The Somerset Herald.
E!WAKf WI LL Editor and Proprietor
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WEDNESDAY Ju'y K- "7-
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
COUNTY.
KuK SHERIFF,
P.lcH 8. Mi MlI.I.F.X, ofMidillt-crccliTwp.
FOR PR' ITIK 'XTARY,
DAMEL J. HOKNF.lt f S -met Bur.
Fitt KIv'.ISTKP. an: ni-JiiRI'ER.
Jtl! I. SWANK. .f 'oiieinuie-h Twp.
Foli TKKAM'KKIi,
I.EO. J. lil.At K, f Meycr-lale I'-ir.
FOR COMMISSI" iN KIW,
IAVir F.. W VJXF.R, of Shade Twp.
ERc;F. M. XEFF, of Somerset Ior.
FtiR Pm'R H'H'SF. DIKBTilR,
JAOjB M. FIKE. of Somerset Twp.
F R AT'I'lTuIL-i.
GAr.I'.IEI. of S.niersel Twp.
fiVl'KL V. HMliER. of Somerset Twp.
FK CiHoXI".R,
FRANK WuI.F, if MytrUi)e ltor.
Onto !! off fir the re-liotiiitiati'in ti
(Vwnanl io Iss.
Ami nom, then- v talk of -iH'ral Iliil
!li-ri Un l"tvi l 1 1 i ! randi'late.
rt.:rik rm it i now tthipped from
NiTfi-nt i to New V..tk at the rat of
' lii-r rar l d'l Mi l ruin through in a
little over t
Tmi reer-ipts t.f tte I' t-..!!i.f .-rt-MMlit
hate in. ?-.tt-l i Uiv-ij tltat if the
p-rowth oui'.liili-" at toe wn l" "
mi!! ikit hit iil (;., la-lor loiij;.
Tin l to --rat ir Male Convention for
lite irj." of iiiniiiut -nn -Hi' ite fr
Mt'iiM- J:i an I Tn-a-un-r ha ti-U
!i4-l ti no-sl at A!l'-nt"n, on Wednes
day, August "', t.
Ii.mi;r an- m!y troubled with
tVr that "the tirand Army in drifting
into politic." Their chief aorry in pro
dueed by the fact Hint it in not drifting
towards "1-. lni'li-i.
The Colorado loetle,or s.tato liuchaa
found it way aenvss the ocean, ami in
mating great consternation in Pnwia,
from whi'iiii' it U expected to pursue it
march throughout Kurope,
Thk coke strike ha ended after cot-ting
the men f l.Omi.OoO in wap, the mine
owners as much more, the railroads an
immense sum, and the manufacturing in
dustriciiof theenuntrv an incalculable lom.
At the m-iiHH-ratic primaries, held in
Fayette County, on Saturday last, for the
purpose of nominating a candidate for
Assistant law J udge, Rovle fairly iuopicd
np the ground with Searight, having a
majority exceeding a thousiind.
The contemplated lH-miM.-ratic confer
ence on the tarilf question has lieen de
clared " oH." Sam luunlaHs letter on the
proposed free-trade compromise, showed
that he could not tie liul!do7.ed under
j win of excommunication, therefore the
meeting has U-on indefinitely Jmstt tolled.
I'tah must not only p-t rid of her po
lygamy hut of Iter disloyalty lx fore she
run lioe for admittaniv as a State of the
Vnion. The saints 111114 learn that the
Federal ttovernmi lit is siiln-rior to the
dictum of President Yoiiut;. and that the
church is not the supreme power of the
land.
Tin ("I. rk ..f the Njti .nul House of
Ii'preHfiitativ has made up the list of
the next iloiM' and annoiiiuw that the
llemiHTatic majority is sixteen, with two I
v ali-ies one in the ! ond Kliolr Is- j
land !istri.1. the itoer in the Twenty-j
fifth New York di-tri.1, ill pl.r of His- j
rmek.. eh1-.l to the l'nit-. Mat S tiate. j
li. M. T. Hi Tm w ho wa one nf tin
originator of the seoews.on moetnc!it
thai ftllittinatd in reliction, died at hl
hotiM in Yirv'tiia Inst neck. Ilemt-u-pMsl
many iinprtaiit n I lucrative
tiolin during his life, and at the tune of
his death held the iiit.'i:;li'utit ottnv of
custom hxw nii-t in one of the
unallcMl custom houni in the cisinlry.
Tlos pliv-e wwgixen him. through mo
tives of charity by the present adminis
tration. Truly "the way of the-tnins-greswir
is hard."
Th I'ennsvlvania Ietms-racy are at
ti'inping to hx up a State ticket in ad
vance of their convention. They have
pit no far as Hon. Furman Shepjard, of
Philadelphia for Supreme Judge provided
Judge Mitchell of that c ity is not nomi
nated by the Itcpuolii-ans. Hut in the
event that Judge William's of Tioga
should lie the Ivcpuhiican nominee then,
M r. Sheppard is slated for the position,
w ith the hoje that local pride w ill induce
the Philadelphians to support him with
out regard to his rty athli.itions.
A siKiitTAOK of twelve thousand gallons
of whiskey has lieen discovered in two
Ismdisl warehousi's at Krankfort in Ken
tucky, in w hich were ston-d 17.000 liar
rtds. Out of 4.400 Uirrels that was re
gaugeil, fifty barrels were almost entirely
emity, and 1.1X1 were simrt from ten to
thirtj'S'ight g-.illniis each. The owners
charge that the steal was committed by
persons in the employ of the government,
and have employed tieneral Cireen 1$.
luitim, ex-Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue, as their attorney. "Turn the ras
cals out"
The ticutilcs of I'tah declan- oienly
that the ohje-t of the Mormons is to se
cure, through deceition. admission to the
In ion, when they will under the pie of
StaU'' Rights resume the open practice of
isilygamy. The Salt Ijike Trilim ex
Mise the dodge and w arns Congn-ss not
to admit I'tah as a State, and thus peimit
Monuouisui to jus ln vund the law. We
think that the territory should tarry as
such until polygamy, both secret and
open, is stauiied out beyond recall. The
adoption of a constitution means little
w liere the people are determined to live
in defiance of it
It is announced from Washington that
there is no doubt that the President will
make an extended trip through the West
ern States in the early autumn, the date
w hereof has not yet been fixed. It is al
so further declared that " it is his inten
tion to meet the people of the Western
Slate as president of the w hole country
and not as the representative of one iar
ty," all of which calls to mind President
Johnson's famous sw ing around the
circle " during which he carried the Na
tional flag in one hand and a copy of the
constitution in the other. The ohjoct of
both tlma? distinguished non partisan "
IVniocrata wasand is a re-election. This
method of electioneering is a matter of
right and also of taste which w e have no
inclination to dispute, and w e sincerely
hope that Mr. Cleveland will everywhere,
have a much more cordial and pleasant
reception than did his predecessor at
many places.
Tna Ii'iiKicTat of hio awmM'-d in
State Convention last week, noininate-l
their ticket, announced Uieir platform
and went home to prepare for their com
ing defeat Mr. Thiimian bavini? posi
tively refused to l a candidate they
placed Thom ui F Tow ell in nomination
furtJovemor. H belong to the IkkhIIc
eojd-oil fa-tion that elet-l ryne U. S.
Senator ami in no event run xll the full
vote of his jarty. IVfeal w ill U- nothing
new to him however, as he was lieaten
w hen a candidate for Attorney funeral
of the State in ls", an I in l sS2 w as
atrain Ix-aten as a candidate for Consrress
in the ninth district The platform on
w hich he has been placed consist princi
pally of the usual denunciations of the
Republican partv.and d-lare uneiiui vo
cally for a reduction of tlie presant tariff
to a revensae liasis without regard U) rt
t:tion, and fiercely opposes any reduc
tion of the internal revenue tax on liimor.
A rolutifn endorsing Mr. Cleveland's
Administration wan squeezed thronirh.
The sinifuant ignoring of the fast jrrow-
ing sentiment throughout the country in
favor of protecting our industries from
foreiim competition clearly presage a de
termination to fii-'ht that i-ue, and w ill
almost eertainlv eventuate, in driving
from the trtv all those who sincerely
believe in pnMection. Tlie endorsement
of Mr. Cleveland for a second term, ac
companied w ith a declaration in favor of
Free trade, brinir the issue wjuarely Isv
f..re the country, and it may Is aiifpu-d
as a t that tlie coining Iri-idcnt)al
cainjaaTi is to I f-Kiirht out on the great
ipstion of Free trtvleor I'mtcilion. We
sitw-rely trist that tls I ti-moTotic party
of the county w ill have the couraje of
their coiiva-tions and follow the example
of their brethren of Ohio by making an
unequivocal delaratioii on this issue.
Ohio has inaugurated the fight for a re
nomination of Mr. leveland. most aus
pici.jir for the 1 j-pn)i!i-miiH.
The prosjsfts that the South I'ennsyl
vania railroad will lie i-omplcted He-!!! to
Ik- very good, after all. The terms of an
arrangement for that pnrjiose. have Is-en
accepted by nriy all the original pro
inowrs of the road, and especially the
Pittsburgh capitalist. Thereought to lie
no question of its construction, now that
the Supreme Court has forbidden the
Pennsylvania Comany to interfere with
it by jiim-hase. The road will n-ach a
large area of the State, whose mineral and
.iiriciiltural wealth demands outlet east
ward ami westward, but which at pres
ent has none except by side roads to the
two rival lines. Much of it is right on
tlieIineofimtur.il (ravel liefore the era
of railroads, the line by which the emi
grants poured across the Alleghenies into
Western Pennsylvania, Maryland, and
Virginia, and by which the national
troops moved for the suppression of the
Whiskey Insurrection. The notion that
there is but one passage through our Al
leghenies, tliat occupied by the Pennsyl
vania mad, is a delusion. The truth is
there is no such Jiaasage, but several lines
of less resistance. If all these the Soulh
Pennsylvania probably has secured the
best " Amer'iritii" j'litl'i'1tjihii.
The Fish Commission Reports Its
Work and Pleads for Fish Protection
HAKKiiit ito, July 22. The report of the
State Commissioner of Fisheries for the years
lsso-yi lias just been issued. Since suluiiil
tiiif? their previous rcort the commissioners
feel that they have accomplished something
more than the men- e'tulimre of money.
They have liuiit a hutcliery at Krie. in hicli
I t.t;2.'i.'i w hile fili were halclail last year,
U-ing "i2 -r cent. if tlie l.;.ii.omi of c.---olitaiiMsl
from tlie t'niliil Stati-s hiili hing
jars. Tlaw H.ci'Mnai lidi were pld in
Ijike Krietluriiig t lie latter part of tin niotitii
of March lssii.
HiiudnsU of thoiisan.b of hiMok trnit.
raiidsiw or falilorhia moiiitl.-iin t- it . ;i.!
snimoti troii t ii.oe l.-ti traii-plant.! t.i our
iiHuntain strvrii. and lak fi g4iin ii-!i.ii.
FlmI ti-lsi, pn:i ijs!iy Uernian i-rirji have
ais-i U-n ..-.Miii.i in ire nutiiVr- ii.io
Miid. ainl s?niii. iti-se last iirn-i i.-m,'
111 re-i.ttir to a Maul 1111 TVA-ir.jr .l.-ntaiel.
lmgi'ly from our ugncu!'ur:i! j-.Mi!ation.
Tlie nim of tti.s tau hi- I. -.! t.U
msi''f' ot I'ii. :ut li-!i 1 i,.ugl t t."-"!
Hh-n.r!v ' of our js .(!. If il.iy
wervisit oTniii-.! J.y Ltm. j.i!! .i.il !v
omtntiiCioii. f-.i!ii f.Mlor- 11 1 1 :ia.i
raciwi-d oiit of s.i.!i ty f--.i;i alt l uii-m
oturij; I'tu-riiMn. 11 !io l..ke tni ry :iii g. t-:g or
ma!l. ill tls-ir rxm atrl rnl-' iili-'.oJ n,-!-wa-.-fii!!y
iti-tniyiiig I1.1t tte-y imiiii4
It 1- for ihe- r-ns.rii. itlnrii arv tlie nuit
of an artiis-iai utaie ,.f s. i,-iy. win re tlie
pior grow j.ir-r ' and toe tr.ijjie t.r ex
1-teiMV Isst.iiM more ini-u-e. tital ti-h ar.
!may iM-i.tl to asi.t the ti-h tlmt art
iuMiiKtiv. lv auxi"Usto a- lid tosaiV s;a u
iug grounds.
Married The Other Clrl.
LmrisviLi.t, Ky.. July 24. William Urown
and Mary Sanders, a ru!ic couple fr nn Nel
son county, were married in Jc!fe-iivil!c
tliis morning. T!i" groom ais.ut thirty and
the bride sixteen. They had neker been so
far from home hefore, and their marriage
happened in a curious manner. Each had
intended to ulopwitli another is rsoli. and it
was an axx ideni that caused their wedding.
The priM.m's brother Sam was the sweetheart
of Man Sanders, and her sister Sal lie was
engaged to William. The parents of the girls
objected to the yuuug men and the quanet
prepansl u elope, list Wwine-sliiy even
ing Mar' and SaMie went over to a neigh
bors, and a little while later the young mk ii
ailisl for them in buggies. To avoid sus
picion the girls were exchanged. Mary going
with William and her sister with Sam. and
in this fashion they star ted for the nearest
railroad station, which was twelve miles dis
tant. Mr. Sanders was told of their depart
ure by the licighlkirs. mid, mourning a horse
started in pursuit. About two mil. from
the station he overhauled them, and as they
refused to stop, s-isl the horse of the rear
buggy, which contained Sallie and Sam
ltrown. The others put the whip to their
horse and reached the station just as the
train pulled in. They then thought it not
worth while to turn back and divided to go
ahead and gH married themselves. They
arrived in Louisville last night and this
morning went to Jetfersonrille and wen
united. They told their story very frankly
and when ltrown was asked if there would
not be trouble he remarked : " Xo, I guess
not Itolh girls are marly alike, though I
never went to see this one. I ll make it all
right with Sam wlieii 1 get home."
Incredible Brutality.
Little Kock, Ark., July 20. -News of a
most inhuman murder ooiiu fmm River
side, Ark., It seems that a man living near
that place had a stepson 5 years old, whom
he greatly disliked. He was known to treat
him most cruelly, licatiiig him in a tcrrible
nianner, onor putting one of the little fcl
low's ey out while whipping him. A few
days ago he beat tlie child in a horrible
manner and tin tied dim by the wrist, to
a slake in the hot sun, without fisslor water
until he died. Just how king the child was
there is not known. Itul the cords at tlie
wrists had cut into tlie flesh and tlie wounds
were filled with worms. The fiend finding
his victim was dead, armed himself and took
to tlie woods. The child's mother Deems in
diUcrctil over tlie allair.
Trailed by Bloodhounds and Lynch
ed. St. I.01 is, July it A sis-cial from Mine
ola, Tex says : William Johnson, a desper
ado, sliot aud killed IJakcr, a salirotikeeper.
Tuesday night, and fled tlie country. The
Sheriff imrsued him with btoudhoiuids and
Ibund tlie criminal in a swamp. He shot
time of the dogs and one of the di-.n:ies, but
was finally captured and, without further
ceremony, was lynched.
WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER.
An Express Train Plougis In a Cans
of Italian Laborers With Terri
ble Results.
Hohokcs, X. J, July 2L At 7:15 o'clock
this morning a horrible accident occurred on
tlie Erie Railroad at a sjint aouot a third of
a mile above here, resulting in the killing of
1 1 men and serious injury of five others. A
gang of 42 Italian laborers were at work
blasting the tracks when they noticed the
milk iraiu coming up the road from II0I10
kus. Tls?y immediately stepped over to the
down track, hut ill ihcir hurry failed to no
tice Uicllo'cago express ls-aring down upon
them. JJefore anyone knew exactly what
was happening the express had ploughed
into their midst, knocking the unfortunates
right and left, killing 10 of the number out
right and wounding six others, one so badly
that lie died before he reached Patterson,
whither, the wounded, were carried as soon
as acconiniislation could lie secured to con
vey them. The express was unable to come
to a stop until it reached the Hohokus sta
tion, win-re it was Ibund that the cow catch
er and step of tlie engine were broken, but
no other damage was done. Investigation
shows that the train hamls were entirely
blameless.
Tlie woumled were not removed until half
an hour later, when a constitution tiain took
them to Pattemou. All the station Jiands
w ho were available, as well as some residents
in the vicinity, hastened to the scene where
the comrade of the dead and injured men
were aln-ady administering to the wants of
those who were not past lived. Most of tlie
unfirtunatc had been hurled down the em
bankment of tlie track, while some were ly
ing around between the rails horribly muti
lat.il. Hals, coats and shisn, which had
been torn from the victims, were scattered
aliout. and in some placet there were litle
jss.ls of blissl, pieces of human bones, and
raggid strips of flesh. Some had their legs
torn off; others were lying with hideous
gashes in their heaiis, ami some were so hor
ribly niangled as to Is? unrecognireahle.
The kilU-d were : Guiseppe Toario, Rimal
do. (ieneive, Galio Iisagreie, Dominico
Siampro, lloinsio Damisirosa, Pasnagle I)i
biano, Michael Tobio, two men named Dom
iuieo Saldonella. aud one whoe name is un
known, tine man with his shoulder frac
tured was found sitting under a bridge, 150
yanls from where he was struck, where he
had been carried by the engine. He was
taken, w ith the other five woundiil, to the
Patterson Hospital.
The railroad men have-diSerent opinions
as to who is to blame for the accident. Some
censure t'oiiolly, foreman of the gang, but he
was around the curve at the fcsil box, and
was unable to see the train. His assistant
was with the gang, and some regard him as
ressmsible, but he explains that the sudden
ness of the arrival of the trains put all pre
cautions at naught, as there was no time lo
warn the men, and his voice could not have
Imvii heard alsive tlie noise created by tlie
milk train. Moreover, the 'hicago express
was not on time, and he had no way of
knowing of its proximity. The men were
probably as much to blame as anybody.
They are insufferably stupid at times, and
have to lie pulled nut of the way of appniach
ing trains. All the dead men were mar
ried. The engineer of the express ill a statement
made when he reached Jersey City, said that
before he reached the curve he blew a warn
ing whistle, not knowing, however, that any
people were on the track. The moment his
train had turned the curve he saw the Ital
ians iiuddhd like a lot of sheep on the very
track his engine wa- on. They had got over
there to avoid a train coming from Xew York
City, and had their lucks lunied to the ex
press. He tried hard to stop his train but no
human power could have done mi in lime to
avoid killing the men. The engine, he said,
mi iwed them down as a scythe cut grass,
and their mangied bodies were thrown in all
dins-tious. Tli- coiidui'ior did 14 know
wh.U h id hap( lied until the train slowed
up. I'aciigcr on following trains tsMiuleil
lioecti llic. Tlw company will make rig
id examination.
i 'oii.luilor IUmiro. who was oil ihe rm
structioii iraiu Is-hind !liccx!s. stale that
be never saw so horrible a serne. One 1111
(..n ;n. ale h..se brains were ncatten-l f.tr
y irl- a!.?ig the Ira k.juniird up three times
alti r Iw is tbmw it a-el- by Ihe oiwt. Ii
ei : aists-r iimu, mb.mi be wisnl U bit up
bj i'ic ban I aliile leayet ipirrinx. aughl
In v n-1 in eotivu-Uisf iWtIi grip Irom
iiu-'i lir a. sub ibtrieniiy nlis.. He
vis Hta:i sliii'twr I--, an ! d r,ls Ihe
k so I gr.uii of tlie W'HiiHksl and dy-a-
soils-thing a ful.
The Fire Record.
Xrw YoUk. July -jn .- V.y v ! k this
inoii. :.g th gnat lire at 'iir Sluiclarvl Hil
Work. at Coti-tal.le lbs. X. J . wa un.U-r
loiiirol. To large warehouses, tbrs-e tin-iih-n'
tacks, four big iha ks and over Ihihi
birr.-N of oil w-n ileitis yisl. At ine time
il It.ikis) as if tlie oftliv. si-veral linlmiiw!
the d 'K ti or UHire Uuiks in the neigliUir-
hi."i. a largt brick slorelsiii-e, 11k ils-ks
along tlrt-river fronl and tlie msimfactorh
of the I'liiyoime I'lieinhal Works. theOxford
'o.h r and Su'phurt om)any and lie Stand
ard Match t'omaiiy and tlie large lumla-r
yard of A. W. lksith & In-other would bv
ilestroyt d. The Stamlard ieop!e seeing their
danger lelegruphed to their works at IJreen
Point for assistant. Five isjwerful tugs
were sent from that place and they arrived
at 'unstable Ibsik at half lust 1 o'clok.
Though the firemen kept throwing isiwer
ful stnams ugsin it the tank, which was all
that separated the large frame warehouse, also
used as a cooperage, from the Humes, also
mugh! tire and was msin bla.ing. For about
half an hour the firemen kept the destroying
element from crossing the don-n feet that
still intervened aud they might have saved
the threatened building had not a pipe at the
base of the tank burst and hurled the burn
ing fluid np against the structure and fired
it. As it was stored with inflammable ma
terial il was speedily licked np by the llaiilt
which then got beyond control aud swept
down toward the river.
At the disks there hail lieen a large
number of vesx-ls. These liad. however,
lieen towed out into the stream, but none too
soon. First one piertook fire, then another
and another until the four large piers were
also in flames, casting a lurid glare upon the
waters of Xew York Bay. Ity this time the
tugs had arrived and they fought tlie fire
from the water. Kach ol t hem threw several
streams tiion the burning piers ami it was
only the eflorts of the men on the tugs that
checked the spread of the flames and saved
factory's and lumiier yards along the water
front, tin the land side the fire had also
lieen got under control and tlie office, store
house and neighboring tanks were saved.
The Standard jieople estimated theis loss at
alniiit $l,isw.i. There was no iusuraii.
United States Officers Boycotted.
Lol isvii.LE, Kt July 22. Cuited States
Marshall (iross and his large lorce of depu
ties, who left Tuesday to levy on property of
residents of Taylor county, Kentucky, for
refusal lo iay taxts 011 oiilruad bonds, lias
l-cn boycotted by the hotels of (alnellsvi!le
w hich refused to entertain him. HcJ with
his force cncanid in the 0-n air and is
not making much pmgree in levying on
property. All mores are dosed ap and most
of the personal projierty has been removed
and tlie live st.s k has been laken out of the
county. Several houses were levied uimmi in
Ihe alisence of something better. A large
crowd of people accompanied the officers,
but no attempts at Interference or distur
bance were made. Suit was brought against
the Marshal to-day for $1,000, for unlawful
camping in the tourt-House yard, by the
County jailer. Tlie jieople seem determined
ikk to pay tlie taxes and a general boycott of
tlie officers seem imminent, as neighboring
towns have said tiiey would not take care of
any stock levied on in Taylor county.
He Was Jealous of His Young Wife.
I Mil l s a. Pa., July 21. Last night Peter
Ilurkb.trd. aged 70, a wealthy farmer near
Petersburg, liaving become jealous of his
young wife, diliberately shot her dead in the
is-mence of their 4-year-old boy and then
killed himself.
Fatal Blunder on The B. & O.
PrrrKMBo, July JS Tlie West Xewion,
Accomodation which left the Baltimore and
Ohio depot at 3:S yesterday afternoon, ran
through an opn switch at Scott's siding, just
above Everson'i mills, almost completely
wrecking the train and injured six of the
passengers and tlie firemen and engineer.
The latter cannot recover. The improjier
turning ofthe switch secius to have been tlie
result either of maliciousness or gross care
lessness. At the time of the casualty the train was
running at a very moderate rate of sjiecd, a
fortunate circunstances for the hundred and
fifty passengers on board.
into Tint orES SWITCH.
The first intimation Engineer J. J. Moore
had of anything wrong was when tiie loco
motive turned from the main track into tlie
siding. He reversed his lever as quick as
lightning, blew a waring whistle and seized
bis 1 lazed firemen, Frank Hughes, and push
ed him from the engine. He did not jump
himself until the snubbing pist hail been
snapjied off and the pilot wheels left the end
of the rails. Then he leaped, but landed too
close to the engine, and was fat tally burned
by the escaping steam. He also had an arm
and a leg broken by flying timbers, and re
ceived serious internal injuries.
The engine shot out into open space for
about thirty fret, and was followed by the
tender, which cut off the cab roof, smokestack
and dome and landed with trucks upward
at least twenty feet ahead of the boiler. The
combination baggnge and smoker, that fol
lowed, dashed completely over the engine,
and turned on its side in the street The
smoking comirtment contained 32 men,
but, siugnlarly enough, not one of them was
injured, although the car was badly wreck
ed, every scat having lieen torn loose from
the floor. The front wheels of the first
ssenger coach plunged from tlie trestle,
hut the forward end sank deep into the
ground and the rear trucks did not leave the
rails.
PASSKXiiCKS IX A PAMC.
Although the distance from the switch to
the end of the siding was not 75 feet, the
ssengers were in a frenzy of excitement by
the time the locomotive hud taken the Hying;
leap. Despite this tut only two people. W,
S. t'aniplK-ll and Judson Moore, of Allegheny
were slightly injured.
The ladii-s' coach, which was the last 0110,
telescoped the car ahead, but did not leave
the track. In this were two sisters, Maggie
and Katie Oilhooly, aged 19 and 20 reflec
tively, who jumped from the rear platform
to the street below. The former -had all?
broken in two places and was badly bruised
while the other received internal injuries that
make her recovery extremely doubtful. The
girls live in Middle Fork, W. Va., but were
employed as servants at Homewood. They
had lieen attending services at the Cathedral.
Christina Xelson, of Homestead, and Annie
t'onley. of West Xewton, were also slightly
bruised.
Doctors Orr and Ebertson were at the
scene directly after the accident, and after
dressing tlie wounds they sent the injured to
the different hospitals.
Kiltie Gilhooly, who is at the Mercy Hos
pital, is also not expected to live but a few
hours. Two of her ribs were broken and the
bones penetrated her lungs, inflicting fatal
injuries.
J. J. Moore, the engineer on the wrecked
train, died at an early hour this morning at
the West Penn Hospital. Won! was imme
diately telegraphed to his frien.ls in t'on
neilsville. His body will be taken there to
day. Fierce Storm At Pittsburg.
PiTTsetau, July 22- The protracted hot
spril was broken to-night by tlie hcavu-
storm known here since the gnat Butcher's
I;. in disaster, thirteen years ago. when near
ly '. "i issiple were drowned. Fortunately
to-night's storm was not attcn.le.1 by any
fatalities as far as could be learned at mid
night The damage to proTty, however,
will reach at leant lii.lm.
Tlie slot m broke over I he city about ii
o'i bs'k and in two hours two and one-hall
iis lies of rain had fallen. Tlie water mrcd
loon Hie hill trei in torrents, fio.. ling
cetiam and washing away louiittations ot
lioun. Ill tin- Iliil districts many houses
were retwatsl uusaic and several were com
pletely wreck.l.
lit Ilulcliers Run the sewers iss-ame
chgeil up and tlie water overflowing tiiled
tlie Ihsjm-i to the leib of several feet. The
ui-uiit, reiuetulwing the terrible weiies
of July lstst, became panic-stricken and for
a time tlie wihkt excitement prevailed. Xo
one was !lij:irvt, however, but a niluils r of
houses were washed from their luutla-tions-
IKlt-idc of lite city tlie small streams ovrr
llowrsl their banks, doing great damage.
Teltvraph wires are down in all directions
and heavy washouts are n-purtsloii the rail-rood-
leading East and West from the city.
At midnight tlie rain was still tailing, with
indications of it continuing all night
Tlie mercury touched Uo this afternsu,
but fi " before 11 o'chs-k to-night Five
fatal cases of sunstroke occurred during the
day.
The OH City Tragedy.
Oil t'lTV. July 20. There are now four
victims of John McXemey's drunken rage
last night The list is: Mrs. McXcrney,
whose bead was battered to a jelly, presuma
bly with the slock of her husband's gun;
John McXerncy, Jr., who went lo his moth
er's assistance and was shot by his father ;
' MHw James, who started to arrest McXer
ncy and was shot and McXerncy himself,
who was shot by another officer before he
would submit to arrest.
Mrs. McXerncy was quite dead when
found, but the other three lived until this
morning. The tragedy is the most horrible
that has ever occurred in this section of the
State, tireal crowds of jwople gathered to
day about the little frame house where the
McXemey's lived and discussed the terrible
deed. McXeniey has always lieen a quarrel
some, brutal man when intoxicated, and
has frequently beaten his wife.
There was no witness to the beginning of
tragedy, save the son, and he is now dead.
It is the generally accepted theory, however,
that McXerncy came home drunk nud
troublesome, that he quarreled with his wife
and then beat her brains with the gun stock.
It is thought that tlie son endcavercd to pro
tect his mother, and was then shot by the
infuriated man. Officer James bravely rush
ed into the house only to receive the other
charge from tlie gun and theu McXeniey re
reived his death wound from another iol ice
man's pistol.
Medal of Honor to a Veteran.
Washixotob, D.C July 22. C. 15. Ixiwcr.
a private in Gimpauy K of the old Pennsyl
vania llucktails during the war, and now an
employe of the Washington Safe Deposit
Comixiny, was yesterday, by order of the
Presiilenl, granted a medal of honor lor gal
lant and meritorious services during the war.
The special acts for which the medal was
granted were for continuing in tlie battle of
the Wihk-rncss after liaving been wounded ;
fcir participation in the tattles of Ssittsy Ka
ma, Xorth Anna Kiverand Bet hesda Church
while still suffering from his wound, and for
escaping from the Confederates while being
transported from Lihby Prison to Anderson
ville by jumping from a moving train and
making his way aero.- the mountains into
Virginia and thence back to his command.
German Gifts for Coast Guards.
Washikoton, D (.'., July III. The Secreta
ry of State has received through theliennan
Minister at Washington from 10 Kiii-ror
of (remisny a check ior 1MJ and two hand
some gold watches, the latter embellished
with llie likeuess and monogram ofthe Em
peror, with a request thai tlie money be
equally divided among the families of tlie
five mem tiers of the life-saving crew at Dam
Xeck Mill Station, Va., who lost their lives
In atlemiting to rescue the crew of the tJer
man ship Elizabeth 011 tlie eighth of January
last, and that tlie watches be presented to
Frank Teibord and Joseph E. Etheridge, tlie
only sun i vers of tlie lite-saving crew. Tlie
money and watches have been tamed over
to (ii-neral Superintendent Kimball 6r distribution.
A FLOOD DOES CREAT DAMAGE.
Heavy Storms Wash Away Dams,
Factories and Block Railroads
Rivers Become Raging Tor
rentsSeveral Lives Lost.
Sfbisgfibui, Mass-, July 24. At Millers
Falls much damage was done last night and
to-day by heavy twins. Two passenger trains
and one freight w ith five car-loads of bogs
are stalled on the Filchburg road within two
miles of that village by wasli-ouls and land
sliilcs. A down washouts have occurred
within 24 hours. Teams returning from
Ewing. to which pac passengers were trans
ferred, narrowly escasd swamping on the
banks of Miller's river. The freight house
at Miller's Falls has been undermined.
one side of it already having seithjd three
ft. All the contents of the building have
been removed to a safe locality.
Xo details liave been received of tlie drown
ing of IS persons in Berkshire county. Tlie
dispatch announcing tlie disaster atated that
it occurred on the Xew Y'ork side of the Ta-
houic mountains.
Xcws from Mill River valley is that C. E.
Thayer's grist mill dam and Morton's dam
gave way. A repetition of the Hood of a tew
years ago was feared by the inhabitants of
the valley, who were keeping awoke ready to
flee for their lives on the approach of danger.
The extent of the damage by the washing
out of the Williamsburg dams cannot be
learned to-night.
Kostosi, July 24. It is reported that 18
lives hae been lost by the flissl at Great
Harrington. Mass. It is also reported that
the dams at Williamsburg have given way.
Gbrat Hakisotos, Mass., July 24. The
cloud-burst of Friilay morning caused great
damage to property along the banks of Green
river, which were overflowed for miles
around. Williams bridge, at Atford, a struc
ture t!3 feet long and 10 feet above the ordi
nary level of tlie river, was swept away.
Kt-lliigg's grist mill, below the village, was
saved only by ojs-uiug the water gates after
the dam had been seriously damaged. At
the dam of the Berkshire heights reservoir
the water stisjd four feet.
Dovf.b, X. H., July 24. -From 8 p. M.
Thursday until the same hour to-night nine
inches of rain have fallen. The Cocbeco riv
er is a roaring torrent. At 7 o'clock to-night
the volume of water rushing over the Cocbe
co dam was 37 inches and increasing hourly.
All low laniU) throughout this region are
covered with water. A great mrt of the hay
crop has been sjioiled and several high way
bridges are in danger of being carried away.
Lake Pleasant, Mass., July 24. The most
severe rain known in this vicinity prevailed
last night All the mountain streams arc
swollen and their roaring can he hiard for
miles. Xo trains have assed here to-day.
There is a washout 20 feet deep on llie Fitch
burg road mar Krving. The Connecticut
river is veay high. Highways are badly
damaged, and many bridges were swept
away.
Manchester. X. H., July 24. The severest
storm in this locality in many years has been
in progress since Thursday, and rain is still
falling. Streets and culverts have been
washed out. The Merrimac river is a torrent
aud it is feared that mills will not lie aide to
start to-morrow unless the rain ceases.
Uli:knfiki,i, Mass., July 24. Trains are
nearly all siiss.ndts! on the Filchburg mud,
owing to wxiliouts. The imsscngcrs by the
St. Iiuis express from the West, which was
detained at Miller's Falls all day, are now at
the hotel here. It will take till Monday af
ternoon lo build the trestles to take the plate
of the embankment which was washed out
and will take two werks to n-place tlie em
bankment. -
No Market For Cattle.
St. Ixu is. July 23. A sjwvial from iK-n-ver,
t'ol., says the cattlemen who now have
their herds going north on the great cattle
trail hae detided Um a more which will
(ace alsMit ."si.kh tnn-1 now on tlie trill and
drive them back into Teia-. Tlie reason
f r so it.-mg is la-cause Utt-n is aloiiilely 110
nutrket llw cattle. Tlie meeting at w (licit
tins lvtivu naarrivislat was held on Tu-
L.) 'cglil in the psiins of ihe i atllr Grower's
A-sH-uitiHi. Tiiis a that practically removes
from cm.-Iciii- forever lite long-iiavd cattle
trad ' for lite transportation of cut lie.
Such a ilccisiou as only ma-ic after it be
came apireti( tluil no remedy could lie ilc
j 11. led upon. The caioe of the trouble lies
prill, ipally in the exaggarrted nature of tlie
information affecting tlie st.s k market. It
was thought that the hard winter had luade
cattle Mrtv in Wyoming, Montana and Da
kota, and it was ll learned that Wyoming
wanted no cattle whatever until the herds
were started.
The trail was c-.tabli.shed ill 1.SUS, and the
cowisiys had to light their way tiinmgii hos
tile hands of Indians for the first few years,
laist year nluo cattle were driven over the
trail ; this year but 7o,iah have been started,
and two thirds of these are being turned
Itack. Tiieislore Ives, of Fort Worth, declar
ed the act disastrous, aud the result of the
failure to get the cattle to market will have
the cllcct of putting $2.0ou,iiuo worth of beef
bai k into Texas, which is already overstock
ed, thus driving driving prices down to ruin
ous figures. It may cause a mwnls-r of fail
ures. t'uptain Cutler thought there would be 110
more shipments of cattle by trail. Texas
will have to consume her own cattle in
other words, the cowboys will have to estab
lish jiacking-houscs, do their owu killing
and make their own shipments.
The settling-up of the Western country is
what played the mischief with raising cattle
in large lien is. The trail has gradually U-en
growing narrower, until last year it was but
three miles miles wide, and now this has
been thrown open to settlement
McGlynn Says the Anti-Poverty So
ciety Will Have a Presidential Can
didate. Xew Yokk, July 22. Cheers and waving
of hats ami handkerchiefs greeted Dr. Me
lilynn's announcement in Irving Hall last
night that the Ami-Poverty Society would
have a cainliilnte of its owu in the field at
the next Presidential election.
Hemade the announcement at the business
meeting of the society. He was making a
speech in answer to the question, which he
said was continually being asked, in spite of
the fact that he hail already answered it hun
dreds of times. "How docs the Anti-Poverty
Society promise to abolish poverty?''
Dr. McGlynn said : " How are we going to
do it '!" None so blind as those who will not
see. We are going to do it by talking to the
voters, by iersuadiiig the voters to accept
out ideas, by electing an Anti-Poverty major
ity to the Legislature and to Congress. In
every future election we are to nominate
condidales of our own, pledged to carry out
our ideas, and we are to keep on reiterating
our platform principles."
The audience cheered itself hoarse when
Dr. McGlynn said that the Labor tirty. with
its Anti-Poverty principles, would make no
compromises with any oilier olilicaI party;
hut would nominate absolutely independent
Tinted Lai sir candiilatcs for every elective
otlii-e. Then, he said : " We will have a con
di. late for President of the Vnited Slates
too."
"He'll be Dr. McGlynn," shouted an exci
ted aiiti-Pauiier, jumping out of his seat and
waving his black Derby. It was at this
si. iial thai set the audience wild for two
minutes. Dr. McGlynn went aliead with his
speech in the uproar.
UOO.OOOjBushels of Wheat Burned.
MiMCEAPoLis. July 22. The St Anthony
Elevator, one of the largest in the Xorthwest
located two miles east of this city oil the
Manitoba Railroad, caught fire at 7:20 o'clock
last evening. The elevator was a triple
struct nrr, connected by a tram way, and had
a capacity of Z.Ttm.iMi bushels. The build
ings are all destroyed, with contents, about
1,11X1, imju bushels oi wheat Loss on build
ings and machinery, $2o0,(M) ; low onjgrain,
$J.".XKi. Insuranceon the wheat is not now
known. The wheat destroyed is one-tenth
ofthe visible supply iu tlie Xorthwest exclu
sive of Duluth. The elevator was the larg
est in the Xorthwest, owned by a large syn
dicate of Minneapolis capitalists. The ori
gin ofthe fire is not known. Two watch
men were on duty in the engine room at
the time, but cannot tell the cause.
John McNierney's Crime.
Oil Citt, July 20. Shortly Is-fiiro 12
o.clock hist night John McXierncy, a laborer
beat his wife lo death, fatally shot his son
John aged twenty-one, for interfering in be
half of his mother, and ilteu shot officer
James, who tried to arrest him. in the groin,
inflicting a fatal wound.' Officers Warden
and Hciuterson then came to the assistance
of James, and stsm broutrht the dess-mte
Hisn .lowtl with a shot thiv!i:-h his h ick.
After diiriuiug him the ollii-crs entered the
house, where a sickening sight met their
eyes.
Mrs. MeXicniey was found in one corner
of the room, dent, her lace and hea l com
pletely smashed to a jelly, the nsim bespat
tered with blissl and brains, supiosed to
have been inflicted with a. shot gun slock,
Physicians were sieedily nsn the spot and
upon examination of officer James' and
young McXieniey's wounds pronounced
them fatal. The wound of young McXier
ncy is not necessarily fatitl. There was no
witness to the affair except the son, who is
unable to ssak. McXierncy is said to have
liecu intoxicated at the lime, and from all
that can be learned was abusing his wim: when
tlie son went to herassistaisv.
Oil Citt, July 21. The ftintral of the three
victims ofthe tragedy of Tui-siL tiigbi look
place, to-day. The murdered mother and
sun were buried from the Catholic church.
The procession that followed the remains to
the graves was the largest ever witnessed in
this city. The body of the murderer, Mc
Nearney, was consigned to a resting place in
the potter's field, the rish refusing to per
mit him to lie in consecrated ground. The
remains of the assassin were simply hustled
into a cheap corfin, and without any previ
ous preparation whatever. At 7 tnis morn
ing it was taken quietly away and buried
without any religious ceremony of any kind.
Many Women In Peril.
C'isciss.vri, July 20. llriggs Swift's old
porkhouse on the Xorthwest corner of Xinth
and Sycamore Streets, which was recently
remodeled for manufacturing purioses, burn
ed this forenoon, involving a loss of $l.V,om.
The fire started in the i cream freezer fiic
tory of the Uonch Freezer Company, which
occupied the first and second stories ofthe
four-story structure. Their place being filled
with dry lumber, the lire almost instantly
communicated to the whole building. The
entire fire dejKirtnient force was called out,
and suceded iu saving adjoining buildings.
Theotl -.- occupants of the building were
Wrigley Brothers, manufacturers of p.iir
boxes, and the White Star Laundry. All
were completely burned out.
In the box factory there were sixty -five
and in the laundry thirty-five girls. Their
screams could be heard for squares and the
excitement attending their 'rescue was in
tense. They were all brought out in safety,
hut many of them narrowly esca-d a horri
ble death. Captain George Leist, of Engine
Company Xo 6, was prostrated and was tak
en home. His cotidilion is serious.
No More Human Roasts.
CiiicAoo, July 21. Sir John li. Thurston,
governor of the Fccjce islands, is here?. The
governor is 011 his way to England to enjoy
a short season of rest. He says there are
about IV islanils comprising his charge.
They were annexed to Great Britain leu
yiiirs ago. At pri-sent the population of the
islands is about 120,000 natives and 'i.uoO Eu
ropeans. The present capital is at Siva. The
princial products of the islands are coppra.
or on-oanuts, ti-a, and lately the English
planters have sncctssbsl in raising a gcssl
quality of coffee and cotton. Owing to the
hnmauiiing teachings of his prtsler-i-sir. Sir
Austin Gordon, caimihaii-im had Is-iome one 1
of the Utst arts aud to-day there were but
lew of these man-eating creatures to Is
found on any of the islands. Some years
ago it was found to be exi-eilingly dilhVult
to iudiw-e Ihe lazy and can-less Polynesian
natives to ork on the pla;itatioe.v aud th
government finally c-i hilled to scud to tin-i-danil
ihe indusirious tss.lbsi from India,
and at present tltere were alit S.mi of
lli'-se lalstrers, witie scrviissi were let ity the
government agents on sjss-ifM- i-oniracts.
The Treasury Department Forger
Cets Twelve Years.
.Wasiihotos. July 2o. Oscar J. Harvey,
Im- Tn-dMiry Department forger, was arraign
ed in the Di-lrict Criminal Court litis aftcr
ntsiit and plcatlcd guilty to the charge set
forth ill Ihe indict incut. He was sei.teiwssl
by Jtnlge Montgomery lo twelve Venn im
prisonment at hard ialsir in the Albany
Penitentiary.
Iu pissing sentcnie Judge Montgomery
said that while the situation of the prisoner's
family apn-alcd to him, the protection of so
ciety was to be considered and an example
must Is-made. There was but oneway to
stop crime, and that was lo punish it. The
prisoner had robls d the government, not
through a sudden unthinking impulse, but
through a scheme pursued for months. The
reasons urged for a lenient sentence were
matters for the iMiisi.lt-r.it ion of the Kxivu
tive. He himself could do no less than sen
tence the accused lo twelve years imprison
ment three years on each count ofthe indict
ment The prisoner received the sentence with
composure.
A Chicago Woman Kills and Eats a
Mad Dog.
Chicaoo, July IB. t'onsiiU-rable excite
ment was caused iu Justice Kerstvn's court
this morning when Mrs. Morris Ilamuier
miller. a delicate little woman, whose hus
band is sick wiih lung disease, calmly told
His Honor thai she hadrooked the dog she
had been ordered to kill and fed it to her
family. The brute had bitten a neiglilsir's
child and was suppiseil to be mad. Evi
dence of its death having been pnsiuced iu
the sliajs- of the hiile and feet of the deceas
ed canine, she was asked what had been done
with the rest of him. Tlie skinning had
lieen dune so skillfully thai suspicious were
aroused. Through an interpreter she told
how she was boiling and frying jsirtious of
him daily for food. The ili-.uhof the dog
was declared to have been established and
the case was dismissced.
Jeffersonian Simplicity.
Kansas City, J uly 22. The ( 'leveland in
vitation has just been completed. It is in
book form, making a volume eleven inches
long, sixteen inches w ide, and four inches
thick. The binding is of sealskin.
On the front cover ofthe book, sunk in
the binding, is a square of white satin, lsir
dercd with blue plush. Isin the satin, ele
gantly engrossed, is the following: " Kansas
City. To tlie President and Mrs. Cleveland,
Greeting. Is7."
I'lsm the back of Ihe hisik, in gold letters,
is :" Kansas City Greeting. To the Presi
dent and M rs Cleveland."
The water color pictures by Mr. liarson
are bunched together following the title (uige
ill the following onler: Kansas City. Kan
sas, Missouri. Texas, Indian Territory and
Colorado. Then conies the invitation, sign
ed by 21, citizens. The bisik is eiicUtsed
in 3 case of imitation seal skin, emisisseil
with gold and lined with gold plush.
Coke Region Affairs.
PmsBUBou, July 21. The strikers are re
suming work in the coke regions, and by
Monday it is ex sited that all the works will
be in operation. Tlie I'nion, May field. Den
ley, Stonerville. Mullen and Southwest
Works, Xos. 1, 2, and 3 started up to-day
with large forces. Everything is quiet, aud
when resumption shall be declared general
the Pinkerton men will be withdrawn.
Since the strike was inaugurated, eleven
weeks ago, forty-eight blast furnaces have
beeu conqiclled to shut down on account of
tlie scan-ity of coke. This has reduced the
pnsJnction of pig ijon 4on,0o0 inns. It is
thought that with a resumption of os-rn-tions,
however, the production will lie in
creased 40,000 tons a week before the middle
of August.
Georgia's Heavy Tax On ' Wine
Rooms. .
Atlakta. July 20. The bill taxing wine
rooms (10,ow passed the House to-day by
the requisite majority. It is thought that
the Semite will pass it also.
ANEW COLD FIELD.
A Bonanza Found in Michigan.
The Mining JixtrmU gives a history of the
discovery on tlie Lake Superior Iron Compa
ny's lands, and states that last week, at a
depth of 10 feet from the surface, a bla-t
opened up a " chimney" or bunch of quartz
wonderfully rich in free gold. Two more
holes were put into this rock and alsnit a
bushel of it was taken out all sIhiwuk; free
gold. Specimens that the writer examined
areas full of native gold as the Calaumi A
Hecla rock is of copper, and would yield
from $2-S,ii0 to Si.oi"io of the previous met
al. This chimney is round in form and
from eight to ten inches in diameter. It has
been followed down some 3 feet, and U as
rich at the bottom as at the point where it
was first encountered. The vein of quartz in
which it is carried was 21 feet wide at the
surface. It has widened 4 tcet at the deptii
of 1 feet, and has now a width of from 3 to
3 feet. It dijis south at an angle of about
75 degrees, its trend being almost due east
and west. The rich rock described was first
found on the hanging wall, but is now
near the fsitwall. Work 011 the exploration
has been suspended temporarily, the men
being employed in guarding the find from
" sjiecimen seekers', the rock being so rich
that the company proposes to build a strong
storehouse in which to "stock" it A strong
fi-nce has been put up around the shaft to
exclude the curious who have no business
on the inside. Samples of quartz have been
sent to James 8. Fay, genera! manager of
the Lake Superior Iron Company, at Boston,
and he is expected on the ground this week,
when it is probable that something definite
regarding the future ste the company will
take to develop the projwrtv will be disclos
ed. Cyclone in Indiana.
Wabash, July 20. A genuine hail cyclone
jiassed through the northern jiart of the
county yesterday doing an immense amount
of damage. The storm came from the west
through Maimi county and crossed the Lake
Eric and Western llailway at a point be
tween IH-nver and Peru. Its jiath through
this comity was from two to three miles and
in that space no vegetation escaped.
The hail fall was phenomenal in every
way. The stones were of the size of hens'
eggs and could be gathered by the bushel af
ter the storm. A great numlier of fine forest
trees were broken off and piled up in an in
terminable mass. Not a field of grain ese:is.-d
destruction in the pathway of the storm.
The corn was riddled and stripssl of the
curs and silk. Oats were thrashed out and
the stalks driven into the earth. Apples,
melons, grapes and all small fruits and vegi
tahlcs were cut to pieces and nothing can be
saved.
A Web-Footed Family.
Lkxisotvix, Ga.. July 24. I ino of the most
remarkable freaks iu nature is observed in
the Young Family, of the Salem neighisir
htssi, this county. Mr. William Young,
who Uvea near Salem, a r:irs-uter by trade,
wits Istrn with the middle and right tin n r.
of his right hand together. Tlie joints are
perfect and he finds no inconvenience from
Ihe i uii.ir formation of his hand. Tlie re
markable part is that his litHeb ihv was tsmi
will, the same two fingers grown toge'ner.
Mr. Young has nine brothers who have nat
ural lingers. Neither his father nor his full
er's brothers had any such freak of nature,
yet their only sister has thu identical tinkers
grown together. His grandfather had three
fingers on each hand and three lis-s of in. h
(pit grown together, and as far back as he
can trai-e similar malformations h.tveaptsrtr
el. but never in more than one person in
each fanciv.
The Bell Telephone Wins Aga n.
Xew Yokk. Ju!y 21. In the suit ofthe
American lleil TetephoueCompituy and oth
ers, against The OloU- Telephone Company
and others, to retrain the infringement of
the uieiit issued lo Alexander Graham Bell,
Man h 7, l-T'i. which was argued in the
I'liitcd States Circuit Court two months ago.
Judge Wallitix' lo-ilay handed down a ilcci
siou iu Civor ofthe iicll Comiuny.
In his opinion Judge Wall.se says the
MasKM-ituwtis Circuit Court virtually lifridcd
iu a similar suit that Bell was the disotverer
ofthe new art of transmitting sj-e h by
electricity and the claim should be gicn the
broa.hM interpretation to secure the inven
tor, uof Ihe alistract right of sending sounds
by telegraph without regard to meaning, but
all means and prix-esses ilescrith-il which are
essential to the application of the principle.
An Ohio Mystery.
Camhiiiis.k. O. July 2. About If o'clock
M niday night William George, a young man
employed by a farmer naniisl McU-es, went
to the house of another farm hand named
James S. Scott an old man, and asked his
assistance in getting a horse out of a ditch
into which it had fallen. The men pr.s-ur-tsl
axes and started away. An hour later
George returned to MclaaV and reported that
he liad Killed Scott in self-defense. This
morning the body was found lying in tin- ra
vine, the head smashed to a jellv and a
bloody axe lying near by. The mystery is
that no horse was in the ditch and no mo
tive can be assigned for the crime. George
made no effort to escape, and is now under
arrest. Owing to the altsemv of the Coroner
no one would touch the lusty, and it was al
lowed to lie on the ground till thisaftcrrifsiii.
Oil Fuel in Glass-Making.
Cantos. O.. July 22. Alexander Thulium,
ofthe Canton Glass Works, where oil has
been used as fuel, has invented s new pro
cess for feeding the oil to the furnace. For
merly burners were used iu which the oil and
steam were mixed Is'fore being admitted to
the furmice. His scheme is to furnish the
oil by one pil- aud llie steam by an itlier. As
the oil leaves the one it is caught ap by the
steam from the other and carried into the
furnace. This obviates a danger that existed
ill the old process. He says that with tiie
oil he can melt a pot of glass in six hours,
while it takes from thirty-six to forty to
melt it with coal or natural gas.
Barns Struck by Lightning.
Washixotox, Pa., July 21. The barn of
J. V. Bell, who resides near Amity, together
with its contents' consisting of grain, wagons
mowing machines, etc., was destroy ml by
lightning last evening, entailing a loss of 1,
tJon. The building was insured for ssoo with
be Mutual Couqiany of this, Washington
county.
Evkbso.i, Pa, July 21. During the great
storm last night tlie barn nf Thomas Hoke,
near Peiitisvillc, was struck by lightning and
burned, iiloug with the entire crop of grain
in the building. The loss will reach Urn
and no insurance.
Made Farmer Kellar Mad.
St. Lous, July 24. The wife of F. M.
Kellar, a farmer residing near Sheibyville,
Ills, had six tis-s on each fisit and fingers
on each hand.
Kellar became incensed at his wife when
his children wereboru and found to be simi
larly equipped with toes and fingers. Thrt
days ago the birth of the third child occurred
with the same peculiarities, in a fit of anger
Kellar struck the ssir woman over the head
from the effects of which stroke sIr- died on
Thursday night.
A Summer Story About a Consign
ment of Eggs.
Ismaxafouh, July 20. A novel sight was
witnessed here yesterdcy as Ihe result of the
high teiiHK-mtiire f the st three w
Some time ago a firm received a consign
ment of eggs packed in boxes after the usu
al manner. The eggs were placed in storage
and yesterday morning the consignee had
occasion to ou tiie case. When the lid
was removed the low cull of chicks sounded
in his ears. One entire layer of eggs was
found lo be hutching out aud iu a few miu
nies after tlie eggs were brought to tlie light
fifteen well-developed -'orplians'' ticked their
way through tlie shells. Anothor layer of
eggs began to hatch out about noon and it
now looks as though the entire consignment
Will hatch.
Somerset Lumber Yard.
ELIAS CUNNINGHAM,
MmiTicniu Asm Dxci sa. 'mn 1 ai.j cm Rkt uu ,,r
LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIALS.
Hai'd miicI Soit AYroods.
OAK. PMPLAB, PfMXiJS, I'll 'K FTX. NuCLMV.S.
ASH, WAI.Sl'T. FLtHtRIVi, A.-;I. ST '.IH RAIts.
CHKRRT. YEl.UiW PISK. MUM.LF. I. - BAI.t -rn;s
OIESTXCT, WHITE PISE. LaTII. HI.INltS. NfcKIs
A lieiteral I.lncofall irrdiof Lumber nt lttuMli: M.v.-rUl anil Kisiiimx uw ken
Also, chii ftiruish anTtbin in the line oistr tsi-iiie-s Umnli r w:lh rews.n. .ie
pntmptia-ts, such as hnu-ki-ta, isitl-Mxtst nnrlc, etc.
ELIiVS CTJssXXCrllVAr,
Office and Yard Opposite S. & C. R. R. Station, Somerset, P3
STOP
Patriot Street,
I wish to call the attention ofthe Traveling Public to the fact
That the 9IIAKFKR HottfE is earner to tht station thitD either of the other b.. K.
Thai the SHAFFER HOUSE is as convenient to ail bu.-:ni.-9 pare-nf town . i.tii, r k.
Thai the S.HAFFEK HtifSE offers as
GOOD ACCOMMODATIONS
o any other Ikhin-ip s.
That the SHAFFER HOl'SE Proprietor will
ejHrFGE YOU feESS f 0F bODGIG
than any ,ith,.r h..,,.,. ; s...,
That the SHAFFER Hi il'SE is a temperanee h.sise.
Thai the SHAFFER Hi USE is the farmers' house.
That the SHAFFER Hol sE is the travelers' house.
Farmers and others visiting our town will do well by stopping at the sll IKKFP i
E. AW SIIAFFKIi.
April C'm.-am. Ir.i.itor.
Terrific Explosion.
Strkator, 111., July 21. At 2::Sn this
inc. riling the entire city as aroused by a
mo.-t terrific exi-ision which was immedi
ately followed by the rinintf of the tin-UrlU.
In a few minutes it was learned th.it llie
powder-house of the C'hiciiiio, Wilmimcion
A Vermillion Coal ('oniiam- had heenstruik
1 -
by lihtnin and Is-twe. n S.khi a.'i l ii.i
pounds of pow.l, rha. cxp..l.s. On imv-
ine at !i;e -i nr. terrii.le si-!ii pn-ent.trt s If.
Kverv tlwuwllin on the si.u:li aul wtl -i-le '
of the .w.ler-!ioue hail ln- n ii-tn.;, e!y
siialTertl. au-.i iu tn-t-l eases i-n:in !y ti -iii. 1
ihtsl. N t a vestiv of tin- -. l. r-lioo. re
ui.iius, witi! t here it 'ttssl i.. un-i-t, ition
Ills. lit lil l-s l Ioti-, a id. Jli ,,ri.
lU.-;iinir partti-. were fi-r:n.l au.i te-s-tn
'i f-r ttie thud a;el injur- 1 : r:'t.
.-ii.ijije a-- il may -f.em. o:i!y on, .it.t' i fi.t
Iki-ii re;.rt.i. 1-iH a iarje lutinlH-r i,re .-r-itn-.iy
injure,!. A tmniji, !;t mx its pint
in a ear near the (- .1 r-l teise, was prolMhly
fitally iiijii-.-d. Tfu- :iu:itis-r of ncii. r e.ts i
alties will re'-h netrly a l,mi ln-d. Hi- -v
were tlnrty five dwi l.inrs alner.! tot.ti'v ile
molis'ied tt'nl iht re is not a platr-c'ass i'i-
low I rt iu tin- l-iis:ne-is (strl of li,e eily.
The 1-eis will probabiy r.- n sT't fti..
IHIO.
Suit Agamst Kentucky Ku-Klunert.
bi i-vi 1 1 1. Jn!y jo. -J .im llitu, is.lort-I
ei-i'oiit'i. t.!.! .lit: - it in Indiana. I. as ii-
! in the Knit-nil C'liin a nuiuUr ti t iiin
uf H.r! ii. iiiTy. Ky.. 'Ji;irt!iii; lh-m itii
Ktl-lv!iixi;i4 liiiu. l'laiiiTit! niitt" Il.al its
July, l-vi. a iiuniU-r ol t. itizi'it- ( Hart f.j.,
wli.-n-in-tin n l:rtl. mur PfH.iifvttU-. Unt'
littu inta tlu W'MxLs iu niu'f.t, Utt iiiiii !-vcn-!y,
ftanpil liiiu wvTa) tiuu- 4t;ii othr
wi.M mail rcaUtl Iiim. He itanitv u .ItTt ii l
atilH lEi!1 JhriMtu. J..hn Ja!:' rv, I.ai Ijwn
t n..i..ii. tout ..1. .-.-nuit, ,-,.,:i.mi r
Kiiipieiu and J iliil llisslnian. ami a-ks tli.tt
. , , , . .
tliey In- is.ni Iliil to pay linn 2oii d.ima-
T t. '.-I. 'I' .r. t - .1.. 1 ..
Icebergs Coming to Our Rescue.
WAsniNi.rox. July IS. ilejsirts reis iveti
!y tlie I'mtl Statt hydnru'rapiiic ttti'
hen iiifluutf.1 tliat this hiiimiikt an untHuallv
Urv iiiiniluT
r of ieels iv-s liave,l,ile l verv
rson.hwap! ,,,a rhey n-ually
mtuli fart I it
ih. Ii tiie iu-t ix wvks umrv than frtv
haw U vii rvjiorVtl. ;.itt. linker, "f the
UihUtIjiii sumih-t W. A. S ii.-itfii, lut-n-liuti
on iiis la' trip w.slv in! t!iat waf fifty
fevt JtU.v;tlu- w.iU-r, atrl that nui: Iiavt-
Hiv.'nM many at r at it ha-. Uuy our- ;
eighth of a ln-r i alxmiht' -a, am! l'nni
this the entire si.e4-.iu r-:u ! ; 1 y W i-alctilaUtl. I
Many oihir "iitairi! h;ivvn n lart;- icrU !
in wttithera iatimtk-s.
A Volcano in a State of Eruption. I
St FitANt July 1!). The aclioolicr
iN-ra. from Omialaska, arriv-sl here to-ihiv,
. . J
bntiL'in news that the volcano of Akouliin.
on llie island of Akoman. one of the Aleu
tian roiip. is in astute of eruption
The
natives state ti.at the eriiiitions fnive lieen
almost eon-tain inv tiie mi lil!e of Mar
l,i,l..-.l.wi... ........ .
,-iou--H.-1 u: i-v-ii ii w nioinenis.
Ijlnrt- iilluntities of lss-L no lliiturn nt. loot.
l i ft .. .i , . -..
o, r-vi lino toe n. r, U1HI at TIl'Ill 1111
nieroiis streams of lava can Ik- seen coursini;
down the niouiiium sides, ilhiiiiiiiatini; the
whole country around. Kartli-inake ib
are also fnijuent.
- . .
No Duty on Breeding Animals.
V.siiis.iTos, D. i '.. July i"J. The Treasu
ry il-pariinont has tlecided that animals of
iiii;!i ro.le and value imported fnnnSeutl iiid
and other distant eouiitries for liretsliiii: pur-
are entitled to free entry, notwithstan-
dins the fact that they may be for sale. This
ruling reverstsl the decision of the ('olleetor
of Customs at Detroit. Mich., who aivssts
duly on ivrtaiu Sttttish stallions 011 the
ji-'iu.i i ui.it me tree nsfc provision l!M nol j
aie.iy to animals intended for sale, even i
though iniMirtts for breeding purjstses. J
The Vernable Head of the House of
Cameron Lands at Queenstown
in Good Heaith.
irKKjisro'.x. July i.'. Hon. Simttn Ci:n
eron and imrty arrived here to-ilay from
N'-'w York on the steamship Ilritannie. ami
proceeded for hiveqssil tin the same vt.-el.
lir. Caiiinieron st.ni.1 the voyage well and
ft mil himself at itn termination in tlie en
joy :n -ut of full visfor. He ealculatt-il on re
maining iu Kurojie until the end of S-plein-lur.
and t-xpecU to sjieud most of his lime
in niaknis; a tour lo England, Mejitlainl.
Krine-. JlwitM-rland and Germany.
Shooting with the Wrong Revolver.
fLix-ros. Ia., July Jli Fonr jieople were
shot diiriutr the wild west show of !s-ll's t ir
eus. Tueby ni-ht. (icorge Harriiifrton,
a,i.s IT, was fatally shot, Mrs. V A. Lam
U rslim ilantrerously, and Wallaee rhilliis,
a-Tsl 1, R-riotisly. One of the Indian was
shot, hut was immediately taken away. The
s i- ; Iritr wns done during an enisiunit-r of
Lie ciwbiys and Inians in the rim;. Il is
supiosed that the cowboy pit a wron-; revol
ver. Car Horses Poisoned,
Xkw Yokk, July 2u. It seems that L, of
the Third Avenue Car Company's hor-s-s
have been isiisoue.1 by eyandine of potiL-.i-um,
iiLite.ul of. 21, as at tint mated. Tweii-ty-nine
have dietl, and several more are
unable to work. The oflieers of the ."Soeiety
for the Prevention of Cnielty to Animals
nuy lltat they have evideiiee to show that
the poison inir was iniention.il.
Death of Dorothea L. Dlx.
Tapirros. X. J., July III Dorothea L. Dix
the philanthropist, whose life was devoted
to relieving the condition of the insane, puu
per and criminal classes, died to-!ay at the
Trenton asylum, which she was iiwfrnmen
tal in loundinjr in 1W. She wan born in
Worcester, Mass., altout CJ years ao, Iieath
resulted from the heart.
A.T THE
SOMERSET, PA.
SOMERSET MARKET.
Corrected Weekly by COOK a BEERITV
IiK.ti.iLits :-t
Choice Groceries, Flour & Feed.
frii-es for J :!- 27. i
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M i t.f it urr-i::l fr u-n Hin--i.( i.ir.Ti.i.r ici
I ni.'!inutf lrtfnl .if J. iii:! kn-ivi i'-
ry. a'l l rnhr. kikI hi Mi
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PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE,
Gettysburg, Pa.
FOUNDED IN 1332
; I.,ire FimhIiv. Two full orse of
i ', ' ''-"'ni ami sei.nru.,-. s, ii .,..,r.s :
il'lmrlniem-. i t'r more mi. '.-a n.ra:.
Three la; ire hiiililiins. l.ilinirii- .-:.ittiv
fc.. lie. i.-s- l..vr. Arts'-sihle hy t'r. -inenT f::i:'r-id
tlaili!. l .n li..r ...i tli ' It r 'i I H" I k I i ' if
i '-et.yvhurif. nitnt pli-usiiiit an-1 ii.-iil!N i'i-
tU.tln UY i i KP. ItTM EST. in sur In
ii.i;. lor hoy. alni vouiii; nun tri-!;in:;;.' titr
i nm or (
-we. Ulliier tlie -er!:t! :i re .-t .if
i lftneil.aii;
,t,,t. ... o. i..tn.lM... v..v t.
. -; ut-
! Iter s. lss7. K.ir I alitiocMer. rt-i-tri
H. W. Mi KNli.lIT li 1
P-i;.!-Mt."r
HI BKKti Jll'KHi.hl; A. V.
Pu, rriu'ii
'itity-i.tir-;
WORKING CISSKST15ri
are now preimn-l to ftirniih all elu -- 'i:i "-
l plevrniil 41 form-, tlie whole iiftiit- t'.iu-, i:l '"r
f P! ,r' Zli, iSt'
.sk l.t -.i jwt ev.-nnie slid a tiri'Tn'r::"i.ni -ilu 7
ilt-v.itiiiw' i. I l.i.-ir time to the h-i.iiit-" !---'
i::rNtnrii a ariyn.. miu-li a nieii. Tunlaii is
Set ti.isi.iu: i.h.-ir ndiir.-.- il::d ii -l 'fir .'''-s
U-.--S. we make this i.:!er. 'f.; -l:i-n si- H"1
fti i-l.t-d tve w::i -t-:i. ilohar lo imiT :i-r t n-
Trouble of wii;i:it:. Kiill .tirl ;en In.-- ie-' -4t' 11
fr-
Addr-.-ss liKolltlK STl.NSOS .Il ' n.. Pi-rt-'ll',s
l Maine
It-
-lvr.
: r ences for
ifr Farmers.
ll'invlilr.
HORSE HIGH, BULL TR0HG, AtlO PIS TIGrlT-
SOMETHiNO NEW.
We are rtienirfd in th innniitin tiire f tl'J
ffiM? nt Siniert ami Mvyv mtii!r. Il '.
jMirniil. anl irtu---st i-n- kii-n-
n injury to tim-k. K.tcitry m s-tuicrx-t t
tAt K'w curnitK fa-tiry.
luayltf-tf. J. M. MARHHAI.L A
AGENTS WANTED
- FOR THR
BEECHER
Life of
Hv 1:rv. il. I.yh.1 Abbott. Alitor "i "if
ti l li..n. Ur preaeitetl ilee. -tier i a-,' y
men. And Kkv s. 11 Htuilav, Ai ' ,
i Abbott. Alitor "i "if '7
aeii.-d llets-n.-r - JulKmi
U ll.iiiiov. ,1 ;...' .'' -i
'4 iS(iiei'.'l I ittr'-h.
. lieeeher ald-l ' '''
,hmknp tu hi. drain. "'
t.reiiarat.ittn of this I
is At ToHlm.KAi'Mlt'.tL : then- are rer- man. i
Miih.H,iNii...r i.:.....iM'.ii w .n-'tti r-
'.Ml
are uol in anv niie.T !sik. Tka it ' "
A. i.URTit.S Jii.o., Plultulelpiiia. fa.
Train-Wrecker Hanged.
N'kiibiska Citv. Xkb.. July I'-'. -!'""'
i loll mill wus hantri-. here Ued.iy f"r
in aMisst.n-i Pai itie istiji rtrii'i 'i'
ni-.rht of Ihe I Hit of January U-i l"""2r'
a small aMtion on the Mi oiiri I'i :;k' J"1
miles west of this pU. e. At the linif ''
wnvk Kniueer lie Wnlwaa iii-tuM!:' t!"
and a uninln-r i.f ias,-.iHrs wi re aernai'i?
iiijiinsl. Uo;!in.in :t -endtd the a.. "
with a linn tn-ud. He made an t-lfort tu-
so'iielhin,', hut br .ke down Ih' ri"'
nieii to d.-jt!i in eL-l.t ni'iinies.
Tornado in Michigan.
rWnoTiii.f. Mich.. July I.iii'l-''"''
ers in from tiK' wtssls totlay report a !',r,a'
do KMin throu-.'h southern part' vf l''J
. ; ..:..:..:, ,.t th,. I'niliV rier
'"mill ill llltr l llil'T -
district ant) tl- (uwnshirf if l'res 'i
i,.tiiiiv .t. .1.. ..;,...,. i. dittief to -tail
1-1
lis
pine, tin i!-,c forty ;u re tnni not lrH '
left standiiK. The mails in all tliwi.
are rttiiipleiely ' bl.a ktsl by tilldis"""' .
tiiulx-r. The Jtarfy nntrne.1 It-mhui-' Ulr"
bomea. Their wapjns rotihl nM I !rH
ted and were left behind.
..-j-..-..r-i"4.T '