The Somerset Herald. KKWAKIi SiTM Kdiror ami Proprietor WEUNKSDAY July 6, tssT REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. COUNTY. FtR SHKKIFF, RUSH 6. McMIU.F.N.of Middlccreek Twp. FOR ri -TIP "NOTARY, OAXIKI. J. HOHNER, of Somerset P""- ik nw;isTEK a nit i:i:mi:iF.i. JAt' ! SWANK, of ''.mcmaugh Tw . FtiU TRF.ASl" RICH. am. J. BLArK, of Meyersdale Uor. FOR tx 1MM ISSION KRS, PAVID K. WAtiVER, of Shade Twp. FA'Rt'K M. NF.FF. of Somerset Uor. for poor HoVSE mrwtor, JAU M. FIKE. of Somerset Twp. for ArniTons. (iAI'RIF.I. ;X'I of Somerset Twp. SAMCF.b I. SHORF.R. of Somerset Twp. FOR CORONKR. FRANK WOLF, of Meyersdale I5or. Powpkri.y shows up as a protfvtionist of thetru.-st tj ie. Hp is heartily in fa vor of prohibitory tariff on foreign pau pers. Generally the man w ho is swift to ac cuse others of wrong doing, is himself an innate scoundrel who is only held with in the bounds of honesty by fear of the law. Thk seasons crops promise abundance, money is plentiful, and the strike blun der is the on'y tiling that bobbles the country's stride towards unlimited pros perity. As a further effort to wiliate our Southern brothers and destroy all evi- j , ,.f ). lut imnleasautness it is ,0 IU T-O --- 1 prvd to restore the pettii-oats w orn by Jeff Iais at the time of his capture,. Thk delegates to the State Convention l.v the Kcnulilicans of Pliiladcl- nhia held a meeting last wi-k, and unan imously resolvei to support Judge James T. Mitchell of ihateity for nomination for Supreme Jude. Senator IrTi-EK, of South Carolina is quoted as saying that, he believes the President will appoint Senator I.aniar to '.he vacancy on the Supreme bench, and that Senator Col. niit of (Jeorgia will sui reed him in the cabinet. The reiH.rt wines from Chicago that the Supreme Court oT Illinois law decid ed to order a new trial for the Anarchists w ho were sentenced to death for the niur- j der of the policemen w ith bombs, at the time of the Haymarket riot. Os Friday hist Collector lxiwlin of this district stepped down and out of olti and was succeeded by Collectorr.igler. It is generally believed that Mr. Dowlin was offered up as a vicarious saeriti.-e for the political sins of ex-Congressman lloyle. The Kentucky distillers have resolved to make no more w hiskey until 1SSS, for the good and sutticient reasons that their present stock amounts to i:?S,0iX,i)0 gallons and their customers are li-itig vis ibly diminished by the amount of Willing TT w ho have been using the County's money for tlieir own profit, have suddenly awak ened to the fact that in the eyes of the law they are nothing less than swindlers, and are tirurrying around in great shape to ay over to tin Treasurer. Thk new higii license law has just gone into operation in Minnesota and its first immediate result is a reduction of aliout five hundred saloons, or twenty pr ct-nt. of tbe w hole numlxT in the State. A much larger reduction is looked for w hen the law is thoroughly understood, and is properly enforced. As anti-treating society has been start ed in (i-orgia whose meinliers are requir ed to take an oath not to drink with or ask any one to draik in any public place, nor to engage in any game of chance where liquors are the forfeit. The asso ciation is reported to le rapidly spreading, and the cun un of "Treating" is going out of fashion. The roujetion of the public debt dur ing the month of June is oliicially resirt ed to have Isien f ll,sri2,7i.17, and the reduction for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1HK7, HOii,707,Ui.,JS. The total re ceipts of the Treasury during the year SvJ71.3SO,S!:i.i.3, made np as follows: Cus toms, W17,40!,;s;t.l9; Inurual revenue, f!l,i:j(i,4-l7.."i0; Misi.flLinw.us. $;',4ji40, 4',j.,ti. Ohio is all toru upon the Vquor ques tion.. A few days since a convention of tenijN'rance jKHiple expressed approval of the low law, because it had driven a Urge numlier of sa. jo..s out 1 f the State. And now come thv, IVohibitionists of the State, in Convention assembled, solemn ly denouncing the .aw. Thus the dis tinction 'ictween temjie: iui-e j-eople and !liticiil Prohibitionists is distinctly markisl. Thk howl w itL which the IVmocrats have for so.ne months piLsl disUirlwd the imntry, about the surplus in the Treas ury, and the nwvssity for an extra ses sion of Congresfc to prenta predicted stringency in the money market, has re ceived a mortify ing set bark by the olli riaJ rcort of the StTi'tary of the Treas ury, whicli shows that 011 Thursday last, June :!0th, the t Lai a-tnal siirpliis in the Treasury was f4tl,)sV!,4it while a year ago H -JiiounUd to $75,191,100. There are over a thousand million dol lars of jiaper money in circulation, and it matters not how many banks are rob led or ruined tlieir notes i-ontinue us good as gold or nilver. This is the resu't of LVpublicau fiuaucoering. Tliirty years ago when a bank failed, the country was throw n into a panic, sik' every man lis tened to examine his pocket lsxik to see how much of the w onhls trash he had. Now, thanks to the w ixdom of thv party that established our present National cur rency, a broiu-n bank creates scanv rip ple, and that only among its stockholders and depositors, the note holder well knowing that they can encounter no loss. The world has never before acen tut s.j'e and aatisfactory a circuhtting medium. Is timely conjunction w ith tlie late out burst if public indignation over tlie pro mised surrender 'of the captured battle flags comes an article in the Century Company's publication on the "Matties and Leaders of Uie Civil War" from the pen of General Jacob D. Cox, of Ohio, de voted to the study of the events tliat oc curred in the weeka succeeding the at tack on Fort Sumpter. t.nineml Cox only attempts to picture w hat occurred under bus own eye. From an article in the Chi cago Jtr-Oemn we take the following: In April, lSi'.l, Gneral Cox and tJencwl Ourtield were lueniliers of the Ohio Si'nate juid were lodging togeUier. On the day tliat Fori Sumter was fired oil the Senate was iu session when a tncmlsr came in I mm me lobby in an excited manner and. catching theOiairman'seye, exclaimed, ir. inw dent, the telegraph 81111011 that the se cessionist are bomlatrding Fort Sumter. There was a solemn and painful hush, bro ken in a moment by a woman's shrill voice from the sslator' seats, crying " (ilory to tiod! This was the voice of Abby hi lly rw lT, a radical friend of the slave, w ho believ ed that only llmui!;h Woml could his tKwiom be won, and she shouh-d the ticnx' cry of joy. With most of the Senators and the people, however, th re came a gloom that none of them had ever Is f.ire felt. Many men werv stricken dumb with shame and astonish ment that the Hap could Is? fired upon. Not muiiv cared to sjieiik. and the leader of the lK-uiocratic irfy in the S-nate moved an adjournment to the following luexiaj 111 onlcr, as lie saui, uiai in .--humm have the opiKirtunity to if home mid con sult their constituents ill the terrible crisis of public affairs. No objection was ma.ie. and both houses of the Ohio ix-pxiainre au- journed. llefore the members returned to ineirataiui Major Anderson had surremlered, anil there had oome such an outburst 01 loyauy o nip Cnion from the North that no nieiula-rol the Legislature or of Congress had nwl to consult his constituents or to ask tor instruc tions. The people were unmistakably, fierce ly, enthusiastically in favor of the Hag of the Fnion. When the Democratic leader returned to his seat he said to liclier.il tor. 1 e lxf pie have gone stark mad," and. carried away bv the overwhelming swivp of public opin ion, he and his fellow IVmocrats dctermim-d to support the war measures. Speaking! of this iH'riisl. General Cox calls to mind sever al incidents which shed a li(;ht upon what was partisan impulse before the flag was fired on, and what was stem, unHinchiiiK loyalty to the Fnion when the blow was struck, tin thesth of January, 111. the HemiK-ratic convention or n-union to celebrate the battle of New Means had a.lopted resolutions in- timatini; that the ?l.oo) lK-mmTats of Ohio would be found ill the way of any attempt to put dow n secession until the demands of the South in rest to slavery were com plied with. A few days after this conven tion (iciicral Cox mi-t his old iiciphlior, Da vid Tod. and Mr. Tod vehemently reasserted the sulwtance of the resolutions, sayini; that the Republicans would find the oo.oooohio DeiiKs nit- in front of them if tiny attcnipt e.l to cross the Ohio river. To this Mr. 'ox made answer, " We will ive up the contest if we cannot carry your 3i,io over the heads of your leaders." This is exactly w hat was done. The Ohio Democrats did not wait for marching orders; they went over the heads of their leaders, am! joined the Republicans, fierce and furious for the flag, and men like Tod and ISroiigh were leaders in the new crusade. " A few davs after the mrrender of Foil Suinpter Stephen A, Douirhis passed tlirounh Viluinbus on his way to Wxshinon, ami in re.-pmse to a s.nUineoiis gathering of h-o-ple Iouglas sjtoke to tliem from the window of his Uil room in the hotel. There were no torches, no music, simply a dark mass of men filling the dimly -lit street, and the cal's for Dmglas were with an eann-stness oi tone di.ren-nt entirely from the enthusiasm of a l.liti.nl gat tiering. The Illinois Senator came half-di'essed to liis window, and with out any light near him sjmke solemnly to the people u)Kn the terrible crisis which had come uKn the Nation. Men of all parties were there, aiuHtener.il t'ox. recalling the impressions of the hour, or in endeavoring to recall t hem. says : " I remember well the st'ious solicitude with which 1 listened to his ojiening seliU-nceS as I leaned against tlie railing of the Slate House Park, trying in vain to see more than the dim outline of the loan as he sUssl at the unlighled window. His dm-i 1. som in us U i rolled di w 11 1 li rough the darkness from alsve lis, an earnest, mexsured voii, the more solemn, the more liopressive liecnnse we could not see the speakalile trial. I do not think we irreatlv clieend him. It was rather a deep amen that went up from tlie crowd. We went Inline breathing more freely in the assurance we now felt that, for a time at least, no or gan ized opposition to the Federal Oovern nieiit and its jslicy of ven ion could lie for midable in tlie North." Speaking for himself and General fiarlield, a they sat at night in their lodgings. Gener al I'ox say : " The shame, the folly, the out rage of civil war in our land seemed too great to believe, and we half hoied to wake from it as from a dniim. Among tlie pain ful remembrance of those days is the ever present Weight at the heart which never left me until I found relief in thea-tive duties of camp life at the close of the month. I went aliout my dutiis, and I am sure most of thone with whom I associated did the same, with tlie half choking sense of agrief I dared not think of; like one who is dragging him self to the ordinary lalsirs of life Irom some terrible and recent liereavement." Thousands if not hundreilsof thousands of men now living know what that feeling was. It was because they felt sodeeply on the sub- j joet, it was liecause they were so depressed and saiMeued by what seemed to them out rage and wickedness that men entered tlie army with the spirit of indomitable, unfal tering courage, and that they remained strong in the faith and became giants in ex ecution. There was no wild impulse, there was 110 worked up enthusiasm in the first months of the war, but simp'y an outburst of love for and loyalty to the old flag. Had it not been for this unmistakable loyally of the masses, this an :ised public sentiment sviepiug the com. :ry like a prairie fire, there might have been plots and counterplots that would have neutralized the fori of the North; but if any plans were laid looking to olit ruction in behalf of the South, or to help of any kind, they w ere swept out of the way, and those who had contemplated opposition in the fierce heat of jiartUan prejudice turn ed ill aftrighl at their own wayward impuls es am) joined tlie loyal masses. " Knights of the Switch " In Ohio. Wixhkstkk, O., June 30. The " Knights of the Switch." u the number of twenty, went to the house of a woman named Mar tin, in ,T ffcrson township, last night, and demanded admittance. Fpon tieing n-fuswl they promptly battered down tlie door. Two men who were inside made some show of resistance ami several shott- were exchanged without injury being done, before the Knights overHiwerwl the inmates. Mrs. Martin ami her daughter Lilly were then dragged from bed, strip-d, ti.-J tu the door frame, and whipped with bii kory switches until they were mtcoiiscious and tlieir Ixidies shocking masses ol bruises nnd bleeiliiig Hush. Mrs. Martin was tlie first to revive, and was told that if -be did not lenve the county wSthiu iwenty-four hours she and tier da lighter would be killed. Tlie men, who were married farmers livi:ig in the vic.in ity. were dismissed with the admonition that if :hcy were again found iu a house of ill-repute they, too, would be killed. Tlie Knights then rode otf. A Terrific Texas Storm. Lose view. Tex.. Jue . One of the most destructive storms ever known occurred lust night twenty miles below here, and tarried death and destruction in its course. At New Prospwt, neigboring town twenty miles south of here, five men were killed outright. At Fairplay, a small hamlet, one woman aud two children were killed, having taken shelter jn au old house on which a very long true fell, crushing tlieiu. In the track of the tornado nothing as left. The county is thinly settled, which account for the few lost. As there is no telegraphic communi cation but little can be lrarmsi at this time, A heavy wind and rain storm it raging now. The Torrid Term at Detroit. Detroit, Mich., July I. To-day seems to have been about the hottest day that suffer ing mortals iu this irt of the planet have beea lled moi! to endure for a long time. At 2 o'clock this afternoon tlie mercury reached 98 in the shade. Johq W. Holtx mas uustruck, dying almost instantly. NATION'S NATAL DAY. (,l:EKL OHSKRVAKilt AIXOVEH THK COCK1RV. THE PAY IS LONfiOS, XULAK!. Lonis'K, July 4 Indejieiidenoe Iy re ception at tlie American legation in ljmdon, to-lay was the largest ever held here. Among the guests were James RusscJ Low ell, Mr. and Mrs. James G. Itlaine and Miss Itlaine, 11. V. t'hilders, Mrs. James Ilmwn I'iMter. Mine. Hank, Sir Lyon Playfair, Gen. Palfrey, of Boston, and Col. W. F. Osly. The day was appreciably observed by Amer icans in all tlie leading cities of Europe. The reception in honor of the day was held at Grosvciior Gallery. Toasts were pro posed. "No Country to an American Like Home," was resHinded to by Mr. Blaine, who said: "Tlie Vnited States is the only country with a known birthday. All the rest liegan they know not how. If there had Ui-n no Fourth, England and America com bined would not be so great as each actually is. There is no Republican, no Democrat, to day. All are Americans. AH icel their country greater than their rty. We meet here to-night on this platform of patriotism, warmed by emotions and traditions of the Fourth of July. We celebrate the day on fiireign soil, with the generous people of the British Isles giving their presence and their sympathy and contributing by their art and beauty to the completeness or the occasion, which is at once inspiring and memorable." In proposing the toast Mr. Phelps said Englishmen and Americans had come to see that theindeniIcuceof America was best on the whole for both countries. The Na tional birthday, which touched tlie hearts of all Americans as nothing else could or womu touch them, hail been celebrated for over a century, with increasing loyalty iu all parts of tlie world where Americans are louna Mr. Blaine goes to Scotland Thursday, then to Ireland and the continent. BLEW HIS EYES OIT. Ai-tooxa, July 4. John LanU, a well known citizen of this ciiy, met with a terri ble accident alsmt o'ciiRrk this morning. In company w ith his children, this morning, he exploded a number of fire works, and not leing satisfied with the ordinary way of celebrating independence ihty he procured a railroad signal can to make the event more interesting for the cildren. He placed the cap on a stone and struck it with an iron bar and the explosion followed. Pieces of the Hying shell struck him in the eyes, knocking his right eye out on his check und total 1 y di-stroying the sight of the left eye. I-anti is an old ami faithful eiujiloye in the Penn sylvania jiassengcr deHit. and has hosts of friends who will be pained to hear of his sad misfortune. AT MllI.AliEl.PHIA. I'HiLAiiKLruiA, July 4. There was an old-fashioned celebration of the day here, except that the authorities forkade the tiring of sitluteuaiid the exhibition of tire works. There was a military parade in the morning followed by an oration and the reading of the Declaration of Independence 111 lmle IKiidence square. Then ill Fairmotint Park, in Memorial hall. I,"' children sang, and afterwards Pro. Wise and three other jer soiis went up in a balloon in a northerly di rection. They have not been heard of since. k t.,.tnr,. of the il'iV U1LS boat fUCillg Oil tllC Schuylkill. LAROK COOrEEAUK ICMtll. St. Lolis, July 4. The St. Ixmis cooper age establishment, the largest concern of the kind in the West, situated on the river bank close to the old arsenal, in the southern rt of the city, was destroyed by fire this after noon. Iaiss, f KKl.UOU, said to be fuily in sured. The lire is supiosed to have resulted from the careless Use of fireworks. Four hundred meu are thrown out of employ ment. KIM.KD BY A CAXNOS. Chicaoo, July I By the explosion of toy cannon to-day Tommy Gleason was fa tally injured and Eddie Fitzgerald and Uob hie Rowe were blinded. Arthur Pickett anil one or two oilier isivs were mij roui. a voung fcllow-couutrvuian who was celebrating with uu Army musket. Tony didn't know the weajsm contaiinst slugs. I thk Tows ok CLABKXIIO.N SI'I'FEBS A SsSlO, ll FIKE. Ekie. Pa., July 4. Apiea'.s w'ere sent out to-night from Clarendon for help. A fire broke out at U:.-5 and spread with frightful velocity. The flames Iimke out in the Wea ver hotel, ill the middle of the town, and it an old mill on the outskirts. It originated from the careless use of fireworks and reach ed the oil tanks and the destruction of the town was speedily wrought. John Stewart was caught ill the bursting of a tank an was cremated. It is feared that many have shared a similar tale. All the business jmrt of tlie town, and the postotlice are destroyed The buildings being of pine and hemlock burned like tinder. The ieople are pwer less to help themselves and the Walton Fire department responded. It call do but little as the valley is full of fire and seething oil The fire at a late hour enveloed the Henry House and the P. E. dcsit. The railroad authorities laid out their trains to keep then out of the burning lown. Over one hundred houses are already burned, and no one can conjecture the final outcome. A half a mil lion of dollars w ill not cover the loss. KPEWil OF JEFf tlAVls AT A FOL'KTH OK JI LY cei.es ratios. New Oiileans, July 4. The Continental Guards of this city went on a picnic to Beau voir. Miss., to-day, and in a body called on Jefferson Davis, ('apt. Drowns made an address. After referring to " the day wece! ebrate," he said : I mention the fact tha our mcmlicrsliip iycomjioscd of wearers of the gray and of the blue to convey the ika tliat all I nist bitterness is buried again. Thanking you on behalf of our members and the ladies accompanying us, I would add tliat it is our intention to picnic in your neighborhood and that we would be pleased to have yourself and family join us." Mr. Davis replied, and in ihe course of his remarks said : " We cannot avoid remiml- idg ourselves that you the men of this gen eration through four years of strife and sacrifice of blood and treasure sought to maintain the great principles of the iHIara tion of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. As your Captain has justly said, tin things In-long to the jiast. I do not seek to revive them beyond poiit ingout that you fought for the right yinl let your children remember that their fathers were neither rebels nor traitors." Insanity of a Brave Vetera. PlTTtiBTlus June Jit. At the halite of diaii cellorsville there was a call for a vulunteer In pnsiisl to a ilaiigerotis point and wrtiiii whether it was Confederate yr Ciiion troos iu ambush. Joseph Glyon, a priv in Gen eral Sickles' brigade, tfered l(i.- services and pnicured the desired information at the risk of his life. The men in umlutsh gure Confederates, and wlien they discovernd Glyon oieiicd a heavy fire 011 him. He escasL and Congress afterward voted him a gold nuilal. Glynn, who is now sixty years old.and lives iu this city, last night attempted ut kill his wife and two children. Armed with a hatchet he entered the room in which his family was sleeping. Fortunately his wife awoke, and seizing her children managed to escape from home. They were not pursued, and to-day Glyon was arrested. He wilt lie taken to Dixmont Hospital for the Insane. Five Years Dumb. I'AHEEKsBtBi). W. Va., July 1. Five years ago Lydia James, from disease, lost the kiw er ofsxss-h and sism after became so insane that she hail to be taken to the asylum. Since that time, until lust gight, she has not been able to speak a word. While out walk ing last night she suddenly became furious, leaping uu her female attendant, biting her on the arm and shaking ber until she was jiowerless. During her paroxysm of rage her power of sjicech was fully restored and she uttered many expressions as distinct as they were violent. She coutiuued her abuse of her attendant until by main force several men carried her back to her ward. a;., 1 j:....i , . . ..vi .iiaj.iuy ui rage uer si.eeci! is as , , , - 1 gooa as ever, though her insanity in I ..j.t 1 .. . I I ed the attendant is in critical condition. ' Kentucky's Bloody Ground. l-oi 1SVU.I.K, June 27. It is reportetl from CatUeltsburg that the Tolliver fartion or Rowan couoty are reorganiiiug and the o ple in thai eection of the State are expelling another outbreak at Morehead. Two cous ins of Craig Tolliver passed through Catletta burg yesterday. They said they were from I Awrence county and were going to More bead, but would not say what Uiey proposal to do there. It is supposed by some that these two men were Calvin Tolliver and An drew Tolliver, who were w ith Craig Tolliver when Sheriff Hogg's posse attacked them, but made their escape. A citizens' meeting, it is reported, will l held at Morehead on Wednesday, awl the Tolliver g1"1!!. 1,0 Mre recovering from the shock of Craig's deah, will try to get con trol of it. Town Marshal Jim Mannin, of Morehead, and his orother, "Bud" Mannin were among those who esirapcd, and are marshaling Tol liver's friends in Elliot coun ty, into their stronghold. Allie Voung, County Attorney : Z. T. Young. Jr., and John Rogers, arrested at Mount Sterling on a charge of complicity in the murder of the Logans have been released by Judge Cooper on halx-as corpus proceedings under heavy bail They are expected, with friends from Montgomeiy and Manifee counties, to meet the Mannins iu Morehead, on Wednesday. If this program is carried out there will be more bloodshed. Flemissbibo, Kt., June 28. The war m Rowan county is by no means ended. The escaped Tollivers are now in Elliot county, their home, rapidly recruiting a large following, and this week propose to re take Morehead, kill every man they run who tisik part in the recent killing of Craig Toll iver and three of his siipisirters, and then burn tiie town. . Cal Tolliver, a brother of Craig, is at the head of the movement, t 'aland a cousin, also nanus! Tolliver, were arrested 111 Elliot cotintv. Fridav. una warrant from Rowan 1 county, and placed in jail at Martiusburg. That night a mob of forty or fifty Tolliver- ites broke into jail and rescued the prisoners. Tthere is intense excitement again through out Rowan county, in anticipation of tlie proposed raid. John Rogers, one of the Tol liver men who had such a narrow escape at Morehead last Monday, has b.s-n arrested at Mount Sterling. He is charged with mur- lcr. MottKHEAli, Kv., June .. There apisars to be no foundation whatever for the rumor that the Tollivers are organizing and the sMple of this part feel confident that their war is over and that an era of jhsm-c and hap pinesK has at last dawned Un)ii the unfortu nate section. This belief is founded upon the oiitpouriugof citizens at their miVting yesterday, called to organize a protective association for the upholding of the law. An article was then drawn up which every signer pledged himself with his life to pro test the life and property of the citizens of Morehead and of Rowan county. This was signed by all of tlie W people present. Among the formal resolutions adopted were the following : We hereby pledge to ourselves and to the jioopleof Kentucky that we will obey the law and we are determined to require obser vance of it by others. Weare tired of blood shed and we are determined to have a dominion of law, rather than a longer reign of violence. We agree to, act as a pom comitntu when ever summoned by the sheriff to execute the priMss of any isjurt, and when warrants of arrest are placed in our hands, we agree to bring the parties accused to the bar of the courts, alive if xissible, dead if necessary. We deplore violence in all its forms, but we are determined that lawless men shall no longer terrorize Rowan county, but we will in the strict interpretation of the law make a terror to wrongdoers from whatever source they may come. We will guarantee to every person accused of crime, brought to Rowan county to be tried, a fair trial and protection from vio lence. We respectfully ask all gixal citizens to sign uicse resolutions. The Western Drought. Chic too, June 30. Yesterday's hs-al show ers gave a ray of Iioie to the farmers of tlie Northwest, but the benefit received from them was almost too small to be estimated. The country is burning up under a blazing sun. No such drought as now prevails has existed in this section of country for many years. The roads are ankle deep with dust ; the I sist 11 res are brown, and the leaves on forests and shade trees are shriveled up, and each hot breath of air from the cloudless ho rizon drives them away in showers. reeks have run dry and the water in the larger streams is at a lower stage than was ever known before. Many wells have Is-SMi pumped dry, and in some cases water for family use has to be carried one or two miles. There has not been a soaking rain in Wis consin and Illinois since March. Two show ers in April, one each in May and June had but a temporary effect ou crojis. Unless a heavy rain comes sjieedily, all kinds of grain will be well-nigh destroyed. Stunted yellow sjs.-ars, bending disconsolately over Isils of dust are the only evidences that the farmer saved any corn this year. The leaves of the fruit trees are falling off, and the fruit, which promised to be plenty, is wrinkled and dried to the stem. Raspberry bushes look as though they were producing a crop of shot, so infinitely small and hard are the berries. The drought has become so terrible that public prayers are being otlered for rain. Fences along the country roads and the dead walls of the villages are plastered with huge yellow and red bills calling for special servi ce at thedistrict school houses and churches, j Mr. Powderly's Views on Temper ance. General Master Workman Powderly has just issued a circular letter entitled " The Justice of My Position," in whicli he dis cusses many fiat ores of tlie Order whicli are being criticised at present. He treats of the temperance question fully, which he admits is one of his hobbies, and draws a striking contrast between the $HlM,iw.) whicli work ingmen havecontributed during the last nine years for the supisirt of the Order and the hundreds of millions of dollars whicli have been spent for liquor in the same period. In the one case the money iqieilt was to uplift humanity, and in the other to degrade it. In explaiuing his attituileoii this question Mr. Powderly says : "If I car ed more for the praise and annroiiaiioii of labor's enemies than 1 do for the interest of labor 1 would remain silent. The man who remains neutral while his friend is in the grasp of the enemy, or while his friend is in danger, is a coward at heart and does not de serve the name of mail or friend. I would so educate workingmen that they would nev er enter a subs in. Then the money saved from nun and rumholes would go to pur chase necessaries, am) such an increased stimulus would lie given to trade that the rumseller coqld return to an honest way of making a living." Ill-Fed Prisoner. Ekie, June 20. A sensation was created here yestenlay in official circles by the for mal complaint by Juil Physician Arthur Woods against Sheriff Giffurd. Dr. U'.hkLs informed the County Commissioners that the Sheriff was not givihg the prisoners enough to eat to keep them iu health and that they are in a state of semi-starvation. TIh matter has len laid before Judge Gunnison and ofliciul investigation is to lie commenced at once. Tiie charges are that the prisoners go to bed hungry, are being half-starved, and that their meat rations are scanty and tainted. Sheriff Gilford U a imiu of high character, is a Presbyterian elder and rand Army man. The Old Note Swindle. Nkwbi uo, July L A gang of confidence oierator are "working" the threadoare note swindle in counties along the Hudsou river. The swindlers sell a potent right for a well pump and a lie hay rake at ridicu lously low prices. Tlie victim is asked to sign an agreement that the goods will be taken out of tho oyt. 1 .. 1 - -1 . a u.ui. 1 11 uue lime luniB up as a noie, in value from fifty to three hundred dollars. Three Murderer Caught. Cleveland,' June 2H' Pat Hanley, Bill Harrington and a man named .Morgan were arrested In Alpheua, Michigan, yesterday by Sheriff Lynch and a posse. Sheriff Lynch was shot in tlie leg. They arc three of the four robliers who rescued McMunu, their tauter, at Ravenna, Ohio, while lie was be ing brought from Pittsburgh to Cleveland by Captaiu lloehn and Iviective Mulligan. The fight was a di9iK.rate one and Mulligan was so badly injured that he died. $!, reward was otlered for the capture of the gang and the police all over the country were requested to keep on a lookout for the murderers. For the past month Captain Hoehn has been at work in the locality of Alphena. The police of this city had received reliable information that the murderers were hiding in the woods of Northern Michigan aiid that they had made Alphena tlieir headquarters. Captain Hoehn visited Alphena, but found to his sorrow that the criminals had flown. The officials of Alphena were given the fullest discription of the men, in addition to their photographs. Yesterday afternoon Superin tendent Schmitt received a telegram from Sheriff Lvnch stating that the murderers were in the vicinity of Allihena. The Chief and Captain Hoehn and McIIaniian held a consultation in the Superintendent's office. It was divided that the best plan was to have Captain Hoehn and Detective Reeves go to Alphena at once. Captain McHannan, Chief of Detectives, was elated over the telegrams w hich hail been received. He said that the case had apiieared very bright for the iist few days. Sheriff Lvnch was in Cleveland on Satunlay and his description of the Alphena gang tal lied-with that of the murderers of Hulhgau Yesterday he telegraphed that the men had returned to Alnhena and ut 8 o'clock last night he was wired to organize a posse and capture them. Captain McHannan is jswitivethat tlie right men have been captured and theneces-ri-v reoiiisiiion miners will lie secured at once. The captain is almost positive that one of the prisoners is not Hanley, but Mat thew Kennedy, alias McMuun. It is his opinion that Hanley has cut loose from the gang and that Kennedy and Morgan are traveliiiL' together. An ollicer was sent to Columbus on the first train this morning af ter requsitioli ptijiers. The murderers of Hulligaii were indicted by the grand jury of Portage county.for murder in the first degree. Superintendent Schmitt sent a telegram to Hoehn and Reeves, at Detroit, and one to Sheriff Lynch, at Alphena, to hold the pris oners at any cost. McMunu was arrested in Pittsburgh in February last for an extensive fur robliery committed in this city, and it was while be ing brought here that he was rescued by confederates, and Hulligaii, to whom he was handcuffed, was killed. A Generousi Senator. The Washington corresiKindent of the Philadelphia Record, referring to the fact that the sr children of that city seldom have a day ill the woisls, tells thus of how 15,000 of them are going to have a glorious time on the 4th of July through the kindness of Pennsylvania's senior Senator : " We have the best dining club in the Uni ted States, which gives twoorthreethousaiid ot the pisir children of the city a big dinner at Christmas time, but we have 110 " Fresh Air Fund;" nor any other organization Tor getting the poor children out of city in the summer time. The Children's Country Home ought be excepted, for it diss take care of a few in this w ay. but they are few com pared with the numlier who would liketo go. Senator James Donald Cameron, knowing all this made arrangements before he went away to give 15,ti0 of the psirer children of Washington a grand good time on thelourth of Julv out on a farm which lie. has recently purchased as an investment, just north of the city. He has arranged to have them ta ken out in wagons, dined and lunched, and bnuivbi home ..! 11 after thcv. shall have tiful sight to see that picnic one that would well repay the Senator for a siccial trip to Washington." Man and Wife Sent to Jail. A1.LE.VT0WN, Pa. June-CtO. George Steek li lie aud wile, religious fanatics, are in Al leiitown jail, charged with slander. Steck line refused to enter liail, and posed as a martyr. When Warden Heiininger took Mrs. Steckline to a cell she insisted upon walking around the stairway leading to the upper tier seven times before being locked up, and she was jicruiitted to do so. Sho is the woman who on Easter presented the officiating clergyman iu the Evangelical church with two colored eggs, and on Whit Sunday gave Rev. Joseph Secht, pastor of thechtirch, agoose ami express wagon while the servii-es were in progress, A commis sion in lunacy was appointed this morning, and Mrs. Steckline will probably lie sent to the asylum at Norristown. She and her husband are deranged, and, on account of their peculiar religious ideas, have had fre quent quarrels with tlieir ncighlsirs. Trade Dollar Redemption. New Yoke, June 2!). The time for the re demption of trade dollars will expire on Septemlier 3, after whicli date the coin will lie good only as bullion, or will be worth less than seventy-five rents. Since March 1, when redemption was be gun by the government, there has been re ceived at the I. S. suli-treasury at New York !.", "Hi w hicli have been redeemed at par. ery nearly the same numlier have lieen reivived at the other designated dejsas i lories, making a total altogether of less llian $7,0Oii,otH). Even this number seems practi cally to have exhausted the supply, for only a very few are now coming in. It is siippis ed that all the remainder of the $.fli,0n0.ono and more that were. all coined by the gov ernnieiit have passed out of existence as coins, anil have been melted up both here and in China. Weary Mr. Endicott. WasiiivotoX, July 3. It is positively as serted that Secretary Endicott tendered his resignation to the President last week and although it was not accepted, he will insist on quitting office by the time that Congress meets. Toa Itoston lawyer, who is here on telephone business.he is rejiorled to have said that he would never have taken the pwition had he the least eomvption of its vaxations and annoyances. " I know nothing about military matters,' said he with some bitter nesa, and I apiear to have made nothing but mistakes, the greatest of whicli was com ing here. Look at this flag business. When it was mentioned to me I thought it would be a good thing to do, but see what come of it. 1 have followed the best advice obtain able, but, do whut I may, I am only blamed and censured on all sides." Tragedy In Bradford County. Towamia, Pa., July 2 Dr. Randolph Lyon, of Franklin, this county, shot and in stantly killed Rhode Moe this afternoon. Moe Was at his usual business auctioneering a sale a the time. They were together yes terday and lost night and 011 his return home Lyon missed some $.'10. He surmised that Moe had taken it and this morning be left home with his gun and found Moe auc tioneering a sale at AI Iointz's. alsmt one mile from Greenwood. He called Moe to the wagon, and as Moe denied taking the money, and turning to go back to his busi ness, Lyon raised his gun aud shot him through the liuek, the ball passing through the heart. Officers from here went to arrest the munlerer.but upon arriving at his house found that from fear and remorse he hod blown his brains out. Roth were promi nent men, and stood high in the community- Arm Torn off by A Tiger. Kansas Citv, Mo., July 3." Dan " Rice, one of the keepers of the tigers' cage in Sells Brothers' circus, while cleaning thecage this morning caught his arm iu the bars, and before he could release himself his arm was torn from its socket by a tiger. The anirua also tore his right eye out. An Arkansas Lochlnvar. Little Ibsa, Ark., July L A singular and blisaly drama was enacted yesterday, some miles oevono t neroKeeiowii.i.neroaee Nation. John Coody, who has been living in Stone county, Ark., for five months past. tell In love with Elizabeth Lumpkin, daugh ter of his employer. Tlie parents and broth ers of the lady opNised his attentions and threatened Coody with personal violence unless he desisted. This Coody not only re fused to do, but isTsuailed the girl to rlt! with him. As soon at the Highl was dis covered, the father and two brothers of the girl, arming themselves, started iu pursuit. They followed the couple nenns the Arkan sas border into Indian Territosy. The chase was continued without intermission for sev eral days, pursued and pursuers passing through the Cherokee. Choctaw ami tsemi liole nations. The lovers were finally overtaken in the interior of the Chickasaw country. The oldest of the Lumpkin Isiys, riding ill ad vance, disisivered the fugitives nnd Is-gan firing. His sister begged him to spare foody, but to her entreaties he iid no at tention. C01 sly t lieu returned the fire, and the boy fell from his horse, Citally wound ed. The father and younger brother hasten ed to the scene and shot several times at Coody, mortally wounding him, despite the efforts of the girl to save him. The Lump kins formerly lived ner Springfield. Cooiy was born iu New Jersey. The girl is very pretty and alsmt twenty years of age, A Chicago Crank. Washington, June 30. A circular receiv ed at the Navy Deiartment from a Chicago man announces that he has solved the prob lem of a-rial naviiration'. and is about to build a great air ship, with which he will start on June 1 of next year on a voyage of discovery to the North Pole, He estimates that a month's time will suffice for the voy age allowing ten days or two weeks for scicn title observations of Aretie phenomena. The shin will carrv 200 nersons and travel at a speed of 70 miles an hour. The inventor undertakes to carry with him representatives of the press and scientists. The essential feature of the discovery con sists of a great cylinder built of thin platcsof steel, to which the passenger car is attached. For ascensional force, instead of gas, a par tial vacuum is used, and eight exhausting screw propellers driven by electric secondary batteries prOiel the craft. The Sale of a Wife. New Philadelphia, O., June :. AUmt two years ago a prominent young man of Uh kport, a small place a half mile south of here, married a lirettv voung lady of tins place. A neighbor, a young man of consid erable projierty, often notii-ed the charming woman next floor, anil tlie oftcner he saw her the more he liked her. Matters stopis d not here. The opulent Heights r went a step further, and fell in love. It is presumed that the pretty wife was not averse to admi ration and threw out some encouragement t her boneless lover. At any rate said hoiiclcss suitor summed up courage to a) proach the husband and offer for his w ife. At first the offer was scorned ; then it was considered, and at last embraced. Wives were to lie bad for the asking, but SJ was accumulated only after long and ardent w oo imr. So the transfer was made amid mutual congratulations. The lucky man or tin lucky man, as the rase may be immediate lv took precautions against any remorse on the 1 part of the self-made widower, and car ried his wife to the far west. The hus band now regrets his action, and is trying to get his spouse back again. Evltions Ren ewed At Natrona, PlTTsmmi, June . Sheriff Gray, of this .county, with aforceofdeputiescontinuisl the evictions at Natrona to-day. The otliis-rs were followed by a procession twice as large iu il.t of vesterdav. Some of the pumders carried Hags and treated each evicted family to a drum serenade. All sorts of vile epi- whose names was obtained by the strikers. Several more deputies had jicpiier thrown into their eyes and were couqieUed to sus- jiend operations. The townspeople are bit terand one landlord, whose sympathies are with the strikers, compelled a tenant who is a non-union man to vacate his house. The Catholic priest has granted the evicted fam ilies permission to build huts on church projierty. One gelitl email went to the neighlioring town of Tarentum and pur chased lumber with which he will construct temporary homes for at list two families. The strike has lieen in progress eleven wirks and it is said that the Pennsylvania Salt ComiMiny has suffered great losses. Prohibition Movement. Fort Wouth, Tex., July 2. The Slate Prohibition barbecue was well attended here yestenlay by delegations from one-third of the counties in the State. It is estimated that there were la.t) people on the grounds. The platform adopted at Warn was indorsed A resolution was adopted declaring " we view with alarm the attempt of foreign brew ers and distillers to corrupt a free Texas election." A camjiaign fund of 2,."si0 w;ia raised. The following well known fsiliti cians offered their time from now until Au gust 4 for the Prohibition cause :'' Ex-Senator Matey, Congressmen Lanham aud Col liersou, Lii'iiteiiant-ttoveriior Martin, Ex Congressnian Hertidon and fifteen Slate Senators und Representatives. The Prohi bitionists are enthusiastic and are making claims of carrying the State. T he opponents of Prohibition are not so noisy but an; equal ly us sanguiiie. The Vote on the question in northern Texas will lie close. A Horse t Ride. Just after the through cattle train, which stois at the lower west of town to let the fast line east Iiss, had pulled out, one of the valuable horses which are being shipicd by a Pittsburgh party to a man in the East, was fimnd wandering around on the track just east of the freight dejiot. The train was stopping at the Y and a couple of men sent back to capture it, which they succeeded in doing and took it down the track to the train. They were not able, however, to put the horse 011 at the Y, and were compelled to back the train up to the freight depot and take the horse around by way of West Otter man street. It seems that when the cars were loaded at East Liberty, this horse in stead of going into the car iu some way got between the cars and rode to this place be tween the bumpers, and when the train sto- iet ut the tower, juniieil oft. 1 fie train wxs delayed aliout an hour in gelling the horse on again. Grtnuimrg I'm. Pension Office Statement. W'ashinotos, July 2. A statement pn--pared at the Pension Ollice shows that dur ing the last fiscal year there were issued 112, HtKl pension certificates. Of this numlier o5,l!)4 were original cases, 8,4.VJ were Mexican war claims under the act of January 2!Hh, lsM7; lO.OCiu were " am putation " casts under the act of August 0th, I -WO, and 32.10H were increase cases. The remainder were "reissue," " restoration," or "accrued" claims. This showing is said to be the best ever made by the office. In lSiifi. with the proofs of disability in nearly all cases practically at hand, there were 50,127 original allowances made; this was the liest record up to this year. The statement is also made that there is not a case in the Pension Office that has not been overhauled during the last year ami the projier steps taken to advance it towards settlement. A Mexican Earthquake. J.i:atao.i'il, June 29. Tlie most violent earthijiiake experienced here since 1S.W oc- cnrrefl at 6.20 this morning, causing great alarm among the poimlation. The shock lasted two minutes and twenty seconds ami the direction of the movement wa from northeast to southwest. All the clocks in the city were stopjied. Several building were demolished and others were badly damaged. So far as repurted no jiersoii was injured. It is feared that the shock must have caused much damage in the cities in tbe interior. Nearly the Ku Klux. Cmahlkston, H C, July 1. The reports telegraphed over the coimiy regarding the probability of a war of races in Greenville county are resolved down to the violent sup pression of the colored labor organizations of that neighborhood by the white DemisTatic cavalry comKinies. In May several colons! chilis of the Co-oierative Workers of Ameri ca were founded in Fairview, and when the w hite people Inwrd of tlieir secret meetings they endeavored to pry into the mysteries of the organization. The colored men thought they hail a perfis:t right to their peiu-ef'nl as sociation aud rebuffed the effort of the whiles to winie in behind their closed door. Then wmie of the foolish young white meu of the vicinity talked about forcing an entrance and threw a few women into a panic by tht-i sanguinary talk. Yestenlay a mass mis ting of whites was held at Fairview Church, and a squad of nioiintisl und armed men was sent to the residence of the secretary of the neiinwt club. This official, a peaceable colored man, was forced at the point of the pistol to surrender the list of membership, which included sev enteen men. Other squads of cavaJry were dispatched after each of the seventeen and they were dragged before the meeting at the church, where a court was organized on the lyiich-law plan to try them. The most that any of the prisoners could-confess to was that they were members of the sis:iety and that at some indefinite time in the future they exiected to strike for as lucrative wages as $1 a flay for fiirm labor. They all denied the accusations of the bull-dozers that the so ciety contemplated any evil designs against the landlords or any other white jieople. The illegal court could find no offense for which to whip or hang thcui.and according ly they were sent home with a warning that the white people would not allow them to form any secret organization. They de parted and the meeting adjourned with an exchange of coiigratu rations. Intense Heat at Scranton. Scrastok, Pa., July 1. While eating din ner to-day the Rev. David Spencer, D. D., iNtstorofthe Pennsylvania Avenue itaptist Church, was overcom-i by the heat. He fell from bis chair, and up to 7 o'clock this even ing he remained in an unconscious condi tion. It is thought by his physicians that he will recover. Dr. Spencer is oneof the ablest clergymen of his denomination in this part of the State. He is a public-iipiritcd citizen, and is greatly beloved by all his classes. The heat bus lieen intense here for two days. Yes terday men employed in digging ditches for the Scranton Gas and Water Comiiuiiy were forced to quit work on aionnt of the heat. The thermometer to-day indicated as fol lows: 3 a. m., 70 degrees ; 6 a. 111., 71 ! 12 ni., ! 15 degrees; 3 p. in., ! degrees ; i p. m. '.it degrees. Mr. Carnegie's Castle. Pittshiikoh, June i7. The erection of the Carnegie Castle, at Cresson, the delightful resort on ihe Alleghany Mountains, will de pend now altogether upon the decision of Mrs. Andrew Carnegie. When Mr. Carnegie started upon his wedding tour, tlie project had not been abandoned as some supposed ; on the contrary, Mr. Carnegie was more in favor than ever of having his Scottish man sion represented among the beautiful moun tain scenery of America, but the erection was to depend upon the choice of the bride. I will let the whole project lie over until my return from my wedding trip," was Mr. Carnegie'. remark, w hen questioned in re- L'urdtothe subject. 'And." added one of I his intimate business asiK.iates, yesterday, "everything now depends upon the arrange ments and wishes of Mrs. Carnegie." The Berks Investigation. RE WUMii, June IB. Tlie grand jury contin ued its investigation of the doings of the county commissioners to-day, but will not report until to-morrow. M. F. Huy, con tractor, testiths! that he submitted a propos- aniT tiffing "up iVllie'TkTiiviTle bridge for 2, "00, and in his opinion the entire bridge ought not to have cost more than $.'!l(io, whereas, J. G. Yarnell received $imm for the masonry, and the bridge cost $11, mm. Wil liam Call, who was sent to licrnville to in siect the bridge as an exiert, practically co incides in Mr. Huy's estimate, placing the cost at the outside at s.(iim. Colonel E. W. Alexander and Llewellyn l-evan testified that William Stoltz, tax eol-lis-tor, told them he had to pay loo or lo0 to the commissioners for a collectorship. This statement Mr. Stoltz afterward repudi ated under oath. Living on Bran. WAsiiiniiTox, July 1. J. J. Fred Itandiuei. C. S. Vice Consul at Ncwchwaug,fhiita. sends to the State IVpartmonl a harrow Wig account of a trip made by him through the flooded districts of China. He was distributing food and the neces saries of life to the starving people who were huddled together in the few dwellings that had withstood the Hoods. The jieople gener ally were living on bran or tlie chuff of a large grass grown for feeding cattle. Some were reduced to eating chopped gross, while others fed oil the leaves and seeds of weeds gathered in the fields. During bis short trip Mr. Rundincl reliev ed .'Sli persons, but death from starvation had swept away many. A Powder Mill Blows Up. Waynk, N. J., June i. Lullin A Rand's powder mill explislcd at !lo'clis-k. The dry ing mill, in which the men were putting jsiw der to dry, blew up from some unknown cause. In the drying mill were Charles, Tier, aged -J.5, Who lives a wife and several children; John Caves, unmarried, both in stantly killed. August Karotise, married alsmt nine months ago, was near the mill and has not been seen since. He is un doubtedly killed. James H. Gardm r, fore man, struck on the head with a missile will recover. Several men were slightly injured. The explosion shook the ground for a great distance, breaking windows. The damage to property is $10,000. Curious Origin of a Fire. Brocktom, Mass., June . An old-fashioned, two-story house, owned by Alexander Willard, iu Cochessett, was set on fire in a iieculiar manner to-day. Mrs. Willanl wash ed a number of milk pans in the morning and placed them 011 a bench near the house. As the sun rose higher; its rays, striking the isms, acted as a lens t-oiicenting intense heat on the dried und timlerlike claplsianls of the house. A neighlsir who called on Mrs. Willard, warned her of the danger of tire from such u cause, but she laughed at him. Just after lie left, the old boards broke into flames, und the house was in ashes very soon ufler. Nothing was saved. The house was erected !.' years ago, and was insured. Shot the Abductor. Henukksoji, Kv., June 27 This morning, four miles from Ifekoven, Vnion county, two farmers, W. T. Hart, and J. C. Picket, be came involved in a quarrel, when Hart shot and fatally wounded Picket. It is learned that Picket, who is a married man, was at tempting to abduct one of Hart s daughters. After being shot Picket leaped into a bug gy with the young lady, driving away rapid ly. Hart following. Picket, being closely pressed, left the miggy and look to the woods but soon fell from exhaustion caused by loss of bits!. He was picked up and carried to the house of a neighbor, and is now dvinu. The Indian School at Carlisle Closes Carlisle, Pa., June JO. To-day closed the school room work at the Indian school, ami many of the boys still here will be allowed to work the whole day and get paid accord ingly. It is their desire to work by the day. like white men. Many of them are working for the contractor of the new building now going up at the school, and are receiving good wages. Some of the hitler are those that were brought to the school from the Oronimo tribe at Fort Marioti, Fla., this year. The new term will begin September 1. Many of the teachers leave tor their honiea in the morning. A Cave of Horrors. N.ISHVILLK. Tuns., JllISS '.UK TIlK eople o'f this section areexcitcd over or ghostly dis covery near coonviiie, siiuawsi 011 wnai was known may years ago as the Kentucky Stock Rood, which at that time was the principal highway for trailers between Kentucky and Georgia or South t aroliua. Stopping places on the mail were few and far Is-twccn, and many men returning after si lling their k never reached home. nome years ago a skeleton wu.s found at the entrance to a cave m ar Cook villi-, ami a few days ago a party ronrluied to explore the cave. Rack on the mountain si Je. alsmt one half mile one of the notorious stopping place 011 I lie old roud, the entrance to the cave was found. A hole something like a Well, going straight down some thirty -five feet, was first passed through, and then the cave oieneil into large caverns, with a 1I0W11 ward course under the mountains, At the bottom of the shaft the arty found human bones and with a little digging in the dirt that had accumulated at this point unearthed alsmt sixty skeletons of men who had been murdered and thrown down this hole. Some skulls were found with bullet holes through them, others being mashed with an axe or orther instruments of that kiud. Old citizens now living in this vicinity say that the keepers of these dens would kisip track of the travelers when they asoed through with stock, and 011 their return they would lie almost certain to disappear. There is another cave twenty miles from (.Vsibville near one of the old inns, and an exploration of it will be made also. Powderly Against Immigration. Philadelphia, July L In an interview. General Master Workman Powderly, of the K. of L., said : " I am utterly opposed to all forms of paujior immigration and to a great deal of immigration pure und simple. I think a halt ought to lie called on immigra tion until this nation can consider what it is doing in allowing these nationalities to enter here and become a burden to our country and a menace to the Aiiierieau home. As a ruling to decide who should be excluded, ! would make it an almost inflexible rule that a man or woman who could uot sustain himself or herself and their respective fami lies for one year, should not be allowed to land." How Berks County Funds Were Squandered. Reaiuno, Pa., June). The Grand Jury oiiitiiiii.il its investigation of the doings of the County Commissioners to-day and will probably report to the court to-morrow . M ti. Huy, contractor, testified that he submit ted a proimsal to erect the foundation, all masonry and filling up of tlie Hernviile bridge for i,7'M, and in his opinion the en tire bridge ought not to have cost more than .i.loo, whereas J. G. Yarnell received i'-K' for the masonry, and the bridge cost ll.')oo. Win. Call, who was sent to Iternville to iii spect the hriilge as auexrrt, pructiistlly co incides in Mr. Huy's estimate, placing the cost at Ihe outsiile at :'!, 0OO. - A Horrible Accident. Pittsbi KiiH. July '1. Wm. Diven, an em ploye of Oliver Itros.' roiling mill, oil Tenth street. Smth Side, was instantly killed at 6.:!U o'clock this morning. It apjiears that Diven was working at the rollss. and in sbsiping to pick up a crowbar it caught in the wlnvls and was then hurled in the air. It struck the unfortunate man on the head passing through the lower part of the luiid and coming out ut the npjs r pint on the other .side, it was a frightful wound, and death was a! most instantaneous. Mr. Divine was alsmt J years of age and leaves a wife and several grown up children. A Fatal Struggle Unaer Water. Waih. Tex.. June A fight tisk plai-e last niL'ht in the ttnizos River between ' on- stable Ijce Jenkins, of the Waco prison, and Hill Davis, a mulatto of herculean build, a run in. .,,., urelil to tlie negro s niilitig place in East Waiv to take him prisoner, but he maile a dash to the river. When tiie ne gro leued from the hank the constable fol lowed and they went down into the mud together, the negro stabbing him with a big butcher knife and tlie constable shisiting. The revolver was submerged and the. sound drowned, but the negroes bowel were pierced and his liackUiue broken by bullets. Jenkins is seriously cut in three places. Reduced toa Skeleton. Fosi'A. N. V., July 2. The condition of Miss Jennie Sullivan w ho has b-s-n suffering tor the past six months from hicc ughs. is still attracting the attention of the medical fraternity throughout Central New York. The isise liec. inies more perplexing every day. Sim-e ihe first attac k of the mahidv M iss Sullivan has hts-n living entirely on milk, her stomach refusing to retain stronger 1 food. When she is sinleringa iuroxysm it i require the strength of three or four men to j hold her in lied. She is reduced to little i more than a skeleton, but if her constitution Ms stillii ienilv strong it is said she can wear the hieiiiughs out in time. An Ohio City Jarred. Fixulat, O.. June JS. This afternoon at alsillt 1 o'clock the M.l'iiv Glycerine F;lc tory, situated on tbeCarlin farm, aliout four miles wesl of the city, exploded with a t 7- ritic rosirt. jarring tbe whole city. Tlie fac tory building was a wooded structure about twenty by forty feet iu dimension, built in the wis sis, which was blown to pieces, leav ing nothing to be found but a few small pieces of Ixia: Is nattered far away from the site of the building. There U a 1 hob; in 1 lie ground IX fit-t divp where the building stood. Four tramps are supiosfd to have Ik-cii killed. The cause of tli unknown. expUxion is Work of Lightning. Emihria, Kan., July t. Th. Lyon Coun ty courthouse at this place was struck bv Kg'itiiing early this morning ami almost to l.diy destroyetl. The gas meter was lorn fr 1111 Its place by the bolt and the gas imme d itcly ignited and set fire to the building. The SheritT and his family occupied a portion of the basement, and five prisoners wen-in another portion, used us a jaif. Matt Will bite, a son of the Sheriff, and Mrs. Wind, one of the prisoners, were prostrated by the shock and remained insensible for over an hour. The building is a wnt-k. More Yellow Fever Cases. N'ew Oklicass, June . Some ,'mn hos pital tents, belonging to the t'overnnictit, have been shipfied to Florida for Use by ref iits from Key West. Information has Ihs-ii r.sriveil lhat eight additional rases of yellow fever develoied during the past three days, making evident a nipid spread of the disease ami giving cause for most serious apprehen sions. Among those taken sick are Judge Fipin, Sergeant McXamara, wife and child, in charge of the I'nited states barracks. The disease now is beyond the control of the health authorities and is no longer confined lo the laboring classes. Ward's Island Asylum Horror. Xkw Yokk, July 1. The investigation of alleged cruelties practiced in the lunatic asy lum on Ward's Island was continue,! to-itav. itnesses recited horrible tales of neglect and brutality practiced by the attendants. One witness said they had used him as a football ; another Unit they had incited ia tients to attack each other for the fuu of see ing the fight. Another declared that many patients were bathed in ne tub of water till it became filthy, and persons with sores 011 tlieir bodies were always bathed tint. Pa tients were punished by being made to wear vermin-infested clothing. Rev. Dr Talmaueand His Congrega tion. Xw Yo, July 1 Uev. Dr. Talmage and his congregation to the numlier of seven hundred with a band of music left Brooklyn this aftennsm tw s-nd the Fourth at ltar Harbor and Martha's Vineyard by a sjiecial steamer and will not return nntil the 9th. Thousands of sjiectators turned out to see the departure of the tourists. The Wage Qu-st.on pra ;ti,.a , res between the iron ruamifat :,,r 1;., aniaignmated as-m-i.it ion Wt.n. Li-irl.! liLu,,i r... I rti; ' "'""""i' ami 1 ....... !.. u..i...l J .1.' mi-it. l' nwini-i oil .i n. probability be :gn.-,t at tm,,.,;,., . ringed for that purpose to-niuri-m i" "V Roth sidi- were ant ion, ,'' am! (tie n-sult was a eoinr,,,,,,. ,. ' ti. Hirers cofw-cding t)a- ten -ri,t d, '"' demanded and Ihe workingm.-i, a .f,,. , strike out ail extras. "r'' Emperor William Falling. Ilr.ki.ix, June .in. The public ; coneeniisl over the hwiltli 'ri and the crown prince. Rtvaniinj !..,..,;... ,.,.. 1...,.- 1 '"lnir which the JW again give il,iui -r, " ' I' "" "i-ii 01 gissi lien!!!,, ,(,,, - -ra. iieuieor nicrcusint: leefcntss. jp -si re to save him as lunch 11 l.i;..: r ....i...- . ., tniu4iiipii 01 sunning me j his drives and walks, which ar with les publicity. The cnq-n,r t,, palai-e by a different door and i),e atyl'" of his attendant has been chuugisi ' Farmers Praying For Ralri. Ko I-lasd, Ills., June :ni-Fimirr, ; this section are in ilesrate tra,U ,r , of rain, and at Cambridge, thirty ma,, east of here, yestenlay sjwt ia! service, , held in the churches for the pur. f,jflr ing up prayers fir rain. 1'idi-.. relief shortly this mis-ting at Catiif.r-.! stand simply as the lira of a lar. nof prayer meetings for rain, not only in n, -. western Illinois, but throughout a la." of neighboring States. $ 50,000 Loss from a Fire-CracW ja.mkstowx. ., June .in A I, ' . plisk-d a fire-cracker in the '"i.f.-.- store of K. H. Kelly, on Mam tris ,1 , morning, w nicii iguitisi a quaiit::y ,.f ,:v works piled in the window. Tin-- ; exploded, and the store took fire, arid ti building and thn-e others aij..rrjiiPr v damaged so they will have to V n-i 'i i'..F the total loss will lie in,iio. with insurance. ii!j.: Liquor vs. Church. Warsaw, Ind., July L six cit;,,, iw been arrested at Itenningtoii (Vuti placed in jail here on s charge f m ;tur the iiaptist rhureh there last y.-ar. Attl. time of the fire the liquor elerintit mi1 :,sa people were at swonls' mints .,n ani,u.it i Sunday liquor sellers being arrest-i x, 1 fineiL They Wouldn't Scrub. Cohoes. N. Y., July L Tu-day a . cording to custom in Hanuum- V.;,; Mills, the semi-annual scrub of tiie t,ft - the neighborhood of their loom- Ti, w. fused the tak to-ilay and quit work. !,r-re. Uliri the mills were dosed, throw;;, ji.j :".son operatives out of employment. Reading Iron Works Shut Down. 1'i.fWNo. Pa.'Juiy I. The .'.iii:mj,;.,v of the Heading Iron Works this aiterr,...!, formed the management tliat tuev .,.,;. not accept the reduction of lnper'Vh;. m recently, and the proprietor dcid.-i down all the establishments, thnir;ni i; the men out of work. - Not a Candidate For Any Office. T'ilrki. O., July 2. ifenerul I.iici'i. Fr child. Commander-in-chief of :i,e .1 R is :n this city in the interest of the 1,-1 Army. He states positively '.hat he i of ilitics, and tliat he will not tara;i.l:.L.:e for President, Vice-President or any otti.-c. Two New Judges Named. II tHUism Ko, July 2. lioverii.fr j!e-ii: to-day appointed William it. Wt-lovJ, 1 Chester, ami Henry A. Kuapp. )fia.s '""ia coiintv. t .) A dditiiinal U Judgeships in those countii-s cn-ate.1 hy ti legislature at the recent session. Four of A Kind. Sx Astosio. Tex., June 2!i - Mm. T-issle to-tkiy gave premature birth tn ii';r fi mule infants tw,, at OMe ,;,,. tWlJ half an hour latter, tine na- b.ni aiioti'ier lived a tew secoiiil and w liv-ii l"i minuti-s. They were ill tin- sivl; m;,'i ot ,; ii.u ion and perfectly form.-.l. Ten Broeck's Sudden Death. I.kxi .i.Ti.x. J ine 2!). Later advins fr m Mr. Frank Ilarper's st.s k fanu show that the frm.ms stallion. Ten Brois-k. die. I m.ra apoplexy. He was uppa-.-ntly in the t t of hnilt.i un hiHir before hr .lieil. Ut wwk Mr. Harper fusisl s.ii.ini for him. No License in Warren County. Whki:x Pa.. June :2i The .t,ir-ti.n i Hiviise or no license was ilecidtsl this roem illg lV J ,dgc Itniwn, who s;iys tilere sh.l le no license grunted in Warren county in tiie ensuing year. The liquor people ar .! pressi 1 and the temperaniw people juii.Uit J7IXAXCIAL STATKMKXT Somerset Borough SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE t, 1537. KKCEIPTA Bnlsni e oti hand ...$ 71 ;(l State 11 propriatiiin ;'"t si From Henry Kreeu-. (Villeetur.. i'i'i Ti John .A. Walter, l oii.t loc .: ;i VV. H. Wellley, f ullector Hi .HI S41i H EXPD'WHRts. Arnisint paid for Teachers War- ITT" i Jaiiiiurs and Fireman. 171 tuet SIki1 .suppiic k.'pairs M Un. - Kxiiises ls-il and luteresl Paid.... Ses'reia -- Treasurer..... .. balance t.. Jl'i 1 M .'1 1.;; z W. U. H ELFLEY, TkKasi kkk. To l ash received as above t K. liK- suit W To orders poiiL. Italaii. I.;; js 1IENKY KREli.VK.toLUb.Tu. To irrnKs amount of Implicate i '.vjs m Am t of s Uu)ty aiMtsl and paid 1J S' OK. T am'l paid over to Treasurer...;;.!'". - al.alt'iiiciii alloweil ta.p r ' exiiiseatiocis alloweil.... commissions allowed.. I. II C -Si ' amoiiiil uiii-nlleeleil JOHN A. WALTER, Hal. due at last scitlcmcnL. IK. I'K. 1 Amount paid over.... t'litiimission on same.. E-oiioratioiis Haiaiu e yet due..... :;: ::i , is :i lilH 1 HI 1 . RESiilKCKS. t'ash on hand ?1:TT hcanee due 011 duplieale til 11. kreintr iiii-luiliui -3 per cent. penalty a.l.Ust ;s ."si Balance due tnmi John A Walter l-a V I. M. Hicks . !d " w. 11. Weiriev U Si IS' LIABILITIES' Bonds Order to F. II. siutall ..iisi iu Excess of liabilitiesover res aires We. the un.lersiioied Auililnr. iif s.nn '' "''J iHigh hereli; i-ertily thai we have ejaiii!""! : added the vouchers and tsrs pertaiiii'K " ta" U'rvTiuiuit stateiueiit and Mid thriu roms I. fu testimony whereof we have .!i"l l"u hands and seaia. the 11th day of June. JOHN S. MIAKER. ;"-1 JOHS .V S.NVHEK. IDITOR S NOTICE. A. V Kstale of Joaiah Mowry. dereaseil At aa Orphans' rmirt held al Somerset , the lnh day of May. A. I. Iss7, the umler-in" Au.liu.r was a.sniit.sl in the estate ol -"""'"v , . u rv iiMMual .in 1 ha. hM.niiniv ni u-- eil as lollows : To ascertain advaiiivment-. tl..,ti ,1.- A....I. ... M. KU ol' Wl t.oi'S- lew dower. Ui am-ertain and deckle upon the i)"1'' of usury ill any of the notes and jiidirments senteil lor paynient, and to ruak report h .Vntli i hereby given that I will attend to uw duliea xs-lliel in the above appt.iatim nl a . ottiiss in the Hcnunrh of Swinerset ,si Knoay. JU'J ItH iss7, at Klo'eloek . ., wiien aii.l h,r,J!: person Interested may attead il ihey wj A. C. HoLBKkr. Julyfi, Alalia
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