The Somerset herald. (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, June 08, 1887, Image 2

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    The Somerset Herald.
KPWAR1I Si 'I'LL, Kdir and rroprictr
June ft, 1T.
Thk pulilir Mt w? n-duoed nearly
fii.OdO.iKiO during lawt month.
Thk .l.'nth of ice Inwl-.ut William
A. WIiwUt 1hvm Hannibal Hamlin the
only living ex -Vice Pn-aident.
It in nw es)inieted at the Pension of
fnv that the mimlx rof Mexican war pen
Hioncin will not exceeii thirty thousand.
Mm.Ulaims, wife and two daughters
ail to-day, Mh, for Eurojie on the steam
ship Kins. They propose to 1 absent a
year.
A thoughtful IVniex-raticiiaperrtuiiark;
that, there can be no objection to the
"Mugwumps rtaying, fo long as they are
Biitixfied to vote the iVmocratie ticket.
All attempts to sett le the vke strike in
the ConnellKville reirion have so far, fail
ed. It in emputel that over !?o7i.000 in
wap"s was lwt durinp the month of May.
Latest n'-portc from the tick room of
Chief Justice Mereur are- to tlieefiVvt that
he"is not improvini; as was hoped, and
that he is Mill in a very critical condition.
Later Judpe Mercur died at 9;.'0 o'clock
Monday evening.
The last Pa jiuVilican State Convention
bavin? alxilihhed Senatorial lelejrates,the
next Convention will lie composed of on
lv 04 elehvale-K, that liein: the number
of M 'nilH-rs of the House under the new
Legislative apxrti-.nmcnt bill.
NoTwiTiisTAsniXG the failure of the
Ilevenue bill, taxes cannot hereafter le
colhvtcd on furniture, carriap-s, watches,
c, as tliese Hrti-les weie exempted from
taxation by a separate bill, which has
lnvn approved by the Governor.
Thk tieneml Assembly of the V. P.
Church of North America h:is formally
decided in favor of instninn-nta.1 music in
their churches. As a tjuaint old Scotch
divine once announced from the pulpit,
they can now "fiddle and sing" the
jrialnis.
Ir Senator Sherman had snick a dyna
mite cartridge under Mr. Cleveland's coat
tail, it would not have raised any bifriT
bowl all aionr the IVmocratie line than
he did by making that strong Republican
see h at Sjringlield, a couple of weeks
since.
TjtK (iovernor has vet'x-d the bill ap
inpriati!i! f ')S",(KH) for the improvement
of the State Capitol, for the reastiii that
the failure of the Uevenue bill will so re
duce the anticipated Treasury surplus,
that no money can lie spared for tl'at
purjxise.
Theke is a determined ellbrt afoot to
force t iovernor Be-aver into callinc an ex
tra session, by howling fraud and asscrt
i&p that lie must not condone it. I'on't
you do it, tiovernor! Your withers are,
unwrnng. lU-f.er submit to the ills we
have, than flv at those we know not o
The remainder of the State debt will
not lie w ijied out as early as was antici
jated, the public charitU will not re
ceive as lavish appropriations as they hoi
ed for, and the old capitol will not be
)atched up, but these are minor evils,
compared to an extra session. " There is
agiKxltime coming, boys ! wait a little
longer." .
Governor Heaver is wielding his veto
axe with a stalwart arm. Among others
be has vetoed bills: Giving W,0(iO to the
State Agricultural Society; -".0iK to the
Granger's Exhibition at Williams Grove;
and flO.OtK) to the American exhibition
at London, all of which, he says are for
bidden by Section 18, Article 111 of the
Constitute n.
If reports are to te believed, the Presi
dent will " swing around the circle " dur
ing the coming fall, taking a trip from
Washington to the far west, xrhaps to
San Francisco, making speeches and
shaking bands by the wayside. His ir
tisans are anxious that he should show
himself to the people, and thus assist in
bis re-nomination.
Senator Sherm an says that the Ameri
can eorj le want "a free ballot, a fair
count, and correct returns" and that if
these bad Ix-en had in lss4, Cleveland
would not now be President. Whereup
on the iMuocralic editors of the country,
with one accord, rise ujxin their hind
l-gs aud tinitedly bowl that, "he is wav
ing the bloody shirt."
While the Democratic' leaders are set
ting up o'niuhts discussing ways and
means to get rid of the surplus in the
National Treasury, the country is full of
old soldiers broken in health, and with
years, many of whom are in dire need.
The Treasury surplus for a single month
would relieve them all fir a year. Why
not care for them, in return for what
thev did for ns?
The new revenue act that failed to lie
conie a law because not signed by the
Sjieakcr of the Senate, gave to the coun
ty's, one half of the tax levied on monies
at interest. It was estimated that this
tax would exceed two millions of dollars,
which would give fl.OOO.tAlO annually to
le divided among the counties. Of this,
Somerset county would have !een enti
tled to alsmt H,(HK1. So, by the failure of
the bill we have lost );k,H00, as it cannot
be re-enacted until the Ix-gislature meet
in 1SK9.
Fob the past four or five years Yii-e
President Wheeler lias been suffering
from softening of the brain, and his death
is now momentarily expected. Mental
weakness has gradually grown upon him
until now he in said to lie helpless and
unconscious, and death would prove a re
lief not only to himself but to his friends.
The demise of this pure and eminent
gentleman will be mourned by a multi
tude of sympathetic friends throughout
the country who remcmlicr him in the
Ley-day of his strength and usefulness.
F. S. Mr. Wheeler is dead.
There is a very heavy pressure Wing
brought upon (iovernor Deaverto call an
extra session of the Legislature for the
pur-pose of re-enacting the JU-venue bill.
The Governor, however, say No, and
we hojie lie will stick to his determina
tion. The law gives each niemler $-"0
for an extra session whether long or (short,
and although a sen-ion for the single Kir
pone of jmssiiig this bill would not neces
sarily exceed a week the ex pen; would
lie an enormous one. The jieople are
atxrse to extra sessions: in a party int
of riew they are very damaging to the
jiarty in power, and the representative
who would, although legally entitled
theretoaccept $-VX) for the brief session
of a week, would certainly terminate bis
own jKilitical earner. Let us " grin and
bear it," Neither the State nor the jeo
ple are any worse off than they were last
year, and there is no use in sighing over
w liat might have been. No extra Hession
in ourtd
TmtorcH the gross negligence of some
of the officials at H.irrisburg, the Ivev
enue bill was mnt to the Governor w ith
out having the fignature of the presiding
officer of the Senate affixed to it, there
fore it could not bcapproved by him, and
of course failed to lieoome a law . The
Constitution requires that : "The presid
ing officer of each House shall, in the
presence of the House over which he pre
sides, sign all bills and joint resolutions
passed by the General Assembly after
their titles have been publicly read im
mediately Iicfore signing: and the fact of
signing shall lie entered-upon the jour
nal." In this case the bill passed both
House, but the important formality, of
being signed by the Presiding officer of
the Senate was neglecteL and the jour
nal of that body Is totally silent regarding
it The legislation was therefore incom
plete w hen it came to the hands of the
Governor, and his signature could not
cure the fatal constitutional defect. Hap
pily, the failure of this bill while morti
fying and annoying, and detrimental to
many public interest, w ill not cause se
rious financial embarrassment to the
State. It w ill have to get along for the
next couple of years with its old tax la ws,
and be satisfied w ith the nmount of rev
enue they raise, ami uie wtcruor
through the medium of his veto powe r
will have to largely cut down the appro
priations voted by the IiCgislature in an
ticipation of the heavily increased re
enue this bill was exjiected to pr.iduce.
This is one of the evil results of dilly-dallying
during the session, and then rushing
through business with railroad sjieed in
its expiring hours.
Senator Sherman's Indictment.
The point of Senator Sherman's nwh in
Illinois is that the election throughout a
large part of the country have not bevi; car
ried honestly, but for years by constant itaiid
and in deliberate violation of the laws of the
Vnited State ; that a majority in the jxipular
branch of Congress and in the electoral col
ege has been secured by these meth'uls. and
that a President cl.-cted by violation of law
now sits in the chair at Washington.
This is a grave charge;, which infinitely
transivmls in inixirtiinee all ijuestions re
garding the accuracy of the civil service ex
aminations, or the propriety of certain n
miutinents or removals, lint the Senator
also shows that the President, who owes his
place to del ilwrate and jn-rsisteiit violations
of law, has also lieeti the first of all Ameri
can Presidents to reward lawbreakers and
traitors by elevating a great nuinlier of them
to high places of trust, and especially by w
lecting such rsins in preference; to ail oili
er to represent this Nation in foreign lands.
The disgrace thus brought upon the Ameri
can name could hardly lie regarded with in
diilereiux'by a loyal citia-ti, and yet it is a
matter of far less consijuenee than the le
liherate encouragement given to those who
resist ami defy the laws of the United Static,
even to this day, by the iipp iintment of such
jicrsoiis to plae of large rcinsihility.
When lawbreakers are di-Ulierately seh-eted
to enforce the law. the conclusion is. irresist
ible that the Government means, if it can, to
break down and defeat the hiws by which it
is rightfully bound. Thus, the selection of
men like Garland themselves uctive pitrtiei
juints in the overthrow of self-government in
Siuthern States to t-nforee laws of the
United St.iti-s designed to secure fi't.ilom of
elections and honesty in counting the votes,
constitutes the strongest possible encourage
ment to repetition of the crime by which the
election of President Cleveland was made
possible.
If the people of this country were careful
of their own honor, if they were careful of
the interests of the nation, if they were care
ful to preserve republican institutions for
their children, they would consider this ar
ray of facts with thedeeiiest solicitude. They
would feel that no other question could 1!
more imiHirtant than to determine whether
this grave chaige is true, and if true, how a
repetition of so dangerous a crime is to 1
avoided. Clearly the time must come when
elections by the people will cease to lie ac
cepted as representing the w ill of the jieople,
if such oneness meet consent and ojien re
ward from those in office. Clearly all discus
sion of other juesiion!, relating to the selec
tion of minor officials, or to details of pub
lic policy, domestic or foreign, licconies of
trilling iiuH.irtati( when it is considered
that no decision which the people may
nwh. after ever so much serious discussion,
can lie expected to control their Government
if a small numlierof audacious law breakers
please to defy the laws and the will of the
jieople, and to count in tools of their own.
Yet it is the fiict. obvious to all men, that
a large body of citizens meets this grave
charge with no serious defence, with no at
tempt to controvert the facts, with no denial
of the gravity of the issue, but simply with
sneers alKiut " the bloody shirt." ft is for
the ieoj-le to determine whether they wish
a question of suc h imjHirtanee put aside by
sneers which in effect confess the truth of
the charge, and the imjaissibility of meeting
it in any other way. .Vnr York Tribune.
Nine Men Killed.
Tyrone, June 4 This afte-mo. m at 2
o'clock as (ieorge Weiser was tamping a blast
containing three kegs of jiowdcr at the Cam
bria Iron comjiany's (juarrie-s al Itirniing
ham, Huntiiulong county, it jTematurely
exjiloded. und the fall of pick caused thereby
kilhil eight men outright and an other one
will die. Their names are a follows . Clar
ence F. Stewart, the foremen ; cieorge Weiser
Fni.inuel Saunders. Alex. Meyers, Jacob Sin
at'elt. John Toop. Harrj- Nail and one Hun
garian w hose name could not lie leanies!.
The scene in and around the little town ls-jr-gars
dcscrijitieiii. Wive almost crazisi with
grief are running to and fro, wringing the-ir
hands, weeping for their husbands, whose
mangled n inains lay in a little outhouse or
shanty, waiting the arrival of the coroner,
(iexirgc Weiser, who was doing the tarn j ting,
was blown high in the air anil fell in a huu
dnsl jiie-ces. These were iiekcd np and jila
ced in a shee't. but nothing but the head
detioti-d that the remains were those of a hu
man lieing. Two hursi-s were killed by the
failing stoni-s. and several carts were com
jiletely covered. Altogether it is one of the
most disastrous accident that has oecurreil
in this region for many years, and the ex
citeinent of the j-oile extends from Hun
tingdon to Altooiia. und here in T'nnu but
three miles away from the sce ne ef the dis
astergroujw of anxious citizens aregatbere.il
on the stree'ls, and their sorrowful eoimte
lianii denote that their synijiathies go out
for the living friends of the dead men.
Masked Men Roban Expresss Train
Fort worth, Tkx June S. As the east
bound Texas and Pacific exiress was jiull
ingout of liatihrook, the first station west of
Fort Worth, at 7:4o to-iiight, four masked
men IcajH-d on the engine aud with drawn
revolvers ordered the engineer, John Jlaker,
to jiull on. The engineer olieyed, and the
train moved forward two miles to Uueshy
Cn'k. Here on a high trestle it was stojij
ed. The cxjiress musseiipT named, " Tom"
Marsos, was a new man on the road, aud
opened tlie door to ascertain the delay. Xo
sooner had he done so than a mask' si man
hajMsl iu and demanded all the money in
the car. The exjitvssman values! his life bet
ter than anything else and jmurfully sut-mitt-d.
A clean haul was made. The train
was a through one from LI Pasu and gener
ally carrii a Urge amount of money. The
figures given out here tei-night are l.M-Vi,
while nomp assert tluet Uie amount, is over
$10,(100. After robbing the expre-ss Ajar the
postal ear wa warched, hut only three reg
isterud letters, continuing a few hundred dol
lars, were taken. The train was delayed on
ly twenty minutes.
A Cyclone In India. '
Cauitta, May 31. The eye'one which
visited this sectiem of the country yestenlay
was very di-siructive. A local steamer, with
7.Vi jiersons aboard, was caught by the cy
clone and is missing. It is feansj she is lost
with all aboard. The District of Oris n
I compJKedy devastated by tlie cyclone.
Ex-Vlc President Wheeler Dying.
Malosk. N. Y., June 2. Kx-Viee Preic
detit William A. Wheeler is dying. He is
unconscious, and while he may live several
ilcys his death at any moment would not be
tinejjiected.
Mai.o!ck, Jf. Y., June 4. The death of ex
Vice l'ni'!ent Wheeler occurred at his home
in Malone this morning at 10.10. His sys
tem bus Isvn giaibirtlly breaking down for
the Jiast six month, iusoinania and neural
gia causing softening of the brain, he lieing
very rational at times. On Monday he sank
into a condition of unconsciousness, from
w hich he never aroused hut for a moment at
a time. Since Wednesday he has not sk
ken nor given sign of recognition of his fam
ily or friends. The town is draied and flags:
are at h.ilfinast. The funeral will la- held at
ten o'clock Tuesday, June 7,at the Congrega
tional church. There was a meeting of citi
zens to-night to appoint committees for a
citizens, memorial services on Tuesday after
noon. President Cleveland who is in the
Adirondack, has been notified of the time
of the funeral.
Hon. William Almon Wheeler was born
in this jilace on the SMh of June, HI!). His
father died when he was eight years old,
leaving his mother in j-oor circumstances to
uiko tare of him and his two uisters. Mrs.
Wheeler worked hard and succeeded in keep
ing her son at school until he was cajtablc of
earning his livelihood as a teacher.
Later on he went to the university of Ver
mont for two years and there studied law for
four years, when he was admitted to the bar.
From that time on until he was relieved of
the vie jiresideiicy he always held public of
fice of sonic kind. Hriefiy, some of the offices
to which he w as at various times elected
were town clerk, school commissioner, school
inspector, of Malone; district -attorney of
Franklin county, twice member of assembly,
and once state senator.
He was a representative in congress at the
thirty-seventh and forty-seventy session,
ami in 177 bsik jiossession of the vice-jiresi-dent's
chair with U. H. Hayes as president.
Shortly after going into this office his wife
died, and thereafter his whole nature seemed
changed, and he rarely appeared in public at
any of the nxvjitioiis in Washington or elsewhere-.
When his term of office had exjiired he re
tired to his home in Malone and ser'udi-d
himse lf as much a.s jwissible from all his old
friends. Lately he declined r.ijiidly and it
was apjuireiit that his demise was only a
matter of a short time.
(If late years Mr. Wheeler sjient a great
deal of money in charity and in inijiroving
the condition of the jHMir in his native local
ity. Mr. Wheeler had lieeti a republican
from the formation of the jiurty and before
that time had been u whig.
Bloody Affray In the Choctaw Nation-Battle
Between Whites and
Half-Breeds.
Little Kock, Ark.. June 3. IlejKirts from
the Choctaw Nation are to the effect that the
trouble be'twetn the full bloods and half
breeds is growing in intensity, and has in
many cases terminated in bloodshed.
The (iovernor of the Nation mid local au
thoritics are- doing all in their jiower to j.re
se'rve -.u and jireitis-t live-sand projierty,
but the nii'ii who we-re at the bottom of the
trouble aredesjicradocs, many of whom have
ajjirice on their heads, hence a jieaee ful set
tlement se-euis imjsissible.
Humors of murder ami deeds of lawless
ness are coming in thick and fast, w hile
many family's continue to have the country.
There is an ill-ujircsscd bitteniess against
whites w ho have intermarried with Choctaw
women, thus acquiring riglits in the Nation,
and thes', "sepiavv men," as they are termed,
are obje-cts of j rsce ution. Many of the full
blexsls urge the exjiulsioti of ever' white
man in Choctaw territory, giving as a reason
that they are dangerous in stirring up strife
lictwccn full bloods and hulf-bn-eds, and are
constantly encroaching on Indian rights.
A party eif white and half-hrcvds were at
tacked Monday, on P.ull'alo creek, by a band
of full bloods. In the melee several were
woundeil on either side, two fatally. The
attacking jxirty retreated.
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Immigration Going to Colorada.
Iirsver. June 5. The llegister of the Ien
ver land Office hss just issue! the re'jxirt for
May. the business of which month is the
largest n the history of the office. Immi
gration is greatly on the increase. Tlienum
Imt of entries is as follows; Pre-cmj'tion
.ri!t!t of !i:!.stl aen-s ; tiinlxT culture .170 of
17,7ii7 acres ; homestead 242 of ."Vfil acres;
final homestead proof---l!4 of 2,e40 acres ; fi
nal culture jiroof 1 ofl'iO acres; sales of
jmiilic lands l.si of l,VSsc; aere-s. Total
1.417 of 21'..2b acres. The average for the
jtast twenty months has Is-en i'Jti,0o( per
month, the maximum having Is-en .'i:i.7,'!5.
70 for NovetuU-r lssi, and the minimum
jis.ii..J.4l for Febniary, The fon-going
show s the increase for May, issT, to lx- mar
ly is per t.'iit greater than the maximum
and over loo jer cent 11 excess of the average
liguivs alxive nientioiiei.
Adams County Farmers Badly Vic
timized. Gfrrrv-m uo. June 2. Two men, Smith
and IVierson by name, claiming to represent
the, " American seed and cereal comjmny of
Michigan," have lieen ojieruting in this
county sini-e April, using this town as head
quarters. They sold "gold dust wheat" for
Slo a bushel, agreeing to buy a certain a
niouiil b:u k at 1. In their transaction they
have taken, it is estimated, ."iH.isJ worth of
not. in t'.iis county. The-y were attacked
by a local Jiaj-e r, but without elli-rt. some of
tin; most substantial farme rs ciilering the-ir
trap. They were acenm'd of being in con
cord with the oats swindlers ojieratiug in
the CumisM-land Valley. This was denied,
but iie vertiieless there was hardly a week
lssesl in which Loyd and lingers was iiet
seen here and in earnest consultation with
them. Imring the next day or so Smith
iiml Peterson disappeared and it is not known
where they are. Whet her they will return
is unknown.
Badly Shaken.
Sax Fka.m tsco, June ."?. An earthquake
swept over the -n-ater irtioii of Northern
California ami Westurn Nevada lietween 2
and 3 o'clis k this 1111. ruing. Report from
different joiiils seem to place the center of
the wave at the same jilace on the Isiundary
line between the two States. One house
near (rctiou. Net., after the earthq'.take was
surrounded by tracks in the ground front
an inch to a foot iu width. Another stroke
equally as hiavy would have destroyrel every
brick house iu town. At Sacramento it
shook houses, making them rumble as if the
windows were being jarred by gusts of wind.
The sin M'k was also felt in the Yosemite Valley.
At Carson City, Xev., jiicturew anil jilaster
ing fe ll from the walls. A large amount of
jilaster fell from the supreme court reioni in
the caiitol building. Hot Sjirings arc rvor
tcd dricsl iqi. Virginia City, Tmckve, Ma
rysville, Chico and Xevaihc City are a few of
many other jsruts utfi'Ctcd by the shock.
More Lynching in Indiana.
Lorivn.i.E, K v., June 3. loiter rejmrts
from hk kert, Ind., where the Ihtvislniys were
lynched for alNluctiug and brutally assault
ing Miss Flaiuiegan, say that William Kel
lam. falher-iu-law of one of the Davis hoys,
was lynched at the same time. It is also re
jHirteel that the mob went to the home of
Mrs. Kmlow, the motlu-r of the Davis boys,
and dragged away Andrew Kmlow, a yeiin
ger son of the old woman. His body has
lot been found, and the lynchers will not
tell what has been done with him. Miss
Flamte'gan is recovering.
A Woman Struck by Lightning.
Rkciunu, Pa., June .'. During a heavy
thunder storm last night Mrs. Adam Will
iams, who was standing in the vestibule of
atmiilini.-hed building on Sjiring street, this
city, where she had taken reftige, was struc k
by a flush of lightning and fell out the door
way dud The liody was discovered by men
going home in the storm, and was unrecogni
sed for an hour. Mrs. Williams was astrati
jrer in the neighborhood, having come from
her home in Ccntrcport and was on J1W way
to her son's residence, near where her liody
was found.
Dynamite In the Coke Country.
. Connkli.svii.i.e, May 31. lyiiimiU-rs are
abroad in the coke region. . At an early hour
this morning an attempt was made to blow
up a portion of the jiumjing station at one
ofH. C. Frick's works, near Davidson Sta
tion, on the southwest branch of the Penn
sylvania Railroad. Tlicse works are only a
short distance from Coiincllsvillu. A dyna
mite Isimb, made from a jiiece of gas pijie,
w ith the ends plugged with oak, was thrown
under the building bctwecii 2 and ,$ o'clock
this morning. A terrible exjilosion follow
csl, but luckily the explosive matter used
was not sufficient in quantity to aoconijilish
the jmrjKise of tearing the building to pieces.
One side of the structure wus shattered, the
glass nil broken and the stairway leading
from the first to the second story displaced.
Tliere were three men slcejiing in the build
gin at the time, the pumper, fireman and
watchman. When the building shook the
men jumjied from their IhkIh, thinking, ier
ha)Ki, it had ia-eu struck by lightning. They
rushes! down stairs and were horrified to
find that an attemjit had been made to blow
them tiji. Thep saw men in the distance
and started towards them, but werecomtfll
ed to retreat under fire. At least, dozen
shots were fired and the three men were
forced too seek jilaees of safety. The dyna
miters stood their ground for a short time
and then ran off towards Connefllsville.
The ne;ws created considerable excitement
in the region, and many of the men now on
duty at the works in the cjijiacity of suier
inti'mlcnts, watchmen, etc are fearful of
further develojunent on the iait of the
strikers. Threats are said to have bevn
made. The dynamite iMimh, had it la-en far
eiiotiiih under the building, would jirobably
have blown it and the men into atoms.
"This is not the work of Hungarians,'' re
marked one of the ojierators this afternfion,
" but of some German 'Anarchists, and I tun
sony to say the;re are quite a number of
them in the region. One of the men arrest
ed a day or two ago, charged with isuiq.'ie-i-ty
in the Jimtown riot, declared in an ad
dress to the strikers thai he receignize-d no
law but that of his own hands."
From what could lie learned this after
lioem the ojierators will take some- vigorous
stej-s to jirevent any further dejiredatiotis eir
riots iu the region.
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A Terrible Charge.
Ukauixh, Pa., May 31. William Showers,
a cigannuker. aged fifty nine years, was ar
rested at Annville, lA-banon county, Ht mid
night, charged with murdering his two
grandchildren. William and Samuel. aged re
sjiectivcly three and five years. The chil
dren we-re the illegitimate offsj.ring ofShow
eru' diM-ased daughter. Two weeks ago he
drove into the mountains with the children
iu his wagon and n-tunie-d without them.
Nothing has lieeti he ard of them since, and
as Showers told many conflicting stories re
garding their absence, the district attorncy
last night ordered his arrest on the charge
of taking their lives, and he was lodged in
jail.
.Search was made for the children and re
sulted in finding their bodies buried in
.'-'mwers' yard with rojies around the ir neck,
showers was engaged to marry Klizabeth
Ijinge. but her one condition was that the
children should first lie pit rid of by placing
Ihcni in charge of some other jie-rson. Show
ers at first jiretended that he tnw nothing
ut the children's death saying two strangers
carried them off while he left them by the
riad-idelo water his horse, win 11 on the
.;:iv to a ncighlior's, w ith whom be ir.Tc.id
1 I to leave them. The coroner's jury von
:! r d a verdict that Showers had murdered
tbi-bovs. Showers has since ismft-vseil the;
e-:n!e.
T'lere is great excitement in the vicinity
cif Miorters' home, and thre-ats of lynching
: a- f c-, !v made-. When found, tise beslit-s of
l.io c were :iude exept their night shirts,
shewing that they had liecn taken from besl
: 1 1 murdered in cold blisal. They had
i -, ii slmugled with the Mjic-s found around
. ieir necks and their skulls had lie-en cn;.sh
1 d in with a club. Their IkkIic-s were badly
iVionqxised.
The Mexican Volcano.
ToMiisroxE, Ari.,' June 2. Setmr ( iinqia.
w ho has just arri veil front N'lH-osari, states
that authentic news has reached Oimsura
that at the time of the first earthquake a vol
cano broke out on the ( hihuahua side of the
Sie rra Madre Mountains, near Picdras Verdes,
and alsiut thirty miles we-st oft'asas Gnin hs.
Different jiarties, numbering thirty jn-r-sotis
in all, have gone from Casus Crande-s to
insjiii-t the volcano, hut owing to he intense
he-at they have been unable to apjimach
nearer than within three miles of the mass
of molten lava, which jsmrstlown the moun
tain side and which is estimated to extend
fully ten miles from the crater of the voh-ano.
Volumes of smoke by day and a red glare by
night fram the burning mountain are visible
for a long distance. Governor Torres, ofS
nora has clirecte-el that a party be sent from
Ojsisura to insjiect anil rejiort njsin thejihe
llometioll. A slight shock of earthquake was felt here
on Monday and; another at 2 o'clock, Tuesday
morning.
Determined To Die.
Moukis, IU., June 5. John ('only, wliei so
cruelly assassinated Mrs. Stisidart in itrace
ville Friday tnorning, got sSt-yion of a
jiiiiv of glass in jail to-day and again cut his
thniat in a fearful manner. Henry Schwartz
and Newton Watson, the Rock Island train
robliers, have Is-e-u in constant attendance
iijioii him since his ini anvnetiou and nt 4
11'eloe k tiiis at'li-rniMin. he- asked them to go
and leave him alone ill his evil that he might
sle-cp. l!i fore they had fairly gone into the
i.cxt corridor they heard the crashing of
glass, and Ix tore they could get to him he
had opened the wounds he had made
with a razor Friday, ami with the jiiece of
glass severed the windpipe. He made a full
confession to-day and now says he is sorry
he killed the woman. lie cannot live more
than a day at Ihu farthest. His brother ar
rives! here; from Chicago a few moments after
hisattemi't at self murde r this afternoon.
Flooded By A waterspout.
Clevelami, .I111 if 5. AlOlicrliii this after
noon, during a thunder-storm, much damage
was done by a cloud-burst or wute-rsjiout.
When tlie storm was at its height an im
mense volume, of water came down sudden
ly, swelling to a taging torrent the little;
crc-ck which Mows through the town. The
Ht renin rose several feet within a few min
ute's, hooding streets, filling cellars and in
many cases driving jie-rsons to the Uijs-r
stories of the dwellings and to house-tops.
One house was floated from its foundations
and havoc was jilayed by the water in two
lumber yards.
Three hundred feet of the; Lake Shore Rail
road track was washed away, and one jiass
ciiger train was stojijied. The thssl subsided
almost as quickly a-i it came;. The; damage
will probably lie iri,uou to $20,000.
An Erie Horror.
Kkik, June (i. CoronerSwallrie; was called
to-day to hold an iinjue-xt over the remains
of John Lyons, a man eif 75. A frightful
scene met his gaze. Lyons lay stark naked
in the middle of the floor, where he bail died
the day before of drunkenness.
Near him lay his aged wife In a drunken
stupor. In a shed lay a little four-year-old
grandchild dying from jsiison. It had lievn
sick feir several clays, and iu its extremity
had cuteu a jsiisouous wees! which grew near
the shed. The grandmother, finding it in
convulsions, gave it a heavy dose of whisky.
Death resulted. At the same honrthechild's
mother lay in jail 011 a charge of drunken
ness. Blaine In New York.
New Yona, June 5. James G; lilaine
rcacheel this city on the Ikiston Fxjinss to
day and drove to the Fifth Avenue Hotel,
where he was jilaceel in the " Presidential "
suite, which had been reserved for him. He
was somewhat wearied by the long ride in
the cars, but he looked well. He expects his
wife and two daughters to reach New York
ti-mornw and they will remain quietly at
the Fifth Avenue until Wednesday, wheu
they sail for Southampton by the North
German Lloyd steamer.
The General Revenue Bill Falls.
1 1 Aiciiisui mj, Pa My 31. It was an
nounced to-day at the Kxceutive iN-jmrt-meiitthat
thetJe'iieral Revenue bill could not
become a law because cither the President
of the Semite, Hon. George Handy Smith,
or Lieutenant Governor Davits hail failed to
attach his signature to it as jirescrilwd by the
Constitution. ITnd-r the jirovisioiis of that
instrument the Senate must lie notified of
the intention of its Presiding Officer to sign
any bill, and the act must lie nobs) on the
journal. As this was not done, and the Pre
siding Officer's autogmjih diss tuit ajijiear
with that eif Sjieaker Rover's one of the
most inqsirtant acts of the Assembly of 18S7
fails, (iovernor Reaver sjH'nl whole day
in consideration of the measure, and took up
his jie-n to sign it, when he discovered the
absene-e of the tiieessary name. Just how
the omission occurred is imjsissible to con
jecture, but it might have hajijieiied in sev
eral ways. Governor lie-aver says there will
lie no extra session of the Legislature culled
on account of the omission. This discov
er' will necessitate the jiaring down of a
large number of ajijirojiriations which were
bused on estimated inensvse of revenue under
the new Iw,jas it was calculated that $l,UU0
(KHl would lie brought into the; coffers of
the State through the Oierations of this ae;t.
Many an item in the General Appropriation
hill w ill now, consequently, fall tineler the
veto of Governor Reaver. Several dele
gations were lieforethe (iovernor to-day to
urge his signature of certain items in the aji
projiriation bill. It is intimated that the bill
providing VKl.ooo for inirovenients to the
Cajiitol may suffer-with the rest ; hut the
Governor Is silent as to where he will cut.
One theory advanced to exilain the omis
sion of the necessary signature is that the
Messenger Clerk iniidvertenly conveyed the
bill to the Secretary of the Comiuenwealli af
ter Speaker Reiver had sighed it. not jireseu
ting it to the Presiding Officer of the Senate.
(iovernor Reaver was loath to believe that
the; bill was lost, but there was no alterna
tive, and he consulted with State. Treasurer
tuay, Auditor General Norris, and Secretary
Stone over the matter. The result was a de
cision that the iiicomjih'tcncss of the signa
ture killed the bill.
Robbers Burn a Jail to Get Rid of an
Important Witness.
Pekin, III., May 31. Kdward Lilian was
rohiiud in Mackinaw last Tuesdey night of a
large sum of money, and oil Wednesday Ed
Short und S. Nichols were lodged in jail here
tor robbery. It was known that others were
concerned in the crime. Yesterday a man
went to Liliart, gave him $1"! of the stolen
money and exacted from him a promise
that he would go away and not apjiear a
gainst the robbers. Insteaei of doing this he
got drunk, abused his landlady and was
locked uj) in the calaboose, list night the
cdalKio.se- was burned and Ithart perished
in the flames. It is the general opinion here
that the calalsHise was set on fire to destroy
the jirinciial witness against Short ami
Nichols. What remained of the lsdy was
buried to-day. Olliivrs arc investigating the
matter and it is very like ly that the gang of
highway robliers which has infest-d Macki
naw for many years will lie brought to grief.
.
Yellow Fever at Key West.
KfyWot, Fl.A.,June5. T. ('. Cragindiod
of yellow fever at the hospital last night,
making five deaths in all. There were two
new cistw to-ilay. The Hoard of Health has
declared the fever epidemic and will no lon
ger insist on re moving jatieiits to the hos
jiital. Tiiis action will jirobably lie very benefi
cial, as many r;is,. occ ur in jirivate hous-s,
where thejiatient can have comlorts and
mnsing not to Is-found in the hosiital.
The fact of moving jatieiits itself nearly al
ways j troves fatal.
A great .numlier of strangers left ill the
steamer to-day, thus reducing the. danger.
The re is no tear of our ow n Jsrojile. The
city authorities urge all nnace limate-d jie-eijtle
to leaive.' Many mechanics flocked liere af
ter the great fire and have not saved enough
to get away with.
A Hermit Dies in His Lonely Home.
Rkaiush, Pa., June 4. Lewis Hirchley,
ages! 'i(l years, was found dead in be-d this
morning in a see-ludc-el section of Rockland
township, this county, where for many years
he led the life of a hermit. His sole com
panions were several dogs. His hut was le-eate-d
on a liarren tract of land surrounded
by he-avy timlicr, far away from any dwell
ings. In summer he js-rforme-d csld jobs
among the farmers, and in the winte r cut
rordwood and rails. He was seen alive yes
teriliiy, and ajijie-ared to be in gisnl health.
It is siijijHise-d that he saved considerable
money and his cabin is being searched to
day. As there; w;ts no marks of violence
iim his e rs4iii tlie coroner's jury rendered
a verdict of death from ajs.ijilexy.
in Commemoration of Loiran.
Si-miK.KiKLii, III., June 4. A meeting of
the- 10o memliers of the Legislature who
elected John A. Iigan Fniteil Stales Senator
was held to-night. A jieniianent oruauiza-
tion was effected by theeiection of C. K. Ful
ler, president ; Col. Rogiirdus, secretary, and
if. 11. F.vans, vice-jtresident. Il was elerided
to hold a biennial meeting on May lo, the
dale when Logan was i-lii ted, during every
session of the I-egisIature, and a memorial
committee was appointesl jo jilace annually
a wreath uinui bis tomb 1111011 this date. It
w as also decided that members of the organ
iation should attend and assist in the exer
cises when the liody of Logan is transferred
to the tomb which is now being constructed
iu Chie-ago.
Unloading Desperate Criminals.
Washi.m.toN, June 4. The cimnie-reial
age nt at New Caledonia, South Pacific ocean
has re'iortcd to the department of state that
convicts in that colony are be-ing lils-rated
with the; understanding that they must not
settle in any Knglish or French colony, and
as a consequence the majority of them are
going to San Francisco. He says that a
proMsition is now be-fore the local parlia
ment to vote l,eoo for landing in San Fran
cisco all the worst ol these men, as they will
not is- received iu Tahiti or elsewhere.
The French government, he also says, are
ofl;riiig a sulisidy of 120 1st month for a
steamer to mil between Nroumca. and Tahiti
and thence to San Francisco, for the purpose
of assisting these i migrants to Amerie-a.
The new Horse Distemper In Illi
nois. l!isiMi..ToN, III., June . The strange
disease which has Im-u reHirteil as iloing
great damage among the horses near Wajiel
la, Dcwitt tiunty, is loeiked ujkui by horse
men of Central Illinois with much concern.
The Assistant State Veterinarian at this (dace
under instructions from the State Commis
sioners, bus made; a thorough examination
of the disease, which is cummunicated in
breeding only; Two imported Norman
stallieins have died ami ten are now afferlcd.
Thirty-e ight mures have died and many are
sick. So Cir as known the local cast's are all
quarantined. No remedy has so far been
discovered.
Trying- to Sell bonds Secured
Torture.
by
Citit-Ai-.o, June 3. William Murray, a
liquor seller, was arrested last night charged
with I icing one of a gang of masked burglars,
who six years ago broke into the house of
Allan Fairbanks at Wheatoii and by hold
ing lighted matches ti the feet of the'im
u into, i-omjielled them tei tell where $10,000
in government bonds were concealed. Mur
ray a day or two ago altcmjitcd Ut sell one
of the bonds.
Indians Shot For Murder.
Little Ruck, June 5. News reached here
to-day of the execution near the Seminole
Agency in Indian Territory of two Indians,
who killed another Indian iu a brawl on
May 2. The doomed men, Saunds and At
tow ah, were slain with jiistol balls fired by
the sheriff. They knelt blindfolded on a
blanket and received the fatal shots without
a murmur. Over one hundred jiersons, in
cluding the families of the culprits, witness
ed the shooting.
Kentucky Fiends Lynched.
Itetsvii.LK, Ky..Junel. On Sunday u II-yvnr-ol-l
iLnighter of John FUuiiu-gmi, near
Ronton, Crawford comity, Ky., was carried
away to the woods und cruelly and foully as
saulted by Clay and Jesse Davis, brothers, of
bad reputo. After the assault the girl was
beaten with a stick of wood and left for dead.
An all night hunt failed to discover her, but
011 Monday morning some of the ucighliors
found I he- girl almost deiid tied to a tree in
the woods. She statist the two me n jsiiuted
Jtistols at her and threatened to shoot her if
she made any outcry during the night.
The two Davis boys were loiind in the
wochIs near the suffering girl on .Monday
morning. One tiwuint states that both of
them were taken to a sapling near by and
lynched after they had confessed the deed.
Another states that Walter Davis escajie-d.
but that just after dark his brotlu-r Charles
was found conci-uleel under a house and was
dragged out by the; infuriated mob. He was
terrified und quaking with feeir. Hu was se
curely KtRiitjN.il to a horse and driven back
to the sjiot where he had assaulted the girl.
He begged for mercy, Imt his crii-s were un
heeded. He was taken from the horse, his
hands ties! behind him, and was given two
minutes in which to my. He availed hiin-sc-lf
of the tiiii nllowe-il, and at the exjiiru
rion of it a stout sapling was bent down and
a short roM3 tied to the top with the other
end alsiut Davis' n;k. Six men held down
the tree, and when it was released it flew
back into position and Davis was jerked
twenty fi-et into the air. The force threw
him over the top of the tree ami as the req
brought him uji short on the other side his
neck was broken. The body was riddled
with bullets by the; crowd and was allowed
to hang there until yesterday morning, when
it was cut down by his father and given bur
ial. Battle With Bandits.
RuowssviLLE, Tex., May 31. At dawn
yesterday morning, in the midst of a driving
rain, the Ralsa, cut-off above Santa Maria,
Mexican territory, on this side of the river
and the refuge of about thirty dcsjicnile biui
clits, thieves and smugglers, was raided by
force from both sides of the river. Sheriff
Rroto. of this county, andlN-jtuty Claiisi-r, of
Hidalgo, w ith alsmt fifty ranchmen and debi
lities, entered and droveotitthe bandits, who
met with a warm n-rcjitiou on the other
side from a detachment of the Third Cavalry,
under Col. Nieves llenianudcz. A sharji
fight ensued, in w hich Col. Hernandez was
wounded in the hand, one of his men killed
killed and another wounded. One ban-lit
was killed, several wounded and a number
cajttnred, several of whom, well-known mur
derers, were executed on the pjsit. A large
amount of stolen stuck was found, most of
which was returned to the owners. Rroto
brought in and jailed two men, Florciicia
Alinatizar and Dolores Cantu. On account
of the dense brush a numlier of noted c rimi
nals madcgisul their escajie. The blow, how
ever, is a severe one to the disorderly and
criminal element which had gathered in
these cut-offs, as they lielieved themselves
safe from pursuit. They were rijie for any
revolutionary dot and maintained them
selves' by robbery and plunder.
The White House Wedding.
Saga .vu.- Inn, N. Y., June 2. The anni
versary of the wedding day of the President
and Mrs. Cleveland dawned beautifully here.
There was promise of a fair and very warm
day, but at it o'clix k when the cottage tarty
came over to the hotel to breakfast, a breeze
had sprung uji from the west, ond the white
caps were running across the bay just off
Prospect Point.. When Mrs. Cleveland sat
down to breakfast she found a libit cluster
of four-leaved clovers at her plate. She and
the President were heartily congratulated uj
011 the anniversary, and were wislail all
manner of hajipinees ami good luck. At 10
o'clock, lifter smearing their faces liberally
with fly ointment, the President, Mrs. Cleve
land and DavejCroiik We-nt off in one Istat,
Coleinel and Mrs. Ianiotit and MeCatlrey in
another, and Dr. and Mrs. Rossman in a
third, to spend the day at Holt's Point, about
three miles elistant. They took lunches w ith
the-ni-
Washixi.tox, D. C, June 2. All the mem
bers of the Cabinet, who are in town sent
telegrams of congratulation to the President
and Mrs. Cleveland to-day njsin the first an
niversarv of their wedding.
Murdered Boys.
Reaiiino, Pa June 2. During last night
a crowd of fifty determined men left Ann
ville for Lebanon to lynch William Show
ers, the murderer of his two grandchildren,
now in jail there. They were joine-el by l.Vi
metre from Lebanon, and marched through
the streets for the jMirpose of storming the
jail. Smie of the officials met them, and af
ter much jiersiiasion induced them to elis
jiersc, promising that Showers should receive
full justice.
Showers insists that the boys were murder
ed by a man known as ''('owlmy" Ibiffmaitle
who was married to Showers daughter,
mother of the children, after she had given
birth to five illegitimate children with as
many different fathers. Hoil'nagle has re
cently been in this vicinity, ami Showers
claims that Hoffnagle kidnaiie-d and mur
dered them and buried them iu the ditch in
Showers' garden. Hoil'nagle is at large, but
he may lie arrestcel.
Killed in Church.
Cosww, Ark., June 2. Information was
received to-day of a terrible affray between
young farmers during a sH'lliug-liee- at a
church in Harvey towiishiji, II miles from
conway, between Dan und Alls-it Maylie and
Tom Middleton. The latter and Dim May
lie were rivals for the hand of a neighlmring
Itelle. Saturday night they called Middle
ton out of the cliun-h and accused him eif
lying; seizeil him and began stabbing him
with a knife. During the atl'ray, which
emjiticel the church, several shots were tired,
one of which struck Middleton. and another
mortally wounded Dan Muliey. Albe-rt
Mabey was also seriously shot. Dan dice!
on Monday. Alls-rt has disajijicareil and
Middleton is rejiorted living this morning.
. ...
Philadelphia Extremely Dry.
PiiiL.nF.LPHi., June 5. There was an un
usual actual clewing of barrooms tei-day.
Kven linrst of those Jtlae-es which have fur
nished dinner at 2." cents a hind to Sunday
workers aud given their nitrons keys refused
to ojien the doors. The etl'ort apjtcars to be
to make, the: law as iiiijxtpular as jsissible.
A numlier of saloons have stoijied taking
newsjtujiers, saying that the strict enforce
ment of the law is due to them and also as
they lose their Sunday trade they will cut
down extenscs as much as jiossible. A num
ber will aliolish free; lunches. One saloon
kcejier who sulscribed for forty jtajH-rs elaily
and weekly, English, French and German,
has given them all up.
Terrible Sufferings of Shipwrecked
Sailors.
Halifax, N. IL, June 4. Jno. Rrown
and Kdward Gozan, belonging to the Glou
cester fishing schooner Richard Lester, who
were picked uji at sea adrift in a dory, and
who were landed at North Sidney under
went a dreadful experience. They were
adrift on'the ocean for over six days w ith
out a bite of food or a drop of water. After
trying al! imaginable experiments' to allay
their thirst, Rrown cut one of his anus in
order that they might drink his blood, but
the blood would not flow. They then gave
up all lioj of lieing rescued. Rut were at
last picked up in a terrible exhausted con
dition by the bark Kate Magnire.
In A Burning Church.
t'.unr wii-A, Mex., June 2. A frightful no
vhleiit Hnrreil he're yenterelay miiniingelnr
ing elivine serviee at the Catholic calheilral.
The day leiiig a holiday, tlieuhl elmreli wax
filleil with women ami rhihlreti. A lihtee!
taiwr, hanillol carelessly, net fin tn the altar
tit it lis anel fn a tiiiiiute the cliun-h was In a
blaze. A (mnie eiiMUeel. ami weuiien tun
e-hililreti, with the few men jirewent, eiiKaeil
in a niael Hcramhle tr the eliKint. Several
chllilren were cnxtbeel outright ami se-veral
were fatally injure-1. The h of life at this
time is nnknown.
A Scotch Mine Horror.
GukcoW, May :tl . A terrible exjilos-.ni of
fire-damp occurred hi the I'dston coal iit lit
Rlantyrc, a village in Lanarkshire, eight
miles froru this city, by which alsiut IV
miners were entombed in the jiit. The shaft
was blocked with debris caused by fh ex
plosion. Forty-five miners who were imprisoned in
the ujijs'r seam of the pit were rescued, but
one: of them ilii-d after having Ihs-ii brought
to the surfiu-e. The others are sulli-riug.
however, from the effects of the shuck and
fire-damp.
Communication was ojteiiod thisalb-ncsiit
with the middle seam, and numbers i.f the
miners entombed there fall of whom were
supKised to have been killed) have lurii res
cued alive, although much jsistntted from
the fire-damji. Five of the men found in
this scum were dead when the rescuers oi-ri-cd
it.
The lowest seam in which the exjtlosioti
took place was reached too late to rescue any
of the miners w'ho were at work tliere. Not
one of the unfortunates was found alive.
The total numlH-r of lives lost by the ex
jilosion is believed to lie seventy-live.
As soein as the fact of the explosion Is-caine
known miners from all the neiglilsiriitgeol
lieries hurried to the se-ene to heljt in the
work of rc-scue.
The pithead has been surrounded ever
since; the disaster by a large crowd of wee Jiing
women and children.
The I'dston pit is situated in the mot
fiery of the coal districts in Scotland.
In the Cyclone's Path.
Mii'oxxEl.Lsiit'uo, Pa., June 'i. Alsmt 3
o'clock this morning a cyclone Kissed over
the northern jiart of Tixl township, this
county. Its course was clearly marked for
over a mile. In some places the ground is
torn up, fences carried away and trees njt
rooted. John Henry, residing five miles
from this jilace, suffered greatly from it. The
riMif of his largo brick dwelling was carried
away and the end wall of the building blown
in. His large bank barn was utterly demol
ished and all his outbuildings c.xeej-t one to
tally wrecked.
Expedlating Pension Claims.
Wasiiixotox, June L'. It is now estima
ted at the tension office the number of Mcx
icuri tension claims will not exceed :;o,iion,
1 ,oun of which are widows' claims, and
have already been received and 2,2m certifi
cates have been issued. It has been deter
mined lo increase the force of the division
having the:se eases in charge so that tin y
may lie? turned out at the rate of a day.
Only Half a Crop of wheat.
Rkalisc;, Pa., May 31. Reports received
to-day from various jsiints in "Rerks. Le
banon, Lehigh and neighboring counties
show that this year wheat will realize only
about half a cmji. The destructive Hessian
fly, which had entirely disapj-cated for the-jia-t
two yeurs, is again ravaging the wheat
fields, and acres of it are dying in ci lusequenee.
The Colorado U-etle, which has inhabited
these-counties for the past thirteen years, is
also doing considerable; damage.
Killed by Lightning.
RthTns, May ol. While Archibald Sliixtk
win of Isaac SlnNik, acd ill, was working nn
a rliimne-y tm ,t lie- Uip tif it lioust; near Ac ke-r-mansville
last erunin lie w:i.e ntnick by
lilitnin? and instantly kiiled. A .nmjtau
i'ni, Edward Ilale'y, was re ndenil iiiicim
fnnus by tbt' fluid, but Moon nH iivcnd. The;
liou-ie- was only slightly daniai;cil.
A Big Mill for Pottsville.
I'iiTtsvule. June 1. Nt-tttiatinnH were
riiiu-ludel yi-ste.Til.iy iK-twi-e-n a we'tidiiute' eif
l'ottiviile- oniiitiilLit.-e and the I'liu nix Maiiu
t'acturitif; t 'iiiiitany. f Ptr'ifin, X. J., fur
the t-Mtablishim; uf a lanii" silk mill here;.
The mill will emjiliiy frtiin of RMi hamls
and tb building and m:H-iiimrv will ctwt
iKijinm. The- wurk ef rrevtion will m evm
tiit'iitvd at onre.
He Also Joined the Family.
Jo'K.-miKo, June 5. A singular rit-; of
marriap.-s baa funiishml umti-e-ment for the
jKitjilt' of Fayette County in the x Two
years. There were five llamby boys and the
same numlier of Startle" jrirls. As the Ham
by boys began marrying Mr. !"tarne''- daugh
ters ill siu-e-esion, he protested, but in vaiti,
the htst t-Miijile elojiing to lie. married he-re.
yesterday. Mr. Starnes, seeinsj himse lf thus
outwitted, went to the house of Mrs. Haniby,
the mother, and almost by fon-e jmt he-- in
his i)izy and, riding oil" to Fayetteville',
married ln-r. thus eonijiletiii' tlie eire le tf a
family union.
A White Wonan to be Sold.
I'Aiiri'Aii, Ky., June .'.In the City Court
yertenlay Moliie Jai kson, a white woman,
was eeinviehsj of vairraney. and Jmlge Thorn
as orderesl that she be sold to the highest
bidder for thirty days. The sale will lie
made a soon as the advertisement shall have
Is-eu isstie-il. This is the first judgment ever
made iu this sei-tioii. but it is not without
ire-reslent in other jtlai-es in Kentueky.
Jude Thomas' anion h;is me t with a jrreat
ileal of unfavorable comment.
Masons Must Not Sell Liquor.
St. Iu is, June i. There- is much agita
tion in the Masonic fraternity overtlie action
of Kolx-rt J. Ilunt.li'rand Master of the State
in scndiiif; forth an edict that all Masons eii
jrajred in liquor se-liiti;; must be- exjtelled
from the tinier. There' was a re-v.ilution
ailojitcel in lssjthat the business of sal,Mni
kccjiiiitf was un-Mxvmic, but it has re main
ed a dead le-tter until the ele-ctinn of Mr
Hunt.
. .- ..
Mr. Gould's Rolling Palace.
ItTTiii holt. June t. A new jirivate cir
for Jay (rtuilil, luxuriously furnisiic-L and
-ostin' f'i,'"'. was at the 1'nion IV;.,.t to
day en iMiite to New York, where il will be
insH-ctel by its owner. It was built by the
l'lillman t'oniany. at riillmun. and is n.ein
eil the" Atlanta" atte-r Mr. (iould's yacht.
Sunday Newspaper Trains Stopped.
Haktfokd. t'os.v., June 3. The Kailrnad
'ommissioiieTs have issued their edict, for
bidding the Sunday morning newsjKtjH-r
train in this State. This order will also cut
otl' the delivery of Xe'W York jaters in Mas
sachusetts. The law was juisse;d at the hist
session of the Iislature and allows only
the running of mail trains and trains fur
public nci-essity.
The Paris Theater Fire.
Paws, June 1. The ele-aring away the
debris from the site eif the Uie-ra t'omiitie
was (-oni-ludcel to-day. Xo morclxxlii-s were
found. The Teitiyta the otiicial niimlN-r
of bodie-s found is se'venty, of which filly
have bevu identilied. Two wagon-louds of
charresl limbs have lieen tiken to the Mor
gue. A Woman Terribly Cored By A Vi
cious Bull.
Kbik, Pa., May 81. Mrs. f'orentUt. wife
ofJohnfieirentlo, of Fairview, was frightfully
goreil hy a hull tel-ilay. Irs. t'ltre-titlo, who
i an ulil la!ly. went into the ham to turn out
the animal, when he'attackeil her. Her seni
foutiil he-r frightfully laee-rate-el ainlg-trttl,
lying uiieoii.srioiM unitrr the aiiinml'.s fert,
ami in rtwuing her e-anie near losing his own
life.
Crushed And Burned.
St. rtcTTP.KBtiKo, June 5. Imring the
Ite-rforiuane-e of a i-ircus last evening in the
town of Xewchin, a storm eif wind unreiolid
the building,, musing the walla to collapse
iiKtn the auiliene-e etf 8,l)0 pettple. The oil
from the lamps ignitesl and e-t fire to the
ruins. A large number of tci-sona were
bunieel or tramitleel to death, and three hun
dred others were injured.
Wheeling a Coffin Wher7 He Died.
SKt: Cuekk, P.., June 3. Mr ftinmel
IIeil!e;r. who has bven ae'ting iu theeapai ily
of an undertaker at this place foraliit twen
ty years, droptel de-ad at about nine ei'eloek
thin morning. He had just left the gtatiou
warehouse when he fell lifeless to theground.
He was wheeling a coilin on a wheelbarrow
when lie fell.
GEIS, FOSTER' & QUINN'S,
JOIIXSTOWX, PA.,
0AEPETS, MATTING,
OIL CLOTHS, RUGS,
STAIR PA.DS, STAXR KC.)T)S
LACE CURTAINS,
TURCOMAN CURTAINS, CURTAIN POLES, k
10 w kht phi c i :s r ; ua i i a nt i : k n.
Their Stock is Immenso. Freight pnitl on Carpets, etc., to point
on the S. & C. 11. It. by
GETS, FOSTER So Q'tJESTN".
HEADQUARTERS.
Minitftfrw nfthe (inf. VAwttUir, Sj-.trw;! T"Ji'!.T, FUMk A-uth mtm! ,trr ,
T, ShtM'l hii'In-n tri( their l-ift-iit-. in fa't v-r; iif-r'ti i;i Nf tr;Jirv.
fwilr?, Kt-., rnnke thrir h-K-tjtiar;TN at Ki -il !" & S "in h iK n 'i KK. i fiii iirir-" f
y,xU'Wi'f VVriMl Hti-ih-', i-t prvjmp nil i, - u; -ply ountry inwu in--
everyihini,' in he. lu)k uul SUitioin-ry l:n-lhMi may in re -i ! in ti- r t rrt-i-, nt t-;f ,r
biy-n ill nitt-ay iiml ix-k t( ( i!t Wrmit f.a.. r-. Ki ..m i'.iik. ui": kin-i- .t Kt'-n
tfVfr-ihiiiir Muliihlr for f.iil-. ii'any ni- itiiin; i.,r f h tIk, a '.. ml 'h
hit No! joii u, mi j it thfir MunK ilfad'-tiarv-r- t-r V.il: - lu. itini a iu'frt- t-r ,.'i-i;i., ,
trv. Ki!i'!oyiiu't)t civt-ri at il t urn.- to r-i mMtr jutrn"- ri u f r S:--. iM-hH
MyKri! nr: oit'itriiiif ... i j-r 'lay m jututrii r tire, un-l it 11 tw r Iy in im-r, ,
FISHER'S BOOK STOFE, SOMERSET, PENN'a.
DRUGS! DRUGS!
GEO. W. UENFORD & SOX
ri'OJ'RIKToUS OF THK
At No. 1,
SOMKRSKT, PIOT'A..
' We keep constantly on I. mid a !arrre st s k of
DKUGS, MKDICIXES, CHEMICALS,
DYE STUFFS, FAINTS, OILS
AND YAKNISIIES.
The pure;! ami b-t to !e found in thi.s m:trk't. We- also kee-j. on hand a i i ;: -,r
TRUSSES, BRACES, SUPPORTERS.
And all the- hading a.;inrteii:::i.-es ti-- i luirb iiy rby-i-U:is and families. Wr n-ijr.i;:,
in ti.is line, Jfrli e-t ni: :!. ti"ii.
TOILET ARTICLES AND SCNDRIES GENERALLY KEPT L
A FIRST CLASS DRUG fiTORE.
LAFGE ASSORTMENT OF EIRTjHDAY Glf TS ALWrYS IjN STOCK.
TOBACCO and CIGARS.
THK 1!1T THK MAKKCT A F F .. 1 H'TII Im-MITIi' AND IM i . i;::;;:,
Pr
j, Failj
Our own make of HORSE AND CATTLE POWDER. It i of a ,-:j..r;..r
quality. W'e kce in bitik, s t i t -it any s-jn-e-i.ii itirvdient can
lit' added. SiM at '" ceiite a jxt'lliei.
do a square; business and will irive yon your monev's worth. N.j
trouble' to show missis.
PURE WINES AND LIQUORS FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES ONLY
A LARGE VARIETY OF FRESH GARDEN AND FLOWER SEEDS.
Jan. 5. lv7. GEORGE W. BENFORD i SON.
Louther's Drug Store,
Main Street, Somerset, Pa.
This Model Drag Store is
Favorite with People in Search of
FRESH AND PURE DRUGS.
Medicines, Dye Stirf's, Spoil fcs, Truss is
Supporters, Toilet Articles,
Perfumes, tic
THE PeXTe.'R GiVK? I'EI'SOXAL ATTKXT !i N TO THE tti.MrOCXDINi. OF
Pliysiciaiis'PresGriiitions i Family Receipts
(H:kat c.tkE hEry; takx.v w r!-: .v. r rxe.-ir asd pvke ari; ie.
SPECTACLES, E YE-CJLASSES
And a Full Line of Optical Good 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 ;0ls
to intending purchasers, whether they buy
from us or elsewhere.
J. M. LOUTHER, M. D.
MAIX 8TIIKET, HOMKUSKT. PA
J. Ki ll E & CO.,
811 Liberty Street,
PITTSBURGH.
MAXlTFACTUKl::t.S OF OTIII
X27 ALL ASD SIZZS.
Our Spring and Summer Stock Most Complete and Unsur
passed, Wholesale Exclusively.
ir MAIL ORDERS RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION.
QUEMA1IONING
"WOOLEN 3IILLS.
lltiviuir miili-il oiie-tliiril to the eiitiu-ity f my
Wttole-n Millsilurinit the past j-tr. I will
want tni , aatm "
75.000 POUNDS OF WOOL.
I lve large stetrkof WHi.K.N i;ixtltsri.t.;y
tutra.lf f.tr '.Viml., niii ny ..-.hs ill vi-. "
nil tif !y t tisiiitnvrs iluriiiK the mumih. i
have one new man. who neiiT miw
sttnie if iny iiistniiii-rs. lfji i Kusi..
n-ttuy uie tty m.iil. At tlie
Mills, i have in mliliiitm
tit my il!iit.-.iiiaie
Wt)!t'ii irtte N. a
t'oinpli-te fUK-k
of
General Merchandise,
w l-.ieh I will I irlivl t.t exelmnee ftr y,,nr
Winn.. ill jy hiKi-t CASH priit-n to Mieie
whn wi-htotra-le-. B. li, vini it t.i l? to tlie in-ten-st
if rarmers tn have their pnlm ts cuiimiiiii-I
In llieirown emimy. 1 ask, mill will tn" tei merit
your pulrtitmKO.
H'.M. i. MOIiUAN', Hueniuhitiiiiig, pa.
V()RKING CLSSKSTl0Evv;
are now pn-wnsl to furnish all rlns -es with m
ployinent at home, the w hole ;i"the time, nr fur
tlu-ir spare mmne'iits. Husineii new. linht an-t
pntlitalile. lvrsnnsuf eiiher sex easilv earn I'rum
.v tit S3 t even inu itn.l a proportini'ial miiu by
devoting 1 iln-ir time to tlie business. R.v.rtnil
Kirls earn n -arly as niui-h ns men. Thai nil who
-e this mav semi their aililress and te 1 the Im-i-lie.
we make this offer. Tosueh as it re rnt well
satisfied we will send one dollar to pay fur the
tnn:hle of writing. Kiill particulars and onllit
free. Address Ubokok Stinson A fo.. Purtland,
Maine. decJa-'aa-fyr.
Lk K. II. 1-.KNJ
Baer's Block,
Receipts FiM Wl Ccnaaa
Rapidly Becoming aGrs
C28 &. 630 Broadwav,
NEW YORK,
QH ARI.KS HOFFMAN,
MERCHANT TAILOR.
(Above llemVy's s"lire.i
Latest Styles, and Lowest Prices.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED-
Somerset, Pa.
-.V CYCLOXl
GALVJXW OIL
tiiirti-iimitsl for R!u-uni:it!ii!U Ni-nralaia. M""''
Mi-be. Toolliaehe. e'olu-, l'nil;s, Sl-rBIll-. i':. '
a-i l Hzrus. .s.l-l by lni.in;iis
BfESECKER SNYDER.
VM IN1STUATHK S Nt HICK.
t-l tie of !r. Wiflev ttniTiiiifhani. deeon-vd. ','
of Milfiml twn. Soiuervt '.
l.fUers of ntlmiiiistrniion f the al-ve
huvinir ts-t-n tfraatts! in iht- iiihli-riirneti t-:t'
projier Htitliority. uotiee is hereby 11 10 "
St.. s indt-Uetl to said estate to make inuii'si
piiviiu-ut. and Musi- hiivim; elaini lupmi"1
vame lo pre-s-ut them duly sutlieit: -Med l,f
t!e:iient 1111 Sauirday, the- 'Al liny of J "'', ,'.'
at ine hue nideure of eleit-ased. at irt-lMafts"
burg.
V. A. (TOIM-HVI.
B. C. t'LNMNi.ll M
may-jj. Adaiiuistrauir.