: t ( ' 1 5 1 f I. The Somerset Herali EDWARD SCULL. Editor and Proprietor. WIDJfESDAT- 4urat 19. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. COUNTY. FOR PRESIDENT jriKJF, FRANCIS J. KOOStR, of S.roerw Boroof u. Subject to ih decision of tbe District Con ferenc. FOR ASSOCIATE JCIKJE. NOAH BIE.SECKF.R, of Quenmhonliig Trp. FOR JURY COMMISSIONER. DA N I EL W. SA VLOR, ol S.nfTt Twp. FOR POOR IIOISE DIRECTOR, JOSEPH L. MILLER, of Somer Twp. Cleveland ia At "Baziard' BaT," nd they re after him. Th Alliance Betting in the solid South only hatches Itemocratic chickens. England is losicf u much sleep over method to defeat McKinley as the Ohio Democrat are. Is Eua-iav people who mate crop re port are promptly arrested. This makes the Russian summer warm for specula tors. Ta courts settled John Bardsley. It in cnlv his accounts that remain un settled. John won't lecture, threatens to write a book. but he AVrw: Q'iy td Dudley out, the mud in the New York Tammany organs is piled np and temporarily useless. But they will sling it Thi Governor of Florida positively de clines to give a certificate of election U .Senator Call. Democrats this year are not a happy family. It is said that the New York Democ racy will put Eoewell P. Flower at the top of their State ticket. This means there will be a "barT at the bottom of it. Ken-tick r is still Bourbon Democratic ; it only reached "the reform" of mixing a little water with it. Kentucky never expected to do even that. Th plaint of the free trader in this country is feeble and pitiful compared to the fierce hua Is and growls of the British master whom be serves. Oh, that blareted McKinley bill '. If Governor Campbell keeps on at bis present gait he ill have to I introduced to the Iemocratic Ohio platform liefore the November election. He won't recog nue member of the family. He is "the aame kind of a free trader that Garfield was." lr Senator Sheiman during the canvass in Ohio should point his political gun at Jerry Simpson, the closest observers w ill be able to see nothing of Jerry but the end of bis coat-tail sticking op out of tbe dust be kicks cp as be runs. Thi Uepublicaa State Convention wi3 meet in Harrisburg to-day (Wednesday) to nominate candidates for Auditor Gei ral and State Treasurer. The delegates from this county are S. S, Forney, of Brotbersvalley township, and Dr. H. D. Moore, of Middlecreek township. Too grasshopper-eaten," "corn-burning," "mortgaged Kansas" that has ex cited the commiseration of down East politicians as a crop this year of grain alone that will net J'.W.OOO.OOO over and above the supplies for borne use. Then she baa ber pigs and chickens and cattle for pocket money and sealskin saques and winter bonnets. Kansas bas great crops this year and few grasshoppers. Her great drawback, which will keep thousands from settling cpon her rich acres, comes directly from Ler harum-scarum politicians who have led tbe public to believe that Kansas farmers are in desperate circumstances. It will take Kansas years to live down this slander by ingrates. Speaking of tensions, the Democratic Richmond Tint says: "The South is already tired of Laving to pay millions of dollars annually in taxes to be dis tributed among Northern frauds, per jurers and bummers another reason why tbe Grand Army of the Republic wants 'no fusion' with the gray." Keep it np, brethren. Let the people know how you feL Dxmocatb are already tired of the aide issues they themselves have raised and C-re clamoring that they be laid aside and "the issue fought out on the tariff alone." Republicans are perfectly wil ling to discuss the tariff until Itemocrats are tired, but they wonder to see their opponents so squeamish over their plat form so recently built and dedicated with music and banners. 'What is new in Ohio and Iowa, anyway, to liecevi tate a change of front in the Democracy ? Secretary Edge, of the Suite Board of Agriculture, bas been doing some figur ing. He bas obtained the values of 4,832 farms in various portions of the Commonwealth. The total valuation of the 4,832 farms is $34,032,025, and the total amount of tax paid upon them is f295,94.73, or at the average rate of $.69 mills. The valuations include nothing but the farm itself, and thee figures therefore may be taken as representing the actual average taxation npen the land itself. In order topis the com parison in another light. Secretary Edge bas found from tbe average rate cf tax ation in each county, that if $IK,0K) is invested in farms in each county tbe average rate of tax cpon them will be mills on their value. Tbe death it announced of Mr. George Jones, lb proprietor of the New York Tumi. He shared with Henry J. Ray mond tbe honor of founding that paper. Of Wlh deacent, but bora in Rutland county, Vermont, be achieved great suc cess as a cteaspaper publisher. He was enknowa to tbe general public even after be became sule owner of the Ti", ontd the Tuu exposed the Tweed ring. This was ooa of the toot remarkable episodes in journal m. The svnmtioa created was intetiae, and the honor ef the exposure belongs not only to the Tim as a newKpaper but to Mr. Jones pronaI!y. To bim was brocbt the evidence of ring frauds, sod a hen Tweed and h'm pals found that be bad tbe fig ures tbe offer was made to bim to buy l is paper at whatever figures be might came. This failing, be was offered a clear t-",Ou0,DOO ia cash to refrain from publication. That is belie red to be the largest bribe ever offered and refused. On:o Democrats never yet von a po litical battle when the campaign was fought on settled principle. The cam paign of 1S73 was a rtraddle, and "Rise Up TViliiam Allen" could not aaTe the party from defeat in 1S73 when the peo ple understood the question at issue was 'fiat money." Governor Campbell two years ago succeeded by personalities and was aided by calamities. But this year he will jbave to face National questions upon another "fiat money" platform, and history will repeat itself. Xearlt every newspaper in Pennsyl vania, regardless of political complexion, is hostile to the proposed Constitutional ConTention. The same is true of the politiad leaders of all parties, as well as of th legal profession generally. As public sentiment seems now to show, it would be entirely safe to assume that were it sot for tae Interest that may hereafter be worked np in its favsr by thine ambitious to le chosen as dele gates, the project would be voted down still more overwhelmingly than was tbe proposed prohibition amendment, two years ago. "Fob some time," says the Rochester Pod-Espm, "the Cleveland-Hill fight has been going on under cover in this city, and yesterday, it may be said, the contest was transferred to the open. Ths prospects are that the anti-Cleveland men will win all through this country, but the Cleveland men threaten a lively fight." This is the way the Democrats are preparing for the fall election, and for IS'.r?. Like the Parnellites and anti Parnellites in Ireland, they seem to have forgotten all about the enemy in their thirst to exterminate each other. It is aa interesting spectacle, especially for Republicans. There is an old saying about the result which follows when cer tain people get to quarreling. A Strang Dlsllka. Lancaster county farmers seem to have a dislike, if not an absolute prejudice, against racing sheep. Just why thia is no one ap pears to know. Perhaps it is an id! task to try to change their minis on this question. even though farm are not yielding b per cent, income, and everyone is looking about bim to see bow he can make his acres pay better. A farmer in Central New York gives Lis experience in this line. Twenty-five breeding ewes were bought at 3:3i each, or for the rtix k. Their wool was sold for $32.V3. Twenty-four lambs were raised.'and they and the ewes were sold ia a lump for $13.1. The whole transaction netted him just $1U". No grain was fed, and there was much valuable manure to pay for tbe grass, hay and straw fed them. If everyone of the 9,iM) and more farmers in this county were to do the same thing, their income would be increased by just $'. ,000 annually while th labor would be comparatively light. Snt Era. A Golden Harvest. Ntw York. August 10. Farm products will be worth Jl,0.'000 mors this year in the United States than they have been during the recent years of depression. At least this is the estimate put forward by the American AjriculturiM in its annual review of the harvests to be published iu the forth coming September issue of that magazine. On the basis of present prospects this au thority estimates the corn crop of at 2,(tfAt,i") bushels; wheat, .JiOO,OX) bisbelf . and oats G22,(WO,u) bu-he's, against 1.30u,0w, T.'NiO.(XWand 524,Ht,0f barbels respectively in 1S!. and l."iw,44., 413.43$, and oTs.i.xmhu busLeis respectively as the average for the preceding eleven years. This makes the total prospective crop of corn, wheat and oat 3,l22,k.i,OX buhela. or 28 8 per cent sweater than last year and 14 7 per cent over the average of the preced ing eleven years. The Ameriea AjriculturUt believes that un'.esa unexpected influences wholly chang the current of events tbe value of corn on the farm will average 50 cents per bushel, wheat i 1 and oats at leant 4i cents. On this basis the value of the corn crop to tbe farm ers will be $l,'J.l.'i,t, wheat fcJU,0u0,Xy and oats $lJ.w,'p'i, making a total cf $1,750,000,000. Cotton and rye will command batter prices than last year. Cattle are worth one-third more than eighteen months ago, with other live stock in proportion. Tobacco is advanc ing heavily for cigar leaf, contracts being made for the crop in the field at an advance of 15 to 2) per cent, over last year. Brought Down Rain. M.DLA5D, Texas. Aug. 11. Tbe rainfall expedition from the I'nited States Depart ment of Agriculture reached Midland on Wednesday, and has so tax made two suc cessful experiments. One of the party said to-day : "Saturday and Monday last only part of tbe rain making apparatus was set up and a prelimi nary trial made, simply to test the efficacy of tbe special blasting powder which is be ing manufactured at the grounds from ma terials brought with us. Several bombs were exploded by means of electric dyna mos. Although this powder is very power ful we were by no means confident that the explosions would hare any practical effect upon the meterological coodiliona. 'However, about ten hours after the ex plosions clouds gathered and a heavy rain fell, extending many miles. Vit do not think that the explosions actually produced tbe storm, as they were not on a large enough scale, but they were undoubtedly instrumental in precipitating the moisture which tbe clouds brought to the locality and greatly increased the intensity of the storm and the quantity of tbe rainfall, which was greatest in the vicinity of the place of ex plosion. "We shall continue to cautiously make tests as to tbe density of the atmosphere in this particular locality, so that oar bomb may be adapted to meet every possible con dition, and when we have sufficiently satis fied ourselves upon these and similar points, the decisive experiment will be made, which will not be yet for several days." Tbe reporter did not witness the experi ments referred to above, but can testify to tbe rain falling in Midland over twenty miles from the spot of operation, the first good rain for several months. The Farmers' Week. Mr. Gkitsa, August 19. Tbe Farmers' Encampment wa opened to-day with a speech by President McSjarren. who nrged on his agricultural friends tbe importance of taking tbe recreation which tbe encamp ment alfjfded, and admonished them to oombiD brain with muscle in their pursuits so aa to realixe for themselves gaater profits thau thty have heretofore enjoyed. Hiram Young, ol York, attacked tbe Western and Southern braoclvas of the Alliance for their advocacy of the proposed sub-treasury and other cheap money schraiea. Thrte hundred exhibitors are n-preestd on the ground, in formers' machinery and implements of all kinds and other maosfac tarwd a-tidc. r-inc last year a Urpe horti cultural hall cat been erected, ia which the 6net of fruits, grain and vegetables are on exhibition. Florida Is represented by a large ear filled with tbe products of that P:atr, to wbicb a tsuall admiasioo is charged to defray tbe cot of tbe enterprise. Death of James Ruaaell LowalL Bosroa, Aug. 12. James Russell Lowell, L. L. D-, wbo bad bea in poor health fur ocm months, died at bis Cambridge resi dence at M'J o'clock this morning. Jamea Roacll Lowell was born in Cam bridift, Man. on February 22, la2l. He had been ia bad health ever since his return to this country in 1 .", after concluding bis diplomatic service of eight years three years as Minister to Spain and five years to tbe Court of Jt. James. He was a writer of great force and his books will always be read with interest. He was Interested in tbe publica tion of s number of standard magmxines. MOUNTAIN MURDER. The Brutal Killing of an Old Ebens- burger. Samuel Reese was murdered near Ebens burg Thursday evening about C o'clock. He resided on the outskirts of the town, about half a mile west of the borough limits, on the Btone Pike. At iirtt it was supposed that be tad committed suicide, and iury of inquest was summoned and an investiga tion made, when tha following facts were developed: Two boy named Cunningham and a Mor- rellville boy named Dun mire, whose ages range at about fourteen years, were on their way to Eber.iburr, and when sear the Rse bouse they beard the report of a firearm. Going on down the hill they observed a bug gy standing opposite tbe boose, which is situated perhaps a hundred feet back from the road. In the buggy were a woman and child. As the boys approached closer a man crawled over tb feoc from the direc tion of the boose and hurriedly walked np the bill away from them. Tbe woman started tb horse and applied the whip quite freely. When tbe boys got opposite the house they noticed a man lying on a bank to the rear and east side of the building. He was in a reclining position, moaning and covered with blood. They proceeded to f own and reported what they had seen. Ir. Davidson was sent oat, but when he arrived the man was dead. He had been shot ia the mouth, tbe ball passing through his tongue. An investigation of the house and surroundings showed that a bloody contest had taken place. The mur dered man was covered with blood. The kitchen door had been broken in, and just inside a pool of blood was found, while on the outside, near tbe door, were several pools of blood. A loaded shotgun, tbe stock of which was covered with blood, was near the dead man, leaning on a chair. In the front room of the house a large file, made like a chisel, was found lying near trunk which had been pried open and a portion ef the contents scattered promiscuously around tbe room. Thia bitter finding establishes very conclusively tbe theory that the murderer plundering the bouse when be was probably caught in the act by the unexpect ed Reese. Reese is supposed to have taken his gun when be discovered the murderer, but the Utter took no chances and shot, and from the powder marks, be must have been very close when be fired. The bullet went directlv in his mouth and lodged back of the throat The murdered man lived alone in the house and had just returned borne after finishing his day's work at a neighbor's who lives some distance away. Tbe description the boys give of the man seen leavine tbe bouse is as follows: Of medium aiis, fairly stout, smooth face, dark complexion, dark suit of clothes, somewhat scuffed, and black slouch bat. Reese, the murdered man, was about sixty years old, and bad resided in tbe neighbor hood all bis life. He served some time in the late war. His wife ia living with her daughter and is in poor health. Reese bad recently moved to the house he occupied and had said to his neighbors that as soon as his wife improved in health she would join him and they wonld live together. In the meantime he was living alone. He is not known to have had money, and if he did the sum must have been trilling. The suspicion that has attached to Albert and Sadie Price as the murderers of old man Reese at Ebensburg do not appear to have been well founded. It is now almost cer tainly known that one Elmer Bruner was the murderer and that bis accomplices were his wife Annie Bruner and a boy bis nephew named Charley Bruner, sixteen years of age. Tbe boy was arrested at Latrobe Saturday by Chief-of-Police Cannon and made a con fession. He said that the murder bad been committed by his uncle, Eimer Bruner, wbo was accompanied by a woman and him' self; that they had been traveling all through tbe East, and bad stolen several borate, which they disposed of at private sale along tbe road ; that they had returned home load' ed with plunder and money from their East ern victims, but bad decided to rob old Sam Reese. Tbe woman bad kept bouse for the old man, and knew of considerable money and valuables about the place; that they drove boldly through Ebensburg, from the direction cf Altoona, and on reaching the Rees house found the old man was at work, and that in his absence the house was thor oughly ransacked, and just as the three were preparing to depart, old Reese came to the door, dinner bucket in hand. He bad not time to say much, the boy says before Elmer stepped from behind tbe door and shot him dead. Tbe woman was arrested in Pittsburgh. on Liberty street, Saturday night. Word was sent to Sheriff Stineman at Ebensburg and he started after the prisoners, binding them in jail at Ebemburg last evening. There wa a large crowd at the entrance to the jail when the Sheriff arrived with the woman and boy. Tbe boy wa the first to alieht from tbe carriage. He is sixteen years of age and a very tough-looking young man. His dress and general appearance would indicate that he had been roughing it for some time. The woman sat still in the carriage until the Sheriff told ber to get out. She was apparently alarmed at the appear ance of so many people and showed evidence of fear in her manner of action. As she pa vied up the steps to tbe jail yard the crowd naturally pushed forward to secure a fair look at ber, and, no doubt, she fe'.t re lieved when she was securely placed behind the iron bars. She is twenty-three years of age, small of stature, unusually dark skin ned, and about as haggard looking in ber general appearance as could be imagined She claims to have been married in Canada about four years ago to Elmer Bruner. Charles Bruner is a nephew of Elmer Bruner, si above stated, and was raptured while bathing with other boys near Lat-obe. At Latrobe, before 'Squire Ceiger, tl woman swore to the following Statement, alter relating a story similar to lue boys' about their travels through the East : On our return from tbe East, as we drove toward tbe bouse of old man Reese, tbe lone liness of tbe place and the apparent absence of tbe occupant suggested that there was cer tair.ly no one at home. Elmer shared in my belief, and said be would go through the house, and possibly get something of value there. He told me to bold the bom an place the boy, Charlie, on guard outside while be entered tbe boose. Elmer imme diately entered tbe front ball, and bad hard' ly done so when tbe old man Reese entered by the back wry, meeting Elmer in the halL Reese ordered Bruner out of the bouse and the Utter refuted to go. Rees then started toward a gun leaning in a corner, but bad hardly made a move before Elmer whipped out his revolver and fired, Ibe old man fall ing dead at the back door, where Bruner had evidently followed bim. The boy Char lie, as soon a be beard tbe shot, entered the boose, and be and Elmer made a toar of tbe piece, finding nothing ef vidae, however, w ith tbe xcrptioa of a few trinkets, which were thrown away along tbe roadside. As soon as we left the place we thoogbt it better to Wave Charlie at Latrobe, while Elmer and I pr.reeoed on toward Pitts' rgh, going i our bufgy through Grensbitrg. Ira ia. attd other places oo the pike. I am innocent of tbe snooting, which was done by Elmer while I held the borse, and the boy stood guard. Elmer, I believe, will not be easily captured, as be ia now securely bidden This I swear to be a true statement. Annie salJ that Elmer, while la Pitts burgh, informed bis parents of the shooting and then dinpf ared. It Is believed at La trobe, boweer, that Elmer is now to Pitts burgh biding, ard'tbe officers will arrest him at aimcet any moment. Annie is most wretched-looking person. She has evidently bean very handsome, but ber pinched features, disheveled locks, and shabby dress, all tell their tale of dissipa tion and hardship. She says she was mar ried to Elasar Bruner four yean ago when she was just seventeen years of age. At tbe age of twelve years she bore a child, and bad been ta roes' from ber parents" home In JobnetowB. Ebe then went to Latrobe and Highest of all in Leavening Power. P ABSOLUTELY PURE lived with the father of her babe for a time. Her mother, In the meantime, bad married man named Stork, now . living in Johns town, hence her frequent alias of "Ann Stork." The record of Elmer Bruner at Latrobe was bad. He served a term in the county jail there two years ago for disturbing a meeting of the Salvation Army. David Bruner, an uncle, is serving a term iu tbe penitentiary for robbing a Hebrew peddler near Latrobe a year ago. The affidavit of the woman, which, as stated above, la now held by 'Squire Geiger, at Latrobe, will not be produced nntil the trial is begnn, though tbe above is a tran script of the confession. Officer Cannon lays claim to two-thirds of tbe reward of $500 offered, a nd will also ask tbe $40 from the State for the detection of horse-thieves. He has tbe horse Bruner drove to Pittsburgh, and will secure that traded near Ebensburg. Soon after the funeral of tbe murdered man, which took place hut Friday evening. the little rickety-one story house in which be lived, with its scanty furniture and other contents, the entire value of which would not exceed $15 or $20, was securely fastened by nailing the doors and windows tight The pools of blood were washed up and in other places covered with dirt. The sur roundings are anything but inviting and certainly one of tbe hut places where bur glars might expect to secure plunder. The place is the picture of desolation. ELMEB BKL5EB Cam BID. Elmer Bruner, the supposed murderer of Reese was arrested at tbe home of a next door neighbor of bis father's in Pittsburgh about two o'clock Monday afternoon. a SELr-DESXSSB STORY. In an interview Bruner said that himself and bis wife, wbo were arrested on Saturday night and taken back to Latrobe, were driv ing through Ebensburg. having been in the eastern part of the State. When they got to the bouse of Samuel Reee Bruner got out of tbe buggy to get a drink of water. While be was standing in the yard Mr. Reese saw bim, and securing a gun, started after bim. Bruner says be ran around the corner of tbe bouse, and as Reese was pur suing him with the gun and getting very close, be pulled out a revolver and fired backward as he was running, not even turn ing to see where to shoot. Bruner stated that be then went out into the road and got into tbe buggy. Ha and bis wife, who is known as Ann Jackson, drove dawn the road a short distance and Bruner says he wanted to get out and go back and give himself np, but bis wife told him he would be foolish, as he didn't know whether the man was shot or not and that he would better wait. Bruner says be told bis wife that he heard the man groan and knew that be bad shot bim. The wife, however, insisted that he shoulda't give himself np, but should wait and see what the result was. Then they drove to Latrobe and from there to Pittsburg, reaching there late Satur day afternoon. They at once went to the borne of Bru tier's parents, on Center aven ue, and after supper the prisoner and hi father went to the Academy of Music. Tbe evening was spent at the show, and after it was out they wandered about town and finally started for home. TWO RIGHTS WITHOUT SHELTER. Just before reaching the bouse Bruner stated that he ssw the Latrobe o!Brs and a crowd at the house, and instead of going home, be wtnt np on the bill back of the bouse and lay down in tbe grass. He lay there all niijht and could see the officers about tbe bouse; in fact, two of them, he says, passed within a few feet of where he was lying. On Sunday he came down town and wandered about, buying his meals at baker shops. On Sunday night he a?ain l.iy in the grass and was down town again yes terday, when he met Mr. Acor, the father of tbe young man who made the arrest, on Smithfield street, and had a talk with bim. When questioned as to where he got the horse and buggy, Bruner first said be got it in Hollidaysburg and, when further ques tioned, he said it was nobody's business how he got it, as be wasn't to be tried for that. He said he knew that he had com mitted a crime and was willing to stand the consequences. Bruner 5s a rathsr odd loot.ng person. His face is a dark brown from exposure to tbe sun, and has every narrow chin. Though only about 22 years old, be bas a hardened expression, and his frame, though small, gives evidence of a wiry strength and much power of endurance. He will probably be taken to Ebensburg to day. President Harrison's Plans. Cam Mat. N. J-, August 10. President Harrison, through Frivate Secretary Halford, denies the story that be is about to declare over bis own signature that be will refuse to be a candidate for renomi nation. The Presi dent replied in bis usual manner that he would not discuss newspaper rumors. The rigor with which Mr. Harrison's answer was made made it quite apparent that no such bitter will be written. Mr. Harrison's friends siy that while the President is not a candidate in the sense of chasing after a nomination he does desire a reno initiation and is exceedingly anxious about it. His subordinates are doing the work while he looks on and notes the effect. Secretary Tracy and Attorney General Miller who were here some days ago, are at present doing some good work in Mr. Harrison's in terest. They have recently approached Con eresmen and other prominent and infla ential politicians relative to sendicg their respective delegations to the National Repub lican Convention neit year. This is not hearsay. Tbe statement is based on strong substantial facts. These two Cabinet officials re now en gaged in preparing a slate to suit their chief and through their combined etfjrts it is said that the Maryland delegation ha already been pledged to Mr. Harrison. Secretary Tracy and Congressman Mudd, of Maryland, having arranged aflairs to their entire satis faction. Tbe President has not written any letter declining to permit his name to come before tbe National Gonvenlion, but it is said that there exist an implied understanding be twen Mr. Harrison and Secretary B'aine to the effect that one of them win decline in advance should the other develop tbe greater strength. This Is simply a tacit agreement. existing only In tbe inferential sense, but it is said to be aa agreement nevertheless. A Smallpox Panic . Kamas Cttt, August 17. Tbe culpable neglect of officials in caring for smallpox pa tients in the Blue Bottoms, near Independ ence, bas caused a rapid spread of the dis ease, and many people in that city and vi dnity are panic-stricken. Two weeks ago tbe first appearance of tbe disease was noted, and now there are 24 patients under treat ment. Tbe patients are mostly of a poor class and those wbo bare not been confined to bed have been running at large north of Iowa. Tbe farmers in that vicinity are alarmed at lbs rapid spread of the disean and are guarding the Infected district with shotguns. They held a meeting Saturday night and Li sa ed an order quarantining s section several miles square. Reports have been. sent to the Governor asking that some immediate steps be taken to prevent the spread of the dis- U. S. Gov't leport, Anj. 17, 18S9. Poller CHARLES S. wOLFE Suddenly Expiree on the Streets of Harrisburff- The Board of World's Fair Commission ers of Pennsylvania met at Harrisburg on Thursday afternoon and elected to the re sponsible position of Executive Commission er the Hou. Charles S. Wolfe, of Lewutburg, and before tbe sun went down another meet ing was hastily called to take action on bis death. Mr. Wolfe was naturally elated by his success, and, when the Board adjourned until the second Thursday of next month, he walked down town from the Capitol with his close friend Lewis Emery, 'Jr., of Brad ford. They took dinner together, and Mr. Wolfe ate heartily, concluding bis meal with a dish of ice cream, dsnator Emery warned him of its danger, but Mr. Wolfe langbed and rtplied, " I never was in better health in my life. I can eat anything with impunity." Then Mr. Wolfe started back to the Capi tol, where the Executive Cjmmittee was to meet and decide upon bis salary. He had not walked three blocks before he reeled and fell. Speaker Thompson and others rushed np to him, but he simply gasped once or twici, and was dead. Mr. Wolfe was 4C years of age, of very cor rect habits, and, being a pronounced temper ance man, was the Prohibition candidate for Governor in ISSi. He probably did more than any other man in tbe State to defeat General Beaver for election to the Governorship of the State when he was first a candidate, and to defeat Harry Oliver for U. S. Senator and elect John L Mitchell. (jeorga Jones Dead. Polasd Springs, Mi, August 12. George Jones, the editor and founder of the New York Tunes, died at 4 o'clock this morning, in the :Vh year of his age. Mr. Jones sis born in Poultney, Vt, and bis parents were of that sturdy Welsh stock that ha3 contributed so many prominent and successful men to the older communities of America. At the age of 40, Mr. Jones, who had accumulated a fortune, and Henry J. Raymond founded the New Y'ork Tunts. Apropos of the death of George Jones, reference has been made to the Timet expo sure of the Tweed ring frauds, which is, all things considered, the most Interesting and important episode in its career while under the active management of Mr. Jones. The events immediately preceding the exposure are worth recalling. While Jamea O'Brien was sheriff of New York county he got a place in tbe controller's office for a protege of his named Copelund. This man had charge of the city and county ledgers. He saw enormous sums of money passing through the department, and suspecting that some thing was wrong he made a transcript of the figures and showed them to'O Brien. O'Brien had no love for Tweed at this time, and he tock the figures, with all his evidence, to 1 New Y'ork daily newspaper for publication The paper examined the matter and return ed it. Then O'Brien brought his figures and bis other evidences of fraud to Mr. Jones. Tbe runes decided to publish the figures and make a full exposure of the ring's steal ings. When thia determination was com municated to O'Brien he took away the pa pers, but brought them back in a few weeks. and told Mr. Jones to go ahead with the publication. OBrien never made any con ditiou as to tbe publication, nor did be -k for any compensation for furnishing the proofs of the Tweed frauls. By some means unknown to Mr. Jones. Tweed learned that tbe proofs of his guilt were in the hands of the Tims. He sent a man to Mr. Jones and orlered to buy the paper at any valuation that might be put on it. This offer was made ir. cash, to be paid at once. Mr. Jones replied that he .did not propose to sell his paper at any price. Then Tweed's emissary informed bim that be could accept or do worse. This conversation occurred in Mr. Jones' office in the True building. Shortly there after a lawyer who was a tenant in the same building sent for Mr. Jones to come to bis office, as he wished to see him on an import ant matter. Thinking that the business per tained to the bnilding, Mr. Jones went to tbe lawyer's office, and being ushered into a private room, was confronted by Richard B. Connolly, the Controller, and Tweed's partner In crime. "'I don't want to see this man," said Mr. Jones, and he turned to go out of the phice. ''For God's sake!" exclaim ed Connolly, "let me say one word to you." At this appeal Mr. Jones stepped. Connol ly then made him a proposition to forego tbe publication of the documents he bad in his possession and offered him an enormous sum of money to do this. Tbe amount of this offer was $.',0uu,XH) ! As Connolly waited for the answer, Mr. Jones said: "I don't think the devil will ever make a higher bid for me than that.' Connolly then began to plead, and drew a graphic picture of what one could do with 5,oO0,wo. He concluded by saying ; "Why with that sum you can go to Europe and live like a prince." "Yes," said Mr. Jonesj "but I should know that I was a rascal. I cannot consider your ofler or any offer not to publish the facts in my possession." A few dsys thereafter the proofs of the frauds came out in the Timet, and ware flashed to the four quarters of the globe. A Horrible Tragedy. FntLAPiLNiiA, August 13. John Haas, a coal dealer at the corner of Gorgaa Lane and the Philadelphia and Reading railway, was found murdered in bis office about 5 o'clock this morning. He bad left home but a short time before. His bead was crushed in, and it is supposed to hare been done by a colored man wbo was seen about the place. The furniture in hie office was upiet and broken, and tbe walls and floor were spat tered with bVod, and there was every indi cation that Hias's murlerer had a fearful tussle before ke had accomplished his pur pose. From the appearance of the body it is thought that Usee's aiayer bad truck him on the bead vith a heavy club and stunned bim, and thT finished bim with a hatchet. Both weapoai were found on the fl jor. A Baby Pipe-smoker. Cihcaoo, Aug-ist Vk Tbe Illinois Ha mane Society bas decided to prosecute tbe parents of !-?ear-oM Leonard Tucker, the tobacco-smoking baby. Erer since the baby wns 2 m0nt.1i old his father bas been teach ing him to moke. Tbe child has now be come so axustomed to tbe weed that be cries for bis yipe aad tobacco. Tbe motker bas bad to work, and has been leavii the boy at a nursery. The matron of I nursery refused to allow the ne of tobatro. Two physicians examined the child. Re was found to Kj in a very feeble condiion, already suffering from acute nicotine pdsoning, and having what is known to physicians as the " tobacco heart." HeDropped 300 Feet. Stbactsx N. Y August 10. James Buckinshan, known as Professor Deive, the aeronaut, made a balloon ascension from Pleasant Bach, Onondaga Lake, thia even ing. Whet the balloon had reached the height of ibout 3"J feet the aeronaut loos ened tbe astenings of the parachute and dropped. The ba! ion was over the water at the time, and although the parachute opened all right, Buckingham became tangled in it and, fallr.f iuto the lake, he was drowned within fifty !eet of 7tt people. Pittsburgh Exposition. PiTT-arK, August 17, !:!. "The world do move." is an old saying, but none the less true. Tbe particular portion of the aforesaid sphere to whiih we desire to call the atten tion of our realsrs is Pittsburgh andits grand Exposition, which opens its doors for the third season cn Weinesday evening. Sept. 2nd. for a period of t-.y days, or to be more definite, cioti:ig OeV17ih. The wonderful succc- wnicu has attended ; tbejrUofitapromoJers in the prt two years is alre!y well known to the peop!? of j thia community, and has pa-ied into histo- I ry s one of the mrst deserving, at the same j time one of tbe most surcesiful of public tn i.,p:l Its manarttcent has the fetter ing record to its credit of having faith.'u''!j" carried out its promises, as thouianos ... lighted visitoia ran abundantly lesuiy. 1 re Exposition bas, in a-aeeqaence receiveu unqualified inuorseiru-.ii - --j ----- citizen or Western j-ec.. joining StaUs. Tbe gentlemen who have this important unaenasing in cuirj. termined to do everything in their power to make it more attractive and valuable eacn ye ar. From present indications tbey are on the right track, and are bound to succeed. No expense bas been spared to provide tbe best attractions possible for the:r patrons. The famous Seventh Regiment Baud of New Y'ork. under the direction of that es tablished favorite. Col. Cappa, as leader, has been engaged for the entire season. This is the first time this magnificent musical or ganization bas ever visited Pittsburgh, and the Exposition management is to be con gratulated on being able to effect an engage ment with such a representee uuuj musicians. Tbe members of this great band are all soloists of established reputation. and their presence at the Lxposi" verr materially add to its interest. The ex pense to the management in making thia en gagement is very great, but they feel that they will be reimbursed for their enterprise and outlay by increased attendance of all lovers of music We commend the band of tbe Seventh and its famous leader to the confidence of all those wbo appreciate a real ly good article in the musical line. Another attraction will be the Art Depart ment, which will comprise a collection of the rarest and most costly gems from the studios of both American and foreign artists. The loan collection of paintings tendered the Exposition Society, through the courte sy of many of the wealthy and public-spirited men of Pittsburgh and Allegheny, is un questionably the fiuest collection of valuable works of art ever shown in Pittsburgh, and bas never been surpassed a a whole, any where in this Country. In no other way can our citizens hope to see such examples, ex cept through the generous donors who hate kindly promised them to be placed on pub lic exhibition. An opportunity like this may never occur again : indeed, it is certain that it will not. Application bas frequently been msde to the owners of these valuable canvasses in the past to loan theia, but the re quest has always been denied. Havinggiven cot-sent in the present instance is aaple evi dence of the esteem in which the Exposition is held by the representative men of tbe two cities. This feature alone is worth ten tiuii-s the price of adnm:on charged. It has been suggested by many friends of the Exposi tion that a separate admission should be akeJ to the Art Department over and above the regular entrance fse, but the manage ment tas persisteutly refused to d ) so. Their action in not doing so einrot be too b:;My commended, and it has b-.-n positively de termined to make the price of admittance to the entire display, including !he Art Dcrl nient. at the old figure, twenty-five cents. The Exposition is boomirg, and this will be its most properoii? year, and everyone a ho can should certainly impnive the opportuni ty to visit it tefJre it closes. YMGNEI-S' !ALE- Bv virtue of the sntlvwitT e.inta:ns1 !n the tired uf twaiguiiu-a: of Me'.Uhils Buituian autt wne toxne, 1 mil exjMe t public at the Court Hum. iu Sowenei, uu SATURDAY, SEPT 12, 1S31, at 1 oVloe k p. m.. all tbe reht. title n J inter et, (being lii life eute,' of M..u!s Itowtnt-.ii, in a pertain tract of Umi a.tv.ate iu Ur.m.T r , in ttie t'outity .if somerset, adjoin. o? inl.i eii.K.n 1 Geiirer, .lacnl, M.llei-n hen, Henry svi lair an d thep, tuiiuuuini; lf arrn umu or le. if wliirh Jt acres :e eiear a::d ujUtKe iu tuuix-r, baiiif a 1 o-story DWELLING HOUSE and a Bam thereon erec,iL TERM". ne-t!Mr.i rash I" fcanit, nne-thinl in six Mouth. :iJ ou.itie-Uii ia ;e.ie month, witb inu-ret on the jtti . n-.. Auk la. Mil. BokVMAX, A-sUaee. p-XLCUTOR'S NOTICE. itatc of Jacob Berkeybiie, lata of Shade Twp. Somerset Cii.. t l. 'iee'tL letters ttMmentry harirj been rranti-d to the u-.iler:jtml, b be vper authority, on liie above estate, mtiee 1 hervty giv en to: all penions tilde ht! to th said es tate l make inme.lime jwyment, &ji1 Uio-e bav inr cllin arotii-t a:rl estate pre-nt them duly aullictititiite'l !r fsfU.emeni on Satnrtay, s t-m)--r 1'.. lvt, at IOoVLk-x a m.. al the late residence of deceased In od tuwn-b p. t UAS. Vci.N 1 ( SEN. V L. iSEKKKYHILK. Exe utors. FEED V. EIESEi ktR. ungl't. Attorney. Washington and Jefferson College, WaMhlngton. The 9!t retir N1n fcTtn.!r lth. C.a;. a!, I Attn H itrUtllk lUi tMe.ll.fli rtri.l of KUily. Vrepuniiory Ivpurtrwnt cou1'iotoi by the I'ol lege frrulty. Kxp?ulmr. M:lt ttw.plAce ff5, 'o saiojii, l'urca;i cue Hly lt aughMt. i'kktii'tNr Moffat. Jas. B. Holderbaum, HAS JfriT HD T.1VEI) Honch ALL PTEEL 1T.AVE SPRING-TOOTH HARROW wliicb is a itit! rf .l im;-niv. neTit 'n SPRING-TOOTH HARROW. Teeih quiikly aljuled by TOOTH Ever Invented. The tooth U held ii .oaition by a lUuiiet, with wliitJi it can I adjust ed so as U wi-jr from 1" to 18 inches .artlie yolnt of the t.-otli. whieU i fi.nr ir five times as mueh wear or aervi.-e as ran he obtained from anr giiring-tuoth harrow in existence. Cell aud examine this Harrow, JAMES B. HOLDERBAUM THE .PEOPLE'S STORE! .Fifth , A c i'ittsljurgli.' n A 1 nja Makes a mm" This old nda.'O is appHouLle to all I'hasos of life. Never more so than it will be ia our store duriu2 this month of Aurust. You go t(, ?nrv dopartaient, and at every 'one of them you ' savenioaev. You save -0c here and $1 there, and when you've finished the snm tofal cf jour saving tuaLcd a very resjxtta Lie fhowinar. ; You cn bay your whole out fit here, from shoes to millin ery, and if you bay during the month, you save money on evc rytldiiir you buy. The retwoh ? "Why, its the fini?h of the sea son vith ui. There's still two months of warm weather for yon, but we have to make room for the coming fall goods. Wash Goods, Dress Good3, S'Okt and Velvets, Wraps and Jackets, Millinery and Shoes, Carpets and Curtains. Furnishing Dry Goods, Hosiery and Underwear. Trimmings and Notions. Gents' Furnishings. And hundreds upon hundreds of really extraordinary bar train?. It would take all day to name Uu.ru. Coma tmd see theni. for yours.!!- YL-ifc all theso dcparuueiits&nd see how - . much you can save at e;tch and you 11 be astonished at the sum total: If you can't come to the city, write for samples to our Mail Order De partment. AN ORDINANCE Proftihitiny the Draiimj'' of rrivif, Pri'-.j YviH, or CV-ox', into Ecvcera or Drains that Dcharye into the I'ltfers and Mra'r tath: of the S'rta, Lanes or Alley of Somerset lloro'.t'jh : Be tl ordaiue.1 bvthe B'.irve an 5 T rn ("tMin cil of Somerset Bonweh. "nf it i- hereby ofiluitied by the authoritT of ttie .i-iie, li.at frou anJ after tii pan;: of tr.i (:! nrtii'-e it hall t-.ut be law ful br aar t erun or fmn-ui t 'tra.a or permit to be draine ! the rouleau of any prirr, privy ra ill, or cef tl into any v-weror Ira.n um oyieoa into or nutia iu way uitu any uf the irmter or water tallof act ef uie reets. lanaura:ii ys ( .-.'m-eraet iVw.iKii. undera i-eii-lty if rfiy .lobars aa. -a ollenne. au-i a further penalty of lireaoiiani fiffearh iay iueb uui.iii'-e. is rieruiittttl to ex;i, after notice to 'Ii.-otitinr.e the vjinie "Kail haye been (riven to the o tiers or udera of ucii privies priTT vault., or rei-'iU. Eiiaiel and u!icriijertthe f:."i ilav of An.iut. A- 1). Wi. WM. H. WEIFtEY. Attret . liurewt J. A. tEK&IY, Hera. AN ORDINANCE Fbr tie JYt-rvTion of the Dr. ",,':. j nf nny J-tffr (J cn (J ' r Xi' ire in!, 1 .'.' Crtr :ix X !!"; T i.". f li.r tr, it, I. met tiri f A!' KmitrHl li iro' jh : Ee it o da:ae ! Vr the B'trvo ar..! Twti ' 011a ril of be-n.rrset J'roavh. arei it ia nrr-hr or.iam e4 by the au'h in; of Hie -re, I:- :t (rm aii.i after the p5ae- of ttr.s oni.i.a;.ee it fcha'l not 1-e lawful frr any rrwn localise or pemit the ilis rnarye of any liquid matter uf ay kin-l whatever Ihnl in offensive or that Kronieso?5'ii:ve thrujrh idv aewer or drain opeiiimr into tl-e yutter. or water ule of any of trie airevts, !ar, oraiieya of ;-o:nerwl Borotittii. aa-1 any pernm or persona flereiinr a.i:.t l:?e prvTi-n n 01 ih: or-liiianee ahiiil Pay k ua.'of not lew ILin ten dollar nor nre iiiiin l-actity tiuars for taeh o-:, -Mieii f-iie to rervvef" d f wt.e ire of the B-i'icb in tae manner prot iite. f..r hv ti.e Aet of A-x uiilv lu ueh ea9 indand provuiei. Au.1 ifo.kied I'lrUier. liial a lieu auy au--.ii eer or ontiu !. rharvrs matter im ai.r gutter or wati-r ial-ie that is o-!eDive. or which U-ome ao .u-h wewrror rtraia, wheaao tfcreet-i ly tae Town ..-j:uii, ahull pemaseollv t-jJ up t-y tee St rem L'omruiv.waer. Lnacte and ulsrriV-! ?!.!.' ?:Ti dir cf A'irK. A. U. l-.-L. WM. H. W'fcLFI FY. Attest : Burtr. J. A. tUiltv, Clv:k. A CAR I-OAD OF THE Dramixokl it La i. i. only Unaeuiii n-- nov IrK-t il.".. HOLDER pa n i - GamBDBll Diet Mr L. M. "Wool fit Son, HAVE EIU.-K TIMES N'O'.V IX TDK Boys' and Children's DEPARTMENT ! Wo are deep in tle work cf fittini? out t'ic Loy-t an.l 'luleo; fitting tLem for school, fr clmrili. for .lav-, with bright, i.vut. !;..!.:. -. aud serviceable garment, all new, manufacture! f.r us cm! i!-,.;v..r..,; our Stock room at ia orijiiul ct per cent. umLr price? pal i ,r smaller dealer?. Tlij meaw iau:h from tLo.-e who buy fro:a r..- j;-. Moaey, Patience-. all thre are fuvel by trading where Takes a:--; co:;, cred. L. M. "WOOLF & Son, GUESS HOW MANY GRAINS OF COR THOMAS, KARR & OGILYIE The Clothing Hustlers of Johnstown, sivea rtiess with every po L. on the number of Grains of Corn on the fifteen cars in the eal-d jar : their windows, and the party who sriiesses the correct a'liuuut, or n; to it between now and SEPTEMBER Is?., will be entitled to the Klegant Piano now on Exhibition ia their win.,..; l'on't fail to TET YOUE LU OK as everybody has the same char.ee. The farnurs, however, ouhtv make the best ciosses. John Thomas & Sons. JOHNSTOWN, PA z r JQVXMOTII STORE, - ; 240 to 248 Main Street, I one of the wonders of Johnstown, w ith its Several Departments. I: Department "A" are Dry Gxxls In Department " IV' Boots and Saoes. I: Department " AM Carpets. In Department "D," Clothing, Hat.-, and Furiuslr'nj qwxls. Department 44 E," Groceries. Department " F," Feed. Fa fr"ri fT flVss fy Wat WrU U WJ UMi lawMWa U.w. They cannot be excelled. Aa examination will convince the mr u doubting Thomas " of Somerset County. tairnE-vrxiUAnTERs for couxtry produce. FOR 83 Franklin Street, croBiisrs'Z'O'wisr. Cinderella Stoves and Ranees !'-. -. '. . " -'.V I"-." i " '" ' cinderella-a. T! e i-f nr t.J r.i";:- ..- e t;r f!.ji. V up i 1. :;. ..i ,..r ( .r- ia t 11 ;n (an a'..i a v;-)-.! , a p - '. tra xir r ah til -t:i ba. '. -i. -vi : late nn Urtbi (yv, h!h is .: - .-j nni'.K or. n:ox is:.x'j., sovble r.is-.i:" th nD.Wri: ' A " bt:re p:n-!i.-:ai. Hunufjcta.--! by DHATES i Limitrl, l'i'.Ubar ;h. Solo no 1 s-lJi" i t7 JAMES 13. IIOLDEEBAUr, Somcrest. F. Kru-s;:!irer Jt Kurtz, Berli:;, To., and V. J. Cover i ryn, Mi;yer-'h;!e. h I P. THOMAS SOX & CO. For the same reason vou don't tie t ncur horse to an emj-ty manger for months at a time, you don't want to p"S in yoar wheat thi.? fall without an ample iuantity oflVc"! enough to row a fail crop of wheat and succeeds grass. To supply this jilant food in the proper shnpe is our business. We say prr shape beeauso most anybody can mix a little South Carolina rock and Kainit together and call it fertilizer. Eut 23 years experience, -with our complete facilities has enabled us to make fertilizers that will produce the desired results; there's no question about it. You'll say so. to. you've used our iroods and if you haven't, you can jret them, and all desired information from our azrnts. The Thomas Phosphates arc standard, and thoroughly rnaranteed. TOJl SALE I1Y J. IU .50UDEK, JoHxsT.rtvx. Pa. feTEVANCS Jfc MAUST. Tru, I'v. J. J. ZIMMERMAN", Stoyesowx. Pa. JOXAS STEVAXUS, Uei:i.ix, Pa. 1 J ' '' 'A v .9 A MH !" I "v. I'"' Churns, Crock. Tuos, f Pulleys, BasL'd, Halters, Glass, rainrs, Rcpe, Cuitlory, Glue, Oils, Tools, Ptnif.s, Yire,cL GO TO W II littakH Censral Hardware, Hou F'jrat i.ij an Electrical Good. :'.. v.. i-vt. ,! i. ""A : VN." j. - - . . . at -i" 1- ; rr-.. laiir t-. p .i'.- ; ::y 1 ,r. . 'r.. 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