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WKIlNKSl'AY.
..Ai-rtl 1' IS
J.ihx P. rtT. Joh.n intends to ruu for
ngrw9 in the Second Kanw district
"Fivesilver
motto.
aud no liquor in ins
J. De V. Hazzari, alVnneylvaujan
hy birth, now a resident of Eustis, Fla.,
ha Iwn made a major-general in the
Chinese army at a salary of ?10,00 a
war.
Tin: South Dakota IUullican State
Convention, at Huron, tilled eight
MeKinley delegates to the National
convention. The "sound money"
men were in control and the money
lilatik of was adopted.
TiiKoost of ileetrie jniwer in the
Krnt railway tunnel of Baltimore is
rapidly deeliiiing, and in a short time
will le no greater than that of steam.
Kleetrieity in the industries is march
ing on with a steady and certain sweep.
Tin: prvie of t!u' cantry Jir
jva e with all nations, f course, and
tli. refore they are in favor of the con
struction of more battle-whips and
torjHxio l.ats, as such things are won
derful!vfective in the prevention of
Thk grand jury of Chanipnign eoun
tv, Illinois ha indicted (iuvernor
Altg. ld and the other trustees of the
Iniversity of Illinois f.ir alleged
!, gleet and refusal to comply with the
law requiring that the American flag
ti displayed over the university
Inlildillgs.
The Supreme Court of IassachiisetU
h:s decidel that a school teacher has
no ri;;ht to require a scholar to tell tales
on a companion. S'ich a dwision is
certainly in the interest of honor ami
mora'siy, whatever the teachers who
try t promote treachery among their
pupils may think alxtut it.
Tin: Massachusetts Mugwumps are
Si'otesting a-'ai'i-t the ivHion of a
A
military statue in honor of (ieneral
I'.-tij:iiniti F. Butler, on the ground
that he was not a soldier. The Unes
of the great old hero of New Orleans
w ill turn in their grave if they hiar
s j'lie of these Mugwumps talk.
F. J. Kooser's majority over F. W.
Hieseoker admits of no doubt as to
whom the Republican voters of the
county prefer at this time for their
candidate for Congress. Mr. lliesecker's
friends Imw to the sentiment of the
party as expressed at the polls and will
lend their liest efforts to secure the dis
trict nomination for his successful com
jwtitor. The New York Republicans held
t'icir State convention in New York
city, Tuesday. There was a clear
declaration in favor of the gold stan
dard and against the free coinage of
Silver in the platform adopted. The
d. lcgates-at-large to the St. Louis con
vention were inutruetMl tn present the
name of (Jovernor Morton as a candi
date for the Presidential nomination.
The bill introduced ill the Ohio
Ii gislature by Senator Garfield to
prevent the corrupt use of money in
elections, primary as well as regular, is
now a law. Candidate an limited to
nu cxtciiditurc, for personal expenses
tuily, of not more than S'ci, andof ?-ln
if but -VVKj votes are i-oncerned. The
lsw will at least enable candidates to
gracefully ignore some of the demands
made upon them.
Till: Republicans in Minnesota held
their State convention in Minneapolis
Tuesday. Cushman K. Iiavis an
nounced Ids retirement as a candidate
for the Presidency of the Tinted States,
and the convention then declared for
MeKiuley. Resolutions were passed
favoring the "use of lmth gold and
silver to the extent of which they can
le maintained at a parity on the purch
asing and debt-paying power, and op
xsin; the free and unlimited coinage
.f silver.'
Til e African king who so unmerci
fully walloped the Italian troojis now
wants indemnity to the amount of
4 i.ool.n fci lire atioitt Ss,Hl.Mi. The
canny king has an eye to business.
Not content with administering a
wholesale drubbing to bis enemy he
wants hi enemy in the hour of defeat
to p:'.y him damages for tresjass It
lo k very lnu. h as if the wily Russian,
who has lvn behind the king, had a
hand in this latest demand and has
pit lh'.' king up to his new tricks.
Tn" ticket nominated at Saturday's
R -publican primary election is the
c'ios.v of majority of the voters in
s.-vrul eases and of a plusality in
thcrs The otlicial figures show from
'Tii I majority to a plurality of less than
t'.fty votes but the candidate who
revived the plurality of fifty votes is
as much the candidate of the party us
Cue one who rweived 70(1 majority.
The ticket is a good one from top to
bottom and will l-e triumphantly
ie;-ted in the fall.
Yoncg Attorney Suisidet.
Vvr.r.LANl, MJ., March 20. At
s-'kiut 12 o'clock noon to-day Iternard J.
Murphy, a young and promising attor
ney of this city, shot and killed himself
so his mother's residence, at Miller min--s.
:tiotit ;! miles west of here. He has
l-eii Jcsondcnt for several weeks past
and it is (bought the deed was done dur-i.!2a-s'il
of temporary insanity. The
heavy charge of buckshot entered the
t.,ouili and etierMU-d the brain. A cor
oner's jury retrud a vcrdi1 of acci
dental deata.
Two A:tcn;ts tt Eidcacpiag.
'iii. ji..i. March 2x Twuv whhin tin
lst we-k a young man, whom the poli
ci;ii K rrst shi:i, h is made an at-l.-.iij't
to tiiin;i( Felix, the s-year-oU sou
rUtpli Miwij.s.'n, ai ,if the ai-tress.
fr 'iM t!e vi.-iti.ly of liie fauiiiv's !i..iiie all
17s. U"riirwtool aicnuc.
At ilis t'.rsl aite:it;t, tlie nurse maid
hia taking him for a wlk. ws
bj li'iriied with r.!i a;-iJ thrown by the
v a!d 'oo kidnapper, the child Iwiug
"4y ram barm. The police were i.o
tiiie l and a guard was p'.ai-cd als;t tiie
M'kljesUa icv.s.
Siuee lUen Mr. Modjeska has revived
(hreatmiug letters warning him to leave
ihj city pcriHaneuUy or sutler the conso
j!1-MI-Ps.
Tiu- secoiid aticmtit U !iuce the child 1
- irred iast MomUv r.fWnew.n and each ;
EPWATtP HCl'I.U Editor nt Proprl.tor.
time the kidnapper seized and ran ;., i 'eu she fe,t a queer sensation on the
the child until compelled bv Ike plucky ' U, of Ucr Ld- sta fj,,nJ '"c
wreaming maid at his heels to let go ' th,"S tl"rP l-rotruding, and fiutiiy
escape. j drew forth a bright nedic.
- j The needle bad eutcred Mrs. Cassa-
Bjcs yo.ir h-id fvl as though simeoiie I Isku8 foit 2S years Is-fore, and in trav
w ham tiering it; a tli ujli a million cling thence tbnmgh her holy to her
s irks were Jlyiiis out of the eyes? Have scalp had given her no pain whatever,
y u b yrible sickness of the stomach? , Recent lo she has felt a trillicg soreness
BirJx-k 15!-vl Bitters will cure you.
niiia.irhi Timi.
Tli Republican Presidential canvass
up to date has teen a Iree-for-au race,
with no one sufficiently in the lead to te
sure of nomination. OftlioJ12 dolegates
whieb will constitute the St, Louis Con
vention, less than oue-half-or to be
exa.-t,only W-bave leen elcctcl. The
manner in which thw dologntos will
aligu themselves in the convention is en
tirely a matter of guesswork. The esti
mates of MeKinley's strength are espe
cially varied, Mark Hanua claiming for
the hio candidate 2i0 delegates already
eleted, and Manley, the Reed organizer,
whittling the McKinley followiug down
to 130, or considerably let than a ma
jority at this time.
All estimates agree that McKinley is
strongly in the lead and that he will con
tinue to lead until the first ballot has
been taken in the convention. The guess
ing and prophesying alout what will
happen then is widely divergent. Mc
Kinley's friends claim the nomination of
their favorite on the first ballot, or, tail
ing that, a rapid disintegration of the
favorite son following io the McKinley
interet as the liallot proceeds. The anti
McKinley leaders prophesy that the Ohio
candidate will be stronger on the first
than upon any subsequent ballot and
that, failine to receive a majority on the
I first Iwllot, tho winner of the field dele
gates against him w ill dispose ot his can
didacy. It may lie safely assumed that these di
vergent views are of the kind in which
the wish is father to the thought, and
that neither side is quite so sure as it pro
fesses to !. There are a good many
Slate conventions to be held yet, and
more than halfof the district delegates
are yet to be chosen. The field for effect
ive hustling is still an extensive one, aud
be who prophesies as to the outcome be
fore the end of April w ill lie basing his
predictions chicl'.y outguesses. There
will le twelve State and Territorial om-
... . -1 r 11 .
ventioni iield m April, as iouu,
Oregon, April fl, Kentucky, .eoran
aud North Kakota. April 15; New Jersey
and Maine, April 10; Tenncssoe, April 22;
Pensylvania, April 23; Indian Territory,
April 2"i; Alabama, April 2S, and Georgia
and Illinois April 20. New Hampshire
will hold its convention Tuesday,
March 31.
It is possible that in a few other States,
the dates of whose conventions have not
beon announced yet, an April date may
be selected, but assuming that all other
conventions will lie held in May, the list
of delegates to be elected in April is a:i
imiortant one. The States holding April
conventions will !e entitled to 271 dele
gates, divided as follows: Oregon, 8; Ken
tucky, 2".; Nebraska, li; North Iiakota,
0; New Jersey 20; Maine, 12; Tennessee,
24; Pennsylvania, W; Indian Territory,
:!; Alabama, it; Georgia, 2's and Illinois,
IS. While district delegate have leen
elected in nearly all of the atmvo men
tioned Slates they cannot l accurately
assigned among the several caml: dates
uutil the State conventions have lieen
held. It will be easily seen from these
figures, therefore, that no candidate has a
sure thing at this time.
This state of uncertainty will keep the
political excitement at fever boat dur
ing the coming month, and disinterested
olservers if thev are any. will hare a
good opportunity to look on and eujoy
ihe fun. April is going to be a great
mouth for the Presidential boomers.
Koved Over the Dead Line.
ToPKKA, Kan., March 30. An old feud
between two factious at Hill City has
broken out again. Hill City is the seat
of Graham county. Several weeks ago
the people organized in the night, went
to Hill brook, a rival town three miles
distant, and forcibly carried away the
county records and compelled the officers
to eo alone. The town ws able to hold
the seat of government because J. II
Pomcroy, now a wealthy citizen of I!os-
ton, owned most of the place.
All these years the principal street of
the town has t-een the dead line Ix-tween
the rival factions the Ponieroy people
and the opposition, led by another
wealthy mau named McGill. For years
the pokt-olliee has leeii on the McGill
side, t mt the postmaster, O. H. Kikley,
being a Ponieroy adherent, secretly se
cured permission from the government
U move the post-office across the street.
Saturday morning, Ix-forc daylight,
of the Pomerov faction anpeared at the
post-oflii-e and moved it across the street
while the McGill men slept. When the
latter heard of it a posse was organized
to move it back, but fear of government
officials dissuaded them. However, a
riot was narrowly averted.
Foretold Hie Own Death.
Dr. Moses M. Hover, a retired physi
cian, of Chicago, told his relatives last
week thai he would die Sunday. Thurs-
dav, leing apparently in tho !est of
health, he wrote his biography and gave
directions for his funeral, designating
the undertaker the pall-hearers aud the
ininisu r. He gave dire.-tions also for
big dinner to I served at the Randolph
house after the funeral.
Sunday afternoon lr. Royrr ate i
hearty dinner with his family, and short
ly alter three o clock left the house to
take a walk. On his return he dropped
into a cliair In-tore ins writing lai.le
groanoi an a:mi-t i:n:neit!:te:v ex
pired.
Foor Indc-f J!
Tbore are degrees and kinds of p-n rrty
just as tii ,-e are dit:Vren:Vs f opini n
among those ho compute and measure
jMverty and ri'ies by difTv-roiit stan 1
ards. s :ue men deoiu themselves poor
ttecitik? tii-;y are lwi ri -h than others,
ag.iiu tii -re are. c iratively pur
pe -pic wh are satisti 'd with a c.:u;:t
enc. TU-.-re i a ki'ld of poverty f r
whi.-li no a'liviiut of wealth ciu c:n;.vn
sate, na nly, a poverty of h.tdily sUi!:ii:ia,
evin.'e.l ly n rvo.nmMa-iI a djr.i-i 3
inent of l!;3 f.nc-tions of digestion, bilious
se-retion an! til? bo!s. To ret ire
vigor upon a permanent basis there is
oue remedy that fully eovors the repiire
meiits "liiU the bill," and this is
I bet .iter" x Stonitieli l!i:t-rs. 15y resbir
in digstion, eiviiij a heithf.il impulse
hi the atioii of the bowels and liver and
tranquillizing the nerves it fultiiW the
(sin.! ni, .n necessary to a resuiuption of
Htrength by the system. It ai over
comes malaria and rheumatism.
Knit Close r.t 11 O'clock.
Hoi.i.ipavsiuro, Pa., March 2S.
J:idge P.11, of the IJlair caty court,
granted '.S tavern linses and refused
five applications to-day. He admonish
ed hotel men to close at 11 o'clock at
niitlit and to discourage sales of li.juor by
tiie flash and bottle. Two Altoona ap-p'.ii-au'.s
were refused le-ause they had
ia liscrimiuately sold hip pocket tsm
panions. IiaiK-ansx ibe borough gets a
iieens-od house for the first time in 17
years.
A Centenarian Palm.
Ni:v Vock, March Miss Helen M.
Gould has reetnliy added to her rare
collection of plants at her homo ::i Tarry
town a piilm for which sue is said to have
paid jXt,li. Tli plant is of a specie
called Itavenala Madagarvien. It is 32
feet in height and is nearly Mo years old.
In Mis Gould's conservatories there
are now over .e,lX) orchids in full bloom.
Their total value is estimated at 6oC-,uVn.
Fooad a Lost Keedle.
Ci.ayto, X. J., March 2s. Mrs, Mary
v.'aal.oou was eomUng her Lr.ir today
I at the place where the steel made its ex it.
SXO W HILL XUXXERY.
S eventb. D ay B ap tists Trying to Eerive
the Institution.
A CTKIODS COMMUSITT IS PEJTHA.
Property Worta Half a Hillion That MJ
Go to the Etite.
Iiiiring the last week in November.
1SJO, bed Snowlierger, the last of the
monks of the religious community known
as the Snow Hill Nunnery, near Waynos-
boro. Pa- dieiL and the papers throughout
the state announced that the property l-e-longing
to the community, valued at more
than fc'iiW.uoO, would revert to the state of
Pennsylvania. But it seems now that
such is not the case.
The Seventh Iay Baptists, to whom the
community at Snow Mill belongs, are
particularly strong in northern Ken
tucky, southern Ohio, and southwestern
Pennsylvania, tpiite a nnmber of mem
bers belong to the society at Snow Hill,
and a movement has begun looking tow
ard a reorganizatien of the monastery, a
branch of the once famous monastery at
Ephrata, Pa. The idea is to draw recruits
from all the existing wx-ieties by means
of religioas revivals to 1 beguu shortly.
The original community was organized
in lTWi. Catharine Snowbcrger Israght
the tract ol land in 1jVK. It had then a
farmhouse aud contained l acres. The
whole valley was inhabited by Baptists,
most of them of the Seventh Hay branch.
to whieb sect Catharine belonged. Thirty-
two years later Peter Lehman, a German
Baptist preacher, came to the southern
part of Franklin county, held a revival
meeting, and started the idea which had
lieen so successful at Kphrata. Two years
later four women, all Snowbergcrs took
the vows, nd when others joined from
time to time the society loeame nourish
ing. I'ntiljls the property was owned
by Catharine. Snowberger's heirs. In
lhatyear.it was. sold to five trustees by
Andrew Snowbcrger, Catharine's neph
ew, and the state chart Ted "The Seventh
Bay Baptists' Monnstical Society ofSnow
Hill," which then lcgau a vigorous life.
Both sexes were admitted, and the farm
house being .found insufficient for the
growing numbers, the original building
was from time to time enlarged. Then,
as new industries were begun, shops were
erected all over the place.
For many years the average number of
persons living at the nunnery was fifty,
the men seldom exceeding the weaker
sex in iuhuIkt. Any Seventh Bay Bap
tist in good standing was eligible, pro
vided he or she was willing to come out
from the world and le separate; to give
up all worldly gods to the society, and
io live a life of ecliliacy.
The vows were not necessarily for life,
but very few ol'tlioe who entered ever
returned to the world. No one having a
husband or wife living was admitted, but
widows and widowers might become
nifcmlfers. All newcomers were obliged
to serve a novitiate of one year, after
which, if satisfactory, they were admit
ted to full membership and received a
new name.
Those who, nt the close of their pro-
liatioiiary period or even having been for
years memlsrs of the community, desir
ed to marry or see more of the world,
were free to leave and carry with them
everything they had brought in, but
nothing they had acquired while mem-
Irts of the order.
The sisters occupied themselves with
spinning, cooking, weaving, dairy work,
and the gathering of herls for their own
use, while the brothers attended to stock
raising, farming and milling. For va
riety's sake, it was the custom to change
off. That is the sisters who cooked one
week made butter the next, and likewise
the millers of one seven days tended
sheep the following. Idleness was not
permitted, neither wa overwork, and
wholesome food in abundant made the
life of the monastics anything but a bur
den. The whole society ate their meals in
one dining room, the male members by
themselves at one long table, and the
females at another, while an old grand
father's clock guarded against wavte. of
time and indigestion from too much
nasie. l'r.ivers were allemlea twice a
day, at in the morning and at sunset, in
a chapel a'out the centre of th? chief
building. The only ornament visible in
the chapel are some rude illustrations of
Scripture texts on parchment. One of
the largest of these came from Germany,
and represents the baptism of Christ by
John. There is another chapel on the
place, but in it the memix-rs of the local
church, and not the monks and nuns
worship. A brook runs bv it, where
hundreds of converts have been Kiptizod,
Since the war, the decline of the socie
ty lias leen continuous. Old age and dis
ease have fob-d the graveyard in the
meadow, and the admissions by the coun
cil were of rare occurrence. Ten years
ago five sfsters and three brothers, near
ly all alve the three-seore-and-teu line,
were all that remained of the Snow Hill
household. In ISoO Sister .eiiobah, or
initially Klizalth Fryock, and Ohed
Snowbcrger (Brother Olied) wore all
that remained, and now the sole ovu
pant of the ccmmiinitv is a watchman
and his family.
Znpres.' Seventh Victim.
iNlii, Neli., March 2i. Bernard Shea,
the former keeper of theelephiiit, Gyjsy,
which killed its keeper in Chicago, III.,
ieit for that city to-day to resume his old
po-iition in charge of the a:ihu il. He
aid that the beast is the original Km-
pn-ss, id? li.-st el: pliant imported into
this country, and the killing of her late
keeper. So jit, in-ikoi tho sjvo.ilh victim
of her vicious temper.
The first was Harry Conley, in 1S70, at
Koicpaugh's winter quarters, in Phil
adelphia; then George West h-id thi life
crushed out of him in 1S71, traveling on
i ne r.M'i un it inmson s show. "Jim
my the Bum" was the next man, at New
Iberia, La., in lsi, foil owe 1 by ,Vil!i:i n
with O'Brien's show, at Pough-
keps-i?, N. V., in lsst Patsy Hiillig.in
was the sixth victim, and he ha 1 his arm
torn out at Cincinnati in ls'il, and died
two lays afterwards.
Mr. Shea has been Gypsy's keeper off
and on for the past ten years and says hs
has nver had any trouble with her.
A Flood of Poor Italians.
Xtw YoKK, March 27. Of five hundred
Italians who arrived on Sunday from Na
ples ou the steamship Ilindostin, M
h.tveb,rt.i detsiued at F.Uis Island be
cause they have no m.-neyland no definite
idea of what they are going to do in
America. The ,Vl had an average of on
ly 7 each, and many were without log
Kge.
On the Chateau Yijnim, which arrived
on Tuesday, there were Italians in
cluding only thirty women. They were
part of the multitude that hibernates in
Italy and when warm weather cimes
here set sail for Ne w York. Most ofthem
had no intention of ltecoming citizens.
t ommission :-r senner has retained -('Ml
j of the Chateau Yipiim's immigrants, and
with the II indo!.tu:i's passenger who
have Ixsm de-tain, they will proiiably
be deMirted. It is Ulieved that they are
endeavoring to escape service in the
armv.
Een-aled Family Secrete.
LoMvix, March 27. In the libel suit in
volving violation of professional i-onii-dence,
brought by Mrs. Arthur Kitson
against Ir. William Play fair, a verdict
was rendered to-day in favor of the
plaintiff and awarding her fcitl,0.io. The
verdict was greeted with loud cheering.
The piaiuliff fainted. The doctor, it ap
pears made a statement to his wife clsKit
Mrs. Kilson. ami she couimnnb'nled it to
Sir Jau.t Kitson, tbe brother of Arthur
KiLs.m, with the fisult that Sir Janies,
h ho is a ic.iKioiiniix, witbdiew an allow
anee of tieh ke was making to
Mrs. hit-urn after her separation from his
brother. Mrs. Play fair is a sister of Sir
James an I of Arthur Kitson.
Test! lpnbHea Ceaeeatlen.
'J'he Republican Convention of Texas,
which had been in session in Austin
for throe days last week snjoyed the
d 1st hut ion of narrowly avoiding n
funeral and having the not unusual
thing nowadays in Texas of a split con
vention. The contest was between the
McKinlev factions and the other forces
allied. The McKinley people succeeded
in winning over a great many of the ne
gro dele-gates, but not enough to control
the Convention, and National Bole-gates
were elected favorable to Bced and Alii-
u.
When the Chairman, who was an Alli
son mau, declared the result the devotees
of the Ohio man, who had massed them
selves in the middle of the hall, started
in to wipe out the opposition and take
possession of the platform. For awhile
there was a sort of Bonnybrook Fair, in
which a few whites aud a few blacks
were bruised considerably. Then order
was restored and some more business
transacted, after which the Convention
adjourned nine .
Immediately after the regular Conven
tion adjourned, tho McKinley people
took charge of the hall and elected dele
gates of their own. They did not adopt
a platform, but passed resolutions favor
able to their candidate.
The platform adopted by the regular
Convention was tho regulation thing,
with no startling features in it.
Eaty to Manege.
The Cinderella Range is easy to man
age, many either ranges are not. The
construction of the Cinderella admits of
plenty of air under the grate, which pre
vents it from burning out, aud every
provision is made for cleanliness Ex
amine it liefore you buy. Sold by
J.S B. llOI.UKKBAf .M,
Somerset, Pa.
His Personal Substitute.
Nkw York, March 20. A special to the
'Sun" says: It is accepted in Washing
ton as settled that if President Cleve
land does not intend to lie a candidate
for renomination himself, he hopes to
put Secretary Carlisle forward as his per
sonal substitute.
The President's idea, and that of his
cabinet officers who speak for him, is
that the party must adopt a gold plat
form, out and out, and that, if they do,
the Republicans will be worse beaten
than they ever were lefore in a presiden
tial race, assuming, of course, that they
will adopt a straddle on the financial
question.
A memtier of the cabinet is authority
for the statement that the administration
Lha 1ccii assured by the representatives
of the great financial interests of New
York thai if the Republicans do commit
themselves to a financial straddle, the
business men of the east will goeiver in a
body to the Bemocratic party.
KastachnsetU For Seed.
Boston-, March 27. The Massachusetts
Republican convention today elected Sen
ator Henry Cabot Idge, H. Murray
Crane, K. S. Draper and Curtis Guild,
Jr., as delegates at large to tho National
Bepublh-au convention, with F H. Bout
well, I. C. Southard, R. F. Hawkins
and S. K. Courtney as alternates. The
platform pledges supiort.to the candi
dates to be chosen at St. Louis, and while
not pledging the delegates to any candi
date for the Presidency, presents the
name of Sjeaker Thomas B. Reed. It
indorses the Blaine policy of reciprocity
and the restoration of a higher protective
tariff, the steady building up of the
navy and the constant reduction of the
public debt; opposes the free coinage of
silver; favors the restriction of immigra
Hon; declares that tho. Monroe doctrine
must lie sustained and expresses sympa
thy with the Cubans.
Eelped Slave to Freedom.
Bkkkoiio, March 2H. Benjamin II.
Walker, aged t years, died at Alum
Bank on Thursday. He was lxrn in
York county in 1 si K and moved to Bed
ford county in lsv"7. He was an engineer
on the Underground Railway, as it was
called, which helped so many slaves to
freedom. In 14S Mr. Walker assisted
thirty -seven slaves to escape.
The route at that time was from Virginia,
through Maryland, via the Cum tier-
laud Valley, to Bedford, thence to the
house of Benjamin Walker, at Ph-asant-ville,
as Alum Bank was then called.
After th tt they were put in a big four
horse wagon, covered with hay and
hauled either to Johnstown or AHoona.
While he was thus aiding the slaves
during the 'iOs six f his sons were serv
ing as soldiers in the Union army.
Etlinger Tragedy Seealled.
Bki.i.kkontk, March 2S. The Etlinger
tragedy was recalled when Hiram M
Goodwin, whose wife owned the house
i:i which the murderer lived, and which
was destroyed by fire, i-ame lo Bellefonte
and presented a bill to tho county com
missioners for ?2,-17j for the property de
stroyed. The records show that Mrs. Goodwin
purchased the property at administra
tor's sale in February, IS;ij, fnr$7'2. The
difference lietweeu the purchase price
and the value now set upon t he prcjverty
is so great that the claim of Mis. Gimd
win has excited considerable interest and
discussion.
The Court will lie asked to decide
whether the county is liable for the de
struction of the property.
Prank of a Cyclone.
Alton. 111., March 2!. A cyclone pass
ed to the south aud went of this city
yesterday a.ternoon. It camo from the
sou ill and crossed the Missouri river
near tho Burlington bridge. Twenty
l-ox cars near tho river were picked up
and were strewn a'.iout in confusioi).
Semaphore arms aud telegraph poles
were blown down. The storm crossed
the Mississippi and past northeast, lie
tweeu Upper Alton and East Alton. So
far as learned no houses were wrecked
nor person injured. Kjuii fell in torrents,
accompanied by hail as large as English
walnuts
Reports from Fairbury and Paw-Paw
say that heavy rain and hail fell there.
At Oregon, 111., tho eycjjne unroofed
the house of Malcolm Waite, and wreck
ed the luni of A la i) KaorichiM. St ick
was caught beneath tho falling timbers.
His residence was also injured. Trees
were uprooted and broken.
Mc&cinai value ia a bottle ot IIoJ's Karsa-
:r;iU t!iau !:i any clticr prvjtration.
More siH U required, iHv t-arv taken, mors
cxjH-nsa hsMirted ta lis manufacture.
It rests tiin proprietor ami tlu dealer
More but it -mU t.ti consumer as lie
gets more dose fur li:s inor.cy.
More curative ji-mvr is sectintl by its jieouliar
combination, pnijMirtien and process
Which makes it jicciilku- to itself.
More peoiilj are i-ir.plcyril anil lnoiv spar oc
cupied in its I jilKiratory than sr-.v ether.
More iii:lertul cur.-s eltci-ti-d ami more tes
timonials received thau by n::y other.
More i!-s a'l More lucrcnv jear by year
are p-purled by ilrupsrist .
More p-snplj :tre taking ll.iirs S.-irsaparilU
l.wi.-iy tiian any other, and rihwe are
taking it uxiiy th:ui ever tore.
More !"' i"Tiix m'oKk reasons lui'ht be
given why ynu bkuuld take
nl0dr
Sarsaparilla
fill' One True KUhA purifier, tt; six lor f.V
1 1 . , t-kii rilr " l iver I1H ni'J
I lOOCJ S rlllS Sick Ui-auatUe. iSceuu.
Killed la Their UA.
Ct.EVKi.Asn, Ohio, Mar. 2fi. At 1
oVloe-k this morning a crime of almost
unparalclled atrocity was perpetrated
near Tallmadge, a village live miles
north of Akron. Alvlu Stone, sged ,
and wife, agsl fi2, while asleep at their
home, were brutally murdered by a fiend,
who literally lieat their heads to pieces,
after which numerous kuifo thrusts
wero made iulo the Issliesof tho dead.
Two daughters Ilattie, aged 12', ami
Emma, agist aud tho family mall
servant, A. F. Stillson, were also nt tuck
ed. All three of these were fatally injured
and lie at their home awaiting death.
They had lieen beaten alsuit the head
with a blunt instrument, which must
have Ik-cii of great size and weight.
Tho object of the murderous assault on
the family was not robls-ry, as nuiueious
articles of value, which were ou the 'sxl
room dresser, were not taken.
AHKKSTK1) Foil THE STOXE FA MILT
lirTe-HKRV.
Kknt, O., March .m. Anson B. Strong,
of Kaveuna, was arrested at that place to
day on suspicion of being the murderer
of Alviu B. Stone, his wife and Ira Mill
son, a farm hand, and taken to Akron.
Several circumstances and Strong's con
tradictory statements lead the officers to
believe they havecaptured the right man,
and the excitement is at a dangerous
pitch. Strong was apprehensive, but
calm after his arrest, and said he would
make a statement in a few days if he was
notkilied. The ease against him so far
is entirely supposititious, but Ids record,
his previous connection with Mr. Stone
and his contradictory stories regarding
his movements are taken as pieces of
presumptive evidence. The story of the
murder obtained to-day verifies all the
sickening de-tails given yesterday.
At Akron it is the only subject dis
cussed. Yesterday the neighbors and the
public generally visited the Stone farm
and saw the dead and talked to the living,
exchanged opinions ami went away.
Coroner Fouse-r empaneled a jury and
produced John Smith, who was suspect
ed and against whom terrible feeling ex
isted! on acts mnt tif tho story eif Flora
Stone, the only uninjured daughter, to
the effect that the voice of tho man who
killed her parents sounded like the voh-e
of John Smith. He is an uncouth count
ry boy of IS, who explained his where
alxiiits to the satisfaction of all.
Crushed By a Bowlder.
A horrible accident occurred at Echo, a
mining town in Wayne County, W. Va.,
Sunday morning, by which three people
were instantly killed and two more bad
ly injured. The heavy rains of the past
few days have hsisened the rocks so that
slides are ipiite common, and in this iu-staue-e
a huge mass of stone, treea aud
dirt broke l.tose ou the mountain side
ami a large Isiwldcr, weighing several
tons, eras lied down through tiie resilience
of a miner named Tilman. instantly kill
ing Frank and Jim Tilman and Iau-y
Law. Their Isslies were horribly man
gled and the house was completely de
molished. The accident ovurred just lfore day
light, and all the family were sleeping
and had no warning of their horrible
fate.
A mass of rock and earth fell on the
tracks of the Clu-sapeake A Ohio Hail
road, and by rare presence of mind anoth
er and what might have lieen a more se
rious accident was narrowly averted.
An east-liouud express train was just
due. and one of the Laws, who escaped
uninjured, left the dead bodies and rush
ed out flagging the train in time to save
it from the danger into which it was
plunging at the rate of forty miles per
hour.
This Tramp Wtl Grateful.
Kansas Citt, Mo., March 20. A negro
or half breed tramp went to the house of
William Billon, near Madison twenty
miles south of here, at noon yesterday
and asked for something to eat. While
Mrs. Billcn was waiting on him he pick
cd up a piece of stove wood and struck
her acreiss the face, knocking her down.
Her screams attracted her husluind, wlo
with his nine-year tild boy, ran
to,' the house. A fight o.-curcd
ami the tramp was lieatiug Bilicti in a
horrible manner when the lsiy knock
ed ihc tramp senseless with a rake hand
le. Neigholsus bad arrivi d by this time
and the tramp was taken to jail.
THE OLDEST
AND THE BEST
Congh-curc, the most prompt and
I'fw-e-iive remedy for diseases if the
throat :.nd lungs, is A-is Cherry
l'cetoial. As tin emergency medi
cine, for the cure of
Croup, Sore Thro:it,
J.ung Fever and
Wiioopins Cough,
AYER'S
Cherrv Pectoral
cannot be equaled.
V.. M. P.KAWLKY,
D. 1, Jtis. Sec. of
the American lltip-
tist Publishing Society. Peti rduirg,
V:i.. endorses it. :if ;t euro for violent
colds bronchitis He. Dr. Brawhy
also adds: To all minister: suffering
from throat troubles, I lmuiniieiid
AYER'S
Cherry Perioral
Awarded Xcdal at World's Pair.
AYErVS PILLS Cot Liter and Stomach Troubles.
&
Silks.
Important silk deals made last week
many more thousands were put in
to silks than any other transactions
this store ever made ami it was choice
goods ami the priers thaJ induei-d us
to make the investment and wheu
people e or learn about iljp siiks aud
fle prices, ii will lie of sis great interest
to them as it was to us they're all
new and beautiful silks am good otial
jties that jH-opIe who know and always
buy the best will appreciate.
Stylish Warp I'rint Monotone ilk.s,
JI.ii many beautiful things there are
for lSiK!, hut these are surpassingly so.
Illch Novelties in New Hilks, 1.00
to ?2.()0 a yard so large and hand
some a collection as places them away
ahead of anything we've ever a-sked at
tention to.
1W pieevs Dlack llrocade Ihinias
Silks t;c, Tie., l.(!.l large, ehoiee de
signs such worth for tlu- money as
wis never approached.
2,(1J yards extra good plain w hite j
raised cord Habutia Silks, ::. tind
out ol mt these hefor-j making up your
mind ! in' t confound t hem with the
usual colored corded Kaiki Wash SiJks
in i-olors, as these rich, hright, lustrous
trhifr' ones are totally dilUrcnt and
vastly superior.
fNimpIeson nvpiesU
fir i
X
BOGGS & BUHL,
i
Allegheny, Pa.
New
Spring
Goods
ARE NOW
On
Sale!
And we arc now prepared to show
the largest aud tuot desirable
stock of Xcw Spring
DRV GOODS,
NOTION'S,
CARPETS,
RUGS,
rORTIER?,
LACE CURTAINS,
ETC.,
I a the County at pi ices that can't
be compared.
Our New Spring Stock of
Ladies'
Silt&FercalViiists.
Capes & Coats,
arc very desirable and at prices to
suit all.
OUR CARPET DEPARTMENT
is full of new Spring Goods
in all tiie new and desirable pat
terns and best make.. Also a
handsome line of
RUGS,
PORTIERS,
LACE CURTAINS,
WINDOW SHADES,
Etc.
Of every description are now on
sale, and wc are prepared to ofier
great bargains in every de-partment
Parker &
Parker.
1872 1896
Grocers,
Flour, Grain & Feed Dealers,
March 11, '!;. SOMERSET, PA.
New Goods!
We have just addesl to our extensive
line of
Fancy and Staple Groceries
the following new jixhIs, and desire to
call the attention of our trade and the
public to then:, as follows :
The fun-st article ever ollcied
in this line.
Eslns's India Eslisb,
Somethiiig new ! Have yon tried
it?
TL.3 Famrcs Lititz Pretrels,
Arc all made by hand and noth
ing liner to lie had. We have
secured the airency for these
pwsls :md will always havethelii
fresh, and nmv tries!, always
used.
Toilet Soaps,
We carry the largest assortment
in this line in the county. You
will always find us with a select
ed stock of the following brands:
Cosmo Huttermilk," "Lojrgott's
Itose Milk," "La Vigilant (ilyc
erine," "I-ggett's Wonder,"
(ienuiiie Imported Castile, and
our latest addition "Fairbanks
t'opeo." The last shijimciit of
"Atlanta Exposition Swp,"' just
rei-eivesl. It is a dandy and sells
fast 3 rake's per box only Wets.
Juct Unladed
A ear load of l'illsbury's "It"
Flour, and his latest brand,
"Magnet of the West." It is
new, try it! In order to get it in
troduced we are wiling it at a big
reduction over other brands of
the same grade.
FSTElcrS - are you aware seeding time
is near at hand. With a carload
of Fancy Rec!ancd Grass Seeds
in stock, we are able to sell to
you nt the very lowest price's.
We offer the lowest whole-sale
prices to merchant. Call and
inspect gooels ami let us naiie
priced.
Fish-Are now wanted and we hav- a
foil line of Lake Herring, Ocean
Tnut, Salmon, Mackerel and
Codfish, which we areod'ering at
very low prices.
This is the time ef year to fe-ed
0.1 Heal And no good stock feeding
farmer will be without a sack.
We have a large supply and are
selling it t the lowe-st prices ev
i r olfi-re-d. We also earrj a full
lineof (irain, Feed of all kinds.
Salt, Hay, Straw, Oil, Lime and
Cement.
lew
Ms
fc-We iuviie every Uy (o call a;.d
inspect our line of goods and inquire
for prices IUs-is-etfull" yours,
COOK & BEERirS.
3C
25
55
ft
s
sVD
Jos. Home & Co.
SUCCESTION.
Ladies at a distance of hundreds
of miles will find crpial satisfac
tion as to itialitr, style and low
price in first class, up to-date
merchandise, should ihey wish to
shop by mail as do city patrons
find over the counters. Fir-t-class
mail order service coupled
with the principles of giving val
ue in many instance's when
we've done fortunate buying,
more than value received for
every dollar expended here, Las
e.-tablis-hed this department in a
basis not to be overthrown.
The department j-tands ready to
serve you on shortest notice.
Write our Mail Order Department
for samples of
New Dress Goods.
SPECIALS:
MOHAIR SUITINGS. Matelasse
and Daiaasse effect s-grey, brown,
green and blue mixtures 10
inches wide 50 cents a yd.
STYLISII MELANGE SUITING?,
brown, pink, grey, blue and green
mixtures, 45 inches wide, 50 cts.
The above and any other piece
goodi will be pent upon request.
Also new Spring and Summer Cat
alogue FREE.
PENN AVE. & FIFTH ST.,
PITTSBURG, PA.
: Facts About :
FURNITURE
We can inform the trado mud public k
large that we have e-ome out victori
ous in our deal with the furniture
manufaeturers of Michigan. We got
all we asked for in the way ef bar
gains, consomeixty all we expected,
what more do we want? We only want
the trade to know that our line is I let
ter in every respect now than evertie
forc and that wr are going to contin
ue selling Furniture on a very low
liasis.
$25 and $28.00 wm buy ,iid
Oak Suit fur tho lied room, containing
nix pieves, made and finished ill the
very latest stylus.
$18 and $20.00 takes from our flooi
a nice suit, either in Antique or Im
itation Walnut finish.
$28 and $30.00 pays for a nieeover
stuffed or wofHl-frame suit for the par
lor, upholstered in P.rocatelle, Silk,
Tapestry and Plush.
$15 and $20.00 uke one of the
aainc style suits upholstered in Tap
estry. $1.80, $1.90, $2.00. XieeReedR.Hk-
ers loth cei.tury finish vry orna
mental for the porch.
$9 and $15.00 buys a solid Oak Side
Iioard. ...
C. H.
GOFFROTH
60 Main Cross Slreet,
Somerset, - Pa.
EVERY DAY
Brings Something jew
A KMinor or Walking Spring Tooth Ijarr
4K. ' -
Xo dragging of frame on the ground. The- li:Att y
it-elf of trash as ca.-ily as a hay rake, linn u ;.,; t
a m:t:i on as otlicrs do without a
CALL AND SEE IT. WE GUARANTEE IT THr ?c-
IN THE WORLD. "
Sold on Trial.
J. B
Somerset, Pa.
OUEEIVC)
The Nev Capello .Rancs.
WE sell the NEW CAPELLO EAXGE, truarantoc I t' e larv-;:. ;
Ranjre of its class on tho market. It has very I. p.'.' a;. ; L .
ens, heavy grates, lining and tops. Baking at.d Uo;,.-t:: .z -
the highest as thousands of daily users car. te.-tif.-. I; v: r
the l'est bsiy a
3STE"W CAPELLO
: : Al0 A FULL LINE OK : :
GRANITE, COPPER & TINWARE
Milk Cans, Screen Poors and Window?, Ice Cream Frco;:.-. r'. .
(iasoltne Stoves. Call and see us. Kcspi-dfuix
pTXschell,
SOMERSET. ?-
CHANCE TO
QXJIjNJ"jNt'B?
134 & 136 Clinton St., - - JOHNSTON, ?
Are Selling
2,500 Fur Capes for S12.50.
1,000 Ladies' Jackets for 55.00.
And Other Winter Goods in o,.4-
James Quinii.
1847.
fietitat
Reliable Drug Store
Your Wants Ca-i Es Sup p'ic J With
PURITY, ACCURACY AND DISPATCH.
Our large stock of poods is Ci)nij.'..'te throu.'hoat. Any rTrXli
wanted we will crdu with j rott:j tn . -s.
Physicians" Prescnpfions Carefully Compaunded a! a!l I
Pure Wines and Liquors,
For. MEEICINAL PURPOSES 0?LY.
Bewfcrd's Drug Store.
G. W. BENFORD. Manager.
i '"?"( 1 in :f of Ir. S. M. I..-!! in r.ui dfSf.r..', r!i-.w h. ''' -i: 3 ''"
SitturJay of o:u h ti t-vk.
llememlH-r that weari- U'.-ail.iiKiri.. -r
fur ItixitM. Miihs.. Kuliln-rs. s.i;
IHTM mil everything in t,a s!ii
line t"r tjio sm:!tst artii-1- up
to the larcfM all ,.f the ri-lUU.
iievr.r:i, uati-r-titlit r: at the
lowot ;r:i-esv.
OTJIi I.IOTTO :
PERFECT
FITTING SHOES
AT
PERFECT
FITTING PRICE.5.
REPAIRING T" SPECIALTY.
Ceorge P. Stein & Co.,
fi Main Cruss St.,
( I
I rjP 1
PIU " " 3
Holderbaum
IT ISA GRETCCKFCiTl
Th Cd-rc i S':.es p.-...,
are i,r.- , .
r-i.-r. .
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J. B. Holderbaum.
i
MAKE MONEY
enford'a
Wanted : V;
a.i!l!y t"i T irs-.-:! ''
1 . 1 r . usii::in r'i'i'.
.Wvf .i.: :.tT..t A ' 1'
!in-!'i. fit.
Twerty cows
L.tir.r s.:a -
ca
will :
Sc?aritr
i:u! noC
cows a:
tor.
r:.vs- cov
brine .? 200 to ? joo ar. 1 -
separator will cost
Five cows will tat a
feed; a scprat. c-"
ing. Moral: M1--'
busincraybyyj
orator. SctiJ rC't
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SOMERSET.
PA.