Hie Somerset Herald. WEDNESDAY- ..January 25, 1 Lt Wednesday w very cold day for facie Randall. THt regular annual pension appropri ation bill call for rO.TVtt0. Tna iWiocratic Sute Convention trill meet at Harrinburg on May 22d- Tue Uarrisburg J'atrvA crow lustily over U. defeat Buffered by Mr. Randall t the bands of the Democratic State Committee and rub it in hard in a doul ls leaded editorial. JriK.t S-TOe, of PitUburgh. in anwer to a letter from Fayette county friend. my that be aliall bea candidate fir nomination ft Supreme Judge, but mill make no pencmal canvas to obtain it. PuBUnrvT t'iJfvt.Aii very apeedily took the back track on bia" rebel flag order" when he diwovered how the thing worked. The chance are that lx-fore Ibroe month he will lie a tariff rtraddlcr. Fivr year of protection in Germany bare inm-ancd the number of workmen employed in the iron worka and machine rdiop 32.2 jper cent the aotaJ wage jid 62.1 JT nU and the wage per employe 14.2 K-r cent. William O'Hrim having served the term of Ilia imprifonuient, baa Wn re leased from Tnllaniore jail hi health greatly imiwired, but ready to champion u eMhuniaMimliy as ever the cause for which lie minercd The official vole of the late state elec tion a' computed at 1 larrinlnirgh on Tues day laxt, gave Hart, Republican for State Treasurer, a majority of 4.1,31-Y The to tal Prohibition vote wan 1S., and the irwnback-Ilmr vote waa K.!r2. Rf.pkksextative H.etivv of Indiana, has prem-nted a bill to y (mldient of the late waranum equal to 40 per cent, of the amount of their original Jay to make lemul the difference between the value of the greenback in which they were jwid and the gold coin. Pi!tini-:T Ci t ki ami has let it 1 kiiounthat he desire the Itctnocratic National Convention to lie held in New York. The National Committee i!l meet in a few days and, in eoniplutiK with tirover'a ishe,iill name New York as the place for holding the Con- en lion. Tim iN-mis raU! in the House made a deserate and detemiiued rally Monday ami finally suecceded.in fonnal I y seating Mr. Carlisle. The a-tion of the House in seating Mr. Carlisle and refusing to re open the case that further testimony might Is? taken, is neither creditable to itself or t.te Sieaker. The Hairisburg T Uymph says: "It was very unseemly in some of the audi en.v Hi the Democratic State Committee meeting Wedncsilay to interrupt William I.. rvHitl's sjiccch with such remarks as, j Yon jwy your miners ninety cents a day," and " You want to make paupers of j workiugincn.'' They pretty nearly hurt William's fivliiivs. The latest figittes on the loss of life by the great blizzard, in the West put it at Last week's stonn, while it was a bad one, and w hile there has been very sex ere cold in connection w ith it, has not Isvn fatal, wi far as heard from. It has, however, temporarily suss-nded railway travel, ami brought the Minnesota mer--ury dow n la-low minus 2(1 di-grees all oxer the State. At meeting of the Republican lueui- i Ik-ih of the bar of Philadelphia, it w as unanimously rvmlvcd to ask Judge Mitchell, of the Common Pleas Court of ' flint city, to liea candidate for the Repuln ' licun notniiintion for Justice of the State ' Supreme Court. From the nuinln-r of ! camlidates for this position in the field ; the Stale Convention should have no! trouble in M-lcctin: a es.d man. A. Ex, like water, seek a common lev- j -l. and if we would not have the level of i wages here tlie name as abniad we must maintain a barrier, like tlie lock in a ca- i nal. w hich can be governed at will be- twevn them. It will be a sorry dav for ' American workingmen when that Urrier,. the tariff, is removed. The tariff issue is purely a question of wages. When the workingmen of this country vote next L.1I they w ill vote for protci-tion and the American scale of wage or fur free trade and the F.unqican scale of wagi-a. ( Irn hiitd lsiulrr. Ir anything were needed to convince ' the iple of the peril which threatens i the Unt interests of the state and conn- j try under continued lVmocriitie rale, the ! evidence waa furnished yesterday in the I uhuort unanimous adoption by the IVm- ; ncralic Slate committee of the resolution ' endorsing Pn-aidt-nt Cleveland's free trade j view and pledging the party to bis re- j nomination. Just what I Wnocr.it ic pro- texiionista think of thin action we shall doubtless s.n discover ; but it is certain I that it will not Icancn the chances of an j increased Republican majority in IVnn- j sylvauia, nor check the hopes of the election of a Republican President next Noveinlier. Harrittmry TfiymA. The Waco, Texas. AJrann ays its compliment to Mills, tbe Texan states man w iio lias been avWs-ti-d by Sjieaker Carlisle as leader of the cmocratic House. His Mills's appointment," ways the .tf-n., "as Chaimiau of the J Ways and Means Committee places him next in importance to Sieaker Carlisle, w ho is the paid attorney of the Kentucky distillers. Mills deserved w hat be receiv ed. His voice lias never faltered that is, lately in defending the liquor tniflic lie is a typical IViuocmt, and as the 1 Vino-rat ic party is the party of bar rooms, beer gardens, atheism and lii-ense, the men who are leading champions of thine interests should have the honors," The Prohibion leaders of Kansas, at their recent meeting in Toj-);a, adopted resolutions that are worthy of the serious consideration of their brethren in other states : " ,'( Jfv?, That after seven years of experience we are satisfied be- vihhI a shadow ot doubt ttiat tlie safest and best method to advance the cause ! if prohibition is by agitating the quest ion of constitutional prohibition by States upon tbe plan ; that experience has dem onstrated the failure of the third party as a meaus of advancing the interests of pro hibition. Tlie practical effect of this movement ts to distract and divide the friends of prohibition and bring disaster ... ... .. , and defeat to our cause. e there tee rwinl our unqualified pwitKin to this method of agitation." - - - , . - Be. at ss Mr. Randall te unwilling to join tbe administration in their warfare oa tbe protective tariff lie and his parti- sans Lave been relegated to the rear, But whet he tlie Ileiuocracy af tbe state will endorse the action of theii-itate com mittee and go over in body t the em? mk of American manufacturing indus tries and American workinproe n, will lie seen when they send a deh-gntion to their Nations) Convention plot ged to the re-nomination of Mr. nevc'-anl. Mr. Scott, who the recognized ciiampion of the administration in Pennsylvania, and the dispenser of Federal j.atroniig, claims that the change of organization will give the rtate to the Democrats, and in hi en thusiasm accro to haveentirvly forgotten that Mr. Maine had a majority of 80,000, and that the state must become almost solid against the issue he represent. PRESS COMMENTS. Portland Prat: The House appears to be doing nothing, and to be spending good deal of breath to do It. Chicago hiUr Oemn: It is no wonder Sjieaker Carlisle is sick. It would take the constitution ol a horse to make up the com mittee as be made them and not be pros trated. Baltimore American : Farmers know that protection has, by stimulating manufactun, immenH-ly lumwaed the prior of their prop erty and furnished valuable market for all their produce. Janesville .VpwVicoa : If Lamar is a good judge, and the Democrat say he is. why not give Jefferson Davis an important publio of Uoe. Lamar say lluvia la a better mao than he is himself. Chicago J"urmit: The free trade papers are publishing figures to show that wool has hceonie cheaper under the present tariff sys tem. Well, if they want cbeier woul what are they fighting tlie wool tariff for? York lsinlrh ; Henry George will never convince a majority of American working men that e surrender of their market to for eign manulaoturcTS is tlie way tu make them selves prosperous in work and wage. Washiiigiou Critic : The drop-letter bill at 1 cent a drop, which Mr. O'Doiinell. of Michigan, lias drawn up, ought to (mss both houses of Congress on the day of it intro duction. The present charge of 2 wilts fur local delivery is a glaring injustice. New York Trihime : M r. Lamar has taken the oath of ollii-e as a Justice of the Supreme Court. Wc hojie the ceremony he perform ed aided in enlightening his judgment as to the legality of the votes by which thcConsti- j tutioual amendments were adopted. Pliilailelpl.ia IrM . The advocates of a reieal of the interna! revenue law s demurely protest that they do not mean free whisky." It doesn't matter what they miy mean ; free w hiskey would lie the inevitable result of such legislation. rirnm J,mruiil . 'Kill vour sheen and iwll 'em for mutton," say the free traders to j the farmers. Thai is the tree trade policy throughout. Kill" Aincrican indnirii-sand ' I tlieir nn1in-1s r the benefit of the foreign- j ers. But the American people w ill not do it. j ! tVilumbus JuMrmil: If Randal iMU receives i such a blow as has nsently In-en d-alt to it , even by the iMunsrals of Pennsylvania. , what show has il among the I Vinocracy I any white? Free trade has ihs-oiiu-every- ; i w here the iH-m'rratirgnd. and Hmvertleve- : I laud is his pnMhet. Baltimore Anui-icnn: Some of the free ! trade iHMiiocrats conclude that the reverse ill ' Pennsylvania has about buried Sam Randall. They will discover their ndstake later on. Mr. Randall is like a description of the Rus sian soldier: Vnless buried ninny fret under ground and carefully watched, he w ill be sure to reappear in the next battle. Philadelphia Vm : There i nothing left for Mr. Randall and his protectionist inl leagues but to fight to the end against the federal administration, and no such a fight can alter or conceal the tact tliat even in Pennsylvania the Democratic party is now openly ill favor of free trade, organizes the coining caniiaign on this basis, and puts the avowed free trader, Mr. W. L. Scott, in charge. Pittsburgh 7Vmt'." Mr. Mills thinks he will he opposed tu pvrmilling manufacturers and workingmen to come In-fore his commit tee to present their views on the laiill" ques tion as has been the custom. Mr. Mills is a Texas statesman with Texas ideas. We w ish to just say here that we have ill our Pittsburgh mills, workiugincn who, there or anyw here, can teach Mills not only the cor- reel thing atsiut he tariff, hut g-ssl manners Iiesides. Atlanta i'lmrliliiliuit : Is he a traitor be cause he desires to n American industry and American lalsir protected? If so. the j framers of the last Democratic platform were traitors. Mr lUndull is a greater msu than any of his tradticcrs can ever hope to lie. He ! is a n-preseulative American Democrat, lov ing one section as much as another and de siring the prosjierity of ail. We believe, moreover, that his ideas will prevail. We believe that kit programme, which is jmlic- ions, heiause it deals with great interests, will lie carried nut. If it is not, then we "lay expect to see the Democratic psrty go ' tl,e nar for othcr Ion? period, Cliicago Jfni .- Samuel J. Randal! has been knocked down and dnig.isl out again. "d ""J of P-litral vitality stamed i out ot mm. 1 lie control oi me icmncraiic I State Central Committee of Pennsylvania I has passed from him. More than that, the reorganized committee hak adopted resolu tions indorsing President Cleveland person ally aud recommending revenue reform. Mr. Randall has been knocked out on nu merous oi-ca-nuns in the ast. He has liecn piliii'-ally killed and buried several times, but he turns up smiling whenever he is needed. That is a Randall s-c:iliarity. There is no reason to upoe he will disap point his friends this year by staying dead. Tile toot of the resurrection horn will bring him forth. As a mailer of fact, Mr. Randall has onlv been "put to sleep." He hu not been extinguished. Methodists Censure Clevelaand. Baltimore, Jan. 23 - The Monday m.s-t- I ?n uf!cr tUv Pge of this act, and here ;..r,i... i.iwli r.,ir.,i.l ..inl.i..r,m. I after the number of managers of said home fully attended to-day. The principal busi ness was the consideration of the question of the gift of President t leveland to Pope lo. Tbe report as adopted is as follow s : M'herkas, The President of the Cnited States ha sent to Pope lxs, as a jubilee gift, a copy of tbe Constitution of the Cnited Siat-s, and W meiie is. Certain pniniineiit otlicial rep resentatives af Pope Io arc publicly inti-r-preting this unprecedented act of the Presi- d'-"' a-Indicative of his favorable regard for tlie Kumisli hierarchy, ami wc nave reason to believe that it was devised and suggested by scheming Jesuits who have always been the intolerant enemies of both civil and re ligious lilierty ; therefore lie it iimJird, That the Preachers' meeting of the Methodist Kiscopal church in Balti more hereby disclaims all sympathy w ith or concurrence in tlie act of the President of the Cnited States, performed iu commemo ration of tlie Pojie's golden jubilee, Rnolrrd, That we. as American citizens, enter our solemn protest against this new departure of the President in making such marked ofticial recognition of a religious hieracrhy, claiming also temporal sovereign- r- JJJrrd, Tliat we regard the act of the President as a political discourtesy, if notof-t-uoe, to King Humliert, whose sovereignty over nnif)ed ""' ,m p'1 autaP- nice and denies. Powderly's Slow Recoveiy. Si'Bistcik. Pa., Jan. 20. Geueru Mxster Workman Powderly is still omtiiied to bis house, and his recovery is much slower than wa expected. He had made up his mind to m i.. ri,;iu.L.i..i.;n i.: - i. .i t i, , i . I of being able to give his attention to prt-ssing i ,.ork the Kni?hu itf UU(T Uit Pf 1 emphatically forbade kirn, saying that he woaM I answerable tor the cons ruena should be go out iu this inclement weather. j,r. Po.derlr isrfil! verv weak .and unable . to maia miii KHHj ui, ci,. He subsists on liquids, principally beef tea, and j h w ill be some tiros before he can resume j bis duties at his office. . RANDALL DOWNED. Th Democratic Stat Committee Declares tor Free Trade, Elliot P. Kisner elected Chairman. IlABRiut'Bu, Jan. 10. The mult of the Jietmarratic State Committee yesterday was that Samuel J. Randall waa relegated to tlie rear, and Elliot P. Kisner. of Luzerne, took Chairman Dallas Sanders' place an the nom inal bead of the committee. This remit was aocomplislied with little friction, the whole roup of Wra. L. Scott and hisassistanrson the eommiltee proving conclusively that they fi.lt sure of their ground and were determin ed to make their victory complete. Promptly at 4 o'clock, the time fixed. Chairman Sander called" the committee to order in the Board of Trade rooms, a full representation being present. Without wast ing lime in preliminaries the committee pro- , Jo hwfUtm fr Reynolds, of Bed- ford, presented tlie name of Sanders. Con gressman Lynch, Luierne, nominated Kisner. Mr. rXahle, of Adams, nominated lion. Itohert K. Wright, of Allenlown. Mr. Moran, of Allegheny, seconded San der's nomination, while Mr. Sullivan of the same county, did like favor for Kisner. Congressman Scott also seconded Kisner' s nomination in a siieech in which he said he was present for the best interests of the Democratic rty of tlie Stale and nation. " Pitinsylvatlia is Iemorratic to-day if we have but the conrugc of our conviction and tell the truth to ibe eople." He was here to oppose no one, but was only doing his duly by asking for an organization!) that will -rmit the whole urty to get on the platform. The Ivmocratic party of Penn sylvania is too big to be owned by any one limn. .Mr. Dively, of Illuir, in seconding San der's nomination, denounced orti.-e holders ho uU. nijK to control the politics of the State. This ciuicd tlie sjweelimaking on this sub ject, and the committee took a ballot, which resulted : Kisner, 4.' ; Sanders, Sj Wright 1. U. M. Nead, K") , lately managing editor j of the IWriU, was made permanent seereta- ry ot tlie committee. Mr. Scott then presented the list of gentle men agreed iiimiu for the Fjus utive Commit- tee. This fired up James Morau, an employe I of Collector Bigler's orHie, ill PittUirg!j. I w ho denounml what hecalhilan at.empt ! tocr.im ci-rtuin men down the tbroati of the i cominittie. Mr. Scott disilaimtsi any such intention, but said he had only exercised the right of any member of the committee to make nominations. In addition to the seven names on the Stutt slate a number of others were umninated. The euiumiltue then tisik a ballot, after a long wangle, as to the methods of voting, and elected the Scott slate ticket. The Exec utive Committee thus chosen arc: Hon. Win. A. Wallace, Clearfield; Hon. Samuel J. Randall. Philadelphia: Hon. Win. L. S-ott, Krie; Hon. Win. Mutrhlcr, Nonhamp ton: Hon. K. kley B. Coxe, Luzerne; J. II. Cochran. Ksi., of I.vcomiiig, and ''apt. Win. M l lellaud. of Alh-gheny. After cousidi cable discussion, Wednesday. May I'.'i 1. was fiKsl as the date of the State Convention, w hich will lie held in Harris burg. Then Mr. S-ott offered a resolution pledg ing the committee's emphatic endorsement of Cleveland's administration as thoroughly true to the best interests of the republic; that it has r.-formed the civil service, alsd-islu-d useless ofth-cs, reduced the cost of gov ernment, restored millions of acres to the public domain, effected a large reductiou of foreign contract lalsir, and has labored to re duce the rurfilus ami lighten the burden of taxation. It commends the President's free trade views as expressed ill his last message, and recommends and urges his re-election. The irsolutinii was adopted with less than a dozen dissenting voices. The romuiittcc then adjourned, apparently well satisfied w ith the afternoon's work. A Home For Ex-Rebels. Wasiiinotos, Jan. Is. Representative Benjamin Augustine Knloe, of the Fighth District rtf Tennessee, a new memlier of Con-gn-ss, has signalized his appearance iu the neighborhood of the Treasury surplus by in troducing a bill tu put Confederate and I'liiotl soldiers on a level with each other. It is the first of its kiml and gics directly at what il is after without preamble, whereas or aiology. It enacts that Mthe Board of Manages1-of the National House for Dis ahhsl Volunteer Soldiers arc hereby author ized, empowered aiM directed to locate, establish, constrnrt and permanently main tain a branch of said National i,)m. fur I Disabled Volunteer .Sildiers in the State of Tennessee." Il further provides that " all honorably discharged soldiers and sailors who served in the n-gular aud volunteer j fon-i-s of the l mtcd Slates in any of its wars j ami ull honorably discharged or uniled sol j dlers a-d sailors w ho served ill the army and I navy of the late so-called Confederate States who are disabled by disease, wounds or j otherwise, and who have no adi-qtiatc means of suppirt arid by reason of such disahiUty ! are Incapable of earning their living, shall Ik-entitled to be admitted to said home for I disabled volunteer soldiers subject to such I similar regulations to those prescribed for i admission to existing branches of the Xa 1 tional Home for Disabled Volunteer Sol- ' d:er." i . The bill appropriates H Vl.liuO for carrying . out its provisions a:id provides further that " the said IVurd of Managers may om-il, by donation from the State of Tennessee, the property known as the Hermitage the late home of Andrew Jackson, as a site for said branch h-iinf herein provid -d for."' The fourth and last section of the bill is rather ibe inosi interesting of all, inasmuch as it iudi-ntcs that this iu only the first step in a continuous policy to wie out the records of the war nnd extend the same benefits to those w ho f Might against the flag as to those w ho fought for it. fit provides : ' That General John T. Wilder, of Chatta nooga, Tenii., be and is hcrebv appointed a manager of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Sildiers, and to serve for five elected by Congress shall lie eleven instead often, as at present, one of whom shall be a resident of one of the late so-i-alled Confed erate States." General Wilder, who is to be put on the board as a sturter from tlie Con federate Slates, was a I n ion soldier. He commanded a division ol mounted infantry that oiK-rali-d chiefly against Forrest's Cav alry. Mr. Knloe was not in the Confeder ate service himself, hut he is to lie neither blamed nor praised for that. He was only 12 years old in tsW. Seven Persons Drowned. Lxsis, Tex., Jan. 1. Seven persons were drowned to-day in Sand lake, alwut ten miles east of -Funis. Two young women, daughter of William Williams, s farmer, and a young man named Babbitt, were skat ing on the ice, w hen the ice gave way and they sunk iu four and a half feet of water. Miss Babbitt aud two little girls, aged 8 and 11 years, also daughters of William Wil liams, w ho were on the shore watching the sHirt. were drowned in attempting to rescue their friends. A very small child of Mr. Williams also fell through the ice, but was saved by one of the drowning young ladira catching and throwing it out on the ice. Young Williams, a brother ot the young ladies drow lied, was a quarter of a mile dis tant at his house. He saw tlie trouble and ran to the assistance of the unfortunates, hut lie was soon overiowcreiI by the stniggles of those w Ik were drowning, aud he. too. was drowned. Mrs. Williams, his mother, made an effort to save them all, but site was pulled i low u ami would have met the fate of her children but for the timely aid of her two daughu-rs. aged to and 12 years. Tlstse chil dren threw her s rope and succeeded in pull ing her ahore. Governor Larabee Takes the Oath. Pes Moises, Ia., Jan. 21. Oorcrnor lara bee and Lieutenant Governor Hull were in augurated this afternoon in the presence of both houses of the legislature and a large as sembly of citixeus. Among the distinguished guests occupying the platform were Gover nor Thayer and staff, of Nebraska, and ex Governor Carpenter, of Iowa. Points of the District Tax Refunding Bill Passed by tne Senata. WAsnisoTos, Jan. 19. TIk- bill passed by the Senate to-day to refund the direct taxes paid by the states daring the war will, if it becomes a law, dispose of between $17.01, ooo and $1H.(X,0u0 of the surplus now in the Treasury. Of this ram Pennsylvania will receive $UW,719 S3 and New Jersey $62,643. The whole amount of tins tax that was assessed was &J0.O O.0U0. Every North ern State paid its quota, but none of the Southern States did. the only collections effected south of Mason and Dixon's line having been made by the sale of private property in those portions of the Confeder acy occupied by Cnited States troop?. After the close of the war au attempt was male to collect the amounts still due, but it was unsuccefiil, excel iu a few instances in which the Cnited States had become in debted to the states, and one claim was set off against the other. The amount still un collected is $2,540,313 49. Since it became evident that the quota of the delinquent states would never be paid the n-pn-scnta-tives of those that did pay up have com plained of the unfairness of the tax, and aked that it be refunded. It was not just they have argued, that a tax assessed upon all the states and apportioned equitably amongst ttiem should have been paid by a part and not by the others, especially when. by the acts of the lat-er, the tax was made necessary. The objections urged against the bill, which had influence upon the votes of very few fttiators, were two-fold in their nature. Senator Saulsbury did not think that Con gress has any constitutional right to vote money out of the treasury to be distributed among the state even when such an act was necessary to coreeet an injustice. Senator Plumb, of Kansas, representing a state whose quota of the direct tax was small less than $72,0 thought that it was unfair that the people of his state, which has now grown rich and populous, should be taxed to refund money willingly paid by the older states a qnart'-r of a century ago. A tjissl deal of direct pressure for the passage of this hill has come from the owners, or their representatives, of lands in the South that was sold fir direct taxes during the war. The Southern States have never reim bursed these people, and upon them individ ually, therefore, tell the wnole burden of the tax as tor it was collected. For instanceilie Sea Islands of South Carolina were held by tlie Federal trooi. and tlie$222,UUOcollected from that state represents the proceed of plantations sold by the Cnited Slates au thorities on those islamLs. If the bill be comes a law, this sum will be repaid to the state and divided amongst the.- claimants. As many of t hem are now in destitute cir cumstances, the m Jiicv will lie esiiecialiv welcome. In the North the money go into the sev eral state treasuries and may be used to re-d-icc the rate of sta.c taxation. The bill as it passed to-day provides that where the sums credited to any state were collected by the United States from citizens, either direct ly or by the sale of property, such sums shall be held in trust by the state for the benefit of those from w hom thery were Col lected or their legal representatives, and that all claims against this trust must be filed within six years or he forever barred. Z. L. W The Faith-Cure Captures Reading. Reapisu, Pa., Jan. 20. " I'm healed ! I'm healed, and thanks to God!" cried out Adam Shower at the faith cure convention here yesterday afternoon. He had suffered from spina! disease. The large congregation was excited and in tears. His two sisters, who had been suffering from the same com plaint, and who had fainted before the altar in great mental excitement, returned to a CMisciutiB condition and fell into each other's anus, weeping and rejoicing. Th y declared that they were healed by the wonderful pow er of the faith cure. John Fowl, of Chatn bershurg, and Abel Strawu appealed in a loud voice to heaven to send down its heal ing power. Suddenly a lady in one of the front row s dinted. Mr. Tnnubower then made the air ring w ith his invitation to all sulforers to come forward and lie healed by their faith in the grace of God. Miss Cora Bitter, of Bethle hem, who had lost her voice for several years, advanced to the altar and then fell sobbing upon her knees. Itosanna and Kmma Shower, afflicted with rheumatism, were led to the altar. The choir sang, and he misiters formed a circular alsiut the suf ferers and prayed londiy and incessantly, and were joined not only by the nitcnts but by scores of their relatives, w ho clapjied their hands exultingly and called on the Lord to hear their prayers. The ministers exhorted the people to remain steadfast in faith, as God had pmmised to heal them iu his His Holy Word, and could not go back on his promise. Then Miss Bitter arose. rlapied her hands, and uttered a prayer aloud and facing the altar she exclaimed: " My voice iias already been restored. Glory to God : " Shower had hobbled to the altar supported by a cane, hut he bravely walked toward his excited, surging, praying friends alone and unsupported, as did his sisters behind him. A number of other women were then led forward, accoiii)KUiied by their friends. They were received with hymns of welcome, and once more the circle was formed. By this time the entire congregation were on their feet, the jieople craning their necks to see the finishing of the strange ceremony. Above the voice of the singers could lie heard the supplication of the ministers ami the solwofthc penitents. Then the friends of the aflliclcd pressed forward, with clapping of hands aud hymns and prayers. Scores of people wci as they saw the applicants for cure arise ami sing out " Glory to God ! Wc feel, 'ih '. so much lictter." There was more singing, and then the audience disK-rs-d. The same scenes were rccatcd last night. So great is the rush that the church m iy i kept open to-day. Quaker City Scorched. I'nii.Ai.i i.riiiA. Jan. 21. ne of the great est fires this city lias known occurred lust night and this morning. At 7 o'clock a chimnev fire occurred at Eighth and Arch streets and was soon opxirently extinguish ed. At 11 o'clock the millinery and ladies' wear house of Marks Bros, at the same cor ner, was found tu be one mass of flames, and was in a short time reduced to ashes. The flames swept acrgss Eighth street to the Mil linery house of Adolf Heller Bro., and be fore midnight that builning, too, was a roar ing furnace. In a very few minutes the fire had nude such progress that the flames lcaed across Wartield Place, a little alley separating Murks Bros', building from that of Shone man Bros., extending on Kighth street from Xo. 110 to 122, and seized upon it, but were checked by the firemen before the building was quite gutted. on the east side of Eighth street the fire spread first to the millinery warehouses of Joseph Heller and Strouse.Thauhauseri Co., old three-story structures and to tlie front of the latter firm's house on Arch street, which had the caves burned out. Shortly after 12 o'clock a violent explosion occurred, said to have been caused by chemicals in the dyeing establishment. After the walls on either side of Fighth street had tumbled in the fury of the fire began to exhaust itself and the fin-men were better able to put in some ef fective work. From the Marks building the flames spread also to the south-west corner of Eighth and Arch streets, Frederick Knapple's confec tionery, tbe occupants of which were saved with difiiculty. Then they attacked the Arch street front of Shuster's cafe and con fectionery aud of William Mencke's building next door. By this time the fire had been gotten under control and the adjoining buildings of S. Abel & Co., silk and millinery, were damag ed by water. No. mi Arch street, in which W. H. Clark had an office and Mrs. Avont a boarding house, was totally destroyed. At 2: A. x., the fire seems to be well un der control. The estimated losses foot up $l,MO,000. ROBBERS TRAPPED. Sheriff's Posse With Shotguns on the Train. St. Lons Jan. 19. Train robbers were foiled last night In an attempt to rob an ex press train on the Wabash Western rood at Cooley'a Lake, twenty-tbar miles east of Kansas City. The regular Kansas City St. Louis Kxpree train No. 4 left Kansas City at the regular Injur, 8:20 t. . It was in charge of V. 0. Beckley, the regular con ductor, when the train stopped at Missouri City. On the platform of the little station was a band of men with shotguns. The conductor was informed that they were un der command of an official of the county, who had received word that an attempt would be made to rob the St. Louis Express .at a lonely spot a little less than ten miles east of Missouri City. - One of the officers got in the cab of the engine with the engi neer and fireman and the others distributed themselves throughout the train. Cooley's Lake a fishing resort, one of the loneliest points on tlie road in winter time, was the place where the attack was to be made. None of the passengers of the train were notified of the danger. At 9:30 as the point of tlie attack was neared, a red light was seeu gleaming ahead. As the train slowed up the engineer saw three masked men armed w ith rifles standing on the track TUE BOBBERS AI'FEAB. "Get off there," said the leader of the three men to the engineer, . Money climbed down out of the cab. Just as he reached the ground the ottk-er in the cab pointed his shotgun out of the cub window and fired on the leader of the band. As soon as the shot was tired, he and Morscy dropped dowti out of sight. The shot from the cab waa an swered with sliots from the guns of the three rolilicnt, which rattled about the engine, but did no harm. The three men retired in a demoralized state. As they moved back part of the posse came up from the woods, where they had been in concealment for some time, and opened fire on them. These men hud been sent out from Missouri City in advance of the train and had concealed themselves, to be in readiness, whenever they should be needed. About twenty shots were exchanged, the men on the train joining in pursuit. The posse continued in pursuit of the band and when the train reached Moberiy there was a report that two of litem had been cuitured by the otlicers, and that in tlie struggle one oflhemhad beeii killed. The robliers are known to lie tinners living in the neighbor hood of Missouri City. One of them is said to have been a member of thc.Jamca gang at onetime. ALL OF TflEJi CA PTC REP. Telegrams for General Manager Heysfrom Division Siificrintcndent McGce say that all of the would-be robboers have Is-eu captur ed. Three of them were overtaken by the liossc and the fourth, Barney S-eny, the leader w ho had stoped the train and who niccivcd a heavy load of shot in the breast from the gun of the man concealed iu the engine cab, was found iu the wosls, where he had crawled after being wounded. The plot was given away by one of the gang named King, w ho told Grunt Arnold, station agent at M issouri City, what was goiniug on. Arnold in turn notified the Sheriff, and he o.ooro.o.siiyoniaiiizcua jioase. Amoui was j one of the pisse, and it was he who shot t he niu-r iioui me rau. Jving remained Willi t the gang and signaled the train to stop, hut took no other jiart in the affair. Sweeny is said to be dangerous'. jr wounded. Ae a long record of crime in the State and is con sidered one of the worst men in Missouri since the days of the Jesse James gang of j; outlaw s. He was a member of that hand of desperadoes. He has been tried for killiug two men, but in some way got clear. In one case he shot a mail sitting on a fence'" just to see-him drop," and in the other case lie killed a man on a Missouri Pacific train near Vinta about five years ago. He recently served a term of two years in the peniten tiary for attempting to blockmuil out of $."oiJthc lato Co!. A. A. Talmage. General Manager of the Wabash, Railroad Com pany. Thomas Furlong, Chief of the Secret Ser vice of the Missouri Pacific railroad, says Sweeny is the meanest and most despicable villiati that he ever met. John King, who gave the gang away, is a young man of Mis souri City, and says he was forced to join the band against his will anil gave the rail- t road officials information of the scheme two tYceks ago. The names of the would-Iic robbers arc John B. Swinncy (not Sweeny as previously reported), the leader; John Hargrave, Noah Drew and W. II. Harris. From the best information at hand at this writing John King, who has figured all day as the in former, is Noah Drew. The men have been j taken to the Clay county jail at Liberty, the county scut. Harg;-aves Las made a confes sion, and will tell his story on the witness stand next Wednesday, when the men w ill have an exanination. Bridegroom Cone. Cmoxtows, Pa., Jan. 17. George W. Lif le. a young business man of this pluec bus suddenly disapiearcil. He was to have been married at 8 o'clock this evening to j Miss Minnie Coughanour. to w hom he lias !' lieen paying attention for some time. He ': had promised to meet the girl's father at 10 '! o'clock to-day to go with him to the Regis- ( ter's otliee for a marrige license, but he failed ji to upear, and this excited Mr. Coughan- ! our s anxiety. Inquiry at Mr. Little's store and boarding house showed that he had not been seeu to lay. He was with his intended bride lust night until midnight, w hen she bade him good-bye until he should come tins evening to claim her for his wife. Little did not re turn to his room at his boarding-house last ' night, however, and various theories are given to account for his whcrealxiuts. Some ! think he has gone of his own volitions, while others belive he bos met with foul ; I'luy. i Ills LIFE THHEATKXEI). For some time ist Little has been reeeiv- !j lug anonymous letters threatening violence !, to him. The first one came about live months ago and the last one is dated De- j' ceiuber 3, and reads as follows : Csiontowx, Pa.," Doc, 3, 'j Geo. Little I sent you word some time ago that I was going to do you up and I also i told you I would tell you w hat you will j have lo do, and now I will tell yon ug-iin, jl unu u you win i uo it you may take tne re sult. You will have to leave town in a short I time or you will he carried out. This is not talk, but I mean just what I say. This is the last time I am going to teli you, so you can do us you like about it, but beware Of whut I say. From the Same as Before. Little thought these letters were written by some young man who was jealous of his at tentions to Miss Coughanour. He placed the letters in the hands of otlicers, but the hitter have been unable to find any clue as to their author. FEABFI'LO? harm. The letters appear to have had a depressing effect on Little, and he has been gloomy for several weeks jiast. He declared be was shot at one night recently, and is reported to have boen fearful last night tliat some evil fate would overtake him on his way home from the Coughanour residence. fcThose who disbelieve in the theory that Little has ruiiofTsay he would not thus un- 1! ceremoniously l l.i. l..;... i,;,.i, t. ') isuiess. in good shape and prosperous. He was making money with comfortable rapidity. Littlecame here here several years ago from Bamrsvillc, 0., where his folks live. It was his intention to take a bridal trip there and spend some rime. He was a steady, reliable young man, and his disappearance has caused much comment as well as sympathy lor the young lady. County Treasurer Arrested. Mifflixtow.x, Pa, Jan. 21. County Treasurer John M. Copx-Iand was arrested late last night for embezzlement of State and comity funds. He was held under $7000 bail for bis appearance at the February term of court. A. H. Weidman, A. II. Gasick, Emil Schott and I. K. Sulotf became his sureties. Tlie actual deficiency is $500. Frozen by the Score. St. Pacl, Miss., Jan. IS. Tbe aggregate of victims in tbe recent storm now reaches 207. Omaha, Nxa., Jan. 19. The number of deaths in the great blizzard has certainly been underestimated. , A school teacher and eight children, name unknown, from Ne ligh, and five brothers named Stickle are re ported to have been frozen to death ; also an old man named Glose and a boy named Mil ler, Mrs. Miller, the boy's mother, was also badly frozen aud will loose both legs. Charles Gray, living near Tekomah, died yesterday from exposure inThurjday nighu storm. Miss Louie Rayce, a school teacher, eight miles from Plainvicw, started with three children fur a house about 20 rods distant, but lost her way. Miss Rsyce wrapped up tbe little ones as best she could but they ull succumbed. Miss Raycc managed to reach tbe house, but her feet are badly frozen, and they will hare to be amputated, A dispatch from 'O'Neil says 15 persons perished in Custer county. The loss of stock is said to be enormous. The report that ex-Collector of Internal Revenue George W. Post and two compan ions perished in the storm Thursday while hunting iu Butler county proves to be un true. Dt Bt oi E, Iowa, Jan. Id. The fiitulities of the late blizzard on the prairie district of Iowa are lieing gradually made public. Byron Cleveland of Manchester, Delaware county, has received information that his two sons, aged 15 and 17 years, were frozen to death during the storm together with 1K head of cattle. John Olney has been found in a snow drift near Marthon, frozen to death. Miss Hay Heuningand a boy named Julius, 12 years of age, started in a sleigh to ' attend a party, in company with two young men. When the storm struck them they lost their way, and the young men deserted the lady and the boy and reached a farm house iu safety. The young lady w ill loose lioth legs, and the hoy's hands and feet were badly frozen. He wxs saved from death by the brave girl, who w rapped him iu the only blanket left them. Alexandria, Miss., Jan. IS The frozen body of Han ley Countryman was found this aiorning about ten rods from his home. He left Alexandria at 5 o'clock lust night to walk home, carrying about 40 pounds of provisions. He served in Company F, Fifth Minnesota. Near Adrian it is reported thaUBalzur Par talung, a German uged 2.3, was lust in the storm. Aberdee.x, Dak., Jan. IS. In northern Hard county a farmer was found with his horses beside his dead body. The report of the death of a school teacher and 13 children at Clear Lake township in eastern Edmund miity, at first discredited, is probably true. At If ighmore Sister Wilmera of Stephen Mission was frozen to death while on her way tnm the house of the priest. At Wolsey IiurdcU JSchotield and Cather erine Druse arc known to have been frozen to death. Only two deaths are reported so far in Yankton county and two iu Clay. In Bot rumme county l'.i d--3lhs arc n-iKirted. I:i ISonhomme county two hundred cattle were counted n a pla-c and 1 10 in another. f Fiv,,,. ,.!, li.t,.i , lot .I....K- ,.f ., j. ,in; n,lMtrt IH.J(1 rattle allf ni:iJ. ,w een along the road from Yankton toSpring Seld. Some persons missing are yet unac counted for. Fort Worth, Tex., Jan. IS. Three re forts of freezing to death were received last iright. A negro named John Jackson and aaother negro were frozen to death near Wa- I o. In the Pun Handle the loss in stock is iaiwn to be great. One ranchman in Tar u county lost 10 head of line stock. More Blizzards M VX3IIALLT0WS, lo., Jan. 21. The cold wave was accompanied by high wind, but no now. The temperature reached lil" Is-low last night. The blowing snow affects all roads in Central Iowa more or less. The Northwestern is open, but the trains are de layed. Both the Cetitral Iowa and Chicago, St. Paul t Kansas City have had freights in the snow siucc yesterday, preveiuing the passage of through trains. La Crosse, Wis., Jon. 21. The cold sk-U whsch had its beginning Friday noon, Jan uary 13, and w hich is still in vigorous prog ress, is the most severe and continuous in the history of the city. With but o single exception the mercury has not been aliove ! zero since January 3, and during four socces 'I .sivo days and nights the temperature did not jj get aliove H below zero. A spirit thermom l eter registered AV below on the streets here 'j last Monday morning, which has but once l been equaled since the Signal Service was cs j tablished here, sixteen years ago. Freight j' trains were alian.loncd on the roads for three il days ending Monday and passenger trains have been indefinitely delayed on all lines. Xo loss of life has occurred as vet. :l St. Pai l, Minx., Jan. '21. An evening pa- i t per figures the loss of life in lust w-K-k's hliz- j i zurd ut 233. Among the new cases reported i .j are the following: Miss Little, of Gennva, ii .Dak., and a Mr. Powell who went to rescue her; a farmer named Zicbcll, anil another named Rilke, ten miles north. A Mr. Em- mnlson, while en mute home from Ortou ville, Minn., has been missing since the storm. George Dow, living on a tree claim in Nobles county, Minnesota, went out with his brother-in-law and both were lost. The thermometer indicated 30 below here this morning and a rutting wind added to the discomforts of railroad employes. Trains j from the West and South were all badly de layed and the Omaha abandoned its trains out of St. Paul and Sionx City. The State Board of Railway Commission efc to-day investigated the reports of suffer ing from a scarcity of fuel on the Brown Valley branch of the Maitoha rail road, which has been blockaded for a month. Thi-y found there had been no actual suffering, but that coal supplies were running low. General Manager Manvillc promised to -double the force employed in otH-tiing the road. Fort Keogii claims the honor of having the widest range of temiieratiire of any place 1 on earth. During last week's wind storm the thermometer marked 6.V Mow, while last su miner it ranged from 12H" to l-SO3 above, a total range for a year of ISO". Lamar and Davis. Jacksox, Miss., Jan. 21. Both houses of Uhe legislature to-day adopted the follow ing resolutions : " Ilesvlccd. That we view with profund .gratification and pride the act of the Presi dent of the Cnited States iu nominating our -distinguished fellow citizen, Hon. L. Q. C. Lamar, to a seat on the hunch of the Supreme Court of the Cnited States ; that in Mr. Lamar wc recognize a man of broad and -comprehensive views, a profound scholar, a .grand lawyer and statesman, and a man j whose exalted patriotism commands the -admiration ot the American proplc." A joint invitation from both Houses was -extended to Hon. Jeffersin Davis and fam ily to visit Jackson during the session of the legislature, and requesting him to addres-i both bodies. Two Hundred Lives Lost. " , , .T - , T, Sute utts "ivcd a report from Consul j Oowell, of Amoy, in regard to the explosion JSovcmber ti, in Amoy, of a magazine con taining about four hundred tons of powder aad other explosives, by which over two jj hundred lives were lost, and several hun- slred dwellings destroyed. The magazine was located in the midst of a very populous suburb, and the foreign settlement oil the island of Kulangosoo, in Amoy Harbor, was badly shaken up. Xo lives were lost, nor any personal injuries utained by the few .American residents in Amoy. Political Excitemet Caua Death. Altoosa' Pa., Jan. 20. John Markley, aged 72, who came to this city 10 years age from Atnitu, 1 f I . ' "'"ll"-1 " liuiu "1" l"1-" J in bis shop this morning. Death was caused Jy the excitement of a political discussion. The President to the Pope. Baltimore, Jan. 22. The following cable grani from Home was to-day received by the ism .- The gift of President Cleveland to Po;e Leo XIII., Was presented to him Saturday afternoon in the Throne Room of the Vati can by the American delegation. There Were also present members of the Noble Guard, in their bright, showy uniforms, and attaches of the Paprl Court. Archbishop Ryan, of Philadelphia, in presenting the hound copy of the Constitution of the United States, said : Holy Father, we feel most honored and happy in being selected to present to your Holiness this gift expressive of the venera tion and felicitation of his Excellency the President of the Cnited States of America upon the occasion of the auspicious jubilee of your Holiness' entrance to the sacred priesthood. It is a tribute paid yonr Holi ness by the ruler of sixty millions of free men, a ruler elected by them, who feels deep ly the snpremc rcs-oiisibility of his exalted station, his dependence ujsjn God's prudence, and who bos the wisdom and fortitude to discharge faithfully and conscientiously all the important duties devolving upon him. Ho is a ruler respected by the peo ple, and one who has publicly declared his solemn conviction that Christianity furnish cs the true permanent basis of real civiliza tion and perfect social order; representing at once a moral conquest over the greatest nutions of the earth. This conquest, your Holiness, which re ceived respectful recognition from the king of the world, receives through tlie most worthy President the tribute of a free and independent people, of the freest, largest and most progressive jx-ople. ihey urc naturally Christian, brave, just and generous and will be in the future us in the past his tory of the nation. In the American Repub lic the Catholic Church is free to act and to carrv out its sacred and beneficial mission for the hum-all race by the fundamental right of constitutional guarantee, as demonstrated in this volume, the appropriate gift of the President. In the Cnited States theCa'.hulic Church is entirely frit- from State dominion. The liberty is all she requires. In her his tory the Cnited States h:is clearly proved that ignorance of the rial doctrines of the church and hereditary prejudice, that great obstacle to progress, arc gradually disa(- l-cariiig. and that Catholics and nnn-Catlu are coming to understand each other. We beg of you then. Holy father, bless the young Republic that has achieved so much in a single century ; bless the land discover til by your saintly compatriot, Columbus ; bless the wise and Manly Prcsidcrut of the Cnited States. The members of the delegation, kneeling before the Pope, received the Apostolic ben ediction for themselves and for their jieop'e Dr. O'Connc'.l, secretary of the American College, presented the album toihelVqie and translated the President's dedication. The Po listened with the utmost satisfaction examined the gift carefuliv and expressed ' his admiration for the exquisite taste and j neatness oi its execution. It was an eecia I pleasure, he said, to nvcivc a copy of the ' Constitution of the Culled States. The Pope ' in the course of his reply said : As Archbishop vou enjoy there iierfcct J freedom. That freedom, we admit, is highly beneficial to the spread of religion. As the head of the t hureli I owe my duty, love and solicitude to every part of the ( htm h, but toward America I bear especial love. The care of your nation is gnat. Your govern ment is free. Your future full of hope Your President commands my highest ad miration. Hence this offering which I have rcerived to-day has truly touched my heart It aflbrds me pleasure to pour forth through you to your President und to your great country my most profound sense of appreci ation and gratitude. In conclusion, I grant you my blessing, and ask that of yourself and of the President of your country. Tired of Playing Wild Man. New York, Jan. 23. A cable special from Berlin savs : An Auiericau citizen had at tention drawn to him this week in an amusing way. He was a darky from Balti more, of the blackest Jim ! 'row type. Hav ing applied for admission to a hospital he was required to explain how und why he came here. His replies will serve as warn ings to others. ' Yes, boss, I've been working here ; got $10 a week to pi ay wild man in a cirrus. I was all stripH.-d Vent around the middle, and wore a claw necklace ; hail to make out as if I couldn't talk. 'Twos mighty tiresome to say Goo-goo' and grin ull day. Then times got hard. I had to eat raw meat and drink blood. The cin-us man he stood of! as if he was afraid of me and chucked mc-.it on the fhsir to mi I had to lean over, pick it up my teeth and worry' it like I was a dog It was horse mi at and pretty tough, mas.su, but it brought (suple to ;scc it a biling for a while. Then it got dreiful cold for a nigger w ith no clothes on, and they put a snake annul 1 my neck. 1 couldn't stand that boss, so I'se come to the hospital.'' The fellow got clothes enough to cover him, and will probably get into the hospi tal. Grandma Garfield's Death. Mr-.VTOR, Ohio, Jan. 21. Mrs. Elizabeth Garfield, mother of the lute President Gar field, died al her residence here at uliout 5 o'chs-k a. in. to-day. She had been ill bud health for a long time, and her death was not unexpected. Mm. Garfield's maiden name was Ballon, and she w as born in the town of Perry, O. She formed the acquaintance of Ahram Gar field, the President's father, when both were school children. They were marrid iu lSl'J. At the time of her death Mrs. Garfield was sii years of age. James A. Garlicld was only a year and a half old when bis father died, and from that time Mrs. Garfield's life, without means, on a frontier farm, iiufeuced und unpaid for, suppirted her family hy spinning, weaving und knitting for her neighbors. Mrs. Garfield came of the S'urestof New i England stock, and was always noted among tho.se w ho knew her for firmness of purjiose a"d integrity of character. Her distinguish ed soli's affection for her knew almost no bounds. She always lived with him after his marriage, and was a resident of the White House from the time of his inaugura tion until his death. Pardon Board Cases. IlARBisut ao, Pa., Jau. IS. It was nearly 2 o'clock this numiing w hen the Board of Pardons adjourned. Xo action had been ta ken in the cases of Milton Weston, Samuel Johnson (convicted of the murder of Farm er Sliarpless) and others of imHirtancc. Par dons were refused Edward .1. Coff..-y, convic ted of murder in Alleghany City ; Charles Gibson, Lancaster county, breaking jail, and Stephen Failure, Philadelphia, burglary. The case, of David 8. King, sentenced to lie hanged in Clarion county on the 2tith hist., was held under advisement. He will be res piled by Governor Beaver. A pardon was granted George Stank, Northampton county, involuntary manslaughter. The applica tions of William Malone, Elk county, bur glary, and Patrick Henry, Northumberland county, assault and battery, f ir rehearings were refused. A rehearing was granted Thomas Handle, Luzerne county, robbery. Left at the Altar. II.vzi.etos, Pa., January 23. Max Waclle. a prominent young man ofSouth Hoberton, was to have been married on Saturday even ing to Miss Clara Schauh, daughter of Con rad Schaub, the hading hotel keeper of the town. Great preparations had h:-en made for the wedding, but at S o'clo-.-k, tiie hour appointed for the ceremony, the bridegroom had not put in an appearance. Miss Schaub bad donned her wedding rob;-, and the minister and the guests were in waiting, but still Waefle did not come. Inquiry was th-ju instituted, and it was learned that Waefle had left on a Lehigh Vallejr train forXew Yor in ths afternoon. Since his departure uo word has b en receiv ed front him. Miss S.-haub wai completely prostrated when the news was imparted to her, and it if feared she may lose her reason. LADIES! LADIES! We beg leave to call your attention to our large assortment of ready-made garments for winter wear. We have PLUSH WRAPS, PLUSH NEWMARKETS, PLUSH COATS, ASTRACHAN WRAPS, PLAIN and PLAID CLOTH NEWMARKETS, PLAID and BLACK CLOTH JACKETS, COATS and JACKETS, PLAIN I PLAID RAGLANS. All of the above garments are tailor made and in the very latest styles. We also have a full line of CHILD'S AND MISSES' CLOAKS, In sizes from 1 year up to 16, and at from $1.25 up. OUR PRICES ARE THE LOWEST, BUY FROM US. AND YOU WILL SAVE MONEY. . GKEIS, FOSTER & QITIvX. Clinton Street, A Chastly Chost Story. YtxcEJisias Lid., Jan., 22. Mrs. Adele Freeman kee-s a bianling house here ami has Iwen bothered ery much of bite hy trunge sights and sounds in various parts of the place. The lsiarders claim that they have felt etild hands upon their faces for a week pas! as they lay in bed. ami have heard the knuckles of the invisible hands rap on the headboards. Tlu-y say that a tall, slender man, clothed in a white rolie, walks oliout the basement of the house amid flashes of due flame, and Mrs. Freeman said to-day I, ibat as she at in her parlor last merit she , at 1 o'rlot-k. o m on the prvni-es. tl.e f,.H..:r beard cries an.l groans in an adjoining mom. ! VimJilTuKb Ikvu 'lii'" w,rt ' iwo oi me young lany mxiruer also ueuiarv me young lany mxiruer also ueuiarv -y have seen the basement (rliost Iv- J a cotlin. which was lieing carried by that they in a two spectral pail hearers. Mrs. Freeman as serts that last Monday niidit while she was in bed she felt a stream of warm liquid full upon her shoulders. It seemed to conic from the ceiling. When she lighted the pis she was horrified to find her gown am the bed clothing drenched us if with warm blood. Whatever the stains are they cannot lie re moved. Two policeman have lieen assigned to find out what U at the bottom of this story. Duped by a Laay Banker. NoRKisTow.i, I'a., Jan. I!i. Miss Mary A. llrowii. a maiden lady residing in this plaee ; and possessed of considerable projierty, has : oeen swindled out of :Jil,oun by a Pbiladel- . phia woman w ho made invest incuts for ! women. She conducted a "ladies" bank ! and promised large returns for every dollar invested. Mrs. lirown said she had known ; the woman whose victim she is since child- hood, and had great confidence in her. On.; Monday she was to receive a large sum of money from the i'hilai'.elpliia woman as u : return on her investment. The money 'did not come and Miss I'.roan wrote to her. ' She replied that all business between them j vus at an end and that no more letters would be answered. This aras sttirtliu,' iit' rma- tion to Miss Brown. .So infatuated was she i with what she supposed to be a sure and speedy method of obtaining a fortune that! -he borrowed money from all her friends in ' order to invest it with the Philadelphia wo- ! man. She lias employed counsel to prose- j cute the Philadelphia woman, but her lawyer j says it would be iniHissible for Miss Itrowh ; to recover. Strikes and Boycotting no Cood. Peoria. III., Jan. ll. The Federation of Trades which is in session here to-duy, iiloptcd resolutions declaring against boy cotting anil providing for the iKitentine of a union laia-l to place in stores w hich do not handle non-union goods. A preamble was presented for a constitution which declares that corporation pools uud trusts are rapidly lisplacing individual employes; that the regulation of labor is passing from the indi vidual agent : that the trusts' resources are so great that strikes prove failures ; ihut it is necessary to secure adciu4u means to meet the changed conditions ; that the strike und boycott have fulled to accomplish tlie end lesirtil ; that political power is tlie one effec tive weapon and that by the exercise of citi zenship the laws can he changed. A Train Robber Captured. St. Lofts, January lil. Thomas Furlong, hicf of the Missouri Pacific Railway Secret Service, aided by two of his detectives and a band of Indian police under ('apt. Lafoure. this afternoon captured "Kill" Tuclce, the leader, and Willis Moore, of the sang of des peradoes who attempted to rob a train on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad, at s-tringtown, Indian Territory, on Christmas moruing. The captured are noted horse thieves and outlaws, and it is believed that they were getting their gang together again for more train roblierles, but their arrest will scatter the band and stop their work. Commissioners Who Worked Every Day. Usiostows. Pa., Jan. 20. The Auditors are busy going over the accounts of the county officials for K-ic?. They find the ex penses of the Commissioners' otlh-e to have j amounted to Sl.lol.w;. The Commissioners were found to have been on duly every work- ' ing day in the year except Jule 4. The audi- tors objected to ?40 extra, drawn for twentv ! lays' outside work notliown to have lieen ' own on the minutes. ; Paying off Indebtedness. PtrriBt RiiU. Jan. 21. Oliver r.ndhers A Pliillis, the iron niinufu-turcrs, have al- ! ready in bank the m ney to pay off the third j ustallmunt of their indebtedness, on Febru ary I. The sum is upwards of jljiiOi. The last paynu-nt was made on February I, ISS7. Two more remain to be paid before the indebtedness is entirely liquidate!. This payment will make about $ljCHt,VMi paid sniCv! the extension was granted. The South Speaks for Tariff. BiRMixiiiiAV, Ala., Jan. 21. The Board of Alderman ami of Education, of this citv. to-day adopted resolutions urging their lle rescntatives in Congress to use their best en- leavors to secure immediate repeal of the Internal U--veiiue system, to opKe any proposition looking to removal or reduction of the duties on coul aud iron und to suit port the Blair Educational Bill. SOMERSET MARKET. Corrscted Weskly by COOK A BEERITS, DEALERS IX Choice Groceries, Flour & Feed. Prices for Januuty 25, 1. Apples, dried, y ,.. Apple Butter, gal . 3&e UktlOr l a il no ioe m-atis, nu.. Brun, d UK) lbs Butter, (roll. i Ut Buckwheat, bu , " mesl, TUt-swax fi & BueoQ, Aii,-ar-'Uisl Hams) f " tl'iMuitry lituiis) fi tshouluV-rsi fi ftt .. " (Siilesl tb. Corn, (earl v hn .ZIam- L'V lc .'.'aA.'.WtcKric " tVlcllelll H bu ieai t ro Chop, corn aal oats, fi lot) lbs il rye, l luu ilia Kgirs, V do Flour, Itoller Process, f bbt " Vienna, i bbt Flaxsccl, s bu Ijinl. ft t Middliuss, f 10U lha mu, Vbu.,... ,, Potatoes, bu ... Ptaches. dried, i lt . Kve, f bu . Salt. ( So 1.) VI bbl ' ....2c ! 25 il AO ile tf W SK ,.7 Jl 2Tsn.11 SO - i4Je . -.aJa,7ie swlOe " (l.nsinrt Alum) 9 sack 8umr, yellow, ft ft wnite, t. Tallow, y (b W beat, f bo 10c ...6KiC -A ! II 20 tt-l IA II w Te JQHxsTonw, rj. TEE'S SALE -OF- 18. -:o:- B UKTT E of an slis or-l, r of the Orr.h ,n . ( ort t s,in. rs. i iitiniv. !'.. to ulr im,!,'r uiriiiMlm.i-ted. tliey ill v Xje to asli- by lui llit outcry oil ' ' j Wednesday. February 1, 1S8S, ; fin 1 A nt Un'1 in llUi It sm ton-hip. mrvt i-omitr l-. i n-ijoiDinic 1ih1 ot' Ji.hn K. ! liim V Uvi i ouicut-iitHir. iiiiKenoii l.tim'r f'onn."v u.. now Nosh S-oii mi. I -i. I . l iviit. Iv,.l ii-.' laugh smlotht-m. eiininiiilii jjj n-n m,ir.' lewi. of which arv rtrarvt. ,1m hi ih...i.. 1 u-e timtirr uujil. haviu- thrmio iimi , DWELLING HOUSE with rmsemiMit ; ict hank hum jutIih r.- .. nthrriMithuii-luiK: lost wstrrsn.l fruit iin.icr laid wiih eosl, rire-rlay, iron ore sn.l iinu-.in j loiivt-iiieiii u. hooi sii.t riiureh, ibis Iki-k i late humunrad of UVevawl. Wn 9 Sl""1 a aforesaid, aftjninint I'Ut - lands of Noah st-o;t, s I Trvut, al-ii oliii-rs, containing ft acre, more or leu. Mn "X Sf'timte as aforesaid, adjoin in trrt WUt Oi No. . N.h s f rmil and wh- ers, couiainiuic acres, more or K-ss. No. 4. Situate as aforesaid adjoinini; tract No. 1. lands of llavid it itiehain.-t .rl other. ruDLuuuif; 1 o acres, more or le.. N'ns. 2. X and tare heavily timbered ith.k chestnut. lar. mid hemlock and are a!HU im, miles fmiu rort Hill station oa Hie H. & i . R. K. "nc-third down on confirmation of talc and delivery of. Iced, onc-thinl hi one year and , me thod tu two years trotn day of -stlc : lo iter cent of ttte l-iircha-- money to U- uud as ,n a. ertv is sold : deferred payments lo la- -as iln '! ii the premises hy judicnieal bonds ; HM,.j,,n rn. en at oiks. All sirre.,n,ieiice a.t.lrv.-.l t..ihe undursiKued, will receive promnt an. nu..n. JF.KEMfAH J. Kc.I.K. Kl K!.H K. 11. DAVID niNKIni i.n. . "T Hill. l-a. J. R. fsroTT, Attnrncy nt Law. Somerset. Pa Jollli A ilTER. Auctioneer. DIAMOND LINSEED OIL WORKS. THOMPSON & CO., GENUINE OLD PROCESS OIL CAKE MEAL. Oil Hail as Stoci Foci. There is no better or cliener fl for MI1.('I I'OWS. It inert-uses the iinlity und quantity of milk more than any other feed. For fattening beef cattle it surpisses all oth er fiasl. making the incut more tender and juicy. No tisxl known will fit TATTLE as rapidly for market as Oil Meal. For Hi !1S KS. a small ipiantily can be f, ihiilr with valuable results, and for MIKKP. iliX.;. FOWLS, etc., it is an excellent food, keep ing them in a healthy condition, making fine, palatable meat. We manufacture by theOl.I) 1'KlK'KS.S steum heat and hvdraiilie pressure. Well settle? LIVSKF.D OIL and fresh ground OIL MF..VL always on hand. Write for circular and prices. .Send your orders to THOMPSON' Jt CO.. l-lt-lm. Allegheny, Px ANNUAL STATEMENT C? T2X3 Farmer's Union Association AND FI2S i::su2a:i:s :opa::i c? Somerset Co., Pa., for the Year Ending December Zl, 1SS7. Number of memlwrs T,l Am't of Insurance subject loiae- liient - Mills aAieaseil dnruiif Ihe year tsj OA Resources of Co. !c !1, 'tR.. during year tosl V. S7. siKiT 71) C Ct LIABILITIES. Am't due Per 31. 'sS Sl! ol ' of his liy tire dun ng 87 10 Itllc tor ati oilier expenses titf the . year, incliiilinir otticer'a imv. coiumi-ssinus and cxoneraliun-. sl 1 ltesoiirces iu exc:-s ST'." n Receipts Duping the Yriir IW. Keceivel oil Assessments Wl ' " .Meintcis.iip IS' Bal in Treuurv of 'i t -. - I o S71-- Disbursements During tho Year tsa7. Puhl J A ''nniiiiixliaui hal of Ins f-i' " " H V Walker si-.iwi " I'nn'l A Weaver full of Jii"l lieo A Miller ' " i.i-M " . C Miiss,.ouau " " - :;iti - Amod W'alkifr Io'H " Alex Mocvrare 4 " - ifcnii " Mary I'mla-rger " mbi " Arch l.ivenKosl io " J.u.-oh Mhu-i, In part " " !' " Jae-wart.en.)rilier. Sec Nil .'! " KJ Walker, Treasnrer'. " ''"" " Jac Mus-scr. l-re.uli.-Til pay lsil " s K keiiuan. V w ' Iiirerior. for wr Ices "l i " for postaye anil Mutiooary Is (W " for printing A t,l ti.' " intereat tu iwuey UismJ ) " m' Balance In Treasury....... Resources DurenilMir 31, 1797. Am't In Treasury OutatanUuig ou Uuphcutes.. .. .$ HI . ia il TI Liabilities Dcmlwr 81. 1887. Jiicoh MaiK part of iimuruncc ...!! ' Uau'l Alifather, full of m ?1 Resource in txeesnof llabliitles -TT" T7!l KMARKS: An In-nimnre of J:ji on a fcarn destpiyeil ' y fire for Jos Tresaler. of Unim-r Twp. i in him tion. anil la Uierefara not reporteil in the siateuicut. . JAC Xr-tsF.R. Prc-iilent. JAC. WA H TKShK ( HJCR, Sec'T. J WALKMH. Treasurer. Sentenced for Life. Xew Alba.it, Ib., January 23. Jai-ob Robinson, the murderer of Samuel Hay. was to-day sentenced to life imprisonment in lb Indiana prison, at South Jeffersonville. Robinson and Hay lived on adjoining farms, and had been at law over certain tracts of land for upward of twenty years. They wire deadly enemies. Hay went to Louisville, as Robinson alleges, and procured a revolver with which to kill him. Hearing of this, he carried continually a donblc-larrcled gun tor Hay, and killed him on sight. Robinson is 65 yerrs of age. is worth alwut ildO.iXiO, and had employed as counsel the finest legal talent in the Mate. He has ap plied to the Supreme Court and will have a new trial. j TalnaolG Real Esta
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