destruction visited upon grain, fruit and all vegetation is very great f 10m rem, ina tele grams are received to the effect that houses were unroofed, trees uproot ed and wheat blown down. A large amount of stock is reported killed by lightning. Joliet, 111., 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 6 p. M. state 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 aud 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 slopped, 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-tag-under the ruins of houses for those missing. The 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 cannot be ascertained. Hanged by a Slob. PretCott, Kan., May 13. The de tails of a soocking murder, the per petrator of which met death at the hands of Jndge Lynch, were devel oped at a Coroner's inquest held a short distance from here yesterday. The victim was Mi.-s Minnie Grimes, aged 17, who bad lived with H. H.j Spencer, one of Linn county's oldest farmers, for a long time. The mur derer was F. Lyles, aged 28, a re jected suitor of Miss Grimes. On Tuesday Lyles lelt Ins brother 4 house to visit the Spencers. He stopped at a country store on his way and purchased a box of car tridges. When ne.rSpenc-rs house, he met Miss Grimes returning home from school. He again asked her to marry him, and when she refused he deliberately shot her. The girl started to run home, but Lyle kept up his fire until he had emptied his revolver. Twice be deliberately re loaded, firing in all fourteen shots. The second shot was the fatal one. Not satisfied with this be cut the girl's throat and beat her brains out with a club- He then went on to Mr. Spencer's house and told of his crime. Mr. hpencer 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 Boy's Stomach. Lewistom, Me., May 14. The al most incredible story recently print ed about the death of a boy near Grand Falls from hemorrhace 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 ge 8 years. Ho 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 bad a most voracious appetite and it was impossible for him to get enough to eat. His friends got alarmed about him and sent for a physicians, who began dosing him for worms. At the winter wore on the boy grew worse and worse. One dy he felt some thinj crawling up from his stomach into his throat. He almost choked to death, for the crawling creature tri-d ineffectually to c me out of the nafi! pus-age. In a chort time the snake (for such 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 jut lie fore it drew back into the boy's nirruth. Very soon the snake stuck its head out a second time and his little sister made a grab at it and pulled from the boy's mouth a live snake fourteen inches loner. It had P'of ,fl"sh WcbJ to its tail nearly as large as a hen's ege The boy lived a short time only after the snake was taken from him, dying of violent hemorrhage. It is supposed the boy had gone to sleep in some field and that the snake had craw led down his tliroit The reptile has been preserved in alcohol. Fonr 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 tbe infant son of John A. Shaw, were killed. Mr. Shaw himself was fatal ly injured. The path of the cyclone was six miles in length and 150 yards wide. Father aad 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 they were standing at the door of their home. The house, catching fire was entirely consumed. Mormon Refuse Clemency. Salt Lake City.TJ. T., May 14. Governor West went to the Peniten tiary yesterday to talk with the polygamous convicts there. He ask ed if they would be willing to prom ise obedience to the laws if he would use his influence to have clemency extended to tbem. Apostle Lorenzo Snow said be would not. He had j 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 Judge Zane and Altcrnty Dickson any moretban he did those who prosecuted Christ and the early Christians, but Mwe are iollowing 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 mrns to ttand upon in their claim of persecution ; that President Cleve land would probably have listened to recommendation for clemency, but that the Mormans leave no oppor tunity for U exercise. Uogus Hulter for Orphan. West Chester, May 14. The Farmers' Protective Association of Chester county is waging a vigorous war against oleomargarine and other imitations 01 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. This morning Geo. B. Johnson, attorney for the associa tion, directed that a complaint be enter- d against Thomas O. K. Rob arts, steward and baker of the school, for selling bogus butter. Summons were also issued for James L. Paul, of Harrisbur,' ; George W. Wright and George Pearson, of Mercer, this State, ali 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 sent to Professor C. B. Cochran, of the West Chester State Normal School. It is said by Constable Jeffries, who made the information, that a num ber of persons in the vicinity of the school and al-t' 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 the mid middle of Spain. In this city 70 persons are known to have been in stantly killed, and 200 others have been seriously injured. The wind struck the city with the sudden ness of lightning. Tram-cars and cabs were dislodged and telegraph wires everywhere t--rn from their poles. The pirk-i in and about the city were deva-titeJ, and in some cases entirely denuded. O.ie church tow er was Mown down. A number of housts in the suburbs were entirely wrecked, and of the many cottages 011 the outskirts of the capital wmch were blown from their foundations j and wrecked mint 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 lias been so completely cut off that it is impossible as yet to obtain news from the provinces, but it i.-i believed that the ruin wrought by the hurricatie has been wide spread. - A Kansas Town Rained. Topeka. M.iv 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 o'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. Harteil and family of five, was lifted from the ground and carried a distance of eight feet. One chud 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 aud 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 the path of the terrific monster. Tne damage in the country cannot be exactly learueU,allhough it is known to be very ureat. Terrible Story from Arkansas. Little Rock. M iy 12. A dog be longing to a firmer near this citv 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 mnl 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 as those of the children. Couldn't Stand the Ixmso! bis Pig. Bradford, May 13. "There's another pi dead, and now away I goi" exclaimed Farmer Robert Rezer of Clarion Mills, on Tuesday. as he entered his house. He went into a bedroom, and bis wife follow ed him in just as he had drawn a razor across his throat and severed the jugular vein and all tbe arteries of the neck. He bled to death be fore Mrs Rezer could summon aid. Rezer bad lost three pigs during the past week by home disease, but no suspicion that it bad affected his mind in any way existed. He was 3S years old. . Loss by the Strike. Philadelphia, May 15. The best posted iron manufacturers of this city stated that the labor agita tions have caused a loss of over one million dollars to the iron interests of this State alona Uutil these agi tations were begun the iron trade was on the eve of the best season that it has witnessed for many years but owing 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. Ooga For Food. Volcano, W. Va., May 14. George Baum. a farmer living with his wife and family a few miles from this place, narrowly escaped being lynched last night by a mob of in dignant neighbors. The cause was the outrageous treatment of his wife and the feeding of her and the chil dren on dog flesh. Mrs. Baum is ill with consumption and the attending physician has prescribed cod liver oil. Her husband came to this place a few days ago and on the way back killed a dog in the woods, ren dered some of iu 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 tlog. They as once captured him and were 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 Clond-Burat at Winchester. Winchester, Va., May 13. A fearful storm passed over this place last eyening, lasting fifteen minutes. Two clouds of greenish cust,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 froai two inches to three feet. Trees were stripped of foliage, and the rain fell in torrents, filling the streets and cellars. Every bouse 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 6iJe of this place. NVw 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 ii. 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 is claimed that about 100,000 tons will be shipped perannum. Most the Anarchist. New York. May 11. Herr Most the acknowledged leader cf Social ists in the United States was arrested to-night in a disreputable house by Inspector Byrnes. Most is under indictment for holding an unlawful assemblage and for calling upon his followers to burn, plunder, and rav age. He disappeared about two weeks ago, but from his hiding place has sent lorth reams of incendiary articles through the medium ot the Freeheit, of which he is editor. The inspector locked Most up in police headquarters, tie was found under the bed in the house and groveled like a cur when arrested. Work of Kl-1 igloos Fanatics. City of Mexio, May 15. Very serious fires have been raging for for several days in the neighborhood of Amecameca, a village lying at the base of the I opocatapetl volcano. A large lorceot sappers and miners has been sent from this city to sub due the flames. It is said by some that the hres were kindled bv fanat ic Indians in revenge for not being allowed to have a religious proces sion during Holy Week. The Sacre Monte was covered wifh beautiful cedar3 and was one of the most beautiful spots in the republic, but is now completely devasted. Re ligious processions are prohibited by the reform laws, of lSji. fourteen Passengers Injured. Chicago, May 14. Fourteen pas sengers were hurt by a railroad ac cident m Deshler, 0., yesterday The 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 swncn wun sucn iorce 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. JSo one was serious ly hurt, however, save an old gen tleman, who was cut ahut the fore head, back of the head and hands. He was brought to Chicago. Mjsterious Deal b of a Farmer's Ihy. HoLLIDAYiBCRG, Pa.. Mav 12. Isaac Stewart, a farmer's lad. 14 years of age, of Alleghany township, iosi nis me in a mysterious manner on Sunday afternoon last He vis ited a neihhboring farm, and in the -I r i evening ne was 7ounu unconscious on the road, about three miles from his home, with a gash three inches long and one inch deep abnye his left eye, lying in a pool of his blood. There 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 $10,000 per an num, of John Dubois, the young, nephew of the late John Dubois, the Pennsylvania millionaire lumber man. itormwl by Voom a Bsaairs. CHOICE GROCERIES, FLOUR A FEED Apples, dried, f AppWrt.uUer.fi gal Hmo. V luo a Butter (roll) Bnekwbeat fl bub " meal, 100 ....... Bewsxf a Bacon, .boulders, f) tide, " euanirThamaf) ..... Corn, (ear) new fl buiUel ((helled) old " . - meal) Call kina, ft a Kit, ! dot Hoar, V bbl FlMMed, f) ba. Mt) Usint, (niKr-una) fl t Lard,) leather, red sole, f a S3 41 X l-.Se ....... l,Je '.lee 7e c 113 Mi,eue UutKic lue Wti bO T&e Vie lit .....SOcffxte .i5c7ue ISctilOe 41 2&1 6 .....Si.-rt.IOC ..... Xi3ue Serine VQ nppsr, Mlddllnfra.andenoplM Oats, fl ba Potatoes, fl ba (new) Peaches, dried, ft a Kye Kurt, a sip. Sail, No. 1, f) bbl, extra . Ground Alum, per sack " Athlon, per lack Bngar, yellow fl ...................... ' whits Tallow. SO .... 6ccKe ....7cli , sere .K(1 00 Wheat, fl bo..................... Wool, ............... SPBIIG AND BECHEE'S Immense Stock ot Clotliiiig, Hats, and Geots' FnrnisMng Gooas Which we are offering to the people at prices never before known. Clothings have all the latest novelties in Four Buttoned Cutaway, Prince Albert, Straight Cut Sack, C'assi mer, and Worsted Suits. GRAND ARMY SUITS AT $5.50. ChildreP.S' SuitS. 0ur Children's Clothing Depart ment is more complete now than ever before. Prices ranir. " from 2.00 to 9.00 per suit. Chlhlnw Odd rnt, JJ to $1.50. HotSs glance at our stock of Hats will convince you that we have the handsomest line of Straw and Fur Goods ev er seen in Somerset. Cents' Furnishing Goods. r linf- f cionts- Furnishing Goods consists ot all the latest styles of Xeckwear, Plain and Fancy Half-hose, Suspenders, Underwear, "White and Fancy Shirt", Collars and Cuffs, Straw Neckties, and a number of other articles too numerous to mention, all of w hich we arc selling at prices lower than any house in the county. B. BECHEE, JR., The l'oople'M Clothier, SOMERSET, F1:XX'A. LOUTH ERS HDZRTCTGr STORE, MAIN STREET, SOMERSET, I' A. This JCodsl Ing Stare is rapiilj fccsah & Cr:at Fa7:r:t3 ?ri.i Ico pis h Search cf FRESH YiSTD 1IJKE DRTJCxS MEDICINES, DYE STUFFS, SPONGES, TOILET ARTICLES, PERFUMES, TRUSSES, SUPPORTERS, &c. &c. THE DOCTOR GIVE PERSOSAL ATTESTIOS TO THE COMPEL St'l V(; ) fflMKS PRESCRIPTION AKQ FAMILY RECEIPTS, GREAT CARE BE.VO TAKES TO LSt OSLr FKr.SH ASO PltiZ IS7fU.V. SPECTACLES, EYE-GLASSES And a Full Line of Optical Goods always on hand. From such a large assortment all can be suited. The Finest Brands of Cigars Always on hand. It is always a pleasure to display our goods to intending purchasers, whether they buy from us or elsewhere. J. M. LOUTHER, M. D. NEW STORE AND NEW GOODS. J. M. H0LDERBAUM Has removed his Store from Xo.4, Baer's Block to his new rooms in the and has added a full NEW Everybody" is invited and the low prices. CO VNTll Y Taken in exchange for Goods. Wool esjtea'ff lyy of which we want 5,000 pounds, for which we will pay part cash". J. IVT. Holderfoaum, CENTRAL HOTEL BLOCK, Main Street, NiiSi'lL THE LEADING fililiMi WfTlUTiX AT.TH TvTflTTftrT 1 E S raiafJ- w wr I j-i T,X'l'J .iMit'liiirj Hend for l iSl A TWTJJ? IS HERE SO IS Central Hotel Block. line of GOODS. to call and see the stock PliOD UCTJ SOMERSET, I'V- J. D. BERND & CO. 815a817LS; r the above th Unas in tk . - atalogue for an itemized UcacripUon of our immense otk. PARTICULAR ATTENTION PAID TO ORDERS
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