The Somerset Herald. EJ'W'AKO srl'l.U Kdiior mid I'roiirietor. .if. i J5' fk'S .5hi& VKPNnAY .Sept. 9s, BEFUBLICANJJOMINATIONS. Election, Tuesday, Nov. Gth. STATE- For Uovpnior Taiii4 H. Hastings. For IjitiiotiKiit iovernor Walter Lyon. l'.r Auditor ieiipral--A inos H. Mylin. For Secretary of Internal Affairs Jimw V. I.ntta. For Conjjrsinan-Bt-Ijrpe Galusha A. t;row and George F. llutt COUNTY. Co!Kis: J. I. Hicks, Jilair County. StathSexate: AU.ISON S. KlAVAHltS.Fulton county. Assembly: Win. Henry Miller. Quemalionins Twp. Jeremiah Maurer, Stoyestown Borough. Jt-RY Commissioner: Samuel J. Bowser, Milford Township. Poor Pirijctok: William I ill, Milford Township. Wiikn iovernor Flower hcsird that T. Morion had Iktii nominated by the Kepublicans for I iovernor of New York lie at once thro- up tho MMn:rt' anl u iihdrow from tho canvas he h:u! Uvii making for a rv-nomina-tioii. "That Flower was liijiiicJ in the l.txL" The nomination of Mr. Edwards, of Fulion county, pivos us ani'st worthy, intelligent and admirahk- candidate for S-nat' r. We would have preferred there-nomination of Senator Cri'ehfieM for several reasons that we couM enu merate, not the least of which is that his experience and ability would have lnvii of K-.icfit in the comma: appor t:on:iK !;t of the State and other mat ters affecting the p.-oplc of this district. As. however, the rule of rotation pre vented the rc-noiuiiiaSion of our pres ent Senator, we are pratinel mat ne will have so worthy a successor. We K-jteak for Mr. Kdwards the solid Re publican vote of the county. Lift us send 1 iii n to Harrisbunr with such an (-ndoi'sctuciit as will mark the trust and cinfidciKV we have in his well-csiablishi-d reputation as a Iicpuhlican ami a gentleman of probity and worth. Tin: Democratic ConirresMonal con fcrees .".r this district met at Ife-dfordon Wolnosilay List and phuxsl in nomina tion as their candidate one Thomas Hurke, who is, we lielieve. an alderman in the aspirins city of Altoona. Whoever heard of IJjrke lefore? What hasliecomeof the score or more of able and distinguished Democrats to lie found within the tontines of this foiifrressional district? Whereare the yoaiifr I K'mK-raticbloMls that erstwhile aspired, if not to fortune, yet to fame as the coming leaders? Xt a single a-pirant. All dumb as an oyster. Tiie nomination alsolutely went a lagging and in sheer despair was, with averted eyes, cast into the lap of Thomas l'.urke, of Altoona, a gentleman all un known to fortune and to fame. "What a fall was there, my countrymen ! However the iX'inocracy had to have a scajvgoat, and Mr. IJarke will nerve as well as any one to carry the sins of that party. Hicks ought to have to thousand majority in this district. The D.-m.KTatie harmony platforta of the Philadelphia politicians has 'busted'' and now in-tead of harmony lise.-rd reigns in their ramp. It was sirniiigi! some time since that if Co! Singerly would accept the nomination for (iovernor that he was to receive the united, solid vote of the party in the State and in consideration thereof Wil liam McAleer, the present and only Icmocra!ie Congressman from that city, was to Ik? re-nominated. On Thursday last the Congressional con vention met and, to the dismay of his friends and in the face of the harmony jilolge, McAleer was turned down. On the announcement of this treachery and bad faith, Mr. Singerly at once threw up the sponge and virtually ak'indotied his contest for (Jovcrnor. The leaders in this llt from their p'u-d.-s are now denouncing McAleer, whom they had promised to support, a- a "jiea-iiut politician," and the ward leaders are all carrying knives in their lmots, preparatory to election. The r. suit of this (juarrcl will result in an addition of manv thousands to the ma jority of !en. Hastings and the elec tion of a Republican Congressman from the Third district, so long cowvd ! to, and rcpresentel by a lK-mocraL Ix their desp.-rate search for a (iu-In-rnatorial candidate to run against I-vi P. Morton, the Democrats of New York are casting longing eyes upon Senator IVavid R. Hill, who is jkts.hi al!y the strongest candidate they could enter for the race. Rut Hill is "fer uiitst'' Cleveland, and consistently and unfalteringly opposed the present tarilF bill, while Cleveland pattered and fal tered and eventually laid down on his lielly and iermitted it to U-come oper ative without his sanction. For his opixtsition to the bill Hill was de nounced as a traitor by the Cleveland cu-koosai:d giblieted by the Adminis tration journals, and yet more imjMtssi ble things have hapjened than the nomination of David 15. I HI as the I teiiKwratic candidate for overnor of New York. The humiliation of requir ing the Cleveland Democrats who have scarce ctMtsel denouncing Hill as a traitor to swallow their convictions of the man and alaandon their aliened views on the tariff wouli stump any other liody of men than those styling themselves "tariff reform" Ik-mcrats, but so frequently have they been com- vlled to cat their unsavory mess of crow under this administration that the country will not lie surprised! to see fie nomination of Hill gulvd down with scarce a murmur. What dK-s consistency or honesty or principle amount to when placed in the lialatuv against netessity or hopeof Dtiuocratie su-cesis ? What's the matter with the Democ racy? With every branch of the Na tional 2overnme;it in their hands, its k-aders have " the shakes" and in all quarter are crawling away from re sponsibility. Haven't they succeeded in r jealing the Federal election law, thereby giving unmatched advantages fvir frauds on the ballot liox? Haven't they repealed the "robber tariff" and opened tiie doors to free trade? Haven't they imposed an income tax on the earnings and savings of the thrifty, so that they can flood the country witii foreign-made goods free from duty? iljveu't they cut oar uianufaelurcri inio the "marki of the world'' to compote :h the products of pauper lalmr? In r-hort, haven't they lia.t their own sweet will in shaping the iv:liev of the country for the past eight een months? Haven't they all the of fices under the government filled with their adherents? And yet they have the shakes" and the leaders an not rushing to the front. Here's (iovernor Flower, of the great State of New York, declining a rr -nomination. Here's Col. Singcrlv. of this State, alwndoning his contest for (Sovornor almost liefore the battle is set, and here's s-ores of Conjrressional nomina tions throughout the country going a begging. All of which moves us to in quire what's the matter with the De mocracy? Rut one conclusion can U arrived at. They see the handwriting on the wall and are fleeing from the wrath to come. Th e fight in the Democratic ranks in the Third Congressional district in Philadelphia, which culminated in the cheating of Congressman McAleer out of a re-nomination promised him, has so disgusted Mr. Singerly, the Demo cratic candidate for Governor, that he has virtually thrown up the sponge and aliandoned tiie contest. "From this time forth," says Mr. Singerly, "the canvass should be waged without siecial effort for the State ticket," which plainly means that he is out of the race and that the IXniocratic party is admittedly dead in Pennsylvania. This aliandonment of his hopeless cam paign by the Democratic candidate for Governor means not only that all hope of unity in the party is altandoncd, but that henceforth peace among the war ring factions is not anticipated and that every candidate is left to guard his own head liy his own personal efforts. The ksider having shown the white feather and nui away from the conflict, the cry of every man for himself and the devil take the hindmost is sounded throughout the IX-nioeratic camp, and the hosts of free t rade are on the dead run. In all history there never has been so humiliating a stampede of the "untcinjiered Democracy." There has never lieen a doubt of the election of General Hastings by an overwhelming majority, but this aban donment of the contest by Singerly will add many thousands to the count. Not onh. this, but it almost certainly assures the election of a Republican Congressman from the Tiiird district, always hitherto Democratic, and ren ders doubtful every other Democratic district in the State. The Solid South Breaking. Louisiana is apparently destined to the honorable distiin-tion of making the first break in the solid South. The revolt of the planters and the formal transfer of their political allegiance to the Republi can party mark the leginning of the end of the unnatural and un-American sec tionalism in party affairs which for more than twenty years has stood as a barrier to Southern development and progress. The Louisiana uprising against the I)emo.ra-y is a State movement, pure and simple, free from any semblance of suggestion or interference from outsiders, and it is inspired and suported by an intelligent conviction that the material interests of the people must depend for their protection and advancement upon the principles and policies of the Repn lican party. The business sense of the State- is in relellion against the leaders and dogmas of the IVmocratie party; and ls-fore its sturdy attacks the Solid South is in a fair way to go to pieces, uever to lie restored again. X. Y. Trilmnr. Tillman on Cleveland. Governor Tillman's attack on Cleve land, Congress and Wall street were something unique. He declared that Cleveland was an "old liag of lieef " and that he was going to Washington with a pitch-fork and prod him in his old fat ribs. Following arft sonic of the choice spcei mensof Tiiiaiaucsque larruping that the (iovernor give the President and the Ieiincratic party : At the Marllxiro meeting lie declared that Cleveland was "either dishonest or the most damnable traitor ever known." At tireenville he said: "I have lost faith in the Iemocratie party." At the Wiuneslioro meeting the gover nor de.-lared he would give S,ft'K) if ho could get to the Senate and "tell that old scoundrel in the White House what I think of him." At the Islington meeting he read from Cleveland's letter to Mr. Wilson and said that "Judas when he lietryed Christ with a kiss was not blacker or more treacher ous than this old sMiudrel who talks almit fidelity to party pledscs." Refer ring to Cleveland sugar utterances, he aked: "How much sugar did Cleveland get for writing this letter?" At Aiken, referring to Cleveland's writing j Chauni-cy Black that it was a good t ting to organize national league chilis i i South Carolina to help make the Ieople re.heui their pledges he said: "Why docs a man have so much cheek? What has liciHie of the Ieuncratic plat form on which he was nominated? As soon as hp got into otlice lie carried out the trade he made with those liond-hold-ing scoundrels and thieves of Wall street. He ml led Cangress together and used his patronage to liuy enough Congress men and Senators to demonetize silver by the repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman ai-t. Who can trust such thieves an.l si-otindrcls as they are? Who will are to g into another Iiemocratie con vention with them? Singerly Gives it Vp. The Philadelphia Il-ctrl, owned by W. M. Singerly, IleiiMcraiic candidate for governor, speaking of Congressman Mc Aleer's defeat for renomination in the 3d district, says: "The failure t nominate Congressman McAleer for re-election was the most stupid and brutal political blun der that lias lieen pern rated in Phila delphia politic for many a day. No reas on can lie assigned for the disgraceful proceedings except the gratifying of ma lignant personal pique and spite on part of a few ward leaders, who are in politim for wliat they can make out of it. indif ferent to the consequen.-es of their ac tions." In another editorial the lirconl, says; "The action of those Bemocrats who con trolled the convention in the 3d district it may as well he confessed now as Ml days hence, will thoroughly demoralize, dis hearten and defeat Iiemocratic effort to poll i full Democratic vote in this city in NovemlKT. From this time forth the can vass should lie waged throughout the State with a view to election of as many congressmen, senators, representatives and county officials as possible, without special effort for the State ticket. The State ticket has !ecii doomed by.theprac-tii-al almndonment of organized nctioii in Philadelphia, where l(l,o) Democrats have allowed themselves to lie handled and delivered into the control of a few incompatible riiigsters, roosters and ruf fians." Portland Badly Scorched. PoRTLAXn, Ork., Sept. 25. The most disastrous fire in the history of this city broke out at 4:!0 this afternoon, in the do-k of the Pacific Coast Elevator Com pany, and raged for three hours, destroy ing property valued at nearly $l,.5ii,fX Three men are eupposed to have jierish- ed in the elevator. Binder Twine lor cash in 50-lb lales. We sell Sisal Twine lor 7 cents and Manilla for 8 cents per 9. New twine just received ar.d guaranteed. James B. Uolderbacx. F:fy-tw Deal. Al.io.na, la, Sept., Ji A cyclone pass ed through this county almut So'elock last uight. So far as reported 52 people, were killed ar.d . injured, several of them fatally. The little town of Cylinder 23 miles west of this place on the Mil waukee rond, it is n ported, was swept from the face of the earth. Alxmt 25 miles north of that place a lamily named Goulden, four in number, were killed. Kliminating all apparent duplication of names of dead, tho following is fairly ac curate: Near Algona, 13; north of Wes ley, 15; north of Britt, 9; at Loroy, 3; at Spring Volley, 3; near Osage, 5; north of Mason City, i Total, 52. The town of Wkktemore 12 miles west of Algona, was unharmed, but Rolert Stevenson, living four miles north, was killed, ami his wife probably fatally in jured. The wife and children of Fred Ponie in Feitton township were in their house, which was. completely wrecked, but they were covered up by the falling wall, and not one of them was hurt. The horse lrn was completely blown away. Five horses were unharmed. George W. Beavers, living three miles north of Algona, had just gotten home from the fair. He got into the house with his wife and two children and an adopted son, and was just getting down in the cellar, when the cyclone struck the house, completely demolishing it. The whole family were covered with the ruins. Reavers had tht; liaby in his arms, and with it ho made his way north to tho house of fieo. Christian Ran, his father- in-law, for help. His wife was just dying when he returned, and his liltlo girl gasped "Pupa, papa," and expired. The wreck here was complete, nothing re maining of the hansdome house and liarn. Tho aight at Myron Schnock'a M-aa even a more complete picture of desola tion. Two immense liarns and the house were made into kindling wood. SchnecVa wife and child were carried 100 feet, and when found were under a heavy oak beam. Itoth were luully hurt and Mrs. Schneck was unconscious. Desha on the Warpath. I.kxixutox, Kv., Sept. 21. A personal encounter lietween Deslia Rreekinridge, son of W. C. P. Rreekinridge, and James Imane Livingston, in which a knife was drawn and used by the congressman's son, has stirred this city to its depths. Livingston was leaning against the news and cigar stand in the Phenix Ho tel, when lesha approached and asked for a package of cigarettes. Livingston noticed Dosha and extending his hand said: Iiesha, the tlectaui is over; we should lie friends. Young Rreekinridge replied; "I think you are a one horse scoundrel and I will not take your hand." Livingston asked him what he meant and Desha explained that bethought him two-faced. I jvingston said that he had l:cen a constant Owens man and had nev er professed anything else. lesha said: "You arc a d d liar." At this Livingston struck him throw ing his glasses off and staggering him. In an instant Iesha Hashed a large dirk knife and aiming it at Livingston's heart, made a lunge for his old time friend. Livingston threw up his hand and tho knife pierced it, inflicting a serious wound. Livingston then git out of the madman's way. A numlier of men rush ed up and ended the fray by urging young Breckinridge to put away his knife. The news of the attack spread widely and in ten minutes the hotel lobby was full of excited jicople. Gladstone's Jfotable Flop. London, Sept. 22. Mr. Gladstone, in reply to a request for his views as to the proper method of dealing with the House of Lords declines to talk or write, lie cause of his retirement from the leadership of his party. The ex-Premier has, how ever, throu'ii a lsimlishell by addressing a letter to the Bishop if Chester against local option. In this letter Mr. Gladstone declares that if hsid option pretends to Is? a remedy of the evils of drinking, it is little better than an imposture. The principle of the Gothenlmrg system, which practically sanctions Moderate drinking, he maintains to be the only one permissilile or at all tenable, and, to the great amazement of lioth theGladstoiiian and the Conservatives adds that for long years he has lieen strongly of this opin ion. The temjierancc party in Great Rri tain has la-en highly scandalized by this declaration, and their organs recall the fact that when Mr. Gladstone last came into siwer it was largely in consequence of his having repeatedly pledged himself to secure the passage of a local option measure. Since Mr. Gladstone's retirement. Sir William Harcoiirt, who is his successor in the leadership of the party, has re newed the pledgi made, alisolutely and unqualifiedly committing the Govern ment to the introduction of a loa-al op tion bill In-fore the dissolution of Parlia ment. A Bed-Hot Stone FelL TorKKA, Kan., Sept. 23. Colonel Con nors who (nine here from Stc ens county, tells a remarkable story aliout the falling of a meteorite near Hugulon, in South western Kansas yesterday morning. He said it set the prairie on lire and s!ainedcd a heard of cattle. The body, he says was aliout the size of a cocoanut and weighed 23 pounds. The ieopIe of that section are greatly excited over this remarkable occurrence. The meteorite fill from a clear sky, com ing unannounced, except by a whistling sound as it shot through the air. It was red hot and was secured by a cowlmy, who afterward sold it to a school teacher for 2. Colonel Connors said the (ire started by this red hot missile Imrned over t h ree seel ions 1 s-fore t he po ij dc mill d plow fire guards as a cheek, lie says it is one of the most rcmarkableoceurrences of the kind that he ever heard oC Suit for Breach of Promise Against a Dead Man Instituted. R:sTON, Mass., SepL 21. Miss Mary E. Rartlett, of Revere, has brought suit for l.V),0)u damages against the estate of the late Dr. Henry J. Rigelow for alleged breach of promise of marriage made by the doctor some time liefore his death. She claims that she fully lielieves that the lM-tor would have kept his promise had not death intervened. After his decease Miss Bartlett tried to recover from his executors the sum of Jl.Vl.ft I, which ahe claimed the doctor promised her if she remained true to him, but they refused to surrender that sum. Hence this novel suit for breach of promise which will be tried in the Middlesex court next week. Dr. Bigelow was one of the leading Bur geons of the country. Miss Bartlett comes from one of the oldest families in the state and is highly resjeete.l. He Refused to Drink. Corsicaxa, Tkx Sept. 23. The most IiIismI curdling (Time in the history of this county was committed one mile from here this afternoon. Gid. C. Taylor, Su eriutendent of the Poor Farm, was rid ing to the farm when, it is supposed, two brothers J. A. and W. T. Murphy, met him and asked him to drink with them, and that he refused to drink, and at tempted to arrest the Murphys and was shot. This is the theory of Sheriff Weaver. When found, Taylor was dead, his pis tol was in its scahlard and had not been useiL Five lmllets pierced his liody, and it is supposed death was instantaneous. The World! Fair Behnilt for the Pages of History. The "Book of the Builders" one of the niost artistic and magnificent publications ever issued is now being offered by the Pittslairg IHxjMttrk to its readers. It ia beyond question the greatest offer ever made by a newspaper. See tho Ditpatck for full information. A EECOED-BBEAKIKO BATTLE. The Conflict at Yuen the Worst Upon the Sof.s in a Century. London, Sept. 22. All Europe is de vouring eagerly every fresh detail as it comes from the sccuc of what is now de clared to lie the greatest naval Kittlo of the century. Interest in tho war in tho Fast has been intense, lioth on the Conti nent and in England throughout the week. Japan's great land victory, al though perhajis more important in the de cisions of the issue between the two coun tries commands little attention compared with th i first test ol modern war vessels inaction in the terrific coullict at the mouth of the Yala. It now is almost tho unanimous opinion of the naval authori ties of this country that the advantage of the battle lay on the side of Japan. CHINA TKRR1RI.Y PI NlSllKIl. To-day's Central News dispatches from Tokio are regarded as the most reliable version of the engagement. These tele grams supplemented by the Japanese War Minister's advices to tho Mikado's Ministers here, in Washington and at other capitals agree in saying tho battle took place on the 17th instant between 11 Japanese and 14 Chinese men-of-war, with six torpedo boats and lasted from 1 p. ni. to 5 p. in. The Chinese men-of-war Yang-Wei, Chas Yung, each 1350 tons ; tho Lai-Yuen, 2fl0 tons nd the Ching Yuen, 23t) tons were sunk, and the Ting Yuen, 7S15 tons and the Ping-Yuen, 2H0 tins caught fire. The rest of the Chinese fleet were heavily damaged and lied to tho westward. On the Japanese side the Akagi, til tons; Matsd-Shima, 4278 tons and the Iliyei, 22S4 tons, were more or loss dam aged, but returned safely to the Jaanese temporary naval station at Hai-Yang-Tao. Tho Japanese loss was 9 officers and 30 warrant ollieers and men killed ami hi) wounded. Some lessons of the conflict are already drawn from the admitted facts. Most naval men express surprise that it prov ed so easy to practiirally disable a modern warship. All accounts agree, .however, that the liattle was fought with such fero cious ciairage and bravado that many un necessary risk were run which would not be likely to bo undertaken in an en gagement between ships of the Great Bowers. Lord Charles Beresford, tho ideal British naval commander, thinks tho luitlle proves tho advantage of fast cruisers over liattlcships. Prepared for death. LooANsroRT, IndSept. 23. Any night the past week, as the moon rose through the tops of the till and lonely woods aliout that historicspot known as Battlet 'round, the uncanny spectacle of an aged and lieardcd figure, spading solemnly away at the turf be neath the pines might have lieen witnessed by the adventurous visitor. For many years A Hanson PcWitt has lived near Battle Ground in a rud j log cabin, unloving and unloved, and has sient his days of idleness at his desk and 1 Mioks. Rumor has it that in his younger lays he was crossed in love and retired to the solitude of his forest home to brood over his misfortunes and live a life of melancholy contemplation. Constant brooding over his earlier disapjsiintment had its inevitable effect. He has Is-i-omo a misanthrope. Not only has l.e completed the digging of his own grav i, but ho has ordered his own monument and composed his own epitaph. The former is a plain and unassuming granite shaft and its inscrip tion will read as follows, his directions to the letterer being thxt no capital letter should lie used, other than th.it iu "God :' a bachelor lies lieneath this sod who disobeyed the laws of God advice to others thus i give, don't live a bach as i did live. regret ! When completed the dealer has orders to erect the stone at the head of the newly excavated grave, and what the next chapter in this unnatural tale may lie time alone can tell. Massacred by Indians. San Dikoo, Cai, Sept. 24. A savage case of revenge is reported from tho Pichaugo Indian reservation school at Tciiicsi-ula, the victim Is-ing Mary J. Phut, she teacher of the Indian school. Friday night her house and sclrnol M ere burned, and investigation showed the charred remains of her liody in the ashes. Her little s-ycar-old nice has made revelations which show that the teacher was killed and the Isiildiug Imrned by the Indians who resented the dismissal from the school of Francisco Gaush, nil Indian lioy, and who la-lieved the talcs he told of gross alsisc by the teacher. These are the identical Indians that Helen Hunt Jackson writes aliout in "Rainona" Temeseula is the scene of the hist refuge of Alessiandro, and near the school-house on the reservation is shown the place where the original of Alessiandro was shot down by a white man. The Indians are docile, usually, but they arc intensely suspicious and, as in this cusc, when they llievc any wrong has lieen done them their savage nature comes out. Crusade an Boot Beer. Kennktt So.vark, Pa., Sept. 22. A crusade has lieen liegnn upon root lieer and the teuiicraiicc ieople of this county will hunt for another I leverage. In an address before the Women's Christian Temperance I'nion the county president a-isertcd that root liccr contained some alcohol and should therefore not lie touched by the members of that organi sation. It was also stated that the H-r-centageof alcohol in mot lieer increased with age, and that at seventeen days it contained more alcohol than lager lecr. This has caused consternation among those women who have signed the pledge to alistain from all alcoholic drinks. Train Bobbers Foiled. Four masked men attempted to hold up a train on the Atchison, Tojieka it Santa Fe road, near Jorin, Missouri, early on Tuesday morning. The plot was formed three weeks ago, and the railroad ami express officials have had a spy in the camp of the bandits ever since. They opened lire on the robliers, and it is lielieved that two are dead or wounded in the woods that surround the track, and the otherjtwo are fleeing across the coun try, pursued by detectives with blood hounds. One of the robliers shot and wounded "Dad" Prescott, the engineer of the train. A Kile in 2:03 3-4. The Galeslmrg, Illinois track now holds the world's record for trotting. Alix clipping a quarter of a second off her record there Wednesday afternoon, going the mile in 2.0,'J. It was one of the grand est achievements ever witnessed by man. The day was all that could lie desired, the hot sun putting the track in perfect order. To witness the trial of Alix and the other events no less than 20,0X1 people were on the grounds. Alix is a much better g.iited mare than Nancy Hanks and when at full speed sho is the poetry of motion. Her stride is phenomenal, being something like 22 feet when she is trotting a 2.10 gait Sho is a very neat, blood-like mare and, as she is but fi years old and sound, there is no telling how last she will go la-fore the close of the season. Gave Her Hand for a Vote. Colonel Bain Anderson, of Kentucky, tells how he was won over to the oposi- tion to Breckinridge. Said he: "Yon see. I am a widower without children. and I did not see why Bill should not go to Congress aliout as long as ho wanted to, but a woman who lives near Paris changed my mind. "For a long time I have been after her to marry me, and she was putting me off. But a few weeks ago I met her and she told me if I would work against the Colonel she would marry me as soon as the election wa over. I then took off my coat and fit Billy aliout as hard as a man was ever fit It was the women of my state that killed the Colonel." Thet',t:'! !'re lxs in ihe I'nitcd Stata for August atnoiiai-s to Jl,4:r2,s)ii). Tho first miow of the season fell at Omaha Neb., Friday, and was followed by a henvy rain-storm. Colonel Casey is called the corn king ofllenry County, Ky. lie owns I5 acres of corn, and has been liguriitg on 32,X) bushels Postmaster J. C. Little dliemliowcled himself with a knifo at Mayflower, Mo, to avoid arrest for opening a n-gb'tered letter. Alien W. Tlmrman, Jr., son of tho "Old Roman," has ls.-en chosen chair man of the Slate Democratic Executive Committee in Ohio. Governor-elect Woodbury and Lien-tenant-Governor-elect Mansur, of Ver mont, have each an empty sleeve. Each man left his arm in Virginia some 30 years ago. A feud ended near Kennedy, Tex., in tho killing of Bill Bo worth, Sam Bradley ami au unknown old man, and in the arrest of the shooters E. B. Bur ris Foster and Theodore Butler. Butch Headling, one of three prisoners cs-aping from jail at Albia, la., was fatally shot, as was also Sheriff Lambert sou's sou. The two other prisoners wcro wounded and recaptured. W. C. Owens has lieen declared by the IkMiiocralic committee of the Ashland distrii-t to lie tho regular nominee for congress. A protest from Breckinridgo was read at the meeting but was not agreed to. All the memlicrs were present. Owcns's plurality was figured at 255 votes. Iird Roseliery says that as soon as the story of his sleeplessness got into tho newspsjicrs after ho entered Gladstone's cabinet, ho was deluged with cures. One of the first, and what seemed to him tho easiest, was to sip la-foro going to lied a tumbler of hot water. He tried it, and since has had no further trouble of the kind. Tiie mattress fictory of Slumph Bro thers iu Washington, D. C, was burn ed Tuesday. Six employes, were burn ed to death. Four others were driven to the roof by the flames and juiiied from there to the street All were badly injured, one fatally. Several other buildings were damaged. Rev. Samuel W. Wakefield of West Newton, who is in attendance at the Pitts burg conference in Sewiekley, enjoys tho distinction of ts-ing the oldest minister in tiie world. He is now in his inith year and still takes an active interest in tho affairs of the church, lie has gained distinction as a preacher and as an author. The postofiiee department has changed the name of tho postollieeat Appomattox, Va, to "Surrender," the county seat hav ing lieen moved from where Leeand Grant met and named Appomattox. The change of jMstolfice name was made to avoid confusion, and postal officials say the new name was suggested by the Virginia authorities themselves. Postmaster Harry Marietta and four other Connellsville citizens who were re cently convicted of unlawful assembling in connection with riots in the coke re gion, were called up for sentence Tuesday liefore Judge Ewing, in Vniontown, was sentenced to pay a lino of S5f0 and costs of prosecution. The other defendants were fined in proportion to theirability to pay. Judge Ewing delivered sithing remarks to Marietta in particular. It is thought Marietta will lose the xjstoflice as a re sult of his connection with the trouble. All records for longdistance heliograph signaling havelioeii broken by the United States Army Signal Corps, a message having leen sent by sun flashes from Mt. I'ncoinpaghre, Col., to Mt Ellen, I'tah, 1S3 mih-s by Captain Glass ford. Chief Signal rticcr, I. S. A, Department of the Colorado, and his assistants The la-st former record was M5 miles. Mirrors eight inches square were used in transmit ting the message, which was read by the Signal Corps on ML Ellen, then flashed by heliograph '.) miles to Thompsons, I'tah, and from there sent by telegraph to Washington. Colonel James Young, Pennsylvania's Farm King, is nothing if not progressive. His men have recently completed a stone wall 1,425 feet long, five feet high, four feet thick, and containing 1,112 perches of stone, along his tract of alsiut twenty acres of land lying l-twecii the Pennsyl vania railroad and canal near Middle town. The stones were taken from Sun set farm, east of Royalton. The improve ment gave eight men work for twenty two days. The wall replaces an unsight ly mil fence. Unsightly things don't re main long aliout the Yoiiug premises. The Colonel is making preparations to build several walls in the near future at the Oak Iiuc farm. At Trimble, Tenn., on Wednesday, James Harder and others were sitting in front of a grocery store, when Koliert Jelloin drew a sun-glass from his jss-kct and focussed its lens on Harls-r's un covered head. The glass did more than was exOi-td. The concentrated rays did not reach Harls-r's s-alp, but sudden ly his head was a mass of flames caused by the ignition of the bay rum on the hair, he having just come from a harlicr shop. When his head caught fire he started to run, Imt Frank Gordon caught and held him while others extinguished the blaze u"l!i their hats and handkerchief. He would doubtless have killed the joker on the ssit had he not lieen restrained by friends. Yesterday he brought suit against Jellew for $15,IiO. Physicians say Harls-r's head will never lie adorned with another suit of hair. Jellew Is quite wealthy. On Seek This Week. A large line of Fishing Tackle now on sale at Jas, B. Holukkbavx. MLiiiiS DRINK S0LD8KLy.Ii lilbPACKABESlzr tAPuirtt.E PREMIUMS VN FREE TO DRINKERS Or L!0H C0FFEF WH Y? Should every one, if in need of a pure si im ulunt Tor medicinal purposes go to 1SH Kcslcr l ct.T Ueruusc ho will lind the largest stock to Kehvt from ut lowwt prices. The Ilye Whiskies are ull from the luiyc-xt nnd best known distilleries and sold at the follow-In prices: 2- twr-ol.l at fino per pi I Ion; 3-y.ur-old atSJL 4-rcar-ld at 1SY, 6-year-old at A50; tt-yntrold at USiY, 10 and li-year-old at S5JV0; St Helena. California, oldest and best arlertcd winn, 10 brands dry and sweet, at St-) per ration; Khlne wine. Imp. Sherry, Madcrta, I'4ri and Coiriuics at lowri figure No extra charge for packing, call or send for price list at A. ANDRIESSEN 1SS, Federal St, Allegheny. Telephone PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE fob WOMEN. PITTSBURG, PA. Twenty-fifth anna! ncssion bczins Rcpi-m-bcr l.tli. I-jiI..ii Imuiii jI and hinlilifuL Superior opportunities offered In ercry ue partiuent Addrv?. Miss R. JENNIE DE VORE, Pres. "THE CIRCUS IS THR A Qft POSITIVELY the 31st ANNUAL TOUR OMOQ lOUniE CHEAT, THE GENUINE, THE OR1CINAL IU ADAM FOREPAUGH SHOWS' America's Oldest, Largest, J. T. McCADBOX A JAMES AXB-KRSOX, . . I.kssees and Ma.xaokrs. The Big City SOMERSET, TUESDAY, Ootcte Hi A WORLD OF NOVELTIES I A All the Cream of I he Anna of the World Kklnimcd oil" and acrved in the Feast of the Mar velous, l"nliie. New, Exritins, Novel and best Performances eTur -en In this or any other Country, all in THE PEERLESS ADAM 4-PAW CIRCUS The Jungles and Forests of the uttermost of the Kurth have yielded their Htrunifest, Rarest, and Vlld-st Beahts, that they may be seen in THE MATCHLESS ADAM 4-PAW' MENAGERIE. The One Great Sensational Equestrian Feature or the Aire ! MME. MARANTETTE And her Champion Trio or Hiuetrinn World-breaking KceorJ Makers: FILEMAKER The Champion Iliith Jumping Horse of the World. His Crucial Record Is Clearing 'i Bar 7 Feet. -I 1-12 Inches Ili-jrh. JUPITER CHAMPION HIGH JUMPING PONY OF THE WORLD. J HERD OF PERFORMING and DANCING ELEPHANTS Trained Animals of all kinds that do Everything but Talk. The best Riders, the best Gymnasts, the best Acrobats, the bett Aerialists, the best Contortionists, the best Lcapcrs, the best Tumblers, .the best Equilibrists, the best Wrestlers, the best Specialists, the Larg est and Finest Collection of Animals ever seen in a Menagerie, the Choicest Selection of everything that Capital can Secure, that Experience can Suggest, that Wisdom can advise, are all to be seen in this Crowning Effort to make these the Cleanest, the Purc3t, and the Best Shows, and prove A FIT CAP FOR THE HONORED : : : : : : SHEAF OF THIRTY YEARS In serving the rublic with Newest, Ilrii;htet and the Finest of Everything that toes to make np the Kuvoril shows of the People, AS FREE AS SUNSHINE I DO NOT MISS SEEING IT I The Superb Street PARADE FREE It will lie the longest ami most inagnifleent pugennt Unit has ever passed through the streets of your rity. It will move promptly at 10 A. M.,and will be well worth traveling miles to see. You ran not be disappointed in it. 10,000 SUPERB SEATS. 2000 OPERA CHAIR RESERVED SEATS. Notwithstanding the magnitude and expense of the shows, the same performances are given, and the same prices of admission charged in all cities and towns alike ADHISS I CHILDREN, under 9 years, Coupon nuiulxrcl, actually reserrej neat ticket! at a Blight advance. THING AFTER ALL. 1" Greatest & Best Exhibition. Shows will exhibit at CONGRESS OF CHAMPION CELEBRITIES ! EVERGREEN SHOWS UNDER THE SADDLE 12 I DISTINCT GAITS. ' V x. A w 50 Celts 25 CENTS. 1 H SUGAR JMERS JUPPLIFI WE CARRY A LARGE STOCK OF - - - - j Syrup Cans Sap Buckets, gaJ ;Spout3, Gathering Bucket ; Sugar Pans, Etc., at rock f torn prices for cash. I WE HANDLE THE BEST Maplo P. A. Main CroM Street, o6- FURNITURE. ECONOMY l LIf in Iniyinir khI tliinjp. thing fie-l not ! iiir!i .ri. i .l. y, r, ; a certain "linnl wal! of fart.- ami tivrun-s, however, that tun! U t v,.t' Miliilities hih! pnnli-Tri! promi.---. There are eertuin iriT l w w , mkJ, hone-t Funiiturv inn ! Ixxiu'it. Tin PltK'I-lS are our-. Ify,'fl.f. lv: you get IvtH. 'o Ue llji!lg a fact. ' -YOU 112sOW OUR LINE.- It coiwista of high ami low grale Furniture, Spring, Mattrewe and Refr tort, at PRICKS to suit the thin. C. H. COFFROTH, 6C6 Main Somerset, Great Inducements Goods reduced in price in every hi Dry Goods, Carpets, Oil Cloths, Lace Curtain: Ladies' Coats, &c. Xow is the time to buv t save money and get something good. ! -;.JAMES CLINTON STREET. FALL OPENING OF CHOICE Rome upeclal dexisrn oliuwn bv no oilier by us. 'nine enrly and eel rlrsl rhotee. as roiineetion with ahvrxelUMivr oitN run. we nhailra in plain if.rn.ls. I'axumervit, .Serai's, iIi Annurv, including bLtek. Silks ind Velvtts (or Trimming and Drcucs- (ilk for combining with woolen Muffs American Iinn flood a coiuiilrte line dreneii. Heller grade for -K '-t-X ) anl wtiole newnpMper. our sli-lv and couiitern are nlli! to verriowiiiK. i ,,rne and v u.. : will pity you lo cuiur for Iif:y mileit to trade with us if choice ootn jiiiJ low pni-n iu;- , you. HOSIERY, GLOVES AND JOHN STENGEE. Johnstown, 204 WORTH aveur. ALLCGMCMV. iNltf. Tli- iiMt iimiidfle and Ik-i t'luuipiwHl thecoonlrr. Student of rmih admitti cuntainiiiK full In ft nuitin will free tauy w. 1. Kw f-rretary. The People's Store! FIFTH AVENUE, PITTSBURG. EXPOSITION OF ECONOMY AND ELEGANCE ! ix ; WRAPS, : JACKETS : AND : SUITS Never before in this neigliltnrlKHxl ha.- there K-en sin h oxtnutriliimry lew ? e on fine tylLnh gannenut an we are ottering this seuwm, ami we want every who visit! Pilt-Hliurg this season to come to our Cloak Iiepartnient auil see t!ie tlerful otreriiigH we are niakin;. f7ofA Cte All tttvUa in IiIiiaI Maekan.l plain or $5.00 to 18.00 fancy colors . . . ) Cloth Jnrkst.. No popular atvl.-s) that we haven't J $3.50 to 35.00 In nil HtvUx that) re to lie worn i much thw year . . ) TO JU.UU ChiltireH't tSretchem. All aixt-M from 4) to U yeara ami all finn i ic nn NtvlcM . . . IU IJ.UU IVin't fail to m-e our creat assortment of wonderful liargains in shaw' or double. Plain colors, blacks, 4ir Sevteh HEADQUARTERS FOR ALL Campbell & Smith, j 81. 83, 85, 87 & 89 FIFTH . . THE iriusDurg wsition WOW OPEN. September 5th to October 20th, I lines' Famous 13th Regiment Band OF NEW YORK. 65 PIECES. THE OR CAT EST MILITARY BAND IN AMERICA, tea taM agae' an ENORMOUS COST to antartala yaw. MECHANICAL EXHIBITS NEVER EQUALED. SEETHE MDHATTTEE COZE PLOT, TYPE SETTING MACHETE, ELECTRIC DISPLAY, FISH EXHIBIT, lEESH MEAT PEESEEVI2I3, " MECHANICAL NOVELTIES, THE LATEST INTENTION! MAGNIFICENT ffj ADMISSION: ADULTS. Evaporator on the u, ket at less than half the pr' "asked for some others, it "pay you to g.t our prices beic-V buying. SCHELLY SOMERSET, -.' Cross Street, Pi QUINN, JOHNSTOWN P STYLES IN DRESS GOOIi lioo-e In thi r!rv, whieh wi re Imixirt"! c! Iherp will ixmitivt-l v tn no iliu.ll.-.il.-- ut im Imvea full line, Jut new. in nil in.- !: -' - nrietht - 4, Whip CVird, and a full awurfuit:: A full and complete new line in plain rA I . at 10. l and 3) cents: excclii i.t fi r ' "ulcerit. To roinlim.ee ti ilm-nl wmiM , I UNDERWEAR IN ABUNDANCE. ' - P2? KstnMWheil a part if the Wt-t ni t'niv. Kuiflish 1'oiiiinereial. and Sliort-ltand s.-ni., ' - d at any lime. The Uit-t calaioKite and j-ju: . addrvw. -. I l-l ll'r., I'll. i. . rr.rf .5.v. . Perfe-t tit giiaran- i Uttl. Never emlinjr ) y "r a!",j $1-00 t0 535! s;ik suit. All styles in Mack ) a T' or plain an.l fiincy C2.00 to 50- ilor .....) c All Hi nn.l styles jo on an(j fr for Misse- tail wVar.J a"U " .li"x.- Jacket. Cliinehinaorcloth. ) J, Sizes I I. 16 an.l is $4.75 to 20--years ) l plaids, f 1.H5 to ?T..V. WOOL COUNTRY BLANKETS. AVE , PITTSBURG, Fi GREAT . . ART GALLERY. 25c. Low Rates ea AH RiilrWj j
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