The Somerset Herald EDWAE.D SCCLL, Editor and Proprietor. WEDSESDAY- . July 'ZZ, VSft- Hhlf a million of immigrants landed in New York and T-iUimore last year. Poor devils! the? hadn't heard tow the McKinley law has brought starvation to the doom of the workingmen of thii country. It ie calculated that, at a very low es timate, American tourista spend f 100,000, 00 in Europe every year. The rush is now 00 great that passage on the steam ers ha to be secured weeks in advance. The Obio Democratic State Convention last week renominated Governor Camp bell and qua rely placed bim on a free trade and free silver platform. On these issues, with McKin!e, the recognized leader of the party in the matter of tariff legislation, and John Sherman, an ad mitted authority on finance, at the bead cf their column, the Republicans of Ohio have nothing to fear as to the resuit of the campaign. A most disgraceful riot occured at the Democratic State Convention held last week at Cleveland, Ohio, in which pistols and clubs were freely used by the dele gates, and bloody beads and damaged laces were the result What a contrast to the Repcbik-an convention, where harmony and unanimity prevailed and McKinley was nominated without a dis senting voice. And yet the Democratic papers announce with a great flourish that "the CampWells are coming." The reeult of the coming election in Ohio will be awaited by the country with intense interest. The issues of the campaign are National. The Kepublican candidate for Governor stands on a plat form of his own framing, and boldly challenges a contest on the tariff issue and against unrestricted silver coinage. The Democrats have accepted the gage of battle and the iissue is joined. Ohio is a Republican State on a full vote ; the Republicans are united and harmonious, while the Democrats are divided and factious. The result will be deeply sig nificant as an indication of next year's Presidential contest. If Democratic tergiversation was not so well known, those who remember bow a few years since the tax levied on in comes by the general Government was denounced by that party, from landsend to landsend, as an iniquity, an inquisi tion into private business, an outrage upon the rights of the citizen, would be surprised to learn that the Democrats of Ohio have declared in favor of a "gradu ated income tax," thus attempting to replace a burden on the shoulders of the people which the Federal Government had been compelled to place on them through the exigencies of the late war. Money to defray the expenses of the government must be raised either by duties on imports or by direct taxation. The Republicans favor a tariff on foreign product that will protect our home in dastries, while the Democrats are appar ently drifting towards free trade and direct taxation of the people. That a choice will soon have to be made be tween these two systems seems inevi table, and the result in Ohio at the com ing election will blaze the way. Is bis speech accepting bis nomination at the bands of the Democratic Conven tion of Ohio, Governor Campbell fiercely denounced the McKinley tariff bill, say ing among other things, "it is a measure " which has forced the farmer of Ohio to "sell his wool, in some instances, as low " as twenty cents a pound. A measure which forces from the labor of "the country f 14,000,000 each year for "the benefit of prospective tin mines, "owned by capitalists in England, and prospective tin plate works, to be ojen- ed by labor imported from Wales." Now, it is not true, in the first place, that the new tariff bill has lowered the price of wool ; but suppose it has what becomes of the assertion of the Demo cratic free traders that the duty is added to the price, and thus robs the people ? And again, suppose it to be true that the price of wool has been lowered will not that cheapen the price of woolen pro ducts and the rest of the people be bene fitted thereby ? The pretext that the people are burdened by the duty on foreign work and that prices have been increased thereby, is false and fraudu lent, as every person knows who has occasion to purchase clothing or other woolen material. The Governor alse thinks it an outrage on the dear people that a duty should be placed on tin plate, in the interest, as he alleges, of capitalists, and yet he and his party in Ohio declare themselves in favor of free coinage, which would take from the people over twenty cents on every dollar coined, for the benefit of a few million aire owners of silver mines. Referring to the declaration in favor of creating a monopoly for the benefit of these mine owners by compelling the Government to purchase their product, coin it into money, store it in the Treas ury vaults, and issue paper dollars, equal in value to the coin, the X. Y. Trilmne shows ap the iniquitous proposition as follows : Suppose CongreM Lad proviJed that every pound of wool produced in this country should be parchaed by the Government at a price Dearly 3u cent per pound above its market value, and should be stored in pub lic warehouse, and that legal tender notes should be given to the producers which all other citizens should be compelled by law o accept in tuli sati-iaction of f 11 debts or claim. That would be indeed an outraeeous tardea, and yet it is precise! v what the Democrats of Ohio propo- to do for the benefit of the millionaire mine owners, while they bitterly oppose any attempt to era re a better market lor the product? of ,jmu,Gu0 firm. Suppose Con(rre Lad enacted that every found of tin plates produced in this country should be purchased by the Government, and in addition all the tin plates that any tbreieoers mujht see fit to send hither, and that legal ternier notes should be given fur lie enure quantity, at such a rate that in stead of j.tju.OJ in should coet over k), OuO.OOO. W ould there not be strong reason for denouncing such a plunder of the many for the benefit of the few ? But the auroe Democratic Convention which rants and raves about the duty on tin plates solemnly resulves that the Government must pay beat one-third more than the market price for all the silver that may be delivered to it, o that the yearly product of the American mines, which is now worth about fil.ust "0 in market vslue. shall be sold to the Government for f72,u.i0,0c.O or more. The new tariff has not a single provision which would take from the people half as much rooner for any purpose whatever as the Free Coinage bill would take from them for the benefit of the few owners of silver mint. The proteose that the people are bur dened by the new tariff is utterly false and fraudulent, and is simply the "stop, thief!" cry of the larcenous demagogues who, professing to oppose monopolies and legislation for the benefit of individ uals, have declared themselves in favor of the most scandalous and most danger ous legislation to the welfare of the people, for the benefit of lew would-be monopolists. Thi Democratic farmers and politicians of the Sonth are getting out of the r arm ers' Alliance as rapidly as rats desert I einkine shin. They are smart enough to see that in a three-corned fight several of the Southern States would go Republi can. They do not want a third party, and much prefer securing the offices by the fanners' aid inside the Democratic party. Meanwhile, the third party is urged npon the . farmers of the North as the surest means of dividing the Republicans and assuring the election of the Democratic Xational ticket in 1S!2. Is addition to the tariff question, the Democrats of Ohio have accepted the gage of battle on the silver issue. The Republicans of that State in their plat form approved the policy of using the entire product of our own silver mines for coinage into money, in accordance with the Act of Congress passed last summer; while the Democrats, last week in their Convention, adopted the policy of throwing the doors wide open to free and unrestrained coinage of all siver, without regard to where it is produced. To adopt this policy of the Democrats would be an invitation to the whole world to dump its silver into this country, and for every 4121 grains (worth from 76 to SO cents) receive a gold dollar. It is but fair to say that this monstrous proposition was vigorously resisted by a portion of the Convention, but the "cheap money" fanatics were in the ma jority, and the Democratic party of Ohio is deliberately and irrevocably commit ted to this outrageous folly. The issue has been made clear, distinct and broad, and we mistake the true character of the people of Ohio if they do not put the stamp of their indignation upon this financial heresy. Shared with Bardslsy. The experts who have been engaged on the books and papers of ex-City-Treasurer Bard sley, of Philadelphia, have finished their work, aud their report, which was made to the Mayor has been made public. The experts unearthed a remarkable state of affairs. They found in the great default er's papers "curious mentions" of money paid to ex-State-Treaurer Livsey "for kind ness shown," one item being for $") ; of $2,00i given to Mr. Graeften, one of Auditor General McCamanl' clerks, and of $14,289, 00 divided between Bardsley and the Audi tor General, in equal shares, as commissions on advertisements in Philadelphia papers. Kditor Fitzgerald, of the Philadelphia Item, is also credited with receiving $1,"00 in place of getting the Mercantile Appraiser's list to publish. The Auditor General and Clerk GraefTen loom up as haring in the sioili received from advertising the Mercantile Appraiser's list. A complete history of Bardsley s transac tions with the banks is also brought to light. It places in a very peculiar position many bank ollicers, who swore before the Investi gat:ng Committee that they had paid Bards ley no consideration. They are Catly con tradicted with specific detail by the findings of the experts and Bardiley's diary. The amount paid by each bank is given, muking an aggregate of $2U-(XJ0. The account of the experts show that the grand total of money misappropriated was $TTS,S35 33. MCCAXAXT IiESlES. llAkKisiiiK.;, July 10. When Auditor General McCamant was seen this morning relative to the statement that he had shared with Philadelphia's defaulting Treasurer Bardsley rebates on account of State adver tising, be denied with emphasis that he Lad ever receive any money, lie stated further that he did not want to say anything about men who are dead, evidently mtaning Cap tain GraefTen, a former clerk in the Depart ment. A Series of Fatal Accident. FiTTKBi'Bii, July 10. A series of accidents happened at Rankin Station, near Braddock, Fa., yesterday and lat night, whereby four persons living in the same house were killed aud a fifth fatally injured. Yesterday morning David Bell, aged 29 years, employed at the Carrie Furnace, and a boarder at the bouse of Charlie McGrattin, left for his work. He did not return for supper, and at 7 o'clock last evening bis na ked body was found floating in the Monon gahela Eiver. He had been drinking hard of late and it is not known whether he was drowned while swimming or committed suicide. Two hours later a lamp exploded in lic Grattin's dwelling, and two of Lis children Robert und Charles aged seven and ten years respectively, who were asleep at the time, were burned up with the house and its entire contents. This morning about daylight Harry Rowe and Peter Knee, who boarded with the Mc Grattin, went to the ruins to look for some of their effects. While searching in the debris a brick chimney fell on them, almost instantly killing Eowe and fatally injuring Knee. The men were about thirty years of age and single. Another fatality may result from the series of remarkable accidents at Rankin Station. lr. Cope, who was called to drew the wounds of Teter Knee, was driving home this morning when Lis horse ran awsy and wrecked the vehicle. The doctor was thrown out snd injured so badly that he may die. Peter Knee died about 10 o'clock this morning, making five death's so far. The accident" have created intense excite ment in the vicinity, and a large crowd sur rounds the bou.se. Will Rush Pensions. Chicago, July 17. Pension Commissioner Kaum unfolded to Pension Agent Clements ye-terday a scheme for reducing the heavy expenses of the pension office. "I'm going to rush through iy i,0i) pensions cases await ing action,'' said be, "and finish them all up by the end of this year. If a man is entitled to s pension be ought not to be compelled to wait for It. There is no use allowing these cases to lie on file, and I don't see any rea son why we should not get through with these cases and reduce the force of clerks. Ws have 20"0 st work in the Wsshington office, and they are a heavy expense. I have found out that they ate capable of much more than they have accomplished in years past, and now tbey will have to tum out oK.OuO original cases by the end of the year." Colonel Clements says the plan is a good one, and thst if Soo.im) pension cases ar turned out this year it will be double the number disposed of last year. Blown to Atoms. Pittsburgh, July 17. Over two hundred pounds of nitroglycerine, which 8. J. Big ley, a torpedo man, was taking to the Ml. Morris oil field in a two-horse wagon, ex ploded near Washington. Pa., about 9 o'clock this morning, blowing Bigiey to atom, kilL ing the horses, and wrecking ths dwellings of Lee Minton and Mark Hughes. The concussion shook every house .'in Wsshing ton and caused great excitement A singu lar feature of the explosion is that, although there were a number of people in the vicini ty at the time, all escaped with slight inju juriea. Bigiey was forty years of age, and married. A Baby's Terrible rail. Chicago, July 19. Two-year-old Elsie Diette dropped from a third-story window while at play yesterday afternoon, and AI dermsn Haines, who was passing, rushed forward to pick up her mangled body from the tiastones. To his amaxement the child seated on the smashed remains of a window screen, was cooing and laughing. The little tot had carried with her the window screen, which reached the ground first and broke the force of her fall. A physician was call ed, and after examination pronounced ths child to b wholly free from injury. A Farmar Judg of Kansas WIliNot Listen totrte Supreme Body. TortKA, July 1S.-G. W. McKay, the Alli ance Judfc-e in the Twenty-fourth district, who never read a page, of law until after his eiectico last ,11, has openly rebelled against the Supreme Court, and yesterday placed a warrant in the hands of the County Coroner for the arrest of the Sheriff, who had refused toobev his orders under instructions of the Supreme Conrt. This was the second positive refusal of McKsy to be bound by the ruling of the Supreme Court in the attempted mortgage foreclosure on a farm owned by Albert Honeywell by the Commonwealth Loan and Trust Company. Proceedings were instil ted by attorneys for the loan company this afternoon to have McKay appear before the Supreme Court, when contempt proceedings will be commenced. BACK CD ST TBI ALMAKCK. MuKay was the only Alliance jad-e fleet ed last fall. He is a farmer and admitted never having read lsw, but the three coun ties which composed his district are strongly Alliance and he was elected by an over whelming msjority. The Alliance to which be belongs has taken a deep interest in the foreclosure case now pending, and at its last meeting adopted resolutions declaring that the owner of the farm was entitled to the crop instead of the mortgage company. A motion was made before Judge McKay in the interest of the owner to Cave the agent for the loan company, Mr. Burr, who bad been given charge of the place by a form er judge, dismissed. Judge McKay granted the motion and the mortgage company ap pealed to the Supreme Court. WOl'LDJST B.EOOGXIZI THE BIGHCB OOCBT. The District Judge was over-ruled and the agent again given charge. Judge McKsy issued another order compelling the agent to vacate, and upon his refusal to do so placed a warrant for his arrest in the bands of the Sheriff aud fined him $Ti0 for contempt. On the advice of his attorneys the agent re fused to pay the fine and was lodged in jail. Habeas corpus proceedings were instituted before the Supreme Court and the Sheriff was instructed to turn the prisoner loose. Friday Judge McKsy, notwithstanding the order of the Supreme Court, instructed the Sheriff to again arrest Burr. The Sheriff, acting upon the instructions of the Supreme Court, refused, and the Alliance Judge placed a warrant in the bands of the Coroner for the arrest of ths Sheriff and another for the arrest of the agent. OKDEBS KOT YET CABRIED OCT. The Coroner has not as yet made either arrest. The only member of the Supreme Court in the city is Judge Valentine. The decisions on the cave which the farmer Judge has refused to obey were given by Chief Justice Horton, who is now in Colo rado for the summer. After his election, and before taking his seat last fall Judge McKay announced Lis intention of takings course of lectures at the Ann Arbor law school, but compromised by attending a week's sitting of the Supreme Court. His only knowledge of law was ac quired by attending as a referee in equity cases by appointment from the District Judge. There are 11 other District Judges to be elected this fall, and the indications are that the Alliance will elect a majority of them. Bardsley Has Paresis. Philadelphia. July 19. Two eminent specialists in mental diseases, H jralion C. Wood and C. Mill, have found a plausible explanation for the crimes of "Honest" John Bardsley, now beginning a fifien years term in prison. They say he has paresis. Among the ex-City Treasurer's papers, now in the hands of the city officials, have been found evidences that for the psst two or three years Bardsley has led a grossly immoral life, so consistent with the paresis theory as to be In his case almost conclusive. An intimate friend of the ex-Treasurer says that his dissipation began but a year or two ago. and that it was carried on to a great extent up to the time his financial ruin became knows toUhe public. Paresis is the modern name for the afflic tion once generally known as "softening of the brain." A desire for wild financial transactions, glaring roisjudgments, an over powering ambition to become rich, coupled with excessive immorality, are the most striking symptoms. The facts that have come to light concern ing the apparently sudden change in John Bardsley 's moral habits in the past two or three years appear to furnish proof of the truthfulness of the hypothesis that paralytic dementia grappled with "Honest John's'' mind about the time he left Councils to be come treasurer of Philadelphia. Immense Treasure Found. New York, July 1. S'ews has been re ceived in this city of the discovery of an enormous treasure in one of the subterra nean vaults of the old castle of San Antonio at Rio Janeiro, where it had lain hidden since some time in the last century. Before St was converted into a castle, San Antonio was a monastery under the control of the Jesuits, and it was during this period of its history that the treasure is supposed to have been hidden. Underneath the castle are vaults built like the corridors of a mine, and in one of these a large number of cases, chests and bundles was discovered. An examination of the contents of these chests and packages re sulted in a most astonishing discovery. The 112 wooden cases contained gold to the val ue of about $70.0)0,000. They consisted of old Portugue cruzados (ancient milreis worth about 50 cents each), and the account ing of the Treasurer was verified by docu ments found in the cases. The 2G packages were found to contain a variety of precious stones, whose value cannot be told, as they Lsve not yet been appraised, Tbe excava tions about the castle are not yet finished. Famine In Two Countries. Losdos, July 20. The Timet summari zes ths harvest prospects of the world si follow" . In Russia there is a grave deficit, the peas antry are starving, aud there is small hope of relief. In Indis there is serious anxiety; a fam ine prevails over a considerable portion of the country. Madras, Rnjputsna and Pun jab are the worst sufferers. There is draught in Bengal, und the need of more rain is ur gent Bombay alone promises good har vest. Tbe American harvest will be good in quantity and amount ; but with the failure of the Indian and Russian supplies it is of tbe utmost importance that the English crop shall not be abort. The prospect, on the whole, is good in Euglsnd. In the chief wheat counties Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk the crop is above the average, and in other counties up to tbe average. The harvest will be late and prices will be high. There is, therefore, a good outlook for the English farmer to break the long series of disastrous years. Rough on the Detectivee. Pvila Delphi a, July 13. Detectives of the Guarantee Insurance Company of North Amervw Lave just caught an absconding ticket agent of ths Pennsylvania Company, who has been at large for four years. J. a Cullinan is his name, and ba was stationed at Globe, EL In 17 be disappeared, being short in his accounts. The Guarantee Com pany bad gone bis bond and bad to make the shortage good. However, the officers expected to arrest him at once, for he bad only one arm and one leg, and was to help less that be could hardly walk without as sistance. They offered a reward of $1,000 and notified the police all over the country. Tbey aiso sent oat thousands cf circulars dascribing Culliman's peculiar appearance. Foer years passed, however, with no word of the missing man. In speaking of the matter to-day Mr. 8a bine said : " Detectives all over the land were looking for hia in order to get the $1,000, and yet it is very strange that such a man could have eluded them for week. You see his right arm and left leg ware gone and be wa practically helpless. He is in jail at Toronto." Highest of all in Leavening Tower. ABSOLUTELY PURE The Terrible Results of a Sudden Storm. St. Pacl, July 10. A wind storm of ter rific violence swept over Superior to-day. carrying death and destruction in its path. The wind was accompanied b pouring rain and the air wa heavily charged with electricity. The storm lasted only about thirty minutes, but during that period many thousands of dollars of damage was done, besides the taking of at least five lives and the visiting of terrible injuries npon many persons. During the progress of tbe storm an alarm of fire wss turned in from the Fifth ward and the department responded to find the new largs three-story frame hotel on Third street near Looibert avenue a mass of ruins. Tbe structure bad blown down and a cry went up from l'J excited individ uals that the wreck was the tomb of many en. Tbe news Mashed over the city with rapidity. Hacks and drays containing their loads flew to the scene of the disaster. Meantime the rain was falling in torrents and the lightning was crashing like artillery. The building is a complete wreck. In spite of the pouring rain visitors at the scene rush ed in and assisted the firemen in the cause of rescue. Men in all professions and walks of life stood shoulder to shoulder aud helped with thought of humanity. The work is still in progress by men taking the places of those who gave up from thorough fatigue. Fully 3,1)00 people were at the ruins at a late hour to night. Tbe dead are : John Lauer, married, aged 30. Charles Lucas, single, aged 21. Herman Panssep, single, aged 20. Unknown man, aged about .'10. John Scofidd died from injuries received in the back and broken limbs. Among the more seriously injured are John Brown, brokenjlegs ; John Long, internal injuries; it is (thought be will die; W. M. Semple, Dick Clarke and others more or less serious ly injured. Tbe assistant chief of the tire department sustained a broken leg during the work of rescue. The Census of Paupers. Washisutos, July 20. Tbe Census Office has issued a bulletin on the subject of pau pers in almshouses in IS'.iO, which shows a total of 73,015 as against GO,20:5 in 1330. This number is divided according to sex and col or, as follows : Number of males, white. 37,- 3S7 ; number of males, colored, 3.:4 ; num ber of females, white, 20,191: number of fe males, colored, 4,1 13. In the number of colored persons given above are included sixteen male anil twenty female Indians, and twelve male and one fe male Chinese. Tbe ratio of almshouse pau pers in the total population was 1 to S57. This is a very marked relative decrease The almshouse system is not keeping pace with the growth of the population at large. The decline in the ratio is due to the very much smaller number of paupers cared for in almshouses in the North Atlantic Divis ion, where there has been not only a relative but an absolute decrease in the number. In respect to the nativity, not including the colored paupers, who may all be supposed to be natives, except the thirteen Chinese of the 66.57S white paupers, 30,650 are native born, i 27,648 foreign born, and tbe place of birth of 2,274 is unknown. Among the number of paupers in alms houses reported in the States are the fol lowing : New York, 10,622 ; Pennsylvania, 8,6-53 ; Ohio, 7,4"J0 ; Illinois, 5,395 ; West Virginia, 7S3 j Virginia, 2.193 ; Maryland, 4,599. Nina Van Zandt Married. Chicaoo, July 15. Miss Xins Van Zandt and S. Stefeno Malatto were married to-night at the residence of the bride's parents. Jus tice Lyon performed the ceremony. After thewedding refreshments were served. The bride was sttired in a white satin decollette after the Italian style of the thirteenth centu ry, with diamond and pearl ornaments. white kid gloves, golden slippers, and ved of tulle. Tbe twain left on a late train for New York, to take a steamer to Liverpool Saturday, going thence to Palermo, the for mer home .if tbe groom. Tbe Italian con sul was present at the ceremony, and about half a dozen other friends of the contract ing parties. The coupleeipect ultimstely to mske their home in Chicago. Mrs. Ma latto it was whs became the so-called proxy bride of Anarchist August Spies. Mr. Malat to is an Italian newspaper man. Linguistic studies were what brought the pair together in the intimacy resulting in to-night's wed ding. Some of Small's Doings. Philadelphia, July 19. The Rev J. W. Hill, of Ogden, Utah, who is here to an swer the complaint against bim made by the Rev. Sam Small, siys he has strong evi dence to back up his charges. He ssys he has a letter from a judge who says Small is now traveling on bis role as a reformed drunkard, patted on the shoulders by many old women of both sexes, thoroughly unre liable, a professional evangelistic agitator for the money there is in it. Pastor Hill further says Small sold lots that did not exist, though he had options on 3,000 acres of this land, which is all cov ered with sage brush, and which has no wa ter at any time except when it rains- He tried to sell this off through church people, and be did dispose of a good deal in Canada and Maine. But finally be had to let the real estate deal fall through. Mr. Hill further rys that Small borrow ed $1,000 from Judge Presbsw and gave two notes, which were returned protested. Tbe Judge is dead, and his widow and a wid owed daughter are in great want. Killed by a Woman's Bite. New Yoee, July 15. A dentist killed by a woman's bite has presented a case unique at No. 164 East Eighty-third street. Fran cia M. Baab was tbe man, and he died at his borne there yesterday. He wss 21 years old and on April 19, in bis father's sbsence, he set out to relieve from pain a lady who came into the office with her face swollen and in flamed from an aching tooth. To locate the tooth he asked her to open her mouth wide. She did so. He touched it with his finger. In the agony of the touch tbe woman shrieked and snapped her jaws together, biting Baab s finger. He went on and pulled the tooth, and thought little of the accident until the blood poisoning set in, of which he died. A Bible In Every House. Readisg, Ta , July 19. Tbe Tennsvlva- nia Bible Society has made a canvass of this city for tbe purpose of supplying the omis sion to those families where no Bible waa found in the house. A thorough canvass cf the city was made, and 1515 families were found without the Word of God in any shape. Where tbe agent could induce the purchase of the Bible be sold the book, but in many instance it was found necessary to make gifts, as less than one-third would buy. Knock out Dynamite. BrxLiK, July 1!. Military circles are greatly interested in tbe new explosive call ed acraait, which has lately been tried at Presburg. The experiments were intended to test the comparative merits of dynamite and ecrasit, and have resulted favorably to tbe new explosive, which is found to pos sess twice ths fores of dynao-.ite, and more over, being accompanied by no detonation, is more convenient as a charge for firearms and less liubis to explode in case of accident. TJ. S. Goy't Report, Aug. if, 1SS9. n . n n Grasshoppers Invade Kansas. Topeka, Ksn., July 2'. Startling reports from Eastern Colorado and West. Kansas about tbe reported grssshopper invasion were received at Topeka lately. The grass hoppers cover an area of 4X square miles where the Santa Fe road crosses tbe Colora do line. Tbey are yonng and not able to fly, but are bopping eastward at the rate of two miles per day. They will have matured sufficiently in two weeks to enable them to fly, and as it is certain they will move in an easterly direction, much damage is antici pated. The hopjiers are of a brownish yellow color, snd are not readily seen from passing trains because of their resemblance in color to the soil and grass. Little damage has been done in tbe region infested by tbe hop. pers, because few crops are grown there, but pasturage has been destroyed. Tbe few fields of corn, wheat and sorghum have been swept clean. Every westbound train that passes through the swarm during the night is slopped. Far in the night, when it is cold the rails are warm, and they cluster about the track, almost hiding the rails from view, and when a train attempts to climb the up grade near Arriba, Col, it is like climbing a greased pole. The driving wheels revolve, but slide helplessly npon the rails. This vast area of grasshoppers is made up of the young of tho?e that were in the region last year, and much anxiety is felt on ac count of the large increase that is certain to be hatched next year. Stanley and His Wife. Lc.ebxe, July IS. The famous Africa ex ploier, Henry M. Stanley, is now stopping attheMurren. If he goes to the Engadine again he will have a chance to examine a family of dwarfs who are just as small and ugly as tbe race of Pigmies found in Africa. These came from Sannaun, and are now be ing exhibited at Chur, in the Canton of Orisons. The suggestion of the dwarfs, and the as sociation they bring up of the name of Stan ley, calls to mind a rumcr wich seems to come from a reliable source, thst tbe famous traveler snd his wife, formerly Miis Doro thy Tennant, have separated. He left Lon don about a fortnight ago, and, after going to Paris, came here. He proposes to extend Lis trip to Australia, where he will remain several months. As it has already been announced, that his wife would not accom pany him, but would stay in London, it is prebable that they desire to attract as little attention as possible to their separation. The cause of this is said to be due to tue positive nature of both husband and wife which, owing to the many years they lived alone, renders it difficult for them to con form to their peculiar views of each other. Saved from the Coffin. SraisiiFiKLD, Ohio, Jnly IS. Pisgah, O., is in a state of excitement over a mo-t re markable case of a return to life of a woman after death was supposed to have claimed ber. Mrs. Richard Middleton, a middle aged lady, the wife of a well-known farmer, was taken ill on Saturday evening. A physi cian tried to relieve her. but to no purpose. Sbe apparently breathed her last on Friday morning. Preparations were at once made to bury tbe body. Monday evening, when the un dertaker arrived, sixteen hours after the wo man's supposed death, be looked at the corpse and discovered a faint flush upon her cheeks. The surprised relatives were noti of the startling state of affairs, and tbe un dertaker ostponed his embalming process. The relatives watched eagerly at the bedside until 3 a. m., when a shudder swept over the supposed dead frame and Mrs. Middleton was again alive. The doctor was again sent for, and be now has every hope that she T"ill recover from her peculiar experience. A Battle with Bees. Lititz, July 18. As the minister wss in the midst of a baptismal service near Lititz, the ear-piercing screams of little Bertha II gus, the dsughterof a Lancaster merchant, interrupted the proceedings. The child bad been standing on the edge of tbe crowd when a swarm of bees alighted on her limbs under her clothing. It was a little while before the cause of the child's cries were ascertained, and then the women gather around and bravely fought the insects. Two women held tbe child, and with their hats, aprons and sticks the others gave bsttle. Tbe contest Listed fifteen min utes, during which time the religious cere monies were suspended, and finally the bees were beaten off, but all the women who en gaged in the battle were more or less serious ly stung about the hards and face. The child was frightfully stung, and her limbs were swollen to twice their natural size. Lynched In Jail. Ixdiasapolis, Iso., July 13 At 1 o'cl oek this morning fifty unknown men entered the jsil st Spencer, Ind., and lynched Franx Dice, awaiting trial for the murder of Chan ey. They Landed him to the cell door. The mob securely bound and gigged the Sher iff' and admonished him to be quiet if he valued his life. The prisoner was asked if he had anything to say, but he was so terror stricken thst coherent speech was out of the question. The whole affair was managed so cleverly that the nearest residents to the jail did not know that anything unusual wss going on. The mob was under the com mand of a tall, well-built man, who uttered his commands in a whisper, and every act in the terrible tragedy was performed with the regularity of clock work. State Public Instruction HARBissrsii, July 16. Judge Simonton to-day returned a decision in the case of the Commonwealth sgainst Dr. Waller. Super intendent of Public Instruction, who is con testing the power of Governor Paulson to remove him from office, the Senate having refused to confirm the Governor's appointee. The Court awards a judgement of ouster against Dr. Waller, but gives the usual time in which exceptions may be filed. Tbe case, it is understood, will be appealed to the Supreme Court, in which event a final opinion will hardly be reached before next May. Judge Simonton holds that a person rejected by the Senate cannot be appointed, and this will also bar Dr. Snyder, the Gov ernor's appointee. Married In a Buggy- LorisviLH, Ky., July 13. "Uncle Andy" Riddle, a widower, aged 73 years, and Miss Eftie Crump, aged 21 were married to-day While sitting in a buggy on the pike a short distance north of Owensville. This seems to have been a case of love at first sight on the one hand and marriage with little persuasion on the other. Mr. Riddle saw the young lady for the first time gathering vegetables in the garden where she lived, snd being struck with her good looks he immediately walked up to her and pro posed without more ado. Being' promptly accepted, the wedding followed as soon as sbe could dress herself and start with ths old man in his buggy for a minister. He is in good circumstances. Cumberland's lireat Luck. Ccxreblaxd, Mu, July 19. President Mayer, of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, yesterday executed a contract with tbe city of Cumberland by which the city' is to be made tbe terminus of three divisions and all repair shops are to be located here. The city in return pays the interert for 1G years on $150,noo of bonds. TO FARMERS, STOCKMEN, HORSEMEN And others, of V r )TVTRYMAN .Veterinary VT. vrv Veter narr Frolic ami of Ike Om.no VfJ-rtaar. 'o' "aIu, VheT; aud "-a . r . ...-! s.-rssf .M laA.lr.tin9 ami MlatVllU. ReuUCM'S Ot r faUiaira, BWIIH. HD1 I i ' T . i ' - - i -s - TeNDrr8TOM rem.n.sl ntj i i ;'ru "." """ bWnHnuu J spavin, euro a..'l -urr,i in a lew wers itiDQV of tile m l swtrurT t sore UIU wraa heavik odielii b"rs, Wen .bloat In caule, Uu..,., m.,m.M-n T,n of bor-r. t-th. wolf W.h. A-h.n Sreri.bov.dU..H ol inou. utMMiUaf iie-au t-naisvt n Hi r iwjii..ti, iws m :it jn, "" o'tCT rV'cS' i -"lie at T-m.r.to. rwnaJa. In tils line of mv pro f0?u 51"."diiihaii5lneiul impmv.,1 tnstmmeaw for the nemt of d:lLcutt . i . j. u , ;i .f.-hi. h tire rvmaivttl DV mr lUVlflJU Ol mtrisauiiic Uts sv. AQTfiATION -l.lKi t.iok a special eoumeollnsinirtlonai for,Hito in rl k-.!ng ait.l !n.Oi . Ca I n". IU..' ..... ....i......u.iii,.n,iuiM liutruetuin. from :ni av.ii.l- "met' Thi ",- & toihii uii li the t n.tci mate I have fc. tu.iaa bun iiil ".Keeoful meU.odla.1 am .PPiied . ith the m. Pr'' I am rrJ up in .n.u.iuj .nd .ui .uj.iie-l a ith iiwrumeuu. for .otuiuii : 1 meet ith in opera ting hJ 1 .m nK-wred U.do letter .nd Jfvr or than thfl-r nt hvin hl lue ivuiUurrH. 1 UiUi-rtioo in mM every oirti.. or make no fbnjt I eowull in mj practice mune of liw most cuuiiml vete.-vn.rvs in the l". S., t .na.1.. mud KnifL . . Irani u iput rasw (rive ailvkfwid prweribe without em the Prit, or by letter .by tat n renrr.1 evmptoms an! k hk ft. a.-, mlor, an.ioi now mmg -, 1 . hi been"r,rusl U. 4c. unte for this,. II, lnv.rtt!y uWr-rere. . I will w on,e disuiS for. club of tight. Kidding or Hernilaed colts or any other work that J.U""A .nit " TJiT'"nrZU' H JAt,r.KIi L periency, aud b.ve lisu ued tomeor the bert .iu uonewa in th. r s rwl r.iuuS. .nd eaiutht on to their be way .ud meiho.ii of holuii.it a crowd .nd w.llo iline bi.K Hentv of talk, life nd enenrr. Country and live ;k U a .i-ci.iy. L .nH -ti.f.. tiun ruanuiteed. Charm, beyoud compeUtlon. llve me a cad in thd ration. I will Miveajid mke you money ..... I will a.ve and m.ke you money. can u" found U borne, n.l rely to eo, ruewl.v aad Saturday of each week, at I cai on Tuewl . ' ' i..... iHauia, nfmlu an1 rvarttinlion frcturM, injiinrx, Ac, come .t (.barge. reMooat'le, .nd in case taf deala I will - itt a t r. Ahmt a 1 CO 1 lJlU.N I-fYlvO . tween the .ot tha tauMlawl it. &. .nd r.ve directions vieiw. The leg-tr as well and straight a. ever. Mr. Countryman did Ridaling castration for me. Tbe operation was skillfully and ouicklv done, and the animal lived and did well. He also did other vetennsry work for mm II i rp.,1 nn in the an.tnmr .nd nnftice of Veterinary Medicine and buivery. Air. Countryman is a useful man in tbe community, and shonld be liberally patromztiL . H. H. KLICK, Gettysburg, Pa. Gr - i O LAVASSVILI E. PA. P. O. Box, 24C . r. Countryman, V. o., idailI mail Jas. B. Holderbaum, n.13 J VST KECEIVKD Hench & ALL STEEL FRAME SPRING-TOOTH HARROW which is a wonderful improvement 'n SPRING-TOOTH HARROW. Teeth quickly adjusted by only TOOTH Ever Invented. The tooth i held in position bv a Ratrhft, with which it ran be s.linst- el as to wear from l." tj 11 inches orT the point of the tth, which is four or lived rues a much wear or service as can be obtained from any Spring-tooth harrow in existence. Call ami examine this Harrow, JAMES B. HOLDERBAUM Have Your "A." SHOWING Properly fitted to the Eyes. P. L. CASED EER, OP THE FIRM OF NEFF & CASEBEER lias been to Cleveland, Obio, and taken a a full ceurse of instruction under J.ilma Kmg, M. D., on how to fit Spectacles properlv. and has purchased a full line of all styles of SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES. Aiso, a complete set of Test Lenses, to teat the Eyes. 5 B" SHOWING . mil Give us a call. We guarantee satisfaction. No charge for testing eyes. NEFF & CASEBEER, JEWELEKS AND OPTICIANS, Somrsect, npifO'S REVEPT FOR CATA RR1L Bert. Easiest to use. r if. I u, K"'' m fmmeamte. A cuiv ia certain, tor I ' "' ."e rieaq ll nan Do equal. t an Ointment, of which a noatrU. Price, jic. Sold hT AdUresi, REPORT OF THE CONDITION First National Bank OF SOMERSET, at Somerset, In the State of Pennsylvania, at tbe close of business, July , 1V1. RESOURCES: Loans and discounts . a. j vcrdrft aeciired and unwiirv.1. $7 IT. S. It. 'lids to secure circulation.. ISUiij ta iKie from approved reserve an-nts 10 u7 7i Ime from oili.-r National Ilank 4 ,-,7 j Due from Slate llauks and hankers. 'x) at haukiiiff-house, Kuralture aud tlxturea. 7;fi U Cunvut expenses and la lea uaid 63 fl rrviuiuins ou i . a. Donls !. W L1 17 1,'J 00 72 V. 10,(114 & SK 00 ChHt-ksand other cash ueirn . Kills ot other Hanks ;inial paper currencv, nickels and cents. ' ... Specie ZZ LeKal-teniief niKcs .....!.." Redemi.tiim find with U. S. Treasurer's per ceut of circulation. , Total 41C7,7'JS LIABIL1T1FR- Capital st.ick jld in 1 50 .TO 00 Surplus fund m I iMivuled rnnis 1 o x National Hank note outstanding-." ll.Tis) i Dividends nupa.d '-M M Io.i l dTiits suhjett tot-heck ".ri " Deuian.lVertincaicofd.-psit H,S a ..7.5 17 Due to utner National Baus , . Due to Slate banks and bankers isl 34 Total iC7.7'J3 49 State qf PwuyUunia, QMutfy of Simertet, St. T. Andrew Parker. Cashier of the above-named Usui, do soleinulv swear that th above state ment is true, to the beat of my knowledge and belief. ANDREW PAEKER. Cashier. Subscribe,! and sworn to before me thai 20th. oar of July, lsi. A. L. G. PAT. Notary Public, CoaaK-r Arrxsr: VAT EXTINE HAY. JAMES L. n:..H, FUKD. W. BHUECKER. Director. Somerset County ! Snreeon and Auctioneer, Regis tered of eizht -w Ot-tmetion. in cow teau .,ht .rt aif.1 w India Us r-uffs) In . jiiiies. ! 1 Umn-s In-ra nnKtxjDr .,, u -- - - t hi w r . . , i. . 1. . ttr trsl wita ucce. AulUnvx, ,blaek kg or .11 kteds of anctioneerlnr. H. bad r.s year ea ... at all times durinu tbe next three montha exeeptine. which times 1 will be at Bendlord or Snyder a Imm f h nMnlratnrr omns. and In Danlvnia. dilRral ouc. A aupply of best medicine, always on hand be liberu. Atldr vp.ra aim I ha.1 . lii ft t that bmke her hind lea be- knee and paxtero. I died on Mr. Countryman. He JoUS HAV, JeJeraou Twp. now to treat it uurinir not w-;ner. - A CAR LOAD OF THE Drumold loosening one nut. The best HOLDER Eyes Tested. Improperly fitted to the eyes. n TUT .mn ...... ... .... u drun. - wi. T.nt J.n E. T. HaztLTisr, Warren. Pa. PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE, Oettyaburs. Pa. FOUNDER IS 18Si Lanre Faculty. Two full courses of study Classical and Scientific. Spe cial foures in all departments, observatory. Laboratories and Dew t.vtnuaMtim. Five laive r-uiMiOirs. 8 team heat Llorar es nn volumes. Expen.-s low. Department of Hyi-ieue and Phy sical Culture in chance of an experienced phvsi rlan. Accessible bT freonem Railnsiil trains. Location, an the BATTLLF1ELD OF OETTV Bl'Hti, most pleasant and healthy. PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT, in separate building for hovs and voting men pre paring t business or f'olleee. under xpecial care of the Principal and Ihtve assistants, residing with students in the huildmc Fail verm opens Sept. Sd, isfl. For CataMsrues, aildrew. E. W. McKNIf.HT. D. D., President, or Rev. H. G. BL E1LLER, A. 11 . Principal, Julylt. Gettysburg Pa. PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN. Situate In a beautiful park, ro a eomnian.lin plateau, in the suburbs of Pitubuiv. awar from city nr. i and dust. rnMirpawed f,- beauty and bealthfulnes. Axcelleut facilities for study of Natural ticiences. ( lassies and Mathematics In abort, every denartment well ei:ipped Season open Spt 8, SI- Early ai.plicau.Hi is desirable. ForcataMKUi-sand further information, apply to Mm Helen K. Pelleiresm, President. Pittsburgh, ttwt End), Pa. JXECUTORS NOTICE. Estate of Henry Hoffman dee'd. lateofjenner Tp., franeNt .., Pa. letters lesusaentary on the above estate having oecn (mated u the uod.rruriied bv the proper authority, notice is hvn-bv siren to a!l persons indebted to said estala to make Immedi ate payment, and all persons bavins: claims to present thein duly antheuticaled lor settlement on Thursday. Ausrust 27. 1-d. at theoinoeof i. M. Cover, Es) . at Jenaer X Kuads. J. M. I OVFR, O&AHAil HOFFMAN, Julli Executor Si L. Ma Woolf & Son, HAVE BRLfK TIMES NOW IX TDK . t Boys' and Child roii's DEPARTMENT ! We are deep in the work of fitting out the lo ac.l Tittle re fitting them for school, for church, for play, with bright, neat. liuu. . and serviceable garments, all new. manufactured for us and JcIivori our Stock room at an original cost 23 per cent. und.-r prices paid ; r smaller dealers. This means much froratho; who buy from us f Money, Pationce,all three are sarcd by trading where valine are col" ered. L. M. WOOLF & Son, HOW MANY GRAINS OP COR; TH2S3 AES C.T THOMAS, KARR & OGILVIE The Clothing Iluitlera of Johnstown, sivc a guess with every imr , on the number of Grains of Corn on the fifteen ears in the sealed a their windows, and the party who guesses the correct amount, or nei'i to it between now and SEPTEMBER 1st will be entitled to the Elegant Piano now on Exhibition in their win. - Don't fail to TRY YOUK LUCK as everybody lias the same chance. The farmers, however, ouirjtt make the John Thomas & Sons'. JOHjNTSTO WjST, pa r-MAJS!MOTH STORE, z: 240 to 248 Main Street, Is one of the wonders of Johnstown, with its Several Departments, t- Department A" are Dry Goods In Department " B' Boots and Shoes. Ii Department " A" arpets . Department D, lothmg, .Hats, and Furnishing soods. Department u E," Groceries. Department " F' Feed. Fcr Gc:d Gscds, Cheap G::ds, and SgascnabU G::i They cannot be excelled. An examination will convince the m-: u doubting Thomas " of Somerset County. IkS-HEADQUAETERS FOR COUNTRY FRODUCE. FOR 83 Franklin Street, croniTSTO'wisr. Cinderella Stoves and Ranges is 1 I al 1 CINDERELLA A. The best constrncted Cookinj Stove nwn tbe marker, and (JTARAN'TEKn to ir tire satisfaction. The t.)p is made in four tiervs. o that it cannot crm . T1"- av piece is cut in two and supported by a post, whit.h preventw it from warping. It has o tra deep ash pit with bailed ash pan. and is so constructed t!;at the ash.-s lannut aocas late anderthe grate, which is the chief cause of so many grates burning out. BRICK OR IROX LISISGS, DOCELE A.D HIGH OVEXS. Examine the Cinderella ' A " before pnrohasinir. Manufactured by DkIIAVES 1 Limited, Pittsburgh. Sold and guaranteed JAMES B. HOLDERBaVUr, So merest, P- Kriasinger & Kurtz, Berlin, Pa., I P. TIIOMAS SOX & CO. For the same reason you don't tie up nour hor-e to an empty mansrer for months at a time, you dtu't want to P"' in your wheat this fall without an ample (juanlity of food enough to rrow a full crop of wheat and pui'ci'ehn grass. To supply this plant food in the proper shape our business. We say proper shape because most anyluJ' can mix a little South Carolina rock and Kainit together and call it fertilizer. But 23 years experience, with our complete facilities enabled us to make fertilizers that will produce the iksir l results; there's no question abot:' it. You'll say so. too. n you're used our goods and if you haven't, you tan get uVni, and all desired information from our agents. The Thomas Fhosphates are standard, and thoroughly guaranteed. FOR SALK IJY J. II. S0CDER, Johnstown. Vx. STEVAXUS & MAL'ST, Tib, Pa. J. J. ZIMMERMAN, Stoyesows, Pa. JONAS STEVAXUS, ISebux, Pa. li I v. v u:- y i'J i - i ... i nn PIFTZi:: ZAZC bet jruesses. In Churns, Crocks, Tubs, Pulleys, Basket,, Halters, Glass, Paints, Rope, Cuttlery, Glue, Oils, Tools, Pumps, Yire,ct GO TO Vein & littii General Hardware, House- Furn.i in J and Electrical Good. " V - aasa, , a, LIDS J.VO CESTRES, EXTRA LiZ by , ft and P. J. Cover & Son, Meyer!i--1 " " V.""" oretin p ii V IP ; ! -
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