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The Somerset Herald.
JDWA.RD SCCLL. Editor and Proprietor.
WEDKKDAY-
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The wheat yiell in Cfiy counties u
"poor mortgaged Kansas," lying along
the Kock Lslanl Road, is estimated at
24,500,000.
A Louisvillepreacher the other day
exclaimed, "Thank Cod there are no
newspaper in Leaven:" Doe. the rev
erened gentleman think that preachers
will be needed there.
The llamsburg T.lrgmph pertinently
inquires, "Would it not be better for
Chairman Andrews to '.x-tire under re'
than that the Republican party of Penn
sylvania should be retired under tnT
Akk the Democrats mad because the
country is prospering? If not, why do
they continue to aasert that the Treawury
is bankrupt, and persistently oppose the
establishment of new manufacturing in
dustries? A lot oOllaouri "White Caps," few
nights since, attempted to whip a citizen.
The man's wife shot two of them with a
rifle- and drove the balance away. The
-o.t tn tension that woman for
her resistance of mob law.
The People s party in Kansas has re
jected the overtures of the Democrat in
that State for an alliance. One alliance
with Demcjcrats was enough for the Kan
sas farmers. Kansas will long remember
the alliance that defeated Inpalls.
The Allegheny County Republican
Committee, on Saturday last, endorsed
the three Judges (one of them a Demo
crat) lately appointed by Governor Pat-ti.-on,
and it looks as if there was a row
on band.
A dispatch from Vernon, Texas, says
"the farmers are in distress. They had
calculated on twenty bushels of wheat to
the acre, and it is threshing out thirty,
and they have to build new bins and
buy new sacks." Another argument for
the Alliance party.
Fresii.e.vt Hakeison has appointed a
grandson of old Ren Wade, a grandson
of General Sherman, a son of General
Baldy Smith, and a son of Commodore
Ramsay as cadets at West Point. There
is nothing in blood if tkey don't, every
one, make good and true soldiers.
Wats the Republicans liret came into
Iower a Democratic National Adminis
tration had just obtained a loan of ii",
(M .000 at 12 per cent ; now a Republi-
iTT;n;rfratinn is olaciftz a loan of
,,Kii that amnnnt at 2 rjer cent. The
difference between Democratic and IU
pablican financeering needs no further
comment.
Ir Pennsylvania should go Democratic
this fall, Governor Pattison will be a
leading candidate for the Presidenlial
nomination next year, say our Demo
cratic friends. Ah ! could that little "if"
only be eliminated? Says an oft-told
tale, "If ths dog hadn't stopped he
would have caught the rabbit"
"The Lord intended this for a Repub
lican year, and the Lord doesn't make
any mistakes. I never in my life saw
such a prospect for the farmers in Ohio
as at present," says Congressman Knocks,
of Iron ton, Okio. Republicanism and
prosperity are synonymous terms in this
country. It is as imjiossible to make the
people vote the Democratic ticket when
they are prosperous as it is to make a
child cry when it is happy.
The Democratic press lets no opportu
nity escape to denounce the wasteful and
iniquitous pension laws. As there is
about a million of voters personally in
terested in these laws, it is a matter of
much moment to them to know what
the Democratic party intends to do about
them. Do they intend to wipe these
laws from the statute books? If not,
then why keep up the howl against laws
tbey do not propose to repeal ?
Eveby working day in the year they
make one hundred boxes of tin at Apollo,
in our neighboring county of Armstrong,
and yet the tin plate liars insist that we
do not and cannot make tin in this
country. A score or more of factories
for the manufacture of tin are being
erected in different parts of the country,
as rapidly. as money, skill and energy
can rush them to completion. The mak
ing of tin in this country is now a cer
tainty. Down in Louisiana they are not in
love with Mr. Cleveland, the Farmers'
Alliance wing of the Democracy having
declared against the ex-President be
cause, as'one of their ortors announced,
be "has succumbed to the influence of
Wall street" Notwithstanding the con
stant efforts of the friends of Mr. Cleve
land to bolster np his candidacy, his
chances of success in the next Demo
cratic National Convention are not rosy.
It is alleged that the Democrats aie
passing the hat among the importers in
New York to raise money to 'defeat
McKinley for Governor of Ohio. Of
course, every importer of foreign manu
factures is hostile to the McKinley tariff
bill and will take a whack at its author ;
and also, of course, they are backed by
the Democratic press of the country, who
in this particular ae fighting the inter
ests of the nation.
The success of Secretary Foster in re
funding the outstanding 44 per cent
bonds at 2 per cent has knocked silly
the Democratic calamity howlers. So
low a rate of interest has never before
been reached in this country. While
we are being told by the Iemocratic
press that money is scarce, that free silver
coinage most be adopted to increase the
amount of currency needed for business,
tbe government finds money so plenty
that it has no difficulty in getting over
fifty millions at 2 per cent This fact
roves also the utter falsity of the
charge, coming from the same source,
that the Treasury is bankrupt The
truth is, and everybody knows it, that
the credit of our government is so good
that it can borrow money at a lower rat
than any other nation on the globe, and
because this is the result of Republican
financial management the silly attempt
is made by the Democratic press to alarm
the country with tales of impending
bankruptcy and ruin.
Democratic organs are already begin-
ing to charge that McKinley will make
Lis cstnpaifn with boodle furnished by
the "protected manufacturers." The
iiiiinitabie cheek of these organs can be
conceived by reading the charges made
the other day in the Stark county Demo-
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Canton, the home of Major McKinley:
"It was openly charged on the floor 01
the convention that the CampHell dele
gales were paid ( 1 a day to attend this
convention, just as they were paid to go
to the polls and vote for Mr. W arwicE
last fall ; that 25 per cent of the voters
in Stark county were purchasable, and
that 2,000 had been hired to vote for
Warwick in order to defeat McKinley ;
that the five editors of Democratic papers
in the county were renegade Republi
cans, who had been bought by the Camp
bell and WarwL-k wing of the Democ
racy. These and other charges were
made in Major McKinley a district, not
by McKinley's friends but by bis ene
mies, and by those who participated in
the steal of McKinley's district. These
Iemocrat8 did more than make the
charges ; tbey o fie red to prove them, and
one delegate presented his account book
with the names of 2,000 voteis who were
paid to vote for Warwick, with the prices,
but Governor Campbell's friends would
not allow him to read the interesting
schedule." Roth factions of the party
contributed to this testimony of its
venality and corruption. And yet, in
the face of these admissions, Democrats
have the gall to talk about a boodle cam
paign on part of the Republicans !
Wny Hm Runs for Governor.
Win. McK'nley, Jr., in New York Eeoorti-r.
The Republican party is right, and there
fore must win. It has always been right
From 1'G to 1-91 it has been conspicuous
ly, couivousiy and effectively for tts
whole country.
It has never been against the country.
Never for a moment in the thirty-five years
of its life has it ever beet inspected of being
against the country.
It has obeyed the Constitution, and would
have everybody else obey it It believes in
that instrument and placed in it the great
cardinal principle of equality among men.
It baa brought the country to the higbast
financial standing and credit.
It has, by its industrial policy, secured to
I the I'nited States the first rank iu manufact
ures, in mining and ia agriculture ; and, to
the masses of the country, the largest re
wards for their labor, genius and energy.
The Conspiracy against Prosperity.
Since the federal government was inau
gurated no such gigantic and malignant con
spiracy against the public welfare has been
known as that which is now being waged by
the Democratic leaders, the Democratic
pres and a portion of the Democratic party.
The Rebellion was a war of principle. Con
stitutional constructions were in controver
sy which could only be decided by the ar
bitrament of arms. Rut this new rebellion
ha- in it no element of the manhood which
caused men from tbe south to .-take their
lives on the righteousness of their belief. It
is a war on the prosperity of the country,
and its effects are as disastrous to the follow
ers of Democracy as to Republicans, and
strike at all sections alike. It was started
with the deliberate intention of breaking
down the Republican party, by making
times hard, but it would grind the Democrat
and the Republican alike if it succeeded.
It is the creation of Democratic leaders, is
beinff waned in the Democratic press, and is
aided and abetted, encouraged, fostered, pro
moted and carried on by Democrats only.
They cry that times are hard and charge it
on tbe Republican party. They a-sert that
the people are ground down to a bare living
and charge it on the Republican party,
They charge that gold is bein g driven out of
the country because of Republican financial
policy, and that the departure of gold is Ui;
astrous to business. Tliey assert that the
crops are poor and that prices for farm pro
ducts are so low that tbe producers cannot
live. They declare that a I'nited States
Treasury that has $13.":.tKj0,0ii0 of cab on
hand is bankrupt They declare that the
payment of pensions is draining money
from the pockets of the people. Tbey in-it
that the government is grossly extravagant
in its expenditures. They claim that mo
nopolies are eating up the substance of the
people. In fact there is no evil which can
come from the admioi-str-.ition of govern
ment ailairs which they do not charge has
come upon the country or is coming upon it
There never was a greater series of lies in
vented, told, persistently retailed and repeat
ed than has been thrust upon the public
through the Itemocretic press along these
lines for two years past. Y ilh tbe facts a:
to the condition of the country this article
will not deal at any length. Every intelli
gent man in the United States, by an inspec
tion of his own condition, his home com
forts, his libertr and freedom, the educa
tional advantages of his children, the cir
cumstanoes that surround him, can for him
self, if his mind is unbiased, refute the
charge that there is a dismal present and a
more dismal future outlook for the people
of this country. The nations of tbe earth
present no other such spectacle of a happy
and contented and proeerous people as in
the United Stales, and this prosperity i both
present and prospective.
It is the motive that actuates these efforts
of tbe Democracy to prove that the contra
ry is true with which The rrat is in conflict
Every patriotic instinct is violated by the
conspiracy to decry national prosperity.
The meanest traits of human character are
brought out The moet despicable senti
ment is conjuied up and nourished. Tbe
cry that the country is going to the dogs
but merely because if tbe people can be
made to believe that it is, until after 1S:2,
the Democratic party may elect a President
on that issue. It is the cry of "McKinley
price " of last fall, put forth again in new
shape, but for the saute purpose. There can
be no doubt that this broad conspiracy for
such a purpose has no inconsiderable effect
upon the condition of things. The constant
reiteration of such charges makes mea
titiiid, conservative to inaction and even
panicky. Yet there is no occasion for tbe beief
that this gigantic conspiracy will succeed.
On every hand evidence of better times and
increasing prosperity are accumulating ts
such an extent and with such prominence
that tbe people would not be worthy of cit
izenship if tbey were not suSciently intel
ligent to know the truth. New Industries
are being created, the crops will be second to
those of no year since tbe nation was form
ed, prices of products range higher, there
will be greater demand for manufactured
products, and the general business of the
country is improving in tone and healthful
ness. Only the wilfully blind can fail to read
the signs. Only the malicious can misrep
resent them. Rut the answer of tbe people
to tbe conspirators who are seeking to de
press and repress tbe growth of prosperity
for their political ends should be as over
whelming as an avalanche and bury them
out of sight .V. T. Pro.
State Crop Bulletin.
The Weatiier Crop Bulletin, issued by the
Pennsylvania State Weather Service in co
operation with tbe United States Weather
Bureau, for the week ending July 19, 191,
remarks :
Tbe temperature during tbe past week has
been considerably below the normal, an ap
parent deficiency of from 7 to 10 degrees per
day throughout the Slate. The lack of sun-
chine and cold has retarded the growth of
corn. Rain has been plentiful, and in many
placet too much has fallen to be of benefit
to crops.
Harvesting and haying is progressing.
Large crops have been boused and much
more is ready to reap. The late rains have
delayed the harvest Tbe yield of wheat Is
reported as excellent and of fine quality.
The oats crop will be larger than was antic
ipated. Tbe heavy hailstorm of the SI did much
damage to corn, tobacco and fruit in tbe
central portions of the State. Tbe storm
was very aevere in some localities, and its
course extended along the Susquehanna
River through tbe Slate.
The crops as a whole are reported as being
in a Very satisfactory condition, and the sea-
cd.jjivijrftnieTon one.
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Talk With Secretary Blaine.
Bab Hasbor, Me.. July 12. ' Dying, eh?"
aaid Secretary of State James (J. Blaine, when
called upon by a corre-pondtnt to-day. "Well,
I fjurss not much. I am feeling first-rate to
day. To be sure tbe weather is a trifle too
hot and sultry and rather fatigues me, but
other than that I am In pretty good spirits
and expect to be myself again soon.
The correspondent then settlel down for
a pleasant chat, and in discussing the vari
ous absurd reports circulated about bis
health Mr. Blaine said : "There has been a
good deal of imagination worked in with a
few facts into the reports.
"A curious Ibing about newspapers,"
taid the Secretary, "is that while one gets a
thing outrageously wrong on one side, an.
other gets it just as wrong on the other try
ing to contradict it They like sensation.
Tbey will stretch a fact. Tbey imagine that
a truth would not be interesting to their
readers. Now I have been ill, not as ill to
sonie would have me, and certainly not as
frisky as others have made out, running
over tbe bills, riding horseback and chasing
squirrels with my grandchildren.
"Mrs. Blaine is kind enough to read two
hours a day to me, though I teil ber she will
be sick from such action. She reads all the
editorials in tbe noted dailies, and once in a
while, to fcd my fancy, she turns on to a
magazine and sifts the ideas of the literati.
"I have had nothing to do with orace
ainre I arrived in Bar Ilaror. My physician
put his tout right down and said if ever I
expected to get well I must stop thinking
and rest
You are not interested in the political
rumors then ?"
Not at all. Why should they interest
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mer J am nappy among vue uc -
wife and children. I know they are false
and when I am well enough 1 will provs
them false. Now I am simply getting my
self into shape to deny them and nil my
post at the Capital."
"It has been rumored that you will be a
candidate for President next year.
To this question the Plumed Knight gave
no reply. He simply settled back comforta
bly in his bamboo rocker and laughed a
good healthy laugh, which started from his
boots and never slopped rising till it reached
his cheeks, where that noticeable dimple
shook with fun.
Jost then Mrs. Blaine entered. She was
in good spirits and said she would be glad to
contradict any false statement s.h.ui, u
husband s health. "He has been very sick,
though," said she, "and we were very mucn
worried. We have been so unfortunate ot
late I feel that any mishap that turns up
may prove fatal. But dear me, he is so
much better now that he is contentedly set
tled at Bar Harbor, that our fears are drawn
sway by facts." '
The Curse of Kansas.
Washisotos, July 8. Ex-Congressman
W. B. Perkins, of Kansas, is in the city on
business in tbe departments. Speaking of
the situation in bis State, he remarked that
the success of the Farmer' Alliance was the
greatest curse that ever befell the State.
"When we were afflicted with the grass
hopper, the drouth and all those plagues,
we had the sympathy of ths people at large,"
be continued, "but since we have indorsed
the Alliance by electing its men to Congress,
the public has lost confidence in us as a
State. Money is scarce, and it is almost im
possible to borrow it Tbe money that has
been in the market has been withdrawn.
The leaders of the Alliance have declared
for what is practically fiat money and the
repudiation of debts .
"Mr. Peffer has publicly said that tbe
people of Kansas are too much involved to
lsy their debts. Mrs. Lease, one of their
champions, is going about organizing so
cieties to prevent tbe foreclosure of mort
gages and collection of debts. My successor,
Mr. B. H. Clover, comes to Congress to se
cure legislation on a platform that declares
that the residents of cities are supported by
the farmers, and it would be cheaper to keep
the.n in h noor houses than as tradesmen
in the cities."
ieferringto the actual condition of busi
ness in Kansas, he said : "In all the State.
save in a few cities in tbe mineral belt, there
is sot a nail being driven or a shingle put
on. All improvement has stopped, and the
intelligent farmers are beginning to realize
that instead of helping them, the Alliance
has added to their evils and precipitated
additional misfortunes upon them.
Much Married.
Poet Jbffbrsox, N. Y., July 10. Oliver
V. Petty, aged 20, son of a well-to-do mer
chant in this village, has brought suit
against bis wife Katie for divorce. Katie is
locked np in the Riverhead jail on a charge
of bigamy.
She was tried the last term of court, but
the iurv disagreed. Her maiden name was
Mott, and she bss bad a remarkable career
She never went to school, and at the age of
12 years married a man named Nugent.
Four months after she married another man
named Gridiey.
Two years later, when she was but It
years of age, she married a man named Fox.
Y'oung Petty was her fourth husband, and
ah met h:m when she was 17 years of age
at Patacbogue. Petty took bis bride to his
father's bouse, and it wss not long before
his father learned something of Katie's past
life. Her arrest for bigamy then followed,
and she was taken to Riverhead jail, where
she has since remained.
When she was placed on trial the girl tes
tified that she did not know what marriage
was until she became the wife of Fox. She
never regarded herself as the wife of either
of the other men.
Her counsel claimed that none of the mar
riages, save that with Fox, were legal, and
the law had dissolved tbe bond which
would have been a bar to ber marriage with
P..Uy. The young woman does not look to
be more than 1C years of age.
A Boy Forced to be a Burglar.
PiTTssfBo, July B. Little Charlie Snow
den, a bright chap of but eight summers,
(ell into the hands of the Pittsburg police
about midnight last night and told such a
blood-curdling tale in such a convincing
way that be has been turned over to the
Humane Society for safe-keeping cntil the
proper authorities can be heard from.
Charlie says his father is a professional
thief holding forth at Wheeling, and because
he wanted to train the lad up a a burglar
ths boy tied to Pittsburg. The boy declares
that his father, whose name is George Snow
dtn, is tbe leader of a gang. It was their
practice to use ths lad to crawl through win
dows aud coal boles of tbe bouses they want
ed to burglarize. If he refused they threat
ened to kill him.
Recently, when tbe gang supposed Char
lie to be asleep, tbey one night planned a
desperate burglary near Wheeling. Next
day the boy beard that the old man they
robbed was killed in the encounter. Charlie
wanted to tell ths police, but was afraid, so
he did tbe next bast thing be ran away.
Inspector McAleese is confident the boy is
not telling a fairytale, and he has takes the
case in band.
Will Try to Get Rain,
WasHtKGTOir, July 8. Colonel Dyren
forth, of the Department of Agriculture,
with two assistants, left here to-day for tbe
interior of Texas, where he will make fur
ther experiments in the feasibility of pro
ducing rain in arid rigions by exploding
balloons charged with oxygen and hydrogen
at a considerable height in ths air. Tests
will also be made in exploding dynamite
attached to the tails of huge kites, in connec
tion with tbe theory that rain assy be pro
duced by ths concussion of explosions in
midair.
Tbe dynamite is to be exploded in the
same manner as are the balloons, that is, by
a slender wire leading to ths kites and con
nected with an electric battery on ths
ground. Colonel Dyrenforth will seek some
sequestered spot in Texas where the noise
will not disturb any one and then make a
thorough and exhaustive experiment as to
whether or not rain can be 'produced when
needed by means of explosions near ths
JElPS
Highest of all in Leavening Power.
ABSOLUTELY PURE
One Shot Killed Both.
Norfolk, July 11. A double murder was
committed early this morning in Warwick
county, this state, Ion McPherson being
one unfortunate victim, and" his little girl,
aged six, the other. The cause resulted from
a feud between the McPherson family and
that of Joseph McRay. A abort time before
the fatal difficulty the two men had a dis
pute over the ownership of certain ground.
Blows were j-assed between the two men and
a threat was made by McRsy to shoot hia
antagonist if he built hia fence on hia
ground, which McPherson swore he would
do.
Nothing more was said until this morn
ing, when Leon McPherson took his tools
and with materials, proceeded to erect hia
fence in spite of his neighbor's threats, and
when his work had been nearly completed
his little girl, aged about eight years, brought
him bis dinner in a pail. He had scarcely
opened it when a sound in the shrubbery be
hind bim was quickly followed by a loud
explosion, and the father lay lifeless beside
the dead body of his daughter.
A negro laborer at work in the vieinity
claims to have known of the difficulty and
n the shooting. The negro called for as
sistance and the bodies of the father and bis
child were carried to the house. The grief
stricken wife and mother came to this city
to-day. Tbe murderer escaped. A lynching
party started in pursuit, but failed to over
take the fugitive.
The Grasshopper Plague.
TorEKA, Kak., July i2. Much alarm is
felt over late reports from eastern Colorado
and the western line of the State, indicating
that the grasshopper plague may possibly
reach tbe cultivated portion of the state be
fore the corn is out of danger. The grass
hoppers began hatching out nearly three
weeks ago, and were at first supposed to be
confined to a limited extent of country.
Now they cover the ground from Bovina to
Hugo, 15 miles south ; to Limon Junction,
IS miles wet, and for a distance of four
miles east. How far northward tbe col
umn reaches no one has yet ascertained.
Farmers in tbe state are seriously alarmed
and are calling on the state government to
assist them in heading off the pest Contra
ry to rule, tbe grasshoppers appear to be
hatcbingout in wet weather as well as dry
and are even more numerous than usual.
Tbe grass upon which they feed is this sea
son rich and juicy, and they seem to gain
strength rapidly. As they devour corn and
fruit alike, and eat anything green, they can
do millions of dollars damage to the state.
The prevailing winds at this time of the
year are from tbe southwest and if they are
not caught in a wind from the west they
will pass up into Nebraska, only to be
brought into Kansas next year, in whli
case ruin would come to all crops.
Robbed of S1.30U
Usioxtowk, July 6,-Wm. Foster is a far
mer living in Franklin township, not far
from Vanderbilt Mr. Foster is a hard work
ing man aged about 00 years, and owns a
small farm. He does not spend his money
foolishly ss moet people do, but puts it away
in an old sock, believing it to be more safe
there than in one of Fayette county's many
good banks. This fact becams known to
some of our desperadoes, and last night two
of them called on Mr. roster. 1 ney aid not
ask fur admission to the bouse, but impolite
ly walked into bis bedroom, rudely awak
ened Mr. Foster, and leveling their revolvers
at bis heaiL bade him arise and produce his
ducats. Mr. Foeter of course was frightened
and of course did not realize what was going
on ; but the visitors soon made him under
stand what they were after, and gave
him only so many minutes to produce what
money be bad in tbe bouse. It was only a
few minutes until they bad obtained $1,3"U
from their host who banded it out without
much cemplaining.T he thieves thanked him
and left the house, backing out and pointing
their revolvers at Foster. Tbe two men were
masked, and well disguised in every way.
Mr. Foster is one of Fayette county's well
known citizens.
More Mammoth Caves.
Sa Feakcisco, July 12. Tbe discovery
of two large caves in Josephine county,
Oregon, has been reported. Two openings
in one cave were discovered. These open
ings look like small fissures in a great lime
stone bluff, which extends for miles and ap
pears massive and solid outside but is hon
eycombed within with cracks and crevasses.
Many of the passages within tbe cave are
described as of great beauty, containing in
them semi-transparent stalaclities, giant
milk white pillars, pools and streams of pure
clear water.
The party spent a week in exploring the
cave and found innumerable passeges and
chambers and several miles from the en
trance tbey discovered a small lake of clear
water and a waterfall 30 feet iu height. All
kinds of grotesque figures were found in the
various chambers. Large numbers of flash
light photographs were taken. It wss esti
mated that the main body of the cave was
l,5u0 feet from the surface of the mountain
and the cavern itself appeared to be fully as
large as Mammoth Cave in Kentucky.
Brother Against Brother.
BiTLia, Pa., July l What will likely
turn out to be a murder occurred in Jeffer
son township last night. For a long time
bad blood has exhisted between John and
Adam Mininger, brothers. Last night John
drove np to his brother's barn and wanted
to feed his horse. Permission be'.n refused
he advanced toward Adam in a threatening
manner, and applied vile epitbeta to both
Adam and his wife, who was milking the
cows.
As John n eared him, Adam drew a 3,-cai-iber
bull-dog revolver and openei tire. Tbe
first shot struck about two inches above
John's heart, who started to run to a neigh
bor's houss. He was closely followed by
his brother, who succeeded in firing four
more shots into his head.
The prostrate man was taken into tbe
house of a neighbor and a doctor summoned
who succeeded In extracting the four balls
from his bead, but could not get out the one
above the heart He is still living, but tbe
doctor says be cannot recover. He is a bad
character and has served terms in both pen-
tientiary and wotk house.
Adam came to town shortly afier the
shooting and surrendered himself to the au
thorities and is now in jail.
The Prohibition State Convention.
State Chairman Patton has issued bis call
lor the Prohibition State Convention to
meet in the Opera House at Harrisburg, on
Wednesday, August 2G, 0 30 a. ra., for tbe
purpose of nominating candidates for State
Treasurer and A oditer General and IS can
didates for delegates-st-Iarge to the Constitu
tional Convention provided fir in tbe act nf
Assembly approved June 19, 18!1.
A Remarkable Case.
Littie Rock, Ark., July 9. A ease which
will attract attention in medical circles is
reported to-day from Lamar. Arkansas. Mrs.
Eliza Ryan, &) years of age, who has been
totally blind A 30 years, had a tooth pulled
srom the upper jaw. Tbe root of the tooth
was nearly an inch in length.
Wben it was extracted Mrs. Ryan com
plained of intense piin in her eyes, and
later cried out that she could see plainly, her
(sight having been restored.
jr -t- -
U. S. Gov't Report, Aug. 17, i8So
lata
Honey Bees a Plague.
Dakvillx, Ky., July 11. This section in
Washington county, near this city, is just
now suffering from a honey-bee plague
There never have been so many bee trees in
the forests, and this spring tbe bees have
taken possesion of the houses, barns and
churches in Springfield, tbe county sat
A number of swarms have occupied the attic
of the Court House. A large swarm settled
in a lawyers' office and stopped his business
for some days until he could starve them
out.
Two or three swarms, coming from dif
ferent direction;, settled on Colonel Tbomas
Grundy's house. It Is built of brick, but a
crack in one end of it let them in between
the ceiling of the lower and the floor of tbe
second story. Here they became so trouble
some that an effort to dislodge them was
made, but failed. Tbe crack in tbe wall was
cemented, and tbey crawled sut into tbe
rooms wherever there was a crack or space
around the windows and doors. The dining
room was abandoned by tbe family and
given up to the new guests, but as they could
not get back to the swarms they perished by
the bucketful.
Yesterday a swarm alighted on a pedes
trian, and he had a struggle o keep from
being smothered or stung to death.
Entirely too Strict.
Kansas Cirr, Jnly 9. There is a serious
split in the Hedriekite branch of the Mor
mon church at Independence, Mo. A ma
jority of the members have withdrawn from
the church and are seeking admission to the
recognized branch all because Elder Hall,
chief of tbe Hedrick branch, tried to insti
tute certain reforms among his followers.
He required the sisters to dress in plain
black dresses and sun bonnets without rib
bons laces and frills. He forbade the men
to use tobacco. Disobedience, he said,
would be punished with expulsion. The
frivolous brethren and sisters, however,
rather than give up their tobacco aud their
frills gave up their church, which now only
consists of IT members.
A Wonderful Drill.
CHieAuo, July 9. -Fulton Gardiner, of this
city, has invented an electric drill, which,
he claims will bore a hole of any desired
depth, doing the last foot of it as easily as
the first. The power is applied directly at
tbe tip, without the use of shafting, and the
only limit to the depth bored will be the
depth that the electric current can be con
ducted. Gardiner brought his invention to the
notice of the mining department of the
World's fair to-day. He wants to show it in
operation at the fair, and proposes to drill a
hole to the center of the earth.
Farm Hands Wanted Out West.
Faeuo, Dak., Juiy !. There is an unusu
ally excellent stand of wheat in Minnesota
and North Dakota. The rains have been
seasonable and the growing temperature
just right The Red River Valley, in which
there has never been a general failure, prom
ises to beat its best record, when it produced
3o,00u,000 bushels of wheat There is much
anxiety among tbe farmers there owing to
the scarcity of hands, and it is feared that
oaaJMbt Will be loo iknlaao Kelp ta
secured. Farmers are offering from $ i to
$2.50 per day and board for harvesters.
Lancaster's Wild Hog.
Lascas-ter, July 9. A wild hog which
has been troubling tbe farmers of Lancaster
county for some time was caught this morn
ing, but not before it gave a posse of 15 men
a chase for two long hours. He was caught
alive, tied and taken to the village, where
scores of people gathered around to see
him.
He is a long, thin, white animal and can
run like a deer. The animal did a great deal
of damage to the crops during tbe night and
slept during the day, and his conduct be
came so bad that the farmers organized a
posse with the foregoing result.
Ftiehea, Beer and Poison.
PiTtsBUBO, Pa., July 12. Martin Farrell
this morning drank a pint of beer contain
about two ounces of pans green. Tbe poi
son is supposed to have been put in the liquor
by Mrs. Farrell, who recently expressed a
determination to get rid of her husband in a
way of her own. Tbe wife sever.it years ago
inherited a fortune of over fjO.inO, and the
couple have been drinking and quarreling
ever since. They got on a spree last night,
and when Farrell arose this morning to take
another swig of the b er he took the pois.m.
The doctors got around with a pump in
time to save bis life. Mrs. Farrell's dress
was smeared with the poison, and she was
locked up.
A Whole Town Scared.
Wilkzsbahhi, Pa.. July 12. This morn
ing at 1 o'clock a disastrous cave-in occur
red at the old slope of the Kingston Coul
Company, near Larksville, five miles from
this city, and tbejuhabitanU of that village,
which is built directly over tbe mine are in
great fear of their lives and their property.
Tbe cave-in was caused by the snapping of
the old timbers in tbe slope.
For hundreds of feet in all directions the
surface is corerei with large seams and
cracks, some of them a foot wide and ex
tending down into the workr A number of
house! in tbe vicinity are damaged. A
dozen men were at work in the mines at the
time, but they all escaped through a second
opening.
Torn by a Mowing Machine.
Alliance, 0., July 11. J. B. Whipple, a
farmer ne-.ir Aiwaer, near here, was thrown
from a mowing machine near here to-day, in
front of the knitea. lie was terribly man
gled and one leg va. severed. '
Tbe two-year-oid son of farmer John Lew
is, near Talmyra, went to Uie field to see his
father mow grass with a machine. Vnob
served in the hih timothy, bis father ran
upon him with toe cutter bar, and the child
was shockingly nangled, one arm being en
tirely severdd.
A Dog Cause Trouble in a Church.
Beaves Falls, July 13. At the morning
services resterday at the Baptist church a dog
dodged past the isher and fled to tbe pulpif,
where tbe Iter. Mr. Bristol was preaching.
The pastor klckeg the dog, and it howled so
loudly that half t dozen other dogs ran into
the charch to fial out what was wrong. The
congregation became excited, but the pastor
qnieted the memoers. The man who owned
the dog and the preacher are not ou good
terms, and there is talk of reporting the case
to the Society for tbe Prevention of Cruelly
to Amimals.
$9,000,000 for Maple Sap.
Washib.jtox, D. C-, July 8. Maple sugar
growers seem lobe budding by the score
from every limb of every tree that looks like
either a maple or an oak in the country.
The new sugar bounty of 2 cento per pound
explains Uie bods. From present indica
tions, based npos recent research, the output
of maple sugar k to be computed at about
450,000,0OX pounds, the bounty on which
will be $0,000,000. Internal revenue officers
are beginning to be amazed.
1S91.
Highland Stock Farm !
ALHAMBRA. SSs
!," , . i', l.lnrf Klark Hak bfbf An.lrcw J k!
iln.l !'.. kaliiV. .l-.s .!.. ii.iu
iw k. i.,'l.n- Isiand Hlark Hawk, bebv
;.uj'w. AII.U- hi..., w-,d
if oeor. VV.lfe.-s aMH-fr. MM. .ml
ham.r'iK.'tiullie '.,a'ii-"..H-H.-ii.-ruiai.soa.
ill charge lull iuiMirunee.
BOSTON.
Midway, by iitiMoii th'ro'!vMred,
Maud fi.. lioe record, ioi Man
fee KSl.tflU Tfcta It Uie t-rtx thai
llambu-toniaii and thonui:ubred
bo.it.li should ikk be a ln.lt.-r of
Dally lie is toe I. nest looking- nor
h, iv.r..,u i.ImwI. sister iu ta
M.u.1 . I.om r-..rd. iw; M,t nne- i.ll Itwl.y. Also, -lam .rf . t V, " iu, the
fee I S1.U0U. This l Uie ri thai pR-iurtsd Sunol i Wi at i yean, o Id Pal" Alw , - - 6am ins
llambtetonian an.l thon-Lbr-! or.- t-eked up by M.uibnmXMef blood. 1 .h'VX IbuviJ-h.-u.o
sl..ild ik be tn-uer of U DrM .aier.au.l the Pnlu.rofir.J and ta tia. lniu
uaily lie i tbe finest looking; boo ia tbetouoiy. Iivuraace, 4t.
BELMONT JR,
il ami u iroui loiAi iMin, Sue Pud icy, Una
- ' . i.-....la.- .ha . ilr.. mhrd It Ilk'. .sr
-.,-
mtHll.fr. .IJIMIUJ.-I1V . .o....,-. a,.-
no CxAief, 1L Tuinl dam iiHlway. lunmtftalnl by
noHit Jr Noonday. he bv Aihanibra. 11,10.. Seeond Oaia Jaiuaay oy a" -. "I
no Otitif, 1L Tuird dam Midway, UtonwAKbltrad by
STRATHEARN
lit, pr.-ln.-e sold U-t fll at tlJi : itto-year oM
filly, and K-v. a the Pric K Iwmbauld o r a
sav, iiae full idi ; the o-t may be a lew dollar
ntiy or more dollars above the pnee U cununon
8IIIIIK IIOUSK
Gray,
Ja-k mm- "V rie. a hone
U JL Jl jI JL wtLihiiif
two imported bones ever owned In the county,
Vt ell bred m area are rarr In my neighborhood. and tolndare men tosrad mare from a '"tanee
ave put the lee of my trotUn hors. at about half their actual worth. Mart kP JF J
,Vr week. The above hucc will ttand from April 1st to July 1st at bit barn .two .mil- north
I hi
cenm ir
of SoiuannJfe,
TO FARMERS
oTnfira
And others, of Somerset County !
F. COUNTRY M A X .Veterinary Surjreon and Aoctioneer, Pistered-f eiaht
. ,.rs- Veterinary fnactirV and of thontano Veterinary toliert anad offer. , hij rte
ii. the praetiee of Veu riuary Metiirine aud Sunrerr. Treat. ll-If. " 2..
Same, aud perform Survieal .erslioua. Castrating and Spaying, Reducing or rai wrea, wlllLf
broken hone-t. reducing ol Hernia . Hupturea.) .
NEUROTOMY 'eparaiiou of: Nerval) In chronic foot lameness. ,,..
TENDENoTOMY-'"' utraUrriteniu crooked or mry tail, obstructions in cow. teat,
removed and Teal .eued up and brook-bl to u proper use. ,av .
SCIRRHOUS"' enlarged cord, tumor, biemisbe. Krowth, warts and wind n:Is (puBs) in
Tonn .u5 " "rliTnentiy removed. Burl joint injury and lameneste .ad lainene. from rnKln
ipavin curb and itpliut, cufe.1 in a few week, and it not of lon? staiulu.K entirety lakes ). it
n,phv of "ths iluilea . tdweeuey.aon. and weak eye. cured, distemper, lung fever, chfouie .jaigD.
heaves c i in honS. hoven .bloat in cattle, 4c, treated with iuea. Anthrax, (blackleg or
b Oo.lv rnurTimil prevention anti reuietiy. ..hi., n, u
eVc- mtictry 8teial atlanuou (riven to repairing of horses teeth, wolf teeth. Acnin?,J it
and uwd tftiheitrarted. st.arpand uneven ediftnof molars smootned up, invi-a teeth taken
"ft Ae The above ron.lli.oa of tbe teeth often cause weeoiiur or cloudy eyea. ouid.linirordn.pi.ui;
off.! holding head criM.ked, driving on one line, imperteet lmwlieati.. indigeftion. onl.t.!n.
hide Niund.loasol liesh. Ac. all of which are removed by my method of operating ou Uie Icclh. li-nc
teeth drvs-t 'l for appearance aud age.
OBSTETRICS-l i""kpe :Hl instructions while at Toronto, Canada. In this line of niypro
fewdou and am supplied with all of the most improved instruments for the management of. i;fi;cuit
ca-es. lhHvehsdeoiisideral.lcprmetit-eiolhisiiueandhavebeensuceeaaf.il.
CASTRATION I also took a special course ol insirwcuon at Toronto in ndK.mif and m.ui
ralserv.a e-irai! jii and in spa vine, and have traveled wlih and taken Instructions trom and aiaist
rd some of the most flierssfnl operators tn this line in the l ulled Slate. 1 have adopted tncirniuat
humane and successful uielhti mad am supplied with tbe most approved and safest fat-bole.
1 am read up in anatomy and am supplied ith instruments for anything I meet with in opera
ting. hence I am prepared to do letter and safer work than thtaw not bavin bad these advantages.
I guarantee saii-niLtioii in mosteverv operation, or make no charge. 1 consult in my practice some
of the most eminent vetereuarvs in the I '. R, Canada, and JuigUtntl.
i eau in many cases .rive advice and prescribe without seeing the patient, or by letter, by stating
reneral svmpt.wns and giving lex, age. o.lor. and of how long siandiug, aud what treauneul, If any,
has becu resorted lo. ic. ( hargex Ur this, ft. Invariably w wli'tmrr.
I will go some d Mane for a club of ei'hl, Kidgling or Ilennlaed oolta or any other work that
wlUiustifv. Write me for circulars, rale, Ac.
T Tf""T"Tf 1XT T. VTT? T 1 dw " kinds of auctioneering. Have hail six years ea-
AUv X JZ,X-,JXAi VJ periency, and have listened losomeof the best au.-UoneeTs
In the 1". 8. and Canada, and caught on to thtlr best ways aud met h.sls of holding a crowd au.l solic
iting bids, l'lcntv of talk, life aud euerer. Country and live stock sales a specialty, sobriety,
punctuality and satisfaction guaranteed. Charges beyond competition. Give me a call iu this di
rection. 1 will save aud make you money.
I can be found at home, aud ready to go, at all times during the next three months exoeptlng
on Tuesday and Saturdays of each week, at which tunes I ill be at iiendlord ur auyder s ttrug
Store. Somerset. ,,
In acutedisease and diseases of colts, and ofthe respiratory organs, and in para.ysis, diHieul
parturittou, fractures, injuries. 4c. come at ones. A aurplv of best uietlicinea always on band.
Charges reasonable, and in case of death I w ill be liberal. Address
TP'CTIMnVTAT Q About yearn ago I had a heifer that broke her hind leg be
A iVO 1 lVi W. l"lwkJ . tween the knee and pastern. I called ou Mr. Countryinin. He
set the leg. baudaged it Lc. and gave directions how to treat It during hot weather. Made several
VL-lts. The icggot as well aud straight as ever. JvliS HAY, Jefferson Iwp.
Mr. Countrynian did Uiduling castration for me. The operation was skillfully and
quickly done, and the animal lived and did welL He also did other veterinary work for
me. He is read up in the anatomy and practice of Veterinary M euicine and Surgery. Mr.
Countrvman is a useful man in tbe accmunity, and should be liberally patronized.
H. H. FUC K, Gettysburg. Pa.
G. F. Countryman, V. S., "T-"sSS,.fii.wo-E0 m
Jas. B. Holderbaum,
HAS Jl'aT RECEIVED
Huncli &
ALL STEEL FEAME
SPRING-TOOTH HARROW
which is a wonderful improvement 'n
SPRING-TOOTH
HARROW.
Teeth quickly adjusted ly only
TOOTH
Ever Invented. The tooth is held in raxilion bv a Hatchet, with which it ran 1 ailing.
itl so as to w.-ar from 15 to is indies off the point "of the ta.th, which is four or rive times
as niiu-h wear or serviiv as ran I obtained from any Spring -tooth harrow in existence.
luu a ii. i examine tins narrow,
JAMES B. HOLDERBAUM
Have Your
"A." SHOWING
SPECTACLES
Properly fitted to the Eyes.
P. L. CASE DEER,
NEFF & CASEBEER
Has been to Cleveland. Ohin mi a h '- ,
i t1; T-. 7
under Julius Ivng, M. p., ou how
llHIVnASOn A fill! lina vf oil
I siatu v auei 1C3 Oi
SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES.
Also, a complete set of Test Lenses, to test tbe Eyes.
Give us a call. We guarantee satisfaction. No charge for testing eyes.
NEFF & CASEBEER,
JEWELERS AND OPTICIANS. Somrscct,
P1 JxPL.1 PaTARRH. Best Ea.irt to uie.
rM T.TJf 'At ta """ediaie. A cure Is ctnaiu. lor
(
I U
i44aamBWOsB
H ia an Ointment, or ahM, a
noiirils. lTice,5uc iSol l by
Adureta,
1891.
Brown Stallion.
15.3
i-iirh liJO- Rerort iW. Sim of
- r """a"
Kir dam !
.V... -ai
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Andrew jrH. - - '
M- ' .
in .auer . ,..
Litrlit Bav. 15 hands high, will weigh
.T-T... H,i.m( hi. f -.L ha l.v Maiu'Tino Ilf 11. s-u.l dam
to tatty KuMe. aain m R .-h
Bay, 2 Years old. ui be 16
hmnS. byOroKjwrt . Record by bel-
. . t.rull. '114. Dm o Bl-
Boawn.
Imported Clyde Draft
Hons elhlTH J,to)tinda, ba proved
v. . . , : . Mm.r.tt,. mtfr Hia Teax-
ieould " wj hr,lnJ would
eomins four-yearold. To rro orwiiy. " "
more m the start, but U Uwaaiejouw.il rcaoje
bred atoek. Insurance $14.
weighing i.Soo, got by Invaru
s that weighed ZUO. Hn dam was a Nigger mar
Th two horw eut more money than an
Insurants illX
that weighed 2.J0. Hia dam was a Hlgget mare
Th two horw euat more money than any
luaurants i'.O.
A CAU LOAD OF THE
JDrumgold
lotisoiiing one nut. The best
HOLDER
Eyes Tested.
OF THE FIRM OF
luacu a iuu ccsne oi insiniciion
to fit Spectacles properlr, and has
1 '
SHOWING
SPECTACLES
Improperly fitted to the eyes.
n
an.ii u. . i t
droKU V7nb" wail I
E. T. Uaui.ti.nc. Warren, Pa.
ay il
HORSEMEN
L. M. Woolf & Son,
HAVE ERI.-KTiyK.s- NW IX TDK
Boys' and
Children's
DEPARTMENT !
We arc deep in the work of fitting out the boy and 'in'..' one;
fitting them for school, for charch, for play, with bright, mat. Im.Ume
and serviceable garment?, all new, Bianufactured for u aud dolivert-d to
our Stock room at an original co?t 2- per cent, und.-r price pai l lv i'
smaller dealers. This nutans much frcn those who buy from ns Tin.,
Money, Patience, all three are saved by trading where values arc cons.',,
ered.
L. M. WOOLF & Son,
n
KmJ
HOW MANY GRAINS OP CORN
TH22S k22 C2J FI7TE2:: ZA21
THOMAS, KARR; & OGILYIE,
The Clothing Hustlers of Johnstown, give a guess, with every puniia.-o
on the number of Grains of Corn
their windows, and tho party who
to it between now and
SEPTEjMBER 1st.,
will be entitled to the Elegant Tiano
Don't fail to
TET TOUR LU CK
as everybody has the same chance.
make the
John Thomas & Sons',
JOHjSTSTOWjN", pa
:z--ULAJSIMOTH STORE,
240 to 248 Main Street,
Is one ofthe wonders of Johnstown,
Department "A" are Dry
Department " A" arpets.
Department D, lotmng, Hats, and .burnishing goods.
Department u E," Groceries. Department " F," Feed
Fcr Good Gccds, Cheap Gc:ds, and Ssasciuth G::is,
They cannot be excelled. An
" dour-ting Thomas
lUEADQTJAKTERS FOR COUNTRY PRODUCE.
FOR
83 Franklin Street,
TOHITSTOWIT.
Cinderella Stoves and Ranges !
--;:s... i - - 4
ii.J.-i , c v.
. v t A - ? : S t i 1 i
rT7V - W 1 : U i
V 1 i' yr -. r . V .
CINDER ELLA-A.
The best const rute.1 Cooking Stove upon the market, and (il'ARANTKKI) to iiveec
tirs satisfaction. Tbe Utp is rucl in four pit-ets", that it -ann.-t crack. Tli cnJ
pier is cut in two ami supported by a post, which prevents it from war. in. It !u- " fI'
tra deep ah pit with bailed ash pan. and ia so eons' ructeil that the ashes cannot nx-utno-late
under the grate, which is the chief canse of so ruaiiy grates burning oat.
BRICK OR IROX LISISGS, DOUBLE LIDS ASD VEST RES, EXTRA LAS'-S
AXD HIGH OYESS.
Examine tbe Cinderella u A" before purchasing. Manufactured by DeHAYE.V i CO,
Limited, Pittsburgh. Bold and guaranteed by
JAMES B. HOLDERBAUM, Somerest Pa.
Thomas' Phosphates
are manufactured to produce results. The manufacturers are w:e
enough to know there is no better or surer way or increasing sales
than by giving their customers saiisfactiun. To this end have tbey al
ways worked. All tbe experience that 23 years can bring to bear on
tbe suhjtxt, both as manufacturer of Fertilizer, and as a practical
farmer are employed in the making of Thomas' Goods. Coupled with
this are the extensive works ofthe Company, with every modem im
provement. It is beoeuie of these facilities and faew that the Thomas'
Bone Fertilizers Are highly recomcoeQeai como so strowcly ftustr
. t anteed. Se ou? Kats thrtQghout your county, or aJ Iress,
I.P. THOMAS & SON,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
5
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on the fifteen ears iu the sealed jar in
guesses the correct amount, or nearest
now on Exhibition in their windows
The farmers, however, ought io
best iruesses.
with its Several Departments. Ia
GfXds In
Department li, lioots and buocs. la
In
examination will convince the most
of omerset County.
! Churns, Crocks, Tubs,
Pulleys, Baskets, Halters,
Glass, Paints, Rope,
Cuttlery, Glue, Oils,
Tools, Pump, Wire, etc.
GO TO
Welflin & litiata
DE.rt.Ess iy
General Hardware, Housa Furn ah
ing and Electrical Goods.