i - j- I 1 The Somerset Ilerali ED 'A'AE.1) S'-TLL, EJitor and Frc-prielor. WKDSESDAT.. STATE. FOR ELEiTf-BS-AT-LAEGE. b r. JcsES. wiixiam wood. J. r. ra xLAP, WILLIAM H. SAY EX. FOB COSCKESfMES-AT-LAEOE, ALEXAMiEE JlrrOWELI WiLLI LM LILLY. JUDICIARY. FOR inE"F THE STrEEME contT. J H I'EaV of Eiair Cooe:t. COUNTY. TOE CVSuKIAs. EI'WARD Si TLUof Somerset. But,; -t 10 tbe decision of "iistrtct eoufererie. FOE ASSEMBLY, F.PHRA1V K M!LLEE,of Bur k wood. JOHN" C WELLER. of VCati town-hip. FoK rj.'STEKT ATTORNEY. J. A. LIEKET. of fruicrsM. F .R POCB MEECTOP, J. I). WE'JLE. of Somerset township. IlKprau. -Awwenot worryirj much b--at tL candidates. They will beeolii l-l.lnd the Domine. I'esnars the'e is no fiate where Re pab'.Icans can split ia two paria, and do as li'tle harm, as in Alabama. Winter cc-r.tlnnes to linger in the lap cf pririj out in Nebraska, where farmers are i'.fZ-T-t ea h ether oat of the sdow. Ci-EVELASoia oadoabieily riding- on top of the ItetrocTwtir party, an-J it feel La weigbt. The cLatices? arc about even f jr Lis adversaries to pal! Liai down and cliaib to tig fr'-ac. r'EE-ii.ESi Hauk:- x is no etraddier. If he in twtuiaatc-l for IVeeUest every voter w ill know just where Le Stan is on fVfiy jrreat question before the people. It .-publican, like that kin! of leaders. The Cbatlanooa 1'ti says the Nib vi!'e grand jarr'g invest:-.;ifin cf the Ute lycrhins there i "a hollow f.jrmal .rK-eeii:ag for the K-ke of the law." Kn-n that is a coeeseion ia the S-ath. The 5-rrtr.:rjert optician t. sth "pri vateaJvic-es," h-ss origin he is "not at liberty to disclose," continues hia inter-luitte-nt career a a Limine oracle. These f.ifj frieDds must make Mr. Blaine ineff ably tired. When the river and harbor appropria tion bill 11a np for consideration in the House last Fridry, a sarcastic lemocr&t proposed an item to have S:;!t river im proved for the benefit of republicans ri'W lingerinz alor.jt those waters. Ki-Senator John J. Isgalls, it is eaiJ, is "to head" the Kansas IU-puLiican del egation to Minneapolis. It is to be Loped that Mr. Insrails will show better judgment in doing this than he did in managinc Limfilf during lhe doting Javs of his senatorial term. Jerby Swpis says : "lam surprised at the number of Hlatee that prorui.se to give their support to the third party." Jerry will likely Le most surprised mien the people of Kansas leave bin in his cornfield, instead cf Congress, at the Crst opportunity given them. FiE Lij? Bteamsiiips Lave now been dispatched from this coue'ry to Eussia laden with food f.r the starving peas BLts. A .'together, thev have carried out over 2,000,QuO pounds of foodstuffs. which is a very substantial contribution to the needs of that stricken people. A i'plk ants for pensions w ill do wel! to read the letter published elsewhere in these columns, from the Secretary of the Interior to the Commissioner of Pen sions, as it will fully explain to them the reasons f.r delay in many cases, in reach ing their claiiiiR. Thf-re are now pend ing in Lhe Bureau SV',.0 claims and ad ditional claims are bein a l lid at the rate of from 1..VO to 2,i0 per day. G.ivek.mjb Mi K:m ey, of Ohio, in a re cent interview gives it as LL3 pinion that Prtsident HaTison will be renomi rattd and re-elected, and that Governor IV.tisi n, cf I'er.L;ylvar:a, is the logical candidate of the 1 emocratic rarfy, inas ccuch as he is about the only man on whom Loth factions of his party could easily unite. In case the Governor's predict!-. n comes true Pennsylvania w ill roll cp a larger majority against the Demo cratic candidate than it did against Hor-a--eGree!cv. The Republican National Convention wii! assemble r.t Mlrneapolis four weeks from to-diy. ra: !y leaders are busily ergaged ic canvatsig jbe situation and a strong New Krland element is strug g'.ing to tncocj pat the defeat of Presi dent Harrison for a nomination. It does not appear from present indications that they will nievt w jih iu cess, but it is cot imposhibie that a u r joii'y cf the dele gates to the convention willle btamptd ed to McKiniey as the convention of !0 w as to GarCcld. Ev the way, the last legislature rp pointed a co:iia.i:tce to investigate the tuanagement of ths Sjldiers' Orphan" schools prerioiu to their being turned over to the care tf lhe fctate. Is that committee doing its t). sty ? And if not, why cot? The people of the State are not asleep, and tr.ey do not forget that the outrageous treatment of the Soldiers" rphans n:tde t very hont st Penney 1 ra nun cry oct in prctf it, and demand that the men who ,t rich managing the schools khould W ccn:pt lied to disgorge their ill gotten gsins. It is the duty of tht lcjilalive committee to get at the Ixttoin facts. Nothir.g else w ill satisfy the cop!e. UnrriJu -g Tt'rjrftyh. Ok all the Stats wh Uh l ae clti1d their delegates to Minneapolis only one has shown hctility to President Harris on. That is Colorado. It was nt.t to be expected that either that State or Neva da wcu'.d take kindly to him. Both are so ahuobt exclusively ei!er-producing Sta'ts that nolhir g else was to be expect el. If Harrison and Cleveland were pnt in coaiination Ly their respective parties those States would feel like taking to the brash. Each man is known to be irre- CAb!y and unalterably oppose! to frae silver coinage. They do not, however, occupy the Fame ground. On the con trary, their monetary views are widely part. Cleveland wants all silver coin Sire, excej4 sabeidiarr, stopped and all purchase of silver to serre as s moneta ry basis. Harrison, on the other hand, ii a genuine Li meUl list. The difference is very great, especially frum the etaiid pomt cf tilver prod action. 1 The South t3ke to (he free silver isece with a w ry fa, an 1 w Lib it may take its lue-Jicine if contaiiH.-d in National platf -rra e'.'gar-coate-I pill it does w no der protest. Rnd because it would still vote to commit suicide on the solid South principles that still doniinate in pohtits. Bat it is seeing light, as w itness this from the Charleston .V and G-ujvt. There is no reason why snr Southern State should be in favor of free coinage and least of all why any of the States named, each of which is a large producer of cotton, should imperil its interest on cheap money. There is absolutely no danger of losing any of these States in November for U.e reason given by Mr. Lland ; bet we object to his making the silver question s distinctly sectional ques tion, barely the South has had enough of sectional issues. For more than twenty-five years we have been striving to make the greater part of the country north of the old line Leiieve that ths South was really Lack in the Union, sod during the last few years we Lave been g-adiiaHy regaining our lost position in the councils of the Nation. There has been a gradual but a certain change of peblic sentiment toward the South, and we Lad hoped that the lines of division between the sections would be obliter ate d. Figures on Snerman. New Yofct, May e. The Rcvr&er to-day says that Senator Johs Sherman is a candi date for President and that from the result of a conference held In Va.-bington last T-jesday between one of New York's most acuve workers and a number of distiDgaish ei Republicans of other Etates and letters received, it wis claimed by the friends of Mr. Sherman last night that he can go into t'ae convention, as muter now stand, with the following sure delegates : y w Vark f u-i 1ta:ii 1 . .. ' "JO Vinrinia. ttt skHiib Carolina : i AlsocmA J'1 I.'uijit:a 6 Mmii-iHi Tout . H y.i' l ii?n - L:.iciAre.. The Ohio men quoted believe that Senator Sherman will accept the nomination if it is tendered bim, and that ex-Governor Forak tr will support hia nomination. The Sherman men expect to get the Ked delegation, whatever it may be, after the Erst laliot. Dwellings and Famlies. lixtrs Census Bulletin. No. I!, gives the total number of dwellings in the several stales and territories of the Vnite-J sate and the average number of persons to a dwelling. The total number of dwellings in the country in was Il,4S3,31i In the four most populous sutfs the following flares are given : PnnKa'.iia 5.JS 10 i,71 7juiA The increase in the number of dwellings from '" to is.) in the whole country was was ; 'iT.'''i, or A 21 -r cent- The high est a venire of peri.ms per dwelling. 6 TO, oc curs in New York ; the lowest, 4:70, in Ver mont. The excesiivp New York average is due to fie cramming in Vw York city, where bn mari beings are b;ved like bees. Fishes From the Clouds. Skistos, Pa., May 5. Ia heavy rain storm at Forest City, near here, fishes fell from the clouds, and citizens gathered them np fcy the handful. Th y were from three to fjur inches long and c f the species known as dvv.!f;su or "tlonewtliers. J. C. Eel!, a hotel man. found a cumber in a small pool of water. They weie kept in witer and are still alive. Editor John M. B-own of the A en and Mr. T. J. Pentecost, a merchvit, in order to r.-.ake sure that the fishes cam? from the clouds, went out on the rif and found fuur tKhe there. It hij been sugjesfd that the fish were caujtit up in the whirl of the storm and c irritd along and dro ped when the hew vy diwupour overcame the current of air in which they were tloa'.ir.g. Convicted By a Hair. James A. Trefetherj was convicted of mur der in the first degree at Boston for having caused the death of Tcna favis. Trefe'.hen was Miss IavU's lover and the was iast seen alive wheu the left home to meet him. Two wfsrka later her body was found in the Mys tic river. Her mother received a letter, ostensibly written by Tersa, intimatinj; that she would commit suicide. Eijierts testifistl that the letter was written by Trefethen. A single gjiden ha:r, which came from Mis Davis" liad, was foiitil in Trefethen's buggy. On these fueU. and the evidence of a boatman, that Le had heard a woman scream on a certain bridge at midnight, and her previous relations With Trefethen, he was convicted. A Life Saved By a Tooth. CiiESTEK, Ta., May 8. No frontiersman of the West ever pulled a "gun"' in truer cow boy style than did 10 year-old Kddie Law rence of South Chester-to-day when he fired f jur shots from a revolver at 14-year eld Kurtz Jacksoa The first thot showed a hole in Kurt's coat, the next two missed, but the fourth entered his mouth, and but for a o:id upir tooth, which was broken off by the bill, KJdie would hkely hae beta a murderer. KLrtz stajrgered home where he oon aiitr rp;t out the bullet. Kurtz.'who is a colored lad, was teasing Kddie, it ap pears, and cpset his lunch and thew a cob L'.":o!.e at him. Sixteen Inches o" Snow. Kishvills. Ncs.May 8. Snow has fai 1 ti here duiing the past lit hours to a depth of ! iaches. It will be severe on the cattle in the kills, and will retard farm work About three-fourth of the small grain is ia, and the first sown is rp and looks fine. He Had 121 Wives. Ct-rvtiAxn, O., May 5. The husband uf 121 wives, John Anderson, who married on ly for Kjercetiary purjcscs, was flaced cn trial yesterday for stealing Jl i from F.llen Pjrcell, his last bride. He was confronted with a wife from E:ra;ra. and he declares she is the only one he is afraid of. Hi? marriage with her was shown, and the familiar etory s'jeut his stock ranch re iterated. Ellen Pur-el! answered an adver tisement. Anderson was the adveitiwr, and he married her, becoming her third Ltis!aad. They came to Cleveland, ostensi bly to take an excursion train fjrthe Pari'!: Siope, and he C -d with her money, being captured in Albaiiy. Iceman O'Suliivan Dead, JoLtcr, I'!., May 5. Patrick O Sullivan, the Cronin sasject, died in the prison hos pital this evening at At o'clock. With bim at the time of h s death were his sister. Miss O'Suliivan, of Chicago, and a brother from Fondoia, the latter arriving a few min utes before his death, the prison physician, Ir. S. T. Ferg'itnn. aad Captain Kane. To the !at u'iidiivaa maintained Lis in nofrrt Ii wr owc: until a few trita'c". bf .. 4fs".:, when be 8emeJ to rfi:a fr.v-i..---, aiJ indicated that he wisbel vm.e water, which was given him. Crawford's Ex-County Treasurer Cb w, El , May 6 Henry M. M'.ller at one time county treasurer of Crawford county, Pennsylvania, was arrested here yesterday by Chief of Police Hanaway, of Mea iville. Miller is charged with the tn. tx. rzment and larceny of t-'nt.OW of Craw ford county funds. He has been keeping books for a large piaao firm here, and last eight Le was taken to Mtadville. Toe charge recalls the failure of Delamaier's bank. The day before the concern closed he depji ej f?.V.0rX of the county fund with it, and the result gave rise to a cry of collusion. Legal proeeedirgs were taken but before the indictrrents could be issued Miller left home. Of Interest to O'.d Soldiers. IEf lETHESr or TUC IXTERloE. H"a.i', D. C, AprU 19, lsii To lAe ('ojtmiMoter of Ptuxvint ; Sir: I have received your letter calling my attention to the vast amount of work imposed upon your Bureau in connection wiia the correspondence of members of both Houses of CoTisrees concercinr penron claims, and slating that the handiirg of tha Congressional call slip in their pro gress thro Jgh the various divisions of the Bureau occupies the time of many clerks and requires the drawing of tm re than a thousand cases a day ; thbt to answer ai! the ca!la made would virtually stop the adjudi cation of claims ; that only aViut twenty five per cent, of them are answered; and that the courtesy extended to Members of Cor. press has been a ousel by certain persons acting as private secretaries the informa tion obtained upon the examination of pen sion claims called down upon Congressional siips having been furnished to attorneys and to claimants for a consideration. To show to what extent the correspondence in respect to pension claims is carried, you state that you have before you one case in which the claimant has addressed more than thirty letters to members of the Senate and House of Representatives, all of which have been forwarded to your Bureau for immediate re ply, the claimant having been twice exam ined by competent medical boards and bo disability discovered. In another case, al though the claimant has been notified of the evidence required to establish his claim, but has not undertaken to furnish any of it, you state that thirty-eight letters have been re ceived from different prominent persons, all f which have been filed with the claim. You state that w hat is now needed in the interest of claimants, and for the orderly ad ministration of the laws, is fur the elirt rVor of the Burma to detnte iU ener;ie to the a IjK'iicalhn uf th' claibj nmt cotHJete, atd to Mr nn'':lnrj of auU uyoa 0j Uor Department fur the utUiltuy and kwplliil re-vi ds of daita auUrnl'tlai the eLiljuiAtt for etldeitce to r mj-vt: tlteir r-itet, and ordering medical uom-iti-ition viih the Kiiuuaum amount of cone tjinixdettce in rtft to pending claim. You state that there are now 10.0 'J casa on the completed files which are being drawn for a'ljadica'ion in the order of the date of their completion ; that from 1. ."-) to 2,C0 claims per day are being added to these files as tbey are completed ; aad that from 23,000 to :,'." certificate per month are being is sued upon claims allowed. To correct the evils here described your Bureau should correspond direct with either the claimant or his attorney and thereby re lieve members of Congress from the enor mous correspondence which has caused the same infoimation to be many times dupli cated and reiiuired the services of a large corps of clerks who should be occupied with more legitimate duties. As there are now pending in your Pureau 5o,t claims, aid additional clainss arc being filed every day, two and one-half or three years will be re quired to adjudicate them. It must be evi dent to both claimants and attorneys that much patience is required that all these claims cannot be adjudicated at once. Claims are being considered as rapid!y as possible not in the order in which they are Cid, for that would be impracticable, but in the order in which they are completed. Now, in view of the great magnitude of the work pending before your Bureau, and to insure an impartial enforcement of the ruin of the Department concerning the ex amination of papers, I direct that hereafter either claimants or their attorneys shall be advised of the status of their claims, direct, so far as the force of your Bureau will per mit, and that such information shall be giv en direct to claimants on Congressional cal 1 slips, thereby obviating the necessity of fur nishirg the same information many times. I further direct that you cause all claims pending in your Bureau, not on the com pleted tiles, to be examined as rapidly as possible, taking them up in the order in which they were filed; and, whenever a claim b found complete, it shall be placed on the completed files and claimant cotiued as to when his case will probably be reach eL Where cases are not complete, claim ants shall be noli lie. whit further evidence is necessary to complete the same. Claim ants will not be satisfied to be told that their claims will be adjudicated "when reached in their order," but will wait patiently if to!d that their claims are on the completed files and will be reached in six or sixteen months, and if assured that claims completed prior to theirs are awaitrng action. I recognize the fact that your Bureau is thoroughly and efficiently organized to adjudicate all claims pending before it. In view of the great number of claims now pending, it must be evident to all that your Bureau cannot take np claims for increase, recently filed, without manifest injustice to those whose claims were filed prior to theirs. The magnitude of the work pending before your Bureau, caused in part by the act of June 27. 1st), and that which is being ac complished in the granting of 28.000 to 30, 000 claim.-each month, can be better under stood when it is remembered that, during the last fiscal year of Commissioner Black's administration of the Pension Office, only 113.173 claims were allowed and of that number 51,S 0 were original claims. Very resjctful!y, Joas W. Noble, Secretary Columbus and Free Schools. Fram the Ne" York Tribune : The project of converting Columbus Day into an American school festival will be heartily commended by thoughtful minds. The dedication of the exposition buildings an J grounds will be a National event of crowning importance ; but in ordr to e uphasiz: the significance of the discovery of the new world and to render it intelligi ble throughout the length and breadth of the land it is proposed to make every school fa juse a local center for commemorative exer cises. This plan has received the sanction of the World's Congress Com mis-ion and of l'e A mcric-n Superintendents of EluCAtion An eveeu.ive committee has been appointed to organize a National movement by which 13.0,0"U school children in every village aad town in a simple but effective pro gramme on that historic anniversary. There is nothing iicpraticable in the scheme. It will only be necessary for every school to have a Rag of its own to raise and salute on the morning of the celebration, and then to be prepared to listen to an address sad to j;iu is singing an ode prepared for the occas ion under the direction of the National committee. A holiday will be put to the highest educational nse if all the school children of the country can be brought together at the same hour to commemorate the greatest event in the milira wjrll. The public-school celebration on Columbus Day is to be commended, not only a s unique method of diiTaiing among local centers of Aniericin Uh from Plymouth Rick to tbeGldeu Gate the sigaincaace.and spirit of a memorable anniversary, but also as a practical expe Lent f r empha-iz'ng the value of the m .l characteristic of National institutions, the free school. Your Uar.y. 11 you iave ore, cau't le in style wiiht ut a I an(home Cap. AH prices and deseript :ocs. Mas TatiCLX& Co. Sherman Cr.ce More. New Ycax. My 9. The Recorder says that Senator John Saerman can go into the Minneapolis convention, as matters now stand, with the delegates of New York, Ohio Pennsylvania, Illinois, Michigan, Delaware, Virginia, Sooth Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana, Miatissippi, a lotsl of 23 L Ohio men are quoted who believe that Senator Sherman will accept the nomi nation if it is tendered him, and that ex Gov. Foraker will support his nomina tion. The Sherman men expect to get the Reed delegation, whatever it may be, after the Erst ballot. Silk, Cashmere and Cotton Underwear for Ladies and Children. The thing for hot weather. Alto muslin garments. Vas. Tbspwcu, & Co. Personal and General. Murderer Keck, cot fined in the Aden town ' Pa , jail, is cot permitted to eat w ith a knife or fork, owing to his suicidal threads. A Democratic politician in Georgia was re cently kicked in the mouth by s horse. A horseshoe bung up over each an entrance ought to certainly bring good luck. The United States tirand Jury in Pitts burgh Saturday found true bills against the Rev. 'William 1L Din. the Clearfield bank President, (or embezzlement. The Urgent shipment of apples ever made from the United States left Portland recent ly on the steamship Labrador, which carried more than 13.000 barrels of fine fruit to Eng land. Hon.bartea Emory Smith, United States minister to Russia, formally tendered his resig nation to the President to-day in order to resume his journalistic duties in Philadel phia. One of ths chiefs recently convicted of complicity in the Choyang rebellion. China, was sentenced to be slowly sliced to death! and the awml punishment was inflicted in a pitiless manner. Great excitement has been occasioned by the discovery of a very profitable deposit of gold bearing gravel in Gothland county, Va. One nugget found weighs 39 penny weights. An appropriation of i3pj0 for the improve ment of Salt River, in Kentucky, wasoSered in the House Friday by Mr. Carruth,"in the interest of defeated Presidential candidates." as he suggested. The people in the southern portion cf Lan caster county were awakened, at 4. Si) o'clock Friday morning, by a shock supposed to have been an earthquake. The disturbance last but a few seconds. Joseph Keys, who five years ago murdered his wife st Brownsville, Franklin county was captured Monday night by officers at Southampton station, between Shipensburg and Cnsmbersbu.-g, and lodged in jail at Chamsbersbarg. The president Thursday signed the Chinese Exclusion bilL The attorney general said there was some doubt as to whether the for mer law did not expire that to-day, and this opinion caused the president to sign it at once. M " The shortest political convention on rec ord" an eight minute offair TJtnrsday nominated 0,uay as one of the delegates to the Republican national conveuti on. It was held at New Castle and was composed of delegates from Butler, Beaver, Mercer snd Lawrence counties. I.T.Wilson at San Antonia, Texas, was shot dead in his ceil by the woman he slan dered. She slipped into the jail unseen and followed Jailer Williams, who was taking the prisoner his dinner. On reaching the cage, she sect a bullet through the prison er a brain, killing Lira instantly. The Shonk vs. Reynolds contested elec tion case from Pennsylvania was again post poned Saturday by the House Committee on Elections, and it was decided to vote on it this Tuesday. The seat may be declared vacant and a new election ordered. Mr. Reynolds, the contestant, not pressing his own right to the seat. Harry and George Cato of Philadelphia, and EX Williams of Washington county, inmates of the Huntingdon reformatory, who were ringleaders in the recent disorders and assaults on guards in that institution, were convicted Monday before Judge Furst on charges of assault with intent to kill, and will be sentenced to the Western penitentiary-Mr. William Seitz, a Sharpjburg batcher, has a rooster with two horns on each side of his bead. The rooster is about the ordinary size of the common kind among chickens. The horns are each about 1 J inch long, and have grown from the head between the eyes and the comb somewhat forward from the ears. After hearing all the evidence adduced in support of a new trhil on behalf of Frank Alruy the motion was refused and Almy sen tenced to be hanged on the third Tuesday of May, ISi.1. Almy's life has been unsealed, and he has cleared op the mystery surround ing his career by confessing that he is indeed George Abbott, the outlaw who had commit ted crimes enough before he murdered Christie Warden to insure his imprisonment for life. The prisoners in the jail at St. Joseph, Mo., awaiting trial on the charge of murder, are greatly exercised by the fact that Judge Parker, of Fort Smith, Ark., who has sen tenced 73 murderers to death, is to take the place of Judge Woodson, who is very ill. When Miller, the murderer of merchant Smith, of Ruahvilie, heard the news, his face blanched, and he was seiit-d with an ague of fright. All in all, the fright amongst the prisoners is something unprecedented. Edward Denver is dying in the hospital at Johnstown, from the effects of poison put in bis beer, it is supposed, by a young man who is Ienver's rival for the hand of a pretty girl. Denver went out with several friends a few eights ago, and they drank several glasses of beer. In the morning Den" ver was found on the floor by the landlady with whom he boarded. The doctors said he Lad drunk poison, but the dose was too big to kill. Dr. Garrison of Wheeling Laving been con victed of murdered in the second degree, and a new trisl being granted, the point was raised that he could not be tried for a degree higher then the one in which he was con victed, on the ground that s man cannot be twit placed in jeopardy of his life for the same offense. Jude Paull has sustained this view and Garrison is now being tried only for second ccgree. This is an interest ing point ia its bearisg on second murder trials. Three leading ctt'zeas of Jcannette, West moreland coun'y, J. A. M. Seitz, T. B. Campbell, and W. M. Scott, have beer, bound over to court charged with Laui at the re cent Republican primary election. The prosecutor is Postmaster E. J. Vinton, who was a candidate for delegate to the State Convention, and who alleges that the de fendants who composed the Election Board, counted him out. Vinton claims to Lave the affidavits of a majority of the voters in the district showing that their votes were cast for him. The defendants gave bail in the sum of $-W0 for court. Thousands of railroad ties and valua'-le timber were destroyed by a forest fire on the ridge east of Youngstown, Westmoreland county, on Sunday. Orer l.'0 acres of the most valuable timber in that Locality was destroyed, and but for the promut action of the people living in the neighborhood, hous es and bams would have fallen prey to the angy flames. The ties and other prepared timber were the property of the poor moun taineers, and iheirloss a winter's work is great. The fire is believed Lobe the work of an incendtary. Harry Hyatt, a watchman at Indian Crnk, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was thrown under a train, Saturday night, and bad both legs cut off He was taken to Ohio Pjle. wbeve he died thrse hours later. Colonel Andrew Stewart wanted Dr. Brady to administer morphia to Hyatt, as he was suffeiicg excruciating pain. Brady refused, and Colonel Stewart told him he was not fit to be a physician and be didn't under: tand bis business. Brady then went to his house, got bis revolver, and started out to shoot the Colonel, snd was only kept from doing so by friends of both. Jacob Maurer, a thrifty firmer of Beaver county, rsissed from bis herd two mon'hs go a valuable imported bull. He bunted sll orer the county for it, but to no purpose. He even went to the tanneries and the sur rounding towns to see if ae could find the bide of the animal. On going out to feed bis cattle on Sunday, he found his lost bull snugly ensconced under s Lay rick that had fallen over bim, and held him prisoner for over two months. He had eaten quite a lot of the hay, but bad no water in tbtt time, except what dampness was absorbed by the hay. To be in style yen must have a Norfolk waist. Mas. Teidwxij. A Co. First Women Delegates. CtiEvi sjrs. Wyo May 5. Wyoming has tlie d i rtlcclicn of being the first State that ever el ected women delegates to a Nations Convention. This was done by republicans here yes.ter.Liy. They the are Mrs. Theresa A- Jeukius scad Mrs. G. C Carleton. The former is the best orator in the State, well versed in the issues and akillfnl in debate. She came here as a school teacher L) years ago from Wisconsin, snd is married to a prominent business man. She has three children and manages her own house hold, but finds time for political and literary work. Her most notable appearance on the rostrum was when the admission of Wyom ing to the Union was celebrated here, she made the speech of the day to over 10,0u0 people and made herself beard. Mrs. Carleton is a business woman, as sisting her husband, who is a lumber and fuel contractor. Not A Cent In The Treasury. HrsTiGDo:i, May 7. This county ia now without s single cent in its treasury, and the County Commissioners are in a terieus quandary as to what means to devise to meet the county's run ning expenses. The prospects sre that the two weeks' May term of court, which convenes next Monday, will have to be conducted with an empty treas ury. The present legal limit of assessment on real estate ten mills has been reached. The Commissioners, however, in order to decrease the county bonded indebtedness cf tt05,eil, have decided to lay a special tai si sessment of four mills, making a total assess ment of fourteen mills. The county's yearly expenses are increas ing constantly, and the farmers, on whom the special tax levy will most heavily fall, are loud in a general protest. Real estate in the county bears an assessment of about three fourths its full value. The increase in the county indebtedness is ascribed by the Commissioners to the rapidty-growing crim inal business iu the courts and to the build ing of expensive bridges. Good Luck Co mes Too Late. Dxsrvxc, Cot., May 7. A striking example of "what fools these mortals be," snd bow easily men can be unnerved by bad luck, came to light here to-day. Last Wednesday morning a brief account was published of the suicide of Charles S. Clute, who had come West with the usual idea of accumulat ing a rapid fortune, but who had fallen into the lot of many an over-confident youth who leaves comfort and friends in the East under the hallucination that gold is to be picked up in Colorado without the usual grind of labor and patience. Yesterday morning, two days after the suicide, there came a latter from New York State addressed to Mrs. Clute, the dead man's young wife In it was contained the atate ment that Mr. Clute had just fallen heir to a small estate, and that $s,f0 in cash awaited his order. It came.'however. too la'e. Last nitjht the remains were shipped to tie deceased's old home ia Troy, N. Y. accompanied by Mrs. Clute, Cheap Excursion to Gettysburg Battlefield. For the dedication of the Monument oa June 2nd on the Gettysburg battlefield des ignated the " High Water Mark" cf the Southern Confederacy, the Ealtimore and Ohio Railroad Company will sell round trip tickets at all stations east of the Ohio river at the low rate of one fare for the round trip. The President ol the United States, members of bis Cabinet, the Governors of twenty-five States, members of their staff, and other distinguished persons as well as several mil itary and civic oiganizations will partieipate in the imposing dedicatory ceremonies This will afford an excellent opportunity for a cheap Excursion to the historic battle ground by veterans ond others desiring to visit the sceces of the greatest conflict of modern times. Four. Years of Methodism. The general conference of the Methodist church is now in session st Omaha. The episcopal address was delivered by Bishop Foster. The membership daring the past fonr years Las grown rapidly and now numbeis 2,-"'-'.C:'l communicants ; 44:2.000 souls have been added to the church during the four years by comparison with four years preced ing. Contributions to all missionary socie ties have increased $331,130. "Higher educa tion in the ministry is imperative and no man should be allowed in our theological schools whose loyalty to the doctrine of our church is not steadfast. The church wants no traitors. " The church demands an i merican fran chise, as weil as a naturaliz.-d franchise," said the Bi3hop. "The continuation of for eign languages and customs in this country is wrong, and we are opposed to the teach ing of foreign languages in our schools. We believe that the franchise shoulJ be more guarded and foreigners should be rrquire1! to serve a longer spprecticeihip to secure it. " We regard the legislation in Congress to exclude the Chinese as inhuman, and we pray Congress to not pass the measure." Time or Temper. No time or temper wasted wbea yon use the Cinderella Range. Its large and high oven insures perfect batting and roasting. Sold and guaranteed by James Ii. Holder bium, Somerset, Pa. Many Towns Flooded. Fifteen towns in the Illinois and Fox Riv er Valleys are under water and property of the value of millions of dollars has been swept away or destroyed. It Las been raining almost incessantly for four days. The rivers rose rapidly and the volume of water now in the channels is greater than in the big floods of 1874. Hun dreds of thousands of fertile farming lands in which crops have just been planted are under wa'.er. Portions of Joliet, Morris, Seneca, Marseilles and Ottawa, on the Illi nois river, are inundated and manufactur ing plants on the river hank carried away. The climax of ths downpour came early Friday morning, when a cloud burst occur red over on the Illinois River Volley near Ottawa. The Ro;k Island Railway tracks ara submerged for twenty miles between Seneca and Peru and no trains are running. Northern Ottawa is a lake from four to eight feet dsrp, extending westward along both sides of the canal for nearly a mile. A 40-horse power Steam Saw Mill for sale cheap or to rent. Vat. Hat, Somerset, Pa. Look Here Would inform the progressive farmers of Somerset County that I am again in the field with a full line of Fertilizers, and my self or my agent will call to see you to solicit your ordsrs for the coming season. My agents this season are S. B. Yoder, Pugh, Pa, Joseph Reiman, Stanton's Mills, Pa., W. II. Land is, Meyersdale, Pa.. Solomon Davis, Normalviile, Pa., and Peter Fink, Somerset, Pa who is also delivering and shipping agent at Somerset, where goods will be kept in stock throughout the season. I would thank ail for their most liberal patronage during past seasons, and hope all wiu la vor myself or my agents with vour orders for both spring and fall crops. Should we mtss seeing you, just drop os a line early and yiu will have our very be,t attention. Oa behalf of the Susqiehanna Fertilizer Co, j A. J. Koskb, Guernsey, Pa. I Highest of all In Leavening Power. Latest 17. S. Gov't Report. Li ABSOLUTELY PURE Spring- Fever. Thegradoa! opening of the budding tre9 and the shooting cpwards of the blades cf gas are signs of the advent of spr.i'g The farmer is already at work stimulating the growth tf his crrp bjr fertilizers to in sure a rich harvest. Nature ft-eds stimula tion and why should not tuaa The sjs em needs building np after the attacks of Grippe and cold, and the only tonic is pre whiskey Max Klein, of Allegheny, Pa. has the en dorsement of eminent physicians, certify ing to the purity of his famous Silver Age and Duqaesne Rye Whiskies. Sold every where St f l.od and ii 2o per full quart. Six-year-old Penna Rye Whiskies. W.'v prt st it -' ir quart or 6 quarts for $-..'.". Send for ca!a:r gue and price list of all kino's ofliquorstoMaxKlcin, r-! Ftderal Street. Allegheny, Pa. Driven Out By Floods. Ijxcol-v, Nta May d -It has been rain infi here steadily for 30 hours. Salt creek bottoms here flooled, and hundreds of fami lies are to dry compelled to move out of their homes. The water in the western part of Lincoln is over one mile in width and is rising at the rate of six iuches an hour. Between 2uo and 3o" houses have been in vaded by the flood and occupants have been compelled to move. Suffering and destitu tion will be great, as the most of the people t riven fmm their homes are among tue poorest classes and without means. Out 50 Hours In Vain. Whxelixo, May 7. At 1! o'clock to-night after bein? out SO hours, the jury in the r.iird murder trial reported that it could not agree and Judge Paull discharged the jurors, although earlier in the day he had told them that if they did not agree to a verdict to-night he would bold them over Sunday. 'IILRIFFS SALE. CT...1 . ni ts. d.nrt ofCoinmoo fleas 01 .-inu'r- set count v fa , to me iiirecu-1, there will le ex- po-ej u public ale at Uie Lourt tlouse in Somer set borough, oa WEDNESDAY, MAY 25 1892. at 1 o'clock P. II. All the rirht. litte. Interest, claim and dea!n.l nfU P Shu'er. of. in and 10 ail er.m 1. ..f r..nnrf iti:tt! in lhe tw l. uf 'e CVU. imiln mmilinf Mimrnel a n't slate of lVntl- tylrania, trMimle-t oa la t em.- lit k of W. Flick, north l-T E strret, west It a perch aliey and lot of 'jenrze limul ano wmiia u, -mj-j n.-u tln !i A- iierche-". havlne tiiereoo erected atwo- story frome dwelling- tu x, large fraaie slal.le anil other ou!u:Min wua me pT ir".eaau' en. Taken IneseeuiioaaoJ to t oi i as tae pr in ert v of H. i. Chafer, at the I'.il of josiaa Siialcr use of CLas. C. Siiaier. Terms. XOT1VE All wr.'w i.urvhin;r at the abo sale will fUA5 take notice ihM la r rent .of tbe HirvbnJH.' miueT m..t ie (mid wbea projierty is kuockca uowu. Otter,.- it wnl atuu terx poscl lo Mile t tiw r of the hrt jur a.-tr. Tlie tv'iiie of the purcbax? cioiijr mut bt- til on or before the day f coiirtrriiaiioo. vt: Ttiiirs- Citr, May J. l-'J"- tfei wui ue a -ctioi eJgeJ until the j" ire base laont-v u paii :n IsAlAU t.I, SberitT Ort.e. May 4, ehi-niT. MRS. A E. UHL. Summer is here ! Suaimer shop ping La-? begun ! Where can a good line of Summer Dre.-3 Fabrics be found? I answer, right here. Wc have a complete line to show ia Silt. YWil or Wash finorfs. , Dest guaranteed Black Silks. Mack India Silk. Bengaline, Failleana, Gloriosa, Beautiful Gloria ia col ors. alo Surahs. LTaudsome Black Silk Lace Flounc ing, all qualities. A beautiful line of plain and nor- eltr Bedford Cords, prices low, all'wool at SO, S3, $1.00. $l.4i. The be.'t Black Silk Warp Henriet tas ever shown Ar the prices, $1.00 to $l.o0 per vard. 46-inch Wool Henriettas ia black and colors from 75 to $1.15 40-inch Wool Henriettas from CO to 75 yards,, black and color?. 40-inch all wool Serge, 40 to Co yards, Black and colors. 4G-inch all wool Serges, from 75 to 100 yards black and colors. Beautiful 3G-inch fancy striped casa- imeres, 25 to 30c. Good double width cashimeres 12 1-2 to 20c. A lartre line of summer cloths and homespun cheap. In plain, plaid, striped, brocaded lawns, cashmere and lacea fast black goods, ranging in price from 12 1-2 to 50c, I have great variety. White lawns, wamsooks, fcc. at from 10 to 50cts. A complete line of embroidered white dress goods for infants, children, misses and ladies'. The largest and handsomest line of hatuburg edging and insertings to suit. Aa immense line of beautiful dress ginghams from 8 to 2octs. A large assortment of Challics, Pine Apple Tissues, Sattecns and other wash goods from 5 to 25c. A beautiful assortment of Galatea, Alihea and outing cloths ia plain, plaid, striped and polka spots from 7 to 15ets. Yard wide w ash serges, ' 20cts. Best shirtings, 6 to 10 cts. Dark and light calicoes, 5et. Muslins, 5cts., and tip. Apron gingliam3, 5 to Sets. Iace curtains from 50c to $.('.00 a pair. Curtain scrim from 5 to 10c. Curtain poles, 20cts. A large variety of infants' and chil drens' dresses, coats, caps and bonnets. Ladies' skirts, night dresses, corsets, covers, etc., all prices. Chenille and raw silk table covers, portierres for doors and double parlors, towels, table linens, napkins and stamped goods new and cheap. A complete line of the celebrated V. S. F. fast black stockings, ranging ia price from 10 cents to silk at $1.25. A large variety of gloves and silk mits, wash embroidery silks and a great variety of fancy articles. A great variety of new style capes, blazers and refers fy'r Ladies' and children. . , ' ,i i.ii an ii f-m.ence 01 airccit -J wars ;n the Milintry bu.sir.es, daring whleh" l:m I hsve learned hew, when and where to buy to the tst aiivsnij.-r, and at the lowest r ri les ai well .n to triio in the skilful a d tasteful manner, with t! e ability and determination to turn out the i.ar.ilst n.M and best goods for tLe least money, :s a cuarantv that n,v customers will gel more aod prettier goous than cau he naa elsewhere wre.-e the same alvaritsees and experience does not eiist. The larve varietv of dry goods and other goods that I sell in addition to Miihnerv co ds enables me to sell at smaller profits ihm those that arecot.tlned to one lice of goods alone for their profits. Mrs. A. E. UHL. 8f Bating SPRING STOCK ! 7e arc now ready an-1 will be v to show cur friends - l -.rovf-r ww ol t he Limes. i 1 .111-4 and beat selected stock of goous wc have ever had the pleasure of showing. Our Disss Goods and S ilk Department is full of all the nice new Spring Styles and latest Novelties at prices way down. Our Domestic Department is full of nice new Spring Ging hams. Fercab Outing Cloth, Calicoes, Sheetings, Tick- in?s, Bleached and un bleached Muslias of all kinds. In our White Goods Department we will show the handsomest line of Iace Curtains, Table Linens, Towels, Napkins, Bed Spreads, Lace Caps. Hamburg Edgings, Flouncing?, Handkerchiefs, Cor sets, etc. This depart ment is bang full of nice new goods of every description. OUR Notion Department is full of nice new goods, Bat tons, Dress Trimmings, Rib bons, Stockings, Kid Gloves, Belts, etc. " Cloak Department. Ladies' Spring Jackets ia Tans and Black, Misses Jackets, Childs Cloaks in cream and Tans. We have just male purchase of 100 Jackets and Blazers that wc will sell at $1.1 and $1.50. They are cheap and can t be duplicated at near the price. A nice and elegant line of Chenile Table Covers, Tortiers, Fringes. Cretons, Curtain Foles and fixt ures. Wool and Cotton Caqot Chains. Table Oil Clothes ju-t received. It is impossible to quote prices. All wc ak of you is to give us a c all and we will give you prices that can't be beat and can only be had at the Leading Store OF PARKER k PAEKEB. CA RiViO The Celebrated English Hack ney Stallion- ARMO if uivJoii;.!.-!;t the flnet M-m.'?.! H iuey K r ever nuporu-4 tu- to this C-JUIitiV EXPORT CERTIFICATE. Hackney Horse Society- This Is tn rertify that the tran.f. r nf tbe b. r.-!rjiifi. r (!-.- r;'.! ha-ln.-u I I'LY Ril'.l-TtliM' !nthe BuuSs of the Xjffctv, vu: SAMF.-l KMi;. ' .'ALEO l--si. ' 'M .'. Hav or Brown. bKUHhKR -Thomas Cook, Thixenila'e, V.irk.'hire, S!kt.-ifL4L"K AT'STER. Tran-fer fro.u T'loinas Ovk to Galhraith tiroe.. Jauev'lle. V i.ir-in. V. S. A. HENRY K. Et Kt.N", Seereta nr. of ilHi-kjey Mi-i KtR i fx-i,.:v. OrT..e : It, Chaud.is I.on.hri. VV. BLACK AUSTER, r: prtie at Laaea- ,er La tire Horse Slijw ia PAPiWH woa ,he priif at the r.nyal Man OrtMillU riifsu-r ahJ L".verr.i li :re Show iu lvw, when he was only tiro years oiJ. Queen Bess, I;am of ("inito. er.:c in dl reei i:Qe troia trie aomier- ful mare Sonrariei w ho trotu-d 1 it miles Litehe! to a ran. See ln:..l o rn.les in 1 ho'ir and J minutes, after stopping $, mimit.-s ua tnitted lit lniirs within fmr hours aii-1 tiri;bel the 1" Slln Mi hours. :uiulf- -y, Sn-on.!- and howeJ noewptn,ia of iaiu-jc : ate a fee 1 im me-liat. ! upon r ig u l..e taMe, a.'u-r which he uaikel , inl.u lo where s.:e a a- kept. The Haek'iev Uor-se are vtrr remarkable for their geLlivue, speti an 1 eoU"iran"e. Carmo i now ovrne-t hr ITon. A. IT forTnuh. of Somerset, fa., ami wi.i f..r .. s.'-ou under the eare aad eharge of the undersigned. Fiiocli Plough, SOMERSET, PA. r :t r. t IT'S A MISTAKE To think that we only handle cheap crockery. We have se cured the sole control for this city fur the celebrated opaque china, manufactured by WALLACE & CHtTWYhD East Liverpool, Ohio. This firm is reknowacd as manufact urers of high grade Dinner aud Toilet Set, of which we carry a full and com plete stock at all times. We re spectfully invite a call of intend ing purchasers of fine dinner and toilet ware. NATHAN'S, Originator of New Ideas. WbolesaJe Retailer, 27 Xain Street, JOHNSTOWN, - - PA MILLERS WALL PAPER IT WILL PAY. Get the best wall paper for tbe leaat money. Bjtt-l 10 cents .delut:tl from first order) tor our new lice of aanip'.es. Fiue fM paper i, , l,y, im-n lo'.id fro'd emboased bonlen. Jc per yarrl See our 23, 50 aod T5c parlor apers. Prase S paper from one f IXv to V 00. AGENTS WANTED. J, Kerwin Miller & Co. J43 SnlthStU Street, Ptrisbargh, P. a w i ohristbwK.W THE NEW urnrrn PDHMT DI7TT ma, No. 113 Clinton St., Johnstown p GEI.-S OLD STAND, NOW Ql'LNN"?. LEADING STORE OF THE cir' TO liUY YOUR MT GD0D3, CAEPST3. L1N0LM3, FANCY GOOIS, With economy and proSt to the Customer. Co-e a-J I JAMBS Q,TJI2Snsr J as. B. Holderbaun! winch U a worivlerf'il iii;j'roven:ent in SPRING-TOOTH HARROWS. Teelh i'ucl.!y a-ij.isted by only lu:ng one nut. The bvst TOOTH Ever Invei t I. el so as to wi-rtr fr. as hid h w.-ar or wrviiv a.- can l bttaiuetl from a::v Strtii.r-r.oi'tb Larn.s in t-. Call and eiaulue this Harrow, JAMES B. HOLDERBAUN Sugar Makers1 Supplied SUGAR PAN'S, SCOOPS, BUCKET! SAP BUCKETS, SYPXP CANS, ic. ALSO, A LARGE ASSORTMENT OP Cooking Stove?, Rar.?e?, Tinware, I Granite V.'arc, lio'low Ware, Pumps I Iron Pipes, of any size or length, cut to order. I 3Special attention given to Roofing, Spouting", aad Jolbing. We handle a superior quality of STEEL ROOFING, on tL will Le pleaded to quote prices. Paul A. Schell, OUR MAMMOTH STORE Having filled the large LuiMing formerly occupied ly Morrell fc Co., with a large st-xk of " I Greneral jNiTerclianclistl we respectfully call the attention of Somerset Countv buver? ti tL- I Our DRY GOODS and NOTION DEPARTMENT ia fall ? the late style? of Staple and Fane v Goods: while our lir.es of (J PETS. MATTINGS, CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR, HARDWARE. I LINER Y GOODS, HATS, GROCERIES, etc., are fall and mi With our increased facilities for handling goods, we are fc' pared to meet the wants of the general public, with everythir.L' a'J toin j rices. ' I PEKu TBAFIC CO.. LIMITEi Lower End of Washington St. JOHNSTOWN. J. J. SPCK. WM. M. HCLMtf The LEaoiNo Wholesale Wine ano Liauon House of Western Pekwsyiwa' i Diitiliers of a Holmes' Rest" and "Holmes' Old Eeonomv" rnsr rye vnisiiY. All the leading Rye and Bourbon Whiskies in bond or tax-pa' Importers of fine Brandies, Gins and Wines. SEND FOR PRICE LIST. Telephone No. 3C5. - 120 Wat.r SK anri IS.IFlrat A. PlTTSBL'RCrf JS EW STOHU, 241 Main Sti Where will be found a Complete Stock of Drv Goods. L Gents' Furnishings and Wraps. All the Newest" things in Pre-s including Silk, Serges, Henriettas, Camels Hair, Bedford Cords, ;V en. Crcnr-. sml H nthor V,--.!. ;aa T i..- , H.-..,?h li:;''. complete line of staple Goods, such as Muslins, Sheetm'.'. 1 ens. Crashes. Ac. Onr I.inn rf T.-iHi.-.a' Wmns. includes .... . n !. Capes and New Markets of the latest Spring Stvles. OUR MOTTO : Best Goods, Latest Styles and Lowest Come and see ns. GJ-EO. K. KLINE ww goods and comjntre prices. 247, 249, Main Street, JOHNSTOVxN, P Dry Goflfls, notions, Carpets, &t a I II S3 JVST n&'EIVKD A CAR LOAD OF THS. I Hench & Drumgold f ALL STEEL FEAif E SPRING-TOOTH HARROv HOLDER The tooth is t.,'M in rv::"on t-y a Rat. her, with w!i:, it car. i u 15 to Is in. he o:X tUe r. !,;! i.f t!.e tith. wtiieii ! f. ::r ..r r . HEADQUARTERS FO R- SOMERSET. PA. : - r THE WM. H. HOLMES CO; When ia JOHNSTOWN, don't fail to call at GEO. K. KLINE'S i i w Will cost you' nothing to cjm POSTER -
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