The Somerset Herald Ei'WABD SCl'LL, EJaor nd rre.jvrietor. we&kes:av. uT 19, lv: REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. Election , Tueiday, November 7th. FOR ASSOCIATE JUDGE, D I. HOKSEE, of Somerset Borough. r'OR rHERTFF. EDWAED HOOVES, of E-rl::i Crevifh. F"P. IT.OTnOVTARY. F. !'. S 1VI.OR. of S"!WM B-JTCTicb FOR EtuISTER AND RfcCOKL'LR, JA' uE g. ItilJ-KK, of j.in!,(iugTp. FOR TEEASfBKK. E. E PUSH, of -.WM-tTip. Fi-K Xi5ISII?SIONEK3. b. V. fUOBKK.of Jft Taji. HENRY F. JiAENnr. of Sea. rsrt Tp. FuR PH'R KRECToK, JA'tB Mi-ORE'ioR. of Ria-le-Tap. FoK AI l'lT'iRS. FAMUEI. C. FoX. of S-mer Twp. WILLIAM W. I'.Ak'ER. if SoajerlTP. The pevpie vote.l for a ctmnpi last year. Horn the y like it as far as tlie-v-La ve gone ? Haw Jo you l'.ke the "jroo-l oi J Demo cratic davs" fcn.i the " dollar of tLe ciail civs" Li. h we are now enjoying? Ti.'E oil soldiers wlio voted for Cleve land are now receiving their reward. Hau.ire.'.s are daily clropiieJ from the jiti.sion rolls. It isn't lack of money ; it is lac k of confidence in the National Administra tion that is the cause of cur present li naiii'iai troubles. Wait a little iocr, Imvs 1 Cot'rets will soon convene and then the I 'resilient will cut the r;e and dole it out Lere it w ill do the ruott g x 1. It is reported that Ilea ls:uan Maxwell is poing to take a vacation and the oulJ-be i-.jtma.sters of the Demo- ratic jrsaaion are uttering naughty and oul j.iiureous words about it. Hope delayed miAc-Ui the Democratic tongue utter cuss Iris amuing to hear the Democratic rTi!d!is yelling so vociferously that the 'Sherman law is doomed" and will lx rep.".Vd "as 'ink k as cat can wink her cvr"' when Congress assembles. If our friends are eo confident, why ''keep a snouting?" Mil satelv felv V-et ou a " I'o; uli-f making a holy show of himself whenev er opportunity c 2ers. The last sample of idiocy cropped out at the Colorado silver convention last week, whenAVaite, t'e I'opuiist tiovernor of that State, ruidea sfK-ech in which he threatened that "blood would fi jw to the horses' bri dles rather than ocr national liberties be destroyed," meaning thereby the denial of the right of free coinage of silver. The utterances of this blatherskite are hirmle??, but they show what fools the people of Coloralo were to place Li'n in the t-overnmental chair. The Congress that ill convene in ex tra session three weeks hence will be the in x-.t momentous to the American j-eople eiuce the war of the Kebellion. Thirty two years have passed since the Demo cratic party has had a bsnlute control of every branch cf the Fedvral Govern ment. The I'resider.t, the Senate and the House of liepresentatives are now Democratic and there is noth ing to pre vent the stamp of the Demixracy from iieing placed on the entire legislation tf the country. For a third of a century the lemocratic party has simply enacted the role of an obstructionist, while the liepublicans were repairing the waste places made by their incompetence and treason when last in power. , it again comes into control of the government the advocate of free trade, of dishnne-t laoney and of hostility to American in dustries. It has been in power t little over four months, and within that brief leriod credit has been palsied, industries l.ave been checked, money in vast sums Las been driven out of circulation, thous ands of business men have been ruined and a scarcity of employment at reduced wages has f .lowed. It is the fear that its pernicious doctrines will be enacted into laws that has produced this nut o ward state of ailairs, and therefore the as 6emb!ing of Congress is looked forward to with distrust and apprehension by the business uiea and wage earners of the Cjautry. GENTt-EMtN m ho go down to Washing ton nest month as representatives of the eople had better take a full kit with Uiem, suitable for all seasons of the year, far it U highly probable that the feuow will fail and vanish, the June roses tloo.-n and fade, and the harvests of 18!4 be garnered before they are permitted to again take their ease under their own Vines and tig trees. Cleveland proposes, Lu! the wild asses of 1 democracy ill dis jx!e. The repeal of the fiiver pun-basing clause of the Sherman law is not by any means a certainty, and it the present rules governing the Hou are continue 1 in force, -Silver dollar Bland," with Lis buh-dog tenacity. Lis knowledge of par liamentary tactics, his skill in demagogic iijptr-apand argument, and his wild western following will waste manv adav lighting and filibustering before decisive action can be reached The proposed revision of the taritT, if attempted a'd along the line, as the free traders demand, and as the Chicago plat form promises, if intelligently done, will occupy months in its formulation and weeks in its after discussion and amend ment Leiore adoption, On this question the republicans will as determinedly Rive battle as will tbesilveritesonthe re-1-ea! of the Sherman law. If these two measures, which will be pushed to ti e front, can be disposed of before Decem ber, it will be reasonably fair progress, anj teen oomts the regular session with Jto atjsolutely necessary legislation, the fiaming and passage of the appropria tion bills, its multitudinous private c'.auns and demands oa the treasury for remember the Democrats are in pow r, and hundreds of Southern m ar claims, including the refunding of the value of ail the comi seated cotton, will crowd and gorge the calendars and Ue further fa.-t that of late years the fiiet session of each Congress Las outlasted midsummer. It tuust not be overlooked, also, that there are three contested seats in the Senate which must be first disposed of before that courteous and slow moving Uxiv w ill devote itself to any legislation. We conclude, therefore, that with a possible adjournment fora few days at the end of November, and the usual holiday recess, the coming Congress is likely to remain in continuum session for more than a year. ientlemen of the consrr?.. m? tender you oar ni.t sincere coodoieLce ! A MspATcn from Washington under date of the It'-h inst., says: " It is learned that 2,-VV pensioners "have bet-n suspended np to da'. nndr 'Secretarv Hoke Smith's riling reouiring "beneiiciaries of the a t of Jui e L'7. IS'M, "to prove total disability wiiere they are "drawing pensions of f ii! per month." lrt us examine this ruling of Mr. Sec retary Hoke Smith in the light of the law as it stands ou the Statute books cf the United States: Svcticn l.of the law or June L'T, 1 provides for the pensioning of dejiendent parents, and Section 2. which the Secre tary construes as above, reads as follows : SiiC. 2. "Tht all 7rsons w ho served "ninety davs or more in the ndhtary or " naval" service of the United States dar " irg the late war of the relellicn and " who have been honorably UL- harged "therefrom, and who are cow or may " 1 ereafter b" suffering from a mental or "physical disability, of a permanent "character, not the r-ult of their ou " vicious hab.tR. w hii-h iccapacitntef them " from the performance of manual labor " in ftich a degree as to render them una " l ie to earn a snrport, shall, tipon mak "ing dee proof of the tact accord, ng to "such rules and regulations aithe Secre "taryofthe Interior rr.ay provide. I "pla'ce.; upon the lit of invalid pension ers of the United States, and be enti tled to receive a pension not exceeding " twelve dollars per month, and not less " than Rii dollars per month proportion ed to the degree of inability to earn a " suppcjrt." Sec. :: provides for the pensioning of widows of soldiers and their orphan chil dren, and Sec. 4 for the fees cf attorneys and agents. Now, under what line or clause of the section of the law above quoted is the Secretary authorised to de cide that the applicant must be totally dibbled before he is entitled to receive flJ per month? The law provides for different rates not to exceed month. It was intended to assist disa bled veterans to secure a livelihood ; bu t to assume that they must be tatally disa bled is to assume that f 12 per mouth is their sole supjjert. How many men to tally disabled to earn anything by their labor can subsist and clothe themselves, ! out-ide the 1W House, on ill' per, month ? This ruling of the Secretary is not in accordance with either the law or. the dictates of humanity. j Again, by w hat rule of law or of right Las this Secretary the power to suspend the ensions of these on the rolls, an l w ithout rhyme or reason demand that j they shall again prove the validity of their claims? Presumably they estab lished, by proper legal evidence, their rights before they were placed on the rol's, and now , because Mr. Hoke Smith chooses to question their right, they, af ter the lapse of yep.r, are re juir-r l to prove it all over again. What wouldour property holders think if at the h man i of any sou ii wag, they could beca'lei up on, under the penalty of losing their lands and houses, to prove title to the same? The challenger usUst establish his rijht and not depen-i upon the weak ness cf the defendant's lit'..', and so by every rule of law niit the Secreta show c-i'i.-e, by gwlioient proof, tt.at these soldiers are on the robs i.iegaoy. before they can be deprived of their vest ed rights. If titer have been guilty cf illegal or fraudulent misrepn sentatior.s, prod.ice the proof and summarily strike them from the rolls, bat irl.n'i iu-i,- they are legally on the roils, and are entitled to stay there until the contrary is show n Cut Mr. lloke Smith undertakes to con vict thtai first on a mere suspicion, pun ish them by suspending their pensions, and then graciously notifies theia to prove that they are not guilty. Never before in the history of this gov ernmenthusso niou-trjiiri.so unjust, tnd 6o unreasonable a step Wen taken. The Matter With Crover. Washington, Juiv 1 '. Mr. tie (-eland's health lsarsin a leading topic of convert. tfon. That it Las r.ot been entirely gi has for some time teen ai i.arer.t to tho?e wbo have come into cl-j.-e contact ith him and that his pbj sl. ian has forbid his doing any work for the pref er.t is known here, tut it is generally thought to be nothing rr. re serious than over work, caued by I is o.ieer habit of spending hours over routine wo: k that might j;it as easily be performed by one of the clerks at the White House. A doctor who knotrs him sums up hiscae thus: Ob. Cleveland is just like Most fat men : be is a slave t his storu ich, and every once in a while it brings him to bis knees And if he does not i, am t-j control it, it will eventually kill hini.j ist as other fat men are being killed every day. Robbers Loot A Eank. F.'KT S- town of northeast ott, Kan.. July 11. In the little Mouno ailfv, about Z ru.Ies of C .trevville, four bank ro'.b-rs- shortly afier not'U to day. pot away with every cent of cash in the Mound Valley Eank. The robbers rode into town from dillereut directions on horseback, with conceal d arms. lhe robbery was commuted in a manner strikingly tiaiiiar to the last attempt of the I'aitotis at Cutlejvijle. Two entered the front door of the bank and found Cashier John O. Wilson sitting alone behind the cash window. They Covered fmwith their guns until they could reach Litu, and then, throwing him to therioor, bound his Lands and feet w iih rope and g3gid Li.n. Tbey then pilfered the safe and cash drawer. It is rei-orted that tbey secured about j .; "' ; but the bank c-ihcials ay but jjM was taken. While the two men were in the bank one of the o:!iers guarded the front Joor and the other the back. So smoothly and yiieliy was the dted irjrtrati-J that not unt.l the outlaws were lin ing s .ti!'.i towards the Ter ritory was the alarm given. The I a:niitx however, fM-aped from their pursuers. Her Urave Dug IS Years Ago. Humn, Pa., July U Miss Sa'he Ilal ley, tn-d el years, wasburitd here to-dsy in a grave that was dug l'j years ago. Mim Lailey left an estate of jlov.ouO. nearly all of which is in Government .and Philadelphia city bonds. This weahh ail goes to a dis tant relative. Mrs. Simon Derr, of PottavilSe. Nineteen years ago, when John Bailey, the eccentric fatber of Miss Sallie, died, Le ws buried in St. John's Cemetery. The grave was eu:l:n-sha.-d and lined with stones. The remains reposed iu this grave f.uT two years, after which tLe body was removed and piaced in a vault. It was a principle of the Baileys to s;-Dd money only when necessary. Miss I'.aiiey decided that the refilling of Ler father s grave w ould be a wte oi funds, when st me day fhe would need a I anew btd for herself. She gave orders to kttp the grave cjn, and directed that the should be tuned in it. WLen the ccrtiu was mcaured it was found to beairitlle too large for the s.pulc-hre, and the latter was enlarid slightly dy dig uing away one end. Hewing to the Line WasUIMitok, July 14 It is learnei at the pension ollice to day that 2,.ooO pension ers have been suspended up to date under Secretary Hoke Smith recent ruling repair ing beneficiaries of the act of June IV, ls:, to prove ad total dissbiiity where thev are drawing nsiu::s of twelve dollars ir mouth. The suspensions are not confined to any pa.-ticuihr legality, tut are well dis tributed throughout the country. No pen.ioner tad yet teen dropped nnder the derision for the reason that the sixty days allowed the t i.vioners in mbb-l. ,- make proof of disability have not d. Many of tte case ti.i.ended w ill not re ault in the drcppii-g of the pet.iiontr. but may be coi.!lr.edto a reduction of tension t. ... t . .,. catue as shown by the proof .ubmitted. Preserving the Muster Rolls. From t'.is HmTi-hurj Tatrot. Two cieitu are constantly employed in the adjutant p-eral' department copying the pills of tbf Pennsylvania troop of the late war. TLe info wbo do this work are Frau ds M. firing of Heaver, and A. L. Crist, of Lycoming, both onedegged soldier who saw hard service during th rebellion. The original ro'.is have bten handled almost con stantly sinoe the clos of the war and are be coir.ipg worn out. For the purposeof pro ssTring tiiera two tempjrary clerks were pro vided for by the legislature of 11, and were continued by the last session for two years more, at a talary of $l.S'-0 a yeareaih. Messrs. Orira and Crist were appointed by the lateAdjniant General McClelland, and they have been retained by Li successor. General Grrecland. These rolls are snpposed n contain ti l name of eveiy man who enlisted in a Penn Mlvania company or was credited a a citi zen of Pennsylvania under the wveral calls riiade by Priideiit Lincoln during the entire war. There records are being written in Urge bKiks prepared for that puquse, but bef.. re any names are entered in the books ail the papi'rs relating to ea-h separate com trand are carefully and closely exanuueO. As there are j lite a number of papers this necessarily cun'unjfs a great dealoftime. In fart, the preparation of the reconN of the regiments takcv more time than making the et.trii-? iu the books. Afier the preparation sheets l ave been prepared then the work of e::t-y Degins. The names of each member ol the or-a-m at':on is entered in alphabetical order. Opposite each name is placed the person's age, date of enrollment, place of en roirner.t, came of the enrolling office, date of muster, place of mutter, mustering oilicer. term of which mustered and all remarks as to the final disposition of the men so far as possible. While satisfactory pr .-gress is be ing made in this work, yet the job ,s a big one and is necessarily slow. Accuracy and not s-petd is the object. Wrien it is considered that there were 213 regiments from Pennsylvania in the late war, sixty regiments of state militia, besides independent Latteries, colored troops and the unattached companies some idea may be formed of tbese tremendous files. The orig inal rolls are fast fading away and the ob ject for w hich these two clerks were employ ees to copy tLetu so that they can be pre served c irrectly and plainly for the use of future generations. Poisoned Three Wives. I'mi it. Muli., July Yi Six remarkable murders are charged aga!n Dr. Henry W. T. Meyer, of No. lit Clilford street, who was arre-ted here liut night, together with his w ife, Mary. Tucre is evidence that be ha pots-obed at least six persons, several of theiu his wives. The collection of 7"oO in insuran- upon the lives Of Lis and Lis lat est wifj's victims was his motive. Asa con se j ietiie of the arrest New York, Chicago a-id Toli-Jo to-J.ty b.-.-aii a legal contest to gain the enstody of tiie prisoner by rf.juisi tion papers. Two local detectives, guided by Detective Julian, of New York, and two I'lt.kerton men, ttlt-'tcd Meyer s arre. The latter oilice-s tad been on his tra k f jr two years'. They have iu the meantime, they say. collect" J evidence which will cause M: yer to i.:rer the d- ath p.-nalty. Juiiansaystl.it Meyer graduated from the Chicago Homo ipathtj St bool in 1-iTs, and bis operations begun a year later, when he poisoned his f.rst wife. Ti.en he :-oison-e-J an old man named Gilderma:: and n.ar ritd the widow, poisoning her son, and, fi nally, hereif. Meyer then removed from Chicago to New York, where he went into partnership with U'istav A. J. Baum, al No. ll.'O Hist Thirteenth street, their scheme be ing to beat insurance companies. Baum was to take out heavy ins ir ince, become sick, and apparently die, a corp-e being pro cured from some other sjuree, and used to get the insurance. Il ium took some medi t lne to rentier him uncjiiscioiH, arid tbsn, it is charge 1, Meyer poisjneI hi.n, ollect inj? tiie insurance. In some way Mey?r pcrsuided an Indian apolis girl to accompany him to Toledo, where he also i-oiaoned her. Chemists have analyz d the poison he is accuse .1 of using, but have failed to find out what it w.n a.' a whole, although it contained antira :iy, a mineral poison. He is known to have col lected jT".' from insurance Coicpmie-s, and the detectives feel cotili lent there are more ca?es to hetr from. A Sioux Chief Dead. P:ne Rin-.E A. em v, July lo. Young-Man-AfraiJ-of His Horses, the head chief of tLe whole Sioux nation, dropped dead at N"ewca:Ie, Wyoming, yesterday. By his death, without any line of desV!idants, the mantle of chief: bip falls t Little Wound. Young-Man -A fraid-of-His-Horses was a great friend of the Government, as was proven by his actions in the ou. break at this agency iu lvM-ti. Young Mm-Afraid of-His Horsv-s was a brave or war thief of the Ogallallas, tie finest a:.d rncst intelligent trite of the Sioux nation. He was physically a maguiiie-ent sj-cimeu of Indian manhood, and as brave a he was ban i-ome. The translation of Lis name is not onre correct. H should be Young Mau-Af.a for-His Horses, the idea conveved be ing that be was notably careful of his s'.ock, b lr borsies and kine, building a palisaded shelier for them, and treating them wrb rare kindueis iu contrast to the :elty and neglect oniy too common among the red men. He has been spoken of as the success, rof Silting Bull, and he was un doubtedly a chit f of greater influence than any other, but he was a brave, a fighting chief, and r.ot a medicine man. Sitting Bull wa a strt wl olit schemer, but he was an arrant cowaru anj never was a crave. His influence was pained and heid by working on the s-irKTsticansof bis people, i oung- Man-Afraid of His-Horses and his Ogallalla lighters drspise-d that sort of medicine, and only submitted to Sitting Bull when Lis u.trol was Tiectsisary to secure the unitej artion of the Sioux. will Make History. W.sH;it,To, July 17. The importance of tLe coming extra session of congress grow on the public. It is believed that no session since President Lincoln historical one of July 4. ls-;i, has made so much history, or done work or attempted to do work that Las Lad such an influence on the country for good or bad as the coming one will do. While it is called to take action on the financial situation or in other words to re pea! tte Shertuau law nobody doubts that it will merge into the regular December session, and that congressional business will be steadily transactei at the old stand for niore than a soiid year. In spite of the opinion of Chairman Har- rity that tte tariff question will not te touch ed at the extra session, Mr. Wilson, wbo it becomes more evident day by day is to be e chairman of the couiiitee oa ways :id means, and who is very close to the presi dent, pre-lifts that congress will tackle the tarilTq-iesrion as soon as possible after it meets. Whatever ctl.er of the manr im portant subjects now acctiying the atten tion of tte country mt:y be taken up at the extra session ihese two will be enough to keep tte country guessing as to just what th final result will be. It is safe tossy that neither of the two main question will be solved until long afier the constitutional date fixed for the regular tession, first Monday in December. A Toledo business man furnishes a local pair with an analysis of the situation that he thinks worthy of consideration, It i : lye Grandfather' big bat Wheat ?1 per bushel, Wool ? cents per pound. Homestead labor $i to f!Sjrday, aud striking for more. Gro-ter' big coiiar. Who.it cents a bushe-L Wool ;- cents a pound. Labor o it of a job. Wl.ic'i tlid you vote lor hut fall? Canton, Ohio, .V..-or. MR. CH1LDS AND HIS FRIEND. The Pubtiaher'a Tribute to the Late Anthony J. Drexei. From Iian-er1 Weekly. My dear friet.ti, companion and pa i trior cf o many year was a man of singular mod esty; one who feared aud ahunned praise more than blame. His manners were finely courteous, manlv, gentle and refined. His mind was as pure as a child's, and during all the yean of our close companionthip I never knew him to Seak a word that he might not have freely spoken in the presence of hi own children. Hi religion was as deep as his nature, and rested upon the enduring foundation of faith, bo aud charity. Love of his fellow-men was that cpuality which best denoted thi noble Christian gentleman. He oVerved alway a strict simplicity of living: hewa'ked daily to and from bis plat of bnjiness, which was nearly three miles distant from bis home. I was bis companion, for the greater part ftf tiie way, every morning in these long walks, and as be passed up and down Chestnut street he was wont to sj-eak in his cordial pleasant, friendly fashion to large numbers of all sorts and conditions of people. Hi smile was especially bright and attractive and Lis voice low, sweet, sircere. The life of euch a man as Anthony J. Drexei, wh.tse bounty wa-j as broad as the sea, whose human sympathies as deep, is like a river, which, flowing within its banks, irrigates the fields uon either side, giving ttem increase and beauty ; the benefits con fered upon those who came within it ixifhi ence were of inestimable value. To know one such man is like baling discovered the road to honorable manhood. His life was a seutimeiital example of noble thought and endeavor; and wiih regard to him, whom I loved so long and well, whooe friendship I so grea'ly prized, whose nobility of character I so honored and whose memory I shall revere he, suggests to me the fine portrait of one which another dear friend of mine, the late George William Curtis, sketched many years ago. "I think," said Mr. Curtis, "that to have known one such good man, one man who through all the change and rubs of a long life has carried Lis heart in bis hand, helps our faith in God, iu ourselves and in each other more thau sermons.'' When death comes to such a one a was my friend, or to any one who daiiy lives in the love of God and of meo, "the readiness is all ;"' and he w as ever ready. His life had its full measure of sorrow, grief, pain, for be lived long, loved aud suifered much, and yet its beneficence of spirit and deed was ?o great that it was largely blessed by the love and esteem which were so bountifully given him. We to whom he gave so much that was vi tal, as a.Tection, friendship, faith tan scarce ly thins of Lira as dea l, but rather as one who has gone into more life, into a fuller, belter one than he ever knew ; as one that we shall happily meet again in that far country. In the economy of iod, which notes the sparrow's fail, there a'e no acci dents ; there can be none When such a helper of men as Antho::y J. Drexc! is let pass from the world he did so much to make U tter and fairer. The parsing of such a man makes ttroiiger our faith in aud gives new and c invincing assurances of immor tality; for if life ends here, why should such a benefactor of mankind be taken and his sordid, selfish neighbor left? Caught in His Trap. Memihi, July IT. A young man near Sbubata, Miss., Charles Hardeman, had been troubled by coons raiding his cornfield, and not having a steel tiap young Hardt mau improvised a suare by beniliug down a tall sapling and tying a roi-e to tte top of it, and by an invention of his own, fastened the rope, which had a noose- to it, by a trigger to the ground. The n he- careful ly sawed oil the top of the sapling so that when the coon pulled the Corn o1 the trig-ge-r fastening would be released and the spring of the tree would jert tte cooa Ligh into the air. While the young man ws adjusting the bait on the trigger he accident illy sprang it and the noose caught his arm. and Le was jerked office ground just high enough to keep his feet from touching. All eilorts to release himself proved fruitless, and he re mained there suspended in rni '.iir by one a'm for three days before te was discovered. He was taken do. n and medical aid sum moned. He wili recover, but it is thought be will lose the use of his arm. No More Sunday Fair. CniCAt.r, 111 , July 11. The World's Fair is to be closed on Sunday, and will not be open to the public the first day of the week. The admissions of next Sunday have al ready been donated fr the relief of the fam ilies of the firemen who lo-t their lives in thecold siorace building horror, and but for this fact the Fair would probably have- been closed .Sunday. The vote of the local Directory to-day re minding its firmer action wa-i overwhelm ingly in favor of closing, .-landing iM to 4. When the meeting tf Directors was called late this afienoon an address advocating Sunday closing, signed by leading Chicago clergymen, was read. The chise of the address was the signal for a series of speeches, ail ia lavor of cloning the Fair. That Fee Bill. Eastos, Pa , July 17. The last Legisla ture assed aa act regulating fee for con stables and justices of the peace. Bills under this act were presented to the county com missioners, who refused to pay them. The case stated was presented to Judge Reeder, who decided the bills should be paid. Judge Reeder to-day recalled that decree ami stated that only juttices and constables elected since the passage of the act were entitled to fee under it. This decision shuts out every justice and constable iu the county, aud in fact in the entire Stale. A Wife Sold for SO Cents, lid ward H. Tliomps :i, a young man residing about PI miles from Iion.lout. New York married an attractive country girl named Annie Piiuilcy about six months ago, and it appears their maniage proved a failure. Thompson wa in the Tillage of West Hurla, a short distance from his home, three weeks ago, and it is related began tailing of hi family troubles with some companions. saying he wished he bad never met Annie and would be glad if the would leave him. Charles Louis, a young man, said ; Til give you half a dollar for her," aud the ofler had scarcely escatied his lips before Thomp son replied, "It' a bargain." Lewis, wbo Lad merely intended the matter as a joke, began counting out some change to make up the amount and I'mnd be had only 4o cents. lie then said he didn't have the Laif dollar, when Thorn ps-on re plied, "Give me the 4o cents and she' your." Tte nioney was pail and Thompson wa to deliver hi wife the following Sunday. At the appointed time Thompson sur rendered bis wife to Iewis, sfce makirg no objection to the transfer. I.wi bad lived with bis cheaply purchased wife nearly three week when last Saturday Thompson resp-I-eared at his bouse to induce Li wife to return to bim. She refused and reproached him for trying to back out of a fair bargain. Thompson' father ha consulted a lawyer to ascertain whether his son, who now re grets his act, cannot recover hi wife. Covered With Angry Bees. Xobeistow , July 13. John Rook, butch er, wbo reside near Hatboro, this county, had a thrilling experience with a swarm of bees last evening. He wa extracting the honey when be npset several of the hives, and in a twinkling Lis face, neck, shoulders and bare arm were covered three deep with angry bees. He realized that to try de fend himself meant an awful death by stinging. Instead he quickly picked np the hive aud induced the queen bee, which Le recognised, to enter her honey-lined home. Tteoiters quickly fullowed their queen. Hie face and arm immediavly swelled terribly from the numerous tiug be Lad teceived, tut ttey did not prove fatal. News Items. 8iarg- C. Dick, a member of the banking firm of J. R. Dick tt Co., of Mtradville, Pa., committed suicide at 7 o'clock Friday morn' inz by shooting himself iu the bead. He lived but about 3 minutes a!t?r the bft He had been in poor heaiib for over two year, which condition was aggravated by a slight run on the bank Thursday. Hon. L. W. Hall, counsel for the Penn sylvania railroad oorapany, at Harrisburg, Friday, paid to State Treasurer Morrison thee-k for -T'A,a'J, being tax on the capital stork of the company, yet there are people w ho lay t he corporations do not Lear their share of the burden of taxation. It wa a small bit of paper, but there was something very attractive about it. Howard Mutchler, of Easton, was nomi nated on Tuesday as the lmoerratic candi date for Congress to fill the unexpired term of hi father, the late Wiiiiam Mutctiler, by the Congressional Convention of the K'ghth Pennsylvania District, which met at Kaston. Chairman Boeder, of the Republican Slate Committee, is the Republican nominee. It is a strong Demo:r.ic district. An expres train on the West Shore road left the rails, at Newburg. New York, Thurs day, while running at the rate of 40 miles an hour, and crashed into a freight train standing on the siding. A crowded passen ger car had a side torn oiT and the trucks pulied out. Five of tho passengers were killed and twenty-seven injured, two proba bly fatally. A freight train left the rails at the same place a few days ago. Twelve preachers calling themselves Re cruits of Heaven have set up a tent at Tip ton, Ind., and hold services night and day w ithout interruiision. The-y presch the ear ly end of the world with the fervency of fa natics. Hundreds fioe-k to bear them. They profess to go into trances and .teach, while in this condition. Scores of tlerir converts develop the same powers, aud tell wonderful stories of their visits to heaven e'id hell. Thursday William Cox, aged 12, his sister Matilda, ged 12, and Georgia Ward, aged 12 found a pint and a quart bottle lying under a tree at the roadside near Washington, Pa. They threw stones at the bottlts. When cne of the bottles was struck an explosion followed that shook houses a mile away. A large hole was blown in the earth, trees and fences were thrown down and the children hurled many feet. The bottles contained uitro glycerine. Will Cox was fatally hurt. Fatrick J. Gallagher and J. M. Davidson, who are serving terms in the Western Peui tenitary for belf-coufesscd complicity in the alleged iioisoning of non-union workmen in the Home-stead mill, have made another confession in which they say they were paid by Phikertons to swear away the liberty of Hugh F. Dempsey and Robert J. Beatty, j both of whom, they now assert, were inno cent of the crime, of which tuey were con victed. They further state that so far as tbey know there was no poison administer ed to the tuen iu the Homestead mill. A jury was impaneled at Springfield, 111 Thursday, to determine the identity of the man who claims to be William Newby. cf White county, who was shot in the head at the battle of Shiloh and was believed to have been buried in the trenches by his comra-Jes. lnis man Las convinreo: Mrs Newby and her four children of his identi ty. Old friends and comrades of Newby be heve this to be the man. He applied for pi-nsion ou account of his services as Will iam Newby, aud wasindicted for attempting t j obtain a pension by fraud. The govern ruent claims that he is Dautel B-uton, well known in Tennessee. The wife of Daniel Benton arrived there from Tennessee and will testify that the defendant is her hu hand and the father of herchilurt.::, anl not Newly. Lads Run A Race With Death. Bristol, Pa.. July 1".. Two little boy hauling a dangerously wounded companion in a tiny express wagon had a neck and ne k race with Irath to-day and beat their grim adversary. Harry Maekle, a lad of eigl, years, tumbled from a bay mow, sfikir.g his head, and besides knocking one ey uesrlv out he received serious injurv. Two young playmates of tue unconscious boy Lfied him tenderly but quickly into their little express wagon and started for home as fast as they could run. A doctor was brought in and he said the promptness of the heroic i.nd thoughtful lad- was the mean of saving their companion's life. Biros of Pasfcaze. Between this and the other side of thebroa Atlantic, in itit stiape o! ttturists, commer cial travel- r au.J manners, aeuls "on the roa I. steiouboat caprairis, ship s surgeons ar t a.i Sorts anj conditions of travelers t in ,rraiii a:, i r.-w st-i tiers appreciate and t'.siity to ti e preventive anil piued:al prop erti-s oi rto.'ie'ticr s swmscn r-.tters in m-h fciclcness, uausett, malarial and rheumsMc trouble, aPtl all disorders of the stomach hverand bowel. Agaiutt the prejudicial iniiuenee-) ot climate, e-nitiely ooked or nn accustomed diet and inipum water, it is a sovereign sa uard , and has been so regarded by the traveling public for over a third of a century. No form of malarial f -ver, fiira the calrnt'ira of the I'acitic and the brok rsine u-ver t.i tne Mississ-pp., to its muder tyixs, can resist the curative action of this benignant preserver and restorer of beiitti veriiaoie boon to persons ia feeble health or liaule to incur disease. Stepped cn a Copperhead Snake, Pittsim iw, Pa, July Pi A oopj-erbead snake, four feet long, invaded the country borne of Thomas Seaton, near Bolivar, yes terday, and lay concealed until after the family had retire,!. Awakened by his dugs Mr Season arose during the night and, in bis st.xk:ng lett, proceeded to investigate the cause of the noise. His feet struck a soft obj-H-t, which he carelessly kicked aside. The soft o! ;ct revemred itself by twinin aho-it its victim's leg, and when the man tried to kick the snake loose with Lis free foot, his enemy struck him a deadly blow on the sole of it. The screams of Mrs. Seaton brought help from the neighbors, who speed ly dispatched the reptile. Mr. Seaton soon fell into a s'upor, and is still uncon scions. Although ph; sitians have fed him four quarts of whisky since, thev almcst despair of saving hU life. How to Avoid Spring Fever. Spring Fever, or that "tired" feeling, i occasioned by an excess of heat in the hu man body. The diet necessary to maintain animal heat during winter is no longer nec essary aurmg tte warm moutns ol spring and summer, and a change is not only ben eficial but necessary. To avoid any unpleas. ant results, and to keep up vitality the sys tem should be stimulated by the nse of a lit tle pure whiikey. Fbysiirians throughout the country unite in prescribing and recom mending the whiskies bottled by Max Klein, on account of Ibe ir purity and gener al excellence, and the known reliability ef hi Silver Age, Ituquesne and Bear Creek recommend them to ail. Send for catalogue cfail kinds of liquor, mailed free, to Max Klein, J Federal St,, Allegheny, Pa, The Delusion of A Trance. Bloomisotos-, III , July 10. Mrs. F. II. Mcintosh, the young wife of a professional man of Bloomington, has tor nearly one week been at the point of death. Several days ago she was given up by her physicians and on two occasions, following sinking spells, the report went about the city that she was dead. This morning sua had another sinking sped and apparently de parted thi life. Her husband, her parent and ber children and friends were gathered weeping about her bed, when suddenly th apparently dead woman came back to life and in a few moment aha spoke in clear and distinct tone. She said she bad been in heaven and talk ed with Christ and that the Saviour bad said to her that she could return to earth for a time. She added that she knew that she would cow live. She ha continued to improve and her friends now believe that she will be restored to health. lOO Years Old. In September of this year the capitol at Washington will be 1M) years old. In Sep tember 1, ITftli, the corner stone was laid by Washington. The anniversary of it one hundredth birthday will be celebrated at the city of iVaatingtcn wiih unusual pomp and ceremony. The comer stone of the origin-d capitol building was laid with Masonic cere monies, Washington being the leading spirit of the occasion. The plans of the building werede-sijne.l by William Thornton, of Phil adelphia, August 1711. The structure was partially d.tn:-yfd by the British but the most im-,f-:tant parts were unii jured. Tte corner stone of the south wing was Liid by President Filmore, July I, l.ol. Daniel Webste-r wa the orator of the day. The entire (tincture as it stands was not complet ed until ls!H. Taking all the cost of the great structure, with improvement from the laying of the original cor ler stone until the present, it will loof no $!fll '""i. Of course this sura doe-s not include the furni ture or cost of improving the grounds. The building is one of the most imjiosing ia the world. It 8 1 If 8 SUMMER GOOD I Bonglit at Greatly Reduced Prices, to arrive this week and will Le Sold at Prices Way Down 01 II SILK anl dress troods de partincnt is loadi.-d with nice new ftitnmcr iroods ia all the new shades. IX OIXGIIAM.S dallies, creals satines light and dark prints, we will have an endless variety to of fer at prices way down. ALL the latest styles ia white goods einbroideried fiouncintrs, ham- burg- eiJirintrs, laces, 'ribbons, handkerchiefs, stoekin-j-s, eVc., just in. Anew line of shirtings, cretone ticking-', bleached and unbleach ed muslins. IN" carpets, rutrs. pnrtiers, lace cur tains, and oil clothes, we will of fer special inducements to buyers. Having purchased a lanre line of new goods at greatly reduced pri ces, we want to give our customers the benefit of buy ir.tr new goods cheap during the summer months. Parker & Parker. EnnrtiR winirat! 3 CARTS. eTn.s i .Airi ved A car load of the finest Buggies ever brought to Somerset. THE WORLD BEATER -13 THE DIAMOND SPRING, has no etjual for the money for hard driving and easy ridin II WE on hand The Anderson Coil Spring IjU'2 1 Dexter Queen " Fairy " Brewster Side bar " Thomas Coil " Xational Side " I ALSO HANDLE The Owensboro Farm Wagon, At Price Away Down. &ccifi limit J BvjjU and Wayjns fenrm in JUcIutinjr. Call at Simpson's E. L. NEW WARE ROOMS. 'atriot St.., Somerset, Ta. KENCil&BnO'tlGQLD'S SAV!LLHQillES A wnnrtertol lmrrovnvnt In FririloM Frrrf.nnrf ;la-lturk. ni..t.i.n ..r t uno- Ibrrr limn u UM b uny oiln-r In lhe t. .rkrt. I rn-lioa Clatrli l-'pri. ruinx ll tl f"..l rannx I iii:.l Rill vli.k- Uu-kiiKi err at mvimc ia Hrr and wrar. Wnr f--r rireulars an.t in.s; fiirn'l... frupOT pp :o.tlo.i. srrlns Taolk liar- raw, liar Itakra, nli.raior.. ara I'laat eca, sbrlli-r, eir. -V--s.'ios IA-, pij-r. KENCH & DHCM30LD, fianfrs., YORK, PA. E nrio'i Remedy for rrarrb to tbe BU, Eulert to Tt. an4 Cbeapeat. Bold by Droriisu or tax by mt. ac H. T. HMtiilae, rrvo, ra. FlU? Wi i i $150,000 CLEARANCE SALE. ENTIRE WHOLESALE STOCK To Be Cleared Out. We have decided to cutirclv away with our immense wholesale department. Commencing July 1st, we will sell our entire whole sale stock over tiie retail counters at less thaa wholesale prices $150,000 worth will be sold at pric es that will attract crowds of c:ls tomers from far and ncur. Why not you? Here is a li.-t of the de partments : Wraps aud Jackets. Woolen Dress Goods. Wash Ores Goods. Silks and Velrets. Millinery. Shoes. Hosiery and Underwear. Cloves. Notions. Trimming. Carpets. Curtains. Linens. Domestics, etc. This is no buncome. but a genuine' bonatide Clearance Side cf our en tire wholesale stock. Its a dry good.- chance unparal'elled and un precedented, liie entire contents of six floors MoO.Ono worth of goods to be sold over our ret. il counters at practically your own prices. Don't miss this Sale. If you can't come, Wr'te I Camp: T T D:::i. 81, 83, 85, 7 and 89 Fifth Ave. PITTSBURG. MBS. A. E. UHL. My Spring Stock is complete in every line, ipialities of ioods are the best, styles newest and pretti est and prices lowest. The prudent buyer will find it greatly to his or her advantage to examine my stock be fore purchas ing. PRESS GOODS A complete line of Press Goods of all the newest tjuaiitte.-. styles, shades and kitnls. at very low prices. SILKS-1 A large assortment plain. black, colored, plaid, figured an 1 chantrable jiiks. Trice rang ing from .r0e to Jl..".' WORSTED GOODS A complete line of Cashmere.-. Henriettas. S.-rg-'s. W'lii-e.r-'-. Diagonals ia many sUles an-i color-;. Trices from 1-J t . $1.2.). WASH GOODS " A compb-t' a-sortnient of Pros Ginghurrs. 8c. to So.-. Litton I Inde. TJ 1 11 to lie. Many new -tvl-'s of Pros Goods from D to . Out ing Flannels from 7 to VI PRESS TRIMMIXGS An immense line of Pie-s Trimmings, including Velvets. Silks, Laces, Gimt-. in all shad lades. als ') l'L-1 lUtifill irulc- cent styles. HAM BURGS The largest and finest assort ment of Hamburg Edgii.gs and Flouncing, ever si-en in Som erset. Trices low. LACES A great stock of laces of the kinds that are now most fash ionable, in Silk, Linen Cotton, in Ehtek, Cream White. inn at t CURTAIN'S Curtains in Xottin-gham, Iri.-h Toint and Tamboured, "'',-ts to $12.00 per pair, poles 2"e. CURTAIN SCIMMS Curtain Scrims, 5 to 15 cts. SASH CURTAIXS A large assortment of styles. STOCKINGS The largest stock ever saown :k and colors in .Somerset, i: f. colors. Trices -t 1 an 1 guaranteed. GLOVES. A full assortment of kid. silk, and cotton glove-iand mitts. WRAPS, C.VCES, RELTKRS, cte. yiy stock of Indies' and Ii?s es' caj.es, rcr.-f.-rs and blazers is very large, containing all the newest and most stylish makes. Prices range "from $1.50 to $15.00. MILLINERY GOODS My Millinery Goods have been selected with great cite and is the largest and finest assort ment at the lo'.vcst prices. oxi: ix a nuxiRi:n Xut one of a hundred prcttv and useful articles t!iat I have in stock can be mentioned for want of space iu this, paper. Come and see that the half has not been told about the- hand some goods and hw prices. 1 jl E. Uhl. THE i Jas. B. Hoicierbaim IIo3 just received a car loa-1 of UK our Ilice Coil Spi in r dural'le n.iid-- i:i tiir wnrM not be broken b heat 7 ;0;r..;y ;k. ;-. : v7 ' ' ' VAX do S : - . . - A X iiavi: IX STOCK End Spring, Brewste: Side Bar Spring Dexter Queen Spring, Dupe! Coil Spring Buggies, AT THICKS TO SUIT ALL LTYERS. Our line of IIaiucr. Whips. Lap Ibjbes. etc.. where competition can't reach for same JAMES B. HOLDERBAUiV IE3. JL, SCHBLL, DEALER I!I ctauuc da vn:c nrTrn JllLO, l:liljCO, IlCWEiY and Kitchen MANUFACTURER OF TIN. SHEET-IRON AND COPPER WAR! SUGAR PANS, SAP BUCKETS; SCOOPS AND SYRUP CANS beta round a.vl square at lowe-t po-ibJe price. Tin and Steel Roc ling. Tin and Gu!va:.;.v-1 Iron Spouting fur Il-.j and Earns, pnt np in i--t manner. Estimates furni.-iied for heating lnM;', : by t.-a:n, hot water a:: 1 L air without charge P. A. SCHELL MAIN CROSS ST. - SOMERSET, P; -VOUR CLOTHING IS Iii;ht in Style, Kight in Fit, ntauneuc Kight in Workmanship, Kight in Price. MINTIMIER 122 Clinton St., More Records Broken ! Quirk's (Jreat Furniture Emporium Has Done It! lcs, exoroaant prices ir an tie . Mattresses, Sofas, first class i-ive been knocked in the head at s. As evideno'i of the fact call at Xo. I'd., opposite the Company Store, where the greate-t bargains can be I oa terms to suit purchaser. SPiilXG Six Mammoth Departments Each the Largest Store c. Its Kind in Johnstown. tVj.t A Kv. ryliwii lien- f ri-. M -n- nn 1.- t. II r-!.- ts. -:.-i.t. c i-S t: i-' i ir.. .v. -t : I'KTS ,,::r t-riti ";r'.li; L r-.--. i- .lis t i i -k, v . I f t -ill i, ..i . kin-! Iii CM Cn; ev.-r ! iniy j :-. CI. thin II . i - Cuts. -It.li- .!!.'. Hilt-. t. K-t.m K Fe,-.i. I.!'- ' I'll" i. rv :, -ia e-x. i ; t 1. I ,-t. .tit 11 - -1 1 : tr-O'Dinitrv i-r-..!: MALIMOTK BETA lit STORE, JOHN THOMAS & SONS, -243 Main St., JOHNSTOWN, Pa. 240- Cinderella Stoves Their Cleanlr ncss Lessens Labor. TTwill pay you to examine the QUEEN CINDERELLA RANG Ki e for you buy. It has all the latest improvements and is sold guami teed to be a -good baker. It has the direct draft damper, by which y can hae a fin in one-half the time required with t.'ie oniinary Ra;.---This is a valuable feature when you want a qui -k f.re for early breakfast TThas an extra large high oven, thoroughly vyitilated. The viduit.t' of inflowing and out.'Iowing air can be regulated at will : this in.siin.'S a eifect baker, and no burning on the top. It has the Triplex shuk Mi grate, which is the perfection of convenience and cleanliness. It is es pecially durable, having threo separate sides, or the advantage of tii:'-'4 grates in one, and hm easily warped by the action of the tire. JUnuU-t'irc-l It I kilAVEX i CO., Lim u-!. r-.L-burnb. Se.i.l an 1 n-ucrna:-ej by JAMES B. IIOLDERBAmr, Somerset, Fa Krissinger A- Kurtz, Derlin, Ta., and P. .1. Cor t Son Moversdale, Ta KEMKMCK "Things elon.j well an-1 with a can?, exempt themselves Srom fr it Coil Siring to 1 Ti V 1.,: the eu: nil or ,mpl,te v. Ci and i a an-. Furnishings. & OGELVIE NSTOWN, PA. JH Eitrea' ;,. and :-. Desks, all kinds Tai' of . Tailor S. 1 1 S Wa-hiugton Street, Jo! rt;5 n,-- f..!i - i r"-.-'t. :-t in a ti-sf . r iM.-!ti.-s t !.isi iTy (.. .it'i e-e-r l-. i'.-t 1 vi; n tiie- i--st. l'r. j-.irt.-rtw i ;.,.. ! s- o r t.'..m Hats iii.-l rv and R anges. Their Economy Saves You Mcnev
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