The Somerset Herald. EDWARD SCl'I.U Edit-ir and I'roprietor WSX5ESDAT.. ..December , 1991- It U Mr. Speaker CrP- Tut 1 ifty-aecoaJ Congres convened at noon Mouilar. Tox Rctk will have nore fan in Con gress this rsar than he had last. PaisiDExr "Uarkibi-'S will give poli ticians mnd statesmen something to think about to-day. The political complexion of the United States Senate which met Monday is, lie pabiicanis, i; Democrats, Farmers' AUian., When it comes to receiving salaries Governor Kill believes in addition. He only practices subtraction when he is footing np the Republican Ully sheets. TrtE resignation of lledfield Proctor as Secretary of War was accepted by Presi dent Harrison, Saturday. Mr. Proctor took his seat as Senator from Vermont in the United States Senate Monday. If Crisp is nominated Ciovernor Hill will dot Grover Cleveland" right eye. If Mills is elected Cleveland will pofce rtiietlo underneath Hill s fifth rib and smash the head of the New York .W The first two-dollar Treasury not printed by the United Sxtes with the portrait of Secretary Winuom Las just been issued and w as sent to Mrs. Win dom as a souvenir. Bree CciTf is trying to let it be known that he is just as good a free trader as Brer Mills. The only difference, per baj. is that he has not done as much grinding in public as the Texas machine. Pennsylvania will elect two Congress-men-at-large next November. General William Lilly, of Manch Chunk, is being favorably spoken of by the Republican press throughout the stuf for the posi tion. t, or house of the South Carolina legislature has bussed s bill w hich ab solutely prohibits the sale of beer, wines, liquors, etc.. within the limits of the State, or their transportation through the State. The defense of Governor Hills attempt to steal the !."ef York Legislature has narrowed down to the New York WurbL That is Hill a only defender, and no one everacensed the World of holding con victions of eny kind. The Democratic members of Congress are said to be fairly loaded dow n with tariff reform bills for tli" placing of pret ty much everything on the free list. They w ill have their labor only as their re ward. The Republican President and Senate are still on guard. The Republican caucus Saturday after noon unanimously renominated the Hon. Thomas B. Heed, of Maine, for Speaker. Mr. Reed will not be elected, but he will ably lead the minority on the Door of the House and will make it ex tremely lively for the majority. The name of Judge Harry White, of Indiana county, will be urged for the llepublican nomination for Supreme Judge. At a meeting cf the Republican member of the Westmoreland county bar, Thursday, Judge White was unani mously endorsed for the place. Thi new Pennsylvania election law, commonly known as the "Baker Ballot Act," has been pronounced unconstitu tional by ex-Judge Brig?, of Philadel phia. The Supreme Court will be asked to pass upon this question at an early iay. The new Speaker of the National House of Representatives will be the the thirty-second man to hold that envi able osition in public life. There have leen fifty-one Congresses but only thirty one Speakers. Hen.-y Clay was elected Speaker six times, and Kltine, Colfax, Caodaii, Carlisle, and Nathaniel Macon, cf Georgia, filled the ottiee three times each. Tar opposition to Senator Sherman in bio has brought to the surface the high esteem in which be is held by ail think, ing people over the entire land. It k undoubtedly true that no other statesman Iiolds as high a rank as does Senator Sherman, and no living man could take bis place. His name is iJectiSexl with every great national measure for moie than a quarter of a century, and it would be party suicide and a national crime to disuii him from service at this time. J. S. CtAKirsos, Chairman cf the Re publican Nsticnul Committee, is attrib uted by the Minneapolis T.tlniis essay ing: "The reuo-ication of Harrison is inevitable. I do not care to explain mbyl think this, but pitch is the fact The course of the administration has cot been such politically as to plea me al ways. In fact, in common with other members of the National Committee, I bave often felt ag?rieve1, but it bas been the ablest since Lincoln, and this, com bined with other circumstances and the logic of the situation, w ill make Harri son the nominee. I think this will be accepted as a fact by all w ithin the next sixty days." It is rather amusing to read of the reso latione that were passed on Wednesday at the meeting in Charleston, S. C, of the Sea Island Coltou Planters' Protective I Dion. They want Congress to put a duty of I" cents a pound on cation, and an export tax of $20 a ton on cotton seed. It tuts been the influence of the col; in planters, more than any other cau.se, that bas for many years kept the South scilid for free trade. Now the planters begin to want prjti-rtioo t themselves, and that Kits the oe in a new liJit. By and by Sou'li Crolit.ians may come arvurxl to the old ground of John ('. Cal hoao, and advocate the protection of Americas industries as ttroi.g'y as be cid before heturr.ed ftecptaavMiU!. Tr Lrph-lature of the Cherokee Nation lsreed to tell to the I'nited States the G VK".) acres in tbe Cherokee strip. The price offered; per acre has been advanced by conference agreement to f I 4'.) per acre. This would make the cash payment for ih strip t4'VWK. The Cherokee fetiH owi their lad inn recervstko, pntntvd tbeui jo LiJS, after tbey were swindled out of tiie va'sible laods tivy bt-H iu Georgia and Tenn essee. Tbw R til noar doabt'ess be di vided cp kito horsorttaus aud held in fieverwlry. The Cherokee lst aveek gained a iong cnUed la suit with an award against tbe Cnited Slates a($Zl 0iX, and will beaboct tueriehra Indians i&e.ccc'.liirnt in ready itiz.lt. On the thirtieth ballot Charles F. Crisp, of Gexwia, wm declared the nom inee for Speaker cf the House ty the Democratic caoccs. The caums u.et at two o'clock Saturday afternoon, and after nineteen fruitless ballots had been taken, adjourned to meet at 10 o'clock Monday marnirjz. The nineteenth ballot stood: Crisp, 94 ; Mills, HI ; Springer, 17; McMil lan, 19; Hatch, 5; Stevens, L Monday morning fire more ballots were taken without result An adjournment was had to Monday evening, when, on the thirtieth ballot Mr. Crisp was declared the nominee, the vote standing: Crisp, 1H; Mills, 103; Sprinjr, 4 ; Stevens, 1. The defeat of Mills is a heavy lick on the neck of Mr. Grover Cleveland, who openly backed him, and is a decided backset to that gentleman's Presidential aspirations. The Hon. James Kerr, of Pennsylva nia, was unanimously elected Clerk of the House, without opposition. A YEAR'S POSTAlTwORK. Point of Mr. Wanamaker's Report. WunrsoTox, IVc. 3 The P&struaefr General's annual report, made public to-day, hows that, in spite of the fact that over $1,000,000 worth of lottery revenue was lost during the past year, the postal deficit of $r,,.',009 U surely disappearing, provided the me rate of revenue and cxpensts ob tains on July 1, 133. Of the extension of the merit system of promotions, Mr. Wanamaker says: "It reaches down to the lowest grade clerk, and there is no limitation of the time when the next promotion may take place. It creates no list of eligible to be worn out with wait ing, hot gires the place promptly to the person winning it ; and the same people can compete again lor the next vacancy if they like." rOTAl TELtrtlOKE"'. The Postmaster General recommends this year the adaptation of the telephone as well as the te!egaph to the postal system, show ing that it is not only a constitutional privi lege, bat the duty cf Congress, to utilize all the means of modern science for quicken ing the transmission of intelligence. He says upon thee two points : & year from next March the telephone patent expires, and unless Congress acts promptly to authorize its adoption for com munication among the people it requires no stretch of the imagination to believe that in the next two years one immense syndicate will unite and control all the hundreds of telephone plants of the country, as the tele graph is now ontrolied, or the two will be united, and then for the next twenty years the most astute attorneys will be legitimate ly taming large salaries in indignantly op posing the so-called attacks of future Post masters General upon delenaeiess vesica rights. One-cent letter postage. 3-cent telephone messages and 10 cent telegraph messages are all near possibilities under an enlightened and compact postal system, using the newest telegraphic inventions.- Of the wonderful gucre of rural free de livery this report tays : Between February 1 and September 3, IsOl, the 4ii experimental ofticea aggree-atfd ?v months of free delivery service at a total cost of carriers of $1.33.'.t2', and a net profit which may be credited to the free delivery service of fc- 50. An en tire year, aggregating W2 months for these 4d oflices, would have resulted, according to the above proportion, in a net earning of ONE-TEST LETTER MST.K.E. According to a careful estimate, based on the total postage received in 18), the Post master Genera! shows that the reduction of letter postage to a uniform rate of 1 cent would cause tbe department a low of not less than $21 ,tM i, 0"i, and says: '"I have heretofore stated that 1-cent pos'afre will be successfully demanded in time. I believe that time is not far olT. It certainly ought not to be asked for so long as any deficit appears in the revenues of the postal service, and here I wish to reiterate the further state ment that in my jud:rneut it ought not to b asked for then until many improvements and extensions of the service are provided for. It would not be just and Cur to a ser vice upon which every effort has been fpent for two years to tn&ke it self sustaining, and which now promises to become so in the next fiscal year." "Will You Jail the Cooley Cans?" I'siontows, Pa.. Dec. 5. The many can didates of both parlies fir the nomination for Sheriff next year in this county are hust ling lively now. In thesiuthern end of the county the question they are asked is, "Will you arrest the Cooley gang if elected?" and it is said they all proruiscd,though sinie of them reluctantly. While there are mny who believe that much has beeu attributed to this gang that tbey do not deserve, there is no denying the fact that the people in the townships where they bold forth are com pletely terrorized by them. As an example a Pituburs licnt for a bouse furnishing school charts and setts lor school houses was in Uarogas township, and could only make a a'.e to the board of director by agreeing to insure the property against dam age by this gang lor two years. He did it aud look the risk. Nearly a Million Pupils. Superintendent of Public Instruction Wal ler has prepared his annual report, which shows that there are 'J in,50d pupiis in the public schools of the State, an increase of 4,002. There are -J.f-sl scho-Is, an increase of ."10, and 21 925 teachers, an increase of 432. The total expenditures for school pur pose during the year was $1" oH.TOlt'?, an toerease of )".),.); !, and the estimated value of school property is j i".'v;7,!i;n M. In his retort Ir. Wal.- r r-conimend loni-r school terms; the better ventilation of school buildings, to be determined by the factory inspector ; a clia:ige in the basis of distributing State aid, that the less fivored districts m.iy have good schools ; the intro duction of manual training, free text books and compulsory education. Farmers After the Thieves. NosB!fTows, Pec. 3 Members of the Pineville prote;;ive horse awjeiation, of i;-icki eoanty, arrived in Norristown this fjrenooQ on a search Or tbe thieves, who on Tuewlny night plundered the general merchandise store of Uarry Mo'.ioy, at Mo zart, ia Bucks county. One hundred and seventy-live members of the association, some mounted on homboclc, others in car :ii;;ej', started out ytsierday to scour tbe country. They are still prosecuting the starch, aud are beginning to believe that an amount equivalent to itic rxjiense of the search exper.daj iu tel-fnuca would have been more effective. After helping th?mselv to about $4l wor.h of articles of merchandise, they back ed Molly's wngon up ia front of the store and dumpei the plunder in:o it. TJey next went to lnj stable, cured and harnessed a horse au J bitched tbe animal to the wagon, after w utcb (hry drove ofT. IVriona p ingtue store a'jout two o'clock j;en!i.y ujraicgM Iwomeo m-aged in hitching lot born; but suspecti-J nothing irreguiar- Fears or a Pennsylvania Lynching Bee. Iswvma, Dec. 2 At eight o'clock this evening, at Bick Lici, William Clark, a young colored man, shot aud motady wcuaded a young man nauid Palmer. The shooting was the result of an old qnarrel. Clark was arrested and will be jailed to night. The t:mmut:ity is greatly excited, and lucre are fi irs of a lynching bee, as the man was shot d jn from behind. A Suicide to Fool the Police. Sujmis, Pa., D.. 3 "tlis pjlice are after me, but I wiii fool litm!'1 cned Frank Oaci, this eveaiag just beoje tanging from a brjpjst in hUSpriogf.eld honss. Jfu wife aud ?ven children had just rushed into the rooai it he expired, IU health was the mo- CYRUS W. FIELD PENNILESS. Robbed of His All ty His Insane Son, :." Y.-.ar. Dec. 1. Tt liabilities of Field. IJndlcy, Weif l.ers A 'V.. Kew Vork, are nowtstimated at $3,000,000. Thus tar only 12 523 of as?e!s bave been noearthed. Tbe individual members of the firm, who allowed Kdward il. Field to transact iu business, have lost their private fortunes and their families .have suffered also. It is known that two banks are affected, but their names art wilhhelJ. Nxw Yons, Dec. 2. -It is now known that Edward Field not only robbed and deceived Uis partners, hut stole every cent hia mist ing lather tad. Mr. Field realiM the fact that he U psnulUf In his old age, Tor as b lay on his bed : day he said to an old friend : "l am as poor as the day I came into the world." A noon Dr. Fulier said there was a fevor ahieoutlov.k for Mr. Field living for a con tiderable time, with even alight hopes of uiiimste recovery. "Mr. Field," Dr. Fulier said, "is in no immediate danger of death. He is listless and apathetic, and In the lace of hia great misfortunes quite indifferent as to whether he dies or nou In fact, 1 believe be would welcome death as a happy release from bis great troubles. The condition of Mrs. Lindsry, Mr. Field's daughter, remains about the same.'' After having tried to commit suicide, Ed ward M. Field has been declared insane and yesterday he was placed in a private asylum near Mu Vernon. A friend of the Field family this afternoon said : 'The family have decided to take Kdward M. Field's case before a judge and jury at once. They are determined to bave everything open and above board; and I know that the family lawyers are drawing cpthe necessary papers now. Tbe family want t Lave Mr. Field's sanity passed on publicly, so that it cannot be said bis insan-i.-y is being nsedas a pretense tor saving him fiom the results of his financial wrong djings. The physicians who hare exam ined him will go upon the stand and testify fu"y and freely in regard to Mr. Field'a con dition.'' The members of the Field family deny that young Field attempted suicide, and their staiement is undoubtedly true. Fift'-jne years ego to day Cyrus West Field s:ood atthe marriage altar, full of vigor, hope, sturdy ambition. His strength made it.- impress upon the century, his hope txre him up iu his work, and bis ambition haibe.n rewarded with nivdais. with knight hood and with the thanks of the I'nited States Congress. To-night, bereft of wife and wrecked in fortune and penniless by the l and of an ir.grale and dipgraced son, Cyrua W. Field lits d ii:g at 72 years of age in the handsome home that no longer shall be hia. Mr. Edward M. Field lies dangerously ill at the home of her brother, Dr. Lindley, of Xo. . Madison avenue. Mrs. V. A. Lind ley, daughter of Cyrus W. Field, is believed to be on her death bed. This is the pitiful condition of a family which a few years ago was envied for its wealth, happiness and social eminence. And the fact that to-day is the fifty-first anniver sary of Cyrus W. Field's marriage, adds a new sadruss to the story. A Creat War ship Launched. rniLAi.Ei.pniA, Dec. 2. The U.S. armored cruiser New York was launched this after noon from the yard of the Cramp Shipbuild ing Company in the prevnee of fifteen thou sand jieople, included among whom were tbe Secretaries of the Navy, Treasury, and Interior Departments, U. S. Senators, Con gressmen, high naval officials, and repres-n-tative business and professional men from all parts of the country. Miss Helen Page, daughter of J. geaver Pape, Secretary of tbe Union League Cub of New York, broke the traditional bottle of wine upon the great steel ram of the cruiser as she slid from her wooden cradle onto the D laware river, and christened her " New York." Wben the New York is finished she will be the most formidable cruising vessel that ever floated Ihe Stars and Stripes, and, in addition, she is the largest and most power-fuily-engincd steamship ever built outside of European shipyards. Although essentially a commerce-destroyer, the New York will be able to hold her own with all but tbe heaviest line-of-battle ships, and return shot for shot with them in action. The New York is ihe especial pride of 8ecreary Tracy, and be bas watched her rise from lb first with an interest that no other vessel in the navy bas excited in him. It was for all these reasons that the Messrs. Cramp determined that tba New York should make her initial plunge into her nat ure! element in the presence of the most distinguished assemblage that ever gathered in this country to witness a launch. Influenza In Germany. Peru, Dec. . Tbe epidemic of influ enza which ha been prevailing in this city for some time past is daily spreading, and the number of iersons who have been af flicted with the disease is now very large. On November 2 it was estimated by some physicians that 4'),x0 persons in Berlin bad been attacked with ioRjecza since Novem ber 1. The disease is pronounced of a much more virulent type than that which pre vailed here two years ago, and many deaths are reported. The hospitals are crowded to their utmost capacity with persons seeking melical relief, and the physicians of the city are onstintly encaged in attending to the needs of their numerous patients. Frota many parts of tbe country come re ports of widespread soffLrirj for the disease Thousands of Ducks Killed. WjmtMoTos, Del., Die a. A violent wind stor m swept over this city yesterday afternoon, lasting about three hours. The wind was accompanied by a heavy and blinding rain. O a the river tbe storm was the wort. Thousands of wild ducks that it ad shelter aud food on tbe low marsh land vere killed before being able to escape the fury of tbe storm. The banks along the river were covered with the dead ducks. Old r'ver men report the storm the severest in -10 years. Small craft of all grades were blown to tbe shores, and some of their decks were covered with tbe dead ducks. After Cameron's Money. IIaebbi-b;, Pa., Djc 3. Mrs. Theodore Burnside, an English lady, wife of a grand son of the late General Simon Cameron, was in Harrijbarg this week endeavoring to secure some of the money left by General Cameron fjr the maintenance of Burnside snd his family. Under tbe Cameron will $7'V'- wai lef: to tbe grandson, the interest of which he receives. In r--t Burnside married an English actress in Coudou. They have one son. He sub quently brought suit for divorce on the ground of uq faith fujae-a. This suit has never teen pushed by Lim. A suit will be brought agaiust the executors of tbe Camr eron estate to obtain a portion of her hilar baud's allowance. Killed by a Cup of Whisky. Al'-cirwx. DecwiSrr 3 Tie recent vio lent deailiby whisky of .Vy-aroJ Willie D!.efend.rT, a s n of a li ichaville store Leepf, ijj-4 itemed. The lads parents left him and a brother at home, nver dri-aitiitur they would tooch a bottle ,of med icinal whi-ky on a shelf. Willie climbed up. g t a tMKpfil of tbe liuior, and drank it down. Hd a-as soon ia aiok stupor, and when his mother came home, be said : " I g'i I'm drunk, mamma, for I drank a cupf.il of ihe whisky." A doctor was summoned, but the lad died in onraUions next morning. Orphan Girls' Shot Cun. Johsstows, Pa Dec. 3. A new railroad in iie north of this county recently ran its line through a dwellir.g occupied by two orphan j:iria. Wben the road foreman ask ed tbein to vacate they drove him offal tbe piiai of a shotgun. The Sheriff to-day at tempted to move thetn, but be was also driven away. La?er tbe girls appeared and surreB4r4 tbta-'ive to tbe jail offldaU. A BOMB'S WORK. Thrown by a Manlac-Trfed to Kill Ruesell Sare In Hia Office. Naw Yoaat, Dec 4. At 12 t. o'clock this afternoon a small, shabbily-dressed man, ap parently about thirty-five years old carrying a brown leather band-bag, called at Russell Sage's sffice, the second floor of No. 71 Broadway, and asked to see Mr. Sage. Mr. W. R. Laidlaw, Mr. Sage's clerk, told him that Mr. 3age was busy and could not be seen. The man persisted and continued to talk in a loud tone. Mr. Sage, who was in an inner office, came out to see what was the matter. He asked the man what was want ed. Tbe man demanded a million dollars from Mr. Sage. Tbe demand was, of course, refused, whereupon tbe visitor opened the bag and produced a dynamite bomb and threw it at the venerable financier's bead. A terrible explosion followed. The man who threw the bomb was blown to pieces, one of Mr. Sage's clerks instantly killed, and several dangerously wounded. Mr. Sage's injuries were only slight. XL race's stobt. Russet Sage was taken to the drug store opposite tbe office, where it was found that his injuries were not very serious. Hia fa e was badly cut and the bair on bis head and face was burned off He was much ex cited, but said brokenly: "A man who gave his name as H. D. Wilson came to my office just now. I had never seen him be fore. He had a carpet bag in his band and said : 'If yon will not give me one million two hundred thousand dollars I will biow you to pieces." I know nothing further ex cept bearing a great explosion." New York. Dec 5. For over an hour after the dynamite explosion in Russell Sage's office yesterday afternoon confusion reigned. Fully fifty thousand people gath ered in tbe streets in the vicinity of the building, and it was impossible to get any accurate information. Finally tbe excitement died down some what and the police found their beads, and something like a correct list of the victims was obtained. But one person had been killed outright the bomb-thrower himself supposed to be H. D. Wilson. Benjamin F. Norton, who was thrown through tbe win dow, a clerk in the office of Sare, was re moved to a hospital, where be died while nnder an operation tor fracture of the skull. Charles W. Osborne, Sage's private secre retary, sustained a fracture of tbe skull and will probably die. Several other persons were badly, but not dangerously injured. At bis home last night Russell age saw the bead of Wilson and identified it as be longing to tbe man who bad come to his office and demanded the money. Inspector Byrnes took the ghastly, gory head in a basket to Mr. Sage's bouse, and, together with Dr. Dunn, carried it to Mr. Sage's bed room, on Uie second floor. Tbe instant the magnate, who was lying in bed, saw the countenance be said : "That's tbe head of the man." The identification was complete. Inspector Byrnes sent the bead to the mor gue. Eussel Sage, financier, was born in Oneida county, New York, in 13P3, and en gaged in mercantile pursuits in Troy. He served in several minor political offices aud was elected to Congress as a Whig in 1S.V., serving until ISoT. Mr. Sage was the first person to advocate the purchase of Mount Vernon by the Government. Subsequently be settled in New York city and engaged in business in Wail street. He became inter ested in railroads, principally in the West, and for a dozen years was president of tbe Milwaukee and St. Paul. By disposing of hia railroad invesl.nenta ba became enor mously wealthy. In late years be has been closely associated with Jay Gonld in the management of the great western trunk lines the American Cable company, tbe Western Union telegraph company and tbe Man bat tan system of elevated railroads in New York city, in all of which corporations he was a director. Mr. Sage was for many years closely connected with tbe affairs of the Union Pacific road, of which be was a director. Up to tbe present time he has been an offiar of several bauksof New York. Ever since he has been in New York he has been prominently identified with Wall street financial interests, and is looked upon a one of the greatest financiers of the world. South Carolina Goes Dry. Coixjibia, 8. C, Dec 6. The Houe of Representatives to-day passed by a vote of 40 to 31, the Prohibition bill. The bid ab aolutelyprobibila tbe sale of beer, liquors, wines, etc., in any portion of the State, or their transportation by railroad, express companies, etc., nnder beavy penalties. It was passed after a bitter fight, lasting two days. Tbe law is said to be framed on that now in force in Iowa, It is generally believed that if this bill becomes a law it will divide tbe Democratic party in tbe State and result in the complete enfranchise of tbe negro voters, who will be called in to take part in tbe Stale and National campaign next year. The Republican Caucus. Wasnixtrroa, December 5. Tbe Republi can members of the bouse met in caucu to night at half-past 7 o'clock to decide who should receive their complimentary votes for speaker and officers of tbe coming house. Ex-sjjieaker Reed and the officers of the but bouse were renominated. Mr. Burrows, of Michigan, in an address nominated Mr. Reed to which' Mr. Reed replied. Mr. Raed's appearance was greted with applause. This caucus was very brief, lasting only half an hour. Two Papers for the Price of One. We have affected an arrangement by which we are able to offer this piper and 7V .'. bnrjh Weekly PoM both for tbe sum cf $2 . a year. Every man ought to take his coun ty paper. This goes almost without saying In no other way can be learn what is going on or has transpired among the people with whom be lives. In no other way can he get the proceedings of the county courts, the gossip of the county town, the plans of the politician full returns of the local elections, and tbe thousands of other local events in the course of a year which are never report ed fully in the city pipers and most of which are never even mentioned. No indeed! no person shonld think of doing without his county paper. But there are mm y things which a county paper cannot print for lack of room, such as detailed reports of the pro ceedings of congress and the legislatures, ac count of national nominating conventions, both of which will likely be held next June, correspondence from all parts oftb'e world, descriptions of battles, tornadoes, cyclones, great fires, crimes and exscutions, with an interesting and varied assortment of miscel laneous informalioa. Fjr all this you must look to the big city papers ; and we want to suggest to you that among the city weeklies there are Urn that equal and none that sur pass 7 he PUtsburgk Weekly iW It is a 12 page, 9 -column paper, printing Si columns of reading matter every week, anj with such enormous space it of course has room for the Vst variety of news suggested ab ve. Iu no respect in this great paper surpassed Vy a single contemporary in the United Slates. In politics it is staunchly Democratic, as everybody knows, but it b a greit family paper as well, special attention being paid to making it as entertaining for tbe women as tbe men of household. The Christmas number cf narper'i Bvznr published December 11th, will be remarks b'e for tbe variety and entertainin g charac ter of its contents. There will be a story bv Mary E. Wilkins, entitle j "TbeOtherSide " ; a story by Hezekiah Butterworth, entitled No Room in the Inn" ; poems by Harriet Prescott Spofford, Elizabeth Ballard, and Margaret E Sangster : and a strikingly beau tiful picture by Roaina Emmet Sherwood entitled "Before the Ball." with an accom panying poem by Mrs. John Sherwood. Tbe illustrations contained In tbe number will be numerous and more than ordinarily at tract: v. Highest o? ill in Leaveno rower, ABSOIJUTELY PURE In a Nut Shell. Fannie Warden, the young heroine who attempted to save her sister, Christie, from murderer Almy, is being persecuted by some correspondent who signs himself Jack the Ripp.-r," and who writes from Boston stat ing that he will visit Hanover and pursue her night and day until she meets Christie's fate. The richest farmer of Castle Shannon, a Pittsburgh suburb, was Frederick Abbott. B;.t he committed suicide with arsenic the other day, because his sons, Herman and Geor;', hal givfo him a thrashing for his alleged abuse cf their mother on Saturday. s Undrr the new law which went into effect December 1st, giving a bounty of two cents for the hMJ of eich E iglish sparrow killed in the state of Illinois, tbe slaughter of the little birds has b-en inaugurated with vigor. The sparrow man in the county clerk's otHce, at Chicago, took in 1 ,72 beads Wednesday. Oae man brought 1!)7 heads. is Dom Pedro, ex-Emperor of Brazil, died Friday night. The ex-Emperor's complaint was diabetis, and for the past ii hours his lile had been despaired of. Tbe Princess, Isabella was at her father's bedside at tbe time of his demise and was overwhelmed with grief to such an extent that it is feared that she, too, may be seriously ill. It is claimed tail it is impossible to secure cars enough in Kansas to haul away the sur plus graiu. Over eighty thousand bushels are stored iu levators at (iiyiord, Kan., awaiting shipment. In a spirit cf revenge James T. McKibben, a prominent Illinois Alliance man, it is charged, has burned niacy farmers' build iagi near Centralis, that state, and is under arrest. The treasurer of Alien county, Ohio, filed a suit sgsin&t United States Senator Calvin 8. Briee, Wednesday morning for $17,350 de linquent taxes. The senator bas constantly refused to pay taxes in Ohio during the last few years' alleging, whenever pressed for a settlement, that he bad no residence in Al len county. The amount asked for includes over l-J.OUO in penalties. Five mercantile appraisers of Philadelphia , Messss. Patton, Houseman, Crawford Bel and Hunter, indicted for fraud in office, were Wednesday sentenced to dismissal from of See. The costs of prosecution are assessed against them. . The ham and contents, including two horses, two mu!n! four cows and several hundred bushels of gr.lin, of J. W. Wright in I'nion township, were destroyed by an incendiary fire Thursday night. .s Henry Bowmaster, a burglar, was shot dead Thursday morning while trying to break into the residence of James Taylor, of Duquisne. Pa. Tayior was awakened by his wife, who beard a noise at the front win dow on the first fl or He arose, and, tak ing a revolver, went down stairs, and seeing B wmaler trying to pry open the window fired, shooting him through tbe heart. Bowni aster was a resident of Duquesne and bore a bad reputation. Ladies', Gents' and childrens' Windsor Ties. Plain, Plaid. Polka Dot solid colors, Crepe, surah, etc How s this for Xmas ? M M. Temiwxll A Co. Kid Gloves, Plain, and colored Fancy j w aite Aprons M. 11. Tkkdwell Co. I.idies aud Gents Haudkerchief, Plain, While, Colored Border, Hemstitch, Ka braider Edge. Stock too big to enumerate. M. M. Tredw eil 4 Co. Stamped Linens for Outlining Work Bureau Scarfs, D Oyleya, Table Covers, Ksp kinsetc. M. M. TecpwtLL Sc Co. ' Jenner X Roads Items, Miss Bei kie Culler, of Pittsburgh, is the guest of her friend. Miss Martha Critchfield, of Lunsdale fjrru. The sipnal of the pjrker is now heard on t ie till air, and ei'fryoody is busy eating Siui-ares and buckwheat cjtkrs. Messrs Miller Hummel and George Koch er, arid Miss Martha Leslie, of rjioyeslown, spent Snudjy with friends iu our town. Me-srs Henry Ui-heberger and David D. Cir.iMib drove over to Johnstown one day Ustwek. From all indications tbey had a good time. Q lite a on tuber of our young folks drove to Pocahontas, to attend the dedicatory ter vicej t)f the Albright church, on Sabbath ereuidg last week. They repjrt a very cold drive. Mr. and Mrs. Pcttieord, of Jennertown Borough, entertained a number of their friends last Friday evening, at their elegant new residence, which is just nearing comple tion. Jiiite a pleasant evening was spent, and all regretted it when the time for sepa ration came. All our teachers report goad attendance of the pupils enrolled, and are enthusiastic over the handsome treatment they received while attending the County Institute, be lieving jrueret one of the places where a teacher can have a good time. As a body, our teachers deserve credit for the real they show in their work, and the active part they take in township institutes. The new Grange hall is completed, and a grand one it is. We have been in quite a number of lodge rooms, but this takes the "patry," for its size. Lsst Wednesday evening the Jr. O. V. A. M. held the first meeting in ihis hall, aud quite a large crowd of Juniors were present, including several members of Sioyestown Council So. oCi Bumor has it that a G. A. R. Post and S. of V. Camp will be instituted here in the near future. The Jr. O. U. A. M. meets every Wednesday evening, Ihe Grange every Thursday evening, and the A. O. K. of M. C. each Saturday evening, tbe lust named in Mystic Chain hall, in Jennertown. The Junior Order iutend holding a festival over tbe holidays. Pat Riot. DIED. Pll.K. ):i the iitt of Noveaiber near Sipesvilie, Pa, Mrs. Mallissa Pile wife of Jacob Pile aged. -13 years, .1 ru-jntbs and Zi days. COr.VTRVMAN On the .Vh of Dec near Lavansville, Pa , Lydia, tbe widow of the lai Jacob B Countryman, aged Hi years, 7 months and 2."i days. MARRIED. GOOD Biltner On the 3rJ of Dec. at the Lutheran parsonage at Lavsnsvilie, Pa Frar.ilin B Good, of Burners' township and Sarah E, Uittner of Lineoln township. EARNHARr COLEMAN". At the Lu theran parsonage in Friedens, oo tbe even ing of Thursday, December 3, lsf;t, by Rev. J. J. V.'elcb. Mr. Oliver G. Barnhart Jind Miss Mary M. Colennn. bjth from rear Friedens, S ruerst Co., Pa. RIN'GLEP.-ZERFO-S.-At of the brides jiarenU in Slonycreek town ship, Sirnerset eoun'y. Pa, by E:d D. II. Walker, Mr. Wilev O. Rinileranrf M; VI. la Z;rfjse, bitb 0f Sjraewet county. Pa. U, S. CoVt Report, An j. 17, iSS e NOVELTIES FOR THE Holidays ! Useful Presents for CHRISTMAS IncluJinsf Thou.'anda of Ladies' and GenticmenV Tlaia and Fancy Bordered HAND KERCH IE?, SILK HANDKERCHIEFS, SILK MUFFLERS, SILK TIES, LACE TIES, Ac. A 5EW LLE OF STOCKINGS, GLOVES, CORSETS, LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S' UNDERWEAR. A NICE HEW LOT OF SHAWLS, SKIRTS, and DRESS GOODS, junt received. A FULL LINE OF TOWELS, NAPKINS, and TABLE LINENS, just received. BLANKETS AND OF ALL KIM-3. COMFORTS A Full and Complete Line of FURS OF ALL KIM'S. Silk Umbrellas, Ladies" and Childrens' Wraps. We have a nice and complete lice of useful CMstmas Presents ! Call and buy something that will be useful, as well as ornamental, at PARKER & PARKER'S. Jacob D. Swank, XV (ohuiaUer and Jeweler, Next door west of Lutheran Church. Somerset, Pa. Having opened up a shop in this place, I am now prepared to sup ply the public with clocks, watches and jewelry of all descriptions, as cheap as the cheipest. REPA1R1XO A. S P ECLA.J.TY. AH work guaranteed. Look at my stock before making yonr holi day purchases. NEW GOODS ! GO TO THE Somerset Clothing; House For Bargains in Mers', Hoys', and Cln'I Irer' Soils and Overroats. Also, for vour Cirpets in all kinds and styles, from 20 cents to l.Kl J.M. HOLDERBAUM. A UDITOU'S NoTICK. i. a. In re relate t,( Smith StunfTUr f1w The uftdt-ritKocU havli.(r ln appointed Audi l"ri.y the Orphans' Court of Somerset rtmuijr, ra . Jo ri;d tlr ami il-tribme tbe fi:la Ui the rmri.i ol ihe Atmi'ii-ira:or of wi-1 eMate bereS.v aivr, n.mr. that he iil atttn.l to the .iu Hn l .M riJi'i'nieiit at hi.orfi.-e in Somerwt. OB we.lnu.ta.-, lie Mnkr yth. when and where tuosa tntt-rtslcO can aiiend if lh"Y tuiuk proper. CEO. B.WTU, Auditor. gTOCKHOLDF.RS MEETING. til annnal rne-!inf nf tbe "WchoMen of the Fit-l !. oi Bank of Nmn-rtet, (,t the i In n of liimtim fur tte er A. li , lvj. tj (,ej(j In the bannliit; room iu th- Hrw National Hank hultdluje, S 'iiierwr!, fa . on Titrvlur, Jauuarr i brieen the hour? of one aul three o'c.ooi". ANDREW PARKER. uhier. E LECTICN NOTICE. The annua! ei'ftion of tbe Farmers' Tnion Axnciaiioa and Fire h -uran-e Company will he held a! Uirrdn, Pa., on Tuoiar. tbe ;.".nh d iy of D-erurjer, torlt-et a President, Vice! resi dent. Metrelary and ail lirertora. to aerre fcir the euMiing ear. hnainem meeting from a. m. to 1p m. Uevlion at i p m. Al-EX. StrssEH, President. Sucos P. Fritz Eeeretary. THE "Bee-Hive STORE ! Read This and Bs Enlightened. This year we have mauc a special effort to place be fore the p'ojle the Choic est Good that the bent manufacturers produce, which we think will plcao the trade. CLOTHING. Mens', Youths', Hoy's and Childrens' Suits and Over coats. Our stock is ery larre, consisting of an im mense line of New Nov elties, as well as all of the leading Standard Grades. Hats, Caps, an3 RmilsMni Bccfls- We have the Finest and the most Complete Assortment of new and jvopuiar styles you ever laid your eyes on. CARPETIXGS. We keep in stock a line of Carpets that will justify any one to examine. Also. Floor and Table Oil Cloths. Carpet Lining, lruggets, Hug, Hassocks, Cocoa Mats, etc. Trunks and Saciiels. We pay special atbention to Trunks and Rachels, and always strive to keep just what the people want in this Line, at the lowest possible prices. We have lately enlarged our Dress Goods Department. A stock of Fall and Winter Dre3 Goods that will be sure to please. We have carefully select ed goods that accord with modern taste. Come in and learn what pleasure, satisfaction and economy there is in trading with the "BEE HIVE r" STOKE. " For ever the right conies upper most, and ever is ju?tiee done.-7 Laying principles aside, it would be unwise for us to encourage unreliable meth ods, for we would soon lose the confidence of all. With the foregoing senti ment in mind we are, Yours to Command, r & Ferner, One Door 5orth f Ptnt Office. Mrs. A. E. Uhl. w R A P i-MS ;iiT. Newest Styles of Ladies, Misses, and Childrens WRAPS, JUST IX. 1'LAIX AND FAXCY CLOTH Fur Trimmed and Untrimmed. Mort styl ishly cut and best made in tbe country. All Prices Betlnoed FOR THE Holiday Trade ! a. ti ii f I. '; : . V PLUSH COATS, Very Cheap. Now, here is a chance to get a Cheap Wrap from a Large Stock. toTlMUEXSE STOCK OF HOLIDAT MODS SO W QPEW Knop MRS. A E. UHL. John Thomas & Sons J OHNSTOWN, zz3V1AJSIMOTH STORE, 240 to 248 Mam Street, Is one of the wonders of Johnstown, with iti Several Dcpartuiecti t. Department "A" are Dry Goods In S Department " B," Boots and Shoes. - Department " C " Carpets. In Department "D," Clothings Hats, and Furnishing PQy : Department " E," Groceries. Department " F," Fei Fcr G::d Gco5s, Cheap Gccds, and Ssascnalk Q:: They cannot be excelled. An examination will convince the Ec9 u doubting Thomas " of Somerset County. U EA DQU A KTEIS FOR COCXTRY PRODUCE. JUST RECEIVED! Heating Stoves, Ranges, BEST ON Our Prices K-CALL AND EXAMINE OUR Paul A. Schell, Jas. B. Holderbaum HAS JUST RECEIVED Hench & ALL STEEL FRAME SPRING-TOOTH HARROW which is a wonderful improvement In SPRING-TOOTH Harrow Teeth quickly adjusted by onlv TOOTH Ever Invented. The tooth is t l,l in -lotion by a Ratchet, with whu-h it ran V i ej m to wear from 15 to IS iiu -lies mr the tint of tlie touth, which is four ur live n as mut-h wear r service as tun be obtained from anv .Sjr!iig-toit5 Iiarrui in i:tr-- Call aud examine this Harrow, JAMES B. HOLDERBAUM bMIXISTRATORS SALR OF Vahalls Real Estals. In nnruaDre of an on'.er of the Orphans' CciirL I will oflVr at PiiSilie saie, on .SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 11, on the rremie, the followinir rval -stat late the pniny of J. L. Burthol.ter. dvr'd. No. 1. lir-ing a pan.tr! of Uud tauare In Bnth-erova'ta-y Umn-hip, Suiner-t rountT. Va on Uinmc twoaemoiOTvvi rT Sum r. Friti and wite.ludeceawd, bavin thereoa ervcled a l o lory DWELLING HOUSE tMraandrierbuili:naTi,arebari of ehoiee f7r.it trwa on the Ir-mIl. Nu. i. CixiiairiUiit abnot ote lmnilre.1 perehi of lana.a.tj.tuuiK N.. I., having thereon nmnl a !tM-e Hinue, and has aiaj a truil on hapt on Terms. Ton per cent of the purchase money to he paid when pmperty is kruK-ke-l t..n, the balance couiiruiauuu uf sale and d'-uvry ilel A. J. t 'UI.EM4V. .VduiiMratoe. EUISTF.RS XOTICE. Notiee ia hcrebr vivrntAail vium. ed a leca:e. cr-.litiir, oroiherie. that the i"ilUm:n aeeonnta bave va.-. Kcxister. and tnaithr ame will be iJt-v nUHl f,,r r..niirmti..n an1 aibtwani-e at an orpnanV t juriu he ueM at wmrr!, l'a..aj WdnerlHT. lw. Flr4 a:i.l final ewimot 'n a. hraut an-l J. J. Brnnt, a-tmiuMraion ol" Austin J. Bran'. Ice ! First au-t rual areouat ot Kiia auI ki n-r E. Swanfc, admiiiis'.raloni of Sarauei f. eaaulc, !e-e.ase-l. Kirntand r'.nal a.-eaiist of Lincoln Miver. aiV mlni'traior t .Vh 4iili. tleccamrd IhiiM ati'l liuai at"oii!it f Mary VeNe'l 'ra inr, almiuilraU.'X of Casiuieiv Cranwr ik-evas ed First au,l final account of Joseph B. Miller and Alex. La nil u, administrators of Fraukliu Launu, deO'Aiied K'irst aa.l lina! n-cotint r John K. Miller, a 1 m;aistraur ar Kmantiel Miller, ieee&ed. First and si i'arnle ay-eouul of Jacob J. I iren ood an.l F. f. Beach;, exc-nton of John W. Bcachy. deceaaed. First and BMal account of Jaae L. Puch, ad mini:raiur d. h. n. c. t. a, of namucl Suiiih. do ccatj. First and final amount af Jarnc L. Pnirb, ad mtuisrai.tf e. t. a. of Nmj sm,u, ? acea--.t. Firi and riiwl accmnt of nrt-liiu Keux. a.l minirtral"rof Toi.la Uvlnston, deceasnl Fir-I and ilual a. i'onnt m i nrUiiaa liuitz. eiec utor of msm-i( Keiia. defaMfl. Firat and rtnal am ount of j. H. Uhl, trtwtee, 4 c. of W in. snw, deiTntl. Kift and tical a. a,uul of tVil..n K. Walker a iTiiU-lr. or and Inwtee af Henry Uauirer. d kixi.ier'a Offlce, i som. rwt Nov. ISth. i A. X. HILEMAX. hex Icier. Q( ) f KT PROCLA MA TIOX. H'Kruni. Tbe Honorable WrLLia.w J Bai. Pr...ki.l Juilge of the aeveral t o,iru of nnimou Hea of the several rsmritiea composun: tie loin Judicial Icstnct. and Justice .rfthe t oons of iHer ai!d lenninerand iuerai J..U lieiiverr. ft the tr.! of a.l capital and other otf-inters n'i the said In-tnct. aod i.n-ai.K w. Fu r a-xl . u :a f Sha v kk. Lt ' . J ii.tnea of the oirtB ( om mon 1'lena and Jasticoj of the .airo ,rf ,a T-rtniner and .nerai Jan lielivery for the trial of ad caoi tai and other ,ifeuder iu the Crfimy of s.,taerc have .ucd their iirwrr and to me directed for boiduir a t.'oun nf t;minoa Fleaa and (ienerai Quarter siooa of the l ea- e and i.eneralJaU Leuvery, a.id Couru of Oyer aud Terminer at Bumerset, on MONDAY. DEC, 14, LS9!. Sorrc, la herehy (riven to all the l-M.t oft Peace, th Corooer and IVjAm within the aaid timv of hnersvt. U; ih-r be then and there In th.- r proper pe-.o. dh their roils, tw tniii. iiijui.siut.r;. eiu.iiiatiuus and otner rw. membrane-), u-do tn.i-e thm which to their orta-e and ;u that behalf ai.peruuo to be d.e aud auotuey a ho will pnsenne airains the Dri onr that are or .had V iu t; w h"1 of iWro ounty. to 1 then aud there to pruMvutea.a.it.M them a h.l be Just. Cooking Stoves, Furnaces. EARTH!: i Yery Lowj LARGE STOCK. SOMERSET, PA. A CAR LOAD OF THE Drumold I L 1'Viaenir.g one nut. The bet HOLDER THE PRESS (NEW YORK,) FOR l.SO-2. Has Lnr,T Ti!r tipi-ulatinn than any & DAILY. SUNDAY. WEEC IS THE AMRESSIYE RWUni'M JQURXAL Of THE JlETROrJlli A NEWSPAPER FOK THE MiS ES. Fi)L"Xl'EI I.Kt EMliF.lt I, lsT. PltfMi-;nn n .. inn nnn rnn'S DAILY. Tub pRr.sf h the orean at no far?in . The Most Keuiarkable paper Sure? in t ; lrt THE PRESS IS A N'AT:C-N---NEWSPAFER. flieapnews. vu'ear ensat:.mi a: i WW " no place in the columns of 1 ae Fe-- T;i Pom biw thebri.-hu-'t E .ii;..rjl p--' Sew York ll apnri.es ana pwuis Th Frfs Sun-lav r:.1ilion is a s r ' ' ty rKe paper, coverinn every cumrui tereau Th Prkjw Weekly Fditlon c-m'i " tood thiuirs of the iiaiiy aiel suiulay vl?- Tothrw a ho rauw4 arl jcl :lie rt::y -Tented by distana , fn.n .-any rv J Weekly is a splendid autut'.iic. As an Advertising Kei' TUE rRE?3 has no superior ,! V-'t THE PRESS I tr.'r..'n the r-.aA nf a!l TV ' chrii. l aori-jywT in A "'" Daily an 4 Sanday. one venr. " " six momh s oue monlh -ttt;Tnlv. one year. -li iy (Muy, for moutba, -isnodsy. one year, - -Weekly Fresa, one year. - - Send forTUF'. PRrA-Crc'ila.- samp!es free, agents aantid eTt Liberal e eimi-ious. Addrsns. THE PRESS. a Park Row, Se V"f- i I:.-
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