The Somerset Herald.
EDWARD 8CTLL. Editor and Proprietor.
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REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
COUNTY.
FOR PRESIDENT jri-GE,
FRA.XC13 J. KOOSER. Ey., ot Somerset
Boroagb.
Subject to the decision of the I'istrict Con
ference. TOR ASSOCIATE JCIXiE,
NOAH BIESECKEK, of Quemahoning Twp.
FOR JCRT COMMISSION EK,
DANIEL W". BAYLOR, of Somerset Twp.
FOB POOR HOI'S E DIRECTOR.
JOSEPH L. MILLER, of Somersrt Twp.
Eepoets from the Western States con
tinue to give most favorable accounts of
the immense wheat crop.
Grasshoppers are damaging the oat
and pasture fields in Van Wert and ad
joining counties, in Ohio.
A new demagogue has come to the
front, who proposes to pay the ex-tJavet-f
400,000,000 in pensions.
Sesatok Qi'at has resigned hia posi
tion as a member of the Republican
National Committee.
TwEN-nr-TffEEE States have now given
women the right to Tote in the selection
of school boards.
Jerrv ffiMveos keeps up his insane
howling at John Sherman. It counts
for as much as a dog baying the moon.
gums of money are now being
sent from the East to the West to move
the great grain crop coming into market
Tocr Mortgaged Kansas" is fattening
her hogs on peacLes, while Sircpoon is
down South telling stories of her pau
perism. Democrats claim ".here is a split in
the Republican party in Ohio." We ad
vise them to keep their fingers out of the
crack.
Thi oldest printer in the United States
has just died again. The oldest printer
dies almost as numerously as the oldest
Mason.
The W joining Legislature has passed
a law taxing bachelors f2 each per an
num. The Legislature was elected by
female as well as male suffrage. Signifi
cant fact.
Ei-Speakls Kekd has returned from
his European trip. Look out for a I etn
ocratic howl all along the line when he
takes the stump in Ohio and excoriates
the animals.
Tke proposed Constitutional Conven
tion is not meeting with much favor.
The people are letting it severely alone,
and a large majority of the press of the
State is hostile to it.
Xotwilhstasding the Farmers Alli
ance is doing all in its power to hold
back the sale of wheat, it is said that
Chicago never received so much of that
article any one week as it did last week,
and the influx has only begun.
Recxst statistics ehow the estimated
populatiaa of the world to be l,4S7,iO0,
tXfc), an increase of eight per cent in ten
years. Europe is the most thickly set
tled, having a population of CS 1,200,000,
r 101 persons to the square mile.
A story was started a few days since
that Hon. John W. Noble, Secretary of
the Interior, had resigned, and although
the President says he has not the Demo
cratic journals still insist that it is true.
"Lord.' Lord! How this world is given
to lying !"
Ma. Cleveland says he does not ex
pect to take part in the Ohio campaign.
Reason why : The Ohio Iemocrats have
declared in favor of "free coinage; Mr.
Cleveland has declared against it and
Le doesn't propose to join Governor
Campbell in eating his dish of crow.
Democratic journals having failed in
their attempts to make the public believe
that Blaine was dying and that Noble
had resigned, are now insisting that
Wanamaker has been requested to quit
the Cabinet This is mere midsummer
madness, superinduced by a dearth of
exciting news.
A few month since the Democrats
were in deep grief over the increased
price of woolen goods, caused by the
McKinley bilL Now they are lamenting
over the fact that the price of wool has
been decreased by that same bill. Will
nothing give them comfort ?
Coi J. S. Clabksos, late First Assist
ant Postmaster General, succeeds Senator
Quay as Chairman of the Republican
National Committed. The party poe
sesaes no earnester, truer, clear-headed
and clean-handed son, or one more able
and devoted to her interests.
The best possible answer to the calam
ity talk of the Alliance people, is the
wheat talk and the corn talk from the
millions of acres teeming with these
crops. The farmers are not all fools, else
they would not continue the production
of unprofitable crops. There is money
in it for the farmers, and none know it
better than they. Let the demogogues
rant while the fanners gather their crops
and turn them into cash.
A Kansas payer says : "Sockless Jerry
Simpson raised 000 acres of wheat this
year which yielded fifteen buthels to the
acre." Jeiryhas nothing to growl over.
While he is riding around on palace cars
and enlightening Southerners, honest
Workers have been gathering and thrash
ing hia crop in Kansas. As be can sell
bis wheat for (1 and Uncle Sam gives
tiim -5,000, the poor man, it is to be
Loped, can make both ends meet and
ty off his "Christmas mortgage.
Govejisoe Campbell, of Ohio, is frank
enough to state, in an interview with a
Pittsburgh reporter, that to him the Dem
ocratic platform on which he is a candi
date for re-election is loaded with crow.
"I am not going back on the platform,
be savs, "but it i not just w hat I would
hare preferred it" That is, he accepts
the nomination while Le disapproves the
principles, or at least on? essential prin
ciple, of the party nominating him. He
eats the crow in onler to get at the pie.
The manly thing tit him to do would be
to refuse a nomination reluctantly ac
corded by a convention whose declara
tion on the cardinal issue of national
finance he substantially disavows.
Kansas owes in mortgages about $4V
OKM. When her corn is gathered fcbe
ought to pay off every cent of it, while
she lives on" "her 1 10,000,000 worth of
wheat and $-5,000,0 O worth of potatoes,
and feeds her stock on f 3i,00ij0 worth
of oats and hay. I'oor maligned, insult
ed, slandered Kansas !
Whujs the Democratic and Mugwump
free trade journal are doing their dirty
best to prevent the establishment of the
tin plate industry in this country, and
lying most vigorously and vicious! about
the immensely increased price of the
poor man's dinner-pail and the milk
maid's bucket and pail, caused by the
McKimley bill, the British journals are
expressing an anxiety lest Wales lose
the valuable monopoly of that industry
she has hitherto enjoyed. Here, for in
stance, is what the London EcotiomUl has
to say on the subject :
"What is patent to the meanest under
standing is, that to sacee-fully compete
with any American firms who may take op
the manufacture of tin plate, tw umirri muM
cut it jrrvt. The only way to keep the
trade is to show the Americans that they
cannot reap any great advantage from tak
ing up this manufacture themselves. If they
find that they can do so. whether it be by
reason of the English makers inda'ging in
stop months or quarrels with their men.
eith.-r of which will raise prices to an arti
ficial level, tint tr be very ture thill the
davf of Ujc tm )Jale trnde o f this enuniry tcith
America are ttamlred. And what this means
will be rvadily aipreciated when we add
that of the entire output of tin plates the
I nited States consumers take about aeven
tenths." This is a frank confession that it is not
only possible but probable that we shall
become dangerous rivals of the Welsh
tin plate manufacturers if something is
not done to prevent this country from
supplying its own tin plates. The Lon
don EconomiM suggests that the only way
for Wales to maintain its monopoly is
for the manufacturers to cut their prices.
It would pay them in the end if they
sold tin plates far below the cort of man
ufacturing, if by doing so they succeeded
in preventing American competitors
from going into the business. When
ihis was done the old price could be re
stored and we should be compelled to
submit, as there would be no home com
petition to act as a check on the Welsh
manufacturers. e can see, then, the
character of the service the free trade
organs are rendering foreign competitors
by trying to prevent the establishment
on American soil of an industry that
will save the country millions of dollars
annually, besides affording employment
to a large army of American working
men. Abolishing Debts.
From the New York MaU and Ex;re.
One of the main object of the Farmers'
Alliance in fact the main object of it, if
we are to believe its president is the aboli
tion of the present financial system of the
country. But this is a large phrase and sus
ceptible of various constructions. What do
the Alliance jop!e mean by it?
On answer, and a pretty comprehensive
one, is given in the last number of the To
peka rti'jtU'i Adcocnte, the Kansas Alliance
organ :
The next step would be to abolish interest
which would be accomplished by the people
themselves loaning to themselves their own
money on land as security. Supposing the
average rate of interest iaid to-day to be 6
per cent., and that t:.e government (the
people shottid take up all the mortgages, it
would require but about three years for the
people to liquidate their de:ta by making
annual payments on the principal to the
amount id to usurers as interest. In short
it would ue a loon association on a grand
scale.
Just how the people could liquidate all
their debt in three years by paying C per
cent on thc-ai. it is hard for the average
arithmetic ruaa Ui figure up. It is easy for
the Adiuexite figurer, however, who goes on
to explain :
In the mean time steps should be taken to
abolish all law for the collection of all debts
which would be as much a matter of econo
my as of justice. Tue public, being
taken into the negotiations preceding the
contraction of debt ought D K to be called
in to compel their payment. Those wuoseil
protrty or loan money do so in the hope or
expectation to reap a profit and often grant
the credit when they would not do so if the
law did not, stand behind them to enforce
their claim. It would a!o induce those
who loan money to invest it mc legitimate
business. The obolition of such law would
permanently destroy credit business, and
coupled with the government loaning mon
ey to its own working cople. inaugurate
the most prosperous time witnessed since the
formation of society.
That is as plain u a pikestaff! Abolish
all laws for the collection of all debts, and
presto! your debts are all paid, or as good as
paid ! Why there should be any need of
paying for three years the 6 per cent, now
demanded by "usurers"' we do not see, but
that is a mere detail.
The publication of articles like this in the
Alliance organs show clearly enough why
Eastern capital has suddenly become shy of
Kansas securities. The abolition of all laws
for the collection of debts would speedily put
an end to the mortgage business in Kansas.
If this sort of thing is what President
Polk and other Alliance leaders mean by
revolutionizing the financial system of the
country, if these be the law which Alliance
legislatures and an Alliance Congress would
give us, then the sooner it is known to the
whole country the better it will be for all
concerned.
A Democratic Lie.
WA'iHm.Tox, July ."Vi. The next change
in I're-ident Harrison's cabinet will be the
retirement of Secretary Noble from the head
of the Interior Department Mr. Secretary
Noble sent his resignation to the President
four months ago. This information is from
official sources, and is absolutely correct.
The reason the Secretary assigns for giving
up his portfolio is the condition of bis health.
He is troubled with an affection of the heart
somewhat similar to that which Caused Sec
retary Windom's sud Jen death. The latter
event decided Mr. Noble to leave the position
where such a strain is imposed upon his
nervous system and to seek rest and quiet and
some leas exacting employment. President
Harrison received the resignation, but was
evidently not as much alarmed about his
Secretary's health as the latter was. The
document was subsequently pigeon-holed,
and no action has yet beeu taken.
Secretary Noble has been absent from the
capital nearly all the time since be determin
ed to leave the Cabinet. It is thought to be
the purpose of the President to have him
stay in office until Cbngrew meets in Decem
ber, when he will be appointed to one of the
new Circuit Court jadger.hipa. This wou Id
be a congenial position for Mr. Noble, and
one which he would like'.y accept. It is
thought somewhat strange that in view of
the fact that his resignation was in the hand
of the President Secretary Noble should
have insisted on an answer to all inquiries
that he had not resigned, nor did he intend
to. The fact that be has resigned cannot be
truthfully denied, as th paper is now in the
hands of the President.
Impaled on Pitchforks.
EvAJtsviLLR. Ind August 1. One of the
mo-4 fiendish crimes on record occurred
near here. For some time two brothers
named Stoph have had a bitter spite against
Henry B. Bitter, a wealthy farmer living
near Evanaville. The feud grew out of the
settlement of the location of the boundary
line between the farms of the two parties.
The county surveyor decided in Kilter's
fa Tor. and this made bitter enemies of the
Etopbs. They drove Bitter's stock off and
tore his fences down.
Yesterday the brothers went to Bitter's
house and asked him to help them thrash
their wheat He refused and they quarreled
with him. They then attacked him with
pitchforks. Again and again they drove the
tines of the pitchforks to the hilt in Bitter's
body, and once lifted him off the ground on
yt forks. Bitter's wounds are fatal.
Senate- Quay and Col. Dudley Re
lnfrom the Republican National
Committee.
Washijjctos, July 30. The Eepublican
National Exi-cntire Committee, aftet a dia
cursion of marly four hours, decide! tc issue
a call for a meeting of the general committee
about November Is , and fixed the time for
holding the National Convention soma time
in May. The qu-alioo of locality was inci
dentally considered by the selection of a sea
son of the year when any of the cities might
be choeen without reference to the intoler
able heats which afflict certain places in
J ace and July.
There are indications that the unanimous
choice of the month of May means some
other place than Chicago. The influences
at Washington are already aattr, and an
effort will be made to have the convention
held at the notion's capital. Committee
Member Scott, of Nebraska, made a long
statement presenting the claims of Omaha.
After hearing what te had to say the com
mittee decided that they had no power to
fix the location.
It is evident that when the question comes
up in November there will be lively compe
tition. Boston, New York, Philadelphia,
Washington, Cincinnati, Chicago, 8t Louis
and Omaha will be in the field.
At a quarter before 7 o'clock the com
mittee took a recess for an hour for dinner.
But seven members of the committee. Quay,
of Pennsylvania ; Clarkson, of Iowa ; Fas
sett, of New York ; Hobart, of New Jersey ;
Ftsoenden, of Connecticut; Scott, of Ne
braska ; Conger, of Ohio, and Dudley, treas
urer, ei officio member, were present
rlAlUtl ttl'AT BEUG5S.
After the committee took a recess, the
friends of Senator Quay followed him to his
quarters, where he dined. They made strenu
ous efforts to get him to reconsider his de
termination to retire from the chairmanship
of the committee. The Senator emphatic
ally informed these Pennsylvania friends
that hia determination was irrevocable, and
that he had com to this conclusion after
careful deliberation.
When the committee reassembled at 8
o'clock all approaches to the:r room were
closed and no communication could be had
with those inside. The first business of the
evening was the presentation of Chairman
Quay's resignation, which came before the
committee in the shape of the following
letter :
Washisotos, July 29, 1SL
llv. J. Sl'Mit Fastcit, Secretarg Eepublica
Xt'wnal Committee: Deas Sia This is to
apprise you that I have to-day forwarded to
Hon. William H. Andrews, Chairman of the
republican State Committee of Pennsylva
nia, my resignation as the member of the
Republican National Committee from that
State. Yours truly,
M. S. Qcat.
a ?rtrBiD TaiBrrx.
Upon motion of Mr. Clarkson, the follow
ing resolution ws adopted :
EauJted, That we accept against onr judg
ment and with much doubt aa to the wis
dom and expediency of it for the parry's in
terest, the action of Senator Quay in his
resignation as chairman and member of the
National Committee. In submitting to it
with so much reluctance and regret, we de
sire to express from onr own knowledge of
the facts of his preeminent service to toe
party, our sense of the deep obligation un
der which he has placed the Eepublican
party and the cause of good government and
patriotism in the United States. He under
took the leadership of a doubtful cause at a
time when the Republican party was dis
heartened and the Democratic party confi
dent in the power of supreme control cf the
government and the Nation, and when the
odds of the contest were against our party,
and by his matchless power, his unequalled
skill in resources, his genius to command
victory, won for his party an unprecedented
victory in the face of expected defeat We
know as no one else can know that the con
test which he waged was one of as much
honor and fair methods as of invincible
power and triumphant victor, and that it
was won largely by the power of hia superi
or generalship and his unfailing strength as
a political leader. In the great contest of
in the months of severe effort and the
years of close personal associations with
him. we have learned to know the nobility
of the roan, and we desire in this conspicu
ous manner to place on public record for the
present and for the future as an enduring
answer to the partisan assaults of a defeated
enemy, our testimony in appreciation of his
public services and his personal worth.
Following this came the report of the
Committee on Audit ia the following terms :
TKEASVKEB DCDLET KE8IGXS.
Your committee appointed to audit the
accounts of W. W. Dudley, Treasurer of the
National Committee, Wuuld report that on
a thorough inspection of the books and ac
counts we are enabled to state that all mon
eys received by the treasurer are accurately
and fully accounted for and sustained in
every particular by vouchers and proper re
ceipts. We art enabled from this examina
tion to approve of the treasurer's accounts
and to express to the committee our sense
of its great obligation to the treasurer for
the faithful and efficient service to it in this
capacity.
J. S. Clarksox.
Garret A. Hobart,
Samuel Fesbesdks
The chairman then read the following
letter:
WAsnisiTo!, July 29, 1S91
To the Executive Ctmmitlee of Uu RejtulJica
XiLioual CimmitteeUr Friexm ap Asso
ciates: Inasmuch as you are about to re
organize the Executive Committee for im
mediate preparatory work pending the ap
proaching Presidential election of 1S92, and
as my business engagements will demand
all my time and attention during the com
ing year, I am compelled to sever the pi
ant relations which have existed and still
exist between ns.
I, therefore, tender my resignation of the
office of treasurer of your committee and of
the Republican National Committee.
Bespcctfully Yours,
W. W. Duplet.
The committee immediately adopted the
following resolution:
WARM WORDS SOR DrDLEY.
Remlted, That while we are left by Gen-
eneral Dudley's own wish, with no other
course than to consent to his retirentent
from the committee, we fed that his action
deprives the committee and the party of the
invaluable and loyal service of one who has
proved himself one of the ablest and most
faithful men of his time. In every field of
honorable contest and patriotic purpose, as
a soldier winning in his boyhood the stars of
a general in the Union army, as a public
official serving with equal fidelity hia conn
try in prominent places, in the political field
with like ambition for the nation's good, he
has proved himself always worthy of the
respect and admiration of his countrymen.
In his whole public career, in bis unselfish
service, and with bis unselfish nature, be
has given freely his time and labor, never
thinking of private profit or personal emolu
ment Hia whole life is a generous proof of
his manliness of purpose and his patriotism
as a citizen. Speaking from what we know
of bis rare abilities and unusual devotion te
party and country, we would express this
grateful evidence of what wa know the Re
publican party owes to him for his services
in to many of its contests, and especially in
the memerabl struggle of ISAs. We
part from him officially with sincere
regret, and in doing so we wish to
put in the records of the committee this ex
pression of that party's gratitude and person
al friendship, in which we know be is to
worthy to be held.
The reaisnationt of Chairman Quay and
Treasurer Dudley were then formally accep
ted and laid on the table, subject to the ap
proval of the full Republican National Com
mittee at its next meeting.
Mr. Clarkson was elected Chairman of the
Executive Committee, and Mr. Hobart was
elected vice chairman in the place of Mr.
Clarkson, the chairman being authorised to
telect a treasurer to succeed Mr. Dudley.
The cotcmittTt then adjourned.
Highest of all in Leavening Tower.
11
ABSOLUTELY PURE
Killing the Hwmlock.
Bradford, Aug. 2. Potter county is al-
larmed, and with good cause, over the rava
ges of a worm that is destroying the foliage
and killing off the hemlock timber. Only
about five days ago it was noticed by lum
berman that the tops of the heavy timber
on the mountain were turning brown as
though the trees were dying. The trees
looked exactly aa though they had gone
through a forest fire or were withering up
for lack of irrigation. An investigation was
at once set on foot by the lumbermen inter
ested, and it was discovered that the affected
trees were covered with myriads of worms.
The worms were eating the green and ten
der foliage of this years growth, and when
that bad disappeared turned their attention
to the growth of the proceeding year, the
woody twig not being touched.
A remarkable scene is presented in the
"choppings" where the bark peelers are at
work. The worms are swarming about the
men by the millions, while on all the trees
from Coaderaport to Port Allegheny miles
and miles of trees are turning brown, and
ruin ia threatened to the vast lumber inter
ests of that section.
IT IS A LITTLE WORM.
The worm that is doing the damage is of
the " measuring worm " species, about an
inch long, and barely an eigth of an inch in
diameter. The depredations are taking in
such a vast area that experts have already
been placed on their track, and the follow
ing accurate description is furnUhed :
The worm is covered with spots cn each
aide, and has ten legs, six in front and four
awkward props behind. In moving it arch
es its back, hence the vulgar name of
" measuring worm." The appearance of the
worm in such vast numbers is unprecedent
ed in this region, and grave fears are enter
tained in Potter county that the forage of
the worm means the entire destruction of
the growing timber and injury to the old
trees.
An effort has been made to' stop the ad
vance of the worm, but it it too late this sea
son to even make an effort toward saving
the bark, and the timber is already greatly
damaged. Reports from Glen Hazel, Elk
county, and from the eaat side of that coun
ty, state that the same worm, in countless
numbers, is devastating the hemlock there.
TOTAL DESTRrCTIOS THREATENED.
As it is said that the continued ravages of
this worm mean the total destruction of
young hemlock and the crippling of tle
standing timber and drying np iis bark, a
crisis confronts the whole population of the
entire hemlock region of New York and
Pennsylvania, as the worm is steadiiy ad
vancing and spreading and owing to the
great numbers working destruction with in
conceivable rapidity. Not only the lumber
men are concerned, but the tanners, farmers,
railroad men, and in fact everyone, for this
is pre-eminently a hemlock n-gion from El
mira, N. Y., to Punxsutawney, Pa , thou
sands of men being employed in the bak
and lumber interests aud millions of capital
invested.
The life of the worm is from four to six
weeks, when its death gives birth to a tly or
gnat. They are exceedingly voracious, and
during the brief period of their existence eat
several thousand times their own weight of
growing vegetation. Though this hurde of
worms may only be a transient visitation,
still there is nothing known hereof them or
their ravages, even the oldest lumbermen
stating that they had never seen them be
fore. Some of the worms, with specimens
of their datructiie work, have been sent to
the Agricultural Iepartment at Harris burg.
Baddly Bitten by a Cat.
Mats Lasmsg. N. Y", July 30. Mrs.
Emiline Thompson, wife of Harrison A.
Thompson, Inspector of Hulls at the port of
Philadelphia, ia suffering untold agonies
from a cat bite. Her condition is serious,
and the case presents many phases similar
to that of Lawyer Bartine, of Asbury Park,
who died a few months ago from a similar
injury.
The cat that bit Mrs. Thompson is r "nall
animal of the Maltese variety. It a
favorite pet and of mild disposition. The
lady had the cat in her arms and was car
rying it when the animal became frighten
ed. Mrs. Thompson tried to hold the cat
but it suddenly sink its teeth in her arm,
scratching her at the same time.
In two hours the injured arm had swollen
to twice its natural size, and excruciating
pains shot through it. The flesh gradually
took on a dark, livid color, and at the slight
est touch Mrs. Thompson screamed with
agony.
Dt. H.C. James, who attended the case
from the first succeeded after several days
treatment in reducing the swelling, but the
arm is still discolored and very tore. He
believes his patient will recover unless un
foreseen complications arise.
The cat was not killed, but is being close
ly watched for any symptoms of hydropho
bia. A Start! ins Confession.
Altera, Mich., Aug. 2. Sixteen years
ago Albert Molitor, known as the king of
Presque Isle county, and his clerk, Edwatd
Sullivan, were mysteriously assauiuated in
Moliter's office. The trouble was supposed
to have arisen from the arbitrary manner in
which Molitor conducted his ofUceas county
treasurer. At the time of the murder Wm.
Repke, a well-to-do farmer of Bopers City,
was susiected of the crime, but evidence to
convict was lacking and he was never ar
rested. Thursday night when the story of the
shooting had almost died from the miuds of
the people, Bepke made a confession of the
crime, implicating with him fourteen of
Rogers City's best-known citizens. In his
confession he says the only the confession
was made is that ill luck has pursued him
the last few years. His chi'drcn have been
drowned, his barns and houses burned with
out apparent cause, his investments all
turned out bad and his horses died. All
this would not have made him confess, he
says, but of late be has been nnable to sleep
nights from thinking of the crime, and be
could not stand the strain any longer. All
the people implicated will be arrested.
Drinkers Must Obtain Licenses.
Karsas Citt, August 3. Councilman
Bowles introduced an unique ordinance in
the lower house of the Council to-night
The ordinance requires the purchase from
the city of a license by all drinkers of intox
icating liquors, the license to yary in cost
from $J0 to $j), according to the expenaive
ness of the liquor which the purchaser
drinks.
The ordinance further provides that each
application for a drinkers' license shall be
countersigned by the applicant's wife. In
presenting the ordinance Mr. Bowles ex
plained that an enforcement of its provision
would yield a revenue to the city of $1, 0,.
Ouua year and at the same time greatly pro
mote the cause of temperance.
Drowned the Sparrow.
Ciscisrati, July 30. One of the carious
effects of last night's terrific rain in Coving
ton was the slaughter of thonsands of Eng
lish sparrows. They were killed in such vast
numbers as to clog the sewer openings and
flood t be streets for squares. The street -car
stables were so flooded from this cause that
thirty horses and mnles had to be swum out
1 0 keepf rom drowning.
TJ. S. Govt Report, Aug. 17, 1SS5.
fairer
A Mystery Cleared Up.
PrrnsarY. Mich., August 2. Sixteen years
a;ro Albert Molitor, known as the King of
Presque Isle comity, and his cle'k, Edward
Suilivaa, were mystOTOiisly a-assinated in
Moiitor'e officer The trouble was supposed
to have arisen from the arbitrary mani.er in
which Molitor conducted hij office as Coun
ty Treasurer.
William Repke, a farmer, has confessed
he killed Molitor, and implicates I t others,
for whom warrants have been issued. Sev
eral hold public offices.
In his confession Repke says the only rea
son the confession was made is that ill luck
ha pursued him the past few years. Hi
children have been drowned, bis fcaru and
houses b"rned without apparent cause. Lis
investments ail turned out bad and his
horses died. AU this would not have made
him confess, he says, but of late he has been
unable to sleep nights from thinking of the
trime. and he could not stand the strain any
Ion per.
Moliter was a natural son of old King
William of Wurtemburg and came to this
country whi'e quite young, being banished
for trying to steal a plan of the fortifica
tions at Fhlan. After coming here he en
listed in the army a soon rose to a place
on General Seigle's staif. After the war he
Wi-nt to Dctruit, married and formed a part
nership with a man named Rogers. They
carue to this county and built a mill, im
porting Germans and Poles to work it. The
burning cf the mill caused Rogers to draw
out lie left Moliter without money. Fy
his influence with the Germans Moliter got
himself elected Treasurer of the county and
it ia said, that by manipulating the money
and joggling with the funds rebuilt the mill
and acquired a great deal of money. He re
fused to make any accounting and ru'ed the
people with a rod of iron, bringing upon
hinucif. so many people say, the fate he met.
Our Soldiers Ahead.
PiiinfELrHiA. August 1. Dr. R. S Huide
koer, after a week's atence in the militia
camps at I."evon and Mt. Gretna, as a mem
ber of Major Genera! Snowden's staff, has re
turned to New ork for a few days, ai.d is
now bua:iy engaged in preparing a report
upon the condition of the Pennsylvania
militia. After an inspection of camps in va
rious parts of the country. Dr. Huidt koper
has reached the conclusion that the Penn
sylvania soldiery system excels all others,
not only in the character of its discipline,
but also in the matter cf economy. For in
stance, it costs fifty cents a day to support
the militiatcan of New York while on camp
duty, and double that sum is re-iaired to
make the volunteers of New Jersey c-ntent
with summer duty. Yet in Pennsylvania
the militiamen are eulogistic over their cum-roi-sary
department, aitbough each tented
warrior costs the s:ale only twenty-five.cen'.s
daily.
Il is rumored, by the way, that Governor
Pattison has in mind a great idea for the
summer encampment of the Pennsylvania
militia next year. A prominent member of
his military family the other day sugi-eted
the idea of hulding an eucampment of the
entire state militia on the battleled c f Get
tysburg on July 4, of next year, as a trippie
commemoration of the quadrennial of the
landing of Columbus, the declaration of in
dejieudeEce and the glorious victory achiev
ed at Gettysburg during the late war. The
governor has expressed the hope of being
able to carry out the idea.
A Whole Family Butchered.
Cattetsbcko, Kt, August 2. Wayne coun
ty. West Virginia, was the scene of a seri-s
of murders on Friday night. Mr. Itrum
field. his wife and five children were mur
dered in a most horrible manner and their
bodies consumed by fire.
About midnight J Italian laborers be
came drunkard started on a tour of devasta
tion. The BrumSdd family were thocglit
to have considerable money. The Italians
went to Brumfield's residence, and were re
fused admittance. Doors ar.J windows were
forced open. Mr. BrumSeld, with hi? two
half grown suns, taught w ith desperation,
but were tiaally murdered, their t'iroats
being cut from ear to ear and the bod:-s re
peatedly stabbed. Mrs. Bruniueld and her
three little cbildrcu were next killed by the
drunken Italians, who then searched the
house for mney aud set it on fire. Mr.
Brumfield was influential and weailby.
Two or three years ago, while county com
missioner, he opposed the building of the
new court house, and thus made many ene
mies. The couit house was built, and it is
thought that Friday night's work was the
result of the old feud, and that Brumfield's
enemirs plied the Italians with liquor and
then pointed out the path to the residence.
Fight With a Copperhead.
Yoke, Ta , July 2'i. Miss Anna Een
ninghan, residing in Franklin township,
this county, bad a terrible experience with a
large copperhead snake while jrathering
blackberries to-day. Before she was aware
of the reptile's presence it had encircled her
wrist with its tail, and with a portion of its
body endeavored to hand, u IT her other wrUt
while with its head it t ied to" strike he
race, but fortunately for her it had not meas
ured the distance ccrrectiy.
The thought occured to her, she said, to
throw up her arms, which she did so sud
denly and with such force that the hissing
copperhead dropjd to the ground. Still re
taining her presence of mitid, thegir! quick
ly brought down her foot on the reptile's
head and held it there while she screamed
for help. She was beard by two
men working in a field, who rushed to
her assistance and killed the snake.
Eaten by Wild Beasts.
Wxlkessarre, Ta August2. The skele
ton of Annie Fredericks, the little girl who
disappeared from her home in Laurel Run
marly two months ago. has been found on
the mountain side fully seven miles frjm
the village. Wild animals had eaten ail the
flesh from the child's bones.
When the little girl first disap;ear.d
searching parties scoured the mountains on
every side, a band of gypsies were chased for
three days and their camp thoroughly
searched, but without success.
The father had mortgaged his little home
to raise funds to carry on the search. On
Saturday a neighbor brought word that the
child had been found, but when the father
heard that it was dead he swoned away.
Journey of a Severed Hand.
Colimbis; Ind July 3 About July 1
Joe Warren, an employe of the cerealine
mills in this city, had one of his hands
caught in the machiuery and cut off. The
missing member could not be found. - A
letter was received yesterday from Norris
town, Fa staling that a man's hand had
been found in a load of cerealine shipped by
the company to that point and asking the
whereabouts of the remainder of the man.
Cored to Death by Cattle.
Arkansas Citt, Kan., August 2. A report
reached here from the Cherokee country
that near the Neosho river four eop!e were
gored to death by Texas cattle,
A woman and two little girls were first at
tacked and literally lorn to pieces. A cow
boy, who attempted to rescue them, was
thrown from hit horse and instantly killed
by the cattle.
TO FARMERS, STOCKMEII, HOBSEHEH,
And others, of
1 V rr,rTTYM T Veterinary Surjeon a"d Aoct onn r. II. -'.-terM --of :.!. t
I -m- V . ....... ....ft,,,
'wine. an.l r;uvt- :ir M ( r:i..;.. iaLiut --,)"-. l-" a',8"-
brvkvn Vm-. r-ice.rgot Urr.t;iii!
rjrNTISTBY-s;--i.lnri.-i.fi (rlren
ir,j7,iii--l eiTsw-I-r. fdrjint o:h-t
e
. ... t .iv '..n rti ' -i.. tft'Lii uii-n
nffoni', bo'.i i.e l-ea.i rn,..d. .!.:!!. u- on irno
Lice t "l 1.1' -'. : - r,. it- . ii t-i n a;, u are
of the m.: i-Dilix-m -ei.-re!rv in iu.- . . i
I call in xn.nv ni- ime m i H-eajin j-et r:rr
irentrm! vaipfw o 1 Hiving x. x. cor. ao.l.jf
k been n-ortt.i to. Ac. I u.r.-i l.,r ihw, fl, inv.
f ENDENOTOM h!' "trtit-t i.iiijnif rjL i or j laii 1. ,s. teau
refers ...! rea; p amJ J.fwi.-at 10 it pr..rr no-. - -mi'-
?-J r--.-.-I. r- n-, :rr a.w r:x.--.ne.
.n.-; .C'Vr. a-i-i sp.ia. fi.-v.li3 a few wvekv iim W H02 'T-
Dav eoiir in bor--. Iimen l.Uuit ia cat He Ac, tresicU Witn ... Aaturaa, .' .
hpc.TETR'icS-1 t...k ill ln!rif;ior. wr.ile a! Tt.t.'o. n it. :r:t : !inc.fnv tr-v
trJZrufA ZJ ",-r.Sl with ,. U lb met Mn;RDW f r In- Bu.aveaeI.t ..--u.t
raw- I r-BT r. M-!ii,.era i-ut It-is .iie and Ulo i. .. , ,
m' -rrV.r,-V--.-:i 'M!iii':n .pav-.u. and have ir.v. I-J :-a ,,ti ...t f i-m ;.-t .as.t-
eJf.Qe "f V e t..ft j!.ii-:i:l ooe-nton in liii- imo m i.w I'uuul ::r. 1 !.-.e -' -c-- n"
hrnne ' o e-!.;i iaetiiI and am u.j- in I :th tin- iwt a; ; n, l ti-l :-ti 6. t
1 u iiii u b iiwu.u. an.l am Mit:ji.l t it i irrftrutm-M.' for ai.yi!. I meet t:e o
tiB,' nSUlani t,.m lo.io wtter .nl.af.-r w.k than those not l-avrw fr Sviuure.
I wli C(. ..''- iii-uiTax i.r a i-iuo o; t-iui, f.ii..is vi -
will lu-; :fv. W-ite me mr c-rvul.T, raiea. et . . . . . .
I'rTiriVI.'i;DlVr I k!Drt ai-inw.eer ir. H.-i ve hai (fix yeiV -
ALL- 1 KjOiltKlAU wnerrv aol have hMert i....meof the t! u. -imieer.
in the f. 8. and l ans.la. an.l eaiarr-t ou to their beit wv and s ht of I-m.Iii.c a enm.1 ar.1 -lie-itin
l.i.i. fWv.tr i . life and eoetvr. tuuatty an.t hv ! . !.ei..tj. T
tmuettialitT and -Mu ia tmarantenL Charge. Ufjvud com;. -Uiu-u. t.n e a-e a ca.1 .a wai-
,.t.:r& va at.H during the aext-.mth.,,
on Ta.xi.i ail Sutur.'.&ys ct tach wet. .1 h.ch time I win ue at b.mli..:d ur . -...It. l.-.
7n-ted!ca-- an en-1 of the re?tra:.-ry 'cw. 1 n parV.yn. d. -ie.it
Trtuni.', freeiur. in -r. e.. cvtur at on -a. A :pr-!v of let o.u..-iut e. ,n taa.i.
tliaxirereuii..e, ui t of uc.tii 1 kill tc iiber.1. ad-lrem
nr-"i'IlTrVT ITC . Abrmt T--a,mI had a heOr (hit 1 r l -p I be-
T. fc 1 lAlUAlAL.a . een thi km and f-'.T-.:. I -.. . 1 on Mr. r ,-sn -t - i-a. kt
fet ihe I'V r:idt-l It. and ?ve !i rollout tow to treat It Uurir-ir - ner. H -p -''
iriia. lueirjrg-iH as well ud Uaul a. ev.. U A, Ji -Seis-iu i f.
Mr. Countrvman did Ridirg castration fT me. The r-tration was sknlfi .l!y and
qrjickiv dor.e. and -he animal lived and did well. He ai di I other vctena-y work !-.r
rae. He is rend up in the anatomy and practice of Veterinary lfdicr.e and surt-eiy. i.r.
Countrytnan is a useful man in the comtnunitv, and hi-;i i I l.Ker.i,:y ;r:i:zoi.
H. If. KI.IlK, .t::ysb-jr,'. Pa.
G. F. Countryman, V.
Jas. B. Holderbaum,
has Jt'sr ni:T.ivni
I-Iench &
ALL STEHL FRAME
SPRING-TOOTH HARROW
which is a wnii-l--rf.il improvement 'n
SPRING-TOOTH
HARROW.
Teeth fj'-.iik'y adju:.-1 ly only
TOOTH
Kver Invelt'tl. Tlie t . f.cl 1 1.1 J .-.-.', .n by :i n.!'.-l:;-t. wifl: L:.-h it c:;n ! a-V
c--l n to w.-ir f;-!n 1", ? I iii- id- ..!!' 1 in i.iii- ,tl" I l.e l.:ii. viii - ii N t" ur or f. e t :!:;
as rr.n-li weur r vr. ; a ran I obtained ir-tii any fp.-i:'.,: : i',i horrvivc ia txiyteiue.
Call and oxj'uint- li.i. ll.irr iw,
JAMES B. HOLD E R B A U M
Have Your Eyes Tested.
"A." SHOWING
SPECTACLES
Properly fitted to the Eyes.
r. L. CASKUEKR, OF TIIK FWM uF
NEFF & CASEBEER
Has Wen to Cleveland. OLio,anJ taken a a full course of instruction
under Julius Kin- M. P, oa how to fit Sctacles i.roirlr, a.id La
pureua.cd a full liue cf all .-t vies of
SPECTACLES" AXD EYE-GLASSES.
rir-Also, a complete ct of Test Lensen, to test the Eyes.
f'.fv
-t t- ihxis
Give us a call. We guarantee satisfaction. No caarire fcr ;e.-tir. eves.
NEFF & CASEBEER,
JEWELERS AND Ol'TJCIANS, Somrsect,
npi&r REMEDY FOR CATAr.r.H.-Et. Eaiet t- i- . S
7- , Kolieflsi.-nrue.imK-. A lure U c.ri.n. K-r f- -'i
"J ".iMLi-im i mm ii .i
a-J.ire.s
Paiifx Jlarvelo us Sjwctaclc !
THE FALL OF POMPEII
Recreation Tark, Pittsbiir;li, Pa.
Every Tuesday. Thursday and Saliirday. llp-lnuins:
SATURDAY, July 25th,
A,ul Cvhtinuing for FIVE WEEKS.
Four Hundred Performers,
Magnificent Costumes,
A Stage 100x200 Feet in Size.
The eruption of Vesuvius and the ltniction of lYiinjH i;. to lc
fallowed by a wajrmiieent disj.kj of fireworkf each eve.) in
Cheap excursions on all railroads.
Tickets good two and three days, according to distance.
vupn jieciciae.
3T3 TT-T, fa,ls-
-I Children take it
So:r.c-rsct Count' !
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S.,
C LAVA-VaVILI.K. T. P O. Box. 2iX
a CAr. load of the
Drumold
- o.i. nn!. T!.-- U
HOLDER
SPECTACLES
Improper! v fitted to the eves.
riiai. i-ar-.j- e a; to te tt
t. X. HA-FLr,NK,'Warrc. t
tcomiiHThieU hr JPhvsiciaa-t, Iy-4
1'leawr.t and a-reeable to the l?i
ithontoi) r-in ' r. A 13
L. M. Woolf
HAVE UKITIilKff NOW IN TI1E
Boys and
Children's
DEPARTMENT !
We are deep in the work of fitting cut the loys and'lt.leo;.
fittins; them for school, for church, for plar, with bright, neat. !wt;.L.;
and serviceable goments all new. manufactured for us and ii..-Iiv...-our
StCK-k room at an original co.-t 25 percent. und?r prices pii-l i,T.
smaller dealers. This means much from those w!io buv from i.-t
MonT, ratience,all three are saved by trading where values are cor.,
ered.
L. M. WOOLF & Son,
HOW MANY GRAINS OF COR!
aMrt tmmmid W X f atrt fWlalii
THOMAS, KARR & OGILVIE
The Clothing Hustlers of Johnstown, irivea craess with every j-unrL-on
the number of Grains of Corn on the fifteen ears in the sealed jt
tiieir windows, and the party who trusses the correct amount, or L:x
to it between now and
SEPTEMBER 1st .,
will be entitled to the Ele.gant Tiano now oa Exhibition ia their vki -'
Pon't fail to
TETYOUELUOK
as everybody has tie same chance. The farmers, however, ou.'!.-. ;
make the best guesses.
John Thomas & Sons,
JOHiNrSTOWiNr, PA:
-MAiDIOTE STORE,
240 to 248 Main Street, j
Is one of the wonders of Johnstown, with its Several Pepartments. L
Department "A" are Dry Goods In
Department u B' Coots and Shoes, h
Department " A" Carpets. In
Department "D," Clothing, Hats, and Furnishing oods.
Department u E," Groceries. Department " F,' Feed.
Fcr G::d G::ds, Chsa G::ds, and Ssascnalls G::d:-
They cannot be excelled. An examination will conviuee the n;c
" doubting Thomas of Somerset County.
TIIEADQrARTi.KS FOK COUNTRY rRODUCE.
FOR
83 Franklin Street,
TOHinsrsTownsr.
Cinderella Stoves and Ranges
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Si-
. -';-- r.y'T" '-l T' L1 i
CINDERELLA A.
T':. fctt ronstri.-t.! Cm'i.r.i ?tove iip:-n the marljet. and GCAllANTL'n1 '
tire !-a!:.-'.i, tii.n. T;i tj is n.a.le ia !':r j iv-s. so t.iat it carim.t craik. T:.' !-'i- fr
piece is cut 1:1 two an.l siip(.ore,i by a pt. which prevent il from warpir.ir. it ha an ei
tra d. p ah pit with kai'nl nh pan. ami i nni nctd that the art.e ..-ariaot iccuni
!ate u.id.-r the grate, which ii the chief caie ol roany grates bum it.,; 0:11.
BRICK Gil I0X LIS IX as. I'OCBLE Llh.i AXD CESTI:F EXTHA us -
AXD UHiH 0 YESS.
F.iarnine the CinilHreMa "JL" before ptirrhaaing. ManaiicfareU by DtHAVKX 1""
Lim;te.i. Tittsbiirgh. Sold and jjristranteed by
JAMES B. HOLDERBAmr, Somerest, Pa
Kriasii'.jer t Knrtz, Berlin, Pa., and P. J. Cover Son, Meyers-Iaie. F-
I P. THOMAS SOX & CO.
For the same reason you don't tie up nour horse to a a
empty manner for months at a time, ymi don't want to w.
in your wheat this fall without an ample uantity of food
enough to grow a full crop of wheat and succeeding
trrass. To supply tins plant food in the proper sl;ae is
our business. .We say pmjr shape because most any bod;
can mix a little South Car olina rock and Kainit together
and call it fertilizer.
Put 2;J years experience, with our complete facilities, ha
enabled ns to make fertilizers that will produce the desir-'d
results; there's- no question about it. You'll say so. too. if
you-'ve used our goods and if you haven't, you can get th-M-and
all desired information from our agents. The Thon:a.
Phos .hates are standard, and thoroughly guaranteed.
FOR SALE BY
J. II. SOUPER, Johxstowx. Pa.
5-TEVAXUS & MAfST, Tie Pa.
J. J. ZIMMERMAN, Stoyl-owx. 1'a.
JOXAS STEVAXCS, Eep.ux, Pa.
& Son,
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Pui.evs, JiJ6.itS, Halters,
Glass, Puints, Rope,
Cuttlery, Glue, Oils,
Tools, Pumps, Wire, ct:
GO TO
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General Hardwar, Houm Furn.it
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